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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY!
Some Of the Principles Bryan
Is Fighting for.

EaIryiew, Lincoln. Aug. s.--Mr.
Bryan tonight caused 70 be given nut
Tor publication the following appeal
for campaign contributions:
Wanted : Campaign contributions
from citizens Of the republic who
favor these democratic propositions:
Tariff revision by representatives
ef the consumers OF the products and
not by the agerts OF those who make
exorbitant pruiits by manufacture
and sale OF highly protected pro-
ducts.
Electioa OF United States senators
by popular vote, thus breaking up
the senatorial oliaarchy headed by
Standard OH, which Is strong enough
ts successfully resist all measures Of
fcred 10 behslf Of the peoples ~el-
fare.
Guarantee of oil national bank de.
posits. thereby preventing all money
panics by giving All people absolute
confidence 10 all banks.
Destruction Of private monopoly
and The enforcement OF Las against
trusts by the people who are oppressed
BY The trusts and not by the agents
of the trusts.
| Publicity Of campaign couiribe-
tlong before election day. SO that the
people mar know who ss paying the
!expenses Of candidates and ehy pay
ing.
| Adoption Of sn income tax. be-
cause II Is Just and under 10 wealth
may bear It's proportionate share Of
the burdens OF the federal govern
meut.
The punishment of men who man
lipnlate railrcad stocks and o~ner.
lshsp: the encouragement " railroad
| construction ON bsssinesslike basis: tha
railrOad operation with fair returns
IN wages aud profits to workers and
owners ON honest valuation and hon
| est labor. bat nos on watered stocks
) and false bond issues created purely
: by exploitation.
/ The appeal cicses with copy of
) the resolution adopted hg the demo
: cratic national committee on the occa-
sion Of their visit to Falryiew July "A,
I declaring for publicity of contrihsa-
4 tlons before elcctton. hnitlng inaisid-
ual contributions 10 siaooo and prs-
a yidsng for the publication q aA cam
!, paign contributions ahose sia
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

TO formally approve the report as ~
haa been drawn up by the officers.
II was II 10 when Chairman Mekin-
lev called the convention to order.
RAMSEY Walker. chairman OF The
committee. took the platform ano
road the report, which was In favor
Of seating the Frank Martin deiega-
tion from Ada county and The regular
a,a,,a,es from the other four counties
In contest.
Mr.. Walker moved the adoption OF
tbe report OF the committee. =. T.
smith seconded the motion ana mo-
n,.af later G. II. Jackson moved the
nyex,ans motion. This put the ques-
tIop before the house as 20 whether
or not it should vote oS the report OF
tue credentials committee.
Tn,s brought forth 4 storm from
the bolters and from that moment on
there was moi the slightest do1ht out
,ha, they would carry out the boltine
,latform ~llien had been 50 carefully
aa,Iined, and this despite the declar-
alton o, Judge stockslager made lsie
"Wednesday night that they would mol
holt that they were regular demo
erats and intended to stay in the con
yenti0B.
I chair:nan McKialey called for tb'
roIl call on Mr.. Jsckson's motion
thst the previous motion be put
The result sss that al voted aye
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

Totals 100 40 lt'G i.6
Throughout both Ioli calls The bolt.
ers created a. much disorder as pos
slble. In addition to George ". Tan
nahjll's recurring objections, other
delegates acre jumping up and down
In their seats.
Mr.. Tannablli took occasion u
shont oat objections 10 every move,
thus carrying out stlii further we
plan OF toe lJ9ltefs 10 make record
"a, conrt purposes he objected q
the votes being taken. lie objected
IN the calling 81 Bear Lake. BinR ham.
Fremont aud oneida and again OF
,ssf4a f.eranse Ada was not called
Ada was not called for TIE safue feas
on that II Aas not called yesterday,
I'be state central eon'mistee ban De
eide 10 lss the Ada coanty contest
ro over 70 tiie crauensisis 6 1iniaiite'
auf until that rspofi asa adopted
retti,er ot the Ada eonDty delegation
we're Recognized.
T'aaBahill tSire sepeslfd froin ei'
ruling Of The chair aud each time Va
yeted dews. Agssa he tried 10 %
peal, but tnis appeal vas denied ss
Cnasrman Mckinley heeaase ilie ssHi
question had lsst been appesied.
Mr. Txnpahili absoiatsly refused I
beed the orders d toe chair 10 com
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
The contest will be
Carried to the Supreme
Court, Where the h0rnO-
cats Say They will Lay
Down il Defeatad-Tley
Are now Entitled to
Their Tithlng and ShOud
| be Satisfied.

