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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19

ing for a separate vote to be taken
on the section of the platform relat-
ing to the publication Of campaign
expenditures.
Minority Report Defeated.
The chair stated the question could
be divided.
Separate ballots were also asked by
Governor Sheldon of Nebraska, on the
section relating to the election Of sem
ators by popular vote and by Cover
nor Crawford Of South Dakota on the
physical valuation Of railroads.
The first ballot taken was on the
adoption Of the minority report ex-
cept on the three sections which were
to be voted on separately. The first
break in a perfect rain Of noes
came from New Jersey, which cast %
votes no, and one aye. South Dakota
was the next to cast away from a
solid negative, casting six oes and.
two ayes. Wisconsin was the sup
porter Of the minority report, voting
25 ayes and one no.
The minority report was voted.
down, 952 to %.
Vote on Publicity Plank.
THE question now is on the plank
relating to campaign contributions"
said Chairman Lodge. Il
The vote went steadily in the mega
tive. Delaware answering mo" on this
and all other amendments.
The first break came In Idaho,
which cast 6 votes aye.
Indiana split her vote, eight being,
negative, IA In the Affirmative
Nebraska cast 16 votes IN the az
irmative.
Wisconsin voted Is ayes and one
no. The territories and insular pos
sessions all went in the negative. The
Anal vote by which the publicity
plank was lost was "a ayes. $50 noes.
Physical Valuation Plank Lost.
The third roll call was on the
amendment covering the physical.
valuation Of railroads.
wisconsin demands . roll call"
said the chairman.
IA chorus Of mo, no." wentup from
all parts of the hall. us there a sec
onding," again asked the chairman.
South Dakota came to the front with
a second to the motion and the roll
call was on.
The calling Of the roll resulted in
the usual call Of "noes' until Indiana
was reached.
Pass Indiana for. q time," request
ed Senator Beveridge: Missouri split
with three ayes and SO noes. Ne
braska gave 10 ayes. four noes: New
York gave three ayes and rs noes;
Pennsylvania four ayes and GA noes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19
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PROSPERITY in EASTERN MON
TANA.

AT no time since the financial de-
preston Of last fall has the business
outlook in eastern Montana been as
bright as now. While during the first
ak months Of the present year BUSH
has not been as brisk in all lines
as during the same period in 1907,
many OF the local merchants have re-
corded an increase in sales. During
the last halt Of the year, however, I'M
usual business activity should be
chronicled In all lines.
The wool crop, which is now being
sheared, has proved q surprise to the
flock masters. While the price is not
as large q last year, the clip is said
to be heavier and of finer quality,
thus overcoming some Of the depres-
sion In the price Of wool. The rains
Of the past few weeks have assured
bountiful crops on the unirrigated sec
tons Of eastern Montana, as well az
improving the quality OF the crops in
the irrigated districts. There is more
land under cultivation In eastern
Montana than ever in the history Of
the state, more BY thousands Of
acres. The harvest will Wherefore be
greater. There have been more
sugar beets, more small vegetables,
more alfalfa, more potatoes, more
grains Of all kinds planted than ever
before. The harvest will he many
times larger than any harvest in the
history Of this section of the state.
This condition Is most encouraging
for 1t ensures q more bountiful supply
OF money in eastern Montana than,
aver - the past.
The wool crop is now being clipped.
and in q few weeks at the most there
will be nearly two million dollars cir
culated among the sheep owners Of
eastern Montana, by them to be set
In circulation in the state. Then will
come the vast sums in payment for
the grains and vegetables grown on.
the farms OF eastern Montana, to be
followed Immediately by the distribu-
ton Of several hundred thousand
dollars among the best growers Of this
section.
The distribution OF this money
should ensure excellent times in east
ern Montana. It should improve bust
ness and start the wheels OF progress
in a score Of different ways, and make
times in eastern Montana the best in.
the history Of this growing section.
The business outlook in the district
tributary to Billings is certainly good.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19

