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Guymon Herald.
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GUYMON, BEAVER COl'NTY, (>. T. THURSDAY. MAY 31, 1906.
PART
HOUSE FOR FREE SEEDS.
ANTt.ilONOPOLY LAWS.
LOWER BRASCII OF NATIONAL
LEGISLATURE PASSES THIS
APPROl'KIA TIOS.
Members of Congress "Haze" Op-
ponents of Free Seeds.-Confusion
Precedes Final Vote on BlU«-Agri-
Cultural Oratory.
When the nonse of Representatives
took up the agricultural appropriation
bill, quite a discussion arose over the
elimination of the usual free seed item
by the committee on agriculture. The
House gave to the country during the
days of debate, a spectacle that else-
where than on the tbsir of that parlia-
mentary body," would have been known
as "rough house."
There was a great tendency to
"haze" members when they spoke iu
defense of the action of the committee.
Much was said about the attempt to
strike down the hard-working farmer
aud take from him that helping hand
In the shupe of free seeds which had
been beld out to him for so many
years.
None of the advocates of free seeds
emphasized the fact that the total val-
ue of the'package containing five
small packets which forms the quota
sent to each farmer cost the govern-
ment 1 V* cents, and that each member
had the enormous sum of firiO worth
of these seeds to distribute among his
eutire constituency. The arguments
advanced sought to prove that the
withdrawal of this subsidy of less than
2 cents to each farmer would drive tla>
entire agricultural voting strength of
the country into bankruptcy.
j ELOQUENCE ON TAP.
Some of the speffbeB made will go
rolling dowu the "corridors of time"
as specimens of that matchless elo-
quence always 0T1 tap iu the House of
Representatives when a great uatiocal
issue is up for consideration.
Mr. Henry, of Connecticut, submit-
ted innumerable letters from his con-
Rcgulations In France Which Rigidly
Prohibit the Cornering of Neces-
sary Commodities,
It seems that our anti-trust and mon-
oply crusaders might learn something
from the methods employed in our
8ister Republic of France. There,
capitalists are limited in their oper*
tions of • cornering" commodities. This
applies particularly to those products
which are considered necessities of
life, such as grain and its products,
bread, meat, wine, vegetables, fruit,
butter, vinegar, coal, wool, silk. etc.
Any "cornering" of such articles is a
criminal offense In France. It has been
so. with varying forms of penalties
dealt out, since 1793. The offense has
been made so broad and sweeping that
It now Includes all persons who de-
stroy or permit to perish merchandise
of prime necessity, whether It is their
property or not.
The criminal code prohibits mani-
pulations tending to bring about an
advance or fall In price that is not
warranted by the law of supply and
demand. The law does not include
tobacco, of course, for tobacco Is a
IS OLD AS HE FEELS.
AT EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS, SENI-
OR PETTUS DISGUSTED AT
DEISG CALLED AGED.
Constituents Idolize Him-But They
ore Preparing to Hold an Election
to Decide on SuccessorHn Case He
Dies.
Something unusual is happening In
Alabama. The people unanimously
want Edmund Winstou Pettus to con-
tinue to serve them In the United
States Senate as long as he lives. Yet
they are preparing to hold an election
to decide upon his successor. The rea-
son is that when Senator Pettus' pres-
ent term expires, in 1909. he will be
88 years old, and the election Is to be
held because Alabamans fear he will
not live longer than that. But "Grand-
pa" Pettus is indignant. He says he
is as spry as he was at 60 and that he
expects to live out the whole six yeara
of another term. He is candidate for
re-election on the platform: "A man
is as young as he feels."
Senator Pettus had reached the time
imvprntnont n ■ ^enHior reuus nau reacneu me time
EZ5?LTTi' *°lr",,r0"21 " ^'orofomin*. .Mordlw to ,h.
absolutely by It. The punishment met
ed out to the violators of this law con-
sists of both Imprisonment and fine,
the term and amount being measured
by the magnitude of the offense. In
addition to this the offending manu-
facturer. merchant, or manipulator has
his factory or business establishment
placed under police supervision, the ex-
pense of which he pays for from two to
flvfl years. There is no more trouble
in handling offending corporations
than individuals. Every director or
so-called Osier doctrine, back in '63—
about the time he was performing
deeds of daring in defense of Vlcks-
burg, fighting with the Confederate
army. It seems that the situation had
become desperate; volunteers were
called for a forlorn hope. A brigade
of reckless Texans offered for the
service, and Pettus offered to lead.
