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The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26

The Courier, all ablaze with in
dignation at what it designates as
proposed registration frauds, offers
S100-a whole months salary for
information leading to conviction
for this otfense. Stuart knows the
money is safe; otherwise he would
not have made the bluff. He
would have been bankrupt if he
had found a taker. The Chronicle
will go Stuart one better; it will
pay $4,000 for proof of any case
of false registration or Illegal vot-
ing.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26

How the taxpayers of Archuleta
must have rejoiced at the manner
in which this disciple of reform"
protected them. Molletta's visi-
BILE fee as special prosecutor, that
which he allowed to appear upon
the records, was the mere trife of
$3.50. We leave it to the people
to Judge what the invisible fee
amounted to.
Rally around the reform flag
pole and whoop her up for Mol
letta! He's the only true patriot
the protector of the peoples
pocketbooks. Without his "brains"
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26
legislative Ticket

For Senator Fourteenth District
Goncjos. Costilla and Hucrfano Counties
WILLIAM ii. MEYER
of Ft. Garland
For Representatives
CELESTINO GARCIA
Conejos County
CLIFTON ii. WILDER
Couejos and Archuleta Counties
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26
County Ticket

For Sheriff
WILLIAM c. NIcGREGOR
For County Clerk
HAIRY II. RI SSELL
For County Treasurer
ERASTUS :. CHRISTEN sen
For County Assessor
LOUIS %. CHACO\
For County Superintendent .
ERASTJS \. NELSON
For Commissioner. 2nd district
LUTHER \. \ORLA\D
For Commissioner 3rd district
HENRY MULLINS
For County Surveyor
c, b. SAMPSON
For County Coroner
DIR. w. w. BOOTH
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26
THE PERFORMERS"
AS THEY REALLY ARE

That great moral and financial
and political reform" wave in the
midst of which the independents
are struggling, has assumed the
proportions of a small ripple upon
a placid pond. The word reform"
evidently is used in Pickwickian
sense, and the people fully rea-
lie the utter absurdity of the
claims put forward by this bunch
of hungry. avaricious Office seek
ers. The character of not one of
the United Grafters-and they are
the independent party will stand
scrutiny. The Chronicle has Civ
en- something of the record of this
crowd, but there is much unsaid
which will be made public before
the chapter is closed
Attorney Molletta is shining
example of how these leeches
would protect the taxpayers. A
little history will illustrate the
matter. AS county attorney of
Archuleta county he advised IA suit
to collect an illegal claim for SIG
which also was exempt under the
statute of limitations. and abso-
lutely uncollectable, a fact which
even an attorney of Molletta's
mediocre ability must have recog-
nized. Yet, to protect" the tax
payers, he advised the action.
What a saving he made to the
citizens of Archuleta county is
shown in the following itemized
statement of the cost of the pro-
ceedings:
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26

With that innate modesty which
is his most prominent characters
tic, the charlatan who says "I've
Got the Brains" considerably al
lows A. P. A. Stuart to assume the
onus for the editorials which are
really the illegitimate children of
those brains" Very considerate.
indeed.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26

In the nomination of Warren A.
Haggott to represent the second
congressional district in the United
States congress the people of Col
orado have honored man who
Justly deserves the tribute. No
man has labored more earnestly
nor more faithfully to build up
this great state, and none has ae-
complished more. Both as pub
lie official and as a private citizen
Warren A. Haggott is the peer of
any man in the West.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26

When the word reform" is men
toned Molletta swells up like a
big green frog and says: Il am the
chief reformer of Conejos county
for the season of 1906. Behold
how l love the people, how disin-
terested are my services. | am
working purely through love for
reform" l am the whole push,
and don't you forget it,
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26
ERASTUS NELSON
MODEL EDUCATOR

Continued from page u
denomination in order that he may
have opportunity to still further
perfect the work accomplished
during the past two years.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26

A prominent character about
town, well posted. intelligent
Irishman, speaking of the reform
crowd, remarked that his brogue
was too broad to permit him to
say independents" So he sim
ply said lin the penitentiary." !"
Not bad synonym, is it?
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26

to protect them the gang would
force the taxpayers to yield up all
their coin and live on hay and
beans.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26
A. P. A. STUART----PROPHET.

