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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-21
Which Corr led at Noon Today in
Chicago-is loot in Taking Chair
as Temporary Chairman Makes
Big S0cseiI, RcvisWing Party's
History and Showing II to be
the Greatest Political Par
" Of the AGE
BY Associated Press.

- - : -~-S'
Chicago, June 2l.-lhe Republicai
nltional convention mel al noon toda,
u the Coliseum and organized.
Nominations viii not be reached unii
the third day.
There was a suggestion OF rain in tli'
air with cool breeze from the north
west, but within the hall the weather
was hot.
The fire acres Of seats under tat
arched roof Of the Coliseum began tc
fll by lo;8o o'clock. Old convention,
gocrs regard the Coliseum as the best
proportioned and arranged convention
hall in the United States. The outside
walls are of stone. 1t seats $500 per
sons.
Back Of the seats behind the chairman
of the convention Is Coliseum portrait
Of the late Senator Marcus 4. Hanna
on canvas, which is twenty by seven
teen feet in dimensions. Portraits Of
President Roosevelt, with Gags aboui
them, are placed at regular interval
about the amphitheater
The Vermont delegation endorsed Fair.
banks for vice president
The party leaders are making effort
to prevent fhe giving of complimentary y
votes to "favorite sons" 50 that boil.
the President and Vice President may
receive the unanimous vote Of the con
vention. The only place where dis
tnrbanc is likely TO occur is in the CON.
mittee on credentials. It's meeting prom,
ises to be stormy.
West Virginia Delegation.
The West Virginia delegates and al
ternates at the Chicago convention arc
as follows;
Delegates at Large-A l. Mallory, o.
Wood; Capt. a. N. Pritchard. Of Marion
]. /. Caldwell, Of Cabell, and G. W. At.
kinson, of Kanawha,
AIternates-Byrd Hillcrmon. Of Ka.
nawha; Dr. r. L. Gordon, OF Fayctte
s. w. Wiley, Of Sumers, ana S. NJ
Steele, of Marshall.
First Dtstrict-Jonu Bodley, Of Ohio
and Virgil L. Highland, Of Harrison.
Alternates- s. G. Gist. Of Brooke, AMI
Charles b. Goodwin, of Lewis.
Second District 4. Laud.treet. oi
Tucker, and Charles Lamar. Of Berke,
ley.
Altcrnatcs o. a. Hood II Mineral
and Neil J. Fortney, of Preston.
Third District -Enoch Carver. Of Ka.
nawha and Samuel Dixon, Of Fayctte
Alternatcs-Ib Waters of Kanawha
and S. c. Dice, of Greenbriar
Fourth District-C. II. Shattuck, OF
Wood, and w. L. Armstrong. OF Tyler
Alternatcs-G. b. Gibbons, of Wood
and Porter Stout, of Doddridge.
Fifth District--G. w. Atkinson. oi
Mercer, and 7. NJ. Houston. Of Mellow.
ell
The chairman Of the West Virginia
delegation appointed the following as q
committee to select the several conven.
zion committeeman: J, L. Caldwell, V
L. Highland. Enoch Carver, G. II. shat.
tuck and T. Z. Houston
Ex-Gov. Atkinson introduced resolu
tion to endorse Senators Scott and FL
kins, which was passed without obiec
ton.
The committee reported the followin:
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RoosEvELT SENDS MONEY
TO RELIEF COMMITTEE
BY Associated Press.

Washington. June 81. - President
Roo-eveit has sent $500 to the slocap
disaster relief committee.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
TRUSTS AND PRICES.

