Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 28, 1921, Page 4

125 YEARS OLD Suteerty. el Mk & weeki M6 & Jnth: $890 ey -t S T « W S, @ et Gue, e —— 5 O, Dulets 3 O S THE COMING CITY ELECTION. There are omly nine mors days to the @anual city election, an election In which the voters, Ifke the stockholders 5 any corporatien, decide upon Wi shall be conferred the respensibility oi directing the affairs of the city for the ensuing year. That it is the year when the mayer fs mot elected does mot prevent it frem being considered an important election. Hvery electicn Is important and should be 30 comsidered by every voter. Only through such an attitude can it be pos- mible to assure the best city government. There is need of giving recognition to an admfinistration that has given eareful at- tention to the needs and the problems of the city as they have arisen. There Is mo better way of doing it than getting sut to the polls eleetion day and endors- ing it by electing to office those who £an be relied upon to stand for the con- tinuance of just such clexn, efficlent and businesslike policies in the futare, The voters of the city, and that means e women as well as the men, should be eager to insure a clty government tha does something. 2 cenduct of city usiness is placed before dling of rmunicipal af- erests of the many and tew, where each depart- its responsibilities and s conducted ag If it was ate enterprise. an ation during the past vear has been such as te convince the voters of Norwich, regardless of varty. of ‘he wisdom of having it con- imusd ase of what has been accom- slishe t can be expected to do fearless, conscientious anner in the fu Make by getting out to ters the ball 5.30 a, m. until those Who are for the best interests ot Boxes wil § p. m and stand by pledzed stand ®f the eommunity. TAXING WATER SYSTEMS. How determined the efforts have been of those whko are back of the plan te tax mmnicipalities for sueh equipment as they may have in other towns for| previding a water supply is revealed by the report of the judiciary committee, which. while unfavorable to the bill, wheowed x to be in favor while seven ware opposed. An interesting feature of iy is that most of the support for e bill comes from the members in the arge centers where the water supply Is in the hands of private interests. The unfavorable report should carry weight with the general assembly. It is plainly indicated that private water com- penies ate endeavoring to saddle upon mun i lities which 2. so fortunate as to own their own water systems an ad- ditional expense just because it is re- :1—4 of the privately owned compan- A number of the cities where the water plants are municipally owned have beew foroed o go outside ®he limits of the towns in which they are located in order lo obtain adequate supplies of water. They bhave utilized land Mances mean a decided improvement to those towns, which get the bemefit of taxation thereon improved land ra- municipalities Sther towns places them om the samo basis with the private concemms, which charge higher rates and are in the bus- imess for the profit that can be gaimed from it vather than the serviee that ean be rendered. Wherever they exist mmnicipal plants &% regarded in a different light than the private They are owned by the com- munity for service to the community and tess hardship upon those who pay it than. NORWICH BULLETY sourrytag about for increased reve- mnha-mmlynnuummn“ THE MAN WHO TALKS what 15 being secured and what works| Among ‘the many useful things that Foomnt dicovery ot the s a8 t value o feak wood for Shipe. Tns fst Thiag o be said in its .is lts non-warp- ing quality. This i of great value to the exposed part of a ehip's woodwork, such as decks and pilot houses. These ::tm " are varnished for aypearance only, 3 preservative reasons. o2 claim o excellence is the -~ eht. ness of its grain. It'is so easily eplit that hoWs have o b bored for nalls Loy screws. ~There is great working advan- tages in having easy cleavage combin- ed with toughness. Its third great qual- ity i its endurance and power of re sisting worms. Old hulks in which white osk ribs and mahogany finish have en- tirely rotted away have shown the teak Wood to which rudders were attached to be dorfectly preserved. There is a great lesson: Can you and I use ma- terial in the human house we build that won't warp? A good deal of our work geta Tadly };n 2 few years. I - =ycc\Thtqerals Is 1t gnaried, Koty arg c}ooked? s our work last? WIll there be any teak Wood in what we hand to posterity? It 1s impossible to estimate how much of real value is lost throngh fallure to caltivate one's faculties properly. Why must men grow blind before they dis- cover to what an incredible extent the sense of feeling may be carried? Let an