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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-27
FORMER BITTER CAMPAIGNS.
Brattlcboro correspondent, Sprin gfel
Republican,

Republican)
A Brattleboro man has found among
his papers a little hand bill issued by
the Brattleboro democrats in the cam
paign of 1876, when Fairbanks anC
Bingham were the republican an
democratic candidates for governor of
Vermont and Hayes and Tildcn were
the nominees for president II in
dicates 4 bitter campaign and shows
that the old hatrcds cngendercd by tho
war had not died out The republic
cans had issued circular signed by
| George W. Hooker. A. ]. Simonds. a.
:. Dowley and a. V. Cox. urging the
republican voters to attend the elect
| ion, which includes the following
statements:-
An increased majority in Vermont will
| cheer on tho republicans of other and
closer States, the same as the copper
heads chccrcd and helped the rebels dur
| ing the war. Let every republican cam
vass his neighborhood and hold himself
responsible that every friend of his
country, even if he has TO he carried
| on stretchcr, is on hand Tuesday,
willing to vote early, but not often.
The real question at issue IS summed up
| in few words. Who shall govern and
administer the affairs of this country.
those who used every means to destroy
it. or those who used every means to
| save it?
The. democrats incorporated the re-
publican circular in theirs and added
They call US "copperheads" who are
seeking to elect Tiden. But who was
| the first man that threw out the stars
and stripes in Brattlcboro when Fort
Sumptcr fell? W. G. Perry, a democrat.
| When tho news Of treason reached Wor-
ccstcr. Mass, who were the men that
rushed To the country's rescue? All but
I'VE of the first company there raised
were democrats. "Coppcrheads' are
| they who support Tidcn? DO they
mean the manned Gen. Bartlett, to-day
dying of the wounds received on the
battlefield. but still able to raise his
trembling voice for Tilden and reform
and the renewal of the bonds OF bro
thcrhood between tho North and South?
| Do they mean Fighting Joe" Hooker
and Franz SiCcl. soldiers as gallant and
true, we should hope, as the militia
| colonies who never smclt powder, but
served their coNtry by writing home
"Coppcrhead" letters? Or is it "Baldy''
Smith. lifelong democrat. who yet
led the Vermont boys to undying glory?
The question now is, shall we vote for
the mon who are seeking to destroy
the Union by their thieving and COR
rupton and by their continual advocacy
of disunion and sectional prcjudces or
for the men who offer us honesty and
reform, and union, fratcrnal ana real
for tho man who never fought a ring
| or a thief in his life or for one that
broke Tammany and the canal ring in
New York; for man for governor of
this state tried to exempt S,WNOOO of
his property from taxation or for a
clean and honorable man who Is in
favor of the equal and Just taxation
of all property which the law protects
OF the men who sent out the republic
can circular all are now dead but one,
A. V. Cox, proprietor of the stove store
in the bank building.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-27
THE DISTRICT CONVENTION.

The. announcement is made by Dr.
George II. Gorham of Bellows Falls. sec
rotary OF the second congressional dis
trict committee that the republican dis
delegates to the national republican con-
vention at Chicago and two aternates
will be held at Montpelier on Tuesday,
Arril IS, the day before the State con-
vention meets In Burlington, and accord
ing to precedent in both districts tho
first district convention for a similar pur-
connection with tho State convention.
though not simultaneously.
There thus remain over two months in
which to consider the personnel of the
Vermont delegation TO the Chicago con-
vention, and the calling Of the district
conventions is likely to add new interest
to this subject,
1t Is also announced in this connection
that the republican committee of the sec
Cnd GlStTlCt mas seIeCted the non. ~. >.
Annis Of North Troy to fill the vacancy
in that body caused by the death of the
late Hon. Amory Dawson. Mr. Annis,
who served with distinction in the Yer
mont Senate during the session of 1902, is
a flourishing lawyer and one of the lead
ers among the younger republicans in
northwestern Vermont, section which
so abounds in promising young republic
can captains of politics.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-27

turbcd. But that which stands in tho
way Of such program is the wcllknown
determination of Gov. Hughes not to run
again for his present Office under any
circumstances. 1t IS suggested by some
New Workers that the Governors deter
mination on this point may BE overcome.
As for this there are few politicians or
political observers here in Washington
who have had any personal knowledge
Of Gov Hughes. But there is nothing in
his record to indicate that when his mind
is once made UP he can easily be in
duccd TO change. 1t may therefore, he
said the Washington politicians are not
building many high hopes on the thought
that Gov. Hughes will stand for re-eect-
ion. That they would be delighted with
such a program goes without saying.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-27

