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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09
NOTHING TOT
business.

Segregate the social evil cry a num-
Der of we'll meaning editors because
of the Minneapolis crime of ten days
ago.
Nothing to it.
This crime was not the act of a
normal man. but very evidently was
the work of a degenerate.
To say segregate is to say "neces-
sary evil, phrase which is purely
a contradiction in terms.
There is no necessary evil.
All sin is abnormal. Purity and
truth alone are natural endowments.
In the plan of the universe there
was no place made for sin.
1t is so far from being necessary
that the social evil is the most ter
rible growth on the fair form of
civilization.
It exists because of one thing and
one thing only:
THE DOUBLE MORAL CODE.
This code says what is destruction
for woman is scarcely any offense
at all for the man.
Behind this coward doctrine men
have hidden for centuries.
They have mouthed purity to their
women and practiced impurity.
Destroy the double code and you
have destroyed the social evil. You
have raised men or you have lowered
women, you have placed them on 9
basis of equality. In any event you
have wiped out the social evil.
Meanwhile countenance no wrong
You can't make evil right by penninl
it up. Do away with it. drivei it out
crush it. It will take time but keel
at work striving for the ideal. Re
member:
mot failure but low aim iscrime.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

greed and ayerice gratified; If the
party is an instrument in the hands
Of the few to control and exploit the
many; il the party means subservl-
ence on the part Of the individual
and the loss Of self respect, will we
net all agree that the quicker the
party is destroyed the better? Ii it
is to live itmust be an instrument in
the hands of the many to perpetuate
freedom and to advance the cause of
liberty. justice and equality. This we
believe the Republican party for a
good many years was; this we believe
the Progressive Republicans are try
ing to again make the party of Lin
coin.
After the action Of last week what
confidence can the voters have in the
state organization, in this state COM
mittee which is supposed to repre-
sent you. but which thus misrepre-
sents you and betrays you? Is it en-
titled to your confidence or your
support, or is it not time for a new
organization, new committeewhose
actions shall not be dictated by men
known to be aligned with the inter-
ests?
If you, the people sit quiet in this
matter in spite of the knowledge
which you possess you will have no
right to complain when depredations
are worked against you, as they
surely will be.
Your time to act is now or holding
your peace must henceforth beyour
business.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09
official Paper of Redwood County
SLOW THROUGH THE DARK

Slow moves the pageant OF climbing race;
Their footsteps drag far. far below the
height.
And, unpreyailing by their utmost might,
Seem faltering downward from each hard
won place
No strange, swift sprung exception we;
we trace
A devious way thro' dim, uncertain light
Our hope, through the long vistaed years,
sight
OF that our Captains soul sees face to face.
Who, faithless, faltering that the road is
steep.
Now raiseth up his drear insistent cry?
Who stoopeth here to spend a while in
sleep
Or curseth that the storm obscures the sky:
Heed not the darkness round you dull and
deep;
The clouds grow thickest when the sum
mit's nigh M
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Lyrics of Love
and Laughter"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09
THE TALE OF BRICKS

Is not the tale of bricks yet doub-
led?
Surely the action of the Republican
State Central committee last Tues
day considerably increased the tale.
1--WE will have none of this preferen-
tial primary business, said the COM
mittee by vote of % to 7.
The matter came to the organiza-
ton as plain request from the peo-
pie and the organization sneered at
it, stamped upon it, and passed the
steam roller over its defenders.
And this the organization calls poll
itics!
Are you, electors of the State Of
Minnesota, to be thus pat to scorn?
What may be done in other sec
tions cf the state we do not know
but we all know the Seventh con-
gresslonal district will hold a prefer
entail primary in defiance of the
state committee.
The days of dogmatic dictation
0pI Hid obod;anoo oro yoc+ The
people are thinking for themselves
otherwise no demand for a primary
would have been made.
I'll fares the professional politician
when the people take an interest in
their own affairs. There are those
who fondly imagine that the reign
of the Boss in Minnesota is in no
danger. There is sad and sudden
awakening in store for such imagin-
ers. The action of the central COM
mittee in refusing the primary has
FASTENED the hour of awakening.
1--WE cannot grant this primary
because it would mean trouble and
the disruption of the party" said
Senator George Sullivan. Saltwater.
The refusal, Mr.. Senator, means
exactly that. If the party is to stand
you politicians must yield to, and
not thwart, public sentiment. Any
way, Mr.. Sullivan, there are higher
things than party If party exist
ance means turning the state senate
over to j. Hill and turning the courts
over to j. P. Morgan; if it means
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

