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The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-10
TERSELY TOLD.

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Ward for evidence Sufficient to convict
by person found stealing subscribers
pers after delivery of same by carrier
Hunter Wood, a prominent attorney
Hopkinsvtue, KY, who has been IN
e city for several days past on a
lsiness visit. was taken for a fishing
ip yesterday by Nat Kaiser on the
tiers handsome motor boat. In the
lrty besides Messrs. Wood and Kaiser
IRE a. T. BarkduH. L. D. Green,
e0rge Turner and Cliff Fulghum. The
Erty landed some fine trout.
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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-07
Nough

Miss BERTHE Bryan is visiting rel
atives at Morristown.
Mr.. Ben league, of Newport, is
spending few days at home on
account of having rheumatism.
Miss Anna Goodnough, of Boom
er, visited homefolks Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. Frank holland and Miss Cora
Stewart were married Friday even
ing, Rev. Marion Lee officiating.
Rev. Coils Wiled is holding a re
vival meeting at Timber Ridge.
Mr.. Will Bryan spent Saturday
at Newport.
Miss Minnie Sexton made an in
teresting talk at the Holiness
church Saturday night. Two
preachers from Newport are ex-
pected to be here to hold pro-
tracted meeting this week.
Mr.. Daniel Presnelrs wife has
been very sick this week with
acute Indigestion, but is now i'm
proving.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Slade
Goodnough, of Boomer, a big boy.
Miss Clyde Bryan, of Wolf
Creek, visited parents here last
week. She reports the death of
Mr.. John Ramsey, who has been
very low for some time.
Dan Caldwell was suddenly kill
ed last Thursday by a falling tree,
where he was cutting timber on
the Round Mountain. The cir
cumStance was all the more SAD
because of his wife having been
killed within a quarter of a mile
of the same place only about four
months ago. They were very
poor and left four children in very
bad circumstances. Help received
from any one would be highly ap-
preciated by them.
DR.. Stevens, of Del Rio, has
rented the office of C. S. Good
nough. He will spend two days
each week here to accommodate
the people in and near Nough.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-07
An Explanation for The
Times Crowd

For the benefit of the Jas sack
who writes the filth which fills the
columns Of The Newport Times
an explanation is made as to why
certain advertisers paid one price
and other advertisers another
price while The Times was under
the management Of T. H. Camp
bell:
If Baby Oscar had eyer had
newspaper experience the ques-
tons asked in last weeks issue
would have been absolutely I'M
necessary. All newspapers raise
the price of advertising space as
the circulation Of the paper in
creases and this is exactly what
The Times did. In the cases of D.
A. Minis and Flint Ray: They
were old advertisers and had been
patrons of the paper ever since it
had a circulation of five hundred
and the price on the books when
they were transferred were the
same as at the beginning. All
country newspapers charge six
dollars a year for professional
cards and this carries with it the
paper. Other cards are carried
usually at a dollar a month when
the contract is made for only a
month at a time. In the case Of
Minyon Ownby, we simply charged
him a dollar a month and his card
was carried over into the follow
ing year and long after the card
had been running Mr.. Ownby sug-
gested that we charge him ten
dollars year. This we did and
it was entirely satisfactory to Mr..
Ownby. Stokely & Jones and
Ruble Bros. will testify to the fact
that advertisers who discontinued
their advertising for any purpose
always paid a higher rate when
they came back. John Seehorn
carried an advertisement in The
Times fourteen months at thirty
dollars a year and at the same
time Ruble Bros. carried the same
space at sixty dollars. Ruble's
changed everv week and Seehorn
never changed. We made more
money on Seehorn's advertise
ment than on Ruble's. If The
Times crowd had experience
enough to know they would be
aware of the fact that position in
the paper counts to the advestiser
and that some advertisements cost
twice as much as others. For in
stance, we found contracts when
we took over Plain Talk ranging
in price from seven cents an inch
to thirty cents an inch.
The trouble with The Times
crowd is that they have bought a
white elephant and none of them
know how to manage him and they
are mad at Tom Campbell. They
should get acquainted with their
elephant, give him little substan-
tial food and not so much Baby
Oscar suds and he will eventually
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-07

get accustomed to associating with
such cattle as are attempting to
to pull The Times wagon and will
no doubt make living for himself.
In the mean time he has to be fed,
and abusing Tom Campbell and
Creed Boyer will not feed him.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-07
$25,000:QQ Municipal
Improvement Bonds
NEWPORT, TENN.

