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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-22
BEAVERSA7 WORK
near JAMESTOWN

jamestown, N. D., Dec. 21.-A num-
Der of beaver, which abe protected by
the state law, are known to be work.
ing in the river near the Ardon Smith
farm south Of the city. The indus.
trious little animals have cut down
a large number of small willows and
some large trees, cleaning the bark
from the limbs and making a dam
that has raised the water several
inches.
1t is said that some party is taking
a chance on being hauled up by the
game warden in setting a trap for
the animals which work at night
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-22
$4,000 FOR
HURT FEELINGS

Cando, N. D., Dec. 21.-Miss Anna
Boreen secured a verdict for a $40,
900 judgment against Geo. E. McWil
liams, a prominent resident of Cando
in breach of promise suit. In her
action she cought 100000 judgment
but the jury decided that one-third
of that amount was sufficient co)sola-
ton.
The trial was one of the most SEN
time
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-22
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-22

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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-22
GAVE BIRTH TO TRIPLETS.

Gardner. y. D., Dec. 2l.-Ed. Wat
erfall of this place has COW that re.
Gently gave birth to three calves, one
male and two heifers. The three are
uniform in size and color and are do.
ing we'll.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
HUSTLE NIGHT DO IT.

Adjournment of the Legislature by
April l is one of the cardinal points In
the recently announced creed Of Assem-
biyman E'risbie, slated for the Speaker
ship Time was when the legislative
machine was engineered by boss who
understood how. and the three months
session was the regular thing. When
the boss lost his grip and the Governor
kept his hands off the sessions stretched
to four and five and six months. and
three extraordinary sessions were added
in the last five years.
Neither the dominatio of a boss nor
the interference OF a Governor Is essen
tial TO q reasonably short and creditable
legislative session A little work In the
first month or two would relieve the
congestion Of committee calendars in the
third to 4 remarkable degree. Attend
ance of legislators regularly for five
days week in the first two months and
prompt introduction of local bills would
go far toward making unnecessary all
day sittings at the end of four months
session DO it now is quite as appli-
ca BILE to legislators as TO anybody in the
hustling business world. Maybe Mr..
Frisbie can get his flock to work early.
It's q Democratic flock, and seems set
on reforming" Republican methods.
Certainly he would be establishing a
valua BILE precedent
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
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New-York tribune., 1910-12-27

ment. for ii would only represent the
natural growth Of the country rs
whole, and would give to the states
which are growing more rapidly proper
credit for their growth, without penal
izing the states which are increasing in
population ut the same rate As the
country at large or at 4 somewhat
smaller rate.
So long as the House of Representa-
tives clung to the idea that the present
chamber could not be enlarged and that
the desks which now cucumber it could
not be dispensed with. there was 4 nat
urai opposition to marked increases IN
membership. In 1901. after the census
Of the previous year, the House organl-
zation strongly opposed an enlargement,
and the Census Committee, of which
Albert J. Hopkins, of Illinois. was
chairman, reported an apportionment bill
practically retaining the old limit of
membership But the states which
would have lost members under such 4
measure combined to defeat the COM
mitfee plan and won enough support
ia substitute the present apportionment
law, prepared by Representative Bur-
leigh. of Maine and designed to obviate
q threatened loss of seats by Maine, Ne
hraska and Virginia. Many important
states, including Missouri, Iowa. In
diana, Ohio. Maine. Virginia, Kentucky
and Nebraska, would be affected by a
revival of the Hopkins plan of non
expansion. Their influence will doubt
'less be enough TO insure sufficient
increase in membership to save any
state from the modification of having
its representation reduced.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.
IBy Telegraph TO The Trihun..

