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Ohio 5 New Cons itution
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from 6 to per cent for the indirect
initiative petition to the. legislature
for the. enactment Of laws.
The amendment as submitted is not
all that those who have fought long
and hard for years for direct legisla-
ton want as the initiative and refer
endum, as we believe, in the direct
initiative for the making Of laws and
by amendments did all we could to
add that to the proposal as 1t now
stands, but Al votes were the best we
could muster for it. We also failed to
get enough votes for our amendment
striking out the taxation section fore
ed in by the reactionaries soaring the
farmer delegates ipto putting it there
by making them believe that Bigelow
was gong to Immediately force the
single tax on them and that this sec
ton would prevent it.
The people, providing they vote this
amendment into the constitution, as
they undoubtedly will, reserve to
themselves three distinct powers to
be exercised by the petition method.
Upon petition Of 10 per cent Of the
electors of the state an amendment to
tn constitution may be proposed which
shall then be submitted for adoption
or rejection at the next regular cleo
ton. This is direct initiative. but
applies only to constitutional amend
ments.
Upon petition of 8. per cent Of the
states electors, any desired law may
be proposed for atcion by the legis
lature. II the legislature fails to en-
act the measure, it goes to the people
for action If 3 per cent ask for it by
a new petition.
Upon petition Of per cent Of the
voters of Ohio any measure which has
been passed by the legislature-bar
ring emergency laws-shall be brought
| to the people for action at regular
election.
AS the measure stands, laws which
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-06-27

In submitting laws and amend
ments at elections permission is given
the advocates and opponents of mea-
sure to submit with the text state
ments for land against the measure.
Pamphlets containing text and argu-
ments are to be generally distributed.
When measures and amendments go
to a referendum no special elections
shall be held, all such voting being
done at the regular elections.
Adoption of this amendment will
practically prevent boodling in the
future, as no act of the legislature is
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-06-27

come directly from the people shall
go first to the legislature. A copy of
the proposed law and the petitions
must be filed with the secretary of
state, not less than ten days before
the converting of the legislature,
which then has four months to con-
slider. amend. pass or decline 70 act
on the proposal.
If no action is taken, the proposed
measure goes on the ballot at the next
general election, provided It is de-
manded by an additional petition Of 8
per cent of the voters in the state. If
1t is amended to the satisfaction of
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-06-27

the proponents Of. the measure and
they file no additional petition, it be-
comes a. law after the time for refer
endum has passed.
All measures initiated by the peo-
pie and passed by the legislature, or
measures passed by the legislature
without petition, are subject to a re
ferndum when per cent of the voters
of the state so ask.
1t is stipulated that the Initiative
and referendum shall never be used
to secure classification OF property for
taxation for the. imposition of the single
tax.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-06-27

final until the peopl have had al op.
portunity to pass upon it BY refersn.
dunn vote and special privilege knows
no better than to pay for Legislation
that after being paid for can bs d..
feated by the people.
This I. & R. amendment whilst no.
all that the union have been asking
for, is as it stands, one that as trade
unionists, we should heartily support
as through it the whole Of the people
get an opportunity for real seifgoy.
eminent and can improve it through
the 10 per cent direct initiative 10
meet their needs at any time.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-06-27
FOR SIXTY THREE YEARS the Stone & Th


