Iowa State Bystander

IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. VOL. XIII, No. 20. The first order of Elks among Negroes in Iowa, was organized and set up in Buxton last week with a membership of fifty. The following named officers were installed: Geo. E. Callaway, Exalted Ruler; I. H. Hutchison, Esteemed Leading Knight; Ed Green, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Dr. C. S. Taylor, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; C. N. Sellers, Esquire; Rev. C. H. Mendenhall, Chaplain; Dr. J. H. Williams, Secretary; B. F. Cooper, Treasurer; Wm. Jackson, Organizer; W. J. Watson, Inner Guard; Wm.Baily, Tyler; D. Thomas, J. Jenkins, J. R. Stone, Trustees. While this order is not new among white people, yet it is a new secret order among colored people in the middle west. We know but little about the order, yet we can say that any society which seek to elevate mankind and make us better men morally, and any order which has on its banner "charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity" ought to be helpful in leading humanity to higher civilization. Various Ideas and Various Writers. In this unsettled condition of our material development and state of racial feelings caused by recent trouble between the two races in certain sections of our country, has caused many ideas to be advanced, and many new writers entering the arena. The Iowa daily Register and Leader has had some very good articles by some of our local leaders and certainly some articles in which the Bystanter does not fully agree with as the best solution, and there are many white writers that we cannot agree with. There are a number of foreign writers whose conception is still broader that the local writers. This week we are printing an editorial from the able pen of A. N Johnson of Mobile. Ala., and an article from Dr. DuBoise. In our reply you can then get the idea we advocate. Rome, Ga., Sept. 20, 1906 My dear western friend: It is with a degree of pleasure that I am stealing a few moments from my constant labor, to let you know that I have not forgotten you, nor the good people of Des Moines who stinted themselves in nothing in making my stay with them pleasant I receive your paper regularly and am pleased with it, and enjoy very much perusing its weekly contents. I do think you all have as a race a fair opportunity out there, I mean "A man's chance" and exanestly hope my people's conduct will never interfere with their present opportunity in that section. I am back, as you know, in the land of the south, a much-reviled both justly and unjustly section of the country. The present administration has sent us currents of prosperity throughout this great country and the south to day is prospering as she never has done before since the days of freedom. Since leaving your fair city I have opened up a grocery business in addition to my pastoral work, as this bill CITY NEWS. (N.B. I must have relatives or friends visit upon the city or go to make a visit, please inform us; we solicit all your local news-Ed.) John L. Thompson was eiled to Dubuque last Monday on legal business A week of prayer is being held at Union Congregational church this week. Henry West who has been in up Da- kota has returned home and reports an interesting trip. He may take up a claim later on. Go to Mason's the Milliner for good fall hats. Latest styles at reasonable prices Mr. and Mrs. David Barner, substantial citizens of Grimes, la., entertained at dinner last Tuesday father Bell. J. J. Lucas, and Miss Mirtle Clauden formerly of this city but now of Denver Colo. An enjoyable time reported. A trip around the World is the name of the concert to be given at St. Paul's A. M. E. church Monday and Tuesday evening October 22nd and 23rd by Professor H. C. Conely and wife of Chicago, Ill., who have a wide reputation. Admission 25 cents Mrs. Geo. Patton 1520 25th street entertained a small number of her friends last Monday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. R Tolliver. Music, songs and refreshments was the topic of the evening. The Domestic Economy Reading Club that was recently organized was royally entertained at the residence of Mrs. Jennie Harrison of 1064 5th street. The club will meet with Mrs. Sadie E. Garth on 955 14th Place next Saturday. When in Burlington, Ia. stop at Mrs. A. A. Lamb for good lodging 1421 Jefferson St. New Phone 1218. 3mo. The grand opening entertainment of series of entertainments that is to be given between now and Thanksgiving for the benefit of the Thanksgiving raley, was given by company A of St. Paul's A. M. E. church last Monday evening by the captain H. Gould in the form of a chicken supper, which was a grand success, having to turn people away. The Christian Endeavor subject next Sunday at the Union Congregational church is "Faithfullness." The president would like to see a large crowd out next Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m Mrs. J. H Shepard sang a beautiful solo last Sunday and this Sunday Mrs. J. T. Blagburn will sing a solo. Mr. F. D. Young of 764 12th street an employee on an official car on the Rock Island had the misfortune of being in a week last Wednesday near Perry. He received a few burns and his face was scalded, but not seriously. He is still at his post of duty. Before buying your hats call an examine Mason's large stock of new hats, bonnets, ribbons and etc., on Seventh street, just below Walnut street. Go to Mrs. Vina Murrell for good rooms and accommodations, 118 E. 5th street, Davenport, la. Rev. Jas, Higgins, an A. M. E. minister formerly of the Iowa Conference, but now in the Illinois Conference, located at Jacksonville, Ill. was a visitor in our city this week, the guest of his daughter. Mrs. L. E. Palmer. He was onroute from Minneapolis to Keokau and Burlington for a short visit. The reverend made a pleasant call at the Bystander office. The Bystander Publishing Co. has secured the job to print the annual minutes of the Iowa State Baptist Association. Other organizations having minutes to be printed or job work should at least give their own office an opportunity to bid on the work. First be honest and true to thy self. It is the first step in race progress. PEOPLES SHORT ORDER and LUNCH ROOM Cooking to order in home style Good rooms furnished. First-class service guaranteed. 318 W. Third St. IOWA PHONE 1816-X $29.00 To Portland And Seattle. Daily to October 31st., the Minneapolis and St. Louis R. R. will sell cheap one-way colonist tickets to points in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and California. For further information apply to W. K. Adams, District Passenger Agent, or D. B. Ranaburg, City Passenger Agent, 313 Walnut street Des Moines, Ia. Iowa State Bystander on sale at Paulkner'snews stand 3104 State street Chicago, Ill. EDITORALS There seems to be much interest aroused in politics. The Democrats are making a still hunt trying to capture several of our Congressmen. They hope to at least defeat three Republicans. We hope that every Republican voter who believes in Roosevelt's administration will register, and on election day go to the polls and vote the straight Republican ticket. Cummins a Great Leader. The magnificent campaign that our great governor is making is phenomenal. Wherever he is heard he is making hundreds of votes from all parties. He is certainly a man for the common people—brave, courageous, honest and eloquent. If he could only speak in every town and hamlet in Iowa he would have over 100,000 majority on the sixth of November. NEW ORDER IN IOWA. A WORD FROM THE SOUTH. head will show and have a large business already both white and colored patronage. Yours Sincerely, W. W. Walker. KEEP OUIET. Our colored brothel in the North may think they are doing us service in their abuse of the South and advice at retaliation; but they are not. They are ... us a great injury and we hope they will stop. No where on earth, North, South, East or West has their been more cordial and helpful relations existing between the races, than in Mobile, and colored men worthy of confidence, respect and esteem have it. Two friends committed rape. They should they, in a way of a doubt as to their guilt. They were not snatched up and killed on the spot. Arrest after arrest was made and not until there was evidence and confession on the part of one devil and positive proof of the guilt of the other that they were incarcerated and subsequently met death. Their crimes made us all suffer; white and black alike and strong and good white men plead and their pleading availed, that only the gully be punished, many of them offered to open their homes as a place of refuge in case they could not control the storm; and let us ask in all seriousness, how many Northern homes of these advisors would be thrown open to Negroes should they see shelter. Gentlemen can be far away. Our lot and the lot of the white friend next door is too difficult for you to understand. This far away advice is no service but damage to us. There are envious Negroes here among us, who lie and malign the leaders and lie upon them, making false reports to invoke wrath upon our heads and these we have to overcome; so that we have enemies within and enemies without and not a white friend that we can afford to have driven away. The great masses of our people are ignorant. Great numbers are lazy, shiftless and are a burden upon the intelligent. They dont realize the conditions under which we live, and many make more in a day than they have made in a week and instead of saving they spend it in drinking, gambling and in idleness, wanting but little. they do not work until their money gives out. One splendid carpenter after making thousands of dollars died in the poor house. A brick mason making $6 a day told us "a drink was due him every ten minutes" and he seemed to have gotten it. What we need is missionaries among the Negroes. Missionaries to teach them to reap the golden harvest about them. They have plenty work, they can make good wages, the great opportunities about them are passing and they are suffering for Christian advice and not such as given them from afar. We have fought all our life against the disfurbanism and thousands in Alabama but want it. They will not ask to register and every one in Mobile county who made the effort and made it right has succeeded. our greatest obstacle is ourselves. Members of our race ignorantly keep us down and do more to keep us down than all the combined efforts of the white people. There are many of us succeeding but more could succeed; let not our brothers alter what friends we may have or an exudus will be upon them to vex them as we are now rexed. --- The above editorial is from the pen of our dear friend and able writer, A. N. Johnson, who by the way is one of the most successful business and public-spirited men of our race in Alabama. He is editor of the Weekly Mobile Press, the owner of the largest undertaking establishment in that city, owner of a large drug store and several other business ventures. He is a successful man, was a candidate for congress on the republican ticket and one of one delegates at large to the national republican convention. The above editorial coming from such a man must be considered. We heartily agree with Brother Johnson on most all the points he makes, except we cannot agree with him for in the north to "keep him in jail." We cannot live blood sapped away by the maligners and defenders of our race, and we in the north say nothing; away with such idea. Silence consents; it is a coward that would涩 hide in the need of need. We must agitate, we must educate, we must speak and help create sentiment which will be helpful and beneficial. This is the key thought we think not to cease agitation, to to agitate rightly and effectually, as not to drive insult or arouse bad feeling among our Caucasian brethren who are really and truly in favor of granting us the rights as any other citizen. We, too, are opposed to this public meetings where fire speeches, unreasonable demonstrations, burning resolutions, etc., are expressed which does no real permanent good, but meet those things with calm reason, effectual work and in a many appeal for fairness for mon sense. Let the world know that we are willing to join the higher rank of Christian civilization, which will inimately compel the low prejudice strata of humanity to respect humanity. Our race is passing through a crucial test and we as leaders must remain firm, do right and not be moved by feelings, but always condemn wrong and crime, whoever commits it, and praise those noble twos who always stand for right in the hour of need. Subscribe and pay for the Iowa State Bystander. THE NEGRO AND PUBLIC SENTI MENT But the first and essential condition of progress toward a solution is the recognition that the existing law must be obeyed by whites no less than by the blacks. The rights guaranteed to the negro should be fully and vigorously protected by the governments of the South, the mob rule and mob "justice" should be suppressed at any cost. From the standpoint of law and order this is neither a white man's nor a black man's country, but a country in which every citizen has his legal rights and duties determined by organic and statutory law, and in which arbitrary discriminations based on race or color are unknown to courts of justice an executive officials. The above is part of an editorial that was published recently in the Chicago Record-Herald, and we concur in what it expresses. We do not ask for any "special laws," all we want is the present laws enforced in every state in the union, and let the court say what the punishment must be for a criminal and not a mob that is led by some infurated hoodlum and if every officer would uphold the oath that he takes when he assumes his office, there would not be so much cruel punishment for our race in this country. FIELD FOR WOMEN AS UNDER- TAKERS By Oliver W. Curtis. New York, Oct. 7, 1906. Believing that there is a splendid opportunity in the ranks of embalmers and that their services will be appreciated by undertakers, I would like to suggest to the industrious educated young lady to consider this profession. In my experience I have realized that women are needed in this profession, and have counselled many to enter it. The work of a lady embalmer is mostly confined to embalming women and children and sometimes called upon to complete details at the home prior to the funeral of a male person. It is not only the place of the woman undertaker to prepare the body for the grave, but to extend such sympathy as she can to the deceased. In an interview with Mrs. Francis A. Glassey, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who secured the first license to do embalming issued by the New York State Board of Embalmers, says she responds to calls at all hours of the day or night and some of the most important funerals in the city have been under her charge. Not only preparing the body for the casket but attends to every detail pertaining to the funeral Her daughter also is a graduate embalmer. Nearly all of the women who have worked for any time as embalmers agree that it is a great field for their sex and there is little chance of it being overcrowded. Those who are already in it complain that they are overworked. Although the remuneration is good, and that an addition to their rank would be appreciated. I believe it is a splendid avenue for the educated Negro of the female sex heretofore unemployed. O. W. Curtis. 219 W. 43 street. New York. KEOKUK NEWS Mrs. Sarah Hammondm, mother of Mrs. W. T. Green, was very agreeably surprised Friday evening by about fifty of her friends. The surprise was planned by Mrs. Lizzie Davis and Miss Belle Akins. Mrs. Hammond is here on a visit from Carlyle, 11. The entertainment given for the benefit of the Dorcas Organ fund, October 15-16 at the A. M. E. church, corner of 7th and Morgan streets, was a delightful affair and was largely attended. The Sunshine Waverly club met at the home of Mrs. Wm. Taylor Thursday afternoon. There was a good attendance. The F. E. H. club met at the home of Mrs. Wm. Gross Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, his club is arranging for an entertainment on Halloween night, October 31. Cleve Circle met at the home of Mrs. Fannie Wilson Wednesday afternoon, October 10. This club is doing a great deal of good work. They decide at the last meeting to respond to the appeal to help the Atlantic, Ga., sufferers of the recent riots. Miss Fern and Geneva Harris left Thursday evening for Kansas City, Mo., to remain indefinitely. Remember the Bazaar given by the members of the Parish Ald Society of the church of St Mary the Virgin at the Association hall October 24-25. One of the attractive features of the entertainment will be the children's Japanese Booth. There will also be an apron exhibit and other attractions. Everybody invited. Miss Cecil Harris returned to Des Moines to help her daughter Des Mothes her future home. CEDAR RAPIDS The many friends of Mr. Ed Marshall will be glad to know that he is steadily gaining strength since his operation and is expected home from the hospital the latter part of this week. Little Wilmuth Lavell was quite ill for a few days last week. She is much better now but still unable to attend school. Mrs. W. M. Robinson who was confined within doors last week is able to be out again. The Fish-pond given at the church last Friday evening by the young ladies of the Sunday school was quite a success. There was a large crowd and much pleasure was derived from the fish-pond. The Sunday school realized a neat sum of money. The entertainment to be given by the ladies of the Eastern Star has been postponed until the 30th of this month. Mrs. A. J. Gray is busy drilling the little folks for a concert to be given by the J. S. Y. Club in the near future. Rev. Ford and wife arrived home last week from Streater, Ill., where she was trained as pastor for the past two years. Rev. Ford has been supernannated and will now settle in his home on 10th avenue. TWO—Bystander He and his wife have received a most hearty welcome from the pastor Elder Lewis and from their many other friends and acquaintances. Mrs. Downing is at home again after an extended trip to Chicago. Last Week. Mr. Ed. Marshall went through an operation at Merey hospital for appendicitis and it is reported he is doing nicely. Dr. P. H. Hubert of Chicago, who has been hiding his son, Sldney the past week is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hawkins. A large number of strangers are in the city this week visiting the carnival Mr. Henry Johnson who has been ill for the past two weeks is able to be out again. