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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-15
STRAIGHT TO EMPIRE.

AS the principal spokesman for
Big Business George w. Perkins is
always interesting if not convincing.
His aim is to deprive the politicians,
that is to say the people, of any con-
troll over business. Yet he never
suggests that Big Business shall
loosen it's grip upon the people.
When Mr.. Perkins gets his court
of Big Business at Washington With
supreme authority over commerce
and industry and Mr.. Taft gets his
permanent tariff commission in
working order the people of the
United States will have about as
much to say concerning their own
government as the convicts of ST.
IBERIA.
These high enterprises, the ad
justment of the tariff and the regu-
lation of Big Business, will come
pretty near absorbing two of the
chief attributes of sovereignty, one
of which is the power of taxation
and the other the administration of
Justice. Then, with third-term
president, life officeholding class,
a big army and navy and civil pen
sion list, it will not make much diff
ference how this country is classified
among the political divisions of the
earth. 1t will be a despotic empire.
From such socialism for the rich
there will be but one escape and that
will be in the direction Of socialism
for the poor. Our hlgh-fying CEN
tralizers may depend upon it that
when they break down the peoples
government and substitute sordid
bureaucracy the harvest will not be
peace but war They may be sure al
so that the evil example of confiscat-
ing other peoples goods by discrim-
mating taxation will not be lost up,
On the revolutionary socialists who
will follow them.
II privilege and wealth and power
can absorb small fortunes and es-
tates under the forms of law let no
one who speaks for Big Business for
get for an instant that poverty, pow
erful in numbers as we'll as in pur-
pose, will be perfectly able in the
same way to seize great fortunes
and estates.
In every age and every crisis the
curse of privilege has been it's be-
sotted ignorance. recklessness and
complacency. 1t has no sense. 1t
never knows right from wrong. 1t
never knows when 1T is in danger
until too late for reform or redress.
1t always seeks pallatives. 1t never
voluntarily corrects wrong or cures
an injustice.
Democratic success is necessary
this year for many reasons, but pri-
marilly and essentially to restore a
republican form of government to
the United States, to destroy all the
imperialistic schemes for consolidate
cd power remote from the people
and to drive into retirement and dis
grace all those false leaders who are
lightly playing with fire and brim-
stone Democratic success is neces-
sary to the life of the republican
party itself, for nothing else can save
that organization from the Cncoming
wave of socialism which it is daily
augmenting.
Twenty years Of democratic re-
sponsibility to the people, Democrat
is equality, Democratic justice and
Democratic encouragement and ele-
walton of the long oppressed individ-
ual will hardly suffice to wipe out
the crimes of fifteen years Of Mark
Iannaism that are leading straight
to empire-St. Louis Republic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-15
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OF THE
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The Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-15
THE CLAIMANT,

We have had no third term in this
country as yet, but we have eXper
fenced one of the worst of the evils
that third terms are certain to make
yhabitual.
That evil is a President whose
term has been ended, who ostensibly
has retired to private life, but who
keeps right on with his political anG
magistraterial pretentions.
There never has been a day since
Mr.. Roosevelt returned from Africa
that he has not been a claimant lie
dent He has kept up an opposition
court. His residence and his office
have been the head centers of in
trigue
i. Bound by every obligation of
friendship to be loyal to his sue
"cessor, Mr. Roosevelt has welcomed
at all hours those in the government
service who for any reason or no
reason We're inclined to betray or
humiliate Mr.. Taft. To him they have
addressed their complaints and their
accusations. To HIM they have
gone for aid and comfort when their
treachery to Mr.. Taft finally deprived
them of position.
4 Much is to be said in criticism Of
the Taft administration, but in fair
ness it must always be remembered
that it has been surrounded by men
who were so devoted to Mr. Roose-
welt that they could hardly admit
that Mr.. Taft was President in his
own right. Not little of the trou-
BILE which Mr.. Taft has experienced
and many of his mistakes have had
their origin in this fact.
The Roosevelt hero worshipers
who remained in Mr.. Taft's service
not only thought that Mr.. Roosevelt
should give orders to Mr.. Taft but
that they as Mr.. Roosevelt's repre-
sentatives should do so. This is the
impudence which was displayed by
Pinchot, Garfield, CLAWS and others.
1t is impudence which had counte-
nance and support at Oyster Bay.
While Mr. Roosevelt has kept open
house for all the foes of Mr. Taft, he
has not on a single occasion, al
though he speaks and writes contin-
uously, had a generous word of
praise for his successor. On the con-
trary he has at times assumed an at
titude Of open hostility and on all
occasions he has promoted the idea
that Mr.. Taft was making very
bad job of what he, if given an op-
portunity, would reveal as a master
piece.
This is the kind of presidential
rivalry that they used to have in
Mexico, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Once a president always a president
was rule in those countries, and
from that vicious doctrine sprang
most of their revolutions.
Americans do not need to have
actual experience with a third term
in order to perceive it's essential
wickedness and danger. Let them
contemplate the Behavior of the
president who has kept right on be-
ing president, who is the father con-
lessor of all those who are false to
the true president and who is more
of a claimant here today than is
Castro in Venezuela.
When third and fourth life terms
become the rule, such thing as a
president actually retiring to private
life will be unknown.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-15

