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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10
LELAND'S PLACE in THE
CONTEST

The State will be duly grateful to
"Uncle Cy" for keeping the record
on straight 10 the matter of his can
didacy ahd that of Mr.. Baily. No
body knows better than the shrewd
est politician in Kansas that there
is a time for back.room methods
and a time for publicly.
Gov. Bailey's candidacy was ini-
tiated Sunday, Dec. az at a confer
ence IN the Copland hotel between
ex.Gov. Bailey. Balie Waggener of
the Missouri Pacific, Senator FitZ
patrick of the Senate "lodge" and
incidentally attorney of the Stan
dard Oil, and Hon. Morton Albaugh
of the federal judicial and State ma
chine. Mr.. Leland states that the
next day Senator Fitzpatrick came
to him to enlist him under the ma
chine. Bailey banner. Uncle Cyrus
refused to 60 in. Senator Filzpat-
rick, Mort Albaush and Bale Wag-
eener continued to negotiate the
Bailey candidacy among the lead
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10

lgov.rAor, this state will 60 Demo
cratic, and his duty is first to see
that Kansas is Republican and to
put aside the senatorial ambition,
which has been as plain as the nose
on his face, that his party may tri-
umph in this commonwealth.
at Is a patty duty to ask him to
cad in this fight, and it is person
al duty on Stubs part to drop bis
ambition and lead. IT he puts his
own ambition ahead of his party
success. he too, will be marked as
unfit and unworthy of the confidence
which hitherto he has inspired. He
will be tarred with the stick of sell
fishness like the other leaders who
have been tried and found wanting.
"In this party crisis, much de-
pends upon the manly, straightfor-
ward, courageous, unsel6sh action
of Walter Roscoe Stubs, in refer
ence to this movement in his behalf.
Opportunity is knocking on his door
But when she opens, he must show
her full. sized man, willing to sac
rifice every personal ambition for
his states good and his party's sue
cess" Stubbs has complied.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10

ing to the nation, by evasion of land
laws Designed to distribute thsse
lands in small holdings among tie
people.
BY the Roosevelt law which gives
the government the right to appeal
in criminal cases the opinion of a
sIngle federal judge as to the Grim
inali,y of toe act complained of is
net necessarily final, as was the case
before the passage of thlslaw. The
government will appeal from Judge
Lewis's opinion to the higher court,
believing that the law covers the
offense, The question can be tired
ont on its merits. If it appears
that their is no law, a lav can b:
passed. But the marit of the Roos
evelt law for appeal in criminal
cases IS tnat the energies OF the ad
mlnistration in following up crimin
al conductby its secret service agents
and through its prosecutors can not
be defeated by the opinion of any
one individual who happens to sir
on federal bench, and who as
lawyer may be, and very often is,
inferior by good deal to the Attor-
ney General of the Uniten States
and other legal advisers of the gov
ernment. The new law will tend to
cause judges to exercise care in.
throwing out the governments in.
dictmen,s.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10
THE FIGHT ON

The contest betw zen Stubbs and
Baily for the nomination for Cover
nor is now on In earnest. IL will be
a short sharp and decisive oontesu,
The time is short and the issues Of
vital importance. II beboOves every
man ln Kansas to make up his mind
at once whether he wants the reforms
Inaugurated and put in operation
continued and pushed or whether he
wants to go back to the good old cor
poratlon and machine rule days.
1t all depends on the people at the
primaries. The politicians all over
che state are organizing to defeat the
will OF the people as they generally
do In the ordinary convention.
1t is now time for all who are gen.
timely 10 earnest in supporting and
pushing reform measures to drop all
merely personal matters and J hu
hands 10 the common cause for better
aud cleaner politics. And right la
this line we would suggest that this
is very opportune time for the
two great leaders In Ksasss
Gov. HOch and Mr., Stubbs to lag
aside any little personal matter Lhsss
may have come between them and
pull together In the conflict now on
Their hearts are together on the
general issues and no little personal
matter should drive them apart.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10
RIGHT OF APPEAL---A
ROOSEVELT POLICY

