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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-30
DEMONSTRATION IS FoREG~
TO a POLITICAL GATHERING

A hush almost cEvresKzE frr1aE cue.
the zsse-b2EEG Tbe SPEAKER ia.
paused eRrecEEzrlT- AS 1s srgr-aE Z.
resume. TIE I'm ssrs1 q To- -;
stretched between 1nE rx& E-esEz al,
liucal heroes Esr- hur3s - -1s 1s8-
gates. The applause s1E-1ss End II !
s-yra1atsessc xs-s vas EE=Ts=3 y
every part q tie Ere1z hal he
demonstration was mike Err that had
preceded IL. OF that tame after. Al
mdefinable dignity was attached %
the demonstration that seemed foreign
10 q political gathering
Secretary Root concluded his ad-
dress with the words Theodore
Roosevelt and they w-ere-rnagical 70
the delegates The most marked dem
o~nstration of the session ensued. The
delegates climbed ON their chairs and
tossed hats and handkerchiefs into the
air.
While Mr.. Root was being heartily
congratulated the orchestra rendered
Q medley or national airs.
The roll OF temporary officers OF the
convention was then read by the clerk
and approved by the convention.
The chairman said the national CON-
mittee had placed on the roll the
names OF two delegates from Porto
Rico and six from the Philippines
with two votes and asked the pleasure
o. the convention upon the action OF
the committee on the ordering OF a
roll call.
Senator Foraker moved that the &C
ton Of the national committee be ap-
proved and the motion was acrried.
The roll Of states for membership
on the various committees was then
read and adjournment followed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-30

found the occasion bi presenting 10
the convention a table which had been
built by the manual training school
connected with the South Minneapolis
high school. He asked the chairman
TO use IL for this convention, which
would nominate that fearless, invinci-
bic leader, Theodore Roosevelt. The
applause was general, but not long
continued and in that set a precedent
that was followed in succeeding
demonstrations.
Chairman Payne expressed thanks
for the table and then said:
Gentlemen of the convention, the
national committee has selected for
your temporary chairman the Hon.
Ehhu Root of New York"
There was another shout from the
convention, which was prolonged
when Governor Odell OF New York
moved that the action Of the national
committee be approved. The motion
was at once adopted by the convention.
Mr.. Root was greeted with renewed
cheers as he advanced to the speak
er's stand.
simultaneously with ex-Secretary
Roots appearance AZ TIE, speakers
table an immense oil painting OF Pres
ident Roosevelt was unveiled at his
right. The tableau p Ight forth a
burst OF enthusiasm. AS Mr.. Root be-
gan 10 speak the picture was removed
and the sole attention o.. the immense
gathering was devoted 20 the New
York statesman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-30
ROOTS SPEECH APPROVED
BY CHEERING DELEGATES

The more striking sentences of his
speech were literally applauded. When
he reviewed in figures the increase OF
the money Of the country and an
nounced the enormous sum of gold ac-
cumulated the convention became en-
thusiastic. All OF these details and
hgures Mr.. Root pronounced without
reference TO memorandum. He turned
his attention to the administrators
regulation Of trusts and, when he said,
But no honest industry has been sup
pressed" there was a round of ap-
proving applause. The declaration
that those corporations which had en-
croached on the rights of the public
had e curbed TO an extent never
before reached also pleased the con-
vention.
Discussing the Cuban question Mr..
Root read the dispatch from President
Palma to President Roosevelt when the
Island was turned over. II was the
first time he had mentioned the presi-
dents name and the convention
grasped the opportunity to applaud.
Shortly afterward he brought in the
name OF Secretary Taft. which was
also heartily a~pplauded. The admin
~istration's Panama canal policy re-
ceived a round Of applause when Mr..
Root declared that 1.-The weaklings
would have postponed its construction
TO another generation"
Mr.. Roots challenge of Judgment
on the record OF these Republican ad-
ministrations" was the signal for a
shout and applause.
An incident which is destined 10
live long after the spasmodic dezO1-
STATIONS have been forgotten Is Mr..
Roots tribute TO President Mckinley.
He spoke of McKinley's ADMINISTRATORS
OF progress. his gentle1ess &C cAErzc
ter and those qualities 50 h@b0Tst hE
the nation. and said. All win NJ
kinney, we recaeDbsr Hzz-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-30
FULL TEXT OF PLATFORM
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON Rzso.
LuTioNs AS ADOPTED BY
THE CONVENTION.

