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Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-10-01
District Convention Held

The following nominations were
made In this city during the repub
lican territorial convention for mem
bers of the territorial council and
house 0f representatives.
The eleventh council district con
of Otcro. Lincoln and Tor.
ranc" counties nominated Carl A.
Dailes of willard for council
The tenth council district consist.
ing Of Grant. Luna and Duna Ana
counties nominated W. u. Murray Of
Silver City for council,
Catron Thrown Down
The sixth council district. consist
ing Of Sannta Fe & Sanduval counties,
nominated Epimenio Micra for candi-
date for council He received eight
votes from his own county and four
from Santa Fe county. Hon. T. B.
Catron had counted In this chicken he.
fore II was hatchcd. having been al
ready nominated To the council at the
Santa Fc, county convention. This
complicat"s the matter as there are
now two candidates elected hv the rr
publican party in that district. Mr.
Catron objects tn the new arportion
ment and has taken the matter TO the
courts.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-10-01

WANTED-office boy at this office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-19
QuAKEIs RETLECI1oNa.

From the Philadelphia Record
Scene but not Observation-Disclosures.
In politics the dark horse Is fire.
Quently a nightmare
barking dog doesn't bite, at least
not while he is barking.
Many q fellow neglects his work
thinking too much about promotion.
1t isn't every man of letters who
knows enough to mind his p's and as.
The minute you are nice to some
people they want to borrow money
from you
If we could see ourselves as others
see us we would probably be tempted
to kick ourselves.
The fellow who is always waiting
for something to turn up might marry
a girl with a pug nose.
We shall know them" but this certain
~ doesn't apply to tramps.
Willie's mamma-''Will you have
some whipped cream Willfe-''No, 1
guess not; It must be bad or It
wouldn't be whipped"
Doctor-'I am afraid you are going
to have scarlet fever" Mrs. Dashaway
-tOh, doctor, don't tell me that; scar
let is so unbecoming to me-"
1.-The color fed from her face wrote
the realistic novelist. Nor was he in
dulging in flights Of fancy, for his
heroine was an actress, and she was
merely removing her makeup.
Mrs. Nagsby-"I would go abroad
with you but for one thing" Mrs.
Highdyer-"Your husband doesn't
want you to, suppose" Mrs. Nagsby
That's just the trouble; he does"
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commands must first be able to obey,
and he put me on with the men on
precisely the same footing. He even
locked me half a days pay for going
to town without permission and
chuckled when I told him 1 was still
two dollars to the good"
Then you are not a regular ex-
pressman?''
THAT was the mill wagon. 1t had
express painted on 1t when we bought
it ana we did not take the trouble to
paint it out
what did you think of me?" she
gasped.
Il thought that a girl with your ca
pacity was worth knowing" he said
promptly. $50 made a note of your
name and address, which was on your
trunks, remembered that Mrs Crom-
well was a school chum of my moth
er's and come QUITO see her.
It suppose she feels highly compli-
mented,' suggested Nan.
"Oh, told her why came" he said
calmly. "She quite indorses my opin-
ion and my quest"
when do you return said Nan, to
change the topic.
LAS soon as you have promised to
marry me-" he said promptly. TITS
brief wooing, Nan, but I can't walt.
VIII you give me encouragement,
Eyes" said Nan. lido like
you" He slipped ring on her finger.
I'm going to have that five-dollar
piece made into the wedding ring" he
said. ''That was why I took it that
SYou loved me then?" she asked.
surprised
That's funny" said Nan musingly.
IT guess I did too.''-( copyrighted.
1906, by P. c. Eastment.)
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THE SANTA FE.

