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The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
The Attack on the Civil Service.

The proposition now before Congress
to establish a seven years tenure of
Office for civil service employees is both
unjust and dangerous.
1t is unjust because it does not deal
fairly with the thousands of employees
who have entered the government serv-
ice under the protection of law which
guarantees them continuous employ
ment during good behavior and ef-
fciency. II is dangerous because it is
direct blow, none the less severe be-
cause it is insidious, at the entire civil
service system.
When the civil service law was
passed, governmental employment had
become a political football. The men
and women who served the government
were regarded as the appendages of a
political party. Merit did not enter into
the calculation. Only in so far as they
were willing and generous contributors
to a campaign fund or were able to aid
m the election of candidates were their
services regarded as, of value.
Those were days which no patriotic
lover of well-ordered and efficient
government would bring back.
The scandal of those days-the beg
ging circulars to which each clerk was
compelled TO respond upon pain of dis
missal-and the anxiety which para
lyzed the operations of the government
departments during the six months
which preceded a possible change of ad-
ministration were happily banished
when the civil service law was enacted
But the desire for spoil in the shape
of public Office still springs eternal in
the politicians breast.
Thus would the great working force
of the government be again prostituted
to political ends of the basest sort.
Once again it is proposed that there
shall be ceaseless change in the per-
sonnel of the force, a traffic in Office,
the outgoing of the experienced and
the efficient, the incoming of the new
and the untried.
No business corporation in this land
would adopt such policy On the con-
trary, the great business organizations
seek to retain their employees. They
induce men to remain with them by Of
fers OF increased pay, based upon
longevity of service, and reward long
and faithful work with well-deserved
pensions.
We are passing through a strange
period in our history. The doctrines
of unrest and change, of drifting away
from solid foundation, of experimental
ton with radical no.trums, are being
preached by so-called apostles of the
people. In the midst of this disturb
snce the enemies of civil service find |
ripe occasion for their latest effort.
The state of anxiety-not to say
hopelessness = into which the great
army of deserving government employees |
has been thrown by this tenure of of
fee proposition is beyond description.
The measure ought never to be en-
acted into law.
If it should pass both Houses of
Congress through failure to meet it
squarely, due to a desire to adjourn,
President Taft would be fully justified
in returning it with his veto. Such
action would not only be logical, just,
and in vindication of the law, but it
would avert serious peril to the govern
ment service.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
Kentucky. Girl to W. ed.

London. rug. Miss Emily Bond
Smith. oldest daughter of Charles Bond
Smith. of Hereford Park. Ky. and for
meriy OF Richmond, Va. will be married
to William Frederick Ingpen at an early
date. The groom-to-be until recently was
a member of the Royal Field Artillery.
but is now in Calgary, Canada. He IL
the SOP of Arthur Robert Ingpen. X. C.
of Middle Temple and Ashwood Grange
Woking. Surrey.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
Col. Clark Going ON stump.

Announcement that Col. ]. B. Clark
will make a stump tour in behalf OF the
Progressive Party was made yesterday
by Chairman Joseph Sardo. OF the Dis
trice Progressives. Col. Clark is vet
eran Of the civil and the spanish-Ameri-
can wars
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08

CATION into the abuse Of absenteeism.
which has outgrown all former doings
IN this respect. A number Of Senators
have not been in attendance for months.
and quite number Of States are rep
resented by single member each Sem
ator Dixon is a shining example OF IT.
as for months past he has given his
entire time to the interests Of his Presi-
Dental candidate.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08

Perkins says that there is no question
that the American public demands
the election of Roosevelt, and adds the
highly significant remark that the new
party has unlimited funds. Who ever
doubted the latter statement?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08

Organized kindness to animals, as well
as TO persons, sometimes call attention
away from individual kindness. The lat
ter is Of a kind that does not fiaunt it.
self In the public eye or print.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
Senator owen Renominnted.

