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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-22
RUNNING DOWN THE LOBBYISTS

Mr.. Dies, of Texas, has some excuse
for suggesting that Congress, instead
of investigating the lobby, is investi-
eating itself. Self-examination is a
wholesome moral exercise at times
but it is doubtful if any more sub
stantial results can he expected from
the new resolution of inquiry THAI
have been yielded by the investigt-
ton which was inspired by the Pres
ident's warning of the industry of the
tariff lobby.
So long as Congress legislates mon
ey into and out of mems pockets, so
long as it may legislate in the inter
ests of railroads or against them, fo'
or against corporations, in the inter-
est of employers or wage-earners, il
restraint of food adulterators or n
sanction of their practices, the per-
sons affected will try to influence tn"
actions of members 1t is not only
inevitable, but within certain limits il
is proper. The Manufacturers News
of Chicago, says The manufacturers
of this country have just as much
right to maintain paid officials in
Washington to look after their inter
ests as the Labor Trust has. The man
ufacturers of this country have 4
right to vote, they have the right to
influence others to vote. They have
the right to work against any legisla
tor who is their enemy
So much may be admitted. If thu
tariff puts money into their pockets it
is inevitable that they will try to de-
feat candidates for Congress who ia
vor low duties. But what form 81
Congressional persuasion are to BE-
permitted? 1t IS not necessary to dis
cuss actual briberty, because no one
extenuates that. But the candidate
for Congress who allows the National
Association of Manufacturers to pay
his campaign expenses has virtually
sold his vote, mortgaged his action III
Congress, to the association whose
money he has taken. He has no right
to do that He has no right to incur
obligations of that sort.
No candidate for Congress has any
right to accept the help of men VIII
work in secrecy and communicate il
unsigned dispatches; no member o.
Congress has any right to accept per
; sonal favors from men who wish t
influence legislation, and it's very
serious question of propriety how IA
| members should allow persons VIII;
have interests in pending legislatio
to talk to them in private. Perhaps
this is beyond the reach of law Of
, rules, but so far as possible wha
, outsiders have to say about pendins
| bills should be said to committees
This investigation will be useful i:
J so far as it shall confine itself to +;
search for improper means of infu
; encing legislators 1t is a waste o
F.. time to investigate all the Protection
list agencies which have thied to ge
: Congress to support high duties, ant
t all the Prohibitionist agencies tina
, have tried to get Congress to enact ;
prohibitory law and all the labor un
} ions that have tried to get Congress!
to legislate in restraint of judicial in
| functions. And if Congressional
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-22
THE CURRENCY BILL
(From The Outlook. }

try is to be divided into districts or
regions, at first not less than twelve.
In each of these districts or regions
there is to be Federal reserve bank,
in which the banks of the region that
comply with the conditions of the law
may keep a large part of their legal
reserve, thus "mobilizing" or concen-
trating the reserves of the region in
a simple institution. Provision isl
made for the retirement during a per-
iod of twenty years of the preseL,
bond-secured circulation therefor Of
United States treasury notes issued
through the regional reserve banks
and based upon assets.
The present banks are to be given
3 per cent bonds in place of the per
cent bonds, the value of which at sucl
a low rate of interest rests tragedy in
their circulation function Simple JUS
tite rr.1 II is exchange The &c al
amount of national bank notes which
W II thus be retired at the rate of 80 i
900 900 a year is about $500 100000.
In addition, provision is made for .he
in7mediate issue to the banks, as ocd-
ed, currency not to exceed s. 'J,tON.-
900 in United States treasury notes
based upon assets This extra issue
is to be made elastic by permitting
the Federal reserve board to tax it
Each of the twelve Federal reserve or
regional banks is to have the power
! to fix the rate of discount on loans
and commercial paper for its region,
subject to the approval of the Federal
reserve UOdTu.
The Federal reserve board is to be
composed of seven members, three OF
whom shall be the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of Agricul-
ture and the Comptroller of the Cur
rency. The other four members are
to be appointed by the President with
the approval of the Senate.
The division of the country into reg
ions or districts, SO that local condi
tons and local needs can be Wisely
dealt with the basing of our bank
currency upon assets instead of on
bonds; the fixing of the rate of dis
count by central boards of bankers
with government power to modify
their decisions; and the embodiment
of the idea of government supervision
of the whole system, are all steps in
advance of our banking methods.
We hope the bill will be passed.
practically in it's present form After
it has been put in operation it will be
time enough to discover from practi-
cal experience what amendments as
to details and methods of operation
are necessary. On the whole, the
bill, as it now stands, expresses the
best banking wisdom and sentiment of
Europe, Great Britain and the United
States.
The most serious mistake of the
administration in connection with il
seems to us to be the prominence Mr..
Bryan has been allowed to assume II
relation to its framing and enactment
Whatever Mr. Bryan's other virtues
are, and he has many, he does not
possess the virtue of having the con-
f1dence of the country in financial mat
tiers. He has been twice defeated de-
cisivily for the presidency on the is
sue of his own financial theories.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-22

