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damages should be limited or reduced.
1t was also decided to work toward the
enactment of compensation laws, in the
meantime asking for more liberal en-
plOyers' liability laws.
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The fil'sr session nf the Berkeley wv.
Va circut court in the new building
was convened al Msrtinsburg by Judge
f. Boyd Faulkner. judge of this circuit
Who will preside until the end Of the
present term, which will last two week..
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James II. Clark. son OF the late David
Clark, a farmer OF the fourth district of
Howard county Md, died al his home.
near Roxbury Mills. aged siXty-Six wears.
Besides his widow. Mrs. Elizabeth Linthi-
cum Clark, he i survived by four soRA.
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Worked Out by Long Usage.

This precedence has been nicely work.
ed out by long usage and is determined
by the rule. When members rise in their
places to make privileged motions the
Speaker has no discretion. He must
recognize them. And a very large part
of the time Of the House is consumed
by privileged business. The appropria-
ton bills carry billion dollars each
spend in the short session twenty million
dollar every day. These bills consume
lar the greater part of the short session.
when the House Is in committee of the
whole and the Speaker is not in the
chair. AS to the suggestion that the
Speaker instructs the chairmen of the
committee Of the whole how to rule, the
notion would, I fancy, surprise any one
of the many men called upon to preside
over the committee.
Then the rules set aside certain days
for private bills and for the business of
the District of Columbia. of which Con-
gress IS the local legislature. And in adj
dltlon to all this. the question of consid-
GRAFTON MAY be raised against any bill,
privileged or non-prviliged, and a ma
lorIty of the House may refuse to con-
slider 1t. Business is. of course, often
transacted by unanimous consent. If the
Speaker declines to recognize a member
to ask such consent. he is in effect only
obJectlnS as any member has the right to
90, tie Speaker himself included. Under
MI. Reeds last speakership a populist
member from Nebraska became ag-
srieved at something. and announced that
ne should object to all requests for unani-
nous consent. And each morning, as the
Speaker would put the requests of men,
bers to the House, the gentleman from
Nebra ska would object
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Gentleman From Nebraska as Gear

After two or three days of this proce-
dure. instead of the Speakers room be-
ing thronscd with members seeking
recognition to ask unanimous consent, it
was deserted and the desk of the men,
Der from Nebraska was surrounded by
members asking him not to object. And,
as Mr.. Dalzell said, the gentleman from
Nebraska then became the car of the
House Under a rule adopted during the
present Congress calendar of requests
for unanimous consent is established
which must be regularly called. This
Will relieve the Speaker of much impor-
tunlty, but 1t remains to be seen whether
1t will prove a public benefit.
On the theory that what is everybodys
business Is nobody's, much bad legislation
has been passed by unanimous consent
and Speakers had become cautious in ac-
cordng recognition. And unless some
member here and there shall under the
new practice, periodically study such
bllls IN advance, the Speakers have
done. and in suitable cases heroically in
terpose objections. without regard to his
own popularity or the success of his own
pet schemes, the change will not prove
wise one. On two days in each month
motions may be made to suspend the
rules and pass bills. This is the one case
where the Speakers prerogative of per-
hitting business to be taken up is prar-
tically unlimited. and, strangely enough,
comparatively little criticism is now
heard of its exercise.
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wills shall pass. AS to the order OF
business. the truth is that it is deternlin-
ed by rules that leave the Speaker only
a very limited discretion. There are
more than %. 900 bills introduced in each
Congress. and while there Is an absolute
equality among members. there must be
an aristocracy among measures. Some
must of necessity have the preference.
The great appropriation bills and other
measu vital to the general welfare
must have the right of way
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ECHO Of CONTEMPT CASE
FEDERATION COUNCIL DEFINES
PHASES OF INJUNCTIONS.
Pamphlet to Be Issued Discussing
Legal Aspect-Business Matters
Disposed Of.