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Milligan entertained at a three course lunch Sunday afternoon Dr. P. H. Hubert, Mr. and Mrs. C. Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hawkins The J. S. Y. Club held a very pleasant session at the home of S. V. Holley last Wednesday. For several months Mrs. Holly has been unable to leave home and she always gives a pleasant welcome to the club when it becomes her turn to entertain. The Sunday girls are preparing to give a fishpond social on Friday evening, October 2. The girls will be the price charged to fish and each parcel will be worth 5 cents or more. The girls expect to gain a great deal of pleasure as well as finance from this entertainment. Medames W. H. Lavell and A. J. Gray entertained a number of children at a pleasant picnic party in Beaver Park Saturday. Mrs. Harriet Perkins is expecting a visit from her son, Alfred and family of Kaslo, B. C. Canada, who has been away eighteen years. Prof. W. B. Lowery, collector for Amiddexter Institute of Springfield, Ill., is at home for a few weeks visit with his brother and parents. WASHINGTON, IOWA, NOTES. Mrs. Belle Taylor returned to her home in Rock Island last Thursday afternoon. in Rock Island last Thursday afternoon. Henry Bowers has returned to the city. Rev. and Mrs. Hackley returned from Kausas City Wednesday afternoon and proceeded to Mr. Pleasant to get ready to move sons of their goods here. Mrs. W. L. Black was quite sick with muscular rheumatism the first of the week but is getting along nicely now. Clos Rushing who was so sick died Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Obituary next week. Leon Motts bad his ankle sprained while playing in the football game last Saturday and it will keep him out of the games for awhile. LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. Mining & Surveys The enrollment at Lincoln Institute is now before the close of the second month, four hundred fifty. Said Hon. D. C. McClung, President of the Board of Regents, in a recent statement to a newspaper man, "Things are in first class shape out there." Such appreciation of the work is highly gratifying to President B. F. Allen and his co-workers. Friday, November 9th, the time for the Annual Farmers' Convention at Lincoln Institute, draws nigh, and we hope many who are interested in farms and farming are planning to be present. This is not a Missouri State Convention — Negroes and friends of the Negro, from any state or section are welcome. We shall be happy to see representatives from Iowa and each one who comes is requested to bring some farm product to be used as an object lesson. Every event of the present as it affects the Negro indicates the necessity of his securing a perpetual lease upon as much of the fertile soil of America as possible, if he is to retain any rights as an American citizen. The numerous Farmers' Institutes, Agricultural Colleges, etc., that have multiplied within the last decade have enabled the white farmer to grow two grains where only one grew before; and this should indicate what the Negro farmer can do if he will learn to be wise in his day and generation; if he will learn proper cultivation, methods of fertilizing, and due rotation of crops; hence, the call for the annual Farmers' Convention issued for November Lincoln Institute should with a heart response from all who are interested in the future of the negro, as come together irrespective of state lines and natural boundaries and discuss ways and means of acquiring farm land; methods for improving the condition of farm and home life of the Negro. Remember the date, November 9, 1906. Josephine S. Yates, Department of English, Lincoln Institute. Send us the address of your Friends in North Dak. Special rates from North Dak. up to the boundary line to points on the Minneapolis & St. Louis R. R. and Iowa Central in Iowa and Illinois, on sale, during November 'and good to return until April 15th. Send us your frien's addresses and we will advise them fully. D. B. Ransbur8, C. P. A. and W. K. Adams, D. P. A. 512 Walnut street. Des Moines, Iowa. COUNCIL BLUFFS ITEMS. Every body is busy digging potatoes, gathering corn, putting up fruit and putting in coal. It is good to consider the ways of the sluggard. Rev. Newman has been on the sick list for a week, but is improving. Rev. E. E. Buddarnna, a native of Cuba and a resident of Chicago, filled the pulpit at the A. M. E. church Sunday night and delivered an asem sermon. Mrs. Martha Heron entertained at dinner Friday Mrs. Jennie Newman, Mrs. Emma Berger and Mrs. Rev. Annie Brown. Mr. Alfred Oliver and Mrs. Martha Buckner of Omaha was joined in the holy bonds of wedlock Saturday night in the A. M. E. church. There was over 100 witnesses, as both parties are quite popular in both church and society. The reception will be given later on. Rev. M. G. Newman preformed the ceremony. Mrs. B. Scott is quite ill from an abscess of the jaw. The first A. M. E. chitterling supper will be given Saturday night by the stewardess of the church. OSKALOOSA TIDINGS. Mrs. Eva Hart is able to be out again after several weeks of confinement. The ladies of the A. M. church are preparing to give a supper Friday evening. Mr. A. G. Lee will depart Saturday for Denver, Colo., where he will spend the winter. Mrs. O. G. Lee returned to her home after several weeks visit with relatives. "MOLINE GLEANINGS." The members of the St. Paul A. M. E. church enjoyed a very interesting sermon Sunday morning, preached by Rev. W. A. Seacay. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Powell from Muscatine have been spending a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs Rufas Phoenix. The members of the Tabernacle Baptist church gave an oyster supper at the Art Galley Saturday evening. A delightful time was had by all present. Miss Daisy and Hattie Settles spent Sunday in Davenport. A number of the members of St. Paul Sunday School attended the Tri City Sunday School Association which met last Monday evening at the Third Baptist church in Davenport. Miss Georgia Ritchie is reported on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. James Colquist entertained Mr. and Mrs. Bert Powell at dinner Sunday. Meidames Slaughter of Rock Island and George Terel of South Moline were callers at Mrs. Louis Tarvar Sunday afternoon. Mr. William Homes has returned from Washington, Iowa after a visit of a few days. A number of the members of the Christian Endeavors attended a Tri City meeting Monday in Rock Island. The Stewardess will give an oyster supper at the church Wednesday evening. Mrs. W. Inghram is on the sick list. QTTUMWA NEWS Mesdames Ellen Wess, L. Payton and Henderson of Kirksville, Mo. wore in the city Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Alexander is no better. S. K. Phillips entertained Mesdames Wess, Payton and Henderson at dinner Sunday. Mrs. J. C. Greer entertained the following ladies at a three course supper Sunday evening; Mesdames Corine Jones, Anna Foster of Ottumwa, Ellan Wess, Luu Payton and Henderson of Kirksville, Mo. Edna A. Martin went to Kirksville, Mo. Mouday night. Pearl Phillips is home from Pueblo, Colo. ALBIA NEWS Will Grayson of Oskaloosa spent Sunday in Albuo. Mr. and Mrs. E. Martin is rejoicing over the arrival of a fine boy at their home, both are doing nicely. Mr. Kay died at his home on Saturday evening, his burial will take place on Monday. Miss L. B. Schoolfield left here Monday for Oskaloosa where she will attend the lilaciness school this year. MINNEAPOLIS BUDGETARIAN We are having beautiful weather at this writing, probably Indian summer. Mesdames Ada V. Murphy as a soloist and Mattie Boyd as an exclusionist at the entertainment in St. Paul Monday evening at St. James church, simply held the audience spell bound. They responded to encores. Minneapolis should be proud of such talent as these two ladies. Mre. Geo. Wade accompanied them to St. Paul. Sunday was a glorious day at St. James church, it being the first quarterly meeting of this conference year. Presiding Elder Gaines was present, also Rev. Jas. Higgins of Jacksonville, ill., who preached at 3 p.m. Revs. Horace Graves, Robert E. Wilson, J. S. Strong and D. A. Hardin, there were eight ministers seated on the rostrum. The Presiding Elder preached morning and evening, Love Feast 10 a.m. The choir is at its best. The collections for the day amounted to $450.00 which shows that St. James is in Price. Five Cents. the front ranks. The pastor, Rev. Wade feels very much encouraged with the beginning of this years work, and with an effulent corps of officers he hopes to accomplish much good. The St. James kindergarten teacher is Miss Claudia Waugh and not Vaughan as was stated in the Byshader. Quarterly meeting at St. Peters church last Sunday in this month and at St. James St. Paul Nov. 4. Rev. Goo, G. Waines and Rev. Wade and wife were elegantly entertained at a six o'clock dinner Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Robert Cunningham on Cedar avenue. Eider Gaines left Thursday for Duluth. The Musical at St. Peters church Thursday evening last was very well attended and a pleasant time was had. The Presiding Elders committee of St. James church feel proud of their success with the excellent supper the gave at the church Thursday evening. The amount they hoped to raise was realized. The committee is composed of the following ing ladies who are splendid workers: Meadames Janet Butler, Nellie Ryan and Emily Newton. Mrs. Elizabeth Howard, the evangelist of Bes Moines, will begin a series of meetings at St. James church Sunday October 21. The entertainment given by the Court of Calanthe at the K. of K. Hall Monday evening was largely attended. We are glad to say that Mrs. Orane of St. Paul who was so very low is very much improved, so much so that he is able to sit up. The Dorcas Society of Bethesda Baptist church gave a social Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Watkins, 8th avenue. The Tuesday Industrial held a meeting Tuesday at the residence of Mrs. Fannie Pirre, 1127 Third avenue So. Mr. Andrew Mason of Duluth is in the city working with the Woodbury Dentists Mesdames Carrie Lindsey and Josephine Battles of St Paul were Minneapolis visitors last week. Mrs. Emma Helm of Eighth avenue attended the Baptist convention in St. Paul Thursday as a delegate from Bethesda. Rev. Kas. Higgins of Jacksonville, Ill., was a visitor to our city last week. Rev. Higgins was at one time pastor of St. Peters church. He preached at St. James St. Paul Sunday morning and at St. Peters Sunday night. We are glad indeed to hear of so many of our young men entering the University at Iowa City. In, learning the different professions. A good example for many to follow. Quite a number of St. Paul people attended Quarterly meeting at St. James Sunday. Bishop Arnett, the great churchman statesman, historian, orator, and leader has gone never to return. The good bishop lived to the ripe old age of 68. His funeral which occurred Thursday Oct 11 at Wilber once was attended by several of the general officers of the A. M. E. church, among then being Revs. J. H. Collett manager publication department, H. T. Johnson editor of the Recorder, Prof. H. T. Kealing of the A. M. E. Review, and many other admiring ministers and friends. Bishop Arnett as a statistician could not be excelled. One of she best books ever published by our people is the "Budget" written by the late Bishop, contains a complete organization of the church, facts, figures, historical data of the colored Methodist church and universal methodism in general, together with religious, educational, political and general information pertaining to the colored race. Every Negro should possess a copy of this great book, can be had at the A. M. E. Book concern 681 Pine street, Philadelphia, Pa. When you have news for the Bystander send it by phone, Main 1970 J. 2. CLUB WOMEN. Will the presidents of the different clubs see that the number of minutes desired and money for the same are sent to the secretary. Mrs. Cyrene Trent, Burlington, Iowa. GEORGE D. CULBERSON. For the Best Meals and Quick Service Call at NEW ENGLAND CAFE, 2922 State street. Home Cooking. Chicago, Ill. Turkish War Expenses. Something like three-fourths of the annual expenditure of the Turkish government has of recent years been for arms and munitions of war. Silent Japanese Soldiers. Japanese soldiers fight noiselessly. They have no bands, no drums beat reverie or tattoo, and in action they utter no cheers. Irrigation Adda Value. By means of irrigation something like 3,500,000 acres of land in Oklahoma have been increased in value over $230,000,000. Smiths Lead All. In the city of Washington there are 13,000 Browns, 15,000 Smiths, 14,000 Johnsons and 1,000 Joneses. Average Journey of Freight. The average journey of a ton of freight is 128 miles. IOWA STATE NEWS Events of Recent Occurrence Throughout the Commonwealth. HELD TO GRAND JURY. BANKER HUGHES INDICTED. Ed. Chambers Must Stand Investigation on Murder Charge. Corydon Man Is Accused of Fraud Guthrie Center.—Ed. Chambers, charged with the murder of his neighbor, Charles Neal, was held to the grand jury following the preliminary hearing. Chambers was refused bail by the court and was taken by Sheriff Brown to the county jail, where he is being held. Attorney Sales, for the defense, made a strong plea for Chambers. Mr. Sales said that never in the history of his practice in central Iowa had a man be held for murder on such filmstory mony. He said that the only evidence the state had brought out was the scattering suspicion of trouble over rents between Chambers and Neal, and the statement of Mrs. Neal that she had seen a man "she believed Chambers near her husband the afternoon the murder occurred. Mr. Sales insisted that Mrs. confidence should not be taken into consideration, because she could not be certain that the man she saw in ambush was Chambers. Attorney White, for the state, summoned up the testimony before the justice. He said that the chain of circumstantial evidence in the case is strong. He declared that Mrs. Neal's evidence that she felt certain that the man she saw was Chambers should be taken into consideration. He said that the bullet which made the wound was practically the same kind of bullet that is used in the gun Chambers alleged to have carried the day of the attack he said it had been proved that Chambers was the only man with whom Neal had had trouble and that their trouble was of such a nature that Chambers would have been glad to have Neal out of the way. The case term of court. Another element will be made to get bond for Chambert. INQUIRY AT DES MOINES. Interstate Commerce Commission Will Probe Grain Trust. Chicago.—With the expectation of uncovering in Kansas City evidence that certain railroads control the elevator business of the great western grain belt and that the market is dominated by them, the interstate commerce commission has adjourned its Chicago grain hearing. It will meet in Kansas City next Monday. The testimony which attorney John H. Marble expects to produce for the commissioners in the west promises to be the most sensational in the La Follette investigation. We will get down to the main facts, of Commissioner Clark, "when we get to Kansas City. There is where it looks as though we were going to uncover the real big story." Commissioner Lane made the same forecast. "We will be in Kansas City, Omaha and Des Moines next week, right in the heart of this trouble, and it now looks as if the railroad system which own long lines of elevators and dominate the grain markets of the west will have to tell how and why they do it," he said. Hearings will be had in Omaha on Wednesday and in Des Moines on Friday. Attorney Marble has gone to Kansas City to summon representative railroad and grain men. Commissioner Prouty started for New England and Commissioners Clarke and Lane went to their homes. The Chicago hearing will be resumed in about two weeks. J. Ogden Armour was sought by a United States deputy marshal, but could not be found, and he will be a leading witness when the commissioners get back. Railroad officials also will be called upon. NURSES WERE POISONED Methodist Hospital Force at Des Moines Are Victims. Des Moines—Authorities are investigating the mysterious arsenic poisoning of Dra. Tom Burcheam and Lace, internes of the Methodist hospital, Miss E. E. Pearson, the superintendent, and about thirty nurses of that institution who are recovering from a strange sickness. Tuesday noon, after completing their midday meal, the victims were taken carefully ill and were confined to their beds for several hours. Because of the prompt medical attention given them they are now recovering from the effects of the poisoning. Miss Pearson, the superintendent, while reticent about the strange case, said: "The affair had been reported to the proper authorities and a chemical analysis is being made of the food believed by us to have contained the poison." Whether Miss Pearson meant by her statement that the police were investigating the case on the assumption that some one out of spite placed poison in the food eaten by the hospital attendants, that the food was poisoned by some one connected with the institution, or was accidentally mixed with food she did not state. Hospital officials have made every endeavor to keep the point of secret, the story of the poisoning, however leaked out in spite of the efforts of the superintendent and the house and staff physicians. The poison is believed to have been contained in goosebuck pie served to the nurses and doctors at the hospital. Narka Broken He Still Live Neck Broken. He Still Lives. Dubuque.