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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-10
.nta nanara In In own .lil.a MI. Taft

not generally known like Mr.. 3s Taft,
he was better known to the members
Of the General Council. This year
there were 46 members Of the Gen
eral Council present at Montreal,
and long before the vote was taken
it was known that it would be very
close. The writer never voted for
Mr.. Taft for a political office, but
the presidency OF the bar associa.
ton Is not political office. And the
gracious manner in which Mr.. Taft
treated President Wilson during
his Inauguration ceremonies and his
judicial appointments would have
gone far In any event to rub out
political lines. have good reason
to believe that Taft when president
rendered his b country an inestimable
service, by disregarding, in the APP
pointment OF judges for the Federal
Supreme Bench, the advice OF those
who usually shaped his official con-
duct. II Taft had selected reaction
aries as judges Of our court OF last
resort, as he was urged to do, they
would have nullified much OF the pro-
gressive legislation which has been
enacted, especially: the legislation
proposed or dependent upon a direct
vote of the people. Largely for these
reasons. and because Mr.. Taft will
make an admirable and impartial
president for the association ! de
cided to support him. The first bal
lot resulted in tie, 20 for Taft and
% for Meldrim. On the second bal
lot some one changed to Taft, and
that ballot stood "a for Taft and %
for Meldrim.l q q
The annual banquet, one Of the
features Of every meeting Of the AS
ISOLATION, was more of a success this
year than it has been for many years.
Joseph Choate, ex-ministe ter to England,
made an admirable toa stmaster and
the great French lawyer, N. Labor,
responded to a ]; toast in English. He
talks English, but not as well as his
wife and daughters There We're
twelve hundred guests at the ban
quet All Sof the speakers recognized
that the key note Of the meeting was
peace on earth and good will toward
men. n II; /, 4. ISL .33 81 5$,s
I dislike to stop writing with SO
much unsaid that ! would like to
say, but this would probably be true
il continued 10 write a dozen col
.umns more. Even now \ fear that 4
have used more space than the sub
ject warrants, and will stop short
leaving very much unrw written that that
was very interesting to me.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-10

Women must love the games men
play with death, when they take the
wheel for a 10y ride in an auto
mobile. .5 .}3. 3.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-10

GOOD FARM FOR RENT ON SHARES
A first class farm Of $40 acres. with
in q few miles Of Manchester. can be
hell enough to properly work the place;
to advantage. This farm is well improv.
ed. B and, in addition to usual farm Inn
proyements. It has "a good silo and sew
closed with q good woven wire, CEDAR.
post fence For particulars enquire OF
& s$%lS44.. ss5s E. NJ. CARR, S35tt5
.31tf & n Manchester. Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-10
20 E!::.o!,R SALE.

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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30
BUREAUCRATIC AUToCRACY.

We noted some days ago the remon-
strauces of Speaker Champ Clark
against the bureaucratic methods which
arc driving American citizens over the
border TO Canada, in order to get land
on which 10 make homes, The Speaker
urged that as Congress has the power
10 open the lands in all this Western
region to occupancy and settlement, it
ought TO do so, Commenting upon this,
the Washington Post says that Congress
"has already done what it was thought
would suffice to remove the barriers,
ficiaIs whose duty it was to give force
and effect to remedial methods" " And it
fairly asks, 'What is the use of sddi-
tional laws, if they are to be set aside
by erroneous construction? ~
Our Washington contemporary is un-
doubtedly on the right track, but where
it suggests that the laws are set aside
by "erroneous construction, it does
not 90 far enough. For the laws are
set aside arbitrarily and often mali.
ciously, not even in the good faith that
would he suggested by the words Ger
roneous construction. Vicious and ar,
bitrary overriding of the laws would be
a GOOD deal better defination Of what is
done.
We note q case that has just deyel-
oped in Washington. which has been
printed and commented upon by the
Portland Oregonian. 1t appears that
settlers at Randle in the State Of
Washington, a region known as "The
Big Bottom Country settled for forty
years past. have regular public high
way forty miles long, used for twenty
years past by them to get to the rail
road: it was surveyed and recorded as a
highway five years before the National
forest was established, which has since
been made reservation between these
settlers and their railroad outlet. Along
this public highway, the settlers, for
their own convenience. have built a
telephone line. This telephone, how
ever. seems to have been built since
the Forest Reserve was established {;
but during its construction there was
no protest from any Government Off
| cial, Since its completion, however,
the Forest Bureau has demanded to be
given the use of this telephone line,
built by the settlers, without payment
| for maintenance, and have imposed
other conditions with which the set.
tiers find it impossible to comply. The
maintenance charge asked by those
| who built the telephone line is twenty
dollars n year for the four telephones
which the Forestry Service demanded
The Government refused to pay this
annual assessment Thereupon the For.
estry Service demanded that the line
put up by the settlers be removed from
the public highway. and they he al
lowed4to build at a cost of $500 a
new system for the Forestry Service
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30
AN UNFORTUNATE PRINCE.

