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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
The Motive Power.

"a western editor says nobody was
ever hurt while taking JOY ride on
the handles Of a plow''
That's where he's mistaken. Many
a good man has been kicked by a
mule."-Birmingham Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
Explosion Kills Two.

Granite City, 1.-two men are
dead and seven are badly hurt as the
result of an explosion on the sixth
floor of the corn house of the Corn
Products Refining company. The ex-
plosion was caused, it is said, by spon-
taneous combustion, due to the large
amount of dust floating about the corn
house.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11

Blackstone in his famous Com
mentaries" submits as sound rule
Of action that the first duty of a
legislative body is not to legislate.
but seriously to consider whether any
legislation is necessary That prin-
ciple, remarks the New York Mail,
may have struck our English ances-
tors as wise and proper, but 1t is
perfectly clear that the United States
Congress takes no stock in 1t. Con-
slider the record of the recent ses-
sion. In the House nearly, If not
quite, $4,000 bills were introduced,
and more than 5000 were presented
in the Senate, and these figures make
no account OF the large number Of
resolutions offered in both branches.
OF course the great majority of that
vast number Of bills went into pigeon
holes. where they are slumbering
peacefully, but more than 10000
were reported upon by the commit
tees, most of them unfavorebly. The
bills adopted by the House. large
proportion Of them private bills, num-
bear nearly 5000. perhaps 5000 OF
them relating to pensions. So far as
the number Of bills introduced is con-
cerned the late session was record
breaker. Our statesmen evidently
felt obliged to do something to show
that they were earning their salaries.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
Fine School.

"Your daughter should attend my
school of education"
"she shan't! She's attended one,
and she's positively"
"Ah, but I teach new system
When my pupils are asked to recite
they are trained. to refuse"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11

Says the Baltimore American 1t
is no longer in point to speak Of an
awakening Orient The great vel
low race Is already alert to the trend
Of Western movements and is utiliz-
ing the machinery, the methods and
the mastery that they have learned
from the West. The progress OF in
dustrialism in the countries OF the
East and the ability being displayed
to meet the needs Of their own popu-
lations produce a feeling Of solicitude
for tho scope Of the Western indus
try in the Eastern market.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
Adopts erandfather Clause.

Guthrie, Okla.-Complete returns of
the primary election from GO out of ~
counties give the grandfather clause"
NEGRO Acknowledgement amendment)
majority Of 17,4O6, which shows its
adoption by about 10000.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
Picturesque LANGUAGE

"rm afraid fire has very poor table
manners"
"Why so"
"a young reporter says the greedy
flames devoured everything in reach
and then licked the paint off an adj
Joining building. Birmingham Age-I
Herald
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
Sherman Denies story.


r concerning the charges made r
r by Senator Gore at Muskogee: +
+ "The story that comes to r
y me about the charges made r
= by Senator Gore at Musco- r
r gee is absolutely without the r
+ slightest shadow of founda- =
= ton" r
++++++ ++++++ r
committee / was under obligation to
relate all that Hamon had said, AMI
when it came to mentioning what Ha-
mon had said, and when it came to
me mentioning what Hamon had said
to me about Mr.. Sherman, named
the vice president with extreme re.
IRENE reluctance. l had no alterna-
tive but to tell the truth. / think
owe it to Mr. Sherman and to the
country to hope that the fact that
Hamon mentioned Mr.. Sherman will
be relegated to perpetual oblivion"
Muscogee, Okla.--Jake L. Hamon,
accused by Senator T. p Gore with
having offered him a $25,0O0 bribe to
influence legislation in congress for
the sale of Oklahoma Indian lands,
took the stand before the congression-
al investigation committee.
Hamon entered a general denial OF
Senator Cores charges that he had
offered the senator $4,000 or other
amounts to put through" the 30,000,-
600 land deal. He denied being him
self interested in the McMurray con-
tracts and said he was in Washing
ton in the interest Of Governor c.. N.
Haskell of Oklahoma
He also denied ever offering Con
gresham G. F. Creager, an interest"
did you tell Senator Gore that you
were ready to pay him $4,000 or
$4,000 and the money would not be
marked and there would be no checks
but that the money would be clean,
hard cash?" the witness was asked.
Il never made such an OFFER" re-
piled Hamon.
did you ever mention to Senator
Gore that Vice President Sherman,
Senator Curtis, former Senator Long
or former Senator Thurston were in.
terested in the McMurray contracts?"
Hamon was asked.
Il never did," he replied
Chairman Burke of the investigat-
ing committee authorized statement
that Vice President Sherman would
not be summoned to appear before
the committee.
Muscogee, O4la.-Vice President
Sherman was named by Senator T.
P. Gore in connection with what are
known as the McMurray Indian land
contracts, an investigation of which
was begun by special committee OF
the house of representatives. Senator
Gore after declaring that he had been
approached by Jacob Hamon with an
offer of bride of $4,000 to. remove
all congressional opposition to the
contracts, asserted that Hamon
had said a. man higher up" in the
government was interested" in the
contracts. Senator Gore at first said
he was reluctant to name the man
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
indian Land FRAUDS INVESTIGATION
BRINGS OUT SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE
Vice-P President Sherman Named
as 'GlTan Higher Up"
SHERMAN ASSERTS INNOCENCE
John 1. HamOn, Accused Ry Senator Gore
With Having Offered $4,000 Bride,
Makes General Denial