—John Dennel, the farmer who had his neck broken by being thrown from his wagon a week ago, is still alive. That death did not result immediately is a miracle. The man has been in an unconscious condition and in the throes of death since the accident. He is completely paralyzed and his case is attracting the attention of the entire Dubuque medical fraternity. Horse Kicked Him in Stomach. Essex.—John M. Peterson was killed at his home 5 miles northwest of Essex. He went into the barn and, laying his hand on one of the horses, started the animal which answered his gentle pat with a vicious kick, striking him in the stomach. He was carried to the house and a doctor was summoned at once, but death soon relieved him of his suffering. Corydon Man Is Accused of Fraudulent Banking Corydon—At the recent term of court in Taylor county the grand jury brought in indictments against Mr. William Hughes of Corydon, charging fraudulent banking in connection with the failure of the Clearfield bank, of which Mr. Hughes was a stockholder and one of the directors. The Clearfield bank was organized several years ago, the stockholders being Mr. Hughes, M. A. Ferren and Charles Lord of Wayne county, the balance of the stock being owned at Clearfield, and Al Ferran, a stepson of Mr. Hughes, was placed in charge as cashier and general manager. It is charged that Ferren simply looted the bank, Mr. Hughes and the other stockholders in this county placing implicit faith in his honesty, so much that they never drew their dividends, which were declared every year, supposing they were going into a surplus fund. At the spring election of the bank officers Mr. Ferren was not re-elected cashier, and upon examination of the account it was discovered Ferren had made away with something after $50,000 of the funds. After the shortage was discovered Ferren quietly walked off and left the stockholders to hold the sack. Contact with the failure of the bank, Mr. Hughes as the principal stockholder is loser to the amount of about $15,000, besides $5,000 in cash which he paid as bondsman for Ferren, who was school treasurer, and he had on deposit in the bank at the time of the failure $15,000, which ried up with the balance of the deposits. From the fact of his close connection and being an officer of the bank the indictments were returned against Mr. Hughes, charging false entries, receiving funds while the bank was known to be insolvent, making false reports, etc. At the time the indictment was returned Hugh K. Evans was holding court and the court ordered that bond be given in the sum of $2,500 on each indictment. For many years Mr. Hughes has been known as one of Wayne county's wealthiest citizens, having lived in the county more than fifty years. At the present time he is president and the largest stockholder in the Farmers and Merchants' bank, owning one-third of the capital stock of that institution. The cases will probably come on for final judgment in the form of the Taylor county district court. Besides Mr. Hughes nine indictments were returned against Al Ferren, but up to the presen. time he has not been apprehended. SAVES FEET OF CHILD. Remarkable Operation at Clarion Is Successful. Clarion, Ia.—Several weeks ago a child of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson ran in front of a mower and the boy's feet were so badly cut that one foot hung by the flesh, the bones being badly cut. The other foot was not quite so soft, although severely lacquered. The first thought was amputation, but on second thought the attending surgeon, Dr. Tedrow of Williams, decided to save the lad's feet if possible. Setting to work with the appliances he had with him, the wounds were cleaned, the severed bones wired together, the arteries bound up and united and the muscles fastened. The legs were then placed in splints and the result of the operation watched anxiously by parents, physician and friends. It is now announced that the operation was successful, and that the boy's feet will be saved. The operation seems to have proved successful in every way, and is regarded as a remarkable surgical operation. FATHER HELD FOR MURDER: Bessie Holstein, of Muscatine Dead; Father in Jail. Muscatine—Bessie Holstein, the young girl who was shot by her father five weeks ago, is dead, and the father is in jail on a charge of murder in the first degree. Holstein met his daughter on the street and, angered because she would not go with him to Indiana to make her home with another daughter, shot her twice. The bullets took effect in the brain, and the girl's sight was entirely destroyed. She never knew it was her father who had shot her and her last words were for him. Lawsuit Over Steer. Fairfield—One dead steer has caused a law suit in the local district court, in which forty witnesses are to tell the jury what they know about the subject. W. C. Randall, the plaintiff, owned some cattle that were grazing on land belonging to the defendant, G. Gilly, some of whose cattle were also on the same land. One day a dead steer was found in the pasture, and over this has grown the lawsuit. Each man declares that the dead animal was the property of the other. Forty witnesses have been subpoenaed in the case. Unknown Tramp Shot by Officer. Lowden—An unknown man was shot and killed by City Marshal Holt. He was placed under arrest and drew a gun on the marshal but the marshal was too quick for him and shot him through the left hip killing him almost instantly. Coroner Willer was notified and summoned a jury who exonerated the marshal from any blame. The body was shipped to Drake University, Des Moines. Tom Healy Gets Fat Job Ft. Dodge--Friends are congratulating T. D. Healey over his appointment to succeed Judge Kenyon as general counsel for the Illinois Central railway for the state of Iowa His salary is a good big one and he will have charge of all legal matters pertaining to the state. Jury Acquits Cashier Berger Jury Acquittal Ida Grove—After being out eighteen hours the jury came with a verdict acquitting Berger. The first vote was seven for acquittal and five for conviction. All night long it stood eleven for acquittal and one for conviction. Tricks of Smuggler. Hale, Haiti Cairch Cure is taken internally and sets directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for treatment. C. CHENNEY & O. Toledo, O. book by A. Brigham, C. CHENNEY & O. Toledo, O. book for constipation. Legally Her Husband's Boss. Boston has one woman who is legally her husband's boss. She is Mrs. Ellor Carlisle Ripley, one of the assistant superintendents of the public schools of the city and the wife of Principal Fred H. Ripley, of the Longfellow school of Roslindale. Mrs. Ripley draws $85 a week of the hub's wealth, about $1,500 more per annum than the "huby." An assistant superintendent is virtually a supervisor and Mrs. Ripley is in reality her husband's superior and could "dire" him in a minute if she saw fit. Mrs. Ripley is a young woman of pleasing personality. Microbe of Gray Hair. They have discovered a new microbe in New York and it is quite popular among actors and society women. it is called the chromophage, its special function being to turn the hair gray at a comparatively early age. The handsome actor who has those white hairs on his temple that the women admire so is full of the chromophages. Baldheaded men are immune from the microbes. He only attacks the hair, and a man without hair need not worry about the chromophage. For years it was thought that a process of the blood killed the coloring matter of the hair cells, but scalpologists in New York combat that theory. They say it is the chromophage. The microbe does not like heat and for that reason the woman who uses the curling tongs is less likely to have gray hair than the one who puts her hair up in papers. INTERESTING CONTEST. Heavy Cost of Unpaid Postage One of the most curious contests ever before the public was conducted by many thousand persons under the offer of the Postum Cereal Co, Ltd., of Battle Creek, Mich., for prizes of 31 boxes of gold and 300 greenbacks to those making the most words out of the letters Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts. The contest was started in February, 1906, and it was arranged to have the prizes awarded on Apr. 30, 1906. When the public announcement appeared many persons began to form the words from these letters, sometimes the whole family being occupied evenings, a combination of amusement and education. After a while the lists began to come in to the Postum Office and before long the volume grew until it required wagons to carry the mail. Many of the contestants were thoughtless enough to send their lists with insufficient postage and for a period it cost the Company from twenty-five to fifty-eight and sixty dollars a day to pay the unpaid postage. Young ladies, generally those who had graduated from the high school, were employed to examine these lists and count the correct words. Webster's Dictionary was the standard and each list was very carefully corrected except those which fell below 8000 for it soon became clear that nothing below that could win. Some of the lists required the work of a young lady for a solid week on each individual list. The work was done very carefully and accurately but the Company had no idea, at the time the offer was made, that the people would respond so generally and they were compelled to fill every available space in the offices with these young lady examiners, and notwithstanding they worked steadily, it was impossible to complete the examination until Sept. 29, over six months after the prizes should have been awarded. This delay caused a great many inquiries and naturally created some dissatisfaction. It has been thought best to make this report in practically all of the newspapers in the United States and many of the magazines in order to make clear to the people the conditions of the contest. Many lists contained enormous numbers of words which, under the rules, had to be eliminated "Pegger" would count "Peggers" would not. Some lists contained over 50,000 words, the great majority of which were cut out. The largest lists were checked over two and in some cases three times to insure accuracy. The $100.00 gold prize was won by L. D. Reese, 1227-15th St., Denver, Colo, with 9941 correct words. The highest $10.00 gold prize went to S. K. Fraser, Lincoln, Pa, with 9921 correct words. A complete list of the 331 winners with their home addresses will be sent to any contestant enquiring on a postal card. Be sure and give name and address clearly. This contest has cost the Co. many thousand dollars, and probably has not been a profitable advertisement, nevertheless perhaps some who had never before tried Grape-Nuts food have been interested in the contest, and from trial of the food have been shown its wonderful rebuilding powers. It teaches in a practicable manner that scientifically gathered food elements can be selected from the field grains, which nature will use for rebuilding the nerve centres and brain in a way that is unmistakable to users of Grape-Nuts. "There's a reason." return Cereal Co. Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. How a Veteran Was Saved the Amputation of a Limb. B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. bloodblood, bobs, bobs; days; "had been shaking kidney trouble from the time I was mustered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1897. Headaches, dizziness and sleepiness, first, and then dropy. I was weak and help- says: I had been showing symptoms of kidney trouble from the time I was mustered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1897. Headaches, dizziness and sleeplessness, if rst, and then dropy. I was weak and helpless, having run down from 189 to 125 pounds. I was having terrible pain in the kidneys, and the secretions passed almost involuntarily. My left leg swelled until it was 34 inches around, and the doctor tapped it night and morning until I could no longer stand it, and then he advised amputation. I refused, and began using Donn's Kidney Pills. The swelling subsided gradually, the urine became natural, and all my pains and aches disappeared. I have been well now for nine years since using Donn's Kidney Pills. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. LITTLE THINGS AND BIG. Differentiate Between the Essential and the Non-Essential. Little things are often of great importance, but when they are so they are not little. The pinion of a watch wheel, for example, in one sense is little, in another sense it is not so at all; for when it is not perfectly adjusted, the watch is worthless for timekeeping. It is not size that makes a thing little or great, but its relation to the end for which a number of things are combined. If a thing is essential it is important. Because so many of the people who are always preaching the importance of little things fall it discriminate between the little and the non-essential, they often make a wretched mess of the management of their own and other people's affairs. Theoretically, if every factor that contributes to a result is perfect, the result will be perfect; but practically, for want of time, strength and opportunity, the efficient man is compelled to neglect some things for the sake of others; and, in order to do this and yet secure the main end, he has to discriminate between the essential and the non-essential. The one who is thoroughly imbued with the false doctrine of the importance of little things, spends his strength without discrimination, and usually succeeds in missing the main charge.—The Watchman. Superb Service. Splendid Scenery en route to Niagara Falls, Muskoka and Kawartha Lakes, Georgian Bay and Temegalin Region, St. Lawrence River and Rapids, Thousand Islands, Algonquin National Park, White Mountains and Atlantic Sea Coast resorts, via Grand Trunk Railway System. Double track Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls, N. Y. For copies of tourist publications and descriptive pamphlets apply to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., 135 Adams St, St. Chicago. Lower Animals in Sickness Man might often take from the lower animals a lesson as to the care of himself when ill. All sorts of animals suffering from fever eat little; lie quiet in dark, ally places, and drink quantities of water. When a dog loses his appetite he knows where to find dog grass, which acts as a purgative and emetic. Sheep and cows, when ill, seek certain herbs. Any animal suffering from chronic rheumatism keeps as far as possible from the sun. If a chimpanzee be wounded he has been seen to stop the bleeding by a plaster of chewed-up leaves and grass. Starch, like everything else, is being constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the latest discovery-Defiance Starch—all injurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, invented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never approached by other brands. More Than Society Butterflies. These are the days when women of national celebrity vie with each other in housewife accomplishments. Mrs. Phillander C. Knox has just dispatched to Mrs. Roosevelt a finkin of butter, made with her own hands, at the Valley Forge farm. Mrs. Roosevelt has sent delicious brandied cherries to her intimates, and to the Episcopal Home for Old People in Washington. Mrs. Bonaparte, wife of the secretary of the navy, has preserved some toothsome mangoes. With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt-waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive 'p'easure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. The Japanese war department has made arrangements to send teachers and students of the middle and higher schools and colleges to Manchuria and Korea free of charge during their vacation. More than 50,000 persons expect to make the trip. Suffer in Silence STIFFNESS, STITCHES, LAMENESS, CRAMP, TWISTS AND TWITCHES. ALL DECAMP WHEN YOU APPLY ST. JACOBS OIL THE OLD-MONK-CURB PRICE 25 AND 50 CENTS DISFIGURED WITN ECZEMA. Brushed Scales from Face Like Powder—Under Physicians Grew Worse —Cuticura Works Wonders. "I suffered with eczema six months. I had tried three doctors, but did not get any better. It was on my body and on my feet so thick that I could hardly put a pin on me without touching eczema. My face was covered, my eyebrows came out, and then it got in my eye. I then went to another doctor. He asked me what I was taking for it, and I told him Cuticura. He said that was a very good thing, but that he thought my face would be marked for life. But Cuticura did its work, and my face is now just as clear as it ever was. I told all my friends about my remarkable cure. I feel so thankful I want everybody far and wide to know what Cuticura can do. It is a sure cure for eczema. Mrs. Emma White, 614 Cherrie Place, Camden, N. J., April 25, 1905." Mayer HONORBILT SHOES FOR MEN The highest degree of style, fit and workman- ship are embodied in these splendid shoes. There are none that equal them in appearance and wearing quality at the price. They are BUILT ON HONOR That's what the name means. That's what a trial will prove. By all means wear "Honorbilt" shoes. Demand them of your dealer —INSIST. Sold everywhere. If you cannot get them write to us. We also make the "Western Lady," and the "Martha Washington" comfort shoes and a full line of men's, women's and children's shoes. Our trade- mark is stamped on every sole. P. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co., Milwaukee, WI. Latest Fad in "Society." The latest fad in certain eastern society circles is to be glum and cross. One phase of this more than usually absurd affection takes the form of honoring letters of introduction and this lack of consideration has roused family feuds in several cases. One wealthy young Italian, who is a member of one of the best Roman families, went to Newport, this summer with many letters from prominent persons. But he has found it impossible to present them. "It is foolish to expect anything from social leaders these days and the stranger who asks to be received by letter has a hard time of it," said a young man whose letter to a society matron was ignored. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Dense Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. Japanese Companies Make Money. Shipping companies are profitable in Japan. For the past year ending March 31 last the Nippon Yusen Kala-sha wrote off $401,500 for depreciation, $169,000 for insurance, $233,000 for repairs, carried $6,000 to reserve, paid $36,000 for directors' and auditors' fees, gave the managing director a bonus of $30,000, gave employees generally $200,000 in bonuses, paid $825.00 in 15 per cent, dividends, and left $492,000 at credit of profit and loss account. Queen Wilhelmina's Amusements. The favorite amusements of Queen Wilhelmina are skating and riding, but as a child her hobby was the keeping of poultry. If more than ordinary skill in playing brings the honors of the game to the winning player, so exceptional merit in a remedy ensures the commendation of the well informed, and as a reasonable amount of outdoor life and recreation is conducive to the health and strength, so does a perfect laxative tend to one's improvement in cases of constipation, billiousness, headaches, etc. It is all important, however, in selecting a laxative, to choose one of known quality and excellence, like the ever pleasant Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., a laxative which sweetens and cleanses the system effectually, when a laxative is needed, without any unpleasant after effects, as it acts naturally and gently on the internal organs, simply assisting nature when nature needs assistance, without griping, irritating or debilitating the internal organs in any way, as it contains nothing of an objectionable or injurious nature. As the plants which are combined with the figs in the manufacture of Syrup of Figs are known to physicians to act most beneficially upon the system, the remedy has met with their general approval as a family laxative, a fact well worth considering in making purchases. It is because of the fact that SYRUP OF FIGS is a remedy of known quality and excellence, and approved by physicians that has led to its use by so many millions of well informed people, who would not use any remedy of uncertain quality or inferior reputation. Every family should have a bottle of the genuine on hand at all times, to use when a laxative remedy is required. Please to remember that the genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale in bottles of one size only, by all reputable druggists, and that full name of the company—California Fig Syrup Co., is plainly printed on the front of every package. Regular price, 50c per bottle. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more good brighter and faster colors than any other dye. 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Now that the vacations are over and all clubs have started with their regular meetings, I believe that every officer, every chairman and every member feels that she must redouble her energy and show to those who are watching our every movement that this race of women can and will be true to the cause. In these strenuous times through which our race is passing, it is the time for us to show our worth, and the true worth of a person in club work depends on their social utility which causes the brain to work, the mind to develop and the thoughts to grow and be clothed in desirable language. We are stiving to show sisterly love by sowing seeds of kindness and each of us in mind, heart and power are using all of our appeal, example and inspiration to draw others into this line of work. When we affiliate ourselves with a club we should be as much honor bound to live up to its constitutions as the church member is spiritually bound to live up to their areed. I don't suppose there is one woman that belongs to a club that has been benefited by club work, even if in a social way. Club life brings us the knowledge of causes and results and a living interest in life that with an itself is a royal reason for its existence. One of our objects is to secure harmony in action and co-operation among the members and by keeping this constantly before us and living up to it so that those not in sympathy with the club movement may have little cause to criticise, but rather cause them to be doubtful and hold their judgment in suspense until they can come to see the good results around throughout the entire country and be willing to say God bless the women's clubs. GERTRUDE CULBERSON. Czars Winter Palace The winter palace is the czar's winter home and officially the palace of the government. The winter palace was built by the empress Anne on the site of a house given to Peter the threat by one of his admirals. Finished after several interruptions in 1762 it was largely destroyed by fire in 1837, and immediately rebuilt. Its corpse are said to be gorgeous. Dropper Her False Teeth a passenger on an English railway train pulled the "communication cord" the other day and stopped the train. When the guard came to the compartment in which the cord had been pulled he found a distracted woman passenger. She had been looking out of the window and had dropped her nose teeth. She wished to go back and find them. Horseshoes in History. Even horseshoes have been made to serve the purpose of extravagance and display Sabina Popaena, the beautiful and luxury-loving wife of the Roman emperor, Nero, is said to have and her mules shod with gold. All the world over, horseshoes are supposed to possess some occult power or attracting luck and warding off evil. willing to Teach. A farmer was in the city hunting for a boy who wanted a farm. The boy could earn a home with food, clothing and education and a future chance to rent a farm, make money and in time buy it. Some men are buying farms while some men are losing them. Is it due to education?—Caryl E. Pratt London Police Court Decision. "Sleeping in the open air can only be practiced with safety from arrest by wealthy persons, or those who can show that they have plenty of means and are doing it for experiment—and then only so long as no obstruction is caused," and the magistrate of a London police court the other day. Warrior's Death-Bed Toast Gen. De Sosnitz, Italian senator at Rome, before dying, and just after he had received the Last Sacrament, expressed a desire to put on his uniform. He then called for champagne, and drank with those around his bed, "To the health of the King and the prosperity of the country." Adult Abroad of Modern Girl The mode of procedure in courtship has indeed altered since Shakespeare's days. He made Juliet first confess her love. She asks, "Does thou love me?" and bids Romeo, if his purpose be marriage, to send her word next day. This is stages in advance of the modern girl. The First Writing. The best writing was picture writing, in which the meaning was indicated by a drawing, as a serpent or bird to represent those creatures. The Phoenixians invented characters indicative signs which are substantially the same as our present letters. Brunettes Have Advantage It is claimed that the faculties and senses of brunettes, as well as of dark and full-colored animals, is much more acute than that of blondes and white animals, thus enabling them to avoid dangers which their less fortunate creatures would not notice. Canthilever Bridge in Thibet. In a recent lecture in London it was reparked as curious that though the Tubitans had not realized the principle of the wheel or arch, they thoroughly understood that of the cantilever and used it in their bridges. Typographical Error. Some typographical errors compel a correction. A Tennessee paper that announced the introduction of a bill to put a tax of $500 on dealers in furniture manufacturers to explain that it meant dealers in futures. There are always two parties to a contract, and yet in a majority of cases but one is expected to carry it. Homesekers Homesekers Every Tuesday, October, and November, via M. & St. L. R. R. one fare plus $2. for the round trip to points in Minnesota, Dakota, Canada, tickets good 21 days. Also first and third Tuesdays, October and November to Montana, Washington, Oregon. The M. & St. L. is "The Road That Runs" and trains leave Union Station Des Moines at 8:15 a. m. and 9:05 p. m. New electric lighted sleepers, all nice coaches. Call at city ticket office, 512 Walnut street or address W. K. Adams D. P. A., Des Moines, Iowa. State of Iowa, ss. Polk County. G. H. Messenger, vs. F. D. Keeney and Leota Conrad Keeney. By virtue of a special execution to me directed, issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Polk county, iowa, in favor of G. H. Messenger and against F. D. Keeney and Leota Conrad Keeney, on a judgment render- ing court action, with a day of September A. D., 1906, wherein it was ordered, adjudged and decreed that the following described property be sold to satisfy said judgment, to-wit: Lot number nine (9) in Block No. One (1) Northwestern Heights, situated within the City of Des Moines, Poki County, Iowa, the said property being otherwise described and known as Lot Nine (9) in Block One (1) of the Official Plat of the East One-third (13) of Lot One (1) of the Official Plat of the Northeast quarter (14) of the Northeast quarter (14) of Section Fire (5) Township Seventy-eight (78) Range Twenty four (24) West of the 5th p. m. according to the plat of the County Auditor made November 4, 1904, and now recorded in County Recorder's office in Plat Book "E" on page 297. Sale subject to two prior mortgages favor of U. S. Mortgage and Trust Co. for $1,200 and Sarah Nysewander for $600. Now, therefore, public notice is hereby given that unless the said defendants appear at my office in Des Moines on or before the 21st day of November A. D. 1906, at ten o'clock a. m. of said day, at which time said above described property is hereby advertised to be sold, and pay off the amount of said execution with interest and costs, I will sell said property, or sufficient thereof to satisfy said election, with interest and costs, at public outery, to the highest bidder, at the east front door of the Court House, in Des Moines, Iowa, for cash in hand to pay off said execution. Ino C. Loper, Sheriff of Polk County, In. B. J. Ness. Dewitt. A New York physician tans punisher and a "lost," strapped or stolen" advertisement for "one redhead." He has received answers from or relating to girls, ducks, parrots, firecrackers and a white horse. But what he really wants in his office boy. Such is spontaneous humo in Manhattan. Married in Handcuffs The unusual spectacle of a bridegroom appearing at the altar hand-cuffed has been seen, according to a contemporary at Monthey, an Italian village. The bridegroom, an Italian, was undergoing a long sentence for burglary, and recently prevailed upon the governor of the prison, to whom he sainted he had committed the crime for the sake of his chance, to allow him to marry. Two gendarmes in uniform acted as witnesses, and guardians at the same time. At the church door the young bride and bridegroom parted with heavy hearts. Proving Hint: Proverb "He makes me so angry," remarked Miss Bute: "he's forever remarking to me that 'beauty is only skin deep.'" "And when you get angry," remarked Miss Chellus, "it just shows him toow thin-skinned you are!"—Stray stories Hurts Flour Trade The Chinese boycott is being felt by the flour men of California. Two years ago the Stockton mills were shipping 10,000 barrels a year to China. Now they are shipping only 4,000 FORD'S HAIR-POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" so THE GENERALS OK, HOW YOU GOT (None genuine without my signature) Charles Sorrel Court 78 Wakhan Ave., Chicago, IL. Agents wanted everywhere. ORIGINAL NOTICE In the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Polk County. Henry Williams vs. Rockie Williams, November Term A. D 1906. Rockie Williams, defendant, you are hereby notified that on or before the 20th day of October, A. D. 1906 the petition of plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Polk County, claimant of a divided ground of willed wilful desertion without just cause or knowledge or consent of plaintiff. And you have remained away for more than two years before filing this petition. And unless you appear thereto and defend before noon of the second day of the next Term, being the November Term of said court, which commence at Des Moines on the 5th day of November 1906, default will be entered against you and judgment and decree rendered thereon. Dated this the 24th day of September 1906. J. B. Rush. ORIGINAL NOTICE Mrs. Jessie Miller vs. Willie Miller, November Term A. D. 1906. Willie Miller, defendant, you are hereby notified that on or before the 20th day of October A. D. 1906, the petition of plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the State of Iowa in and for Polk County. You are also a director of the grounds of wilful desertion without cause, or knowledge or consent of plaintiff. And you have remained away for more than two years before filing this petition. 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SUPFEEMENT TO Iowa State Bystander, Des Moines, Towa. = 55am ee FULL EXPOSITION OF THE ISSUE OF STATE AFFAIRS AS RAISED BY THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, Facts In Regard to Raising of Revenue in lowa—The Increased Taxes Paid By lowa Railroads—Tax Levies and Comparieon of Collections. A large part of the campaign which Is being made by the democrats and their ‘allies in the prevent campaign in Iowa Is Gireoted to creating prejudice against the republican party by an effort to show that republican administration of Iowa affairs has in recent yoars becn grossly extravagant, wasteful and unfair, and that especially in the matter of ussoss- ment and taxation the railroad corpora- tlona have been favored as against the ‘ewners of farm property. ‘The primary complaint, as it appears from the speech of Mr. Porter, standard bearer for the democratic-corporation ul- Mance, ts that there has not been a suf- olent increase in the assessments of rail. feed property: in, Towa und that farm prvperty Is valued too highly, Mr, Por- ter makes the bald assertion’ that’ tn 21 gears tho assessment of railroad proper- fy has not been Increased $1,000 a mule, when as a matter of fact the assessment hag been increased by more than $1,000 a mile since Governor Boies, only thirteen years ago, fixed a value on the property, ‘Tho valuation of rallroad property. in Yowa 18 a matter of record open to all fand the facts are well worth considera- tion, ‘The following table shows briefly the changes in mileage and assessment of the Iowa railroads under the last seven administrations. The date given Is the fast assessment of each administration, showing the valuation of the railroads as passed over Into the next administrat‘on, With this ts given the mileage, the In- arease of mileage over the previous pe- tiod, the per cent of such Increased mileage, the total assessment andthe @ssessment per mile, with the Increase made by each administration over the preceding one and tho per cent of ine ‘trease or decrease. Period | atten [rocreae] Per Ct] vatee [erate] increase | PerCt, ras phermtaneene| 18 oeerfncsaee) eaten | 42% erg cnfomnes tis Berroco) ESS [vag fae] SERN | SN Pains a e-pecerrer cc] tea | fe | aa | dann | san] "ygeie | Sa Bete] Et | | a | GSM | SB] MRE | a rpc] ea | og | 8 | Gate | | | Beare] Sse | aS | ate | SEES | BSE] aorta | “et PcSteminas | ost |S | ek | aehies | SS | ase |e © Decrease. Republicaniem vs. Democracy. _| the present administration more than $1.50 It will be seen from the records that It "was under Governor Larrabee that the railroad assessments received thelr first Big alse, and that with Increase of 114 ‘per cent In mileage they got an Increase (of $8.2 per cent in assessments. ‘Then came Governor Boies, who in four years, with an increase of 22 per cent in Mileage, raised ussessmenty only 27 per ‘cent, During the next two administrations railroad building was at a standstill and Ivalues decreased, and the assessments remained practically unchanged, the re- Jedjustment making a show of very slight Hroduction. ‘Phen came an era of much rallroad fpuilding, and In the four years under Governor Shaw £5 miles were added to ithe railroad property acsessed. With 1 per cent Increase in mileage the In- jsrease in assessments was 6 per cont. Larrabee and Cummins, Under the present republican admints- ton, Governor Cummins and his re- ublican associates on the executive coun- fl, upon a mileage which has Increased et 6.3 per cent, have increased the as- uaments by 324 per cont. ‘The Increase of assessed values under rabee was $11,035,170, and under Cum- ins $15,265,927, Which Increase ts more an as much as the total assessment jenty-flye years ago. Tt was @ democratic governor of Lowa ho checked the tendency to Increase iIroad assessments, which tendency had en 80 marked during the Larrabee ad- inistration, and it remained for Gov- mor Cummins to have the patriotism sd the courage to again return to the Heles of Larrabee and to compel the roads to pay their fair share of the 3, Tt was a democratic governor who the rst Ume he got a chance at the rill d assessment reduced It $25 a mile on ‘average, who the next year raised It, 1d again ‘the third year he reduced It ind the fourth year he made still another ‘duction in the average assessment per le. Under the republican ad:ninistra- fon while Cummins has been governor fe average per mille has been mereased very year, with a total increase of $4 mnile for his term. Increase In Railway Taxes. ne increase In taxes actually paid by je railroads in the state of Towa Is ually marked, While the state execu ve council, an official assessing bourd sisting of the governor, auditor, treus~ rand secretary of state, makes the sessinent of value on railroad and cor- ration property, the actual taxing 1s ne by the local boards, the same as In je case of other property. But by rea- sn of the Increase of valuation of tail: property by the executive council 1@ railroads will pay, on the last assess- nt made, at least $2,244.12 In taxes, than 9 per cent of which Is in inty, town, bridge, road, school and jocal taxes. Inder the last assessment of the Bo‘es ministration the railroads pald in taxes Towa an aggregate of $1,355.025 an- wally, Under the last assossment be- ¢ Governor