Mound City Republic from Mound City, Kansas • 1

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MOUND CITY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13. 1910. No. 29. EDITORIAL NOTES.

HONEST MEN TO THE FRONT. What the Neighbors Say. He ary Waltrnwa Says the Only Imiu Friends of Taft fear that lie has stepped on a slippery elm in throwing Forester Pinchot out of the forest service. Now is Ht-Muiaf Ike Nafioa. Louisville, Jan 8.

Henry Wat-terson will say in tomorrow's' under the title of Honest Men to the Front:" THE KANSAS CITY STAR and TIMES, 13 papers per week, is priced per year $5.20 THE DEMOCRAT per year is $1.00 THE FARM and FIRESIDE per year is .50 Which totals $6.70 By sending or bringing your or "For the first time in the history of the country, a President of the FSlue Mound Sun We iearn as we are going to press that John R. Shaw, living 6 miles northcRft oi town, dropped dead Wednesday morning while on his way to the hen hcuse. Mr. Shaw had not been feeling well for some time but his condition was thought not to lie serious, lie had lived there for a nunioerof years and was a man well liked and highly respected by his neighbors. He was about seventy years old.

Funeral services will be at the home Friday. One would hardly believe that two old residents of Linn County would lose their wuy driving from Mound City to Ulue Mound. Hut Its a fart United States has openly proclaim "Many western Republicans now are wishing the "recall" plan might he applied to the Taft votes' they cast last fall. Now the Taft reactionaries are threatening to put anti-insurgent campaigners into the Chautauqua circuits next summer to defeat in ed himself the friend of thieves and the enemy of honest men. That, and that r.lone, is the issue precipitated by the executive order of Friday removing Gifford der to the Democrat we can and will get them all for you for the year for surgent candidates for congress $5.20 Desperate situations suggest desper Pinchot from office.

"'By your says Mr ate means. nevertheless. last Saturday evening as Mr. Shurtliff and Joe Find ley were Taft, in effect, 'you have destroyed your usefulness as a helpful subor Speaker Cannon is reported to have declared that he would rather driving home from Plcasanton they lost tbetr way when out of Mound City dinate of those who hold the Republican party in power and are a couple of miles and had to rail a The Price of STAR and TIMES Alone. Anybody in Linn County, or anywhere else, can get these rates by sending a check for $5.20 to LINN COUNTY DEMOCRAT, Mound Citv, Kansas.

ACT NOW. see Democrats in congress than insurgent Republicans. If this ran-tankerous old standpatter lives until bound to protect those who, by farmer from his bed to set them right. If the gentlemen were not strictly tem their corrupt organization and cam perate we would say you had a guess after the coming congressional elec paign contributiuns, have brought coming. W.

B. Hough hud the misfortune to femininity swooped down on their selfish menfolk and gave them the sur-prise of their lives. After the excitement attending their ghoBt-like entry had somewhat subsided, and the men had in a measure recovered from their hysterical attack, all hands joined in -an oyster feast with milk punch and sandwiches added, and all went home happy in the first hourof the newyear. Pleasanton Enterprise. On last Sunday a new time card went into efleet on tho Frisco which changes the leaving time of the three mid-day trains.

107, which was formerly due here at 10:51, now comes at 0:59. 101 has been changed from 2:30 to 1:20 and 105 from 2:30 to 2:15. Look out, and don't miss your train. Thtfre was a shooting match Nov. 25th between the young men and the dads of this district The game was decided in favor of the old gunners, which resulted in the boys having to set up the oyster supper, which will be given January 8th Everybody is invited to come and bring gome one with you.

Come on boys with the goods. Hurrah for our old dads. Come again old kids, John McOrew has sold his general merchandise stock to J. F. Miller, who recently moved here from Prescott, where he has been in tho mercantile business all his life, nearly.

Wehave not learned wliat Mr. McOrew expects to do, but hope he will conclude to re- main with us. We gladly welcome Mr. Miller to our business world ond pro-diet him suceeisin his business as he has a wide acquaintance over the country. There was a party given Mr.

and Mrs. N. Hawkins in honor of Earl CraTt's birthday, Dec. 28th. A large crowd gathered al early hour and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves until until the proper hour when refreshments of cake, pie, candy, apples and nuts wore served by the good hostess, as8iited by Miss Ida Patterson.

