Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 4, 1909, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED NVERY AFTERNOON, BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. By CLYDE J. PRYOR. Wntered in the postoffice at Bemidji. Minn., a8 second class matter. AN PN SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM UP-TO-DATE NEWS FEATURES. In this issue of the Daily Pioneer will be found a very complete synop- sis of the speech delivered by Presi- dent Taft at the inaugural today in Washington. This matter was secured at a big cost, and is given because of the desire of the Pioneer to be up-to-date as much as possible in its news columns. “COMING DOWN FROM HIGH HORSE.” For the first time in two weeks, the Duluth News-Tribune was yes- terday forced to fix proper head- ings on its normal school news from the state capitol and admit that the “general” bill, establishing the normal and leaving the loca- tion to the state normal board, and the Cass Lake bill were on an equal footing. In the News-Tribune’s special from the capitol, Representative Opsahl was given credit for fighting a “draw” with the noted McGarry, and forcing the ‘“‘general” bill to general orders and on an equal footing with the Cass Lake _bill, after McGarry had apparently won out, and Opsahl gained four new votes for the “general” measure, by his persistency. The people from the eighth district who made “no bones” of the fact that they were opposing a normal school anywhere but at Cass Lake because of their attitude on the tonnage tax measure, are beginning to sit up and take notice as to where McGarry, Gunn, et al have been leading them. There are other good towns in northern Minnesota besides Cass Lake; and Duluth and her representatives in the legislature can ill afford to openly slap Bemidji and her aides who have been fighting for the fair and impartial “‘general” bill. MULTITUDE SEES TAFT SWORN IN Continued from First Page fhé burden of tdxation as 1gnt as pos- sible is plain and should be affirmed in every declaration of government pol- fcy. This is especlally true when we are face to face with a heavy defleit. But when the desire to win the popu- lar approval leads to the cutting off of expenditures really needed to make the government effective and to en- able it to accomplish its proper objects the result is as much to be condemned as the waste of government funds in unnecessary expenditure. In the department of agriculture the use of scientific experiments on a large scale and the spread of information derived from them for the improve- ment of general agriculture must go on. The importance of supervising busi- ness of great railways and industrial combinations and the necessary inves- tigation and prosecution of unlawful business methods are another neces- sary tax upon government which did not exist half a century ago. Proper Forms of Expenditure. The putting into force of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources so far as they may be with- in the jurisdiction of the federal gov- ernment, including the most important ‘work of saving and restoring our for- ests, and the great improvement of wa- terways are all proper government functions which must involve large expenditure 1if properly performed. ‘While some of them, like the reclama- tion of arid lands, are made to pay for themselves, others are of such an indirect benefit that this cannot be ex- pected of them. A permanent im- provement, like the Panama canal, should be treated as a distinct enter- prise and should be pald for by the proceeds of bonds, the issue of which will distribute its cost between the present and future generations in ac- cordance with the benefits derived. It may well be submitted to the serious consideration of congress whether the deepening and control of the channel of a great river system like that of the Ohio or of the Mississippl when defi- nite and practical plans for the enter- prise have been approved and deter- mined upon should not be provided for in the same way. Then, too, there are expenditures of government absolutely necessary if our country is to maintain its proper place among the nations of the world and is to exercise its proper influence in de- fense of its own trade interests in the maintenance of traditional American policy against the colonization of Bu- ropean monarchies in this hemisphere and in the promotion of peace and in- ternational morality. I refer to the cost of maintaining a proper army, a proper navy and suitable fortifications upon the mainland of the United States and in its dependencies. The Army and Navy. ‘We should have an army so organ- _ized and so officered as to be capable in time of emergency In co-operation with the national militla and under $he provisions of a proper natiomal volunteer law rapidly to expand into a force sufficlent to resist all probable invasion from abroad and to furnish a Fespectable expeditionary force, if nec- ditional American policy which bears .