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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02

Theodore Roosevelt's reply to the
letter of seven Republican governors
asking him to stand for the Repub.
lican nomination for president 10 as
follows:
II deeply appreciate your letter and
I realize to the full the heavy respon.
sibility it puts upon me, expressing az
1t does the carefully considered con.
victions of the men elected by popular
vote to stand as the heads of govern
ment in their several states.
II absolutely agree with you that
this matter is not one to be decided
with any reference to the personal
preferences or interests OF any man,
but purely from the standpoint of the
in'."Asta Of the people as a whole. |
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Seven persons are known to have
been killed and mere than . score in
jursd in 1 tornado which swept por,
tions of Lincoln, Jefferson and Ar,
kansas counties, in Arkansas. The
greatest destruction was reported
near Almyra, in the prairie and rice
lands Of Arkansas county.
One steamer. the Old Dominion
liner Madison. was sunk, twenty-five
other ships were driven ashore and
three scows we're carried out to sea
by the worst gale that has raked the
Virginia coast since the big storm Of
1879.
William Henry Hall. a wealthy re-
tired capitalist, 10 dead at New York
from injuries received when he was
struck by an automobile.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02
CONGRESSIONAL DOlNGa.

For the first time since the ~
Eressive Republicans broke away from
the regulars in the fight on the petre-
ieum duty in the Payne tariff bill Il
1909, the Republicans of the house
presented practically solid front
against the passage Of tariff revision
bill. All progressives voted with the
regular Republican forces against tn
Underwood chemical tariff, which was
passed, however, by a vote of 17S -
127. The insurgents" opposed tho
measure on the ground that it was .
revision upward instead Of down
ward.
The trust platform of Senator A. D.
Cummins of Iowa, candidate for the
Republican nomination for president,
Is embodied in a bill which Mr.. Cum
Minis introduced in the senate Do
signed to greatly trengthen the gov
ernment's anti-trust powers. The
measure would provide what 10
claimed would be The first authority to
limit the size OF corporations and to
guard against unfair or ruinous COM
petition through protracted underssn-
ing.
Reversal of judicial decisions By
popular vote as proposed by ex-Prssk
dent Roosevelt in his Columbus ad.
dress was denounced In the senate bv
Senator Isidor Rayner Of Maryland ~
the most dangerous doctrine ever
brought forward by any one who has
the slightest regard for the stability Of
our institutions and whose opinion IL
entitled to any weight or respect"
The house has passed the Burke
bill, which provides for the classified
ton and appraisement of lands on the
standing Rock and Cheyenne reserva-
tons in the Dakotas. The classifica-
ton and apprisal proposed are to be
made with a view to the sale of the
lands affected.
Senator Gardner Of Maine intro-
duced a bill under which the govern.
ment would take over the properties
Of express companies and operate
them as q part of the postal service.
extending the service to the rural de-
livery
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02
ROOSEVELT FAVORS
RECALL OF JUDGES
Believes American People Cap
able Of Self Government.

Columbus, O., Feb. 22.-"Big busi-
ness" the fitness Of the American peo-
pie for self-government, the recall Of
Judges and praise for the progres.
sive legislation in Wisconsin instituted
by and furthered by Senator La Fol-
lette when he was governor were
topics discussed by Theodore Roose-
velt in an address before the Ohio
constitutional convention here. Colo
mel Roosevelt chose as his subject, "A
Charter Of Democracy"
OF what he termed "big business"
Colonel Roosevelt had this to say:
"The antitrust law does good In 20
far as 1t can be invoked against COM
binations which really are monopolies
or which restrict production or which
artificially raise prices. But In so Tar
% its workings are uncertain or al II
threatens corporations which have not
been guilty of anti-social conduct It
does harm. There should be a fixed
governmental policy which shall clear
ly define and punish wrongdoing and
give in advance full information to any
man as to just what he can and just
what he cannot legally and properly
d."
As to the fitness of the American
people for self-government Colonel
Roosevelt said:
MANY eminent lawyers believe that
the American people are not fitted for
popular government and that it II
necessary to keep the judiciary In
dependent of the majority of the peo-
ple.' I take absolute issue with all
those who hold such position"
OF the recall Of judges he said:
"The question IL one of expediency
merely. Each community has the
right to try the experiment for itself in
whatever shape 1t pleases. do not
believe In adopting the recall save az
q last resort when It has become
clearly evident that no other course
will achieve the desired result"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02

