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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
LORlMER ADMITS BROWNE LOAN.
Asserts Newspaper and Governor Con-
spired Against Him.

ASSERTS newspaper ara Governor con-
spired Against Him.
Washington, d. C.-Senator Will
liam Lorimer told the senate investi-
eating committee that he loaned"
Lee O'Neil Browne somewhere about
$4,000 or $4,000 to meet his ex-
penses in connection with the two
trials the latter underwent in the sum-
mer of 1910
The intense interest he manifested
in Mr.. Brownies case was due, the
senator explained, to his belief that
the prosecution of the Democratic
house leader cloaked an effort to drive
him out Of the senate and to put
Browne in the penitentiary.
He declared that he was convinced
that the Chicago Tribune had bought
the testimony against Browne for the
purpose Of using it as a basis to put
him out of the senate
The Chicago Tribune and Governor
Deneen were the chief conspirators,"
he said How the conspiracy was
worked | don't know. The evidence
here shows conspiracy.
1.-The states attorneys indicted men
to force so-called confessions from
them"
Beside the admission and the
charges the senator made a poll of the
Illinois legislature and told why many
of them had voted for him
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Powerful

Poverty has always existed There
Is no remedy. 1t can be alleviated,
but not abolished. No matter who
breaches any other doctrine, it is a
false and not a true preachment 1t
Is against the memorable logic Of all
ages. Statesmen have sought rem
edy and failed; demagogues have Of
fered their quack medicines and they
have been eagerly accepted, only to be
finally rejected, one after the other.
Philosophers, students, teachers and
preachers have all had their say, and
all sought their remedies, but poverty
still exists. When there Is no more
sin we shall have no more poverty
Leslie's Weekly
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
YOUNG America.

A little five-year-old of Los Angeles
knelt at his mothers knee saying his
evening prayer.
The child's father has recently
made good many political enemies,
but has in his little son a staunch ad.
mirer and defender
The boy had reached the please
God, bless everybody" stage of his de
votions, when the small backbone
suddenly Strengthened, the little head
was thrown back defantly, and, in an
explanatory voice, he added: Well
no. God. not just everybody don't
want you to bless those men who are
so mean to daddy"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
En- Route With Fabius.

The astute Fabius, inventor of the
Justly celebrated Fabian policy, was
being asked about it by committee of
the Roman senate sent out to investi-
gate the conduct of the campaign.
Why the latter inquired, "do you
shift your position every day."
We'll, this is the theater of war, is
II not?" rejoined Fabius
PRECISELY" assented the committee,
endeayoring to look wise
And who" the famous captain
thereupon exclaimed, having any prac-
teal experience with theaters doesn't
know that filling engagements at one
night stands will wear out an eminent
star performer like Hannibal sooner
than & mere transformer like your
humble servanti'-Puck
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
ITALY SINKS SEVEN SHIPS.
Turkish Gunboat Destroyed-Armed
Yacht Captured.

urkisn Ounpoat DeStfoyed-Afmco
Yacht Captured.
Rome--The first important naval
battle in the Turco-Italian war
occurred in the Red sea with the re-
suit that an Italian cruiser squadron
sank the Turkish gunboats efter
sharp conflict. A large number OF
Turkish seamen went down with their
ships, but others were rescued by
italian Warships.
There were seven gunboats and an
armed yacht in the Turkish feet,
while the Italians had one cruiser and
two destroyers actively engaged The
reports received show that the Italian
fire was terrific and effective, while
that of the Turks was weak and wild,
indicating incompetence on the part
of the gunners
The action took place outside the
Bay of Kunfida, small walled town
with a garrison and two forts about
500 miles north of Alden on the east
coast Of the sea-
The Turks replied, but their feeble
armament succumbed to the superior
weapons of the Italian war vessels.
The fight was stiff, but soon ended in
the victory Of the Italians
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
GOVERNMENT JOBS OFFERED
Dates Announced for Civil Service
Examinations to Be Held in
Wisconsin Cities.

