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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22
A 1919 BOOM IS STARTED;
SECRETARY r. 9. ARMSTRONG

America Is the Land o. possibilities. and
there IS nothing too far away 60 10
brought within the range OF the Amer
lean politician.
The presence Of Handsome Bob Arm
strong. the youthful Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury. abCat tie corridors OF
the Auditorium Hotel has caused some
of mis- friends TO talk about him as =
probable candidate for the Presidency
Ia 1872 He's a. conner. they sSy, and
the man who can te First Assistant
Secretary of tho Treasury al thiTty-two
has enough IN him 20 De- President AZ
forty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22

repeatedly has been pointed out as
senator Aldrich Of Rhode Island.
wnom he resembles in not the slightest
detaiL Two Chicago papers published
pictures of the Rochester politician,
with Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island"
underneath.
Another paper published the picture
Of Representative Payne with the cap
ton, Postmaster General Payne Of
Wisconsin, the artists having mis-
taken him for the chairman OF the ma
tional committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22

in coees place &c days of rebuilding agent that positively
ALL FOOD aE at all drug usually shows big results for
the better and that's just POSTUMS job-o rebuild all the
broken down nerve cells brain and centers The trial
pleasant for we'll boiled POSTUM has the fire color and sg
ge the flavor of the highest grade of Old Government Java
and when served with rich is simply delicious In few
days the old coffee ais disappear and you find you have
like delicious POSTUM for its flavor and for the satisfied
well-fed feeling that follows the of this true OoddTnk
made of pueSt cereals only
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22
HARD LUCK ATTENDS EFFORT
OF GENTLEMAN FROM CEBU

One Of the most disappointed men at
the convention is John II. Switzer who
made the journey here from the Orient
He came all the way from Cebu. in the
Philippines. 10 see that the tariff On
goods imported into the United States
from the Philippines be reduced 70 .
per cent OF the Dinghy rate and thIt
there be a declaration IN favor Of ultl-
mate free trade
The far Eastern visitor thought Il was
the great question Of the hour, but
the conn ittee dill not see 1t In Inc
same light and passed the matter up
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22
LA TOILETTE IS
AGAIN DEFEATED

CHICAGO, June 22.-The subcommittee
Of the committee on credentials. report
ed 70 the full committee in favor Of the
Spooner delegation from Wisconsin.
Governor La Toilette, Of that State,
who realized that he had no chance be-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22
A GLOOMY PEA-GREEN VIEW
TAKEE BY NEW YORK MEN

At the tail end of the funereal pro-
eeedings Of yesterdays session in the
Coliseum. the clerk was reading of a
list Of the honorary vice presidents in
a monotonous singsong voice
Who are thOse?" asked delegate
near the center of the hall
The pallbesrers," replied one OF the
New York State men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22
"STAED PAT" BUTTON HAS
DEVICE OF FOUR ACES

At all hotels the stand pat button
made its appearance. IL shows "A hand
holding up five cards. On four aces are
the words respectively. sound money. 8"
TeXpansion," protection" and pros
pcrity.
1T is a good hand to stand on" re-
market an Iowa delegate ''and ] sup
pose The President will not object 70 the
poker term. He has been in the West
enough to be familiar with it. If he does
not know il from personal experience"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22
ROOT CORRECTED BY SCOTT
ON A POINT OF CONFIDENCE

While Elihu Root was making his
speech as temporary chairman he de-
clared with grand sweep OF his arm,
that Roosevelt has taken the entire
country into his confidence.
..AH except the members Of the ma
tiOnal committee. remarked Senator
Scott OF West Virginia and also a ma
tiOnal committeeman. In hdif-suD-
pressed whisper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22
SOME CONFUSION CAUSED
BY TOO MUCH GREATNESS

Two well-known members of the New
York State delegation have had addi-
uonaI greatness thrust upon them since
they arrived in Chicago. They are
Representative Serene Z. Payne. OF Au-
burn, Republican floor leader Of the
House and Secretary George ". Al
bridge. Of the State railroad commits
sion, who Is the Republics leader of
Rochester.
While passing along the streets and
about the hotel corridors Mr.. Aldridge
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22

