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Douglas Island news., 1916-06-14
TWO UTAH SENATOR'S

The prominence of Mormon Apostle Senator Reed Shoot of Utah, in the RepUb- Ican convention at Chicago, recalls to mind the determined effort made to unseat him ten or dozen years ago on the grounds that he practiced polygamy, at which time he stated under oath that while he had for a period in his career been a poIygamist, he had abandoned the practice and was an ad- herent to the law which forbade him having more than one wife
 Smoot not only stated at that time that he had abandoned the practice of polygamy, but he would vouch for the fact that the Mormons as a people had also abandoned it., and that it would not be practiced any more in the several states in which that cult re- sided. for, be it known, the MOrmons are very numerous in Idaho, Nevada, New Mex ico and other states adjoining Utah. The people of the country took Mir. Shoot at his word as a gentleman, as a United States sen ot0r and as sponsor for the MOrmOns in general, and since that time but little has been said on the subject and it was gener- ally believed that poygamy had died a natural death
 But it would seem that the people at large. and even the officials at Washington were lulled to sleep by a seeming acquies- cence to the laws of the land, and that as a matter of fact plural marriages are as com mon now as they were twenty years ago before the lid was attempted to be put on. 1t is said that the operations of the Endowment House are as active today as they were m the palmy days when Brigham Young had his harem filled with wives with no one to say nay
 Hon. Frank J. Cannon is United States senator from Utah also He was born and reared Mormon, and is fully in sympathy with them in everything except poygamy In recent article in the New York World, Mir. Cannon says: q know that the Nor mon church, repudiatng its covenant with the United States has made a new covenant with evil by which the polygamOus priests are protected in their blasphemy to God their treason to the nation, their tyranny over the minds and property of men, and their degradation of women and children. To remedy these conditions MT. Cannon IS endeavoring to have Congress hand down an amendment to the constitution prohibiting pOlvgamy He is also requesting that the use of the United States mails shall not be permitted to the Mormon church for the sending of pOlygamous literature and books containing the covenants and doctrines of plural marriage In his charge against the Church the senator gives facts and names, and cites cases that are in reality gross vlo- latiODs of tbp Mann white slave act
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-14

Several good Republicans are quoted as having made the statement at Chicago: q am for any good man for president who can be elected" But the fact that they were at a Republican convention for the purpose of placing in nomination Republican belied the statement. Had they really meant what they said they would have been at home yelling their heads off for Woodrow Wilson, as he is the only good man that can be elected in this, the year of our Lord, 1916.
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-14

Compared with the king of Greece, other European sovereigns, even though their countries be at war, are to be envied. Be- tween his German wife and his pro-alIy cabinet and advisors, Constantine is hoeing a hard row He would be much better off if he were operating Shine lem up" stand in some live American city where he would be called Tony"
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-14

"Mother's Day" is fixture the same as 'Flag day" but all efforts to start Fathers Day movement have met with defeat Even every dog has his day, but when father at tempts to horn in he is drowned upon.
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-14

The fact that Propnetor John SPicldtt has added fifty seats to his Douglas Orpheum theatre and otherwise made expensive i'm provements is conclusive evidence that he has n6ounded faith in the future of the town
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-14

The utter hopelessness of the Republican cause was made manifest at Chicago when that superannuated but dear old sister, Charles " Fairbanks, was named for vice president.
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-14

That channel bridge at Juneau is said to be as good as agreed upon by the powers that be- But lest it is not agitation should not cease until all doubt as to its speedy construction is dispelled.
Douglas Island news., 1916-06-14

With new bridges, new sidewalks and the surface nicely and evenly graded Third street in Douglas now presents a metropoi- tan appearance, a sort of cropping out of civic pride.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-20
FINANCING THE G. o. P. CAMPAIGN

Our Philadelphia correspondent who teegraphed US
that story guard assessing
employees the City Brotherly $40 TO
$25. etc. and national republican cam
pagn funds. have thought that he springng
something not
particularly different other politicians
sides the guard merely applying to Philadel-
phia process that going all the country For
instance take big industrial corporations.
Within past few days local agents and represent
atives of certain manufacturing concerns, with
officers apparently of republican mould have re-
ceivng gentle hints from their principals that
contribution Of $40 would be highly acceptable
TO the republican national committee. and there is
blank hll out and in accompanied by check.
The Fisk Rubber Tire Co is a particular example.
Nothing said whether the recipients OF
their solicitations of republican faith Seemingly
they are expected to across" take some kind
OF consequences.
The blanks, the letter etc, neatly stereoyped
that leaes wonder. How many South Bend
institutions oficered by with republican anxiees,
are not ~ direction intmidatngly assessing their
representatives the country help finance the
Hughes campaign? II would be interesting TO know.
Upon the of Mr. Hughes of these letters
recipient depend continued prosper
ity which may be very personal quite general
application according the reader mind TO take it,
We anticipate that the Philadelphia ohce-hoders and
municipal employees are. perhaps. given similarly TO
their continued prosperity depends
upon-which is nothing particularly new
just the old republican way doing things That's
"a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-20
BILLIONS IN FOREIGN TRADE.

