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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
zUNl FAMILY LIFE.
Village looks Like Huge Hive OF
Clay ON a Sandy knoll.

"A village looks Like n Huge hive of
Clay Sandy knoll.
The little half civilized children Of
| Zt1n1 so aroused our curiosity that we
drove through forty miles of sand and
snsebrush, from the rlilroad Mt Fort
Winsate. to pay them a visit. AS the
indians do not provide for travellers we
took. our hotel with us-tents. beds and
food-and camped just outside their
village The village looks like ii huge
beehive made of clay and stuck fast
to the top OF n sandy knoll The hive
is filled with mass Of ceIls-3oo single
rooms, placed side by side md piled In
rows one on top Of another.
In each of these rooms lives a Zuni.
family. There are no inside stairways
leading from story to story. but II the
boys and girls living in one row wish
to pay a visit to a house above them
they must go outdoors and climb Il lad.
der. On the slope between the village.
and the Zuni river are number Of
small vegetable gardens. each one In.
closed by a mud wall Zuni has no
inns. no shops. no saloons. not even
proper streets, but only narrow alleys
that thread their way through the
strange town. AS we walked through
the village all the world came out to
see us. Girls and boys clustered on
the roofs or sat on the ovens-queer
little cones of mud which seem to grow
up out of the house tops-while ia.
theirs, mothers and babies peercd out
from dark doorways To- stare at the
visitors When we had finished our
tour of the roofs and alleys we We're
Hospitality invited indoors. Even there
the children followed u.s. and as we
glanced up at hole in the ceiling
which served as a window girls
laughing face filed thc5opening. We
must have looked strange enough in
our hats and gloves and long skirts
Maria Brace Kimball inst Nicholas.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
None of That Kind.

0 I've had been digging drain to our
warehouse in Mobile, . said the major,
land before going home for the night
l told our porter Sam that he'd better
hang out red lantern as a caution to
the public He was absent for awhile
and then came back to me TO say:
Eve kyant put out no red lantern.
Majah Dibbs.'
g But whyT
e .kase rs bin to ebery grocery stob
in Mobile an cherry one o ,ern am jest
out o. red candles at present. Shall I
go back an AK EN- fur. blue or green?'"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
y alRs, u 81 NGs.

II Fsras:e 8 III
81 u Il
two years ID ter ~ ottsl fre left E,russis,
SGsorye Eeith EaiTe stoEyfsff Is TN si,, Syvit.
szerIand to p1ead the cause or ii lSsn.ss
sifsh friend. 5ISyn:. The Story az .Isy,,rIs.
lis familiar to al MS COUNT men. lha,
French had Beaten tie English on the
set. and. Inad With tiSa Epointcd r,lge,
tho blunG erinE Irinist7y OF England
t,9sneu on their iiIckiSSs iI1strIlment.
9Bsns. voltaire was lie liTelong frcnei.
or Ric!ieIieu. rho COM 1t ;,>,.: 81 F;,1t he
was. too, the man Of w,ion1 1t was
said that t.for twenty yea rs the redress
of indlcia, wrong. iiun:s enSirely sonShis.
pon. On Dec. 20. 175G. lie wrote$to
RIcEeien telling Byng'S story. ana tlaf
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
sirted Pearln.

Some years ago the sultan OF Sulu
learned that the pearl fishermen We're
reaping big profits. He supplied his
revenue collectors with sleeves and or
dered TINT all pearls found near Sulu-
must be tested in these sleeves. Those
that dropped through We're to be re-
tanned by the fishermen; those that re
NAMED in the sleeves were to belong to
the sultan for taxes. 1t nearly ruined
the pearl fisheries.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
GETTING EVEN WITH JAPAN.
The English Artist Offended the sap
anese Boy With His Battle.
field Picture.

