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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-06
THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.

THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
A presidential primary may be
more democratic-in the broad and
not the partisan sense of that word
than the old style nominating
convention, but it will take the re.
public another step away from rep
resentative government. It will also
disappoint it's advocates in the rural
districts and small towns because it
will enable the great centers, where
votes are more easily handled by par
ty leaders, to control the elections.
The big cities will nominate the can
didates. What will the farmers gain
by transferring political power to
the great centers of population? And
the small states will suffer proper
tionately. There is more of an
equalization of sovereign proroga-
tives under the present system than
will be possible under the new
Burlington Hawk-Eye.
The claim made by the Hawk-Eye
has been presented and insisted up
on by opponents of the primary plan
for years, but nobody believes that
such a method enables the cities to
make the nominations.
The same sort of argument was
presented in Hamilton county
against the primary. 1t was claimed
that under the primary plan, Web
ster City, having substantially one
fourth of the votes of the county,
would make the nominations, but
such has not been the experience
here. Take the last primary, for in
stance. The only contest developed
in that primary for county Office in
which there were candidates resid-
ing outside of Webster City was for
sheriff, and Rufus Nelson of Jewell
won. A few years ago there was a
spirited contest over the office of
county superintendent, but the Web
ster City candidates were defeated
by a Stratford man. 1t is true, that
a majority of the present county Of
fcers were residents of Webster City
when nominated by the primary, but
this is due in part to the fact that
there were no opposing candidates
from the rural districts or from the
smaller towns.
Then possibly the Hawk-Eye will
recall the senatorial contest in Iowa
when a citizen of Des Moines was
defeated by citizen of the little
town of Fort Dodge by more than
$4,000 majority and at the primary
prior to that a citizen of Dubuque
defeated a citizen of Des Moines for
the senatorial nomination by a ma
jority of about 10000, notwith-
standing Des Moines is twice as
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-06

ton to stand for third term is not
plain. There is no reason why MEM
bers of congress should not voluntar-
lily retire occasionally, yet the rule
seems to be to stay on the job until
kicked out. Let us hope the custom
of an honorable retiracy will grow
in favor.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-06

Editor Payne of the Nevada Jour-
nal is being talked of as republican
candidate for member of congress
from the Seventh district. MI.
Payne is a man of considerable abil-
ity and would poll a good vote in
the primaries. He supported Roose-
welt in 1912, but it is not likely that
would lose him many votes. There
seems a disposition among republi-
cans to wipe the record of 1912 from
the slate and begin all over with
clean score card. This is as it should
be.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-06

If the Cardiff giant is to be ex-
hibited at San Francisco, we can
omit the Iowa exhibit without feel
ing that Iowa is being left wholly
out of the Neutrality-suspicious. City
Journal.
Uncle George seems to forget the
ability and inclination of Fort Dodge
to take care of itself. If there is
any advertising realized out of the
Cardiff Giant at San Francisco, Fort
Dodge will reap the benefit. Iowa
may come in incidentally as the
state made famous by Fort Dodge.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-06
FREEMAN-TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO.

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29
COTTON SITUATION INVOLVES NATION All Parts of Country Feel Effects of Low Prices of
 South's Crop. ANXIOUS TO ASSIST National Administration and Bankers and Merchants Everywhere Would
 Mid in Stimulating Cotton
 Trade.
ANXIOUS TO ASSIS T
(Rv Jonathan Winfield)

Washington, Nov. Adminiaira- tion officials have advocated the plan to raise a $l35 100000 pool 10 be expended in the purchase of cot ton. Various bills have been intro duced in congress providing for many ways of relieving the cotton situation. Among them have been bills prov!d- ing for bona issues, secured by the Panama canal and other government security, the proceeds from the sll , of Wnich would be devoted 10 the pur- chase of cotton An elaborate plan for the erccton of chain of cotton which to store cotton during the period Of depression of the price of that commodity also has been pre- pared. Further a system of cotton warehouse receipts, which would en- able cotton growers 10 borrow money on the security of a slip Of paper certifying that they had deposited so much cotton in such and such q warehouse has been devised.
 People in the northern half of the United States may be inclined to wonder why so many measures have been proposed and so many adopted in connection with cOftn. One req son is that the people most vitally interested in cotton, the Southerncr now control congress.
 Another reason is that the entire nation is to considerable degree ef- fected by the price of cotton. Ta' commonwealth Of Massachusetts, is 2 long way from the cotton fields ol the state of Georgia and yet vas, proportion of the Bay states wealth is tied up in mills devoted to tho manufacture into cloth, yarn, and other products of the cotton which comes from the fields of Georgia and other Southern states.
 Bankers in the South and in the North are vitally affected by the cot ton situation. Furthermore, the railroads and steamship lines are af- fected to considerable degree for a tremendous tonnage has been with drawn from them because the price of cotton has dropped so low that there is no incentive to move it.
 In many other ways the drop in the price of cotton has been felt. Wash ington is not an industrial city. Ye even the business of this city has been affected by the cotton situation Cities of greater commercial pretens
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29
NOVEMBER 29 IN HISTORY.

