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superior knowledge and experience gained
during one or two terms in the White
House should always be available to the
lawmakers of the nation.
A similar scheme admitting ex-Presi-
dents to life membership in the Senate.
without vote, is proposed by MIR. Bryan,
but President Taft says that he would
prefer DIR. Oslers chlOrOform route to the
longer-drawn-out anesthetic of listening
to senatorial elOQuence.
These are not the first propositions of
the kind offered by our national legis-
lators. Eleven years ago Representative
Lowering of Massachusetts offered bill
providing for all ex-Presidents a life SAL
airy in the same amount as tina: of the
Carnegie pension-$25,O0O. The only ex
President alive at that time was Grover
Cleveland.
President Taft. who Is a poor man.
said the other day: Il consider that the
The salary by no means measures the
contribution to his means Of living which
the generosity of Congress has afforded.
and unless it is the policy of Congress to
enable him in his four years to save
enough to live in adequate dignity and
comfort thereafter, then the salary is all
that it ought to be-"
The standard of presidential hospitality
was vastly increase when the White
House was enlarged. To fill the new
state banquet board in the enlarged state
dining room Presidents must now feed,
at their own expense. nearly double the
number of official mouths that had to be
supplied with viands a decade ago. And
Mr.. Taft has further increased this ex-
pense by adding an extra state dinner
to the official schedule.
The number of federal officials who
must be dined each season has mani
foldly increased since the White House
was built. In those days there were
only thirty senators. now there are nearly
a hundred. and the House of Representa-
tives the cabinet and the diplomatic corps
have greatly expanded. The allowance
for presidential travelling expenses,
granted since the interstate commerce
law forbade the giving of passes to fed
eral officials, has not netted any saving
to chief magistrates, because formerly
they were hauled from one end of the
country to the other for nothing.
A great deal has been scrubbed upon
this question of how our ex-Presidents
should employ thmselves. the consensus
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- 80 49,
properly disposing
of our eX-PreSi-
dents surely has
the country by the
ears. Although he
may have failed
to make his pen
sion scheme appeal
to the public, the
press and the pow
ers that be, Mr..
Carnegie, the laird
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Several Plans Before
L Congress-Views of Will

THE Several Plans Before
1 Congress-Views of Will
son, Taft, Cleveland and
Others Several Elk Presi-
dents Faced Poverty and
Financial Worry-The Pub
lie Exacts Dignihed Employ
rnent-Monroe Laid Down
Doctrine That Former Execu-
tives Should Keep Hands OF
Political Leadership-His
View Not Respected by Many
of His Successors - Three
Entered Upon Legislative
Careers and as Many Sought
the Presi dency Again
Through New Parties-How
Several Ex-Presidents Became
Respectively, a Lieutenant
General, Senator, Represen-
tative, Gubernatorial Candi-
date. Presidential Elector,
Social Worker, Pauper and
Architect-Two Made More
Money After Leaving the
White House Than While
in 1t. I
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Of Skibo Castle, has immensely succeeded
in bringing the vexed problem to head.
Many public men feel that the little IRON
master has slammed Uncle Sam into a
fclated sense of responsibility to what
they consider the most pathetic class OF
rersonages IN the realm-these Guondam
chief MAGISTRATES. Others are maintain
ing that eX-Presidents have an advantage
over other citizens in opportunities for
money making and need no sympathy or
aii-that the magic and advertising value
of the presidency will stick throughout
lifetime. always guaranteeing a pre-
MUM on remuneration for any services
rendered in private enterprise.
Several bills offering solution Of the
question are before the present session
of Congress One. presented by Senator
McCumber, republican, of North Dakota
would provide ex-Presidents with a PEN
sion of 10000 a year for their services
during their terms as commander-in-chief
of the army and navy-an eX-officio rank
conferred upon each chief MAGISTRATE by
the Constitution. Mr.. McCumber main
tains that retired commander-in-chief
who had borne the entire responsibility
of the national defense upon his Shout
derS deserves a service pension quite as
much as does retired subordinate Of
fcer never given such responsibility.
