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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17
Twisting the Taisog Ire Octopus

Governor Hall has had conference
with Sheriff Womack, of East Baton Rouge
parish, with the view Of enforcing the ant
lobby law in relation to the sessions of the
State Board Oh Appraisers.
During the contest for the election of
members of this Board there was a@heated
controversy in winch limitations were sent
broad cast that the Gove11noi. was disap-
pointed in the personnel of the board elected
Tor the reason that the Objectionable men,
bers were not in favo- of proper assessment
for certain powerful interests.
1t now appears that there is great need
OF additional funds to meet the REQUIRE.
ments OF the State. The rigid economy
promised by the reformers has failed to
materialize, hence the necessity for increased
taxes. The strenuous efforts to prevent the
interested operations from influencing the
boards through representatives, or lobby-
lists, is not complimentary to this branch of
the administration and appears to have
worked suspension Of tbs democratic doc
rtrlne of an open door in all public matters.
But spectacular probing and espionage
If public officials have ceased to attract at
.ention and no longer cast shadow of dis
'redit on the officers affected. Such pro-
'eedlngs give US poor advertisement abroad.
'ut they in no wise shake confidence in our
officials that is generally felt by the people
It home.
The policy That denies to any person or
corporation the right to be heard in matters
oncerning the interest of such person or
corporation is fundamentally wrong. and
my laws that permit this policy should be
Ibolished.
We should, and we think have, elected
the boards men capable of withstandinq
improper influences and who intend doino
ne right thing-lobby or no lobby. If the men
o not measure up to these requirements.
ne remedy is not to be found in laws re.
training lobbyists, but is to be achieved bv
Letting better men.
Ii public Official des.r to be crooked |
e viii find someone to lie ravished bv.
yards and sentinels to the contrary. NOT.
it'll standing.
But the subject is not serious enough
'r further consideration, though it furnish i
evidence OF new move in the play for
olitical position. /
The people will accept the efforts of the
overnor as bitter fight on corporations
I'd they will find satisfaction in the belief
lat ne is coming down hard on these greedy
onsters. Political equilibrium requires I
equent twisting of the tail of the Octopus
Mrs. J. B. Stoner declares war against il
Riddles making mud pies. Our liberties
e thus being gradually whittledaway, and :
WAL ! --,. ca,ri.d TO TIC cradle. +
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

Booker 7. Washington, the negroe ed
u .ator of Tuskegee, Ala, is making a tour
OF the state. Judging from the expressions
of the Press, he IS making favorable i'm
preston in the different towns visited.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

The disruption OF the National Progress
i've Party has forced the local branch to
grab for any jobs lying around loose in South
Louisiana. Political jobs have been subst-
tated for national issues.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

Thomas A. Edison, when asked what
language the Belgians used, stated that he
did not know what language they did use,
but he knew damn we'll what kind Of Ian
guage he would use if he were a Belgian.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17
The Probers are busy this v

The Probers are busy this week inves-
tigating the Louisiana Training School.
They found that the State had two good
buildings that cost $24, 900, but there were
no inmates. The Charity Hospital at
Shreveport was found to be in fine condition
AID no improvement was suggested.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

Alexandria is arranging for barbecue
and political rally for July 4th to which all
candidates for state Offices will be
invited. We are justified in making the
same remarks that Mr.. SAKE made on the
subject of early rising.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17
Judge Baker, of New Orlea,

Judge Baker, of New Orleans, has de-
clared the loan shark law unconstitutional
and the suggestion has been made that the
matter be submitted to the special session
OF the general assembly. One of the prem
inent members of the Probe Commission,
who is also a member of the State Senate,
recently indicated that he thought the
power of declaring acts unconstitutional
should be taken from the courts. The
better opinion seems to be that this power
should be extended rather than restricted.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

The sobriety of the wet parishes is being
seriously threatened by the prohibitiosists
who expect to slip dry plank III the next
constitution.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

Governor Hall, with the assistance of
the supreme court, has finally Jared MIR.
Young loose from the Office Of State Bank
Examiner.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

The past two weeks Of fine weather
have added to the prospects Of the farmers
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

The unwritten law forbids two consecu
tive terms for a reform administration.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

Senator Ransdell has been spending the
week IN New Orleans. In conversation
with press represe native Mr.. Ransdel
sail that he had heard no POLITICS and
evinced such deep interest in agricultural
mstttcrs, that we are constrained to believe
that the Senator is allowing his enthusiasm
Tor farming to handicap his political activi-
ties. His North Louisiana friends view
with alarm his political Indifference and
trrst his love for rural subjects will not
interfere further with his political ambition.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

