Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 29, 1908, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED BVERY AFTHRNOON, D e e e L L UV USSIN BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Watered in the postoffice at Bemidii. Minr., s second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM BRYAN AS A JUGGLER. How William J. Bryan juggles with (the facts when they run counter to hls purposes was shown by his speech at Cedar Rapids, Ia, Oct. 6. He was speaking in support of a tariff for rev- enue only as the true remedy for busi- ness depression and sought to enforce (his point by quoting statisties relating to commercial failures. His contention was that the conditions which led to the 15,242 failures in 1893, the laigest number recorded for a single year, were In no way attributable to tariff reduction, “for,” he protested, “it must be remembered that the McKinley tar- iff was still in force in 1893.” This trick evasion will deceive no body. The cougress which enacted the Wilson-Gorman tariff — properly de- seribed by a Democratic president as “a creature of perfidy and dishonor’— #vas elected in 1892. Its mere existence was a blight to American industry. The country knew precisely what to expect from it, and from the hour of its elec- tion the great business enterprises of the country began to wither and decay There were only 10,344 commercial failures in the country in 1892, but with the certainty of wholesale reduc: tions of the tariff by the congress elected that year the number of fail- ures rose to 15,242 in 1893. There were 13,885 in 1894, 13,197 in 1895 and 15,083 in 1896, those being the years covered by the Wilson-Gorman act of perfidy and dishonor. Note the changes which followed the repeal of that ruinous law. The Ding- ley tariff took effect July 24, 1897. The failures that year numbered only 13,351, the number declining to 12,186 in 1898 and to 9,337 in 1899. The high- est number of failures received for any year since the Wilson-Gorman act was repealed was 18,351, in 1903. The per cent of failures for the whole number of business concerns covered by statis- ties was 1.31, in 1896, under the Wil- son-Gorman act, but it was only .82 of 1 per cent in 1907, under the Ding- ley act. Mr. Bryan is urging the country to return to the old policy of revenue tariffs, which as a member of congress he helped to force upon the statute books in the form of the Wilson-Gor- man monstrosity. He declares that if the Democrats win in the coming elec- tions there will be a reduction of the tariff such as “will remove the tariff question from politics for a number of years.” It will be also such as will put American manufacturers out of business for an equal period. Every {ime Mr. Bryan talks on the tariff the people are reminded that he is a free trader who helped to enact a law which drove tens of thousands of American business concerns into bank- ruptcy and brought indescribable dis- tress to hundreds of thousands of American workingmen. His plea for power to repeat that monstrous wrong against the productive enterprises of the land is at once sublimely audacious and supremely insultin, PLAIN TALK FROM A LABOR LEADER. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, is sup- porting Mr, Bryan in spite of Bryan’s record, but other labor leaders are op- posing Mr. Bryan because of his rec- ord. Their attitude was clearly de- fined by Mr. J. L. Feeney, president of the Bookbinders’ union of Washing- ton, in a speech in that city on the evening of Oct. 5, in the course of which he said: “In the Fifty-third congress the Democratic party had the house and senate, and Grover Cleveland was presi- dent. William J. Bryan was a member of that congress, and in all his term he never introduced a bill in the interest of labor. Every measure the Ameri- can Federation of Labor desired was introduced in that congress, including the anti-injunction bill, the eight hour bill and about ten or twelve other measures that would benefit labor. They were all referred to committees, and that was the last of them. | want to vote in the interest of labor, and | am not advocating the election of Judge Taft as a Republican, but | am advocating his election in the interest of the people who are affiliated wi me in the organized labor movement.” Mr. Feeney only half states the case. Mr. Bryan while in congress not only did not introduce a single bill to ad- vance the interests of labor, but he helped to prepare and zealously sup- ported a bill—the Wilson-Gorman