Muskogee, Gkla.-Senator Gore is
sued the following statement relative
to Vice President Sherman:
Il have never, either in the senate
or before the investigating commit
tee, made any charge whatever
against Mr.. Sherman. | never said
he was interested in the McMurray
contracts, directly or indirectly. The
vice presidents name was mentioned
to me by Hamon as the man higher
up who was interested in the con-
tracts. When l testified before the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11

Limitation may be de sincerist fiat
terry, said Uncle Eben, in the Wash
ington Star, but dat doesn' make
counterfeit money any mo- accepta-
BILE"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
Many girl who refuses to stay
single also refuses TO stay married.

DIR Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
IA nyirorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sucar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take.
Do not grippe.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
THE MEN DoN,T DEsERvE -,

THE MEN DON'T DESERVE TT.
II defy any one to name a field Of
endeayor in which men do not re-
ceive more consideration than wom-
EN-" exclaimed the orator at a sui
fraeette meeting.
THE chorus" murmured some ir-
responsible pcrson. -Lippincott's.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11

'zickins" said Uncle Eben, IN the
Washington Star, is like pepper. #
may help IN de right place, but dar
ain no sense in spillin 1t around"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11

Man wants more and more of 9 re-
ward each year. Familiarity breeds
contempt, even Of a mans own sal
ary. Az
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
His Busy Season.
business ~

HOW S UUHIuO''D
"Brisk," answered the druggist. i've
hought tickets for two picnics and four
excursions this morning, and donated
goods for several indoor affairs"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11
,n.cHE-FTaclrs CAPUDTNB

whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach Of
DrTlieS,s Tronbles, Capudine viii relieve you.
N T.el uoT,id-nleasant to take-acts immedi-
tsir Try it. 1Oc., 25c.. and 50 cents at drug
stores.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1910-08-11

Fate, defines the Boston Post, is a
tickle goddess who laughs at mortals
tor believing in her
The labor world., 1910-07-02

would serve at any time as a wea-
pom to pierce even the thickest
Notifications of 'Fvested rights. -
But if a Napoleonic character
like Roosevelt once seized the
government to administer it &C!
cording to his own notions of
what is for t'the benefit of the
governed the damage would be
irreparable. No doctrine more
dangerous to popular liberty has
ever been formulated than this Of
the Roosevelt cult, that '*just
governments exist for the benefit
Of the, governed when that 9TH
erwise true doctrine is isolated
from the balancing principle that
governments derive their Just
powers from the consent Of the
governed"
The labor world., 1910-07-02
BETTER KING LOG
THAN KING STORK

