THE ClTIKlffN, WKDNKSDAV, NOV. 0, 1010. -Ooo II Even if Elected Speaker of Next Gongrcss by Democrats llo Will Face Threatened Re actionary Movement In Own Parly. -Ooo By JAMES A. 1-DCEU.TON. WIIEN' Champ Clark Is elected speaker or perhaps I bad better put It, If Champ Clark la elected speaker lie will have two very Important appoint ments to make. Already It Is under stood there is llerco rivalry In Missou ri ns to these places. No, they are nothing so trivial as committee as signments, secretaries or anything of that sort. Some time ago Mr. Clark announced that when he reached the coveted place ho would ride down Tennsylva nla avenua behind a pair of Missouri mules. There is a scramble among Missouri mules for a place in that team. Presumably Mr. Clark will choose two products of Pike county muledom. not only because ho lives in that county, but because the Pike mule Is more vivacious and tnkes a deeper interest In his country's welfare. To pull a full fledged speaker of the house down Pennsylvania avenue is an honor that any mule might court. No wonder all the mules from St. Joe to the O.urks and from Kansas City to Ilanuibal aro active candidates for the Job. Long Wait For Champ. Champ Clark has been walling long or the speakership chair. Any time these ten years he might have been United States senator or governor of Missouri, but preferred to remain in the house and wait for the open door that would let the Democratic donkey and the Missouri mule Into the clover patch. Now that things have come his way he is no shrinking daisy waiting for Dame Fortune to pluck him and wear him In her hair. Ha Is a candi date and wants the world to know it. It Is perhaps not surprising that when the Hon. Champ has the coveted plum In sight obstacles should appear in the way of his picking it off. These obstacles are in the form of other men who hanker after that same plum. Then there are also objections to Clark on the score that he is a free trader, once having said he would destroy every custom house in the land, or something to that effect. The Demo cratic conservatives of the north are said to be after Clark's scalp, even though there is little hnlr on it. Rep resentative Fitzgerald of Brooklyn, who led the revolt and helped Uncle Joe with his rules, is said to have another uprising left in him nnd that he will spring it wheu Champ comes up in the speakership caucus. More Important than ail, Representa tlves Hay of Virginia and Sims of Tennessee are dotermlned that the rules shall be revised still further and the power to appoint standing commit tees taken from the speaker. This "was to have been the next step in the program of the lnsurgout Republicans. Clark was hand and glove with the progressives when Uncle Joe had the chair and was willing to go any Lengths in trimming off the extra pre rogatives of the speaker, but the mo ment the shoe was on the other foot and there was a prospect that he him self might wear the Cannon toga it is averred that his ardor cooled. Champ Becomes Conservative. Now he is not very keen for a com mlttee on cotnmIttee, bo his opponents state. He thinks the house might go too far In lopping off tlio powers of the chair. But not bo with Hay and Sims. They are determined that the committee on committees proposition must go through ns per orlginnl sched ule. It la not impossible that out of this Issue may spring up a new brand of insurgency, only this time It will be in the Democratic party. On this proposition the Republican and Demo cratic progressives may unite nnd give the new speaker as much trouble as Norrls and Champ Clark gave Can non. It is not beyond the range of possibility that Uncle Joe himself mar Join In the assault. The spectacle of the sage of Danville as an Insurgent would be worth u long Journey to see. Despite all these forebodings, how ever, It is a safe bet that Champ Clark will be the next speaker of the house of representatives. For hlrn to lose out now after all these years of wait ing would be n national calamity. Be; sides, it would be a disaster to Mr. Clark, to say nothing of those Mis souri mules. They may deprive the new speaker of the power to appoint standing committees, but never shall they deprive those devoted mules of the privilege of prancing In state down Pennsylvania avenue. Or does a mule prance? Anyway, this particular team o'f mules will prance even though none of the patient scions of muledom cvef did II before. More Rebellion Possible. This question of