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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30
BANKER ASSERTS
CENTRAL BANK IS
|MPRACT|CABLE

Austin. Texas. Sept. 30.-OScar Wells.
vice president Of the First National bank
of Houston and director IN the federal
reserve system. told the House banking
committee today that h. doe~ not believe
the proposed State hank l. practicable. He
doubted whether the ~2u.0Ov.0nO In school
bonds would ~ accepted ~ the federal
reserve system a. capital stock for the
proposed bank because these bonds could
moi hc ca~~ed a. unimpaired capital.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30

BfilN Sept 3pAs headquarters today announced There ha~ been
urr ii center i
Frencha n q
The general stall last rhi announced right IN France ndeiv
assault along Che line tsrim TouI artillery h
o
.
in
artillery yesterday
in are
Dutch the British
British al The Hague have admitted that British
bomb Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30
NO BELGIAN GUNS IN ANTWERP
OUTER FORTS WERE SILENCED
DURING NIGHT BOMBARDMENT

ANTWERP. the
an night
ardmeni thu NJ Blrian
two or iac Ieee.
rpaine Hlan
troops
irc
power of resistance national redoula
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30
JAP AV|ATORS
DROP BOMBS ON
GERMAN VESSEL

Toxic. Sept. 3D.--An official announce
ment says the Japanese landed force and
occupied Lao-Che harbor. s.car T~ing- Tau.
japanese aeroplani-ts declare they hii
4 German vessel during the recent fighting
with bombs dropped from height ~ zoo
wards.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30

Toulouse. France. Sept 3D.-Former
French Premier Clemenceau ha~ esaded
~ orsier ~u~pending hi> newspaper bv
changing a. name from -The Freeman
~ The Man IN Chains" Suppression va
ordered because NJ advocated showing
favors 70 German prisoners from Alsaee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30
GEN. VILLA IS ON
HIS WAY SOUTH TO
JOIN COMMISSION
FROM MEXICO CITY

Torreon- Sept. :.D-t;eneral villa has
left here for Aguascalicnte 10 meet Gen.
eral OlvaFo Obrcgon. heading the Car.
ranza peace commission.
Villa has replied a. hundreds ~ tclc.
grams from army officers asking him 10
avoid fighting by thanking the scnders
for this noble spirit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30

Galveston. Texas. Sept. 30.-Thr Con
SiitutionaliStS have arrested thirty or
forty prominent residents at Puerto
Mexico. who were Hnerta supporter. and
put them To work cleaning the streets
and parks. The steamship Atlantis
brought this report.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30
$4,000 REWARD
IS OFFERED IN
NELMS CASE

San Antonio. Texa~. sept. 3O.--Five
thousand dollar~ reward wa offered today
for proof Vt whether the NelmS sisters.
who are supposed 10 have been murdered
here. are dead Or alive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30
ACTION ON BANK
BILL DELAYED
TO THURSDAY

Austin. Texas, Sept 3n.-Thr ~tnhte
Judiciary committee postponed action un
the central hank bin until tomorrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30
FLOATING MINE
BLOWS Up BOAT;
8 ARE DEAD


Rome, Sept. 30.-A floating mine. it j.
reported today. blew up q fishing boat
near Rimini. Italy. killing nine persons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30

New Orleans, la.. Sept. 30. Coast
weather: Tonight and Thursday part
IN cloudy light to gentle nurthrrly
winds.
loss.
lie who rarrie~ nothing loses nnfh-
ing. !
MINE AND THINE. :
Men would live exceedingly Quiet 4
N those two words. '.minr" and
"fhInc." were taken AWAY.
TRUST.
Never trust n black Rrahmin Nor
d white Pariah. \
WISDOM. :
Wisdom and honor are ihe avenues :
~ happy immortality.
= (. ~ IN ~ Al 4. m VIZ N.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30

TURNING MOVEMENT AGAINST
GERMAN RIGHT IS BEING
DEVELOPED BY ALLIES

Prcss)
LONDON. 30-PETR0GRAD DISPATCHES THAT HEAVY
FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN PRUSSIA
AND THE
PORTED STRENGTHENING THEIR LINES IN THIS sATTLE.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30

