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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13
A SINGLE SIX-YEAR TERM.

The Works amendment to the con
situation bids fair to be greeted with
cheer Of approval from sea to sea
AS now constituted, the presiden-
cy not only requires a physical super
man to carry its tremendous burden
Of work, it needs also moral super
man to resist the temptations that
has too often made a 'tirst-term presi-
dent a slave to a cecOnd-term ambi-
ton. Empires are organized for the
exceptional man, but it is the con-
slant striving of democracy to
shape institutions which shall be
workable by average flesh and blood.
, The pressure that cOnvergeS upon
a president to make his first term
one unceasing campaign for second
is terrific. There is the hOnOr-rOll
of his successful predecessors ever
before him. His own genuine desire
to serve the state points the same
way, as he realizes the tremendous
inertia of the vast machine that gov
ern nearly one hundred millions of
people, and grows impatient with
sloW-footed reform.
But the agonizing impulse comes
not from within but from without.
With every exercise of the appointive
power the president increases the
number of people whose personal
fortunes are bound up with his, to
whom his retirement would mean
loss of place, honor and income. And
added to this is the collective ambi-
ton of the party, leaders and fol-
lowers-one consuming thirst for
continued power. The president sits
at the focus of these various lines of
influence. OF the workaday nation
he sees but little; the job-hungry
and the political ambitious fill his
and opportunities. Being human
and sympathetic, he yields.
With a single six-year term be-
fore him, the president will decide
many things in the light OF the pub
lie good which are now decided by
the hunger for continued power of
his official family. He will have at
tanned the summit of American pollt-
ical honor, and will not be stung
and goaded by the ambition to be
counted among the little company OF
presidents who have composed
second term.
We remember in the heated days
Of last July there were certain
American citizens who almost lost
faith in an overruling Providence as
they contemplated the doings and
listened to the philippics of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. We trust that they
are now bowed in shame. But for
the exhibition he gave of the capac-
ity of inordinate ambition to disre-
gard a wise tradition regarding the
substance and not the form, we
should not now be within hands
touch of the opportunity to strength
en- a conspicuously weak place in our
governmental machinery. T. r..
builded better than he knew-or
than he guessed-St. Louis Repub-
Iii.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13
Wutlf Study !Abnernlafs.

Arthur Macdonald in the Congress
sionaE:-"I have been advocating a
plan for many years in the congress
of the United States to lessen crime
and other abnormalities. The idea
is to establish laboratories Or bureaus
for scientific investigation. l believe
that every large city, every state and
especially federal governments
should have such laboratories which
are just as necessary as health de-
partment If not more so. A patho-
logical study of the signs of physical,
mental and moral stigmata of degen-
GRAFTON should be conducted. l
would suggest that young university
men, trained in psychology and medi-
cine be engaged to start the work.
The plan proposed by Mr.. Mac
Donald is not entirely original. The
old theory that drink made most OF
our criminals, our insane and our
abnormals has been exploded. Rath-
er has it been determined that the
excessive use of liquor is the result
rather than the cause of these condi-
tions. The theory also that the aho-
lition of alcohol would regenerate
the nation has been found to be a
fallacy. Scientists are now turning
their attention to the study of the;
mentally warped to determine the
cause, and in many instances It has
been found to be hereditary. Sump-
tuary legislation has proved failure
in regulating the mind and morals
of men. The last decade has brought
forth an earnest effort to improve
the habits and disposition of men by
study rather than by coercion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13
WHY IT SUCCEEDS.
Because It's for One Thing Only, and
Leon People Appreciate This.

Nothing can be good for every
thing. 49,.
Doing one thing well brings sue
cess. y
Doan's Kidney Pills are for one
thing only. .
For weak or disordered kidneys.
Here is Leon evidence to prove
their worth. Z
Mrs. S. Wood, Fourth ST., Leon,
Iowa, says: ri consider Doan's Kid
ney Pills an excellent remedy and can
recommend them. ! have used this
preparation when troubled with
backache and it has done me world
of good. I was annoyed by my kid
neys and had severe backaches and
other symptoms of kidney complaint.
Doan's Kidney Pills acted promptly,
benefitting me in every way. / do
not hesitate to endorse them"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan' s.
and take no other. r.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13
SAFEGUARD THE PRESIDENCY.

