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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10
VIA, CONVERTED PRESIDENT

The convention that nominated
Dresident Taft turned down, by
vote of to 1, the proposition to
maxi campaign contributions pub
lie. Notwithstanding this President
Taft is now as arden. an advocate
Of This reform as Mr.. Bryan, and all
but scattering few of the republi-
can members of the house, voted
with the democrats few weeks
ago for drastic hill Il make pub
lie, both before and after election,
all campaign contributions exceeding
$40.
What caused SUCH changes in SO
brief space of time?
The answer can be found without
an extended search. When Presi-
dent Taft was met by his campaign
managers, on the threshold of his
great office, and tod by them that
most of his cabinet positions had
been promised to the interests" in
exchange for campaign assistance
he recognized that the disadvantages
of such bargains were heavy load
for him to carry. AS result, he
got the worst job lot of cabinet Off
GERS this country has had for a
generation.
There are few exceptions. VIII
son, of Iowa, retained his place al
the head Of the Department of Agri
( culture, but these who read the daily
papers of two years ago will recall
3 the stories about his resignation
which were kept before the plBaicsb
thu Washington cores pondents Of
the big newspapers Of the east. See
rotary wilson's place was undoubte.
ly promised to another but they coult
not land it. The farmers of ths
country would not stand for it, and
they we're too numerous and tee
unanimous to be disregard2d. The
farmers saved Mr.. Wilson, but mes
Of the promises were kept. and ths
result was disastrous to Presiden
Taft's administration.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10
WOODROW WILSON'S CANDID
STATEMENT OF PRESENT
CONDITIONS.

In his, Kansas City speech last
week, Woodrow Wilson took the po-
sition that an era of much promise
is now upon the American people.
He described the era as process
of restoration, rather than some
thing new or revolutionary.
He contended that this beneficial
work was not confined to any one
party; that both parties were well
represented in the efforts at reform
and that each party has its reac-
tionaries.
But the democratic party, said
Mr.. Wilson, lis not So closely allied
with the reactionary forces, the
interests, as the republican party
and, therefore, the democratic par.
ty is better able to serve the peo'
pie in the process Of restoration.
Mr.. Wilson did no more than te
truly state fact which every vel
informed person knows, and ever!
candid person is willing to admit.
1t is true that the democratic par
| ty has its Bailey's, but has no
very many of them. They are no
the dominating force in the organl
cation; they do not write the party
4 platforms or shape its destiny. TIL
contrary is true SO far as the re
publican party is concerned. The n
publican reactionariess in the senat
, outnumber the progressive republ
/ cans three to one.
Mr.. Wilson was right, everlas
! ingly right when he said that the
S democratic party was better alb
) to serve the people in this resto
|. alton ere than the republican party
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10
WHAT SCHEDULE x MEANS TO
CONSUMERS.

The wool growers and the manu-
facturers of woolens, though only
small fraction of the population,
have for many years written sched-
ule K to suit themselves. They
have told congress what duties it
should levy, and it has levied them.
Here is an instance Of the way
those duties work: The wholesale
cost abroad Of a knitted wooden
jacket weighing two and quarter
pounds is 81 cents. II there were
no duties the cost to the American
consumer, including wholesalers and
I retailers profits, would be about
$1.62. But duties have to be paid
to help along manufacturer and
wool grower-an ad valorem duty lof
60 per cent, or 40 cents, and spec
ific duty of A cents q pound, or 80
cents, making the total cost Of the
jacket 1929. Add the profits of
wholesaler and retailer and the
cost to the American consumer be-
comes Sass.
| Now, after fifty years petting and
pampering Of the sheep men and
the manufacturers, it is time for
the consumers to have their turn.
They have put UP more OF less pa
tiently with poor clothing of In
ferior quality. They think they
have a right to cheaper clothing OF
better quality. They are told that
if they were to have their wish
there would be a falling off in the
number of American sheep. Thai
would be a calamity which the
consumers would endure philo
sophically. They. would like to SEE
congress display more interest il
the welfare of human beings thar
in, that Of sheep.
I. 1.-THE greatest good of the great
est. number is the foundation o.
morals and legislation" Make i
! the foundation Of a revision o
| schedule X and there would be n.
: question Of the outcome. The con
i sumers are many and the sheperd
, are few. The wool growers wen
to congress as far back as 1928
when the tariff Of that year wa
} under consideration, am said
| given protection they would furnisl
> all the wool the country woul
r need. Today they are supplying
4 little over half what it uses. an
$ only a third of what it would us
il it were not for the excessive d.
t ties. During yearly all this tim
S consumers have been taxed for tn
o support of an industry that has nc
e kept its promises. The wool rail-
t ers and the manufacturers. VIII
e have worked hand In hand wit
e them, have had their fling. No
:. let the consumer have Theirs
l. Chicago Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10
RAPID TREND IN RIGHT DIREc.