Noting that some of the opponents
of Senator Cummns are asking him
to resign the senatorship, as he is a
candidate for president, the Webster
City Freeman-Tribune says "Allison
didn't resign. Neither did Harrison
In fact no United States senator ever
resigned the position to become a
candidate for president, and many
senators have been candidates. But
then, more is expected of Cummins
than was ever expected of any other
public man.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-15

If you havn't the time to exercise
regularly, Doan's Regulets will pre-
vent constipation. They induce q
mild, easy, healthful action of the
bowels without gripping. AJAX your
druggist for them. Is cents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-15

Inasmuch as there is no provision
of law for holding a primary election
for selection of delegates to the state
convention, it is ordered that there
shall be held in each county a con-
vention for selection of such dele
gates. The time and place of hold
ing said conventions and the manner
of selecting delegates to such coun-
ty convention, whether by primary
or caucus, shall be determined by the
county committees of the respective
counties.
All voters subscribing to the fund
amental principles of democracy are
invited to participate in the selection
of delegates to this convention.
By order of the Democratic State
Central Committee of Iowa. Done at
Des Moines, January %, 1912.
Jno. F. Dalton, N. f. Reed,
Secretary. Chairman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-15

The Republican national commit
tee is especially welcome in these
troublesome times as one that was
not organized to investigate some
thing. t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-15

If the republican party don't
watch out it will get good beating
in this year of our Lord, 1912, says.
the Coon Rapids Enterprise.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-15

Senator LaFollette praises several
prominent Democrats, but still re-
trains from joining them openly as a
convert
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03
The Honor Of The ~
BY James
Oliver Cwrw@@@
PROLOGUE.

Up in the Big Shows" near
the dome of the earth, lies the
scene of this story Of real men
and real women, who have all of
the virtues o. their hardening en-
vironment and few Of the faiifngs
of their more civilized relatives.
This is a tale for reading when
one is tired of the arfificialitfes
of civilixofion--or at any other
time when a good story is appre-
ctated. You will find in it ro-
nance and adventure and mystery
mixed in such skillfui manner and
in such proportion that no fngre-
dienf inferferes with another. Yet
all 20 to make fine reading for
women who like to hear of brave
deeds and sacrifice for loves
sake and for men with even a
drop of the spirit Of adventure
in their peins. And one thing
uore-fhe author has lived among
the people whose lives he de-
scribes, and he knows how to tell
q story.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03

ITOVV NIvIIGoSI0Vs
little home. Once Mukee had suffered
lynx bite that went clear to the
hand. After that the savage In him
was enslaved to her like an invisible
spirit.
He crouched for few minutes in
the snow. looking at the pale alter Of
light that came through n hole in the
curtain Of the woman's window. and
as he looked something came between
him and the light With the caution
Of lynx. his head close to the snow.
he peered around the logs. 1t was the
Englishman who stood looking through
the window
Mukee's moccasined feet made nc
sound. His hand fell as gently as a
child's upon the strangers arm.
"Thees is not the honor of the beee
SHOWS" he whispered. Come"
The Englishman chuckled. Then
Mukee's hands changed They hew to
the thick. reddening throat of the man
from civilization. and without sound
the two sank together upon the snow
The next day messenger behind
six dogs set out for Fort Churchill
with word for the company's home
ONCE that the Engllshman had died In
the big snow. which was true.
Mukee told this to Jan. for there
was the bond of blood between them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03
CHAPTER II.
Little Melissa.
THEY carried Cummins' wife to
where clearing had been cut
In the edge of the forest. and

THEY carried Cummins' wife to
where clearing had been cut
In the edge of the forest. and
. at the foot Of giant spruce,
towering sentinel-like to the sky, they
lowered her into the frozen earth
Gasptngly Williams, the old factor
stumbled over the words on ragged
page that had been torn from a Bible.
The rough men who stood about him
bowed their wild heads upon their
breasts. and sobs broke from them.
At last Williams stopped his reading,
stretched his long arms above his head
and cried Ohokingly:
THE great God keep Mees Cum
minsw
As the earth fell there came from tn.
edge Of the forest the low, sweet music
OF Jan Thoreau's violin. No man IN all
the world could have told what he
played. for 1t was the music OF Jams
soul. wild and whispering Of the Winds
sweetened by some strange Inheritance
that had come to him with the pic
ture which he carried in his throbbins
heart.
He played until only the tall spruce
and John Cummins stood over the lone
grave. When no stopped the man
turned to him. and they went together
to the little cabin where the woman
had lived.
There was something new 10 the cab
In nova tiny white. breathing thine
over which an Indian woman watched'
The boy stood beside John Cumm'ns
Looking DOWN vpon v aud trsmona&
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03