The I.ynonvile Union-Journal casts
the following interesting political horo-
scope.
"The republican state convention to
e,ect delegates to the national cOnVcn-
ton at Chicago viii be held at Burl-
ington on the afternoon of April GO The
delegates. as usual, will probably be UNI
Instructed, which means for the dele
gates to carefully size up the situation
after reaching Chicago and then get
wise to the best of their judgment.
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ADDISON COUNTY CANDIDATE.
(From tho vergennes Enterpris.j

F'rom tho 'eFgennes Enterprise)
These are momentous times for the
people OF Addison county who arc IN
terested In political affairs and 1t is
with no little pleasure that We an
nounce to our readers the change in
the acknowledgements situation
Not only is the news of importance to
the voter: % the county, but to the
State as well, for We recall the modest
little prediction we made last fall
that Judge NJ F. Barnes Of Addison
would be the next leutenant-governo
of the state. and we are now much
stronger in our belief that our concept
ion was well founded. Addison county
had two worthy sons who aspired to
this important office and it was doubt
full at one time who would he the fav-
oritc candidate and our friends in other
parts of the State and especially our
neighbors displayed an unusual amount
Of anxiety because we were fortunate to
have two men who were we'll qualified
for this Office Reports were received
from all parts of the State that this
county was expected to furnish he next
lieutcnant-governor and although there
is always a great uncerta inty in all
political contests a fair idea of the
situation could ha obtained from the It'd
al wave of public opinion and sentiment
The chances for a candidate from this
county looked very good from our point
of view
The Withdrawal Of Judge John T..
Weeks of Middlobury from the contest.
which was announced last week was
n vcry generous move or his part mas
much as he had received many offers
Of support from all parts OF the State
unsolicited and his action has caused
tho best of feeling The county will now
support ono candidate with unity and
enthusiasm, and no more loyal support
ers will be found than Mt Weeks and
his friends The chances now for Judge
Barnes are not only good, but excellent,
and why shouldn't they be- for a search
OF the whole State over could not pro-
duce man who is better fitted and
better qualified for the position than the
gentleman from Addison His friends
in this county feel greatly encoura gcd
with the outlook and especially so. be-
cause Of the many voluntary offers of
support that have been received from all
parts of the state. when very little
effort has been made to promote his
candidacy However. this is not sur
prisine when We stop TO think of the
mans ability to perform the duties of
the office. and the Geographical claim
that Addison county Justly has for u
State officer.
Mr.. Barnes' services as 4 member OF
tho Vermont Uou~, tho Senate and as
assistant nudge of Addison county court
are valuable assests in his contest for
the office. He has never hecn a seeker
for office although he has bocn elected
nv his fellow townsncn 70 every Official
nosition of importancc and in these
he has always disnlaved a marked ex
cc,,ive ability and "made good" in every
sense ~ IN. word He is NOT a student
Of tho old sohoo, hut n s,lendid tvn. Of
tho r,ocross;ye man and although no
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vailed alone In the United States, the
situation would be different but as a
matter Of fact the timber problem is
world wide.
1t LIS stated, for example, that a new
timber cutting industry has been be.
gun in the Jump River country, north
of Chippewa, Wis, as the result OF
builders Already several shipments
have been made, and as the promoters
have been assured OF unlimited orders,
it is probable the Industry will be per-
manently established. The kinds of
wood used are pine, oak. ash and elm.
Another significant statement is
to the effect that an Australian
corporation has Just received a
concession from the Russian gov
ernnront to take out thirty
million feet of timber a year from a
forest in Siberia, nine hundred miles
from Vladivostoli, TO be delivered in
Melbourne, Australia approximately
eight thousand miles away, and near
ly three times the distance from New
York to san Francisco.
1t IS likely that no numbering op-
Grafton Of recent years more strong
ly Illustrates the pinch in the timber
supply in all parts of the world. In
the news of the concession, told in
an American lumber journal, is the
suggestion OF the difficulty that all
countries may have to encounter ia
getting the wood which they need in
the future. Every year timber cruis-
ers are going further and further
ancld and cutting trees which, in
| cd because OF the inaccessibility of the
| forest
In taking out the Siberian timber
the Melbourne luubermen will have
to ship the entire years cut in July,
August, September and October, for
during the remainder of the year
there is no open water at tho point
of shipment.
What makes this unusual feature of
transporting bulky logs 5000 miles
quite feasible is that such unmanu-
featured stock is admitted free
while there is heavy duty on all
manufactured wood taken into Aus
traia, the duty on lumber, for in
stance, being nearly $500 thousand
board feet. At Melbourne, new mill
is being erected to manufacture these
logs into dressed stock, such as floor
ing, ceiling and other products, as
well as into lumber.
These Siberian operations diTe,
from the numbering methods in the
United States, in that in this countr!
it is possible and customary to have
new mills conveniently near the place
of production, though. with the con-
mills often find it profitable to hau
their timber by trans and railroads
many miles away from their saws
| Forest experts in this country sa,
that the hope of the United States fol
a steady supply of timber lies in tn,
application of forestry to all timber
lands, private and public, and tn
careful study of the economical an,
better utilization of product Even 50
a severe shortage in twenty t.
twenty five years must be expected
1t is evident, therefore, the people o
the United States and of Vermont il
particular can not take up the forcstr!
question any too soon.
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It Is stated officially that South Dakota
took IN $4,000 in various ways in con-
nectiou with the divorces granted 20 so
non-residents in 1907. No wonder that
State does not want to give UP its di-
vorce law. However, this spectacle ought
70 encourage Vermont to work for other
kinds OF tourists, some Of whom become
even more profitable than aspirants for
divorces, for they settle down
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TIMBER AND LUMBER DEVELOP
MENTS.