TON.
Few realize the great changes for
the better in the politics of this
country which have taken place in
the past few years.
Most of the schemes and tactics
resorted to by Mark Hanna Is years
ago would send him and his ascot
ates to prison, if repeated today.
The presidents Of the big life In
surance companies, who gave grea'
sums of money belonging to widows
and orphans to Mark Hanna, could
not do SO now and escape the peni
Tertiary.
And here in Iowa our brilliant ex
senator can not duplicate his tactics
Of Is years ago. 1t is generally be
lieved that he got his start ther
oy contracting With Mark Hanna tt
furnish tens of thousands of cop
lies of his paper to Iowa readers, wht
wera NOT subscribers This year h,
Will be met at the door Of the De.
MONIES nostoffice and told that tht
aid scheme won't 60 that only ,
limited. number of SAMPLE copies O
4 mis- newspaper can he sent to per
.,ns other than subscribers
II has hean claimed and never IL
,ur knowledge denied py Mr., Young
hat before he left St. Louis aftel
,t+and;ng the ren,hlican nationa
convention Of -s.H he contracte,
with Mark Hanna to make his pape,
4ann,,s or..n in 1owa and in re
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10

The "back to Roosevelt" move
ment has doomed forth again within
the ranks Of the republican party,
and while it is destined to grow, it
is undoubtedly also destined to fall
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10

Fer many years it was a common
practice for Urge aggregations Of
:apital, to SECURE the enactment OF
special privilege !esis.atian, and
hen capitalize the privileges thus
;ecursd a the expense of the gener-
!, public as so many millions of
lew money paid into their measur-
es. When these privileges are
aiken away there viii. be great wall
tng on the : part of 1.-THE interests"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10
sAlLEY,s FORD.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Hartman NOV
d 70 their home in Delhi Monday.
Mrs. Joe Downs, who is seriously
-, is reported to be little better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Porter were
Manchester callers Saturday.
Clair Grommon was in Manchester
Thursday. o
Mrs. T. Sands, who has been
sick the past week, is gaining.
Chas. and Avis Grommon were
Manchester callers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Glew and Mrs.
H. Claus had business in Manches-
ter Friday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10
JEFFERSON CLUBS AN.
NuAL BANQUET.

NuAL BANQUET.
The Iowa Jefferson Club gave lis
annual banquet this year, at the
Elks' Club in Des Moines, on the
evening of the first day of this
month.
w. ]. Bryan was present, and in
response to the toast assigned to
him spoke for more than an hour.
His speech was pronounced by those
who heard him as one of the very
best speeches he ever delivered. 1t
was brim fu,! of hope and good cheer
and kindness.
Several ether good speeches wari
enjoyed by the banqueters. notably
these of Hon. Frank A. o'connor,
!, leader Of the minority in he low
house Of representatives,, ard Hon.
d. D. Murphy, Of Elkader.
AT business session Of .ha
Club held in the afternoon, ntGn.
Der of speeches were made and tn
following officers elected fer this
year
John c. DeMar Of Des Moines
was elected president CT the organ.
ization. He succeeded A. j.
Mathis of Des Moines, who has acted
as head of the club during the past
year:
The other officers elected were:
Secretary, H.H. Crenshaw, Ade.;
treasurer, ]. P. O'Mal!ey, Ferry:
vice presidents, First district, N. C
Roberts; Second district, NJ. j. Wade
Thir1 district Lewis Murshy; Fogrtl
district, A. j. Ander5; Fifth district
A. G. Johnson; Sixth district S. v
Reynolds; Seventh district, S. A
Hayes; Eighth district, F. G. Stuart;
Ninth district. Frank Wallace; Tent
district, John Mccarthy; Eleventh
district, w. c. Whiting.
An. executive committee was also
elected composed of the following
members: c. R. Porter, J. D. Deni
son, E. NJ. Carr, j. B. Weaver. C
D. Huston, H. Uttersack, w. b. II TT
A. J. Matthias, Jerry B. Sullivan, W.
G.. Campbell ard H. c. Evans.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10
The republican party must

