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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-04-06
THE IMMIGRATION BILL.

The Burnett immigration BILL with its Monaghan exclu
SION features and its eracy test before Congress meet
ing with approval will apparently pass in both branches
the national legislature.
The bill is aimed against the terate foreigner and would
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-04-06
COLONEL RoosEVELT's "DEVIL RIRn,

Colonel ROosevelts expedition to Africa gave the A
people sort of college in zoology His Brazil 49,
poraton brushed geography and gave the
River of Doubt. And his visit the West Indies h
bird that's worth all the trouble and
the trip The colonel landed in New York full of entbns
the guachro-whc, not entirely natuaIists ~
at least to the colonel himself and is pleasing nova
the rest of us.
The guacharo, it seems, is bird that lives in cave hos
whiskers prows around at night eats nuts-presumah
locating them by the noise they make in the arkand howl
like mad dog only So fearsome it's nocnrn
warbngs that the natives at Trinidad where Colonel Roo
welt made the acquaintance of this pathological freak cali
the 'dablotn," or "little DEVIL
This provides agreeable diversion from prolonged con
temptation of war; national defense and politics. What fn
thing it would be if of statesmen and publishers
a little serious attention to natural history!
SBy the way it possible that the devil bird fatad
to be party emblem this year Wallace Press-Times
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

The present campaign in Mexico has demanded an app0
paton by Congress of than $80OOOOO and if the p
suit OF Villa should grow into Intervention the result wou
soon grow into oO Lit is worth the eight million at any r
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

Two proposed amendments the constitution of Idaho
will be up for the rejection approval of the this fall
One OF them is to permanently prohibit the sale and manu
ture OF intoxicating liquors within the state Another would
permit the selling of 100 sections of state land year instead
Oh 20 sections as now authorized Keep these in mind Form
vote each
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

once Villa has been captured and the proper punlsnm
meted out there higherups connected with hun
paymaster nstgaors accessories his murderous acts ~
should be run to earth
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

Captain Davis is certainly not politician He goes owe
the state telling the truth and puncturng the big stories
other candidates and wouldbe candidates. Doesn't he n
ne ought to tell bigger story than any of the others
he wants to be he should not only make axes stat
but give every citizen premium of $500 Nobody would
qulre where he would get the money-Twin Falls Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

Twenty young of Monroe Wisconsin have formed
society for promotion of enisments the national guaro
the press dispatches state and boosting recruiting by
usng TO welcome any callers at their home who not w
oers OF the local militia company Here is idea for new
popular song Tte-"I'm Going to Raise My Boy to be
SOLDIER
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

d. W. Davis plan for taxless state is charactersa
Republican Ii plausible possible, in operation it
might prove convenient Republicans inclined as Allen and
exravagant politicians might SPEND without people motto
ing the leak If the expenditure equal to past Republican
records IN the state and to the Allen standard the tax
cream OF the would be governor would eventually fail
petence squandered
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nothing more. We al only hope, In
the absence Of an agreement in due
treaty form, that "it the sovereignty
Of a sister republic IL menaced iron
overseas" the united power of the
American republics will be exerted to
repel the invasion and destroy the
enemy. And this hope must be based
upon the purpose Of the United States,
communicated to the other republics,
never to enter upon the path Of con-
quest. Let there be the least sus-
picion of a design to their
territory and militant Pan-American.
ism would burst like a bubble.
In a political sense there can. be no
evolution Of the Monroe Doctrine that
would relieve the United States Of
the duty Of maintaining an adequate
army and navy to enforce the doc.
trine as we'll as to defend its own
sovereignty. The United States may
befriend and protect other Western
Hemisphere republics, but unless a
league Is formed obligating each of
those republics to organize its mill.
tary resources for the common de-
fence the United States could not
count upon their assistance in an
emergency.
And always It must be considered
that. the Atlantic coast Of the United
States being only a few days sail
from Europe, the emergency might
come suddenly, in which cast the
cooperation of these Southern repuh-
lies would probably be futile. So, TO
fight It's W battles the United States
must depend upon Its W right arm.
Mr.. BRYAN's mischievous theory will
doubtless he heard Of In Congress
when preparedness is debated. Sup
porters Of the ADMINISTRATORS de-
fence programme should therefore he
on their guard.
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Mr.. Tanners Departure.