tie county as whole, gratitude for
this work can be shown in no way bet
ter than in the continuance in the most
effective manner of the important work
he has supervised and so ably mall
aged.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-22
SAVING THE BIRDS

|
ervation of migratory birds, passed
Iby the last Congress and approved
March 4 as one of the last official acts
of President Taft, will be made effec-
tive October l by the regulations pre-
pared by the Department of Agricul-
ture and now published for the crit
icism of the public. These regulations
in large measure supersede state
game laws and bird laws. Where they
are more restrictive than the state
| laws, the latter will not apply, but in
such instances as those where the
state laws supply additional restric-
tons, the latter will remain in effect.
There is nothing permissiye about
the federal law. 1t is not a license to
do anything not prohibited 1t is re.
strictive only, and states may indulge
in as much additional protection %
birds within their borders as they d.
sire. No hunter can violate a state
law becase it differs from the federal
law, nor can he violate the federal
law becase of any state regulation.
Protection is given to all so-calle
game birds of a migratory habit and
to all migratory insectivorous birds.
This includes nearly all birds of COM
mon knowledge and many the ordinary
individual is not familiar with. The
regulations put an end entirely to all
spring shooting of any kind of fowl,
and much restrict the fall opening
seasons in most states. On number
of birds which has alarmingly d.
creased in numbers a complete closed
season for five years is established.
Among these are pigeons, swans, cur
lew, plover, shorebirds, jacksnipe and
woodcock. A complete closed season
is established on insectivorous birds.
1t will be unlawful to shoot them at
any time. This embraces all the COM
mon birds, such as the bobolink, cat
bird, chickadee, grosbeak, martin,
meadowlark, oriole, robin, shrik =,
swallow, tanager, thrush, viero, whip
poorwill, woodpecker and wren. An
other protective measure is the estab-
lishment of free migratory highway
from north to south, where no shoot
ing may be done at any time. This
highway consists of the Mississippi
River from Minneapolis to New Or,
leans, the Missouri from it's mouth to
Bismarck, and the Ohio from Cairo TIC
, Pittsburg,
The protective feature of the fedora
law is made operative by prescribing
fine of 500 or ninety days in Jail, o.
both, for violation of any feature .,
the law or regulation, and the appro
priation of $4,000 to carry it out. TIL,
appropriation is small and does nc
permit employment of special inspec
tors, but the department no doubt ex
poets to work in harmony with stat
wardens and local authorities. Ever
! lover of bird life must feel gratef,'
that at last this practical step ha
been taken to preserve our wild fow
and song birds, whose exterminatiov
has been so visibly going on, an
whose value to farmers and orchard
lists as insect destroyers has only @
late years been fully realized.
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-21
GOVERNOR SHOULD OBEY
 THE LAW.

Senator Worsley of Pima county was right when he said that the gov ernor of Arizona should obey the law. The present statute makes murder punishable by death, This is the law and as long as it is on the books, the law should be enforced.
 It is not a prerogative of the governor of Arizona to nullify the effect of any statute by subterfuge. If the law is wrong, it should be changed by the legislature or the people and not by the governor.
 The lstter's determination to abol- ish capital punishment despite the wishes of the legislature and the people of the State has proven a most costly policy to the taxpayers.
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-21

