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economics are swept away and II this
country is flooded with cheap foreign
goods, Congress, you may be sure. will
act promptly No political party wants
to injure the United States or see it
injured. Partisans in the frenzy of
electioneering forget that great and
assuring fact.
"If the competition Of Europe ever
people. Congress, whether 1t Is con-
trolled by democrats or republican. will
take such measures as will protect our
farmers, manufacturers ana wage earn
ers."
What will be the big issues Of the
presidential campaign next Year,
Republicans will endeavor to CEN
ter the battle on the tarin: They will
say that this country would have been
in state of business paralysis had it
not been for the war in Europe. The
present tariff. they will assert. cannot
produce revenues sufhcient. even In
normal times. to pay the expenses OF
the government Also. they will declare
that the democrats now in power are
incompetent and extravagant.
THE democrats will reply by saying
that the Sixty-third Congress enacted
more beneficial legislation than any
other Congress In history-legislation
not for classes but for all Of the peo-
pie. We shall claim that the new
banking act saved the country from
panic: that the Clayton law will make
monopoly impossible and that the pros
perity of the United States Is to be
credited directly and indisputably to
the democratic party. President Will
son will be reelected
"Hyphenated Germans may vote
against U.S. Patriotic Germans will not,
and they outnumber the other kind.
who, instead of staying safely and
snugly, although noisily. in the United
States, ought to be in the first line of
trenches on the other side oEsthe At
lantic.
Were the hyphenated Germans OPEN
ly to oppose the democratic party. hun
dreds Of thousands of republicans
would vote for President Wilson.
America for Americans would then be
the issue. The tariff and every other
subject would be forgotten"
What have you done, as chairman
of q senatorial Investigation committee,
to clear Congress and Washington of
lobbyists" I asked Senator overman.
I'VE have taken enough testimony
to fll four large printed volumes and
have shown SO much interest In the
ways OF lobbyists that comparatively
few of them, I have reason to believe,
will trouble us this winter. Lobbyists
are Of two kinds. The one kind Is set
tied; the other is itinerant.
'Itinerant lobbyists ordinarily rep
resent large interests; the settled lob
byist snoops around the Capitol, makes
the acquaintance Of the secretaries and
clerks Of senators and representatives
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the Johnson Clarendon treaty. which
the United States Senate refused to
ratify, the failure being due, say the
historians, purely to factional oppo-
sition and not to any defect in the
treaty from AN American standpoint
When Grant became President he ap-
pointed Gen. Robert c. Schenck as min
lister to England. and then Reverdy
Johnson returned to Baltimore and re-
sumed the practice of law. He had
come to be recognized as one of the
great American lawyers. He died at
Annapolis February 10, 1876, his death
following two hours after a stroke of
apoplexy.
Many of his descendants are living.
His daughter, Maria Louise, became
the wife of William Rig gin Travers.
the broker, banker. financier. clubman.
the time of the civil war until his
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and endeavors to pick up bits of in
formation which he can sell TO his
client or some one else.
The itinerant lobbyist is a bigger
man, in that he may receive $4,000 a
year and have suite of rooms in an
office building downtown. He often
begins his campaign by getting the
names of all the prominent men in a
senator's county and state, SO that he
may write them personal letters. send
them petitions and start a movement
in behalf of the project he has In hand.
kilograms and communications be-
stituents. on the face of the returns.
seem greatly to be interested in a bill
of which. possibly. he has no more than
barely heard. It is not hard to get
a matter that Is represented to be of
vital Importance to capital or labor or
the general uplift of mankind.
Business men who have made money
and become famous as manufacturers.
merchants or bankers are supposed to
be shrewd and intelligent and prudent
in their expenditures. Yet these saga
ctous examples of American enterprise
and success will pay lobbyist $4,000
year and give him large staff of
stenographers and clerks in the belief
that he would be a capital investment
at twice the price.
States who is worth his salt. Money
paid to lobbyists Is literally thrown
away No senator can be Influenced
particle, much less bought We like
to receive Information and are glad to
have business men come before our
committees and state to US what they
know and believe. We are not averse
to meeting lobbyists II they will frank
ly tell US for whom they are working
and what they are trying to accom-
plish.
"A lobbyist. denied an interview with
me, after he had seen me once, sent to
Alabama for a friend Of mine. When
my friend reached Washington he
called on me and brought the lobbyist
along. Did that trick advance the in
forest OF the lobbyists employer? No
doubt the lobbyist wrote his paymas-
ter q pompous letter. saying: i have
Just had a long conference with Sena-
tor Overman,' and SO on and SO forth.
venture to observe that he didn't de-
scribe the manner in which he was
turned out Of my ONCE.
How can lobbying be prevented? BY
requiring every lobbyist who attempts
any work in and around Congress to
register with the secretary. of the SEN
ate, to give the name Of his employer
and to describe the exact nature Of his
business. have written bill to that
end and hope to see it passed before
spring"
Copyright 1915. BY James .. NorF~~J