store in this CITY has been selling goods for than they
cost and employing girls at less than the cost OF living
Sxtythree times winter fingered IN the lap OF spring as
long as proprey permitted and then with ridiculous bus
ter fled before summers hot approach Summer came
and went with auumns trailing behind in mournfu ac-
Compartment Still there was no picnic for the employees
Time msty records hold claim that it was pic
mic to work in that store unless said claim was spread
before kept newspapers tired readers as PAID ad-
vertisement.)
But this year there was picnic We knew about it.
because the paid advertisement writer of the Stone
Thomas store wrote paid article and this appeared in
paid space in Wheeling kept newspapers In it
told how these employees enjoyed it, how they fairly pal
ptated with enjoyment and hrobbed with happiness how
they bythely dubbed in their gratitude to William E.
Stone who in the goodness Of his heart had given them
an entire dav off, when all that they had done deserve
this priceless boon to work all the other working days
of the year at less than the cost Of keeping themselves
alive.
Indeed it was touching sight There were men
young who had grown old in making profits for Mr.
Stone There young men who looked old from dig
gng up profits for Mr. Stone There boys who ought
to be in school, but who losing their education in
der that they might gain profits for Mr. Stone There
were girls who ought to be in the first blush of budding
womanhood but who and wan from being on
their feet all day, making profits for Mr.. Stone.
And for all this they got plcnlc For one day they
permitted to look upon farm one OF the small
visible evidences of the wealth that their labor had
cumulated for Mr. Stone They had the privilege Of the
tramp who when found eating grass the front yard
invited into the back yard where the longer
Three hundred days of drudgery in bad air without Stools
at work that makes nncompoops Of men and nervous in
valids of women-for a pitifu picnic!
But where the sixty three picncs of the dear,
departed pasts Whv did not this whoesouled generosity
swell up and burst its bonds at the tail end of each and
every of those Junes that have been laid in
local hstory9 Why this year the first to
picnic for the employees of the Stone Thomas store?
Gentle reader this year the first year Of the Wheel
ing Retail Clerks Union union that the workers
will eventually get the courage and the strength to ask
for living wages. careful saving employer is
willing to give his employees almost anything except money
Thus while the work Of organizing the clerks is going
the back They will be treated almost equals by their
employers
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-06-27
THE MAJORITY has heretofore had occasion to Re

THE MAJORITY has heretofore had occasion to re-
fleet upon the advantage possessed by who
eral daily papers in advantage that permits
an assertion paper and denial in the other and thus
beautifully illustrates playing both ends against the mid
die Here is the latest instance. Last Sunday Mr. H. c.
Ogdens News" had story to the effect that William L.
Moke had escaped from custody. Monday morning Mr.
Ogdens "Inteligencer'' in w-eating contest held
with itself said the city officials were at loss to account
for the sensational story appearing in Sunday paper
It is to laugh.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-06-27

IN SUCH BENIGdIED OOUN
as Alberta Austria, Belgium British Columbia, Cape Of
Good Hope, Denmark, Finland France, Germany Great
Britain Greece Hungaria, Italy, Luxembourg, Neither
lands New South Wales, New Zealand, Norway, Quebec
Queensland, Russia, South Australia, Spain, Sweden
Transvaal and Western Australia there workmen's
compensation laws protecting the workers and their de-
pendents in case Of Industrial accidents.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14

sachusetts, employing IN all 1900
hands. celebrated the eighty.fifth an
niversary Of his birth. He started to
work in a cotton mill n years ago,
when a boy Of eight years, for rs
cents a week and never attended
school until he was seventeen; then
only for a year and a half. So fast
did he learn, however, that at the
age Of nineteen he was a teacher in
the district school OF Exeter, Mass.
his native town.
During the Civil war the Robert
Knight mills were among the very
few that continually kept going. and
his profits were large. The Knight
company now owns $20.OOO,O0O worth
OF cotton mills in this town, Pontiac,
Providence, Arctic, Centreville, Jack
son, White Rock and Phoenix, all In
Rhode Island; Reidville. Dodgeville,
Hebronville and Manchaug, in Massa-
chusetts; Augusta and other points
In Maine. and some in Connecticuf
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
LESS GOLD is MINED

On the ether hand, Australia showed
a continuance OF the decline which
has been persistent since 1903. the
loss in 1911 being about S4.000,OOO
The production OF North America was
about the same as In 1910.
These three grand geographic divi.
sions produced nearly 10000. 900 and
the gains and losses in other produ-
cling countries probably about onset
each other. Australasia has fallen
from $S9.2lO,100 in 1903 to $4,000
900.
Although gold production continues
to increase. the increase was at a
diminishing rate and the director ex.
presses the opinion that there is moth.
ing in the present outlook to indicate
repetition OF the phenomenal gains
that were made between 1890 and 1899
and between 1901 and 1908. They were
the result OF the discovery OF the cya-
hide process and OF the development
of the wonderful Transvaal field. The
only country in the world that is
showing notable gains at this time is
Africa. and the Transvaal field is near
ing its maximum.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
BELL BUzzARD BACK AGAIN
Establishes a Winter Home on Roof
Of Haunted House"-Also Wis
tied Flocks Of Chickens.