splendid position held by Lawyer
Jones in the courts and demonstrate
his extraordinary skill and ability as
a trial lawyer.
Lawyer Scipio A. Jones in this one
case in bringing forcefully to the
minds of the people the universal frail-
ty, weakness and uncertainty of all
human conclusions as to ability to
perceive clearly. remember correctly.
describe accurately or identify truly in
addition to preserving the innocent
life Of his client has rendered man.
kind universal service. He has made
his way up on higher ground by close
application, dint of hard study and la
Dor.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02

had been declared by the white woman
to be the criminal, and in such cases
the custom has been that a conviction
would follow.
Against this ironclad case of the
state Lawyer Scipio A. Jones, who
represented Williams, proved possibly
the most complete, the most sweeping
and the most irresistible alibi that has
been produced in the court in recent
years. And with it he utterly annihi-
lated the states testimony, forcing the
state to an unconditional surrender,
with the result Of Il verdict of Not
guilty" by the jury. This meant, Of
course, the complete exOneration of his
client
Able Defense by Attorney Jones.
Williams had been employed by the
Blissville Hardwood Lumber company.
Mr.. Jones produced an array Of wit
nesses, time checks, time slips and
written records, which proved beyond
the shadow of doubt that at the time
Of the alleged crime Lee Williams, the
defendant, was on duty at this mill,
which was 100 miles from the place
Of the alleged crime. The proof on
the part Of the defense showed that
the prosecuting witness was mistaken
In her Identification of Williams. "She
knew Williams was the guilty man.
She knew she could not be mistaken
about It." But she was mistaken, as
Williams was not the man.
This striking illustration Of the i'm
perfection Of all human judgment
teaches a valuable lesson and should
be carefully considered by all the peo-
pie, as 1t is Of universal concern. and
most especially should 1t be remem-
bered by our courts and juries. not
that guilty men may escape punish
ment, but that innocent men may not
be put to death.
The court and jury of Little Rock
and Pulaski county. Ark. are to be
congratulated upon the spirit of fair
ness and justice exhibited by them
throughout the trial. which was a
great credit TO that community, state
and southland. The facts In this case
and It's final conclusion illustrate the
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02
LABOR NEWS.

Fifty policemen under direct COM
mand Of Marshal Sullivan and two
companies of militia intsrfered with
the attempt Of the strike committee
at Lawrence, Mass, to send fifty chill.
dren to outside towns where they
would bs cared for. Eight women, five
men and ten children wsrs arrested
and rushed to the police station.
Representatives of frsmsn en-
ploysd on fifty-one railroads in the
West and In Canada ended a confer.
encs at Chicago after deciding to take
vote for better working conditions,
principal among them shorter hours.
Two mouths will be devoted to the
vote.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02
CONNAUGHT TO MAKE TOUR
Royal Party Plans Trip to Cover Six
Months in Dominion.

Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 29.-The Duke
and Duchess Of Connaught, according
to plans announced, will see great
deal Of the Dominion in the course OF
the next six months.
After attending the Montreal horse
show in May they will attend the OF.
tawa horse show. A week will bs
spent In Toronto. In August they 60
70 the maritime provinces, where st.
John, Halifax and Charlottetown will
be visited.
The Western trip will open early in
September, or Immediately after the
duke opens the Toronto exhibition
The first stop will be made at Winni.
peg The royal party then will pro.
coed to Prince Rupert, with stops at
Vancouver and Victoria. Either going
or coming stops will be made at Cal.
gary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina
and other important prairie points.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02
TAWNEY DENIES The REPORT
VIII Not Manage Taft's Campaign In
Minnesota.

Winona, Mimi, Feb. 29.-For mel
Representative James A. Tawney de-
olared positively that he will not be
Taft's campaign manager in Mime
sofa, as reported in the Twin City
papers. Mr.. Tawney says that the
burden of the campaign will fall upon
the st. Paul Taft club which, it is ex-
pscted, will be reorganized SO as to
cover the whole state. Plans already
are made for opening headquarters in
st. Paul, he said, and 1t is probable
that headquarters also will be opened
at Minneapolis.
Mr.. Tawney declared that his other
duties prevent him from giving the
time to the Taft cause that would be
required II he were to take charge OF
the campaign.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02
WILL Make
WARM CAMP A|CN
President Intends Outlining His
Views on Wide Tour.
PLANS SCORES OF SPEECHES