The campaign bookmakers labored long
and hard and demonstrated TO finish
it you accept their figures as gospel
truth-that there are no real trusts,
that trusts have not put prices up, and
that, in fact prices have not gone up
They show, for example, what weak,
punny. little harmless affair our billion
dollar steel trust is-producing but
little more than one-half of our steel
output. They say that "it is obvious
that a company producing only one
half of any given article entering a
given markets could not maintain ex-
cessively high prices" The misrepre-
sentation In these statements lies in
the fact that as to many Of the finished
products of steel the trust has an al
most absolute monopoly and can and
does charge exorbitant prices, as is
demonstrated by its export prices OF
these same goods. In tin plates. barbed
wire, wire nails, and many other
articles, the trust has virtual monop-
oily of our markets and charges US
from 80 to 100 per cent more than it
charges foreigners for these goods
In nearly all other of its products,
such as steel rails, billet plates, struct-
ural work, etc, in which it produces
only half of the countrys output, it
has "gentlemen's agreements with
other manufacturers which enable it,
as we'll as other manufacturers, to get
the full benefit of the high tariff du-
ties on these goods. In this way it
gets s28 a ton for steel rails sold in
this country, while selling them abroad
for SIS and $50. II gets s32 for plates
here which it sells in England at SIS.
1t is a pity that these little correc
tions could not have been obtained in
time for insertion in their campaign
book; for. surely the Republicans
would not knowingly and wilfully mis-.
lead the dear people.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
AS TO CAMPAIGN BETTING.

Mighty little weight should be Civ
en- the stories about betting odds.
They are indicative of nothing more
than effort on the part of political
managers to impress the public All
these people pictured by the New
York papers as making big bets are
llacing the money of other people,
and doing it for a purpose.
While On this subject of betting,
here's a word of advice: Be careful
how you bet on the electoral vote.
Bear in mind that the electoral col
lege is larger this year by twenty
nine votes than it was four years ago.
IT 1900 the division of the elect oral
vote was: Mckinley 292; Bryan
l55. If the two parties We're 70 carry
exactly the same states this year as
trey did then the vote would be: Re-
publican 81: Democrats l65.
This is by way Of illustration. Looh
out for trick bets on the electoral
vote. Better still. look out for all
votes. The bottor and his money are
soon parted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
DEMOCRATIC AT ALL TIMES.

The Graphic is Democratic at al
times, and not merely at those times
when candidates are announcing for
Office or some public official may have
a little printing to be awarded.
In contest for Democratic nomi-
nations, it does not hesitate to eX-
press its choice. if it has a choice.
When the primaries are over it IS
in line for the nominees of the party,
and as an evidence of its loyalty to
the party and its nominees places the
ticket at the head of its editorial col
umn.
It's editor is not a pro. ectionist, ad-
herring to ideas wholly antaSonistic TO
Democratic principles, and il has ney-
er editorially condemned the national
Democratic committee for its car
toons caricaturing Roosevelt refusing
to use them
1t carried the last state and county
ticket al its masthead. and advocated
the electlOn OF every man OH tHe lCh-
ct. even to the "unspeakable Jeff Da-
Wis" 1t is carving the national an
congressional ticket al the head OF
its editorial column, and il has in al
most every issue since The ST. Louis
convention earnestly advocated the
election of Parker and Davis
The Graphic is a Democratic news
paper from principle and not for rev
enue only
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
We ARE 4 WORLD POWER.
Or Position Among Nations Establishe
Before the Birth Of Roosevelt.

The assurance with which you, Mr.
President, born in 1858, assume te
have discovered the United States and
its policies is even more astounding
than the policies themselves. You tell
us that the Monroe doctrine will be Al
object Of derision unless we have a
mighty navy. The Monroe doctrine
was thirty-fve years old when you were
born, and doing remarkably we'll. as
it has been ever since. You tell US that
without a still newer still bigger first
class navy we must definitely make up
our minds to accept a secondary posi-
ten, not only in political but in com.
mercial matters. When you cut your
1rst tooth we had the greatest neF.
chant marine in the world-greater
even than England sand our navy
was Insignificant Our mercantile ship
ping On blue water has steadily de'
clined under the restrictive policies
you favor, and it is smaller now than
it WAS when the first keel Of the new
navy was laid.
You tell US that under your leader.
ship we have just become world
power" What were we-pardon the
personal illustration-nore than gen
Grafton before you were born, when,
with only ten million people and in.
significant armaments, we flung the
Monroe doctrine into the teeth OF the
Holy Alliance?
Considering your intelligence and
your knowledge of American history,
your attitude seems mystery. What
can be its explanation?
What can be the purpose of all these
shrieks for a mighty army and navy,
these frenzied denunciations Of COW.
ards, "weaklings" and "cravens," who
sordidly mind their own business in.
stead of flying to arms, with no dis
cernible proyocation: these frantic
wavings of the mailed fist in the faces
of the nations? The spectacle is ex-
lEdOIQlnAIy duQ pCW liONi III s. AS
country is in no danger from any
power of Europe. All the nations OF
the Old World are watching each other,
afraid of each other, and infinitely
more in dread of US, the terrifying
p merican Peril" than we could pos
sibly be of them. Not one OF them
would dream of adding a war with US
to its other dangers, if we gave it
chance to escape. II we could stand
against England without great arma'
ments ninety years ago. when we had
only eight million people, what have
we to fear now with eighty millions md
eight hundreu times the resources and
power for war? From the New York
World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
CONVICT MADE eooos.
Prison Made Go0is to be Marked for
Identification.