The platform adopted by the Repub-
lican national convention follows:
Fifty years ago the Republican party
came into existence, dedicated among
other purposes to the great task of
~arresting the extension on human
slavery. In 1860 it elected it's first
president. During twenty-four of the
forty-four years which have elapsed
since the election of Lincoln the Re-
publican party has held complete con-
troll of the government. For eighteen
more OF the Orty-four years it has held
partial control through the possession
OF one or two branches of the govern
ment, while the Democratic party dur
ing the same period has had complete
control for only two years. This long
tenure OF power by the Republican
party is not due to chance. 1t Is a
demonstration that the Republican
party has commanded the confidence
OF the American people for nearly two
generations to a degree never equaled
in our history and has displayed a high
capacity for rule and
which has been made even more con-
spicuous by the ~incapacity and in
trinity of purpose shown by its op-
pOnentS.
The Republican party entered upon
its present period of complete SUI
premacy in 1897. We have every right
to congratulate ourselves upon the
work since then accomplished, for IL
has added lustre eve to the traditions
of the party which carried the govern
ment through the storms of civil war.
We then found the country, after
four years of Democratic rule, in evil
plight, oppressed with misfortune and
doubtful of the future. Public credit
had been lowered, the revenues were
declining, the debt was growing, the
administrations attitude toward Spain
was feeble and Notifying, the stand
ard of values was threatened and un-
certain, labor was unemployed, bust
ness was sunk in the depression which
a succeeded the panic of 1898, hope
was faint and confidence was gone.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-30
PROTECTIVE TARIFF RESULTS
IN EXPANSION OF TRADE

We met these unhappy conditions
vigorously, effectively and at once. We
replaced a Democratic tariff law based
on free trade principles and garnished
with sectional protection by a consis-
tent protective tariff and industry,
freed from oppression and stimulated
by the announcement of wise laws,
has expanded to a degree never be-
fore known, has conquered our mar
kets and has created a volume of ex-
ports which has surpassed magma
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
JESSIE vEEMAN a.

in her official test she produced TWEEN
ty-six pounds four ounces of butter in
seven days and eighty-seven pounds of
milk in one day She is nine years
past and has dropped eight daughters,
of which we have seven in our herd at
the present time. They all have a fam
lily resemblance and are making good
official records. Without question the
yeemans are destined to be one of the
foremost families of the breed. .
The Neglected but Patient Cow.
Mr.. W. W MARBLE of Missouri says:
The milk COW has been fed on shucks
to make twenty cent butter, while her
brother has eaten corn to make four
cent beef. She has been sheltered in
post oak brush, while the good warm
barn was used to keep forty dollar
race horse in The cows only protec-
ton in winter was heavy coat OF
frost, for which she gave in return $50
worth of butter The race horse wore
a nice red blanket and won $40 at the
county fair in the fall, and yet with all
these indignities the COW has patiently
awaited her day.
Butter Production In siberia.
The production of butter in Siberia
is keeping pace with the development
of that part of Russia's railroad trans
portation facilities russian papers re-
port an increase in dairies from 140 in
1898 to 1,1OT in 1900 and $500 in 1902.
The butter exports increased from
100000 pounds in 1898 to 90,2S0, 900
in 1902
Select q Dry Spot.
II a separate house is built for the
dairy, dry spot of ground where the
atmosphere is always pure should be
chosen. Have the room light and well
ventilated and put up plenty of shelves
where the pans and other vessels will
have room to air thoroughly when not
in use. There is usually cellar under
the dairy room, and this should be
drained so it will always be dry and
have at least two windows TO furnish
light and air. Then it is necessary to
provide drainpipe or some other con
trivance to carry away all the water
used and to keep the ground surround
ing it dry.
II there is a place about the farm
house where cleanliness is more desir-
able than in the dairy We have failed
to ind it. Bacteria and disease germs
multiply wherever milk is spilled and
allowed to dry. Many pound Of but
ter Is spoiled because the churn, butter
bowl or milk pans are not kept perfect
" clean, for the least impurity will inn
part an unpleasant flavor The floor
and shelves sh0|nld be scrubbed FIRE.
Quently
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
Things Doing In Forestry