Before the Republican Convention In
June Chief Executive Will Spend
Many Days on the Road, Going as
Far West as Chicago, as Far North
as New Hampshire and az Far South
as Georgia.
Washington, Feb 29. - President
Taft will soon start vigorous speech
making campaign to explain his posi-
tion on current questions and further
his candidacy for denomination.
Before the Republican national con-
tention meets in June the president
will spend many days on the road and
is expected to deliver scores of speech
es. He will travel as far West as Chi
cago, as far North as New Hampshire
and South at least as far as Georgia.
Other engagements may be made in
the next few weeks The presidents
political advisers believe he Is their
best orator.
Ever since the Taft denomination
headquarters was opened here and
Representative William B. Mckinley
was put in charge Republican leaders
have urged the president to get into
the campaign. He began following
this advice when he accepted an invi-
tation Of years standing to attend
the fiftieth annual dinner of the Swed-
ish- american club in Chicago.
The acceptance Of that invitation
was followed by the announcement
that the president had consented to
stop on his way West at Toledo, o.
Invitations to visit Youngstown and
Massillon have been received and
probably will be accepted. A few days
ago the White House let it be known
that the president would 60 to Savan-
nah, Ga, in April or May and might
stop at Pinehurst, N. C.
viii Visit Boston March 18.
After a short conference with Seaa-
tors Crane, Smoot and Gallinger 1t
was said that the president would
extend his Boston trip to include
Nashua and Concord, N. H. He will
leave Washington for Boston on
March 18 and will visit the two New
Hampshire cities on March 10.
Although no announcement has been
made of subjects for speeches the
president will make on these trips it
is practically certain that he will not
fail to include in his address the re-
call Of judges, the recall" Of judicial
decisions, possibly the initiative and
referendum and topics touched by
Colonel Roosevelt in his speech at
Columbus.
Probably Mr.. Taft will make no d.
rect reply to that speech and 1t has
been stated with emphasis that he
will not indulge in personalities. But
that he will make clear his own views
on many of the doctrines advocated by
Colonel Roosevelt in Columbus is al
most certain.
A canvass OF the New York politi-
cal situation made at conference
between William Barnes, Jr., chair
man of the New York state Republic
an committee, Vice President Sher-
man, State Senator Bracket and Rep
resentative Calder, Brooklyn leader
in congress, resulted in an informal
declaration that President Taft would
have an almost solid New York dele
cation to the Republican convention.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02

will accept the nomination for presi
dent if 1t IL rendered to me, and ! will
adhere to this decision until the con
vention has expressed its preference
One Of the chief principles for which
] have stood and for which | now
stand, and which have always en-.
deavored and always shall endeaver
to reduce to action, Is the genuine
rule Of the people; and therefore ]
hope that so far as possible the peo
pie may be given the chance. through
direct primaries, to express their pref
erences as to who shall be the nomi
nee of the Republican national con
vention
FORUM MEETING
ST PETERS A. M. c. CHURCH.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02
Oyster Packing 40 q Business.

In the thriving town Of Cambridge.
Nd. are many thrifty Afro Americans
who are engaged I'm business for them.
selves. Conspicuous among the mum.
Der is p. I'll. Slocum. who does large
oyster packing business. Mr.. Slocum
operates six boats and employs more
than O score Of men.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02
REDD's SENTENCE COMMITTED.

Winnipeg, Man., March 1. - The
governor general today commuted the
sentence of Wilbur Redd, a Negro,
sentenced to be hanged today for the
murder of Frank Johnson, to life i'm.
prisonment. ....
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02

Chief of Police O'Connor of ST..
Paul has resigned
Sent your notes to the Star" office
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02

SOCIAL AND LITERARY SOCIETY.
The Social and Literary Club Of Pill
grim Baptist Church meets every
Monday night In the church ante
room. Always a special program.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02

Noted Speakers at Abyssinian Church.
The three weeks special meetings
held by the Abyssinian Baptist church
in New York recently resulted in the
addition of ninety new members to the
church. The Rev. Dr. A. Clayton Pow
ell. pastor, was assisted in the series of
meetings by DR.. w. Bishop Johnson.
pastor Of the Second Baptist church in
Washington. Another series of special
soul saving meetings will begin on Fri
day. March 1. to run for three weeks.
The first week will be devoted to Bible
study under the lead Of DR.. 8. N. Vass.
and the next two weeks DR.. Charles T.
Walker of Augusta. Ga, will lead in
the revival work for soul saving.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-02
Opposition to Hook Was Nation Wide.

Opposition to Hook Was Nation Wide.
Opposition to the appointment OF
Judge William G. Hook to succeed the
late John M. Harlan as associate JUS
tice Of the United States supreme court
seems to have been nation wide in so
far as the colored citizens were con-
cerned. The attitude Of Judge Hook
on the color line is said to be the cause
Of his failure to land the job.
Clifford Pinchot, In q signed state
ment, announces that he has with
drawn his support. from Senator La
Follette's presidential candidacy and
that he will hereafter advocate the
nomination of Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr.. Pinchot declares that the events
Of the past month have made 1t ap-
parent that Senator La Follette's can
didacy will neither hold the progress
sive Republicans together as a fight
ing force nor prevent the nomination
as n "rAactinnarv Republican"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-06-27
Gould Shout for JOY.