lS47-Tha Presbyterian Mission Sta- ticn of Wallah Wallah Valley, in Oregon, assaulted by Indi- ans and several of the mission aries slain.
 Mcclure arrived in England after accomplishing the northwest passage, having entered the Polar seas in 1850 and been imprisoned in the ice for three years.
 1S64-'New York capitalists proposed to the agricultural department that if properly encouraged they would purchase a tract of land in Southern Illinois and produce sugar cheaply from the sugar beet.
 1904--Russo- Japanese war; heavy fighting at Port Arthur; Japan ese suffer enormous losses. but apparently made gains; ter rife struggle at 203 meter hill. 19G9-Arthur J. Balfour announced Unionists willingness to submit tariff to referendum.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29
1850 Montrose landed at Orkney in

1850 Montrose landed at Orkney in Scotland.
 1850 Charles II landed at the mouth of tie Spey, Scotland, with the Dutch fleet, Crowned King at Scone.
 1667 Dutch fleet under Dewitt took Sheerness. Sailed up the Thames and burned Chatham Dockyard. Sank several ships of war in tine Thames
 1867 Duach fleet attack Burnt Island in3 Fifeshire,,- Scotland.
 1885 Argyll lands at Cantyre.
 1885 Monmouth lands at Lynn, Devon, with 5000 men.
 1888 William of Orange with GOO transports, fifty men of war, arrived at Tor Bay, Devon. Entered with 13.OOO men. Afterwards crowned Will liam III.
 1889 James II landed at Kinsale with 1900 French and Irish follow CTS.
 1890 Lauzun Handed in Ireland with 1900 French troops.
 169ODe Tourville's French fleet de- stroyed Teignmouth, Devonshire.
 1891 General St. Ruth landed with French forces at Limerick.
 1715 The Pretender landed at Pet erhead.
 1719 Spanish troops landed at Slen- shie! in Ross-shire.
 1745 The Pretender landed in the Hebrides.
 1745 French force lands at Mont rose.
 176O Thuret, otherwise O'Farrell, Commodore in the French Navy land ed with 1000 men at Garrickfergus.
 1776 Paul Jones landed at White haven.
 177S Paul Jones landed at Kirkaud- bright and destroyed the residence oi Lord Selkirk.
 177S Paul Jones arrived at Car rickfergus. Captured and destroyed the warship Drake. 1779 Paul Jones attempts Leith. 1796 General Hoches Greuchy and Wolff Tene entered Bantry Bay with 1000 French troops. 1797 1,4OO French troops landed at
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29
.~ Nations Carried War to |pr;tain Since William the
 Conqueror.
EoNE LATER THAN 1798
,one the Daring Ones to Enter Pnoland on Hostile Mission Was Our Own Paul
 Jones.

