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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-04-02
n...,YLAND LEGISLATURE
ADJOURNED MONDAY.
Session Of 1908 Passes Into History
Leaving Bad Record.
MONDAY DAY OF GREAT STRAIN.
Treasures of All Kinds Rushed
Through With Railroad Speed
Lobbyists Had Busy Day-LocaI
Treasures That Were Passed.
Annapolis, March 80, 1908.

The Legislature of 1908 passed in
to history at midnight. Under the Con-
stitution of the State the life of the
session ended at Y O'Clock and when
the motion to adjourn sine die was made
it was carried with whoop. The rec
ord, good, bad and Indifferent, is COM
plete and cannot be changed. The 80
days session, with its good deeds and
its bad ones, its wise legislation and
mistakes, its lost opportunities and re-
form measures, is over and there are
Mighty few here who are not glad of it.
The adjournment was preceded by
the usual scenes of excitement and
hilarity. The Senate, even in the clos
ing hour, measurably preserved its
dignity, but in the House the 100 men,
bers and the relaxation was of strenu-
Gus sort. There was singing by the
House quartet, of which Mr.. Walter
McComas, of Hartford county, is the
leading tenor. Waste paper baskets
were genially dumped over the heads of
some members by some others; bills
were torn from the files and wadded in
to balls before being hurled across the
chamber. There were many speeches
and much applause and the enthusiasm
found vent in divers and sundry ways.
The relief from the strain under
which the men here have been laboring
or weeks was tremendous one and
ven the quiet and unobtrusive states
len who have set in their seats through
he session without getting upon
set to speak, became demonstra-
nd jovial. Jokes were craked and
rly everything went, but throughout
II the House and the Senate machin-
kept grinding steadily along, pass
bills of all kinds and descriptions I'M
the files were finally cleared of all
Sc measures except the ones pre-
tined to die. The grinding out Of
bills was interrupted only by the
sensations to the two presiding of
RS and the other gifts to officials,
oh necessitated considerable lauda-
Y speechmaking and brought forth
orous cheers.
IL day long the atmosphere about
State House has been tense. The
ridors have been crowded with
iticians, big and little, from every
ton of the State, who came here to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-04-02

be on hand for the finish. The lobbyists
had their busiest day. They scurried
about from House to Senate. from
Senate to House and from the chief
clerk of one body to the secretary of
the other in last frenzied attempt to
get through the measures IN which they
are interested or to kill those which
they are employed to defeat. Wires
were pulled and tricks turned that had
not been thought of before in the ses-
sion, and everybody was con the job"
The leaders were all here. There
was John Walter Smith, the newly
elected United States Senator who is to
serve seven years, with his silk hat and
long frock coat There was Mr.. John
J. Mahon, the big man in the city
organization, with Max Ways, William
F. O'Conor, John J. Flynn, Harry
Wells Rusk and others from the city.
There was Mr.. RobertCrain, counsel for
the United Railways; Mr.. Charles H.
Carter, counsel for the Pennsylvania
Railroad and president of the Board of
Supervisors of Elections; Mr.. Arthur
D. Foster, representing the CONSOLIDATE
ed Gas Company and other corpora
lions; Mr.. Alonzo L. Miles, who has
succeeded in getting a bill through to
pay himself S., 900 for services rendered
the State as counsel in taxation cases,
and many others. Even eX-Gov. Frank
Brown was down for short while, saw
Governor CrOthers and went back to
town. Two unfamiliar figures about
the State House during the day were
those of Gen. John Gill, president of
the Mercantile Trust Company, and
Mr.. S. Davies Warfeld, president of
the Continental Trust Company. Gen
eral Gill said he had come down to pay
his taxes State Treasurer Murray
Vandiver was conspicuous in both
houses and in the corridors, and at night
Secretary of State n. Winslow Williams
came down and watched with interest
the closing scenes, The galleries were
thronged with women and there were
many strangers and sightseers who
came to see the horseplay az night
The Legislature convened little af-
ter 10 O'Clock this morning and from
then on until the finish the pressure was
tremendous. 1t was particularly hard
upon the Speaker of the House and the
President Of the Senate, who were
besieged every minute by members and
friends to bring out this or that bill or
to keep this or that one back. Careful
watch had to be kept upon the files, and
notwithstanding the relaxation and fun,
there never was a time when the alert
ness of the leading men in both houses
was relaxed
Among the measures passed during
the last days of the session directly
affecting Garrett county were the fol-
lowing:
The repeal of the mortgage tax law,
which is considered by many as being
the most progressive local measure re
ceiying favorable consideration.
The measure providing for the APP
pointment of a deputy sheriff, who
shall also act as warden to the jail, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-04-02
LACE c. RTAINS.

