Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 22, 1913, Page 2

i _the mode of living of their fathers.) b AS § As TER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BE- MIDJL MINN. UNDER THE ACP OF Rtmid%iv the papers are please make immediate Complaint £o- this offie. ’l‘nhplin . Out of town subscribers will con: favor it they will report when they a0 oot get their papers promptly. Every subscriber to-the Daliy. Ploneer will receive notice about ten days be- fore his time expires, ng him an opportunity -to-make. vance - pay- ment before the paper is.finally stopped. Three months, polhn 8ix months, postage pal One year, postage paid. The Weekly Pione :Bight pages, containing a of the news of '.h. ‘Waek. every Thursday and sent:postage :paia to any address for $1. so ln advance. Published.every afternoon except Sup- day by the Bemidjl Ploneer Pcn.tl;’lhmfz Company. @. 5. CARSON. 2. X DENU. hm the delliv- [\ 'll EAROLD J. DANE, aitor. The Postoffice Site. According to Postmaster Erickson, if the sentiment in Bemidji for a postoffice site is not concentrated on one particular site by the timé the government engineer arrives to make the purchase of the land, his action may be delayed so that-the’ building will not be started at once. It would appear, therefore, that action should be taken at once to sound the people of the city for their opinions. In order that something definite may be obtained, the Pioneer will print a blank ballot in. each daily next week and the ballot box will be closed one week from tonight. This ballot will contain space emough so that the favorite site of each voter can be indicated. In order that the ballots will have weight with the government, they must be signed. It can be stated at this time, however, that the signatures will be shown to no one but the government man or a proper committee from the Commer- cial club. At the present time there are six sites before the people for considera- tion, . 1. The half block opposite the court house on Beltrami avenue. This site is objected to by the busi- ness men who say that it is too far from the business district that a carrier delivery is so slow that many mail orders coming in on one train cannot be answered on the next; that they will therefore have to go to un- necessary expense to hire special messengers to make seven or eight trips per day to the postoffice; and that the - general inconvenience is greater than at any of the other pro- posed locations. 2. The inside lots on Beltrami avenue above the Odd Fellows’ build- ing and to the garage. It will take six lots for a building here since the government will not build within forty feet of any other building. 3. The same location as in No. 2 but taking the five lots from the cor- ner north, buying and moving the 0dd Fellows’ hall. This location ap- pears at this time to be the most favorably received. The costs of the lots may make some difference. : 4. The northwest corner of Be- midji and Fourth street, fronting on the lake. This is not favored gen- erally as it is off the main line of travel. 5. Same corner of Bemidji and Third street. This is not generally favored for the same reason as No. 4. This corner is liked by many busi- ness men. 6. Same corner of Beltrami and Second street. This location is said to be unfavorable to the people living to the north an,deest of Third street and of no greater convenience to the business interests. Readers are urged to ponder on the proposition over Sunday and be ready to take an active interest in the matter next week. Should other locations be suggested, ‘they may be balloted on as well as the six stated above. Lo, the Poor Indian, 1t was less than two Weeks ago that the announcement came. from. Red Lake that a 160-acre-tract is to be clearéd for a demonstration farm for the Indians. Yesterday it was-learned that Hzra Lee, the agriculturist on the reservation, had left for Iowa to purchase farm horses. Today, an In- dian council is being held' to organ- ize an Indian Fair associdtion. Twenty years ago had someono said that todny the Indfans would be far enough along in agriculture to think of a fair association he would; have been laughed at. ' But the move- ment is indicative of a change among the Indians, The younger. people are gradually being weaned: away: from The government schools are:educat- ing them and each generation is & little farther ‘advanced. If the In- dians see fit to, exhbit, ‘the Bel; (Copyright) trami county fair next fall, other far- mers may be surprised at the class of their products. One thing more. the Indians edit and have printed a four page paper which has a circula- tion of close to 400 copies per issue. It contains the current news of the reservation and prints other matter written to aid them in their daily problems. Twice a month At the Ladies’ Club. “So you didn’t enjoy the club meet- ing?” “No, it was very dull.” “Wasn’t there & quorum pres- ent?’ “Every member was. present.” “I should think.that would have meant an interesting meeting.” “Silly. With every member pres- ent there was no one for us to-talk about.” There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put_together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedles, and by -constantly failing to cure with local treatment, promounced it incurable. Science has gbl'oven Ca- tarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treat- mant Hall's Catarrh Cure manufactur- by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, fs the only Constitutional cure on the market. It 1s taken internally in doses from ten drops to a_teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the stystsm They offer one hundred' dollars for any case it fails to Send for circulars and testimon- F. J, CHENEY & CO., To- cure. 8. Address: o, O. - Bold by Druggists, 76¢c, Take Hall's Family. Pills for consti- vation. THE ELECTIONS OF WASHINGTON By JAMES A. EDGERTON. 'RARLY 125 years have elapsed since General George - Wash- ington ‘was: first elected"presi- dent of the United States. It 18 a physical finpossibility for any one now living to picture the situation of the country at that time. The. consti- tution had been adopted only after ro- bust opposition. The colonies had been depleted by the long years of the Revo- lution and had not- much recovered un- der the loose and inadequate articles of confederation. While political parties had not yet had tiwe to form, there were bitter factional feuds and person- al and sectional jealousies. The 3,000,000 people of the new na- tlion were ‘strung along the Atlantic coast. The railrond and steamship bad not yet been thought of, while the oth- er great inventions that have changed the face of the world were far in the future. Electricity was but a scientific curiosity. The steam engine had been invented, but was not yet in general use. There was no otker republic in the world. The revolution that started one in France did not open until the fol lowing year. The so called Dutch re- public was ruled by an aristocracy under a hereditary stadtholder. The Swiss:cantons were under a loose con- federation. Not only was the world ‘without republics. but well nigh with- out parliaments. ‘Great Britain had a form of parliamentary government. but: most: other nations ‘were absolute or:slightly limited monarchies. Moreover, there had pever been on earth a republic such as our forefa- thers outlined for us, Phe so-called Greek and Roman' republics were real- 1y oligarchies, the mass of the -popula- tion being slaves. The Itallan repub: .lics were in some instances a slight advance on these; but even they fell far shoit of the American ideal. Our proposed - form of "government was largely an esperiment without prece- dent anywhere in the world’s ‘history. The “division of powers between the federal government and the states and the subdivision into co-ordinate depart- ments of executive, legislative and ju- dicial were new and untrled depar tures. ~ It was an adventure on such an un- known. politicnl sea that Washington and the first cohgress elected with him were called upon to undertake. There were still large and influential elements grumbling about the constitution. One | or two ‘colonies’ had fafled to ratify, and Rhode Island continued in -that attitude. Washington was unfeigned- ly reluctant to embark on the task of leading the new government. He had retired from public life and had plan- ned to spend his declining years on his Mount - Vernon farm. The people of the whole country turned to him with one accord,, however, and it was im- possinile for him to resist. No candidates were nominated; for prestdent in those days, the presiden- tial electors being left ‘absolutely free to choose. These electors were chosen at the same time as: the members of ‘the new congress at the popular elec- tion in the fall' of 1788. They after- ward met in their several state capitals and cast every yote for Washington. The inaugural ceremonies took plate | in New. York. Congress was slow r|n assembling, and by the time it had a guorum -to canvass ‘the vote it was March 6. A messenger was immediate- Iy dispatched to notify the: president elect of the vote, and he reached Mount btm 10 0'clock: 1 bfle Adlw Mount Vernon, to prluts life and do- mestic felicity and, with a mind op- pressed with more anxious and pain- tuli sensations: than ' I ‘bave word- to nxp(-eea. set out for New York. - Practically every step-of the way- it was a ‘triumphal processfon: If: his own sensations were painful those of the : country were quite. the. opposite Scarcely had hé got outside of his own private estate than the processions’and feasting began. Every child knows| ‘the story of that flower strewn journey: and the inauguration‘that followed: One of the prettiest displays was at /| Trenton. Here, where the great Amer lcan general had achieved one of the most brilliant successes of* the* war. the women'of'New:Jersey had erected & triumphal arch, bearing thisinscrip. tion: “The .Defender of the Mothers Will. Be_the. Protector of the Daugh ters.” Along the way mothers and daughters, dressed” in “white, strewed flowers" in ‘thie path 'and-sang’a‘song ‘written: for the:occasion. The inauguration occurred on Thurs- day,.April .13, the oath. being. admin: istered by . Chancellor Livingston on the outside balcony of the Federal ball, to suffer very much, Nevertheless be nl.