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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
PREPARATION Is
COMPLETED FOR
LINCOLN Big DAY

Lincoln, Aug. 1O.-Preparation for
the Bryan notification Wednesday ar.
practically completed. Hundreds of
visitors have already arrived. The
whole town is decorated. 1t is ex
.pected that so. 600 will attend Bryan
has completed his speech on tariff,
which he will deliver at Des Moines
August 21. He discusses the issue
lengthily. A delegation of travelling
men visited Bryan and assured him
OF their trend of sentiment in his IA
vor.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
MASSAC COUNTY.

Metropolis, 1O(Specal) from
by Rose by
FredR
So
T.
Wallace and W. Perkins
William attorney
without opposition.
the Republican
district by
The committeeman has ascertained
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
Mr.. COOPER KILLED

Late reports from the Frisco
wreck in Arkansas, state that Engin-
Ger Frank Cooper was Killed. and not
Mrs. Cooper, the sister of Magistrate
j. j. Blelch. OF this city. Mrs. Cooper
was Miss Emma Bleich. of this city,
before her marriage to Mr.. Cooper.
she is left with five boys. Mr.. Coop
er was member OF several lodges IN
which he carried insurance. aud his
family is financially provided for.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
LIKE OUR POLICY

Auckland. a. H., Aug. 1O.--While
the American feet is being royalty
entertained, the most significant feat
ure OF the visit is the stand OF news
people and high officials. the need
of English speaking people controll-
ing the Pacific dominates all the
speeches. The determination OF the
United States never to take a second
airy position In the Pacific ocean is
openly praised. Some OF the utter
snoes are almost openly hostile to
japan.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
CONTRIBUTING

Charged with counterfeiting, John
Williams, colored, was arrested Sat
urday night at Fuhon by Ewood Neel
deputy United States marshal Itris
alleged that he passed several dollars
that were spurious, and in the exam
lining trial held before United States
Commissioner Armour Gardner this
morning Williams was held over to
the federal grand jury with his bond
fixed at $500 Marshal Neel had to
go to Marion today. and former Mar
shall Wade Brown took charge OF VIII
lIams and locked him in the county
jail.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
Converting Onions.

Oscar Baker Is under arrest charg-
ed with converting money of another
10 his own use and benefit. II is al
legged that about a month ago Baker
and Jim Doolin stole some onions and
potatoes from a marketer on the mar
ket. A warrant was issued for their
arrest, but this was the first oppor-
tunlty the cops have had to catch
them.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
POLICE INVESTIGATES
THE UNLICENSED SALES.

The alleged sale of ''Pa.e Ale" and
other drinks of the near beer
variety is being Investigated by City
License Inspector Robert Hicks, Chief
Collins and the police force. II is
probable that a number of warrants
will be issued for alleged offenders,
as It is stated that several stands
operated without taking out a license
The drinks were sold August 8.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
GIBBONS ILL

Rome. Aug 10.-Cardinal Glib
bons. who was taken III last Wednes-
day. suffered a relapse today from
oyerexertion attending the pOpe's au-
dience and the celebration Of the
pope's fifth anniversary as pontlff
His condition is not serious, but prob
ably will require that Gibbons cut
out his European tour and return
home.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
Frank p. Sargent is seriously III.

Washington, Aug. 10.-Frank p.
Sargent, commissioner of immigra-
ton and naturalization, is seriously
III at his home in this city. He is
suffering from nervous shock, the re-
suit of a fall at Sheperdstown. w.
Va, where he was spending his sum-
mer vacation recently. He paid little
or no attention to his injuries at the
time and returned here to resume his
duties, but three weeks ago he was
forced to take to his bed. His condi-
ton is somewhat better.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
Marshal NeeI Busy.

Elwood Neel deputy United States
marshal went to Marion today to sell
s4,10O worth of property in the SUIT
of Campbell VS.. the Campbell Mining
company. Marshal Neel has been on
the hop since saturday. as he arrested
John Williams, an alleged counter
feiter. and served a bunch of papers
at Murray Sunday. and this morning
left for Marion to conduct the sale.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10

The Democratic state ticket will be.
Endorsed for United States senator
b. Stringer.
Nominated for governor-Adlai e.
Stevenson.
Lieutenant goyernor--E. A. Perry.
Secretary of state--X. f. Beidler.
Auditor-Ralph Jeffris.
Treasurer-J. b. Mount.
Attorney general-R. c. Hall.
Clerk of the supreme court-(re-
turns too meagre TO estlmate.)
Nominated for Congress.
Republican,. b. Madden. James
r. Mann, VIM. W. Wilson, c. S. wha
ton. Anth. Michalek. VIM. Lorimer,
Fred Lunn, p. M. Ksycki, f. w. v.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
SENSATIONAL RESCUE.

