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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
Course of the Proceed
ings Following Filing
Of the Protest of the
Fuller Opera House
DGleg atGs at-Large--
Plain Facts From the
Records.

The Republican national convention at
Chicago having seated the delegates at
large chosen by the Fuller Opera house
convention, and refused seats to the So
called La Toilette or Gymnasium dele
gates, it will be interesting to follow in
strict order the official action leading up
TO this result.
The protest of the Fuller Opera house
delegates-at-hrge was addressed as fol-
COWS:
Addressed to National Committee
F'To the Republican National Committee,
and to the Hon. Elmer L. Dover, secre.
tary thereof:
"Notice and statement of the grounds
npon which John @. Spooner, Joseph v.
Quarles, Joseph w. Babcock and Emil
Baensch, and their alternates, claim the
right to seats in the national Republican
convention, to be held at Chicago June
ri, 1904, as delegates-at-large from the
Republican convention of Wisconsin,
against the claim of any and all other
persons to any such right, and particu-
Slarly against any claim that may be
made to such right by Robert NJ. La Fol-
lotte, Isaac Stephenson, w. D. Connor
and J. H. Stout, or by their alternates.' .
Delegates Sign Notice.
Preceding the statement proper is the
Following notice, signed by the four dele
gates at-large:
'To the Republican National Commit
tee and to Hon. Elmer Dover, secretary
fhereof: You, and each of you, are here
by notified that the undersigned were, on
MAY 10, 1904, at the city of Madison,
Dane county, Wis, duly elected by the
state convention of the Republican party
pf Wisconsin, delegates t-large to the
national Republican convention to be held
In the city of Chicago on the 2lst day of
June, A. d. 1904, to represent the Repub-
liean party of the state OF Wisconsin in
said convention as such delegates; and
shat the undersigned will appear before
your committee at the time and place
designated by it for the purpose of MAX
ing up the temporary roll for said Re-
publican convention and of hearing con-
tests as to any right of any delegate to
sit in said convention, and defend their
right to sit as delegates large in said
convention against any and all persons
claiming the right to sit as such dele
gates in said convention from the state
of Wisconsin, and particularly against
any claim or right to sit as such dele
gates -at-large from the state of Wiscon-
sin in said convention that may be made
by or on behalf of Robert NJ La Toilette.
Isaac Stephenson, w. D. Common and J..
H. Stout; that the reasons and grounds
E'hy no other persons than the under
Signed are entitled to sit in said conven-
ton as delegates at-large from the state
of Wisconsin to said national convention
Continued on Second, Page.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-07-07
State Central Committee

state Central Committee
Chairman, THEO. W. GOLDIN.
First District-A H. Sheldon, Rock; j, g..
Reynolds, Waworth.
Second District. H. Wells Colun1bia A. }.
Roach, Jefferson.
Third District-W H. Ellis, Grant; F. r. Bent
ley, Sank.
Fourth District. X. Boden, Andrew 5
Mitchell, Milwaukee.
Fifth District-Fred B. Abel Waukesha; A. Y.
Klefsch, Milwaukee.
Sixth District--Frank M. Lawrence, Dodge;
R. bennett, Ozaukee
Seventh District. Q. Melby Trempealeau;
II. d. Davis, Eau Claire
Eighth District-E. c. Mash, ManitoWoc;;. Eber
Simpson, Winnebago
Ninth District-Wm. Larson, Brown; I, T.
Perry, Oconto
Tenth District-M. E. Dillon, Ashland +, Il.
Van Ostrand, Langlade.
Eleventh District Spencer Haven, St, Croix;
L. E.McGill, Gates
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