Governor j. Frank iy AMY of Indiana,
who was to present the name OF
Fairbanks, mounted to the rostrum
and vas greeted by Chairman Lodge,
who asked him what his name was.
The governor introduced himself and
the chairman presented him to the
convention.
Governor Hanley's words were de-
liberate and clear. He drove home
the points Of his address by batting
the air with the first finger of the
right hand and nervous, sharp jerks
Of his head. 4
After Governor Hanley had been
speaking for a few minutes, the gal
lery grew FESTIVE, and began to cry,
Nominate him, nominate him."
Chairman Lodge raped for order
and the speaker resumed.
The cries broke out afresh five min
utes later, but Governor Hanley paid
no heed to them. Finally, Hanley
turned to the noisiest section Of the
gallery, just back Of the stage, and
shaking his finger In that direction
shouted:
"You keep quiet and I'll nominate
him when I get ready"
"A period OF silence followed this,
but the galleries were held in order
with %difaculty.
Gallery Jeers Him.
Cries of boo, boo," came from sec
tions OF the hall, and Governor Han
ley had to cease speaking for some
little time. Then there was q con-
slant clapping of hands.
! During his delivery there was a
constant Aclapping OF one hand upon
the other. The crowd caught this up
at last and every time the speakers
hands came together there was q re-
sounding crash Of hands allxthrough
the gallery. AS Governor Hanley
raised his right hand the crowd did
likewise and amid roars Of cheers and
applause, continued its uproarous
Of the speaker.
Il Will be heard" shouted Governor
Hanley. II demand protection" he
appealed to the chairman.
Il am doing the best l cam" re-
piled Chairman Lodge, as he pounded
vigorously or the table.
The Official stenographer could not
hear Governor Hanley and made his
way to the stage to take a place Inn
at the speakers side.
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following was scant and the entire
demonstration was over in almost ex-
actly two minutes.
While Mr.. Boutell was in the most
impassioned periods OF his speech,
the Taft and Fairbanks men who oc-
cupied seats almost at his feet were
busy in preparing for their turn.
They brought small bundles OF small
flags, distributing them throughout
their own delegations and to all 9th
ers who would agree to wave them at
the critical time.
Illinois was up again as Speaker
Cannon was formally placed In NOM
nation and Ohio and a few delegates
from New York who paid the tribute
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19
GROWTH OF %METHoDlsM.

The assertion is frequently madefby
non-believers, agnostics believers of
some other creed than Christianity,
as we'll as the so-called liberal think
|ers, that the church is going back.
ward. # such is the case itheiremark-
able growth OF the Methodist church,
which is n Of the ~strictest churches
in the construction of all things re-
ligious al applied to the duties, cares
and pleasures of daily life, does not
show IT. The growth Of Methodism
would indicate that the work OF the
church is becoming more effective. In
things material the church has Ger
tainly advanced.
The figures given in the address OF
the bishops at the Baltimore confer
ence show that the church has grown
and prospered in every manner that
can be expressed in words and figures
representing dollars, property and
membership.
The gain in church membership dur
ing the past four years has been 278,-
357, the greatest in any similar period
for the last 16 years. Other figures
show the number of ministers in the
annual conferences (not including To-
cal preachers) to be 1883, an In
crease of ILL; subject to appoint
ment as pastors on trial and in full
membership, 1922; local preachers
serving as pastors. 4,439. The total
pastoral army numbers 20,161.
These, according to the address,
preach the Gospel in 100 languages
and dialects. The address continues:
"The gain in the value OF churches
is SIS. LAS, 624; the gain in parsonages
Is $4,528,871. The total gain In church
property for the four years last past
Is 32,67S, 431, while the total valua-
ton Of our churches and parsonages
is $1S6,924,,024. The increase since
the last general conference averages
almost $8,200,O00 each year. Our
membership in the United States is
now 2.036, 900. while in the whole world
the number is 3,307,275 at the close Of
1907. Our foreign communicates num-
Der 267,000."
Figures are given showing that
since the last general conference the
value Of educational grounds and
buildings has increased $4,64S,5O9,
and is now $25,761 ,547; total endow-
mont $~23,s5o,4S6, an increase OF S.
860,384; and the value of educational
property and endowment, exclusive of
debt, has increased $11,141,S92, and
is now $47. 1863, 532. Since 1904 there
have been gains Of I'll teachers and
professors, 1894 professional students,
and 2,763 collegiate students.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19
THE WEBB MEMORIAL FUND.