For representative IN CONGRESS.
For governor.
Lieutenant governor.
Secretary OF state.
State auditor.
state treasurer,
Attorney general.
state superintendent OF public In
struction,
Inspector OF mines.
Justice uf the supreme court.
Selection OF stste central commit
teeman.
We recommend that Roberts Rules
OF Order shall be the guide on points
OF order In this convention.
After the reading Of the report OF
the cemmitee on rules and order Of
business, A. l.. ficehafef moved that
there bc included 10 this report the
nomination Of United States sena-
Tor by this convention
"lt has always been the desire ai
the democrats To cone AZ near the
people AZ possible, said Mr. Free
hafer. I'VE are 10 favor OF the eiec-
tian of senators bY direct vote. such
plank Ii IN our national platform.
In the absence uf such las Il IL good
democratic principle TO nominate the
United States senator 10 state con.
geation. =
Mr. Ffeehafef's motion was carried
and the report pf the committee III
amended was adoptei 10 full by
unanimous vote.
Chairman Mckinley called 70.
nominations for permapett chair
man. Harry L. Day nominated A,
In. FreebBfer aud this vas seconded
warmly by Mr.. freebafer's co dele
gates from Washington county. Mr.
fselBaier Vas elected unanimously.
rbr chair appointed II. L. bay aus
4 NJ. II. Hsltabaesh a. eommltts'
10 escort Mr. Inchafer TO the chair
10 neat and iauditury speech oI
short length, Mr.. IlsttabaUgh intro
siuce6 Mr.. ireehafer. assuring the
convention that II had chosen mai
.b0 sould he fair aud courteous Il
lbls s0sk ci guiding the consenticu.
i, Mr.. FFeehafer, sho IL a mao Of al
) most inexhaustibie VITALITY aud sn
eIgy. delivered speech 90 accepting
the chair, that at frequent Interval
. sent the copFenlioR into spasms a
! enthusiasm.
I'll "a spprselaie the honor you has
J conferred ou me and the conildeDc
/ YOU iiase displayed Ia me by select
' lns me TO be POUR presiding vfiicsr
q said Mr. Freehafsr. 81 want TO u
!. you that my nostrils since game
a yoof beautiful city, have seensted a
d oEnne Of democratic victory, but
want TO tell you also. that II Vi
:. not In youf city alone that ! ha'
found these signs Of success for o
IA party this fall. | sss them A.
crossed the irrigated lands OF sou
ys Idaho: they sere present ss ~e trays
cd oses the sand bills Of Oregon Al
as sc sped through the great whe
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fields of Washington those signs Of
success were ever on hand. But for
our lite troubles here, we would now
be on the mountain tops Of democrat-
ic hope.
"We feel that democratic victory is
In sight. We live In the hope and
the firm conviction that the days Of
machine rule and special privileges,
evils that have gone hand In hand
with the republican party win soon be
over. At Denver we adopted plat
form that declared for freedom from
special privileges and back of that
platform, we havs nominated a man
for the presidency, who Is In himself
a guaranty that this plank will be
carried out-that great statesman Of
democracy, William j. Hryan.s'
At the mention OF Bryan's name,
lhe convention arose In one mass and
volume Of cheers broke forth that
talrly rocked the building II was
some minutes before Mr.. Freehafer
could proceed.
''We are here 10 outline our battle
for freedom. lie serves his party
best who Is most loyal to all the peo-
Pile.
"we need pay no attention 70 that
class whu came here for the purpose
OF walking out. That crowd upstairs
need worry us not at all. We can
turn our attention to the great battle
before Us and enter the fight with the
one purpose Of freeing this country
| from the grasp OF special privileges.
"Thc so.called Roosevelt policies,
| upon which the republicans are harp
ling, arc simply Bryan,'s policies
warmed over and dished out under q
NEW trade mark. We have proven
/ that they are not the policies Of the
republican party by the Chicago plat.
form.
AFTER all tho talk we have heard
/ about physical valuation Of railroads
Il the Chicago convention, when tn,
