As long as boys read every week that John Doe or Richard Roe has made a fortune in one day cornering wheat or corn, or some other commodity, the gambling instinct in the young will hardly subside. Take away Mr. Doe’s profession by law.—The Smith Center (Kan.) Messenger.
THE MILEAGE ROLL OF DISHONOR
VOTED AYE
| MEMBERS TO RETIRE | |||||
| Republicans | Democrats | Union Labor | |||
| Daniels, Cal. | Bell, Cal. | Livernash, Cal. | |||
| Davis, Minn. | Breazeale, La. | Wynn, Cal. | |||
| Hunter, Ky. | Dinsmore, Ark. | ||||
| Kyle, O. | Dougherty, Mo. | ||||
| Morgan, O. | Emerich, Ill. | ||||
| Smith, N. Y. | Foster, Ill. | ||||
| Spalding, N. D. | Griffith, Ind. | ||||
| Van Voorhis, O. | Hughes, N. J. | ||||
| McAndrews, Ill. | |||||
| Miers, Ind. | |||||
| Richardson, Tenn. | |||||
| Rider, N. Y. | |||||
| Robb, Mo. | |||||
| Robinson, Ind. | |||||
| Shober, N. Y. | |||||
| Shull, Pa. | |||||
| Snook, O. | |||||
| Wilson, N. Y. | |||||
| Total | 8 | Total | 19 | Total | 2 |
| MEMBERS RETURNED | |||||
| Republicans | Democrats | ||||
| Adams, Wis. | Aiken, S. C. | ||||
| Beidler, O. | Broussard, La. | ||||
| Bishop, Mich. | Davey, La. | ||||
| Brandegee, Conn. | Fitzgerald, N. Y. | ||||
| Brooks, Col. | Goulden, N. Y. | ||||
| Brown, Wis. | Hill, Miss. | ||||
| Brownlow, Tenn. | Hunt, Mo. | ||||
| Burke, S. D. | Legare, S. C. | ||||
| Cromer, Ind. | McDermott, N. J. | ||||
| Crumpacker, Ind. | McNary, Mass. | ||||
| Cushman, Wash. | Maynard, Va. | ||||
| Draper, N. Y. | Pujo, La. | ||||
| Dresser, Pa. | Rainey, Ill. | ||||
| Fordney, Mich. | Ryan, N. Y. | ||||
| Gardner, N. J. | Sullivan, Mass. | ||||
| Gillett, Cal. | |||||
| Graff, Ill. | |||||
| Grosvenor, O. | |||||
| Howell, N. J. | |||||
| Howell, Utah. | |||||
| Hull, Iowa. | |||||
| Humphrey, Wash. | |||||
| Jones, Wash. | |||||
| Knopf, Ill. | |||||
| Lorimer, Ill. | |||||
| Loudenslager, N. J. | |||||
| McCleary, Minn. | |||||
| Mann, Ill. | |||||
| Marshall, N. D. | |||||
| Martin, S. D. | |||||
| Minor, Wis. | |||||
| Overstreet, Ind. | |||||
| Patterson, Pa. | |||||
| Rodenberg, Ill. | |||||
| Sherman, N. Y. | |||||
| Smith, Iowa. | |||||
| Snapp, Ill. | |||||
| Southard, O. | |||||
| Southwick, N. Y. | |||||
| Sterling, Ill. | |||||
| Sulloway, N. H. | |||||
| Tawney, Minn. | |||||
| Wachter, Md. | |||||
| Weems, O. | |||||
| Total | 44 | Total | 15 | ||
| DODGED | |||||
| Republicans | Democrats | ||||
| Harrison, N. Y. | |||||
| Scudder, N. Y. | |||||
| Total | Total | 2 | |||
| Birdsall, Iowa. | Adamson, Ga. | ||||
| Bonynge, Col. | Bankhead, Ala. | ||||
| Conner, Iowa. | Bartlett, Ga. | ||||
| Dovener, W. Va. | Brantley, Ga. | ||||
| Hamilton, Mich. | Gilbert, Ky. | ||||
| Hemenway, Ind. | Goldfogle, N. Y. | ||||
| Kennedy, O. | Hopkins, Ky. | ||||
| Lafean, Pa. | Ruppert, N. Y. | ||||
| Landis, Ind. | Sims, Tenn. | ||||
| Miller, Kan. | Stanley, Ky. | ||||
| Zenor, Ind. | Stephens, Tex. | ||||
| Wiley, Ala. | |||||
| Total | 11 | Total | 12 | ||
| GRAND TOTAL—GRABBERS AND DODGERS | |||||
| Republicans | 63 | Democrats | 48 | Union Labor | 2 |
—Collier’s Weekly.
The industrial barons pay the same sum for a large as a small cotton crop. Just enough to keep the planters’ help alive.—The Appeal to Reason.