The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-14
Candidates for the Republican
Nomination for President
Are Busy Wooing the Lady
of the "Corn Silk Hair"
THE TALL SYCAMORE
OF THE WABASH
Thinks He Stands q Good Show Of
Winning the Fair I.ady's
Hand.
Rx Il. G. SnyierA

(By Il. G.. SnyGier.)
Washington, d. c., July 14.-These
be pearlous times for the republican
candidates for the presidency. Shaw
and Fairbanks. Taft and Root and
Cannon, are each chasing the presiden-
tial bee with assiduity and with the
democratic nomination practically
agreed upon, as it looks now, interest
centers in the fight that is being waged
III the republican ranks for the Roose-
welt succession. Shaw, while SEEM
1ngly temporarily out OF the running
because of the black eye he got in
Iowa, is undisturbed by present con-
ditions and he is going ahead making
friends both north and south hoping
that the lightning will strike in his
direction about convention time.
Fairbanks is getting ready to in
wade the Chautauqua circuit and will,
lecture on THE Ideal American Citi-
zen while modestly refraininy from
mentioning any names.
Root and Taft are busy with affairs
OF state but both are making eyes at
the republican jade hoping to attract
the lady of the corn silk hair"
Speaker Cannon is a candidate for
the nomination only in the receDtiye
sense but his secretary-Mr. L. Wright
Busbey-is busily engaged making
dates for Uncle Joe" and by the time
the frost is on the pumpkin il is he
lleved that "Brer" Cannon's boom will
De launched on behalf of the .plain
people," p'"'"
Apropos of the Fairbanks candidacv
your correspondent is in a position tn
say that the tall Sycamore of tho
Wabash does not regard il AZ q "snre
thing that Secretary Shaw is to have
the Virginia delegation to the rennh,i-
can national convention in 1e0s r.
is said that Mr.. Fairbanks has saverai
ssssaries at work in Virginia ali the
time and it is known that he has hean
especially nice to Virginia republicans
IN the course of the past six months
or SO. Several of them have been
entertained at his home and elsewhere
III the city, Mrs. Fairbanks showing
most consummate tact in her recep-
ton OF the vice presidents friends.
A good story is being told concern
ing Virginia friend of the vice presi-
dent, though the joke may also be
construed to reach Mr.. Fairbanks
himself. Some weeks ago a virginia
republican who knew Mr.. Fairbanks
more than casually was invited tn
come to Washington and take break
iast win him on certain day. The
slrglnlan In trying to keep the en-
gasement, found on reaching Colonial
6eacn, forty miles down the Potomac.
tnat ne could not reach Washington
IN time to breakfast with the vice
president. He wrote telegram to Mr..
falrbanks, expressing his regrets, and
look 1t into the telegraph Office. The
operator read the message.
Say" said the operator, you've not
given any address,
That's all right" said the other.
everybody knows that man."
Il do not" replied the operator,
who is he?"
He's the vice president of the
United States."
well, guess you'd better put his
address on the telegram" replied the
operator. and the Virginia republican
was obliged to add Seventeenth and
X streets. N. w., Washington, D. C.. to
the very meagre address he had first
given. He now swears that getting
people interested in Fairbanks as
presidential candidate is very uphill
work.
Nobody ever believes his correspond
ent who Is remiss in answering a let
ter, when the excuse is given that the
letter never came. So few letters.
are lost in the mails.
that an assertion that a letter failed
to be delivered is not accepted seri-
ously. Still. in the month of June
alone, according to a statement made
at the division of dead letters, post
omce department. today 1884, 1852 pieces
of unclaimed mail were received in
the month Of June. The number re-
ceived In the same month last wear
was 761 1873, a considerable increase
This year.
The total number of letters re-
turned to senders was 106.O92. The
number OF pieces unmailable was
l35,625.
The number of letters received con-
aiming money was $3.50, as against
'.746 for the same month last year:
out the amount of money they con-
aimed was $5,557.7S, as against $4,646
n the month of June last year, which
nay indicate that times are better.
md each individual who sends money
through the mail is able to send a larg-
'r sum this year than last.
The grand jury which is probing
The so-called ice trust of Washington,
has brought to light rather humor-
ous state of affairs. The jury seems
to have established the fact that there
sSr,lo
dealers" in Washington, as all of the
so-called independent purchase
their stock of the American Ice COM
pany which does not seriously deny
being trust The independents"
have been fighting for years soliciting
trade ON the ground that to encourage
them was to fight the trust. But the
grand Jury has about established the
fact that the independent" is only q
myth. Possibly the same state of at