Alamosa Courier.
The Weather-For Sunday. DC
tober p, 1906: Sunshine, clear
sky, warmer.
Politics For Tuesday, Novem-
Der 6, 1906: 5000 majority against
the gang
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26
Republican Ticket

HENRY \. BUCHTEL
For Lieut-Governor
+. X. HARPER
For State Treasurer
ALkFED T.. BENT
For State Auditor
GEORGE ID. STATLER
For Secretary of state
TIMOTHY OCONNOR
For Superintendent of Public instruction
KATHRYN l.. CRAIG
For Justices OF the Supreme Court
CHARLES + GASWELL
WILLIAM II. GABBERT
For Attorney General
WILLIAM II. DICKSON
For Congressman at Large
GEORGE W. COOK
For Congressman, Second District
WAISREN \. HAGGOTT
For Regents State University
CHARLES IL. DUDLEY
J. {. BELL
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-10-26
Precinct Ticket

For Justices of the Peace
THOMAS McCUNNIFF
+. w. COAkLEG
For Constables
ELGIN OLIVER
JOHN BARBER
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
ORIGIN OF LINCOLN BOOM

!. When was editor Of a. weekly paper
in Illinois in the late fifties, writes Will
liam Q. Stoddard in Success, felt great
interest illsa Springfield lawyer and ex-
congressman named Abraham Lincoln.
had heard him speak several times. There
was something in the man that COM
raanded instant -atten tion, and, every time
you saw or heard him your respect in
creased. asJl p .. r E>@
Everybody was talking about the COM
Ting nomination for the presidency, and
lone day | dashed off a little editorial sug-
| costing that Mr.. Lincoln had had expert
ence at Washington as representative
was able and fearless, and would be a
good man to lead the nation in the crisis
that we all could see Impending. On
reading whatI had written, before giving
| it. to the printer, felt that the idea was
such good one as to.tbe worth circulat-
ing beyond the confines OF the rather linn
| tied clientele of my own paper. had
$50 proofs pulled, one Of which I sent to
each Of the papers in Illinois. Many Of
them printed it when did, and. thus we
started the presidential boom Of Mr..
Lincoln Nsf.hs 49, s....-s5. =
During. the. campaign7I supported him
| with all the strength Of my pen and
| tongue,, but had reeeined mo recognition
4 from him. and when y dropped into see
him at Springfield to pay my respects
1 after his election had no confidence that
he.would know anything about me. He
put out his long arm and gave me a
4 pump handle shake, exclaiming: . ! -
I'm glad to see you, young man. /
rather suspect that YOU are zone Of my
good friends. Isn't it.sso?'' I assured
him that 1t was. - +.
| "Why, of course it u.s. he said heartily
/ II know that perhaps better than you
guess. How would you like to go to Wash
/ ington?''. .t,:.t
The suddenness of this proposal took
1 my breath away. .spS1Iy,f Why I am pref
| ty well satisfied whereof am, Mr.. Lin
coln," answered, hesitatingly;; but, If
could go on your personal staff, i .
! Now, that's a compliment" he inter-
rupted laughing, but it happens to be
just what I was thinking off, Go home
and write me a letter, 50 that we, can get
this thing down In black and white..''f V
1 n I went home and wrote the letter, and
In a day or two received Mr. Lincoin's
reply appointing me one Of his private
secretaries. In this offhand way he re-
shaped my life.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
The North Dakota Law Again,

