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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-08-04
LOCAL NEWS.

Celery plants. good ones. at Rosbach's,
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-14

the civ efectng organization He enthusiastically asserts that
he outlook and willing rophesy that his party
will be better when the ballots counted
Here are things which he his stands
by the people of all candidates tor office
and the people
An incCm ak and the referendum
Tie right of the people recall public officials from public
vice.
immediate ownership of railroad and telegraph
lines.
Emergency currency to be only by government
An eigh-hour day for workingmen.
A law making blackisting illegal.
the rulings OF the
stat Commerce Commission.
A ship subsidy for the development of commerce.
National postal savings banks
the of hearing from all these parties would
every citizen ought find something for which he
could honestly and nteligenty vote.
The solution of the bank robbery still in allegiance But
President Mccormick
solve the riddle AS Mr. Mccormick stated in the public
press that affects the bank only,
public Of the highest financial standing
probiy its officials still public
feel that the welfare of sound solid institution upon its tickle
Judgment
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-14
ENERGY.

Every possessed of certain of energy He
chooses But it used matter
gone Ones energy be consumed by working playing
loving hating dpatng other excessive
expended particular naturally dmin
shes power ability and activity in other directions.
Wonderful results have been obtained marvellous
people of this and From unnvitng and
orbddn supched prairie land this has been rescued
transformed into delightful garden spot for mans abode
Colleges school houses, churches public buildings business
and have been erected Mines have been
developed industries abound thrive In
brief great prosperous commonwealth has been built here
and fourishes.
These results achieved by the persistent and weldected
expenditure of of human energy.
will that what has been accomplished here is nothing
of wonderful yet nothing compared the magnificent
and development held for by the
future only energy properly and consistently applied
Is fact that in the large amount of energy has
wasted this debating discussing and contend
about things that of little if Of real Importance
welfare material prosperity of the people? This energy
rightly directed in useful channels would have advanced
veopment very greatly If then have accomplished much with
somewhat divided how much do by pulling
gether
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-14
BRIGHT PROSPECTS.

Ordinarily would be tife early discuss politics. but this
being presidential things than otherwise Ma
ona that the great parties have practically settled
Taft and Bryan their respective standard bearers However
there quite considerable Hughes sentiment growing in the Repub
can party while fairszed boom has been launched for Governor
John Johnson in the Democratic ranks.
That active individual Mr.. William Randolph Hearst will
break this with national which should add
ginger and life the and number of traditions
things will likely be badly shattered
Here in Utah the prospects there will be
erestng campaign Judging from indications the Republicans
will have spirited convention and will conduct campaign
Up date avowed candidate for the gubernaora nomination
has appeared but there several gentlemen who be
receptive mood among whom VIM Spry, C. E. Loose
Stephen H. Love No trouble will be experienced getting
dates when the proper time arrives.
The Democrats also laying plans for aggressive
pagn and it understood that gentlemen with prefix
honorable before their have indicated willingness
state ticket and lead the followers OF Bryan
The American will be in the field ticket
conendng for victory at the polls.
Also the Socialist Party will place ticket before
that there would be enough Platforms
suit the tastes and notions of the sous
But to have another ticket backed by
will enven the campaign by vigorously advocating that has within
platform the issues that will solve the burning
We refer to the National independence G-eague) Party
Mr. L. Eighoz who represents that party and Mr. Hearst is
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-14
ABOUT USING TIMBER.