Governor phoned to the constituents of
Hon. Andre Martin, member of the state
board of appraisers, to know if Mr.. Martin
was representing the people or the Southern
Pacific Railroad. The constituents prompt
~ put the query up to Mr.. Martin. The
natter was followed by general wrangle
~ which Mr. Martin secured satisfactory
explanation from the executive. Wes are
too fan away to say if any further suspicion
attaches TO M. Martin, but we are conf
Tent that sol.ie ore. arn went G.. half
toCked.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

Mrs. J. B. Stoner declares war against
the Riddles making mud pies. Our liberties
are thus being gradually whittledaway, and
tie Wa.s----..c ! ~-I. ca.ri-d TO TIC cradle.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

The campaign is on. Oil up your mud
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-15

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Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-15
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Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-15

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III ent al Gui(
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The Washington times., 1915-12-18
BAKER DEMANDS BIG
INCREASE IN SALARY
Deal Between Connie Mack
and New York Club Owners
Is Blocked.

PHI ADFLFHTA, Dec. R.--Connie
Mack manager OF the Athletics. did
not retIrn Enst with the other Ameri-
can League offci4ls who went TO New
York to attend the peace conference
with the National and Federal :.narue
magnates yesterday. Mack remained
behind TO talk over a deal for Home
Run" Baker. according to report
which reached here today.
TIE reason why the American League
magnates were not SO anxious - bic n
high price for Baker IE said to De De-
cause Baker insists upon receiving an
increase in salary over what Mack paid
him and also demands a big slice OF
the purchase money. According to re
ports. Baker agreed 10 go TO thc New
York Yankees II they would CIV" min i
three-ycRr contract calling for $1,000 a
year AMI $40 O06 Of tho money MaCl. was
to receive from the owners Of the New
York club
The owners OF the New YORK Amer
leans. along with Manager Bill DonO-
van. were at the Chicago meeting to
bid for Baker, hut when tie TeRCe Tu-
mors Eegan to fly, all negotiations he
tween Hol ston and Rnrpert and Mack
stopped. IL organized baseball and the
independents do get together the base
bah market will be nVerflowing with
bbaseall players and there will not be
such = great demand for men who
think they are worth aS much as Pal;er
does. That 6XSfains Connie Mack :
declaration at Chicago that he could
not find any one anxious to pay a big
price for Baker.
The Washington times., 1915-12-18
TODAYS SPORTORIAL
- LOUIS A. DoUCHER.

NEW YORK Dec in baseball seems under wav unless
yss indicate about os this fsh DESIRED
heels viii be stepped the get out Of the Wst
son S % & Gs aE s bsssa a Rsr Of viii heel s Id,,R In 1%a
tor every city sporting ball two n-cb leagues
TsHs S i sy to Tp d drSp Sp eSS fSS
i's' Of TaS sT &
sa %::n SS % t5S sPRs' few The passing
E ss5 aaqsa % &s si,
& ~ @ this all a s @ aS of
While unlikely Washington will lose its major league fran
ehss even this will not be known for certainty days
never support minor league ball club Brooklyn even
S $ 8 S will Sss a Ss Tgs sca than %ahFto hing where
SaOH % a. city b. than t the Gspit1? Az things
magnstes their dilemma decide P ower the the
s"nf E1eS of With & % League 5 and be o%SsSS .S
sa snsr P Ss s F0oS Win Wheat w %
fsn{y fans the opening game not unless passes Hardly
clasSed as major league city, only for the Advertising
ST Just looks ST &ssy mS su: the % EsdS S & S
u and when Barney Dyfuss envoy Chicago he
on the Twentieth Century mid dnS for N HS
& f The The %s one considers CO R this whole SGaSH & on the he
SssG @ s2. 50 that n Eli the he % TSr Il. might e. easily that IT,
his role wise leader he accepted the proposition calling peace
assist tSe their 2SG@KeS still SNaS the doSaS
figure baseball and after the coming amamaton he will still be the
~ @ m ss5 SSR sss. % s. .G
win those mants with the ready go
opportunity wesg@ s Bali GnHer % sSd 94 FSSG sn
their uniforms Of sable for those rose Of angelic whsnsss Two
Hd . %S % sS ed%s S P Through HS go FdE Fo
that was ridiculous to consider such thing was advised that
would be allowed their way financial death told that
the League really thieves seeking take others their
ng the Days when the American League recognized major S
League rscag the hVEysd words % & WITH & winch & s' were wei
years there should good laugh coming for Of those
SG but be considered victory for League
The Washington times., 1915-12-18
BAL LTIMORE WANTS
CARDINALS FRANCHISE
c. W. Rasin Tells Committee
That MaryIanders Have Big
League City.