by Telegraph to The Trfhunsl
Tuxedo Park, Dec. 26.-Ths holidays a.
Tuxedo have been very gay. A large crowd
OF we'll known New Workers came out to-
day on the special train for the skating AID
tobogganing on Tuxedo Lake.
The finals for the handicap court tennis
matches for the Mason cup at the Rscaues
Club were decided to-day. 4 large and
fashionable audience witnessed the games.
Mr. and Mrs. 4 E. WinsIow, who are In
the Waldo House, entertained at houss
party over to-day.
Mrs. Price Post VIII give q dinner and
dance at her villa tomorrow night
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 7. Tower, Mr. and Mrs.
T.. o. Spedden, Mr.. and Mrs Eben Rich
ards, Mr.. and Mrs. Grenville Kans, Mr.
c. s Lee entertained house parties to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs III. Clay Pierce, of st. Louis.
spent the week at Mr.. and Mrs. E,ben Rich
ards's cottage.
Among the arrivals to-day were Mr.. and
Mrs A Stewart Walker. Mr.. and Mrs
Ornne Wilson. tr-. Mr.. and Mrs. FTedsrts
kernochan, Miss Nathalie Rowland wilt
lam Wood. William Rhinelander Stewart.
jr.. the Misses Winthrop. R W. c. wellins.
Chalmers Wood, jr., Miss Grace Fargo.
George f Baker, jr.. T. T. De Rham and
Charles De Rham, Jr.
The New Years Eve ball. to be given az
the club next Saturday night. will attract a
large gathering of the younger set Every
room at the clubhouse and annex has BEEN
engaged.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27

Legislature and will he responsible to
the Legislature, rs In France. But the
ministers of the army, the navy, the
treasury and public works are to be con-
sfdered non-political and will not be re.
movable by an adverse vote of the Legis-
1ature such as would compel the others
to resign. Their tenure WILL therefore, be
similar to that Of American Cabinet Of
ficers.
These new constitutions add to the
great variety Of systems under which the
various nations of Europe are endeayor'
ing to solve the problems Of human gov
ernn1ent-iu some cases to see how much
of power can be retained for the personal
sovereign. and In others to see how di-
rectly self-gorernment can be exercised
by the people A comparison of all the
different constitutions would be instruc-
tive. though perhaps a little bewlldering
We should find In it, however, strong
confirmation of Pope's philosophy,
For forms Of government let focls con-
test;
Whate'er is best administered is best.
For some Of the best governed coun-
tries have the worst constitutions, while
some Of the worst governed have const1-
tutions which are theoretically all but
perfect. The ruling factor. after all, is
the genius Of the people and their ca
pacity for self government.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
TWO NEW CONSTITUTIONS

The closing year sees two new consti
tutions in course of formation and
adoption In Europe. under widely differ
ent conditions and of widely different
characters. One is that of the ReichS-
land OF Elsass-Lothringen Of which we
we're speaking the other day as a pos
sible new member Of the German en-
pire Apparently it is not to be tha t,
for it is to have no representation in the
Bundesrath, though it is to have a COM
plete system of domestic government,
with 8 Parliament Of two chambers. The
upper chamber is to consist of thirty
six members, Of whom half are to be
appointed by the imperial government
and half are to be chosen by various
trades and professions, including certain
eT of5cio members, such as the heads OF
the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant
churches and representative Of the
University of Strassburg. The lower
chamber is TO be elected by popular suf-
fIage Of all males possessing ordinary
qualifications and twenty-five years old,
with two votes for each over thirty-five
state will sustain relationship to the
empire much like that of one Of our ter
ritories to the United States, belonging
to il but not being an equal part of it.
The other new constitution is that of
Portugal, which presents some decided
novelties, the practicability OF which is
to be determined by experience. The
prevalence Of Socialistic doctrines is sug-
gested in the provision for single
chambered Legislature, elected by uni
versal suffrage for three years. The
President of the republic will be elected
by the Legislature, as In France, for five
years. but will lie ineligible for re-elec-
tion until after the expiration of another
regular term. The Cabinet VIII be based
upon both fhe French and the American
systems Most Of its members will be
appointed by the President in accordance
with the political complexion Of the
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
DIRECT NONTNATIONS.

