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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-06-21

majority over all others. In the
meantime. while the Wildwood suit
was in progress. another petition was
presented and another election was
ordered 10 be held on the 9Th day OF
April. Judge Bullock dismissed Wild
woods suit and the election proceeded
merrily All kinds OF combinations
arose and in the meantime the pri-
mary election for state and county
officers was on. sumter county was
full of election talk. Coleman. Web
Ster and Sumterville We're all candi-
dates for the court house, and the
county candidates We're in all kinds of
dilemas. While this last election was
in progress Wildwood took an appeal
to the Supreme Court on the January
election contest. The election of April
6 resulted as all others had, no place
receiving majority of all the votes
cast Before the April election there
/ was another convention at Bushnell to
] select a place to run. and it had result
ed in no selection, Bushnell and Web
ster being the candidates before the
| convention. There were rumorS of
: still another convention, but the facts
about that have never been made
public.
While all of these conventions and
| elections We're being had the county
| business was being. and is now being,
transacted in a small building for
merly used for a store. The first term
| of Circuit Court after the first was
held in the school house. and the next
term was attempted to be held in an
! old building formerly used as negro
! church, but on account of closely
contested murder trial that building
had To be abandoned as the point was
raised as to whether or not il was in
the town of Sumterville. That mistake
alone cost the county over $1,000.
After all the unsuccessful elections
no further move has been made by the
! commissioners toward erecting court
house The records are kept in small
brick vault built for temporary use.
and county officers are without suff-
cient accommodations 10 properly
transact the business of the county.
The citizens of Sumterville. or some OF
them. have therefore applied for a
mandamus To compel the erection OF a
court house. 1t is rumored that at the
next meeting of the board still another
petition will be presented asking for
another county site election If the
supreme court should reverse the de
cision OF the circuit Judge in the Wild
/ wood contest that suit will have to
proceed further. II the board should
refuse TO call the election on the petit
ton TO be filed at the July meeting OF
the rumor is true) il is likely that an
other mandamus suit Will follow. If
the board should call the election prob
ably an injunction will be issued
against it. SO it seems that the end
is not yet.
, ! Election for bonds and Hard Roads
! In the meantime the county commits
sioners believing that hard roads are
Of vast Importance to the county. have
called another election. This time for
the purpose Of bonding the county fol-
Sl50.0 900 for bonds to build hard roads
. It is unfortunate that the bond cleo
ton should be called at this time. The
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-06-21
hanks ON SURE THING NOW

I'll never be without DR.. King s
New Life Pills again" writes A
Schingeck, 6i7 Elm St, Buffalo, y. Y.
They cured me of chronic constipa-
ton when all others failed I'm
equalled for BIliousness, Jaundice, In
digestion. Headache. Chills. Malaria
and debility. Twenty-Five cents at
all drugstores.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-06-21
FRESH FISH

receive every day the choicest
fresh and salt water fish. mullet and
bottom fish, lake trout and Dream.
William Tucker. city market. phone
No PIG.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-06-21
FORT KING CAMP
KNIGHTS OF PYTHiAs

Conventions held every Monday
evening in Castle Hall, over
Peyser's store. \ cordial well
come 10 visiting knights.
Sidney Halle, c. {.
Chzs X sage. X OF P and 5
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-06-21

In the meantime the county commits
sioners believing that hard roads are
Of vast Importance to the county. have
called another election. This time for
the purpose Of bonding the county for
$50 900 for bonds to build hard roads.
It is unfortunate that the bond cleo
ton should be called at this time. The
people are in no mood to favor it now
ami in all probability the issue will be
defeated by an overwhelming majority.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-06-21
.. .. O. r.
r. L. OF \.

