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DIED.

ANDERSON. Al Ancon Hospital, Canal Zone,
sssn'f ls M is Of N! MaES
Anderson and only daughter Of I. c. ciarke.
Interment was made at Rock Creek cemetery.
with services at grave. at 10 am. this date.
at his residence. No. l24s Zeal stree, ncr,h-
east. after long and painful Illness JOHN.
beloved husband Of Rosa Burk. aged seventy.
three years.
Notice Of funeral hereafter
CHIyES: Departed this life on snndar. June
D. 1913. a. IL 40 NJ. WILLIE ANN he
loved daughter Of Edmund and the late Susan
Funeral Wednesday. June q. AZ ! 80 y m. frem
Winslow's chapel 18th and streets north
west.
GARRISON. On June "a. 1919. at $40 nm.
AZ the residence Of her danehter. $40 street
Services "Wednesday at O'Clock pm Relatives
and friends invited.
DUNBAR. Passed peacefully away on M~aday
June r. 1913 at ar s.d-rcs Of ,n ME
street. AuGrsTI's DUvRxR % W
Funeral .a,l. on Wedr.sdsr Juno Is 1913 At I
street between 18TH and 18th. Friends
are invited TO attend.
DUNBAR.
Members Of the Coachmen's Union and A'A
speciai meeting Odd Fellows. Han street
near 18th street. this evening. June "a 1914. ~
Of our late brother. ArGr-sTu-S nI-NRAR
B- order OF the President. JOSEPH $. HOOD.
]. J. WILLIAMS Secretary.
DrNBAR
Members OF United Aid Association ~. h.--hx
notified Of the death NJ BROTHER AUGUSTUS
at 1 o'clock from Metropolitan 4. ". v. rsrrrh.
JAS A. sMAckrM. ssc sasyN f'es''e''
HOPES. At her residence. 17on " street.
s.m.. IrLA ANNA tLLES. widow Of N"
latH Alrhens c: Hopes and beloved mother
Hoones. aged seventy eight Years s'I and Ave-
months.
Brief SERVICES at the hcus~ THURSDAY Jnne "a.
Lao O'Clock Intern,enf ut Camo S~rinss.
Prince Georges county, Nd. BELLS NJ. y.
Church. %
LOWE. On Mond.-. Jnn" "a 1919: At $50
I'm. at the r"siden". ~ h-r daughter. Ma.
Sob T.. Garrett. ,o'o g street southeast:
cEoRGIASA V. widow of the late Daniel
Funeral WEDNESDAY. low" * =. nv; from the
fMarlhoro Nd. and Ner York papers rl..ss
copy) 20
am. GrornTDr ANHrF -orr-~.t d.u.A-
Ter G. William r. and wmnifred .Martin
Funeral from rare-ts' residence 'sTo r'orda
avenrn northeast wedr~sdar. '~nn Ok 1T
IL O'Clock m. Interment at Mount Olivet
McANAILv m Mord,r Inn. ~ 1919 ~ =
nm. HELEN MARIE ine~ Donneur, hA
loved wife OF Jamns Nc <na~. and d.u~rter
Of phiIin a-d Merry Elizabeth Sticbeling.
aged thirty-siy Years.
Funeral viii t,kn p,are fror, hn- late r~sf.
dence 1875 Sch st-~et northwest. on Thurs
day mc-nnc. J~re %. at. 6: ~ O'Clock. thnn,e
10 xhe Jr-ma~ulafn Conception Church. who're
macs will he s.sd f. tho rern.n 80 hsr
soul At o'clock. Relatives and friends
ir-'ted TO attend. Interment at Mount
Olivet. 25'
PINES On Mcnda- lyme o. ia1a. ~ her
residence. PITS street p,-thwest. CATH
ERINF. be'oved wife OF Max Pines aged
forty-eirht years.
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
SLAUGHTER Derarted this life IN Snndav.
Tune 81 1919. at S:35 o'clock ~ her resi-
dence. $500 Mnza-t place. DORA. tse beloved
Daughter Of Cain and Dora Slaughter s'<ter
OF Caroline Alberta. Estelle~ and Richard
Slaughter
Fnne-aI Wcdresda~ Irre % at o'clock. from
Mn-nt Nnho Papfist Church. Kalo-ama rod
between Champlain and Ontario streets no-th-
west n4s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

Last week Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G. Rus
sell entertained at five hundred in honor
of Miss Kate Serene Wells and Mr.. Omar
Bailey Buchanan. who are to be mar
ried this month. Miss Pendleton won
the prize, which she presented to Miss
Wells. When the refreshments were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

