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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20
ROOSEVELT ODDS
ARE INCREASING
FOUR TO oNE&IN= LARGE BLOCKS
: PLACED in WALL STREET Bet
TING-MARklNG UP HlG-

In the election betting terday
j the scarcity Of Parker funds resulted
!; in forcing longer ODDS favo1iLg Pres
ident Roosevelt. The betting closed
with curb brokers everywhere admit
4 ting that the Republican candidate
j was now to favorite,s says the
New York Herald On the previous
days some bets were made at odds of
4 to i, but the bulk of the betting was
done at 10 to 31s- Yesterday Repubii-
can betters put up $1,000 to $3.50 in
several blocks.
! Mr.. Higgins chances seem to be
Strengthening, if the election odds
count for much. Last week bets were
made at to 10. Yesterday all the
Herr1ck money at 10 to s: was practi-
ca1ly absorbed in one of the largest
single bets OF the campaign. This was
a bet of $4,000 to $1,000 made on the
curb by Allen, McGraw & Co., with
iSheme1d & Mccullough. two Stock
Exchange houses. Immediately after
the bet.was reported Higgins chances
were represented by offerings OF 9
to 10. One bet of 5000 on Higgins
was offered at odds of Q to 10 shortly
before the Close
Considerable comment has. been oc-
casioned by the heavy Betting Of
Sheffield & Mccullough on the Repub
lican candidate for governor of New
York State. 1t is, estimated that this |
firm has bet about $4,000 for its GUS
toners on Mr.. Higgins chances of sue
cess. The supply Of money offered
by this firm has liftedthe odds against
Mr.. Higgins from 1 to10 to 8 to 10. It [
is said that the Indications are that I
the betting will be even before the
end of the week Accord ding&t % a veil {
defined Wall street rumor, the firm
has 100000 which will be bet on Mr..
Higgins election. Connected with this
report is the statement that Cover
nor Odell and friends of Il. H. Harri-
nan have supplied the 100000 cleo
ion betting fund.
Ten to Z is now being bet that Pres
dent Roosevelt, will carry his own
State. One firm is offering $1,000
,ven that Roosevelt will carry New
York State by $4,000 plurality. One
If the early bets of the day was one
# $1,000 to $4,000 that Parker will
AIRY New York State.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20
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Ex-EtEuTENAFa
q SOUTH
ENTER Nj F1IsEE

.(By nbIfahera Presss

COLUMBIAssS s. 26s mes
H. Tillman. ex-li ieutenan goEe sSf
South Carolina and nephew of seIla5
tor Tillman and who. lse
killed n. g. Gonzale street,
of Columbia has decided eng
the Methodist Id hsls
written to prominent itlfst pfa
this city. telling him lis
tion to the Methodist COME Ses
admission.
The killing Of GonzaI les and the sibss
sequent trial and acq 81 slI-
man, created a sensati ION not
South Carolina but
South.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20
4 Joke q,

Conductor Morgan ear on
the local line, played rick on sstoz,s
ductor Palmer, Of yesterda
slipping his watch. Of
the joke though fogsa long time hat
he had been robbed but was
enough to take the Joke To get his
watch back This "a fter
there is more IN being ab to take
joke than In playing
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20
Water CAUSED pamaae.

Last night after the janitors had
left the Courthouse some one left
the water turned on at the wash
bowl on the second floor. The result
was that the p1astefIng overhead IN,
the the sherin,sf once and along the walls S
in one Of the spassageWays was slight.
ny damaged. It is not known who
left the water turned on. It seems
as though any one ought to know
::enough o. turn on the water.
ss.s Dr.: Guns has purchased al
hands some sorreI whfch is
claims IS the finest iInaI
county.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20
Married Last Evenl, d.

