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Little Doubt That Republican .Extrav-
ssanee" VIII Be Made Much OF
by the Democrats.

The statement that the Democrats
when they organize the house of the
Sixty-second congress will enact the
canadian reciprocity agreement into
law and then devote themselves to
probing" the notorious extravaganza
In the executive departments is one OF
tnose pretty little overtures on which
we iinger with delight The proposi-
ton that there is waste In the conduct
or the departments Is OF such ancient
standing and deep rooted authority
that no one will dispute It. but belief
that the Democrats look on the situa-
tlon with sorrow and resentment and
VIII jump at the chance of immediate
and sweeping reform calls for extra
ordinary credulity.
We can understand that the Demo
Gratis viii prefer to probe" the prodi-
gallties In question rather than to
buckle down to a general revision Of
the tariff. Probing" will be at least
spectacular. 1t will fill the newspapers
with hair raising revelations and prom.
ises that may safely be forgotten In
the general excitement But to touch
the states on their local Industries. cot
ton goods here. coal and iron there.
sugar and rice somewhere else. and
lumber nearly everywhere, will be
very different matter and will make
Tor contention and discomfort. An oh.
servant cynic would approve the ap.
parent shift OF energy and bid God
speed to the proposed divergence. The
probe" need disconcert nobody. 1t
has been fragrant for many years that
the executive departments are practic-
ally throwing away the government
money with both hands, that bureaus
have been repeating each others work,
that luxurious sinecures are the order
or the day, and that all officeholders
or any degree worth mentioning carry
gimlet or an auger for the public
barrel. But the Democrats have been
In power before when conditions were
altogether similar. though perhaps not
quite so fruitful. and who ever heard
OF their interfering seriously with the
stream of waste?
Why not be frank! We are honestly
ashamed to suggest that the Demo
Gratis might begin by suppresslng the
supply divisions in the various depart.
ments and establishing a central office
which would supersede them all. That
would not perhaps save more than 81.
100000 year. mere begatelle. OF
course. but 1t would furnish a starting
point OF more or less Importance. Our
timidity, however. is caused by the
knowledge that the Democrats have
been Informed on all these points for
many years, and that, in or out OF
power, they have never made the
slightest effort in the direction of
remedy.
Is this latest Democratic proclama.
ton intended as an earnest of actual
conclusions or merely as a pleasant
ignis fatuus?
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PLAY 70 tbs ealIerv

Rarely does an opposition manage to
erect anything like as great a re-
trenchment as II advertises I'm ad.
vance. The lack Of responsibility de.
prives It of n keen sense of measure.
ment. When in time II becomes the
majority and the erstwhile majority
drops back into second place the lat.
ter takes up the role of critic and "a
ready To declare that extravaganza Ig
rampant The truth is. there is no use
trying to run the United States par.
simoniousiy.
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LOOKING FOR TISSUES"
CAMPAIGN MATERIAL 10 WHAT
DEMOCRATS WANT.
Probability That In the Coming ses-
sion the Limit Of Undertaking VIII
30 Reached-Considerat Of
tho Tariff.

The undercurrent OF events In Wash
ington is daily making It clearer that
the present congress hopes to be dis,
unguished by It's Investigations, re-
CARELESS OF the claims 1t may have to
lame as the result OF its disposal of
the tariff and the Canadian reciprocity
agreement.
me Democrats need issues" for the
presidential campaign In 1912 and they
nope to find them in the uninterrupted
administration OF the governments af.
fairs by Republicans during the long
term OF years since Grover Cleveland
was In the White House The lower
house. being Democratic, can be de.
pended upon to go to the limit In
undertaking as long as there IS any
promise OF party advantage.
probably committee will investi-
gate Ballinger's management of the
department of the interior. It is be-
leved also that the department Of JUS
tlce Will receive its share Of attention.
Attorney General Wickersham being
accused by Democrats OF being too
close to Wall street Sensational dis
closures are anticipated when the
probe Is thrust into the Indian bureau.
as 1t certainly will be. considering
the disclosures that came when Sena-
,or Gore made his bribery accusation.
me Democrats hope to make a ma
tional issue OF the Indian question.
Ihen there are several trust inyes-
legations on the program Some of the
congressman want to open up the
Panama Canal purchase again.
1t will be strange indeed IL some of
the hundreds of government officials
ana employees, in case they are
brought under close congressional
scrutiny, are not found remiss to some
extent. None understand this better
than the Democratic leaders. And they
are determined from the start to take
the utmost advantage OF everything
that VIII further their political ends.
lheir hope and expectation Is that in
the presidential campaign they will be
able to place the Republican party on
the defensive.
But perhaps when they tackle the
tariff question their ardor will cool
somewhat. The last time they es.
sayed this task they made a disastrous
mess of it. Their consciousness of
this fact may make them perceive that
few instances OF personal unworthi-
ness among an army OF government
attaches will not have much weight in
the balance against the damage that
Will be done to business and labor by
hastily conceived and ill-advised tariff
changes.
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No lime for Rash Aotlnn