Washington.-Civil service exam
nation will be held for department
service in Washington as follows:
Appleton, Ashland, La Crosse, Chip
pewa Falls, Milwaukee, Madison,
Marinette and Wausau on March Is
and April 10 and at Chippewa Falls,
Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Mil
waukee, Oshkosh, Superior, Wausau,
on Jan. %, Green Bay March 20,
Chippewa Falls March 25, La Crosse
March 27, Wausau March %, Osh-
kosh March 80, Milwaukee April l
and at Madison April 2.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
NJ A r K EFT S
Milwaukee, Jan. IT. 191.

Butter.-Extra creamery, 40c:
prints, Ale; firsts, 35 @37c; seconds,
80 q SIC; process, 26027c; dairy,
fancy, SIC.
Cheese-American, full cream.
Twins, Is &c; daisies, new, Is 40
Ice; Young Americas, 151a Ole;
longhorns, Ice; Swiss, Ia q Ice.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 26Q30c; recandled, ex-
tras, S4@35c; seconds, 13Q15c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, 121bc;
ROSTERS, 7 c; springers, 13c.
Observation-Disclosures, sacked, on
track, CSC @1.oO
Hay-No. ! timothy, 21.50; clo-
yer, 1850; No. l prairie, 1900
Wheat-No. l northern, 1890,
Ill; No. northern, 1.07@109:
No, l durum, 1.020104; No. 2
durum, 9Sc01OO.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 6315c
Oats-No. white, soc; Standard
5O1ac.
Barley-W Wisconsin, $50; No. 2,
1.24; medium, 1928.
Cattle-Butchers steers, 500 @
700; heifers, 325 a $50; COWS,
3.60@525; feeders, $50 q 4.6O;
calves, S.00@9.O0.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 6.l5
q 6.40 fair to best light, $50 %
CHS; pigs, 5.0005.S0.
Sheep-Lambs, 4.50 500; ewes
3.25m3.75.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Postmasters Confirmed.

Washingt On.-The following Wis
consin postmasters have been con-
f1rmed: John A. Davis, Cambria.
Henry Kreutzer, Athens; Albert c..
Wagner, Edgar; John c. Kropp, Hill
bert; Frank Smith, PardeeviHe; Ny
ra Rlanding, ST. Croix Falls; Daniel
E. Frost, Stevens Point; H. J.
Blanchard, Colby; Fred G. Mcintyre,
Eagle River; Charles Kennedy, Mon
ticello; Peter E. Nelson, Cashton:
John F. Gilmore, Durant; Joseph A.
Oeenining, Fountain City; w. H.
Bridgeman, Stanley; Duncan McLen-
nan, Rib Lake.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
TWO LINERS ARE SAFE.

Ice Bound Vessels, Released From
FIoes, Arrive in Chicago.
Chicago.-After being held four
days by giant ice foes 80 feet
high, and having their sides buffeted
and splintered by the grinding OF
loose ice cakes the Indiana and the
Kansas, two steamers plying between
Milwaukee and Chicago, reached their
Chicago docks and safely dis
charged the more than one hun
dred persons on. board. Forty of the
crew of the Indiana were suffering
from frozen noses, ears and fingers
when they reached port
Despite their suffering, every en-
ploye, from Capt. Edward Wilson
down to the deckhands, was ordered
to tell nothing of what had occurred
on board by officials of the company.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
FIVE CHILDREN CREMATED
Family or Farmer Near Prentice Al
most Wiped Out by Fire-Tots
Had Been Left Alone

Prentice.-John behring's resi-
dence, two miles east of here, was
destroyed by fire, burning to death
his five children, two boys and three
girls, ranging in age from l to IL
years. His wife and oldest son were
at the barn milking, and when they
came out of the barn the house was
afame and the roof falling in.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
POLICE SEEKING MINISTER.

Former Pittsburgh Pastor Wanted in
Connection With Woman's Death
Pittsburg, Pa-Following the al
most secret burial of Miss Elsie
D. Coe, aged twenty-eight, the coroner
issued a statement announcing that
the county police are searching for
Rev. w. D. Mcfarland, D. D., Phi. d.,
and NJ D., formerly prominent as a
Presbyterian divine and educator here
and now at the head of the Mission
schools of Greenyille, Tenn.
Miss Coe was a clerk in the Pitts
burgh high school, with which Doc
tor Mcfarland was connected as head
Of the academic department. She
died last Friday as the result, the
coroner says, of a criminal operation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
DR.. WEBSTER PLEADS GUILTY
TO MURDER OF HIS WIFI
Physician Admits Guilt in Court at
Oregon, IlI.-Confession is Made
Public.

