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the unanimous choice of the republi-
can state convention for denomination,
and that he other state officials who
have served faithfully. and we'll for
one term will be renominated,
That Secret Ballot.

I "a . 70 u
1t used to be the custom in state
conventions to nominate candidates
On the call of counties unless 1t was
done by reclamation. Then an occa-
sional kick was heard because the in
dividual delegate didn't have a voice
in making the nominations, and a
great cry was raised that the nomina-
lions should be made by secret ballot.
When the primary law was enacted
the secret ballot was provided for in
the belief that every man should have
the opportunity to vote as he saw fit
without regard to instructions, COM
binations or respect for his local can
didates' interests. Now the cry is
raised that the gang" seeks to con-
troll the nominations by having every
delegate vote secretly. An old fellow
named Scott-of course he lives in
Grand Forks county-says this.
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"A Safe View.

A certain Irish officer responsible
for dog licenses had q system of dis
covering his victims. He knocked at
the side door of every house. and II a
dog barked he Immediately demanded
that the owner show his license. Every
dog must have his day, however. and
one day last week this collector reach
ed the street with his lower garments
nearly intact. "Bedad," he said. eye
ing the victorious terrier through the
ratings. that's the sort of dog likes
to see out o. me sight" .'''>
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LILLIAN EXAMPLE.

II tnOSe VINO DelleVe that the work
of the world is being done at the pres
ent, day by the young men would take
look at James ]. Hill Just now they
would in all probability realize the
mistake that is being made by the adj
vocates of the osler theory.
In his sixty-eighth year this man who
has carved a colossal fortune from the
wilderness is beginning the construc-
ton of great trans-continental rail-
road. Into this enterprise he enters
with the zest which marked his earlier
work, while the vigor is merely ac-
centuated by the experience of the
past.
The case of Hill has no mercy on
DR.. Osler's theory of the age at which
mans usefulness should reach its
terminal station. A few months ago
Hill announced his purpose to retire
from active business. to get time to
read book or two" But it is as
difficult for Hill to retire from bust
ness as it Is for business to retire from
Hill. Like liberty and union, they are
one and inseparable. OF all men he'd
be the most wretched if. in his present
vigor, he should lay aside the reins and
Crnf f,sNv III <1,s1 ,ss,I H. TAI~
! peaches and cream for him to dream
great things and go ahead and do them.
He likes to conceive large undertake
ings and then execute them. He
thinks in millions and. much more. he
acts in millions. too He has a great
creative faculty-a gift for construc-
ton, for development. for selling the
bull of opportunity by the horns.
Close up to the psalmist's allotted
limit of life. he now begins the execu-
ton of a great project. The Great
Northern railroad. which stops where
the Pacific ocean begins. and which is
supplemented by steamship line to
the orient. will long remain a great
monument to his memory. But he
proposes to erect another monument
just as great. Any reports about his
retiring from business yet while
should be taken with a hogshead of
salt.
1t would be worth the while of the
man who believes that his usefulness
is ended at fifty or sixty years of age
to keep in mind the example of Mr..
Hill. He has always been a man of
untiring energy and indomnitable will.
No undertaking was too great. no mat
ter in which he was concerned too
small, to receive his closest attention.
He has been emphatically a man of
action. Yet at the age when most men
are writing their wills and buying lots
in the cemetery. Mr.. Hill assumes the
care of an enterprise which would
stagger the dollhouse produced young
men of this generation.
1t is safe to conclude. however. that
many of the sturdy characteristics of
the great railroad builder have been
developed by the life of energy and
industry which he lived as a young
man. He was not afraid of work. He
did not sit with his feet on the top of
his desk and grumble because his work
was hard. He did the work and did it
better than anyone else could do it.
1t was this method in his young man
hood which developed his energy and
vitality. In this he is an example
worthy of the emulation of any young
man starting in life He is proof
OF the fact that more men died of
laziness than from over work.
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Falley Has 1t Signed Up.

There are no 'insurgent" candi-
dates for delegates to the state con-
vention in the Fourth judicial district
except in Richland county. The regu-
lar republicans will carry Walsh,
Cass, Grand Forks and Pembina coun-
ties. Griggs and Steel and possibly
Barnes will go insurgent. The bal
ance Of the state will go for the or
ganization republicans. Trail coun-
ty will send a red hot Sarles delega-
ton. The state officers who have held
two or more terms will likely drop
out. Those who have held but one
term will be re-nominated, and their
combination will be made up from
counties that present satisfactory
candidates.
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SPALDING SHOULD EXPLAIN.