!. On her last trip to the Pacific Mail
1 liner Manchurfa brought from Japan
to this country several war CORE:
i spondents and artists, chiefly English,
who had become tired of Japan's pol
icy of keeping them in the rear and
of preventing them from sending
communications to their newspapers.
They We're returning in disgust and
in a bitter spirit to ward Japan, says
the New York ''sun. :
On the same vessel was one Of the.
great bankers OF Japan, with his
American wife and several children.
One of these apanese-American. chill
dren is called Togo. He is about 10.
sturdy, manly little fellow, and soon
became the general favorite on board
the ship. He speaks English fluently
He is unusually we'll informed on the
war.
Togo, or the Admiral as every
one called him, took a great fancy to
the artist of an English weekly pa
per, who has made pictures for his
periodical in a score of wars and
whose name is known better than that
Of most English generals. The artist, t
like most of the war correspondents /
who have come back was SO angry |
over his treatment that he was look
ing for revenge. He had not seen
any OF the real fighting. The war in
Mancnuria IS not being waged as a
show for special correspondents.
Many incidents Of the fighting, how
ever, had come to his ears, some of
them not complimentary to the Jap
anese soldiers
lieved some of these stories to be
true. At any rate the admiral dis
covered him one day on deck making
a picture of Japanese soldiers bay
onetting helpless, Wounded Russian
soloiers-murderfy1g them instead of
taking them prisoners and caring for
them huTnanely.
What are you drawing?" asked
young Togo.
a wal, picture
But you are making the Japanese
soldiers kill the Russian wounded,
YES know"
"But 1T isn't true"
..Well, it is in the picture. It is
ny picture, you know =
You are not going to paint IT."
'sNVhy, of course am 2
.But-but-.'' and then the boy i5e
,roke down and turned away.
Five minutes later the artist found
he lad sobbing and heartbroken.
why do you cry, Togo?" he asked
Because" said the boy. Il never
bought you could beso mean and I'M I
ust to our soldiers. 1 !.
Those on board the Manchuria said
he boys grief was something of a
hock#to the artist but he said he
,ould5send in the picture to get even 81
,itRJ Japan. y
E $500 ...--:..-.-..--- q,
Collars quarter sizes at G..$sB.. t
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NEW BOOKS ~
T7euBLi LiHEfA

i "a
Many ofsthe cftizsnsSofF airn1s
not seem to know hat the
public library SUPP
enue from he bull dfngs yshieI
located w TJ.s
ner of First stree ind irInotl
nue.. Every person. Is He1c
the magazines and pa psfs
found on the vel lied tables
all can draw book wi none
without PRICE fms cen
per day wtIl he collected
kept beyond the two n ee ISss
erwfse there IS no charge
Young men$are cordiaIly ses
the library and Tread Inc room
strangers who cast III tflei Iqt
with US will be welcomes
brarfan History, biograph
essays can be had
shelves.
The following new hooK have
Gently been added
NJ rs Wigs ofS the Cabbag Pateh
by Kate Douglas NV1ggtns.
Old Fashioned
May A1cott:
Prisoners Hope
Nelhe's SILVER dtae,,
Jackson
The MAJESTY of
William George Jordo
Great Books as life Teachers
DR.. Hillis-
...The Life Sc stalozzt
De Guimps:
Uncle Renus.s 1osl
Harris
beautiful Joss
ders-
anderson ~ IaIes
Christian Anderson
California and OTegaI
Frances Parkman
swiss Ia = ily Il obinso &
5sSsssTaIes OF Shake cha
and Mary lamb.
ssfsA dison
Richard Green
Cod
VA;
49,
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HIS idea of II.

