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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-19
Atmosphere of the Planets.

The atmosphere of world depends
on its gravitation. Gases tend to diff.
fuse into space, unless retained by
adequate attraction. Our earth can
hardly retain SO light and mobile a
gas as hydrogen: Mars may have DIFF.
tculty in retaining the less mobile
vapor OF water; but the gravitation OF
the moon is too slight to retain any
known gas, hence she has no atmos.
phere or water. Yet this is not SUN.
cient reason for assuming the absence
of life.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-19
SOUTH BOUND.
LEAVES,

Further Information apply to
W. W. Woodside. Agent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
Short Sighted Economy.

1t is stated on high authority that a
bill providing for the remodeling of
steamship lines on plans which would
make the traffic safe. was defeated
in Congress by the merchant marine
interests The Representatives of
these interests argued that it would
be cheaper to run the risk of acct
dent than TO make the sweeping
changes recommended.
We have reached a point in our
national development when the ques-
ton of safety has become pre-emi-
nent, and sooner or later it VIII have
to be settled. The number of lives
which are to be sacrificed in order TO
bring public sentiment to the point
Of demanding safety is still undeter-
mined. but. all you people who read
this, remember that your lives, or
those of your wives and children,
may be required for the sacrifice to
the modern Moloch-business in
terests.
Until a comparatively recent time
wood was so much the cheapest ma
terial for building that it was used
wherever it would do at all, in place
of steel We have wooden buildings
where the Germans have brick or
stone, and wooden boats where, with
in a generation, steel will be the ma
terial for framework. But the cheap
ness of wood Is not going TO last much
longer, and 1t is only a question of
time when steel must take it's place
The matter which we have to settle
now Is the time when this change
will come. Shall we wait until the
wooden boats are all unseaworthy,
or replace them at once with more
permanent vessels? And shall we see
TO it, by strictly enforced laws, that
these new boats are not scamped In
construction?
Undoubtedly the reconstruction Of
the building business on lines of
safety rather than display means the
sacrifice Of a good deal of money, and
this. and this alone, prevents its ac-
complishment.
There are only two arguments
which will overcome the bushes in
terests argument-force and loss of
profits. If the people as a whole are
intelligent enough to demand safe
boats, safe houses, safe hotels and
theaters, and accept no others. they
will get what they are after. And If
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
Public Baths.

Now that President Roosevelt has
afforded a worthy example in provid-
ing the lads of the District with
green pastures instead of back alleys
in which TO play, why cannot the Dis
trict Commissioners follow up his
good work by giving the same boys
proper accommodations for bathing
after they get through with their
play?
1t is a question if a city can make
a better summer investment than a
good bathing beach. Washington is
fortunate in being amply blessed with
places where bathing could be made
both pleasurable and profitable, if the
authorities choose to spend the money
to that end; and it is not to Wash
ington's credit that she has not uti-
lized these natural advantages.
An admirable enterprise of this sort
is already started at the foot of
Seventeenth Street, where the super
intendent, Mr.. Stevens, has accom-
plished wonders with a small appro-
priation of $500 a year. But the &C
eommodations are limited and of
none too good quality. Many per-
sons who would like a chance for a
swim know this, and so keep away.
The success Of the municipal and
State administration of the public
baths in many places, among others
the baths of the city of Boston, and
Of the State of Massachusetts, could
be studied with profit by the authori-
ties of this city. The need here is
certainly as great as elsewhere, and
public demand would undoubtedly
make itself manifest were reasonable
assurance given that such a demand
would be needed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