Chairman TANNER has served his
purpose and the hard headed gen
tlemen from up State to whom the
Republican party represents AT the
worst bread and butter. and mt the
best pie and champagne. are ready to
supersede him. The Hon. CHARLLs
S. WHITMAN owes something to FRED
ERlcK G. TANNER, but Mr.. WHITMAN
does not seem anxious just at present
TO recall the Indebtedness.
However, the Governors aspira-
lions do not explain the impending
departure of Chairman TANNER. The
reason for his retirement may be de-
duced from the names of the states
men who are mentioned as his pos.
siblc successors. Uncle GEORGE AID
RIDGE of Munroe, FANCuor of Catta-
raugus are typical of the list.
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CITIES GAY. CITIES GLOOMY.
Good Cheer In Philadelphia and Balti-
moro, Dulncss In Washington.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Str: The
New Years mummers' fancy dress pa
rade in Philadelphia this year was bug
ger and grander than ever. I had TO
leave TO catch the noon train for Biiti-
more, and the parade was not over even
then.
At Baltimore found an old FASH
ioned open house In fun swing Ia the
grill at the ancient Rrnncrt. II was "A
reminder of the palmy days OF Broad
way. when the cafes and hotels Wed
with each other To- see which could put
up the finest collation.. There was the
iignliied old colored serving forse, each
Of whom looked as proud as "a peacock
and as old as Msthuseiah.
Then ION to Washington" where |
found things dull IN the same degree
that they were roll!ckins ~ Baltimore.
Washington has surely fallen or dec<i-
dent days. Shoemaker removed from
its Old noorings. leaving all the at
mosphere when il was transplanted to
the other side of the National Theatre {;
a plumber shop where IN" delightful
Iiancocks mad you Ike the world a
little better any time this past sixty
years even Fritz Reuters gone. And,
though II passed out a number ~ years
ago, John ~Chambcrlin's Will recur to
the mind as you wander about the town
tldt Nechoneu III uasS S'hN " VIC
men from many parts who could ai'pre-
ciate these things.
Let us lie thankful that here there
still remain half a dozen spots vhere
the man with n memory ~ a different
day may drop In on occasion and pass
Il little quiet period IN communion with
the past. We would not part with our
modern convenicnces OF course hut IA
old pr. Johnson said. there Is nothing
hat has been cuntr.ved by nan from
which so mrIch pleasure has been de-
rived as from a good tavern or Inn.
NEW YORK, January 4. J. =. A
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4 Pioneer Western Editor and
Statesman.