Boss Winship defends his co-muck-
raker, Spalding, for his vote in the
house on the free wheat resolution. but
it is a very lame effort. Spalding
takes shelter behind the constitution.
1t is too true that this is the course
pursued by other special pleaders
when driven to the last ditch in an
argument. Now what was the situa-
ton with respect to the free admission
OF Canadian wheat? The Minneapolis
and other big millers simply objected
to paying high prices for wheat They
had previously sought to bring in
frosted wheat from Canada at a 10
per cent ad valorum rate. Senator
Hansbrough was instrumental in hav-
ing this case taken to the Federal
district court where it was decided
against the millers. Their next move
was to secure treasury department
ruling under which they might import
wheat, paying the duty, grind the
wheat into -four for export and then,
on shipment of the flour abroad, get
rebate of the amount of duty paid.
This was tantamount to the removal
OF the rs cents per bushel duty on
wheat. the millers being the only i'm
porters. The millers were successful
with the treasury department.
A long correspondence followed be-
tween Secretary Shaw and the senator,
and the latter secured the adoption in
the senate of provision in an appro-
priation bill constituting the drawback
clause of the Dingley law in favor of
the wheat duty. To this the stand pat
tiers of the house made the objection
that the senate had invaded the prero-
gative of the house which. under the
constitution, alone had the right to
originate legislation raising reve-
nues." To this the senator replied in
the senate that it was competent for
either house to express itself as to the
Interpretation of an act of congress.
The house, ever anxious to discredit
the senate, passed fierce resolution
against such proposition. Mr.. Spald-
ing spoke and voted for the resolution.
In his speech he said he did not quite
know whether the drawback was a
good thing or not. Some said 1t was
and some said is wasn't. Some said it
wouldn't hurt and some said it would.
In other words, Spalding was mighty
weak on free wheat, but he was mighty
strong on the constitution. that favor
lite cover of those gentlemen who don't
want to do a thing which conflicts
with certain powerful interests.
Are the millers paying Mr.. spald-
ing's campaign expenses-which are
known to be large? He served them
well In congress, and IL they have any
gratitude they ought to respond liber-
ally now.
And while Spalding is explaining his
attitude on the wheat question he
might be interested in knowing how
spaldfng could make the trip from
Washington to Fargo and back be-
tween two strokes of the speakers
gavel-one stroke adjourning a ses-
sion and the other converting new
session. It is doubtful II spalding had
time to wink his eyes between those
two strokes. and yet he voted to put
$500 in his pocket for mileage. Here
is case Of footing" worthy of careful
inquiry.
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same. and especially the destruction
of the young timber. be not such as to
work disaster to the future supply of
wood for commercial purposes.
Cut Culpa2