There is good reason to fear
that in the name and behalf OF
democracy, and with the support
of masses Of genuine democrats in
all parties, Theodore Roosevelt
may again be called out Of pri-
vate life to a term as president,
and this time under circum-
stances more favorable than our
country has ever before expert
enced for a Napoleonic personal
ity to seize upon Napoleonic pow
er, says Louis Post in The Public.
We trust the alternative Of
Roosevelt or Taft will not occur
at the next presidential election.
But if it should, better King Log
than King Stork.
Though Taft slumbers while
plutocrats intrench themselves,
taxation under popular control
The labor world., 1910-07-02

name Of Judge Alfred Jaques has
penetrated, his words stand for
the public interest as do the heart
and soul Of the man who gives
them utterance.
Judge Jaques needs no word OF
commendation from the Labor
World. e. -
AS an eminent jurist, as a pri-
vate citizen of unblemished rec
ord, as a member Of the commun-
ity whose interests are indis-
solubly linked with those Of the
head of the lakes and Northern
Minnesota in general, he is known
and respected wherever known.
The need of man of the stamp
of Judge Jaques to represent the
eighth Minnesota district is ap-
parent to all in this northern
country. ..-.
Betrayal of the interests Of the
people who comprise a large por-
tion of the wealth producing Sec
tion of the state has become COM
mon. So common as to cause in
the mind of the most intelligent
voter a doubt as to the man of his
choice, at all times.
The promises made on tho
stump in the free-fung air Of the
Gopher state became, at Washing
ton, transmitted into blind alle-
glance to party or to party leader.
Men who went east filled to the
guards with good resolutions to do
The labor world., 1910-07-02
Margin: One Hour and Half

passer-at your nose end. Ask them.
They have one hour and a half to
look at the skies, to study the stars
and to tramp the fields.
One hour and half for a full
breath, for thought, for politics, for
books, for art. music.
The rest is for the belly, and for
Morgan, and for Stag and steel ingots
before Hells fires.
The rest Is for Carnegie's libraries
and hero funds and preachers pen
sions, and research.
All else is, men of the cloth, for
the belly-Morgan's belly and your
belly and the steel workers. belly
All, but that precious fag end, that
latter and fringe-that's for the soul
That blessed bne hour and a half in
Pittsburg!
Or perhaps It's for drink? "
Well, then, It's for drink and bless
ed oblivion. in Ptttsburg! -.
1T is not because of his tolls" says
Carlyle. that lament for the poor;
we must all toll or steal (howsoever
we name our stealing) !, which is
worse; no faithful workman finds his
task a pAstime. ; -.x,@:~ :.
THE poor is hungry and athirst;
but for him also there is food and
drink; he is heavyladen and weary;
but for him also the heavens send
sleep. and of the deepest; in his
smoky cribs. clear dewy heaven OF
rest envelops him. and fitful glitter
1ngs of cloud-skirted dreams.
"But what do mourn over is, that
the lamp of his soul should go out:
that no ray OF heavenly, or even of
earthly knowledge, should visit him,
but only in the haggard darkness,
like two spectres, fear and tndigna-
tion bear him company. !,
ALIAS, while the body stands so
broad and brawny. must the soul lie
blinded, dwarfed, stupehed, almost
annihilated?
ALIAS, was this too a breath of
God: bestowed in heaven, but on
earth never to be unfolded!
THAT there should one man die
ignorant who had capacity for know
ledge, this I call tragedy, were it
to happen more than twenty times
in the minute, as by some computa-
ton it does.'
The labor world., 1910-07-02
TAKE $1.65 A DAY NOW;
REFLECT us THIS FALL,

The freight handlers Of Du-
buque, Iowa, have gone out on
strike, and the Times-Jo Of
that city says that public sym
pathy is with the men, adding that
q IT is not easy to withhold sym
.pathy from man trying to sup
port a family these times on $1.65
g day. The shippers sympathize
with with the strikers because they be.
liieve that if the men were better
paid the forces Hat the freight
houses lr''1 would sbs more permanent
eng g. the serves Il la||| The public
The labor world., 1910-07-02

or die in the interests of the peo~
pie who trudged through Mime
sofa sand or Minnesota mud to en-
compass their election, became
weakened as the train bore them
into the national capital.
On the way from the Washing
ton depot to their hotel they COL
lapsed entirely and the party
whip who called on them the next
morning found them subservient
to the will Of the powers that be-.
Or if he didn't find them subser-
Went when he called he left them
that way and they stayed SUBJ
served.
No one believes + that Judge
Jaques can be induced to cast to
one side prediction promises.
The very character of, the man is
proof against such thought. I
On his merits and on his merits
alone he deserves the hearty and
un-partisan support of the freed
men Of Duluth. ~
While running as a candidate
on the Democratic ticket it is pro
phesied by Judge Jacques friends
friends of all POLITICAL affilia-
tions-that in his election to con-
gress all party lines will be cast
aside and he will go to Washing
ton as a representative Of the
people Of Northern Minnesota as
a whole speaking not for ~. one one
party or the other but for the best
interests Of the concrete bod
The labor world., 1910-07-02
HE OIL ID