We have got used TO hearing of enormous exports
and mounting trade balances that we have lost our
apacity for surprise If not faded by pros
perity would great of public enthusi-
figures given by the federal department of
commerce for foreign trade in the first seven
months Of this year
The unprecedented records of last year left far
behind our foreign commerce from January to July
inclusive has reached s4ss4OOO.OOO which is greater
by $L44,OOOOOO than for the corresponding months
of last year.
our have increased nearly 30 cent while
imports have increased As per The excess OF
exports imports-the favorable balance trade
for the whole year of 1915 estimated from the
first seven months o year the rate of
81 $4,000 600 The excess 1916, estimated from
these months, would s25OO 600 600. And
asmuch as volume Of exports still growing more
rapidly .han imports evident that
the close calendar year foreign
merce will from $500 600 to $4,000 Ooo
900 good.
Last year the excess amounted to nearly $1,000 0OO
900. the year ending 80. 1915 i a
little than 900 OO0 900 The record for previous
years was s652oOOOOO. Thus in the current year we
shall benefit by foreign trade from four to five
times much benefited in twelve months
before the
Three billions added 10 our credit will no
doubt than pay off all foreign debts including
the repurchase American securities stilI1 owned
abroad II will leave in the coveted position
creditor nation world. will further stimu-
late unprecedented prosperity With the financial
and industrial advantage thus given and with the
prospect OF at least more equally prosperous
TO follow it will be fault if allow the rest
Of the world to catch up with again
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-20

the duly executive Untl evidence 10
the contrary would be unjust any other
purpose on mis- part
The chief for misunderstanding is the declared
purpose the proposed assembly 10 revise Mexican
constitution persons who familiar with that
document doubt that needs revising. It is excel
lent constutonon paper and in theory. II is close
copy United states constitution is never
been really operative. because il adapted 10
the Of the Mexican people.
our constitution grew naturally OF existing nsti
tutions group intelligent. self governing COM
nunities. II has therefore fitted US. and worked
smoothly needing little mobilization inter
walls conditions changed. That basic law was
taken up bodily and imposed ignorant, haf-civil-
lied nation without experience in self-government,
without the natural state organization which our
federal system is built with very small class of
citizens capable OF understanding sympathzing with
the institutions that the great document stands for The
constitution 1857, but still failed
meet Mexican requirements Weak rulers have failed
to make strong rulers have ignored it, the
Roman emperors ignored constitution of the Roman
republic.
If a constitutional assembly reshape the docu-
ment make it a vital force instead of a much
admired dead letter they will confer an ncalculabe
benefit on Mexico even if in the process they Top off
some of the things which IN the United States re-
garded as sacred.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-20
RAILROAD CHIEFS GLANCE THEIR MINDS.

question Priest Underwood of the Erie rail
sincere his ready acceptance Of the Adamson
eight railway trainmen his
the railroad chiefs of his mind has
It just come to that
part Of valor"
, The Atkinson eight-hour law passed by congress
presages other legislation which al probability.
when It comes will make ample provision for COM
pulsory arbitration of such labor disputes the future
-"arbitration all points" being the thing that the
railroads insisting upon during the trying hours
preceding the passage Of the bill
We said then. we say now. that the railroads
never wanted arbitration, and especially compulsory
arbitration they arbtrate only
when they fov.a .hey were licked Had they wanted
TO grant egl hours Us the law provides and as Pres't
UndeT'vo prouOunces acceptable railroad
Chiefs legislation would have been necessary. The
has given the railroads and the during
ioum period Of eleven months exactly what Pres t
Wilson submitted in his plan of voluntary settlement.
II further provision. however. nvestga-
ton Of the working out of the law during that eleven
months. leaving legislation to provide a
way Of adjusting conditions as justifabe within the
findings the investigating commission after that
elapsed
The railroads doubt realize that the way most
likely be provided be not only arbitration of
points, compulsory arbitration of all points
That would make arbitration something to submit to
half opne that the railroad magnates have reached
the conclusion that they would rather concede the
sighthour day than the arbitration which only
few weeks ago when the president was without
power to enforce it. they pretending to crave
the eght-hour day that they want half so
much as it is compulsory arbitration that they don't
want 1t is that they love the eght-hour day more
but that they compulsory arbitration less and what
they would like TO head Of this further bit OF pro-
gressve legislation which the Adamson presages.
Evidently they did think the president would be
able put his labor program through We half be-
eve that they really wanted a strike figuring on the
political fleet and that with a republican administra-
ton succeeding the they might easily make
that they themselves would lose on account of
IT, The the strike might have on the public
not their worries.
II was sort of TO hell with the public policy and
they pursued the point assurance that the public
was not going TO obey-ard now they are singing a
different
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-20
SOLUOQUIES OF SLUG SHAWN.
I've Got Room Full of Green Goods
an Am Gettin' Too Old TO Take
Amy More"