act— which caused heavier losses and great- er distress to American workingmen than any other measure ever placed upon the statute books. That is the only enactment of any consequernce with which Mr. Bryan was in any way identified daring his service in congress, and the record of its baleful effect upon American industries and American agriculture brands him as an enemy rather than as a friend to American labor. In calling attention to Mr. Bryan's record in congress Mr. Feeney has ren- dered a real service to workingmen in general and to the members of the American Federation of Labor in par- ticular. They have only to investigate the facts to discover that Mr. Bryan was in 1894, as he is now, a free trader, with no more regard for the laboring men of his own country than for the pauperized toilers of free trade nations beyond the sea, XPLOSIONS ON PANAMA CANAL Two Accidents Cost a Num- ber of Lives. DYNAMITE THE CAUSE E One Disaster at the Culebra Cut Re- sults in Death to Five and Injury to Eight and Another at Mindi Is Fatal to Seven and Causes the Injury of Ten Others—Most of the Victims Are Negroes. . ‘Washington, Oct. 2;—Information has reached the Isthmian canal office here concerning two explosions of dy- namite which occurred on the canal on Oct. 15 whereby twelve men were killed and eighteen were injured. The ‘first explosion was at Culebra cut, near Empire, where flve men were Kkilled and eight injured, and the sec- ond at Mindi, where seven were killed, ten injured and one missing. All of those killed and injured at Culebra cut were negroes, excepting W. J. Davis, an engineer, and George Good- ley, a craneman. SUMMER COLONY IN ‘RUINS One Hundred Cottages Burned at Sal- isbury Beach, Mass. Salisbury, Mass.,, Oct. 2I—The greater portion of the thickly housed summer colony at Salisbury Beach was wiped out by a fire which de- stroyed more than 100 cottages, sit- uated along the beach front, north of the mouth of the Merrimac river. Practically all of the houses had been abandoned for the season and the damage was estimated at $100,000. After the flames had raged for three hours the combined fire fighting forces of Amesbury, Salishury and Newbury- port, together with the half dozen life savers from the Salisbury Reach sta- tlon and a little band of volunteers, pulled down several cottages standing between the burning area and the larger hotels and dance halls and in this way prevented the fire from reaching that section. A few of the smaller hotels of the resort were burned. The fire started in the New Era cottage, owned by former State Treasurer F. B. Shaw. Among the larger buildings which were destroyed were Hope chapel, the little Methodist Episcopal place of worship usad during the summer sea- son, and the school house of the Sal- isbury Beach settlement. NO CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT British Foreign Office’s Opinion of Russo-Persian Situation. London, Qct. %3—The reported movement of Russian troops into Persia was discussed in the house of commons. Foreign Secretary Grey sald that no Russian soldiers had crossed the border. There had been a number of more or less serious dis- turbances near the Russian frontier, he explained, and as Great Britain al- ways Lad claimed the right of taking what steps she thought fit when Brit- ish lives were in danger she could not refuse that rtight to others, and he contended that Russia was acting in the spirit of the convention. Replying to the suggestion that Great Britain ask Russia to recall the Russian officers employed with Per- sian troops the secretary said that this matter concerned only Russia and Persia; the officers had not participat- ed in any of the recent fighting. TO KEEP CASTRO IN OFFICE Proposed to Amend Constitution of Venezucla. ‘Willemstad, Oct. %'—According to newspapers received here from Vene- zuela by the last mail there is already on foot in that republic a movement on the part of the governmental party to bring about the election of Pres- ident Castro to another term of office in 1911, when his present term ex- pires. There was a meeting of the municipal ceuncil of Ya Victoria on Oct. 22 at which a demand was voiced for the amending of article 127 of the constitution in such a manner as would make it possible for Castro to continue in office. Several other dis- tricts have joined in a petition for ac- tion along similar lines. Big Damages for Libel. London, Oct. Z.