And he did lead—led where fight was
hottest, and at the head of the column,
his sfx feet four looming large in front,
that protruding lower Jaw set on tak-
„ . • , V i"ull u«us lower jaw set on tan-
E2ZXJ* ""y.* < « ««. w*.
responsible. For a second offense, th
penalty is so severe that it would re-
sult In the extermination of alawst
any establishment.
MEMORIAL DAY.
No memorial day. or Decoration
— ( Day. an It Is more generally known
stituents and from organized granges has ever come around, since after
that tall figure rose and that black
straight mane waved those Texana
followed. They loved him for his dar-
ing. and when all was done and they
learned that he was from Alabama
and not from Texas they Insisted on
adopting him for their State, and by
one acclaim he was christened "Old
Texas." Pettus
was a Forty-Niner.
— —_ 1 t'ci 'niur 11 ron 1111, since aner 1 He rode from Alabama to California
urging the abolishment of the free-seed j the institution of the observance more 1V" hor^ack Wlth a ™mpany of some
practice. Mr. Mondell. of Wyoming.1 than thirty-Ave yeara ngo wben- forty of his neighbors. He was a mere
delivered himself of a humorous
speech in which he poked fun at the
Department. Mr. Burleson, of Texas,
better state of feeling existed between
the North and South, and l>etwe< n
the men who fought In the war, than
, " — -• — — - IUC I _ _
opposed free seeds because be did cot now. There has been a decided ten-
belleve the intelligent farmers of the I fleecy this v ar to all sorts of Blue and
country expected the government tolGrav proeeMlngs The Grand \rinv
aid them In i-ielr business. Farmers, posts ani the Confederate camps have
under all circumstances, be said, had m'xed themselves up in a most genial
supported the government and never 1 war
expected the government to support This does not mean that the special
thwU" t. , ., * value of the day, to the northerner, as
Mr. Burleson paid his respects, a commemoration of die services and
rather sarcastically, to certain mem-1 death of the Futon soldier has lost Its
bers who advocated free seeds on the ! tine edge. On tb contrary, it has
floor and then In the cloak rooms gained In zest The soldier died for
sneered at the "Reubens" and "hay-1 the Union, and those who lay flowers
seeds ' who demanded them. Mr. Bur-1 on blsgrave cannotdo so without thluk-
lad then of twenty-eight, but had al-
ready had adventures in the Mexican
war. in which he fought. At eighty-
five his record is said to be something
like this: Enjoys a game of cards,
reads his Bible, loves flowers, runs no
bills, carries a red bandana, calls hlB
wife sweetheart, has a fund of subtle
humor, and being a Senator who works,
hasn't time to think whether the Grim
Reaper is twenty or only ten years
off. That, his friends believe, is a
good enough platform in itself.
RED TAPE IN DAYS OF *61.
Wat to Get Broom* Was
to Beg the Money and Buy Them.
A veteran of the civil war, in com-
menting on the so-called Panama
circumlocution office, gave some amus-
ing reminiscences of the working of
the "rep ta|>e" during the days of 1861.
"I was quartermaster sergeant In a
New York regiment and had iieen
detailed to assist in handllug a bunch
of recruits," lie said. "At the end of
the first week 1 discovered that we
were out of brooms, and when I re-
ported tile matter to the lieutenant lie
told me to stop off at the ordnance
store wheu 1 rode iu to get the ratious.
CONFEDERATE DAUGHTERS.
JIRS. GOODLETTOF NASHVILLE-
FOUXDER AXDPRESIDEXT OF
NATIONAL ORDER.
Strove for Years to Unite Various
Southern State Organizations-
Active Worker In Many Charitable
Institutions.
Few have accomplished more for
living patriotism as well as per|N>tuat
Ing the memory of the heroic dead of
the Southland than Mrs. M. Good-
lett, of Nashville, Tenn., the founder
and first president of the United
Joys in Tree Planting.
In the early spring the tree fakir is JI made out a requisition for half a
thriving upon the fad for foreign trees ' dozen brooms and he signed it. When
MBS. M. O. OOODLETT,
President United Daughters of the Confederacy.
ICENKS IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETRY
Wbere Arc Hurled 26,000 Union nuri Confederate Dead.
Monument to 2,111 "Unknown Dead."
Mansion Houie of Oen. Hotiert E. Lee.
. Amphitheatre Where Memorial Services Are Held.
| leaon challenged nnybody to show a ing of the Union and Its sacredness.
Blngle resolution passed by un organ- But the Union Is now secure forever!
lied lwHly of farmers favoring this The rancors of war time are dead!
