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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
HOW It WORKS
An Example of Civil Service bv
the Wilson Administra-
ton.

Washington. May 20.-.An example
OF the manner in which civil service
rules are being applied in the case of
fourth class postofices by the Wilson
administration Is afforded in the case
of the appointment at Conway, la.
An examination for the postoffice at
Conway was held and in that examina-
tion w. L. Morrison received a grade
of 90. 95. Claude Franty received a
grade of o., and Miss Irene Phelan re-
ceived a grade of "a. The examina-
| ton was held in January. while the
Taft administration still was in power
Shortly after the examination MI.
Mori ison received the appointment and
sent his bond to the postoffice depart
ment, as requested. AS the commits.
sion did not issue, Mr.. Morrison in
April wrote to the department asking
if his bond had been received. On
April 20 he received a letter from the
department that his bond had been ac-
cepted and that u commission would
be issued. Instead a commission was
Issued to Miss Phelan.
MT. muIIlSou anu MI. rTanLy are
republicans. Miss Phelan is the
daughter of Patrick Phelan, a promin-
emit democrat of Taylor county and
the Eighth district.
Under the rules of the department
the three candidates who receive the
highest grades constitute the eligible
list and the department actually has
the right to pick any one of the three,
but In THE particular instance the
bond of the candidate who received the
highest grade had been accepted and
the appointment was withdrawn only
after Mr.. Phelan got busy with the
democratic organization.
Representative Towner. who thinks
the case is a clear case of the spoils
system being applied, has called the
attention Of John G. Black, spresilen.
of the civil service commission, to the
facts In the case and has asked him
whether there is any provision In the
law by which an appointment that
has been made can be withdraw and
q new { made for political reasons,
under the circumstances in this case.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
JUDGE DILLON
Will Stand az q Candidate for
Reelection to Congress.

Washington. May 60 Judge Charles
Hall Dillon, of Yapkton, representa-
tive in congress from the first South
Dakota district, will be a candidate
in the March primaries next year for
the republican nomination for a Sec
ond term.
Representative Dillon said he would
run again no matter what might be
done regarding the majority proposal
nomination and minority POI posal
nomination, the intricacies If which
law be has not entirely mastered.
The Judge has no fear of any re-
publican contesting with him for the
nomination, and he doubts that there
will be any opposition to him in the
primary. He points to his majority
of $500 over r. e. Dowdell. of Ar
~tesian, the democratic candidate, in
the election last fall. and declares
the republican majority in the dis
trict next fall will be ABOUT 8, 900.
"How about the bull MOOSE voteS''
Judge Dillon WIS asked.
81 don't see how they can get on the
ticket, was the reply. 1.-THE bull
moose movement has collapsed. There
would not be q thing to it today only
for Roosevelt"
Representative Dillon declares that
while he Away has been a protectionist
he now is more of a protectionist than
ever. This results from his recent hard
study of the tariff question and sitting
through nearly every session of the
long debate in the house on the sched-
ules In the Underwood bill. He does
not hesitate to prophesy that the coun-
thy, because Of tine distress and dis
aster which he thinks will follow the
enactment OF the Underwood bill into
law. will return the republicans to
power In 1915.
Get vOur nicturoa framed -
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20

The spring months often find a
woman tired out, with pain in back,
hips and head, nervous and sleepless
Foley Kidney Pills will quickly prove
their worth and value as a healer of
all kidney and bladder ailments and
irregularities. They are a splendid
remedy for rheumatism. clearing the
uric aid from the joints and system
Try them. For sale by all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20

issued.
DR.. Brown takes issue with DR.. Os-
ler's famous va,edictory at Johns Hop.
kins, in which he stated rs his fixed
idea the comparative uselessness Of
men who were more than forty year,
old. Except in the forms of produc.
ton that depend upon emotional i'm.
pulse MS music and poetry DR.. Brown
asserts that the age of achievement
may be said to lie between the ages
of forty and sixty FIVE.
In REPUTATION of DIR. Osler's theory
DR.. Brown directs attention to the ac-
tivity of such men as John Wanamak-
or, we'll on in his eighth decade and
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
For the Weak and Nervous

