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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-29

Martin lsfeen. Equalization board
2. We Smith. equalization board
A.W. Mcdonald. equalization BID.
g. "A. Irish. equalization board.
r. "A. Wallace. equalization bid.
VIM. Porter. equalization board. {:
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Cyrus Craig. equalization board.
Addison Hyde. equalization hid.
VIII Adams. equalization board.
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Geo. Walker. equalization board.
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The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
HURRYING THROUGH LIFE.
Average American Does Not Take
Time 10 MRsticate His Food.

From the New York American.
A recent convention OF insurance rep
resentatiyes at Des Moines advanced a
true and pertinent explanation for the in
creasing mortality among adults in this
country
In word, they declared that our habit
of "bolting" our food is responsible for
undermining the life Of the kidneys, and
thereby shortening the life Of the indi-
vidual
This is an obvious Indictment, and one
that every one OF Us has made of nearly
all our acquaintance.
Pie and coffee swallowed in conjunction
without pausing forms one Of the favor
lite combination killers Of the modern
man, who Is in a hurry TO get through
with life
A good many OF US eat our dinners in
fifteen minutes and get aSgay with good
sized meal into the bargain. Then we
wonder why we have indigestion,
Brights disease. and other ailments.
The Back &c Nature" cry would be
a good thing for the American TO consid-
er. He might take a valuable lesson
from almost any animal by spending a
spare half hour watching the trouble TAX
en- to properly mast.cate food.
+ We are in a hurry TO get rich, in a
hurry 10 live quickly. and in a hurry to
die. The stomach is the most abused
member of American society.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
True Philanthropy.

II is fine 10 be able heartily 10 COM
mend the fine example in philanthropy
set by Mr., Charles Miller. the details Of
which are related IN the current number
Of Lesltes Weekly. II seems to recog-
nize a truth and an underlying principle
that, If more fully recognized. would do
much 70 bridge the ever widening gulf
between capital and labor.
Mr.. Miller kept a store at Waterbury.
and one day recently, when business was
over for the day. and his employees were
about to 90 home, he called them around
him and quietly announced that he was
done-that he was going 10 retire into
private life; and he then and there
turned over 10 them the 100000 plant in
which his fortune had been made. He
made this gift. he said. because he felt
that it was the earnest and faithful help
of his employees that had assured his own
success.
Some selfish capitalists win stigmatize
this act as that Of mailman. but some
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
POLITICAL BIG0TRY.
A New NatiOnaIism Is Eliminating
IL the Country over.
From Puck.

FROM Euch-
Professional press agents and publicity
promoters generally turn emerald with
envy when they contemplate the colonel.
All he has 10 do TO start tongues a-wag-
ging and newspaper presses a-clanging
the country over is TO coin a term Ike
the new nationalism." Publicity fol-
lows naturally in carload lots. Seemingly
there is no limit TO the output Just what
the new nationalism means, II is doubt
ful il many can tell comprehensively, but
the growing frequency with which we
meet II in daily newspaper comment sug-
gests that my policies" hold the center
Of the stage no longer
We would prefer not 10 decide of hand
for all the people of the United States
whether the new nationalism is men
ace or a boon. Enough opinions are be-
ing expressed on the subject every day
to make still another superiuous. but
there is one kind OF new nationalism
that has our heartiest approval. That is
the ma ionalsm which obliterates, which
Is now obliteratlng. the old lines OF po-
lltical bigotry and partisan prejudice. and
is substituting rapidly a public opinion
better able by far 10 cope effectively
with the problems Of the present day.
That opinion has been voiced unmls-
takably from Maine 10 California;
whether by Democrats or Republicans
matters not, and while there is ample
evidence OF such a new nationalism
at large in the country, the many pros
and cons as TO Col. Roosevelts pet pro-
ject, from our point OF view, become
relatively unimportant.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
"Popgun" Tariff Bills.