There was an echo of the Gompers-
Mitchell Morrison contempt case at the
meeting of the American Federation of
Labor Yesterday. Announcement was
made that two pamphlets are in the
hands Of the printer to be issued by the
federation. One Is upon the subject of
industrial education, the other upon the
legal phases of injunctions. the abuse of
the writ Of injunction. particularly as IT
APPLIES to the injunction issued by JUS
tice Gould under which Justice Wright
held Messrs Gompers, Mitchell and Nor
rison under contempt Of court and i'm
posed sentences Of twelve. nine and six
months In jail. respectively.
resolution was adopted to continue
the cO-operatiOn Of the \. F. L. with all
forces interested in the conservation Of
the natural resources of the United States.
Regulation of immigration.
The large number of immigrants COM
ing to the United States caused the men,
bers of the executive council to give
further consideration to the subject of
laws limiting and regulating immigra-
ton It was decided to present the mat
ter to the Joint committee on immigra-
ton of Congress. of which William B.
Dillingham; is chairman. In bulletin
recently issued by the commissioner gen
eral of immigration he gives the num-
her of immigrants from July to Novem-
I. 1909, as 354,211. and for the month of
November, 1909 So,e43-
The question Of employers liability and
workmen's compensation laws was dis
cussed and it was decided that the bills
upon the subject for which organized
labor will insist are those which viii
eliminate the old conception of assump-
ton of risks contributory negligence,
fellow -servant and the waiver of rights:
that the Norkingman should be placed
in the same position as any other citi-
zen If his own negligence be con-
tributory, then to that extent suit for
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House Must Approve.

THE Speaker is a member of the COM
mlttee on rules, which has the power to
bring in at any time a special order re-
lating to procedure, but such an order
must be PISSED by majority of the
House before it becomes operative This
puts 1t in the power of the House TO deal
with 1ilbuster or with any other OK
trdordinary condition. or to take I'D some
important bill out of it's order. If it were
not for this power the House would be a
slave to its own calendar, and both par
ties when III power have sanctioned its
exercise. Upon the question whether the
Speaker should be a member Of this COM
nlttee, as much i'll my opinion can be said
against 1t as for it, but in regard to the
question Of Cannonism it is pertinent to
remember that the Speakers have been
upon this committee for more than half
a century.
AS to his power TO pass measures that
ne faNors, the Speaker has his vote as a
representative, and quite often he has
been found to be with the minority. There
was never a more unbending man, nor
one of higher intellectual capacity. in the
Speakers chair than Thomas b. Reed. lie
was strongly opposed to the annexation of
the Sandwich Islands. And yet, although
the measure was non-privleged and he
was opposed to it as Speaker and as rep
resentatiye, it was taken up and passed
His immediate successor. Gen. Hender-
son, was strong and popular Speaker.
Speakers Futile Effort.
AS the administration leader in the
House, he made the utmost effort to
carry out the program for Cuban re-
ciprocity. 1t was a measure of great
political Importance. and one upon which
an adverse vote would have sealed the
fate of any ministry under the parlia-
mentary system. And yet. in a House
strongly republican. and in spite of
everything the Speaker could do, an
amendment killing the bill was passed by
large majority And in this very Con-
gress the man who succeeded Gen.
Henderson In Office, Speaker Cannon, took
the floor and made an impassioned speech
for great interest in his own district,
and the House proceeded to vote him
down by an overwhelming majority. If
one stopped to think one would scarcely
imagine that the representatives of Amer
lean constituencies would show them
selves abject slaves of any man. and one
has only to look carefully at the history
of the House to see that the notion has
no basis in fact If the Speaker is a
leader. it is only when he keeps himself
In line with majority Of the House"
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Rules Were Developed Slowly.

1.-The system of House rules was not
developed In a day, but it has sprung
ont of the practical experience of the
House for more than century. The
growth has been a slow one, AMI when one
proposes to repeal or change given
-,,ic u would not seem out OF place first
to study the history Of the House and
learn the reason for the adoption Of the
,ulc in question. - far as the present
Il st three speak: ships we're the same
as when he first too office. They cannot.
In any event. fairly be christened from
his name"
The previous question is not a device
of Mr. Cannon's contriving. 1t existed
In a very mild form in the First Congress,
and as the membership OF the House
Increased and the business of the coun-
try grew the previous question was, of
necessity. made more effective, and it
reached its present form two generations
ago. 1t would be interesting to note the
erect upon the country if it were done
away with for q single Congress. The
Senate has reached the point i'll num-
hers where meritori0us measures are
sometimes abandoned because of the
threat to waste time in debate and make
But the Senate is only one-fourth the
size of the House. minority of ordi-
nary proportions in the latter body could
talk to the end of a Congress, if not
of time. If it desired to do SO, and it
could compel the adoption of any pro-
gram that it proposed or prevent the
transaction of any business.
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Citadel of Cannonisn.