Continued reports come from Spain,
in such form that they are generally
accepted, Of the unfortunate Don
Jaime, the son Of King Alfonso of
Spain and his wife Queen Victoria.
This lad is said to be both deaf and
dumb. Naturally the lad s parents are
looking the world over to get relief for
notice of the great work done for such
afflicted in the case Of Laura Bridge
man, who, thus afflicted, was brought
from darkness TO light through careful
training. and also the case Of Helen
Keller, who was also born blind and
deaf. and who has been brought TO an
intellectual activity that is rare, even
among those who have all their facuI-
ties.
The suggestion is made, accordingly,
that Helen Keller be employed to i'm
part education TO the unfortunate son
Of royalty in Spain, Don Jaime. But
it would seem far more appropriate to
get the woman who Instructed Helen
Keller far more appropriate to get the
woman who instructed Helen Keller to
instruct also this little unfortunate
Spanish lad. Besides, Helen Keller has
become an open and avowed socialist
and it would hardly do for a scion of
the royal house of Spain to be brought
into mental activity as a socialist.
Still. the report is that Helen Keller
has been invited to go to Spain and be
come the instructor of the Prince. No
official confirmation is given TO this,
however. and II is not likely to be the
case. Helen keler's instructress could
doubtless do the work for the little
deaf and dumb Prince as she did for
Helen Keller, subject TO the limitations
of the Prince and the corresponding
degree of his intelligence as compared
with Helen Keller g, and to her is evi-
IDENTIFY the true source TO which the
King and Queen Of Spain should apply
for the relief for their unfortunate
chilk The instructor and not the in
structcd, is the right one to employ.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

Mr.. Wilson fails to meet the first
test o: his courage as a public man
j. the way the President s signing OF
the sundry civil appropriation bill with
rider attached, strikes the New York
Tribune; and it thinks his apology
for signing it is painfully feeble a
Judgment with which all sound think
ing people viii be apt to agree. Presi-
dent Wilson s action in this is in dis
tlnet contrast to President Taft IS cour-
ageous and hcartening refusal to sign
tho same bill and rider. Congress put the
same test 20 the two Presidents: one
hcroically met the test; the other
meeklY succumbed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30
PREPARATIONS COMPLETE.

The National Education Association
begins officially its meeting in this
city next Saturday, July 5th Prepare
tions arc already in u good state Of
completion, and the programme is in
a satisfactory condition. The plans are
being made more and moro expansive,
to give the teachers every facility for
their work, and also to make the ses-
sion all the time as pleasant as possible
for them.
Meeting places have been arranged
for all the different sections, and pre-
liminary events will distinguish the
present week. There will be n re-
hearsal this morning at the Salt Lake
Theater of Haydn s oratcrio, "The Gre.
alton by tho soloists and chorus Of
the Music Society of the Utah Unlvcr-
sity, under the direction Of Professor
director Of the n. f. A. chorus, has
been dilgent in the rehearsal Of "The
Song of Welcome the final rehearsal
being scheduled for Thursday night.
The churches Of this city have been
freely thrown open for the use of the
teachers. The Colonial has rendered
the use Of its auditorium for any morn
ing sessions, and everything in this line
is fully arranged. General assembly
places, get acquainted locations and all
desirable rallying points have been Sc
lected, so as TO afford facilities for
any teacher to look up any other teach
er that he or she may wish to meet.
The different churches of the city
will also open rest rooms and rallying
points, primarily for the teachers of
their respective denominations and
generally for all the teachers. 1t is
natural that the teachers who belong
to the different religious denomina-
tions will seek the churches and the
societies Of the churches with which
they are connected at home. Every IA
cility will be extended to make these
rallying points agreeable and instruc-
tive to every one Of our visitors.
A distip guished array Of educators
Of National fame will have charge Of
the association. Estimates Of the total
attendance Of teachers run all the way
from 1000 to 10000
Officially, everything is done that
can possibly be arranged. The city Is
decorated, and the city government
will he Jealous in the welcoming of
the teachers and in speeding their work
in every possible way, as well as IN
the pointing out of everything that
may be agreeable by way Of enter
tainment, excursions, and side trips,
that may be agreeable to or desired by
the visitors.
And so, all being as well prepared as
possible, we await the date of the
opening OF the convention, with conf
dence that Salt Lake City will do her
self honor, and will show to the teach
crs that, though they may have thought
they were coming into the wilds Of the
West, they will in fact have landed in
one of the most progressive, best ad
vanced and most hospitable cities in
the United States.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