PARIS. a
allies
v
u report
pushed it
Won Knck.
rqe
heavy territory. Tracy
n the which point and east
Official French I'm the there
romR the MeuSew
tpnr have advanced notably the Michael
ourig u lprnnc and here are u
The London l~nn reports Saturday French
iurd the . Bavaria nrar
GERMANS REPuLsED WITH HEAVY LOSSES
A~socaie prc>S)
LONDON. 3oIeuier Amsterdam dispatches claim premn
heavy
the artillery
that hcn>eec~ fired into that town.
THIRTY BRITISH WARSHPS HURRY TO AID RUSSIANS
(By Associated Ps.l
NEW YORK 301hc United arriving from
II in
British wnr~hip to help the Russian il
4, Associated Pc~~.)
LONDON sept at''ae reports that h MocnegriH~ seized Austrian
knenchmsnl~ aoutl thirty miles southeast Of
LONDON. 3oA Milan Italy. dispatch
wa~ torcloed while attempting 4 -orie from catiaro
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30

LONDON SEPT. 3O-GHEHT REPORTS
PAIRING
NAMUR AS F PREPARING STRUGGLE
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30
GERMANS REPULsED WITH HEAVY LOSSES
THIRTY BRITISH wARSHPS HURRY TO AID RUSSIANS

,rwav. reported that picked up wireless report the n
~h war~hp- route help the Russian fleet the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-30

IbN A~~Otfuieu Erc~~.
pt. 3n-tettlaie repori~ that the Montcne
put thirty miles southeast Of Saraicvc.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19
Missouri News in Brief

organized and operating under the
laws Of Missouri can legally buy and
hold stock in the new reserve system
under the new currency law. The
Attorney General holds that while the
laws of Missouri do not expressly
authorize State banks to hold stock in
other banks and corporations, the
opinion of Judge Valiant in the case
of the Missouri Pacific, in which 1t
was held that the ownership Of stock
by the railroad company in a coal
mining corporation was legitimate, as
it was business incident to the sue
eessful operation Of the road, clears
the way for the Missouri State banks
to own stock in the Federal reserve
bOnkS. -.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19
Notice.


Recently the fire department has
been called upon to do some strenu-
Gus work which is unnecessary. The
alarm has been turned in and the fire
has been put out before they. could
get there. This however, has been
where the blaze was very small and
could be put out with few buckets
of water. just as soon as the fire is
put out and in case the department
is not on hand, Fire Chief Gordinier
requests that some one 60 toa phone
in the vicinity and call up central and
the light plant will give three short
blasts to notify the fire boys.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19
East Lone Oak.

Rev. Haynes filled his regular ap-
pointment at Peru last Sunday night
as the meeting at Summit had closed
on account of the bad weather.
Rev. Gather will preach at Peru
next Sunday morning and night.
Everybody should attend the prayer
meeting at Peru. John Thomas was
the leader last Wednesday night and
we sure had an interesting lesson.
E. E. Eckles moved the old Henry
Powell house up north of his house
and is building an addition to it for
his hired man to live in. Cleve Steer
will labor for him this summer.
T. l.. Blankenbaker moved E. E.
Eckles' house with his engine last
Tuesday and pulled hedge for Ernest
Cough and Carl McCaughey Wednes-
day. Say, Old~Charley knows how
to yank 'em out alright.
Robert Thomas sawed wood for
Roy Walker Saturday and w. C. Nc.
Ginnis and Harry Latham Monday.
Ethel Belt is on the sick list.
Little Ralph Hart who has been
vefy low with bronchitis is getting
along nicely at this writing.
Several of the folks in this neck of
the woods got out and dragged the
snow out of the roads last Friday and
1t sure is awful on the
sliding machines.
Well now, didn it snow last Thurs.
lay. Our good mail carrier, Fred
could not make his rounds
Friday. He got as far as Hubert
Requa's and got Hubert's big team of
mules to 60 on into town with:
Last Monday as Paul Walton was
1oing his morning chores he spied a
couple of wolves. He went into the
house and called up several of his
leighbors. They all came hurrying
n and started in pursuit of one of the
wolves, which started southeast,
round by Lyle's. They finally cap
ured it north of Joe Gander's near
Happy Hill. The other one got away. a
Along in the afternoon another one c
vas seen at Chas. Colson's and was
aptured between j. L. Ghere's and c
v. H. Ison's. That makes three e
wolves caught here in the last three I
months. PUSSY WILLOW.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19
DOUBLY PROVEN.
Butler Readers Can No Longer Doubt
u the Evidences. .asssa

