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TH E N EW BE R O G R A P H IC
tors, w ou ld n o w be in foirrc.
A ROMAN SLAUGHTER.
A n oth er th in g he did d o. He
D tn M Waheharia D m Sly Work Wltk
E. H. W O O D W A R D
prosecuted, and h e prosecuted
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• K dltor u d Publisher
successfully, m ore trusts than
Daniel Webster had accepted the
the com bined ad m inistrations o f office of secretary of state, but did
P u blished a re rr Thursday m o m to c
i : G raphic B u lld ln t. No. MS P in t Btreei H arrison, Cleveland, M cK inley not meet the new president in Wash
m s : OStae. W h i t e s t :
K ctld eoce. Bin* 87
and R oosevelt, h a v in g a record ington until eight or ten days before
I ft Mowborg. Orogoa, o f 8 0 suits as against a to ta l the inauguration. It seems that he
had prepared an inaugural address
record o f 62 preceding suits.
for General Harrison. One day,
S en ator L a F ollette has given among other arrangements, he sug
$1.50 Por Y«
the figures t o sh ow th a t the gested to the new president in as
TH UX8DAY.
IS. 191S
trusts never increased m ore rap delicate a way as he oould the fact
id ly than during the R oosevelt that he had sketched an inaugural
Since last w eek's issue ot the adm in istration , and it is a m at address, knowing that General Har
G raphic cam e o ff the press a new ter o f record th a t tewer trusts rison would be overwhelmed with
calls and business after his election
concrete base has been p u t in have been organized during the
and he himself haring leisure to
and a N o. 5 C ottrell Trium ph p a st fou r years than in any simi write. The general at once replied
drum cylinder has been installed lar period since the Sherman law that it was not necessary; that he
in ^place o f the H oe press th a t w a s passed. B ut T a ft signed had prepared his own inaugural.
“ Oh, f t s,” said he; “ I have got all
had been d oin g the w o rk . The the Payne-Aldrich tariff b i l l .
new press w as set up and p u t iff Did M r. Leeper ever read that that ready.”
“ Will von allow me to take it
place by Fred Griffith, assisted b y bill? C an he tell us w hat the
home ana read it tonight?” asked
H ora ce Welch, “ all hom e ta len t,” ta riff rate is on a single one of Mr. Webster.
and when necessary adjustm ents the over 4 0 0 0 item s in the bill?
“ Certainly," the president replied,
are m ade the G raphic office will H as he m astered this , question “ and please let me take yours.”
So they exchanged their docu
be in shape *to tak e care o f all th a t has puzzled o u r ablest
ments, and the next morning when
kinds o f b o o k and j o b w ork . It statesm en for four or five genera
they met General Harrison said to
has been a strenuous week and tion s? C ham p Clark says that Mr. Webster:
little tim e has been allow ed for as a y o u n g congressm an he knew
“ I f I should read your inaugural
n e w s gath erin g o r ed itorial all a b o u t the tariff, but that the instead of mine everybody would
w o rk . W ith a rest o f a d a y o r older he g ro w s the less he know s. know that you wrote it. Now, this
t w o the strain w ill be off, then R oosevelt, both on the stump is the only official paper which I
propose to write, for I do not intend
com e in and see every b od y a b o u t and in th eO u tlook, declared that
to interfere with my secretaries, but
the office smile.
the Payne-Aldnch bill w as better this is a sort of acknowledgment or
than either the Dinglev o r the my part to the American people of
T A F T ’S ADMINISTRATION M cK inlev l^ws. T h a t really the great honor they have conferred
upon me in elevating me to this
m eans th at it w a s 1 better than high office, and, although, of course,
The fo llo w in g letter from the
an y preceding Rupublican tariff it is not so suitable as yours, still it
pen o f Charles B. M oores, chair
la w . T a ft personally forced re is mine, and I propose to let the
m an o f the Republican State
d u ction s on variou s articles. It people have it just as I have written
C en tral C om m ittee, w hich a p
w as on his personal solicitation it. I must deliver my own instead
peared in the Journal, is well
of yours.”
th a t the corp ora tion ta x and the
w o r th reading:
Mr. Webster was a good deal an
T h e presidential c a m p a i g n non-partisan ta riff com m ission noyed, because the message was, ac
has been ov er fou r m onths. P eo w a s included. He personally de cording to his judgment and taste,
clared certain features o f the hill inappropriate. It entered largely
ple generally have been tryin g t o
into Roman history and had a good
Jorget the bitterness and acri were indefensible. Certain fea deal" to say about the states of an
m o n y it engendered, and patri tures o f every ta riff are indefensi tiquity and the Roman proconsuls
o tic citizens o f every p a r ty have ble. He accepted it because it and various matters of that kind.