The Fraternal Union Of America
meets in Yonge's Hall the second
j. \. Bowler, F. NJ
c. X Sage. Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-06-21

Genuine Scriven Elastic Seam Draw
ers knee and full lengths, for ten days
only 1T 80 cents. The Globe.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-10-20
JOHN RKE
ON
THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE FEEBLE MINDED HOME,
THE HOME FOR THE DEAF AND
DUMB,
and THE MILITARY RESERVATION.

What seems to me about the best
joke Of all is the statement made in
one Of the stalwart papers up in Grafton
the other day. You know the state
home for the feeble minded is located
at Grafton and after reading the ed
itorial, to which I have reference,
in the "Grafton Record" have begun
to believe that it is good thing he
is located so handy to the institution.
This editor has wilfully misrep.
resented me in regard to my veto in
the Grafton Home appropriation; he
must have wilfully misrepresented me,
for if he had read enough Of the bill
to get the facts he printed, he must
have read it all.
He talks about my veto Of an ap-
preparation for the Grafton Home,
amounting to less than $4,000 and he
says that I cut 5000 out Of the ap.
preparation but the amount was not
for $25, 900; it was for $7s,S50 on
senate bill No. SO, introduced by Sen.
ator Cashel Of Grafton and out Of that
$50, did cut out 5000. Let me
read you about a list Of the items Of
the appropriation bill. Here is what
they asked for:.
For
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-10-20
JOHN BUR KE
THE EVILS OF THE FREE PASS

am heartily opposed to the methods
to legislators. There are two reasons
that influence me to this decision. In
the first place, who has to pay for the
free rides the legislators are gettingi
OF course the railroads ostensibly
settle the bills but the real tariff
comes upon the other patrons Of the
road, who are forced to pay higher
prices for the little bits Of paste.
board that shows they have paid the
rates charged by the railroad corpor.
atoms.
I am in favor Of making every one
pay alike and then if the rates can.
not consistently be lowered, an equal
fare is paid by all and the condition
does not exist which permits one man
to ride free and another forced to
pay both fares.
Then, my friends, the railroad cor.
porations are made up Of some very
wise individuals who know human
nature IN all its phases. Did you ever
stop to think that human nature in.
duces man to return a favor that
may have been extended to him. If
one Of you would do me q favor,
wouldn't I want to return it, If
would do you a favor, wouldn It you
want to return it, The railroads
know this, my friends, and while they
presumably exact no pledges when they
extend the passes, they assuredly ex-
pect them and they quite often re.
ceive them.
It is bad practice, my friends, and
if can get the legislature to pass my
bill, the practice will cease, to the
great good Of our state.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-10-20
HIN B RKE
ON HIS
RIaH APPOINTBE0.

Some Of my opponents will tell you
that I have made some grave errora
in my appointments. Why, they even
tell you that I have been appointing
all the Irish to Office. I didn't know
that there were any Irish in this coun.
try; thought We were al American.
born and brought up in America and
glad Of it.
They will tell you that have ap.
pointed all the Irish to official posi-.
tions. We'll let me tell you who are
some Of the Irish I have appointed.
There is Oliver Knudson, Of Mich.
gan, State Bank Examiner; there ID
Samuel Torgerson, Of Grand Forks, q
Trustee Of the Mayville Normal School;
there is Olaf Bjorke, Game Warden;
q. 7. Helgeson and E. x. Spoonheim
Trustees Of the State University at
Grand Forks; these are just q few Of
my Irish appointees that the stalwart
papers would have you criticise me for.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-10-20
] o n N B U r K E
ON
THE SALARY GRAB.