The Works resolution now before
the house provides for an amend
ment to the constitution OF the
United States, fixing the presidents
term Of Office at six years and for.
bidding reelection. 1t provides that
no one who has been president prior
to the adoption of this amendment
shall be eligible to election after
ward
On one point the Works resolu-
ton is not quite clear. 1t fails to
provide in express words that the
term of the president in office at the
time the amendment is adopted shall
be extended to six years. Senator
Works argues that it would have
this effect; but so important mat
ter should not be left to argument.
Without doubt, the house will pro-
pose and the senate accept an amend
ment making this matter too clear
to be misunderstood.
So far. good. But the work is
only begun The resolution must
pass the house by tWo-thirds vote.
and then must be ratified by the
legislatures of thirty-siX states.
Every citizen who wants the presi-
dency safeguarded from sucking
Caesars and imitation BonaparteS
should set himself the task of push
ing this amendment to final adop-
ton at the earliest possible moment.
Spokesman of the perpetual can
didate from Oyster Bay have already
raised the cry that this amendment is
put forward TO "persecute MI
Roosevelt and bar him from the
presidency" Neither charge is true1
nor would the merits OF the amend
ment be less if both charges were
true.
The talk of persecution" is drivel.
No man is prosecuted by being
subjected to conditions which 90
100000 of his fellow countrymen
impose on themselves.
The amendment was not devised
to bar Mr.. Roosevelt from the white
house. 1t was Mr.. Roosevelt's in
sane ambition that showed the need
of such an amendment; which is
very different thing
Mr.. Roosevelt got not quite p
per cent of the votes cast at the last
election. With or without an amend
dency.
But without the amendment, DIR.
can and will inject his, mad
egotism into every campaign as long
as he lives He can prevent needed
reforms by focusing the attention OF
friends and foes on his clamorous
And without an amendment to
the presidency, a wiser
Roosevelt may come some day, a
who will know when to
keep still as we'll as when to speak;
and intrench himself so firmly in the
white house that only an armed
can drive him out.
Pass the Works amendment. Guard
the highest office in the land from
and dictators. Free the
president from the need and temp,
tation of playing politics; and free
the people from the need of standing
on guard, lest Caesar come while
they sleep.-Chicago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13
MAKE THE JOB COMPLETE.

Every democrat in the senate save
one went on record Saturday for
constitutional amendment lengthen-
ing the presidential term to SIX
years and making the president IN
eligible to reelection. A majority
of the regular republicans voted the
same way. Progressiyes attached to
the endless-term ambitions OF one
man provided the strength OF the
opposition.
This makes up a natural division.
The principle of the amendment IS
democratic in having had the adyo-
cacy of Jefferson, Jackson and Cleye-
land, and the Endorsement of the
last democratic platform. 1t is re-
publican in having had the advocacy
of HAYES and Benjamin Harrison. 1t
is not progressive, for the progress
sives in this case know no principle
but only one person.
But why does the proposed amend
ment deal fractionally with a part
of the constitution? The very next
section creates the electoral college,
which has twice served to elect
president against the decree OF the
popular vote, and which may at any
time bring the country to the verge
of revolution.
The proposed amendment should
abolish the electoral college. 1t
should also provide that the presi-
dent shall take Office within thirty
days of his election and that the
term of congress begin likewise:
The: country has had enough OF
the dangerous complications OF an
outgrown method of electing presl-
dents, 1t is even more outraged by
a system which leaves for months
in power and in negative or miscar-
riage of the expressed popular will
a president and congress rejected at
the polls. While about It, why NOT
make the job complete?-NeW YORK
World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(By Clyde H. Tavenner, special
Washington Correspondents to The

