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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-29
CANNOT BE FAIR.

y Il +.
The reason that Il don't like tbs
American party is chiefly that It's
leaders are so filed With hatred that
they can't be fair. / was born within
the shadows OF these Utah mountains
y have lived here since, and i say that
believe the Mormon men and women.
| believe in the complete separation OF
church and state. To those not of that
Church say. let US come to an un-3
Understanding With those within the
Church on this matter. We are all
united in being opposed to35it. Let It,
be Known that in theory and in practise
| as; Well just where we stand on this
matter. l favor putting in our plat
form the declaration Of the state con-
stitutiCn on this matter
But let us wage an upright cam
paign. was heartily Disguised with
what i saw a. few days ago. The people
of Utah knew Uncle Jesse knight as
as they knew him after it. They knew;
he5would not accept the nomination the
Democrats rendered to him. And when
ne exercised his right as q citizen. and
for perfectly plain and pertinent Tea
sons, he declined the nomination, we
had the spectacle of a political party $
organ rushing forward to cover his
name with villification and abuse ami
raise the wholly false cry that Church
domination was responsible for his
withdrawing, from the ticket.
aG'.I thank the committee for the honor
it has done me in selecting me ito pre-
side over this convention, and l have
but one wish, That is that common
honesty shall prevail throughathe cam
paign."
| CONVENTION CoMMITTEEs.
The convention committees were Sc
Elected at the close of the chairman's
|$,speech, upon the motion of e. H.
Eardley. The committees. as am
nounced by the precinct chairmen fol-
| low: "a
Credentials-First precinct, w. j.
Moore Second. Brigham Clegg; Third,
A. Callister::t Fourth "A. L. Thomas, Jr.;
Fifth. Aaron AZ ers & country districts,
j. F. Greenwood and Daniel Harring-
|5ton. IS,
/ Permanent organization and order OF
\ Sbusiness-F'irst, Lon j. Haddock; Sec
\ ond.y Alexander Buchanan; Third w.
r. Jones; Fourth, w. 8. Hines; Fifth,
| Farley p. Jensen country districts. A.
Lunbers. 70. r. Morgan.
i Platform and resolutons-Fi First pre-
/ cinct. j. B. Christensen; Second. Har-s
\ ly j. Robinson; Third. Gus Backman;
| Fourth, w, r. Hutchinson; Fifth, T. G.
Bagley. II. G. Woodbury.
! County committee-First precinct,
Axeli Steele, George c. Buckle; Second.
| J.sJ. Greenwald. W. A. Aubrey Third,
4 George Davis, j. Farley White: Fourth.
4 w. S. Higham H. S Joseph; Fifth.
John NJ. Hayes, Will Folland country
districts, Il. r. Morgan, Samuel Par
| ry, Amos Gabbott. c. H. Roberts and
j.. w. Smith.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-29
\ STATE CONSTITUTION. Z

ssSOur own state con Stltutfpnt e re1ter-3
4 ates THIS principle, and l VIII read II
lew eSN pa ragra phs upon this subject: The
rights Of conscience shall never be in-5
gfnnged. The state shall make no law
respecting the estabfishment&ofE religion
Or the free exercise thereof; no sreiigi-
+ GUS test shall be required as squaltfi-
cation for any office or for any te
at any election, nor shall any, person
SDe incompetent AS a witness or juror,
on account OF religious belief or the
absence thereof. There shall be 8Bno
union OF church and state, nor shall
any church dominate the state or in
#terfere with It's functions. No public
money. shall be appropriated for or ap-
piled to any religious worship, exercise
or instruction, or for the support OF
any ecclesiastical establishment
This declaration in the constitution
Oft tah puts Its people on record as to
their intentions and desires. The
= American party declares that the
church must keep its hands off. Who
does not8agree with them in this con-.
8tention?
Fl Any effort Of church authority 10
dominate the state strikes at the foun-
sdation of the constitution, and all good
citizens will join in beating it back,
should any attempt ever be 50 made..'''s
The speaker then sketched the growth
of the Republican party from its birth
%in the dark hours of the forming re-
sbellion, to its brave attitude on all great
public questions.
Can 1t be then" he asked, that a
party Which has bravely met the great
est questions of the nations growth
viii stand supinely by on a merely To-
us un-Anerican to develop within our
midst? 7sa
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unanimously, reversing the order of
nominating the county commissioners.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-29
BOLD BANK ROBBERS.
BLOW SAFE, Get $4,000 ana Shoot a

l.adysmith, Wis. Sept. GA gang of
robbers early today blew open the SAFE
OF the State bank, taking about $4,000
They shot a policeman in the arm ami
fired several shots at the Baker hotel
TO keep anybody from coming out IheY
then took a hand car and escaped
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-29
EXHIBIT FOR FAIE