The Speaker, then, has little or moth
ing 10 do with imposing the limitation
upon debate and amendment brought
about by the previous question. but what
OF the transaction of business and the
determining OF its order? Here is fhere
we are tn find the very citadel OF Can
nonisnl the arms and the chariot of the
car. Ii is 1ar-spread notion that the
order of business is determined by the
nod Of the Speaker that nothing is called
up without his consent. and that the ma
jority obediently votes for whatever he
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PRAISE OF Cannon
Representative S. W Mccall
in Speakers Defense.
EXPLAINS HOUSE RULES
Previous Question Not a Device of
Present Presiding Office.
POWER OF RULES COMMITTEE
Indictment of Individual Becomes of
Importance When It Impeaches
the House Procedure.

'.Cannonism' is the title Of an article
by Representative Samuel ". Mccall OF
Massachusetts. published III the current
issue of the Saturday Evening Post, and
which is attracting wide attention among
members of the House. The fact that Mr..
Mccall is one OF the recognized indie
pendents Of the House. not A hidebound
organization man, lends significance to
the article At the outset Mr. Mccall
SAYS:
THE use of the epithet Cannonism has
been SO common during the last two
years that 1t has become a matter OF
public Importance to inquire somewhat
closely what this term means and what
basis there is for it. The epithet. as it
is commonly employed. has come to in
volve an Indictment not merely Of a
man. but of the American speakership.
including also the general procedure Of
the House of Representatives and its
value as the popular legislative chamber
of nation, which some of its friends
call the greatest in the world, and which
the most intense Of its enemies admit is
a preffy hje one
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-08-25
Inc Last Straw.

He was round-faced. fat and goot
natured. When the wind took his hat
as he crossed Prospect avenue neal
the Rose building. and blew It intC
eight mud puddles and half way uI
the next block, he merely smiled good
naturedly.
Some kindly disposed man up the
street overlook the hat and broughi
It TO him with the mud dripping from
its brim. Even the swaziland wal
saturated with oozy mud.
I've got an office right over here II
the Caxton building" said the oblig
ing stranger. Come over and wei
clean 1t up for you"
IL a few minutes the fat man can't
out wearing his hat once more. II
WAS still soiled. but not SO muddy thai
he couldn't put II on without looking
as II he'd only half finished washing
up after a minstrel show. Once mort
the north wind took up the headseg
and blew Il away with devtlish Elee.
still the man was good nstursd. He
chased II for about 40 yards, ane
merely grinned at the additional strati
OF mud II had gathered. Just as he
got hold Of 1t still another gust Of
wind blew It out Of his hands. II
rolled not more than a half-dozen feet
however, and lodged against a wasts
paper box But the fat, good-naturee
man had endured the last straw. He
sunk his heel into the derby, ther
Jumped on It with both feet until II
was a nat, forlorn hunk Of muddy felt
And then and there he abandoned
the hitting. migratory lid.-Clsvslans
Plain Dealer.
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school Of PoII,enes..

Berlin.-A school OF courtesy f. the
latest thing IN German shopkseping
The Association u Shopkeepers Is re-
sponsihle for r. They aim AZ making
shopping a Joy a. well a. q business
for their customers. Not only arc
counter clerks TO be taught the tricks
Of the trade and the details OF the
goods they handle. but they are also
TO learn agreeable manners. pleasant
small talk and courtly graoes with
which TO charm their fair clients. Ger.
man shopkeepers will pay for this
training school themselves as a good
Investment
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Injured in Runaway.