AH departed at a late hour declaring Mr. and Mrs, Hawkins wore royal entertainers and wishing Earl many more happy, returns of the day, tione he will see plenty of Democrats there, but they will be occupying seats of reactionaries, not of insurg the Republican party to power and are relied on to maintain it in ents. lose Martin, one of his tine black horses, Wednesday night, The horse had become fastened in some way a few nights before and his exertions to free himself resulted in musrlo poisoning. In other words, the public lands Cooking, table setting, servipg, and franchises belong to the saints, and we are the saints. Pink Rice, of Fort Scott, has a "defi" to all his old machine SENATOR GORE SCORCHES CANNON AT DANVILMR.

Danville, 111., January 7. Thut "all Democrats should givt aid This was one ol the hearse team and mending, drafting and dress making were operations that were studied and practiced. Tho relation of Mrs. Bough's driving horse and his Many Republican Presidents have, by indirection through the associates, renounced and denounC' fid their policies and announced al legiance to.Governor Stubbs, Sena place will be hard to till. La Cygne Keoord.

food to' disease, home decoration an1 comfort to Republican ogres-and furnishing, and efficiency of ive8 in Republican dint-iota who Newt Keeton treed a nest full of tor Bristow, Congressmen Murdock woman in the home were some of vou'd against speaker Joe tannon, and Madilon, A. C. Mitchell and the subjects that were handled by skunks last Friday and got Dan Stain-brook and Harry Parker to help dig them out. As the boys dug through yards of earth frozen hard as flint they protective policy proclaimed themselves the friends of robbery under the forms of law. Mr.

Taft becomes the first to depart from the process of licensed robbery and to announce that the debts of his runty are in future to be paid out the people's Tom McNeal, who are after Scott's and Anthony's scalps, respectively, consoled themselves with mental esti -He suggesss that Scott should be called back to Iola at the earliest against his rule, against the tariff and the ship subsidy" war the opinion expressed by Senator Gore, Oklahoma, speaking tonight at a Jackson Day banquet in this city. "I wage no war against Cannon nor against Aldrich as said Gore, hut Cannonibro mates of the wealth those skunk hides would bring, When at last they reached their quarry and found that it was a lone rabbit, their disgust may be imagined, but it cannot be expressed in various speakers during the week. One of the most interesting digressions fiom the regular work was a meat cutting demonstration. This was given by an expert butcher and stock man, who made cuts from, and drew comparison between the carcass of an old canner cow and that of a prime beef steer. He show domain.

It is not worth while for anybody to beat about the bush, or possible moment. Why not send him to his Rhode Island constitu ents? to deal in anything but plain Eng lish. The truth will not down. THE QUESTION. WHY the Kansas language.

Half a dozen La Cygners of mature and Aldrichism as a system si Republican members of the last ii win not eumce. ah men now know, if they did not know government. Personally I wish for ed the difference in value of differ session o( the Kansas legislature de before, that the decapitation of them good health and increase of ent cuts from good beef, and passed feated the measure asked by Gover- i it v. a Glavis was meant to kill a danger dflysv Politically I wish deihrone- out for inspection by the stu nor ciiuDDs ior a puono uiiimes ous witness, but in the decapita dents. tion of Gifford Pinchot, and his years decided to watch the old year out and new year in last Friday night, untrammeled by the presence of petticoats.

Accordingly they foregnth-ed in an Isolated room and enjoyed a set-to at pilch, with cigars and other refreshments on the side. Meantime the wife of one of the sextet had evolved a little scheme of her own. She got Lusy with the phone, called up the women folk of the other conspirators and On other days the classes were K. O. Star.

A Norborne man bought 20c worth of steak and received a nickel in change. When ho got home he could not find conducted through the dairy of the College and were given instructions ment unto them and their dynasty. "If the reign of stundpat tyranny is continued I have little choice among the tyrants. Destroy the despotism, if you wouid destroy the despot. Cannon and Aldrich are in the path of progress the chosen associates, Price and Shaw, the administration has committed har-ikari upon itself.