When he found that the president
been extending the m ost cord ia l w a s the best he could get. N oth
w ishes for success t o President in g would* have better pleased was bfent upon using his own in
augural Mr. Webster1 said that his
W i l s o n . President T a ft has the extrem e standpatters than
desire
was to modify it and to get
s h o w n him self the “ gam est loser” t o have had him v eto it, fo r they in some things that were not there
the co u n try ever knew . In the d id n ’t w a n t an y co rp o ra tio n tax and to get out some things that were
delicate and cord ia l courtesies he o r an y non-partisan ta riff com there, for as it then stood it had
has extended t o his successor, he m ission. W ith those t w o p ro no more to do with the American
has elicited the ad m iration o f visions it w a s the best tariff bill government and people than a chap
ter of the Koran. General Harrison
th e w h ole Am erican people, and ever passed b y a Republican con rather reluctantly consented to let
he h as left the W hite H ouse m ore gress, for real progressives o f all him take it. Mr. Webster spent a
p o p u la r w ith his p olitical adver parties have lo n g dem anded a part o f the next day in modifying
saries th an any president the non-partisan ta riff com m ission, i t Mrs. Seaton remarked to him
c o u n tr y has ever k n ow n . I n the w hich, supported in g o o d faith, when be came home rather late
that day, that he looked rather fa
face o f the splendid spirit he has means an end of ta riff lo g rolling,
tigued and worried, but he replied
and
the
a
d
o
p
tio
n
'o
f
a
plan
o
f
s h o w n , one is tem pted t o ask
that he was sorry that she had
y o u r correspondent, W. M . con tin u ou s revision, schedule by waited dinner for him.
“ This is of no consequence at all,
Leeper, w h a t public g o o d he schedule, b y a practical, a fair
thinks he is subserving in the and a scientific m ethod. As t o Mr. Webster,” she said, “ but I am
sorry to see you so worried and
viciou s and ill-natured diatribe M r. P in chot, he w as very p roper
tired. I really hope nothing has
ly
fired
as
an
insorbordin
ate
and
t o w hich he ga ve vent in y o u r
happened.”
issue o f last evening. The Repub wilful v io la to r o f the law . His
“You would think that something
lican p a r ty is “ hopelessly split” effort t o discredit the adm inis had happened,” he replied, “ if you
a n d “ n o one b u t T a ft” is t o tra tion w ound up w ith t h e knew what I have done. I have
blam e. Leeper says it, and he “ Dick t o D ick” forgery, w ith an killed seventeen Roman proconsuls
as dead as smelts, every one of
ou g h t t o k n ow . “ A loy a l Re adm ission th a t C on troller bay
them.”
— From “ Wit and Humor of
publican for 5 0 y ea rs,” he has as a h arbor w a s practically American Statesmen.”
quit. One is curious t o k n ow w orthless, and w ith the flat re
A Perpetual Houeehunter.
w h a t ails him n o w , after affiliat fusal o f the G raham com m ittee
t
o
m
ake
a
rep
ort
when
the
in
The
greatest house hunter in cre
ing all these years w ith a p a rty
ation is the herm^ crab. It is never
vestigation
developed
enough
to
responsible in L in coln ’s tim e for
satisfied with its whelk shell and is
politician s o f the Quinn C am eron absolutely vindicate the adm in continually abandoning it for an
typ e, and later responsible for istration. As t o M r. Glavis, other. It is a most amusing sight
the Credit M obiler, the whiskey even H iram John son felt com on placing a couple of these crabs
and “ the sta r rou te” frauds, and pelled t o fire him for alleged offi in an aquarium, in which they have
a selection of whelk shells, to watch
all the nameless abuses o f ca r cial malfeasance.
the way in which they change their
The
boss,
the
grafter
and
the
p e tb a g governm ent in the south.
quarters, tenanting each of the
The facts are, th at there h a s machine have seldom , if ever, shells in turn. If only two whelk
never been a smaller percentage been less pow erful in any of the shells are available the two crabs
ot political scandals chargeable parties than during the past four engage in a fight, and the victor
t o an y Republican adm inistra years, and any m an w h o n ow enters the vanquished one’s shell,
while the evicted tenant has to be
tion than during the last four wishes t o leave the Republican
content with the discarded shell of
p
a
rty
a
t
a
tim
e
when
it
is
rele
years, and we challenge him t o
the victor. But within a quarter of
g o t o the official records upon g a tin g its bosses t o the rear as an hour the victor renews hostilities
the statem ent th at n o adm inis never before, and t o allign him for the possession of his old quar-
tra tio n o f four years in the his self under the banners o f M unsey ters. i •
to r y o f the cou n try has offered and Perkins, and R oosevelt and
True.
