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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
The Corrupting Power of Campaign
Contributions.

Contributions.
Testifying before the joint commit
tee of congress investigating Secre
tary Ballinger, Louis R. CLAWS recit-
ed that in an interview had with Bal
linger in Portland, Oregon, in Oc-
tober, 1908, Ballinger spoke of tho
difficulty he was having in securing
(republican) campaign contribu.
tions. He said that Fl. C. Henry and
c. J. Smith, two of the Cunningham
claimants, usually had been liberal
contributors, but that they were mad
because they hadn't got patents to
their lands and would not give any
thing" At Ballinger's request CLAWS
dropped action until after election
After election found BalIingeI
secretary of the interior and over
CLAWS, and exerting all the power
of his Office to clear list the Cunning
ham claims and make it possible for
the Guggenheim syndicate to get hun
dreds of millions of dollars for prac-
tically nothing
The testimony shows the intimate
relations maintained between big
business and politics. Ballinger be-
lieves in repaying favors to self and
party out of the funds of the whole
people. He is a consistent republi-
can and aft and desirable member
sured the plundered consumers that
the Aldrich law is the best tariff
measure ever enacted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
Proportion.

Size does not always stand for polse.
Nor can a giant hold
Ills temper and his tongue and watch
Events as they unfold.
A large and we'll developed man,
The prey Of circumstance.
May fuss about a little thing
Not worth a second glance.
A statesman who can sway a crowd
Or hold a mob in awe
And make the court sit up and look
When he expounds the law
VIII raise the roof and forty kinds
OF trouble like as not
II when he takes his morning meal
The coffee isn't hot.
1t is a sight worth looking at
And going miles TO see.
A picture from a funny page.
AS you will all agree,
When Mr.. Worth-a- Million Bones,
Whose wealth is as the dirt,
Can't make his collar button At
The collar on his shirt.
The little worries that annoy
And almost drive to drink
Are worth wasting words and time.
Much less a drop OF ink.
A man may calmly see destroyed
The products of his skill
And make the biggest kind of fuss
If some one calls him Bill"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
Camp Out in the Forest
Laden Atmosphere of Great Benefit to Those Who
Have Consumption

Among Adirondack
to
health n
fragrant pne-aden
There peculiar virtue in pine which makes it splendid
affections
bronchial This valuable medicinal the
Oil Pine compound which combination
principles album.
a quickly
mix
pure whisky a
bottle
durable If have difficulty in securing medicinal
whisky
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
uNTERMYER's $4,000 FEE.
Lawyers Compensation Fer ConcIud-
ing Merger Between Big Companies.

Lawyers Compensation Fer Conclud-
ing Merger Between Big Companies.
The fact that Samuel Untermyer
the lawyer. had received fee of STTT5,
600 for his work in bringing about the
merger between the Utah Copper com
pany and the Boston Consolidated
Mining company, finally completed the
other night after dismissal of the in
junction proceedings in the United
States circuit court at Trenton. n. j.,
was the one topic of interest recently
among lawyers in New York city. 1t
was generally admitted that it is the
largest fee ever received by a lawyer
in n single case in the United States,
probably in the world. Mr.. Untermyer
himself, however, would not talk about
it.
rs it true" he was asked, that
your fee of $4,000 is the largest ever
received by a lawyer?"
For obvious reasons" said Mr.. I'm
termyer. with a satisfied smile. II can
not discuss such a personal subject.
Anyway, it is not matter of public
interest"
inquiry brought out from other
sources some interesting details re-
garding the work that Mr.. Untermyer
did for $4,000.
In the first place, 1t represented
some three or four years attention to
the interests of the Boston Consoli.
dated company. which is controlled by
an English syndicate. and continued
negotiations to bring about the con
oh h0S of
through. As to the legal proceedings
which Immediately preceded 1t. there
has seldom been a case before the
courts which involved so much work
in the preparation of papers. Three
companics-one English and two
American-were involved in the suit,
and Mr.. Untermyer represented all
three
1t also became known that Mr.. I'm
termyer's fee was not all cash. In
cluded in the amount were $3.50 shares
of Boston Consolidated, which were
turned over to the lawyer. These at
the current market rate would be
worth about $4,000. The rest. how
ever, was cash.
When the question of fees came up
the directors and stockholders of both
the Utah and the Boston companies
voted unanimously that the amount
asked. SITS, ZOO, was not excessive.
In the merger is likely to be involved
a total capitalization of 100000, 600.
In comparison with this $4,000 fee
is a mere flea bite.
Other lawyers who were asked what
they thought of such a stable legal
fee all declined to discuss it on the
ground that it would be unbecoming
to do so. Joseph H. Choate said he
had never received such fee himself
and he didn't see why he should dis
cuss what another lawyer had re-
ceived
Paul D. Cravath, who has received
some large fees himself, was greatly
interested.
"Whewv' he said. at certainly was
a good round sum. No; L do not care
to say what was the largest fee / have
ever received. l don't think, though,
that it amounted to S7T5,000."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
Saved From Awful Peril.