ASS Avn fcNbs
Tired-out. weak, nervous men and
women would feel ambitious, energetic.
full of life and always have a good
appetite, If they would do the sensible
thing for health-take Electric Bitters
Nothing better for the stomach, liver
or kidneys. Thousands say they owe
their lives to this wonderful home
remedy. Mrs. o. Rhinevault, OF
Vestal Center, N. Y. says: 81 regard
Electric Bittsrs as one of the greatest
Of gifts. / can never forget what il
has done for me-" Get a bottle your
self and see what a difference it will
make in your health. Only soc and
81. Recommended by all druggists.
Get my prices on drilling and repair,
ing wells. ID. T. Moran. Madison. s.
D phone 33S green
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20

A man living at Auburn, New
York. had a severe attack of kidney
and bladder trouble. Being a work.
ing man, not wanting to lose time,
be cured himself completely by using
Foley Kidney Pills. A year later he
says: ut is a pleasure to report that
the cure was permanent" His name
is j. A. Farmer. For sale by all
druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20
Beware OF for Catarrh that Contain
Mercury

az mercury will surrey destroy the senss
OF smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
tho mucou surfaces Such articles
should never be used @ except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they viii do Is ten fold to
the good that can possibly be derived
from them. Halls Cstarrh Cure, man
ufactured by +. j. Cheney Il Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury and is taken in
~ternally, acting directly upon the blood
snd mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo, o., by Frank j
Cheney Il Co. Testimonials free,
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-20

Sallow skin, blotches, dull, waiery
eyes, eruptions aud skin blemishes
due to inaction of the liver and bowels,
causes more discomfort to women than
anything lse-don't suffer-try Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea-regulatea
the stomach and bowels. purifes the
Flood, clears the complexion. 35c
Tea and TABLETS. AsK your druggist
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-02

short legislative session. into which
hundreds OF bills are hastily and UNI
preparsdly introduced.
In many states permanent law writ.
Ing commissions are maintained. whose
duty It - to see that proposed laws
are written in legal language. and It
enacted will dovetail with laws already
on the books and not repealed.
It Is evident that in addition to pro-
viding for the more careful preparation
of new laws here in Iowa much more
attention must be given to the details
OF their enrolment, passage and final
Endorsement.
The cost to Iowa Of doing in the
court what should have been done in
the legislature Is becoming q serious
matter. to say nothing of the disap-
pofntment and disgust the state expert
ences when important measures are
| finally set aside for want Of little
proper attention at the right, time on
| the part OF men charged with the re-
sponsibility.
The Register and Leader has more
than once suggested thai no proposed
change in the statutes should be enter
tanned by the legislature unless COM
plete diges. Of the law as /, is and as
1t will be when the change is made
accompanies the introduction OF the
bill
Fewer bills would be up for con-
sideration II that were the rule. and
| such as were introduced would be much
better considered and much more care
! fully drawn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-02
The PUBLICITY CURE IN OPERATION.

Misery loves company. Thus the
United States may get g quasi comfort
from the revelations in Germany
where army officers are confess!ng TO
having received brides from the big
krupp company which employs 10000
people the year round making guns
wherewith $4,000, 900. or So 900 600. 900
other people may kill each other. The
orioes were for the purpose of gaining
monopoly OF government contracts
Tor the Krupp company. The Krupps
obtained information thus which. if
communicated to foreign power.
would have been Of great detrinent 70
Germany. In short the Krupp com
pany bought and paid for treason ana
the army officers sold il.
krupp's is a big business. One of
the biggest business in the world. Il
mas grown SO big as to consider it
self and its profits above patriotism. It
desires Special privilege and is will
;as &c S"y :. secretly and :.sasona Div
II it can not get it otherwise. That is
the difference between a big business
and big business"
Let us congratulate ourselves, no,
that other countries are no better than
we are, but that in all countries a re-
form is On in the conduct Of govern
mental affairs. 1t is not that men and
business have degenerated greatly bu,
that higher ideals of government have
come in and the idea of equal oppor-
tunity is becoming fact instead O,
ideallsm 1t is not that the world
mas grown worse-the reverse is true
II has grown better and is resolved tr
put into practical operation the con
cepttons OF good government and in.
diVidual responsibility which our pre-.
decessors held and wrote into cousti.
tutions but which never actually en-.
tered into practical every day bushes.
and governmental life as they do TO.
day. We are insisting that our ideal,
get out to the field in the morning ant
work a. full day.
II is nothing to worry over. 1t is tn.
new idea Of publicity as a reformator,
measure in operation. The end is t,
be for good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-02
TWO GALLONS OF GASOLINE,