ct am glad to hear that hearty ap-
plause. 1t is an assurance that there
are some Of my friends here in the
audience. I was afraid that you had
been reading the editorials in the Fargo
Forum and had come to hear what kind
Of terrible man I was," said the
governor in the introduction to his re-
marks.
And you have heard some people
say that have used my official posi-
ton to increase my world 3 goods and
some Of the stalwart papers call me
Salary Grab Burke because I signed
the bill that would give the Governor
IS 900 instead Of $4,000 as a salary.
did sign that bill, my friends, and
let me tell you why I signed that bill
and I am sure that you will agree
with me in thinking that I did right
in the matter.
Do you happen to know how many
Of the state officers resided in Bis
marck and attended to the duties for
which they were elected before was
made Governor Of your statei All
Of them, you will doubtless say, but
happen to know better and I can
tell you truthfully, my friends, that
. great many Of them came down to
the capital, fled their bonds, put
their Offices in charge Of deputies and
clerks and that was almost the last
seen Of them.
Now, that was no way to conduct
q great state Office and 1 Immediately
went to work to see why this con.
dition existed. And found that
their salaries were 20 low and the liv-
ing expenses in Bismarck and the cost
Of moving to and from that city so
high that they were unable to move
there and live on the salaries they
were receiving.
In the meantime, while I was see.
ing what could do to keep them in
Bismarck so they could do the duties
for which they were elected, they had
q meeting down at tho capital; they
got together at their own instance and
they selected = committee to draft .
bill to see If the legislature wouldn Z
raise their salaries until they could
at least got enough to live on and pay
their necessary expenses. I WASH t
of State Blaisdell was; 20 was In
surance Commissioner Cooper.
That bill raised the salary Of the
governor along With those Of tho other
officials and I signed the measure in
% they could attend to their duties
Fin charge. That bill required that
enset, the officers rseeiving> II must
I've i Bi.marek. I couldn't take my
salary raise away without taking
Il kAAk ~ ~ "
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-10-20
10 H N B U r K E
ON THE
"GRAFTING BILL"

I think that all Of you should agree
with me-" said the Governor, "that
the legislature Of our state should have
the vital interest Of the people at heart
at all times and that their appropriation
should be regulated by the resources Of
the state.
This 10 bad year for crops in North
Dakota, and If am elected governor
Of this state again, am going to advo.
cate short session that will materially
lessen the expenditures Of the state.
I shall suggest that the legislature
meet, make the proper appropriations,
and then adjourn, all Of which can in.
deed be done in less than sixty days.
marck, held before the last session, they
planned . bill, called tho Legislature
Drafting Bill and whom the bill went
to the printer, the letter cd" in Draft.
ing was changed to ''G" and after I
read the bill, I thought that the typo.
graphical error had better not be cor
rected. Lot me tell you little about
the bill:
It Was . bill which required the ap-
pointment Of . committee to draft Ill
Of the bills which were to be presented
during the session. I vetoed that bill,
my friends, and whyi
Because I thought that such move
would be . reflection upon the intslli.
gsnes Of the lsgislstors, who, according
70 the bin, were % ignorant that they
couldn't draft their own legislative
measures. With an the lawyers and
other brainy men in the senate and Leg
islstars, I thought that they could eet
tegetisr eons way and Prepare their
bills. That = Why I vstssd ~ I'm
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-10-20
JOB N ~ guRKz.
Law 70 KING.

sour country 10 little different
from any other country" said the Gov
ernor to the school children, ssAnd the
only king We have 10 the law. We
should learn while We are young to 70.
spect and reverence our great American
king, and the place to learn this Il IN
tho homo whore you will first learn to
obey your parents. Later whom you
leave homo and 60 to make your own
way in the world, you will have learned
the habit Of abiding in the law and
will thus become useful citizens Of the
country"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-10-20
JOB N BUR K z :.
ON
N0N-PARTIaAN APPoINTEEs.