syy6 WE60 u VINO K;
Sufacient contributions have been
made to the Webb memorial fund to
assure the erection Of a fitting monu-
ment ii memory Of yellowstone coun-
ty's late sheriif. who met death while
alrresting an alleged horse thief.
While No canvass has been made for
subscriptions the custodian OF the
money has received voluntary and un-
solicited subscriptions to the amount
q 1928, All OF this. except 500 con-
tFibnted BY relatives of the late sher-1
~ W. given BY citizens Of Yellow.
stcne county. This amount is anlex-
oallsntsnncleus for the memorial fund.
p1t II order to erect the proper kind
a monument at the grave and memo
111lSip The city considerable more will
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.

SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.
The national republican convention
yesterday by q majority Of IS refused
to reduce the representation of the
southern states in future national
conventions. The vote was taken
upon q minority report Of the commit
tee on rules recommending that the
representation to future conventions
be apportioned four delegates at large
to every state and one additional dele
gate for every 10000 votes cast for
republican electors at the preceding
national election. The closeness Of
the vote shows that there is a very
strong sentiment in the party favor
Ing such action, the result being All
In favor Of the change to SOC against.
It Is interesting to note that Mon
tana's six delegates voted with the
majority.
The resolution which caused the
minority report and the only fight on
UrA e
the floor Of the convention yesterday
was introduced by Congressman!
Burke Of Pennsylvania in an effort to
have the representation Of southern
states at future conventions cut down.
II was claimed by those who favored
the resolution that the southern
states, which for more than 20 years
have not elected q republican presi-
DENTAL elector, WELD entirely too
great influence In the national delib-
erations Of the party. The claim Is
not without merit.
A similar resolution was introduced
by the late Senator Quay in the last
national republican convention. but
withdrew 1t to avoid defeat, which
shows that sentiment IN favor OF
the change proposed by MI. Burke
and his followers Is gaining support
ers. Il. Is not at all improbable that
At some future national convention
such action will be taken.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19

Bryan says he is not for prohibition,
yet he continues his efforts to pro-
hibit the election Of delegates instruct
ed for others than himself. If that is
not prohibition we would like to know
what Is.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19

81 TO DE SuDScFIDeus Ne1Lner 3
general appealHfor funds OF q canvass
for subscriptions will be made, SO The
Gazette calls attention to the desira-
bility Of making the fund as large as
possible. Persons desiring to contrib
ute can do so by handing their sub
scriptions to the secretary Of the
chamber OF commerce at the Offices in
the Smith block, he being the custo-
dian OF the fund.
EFFECTIVENESS OF ToRPEDoEs.
The torpedo is not such an e~ffective
missile in naval warfare as some Of
the naval authorities have been prone
to consider 1t, judging from the result
|of an experiment recently conducted
with the monitor Florida by the navy
department.
"a Whitehead torpedo, charged more
strongly than torpedoes used in ac-
itual warfare and fired under the most
favorable conditions, was sent against
the side Of the monitor. The vessel
withstood the shock, the damage be-
ing confined to the portion Of the
ship where the missile struck. This
was due to an arrangement or device
in which water tight compartments
were utilized to confne the damage
done by the torpedo. The device
proved a success and the damage to
the monitor was far less than antici-
'pated. Similar devices are applicable
for use in all manner of warships,
which if the Florida experiment can
be considered as a criterion, it Is safe
to assume could not be put out of
fighting commission by torpedoes.
Until the experiment it was gener-
ally believed that a torpedo exploded
underneath a .warship would certain
" sink it. The experiment has upset
this theory. 1t has shown that the ef-
feet of a torpedo may be SO con-
trolled that only q small portion of
the ship will be damaged. It Is apt to
cause some wonderful changes in
methods Of naval warfare and, naval
construction.
The American naval constructors
seem bent on upsetting theories Of
naval authorities. A few weeks ago
they proved that turret construc-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-19

