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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
"NOf a Bad Season for
the Canny Secretary"

(From the DenUer Republican,
Mr.. Bryan's lecture season is
about over. The rain of the equi-
nOctial is beating into pulp the
posters which announced the APP
pearance of 1.-The Greatest Amer
lean Statesman" The jugglers,
acrObats, yodlers and magicians
with whom he has been appearing
are turning to the more profitable
winter circuits. The Chautauqua
tents are being struck, and soon
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
A Little Sarcasm
from Columbus, 0.

(From the Columbus (OhioJ EUe-
ming DispGtGh.)
1t seems to be taken for granted
that no other nation would pur-
posely "act up" in the good old
Summer time and make 1t neces-
sary for the department to do
something.
That may be an unwise risk to
take, but what do the critics want?
Do they think that just because
they have to remain in Washing
ton and watch Congress, the State
Department offiaials should also
linger? And the people at a score
of Chautauquas waiting to hear
the eloquence of Mr.. Bryan? As
President Wilson would say,
"Tut-tut!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Has Already Brought Con-
tempt on Administration

he now gayly deserts the work
for which the United States pays
him $4,000 a year to discharge
his rhetoric and collect dollars on
the road.
Since Mr.. Bryan seems to have
no sense of public obligation, Of
official responsibility or of loyalty
to the Administration upon which
his evasion of his functions has
already brought ridicule and is in
more than fair way to bring con
tempt; since the mighty mouthed
Democratic protagonist of all the
political and moral virtues is con
tent to be a loafer and a shirk,
what is Mr.. Wilson going to do
about it?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
"A Dangerous Man-Why
Did He Enter Cabinet?"
(From the Boston Trqveler.J

From the Boston Trdveler.)
AS a leader of the plain people,
standing on the outside and telling
what ought to be done, William
Jennings Bryan was for years in a
class by himself AS a Cabinet OIL
cial who is leaving grave duties to
be attended to by his subordinates,
while he explains that he must lee
ture in order that his annual in
come may not fall below a speci-
fed total, he is a melancholy figure.
He is more than that--he is a dan
gerous man.
Why did Bryan enter the Cabi-
net? Why is he remaining there?.
The Acknowledgement discredited
himself in the California matter.
The Secretary of State is doing
more than that-he is discrediting
the country. He should resign or
attend to business
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
HIS COURSE IS CALLED
WHOLLY INDEFENS|BlE

he questioned the propriety of de-
partmental officers writing articles
for the magazines in exploitation of
scientific and other discoveries. He
held that department officers
should not allow themselves to be-
come literary beneficiaries of their
own inside knowledge. What would
he have said If his Secretary OF
State, publishing a journal, had
issued prospectus, asserting that
it would make a speciality of news
Of our international affairs. And
IL that officer had in addition been
routed with popular entertainers.
on a peculiarly lucrative gate re-
ceipt contract?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Uncle Sam and the
High Cost of Grape Juice.

From the Chicago Daily Net08.J
AS for the compulsion, the eco
nomic urge, that ostensibly drives
Mr.. Bryan to this course, it should
cause Uncle Sam to feel a measure
of remorse or some similar emo
ton. 1t is probable that he is not
paying his chief ieutenants enough.
Possibly he has been too busy to
consider the high cost of grape
juice and all the other concomi-
tants of diplomatic life in Wash
ington.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Does He Feel the
Net Thrown Round Him?

From the Jacksonville (FIa.) Times
UniOn.)
Is it not plain that Wilson was
wise in offering a seat in his
Cabinet to Bryan? Do not proofs
multiply that Bryan feels the net
thrown about him?
1t seems the character of Mr..
Bryan's associates makes no DIFF
ference, else we might inquire
whether a lot of people who give
cow-calls and are called Tyrolese
yodlers are fit companions on the
stage for our Secretary of State.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Ero- r~e R40A0ELAA uoRzH AnGeca1

light zone" between Summer and
Winter in Chautauqua, is giving
wonderful exhibitions battling with
an imaginary Beast" so as to keep
his hand i'll. There must be cal
cium in the air breathed by the
true Chautauquan, else he Is fish
out Of water, gasping for breath.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
1.-THE More He Talks the
Worse Light He Is In"