We are hearing from busy quarters
of the injurious results of Roose-
velt's radical administration, but If
the creditable octs of his admins.
tration were enumerated they would
make a long catalogue.
The right of the government to
appeal granted by act of Congress
for which Roosevelt alone is respon.
sible. The case which has arisen in
Colorado illustrates the serviceable
ness of such q law. In this case
Judge Lewis Of the federal court in
Denver dismissed the governments
cases against land robbers indicted
by the government for collusion in
securing government land through
dummy entries, the court holding
that there is no law against citizens
agreeing in advance to purchase
coal or other public lands that may
be acquired by Others That is to
say, there is no law which prohibits
land thieves from conspiring to get
possession of public miaeral or 9TH
er land, designed by the law for
bona fide homesteadefs and settlers,
by engaging cheap dummies to settle
on the land nominally comply with
the land act to get title. to he turn
ed oyer to the rich land grabbers.
There is no law against such
modern methods of acquiring wealth
by crooked methods as have been
invented since the criminal code
was established, but the Roosevelt
policies might very well be defined
as policies for extending the Grimm
al code to cover criminal practices
invented since the code was fixed.
This is a good example where veal
thy individuals and corporations
conspire to get possession Of i'm
meuse tracts Of valuable land belong
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10
NOT QUITE READY

The machine fellows seem willing
now to bow to the inevitable, and
agree to a primary law, but want it
TO become effective not earlier than
1909. II the measure is right and for
the best Interests OF the state, why
not make It effective at once. 1t is
not next year or ten years from now
tnat the people want this law hut
right now, that it may bs effective
during the coming nominations.
No use to call II special session TO
enact law thai Is not to become eff.
fective till after the next regular
meeting Of the legislature. The
people demand this law and there
will be serious trouble ifit is not en-
acted to be effective at !once.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10

ing politicians of the State and
Senatoe Fitzpatrick went to Wash
ington to lay 1t before the Kansas
statesmen at that end OF the line.
Coming back to the State committee
meeting at Tobeka Senator Fitzpat
rick again called on Mr.. Leland and
informed him that everybody
else was Gin" and thai Cy alone
was not engaged for part. Le-
land again refused to join the move
and having Gov. Bailsy's promise
not to enter the race if Leland
should be a candidate, Mr.Leland
at once declared himself IN the
Copeland lobby candidate for
Governor. Two days later at a
conference in Kansas City Senators
Fitzpatrick and Waggener and Mr..
Albaugh launched Gov. Balley's
candidacy.
In this contest Leland is giving
an exhibition of a Boss bossing
himself, voluntarily outside the
breastworks of machine politics and
free to take the State into his con-
| fidence. When he Is taken into
back-room conferences he reports
the proceedings to the public. Be
hind Gov. Bailey's candidacy and
responsible for il is the most COM
pact political allied combine that
has ever yet been formed in Kansas
and Kansas has seen some machi c
combinations. In every Boss Bus
ter or machine buster lnsurrection
that has occurred in this State, and
they have been numerous, up to two
years ago, the situation that existed
was that of one element of machine
! politicians wrestling for supremacy
with another. No matter which
.riumphed, nothing was gained for
the State. The State was divided
into two machine factions, the poll
ticsl deals of which were identical.
This was the case in the uprising
which drafted Hoch. 1t is no long
er the situation. The reform move
ment has become too serious an as
sault on machinism itself, since it
required power enough to abolish
the State Printer and padded pay
roll and State Treasurer aud free
railroad pass gratis, four vital fac
tors in machine politics. Recent
assaults upon machine government
all along the line have rallied to its
defense il compact body former
factional foes, and the existing al
lied machine, being composed of
the members of all former machines
is the most formidable combine that
has ever succeeded in putting up a
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10
IT'S SrUBBS' DUTY TO
RUN FOR GOVERNOR