This morning three car loads of ex-
hibits were shipped from this city to
Ogden for the Big -Four County fair to
be held in the Junction city, Twofcarsl
We're OF live stock and the other me-
4chanical arts.
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Would Purchase Tract in Logan
Canyon on Which to Con-
struct Great Dam.
TO INCREASE WATER SUPPLY
Flow of River Could be backed Up for
More Than a Mile. Furnishing
Unlimited Power
Especial to the "News."l

Logan, Sept %. Negotiations are
pending between the authorities Of this
city and the secretary of the interior
and the forestry service for a tract of
land In Logan canyon known as the De
Witt ranch, and if the scheme under
way is successfully consummated, II,
Will mean great boom for Logan. The,
8city is anxious to secure this land for
a reservoir site and the project is one
of the greatest Importance to this com
munity.
AT present the water supply of the
cityis not all that could be desired.
tits limited, as is also the power for
furnishing electric lights. II the plans
formed about two months ago go
through, these undesirable features will
soon be entirely eliminated. =.
Surveys have been made and 1T is
planned to build dam 10feet high
whichwill back the water up for more
than a mile, thus furnishing an ample
water supply for all the needs of the
city and also furnish almost unlimited
power for lighting. a5 NJ
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hands Off the state. This principle is
iirnly Embedded & at the roots of our
American government and was the es--s3
sential spirit predoMinating the prep-3
aration OF the Constitution
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WEBER DEMOCRATS.

= OTidITIIidTI JUu. u
!. w. STRINGFELLIW, Sc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19
CANADA's TRANSPORTATION.

Canada may abandon the project of
a Georgian bay canal on the report
of the engineers who found that it
would cost 100 million dollars to make
a ship canal route from the lakes to
the st. Lawrence at Montreal by way
of the French river and the Ottawa,
and that a ships progress through it's
400 and odd miles would probably be
slower than by way of the Welland
canal and the open lakes.
But. the country's mind is set on
some improvements that will provide
an outlet and inlet for the trade in her
own products and as much of this
country's as may be diverted by water
transportation facilities that it has
not. and cheaper freight rates than the
railroads of this country can afford
to work for. And so. the new welland
canal. parallel to the present one, a 80
million dollar project, is more than
likely to be taken in hand as soon as
possible.
1t is to be wider and deeper than
the present welland canal, so as to
afford accommodation to vessels larger
than can pass through that, and allow
them to go down to Montreal at least
with cargoes taken on at Fort william
the westernmost point of loading on
Canada's Lake Superior shore; though
as transshipment of goods constitutes
a material item in the cost of trans
portation, nothing is more certain than
that the Dominion will never halt In
the movement to better its facilities
until it has devised a means Of send
ing goods abroad without transship-
ment.
That is the idea at the base of the
project to construct a railroad from
( all the western grainfields to Hudson
Bay. Ships able to carry large car.
goes and travel fast would then star
| from the point to be determined on
/ where a good harbor can be found, o
course: and crossing the bay, woult
! pass through the Hudson strait ont,
| the Atlantic ocean. and so reach Eur
| ope by route much shorter than tina
from New York and other ports oil
| this side Of the Atlantic.
Such . route would be open durinl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19
AYHAWKER JOTS

