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The Washington times., 1908-07-05
IN Japan ISLANDS
NOTHING WASTED

The saving japanese, who are forced
to play a close game with life be-
cause of tho narrowness Of their Islands
and the tremendous yearly increase in
the population, have learned 10 take
cunning advantage Of every by-product
Of nature.
They rake the sea beaches for sea-
weed to use as fertilizer, and grub the
mountains for tWigs 10 burn into char
coal. Now they are turning the many
and troublesome volcanoes 70 good pur-
pose BY manufacturing the volcanic
ash into cement. To them belongs the
credit Of discovering that the scoria
that sweeps down from volcanic vents
and sears the neighbOring countryside
may at least be tolerated, If it has to
come, as an economic asset
A japanese company organized to
work volcanic ash into cement has al
ready paid a dividend of per cent
for the first half-year on a capital OF
2O0. 900 ven, and il has more orders IN
sight than Il can fill The Mitsu Bishi
and Kawasaki dockyards. the two
great privately owned dOckyards of the
empire; the government naval yards at
Sasebo and the Wakamatsu Iron Foun-
dry Company are all being supplied
with the new ash cement.
The government recently granted a
contract for $1,000 bags OF the stun, TO
be used In the new harbor works at
Keeling. Quantities have already been
exported TO North China, FOrmosa, and
Korea.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
Planning Speech BY Bryan
To DenUer Convention Hosts

It seems the obvious thing 10 coneede
the nomination OF Bran on the first
ballot. and the great majority in Den
yer believe this will be ths outcome
But johnson and Gray managers at no
time have been more confident than
at present.
This unabated confidence. in the face
OF indications which point toward
Bryan's nomination. is based upon the
attitude ot many instructed delegates
already here and others are on their
way- Here IS the way the matter works
OUT
An instructed delegate meets an IN
instructed delegate. and the former
says:
For Heavens sake sit tight and try
TO get by the hrst ballot. II You can
the rest win be plain sailing. II IS I'd
70 you 10 make the first move. AS tor
US. We are pledged. and Bryan gets our
first vote There are enough Of you 10
prevent the first ballot nominating. We
viii join you on second ballot, and then
the way viii be open 70 nominate
Johnson or Gray
Thls has come from delegates in
dozen States II has come verbaIIy
from delegates already here. and by
W4'e from those who are OIL TIE way
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
Bryan and His Platform.

The Bryan spokesmen at Denver
,content themselves with saying that
the platform TO be adopted by the
Democratic party will be "satisfac-
tory" but they do not say that it viii
be radical It viii be, of course, Just
what Bryan pleases it to be. 1t is to
DE his convention, and his platform.
Some strange men from the East are
for going TO Lincoln and demanding
that Bryan withdraw. They might as
well stay at home and keep cool. The
colonel is receiving more testimonials
of esteem and affection today than
ever he received before. Even his own
CITY OF Lincoln is beginning to treat
him for the first time as a citizen of
the first Importance, and there is some
reason to expect that since the turn
ing down of the La Toilette element at
Chicago, Bryan has won the sympathy
of good many Western Republicans.
The West is a hotbed of radicalism;
and if the Republicans this year come
sanywhere near meeting the success
out there that they met four years ago
with Roosevelt to lead them, it viii be
because the people put their trust in
Taft, rather than in the Republican
platform West of the Mississippi they
have a rather lively appreciation of the
fact that the question of candidates Is
smore vital than the question of plat
iJorms.
Yet it would be futile, if not foolish,
for Bryan to send a Prettyfied plat
forr. to Denver. Who would be de-
sceived by it? Surely everyone knows
FBrynn. And surely he must know why
the crowd follows him, and why the
kacademical conservatives stand on the
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