81 never felt so near my grave"
writes Lewis Chamblin of Manchester,
Ohio. r. r. No. 3. "as when a frightful
cough and lung trouble pulled me down
to 115 pounds in spite of many RENE
dies and the best doctors. And that /
am alive today is due solely TO DR..
Kings New Discovery, which COM
pletely cured me. Now 1 weigh 100
pounds and can work hard. 1t also cur
ed my four children of Group" Infalli-
BILE for coughs and colds; it's the most
certain remedy for grip, asthma, des-
perate lung trouble and all bronchial
affections. so cents and 81. A trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by all drug
gists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
Disillusionized.

"When does the honeymoon endT'
"oh, yes; I was going TO tell you
about that. You know we have had
several explanations, but the real time
when the glamour is over and they set
tie down to the battle of life is when
the messenger calls for the dress suit
in which the man was married"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
The English Elections.

William T. Stead. in the February
Review of Reviews, discusses the re-
cent elections in England. In round
numbers there are $4,000, 900 inhabi-
tants in the United Kingdom, inhabit-
ing over 100000 houses, and there
are on the electoral register nearly
100000 names. OF these, nearly $780,
0cO live in Scotland, 100000 in Ireland,
and less than 100000 in Wales. The
remaining 10000 900 are in England
At the general election in 1906
100000 votes were cast, and the lib
eral plurality was S36.41S The liber-
ais at that time poIled a majority in
all the four divisions of the United
Kingdom, the figures being 100000 in
England, $4,000 in Wales, 131, 900 in
Scotland. and 100000 in Ireland. This
was far the most decisive vote that
had been cast in any general election.
In 1892 the liberal plurality was only
100000 In 1895 the unionists had
converted this into a unionist plural
ity of $4,000.
The house of commons consists of
$40 members, distributed as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

Showing an anti-unionist majority
of 354.
1t ought, however, to be noted that
the liberal 512 include Al Independent
labor members and "a Irish national
lists. The labor men almost always
vote with the liberals. The Irish ma
tionalists vote, as a rule, with the lib
erals, excepting on questions relating
: to sectarian education and whisky.
1t is obvious from the most cursory
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

Do you know that Group can be pre-
vented? Give Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy as soon as the child becomes
hoarse or even after the croupy cough
appears and it will prevent the attack
1t is also a certain cure for Group and
has never been known to fail. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

woman, bound her with towel to a
chair and made his escape. carrying
away jewelry and silverware. Mrs.
Shapiro was found unconscious by her
husband.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
Feb 4 in American
History

1S02-Dr. Mark Hopkins. famous edu-
Gator, born; died 1887.
194O-The United States bank. an in
stitution chartered by Pennsyl-
vania. suspended finally.
1901 - Centennial anniversary Of the
installation Of John Marshall as
chief justice of the United States
celeDrat ted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
WOMAN FIGHTS BURGLAR
Desperate Battle by Wealthy New
Yorker Fails to Save Jewels.

New York, Feb. "A stylishly
dressed second story man was quietly
footing the home of Max Shapiro, a
leather merchant of East New York
yesterday when surprised by Mrs. Sha-
pire on her return from euchre party
Shapiro had stopped to see his wife's
parents few houses away from his
home. Mrs. Shapiro and the burglar
fought hand to hand from room to
ROOM The woman was finally knocked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
Thn Reason

"Does he make trouble at homer"
Not bit"
temper"
mot necessarily"
"Why not?"
Because he never is ct home"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

ais that Justice with the pair OF
scales:'
Certainly"
III bet it is n long while since the
city inspector Of weights and meas
ures has put his o. X. on them.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
The Brute,

81 wish to marry your daughter sir"
"You dog"
Eyes"
"Then you are in luck"
81 hope so. sir"
Yes. you are. for she intends to
marry you"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
HurnOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
By DUNCAN N. SMITH

THE woman who has a capable
dressmaker and an artistic mil.
liner may not be beautiful, but no
body knows It,
Having a good conscience is in itself
often a great tribute TO ones ability
to manage things and keep them from
bothering.
Some people think that they are
right and then go ahead. while others
just think that they are tight.
Women can't help being fussy. They
know that it is up to them TO please
the men.
A beautiful blond has hers own
troubles staying blond once she has
attained to that condition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
Proaression.