The Salina Journal calls attention
to the fact that for some cause or
other fewer 60-pound catgsh are being
caught this summer than formerly.
Here's a note of warning to youth
full. and other fishermen in the state.
Two Chanute lads were arrested the
other day for using a seine and the
fines and costs assessed against them
amounted to $40.
The first college paper issued at the
University of Kansas was during the
academic year 1867. Charles S.
Gleed, director of the Santa Fe rail-
road, A. c. Scott. president of Okla
Hapgood, students at that time, were
at the head Of the undertaking
The Concordia Blade has awarded
the cake to Allen Laing on high prai-
RE hay. He has a farm three miles
south of that town and the other day
he brought to the Blade office bunch
of the original blue stem prairie hay
which measure seven feet and three
inches in length.
E1dorado is having a building BOOM
In addition to the new hundred thous-
and dollar courthouse in course of
construction, there are five new two
story brick business houses to be built
at once. A new Baptist church and a
number of residences are also in the
course Of construction.
Norton has a band In the band is
a musician named Zenie Smith. He
has written a piece with a name sug-
gestive Of one of Kansas famous
| crops. 1t is called the "Cotton-Tail
Two Step" The band Is practicing
the piece and will play it in public
soon. Therefore, there's considerable
excitement among the musically in
clined of Norton.
| Evidently becoming tired of telling
each other about the size of their SUBJ
scription lists and Dragging on them
accordingly some of the newspapers in
| the smaller cities of the state have
| turned their remarks to the size OF
their monthly postage bills and it's not
unusual for one of them to announce
now that it's postage bill amounts to
more than the postage bill of all the
| competing newspapers combined
| Soon there will be something to see
at Lawrence. The sites Of historic in
| terest in and about Lawrence are to be
| identified and marked. The Univer-
sity of Kansas has taken steps to
place a marble slab 1Sx24 inches at
the northeast corner of the present
| Eldridge House to mark the site OF
| the old Free State hotel burned in
1856. A granite block with a slopine
upper surface will be placed near the
home of Prof. F. H. Holder on Louis
lana street to mark the site of ex-
Governor Robinson's first Kansas
home. The marker for the site of the
barracks and trenches built in 1868
will be placed on the University CAM
pus in front of Fraser hall. Other his
toric points will be designated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19
KANSAS C0AAENT

DON'T HUNT A PUBLIC JOB.
foung man, keep out Of politics as
business. The best rewards of life are
IN other departments of endeavor. The
ambition to be a great statesman is
iauoaple enough. The itching for pub
Tic applause Is a natural appetite and
grows nightly through indulgence.
But the political life is Vainglorious
Its victories are all at the expense OF
some other mans defeat. Its Joys are
all supplemented by some other mans
grim sorrow. The task I'M
posed by political success is
exacting. the substantial rewards are
meager, the life to which it leads Is
feverish and the end never satisfies the
appetite The real prize is never won.
Inc higher the office sought the greater
distance is the fall and the more 1t
hurts. The time to enter politics is
after success has come in more sub
stantlal lines When you enter poitics
do 1t for the public good or Tor the
run you can get out of it; not Tor the
job. Don't be dependent upon the pup
lie for political living because the
public is tickle, ungrateful and intense
ly cruel. Just about the time q states
man of any degree thinks he has the
public coming his way he Is in the
gravest danger, when he gets the SELF
satisfied look in his eye and imagines
the public is coming up to eat out
of his hand, she catches an attractive
note in some strangers voice anu
leaves the old servant just as he thinks
his fortune is ripening. The pubic
wants a man to keep humble. and sue
cess and humility do not go hand In
hand. Therefore to be a success you
must be failure; to be happy you
to live and be useful Stick to bust
ness. Vote for the best men who are
foolish enough to offer themselves as
public sacrifices, keep the highest pos
sible average in the public servant ana
you'll find the best rewards In private
life.
By following this course you will
live longer and be happier on election
night, as well as all the other nights
Wichita Beacon.
NEWSPAPER MEN IN POLITICS.
The newspaper men of Kansas are
faring quite well, thank you. these
days in a political way. D. r. Anthony,
of the Leavenworth Times, Victor Muir
dock Of the Wichita Eagle, Chas. F.
Scott of the lola Register. are in con-
gress; ]. L. Bristow of the Salina Jour-
nal. is the Republican nominee for the
United States senate. George Tucker,
who made a successful, if losing, race
for congress against Miller, is editor
of the Eureka Herald. Tom McNeal
elected state printer. is editor of the
Mail and Breeze. w. A. White, who
was in Bristow's corner during the
late scrap, is editor of the Emporia
Gazette, while W. Y. Morgan, who did
editor of the Hutchinson News. There
are quite a number of newspaper men,
the voters must remember, who are
still unprovided for.-Iola Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.J