Why They Killed the show"
eay dram nsse didnt valid eo reasons why the
The lowness of the public taste, poor
r. press work-yes-and last
He blamed blamed the pieces failure on the
and foreheads are too low.
Why don don't they give US somsthine like
knock the authors game.
But when. he gave them stuff like that
A gifted author published what he
chose to call q book;
No matter what its merits were-you
His nibs@his pen nibs; il you will
The publishers don't push the sale.
The fault is not with me-"
The publishers We're quiet. but they
I'VE cannot advertise unless the author
comes half way"
From which it may appear it is not
A good excuse for failure. It's cinch
to place the blame.
gingerbready trash,
could have made II better, but they
wouldn't spend the cash"
model and the paint
Gave ample cause, post-mortem time.
for justified complaint.
Said: Certainly it would have went.
,vh but the the music was all wrong"
said How can man compose
A masterpiece Of music to such silly
. of silly fools '
Who blame their. dismal failures on
the poorness Of the TOOLS
Sub-moral: The material in this, my
little rhyme,
poet calls sublime:
And d, If IT., ,,, never printed and is cast
You viii admit, rather think. it
wasn't quite my fault. Puck
At the Game.
A girl there was. and she saw the
game,
Even as you or I.
A Ana she me ea aaid the players al BY
stiff?" For shame!" Aa' :"
And a great deal more just about the
same,
Though no one could see why.
And the laughs she laughed and the
chews she chewed
And the jerks she jerked that day,
And the way she sat on that chair and
stewed
gluedl
Was marvellous in it's way.
She heard the cry, "Sit down in 'front.'"
Even as you and /.
And her vocal cords did another stunt
She called the man who spoke "runt,"
(It's strange what a man can do and
And so the hours went by.
Oh, the things we see and the things
And the things that we have to feel.
When fate or the grand stand brings us
too near
A girl constructed extremely queer
Half megaphone and half eel!
remained.
Even as you and I,
But a pace OF safety we'd sought and
For our souls already with crime we
We feared to stay lest the girl we
a Drained
An impossible thing, by the way!
Oh, the things we thought and the
words we said
Were deeds that were darkly done,
When we bought the paper next day
and read
What rsa We we could not see for that girls
That the New York team had won.
New York Times.
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the basement. Now. what else was
there?' asked the adjuster.
There were twenty bushels Of DO
tatoes which 1 paid Is cents bushel
for; but at the time they were worth
80 cents bushel.'
Hold on said the insurance man.
We're only paying you for what you
lost No inflated values 60. They cost
you IS. What else?"
There were four barrels Of apples
which had rotted on my hands. and I
was going to throw them out that day.
The. fire prevented it. They weren't
worth cent, but they cost 50 a barrel
The auditor saw he was caught.
Without batting an eye he wrote: -Four.
barrels of apples at So barrel, $12.
What else?'"
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PULSE OF The PRESS
Scarce as Hens Teeth.
Lisbon GaZette.1

The Grand Forks Herald of recent
date devoted two and one-half
columns to the political situation in
Ransom county. The article was
from stan correspondent who spent
a few hours in the city on May 31st.
This gentleman was in search of in
surgents, which are few and far be-
tween in this county Nevertheless,
he would like to make his readers
believe that the woods are full of
them; but such is not the case. There
is more harmony in the political field
in Ransom county today than in any
other part of the state.
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IN Il Jewell,
Secretary.
Sentiment to BE l.cuieat.a.

Let reverence Of law be breathed by
.MsEX mother to the lisping babe that
tAs schools. seminaries and colleges;
'tsk It be written in primers, spelling
looks and almanacs; let it be preached
saslys halls and enforced in court Of
'1Aadce;. In short, let it become the
ss'Afdcal religion Of the nation"
Abraham Lincoln
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Where Insanity Begins.

The recent outbursts from the ora
tors of the republican party against
tarih revision reminds me of the story
of the old Irish woman who thought
her dying husband insane" Represen-
tative Champ Clark of Missouri. said.
The old woman, covetous old soul,
was in the room listening to her hus-
band making his last will and testa-
ment.
Nov. tell me exactly what is ow-
ing to you,' said the lawyer.
Timothy Brown ewes me $780,
answered the old man. Casey owes
me $175 and
Good, good interrupted the pros
pective widow, rational to the last!'
Luke Brown owes me $780, con-
tinued the old man.
Rational. rationale again inter-
ITO Mike Lafferty owe s375,-
An. interrupted the old woman,
hear him rave. hear him rave!'"
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.rusL1cAN STATE CONVENTION.

70 the Republican Electors OF the State
OF North Dakota:
In accordance with the instructions
4 the Republican state Central eom n;
representatives of the republican party
II this state will be held this year at
as% Sgsra house in the CITY OF JAMES,
Thursday. July IL,
Il IL o'clock in the forenoon, for the
purpose Of nominating candidates to be
snd Tor the transaction Of such other
business as may be brought before 1t.
rue candidates to be nominated are:
Two members Of congress.
lieutenant Governor.
Secretary Of State.
state Auditor.
State Treasurer.
superintendent Of Public Instruction.
commissioner Of Agriculture and
labor.
Three Commissioners of Railroads.
The basis of representation is the
swo we Republican candidates receiving
.espectively the highest and lowest vote
IN each county in the state at the last
sPsrinte atsea,on Of Pubic
Railroad Commissioners and Judge of
ne Supreme Court, giving two dele
md one delegate for each 1875 republic
IAN votes, or major fraction Of 125
votes, cast tor the above officers In said
Aoction.
Delegates to said convention from
Zach county will be chosen as provided
lader the Primary Election Law, pass
sldes that Elections shall be held in
The various regularly established pre-
June 10, polls to be open from a m.
20 p. M" The different counties in the
state will, under the apportionment
herein provided, be entitled to repre-
eentation as follows:
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HI, Lucid Anslv,epr.