Jim Peterson, Minneapolis, spoke
in favor Of the preferential
primary and when leaving the
room at the close of the speech said
to Simon Michelet: I hope the
resolution doesn' t carry" Which is
a pretty fair illustration of Jim's
political ethics.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09
BEHIND THE POLITICAL SCENES

Speaking of the presidency: Has
anyone here seen Teddy? And
yet as matter of fact Teddy is
making a great fight as he must who
bucks the organization. If he should
get ,chunk of Massachusetts and
break somewhere nearly even in
Pennsylvania he would crowd w. H.
mighty hard.
Are the Taft supporters looking
for chance to drop him? They
might be. You can't get away from
| it, Taft is not personally popular.
Lacking the magnetism of the true
leader, he is tolerated though hated
and endured simply as long as en-
durance seems necessary.
IL dark horse, wearing heavy
whiskers, say justice of the United
States supreme court were to break
in, wouldn't it be just possible that
! tolerance would cease to be virtue
and the name of William Howard
would lose itself in illuminatingly
thin smoke?
In the Democratic camp conditions
areno more favorable. Unsupported
that combination has been effected
between Underwood, Clark, Harmon
and Dix which has for its purpose
the nomination Of Harmon. Thus
you see it is really the field against
Bryan and Wilson.
Many a good Democrat is taking
it for granted that Wilson cannot be
nominated. Certainly the four can
control the situation so far as the
defeat of any one man is concerned
though they may not be able to nom.
mate Harmon.
/ Bryan is the uncertainty in this
equation and one little speech Of his
may upset everything. And the
nominee might be Bryan himself
In many ways he is the biggest of
them all and stands today with the
largest personal following of any
man in America. the biggest privat,
citizen in the world.
At any rate the cards are nov
stacked for Harmon and it may b.
the people will have a chance tt
choose between that enviable pair
Taft and Harmon.
In the state matters are no better
) There are rings within rings and tn
man that can see to the bottom O
them is a dandy.
: Barring contingencies it looks a
though Governor Eberhart's renon
? nation is cinch. but where's tn
! man that can stop contingency
! Ed Weaver is one and nobody. 8
! yet, has been able to stop him.
Ell Weaver suggests a very charm
]. ing little story. Once upon time
: man whose initials were Sam {
e lyerson courted an ambition to
f governor. So he went to a certai
county auditor and said, You tai
i the delegation from this county an
e Twill then slide into the nomination
n This will leave two years Of my au,
4 itorship unexpired. I'll name u
as my successor and you can east
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

No New Clothes In Seventeen Years.
Wearing the dress in which she was
married seventeen years ago in Liver
pool. England. Mrs. E. E. Newton ap>
piled for divorce at Kansas City. In
her petition she declared that she had
had no new clothing since she had
made her wedding clothes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

You big fellows will please take
notice and don't presume on your
avoirdupois.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

Pat McGarry is there with the
smile all the time and at that Pat
had enough ups and downs to tear
the grin off marble sphinx. That
he still smiles shows of what sort of
stuff Pat is made.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09
DEGENERATE AND DEGENERATES