AIr. Bryan may give the coUu---r a very
frank story OF his relations wit Hearst
for a series Of ye, rs past. o.. chapter.
it is declared. viii be a ns a.ive OF
how enemies Of Bryan once tried 10
compromise the latter.
Followed By Spies.
Il was while Bryan was making his
Elobe-Eirdling tour. The story goes that
certain enemies OF Bryan tried 70 fx
up a conference between Bryan and
Thomas F. Ryan, in an obscure place
in rural France, under rcumstances
which when they were given lurid pub
licity in the newspapers. would have
suggested an effort at secrecy. and the
pcssib iIty that Bryen was negotiating
terms with the mGIefactors Of great
wealth.
Mr.. Bryan didn't fau into the trap:
he declined the Ryan invitation. But
the story further goes that Bryan was
shadowed through Europe by agents Of
Hearst, watching TO see if he would
have an. conference Of the sort which
could be exposed 70 the injury Of the
peerless leader Nothing OF the kind
took place, and Bryan came home big
ger than ever. instead Of besmirched
and under suspicion
II il were merely a political difference
between the two men, adjustment would
be more probable. But it eppears to be
decidedly personal. and the chance OF
satisfactory settlement : vague Mr.
Hearst does not seem 10 have confdsd
his real intentions 10 anybody. not even
his closest IeUtensnts. He IS able 10
turn aside his movement at any moment
by giving the word The Independence
party is strictly the creature Of one
man, and that man is one Of the strong
est and most interesting figures modern
politics has produced. He is dark
5ecret even TO those who have had best
opportunity to study him.
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ious that, without in any wise over
stepping the bounds Of It's constitutional
authority. the National Government
should so soon as possible pass laws
under which every ounce of that proner
authority shall be utilized. With tbis
done, he feels that the problem before
the States will be simpliled; they will
need only to do the things which Con
gTess has left undone
The consensus Of opinion among those
who have talked with the Commouer
seems to be that he regards the oues-
ton Of licensing corporations and that
Of making a valuation Of the railroads
as the two really most important this
year. S
He proposes to force the campaign dis
cussion on these proposals so far as DOS
sible- Both were advocated by the
President in recent messages: Roosevelt
Republicans cannot refuse to support
them, Mr. Bryan believes They have
not been adopted by the Republican par
ty; therefore they represent Democratic
opportunity.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
Not Mach Left But the Cheerinq
For Delegates Who Go to DenUer
By SAMUEL G. BLYTHE.

DENVER, July 4.-Le~ping avidly
from town 10 town. across these endless
plains cultivated by dry farming and
populated by dry farmers. those scores
OF pUblicists who left the canned con
venuon OF Chicago In their wake have
fallen upon an embaImed convention in
Denver.
There has been a vast mistake some
where We have been palpiJating with
the news for months that Denver. the
city OF lights. some OF them unlighted,
but the city OF lights, just the same, was
TO have a Democratic national cor
ventiOn early ir July We have read OF
the Gee-Lorious climate, where the sun
shines $50 days in the year. when Il
shines. and where the air Is Ike wine.
and the wine Ike air-only des.rer-
where the percentage OF humidity Is so
low you have 10 dampen your glass Of
water before you drink it-Denve-, q
mile high and some higher during con-
vention times-Denver, that was 70 have
a Democratic convention.
We have read OF this. and what do
we hnd2 We md that Lincoln, Neb-,
has reached out greediIy and slatched
from the city OF lights that proud pre-
rogative for which the city OF lights
put Up 10000 hard simoleons. each with
In God We Trust on il: we find that
the Democratic national eonventIon has
been held az lincoln, and that all Den
yer Will get will be the cheering priv
ileges.
A handful more than a tho-=ln dele
gates viii bulge into this tov n before
Tuesday-son1e Of them have .llged al
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,continued from First Page)