Colonel i,opERr THOMPSON VAN
HoRN, whose death In his ninety
second year was reported yesterday
from Kansas City, was one NJ the
broad minded men who helped lay
deeply The foundations of great
Missouri valley empire.
Few men served better his own
section and the whole country at the
same time. He was taught in the
school of experience, and liked his
teacher so well that the blows he got
and could not return he laughed at.
In the hard days OF the Missouri
Kansas border warfare, rs an anti
slavery editor and a Union soldier,
he had al opportunity every day To
put 10 test his faith and his philoso-
ply. lie served his city as an NJ
builder and its chief official, he WAS
a member of the Missouri State Leg
lslature and of the national Congress.
His leadership of Missouri troops
saved Kansas City and northeastern
Kansas to the Union.
He was known best as he wished to
be known, as an editor. His expert
ence a> u printers apprentice in Penn
and his long journey west
ward, working as he went, gave him
the training that made the journal
one of the great newspapers of the
West. lie was the first to report east
of the Rockies the discovery of the
great gold deposits of Colorado. Kan
>as City, or rather Independence, In
those days, was the end of the trail
across the plains, and a returning
prospector told him of the new Edo
RADIO. He published in the sos II re-
port of the Yellowstone region that
led to an official. survey of this won.
dcrlnnd. A trapper told him the
story, and II was so Wild and weird
that the Colonel kept 1t for several
days before printing II. II gave both
these beats on the whole world al
most a page in my paper" he said
with a pride that he never showed in
speaking Of any other of his achieve
ments.
Although he lived most of his &C
tive life in the Missouri valley and
devoted his energies TO the upbuild-
ing of the city of which he was Justly
proud, he never permitted his sec
tional ambitions to obscure his greater
love for his country. He was truly
II citizen OF the United States In It's
broadcast ems He was not Il mar
who would give rs n reason for lack
Of support to reasonable preparedness
that the measure brought no "tangl-
bic results" to his section or that the
Mississippi valley was safe from the
attacks of an enemy.
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Pan-Americanism seems 70 he at
tractive to Mr.. BRYAN mainly be-
cause, rs he Processes 10 believe, a
union Of the American republics will
lessen the expenditures necessary for
their protection from possible at
tempts at INVASION" But Mr.. BRYAN
Is thinking only of the preparedness
movement In this country. He could
not have deceived any Of the dele
gates to the Pnn-.American Scientific
Congress, which as Il former Sccre-
tary of State he addressed on Mon
day. Preparedness is a policy adopted
by President WILSON. Mr.. BRYAN
awaited himself of the opportunity
to attack 1t under cover of II felgned
concern for the welfare Of the other
American republics.
According 10 Mr., BRYAN. Pan
.A~mcricaniSm il an evolution Of tho
Monroe Doctrine and In effect takes
the place of that doctrine, That was
not the view, As il could not be-, of
Secretary LANSING when he opened
the congress in Washington on de-
cember -. Mr.. LANSING suid: THE
Monroe Doctrine Is a national policy
of the United States Pan-American-
ism is an International policy of the
Americas" The Monroe Doctrine he
ing n national policy, the United
States II never wait for the CO.
operation of other republics OF the
Western Hemisphere when n viola.
ton Of the doctrine Is imminent; If
necessary, the United States must
act. alone. Concert of action might
be highly desirable, hut If the sister
republics balk the United States must
proceed with the business In hand,
mobilizing and using its army and
navy and depending upon its own re-
sources In men and material.
There IL no league for se~lf-lcfence
among the republics Of the Western
Hemisphere. "One for all, all for
ono" Ia q sentiment at present and
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Aircraft and Footwear In Trade With
south America.

MIR. SANrOs-DuMONT draws a pretty
picture Of the aeroplane as the dove
of Pan-American peace. Soaring on
the wings OF %eloquence, he said to the
congress In universal science Of the
twenty-one republics: "The aeroplane
will knit the various States of the
hemisphere into an in%tegrally united,
cooperating and friendly combination,
allied for their own well being IN
trade and commerce as well as for
strength In times Of possible war;
Not many years have passed since
flight became n recognizable human
L~ossioiity. But n very few years
ago ITS adaptation to practical uses
seemed a visionary scheme, and scep-
ticism bad scientifically authoritative
%exponents. For all Its wonderfully
rapid advance the art OF aviation has
~ yet completed it's conquest Of the
air. How fast and far its develop
ment may proceed, who shall say?
Certainly after this military era It's
application to commercial intercourse
WI progress until the dreams Of u
p~ensration ago are reality.
TIE Brazilian Nier will be, no doubt,
Sae agent Of that new development
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BAHAISM.
A Convert to the Persias Propaganda
EXpounds Its Met.Hhysic.

