Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-09-10
TELEoRAPHic NEWS.

tration circles are much gratifed TO
day over the speech of Secretary Taft
al Bath, Maine, last night.
In the speech the secretary declar
ed Roosevelt and his administration
will be the issue of the coming cam
paign.
This is the featureful paragraph o.
the Taft speech:
I'VE are nearly half way through
the second administration of Mr.
Roosevelt The question before the
people OF this country is whether
having elected Mr.. Roosevelt by an
overwhelming majority to continue
as chief executive for another term
and having made him and his party
responsible for the national politics
adopted, both in legislature and in
executive matters, they shall now by
oelectlng a Democratic Congress ex-
press dlsapproval of his course and a
want of confidence in his future ac-
tion" .I
PHILADELPHIA, Sep. 6.-Whar-
ton Nipple, the suicided presi-
dent OF the wrecked Trust company
turned over TO Receiver Earl today a
note which he had picked up in his
fathers bureau which read "Segal got
it all, l am alone to blame, | was
fooled
In one section of the city the people
frenzied with anger. A muttering
crowd of more than a thousand peo-
pie mobbed the office of the magis-
trate who seemed slow in issuing war
rants for the directors Hang every
one of them" screamed one woman
who was red-eyed from weeping, 81
am a widow and they stole every cent
l had in the world"
KANSAS CITY, Sept Ga man
has no business in politics unless he
is so rich that he can afford to lose
money, or so poor that he hasn't any
to lose. 1t is likely to mean ruin.
TO anyone else"
These are the last words of a man
who knows-who has followed the
game and has seen it eat up his mon
ey, consume his time, and afford him
in return opportunities for nothing
but crookedness to which he would
not stoop, and graft which he would
not accept. until at last he ended
his life to save his wife and seven
children from poverty. He left them
100000 life insurance.
A few years ago James Van Pey-
ma, West Slider, had a prosperous
hardware business, a good-sized bank
account and happiness. He decided
to go into politics, not from desire
lieved it his duty to do what he could
for the cause of good government
He devoted himself to his self-im-
posed task so ardously that he gave
less and less time to his business. He
believed the only way to accomplish
good results was to identify himself
with party politics and gain influence
with machine men, TO be used for
bringing about better conditions.
Van Peyma. when 1t was too late,
awoke to find his dream never would
come true. His business had dwin-
died away his health broken and al
most penniless and, above all, with
no lasting results. 1t made him tir-
ed of mankind and he concluded life
s-tr 10. a, tha
trouble.
NEW YORK, Sep. 6.-The spelling
committee announces that 1875 col
lege presidents and professors OF
universities and officials have
identified themelves with the move
ment which has been given
such an impetus by President
Roosevelt. New York, Illinois, Mass,
achusetts. and California furnish the
largest number of pedagogic recruits
while Kansas contributes twenty
sation about spelling reform between
President Roosevelt, Secretary Bona
parte. Admiral Bob Evans and 9TH
ers, Evans said:
well, it viii be just as warm
spelled with one II as with two"
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Under
act of Congress the agricultural de-
partment has obtained test alfalfa
seed from dealers throughout the
country OF 352 samples examined
100 contained destructive parasite
plant dodder, nine were adulterated
with seed of yellow trefoil and nine
with burclover Firms who offered
for sale the lots found to be adulter
ated were named by Secretary VII
son.
Ell PASO, Sept. GA letter confis
Gated at Nagales when the Mexican
revolutionists were arrested the 9th
err day contains very startling revela
tons shows that there forty revolu