seized her, as she held out the babe to them, her hair came off, her clothes tore her jewel strings broke; and so she es- capped from their clutches and fled back to the palisades
 During the furious assault that followed while all the defenders were perishing by fire and sword, the Emperor shouted above the tumult to his guilty spouse to ask her what name should be given to the child and how 1t should be brought up. She cried back name, gave the re- quired directions, and then perished with he" brother in the massacre
 The throne of Japan is probably the only one in the world which has been wrestled for. Wrestling is the historic national sport of Japan. In the ninth century a Mikado died, leaving two sons who disputed the succession. Instead of plGnging the country into civil war. they sensibly agreed to accept the arbitrament Of mimic battle. Each chose a champion, and the one who proved to be the better wrestler won the throne for his patron.
 How the Line Has Survived.
 The Japanese are immensely proud of the antiquity and continuity of their im- perial dynasty, but the line would not be in existence today if European ideas of royal succession had been followed Many of the Mikados were the sons of c@eu-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

pines, and others were adopted by the previous monarch from distant brancheS of the imperial family. But even taxing these facts into consideration, the lohS life of the dynasty is surprising
 The student of Japanese history IS al first coufounded by the extraordinary number of rnonarchs who fit across the scene. In the traditional period the ages of the Emperors challenged comparison with those of the patriarchs of Scripture. Several of them lived to be over 12O. and reipned until they died: while the aver age age of the first seventeen was over 100 years. But later on' when the Elm nerors became fgureheads, they were constantly abdicating. sometimes after only a years reign. IL was quite com r,,on in the Middle Ages of Japan for three AIikadoes to be alive at the same time-a boy on the throne. his father or grandfather. who had abdicated, and his erandtather, who had also abdicated From A D. 9S7 to 991 there were four Mikados alive together. and in the reign os Go Nljo Tenro there were five.
 The Emperor Mutsuhito does all in his power to strengthen popular belief in the authenticity and continuity of his dynas- tic history. from Jimmu downward. Under his direction, the Japanese Government accepts and promulgates as genuine his- tory the myths and legends of the pre- Buddhistic era. Several years ago he set aside February Il as a public holiday, on the suppos1on that Jlmmu ascended the throne on that day in 66o B. c. The same day was chosen by him in 1889 to pro mitigate the Japanese Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
METHODS OF COMER :.
 AS A BUSINESS" MAN
Damaging Affidavit Made by E. p. Dickert of Birmingham, First Cousin of the
 Radical Candidate

preached by Mir. B. B. Conner, President of said Mill Company, and that said B. $. Conner enqulred of him the appproxi- mate total amount of said repairs. Af- liant further states that he informed Mir. Conner that the approximate amount of said repairs would be $50 and that there upon said B. B. Conner requested him to come into his private office, and stated to affiant that he would there pay him in cash the approximate amount for making the repairs as stated above instead of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com pany
 Aff1ant further states that he told Mir. B. B. Conner that he could not do busi- ness in this manner, and that said B. B. Conner would have to pay the money to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company.
 Affiant further states that B. B. Conner replied to him that if aff1ant proposed to do business in this manner that he, the affiant, would die a poor man.
 Afiiant further states that he replied to Mir. B. B. Conner that under those circumstances he would die a poor man. ner.
 (Signed) E. Dicl,er+ sworn to and subscribed before me, this
 9th day of April 1904.
 tSeai') Marie E. Jones, N. Pit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
(Comm,,nicatedA

(COmmunlcateu.)
 An affidavit received yesterday from E. A. Dickert. a prominent citizen of Birm- ingham and a first cousin to Hon. B. B. Conner, rather tends to show that this gentleman Is hardly the proper man to sit in judicial capacity as an unbiased judge.
 Just read and consider for yourself: State of Alabama,)
 Jefferson County)
 Before me, the undersigned, Notary Public in and for the said county and State, personally appeared E. A. Dlckert, who being duly sworn, says that he is acquainted with, and is a first cousin of. MT. B. B. Conner of Birmingham, Ala, and that in the month of October, 1900, he was section foreman for the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad Company in the city of Birmingham, Ala, and as such made certain repairs to the railroad tracks belonging to the Avondale Cotton Mills Company. Avondale. Ala, which re- pairs, according to contract. were to be charged by the railroad company against the said Avondale Cotton Mills Company in the amount reported by affiant to the railroad company
 Aftiant further says that upon compile ton of the work upon the Avondale Cot ton Mills Company's track he was ap-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
THE OLDEST DYNASTY.
UNPRECEDENTED REIGN OF
 JAPANESE ROYAL FAMILY.
Present House Founded About the
 Time of the Captivity of the Ten ~ Tribes of Israel-Some Stories q of Jimmu and Descendants.