One day as Pat halted at the top
of the river bank. man famous for
his inQuisitive mind stopped and asked:
How long have you hauled water
for the village. my good MANI?
Tin years, sor."
"Ah! How many loads do you take
in day7"
From tin to fifteen, sor." s
All, yes! Now have problem for
you. How much water at this rate
have you hauled In all, sir?'
The driver Of the watering cart
jerked his thumb backward toward
the river and replied:
All the water yer don't see there
now, sor." "a
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Mess Of Misrepresentation.


The stuff correspondent of the
Grand Forks Herald has been at Lid
gerwood, and worked up fine mess of
Misrepresentation from that village.
He evidently used John Andrews
smoked spectacles from the view he
got of the political matters. Among
other things the correspondent, says.
my attention was called to another
matter here for the first time. and
that is the manner in which the news
papers fare which are against the ma
chine. The statement is made that
the Broadaxe was given small order
for printing by State Superintendent
Stockwell. Governor Sarless refused
to sign the order as he contended that
the Broadaxe man was against him
end the gang. The same thing hap
pened to the Croker printing estab-
ltshment at Lisbon, portion of the
work on the superintendent's order
having been completed when the gov
ernor refused to allow the order to
stand-Crocker was not good"
Stockwell placed an order with the
Valley City Times Record. Sarles
said that Nye was on the other side
and refused to sign the order. Where
the newspapers are wrong they exper-
ience the utmost difficulty in getting
state publications which are intended
for general publication" The state
ment about the governor refusing to
Sign the order cannot be true, because
the governor has nothing whatever to
do with the printing. He is not a
member of the printing commission,
and has nothing to saw as to where
printing shall be sent. It may be true
that Stockwell gave Andrews to I'M
derstand that the governor interfered.
The secretary of state signs all print
ing orders, and the officer for whom
the work Is to be done directs its
disposition.
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STORIES OF THE HOUR
In Active ERUPTION.

The little boys father had come
home from his Office early and was
lying down for nap before dinner.
The little lads mother sent him up
stairs to see II his father was asleep.
He returned with this answer: Eyes,
mamma, papa Is all asleep but his
nose!" .4. n.
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spaldins's Grating.
fargo CALI

While Mr.. spalding was member
of congress he voted for mileage for
himself Supposedly travelling from
Washington to Fargo and return-be-
tween the adjournment and reconven-
ing OF the House.) The presumption
would be that the trip was taken and
that the recess would be of sufficient
duration to permit of making the trip.
AS matter of fact. the House was ad-
journed by the rap Of the gavel on the
speakers desk-and the gavel imme-
diately raised and brought down
again, the latter rap reconvening the
House-and that's where Mr.. Spalding
got In his salary grab. Query: Could
he really make the trip in that length
OF time? Talk about "grafting!" Isn't
that about the limit?
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Rubbing II In.

Two Irishmen were crossing the
ocean on the way to this country. On
the way over Patrick died. Prepara-
tions were made for burial at sea, ac-
cording to The Magazine of Fun but
the lead weights customary used in
such cases were lost. Chunks Of coal
were substituted. Everything was
finally ready for the last rites, and long
earnestly did old Michael look at his
friend. Finally he blurted out sorrow
fully:
We'll. Pat. OF always knew We were
goin' there. but Ohm dommed If OF
thought they'm make yer bring yer
own coal"
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insurance adiusters are about d
clever and smooth a. any class Of
men to be found" said an old time
merchant the other day. Their logic
ID always oiled and ready to run with
out the least jar or friction. Once.
however. one Of the tribe got slipped
up ON. His logic rot stdetracked on 3
derailing switch. was runningS q
country store which was destroyed ~;
Afe. The adjuster came along and
then came tho battle DO ct 3 fSettls-
mont Satisfactory % both sidst. We
were going over the items burned In
The Washington times., 1906-12-30
Carnegie Prize to Foster.