What could be more foolish than for
the Democrats to declare that they
VIII begin now! They could not frame
bill and pass It through the house
within two months. and more than two
months would certainly be required in
the senate. and then IL the bill did not
conform TO his standard of what a re.
vision ought TO be. the president would
veto It. What. then, would be gained?
In the meantime the country would be
disturbed by the tariff agitation. and
there would be hesitancy and loss in
every branch of business Rochester
Post-Express, Dem.
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and William the cook. while sailor
Charlie came with me In the dory.
My tackle consisted of two rods and
reels. with several spare No. 80 lines
OF 300 yards each. two large gaffs, one
lance at the end of an eight-foot pole.
The hook L used was n No. IL Van
Week hook. with 12-foot wire leader.
or snood but with few inches of
chain next to the hook. Our bait that
day was fresh mackerel. My two rods
were set up before we left Sydney,
each with its reel and 800 yards OF
this No. SO line, and l had on this oc-
casion. as l have had subsequently,
about 20 to so feet OF line doubled
| next to the hok.
We reached Ste. Ann bay about 8
m. aud commenced trolling. About
IL a. m. we sighed a large school OF
tuna about halfway up the bay. After
about half an hours vigorous rowing
we managed to get the baited hook
just i'm front of the school. Although.
after you have fish hooked. you are
kept busy all the time. and have
plenty OF excitement. still, really
think the most exciting part of tuna
| fishing Is Just before the strike, and
as you strike. There must have been
at least 20 tuna in the school. the
leader OF which was a monster, prob
ably Weighing anywhere between 600
| to 500 pounds. When the boat was
about 100 feet in front of the school
| they all seemed to see 1t at once, and
| disappeared from the surface only to
] IN a ytfh no
er was only 20 or 30 feet from the
hook. at which he took a wild plunge
over the surface. AS struck. which
I did as soon as felt the line tighten.
said to Charlie. "Confound IT, we
have hooked that big leader"
As soon as he felt the hook strike
In. he Jumped practically clear OF the
water. and. although do not suppose
you could exactly compare il to the
wild jump OF the tarpon. being more
OF q somersault over the surface OF
the water, It would have made a
splendid picture for very rapid lens
camera: but we. I'm the dory. did not
have time Just then TO think OF cam.
era. even n we had had one. because
as soon as ne had made this iump no
was of In mad rush with the line
going out at a tremendous rate. even
against two OF the brakes, with which
the reel was equipped When 25C
yards had left the reel II looked des.
Derate. as ne was still going as N he
were bound for Newfoundland for a
record so I Immediately threw Off the
brakes and gave him slack line. I had
done this before on other Ash and n
generally worked
After throwing on the brake 7 i'm
mediateiy reeled in. and az soon az no
felt the tension again he started an
other run. but this time II was to
wards the dory. and had to reel In
Ike mad In order not to give him any
slack line At last the sboaI WINTER
which he approached drove him nm
and for ten minutes or so we had an
other exciting time until once more
he dived. ! then realized that 7 cer
tainly had hooked n tartar. and hook
ed him badly. and after ten to fifteen
minutes OF arm-brealing pumping
informed Charlie that this fab wouI6
never be landed, but decided that as
long as tho weather remained fine
and untJ | wsg exhausted I would
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Usual Minority Ao4inn