Ca1ler-Why, I'm Irish. Bobby. Twas
really born in Ireland. Bobby oh.
you're in disguise, then. Caller In dis
guise? Bobby--Sure. You Amt got
any red chin whiskers nora pipe stick
in in your hat!-Philadelphia Press
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
p AIM Z VVEARg

Tho oil is the r1aucilaEo. When you
seal an envelope what makes K 1e.aszIn
closed Is t1e quality of tie paper t,r "a.
quality of the nnucilage? The durability nI
paints the pure 3inseed oil part Of me past
the pigments Prre1iE seed oil is to ra;t.:
e&actly what a1-woolness'' is to clothes.
Therefore you don't have to take
word for the quality of Kinioch Paint. VI. j
put the quality and durability into g I::,!c2.5 2 I
yourself when you mix your ow-7 pare AZ
seed Oil whit. K;uioch Pai1ti made fro:.1
the old time-tried N ateriais asedby p-ace;csi
painters everywhere. and the only difference
between kinloch" and any really t1ist1-
grade ready-nixed is in our selling :: n
paste form. ready to thin with pure Ii7seet
OIL. An Prepared paint is first ground 1r.;o
stop there. The ready-uaixcd paint maker
goes on and adds the oil. tsomethinG 5,o1.-
fourteen-year-old boy can do) and the 1ez ,-,
and consumer have to pay the ready
mixed paint price for TINT oil, OF. fzs,1.,
three to four times more than for OF the
know to be pure.
CakazDeI g DRAKE, the I1orlds Fair CEN
tractors, builders Of seoeraL state ta'1Zof 6tE!9
rigs, etc.. zV1-sAe eGre using ynocit Paint or
oil on7 sOork and ft,:d IL entirely sa:iaEactory.'
own dealer viii get "<inlocs1"
kfnioch Paint Company. St.Louis. Mo
4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08

NO SNRoRk EoE Pooh aINE
4EREi s.
M AN 5F4AcT lIRlNG ISRRos TED
DssA
ARE i 81
No NAN TO GomREE
O COMES

f.0Ni2c iSoy.
ices from Peterson VS. tat s MA
\ the Russian aut horEti les afes
j = orGfed oreE tt e@ out1opk8 liz
4 *i9o.e1ld, Where the people are aci
! See %. face vi
trists contpri ing u t55itTe'
1i&Stea 2it4 comp al fseg Ssss
i8eeptions BY nsen and E1nleFl
en- f;sss tslplIs eth God upon
vi n I'll es test ie in dustryS ind
ar has closed full 3 Inc otlEs 81
ten mills The general 81 ON al
the Russian home mark et3 has Isrss
cd the mill owners to suspend sots
tons until thc ffut,l
q = q che e Ye1snn me here
peliedzt to care as mn
power for the
We're employed fnz these actcEIe
LODI. perhap s Thu richssfc of
province. has opened 80 SON
within the mas two mon flls SINH
steps been aiken h NE
tiles Of other cities of fhes
sovernment3and an appeal
the governor of til proyinc and Iseai
ing the. names ofnaany me- &
the nobilitytis being circtIates
the min owners praying FOR fes
cuniary aid IN he work
tbs Offering.
Serious riots have accur
the last week and ass the ocsl al
are not ableto cope I'll thaS
q large number Of ossack ssh as
brought INT oSlzS and
Ike districts most denselY sh ahff ii
By the workins classes.
mplaints have since beengma
Shese Cnssacks are here to
poverty OF the people for man
smaller merchantsS claim
rave been comp led sIst
able8 sums of M one
cape molestatio On.
Encendfary 1fteratsi tlrea
he wealthy and Al WISH she
sets bread wherever
distributed all yer tn =
several arrests lave been
he ringleaders are%sti III
ocksmit named
md mortal III ouIlde I'D
,ffcer esterday who,
costing one of
vail. the4p police 81
nan was guest toned
t the circular and s. len
0 answer he5Wa.sE
led a few hours fateIs
how the auth orit les have
snstYe streetln1p roy eEiaer
1structed to emp loss
zen. There Isl som 81 tal
ne made
eff OF the poor but not ms
lade known.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
PERSONAL.