Also 5000 2ods American Wow
en- Fencein heights ranging from
&c to So inches. Oliver Chilled
Flows. I notify and Clover
Seed. Scad Oats. Fertilizer.
Cement. Brick. Lime, &c, at
Best Possible Prices
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-04-02
Sunday School to Reorganize.

The Union Sunday school of the Union
church near Gortner will reorganize on
next Sunday morning at $50 o'clock.
All are most cordially invited to attend
and take part in the services.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-13

IL, prepared 10 furnish tanners builders,
<aetoriss Or contractors with efieient Labor 81
killed labor ii atone or eenlent, n1sie OF female
FRANK BELMONT.
7li3 FitzHptsx, ss Rh7la. ~.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-13

Why No Tariff Reform?
The presidents close friends have
been promising for several years that
he would attack the iniquities of the
tariff We have had intimation that
Mr.. Taft was FESTIVE under the de-
mands of the highly protected in
dustries. And yet the influence Of the
manufacturers, who have for twenty
I've years contributed to the Republican
campaign fund, and who in return
have framed the tariff schedules, has
been sufficient to prevent tariff reform.
AS the present campaign approached,
both the president and Mr. Taft de-
clared In favor of tariff revision, but
set the date Of revision after the cleo
ton. But the pressure brought to bear
by the protected interests has been
great enough to prevent any attempt at
tariff reform before the election; and
the reduction promised after the cleo.
ton Is SO hedged about with qualify
ing phrases. that no one can estimate
with accuracy the sum total of tariff
reform to be expected I'd case Or Re-.
publican success II the past can b6|
taken III euld IL, the Republican party
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08
Resolutions Of Respect.

Hall OF Columbia Camp S799. M. w.
OF A. Hover. Wash, May 2. 1908.
TO the Venerable Consul. Officers
and Neighbours:
Again has Death, the Great Myst-
cry, entered the portals OF our
Orders home and taken from our
midst the beloved companion and
daughter Of worthy and esteemed
NeighbOrs.
She was Il fond, loving and genial
companion. A arm and steadfast
friend and had scarcely reached the
prime of life ere God unloosed her
weary star. Hers was d sudden call
and she struggled against the newt
able but the silver chord was cut en-
twain. the golden bow Vas broken,
the pearl dropped from the wasted
shell and the Spirit returned to the
God who gave it.
Myrtle, the beloved wife of Neigh
Dor Angus Hay aud daughter Of
Foster Stretchberry, Ia dead. The re-
cord Of an exemplary life tho brief.
is complete. 1t is only another sum-
mons aud the wisdom that suggest.
ed it and the power that enforced it
are alike. the same silent mysterious
Agency that chooses the purest and
the best for it's purposes and then
presses on unchallenged.
Be it resolved, that We tender to
the afflicted husband and family our
heartfelt sympathy and coincidence
in this their dark hour OF sad attic.
ton.
Be it further resolved, that these
resolutions he spread at large upon
the journals Oi this Camp and enroll.
ed copies be sent to the bcreaved
husband and family of the deceased
and Il copy sent to the Kenne wick
Courier for publication.
ID. 5. STEWART
CHAS. MARSHALL
l. q. HESS, Committee.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08