experienced doctor come into a room where ther are two persbns, one well and the other sick, and if blindfolded he could immediately tell which was the well one and which the sick, by feel- ing the pulse. Many a person looks well in the face whose puise tells a In 1910 o movement sress in Indian- apolle similer to the ¢ agitation for charter change in which It was urg- ed that Indiana cities should adopt com~ mission government. At that time it was successtully argued that commission gov- ernment had two vital defects which should prevent its adoption in Indiana, ‘writes Augustus L. Mason in the Indian- apolis News. The first defect was the division of executive authority among a number of commissioners, instead of concentrating it In a responsible mayor, as at present. The second defect was the consolidation of the lesislative or taxing power With the administrative or spending power in the hands of a single body of commissioners, With no cheek on their action, even in the case of bond issues and debt Increasq. ) These arguments, largely theoretical when made In 1910, have recelved com- plete demonstration of thelr soundness. Commission governed citles themselves found them to be true. To avoidt these ‘weaknesses, charter reformers now advo- cate the manager plan. The question is, does the election of an executive officer by the council or commissioners avoid these weaknesses? While the manager plan i3 an improvement over commis- sion government, 1t does not, in the writer's judement, overcome the weak- nesses of the commission. Since the commissioners elect and discharge the city manager, they will be xesponsible for his acts. They. will have the real power, while the manager will have only the appearance of power. The flction of a single executive Will not bear ex- amination, for under the manager plan the real executive power will still ;Q Y divideda among the five, seven or nine :L‘{';Tnfio?nu:;m{ T ecelve YOU| commissioners. We would still have & treasurer of the United States—he whose | Dlural executive. It would be really a monogram looked like an angleworm in | 203rd of five or more mayors, probably cemtortions—could put his hand into a | belonging to different partics having e T erent opinions. to say - cofnturtat by the sunss of Cooch A ey oueies OF poiical smbitione successful school visitor was once asked School Board as an Exsmple. ?::'J: :rnld‘ ;ee !&imnchlin a schoo!l Charter reformers also ur:: t:n the i utes. s reply was: * manager plan does away with the con- oo, Toting at all but X can generally | idation of cxmcutives” ana legalative hin 7 owers in the hands of the same men, .‘\andw\;l):et:'[ :h tu.']“m?l: :‘w gel:u‘:: touch :(thout check umnflhclr ;;cl%on. A‘E‘nti: 3 possi- | 1 submit this confusce fictian bilities, why is It not better cultivated?| reality. The city manager apvointpi“ and in- | Subject to discharge by the commissian- e e e e 14 the conditions D the tell | order to meet the expenses attached to operation. Because business declined they fafled to accomplish what was sought, The injustice to the roads there- fore of being forced to bear the heavy burdens of expense without being able to earn enough to meet them calls for & cutting in the cost of operation and that we have been told will come soon. But if the roads are not able to make lends meet without a reduction in operat- Ing costs, and need a cutting of wages to give thom a chance to get What they are entitled to under the transportation aet it is not surprising that the clatm is made in their behalf that the mere cut- ting of wages does mot justify a wide- spread slashing in rates. The cut i wages, unless it appears different when the commission makes its announce- ment, will be for the purpose of relleving the railroads of unjustificd expense. Should thers be a corresponding cut in rates they would be correspondingly as bad Off as they were before the wage cut. It would be a weicome and desira- ble change for the country for lower rates are much needed but it would not give any increased assurance of the sta- bility of the rallroads and leave them in a position where they would not have 1o depend upon the to on the action of com- government. Their | £00d old friend of ours, the eye. Even | the power of vef won! i issioners. On the contrary he is their only hopq through such a course a| When the time cornes when most people | ™! 2 be whatever bemefit they might ‘_"‘ have to get o crutch for thelr stigma. | dependent subordinate, so that the com missioners are just as really. unchecked under the manager plan as under the discredited commission plan. Citizens of tism, the eve continues to be a faithful | servant. It would be invidious to at- tempt any comparison between the eye through increased business, or depend- ence upon an uncertainty. The -most effective criticism of the A curtaliment of operating expemses|and the ear as the medium _through | Indianapolis are just now in a posl- |federal plan for city government is that will help the railroads get back onto|which knowledge is imparted. Each has | tion to form and express s judgment of ifriction, or what is worse, deadlock, may their feet, a result which {s quite im.