Some Of the stalwart papers or speak
ers will tell you that am appointing
democrats to fiji the state offices and
thereby building up great machine,
which I can use any way care to in
elections. They say that I have not
been impartial in my selection Of Off
GERS, but let me tell you, my friends,
that I have and we have.
After my first election and when ]
got down to Bismarck, some Of my &C.
quaintances came down to my Office and
took me to one side and whispered to
me not to appoint any insurgents to
Office. Why one Of the first to come
was this same Major Butts, the Forum e
special correspondent, and he said to
me, "Now look here, Governor, you
and your party have won great fight
You have been victorious and can make
your appointments. To the victor be.
longs the spoils-don give any Offices
to the insurgents; hand them to your
democratic supporters.
And several more OF them came to
mo and they came 90 rapidly that near
~ . dozen had been to me on the same
subject in less than two days. And
right then, my friends, I began to see
UOm0tuluK O0u1uU Oh tulb 6uU SoCV&'
nizsd the fine Italian hand Of oul
friend Mckenzie. And sure enough, he
was the man who was instigating all
Of these men to come and advise me ia
appoint ell democrats to Offices which
would have to all.
But l want to tell you, my friends
that whenever I get any advice from
Alex. Mckenzie, I know pretty well
what to do. I know that il do just
the opposite to what Alex. says, I will
be doing about the right thing.
And 20 I selected my appointees on
the question Of ability rather than poll
tics. I have had more appointments t.
make than any other governor, and !
think may be safe in saying that ]
have made moro appointments than oil
the other governors combined. have
had to organize oil those western coun.
ties and to appoint mon to Ill every
Office in those now counties. organ.
lied Dunn and Hettinger and Ward
and Billings and Burke and Adams and
Sheridan, and when ] came TO the se'
lection Of the mon to manage the ct.
fairs Of those counties, I told them Ia
70 back home and select the best mon
TO all the positions. And ] didn't cvsn
know their politics. didn = even asl
what they were.
I told them TO get board Of com
missionsTs who were good business mon
and could control the Affairs Of the
county 81 Q busintssliks manner, and
70 sejeet a attorney who could advise
them honestly and carefully.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-10-20

thought ! would be even IN the race
for governor. ] heartily wish that
could have retired from this campaign
to 60 back home 70 my law practice
in Devils Lake and let some one, else
take up the struggle. But I was not
permitted to do %.
While I was expecting to retire after
my present term, my friends through.
out the state, regardless Of politics,
were preparing petitions which were
signed by hundreds Of voters Of North
Dakota. But when they were presented
to mo, ! said emo" gentlemen can.
not enter the race again.
But they told mo that they had no
other candidate and that IL would
not run, they would quit and the
people would lose the great headway
they had already made. SO I agreed
to forget for . time my own personal
benefit lor the sake Of the people, and
decided to enter the race.
When . man 10 elected governor Of q
great state like North Dakota he has
many expenses during his term in Office
and it he is man Of small personal
means, his salary 10 decidedly insufficient
to meet the obligations. He has to
do more or less entertaining, and he
should 60 everywhere in tho state
when people need him. This had not
been done in recent years but when
I was elected governor thought that
I was elected BY the people to serve
the people and that I should 20 any
place where I could do the people most
good.
The governor must represent you,
state at homo and abroad and I am
sure that when he goes out Of the state
to appear for you, you would not want
him to have to spend his time looking
around for cheap hotel because he
couldn't afford to 60 to the better
hotels with the other officials Of other
states.
The stalwart papers say that +
poor lone democrat-was able to
make the republican legislature raise
my salary. couldn't make them
pass the bill giving the Governor
authority to remove officers from
their positions for wilful neglect Of
duty, yet, could make them pass a
bill to raise my salary. What great
man must be to do that.
"But did sign the bill, drafted
by the republicans to raise the salary
Of state officials and I signed it to
give the people the services of the
men whom they had elected to give
that SERVICE"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-25
HOSPITAL FOR
THE TUBERCULOSIS
sTATE sANATORIUM AUTHORIZED
BY LAST LEGISLATURE WILL
PROBABLY BE LOCATED On
SHADES MOUNTAIN