The Carnegie prize this year was
awarded to Ben Foster for his land
scaDe entitled, "NishtfaH Along the
shore" other prominent exhibitors are
Winslow Homer. who presents THE
Gulf Stream; Irving Wles. with his
Portrait of 2 Lady; Z. w. Redheld.
sends "Lowlands of the Delaware" ;
Leonard Ochtman, is represented by a
landscape with rare tOnal qualities, en-
titled ''rhe Quiet Hour; Cecilia Beaux
has on exhibition a three-quarter length
portrait OF Richard Watson Glider.
George peForest Brush exhibits "a
Modern Madonna" which is considered
to be too much in the line of his for
mer work TO be notable, when his ear
lier successes are considered. 5. J..
WOOIf exhibits what is termed "a
SpeakingL in a portrait of
Mark Twain, and Childe Hassam has
shown a new departure in his exhibition
OF a portrait of a woman. instead of
one of his usual impressionable land
scapes.
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CHILDREN PRESENT
PLEASING CANTATA
Sunday School of Gorsuch
M. E. Church Hold Christ
mas Entertainment.

The annual Christmas entertainment
of the Sunday school Of Gorsuch NJ. Z.
Church was held "a Thursday evening,
with interesting exercises. A Cantata
THE Growing OF Christmas" was
rendered, under the supervision Of Mrs.
W. L. Lynn. the pastors wife. At the
conclusion Of the exercises, the Rev. w.
L. Lynn, pastor of the church, was pre-
sented with a purse from the Sunday
school, and he in turn presented William
r. Hunt, the superintendent of the
school, with a silk umbrella also a gift
of the school. Santa Claus, in the per
son of Charles W. Fitton, jr., made a
few remarks to the children, after which
he distributed candy.
The services closed with the distrfbu-
ton, by the pastor. of books to the mem
bers of the choir, the teachers in the
Sunday school and the other officers of
the church.
Among those who took part in the can
tata were Florence Powers, RAYMOND
Sherwood, Annie Akers. Leonard
Crymes, Annie Kienele, Ruth and Elsie
Fitton, Ruby Sanford, Hattie and Viola
Goodrich, Willie Patcbell. Guy CogswelI,
Walter Eiliff. Elizabeth B. Pullman.
Ernest II. Pullman and Charles w. Fit
ton. jr. The singing of Christmas carols
was an interesting feature of the pro-
gram
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The Exhibfts in New York.

In New York the need for better eN-
hibitlon facilities is becoming more and
more apparent with each succeeding
year. At the present time the winter
exhibition Of the Academy of Design
its first exhibition since its merger
with the Society Of American Artists, IS
now in progress and viii continue until
January I9 This exhibition, dividing
honors of the year with the annual eN-
hlbition OF the Society Of American Art
lists. which viii be held next March, IS
being held at the Fine Art Galleries
in Fifty-seventh street, and while the
galleries mentioned are the largest TO
be found for this purpose in New York,
it IS stated that fully 125 pictures which
passed the jury of selection had TO
be omitted by the hanging committee
for the lack of wall space.
Comment is also made that the pres
ent galleries are not wisely located, and
that twenty years ago, when the eXhi-
bitions were held in the old galleries
on Fourth avenue and Twenty-tnird
street. the attendance and sales We're
relatively better than since the time of
the removal of the galleries to the pres
ent location.
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PISTOL
HOLDS UP DOCTOR

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Dr. d. 3. Blum
stein, Of West Twcnty-seventh street
was awakened about ! o'clC ck Christmas
morning by a ring at his bell. At the
door he found a young man whom he
had treated under the name OF Smith a
month so for a slight ailmenC Smith
had a companion, a dark young man.
Smith told the physician he needed fur
ther treatment. DR.. Blumstein invited
both into his office. and after asking
his patient to describe his symptoms he
sat down at his desk TO write prescrip-
LOn.
He had just picked up his pen when
the muZZle OF a revolver was thrust
under his nose and ne heard the COM
mand: Put up your hands, Smith.
who held the revolver, remarked: we
want all your money. Don't make a
fuss. but tell us where we can get IT,
DT. Blumstein managed TO conceal
large diamond ring on mis- finger before
he was bound and gagged Then the
thieves searched the house.
They awakened Mrs Blumstein and
her baby. ana while one OF the robbers
Pacjfed the child. the other with a Dis-
tOl persuaded the woman 10 give up So.
Then they fed.