Oklahoma City, Aug. Robert L.
Owen has been renominated for the
United States Senate by a majority of
from 5000 to $1,000, according to primary
returns received to-day. His opponent
was former Gov. c.. n. Haskell.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
PERTINENT AND EXPERIMENT
he Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
Senator Borah says he spent 100000 in
his Senatorial campaign. It may prove
to be good investment.
From the Houston Chronicle.
Schedule X Is not o. K, but n. c.:
that's a main part Of the main tariff
issue in a sentence.
From the 81. Louis Post.
Call 1t Monroe doctrine IL you please,
but the resolution regarding Magdalena
Bay would be better understood by
framing 1t In the simple words, Keep
of the Grass"
From the Chicago Examiner.
Some leading Congressman announce
their retirement, leaving 1t uncertain
whether their action is based on discre-
ftion or valor.
From the St. Paul PioneerPr.ss
The Stanley committee reports that the
Steel Trust organizers did not merely
water" but "deluged" stocks. That's
the way the small investor and the ulti-
mate consumer got soaked.
From the Boston Transcript.
Each Bull Moose delegate from Louis
lana carries one-third of vote, but
the colored man there is not considered
even a fraction Of humanity.
From the New York Sun.
Whether a protective tariff is uncon-
stitutional, as the Democratic platform
will have us believe, whether We agree
and We do not agree-with Mr.. Taft's
proposal of the Federal Incorporation of
large interstate business enterprises"
the Constitution continues to be a good
enough platform for the Sun.
From the Philadelphia Press
II this Kansas question had arisen
sooner. perhaps there would be a plank
in the Bull Moose platform favoring the
recall Of United States Supreme Court
decisions.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
THE CALL OF THE MOOSE.

Come On, come On from everywhere.
An men who have q kick,
Come, eathef In Chicago and
Help Teddy do the trick.
Come on from Wall Street and the plains;
Help knock Taft on the head.
1t doesn't matter who you are
So long rs you're for Ted
Come on from ev'ry State that's dry,
From cry State that's wet:
Come on from ev'ry party and
Come on. you suffragette.
Come On, black man, and have Q seat;
Come On. men who are red
We don't cars what your color d
30 long a. ycu'rs for Ted.
Come. nthef b. the rippling laka
Come On and air your views.
II they're against most sv'rything.
Ths same we'll likely use.
It dossn't matter what you think,
Or what baforc you've said.
Think any old thing that Jon like
b iug = yoa'U tur Tsd.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08

Two judges Of the New York Court Of
Appeals retire this year owing to age
limit. and two more next year for the
same cause. What chance for Murphy
and the Tammany ring.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
ALlTTLE NONSENSE.
4 rRAyuLINa EXHIBIT.

A TRAVELLING EXHIBIT.
They have TO leave their n1es hotsl
Although there's nothing wrong
And they have grown TO IKE It wslL
They have to move along.
Poor dad objects and Grossly frowns:
He's grown into his groove.
But mother has shown all her gowns
And 20 we have to move
u.ele Pe.sywiss Says,
This knockabout comedy seems awful
after looking at ons OF those rough
house moving pictures.
In Congress.
"Can We get . quorum to-day?"
as the baseball team in town.
mo"
I'VE can0
August 8 In History.
Angus. 8, 1s4-Henry vIu eats 100
CLANS.
August 8, 175s-Bosweli and DR.. John
SON have nothing to eat
Different Material.
The business man looked the graduate
over casually. 49,
II have no position to offer you" he
said
you misunderstand.' responded the
graduate. What want is q Job"
Two minutes later he was at work.
A Double Doubling.
The prankish youngster doubles up.
Hides from the farmer men.
Steals apples green and then Is seen
All doubled up again.
Think IL Over.
what did he do to entitle him to be
He reduced the price Of potatoes."
sBah.'
"well. what more did any governor
ever do?"
But Not ut the Finish.
you say you spent your vacation
with friendsr'
"We were friends when the expedition
started
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
In the progressive houshold. as Col
Roosevelt explains 1t, the Door of
Hope swings inward or outward. ac-
cording as the negro voter approaches
it from above or below Mason and Dix
on's line.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08

What. with the prediction expense
and the post-election suspense, says an
exchange. the candidates lot is not a
happy one.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
Getting Tired.