At four the boy would think II fine
To be conductor on the line.
At six he has a larger plan:
He wants 20 be the mororman.
AT ten, as ne has grown more wise,
A barn boss would be Just his size
When fifteen years have taken wing
He wants TO own the blooming thing
At twenty his ambition slides
To own the earth on which II glides.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

The proposed primary election law
promises by the time it gets through
the legislature to present more the
appearance of a crazy quilt than any
of its predecessors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

And now a suspicion develops that
Rockefeller is back of the beef trust
is anybody overwhelmed with sur
prise?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

& 1t looks as if the commission bill
when 1t finally escapes from the con-
ference will have as much of killing
joker in it as the primary election
measure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
How Could He?

do you ever save any money!
NO; certainly not"
"You should"
81 should be glad to, but never
caught dollar hollering to me 70 come
and rescue it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

An attack Of the grip. is often :oi-
lowed by a persistent cough. which to
many proves a great annoyance.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been extensively used and with good
success for the relief and cure OF this
cough. Many cases have been cured
after all other remedies had failed.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

Salt Lake is trying to figure out
how it can get the profits from the
prize fight and still evade the repu-
tation which goes with prize fights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

DR.. Osler's Endorsement of the sour
milk diet doesn't make it any the
more palatable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

Why not apply the commission form
to the legislature, as well.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island. Ill EN-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

TERMS-Daily. 10 cents per week.
Weekly. 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must
nave real name attached for publica-
ton No such articles will, be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

At the general election of 1906 these
four divisions were represented as fol-
lows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
Honest About It.

"Do you ike 10 work.
every much. indeed"
That's encouraging. What is your
linef"
Easy marks"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

Called Out Their Food.
ais he rough with the men?"
''IIe orders them about like cattle"
What does he say 10 therT"
'Heyw
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04
He Knew.

"You can't keep n good man
81 know you are going TO say you
can't keep a good man in this Office
and then say you don't know why.
can tell you why. You don't pay
enough"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-04

BY THE J. w. POTTER co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-16
Kinds Coming Up.

The primary successes Of Asher c.
Kinds, parliamentarian of the house in
recent days, have not been overlooked
in politics-loving Washington. It was
promptly noted here that he won the
majority of the wards in the city of
Portland, which started him well on the
road to success in winning the con
gressional nomination in the first
Maine district. Mr.. Kinds has been a
figure of Importance in the house for
a number of years, as his fame for par
liamentary wisdom has grown. Almost
the entire senate and house have been
ton
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-16
FREE ENTRY ORDERED
FOR MANILA CIGARS

NEW YORK, June lin an opinion
handed down today by the board of
United States general appraisers a pro
test of the United cigar stores company
against the assessment of duty on cigars
imported from the Philippine Islands
has been sustained, and free entry has
been ordered.
The only legal question involved was
whether the transshipment in the har-
Dor of Hongkong deprived merchandise
billed through to the United States OF
free entry here.
The ease is Of Importance because
any other holding would tend to nullify
the statutory exemption for Philippine
cigars which President Taft urged upon
congress.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-16
THINKS MISSIONARIES
HAVE BEEN TO BLAME

5. f. Thompson. of New Haven, Con
neeticut who spent some months in Ha-
wall recently, states in the Portland
Oregonian that ''the Islands would
have been further advanced had it not
been for one thing-the missionaries -
Explaining, Mr.. Thompson added:
Il do moi wish to criticize the mis-
sionaries for their religious zeal, but
they overlooked what seems to me TO
be a very important matter. They did
not teach the natives any principles Of
business or how TO take care Of them
selves As a result the natives OF the
Islands are like so many children,
From my observation l believe
many things that have been said about
he people Of Hawaii are unjust. | was
entertained on several occasions by
half-whites and l never met finer PEG
pie in my life. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-16
Into Reed s Shoes.