Ernest T. Morrison. Of Sutton,
Braxton county. and Miss Lizzie Town
send, OF Lexington, KY, were mar
ried last eveningsat $3.50 at the home
|ofaIr. Carter; >B61ystoniafe fenue, by
Rev: C. D. Smith, of the First NJ. E.
Church.
Aftersa short wedding trip the new
" made husband and wife will go to
|Braxton county where they expect to
make their future home.
4 "a fau1t1esss fittfng shoe for women.
Dorothy Dodd G. Highland
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20
GIRLS IN. THE LEAD
In the High Schools ana Behind In
Crime.

Perhaps if you would turn to the
U. S. census for 1909 and would
learn that 1880 more girls :han boys
we're graduated from our high schools
the year previous and that there are
more young men Of voting age unable
to read their ballots than there are
young women, and also that only an
Insignificant per cen-. Of crime is
committed by women. and then by
consulting your own o. servations
and taking note that only Slight mi
nority of the immoralities Known to
you have been perpetrated by wo-
men, you would recognize in wornan's
suffrage added intelligence and moral
iy to the voting forces.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20
Another Smallpox Victim.

Another case of smallpox has de
veloped in the Raybould home, max,
ing. five in all. The victim this time
is John Villers. an insurance agent,
who boarded there. 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20
Judae Park,er.s RIuf1eiersI

.eThe b1und that Judge PaEker
made in declaring after he had been
pushed to the wall that ne had the
power he would revoke ne pension
order of President Roosevelt
bad enough but his out tbrea IS on the
Philippine question Es IailaS
.delphia Inquire
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20

In three (a) weeks itwiII be de,
cided whether Roosevelt or Parker win
be President. Next Monday night at
.christies. 1t ts3wFll be decided who will
secure the best seats for:the Y.8M.5c.
"A. Star course. ,5s SSaEs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20
VIII Meet :To-morrow xEvenine.

VII TT sS =
The Political Equality Club Will
meet tomorrow evening at 7:}30;
O'clock at the home of Mrs Anne.
Manleys Southern at 209$ Walnut ave.
nue.. eSrequest is made that full
attendance be given at MS meeting
2assimpo ortant business ats the
.consid derations Of an nnemb bers of the
club N
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-20

Right In beauty OF design. finish
and price Come in and be convinced
$Fairnont Furniture Company. oppos
site postohice -
gyss-r-T----
Quick co1Iectio ions prompt settle
snents darien Claim Ageney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
Continued from First Page.

Y titled to the protection and the encour-
{ agement of the law. From the very ma
f ture OF their occupation railroad men,
{ for instance, are liable to be manned
In doing the legitimate work of their
profession, unless the railroad COM
panies are required by law to make
ample provision for their safety. The
forcing the existing law for this pur-
pose. That law should be amended and
4 strengthened. Wherever the national
government has power there should be
q stringent employers liability law,
which should apply to the government
q ployer of labor.
I In my message to the ,ffty-seventh
congress, at its second session, I urged
Ihe passage OF an employers liability
law for the District of Columbia. ]
now renew that recommendation. and
& further recommend that the congress
y appoint commission to make a com
+ prehenslve study of employer s liability
q with the view of extending the provi-
slons of great and constitutional law
TO all employments within the scope of
( federal power.
Medals for Heroism.
Inc government has recognized hero
ism upon the water, and bestows medals
OF honor upon those persons who by ex.
treme and heroic daring have endan
gered their lives in saving, or endeav.
orlng to save, lives from the perils of
the sea in the waters over which the
United States has jurisdiction, or upon
an American vessel. This RECOGNITION
should be extended to cover cases OF
conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice
In the saving Of life in private employ
ments under the jurisdiction of tie
United States, and particularly in the
land commerce Of the nation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
LAND EXCLAMATION
What the Federal Irrigation People Are
Doing in the West.

