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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Voters of Winneshiek Will Decide on
Vote i'm State Convention.
DATE is TUESDAY, APRIL End.
Republican County Central Commit
tee Provides for Vote of Repub-
Hcans at Primary Upon
Candidates for
President.

For the first time in the history
of Winneshiek county the represen-
tation and the vote of this county in
the state convention to elect dele
gates to the national convention will
be determined by the vote of the
republicans at the presidential pri-
mary. Tickets will be printed upon
which will appear the names of the
candidates for president, and the one
receiving the highest vote will re-
ceive the vote of the delegation from
this county to the state convention.
The republican county central COM
mittee met at the small court room
on Saturday afternoon, and after be-
ing called to order by chairman C.
N. Houck with preliminary announce
ments and remarks, DR.. F. w. Daub-
ney rose to his feet and in a neat
speech calling attention to the ma
tionwide movement for vote of the
people upon every public proposition
and the expressed desire of Theodore
Roosevelt in his announcement that
presidential primaries be provided,
moved that a primary be arranged
for in this county, and the motion
was carried after discussion.
The date of the county convention
in Decorah will be Saturday, April
18th, and the date of the primary
will be Tuesday, April I'd. The men,
ber of the county central committee
in each voting precinct will select
two republicans to act with him as
judge of the primary, and will de-
termine and announce the hours for
the holding of the primary. Tickets
will be printed about as follows:
Republican
Presidential Primary
April z, 1912.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20
THE RECALL IN OPERATION.

The recall method of correcting
unpopular" judicial decisions was
practically illustrated Thursday in
Carroll county, Virginia.
When the returns were all in the
clerk of the circuit court and sew
eral jurymen were bleeding from
and Commonwealth Attorney Will
liam Foster lay dead upon the floor.
Judge Thornton l.. Massie was dying
on his bench.
Floyd Allen had clubbed with a
rifle a deputy sheriff and had set
free a prisoner in his custody. The
Allen clan defied the authorities to
punish Floyd Allen. No Carroll
county man dared sit upon the jury.
Nevertheless, Floyd Allen was
tried by fearless prosecutor and
convicted by jury from another
county. A fearless Judge pronounced
sentence upon him in accordance
with the verdict of the jury.
Thereupon the Aliens proceeded to
demonstrate that Judge Massie was
"out of harmony with public senti-
ment" by shooting him down on his
bench.
So, one judge has been recalled by
1.-The will of the people"-not of all
the people, but of IAN effective work.
ing majority" AS to the judicial de-
cision, we may leave it to Virginia
to see that it Is not recalled.
OF course, all advocates Of the
judicial recall would not make
known their decisions by bullets in
stead of ballots. But this case exact
ly illustrates the spirit of the recall,
with it's appeal from knowledge to
ignorance, from reason to passion,
from law to mob.
This illustration of the recall in
actual operation is we'll worth the
sober thought of every American citi-
zen. 1t shows what are the fruits of
the mental and moral habit of dis
respect for the law and the courts.
And for making this habit a ma
tional characteristic we now have a
systematic campaign, led to his
shame, by former president of the
United tes!-Chicago Inter Ocean.
While reading the story one rubs
his eyes in amazement. Can such
things be in the United States, where
the rule of the people" is declared
to be the paramount issue in nation
al politics, and where former presi-
dent seriously advocates the recall
of decisions? Armed men in a court;
a judge and jury taking their life in
their hands in performing their
sworn duty; wholesale murder, ter
rOr escape of the bandits-can such
things be?-Chicago Record-Herald.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20
WHAT ROOSEVELT SAID.

"On the fourth of March next l
shall have served three and a half
years, and this three and half
years constitutes my first term. The
wise custom which limits the presi-
dent to two terms regards the sub
stance and not the form, and under
no circumstances will l be candi.
date for or accept another nOmina.
tiOn." Theodore Roosevelt, Nov. s,
1904.
IL have not changed and shall not
change tnat decision thus annOunc.
ed. d."-Theodore Roosevelt, Dec. IL,
1907.
IL will accept the nomination for
president il it is rendered to me,
and l will adhere to this decision
until the convention has expressed
it's preference. Theodore Roose-
welt, Feb. "a, 1912.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20
IOWA SEED CORN TRAINS
Rock Island Arranges For Three
Specials to Tour the State.
SPEAKERS FROM ANIEs COLLEGE
Schedule For the Second Weeks
Trip Includes Northern Part
of the State.