First. That the present government Of
the District of Columbia IS arbitrary.
tyrannical. and exists in direct viola
ton Of all the principles on which this
Government was founded, and Of the
Constitution of the United states.
Second That the present government
of the District Of Columbia Is by far the
most expensive municipal government
in the United States
Third. That the immense sums an
nually levied upon the citizens or the
District of Columbia by taxation are
most unfairly distributed, the rich cor
porations and property owners being
systematically favored by the reduc-
ton OF their tax assessments, thus i'm
posing a greater burden upon the
smaller property owners OF the Dis
trict.
Would Divide Proposition.
In order to test the sentiment Of the
committee. Dr. Reyburn said he would
divide the proposition contained in his
resolution and asked that It be passed
by the committee, II it were not incor-
porated in the platform. An indorse-
ment by the committee. he said would
give the people of the District some en-
cours Rment.
Members Of the committee thought the
matter one for Congressional action and
not for consideration Of the national con-
Vention They however took il und er
Ommendation in the matter, when they
reported 20 the full committee at 10
o'clock this wednesday, morning.
The proposition was ignored along
jects. as the committee did rot care to
take a position upon IL at this time.
one reason was tEat the platform was
drawn IN advance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22
REYBURN URGES HIS PLANK
FOR DISTRICT SUFFRAGE

The first delegate to appear before the
subcommittee OF the committee on reso-
lutions. was DIT. Robert Reyburn. mem
Der of the new NATIONAL committee from
the District OF Columbia. who wanted
the subcommittee to recommend the
adoption Of a plank giving 70 the Dis
trict OF Columbia the right Of suffrage
and representative government
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22

always in POSTUMS favor for the that after 20 days
or so the most faSious will not miss the coffee for POSTUM
has entirely taken its place far the palate goes and Body
Brain and Nerves feel YOU have taken lease life
taste of the delicious glow of health that possibly
50 long as destroying agent like coffee made part OF the
daily diet No matter how well you feel you drink coffee you
will feel better YOU out the coffee and drink welboed
POSTUM in its place Possibly you would Ike taste of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22

your affair." of course but still crime to put drug into
your stomach that may upset your system and bring
all kinds OF ais such the coffee drker usually knows he
result may be only slight form of dyspepsia, may be
ganc heart kidney trouble proaOn for science
has proved that the drugs in coffee DIRECTLY attack the nerves.
stomach heart and kidneys If the trouble ends in
eyes piles don't be surprised for coffee has been PROVED to
be the cause of these and other obscure troubles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22

way, then through his dining room and
hltShen into the yard and alley back. by
which the much-sOught entrance to the
convention hail was reached The mans
ful Of money.
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fore the committee on credentials. left
for Madison early this morning. and the
fractional fight in the Badger State be-
tween Senator Spooner and the COVER
nor Is on harder than eyer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-22

The last work Of a Republican ma
uonal convention, held at Philadelphia
in the year 1900. was overwhelmingly IN
dorsed by the American people, and the
remarkably successful Administration OF
President Mckinley was continued; but
In an hour Of universal peace. when par
tisan criticism WAS stilled by the spread
Of prosperity the blight of anarchy, I'm
ported from another shore, struck down
our Chief Magistrate. and brought the
whole world 10 his bier as mOurners.
Universal sorrow stopped the pulse OF
Industry, not In fear, but IN profound re-
speCt for the memory OF the man and
the President who died breathing Thy
will. not mine. be done:" for in that hour
a vigorous. energetic and enthusiastic
young man stood beside that deathbed
pledging his life 90 the policies Of his
pred eCessOr-
We had confidence in that pledge; and
nObly has II been kept. The new Presi-
dent took up the burden OF Office with
caution, but without fear, for he had tho
Republican party behind him, and the
success Of its policies everywhere in evil
dence The last three years OF the Ad-
ministratiOn have been marked by the
same success as those that preceded. and
today. as ia Philadelphia four years ago,
there IS nc division In the Republican
councils as TO the standard bearer Of the
Republican party
The history of civilized government Is
a record OF peaceful admi nistration uE-
der established policies. not OF new laws
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05
Insane Wre stler.