nails. On the farm he meets prob lens every day that he alone must solve. He has no time to go to the city for the services of the special ist.
 The United States has been the country boy among the nations. Now we propose to have her served by specialists, thereby destroying our self-reliance and our initiative.
 How is it elsewhere? The people of Europe are governed, and the result is less prosperity for the masses. The middle class in Europe drives no automobile, but the state operates his telegraph, his telephone and his railroad, and tells him ex- actly what he may and what he may not do. Among the masses France is the most prosperous country in Europe. Yet in proportion to popu- lation there are fully ten corporat- ion-owned telephones used by the people of the United States for one that is used by the people of France where the government owns the telephone system.
 In France the government owns a mile of railroad for each thousand of population. In the United States corporations have built a mile of railroad for each two hundred peo- pie.
 It Is high time for the modern school boy to be studying history in the right sort of way. There he will find the story of human expert ments in government, the narrative of how the world has. gone forward by leaps and bounds under the stim- ulus of individualism and how 1t has Jagged behind when the individual has been denied opportunity to bet ter himself. ..-..
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-21

shown to their seats the roll had been called and the motion for sine die adjournment carried. Six mem bers of the Senate had already gone to their homes and the same num- Der of Representatives had depart ed. Those remaining voted unani- mously to end the fourth session of the First legislature and all was over.
 There was not good cheer until the Senate had quit the House chamber, for during the past two days there has been some war be- tween the two houses.
 When the session convened this morning the tax levy bill, which had been amended in the House. after 1t was sent over from the Senate, was back in the House for consider ation, but under the consent rule the bill could not be considered on account of the action of Brown of Pinal who declared he would not give his consent and make final ad- journment possible unless the House took up and considered the Frisco Fair appropriation bill. Finally the friends of the Fair in the House mustered enough votes to get their bill to a vote but it failed to receive in its favor a majority of the older members of the House, the vote be- ing sixteen to thirteen for, conse- quently there will be no fair exhibit at Frisco or San Diego paid for by the State. This bill out of the way the tax levy bill was soon agreed to and adjournment, as related above, was taken.
 Just prior to adjournment Cover nor Hunt signed the mine tax bill making the same a law, for it car ries an emergency clause
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-21

will be based on the republican vote cast, instead of on the representa- ton in congress as now, will be a powerful factor ill securing votes for women. The states where women cast large percentage of the vote, as California, would have a far greater proportionate strength in the national convention than population would warrant, when compared with other states where the women have no votes. All political parties are likely soon to adjust their delega- tions to national conventions on the basis now proposed for the republi- cans. In order to have all the strength, each state could muster, the natural result would be to enfran- chise the women.
 All the women of this country need to do is to continue to act sanely and the ballot will come in time, and that time will not be far distant.
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-21
VOTES FOR WOMEN.

Each day brings reports of more outrages committed by the militant women of England. So serious ha. the condition become that the palace of the royal family is closed to vis- itors and heavily guarded. The Duke of Marlborough has just announced that Blenheim palace is closed, though the duchess and her mother are suffragists But the militants, in their campaign carried on with bomb and torch, are no respecters of per sons. What they mean to do is to strike terror.
 Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont says she is convinced that suffrage will never come by peaceful means in the Unit ed States. While nine states have granted suffrage already, and favor able consideration Is being given to 1t in several other commonwealths, including New York, it is quite cer- tain that further extension of the franchise never will occur in this country through any other than peaceful means, notwithstanding Mrs. Belmont to the contrary.
 The proposed reorganization of the republican party so that dele gates to the national convention
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-21
UNABLE TO GET
 INTO STATE OF TOBASCO

SPOKANE, May i5.-Oniy four months after he ceased to be Gov ernor of the State of Washington Marion E. Hay went to the Mexican border, where he succeeded in get ting into state of uncertainty but failed to get into the State of To basco, Mexico.
 The former governor tried every means of gaining entrance to To- basco, and as a last resort he tried to ship on a gulf vessel as an able bodied seaman. He was told that his knowledge of the tariff and his experience in steering the ship of state could not be put to use be- fore the mast.
 Mir. Hay and his brother, E. T. Hay, left their home in Spokane five weeks ago intending to look over their property in the state of Tobasco. A considerable portion of that state is owned by Washing tons former governor-ll7,OOO acres to be exact.
 They spent some time in Texas, before deciding to go to Tobasco to see if any of the revolutions had changed the topography of their land.
 The former governor flashed a roll of bills at the railroad office and asked for tickets to some point in Tobasco. There was nothing doing He got in touch with the president of the railroad. Stil1 there was nothing doing, the railroad official explainin~ that the various bands of patriots along his line were so pes tiferous that trains could not be op- erated.
 Then the Hays thought of going by water. But the only ships sail ing at that time had full passenger lists booked for in advance.
 Entreaties and cajolery failing to get them on board. the Brothers Hay took last desperate step. They presented themselves as able bodied seamen. Again they were refused There is no question about their being able bodied, either, as Wash ington's former governor stands about six fet and weighs 200 pounds. And he has an abundance of muscle. induced by exercise in the wheat fields near Spokane, where he got the start that places him in the mil lionaire list today.
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-21
THE VAIL OF BEsTHUSADA.
(Phoenix Democrat