the further reform of bouse procedure is quite n serious one, and it is not believed that Mr Clark will place himself In the way If be should do so It is safe to say that the rebellion against Uncle Joe would be carried over to himself. Then instead of a denunciation of Cannonlsm we should have n revolt against Ohamplsm. It would be a public calamity if Democratic success should halt, even temporarily, the process of freeing the house from machine domination m OCC- II Picturesque Missourlan Becomes Conservative as llo Views Possibility of Achieving Ambition of His Political Life. OOP Such n result would be peculiarly un fortuuntu for the Democratic party, since tho revolt against the house ma chine was one of the chief causes of Democratic victory. That Champ Clark, who was such a tower of strength in tho fight ngnlnst the Can non rules, should now throw his In fluence toward perpetuating the most objectionable of those rules passes be lief, whatever may bo his personal attitude, it is assured that tho battle for affrce and truly representative house will go forward until It is won. Another issue that will bo n factor In the speakership fight is the method of tariff revision. There will be an clement In tho new majority that will bo for n sweeping reduction all along the line. They will domnnd a tariff for rovenuo bill, including all sched ules. It is certain that such a meas ure would be defeated In the senate. it could result In no relief to tho peo ple and would be useful only in a po litical wny as establishing a party rec ord on which to go to the country in 1012. Tariff Still Big Factor. The other method of tariff reduction Is that advocated by the Insurgent Re publicans nnd Is known as the one schedule nt a time plan. Under this system the old log rolling methods are avoided, and each schedule Is made to stand on Its own merits. The plan In- ,' - : Photo by American Press Association. CHAMP CLARK eludes a tariff commission to investi gate difference in cost of production nt homo and abroad, together with other facts bearing on the question. After this commission reports congress takes up Its findings as to any partic ular item and legislates thereon with out disturbing the remainder of the tnriff. Thus far the Democrats have shown no disposition to favor the tariff com mission system, aud some of them have openly opposed it Now a faction Is developing in the party favorable to reductions, one schedule at a time. Their contention is that with a Re publican senate and president such a method is the only one that stands auy chance of going through. Mr. Clark has already Intimated that ho will advise caution in tariff reduc tion and has spoken favorably of tho ono schedule at a time plan. On both this question and that of the bouse rules it is fairly certain that ho will ncqulesco in the action of a majority of his party which will tend somewhat to eliminate these Issues ns factors in his candidacy for tile speakership. Even though ho is a Chnutauqun lec turer and a rather fiery orator of tho barnstorming persuasion, Champ Clark does not lack In political astuteness and is not liable to stumble into any pitfalls his enemies may dig for his foot. Ho is something of a seasoned veteran nnd has already called atten tion to tho fact that Talbott of Mary land, Jones of West Virginia and him self nr tho only Democrats of tho new congress who were members when the party was last in power in the house. IIo should have learned some things about tho political game in nil theso years. Mr. Clark's friends insist thnt he has been much underrated by tho country and that ho himself Is to some de grco responsible for the misunder standing. They say that ho is really more of tho scholar In politics than ' ' '' ' ' -v. I.r.dgr, thr.t bo Is finely educated, hav lr. once brru n college president, that he bus read widely but discriminating ly, and that he Is anything but the barnstorming orator that ho has been pictured nud thnt ho has pictured him self. Certain It Is that ho is one of the most entertaining nnd forcuful speak ers In congress. He Is rich In Biblical allusions. Is quick nt rcpnrtee, is fa miliar with the classics nud even more famllinr with up to date Information nnd is a fighter fenrcd by his oppo nents. Yet he Is popular pn both sides of the chnmbcr and has the fullest re spect of the whole house. Brilliant Ecign Predicted. Practically the universal opinion in Washington Is thnt he will make a great speaker. It is perhaps