In the spring of 1909 there was a o.t outbreak of what was decisive
 anhhed "German-phobia" in Eng md and many prophets (now of ,ora r honor than t'hen) ventured to redict that Englishmen then livinf ould see the hosts of the kaiser or a fields of York or Kent.
 Charles Russell, a British states ,an ,adyocating stronger measures oi pfence against the peril from across be North sea, attempted to smash ,e snug London Merchants convic- on that the British isles are safe |om invasion by showing how easily Ipv had been invaded in the past. He showed that hostile forces hay nded on British soil no less thar iy-three times since William the pnoueror came over from Normandy
 1066. Some of, these invasions soon fiz- ed: others resulted in the upset of dynasty. It is true that the two ieatest dangers threatening Britain nce the Conqueror's time-the Span h Amanda and the proposed eXpe- tion across the Channel of lNapo- bon Bonaparte-were successfully hrried. But in general it was sel- pm found difficult to pick seclud-
 harbor and throw several thou Ind men ashore before defend ITS puld arrive in sufficient force to do lore than put up more or less per hnct0ry resistance.
 Hostile troops landed IA times in Ps Eighteenth century, 13 times in he seventeenth century; times in be sixteenth; Il times in the fif- benth; and times in the fourteenth
 American Invasion.
 The nationalities included were lanish, Norman, French, Spanish. butch and American. The last nam- may be a bit surprising, but the hring Paul Jones carried his sword D the shore of Britian four times in 71S-79 on one occasion destroying be residence of Lord Selkirk. It is be noted, however, that many of hese invasions of Great Britain were ided by British of faction opposed the rulers or even had British eaders for their foreign troops.
 Since 179S Great Britain has been fee from invasion-126 years. It is Dis long period of peace which got Ae British into the confirmed belief hat William the Conqueror was the ast to invade their land and would tay the last indefinitely.
 List of InvasiOns. Here is MT. Russell's list of the in- asions of Great Britain:
 l066 William the Conqueror landed It Hastings.
 lo6S The Danish Invasion up the |ipmber; York sacked.
 ll01 Robert of Normandy landed at 'ofta mouth. llSs-Matilda, granddaughter o1 william the Conqueror, landed al oftsmouth and took King Stephen prisoner.
 lN5 Louis VII of France, landed al sndwlch, in Kent. Marched on Lon M, King John compelled to fly.
 iSl5 Edward Bruce with 5000 men |landed at Orwell, Suffolk. Deposet 'd King at Dundalk. ~
 lSzS Isabelle. Queen Of Edward T
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29
Schofield, at Franklin, Tenn

Schofield, at Franklin, Tenn, but were repulsed.
 1S4 1.-The postmaster general re- ported that under the two cent postage law, which had been in effect a year, the revenues Of the department had decreas- ed AZ per cent.
 19OO--The supreme military command in South Africa turned over to Lord Kitchener by Lord Rob- erts, who departed for nome. 19O4-Russo-J Japanese war; Japanese continued struggle of posses sion of 2O3 metre hill, over looking Port Arthur; captured trenches near crest; furious bombardment of Port Arthur quiet along the Snake river. 1909-Serious revolt of Portuguese sailors on cruiser 'Patria at Maco, China. Took possession of province until goWernmet granted demands.
 l91O-Dr Cook in his own story admitted that he was not abso- lutely sure that he reached the North Pole.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29
landed at Orwell, Euffolk. Deposad King Edward.
 1877 French attack Dartmouth.

Adlucu dL Oi Weii, Eullolh. DNpooN U King Edward.
 1877 French attack Dartmouth.
 1877 French attacked Rye.
 1877 French attacked Portsmouth.
 1899 Henry Bolingbroke, after wards Henry " landed at Ravenspur, in Yorkshire, and deposed Richard.
 1405 Twelve thousand French land ed at Milford Haven and took Car marthen. @
 147O Warwick, the 'King-maker" landed at Dartmouth and drove Ed ward " out of England.
 1471 Margaret, Queen of Henry VI landed at Weymouth.
 1471 Edward W attacked Raven spur.
 14S5 Henry Tudor (Henry V1D with $500 Frenchmen, landed at Milford Haven; defeated and slew Richard III at Bosworth.
 14S6 Lambert Sinnell landed in Dublin. Two thousand German troops under Marshall Swartz crossed to Lancashire.
 14S7 Simnel landed at Foundray.
 1492 Warbeck landed in Cork.
 1495 Warbeck landed in Deal with 600 men.
 1495 Warbeck besieged Waterford for seven days.
 1497 Warbeck landed at Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, Besieged Exeter with 5000 men, -e.e.--sss 1513 The Earl of Arran with 3,OOo men landed at Carrickfergus and burned the town.
 1857 Thomas stafford landed at Scarborough and seized the castle.
 1859. 1000 F'renchmen landed at Leith and fortified the town.
 1579 Philip II of Spain despatched force which landed at smerthwlch in Ireland.
 1880 Philip II and Pope Gregory XIII sent a larger expedition Of sooV soldiers who landed at Smerthwick
 16O1 Spanish fleet, fifty ships, g. 900 men, landed and captured Kinsaie
 16O1 Six other ships of Spanish troops land near Cape Clear.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29