Creamery bu' ter 81 cents per ID at
k"nnewick Trading Company.
Car load OF Yakima Best Flour just
arrived.
Misses Inez and Florence Soth re-
turned Thursday evening from n
Week visit in Seattle and Tacoma
Wanted-A woman cook on wheat
ranch. or man or wife. Leave word
u residence. Don + Cre>swell.
w l. 1de and wife arrived Tuesda.
from Oklahoma to join his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. f.. X. lde and make
kennewick their home.
Mrs. Il. {. Lutz and daughter, Miss
Julia, OF Chicago. are here for Il three.
weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. $
NJ. Lockerby, and children.
}. c. Tyler, of Nevada, Missouri.
accompanied by his friend, John
Douglass, is visiting his brother-in-
law, f. NJ. Staley and wife.
Leslie A. Williams returned Tues
day to the home OF his parents, MIR
and Mrs. Nelson Williams, after a
three year term OF service in the
army. Most of his term of seryic.
was spent in the Philippine Islands
where he served In both the cavalry
and artillery branches of the service
lie was recently mustered out at San
francisco, having returned on the
Transport Sheridan to that city.
Car load Of Yakima Best Flour lust
arrived.
Fred Heard has leased the Eakin
building on Front Street, and will
occupy the same about May 18th.
de Will conduct rooming house.
In the meantime some repairing ami
rearranging of the building will be
lone and everything put in good
shape to conduct Il first-class lodg.
ing house.
A car load of Yakima Best Flour
just received.
In the police court Saturday, XII
Ku'ka-wa, Jap, was fined $500 and
costs for bOisterous and disorderly
conduct. He had been employed at
the Hotel kennewick to do chambe,
work, but he was very unsa tisfactor,
ind was discharged. He was satis-
tied, however, and couldn't lie made
t" understand that anyone else had
anything to say about it so long as
he was cOntented. The more the
matter was explained to him tie
wilder he got and Marshal Calhoun
was compelled to put him in the
town Jail. His countrymen finally
rallied to his support aud paid his
fine and he Is still in town waiting
to pick Strawberries.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08
Manager Rose Advises the Berry
- = = Growers. r

kennewick, Wn., May s
The time has come for tn. picking,
packing and marketing OF our Der. is.
would like to have every grower
who reads this to call at the Fruit
Growers Association Rooms and
get a card on How TO Pick AND
PACK STRAWBERRIES"
Growers who will not pick and
pack their berries properly will have
to. market their own berries. Our
berries will be inspected and graded.
No Partially will be shown and NO
poorly packed or overripe berries
graded as No. !. If you do not
know what good pack Is, come to
headquarters aud find out.
| -. - Respectfully.
J. A. ROSE, Manager.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08
Taft a Sre Winner Over Bryan

The NewIlork World. Democratic.
sums up tie residential situation
as follows:
William 6. Taft will he nominated
for president by the republican ma
tional convation.
If WilliamJ. Bryan is to be the
democratic ondidate, Judge Tatt's
election is ce,tain. There need be no
anxiety as tothe outcome OF anotf-
er Bryan campaign; no increased In
dustrial SUSPENSE, no further shut
ting down OF factories. no new re-
cruits to the army OF the unemploy.
ed.
The opposition to Judge Taft's
nomination has practically collapsed
He has q majority OF delegates al
ready elected, He has back of him
all the power, prestige and popular
ity OF the Roosevelt administration.
None of the other candidates has any
considerable support outside his
own state. Most of them can count
ON only a complimentary vote. None
OF theml can ideliver his candidates
to Hughes or Cannon or Knox or
Fairbanks.
All four OF these opposing candi
dates are personally friendly to TAFT
In the end they will prefer his nomi
alton to the alternative of Roose
velt's denomination, knowing tha'
they must take one or the other. -,
The sooner they maks this position
plain the better it will be Tor TIL
country. All of them know fha
Taft is sure to he nominated. Al
of them should realize that publ
! assurance OF his nomination ,Woui'
he Il great stimulus to prosperity
BY removing popular uncertainty Il
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08
Buying Crates.

The berry growers OF the Valley
took out over 5000 berry crates from
the Cascade Lumber Co.'S yard in
three days the first Of the week.
Everyone was slow in getting
rates this year ana when the rush
began the stock on hand was soon
used up and Manager Mounsey was
compelled to wire a carload order
which left Yakima Tuesday and ar.
rived just in time to meet the de-
mand. Wagon lOads of crates could
be seen in every direction at any
hour OF the day this week.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08
Cemetery Meeting.