To ruE Editor or TIE SUS--Sir; IN
TIM sun of January : appears Il re-
view, under tho caption "Bahaism and
Its Claims of d book bearing the
same title by Samu.l Grah Wilson.
-. H.. May ] correct the apparent
misunderstanding OF what Bahaism Is
10y presenting 1t from the sympathetic
attitude of one who has experienced
Bshaiem as well rs studied II?
Bahaism Is not - religion founded
~ revolt from Islam and proragated IN
rivalry 10 Chr.stianity." The phrase
"a religion" according to the Balai's
knowledge. 10 "A contradiction IN terms
Their is hut one religion, the VIII OF
one God the present diversity Of faiths
We all religions Is but the successive
nlSirterpr,tLt.ous OF that Will by
minds aN"d upon material phenomena
rather than upon spiritual reality
The impulse toward opposition existing
In each religion for every other religion
is established at the circumference Of
religion. where social convention eScrts
greater pressure than spiritual truth.
AZ the centre of Iel,~!on. occupied by
tn" true ain aud martyr, God has
ever been realized as one, and with
that realization Is born tho conviction
that humanity is one also.
Baha,su's "rcvult' was caused en-
AlIfNF ny Tic I'Nl4lANN 'l oFE t!llL'l
lslam'sm 20 a threat OF Danger 10 its
Intellectual and social prestige.
The word propaganda" as commonly
used. has 10 rcfcrenc. 10 the Rahai
method OF presenting its claims. BAHIA
ism IL not an organization attempting
to Increase its membership ii Is a
teaching eHdeavor.ug to change the
hearts OF men. lie Is a Bahai who lives
the teaching. not he who merely adopts
the name. The true Bahai would like
nothing better than t. see the world
actually 'hristianized that is, estab-
l.shed ~ the conviction that Il + het-
ter to love ones neighbor better than
~ low ones eC,f.
Bah,is'n IS the teaching that in our
day there hats arisen IA successor TO the
founders of all religions that in him
the separate hopes OF tho races for
spiritual redemption and material peace
nave been tuln.l"d and that through
him Is manifested tho command Of God,
that is, the power of bringing these
hopes 10 effect. Rihaisin Is the dawn
OF the era OF spiritualized civilization
over the entire world, 1t Is the divine
will cooperating with our universal
powers OF science and invention, turn
ing them from war TO peace.
No Eahh would ever think OF esti-
mating the advance of this movement
by Il numerical count. II advances
upon the general tendency 10 turn from
the reliance apo matter 10 the re-
lance upon spirit as the true foundation
for human affairs. As such, the visit
of Abdul BAHIA to Europe II America
proved OF enormous influence
To know our leaders personal lives
Is 10 know the power OF ~seIf-sacrince
and love associated less with the human
than with the divine. that is, the Christly
nature Horace HoLIEY.
NEW YoRK. January 4.
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Neutrality Was the Only Attitude We
Could Justly Take.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir: The
ground Of attack on President Wilson
seems to he based upon his omission to
protest against Germany's Invasion of
Belgium. You have clearly demon
strtird that we had no right to protest,
and no rational person can possibly
th!nk that Germany would have halted
had VIC protested. The critics OF Presi-
dent Wilson, because III did not protest,
should first show by what right or
claim of right a protest could have been
predicated. and secondly, what would
have been our next step had Germany
ignored the protest.
Assuming Il protest was given and
Ignored, President Wilson'S only rccoursc
would ave been to conveDe Congress
and lay the matter before It. DO the
critics think that Congress would have
declared war against Germany? Will
SONS protest, unless so acted on by
Congress, would have made him a pitiful
figure. Germany's reply to a protest
would have been a query a to what
right we had to interfere. Wilson could
not havo cited "A treaty right, and there
could have been only one other ground
for Il protest. namely, for humanity's
sake. Germany would have replied that
necessity required her TO pass through
Belgium and that no inhumanity to
Belgium was contemplated, Tho Bel
gians put up a fight against tho Ger
mans to maintain the integrity OF their
own land,
Crossing Belgium was an act Of war
and the Beigians rightfully resisted, The
so-cailed inhumanlty followed. But what
right of ours was involved? Are we
called upon to protest when one country
makes war against another. or when one
country invades another? II we protest,
will We make our words good with
deeds IN whole attack of the critics.
with Roosevelt believing at the head of
the herd, is just foolish. Roosevelt's
attitude Is so absurdly grotesque that
we may be thankful that he was no
President at the time OF the inroad Of
Germany on Belgium,
II. r, would like TO get back to the
white House, but he never will 70 long
AS there are three to four millions of
Republicans in the country, They will
never forget his assassination Of the Re
publican party. EDMUND n. DopGs.
NEw YoRK, January .,
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PRINCETON SHOW AT WALlul
TRIANGLE club APPEARS INI,t
ndrrgraduntc " orb.