| tBy clyde n. IaFenner, SpeCla
Washington Correspondents to The
| Reporter.)
| Washington, Feb. Stew per-
sons realize the far reaching impor--
lance of the fact that the United
States will soon have an income tax
| on it's statutes
! First OF all it means that million
| aires WILL for the first time since
this nation has stood, bear fair
proportion of the burden Of taxa
ton.
1t is estimated that one hundred
| million dollars will be raised annu-
ally by taxing incomes. This will
mean that that amount OF taxation
is to be taken off of the things that
the people must have in order to
live and placed on wealth.
Under the system OF protection as
played in this country. nearly every
penny of the money necessary to run
the government, maintain the army
and navy, construct public buildings,
etc, is raised by taxing the things
the people eat, wear and use. The
only thing that protection does not
tax is wealth. A man with fortune
of ten million dollars has not been
required to pay single penny OF
tax to the national government.
This seems almost unbelievable, but
it is true. The man working on the
section for one dollar and fifty cents
per day, with family OF five chill
dren is at the present time actually
contributing more to run the nation
al government that the millionaire
bachelor, too proud to marry and
raise a family.
The United States OF America is
practically the only one of the great
nations where such a condition ex-
lists. Nearly every first class nation
ON earth levies either an Income tax
or an Inheritance tax We have
neither. i
Why have we never been able 10
place an income tax on the statute
books, is the question that naturally
arises. Here is the answer HiEit
protectionists have prevented IT,"
passage of an income tax Jaw, bG
cause they knew that the more mon
ey the government collected from
taxing incomes, the less excuse there
would be for tariff tax. TO take
protection away from the tariff
trusts is to Interfere with their
monopolies~ And how COULD the tar
if trusts gouge consumers without
having monopolies of American mar
ketS?
The Cotton Tariff Robbery
The American people are paying
annually about sS0,o0o,o00 more
for their cotton goods than they
ought"to pay. because of the iniquit-
GUS Payne-Aldrich tariff Law. The
6:srd Congress is preparing to inter
fere with this, robbery. There VIII
be a big downward revision on all
kinds; of cotton goods.
The cotton. schedule OF the Payne
Aldrich Law carries an average duty
of about SO per cent. This means
that every article of cotton cloth and
every piece of cotton yarn that comes
through the custom house., has 53
per cent added to it's foreign price.
And. on cotton goods THAT does not
come through the custom house. but
is manufactured in this: country. the
SO per cent is added just the same
by the home manufacturer:
When the tariff on cotton goods
is reduced one-third Or one-half Of
the present rates, this article 1870
much used by women and children,
may be had at the price more nearly
representing the actual value of the
goods
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13

With an appropriation of $780,
900 by the Michigan legislature the
state highway commission induced
the construction of 500 miles OF
hard roads last summer. Now the
commission wants S25O,000 per an
mum because it has on file appli-
cation for $50 miles of state aid
roads which it was unable to meet,
and there are more Applications
rom ing
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13
POPULAR ELECTION OF SENA'
TORS.

Colorado, Iowa, Idaho and Nevada
have ratified the proposed amend
mcnt providing for the direct cleo
ton of United States Senators. This
great reform has made more rapid
progress than the income tax, al
though it is now likely that the lat
ter will be formally ratified first.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13

Secretary Of the president has
come to be recognized as the hard
est kind of place to fill. President
Taft tried two or three men without
much success in any case. better
result is to be hoped and expected
for President Wilson in his choice
of Joseph P. Tumulty.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13
INCOME TAX VICTORIOUS.

With the ratification by West Vir-
ginia, Delaware, Wyoming and Ne"
Mexico of the proposed constitution
al amendment providing for the fed
sr1i income tax the United States has
ADOPTED that great reform. A law
VIII now be necessary to provide the
details for this tax. Washington dis
patches say that the new law Will
exempt all incomes below $4,000 or
$4,000,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13

The rush of states to get into the
income tax band-wagon, is an inter-
esting revelation Of the growth OF
public sentiment respecting this
equitable principle Of taxation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
recommended reduction in parcel
post rates. The troubles Of the ex-
press companies have only begun to
toddie.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13

I'VE can't have good roads in this
country unless we build them says
the Marion Register. 1T will take
work and money. Newspaper talk
don't amount to "a row of pins
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13