too early ns yet to pnss Judgment on that point, ns n speaker's success depends not only on his own personality, but on tho support given him by his party. The Democrats hnvo sufficient major it', if that can be classed ns strong support, but is it n united majority? Especially will there bo danger of di vision If there is any nttompt at re action. The progressive movement Is In both parties, nnd It is going forwnrd despite what party leaders may do. in the past Mr. Clark has shown himself fairly progressive, so thnt ho may avoid this shoal of reactionists Yet there nre indications that all of his par ty In congress may not bo of a like mind; that some of Its representatives, to put It frankly, arc under suspicion of being too closo to the interests. Right here tho danger of dlvlson comes. By tho late election the American people have shown themselves over whelmingly progressive. They have swatted the stand pat clement of the Republican party hip and thigh. As a result of this castigatlon the Democrats have come Into power. But let tho Democratic brethren gain no false no tions from this negative indorsement. It is only tentative. They are merely put on probation. If they should show OF MISSOURI. themselves reactionary or if through division or otherwise they should ro- veal the fact that they aro not effec tively and sincerely progressive the verdict against them will bo as swift and decisive as was this one in their favor. The voters will either return to tho Republican party or, what is more probable, will form a new party that will be all progressive. New Party In Sight. Right now there is a movement on foot to form a progressive league. It is to bo nonpartisan that is, composed of members of both parties. It wlU not bo in any sense a new party, at least not yet, but will bo pledged to advance progressive legislation and progressive candidates, whether mem hers of this league or not, tho major! ty of the American people nro of this mind, and theyjiavo passed tho point where they can bo trifled with. In nil friendship tills fact should bo made apparent to the Democratic majority of tho incoming congress. As already stated. Champ Clark has shown himself to bo fairly progressive, and this is fortunate. He bus ono of tho greatest opportunities that ever faced an American public official. If he measures up to It he will becomo one of the nation's really great fig ures. Mr. Clark was born in Kentucky In 1850 nnd was educated in Kentucky university, Bethany collego awl the Cincinnati Law school. For a year or more ho was president of Marshall college, In West Virginia, nnd at the time was tho youngest college presi dent in the United States. He then went west, edited a country paper for a tlmo and then became n lawyer, ne was city attorney of both Louisiana and Bowling Green, prosecuting nttor ney of Pike county, member of the Missouri legislature and has been in congress nenrly twenty years. For the past two years Mr, Clark has been minority lender of the bouse. BUCKWHEAT CAKES. IA bljr surplus of buckwheat In New Jersey brought forth iho star- , tllng statement thnt Americans vero toslnff their fondness for buck whent cakes. Alns for Columbia's Kloryl Is patriotism a fakeT Arc, Yankee fed heroes Now quoted at zeroes? The bean shall we nevermore bake? Our forefathers conquered the Tory Because they bad plenty to cot Of one precious staple (With sirup of maple) Tho cake of tho bully buckwheat. What Joy In awaiting tho season When Rrlddles again were In play And beautiful batter Lay browned on a platter With sausage sizzling away! But now oh, the horrible treason I We're turning to Europe effete. Its dishes adoring; While coldly Ignoring The cake of the bully buckwheat. Did Washington call for a rotl Or say he could only plan out Ills battle maneuvers When eating hors d'oeuvro Or maybe sphagettl or kraut T George knew of no table dee hoty. Yet managed the foeman to beat And keep In condition By finding nutrition In cakes of the bully buckwheat. But, oh, the backsllldlng of nations'. No more aro wo simple and strong. With weak macaroni And biscuit tortonl At dinner wo dally along. Goodby to the best of our rations! Tho nation's undoing's complete Slnco wo give rejection To nature's perfection, Tho cake of tho bully buckwheat. John O'Keefe In New York World. BURNED LAND REFORESTED. Government Building Anew Destroyed Forests of Idaho. Already the government has under taken the work of reforesting tho vast areas of Idaho timber