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gress which opened in Washington on
February l, 1861. Old Washington peo-
pie may remember that to that con-
gress came delegates from thirteen free
states and seven border states and that
these delegates recommended certain
concessions to the south. These recon-
mendations were disregarded by Con-
gress. but a proposed amendment to
the Constitution offered by Mr.. Doug
las. intended to prohibit Congress from
ever interfering with slavery in the
states. was passed. Mr.. Johnson had
been a Douglas man in the campaign
of 1860. In 1862 Reverdy Johnson went
to the United States Senate from Mary
land, and in March, 1864, he voted for
the constitutional amendment abolish
ing slavery. On the military recon-
struction policy Johnson stood with
the north, but always endeavored to
secure the best possible terms for the
defeated people of the south
President Johnson appointed him min
lister to England in 1868 in succession
to Charles Francis Adams. He negoti
ated an agreement popularity known as
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napolis in 1895, May 21. His father was
John Johnson. lawyer OF eminence,
who held number of high Offices un-
der the state of Maryland. being at
of the court of appeals and chancellor.
The Christian name Eeverdy came
through the family of Reverdy John
sons mother. She was a daughter of
Reverdy Ghiselin, who, according to
biographer, was long and well
known as the commissioner Of the state
land Office at Annapolis" The mothers
of nearly all men who achieve dis
tinction are described as having been
remarkable for their intellect. wit and
beauty, and Reverdy Johnson's mother
was no exception to this rule, and the
facts really seem to be in this case
that the lady was admired for her in
tellectual qualities and comeliness in
the society of Annapolis.
Reverdy Johnson was sent to St
Johns College, at Annapolis, when he
was six years old, and remained stu
dent there until he was sixteen. Then
he began reading law in the office of
his father. and he read also in the Of
flee of Judge Stephen at Annapolis. In
1916 he was admitted to the bar. and
he entered practice at Upper Marlboro.
He was then twenty years old. He
does not seem to have remained long at
Marlboro. for it was not more than
year or two after he became licensed
lawyer that he opened an Office in Bal
timore, but it is quite possible that he
retained his Marlboro office for some
years after entering upon practice in
Baltimore. Reverdy Johnsons progress
was rapid, and in 1921 he was elected
to the Maryland senate for term OF
five years He was reelected, but re-
signed after serving two years of the
second term. His practice had become
important and lucrative
X
He was elected from Maryland to the
United States Senate in 1s45. Though
he was a member of the whis party. he
was. in opposition to the general senti-
ment of his party. in favor Of war
against Mexico. 1t is interesting to
note that during the life of the whig
party Maryland was commonly found in
the column of whig states In the Jack
son-Clay contest of 1882 Maryland split
it's vote. giving three electoral votes to
the democratic candidate and five to
the whig nominee: in 1895 the eight
electoral votes of Maryland went to the
whig candidate, Harrison, and in 1910
Maryland also voted for Harrison. In
the contest between Polk and Clay in
1874 Maryland was in the Clay column,
with Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island. Connecticut, New Jersey. Della
ware. North Carolina, Tennessee. Ken
lucky and Ohio. In 1S4s the electoral
vote Of Maryland went to Gen. Taylor.
the whig candidate, against Lewis Cass.
the democratic nominee In the crush
ing defeat of the whis party in the
election of 1852 Maryland's vote went
to the democratic candidate, Franklin
Pierce, and against the whig nominee.
Gen. Winfield Scott. In that moment
Gus election the man whose achieve
ments in the war with Mexico had
given him a fame secure for all time
received only fortytwo votes-those of
Vermont, Massa achusetts, Tennessee and
kentucky-while Pierce. dark horse
of the Baltimore convention OF 1852,
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who won on the thirty-sixth ballot be-
cause neither Cass, Buchanan, Douglas
nor Marcy could command the nomina-
ton, received 254 votes.
When Zachary Taylor was elected
President he appointed Reverdy john
son Attorney General of the United
States. His commission was dated
March 7, 1S49. After the death Of Pres
ident Taylor. johnson held over under
Fillmore until July 20, 1850. when he
was succeeded by John J. Crittenden.
The Rambler's memory may be at
fault, and he has no disposition at this
moment to turn back to references on
the subject, but he believes that Rev
erdy johnson while in Washington
lived in a house on Vermont avenue
which was torn down at the time of
the extension of the Arlington Hotel
toward l street.
Reverdy Johnson was a strong op-
ponent of secession. He was one of
Marylands delegates to the peace con-
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death in Bermuda in 1887 had ma
tional reputation. There were nine
children from that marriage-SiX
daughters and three sons.
The career of Reverdy Johnson was
a notable one and in way this seedy
little brick building in Marlboro with
the detected and overhanging roof is
linked with that career. The people of
Marlboro are proud of johnson, hold
his memory in affectionate regard and
look upon this little building as his
toric shrine.
Not many yards from the little brick
building which has SO far engaged our
attention is another shrine which
makes an appeal to all Americans who
know of it. On a slight elevation near
the northwest corner of Marlboro is
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By JAMES B. MORROW.