Uuder the caption, "a Party
Crisis" William Allen White, in his
Emporia Gazette, editorially urges
w. R. Stubbs to get in the Republi
can contest for Governor of Kansas.
The editorial In full:
"For half dozen years the Re
publican party in Kansas has been
trying earnestly to reform itself.
Often thir effort toward reform has
beeu misdirected; ometimss selfish
men have profited by it, and at lea st
once a weak mau has thwarted it.,
but the undercurrent among the
rank and file of Republicans has
been toward cleaner politics than
was and is now prevalent, and tnat
uudercuIrent Of popular sentiment
for good government is now runing
stronger thsn ever it has run before
in the Republican party of this state.
One of the obvious results of that
undercurrent Is the utter dissatisfac-
tion among Republicans generally
with the kind and class and copdi-
tion of men mentioned and groomed
by the leaders of the party so far,
for the Office of governor. Six years
ago, man like Hornady-a respect
able country banker, regular in his
party affiliations. unfailing In his
public service, would have been an
ideal Republican candidate, but the
people do not take to him now.
Four years age. Mr.. McNeal-or Mr..
Leland or Mr.. Davidson would have
been acceptable leaders, but now,
though 70 one questions their per.
sonal honesty, their best friends
cannot claim that these gentlemen
have aroused any enthusiasm in the
party by theprospect of their being
candidates.
'"The people demand not only a
respectable man, ont only au sccess
full maa, not only q honest man-
buta fighting, honest man -an aggress
or, a leader, and not a common two
legged man without spot, flavor
blemish. Moreover they are will
ing to take leader wart sand all,
overlooking minor faults, and rally
ing to him for the qualities of force,
of pugnGcity, of courage. of sheer
bull strength that he has exhibited.
"Hence the movement to draft
w. r. Stubbs for the gubernatorial
He is a leader. He
is as full of faults as Cromwell or
John Brown; he Is as open to criti-
cism as Grant or Marx Hanna, but
he is a leader. He will fight. He
has the courage-even of his mistak
es and be stands for the progressive
element of the Republican party as
does no other man. He frankly de-
sires to 60 to the Senate, bntif he OF
a man like him does not run for
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10

10 get ont % the primary and take
your neighbor with you AMI as many
mere as possible.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
Show Boat Turns Turtle.

Emerson Floating Palace, which gave an exhibition at LuXora Friday night, sunk al Old Town landing The boat had just left LuXora and was being towed down the river h some way she got in too close to shore while passing the fleet of barges used in constructing the big mat which Is being constructed by the government al Old Town. and became entaugled in tAe wire cables used for holding ehe fleet The current was too much for the craft and in a few minutes she had turned turtle and sunk II about 60 feet of water
 One life was lost that of a Nofwe- eian. who was leader Of The orchestra. His name and home cannot he leaned
 Considerable money was lost il the safe The boat is total loss
 Those on board escaped by crawling out on the government mat
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
Slain While at His Prayers.

Jeff Blanks. q negro, was shot and instantly killed Friday night by George Quinn another negro. The shooting occurred at Mt. Nebo, negro church in negro district on West Second Avenue, Pine Bluff A prayer meeting was being held al the church and Blanks was attend ing the services when Quinn shot him through q window of the church with q shotgun
 Most Of The negroes who were i'll the building ran outside. some Jump ing through windows. The few who Weie left with the body of Blanks summoned a doctor. thinking he Was sill alive, but the shot had entered his head, killing him almost instantly.
 Quinn made his escape, but blood hounds Were put on his trail and ne was soon located in his house. where he was arrested Blanks died With a Bible in his hand.
 It is thought the killing was or account Of some trouble the two men had recently about woman.
 When arrested Quinn had in his house two shotguns and d pistol
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
Hope to Effect Q Compromi SC.

There will be luli in the agitation for lower frieght rates until the raIl- roads and the shippers of Little Rock confer with each other on October [ and [. On these days, representatives from the Iron Mountain, the Rock Island and the Cotton Belt will dis cuss the reasoHableness of the 9 per cent advance ill rates, with the Exeeu- tive Committee of the Merchants Freight Bureau. The shippers. who are willing To give in somewhat. be lieye that | compromise will be effect ed
 Arbitration worked in Memphis. and Manager Bragg believes that it will in Little Rock. At all events, all legal action against the roads will be dropped until the results of the conference are shown. As one of the most prominent shippers said: We are going to do everything To allow the railroads to come to terms We dislike r0using enmity between the two sides through 6 legal fight, when all differences may be adjusted amicably. in conference.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
NAME WAS A compeon,..
erp'snation of Remsrkabt. e.
 men Of Nevada Thu, 'sne

A Nevada man having ev,..
 mining claims in the goliaeld 'e -1'e tells Of a lucky strike that wa, soa iast year near Carson Civ aoe that proved to be of such proni.s s'iks goodly sized camp i,,,sss5 mat sprang up around it. a'ei!
 The two principal nina
 were. respectively. an Irisb,,a 'nefs Jew. and as a compliment " ,a and leading citizens the camp dae,.s eaese leave to them the bestowaI ot 10 able name upon the new eo,a a.9,.s. sut
 There followed many co9faraay aai'y between the two. none of which ra.s. ed Tn an agreement. The Irisbs sat stood out for a name that woeId aa a"N gest his native isle. while the Iaa Just as insistent. on his part s" name that should be suggestive .. M chosen people. This deatlnck ' tinued so long 'hat the rasf ., eVu' ~ camp grew restless. and apatIv ;,.,u' ed that there should be a e5mnrons'AN So the new camp was called ..Tia-as. alem."-Lippincotrs. sff''s
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
Rice Airship Refused to Fly.