During tie two and half years that
have elapsed since the passage Of the
reclamation act rapid progress has been
made in the surveys and examinations
of the opportunities for reclamation in
the thirteen states and three territories
Of the arid west. Construction has al
ready been begun on the largest and
most important of the irrigation works,
and plans are being completed for works
which will utilize the funds now avail
able. The operations are being carried
on by the reclamation SERVICE, corps
of engineers selected thru competitive
civil service examinations. This corps
includes experienced consulting and CON
structing engineers as well as various
experts in mechanical and legal Matters
and is composed largely of men who
have spent most of their lives in prac-
tical affairs connected with irrigation.
The larger problems have been solved,
and it now remains to execute with care,
economy and thoroness the work which
has been laid out. ALI important details
are being carefully considered by boards
Of consulting engineers, selected for
their thoro knowledge and practical ex-
perience. Each project is taken up on
the ground by competent men and
viewed from the standpoint of the crea-
ton of prosperous homes, and Of
promptly refunding to the treasury the
cost Of construction. The reclamation
act has been found to be remarkably
complete and effective, and SO broad in
it's provisions that wide range of UNI
dertakings has been possible under it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
TIE NATIONS FARMS
What the Agricultural Department Is
Doing for the Farmers.

Z The department Of agriculture has
grown into an educational Institution
with faculty of two thousand special
lists making research into all the sci
ences of production. The congress APP
propriates, directly and indirectly, six
millions Of dollars annually to carry on
this work. It reaches every state and
territory in the union and the islands
of the sea lately come under our flag.
Cooperation is had with the state ex-
pertinent stations and with many other
institutions and individuals. The world
is carefully searched for new varieties
of grains, fruits, grasses, vegetables,
trees and shrubs, suitable to various
localities in our country; and marked
benefit to our producers has resulted. !.
The activities Of our age in lines Of
research have reached the. tillers Of
the soil and inspired them with ambi-
tion to know more of the principles
that govern the forces Of nature with
which they have. to deal. Nearly half
of the people Of this country devote
their energies to growing things from
been done to prepare these millions for
their Life work. IN most lines Of hui.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
UNIONS AND GOVERNMENT
Discrimination For or Against Unionists
Is Declared Impossible.

There is no objection to employees of
! the government forming or belonging to
unions; but the government can neither
discriminate for nor discriminate
against non-union men who are in it's
employment, or who seek to be en-
ployed under it. Moreover, it is a
/ very grave improperly for government
Z employees to band themselves together
for, the purpose Of extorting improperly
Especially is this true Of those within
sthe classified service. The letter car
Eriers, both municipal and rural, are as a.
whole an excellent body Of public serv-
ants. They should be amply paid. But
their payment must be obtained by ar
\ guing their claims fairly and honorably
Before the congress, and not by banding
y together for the defeat Of those con-
Z gressmen who refuse. to give promises
which they can not in conscience give.
esThe administration has already taken
1 steps to prevent and punish abuses Of
ethis nature; but it will be wise for the
4 congress to supplement- this action by
Elegfslation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
RAILROAD CASUALTIES
Need OF Laws in the Interest of Public
Safety Is Shown.