1t is stated that the Santa Fe is now
paying out about one and a half mil
lion dollars a month to its employees
in Kansas This little matter of
eighteen million dollars a year
If these figures are correct 1t means
that the Santa Fe railroad is disburs-
ing to Kansas people who are on its
/ pay roll sum one-third as great as
the value Of the entire wheat crop Of
the state. 1t means that the Santa Fe
is the greatest employer of labor ir
Kansas as well as the states greatest
taxpayer Il means that the Santa Fe
is great financial benefit to the state
Some Of US sometimes have consid.
cradle to say about the railroads trying
to run the government, but the rail-
road has a right to run the govern
ment to a certain extent. It has a
right to its share in the government,
just as any other interest or citizen
has And being big institutions the
railroads are entitled to big share in
saying how the government shall be-
run. What we object to is when they
overstep the bounds and try to do
more than their share towards con-
trolling the government They are
entitled to a fair hearing and due con-
S1uerdt1on IN all matters in which
they have an interest, but when they
assume to dictate the selection of rail-
road commissioners, and United states
senators. and legislators, naming men
who will acknowledge allegiance to
them rather than to the public. the
people resent it.
But those who would shut the rail-
road entirely out of participation in
governmental affairs are going to the
other extreme Railroads are entitled
to have big influence in running thia
state The Santa Fe, for instance. has
great deal at stake in Kansas It
has millions of property and thou
sands of employees here. AS the prin-
cipal taxpayer and employer of labor.
It's interests should have due consider
alton But 1t has no right, Of course.
to overeharge the public for its SER
vices, simply because it is a big con-
Germ
Kansas has been a great help to the
santa Fe, but so has the Santa Fe. been
a great help to Kansas A railroad
that pays out a million and a half a
month in wages is a mighty handy
thing to have about the house. Great
Is the Santa F'e- Long may It wave!
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INC ChiraIrous RED Man.

Near the end of a brilliant match,
between our oldest university and the
Carlisle Indians. one of the Indian
backs suddenly got away with the ball
and was off down the field with moth
ing between him and the goal posts
but one man. If the runner succeeded
in getting by him, it meant everlasting
athletic glory for himself and perhaps
a victory for his small college over this
mighty institution of learning, con-
tatninr the flower of the civilization
which had swept his forefathers away
from the lands they once possessed
The crowd In the stands had arisen,
gasping in their excitement, as crowds
ALWAYS do at such moments But just
as he had almost gained the coveted
line. that one man, a famous Splinter,
brought the runner down with a beau
tiful tackle The stands rocked with
relief. and the usual "piling up of
other players took place. AS the two
Law there together, the fair-haired rep
resentative of New England, while
still clasping the rk-skinned de-
scendant of American savagery, felt
something fumbling, and presently be-
came aware, at the bottom of the heap
there, that his right hand was being
shaken. .Good tackle" muttered the
Indian.=Jesse Lynch Williams, in the
Outing Magazine
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Whooping Up Trade.

Captain Homer w. Hedge, president
of the Aero club, said in Pittsfeld,
apropos of very dangerous balloon
descent:
This reminds me of visit that was
paid to the aeronautical editor of a
certain newspaper by a solemn man in
black.
i" The new aero club is doing well,
1 believe ~ the visitor began.
i" Yes, said the editor. We have
already ninety members
!" Good. And ascensions VIII soon
begin, eh?
They will begin within the week
Now, sir said the man in black
I will pay you one dollar line if you
will state in your answers to CORE
spondents'' column that the quickest
and best way to descend in balloon is
to bore a hole in the gas bag
The editor shook his head.
Z" It's a liberal offer he said, but
I'm afraid we can't accept it,.
1.-The man in black sighed. I am
sorry" he said, and he walked out
g Who is that MANI asked a stenog-
rapher, looking up from his desk
THAT, the editor replied, is our
new coroner. He is paid by the job >"
Los Angeles Times.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Here is another election joke The
political attorney Of a Kansas railroad
was strong Hoch supporter. doing
everything he could for the governors
reelection. But he could not influence
the votes of his two legal associates,
who keep out of POLITICS. Both of them
voted for Harris Who said the rail-
roads political lawyers run Kansas
politics?
r.
It Is evidently not very difficult to
get mentioned for speaker these
days.
Judge Reeder of Hays; says he was
defeated because many of his friends
read down the ballot until they saw
the name of Res5er which they voted
for and then voted the balance of the
Democratic ticket; but the Reeder they
voted fer was Congressman Reeder
whose name came ahead of the judge
Seems to have been a case of too many
Reeders among the candidates and not
enough readers among the voters.
There has been so much talk about
making a dash for the pole: How
would it do to make it a period for
change?
-
Pretty soon now the congressional
garden seed will begin to make its ap
pearance in homes where the only
place to plant it is out on the brick
pavement.
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a Partv in L.abrador.