This is great county in a great
state of a great country. Two hours in
an automobile will convince the wors,
crouch who ever lived that this is a
good time to be alive and the best
place 10 live in.
Start out any evening after business
hours In your own auto if you are SO
fortunate and prosperous, IN somebody
else's II you haven't arrived at the
power and dignity Of ownership. Go in
any direction you please from the
capital Of Marshall county. You simply
can't go wrong. Drive past few mil
lion dollars worth of farms. Get the
breeze and the scent of the evening
and the JOY Of motion and the sense
of the great outdoors.
The road Is beautiful On the right
the yellowed grain fields with their or
derby shocks. golden grain in more
than appearance. Across the way the
deep green Of corn coming into the silk
and the stretch of clover field along
side putting out its blossoms Of the
second crop. Over to the right the
sweeping curve of the verdunous high
lands that mark the course OF the
river. Just ahead the overhanging arch
OF roadside trees and thru the leafy
tunnel the turquoise and crimson Of
the western sky as the sun is going
down. Past shady farm houses, past
wide. deep barns, crowded with the
stored hay until il hangs from the
doors Of the mows and shows at the
gable windows. Past workers going
home from the field with sweat marked
teams. Past groups Of children. Thru
the little town with trim residences
where housewives sit before their doors
in the cool OF the evening and thru
the business streets quiet al the close
OF day.
And SO the night comes on. The
road glooms and fades into the dusk
away ahead. a star comes out and
hangs like a veritabIe diamond in the
sky" The fields mellow and melt into
the gathering darkness. The lights
spring out at a touch OF the hand and
cast guiding ray before. They make
monstrous shadows among the trees
at the turn of the road AS the dark
ness creeps on familiar fields take on
somber mysteries. The corn fields
blacken in the shadow. Still the yell
low grain fields CLEAN out Of the dusk
like children who refuse to be covered
UP and tucked in for the night. And
in the quiet which has fallen over the
earth and among ourselves all al once
the city lights leap up over the brow
Of the hill and homes in sight.
No wonder the Indian found a worC
TOR his hunting ground which means
Beautiful Land" He couldn't help it
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-02
Topics of the Times

Secretary Bryan denies ,hs, rho
opeaA powers are interfering in
the Mexican situation. Mr.. Brvan
must have dropped in at the assis,a,,
secretary's office sometime ,areiv he
tween dates
Nevertheless the farm owner who
hoilers' over the actual value Of his
acreage as Sc, by the executive co,,n-
Gil can test the matter by Offering i,
-or sale at the assessment figures
\ thlcago aviator whose plane
caught fire mile from terra arua M,
out the blaze with hand ex-in-
sulsher and made a safe landing" And
somebody said the press agent had
gone the way Of the spellbinder,
! a special train does not inocu,ate the
SOIL for alfalfa. 1t is only intended
to inocculate the farmers.
MI Wade did all he could but j,
| doesn't seem TO have been much. All
the referees have done all they couId
outline doing doesn't seem 70 be as
good at Washington as might have
! been had Champ landed instead Of ne.
/ ing landed on.
Perhaps they got that mixed and
Ben Salinger intends to run for -be
supreme lodge instead Of the supreme
court.
July was certainly on the water wa.
soh. II August will only go wet there
Will De plenty of teetotalers to an.
prove
Funny folks, aren't we? Mulhal
now attracts no more attention than ar
air ship.
The silhouette skirt starts off with
the right syllable
Even in the bull moose party no.
body seems 10 be making anythins
lige a good batting average.
Ada county, Idaho, has schoo
district containing 324 square miles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-02
carefully chosen advisers. would seem