While a few persons look for lower
prices for lumber majority Of the
wholesale dealers in Burlington evil
IDENTIFY expect increasing scarcity and
the constantly growing difficulty OF
prices firm In spite Of influences to
the contrary. If this condition pre-
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the new special column OF this paper.
Some bargains are offered there this
week which It will pay you TO read
about. See page two. This paper has
more than 800 readers every week
and one cent a word will reach them all.
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HUGHES FOR DISCIPLINED VIGOR.

(From the New York Post)
At Chicago on Saturday Gov. Hughes
was more impressive than in his address
to the Republican club on January 81.
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-04
new RAILROAD PROPOSED
FROM OVETTETO new ORLEANS

A special from Jackson states that
a charter has been asked for a new
railroad that will run from Ovette,
Jones County to New Orleans, passing
through the County of Perry. 1t is
possible that the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City is behind this movement,
but it is not known for certain. Should
this be the case, however, it would
seem that the best starting point
would be Hattiesburg. The following
from Jackson gives all the informa-
ton available:
Another new railroad, and an import
ant one at that, is among the proba-
biIities of the near future for the rich
and undeveloped pine region of Missis-
sippi and Louisiana.
Mr.. ]. c. Rich, general counsel for
the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
Railroad. was in jackson yesterday
and filed with the attorney general an
application for permission to organize
the New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago
Railroad Company, the applicants be
Fling w. F. Owen, g. w. Crazy, II. NJ
Good, w. II. Mcintosh and ]. G. Rich
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-04
VALE MEN TAKE TO THE LAW
The Bar still Attracts one-Third Of the
unisersitys Graduates.

The statisticians at Yale have
drawn ND a table to show what occu
pations the graduates of the insdtu.
tions have chosen in the last century.
From the table it appears that the
ministry has fallen off greatly as an
attraction
When the century opened about SO
per cent of Yale graduates were min.
listers. Beginning with 1860 this num-
Der took great fall. Since 1865 the
average has been six per cent.
The averages for law and medicine
have remained about the same. AS q
rule ten per cent of Yale's graduates
are doctors, an law the figures have
been steadily about SO per cent.
In teaching. and science the figure
. have increased. very gradually from
about two per cent. to IL per cent
The strongest upward tendency has
been that OF business. The farmers
have fallen off ever since the southern
planters ceased to enter Yale.
Business now attracts about one
third of the men. and the law abou
one-third. The other third is divides
between the ministry, science, teach
h6..s.< ss.-.'s and a few other branches
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-04
TRousLE WITH MODERN CHILD
Too Early Made Acquainted with the
Pontp of the World.