Dallas, Tex, Ang. 1O.--F. =.
Sexton, professional high diver.
made a sensational rescue of his
wife, known in the amusement
world as Pearl Lavon. when she /.
fell in Clif Park lake during a
balloon ascension. The para !
chute failed to work and the
woman dropped in the lake. A
steel bar, to which she was !
strapped, carried her to the bot !
tom. Sexton dived in - feet Of
water, unbuckied the strap ard
brought the woman TO the sur
face, where she was revived.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
MARTIAL LAW

Birmingham, Aug. iO.-Goyernor
Conner ordered 900 soldiers sent
into the strike territory where three
men were killed aud a score wound
ed yesterday by strikers. who fired
on Louisville a Nashville train. II
is expected that martial law will be
declared.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
Foss and Mason Claim Sufficient Leeis-
lative Districts to Prevent Hopkins
Return in Spite Of Majority.
COLFAx MORRIS, FRED SMITH AND THOMAS PARKER ARE
WINNERS In MASSAC REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
Yates Rose and Chapman Carry County By Large Maiores
...Race For Committeeman.

Chicago 1OGovernor
days primary is made certain by
ham over 2Oc majority 1t known that Deneen carried GO counties
nd
Mason Republican
legislature
Fo Mason claim
result in doubt The
ably will be amended repealed before
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CONTINUED on Page Four.)
SHELBY In THE FIFTH

Louisville, Aug. 10.-In the Demo
cratic mass conventions held in the
eight legislative districts of Louisville
and Jefferson county Saturday after
noon. Representative Swager Sherley
won In his race for the nomination for
congress to represent the Fifth con
gressional district
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
william Minikin.

William II. Millikin, the year and
ten months old infant son of Mrs.
Anna Millikln, of 1903 Barnett street
died yesterday morning at O'Clock.
The funeral was held this afternoon.
at 4 o'clock at Brookport.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
STANDARD OIL CASE

Chicago. Aug. 1O.-The prellmln-
airy draft of the petition fort rehear-
ing in the Standard oil case was sent
to Attorney General Bonaparte. II
will be filed August 81. District At
torney Sims declines to discuss 1t.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10

Chicago, Aug. 1OL-Early this
morning indications were that Cover
nor Charles s. Deneen had received
the Republican nomination for gov
ernor and that Senator Albert ]. Hop
Rims had obtained the Republican en-
dorsement for United States senator.
The result, however. is not definitely
established in either case and both
Yates and Foss managers claim their
men will ultimately win out
The returns available consisted of
the vote in eighty-seven out OF one
hundred and two counties In the state
for state senator and In sixty-two
counties for governor. Chicago and
Cook county were included In both
sets of figures. The vote on senator
was:
Hopkins. 97.O25; Foss. ss.573; Ma
son, 2,59G.
On governor the vote was:
Deneen, 167,151; Yates, l54,455
Republican.
The Republican ticket Is:
Endorsed for United States senator
j. Hopkins or George e.
Foss.
GOver1IurAt Available returns Indi-
cate Charles s. 'Deneen.)
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. G.. Ogles-
by or +. l.. Smith.
Secretary of state-James A. Rose.
Auditor. S. Mccullough.
Treasurer-Andrew Russell.
Attorney general - william H.
Stead.
Clerk of the supreme court-Chris-
TOPPER ID. Manner .''"
tf-4.df4t
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tCoaunueu on Page Five.)
Assistant Mine Inspector.

Frankfort. Ky. Aug. 10.--Gover-
nor Wilson today appointed John
Burke, of Pike county. as assistant
mine inspector The appointment |,
made under the act of the last general
assembly providing for the appoint
ment of two more assistant inspect-
ors.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
Mayors Father-in-I.aw Wins

Secretary OF State Rose. OF Illinois
who was renomlnated saturday, is the
father-in-law OF Mayor James Z.
Smith.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
A New Witness.

A new witness was discovered this
morning by the prosecution In the
night rider trials at Murray. Joe
Ryan. young man of Murray, who
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-08-10
Alibi Defense at Murray
Governor Denounces Co. Judge.