Verify times are changing. and states
men are changing with them!
Nineteen years ago. William NJ. Spring
er. of Illinois. once chairman OF the
Ways and Means Committee Of a Demo
.cratie House of Representatives, proposed
an adjustment of the tarif, piecemeaI. or
schedule by schedule. as is now promised
He introduced a number Of measures
with this object in view. but they were
laughed at and ridiculed by Republican
leaders, while a Republican press made
merry over ''Springer's popgun tarin
bills" until they died natural death.
Now. the President of the United
States. the former President Senator
Beverage, and the Republican party it
self propose this ''popgun" plan-based
upon the report OF experts-as a panacea
for the country's tariff ailments.
Once laughed to scorn. the idea, after
two decades. comes into its own--at
least into national recognition. It had
merit then, as It has merit now.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
Kansas Reputation ut Stake.

From the Kansas City Star.
II the voters OF Kansas permit the
defeat OF Stubs the reactionary interests
from New York 10 san Francisco viii
hail II as victory against the people
and Kansas viii be placed in the list Of
States voting for the old order. No
amount Of argument or reasoning as to
the unquestioned Ircrits Of his opponent
would avail 10 prove 10 the world that
Kansas, IN defeating Stubs. had voted
on the side OF Bristow, Murdoch La Fol-
lette, and Cummins, and the great pro
gressive movement. II is a fight for Kan
sas. And the issue il so clear that not
a single acknowledgements or Re
publican-should be fooled for a moment
as to its significance in the State and be-
yond the borders Of the state.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
De Luxe SmuGgIerk.

From Puck.
Tariff reforms are much indebted TO the
present collector CT the port Of New York.
By his adamantine attitude toward de
luxe smugglers, by the pitlless publicity
with which he has baked their efforts al
duty lodging. Mr. Loeb has done as
much for tariff reform as a car fun Of
campaign pamphlets. Some Of the would
be smugglers are in lines of business in
this country which enjoy the protection
OF choice tariff schedules; one might al
most say with safety that IL is the tariff
bounty which they receive which makes
them prosperous enough to tour Europe
and purchase all kinds OF costly raimsnt
there This they have no conscientious
scruples about bringing through the Gus
tom-house undeclared, but as stanch ad-
vocates Of Republican prosperity" they
would frown no doubt upon the humble
citizen who cannot afford 10 travel in
Europe. but who. like themselves. would
relish the privilege Of buying ~ an open
market, instead Of in a market con-
trolled by monopoly.
A low tariff. or free trade. II seems, is
right for the rich 20 go abroad but
wrong for poorer folk who stay home.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
Women the snender..

Prom the Columbus lOhio) Journal.
David Graham Phillips, in his latest
novel, declares that the savings accounts
are less IS this country than in Europe.
because the woman spends all the extra
earnings at the milliner's or the dress
latter. he remarks, the doctors live of
of our wcmen-our idle, lazy, overeating
women, who will not work, who will not
walk, Who are always getting something
the matter with them" We shouldn't
wonder If il would be well for Mr.. Phil
lips to get out of this country with all
possible speed
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
The Prison Congress.