Tho Princeton University o.
Club, on its annual holiday TO-.
to the Waldorf-Astoril yr-tr..r
noon and last night. prcsrut.lI
nal musical comedy in ~ ar'
''rhe Evil Eye" This year.
IS the composite work of S'A
Undergraduates staged ~
Hooper, piano score ana urcht s,'.'.
Richard l., Weaver, book Icy '..
wilson. Jr., music by pLul nl,.,.
+, w Guilbert ami lyrics 'y
Fitzgerald The scenes a,r l
"Nialserse, n small fishing VILLAGE
coast Of Brittany"
Among those who took rirt g.
presentations yesterday Were G. fl.
trobe, j. p. bishop II, + CHS
Nelson, T. ardman, A. l.. Has,
Nick. Bowman. j. B Given. G. h.
Heyn'grr, 0rmond Gould. y J 81
c. Haddon Sd. q, n McCorm,ya
Guilbert, J.. ID. seymour and '.
Doyle. The g"aud ballroom ~ ?"
dorf was crowded for both pcrtor.
and after the last one general
was INDUCED In by tho studont
their friends.
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Meanwhile. leaving its details in his
and other competent hands, let con-
firmed terrestrians consider how
much more cordial would be the en-
tente, in the homely but essential
phase of trade, II North American
manufacturers were to stop trying to
sell South American merchants an
article" that Is "just as good" In
tercontinental relations would be on
n much better footing, so to speak, if,
for example. other "lines" were to
take warning from u reported ex-
perience of the shoe trade, handl-
capped by the reputation earned by
one shipment Of footgear with card
board sOles. Trade must he content
to keep its feet on the ground for
time to come.
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SUB JUDGE.
A Protest Against Prejudgment In .
Case Before the Courts.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: Az
the present time a public offcer, or
rather a man who has been a public
officer. lies under certain charges that
have q peculiar gravity because they In
volve his relations to the public not only
as an individual but as an official. The
truth OF those charges Is to be tested
In a court of law. where the accused
may claim the benefit of every rcason-
able doubt. where his rights Will be
jealousy guarded by able counsel, and
where his accusers must bear the burden
of making good their accusations.
This IL a case In which because OF
the official character of the accused the
whole community has q special interest
In the proper determination Of the issue
by impartial judges uninfluenced by any
other consideration than competent evil
dence. 1t would be "A great calamity
that an innocent man shoYAd In such
"a case be condemned 1t Would be a
reater misfortune should a guilty ono
be acquitted, to be restored to his posi-
ton in social and official life.
Under these circumstances tho attempt
Of a part of the press Of this city to
PREJUDICE the question by expressing posi-
tive opinions as TO tho probability OF the
truth of the charges, or as In the case
u IL very illliushtlhi 'WhpuiSi W o.
ing to the length OF ~pronouncing them
unbelievable" is a betrayal OF the trust
that the press holds for society, and
cannot be defended on the most lati-
%tudinarian Interpretation OF the doctrine
of the liberty OF the press or freedom
OF speech.
The attacks on the officer whose duty
II has been to give the charges official
form are Ineligible on only one of two
grounds either that the conduct OF a
popular official should be exempt from
scrutiny or that the fence are beyond
the pale of possibility. When the pub
lie interests are at stake neither sup
position is tenable. and II augurs Ill for
the security of society when organs that
consider themselves tho peculiar mouth
pieces of respectahility should so far
forget their obligations to law and or
der as to castisate public officers for
doing their plain duty.
There is no public function In which
the safety Of society Is more intimately
involved than In the deliberations OF
grand n petit juries. II through In
or corruption those institu-
tons should forfeit public confidence
" grand juries may be terrified into a
refusal to .ndict and petit juries TO con-
vict-the barrier against crime Will have
been destroyed and society will be at the
mercy of the criminal, n contamination
which these journals that arc visiting
their displcLsure on the officials of West
public spirit or too Indifferent to. or
which they lack the intelligence to per-
ceive To he the inevitable consequence
of general conduct such as theirs in
the present instance. l.. j. DuSpoS.
new YORK, January 4.
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LAST MONITOR HERO DIES
WilltRH m burst of CiviI War Tam'
lbs to Pneumouta

PHILApEIPHr,, Jan 4-N .liiam - =
the last survivor OF the historic NJ
Ncrrimac battle OF the civil va.
to-day of pneumonia In his go
sixth year at his hcmc here,
As the last survivor Of tho o."
engagement IN Hampton Roads ou 81
.. 1862 burst, big In frame ,
turcsque IN his naval uniform
known through tho land and was Co..
clpient OF many honors
In this city the Munitor herr.
rescued the commander of the ...
was Owed by thousands OF sy@ DIP.
dren whom he addressed GA Mo-.
Day and on every other patrols.
sion which afforded him au upu.l
to give the new gercratua q ...
account Of how the "Dlt CO..
battered the Confederate ship A.,.
burst was also pr,miItut "
all the big patriotic parade .a,.
city during the last qItgl,g u.
fury.