plank was put sauarcly before II
turned II down. Tho republicans Il
their national convention also reject
cd platform declaring for the put
licity Of campaign contribution
fearing to let tue people know OF tn
fat frying process by which the
weight down their campaign trea
ury. They rejected the plank decla
Ing for tho direct election Of the Uni
cd States senators, because the repu
lican party Is afraid to trust the pc
pie. The democratic party and Wu
J.. Bryan always have been ready I
and have trusted the people.
Then, " IL comes TO state issu
We again need TO pay no attention
the bunch 10 the other ball. Ts
years ago the republican party In
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TO order, and finally, when the chair
called on the sergeant.at-arms 10 put
Mr.. Tannahill Ia order, nearly the
whole Nez perce delegation Jumped
from their seats shaking their fists
and making threats Of the terrible
vengeance they WOULD wreak on any
mnn who dared touch a single hair on
the sacred head OF George Tannahil.
Al times the situation was most
intense and IL seemed impossible al
most that serious clash could bn
asorted. but Chairman Mckinley and
level headed men among tile regular
democrats managed TO avert clash
Tile Uolters aid absolutely nothing
toward maintaining ord'r and theii
actions indicated that disorder along
the lines OF that Ut the Twin Fails
convention, was what they cherished
Tie roll call completed, q. u Jack
son moved reconsideration Of the
/ motion and then moved that his mo.
tion 10 reconsider be laid on the Ia
] die. This cincheu the matter The
i vote of the convention was then IRE.
( yocahle.
Tannabill. sh0 had found iittl,
use Tor his seat during The proceed
logs, wss on bis feet again and Res
4 ticalating Wildly, be called upon his
tollowefs 10 follow him and withdras
from the convention.
Then came the bolt This was moi
accompanied 10y so much disorder a
were the previous proceedings. lie
sides many uf the boltefs bad has
practice 10 this kind OF work at tbl
Twin Falls convention and sere bet
Ter drilled for this occasion.
There Was cons iderable sho1tinI
| from the i,citers, while several sh0ol
their lists aud waved their arms
: The regular democrats sat quietly 4
: their seats and the last of tie bolter
had hardly left the ball before ID
. regular order OF business vas sgal
D taken up. IL Was exactly il:S5 ~be
The boilers left tbe ball
q N. Beese Hattsbaugb Was ealle
], opon To read The report u the con
e miltee ou rules aud order Of business
q The b0llers rad been hoping tha
Q this committee would e,ommend on
d Gers ius permanent organization. b
]. fore the report Of the credentials coti
y u,itsee VAS knosn ard some OF q
! neubers oI the boiter faction go u
5 committee essn urged this. thinkit
b II would lle a good point 20 take inI
= court Bot The committee Was u
v 10 he trapped aud It's report contra
- to usual custom. oin not recon met
q, ~iso the peraiznsnt ofisesrs should b
a. The report Of ths eonwistee I
ssies and order of business ~as re
1e a. follows
- fInt. Eiectlo Of 10 rmseent cha
p nnn and permanent secretary.
ly second. Report 81 committee
DC platform and resolutions.
Third. Nomination of csndldai
20 In the toilcslns order,.
20 Three presidential electors.
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mediately, and which was ON thr
question of the adoption OF the ma
jority report, showed the regular
democrats 10 be much stronger than
bad the previous ballot. The Twin
Falls delegtion solid and ndnefous
utBer scattering delegates had voted
against the putting Of the mott - be-
fore the honse o. That time bat shon
il clme down ~ the real question al
issue, tire adoptlo1 ol the report OF
ths cfegeatIals COMMITTEES these dsie.
cations Including the Twin Falls del
egation solid voted with the regular
democrats.
The motion 10 adopt the report p
the credentials comiuittee carried by
d. cote oi 1876 40 10 I0d the NeiF
* ,.f,gt4t4 fssE Iaiaas aa fsaiif4AEt
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
Totals ln 100