"Dya see what's tn latest discov-
cry % inquired Slug Slavin bright
and early this morning. as he laid
aside a newspaper 10 greet your
special correspondent A negative
reply and a suggestive inclination
for enlightenment prompted him TO
eluCidate:
Hughes amt no iceberg. He sed
il himself. see. Not only he amt
no iceberg but he's a real human
bein2 He amt no cold-blooded
handicap 10 anything an he's just
as warm-blooded as passionate
TimbuctOo maid in the lanO where
tn thermometer busts a blood yes
sci every day because of tn heat an
even in tn winter tn natives Just
wrap themselves in tn ocean breezes
an trim their fascinatin' costims
with their very best smiles.
This amt no Doe Cook stuff
Its tn real goods for Hughes him
self made tn discovery, an he
sprung il on a bunch of Nj York
newspaper guys. But if Hughes kin
get by with what he told them news
paper guys, an make anybody believe
that he's a real warm blooded hu-
man bein I'm ready 10 bet that this
is goin' 10 be a hot campaign.
Il dunno whatever made Hughes
think he had 10 make this discovery
unless il was on account that every
body else in Nj York has been al
most dyin of tn heat this summer
or else he must OF begun 10 think
that tn frost that's hangin' on 10 his
candidacy was beginning TO freeze
him stiff.
Finds striking Resemblance.
He'd be a bum candidate what
didn't try TO kid tn people about
what a fine gink he is When any
young buck or ole skate gets tn no
ton that he ought TO be elected TO
somethin', believe me, DO, he kin kid
himself into believin' anything at all.
Some of them gets down TO biogra-
phies of Abe Lincoln, an Bill Nc
Kinley an St. Patrick, an Napoleon
Bonypart. an right off tn reel they
finds great resemblances between
themselves an tn big dead ones. If
you ever want piece of easy money,
tell one of these gazeebas that he
looks like George Washington or
Mugsy McGraw, an he'll come across
like a ray of sunshine.
But as far as I'm personally
concerned don't care whether
Hughes is an iceberg and his cam
didacy a frost or not, but there's
one thing that you can always bet
straight across the board with nary
a copper. an that is that every one
of US carries a little line on ourselves
that we don't think tn other fellows
kin see; but they kin. There amt
none Of US that don't kid ourselves
more or less. and some of us do it
a whole lot more than we get wise
to. A candidate for job big or lit
tie. president or dogcatcher. woman
suffrage or pro-German. will get out
among tn poor innocent people an
give 'em tn glad-hand, an ask EN-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-20
ORGANIZING GOVERNMENT IN MEXICO-

Gen Carranza has taken step which S interpreted
his enemies preliminary establishing as
permanent dictator Mexico and by his friends as
leading the restoration of republican At
cspt the latter
Carranza's cali for election delegates a ma
lonal assembly is apparently in accordance with the
established program OF the cousttutonast party Car
has Always promised that soon as order was
Sufficiently restored would for the election of a
congress. his stewardship prepare for
Dresidental election and then tr over MS authority
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-20
SEPTEMBER 90, 1916.
SPIRIT OF THE TRAINING CAMPS.


The Philadelphia Ledger prints this as indicat-
spirit of the citizen volunteers the Plattsburg
military trainiSg camp:
Last night with my kit a mudde,
Last night as / lay in the rain
Last night with my head in puddle,
/ coming again.
lf that heroic jingle really breathes the sentiment Of
the martial civilians the various army camps scat
around the countryand all the evidence seems
indicate does-there can be doubt of the
wholesomeness of the training given.
The amateur soldiers almost without exception
be benefited physically, mentally and spiritually
They come from the camp. with IL arduous laboTs
rigid discipline better health than if they had
spent the tire loahng ct home ordinary vaca-
ton jaunt. They back with renewed, energised
loyalty patriotism. They back in the proud
consciousness that they have got something that will
enable thera their country effectively in
emergency. just good for them, individually
IS il is fer the nation collectively.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-20