U.
Pncho that unless radical adopted rta
years the timber supply would be completely following
information issued by the Department of Agriculture will be inter
esting and instructive:
at is estimated that post which ordinary
stances will WILL
10
ether mbe such railroad telephone poles
be doubled and often ebd by
Today to
stockman, railroad fact who
must timber where is likely decay this which
should be carefully considered
1T easy that the length timbe can be used is
doubled only nall much timber will be
onha much will need be spent purchase tim
Der Moreover woods which long
almost worthless be treated and made long
scarcer and more expensive kinds
"Of the actual
treatment fence such beginning might
serve as one example The is of loboy pine costs
treated about cents or including the Of setting IA
nua charge OF such is I53
year TO keep the post service Preservve costing 10
cents Will increase its length of life about this
case the total cost of the which at
per cent gives annual charge cents Thus the saving
que TO treatment is o49 year. Assuming that there are 200
posts per me there saving each year every of fence of
sum equivalent to the interest S2196O
the treatment will increase the eno+
lie OF oboy railroad wears to twelve wears
ana VIII reduce the annual charge from 152 cents
winch amounts to a saving of $5Sz5 per mile.
1T estimated that 10000 eor 70 ro
timber tor the anthracite coal mines average life of m nv
treated mine prop than years. Bv
1--WE treatment can be prolonged by this figure e
ana teleSraPh poles which in years or even
ss decay so badly at the have 70 he removed
can by simple treatment of their made 70 as en ~
twenty-five years Sap shingles which vaueess in Their
state can easily be treated and
shingles OF the most decay-resistan woods Thousands Is ILL.,
are lost by the soaed of freshly saud ~
wood lumber This be prevented BY proper W.
coS' SO small as put within the reach of the
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-18
CIE'KAI,NllE'| Ri,Z1I1ECZYl
!. !.
/, Meteory,

mtJtOTy
czylii tax xwane ,.gwiasdy spadajaa-
oe". Pred kiiku dniaIi przynio-
sly dziennik wia.d3omost . meteo.
RE, kt6ry padaj4e : nieba, wyb,iill
wielki otwdr v okrseie, znsjduj4-
Gym sic ma pelnem mmlorrzIu. Obecnie
znowu donlosz,a . podobnern zjzwi-
sku Z Plynnout1hiu: Parowiec ho,
lenderski Ocean, kursqjjacy mic.
dzy Rotterdaimlres,ml a Filadelf1a, do
nosi, he v oddaleniu okolo 200 mil
cd ladu amerykkanskiego upadf tuz
,obok niego v morze meteor wielko.
Sci poteznej. Upadek ten wywofaf
olbrzymie fale, kt6re przewalify sag
prsez poklad parowea. Jednoczes-
ME ~wy1onify SIG z wody ohmury
gazu tax gestego, se zaloga, oba':
wiaiao sic uduszenia, musiafa szu"
ka6 ratunku pod pok4adem. kapi-
tan Beukert razem z zaiog4 dopiero
po kwadransie byt W moznosci
wyjs6 znows,u Z pod pokladu, ktory
zostal pokrytym grubo Py}em bru
natnym. Zaledwie marynarze o.
chlonell z wrazenia, kiedY nagle
spadf z nieba W morIe deszcz roz-
zarzonych meteordw. straszne to
Wild wisko trwa1o :nowu kllka
minut, poczem, jak daleko ok'em
siegnac bylo MONA, morze bly,
szczalo. Majtkowle opowiadajaa, re
.roziarzone, sypiace iskrami meteo-
ry lsnily ~wszystkiemi barwam1 ts
cry,
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-18
ZdzlczenIe.

1s-letni robotn1k Leopold lie
mann i Neafits pod RI. ssarogar'
dem olbl.4 kota nafta j podpafs.
Zwier1s Y otkropnyo1h5 n1eczarniacth
sohronl1o sic do stodoay ktdra; tte,
uletE1a po1arowi, i wraz : nia
.
ozxoraki dominjalne. Sgd siazal
wyrostk. M . miesieey wie1'enia.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-18
l !! sosd.

Do pewne oukiernI berIisskiej
wszedl v tyoh dnlach jafiS met-
ozysn.. Gdy sic Dajadl j napia,
choiaI wiedzie6, lie nial placid.
adystojscy = bnfetem ggospodar1
.ezna3nil mn, % 90 fem, ns alsa
vy1lersyf do. nisggo r..
wol~ersm i r6wnocsesnie wyol4s.'
gn4f draeksrfk4 azty1eAJ ak1d pan,
ittt5ry prss1s oklo 1s Ej6sceiis= to si,o.
utrs,elg1, uwiadonHo emapolicjaflba
; ten zsafeasrtaowial nalpjaaIstniilkta.
'Znaleki1o,no,+ p 81; ni:iim i1, ktiiIka sztuccizE
nych br6d. Aresztowany odms'w11iiss'
1eznah, dotychczas niewia1do5mso
Kim jest.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-18
DzIMoIag.