| Its Dlace, and each supplembnts fhe | peculiar value on the question under portant to the country. That accom- | plished there could and should follow rate reductions, although certain modifi- cations to encourage business may even be attempted otherwise though a gen- iscussion. The Indianapolis school board is organized absolutely on the commission manager plan and I may say was in existence long before the so- calied Dayton plap of city government was ever heard of. Our school board other. But in this connection special attention needs to be called to the value of the printed page. Who can estimate what books have done to shape- wur lives? What has the printed page done from the primary school to the universi- o o ‘w“s[. At times I have thought the eral cut seems Improbable. ty? Experts in advertising tell us that s of five members, elected ol icouncil was obstructive. Nearly every! “the appeal of truth on the printed page | non-partisan ballot, the ~ candidates' \mayor has had trouble of this sort. Yet names being placed on the ballots by pe- tition and not by party momination. The school commissioners thus chosen elect a manager for the schools called super-{ intendent. This is the manager plan pure | and simple, the only difference fram city | manager zovernment being that our| school board conducts the public schno(lu,: s the genecal city government. | mé;:;‘\‘oev‘:‘mber 23, 1910, the writer made the following statement on this subject in e Indianapolis News: T"“T){edschu:? board does indeed exer- BRIAND'S MODERATION. ‘Whether Premier Briand of Franee would be sustained by the house of dep- uties in his policy regarding Germany and Sflesia has been determined by the vote of confidence that has been given him showing an apparent realization that the country is against further military cperations unless the rights and safety of France ar threatened. There are those who have been so de- to the eye is vastly more effective than through the medium of volces” Where| a sermon or lecture reaches a thousand people the printed page its tens of thousands. That is why tracts, leaflets, folders. whose object the dissemina- tion of idea are scattered broadcast | over the land. Tt is the knowledze of | this fact that men with wares and oth- er things to sell know that it pays well to advertise liberally. On May 5, 1913, HWon. Lewls J. Mar- tin, representative from New Jersey in e relativesy = i er, includ- |triction! § L] sirous of getting possession of the RuNr | the house of representatives at Washing-| Clse both the faxing DOTCR Clany t.,.i,"viti'.,“:%’:;,.‘é‘;’u:,‘.’i"‘m&"c e valley that they were prepared to grab| ton, died suddenly in the Union station | I ‘he STR el approval whick 1t |penditures and. ereatime asbe - L8 =) it whether there was justification or mot. | of that city while returning to the cap-{ POWer. 7O BUUC PRV, Dart, I do mot belleve that the cafers France has reason of course to feel bit- | ltol to attend his duties there. Acsord-| 20 ‘g Ja ™ ave mot to tne eate-|of the people lies in that dircction. The ter toward Germany but it must never | !hZ to custom, a colleagp from the same | 02 5 "or jaw; but the safeguards of |federal plan of government now existing theless realize the importance of living | $iate at once offered a resolution that| B G )" “yt'is the high grade ofjin Indiana cities. with all its faults, ‘s up the terms of the treaty. While thers | fho louse adjourn for the remainder of| T/o ™% 1 een for the school boardia eafer, more scientific and more Aw may be those who put little faith in the | taposy od that a pecial session be ap-| Tiich has protected us from =~ Wrong-ican form than commission or manager may pointed for memorial services at the| WN her - the ‘school board law 18 | charters, g test promises of Germany concerning| capitol. The resolution, of ‘course, was | d0ing. le to be followed in our £ the mesting of tho reparation demands|carried. On January 14, 1815—one| not a8 XML 16, " Py anat the 3 it fs cvident that it would bo unjust to| year, sight months, and nine davs later 3:; S on found when I recently Sunday Morning Talk roceed to e Ity before the|—these public services were helds In i nd iected the plan of o4 Tu:f,:‘::”‘n,, e ke ko [ e munchibo s tiat con cansetad e p HINDERED PRAYERS. words inasmuch as Germany has agreed | £058 SEEUTRUR her Woitue of MniEs | o Fpostoncharter revisers, [n 1808 | Nothing