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Miss Helen TAFT, the only daughter St WILLIAM " Taf, Tuesday won
a scholarship for passing the best entrance examination at Hryn Mawr,
where she was = sophomore. Before going to Bryn Mawr she was =
student at the Episcopal Cathedral school with Miss Ethel Roosevelt.
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Continued on Eighth Pase.)
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III AL OASOA0AOA ~ GAO SAEAS A0NA N~W
to all departments Of the governmeI
Only Ono sisner to Minority Report.
II am the only member Of the COM
mittee who signed the report" said
Mr.. Cooper.
"Hurrah. good" came from the
floor.
"And / am not ashamed Of It and
win never be-" retorted MI. Cooper,
who then drew a mass Of papers from
his pocket and. opened q bulky one.
Louder" came the cry.
II am not going to read It." shout
ed the speaker.
Good, hurrah." cried several dele.
gates in the Indiana and West vir-
ginia districts. 'ss !,
Mr.. Cooper argued briefly the vari.
Gus planks offering Ills report. saying
he had no idea Ills time was to be
curtailed as announced BY the chair
man.
we of the minority" declared Mr..
Copper, discussing one Of the planks.
Then amid laughter he said: II use
the we in an editorial sense. I of the
minority" no went on. launching into
the problem Of railroad rates. las to
Injunction" declared Mr.. Cooper. I'VE
would not tolerate for Q moment the
suggestion Of N attack upon the
courts. but as well as has been stated,
this discretion Of the court Nis often
the beginning Of tyranny"
Wisconsin Legislator Talks.
MI. Cooper yielded here to Herman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-22
MT. Patten's Corn Corner

Another corn corner has been accom- plished in Chicago-this time by James A. Patten, who is working hand-in- hand with the weather clerk. The lat ter supplies so much wet weather corn cannot be planted and old corn cannot be shipped to Chicago. The Patten crowd have accumulated nearly all the available cash corn and oats in Chi cago, and they are shipping the stuff eastward at the rate of 2,000,000 bush els a week. The extent of the market ing in the distant east will determine the profits of the corner.
 They have forced the price of corn up to IT cents, but John w. Gates put it higher still when he attempted to corner the corn market, and in 1892 tbe Coster-Martin combine pushed the price to S1 Neither attempt brought, however, profits to the manipulators. The shorts in the present corner seem to be at the mercy of MT. Patten and his associates, bit the country districts may yet pour a flood of corn into Chi cago, and in that way the shorts can meet their contracts, and the Patten combine will accumulate much more corn than they can market at figures named by themselves. The old law of supply and demand will, in other words, be re-established.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-22
ENGINEER BADLY INJURED
 BY BLOW FROM HOSE NOZZLE

R. C.. Hoehn, a locomotive engineer on the Seaboard Air Line. was brought to St. Vincent's hospital at noon today to be treated for injuries received while as- sisting his fireman to take water at a tank near Cedartown, Ga. From what could be learned it seems the water tank at that point is out of repair and to get water for the engine line of hose was run from the city water main
 A large brass nozzle was attached to the hose. Hoehn was standing on the tender assisting the fireman. when by some means the nozzle swung round, striking him in the face, cutting ugly gash across the cheek under the eye, and knocked him off the tender onto the tracks below. He fell on his head and back, sustaining several severe scalp wounds, and was badly bruised about the back. His injuries were temporarily at- tended to and he was brought to Bir- mingham in haste and conveyed to St. Vincents hospital in the ambulance be- longing to Shaw & Son.
 The full extent of MT. Hoehn's injuries could not be ascertained at this time. MT. Hoehn lives in Avondale and has a fam fly. He is well known and popular hay ing resided in Jefferson county for the past 20 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-22
WORKED FOR SPAIN.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 Americans have right to take good deal of interest in the festivities at Mad rid and Lisbon these days. The United States had a much closer connection with those events of long ago in those two countries than most fo us are aware of. The war of 1908 in Spain resulted in the eventual expulsion of Bonaparte's broth CT Joseph and the restoration of Ferdi- nand VII. Ferdinand was weak, cor rupt and reactionary. Bonaparte would have given Spain a far better govern ment had he been allowed to remain than Ferdinand gave her. But Spaniards. like other people, prefer to endure their own ills rather than to accept benefits which are forced upon them from without Ferd- inand's rule oscillated between democracy and despotism, registering the ebb and flow of the liberal wave, and at last, when the holy alliance sent in Its armies to his rescue in 1923, despotism established itself formally, and, as he hoped, per- manently It was then that American the wave of reaction. Monroe's hands, off-the- -American-continent warning, is- sued in his annual message in December of that year, halted the holy allies in their plot to re-establsh absolutism in Mexico, Peru, Chil and the other colonies on this side of the Atlantic which had broken away from Spain during the days of Bon aparte's sway in that country. The check in the march of absolutism to the Amer ican continent encouraged the liberals in Spain, Portugal and all the rest of Flu rope, and melted the granting of con- stituton to Portugal in 1926 by Dom Pe- dro. which the Portuguese are celebrating today. Outside as well as inside their own country the Americans have made some history which has registered Itself in freedoms world march.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-22
Good Progress Bt Panama