The Democratic state platform con
tanned q declaration for the enactment
of statewide direct primaries law ''tt
insure to the people the right to choose
| members of political committees and
nominate candidates for public office ,
Goyernor-elect Dix is reported as intend
ing to go even further than the plat
forms declaration in his message Pre-
sIrmafly he will recommend some nemI-
mating system for the consideration Ct
the Legislature.
The Democratic state boss just now is
furnishing conclusive proof Of the need
Of such law. Those Democrats who are
protesting vehemently against the eleva-
ton Of Grady to the presidency OF the
Senate and the appointment Of Sheehan
or Cohalan TO the United States Senator
ship give eloquent testimony that for all
practical purposes Murphy is the Demo
cratic party. If the defeat of the Re
publicans was protest by the voters
against bossism, it was lamentable that
it saddled on the incoming administra-
ton a boss of even greater power than
the syndicate of Republicans whose acts
had aroused popular disfaror.
Direct nominations may or may not
suffice TO abolish boss-silip of the Murphy
sort. Experience in various states at
least indicates that the direct primary
sufficiently disturbs boss's self-con-
fidence TO keep him Il reasonably safe
and sane individual. With party conf
mittees elective at primaries would
Murphy force Grady on Senate some
of whose members were as opposed TO
him AS are the upstate Democrats!
Tammany Hall Democrats under the
leadership of Grady helped Old Guard
Republicans 10 kill the Hughes direct
nominations measure. The record OF
Tammany in the Legislature Is not a
hanpy one for the proposed reform
Gr-adv's so-called direct nominations bill
was Il farce 1t is Ia be hoped that
Governor Dix will recommend a definite
workable scheme for direct nominations
and hold his party colleagues. even from
Tammany. TO the consideration of that
system. And lest Tammany prove I'M
,1IIy. we trust Senator Hinman or some
other Republican will reintroduce the
principle Of The Hughes measure, winch
had so much support, Democratic as
we'll as Republican.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
THE CABINET

From The ITiDune bDESah-i
washington, Dec. e6-While most OF the
Cabinet families spent the day quietly, en-
tertaining informally few friends at din
ner Tonight the home Of the Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor and Mrs. Nagel pre-
sented a joyous scene. They entertained
Miss Helen Taft and Robert Taft at dinner
tonight and invited a number OF young
people to meet them. including Miss Ma
rion Oliver, the Misses Julia H and Violet
sbepley of Boston: Miss Sophy Johnston,
Miss Shirley Putnam, Miss Hildegarde
Nsgel. the Assistant Secretary of Com
n,erce and Labor Jonkheer w. H de Beau
fort the Netherlands attache; Captain
Graham l.. Johnson and Lieutenant Ken
meth Pratt. of the White House staff: Mr.
Fowler. of Chicago; DR.. Charles z Hughes
and DR.. Davis
The Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs. Nagel have as house guests for
the rest of the holidays the Misses Shepley,
of Boston, the nieces of Mrs. Nageb who
arrived here to-day
The Postmaster General will return to-
morrow from Boston, where he went TO
spend Christmas with his relatives
The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs
Baliinger will probably return tomorrow
from a few days outing in Virginia
The Secretary OF the Navy, with his fam
lily, attended the performance of The Fol-
lies OF 1e1O' this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
RURAL CORRUPTION.