us m ore o f progressive p olitical Dan H anna and Bill Flinn, is
“ It isn’t true, is it,” asked Rollo
legislation. “ T a ft did n o t carry sim ply exercising his G od-given as he finished reading “ The Pied
ou t R oosev elt’ s p olicies.” W hat prerogative as an American citi Piper of Hamelin” — “ it isn’t true
that he could play on his pipe so
policies? His p olicy in refusing zen in d oin g so.
that the rats would go off and drown
Charles B. M oores.
t o prosecute a m em ber o f his
themselves?”
cabinet for v iola tin g the an ti
“ Well,” replied Rollo’s father, “ I
L os Angeles.— Clarence s . u a r r o w i
rebate law s? His p olicy in re
don’t
know about that. I think it
second trial on a Jury-bribery charge
fusing t o prosecute the harvester ended here In a disagreement o f the may be true. Your Uncle George
tru st? H is p olicy in perm itting Jury. Eight o f the Jurors stood for can play the flute so that it will
the steel trust t o a b sorb the Ten conviction and four held out for ac scare a cow into the river and drive
all the dogs in the neighborhood
nessee C oa l & Iron C om p an y? quittal. Darrow Immediately demand crazy. Yes, I should say the poem
ed a new trial and District Attorney
H is p olicy in sitting in the W hite
Fredericks said he certainly would is true.” — London Answers.
H ouse for seven and one-half have one. Judge Conley, o f Madera
His Day Off.
years and d o in g absolutely n oth oountv, who presided, set March SI
He
waa
a
new
office boy.
ing t o revise the tariff? O n e as the date for the beginning o f the
‘'How
would
you
like to take a
th in g T a ft did d o . He form u re-trial.
day off?” asked Ilia employer.
lated a great international arbi
“ Oh, fine!” said the lad aa visions
South Dakota Sets Saloon Limit.
tr a tio n trea ty th a t had i n it
of
a day at leisure came before his
Pierre, 8 . D.— The South Dakota
g reater possibilities fo r the g o o d legislature. Just before adjournment of eye*.
“ Well, then, take the Wednesday
o f the n ation and of the w orld a t the session, passed a bill providing
date
off the calendar ao Thursday
large than all th a t R oosevelt that only one saloon license may be
will
show—
a day off, see?*
ever did, o r ever th ou g h t of, and Issued to each COS Inhabitants 'w ith
And
the
new office boy hurried
the exception that two saloons are
th a t bu t for the R oosevelt in permitted Ja each town regardless of from the room with a resolve to peas
it on.— Indianapolis News.
fluence w ith t w o o r three sena sise.
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The last word received from the
besieged city o f Nacoxarl waa from
the telegraph operator, who flashed
“ too hot for me here,” and left his key
before all wires between Douglas and
Nacoxarl were c u t
round nis tongue again ana tout me
that for a long time there had been
a legend among the neighboring
huntamen of a splendid stag, at
which many of them had ihot, that
was bewitched, and for which the
Open revolt and scenes of disorder ffctal bullet had not been cast.
have occurred among the 260 federal
“ Well, I am not superetitioua,
defenders of Agua Prieta. and the m il but I must say I am inclined to
itary officials there gave warning to
think there was certainly something
all Americans to leave the town.
uncanny about this stag. We still
The beet citlxene o f A gaa Prieta
call him the ghost stag, and I do
generally fled to Douglas, while the
not believe I shall ever get another
drunken and rebellous soldiers pa
shot at him.”
raded the streets crying “ Viva Made-
r e !" “ Viva M aytorena!” and "V iva
Turned Back the Compliment.
D ias!” Brawls between politically es
Harry Lauder, the Scotch come
tranged com panions In arms added to
dian, tells a story of an English
the confusion and terror which held
nobleman.
the town in its grip.
THE “GHOST” STAG.
A Lordly Bruts That Bewildered the
German Crown Prinoe.