which were burned over in tho recent forest fires, nnd thousands of trees will be set out. The work of covering tho waste places will be carried on as fast ns possible, nnd It is thought by Forester Grand Jean that all of the burned district will be planted. Approximately 75,000 yearling pine trees will be replanted in the Rolse national forest reserve by the bureau of forestry. The work will be under the supervision of the foresters and tho forest rangers, but a number of laborers will also bo employed for the work. In addition to tho yearling trees that will be set out, BOO pounds of seed of the Australian nnd yellow pines will be sowed by hand. In this branch of the work hand seeders will be used. The bureau will also experiment on fairly level ground with a disk harrow, planting seed and covering it by hand. If the planting proves successful larger areas will be planted in tho fu ture. The planting is not confined to the Boise reserve, but is being carried on in other districts on an extensive scale, especially such places as have been burned over. Tho yearling trees for planting have all been raised in nurseries established by the government, and if the setting out of these trees proves successful the nurseries will be considerably enlarged GEMS FOUND IN POTATOES. Melting of Was Spuds Reveals New Smuggling Tricks. A curious accident led to the discov ery the other day of an Ingenious smugglers' trick on board a French vessel which was unloading a mixed cargo In Genoa harbor. A custom house officer had Just In spected tho goods, among which were a number of barrels of potatoes, and was about to hand the captain his pa pers when one of tho barrels burst and the potatoes rolled over tho deck. The deck bands soon dumped them back again with the exception of half a dozen that were lying In the hot mid day sun. To tho amazement of the customs man these potatoes presently began to sweat and finally to dissolve. They turned out to be excellent Imitations In wax and contained pearls and dia monds. AERIAL STOWAWAY APPEARS. German Had to Satisfy Longing For Cloud Voyage. There la now n claimant to the hon or of having been the first stowaway on an airship. Hardly had the Par seval VI. risen recently from the aero dromo at JohannisthaL near Berlin, with n complement of duly authorized passengers than a man wearing a blue npron crept from beneath the tarpau lin which covers the benzine tank and accosted the captain with these words: "Excuse mo; my -name is E. I hope yon don't mind, but you can't chuck me out now." The man bad been casually employed in the aerodrome and had been over come by longing to experience the Joys of nerlal travel, which could, of course, only be satisfied by subterfuge Peruvian Indians Eagle Eyed. The Peruvian Indians are credited with baying the greatest range of vi sion of all races. Cases have been re corded of their distinguishing human beings eighteen miles away. America Big Chinese Importer. Shanghai shipped $13,872,531 worth of Chinese products to the United States In 1009, an lncreaso of $4,000, 000 over 1008. MAINE. Population 1910 742.371 (Increase 6.9 per cent.) Population 1?00 694.448 Population MOO 661.066 RKl'OUT OK THE CONDITION OF Farmers and Me chanics Bank, OK HONKSDALK. WAYNE COUNTY. PA. at tho close of business, Nov. 0. 1910. RESOURCES Reserve fund $ Cash, specie ond notes, $9,719 00 Duo from approved rc snrvn iiL'nnra no TT7 R07 nfl Nickels, cents and fractional currency iik 32 Checks and other cash Items 1,920 01 Due from banks and trust com panies not reserve llills discounted K2.31G 81 Time loans with collateral 31,151 00 Ixmns on call with collateral SO.OIS 33 Loans upon call upon two or more names 33.CG7 09 Loans secured by bonds nnd mort gages 11,753 60 Investment securities owned exclu sive of reserve bonds, viz Stocks, bonds, etc $17,977 81 Mortgages and Judg ments of record 41,990 32-92.0(3 23 Office llulldlng ond Lot lXMJ 65 furniture and fixtures 1,801 41 $ 355.9G8 33 maiumties. Capital Stock paid In $ 75,000 00 Surplus Fund 10.000 00 Undivided Protlts. less exnenses and taxes paid 4.502 72 luumuuaiucposiis, subject to rhenk KB 11 ni Deposits, special 174,325 u7-2G6,I(B Gl $355,908 33 State of Pennsylvania. County of Wayne, es. I. C. A. hmerv. Cashier of the ahorn named company, do solemnly swear that tho above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge uiiii uenci, C, A. EMERY, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th uay oi rov. luiu. Kej?a S. EdoettN, P, Correct attest: M. E. Simons, ) M. H. Alien. - Directors. J. S. Brown, 1 KKPORT OF THE CONDITION or THE HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK HONESDALE. WAYNE COUNTY. PA. At the close of business, Nov. 10, 1910. RESOUnCES. Loans and Discounts $ 249,757 C7 Overdrafts.securcd and unsecured l(i 49 V. S. Ilonds to secure circulation. 