SIS there anything you don't need
that I might take ~ asked the Eslovenlys
old junk man, watching Subbubs pack
ng his goods on the moving van.
Yes" snapped Subbubs;ttn BATH
Exchange "a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
~ ~ IL ~ iYgLA ESES

S5Seed OH That's ALT Nothing I1.,t man
& has been able co invent can make any
paint wear longer than the :inseed Gil ii
(which It Is mixed,
~. e zevery oody understood that oil is the
only thing about paint tn at years, there
would be no sale for cheap ready-Irixed
paints. Appointment educator wrote that
Us friend "a college President. had been
ssindled by using on his fine residence
4zseady mixed paint advertised as frs:-class.
I He asked what was wrong with the paint
5eaad SAID: When the rain had soaked It
s521s1FouGhl Il was the most miserable look
5nk- thing you ever saw"
s3{Iherewa nothing wrong with the pant
Sotemens. If they had strong color and
covering body. But the oil in the paint
$svas not pure 1inseed oil. If it had BEEN
40 rain would have soaked 1t. as pure
i2tnaoed oil paint does not take up
moisture Waterproof oil Clothing Is cloth
DATED with luseed oil: and no pure linseed
oil paint viii wash off as long as the oil
lasts. You cant rub drypaint on a building
ana make 1t stay there no matter how good
the dry paint. Why mix white lead with
atuseed oil If it's the lead that wears7 Why
not mix It with wate17
Wherever we have no agent, vo1
sor you II shown this adj, by writing direct
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
8sAlTlMoRE 6 OHIO RAILROAD

s BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD
10 the WORLDS Fair, Very Low Rates.
Various forms OF excursion tickets
so St Louis via Baltimore & Ohio
RaiIroad, now on sale from Fairmont
! az Follows:
Season tickets, good to return until
December Is, 1904, to be sold daily at
rate OF s26-so. round trip.
Sixty day excursion tickets, final
limit not later than December Is, 1904.
90 BIO sold daily at rate OF s22.35, round
Grip
Fifteen day excursion tickets, to be
sold daily at rate of 1875. round trip.
Variable route excursion tickets.
&etther season or sixty day. will be sold
1ofng via one direct route and return
ing via another direct route, full infor-
natIon concerning which can be OBJ
aimed from ticket agent.
Gtop-overs. not exceeding ten days
at each point will be allowed at Wash
sEngton, Deer Park, Mountain Lake
Park Oakland and Mitchell, Ind, Qor |
French Lick and West Baden Springs |
within return limit. upon notice to |
conductor and deposit OF ticket with
depot ticket agent Immediately upon
arrival.
Il 5toD-oyers not exceeding ten days;l
Vii pc allowed at St. Louis on all
s0netway% Except Colonists'' tickets to
the Pacific COAST and round trip tick
cts ding TO points beyond st. Louis.
upon deposit of ticket with Validating
Agent and ayment OF fee or 81. 90.
Three sole yestibuled aims areE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
United States Senators.
tenhen EIkinS and Nathan


Stephen B. Elkins and Nathan B
Scott.
Representatives In Congress-.
First district-Blackburn B. Dove
ner.
Second district-Alston C. Dayton
Third district-Joseph H. Gaines.
Fourth dstrict-Harry c. Wood
yard.
Fifth disturbances A. Hughes.
State Government.
Governor-Albert B. White.
Secretary of State-Wm. NJ G. Daw-
son.
Superintendent of schools-Thomas
c. Miller.
Auditor-Arno1d c. Scherr.
Treasurer-Peter Silman.
Attorney General-Romeo H Freer.
Adjutant Generals. B. Baker.
Kendall.
Commissioner OF Labor v Bar
ton.
Chief Mine Inspector. W. Paul.
Supreme Court of Appeals.
George Poffenbarger, president;
Henry G. McWhorter, Henry Brannon,
Marmaduke H. Dent, Warren Miller.
C1erl1-William B. Mathews.
County Government
Judge of. the Circuit Court, Second
Judicial Circuit-John w. Mason.
Judge of the intermediate Court
q. S. Kendall.
Prosecuting Attorney-Charle Pow
ell
Sherif-Marce11us A. Jollif.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court-R- B.
Parrish.
Clerk of the County court-Geo. NJ.
Jacobs.
County Surveyor. H. Wilcox.
County Superintendent Of Free
L. Faust.
Assessors - James L. Hayhurst,
Eastern district; j. B. West, Western
district.
Legislators.
State Senators-Char1es w. swtsher
md Ira E. Robinson.
Members OF House of Delegates
Howard R. Furbee. ]. o. McNeely and
AMOS o. Stanley
County Court. J
w E. Cordray, president: Festus
Downs, S. E. Fleming.
Fairmont District.
Justices Of the Peace-L. G. Ben
ington, E. S. Amos.
Constab1es-L. C. Jones, F. NJ.
'wisher.
'oard of Education-Fairmont INDIE
pendent District.
E. M. Showalter, president; Q. S.
Ickinney, MI. Lantz; T. W. Boyd
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08