"shs loved this, JAM" hs said huskily.
his wife's Bible. finger worn. patched.
pathetic In its poverty. The man gulp-
I'd hard.
she loved this, JAM" he said huski.
~. she loved this worn. old book
more than anything else. and little
Melissa must love 1t also. Melissa
must be a Christian"
"Ah. yes; re leetle Melissa mus love
re great God" said Jan softly.
Cummins rose to his feet and stood
for moment looking at the sleeping
baby.
"A missionary is coming over from
Sort Churchill to talk to our trappers
when they come in. She shall be bap-
TIED"
Like a cat Jan was on his feet. his
eyes flashing. his long. thin fingers
clinched his body quivering with a
terrible excitement.
mo. no! Not baptize by missioner"
he cried. "She shall be good an love
re great God. but not baptize by mis-.
sioner! No. no. nor
Cummins turned upon him In aston
ishment. Before him Jan Thoreau
stood for a minute like one gone mad.
his whole being consumed In a pas
sion terrible to look upon. 1.-the giant
Of muscle and fearessness that he
was. Cummins Involuntary drew back
step, and the handspring Of Instinct
within him prompted him to lift
hand as II to ward OF a leaping thing
from his breast.
Jan noted the backward step. the
guarded uplift Of hand, and with an
| agonized cry he buried his face In bis
hands. In another instant he had
turned and. before Cummns' startled
voice found words. had opened the
door and run out into the night Tbs
man saw him darling swiftly toward
the forest and called to him, but there
was no response.
Painting itself each instant more
plainly through the tumult OF his emo
tons was what Jan had come to know
as the picture in his brain. Shadowy
and indistnct at first. in pale, elusive
lines OF mental fabric. he saw the pic
ture growing. and In Its growth be
J saw first the soft. sweet outlines OF q
woman's face and then great lurinA
eyes, dark like his own And be.
fore these eyes. which gazed upon him
with overwhelming love, all else faded
away from before Jan Thoreau. The
fire went out of his eyes. his fingers
relaxed, and after a little while he
got up out Of the snow, shivering. and
! went back to the cabin.
Cummins asked no questions. He
looked at Jan from bis cot and watch.
ed the boy silently as he undressed
and went to bed. and In the morning
the whole incident passed from biz
mind
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03
(TO BE CoNTINUDD.)
HOMINY CAKE.

This cake is favorite In many a New
England family. Take a cupful Of colo
boiled hominy and stir into 1t one and a
half cupfuls Of sour milk. into which
have been dissolved teaspoonful Of soda
and half a teaspoonful Of salt. Then add
a heaping tablespoonful of sugar and
Tablespoonful of melted butter and
level cupfu of -four. Bake in mod
crate oven and. when done. sprinkle
sugar over the top This Is equally
good hot or cold
Sweet milk may be substituted for tho
sour milk, a heaping teaspoonful Of bak.
ing powder being substituted for the soda
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03
ESTATE OF ALBERT \. BLISS.
WILIISTON.

STATE OF VERMONT. District o,
Chittenden, SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court fol
the district aforesAe
To all persons interested In the -.
tate of Albert A. Bliss. late OF Willis.
ton, in said district. deceased.
Whereas. said Court has assigned the
9Th day of October next at 10 q
M, for examining and allowing the
account of the executrtx OF the
estate of said deceased. anc for de.
cree OF the residue Of said estate to
the lawful claimants OF the same,
and ordered that public notice thereof
be given TO all persons interested In
said estate by publishing this order
three weeks successfully previous to
the day assigned. In the Burlington
Daily Free Press. a newspaper pub.
iished at Burlington. In said district.
Therefore, you are hereby notified
to appear at the Probate once In
burlington. In said district on the day
assigned. then and there to contest
the allowance OF said account II you
see cause, and to establish your rights
as heirs. legatees and lawful claim.
ants to said residue.
Given under my hand, this l2th day
of September 1872.
J, II. MACOMBER,
Aw'st' Judge
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03