| the name of President Monroe. Our fortifications are yet in a state of only partial completeness, and the number of men fo man them ig fnsuf- clent. In a few years, however, the usual annual appropriations for our coast defenses, both ou the mainland and in the dependencles, will make them sufficient to resist all direct at- tack, and by that time we may hope that the men to man them will be pro- vided as a necessary adjunct. The distance of our shores from Europe and Asia, of course, reduces the ne- cessity for maintaining under arms a great army, but it does not take away the requirement of mere prudence, that we should have an army suffl- clently large and so constituted as to form a nucleus out of which a suitable force can quickly grow. What has been sald of the army may be afirmed in even a more em- phatic way of the navy. A modern pavy cannot be improvised. It must be built and in existence when the emergency arlses which calls for its use and operation. My distinguished predecessor has in many speeches and messages set out with great force and striking language the necessity for maintaining a strong navy- commensu- rate with the coast line, the govern- mental resources and the forelgn trade of our natlon, and I wish to reiterate all the reasons which he has presented in favor of the policy of maintaining a strong navy as the best conservator of our peace with other nations and the best means of securing respect for the assertion of our rights, the defense of our interests and the exercise of our influence in international matters. Must Arm as Other Nations Do. Our international policy is always to promote peace. We shall enter into any war with a full consclousness of the awful consequences that it always entails, whether successful or not, and we, of course, shall make every effort, consistent with national honor and the highest national interest, to avold a resort to arms. We favor every instru- mentality, like that of The Hague tri- bunal and arbitration treaties made with a view to its use in all interna- tional controversies, in order to main- tain peace and to avold war. - But we should be blind to existing conditions and should allow ourselves to become foolish idealists if we did not realize that, with all the nations of the world armed and prepared for war, we must be ourselves in a similar condition in order to prevent other nations from taking advantage of us and of our in- abllity to defend our interests and as- sert our rights with a strobg hand. In the international controversies that are likely to arise in the orient, grow- ing out of the question of the open door and other issues, the TUnited States can maintain her inter- ests Intact and can secure respect for her just demands. She will not be able to do so, however, if it is under- stood that she never intends to back up her assertion of right and her de- fense of her interest by anything but ‘mere verbal protest and diplomatic note. For these reasons the expenses of the army and navy and of coast de- fenses should always be considered as something which the government must pay for, and they should not be cut off through mere .consideration of econ- omy. Our government is able to af- ford a suitable army and a suitable navy. It may maintain them without the slightest danger to the republic or the cause of free institutions, and fear of additional taxation ought not to change a proper policy in this regard. Protection For Our Citizens Abroad. The policy of the United States in the Spanish war and since has given it a position of influence among the nations that it never had before and should be constantly exerted to secur ing to its bona fide citizens, whether native or naturalized, respect for them as such in foreign countries. We should make every effort to prevent humiliating and degrading prohibition against any of our citizens wishing temporarily to sojourn in foreign coun- tries because of race.or religion. The Japanese Question. The admission of Asiatic immigrants ‘who cannot be amalgamated with our population has been made the subject either of prohibitory clauses in our treatles and statutes or of strict ad- ministrative regulation secured by dip- lomatic negotiations. I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils likely to arise from such immi- gration without unnecessary friction and by mutual concessions between self respecting governments. Mean- time we must take every precaution to prevent or, failing that, to punish out- bursts of race feeling among. our peo- ple against forelgners of whatever na- tionality who have by our grant & treaty right to pursue lawful business here and to be protected against law- less assault or injury. This leads me to point out a serious defect In the present federal jurisdic- tion which ought to be remedied at once. Having assured to other coun- tries by treaty the protection of our laws for such of their subjects or citi- zens as we permit to"come within our Jurlsdiction, we now leave to a state or a city not under the control of the federal government the duty of per- forming our international obligations In this respect. By proper legislation we may and ought to place in the hands of the federal executive the means of enforcing the treaty rightsof such aliens in the courts of the federal government. It puts our government in a pusillenimous position to make definite engagements to protect aliens and then to excuse the fallure to per- form those engagements by an expla- aation that the duty to keep them s in states or cities not within our control. If we would promise, we must put ourselves in a position to perform our promise. We