that we can do is So important to meet the terms of the demands as fe’3rier of congressmen to abate so that | (Indianapolis News November 30, (U %) in the work of converting sinnersj com- presented to it, it is only right that it| iney” could speak calmly of the virtues|considering the analogy g those that mourn and developing, <houid be a given that chance. That is the basis of the policy of moderation that is sponsored by Premler Briand and the one on which he was given the vote of confidence. The same thing is true regarding Up- per Silesia. France is of course partial to Poland. That it should feel better disposed to Poland than to Germany fs not surprising. But here again there are the treaty terms that France must! respect, so that which it s urged that the givinz of Upper Silesia to Poland be approved by France it is against the board pointed out that it had been Tound necessary to deprive the school board “of the power to buy land, amd construct, Tepair and furnish school bufldings” 1 submit that the record of the present Indiaanpolis school board furnishes convineing proof of the dan- ger of vesting the power to levy taxes 2nd create debt in the same body of offi- feials, possessing the power to expend the funds so raised. We dare mot rely exclusively on_“safeguards of character. The object of charter legislation is to provide safeguards of law. The mana- ger form of city government does mot of their companion. On May 10, 1921, the memorial volume was sent over the land—another cvidence of mature delfb- | eration. According to this selection of eulogies Mr. Martin was an excellent man, and presumably wenj to his re- ward. If so we hope that it didn't take his friends “who have gone before” eight years and five days to find it out. Not very far ahead of us are the graduating days for grammar schools, academies and collezes. The boys are beginning to sweat over their declama- tions, and girls over thetr toggery. And as far as any practiéal value is concern- e e e ba |00 Oz The {oderal plgn dosh, agreement that was m so1 ed the ome is as importaut as the S TGt of ey e Tdien | other.” As to the matler of dress it is S Manae ent i oy el mu_fl“omfi rwise apq |to be resTetted that sreater simplicity; Advocates of manager governme is not encouraged. Where the opportuni- ty is presented to display finery, the poor girl is put to -a disadvantage. Something neat, inexpensive, and uni- form ought to be tnsisted upon that would save the poorer people from a foolish and unnecessary burden. It is cometimes sald in support of the present system that-it acts as an equalizer; creating a chance for certain ones to shine who otherwise would remain in the back-ideed business. But important as the bu ground. Students are divided inta two|iness side of a municipality is, it is far classes, -those Whio have atiainments and |less important than the political side. those who “are clothed in purple and |The city government requires and pos- fine linen and live sumptuously every |sesses the power to levy taxes on the day.” ‘ people and to take thelr mones sway from them. by force of law, and spen give to Norwich a “white way” as is |business comoration such a power? Of being done in_many cltles. ~Of course |COUISC nOt The taxing power 1s cne o no_attempt will be so ambitious as to |the sreatest attri Poliiies - can i the “great white way" hat is s STUETLY. It does not belong to business spectacular in New York: In a small [SoTPorations And Sould not eometitition- city like ourzs the area ls limited in |2IIY be transforfed to the ey y in which such 3 display can be made. Leav-|}i2 1ar5cr aspect fis fandamenfally & po- ing ont the question of expense—which jltical corD -. urge that it i a copy of the form of the Tgtoes corpfmion. as indeed it is, and that the city is in fact only a corpora- tion for the transaction of public bus- iness. This argument is deceptive and will not bear critical examination. The city does indeed have a great deal of business, pure and simple. The improve- ments of streets, the building of sewers, engine houses, markets and the like is n: the wisdom of his policy gets support. It doesn’'t mean that France is going to be any the less alert regarding its weifare but it does mean that it is impressed with the importance of passing the pres- ent situation with the least friction pas- sible as long as the ends desired are be- ing met. And in so doing France eon- tributes to the unity of the natlons al- lied therewith, EDITORIAL NOTES. £ This is the season of the year when the backyard gardening ought to be in fall swing. It wili not be long mow before the strawberry short cake season will be at its height. It is the same old story from Armenia where the Turks are again preparing to exterminate the rae. it ia the service rather