Oregon, Hillary Elgin Webster,
the Chicago physician, stood up
in the Ogle county circuit court on
the anniversary of his bigamous mar
riage to, Bessie Kent Webster and
made a full confession of the brutal
manner in which he had murdered
her. 1t seems evident now that Web
ster will get off with a life term.
Webster, in response to fnterroga-
ton by the court, then made the plGa
of guilty in person
Summarized briefly, Webster's con-
fession said that after driving out
OF Dixon on the morning of the MUIR
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
PROFITS ON HIDES IGNORED.
Failure TO Allow for Skins Caused
High Beef Prices.

Chicago. = One avenue through
which the packers obtained "se-
cret' profits during the panic of
1907-1908 over the normal test cost"
Of fresh beef and caused the price
to the consumer to soar was revealed
in the beef trust" trial before Judge
Carpenter.
From the records of Morris & Co.
it was shown that practically no al
lowance was made for hides in figur-
ing the cost of beef, although hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth
Of them were sold. From September,
1907, until April, 1909, it was shown
The crediting of hides was discon-
tinued.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Suffragettes Get Busy.

La Crosse.-The first step in
western Wisconsin to carry the refer
endum vote, establishing woman suf-
frage, was taken when thirty Of the
most prominent club women of La
Crosse met in secret session and
county committee of six members
was organized. The suffragettes re-
fuse to disclose the names of the
committee members.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
INSURGENTS WAR IN HOUSE.
On Republican Fight Campbell, Regu-
lar, Wins Over Murdock

Vashington.-The house gave an
exhibition of the stirring rules
fight of the Sixty-frst congress,
the hostility between the Insurgents
and regular Republican factions over
the selection of a member to fill the
vacancy that now exists On the
committee on rules. After two
hours spirited debate the regu
lar nominee, Representative Phil
ip Campbell of Kansas, was named to
succeed the late Representative E. H,
Madison on the committee. Mr.. Mad
lson was an Insurgent and Represen
tative Norris ard other Insurgents
made an effort to make Victor Muir
duck his successor. The Insurgents
were defeated by vote of 167 to lot.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
MISSING GIRL is FOUND.

Chicago Young Woman Is Located as
Servant in New York City.
New York. = Violet Buehler, the
Michigan avenue heiress who has
been missing from the Hotel Meyers.
Chicago, since November &c last, was
found in the kitchen of a New York
tenement, where she is doing light
Homework for three dollars a week.
The girl was we'll and happy as
cricket in her strange surroundings.
Her only fear is that her foster
mother. Mrs Herman Buehler. will
find some way Of forcing her return
to Chicago
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Beoqar Dies Worth ss7, 500.

Berlin.-Emmanuel Frankfurter, a
well known East end character, sixty
two years old, who was supposed to
have had precarious existence by
peddling and begging, dropped dead in
the street here An examination of
his clothing revealed securities worth
S37,5o0 in his pocket.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
SOCIALISTS VICTORs IN GERMANY
Prediction of Leaders in Reichstag
Are Verified by COMPLETE Returns,

Prediction of Leaders in Reichstag
Are Verified by Complete Returns.
Berlin.-The prediction made by
the Sociai1stic leaders that their party
would secure more than 100 seats in
the next reichstag are verified by
the complete returns from the general
elections.
The Socialists won 81 seats, and it
is conceded that they will capture
that many in the reballoting Herr
l4iebknecht, the most radical Socialist
in Germany, stands an excellent
chance of being elected to represent
Potsdam the emperor's summer resi-
0ence town.
The Socialist gains were the heav-
lest in the urban constituencies.
The result of the election was a
great disappointment to the emperor
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Sad Nj arksman.