when independence is Improbable, is
out of date in these days. Wars of
this kind only come to pass when, as
now and then happens, the ruling
power is medieval in its cruelties, or
the subject province medieval in its
ignorance of conditions. The johann
nesburg question became so sore a
spot with England that she under
took a war which is now generally
acknowledged TO have been mistake.
1t might have been possible to settle
the question without war, by the use
of tact and diplomacy; certainly, By
waiting, England would have seen a
time when the new type of Boer
would have been more amenable to
persuasion than Dom Paul and his
counselors.
Perhaps nobody can tell precisely
what are the prospects in South Az
RIGA, without being on the ground
But if appearances go for anything,
England intends to take care that her
army shall be in d better condition
for the next war than it was for this
one, and it is very unlikely that the
leaders of the Boer element will risk
another tussle such as the one they
have so recently had, with a reorgan-
lied and more experienced army
against them. On the other hand, it
is no part of England's policy to in
cite another such conflict. and with
the chastising memories of Mayors
fontein and Mafeking in mind, she
Will probably take all possible means
to make the Beers content with the
present condition of things. 1t may
take a generation to remove all dan
ger of Boer uprisings in South Africa,
but another generation will probably
find the matter settled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
PROHIBITIONISTS READY
TO OPEN CONVENTION
Powerful Advocates of General Miles at
Work to Capture Nomina-
ton for Him.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 27.-The Ma
tional Prohibition Convention win meet
in Tomlinson Hau tomorrow, but the
nominations for President and Vice
President viii not be made until Thurs
day
1t is still an open question whether
Gen. Nelson A Miles viii accept the
nomination for the Presidency. Re
ports have been received here that ne
mas gone to an unknown summer re-
sort. without leaving any definite state
Elent
There is a faction of powerful tenn
rerance advocates who believe that
General Miles should be nominated even
If he be not heard from before the con-
vention meets. Others favor the post
tenement of the convention until after
that of the Democrats. so that platform
ana candidate nominated in ST. Louis
can be inspected before the Prohibition
lists take action.
should General Miles decline. the
names most prominently before the
convention viii be those Of Alfred L.
Manierre. New York: Prof. A. A. Hop
kins. HorneIsville. N. Y; Or. Silas Z.
Swallow. Harrisburg, Pa. A G. Wolf
enbarger. Lincoln, Neb.; DR.. Z. l..
Eaton. Allegheny. Pa; 7. r Caska-
don. Keyser. w. Va; 1. II. Hines, Port
land. Ore IL b. Metcaf. Pawtucket,
r. l., anG James A. Tate. Harrimon-
Tenn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
SOUTHERNERS AGREE IN
CRITICISING ONE PLANK
Think 1t Sounds Deatnknell for White
Republicanism in That
Section.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. June N.-Promi-
nent Republican and Democratic leaders
alike declare the Republican party has
made a mistake by rev.ving the sectional
issue in the suffrage plank adopted at
St. Louis. Bitterness has been caused
by it. and the cause of white Republi-
canism set back, they say
Col. William Youngblood. ex-Republi-
can National Committeeman from Ala
bama and ex-Third Auditor OF the
Treasury, said,
The negro suffrage plank IS a mis-
take. 1t is direct stab al every move
ment to form a respectable Republican
party in the South. II makes the Re
publican party not only a sectional
party. but a racial party. II keeps alive
both sectionalism and the race issue
Otherwise the platform is very good"
Col. Henry B. Gray, chairman OF the
last State Democratic convention, said:
The Republican platform marks
cowardly surrender 10 the trusts and pro-
notes nothing in the way OF tariff re-
form II boldly declares IN effect that
the Republican party is a negro party.
and plays the negro above the Southern
white man"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

the voters of the country are intelli-
gent and determined enough to insist
on the enforcement of safety laws.
they will make scamping of construc-
ton work either Improbable or i'm
possible.
1t will be economy in the long run
when this takes place. The money
now spent on repairs and remodeling
will be clear profit, when we have
solidly built boats and houses and
public buildings which need no atten-
ton. Insurance rates will be lower,
and business more stable, with the
risk of fire and accident reduced.
Cheap work is not only dishonest but
foolish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
BR'ER DIAMOND BACK.

De damon bac' he swim ct dawn
When all de skies aglow,
He snap DICT fly en- den he's gon'
Down in de mud below.
All pole erlons en- tech his bac'
En- lip him fun de watch,
Den drop him In de OF wool sac
En- max Diet Irvine knot shohteh.
Remus tong de oysteh.
Sans in de herring smac';
But All come long wild a mawnin' song
En- ketch det damon bac'.
DE rich man he lax tahpin stew
Fixed up so fine wild spice:
But de damon bac' am rahe en- few.
En- he nus pay de price
Ketch one mo, en den All cease,
Two tahpin am plenty;
All get fohteen bits apiece.
De rich man he pay twenty.
Remus tong de oysteh,
Sans in de herring smac';
But An cum long wild a mawnin' song
Fin ketch Diet damon back
Puck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
TOM JOHNSON PREDICTS
DEADLOCK IN ST. LOUIS
Thinks Judge Gray or Some Other Dark
Horse Win Be Chosen as
Compromise.