W Nadrenn urod1,lo sic pevne
mn robotnitovi d.,eoko, lt6reg<
tylna oze6s glo~y zupe4nie zbudo
wana Jest tax, j,k przednia. Dziso
ko zaten posiada dwie twsrze
Mfmo, ie maIo co pokar1nu przyjj
maje j sig ME odzywa weale, syi'
jul crtery tygodure..
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-18
N~lebezrIeczlIy but.

NOVA LIMA pon1isdzY
Pierre i Black Hills. Pull
man' ma wagony sypiall1e po-
mi7dzy Huron i Rapid City
Ii pomiedzy Huronai Minnie
apolis St.=Paul. PoczaW-
szy cd Pogo najaspoeiag ko-
lei North Western i p. b e.
Is N. ". wlaczy ieden nowy
pociagg dziennie " kaada
|strone pomiedzy Pierre j
Rapid City, wagonem sypial-
|nymz Pullmana, pomiedzy
Huron i Rapid City
Huron " strone
zaehodnia, poci4g SOB, Q go.
H-L- EasI-
[dzinie 9:20 Wieczorem co.
[dzienniez wyiatkiem niedzie
III; 2 Pierre o2l:lo z rama 2
.wyjatkiem poniedzialku;
|przybywa do Rapid City O
L. RxD 6EsrE-S sF =.
1888 rama, codzlenn'e 2
=wyjatkiem poniedzlaiku. opuI
SEGA Rapid City Wschodnlo
|pociag 5o2, o godslnle 1856
Wieezorem, eodMennle,
wyjatkiem soboty, pFzybyWa
do Pierre Q sou. szrana, 90
Huron Q o:Io rama, CO.
[dziennie 2 #Yatklem ne
[ddei.
N~atyehmiastoWe poi4ezenle
- !.
" Rapid City z Poclagam1
do j 2 DeadWood, Lead, BEL
|1e Fourehs j hot springs
Pociagi sol 5o4 zacnoa-
MO cd Huron znaldaH sle
pod obecnym Wykszem, lecz
[bqda kierowane eodzlennle =
wyjatkiem nedAefl, pomie-
ldzy Pierre j Rapid City !
Deadwood.
Zupelne urzadEsnie z OBJ
n-,1.. L.a:
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-18
Znajonnost obcy6h jezy.
kdW ma kolejach.

k6W ma kOleja6h.
Minister robot publicznych wye
da1 do wszystkich dyrekoyi kolei
zelaznych " Prusiech ok6inik ce-
lem stwicrdzenia, ilu urEednik6w
1~olejowych przy pociegaoh pref
ssciowych w}ada jezykami frsneu+
j angielskim Przynajmniej do
tego stopnia, be n,og4g sle poroza5
miet podr6znyfni obu narodowo-
Sci; gf6wnie chodzi tutajj 0 szafnje-
row obsfugujacYch wagony sypial-
ne pomiieniionych poci4g65w. Ma
.podstawie dochodzen tych otrzy>
mywae maja ursednioy kolejowi
przy pooiagach przeii6asiowJoh bez-
p1atna nauke jezyIdw francuskiego
i angielskiegc. Inneml sfowy: Gu
%dzoziemcy ME maja wiedz;ec, se
isthieje paragyraf, kt6ry pewnym
::
obywatelom panstwa ME pozwala
ma uzywanie mowy ojczyste].
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-18
Ksieciu E"ulenburgoWi,

KsieCiu EulenburgOW1,
bylemu poslowi pruskiemu we
Wiedniu, wytoezono process 0 krzy-
woprzysiestwo. Poniewaz pr6cz
dw6ch wlarogodnych bardzo swiad-
k6w z%nalezlono PREY rewizyi palaeu
liebenberakiego ~ieszcze inne go
obe1azajaoe rzeczy, ola tego aresz-
towano 60 teraz, mimo, re jest
ciezko chory. Kaucya we wysokq-
sci J miliona ma1ek zostafa tyne
czasem odrzucona. Krzywoprzy-
siestwa dopuscil sic podobno Eu~
lenburg " p'rocesie hr. Moltkiego
przeciw redaktorowi Hardenowi.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-18
starannie ehaocllsa mafe =
1knsgans. go
NIelndsh kobIeta.