II he wins the nomination and the
election, as is now expected. another of
the men whom the late Speaker Reed
chose to have about him at the Capitol
will hold the same congressional com
mission that he held. 1t was well I'M
derstood at the time that Mr. Reed s
influence brought about the nomination
of Amos L. Allen, his classmate at Bow
dom and the clerk of the committee on
rules of which he was chairman Mr.
Allen is to retire March next by his
own choice, having served the first
Maine district in congress ever since
Mr.. Reed resigned. Mr. Kinds was in
duced by Mr.. Reed to come to Wash
ingtOn to take a position in the house
where he has come to be known as its
most important and best known EN-,
ploye.
1t is something of question how the
house will get along without Mr.. Kinds
as parliamentarian. He says he has
written all he knows about parliament
airy law in the shelf full of big volumes
prepared by him. But the volumes are
so big that only one very familiar with
them, like Mr.. Kinds. can find things
quickly there. Strangely enough, how
ever, the house has been getting along
without Mr.. Kinds for more than a
week and there has been no grumbling
because he has not been on the Job.
That is not because he has not been
missed, but because everybody in the
house knows he has been home working
in the interest of his own nomination
As already stated, nearly everybody in
senate and house wants to see him win
the nomination and consequently the
warning elements in the house have been
willing not to stir up any trouble which
would call for the services of the house
parlamentarian.
1t has come to be quite the thing
for emloyes of the house to win a seat
there. Senator Burton. of Ohio, was
succeeded in the house not many
months ago by James H. Cassidy, who,
for some years, had been the clerk of
the house rivers and harbors committee.
Mr.. Burton was long chairman of that
committee and favored the political am
billions of the committee clerk who had
served him faithfully.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-16
AN ABORIGINAL CRITICISM.

One amusing comment on the white
man s music was made by the Indians
who were once sent to Carnegie hail TO
hear song of their own which had
been harmonizcd and included in the
program of a well-kDowu singer. After
repeated urging the Indians afterward
consented to tell their impressions of
the program, They said: lit seemed to
Us that the man sang the same song
over and over. only sometimes it was
long and sometimes short This was
to say that they were bored by the
lack of variety in Schubert, Schumann
and Franz. concludes Frederick Burton,
who tells the story.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-16
CALIFORNIA;
Greatest Industry

The sensational developments of re-
cent months have shown that the Cali
fornia oil industry is far more wonder
full and far more profitable than even
the most enthusiastic had dared to i'm
agine.
There has never been anything like
California oil in all the growth and
history of the nation for making ire
mendous profits on small investments,
and it is doubtful if there ever will be
again.
We strongly urge the immediate pur-
chase of stock of the Ventura Oil De-
velopment Company, which controls one
square mile of oil land in the very
heart of the Ventura oil district, with
two wells already in oil sand, thereby
assuring success to this great enter
prise.
We are offering you these shares at
fifteen cents each, thereby giving You
an opportunity to Join this undertak-
ing, whose immense resources can hard
" be estimated at this time.
Make your Investment now, while the
price is still within reach.
P, F. R. STRAUCh
ACT. Lincoln Mortgage and Loan Co.
Room !, Waity Building.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-16

sentative .ra,,.ro,- of ,,;,aa-..,
man Of anr,ron,..+;,,,. l'. ..
orarral nIer no pra,;1I,+ I-ttN "a d iliee
.tv,onsos ,rba h,,i.l., IRA ei'i'2
thu. fnn1 of - nN0 49,. '1'''' ~ man
,r, C,i,,iI an '.1t oL ne oU...
So that tho pres;don+ '', aa,fl d an" o'e
ficienc,- h., has orao+a5 , =, pay I, le
fund which conrr ~a.'! Ia 1n5 l t; ,L
YEAR Uo .a;J .o,,,+h;.,. .l. 49,
President bo,,;,,,, .-s
he visited down son+h sn5 o ,,an+in --olI
= list ot son+born o,,,-.al,,,,, s5
ridden mon the PrasiI4n+ traim T no.,
looked Ii.a a ,,ood nIl a.t;',,ai ,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-16
Travelling Money.

For short while last week it seemed
as though there was to be something
new in the general thought. Repre-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-16
PILES CURED IN 6 TO u DAYS.

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed
TO cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in to
II days or money refunded.-Made by
PARIS MEDICINE CO., Saint Louis.
L. S. of 4.
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