ions have felt the situation to a rela- lively greater degree. Washington merchants report that many South erners who year after year have come to this city to make purchases 10 last them q year are absent this fall. Some of the merchants are slightly worried about their bills be- causc many business houses make it practice to give southern planters ccrdt for a year. The planter pays for his goods when he markets his cotton crop and the return from this source always has been considered as certain as death and taxation. Rut this year no cotton crop was market ed
 Washington is the seat of a large number of young women semnaries To these as q rule come the daugh- ter5 of Southern planters. This win ter, schools which usually have In the nHiGhb0rhood of 900 students have as few as fifty in some cases. MI this is because the European war has caused tho price Of cotton to drop.
 In view of these facts, it is not hard to see why the administration should desire to do something to re licvc the cotton situation. However. some experts say the situation rapid ly is adjusting itself. For with the New York and other cotton exchanges open again altor the long closed period since the outbr"ak of the wal. the price is csceping up, means of marketing cotton proftab bly, are open ing up and cotton again appears to be good security
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29

FishguarG.
 179S General Humbert and 1000 men landed at Killala Bay. Defeated the English under General Lake at Castlebar and marched on Dublin.
 17S9 General Savary with 2,o00 French troops anchored in killala Bay.
 179S General Hardie and Wolfe Tone with a large body Of French troops arrived at DOch SWilly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29
November 30 In History.

1S3O-The two Landers, in descend- ing the Niger, reached the Sea, completing the discovery Of that river.
 1S61-Fight at Salem, Mo-; Conf2d- crates defeated. 1S64-The Confederate army, under General Hood, attacked the Union troops, under Gaeral
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29

We sell Model Bakery's Queen Bread, also all kinds of bakers pies ard pastery. Sanitary Fruit Co.,, 4lo Main street. lO-lS-tl
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29
FIFTEEN GRANTED
 MEDICO'S LICENSE
Two COlOred Men Among Successful tpplicantS-Six Fails tO Pass
 Examination.

At the meeting of the state board of medical examiners. held at Little Rock, November l2 and F. the Fol- lowing fifteen applicants, out of class of tWenty-one, successfully passed the examinations and were issued certificates entitling them to practice medicine in the state of Arr kansas, the certificates being mailed to them yesterday by the secretary of the board, pr. w. s. Stewart of Pine Bluff:
 William Brackett Cantrell. Mem- phis, Tenn.
 Robert Manley Eubanks, Little Rock.
 John D. Fakes, Fisher, Ark.
 Charles w. Garrison. Little Rock. Francis M. Halbert, Greenvllle, Miss.
 Elmer Harley, Hot Springs.
 Henry T. Jones. Olena. Ark.
 Walter w. Lewis, Memphis, Tenn.
 Frank c. Mcguire, Gregory. Ark.
 Thornton J. Meacham, (colored), Turrell, Ark.
 Everett C.. Moulton, Fort Smith, Ark. James M. Muse, Conway, Ark.
 Harvey H. Rheinhart, (coloredD, Stephens, Ark.
 John C. Simpson, Hamburg, Ark.
 J. E. M. Taylor, Jacinto, Ark.
 The Big Sale of Pianos and Musi-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-29

The Big Sale of Pianos and Musi- cal Instruments at the Barnes Music House.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-01


| do the same. am still very fond of
Eleanor, but for me she can never
be of the everyday charm of Mar
gle"
At last 1 had botten to the real
story, l thought, as Jim said: well,
don't blame you, old man, for Mar
gle charms me every day more than
Eleanor, and 1 hope she will charm
me with about four dances tonight.
You know, girls, I'm not going to
dance with anyone but you. Pm go
ing to show everyone that l think
the women in our little party are the
bellies of the ball. Come along, Kit
ty, the first turkey trot is ours"
This was said as we drove up to
the door, and Kitty and hurried to
the dressing-room to divest our
selves of our wraps
Dick took possession of me as
soon as entered the big danceroom
and we went gayly trotting about.
1t was astonishing how well he
guided me with only one arm.
When we had finished l gave the
next dance to Jim and Dick took
Kitty.
"Margie, I'm going to say some
thing if you kill me-" whispered
Jim: you are by far the prettiest
woman in the room. You should al
ways wear white, with your spark
ling eyes, your tempting mouth and
that tantalizing, FURNISHED copper
hair of yours. You are simply ir-
resistible."
Look here, Jim! 1 am perfectly
content for you to try your compi-
ments upon me before saying them
to some other woman who is unat-
tachable and fancy free, but warn
you that shall compare notes with
Kitty and I'll wager you said the
same thing to her"
ASK her what said and you will
find out that 1 did not. However,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-01