The alphabetical feature Of the North
Dakota primary law, referred to by
h g J o ur n a recently, to be
generally condemned. It seems, also,
that the original act before it's amend
ment, contained provisions guarding
against this defect, which gives every
advantage to candidates whose names
begin with A and B. A North Dakota
subscriber has sent a copy of the house
substitute bill, which followed the pro-
visions of the Minnesota law in reuuir-
ing the names to be alternated, so that
each name would appear at the top on
an equal number, Of ballots. This bill
was riddled with amendments in con-
ference with the senate, and among 9TH
er changes this provision for shifting
the order Of names the ballot was
eliminated
The house bill contained the secret
ballot provision, which is in the act as
finally passed, and will be tested at
the republican convention in James
town July ~. It says that all nom
nations in convention must be made
secret ballot and not otherwise. -
This is singular regulation, and there
does not seem any good reason for it.
1t would be just as proper to pass bills
In the legislature by secret ballot. Vot-
ers at the general election are entitled
to exercise their suffrage in secret, but
the men they choose to represent them
in the legislature or in convention
ought to vote openly. The people whom
they represent have right to know
how their representatives are voting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
PROMISES LIGHT
ON MUTUAL LIFE
President Peabody Will Max.
Public Final Report of House
Cleaning Committee.
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
New York, June 29.--President Pea
body of the Mutual Life. who held up
the final report of the Truesdale
"house-cleaning committee" after it
was presented to the board Of trustees
on Wednesday, has promised to make
the document public. Some of the new
trustees of the company who recently
entered the board are bitterly opposed
to the McCprdy policy of silence and
secrecy. They are determined that
there shall. be no revival of it by the
present administration.
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the
International policyholders committee,
whose request for a copy of the lists
of polcyholders of the New York Life
has been refused by the company thru
its general solicitor, James H. McIn-
tosh, wrote to Mr.. Mcintosh that it
would be an injustice to the policy
holders to furnish the committee, which
is composed of Cardinal Gibbons and
number of the most eminent men in the
country, with a list of their names and
| addresses, Mr.. Untermyer wrote:
why not let us have done with
all this pretense about the 'policyhold-
ers' objecting to the copying of the
lists that contain nothing more than
their names and addresses-without
| even the amount of insurance. The
policyholders understand all about the
| tender solicitude for their interests
which prompts the company to put
every possible obstacle and expense be-
tween them and the opportunity to dis
lodge the present management and get
a look at the books to find out where
their money has gone and for whom
| restitution Shall be demanded.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
Mr.. Buchanan at Home.

Having eaten up everything eatable
in Washington, Mr.. Buchanan has re-
turned to eat up the opposition to his
denomination to congress. It is observa-
BILE. that while several other members Of
congress are still struggling in the heat
and pressure Of congested session Mr..
Buchanan has, finished his work and
come home. This indication that the
sixth district member is "sooner'
will not he lost on the opposition 1t
will take notice that it is going against
man who not only can get everything
his district has coming, but get it be-
fore congress adiourns. This is also a
valuable argument for Mr.. buchanan IS
friends in the district. Suppose the
country had elected large number of
such active congressman as Mr.. Buck
man, what would have been the result2
Why, congress would have been adj
journed already, would it not?
It is not to be supposed that Mr..
Buchanan neglected his duties in hurry
ing from Washington before such lit
tie matter as the meat inspection bill,
the.rate bill and others had been agreed
upon. The bosses of congress probably
excused him on the ground that the fate
Of these bills would be the same whether
he went or stayed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
ROOTS TRIP TO SOUTH
AMERICAN CAPITALS

q
Washington, June 29.-secretary
Root will accept the hospitality of Chile
and make part of his trip along the
west coast of South America in Chill
can warship.
The United States cruiser Charleston
is too large to work its way along the
inside passage for the Strait of Magel-
Ian to Valparaiso, and the American
secretary will probably go aboard
Chilean .man-of-war, which can. work
its way between the island.
Secretary Root will probably be in
Rio Janeiro for ten days hts stops
on the west coast of South America will
be at Valparaiso, Chile; Callao, Peru,
and nd Gbu o ,sfg Ecuador From yalpa
ago, the capital of Chile. He will also
take the rail trip from Callao to Lima,
the Peruvian capital.
After crossing the isthmus of Pana-
ma Mr.. Root will go to Cartegena, Col
ombia, to pay his respects to that gov
eminent. $3.50. -.-.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
Growth of the Automobile.