tham profit for which they are conducted. The general assembly will, §f 1t heeds the report of the judielsry eommittes, kil the measure and 2s & mafter of do- ing justics In the matter thers should E thought of doing otherwise, Tt n | i | | ze is no 'Incomsiderable factor in a ecity| But, even more Important than the already burdened with taxes—there are |taxing power, s the power which the things to be be said in favor of the pro- |Cily government possesses of detecting The man en the cormer mys: The ject. Vipst, it is desirable to show off DEFECTS OF THE CITY MANAGER PLAN {which the mayor and council exert on SATURDAY, MAY 28, -m.v' people, and trains - them for m‘-u':' greater responsibilities of state and national elections. Nonpastisan Elections. - Many persons say with much force that politiog is the bane of city govern- ment. There are even those Who say, the same thing of state and national government. I do not believe this. It is true that the appointment to ofiice of unfit persons, as a reward for political services, 18 & erying evil which must be condemned by every friend of good gov- ernment. Civil service reform, under an adequate state law, would cure this and ought to be adopted, so as to provide a fairly permanent staff of under-officials, to conduct city business continuously in spite of changes resulting from elections. But charter reformers ignore this re- form and propose nonpartisan ballots, with esndidates’ named by petition and not by political parties. I submit that such a change would be merely fictitious and will not correspond to reality. The commissioners as they know will name but if so, the people Will vote for such commissioners as they kno wyill name the city executive the people want. Bos- ton, in fts charter of 1909, constructed like that of Indianapolis on the federal plan, tried the monpartisan ballot. Suc- cessful in eliminating politics from schoo, elections, it utterly failed in city elec- tions. Political parties saw to it that thelr man was on the baliot and the peo- ple voted their political opinions, regard- less of the absence of party emblems. The election of the city executive, whether he be called maycr or manager, by commissioners is called ‘Indirect elec- tion.” The people do not vote for the mayor, but for the men who make the mayor. This country has tried indirect election, and has rejected it after the most thorough trial. The electoral col- lege was just such a device to keep poli- ties put of presidential elections, but the Ameriean people soon found the way to get around the electoral college and make thelr own choice for president. So, t0o, for a hundred years, United States senators were chosen indirectly, that is, by state leglsiatures. After thorough trial the plan of indirect election has been abolished, by constitutional amen ment, and the people choose their own senators. I submit that the so-called nonpartisan feature of commission gov- ernment holds no substantial promise fo the removal of party politics from city appointments, and s far inferior to a civil service law. Friction Between Council and Mayor. arise and does arise between the exe- cutive and the legislature. In other words, the mayor and council do not agree at times on appropriations. It is true that some discouraging confiets of this sort have taken place in Indian- after thirty years' trial in Indianapolis, T am inclined to think that the check each other is necessary and helpful. It | secures the advantage of having public| expenditures passed on by two imhmnwl-] ent authorities, before they are made. Even where friction and conflict arise, they secure publicity and draw public | attention to the matter. Opinion is| formed through such publicity. This the democratic way. I admit that com- mission government m: b the spiritual life iri ourselves and others as prayer. But if the way to the merey seat shall be closed. what shall we do? ‘Whither shall we o for refuge in trouble. for light m darkness, for help in conflict, if the ear of the Lord be turned away from us? = Ah, whither shall we flee for aid When tempted, desolate, dismaved, Or how the hosts of hell defeat? Prayers are often hindered. In some cases Christians cease to pra: Itogether, and in other cases they continue to offer up cold, heartless, impotent prayers, but they avail nothing. Prayers are hindered by sin. “If T re. gard iniquity in my heart. the Lord wi not hear me” It was a time of great trouble and need when the prophet said to the people, ehold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save ; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear; but| your iniquities have separated between | you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear.” How many prayers fall to the ground because those who offer them are