From the same New York source
whence the rumor started yesterday
that Washington will be in the In
ternational League next season, to-
day comes the report that Baltim ore
is holding up the peace movement in
New York by demand to be given
the st. Louis National League fran
chise.
Carroll w. Rasin. representing the
Terrapins. horned into the meeting
and demanded that the Baltimore
club be allowed to buy the st. Louis
Cardinals franchise and transfer II
to Baltimore.
Rasin, who started the ruction in
the meeting over the disposition Of
the Baltimore Federal League club,
was accompanied by Ned Hanlon.
Judge Harry Goldman. and Dave Lam
dith. of Baltimore. Several times
Rasin came out of the meeting to
consult with this trio.
Rasin raised the claim that Balti-
more is a big league city and that the
stockholders OF the Terrapins should
not "be left out in the cold"
"Our club lived up to all its obliRa-
tions and made a little money" sain
Rasin, and we should receive some
consideration We do not want =
minor league franchise. We don't
want a minor league club in our city.
We demand that we be allowed to
purchase the franchise OF the st.
Louis Cardinals and transfer the
franchise to Baltimore"
The Washington times., 1915-12-18
SHARPE IS CHOSEN
TO COACH At YALE

NEW YORK, Dec. lS.-Dr. Al Sharpe,
for the past three years director of ath-
letics at Cornell, was chosen coach of
Yale football for 1916 by the committee
appointed for the purpose of making a
selection. For several days the commit
tee has been meeting here but only
today reached a decision. The commit
tee, composed nf Vance Mccormick
chairman, and John r. Kirkpatrick and
S. Brinckerhoff Thorne, was appointed
by the Yale Athletic Association.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. lS.-While no
statement has been made by the Yale
committee i'm charge of selecting a head
football coach, II was stated today on
good authority that they favor DR.. AL
bert Hayes Sharpe, now coach at Cor
nell for the position, and will try TO
get his release from his Cornell con-
tract.
1t is understood that DR.. Sharpe is
willing to retire as coach at Cornell
after the 1916 season closes. and n plan
which is being discussed at Yale would
place the Yale coaching next fall in the
hands of graduate committee under
DR.. ShRrpe's directions.
DR.. Sharpe's response to the plan has
not been received.
The Washington times., 1915-12-18
MOAKLEY TRAINER
SINCE 16 YEARS OLD

Jack Moakley. Cornelrs famous ath-
letic trainer, recently celebrated his
fifty-second birthday. This successful
mentor has engaged in athletics as COM
petitor and coach for thirty-five of
these years, seventeen of which have
been passed at Cornell.
MOakley began his competitive career
az Boston when he was sixteen years
old, and became famous as a runner OF
middle distances. He was chiefly known
as a successful half-miler, but in hts
dozen years of competition he won
many prizes for all distances from the
lOO-yard dash to the 6-mile cross-coun-
Moakley first competed for the Bos-
ton Athletic Club, and later Tor the
Manhattan Athletic Club OF this city.
He captained the Manhattan team the
year it won the junior championships
of America.
When Moakley retired from active
competition on the cinder path in 1891
he became very active in promoting
amateur sports In New England and
remained there until 1899, when Cornell
engaged him to handle her track and
cross-country athletes.
The first varsity team that he turned
out, the 1899 cross country team. was a
championship winner. His success with
the croEs-ountry teams has been moth
ing short OF marvellous, and has estab-
iished a record for him which has been
approached by no track coach in the
world. OF the seventeen varsity cross
country teams that he has coached. only
three have lost the intercollegiate cham
Pionship.
His work with the track teams has
heen no less successful. The Cornell
track team broke into the limelight OF
intercollegiate competition when the
team of 1905. to the surprise of the en-
tire track world, won the intercollegiate
champ 'onship. Under the tutelage OF
Moakley, the teams have since added
Ave more victories to Cornells record.
and two years ago won the I. c. A. A.
A. A. silver cup which had been in COM
petition for eleven years. Last year
the team gained the first leg on the new
cup. The many victories in dual meets
are further proof of Monkeys ability
and he has proved that he has no peer
In the athletic world.
The Washington times., 1915-12-18
Walter Wallace Jumps
Into Lead in Tourney