1t has been decided by the Rock
Island to start the seed corn specials
on April I'd.
A battery of three special trains
is to carry the gospel Of good seed
corn to the farmers. 1t was orig
inally planned to have but one train,
but owing to the interest which has
developed it was found that the ter
ritory which is demanding seed corn
lectures could not be covered easily
with one train.
The trains will start Simultaneous
ly. The first train will leave West
chester and cover the Des Moines
Valley territory to Knoxville on the
first day. On the second day out it
will cover the territory between
Leighton and Des Moines. On the
third and fourth days it will cover
the towns between Des Moines and
Mason City on the st. Paul & Kansas
City line. A. w. Eberhart, division
freight agent of the Rock Island, will
be in charge.
The second train will start from
Walcott, covering the main line sta
tions to Council Bluffs. 1t will finish
at Council Bluffs on Saturday after
noon and will be in charge of Prof.
H. NJ. Cotterell, agricultural COM
missioner of the Rock Island.
The third train will start from
Davenport and cover the Missouri
divisions to the Iowa-Missouri state
line at Linesville. This train will
be in charge of F. B. Cotterell.
On the following week the Cedar
Rapids, Dakota and Minneapolis di-
visions will he covered. The sched-
ule for the second week is not COM
plete.
Each train will consist of two
coaches for lecture cars, one private
car for the speakers and officials.
Speakers will be furnished by the
state agricultural college at Ames.
The service will be the most elabor-
ate planned in this state for educa-
tional purposes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20
Two Hints to Advertisers.

A writer on advertising subjects
tells this story: A man advertised
fur lined overcoats, reduced from
$50 to $50. No reason for the cut
was given. He sold very few.
The lease of another dealer in the
same line expired, and he announced
that his fur lined coats would be
reduced from $50 to $40. He sold
all he had.
This incident illustrates the an
alytical scrutiny with which the pub
lie analyze advertising to see II it
is reasonable.
Still another hint from the same
writer: A boot black was noticed
one day shouting "Shines. FIVE cents. "
He was not very busy. Not far off
was another stand occupied by boy
whose outfit and location were in
no way different. 1t was Saturday
afternoon. "Get your Sunday shine.
five cents" he shouted, and he was
hustling all the time.
This boy succeeded because he
made the public realize that the SER
vice he had to sell was one of which
they felt the immediate need. His
appeal had timeliness. and it showed
instinct for the news element in ad-
vertising. These incidents are full
OF suggestions to seekers for publici-
ity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20
Two Kinds of Kickers.

The kickers on the farm are not
so hard to get along with as the
kickers in town. On the farm there
is the kicking cow, and our long ear
ed friend, the mule, while in town
there is the old mossback, who wants
all the municipal improvements
without paying for them, and not al
ways then. The COW may be sold
for beef, the mule traded for shot
gun, but nothing but a funeral will
get rid of the town kicker.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

on all articles used in it's operation,
may fix it's price and prescribe its
uses. In this decision the court
stood four to three. Chief Justice
White and Justices Lamar and
Hughes dissented, and Justices Lur-
ton, McKenna, Holmes and Van De-
vanter Joined in the majority ruling.
In his dissenting opinion Chief JUS
tice White expressed his fear as to
the result of the decision, asking
who could fortell the extent of the
monopoly and wrongful restrictions
that would arise, and declaring that
congress should act to head off "un-
told evils" which would follow the
courts construction of the law. He
arranged the majority as having
broken all precedents, saying that
the court in it's history had never
failed to do it's duty to the whole
people and to stand as the protector
of every household. 1t is probable
that prompt legislation will be en-
acted to cover this grave defect in
the law, and Senator Kenyon already
has bill pending which would en-
able the government to cancel pat
ents used as the foundation OF mon
opolies.
Continued on last Page).
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