not right in ghe sight of God. In this way a whois chutch may be paralyzed in its attempts to approach the throne of grace. One par-| ticular sin which frequently hinders pray- er is an unforgiving spirit. Bitter feclings, uncharitable feelings, unkind feelings, make prayer useless. While such a spirit is cherished in the bosom one cannot of- barri ferveat rflv@ ey 'n.; God spiritual on the world ‘Worldly cares, Iy . studies, and worldly der their devotions. in the spirit when paper more than more than religion, more than godliness. Prayers are hindered things. Here is a Christ] finds great comfost in bereavement enters, an: olate. The afiction heart shapes her faith. She § £ § { 5 i s g i it a good God, who knew how much loved her friend, and how desolate she would be. could permit such a calamity Self is the center of her thought and life. She does mot think 6f the necessity which may lead to to fall on her, S| claims which are far above ever way doubt comes it hinders prayer. Prayers are hindered by haste in eur devotions. We must ‘take time to pray. The little time we give to prayers shows how little Interest we have tn ft. how Iit- {tle faith we have In God, and how faint and cold our love is to Him. Count mot the moments nor grudge the hours de- voted to prayer. Wait before the Lord until the light of his eountemance shall transfigure thee so that the cares of this world cannot dtm it I Stories That Recall Others l : s i H | ¢ s i he blames God, and ceases to pray and trust, The very thing which should drive her nearer to God drives her farther eway, because she makea self the center and forgets that God has rights and National Summer Suit for Men TO GET THE SUMMER SUIT THAT MAKES STYLE AND COOLNESS POSSIBLE IN THE SAME GAR- MENT GET A KEEP-KOOL SUIT. w KEEP-KOOL IS THE ' MARK OF A SERVICE — A GO OD CLOTHING SERVICE, WO RK ED INTO A LIGHT-WEIGHT SUMMER SUIT. COMFORT, STYLE, FIT AND A WIDE SELECTION OF STANDARD SUMMER FABRICS MAKE IT POS- In what- Made His Own Excuse. Little Joe, aged six, was sent to the bakery to get some ginger snaps. He came back WItH pickles that he had ob- |tained at the grocery. Whether this was {because he liked pickles better than gin- aps just then has not developed. " said his mother, “you go right back with those pickles, get the money and go to the bakery and get ginger snaps. The grocer tells the story. He says Joey came in with eleven pickles and “Muvver eated one of them and didn't like it. 1 want my money back.” Whether he ate the pickle is not known wished an excuse for Ireturning them and" figured out one for | ntmseit. eaid: but apparently he The Meanest Man. The meanest man Is not, as has been reported, the Carolina farmer who used to light a lamp on the breakfast table, tell his hired men to notice the loca- tion of the victuals so they could find and then blow the |lamp out and let them do so. The meanest man must have been om the street car the other morning. “What did you get your wife for her ans asked. “Oh, T got her 15 gallons of gasoline and five gallons of engine oil” And Me! ver smiled when he said it elther. them in the dark, birthday, John?” P IN AMERICAY ODS INCIDENTS HISTORY INLIANS IN THE CIVIL WAR ‘When the Civil war broke out the great majority of the Indians lived close to the border of the Confederate States, and naturally they sympathized with them in On the very day, Janu- ary 5, 1861, when the famous caucus of Southern senators adopted resolutions ad- vising the immediate secession ,tho Chick- asaw legislature showed ltselt fully cog- nizant of the fact that a crisis had arri ed in America nnational affairs by sug- gesting an intertribal conference to se- cure co-operative activity on the part of the Five Civilized Tribes should a po- litical separation occur between the North the ambations. and the South. Cyrus Harris, Chickasaw Nation, the governor dully commumicated this plan to the authorities of the other tribes, but it drew forth an unfavorable SIBLE FOR MEN OF ALL AGES, TASTES AND BUILDS TO BE SATIS- FIEDWITH A KEEP- KOOL SUIT. J. C. MACPHERSON Quality Corner Opp. Chelsea Savings Bank away many Indlans from their allegi- ance to the federal government. It was not long before the Choctaws and Chick- asaws went over to the Seuth as nations, Missour! campaign had a disastrous ef fect upon the Indian glliances. The loyal Indians took part in & pum- ber of battles on the siCe of the Federals, but the Comanches, the Seminoies and |but few Indians were engaged on eithes the Creeks were split into two factiops. |side after the first half of the confilet Sometimes only a single band or Per-, (Monday—Wh We Have Acyuired haps two bands from these tribes, sup- i ported secession. Of the most insignif- loant ‘tribes of he Indlan Territory, thel JOHNSONS LAST TAILORING rempants of northeast, wi unerg- o E anised a0d influenced by tneir agents, |\ THErS'S always just ane more elery Andrew J. Dorn, ylelded to Pike without dents. This time there is - much persuasion. Among these detach- drow Jo - ""’,.