1t occurred to me that it would be
pleasant variation to give a birthday
dinner, to Easton and to have sort Of
feast to relieve the monOtony of our
daily life, and give the men something
to think about and revive their spirits;
for "bucking the trail' day after day
with no change but the gradual
change of scenery does grow mono ton
Gus to most men. and the ardor of the
best of them, especially men unac-
customed to roughing it, will become
dampened in time unless some variety,
no matter how slight, can be brought
into their lives.
Ny instructions to Pete included the
baking of an extra ration of bread to
be served hot with the roast geese,
and asked Stanton to try his hand at
out of the few DrHnes that still re-
manned, to be served with sugar as
sauce, and accompanied by strong
coffees Our coffee supply was small
and 1t was used only on Sundays now,
or at times when we desired an espe-
cial treat.
We were pretty tired when we re-
turned with our second packs and
some fifty. yards above the fire where
Pete and Stanton were carrying on
their culinary operations, but a Whit
of roasting goose came to us like
tonic, and it did not take US long to
get camp pitched.
"Um-m-m,p said Easton. stopping
in his work of driving tent pegs to
sniff the air now bearing to US APP
petizing odors of goose and coffee,
''that smells like home.
You bet it does" assented Rich
ards. II haven't been filled up for
week, but I'm going to be tonight
At length dinner was ready, and We
fell to with such good purpose that
the two birds, a generous portion of
hot bread, innum erable cups of black
coffee, and finally. a most excellent
pudding that Stanton had made out of
bread dough and prunes and boiled IN
a canvas bag, disappeared
How we enjoyed it! mo hotel ever
served such a banquet" one of the
boys remarked as we filled our pipes
and lighted them with brands from
the fire. Then with that blissful feel
ing that nothing but good dinner can
give, we lay at full length on the
deep white moss, peacefully putting
smoke at the stars as they blinked
sleepily one by one out of the blue of
the great arch above us until the
whole armament was glittering with
mass of sparkling heaven-gems. The
soft perfume of the forest pervaded
the atmosphere; the aurora borealis
appeared in the northern sky, and its
waves of changing light swept the
heavens; the vast silence of the wild
erness possessed the world and wrap
ped in his own thoughts, no man spoke
to break the spell.-Dillon Wallace, in
the Outing Magazine.
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mOBE SIGHTS.


TFro1n the Atehison Gtope-I
An old man becomes ''stove up" the
same as an old horse.
The friends who f1atter US are the
ones we say understand u.s.
BECAUSE a boy is hungry Is no sign
his mother does not feed him enough.
If YOU have a good opinion of your
self. and wish others to have II, keep
it to yourself.
What has become of the old-fashion-
ed man who said he could do thing
in the switch of a lambs tail?
The LAWYERS talk of the Majesty Of
the Law A sign painter might talk
with equal sense and truth of the Ma
jesty CT Sign Painting
After a girl has found resemblance
between her favorite novel hero and
q young man, the young man can have
her any time he wants her.
A man was quoting a lot of sensa-
tional gossip today. But of course you
can't tell he added. by way of apology
But you CAN tell When you hear
Wild. foolish. improbable and malicious
story. you can tell it is untrue, If you
care to apply fairness and common
sense. But if you want to be unfair,
and foolish, you can believe it.
When a popular woman visits Atchi-
son. she is enterta tanned every day, and
the Globes personal columns print the
facts True. every party Is much alike,
but we suppose this to be the proper
thing to do. The editor of the paper
screams with pain when he sees these
parties written up every day for two or
three weeks, but what are we to DO?
We are expected to pay some attention
to The Home, and Higher Things, and
when we try it. anonymous cores
ponEents write us letters, and howl, and
inquire how many times we are going
to write up that same old palm. We
study to please, but the fact is dawn
ing on us that We are not succeeding
very well
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
TFrom the New York Press. ]