day is that he IS in the race at the
direct suggestion OF Bryan, and that he
has offers Of help emitting him to con
stderation. These offers are as vet Un-
der cover, and therefore the Tovne
candidacy does not take high rank. B1rr
this. friends say. at the proper time he
will surprise every body.
Towne Not Discussed
So far as ca be ascertained B-,,sn
has not discussed Towne with snv of
his callers this week. At least. none
OF them have come to Denver saving
anything about Towne.
The story Of the TOwne candidacy. as
told by Towne's friends IS this: He
was telegraphed by Bryan about a
month ago 10 come at once TO Lincoln.
This ne did, Bryan then asking him 70
become a candidate for second place
with promise Of support
Towne returned TO New York. whore
he took the question up with friends
who encouraged him 70 accent Bryan's
suggestion Immediately, Towne an
nounced himself as a candidate. The
New York delegation AT this time is
not supporting Towne or any Of the
other candidates from the state Rep
resentauve Harrison. John B. Stanch-
field, or jude Gaynor. and has not IN
timated that It viii ask for represen-
tation on the ticket.
Towne's fate no doubt will be de-
cided az the New York conference on
Monday afternoon.
Cnarles F. Murphy has turned thumbs
down on Alton B. Parker. who hereafter
VIII be officially a dead one Pa kc-
viii not 20 on resolutions from New
York. because he got TammaEy In
bad With his Cleveland resolutions
break; also, because Mr.. Murphy
doesn't ike him anyhow. and has long
classified him as a big stif" Martin
W Littleton probably viii 90 Oh rcsolu-
tions.
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ready, and discovered the everlasting
truth that az a mile in the air weak
hearts demand few highballs-a thous-
and delegates will obtruc themselves
on this city, thinking they nave some
thing 70 do And they viii nave.
Their part Of II will be ? send m
skyrockets. fire or the roman candles
and at the proper moment torl-b 2. stick
Of pU-h 20 the -. piece that viii pres-
eH-iy disclose the unctuous features Of
William Jennings Bryan delircated in
% living fire. the champion Ct the peo-
PIE and the boss Of the whole works.
Lincoln, Neb-. has grabbed the game
The convention that is TO be held n
Denver already had been held In thar
charming capital Of Nebraska, where
they changed the gold paint On the
dome OF the capitol building 10 silver
in order TO be IN consonance with those
departed ideas that provide for the free
and unlimited coinage OF silver at the
ratio OF IS 20 I-you remember the pat
ter
Instead OF 4 thousand OF few more
delegates, one man sitting on his broad
porch, ever and anon glancing at MS
blooded heifers or strOllinE 10 the bf-
tent on the lawn. where the faithful re-
porters are exhibited TO the admfrfnz
populace- has held this convention
written its platform, outlined its poll
tics rhumbscrewed those who have lift
ed weak voices IN prot1st-one with a
calm and unwTinkled dome Of thought
calm and rInwrfnkled new pair OF
striped pants, and a geneNal grasp on
the situation that makes the steel
shears OF rolling mill look ike the
handclasp OF E II. hartman and
Stuyvesant Fish.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
LILLIAN RUSSELL SAILS.

NEW YORK, July 4.-On board the
steamship St Paul Of the American
Line which departed for CherboUrg and
Southampton this morning, were Miss
Lillian Russell. Barlow S Weeks, T.
X Hastings. and Capt Fitzbush Lee.
U. s. a Miss Russell was accompanied
to the pier by her daughter. Dorothy,
and Miss Edna Wallace Hopper. She
is going abroad TO secure a new play to
be produced next fan and viii be gone
about six weeks. Mr.. Weeks is going
abroad 70 act as one of the jurors at
the Olympic games 70 be heI5 in Lon
don. Hastings, who is a. celebrated mo
tor cyclist. will participate in a motor
cycle race from Lands End 70 John O.
CrOatS
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
Miss BOlden and Her Race.

Only those more or less intimately
acquainted with social and educational
conditions in the Middle States, on the
coast, and westward, can appreciate
the remarkably fine showing a young
colored girl made in a recent spelling
| bee held at Cleveland under the au-
spices of the National Educational AS
sociation. The zest for learning among
the negro children of the States indi-
Gated is both widespread and intense
1t was this eager pursuit of knowl-
edge that produced one of the most
accomplished and malodious of the negro
bards, Paul Laurence Dunbar. Day
ton, on the turbulent Miami, is no less
proud of Dunbar than of the inventor
of the cash register. 1t was so pleased
with the renown which his verses re-
flected on the city that it once made a
sinecure for him-gave him charge of
the city clocks; but whereas Dunbar's
verse flowed as smoothly as oil lis
clocks stopped short after the first
winding.
But while Dunbar's was an excep-
tional case, as may also be this one of
little Marie Bolden, who made a per-
feet score in the spelling match, it is
only fair to say that the negro of the
Middle States is becoming better and
better educated and self-resPecting. We
venture 20 say that he is as proud of
Miss Bolden, the unbeaten speIler, as
he is of Mr. Joe Cans. As a rule the
community in which he lives is pretty.
and reveals his prosperity. Washing
ton needs especially to realize TINT
there are cities in which he Is numer-
Gus but in which there are no sIums.
The old ante-bellum ways may still
be seen on the Ohio river boats, where
the mates keep order and stimulate
activity with the big stick. But in
contrast with the old style we should
weigh the new IN some of the towns
on the northern side of the river,
where colOred maids carry themselves
ike princesses of Abyssinia and are
particular in their mode of address
ike unto their professors in college.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
62-ST0RRYK BUILDING
RECEIVES A SETBACK
Equitable Poicyholders Fear That
Venture May Not Prove
Profitable.