Walter Wallace jumped into the lead in
the pocket billiard tournament now tn
progress in the Grand Central Palace.
Center Market, by defeating Charles
Bartleman. winner Of the District tour
nament last year, by a close margin.
Eddie Killeen won handily from
Charles Swan by 100 to 81. The stand
ing Of the players follows:
The Washington times., 1915-12-18

having had the real thing for so long.
Inc arrangement by which Brooklyn
would get an American League team.
80 yesterdays rumor ran, would consist
OF George Ward buying out the small
holders OF the Washington club, which
mas never been much Of a money
maker" and combine the club with the
Brookfeds. which would plav at WASH
inRton park.
The present washington team, with
such stars as Walter Johnson, Clyde
Milan, Bert Gallia. John Henry. Eddie
Foster. etc. re-enforced by such players
Cooper, and Cy Falkenberg. would make
quite ball club. especially with Clark
Griffith. a Greater New York favorite,
at the helm, said the report.
IL was said the move would be very
favorably received by the American
League. as Washington, with a popu-
lation of only $50, 900. has always been
more or less of a fller-in in the East "
In BROOKLYN an American League team
would have a population of more than
100000 peoDle to draw from. It was
also pointed out that another real
major LEAGUE club in Brooklyn would
stir up considerable rivalry with the
SuDerbas and create a strong inter-
borough rivalry between the Yankees
and the contemplated Brooklyn team.
The rumor further stated that the
Washington team went through a poor
season. and Is owned by a lot Of small
stockholders. who had been hit hard
hv the war. Ii was said the club could
be bought for a reasonable sum. 1t
also was reported that Ban johnson
would not object TO man with Wards
! capital buying into his league.
The Washington times., 1915-12-18
PENN MEN REACH NO
DECISION ON COACH
Mike Benefits Name Comes
Up for Consideration at Long
Session.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec 1s.-After a
four-hour session held in the office OF
Wharton Sinkler Yesterday. Penn's foot
ball committee came to no definite
agreement I'm regard to the coaching
question. In order to give the men on
the committee a chance to secure the
views of the respective candidates in re-
gard to the football situation at the Red
and Blue institute. three Of the leading
candidates for the position OF head
coach were interviewed during the ses-
sion. They were "Bilr' Hollenback, Bob
Folwell. and Mike Bennett.
The committee refused to discuss what
matters had been taken Up except that
no definite step had been taken to ap-
point coach. Manager Lovett. a MEM
ber Of the committee. announced that
this would be done after the Chrlstmas 5
holidays. Hollenback and Bennett re-
fused to discuss the matter with anyone,
Is they said that the football COMMITTEES
deemed 1t inAdvisable that the candi-
dates should make anv statements un-
less the committee gave them permis-
sion to do so.
The Washington times., 1915-12-18
CAPTAIN
WINS HIS OWN GAME
MCTigue Makes Basket That
Breaks Tie and Downs Cor
nell Five.

PRINCETON. n. J., Zee. 17.-Prince-
ton captured the first game of the in
tercollegiate basketball league series
by defeating Cornell 10 to II. The game
was one of the best ever seen on TIE
Princeton floor. with the lead con-
stantly fiuCtuatins from one team to
the other. Twice the score wAR, tied.
and the final victory was not decided
until almost the last moment of play.
when McTigue Gagged a difficult goal
which broke the tie and won for Prince
ton.
At the outset the Tigers jumped into
the lead. but Lunden injected some bril-
liant offensive work into the game and
put Cornell temporarily ahead, Another
spUrt for the Tigers assured Princeton
a IL to lead at the end of the first
period. Close guarding kept the score
low in the second half. Mcrigue star
reed for the winners, scoring all but
one of their seven field goals.
The Washington times., 1915-12-18
Mcbride an Expert.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Dec. 1S.-GeorEe
Mcbride is today in court as expert
witness on baseball pitching in behalf
OF local player.
The Washington times., 1915-12-18

High individual average-Onenberg 1905.
High individual game-Spiess, 1871.
High individual set-Mendell, @S
High team Eame-Columbia. EOS
High team set-Columbia. l.4e9.
Greatest number OF strikes-CrowleN. s
Greatest number Of spares. Watkins. Al
The Washington times., 1915-12-18
MARKING TIME IN
BASEBALL SITUATION
MagnateS Can Only Wait for
instructions From Judge
Lands on Suit.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER. 3

NEW YORK. Dec. 1S-Until word is
received from Judge lands, the as
sembled baseball magnates are marking
time. Without the permission of Judge
Lands, the Federal League cannot
agree to withdraw its suit in the United
States Court under pain CT being de-
clared in contempt. Until the Feds do
agree to do this, organized baseball is
resting on its oars.
Ban Johnson, the aggressive leader OF
organised baseball, refuses to ratify a
single move until the Feds withdraw
their legal suit. The Feds realize that
this suit iS big stick in their favor,
but they will have to back down or
have all negotiations cease. Judge Lam
dis 10 expected to telegraph his opinion
70 the m4gnates today. II he agrees to
the Withdrawal, the magnates will hur-
ry matters, hoping to finish all their
more important business by Wednesday.