cannot permit the possi- ble failure of justice due to local preju- dice in any state or municipal govern- ment to expose us to the risk of a war ‘which might be avoided if federal Jurisdiction was asgerted by suitable legislation by congress and carried out by proper proceedings instituted by the executive in the courts of the na- tlonal government. b Monetary Laws Need Change. One of the reforms to be carried out during the Incoming administration 1s » change of our monetary and banking laws 80 a8 to secure greater elasticity in the forms of currency available for, trade and to prevent the limitations of a7 from operating to Increase the em- barrassments of a finameial panie. The monetary commisslon kately appointed 18 glving full consideration to existing conditlions and to all proposed reme- dies and will doubtless suggest one that will meet the requirements of business and of public interest. - We may hope that the report will embody neither the narrow view of those who believe that the sole purpose of the new system should be to secure a large return on ‘banking capital nor of those who would: have greater expansion of currency with lttle regard to provisions for its immediate redemption or ultimate se- curity. There is no subject of econom- ic discussion so intricate and so likely to evoke differing views and dogmatic statements as this one. The commis- slon in studying the general influence of currency on business and of busi- wess on currency have wisely extend- ed their investigations in European banking and monetary methods. The information that they have derived from such experts as they have found abroad will undoubtedly be found helpful in the solution of the difficult problem they have in hand. Favors Postal Savings Banks. The incoming congress should promptly fulfill the promise of the Re- publican platform and pass a proper postal savings bank bill. It will not be unwise or excessive paternalism. The promise -to repay by the govern- ment will: furnish an inducement to savings deposits which private enter- prise cannot supply and at such a low rate of interest as not to withdraw custom from existing banks, It will substantially increase the funds avall- able for investment as capital in use- ful enterprises. It will furnish the absolute security which' makes the proposed scheme of government guar- anty of deposits so alluring without its perniclous results. Ship Subsidies Advocated. I sincerely hope that the incoming congress will be alive, as it should be, to the importance of our foreign trade and of encouraging it in_every way feasible. -The possibility of increasing this trade in the orient, in the Philip- plnes and in South America is known to every one who has given the matter attention. The direct effect of free trade between this country and the Philippines will be marked upon our sale of cottons, agricultural machinery and other manufactures. The necessi- ty of the establishment of direct lines of steamers between North and South America has been brought to the at- tention of congress by my predecessor and by Mr. Root before and after his noteworthy visit to that continent, and I sincerely hope that congress may be induced to see the wisdom of a tenta- tive effort to establish such lines by the use of mall subsidies. The importance which the depart- ment of agriculture and of commerce and labor may play in ridding the markets of Hurope of prohibitions and discriminations against the importa- tion of our products is fully under- gtood, and it is hoped that the use of the maximum and minimum feature of our tariff law to be soon passed will be effective to remove many of those restrictions. Lock Canal Plan Defended. The Panama canal will have a most important bearing upon the trade be- tween the eastern and the far west- ern sections of our country and will greatly increase the facilities for transportation between the eastern and the western seaboard and may possibly revolutionize the transconti- nental rates with respect to bulky mer- chandise. It will also have a most beneflcial effect to increase the trade between the eastern seaboard of the United States and the western coast of South America and indeed with some of the-important ports of the east. coast of South America reached by rall from the west coast. The work on the canal is making most sat- isfactory progress. The type of the canal as a lock canal was fixed. by congress after a full consideration of the conflicting reports of the majority and minority of the consulting board and after the recommendation of the war department and the executive upon those reports. Recent suggestion that something had occurred on the isthmus to make the lock type of the canal less feasible than it was sup- posed to be when the reports were made and the policy determined on led to a visit to the isthmus of a board of competent engineers to exam- Ine the Gatun dam and locks which are the key of the lock type. The re- port of that board shows that nothing has occurred in the nature of newly revealed evidencewhich should change the views once formed in the original discussion. The construction will go. on under a most effectlve organization controlled by Colonel Goéthals and his fellow army engineers associated with him and will certainly be completed early in the next