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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20

eral or. composite Of all crops in Iowa
and neighboring states was as fol-
lows, on the basis Of 100 represent
ing average conditions: Iowa, 1913;
Minnesota, 103.8 Missouri, 95.4;
Nebraska, $50; Kansas, 1910;
South Dakota, 1909. According to
the same authority, there were
4,950,O00 acres of oats in Iowa on
June 1, with an average condition Of
81 per cent as compared with ten
year average of SO per cent. Iowa
leads all the states in oats acreage,
Illinois being second, with 4,22O,0OO
acres.
The following farmers bulletins,
issued by the Department of Agri-
culture, may be of interest to Iowa
farmers:
alfalfa Seed Production This
bulletin deals with the conditions af-
fecting the production of alfalfa
seed, the management of the fields
and harvesting the seed crop, the
value OF the straw, seed production
IN different sections, alfalfa seed
compared with hay as money crop,
seed yield, insect and weed enemies,
etc.
Some Common Game, Aquatic,
and Rapacious Birds in Relation to
Man. This bulletin tells of the
habits and economic Importance of
the prairie chicken, California quail:
ruffled grouse, introduced, pheasants,
upland plover, Cooper's hawk,
rough-legged hawk, sparrow hawk,
long-eared owl, and the screech owl.
Evidently the Belgian hare craze
of several years ago has not died out,
for the department has recently is
sued bulletin designed to answer
numerous inquiries on the subject Of
breeding and care of the animals.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20
The THRICE A. Week EDITION
OF THE
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20
THE FLOP.

The action of Mr.. Young makes
his friends look like thirty cents.
The Republican is Inundated by his
action. It sees neither sense or
policy in it. The progressives do not
believe in his sincerity and the Taft
men are Disguised. Today we hear
many of his Iowa City supporters
say they wish they had voted for
Kenyon. About the only result of
tie Young flop will be to create dis
gust among the men who have been
his friends, and merriment for the
others. We are sure that Senator
Cummins has more respect for Iowa
republicans who stand by their
choice than for those who would
change with the movement of the
weather signals.-Dave Brant in
Iowa City Republican.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVEN.
TON.

The democrats of the state of
Iowa are called to meet in conven-
ton in the city of Cedar Rapids, on
Thursday, July %, at eleven o'clock
a. M, for the purpose of nominating
two candidates for Judge of the
Supreme Court and for the trans
action of such other business as may
properly come before it, The ratio
of representation will be one dele
gate from each county and one ad-
ditional delegate for each 200 votes
and fraction thereof above 100 votes
cast for Hon. Claude R. Porter for
governor at the general election Of
1910. Upon such basis the counties
of Iowa are entitled to the number
of delegates as set forth below:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20
IOWA PRIMARIES.

If all voters, or good majority of
them, would vote at primary cleo
lions, primary elections would
without question, be good thing;
but so far they have amounted to
very little in Iowa, as We view it,
In the recent primary, for in
stance, about the only thing of real
importance resulting in the state
was the decision for Kenyon
over Young for U. S. senator on the
republican side-and left to the next
state legislature republicans the re-
suit would have been the same in
all human probability. AS between
the candidate for governor, on both
tickets, it was immaterial who were
ominated-there was no great
peoples CALI for any one of them
on either side-but all good men.
And so on, clear down the line.
Looking up one side and down the
other, the primaries in Iowa have
not justified the expense so far. The
time may come when they will but it
is not yet here. Speaking of the ex-
pense: there was one precinct in
this county where only p votes
were cast out of possible 400, and
the expense was the same as though
all had voted except that less time
was used to canvass the ballot, it
being considerably over dollar a
head for those who voted there.
That the vote is not heavier in
Iowa is partly and heavily due to
the fact that the primaries are held
at the wrong time. If the date were
changed to the latter part of August
or first part of September, it would
be much heavier and the ensuing
campaign would be plenty LONG
enough. On the first Monday in
June farmers are in the midst of the
busiest season and townspeople are
not alive to politics, except possibly
national politics in presidential
years.
The Iowa primary system is awr!
and should be Strengthened out. Tht
next legislature should get busy ant
give it a thorough overhauling
simplify it as much as possible AM
make all points plain-or abandon
it.-Ft. Madison Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20
FIFTEEN MILLION TO VOTE.