1t is stated by d. G Fairchild that
some species of bamboo will stand a
temperature of degrees T. 1t is be-
lieved that there are in California. Ore
gon, Texas and throughout the gulf
and southern states many localities
suitable for the culture of bamboo.
Attention is being directed to the
pine lands Of the south and to the pos.
sibiities of scientific forestry in pro.
noting forest production in the south
ern Atlantic coast states. The neces.
sity for the protection of the present
forests from fire. destructive lumber
ing, etc. is recognized. and the posi-
bilities Of handling the forest so as to
produce a continuous crop
The leading problems in New Hamp-
shire forests are said to be the refor-
esting Of white pine areas and the
maintenance of the spruce output. Re
cent statistics show that nearly 2,000,-
600 acres of land have reverted from
improved farm land to an unimproved
state, and much of this is adapted to
the growth of white pine Forestry au-
thorities suggest the planting Of areas
upon which no reforestration has taken
place, thinning when necessary. refor-
esting the cut over areas and extending
the forest area over ell lands which
srs not adapfed to agricultural croI:s.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
How to Hall wafnuts.

Hulling walnuts as usually perform
ed is a dirty and disagreeabEe task, for
the juice stains the hands deep brown
very hard 10 get off There Is, how
ever. a cleaner and easier way Of re-
moving the hulls, to which Mr.. w w.
Ashe has called the editors attention.
It is simply to bore hole slightly lar
ger in diameter than a hulled walnut
through piece Of maple or other hard
wood and then drive the walnut
through it. This not only removes the
hulls, but does it quicker than any
other way with which we are acquaint-
ed. American Botanist
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
SUCCESS IN DAIRYING.

1t IL Not Achieved While Working In
the Dark, Saws Maine Man.
w. S. keene, successful dairyman
Of Palmyra, Me-. at the Maine Dairy
mems association told IN Interesting
story of his experience in trying TO es-
tablish his business by the huphazard
methods so commonly employed by
farmers. Ills experience will be of val
lie to the farmers of the western states
who are trying the dairy business or
who contemplate engaging in it, says
the Chicago Record Herald Mr.. Keene
said:
Il began nine years ago: bought six
of the best common cows ! could find.
/ paid $50 apiece for them. | worked
along and used scrub bulls and raised a
few calves for three years. but | did
not get ahead any for the reason that /
had no means Of knowing what my
cows were doing. | mean by this that
l did not keep an account with each
COW to see what she was doing
..Six years ago began to keep an ac-
count with my cows. | bought Il set of
scales and put them in the tie-up, and
from that time to the present every cow
has had to stand on her own merits.
bought me registered Holstein bull
and began to raise my own COWS. To-
day l have about forty cows and heif-
ers, and last fall won fifty ribbons ut
the Bangor and Lewiston fairs. My
standard when l began was $500 quarts
year, and today my two-year-old heif-
ers are averaging 1000 quarts a year
and my mature cows about 1000 quarts.
4 am able to get $40 apiece for all
my grade heifer calves when few
days old My grade bull calves sell
age to feed for veal or raise for steers.
have never sold any Of my registered
heifer calves because | am getting my
whole herd into registered stock, but
my thoroughbred bull calves sell at $50
to $40 when dropped, and | sold one at
FIVE months old for $50
Now, the only way ever got start-
ed was in knowing, first, what every
COW was doing. Lots of cows start out
with a big mess and dry UP in few
months. 50 that they do not pay their
keeping ! sell that kind as soon as
find them out, but never could find
them out if did not weigh their milk
l produce milk for factory at New
port. They buy milk by the pound
so do not test my milk for butter
fat, but they test all the milk they
buy about once a week and they report
that my milk tests on an average of
about 4 per cent, and that, they say, is
good enough for them. II was selling
cream, would send a sample of every
cows milk 10 the creamery about once
a month and have them test it for but
Ter fat. and in this way | would weed
out any COW that was not profitable as
buttefHlaker.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31