Inc ever-increasing casualty list upon
our railroads is matter of grave pub
lslle concern, and urgently calls for action
by the congress. In the matter of speed
and comfort of railway travel our rail
roads give at least as good service as
those OF any other nation, and there is
no reason why this service should not
also be as safe as human ingenuity can
make 1t. Many of our leading roads
have been foremost in the adoption of
the most approved safeguards for the
Z protection Of travellers and employees,
yet the list Of clearly avoidable acct
dents continues unduly large. The
passage Of a law requiring the adoption
7 OF block signal system has been pro-
8 posed to the congress. earnestly con-
cur in that recommendation, and would
also point out to the congress the urgent
& need of legislation in the interest of the
public safety limiting the hours of labor
/ for railroad employees in train service
3 upon railroads engaged in Interstate
commerce, and providing that only
q trained and experienced persons be en-
ployed in positions of responsibility
: connected with the operation of trains.
OF course nothing can ever prevent
accidents caused by human weakness
or misconduct; and there should be
sdrastic punishment for any railroad en-
ployee, whether officer or man, who
by issuance OF wrong orders or by dis
obedience of orders causes disaster.
The law Of 1901, requiring Interstate
railroads to make monthly reports of
all accidents to passengers and en-
tployees on duty, should also be amended
80 as to empower the government to
emake a personal investigation, thru
proper officials. of all accidents involv,
ing loss of life which seem to require
investigation, with a requirement. that
the, results of such investigation be
made public.
i The safety appliance law, as amend
Ged by the act of March 2, 1903, has
iproved beneficial to railway employees
land in order that it's provisions may be
rproperly carried out, the force Of in
7specttors, provided, for by appropriation
should be largely increased Thi.
service is analogous to the steamboat
inspection service, and deals with ever
more important interests. It has passed
the experimental stage and demon
strated it's utility, and should receiv,
generous recognition by the congress.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
national forests. Under similar circum-
stances the forest possessions of other
great nations form an important source
OF revenue to their governments.
Need for Consolidation.

Every administrative officer concerned
is convinced Of the necessity for the
consolidation. of forest work
In the department Of agriculture, and I
mf iy nave urged it more than once in
former messages. Again / commend it
to the early and favorable consideration
OF the congress. The interests of the
nation at large and of the west in par
ticular have suffered greatly because of
the delay.
I call the attention of the congress
again to the report and recommends
ton OF the commission on the public
lands forwarded by me to the second
session Of the present congress. The
commission has prosecuted its investiga-
lions actively during the past season,
and second report is now in an ad-
vanced stage of preparation.
Refugees for Game.
In connection with the work of the
forest reserves I desire again to urge
upon the congress the Importance of
authorizing the president to set aside
certain portions of these reserves or 9TH
preservation of the bison, the wapiti,
and other large beasts once so abundant
IN our woods and mountains and on
our great plains, and now tending to-
ward extinction. Every support should
pc given to the authorities of the Vel
loWstone park in their successful eff
forts at preserving the large creatures
therein; and at very little expense por-
lions Of the public domain in other re-
gions which are wholly unsuited to az
ricultural settlement could be similarly
utilized. We owe it to future genera
tions to keep alive the noble and beau
tiful creatures which by their presence
add such distinctive character to the
American wilderness. The limits of the
Yellowstone park should be extended
southwards. The canyon Of the Colorado
should be made a national park; and
the national park system should include
| the Yosemite and as many as possible of
the groves of giant trees in California.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06

curate reports. It's policy being thus
one of open inquiry into, and not attack
upon, business, the bureau has been
able to gain not only the confidence,
but, better still, the cooperation of men
engaged in legitimate business.
The bureau offers to the congress the
means Of getting at the cost Of pro.
duction of our various great staples of
commerce.
AS to Private Rights.
Of necessity the careful investigation
of special corporations will afford the
commissioner knowledge Of certain bust
ness facts, the publication of (, which
might be an improper infringement of
private rights. The method Of making
public the results of these investiga-
tions affords, under the law, a means for
congress will have all facts except such
as would give to another corporation in
formation which would injure the legit-
innate business of competitor and de-
stroy the incentive for individual super
iority and thrift.
The bureau has also made exhaustive
examinations into the legal condition
under which corporate business is car:
judicial decisions on the subject; and
into the various systems of corporate
taxation in use. I call special atten,
tlon to the report OF the chief of the
bureau; and / earnestly ask that the
congress carefully consider the report
and recommendation Of the commission
er on this subject. .esa,r-l'5ztts
Business of Insurance. ~
The business of insurance vitality af
fects the great mass of the people Of the
United States and is national and moi
local. in its application: 1t involves {
multitude Of transactions among the
people of the different states and be
tween American companies and foreign
governments. l urge that the congress
carefully consider whether the power o.
the bureau Of corporations can not con
stltutlonally be extended to cover inter
state transactions in insurance. ssa
| Above all else, we must strive to keel
the highways Of commerce open to al
on equal terms; and to do this it is nee
essary to put a complete stop to all re
bates. Whether the shipper or the rail
road is to blame makes no difference
the rebate must be stopped, the abuse
of the private car and private terminal
track and side-track systems must b.
hstopped, and the legislation of the fifty
eighth congress which declares it to b
unlawful for any person or corporation
TO offer, grant, give, solicit, accept, o
receive any rebate, concession, or dis
elimination in respect Of the transporta
ton OF any property in interstate o
foreign commerce whereby such proper
ty shall by any device whatever b
transported at less rate than tina
named in the tariffs published by tia
carrier must be enforced.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
FIXING RAILROAD RATES
Needs of the Interstate Commerce
Commission Are Stated.