/ The stories OF election bribery IN
Adams County. Ohio, delneate the
rale's progress of a community. The
/ Judge who started proceedings against
! tie vote sellers acknowledges that IN
/ his Youth he, 100, bought votes. The
sheriff of the county declares that not
one person has been honestly elected
| 10 office IN the county in twenty years.
! : third OF the voting population is said
/ to have been habitually venal, and
even men whose normal function in the
community would have been to exercise
certain moral leadership are under
stood to have had a price for their
votes. Corruption was SO systematiZed
! that the parties had q sort Of card in
dex of the purchasable votes. with the
| price Of each. from glass OF whiskey
10 s25. recorded in it. When this began,
so those who remember its beginning
saw the transactions were carried on
! secretly and in whispers. Recently
votes have been dealt in almost as
openly as other commodities, and the
! Incredible story is told Of voters offer
ing themselves at public auction TO the
highest bidder. The young voters"
saws the foreman Of the Adams County
Grand Judy. did not know they We're
'-doing wrong Their fathers had been
selling votes before them
The picture may be overdrawn. Moth
ing really comparable in extent with the
corruption of Adams County has ever
been known TO exist in one of the big
cities Of the country, IN New York, for
instance, with its notorious ring poll
ties. But. then, rural corruption at its
worst probably exceeds municipal cor
ri1ption at its worst And there is q
reason why it should. The very isola
ton of a rural community, which is sup
posed to keep it in the paths Of jnno-
cence and free from evil communica-
tions. is its weakness once it has grown
familiar with the face of vice. When
q CITY goes On the downward path the
attention OF other cities. OF the nation,
of the world. perhaps, If its affairs are
important enough, is directed to 1t, and
the opinion of other communities is q
potent factor IN awakening its con-
science. But the very obscurity OF
rural neighborhood keeps it from feel
affairs lack importance, and the stress
of publicity naturally falls upon city
matters, the great newspapers Of the
country being published in cities, for
city readers chiefly, interested, as self
governing people, In the difficulties,
failures, problems and successes of
other cities.
When "a rural community's moral
standards are weakened it does not
quickly experience the sensation Of see
ing itself as others see ii and of feeling
the scorn Of outside communities not
corrupted as il has been. The value
which community sets upon the good
opinion of other communities is a
potent factor in its moral regenerat ton.
At recent election held in city of
this state and attracting wide atten-
ton. those who are familiar with what |
happened ssy that the most remarkable |
influence that compassed the defeat Of |
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
SOCIALISM AND GOVERNORS
Writer Sees Too Much Radicalism in
Conferences of State Heads.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: William George Jordan. Of No liz
West s1st street, New York City, is the
originator. It seems. Of the "House
of Governors When Roosevelt called the
Governors together. a few years ago, the
public got the idea, as usual. that 1t was
something original with himself. The Gem
tury Magazine has been publishing Mr..
Jordan, whose central idea seems to be to
get the Governors of all the states to agree
on uniform legislation. He scouts the idea
of national uniformity, while he fails TO
see that state uniformity, which would be
state socialism, would prepare the whole
for easy translation into state and national
socialism in It's wider sense. IL would
come
The friends of national uniform laws have
been working long and vainly for their
realization. We have had a great variety
of calls along the line-nlarriase and di-
yorce. child labor, compulsory education,
industrial education and many others Mr..
Jordan says "rhere are perhaps fifty
great questions in this country to-day
wherein uniform laws seem essential for
the best interests of all the states, and on
these Congress is powerless to act" Count
ing all that the various 'sociologists and
socialists want, there are easily fifty, sure
enough.
But it will be the greatest blunder of the
age to give any more uniformity than we
already have. Our every state is an I'M
mense country of itself Every one of our
Governors should attend as strictly as pos
sible to the needs of his own state. But
Mr. Jordan is already intercepted IL the
Owen bill for a national health bureau
passes Perhaps all Of his entire fifty laws
would be pretty well embraced in this bu-
reau. which, 1t Is said, covers every vital
department save that of the army and
navy, while even over these it would also
exercise a lively jurisdiction. Roosevelt,
Taft, the life insurance companies, the
American Medical Association and many
thousands Of self-interested people are
fighting for this bureau, while eighteen
millions OF other people are antagonizing
II. There are enough enlisted in its inter-
est to prove to Mr.. Jordan that nat1onai
uniformity is very much within the bounds
OF possibility.
Mr. Jordan may mean well and think ne
has the solution Of all the problems OF the
day in his hand: but in reality he Is play
ing to state and national socialism, while,
withal the growing possibilities OK the
Owen bill scatter to the winds his every
proposition The wise Governors OF our
land will continue TO keep his house at
the distance it deserves.
FRANCIS B. BIVESEY-
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