Alex FORESTER. senior member 81
The real estate firm Of FORESTER A
Son. q Union Cy. aud Joc lsbeli.
OF near Woodland Mills. met with
very serious accident last Friday in
Union Ciy. They we're driylnr along
Washington street when some small
boys ran up and lcapcd upon the rear
OF the buggy aud frightened The hors.
cs The horses ran into the coffin
room 81 the i4Eon Furniture Co. on
First street. throwing both men out
OF the buggy. inlurlng Mr Forrvstcr
20 severely that be had 20 b. car.
RED to his home on a cot and u rc.
ported 10 BE- IN a serious condition
Mr. lsboll was not 30 seriously injur.
ed
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GETS BACK HIS OLD TURTLE
New Jersey Bs,hsr Rsesp,urss Pc,
That Wandered Away Several
Years Ago.

Upper Montville. ~. IA swapping
turtle that Hilliard Throekmor,on had
lost ~ years ago returned 20 him
when he was bathing IN Green pond.
He long had mourned his loss. but he
mourned its return stu more.
Throokmorton was having his daily
swim when suddenly a toe 81 his left
foot vas caught and held. He tried 10
shake on his new attachment but Il
refused TO let 20. lie swan 10 tho
shore. almost fAinting nom pain and
e1ertion.
A cold chisel and q poker we're neo
essary 10 make the snapper let 10.
Then the following inscription was
found carved on the shell: II. T..
1888"
why" CAPPED Throckmorton, I
made that on = pet turtle when ] was
fifteen years old
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from !.l !.a:i !:...y Capital
clrui, Court

Mrs. neli, Jordan "a. " chas
iioadica
" D. Hicks W. T. c. IA
r. j flciehcr W. J. CIR
Walton y Eakcr w. Masonic Pr.
tee ye Association
ia - Pierce a Co. w.. }. A. Mn
nor
Mn. r. l.. pcrry ". Val Carpenter
!. T Morgan 81. Tom olldam.
Tom Fields 30. Lee Line steamer
} ". Robertson "a. Lee Line.
Juo Greed w. Eminent Household
Columbian Wo0dmcn.
,. Al. Usher ". a. a. Oliver.
Jno. 4. Melton ct al W =. a.
wcsks q al.
G. n. Adams 1t al Va. City Of llick
man.
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Real Estate Transfers.

}. W. Campbell to Walter Edmis
ton. acres land. $3.50.
H. Edmiston to Mottio Jane Camp
boil. Z acres land. $3.50.
W. T.. Edmision to }. Il. Scott. 80
acres land. $3.50.
Amos Bryant TO Il. -. sccarcc. one
house aud town lot Ia Caycc, s220
G. Il. Rice to h. 4. Webb. lot IN
Riccs End Addition to Fulton. sl2o
Irvine and Jas Roach and Iietue
spoight Roach. OF Corinth, Miss. 10
u. W Mcclure. OF Crutchnold, land.
y. A. Miner to A. n. a. J. 4. Alex.
ander, LOG acres, $500.
l.. ID. Thrclkeld to Alex. Rice. 40
aces land. $4,000.
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County Court.

The fiduciary settlement OF s. A.
wilkins for Bessie Asbel was con.
fismed.
Fiduciary settlements filed and OF.
dered lay over thirty days for ex.
copuons: J. w. Roney, dmr. r. II.
Shaw estate. J. II. Wade guardian OF
Coyle Wade.
Appraise bin of the estate OF Or
Jno. $. Gardner. of Fulton. was con
firmed and ordered recorded.
A new road was ordered opened
to the farms Of Chas. and Lem Ba-
con TO be known as the Mud Greed
road.
J. w. Elks was appointed overseer
o. the Kirk road.
chas. Hin was appointed overseer
OF the 9TH section of State road.
r.. M. SAMSON was appointed admin
isfrator OF the estate Of Pete Gou-
ger, deceased.
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IN BoYHooD'S HAPPY DAYS
Youths Natural Esuberanee and Snow
on the Ground Makes Unfor-
tunate Combination.