Dover. Del.-The bell buzzard."
which has been seen and heard in
different localities in Kent county for
the past eight or ten years, is now
in Dover, making its resting place on
the roof and chimney Of the old Cow
gill house. or Haunted House" 1t
can be seen every day. and the jing-
ling Of the bell on its neck attracts
the attention Of passers.by.
Evidently driven to town by the ex'
IRENE cold weather and snow. buzz
yards are frequently seen in the back
yards Of the residences.
But a few days ago n buzzard land
ed among a flock of chickens at the
home OF L. Schabinger here. and
remained with the chickens day and
night until forced to fly away BY one
Of the family.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
THAN MANY FRoWNS
Right Kind Of Smile Stands Always
for the Best Things There Are
In This Life.

At the door OF q hospital Is the
sign: IF you can't smile don't go In"
There are smiles and smiles, but OF
course this means the smile which
stands for the best things in life, not
the kind that irritates. but the kind
which cheers and inspires and stimu-
lates and nourishes. Whoever con-
ceived OF that sign was not far from
being a good physician, though he may
have been serving as janitor. Better
than medicine is the smile Of friend
ship to those who are set apart by
their infrmities. And the smile Of
cheer and helpfulness is not only the
passport to the hospital, but to all
the world, II we but knew 1t. Some.
one remarks: who is beyond the
ministry Of a kindly smile? 1t is
tonic to the discouraged. 1t helps the
little child for whom the world holds
so much that makes afraid, and 1t
cheers the aged who find life unspeak.
ably lonely. AS King Arthur's court
was built by music, so the happier life
We all hunger for here upon earth is
built in large part by the cheerful
faces we see, as We bear the load APP
pointed for us. "-Cniversalist Leader.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
$96,233,528 Was the Total
Output in 1911.
oliver Production for Year ls $685..
III Ounces, Il Is Announced in
Preliminary Estimate by Di-
rector Roberts Of the Mint.

Washington.-The gold production
Of the United States during 1911 was
was 500 ,233,52S and the silver produc.
ton 57,796.117 ounces, according to a
preliminary estimate issued by George
Z. Roberts, director Of the mint This
is q reduction in gold of about $4,000
and in silver OF about 100000 ounces
as compared with the returns for 1910.
Among the states and territories the
principal gold producers were: Call
iornia. with $30,310,9S7; Colorado, with
$19,153.S60; Nevada, with $18,96S.578:
Alaska, with $16,OO2,97G; South Da.
kota, with s7,430.SG7; Utah. with $4.-
769.747; Montana, with $3.1G9.S4O; Ar.
izona, with $2.954.790. and Idaho with
$1.169,2G1.
In the order named. Utah. Montana,
Nevada, Colorado and Idaho led as sill.
yer producers. At the average price
for the year the total silver product
was worth $685., 800
The net amount OF gold and silver
used in the industrial arts was ap
proximately $34,0OO,O0O gold and 34.-
100000 ounces OF silver. The coinage
of the minis was: Gold. $56.17G.S22;
silver, $6.457,3O1; nickel and copper.
$3,15G.726. Total, s65,790,S50 The
ner gain in the country's st ok Of gold
coin, including bullion in the treasury
during the year was close to 100000
900.
The directors report gives the final
figures for the production Of gold in
the world in 1910 at $454,703 300.
The director also makes a prellmin.
airy estimate upon the worlds produc-
ton in 1911 OF $466, 900, or a gain
of about S12,OOO,OOO. The Transvaal
increased its output by about $4,000.
900 and other African fields gained
100000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
CHILD'S HEAD
A MASS OF HUM0R