II Is the usual thing for the ranking
member OF the minority on the house
appropriations committee 10 call AZ.
tention at the close OF each session To
the extravaganza of the majority in
the allotting Of the public money. No
representative IN such a position
would regard HIS years work as com.
plete without thus advertising the
prodigality Of the party In power and
prociaiming the superior ability OF the
opposition to manage the country's
finances.
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Scientific Finance

Professor Stone-To the geoJoeia, =
thousand years or 80 are not counted
as any time at all.
Man in the Audience-Creat Scott
And to think I made temporary loan
Of $40 20 a man who holds such yievS
Stray Stories.
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sc Lame
Leg
Well"

al wish to
say that I
n av c u 8 ed
Sloan's Lini-
m c n I on q
lame leg that
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~ iaHu tneSe monsters consisted
OF rod OF the same specifications as
the Tuna Club of Santa Catalina.
though / have used O No. 80 line and
special reel that had made to hold
oOO yards OF this No 80 line. as the
largest reel that was then made only
held 300 yards OF the No. a. or about
22O yards OF the No. 80 line.
The tuna In the Atlantic are re-
ported to be found as far south as
the New Jersey coast. and some as
far north as Gaspe. I'm the Province
OF Quebec. and they are also seen on
the coast OF Newfoundland: but
shall confine myself to Nova Scotia
and particularly to the east coast OF
Cape Breton. where the two places
that / have fished for tuna are sit
uated, namely. Ste. Ann Bay, and Mira
Bay. The former place is about 35
miles northwest OF Sydney by water.
and the latter place Is approximately
% miles southeast OF Sydney by rail
way. The outer bay at Ste Ann is
about seven miles long by six miles
wide at the mouth. but there are two
Islands beyond the southern promoR-
tory at the north Cape Dauphln)
that really make this bay almost two
miles longer. There is also at Ste.
Ann a beautiful inner harbor with
plenty OF water and good anchorages
very well sheltered. The channel en-
tering this inner harbor is well buoy
ed. with spar buoys. and has about IL
feet OF water at low tide (the rise
Ell - A
feet).
The tuna. or horse mackerel. as
shey are called by the local fishermen.
are to be found near the southern
shore OF this bay. almost any time
between July IS and September so;
but ! would recommend August az the
best month I'm which to get strikes.
When Il is not too rough. and the
weather is generally. fine at this time
Of the year. I have never experienced
any trouble IN hooking a FISH
Three years ago hooked 81 fish
but during that season 7 was only
using a No. "a and No 80 line. and
DID not have strong enough reel
There were only three FISH that 7 held
ipAlbti Lhdu ~ minutes ono TOT
hours. one for 10 hOurs and one for
- hours
The year following. though had
only four or five days fshinR. { hook
ed 13 fish. From my experience with
these tuna last year 7 came 10 the
conclusion that unless the fish we're
hooked properly II was hopeless TO fry
TO land him By not being hooked
properly, J mean hooked I'm the corner
Of bis mouth (or in any way excepl
fairly IN the upper Jaw One car
generally tell I'm half an hour or &c
By his actions how he is hooked. and
II he is hooked badly one might iugl
as we'll cut ones line and try for an
other, because do not believe TIM
one can make any impression on r
fish 30 hooked
II was early on Friday morning
early in September last year. that We
left Sydney on my cruising launch
the Adine. for ste Ann Bay TO catct
q tuna. Our party consisted OF five
men. myself. who was to do the Ssh
ing Captain "BlII." who was to have
charge Of tho Adine while we we're In
thc dory dehing. Lowe. the engineer
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Mr.. Bryan says that newspapers
should not print accounts Of crimes
Apparently he is willing to allow a Ger.
tain crime" he once denounced a.
eloquently to drop out OF renem.
bTance
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that are caught with rod and line. al
though some sportsmen who have
fished for tarpon may dispute this
statement. The largest tuna ever
landed with rod and line weighed 251
pounds, and was caught by Col. G.. L.
Morehouse I'm 1899 Off the Island Of
Catalina. California. but the average
weight of tuna caught at Catalina last
year was about 118 pounds. and the
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largest 1853 pounds.
The tackle prescrlb-
ed by the Tuna Club
Of Santa Catalina.
California. Is as fol
lows: "a wooden
rod consisting OF a
butt and a tip and
TO be not shorter
than s feet 0 inches
over all. Tip to be
not less than 8 feet
and to weigh not
more than sixteen
ounces. Line Is not
20 exceed the stand
ard 24-thread line"
Although the Pa
ciflc tuna are large
fish to land with rod
and line. the Allan
tic tuna are much
larger. as they run
from 300 pounds I'D
TO LOO pounds. and
even as high as
1000 oun DIS In
weight. The small
est tuna that / have
seen landed. with
q a DON. on the
Nova Scotia coast.
weighed 462 pounds.
and the largest
weighed over 900
pounds.
Now. the tackle
mat 1 used I'm try
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FiShin8 tie Tuna
Atlantic Coast