“ His lordship was introduced to
me at the Tivoli one night,” so the
story begins. “ He asked me to dine
with him. I accepted, and then he
hesitated and said:
“ 1 don’t mean dine at my home,
you know. My wife doesn’t ap
prove of— er— music hall people,
you know. T mean dîne at my club.*
“ ‘ At vour club?’ said I, with a
horrified look. ‘Oh, no! No, thankj
you, my lord. I’m sorry to have to
decline, bnt the fact is, you know,
my wife doesn’t— er— approve of
clqjamen.’ ”
In his interesting volume, “ From
My Hunting Duy Book,” the Ger
man crown prince, Friedrich Wil
helm, tells of a “ ghost” stag. He
“ saw” the “ ghost” on two different
Franklin K. Lane, of California, who occasions. He says that he was so
la Secretary of the Interior In Presi close to him that he could count
every branch on his antlers with the
dent Wllaon’e Cabinet.
naked eye. The prince sprang from
his cart and fired point blank, but
MARCHERS CALLED "HENS” “ My aim was all right, the herd
What, Indeed?
scattered, and the stag simply disap- i
A duchess requiring a lady’s maid
Woman Witness 8ays Policemen In
pcared. We could neither see nor | had an interview with one, to whom,
Sympathy With, Mob
find
any trace of him.”
after having examined her appear
W ashington.— Before
the
senate
The
second occasion is described ! ance. she said, “ Of course you will
aub-committee Investigating the dis
order which attended the parade o f as follows: “ l leaped out of the car- j be able to dress my hair for me?”
“ Oh, yes,” replied the girl; “ it
woman suffragists here. Miss Janet riage and looked through the gloss, j
F. Richards, who mttrehed In the first I undoubtedly recognized the splen-1 never takes me more than half an
section o f the parade, declared “ most | did stag, the famous fourteen1 hour to dress a lady’s hair.”
o f the policem en were standing idly ; pointer! The herd began to move
“ Half an hour, my child!” ex
aA>und In the crow d and seemed in and made off through an alder wood claimed the duchess in accents of
! to an adjoining meadow. The stag terror. “ And what on earth, then,
sympathy with the mob's s p irit’*
“ How was this m ob’s spirit evi 1 moved in their midst. The forester should T be able to do with myself
denced?” asked Senator Chamberlain. , and I stalked them as quickly as sll the remainder of the morning?”
‘‘B y‘ the hooting and Jeering o f the i possible, but they had already gone — Dundee Advertiser.
crowd,” replied M iss Richards, “all 1 some distance.
“ At last, in a small field, we saw
Business Daal.
along the line men yelled: T h ese are
the
herd again. With infinite care
nothing but bena, we came out to see
“ Nobodv ever gets the best of
we crept toward them and managed Wombat.”
chickens.’ ”
Police Chief Sylvested furnished a to get within poaaible range. The
“ I once saw him get the worst of
statem ent to show he had 176 officers deer, however, were restless and a business deal.”
“ Never.”
on duty for the suffrage parade and moved to and fro uneasily round the
S6T for the inaugural parade the day border of the wood. There is scarce
“ Fact. He had put a penny in a
follow ing. There were disorders on ly light enough to shoot. In spite of alot macli ve. and it refused to give
that, after a most careful scrutiny up.” —Louisville Courier-Journal.
March 4.
He denied indignantly that he had through the glass, I'take particular
T H E M A R K E TS .
ever said or done anything that would care, adjust the sights and fire.
Portland.
have given the men “lower down” the There is just enough light for me
W heat— Club, S6c; bluestem , 66c;
idea that the orders for protecting tl^ | to see that the stag takes a great red Russian, 86c.
The head
parade were not to be taken seriously. | leap, then drops dead.
Hay— Tim othy, »161, alfalfa, »11 »0.
forester and I excitedly shake
Butter— Creamery, »7c.
hands. At last we have got the
E sc*— Candled, 17c.
blessed brute!
Hop#— 1612 crop, 17e.
“ After a quick run over the 300
W ool— Eastern Oregon, 14c; W il
yards of marshy meadow land we lam ette valley, 20e.
reach the spot, and there, to our
indescribable surprise and disillu
Seattle.
Arts.— Encamped within sionment, lies a poor wretched
W heat— Bluest am, 66c; clnb, 16c,
striking distance of several border twelve pointer, killed by a beauti red Ruaalan, 81c.
____ ___ s— J
towns, are 6600 constltutionist troops fully clean shot
This was really
Eggs— 17c.
while Insnrrectoe among federal gar- going beyond a joke!
1 told the
Butter— Creamery, 66c.
risons have strengthened materially forester to his face that there was
Hay— Tim othy, »16 per ton; alfalfa,
the re**»' force*.
something wrong there. A t this he »14 per ton.
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