!, For some time after the enactment of
the act to regulate commerce it re-
NAMED a mooted question whether that
act conferred upon the interstate com
merce commission the power, after it
had found challenged rate to be I'M
should, prlma facie, be the reasonable
maximum rate for the transportation in
dispute, The supreme court finally re-
solved that question in the negative. SO
that as the law now stands the commits
sion simply possess the bare power to
denounce particular rate as unreason-
Able... -
While I am of the opinion that at
present it would be undesirable, if it
were not impracticable, finally to clothe
the commission with general authority
to tx railroad rates, I do believe that
as a fair security to shippers, the com
MISSION mi SHOULD be. vested with the power
where a given rate has been CHALLENGED
and after full hearing found to be I'm
reasonable, to decide, subject to judicial
review, what shall be a reasonable rate
to take it's place; the ruling of the com
mission to take effect Immediately, and
to OBTAIN unless and until it is reversed
by the court of review. z:-;,-4 "
The government must in increasino
degree supervise and regulate the work.
mgs Of the railways engaged in inter
state commerce, and such Increased su-
perv1slon is the only alternative to an
increase of the present evils on the one
hand or still more radical policy on
the other. In my Judgment the most
important legislative act now needed as
regards the regulation of corporations is
this act to confer on the Interstate
commerce commission the power to re.
wise rates and regulations, the revised
rate to at once go into effect, and to
stay in effect unless and until the court
of review reverses it.
Steamship companies en- gagged in in
terstatee commerce and protected in oul
coastWise trade, should be held to :
strict observance Of the Interstate com
merce act.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-06
PUBLICITY AND LABOR
Report TO Be Made on the Colorado
Mine Strike.


Much can be done by the government
E1tcity to certain conditions. The bu-
preau of labor has done excellent work
Of this kind in many different directions.
Il shall shortly lay before you in a spe-
cial message the full report Of the in
vestigation. Of the bureau Of labor into
strike in which certain very evil forces,
which are more or less at work every
where under the conditions Of modern
stindustrialism, became startingly promi-
lnent.
It is greatly to be wished that the
department of commerce and labor, thru
1.-THE labor bureau should compile and ar
Grange for the congress list Of the
elabor laws of the various states, and
ashould be given the means to investi-
sthe labor conditions in the manufacture
Ting and mining regions thruout the
country, both as to wages, as to hours
sof labor, as to the labor Of women and
ichildren, and as to the effect in the va
rious labor centers of immigration from
attention should be paid to the condi-
ytions of child labor and child-labor leg
islation in the several states.
Such an investigation must necessari-
~ take into account many Of the prob
labor is connected. These problems
can be actually met, in most cases, only
by the states themselves; but the lack
Of proper legislation in one state in such
ga matter as child labor often renders it
Excessively difficult to establish protec-
tive restriction upon the work in an
eother state having the same industries,
;so that the worst tends to drag down the
gbetter. For this reason, it would be
well for the nation at least to endeavor
to secure comprehensive information as
ITO the conditions of labor Of children in
rtion and publication by the national
government would tend toward the Sc
curing of approximately uniform legis-
lation of the proper character among
the several states.