-
The inventors Of method by which
milk is now being solidified on il con-
siderable scale confidently believe that
their discovery will not only abolish
the many dangers of the dairy, but
will eventually do away with the dairy
itself. according to yarn printed in
the San Francisco Call. They are con-
fident. that is, that the day of liquid
milk is over.
People who have tried to solidify
milk before have employed too low Il
temperature in their fear of decompos-
ing its fats and sugars and in conse-
quence have failed. But by the Just
1atinaker process the liquid milk is
whisked round polished cylinders kept
at fierce heat by steam and comes off
in few seconds in the form of a con-
tinuous creamy white sheet five feet
in width. This is reduced to powder
and may be compressed into cakes
The feature of the product is that it
is still potentially milk the. whole milk
and nothing but the milk, and to make
new milk at any time it is only nee
essary to add the seven parts of water
which have been evaporated
The result is said to be difficult to dis
tinguish from fresh milk. Its cream
rises naturally, and it may be made
into butter or cheese. The powder and
cakes keep indefinitely, and samples
have been sent round the world and
lrfr fos
turning quite fresh. Obviously it is
impossible to water, skim or adulterate
solid milk, and Il fact to which the in
yentors attach extreme Importance is
that all attempts to cultivate microbes
on it have failed
Hard and Soft by Turns
Butter during cold weather season
is likely to be hard and soft by turns,
depending on the ups and downs of
temperature. In the home the milk
crock or jar is kept near some fire in
the hope that the cream will rise and
that good butter will be chufned. TOO
often this butter is white, soft and wa
terry You can only improve the but
ter by changing the plan of setting the
milk and cream and avoiding the use
of hot water in the ehurn, ''foaming'
and the wearied churner. Farm and
Ranch
A Fine HoIstein Cow.
At the New York state fair last fall
the Holstein COW whose picture is re-
produced from the Holstein- Friesian
Record won first prize i'll her class and
won the champion prize also. Stevens
Bros. say of her: she is the exact
type We are trying to breed, combining.
as she does, rich breeding fine individ-
uality and large capacity. Last season
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
DAIRY CATTLE

The worlds fair committee Of the
Holstein-F riesian Association Of Amer
lea is sending out an address to breed
ers and exhibitors of Holstein-F riesian
cattle relative to an especial effort to-
ward an exceptional display of that
breed at St Louis next September.
The committee is composed of six prom
inent breeders, with W. 7. Gillett Of
Rosendale. Wis, as chairman.
The address makes the following ref
erenee to the worlds fair prizes of
fered by the HoIstein- Friesian associa-
ton:
Public esteem and the merits of the
Holstein-F riesian breed demand that a
most creditable show of our cattle be
present at this great exposition. Real
izing the Importance of a representative
exhibit of Holstein- F'riesians at st. Lou
is, the HoIstein- Friesian Association of
America has offered special prizes for
exhibits of its cattle, which, together
with the regular prizes offered by the
exposition, make sum to be competed
for in amount never before offered at
any live stock show 1t will be seen
from the arrangement Of prizes offered
that the large and The small breeder
have an equal chance of winning some
thing and that it would be hardly pos
sible for any herd of ordinary merit to
show at st. Louis and win nothing.
Great things are expected Of us, and
the Holstein- Friesian association APP
peais to its breeders with an urgent re-
quest that the display Of our cattle
shall far surpass any previous exhibit
tion''
Kind of Dairy Cows Wanted.
It is the herd of special purpose dairy
cows we want and not the herd kept to
furnish chores for the owner or hired
man Dairy type is nor an accident; II
is not something that just happened.
There are good reasons for every point
Of makeup. It is advisable that every
one engaged in dairying should procure
pure bIooded sire-M. E. Thomas to
Hoard's Dairyman
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31

The spruce and the sweet gum are
not the only plants that afford nat
ural chewing gum On the western
prairies the rosin weed (SiIphium lacin-
iatuml exudes a resinous substance
that after it hardens may be used for
chewing Country boys are wont 10
pull the flower heads from the plant
and to return later for the hardened
juice This same silphium is familiar
to many by the name of compass plant,
and it is probably the species to which
Longfellow refers in "Evangelne. It's
leaves are as large as the largest leaves
of the bnrdock, but cut something like
an oak leaf. These great leaves are
always held aloft with their edges in
stead OF their sides turned toward the
sun American Botanist
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
4 t1sefui shrub.