- URING the great debates to be
Ill " held in and out Of Congress
Ill " for the next ten months the
~ voice of Senator Lee Slater
Overman will be heard among the best.
Opinions, unmixed with fear. are one
of the intellectual novelties of the
south AS two classes only, democrats
and negroes, inhabit that part of the
country, public men seldom have oc-
casion TO pause until they can strike
a balance between contending inter
ests or to learn which way the wind
Is blowing. They speak right out.
Furthermore. the political value OF
the south at present is away above
par. The south. in the Judgment Of
washington. will revise the tariff. IL
1t is revised II will vote new taxes.
II any are levied. 1t will fix the size
of the reformed standing army. Also.
IL will add to the navy. II that arm
of the national defense is increased in
efYiciency, and IL will choose the ships
and specify their armament and dimen-
Sions.
Southern opinion. then. when uttered
by an influential man, is much to the
point at this Juncture. Senator Over
man is a leader OF the bar in North
Carolina. He practiced many years at
Salisbury. where he won both fame
and money.
From the legislature of his state, OF
which he was speaker for a time, he
came, twelve years ago. to Congress
Now he 10 chairman of the committee
on rules in the Senate and member
OF the committees on appropriations
and the judiciary. Lesser democrats
when in doubt, consult with him on
matters of doctrine. Though he be-
longs to the new south. he was fol
lowed around by a black body-serv.
ant in his boyhood. lived through the
rough era of reconstruction and saw
the masked Ku-K1ux Klan ride forth
at night on ghostly horses.
"Poor?" he repeated at one stage OF
the interview he was giving me
why" he went on, I'VE were SO pooI
that we often needed bread. My
father was q Union man. but he went
along with his state into the Confed.
eracy.
when the war was at an end. we hat
neither farm machinery nor live stock
Our slaves had disappeared. Our seed
bins were empty. Besides. we hat
parted with some Of our land. taking
Confederate money in return. Oh,
\ don't like to think about those terrible
days OF poverty and mental distress
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think that 90 navy should be strong
enough to safeguard our rights upon
the oceans and to sink all Of the trans
ports bringing troops to our shores.
with such navy. our shipping
would not be molested, our rights
would never be fnfringed upon nor
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territory. Armies on the way to the
United States would be shot to pieces
before they had chance to land"
"You do not believe. apparently, that
this country is likely to be attacked
by an enemy during the next ten or
twenty yearsT'
II cannot believe anything that is so
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-06-18
Riverside.