carefully chosen advisers. would seem
sufficient for this central authority;
and the presidency OF the board Of
missions. If not, indeed. the whole
board, may we'll be merged into that
elective office and its advisory coun-
Gil when the time comes. 1t would be
necessary moreover, that a diocese
cede to the central body some meas
ure Of control over such of its mis-
sionary work as is supported by gem
eral funds. as condition to obtaining
such funds. The present priority %
foreign as distinguished from domestic
work In the administration Of the
board of missions would then cease;
for the board would then be equally
responsible for all the work that was
supported by its funds. where now its
measure of responsibility for different
classes OF work for which it makes APP
p.opriations is distinctly variable; and
with lesening OF responsibility goes
inevitably, lessening OF interest"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-02

one- to the last gasp the sudden
change Of purpose on the part Of the
mob exemplified the only way that
lynching mobs may successfully be
checked and diverted from their pur-
pose. The Chickasaw sheriff seems to
be the right kind to meet such an
emergency. The mob seems to have
i understood that he was not bluffing
but that he would shoot to kill: and
nothing so cools the ardor Of a lynch
Ing party as such knowledge and un-
Outstanding. This mob would have
hanged the negro, perhaps had some
one suggested burning it would have
| burned him in imitation of the meth
DDS approved below Mason's and
Dixons but for an officer who took his
responsibility as seriously as a soldier
on guard and stood ready to defend
| the integrity of his office and his oath
at any cost to himself and his neigh ,
bors.
1t was not question Of bad niger"
| more or less or of the just rage Of q
neighborhood. 1t was the plain differ.
ence between government and anarchy.
The mob, no matter what its provoca-
ton, was anarchy pure and simple 1t
had no rights on earth The negro had
the promise of the nation and the state
/ OF Iowa and Of Chickasaw county that
he should be given a trial under the
law. And Chickasaw county seems TO
have elected a man to the office Of
sheriff. That is about all there is to it.
/ II Is idle to talk Of prosecutions. In
/ the first place the Sheriff. who was
bold enough to oppose the mob, will
not be ready TO involve his neighbors
and possibly some of those who were
most responsible for his election. II
he were the grand jury would find
similar embarrassment and petit
jury would kill the cases when they
came to trial were indictments to be
/ brought. That is the history of mob
law in Iowa and elsewhere Witnesses,
Jurors, attorneys and perhaps judges
are always reluctant TO bring severe
penalties on friends and neighbors
/ merely because rage over a heinous
crime suggested to them that they
ought 10 lynch the perpetrator.
I We need a much higher respect for
law in Iowa. This is a splendid com
monwealth of splendid communities.
We are good people in Iowa; bu, we
! can not tiout the minor laws and ex-
pect that the major laws will be held
IN high respect under stress. So far
{ as minor laws are concerned their in
fraction is common and in. many COM
munit!es approved in this state. 1, is
10 De expected that fragrant disregard
OF one law shall breed disrespect o.
other laws. If our sheriHs will enforce
al Laws as the Ctai::clbsasaw sheriff nm.
! ne!d the constitution at New Hamn.
! ton one generation would establish a
respect for the statutes much needed
4 N this as in other states and com.
/ nunities
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-02
REsuRFAc1NG PAYMENTS
Iwaterloo Times-Tribune.l


The question as to whether or not
brick street pavements. which have
outlived their usefulness can be re-
surfaced and made substantial is being
debated in various cities. Cedar Rap
ids has about concluded that this can
be done. while Des Moines Is some
what skepticai
Des Moines has bids OF $l.s5 per
square yard for for work of resurtac-
ing brick pavement with asphalt. but
engineers would rather have the city
let the job for complete new work at
IS to so cents per yard more and feel
assured Of first-class work-with econ
omy in the end.
The foundation has a great deal TO
co with pavement, especially when
considering resurfacing. No RESPONSE
Bile paving company will care to put
its guarantee upon resurfacing job
over the old pavement latd with two
layer Of brick upon sand foundation.
But they will not hesitate so long on a
job where there is concrete foundation
no. cracked and not having been at
fected by frost. Frequently with a
poor foundation water runs in in the
winter time and freezes. the result is
the pavement heaves. in time, crum-
bles.
A good concrete foundation should
last indefinitely and can be success
fully resurfaced. but ii would no, be
economy to try TO resurface the old
fashioned pavement laid with two lay
ers of brick on sand.
1t is always the duty OF city officials
10 get paving done as cheaply as pos
sible consistent with good work. But
II is not economy for the city. or for
the property owners. sacrifice
quality fey price. Such is false econ
oTy. There are plenty of good and
lasting pavement now days. and
cities should have long ago quit ex-
perimenting with cheap work and So
called patented processes which prom
!se much but have never yet made
good. The only successful resurfacing
work is done where good foundation
exists. The matter of so or 60 cents
per yard difference between good and
poor pavement is all in favor OF the
better article as matter of economy
and satisfactory services. q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-02