The kennewick Cemetery Asso-
citation will hold their regular
monthly meeting at the home OF
Mrs. j. F. Shafer, Tuesday after
noon, May 18th.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08

w: a. Harrison came down from
Prosser this week to taKea position
as Jengneer at-the Ice Plant. He has
moved into one OF Frank Emish cot
tages., .::(::
{. A. Wood Of Seattle is the rev
purser ON the Steamer. Mountain
tiem in place o,f IT. A Thatcher wt"
has returned to his home at Gencaet'.
Idaho.
| Yakima. Best Flour Is always the
best.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08
CRAB CREEK LBR. co.

to the action of lthe republican con-
vention they would aid greatly IN
the restoration Of confidence. For
II Mr.. Bryan Is as sure OF the demo.
cratic nomination as lie pretenda,
nothing remains in doubt but the
size of Judge Taft's majority.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08
THE LOCAL FIELD
Friday,May, 8, 1908

Friday, May, 8, 1908
Get in on the dutch auction.
Pigs for Sale-N. e. Bowles. 315
Ask your grocer for yakima Best"
Two houses for rent.
Frank Emigh.
Nice fancy bon bon boxes at Reeves
Bakery.
Soft drinks of all kinds at the Ken
newick Club.
Flour ST. 40 per sack at kennewick
Trading Company.
J. Sercombe made a business trip
to Cornell Monday.
Amateur Photo supplies for sale at
Kennewick Studio. 3l9
Baled alfalfa Hay, 5000 per ton.
Hamilton Supply Co. tt
Bran IS cents per sack at Kenne-
wick Trading Company.
Leave your order for that fancy
party cake at Reeves Bakery,
Special price on rolled barley this
week at the Chas. II Collins Co.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Ed
wards, Sunday, May 3rd, u son.
We do all kinds OF repairing first
class. Kennewick Harness shop.
Try a sack OF Yakima Best Flour.
Guaranteed the best in the Stahe.
Pure Bred Plymouth Rock Eggs
Is cts. for Is. L. Smith, Phone S62.
Pigs for sale-$3 apiece.
p. Waldorf. Finley. tt
Six bars laundry soap for % cents
at kennewick Trading Conn any.
Amos Haney is home from n wport
Wash for u visit with his par, nts.
Burbank potatoes 80 cents PER 100
lbs at kennewick Trading Company.
Trunks, suit cases, robes, stock
food at cost. kennewick Harness
Shop.
All trimmed hats and flowers \ of
Mays, to 10th inclusive at FAIRIES
store.
For Sale-GOOd work team weigh
ing about 1900 each. Inquire at this
Office.
Developing and finishing for the
Amateur photographer Kennewick
Studio 3l9
Special low price on good cooking
opples all this week at the Chas. Ii.
Collins Co.
Speciality just now in new stationery
and beautiful comb sets at Photograph
Gallery store.
Sarsaparila Pop is good spring
medicine. Bottled at .. X. Soda
Buttling Works.
Stockman's green house cabbage
and tomato plants are on sale at
Howe's Hardware.
A. c. Butler, Of Ellensburg, visited
over Sunday with his old friends, MIR
and Mrs e. 0. Anderson.
Special prices on rolled barley all
this month at the Chas. II. Collins Co.
Sec Them before you buy.
For Sale-Cheap. one double set OF
second hand work harness at the
kennewick Harness Shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Amsbary went
to Tacoma Wednesday, where Mrs
A. will remain for her health.
Good thrifty Acme tomato plants
and early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage
plants at Howe's Hardware.
ii d. Sweet sold his place in the
Garden Tracts Monday, to q. W.
Clancy OF Walla Walla for $4,000.
Before buying eggs for setting see
our pens of purebred White I.eghorn
Eggs $3.50 per IL Mounsey Bros
Wanted-To exchange horse for
COW, hack or light wagon.
81 +. Is. Smith.
For Sale-Fu'l Blood Brown Leg
horI eggs b. W. MaybOrne.
Section I.
For Sale-In or l0-acre tracts, 30
acres, hat mile from Finley.
Julius JacOt.
Wisconsin cheese 20 cents per III ut
kenuc lex Trading Company.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-05-08
A Wonderful Record

EOK some time | have been
i watching the performances of
i'se watches sold by me to Gus
toners residing in kennewiick and
the result is as follows:
- size Howard, variation in
three months, | minute!
Is size Howard, variation in
two months, 40 seconds!
3 size Rockford, variation in
three months, | min. 10 sec.
20 size Rockford, variation in
one month. but 30 seconds
Is size Rockford, variation in
~-Asxo weeks, fifteen seconds.
None Of these watches were reou-
lated OF touched after being sold
by me, and the above is certainly
show. remarkable degree of &C.
curacy under these conditions.
M The name. Of the owners can be had At
and this record verified by calling at "
L. r. WhitelOck's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
Biz Shows In the South