“’ """_ Sus successor. o ed bands the Quapaws were the omly ones that remained unqualifiedly loval | ™ Jopnson, while Governor of Tennes- More than one-half of the adult male | sea, once resumed his vocational ¥m- Delawares, regularly enlisted as volun- | plements, He had formed a stronglik- teers, and they wers highly esteemed ing In the Tennessee Legisiature for soldiers by their officers. Meanwhile the) W. Pepper, of Springtield, a staunch Chickasaw legislature, on May 25, 1361 | Whig, and once a blacksmith. Despite declared outright for the Confederacy, at | their irreconcilable political creeds the the same time urging all neighboring na- | personal reiations of Johnson and Pep- tions to form a defensive and offensive al- | per were extremely cordial Pepper be- liance against “the Lincoln hordes and | came Judge in 1854, and after a visit to Johnson, then Governor, set abou: Kansas robbers.” In view of this stand and of that taken | fashioning a shovel, which he sent with a mote explaining it was intended as somewhat earlier by the Choctaws it was not surprising that Cooper raised his In-!a m nto of a friendship Roof a- dian regiment with little qifficulty. On |gainst @ political differences. June 14 George Hudson, principal ¢hief | Joh to show his appreciation of the Choctaws, issued a proclamation calling for seven hundred troops to serve as rifiemen, and for an additional foree to serve as home guards. The Upion forces having been with- drawn from Indian Territory fo Fort Leavenworth, the government Wwas soon took up his scissors and needle and made a handsome beaver cloth eoeat which he sent to Pepper. It wag splendid piece of workman ship, prob- ably the last of that kind of work Johnson ever did, and exists today the property of W. Pepper, of Springfield of the comment from John Rosw, principal | Salled upon ‘tp reedin the lost position | judEe, Feprer's only surviving see— chief of the Cherokees, who felt that (424 to Fally the loal Indians = On Au- the quarrel between the states was mo|Eust 21 the Cherokee nation concern of the Indiana. The very position of the Indtan Terri- tory, however, made a long continued neutrality, absolutely impossible. At the outset of the war the Union troops were withdrawn from that section, surrendering their position at the first approach of the Southern sympathizer officials and ex-offictals in the Indian Ter- Texans. ritory were very numerous. ‘The South seems from the first to have appreciated the importance of the Indian storchouse for to and from Texas In consideration of this, ] federate government on May,13, 13¢1, ap- njamin M- Culloch, to the command of the Indian John Ross objected to this, nd McCulloch, thereupon retired to Fort Smith in western Arkansas and proceed- Territory as a possible provisions as a highway pointed the Texas Ranger, Territory. ed to muster his forces. At the time there lived near Little Rock a former New Englander , named Albert Pike who had great influence with the Indians, who succeeded in .drawing Be: e weatherman seems to be playing into the crime, arresting criminals, placing them favor of the week enders. Even if he didn't need it Mr. Edison has gotten some wonderful advertising out of his list of questions. Killing her with kindness may be a bit tiresome for Mme. Curle, but it cer- tainly must be a happy death. With over four million idle workers in Burope our restrietive tmmigratton law wagn't passed any too soon. France im't going to neglect graves of the Americans. France can. not forget o soen What & service was rendered in its behalf the hings that are worth while showing. 1t the best judgment of the city Dbelieves that between Washington and Burnham squares, and from Main street through lower Broadway up to Union square, there are emougn beautiful sights to jus Hty the expemse, then go ahead. Sec- ondly_ this suggestion would involve fhe Weral use of the scrubbing brush, 3s no ome would think of giving any special iHuminstion to some spots with- in this area. It wifl not be long new before schools of all grades will be holding the an- nual examinations. That means to the supersensitive boy aand girl a good deal of woreying over the perspective fail- ure. It would be a good thing if the lazy, careless student Would worry more and the consclentious pupll less. AT in prison and bringing them to trial be- foro a competent court. The taxing nower merely deprives the citizen of his money, but the police may deprive him of his liberty. Can any business corpora- tion do this? Surely it is shallow and deceptive reasoning