(From the Neio York Tribune.)
The more words Mr.. Bryan
speaks in defense of his Chautau-
qua undertakings. the worse light
he places himself in.
From a purely business point Of
view Mr.. Bryan's performance is
little short Of impudent. Mr.. Bryan
was under no contract or obliga-
ton to serve as Secretary of State
He could take the office or decline
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Says Bryan Is Beyond
Any Sympathy of Ours.
(From the Chicaqo Trtbune.l ]

From the Chicago TribuRe.j
Mr.. Bryan is as cheerful as Job
and as immune as Shadrach. He is
beyond our sympathy, but it Is i'm
possible TO escape the uncomfort-
able feeling that he is exposing US
as a tight listed nation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
"CartS His High Office
About u. S. on Wheels"

From the Portland (Or) 0regontdnI
Secretary of State Bryan is
obliged to exc out lean existence
as the highest officer but two in
the United States Government by
resort to the lecture platform.
1t seems that 5000 and less
was enough for great aristocrats
like John Hay. Elihu Root. Daniel
Webster, Thomas Jefferson and a
long line of illustr1ous Americans
who preceded MT. Bryan.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

II, as he chose. But having taken
it, the plalnest dictates Of ordinary
business obligation required that he
give his entire time and services
to his task.
Instead OF which he has from the
start neglected his duties in a fash
Ion little short OF scandalous; and
now proposes to add insult to in
jury by operating a private bust
ness venture for his own private
purse.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Was Never Intended to
Occupy a Cabinet Post

handy to sign state papers, is get
ting the front page In his endeav-
ors to explain the difference between
a ''yodeler" and a plain singer. 1t
appears that as a "filler-in" for
Bryan in his tour there is a band
Of Swiss singers, and Mr.. Bryan
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
(FOm the Boston HeraId.)

tFfom the Boston HerdId)
Viewed in its most favorable
light, Mr.. Bryan's course remains
wholly indefensible. The New
York Evening Post remarks that
Bryan's cutting off an interview
with the Japanese Ambassador, to
make connections with a Chautau.
qua engagement, did not look well.
The story. as it travelled over the
world, would do our diplomatic es-
tablishment no good. 1t would add
nothing to our dignity as a nation,
or to our standing before the civ
ilized world.
All this 10 ncontrovertible. When
Grover Cleveland was Pre- dent
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
From the Neto York Sun.

(FTOn1 the Ne10 York Sum-
Mr.. Bryan's excursions from
Washington and his post of duty
to crafty his incurable cacoethes
loquendi or Yawp's disease have
become more than joke. They
are a scandal. A Secretary of
State whose department is crowded
with grave and delicate interna-
tional controversies neglects the
country's business for his pleasure.
Ambassadors of foreign nations
must catch him, if at all, at ban
quets in other cities or between
trips at Washington. Having had
little but vacation since March 4,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Should Quit One Job
or the Other at Once.
(From the Baltimore Ne1os.J

After two months observation
of Mr.. Bryan's way of tearing
about the country, taking wild
automobile rides in order to keep
his engagements, appearing on the
platform with any and everybody,
we a-e quite certain that the av-
erage American citizen is ready to
conclude that Mr.. Bryan is on the
wrong tack and that he should
either quit the lecture platform or
quit his Government job.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

serves as a press agent for the
curtain raisers.
1t is seldom that n foreign troupe
of vaudevillians can secure a Sec
rotary of State to extol its merits
in print Mr. Bryan'S closest rival
on the circuit. having nothing else
10 do in the slack season, the ''twi-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
"At Last the Foot of the
Secretary Has Slipped"

From The ST. Louis TimesJ
We believe that the Secretarys
foot has slipped at last. We be-
lieve he has made it plain that he
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Should Resign, Says
the Philadelphia Ledger.
rom the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.)

(From the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.)
If Mr.. Bryan is not satisfied with
the $4,000 salary paid to the Sec
rotary of State he should resign
his post and betake himself in per-
feet propriety to the Chautauqua
lecture platform, where he may
earn money to his hearts content
He knew what the salary was
when he accepted the office, and if
$4,000 seemed to be meagre to the
unreconstructed boy Orator of
the Platte" who has known days
when $4,000 or even $1,000 was a
considerable annual income, he
should not have accepted the re-
sponsible post Of Secretary of State.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
WHAT THE PROMINENT
PAPE rs IN THIS
COUNTRY HAVE To SAY
Editorial Comments from Atlantic to
Pacific on the Activities of the Pre-
mier of the United States on the
Lecture Circuit.