NEW YORK. July 4.-UnIess certain
policyholders OF the Equitable Life As
surance Society can be satisfied that the
new sixty-two story building the com
pany is planning 10 build can be made
TO pay on the investment. they may
seek TO prevent the erection OF the
structure.
These dissatisfied pOlicyhoIders cor
slider 1t an architectural monstrosity,
ana unless they can be convinced that
the investment viii pay. will likely ap-
peal 10 the superintendent Of insurance
10 prevent the COmpanys funds being
invested in such an undertaking. They
90 not object TO the replacing Of the old
structure with new one. but condemn
the plan 70 build above the limit. as
I they believe profits VIII end at a certain
height
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
DOUMA MEMBER ARRIVES.

NEW YORK. July 4.-Mouisie Ostro-
corski, who was a member OF the Iirst
Russian Douma, arrived here today on
the steamer Lucania- He viii visit
Boston, Chicago. Philadelphia, and
other American cities before he re-
turns TO Europe. He said that socialis-
tic ideas are growing in Russia. and
that the Gar will ultimately have %
bow 70 the will OF the people as ex-
pressed by their chosen representatives
in the Douma
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
Gufey Is Denounced
In Speech BY Bryan

LINCOLN, Neb.. July 4-Poiitical and
Fourth Of July fireworks combined in
Lincoln today, when William J. Bryan
denounced James NJ Guffey, the Penn
slyvania national committeeman. IN 4
fiery speech at Fairview before $50
Quaker delegates.
He branded Guhey as q "bushwack-
er,' overriding the expressed will OF
the people IN the organization under
Bryan's violent protest. and IN the
committee TO betray Bryan
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

sidelines and request HIM to get out of
the game. Let him give the timers
second place if on that account they
viii vote for MIN. Dut it will do no
good either to him or to the Demo
cratic party to take first place under
the colors Of a compromise.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
HIGH DIVE IS FATAL.

CINCINNATI. July flames Hath
away, forty years old, Of Plqua. Ohio,
a professional high diver, was instantly
killed tonight while making a dive at
d. resort here Hathaway dropped zoo
feet. striking the shore OF the lake ana
breaking his neck.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
ALL TRUE.

'John, were you really visiting a
friend last night"
Sure
And was he really sick2'
You bet he was sick. He never won
a pot."-Exchange
The Washington times., 1908-07-05
AMADOR'S MAN
QUITS THE RACE

PANAMA, July 4.-There will be no
trouble al the elections 70 be held JULY
y If Ricardo Arias. the administration
candidate, sticks 20 his determination
not 70 run for the Presidency.
AT a conference to-day between Arias
and Jose Domingo de Obaldia. the for
mer resolved to withdraw
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

The Times Is served IN the city OF Washing
ton and District OF Columbia by neWsbOys.
who deliver and collect for the paper on their
own account at the rate OF cents week
for the Evening and cents copy for the
Sunday edition
Entered at the postofflcs at washington,
d. c, as second class matter.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

They are publishing around the coun.
try 2 picture OF Elihu Root in farm
clothes" II the Honorable Secretary OF
State really took 10 farming he would
have every hand IN the county working
for him harvest time while he directed
operations from a desk IN the shade
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

While nothing onciaI has been re-
ceived by the Washington Government
concerning the announcement Of Arias'
withdrawal from the Presto entail race.
there is much rejoicing among officials
at the prospects Of there being no fric-
ton in the election.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

II all the sore" Republicans should
vote the Democratic ticket, and all the
anti-Bryan Democrats should vote fol
Taft, we would have an element OF rea
doubt in the next election.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

1t was noticed that while neither Mr..
CortelyOU nor Mr.. Cannon allowed any
one 20 question his right 10 vote else
where. neither Of them allowed anyone
10 doubt his citizenship in the District
OF Columbia.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

Somebody has got his signals mixed.
The American merchant marine has
come 10 life in the Republican States
beside the Great Lakes. and yet nobody
got a cent Of ship subsidy.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