YOU make other nations honor and
respect you by slaughtering their
citizens wholesale. whenever there is
passable excuse. is not a growing
idea. / think that Mr.. Wilson and
yourself have the better of Mir.
Roosevelt in the argument.
The war party in the United
States is also essentially a moneyed,
or leisure-class party. Instinctively,
the privileged class edges a country
toward war. for. proverbially. war
makes good places 10 root for truf-
fies AS far as have seen. rich peo-
pie are practically alone in wanting
the United States to 90 around with
a chip on its shoulder Ordinary
people have too little. if any. margin
above what is necessary 10 live. and
are too near TO the realities Of life
10 be anxious 10 make the sacrifices
Of war, or TO indulge in international
strutting.
The Average American.
If Mr.. Roosevelt and his stand
patters thought of the average
American at all. they would see that
ne is a poor man. They would know
that he is too busy supporting his
wife and children, on very small
income. TO realize that it is his
moral (i. e. republican, duty 10 leave
his farm or his workshop. put on
uniform and take part in a row
that is going on three thousand miles
or so away. The average American
has his own duties and his own re-
sponsibilities here, at home-a liv-
ing 10 make people dependent ou
him 10 feed and clOthe here at home
And so, in spite Of the war party
and even Of the highly righteous
and republican necessity of electing
the next president he does not want
20 go 10 war. unless il Is a matter
of life ard death TO him. and he
does not want 10 punish Mr. vii
son for allowing him 10 remain al
home ignobly and mind his own
business. But Col Roosevelt and the
war party are not thinking in terms
OF the average man. IL looks 10 me
as II they we're not thinking at all
except 50 far as is necessary TO as
sure themselves that they are alb
solutely and uncompromisingly la
favor OF America.
sincerely hope and believe that
every progressive in the state who
sees the necessity of an intelligent
and progressive state administration
will vote for you in the primary
With kindest regards. I am,
Very truly yours.
CSigned) AMOS PINCHOT.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-20

pretty clear line up. Men like
yourself and Mr.. Wilson on the one
hand. and Hughes, Whitman, RoOse-
welt and Perkins on the other, en-
/ oody in their attitude toward So
ciety the larger conflict between
democracy and absolutism that is
going on in this country. The repub-
/ licans. as whole, stand for the idea
/ that the country should be govern
I ed by a small group of efficient.
powerful personages. who viii tell
the people what 10 think and what
to do. and make them do 1t. Men
like Pres't Wilson and yourself seem
10 me 20 stand for the opposite idea,
that democracy after all, with all
| its mistakes and inefficiency, Is the
wiser plan, because il allows people
10 think for themselves and teaches
them 10 govern themselves, by gov
erning themselves.
The republicans denOunce Mr..
Wilson for his attitude in regard TO
Germany and the European war.
They say. no doubt sincerely, that
Mr.. Wilson. through his leadership
should have moulded public opln-
ion" into a more aggressive attitude.
/ irrespective Of consequence, that we
have been careless Of our honor, and
many OF them go so far as to- say
that we should actually be In the
war. This ashamed of-my- cOuntry
attitude is wearing 10 the patience
of thoughtful Americans In the
first place. il is utterly astonishing
that. with the whole world involved
in a death struggle. the United
States (trying 10 steer al impartial
course which is naturally OBJECTION
a BILE 20 every belligerent). should
not have been far more seriously
affronted by the war maddened ma
lions than she actually has been.
Nothing but a very skillful and
patriotic handling OF the situation
by Mr.. Wilson could have kept US
out of most serious complications.
As a matter of fact, the United
States except in the eyes OF a few
rather aggressive Americans. and a
GOOD many foreigners who have been
blinded by the fear and suffering Of
the war. is looked upon throughout
the world as having played very
sane and honorable part.
\ Dying Idea.
The sabre rafting conception Of
national honor that Mr.. Roosevelt
advances. 10 Wit, that IL is credita BILE
10 seize the first opportunity 10
physically injure any one who has
in the slightest degree injured you,
has no larger following among in
teIligent. patriotic foreigners than
il has among intelligent patriotic
Americans. II is the dying idea Of
trial by violence-the idea that in
I ali countries survives almost exclu-
| sivelv in two extremes Of society. the
duel approving aristrocrat and the
street brawlng ruffian. This desire
TO get into the war. this willingness
% involve a whole nation IN disaster
for the sake OF some childish, un-
} thought-Of. dog-eat-dog belief that
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-20

Partisan editor has suggested that France her
immediate war bills and restore the balance OF ex-
change countries by selling the vast
quantity of art treasures in the Louvre and Luxem-
bourg France will md a ready market in
America for anything OF that she to sell.
have be a far worse plight than
she today before she'll 10 part with those
particular possessions.