The republican party must de
bend upon its progressives : for a
soatinuation of its existence, as wei
5 fSr its present and future useful
esq. When the old standpat fac.
tion IS that party goes down, it viii
ever rise again. 1t might as we'll
any 'fter the Colorado editor, who
irecte31 th-t this eoitaph be chisel.
: upon his tombstone; 81 am
ere to stay"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10

concerns, with the exception of a
few SIS week employees of the
sugar trust, have enjoyed absolute
immunity from prosecution and in
vestigation since the day Mr.. Wicker
sham left the service of the sugar
trust to become the chief prosecuting
officer of the government, it is diff.
fic,lt to understand how the immun-
ity which they might receive. but
will mot, through congressional in
vestigations, could be any more ccm-
plete than the immunity Mr.. Wick
ersham has given hem.
Should Be Interesting.
The inquiry to be made by tn
House of Representatives into the
political machine of Postmaster Gen
eral Frank Hitchcock is one in which
the whole county will be interested
The resolution of inquiry directs the
postoffice committee to determin,
sow much political work is perform
s., by postmasters and subordinate
officers in the postoffices of The
country. and by what authority the.
4 neglect their official duties an,
violate the civil service law. 1t ha
long been charged that through post
office department patronage tn
postmaster general has established
machine for the control Of dele
gates to the national convention.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10

The back to Roosevelt move
ment has doomed forth again within
the ranks Of the republican party,
and while it is destined to grow, it
is undoubtedly also destined to fall
Just short of success.
While Col. Roosevelt's friends
and press agents are endeavoring to
start the black to Roosevelt" germ
of thought in the hope that 1t will
race across the country like a
prairie fire, the ex-president him
self is represented as being hostile
to the idea of accepting another
| nomination. The former president
insists that his only motive in
travelling about the country to. meet
the people who shave honored him
so long with their confidence and
esteem and to say "howdy" to
them.
Roosevelt will not again be CIV
en- aa nomination, because he is
unsatisfactory to both the progress
sive and tory wings of his party.
Besides, both wings have already
.ecided upon their choice. The gen
uine progressives will back LaFollette
and the so-called regular republicans
will undoubtedly stick by Taft.
4 Roosevelt is still extremely popular
with the people. particularly in the
west, but he, is not SO popular with
the leaders of the people as he
was few years back. He lost the
sympathy of the standpatters( while
in the White House, and he lost
some of the confidence of progress.
sives like LaFollette at the time the
New York state convention was
held. He has never been able tc
completely regain the confidence O.
either wing Of the republican party
and it is doubtful if he ever will
Roosevelt denies now that he was
responsible for the convention plat
form, the feature Of which was thu
strongest kind of an endorsement
Of the ne-Aldrich bill as an hon
est revision downward measure, an,
reference to President Taft as on
Of the great American statesmen
Col. Roosevelt declares now tina
he was not in control of the con
yention over his enemies, the re
dictionaries, and yet at the time, h
declared to the newspaper men
that 1--WE have licked them to
frazle."
Roosevelt was in complete charg
Of the convention according to al
the newspaper reports of the time
: but whether he was or not, he di
nothing to prevent the adoption G
! the platform which contained state
ments in regard to the Payne-Alt
: rich bill which were far from bein
. in accordance with the facts. Co
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10

Next 70 Medicine Hat why is
Mason City the coolest place on the
weather map
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
TO JUDGE
QUALITY OF "JAGS'
New York Board of lnebriety
Will Tell Victims How
Drunk They Are.

NEW YORK, March 10.-It will be
dangerous hereafter for anyone to bt
incumbered with such personal bag
gage as highballs. cocktails, and other
similar concoctions. The board of esd-
study of the effects of these. and those
who attempt to escort large collections
in public may be detained as subjects
for sociological investigation.
The board yesterday took the first
step toward carrying out the provisions
Of a bill passed last year by the Legis-
lature authorizing the city to establish!
board of inebriety. The law permits
the officials to establish grades OF
drunkenness, release those arrested with
probation and patrol supervision; the
careful investigation of all cases OF
drunkenness by a staff Of inspectors
and establishment of a hospital and
farm colony where those who get In
toxicated may be confined.
When the resolution came up Control
Ter Prendergast said:
THE men who are going to pass on
ought to know something about
IT from experience, otherwise they can
not judge fairly"
John P. Mitchell was presiding In the
Mayors absence. and he said:
Having experience and fitness in
mind, 1 appoint Mr.. McAneny, of Man
haitian, and Mr.. Cromwell, of Rich
mond, to take up the work"
The officials are not planning a cru
sade, nor do they propose to enlarge
the capacity of a municipal water
wagon so as to provide seats for all
without crowding. The inebriety referees
will say nothing to those who consider
drinking as an art, but Will deal ex-
clusively with those who attempt to get
monopoly on any kind of liquor.
Many citizens who have made remark
able records for long endurance drinking
tests may find themselves the subjects
of scientific research. Habitual drinkers
whose sunny faces are well known in
many police courts will be "analyzed'
first If the committee finds that pa
troll supervision" and other gentle meth
DDS have little reformatory effect the
question Of a farm colony we'll be con-
Sidered.
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
WASHINGTON HIT
BY A HIGH WIND
Velocity of Forty Miles An
Hour At Intervals Shown
BY Register.