] Pawdziw4 miIoooh4 aas zall =
u d~roM Bs,gmaanv Bernuit-
znsoaaa sis oIrcpnyspoa6b md
~ p,sierbiis.. SD ska1aI il !
tyehl dniacfh n / m1ssiacs wiezisn1al.
Try tygodnie wieiienIa dIedcseggo
odlia1ono odi.ry. " pierwsEym
stas.no.t % n1eIndxk4 10,
Diese M sooml. k.ry.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-18
StraszliWe nieszczescie

StfaSZl1W6 MoSZcZeesScl6
wydarsylo sie ma Dnieprze y Re-
syi, WE wsi Nowy Byofon pre-
=wozl1a przesz rze1ke 36d1 ofo1o $50
wraUajsoyoh Z kosoioi.. 2
spowodu zbyt ~ielkiego cisssru
5t6dE przewr6ciiIa SIG v oddaleniut
Itilku metr6w Cd brzegu. 100 os6tb',
przewasnie kobiet i dzieoi, utori1'oo
siie; 50 zdolano uratovad.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1908-06-18
ZabdjstWo Z zartu.

w tyoh dsisch 20 poludniu Wy
bra5 Zip robotuik Rohrbeok Z Ber4
hHna ! sans pirrIyIIst6cii66lllmii' M piieazae
wyoseo1kte pI,r1eeE lss Y Goepeazfu
do Er1kneru. Prsssohodaac przsz
Nose mueggsall1hreinnsk4 sp~ostrzegg&,11ii
mad rowe.ml pewn4 plare v koastylnn'.'
mach cyklistdw, spoiyWaja4c4 snia.'
DAME. Rohrbeck zawolaf do Mich
zartobliwie, czy IN Sniadanie slna-
kuje, NJ 90 eyklista oburzyl sic
|dos1lo do aprzsozki, gdy narsz
oyllista wydobg1 revolver j Wy
strzeln do Rohrbsoka, raniso go
tmiertelniie. xannieszanis towa,
nEYss6~ ranionsgo sEorzystaaa owa
psIs, wskakuj9s M rowsry j no1e'
k4jH dal. Tyunozassn ns,d1jjs.
shad q uospenikua p,evsliisen fsbIylkanIt
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-06-27

fit through the hotels like lost spirits
and recall the dear dead days when
there was politics in this mans town
and a railroad attorney with book of
transportation was a bigger man than
old Grant. And that's what your re-
form has done. Put a lot of Willies
in serge suits-'nine ninety-eight,
marked down from fourteen fifty
into control of the destinies of our
great republic.
What has become of our common
heritage?" exclaimed Mr. Handy. way
ing his glass wildly Where is our
manifest destiny? Who's gone and
stolen the pride pointer and the alarm
viewer? Is it in the platform? No
you reformers are making terms with
Gompers: and Taft's liberal views
as they call them, are going to pre-
vail over the fine conservative views
of our peerless leader, our grand old
man, freedoms champion the defend
e. of the faith of the fathers the man
WhO-the man who-the man who
reiterated Mr.. Handy-''the man who
i refer to Hon. ]. G.. Cannon of Dan
vile, Ill
this convention? I'll tell you; it's
fastened in Burrows time lock. Who
is going to sound clarion note here
to-day? There will be no clarion note.
The name of the gallant Blaine will
not be heard in the hall The party
that saved the country that broke the
shackles on 1000, 900 slaves, the party
that preserved the Union, is represent
ed here by the allies, and they are
tossed around like a lot of last years
alfalfa. They came here asking for
the presidency; they were willing to
compromise on the vice-presidency
and sprung the name of Jim Sherman
1T reminds me OF the time Col Ana
doneran J. Balderson of our town
started out to be minister to England
under Cleveland's first administration
He found that job gone, and compro-
missed by applying for assistant secre-
tary Of state. Failing III that, he asked
for United States marshal Failing in
that, he asked for the postoffice at
home, and then, failing in that,
Strengthened himself up and said:
Thank heaven, we have a Democratic
governor in Kansas, and he will not
turn me down
HE came home three months later
with a pair of Gov. Clicks old trous-
ers, and to that end has your reform
brought those who for 40 years have
been fighting the party's battles"
Mr.. Handy rose proudly and said:
"Reform-reform-w crimes are
committed in thy Rame!"
The Big Crowds Tribute.
What a curious thing is big crowd
of civilized men and women gathered
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-06-27


