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"The President And Popular Rule
Much was heard in the last na-1
tional campaign about popular
rule- Now President Wilson is j
showing himself in various ways j
to be a believer in rule of that
sort in affairs of government. j
For he takes the people into his (
confidence and asks Congress to
do the same.
The president, for example, re
quested the Democrats of the
House to consider the tariff bill j
in open caucus. This was a j
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the House of Representatives is,
practically certain to do what j
the Democrat caucus recom-!
mends, the real deliberation upon
the tariff bill will be in the latter
body rather than upon the floor
of the House.
With his characteristic desire
to permit the rule to know pre
cisely what is going on, Presi
dent Wilson did what he could
bo have the caucus proceedings
made public. His plan was vot
ed down by a substantial majori
ty. Chairman Underwood and
other Democratic leaders in Con
gress prefer the old style secret
caucus. V
President Wtlson also favors
the framing and passage of sev
eral separate tariff bills, instead
of a single \neasure covering the
entire Subject of tariff revision.
^ The J/ormer method is well cal
%Tuated to prevent log rolling and
to foster intelligent comprehen
sion by the people at large of
the real issues involved in this
matter, also, the president has
^lieen overruled for the time be
""** ing. The plan adopted by the
ws^'s arid means comfiittee is to <
include the entire program of
tariff revision in a single bill.
In overruling the pr—ddent in
these important matters the
Democratic leaders in Congress
have put themselves in a posi
tion Where they must be espec
ially careful not to offend popu- J
lar sentiment by the kind of
tariff revision they present to
the nation. They will have little
enough to gain by putting them
selves in the wrong and thereby j
coming into open conflict with j
a president who knows how to |
appeal frankly and openly to
the people.—Chicago News.
The Charge Seems Baseless.
We had a strong hunch at the
time Madero was assassinated
that Ambassador Wilson had a
guilty knowledge of the whole
foul affair and was suppressing
the truth from his government.
Charges now boldly made assert
this to be a fact. Let the light
be turned on and if he was brib
ed by Mexican gold let the con
Poll linAn him_ Tpvnv
OWjUVllVV --
kanian- ,
In these reckless days it is j
easy to make charges against
public officials. Every charge
made against a public official, no
matter how absurd, how unreas
onable or how outrageous it may
be, carries weight with some
people who are willing, yea, not
only willing hut anxious, to ac
cept as true anything of a vic
ious nature that may gain cir
culation. Unfortunately too,
many of the people thus con
stituted are not vicious in their
natures. They are thoughtless.
They jump at conclusions. They
assume that the charges would
not be made if there was no bas
is for them, and do not stop to
investigate or scrutinize.
Some of the charges which
have been made against Ambas
sador Wilson are wild and reck
less. If true they would make
Mr. Wilson the abettor of one of
the most hideous crimes of the
century. They would place him
in the attitude not only of con
spiring to overthrow the lawful
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president of Mexico, with whom
he was on terms of the closest
intimacy and friendship, but of
conniving at the murder of that
president after his downfall.
The charges are preposterous.
They are so absurd that they fall
I to pieces of their own weight.
What was there to be gained by
deposing Madero ? Absolutely
nothing.
The testimony of all foreign
diplomats, as well as American
residents in Mexico City dur
ing the perilous time that has
elapsed since the outbreak of
the Madero revolution, is to the
effect that Mr. Wilson has con
ducted the affairs of his govern
ment with ability and impartial
ity. If he has ever thrown his ;
influence to one side or the oth-!
er the fact has not become ap- j
parent to disinterested observ
ers.