By Hamilton Trench in the New York
 Evening Post.
 . The Japanese troops march to the front and the Japanese warships steam into Rattle to the martial strains of 'Kimi go 2o''-that briefest of all national an- 1hems. which contains only thirty-one Ayllables. The words of this inspiring song almost defy correct translation. and of the many translations which have been made no two are alike.
 May our sovereign live for thousands and ten thousands of years, until the tiny pebble becomes a moss-covered rock"
 ls The author of the song is unknown, but II is of great antiquity. It first appeared in Japanese literature in the eighth cen fury of the Christian era. but is probably much older. Japanese have fought and died to its music for over a thousand years. Their prayer has been granted by the continuance Of the dynasty of the Mikado down to ths present day. It is the oldest dynasty in the world-indeed, there Is no other dynasty even half as oid-and. so far from showing any signs of decay, 1t is more powerful and vigor- ous today than 1t has ever been before
 According to Japanese history-or tra- dition, to be strictly accurate-Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan, ascended the throne in e6O B. C., about the time Assy- ria was in the height of her glory and the ten tribes of Israel were being led into captivity. Before his advent Japan was a theocratic State, ruled by the Shinto gods. The transition to human government was not unduly abrupt for Jimmu Tenno was semi-divine. his moth CT. according to tradition, being the Sun Goddess
 It is incorrect, by the way. to speak of the Emperor Jimmu ,Tenno" and the ''Empress lingo Kogo." as do many su- perficfal students of Japanese history s"Tenno" means Emperor and 'Kogo"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

Empress. In keeping with the topsy-tur- vIness of things Japanese, the title Is an affix instead of prefix. as in English. Names of Japanese Sovereigns. Another peculiarfty of the nomencla- ture of Japanese sovereigns is that the names by which they are known in his- tory were in no case borne by them dur ing their lifetime. Jlmmu, for example was known to his contemporaries as
 Kamu Yamato Iware Biko. The name to which '"Tenno" Is affixed Is conferred after death.
 The present Emperor. Mutsuhito, will l probably be given the post-mortem name | of ''Meiji Tenno." Meiji being the chron- ological title of the Restoration era. Even today he is not generally known in Japan as Mutsuhit9, for that word Is rarely uttered or printed there. He Is "the Emperor to everybody. It would be the greatest disrespect to mention his private name. According to that great authority on Japan, Professor Basil Hall Chamberlain, the vast majority of the people do not even know their monarch's name or acre to know 1t. To them he is an ideal, a dignifed abstraction-not a real man with human weaknesses, as King Edward Is to the English and Elm peror William to the Germans
 Of all the monarchs of Japan, none has taken a f1rmer hold on the popular fancy than the Empress lingo, who ruled from 2m to 269 A. D. Good Queen Bess," Semiramis. Zenobia. and other strenuous female rulers known to history seem meek and peaceful by comparison with her,
 The legend says that four gods used her as the medium to inform her hus- band, the Mikado of the day. that there was a land across the sea-Korea-which he ought to conquer. The Mlkado laughed at the statement, saying that nothing but sea was visible even from the highest mountain. The gods were angry at his incredulity and punished him by death. almost before he had finished speaking.
 The Conquest of Korea.
 His Empress thereupon got together great fleet, which was carried to Korea. in default of wind, On the backs of the fishes and on the crest of a miraculous wave. She was enceinte. but none the less she attired herself in the armor of a warrior and led her troops to victory | in many bloody battles, until she con quered the country and wrote over the |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
e. W. STEGALL N co.