The meeting of the Prison Congress,
made up of delegates from nearly all civil
liked countries. is the first one that has
been held in this country, though the or
ganization itself was suggested by the
American government thirty years ago.
Al that time mighty little was thought
about prison reform, and conditions in
our penal Institutions and jails were
only slightly better than they had been
when De Toequeville described them
as the worst in all the world
Thirty years have elapsed, and-Nous
avons change tout celia! The change has
come about largely because OF the great
change in public sentiment; because Of a
steady and sincere growth of humani-
tarianism. The old idea that prisons
were solely for the protection Of society
and for the punishment of the wrong
doer has passed away In its place has
come the recognition, by society at large.
Of a duty toward the criminal: a duty
to try by every means to reform and re-
claim the sinner.
1t is only in recent years that the grim
idea OF prisons and prisoners has passed
away. Prisons, from the Dark Ages up
30 our own generation, we thought, had
to be made as fearsome as possible. We
built our Jails Ike fortresses-grim, black.
forbidding. Small windows. heavily graf
I'D inv
beasts; chains, shaekles, dark chambers
it was all horror!
We have come to see that all this was
wrong. No longer do we believe that we
are helping society by keeping prisoners
in loathsome cells to breed diseases OF
the body and mind to feed them on
scant and evil fare; 10 treat them as II
they were lepers-a race set apart. But
still there is much 10 be done. The voice
of John Howard. the first great prison
ireformer. has been needed more thought
fully in Europe than in this country. and
though We have made great strides IN
humanitarianism, much yet remains 10
be done
Some States have done much more than
others looking to prison reform. and
those States that have been the most aa-
vanced have found the most profit. All
over the country now the sentiment is
growing in favor OF the indeterminate
sentence. especially for the younger Grim
inals and those guilty Of first offenses.
instead of immuring a man for A long
period and robbing him of hope as we'll
as manhood. the parole system has been
devised. offering reward for good con-
duet and hope Of decent livelihood upon
release. Institutions are In operation that
make a science of caring for prisoners
upon release; not toadying then. or Civ
ing them aims, but offering them a
chance to test their new-found manhood
and to put into practical operation those
good resolutions formed while under pun
ishment
Much remains TO be done, we know;
but at the Prison Congress TO be held In
this city our penologists may learn how
It has been done in other countries. how
it is being done in the most advanced
of our States; and once more the lesson
will be emphasized that in prison reform
society is helping itself when it helps
the criminal 10 become good citizen.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Commission Plan. Wherever Tried,
Has Proved Efficient.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
We are also told that the sentiment for
the commission form OF government for
cities is going hand in hand with that for
the abolition Of the fee system in North
Carolina We believe that there is a
strong growth OF the same sentiment
here, and we are gratihed 10 see that at
the convention of municipalities OF this
State, 10 meet in Charlottesville in Oc-
tober. the chief matter under discussion.
according 10 the schedule, will be the
question Of the commission form OF gov
eminent. Wherever the commission form
OF government has oeen tried II has meas
ured up TO all that was hoped for ii. and
more. Il cannot fail to gain strength and
impetus The Anticipated and cumberous
system that now obtains IN most OF tn
municipalities OF the country has been
shown by a thousand examples 10 be IL
fitted for modern conditions and for the
purpose Of municipal government Our
own Virginia municipalities have been
Infinitely better and more efficient than
the great bulk Of she municipal govern
ments in other States; but they. from the
very nature of things. cannot perform
the necessary functions with the same
prumptness, economy. and success as has
been shown TO he easily within the reach
OF the commission form.
A city is not a State; it is essentially
a business organization; II is the business
affairs OF the city that should be looked
after and attended 10 by the city govern
ment and not the affairs Of the State or
the nation. We are persuaded that the
commission form Of government is COM
ing. and when il comes il viii stay. and
we are glad 70 know that our peighbor
on the south is as deeply interested IN
the subject as we are
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
Parties Reversing Positions.

From the New York Herald.
II would seem as if the parties have re-
Versed their relative positions, The Re
publican party in the past has won its
victories as the champion of sound money
and conservative principles. MIR. Roose-
welt by his attacks upon the Constitution
and the Supreme Court. and HIS dema-
gogic advocacy Of socialistic notions has
demOralized his party until what portion
OF II that he represents now stands for
heaven knows what In the meantime
with the retirement of Mr.. Bryan the
Democratic party has become more con-
sentative and in the main stands to-day
for the sound principles of government
enunciated by the founders Of the repub-
lie and by the observance Of which the
American people have nrospered beyond
any other on the face of the earth. The
political situation to-day is unprecedented
and anomalous.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