The government of the United |
States and its representatives at j
| Mexico City have been under,
fire by both the contending fac- j
tions ever since the present
troubles began. Two years ago
adherents of the Diaz regime
complained that the gathering
of troops on the Rio Grande was
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bvaucuvc uo. luc sympatny ui uur
government for the Madero
gause, After the recent success
ful Counter revolution of Huer
ta and Diaz, the latter demanded
that the United States recognize 1
Huerta as the de jure president
of the country, and contended
that its refusal to do so was '
still further evidence Of its par- i
tisanship in the same direction- <
The widow of Madero, as well '
as some of the more ardent ad- 1
herents of the murdered presi- i
dent, charge that the United :
States have thrown their in- <
fluence toward Huerta and Diaz, i
while the latter two are bitterly "!
complaining that their cause is }
being weakened because our gov- s
ernment withholds that recogni
tion to which they believe them- 1
selves to be entitled. i
It is but natural that Mrs. Ma- i
dero and her late husband’s most e
ardent adherents should feel bit- r
ter toward those who are at s
present at the head of the Mex- \
ican government, and it is not t
unnatural that they should feel
that Mr. Wilson should have ta- 5
ken the president under the pro- r
tecting wing of his government jj
and prevented his murder, for 2J
Mexicans are impulsive people, a
not much given to reason. It a
does not occur to them that Mr. c
Wilson had no more right to in- j
terfere in Madero’s behalf than j
he would have been warranted <
in interfering in Porfiro Diaz' j
behalf at the time he was over- ]
thrown by Madero, but there is 0
io reason why thapeople of the
Jnited States should accept their j
•eckless and unreasonable j
:harges.
The people of the United States j
vill not believe one of their rep
resentatives guilty of the hide- j
>us crime laid at his door bj
he friends of the late president j
ind the sensational press with-:
>ut more convincing testimonyj
;han has yet been laid before
hem.—Fort Smith Times Rec
>rd.
“The Message of Spring.”
Traskwood, Ark., April 15.—
3h! mysterious, half-born
Spring, a great tribute we would j
oay to you, namely, for having i
kissed the modest violet and but- j
tercups into existence. The j
three unerring fates of the gods j
who spin so unceasingly,—sad ,
‘Clotho’ with the magic spindle,,
and ’Atropas’ with her silken ;
chaff never spun a more sun
kissed Goddess than you with
your skies of blue and orchestra j
of music, no living genius can
excel. I
A thousand unseen muses lurk
in every tree and flower, singing ;
songs that outrival Apollo with j
his mystic lyre. You are to us,!
fair Spring, a regular joy giving
‘Hebe.’ You personify and em
body that, which every mortal
seeks in vain to possess and re
tain. You are strangely per
sistent. Like a Statue of Rodin,
we can’t quite escape the im
pression you make. This new
creation expresses to us so much,
yet it lingers awhile ere it re
veals the secret- We try to in
terpret the wild hymns the
woods resound with, for they are
laden with a revelation.
Ah, men wiser than we, have
sought in vain to misconstrue
that revelation. Voltaire sat
down upon the stormy shores of
time and waited for the tide to j
come and waft him out to the j
land of nothingness. But Vol
taire sat wrapped in gloom in a [
mlusty library and not once did j
he seek to turn one of your gild
ed leaves’ sweet Book of Spring,
and to such as you remain an
enigma still.
We can’t imbibe your you
spirit and at the same time, pos
sess a skeleton of Paganism.
We have an inalienable right to
your affections for you are the
mother of life divine. It is ob
viously true that every soul pos
sesses one besetting sin, but ev
sn this sin gets far into the back
ground before your majestic
presence. We cannot be so sel
fish when we commune with you
as to want to barter our eternal
heritage for a nice, big mess of
sarthly gain. We do not want to
3e swindled like Esau.
Anotner lesson, you lain
vould teach, is the lesson of sub
nission. Every visit of the
jrim Reaper, every passing of
Earth’s human flowers, brings
is nearer the truth you verify,
n spite of Time’s inexorable
icythe, that waits to cu^ you
lown. You smile on, like Athe
1a, Goddess of Everlasting Joy.
fet how soon will winter destroy
rour bloom and a dreadful past
wallow you up.