The Cleaners will meet at the home
of Phineas Cole, Wednesday evening,
July l.
Walter Austin was a visitor at the
Cole home part of last week.
The Misses Iris, Mildred, Winifred
and Beatrice Warner, Cecil Grice and
Gertrude Rider spent last Friday with
Mrs. Lena Weatherwax and family.
Rev. Heaton will preach at River
side school house next Sunday at $3.50
p. m.
The community was saddened to
learn of the death of Mrs. Chas. Car
penter, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Rich.
ardson, at her home in Ancona, Ill.
Mrs. Richardson has been there car
ing for her daughter for the past eight
weeks. Mr.. Richardson and Della
left Saturday to attend the funeral.
Mrs. Carpenter has often visited here
and made many acquaintance. She
leaves husband and three children
besides her parents, sisters and broth
ers.
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SUNNY LANE

Edith Rice closed very successful
year of school in the Brown district
last Thursday and is preparing to at
tend the summer normal at Kalama-
zoo.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. F1agg and Mrs.
]. a. Flagg were in Paw Paw on bus
mess last Thursday.
A part of the Royal Cousins ate
birthday dinner with Mrs. Josie
Youngblood, June 10.
Elsie and Vivian Flagg will finish
their school work for the year in De-
catur this week.
The club ladies will meet with Mrs.
Adelia Watson June p to help her
celebrate her birthday. All members
be sure and be there.
Lewis Shaw has closed his school
in Kalkaska and returned to Law
renee and will work his fathers farm
for a change.
The club ladies and their families
met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Shaw last Saturday evening to bid
them God speed and many days Of
rest to them as they are both in very
poor health. We will miss them, but
maybe our loss is their gain.
An item forgotten Hast week was
the meeting of the n. r. q. club with
Mrs. Susan Burdick. Eleven re.
| sponded to roll call with two visitors,
Mrs Phoebe Nichols of Lawrence and
Mrs. Mary Cleveland. Dinner was
served at noon and lunch before we
went home. One quilt was quilted
| and another begun.
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Correspondence
EAST ARLINGTON AND wAvERLY

Chas. Smith is on the sick list.
Irl Culver visited friends in Coloma
last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Perrigo and Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Bradley of Battle Creek
attended the French golden wedding.
Mrs. Bertha North and daughter,
Mrs. Royal Hall, of Paw Paw visited
relatives here the first of the week
and attended the golden wedding.
The East Arlington Farmers club
met at the pleasant home of Mr.. and
Mrs X. q. Hutchins last Thursday
There was good attendance and all
report a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burniss French cele-
brated their golden wedding Tuesday,
June 8. There were about so present.
A three course dinner was served. In
behalf OF the assembled guests a fine
leather rocker was presented to each.
They also received many other gifts,
including gold pieces, brooches, cuff
links. etc. Late in the afternoon the
company departed, each expressing
the prayerful wish that Mr.. and Mrs.
French may be spareGd to enjoy many
more gala days.
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GEN EVA

Lester Leversee has so far recovered
from his long illness as to be able to
accompany his parents to visit his
sister, Mrs. L. Knapp, near Blooming
dale last Saturday, returning Sunday.
Max Dannenberg has been visiting
his sister in Grand Rapids and Rex
visited sister in Allegan.
The three weeks meeting closed
Sunday night with 80 conversions,
whole families in several instances
deciding to be on Gods side.
The Merson church closed it's doors
Sunday evening and attended at North
Point.
Friday evening after the preaching
service there was program of recita-
tons and music. The ladies passed
sandwiches and lemonade and social
hour was spent that all will long re-
member.
Nellie Sanford is on the sick list.
The Mothers club will meet at the
Grange hall.
Lura Haskins of New York and
| Mrs. Lucinda Palmer of Gobleville
were guests at the home of G. Leech
several days last week.
Lulu Chappell has returned from a
visit with her brothers in Kalamazoo
and Albion. Mildred Chappell is now
visiting her brother in Kalamazoo.
lila Woodruff and Elmer Foster
were Sunday guests of the latter's
grandparents in Bloomingdale.
Friday being Eva Waits birthday
her little friends and their mothers
were invited to help her celebrate it
More than so were present. Ice cream
and cake were served. All hope to
help her celebrate the same way next
year.
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Continued on Page 3, Colum 8.
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Please don't forget.