IFrom the Chicago News1
Hungry poets are not satisfied with
empty honors.
The less a man says the more guess
ing his wife has to do.
1t takes an experienced elevator boy
to let man down easy.
The only way to crush an egotist Is
to pay no attention to him.
When one good turn begets another
we shall have perpetual motion.
The man who jumps at conclusions
seldom lands where he expects to.
It's easy to reason with a man after
you have staked him to a good dinner.
The pawnbroker acts as timekeeper
for many a man who fights hard luck.
According to an old Indian tradition
the chief end Of man is the one with
the scalp.
A man has grounds for divorce II
his wife refuses to help him with the
housework.
A professional gambler enjoys meet
ing an amateur who knows all about
the game.
The Lord doesn't recognize the char
ity of the man who grunts every time
he gives.
The fellow who acts Smart" is as
cordially hated by others as he Is adj
mired by himself.
A woman never seems more beauti-
full in the eyes of man than when he
sees her passing out of his life.
With a little diplomacy any woman
can induce her husband to buy her a
new hat. All she has to do is visit his
office arrayed in one of her own make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19

you all sorts Of luck for your kindness
to a poor woman
Royster shouted at the womanas mis-
take. and more than ever the blushing
Westcott longed to kick him. Alma
hurried to give credit where II be-
longed. and explained that it was
Westcott who had accepted the COM
mission.
The gintleman, is it?" gasped the
baby's mother. Sure an I should have
known, but you do be maxim the fine
pair, the two av yez. 1t do be a shame
that We ain married. Sure the fine
gintleman 'ud make an Elegant hus-
pand to some pretty lady. She'd never
be sorry for marryin' q kind man like
thot."
With crimson face westcott hurried
Alma over to the cab ranks ami helped
her into hanson. still followed by the
profuse thanks and compliments OF the
grateful mother. As the cab rolled
away they caught the twentieth repeti-
ton of the assertion that the kind
gentleman would make a fine husband
for some one. Westcott turned to Miss
Sheldon.
Are you willing to play that 'hunch.'
Alma?" he asked wistfuily. ct know
that in lots of things I'm a joke but
don't you care little for me, dear?"
Her hand stole into his behind the
shelter of the hanson apron. "pll play
she declared, following his racing talk.
Westcott regarded with regret the
dashboard of the hanson.
Il guess I am fool" he admitted
regretfully. II should have taken a
four wheeler. didn't have any
bunch about that" - (Copyrfghted.
1908. by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Thousands of men have talked of
shooting Automobiles, but so far no
one has done 1t.
If a man owns a horse and buggy
his wife may claim that she is abso-
lutely impartial, but it is always her
kin she takes riding.
''This sitting for days in the shape
of the letter s. said a man the other
day. sis not as enjoyable as believed
by those who have never travelled"
What has become of the oId-fash-
toned woman whose idea of wild ex-
travagance was for a child to wear its
Sunday shoes on week day?
If the children look with suspicion
at a caller. it indicates that they are
accusing the caller of having come
because he heard the ice cream freez-
er.
When a woman is called to the
deathbed of a friend, she puts a party
dress in her trunk. my friend might
get WELL" she says hopefully to her
self as she packs it.
When undertakers' chairs are piled
in front of a house waiting for the
wagon to come along and take them
away, stranger passing by is in doubt
if the prize was fancy plate at bridge
whist, or a golden crown at funeral.
An Atchison woman asks The Globe
the meaning of Theosophy. The word
means nothing at ALL Santa Claus
has no existence merely because of a
word in the dictionary describing
people who believe in him. In its
broadest sense, Theosophy means
those men and women who claim to
be Theosophists because no one can
prove they are not. A Theosophist
contends that he communes with God
and the superior spirits, and. although
every man of intelligence laughs al
| him, he looks wise, and mutters some
| thing about the persecution of those
| in advance of the age. A Theosophist
| is little smarter than spiritualist ir
this: He refuses to make the test OF
rapping on tables, knowing he would
| be caught IL he did. If a Theosophis
eats cheese at night, and has ba6
| dreams. he tells long stories abou
them, and speaks 1earnedly of the
wonders of the human mind. One o,
the wonders of the human mind Il
that occasionally you find one 81
| dwarfed that it believes in Theosophy
| There is a negro in Atchison who sell
| ignorant negroes "huberdust," which
| he claims will do all sorts of wonder
! full things when sprinkled on enemies
The negro who believes in huber
dust" Is no more ignorant than tn,
white man who believes in Theosophy
Theosophy IL exactly like "huberdust'
In that 1t won't work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19
HUAOR or THE Day