Are you to attribute to the de-
pravity of the public taste the muir
der stories that for the past two
weeks have crowded the st. Paul and
Minneapolis papers? At first glance
it would seem so. The Minneapolis
Tribune for instance has increased
its street sales $4,000 since the Mat
thews murder.
And yet what is there to the affair?
Merely this: A degenerate choked
a young woman to death. Every de-
tail is repulsive and every word writ.
ten about it in the popular language
of the newspapers is social crime
Such articles. pampering to NOR.
bid taste, are direct incentives to the
commission by other degenerates oil
the most terrible crimes.
Legislation cannot make the i'm
pure, pure, but it could prevent ths
cultivation Of a diseased imagination
BY prohibiting the publication O.
murder stories.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

Any time the steam roller isn't on
the job in Minnesota you better call
out the fire engine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

There is not a man in the state
more adept at talking beautiful plati-
tudes than George Sullivan.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

John Apologize is less than five
feet six, but he has made the state
sit up and gasp.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

Weaver has messed things nicely.
L. @. Spooner hasn't helped them
and Gordon and Lee unable to pull
together simply add spice to the sit
uation. Who will get the nomina-
ton, no one knows. If Governor
Eberhart fails on the first ballot it
seems quite likely his name will be
Dennis and this will open way for
a hitherto unmentioned racer.
1t looks certain that no one can be
nominated who has not the support
of the Eberhart organization and
that support hardly will go to Cor
don, Lee or Weaver. OF course if
the organization falls to pieces after
the first ballot as it may the fight
will be open and Gordon then doubt
less will be the strongest candidate.
But if Eberhart can hold his people
together in the face of defeat he can
go far toward naming his successor.
So keep your eyes open for the en-
trance of stranger.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09
elected twice. Ten years as state

be elected twice. Ten years as state
auditor is not bad.
This is the story being peddled
around st. Paul. Mr.. Iverson denies
it but of course it might have been
done without his knowledge and any
way what other explanation is there
for Viewers advent?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

Bilious attacks, sick-headaches, indiges-
ton, constipation, dizzy spells these
are some OF the results OF an inactive
liver. Ask your doctor if he endorses
Ayers Pills in these cases. The dose
Is small, one pill at bedtime.
Made by the j. G. AVER CO., Lowell. Mass
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09
BLACK SILK
STOVE POLISH

on your parlor stove, kitchen stove or gas stove.
GET a can from your hardware or stove dealer.
lie you do not find 1t better than any other stove
polish you have egey used before, your dealer Is
authorized to refund your money. But we feel
sure you will agree with the thousands of other
up-to-date women who are now using Black
silk Stove Polish and who say IL Is the best
sk0ve polish eyey made
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
GIBBONS BURNS FIGHT
 IS POSTPONED BECAUSE ENGLISHMAh TAKEN Ill

An attack of stomach trouble fol lowed by coflpase on the road near Rye. N .Y.,. yesterday compelled Sid Burns, the English welterweigllt, tc ask for postponement of his bout with Mike Gibbons of St. Paul, sched- uled for tonight in Madison Square Garden. Burns finished his work on Sunday in apparently. rugged condi- tiOn, but when he went to bed he com plained of cramps He seemed to have recovered yesterday morning and went out after breakfast for a brisk road run. When about three miles from the training camp he suddenly became dizzy and pitched forward on his face. He was carried to quarters in an automobile and a physician was called
 It was found that the Englishman was in a rather serious condition and Trainer Dollings was advised to ask for postponement The Garden A C.. officials were notified and so was Gibbons, who received the news with egreat regret. Tim Hurst, who had made his first appearance at the. Gar den since his recent illness, prompt ly postponed the bout indefinitely and also notified Gibbons, who declined to collect Burns $250 forfeit. The Bri- tain,s illness was hard blow to the club as many tickets had been sold and other arrangements had been completed. George McDonald, Burns manager, said that he hoped the Eng fish boxer would be in shape to re- sume training in a week or ten days and asked Hurst for another date.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
DEPALMA WANTS TO MEET
 AUTOMOBILE SPEED BOYS
Italian Driver Seeks Race With Old
 field, Burman and DisbrOw.