administration, if not before. Some type of canal must be con- structed. The lock type has been se- lected. ‘We are all in favor of having it built as promptly as possible. We Inust not now, therefore, keep up a fire in the rear of the agents whom we have authorized to do our work on the isthmus. We must hold up their hands, and, speaking for the incoming administration, I wish to say that I propose to devote all the energy possi- ble and under my control to the push- Ing of this work on the plans which have been adopted and to stand behind the men who are doing faithful hard work to bring about the early comple- tion of this the greatest comstructive enterprise of modern times. Free Trade With Philippines. The governments of our dependen- cles in Porto Rico and the Philippines are progressing as'favorably as could be desired. The prosperity of Porto Rico continues unabated. The busi- ness conditions in the Philippines are ot all that we could wish them to be, but with the passage of the new tariff bill permitting free trade between the United States and the “archipelago, with such limitations in sugar and tobacco as shall prevent-injury to the domestic interests on those products, ‘we can count on an improvement in business. conditions in the Philippines and ‘the development of a mutually profitable trade between this country and the islands. Meantime our gov- ernment in each dependency is uphold- ing the: traditions of civil liberty and Increasing popular control, which might be expected under American auspices. ‘The work which we are doing there "shown themselves anxious to live for: fedounds to our credlt as a natlon, Words of Friendship For the South. - I look forward with hope to increas- ing the already good fecling ‘between the south and the other sectlons of tha country. My. chlet purpose is not to effect a change in the electoral vote of the southern states. That is a second: ary consideration. What I look for- ward to 18 an Increase in the tolerance of political views of all kinds and thelr advecacy: throughout the south and the existence of a respectable po- litieal opposition in every state—even more than than' this, to an increased feeling on the part of all the people in the south that this government is thel government and that its offlcers ir thelr states are:their officers. The Negro Question. ‘The consideration of this question cannot, however, be complete and full without reference to the negro race, its progress and its present condition. The thirteenth amendment secured them freedom, the fourteenth amend: ment due proccss of law, protection of property and the pursult of happl- ness, and the fifteenth amendment at- tempted to secure the negro against any deprivation of the privilege to vote because he was a negro. The thirteenth- and fourteenth amend- ments have been generally enforced and have secured the objects for which they were intended. While the fif- teenth amendment has not been gener- ally observed in the past, it ought to be observed, and the tendency of southern legisfation today is toward the enactment of electoral qualifica- tions which shall square with that amendment. No Repeal of Fifteenth Amendment. Of course the mere adoption of a constitutional law is only one step in the right direction. It must be fairly and Jjustly enforced as well. In time both will come. Hence it is clear to all that the domination of an ignorant, frresponsible element can be prevent- ed by constitutional laws which shall exclude from voting both negroes and whites not having education or other qualifications thought to be necessary for a proper electorate. The danger of the control of an ignorant electorate has therefore passed. With this change the interest which many of the south- ern white cltizens take in the welfare of the negroes ‘has increased. The col- ored men must base their hope on the results of their own industry, self re- straint, thrift and business success as ‘well as upon the aid and comfort and sympathy which they may recelve from their white neighbors of the south. There was a time when north- erners who sympathized with the ne- gro in his necessary struggle for bet- ter conditions sought to give to him the suffrage as a protection and to en- force its exercise against the prevail- Ing sentiment of the south. The move- ment proved to be a failure. What re- mains is the fifteenth amendment to the constitution and the right to have statutes of states specifying qualifica- tions for electors subjected to the test of compliance with that amendment. This is a great protection to the negro. It never will be repealed, and it never ought to be repealed. If it had not been passed it-might be difficult now to adopt it, but with it in our funda- mental law the:policy of southern leg- islation must and will' tend to obey' it,’ and so long ‘88 the statutes of the states meet. the test of this amend- ment and .are not otherwise in con- flict with the constitution and laws of the United States it is not the disposi- tion or within the. province of the fed- eral government to interfere with the regulation by southern states of their domestic affairs. E: “Negro Is Now American.” There 15 in thé south a stronger feel- ing than ever among-the intelligent, well to do and Influentlal element in favor of the industrial education