II this harmOniZing business goes on,
Mr. Bryan viii be publishing The
COnCiliatOr," instead OF THE Com
mOner-" In either case his subscription
manager will have abundant work to
do TO get up his Million Subscribers
Club"
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

The local supply OF oratory IS no,
contracted even by the exodus OF Con-
gress, II yesterdays dedicatory exer-
cises are q fair sample.
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

Miss District OF Columbia feels as
proud as a little girl with 2 new dolls
house
The Washington times., 1908-07-05

In other regards. as in this of Hcens-
ing great corporations under the Ma
tional Government, Mr.. Bryan is anx-
The Washington times., 1908-07-05


The railroad plank is radical enough
to suit any save the advocate Of Gov
ernment ownership It's purpose is to
secure the benefits OF Government
ownership withouu the responsibilities,
If that be possible. It will be demand
ed that a valuation Of the roads be
made. based on the present cost of
reproduction; stock watering must be
forbidden; railroads must be prohibited
from engaging in any business except
transportation. and rates must be re-
duced until they reach a point where
they Will yield only a reasonable return
on the present value Of the roads-that
is, a return sufficient 10 keep the stocks
at par when the roads are honestly
capitalized"
Protection OF the public from sDolla-
ton at the hands Of stock and produce
exchange gamblers VIII be demanded.
and it viii be vigorously charged that
the late panic has proved the in
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-18

By reason OF the New York
panic a $40, 900, 900 proposition to
build q transcontinental railroad
from Denve. to San Diego has
been called of by English capital
lists who were putting up the
money for building the road. The
unsettled condition of railroad
stocks makes foreign capital tlmid
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-18
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1908.
Pen Picture Of TAFT.

The Chicago American has a
pen picture of Secretary Taft,
taken while he delivered a speech
at Cooper Union Hall, New York,
from which we clip the following:
MIR. Taft's face IS a little pale.
He has a manly, straightforward
look. BE has bony bump above
each eyebrow indicating percep-
ton, and he has perception.
His mustache Is white, his barr
is brown. 1t seems to be nat
ural youthful brown. The hair 10
front Is not as thin as is usual with
hard working Americans of bis
age who have led an Office, hard
working life.
How old does be lOoks not less
than fifty-two, not as much "a
sixty-two. He has reached the age
after which Americans who work
hard improve little If at all. The
Presidency, If it gets him, will get
the end of his vigor, not the middle
of il.
Mr.. Taft's best feature Is bis
nose. Strong, long. It has charac-
ter. The nostrlls are smaller than
they would be ii be had lived out
OF doors; smaller than they ought
to be. If he had bigger nostrils
he would have a smaller stomach.
He suffers from defective metabol.
ism (look up that word. you'll
often meet it, II be got more
oxygen INTO bis blood it would
eliminate useless tissue more read.
lly.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-18

What caused the panic? This is
the question that has been upper
most IN the minds of everybody
since the first of October. The
bankers say it was lack of cur
rency, others say 1t was stock
speculation, the single. takers say
1t was over.speculation in real
estate, especially IN city property.
1t seems now conceded that spccu.
lation was the real cause of the
panic, not only IN stocks but 10
real estate and other things as we'll.
The president struck the first blow
At watered stocks and fictitious
values, but it was only a question
of time when the bubble would
burst and the earlier the better for
tho country. 1t will require some
little time for values to properly
sdjust themselves
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-18

Governor Buchtel and John F.
Vivian have been IN Washington
D. G. the past week on what Is
supposed to be political business.
They called on Secretary Garfield
and urged the settlement of reser.
voir site and irrigation cases IN the
San LUIS valley. The secretary
gave all the encouragement pos
sible, and promised settlement
of the::cases on their merits as fast
as they are brought IN.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-01-18
The 0srrssey 0ilus.

The Aldrich bill provides for %
emergency issue Of e960. 600 900 70
b secured BY state sod municipal
bonds and 6nt mortgage boeds
on certain railroads 70 the smount
Of Is per cent q their valus. This
elastic currency 70 b taxed 8 per
csnt per year or / per csnt per
mosth 70 b rstaxsd q The option
q The banks which Issue The cane.
This bill also provides loe Q
larger ieoue q hank notes secured
b govoenmsat boodA
This blu b ~ llksly 70 pass
without anouduosIs ed q euod
dsal q oppssltioa.