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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
WILL GET MAJORITY
 OVER ALL HIS OPPONENTS
This is the Prediction for Hon j. Thos Heflin in the Fifth Congressional District What
 Prominent Democrats Say.

ty says MT. Hefin will get half, If not a majority, of the vote in that county. Hon. w A. Cloud, Circuit Clerk of Macon County, says Hefiin will carry Macon County.
 George McWilliams. Sheriff of Autauga County, says: "in my Judgment Hefiin will carry this county; everything points that way"
 Hon. Charles E. Brooks, Mayor of Fort Deposit, (Mr Cattss home) says Hef1in is a winner Lowndes will give him a strong vote and the indications are he will carry that county.
 Hon. J. W. Cook, former member of State Executive Committee. from Lown- des. and Hon. Eaton Haynes, ex-Sheriff of Lowndes, say Hefin will carry Lowndes and that he is an easy winner. Dr. W. H. Owens, and Dr. J. H. Wood of Clay, say the county will go for Hef1in.
 Estimate of Vote.
 MT. Hefiin's campaign manager, Hon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
(Communicated.)

tCOmmunlCaLeuJ
 The contest in the Fifth Congressional District for the Democratic nomination to succeed the late Colonel c. w. Thcmp- son closed last night. The contest is conceded to have been a walkover for J. Thomas Heflin. since 1t is confidently believed that he will cast majority of all the votes boiled in the district. This estimate in behalf of MT. Hefiin is made after very careful figures submitted by friends in each of the counties in the dis trict. A rather notable fact in the cam paign is that practically all the travelling men-"the 'drummers'' travel the Fifth District are predicting the Hefin election by the same majority as figured by his campaign managers
 Not only this but many of the promi- nent citizens of the district are also making like figures on the result.
 Leading Endorsements.
 Hon. W. A. Handley of Randolph, says
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
War on Kissing.

Buffalo Times.
 The New York Medical Journal says that kissing Is too prevalent, and 1t Is This authority declares that kissing Is the efficient cause of much insidious bacterial infection.
 The French and the Germans are the great kissing races. The English were formerly in the same class, but have ex- perIenced a change. In this country kissing has never been universal, as abroad Up to a few years ago the friendly kiss was common with women in the streets, the railroad stations and other public places. but it Is no longer SO; The ridicule of newspaper paragrapnerss had much to do with the curtailmenI O. the habit, Today kissing Is confined 10 II comparatiyely few who utterly dls- regard the warnings of scientific busy bodies on the subject.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

 Mir. Hefiin will receive the vote of Ram dolph almost solidly
 J. M. Walton, Sheriff of Chambers County, says there is practically no op- position to MT. Heflin in Chambers He will carry the county overwhelmingly
 Judge W. F. Wilkerson. State Examin- CT of Public Accounts has just returned from Clay County, where he has been for several days, and he says Hedin is certain to carry Clay.
 pr. J. c. Cousins of Coosa County, who was one of the strongest supporters of MT. Thompson, says 1t Is true that MT. Riddle lives in Coosa, but Mir. Het1in will carry the county by a handsome ma- jority.
 Captain George F. Sedberry of Fillmore, State Examiner of Public Accounts, says Mir. Heflin will get more votes than all his opponents combined.
 Hon. W. T. Rowe of Taliapoosa Coun-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