Ralph De Palma, former holder of the automobile dirt track mile record, passing through Chicago on his way to Indianapolis, where he is to drive in the Memorial Day 500-mile race, issued challenge which is designed to bring together three, and possibly four, of the speed kings, and thus set- tie the question of superiority.
 This defi was handed to Homer George, with instructions to arrange the details and, if possible, stage the race for later in the summer, Chicago preferred, but, if that is impossible, any place in the country. If it were not for the fact that De Palma must sail for Europe on June 4 to drive in the French Grand Prix it is probable the speed duel would be the feature of the. two-day meet at Hawthorne, which George is putting on June and g. As the foreign engagement in- terferes, De Palma will take up the case on his return.
 Barney Oldfeld, Bob Burman and Louis Disbrow are the particular stars the Italian-American hopes to inter- est, and no restrictions are made as to the cars that will be used-even the huge Blitzen Benz would not interfere. De Palma would have each of the contestants put up $1,OO0 and the win ner take it all. The championship could be decided in three three-1mile heats he figures
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
.GOTCH THINKS WHISPERS
 DON'T UNDERSTAND HOLDS

Frank Gotch. the worlds champfoE heavyweight wrestler, who is now n the West, says that half the aspiranto to championship honors do not know the names of half the holds they use while struggling on the mat.
 q think I can name about six AGi the loclxs." says the champion. but there is such a difference of opinion As to the names of the holds that Fl never have tried to be an authority on the holds employed by myself o1 other wrestlers.
 saThere are many holds which even been employed ever since wrestling became recognized as a sport. can call half Nelson. full Nelson. foot> lock crotch and half Nelson, grape- vine and scissors on either the body or head. Outside of thesezI don't The< lieve I would be technically correct 1n naming the other locks.
 s.Wrestlers use, different methods frt applying various holds, but the funda< mental point is leverage, but if ha does not apply his weight and strength on the proper places and at the right time, he cannot be termed a success full wrestler. have met a nnmbe8 of men who were stronger than I, but I beat them because knew when and where to apply my weight and strength
 eff a wrestler can think and act at the same time he is sure to be sl1c- cessful The conservation of energy is another point which should be bornd in mind by the beginner There fa nothing to be gained by jumpina around the ring and trying for holds which will not down an opponent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
AND
 GIANTS MAY USE
 SAME BALL PARK

American League baseball at the picturesque Brush Stadium. Polo Grounds, will be seen for the first time on Memorial Day, Thursday. May 30.
 F The New York Highlanders will en- certain the worlds champion ,Ath- letics at the National League grounds both morning and afternoon on this important holiday. At least Presi- dent John T. Brush, of the Giants. has extended the courtesy to Frank J. Farrell, the owner of the Yankees. and those in good position to be prop erly informed declare that the gener- Osity will be accepted in the spirit
 with which the offer is made.
 r At the present time the two major league clubs are on the most frieed- ly terms All the old rancor of var
 permanently signed and sealed when
 Frank J. Farrell turned over to MT. Brush his hilltop field in the Spring
 of 1911,. after the old stands at the Polo Grounds had been destroyed by fire. At the time Mr. Brush was ov- he has been anxiously awaiting an op-
 portunity to repay the kindness.
 It is believed that the Memorial
 Day courtesy of MT. Brush is simply the first step toward consolidating the New York major league Interests SC far as playing equipment IS cOHcefn- ed It would not be at all surprising if both leagues utilize the. Pole Grounds after the present season. The lease on American League Park ex- pires in 1913. The much talked o1 new park at Two Hundred and Twen- ty-fifth street and Broadway has not materialized. In eighteen months nothing has been done. It would be almost impossible to have a modern plant upon the site by the Spring Of 1914. even if the work were to be crowded immediately.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
" COBB WRONG
 IN HITTING FAN SAYS HERMANN