rs there snow on the ground?'
"Yes. there are three or four inches
Of the soft and beautiful II covers
the earth like a white sweater Last
night there were millions OF old to
mato cans in sight; this morning there
are none"
"Of what use is the snow"
ITO hide the pile Of ashes in our
back yard, and TO give the red-heAded
boy run for his money"
Does the red-headed boy welcome
the snow7"
1T is his delight. II the earth was
covered with peanuts he wouldn't feel
more gay. There's a reason"
And will the red-headed boy &c
forth this morningy"
win he? He is already on the
spot. Behold hint"
Has he hit the grocer in the ear
with a snowflake"
Yes. II was a SNOWFALL; but the
grocer is ready TO swear It was q cob
blestons."
And has the butchers boy got one
in the neck7"
Two OF EN-"
"And the motorman?"
Right on the chin"
"And the venerable old gent on the
rear platform-why does he look SO
mAd?"
Because the SNOWFALL is working
down the back Of his neck, and he has
no ak with which to kill the boy"
Nov, the red-headed boy has
plunked an old woman between the
shoulders. Doesn't he remember that
he has a mother himself"
He does. and he remembers that q
she Is silly enough to get out on the
street a morning like this, some boy
will plunk her"
Nov. he has plunked the hat Of
Senator Swell. Has this boy no rev
erence?'
Not on such an auspicious occasion
There comes his dear Sunday-schoo
teacher. Watch and see her jump"
But why does the boy do these
things?"
20. because he is Just a-boy"-
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
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Unchanged is the quality OF my
work, but on account of building. I
was compelled to move my location
and as there is no lot up town,
have moved my studio to Walkers
corner In West Hickman. There you
will get the best Photos ever made
In town and for a short time only.
Do II now-By Gish.
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In a letter from our Brownsville
correspondent win be found a men.
ton OF the death OF James T. Kemp
He was one Of the Courier's good
friends, and his demise will be keen.
" regretted by all who knew him
lie is survived by many relatives
and friends.
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still with Us.

Mrs. Stubs (reminiscsntly)-Ah
for the good old days. Johnl
Mr.. Stubbs-What old days. Mariai
Mrs. Stubbs-Why, the days Of ouI
grandparents when there we're 90
many brass knockers.
Mr.. Stubbs-H'mi Maria, there ara
plenty Of knockers around now and
all OF them seem TO have an sbund
ance o fbrass.
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Mrs. Goodleigh docking from win
dow)-There goes the curate with
that young deaeoness again. He's verJ
attentive to her.
Rev. Mr. GOodleigh (reading wal
news absent-mindedly) - Yes, I'm
afraid a severe engagement 10 i'm
minent.
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A successful protracted meeting
was closed at Mt. Zion Sunday night.
The meeting was held by the pastor.
Rev. Newbill assisted by Rev. Jas.
Free man. OF Henderson, Tenn.
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The Mississippi River is lower now
than 1t has been for some time. II
is only feet on the Cairo guage.
but rising slowly.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-08-25

Mrs. II. G. Barrett and children
will leave Saturday for their home
in Dawson, Ca.
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Barry building is our temporary
quarters.-Hickman Plumbing a Tin
ming Co.
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GEOGRAPHY.
Friday, Sept. 2, 9 a. m.
GRAMMAR.

GRAMMAR.
Practical benefits derived from les study.
Why the most difficult subject to teach.
Educational value.
Q) In discipline Of the logical faculties
(2) In Interpretation OF thought.
90 In expression OF thought
CIVIL GOVERNMENT
Objects OF study.
Duty OF school to State.
How secure better citizenship In Kentucky.
Miscellaneous Business.
Adjou nment.
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j. ii. Wilson returned TO his home
at Martin, Wednesday. after visit
With his brother. Rev. @. w. Wilson.
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Thursday. Sept. |, 9 a. m.

thursday, Ocpt. !, a. IN.
Devotional Exercises
ARITHMETIC.
Have been successful in teaching Arithmetic?
II not why not?
What attention should be given definitions rules?
What chapters should receive most attention.
Pupils need Of original and practical problems
Why many failures in teaching Arithmetic?
HISTORY.
Purposes OF teaching History.
How each my class In History
Why History is usually a dry subject.
Value of Bography-how It?
To what extent should current History be taught?
LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
Kinds Of exercises to be first used.
Sources OF material for lessons.
Steps in theme writing
GEOGRAPHY.
Educational values.
Develops what faculty Of the mind?
When and how teach Geography of Kentucky?
How mapsY
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Do a little advertising.