"■pedes of graft iThe work of the hero of that war Is
Mr. Mondell held the attention of | complete. There Is now no further
, the House until he had concluded, and [ occasion for maintaining the conflict
(.la speech was the one cool, discission- that he had part In.
ate episode of the day. "The question At the side of the soldiers' graves,
l«." said he, "Shall we continue to en- In this year of 1900, uiuuy stalwart
"r ourselves to the hearts of our grandsons of uien who are hurled
I f .stUuents by distributing among there will stand with flowers in their
cii.mt a few packages auaually of seeds I hands. I8ttr> was a good while ago.
I — 0 MltltAifii llllll III A I _ a - m - I *
I of unknown vintage and uncertain
heredity of the fragrant onion, the
luscious rutabaga, and the humble but
glorious—'the kind that moth* used to
I make—pie promoting pumpkin, or shall
A certain amount of the decorating
this year will be done by veterans'
great-grandsons For there were old
fellows In the ranks of Hull Hun and at
Gettysburg on larth sides. Hut there
nm (—|iu' |mwui\mmik I'um,'" wnijiMiuiK un kmii niii mere
w% With Kpartan self-denial, forego were youngsters, too. and thousands of
tkla .i tiiilmit mill luitnllt I )Fl II ll( it IT Of lliiu.i Iiufn ntllli ttu ^tlll 'PI.....
[ this ancient and |M>tent promoter of
our claims to statesmanship?"
Mr. Mondell concluded by convulsing
the House with a famous |ioein writ
I ten by the "poet lariat' of ills State
I on the subject under discussion b.v
I the House
When Mr. Cocks, the representative
I of President Roosevelt's district on
I l,okg Island, began to denounce the
I free-swd evil he sikiii had the House
| by the ears Messrs Hullownj Slid
(Continued eu nest page )
these we have with us still. They are
honored aliove all other men. and pro
pcrly, on Memorial Day. It Is their
day. Nothing can be more impressive
than their animal turnout. It Is the
nation's most lieantlful spectacle, and
the honoring of It weaves Into Amer-
ican lives the endurlug pattern of
patriotism.
Boston hM a public school teacher—
Mlsa Clara Dnane— who has taught
continuously fur llftjr eeveu years.
and shrubs. About the time the snow
disappears in early spring the tree
fakir takes his grubbing hoe, his prun-
jng shears and a ball of twine and goes
into the woods. There he grubs up tree
sprouts—sumach, oak. alianthus, hick-
ory. beech, poplar, chestnut—or almost.
anything el.se will serve his purpose.
These he trims and prunes and ties up
in bundles for removal to the place
where they are to be stored.
When the spring tidying up of the
home garden commences the tree fakir
makes his appearance In public. He
will show pictures of rare Japanese or
Chinese or Mexican or East Indian
shrub trees and offer to supply you
sprouts at a figure that is most invit-
ing. You see an opportunity to get a
plant worth $12 for $1. and then you
think ot the envy which that queer,
red-leafed, wide-spreading bush will
excite in the breast of your neighbor—
and you buy.
By and by you shout with Joy and
call your wife out to see the tiny
leaves, and then you begin to brag and
look down upon your neighbors. You
Invite them in to see the wonder, and
you talk learnedly of horticulture In
Japan or the Eai-t Indies.
And then your glorious tree bursts
into leaf—when you discover that you
have bought an ordinary, common,
everyday sumach or a maple, or. per-
haps. a scrawny little peach tree. Then
you lie In wait for him, and you meet
with another disappointment. He
doesn't come around any more.
Afterthoughts.
The ratio of married couplea living
to celebrate the golden anniversary is
1 to 11,000.
According to Pekln reports, the Chi-
nese bandits are almost as active as
East Side rioters in New York.
A Milwaukee poetess won a barrel
of flour in a poetical contest. Few
poets are so lucky in landing the
dough.
'Chicago bristles." aayB Henry
James, proving that they took him on
the usual sightseeing trip through the
stockyards-hogs and cattle.
The baby that was born In a parlor
car on the lake Shore road can claim
that whatever success he achieves later
In life was due to early training.
Henry James calls himself a "frus-
trated American." Those of us who
have tried to understand Mr. James'
hooks belong in the same class.
The Washington State Supreme
Court has given George H Melse $14,-
000 for the loss of a leg George's
financial standing la now assured.
Dr. Wiley, the Government Chemist
Is looking Into the question of how long
refrigerator plants may keep food with,
out detriment to the consumer. He la,
of course, after the cold facts. ■Tiowsn'^T
I got to the store I showed It to the
sergeant In charge and he laughed at
me.
" 'You must get it signed by the
major,' he said.