Francis Butler was arrested Sunday by
the police while he was wrestling with
a COW near the mouth of the Winooski
river, When he was arrested he was
clothed in shirt and pair Of trousers.
all other raiment being absent.
Buffers home is in Fairfax and he
escaped from those who were watching
him. The police We're notified Sunday
morning thata man was acting strangely
and frightening people in the vicinity of
of the mouth of the river and two Off
GERS were sent to take him into custody
He was in the act of wrestling with a
COW when arrested. He did not resist
arrest and did not mind his confinement
in Jail but spent the day in entertaining
the prisoners with exhibitions of his
suppeness. His case will he considered
today by the authorities. He is said to
be insane.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05
A Growing Business
err Boarder Business is Booming and Can be Further
Increased.

1t is encouraging to be informed by
Bradstreet's Commercial agency that the
summer resort business in Vermont this
season is full 30 per cent ahead of last
season. Reports from various sections of
the state and from the amount of passen-
ger traffic on the railroads are what this
estimate is based upon, and it would
seem as if it ought to be approximately
correct. There is certainly no wider
field in which the people of Vermont can
better work to their advantage than to
develop the resources of the state as q
summer resort for city denizens, says the
Daily News.
Much is being done along this line,
particularly by the Vermont railroads.
The passenger service is infinitely inn
proved over what it was even five years
ago-not only in equipment of trains, but
also in the number of them run and the
time schedules made These same rail
roads have been doing great deal dur
ing the recent years to bring the attac-
TONS OF Vermont forcibly and persist
emily before the great public
One writer says: "The old time dis
tinction between city and country is
rapidly vanishing under improved means
of communicates. The town now seeks
the country, and the rush to the great
marts of fortune hunters is balanced if
not exceeded by those who shake the
dust of town from their feet for a period
each year. either as visiting or paying
guests. These trips are of a nature social
and afford the chance for an Interchange
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05
Great Grandfather of Col. Clark

H. F. Lamb, Randolph marble
dealer, is cutting slate slab such as was
in vogue about 100 years ago The stone
is for a grave marker. On one side of
the stone, which, by the way, is double
marker, is the epitaph of Timothy Clark,
who was born in Massachusetts, and was
the fifth in descent from Richard Clark
of Rowley, Eng, He was born in 1745
and died 1918. He served in the battle
of Bunker Hill and saw service in the
Ticonderoga campaign. He was the
great grandfather of Col. Albert Clark
of Boston, who is having the marker
cut The Clark family will come to
Vermont some time in August when it is
expected the stone will be unveiled at
Rockingham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05
Romantic Wedding Fifty Years
Ado

Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Hobart Elliott of
Waterbury observed very quietly Sun
day, July "a, the 50th anniversary of
their MARI age MI and Mrs Elliott
were united in marriage July 24, 1854,
in the small town of Harrison, y. y, by
Justice of the Peace Lawson Noel, of
that place. Both Mr.. and Mrs Elliott
came from Waitsfeld, Mrs Elliotts
maiden name being Harriet F. Russ.
The wedding trip was one which few
young married people Of this time would
care to take. 1t was made by boat,
stage and on foot over a part of New
York which is now crossed everywhere
by railroads The young people crossed
Lake Champlain from Burlington to
Port Kent on railway boat, then tray
eled as far as Raquet river by stage, and
followed this short distance bv boat.
The couple walked the distance of three
and One-half miles through the woods
to Harrison, about half way on the old
portage road between Upper and Lower
Saranac lakes. Here they were married
by Justice Noel, surprising their friends
who did not expect the wedding so
soon. Upper Saranac lake was crossed
by boat, and Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott fol-
lowed their route as far as the south
western corner of Essex county, where a
few families had already settled. A
great deal of the country on all sides of
them was still almost a virgin forest9
heavily wooded and uncultivated.
After two years of happy life here they
returned to Waltstield, where they made
their home until 1868. In May of that
year they moved to Waterbury and have
made their home there since that
time.
Two daughters are living, Louise V,
now Mrs. Walter Lowe of Waterbury,
and Ada F., now Mrs. Charles Stone.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