In an opinion handed down in the
case of the People VS.. Hawkins, Judge
Alton B. Parker, while presiding over
the New York Court of Appeals.
passed upon the question of convict
made goods. He said:
1T is now too late to consider the
subject generally from the point Of
view of the political economist, for the
people, in whom reside all power, have
set at rest that question so far as this
State is concerned. This statute neith-
er prohibits nor attempts to prohibit
other States, or the citizens Of other
States. from putting prison made
goods upon our markets; nor does 1t
prohibit our own citizens from buying
or selling them; if it did, then, con.
cededly, the statute would be in viola
tion of the commerce clause OF the
Federal Constitution and void; it
simply requires that prison made
merchandise shall be SO branded that
our citizens shall know where the
goods they are buying were made.
This they have right to know, for
they voted to burden themselves with
additional taxation rather than longer
to permit a competition which they re-
garded as public wrong, and they are,
therefore, entitled to such legislation
as will permit them to know the truth
in regard to articles offered them for
sale, in order that they may not,
through lack of information. have
forced upon them that which they
would not buy advisedly. The com.
merce clause Of the Federal Constitu.
ton does not stand in the way of their
having such information. inasmuch a.
the Constitution Of this State estab-
fishes a public policy in the working
out OF which the Legislature may go
to this extent at least under the police
power of the State"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

o; this vote. II is estimated, howeV-
er. that the women will cast approx
iuately 125 900 of this total vote.
These 125,o0o voters will, therefore,
have a direct influence in shaping
tie political complexion of fourteen
electoral votes.
A close study of the drift of thing
in those states has brought the con
c'usion that the ballot has little inde-
pendent effect in the hands Of women
in other words. that women. as
rule, vote as their husbands or broth
ers do If this is true. the effect OF
the female vote will be only 20
strengthen the majorities one way or
the other.
But there may come day when
this little handful of women are able
to elect a president. Will those who
cri;icise the southern states FOR al
legged discrimination in the electoral
franchise then turn their attention 70
the unfarness of system which per
,nits a little handful of women in four
small states to name the president
while the army of old maids and 9th.
er women in New England are not
permitted a word on the subject"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

West Virginia "is all right for Roose-
velt," says State Senator Robinson one
Of the minor leaders Of the G. o. P. in
that State. only few counties re-
main TO be whipped into line" The
whipping into line OF counties, and
factions, and individuals is keeping
the Republican bosses very busy these
days. This is the case in New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Colorado and
several other States. Despite their
Araggadocio, the Republican bosses in
each Of the States above named are
worried over the outlook and would
give . good deal to be assured Of
victory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
TIE REPUBLICAN TARIFF POLICY
hsndicaps Americans sad Favors
foreigners.