Cummins took hold they 1d. $1,623,496, nder the five assessments by the nell over which Governor Cummins sides, they have paid or will pay as flows: 1902, $1,874,419; 1903, $2,141,863; $2,080,961; 1906, $2,054,540; 1906, $2,244,129, ‘other words, a5 the result of the ermination of Governor Cummins and ‘associates to make all kinds of prop- ly bear thelr fair share of tho tax ‘den, #0 far as it was possible to 50 ermine, the Iowa rallroads are now ing over $0000 annually more in es in Towa than they were when he ¢ {nto office, and three-quarters of a lllon more annually than they were as ‘only democratic governor we have in Towa left them. State Tax Levies. democratic campaigners would have Voters believe that the tendency un- republican rulo In Towa in the past Riese eae hea to enormously ins REPUBLICAN MOPIFICATION. ee erg Let the people of the state remember that my contention has always that the revision of the schedules must be in harmony with and 4 upon the protective polley; that the duties tnat are too high should lowered, but not so as to impair their efficiency as protective duties. tes should always be bigh enough to give the domestic producer his 9 market, with a reasonable profit, but they should never be bigh jough to enable the domestic producer to exact an unfair profit from the tic consumer. fiat arreet, Des Moines, Iowa. * Decrease. crease state taxation. ‘The executive council, of which the governor, auditor, {reasurer and secretary of state are mem: pers, tikes the state tax levy each year, Dut under the law must fix It to ralse & sum Of money which with feo collection. and other sources of revenue will yield. the sum declared by the lextslature to be Recessary for state use, The fixing of the levy Is therefore little else than a clerical act. The tax levies in recent years, how- ever, have been ag follows: In 1886, 3.2 mills, In 188, 29 milla, In 1900; 26 mills, Tn 1901, 2.7 milla, In 192; 35 mils, In 100, 3 mills, In 1801, 3 mits, In 1006, 82 mills, Tn 10%, 3 milis, Under the five assessments of the rall- ways of lowa made by the present state administration the railroads have paid In taxes In Towa, $10,405,008, It Is true that because local assessors have fixed valuations of all other kinds of property higher than before, the geli= eral local taxes are higher. Tt ts true that the state of Iowa Is averaging now about $40.000 annually more In taxes recelved from county treasurers and that a large part of this Increase comes direct from the railroads or from taxes on personal Property, But it 1s also true that the railroads are paying in taxes In Towa more than $610.60 a year more than they were when Governor Cummins came Into office, so that for every additional dollar of tax collected for state purposes from all sources, Including railroad taxes and personal property, the railroads are pay~ Ing, as the direct’ and unavoidable result of the increase of their assessments under the present administration more than $1.50 in general taxes In Towa, Cummins vs. Porter, A further discussion of this matter of railway assessment and the corresponding one of farm valuations was made by Governor Cummins as follows: “When I became governor, the actual value of all the railways In the state, as fixed by the executive council In the year TOM, was $183,285,082. ‘The taxable value, which under the law {s one-fourth the ac- tual value, was $17,071,238, At tho present time the actual vaiue of all the railways in the state, as fixed by the executive council in 1605, 1s $219,248,796, and the tixa- ble value $02,357,199. During my admin- {strations, therefore, the actual value of the railway property hag been increased $01,063,764, and the taxable value $15.2532 0, ‘This means that the various taxing dis- tricts of the state are now levying thelr taxes on $15,265,911 more than they were In 1901, and as the average rate of taxa- tlon ts substantially 4 per cent, It further means that the rallway omy ies are paying substantiaily 96000 more In tases than they would have paid had the val- uation remained ag it was in 1901 It will be interesting, 1 am sure, to note the In- crease upon the railways as they existed In 1901, for there has been some mileage added to the railway property of the state In theso years, “The new mileage since 1901 ts of the actual value, according to tho assessment of $211,824, with a taxable value of 077,858." ‘We therefore have Increased the taxable value of tho mileage as It existed in 00, $13,187.0%, It will be re- membered that the power of the execu- Uve counell Is exhausted when the value of the railvay property has been fixed. ft has nothing whatsoever to do with the levying of taxes upon the valuation. It fs obvious, therefore, that If the coun ch has performed Its duty with respect to the valuation, even If It Is to be floued and sneered at, It at least deserves the truth, and T wonder why Mr. Porter, with the records open before him, did not avail himself of the Information. T take tho Hberty of asking him a ques- tion. Do you think, Mr. Porter, that the railway property of this state I worth more than $48,448,195, and if more, how much more? must propound one fur- ther query, The average actual value of the farms in the state for the purposes of taxation Is 4047 per acre. Do you think they are worth more, and If so, how much more? When I became governor the average actual value of farms In this state for the purposes of taxation was $5.8 per acre, That value ig now $047 per acre— an Inerease of 128 per cent. ‘The increase In the assessment of railway property has been 4 per cent. "Thig generous rival, who finds nothing whatsoever to commend in anything I ever did or sald, suggests that my zeal for an increase In the assessment of rall- way property began only when 1 becaine a candidate for another nomination. ‘To ‘ascertain the truth you have but to again consult the records of your state. ‘The first assessment of railway prop- erty made by the executlve counell after T became a member resulted in a taxable Value of $1,207,%0—an Increase of more ‘than $1,000,000 above the assessment of the previous year. The assessment of the Second year of my administration was $50.541,518, an increase of more than $5.08 00 over the preceding year. The assess ‘ment of my third year In office was $57,- 595,160, an Increase of $1.000.00 over the preceding year, ‘Tho assessment of the fourth year was $8,19.199, an increase of more than a half mildon over the pre- ceding year, ‘The assessment of my fifth your was $2,337,199, an Increase of more than #,000,00 over the preceding year. L submit this record for the caim con- sideration of the people o fthe state to show that progress began early and has continued with fair persistency and ef- ficteney. T hope I may be permitted, without the charge of egotism to call ‘attention to one further fact. In 1901 the taxable value of all the public properties given to the executive council to assess was $48,808,781. fn 1906 the taxable value as fixed by the executive councll was $65,910.825-an in- crease of $17,072,044. Governor Cummins Always .a Republican CONFIDENCE AND ESTEEM FOR IOWA'S GOVERNOR Administration of State Affaire Com: mands Respect of All the Pecnle. Congressman B. P. Birdsall: We enter the campaign in‘ Lowa tum year as the prelude "to" the “national campaign of Us AB a state we have been singularly fortunate in the “administrations with Which we have beon blessed, irrespective (Of parties, “from: the days ‘of Guveruor Grimes down to and including ‘the wd- ministration of Governor Cuminins, No other commonweaith hug in sixty years of history been so free from scandal In its public lite, no other eainmonwealth tn an equal period of history has builded ‘whore Wisely or Letter the foundations of @ great soctety, ‘wnere, under beneiieent Jaws, Wisely adininistered, security Is at- forded to lite’ and property, the biel purposes for which governiients are In- sututed among men, It should bo a Source of pride to every citizen of the ‘stato that the republican party ean and oes present so evean and faithful w Fec- ‘ord of {ts stewardship and tat ‘under the leadership of our ‘able. governor. the laws have been administered for the com. mon good of all the people. Albert BH. ‘Cummins has met the expectations of hs ‘frlends and of the people in ts “admine [stration of sate affairs, and hag grown in their confidence and esteem, flo. has brought to the consideration” of publie questions @ mind rich in resources. and a heart that is in touch with all chat fg best, purest and noblest In nubile life, ‘To doubt his re-clection Is to question the good judgment and sound common sense Of the people of Towa. No such hope is seriously entertained ‘by the democracy Of Towa, and the earnest battle they are how waxing 1s only for the purpose cf Impugniiig if possible the republican ad= ministration and thereby Influencing the coming national campaign, ‘The republic cans of Towa will look beyond men to brineiple, and no appeal to. passion or Prejudice, no domestic diffeuitics will blind them ‘to’ the vital issues involved fa this campatgn, the questions Involved Are the maintendnce of tho protective Principle and the support. of ‘President Roosevelt, “anda decreased. republican, majority in Towa this year will be heraide ed “abroad aga. reflection upon both, Mon may become the nearnation of prin: ciple, a8 Lincoln of peace and gentleness, as Napoleon of war and destruction. IN LINE WITH ROOSEVELT. Secretary James Wilson: It Is sald that Governor Cummins 's too radical, He has been advo- cating things that congress, with encouragement from President Roosevelt, has been enacting along trust and transportation fines. | During the past month the state of Towa has been flooded with circulars sent out In the Interest of the democratic Ucket which purport to give the polit- feal record of Governor Cummins In this state, ‘The circular 18 the same which was ‘prepared for and gent out by the Press bureau organized under the direc- tion of B, IL, Hunter and his associates last spring. Some matters In relation to this clreular are worthy the considera tion of all republicans tn Towa, A brief history of the events tn Governor Cum- mins’ political life ‘tll be appropriate, Governor Cummins never sought offlee nor accepted office until in 18S7, when he was elected to the legislature trom Poll, county At that thna, as It will be re mombered by every one, the state of Towa had a rigid pronoltion law on the statute books under which conditions in a large part of the ntate proved to be unsatisfactory, ‘hie was especially true In the cliy of Nes Moines, where It was found to be Impossible to enforce the prohibition Iaw, and the sole effect was to open the way for free whisky. Mr. Cumming, with thousands of other republicans In’ Des Motnes, belleved that the law could be so changed and {m- proved as to give relief to such commu- nities and to better secure real temper ance throughout the state, Ie did not helleve that statutory prohibition was then or should ever be a cardinal tenet of the republican party in Jowa, In the month of Angust, 187, a number fof the most prominent republicans In Des Moines ctreulated a protest against the continuation of the conditions in Des Moines, which were then x0 obnoxlous 10 all people, ‘This provest was signed only by republicans and sard: “Declaring our adiesion to the prin- ciples of the republican party and earn estly favoring that law which will most effectively decrease intemperance, we re- speettally protest against the further ox- periment of prohibit'an under the pres- ent Jaw, which has resulted In free whis- key." ‘After referring to tho local conditions at ame length and demanding tho “passage of somo sort of a law under whteh the people could he protected from the unluwful traffic,” the protest con- chited with these words: “To attain these results, we pledge our- selves to support and zote for candidates for the leaisliture, who shall be republl- cans, pledsed to the support of are publican for the Untced States senate, and the principles of :he republican par- ty, but who shall pledze themselves openly and avowedly «w vote and work to secure the enactment of such laws consistent. with the declarations herein set forth.” Nominated By Republicans. ‘As the result of this protest, a mass convention of the republicans was held tn Des Moines, Aug. 19th, 1887, which convention indorsed 1d ratified the pro- test and petition which had been signed, fand in the absence of A. B, Cummins from the state nominated him for mem- ver of the legislature, and with him ‘Adam Baker, then a republican alderman at large In the elty of Des Moines, and for many years holding an honored po- sition tn the postal service. This protest Dpon Which the cantdacy of Cummins and Baler was based, was signed by Ahout 1400 republicans’ of Des Moines, many of them the most prominent busl- ness and professional men of the city, and then, @3 now, republicans, Some of OO eee Ware ae: 1oliowas: AY. W. Carpenter. Troms Bord. Weenie Dee prainara, W. W, Clark. Ty my reathout, BS Mebonneli, Nadia tee a Harris, SW Rtlburn, £ Boe Gia Sia, Patron: een, De fuente PW Donovan, WB Ghat Sow Sonne fe Wood £2 uaingeneshont B. Schreiner, Be pecs ¢. B. Rourds, UF. Joxdan, Kaam Dickey. ACH. Miles. Lf. Wells L, Trepanier. W. 0, Brown, KC. Talhott. So AL Ankeny. Ww. WW" Moora, Bg, Adams." > R, T, Scott. Hf, W. Sesstons, ED. Janes, J. W, Howell. Emil C. Butz. Fayette Meek, B.S, Whiting. RLM. Briscoe. W. AL Birney. Geo. Whitaker. B, J. Waison, ‘The United e'ubs will give an enter- tninw ent ab the home of Mis, J. O. Lawl a ee Re ae age oan acme TE BREAKING A MONOPOLY TO AID THE FARMERS Part Taken In Great Barb Wire Fight By Cummins, As Told By Herriott. John Herrlott in Marshalltown address, Wl: "Let mio Feldte abit of Lowa story that may hot be tamillar to the younger generation of republicans, About Wwenty: She yeurs ago aw tederal court in Chicago decided that a syndicate liad a motopery OC tho ‘manufacture of barbed wite There wag" consternation uning lows farmers, “Such wire was decried & neces sity and the trust ‘advanced. the price hearly ® per cent. In January follows ing somo promuient agriculturalists ine At @ supper atthe Savery hotel in Des Moines, “among Whom ‘were our "Tuma din? "Wilson, ‘now secretary ‘of agricul: Ture at Wushingtony Col, -Joun sscott, Lieut. Gov. B. ¥, Cue; that old. wheel Norse of our party, Levi 8. Cotiin; that vigorous writer, Henry Wallace, and that Oud Spartan, rather Clarkson. ‘The result of thelr meclng was the formation of the Farmers’ Protective us soclation to flght the. trust’ by. manufac. {uring barb wire on thelr own hook. ‘The hiombership Was placed at 10,000, each to pay a dollar Yo ervate a “fighting fund" “They bought & patent und. started. in Then the War begun, Past and furious was. the fight the trust made on them in'tho cours. “Trickery” and. chlcanery Ghd all the corruptest means Were. te Sorted to to circumvent that, band ‘of Hghting farmers. At first treachery sue- eeededs they Were sold out; those they frst employed. played then false But they kept up the fight ‘They got & now-uitorney to look after thelr law ‘sults, "That attorney Was, to quote a ehtster member aii ving, then “a comparatively young min who, thre hls “whole soul into. the work and. de- fended the farmers at every point. with consummate ability, ‘and to whom it i Admitted on ail hugs that the final sue. cess of the association waa largely. duc. "Tho struggle. continued to. Wage. Nt only in the courts, but beforo and In the" legislature, “and although the Odds Were heavily against the farmers they got tho upperband of the trust and thet Wire at or near cost. Ketiecting on these events years after- wards, {he same. writer. in accounting Tor tho "Wonderful success” of that ban of farmers, in teit ong. strugsle with A huge ionopoly, observed? “it le cleat fo ue that the sceret of success waa not merely. the Justice of the cause, but the Ausolute coniidence the. people of the fate had ‘in. the unswerving integrity of tho ‘members ‘of. the association, Its. of Neorg, the manufacturer of the wire amd the attorney who had charge-of the Itt Ration—an attorney of such. well. known Invegrity and. high Senso. of ‘honor. that no man in big ‘senses. would dare ap- proach him with a_ bribe either directly br indirectly, and who believed absolute- Ty Inthe Justice of the causo which he Was employed to defend.” ‘that attorney, my fellow eltizena, 9 now tho candidate of the republlean party {or the high office of governor of Towa, Al bert i Cummins of Des Moines.” Need We fear what his future course will be? CoL.tt, I, Swords, J.-H. Windsor, J, Queal, Capt! MT Rtussenl, Geo,” 11, Maish 4,0. Berrin, Theo, A Gracte, HD, Wiis, J, W! McCabe, © By Jones. Hi, §. "Butler, 1. ¢, smith, 3. Trowbridge, Mi, B, Ainsworth. W. G. "Smith. W. Mf. MeCafn, 0. 1. Greeley. 3. 8. Carter, Youn Hughes, Norman Liehty. Douglas Miller, BL. Marsh, Jonn"P, Conk, WH. ‘Linsley, JN." Dewey, Jos. Woods, TX. Rico. Sat” ereraees Aug, Youngoerg, EN Baker. W, H, Land. Jas. P. “Harmon, Wo". “thompson, G.I, Lyneh. A, “Anderson, W. Gh tain, Alex, Youngberg. B.A, Des Lauria, Jas, Harris, By. Holmes, Louls Hast, MW, Lynch, MJ. Seoviila, 3. W. Camp. Mt, Jonson. L. 2, Shetaant, Jas, in, Priestley, ‘A. P, “Vinmedge, Jonn'R, Drake, 3. A. Carlson, Jas, Lynch, H, Pritchard, WW, Wise, B.'F, ‘Peaniston. Sho, 'N, “Honberger. Jno, N. Hol Accepted as a Republican, Upon his return to the elty, Mr, Cum- mins was walled upon by a committeo and was prevailed yon to accept, the nomination for the lesisiature, and Ina letter accepting this sumination he sald: “L enter upon the discharge of the duty you havo plied npon meas a repnbli- can, earnestly devoied to the success of the principles of the party to which T nave ‘always helonged.” ‘Tho next day aftor this, Mr. TT. 8. Wie cox, candidate of the greenback and tunton labor partios for representative at the samo time, published a challense to Mr, Chmmins for a Joint discussion in which he sald: “Tam prepared to assail your position fon local option and your position asa Aifender of the principles and practices of the republican party." ‘The names of Curnmins and Baker wont upon a ticket which was headed by Wil- lam Larrabeo for governor, J. A. T. Hull for Neutenant goverrer, Henry Sabin for superintendent, and @. 