OF US can see here was a man moved
by the true spirit OF benevolenee and
philanthropy. The law did not require
him 10 give anything additional TO the
employees through whose labor he had
'come to fortune, but Mr.. Miller seems 10
have recognized that there did rest upon
him the moral obligation TO do something
for the men and women who had done so
much for him.
The obligation which this philanthropist
recognized is one that few capitalists ad-
nit They seers to think that by some
mysterious purposes of God they are
particularly chosen for riches and ease,
and all their duty to their employees is
discharged when they have paid out the
take part of the millions wrung from
underpaid employees and use the money
in building libraries. endowing colleges.
or enriching art museums. they have not
only done all that is required of them.
but have performed philanthropio deeds
worthy OF the worlds applause
II is not likely that Mr. Charles NIL
Ter, of Waterbury. will receive any uni
versity degrees or foreign decorations in
recognition of his philanthropies but his
name and the example he has set should
be gratefully remembered by all Amer
leans. for he stands and his generous act
stands. for the very best and highest
and noblest In the American spirit
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
NARROW aUARTERs.

We want q fiat of proper sort;
Here is the lad" of Tabloid Court
They advertise a fiat 10 let
With parlorine and kitchenette.
Our grandsires lived in real homes.
with cupolas and sometimes domes;
And even father never met
A parloFine or kitchenette.
But these are days of endless gloom;
You seldom see a real room.
In modern fats the best you get
Is parlorine and kitchenette
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
THE BRIDE.

The maid and thereby hangs a tale,
For such a maid no Whitsun-ale
Could ever yet produce;
No grape. that's kindly rTe. could be
So round. so plump, soft as She
Nor half SO fun Of juice.
Her finger was 50 small the ring
Would not stay on. which they did bring
II was too wide peck
And to say truth lfor out Il must)
II locked like the great collar tiusu
About our young colts neck.
Her feet beneath her petticoat.
Like little mice. stole in and out
As II they feared the light;
But Oh. she dances such a Way!.
No sun upon an yesterday
Is half 80 fine sight
Her cheeks so rare white was on.
No daisy makes comparison;
Who sees them Is uudone
For streaks Of red were mingled there,
Such az are on a Cath rine pear
The side that's aext the sun.
Her lips were red and one was thin.
Compaf 70 that was next her chin,
Some bee had stung il newly;
But. Dick her eyes so guard her face,
] burst no more upon them gaze
Than on the sun in July.
Her mouth so small. when she does speak.
Ihcudst swear her teeth her words did break,
THat they might passage get;
But she 50 handled still the matter.
They came as good as ours, or better,
And are not spent whit.
sir John Sucking.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
BrisfoHY. The EniEmn.

Senator ]. P. DoIliver in the Outlook.
Joseph L. Bristow, the new Senator
from Kansas, a veritable crusader for
righteousness. armed with modern wea-
pOns. Of whom il has been said by one
who listened to him when he pointed out.
standing before a map on the walls OF
the chamber, the injustice of the railways
in their dealings with the intermountain
towns OF the West, this man is an
enigma; he seems to be a composite of
John Brown. OF Osawatomie. and the
French detective Vidocq
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
One Thing that Remains Cheap.

Meigs Correspondent Townsville (Gal Press.
Two men were killed near here yester-
day, Mr. John Merchant and Mr.. Tate.
These parties became enraged over an
argument and Mr.. Tate fired on Mr.. Mer-
chant. with a response from the latter.
resulting IN the death of both. 1t is gen
orally thought the shooting resulted from
a family feud.
There was a negro killed near Cotton
last Saturday night.
Life seems pretty cheap.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
His Growth stunted.

From the Savannah Morning News
That indulgence in alcoholic beverages
stunts growth will be asserted and main
tanned 10y any number of experts. II the
young man who was arrested in Port
land. Dregp the ether day for overhaul
genCe had let the stun alone he might
have been eleven feet figh AS il was.
he was only six feet, eleven inehes and
a half. and weighed S42 pounds.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
Unfamiliar Language.

''skiddoo kiddo." yelled the little Bos-
ton boy
What does Waldo mean?" inquired his
aunt
1T is evidently some foreign phrase he
has picked up" commented his mother.
He has been playing with some foreign
children OF late"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
Useless Controversy.