He assured the convention t.
under Fairbanks there would be no
government by impulse and the
crowd knew what he was driving II
and his usefulness as an orator was
ended
New York has a sense of humor
and when the delegation was called
for New York the delegates rose
laughing and let Gen. Woodford make
the shortest and most appropriate
speech of the day, nominating Hughes.
And when he said that only two men
beyond a doubt could carry New York
One being in the White House and
the other in the governors Office at
Albany-he made the crowd FESTIVE
and quit just before his credit gave
out
The Clarion Note.
The only real clarion note of the
convention was sounded by Knight
of California, seconding Taft's nom
iration. For knight has a voice, and
AIr. Burton of Ohio. who put Taft's
name before the convention grace
fully, was not heard as well as such
q SjtSt-AC4 SUOuiu nave DCCI IOcIi IL
{, nok also was tastefully nominated
With proper eclat and without too
much wind-jamming.
And if the young football player,
Cocbem Of Wisconsin. who gave the
convention La Fol5ette's name, had
~. his speech in two, it would have
made the hit of the afternoon. But
he slid past the crowds limit, and the
smile which captiva-ed every one
wore off and he grew angry, and the
subsequent proceedings interested
him NO more"
It was Mr. McGee-remember the
name-who, secondiug the nomination
of La Toilette, started the whoop
heard round the world There seems
to be no question tat of all the can
didates besides TAFT. La Toilette got
the best demonstration.
But after that complications oc-
curred. Some one walked across the
gallery back OF the 81 eaker's platform
with a flag containing Roosevelt's pic
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-06-27

est. The visitors in the galleries are
there only to see the hero crowned,
and once the ceremony is over. and
The shouting has worn itself out, their
interest in the convention rapidly dies
Away-the show is over.
Thursday was a hot day. and the
rerspiraticn that the thousands shed
would have foated all four of the pres
ident's battleships. and the real trou-
bic of the conVention-in a day of
ble-began after the invocation
lad been spoken, after Senator Hop
kins had given a visible demonstra-
ion Of the platform, which no one
heard and no one seemed TO care to
near, and after Congressman Cooper.
on behalf of the minority of the com
the convention.
His speech, OF course, did not con-
vince. 1t was q protest, rather than
an argument and anyway the conven-
ton would not have changed that
platform. which 1T believed to be in
spired from Washington, if the minor
ity had offered the Ten Command
,nents. But Cooper scolded, and when
me authorized representative from the
railroad engineers. and firemen and
trainmen appeared and warned the
convention that the railroad employees
Of the country were dissatisfied with
;he antiinjunction planks, that made
"a difference. either
Gabrieis trumpet would have been
laid on the table for the regular order
y The convention. Its face was set.
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ture, and the applause for La Toilette
merged into the futile, stupid attempt
TO stampede the crowd to Roosevelt.
and for quarter of an hour the
yelling continued
1t was Quoted as the roll call on
president began and continued down
to Iowa. There a silence fell and con-
tinued until Taft was nominated.
Now written down here in a thou
sand words, this seems like the story
of a stirring episode Yet it covers
events that lasted from 10 o'clock
until $50. There was some formal
cheering of something like two and
six eleventhS seconds for each of the
allies and this is the best part of it
all-thOse who had sought the NOM
ination the hardest. Cannon and
Knox and Fairbanks. got no more
than Foraker, who took what he
could pick up. There were no diff
ferences between the SIS picture fire
works and the ten-cent roman candle
they all fizzled and went out in
gloom.
Abner Handy Talks.
But TO go back to some of the earlier
days of the convention, some of the
days before the fireworks were all ex
ploded. The days when only the fuses
were sizzling. 1t was on Sunday. I
think, that | met my friend Handy
Abner Handy from the Ninth Kansas
district. Mr.. Handy. who has been out
or politics in Kansas since 1902. was
unable to get TO the convention before
Sunday on account of foods in the
haw bottoms, and until his arrival the
pre-convention milling had been ratb-
er tame But the arrival of Mr.. Handy
IN his Prince Albert coat and black
SLOUGH hat with his massive head of
hair protruding ferceIy, and his little
Sits OF eyes keenly measuring up the
sltuation-Mr. Handy is an expert on
the situation" new life TO the
crowd in the Annex, and one may say
that the convention began with his ar
rival
1t has been II years since I at
tended Republican convention" said
MI Handy, as he lOlled in red plush
divan in alimony alley and spat
through his teeth at the onyx mop
board, and 1 meet a great many new
faces. l first saw Fairbanks in the
st. Louis convention. and, | have just
been talking to one OF his managers
one OF the new men in Indiana poll
tics-born since left the state-a Mr..
Ade-George they call him. Clever
Young man, apparently He tells me
there s a strong unde.current for Fair
banks. an1 wanted ne TO help him
bale Il I'D SO that there would be some
STAGE iniications
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Young men with stiff straw hats and
boyish faces are dominating the
crowd
What can you expect" asked the
colonel, earnestly as he drifted out of
the Taft headquarters, ''of a gang like
that? No Whispering one coming
out of the consultation room like
man from a dentists ofice-with his
teeth in his hands, sadder and wiser
man; nothing but idle speculation
about the vice-presiGency"
Signs for the Old Days.
The colonel waved for the Waiter
and sighed and shook his head and
said: "A promise is a promise-when
Your wife issues the door keys-yes,
another bottle of those liquid hair
pins"
Then he resumed his lamentations:
Il saw some forlorn fellows solemn
ly hayfooting it down Michigan ave
nue. this morning. They had a band
and were N a procession. Was it
funeral? 1t was not Was it the
doomed man walking 10 the galIows
with & firm step after eating q hearty
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-06-27