8. Robinson. for supreme Judge, Mr. Cummina worked for and voted for this thet, and he. was Clected by the largest majority of any candidate on the ticket In Polk county. The democrats dd not make any nomi nation at thelr convention for repreaen= tative, dut the county central committee placed the names of Cummins and Baker bn tho ticket, after a number of leading Aemocrata hrd opposed this action and Genouneed the commitces for consenting to the election of republicans to the leg~ Islature, Mr. Commins took his stand inthe legislature as a republican, en- tering the republican Tesislative eaucus and took part therein upon all party, Guestions, with the single exception of prohibition, Mr. W. U. Redman. of Poweshiek county was elected speaker by the republicans over L, D. Hotchkiss of Davis county, the democratle nominee. Mr. Cummins’ voted for Redman, as ho aid’ for all other republican nominees for positions I the house, Voted for Senator Wilson. Mr, Cummins entored the republican caucus for the election of United States senator and participated thereln, and on the election of senator he was one of the fifty-nine members of the house to vote for James F. Wilson, "As_& member of the legislature, Mr. Cummins Introduced « bill to grant the Towa allway commision the power to regulate rates, ‘The cvmmission at that time was in much the stme condition as tho Interstate commerce commission has been the past fifteen years, having Aue thority only to recommend. and Httlo real power to do things, Mr, Cummins op- hosed the alternative plan which was presented In the same lesislature of hav- Ing the legislature Itself fix railway rates in Towa, Io took a very active part In the discussion of the rilway rate bills before tho lesislature; had much to do with perfecting the Vill which finally passed the house and senate unentmous- iy, and upon recom:rendation of Govern or Larrabee, he was mado one of the house members of the wunferenco com- mittee which prepared and perfected the DIN as ft today stands upon the statute books of lowa. Governor Larrabee has recently testitied to tn ract that he re- (Continued on Last Page) ‘The First Foot Ball game of the seseon ‘will be played here on the 97th, The uni versity of Missourl will. turnish the: op CURBING THE POWER OF CORPORATIONS A PROBLEM IN AMERICAN POLITICS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT POINTS OUT THE CHARACTER OF THS CONTEST NOW ENGAGING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Regulation of the Big Corporations—Justice For Capital and Labor—Re form and Progresa Through the Republican Party—Fed- anak Ganteak: ele $uigm THE WALKER SHOE CO. wanasg President Roosevelt delivered @ notable address at the dedication of the new Pennsylvania State house, In which he discussed anew some of the question con- corning which he has sald much and dono much in recent years, Among other things he sald: T do not come here to speak only of the past, and still less to appeal merely to State pride. We can show that the past {swith us 9 living foree only In the way in “which we handle. ourselves in the Present, and each of us can best show his Qevotlon to his own state by making evl- dont hig paramount devotion to that Un~ fon which Includes ail the states. The attay’ of tho great aoeds of the past ts of chiof avail tn so far ag it incites us to rapple renotutcly and eitecively with the Problems of the present. We are Hot now Ienaced by foreign war. Our union Is fry “estabiishea. “But ‘each generation has {tg special and serious difficulties; and wo of this generation have to strug: Ble, with evils springing from the very fnaterial’ success of which We ato 50 proud, from the very growth and pros Berity of ‘which, with Fustico, wo boast, he extraordinary” industrial ‘changes of the last half century have produced a totally new ect of conditions, under which new evils flourish; and for these new evils new Femodios must be devised, Need of Greater Federal Powers, ome of these evils can be grappled with by private effort only; for we never can afford to forget that In the last analy~ Sis the chiet factor in, personal success, and. Indeed in national greatness, must Se the sturdy felt rellant character of the Individual eltizen, But many of these evita are of such A nature that no private effort can avall against them. ‘Theso evils teretore, must be grappled with by gov- ernmental action, In some cases this Koy emmental ‘notion must be exercised by the several states individually. In yet others It his become increasingly evident that no efficient state action is possible, and that we need through execullve ac- tion, through Tegislation and through Ju Giclal Interpretation and construction of Inw:to increase the power of the federal government, Tf we fall thus to Incrase ft, we show our Impotence and leave ourselves at tho mercy of those ingenious legal advisers of the holders of vast. corporate wealth, Who, in the performance of what they Te: gard as their duty, and to serve the ends Of their clients, Invoke the law at one time 'for the confounding of thelr rivats, and at anothor time strive for the mullt- feation of the law In order that they themsrives may be left trea to work thelr unbridied wilt on’ theso same rivals, oF fon those who labor for thei, or on’ the general public, Tricks of Corporation Men. In, the exercise of thelr profession and in the service of their ellents these astute Inwyers strive to prevent the rassaze of efficient aws and strive to xecure judictal Geterminations of those tht pass which shall emasculate them, ‘They 'do not. ne Yoke the eonstitutlon in order to compel the die observance of law altke by Tien and poor, by great and small: on the con trary, they are. ceaselessly. on tho wateh fo ery out that the constitution. ts vio- Tited whenover any effort te made to tn vote the nid of the national government, whether for the efficient regulation of Fullroads, for the efficient sunerviston of Erext corporations, of for efficiently se- Curing obedience to such a law as the ma Monat elzht-hour law, and similar 80- emlled “inbor statutes.” ‘The doctrine they preach would make the ‘constitution merely the shicld of In- competence and the excuse for govern= mental paralysis: they trent {t aga fus- tineation for refusing to attempt the rem edy of evil, instend of as the source of Vital power necessary for the ‘existence of. mighty and ever growing, nation. Strong. nationalist though fam, and firm though my hellef Js that there’ must bela suide extension of the power of the national government to deal with “ques tions ‘of this Kind, T freely ndmit that as recirda many matters of first rato tm- portance we must rely ‘purely upon the Etntes for the betterment of present con Altona. ‘The several states must do thelr Guty or our eltizenship ean never be put on a proper plane. State Reforms Good. President Roosevelt here turned to mat- ters of state lesishition In Pennsylvania nd consrateltted the people of that state on thelr legislature having dono so much, Me especially mentioned the passage of @ primary election law “which guarantees to the voters free expression in the se Inetlon of candidates for offtee,” and fin- aly she sald: ‘You have. passed a law containing a prn~ vision which T most earnestiy hope will In-rubstince be embodied Itkewise In law by. the congress at tho coming session =n. provision “prohibiting. the officers: ot any corporation from making a contribu tion of the money of that corporation to any candidate or any politieal committee for the payment of dn} election expenses whatever. President Roosevelt also complimented Pennsylvania on having ecured a child labor law and expressed the hono that congress would do something along the same Une. Continuing he spoke of the doctrines as taught by. Justice Wilson of Pennsylvania, and sald: Tn a remarkable letter In which he ad~ vorated setting forth In early and clear Tnshion the powers of the national gove ernment, he lald down the. proposition that it. should be made clear that there Were neither vacancies nor Interverences between the limits of state and national juriaitetion, end tht both jurisdictions Together composed only one uniform and comprehensive system of government and Tawar that 1s, whenever the states cannot Act, because’ the need to be met is not One of merely a single locality, then the national government, representing all the Prople, should have complete power to Ret. Tt was in the spirit of Wilson that (Washington, and Washington's Heutenant Hamilton, acted: and {t'was tn the same spirit that Marshall construed the law. Big Fortunes Must Be Controlled. All honest, men must abhor and repro- bate any effort to excite hostility to men of wealth as such. We should do all we ean to encourage thrift and business on ‘ergy, to put @ premium upon the conduct of the man who honestly earns his livele hood and more than his livelthood, and who. honestly uses the money he has earned. But It 1g our clear duty to. gee, {nthe Interest of the people, that there Is adequate supervision’ and control over the business use of the swollen fortunes of today, and also wisely to determine the conditions upon which these fortunes are to be transmitted and the percentage that they shall” pay. to" the government whose protecting arm alone enables them to" exist, Only" the nation ‘can do. this Work, To relegate It to the states sa faren, and fs simply another way of Say= ing that {t shall not be done at all. Power To Deal With Wealth, Under a wise and far seeing Intorpreta tunn'of the interstate, commerce clause of the’ constitution, T_malntain tha the nae tonal government should have completo power to deal with all of this woulth Which In nny way” gors. Into the com= eae batons \ne bintencaee graminic FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1906, foe MINDA feoent jot oh 4. Bat y sort ar los: nde ore today ‘ougla nefor ‘Tarn a abe will b hur ag of heer City ide C ects ymahe B ¢ vot. I short rs, 'T da Mt and + and good ly J Mo,, ¢ x68" Cook k N on daugt ylor | ghd murt ultimately be. understood, thed the Unites States government on 9f the people of the United Biates, has ind Is {0 ekerciae tho, power of auparviss Jon and control over the business use od tha wealth—in the frst place, over all the ‘work of the common carriers of the Das ton, and in the next place over the wordt of fl the ‘grent ‘corporations whlcl) dle Feotly or indirectiy do any Interstate bass Iness whatever—and this includes almoe@ allot "the great corporations, Work Already Dona During the last few years the national government hus taken very long stridew in the direction of exorclsinig and scouring. hig adequate, control over the great core poration, and it was under the feadership, of one of the most Honored publio men In guy country, one of Fennayhvania'a moet fimluent adie the present. senator "al then attorney general, Knox—that the now departure was begun, vents have move ed fast during tho last five years, and 18 {a curlous torlook buck at the extreme bitterness which not merely ‘the ‘spokese men and Teprescntatives. of organised wealth, ‘but inany most excellent sonapte Yative people ‘tan felt ag to ‘the action of Mr, Knox and the adminiatration, Many of the greatest nanclers of this gountry “wero sertain that Mr, Knox's Northern "Securities sult, I¢ won, would plunge us into. the worst panic we had ever geen. ‘They denounced as Incltement to anarchy, as an upology for goctallam, the navocnty of polities that either nag now become law’ or aro in fair way becoming law; and yet these sume. polls clea, ‘go tar from representing either ae arch or oslalim, “wero Inv realty, the anudotes 49 anarehy, "the antidotes to woe clallsm.” To" exercise. a ‘constantly ine ereasing and constantly more efficient suc Dervision and control over tie groat coms Mon carriers of tho country pravents, all necessity for ‘soriously considering. a & project ua government ownersaip of Fallroads—a policy which would be in ita resulta froin ‘evory standpoints Regulation of Corporations, A similar extension of the national pater to overaco and accure correct. bos vior In, the, management of “al great corporations engayed in interstate uste hess will in ‘similar fashion render far more table the present system. by doing. away with thoso grave abuses which are not only evil In thomselves because hey fornish "an excuse for ‘agitators to. tie flame “weil meaning people against all forma of property and to commit. the country” to schemes of, wild, - would-be Femedy whieh would work yallaltely more haem than the disease itselt THE GOVERNMENT “OUGHR NOT TO CONDUCT "Tin BUSINESS “OR TH COUNTRY; BUT TT OUGHT TO REGULATH It 'so ‘MAT Tr SHALL BY CONDUCTED IN THE INTERESE OF THE PUBLIC, Bourbons and Radicals, Perhaps the west justification of the course which In the fational goverament We huive been ‘pursulng Inthe past tow yours, and which we Intend steadily 4nd progressively to pursuo in the future, i that It"Is condemned with almost equal Fancor alike by" the “reactionaries “the Bourbons on the one side, and by the wild apostles of unrest on the other. The, Feactionary Is bitterly angry because ‘we have deprived him of that portion of is power whieh tho misuses. fo the. pubilo hurt; the agitator is angered for various reasons, Including among others the face that by remedying the abuses’ we have deprived “him. of the’ fulcrum ‘of real Krlevunce, which alone renders the lever f Irrational agitation’ formidable, Not All Done, We have actually accomplished much, But we hinve not accomplished all, nor anything ike al, that’ we feel mut "be Gecomplished. We shall not halt; we shall Steadily follow the path "we have marked Out, executing the laws we have succeeds ed in putting upon the statute books with Absolute impartiailty as between man and man, and unresting in our endeavor te strengthen and supplement these by ture ther laws which shall enable Us in’ more efficient and more summary fashion to Gehieve the ends we have in view. Accomplishments. During. the last few years congress hae haa’ to deal with such vitally. Important questions aa providing for the bullding of the Panama ¢anal, inaugurating. the vant system of national Irrigation in the atates of the great plains and the Rocky Moune tains, providing for a Pacife cable, and so forth. et In addition to those tasks, somo of whieh are of stupendous Imports ance, ‘congress has waken glant stride, along the path of government regulation and control of “corporations. the. Intere Atte commerce law tins been made ef fective im radical and far reaching fashs fon, ‘rebates have been. stopped, & pure Tooa law has been pasted, proper aupere Vision of the meat fucking business pro vided, and the bureau of corporations. ea Tablished=a bureau. which has already dono great good, and which can and Should be given @ constantly increasing funetional power. Justice for Capital and Labor, The work of Jegislation has been no more important than ‘the work done by. the department of Justice” In executing the laws, ‘not only against corporations And Individuals ‘who have broken the ane tetrust or interstate ‘commerce law, DUE againat those who have been. engaged iq land’ frauds. Scores of sults civil an criminal, have been. successfully undere taken sgainst offenders of all) kinds many of them against the most formidar ble and wealthy combinations in the land, in'somo the combinations rave been dies solved, in soma heavy fines have been Imposéd; in several cases the chief of tenders have been Imprisoned, ‘A Long Look Ahead. Tt behooves us Americans to look ahead and plan out the right kind of a elvilie zation, as that whieh we intend’ to de- Velop from. these wonderful new condi Hone of wast industrial groweh. "te must not be, ahall not be, the iviteaton of a mere plutocracy, a banking house, We Street ayndicate to class hatred, to rancor, brutality, and mob violence, for that would mean the end of ail civilization, Thereased powers are susceptible of abuse as well as ure; never before have the op" Portunities Yor aeitishness ‘been #0, great for the reoulls of selishness oo appalling! for in communities where everything fa organized on a merely selfsh commercial basis, such selfishness, if unchecked, may transform the great ‘forces of the new epoch Into powers of destruction hitherte ‘unequaled, Individual Responsibility. Me, need to. eheck the forces of reed, to insure just treatment allke, of capi and of Tibor, and of the generat pubile. to prevent any man, Pick or poor, from doing. SF receiving wrong, whether’ this wrong be one of cunning or of violence. “Much can be done by wise legislation and by Tesoltite enforcement of the law. But stilt more must be done by steady training of the individual ‘citizen, fn conscience and Character, until he grows to abhor cor ruption and greed and tyranny and bros tality and to prize Justice and fair deal- ing, ‘The men who are to do the work of the | eee Ene Oe Oe ea ere Nee ee ee Portl toate Spton 4s of ben tema ‘night dwt Giapton, at suse of just! wall.” EVERIDGE IN THE IOWA CAMPAIGN SPEAKS FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY ELOQUENT INDIANA SENATOR OPENS FOR REPUBLICANS WITH FINE ADDRESS AT DES MOINES. Able Defense of the Republican Party—Reasons Why Men Should Vote the Ticket—An Outside View of the Duty of All Iowa Republicans This Year. Gemaror Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana sponsored the republican campaign in Des Moines on the evening of October 1 speaking to an audience of 1,000 at the Auditorium, which great hall would not hold all who desired to hear the speech there were many conspicuous features that were the demonstrations of approval which greeted his allusions to Iowa's public men as well as Roosevelt, his expression of the hope that Governor Cummins will be elected by at least 100,000 plurality, and his declaration that "there has got to be some tariff changes" and "the government must be uncomfortable to mistake the attitude of the 1,000 people who crowded the Auditorium to its full capacity, and the others which greeted the eloquent, complimentary references of the senator