The theory of d large gas balloon encased fiXedly to the mechanism ot the airship il is 10 float. received an other disappointing setback at Hot Springs Sunday afternoon when the Joe Rice airship endeaYored 10 make it's initial flight.
 Rice had undertaken To construct his airship along more extended NDes than ever attempted before. The fragile framework extended from nose 70 nose of the great balloon that was to lift il, and was connected further 10 the bag by circle Of aluminium belting which eneased the bag along a parallel with it's widest points Under the framework of the bag was wholly eneased and firmly fixed to the airship mechanism. When Prof Carl Meyer Of New York first eX- amined the affair he shook his head in doubt. But it was the Rice theory. and he permitted the inventor 10 pro ceed without the Encouragement Of his doubts.
 Tt is problem yet unsolyed, to make a moving, squirming gas balloon. and q fragile bit of framework CO., operate in unison, was all Prof Myer said. Sunday the first flight was 10 have been attempted NI'h everything in readiness the ballast bags were carefully taken away one by one, while men stood about the framework carefully watching the eff fleets when the mechanism became dependent on the gas bag
 With Rice as he pilot, and the eu- zine well in motion, the balloon was taken charge of by several men. and slowly allowed to rise about six feet
 The result was disappointing The framework constructed of steel tubing was pulled hard al one place while 1t was loose al other points, d's the bag swerved but slightly, and was warped SO badly hat further effort al flight was impossible l. was hauled down. dismantled of every foot of unneces- sary tubing, the circular belt remoy ed, and when the next attempt at flight is made il will be with the steering mechanism of the inventors ship floating under the balloon. bound only by the lax soft cotton rope used as netting.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
Injuries Prove Fatal

Oscar Samples, +5 years of age died on the W k Brown farm one mile north of Corning Saturday nigh al \ o'clock. from injuries sustained il q fEuaway the day before He was on his way To town Wtth COW which had just been ourCbeled when fHe horses became frightened and Tan away Samples jumped rom tne rear
 Id of the wagon. striking Cn h.s head. dashiHg hi- hra.aa out lie dled without gaining consciousness lie leaves wife and three small euIdfea in destitute circumstances.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
A Limited Dollar Waue.

Cotton pickers are receiving 5 per 1uo pounds in the vicinity of England, Lonoke county, according 10 Postmas ter Schooley of that place. but | is only in the lowlands northeast of Eng land. where i is necessary to gather the crop at once lest heavy rains should come and inundate the fields. The cotton, too, MT Schooley says, ,s of rather poor grade and picker eannot gather as many pounds as in a first-class crop.
 The tempting price is having is eTect on the negroes. and the other ,antation owners of that district find Il necessary To raise their price i'll order To secure help. As high as SD cents is being offered on plantations where the growth is heavy and easy to pick, but in all other portions of the county and in Pulaski, 90 cents remains the ruling rate
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
State Exhibit at Fair.

The Arkansas agricultural expert meut station at Fayetteville has ar ranged for an exhibit Of many articles al the Arkansas State Fair at Hot Springs. The exhibit will not be a competitive one. Lut will b. solely for educational purposes. The exhibits will be as follows:
 Thirty varieties of cotton.
 Ten varieties of fall wheat With glass tubes showing comparative yields varieties in strawl
 Eight varieties Of faN oats. showing comparative yields tin straWl-
 Four varieties of fAll ba-isy. show, ing comparative yields tIn Straw1.
 Ten varieties ot rlce Ua stH&N1.
 TwentyoHe varieties at So.a ee2as on yiues).
 FIfty varieties Of eo~7eas tH tae podl
 Ff2 varieties ot ooVPs4> under glass
 Exhibit of eovpeas showing Eo11.ss en feoss
 Forage crops Of interest to saz= s-s
 AL .l1eA-.oaa. sNh.Qlc - So-9
 E.4a hundred Aeez 4ez m sese sse.
 n4zas depa=.r-sn;
 Ba--ez-Qae-rol-t pv1a5s ess l4 and el. pound >t- qrs-ss s..z szzzS Se54a>-Tea pound packages #5=e yiesf. dv-Qolrd paczzges 0=eV szs5e@7. thre-p pound patk4ss
 samples = butter Ha8E5s. Isz.ss wrappers. salt
 One mItk-teS-ing outht eouR.ess. One herd record outfit
 SIX jars containing constituents .. milk
 Six one-gallon jars containing sam pies Of silage and balanced rauous. Samples of cotton seed meal II Jars with analysis showing feeding value One model silo.
 Demonstration work.
 Photographs of dairy building, In- terior showing creamery, cheese and milk testing rooms. Interior ot dairy barn. silos and herd
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
Plurality for Donaghey 65,oo9.