Henceforth, the ground about the White House and around the throne of the Czar of the meat At last he discovered the nickel in his coat pocket That srave him a clew and opening his purse he on butter-making and care of milk on the farm; poultry management also came in for its share of attention and study. invited them to her home for the same night. About midnight this bunch of found where he had put the steak, champions of privilege, the guiciinf; the Congress will be sown with dragons' teeth, and from now onward let there be no politics in this The Domestic Science and Art genius of tho new administration, the friends and favorites of the king, Departments of the Institute are country except the rescue of the perched upon the very amis of the 25 Independents Question No, 4 Republicans 655 Democrats 219 Socialists 4M Prohibitionists 21 I ndependents HI 1 .1 24 1 0 0 0 government from organized pillage; which, not content with raising up throne. it commission to supervise bond isuess by railroads and other corporations; such as telegraph ard telephone companies, stockyards and packing companies, etc. It is through these bond issues to a great extent that capitalization is inflated, the people impelled to pay high rates of interest on watered stocks, the small stockholders robbed, while the inside rings get millions in the rake-off and manipulation of these additional securities, which are a taxing power against the people, a' tax which cannot be evaded by either producer or consumer.

If state or local taxes are too high the voter can hold some officials responsible, but he no redress against excessive taxation by corporations. If these new bond issues were all honestly used to improve the property, the equipment and the service the people would receive ome equivalent, but it is notorious that only a Jiooseveii was able to run his favored classes and distributing rapidly increasing in attendance and interest each year, and the College people are doing all in their power to make the week the most profitable and enjoyable to the women and girls who attend. mammoth fortunes through the administration without their domination. It seems that Mr. Taft tariff reaches forth its corrupt and impious hand to steal from surrendered at the first summons.

Roosevelt in his way, was the friend THE SITUATION AT WASHINGTON. people the public lands and franchises that yet remain to bona ffde settlers and honest but poor men. of progress and the foe of privilege and the people may ye, prefer the strenuosity of Roosevelt to the sin There are enough upright men yet in Congress to forbid. The uosity of Taft. They may yet conclude that 'The hands are the hands of Esau, but the voice is Jacob's President's pal in the lower house ARE STRONG AGAINST CANNON.

A Straw Vole in Kairna Rrinf Unexpired Itcsjjlt. Jan. 8. According to figures-compiled from letters received T. A.

McNeal believes that the opposition to Cnnnonism and the present tariff law and support of Senator Hristow, Congressmen Murdock and Madison and other insurgents is almost ovewhehning. Mr. McNeal is editor of the Mail and IJreezc, a weekly farm paper, fiflst week he sent out a list of questions which he asked the Kansas farmers to answer. The questions follow 1. Are you opposed to the rule of Cannon in the lower housa-of Congress and of Aldrich in the senate? 2.

Are you satisfied with the tariff lull that was passed at the special session of Congress? 8. Do you approve of the course of Senator lJristow in voting against the tariff bill on its final passage 4. Do you approve of the course of Congressman Murdock and other so-called insurgent congressmen in attempting to chance the present rules will not be allowed to pack a com mittee of subservient, standpat Republicans and rascally Demo The tariff," Mr. Oore fluid, "en Of the answers less 100 came from outside of Kansas. The distribution of the answers in.

the Kansas congressional districts was as follows: First, 118; Second, 129; Third, 125; Fourth, 177; Fifth, 82; Sixth, 91; Seventh, 209; Eighth, 90. "The answers were a surprise to me," said Mr. McNeal. "I did not believe the proportion would be anything like this. With hundreds of the answers came letters saying that the answers expressed the sentiments of two-thirds of the citizens of tho community.

The answers show a powerful opposition to Can-nonisin and the tariff bill and a hearty endorsement of Bristow and Murdock." IJuy window glass at SWIFT'S and' save money, ables one man to get without earning what another man earns without getting, which enables the jeweled hand of g'eed to pick the threadbare pocket of the needy. crats, prearranged and prejudged to whitewash the guilty and convict the innocent. "Even Aldrich may find Jordan a hard road to travel in the Senate. We shall have an investigation that will investigate. He who dallies becomes a dastard; he that doubts is sure to be damned.