from Indiana to Allison, Deliverer, Wilson, Shaw, Cummins, Hepburn and Hall were but varied repetitions of the observations given the first day of the convention, and so unfolded upon the appearance of the speaker and Senator Deliverer on the stage. The tremendous success of the meeting was gratifying to Chalkman Woods and Committeeman Converse of the state committee, who proposed it to Chalkman Fraser of the county committee who arranged it and called the meeting to order to interpolate Congressman Hall as the chair of the republications of Des Moines, Polk county and the Seventh district, in which it was the opening meeting of the campaign. Achievements The speaker reviewed at some length the achievements to the credit of the nation, and the marvelous growth and prosperity which her institutions and people have enjoyed through the agency of the republican party in administration of federal affairs during the last forty years. He also pointed out which have but lately been smoothed out law through republican agency guided by President Roosevelt, including the rate bill, the meat inspection bill and the port food law. He argued that the party and the nation have more work to do-turf readjustments, benevolent guidance of the perfection of the laws passed by the last century, based in law the principle that the people may rebalance the business which affects all the people. Appreciation for Iowa The establishment of this principle in the law for the first time was the important thing in rate regulation legislation. In this connection the speaker alluded to the vital part which Iowa men played in its enactment - Delliver and Hepburn. The reference was greeted by prolonged cheers. The speaker congratulated Iowa men represented by such men in congress "and I am glad to have been a life long." He said that if it had not been for the energy and labor of Congressman Hepburn it was doubtful if the Paranormal canal would now be in process of digging and but for his able, fearless work the congress would have had difficulty in passing the rate regulation bill, while Senator Delliver, whom the speaker regarded as the most eloquent man in American politics, demonstrated the possession of the order of statesmanship, extended appraisal of success to Messra, Hepburn and Delliver, but when Senator Beveridge alluded to Senator Allison the name was given an aviation. The speaker spoke of him as the wisest and most effective member of the senate, its nestor and the father of the body. Nor would it be a square deal, he said to pass from Iowa men without re-standing to Capital Hill, who, at the head of the Hill, will be the head of the nation an insensitive service. The district could not select a man who so faithfully will stand by the president, a sentiment met by renewed cheering. Iowa and Iowa's Governor "Indeed, I am impressed by all Iowa." said Senator Beveridge, in substance, their fights republicanism and her republicanism and effective, her carable cabinet officers, and that spikeidd republican your candidate for governor. Albert B. Cummins. "He may have said more to complete the sentence, but the storm of applause, every other thing, every other thing. There was no discount upon the sentiment of the 2,000 who crowded the Auditorium, and when the senator again was allowed to proceed with the remark that he hoped he would have lost almost 100,000 plurality the storm again broke. Iowa in the Cabinet. Later the speaker stirred the enthusiasm of the audience by reference to James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, who, next month, would meet the president bill. His gratitude, respect and admiration he wished to express before the friends of Mr. Wilson whose practical work for the people of America is more effective than that of any other one public man, a priceless service. But the speaker thought that it was quite unnecessary to call the attention of Iowa people to the great service of her own in public affairs, the effectiveness of James Wilson and the great administration of the treasury department by Secretary of State Robert S. Gates, who greeted the same of secretary Shaw. Compliment to America. In opening his address Senator Beveridge spoke to the theme suggested by his first sentence: "After, all there is no country like America." He told of its beginnings and its growth and described its material well being, for in this the country was the world. But first, too in manhood and womanhood. The American people have made themselves the richest of peoples, the first of nations, and the noblest force for good in all history. The last half century in America has witnessed the greatest human advance in all the centuries. Continuing Senator Beveridge said in good form, "The present period will be known in history as the period of the moral regeneration of American business. And as Washington's name typified the period of American business, and as the period of liberty and nationality, so the name that will forever typify these years when righteousness is reconstructing American business is now and will never be the name of Theodore Roosevelt. It is a movement in which we find ourselves today. It is not merely the policy of a party that is engaging the attention of people, but a movement which will go on till every corner of the republic is cleansed of corruption, every department of business purified from all dishonesty and all american life made noble and glorious. And it is the republican party brought which this movement is working itself out, and it is Theodore Roosevelt who is its leader. Clean Business Wanted. The balance guest is the smallest item of our appeal. For the American people are not content that their business should they increase that their business shall be measured that American civility shall be measured by doctors; they mean that it shall be measured by practice. They they mean to mense "worse enough" "sill better." There is no more time as "worse enough" in the vocabulary of American women than we return the stage where well enough people position our decline will begin, because our progress will have ended. There are perhaps twenty bills emitted there that have year upon year one of which that have year upon year could have successfully appeared for support to the American people. But of three three of four of them as emploped, we have not yet seen any which established the department of commerce and know. The passage of that not marked the coming of a new day in American industry, the coming of a new commerce is safer and sound now because of the knowledge which that department gives the people of how that conclusion, and its work is very clear. Railroad Regulation We passed the bill giving the government the right to regulate railway rates and the right to demand the enactment of that law. We demanded the enactment of the American people demanded it. He demanded it because it is regressive. He opposes the principle of control by the government, but must migratory transportation business which affects all the people. I do not say that law is perfect. It is but the beginning of it. It will take here and there but year after year it will be improved until finally from experience it will become as perfect as its importance is not in its importance, its importance is in the principle which it recognizes. Railroads are the most powerful force in the industrial world and the railroad republic. In a word, the railroads enter into the industrial, social, political and the religious life of the American people. The railroad is a right to a voice in their management, that is why the railroad business is not a private business. Railway freight and passenger every naming being in the land, and therefore these summons of human beings have a fundamental right to see that all are alike and that none are unjustly held. Duty of the Nation. But the people are powerless acting as individuals. The states are incompetent to act as the people's agents, because the state is confined to the borders of any country ramified throughout the whose union. And so it is that the nation, as a nation, must take a hand in the conduct of a transportation of the part of the nation's life and safety which could not exist, so it is that the government of the nation is the only agent through which the American people can take an absolutely necessary function of supervision, and that is why the railway rate law is, in its results, so profoundly important—it begins the practical application of the principle of the control of the nation's government. If this principle nation's railways. If this principle nation's railways. have no government ownership of railways. The American people do not want to own the railways. They want to own nothing which they do not have to own or own which they am against national ownership of railways. am for government control of railways. Government ownership is urged only because it will take the railways out of politics. But it is not necessary to change the theory of industry for the European theory of industry to keep the railways out of politics. Out With Corruption. Send every corrupt and corrupting lobbyist to jail, send every corrupt and corrupting railway representative who tries to torture the railway employees to jail, send every man who tries to corrupt influence the nomination and election of any public officer to jail-this the way to keep the railway and every railway employee safe. Not government ownership but the penitentiary is the remedy for crimes against; free institutions. The principle of national control of railway is extended to all nation wide business. While individuals do and should own and control all business enterprises great and small, the people, by law, should see that it is conducted justly, and without fraud. This is the meaning of the department of commerce and labor law. This is the meaning of the railroad rate law. This is the philosophy behind the pure food law. Impotent Democracy. If the opposition had been in power would a single one of these great statutes be passed, they would not. Everybody knows that the opposition would have been so busy quarrelling with themselves that no practical legislation would have passed. Even as president and an opposition house nothing but theories would be discussed and no practical laws enacted. But Theorem Rosevelt's administration will forge a new administration that gets things done. And our work is not done. It never will be done as long as conditions demand it. The work is so important as the work accomplished. There has got to be an adequate child labor law in this country. We cannot permit American citizenship to be debased by the brain and soul of American children. Perfect the Tariff Law. There has got to be some tariff changes, too. We are protectionists, we republicans, and not we republicans alone, but we are protectionists. Protection of American industry has become an American principle. No free trader could destroy it if he would. Our expenses are so immense that the revenue they generate is probably be reduced without bankrupting the treasury. And that tariff, absolutely necessary to the working of the government, is to be so adjusted as to protect American labor and encourage American Industry. No Sacred Schedules. But no tariff schedule is immortal. When conditions change the tariff schedule should be revised, and you ought also to change. General revision is foolish and impossible. Even a bad tariff when stable is better than a genial tariff when unstable is better. A bad tariff. It is the best adjustment of tariff schedules ever devised. But some of those schedules should be revised to reflect the changing nature of our prosperity when business can easily adjust itself to the change, and not in some period of approaching financial growth when the greatest change would disturb all business. Republican Duty in Tariff. These changes should be made by the party that made the law and by friends of the protective principle and not by the party that resisted the law and are examples of the protective principle. All the tariff changes that are necessary will be made by the republican party earlier than the opposition could possibly make beneficial. Opposition change would be ruinous. We republicans believe in two great modes of public conduct—delicacy to the state and sense. And it is merely common sense of the situation to meet the conditions as they arise and not to wait until accounting for them must break down the dam and sweep away it in a general and disastrous manner. Wise Legislation. In describing the wise and beneficial legislation for which the republican party has been responsible during the last fifty years, Senator Beveridge enumerated the abolition of slavery, the reconstruction, homestead acts, the resumption of spelling laws, the establishment of an industrial system, the creation of a foreign market, the creation of a great foreign trade than that of Great Britain—some of the marvellous things done through the republican party. "And during this period of glorious achievement what law did the democratic government ask the speaker. "Not only. Yes, one—what civil war law, that historic statute of disaster. Relative to foreign affairs he said: The republican party as the agent of the American people have managed their affairs as well as their domestic affairs better than ever before in our history. A TAX PROBLEM Candidate Porter indicates Bryan. Bryan wants the government to own the railroads. The railroads now pay $2,000,000 a year taxes in Iowa. If the government owned the railroads they would not pay a dollar of taxes in Iowa. Who would make up the loss of $2,000,000 taxes? How would the farmer be benefited? Do you agree with Porter? GOVERNOR CUMMINS ALWAYS A REPUBLICAN (Continued from First Page.) served substantial support in that legislatures for his rate regulation program from the University, but not seek re-election to the University, nor did not take part in political campaigns of the next few years. Republican Leadership This report in the Des Moines Leader in ISLI forms the basis of the attack upon Governor Cummins at this time. He made one speech in that campaign upon the personal solicitation of his lifelong friend, W. A. Park, who was then an independent candidate for the legislature and it was in a report of this speech that he made the managing editor of the Leader at the time has since made a written statement to the effect that the report of Mr. Cummins' speech which was brought to him by a reporter, contained no reference whatever to Governor Boles, and that he, the managing editor, wrote into the speech, without authority and without knowledge of what had actually been sold at the meeting, the references to the indorsement of Governor Boles. No other newspaper of Des Moines reported that Mr. Cummins said the speech referred to made reference to Governor Boles. More on the Boston State Journal. Was the Party Standard Bearer. The republican state convention of 1932 held less than five months after it is alleged Mr. Cummins was supporting the democratic ticket in Iowa, not only listened attentively and approvingly to what Mr. Cummins said, but that convention elected him to be an alternative delegate at large to the national convention at Minneapolis, which renominated President Harrison, Jer. Cummins was also made that year a republican candidate for elector at large, to which position he was elected, and he cast his vote for President Harrison. He was the standard bearer of the party in Iowa that year, and held a notable series of elections by the state with the head of the democratic electoral ticket, the tariff being the issue. In 1939, Mr. Cummins stumped the state for Frank D. Jackson for governor, and was largely instrumental in securing his election. On the National Committee. In 1896 Mr. Cummins was permanent chairman of the republican state convention of that year, and was sent as delegate to represent Iowa republicans in the national convention at St. Louis, where he was a factor in securing the national platform advocating the gold standard, and the nomination of Major McKinley. The Iowa delegation to that national republican convention elected Mr. Cummins to succeed James S. Clarkson as member of the republican national committee, and he was invited and urged by Chairman Hanna to become a member of the executive committee. He could not do this, but when the campaign got to the stage of uncertainty as to what the agricultural population of the middle west would do, Mr. Cummins was called to the charge of chairman Hanna on charge of an western quarters of the national committee, with special reference to the agricultural cause, and he rendered great service to the national cause. The effort to discredit Governor Cummins with the republican party because of his having at one time been elected a member of the legislature as an independent republican, was made in 180 when he first ran for governor, and the republican voters of the state that year placed their seal of condemnation upon this unfairness, as they did two years later, when he was re-elected INDIANA'S COMPLIMENTS TO IOWA I am impressed by all Iowa, her fighting republicanism and republicans, her members of congress, brilliant and effective, her capable cabinet officers and that splendid republican, your candidate for governor, Albert B. Cummins. I hope that you will elect him by 100,000 majority, Senator Beveridge: SAMPLE MISREPRESENTATION how the Democratic Standard-Percent Sought to Falsify Record. Candidate Porter: Will anyone for a moment contend that the Des Moines Union Railway, with an assessed valuation of about $225,000 last year for eighteen miles of track, and for which the governor, if not now, was formerly a director and general counsel, is not worth at least double that amount? Governor Cummins; Let us see how the Des Moines Union Railway company has fared at the hands of the executive council during the last five years. First, it has four miles of main track, and, under the law, it is main track only that can be assessed. In 1901, the assessment of the Des Moines Union Railway company was $185,000. In 1906 it is $200,000. The assessed value is one-fourth of the amount which is