The finance committee of the Reichs.
tag IS doing most commendable work
in insisting that the federal princes Of
the Empire and the great capital
istic houses shall bear their lust pro-
portion OF the crushing special war
taxes. The demand for those taxes
came from the ruling class, and it
would be a cruel injutice as well as
class favoritism Of the worst sort ia
allow them TO escape their lust pro-
portion of the levy. The notion that
they would voluntarily contribute to
the war chest as much as or even more
than their taxes would amount to, and
that by reason OF this as well AS of
the privilege of their rank, they should
be exempt from the compulsory pay
ment of faxes, is all very we'll az a
matter Of sentiment; but the plain fact
is that Justice requires all TO be treated
alike. and that there be no Sinking
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

alone, which also has brought suit to
compel the farmers to comply with the
order of the Forestry Service to remove
their posts md wires from the public
| highway, and claiming damages for
trespass upon the Forest Reserve. The
| Randle Commercial Club makes rep
| rescntation of the facts, and says:
''We cannot afford to carry on this
| litigation We need the money that
it will take for other purposes. We
need hundreds Of things about our
places and in our homes We need
shoes and clothes for our wives and
children. and we had better succumb
to the unjust demands Of tho Forest
Service than to rob our families of the
money spent in defending our rights.
ii is surely high-handcd procedure
on the part of the Government Off
cials to demand the removal of this
farmers telephone line from the pub
lie highway which was established be-
fore the Forestry Reserve was estab-
lishcd. and presumably the order to re.
move it is illegal. But, even so, the
farmers cannot afford to fight the
case in the courts, and unless they can
get an order from President Wilson
suppressing the pernicious activity Of
the Forest Rangers in this case, they
will be deprived of the telephone line
built by themselves on their own pub
lie highway, over which the Forest Of
ficials have in fact and in law no juris-
diction whatever.
This, however, is only one case of
the determined opposition Of the forest
rangers to those who would undertake
to settle on the public domain. The
right of a settler on the public domain
is unquestionahlc. Settlers have the
right TO every convenience that they
themselves will provide; but yet,
the Forest officials are so determined
~ opposed to the use Of the forest re-
serves, except what use they them
selves can make OF them or compel
others to pay for, that the lawful rights
of the people on the public domain are
nullified The sentiment OF the Wash.
ington Post that the driving Of settlers
off the public domain is caused by the
"erroneous construction of the law,
is altogether too mild. Settlers are
hampered and afflicted in every posi-
BILE way, so as to make them give up
their rights and their claims, wherever
it is possible to do so. 1t is not a
question Of law at all, but Of arbitrary
power, backed by the unlimited re.
sources of the United States. In n
multitude of cases. just as in this tee-
phone case. the rights of the settlers
are abundantly fortified in the law,
but what settler, or what body of set
tlers can fight the forces of the United
States. when these forces are deter
minedly opposed to the legal rights
which these settlers would establish for
themselves
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

Conservationists who live where the
forests have been cut away. want the
forests, where they don't live, to re-
main. On the other hand. those who
live next 10 thc forests want them cut
away, so that they can use the land,
just AS the ancestors did of those who
now live in treeless region, And as
those who live in region have a
right TO control it, the forests are
doomed. Those who want trees in any
part Of the country have a perfect right
10 grow them, and the need Of timber
will doubtless make forest growing
profitable in many regions. But where
forests are not profitable, but detri-
ment, why insist on preserving them
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30
PROGRESS IS MAKING.