EFrom the New York Press
The more a girl pretends to her
mother TO like man the more she
likes some other fellow.
woman would rather have a good
husband than anything except good
complexion
Being a mother of large family II
not so much trouble 70 a woman az
not being married
This is the time of year when a fur
mace acts the way it ought to If 1t was
built to be a refrigerator.
The meanest thing about rich reia-
tives Is the way they treat you like
fool for not being SO rich you could
treat them that way.
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pense Of conducting the campaign.
The committee spent only about $50.
After reserving a small amount for in
cidentals, the committee has returned
the balance, about IS per cent of the
original assessment. to the candidates
This is SO unusual that it may bring
forth protest from campaign man
ayers, inasmuch as 1t sets such a bad
precedent
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Out in Grant county the burning is
a1e Of the campaign was whether the
county offices should be kept open all
the time, or whether the officers
should work in shifts and throw of a
thousand dollars year from their sal
aries. This is great deal more i'm
portant to the people of that country
than some of the issues that the cam
paign speakers waste so much time
ia trying to explain.
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There IS considerable difference be-
tween the amount spent by Mr. Hearst
and that sper- by Mr.. Hughes In the
recent New Ork campaign. Hughes
spent 2 little over $500, Hearst spent
over a quarter of a million,-and the
goal was an Office paying only $4,000
year. Probably the difference was that
Hughes is a poor man, and others in
tereeted in Republican success bore the
burden of the campaign expenses. Ev-
erybody realized that Hearst is rich
and he was not only allowed to finance
his own campaign. but many of those
who would ordinarily have given their
services. expected pay from Hearst.
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Just from force of habit, we would
suggest that if you did not vote at the
last election you will have to register
II you want to vote at the next one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-19

Mr.. Hearst's name on the Independ-
ent league ticket in New York ap-
peared under pair of scales as the
party emblem They must have been
coal scales. from the shortage that ap-
peared in the votes that were delivered
70 Hearst
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ERON OTHER PENS
THE NAN For THE PLACE.

Provisional Governor Magoon con.
tinues to show that he is the man for
the place in Havana. The complaints
of the liberals that he has not ap-
pointed them all to office and turned
the other crowd out is one of the best
indications that he is righteously ad-
ministering his office. The howls of
disappointed office seekers are trib-
ute to his f1rmness and discretion
Chicago Chronicle.
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One time when 4Gommie cut my hair,
I cry an say I didn't care
Fer how I looked er nothin', but
The boys would holler ..Mother-cut-"
An SO at school, when they all start
To plague me, Seotty looked my part
An dared EN- all, an told 'em they
Would cry If they looked that-a-Way.
WIN VaWter. In The Reader
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Priests New Explosive.

For a Portuguese priest, PADRE
Manuel Hymalaya, is claimed the
credit Of having invented new ex-
n1osive which is destined to supplant
dynamite and other explosives used for
mining and other purposes.
Hymalayite, as the explosive IS call
ed. is made chiefly from chlorate OF
potash, and there is no danger in It's
manufacture AS it creates smoke it IS
unlikely to be used for war purposes
Padre Hymalaya invented his explo-
sive while in North America, where he
devoted himself to scientific study. The
first experiments were made at Frank
fort. Philadelphia with such startling
results that the secretary of war would
not give permission for further trials
unless Padre Hymalaya would accept
responsible yfor any damage done.
Padre Hymalaya refused handsome
offers for his explosive in America, re-
turning to Portugal, where he placed 1t
at his country's service.-London Mail.
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II all the congressman who are can
didates for United States senator
should supply members of the legisla-
ture out of the congressional seed sup
ply, 1t can be easily seen that seed
stores are liable to multiply in Kan
sas the coming spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-19

Like Hoch's plurality, later reports
scale down the distance Peary was
from the North Pole At first it was
stated that he got within 20S miles Of
the pole. Now it is said that he was
only 153 miles from It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-19

Evidently Pennsylvania believes in
buying its chandeliers by the pound,
even II they are three or four times as
expensive that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-19

An exchange warns Governor-elect
Hughes that the vice presidency will
get him If he doesn't watch out. But
Mr. Hughes will doubtless take precau-
lions that no such calamity overtakes
1sfrr
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HUM0R or THE 0HY