That more than S 900, 900 persons
in the United States will record their
votes for president in the campaign
of the present year is evident from
the official bulletin which has just
been issued by the bureau OF stats
tics, department Of commerce and
labor.
Prior to 1888 no governmental
official record of the votes cast Tor
president existed, but an act passed
by congress on February 5, 1873 +:
made it the duty of the executive OF
each state to report to the secretary
of state the number of votes given
or cast for each person voted 1or'
and these reports, made to the Sec
rotary of state in 1888 and in each
subsequent presidential election,
form the basis of the official record
of presidential elections in the
United States, suggest the total mum.
Der of votes cast in the presidential
election of this year will for the hrst
time exceed 100000.
The total number in 1908 was
14,97O,OOO; in 1900, 13,965,O00; IN
1892, 12,O44,0O0; and in 1888
11,3S1,OOO. Dividing the vote thus
officially recorded into the popu Ia
ton named by official counts or es-
Inmates for the years in question,
this shows the average population
for each vote cast as follows: IN
1908, 5.99 persons for each vote
cast; in 1904, 6.1v; in 1900, 5:44;
in 1896, $40; in 1892, $40 and IN
1888, 5.27.
The above statement showing the
official record of presidential cleo
tons during the last quarter OF a
century, illustrates the variety OF
interesting and official information
presented by the statistical abstract
issued annually by the department
of commerce and labor through its
bureau of statistics, the thirty-fourth
of which has just made its appear
pearance.
It shows for example that the
average per capita wealth OF the
country has grown from 1907 ir
1850 to over $1,000 in 1904, the
latest official record on this subject;
the money in circulation, from S1z
ner capita in 1850 to s34 per capita
, in 1911; the bank clearings, from
s52,OO0,0OO,O00 in 1887, the. frs
year for which an official record wal
available, to S159,000,000,OOO il
1911; the individual deposits il
banks, from s2,O0O,000,000 in 1875
the earliest year for which figure
are available, to practically SIG,
900, 100000 in 1911; the number o
depositors in savings banks, from
100000 in 1866 to 100000 il
1911; the exports Of domestic pro
ducts, from little over 100000,
900 in 1S4V to over $4,000, 100000
in 1911, and the value of manufac
lures produced in the country, from
LOCO, 100000 in 1850 to $4,000,
!. 100000 in 1910; and many othe
. equally interesting evidences Q
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20
WHAT OF CONGRESS?

In the discussion of the available
ity of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Tor
term number three in the preslden-
tial chair, there has been thus 1ar
no mention of his probable relations
with congress in the event OF MS
election.
This is one of the first consideraa-
lions in respect of executive ell
Efficiency. The fathers Of this re-
public linked the two departments
of government in many ways. Inc
president holds the veto power over
legislation. The senate shares Win
him the treaty-making power ana
holds the power of confirmation or
rejection of all important depart
mental appointments. The appro-
Dria ton bills which fix the amounts
of money available for the uses OF
the executive departments must or
iginate in the house.
Mr.. Roosevelt's election could only
come about by a fusion between his
followers and the regulars. Inc
republicanism of the resulting house
of representatives would be ring
streaked and spotted affair. Inc
so-called "majority' would be at
war with itself and a recalcltran'
element would block all legislation
The effect this would have on Mr.;
Roosevelt need be no matter OF
doubt, for we have all seen congress
pulling one way and Mr.. Roose'el!
the other, with the air tull o.
feathers and fur. The rough rider
second administration ended IN open
war between the two departments
of the government, legislative
deadlock, an executive doing Things
bv a combination of executive nal
and divine right that he could moi
do under the law.
Let US take a much more probable
supposition. Let us suppose tna'
Champ Clark should be elected pres
ident: what would then be the re-
lations between congress and the
executive? =,
The man in the white house would
in that case be the man who, as
speaker of the house, has made
record unique in it's history for fair
ness and efficiency. He has met the
most difficult and delicate condi-
tions successfully. He has held the
house together and expedited legs
lation in an extra session, under the
double heat of burning sun without
any intense partisan feeling within
He is both loved and respected oy
the representative of both parties III
either branch of congress.
AS president, Champ Clark would
have at his right hand a solid body
of legislators, the united represent
atiyes of a united party. Legislation
and legislative cooperation with the
executive would realize such efficiency
as is only possible on basis OF gen
uine respect, cordial good 1eenne'
NUT ual good faith.
Not the least of Champ Clark
points of superior availability to
Theodore Roosevelt is to be seen IN
the contrast between the relations
of the two men with congress. Four
wears more of Roosevelt would mean
four years of deadlock between the
capitol and the white house. true
to his lawless creed and his laW-de.
fving record, Mr.. Roosevelt would
attempt to supply the lack of legal
authority for his acts by stralnlng
executive neutrality-suspicious. to the
point of open war, eventuatlng IN
impeachment proceedings-the days
of Andrew Johnson come again.
Champ Clark as president would
insure a working government, peace
full, orderly, efticient.-st. LOUIS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20

mig is more disagreeable than
ecze or other skin diseases. It is
alshnEerOus unless speedily
che1 Meritol Eczema Remedy
will I'd instant relief and perma-
tneniults. We have never seen q
renithat compares with Il. Stem
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20