Totals ili i3o
This vote ass tile first actual test
a, strength letseen the regular dem.
aerats and the boiteIs and The an-
nouncement of the result of the votes
as greeted with cheers.
The neat ballot. which followed I'm
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
Ticket One Of Best Ever Named In the History OF Idaho
Inc Nmodb Garry Purpose Their Attending and Bolt the 0nentORemh County
H00ed in Nomination Of Senator WhnWen
THE TICKET.

Presidential Electors.
Henry Heitfeld. Nez Perce County.
Harry L. Day Shoshone County.
Henry w. Lockhart, Bannock County.
For Congress.
Frank Harris, Washington County.
United States Senator.
Judge w. w. Woods. Shoshone County.
For Governor.
Senator w. G. WhitWel. Lemhi County.
Lieutenant Governor
William Hunter. Latah County.
Secretary Of State.
j. J. Walling. Canyon County.
State Auditor.
Frank j. Mcbride. Bonner County.
State Treasurer
VIM. w. Brown, Idaho County.
Attorney General.
Edwin McBee. Kootenai County
Superintendent of Public instruction.
Miss Edna Gillespie. Bingham County.
Inspector of Mines.
John Presley. Shoshone County.
Justice Supreme Court.
John M. Flynn, Kootnea County.
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aud 1876 nay, the vote being east q,
the counties rs follows:
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CONTINUED on Page Seven. !
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13
REGULAR DEMOCRACY OF IDAHO in The RUNNIN(

The following Is taken from the
FINES, a daily paper published at
Wallace. AS they kept reporter In
Ibe convention and had no reason to
barble or give biased report of the
deliberations we believe 1t comes
bearer being correct than the garbled
Ind prejudiced reports sent out to
bther papers
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-13

~ your Frtend@ are uleitlnz
you or you have arr isSFu o.
news caH up Phone CO nnea
I'VE uuIII do the rest.
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NaauV ano aFfiWtlcaiiW se
,ts means nest aua aFfisgt
100 work. The RaCorde
does no other kind, b4s nee
uuoriS,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-12
THE REAL INVENTOR OF THE STEAM
BOAT
BOAT .

steamboat. The honor of this achievement
really belongs to John Fitch, who successful
ly navigated packet, passenger and freight
steamboat on the Delaware river seventeen
years before Fulton's Cermont made its APP
pearance on the Hudson Yet the world has
united in giving the glory of this invention to
Robert Fulton, while the name Of John Fitch
is unhonored and almost unknown.
John Fitch was born in 1743 at Windsor,
Connecticut. His father was a Woodworking
farmer, and when John had reached the age
of nine, he was taken from school and put to
work at swinging fax and threshing grain.
But he did not give up studying He finished
his arithmetic by himself He heard Of
book, Salmon's Geography, which he was told
would give a descrip tion Of the whole world;
and he became possessed of an Unsuitable de-
sire to secure this book. He ventured to ask
his father to buy the book, promising to work
hard enough to pay for it; but was met with
sharp refusal Then the lad petitioned for
the use of some waste land on which to plant
potatoes. This his father granted While
his father and brothers went to a muster and
kept holiday the little farmer dug up his land
and planted his seed He attended to his
crop during the noon hour and after regu-
lar work at night. He raised ten shillings
worth Of potatoes, with which he bought the
coveted "Salmon," but was two shillings
in debt-and, moreover, his father demanded
remuneration for the seed potatoes.
The new book was a source of much delight;
he pored over its pages eagerly and soon
made them his own.
When John was thirteen his father allowed
him six weeks more at school where he learned
all the mathematics within the masters scope
and the method of surveying as then practiced
in New England. That closed his school life.
One day in April, 1885, while Fitch was
limping with rheumatism along the Nesha-
mony road, i'll Pennsylvania, horse and car
rage passed by. "Would that had horse!"
he exclaimed to the friend with him. "There
ought to be way for poor fellow to ride
without horse; and, " he added, elm going
to find it," He lapsed at once into a
thoughtful mood, SO that his friend could
scarcely get word from him during the rest
of the walk For a week afterward he busted
himself in making drafts of land carriage,
and considering what motive power could be
applied The roughness of the roads seemed
an insuperable obstacle to this mode of con-
veyance; and in this dilemma his mind revert
ed to the water and vessels. For three weeks he
worked on this idea and first thought of
steam power; then he submitted his plan and
drawing to Rev. Mr. Irmin, of Neshamony
The next step was to build model vessel,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-03-12