The Eastern papers have been giving
Joseph w. Folk, the anti-boodler city
attorney of st. Louis, who has just been
nominated by the Democrats for Cover
nor, lots of praise that is not deserved if
what that reliable and influential paper,
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, says is
half true. 1t charges that he abjectly
surrendered to the corrupt ring that has
so long ruled Missouri, and for the sake
OF harmony Cor something more practi-
cali permitted, connived at and allowed
the denomination of the worst men in
that ring for secretary of State and
auditor In that State, as in Vermont,
those two offices are far more important,
and worth far more than the governor
ship. Folk has the empty honor of a
nomination for governor while the
boodlers hold the sources of graft and
patronage,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

John w. Redmond is one of Vermont's
young men who has pulled himself up
by his own boot straps.-Hardwick
Gazette.
Don't you believe it. Perpetual mo-
ton has not been discovered. Young
Redmond has used the talents God has
given him, made the most of every
opportunity that has come to him and
is today one of the rising young men of
Vermont. He is court reporter because
he fitted himself to fill the position and
is a worker.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

difficult to provide for the town guest
meat for his intellectual entertainment
in the country. Fortunately. he does
not want and certainly should not have
If it were possible to provide them the
same diversions and pastimes he chooses
in town. 1t is the surfeit of town life
which sends the summer visitor to the
fields and woodlands. In fact. jewellers
in crowded cities, when they are frank,
admit that life for them there is an
everyday grind for mere existence. and
they must seek the country in order to
really live"
The entertainer of the city guests need
have no fear of missing the mark. if the
visitor is brought to the simplicity of
country life. Life in the country is
grander and richer than in the city be-
cause it close to nature, the mother of
every blessing man can desire. 1t is a
mistake to assume that what seems
commonplace to the lifelong country
dweller can have no attraction for the
denizen of the crowded city. A close
touch with the wholesome is what is
needed, and it is that very feature of
country life which the rural bred person
misses most keenly when transplanted to
brick walls and paved streets. The trait
of being lat home' in the county should
no longer be rarity with the guest from
town, and the knack of making the
visitor feel at home may be the means Of
abOlishing it altogether
Vermont resorts that are most success
full are those which have this knack of
giving the city guests wholesome fare
and opportunities for boundless enjoy
ment i'll the woods, on the lakes and
along the streams-the knack of making
them feel at home, near to nature. 1t IS
to such places that visitors wish to
annually return and to which they
generously commend their rest-seeking
acquaintance.
of social ideas. At first blush it seems
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

The famous correspondent, James
Creelman, contributes to the August
Review of Reviews a character sketch of
the Democratic nominee for the presi-
dency, Judge Alton 3. Parker, which is
not only a character sketch of the man,
but calm and impressive presentation
of the Democratic case. Mr.. Creeland
points out Judge Parker's Americanisn
and judicial training, and shows how,
in his opinion, the Democratic nominee
should receive the votes of the people
The article is well illustrated with por.
traits of Judge Parker and his family,
and his home, Rosemont at Esopus
y. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

st. Johnsbury has hal its water an
alyzed and finds it "in better condition. "
That's encouraging but not enough. St.
Johnsbury is surrounded by hills covered
with springs of purest water and there
is no excuse for her people drinking any
thing but the best. When the econ
omists have all died of fever she may
have pure water system. Montpelier,
Swanton, Nergennes and other Vermont
towns need pure spring water system
more than anything else in this world,
Middlebury has tried both and not vote
could be secured now for return to the
old river system. Mountain spring
water is good enough for all now.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05
Have You read that very interesting
magazine, The Smart Set.

Vermont printers will do the State
printing the coming year and the State
will get better work and better stock
than it has received during the past two
years, since the State printing was done
by outside firms. 1t will be done on
time, too. 1t has cost the State much to
learn that gold dollars cannot be bought
for 80 cents, or good, first class printing
done at bargain prices. Honest work
and honest stock is what Vermont will
receive now she is willing to pay for
it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05
The Fault Finder.