Mrs. Samuel Hill of this city will
sail on the Imperator tomorrow and
will be joined today in New York by
Miss Mary Hill. who has been in
Stockbridge. Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

Mrs Walter A. Bloedorn. 2725 18th
street. wife of Passed Assistant Surgeon
w. A. Bloedorn. U. S. N. will be at
home today from 4 to T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
were Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh's guests
at the theater last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

Mrs Clarence Moore left yesterday
for her place at Prides Crossing, Mass,
to spend the summer Miss Frances
Moore. who spent the winter abroad.
will join Mrs Moore at Prides later
in the summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-24

Representative NORM of, Pittsburgh
will be in that city tomorrow to be an
usher at the wedding at st. Phillips
Church of Miss Cecilia Elizabeth Dunn
and. Mr.. Frank J. Harris.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18

Nearly everybody is obliged more CT
less to take = laxative. There are of
course a few exceptions. + great many
people also need occasionally TO take a
tonic. Probably few households exist
that do not make use Of tonics and
laxatives.
The remedy Peruna is a laxative
tonic. 1t not only operates as a gentle
laxative, but also as a tonic.
The benefit derived from such a
remedy is a great deal more in the
prevention of disease than in the cure.
After a person has really become sick.
either with an acute or chronic all
ment, the rule should be to employ a
physician, or some one who can give
the case his personal attention. But
long before this happens the person
will complain of this or that symptom,
which is not evere enough to interfere
with his regular activities. If at this
place before the disease has really
gained a foothold in the system. a per-
son was to take a dose or W o of a
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
IT'S A MISTAKE
Made b y Many NJ a d S o n
Residents

Many reCple in a misguided effort e
get lid If kidney bIcKache rely on
plasiers. liniments and othel make.
shifts. The right treatment is kidney
treatment and a remarkably recon-
Tended kidney medicine is Doan , {
Kidney Pills. Madison is no excep-
ton.
The proof is at your very door. The
following is an experience typical of
he work of Doan's Kidney Pills in
Madison.
Mrs. ". Morgan, 900 West Fifth st.
Madison, s. D., says: about six
months ago / noticed that every time |
made a sudden movement OF tiled to
bend. ! got a catch right across the
small of my back just as if something
had snapped. Then a severe pain
would set in which kept me in misery
and robbed me of all ambition. | was
unfit for any work. | began to get un-
easy about my kidneys as nothing 1
took seemed did me the least good. |
finally began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. | had coed results from the first
and after finishing two boxes, / was
cured"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburr Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18

about the Pinkham remedies and | took
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and was cured. / cannot praise
your remedies enough for | know | never
would have been well if / had not taken
il. Miss MARY A. HoRNER, Route
No. 2, Box Al, Window, Kansas.
Consider Well This Advice.
No woman suffering from any form
of female troubles should lose hope I'M
til she has given Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal in
gradients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for nearly
forty years proved to be a most valua-
bic tonic and invigorator of the fe-
male organism. Women everywhere
bear willing testimony to the wonderful
virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
II y0u want special advice write to
Lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co. conf
dential Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18

Engagement Of Divorced Wife of Nov
eIist Announced.

Kingston, n. Y, June 1S.-The en-.
gagement of Mrs. Upton Sinclair, di
vorced wife OF the novelist, to Hugh
Bert Halliwell of Poughkeepsie was
announced to the members of the
artist colony at Woodstock, Ulster
county. Halliwell is the son of the
late G. w. Halliwell, by the terms OF
whose will he is TO receive but $3.50
a week until the time of his marriage
After the wedding HalliwelPs allow.
ance is increased to $3.50 a week. Az
the birth Of the first child another
increase in the allowance takes place
Mrs. Sinclair and Halliwell met
while both were patients at a sana
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
A TONIC LAXATIVE
an Up-to-Date Family Medicine That
Should Be In Every Home