Sealed bids will be received until 73O n Thursday October
l5 1914 by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newport for
$250OOO twenty-five Thousand) Municipal Improvement Bonds
dated October 1914 and maturing seriay the first bond TO
become due October 1919 then bond October of each
year thereafter for twenty-five denomination 100000 eac
interest five per cent annu payable semannuay at the
Chase National Bank in New York
Each bid must be accompanied by certified check for 81 OOOOO
paybe to the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newport as
guarantee of good faith
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-07

Mrs. Ed Clevenger of Martel, is
suffering from typhoid at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Clevenger. She had been
sick for couple of weeks before
coming home.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-07

Mrs. Carl Blackstock and son
have returned from a short stay
in N. C.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-07

Rowe Bros, are frightening up
the front OF their store with a
new coat of paint.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-10-07
Statement

Newport Tenn has population of 2OO3 within the corporate
limits assessed valuation $OOOOO real valuation OOOOOOO
bonded debt for schools $SOO with sinking fund hand of
$9OOOO outstanding waterworks bonds $5OOOOO AT
time has the town deauled the payment interest or
principal on any bonded debt
The Mayor and Aldermen of the Town Newport reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
By order Of the Mayor and Alderman of the Town Of Newport
September 49, 1914
GEORGE s. STOkELY, Mayor
II. M. TAYLOR, Recorder.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-27

time in Congress TO pass legislation look
ing to the requirement Of sites for
ranges. maneuvering grounds. etc, but
without success.
Promoters of Method Disappointed.
The plan Of dividing the country into
hve divisions to hold national matches
IN each division has been a keen disap-
pointment to its promoters II was
thought that by this method. the cost 10
the states Of training and sending rife
teams 10 the national matches would be
so reduced that more States would be
inouced to send rife teams TO the COM
peunons. but actual results have shown
the fsllscy Of this argument
The matches OF Division A, which were
held at Sea Girt. y. J.. have Just come
TO an end OF the thirteen States com
posing this division. only i've sent teams
10 this match. In Division B. in which
the Southern States are grouped. il is
expected that all but South Carolina
will be represented at the matches to be
held at Jacksonville. Fla. next month
There will be no matches held in Divi-
sion c. comprising the State of Ohio.
Michigan. Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa. North Dakota, and South Dakota
In Division D. composing the States Of
Missouri, Kansas. Louisiana, Nebraska
Arkansas. Oklahoma. Texas Wyoming.
Colorado. New Mexico. and Arizona. the
national matches in conjunction with the
National Rife Association matches will
be held the first week IN October, bu.
only the States Of Arizona. Indiana and
Kansas will participate These matches
will be held at Fort Riley. Kan. In Divi-
sion E. which includes the States Of Mon
tana, Idaho. Utah. Nevada California.
Oregon, Washington. and the Territory
OF Hawaii. no matches will be held as
only two States, California and Oregon.
were interested.
The failure Of the divisional shoot pro-
position will undoubtedly cause the re-
turn TO the annual matches at one CEN
trail point, but unless legislation -
secured TO eQualIZe the cost of the States
in sending teams. it is probable that in
terest will wane until the national
matches will become a farce. Under th,
present law an Onerous burden falls up
on those States located farthest away
from the range where the matches are
held and in many cases this burden falls
upon small and financially weak States
that cannot afford TO carry such A bur
den. II has been recommended by the
Secretary OF War and by the National
Board for the Promotion Of Rife Practice
that Congress make a lump appropria-
ton to cover the cost Of trarsportat:o~
of all teams to the national matches and
thereby remove the unequal burden now
imposed through the method Of CharE-
ng this expense against the States Fed
sral appropriation for militia purposes
The Washington herald., 1914-09-27