Judge b. Nj. Allen. Dr. B. l.. Wyman'
and Col 8. w John the committee ap-
pointed at the last meeting of the Jeffer-
son County Anti-Tuberculosis association
to confer with Gov. B. B. Conner IN re-
gard to the immediate establishment OF
the state sanatorium for the tuberculous,
will exert all possible efforts to nave a
site selected on Shades mountain
The sanatorium was provided for by
hill nassed at the last regular session Oh
the legislature, $4,000 being appropriated
for its establishment and maintenance
The straightened condition of the state
treasury has prevented action heretofore
hut Governor Conner has decided that the
hospital be erected before the close of his
administration. The governor and DR.. W.
Fl Sanders, state health officer, are now
engaged in finding a suitable site for the
sanatorium, and it Is very probable that
a Shades mountain location will be Sc
lected.
n seems that Colonel Johns speech
last TUESDAY night advocating the imme-
date establishment of the hospital has
NOT been long in bearing fruit. Local
fighters of the plague are much satsfed
a the prospects.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-25
CHANDLER GETS PLACE
AT JACKSONVILLE

o. H. Chandler. local city ticket agent
for the Queen and Crescent route, has
rendered his resignation to w. o. Beck
Ter, general passenger agent. Mr.. Chan
dler will become union ticket agent for
the Jacksonville Terminal company at
Jacksonville, Fla. He will assume his
new duties July l.
Mr.. Chandler was appointed to this new
position from a large field of ticket agents
and he as well as the local railroad Off
GERS are very much elated that a Bir-
enviable position. He will be Jointly the
representative of the Atlantic Coast Line,
the Southern, the Seaboard the Central
of Georgia and the Florida East Coast.
Mr.. Chandler is considered one of the
most amiable and courteous officers In
Birmingham. His manner of treatment
of the public has earned him a wide repu-
tation and his appointment is traceable to
this characteristic as much as to his we'll
known ability to make good" at any
ticket post.
Mr.. Chandler will leave here within the
next few days and will carry along the
best wishes not only of the railroad peo-
pie, but the entire travelling public
Mr.. Chandler Is a native of Knoxville.
Tenn, and has been in the employ of the
Queen and Crescent for a number of
wears
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-25
NEWS OF GREENvILLE
Negroes Arrested for BurgIary-BOnd
Election In Butler

Greenvile, June 24.-(Special. )-Yester-
day Jim and Oscar Owen of Mckenzie,
two young white men, were brought to
Greenvile by Deputy Creech and lodged
in jail, charged with burglary. They live
east of Mckenzie and made no attempt
to get away from the officers. No bond
has been made for them.
Sheriff Watson brought in a negro man,
Essex Laster. from near Forest Home,
about 10 miles from Greenville. charged
with burglary. Laster was lodged in jail
here.
Norman Williams. a negro living near
Glasgow was brought in recently by Eu-
gene Searcey and handed over to the
sheriff. This negro was also charged with
burglary. All of the former have been
bound over to the grand jury at the next
term of court.
Wednesday night the operator at the
station caught a young negro. Eddie
Webb, trying to pass counterfeit money
and called some deputy United States
marshals, who happened to be on the
train, and they arrested him. He was
later turned over to the sheriff and yes
terday was taken to Montgomery where
The was released on a 500 bond to appear
before the United States court.
There is quite little feeling among the
fans here about the failure of the games
recently played in Evergreen between
the locals and that team to appear In the
papers. The team here has played Il
games with some of the best amateur
teams in the state and has won 10 Of
them, and the only game that they lost
was a close one.
The election to decide whether Butler
county will issue good roads bonds or not
will be held on July 3. and there is more
than casual interest being manifested
in the outcome. The county has all that
Is necessary to make the roads and only
one of the ingredients will have to be
hauled. The soil of the county is sandy
and of red clay. The issue If carried WIFI
be for $4,000, and the roads will be Of the
sand clay kind. Butler county has tust
put in all over the county concrete and
iron bridges, and there is not a single
wooden bridge over any important creek
on an important road in the county