J. M. Walton. Sheriff of Chambers County gives out the following state ment:
 ''We are jubilant over the outlook MT. Hefiin had the fight whipped from the start, but he has grown steadily in the esteem of the people. and has gained ground every day." c "A very conservative estimate of his vote Is as follows: Out of a probable vote in Clay of 1,450, he will poll 1000 Out of 1900 in Coosa. he will poll 1000 Out of 2,4OO in Tallapoosa, he will poll $50. Out of 1,7O0 in Randolph, he will poll 1,5O0. Out of 2,250 in Chambers, he will poll g2,1Oo. Out of $50 in Macon, he will poll 400. Out of 1900 in Elmore he will poll 800. Out of 800 in Lowndes, he will poll S75. Out of 1.250 in Autauga, he will poll SOO.''
 This will give MT. Heflin 9,125 votes out of t4,0O0 votes polled.-1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

the two forces, and cried aloud, beseech- ing the Emperor to take it into his care. He was deeply moved, for he loved her: and he told a band of his trustiest war riors' to advance to take the child, and also try to capture the mother.
 But she had anticipated his wish. She had shaved her head and replaced inc severed hair as a wig; she had soaked her clothes and jewel strings in sake" to make them rotten. When the soldiers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
The Difference.

Chicago Chronicle.
 There is some question as to whom Mir. Bryan will favor for the presidential nomination.-Bunalo. New York. Times
 In point of fact. however, whsi differ enec does 1t make? No other Democratic candidate for the presidency since Jack sen has undertaken to influence the choice of his party of a successor. and there is this difference, besides some oth- CTS. between Jefferson and Bryan. that the former was elected twice while the latter has been beaten twic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

J. A. Thompson, candidate for re- election as County Superintendent of Education, is a member of the firm of Hudson and Company and is thoroughly identified with the city of Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10
MANEoor,p,s IRoN BnEw

Wasting of the tissues means death; check the gloomy process with Iron Brew
 At all fountains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

Every officer appointed to fIlI a vacancy has been uniformly endorsed by the Dem7 ncrncY of Montgomery County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-10

Empress. In keeping with the topsy-tur- viness of things Japanese, the title Is an affix instead of prefix. as in English. Names of Japanese Sovereigns.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-17

kept wondering who the ''some" were, and
which were the some other folks"
The Old Boy does not advise the news
paper men ito start select little hell OF
his own" No, he simply dlsmlsses him
with line, that not many OF HIM are
there, inferrinS that most CT HIM are IN
better place. May be he means they
have select little heaven OF Their own.
Edmund Burke, l believe 1t was, immortal
lied them one day in the British Parlia-
ment by consigning them to a separate
class on earth. the Fourth Estate. So
maybe the devil doesn't know just how to
take the newspaper man, but then he adj
mits that he has a few of them, so 1T is
to be concluded that the weight of the
evidence is in favor of the bulk of dead
newspaper men being angels. It's been
said that good Indian is dead Indian,
but that's got nothing to Go with this
discussion at all. Who ever heard Of In
dams and newspaper men being put in
the Same boat together anyhow? The
newspaper men would write up the IN
dians and the Indians would rip up the
newspaper men, and there'd be more an
gels, so there you are 1t all brings us
right back to the same point. You can't
get away from it. But it surely is
wonderful thought Newspaper men pro-
spective angels! these fellows that call
each other all sorts of names. that wax
wrathy, about Finch and McBee. that
send off news one day and contradict 1T
the next, that are all the time in hot
water, faithful workers in the Anannias
club.
But there is an explanation for the
strange anomaly as there is for most of
the apparent contradictions in nature. 1t
is this: There is a great natural law of
compensation, the scientists tell u.s. Now,
the newspaper man catches he'll on earth,
why shouldn't he have heaven when he
gets off the earth?
A visiting preacher in Raleigh admitted
the other night that he had heard Of
such q thing in isolated instances of Ia
newspaper man being A Christian. That
is tremendously encouraging, especial
~ when it is considered IN connection
with the fact that recently Raleigh
man 0f the most exaggerated
type, a leader iii pushing the work OF
lie AnaniaS Club. actually came for
ward and did then and there publicly
become member of Christian church
The admission by that preacher is a
long step and is OF great Significance. for
it really almost puts newspaper men on a
plane with other men of other pursuits.
since it has not been the experience
Of the most OF travellers through this
vale of tears that genuine Christians are
thick as hops in any locality OF in any
line Of business