London. Aug. Miss Annie Ken
ney looms up as the new head of the
English suffragette movement now
that Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst is SO
ill that her activities are practically at
an end and grave fears are felt for
her life. Miss Kenney. who has been
arrested probably as many times as
any one other militant, recently adopt
ed new scheme to fool the London
hobbies. She devised the plan Of en-
tering hall where she was scheduled
to speak in one costume and leaving 1t
in another. This disguise worked for
awhile. apd her ruse was then detected.
and she was arrested. Miss kenny
is the leader and organizer Of the
woman's Social Political union.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-02
Instead of An Editorial.
lChicaeo TriDune.l


"A Tenement Doctor" writes:
- Wednesday was a typical day.
In the morning a woman came in. She
was 40. and toothless. and lean. There
was not a drop OF blood in her cheeks.
no luster in her eyes. She was sick. she
said. But She was not-she was run
down. / forgot medicine and turned
sociologic investigator. Her husband
was earning 50 a week. They have five
children and two boariers. T.1ey live in
a wooden shack. entrance to which is
gained thru the alley. There is no gas
in the house. She has not taken a full
bath in years.
What the woman needed to get well
was set of upper teeth: three square
meals day: an outing to the country
for some time. and regular life in
snfficlency thereafter. What I did for
her was to prescribe tonic. OF the
dollar she handed me 1 took only half,
and told her to buy herself food with
the other half
| The next patient was boy of 49,.
| He was thin. His lips were bloodless
and there were blue rings under the
! eyes. There was nothing the matter
/ with him-not yet. He was merely
tired. But. 0. how tired, He was al
ways delicate. Yet he went to work
when he was IA and has worked since,
with never a vacaiton-never a rest.
| Il should have prescribed the imme-
date quitting Of work. plenty of good
| and wholesome food, rest and recrea-
ton. But such an order would sound
| like an insult to the poor creature. If
| he quit work he would starve So !
J nrescrihed tonic
In the evening woman came with
a girl Of 4. The woman's husband was
a switchman and was ground between
two cars. Since his death she support
ed herself by washing Her earnings
just about gave her bread and butter.
| Clothing she could not make out OF
these earnings. So she and her chill
dren sat in the house all the time. The
little girl was listless. She would sit
quiet for hours. the mother said. She
was fading away. Would give her
medicine to put some life into the girl
to make her romp about like other
children?
While the woman was talking to me
her 4 year old daughter observed a
rubber ball which my own little girl
of the same age forgot in the office
The chiid's eyes lit up at the sight OF
the ball. l handed 1t to her. She was
| in ecstasy. I told her to step down on
the floor and try to throw the ball at
me from the other end OF the room
The girl did as told. We played togeth-
er this way for about I'VE minutes
She was no longer listless; no longer
sullen. I made the girl present Of the
rubber ball. The mother took out 81
cents and waited for a prescription.
told her there will be none. The 81
cents I gave back with Instructions tc
buy a doll with it for her little girl
and to buy a few more playthings the
first chance she got. That would cure
the little girl. said. That was the Desi
tonic for her.
Such is my practice. Such il the
practice Of many more phyeicians II
the tenement districts Of Chicago. Ny
problem. our problem. is what are W.
. to do with the ever growing class o.
men. women and children who come Il
&c esk!.s kc- medicine 10 make then
! well when what they need II food ant