Never will Iowa democrats have a
better opportunity to stand by their
political convictions and at the same
time render their state a great SER
vice than they will have this fall
election when the privilege will be
given them to vote for a state and
local democratic ticket upon which
appears the names of men high in
the ranks of their party and esteem
ed at large as men we'll worthy to
assume the duties of public Office.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20

The time and place of holding the
county conventions is established by
should be published by county chair
men for Saturday, June 20, at eleven
o'clock. The delegates to the county
conventions were elected at the pri-
maries and each precinct is entitled
to the same ratio or representation
as obtained for the first county con-
vention held this year.
Dated at Manson, Iowa, this tenth
day of June, 1912.
N. F. REED, Chm.
JOHN F. DALTON, Sec.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20

"In the three years since Kansas
adopted her bank deposits guaranty
law there has not occurred a single
bank failure" points out the Du-
buque Telegraph. ''The experience
goes to prove the contention of the
laws advocates that setting one
bank to watch another, which is &C.
complished when the loss of one is
shared by all, is good way to assure
proper management of all" :
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20

Is "No man should be so busy pro-
viding for his family that he does
not have time to see that the family
is taught to justly appreciate VIII at
is provided for them,' advises the
Tama News. 1T is waste of time
to provide comforts for those who do
not appreciate them and appreciate
the sacrifices made that the comforts
may be bestowed
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20

Joe Cannon isn't saying anything
but it is understood that he Is prac-
ticing a few new Jig steps as he
watches the national committee
work. -.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20

When Senator Root started for
Chicago he was said to have har-
mony speech in his pocket. What on
earth is he going to do with it?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20

You democratic nominees, re-
member that the time to build your
political fences 10 now. ~,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-20

eventually O,UOO,UOO pupils Will be
so catalogued, and that definite and
! scientific answers can be made to a
large number of questions the solu-
tons to which are now left to guess
work.
Judge Horace M. Towner, repre-
sentative from the eighth Iowa dis
trict, in an address at a flag day Gel
ebration held under the Woman's
Relief Corps, took the ground that
the demagogues Gin and out of con-
gress' who use the American flag in
vain should be classed with an
archists and dynamiters. He de-
clared that there is no place in this
country for anarchists or anybody
else who cannot willingly swear al
legiance to the flag without reserva-
ton of any kind. Persons who do
not reverence the flag as sacred the
Judge would either place in Jail or
Kick them out of the country. The
flag is being desecrated daily in and
out OF congress by the way it is
spoken of in vain. 1t is mentioned
too lightly in the newspapers and
from the street corners and dema-
gogues desecrate it by their talk.
The crop conditions on June 1st.
according to the bureau of statistics.
Department of Agriculture, were
slightly better than on the same day
last year, but moderately lower, CIT.
per cent? than the average June LIST
condition Of recent years The gen
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-11-07
"PrOse MiscelIarnieS."

ONE Of the very best of the Watson books
- is "Prose Miscellanies," which is a coll
lection of some of the shorter essays written
within the past twenty years by Mr. Watson.
The book is beautifully bound in paper, is
richly illustrated, printed on fine paper, in
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The price Of the book is $1.1O, postpaid,
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every member of the family.
The table of contents is: ''The New Year."
"a Forgotten Scholar" Brandon Talk on
Literary Topics" "a Tragedy in Tree
Top" "In the Mountains" "Convalescent,"
"Glimpses Behind the Curtain" 'Not Quite"
"How Came to Write Life of Napoleon"
"At Fifty" "Eccentricities Of Nervous Peo-
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the Great" Bubbles on the Stream "The
Greatest of Women" "a Rose on the
Snow" "Reverie and Suggestion" Gas It Is
and AS It May Be" "The Song of the Bar
room," "The Vulture," ''Uncle Remus Is
Dead" "The Wine Cup" Coward the
Light "The Country Wife," "The Path of
Glory" "Is It Worth the Price," 'The
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"The Most Original Poem," can Incident In
the Life of Epenetus Alexis Steed," "a New
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WHAT HAS BECOME OF IT?