NSNRylIShII ny IIlC lNOW'
started, little book, to tell you
last night about the club dance and
ran off on other tangents, but you
should know of the dance, for it was
a jolly experience, and through it l
learned many things both for myself
and others.
First when we got into the taxi
Dick insisted on riding on the back
seat with Kitty and me, because 1
am an invalid, you great, hulking
cave man." he said to Jim.
AS soon as we were comfortably
settled Dick put his well arm about
me and snuggled me up to him.
Il want you to teach me some of
the new steps, Margie," he whisp-
cred.
But don't know them, dear"
You can pick them up easily.
You are the most graceful dancer
l ever saw, with the possible excep-
ito of Eleanow :Fairlow. 1 think she
dances as well as you
will she be at the club tonight?"
81 don't think so. Eleanor doesn't
have as much attention as | would
think she would have. She is a beau
tiful creature and radiates personal
ity"
you don't know the reason why,
Master Dick" broke in Jim, scorn-
fully. six years ago Eleanor Fair
low had every one of us at her feet,
but when you came on and copied
her out we dropped off, one by one,
all thinking we would be invited to
your wedding soon. Then, to every
ones surprise, you sprung Margie
on us. Most of us have tried to go
back to Eleanor, but for some rea-
son she has hung back. Is she still
wearing the willow"
Jim, you don't know what you
are talking about" answered Dick
with ring of annoyance in his
voice: "Of course, 1 liked Eleanor
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-01
CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
JIM EDIE TRIED LITTLE FILTRATION

!. 1914, by the Newspaper Enterprise Associa
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-25

on those who do. That IL 20, but they
don't Bond Issues have been defeated
more than once by our nontaxpaytng
citizens
.'The people Of Oregon study public
questions. When a proposal comes up
they want to know about It Our rail-
way men. carpenters, and stone masons
have a better understanding of the sub
jects on which they are voting than do
business men and the members Of the
University Club They talk among them
selves at the noon hour and on the way
home from their work. Let me say also
that there is less illiteracy in Oregon
than In any other State of the union. bar
none.
In the past Americans have believed
that government Is a highly technical
profession. Men. We argued. should be
trained up in the work. We handed our
public business over to the politicians and
in many instances the politicians devcl-
oped into grafters. All men require su-
pervision. The president of a railroad
Is under the scrutiny OF his board of d.
rectors. So is the president of bank.
For along time different policy oper-
ated in our politics. We elected men to
Office and then forgot all about them and
the business they were sworn TO transact
The people, however. are coming back
They are back in Oregon. They are in
forming themselves not alone with re-
spect to the legislature. but also with
respect to the courts and are closely
watching the government of our cities.
The Oregonian Police Club.
THE days of betrayal are past. And
hanging over the heads Of our public Of
hcers is that long. hard, and terrifying
police club, known as the law Of recall
We have used II but once In Portland,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-25

but it is reddy for action. and the fear
Of It is the best insurance In the world
against incompetency and. graft
You asked what Is wrong with the
government Of many cities," Senator
Lane said i'm conclusion. Again 1 re-
ply: Decentralized power and authority.
Reduce the number of ofhceholders. Ask
the people to cooperate. Cali In the
boys. even. as I did when some devil
needs to be dehorned."
You must have been lively boy your
SELF" / said as a venture, but with a
feeling that the remark would open a
treasury OF rare performances.
II recollect that I wanted to be an In
dian." Senator Lane answered as he put
aside one pipe and lit the other. which
he keeps In a chamois bag. Otherwise
my youth was the most utterly dreary
period of my life. 1 wanted to be an In
dian. as / said. Instead. / was clerk
in a backwoods store.
''Oid Joe Lane was my grandfather.
President Polk appointed him Territorial
governor for the part he took in the
Mexican war. Later he was Senator,
just as 1 am. My father, who had lost
his wife, went along with my grand
father to Oregon. About the same time
my mothers family arrived on the Pa
cific Coast from Virginia in an ox-cart
A year after James w. Marshall discov-
cred gold at Coloma-a few nuggets. you
remember. in a mill-race-my father
Joined the stampede into California. He
cleaned up about 81. 900, returned to Ore
gon. and built a mill. Portland was then
a raw village in the woods. Going there
on business. he met and married girl
who was to be my mother.
"a flood carried away our mill. 1 say
our mill because by that time I had be-
come a member Of the Lane family. Then