Butler Readers Can No Longer Doubt
r. the Evidence. sy,a@pa
This grateful citizen testified long
ago.
Told Of quick relief-of updoubted
benefit. ...ss
The facts are nov. confirmed.
Such testimony is complete-the
evidence conclusive.
It forms convincing proof of merit
E. P. Howe, Adrian, NO., SAYS: II
was troubled by kidney complaint and
backache for about six years. NV
back was so lame and sore at times
that could hardly stoop or lift. The
The kidney secretions were too fire.
quent in passage and when being
voided, were attended with pain. ]
was on a lookout for remedy that
would relieve me and l was finally
induced to try Doan's Kidney Pills.
AS they helped me from the first. /
continued using them until I-had fin
ished three boxes. By that time the
trouble had left and / have had no
return Of it. l recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills as highly today as | did
some years ago. =
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
: Remember the name-Doan' sand
take no other. adv. 1874
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

President Wilson has announced
that he will veto the Burnett immi-
grafton bill if it comes to him for sig
nature with the so.called literacy
test contained in it. The president
does not consider literacy test Of
character.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Halt nm hour is ali the time re-
CURED to dye IN article with
PUTNAM FAI'ELESS DYES.
ANY one can do it, ~ simply
boiling the goods with the dye
y oil that Is necessary.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Col. Richard Dalton, of Fulton,
president Of the State Board of Horti-
culture has announced the fruit out
look in the state to be good in spite
of the open winter which prevailed
up to last week.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Company E of the Fourth Regiment
Missouri National Guard, stationed at
Hannibal, has been awarded second
rank among the sixty companies of
Missouri by Captain George Gordon
dr.. who made the annual inspection.
Company D at Unionville, NO., holds
first rank. The Hannibal company
is commanded by Capt. George
Brown.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Henry E. Rothe, Republican candi-
date for Governor of Wisconsin has
announced that he will canvass the
state on foot. He expects to open his
campaign March 18th and intends
making an average of Is miles per
day.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

would begin their terms on January
4 and serve four years unless re-
called, instead of two.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19
General News of the Week

The anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln was generally cele-
brated Thursday.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Springfield, Mo-, is preparing to
file complaint with the State Public
Service Commission against the
Springfield City Water Co., the lat
ter's twenty year franchise having
expired.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Theodore Roosevelt is being doomed
as the Progressive candidate for Gov
ernOr of New York.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

A Shelbyville, Illinois, man had
coughing fit one day last week and
expelled a small blacksnake from his
throat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Augustus Octavius Bacon, United
States Senator from Georgia for near
ly nineteen years and chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee since
the ascendancy OF the Democratic
party, March 4. 1918, died in a hos
pital at Washington Saturday after an
illness of ten days. He was the first
United States Senator elected by direct
vote Of the people under the seven.
teenth constitutional amendment.
Senator w. j. Stone ranking Demo-
GRAFT on the committee will probably
succeed Senator Bacon as chairman.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

A $50, 900, 600 mortgage upon all
property in the United States of Swift
G Co., packers, was filed in Kansas
City, Kas., Friday by the First Trust
and Savings Company of New York
City, The mortgage is to guard a
bond issue to run thirty years at s
per cent. Ten million dollars in
bonds will be issued at once. TWEEN
ty-five millions will be issued as the
company may direct, and $15, 600, 600
will be used to acquire new property.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Press dispatches from Washington
state both Senators Stone and Reed
have indorsed John E. Tobin-of U. S.
Marshal at Kansas City and it is ex-
pected that his nomination will be
sent to the,Senate soon. Other Mis-
souri, appointments, including that Of
4 United States Attorney at St. Louis,
probably will not be made until Sena-
tor Stone. who is still confined to his
bed, fully RECEIVERS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

The General Assembly Of Virginia
has passed an act authorizing the
holding of a special election to vote
on State wide prohibition.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19
Rails county went "Dry" Saturday
by majority of 3l2.