A wind that was almost a hurri-
cane passed over Washington be-
tween o'clock this morning and 2
p. m.
1t was the edge of a disturbance
which gathered in the lower Missis-
sippi and passed Northeast to New
York. The average five-minute regis
tration of velocity was slikhtly more
than thirty-four miles an hour. This
registration was made by the instru-
ments at the Weather Bureau. At
times the puffs registered higher than
forty miles per hour on the pressure
aneometer
The high winds are not expected to
blow a cold wave, or rain or snow.
Fair weather, slightly above freezing,
Is predicted for tonight. The aver
age temperature today was about 55
or Sc.
Tomorrow night and Sunday the
weather is expected to be clear and
warmer.
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
Real Estate Transfers.

Randle Highlands-United States Realty
Company to John n. Rogers, lot 81, square
6625 So
Potomac Heights-Potomac Heights Land
Company to George W. BIankenship lots
81 and 81, block 1449, SO
Nj. Pleasant and Pleasant Plains-Bertha L.
Schafer 10 Sarah z. Drown, lot 81. block
3, SO.
4S6 e street southwest-Bertha L. Shafer
to Leah Corbin. lot rs. square 49, SO.
6G5 Fourteenth street northeast-Bertha L.
Schafer TO Joseph J. Mcpherson, lot 4s,
square 1O51, $40.
Cleveland Helghts-Arthur r. LingIey ct ux
to II. Rozier Dulaney. half interest in lot
500. square 2079. So
142S Massachusetts avenue northwest-EIlen
4. Dunlap ct vir. Andrew. to Nancy H.
Branson, part lot II, square 2l3. 500.
Fourteenth and streets northwest-Otto c.
Rupert ct uX. to Hannah T. Donovan
los 10 and 16. square 80 $40.
lngleside-Lewis E. Breuninger ct al. 10 Ann
RadfOrd, lot 652. block s, SO
7lb Eleventh street northeast-Joseph A Han
lon ct al TO Julia Hanlon, lot 81. square
sS2, SO.
Is Ninth street northeast Robert L. and
PermeIia l. Campbell to William C. Nc
Curdy, lot ~, square 9l9. s. 500.
Petworth-William w. Stuart ct ux TO
Joshua w Carr. half interest in lots I6
and II, square 3016. SO.
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
Three Causes Are Given
For Cleveland Shake-Up

Gross carelessness. lack Of admins
trative ability and favoritism toward
importers were the causes. 1t was de-
clared at the Treasury Department,
for the sweeping reorganization Of
the port af Cleveland, which will
probably include the removal from
office of Collector Leach, Deputy Col
lector Joseph Ball, and several others
of the more prominent officials of the
port.
A conditional order for removal Of
Collector Leach was signed by Presi-
dent Taft yesterday, but is being held
up at the Treasury Department Sew
eral other notices of absolute dismiss
sal have been sent to Cleveland GUS
toms officials. One of the notices was
sent to Deputy Ball
Chief of Special Agents Wilkie to-
day declared it possible that Collector
Leach might not be discharged, but
added that it was probable he would
never be allowed to complete his
term, which expires March 81.
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
OLD FOSTER PLACE
SOLD FOR $4,000
Ben B. Bradford Says Prop
erty Has Advanced $5 a
Foot Since Deal.

Sixty thousand dollars is the purchase
price at which the old Foster residence,
at 1405 / street northwest, was bought
from former Secretary of State John w.
Foster by Ben B. Bradford yesterday.
Mr.. Bradford said today that an offer
of so square foot, an advance of IS a
foot, had been made for a portion of
the property since his purchase.
Mr.. Bradford, however, declined the
offer, and is having plans prepared to
turn the building, which is now used as
an annex to the Normandie Hetel, into
a business building. which he expects to
occupy in part for his realty offices.
The old building, a three-story struc-
ture, was the residence of Mr.. Foster
when he was Secretary of State. in 1893
and 1893 1t adjoins the Mexican Lega-
lion
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
DEATHS