The statement comes that an Ohio
man has just been released from the
penitcntiary in that State, after scrv-
ing twelve years of a sentence for a
crime which he did not commit, being
entirely innocent thereof and his i'm
prisonment wholly unjust.
The case does not stand alone; a
good many other cases have been
brought forward Of the same character.
We all remember the case of the Aus
trian named Thorn, who was convicted
in Pittsburgh court and held in the
state prison of Pennsylvania for more
than twenty years. and until the man
who really had committed the murder,
for which Thorn was convicted, con:
fcssed on his death bed in Austria that
he was the real murderer. Another
case was in Connecticut, another case
was in Iowa, and in fact, most Of the
older States have had such known
cases: with possibilities Of many un-
known.
The fact that the States DO commit
( these dreadful mistakes suggest that
the States should pay for them. Ac-
cordingly, the State Of Wisconsin has
recently enacted law providing for
compensating those who are innocent
but who have been sentenced through
mistake to prison. The suggestion has
been made that all Of the States should
pass such compensatory legislation, and
that the United States should do the
| same. II is clear case that the author
ity under which innocent men are sent
TO jail should recompense those men
for the punishment uniustly inflicted
upon them. II is not through stupidity
stupidity is certainly A close friend
Of some courts. But man is fallibo at
best, even on the bench or in the jury
box, and where that fallibility results
IN gross injustice and wrong, there
should be some way to repair that
wrong, in so far as reparation can be
made.
But speaking Of stupidity, take the
recent case in the Missouri Supreme
Court, which has just decided an in
ferior court wrong when it convicted
a gambler for poker playing. The evi-
dence was clear, the offeuse was fully
proved, the loss of money was com
pletely established; but the court found
flaw in the record. That record
showed that poker is a game, that it
is a gambling game, and that in the
game of poker the complaining witness
| lost his money to the accused. But
| the acute court in searching the record
| did not find that poker was described
as game played with cards; it was a
game all right. gambling game, and
| the witness lost his money in that
game: but, SAYS the court: "In the
| absence Of the showing that the game
Of poker is PLAYED with cards, we will
not take judicial knowledge that poker
| is game Of chance. - SO far as that
| is concerned, the court would be in er-
ror as TO its being game of chance
| for il is a game Of knowledge and skill
| without much chance about it; the cx.
| pert wins every time, But the ponder
ous wisdom Of the court IN discovering
that il is necessary for the record 10
| Stoiv hat pot rpIC 10 nnt. or .,,p, ji - .,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

In one Georgia county ninetv-seven
BOYS are in the corn club and sixty
girls in the canning club. Intensive
farming and domestic science will be
familiar subjects TO the next genera
tion, says the ST Louis Globe Demo
crat. And the more of that sort Of
thing the country has the better it
viii be off; for our great lack is good
results in agriculture.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Gan Ohio
Judge is charged with saying that
women applying for marriage licenses
should be required to submit samples
of their cooking. 1t would be a sorry
dav for some Judges if they were re-
quired to submit samples Of their judi
eial intelligence before going on the
bench. - And not alone in Ohio.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

EDalishmen propose a S250.000 sub.
scription to buy and keep as public
memorial the home in England of the
ancestors of George Washington.
\ reminder. maybe, TO all British
statesmen never again TO drive Brit
ish colony into revolt by arbitrary op-
urcSc,ou
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

game, in which money is lost or won.
but that the records must show that
poker is a game played with cards, must
strike the admiration of every one who
learns Of that decision. In view of
this decision. the expression 81 am
from Missouri and must be shown, >
takes on new significance
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

San Francisco Chronicle: Though
far short OF the $1,00o,000 after which
he came, Dr. Friedman is credited
with netting from $4,000 to 100000
for discovery which will always
be ranked with that of Doc Cook.
Come to think Of it, the honors are
With the gumdrop explorcr-his fiction
was fatal only TO his own reputation. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

When Senator j. Ham Lewis claims
that in refusing to yield to the clamor
for "thc spoils,' President Wilson
puts the public good above that clamor.
does he mean that the public good re.
quires the retention of Republicans
in the Offices If not, where is the
practical application of this sort of
talk2
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

Vincent Astor is showing that he has
a heart in him when he says that it is
more important for babies to have
breathing places in the crowded city
The marks
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

A New York woman says American
girls are over.drcssed. Probably some
modiste who would like to dress them
OCor
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

Norman Hapgood says that "Poli-
tics is high spiritual endeavor." And
yet he proposes to run paper that
will pitch into the bosses.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30

Noblesse ohlige" in this case means
'fPony up!''
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
GETS $500 DAMAGES FOR
FALLING DOWN STAIRS

For injuries she sustained in fall
down fight of unlighted stairs, Miss
Elizabeth Smith, of 1877 Ferry street,
was yesterday awarded verdict of
$400 by jury in the Montclair Dis
trict Court. Judge James P. Mylod
presiding. She brought suit for $500
against her landlord, Herman Schaef-
fer, of 265 Walnut street, charging
that he had violated the tenement
house act in not providing light in
the hall. Schaeffer, it is declared, had
the gas turned off at the Ferry street
house because the tenants let it burn
all night. William j. Kearns was at
torney for the plaintiff.
One of the witnesses, who until
Yesterday Mr.. Kearns thought would
testify for his client, took the stand
in the landlords behalf and said she
personally had put a light on lower
landing. Before taking the stand she
tainted in the court room and had to
be carried to an ante-room to be re-
vived She was Mrs. Tighe, whom
Miss Smith had called on just before
she fell.
The jury found that the absence of
light was responsible for the acct
dent; that it was not a case of con-
tributory negligence on Miss Smith S
part because she was familiar with
the plan of the landing and stairs
John F. Cahill represented the land
lord