Road building is as foreign to the
average road supervisor as farming
is to a lawyer" insists the Macon
CITY Times. iowa needs road max
Fers of the highest skill.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13

r EFT the greatest athlete have dyspepsia and his
- fnfness and strength Of mind or muscle
depend upon tas blood. and the blood in turn,
requires a healthy stomach. for the. stomach is the
laboratory where the food is dgested and such ele
ments are taken up--or assiuilated-w (which make,
Giooa In consequence all the organs of the body,
such heart, lungs, liver and kidneys, as well as
the system feel the bad effect if the ston
arh ia deranped sh
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13

For any pain, burn, scald or bruise
apply Dr.. Thomas Electric Oil
the household remedy. Two sizes
Csc and soc at all drug stores.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13
No man is
Stronger
Than his
Stomach

The Medical Adviser by
Il. V. Pierce, NJ. D., But
tdlo, N. Y. answers hosts
Of delicate questions
about arhach every man
or avoman, single or mar
a'ied ought to knoav. Sent
free on receipt Of 81 one
cent stamps to pay for
acrapping and mailing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13
lDr. Pierce'S Golden
Medical Discovery

helps the stomach to digest food properly starts the
liver into activity removing the poisons from the
blood and the various organs get rich red blood in
stead Of being lily nourished. The refreshing influence
of this extract of native medicinal plants has been
favorably known for over 40 years. Everywhere
some neighbor tell you Of the good it has done,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13

Sold by ALI medicine dealers in liquid tablet form;
send SO One-ceMt stamps to DR.. Pierce, lnyAlidS
Hotel, Buffalo, and trial bOx Ni4 be mailed you.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-02-13

72efeTeNcs-DTe1g1 otute Du'1"
Having been bothered with catarrh
for several years and getting no per-
manent relief I consulted DR.. Trim
mer, the Chicago specialist, and can
say have had relief in every way
promised, and have had better health
the past winter thon for 5 or 6 years.
[ will gladly recommend DR.. Trim
mer to chronic sufferers.
Signed, Mr.. D. A. Meek,
r. F. D. No. &, Leon Iowa.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
WOmen'S Attire and
Nude in Art Scored
By DR., Dunbar Ogden

An appeal for decency in life ana
art was made by the Rev. Dr. Dunbar
ogden at the Central Presbyterian
Church Sunday night. The extreme
fashion OF womans attire Of the pres
ent day was declared by him to be
a menace to the morals and the nude
in art was even more vicious.
DR.. ogden referred to number of
local instances TO illustrate his ser
mon. Talking Of the moving picture
film, QUO Vadis." he said I'VE have
the illustration Of how Rome threw
decency to the winds as it INDUCED in
bacchanalian revelry. History tells
us of how Rome tottered and fell.
Our present trend is toward the moral
disintegration which destroyed
Rome"
Referring to the recent exhibition
Of art in the show windows Of At
lanta stores, he declared their exhibit
ton to be a crime, and that punish
ment as such should be melted out to
the exhibitors
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
Many Miss Trains Because They
Must Have Gust One More"
Declares H. 7. Lewis.

When old Noah Webster solemnly
set down in his book that a kiss is
"a salute or caress given by smack
ing the lips" he probably thought ne
had said the last word ON the sub
ject. and q great many people have
long held ,he view that Mr.. Webster
knew -impersonaIly- about the
kiss than amy other man.
But he hadn't and he didn't
An Albanian has something TO say
about the kiss and its habits and he
deposas earnestly that he kuows-im-
personally always impersonally -
more about OSCILLATION than Mr. Web
ster or anyone else
Which is by way Of introducing IA.
T. Lewis guardian Of the portals of
the Terminal Railway station IN
other words, gatekeeper. Mr.,
Lewis declares he has seen more
kissing and heard more kissing than
any other man in Atlanta. and he is
ready TO fall in with the fashion and
make an affidavit. He took a pencil
and a piece Of paper Saturday morn
ing. and he "hggered" earnestly for
some moments, Then he made this
statement.
Million Kisses Yearly.
Il see 100000 kisses a year-and
I've been here six years"
He figures il this way:
He sees about sixty trains come and
60 each day. and the passengers av-
erago about so TO a train OF thea,
! about nifty kiss someone, either COINS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23