ARNOLD-On Friday. March 10 1911 at the
Homeopathic Hospital, HUNTER, son OF
William II. Arnold, of Cadiz Ohio.
Services At Cadiz. on Sunday, March u.
North Carolina and Pittsburg. Pa, pa
pers please CopyD
KRONHEIM-On Friday morning. March 10.
isll. at $3.50 O'clock PHIL A. KR0NHEiM,
of S209 Thirteenth street northwest.
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
Brooklyn and New York papers please
KOCH-On Wednesday. March s, 1911. at l
p. m. WERNER KOCH. in the seventy
seventh year of his age.
Funeral from his late residence. 27 R
street northwest on Saturday, March H.
at p. m. Relatives and friends are in
vited to attend.
NENZE-On Wednesday March g. 1911 at
ais p. m, DORA, wife of Henry Menze
aged siXty-siX years.
Funeral from her late residence 10 jeff
erson street, Brightwood Park, on Sat
!H1rday,, March Il, at ! p. m; thence to
and J. streets northwest, where services
will be held at p. m. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment at Prospect Hill
Cemetery.
HTERS-On Friday. March 10. 1911, CARO-
LINE MYERS. grandmother Of Mrs. W. r.
buchanan.
Interment Vineland. n ].
PARMEHTER-At his apartment In the Mt
Pleasant Thursday March g. 1911, at 10
O'Clock D. M. Major II. II. PARMENTER.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
RYAN-On Thursday. March 2. 1911, at her
residence. 22l Ninth street southeast. after
Il lingering illness. MARY E. RYAN, in
the ifty-ninth year Of her age
Funeral from Holy Comforter Church.
Fourteenth and East Capitol streets, Sat
urday. March H. at O'Clock, where reQui-
en- mass will be said for the repose Of
her soul. Interment private.
SMITH-Suddenlv on March ., 1911. at 1O:15
a. m, Mrs. MARY E. SMITH (nee Man
Ean) widow of the late Elzear Smith.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
TRACEY-On Wednesday, March s, 1911. at
the residence of her daughter, Mrs. 7. M.
Robey, Berwyn. Nd. Mrs. SARAH A.
TRACEY, wife OF the late William A.
Tracey.
InterInent at Cockeysville. Baltimore
county Nd, Saturday March II.
Baltimore papers please copy.)
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
Carey Girl Claims She
Was Married Month Ago

With the announcement that she
was married a month ago to Charles
Jesse ogden. despite the protests of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Carey,
l710 Thirty-fou street northwest,
Mary Bouise Carey has left the par
entail home and gone to live at the
Ogden home, 3233 Prospect street.
my daughter told me when she
left that she had been married a
month, but l do not know where she
was married or just when. We had
opposed her marriage because we
thought she was too young"
Mr.. Ogden is employed at the New
Willard Hotel
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
Premier Asquith Called
To Sick Bed of Daughter

LONDON. March 1O-Premier and
Mrs. Asquith have left for Switzerland
where their thirteen-year-old daughter
Elizabeth, is i'll with bronchial pneumo-
MIA. The child accompanied her mother
to Mueren for the winter sports short
ly after Christmas and remained there
at school when Mrs. Asquith returned
fer the opening of parliament. Before
leaving Premier Asquith said he would
return if he received reassuring bulle-
tins on the way. as his presence in the
house Of commons is of vital Importance
to his party lust now.
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
Fire, Aided by Gale,
Destroys Alaska Town

SEATTLE, Wash, March 1O.-The
town of Douglas, Alaska, is doomed as
the result of a fire which has been
raging there for twelve hours. 1t has
beel almost impossible for the volunteer
firemen to make any headway against
the flames because of a gale. Difficulty
has been encountered in transporting
fire apparatus across the channel from
Juneau. The fire started in a barber
shop.
Superintendent Mckenzie, of the
Treadwell Gold Mines, Immediately or
dered out all his miners, and 1900 of
them were soon on the scene, trying to
check the blaze.
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
Former New Hampshire
People Meet March 13

Justice Wendell P. Stafford of the
District Supreme Court will be the
principal speaker at the regular month
ly meeting of the New Hampshire Asso-
citation, March IS, at $50 Sixth street
northwest. He will speak on the sub
jeCt, Some Impressions of England.
Mrs. Annie Grant will give a musical
program. All former New Hampshire
citizens are invited to attend.
The Washington times., 1911-03-10
Award Contract For
New York POStOfhce

Following a wrangle lasting sew
eral weeks contracts to complete the
superstructure of the New York city
postoffice were today awarded to the
Fuller Construction Company of New
York. The contract price is $2,515,267.