Even a presidential campaign does rot obscure the great work the coun- try is doing at Panama. This work is being conducted by army engineers, and the help of no contractor has been accepted. By days work the mountain wall at Culebra is being pierced and by days work the foundations of the mighty dam at Gatun are being laid. Few appreciate the immensity of the Gatun dam-a dam that is to create vast lake on the Atlantic slope of the isthmus. Obstacles are encountered, but the army engineers are equal to them, and the ditch itself will be dug in perhaps three years and the canal opened in six or seven. The piling up of masonry and concrete in the con struction of the Gatun dam and in the control of the Chagres river Is the chief task. The work of digging the canal is simple and easy alongside the construction of great dams. The Gatun dam is to be 7700 feet long and it's foundations will be deep, but still they will not rest on rock. This dam and the locks leading from it are Inc sources of anxiety at present
 Success at Panama is really based on the sanitary situation. Dr. Gorgas work has rendered the health of the zone excellent, and this is the secret of American success in an enterprise that the French had failed in.
 Secretary Taft returns home con1- dent of the completion of the canal at a period not later than seven years. He brought back, too, an agreement whereby the republic of Panama will elect a new President In July under fair registration of voters and a fair election, something that South Ameri- can republics are not accustomed to enjoy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-22
THE TWO MYSTERIES.

By Mary Mapes Dodge. We know not what it is, dear, this sleep
 so deep and still The folded hands, the awful calm, the
 check so pale and chill; The lids that will not lift again, though
 we may call and call; The strange white solitude of peace that
 settles over all. We know not what it means, dear, this
 desolate heart-pain This dread to take our daily way, and
 walk in it again; We know not to what other sphere the
 loved who leave us go, Nor why we're left to wonder still, nor
 why we do not know. But this we know: Our loved and dead,
 if they should come this day Should come and ask us, What is life?"
 not one of us could say. Life is mystery as deep as ever death
 can be; Yet, oh how dear it is to us, this life
 we live and see. The child who enters life comes not with
 knowledge or intent So those who enter death must go as lit-
 tie children sent. Nothing is known. But believe that God
 Is overhead; And as life is to the living, so death is to
 the dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-22
Mir, Bryan's Sweeping Victory

Michigan, Missouri and South Caro- lima instructed their delegates on Wednesday to vote for MT. Bryan
 The delegates-atlarge in Pennsylvania 70 uninstructed, but the district dele gates in that state were selected in primaries, and 1t Is known that they are almost to man in favor of the nomination of the great commoner.
 The contest is really ended, and from this time on until November it is the duty of every democrat to pull for victory that is within reach. Hereto ore the republican party has boasted that it kept the dinner pail full-that it. and prosperity went together This was its boast, although the panics of 1873 and 1907 occurred when it was in power, and it brought on the panic of 1893 just after President Cleveland had begun his second term. All three panics are fairly chargeable to 1t, and Instead of being the party of prosper ity 1t is the party of panics and long, continued Impressions. It is also tho party of monopolies. The land is filled with combines and private monopplies.