Ah! Springtime of Promise,
iow sweetly you are repeating to
is, “That Sorrows only human
ze the soul, tears are the show
rs that fertilize the world—and
lemory of things we’ve loved
nd lost, only keeps forever
farm the hearts that held
hem,”
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Beedeville.
The farmers are taking ad
vantage of this pretty weathei
Rev. Lashlee is holding a se- j
ries of meetings at this place.
J. A. Beede has opened up a
street between his place and W. j
W. Beede.
Jim Sharkey has accepted a
position writh W. W. Beede as
general roustabout.
W. W. and F. W. Beede are
spending most of their time
hunting wild turkey.
Miss Annie Hutchins is again
able to attend school
Mr. E. T. Plummer made a
flying trip to I. P. Phillips’ Sun
day.
Misses Almiro and Freeda Mc
Fadden, also Miss Muriel Hamil
ton were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. McFadden Sunday evening.
Auvergne.
Mrs. T. H. Neal is on the sick
list but is getting better.
Emmett Johnson visited rela
tives at Judsonia Sunday.
Lawrence Beard was visiting
SAID SHE
WOULD FAINT
Mrs. Della Lon£ Unable to Stand
On Her Feet More Than a Few
Minutes at a Time.
Pendergrass, Ga.—Mrs. Della Long,
of this place, in a recent letter, says: ,
“For five or six years, I suffered agon
ies with womanly troubles.
Often, I couldn’t sit up more than a
few minutes at a time, and if I stood
on my feet long, I would faint.
I took Cardui, and It helped mo Im
mediately. Now. I can de my work all
the time, and don’t suffer like I did."
Take Cardui when you feel in la nay
way—weak, tired, miserable, er under
the weather. Cardnl la a strength
building tonic medicine for women.
It has been found to rollers pain and
distress -a used by womanly trouble!,
and Is an excellent medicine to bars on
hand at an times.
Cardui acts on the womanly consti
tution, building up womanly strength,
toning up the norma, and regulating
the womanly organa.
Its half century of success la due ta
merit It haa done good to thousands.
wm you try It? It may be Just w*M
you need Ask your drugglet about
Cardui. He will recommend It
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his parents Satarda/M
and Monday. ^ V
his home ir. Chicago.'^ *
S. J. Johnston’s Po I
jessing nicely
H. D. Ellison mady|
trip to Newport Tuesday*■
Charles K. Coe vl^'M
McCartney Sunday. V
Augustus J
Rem m el. I
Spring has opened aga J
a short nap and the farniI
getting busy again. |
E. L. Dean, J. v
andJ. R. Stacy returnej
Cow Lake Sunday.
Rumor has it that then
be a wedding in our vi,
soon.
Mrs. Rotha Newman iS(1|
sick list this week.
We are sorry to chronic],
death of Mrs. Will Smith,]
occurred Sunday. She leay
husband to mourn her de|
ure. The grief-stricken f,
have the sympathy of thee
community in this great
row. Interment at McCall
etery.
Miss Maude Shelby lia$Bui(
visiting homefolks. B^
Oral Cook visited his By,
friends Saturday and SundaBu
Dr. Neal was called to see^E \
Benson Saturday afternoon,® r
also little Ruby Christal,Bn
both are some better atB '
writing- K
Velma McCartney was sBrj
ping in Newport Saturday. V
Runaway®
New Paper At Little RodH^
Little Rock, April 17.-B,)
first charter issued to a sBn
promoting company under ®c
new “blue sky” law was ®i
the local corporation which]B
poses to establish a daily paB]
in Little Rock, and which®
capitalized at $100,000. H^
sale of stock has been going®
for some time and about $H|
000 worth has been placed,®
state auditor gave his appro®
on the showing made by the pH
moters of the company andB
lowed the sale of stock to;B
ceed. Among the backers of®
new paper are Rev. Frank B®
rett, Dr. J. H. Estes, David®
Gates and other prominent®
kansans. 9
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