Mary was Virginia darkey and
prided herself upon her good man
ners. One day when she was walk
ing with a girl friend young color
ed man raised his hat respectfully as
they passed. Mary bowed in recog-
milton Of his courtesy.
What you doing, said the friend,
angrily, "bowing to man you don't
know any morn l do.?"
Mary drew herself up. Where I
was raised" she said with dignity.
when a gentleman salutes a lady
she always returns the solution
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

A young woman of Frankville, ex-
tremely athletic, rides very we'll,
and, seated astride her horse, she
resembles a beautiful boy. Riding
one day recently in her masculine
habit, she had the misfortune to be
thrown. An old sea-captain hasten
ed to her aid. Raising her gently.
he touched corset rib, and shouted
in wild alarm to a by-stander: Get
a doctor, quick! Here's young
chaps ribs runnin' north and south,
instead of east and west"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, who has
been trying to run Secretary Will
sons department of agriculture for
several years, has finally concluded
that he can't do it and has resigned.
Wiley is an expert pure food expon-
ent and has done a good work, but
friction and irreconciliable differ
ences of opinion arose between him
and his superiors and he has step
ped out, doubtless much to the relief
of our Iowa member of the cabinet.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20
Ask favors where you spend you

Ask favors where you spend your
money, is the wording of sign got
ten out by large stationery house.
1t is q good rule too. and one that
cannot get just kick from anyone.
If you buy your groceries at home
go to the grocer and ask favor,
if you buy your dry goods from q
catalogue house don't go to the dry
goods man in your town and ask
fayors Of him, and when you send
your printing away from home send
away for newspaper favors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

Hon. w. l.. Harding of Sioux City
is announced as candidate for lieu
tenant governor. Mr.. Harding had a
splendid record as a member of the
house of representatives, is an able,
earnest, conscientious man, and
would make splendid lieutenant
governor. Hon. B. w. Newberry of
Strawberry Point writes us that he
has decided not to become candi-
date. fact which will be regretted
by his friends in this part of the
state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

.......
When republican voter goes to
the place where the primary is being
held, in most cases the usual voting
him a ballot. He will make a cross
(x) in front of the man he favors
for president and write upon the
blank lines below the names of men
he wants to represent that precinct
at the county convention.
At the close of the time for hold
ing the primary, the judges will
count the ballots and those receiving
the highest number of votes for dele
gates will be announced as delegates
to the county convention on April
18th. The vote for president will
also be counted and sent to the
county chairman in Decorah, togeth-
err with the ballots. The county
chairman will add the number of
votes cast for each presidential can
didate In the several precincts. which
will determine whom the delegates
to the state convention will support
for president.
This Is a simple and yet honest
and practical method of determining
whom the people of this county favor
for president. 1t Is in line with the
whole progressive movement, and is
prescribed by the committee in the
desire to ascertain the true senti-
ment. believing that the caucus sys-
tenn does not always represent the
sentiment of the people.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

The state auto tax has thus far
yielded $4,000 for the benefit of
the roads of the state. which will
soon be distributed to the counties
by the state treasurer. This sum
will be largely increased during the
early spring.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

A Mahaska county farmer recently
went on trip north and west, ex-
pecting to buy some land if he saw
anything that suited him. He re-
turned without making any deals
and marked up the selling price of
his farm $500 an acre, thereby pay
ing all expenses of the trip.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

Nothing is ever gained by refusing
to face the truth. It's like getting
up in the morning. A man may cover
his head with the bed clothes in the
morning, but the clock keeps run
ming right on. He may be comfort
able for time, but he never catches
up with his work or some of 1t Is
never done.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

What was left OF the battleship
Maine was sunk In the bay Of
Havana with military honors on Sat-
urday and the bodies of her gallant
sailors are being carried to the
United States to be buried In Ar
lington cemetery at Washington,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-20

Eyes, l am opposed to American
girls marryin' furriners," said old
Mrs. Sipes. "I'm just that opposed
to 1t that II my girls can't marry
people of their own sex. they needn't
marry at all. and that's all there Is
about It."
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-11-28