voted in favor, butsthIs meant little as
the adverse votes and absences OF the
other Democratic members were suffi-
cient to defeat 1t without the aid of
his vote against II. All Of the Republican
members who were present and the one
Progressive member voted in favor. The
whole maneuver resulted in a tie vote
Of four to four and the resolution was
lost. It was lost as you see, by the vote
Of the Democrats on the Rules Commit
tee, taken. as We were ourselves as
sured, aftsr consultation with the Demo-
cratic leaders in the House." she said.
1T was clear to Us and to all who
followed the history Of our bill in Con-
gress that the whole Democratic party
had this one time at least gone on record
against woman suffrage, because the
Rules Committee is one of the principal
instruments and means Of expression Of
the dominant party. whichever that party
may be at any particular time. After
the Rules Committee had definitely re-
fused TO create the suffrage committee.
We appealed for action to the party as
a whole as represented by its caucus. We
wanted the party either TO give US the
committee or to make II clear to the
whole country that the refusal to grant
the committee on woman suffrage was a
refusal OF the party, and not OF few
members who happened to belong to this
Particular committee.
-Four days after the nationwide dem
onstration the Judiciary Committee re-
ferred the suffrage amendment to the
House. They did II as inadequately as
possible. They referred it without recon-
nIendation. favorable or unfavorable
Still their action had the advantage TO
US OF bringing our amendment before the
House for action. II seemed reasonable
to suppose that the House would pro-
ceed to take action upon it.
We found, as a matter OF fact. that
before the House can take action on such
a measure a resolution making the amend
ment the next order OF business in the
House must be passed. referred TO the
Rules Committee. and reported out Of
that committee favorably. Every piece
OF important legislation has to 60 not
only TO one committee controlled by
but to two committees con-
trolled by Democrats.
The Rules Committee.
When we found that the Rules Com
mittee was the only chanel for securing
action, resolution No. 5l4 was promptly
introduced by Mr.. Mondell. Of Wyoming.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-27

"antis" But meanwhile. what does it
mean to the women Of the country? What
is its significance in regard to the rela-
ton OF American women to our govern
ment? Do women wish to be represented
in the State by a Suffrage trust or a
militant union" or are they satisfied
to continue to be represented by fathers.
sons. husbands and brothers whom they
can trust "BOssims' was to be done
away with. when women get the vote"
and yet here come both factions OF
suffragists protesting that women are in
danger of being dominated by a 'suf-
frage trust" and a "Pankhurst trained
militant union" respectively!
The younger suffragists" accuse the
old-timers of running the whole organ
ization as they please, and the con
servatives' assert that the militancy and
radicalism of the more youthful element
will hurt the cause"
The fact of the matter is, that the
suffragists. being amateurs in politics.
have fallen into the same hopeless wran-
gle as to policies and doctrines that has
wrecked the new party which has acted
as a votes for women" sponsor The
prOgressives, too, were to do away with
''bossims." and let the "pepuT' come
into their own, and yet the history of
seems to demonstrate that
its only mission in politics was to act
as an asset to one man and his group
of satellites. And the "pepul' have not
taken kindly to the self-appointed BOSSES
no matter how much reform" they
promise. This is a democracy. and the
popular intelligence has much improved
since, Lincolns day, when you could fool
part OF the people all the time and all
Of the people part of the time" accord
ing to the great emancipation. Nowadays.
II is getting harder and harder for
bosses. radicals and demagogues. whether
men or women. to fool any of the people
at all
What Suffrage Means TO Women.
Much has been said of the power OF
the ballot. 1t is the official registration
Of public opinion regarding men and
but whether 1t is the true eN-
preston Of that public opinion, or mere
Iy manipulation of the machinery of
politics, depends oR-the facilities afford
ed in the electorate for the growth Of
graft and bossism. The whole spirit Of
The Washington herald., 1914-09-27
Suffrage Campaigners, En-
Route to "Enfranchised"
States, Write of Success
Achieved in Fight Against
Democratic Party.