"I finally hunted up the major and
he told me that the order must be on
army form 7ilO.N!>"K. and not on
foolscap. I told blm that my party
were recruits and we had no station-
ery. He told me to go or to Bend to
Washington and get some. I explained
that this would take long and that the
brooms would not do any gotsl If we
did not get them sooner. He then
asked If the lieutenant was the com-
mander of my corps. I answered that
of course he was not. 'Then,' I was
told, 'he must put under his name
"For Officer Commanding.'"
"I went back to camp, and after
writing out a new requisition had the
desired Improvement made. When I
returned to the major he explained
that It was all wrong. Instead of
saying 'required for such a regiment
nnd company, six brooms,' I should
have concluded it with 'brooms six.'
I scratched out the line and rewrote
It. I was then told such corrections
were not allowed, and a new requsi-
tlon was necessary. I drew up a new
one aud asked If It was all right.
The major reluctantly said he thought
It would pass. I then rode back to
camp aud got it signed. Taking It to
the ordnance store I was informed that
nothing could Is* issued on such an
rnler. it bad to lie registered. I asked
for further pimiculars, and was in-
formed that this could tie done at the
majors office. Once more I trotted
back and eventually a cor|s>ral placed
my paper under a little stamp and In-
flicted a mark something like a no-
tary's sea 1. Again I went to the ord-
nance store.
"'Is this all right now,' I usked.
" 'Yes,' answered the sergeant. 'It's
a bit Irregular, but It will do.'
"'May 1 have the brooms now'/'
" 'You can't have theui at all,' an-
swered the sergeant, severely.
"'Why, in Heaven's name, can't IV
" 'Because,' he replied us lie turned
away, we haven't auy. We are all
out of them,'"
Daughters of the Confederacy. No
ouc but a woman of such force of
character united to the social training
that comes from Inheritance through
a long line of ancestors, together with
parliamentary experience, could have
conceived and firmly established in so
short a time a society that now num-
bers 40,0<si membera.
Mrs. Goodlctt Is very modest In
speaking of this cherished child of
hers, wbose birth has given monn-
" d loving tribute to Isttli IIv
ing aud dead Southern heroes. Her
object In uniting the women of the
South was to bring Ihem together, to
pull shoulder to shoulder with the
Confederate veterans in extending all
necessary aid to the needy survivors of
the war I*'tween the Slates; to protect
historic places of the Confederacy; to
record the part taken by Southern
women, as well hi untiring effort after
the war Iu the reconstruction of the
South as iu patient endurauce of
hardship and patriotic devotion <lur
ing the struggle; to honor the memory
of those who fell In the service of the
Confederate State*; and to cherish
ties of friendship among the mcmliertf
of the society.
She worked for years striving id
organize the United Daughters of the
Confederacy liefore even her own
association of which she was presi-
dent would cooperate with her iu call-
ing a convent ion and inviting other
Daughters of the Confederacy to unite
in forming a national association. At
tills time, besides being President of the
Tennessee Daughters, she was a mem-
ber of the National Conference of
Charities and Corrections, the ationul
Prisoners Association and the National
Humane Association, and was edu-
cate! up to the |s>iut where she could
see the advantage of consolidating the
scattered forces of Confederate work-
ers who were few and far apart. Her
work with the national associations
showed her the great isisslbilitles in
concert of action, and. having time,
means, aud social influence to buck her
Iu the work, she determined to carry
out her plans, and unflinchingly fought
opposition from start to finish. The
result was that on Septemlter 10, 1K!I^
the Society of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy was organized at
Nashville, Tenn.
When the Tenneseeans announced a
little over a mouth ago that they pro-
mised to have a portrait of Mrs. Gtssl-
lett painted and placed in tin* museum
at Richmond, \fe.. appeals came at
once from thujtfmpter of the States re-
questing that tliey might ulso con-
tribute loward honoring their founder.
The requests were complied with and
the portrait was unveiled ut Nash-
ville, Teuu., June H, 11XK>.
Grunted.
At the Grant family dinner Major
General Frederick D. Grant told thia
story on himself;
"I was booked to speak at a large
dinner In town and the toastmaHter
felt it Incumbent upon him to make
my path as smooth as possible. He
therefore spoke of my father and said
I strongly resembled him. This had
the desired effect on the people present,
and they gave me their best attention.
"Although I spoke as well as I could,
I felt that everyone was disappointed
in me and 1 sat down with relief that
it was over.
"The toastmaster rose and smiled
at me. Then he said to the guests:
" 'Didn't I tell you be was just like
his father? He can't speak worth a
cent*"
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