The black flag raised by the President floats at the mast head of the administration; let the Stars and Stripes float at the masthead of Congress. 'No be the word, until the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth comes blazing from the crucible to put a blister upon the forehead of corruption, in vindication of true men and all for the glory of God and the honor of the Republic. Amen." of the lower house of Congress so as to take the appointment of committees out of the hands of the Speaker, pre Who's in the best position to sell you goods at low prices; the merchant The situation is so confusing at Washington that even Congressmen on the ground do not understand just where they are at." But some facts are known. One is that the reactionaries have been beatf by public opinion into some sort of consent to progressive legislation. In exchange for their submission they have gone to the President, pnl this in known to he the onaa with Senator Bristow, for instance, and have directly urged that the insurgents be kicked out of the party by refusal to recognize their recommendations.

Such a demand has been made on the President against Bristow. to our knowledge. The reactionaries are sore. They are beaten at home and in Washington. If they have concluded for policy's sake and for self-preservation to carry out the platform which the progressive sentiment of the party wrote at Chicago, they want the insurgents punished by the President for their independence of the leadership that no' longer leads.

That is something like the true situation. It would be a ridiculous incident in this conflict if the insurgents who have stood eo uncompromisingly for the people, the party and the platform, should have to be disciplined for being right. But their deprivation of patronage would only strengthen them at home. Not one voter in 1,000 can get a job anyhow, and not one per cent of the voters care about the patronage, Topeka Capital. venting him irotn being a member ol the committee on rules, and otherwise restrict liis power? There was a space for and the voter was asked to state his politi who buys and sells for cash or the one who buys his goods on time and takes promises instead of cash for his pay? It's not a hard question to answer.

small proportion, if any, is so used. Governor Stubbs is now trying to ascertain if any," or how much, of the new twenty-million bond issue Tjf the Missouri Pacific will be expended to improve the dilapidated tracks and worn out engines, and cars of its Kansas lines, but seems quite unable to do so. The Central Branch Missouri Pacific line from Beloit to Stockton built in 1884 for less than $15,000 per mHe and immediately bonded for $44,000 per mile, has never been improved, and is now so run down that trains make but seven miles per hour and have no special time of arrival anywhere. Something similar is true of many other Gould lines in Kansas, including our own delectable Madison-Butler line. Now why should Republican legislators vote against this effort to curb thiB abuse? And why do Republicans generally vote that they like to pay interest on watered stocks and receive very poor service in return? w.

IF THE BEST is not too good for you Before you have that crown and bridge work done, that set of teeth made, or thoae fillings put in, have a talk with Pogla. Out ol town Wed, cal preference. Thus far 1,119 answers have been received and tabu Try trading at Reese's Cash Food House you'll save money. 28-2t lated and there are more than 500 "The President says the object of revision was not to reduce prices but to prevent an advance. There has been a saturnalia of high prices since the new law was approved, but you need no other reminder than experience.

The President has also assured us that the new law the best law ever enacted by the Republic. What a splendid compliment 1 If increased duties be the test, it is par exceiience the Mr. Gore condemned a ship subsidy, policy of centralization and a central bank. Continuing, he said: "The country is on its knees now praying that we may escape the scandal in Alaska. An investigation has become imperative.

Let us hope there will be no wanton use of either lampblack or whitewash." The Farm and Fireside is a useful farm paper, besfdea containing excellent household hints and interesting short and continued stories for young and old folks. That paper, a beauti-tiful, artistic calendar and the Democrat on vear for we dollar. Extra heavy galvanized pails at answers yet to he listed. The fig SWIFT'S. The Farm and Fireside stands at ures on the votes follow: Question No, 1 Party.

Yes, No. Mi 85 Democrats 219 8 Socialists 0 the head of the list of, farm and family papers in this country. The Baby Calendar, 7x11 inches, is an artistic beauty and you know the Democrat the official county paper. All three one year for one dollar. Prohibitionists 21 0 Independents .......144 1 Question No.

2 I Republicans 86 644 DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT THE STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE. During the meeting of the State Farmers' Institute Manhattan, over seventy-five women and girls were taking lessons in Domestic Science and Art in the laboratories of the Agricultural College. BesideB the practice work in the sewing and laboratories demonstrations and lectures were given by the instructors on various Un on home economics 2tf Bfx-ialists 0 Prohibitionists 0 27 1 139 TEN TflOUSAND DOLLARS Of borne money to loan on Linn county land, at lowest rates. Interest and principal payable at our office in Mound City. Haley, McMulun 0o Question No, 3 Republicans .632 45 Democrats 219 1 Socialists 43 1.