determined upon as its actual value; therefore the actual value of the four miles of Des Moines Union railway track, with the accompanying sidetracks, is $120,000. He asks if the property be not worth more than double $225,000. I reply that the executive council has found it to be worth more than five times $225,000. A careful reading of the circular which has recently been sent out to the voters in Iowa for the purpose of discrediting the republican governor of Iowa, will disclose its utter disobesty. The false report of his speech as printed in the democratic organ of lily is quoted, and the statement is made that "the was at this time a candidate himself for the legislature as an independent" when as a matter of fact he was not then a candidate for the legislature. The circular undertakes to assert that when training was a member of the legislature there were but three party questions before the republican legislative caucus, that he stood with the party upon one question, that he opposed the party on prohibition, and "the other was a redistricting measure framed with a view to the re-election of Senator Allison to the United States senate, against which a democratic bill was offered tending with fully equal discrimination the election to the senate of Governor Bobby McCummis voted for and threw all of his great influence for the latter bill and in return, so utterly forgot his pledge to the cause that would stand with the republican party on all party measures not connected with prohibition." This is a sample of the so-called facts presented in this disreputable circular. Its character may be better understood when one recalls the fact that when Cummins was in the legislature he voted for the re-election of James F. Wilson to the Senator Allison were political fortunes of Senator Allison were recerved; and when one further fact is recalled, that at that time Horace Boles was a private citizen of Waterloo known in politics only as a Blaine republican. He was not then "Governor" Boles, nor had his name ever been mentioned in connection with the governorship; hence, not true that a democratic bill was offered to purpose the election to the senate of Governor Bolst, and Mr. Cummins did not therefore support any such bill. An effort is made to show that Governor Cummins was a democrat by presenting what purports to be a copy of an official democratic ticket for 1897. As a matter of fact, Mr. Cummins' name was upon the republican cicket, but at that time there was no law to prevent the placing of his name upon one and all tickets, nor for that matter to prevent the placing of the names of any candidate, until all the was then, as every one remembers, the have many kinds of tickets furnished. Mr. Cummins did not run for the legislature as a democrat, and was not elected as a democrat. Mr. Cummins made the race for senator in 1900 and was beaten only by a narrow majority in the republican caucus. He was elected governor in 1901 by 84,000 majority and renominated at a republican state convention in 1903 unanimously and elected by 90,000 majority. HEPBURN TO REPUBLICANS ON VOTING THE TICKET Distinguished Congressman Urges Election of Cummins and Entire Republican Ticket Congressman W. P. Hepburn: And now, fellow citizens, I want to say a word about our candidates. Our ticket, state legislature, and our state state attorney, where there is some criticism of the head of the ticket because of his real or supposed views upon the issues, in which our distinguished governor has administered his office, and you who are familiar with his utterances and have devoted to the great undertaking of devotion to the great undertaking of principles of the republican party. Over and over again he has declared himself a conservative, an adherent to the conservativeist. If he differs with any members of his party it is upon those matters of secondary importance, the schedules of changed conditions since the enactment of Dingley law have forced a necessity for changes in some of the schedules, and that he does not have the power to be a republican who do not agree with that some changes in the schedules would make the law better, and that the time it takes the speech to be made, when those changes are made. It is simply a question of time and details. It is true that the republic- A REPUBLICAN POLICY: Congressman G. N. Haugen: Tariff laws are made to meet existing conditions. Hence republicans believe that where a tariff is no longer needed for protection or revenue it should be re-adjusted. The republican party has in the past reviewed one whenever one whenever demand; whenever it becomes certain that such revision is advisable, practical, for the best interests of this country. TRUTH AS TO IOWA ASSESSMENTS ON RAILWAYS AND OTHER PROPERTY STATE AUDITOR CARROLL PUTS UP THE OFFICIAL RECORD AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC ASSERTIONS. Railway Assessments and Taxation Increased More Than On Any Other Property—What Has Been Done Under Republican Administrations in Iowa—Porter's Argument Exposed. Hon. B. F. Carroll, auditor of state, in opening the campaign in his home county, discussed the arguments presented in his plan, and am not convinced that the support alliance in Iowa, and completely exposed the so-called statistics as presented by Candidate Claude Porter in his speeches. Mr. Carroll gave the facts and figures from his intimate knowledge of the affairs of state. He showed that the democratic attack on republican affairs in Iowa with regard to the assessments and taxation has no foundation whatever but putting up the taxable value of farm land 15 per cent, the republican state officials have raised railway assessments 35 per cent. In his speech, Mr. Carroll said: of property. There would be no need to Mr. Porter's commission if he am not convinced that the support alliance in Iowa, and completely exposed the so-called statistics as presented by Candidate Claude Porter in his speeches. Mr. Carroll gave the facts and figures from his intimate knowledge of the affairs of state. He showed that the democratic attack on republican affairs in Iowa with regard to the assessments and taxation has no foundation whatever but putting up the taxable value of farm land 15 per cent, the republican state officials have raised railway assessments 35 per cent. In his speech, Mr. Carroll said: Increase of Assessments. As to recent assessments of railway property, permit me to say that in 19 years has been the value of railway property has been increased more than 45 per cent and that the income of railway property has been increased more than 45 per cent during the last five Omitted the Figures. the democratic candidate for governor in his opening speech at Otumwa attacked the republican party in its assessment of railway property in 1900. He quoted figures in antitrustation of the statements made by him, but in doing so took his data from the thirty-third annual report of the assessed value of railway property in 1900, and included the assessment for the last two years. Why he should have done this I am not aware, as the thirty-fourth annual report, has been in print for a year and four years. Fifth report were made public through the press of the state Aug. 5 and could have been had by him by addressing a letter to the secretary of the executive council requesting the same. He assessed the value per mile of the railways of Iowa in 1900 and states that the increase since that date has been less than $1,000 per mile, when as a matter of fact, the value per mile was more than $1,356, or 25 per cent larger, notwithstanding the fact that in 1900 property was supposed to be assessed at actual value, while now the law provides that it be assessed at one-fourth of the actual value. The total assessable value of the railway pay per mile is increased with that of 189 shows an increase of about 125 per cent, while the increase in mileage is only about 144 per cent. Assessments and Earnings. He further quotes figures to show the relation between assessments and gross earnings of railways as follows: Per cent. of assessment to railways was 184.0 per cent; 184.0 per cent; 184.0 per cent; 184.0 per cent. The assessment per mile for 1880 was $4.957; for 1844, $4.222, and for 1844, $4.571. It will be observed that at each period above reference the increase in assessments not greater than at the preceding date. It therefore follows that any increase in the per cent of assessment to gross earnings, as of the dates mentioned, was due to an increase in assessments and not to a decrease in assessments. Would Mr. Porter favor an increase or decrease in assessment every time there is a slight change in the assessment of assessment to earnings should always remain the same? To give an illustration, using some of the same figures he has used, let us compare the years in which the gross earnings per mile was $4.222 and the assessment was 165 per cent of the gross earnings. In 1856 the assessment was $4.523, but was 124 per cent of the gross earnings as existed the previous year, it would have been decreased and the as- sumed $4.492 per mile. Democratic Assessments. Is it to be understood that Mr. Porter takes exception because the council in 1986 failed to make a reduction of the assessed value of railways of the state in order to meet a falling off in gross earnings? He can find interesting food for demos and assessment of railway property under Governor Botes with the last assessment made by him, as follows: In 1981 the assessed value per mile was KM. For motor vehicles the assessed value per mile, while the gross earnings showed an increase during the same period of KM per mile. The relation of assessment to gross earnings increased from 115 per cent in 1981 cent. While in the main the figures quoted by Mr. Porter are correct, they are not valuable for the purposes for which he is required to serve to confuse rather than enlighten. Would Mean Reduction. How can there be any constant or similar relation existing between assessment and the assessment is reduced every time the earnings fall off, and is increased every time the earnings increase. The assessment per mile of railway has been increased every year for the last six assessments. The gross earnings were less in 1938 than in 1939. Porter contend that the council should have decreased the assessment in 1938 and 1939 so as to maintain the same relation between the assessment and the assessment as for the corresponding years previous? As to Net Earnings. He also quotes statistics as to the relation of assessments to net earnings, a still more deceptive thing as net earnings increase with the amount upon expenditures and methods of bookkeeping. For example: From 196 to 199 the gross earnings of all railroads increased from $200,000,000 to $2,000,000, while the net earnings decreased more than $1,000,000, and the net earnings increased more than $200,000. How the net earnings of all railroads assessments and gross and net earnings be maintained when the earnings fluctuate as above? Of his argument and the use of the figures quoted, except to show that it is impossible to adopt any fixed rule as a basis for assessment of railroads, he argues that every other method, is clearly shown by the above illustrations and could be shown by many others of a similar na- Another Fallacy. He also quotes figures to show that the assessed value of certain railway property is but little more now than it was twenty years ago, and scarcely fair to attempt to make comparisons with twenty years ago, as then we were presumed to assess property at actual value, while now we are supposed to assess property at actual value, as compared with its value. However, in 1858 the average assessed value per mile of all railways in the state was $1.453. The assessed value per mile is $3.943. The actual value per mile is $4.153. The value as compared with $1.453 per mile in 1858. We leave it for the man who raised the issue to determine whether or not there is an increase in which he can do by ascertaining it, since the actual value in 1858 came to the actual value. A. Democratic Remedy. Mr. Porter gives unqualified indorsement to William J. Bryan as the "high party" and while the former is advocating creation of a nonpartisan commission of six members to assess railway property, he also accuses the government ownership of railway that them entirely out of the list of taxable property and would deprive the state of taxation. The state paid as taxes by the railway company and add that amount of taxes to other class. es of property. There would be no need for Mr. Porter's commission if the baker be adopted. I am not convinced that they are ready to adopt Bryan's plan of democratic ownership of trunk lines and state roads of local lines, nor am I convinced that they are ready to adopt the democratic commission other perpetual commission experience seen that more commonsense means more expenses, and can establish they go. Increase of Assessments As to recent assessments of railway property, permit me to say that in the property has been valued of railway property has been increased more than 40 per cent and that the 40 per cent cent during the last five months the owner takes exception to the method of determining railway property. The law provides for determining the value of railway property by executive council shall 'take into consideration the gross earnings per mile for the year preceding, and any and all other matters required to enable a council to make a just and equitable assessment.' This has been the case since the code of law and is the every assessment since the days of carpenter and kirkwood has been made. Porter Offered: No Bill Assessment of Real Property Much has been said concerning the assessment of real property of the lands especially as to the assessment of 1851. It was in the price of farms land from 1851 to 1854 a considerable increase in the assessment of the latter year. The average value of the lands of the state as reported by the boards of review to the auditor of state land was 1850 was $2400 per acre. It was approved by the council that some counties were assessed high or others too low. It therefore had to adjust and equalize the values between the counties. After the council had completed its work equalization, it found that while the portions of a very large per cent of the lands had been changed, some increased and others decreased as to the aggregate value of the lands. The state, there was practically a change—the increase being only $ 6 cents in value. We found the reported value of the lands of the county, but equalized as between counties. Guided By Safe Counsel. In the matter of adjustment or equalization, we were not guided wholly by our own letters, but letters were addressed to several hundred men, from four to eight in each county, to the county auditors and members of board of supervisors, asking their judgment as to the relative values of the lands of their counties, as compared with adjoining counties, which means we secured the judgment of from forty men as to the relative values of the lands of the various counties. From the information obtained and from our judgment concerning values, the equalization of 19.3 was made as above shown. Reduced Land Assessments. In 106 the reported average value of the land of the state was $41.6%, or from the value of 106. The council believed there had been a decrease in the value of land from January, 108 to January, 106, and a decrease in the per acre, leaving the assessed value per acre at $92.8, as against $21.0 for 106. Adding the value of new buildings erected during the period, the assessed value for 106 $92.8 per acre, or an increase in five years of 125 per cent, as against an increase in the total assessment in five years of 125 per cent, or the same period of more than 25 per cent. Sample Railroad Falsehood. Mr. Porter admits that the assessed value of railway property has been large and increased in recent years and states as follows: "It might, also, be well to know in passing that while the assessment of railroads has been increased in the last decade, the dollars of increased value of the railways for taxation the value of other property of this state has been increased over eight million dollars, thus increased eight times as much as the burdens of the railroads." Lot us analyze this statement and see (1) that the assessed value of all property other than railroads during the last four years, that is from 102 to 1966, is less than fifty-one millions of dollars. The increase in the assessed value of all property other same period is over eleven millions in dollars. In other words, the increase in other property than railroads is less than for each 11 of increase in railroads and for each 10 of increase in the democratic candidate for governor. Comparative Assessments. It should be remembered that at the beginning of the period, that is, in 1891, the value of other property was more than ten times that of the railroads; and that other property had been at the same rate as the increase in value of railway property it would have been more than $10 on other property to $1 on railroads, when, as a matter of fact, the value of ten to one it is less than five to one. To make it more clear, permit me to say that the increase in value of other property during the last years is 25 per cent on other property it is only $.5 per cent. The statement is not true for the further reason that the increased burden on the farmers, but is borne in part by city property, telegraph, interurban, and all kinds of personal property. It is incorrect for the further reason, that the burden, when the council did not increase, but reduced the assessment on real estate from what it was returned by the county board, the new and accepted property without change. The council did not make the increase. Send every corrupt and corrupting lobbyist to jail; send every corrupt and corrupting railway representative who tries to buy primaries, conventions or legislatures to jail; send every man who tries to corruptly influence the nomination and election of any public officer to jail—this is the way to keep railway and other corrupting influence out of your public life.