Frankfort Ky. Aug. 1O-(Special)-n reming the states
portion charge breacI, of
in m
Wilson openly denounced the judge
shameful disregard their oa perform their the
Of the night rider
He them with being sympathy with the dturhers He
intimidation by the lawIss element.
Augusta, Aug 1O-Speca )-CUunty
the
governor They they did all possible TO keep order.
I,ueIvile 1O.-(SpeciaI)-A motion change
the Browder this
will accompanied All
quiet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-06-11
The Responsible Parties.

In his Jefferson day speech in New
York, Woodrow Wilson touched the
quick, the very root and kernel, of the
present dangerous social and political
situation. He said:
"The corporation lawyers Of this
country know what is going on; the
legislators do not. ! want to say to
all corporation lawyers: If you save
the corporation you will come out
from cover and tell the legislators
what is needed. You know what is
needed; they don't. BY telling them
you will save the corporation. If you
don't, you will have the mob at its
doors In a decade"
The lawyers know. Root knows.
Hughes knows. Choate knows. Graz
vath and Dillon know. If these men,
and the like Of these, will stand for
the constitution as it is, as it was,
and as it must be, there will be no
danger of socialism, plutooracy, i'm
perialism, or other devastating policy.
They know what is going on. They
prepare the business. They expound
the law. They are the responsible
parties in the present ase Noblesse
oblige. Leadership has its obliga-
tor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-06-11
A Disqusted Republican,

Mr.. Tulio Larrinaga, Porto Rican
commissioner at Washington, who has
heretofore aligned with the Repub-
licans, has become thoroughly dis
gusted with his political associates.
He delivered a speech in the house Of
representatives the other day in which
he vigorously arraigned the fiscal and
territorial policies of his party, and
declared that American rule has
ruined the industries of Porto Rico and
reduced the million inhabitants of that
island to slavery. His speech sup
ports the Democratic position with
reference to our insular possessions SO
far as Porto Rico is concerned, and
refutes the claim of the Republicans
that they have made those possessions
prosperous.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-06-11

for you, Dan, old boy" or "Hurrah for
Danny Dugan."
He had a ballot showed at him with
Danny; hurl in a vote for your own
ticket" and he put his ballot in the
other teller's hat and sat down in the
seventh heaven of anticipation. The
counting was finished in a few min
utes and Dugan smiled as he saw the
ballots all going over to one side. ITS
a walk-away," he whispered to the
mar next to him" ITS a landslide"
said his neighbor. The chairman
stepped to the front of the platform
and announced the vote for president
as follows: For Peter Casey, 1888
votes; for Daniel Dugan, one vote"
Dugan grabbed his hat and madly
rushed from the room, with a perfect
howl of cheers following him. 1t was
his last appearance in politics.
The term political boss" images to
most people a stoutly-built man with a
plug hat and a large diamond, who
smokes long black cigars and rules
his ward or district with a rod of iron.
Sometimes he is represented as a man
with a heart bursting with sympathy
for the poor, who squeezes the rich
citizen to help out the constituents
whose votes he harvests on election
day. He is generally typified as elo-
quentiy profane, and story-writers de-
light to set him down invariably as of
Irish birth.
AS a matter of fact, however, there
are just as many different bosses" as
there are n~ationalities in the large
cities, for a boss" is simply a leader
for the time being, and that may be
for a few months, a few years or
longer. And some of the most sue
cessful of all BOSSES" politically
speaking, have been Americans. The
present president Of the United States
is one of the most masterfuI of politi.
cal bosses, Who in his party dare
openly say him may" with any HOPE
of winning out against his rock-rooted
strength?
The boss" in the cities, however,
especially the typical ward "boss,' is
often a man who may be evolved by
either accident or design. Sometimes
a man goes into the game to help q
friend out, or to satisfy a grudge, and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-06-11