Magnificent coaches, sleeping cars,
observation cars and unexcelled din
ing car service
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
& OHIO RAILROAD
Cheap Excursions to the ST. Louis
Worlds Fair wednesdays,
November 2, 9, 16 and 49,"
Only $500 Round Trip
From Fairmont.

Tickets will be good going in
coaches only on Specified Trains.
Returning tickets will be good in
coaches only on all regular trains,
eavfng ST. Louis not later than ten
lays, including date of sale.
Call on Ticket Agent for time OF
rain and full information
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08

Three solid vest1buled trains are
run daily from Pittsburg. Wheeling
and Columbus via Cincinnati, to st.
Louis.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08

run daily from New York, Phi1adel-
phia. Baltimore and Washington, via
Parkersburg and Cincinnati to st.
Louis.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08

For illustrated folder, time table
office; Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08
IINI
OFF IRE e

s Presiden't Of the United States;
Theodore$ Roosevelt, of New York.
Secretary Of State John Hay; OF
Ionic.
Secretary OF the Treasur Lesiie
n. Shaw,#of Iowa.
Secretary Of War VIM. n, Taft, OF
Ohio.
Attorney General-w. H Moody, Of
Massachusetts
Postmaster General Henry @.
Payne, OF Wisconsin
Secretary of the Navy-Paul Nor
ton. of Illinois
Secretary OF the Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, Of Missouri
Secretary Of Agriculture-J ames
Wilson, of Iowa.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Victor H Metcalt, OF California.
President of the Senate pro tenn
pcre-William P. Frye, of Maine.
Speaker Of the House Of Represen-
tatives-Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois,.
Supreme Court Of the United States.
Chief Just1ce-Melvtlle W. Fuller.
Associate Justices-John NJ. Harlan,
David J. Brewer, Henry P. Brown, Ed
ward D. White. Rufus w. PecFham,
Joseph McKenna, Homer Day, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr.
United States Circuit Judges-Na-
than Golf and Jeter c. Pritchard.
United States District Judges-John
J. Jackson and Benjamin F. Keller.
United States District courts-The
Northern District.
Judge-John ]. Jackson.
CIerk-Jasper Y. Moore.
District Attorney-Reese Blizzard.
Assistant District Attorney. NJ.
5howa1ter.
o. S. Marshal-Charles D. Elliott
The Southern District.
udge-Benjamin F. Keller
C1erk-Edwin M. Keatley.
District Attorney-George w Atldn-
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swiae You.:n.aIss:. Man

EIvira And did be kiss you before
your chaperon? Marcia o b, no. He
was wise enough: to kiss her drst Co
lIumbus Dlspat ch .Ssss
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The Southern District.
Judge-Benjamin F. Keller
C1erk-Edwin M. Keatley.
District Attorney George w AtAin-
son.
Assistant District Attorney
Northcott.
q. S. Marsha1-John K. Thompson.
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Despernte.
ItCIan Won nal Ike both end
ends meet.