Miss L. e. Stearns, in her lecture
on the ''Thankless Child" in Milwau-
kee, pleaded foe children to have time
to be children. Il know of a'Milwau-
kee mother who was surprised lately
to find that at a birthday party which
her daughter "a child of eight had
attended two liveried pages stood at
the door to receive the gifts the chill
dren brought. The same little girl who
was hostess at the party, when in a
formal mood, is apt to go to call upon
some child of her own age in her
mothers carriage, accompanied by a
footman and driver, and when she
arrives, presents her visiting card be-
fore seeing her friend Miss Stearns
compared this complicated existence
with that of. the great John Ruskin,
who had but four toys during his en-
tire childhood, but who spent many
enraptured hours with these. and he
attributed his taste for architecture to
the fact of his blocks, one of the
toys, having interested him in build
ing at so early an age.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-04
YOUNG CONVICT WAS 4 GENIUS.
Australian Saved from 'Penltentiary
Later Did Remarkable WORK.

In the gardens attached to the hous-
es of parliament. Melbourne, there is
an elahorateiy sculptured fountain,
embellshed with human figures. birds.
flowers and various other ornamental
work in stone. This fountain has a
remarkable history. 1t was construct
ed entirely by a convict named Will
lam Stanford, within the Walls of the
Melbourne jail. When h young man
of u, Stanford, in a weak moment,
joined band of bushranging desper-
ADDE'S, was captured and sentenced to
terms of Imprisonment amounting. in
the aggregate to 81; years. One day
Col Champ, the governor of Melbourne
jail. was astonished to find a beautiful
angelic figure which Stanford had
carved out Of a meat bone. He showed
Il to, the leading sculptor of Melbourne
who declared that the young man was
natural genius. The sculptor visited
the jail and gave Stanford some les
sons in the art. A petition for par
don was induentially signed. and Stan
FORD was released. He became one o.
I the most successful sculptors in Mel
bourne. and completely lived down hi
-jnvenile criminal escapade.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-04

ular manager of the large drug firm of
P. l.. Cusach's in New Orleans, will
return home Saturday. He expects to
move his family down there in the
near future. Mrs. Field is most
charming young matron, and she has
host of friends here who will deep
ly regret her departure.
I: !:
Misses Eloise Wallace and Susie
Fuller, two of Laurel's attractive
young ladies', left for their home to-
day, after a pleasant stay Of several
days with Misses Jane and Anna Full
Ter.
| Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Mathews, who
have been the pleasant guests of Rev.
and Mrs. J. R. Jones for the past
week, will leave for their home at
jackson tomorrow.
. . /" .
The many friends of Mr.. r. N. Col
Inns will regret exceedingly to hear of
his continued illness. He has walk
ling typhoid fever.
Mr.. Church Lee, of Jackson, will ar
rive tomorrow. While here he will be
I the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Haw
ikins, on Main street.
- 8 I: !:
Mrs. F. A. McElroy, of Mobile, Ala.
with her four beautiful children, wa'
in Hattiesburg yesterday en- route t.
Puryis.
i Miss Fannie Horton, who was seri
ously injured in the recent cyclone, !
now the guest of Mrs. Fl. M. Nors
worthy.
Mr.. E. w. Taylor, the brillian
bachelor. editor of the Collins Con
! mercial, was in the city this morning
:: =
Mr.. F. L. Peck, of Scranton, Pa,
expected tomorrow to be the guest {
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Burr.
Mrs. Ed O'Conner. of Sumral
stopped over. here yesterday, betwee
trains, on her waysto Pprvis. :
= Pearl Mccoy. bright little 81
= from Poplarville, is visiting Mrs. F. !
Hartzog, on Main street.
Miss Laura O'Briant returned la
night from Kosciusko, where she hi
D. been visiting her sister.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-04

all of the city of Mobile.
The northern terminus of the line is
fixed as at or near the city of New Or
oleans. It will extend in a soulnerly
or southwesterly direction from Cvet.e
through the counties of Jones, Perry,
Pearl River and Hancock, crossing the
line between Mississippi and Louisiana
at Nicholson, in the last named coun-
ty, after having traversed eighty-fiye
miles of Mississippi territory, and
through as fine a pine region as there
Is left on earth.
This means that the Mobile, Jack
son and Kansas City Railroad COM
pany and its associates on the north
ern end are behind the enterprise
and that the road will be built The
application for permission to organize
states that it is hoped to nave the
road completed in two years from
date The importance OF the line
is readily seen when it is remembered
that it gives the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City two outlets to deep water
one at Mobile and the other at New
Orleans.