81 think the Cuticura remedies are
the best remedies for eczema l have
ever heard OF. My mother had child
who had a rash on It's head when 1t
was real young. Doctor called 1t baby
rash. He gave us medicine, but 1t did
no good. In a few days the head was
q solid mass, a running sore. 1t was
awful; the child cried continually. We
had to hold him and watch him to
keep him from scratching the sore.
His suffering was dreadful. At last
we remembered Cuticura Remedies.
We got dollar bottle Of Cuticura Re-
solvent, q box of Cuticura Ointment,
and bar Of Cuticura Soap. We gave
the Resolvent as directed. washed the
head with the Cuticura Soap, and ap-
piled the Cuticura Ointment. We had
not used half before the child's head
was clear and free from eczema, and
II has never come back again. His
head was healthy and he had beau
tiful head Of hair. think the Cuti'
cura Ointment very good for the hair.
II makes the hair grow and prevents
falling hair" (Signed) Mrs. Francis
Lund, Plain City, Utah, Sept. 10, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and oint-
ment are sold everywhere. a sample
Of each, with S2-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti.
cura." Dept. L, Boston.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
Woman to Be an Engineer

sessions OF the western branch OF the
Canadian Mining Institute at New
Denver, B. c., where some OF the most
prominent mining engineers and man.
ayers in the Canadian northwest en-
couraged the girls undertaking, say
ing 1t offers exceptional opportunities
and advantages for those who are not
afraid Of hard work and pays the high
est remuneration OF any Of the probes
sions in America for intelligent and
persistent effort.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
Has Hal Much Experience With Her
Father In Ore Dlstrlcts-He
viii Coach Her.

Spokane, Wash.-Randie Jeldness
of this city, who was graduated re-
Gently from an eastern college for
women, has decided to become a min
ing engineer under the tutelage Of her
father, CLAUS Jeldness, known as a
successful operator in the foremost
camps OF Colorado. Nevada. Washing
ton and British Columbia.
Miss Jeldness was initiated In the
dry ore district, north OF Bear Lake.
in the Canadian province, where, with
her father, she assembled a mountain
rising $500 feet above sea level, max
ing the trip with a pack over a trail
through the heavy timber.
Afterward they attended several
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
Population Of County Has Enlarged
II Per Cent, and Cases Of Insanity
10 rs Per Cent.

Washington.-Insanity in the United
States is increasing twice as fast as
the population, according to figures
gathered by the federal government
in a special inquiry through the Gen.
sus bureau.
The figures show that while the pop
ulation of the country grew II per
cent. in the FIVE years from 1904 TO
1910, the population in asylums for the
insane rose about rs per cent As
to the number of cases Of insanity not
resulting in commitments to hospitals.
the census bureau has no data.
"Our figures" says Director Durand,
afford q striking indication OF the
prevalence Of insanity, II not an exact
measure. II is somewhat startling to
reflect tina. the 1s7.454 patients con-
fined in hospitals for the insane make
up a population larger than Columbus,
o."
The state which, in proportion to
fits population, had the largest number
NJ insane reported In institutions on
January 1. 1910. was Massachusetts
with S44.6 per 100000 population. New
York however. had almost the same
proportion, namely s4S.1 per 100000
population.
The number Of insane in institutions
in Missouri is 6,170.
More than $500 persons were COM
mitted 70 asylums in New York state
last year. 4,517 in Pennsylvania. 1926
in Massachusetts. 4,Os5 in Illinois and
1887 In Ohio.
Arkansas had fewer insane commit
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
Evil Of ldleness.

Work develops all the good there is
in q man; idleness all the evil. Work
sharpens all his faculties and makes
him thrifty; idleness makes him lazy
and a spendthrift. Work surrounds
a man with those whose habits are
Industrious and honest; in such society
weak man develops strength, and
a strong man is made stronger Idle
ness. on the other hand, is apt to throw
a man into the company of men whose
object in life is usually the pursuit Of
rnwholesome and demoralizing diver.
sions.-Darius Ogden Mills.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
Says Youth Should Dance