.Pat?,'
"shure and I can't make one end
meet!;---T own Topics.
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q The time to buy Dorot Dodd|
Shoes Isl now q. 81 IIIghland 81
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j.
t.
Sold by "A. cElfresf's Grocery, Rivesvle W. va
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EAlRMoNTTEAsco CO,
GIT Merchant street.
Teas. Spices. Refined Conee's and
Granite and $Queensware. Special
Attention ito Customers.
olIars ~ Sizes HI q, T3 M ss
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.97IIEIlhEeeI solIa yestibuled ItrlaInls arell
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08

Fifteen day excursion tickets, to be
sold daily at rate OF s18.75, round trip.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08

Collars quarter sizes at C.sBss
3.
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Sixty day excursion tickets, final
limit not later than December Is, 1904.
90 be sold daily at rate OF s22.s5, round
Grip.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08

Many Of the citizens Of arm q
not seem to know I
public library sup orted
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-08

Season tickets, good to return until
December 15, 1904, to be sold daily at
rate OF $3.50, round trip.
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Various forms OF excursion tickets
20 st. Louis via Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, now on sale from Fairmont
az follows:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-09-08
LETTER TO F. A. THAYER.
Oakland, Nd.

Dear. Sir: A gallon saved is 81 or
S. earned. Devoe saves 2 or 3 gallons
in TO- How much is it worth a gallon?
A gallon sayed saves the painting
too; and both together cost "a or So
81 where labor is dear.
Our agents in Bridgeport, Conn,
Hubbell & Wade Co, tell us: There
are a great many workingmens
houses here. They used topaint lead
andoil and take ten gallons. We
have been selling them ten gallons
Devoe lead -and-zinc, and have had,
in every instance, two gallons return
ed" The proportion is often higher
than that; We have known it five in
ten; but that is exceptional.
This is the explanation: Devoe is
ground by machinery,.-and is ground
fine; lead-and oil is mixed by hand,
and isn't ground at ALL Yours truly
30 F Wy DEvOE Il Co
p. S. j. NJ. Davis Il Son sell our paint.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-09-08
THE PARKER CANVASS LAGS.

1t is well nigh two months since
Parker and Davis were nominated,
and yet their campaign can hardly be
said to be started.
This is partly due to the factional
chickering's of Tammany and anti-Tam
bitterly opposed to Parker's nominal
ton. Upstate Democrats were for
Parker, and they overwhelmingly in
structed the state delegation for him.
The Democrats from most of the
other states also took pleasure in hui
initiating Tammany and the nomina-
ton of Parker was crammed down the
Tammanv throat with great glee.
Since the nomination, the New
York campaign has Jagged because
Tammany has sulked. Threats were
made that Boss Murphy was to be
further Inundated, and he has in
turn defied the l-Sheehan- Belmont
combinations This brought matters
to standstilI, for without Tammany
the Democrats can do nothing. They
can squelch Tammany in state and
national conventions, but they are
absolutely helpless to carry New York
or the presidency without the active
help of Tammany. Hence the Par
ker bosses are now brought to Boss
MurphY's feet and they are obliged
to concede him all that he asks. 1t is
humiliating for the Times, the World,
the Evening Post and the other vir-
tuous reformers tO.have to knuckle
to Tammany which thev have been
denouncing as the most corrupt and
villanious political organization on
earth. Yet without Tammany Park
er has not the ghost of a show.
Another cause of the delay in get
ting the Parker campaign started is
the utterly disorganized condition of
the Democrats. The Bryan men every
where had the organization of the
party, but when the reorganizers I'M
der the lead of Hill. Belmont and the
trust magnates captured the st. Louis
convention and nominated Parker,
the party suddenly faced about, ac-
cepting creeds that four years ago it
had denounced. Hence the party
everywhere had practically to be Or
ganized oyer again, and this is slow
and tedious job, especially under a
candidate that arousCs no more en-
thusiasm and confidence than has
followed the nomination of Judge
Parker.
But.little over two months remain
untilithe. election. and the problem
of figuring out an electoral majority
that will electI Parker is nearly.as far
from solution as ever. Mckinley had
1877 majority. Even without New
York, he had a majority of 1O1. 1t is
difficult to see by what combination
of states this majority can be wiped
out in 1904.