Its too bad that none of us can
ever be as good as some people think
we ought to be-" Eyes, but then
there's the consolation in the thought
that none of us can ever be as bad
as some people think we are."-Phila-
delphia Press.
whats the matter with your" de-
manded Borem, holly. 1--WE got a
right to air my opinions, haven't II"
"Oh, OF course" replied Brightly.
They're SO stale and musty they GER
tainly need something Of that sort."-
Philadelphia Press.
Der is one time" yawned Gritty
George, as he helped himself to straw
berry shortcake, when I'd really like
ambition!" responded the housewife
"And when is that?' "why. when he
takes his vacation, mum."-Chicago
News.
you find has the largest summer cir
culation?" inquired the customer in
the general store. Fly paper, guess"
said the proprietor. Full of catchy
matter. eh?" responded the other
quick ittedly.-Exchange.
Magistrate-So you acknowledged
having stolen the overcoat Anything
more to say? Prisoner-Yes, Your
Honor. I had to have the sleeves re-
lined.-Punch.
Woods Full of 'Em.-"I'l brand
him as an migrate" Nav; brand
him as something worth while In
crate doesn't mean anything now
adays." Herald.
my town." said the first traveller.
sis Greater New York" "Glad to
know you" cried the second traveller.
I'm from Chicago, too" "I say my
town is Greater New York" 20! I
thought you said greater than New
York. Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19

the time Of the grain trade at all
events and news dispatches say that
the first step toward the building of a
railroad to Hudson Bay will be taken
this week with the departure of a sur
veying party of 100 men from Winnie
peg to locate the route of the proposed
railway; and that the survey is to be
pushed. 1t is expected that the gov
eminent will receive the report of the
chief surveyor in January. This will
enable legislation to go through so
that the construction may begin next
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19
QUAKER MEDTTATTONs.

From the Philadelphia Press1
To live in clover wouldn't suit the
hay fever patient.
Some people will take everything for
granted except q hint.
For frosted cakes you can go either to
the baker or the fceman.
It's when a fellow makes a night OF 10
that he is apt to be dazed.
On shipboard a man may be master of
himself and still be only a quartermaster.
1t isn't because she is particularly gen.
erous that manicure girl treats all
hands.
Whatever else you may say of the ele-
vator boy. he generally comes up to our
expectations.
There are men who don't consider they
are taking their own part unless they
grab the whole thing.
Hoax-"The rabbit multiplies very
rapidly, doesn't it," Joax-'Yes. but II
takes a snake to be an adder"
Some men are handy. with their hands
and some with their feet: some are knock
ers and some are kickers.
Conversationally there IL quite DIFF
ference between the person who Is
breezy and the one who is long winded.
This Is no laughing matter" remarked
the theatrical manager when he realized
that his farce comedy was failure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19
JOURNAL ENTRLES

One straw ride Is generally quite
enough for most grown-ups.
- r
It's too bad that it's impossible for
a man to appreciate his own widows
charms
When a fellow never applauds any,
thing at a play set him down as a
critic, or a would-be one.
= e =
1t cannot be said Of girl who wins
a breach of promise suit that she has
loved and lost.
Contrary to the usual run of things
the mule accomplishes most by putting
his best foot backward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-19

AS the time for the great state fair
TO be held in Topeka approaches the
evidence is piling up on every hand
that it is to be the banner event of its
kind that has been held in Kansas in
years. And it means that the coming
legislature will take cognizance of it
and take such steps as are necessary
to establish an actual and permanent
state fair to be held in Topeka yearly
Ia state fair that will be adequate for
Kansas and commensurate in every
way with the wonderful agricultural
demands of this state.