Aside from the gross injustice OF
which manufacturers are guilty when
they utilize their protection to compel
home consumers to pay more than a
fair price for goods and more than for.
eigners are regularly paying; aside,
also, from the base ingratitude OF the
trusts which smite the hand that feeds
them, as they do when they take the
protection bonus from the American
people and then charge them higher
prices for goods than they charge for
eigners, there is sound business rea.
son why this practice should be dis
couraged rather than encouraged BY
tariff legislation These reasons hold
good even il the generally accepted
theories Of protection be true.
II is bad economic policy for na-
ton SO to legislate that its own manu-.
facturers and workers must pay more
for materials and goods than is paid
BY foreigners for these same materials
and goods.
l. Such Z policy handicaps homo
manufacturers and producers and gives
their foreign competitors a great ad-
vantage, not only in foreign markets.
but often in home markets, even when
tariff duties are fairly high.
2. Instead of encouraging and build
VT ,1fh
discourages and drags them down by
enabling goods to be manufactured
more cheaply abroad: foreign manu-.
facturers, to whom our trusts sell un.
finished goods at lower prices than our
own manufacturers can obtain the
same goods at, are naturally, because
OF their cheaper materials, able to un.
dersell American manufacturers.
3. Such policy tends strongly to
induce manufacturers, who might 9th.
erwise do an extensive export bust.
ness, to establish branch factories in
foreign countries, where they can
manufacture. more cheaply: where
they can, in fact, get more benefits
from protection" than they get at
home. That hundreds Of branch fac
tories are being established abroad for
this reason is certain. Numerous arti-
cles and editorials have appeared on
this subject in the trade and CONNER.
cial papers during the last three or
four years. A notable article ap-
peared in the Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Sci
ence in January, 1904. 1t was written
by MIR. S. n. D. North, Director of the
Census. 1t tells Of scores Of big manu-.
featuring plants that have recently es.
tablished branch factories In foreign
countries.
4. Such policy leads to retaliatory
tariffs on the part of foreign countries
which wish to save their industries
from some of the evils of what is called
the "dumping' process. These high
tariffs tend to keep Our products out
of foreign markets and also encourage
the establishment of branch factories
abroad.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
PATRIOTISM OF DEMOCRACY.

II any doubt exists in the mind
of man as to the vigorous American
ism of the Democratic party, let him
look toward the fOrtyfOurth senate
district of New York state. What bet
ter evidence of Americanism could
there be than practical recognition
of the great national game OF base.
ball as the Democrats of that district
have given They have nominated
as their candidate for state sona'"
that distinguished citizen Silk
O'Louehlin. the star umpire of the
American league, a man whose image
is engraved upon the heart Of every
loyal American youth. The city OF
Rochester is the capital city Of the
Tortv-four,h district and there 'SilkS
resides 70 the JOY and pride of the
populace. The district is REGARDED
by the Republicans as safely Repub-
lican, based on cold and unfeeling
figures, but what can party lines
count in the face of such idol worship
as the sturdy manhood of Rochester
gives to "Silk?'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
WOMEN AND THE PRESIDENCY

How much figure are women going
to cut in this campaign? OF course
a lot indirectly, as they always do;
they had a vast deal to do with
throwing the labor vote to Mckinley
in 1896. But directly?
There are four states of this union
in which women have the ballot on
a precise equality with men. These
are Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Wyo-
ucing. In 1900 these states cast an
aggregate of 397, 900 votes; it is ex-
pected the total will be brought up
-<' Aove~'" in this election. The wo-
cast, however, one-half
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

There is another batch of interest
ing Letters From the People" in his
issue of the Graphic, indicating that
ii is al once becoming a popular fea-
t1iro with the readers Of the paper.
and that they are going TO use il 10
rake known their views as 10 matters
engaging their attention. The spac
is free to those who comply with the
rules.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
STRONG AT GOLF.

HOW are you coming along at golf
nowo"
oh. fine"
BROKE any records yetoe
"eli' not exactly; but I've broken
Is clubs, the honeysuckle vine, the
cats back, and six panes of glass
: nee | began playing, SO I'm coming
along strong. g.'-Chicago Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

II is said that Tom Watson's aim
is 10 politically destroy Bryan. AS
political corpse Mr.. Bryan would
have more life in him than Tommy
Watson in the palmiest days OF his
political activity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
PRAISE FROM the ENEMY.