Miss Emily X. Perry, an orRanizer OF
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage, tells Of the work of the wom-
en- in the fall election campaign which
is being carried on through the West
by that body Of sufrragists. Her state
ment follows:
News has been received from the ac-
tive campaigners in the field at Con-
gTessional Union headquarters. The
reports Of progress are extremely en-
couraging, and the women in Wash
lngton feel that every reason to hope
for an effective result in the fall cleo
tions is given them. The appeal of the
women to the Western voters of the
nine enfranchised States is arousing
intense interest and unbounded en-
thusiasm among the women appealed
10. and that the result of this extreme
ly active campaign will be felt at the
Capitol in Washington is not doubted
by those interested.
Tells of Meetings.
Mrs Jessie Hardy Stubbs. press chair
man of the Congressional Union.
writes en- route to Portland, Greg, of
the enthusiasm of fellow-travelers in
the campaign plans of the Congress
sional Union Here we are" she
writes, all bound for the field OF bat
tie. We have put up signs in each car
that there will be a meeting tonight
in the observation car, and that We
will speak on the record of the Demo-
cratic party in Congress on woman
suffrage. There is much interest We
have SOLD many Suffragists. secured
new subscribers and contributions for
the campaign" News has also come
from Denver. where Miss Stevens
writes they were entertained at tea
by a prominent Denvr woman, for the
purpose OF having the campaign policy
of the Congressional Union explained
to a large and influential group of
Democratic women of that city. The
women showed intense interest, and
an ardent response to the appeal of
the women If the East is expected.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-27
Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubs,
Mrs o. H. P. Belmont, and
Miss Lucy Burns, in State
ments, Fire the Hearts Of
Women Voters In the
West.

and on May l3 referred to the Rules Com
mittee for action. Since that time they
have adopted devious means for avoiding
action on the suffrage resolution. II was
dirf1cult for them TO vote against II, and
1t seemed to be difficult for the them
to vote for II. They apparently decided
that the best policy for them to pursue
was to take no action at all. so they hit
upon the happy expedient Of holding no
meetings whatever. From June 10 TO
August % not a single meeting Of the
Rules Committee was held. Up to the
present time we have asked the House
OF Representatives for a fair vote on the
question Of woman suffrage. and this has
been refused U.s. II has been refused US
not by one man here and another there
but by committee, which. in the words
OF its ranking member. holds in its keep
ing the policy OF the Democratic party
in the House
To sum up, the Democratic party IN
the sixty-third Congress has made a rec
ord Of very decided unfriendliness to-
ward the suffrage amendment 1t has
made this record through the action Of
its leader. the President. in seven times
refusing all aid to the amendment;
through the action Of the Democratic
leaders in the Senate in bringing the
resolution to a vote at a moment when
Its defeat, as they themselves admitted.
was certain. and through their action in
falling to put the party machinery back
of the measure. and. finally in the House
through the action OF the Rules Com
mittee in preventing the creation Of A
woman suffrage committee and prevent
ing the allotting OF any time in the House
for the consideration Of the suffrage
question. Moreover. the party very
frankly went on record against suffrage
when IL caucused against the creation
OF suffrage committee and declared,
its caucus resolution. that suf-
fTaEe was not even a subject for national
concluded the suffragist
The Washington herald., 1914-09-27
FROM EAST TO WEST, WOMEN CARRY APPEAL FOR VOTES