Berberis thunbergii is one OF the
most useful shrubs a landscape artist
can have. In winter its berries are at
tractive; in spring the leaves are a
bright green, and the younger ends are
usually lighter color than the older
branches. The coloring in autumn is
exquisite. 1t never grows high. is
well adapted for border or edging and
does well on terraces to edge stair
way. Gardening.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
How 70 s1anase the Pserssn FERN,

EEow TO Manage the Piersen Fern,
TO assure symmetry and graceful
proportions. the Pierson fern should be
grown on raised stands or suspended
from the roof of the greenhouse. and
the results will amply repay the grower
who aims TO produce fine specimens.
This fern should not be shaded except
in the hottest midsummer days, when
slight wash on the glass may be
needed to prevent burning. 1t is a
gross feeder and is happiest when pot
bound and given liberal stimulant, with
cool culture, abundant light and plenty
of room. II these hints are followed,
there will be little or no tendency to
revert to type !" Gardening.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31

tleman, from which the accompanying
portrait is reproduced, says of DR..
Written:
He has been for eight years professor
OF horticulture in the Missouri uniyer-
sity He has studied at the South Da-
kota Agricultural college at Cornell, at
the st. Louis Botanical garden and at
Halle-Wittenberg and has the degree
of PHI D. from the last named uniYer-
sity. He is Maine man by birth.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31

Uniformly high and well dissolved
and well distributed salt in butter is
a quality that is given considerable
weight when the butter is placed upon
the market. Butter of medium poor
quality seems to have a good sale pre-
vided the salt is quite high. well dis
solved and well distributed The keep
ing quality is also improved by the use
Of good salt To get the salt in such
a condition in the butter and get uni
fornhy high content in it (211a to per
cent? from day to day is something not
easily done The amount of salt in
the finished product depends. first, up
on the amount of moisture in the but
ter at the time the salt is added; sec
ond, upon the amount of salt used per
pound of butter or per pound of fat;
third, upon the amount of working the
butter receives and at what time the
bulk of working is done after the salt
has been added, and, fourth. upon the
size of granules at the time the salt is
added and the hardness and softness of
the butter-C. Larsen.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-07-15
Popullsts Hold a Conferences.

After three conferences. held Sat
urday night by members Of the ex-
eoutivo committee Of the Peoples
party with prominent Bryan Demo
Gratis who are dissatisfied. not so
much with the platform as with the
presidential nomination by the DEM
ocratlc national convention. II has
been decided by tho conference OF
the leaders TO decide on some line Of
action during the coming campaign.
Commenting on Judge Parker's
nomination, prominent Popullst
said, Next to Cleveland, the Popu-
lists most desired the nomination OF
Parker. His nomination emphasizes
the parting Of the ways OF the allied
forces and will help immensely TO re-
store the Popullst party 10 it's former
strength and effectiveness"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-07-15

Grover Cleveland. according 10 a
prss dispatch. refused 10 SEQ a re-
Doiter. but sent the following from
his room: II am in absolute lgnor-
lnco II tho action Of the ST. Louis
convention except In 80 far as II has
nominated Mr. Parker as presidential
candidate. with the result am
abundantiy gratIded and hope that
tho remainder OF tho work Of the con.
vention will add to the encouraging
prospects OF Democratic success. This
Is all can possibly say at this time.
do not know when I shall have an
opportunity to read the platform
adopted or to learn Of the entire pro
ceedinga OF tho convention. In any
event It Is absolutely certain that no
further expression from me may be
expected at present. I hope to DO TO
liovcd OF further importantly on thia
subject"
When asked whether no intended
10 support the ticket, William Jen-
nings Bryan said: Il have nothing to
say except that I expect to cast my
vote for tho ticket"
Tho news Of Judge Parker's noml.
nation was taken to Mira. Parker.
mother OF tho Democratic nominee. at
Derby. Conn. Tears came to her eyes
and for moment sho could not
speak. She said; Il had hoped. II his
nomination would DO the best thing
for the party. that no would be nomi-
mated. and now" she said. IF his
election viii DO the best thing for the
country, sincerely hope that no will
DO elected"
sho said that Judge Parker was a
personal friend OF President Roose-
volt. and within a year or two had
made him n visit at his oyster Bay
home. Mrs Parker is so years Of age.