CLEVELAND, June 27.-Mayor Tom
J.. Johnson predicts a deadlock between
the Parker and Hearst forces at St.
Louis, with the result that a dark horse
will get the nomination.
In support of his view that neither of
the leading candidates can win the prize,
Mayor Johnson said:
The conservatives will not have
enough votes to control, and the radi-
Gals cannot win out in the convention
with the present candidates suggested.
believe dark horse, who can draw
from both factions. viii be named. Sure
ly no other candidate would stand a
show of being elected.
"In my opinion. Judge Gray, of Della
ware, would be preferable to any man
yet named, though 1 favor Joseph Folk,
Of Missouri. I doubt very much If he
will allow his name TO be mentioned.
however,
The mayor said that there was no
danger of Bryan boiling. and that. II
the Nebraskan Joined forces with
Hearst, he would probably have power
enough to dictate TO a large degree the
action of the delegates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
CARDINAL SAT0ElI STARTS
FOR THE WORLDS FAIR

Cardinal SatolIi left Washington at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon for St.
Louis. where he will visit the fair.
The cardinal travelled In a special car.
and during his stay in the Worlds Fair
City he will be the guest OF Archbishop
Glennon Later he will visit ST. Paul,
where he will be entertained by Arch
bishop Ireland. who was in Washington
during the cardinals earlier visit, and
after trip by the Great Lakes to Buff
falo Cardinal Satolli will go TO Boston
as the guest of Archbishop Williams.
The former pspal delegate came 10
Washington on Saturday afternoon and
went directly TO the Catholic University,
where he remained quietly until his de-
paIture yesterday afternoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
CLARK HOWELL CALLS
TWO PLANKS IESINCERE

ATLANTA, Ga. June 27.-Clark How
ell. the noted editor OF the Atlanta Con-
stitution," and Democratic national com
mitteeman from Georgia, criticises the
Republican platforms suffrage plank as
"A bait for negro votes In other sections
OF the country.
Other leading Democrats term the suf-
frage and tariff PLANK OF the Republican
platform a series of insincere declara-
tions which the party itself has no idea
Of ever carrying out. National Commit
teeman Howell said:
THE suffrage plank of the Republican
platform is nothing but bait for the
negro vote of the country. So far as
Georgia is concerned Il will amount 10
nothing since the State has had the
restrictive ballot clause. AS a matter OF
fact the plank is entirely insincere, in
serted for a purpose. and after this pur-
nose Is fulfilled no one Will think OF
the subject again"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
MITCHElLS BACK
FROM HONEYMOON

Mr.. and Mrs. Piquett Mitchell have
arrived in the city from their wedding
journey and are at home to their friends
at In Massachusetts, Avenue. Mr. and
Mrs Mitchell were married 2. Shep-
herdstown. w. Va, few weeks ago.
Mrs. Stanley Mathews SAILED Saturday
from New York TO Antwerp. and will
spend the summer in Europe
The marriage of DR.. Thomas Ash
Clayton, OF this city. to Miss Helen
Niernsee. OF Columbia, s c.. will take
place next Thursday at the brides
home.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Lillian Kenney. daughter OF former Sen
ator Kenney of Delaware, 10 Lieut. VIII
liam . Tremaine L. s. A now with
the Fifteenth Cavalry
Dr. Robert Fletcher has gone to At
lantc City for visit, and is stopping
at the Marlborough House
The Secretary OF War and Mrs. Taft
left Washington last evening for New
Haven, Conn, and other points In New
England.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
What Rival Managers Claim.

The Parker managers lay claim to p
delegates from Alabama. 10 from Maine,
q from Michigan, from New Hamp-
shire, 4 from Utah, from Vermont, "a
from Virginia, from Washington, and
"a from New Jersey total of 100 of
the uninstructed delegates.
The Hearst leaders say their candi-
date viii have 81 delegates. He has 152
instructed, and this would necessitate
his obtaining 70 uninstructed. Some of
the claims Of the Hearst people are:
Florida. 3; Kansas. s; Maine. 2: Michi-
gan. I: Minnesota 10; Oregon. 8; Utah.
2: Washington. Z; West Virginia. 3
Senator German will have IS delegates
from Maryland AID u from West Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Bryan has 10 from Nebraska
10 from Colorado and from Oklahoma.
All these claims are made in unin-
structed States, where no unit rule was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
ReConQueTing South Africa.