TT was robbery. barefaced robbery
See here. Sim. Has anybody swim
died ye. or are ye still yappin' about
that Chicago convention
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08

NAME TICKET

Continued from Page One.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
LORIMER ASKS FOR
$125,OOO EXPENSES
Startles Committee of Senate with
Size of Bill for Second
Trial.

William Lorimer startled the select
committee of the Senate that made the
second investigation OF the Lorimer case
by presenting a bill yesterday for ap-
proximately sl25. 900 to reimburse him for
expenses incurred in his unsuccessful
fight to retain his seat in the Senate.
The committee held an executive meet
ing to consider the matter OF its ex-
penditures and make provision TO pay
them. II has been the contention. even
OF Lorimer's opponents in the Senate,
that he should be reimbursed, at least in
part, for the money he has paid out in
defending the case against him. but the
committee was hardly prepared for such
bill as was presented yesterday. and
1t is not at all likely that It will be
paid.
One Of the Senators who voted to un-
seat Mr.. Lorimer ventured the opinion
that the Illinois politician probably
would be allowed less than half the sum
he claimed. or about $4,000.
Cost Lorimer 100000.
There have been well-authenticated re-
ports that the two investigations con-
Quoted by the Senate to determine the
validity OF Lorimer's title to his seat cost
the Illinois politician a little over 100000
proposal was made in the Senate at
one time that he be allowed $4,000 for
money expended for counsel fees in the
first investigation. This amount did not
rurport to be in full for all his expendi-
lures on account of the first inyestiga-
ton The Senate rejected that proposal
In fact. IL never came to a vote, because
Lorimer asked that IL be withdrawn, de-
claring that he would not accept the
sum. But the account submitted to the
Senate committee yesterday was a volun-
tary claim put forward by Mr.. Lorimer
himself. He probably justified 1t on the
ground that he has always maintained
that the second investigation was unwar-
ranted. his case having once been adiu-
dicated.
Big Attorney Fee.
Next TO the claim Of Lorimer himself
for reimbursement, the most startling in
cident of the committee meeting was a
claim for $4,000 for attorneys fees pre-
sented by John J. Heally. OF Chicago.
who was retained as one of the counsel
for the Senate committee. Mr.. Heallys
associate. John II. Marble. of Washing
tor. did not make any definite claim. but
left the matter of the adjustment of his
pay to the committee. The committee
voted to give each of the lawyers $1,000
in full settlement for their services.
There We're plenty OF murmuriDgs over
the bills that came in. The stenogra-
piers bills were large and they were
ordered pruned. A special appropriation
will have to be made by the Senate to
pay the Lorinper bills, as there is not
enough money In the contingent fund to
meet them. Senator Dillingham;. chair |
man of the committee, was authorized |
to make a complete list of the liabilities. |
after which the committee will consider |
them and decide just what it will pay |
and then ask for an appropriation.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
MOOSE SCURRY
HOME AT CLOSE

Continued from Page One.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
WILSON In SPEECH
OF ACCEPTANCE
SIDESTEPS ISSUES

Continued from Page One.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08

ffUfn INC Bd6tOn TransClpt.
Each Bull Moose delegate from Louis
lana carries one-third of vote, but
the colored man there Is not considered
even a fraction Of humanity.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
But Not at the Finish.

you say you spent your vacation
canoeing with friendsr
1--WE were friends when the expedition
started"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08
From the New York Sun.

II this Kansas question had arisen
sooner. perhaps there would be a plank
in the Bull Moose platform favorfng the
recall Of United States Supreme Court
decisions.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-08

Some leading Congressman announce
their retirement, leaving 1t uncertain
whether their action is based on discre-
'tion or valor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-25
NO HUNTING ON
THE RESERVATION
Deer Rapidly Becoming Ex-
tinct on Fort Rerthold
Lands