1900 men were required to remove
the snow from the streets of St. Louis
Saturday. The estimated cost will be
$4,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Fifteen persons are supposed to
have persisted from exposure and ac-
cident in the gale and snow storm in
New York Saturday. Sixteen thou
sand men, 5000 horses and 1900
wagons were at work in.the tremen-
dous task Of clearing the clogged
streets Of mountains of snow, at a
cost to the city estimated at $500, 600.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Holding that he is directly respon-
sible for the increased attendance at
the Christian Church of Wyaconda,
on account of the success of the good
roads propaganda in that county,
Gov. Major was asked by Mrs. James
N. SuteT, member of that congrega-
ton, for donation to help enlarge
the church building. Gov. Major re-
.sponded to the request by forwarding
generous check to Mrs. Suter. In
cidentally he remarked in mailing the
check that the request was the incest
compliment that has been paid to. his
road building efforts.
Frank Miller entered a plea Of
guilty in the circuit court Wednesday
tosthe charges Of selling intoxicating
liquor. As it is known the grand jury
returned an indictment containing the
charge, Prosecuting Attorney Hull
recommended q fine Of $500 and costs
and this fine was assessed and Mr..
Mil3er paid it II developed that the
int1xlcant Miller was charged with
uslllngyss Malt Ia days eone b.
nh ~ ~ aenerally. bak for soine
fIe - - eeSetled q "a sd
4. - s.s = = - :
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Hugh S. Brent, constable of War
rensburg township, johnson county,
was indicted by the johnson county
grand jury last week, charged with
accepting bride and compromising a
felony. 1t is charged that Brent
visited Thomas Manning in Holden.
Mo-, and purchased bottle of beer.
After selling the liquor Brent showed
his officers badge and demanded
money for silence, it is said. Man
ming, it is said, gave Brant $25.
Volunteering information that a |
shortage of approximately SIS, 600 ex-
listed in his office, George H. Wyatt
City Treasurer OF ST. Joseph, Mo-,
rendered his resignation to Mayor c.
A. Pfeiffer and turned over the office
to the City Comptroller Thursday.
Wyatt has served eight years and was
one Of the most highly respected city
officials. Homer Osbron, his deputy
and book-keepeer, was discharged,
following an investigation of the short
age.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

An expedition by Macon and Adair
county educators is being planned for
a tour OF northern Missouri for the
purpose of investigating mounds in
that section of the state, believed to
have been constructed by mound
builders.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

The official board of the National
Woman Suffrage Association has is
sued call to the suffragists of the
country to rally at an open air mass
meeting Saturday, May 2, in every
city, village and hamlet from the At
lantic to the Pacific.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

Transatlantic steamship companies
are equfpping their vessels with
motor boat scodts which will be sent
in advance Of the ships to warn by
wireless of near by icebergs and other
dangers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

A Springfield man alleged. to have
been guilty of improper conduct, was
waited upon by committee of ten
fathers Friday night, and according
to report from that city, was severly
disciplined and forced to leave the
city
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19
William P. Freeman, formerly of
Miller county, Missouri, has been
elected Grand Master of Oklahoma

A dispatch from Boonville, Mo-,
says in 1908 the average price of farm
land in Cooper county was $500 an
acre. The average price in 1918 was
$7l.O 5, a gain of $40. 80 in five years.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19


Mrs. Ira Rockhold, assisted by the
Misses Rockhold entertainment the
Philathea class of the Christian Sum
day School at Valentine party Thurs
day evening.
Alfonso Bertillon, 81 years old,
creator of the system Of criminal
Identification which made his name
known throughout the world, died
in Paris, France, Friday. .
Two former u. S. soldiers have
made the assertion that General
Pancho Villa of the Mexican Rebel
army is native of Maryland and was
formerly a U. S. soldier.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-19

FRIDAY the 18th, combination,
which ordinarily President Wilson
would consider lucky, turned out to
be the reverse, for the Chief Execu.
tive spent the day in bed, nursing a
severe cold, and had to forego attend
ing the special reception given at the
White House at night for the New
Jersey Democracy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-05

the Windows hung streaniers Of the
sar1ssc0aefs, while the orchestra plat
form was banked with foliage and
grotesque scarecrowss
The musical program was opened
shortly before 8 O'Clock with the
double q~lartette, which sung sThe
Best lof All Good Company. The
singers were. al their best last eve
ming and sang Four numbers to the
delight Of the company. Miss veta
Murray favored theSe0mpany with
two numbers, giving q &tistltng solo
for her second number.
For the program of dance num-
beers; the floor was filled with a
OF awirling couples untilsaEter
imidnight. Teh music for the dance
was furnished byoWagner's orches-
ira. &
Bowls OF apple cider and dough
nuts provided refreshments In keep
ing with the spirit Of Halloween. The
Misses Gwyneth Nfpton, Louise Net
calf, Florence Morton and Florence
johnson served sths cider.
To Glenn Rawleysand Gage p
Wright belongs the credit for the
artistic scheme of decorations. The
committee In charge Of the party con-
sisted of L. -, Raber, o. b, Wallace.
Dalvan Z. Becker, n. Fritz and.
VIM. Victor
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-05