or coming. which makes a trihe over
a million smaCks a year that are de
liycreJ and accepted at the gates
Therefore II seeing 100000 kisses
makes a man an authority on kiss
ing. then is Mr. Lewis the last word
on osCulatory Carcsses. SO listen to
what he says about life on the
Bridge OF KISSES the station at
taches have named the platform
leading from the waiting room to the
train sheds-and among other things
you'll see why he is invariably in a
good humor
IF it wasn't for the kisses we see
and the kisses we hear" he said,
"the life of the gatekeepcr would be
deadly mouotony. We see every
kind of kiss here az the gate, from
the Mamthon kiss of the lover to
the bashful peck of the scnoolboy
and the earnest efforts Of people to
emulate a clap of thunder
Kissing Gains in Favor.
Mr.. Lewis said people are kissing
more now than ever before. at least
in the railway stations.
THE people who used to bid each
other good-by with handClasps are
now kissing" he declared. Some
people have to be kissed three or -four
times before they feel equal to the
dangers Of a trip. Many are the
times I've seen them miss a train
because they had to have Just one
more kiss"
with the 100000 kisses in six
years as a basis, certain scientifically
inclined souls organized another eX-
petition TO Mr. Lewis paper and pen
| Cil and evolved the following start
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
CONTESTANTS IN
PONY RACE LET
CHANCESSLI
Many Votes To Be Had for the
Asking-EnergetiC Ones Have
Better Opportunity,

Every day persons come into The
Georgian and American Offices and
order the paper sent to this or that
address. saying nothing about votes.
II these persons had been approached
by one Of the boys or girls in the
pony contest the candidate would
have been rewarded by a good batch
Of votes.
This only goes to show that votes
are to be had for the asking.
Mail orders from the country. too,
show that the boys and girls outside
the city are not getting every sub
scriber they could.
Only Hustlers Win.
Contestants should remember that
anyone will feel kindly toward the
boy or girl asking them to subscribe
for The Georgian and American.
Whoever subsCribes gets his moneys
worth, and the candidate gets the
votes.
The % ponies and the AZ watches
are going to be given away. Some
one is going to win them. They will
go to the contestants who show the
>
the greatest amount Of intelligent eff
fort
There is no notch into which a
weak vaCillating candidate will fit.
Optimism Big Help.
The idle dreamers and "wishfuP
candidates will gravitate to the bot
tom just as surely as "A stone sinks in
water, or a short winded man falls
behind in a foot race
Optimism helps every time, and
the candidate who believes ne can
get votes will get them.
Remember the bonus offer for
clubs of five still is in effect. If you
need a subscription to complete a
club, tell people, They will be just
that much more ready to help you.
Big gains were shown in the stand
ings yesterday. The race is becom-
ing lively.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
IT,, Il II" Il" H.. liz
-: iSS'I'>t~..DIFiDLf.''>>;;SS
c,p' flwqr
'1'l~.'O(H7'NI
Trying 1t on
the Guest First.

little boy, who lives on Ponce
DeLeOn Avenue was given two i'm
ages Of plaster. coated on the outside
with pink sugar. He wanted to eat
the images, but he was warned on
no account TO do So
They are poison" he was told.
If you eat them it will kill you"
However, the boy was dubious. He
had been cheated before this by
grown-up people. Finally he had a
young friend to spend the day with
him and that night 1t was discov-
cred that one Of the images had dis
appeared. His mother, nearly fran
tic rushed to him.
Harold" she said. where is the
pink image" Harold frowned as he
answered. defiantly: Il gave it to
Richard, and if he's alive tomorrow
I'm going to eat the other one my
self
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
Age in Language
on Expense Account.

This one was told the other even
ing by a guest Of some officers sta
toned at Fort McPherson:
An army officer in his expense list
on Government service put down:
Porter 10 cents"
The officer was requested to re-
port to the War Office, where he was
told:
while executing public duty re-
freshments are not chargeable to the
nation"
The item does not represent re-
freshments," he replied, but a fee
to a carrier"
you should have said 'porterage,' "
was then explained TO him.
When the officer had occasion to
take a hanson, remembering instruc-
lions, he wrote in his accounts:
Cabbage, 80 cents"