—Edward Cook & Co., scap makers, obtained a libel judgment against certain newspapers owned by Lord Northcliffe. which charged that the company was at- tempting to form a trust. William H. Liever, a Iiberal member of parlia- ment, recently obtaired judgment to the amount of $250,000 and costs against the same publications on the same charge. Cinvicted Murderer Escapes. Yreka, Cal, Oct. % .—Denny Hazel, who was to have been sentenced on Thursday for the murder of Joseph Silva, effected his escape from the county jail, leaving’ E. L. Dudley, the jailor, locked in his cell. Hazel was standing behind the cell door in the darkness when Dudley led a squad of trusties into the cell. As the jailor stepped in Hazel stepped out and turned the key in the lock. DAMAGING TO NIGHT RIDERS Man Under Arrest Alleged to Ha Confessed. Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 2J)—“Tid” Burton, one of the men under arrest in connection with the night riders outrage at Reelfoot lake, made a con- fession in the Tiptonville jail. His confession is saild to be very dam- 8ging to the night riders. Burton said he was at Walnut Log hotel at 7 o’clock of the evening of the killing of Captain Rankin; that he ‘went to the hotel for sunner and saw OF CROOKSTON, MINN., THE RE ELECTION TO CONGRESS F HALVOR STEENERSON, PUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR RE- ROM THE NINTH DISTRICT. — Halvor Steenerson was born in W1s-_ rellet ot settlers on the public domain. consin in 1852, but has been a resi- dent of Minnesota since 1853, his par- ents, who were among the earliest pioneers, having settled on a pre-emp- tion in the southeastern part of the state in that year. He was reared on & farm and educated in the state schools and in the Union College of Law in Chicago; admitted to the bar in 1878, removed to Crookston in and 5 granting relief to settlers on the, 1880; was elected county attorney that year and state senator in 1882, where he took a leading part in the enactment of the first law for the reg- ulation of railroads, and creating the railroad and warehouse commission | of this state, which has been the foundation of all subsequent legisla- tion on the subject. In 1893 he ini- tiated the celebrated grain rate case ! which ‘was the first instance where | the rate making power of the state] over its railroads was judicially deter- | mined and finally established. He was elected to congress in 1902 and re-elected in 1904 and 1906. He has served continuously during this time as member of the committee on | Post Office and Post Roads and of The Militia, of which latter committee he | is chairman. During Mr. Steenerson’s service on the postoffice committee many important reforms have been enacted. Rural free delivery has been extended to nearly every country home, the compensation of rural car- riers increased from $600 to $720, and last year to $900. The compensation of clerks and carriers in city offices and of railway mail clerks has also been equitably adjusted and increas- ed, while the compensation of the! railways for transporting the mails has been reduced so as to result in an annual saving of more than eight mil- lions of dollars, thus more than mak- ing up for the increased compensation | to clerks and carriers, In order to carry-out the recom- mendations of President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Taft for the strengthening of our national de- fenses, Mr. Steenerson, as chairman of the committee on The Militia, intro-; duced in the last session of congress the bill to promote the efficiency of the militia and forced it through the house against the opposition of both republican and democratic floor lead- ers. The passage of this bill against such opposition fixed Mr. Steenerson’s | position in the house as one of the strong men of that body, whose influ- ence will count for a great deal in the future. This is one of the laws the passage of which is especially com- mended in the republican national platform and by the president. Mr. Steenerson took a strong stand | both in the 59th congress and in the last session for tariff revision. He in- troduced two bills providing for a tariff commission, and urged their consideration upon the Committee on Ways and Means. It was largely through his efforts that a resolution was finally agreed upon in the last session of congress under which all questions relating to the subject of tariff revision and readjustment are now being investigated by the com- mittees of the Senate and House pre- paratory to revision early next year. He has also taken an active part in legislation for fhe