tPhoenix Democrat)
 The vail of the demented prophet in Persia who proclaimed himself the only living God of the world
 was strictly in keeping with the dy- ing vail of George w. P Hunt as the legislature deprived him of a power he has so grossly abused.
 During the life of the constitution
 al convention no man was so loud in his declarations to let the people rule" as was Hunt His frenzied efforts on behalf of a broader liberty for the people deceived many voters into the belief that at last Arizona was to have a man in the governor s chair who would be a servant of the public and not its master. But there were many thoughtful citizens who lad served with the gentleman in the legislative halls, who realized his incompetency and unftness for the high office of governor, and today, less than one and one-half years of Hunt regime. we find the State overloaded with debt, the Democratic party discredited, the public institutions in the hands of incompetent men and horde of ap- pointees drawing large salaries,
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-21
A COUNTER ATTRACTION.

The Gazette" is printing columns of boost stuff in the hope of for warding its desire to pull off an au- tomobile run to San Diego, to reach that city on the Fourth of July.
 Prescott, at the invitation of the Maricopa Auto Club and other or ganizations in Phoenix, IS making every effort to bring the automo- bilists of the Salt River Valley and other heated sections of Arizona to The MILE HIGH CITY where el- aborate arrangements are being made for. their amusement and com fort.
 It is confidently hoped by the peo- pie organizing the large automobile run from Phoenix to Prescott on July }, that at least 100 cars will come over the new road eliminating Yarnell Hill and offering a cool, comfortable drive over its entire course.
 We opine very strongly that the run proposed by the Gazette" over the blistering sands of the desert, via Yuma and through the hot stretches of the Imperial Valley offers little in prospective comfort to the auto mobilits who seeks rest during this holiday
 As an instance of the correctness of this opinion, it is reported that Attorney General Bullard, who is one of the automobilists of the San Diego party. is going to ship his car from Phoenix into Banning California, to avoid the horrors of the hot drive across the sand.
 Now comes J.. D. Cross driving the "Gazette's" pathhnding Kissell car from Phoenix to San Diego. In his telegram to the Gazette, May 16, Cross says that it took him four teen hours to drive from Yuma to Calexico; that the Yuma bridge was out and the Colorado River was crossed by his car over the railroad bridge. The most pathetic sentence in his message is as follows:
 "Calexico offers all assistance in helping the cars through, ii the road is not completed by the time of the San Diego run from Phoenix in July"
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-21
A CASE FOR THE RECALL.
(Tucson Citizen.)


 Governor Hunts prison policy has cost the taxpayers of the state of Arizona many thousand dollars. His first veto of the penal code on the ground that it took from him the pardoning power necessitated long extra session of the first legislature which has already cost the State more than S20O,OOO.
 Tn his reply to the protest of the citizens of Prescott against the fur ther reprieve of the Yavapai county murderers, Governor Hunt said that he did not want the blood of these men on his hands When the legis- lature takes him at his word and relieves him of this responsibility, he raises the objection that the gov ernor is being shorn of his preroga- tives and threatens to resort to the referendum.
 The Citizen does not favor capital punishment, but believes that no good can come from Governor Hunts policy of attempting to force the people to abolish it. Rather the public mind should be educated on the subject. As long as a great ma jority of the citizens of the state favor capital punishment, il is futile to attempt to abolish it.
 Governor Hunt threatens to in yoke the referendum against the law shearing him of the pardoning pow er The Citizen/hopes that he will carry out his threat and that at the same time the question of the recall of the governor will be submitted to the taxpayers of the State. By this waste of public funds, his reckless extravagances, and unwise prison policy, the governor has taxed to the limit the patience of the citizens of the State.
 The Hunt administration Is hope less IL has demonstrated its entire unftness to guard the interests of the taxpayers of the State The governor should be recalled without delay and a man pledged to econ amy in every department of the state government should be placed in she executive chair
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-21

Dealers now advertise that per fectly good mummies may be had for the sum of two hundred dollars each. Just what any one would want to have a mummy in the house for is difficult to conjecture, to say nothing of the objections that might be raised by the health authorities.