And, inasmuch widows Of subordinate
officers are entitled to service pensions,
Senator McCumber would esta blish a
regular pension of 5000 a year for wild
Ows of each commander-in-cllief This
would be but establishing by general
statute what already has been done by
special legislation for the benefit of the
relicts of eight former Presidents
According to another proposition, one
fathered by Representative Burleson.
democrat. of Texas. each ex-President is
to be given for life seat in Congress as
representative at large of the people of
the United States and an annual salary
of ST., 800 "All the rights of members Of
the House Of Representatives, save that
of voting, would be conferred by this
legislation. In the view of Mr. Burleson,
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of which remind you of the bazaars of
far-away India. The whole covers four
or nve acres There is great wall Of
stores around the outside and the court
is rooted over to cover the booth shops
and stores Of the bazaar. The market is
divided up into sections. and everything
under the sun is sold in it. There are
booths full of native shawla, silk hand
kerchiefs and cloths of every description.
There are sections devoted to the selling
of meats. some to the selling of iron and
others to wooden ware basket work and
to hats, hammocks and children's toys.
The streets outside the market
filled with Indians. who squat on the
ground with their packs before them. and
with the wares they have brought in
from the country spread out upon mats.
Here is a woman selling pottery of quaint
make: there is one who has fancy baskets
before her. and further are Indians
selling straw hats and sandals. Some
of the hats are foot high and three
feet in breadth. ending in peak at the
TOP.
There are peddlers everywhere, and
such peddlers! Here comes one smoking
a cigar. She is an Indian woman with
big. liquid eyes, black hair and a face
the color of copper. She is selling can
dies which seem to be painted. They
are of all sorts of reds. yellows and
bilious green. The candy boxes are of
bark. and she has some put up in strips
of brightly colored pine. Next her
is a peddler who is hawking iguanas.
These are lizards which have heads like
a turtle and tails like a snake. Some
of them are as big a cat. and those
that this girl has are cooked or dried
and ready to eat.
Here come two girls carrying baskets
of eggs. The baskets are on their heads.
but they move about through the crowd
without danger. The girls are good look
ing Their dress consists of bright-col-
pred cloth about a yard wide. which is
wrapped around the legs and the waist.
showing only a spice of the calf. The
shoulders and upper part of the body are
inclosed in a waist with very full sleeves.
This waist is beautifully embroidered and
ii often costs as much as the lace waists
of our girls at home. These Indian girls
have beads and coins about their necks.
They are often bare footed. but not a
few have over their heads Guatemala silk
shawls of the brightest red. yellow or
blue.
packs on their backs and Indian women
with babies in their arms. The market 1
am describing is on Saturday and the
people have come in for many miles to
buy and sell.
We make our way through the crowd
and stroll about in the court. There is
no place that will give one a better idea
or the richness of Guatemala. The fruits
and vegetables are of every description.
Here is man selling aguacate. or alli-
gator pears. You can buy one the size
OF a tin cup for a cent and a half and 1t
will make the most delicious salad on
ported from Florida or Cuba, would cost
so cents.
See that basket of tomatoes. They are
as big around as base balls and they cost
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1Aor1As JEFFER~soN WHO LOST HIS FORTUNE While
IN THE WHITE. House AND Whose RETAINING DAYS
WERE SPENT hNFtGHrIrIG DEBT

pliShing the political ruin of his friend
and successor, Van Buren,.
FOLK died three months after the in
auguraton of his successor and Pierce's
travels abroad We're prolonged for eight
years. Buchanan continued in retirement
but maintained lively interest in public
affairs during the seven years he survived
the presidency, and Grants last days
were made miserable by financial worries
and the horrible cravings of cancer
Hayes dozen years of retirement were
devoted chiefly to benevolent enterprises
connected with the Peabody educational
fund and with prison reform. During the
less than three years which We're given
to him after his successors inauguration
Arthur remained a political recluse.