The following excerpts from editorial pages of many of
the influential newspapers in the country give ade
quae how the nation regards the circus
activities of William ]. Bryan, Secretary of State:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
He Has Chautauqua
Itch and Has II Bad.

From The DenUer TimesJ.
suN 4ow Mr. Bryan, who Is
treading the Chatauqua circuit close
% Washington, so that he may ne
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

there will be humping steam pipes
In town and gllstening pumpkins
in the frosted fields of the coun-
tryside. But it has not been such
a bad season for our canny Secre-
tary of State.
A mild estimate puts his lecture
returns since last March at some
thing over five thousand dollars.
Altogether 1t should not be a
discontinued face which Mr.. Bryan
turns oficeward. One can do plenty
OF things with FIVE thousand in
velvet"
cares far less for the brow Of labor.
save as material for an oratoricaI
peroration. than he cares for the
Bryan feathered nest. the Bryan
Golfers. the Bryan lands and fine
linen.
This must be the conclusion of
the people as whole. We are
curious to know what President
Wilson's conclusion will be.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

FEW CARTOONS selected al depicting rdcuIe
increasing personal spchnakng
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-13

TEAKE advantage of this splendid opportunity hear
lot of fine music and to know the beauty of real In
stinctive Playing.
On Monday evening June 10th, free vocal and instru
mental concert will be given at
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-13
Pupils to Decide
Parade by Vote

School children in Orange are today
voting upon the question of march
ing in the safe and sane Fourth of
July celebration procession. The de-
cision to let the children settle the
matter was arrived at in a discussion
last night at a meeting of the COM
mittee in charge. There was some
objections to having the children
march in the sun.
Postmaster Edward S. Perry. who
presided, reported that he was col
Letting funds for decorating Main
street. 1t was announced there will
be a fireworks display in the evening
in lot opposite the Central avenue
playground.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-13
VAIN IDERSTINE
GIVES HIMSELF Up
South Oranges Assistant Post
master Paroled on Charge
Made by Irene DougaI.

Stanley B. Van Iderstine, assistant
postmaster at South Orange, surren-
dered himself in the First Criminal
Court today, where a warrant had
been issued for his arrest on a Sc
rious charge preferred by Miss Irene
Dougal, of IS South Seventh street.
He was paroled in the custody of his
counsel, Andrew s., Taylor. of South
Orange, to appear in court on Thurs
day
Miss Dougal recently filed suit for
$4,000 damages for breach of promise
through her counsel, John Manning,
in the Essex County Circuit Court.
In the suit 1t is alleged that the de-
PENDANT had been attentive to Miss
Dougal for a number of years and
became engaged to her. and on oc-
casions announced the engagement in
public. In this action Mr.. Van 1der-
etine was compelled to furnish $1,000
bail for his appearance in court, and
for this reason Acting Judge Rooney
announced that he would not require
additional bail.
The criminal charge was made
Through the Office of the Oversecr of
the poor, and Mr. Taylor announced
that he would object to any member
81 the city counseis stan pfoseout-
ing the case, as Mr.. Manning was an
assistant city counsel and was also
prosecuting Miss Douglas civil ac-
1ion against his client.
Van Iderstine declined to discuss
the charge against him with a re-
porter for the Evening Star further
than to state that he would fight the
case to a finish, adding that there
was absolutely no foundation for the
charges against him.
Mr.. Van Iderstine is highly re-
spected citizen of South Orange. He
is prominent in lodge circles.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-13
WOMEN DON'T WANT RIGHT
TO VOTE, SAYS UNCLE JOE

TUSCOLA, ILL.,. June 1S.-t'Women
don't want the right to vote" priv
ilege granted them in Illinois by the
Legislature last Tuesday, Joseph G.
Cannon, former speaker of the Ma
tional House, told a Douglas county
audience yesterday.
II am not afraid of woman suf-
frage," asserted Uncle joe" 81 am
not violently opposed, if the women
really want it, but if the proposition
were put to the women of the State
1t would be lost by $4,000 votes. Now
that we are going to have 1t in IL
linois i. will be good time for an
Awfully handsome man to run for
office"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-13
Delay Strike
Sentences Again
lFrom a stan Correspondence