Southwest Washington Congress
Agrees on Improvement Scheme

Southwest Washington Congress
Agrees on Improvement Scheme
Montesano.-With the adoption by
unanimous vote of the resolutions
providing for the construction Oh
trunk highways throughout the state
and pledging the support of every
legislator in the southwest and Olym-
pic peninsula to work for the further
ance Of these plans, the tenth quar-
terly session of the Southwest Wash
ington Development Association in
joint session with the Olympic PENN
sula Development League concluded
the two-day session here.
The meeting was one, Of the most
important ever held by the association
and many topics of great interest in
the matter Of road building and legis.
lation for roads was fully covered.
The speakers discussed many sub.
jects, but the keynote Of the conven.
ton was the relegation Of the pork
barrel to the scrap pile, and appro,
priation of money for roads because
of their merits.
The plan to build industrial and ag,
ricultural highways Of a permanent
nature, first as necessity, and the
boulevard for automobiles as a secon-
Diary consideration, met with popular
approval.
the memorial to the federal govern
ment asking for the improvement of
the port of Vancouver and the wonder
from this improvement
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-11-28
HOCKIN BOND IS
DOUBLED BY COURT

Indianapolis.-Im of Her
bert S. Hockin, secretary-treasurer of
the International Association of Bridge
and Structural Ironworkers, and one
Of the As defendants, in default of an
increased bond which was required
by the court because he had deceiy-
ed every one," the denouncing by the
district attorney of a woman writer
IN the court room as an anarchist:
and the reputation by attorneys for
the defense of some of the acts of the
defendants, were among sensational
incidents at the dynamite conspiracy
trial
The order followed a severe arraign-
ment of Hockin by District ATTORNEY
Miller. Miller asked the court to raise
the bonds Of Hockin and the other six
members of the executive board of
the ironworkers from $4,000 to $780,
600. Hockin's bail was raised, and in
default he went to Jail, but Judge An
NSASOA OOSAAASQ W Increase the other
bonds.
The evidence shows that Hockin
cannot be trusted at any time, any
day, in any road, at any place, or on
any proposition" declared Judge An
derson, "Hockin has betrayed every
person he has ever associated with
and would undoubtedly betray his
bOndsmen"
The action followed a flood of eyi-
dence against Hockin, who was de-
clared to have been in the employ of
detectives soon after the Los Angeles
Times explosion. He was also accus.
ed OF having told a witness of over.
nearing John J. Mcnamara talk to
PRESIDENT Lynch, of the International
typographical Union, about IAN ex-
plosion on the Pacific Coast"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-11-28
DEBS, WARREN AND
SHEPPARD INDICTED

Girard, Kan.-Warrants were issued
here on indictments returned by a
federal grand jury for the arrest Of
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate
for president in the recent campaign;
Fred D. Warren, editor of the Appeal
to Reason, and J. J. Sheppard, War
ren's attorney, for tampering with a
witness. Warren and Sheppard were
arrested and a warrant was sent to
the United States marshal at Indiana
polls for service upon Debs at Terre
Haute.
The charge is attempting to OBJ
struct the administration of justice"
and is based upon an Indictment al
leging that the three defendants, Debs,
Warren and Sheppard, gave a bride
Of 5000 to J. P. McDonough of Kansas
City, a former prisoner in the federal
penitentiary at LeavenWorth, to in
duce him to go to California, so he
could not be found to testify against
three members of the Appeal to Rea
son staff, who we're on trial for send
ing alleged obscene matter through
the mail in the shape of an article at
lacking the administration of the fed
eral prison at LeaVenWOrth.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-11-28
BULGARiANS SHIFT FORCES
Austria Officially Denies BeIliqerent
Intentions

Notwithstanding the outcome of
the negotiations for an armistice in
the Balkan War, all the necessary
dispositions are being made along the
Tchatalja lines for a resumption of
the war should the negotiations fail.
Bulgaria is shipping her forces from
Saloniki in Greek transports, presum-
ably for transfer to Galliopoli PENN
sula, where Turkey is also strengthen
ing her forces by Anatolian troops.
Here an attempt will be made by
the allies, assisted by the Greek fleet,
to take the Dardanelles.
The official statements issued at vi
emma continue to defy the reported
war preparations. Letters from Wen
ma have reached London, however,
confirming reports that the strength
of six army corps is being increased
and that a large number of reservists
have been called out.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-11-28
SUFFRACISTS DECIDE
TO ENTER POLITICS
Officers and Members VIII Par
tiCipate in Affairs of Poll
teal Parties.