The rapid development of the auto
mobile as vehicle is quite evident to
all who live in cities, but the interest
ing figures Of the growth of the manu-!
faeture Of motor vehicles are probably
known to very few. The department
Of commerce and labor thru it's bureau
of statistics has furnished recently to.
tails of the export, import and domestic
manufacture Of automobiles. Thew
show that in the full fiscal. year which
ends tomorrow we shall have. exported
machines to the value of $4,000, 900 and
imported to the value Of $4,0Oo,OoO.
The domestic manufacture in the same
period will have amounted Ito over
$40, 100000.
The rapid increase Of the use Of the
automobile is shown by the bureau of
statistics and the census bureau. The
value Of automobiles manufactured is
given by the census bureau at only
$4,74S,011 in 1900. In 1905 It was
$26 ,645,064. The labor story Is
even more interesting, tho 1t cannot
be SO accurately shown because Of the
large number of people engaged in their
care, repair, etc. The census figures
show that the number Of persons en-
ployed in establishments for the manu-
facture of automobiles increased from
2,242 in 1000 to 1O,329 in 1908. n The
wages paid increased from $1,320,65e
lin 1900 to So, It's. $50 in 1905; the wages
Of clerks from $294,77O to $1,000, 1925
and the value Of materials used from
I 81 .s04,2s7 to $11 ,65s,128. There is, Of
course, no account made Of the taxable
value added by the automobile to va
rious communities, but it is consider
able. There is also the influence Of the
automobile in the movement for gooc
| roads to be considered.
The export trade in automobiles il
also suggestive. OF the 100000 worth
sent out of the country last year about
one half went to Europe and the remain
der to Canada, the West Indies, Mexico
and Australia. The bureau remark.
upon the significance Of the export Il
tropical countries where progress ha.
been retarded by the scarcity Of ANNA
l power for transportation. The adapta
| bility of the automobile is shown in; tn,
TO Mexico. the West India islands, til,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
One Aspect of the Thaw Case.

The country already begins to Won
der whether the Thaw trial is to be a
miscarriage Of justice or whether it
will really try the question of the
legal responsibility of the defendant for
killing White. The gathering Of evil
dence of mysterious relations between
the wife Of the defendant and the muir
dered man has begun earnestly, and
with the wealth at the command of the
defense, viii, no doubt, be prosecuted
vigorously in the effort to justify the
killing. There are expressions that
White deserved all he got. There are
counter opinions that Thaw had lost
his franchise to enact the role of an
outraged husband by agreeing to "a
marriage subsequent to learning certain
other things upon which his indigna-
] ton appears to have been based. IN
Llother words, the chivalry Of Broadway,
while agreeing that the deceased should
have been killed, doubts whether Thaw
was the man to do the deed. The
father of some girl led astray would
have been more romantic in the role
Of avenger, according to New York.
This splitting Of hairs over the means
Of the taking off seems unworthy Of a
broad cosmopolitan community like the
metropolis White should have been
killed. Then why not Thaw for the
avengera The old New York stood for
Stokes, the slayer Of Fiske, and was
never happy until he emerged from
prison and Joined the Broadway squad
again. IF Stokes was a hero, why not
Thaw9 t.s II b. IS .s4
Perhaps the most valuable result Of
the trial of Thaw will be the. light it
may she'd upon the inner lives of cir
Gle of New Workers who seem to have
rather more intellectual force than pigs
and rather less loyalty in their affec-
tions than dogs. lie the white light can
Z be turned, thru this case, upon the
moral perverts who infest the city, it
will be service to civilization. Young
women are drifting toward New York
all the time. They want to succeed
In art, in music, in the drama, in some
way or other. Many of them are en-.
tirely innocent. They are met on their
arrival and surrounded by a Gordon Of
I sleek, honey ALTERING villains who pro
coed with the delibefation of a big
black spider operating upon a fly IL
{ first enmesh, then ruin, then throw
3 them overheard for fresher victims
The system is 50 well known in some
portions Of the greater cities that il
Ass ceased to cause comment. 1t IS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
THE TRAILMA.kER

His feet have ever softly pressed
The sunlit rim of dawn &fs
OF triumphs he has dimly guessed,
Ungained by fraud or fawn.
With smile and cheer for every. deed
Bnd-showing for mans good, lS
Despite the frown Of purple creed,
Unfinching he has stood.
OFT the elusive, long sought prize
Has drifted from his grasp
But with clear, dreamful, kindly eyes,
Aye, with his life's last gasp,
His loyal spirit tenderly -
Has welcomed those who won,
And with gladstone charity
Sped on what he'd begun.
Maker of trailsi hail. ever hail.:
Pilot thru unplow'd wave, -,
4 Since, jeered, Columbus spread his sail,
Yea, since Christ. sweetly brave!
. As pioneer thy lot is cast,
Torch bearing is thy hand; s.
The coming ages homage vast
Cleans back In stone and sand
I Jefferson, S. D.. VIII Chamberlain
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
LUTHER LEAGUE ADJOURNs
Delegates and Alternates Elected to
the National Convention.