In a fashionable New York eats women
are now permitted To smoke. Instead et
gong down To hear the hCi pollCi eat soup.
New Workers may now so down To- see tbo
elite inhale--Detroit Free Press.
When they go to eXhuming the bones OK
the dtnosaur in the Palisades. right across
from upper New Hcrk, il looks like cruz.
infringement of the Carengie Museum
opyright.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
There were eighty-two divorce suits on
the calendar of a term of the Supreme Cou''
which opened in New York this wses.
Great city. New York, 10 beats Reno -
the latters OWN game.-Syracuse Hefa"
The old 2sth street horse ear line in NV Nv.
York has been replaced by up-to-dats eis III
tries. Timid New Workers will preoaaN
used TO the innovation In time. luSt as
have here in Ntaine.-Portland Express
There is a good deal of discussion ~ ~.
York over the action of the Pubic oSls,,a
Commission in approving the lnterooiousssrr ~
Rapid Transit Companys proposals ~
more subways. There is no deuor tnat tna.,s,-s ,sy
York needs better rapid transit - So 50.
but the trouble Us who shall build the -
ed improvements -Proyidence NsSe
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
AN ADMIRABLE RECORD.
,ditor nf The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: William Orr, OF Orr's Mills. ~ "
celebrated his eightieth birthday on Friday,
December 23 Mr.. Orr arrived in America
in 1s47. Oh the packet ship Glenmore, from
Belfast, In the fairly good time of IS days
He cast his first vote for John c. Fremont,
in 1856 and has voted for every Republi-
can nominee for President since, never
having missed an election in all those
years.
Mr. Orr has read The Tribune for
nearly sixty years, is a warm supporter
of President Taft and an ardent ad1nirer
Of Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Orr attends to busi-
ness every day. enjoys the best of health,
outside of little lameness. He expects to
vote for President Taft in 1912 Mr.. Orr
was firm believer in Governor Hughes,
and against all, said Mr.. Hughes would
win by over $1,000.
.. LINCOLN ORR.
Orrs Mills n. Y, Dec. Il, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

Washington, Dec. 26.-AIiss Helen Taft
was the guest of honor tonight at a
ctarningly arranged domino party, with
Miss Edith T. A Oracle as hostess. Rob
ert Taft was also a guest, and Miss Hide
gar1e Nagel, whose parents had been hosts
at a dinner party in honor of Miss Taft and
her brother. accompanied her party to the
home Of Miss Oracle. There were eighty
young people In the party.
Mrs. L. z. Letter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Letter will have as their guests for
the New Years Miss Gwendolyn Burden.
OF New York. She will remain for the
baD which Mrs. Letter Will give in honor
of Miss Helen Taft on January 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Mclean have
issued invitations for a ball in honor Of
Miss Helen Taft on January Il.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry were
the guests of honor at a dinner given last
night by Mrs. Townsend. The Danish Min
lister and Countess AIoltke, the Spanish
Minister and Sefiora de Riano, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Moore, Mr.. Horstmann. of
the German Embassy; Mr.. and Mrs. Gist
Blair and Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard
were among the guests, and a big Christ
mas tree In the ballroom added much TO
the pleasure Of the guests.
Lieutenant Commander and Mrs Cher
ardi entertained guests at dinner at the
Chevy Chase Club tonight
Mira. Writ Dexter, of Boston, will arrive
here on Thursday TO visit the Secretary of
the Treasury and Mrs. MacVeagh She
WILL of course, be a guest at the big dinner
party they are giving that night.
Mrs. James 3. Aieshire and Miss Margery
Aleshire received several hundred guests
at a tea this afternoon. Assisting them
were Mrs. John "A. Johnson, Mrs. Charles
G. Treat, Mrs Benjamin F. Cheatham,
Mrs. David S. Stanley. Mrs. Joseph Powell
Tracy. the Misses Murray. Miss Hatch.
Miss Weeks, Miss Allen and a number OF
others.