Sometime ago the Roman Catholics of the
city of Augusta, this State, agreed to submit the
oath taken by those who admitted MEM
bers of the Knights of Columbus to committee
of Protestants, and let them determine whether
there is any requirement of the oath at variance
with the rights of citizen Of this country, or
whether the Knights pledged to anything
inimical to the liberties of the citizen. Just how
a secret order could commit to those outside it's
essential features is not to very clear. How
ever SO far we have heard such committaI
has not been made. What has become of the
proposition? Or if it has been submitted to the
committee, what have they found? Since good
proposition was first made, there are good many
of who would like to know what has been
done about it.
Mr. Victor j. Dorr and dozen other
knights of Columbus published me as a
slanderer in the Augusta Chronicle, because
I had alleged that the oath taken by their
fourth degree members was reasonable.
Mr.. Dorr and his co-si gners pledged them
selves to exhibit that oath to three Protestant
ministers, whose names they mentioned.
This public pledge was given on the day.
before the State primary.
Those knights never intended to keep their
word
THEY DON'T DARE TO.
If the traitor oath by which they are bound
to foreign potentate we're known, beyond
all doubt, those Incl pient traitors would have
to leave the State Of Georgia.
No, DR.. Lovett: the oath has not been SUBJ
mitted to the committee.
It will never be.
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ture Of Stoicism and downright paganism.
Is it not So my Windle?
It's very funny idea to me-that of
Saint Andrew and Saint Tommyrot sitting
in heavenly pigeon-holes and acting as train
dispatchers for our mundane trolley lines.
And I can't help but wonder how many
of our American dupes Of the Italian Papa
realize that IN qoorshipi1og a so called Mother
Of God, THEY ARE APING THE
PAGANS, of whom my Windle has such a
poor opinion.
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Once Upon a Time I Wrote a
Book, and

nay purpose was to give data on all po1iti-
4'A cal and economic questions.
To give all party platforms, and the politi-
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To tell the story of Financial legislation.
To furnish speakers, debaters editors, ETC.,
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general and permanent Importance
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the Nineties. 20
Then it went out of print.
When [ again entered active reform work,
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The book is therefore educational, and con-
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If interested, consult our list of books, as
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Thomson, Ga, NOVEMBER Z, 1912.
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holders OF The JefferSOniaR
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THE JEFFERGONIAN
WatsOn's Reply 10 WindIe.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE.)


spicuous and was honored beyond all others.
ut was venerated throughout all the
ancient world as the first assertion among
mankind of the supreme sanctity Of Mercy"
(Leczy. Vol. 1. p 241.)
In pagan Rome, there was a temple dedi-
Gated to Benefcence. Marcus Aurelius was
it's founder
And the very existence of the word "phiz-
anthr0p[0" in the literature of pagan Greece
carries overwhelming evidence of the pre-
existence of the principle There must have
been the practise of philanthropy before the
coming of the name for it.
In the ancient pagan poet, Status, there is
very beautiful tribute to Clemency. (Lecky
quotes it, In a marginal note to page al of
his Volume II)
The immortal pagan lawyer, Ulpian
declared
"By the zoeo Of nature, all men are born
free and equal"
It took the human race thousands of years
to escape from the absolutism of Popes and
cratic principle of the most famous and
learned of pagan lawyers
What was the ideal of Stole philosophy? q
That ideal is fully set forth in the E43cbi-
ridt0n, work which breathes such a Chris
tan spirit that some have doubted it's pagan
origin
The Stoics promulgated the idea of human
ity and the rights of men. They taught the
brotherhood of man, several hundred years
before the birth Of Christ
(See "The Emperor Hadrian,' by Gregg
rovius
Page $780,
See also Editors Encyclopedia, and
Iecky's European Morals."O
One of the cock-sure statements of Mr..
Windle is, that the human race is indebted
to the Roman Church for the humanizing
doctrine of universal brotherhood. This
assertion is absurdly untrue.
The Stole renowned the world, lived
within himself, accepted the unavoidable
with resignation, renowned ambition, dis
charged all the duties of life, considered
himself the son of a good God, taught ''the
love OF his fellow man, even slaves, as they
are all descended from God" (Gregorovius.
p. 287.)
"Stoicism may be comprised in the words
endure and renounce." (Ibid. p. 1851
The Stoics believed in one supreme God,
whose intelligence was directed exclusively
towards everything supernatural.
Divinities of second order busted them
selves with the affairs of mortals
A third grade of spirits (genii) moved
around the earth and directed the acts of
men.
(See Gregorovius' 'Hadrian." Page 287)
In other words, the Stoics found as little
use for q God Almighty as the Roman CATH
0hcS do
GOD, THE FATHER, HOLDS NO
PLACE WHATEVER IN ROMAN
CATHOLIC WORSHIP.
The Roman Catholics have practically
banished Jehovah, and are gradually dis
placing Jesus Christ to make way for the
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Dear Doctor LOvett Wants 60
Know About That Oath

IN the recent issue of The Wesleyan Chris
tiaaa AdUocate, appears the following:
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