Cleveland practced law and lived in
New York between his terms and after
his last administration lived comfortably
upon his money. made partly in good real
estate speculations in the environs Of
Washington. Ten years after his retire
ment he was given a salary of $4,000 a
year as referee for three big insurance
companies, and year later, when chosen
president and chief counsel for the asso-
citation of life insurance presidents. this
salary was raised to $4,000. Writing on
this now revived question of provision for
ex-PresidentS, Mr.. Cleveland shortly be-
fore his death said: The condition Is
by no means met by the meager and
spasmodic relief occasionally furnished
under the guise of military pension or
some other preteXt: nor would it be best
met by making compensation dependent
upon the discharge of senatorial or other
duty. Our people ought to make a definite
and generous provision for all cases alike.
based on motives Of justice and fairness
and adequate to the situation He also
commented upon 1.-THE requirements of the
people that the conduct and occupat tons
of their former Presidents should be so
restricted that the dignity of the position
they occupy will be scrupulously MAIN
tanned. This" he added, suggests. with
out argument, a reciprocal connection
between the curtailment of opportunities
for livelihood on one side and a reason
other
Its White House or poorhouse for
me-" said Benjamin Harrison, upon the
eve of his election. After finally leav-
ing Washington he settled down to law
practice and now his fees. including a
very large one earned as counsel before
the Anglo-Venezuelan boundary commits
sion, are said to have averaged him more
per year than his salary as President
He was also generously remunerated for
a course of lectures on constitutional law
at Leland Stanford University, and like
Cleveland, he realized large sums for ar
ticles contributed to magazines, one of
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AS to the white part of the population.
I find that 1t has it's own customs Of
courtship and marriage The lndiar
have other ways, and will write of the
in future letter. AS to the city dwei.-
ers. the lover never calls upon his sweet
heart. He has no moonlight walks with
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which is said to have paid him $1,000 q
folio page for the serial rights Of popu-
lar work on the American government.
Anxiety the problem of making
ends meet did not stare Col. Roosevelt in
the face when his retirement approached.
He was the youngest man who ever left
the White House. His father. a wealthy
merchant had left him a comfortable
fortune said to have equaled a quarter
million dollars, and his political star
had approached the ascendant royalties
on his many books had continued to net
him increasing sums. His editorial sal
airy in New York since he left the White
House Is said to be $4,000 a year, and
his African tour is believed to have net
ted him. I'm royalties from his book.
greater amount per month than his sal
airy as President.
Having been Judge practically all his
life before entering the federal executive
establishment, Mr.. Taft had no oppor-
tunities for making money. At the begin
ming of life he had long wait while
saving enough to pay for the home to
which he brought his bride. In an adj
dress made at a girls school, early in his
administration. he remarked that he was
glad that he had no money to leave his
sons, he thought necessity was the
best stimulus to work But for my
daughter" he added, II am going to
scrape together as much as | can TO give
her as good an education as | can.
that she shall marry only when. she
chooses to marry and not because OF cir
cumStanceS.
81 think / can earn enough to keep the
wolf from the door,. he was quoted lately
as saying i'm connection with his plans to
return to his Cincinnati home March 4
and resume his law practice. Ii is UNI
derstood that he will form no partnership
and that he will become consulting at
torney. When he leaves the White House
he will be fifty-five Years, five months
and seventeen days Old Few men at
that age can successfully start life over
again.
How President-elect Wilson views the
plan to provide a pension for ex-Presi-
dents is doubtless reflected in an utter
ance which he made when, after being
elected Governor of New Jersey he un-
successfully applied fer a Carnegie teach
ers' pension to which he thought himself
entitled by virtue of his long service az
college professor.
81 have no private means to depend
upon,' he said. "A man who goes into
politics bound by principles of honor
puts his family and all who may be de-
pendent upon him for support at the
mercy of any incalcula bic turn OF the
wheel OF fortune, and feel entirely justi-
ned In seeking to provide against any
Copyright 1912. by John Elfreth watkinsl
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and queer costumes, but return saying
that such things have all passed away
and that the people of Europe and the
United States are much the same. The
only part OF Holland which has the old
fashioned cap. the wooden shoe and the
Voiuninous trousers. apparently cut out
with circular saw. is to be found on
the Island of Marker. and the other
islands along the north coast You can
see as interesting Germans in Milwaukee
or ST. Louis as you can in old Deutsch-
land and there are quite as many Irish
faces in Boston as in Dublin or Cork.