Paying his respects to Judge Parker,
]. Sloat Fassstt, as temporary chair
man of the Republican New York
State convention, at Saratoga. said:
"Of the Democratic candidate have
only the kindest words to Say person.
ally. He 10 high tyDs Of man, with q
clean peysonal and efnoaAl record"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

Fugitive Bill Taylor hopes tha, In
diana is not a doubtful state, but
VIII line up solidly Republican. Tay-
lGr's residence in Indiana depend :
upon that states remaining Repuh-
lea, especially in the state admins
tration.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
ONO

OF course there are few fools who
hope that they may be able to get
q shave after Novmber for the first
time in eight years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

Fashions fad in purses this sea
son is the fla tyle The style is very
appropriate after fellow gets done
paving for one of fashions fads in
fur wraps for fair woman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

John Bull has spit on his hands
and said 10 Russia: Here's at You
if you dom do the apology act hand
sCmely.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
A BUNCH OF ONIONS

MI and Mrs, William Onion are re.
eeising visit from Mr.. Onions f.,ho.
and sister from clarion.-Fort DODGE
tIa) Chronicle. 'aee
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

The A,lanta Constitution says; a
New York lady tainted he other day
when a southern gentleman offered
her his seat in a New York street
car"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

Hooker continues to express far
tlat he viii be hung. He will realize
On his fears just as soon as jury
can get at his case.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

sCncle Grover is as good at
phra se-making as he is al hshlng.
"The limbo of negaton" is his --latest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Preeident-Alton 3. Parker.

Vice President-Henry G. Davis.
Electors at Large-Tillman
Parks, Harry L. Ponder. First dis
<r1ct, Ed Mathes; Second, J. l.. Short.
Third, Ben Taylor; Fourth j. B. Pry-
0r; Fifth, w. r Duley; Sixth, Creed
Caldwell; Seventh, George r. Haynie.
Representative in Congress-Joe Il.
AobinsoH.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

One man in a dinky boat could
frieh en- the Russian Baltic feet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

Only nine more days till Teddy
breaks his painful silence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-30

Only nine more days and the agony
will be over.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

The Democratic National con-
vention had one popularity which
will appeal to people everywhere.
1t was a ''poor boys" conven-
ton. The men who did all the
big things were not rich men s
sons. AS one apt observer said,
the men who run the busiest end
of the whole show started with a
shoestring. "Tom" Taggart, of
Indiana, peddled lunches in his
boyhood, and John P. Hopkins of
Illinois, was a clerk in country
store at little more than nothing a
week. Roger G. Sullivan, also OF
Illinois, began active life at a
very early age as helper in a car
barn. Billy Sheehan, who went
to the convention as a personal
representative of Judge Parker,
was a handy man on a ferry boat,
but he is now millionaire. Nor
man E. Mack of Buffalo, one Of
New York's National committee
men, was a newsboy. He now
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22

The following are the newly-ap-
pointed trustees for Ellsworth dis
trict, for 8, 2 and 1 years, respec-
lively:
No. 1-Ferdinand Ashenhart,
Frances Parks and Andrew Hays.
No. 2-Madison Terrell, M. M.
Terrell and T. A. Kerans.
No. 3-W. w. Christie, Bennett
Keller and T. A. Gorrell.
No. 4-Geo. Meeker, Jas. Jacobs
and w. B. Clendenning.
No. 5-R. w. Martin, P. D. Wat
kins and T. B. Watkins.
No. GA. Ankrom, G. G. Fetty
and j. W. Thomas.
No. 7-George Thomas, A. A.
Taught and G. E. Hubbard.
No. ST. G.. Locke, Geo. Fletch-
err and Albert Asher.
No. 10-W. G. Reed, j. II. Asher
and Hosea Reed.
No. 11-H. w. Waters, Gran
vile Lawson and James Anderson.
No. pc. E. Heltsley, Albert
Rabel and John Wilson.
No. 13-J. A. Ankrom, David
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-22
poor BOYS CONVENTION

owns a big paper himself. "Col. "
Guffy, of Pennsylvania, began life
as an oil driller, but ne now has
plenty of oil property and great
many other things. William Nc.
Nary, leader of the Massachusetts,
delegation, was at one time mail
room boy in the plant Of a Bos-
ton newspaper, and afterw ards be-
came a reporter.
These are but a few of the ex-
,amples, taken at random, Of men
who are running one of the great
political parties of this country.
There are many like them and al
together they are the basis of one
more argument that American
boys, if they will, have only to
make the effort to rise to the top.
While not everybody would pick
politics as career. it must be re-
membered that a man must first
succeed elsewhere to gain political
distinction. Public honors do not
come to those who are failures in
business life.