the public school houses for dances,
under proper supervision. Young
men and women should have greater
opportunity to mingle among whole
some surroundings and there is much
good in any plan that will bring them
together more frequently. Much Of
the evil that besets the young in the
cities could be avoided In this way"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
Author In Minneapolis Asserts There
10 Much Good In Bringing
Young Together.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Dancing was
called a natural and proper outlet for
the play impulse by DR.. Woods Hutch.
inson Of New York, physician and au-
thor, in an address here before the
members Of the Minneapolis Civic
and Commerce association.
III the opportunity for young peo-
pie to dance is not properly Afforded
under proper management" be said.
the city should concern itself with
such provision. The dance hall prob
lem may be helped greatly By using
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
Insanity on the Increase

ted last year than any state in pro-
portion, 16 per 100000. according to
Mr. Durand's figures. New Mexico
comes next with 25.7 per 100000, and
Utah with 276 per 100000, is third.
After then. in order. come Wyoming.
Louisiana, Texas. Mississippi and Ala
bama.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
Aetreaa caraa fnr Fnther.

New York.-Mrs. Oscar Lewisohn
edna May) has furnished an elabor.
ate apartment here for her father,
who has carried the malls IN syrs
cuBe. n. 2. Tor . score Of yeara
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
ROBERT KNIGHT REACHES IS
Owner Of Vast Textile Interests En-
tered Factory When q Lad Of
Eight Years.

Natick, R. Robert Knight, the
largest individual cotton mill owner
IN the world. who owns cotton mills
here and others in this state and Mas
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
Board Walk Bars the "Trot."

Atlantic City.-The turkey trot,"
bunny hug" grizzly bear" and
other extremes in dancing have been
put under the ban here by managers
OF the board walk dance halls. Spe-
cial officers have been placed on the
Job to halt such exhibitions.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
A Painful Occasion,

What is the trouble next door?"
Little Tommy Tibbles is giving q
coming out bawl"
"A coming out ball? l don't under
stand"
His father has just released him
after a short session in the wood
she'd"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
Certainly Net,

Mrs. Styles-Dont you think this
new hat improves my looks, dear?
Mr.. Styles suppose so.
But what makes you look so
CROSSE"
I'm thinking OF the bill for that
hat. You can't expect that to improve
my ooks."-Yonkers Statesman.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14
bureau Kent Busy.

Springfield. Ill.-Through its six Of
ficers, the Illinois free employment
bureau found jobs for 59,S27 men
and women during 1911.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-14

Time is intellectually long, and every
day is q vessel into which very much
may be poured, II one will really I'LL
II up.-Goethe.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-23

formed squad of Elks and a brass
band.
Portland's rose lawns rose-fringed
streets will be in their fullest glory
and a trip by trolley or auto will
surely be a revelation to many.
The formal reception to the grand
lodge will take place at the armory
at 8 o'clock p. M, and will be open
to the public.
Tuesday, July 9.
More than 1000 automobiles have
been placed at the disposal Of the
Elks and will be used to convey Wis
iting members and their families to
various points of interest in and about
the city.
River steamers have been chartered
for the exclusive use of all visiting
Elks. Trips have been arranged up
and down the Willamette and Co
lumbia rivers. These excursions will
consume the morning and afternoon.
After nightfal1 the grand electrical
parade that has become the noted
spectacular feature of Portiand's am
nual Rose festival, will be reproduced
for the benefit of the visiting Elks.
1t consists Of sixteen categorical and
historical floats representing life in
Oregon from the time of the aborigine
to the present day. TO this brilliant
pageant will be added FIVE or six
floats wholly typical of Elkdom and
the gathering In Portland. The pa
rade win raverse the principal busi-
ness streets and win be a spectacle
that will live long in the memories
Of those fortunate enough to witt
ness 1t.
Wednesday, July 10.
This entire day and evening have
been set aside for entertainment at
The Oaks, the Coney island Of the
Pacific coast. This great amusement
park, with all its concessions, has been
leased by the Portland commission
and will be placed at the disposal of
visitors. The ticket sellers will be
given a day OF; the doors VIII be
turned wide open: the turnstiles torn
down: and the Elkiar herd are In
vited to pass in and but Of the arause-
rnent places at will.
The Oaks liz beautifully situated on
the banks Of Willamette river, three
miles from the bushes center, and IL
accessible by either boat or trolley
car Accredited Elks and their fami-
lies will be carried to and from the