II is freely prophesied in some
quarters that the Beers will eventual
ly reconquer South Africa, the bond
between the Afrikanders Of Dutch
descent being rather strengthened
than otherwise by the late war. This
may be doubted, without throwing
any shadow on the bravery, intelli-
gence, or character Of the said Dutch
citizens.
England does not easily let go of
any territory which has once been
hers On general principles, it has
been her policy of late years 10 treat
her colonies with such carefulness
and consideration that II will not
seem TO them worth while TO break
IKE bond. Fighting for independence,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
DEADLOCK PREDICTED
IN ST. LOUIS HALL
Despite Popular Belief in Parkers Winning Out Leaders
Have Many Sly Plans Afoot

adopted. They would give Parker total
of 40 delegates; Hearst. 1g7.
Fear Bryan Is Plotting.
Something of a scare has been caused
among the conservative element b. the
report from Chicago that BRYAN il
plotting to control the organization OF
the Democratic Rational Convention
and to create a situation which viii
bring rim into the open again as a
candidate for the Democratic nominal
ton. II is thought he viii represent
Hearst contestants for seats in the
convention from New Jersey. Ohio.
New York, IndianO. Illinois. and other
States in which Hearst has resi or
fictitious grievances, and that ne will
plead their cause berore the national
committee, the committee on creden-
tials, and on the floor Of the conven-
ton.
AS originally proposed, Bryan was to
represent Nebraska on the resolutions
committee. but It is now predicted he
viii serve on the credentials COMMITTEES
in order to be able 10 carry his fight for
radical contestants from the national
committee TO the floor of the convention.
This adds color to the suggestion that
another spread-eagle speech. with the
hope OF making himself a compromise
candidate as between Hearst and The
candidate upon whom the conservative
element in the party sill unite. or, at
least, the dictator OF the party's choice
A Fundamental Principle.
Bryan is represented by close political
friends as looking 10 the struggle for
for him TO pose as the Democratic
oracle. He considers the action of the
Illinois Democratic convention OF more
Importance TO the party than the trust.
tariff. money, or any other issue. He re-
CARDS the unseating of delegates in Iii
nois and other States, but particularly
in Illinois. as involving a fundamental
principle of popular rule and will make
his fight accordingly.
Although the plans of the Bryan COM
bination are being kept well under cover.
1t is generally believed By politicians
that the Nebraskan is preparing TO bolt
the st. Louis convention.
It is believed he has made an agree
ment with Mayor Carter Harrison OF
Chicago. that if the Harrison delegates
are seated by the national committee on
the temporary roll call and the con-
servatives still maintain control Har-i-
son may walk out of the convention
with all other delegates Bryan can con-
troll.
An interesting feature Of the cam
paign booms advanced in behalf OF va
rious candidates has been the announce
ment of a large order for Gray and
Harmon buttons, which are to be sent
to the Missouri metropolis by the thou
sands.
Judge George Gray, of Delaware, is
picked by the parties who ordered the
buttons as the winner in the great com
bat at st Louis JudsOn Harmon Of
Ohio, Attorney General under President
Cleveland. is the man who Is regarded
as the strongest candidate for the tail
end OF the ticket.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27


The deplorable conditions are due entirely to
the peoples carelessness st elections. 80 long
rs the voters OF any community allow bad men
to I'LL the public offices, long viii lawlessnesS
exist potentially. What has happened in Cripple
Greek is simply this: The voters have been
careless: bad officials have been elected; union
crime has been protected, until finally the out
ragged and awakened voter has risen, and, with
force. is crushing the union machine. And
what has happened in Cripple Greek will some
time happen in every corrupt community
though the weapon Of the rebellion will, it Is
to be hoped, be the ballot rather than Colt .45s
That is a warning which comes
most OPPORTUNITY, as this country is
entering upon a national political
campaign the seriousness of which
should not be minimized by false is
sues that may be advanced by poll
ticians with private axes to grind.
No intelligent student of public af-
fairs can question that the conflict
waged in Colorado between organized
employers and organized employees is
a conflict that must be waged in some
form or other in all parts of the coun-
try. Shutting ones eyes to this fact
will not destroy the fact. The great
question Is; Shall the weapon of the
rebellion be the ballot or Colt ass?
Colorado has made lamentably
plain the wrong way to meet the sit
uation. and she has suffered for her
mistake. Shall not the rest Of the
country, by profting by her mis-
take, by substituting education for
arming and the ballot for the ASS,
show Colorado that at least her suf-
fering has not been wholly in vain?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
BRYAN CALLED A DOW|E
BY FORMER ADMIRER