Philadelphia.-The National Woman
Suffrage Association, by an over
whelming vote, 3801a to 381a, sane
toned participation by its officers and
members in the affairs of political
parties.
Miss Jane Adams, of Chicago, pre-
cipitated the issue. When she allied
herself with political party in June
she started an opposition within the
suffrage organization. She frankly
told the convention that she had for
gotten she was a member of the suf-
frage association when she committed
herself to the political movement.
Miss Adams political activity caused
Mrs. George Howard Lewis, of Buffa-
10, N. Y, to prepare an amendment to
the constitution directing that all Of
ficers and members Of the association
shall maintain strictly non-partisan
attitude toward all political parties
unless they come from states where
equal suffrage is in force.
The debate for and against the
amendment proceeded fast and furi-
Gus, under a rule limiting speeches to
three minutes, and for nearly two
hours Miss Adams was commended
and condemned in turn.
Great excitement was injected into
the scene by the charge that Social
lists among the officers Of the assOcia-
ton had been disseminating Socialist
literature in the form of stickers. The
Socialist delegates asserted that the
stickers had not been issued by their
organization, and Miss Jessie Ashley,
of New York, treasurer of the asso-
citation, assumed full responsibility
for the circulation of the stickers.
A demand was made for an execu-
tive session, that the turmoil might
be quoted and the affairs of the asso-
citation arranged behind closed doors,
SO as not to be exposed in the news
papers to the world, but it failed.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-11-28
T. RS ASSAILANT INSANE
Prisoner is Committed to Asylum I'm.
til Cured.

Milwaukee, Wisdom Schrank,
who shot Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
is insane and was committed by NUM-
cipal Judge Backus to the Northern
Hospital for the Insane, near Osh-
kosh, until cured.
Commitment was pronounced after
the presentation of an exhaustive re-
port of the commission appointed to
investigate the case, in which the de-
PENDANT was unanimously adjudged
insane. 1t declared that his delusion
was "grandiose in character and of
systematic variety" and included nu-
merous communications written by
Schrank.
An address by Schrank to the COM
missiOners in which he apologized for
causing unpleasantness in making
them decide matter (which would
have been better tried by a higher
court than earthly court" was includ
ed in the report. In it Schrank re-
viewed the VISION" in which he
claimed to have looked into the dying
eyes of President Mckinley, when a
voice called to me to avenge his
death"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-11-28
STATE CONTROL WINS
Seattle Councils Attempt to Regulate
TramWay Held Illegal.

Seattle Councils Attempt to Regulate
Tramway Held Illegal.
Seattle.-In holding that the public
service commission act. passed by the
legislature in 1911, is the general law,
superseding city ordinances, Robert
B. Albertson, Judge of the superior
court, dealt blow to the theory Of
home rule in cities so far as it affects
the regulation of public utilities.
Judge AIbertson held that the state
supreme courts ruling in the telephone
rate case sent up from King county
last year was effective and he there
fore enjoined the city of Seattle from
enforcing the straphanger ordinance
passed by the city council eight
months ago. Judge Albertson in his
ruling intimates that the city should
have made it's complaint to the public
service commission.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-11-28
Mining Congress Meets

Spokane, Wash.-With the pros
poets of a lively fight being waged on
what it's opponents call "The political
heresy of the new nationalism," as
practiced by the last two administra-
lions at Washington, in regard to the
administration of the laws governing
the development of the public domain,
the fifteenth annual session of the
American Mining Congress began it's
sessions here Monday with a large at
tendance Of delegates from all over
the country, but chiefly from the
western states.