Secretary Of State O C. Ludwig has 'he official returns Of the recent cleo ,ion from all the counties in the state of the vote for tae five constitutional oficers-Governor secretary of state. attorney general auditor and treas urer
 MT Donaghey received a smaller vote than any Of the other candi- daes for the constitutional officers, and notwithstaudius he had two can didaJes opposing Aim while each of the others had only one. his plurality over his Republican opponent is greater than the ms5or.t.rs received by Ludwig. NorWood Yates or lobe over their respective Republican op- ponsut>
 The largest voc. }tf.5ea. was polled ey Hal Ne=seaa the Demo cratic candidate zar erHe> general tGt his wSS1r5:y w@s eS less than NooSghey'> plu-st1y oYJs Worthlug- Ion. hts Reqas.seaa opponent for soVs-Uo-
 James l. Y4ses= Ee= treasurer. re ovsssd tAe ssNs s.asss number Of fo-s< e<suk ez>S han was re- zs-1s& r1- Nzzazzss aad z.sa5 more -eA- v4> r<--ss sY 1noaaEhey
 teeS. .ez Szzzssz= ssss.yed &.67o zze-s yc.s> es@ sszsssfey and 1883 s<> AAz N..e.e.... z.... Ludwig. for >---e A-r zsealNed 1,166 ae=e Fs-e> Aes zse=4%aek and 3.546 s>S -ta@' Ns-azt7s
 The >sea that the total eo-e ge & <gFzFHor in the - counties %a> ts5-574 ot which George " pouashes zae Democratic nomi- Ese. received 1ft.47> John l. Worth ngton. Republican nominee. 45,409; J Sam Jones Socialist nominee, 6,787. ponaghey's majority k 39.2S2 and his plurality over Nerthington is 66,069
 The vote for secretary of state is as follows: O C. Ludwig, Democrat 113,244; T. O. Fitzpatrick, Republican, 50,675. Ludwig's majority, 62.569
 For attorney general-Hal l.. Nor wood, Democrat. 116.79o; T O. Youmans, Republican. 50,999 Nor woods majority, 65.791
 State auditor-J. R. lobe. Demo crat, 115I57; A A Keller, Repub- lican. 5l, ,i04 .Jobe's majority, 63,- 753
 State treasurer-James l. Yates, Democrat, 116.573: N B Burrow, Republican, 50,95o Yates majority e5623.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
Reynolds Held to Grand Jury.

Conductor l.. Reynolds, charged with being responsible for the death of Clint Ruff, by throwing him from the door of an Iron Mountain caboose into Walnut lake on the night of September 12. was given a preliminary hearing a Dumas Friday before Jus tice Norman Moore. Reynolds was held to the Grand Jury on a charge of murder i'll the second degree and his attorneys al once announced that they would appeal to Judge Grace. at Pine Bluff, for bail. Justice Moore declared there was not sufficient eYi- dence against Reynolds 70 warrant his being held on the charge of first degree murder.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-09
To Raise Fund for Orphanaae.

A handsome brick orphanage, capa- ble Of accommodating 100 homeless children. will he erected by the Met.io- dist Episcopal church. South. at the corner of Fifteenth and Commerce streets. Little Rock, al cost Of $50 ,000.
 At a meeting of the laymen from day at the Masonic Temple in Little Rock. this decision was reached. and plans were perfected for raising the fund. which is to be collected by subscription within period of 9o days
 Rev. NJ. B. Umsted of Beebe was ap. pointed to have charge of the cam- paign for raising the funds, but | was decided that one layman in each of the T districts in the state would be ap- pointed have charge of the worl, in his particular district. The church has had he plan of rebuilding the orphanaee un6er consideration for some time. and those who attended the meeting Thursday were eathu- SiaStic in their support of the project.
 The church now owns three lots at Fifteenth and Commerce streets. upon which is q large wooden structure used for the home. The orphanage is in charge of the matron and one assistant and they are aided in caring for the inmates hy the older girl in the hefae.