-eepud ln tne election: he received gyery vote of the. electornl college, as-before.” By this moved to Philadelphia, where the sec- nd inavgural occurred;: r waw-declared -between Englandi {and France; and'the president and his" advisers: -were-accusedof siding with" England. This was ~denounced by friends of France as the rankest. in. gratitude, in view of the services ren- dered by France to the American revo- ‘lutionists: Ont of this situation grew the bitterest attacks ever made on the first president. . Despite this temporary cloud, Wash- Ington- was yet-held-in- such esteem-by the Amerieanpeople” that ‘he was be- | ing urged: to accept a third term.. He felt. however. -that he had-sacrificed enough and was. determined to retirei| to a well earned-repose at Mount Ver- | non. Itewas at this time that be. issued his celebrated: farewell address, which, was publistied” in: the Philadelphia: Ad vertiser 10 September. 1706. While: this' was the beginning of: the powu!tnl tradition against a third/term in the.presidency, it is but Just tosay that ‘Washington -himself made ng ar- guments against a third term. ' He ex- plained. that his reasons for withdraw- | ing -were ‘personal. - He would bave taken:such a step earlier, but was con vinced-that it would have been‘against public pojiey; - Now, however, that dif- ficulty ‘biad-been removed, Washington says:- ""I rejoice that the state of your con- cerns, external as well as iuternal, no longer renders the. pursuit-of inclina- tion incompatible with the sentiment of duty:or propriety and am- persuad- | ed, whutever partiality. may be: retain- ed for my services, that in the pres- ent circumstanees:of our country you will not:disapprove of my determina- tion to retiré.” As though the first president had a prophetic glimpse of the future, the burden of the farewell address' was an argument for union and ‘a warsing agalnst the perils of partisan division and passion: . In the memorable closing paragraph he said: “Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration 1 am unconscious of intentional error, | am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think i| it probable “that I have committed 'WASHINGTON TAKING OATH OF OFFICE. Broad and Wall streets, New York. The United States subtreasury now occuples this site, and:on:.the broad portico: of the building, at the. exact spot. where the Father of His Country took the onth-.as the first president, there now stands a noble statue of him. Within a” stone’s throw is the famous New. York Stock Exchange. The president was almost as reluc- tant to enter a second term as he had’ been the first. .Jefferson, bis secre: tary of state, and Hamilton, secretary of the treasury, joined in urging him to-accept. -Widely: as' the two: were divided personally and politically, they were united on this point. One additionnl embarrassment at about this ime occurred In the death of a nephew, George' A. Washington, | who had ‘been: left in charge at Mount Vernon.. The president. feared :that this would “cause my. private.concerns many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty. to avert or mitigate the- evils. to “which they may. tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will nev er cense to view them with induigence and that, after forty-five years of my life: dedicated to its service with up- right zeal. the.faults of incompetent abilities will be consigued to oblivion, as ‘myself ‘must soon be to.the man- sions: of rest.” Both his country and the world bave certainly carried out this wish. 3 THE SHORTEST INAUGURAL. Washington's:: Second Address Only 135 Words Long. The first president was never given to much spenking. His first Inaugural was, howerver, of average length. This was dellvered in New York at the very beginning :of our national life under theconstitution, and- the occaslon: de- manded. a more extended utterance than the Father of His Country was wont to give. The second inaugural, delivered four years later in Philadel- phia, was more In line with his custom and was exceedingly brief, only 135 'time the seat of government had been £ During ‘the mnda’mdmlnmnflon words long, In fact. It is believed to be the shortest ever delivered by. an elected president. The address follows in fulk: “E‘e"ow Citizens—1 am - nplmnlled press the'bizhmense | entertain of I.hh distinguished ‘honor and of the confi- dence which his been reposed in me by the peuple of anited America: “Previous: to the: execution:of'any official act of the president the consti- tution-requires an oath of office. This oath | am: pow~abont to take: and In your presence: That if'itishall be found during my fdministration of the gov- ernment ‘1 ‘have in -any lnstance vio- lated: willingly: or ‘knowingly the in- Junctions thereof |- may (besides in- curring constitutional punishment) be ubject to the upbraidings of all who i{are now witnesses of the present sol- .emn ceremony." 9 ' “Leads. Them All” “THEQ HAMM BREWING Q. - E‘l. PAUL, MINN. P. J. Wolf, Local Bemidjl, Ager R. F. MURPHY YNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Oftice’s: 8 Belirami Ave. It matters not where you reside or what you want, the merchants below can it get for .you at. a prioe that will defy competition. Every merchant is reliable and will give you the best value for your money. FEREEERREIREIEE IR We are oi'lobbfl-l PIN 'rmms umnnm unm No need to send outside of Bemidjt for ';.h:n. 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