of the negro and the encouragement of the race to make themselves useful members of the community. The progress which the negro has made in the last fifty years from slavery, when Its: statistles are reviewed, is marvel- ous, and it furnishes every reason to hope that in the next twenty-five years a still greater improvement in his con- dition as a productive member of so- clety, on the farm-and in the shop and in other occupations, may come. The negroes are now Americans. Their ancestors came here years ago against' their will, and this is their enly coun- try and their only flag. They have it and to die for it. Encountering the. race feeling against them, subjected at times to cruel injustice growing out of it, they may well have our profound sympathy and aid in the struggle they are making, We are charged with the sacred duty of making their path as. smooth and easy as we can. Any! recognition of their distinguished men,| any appointment to office from among ‘their number, 18 properly taken as ap encouragement and an appreciation of thelr progress, and this just policy- shall be pursued. The Appointment of Negroes. But it may well admit of doubt ‘whether in case of any race an ap- pointment of one of their number to a'local office in a community in which’ the race feeling 1s so widespread and acute as to interfere with the ease and facility with which the local govérn- ment business can be done by the ap- pointee is of sufficient benefit by way of encouragement to the race to out- weigh the recurrence and increase of race feeling which such an appoint- ment is likely to engender. Therefore the executive in recognizing the negro race by appointments must exercise a careful discretion not thereby to do it more harm than good. On the other hand, we must be careful not to en- courage the mere pretense of race feel- ing manufactured in the interest of in- dividual political ambition. No Race Feeling In White House. Personally I have not the slightest race prejudice or feeling, and recogni- tion of its existence only awakens in my heart a deeper sympathy for those ‘who have to bear it.or suffer from fit, and I question the wisdom of a policy ‘which s likely to increase it. Mean- time, if nothing s done to prevent, a better feeling between the negroes and | the whites in the south will continue to grow, and more and more of the ‘white people ‘will come to realize that the future of the south i to be much benefited by the industrial and intel- Wellto do~wilT| fi‘acqi!e‘lcifl To; ana | the right to vote will be withheld only: from the ignorant and irresponsible of both races. The Labor Question. There 18 one other matter to which I shall refer. b3 of great controversy during the: elec- tlon and calls’ for at least a passing reference now. My distinguished pred- ecessor has given much attention to the cause of labor, with whose strug- gle for better things he has shown the sincerest sympathy. ' At his instance congress has passed the bill fixing the: Uability of interstate carriers to their employees for injury sustaimed in’ the course of employment, abolishing the rule of fellow servant and the common law rule as to contributory negligence and substituting therefor the so called rule of comparative negligence, It has also passed a law fixing the compen- sation of government employees for injuries sustained {n the employ of the government through the negligence of the superior. It also passed a model ¢hild labor law for the District of Co- lumbia, In previous administrations an arbitration law for interstate com: morce railroads and their employees and laws for the application of safety devices to save the lives and limbs of employees of interstate raflroads had been passed. Additional legislation of this kind was passed by the outgoing eongress. I wish to say that, in so far as I can, I hope to promote the-enactment of further legislation of this character. T am strongly convinced that the gov- ernment should make itself as respon- sible to employees injured in its em- ploy as an interstate railway corpora- tion is made responsible by federal law to its employees, and I shall be glad, whenever any additional reasona- ble safety device can be invented to reduce the loss of life and 1imb among rallway employees, to urge congress to require its adoption by ‘interstate raflways. Use of Injunctions 'Necessary. Another labor question has arisen ‘which has awakened the most excited discussion. ~ That is in respect to the power of the federal courts to issue injunctions in industrial disputes. As to that, my convictions are fixed. Take away from courts, if it could be taken away, the power to_ issue injunctions in labor disputes, and it would create’ a privileged class among the -laborers and save the lawless among their num- ber from a most needful remedy avail- able to all men for the protection of thelr business against lawless invasion, The proposition that business is not a property or pecuniary right which can be protected by equitable injunction is utterly without foundation in prece- dent or reason. The proposition is usually linked with one to make the secondary boycott lawful. . Such a proposition 1s at ‘variance with the’ American instinct and will find no support, in my judgment, when submit- ted to the American people. The sec- ondary