I always aim to tell the truth re
marked the man who talks twice and
thinks once.
Yes rejoined his friend; but you
remind me of woman in that re,
spect"
''How's that?" queried the party OF
the prelude
You seldom hit what you aim at
was the reply.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Must Let Priests Alone.

Lisbon.-The foreign Office received
a joint note from the powers insist
ing that Portugal exempt foreign
clergy from the religious separa ton
law. This is the first step taken by
the powers in the controversy between
church and state.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Big Timber Deal Made.

Green Bay.-One of the biggest
timber deals contaminated for some
time occurred when the Holt Lum-
Der company sold $500 acres of
standing timber, mostly hardwood, to
the J. w. Wells company, Menomi-
nee, Mich. The land is located west
of Oconto.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Die as Shin Sinks in Lake.

Little Rock, Ark.-The steamer Mel
lie Johnson, on the way from Mariana,
Ark, to Helena, struck heavy ice in
Lake PAngui1le and sank in 25 feet of
water. Two passengers were drowned.
Fourteen others were rescued. They
were badly frozen.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Going Over the Books,

This item in your campaign ex
pense account mystifies me-" said the
auditor. Il don't understand what Won
mean by raw material"
That's an error on the part of the
ieenographer." replied Senator Sor
ghum. 1T should read, 'hurrah mate
rial"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
a Cynical Suspicion.

Father" said the small boy. "whai
lis the initiative and referendum
MY son" replied the statesman
I'm afraid its another of the move
ments which sometimes occur to com
pei more dependence on the diction
airy and less on the law books"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
TRAIN HITS CARRIAGE; SIX DIE.
Five Women Servants and Driver of
Vehicle Killed at Crossina

Philadelphia.-Five women and
man were killed when an ex-
press train on the New York division
of the Pennsylvania railroad crashed
into a wagon at the Linden avenue
crossing in Torresdale, suburb.
The dead women were servants in
taken to church. Dawson was the
driver for a liveryman
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
John D., Jr,. Quits Slave War.

New York-John d. Rockefeller,
Jr., will this week sever his connec-
ton with the campaign against white
slavery, in which he has been actively
engaged for two years. He plans, it
is said, to turn his attention to an
other kind of public service.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Insurance Head Passes Away.

Hartford. Conn = Vice-President
John Williams Gunnison Coffran OF
the Hartford Insurance company, one
of the best-known and ablest fire un-
derwriters in the United States, died
at his home here following an apo
pleptic shock
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Army Rifles for Schools

hington.-Secretary of War
Stimson has urged upon congress the
passage OF bill which failed OF
enactment last session to supply dis
carded army Krag- Jorgensen rifles and
ammunition to schools and rifle clubs
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Killed by "Black Handlers"

Canon City, Colo.-The bodies OF
Bartole and Francisco Cascio, bro
theirs. Twenty-Five and thirty-two,
were found pierced with bullets 1t Is
believed they were murdered by
BLACK Handlers"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Cross MissisSippi in Auto

Davenport, Ia.-For the first time
in history the Mississippi river was
crossed BY automobile on the ice here.
Owing to the long cold spell the
river Is Closed by the heaviest Ice I'D
many years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Old Blind Man Is Dead.

Racine. Edwards, blind
since he was 4 years old, died here
80 years old. He was born in Wales
and came to Wisconsin sixty years
ago. Although blind, he peddled for
many years in almost every city in
Wisconsin
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Mars Canal Is Doubled.

Flagstaff, Observations at the
Lowell observatory show that the
Marian canal Titan has doubled
since the last presentation OF this re-
gton six years ago.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
HANGED SWEARING Innocence.

San Francisco-Mark A. Wilkins,
who was convicted of the murder OF
Mrs. VERNE Carmen, with whom he
eloped from Kansas City in 1907, was
hanged at San Quentin prison protest
ing his innocence.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Varaaman is Exonar,+ad

Jackson, Miss.-United States SEN
ator-elect James K. Vardaman was
exonerated of all blame in alleged ir-
regularities concerning the handling
of executive contingent funds by both
houses of the legislature
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Chicago, Jan. II, 1919

Cattle-Beeves, Ats 0S.50; stock
ers and feeders, 3.2505.SO; COWS,
and heifers, 2.0006.4O; calves,
5.50@S00.
Hogs-Light, 5.90@6.30; heavy,
6.0O@6.42; rough, 5000 6.15; pigs,
49005.70.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Convict Woman of Murder,

Bay City, Mich.-Mrs. Vina BehIs
mann, charged with numbering her
husband, Henry Behrmann, last Au-
gust, was convicted of manslaughter
The jury deliberated p hours
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
As It Were.