good tonic laxative the great majority
of cases of sickness would be pre-
vented.
Peruna is a remedy that should be
kept I'm the house. Its virtue as a
preventive to disease is the thing ]
wish chiefly to emphasize.
A slight condition Of constipation
may lead to serious sluggishness of
the bowels, biliousness, re-absorption
of poisonous material and finally
sickness. or apathy of the stomach
in which the food is not relished, may
gradually lead to atomic dyspepsia or
to the acquisition of some acute dis
ease. For either one OF these condi-
tions a few doses of the tonic laxative
Peruna would set matters right. This
is why the remedy should always be
kept handy by.
When once the value Of Peruna az a
household remedy is understood NO
home would be without it. Cathartics,
pills and powders would be discarded.
Irritating tonics would be no longer
taken. Alcoholic drinks would have no
place. With a few doses of Peruna a
vigorous appetite is produced n If
there be any sluggishness of the
W NAANAA AAANAADlA 10 bAAdAAAAJ AV
stored.
Most laxatives are weakening IN
their effect. A tonic laxative guards
against this weakening effect. Until
right living has become so thoroughly
established that all medicines are SUI
%perfuous, Peruna will be needed. 1t is
exactly the remedy that meets numer-
Gus necessities of the household. Sold
at all drug stores.
Mr.. John b. Perkins, % Whiting St,
Plymouth, Mass, writes: 81 think Pc
una is a number one medicine. 1 was
troubled with catarrh and bowel COM
plant. / tried several doctors, but
could only find temporary relief. 1
took Peruna and am glad to say that
it cured my catarrh and corrected my
bowels" PERUNA is FOR SALE AT
ALL DRUG STORES.
SPECIAL NOTICE-Many persons
are making inquiries for the old
time Peruna. To such would say,
this formula is now put out under the
name of KA-TAR-NO. manufactured
by KA-TAR-NO Company, Columbus,
Ohio. Write them and they will be
pleased to send you a free booklet
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
WEALTHY NOBLEMAN DEAD
Passing of Marquis Of Northampton
fastened by Lawsuit.

London, June 1S.-Behind the ac.
ton entered in the high cour: here as
Moss VS.. Compton, action for breach
OF promise to marry" is a romantic
story which may throw some light on
the sudden death announced from
Acqui. Italy, OF the Marquis of North
ampton. head of one of the highest.
noblest and wealthiest families in
England.
The defendant In the action, which
is down for a hearing shortly before
the special jury, is the Earl of Comp
ton, eldest son and heir of the dead
marquis. He is being sued for breach
OF a promise to marry he is said TO
have made to the fascinating and
charming musical comedy actress,
Violet Moss.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
SENORITA AvEGNA A SUICIDE
Owed s1,5oo,ooo, Chiefly in Form Of
Racing Debts.

Buenos Ayres, Argentina, June 49,
The body OF Senorita Irma Avegna
who disappeared a few days age
owing S~1,500,000, was found by a
farmer in an open field at Temperley,
near this city. She had stayed hid.
den in the suburbs and shot herself
when she discovered the police were
closing in upon her.
Senorita Avegna's troubles were
caused chiefly by horse racing. She
owned a stable OF racers and was an
all around horsewoman. It is said
that more than s5OO,OOO of the debts
of Senior Romeu, minister of foreign
affairs. are closely connected With her
liabilities.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18

Sundays and holidays changes to a
wooden fabric of darker hue. They
bear titles on the front and back.
There is a sprinkling of the poetical
element and a good deal of fiction, but
each carries a historical and biograph-
zeal index often illegible-stories of
crime mingled with tragedies, or you
find a farce or a comedy.
Moreover, these volumes grow, de
cay and die; chapters are added from
time to time, but the tale seldom ends
happily. These are the books that God
made-not always much TO look at, but
containing a great deal OF human in
terest IL you can get beneath the Gov
ers."
Hawthorne has shaken hands with
'Dutchman. Dago, Yankee, Greek" to
use the words of his great prison poem,
and he calls them brothers In every
thing he writes. With his fellow pris-
oners Hawthorne is all affability, but
when visitors come he is iii and ices
no one. His request made to Warden
Meyer was that he be not known as
Julian Hawthorne, the son of the great
novelist and himself a prominent liter
airy man, but merely as register 1885"
A reporter, presenting In writing a
request for an interview. received from
Hawthorne the following answer: 81
must ask you to excuse me. Here /
am, as you know. not a name, but a
number. If anything l have written
for Good Words has done good or has
caused interest 1 am glad, but have
nothing to say about It."
The new Hawthorne who knows"
the minister TO the conscience, is re-
vealed in one paragraph which he
wrote for Good Words.
Instead of feeding upon angry and
revengeful thoughts" he said, (which
corrode the heart that generates them,
use the occasion to e~xtirpate sinister
tendencies and to invite impulses of
generosity and good will. Look upon
your prison term as an opportunity to
repent Of the evil in you that men
know not Of"
In an editorial which he wrote for
the paper is implied a justification Of
his w act which brought about his
conviction.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
OFFICIAL FAREWELL
TO STEFFANSSON
Explorer Starts on Expedition
to the Arctic.

