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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1913
Page
4
The text notes ongoing attempts to restore a kingly line and challenges faced by agents. It presents a view that the republic, while imperfect, persists amid undermining actions and doubts about backers.
A fragmented discussion argues for government control of trusts, noting the Kansas twine plant faced plant price jumps over two rents per pound. The writer claims disaster proves the need for regulation and asserts price stabilization should follow. The passage reflects early 20th century debates on trusts and economic controls.
The Huerta government faces severe shortages as cash flows wane. The United States withholds recognition, turning to Europe for loans. France and England prepare to supply money, yet strict terms threaten the Monroe Doctrine, while Huerta struggles to maintain control amid financial pressure.
A speaker argues against pre planned ticketing, urging public input and primary law. He notes Governor Hughes pushes primaries, mocks machine politics, and says parties must earn support through constructive legislation or risk losing power. Voters will shape the outcome in coming elections.
The writer argues there is no real attack on representative government. Instead, emphasis should be on making government representative as the country is too late for pure democracy. Sovereign people want to control managers like stockholders in a dry goods company, replacing failing directors or officers at stockholders meetings.
The Missouri Supreme Court granted Standard Oil a rehearing after a unique ban. The company had been barred from Missouri, the only state imposing such a ban. The court’s action followed pleas from stakeholders seeking clarity on the issue.
In a surreal verse titled by the signature Walt Mason the narrator imagines a rustic scene with cows steers and a weary hired man dreaming of sleeping decades while the farm animals and countryside carry on. The piece mirrors Mason's humorous rural verses and ends with a cryptic line about a million dollars and long sleep.
The Journal World favors keeping the Standard, urging regulated monopoly control rather than abolition. The piece argues the state should act as master and regulate as a state institution, aligning with years of editorial stance on oversight and not dismantling the monopoly.
The writer argues that no government system is perfect yet endorses initiative and referendum as improvements. Using a merchant analogy, contracts can be terminated for poor performance but require notice. recall is linked as a partner to the recall concept.
A historical critique argues that no GOP reorganization can succeed without discharging the national central committee. It condemns Chicago for nominating a weak candidate and for creating a permanent national committee with power to unseat state central committeemen and fill them itself. The author warns this usurps state authority and faces future credentials as a permanent rule.
Opinion notes the fight is over how to reduce tariffs not oppose them. It argues Democrats will take full responsibility if they control both houses and must balance tariff revision with preserving the protective principle. It defends protection as the country’s prospering basis and mocks decorum criticisms of the vice president and Senate presiding officer.
A lengthy council session covered a state speed law change raising limits on Intersection streets and increasing Massachusetts street to ten miles per hour while other streets stay at fifteen. The council heard requests for municipal aid to the First Regimental Band for summer concerts and for appointing Mrs Mary B E Poff as police matron with a $30 monthly salary, or else the Merchants Association would fund the rest room. The items were referred to relevant committees for the next meeting.
A 1909 testimonial from Mrs. John Bailey of Portland Indiana describes relief from fistula and bladder inflammation after using Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. She credits ongoing use with remaining strong and well, and offers her photograph as proof in a sworn notarized statement dated July 12, 1909.
An appeal to readers to request a sample bottle of Swamp-Root from Dr Kilmer & Co at Binghampton New York. The notice promises a booklet on kidneys and bladder and urges mentioning the Lawrence Daily Journal-World. It lists regular bottle sizes priced at fifty cents and one dollar at all drug stores.
The meeting adjourned near 10:30 after readings on a Kentucky street widening to 80 feet and a first reading for a Park Drive around South Park. Provisions raised questions about park land use and potential reversion to owners. Salary changes set police pay at 55 to 63 dollars monthly. sidewalk requests granted or referred. memorial day funds approved. bonds discussed. Dinner followed at a local hostelry with Arkansas strawberries as the feature.
In a Yale lecture on Modern Government Taft denounces the recall as a germ of anarchy and despotism, labeling it hair trigger and dangerous to efficiency. He links recall to both legislative and administrative officers and notes plans to address judicial recall later. He argues officials avoid fearless governance due to recall fears.
The passage notes that Tad men and figures like Washington Jefferson and Madison would have faced recall. It cites Time calling them faithful servants and argues that hair-trigger methods touted as progress are actually retrogression, reversing years of rejected government features.
Dodge City Kan May 123 Two men are held after the body of Ernest Larkey was found in a pond near Ford County. John Adams and Frank Willi Mormon presulers traveling the country held meetings. They stayed at the Larkey house for three weeks amid threats reported by neighbors during the inquest. Sheriff Argabright refused arrest pending warrants from County Attorney Evans.
Witnesses at the inquest discuss Mrs Larkey's apparent frailty and a belief she may be under a spell. A man named Larkey was found drowned near a pond after plans to sell property and join Mormon leaders. Adams and Wilkie deny involvement while authorities hold them for 24 hours.
Baker University in Baldwin Kansas showcases two student productions this week. On Friday in Athenian hall the German Club presents Einer mag sievaten or One Must Marry with four roles in German and comic quips. Saturday the Cli Literary Society offers a moonlit spring favorite from Shakespeare with A Midsummer Night's Dream on campus, Pres haa’s orchestra providing music. Also local social notes list visits and outings among Baldwin residents with several short itineraries and reflections on a boy with a poor complexion remark.
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