Chapter 1-Diogenes set forth IL
search of an honest man.
Chapter He found him.
Chapter 3-The honest man euchres
him out of his lantern.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
DR.. HIBsEN HEADS PRINCETON
Popular Faculty Member Elected to
Fill Vacancy.

Fill Vacancy.
Princeton, N. john Grier Hib-
ben, Phi. D., LII. D., professor
of logic and philosophy at Prince
ton university, was elected the four
teenth president Of the institution by
the unanimous vote Of the board Of
trustees. He succeeds Woodrow Viii
son, who resigned October 20, 1910, to
accept the Democratic nomination for
governor. DR.. Hibben is tfty-one
years old
Princeton has been without d presf-
dent since Governor Wilson resigned
In October, 1910, to become the cher
executive of the state of New Jer-
sey
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
fOe Fishermen Blown to Sea.

Astrakhan, RUSSIA stiff gale
that broke up an ice foe in the Cas-
plan sea. near the village of Ganjusce-
lau. drove 100 fishermen out to sea.
1t is believed that the men have been
washed off the ice and drowned.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Fox Lake Marshal Drops DeaJ.

Fox Lake.-James c. Davies, aged
SO, village marshal for the last
twenty years, dropped dead at his
home here of apoplexy.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
kfnu Nav Visit u. S.

London.-It is rumored in court Cir
cles here that the king and queen
may pay visit to the United States
after their post-coronation continental
tour.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Fire DESTROYS New Church.

Cleveland, O.-The East Chenille
Methodist church under construction
here, was destroyed by fire. The
building was valued at $4,000
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Twenty-seven Skaters Drown.

Emden, Germany.-A section OF the
Ice on the Ems river gave way under
a crowd Of skaters here, drowning
q. Several others are reported miss
Ing.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
Minneapolis, Jan. II, 1912.

Wheat-No. /, hard, 100 q No.
L, northern, 1.06 a; No. 2, northern,
1.04 Il. Corn-No. 3, yellow, csc,
Oats-No. 8, white, 47c. Rye-No.
2, 81 1ac.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19

Jack-The police are looking for 6
mysterious Jack the Hugger.
Ethel-Oh. Jack, are you the guilt!
man.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19
FOREIGN POST FoR KELLOGG.
Taft Reported Ready to Name St

art Reported Ready to Name ST
Paul Man to European Court.
shington.-Frank B. Kellogg
Of st. Paul, Mimi, soon may be
invited by President Taft to repre-
sent the United States as ambassador
at one Of the courts to Europe. News
that the president would be glad to
have Mr.. Kellogg enter the American
diplomatic service has become known
here
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-01-19

Fur and Wool Company Fails.
Green Bay.-The Abrams Fur and
Wool company of Seymour and Green
Bay, has made an assignment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-03

iieve the people of the country will be
largely freed from the panics and CON
sequent unemployment and business
depression by such systematic revis
sion of our banking laws as will rem
der temporary relief in localities
where such relief is needed, with pro-
lection from control or domination by
what is known as the money trust.
Banks exist for the accommodation
of the people and not for the control
of business. All legislation on the
subject of banking and currency
should have for its purpose the Sc
curing of these accommodations on
terms Of absolute security to the pub
lie and of complete protection from
the misuse Of the power that wealth
gives to those who possess it.
We condemn the present methods OF
ldepositing government funds in q
few favored banks, largely situated in
or controlled by Wall street, in return
for political favors, and we pledge
our party to provide by law for their
deposit by competitive bidding on the
banking institutions of the country
national and state, without discrim-
lnination, as to To- atty, upon approved
securities and subject to call by the
government,
Waterways-We renew the deciara-
ton in our last platform relating to
the conservation of our natural re-
sources and the development of our