That we are headquarters for
for everything in the sporting goods
line. Tennis Balls and Racquets, Gro
quet Sets, Base Ball Bats, Gloves and
Masks. Prices as low as can be sold,
quality considered.
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Tackle boxes

We have a new design in tackle box that we
want you to see. 1t is new model designed
especially for the fisherman who is particular
and wants the best. A place for everything
and everything in its place.
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About Fish Lines

Never was there a better assortment to select
all makes.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1915-10-07
Semrt) SOrm's
Neifattrottt,
2l3 Veaa slbe., Gtrantea, pc.

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5tbsn Samfas absub parHin eun&-S&psi.
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-04
Good Waya Of Other Qaxa.

Not by great deal are all the old.
fashioned things admirable, but by no
means are they all inferior and out OF
date because they are old.fashioned
The best Of them may strain all our
modern resources to equal, and not do
It. The best products of ld-fashioned
training and education are still mod.
els for contemporary seminaries. As
far back as we can reach into the his
tory Of mankind we find great people
easily the equals. and often the supe
riors. Of our very best in mental and
moral qualities. Our good luck is not
that we are superior to them in our
human material. but that we have at
our service an immensely greater &C
emulation Of knowledge, mostly
about material things. Thanks to
that. We understand the laws of ma.
ture much better than our fathers did
and that has helped us to make won
derful machines. and put them to do
ing, after their fashion. what used to
be done by fingers. brains and Drawn.
But spiritually we got our highest in
SEPARATION 1000 years ago, and have
been trying ever since to reach up to
1t; and mentally. though we use bet
ter tools, we are no better. surely,
than PythagOras or Aristotle or the au-
thor Of the Book of Job and hundreds
Of thinkers who must have long pre-
coded any of them.-Harper's Maya
zine.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-04

was afraid of another spite fence, and
she loved the view from her windows,
for Cosset Town was a pretty place
with shade trees and gardens.
mo, Mrs. Harnack." the agent an.
swered. "Old Mr.. Smiths nephew
John is coming to live with him. We
heard about it from the bakers man,
who's sweet on that girl of Mrs.
Tracy's, Mr.. Smiths housekeeper. His
brother died a pauper and left John
in his care. They say he's a fine
looking young fellow, and just out of
college Wonder what old man Smith
will do with him"
! Teach him to be a fencemaker,
! suppose" said Mrs. Harnack Grossly.
. The spite fence was becoming more
+, than an eyesore. and she hated Mr..
. Smith and wished him at the bottom
| of the sea.
Young John Smith was put into a
lawyers Office in Cosset Town. He
was fresh-faced pleasant young fell
low, and showed no symptoms of any
desire to keep up the feud. One day,
when Miriam had been home from
school two weeks, Mrs. Harnack.
walking with her, saw her daughter
bow, and John Smith raised his hat
as he passed on the opposite side of
the road.
How do you know him." demand
ed the mother.
"Oh. I was introduced" answered
her daughter evasively
Then understand. Miriam. | forbid
you to speak to him again or notice
him"
Very well. mamma" answered the
daughter submissively.
But her mother had once been young
and In love. before an unkind for
tune separated her from her lover
and married her of to Mr. Harnack,
stout, forty-five and bald. She was re-
solved to prevent any possibility of
Miriam's disobedience. That night she
| wrote letter to her neighbor.
Il have abstained from asking you
TO remove your Objectionable fence"
she said. because you have the law
on your side, II you have no sense of
neighborliness. But positively forbid
your nephew to speak to my daugh.
ter again"
The letter came back. Underneath
was scrawled:
L have told my nephew that I'll