Cincinnati, May 21.-AugAst Herr-
 mann, chairman of the National Com-
 mission, last night issued the follow
 ing statement regarding the Cobb
 case:
 ssThe suspension of Ty Cobb for as,
 saulting a grand stand patron during
 a recent game at New York was fof-
 lowed by g sympathetic strike of his
 team mates, which, some sporting
 writers assert, has precipitated crts-
 is in the American League. This
 players indefinite suspension pending
 an investigation by Preedent Johnsont
 was clearly justified, and but for the prominence of the principal and the
 revolt of his associates on. the Detroit team, President Johnson would have. CT a reasonable sum if guilty. as a
 lesson to him and warning to other hot-headed members of his profess sion,. and the incident would ha~a been closed. 1f,s on the other handf the players innocence had been esi tablished he would have been prompts : ly reinstated without the loss sof q dollar of his salary during the period of his ineligib1lfty. es :, saThe attempt to justify the revolt of the Detroit players on the groundS that Cobh's- indefinite suspsnst0u byl President Johnson deprived him of a chance to gain his livelihood at his profession is absurd.
 .eTo insure fair play for ti1e man in uniform, the national agreement provides that a player suspended for. longer than ten days by his league or club may appeal to the National Com- mission, which is vested with aathor- itys to order his reinstatement and af4 < ford him such redEess as may ba deemed adequate.
 ssThe rebellion of the Detroit play CTS has resulted in "a reaction in pfIb< lie, sentiment, and those who cem- mended Cobb for his courage in en-, tering the New York grand standl that the attack was foolhardy sinstha extreme President Johnson and his association will not permit the re- bellious Tigers to dictate the terms Of the settleme ent'' :
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-21
WILLIE LEWIS, 2s TODAY
 WAS ONE CLEVER FIGHTER

s Today is the twenty eighth birth day of Willie Lewis. who, until his de- months ago. was the worlds cham pion welterweight. At his best Lew is was one of the cleverest and gam est welterweights since the days of Mysterious Billy Smith and Joe Walcott. While some claim that Lewis was never the bona fide holder of the title, there is no doubt that he was the best scrapper in his divf-
 sion until he went up against Mike Gibbons on Nov. 2S last On that oc- casion it was only his long ring ex- perience and endurance that enabled him to go the full ten rounds. That Willie was not carried to his corner a knocked out champ was due to the fact that he had religious1y prepared
 for the session and was in the pink
 of condition. Lewis was born May 21. 1884, and began boxing when only a
 youngster. By the year 1900 he was fairly launched as a professional, and during that annum. During the fol- lowing year he fought with Tommy Hogan, Andy Costello and a number of other likely lads, whipping all of them with the< exception of Hugh McPadden- In 1904 he knocked out was given a dose of sleep potion by Sam Langford, the Boston tar baby, who sent Willie to dreamland in two rounds In 1906 Willie caught another Tartar in Honey Melody, that busy little bee stinging Lewis in three rounds In that same year he fought a smashing twenty five, round draw with Willie Fitzgerald Melody again defeated Lewis in February, 19O7 but Lewis knocked out Jack Rob- inson in. only a little longer than it would take you to say it. and polish ed off Al Greenwood in three rounds. Up to this time nearly all of Lewis bouts had been fought in New York and vicinity, although in 1907 he went to Montreal to tackle Fred Lucas, knocking him out in rounds Along in 1908 box-f1ghting was just becoming immensely popular in Paris, and Lewis was one of the first of the Am erican pugs to hike for the French capital He was so much better than the other scrappers of his weight in Paris that he became great favorite with the Paris. bugs, who considered Willie just about the greatest fighter in the world, and little Willie annex ed large quantities of perfect1y good francs. In 1909 he paid return vis- it to France, and had the satisfaction of knocking out his old enemy, Bill ly Melody. among various others. Tn all of his battles in Europe in 1908 to 1911 he was uniformly victorious except with Harry Lewis, who twice held him to draw, and with. Billy Papke. who Knocked him otlt in three rounds, March 19, 1910. In 1911 he began to go back, Frank Klaus put ting him to sleep in six rounds.