to argue that 2 mu- nicipality ie merely a business corpora- tion and, therefore, may safely be or- ganized like a business corporation. Again, the directors of a business eor- poration are chosen by the owners of stock, and are seleoted merely for busi- ness Teasons and according to the econ- omic interest o7 the stockholders. This fs not true of a city government. Its members ate chosen not by owners, guid. ed anly by economic fnterest, but neces. sarlly they are chosen by the people as members of a politleal eorporation, to 10 C olate shopPs 49 BROADWAY SPECIAL SNOW BALLS Pound TODAY administer and enforce purely polttical policies and powers. which go not merely to the property. but to the Wfe ang Itb- erty of the citizen himself. It 45 the presence of political interest In loeal elec- tlons which safeguards the freedom and eannot be so brilliant as to come out of examinations with flying colors. But briliancy in recitation or examina- tion is met an infallible sign.of future euccess in life: The hest antidote for warry over examinations is faithful term work. One cannot help sympathizing with the student who is perplexed with this estion: “After the examination, what7" 1t to be the werkshop or the col- lege? His means ‘are limited to the extent that future education means par- Mr. Untermyer of Now York doesn't belteve In collesting tage of the money the grafters have exterted ter was fired upon and the Rebellion start®l. The new comers canmot feel 50 intently the ‘meaning of it all as those who were living at the time. And ‘When Postmastar Gemeral Hays says that If publications ate not fit for the tecond ciass privilege they are not fit hence Kipling’s warning to for any, he says' what most people will :‘;‘ :::pc;‘:‘;;ym:h: 'm‘e:rxx::ufl;u s | trmen ‘;Dgfi" to x:: l-!h::elnl’"m ent there is but one angwer. It the boy is | 10, O7ECh lest we forget!™ The preser- vation of our Union binds inta orsac unity the whole historle country Gra ito foundation to its later development. Mighty things have heen done g this country and by this country sines the days of the Rebellion. Do we, however stop to realize What the trend of our po. litical life might have been had. ihe south Won the war and slavery pontine dead. In earnest and is willing to pay the price of making the most of him- self then make the plunge by all means. There is enough evidence to show that such boys seem to be under a special Providence. On Monday next the usmal Memo- rial day exercises will be held. As Pouring on ol may smooth the trou- bled waters, but it meang a decided men- 2ce to wooden ships if it is dono in the harbor as the loss of the training ship at New York shows. Coal operators are going to fight to coal tax in the state of Pennsyivanmia we get farther and .father awsy from ‘wed? It would have favored Louis Na- poleon's plan of a French monarchy in Mexico and possibly north of Mexico. It ted. Thres new | is well for us to keep in ince Fact Sosmed pex ool the stirring scenes of the Civil war the reasons inerease why the day should be fittingly Since that tax must of course come out of the consumer he is bound te have an bave Sehot Deassetiam VALUE 80 BELMONT CHOCOLATES, VALUE 80c BELMONT AND BON BON M VALUE $1. AUSTRIAN CANDIES, Re; gular, Pound VALUE $1.25 BELMONT MILK, Assorted, Pound Pound. 00 VALUE $1.00 MIXED SALTED NUTS, Pound SALTED PEANUTS, Pound NOTICE—Out-of -town people who ai send mon parcel post, prepaid, M londay, Ye Chocolate Shoppe unable to reach eur order, or stamps, and we will forward any of above 49 BROADWAY store secession. . McCulioch was not wholly in syngathy wit hthe polick of eprolling Indians and féared that were th llowed to hecome an invading army they would run riet and bring the whole Copfederate service into disgrace. The Indians themselves were averse to anything but home guard duty. The first big battle in which Indians fought with their white brothers during the Civil war was at Pea Ridge, In April, 1862, There is a tradition that in this battle Indians fought on both sides and after their old-time custom—war paint. feathers, arrows and tomahawks. The tomahawks were certainly in evidence and did some gruesome work among the dead and wounded. Pike apd his Indians seem only to bave rendered a very second rate service. After this pattle the Indians were grad- vally drawn back into the Cherokee coun- An official Hst of the heroes whc fell in the great war is being pub- lished by the British government to be completed in eighty volumes. i i S, CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH MONEY Cut out this slip, enclose with S¢ and mall it to Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffieid Ave., Chicago, Ill, writing your name and ad- dress clearly. 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