taken for trial GA meadow stream on Joseph
Longstreth' s farm. To the inventors delight,
his tiny boat moved up and down the stream
obedient to the force of steam.
Fired with the enthusiasm of success, Fitch
resolved to appeal to Congress for help to fur
ther his invention, and make it a benefit to
mankind. Armed with letters of commenda-
ton from the provosts of the University of
Pennsylvania and Princeton College, and Will
liam c. Houston, he made his appeal by let
ter to the President Of the United States.
Congress was then in session at New York.
The matter was referred to committee, who
made no report, greatly to the inventors dis
appointment
After this failure Fitch applied to the min
lister of the king of Spain, then at New York
This Spaniard grasped the idea and perceived
the vast benefit involved. He promised the
inventor help if Spain could have the exclus-
i've control Of the invention. "No," cried
Fitch, II cannot give it to Spain alone. My
invention must be first for my own country,
and then for all the world" Had he accept
ed the offer Of the Spanish minister, his eff
forts might have been crowned with success,
and riches and honor, instead of poverty and
ignominy, been his share "The strange ideas
| had at that time" wrote the disappointed
man in 1892 when, disheartened over repeated
failures, he was meditating suicide, 4" of serv-
ing my country without the least suspicion
that my only reward would be contempt and
opproprious names! To refuse the offer of
the Spanish nation was the act of a blockhead,
of which I would not be guilty again.
Fitch went to the American Philosophical
Society at Philadelphia with drawings Of his
model and explanations of his ideas. He
called upon Washington, but found him luke
warm, because Of previous interest in
mechanical boat of James Rumsey. An
interview with Ben amin Franklin, in which
he fully explained his scheme, gained him
nothing. The inventor accused Dr. Franklin
of appropriating his ideas.
Fitch had hopes of assistance from Phil
adephian Arthur Donaldson, machinist Of
some note, who seemed enamored with the
project, and to whom he offered partner
ship Donaldson, who received the idea of
steam navigation as something entirely new,
would not give Fitch a decisive answer until
he had talked the matter over with friend.
Fitch heard with dismay, soon after this in
terveW, from an old nurse who had been in
the Donaldson family, that there was much
talk over Arthur Donaldson's invention of
and demanded an explanation.
"Well," Donaldson coolly answered, ~
have invented such an improvement in naviga-
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PAGE THREE

OF Donaldson with his petition, and secured
his rights. The state document bears date
March Is, 1876, and secured to John Fitch
for fourteen years, ''the sole and exclusive
right of constructing making, using and en-
ploying or navigating all and every species of
boats or water craft which might be impelled
by the force of fire and steam, in all the
creeks, rivers, etc, within the jurisdiction of
Pennsylvania
Fitch now succeeded in organizing a COM
pany with forty shares at twenty dollars a
share.
So far history shows, the simple little
engine used in Fitch s model steamboat was
the first made in this country. There were,
In 1888, but three steam engines in America,
and they were imported from England
The crudities and difficulties to be overcome
IN the making of steam engine seemed we'll
nigh insurmountable Fitch secured the SER
vices of Henry Voight, matchmaker, pos
sessed of much ingenuity and mechanical
skill, to assist him. Work was at once begun;
skitf with suitable apparatus was made; an
endless chain, screw of paddles, and several
other gearings were tried; and finally the en-
CINE with a three-inch cylinder was put in it's
place. 1t proved a complete failure; and
Fitch and Weight were laughed at and ieered
by the spectators on the shore. Fitch was a
good deal chagrined at this i'll success He
did not lose heart, however, but began at once
to plan to remedy the imperfections; and in
a few days the skiff was again tried success
fully.
The funds had all been used up in this ex-
pertinent; but it was resolved to build larger
boat with an engine having twelve-inch cyl
inder Delaware, New Jersey and New York
followed the lead of Pennsylvania, and gave
to John Fitch the exclusive right to navigation
by fire and steam; but these rights did not in
clude any of the much needed funds to further
the invention. Work on the steamboat pro-
crossed slowly; contributions were few; the
expense was more than the company antici-
pated, and some withdrew from the enterprise,
and, when all was complete, the engine
worked so badly it had to be taken to pieces
and put together again, long and tedious
process. AS soon as one defect was remedied
another became apparent Fitch himself be-
so disheartened at the opposition and
ridicule to which he was subjected that he was
the point of giving up the attempt. But
he was too ardent an enthusiast to really lose
confidence in his project and would again
enter into his work with fresh zeal
This boat was completed and had a success
full trial, on the 22d of August, 1887 The
Convention to frame a Federal Constitution
was then in session at Philadelphia and was