boycott is an instrument of! tyranny and ought not to be made legitimate. The issuing of a temporary restrain- ing order without notice has in several Instances been abused by its incon- slderate exercise, and to remedy this the platform upon which I was elect- ed recommends the formulation in a statute-of the conditions under which such a temporary restraining order ought to issue. ought to be framed to embody the best modern practice and can bring the sub- Ject 8o closely to the attention of the court as to make abuses of the process unlikely in the future, American peo- ple, it I understand them, insist that the guthority of the courts shall be) sustained and are opposed to any change in the procedure by which the powers of a court may be weaku!md‘ and ‘the fearless and effective admin-| {stration of justice be interfered With.’ . Having thus reviewed the questions |. likely to recur during my administra-, tion and having expressed in a sum-' mary way- the position which I expect; to take in recommendations to eon-! gress.and in my conduct as an execu-: tive, I invoke the conslderate sym- pathy and support of my fellow znn and the aid of Almighty n o discharge of my responsible dutles. “ MT. Rooseveltdid” not accompany Mr. Taft back to the White House. In accordance with his previously an-|. nounced plaus’ after the inauguration ceremonies he left the Capitol for the | railroad station, where he and Mrs. Roosevelt took an early train for New York. It is his intention to devote his time to the preparations for his coming frip to the African wilds. Protection for New President. Custom requires the president of the United States to take the oath of office and deliver the inaugural ad- dress in the open air and Mr. Taft did not depart irom the custom. How:| ever, in deference to the protests of those -who believed that his health should not be endangered by the March air more than was absolutely necessary, the stand upon which he reviews this afternoon’s parade is partly enclosed in glass, thus afford: ing himn considerable shelter. It s a wearisome task to watch . marching bodies of men pass for several hours and acknowledge * their salutes, but there is little doubt that President Taft will display as few signs of fa- It was made the subfect:| gated’ the ‘world: A statute can and |. ~ Tesdlng tne. great parade are the regular troops, including the West ‘Point. cadets, Then come in turn the marine corps and. the jackles of the navy, the latter including the men of -the battleship fleet which circumnavi- After them come the militia organizations and the civil- fan_bodies wind up the procession. For several days the paraders have been pouring into town by thousands. Today’s parade: {s declered to be by all odds the biggest that ever marched up Pennsylyania avenue. Every fea- ture of it is receiving generous ap- plause from the people who pack the sidewalks of Pennsylvania avenue and fill every window on :that historic thoroughfare. Tonight’s Two Attractions. < Tonight will hold two attractions for the visiting thousands. The first will be the grand display of fireworks back of the White House; the other will be the ball. The inauguration managers have announced that the fireworks: display will excel ‘any ever seen in Washington. The crowds will see -displayed in the alr in lnes of fire the foatures of the incoming and outgeing presidents, a battle between aerial warships, floral displays and other exhibitions of the pyrotechnic art. The culminating feature of the in- augural ceremonies will be the ball in the pension office. President Taft and’ Mrs. Tatt, Vice President Sher- man ard Mrs. Sherman and every one else will attend the ball and the pres- ident's reception will be one of the leading features. He will be on pub- He inspection, for the ball is open to all who have been able to pay $5 apiece . for - tickets: ‘The - reception committee, composed of prominent citizens of all the states, will present to Mr. and Mrs. Taft the visitors from their respective states. The ball will probably last until midnight. Tomor- row and the next day there will be concerts, instrumental and vocal, in the pension office to wind up. the in- auguration week. TO CURE A COLDIN ONE DAY, Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets, Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E, W.. 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For four hours this afternoon the soldiers, sailorg_and civilians will march down .Pennsylvania avenue and past the presidential reviewing stand in front of the White House. President Taft's escort from the Capitol to the execu; tive mansion was the famous Troop. A of Cleveland, O., known in Wash- ington and elsewhere as “the black horse troop.” : Big Parade Begins March. ‘While President Taft and his guests had luncheon in the White House the parade waited. As soon as he made | his appearance on the reviewing stand the grand marshai of the parade, Gen- | " lectual. progress of the negro. The e: ercise of. political franchises by those of_his race who are intelligent and eral J. Franklin Bell, chi With the growth’ of Bemidji lots are becoming scarcer and scarcer. We still have a number of good =~ | GAR-GOL cures SORE THROAT “OWL DRUG STORE, BEMIDJI; MiNN. 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