PATTERSON. N. j.. June a.
Whether or not the county authori-
ties thought it was apt to be an
unlucky day, the sixty-seven strik-
ers. who were to have been sem
fenced by Judge Klenert, were not
brought into court. rhe sentencing
was postponed for week.
The strike leaders say that the au-
thorities in this instance, as in the
case of Quinlan. are suffering from
''cold feet and are afraid to pre-
cipitate trouble.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1913-10-30
CALLED BY DEATH
Well Known Young Sauk Centre Mat
ron Passes Away After an
Extended Illness

Mrs. Edward ,Middlestette OF this
city, died Thursday evening October
23rd, of pulmonary tuberculosis, and
funeral services were held at West
Union on Monday of this week.
Death is always sad: but when the
deceased is in the full bloom of life it
is doubly so. This was the case OF
Mrs. Anna Middlestette, she being at
the time, Of her death but a little
over twenty-six years of age.
Mrs. Middlestette was born in Free
mort in this county and was the eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad
.Beste, but most of her life was spent
in West Union to which place her
parents removed many years ago.
In May 1912 she was married to Mr..
Edward Middlestette of this city and
since that time has resided here. 1t
was an ideal union and perfect happi'
ness was the result. .-~ ~
!. About year ago her health began
To ldll dtlu Illc pilS o1Sibbo Niosc iIOSO
her ailment as pulmonary tuberculo--
sis, to which she finally succumbed
in spite of the best medical treat
ment. The deceased is survived 10y
her loving husband, father and sew
eral brothers and sisters.
The funeral services were held at
West Union where she had gone
about three weeks ago for visit and
where she grew steadily worse until
the end came. Although her death
was expected her relatives and friends
we're shocked by its suddenness.
The respect and esteem in which
she was held by her friends and neigh,
bors was manifested by the great con
course of people that turned out te
the funeral services, the church be-
ing packed to the doors and the cas-
ket was covered with floral offerings
sent by friends.
Father Scbeiner otficiated and in al
The Sauk Centre herald., 1913-10-30
WELL GROUNDED PROTEST
Ashley, Minn., Oct. 26, 1913.


Editor Herald: Through the COLI
unns of the Herald" / desire to ex-
press my dissapprovel of the very
pernicious habit of people and chill
dren throwing glass bottels in the
public highway, or road. This act is.
a misdemeanor, according to our.
present statute, and made punishable.
by fine or imprisonment, on convic-;
ton.
The act is very dangerous one lor;
horses, footmen. and autos, and may
do damage to the amount of $50 or
500, or even more. just a few days
ago / found a common beer bottle
standing upright in the wheel-track,
set there by two school children just
to be funny and let the wheel strike
| it and break it. Don't do it, but If
you have any old bottle to dispose of
| do not throw it into the public high
way, which may injure some valuable
horse or auto tires, leaving alone
some child might step on it and be
/ badly cut if barefoot. Again: Don't
do it Yours truly,
A. d. Carpenter.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1913-10-30

impressive address paid loving tribute
to the deceased stating that she was a
devout Catholic, of kind and cheerful
disposition and to know her was to
love her. Her delight was to minis
ter to the sick and afflicted and was
in much demand as a nurse. She was
faithful and active in church work
and could always be depended upon
to lend a helping hand at social gath
erings to aid in raising money for
church purposes.
After the funeral services the body
was borne to the Catholic cemetery,
and amid the prayers of the church,
was laid to rest beside her mother,
who had preceded her into the Great
Beyond about five years ago.
The choir under the direction of
Prof. Fl. Kiefer, rendered the Requiem
and final song at the grave in a very
creditable manner.
Whilst we deplore her untimely
death, humanity speaking, we hope
and trust she is now at rest in God.
! CONTRIBUTED
The Sauk Centre herald., 1913-10-30

FREETo advertise a new hair
dressing we will give Zoe application
to every boy going to school, city or
country, getting a hair cut at our
shop. Good for thirty days only,
Ed. Evans. adv
The Sauk Centre herald., 1913-10-30
FORTY-FIVE YEARS Ago
Interesting News Items Taken From
Herald of 1868. Edited by J. II.
Simonton, Still Resident OF
Sauk Centre
HERALD OF DECEMBER 5th, 1867