CHICAGO. June IA denunciation OF
Bryan by Vincent H. Perkins. a former
close personal and political friend of the
Nebraskan. evoked cheers from the Cook
county Democracy, the original Hearst
organization OF the city. He said:
William J. Bryan Is the John Alex
ander Dowie Of the Democratic party.
AS Dowie uses the cloak of religion to
further his own enrichment and aggran-
dizement so w. ]. Bryan uses the Dem
ocrat!c party"
Perkins based his attack on the report
that Mayor Harrison and Bryan had en-
tered into an alliance to unseat the ma
tional delegates elected by the Demo
cratic State convention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27
MORTIMER
A SOCIAL LEADER
His Family Makes Impress
sion at LenOX.
GAY TIMES AT BAR HARBoR
Mrs. Fairbanks Feted by Chicago Chap
ter, D. A. R.-Mrs. Grant
Among Guests.

The British ambassador and Lady
Durand are fast winning the social leader
ship and favoritism enjoyed by the late
Lord Pauncefote and his family. and
Miss Durand is one Of the most enter
tanned young women of Lenox. She was
the guest Of honor at "A dinner Satur-
day evening at the Curtis Hotel when
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert W. Chaplin were
hosts.
The popularity of the ambassador and
his fal.iily extends to the attaches of
the embassy. and just now Hugh Cur
ney, third secretary, is winning golden
laurels with his new touring car, in
N NHe ne takes out young society people
ualiy Mr.. Quincy also takes his fine
saddle horse to Lenox with him. and
IN company with Miss Durand. who rides
spiendldly takes daily canter.
Former Senator and Mrs. J. 3. Hen
derson have had numerous improve
ments made Ia their Bar Harbor resi-
dence and are expected to do a large
amount Of entertaining during the sea
son.
Representative MorreT is at the head
Of scheme for running a road coach
between Bar HarbOr. Seal Harbor, and
the North East Colonel Morren will
AlmseiI De one OF the whips
Mrs. Fairbanks was the guest of honor
at breakfast given in Chicago Satur-
day by the officers and directors of the
chicago Chapter of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant was among
the fourteen guests seated at the table
which was decorated with English
daisies and pink roses.
Miss Florence Farnsworth is the guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs Samuel T. Fox. in
Philadelphia. and on Saturday evening
was the guest of honor at a lawn party
at the home of Mrs H. Ray Fox the
mother of her host.
Among the Washingtonians at the Ma
plewood. Pittsfield. are Mrs. George c.
Lauman. Mrs. Whittemcre. Albert Hal
stead and family. Miss Margaret Adams
Mile. Furry, and Mrs. A. f. Bates.
Mrs Julia Kinsolving is the guest OF
DR.. and Mrs. N. D. Humes at Upper
Marlboro. Nd
Count George Won Wartenberg and
Count Conrad Won Wartenberg were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald 9. Van
derDilt at a luncheon at Sandy Point
Farm, Newport, yesterday, and later IN
the day were the guests OF Mr. and Mrs
Henry A. G. Taylor, when they met a
number Of Newport cOttagers-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

When we see a heather festival and
listen 10 tomtoms we call the music
barbarOus- When the heather see or
festiva- on the Fourth OF July and Gear
the giant crackers go Off they are told
that this is civilization Puzzle for the
heather.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

Raisui's picture, as published in a
Philadelphia paper. looks like a harm
less old gentleman who would probably
be ''vagged' by an up-to-date policeman
in New York for going to sleep on
park bench
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

Dowie says that he has already caused
the throne Of Edward VII to totter.
Probably the reason why he ran away
was because he saw 1t tottering in his
direction, and he feared being buried
under the debris
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

Cat torpedoes have been invented by
some genius, TO throw at the cats and
make them skedaddle from under the
windows. This invention will be all
right If not abused. but it may turn out
that the torpedoes are worse than the
cats
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-27

The Metcalfe who recently married an
actress is not the one in the Department
Of Commerce and Labor, though people
who are referring TO this as spectacu-
lar Administration doubtless wish he
were