Bismarck, N. D.. Jam. 25.--C. w.
norman. superintendent and agent OF
Fort Berthold, has taken up the mat
ter with the authorities in Washing
ton, D.. G. toward preserving game.
Since there are only IL few remaining
deer on the reservation. which will
soon disappear &c they are hunted, IA
regulation has been submitted to the
Indian office, prohibiting all the In
dams and whites from killing any deer
from January l, 1872 In 1915.
Also the provisions against killing
prairie chickens will be enforced on
h reservation. Indians will he al
lowed to hunt only during the months
OF the Year when the state permits
this to be done.
AS a punishment for the violation
of the new law III rule. any persons
Qndians or white) killing deer on the
Fort Rerthold reservation. North Da-
kota. from now on for three years,
shall be lined $50 for each deer and
sixty days in the guard house with
hard labor, besides being deprived of
their guns and ammunition.
So far as hunting hy white persons
on the reservation is concerned, at
tention is invited to section 2137 of
the revised statutes which reads as
follows:
Every person. other than an Indian
who within the limits of any tribes
with whom the United States has on
isttng treaties. hunt or traps, or takes
and destroys. n peltrics or game eX-
cept for subsistence in the Indian
country. shall forfeit all the traps,
kuns and ammunition in his posses
sion. used or procured to he used for
that purpose. and all peltries so taken:
and shall be liable in addition. to a
penalty of $500.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-25
The Quickest, Simplest
i. Cough Cure
Easily and Cheaply Made ut
Home. Saves You q.

This recipe makes a pint of cough
time. You couldn't buy as much or a.
good cough syrup for $3.50.
relief and usually stops the most nbst,.
9.te cough in "a hours. This is partly
due to the fact that it is slightly laxa.
tive. stimulates the appetite and has an
excellent tonic effect. It is pleasant to
take--chi!dren like it. An excellent rem.
edy, too, for whooping cough, Group, sore
lungs, asthma, throat troubles, etc.
Nix one pint Of granulated sugar with
"a pint OF warm water, and stir for q
minutes. Put 2Aa ounces of Pinex fifty
cents, worthy in q pint bottle, and add
the Sugar Syrup. 1t keeps perfectly.
Take . teaspoonfu every one, two or
three hours.
Pine 10 one of the Oldest and best
known remedial agents for the throat
msmbraneA Pinex is the most valuable
concentrated compound of Norway white
pine extract, and is rioh In guaiacol and
al the other natural healing elements.
Other Preparations will not work in this
formula.
Tho prompt results from this recipe
wives In the United States and Canada,
which explains why the plan has been
Initiated often, but never successfully.
A guaranty. Of absolute satisfaction, or
money promptly refunded, goes with this
recipe. Your drugeist has Pinex, or will
get 1t for Won. II not, send to Tho
431ex Co, IT. Wayne, Ind. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-25
COMPLAIN THAT
RATES ARE HIGH
Railroad Commission Con-
sidering Williston Tele-
phone Question Today

Bismarck, N. D.. Jan. 25.-Among
telephone matters to be considered by
the railroad commissioners now in SEES
sion is a complaint coming from a
county official at Williston. The COM
plainant says the rates charged there
by the Dakota Western telephone are
too high. He says that in using the
line from Williston to White Earth.
a distance of forty-eight miles for less
than five minutes and was charged
81 for the service. Others have COM
planned of the alleged excessive rates
charged there and the commission is
asked to investigate the matter.
The session of the railroad commits
sioners will last probably most of the
week and Will be the most important
meeting the commission has held for
some time.
Among the important matters to be
taken up will be the consideration Of
rules and rates of telephone COM
panies, as we'll as express rates of the
different companies operating in the
state. There is also a petition before
the board to stop Northern Pacific
trains Nos. 3 and 4 at Driscoll on a
flag signal. The new town of futile
wants a station house and HaZelton
wants a loading platform. H. G.
Grove, the Bismarck hide man, wants
IL COIllIliOully rate UelNccn IlllN dukee
and Northern Pacific road fixed some-
where near uniform. There is also a
petition for a new depot at South
Heart, a station out near Dickinson.
The depot there this winter has been
so filled with perishable freight that
there has been no room for passen-
gers to get inside to wait for trains.
The town of Glascoyne has had a
newspaper and other institutions that
go to making a live town but there
is no depot there and the people want
one built by orders of the commits
sion. There are protests against
closing a number OF stations in the
northeastern part of the state.
There is also a complaint as to the
condition of the high line depot at
Valley City. and enough minor mat
ters to keep the commission busily
occupied the balance of the week.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-25
BOTH LOST
Neither Mother Nor Cult Leader
CAPABLE CustOdians.