sympa athizes out of a sentiment 81
humanity for men oyer'work ed and
nderpaid BY comparison will
their more fortunate neighbors. .
The idea Of paying men Will
families only $1.65 day, and ther
going before these same men with
the kind Of political talk which
will be given out next fall, is ex.
ceedingly grotesque, says the Su.
perior Telegram editorially.
These men should not be bur-
dened with such laws as make
their expenses Of living greatly
above their ability to earn. Pro.
lection is necessary and all. right
when it is so framed that there is
proper distribution Of its benefits
but when it is framed to benefit
only the few, t>is wrong.
The people want protective
tariff, but they do not want it
framed in the interest Of monop.
oily. That is where the dispute is.
There is no longer any opposition
to protection. Even the Democrats
have abandoned free trade. But
this wage scale of $1.65 for men
who in many instances have fami-
lies, has bad appearance.
: When the man who works wants
to buy anything he inquiries how
much he will have to pay-and
when he wants to sell something,
and his labor is all he has to sell,
he inquiries, "What will you
give?" Whether it is buying Or
selling, the other fellow fixes the
price. The laboring man needs
favorable laws more than anybody
else, and has more trouble in get.
ting them.
The labor world., 1910-07-02

good sense and fund damental, rat,
proof honesty shall dictate.
. Keep your eye on Judge Jaques
and when the time comes give him
your support, whether you be day
laborer or skilled mechanic. ~
Your little home on the hillside
is as sacred a trust to him as the
$4,000 residence in the east end.
It's interests will be as earnestly
voiced under the shadow of the
national capital.
The labor world., 1910-07-02
STERLING INTEGRITY BEST
:; ASSET OF JUDGE JAOUES

t'''The most important issue now
before the country is the re-estab-
lishment at Washington Of a
really free and independent house
of; representatives. The present
congress has been bound. and
gagged by relentless and arbi-
trary machine which attempts to
dictate it's action. It has been
controlled by leaders who are lost
to all public considerations. If it
continues to submit to this un-
American system Of dictatorship,
it will cease to be a house of rep
resentatives III any true sense.
Partyism, which interpreted by
the leaders of the majority, with
q very few exceptions, is stand
I3patism, seems to have gone mad.
/ believe in parties, and within
right limits, in party government.
But ] do not believe in party slav-
cry. = n. .:
These are the opening remarks
with which Judge Alfred Jaques,
plain citizen Of Duluth, makes an.
nouncement to the public CT the
eighth Minnesota congressional
district Of his candidacy for con-
5 qress On the Democratic ticke>
The clean cut, plain, straight
forward sentiment conveyed in
these words needs not that atten-
ton be drawn to it.
Az ii well known wherever the
The labor world., 1910-07-02

James Oppenheim has remark
able article in recent number Of the
American Magazine upon 1.-THE Hired
CITY,"
It is about Pittsburg, a. city whose
people are hired hands.
It Is very striking article by a
singularly able young writer.
Oppenheim Is a poet with gifts; but
am glad necessity forces him to
write at times short stories and other
articles.
In this particular article, 1.-THE
Hired City," Oppenheim speaks of the
terrible conditions suffered by the
workers of the steel trust and the
worst of all is the twelve-hour day.
Twelve hours every day or every
night these men work." says Open
helm, land the twelve hour day
means on the average something like
this:
IL hours for labor.
hours for sleep.
IL hours for meals.
hour to go to and from meals.
22h hours routine.
This leaves g. margin Of one and
a half hours; and OF what use is that
margin to an exhausted man?
''Will he go to the Carnegie lib
rary? Will he enjoy his friends |?
Will he 60 into politics? Will he
make his home life beautiful?'
An hour and a half of life for
twenty-five and one half hours of
routine.
A fag end, latter, ragged fringe
of life-one hour and half out Of
long day that means all work or
preparation for work.
The men OF the steel works are
slaves. For such food, clothing and
shelter as they receive they give all
their power, energy and brain.
For mere material existence these
men barter away twenty-five and a
half hours each day Of life.
All, brothers of the marble church
es, ask yourselves. does man live for
the belly In this life Of ours?
Ask the steel workers, the two hun
dred and more thousand of them.
Don't worry about materialism in
Marx or in the millennium.
Ask the steel workers. Today, here
and now. under Morgan the plate
The labor world., 1910-07-02
LIFE'S HORSE RACE
GETS MANY FLAGGED