III Atlantic tuna. as far
as I know. has never
been landed with rod and
line. although many have
been landed by harpoon-
ing: but the Pacific tuna.
which Ii found OF the
California coast. is regu-
larly captured by big
game fishermen. These
Pacific tuna are perhaps
the king of big game fish
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-14
HOUSE COMMITTEES NAMED
OUR members FAIR WELL

Speaker Hanley announced his COM
mittees on Thursday and Representatives
W. G. Ray, F. L. Roquette and Ole
Tollefson, of Stark. seem 10 have Jared
very we'll, considering that they are all
democrats.
Representative Ray is on the following
committees: Apportionment. Counties
and County Boundaries, Railroads,
immigration. Temperance Supplies and
Expenditures. Game and Fish.
Representative koquette's name ap-
Dear on the following committees
Public Debt, Enrolment. Coal Lands
and Mining, Supplies and Expenditures.
Banking, Taxes and Tax Law, while
Representative Tollefson has been Sc
lected on the committees of Labor,
Irrigation, Federal Relations. Counties
and County Boundaries, Forestry.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-14
The Arab PloWman,

To see an Arab steering a yoke of
oxen. one hand pressed upon the sin
gle stem Of the plow and the other
holding the long. slim goad. ia to see
a living illustration Of how Elisha
looked and moved when Etijah' found
him blowing and cast his cloak upon
him in significant symbolism Of bis
destiny. 1t has often been remarked
that. while imperishabIe relics Of Ro-
man 'stonework abound in northern
Africa in the form of bridges. aque-
ducts and 50 forth, the Impress left
on the people themselves by the great.
est civilizing power that ever existed
is extraordinarily slight. Only in some
such Insignificant details as the names
of the months in the kabyle dialect
is the stamp Of Rome still visible. and
in the system of hiring labor in the
Tell there survives a custom belong.
ing to the early days Of the Roman
republic.-Wide World Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-14
OCEAN TELEGRAPH SERVICE
BY The WESTERN UNION co.

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany announced today another inno-
walton in telegraph service. called the
Special Ocean Mail Service designed
to save time in foreian correspondence.
A letter from San francisco to London
requires as much time crossing the on
tinent as it does crossing the ocean,. A
New York merchant writing to Yoka-
hama must post his letter practically a
week before the mail steamer sails from
San Francisco or Vancouver. The
Western Union has arranged for the use
of its Night Letter and other telearaphic
service in connection with OUTGOING
ocean mails so that this week of trans
continental time may be saved. Its
New York Office will receive kilograms
from any part of the country destined
to European addresses and will forward
them in a sealed. specially addressed
envelope by the first %out-eoine Atlantic
steamship mail. The same plan will be
followed in San Francisco. Seattle and
Vancouver for trans-Pacifc mails. This
will enable correspondence to be dis
patched from any part of the United
States for an Ocean Mail within few
hours of sailing time. The only charge
in addition to the usual telegraph tolls to
the Ocean Mail part will be FIVE cents
for postage. kilograms should bear tho
full mail address of the foreign CORE
s%pondent for whom they are intended.
and marked ''care Ocean Mail. New
York. or San Francisco. Seattle OF
Vancouver IS the case may be. No
charge will be made for this address.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-14
cAss COUNTY TREAS. SHORT
GETS S YEARS AND Big FINE