Even Egypt is Overrun with American
tourists. and there are parts of Cairo
which are not much different from parts
of New York
On the other hand. take this city of
Guatemala, II abounds In strange sights
The houses are all low and old-fashioned
They are painted bright colorS and they
shine like Dolly Warden dresses under
the sun. Comparatively few of the people
are dressed as we are. The men from
the country have their own costumes and
the eighteen Indian tribes which consti-
tute three-fourths of the population have
each a dress of their own.
Come with me 10 the market. 1t lies
just below the wide plaza where the
gayly uniformed band plays every night.
1t is within a stones throw OF the ca
thedral whose architecture is as interest
ing any in Spain, and the market
house itself consists of acres of low
hANdings surrounding a court. the scenes
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The embargo of 1907, which prevented
the expectation of tobacco. ruined JET
ferson financially, as it did many an
other southern planter, and after leaving
the White House he sold his great Ii
brary to Congress that he might satisfy
his most nsistent creditors. The cities
of New York, Philadelphia and Balti-
more later came to his rescue with I'M
solicited contributions, which, together
with money realized from the sale OF
Monticello, left his estate solvent. Among
the various talents Of the many-sided
sage of Monticello" was one for archi-
lecture, and it is a fact little known by
the public that he personally designed the
classic buildings of the University of
Virginia.
Twenty years of peaceful retirement
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CTRANGE Scenes at the
~ Market Where Meat Is
Sold by the String-What the
People Eat and How-Odd
Cooking Arrangements -
Strange Customs of Court
ship and Manipulating
Iron" and Playing the Bear"
How Washing Is Done
A Town Without Chimneys.
Copyright. 1912. by Frank G.. Carpenter.)
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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with their dignity to enter Congress, and
by three who ran for the presidency upon
a third party ticket. Two years after
retiring from the White House John
Quincy Adams was sent to the House or
Representatives, where he remained for
thread upon which the growing anti
slavery sentiment crystallized. While he
was in Congress he was nominated for
Governor of Massachusetts, by the anti
Masons. but was defeated. Later he
came within one vote of being elected to
the Senate. He died suddenly in the
Speakers room of the House.
Five years after his retirement from the
presidency Andrew Johnson came to the
Senate where after he had held his seat
tack on Grant. After faying his other
enemies upon the Senate floor during
the same session he went home and died
in an apoplectic fit. John Tyler also en-
tered upon legislative career after re-
linuuishing the chief magistracy. In 1861,
sixteen years after leaving the White
House. he was elected a member Of the
provisional congress Of the Confederate
states. The next year he was elected to
the permanent congress, but died before
its session commenced.
Although Col. Roosevelt's candidacy for
the presidency upon the ticket of an in
dependent party distinct from that which
put him in the White House. has been
generally regarded in our day as an un-
dertaking unique for ex-Presidents, the
fact is that two other Presidents gave
him a precedent for such action. These
were Van Buren,, who became a candidate
for President upon the free soil ticket.
but who received no electoral votes, and
Fillmore, who, four years after relin-
gushing Office. became the presidential
candidate of the American party. which
mustered for him only the electoral vote
of Maryland.
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chusetts constitutional convention. He
lived to see his son elected President. and
when he died. July 4. 1896, his last words
We're, Thomas Jefferson still survives"
But Jefferson had given up the ghost
just a few hours before, on the same
day.
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Four Of his predecessors had also es-
tablished for Mr.. Roosevelt the precedent
for travelling abroad after leaving Wash
ington. These were Van Buren,, Fillmore.
Pierce. and-as is better remembered
Grant.
During the eight years of his life in
retirement Jackson continued his in
terest in politics, which he continued
to keep stirred up with his peppery pen,
one of his famous letters finally accom-
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HIS question o
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This doctrine was repudiated by two ex-
Presidents, who considered it consistent
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-05
A Scathine Obituary

Probably one of the most remark
able obituary notices ever printed was
published in the Sullivan county, New
York. Review this week from its Mon
tela, Ulster county, correspondent. 1t
is as follows:
Sam Loddell is dead. Some days ago
he was stricken with poisoning from a
wound in the neck while fighting with
his wife when he was drunk. Doctors
Grindle Of Eureka and Butts of Clary-
vile, were in attendance but despite
their utmost effort the poison spread
until as last resort they used the
knife. The operation was of no avail,
however, and now he amt here any
more.