the Tenth Commandment above all
other things. 1t meant that up here
under the cold chill of the northern
skies, things were as God meant them
to be and that few of his creatures
could live In love that was neither
possession nor sin.
A year after Cummins brought bis
wife into the north. man came to
the post from Fort Churchill, on Hud-
sons bay. lie was an Englishman
belonging to the home Office Of the
Hudson's Bay company in London. He
brought with him something new, as
the woman had brought something
new, only In this instance 1t was an
element Of life which Cummins' peo-
pie could not understand.
Cummins was away for a month on
a trapline that went into the barren
lands. At these times the woman fell
as a heritage to those who remained.
and they watched over her as parent
might guard Its child. Yet the keen
est eyes would not have perceived that
this was so.
With Cummins gone the tragedy pro-
crossed swiftly toward fnality. The
Englishman came from among women.
For months he had been In torment
of desolation. Cuinmins' wife was to
him like a flower suddenly come to re-
lleve the tantalixing barrenness Of a
desert, and with the wiles and ways
Of civilization he sought to breathe its
fragrance.
AS yet there was no suspicion in her
soul. She accepted the Engllshman's
friendship. for he was u stranger
among her people. She did not hear
the false note, she saw no step that
promised evil. Only the men at the
post heard and saw and understood.
But they were quiet evaded the Eng
lishman as much as possible and
observation-disclosures watched.
One day something happened. Cum.
Minis wife came into the company's
store, and quick flush shot into her
cheeks and the glitter Of blue dia.
monds into her eyes when she saw the
stranger standing there. The mans
red face grew redder. and he shifted
his gaze. When Cummins wife pass
ed him she drew her skirt close to
her.
That night Mukee. the half Cree
skunk around In the edge Of the forest
to see that all WINS we'll In Cummins
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03

blissfully ignorant. SO they deter
mined upon immediate and strenuous
action. Maballa would be ceaselessly
watched and checked at every turn.
The Indian children would not be al
lowed to come near Melissa. They two
John Cummins and Jan Thoreau-
would make her like the woman who
slept under the sentine' spruce.
she ees ceevilize." snid Jan with
fnality. "au' We mus keep her ceevil.
ize!'
Cummins counted back era vely upon
bis fingers The little Melisse was
four months and eighteen days old.
Tomorrow we will make her one Of
those things with wheels. like the ba.
by wagons they have In the SOUTH"
he aaid. she must not 20 In the pa.
poose sings"
AN | will teach her re museek."
whispered Jan. his eyes glowing
THAT ees ceeviiixe."
Suddenly an eager light came into
Cummlus' face. and be went to a cali
co covered boz standing upon end In a
corner of the room.
Here are the bookseller books
JAM" he said softly. the trembling
thrill Of inspiration In bis voice. He
drew the books out. one BY sae. his
fingers trembling and his breath com.
Ing quickly a. he touched them. q
dozen worn. dusty things At the last
one Of all. which was more ragged
and worn than the others. he gazed
for . long time. 1t was little Bible.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03
BigSnoWS
Aw&h@r of 1.-The
Danger 1Trail''

cheek did he know that his beloved's
soul had gone from him OH the gentle
music Of Jan Thoreau's violin.
For many minutes after the last gen.
tie breath had passed from the wom-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03
A PRAYER.

Give me the power to love and Ia live.
Power to listen, to hope. to forgive.
Give me the grace to be patient. 10 see
Give me deep knowledge OF Thy love
and Thee.
Give me the mercy that no words can tell
Give me the kindness that great hearts
impel
Give me the power to feel and to know,
As Thou wouldst have me-fashion me
Virginia Kline, In October Ainslee's.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-03

Some clipped furnished room ads form
q complete outfit and equipment for
hunt for a new place to live. Now and
then, add to the equipment a few street
car tickets.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-10
Make Them New Again

Automobile castings and tubes that have
suffered bloW-outs and large punctures
can be made new again at nominal
cost by the steam vulcanizer installed
at the Sims Thomson Motor Car Co.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-10
Work Done By An Expert

An expert workman has been employed
to superintend all vulcanizing work
done by the new steam vulcanizer
that has just been installed at a cost of
over one thousand dollars
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-30

December 1906 the Colorado Statesman presented to its
T. NJ Patterson Hon.
Guggene This proud that prediction
fulfilled for the has made
He broad minded with the interest of the people
heart He has failed the interests of our state Through
him the has received large for public buildings and other
purposes destructive Democratic
being resisted by him. 1t to be
regretted that the business that he has
decided public life If the right the people
will it that at the to be held tins fa he Will be
nominated himself which would certainly be OF great service
expect the coored people
the senator The Colorado Statesman will do all
it to bring peace fold We want solid Re
publican delegation the Congress AT the state
convention held Colorado Springs last Wednesday, Senator
Guggenhm member of the national committee from Colo
delegate Republican national convention to be held
delegates elected Thomas III. Devine
Puebo jefferson Farr Walenburg Crawford Hill Denver A
Denver owbe Colorado Springs A Newton Par
Mcdonald Ladvl Aternates: George Duke
Hotchk William Story, Jared Brush Greeley Horton
Williams Dener e. j. Boughon Cripple Greek
Dr. Thad Parker Grand Junction and w Braden Mamosa