The theatrical managers of the cot ton states have a grievance. They want restoration of party rates be- cause theatrical companies have to make long jumps" in the south. For that purpose they met on Thursday at Atlanta, and they determined to apply for relief to the interstate commerce commission. Unless party rates for travelling theatrical troupes are put back it is claimed that large com panies will not visit the south next season. Next winter will be dull, dry and weary, it is contended, if party rates are not restored. MT. DeGive, who controls the Grand in Atlanta, states that while he had at this time last year made 200 bookings for the coming season he has been able to make less than 30 this year. Millions of dollars are invested in the theatrical business in the south, and the move ment of the theatrical managers is therefore a matter of considerable in- terest, both to the theatres themselves and to all amusement goers.
 In the north and east party rates are still extended to large theatrical com panies, and what is sauce for the north ern goose should be sauce for the southern gander. The southern man. agers simply ask for fair play, and it seems to be but just that their appeal should be given favorable hearing by the railroads without the necessity of an appeal to the interstate commerce compission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08

concerning the dispatch of a similar fleet to Esquimalt.
 This determination by the admi- ralty raises a query as to the value of the Bob Evans movement so far as the influence of the United States in the Pacific Is concerned. With Japan eter- nally getting ready for war on one side of that sea and with her ally ensconsed in force in a second Gibral- tar on this side of that sea, it cannot be said that the administration by it's grandstand movement has materially changed the control of the Pacific. Uncle Sam is factor there, and so Is Great Britain, and so is Japan, and all three are building warships rap idly. Secretary Metcalf wants Con- gress to authorize the building of four more battleships, and no doubt Great Britain and Japan are keeping up with the procession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
Lining Up For Chicago

Indiana has spoken, and solid dele gation instructed for Fairbanks has been chosen. State after state will now act and all must act between this time and May IT. The convention meets on June 16 It will consist of 9SO delegates and 491 will be needed to nominate.
 The states that have favorite sons will cast BPS votes in the convention, as follows: Illinois will cast 54 votes for Cannon; Indiana, 30 for Fairbanks; Iowa, 26 for Shaw; New York, 7s for Hughes; Pennsylvania, 68 for Knox; Wisconsin, 26 votes for LaFollette, and Ohio 46 votes for Taft
 Here are 2S2 votes that Taft cannot get at the outset, and each one of the favorite sons named will have addi- tional votes. Hughes will poll nearly all the New England delegates, and probably the New Jersey delegates. LaFollette will poll votes from the states west of Wisconsin. Fairbanks hopes to get share of the Missouri delegates and also a proportion of the southern delegates. All told, it is scarcely reasonable to conclude that Taft will be nominated on the first ballot. If he is nominated at all he will have to tire out the favorite sons.
 Republican conventions do not rec ognize the two-thirds rule or the unit rule. Each delegation will be left free to divide the vote as 1t sees fit, and this, too, operates to make the task of the leading aspirant still more diff ficult. The leader in the first ballot does not always maintain his place. He has often been defeated in past conventions, and just as things stand no one is sure to get at Chicago 4s1 votes
 This fact naturally leads to bets or at least guesses as to the effect that, in long struggle, especially if com binations imperil the nomination of MT. Taft, the name of Theodore Roose- welt may be sprung on the convention, and the third-term issue put in that way squarely up to the 15,000,0O0 American voters who as a rule love precedent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-08
smearinn on the staue.

q can't understand why the public stands for the use of profanity on the stage" said John Howard last night. Scarcely a show comes to Birmingham, mo matter which theatre, but is marred by the promiscuous use of oaths. There is nothing that can be said in favor of it in the first place, and in the next place it is a violation of the law.
 'The strangest part about it, though, IS that the feminine portion of the audience is invariably ticlzled by it. Curse in the presence of a woman in regular every day life and she raises a great howl about be- ing insulted, then take her to theatre and she will vigorously applaud some foul-mouthed stage hero. It is disgust ing. I have heard it condemned by men who are themselves great swearers, and nothing would please me more than to see the authorities do their duty and stop this distastefu1 business"