Capable Custodians.
Chicago, Jan. Standardization of
the Mazdaznan cult in connection with
the custody of twelve year old VIM.
Linsday, heir to a Philadelphia estate
closed today with the entering of an
order by Juvenile Court Judge Pinck-
e holding that neither the boys
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay nor
her spiritual leader DR." Ottoman
Ear Adjust Hanish were proper custo-
dams for the boy.
The our also directed that when
the boy is found by the court officers
he be given into the are Of his uncle
and aunt, Charles II. Lindsay and his
wife.
Mrs. Lindsay who is believed to have
possession Of her son, was held in
contempt Of cout, and an attachment
was issued for her. The defense in
thirty days may make it's appeal from
the order.
1t was expected that the followers
of Hanish would present evidence
concerning the Mazdaznan temple
which was criticised as being an unfit
place in which to house the Lindsay
boy.
Sounsel for Hanish declined to call
any witnesses. declaring that the MAJ
daZnan cult was not on trial.
The search for the boy who was
taken from the cult tmeple by court
officials and then returned to his
mother in spite of a promise to take
him into court. will be prosecuted. A
scuffle between newspaper photograph
hers and followers Of Hanish took
place after court adjourned.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-25
DENIED PERMITS
Drug Question Raised at Fessenden
and Petitioners Lose,

Fessenden. N. D., Jan. 25.-The dis
trict court Of Wells county convened
here with Judge J.. A. Coffey presid-
ing. There we're. three applications
heard for the issuance of druggists
permits for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors. Two of the applications. tina,
of w. l.. Buttz inc H. Hendrickson
came from Harvey, and the other was
hat of Louis A. Leu of Fessenden.
After a hearing upon the matters. the
our refused to grant the applications.
This is the first time h a Judge Coffey
has been called upon to pass upon a
matter OF this nature in his district.
In the hearing OF the Buttz applica-
ton, States Attorney John A. Layne
produced siXty-five %atfidavits upon
which different persons had secured
intoxicating liquors from the appli-
can't during the period Of from June
16 to %, 1909, under permits under
the law before the present law went
into effect. where the permits We're
issued by the county judge, and it was
shown that out of the siXty-five afida-
Wits. fifty-siX Of these affidavits showed
that they We're issued to parties for
supposed maladies of lagrippe and
colds. the applicant stating that he
Fnew Of no medicinal properties which
the intoxicating liquors contained
that vas a cure or remedy for such
diseases. and hat he failed to recall
any particular epidepic in that vicin'
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-25
PLAN A TOURNEY
Chess Will BE Played at Fargo-Lay
ing the Plans.

ing tho Plans.
Fargo. \. d., Jan. 25.-'rhe second
nnual chess tournament OF the North
Dakota State Chess association will he
held on Washington'S birthday and
the officers of the association were
fortunate enough to get the privilege
of the use of II of the parlors of
the commercial club on that day Ia
hold the tournament.
The North Dakota State Chess as
ISOLATION was organized in 1911 for
the purpose of getting the chess play
ers of the state together at least once
u year and to decide the state cham
pionShip at regular tournament play.
G. Ransom won the championship last
year and has held it to date and it is
expected that he will again take part
In the tournament to defend his title.
Considerable enthusiasm has been
manifest throughout the state and
such players Az Widemeyer of Rolla,
N. D.. and Carl Nelson, the problem
composer Of Cando. n. D.. players
from jamestown. Wahpeton, Crooks
ton. Grand Forks. Hope, Bismarck
and other cities have signified their
Intentions to come to Fargo for the
big tournament. Every player in the
state is welcome and urged to come
3 and take part in the championship
contest.
The championship button is the
property of the association and will
he turned over to the winner of the
coming contest and a small fee will
be charged to purchase fit prizes for
winners.