acting f0rsthe boArdssof county come
nlissi9ners of Brown county, appeal-
ed 70 thegstate ctfEnit court and
Judge Botcks6f thgt court holds that
the mothers PENSION act does mot
apply to div0rcedwome for the
following sreas0i,s;
4, That there Is no express au-
1tncritys0f law sproviding the allow
ance TO divorced woman having
children.
2. Thatitssis against public policy
to grant pensions Ia such cases be-
cause 1t might encourage divorces
for the sake Of getting the pension.
3. That when q divorce is grant
ed 1t only changes the status OF the
parties, and does not change their.
duties or obligations toward their
children and At is still the duty of
the .fathersto supportthe children Of
the marriage after as we'll as before
the marriage.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-05
GERMANY \
\, GETS GASOLINE
LONDON WRITER BELIEYES u.
S. is SHIPPING VAST GUAM.
TITLES VIA DENMARK.

London, Observation-Disclosures
ence of The Associated Pres).@Fail-
ure Of Germany to exhaust its sup
ply of petrol is attributed by writer's
n@the London press to a supply Of
oil supposed to be shipped from the
United States to Germany by way of
Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Ac-
.cording to Albert Lidgitt, who con-
stribnted an article on this subject
to the current issue of a prominent
motor journal, Germany has PLAN
ned to get its petrol in ships flying
the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian
flags and carrying the oil in barrels.
n. Massac Buist, writing in the
Sunday Observer, says: There Is
proof positive that up to the end Of
the last month Germany had receiy-
ed some thousands OF tons of motor
spirits in this manners and accord
ing to the present chartering ar:
engagements that other large consign-
ments are either being loaded lor are
the Atlantic at this moment on:
the way to Denmark, Norway or
Sweden. He says that up to the
corresponding period last year there
had been shipped from America to.
1925 gallons OF motor
s~pirits,5but owing to the mysterious
activity iii cargoes Of late the motor
spirit 81 Shipments to Copenhagen alone
nave been nearly 12,000,000 gallons
s1fs year, Of which halt million
left during the last week In
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-05

ring IS a. wedding ring. and in this
manner the body was Identified.
When Peterson returned to the room.
and how the fire was started is not
known, but it is supposed he return-
ed to the room in drunken condi-
ton and accidentally upset the light
ed lamps. He leaves aSwife in desti-
tute circumstances. The. coroner's
Jury returned a verdict of accidental
sdeathsby hre or s%uffocation, or both.
The Milbank News. a local paper,
has started a subscription fund for
relief of the unfortunate Mrs.
Peterson, who is pronounced a hard
working, upright woman.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-05
CAUCUS SYSTEM
WORKS. INJUSTICE
U. s. sENLToR THos. STERLING
RAi's DEMOCRATIC ADMIN
ISTRATION.

rs there o power behind the
throne? Yes! The tariff act of 1913
was dictated BIZ a secret Democratic
caucus consisting OF members OF
both the senate and of the houscNuf
representatives" &
So declared Thomas 4Sterliug.
United States senator from South
Dakota, in his speech last night at
stbe city hall, In which he charged.
sthe present administration withSdom
limiting the Secret cancus" which In
turn dominated the democratic MAJ
ljorities In both branches Of the ma
tional legislature.
These Democratic majorfties rem
resented the west, the north, ana
the northwest, as well as the south.
and yet, according to Mr. Sterlingss
testimony the senators from fifteen
southern states, together with the
president controlled the secret can
icus's They were themajority. OF the
These fifteen southern states.
said the senator, that produce sixty
million bushelsaofswheat, deterImin-
edsthat wheat should ,be put on tho
Tree list, and that the producers OF
seven hundred million bushels @of
wheat should meet the keen COM
petition Of Canada and Argentine.
Likewise corn,barIey and oats,
alssproductsi IN which the south is
not interested in producing, were
placed on. the free list, ana then
WhArS fl ~ psfn sNAnlinu nth Il 49,