In Cass county they found the first of
January that H. A. McConville, treasurer
for about " terms, was an embezzeier
and he was given speedy justic as the
following from the Forum indicates:
AT the conclusion of the Jury session
of the district court yesterday afternoon
and in open court, H. A. McConville
pleaded guilty to the charge of en-
bezzling of 81. ASS. 80 of the Cass county
funds and was sentenced to serve five
years in the state penitentiary at Bis
marck. by Judge Charles A. Pollock He
accepted the sentence without any out
ward, demonst ration whatsoever, and
was perfectly calm throughout the brief
hearing.
Deputy--Sheriff Bingham-.to MI. Nc
Conville to Bismarck at. once.
The law in the case is section No.
92O5 of the General statutes of the state
and the part dealing directly with the
case is quoted as follows: Such county
treasurer. (who has embezzled funds of
the county, shall be punished by i'm
%prisonment in the penitentiary for a
term of not less than one year nor more
than twenty-one years. according to the
magnitude of the embezzlement and
also to pay a fine double the amount of
money embezzled, which fine shall
operate as a judgment of law on all the
estate of the party so convicted and
sentenced; and shall be enforced by
execution or other processes for USE of
the county, whose money has been
embezzled."
In pursuance with the law q fine was
also placed on the defaulted.. treasurer
for $14, $40. 70. In giving his decision
Judge Pollock reviewed the case and
cited the law on it. Mr.. McConville
gave no utterance after the sentence had
been pronounced"
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-14
TULIP MADNESS.
The Craze That Ragged In Holland In
the Last Century.

Tho Craze That Ragged In Holland In
the Last Century.
During the tulip craze in Holland In
the last century in one year the sales
aggregated 100000 forms. Holland
went tulip mad. The bulbs were quot
ed on the Stock Exchange. Ownership
in them was divided into shares. Spec
more tulips were sold than existed At
Lille a brewer sold his trade and good
will In exchange for a bulb. which was
thereafter known as the Brewery tu-
lip. In Amsterdam a father gave one
by way Of dover with his child. There
after the variety was known as the
Marriage of My Daughter. At Rotter-
dam a hungry sailor, happening on a
few. mistook them for onions and ate
them. The repast became as famous
as Cleopatra's pearls and probably ex-
ceeded it in cost. At The Hague q
poor fellow managed to raise a black
tulip. The rumor of that vegetable
marvel spread. Presently he was WIS.,
tied by a deputation from a syndicate.
For that eve lamb Of his the deputa-
ton offered 1000 forms, which he re-
fused. He vas offered 10000 forms.
Still he refused. Cascades of gold
were poured before his resisting eyes.
Finally, tormented and tempted. he
succumbed. There and then the depu-
tation trampled that tulip under their
feet. Afterward it appeared that the
syndicate had already grown a gem
precisely similar and. unable to bear
the idea that n rival existed. had au-
thorized the deputation If needful to
offer ten times the amount which 1t
Daid.
The Dickinson press., 1911-01-14
SCHWARTZ & SINGER SALE
A VERITABLE SUCCESS

By far the busiest place in the city
the past week was the mercantile es-
Establishment of Schwartz & Singer in
South Dickinson. Their big sale opened
on Tuesday and notwithstanding the
very inclement weather. eager pur-
chasers were filling the store from early
morning until dark. and the cash re-
ceipts of the first DAYS sales, amount
ing to about 81. 600. is material demon
stration enough of the business done by
this establishment. On the days fol-
lowing. the sales averaged good with
the opening day and as soon as the
weather m%oderates. a great deal of
the country custom will swell the cash
receipts daily.
Two important factors have worked
together very nicely to make the sale q
great success In the first place.
Schwartz & Singer are we'll established
in Dickinson. having a reputation for
doing things in the mercantile line.
and having a very large general stock.
In the second place D. Hoppe of Chicago,
who is in charge of the sale, is a man
who knows his business. He has at
tended to all the advertising. includ-
ing page and double page adds in local
papers. the circulating of 5000 bills,
marking and tagging the merchandise,
etc. As Messrs. Schwartz and Singer
say, things have fairly hummed since
Mr.. Hoppe arrived. He has kept every
body and everything moving every
minute of the time. Since the sale
opened 40 clerks are kept busy waiting
on customers who throng the store from
morning until night. Three cash regis
tiers are in use every day.
The firm has a large warehouse in
the rear filled with goods with which
to replenish daily. They also have
adjoining store buildings in which the
big furniture stock is carried.