Yes. this tower goes back to william
Times-Democrat.
where is the very safest place to be
when you're on boat during hard
land Plaindealer.
MY motto is never give. up. said Mr..
con, I've. noticed that when L pass the
80, Politics" said said the Pss4tTiot. lis bscom-
swered Senator Sorghum, so long as it
isn't a trade in which our side gets the
worst Of it-''-Washington Star.
Traveller in Parlor Car-'Porter. that
man in front will give you a quarter for
SIR" Traveler-''Wen. I'll give you half
a dollar to leave the dust on him and not
brush it off on to me. '-Somerville Jour
Stella-''Young Higgins told me that he
fused him. !" Mi ldre s poor y fellow
I really felt sorry for him, and II he
relented and accepted him after all"
Stella-"Yes. that's what he said.'-Chi-
cago Daily News.
do you approve of spelling reform?''
Yes" answered the adaptable citizen.
The only objection is that it consumes
more time remembering to spell the new
way than it does to put in the extra let
tiers. w Washington Star.
Senior Partner" THAT new stenographer
spells ridiculously." Junior Partner
Does she? Well, If she does. it's about
the only word she can SPELL as far as
News '7e' 4''OD s'79' A'e's' -''''
Nom said little Patsy, won't .ye
mother. didn't I tell ye I'd give ye none
at all if ye didn't kape quiet2" ''Yesm.'
We'll the. longer ye kape quiet the
sooner you'll get it. "-Philadelphia Press.
Speak of me-" quoth the novelist. mag
unanimously, las frankly If / had been
dead a hundred years" IF you had been
speaking of you at ALL replied the critic
taking prompt advantage of the dispense
tion.-Puck.
ing that she thought my hair was gray
Miss Knox-.tYes, silly of her. Miss
Passay-'W asn't 1t, thought" Miss Knox
Yes. just as If you'd buy gray hair
Philadelphia Press.
That new stenogra2her Of ours is a
very stv stylsh sPssT WI What to on earth is
take the word 'loafer' She spells it
'l-a-u-f-f-e-u-r.' Judge.
readers said the caller so l am. re re-
piled the professor. We'll why do you
hesitate? Why don't you read my mind?''
I'm searching for it.''-Yonkers States
man
1.-The trouble with that talkative person
is that he frequently contradicts him
things he says" replied Miss Kayenne.
1T seems rather creditabie that he
should. washington Star.
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kansas farmers says the Wash
ington Herald. ARE complaining that
the present crop of corn is almost en-
tfrely made up of ears too long rol
the shelter. Kansas will just have to
take to raising simplified corn.'F
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can keep Kansas from rolling up a big
Republican majority in 1908. in spite OF
It's apparent good opinion Of Colonel
Harris.
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Noting that Mrs Russell Sage is to
give the bulk Of her 10000. 600 for
tune to the deserving poor, Fred Trigg
thankfully remarks: Things are COM
ing our way at last
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Graft IN san FranclScO. eXcIa1med
the Californian. 'Say, you effete east
erners don't know anything about cur
graft. It permeates commercial as
we'll as political life. Why, I'll bet
that if the citizens undertake to hang
the boodlers they'd get stuck on the
price Of rope. Philadelphia Ledger.
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a AZ. Brown" appears to have been
backward about signing his name when
De sent back the SearchIight money to
the San Francisco relief committee.
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Evidently President Roosevelt be-
lieFes in running his cabinet like one
Of these progressive games. and thus
Tar CorteIyou Is the winner.
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Colonel Harris gets almost as much
glory out of it as though he had been
elected. and he is spared the worry
ana trouble of keeping his promises.
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Among the other strange features of
the campaign just closed is that the
Hon. Bourke Cochran did not swap
horses in the middle of the stream, az
is his usual custom
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-19

Trouble seems to have taken up per-
manent headquarters lately in the
neighborhood OF No 26 Broadway
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The Washington Star says that
strangely enough nearly every one
feels an impulse to jump from dizzy
height. Yet Washington is full of men
who have manifested no such idiosyn-
crasy.-Louisville Courier-Journa1.