Every community knows the man who
sits on storeboX and whites, finding
fault with his neighbor and Dragging
how much better he could do it than his
neighbor, yet who never goes out and
does anything right himself: We have
all seen and heard that fellow.
He is like the Democratic party in
politics. 1t has been so for forty years.
The platform of the Democratic party,
adopted at st. Louis, shows conclus-
lively that the party is not ready to do
anything; it is sitting on the storebox
abusing the other fellows and Dragging
what it would do if it had chance.
The Republican party began "doing
things" in 1861. Every step of progress
this country has made since then has
been under Republican administration
and Republican laws. The party in
1897 had to go back and do them over
again, after a brief Democratic admin
istration had undone the labor of
years.
The Republican party in its platform
tells in plain language what it intends
to do. The Democratic party is not
specific but intimates that it will work
wonders.
Now, if you had a job of important
work you wanted attended to, would
you give it to the fellow who has been
sitting on the storebox for forty years,
whiting, Dragging and faultfnding, or
would you entrust it to the other fellow
who has been "doing things and doing
them right, notwithstanding the fault
finding and nagging of the chap on the
storebox.
The American people demand results,
not talk. They like the man who de-
livers the goods The Republican party
is the party of action; it delivers the
goods.
The Republican platform specified the
kind and quality of goods proposed TO
be delivered They will be delivered in
good order and without shortage or
breakage.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

BRISTOL, Aug. 1.-Saturday, market
day, prices ruled as follows Dairy
butter. IS to II cents a pound: eggs,
lSc. a dozen; hides, 81 cents a pound;
calf skins, 30 to IS cents each: live
poultry 5 to 10 cents a pound; dressed
poultry - to II cents pound: dressed
pork, beef and veal, Sc hundred
pounds; new potatoes, 80 cents to 81 a
bushel.
PITTsFoRD, Aug. 2.-Potatoes sold at
81 per bushel Saturday, butter at %
cents and cheese at - cents per pound,
and eggs at % cents a dozen at the local
stores.
MORRIsvILLE, July 30.-The Boston
market has maintained steady tone.
Receipts are liberal, but large portion
shows effects of heat. Receivers are
still holding fancy lines above the views
of large buyers. Local prices remain
the same as last week, 16c for the finest
large dairy; PC to l4c for ordinary
lots,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

The State needs more men like DR.. T.
r. Stiles of St. Johnsbury. He is public
spirited and applies practical business
methods to all public matters with
which he has to do. He has just re-
signed as president of the Caledonia
County Agricultural society after having
put its finances in shape, paid off debt
of $4,000 and left balance in the
treasury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

Vermont's hills and valleys at the
present time are more profitable as graz
ing land for the dairy herds than for
beef cattle. That's the principal argu-
ment against Vermont raising her own
beef. st. Adams Messenger.
The editor of the Messenger is author
ity on the subject, but it does strike
a layman that with butter at 70 to 10
cents a pound and beef at % cents there
is more profit in the latter, but we don't
know,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

1t requires courage of high order to
lead hopeless charge against over
whelming odds, and that is just what
the Democrats of Addison county
showed last week when they put a full
county ticket in the field 1t is a good
ticket too, and the men named deserve
something better than the overwhem-
ing defeat that awaits them in Septem-
ber
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

Now Just because the Hardwick Ga
zette is advocating a gas plant for that
enterprising town don't go and fire lot
of stale jokes at Sawyer Like the
fiddler out west, she is doing the best he
can for his town and other pencil
pushers might initiate his example to
their profit and the everlasting benefit of
their respective towns
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-08-05

Since the State Republican convention
Editor Hindley of the Ludlow Tribune
has been wrestling with hay fever, but
it does not affect his virile pen, and his
bright, pungent paragraphs are as read
able as ever. He is now drawing ozone
and inspiration from the whisperings of
a tall pine among the hills under which
his tent is pitched.