huence over his party in Congress. He
has, in. the FIRST place, great powers OF
patronage. The prestige of every, MEM
Der of Congress at home depends TO a
considerable extent on his ability TO se-
cure appointments, large or small, for his
constituents, and these appointments are
in the long run to be won only through
the President or the men whom he has
appointed to act with him. It is q very
self-sacrificing thing indeed for party
man to stand out against the Chief Ex-
scutive. Then, too, the President can use
as a whip over his supporters In Con-
gress the necessity for party unity. That
is an immense source Of pressure which
Is as effective with honest Congressman
as with the more selfish type.
Caucus Rule Iu Congress.
lover the Senate and the House the
party rules by means OF caucus majori-
ties and committee majorities. Every
committee in the House and Senate has
on II a majority OF the party in power.
By uniting beforehand on a concerted ac-
tion they can control every decision OF
the committee upon legislation submitted
TO 1t. Caucus meetings Of the rank and
file OF the party in the House and Senate
are used to bind the action OF every
member Of the party by the decision Of
the majority Of the members OF that
PARTY AS there is never a full meeting
OF all the members OF a party at any eau
Gus, a stout handful OF dependable adher-
ents can control and does control caucus
decisions"
The Senate, Is we all know. acts un-
der much freer rules than the House,
being a smaller body and still retaining
strong traditions Of complete freedom OF
action and discussion. The House, as
the larger body. has been forced TO sub
nit to a control as stringent as was ever
exercised in the days OF Speaker Can
non. The ancient powers of Mr.. Cannon
have merely been divided between the
Speaker. the floor leader. and the chair
man OF the Rules Committee. The whole
business OF Congress is run by what
might be described as a small party COM
mittee made up Il the President and the
party leaders in the Senate and House.
II is these men who have had power Of
life and death over the suffrage amend
ment in Congress.
Our amendment was introduced on
the first day OF the first session of the
present Congress in both the Senate and
House. We at once appealed directly to
the President. as the leader of his party
in Congress, to give the suffrage amend
The Washington herald., 1914-09-27

ment the backing Of the administration as
he did every other measure which he
wished to see carried. We have sent a
number Of similar deputations TO the
President, three Of which have had mem
orable results.
No other President in the history OF
the United States has % limited the
sphere Of his great ONCE.
In the Senate, which, as we have said,
operates under freer rules than the
House. 1t has been comparatively easy
to get the question Of woman suffrage
brought up and voted upon. Although II
was brought to vote by the Democratic
Senators in charge of the measure at a
time when. as they admitted to the press,
and openly stated on the floor OF the
Senate, II would meet defeat, II neverthe-
less secured a majority vote and failed Of
the necessary two-thirds majority by only
eleven votes. We all know that II the
administration had supported the woman
suffrage amendment. il would very easily
have secured the additional eleven votes
which would have carried it through the
Senate triumphantly.
Buried IH Committee.
In the House We were very heavily
Handicapped. The suffrage amendment
had always been referred in the House
to the judiciary Committee. which
had buried suffrage measures for
twenty-three years We wanted in
the House to get a standing committee
on woman suffrage. like he Woman
Suffrage Committee already existing in
the Senate. A resolution to that effect
was introduced and referred in due course
to the Rules Committee. This was
very sensible request but II was re-
fused: it was interesting to note, by the
operation OF caucus methods by the
Democratic committee members.
1T was all done most frankly and
casually. The seven Democratic members
of the committee voted against the pro-
posal at a private meeting by majority
vote of 4 to 3. The three favorable votes
were cast by Mr.. Henry. Of Texas. Mr..
Pou, Of North Carolina. and Mr.. Foster.
Of Illinois. When the official meeting OF
the committee was held. at which the
members from the minority parties were
present, Mr.. Henry absented himself and
Mr.. Pou regretfully changed his vote
in obedience TO the decison OF the ma
Jority Of his colleagues. All Of the other
Democrats voted against the proposal eX-
cept Representative Foster. Mr.. Foster
who comes from a suffrage State. again