III FIN
Grain Markets: The grain deliver
les of the past week have been scanty,
wheat is quoted at $1.25 to $1.30,
most at the latter figure for No. i.
Oats come in very slowly, at one time
as low as 55 to 60 cents, but the quo
tation is now up to 10 cents with few
Offering. There is large supply in
the valley but farmers are inclined to
hold for higher prices.
By next Sunday Mr.. Evans congre-
CATION expect to occupy their new
church building. The inside is about
completed and the seats ready to be
put in. y ~. .->~ -
Venison is plenty in the market,
but it still commands the fair price of
five to eight cents a pound. p.
Married. On the 23rd. ult., at the
residence of the brides father, near
Osakis, by Rev. D. w. Evans, Mr..
John Moore to Miss Celesta Glover.
=
HERALD OF DECEMBER 18th.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republi-
can says that stock company is be-
ing formed in that city to go into a
rather novel business of manufactur-
ing ladies' rubber bosoms under
new patent.
"Wont you shorten your life?" has
The Sauk Centre herald., 1913-10-30
been substituted in Central City, for
the customary invitation to imbibe.

been substituted in Central City, for
the customary invitation to imbibe.
Ladies' If you want any fancy
goods go to the Union Clothing Store
and get them at your own prices.
Professor L. Kells will be glad to
wait upon you.
Uncle Sans overcoats, pants and
blouses at very low figures at the
Union Clothing Store.
HERALD OF JANUARY 16, 1868
Rev. E. v. Campbell pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at st. Cloud,
was made the recipient Of many val
liable and usefol presents on New
Years eve consisting of wearing ap-
parel, silverware, provisions, green
backs, &c. (Rev Campbell is still
pastor of the same church,
.a.- *~* s-E-
HERALD OF JANUARY 30th, 1868
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson is said to
have received $4,000 from the sale
of her husbands life.
St. Cloud Times The contract for
building the bridge across the .Sauk
River near the Wait farm, has been
let to Mr.. Morris, who is now en-
gagged in building bridge across the
Mississippi at this point. The job has
fallen into good hands. The contract
price is $4,000. ---.-..
Theordore Tilton's salary as editor
of the INDEPENDANT has been ad-
vanced from $4,000 to $1,000 per an
mum. He is by far the best paid jour-
nalist in New York for the amount of
work he does. Indeed Horace Greely
is the only editor that receives as
much as he does. s
The Friends of Temperance are in
vited to meet at the Congregational
Church of Sauk Centre, on Monday
eve. Feb. 3rd. to organize a lodge OF
the Independant Order of Good Tenn
plars, Rev. C. Griswold to preside.
We are indebted to the Hon. Mark
H. Dunnel, Superintendent of Public
Instruction for his Annual Report of
Public Schools for the year 1857
Also H. G. Rogers, Secretary of State
for his Annual Report to the State
Legislature. e. ~.
The following Bill has passed the
Minnesota House of Representatives
can act to authorize the town OF
Sauk Centre, in: the county Of Stearns
to issue bonds to aid in the construc-
ton of the Northern Pacific Railroad
to said town and to legalize the ac-
ton of said town in the relation
thereto" -
Star Soap Is cts. per bar, Rabbits
161a cts, Dried aples 16 cts per Id. at
Lambs.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1913-10-30
HERALD OF FEBRUARY 9Th, 1876

Private letters from Chicago in
dicate that Mrs. Lincoln is insane be-
yond all doubt, she has recently sold
all the furniture in her house, and
has two old men as body guard, be-
lieving she will be robbed and muir
dered. Her mania is for selling
things and dreading that she will
come to want. All her friends are
said to be concious of her condition,
but think so long as she is harmless
her removal to lunatic asylum
would increase her arrangement.
Mr.. Adley, hotel man at Osakis,
has issued tickets for an anniversary
dance on Lincoln's birthday. Tickets
$500, including supper. 3
T. c.. Mcclure of st. Cloud was in
town one day last week. As is always
the case he brought severe storm
with him. He got his nose frozen on
the trip and didn't stay but day.