heavenly choir. Bouten of Illinois
began it-naming Cannon.
The crowd stood for him with some
patience, though nc. one listened to
him.
Gov. Hanly CT Indiana, an unusually
able governor, and an otherwise sane
man, came little afterward and got
in a row with the convention because
1t laughed at him and jeered him dur.
ing the last half OF a perfectly nm.
necessary speech
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Story of the Great Gathering Told
by Master Pen.
Incidents and Sdeiights-PiCture of the Nomination
of Secretary Taft-The Old Politician Talks of
Politics OF Yesterday and To-Day.
BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE

Chicago.-A national convention is
All over but the shouting, when
the presidential nomination is made.
1t is for that that the delegates assem-
BILE. High-browed men wrangle over
party platform planks, and fight it out
among themselves as to who shall
be forced to accept the vice-presiden-
tial place, but in all of these things
the general public has but little inter
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-06-27

1t was under orders, and nothing could
move it. So it moved majestically
along. 1t adopted the platform, for
mally voting down, by Overwhelming
majorities, planks advocating pub
licity in campaign contributions
recommended by the president in his
messages, Valuation of railroads,
recommended by the president in his
by the people.
A Roosevelt Convention.
For that convention was for Roose-
welt policies only when it had them
in the regular order and the authen-
ticated form. The Roosevelt policies,
as such, did not interest the conven-
ton, for it was under orders and took
only the real milk of the word as it
came through the committee, and it
believed, and probably with some JUS
LITIGATION, in the fact that Roosevelt
did not care to have his policies come
into the convention by way of Wis
cOnsin.
So it voted for the program and
went on to the next order. And the
next order was the nomination of a
president. And that is a serious bust.
ness.
1t is curious TO know just how forms
and conventions and precedents are
worshiped without sense or reason by
apparently clear-headed men. But
there sat 1000 delegates and 10000
spectators and listened to five mortal
hours of utterly useless, entirely mean
ingless and absolutely vacuous
speeches. These speeches were made
putting men in nomination for the
presidency who had no more chance to
be nominated than they had of pick
ing out harp check and joining the