Sam was a unique character. Only
once III generation is a community
pestered with such human viper,
such moral X. He was the unsolved
conundrum. What is he good for? His
only virtue was the persistence Of his
wickedncss. his only excellence the
stability of his unrepentance.
Booze fighter. liar, wife heater,
chicken thief, egg stealer. profane and
vile of speech to the point Of nausea,
he was the trademark of sin. But he
has gone hence and it is never our in
clination to kick man when he is
down.
Yet at his death the proverbiaI luck
was with him. He went below just in
time TO escape lot of Zero weather
here. AS was often the case when in
life and i'll Jail, he'll keep warm and
comfortable at others expense. Well,
so long Sam, and SO long as it is long
good luck.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-05
Missouri's Anthem

Indications are that Missouri vii
adopt as her state anthem the song Of
the people of the Ozarks country. II
is the ''dawg song and they have
"sung, chanted, crooned, hummed
whistled and played it, as long as any
! body remembers. The delegates tt
the Democratic state convention al
Joplin last Tuesday adopted it in the
name of the democracy of Missouri anc
if the republican state convention
doesn't do as much, that party won't
get any votes from the Ozarks. Az
the mountain folk have handed it down
it is like this:
Wunst me n Lem Briggs n Of Bill
Brown
Tux load of Gavin to town,
An OF Jim-dawg onry cuss-
He jes nachelly folered US.
CHORUS
Every time come to town
The boys keep kickin my dawg aroun ,
Makes no difference if he is houn,
They gotta quit kickin my dawg aroun =.
AS we driv past Sam Johnston's store
Passel o yaps KEN out tn door;
When Jim, he stops to smell box
They SHE'D at him bunch O rocks.
They tied tin can to his tail
An run him apast the county Jail;
NJ that plumb nachelly makes me sore,
M Lem he cussed n Bill he swpre.
Nc N Lem Briggs n OIL Bill Brown
We lost no time in a jumpin down.
An we wiped them ducks up on tine
groun'
Fer kickn my Of dawg aronn'.
Folks say dawg KANT hold no grudge
But wunst y hen got too much bulge
Them town ducks tried to do me up,
But they didn't count on OIL Jim-pup.
Jim seed his duty thar an then,
An he lit into them gentlemen,
An he shore mussed up the cote house
square
With rags n meat n hide II hair.
Missouri had a competition for a
state song and some one who disclaim-
ed authorship Of it submitted the song
of the "houn' pup. The plain folks of
the state liked it but the ''highbrows
thought it ineffective of the level of
Missouri dignity and intelligence and
no award of the prize money ever has
been made in consequence.
It's good enough song and good
enough democracy. The consumer has
been bringing his purse to the market
place for good many years and the
trusts have been k,ckin' it aroun. 1t
makes no difference if it hasn't much
in it. they gotta stop kickin' it aroun'.
Telegraph Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-03-05
Champ Clark Comments.

Speaker Clark. himself a candidate
for the democratic presidential nom,-
nation issues statement commenting
upon Col Roosevelt S candidacy for the
republican nomination. The speakers
remarks were phrased in characteristic
language as follows:
There are some peculiar and inter-
csting facts in the republican cmbrog-
lilo. The big wigs appear to have for
gotten historical facts or to scorn
them. Many persons were amazed
when the republican national commit
tee fixed their convention for the 18th
of June, the anniversary of Waterloo.
Now comes Col. Roosevelt on Feb. g,
anniversary Of the day when Napoleon
escaped from Elba. No doubt the re-
suit of the November election will COM
plete the historical parallel by sending
not only the Colonel, but the whole re-
publican party to Helena, consumma-
tion devoutly to be wished. This year
all things work together for the sue
cess Of democrats and the good of the
country,