regulation of railroads, concerning public lands, In- dians, drainage and conservation of natural resources. In addition to these matters of gen- eral concern, Mr. Steenerson has al- so secured the passage of a large| number of private bills, such as pri- vate pemsion bills, public building bills, relief of soldiers, granting per- mission to build bridges and- dams over navigable streams; and for the “It may be interesting to learn that | Mr. Steenerson secured the enactment tat the last session of congress of no | less than twenty-four bills of a special | nature, as follows: 12 pension bills, 12 flr{u’nage bills, 2 bridge and 1 dam | bills, 2 public buildings, 1 making St. | Vincent a port of entry for the imme- i diate transportation of merchandise, { public lands. The work of a representative does not end with matters of legislation, however. He is constantly called upop to aid in the administration of the law through the different executive | departments. The establishment of new rural and star routes, the expedit- |ing of the service thereom, the im- provement or change in railway mail service; the appointment of postmas- ters; the remedying of grievances of men in the civil service of the gov- ernment; the adjustment of claims against the government for mail con | tractors, survey contracts and like claims. The allowance of pension claims of old soldiers and their widows, and customs claims, the aid- ing of persons whose relatives have oeen excluded under immigration laws, 1 securing of government protection to citizens abroad, obtaining passports, the distribution of government free publications are only a few things that a congressman has to attend to. In fact, these services in behalf of the people who are concerned with | the government at Washington in its | varlous branches nnd activities are |more onerous than the legislative duties of a member of congress. | Mr. Steenerson has given his time { and best efforts to his constituents without regard to party affiliations and that his services are appreciated is evidenced by the fact that he has Jjust been nominated for the fourth term without opposition. ‘When he was elected to congress, there were only nine rural routes es- tablished in the district; now there are more than 150 with complete county service in Otter Tail and Clay and part of Becker county, bringing the daily mail to every farmer’s home, i thereby increasing the attractiveness and convenience of home life upon the farm. As early as his first election to congress, Mr. Steenerson announced as his platfosm and program the same measures for the regulation of interstate railroads and of monopolis- tic combinations or trusts as he has since helped to enact into law under the administration of President Roose- velt, and which, if elected, he will help to perfect and make more ef- | ficient as experience has shown to be | necessary. ‘While in congress he has shown his independence and has often been counted among the “insurgents” and opposed to Speaker Cannon and he long ago announced that he was inde- pendent on the speakership and fa- favored such amendments to the House rules as would limit the present power of the speaker without destroy- ing the power_of majority to do busi- ness. Before his advent in congress, Mr. Steenerson achieved a high place at the bar, and was especially success- ful in cases brought by him in behalf of laborers and employes of railroads and other industrial corporations to recover damages for personal injuries or death by reason of negligence of the employer. In his Barnesville speech, Sept. 28th, Mr. Taft, who was introduced by Mr. Steenerson, said, “I am glad to stand up by your tall congressman and congratulate you on having such a representative. He does you honor in Washington and looks after your interests, as I can assure you.” Colonél Taylor and "Capiain Rankin; that he left the hotel shortly after he received his lunch and remained out on the lake all night fishing. He said he heard the shots, but did not know the occasion of the shooting. He stat- ed that he was present when the ar- rangements were made to go to Wal-| nut Tog and see Celonel Taylor and Captain Rankin, but he went back home and afterwards went fishing. A dispatch from the soldiers’ camp near Samburg says there is no dis- guising the fact that the sftuation in {Be disturbed district 15 grave_and al- though all is quiet now sensational developments are expected at any hour. Aoquitted on Second Trial. Flandreau, 8. D., Oct. 28.