Victoria, p. C., June 18.-Oficial
ceremonies have been held and DR..
Vilhialmar "Stefansson and his party
are ready to sail on an exploring and
chronological expedition in the Arctic
on the steamer KarIuk. The official
photographs of the members of the
scientific STAFF were taken for the gov.
eminent archives and a luncheon
was given to Mr.. Stefansson by the
members of the government of British
Columbia.
At the end of the luncheon Sir
Richard Mcbride, on behalf of the
people of British Columbia, present.
ed to Mr.. S~teffansson a silver plate
engraved with a suitable legend and
containing also the names of all the
members Of the staff. In his speech
Of presentation Sir Richard declared
the sentiment of the people of Brit
ish Columbia in the liberality of the
government OF the Dominion in equip
ping an expedition Of such broad
scientific character. In his reply Mr..
SteffanssOn cOmplimented the navy
yard on the remarkable speed made
in Quitting his expedition.
DIR. Anderson, who commands the
Victoria Island division, and Captain
Bartlett of the Karluk also replied
on behalf Of the expedition.
Later Mayor Morley and the alder
men of the city visited the Karluk
and presented the expedition with a
set of flags to be used in taking pos
session of new lands, should any be
discovered.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis. June 17.-Wheat-July,
93Ikc: Sept, Csc. Cash close on track:
No. 1 hard, 95hc; No. l Northern,
94095c; TO arrive. 94694Rc; No. .
Northern, 92d 931ac; No. 3 Northern
90691c; No. 3 yellow corn, $50
591Rc; No. 4 corn, 55057c; No. 3
white oats, 39h D40c; to arrive,
39l5c; No. 3 oats, 3663Sc; barley,
47059c; fax, S1.31A; to arrive, 81.
31A.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
SNYDER, JR., STRUCK VESSEL
Steamer Wilpen at Duluth When
Spaiding Was Hit.

Duluth, June 1S.-All doubt as to
which steamer struck the Spalding on
Lake Superior Sunday has been
cleared up. 1t was the steamer Sny.
der, Jr., but Captain l.. A. Garu OF the
Spalding continues to maintain that it
was the WiIpen.
Il was certain the Wilpen struck
us. / saw the boat, and | am certain
1T was it," he said. I'VE passed
wreckage all the way down and |
thought the Snyder must have struck
some other boat"
Inasmuch as the Wilpen has been
In the Duluth harbor since ITO p. m,
Saturday this is out of the question.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
HAWTHORNE AIDS
FELLOW CONWICTS
Son of Famous Novelist a
Cheerful Prisoner.


New Humanity Urged by Register
435" In the Atlanta Federal Prison.
Calls Fellow Criminals brothers" In
His Latest observation-disclosures to See
Callers at the Prison.
Atlanta, Ga.-A new philosophy, full
Of humanity and understanding. has
been born to Julian Hawthorne, son of
the great novelist, since he became
register 4435," an inmate Of the fed
eral ~penitentlary here.
The deepest human element appears
In everything be has written for Good
Words, the prison paper, and is Great
ing for that journal a unique literary
interest. The son Of Nathaniel Haw-
thorne has turned minister to the
heart and conscience" Of his fellow
convicts.
More than in anything else is this
new found sentiment set forth I'm his
prison poem, Fool False" written to
the men who night after night tramp
~ceaselessly back and forth in their eight
foot cells. He has come to understand
the power that drives them.
Brother, l know" is the refrain of
the poem.
A recent issue Of the paper contains
the beginning of a new department of
which he will be conductor. He writes
of books, prescribing a model curse of
reading made up OF the choicest litera-
ture OF all countries and Of all time.
Reverence for his father is implied in
his selection Of two books Of Nathaniel
Hawthorne's, "The Scarlet Letter. and
"Our Old Home"
But along with his essay on litera-
ture he wrote of another subject which
has become more interesting TO him,
he says, since he became an inmate Of
the prison.
There is another and a greater IL
brary,' he said i'm his column. lit is
distributed among the ranks in pairs.
with a shelf TO each volume. Their
binding is homogeneous-stout blue
cloth on ordinary occasions. which on
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
BIG ADVANCE IN
EARNINGS SHOWN
Northwestern Roads Busy in
Present Fiscal Year.
GROSS RETURNS LARGER