55.000 00 Premiums on U. S. Honds 2.M10 00 Honds, securities, etc 1,310,152 41 IJanklng-house, furniture and fix tures 40,000 00 Due from National Hanks (not Itcserve Agents) 2.173 25 Due from State and Private Banks and Hankers. Trust Companies, and Savings Banks 1,072 15 Due from approved reserve agents 143.8S2 09 Checks and othercash items.... 3.1155 88 Notes of other National Banks.. 490 00 Fractional paper currency, nick els and cents 410 C2 Lawful Money Iteserve In Hank. Viz: Specie 187.024 50 Leiul tender notes 9.542 (10 Sfi.fififi 50 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer, to per cent, oi circu lation) 2,750 00 Total J1.90M87 09 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid In 5 150,000 00 150.0U0 00 82.071 31 51.000 00 404 21 surplus tuna undivided prottts, less expenses and taxes paid National Hank notes outstanding Due to other National Banks Individual deposits subject to CIieCK tl.449.32l 09 Demand certificates of deposit Certified checks Cashier's checks out 23.910 00 53 00 1.125 57-$ 1,474.411 57 standing uonus borrowed a one None Notes and bills redlscounted Bills payable. Including certifi cates oi ueposit ior money bor rowed None None Liabilities other than those above stated Total $liW8.1S7 09 State of Pennsylvania, County of Wayne, ss. I. E. F. Torrey. Cashier of tho above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. E. F. Torrey. Cashier. Subscribed and swnrn tn hpfnrft nie this 15th day of Nov.. 1910. 11. A. SMITH, J. P, Correct attest: 11. Z. Kdssell. ) .Ias. C. Hirdsall, J-Directors. E. It, llARDENBERdH, J 4w91 IlEPOKT OF THE CONDITION OF THE WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK HONESDALE, WAtHK CO., PA.. at the close of business, Nov. 9, 1910. RESOURCES Reserve fund J Cash, specie and notes. 85 Due from approved re serve agents H9.039 39 Leeal securities at par... 45.000 00-236,ffi9 21 Nickels, cents and fractional cur rency 97 si Checks and cash items 1.425 Ml Due from Hanks and Trust Co's.not reserve agents 9,339 43 Hills discounted. 1307.170 04 Time loans with collateral 31,750 00 1.01111s on can witn col lateral 144.049 11 Loans 011 cull upon one name vm w Loans on call upon two or more names W.557 16 Loans secured by bond nnd mortcuee K!,700-586,42(i 31 Investment securities owned ex clusive of reserve bonds, viz: Stocks, Honds, etc., lwlJOJlX) 71 MortcuL'cs and Judg ments of record.... 276.930 53--2.037.HO 24 Olllco HuIldliiB and Lot 27,000 U0 Other Heal Kstnto 6.0U0 00 Furniture aud Futures 2,000 00 Overdrafts 31 41 Miscellaneous Assets 400 00 S2.936,(3u 2C LIAU1MT1EH Capital Stock. paid in....$ 100.000 00 Surplus Fund 310,000 00 Undivided Protits. less uxpensos aud taxes paid 115,007,5-525,087 60 Deposits subject to check $176.S 37 Indlvldul Deposlt.Tlnie.2.201,913 75 Time certificates of de posit 238 78 Curt I tied Checks 250 00 Cashier's check outst'ir 5,719 71-2.381.996 CI Due to Commonwealth 25,000 00 uuu 10 oauKS uuu i rusiios. not re serve agents 1.CS6 09 Dividends unpaid,.., t2.836.aH) 2d State of Pennsylvania, County of Wayne, ss: 1, 11. Scott Salmon, Cashier of tho above namea company, uo solemnly swear mat the above statement Is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Signed) H. S. SALMON, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of Nov. 1910. (Signed) KOUEHT A. SMITH. N, P. Correct-AttesI: lN,arial V. 11. Hoijuks, K. P. Kimiii.k, V Directors, H. J.CoauKB. J TWEIiVK muslin trespass notices for fl.00; eix for seventy-five cents. Name of owner, township and law regarding trespassing printed there on. CITIZEN office. Egyptian Woman's Cong reft. A congress of Mohammedan wom en will bo held at Cairo to discuss methods for Improving the condition of Egyptian women. It is expected that Turkey will send a delegation. Tho Turkish women are roported to bo taking an active part in tho poli cies of their own country and ex press themselves as willing to lend a hand to help their Egyptian sisters. Increase of Boy Gamblers. There Is a noticeable Increase in gambling by boys In tho streets of New York. 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