—The jury in the case of the state against Henry Hendrickson, charged with the mur- der of Harvey Bradfield last Hallow- ’een, brought in a verdict of not guil- ty. In the first trial the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. In the last trial Hendrickson went on the stand in his own behalf. | — STILL OPPOSES MARRIAGE ltaly's Dowager Queen Shows No Change of Attitude. Turin, Oct. 2 )—It is reported here that the Dowager Queen Margherita remains immovable in her attitude of opposition to the marriage of the DOWAGER QUEEN OF ITALY. Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Kath- erine Ilkins, but that the duke hae declared that he will have his own way in spite of opposition. “Enjoys Smoke With Broken Neck. Milwaukee, Oct. 28.—With his neck twenty-eight hours. bacco, saying that he wished to take one last smoke before the end. Uolonel Bryan says emergency cur- rency should be issued by the govern- ment and loaned to the banks. The Greenbackers used to urge the same thing back in Horace Greeley’s time. How’s TFhis? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, 5 .7 CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him i perfectly honorable in all business transac- tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free, Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all | Druggists. Tale Hall's Family Pills for constipation. All Kinds of Necks WITH ALL KINDS OF Sore CThroat QUICKLY CURED WITH Gar-Gol SINPLY A GARGLE OR SPRAY ANTISEPTIC HEALING HARMLESS GAR-GOL kas noequalas a throat reme and is beyond question the safestand sures remedy for all kinds of S0RE THEOAT Quin- sy, Hoarseneas and Tonsilitls, Gar-Golis & reventive of Croup. Whooping Cough and iphtheria. An elegant mouth wash, puri- tying and antiseptic. Price 23c. Prepared by Berg Medicine Co. Des Moines, Ia. OWL DRUG STORE broken from falling down stairs Her' man Haedke, aged forty-four, lived' Shortly before he, died Haedke called for a pipe and to ' Bemidji Townsite and Im- provement Company. H. A. SIMONS. Agent. Swedback Block, Bemidit. L] Headaches. Biliousness. Constipation. Ayer’s Pills. Sugar-coated. Easy to take. Don’t forget. Headaches. Biliousness. Constipation. Ayer’s Pills. Sugar-coated. Easy to take. J.C. Ce Headaches. Biliousness. Constipation. Ayer’s Pills. Sugar-coated. Easy to take. Don’t forget. BUY A GOOD LOT With the growth of Bemidji good are becoming scarcer and scarcer. We still have a number of good lots in the residence ‘part of town which will be sold on easy terms. lots For further particulars write or call fraud through. A counterfeit gold-plated dollar looks good—for a little while. But when the gold wears off the Same way about WOOL-PLATED CLOTHES To choose CLOTHCRAFT is to be sure. It looks all right in the store—takes an expert to tell the difference be- tween it and the better kind. ‘Wool—allwool,- pure wool—guar- anteed by the mak- ers, guaranteed by shows But if you get a wool-plated—or an | us. wool-plated cloth- ing. A good deal of imitation wool-suit or overcoat, you'll CLOTHCRAFT clothing is inside. shoddy material— wool on the out- side, cotton on the That's wool- plating—but you don’t want it, made of | know the differ- | suits and overcoats have style,comfort, finishand fit. They are the only all wool garments sell- ing at from $10 to i $25. ence all right, but then it’s too late. Better be sure than sorry. Schneider Bros. Subscribe For The Pioneer. 90, 65c each, a pair | gingham, a yard each....... tams, each..........., $25 suits $19.50 1lot men’s 50c flee shirts, each..... at a pair.. cesses s 1 lot of heavy Jer: I lot of short ends of 16¢ llc 1 lot of 50c pillow tops, 190 1 lot children’s Angora 500 |Friday and Saturday ~ Special Bargains for Two Days Dry Goods Department. Dream'and sheets 81x~ $l.25 1 case of shaker flannel, 30 a yard R ) 7§ Limit one bolt to a customer. 1 lot of children’s and miss-s’ 25c¢ and 35c¢ golf gloves, 190 a pair......... 1 lot children’s and - misses’ bearskin caps, 50c, 65¢ 29 and 75c qualities, each.. ¢ Ladies’ Tailor Made Suits Every suit in the store has been marked down. $20 suits $14.50 $15 suits $10.50 ced.25c 1 lot men’s all-wool home- made sox, 50c qualities, 390 JERSEY SHIRTS se! shirts, $1 valuesfor ea.cI):.79c Men’s Furnishing Department I lot men’s heavy mule- skin mitts at a pair...... 25(3 MEN’S SWEATERS We have selected all odds and ends from our sweater stocks and put them on the bargain table. A greatchanceto get a good sweater cheap. O’LEARY & BOWSER Bemidji, Minnesota.. S