"A man learns TO avoid useless con-
uoversy as he grows older"
That's right" assented Mr.. Enpeck.
Now, when my wife used 70 say that
Ishe could have done better than to marry
me, used 10 argue the question"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

rum tne lTutlueuce bullftm.
The battle Of Saratoga will hereafter be
Of quite another Character from that which the
histories now IN use describe. For Burgoyns read
Barnes and fer Gates read Roosevelt 1t is some-
what Of a patty that % important a revolutionary
conflict should have to be made 80 trivial through
comparison With modern struggle however ggan-
tic. There is halo about the past that il is desc
Grafton 20 disturb. sun great men are often lac
bulls in china shops They cannot help destro, ing
much that Is good 70 look upon.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

From The Rome tGs.i Tribune.
Mr.. Roosevelt did not Dust" one soli-
tary trust while President Still he is a
stanch advocate nowadays of the idea
that if al first you don't succeed, try,
try. again
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
Curtis and the E1-shnh.

From the Houston Post.
William Eleroy Curtis says OF the for
mer Shah He is a short. fat thick
necked, bullet headed person" And IL
the Shah should ever write a description
of Curtis he could use this identical Ian
guage.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
An Easier Way.

DO foreigners buy many Of our
stooks?"
Some Usually, though. they prefer 10
acquire them by marriage"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

An Indiana saloon keeper has gone
bankrupt because the police drank all his
whisky and would not pay for II. There
is hint here for the prohibitionists.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

Yale boasts that not single member
of It's faculty is an insurgent Can this
be the reason the President took his son
out OF Yale and sent him to Harvard?
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
DefYing the Germs.

kissing may our Ills enhance.
As the doctors say.
But we'll mostly take a chance,
anyway.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

The recall Of the Swedish Minister from
the United States is not necessarily
sign that the swedish movement is be-
coming popular.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
Best He Gets.

DO you ever take a holiday"
"A partial holiday" said the drug clerk.
Some days l only work twenty-five hours
out OF the twenty-four."
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
A woman's Woes.

Il had 10 take to my room for a week
after getting back from the seashore."
Strength all gone"
Clothes all gone-to the wash"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

Out in Iowa there is a proposition 10
cut strip off each side of all the coun-
try roads and put the land into corn.
More conservation.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
nnck 10 Nafure.

Don't you ike TO get close TO nature
occasionally"
Wei, yes. The booze at these country
clubs isn't half bad
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

An Indiana farmer drank bug poison
TO kill typhoid germs. He killed them,
and spoiled a good farmer at the same
time
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

Now that the Attorney General denies
that he voted for Judge Parker in 1904,
the mystery as TO who did vote for him
grows deeper than ever.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

''Boutell bit the dust" says AN ex-
change. And he liked the taste OF 1t so
well that he is going 10 tackle il again.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

should become universal. 1t would mean
farewell 10 the jury system
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

Prof. Libbey. OF Princeton. has been
nominated for Congress. The New Jer-
sey Democrats seem 10 be using up
Prlnceton's faculty pretty fast
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

Ever since Woodrow Wilson's dash into
the political field. Chancellor Day has
been as quiet as a clam.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

The old guard says that II Mr.. Roose-
welt does not make good in November
he will never be heard from again. Oh
yes, he viii
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

Some Americans who do not get their
names IN the paper for fashionable SNUG
Cling come over in the steerage.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

OF course. we have q right 10 fortify the
canal. just as We have the right to waste
perfectly good money in any other way.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

II the tariff has accomplished no other
good. at any rate IL has reduced the size
Of cigarette packages.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29
But This Is Not the stone Age.

From the Montgomery tAlal Advertiser
Hsd the colonel lived in the stone age
he could have turned the trick. but two
terms Is the best We can give even a de-
serving citizen in twentieth century
America
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

It is said things happen in threes. Mayor
Gaynor was shot. then his barn burned,
and now-wait and hear from Rochester.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

The Oregon Short Line is to issue ST.
100000 of new bonds Think of what
long line would require.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-29

George AIDE. ever hospltable. has invited
the Sultan of Sulu 70 his Kentland farm.