Don't be an also-ran. ..."'
Get under the wire a winner. or
put the whole track on the bum
trying. ...-... q
Don t linger back among the tin
horns and would-be's. Put all
your nerve into one bunch and
make a dash for your life when
you feel the time mas come.
Make: everything else on the
track look like pikers at futuri-
ty. : - ~ H. - f=
| Never mind the handicap; for
get it. X. III 49, T.. .s
Break loose on the home stretch
and get your nose in first.
Think about how you did it af-
forwards: -:..,
This life is a horse race, and we
guys are the plugs. =
It is full Of surprises and some
crooked races, too. -,-' ~.
Don't figure on the wrong dope
sheet. Get the strai sht tip and
freeze to it until there IS ice in
hades. zt.>... %s4~r.. ....: -
Be sure you re right and then
60 to it.
Leave the bunch at the quarter
post. MT
Be winner. ..*. e.>s5 4.
The labor world., 1910-07-02
P. r. BARNUM SAID:

Last Friday and Saturday sew
eral thousand dollars was carted
out of Duluth and Superior for
"value received" and what dill
Duluth and Superior get out Of it9
Ringing Brothers, the greatest
amusement monopoly the country
has ever seen, ordered twentieth
part Of their monster outfit to the
head of the lakes and in conse-
quence the people here were
treated to a three ring show o.
the stereotyped kind.
How many people in Duluth
and Superior left their grocery
bills unpaid and the mortgages
they placed on their homes to buy
an automobile working over time,
to pay their way in to- see the big
show is impossible to estimate.
The fact is that the. semi-occa~
sional circus of nowadays, like
the Fourth of July, is a luxury the
American people could we'll do
without. I.
Both eat up funds that could
better be applied. to the proper
care and raising Of healthy fami-
lies. The annual circus and fire.
work bill of the country, footed
up, would astonish the most con-
|servative and patriotic citizen.
A well-fed, well-clad child is q
better and more intensely patri-
otto reminder Of July Four than a
lot of empty Roman candle shells.
A home, paid for and we'll estab-
lished, will pay better dividends
in the end than fifty cents ex-
pended in a ticket for the bleach
ers at the circus and a dollar in
pink lemonade and stale peanuts.
The American people must
wake up and bring about a reyo-
luton Of their own, independent
of the one which the Big Interests
are steadfastly nursing to a
finish. \. #:
The American people must cut
out hero worship, circuses of the
monopoly order, and Fourth Of
July extravagances: "
You can t live Jan automobile
life on wheelbarrow salary and
the sooner the bulk Of the people
find this out the better. n:
The labor world., 1910-07-02
IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE -
TO GET CLERKS HOLIDAY

Are you doing your level best to
bring that Saturday half holiday
matter to successful issue?
If you have been lukewarm on
the subject hitherto, although
mildly in favor of a Saturday half
holiday for the clerks in Duluth
retail establishments, it's up to
you to get out now and boost the
game.
Probably you are in some busi-
ness where Saturday is an off day
and you can get away at noon to
60 fishing or to the ball game, or
can put in the afternoon planning
for an early getaway Sunday
morning for q day in the country
far from hot streets and business
worries. If so you're lucky.
But what about the man or
woman who has to work till
near midnight in sitting atmos-
phere which only swirling crowds
of shoppers can bring about?
Have you no regard for their
pleasures or health? How much
energy would you have for fish,
ing trip Sunday if you did not get
to bed Saturday night until the
wee small hours, after being on
your feet behind a counter fifteen
hours on a sweltering hot day?
You'd want to roll over and stay
in bed all day, you know you
would.
So put yourself in the other fel-
lows place and leg for Saturday
closing. You won't be injuring
tho merchants for they'll sell just
as much stuff in the balance of the
week as they did before and the
nine half holidays given in the
next two months will be repaid
them many times over by their
grateful employees.
SO do it now-today-for it's
your last chance. Boost and boost
hard. Get your name on the
clerks petition and go individual
~: to every retail man you know
and tell him to get into line.