Great N%orthern's Increase Over Ter
Million Dollars and Other Carriers
In This Section Have Substantial
Balances over Dividend Require.
ments.
New York, June 1S.-Operating re.
suits by the large Northwestern rail
roads thus far In the current fiscal
period have been unusually success.
full in comparison with a year ago.
Each of the companies chosen for
comparison will earn substantial bal
nee over and above dividend re.
quirements for the twelve months to
end June 30.
st. Paul will show between z and s
per cent available for its common
stock; the Northwestern will earn be-
tween 8 and 10 per cent on its com.
mon; Northern Pacific between s and
8 per cent on its total outstanding
stock, and Great Northern should
show about 10 per cent on its out
standing capital stock.
Gross returns by the four companies
mentioned during the first four
months of the current calendar year
were much larger than In the same
period of 1912, the monthly gains
having ranged from $500, 900 to more
than $4,000. 900. This last mentioned
item was shown by the st. Paul in
January, when the road made an ex-
ceptional showing.
Great Northern Increase.
In the same months, however, the
other three companies scored large
gross gains rel the previous year.
For the first ten months ending April
80 last the Great Northern shows a
gross increase of s10.1S6,573 the
Northern Pacific an increase OF So,
103,536, the ST. Paul an increase of
s13,0 ,919, and the Northwestern an
increase OF SSH. 959.
Net results since the beginning OF
the present calendar year have not
been al favorable In comparison with
the last year as the gross. Only one
OF the four companies has scored an
uninterrupted net gain since January
I last-the st. Paul. Indications are
that the road will continue to show
increases during the remainder
of the current fiscal year. 1t would
be surprising to see a gross gain
of about $s0O.O 900 and a net improve
ment Of about $4,000 for May.
Prominent Northern Pacific inter.
ests here declare that there Is abso-
lutely no truth in the report that a
reorganization under the federal char.
ter Of the Northern Pacific company
1.-THE old corporation) will be under
taken.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, June 17.-Cattle-Beeves
$7.35d9.10; Texas steers, $715mS.20;
Western steers, s7.1OG8.20; stockers
and feeders, $64OaS.30; cows and
heifers, $1,000 $50; calves, $7.7501 10.
70. Hogs-Light, $s.60GS.95; mixed
$S.5O08.921a; heavy, $8.30d8.S212
rough, $S.306S.45; pigs, $6.7O48.3O.
Sheep-Native, $5.OO66.1O; yearlings
$5.6506.S0; lambs. $5.6567.S0.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
BIG STRIKE Is THREATENED
Twenty Thousand Employed In Build
ing Trades May Go Out.

Chicago, June ia strike OF
10000 building workers in Chicago
became a possibility when the Build
ing Construction Employers assoeia-
ton sent an ultimatum to the Build
ing Trades council threatening to
lock out all unions in the council un-
less striking marble workers on the
Commercial and Continental bank
building returned to work before next
Tuesday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18
FINDS WATCH LOST
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS
Tim0plece Again Running After
Having Been Buried.

Menomonle, Wis.-Thirty-five years
ago this spring Register of Deeds Al
fred Halverson of st. Croix county,
then a young man, became the pos
SCISSOR of his first watch, an open faced
silver watch, with a heavy case. Young
Halverson valued his new possession
so highly that he carried 1t with him
at all times, even when he vas plow-
Ing on his uncle's farm.
He vas heartbroken after blowing a
few burrows n morning to find that
the watch had slipped from his pocket
and had been plowed under. With his
cousin, Edward Halverson. he back
plowed the burrows, cross plowed them
and then combed the earth for hours In
search Of the precious timepiece, but In
vain.
Recently while blowing on the Star
Prairie farm, Edward Halverson saw
the plow turn something metallic out
Of the ground. He stopped and picked
1t up and found 1t was a silver watch.
He at once thought of the one his
cousin had lost thirty-ive years ago,
and although the fields had been chang
ed. he discovered this was where he
had helped look for the watch years
ago.
The thick crystal was broken, and
the hinges were rusted, but he return
cd the old timepiece to its owner, and
q teweler to whom 1t was taken for
repairs discovered that the works were
free from dirt and rust and the adj
tustment still perfect
A little oil, q new pair Of hinges, a
new crystal, and the watch when
wound started to run as though 1t had
rackJ run down the night befoeA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18

Sometimes nervous women's afiic
tiops are imaginary again they are 9
form of actual and terrible disease,
at any event, every woman and CIR
should take a cleansing. purifying
medicine like HOLSTERS Rocky Noun.
tain Tea every week. Try this fol
awhile. 35c. Tea and Tablets. Ask
your druggist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-18

Paris, June 1s.-Passage of the
three-year service bill was forecasted
when the chamber of deputies decid-
ed to vote the measure urgent"
Such action closes debate and pre-.
vents filibustering. Close observers
predict that the army bill will become
. law by a large majority.