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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-06-27
The Uses Of Adversity.

The people of the South ar,
likely to forget how much in tht
way of blessing they owe to the
boll-weevil. Congress appropri
ated money to the Department OF
Agriculture to use in devisinq
ways to circumvent the pest; and
the late Doctor Knapp, seeing no
way to do this except by success
full mixed farming, used the mo-
ney, aid every other cent he
could get, in showing the south
ern farmers how to grow cotton
and corn. Out Of this grew the
great United States Cooperative
Demonstration Work of the Bu-
reau Of Plant Industry-and the
dawn of a new day for the South.
AS indicating the extent of this
work, the fact may be cited that
the Bureau has 80 negro demon
strator8 at work, who have en-
rolled about 1000 negro farmers
as cO-operators. There are nu-
merous negro farmers enrolled
under white demonstrators. The
Department estimates that 25,-
600 negro co-operators will be
reached directly and indirectly
by its work this season. No class
of farmers need demonstration
more sorely, and no one can es-
innate the benefit to the nation,
to the South and to the great
cause of soil maintenance If this
work among the blacks.
1t sometimes seems a pity that
the North can't have a scourge
once in a while! We need dem
onstration farms as badly as does
The South. Farm and Fireside.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-06-27
The Catholic Church for
Woman Suffrage.

"The Catholic church is not
opposed to woman suffrage"
says Vicar General Joseph Moo
ney, who is in charge of the
Archdiocese of New York in the
a b bsence of Cardinal Farley.
There is no reason whatever
why any person in the church
should not advocate votes for
women. 1t does the church a
grave injustice to circulate the
report that it is against woman
suffrage" Another prominent
Catholic priest Of New York,
Rev. Father Mcmahon of the
church of Our Lady of Lourdes,
lately preached a powerful SER
mon for suffrage and equal pay,
in which he said, ''the church
has always stood for the better
ment of women. AS early as the
14th century, women voted on
equal terms with men, and there
is nothing unwomanly in it now.
Anyone reading opposition to the
franchise for women in the doc
trines of the church is not well
informed in regard to them. :"
In Belgium, the Catholic Dem
ocratic Congress, which met le-
Gently at Courtrai, passed the
following resolutions: "Consid-
ering that the various objections
to woman suffrage canuot stand
the test of a thoroughly unbiased
examination; that on the contra
ry the participation of women in
municipal, provincial and state
elections would further the ma
tion's morality, order and wei
fare; that those countries where
any kind of suffrage is granted
to women have gained many ben.
efits from it, and have not ex.
perienced the evil prophesied, the
Congress urges that in case the
Belgian Parliament shall revise
the electoral laws, it shall grant
women the same electoral rights
as men,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-06-27

Charles Kiehl, who was arres
ted the first of last week on a
charge Of seining fish in Still
water Greek plead guilty Satur-
day morning when his case was
called in police court and he was
fined $25 and costs, $32, 50 in all,
which he paid and was released.
A similar charge against his bro
ther, Ira Kiehl, Is years old, was
withdrawn, he not being of law
full age.
Earl Knoll is again in Jail sus-
pected of breaking into Charles
Teegarden's general store al
Coletown last Thursday night.
Some one broke a front window
and gained entrance to the store
and took about 81 in money, ci-
gars, tobacco and a few other
small articles. Mr.. Hinton and
two of his bloodhounds were sent
for and came down from Celina
Friday morning and the dogs at
once took the scent and trailed
it to the home where Knoll was
living and his arrest followed.
This is the second charge Of like
character against him, he being
1nder indictment and cut on bond
FOR burglarizing the same store
some seven or eight weeks ago.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-06-27
This Editor was on the
Job.

When Henry Savage Landor
reached st. Petersburg on his
way from the forbidden land,
the fact was duly chronicled and
the London Press association sent
cable messages to Australia of
the hair breadth escapes and
menifold sufferings.
The Melbourne Times received
but short note, which was this:
"A. Savage Landor arrived in
st. Petersburg today from Tibet,
after suffering greatly at the
hands of the natives. This was
meager enough, but the news cd
itor was equal to the occasion.
The following morning among
the other matter of news, the
readers of the Times found this
startling information:
"a savage landor got into St.
Petersburg yesterday, and the
people of the city were terrified.
After considerable difficulty the
beast, which came from Tibet,
was captured, taken to a remote
place, and there dispatched.
1T is said that this is the first
animal of the sort ever seen II
Russia. How he reached the ci.
Uy after his fights with the ma
tives Of Tibet, which is a com
paratively unknown country, il
a mystery"
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