Special to The Journal. -.
Albert Lea, MINI, June 29.-The, an
nual meeting of the Luther League Of
Minnesota is completed and the dele
Delegates were selected to the national
convention to be held in Canton, Ohio,
as follows: ]. N. Kildahl, Northfield;
NJ. Morrison, st. Paul; N Jensen. ST,
Paul; Rev. F. E. Jensen, Winnipeg;
Messrs. Werner, Otto johnson and S. Fl.
Holstad, Minneapolis; DR.. Haupt. st.
Paul; Miss Idelia Monson, Albert Lea
Rev. G. N. Valentine, Lindstorm. Al
ternates were also chosen.
Resolutions were adopted thanking
the local league, the United church, its
pastor and others for courtesies The
place for holding the next convention
was not decided upon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
FIERCE WAR ON KANSAS
CITY, KAN, JOINTISTS

Kansas City, June &c. W. Trick
EFT, assistant attorney general. who is
fighting the saloons in Kansas City,
Kan, conferred today with Judge W.
&. Holt of the common pleas court on
a new scheme to close the joints.
81 predict" said Mr.. Trickett,
"that there will be no liquor served in
this county within thirty-six hours af-
ter we launch our new campaign -
The nature of this campaign he de-
clned. to make public. In the mean
time the attorney general continued
collecting evidence preparatory to final
action in the case of the forty joint.
lists who had previously been served
with writs of abatement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
MISS MCKINLEY TO WE'D
Engagement Of the Late President
Niece to Captain. Heidi Announced.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, June 29.-Captain
j. f. Mckinley of the Eleventh United
States cavalry, stationed at Fort Des
Moines,. today announced the engage
ment Of his sister, Miss Grace McKin-
ley, to Grayson Willard Heidi. Miss
Mckinley is a niece of the late Presi-
dent William Mckinley, and has spent
most of her life in Canton and Cleve.
land, Ohio.
Her fance is captain in the Eff,
teenth United States cavalry and is the
quartermaster of the. transport Dix
which phys between San Francisco and
the Philippines. Owing to the fact that
he has just been transferred to the Dix
the marriage, which was not to have
taken place until late in the fall, has
been advanced to July IS. The wedding
will be at Fort DesS Moines.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
POPE ON CONTROVERSY
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service.
era Tde Of the Pbiinpine isands G bas
the approval of President Roosevelt
and Secretary Taft in his controversy
with Archbishop Harry over the title
to the San Juan de Dios property in
the Philippines. It was stated yester-
day that the vatican had disapproved
the action of Archbishop Harry in writ
ing an open letter to Governor General
Ide, in which Harry threatened to have
read from all the pulpits in the Philip
pines protest against the action of
the government in taking possession of
the property which the archbishop
claims belongs to the church.
Some of the property is still in pos
session of the church, but proceedings
will be started to have it conveyed to
the government.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
JUNE 20

fsf7-Plua VII. condemned Bible;
h societies by bull. #.
1640-LucIen Bonaparte died.
1s52-Henry Clay, American states
man, died. Born April IL. f777.
Observation-Disclosures victorious at
battle OF Ream's Station. Va.
f673-First reception Of foreign
ministers by emperor OF China at
Il Picking.
1384-PaIissa discovered a. new
asterold Of the twelfth magnitude,
at Vienna.
1sef-Prince George Of Greece ar
rived In Chicago. ,55
1925 hon1as II. huxley. English
sEseientlat, q led s. Esorn May e. 1925. V.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29

Malay peninsula, South America, India
and tho Philippine islands. VI
The development Of the business
indicates that the automobile may take
the place of the bicycle, Of which our
expectation has fallen from 81 ,oo0, 900
in 1897 to $1,37S,42S in 1905. +.