The glamor of the thing attracts him
and he stays in, to finally emerge as
a full-blown leader" And some one
of the young fellows who go into poll
tics deliberately will work on for
years in the same ward, growing up
with the people who live there, identi-
flying himself with them and their in.
terests and finally winning the conf
dence of his constituents so lastingly
that they will vote almost to a man as
he wishes.
A true boss" both follows and
leads. He knows what his people"
want, and he does not stray far away
from their desires. If his ward has a
constituency which favors a liberal in
depreciation of the liquor question he
is for the "open" Sunday, and even
the all-night saloon, if necessary. He
is strong on the subject of the poor
mans club" and hot against blue
laws" and for the maximum of per.
sonal liberty" Incidentally, he favors
a low license, usually.
If a boss" lives in a Prohibition dis.
trict he Eliminates against "the de.
mon rum and points out statistically
the ruin wrought by drink. This may
not prevent him from having his
'high-balls" at the club, or his cham
payne at the political banquets, but
makes him strong with the voters
whose support he seeks. He is on the
alert for blind pigs" or places where
liquor is struggled in and sold secret
ly, and he leads delegations to the
mayors office and to the legislatures
to protest against the vice of drink
ing.
The average political boss" is in
politics strictly for what is in it." and
that means that he is neither in the
game for his health, his recreation nor
his spiritual welfare. And why not?
Do business or professional men enter
into their respective avocations for any
of the above reasons? l trow not. The
boss" has one fixed, set idea, and that
is to get there" as he would express
it; to accumulate a large roll of simo.
Icons and then retire to some respec-
table residence portion of the city and
forget the low, coarse mob with which
he was compelled to associate while
he was getting his start. The success,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-06-11
useIens Society.

Mrs. Jones often declared that she
enjoysd a little chat with their fzh-
dealer because he was a man Of such
original ideas, but one day, says Lon
don Opinion. she returned from mar
ket somewhat puzzled by his remarks.
Il said to him, just in the way of
conversation" declared Mrs. Jones,
shat | had heard that a man becomes
like that with which he most associ-
ates.
That's ridiculous, Mrs. Jones!' he
answered. I've been a ishmonger
all my life and can't swim a yard"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-06-11

YARD bosses" come and go.
AE They rise and fall, and n
M makes room for another.
The fluctuations in politics
are as sudden and abrupt
as the changes in the stock mar
ket. and the boss" of last year
may be the plainest of plain citi-
zens the ensuing year. One thing
is morally certain, there will never
be an elimination of bosses in
politics. because leaders are an
absolute necessity in every move
ment, and prime ministers and
presidents are as surely political
"bosses" as are the ward politicians
who hold their wards in the hollow of
their hands.
Some people, good people, too, have
started in to fight BOSSES and have
ended up by cooperating with them
and getting their aid to improve con-
ditions in certain districts. Fighting
q political boss" is an uphill job, for
"the respectables," so-called, are usu,
ally too busy to give any assistance.
and the boys are all with the boss"
l remember a reformer who tried to
win out on the presidency of a ward
club against the boss" He tried
two years and was defeated, but the
third term he seemed to be sure of
success. Nearly every one of the
members of the club promised him
aid, and Dugan, as | will call him, had
high hopes. The night of the election,
with 1879 members present, Dugan's
name was put before the club amid a
storm of applause. His nomination
was seconded by at least five addi-
tio1al speeches, each a glowing eulogy
of Danny Dugan's staunch qualities
and services to the party" Dugan sat
%entranced with the praises which were
being handed out to him. The boss "
candidate, Casey, was nominated in a
h%alf-dozen words and feebly seconded
by only one individual.
Dugan himself was appointed one of
the ~tellers, and a oar of appreciation
shook the hall as the chairman an
nounced his selection. Dugan went up
and down the %aisles, and everybody
gave him the "glad hand" and folded
their ballots and tossed them into the
hat he carried with There's another
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-06-11
Generalization.

Perhaps the dominant issue in the
coming campaign will be the centrali-
cation of political power in this coun-
try, emphasized by the dispute be-
tween the president and congress over
the absolutism claimed by the presi-
dent over the military and naval
forces. The supremacy Of the mill
tary over the civil power would mean
in itself the establishment of a cen
trail despotism. The letters of the
president to Senators Smith, Stewart,
Rayner and Taliaferro, in all of which
he makes the astounding claim that
he is supreme over the army, and is
thereby rendered independent of acts
of congress relating to military at.
fairs, will play a great part in the
campaign.
Our people do not often recur to
first principles in these days. Too
many feel that a mess Of pottage to
satisfy present hunger is better than
a great estate in expectancy, and are
too ready to barter away their birth
right to freedom and local self-govern-
ment for a sum of money from the
federal treasury. One of the leading
newspapers of the country makes note
of this disposition among the gov
errors of states recently assembled
at Washington. 1t says:
"a thousand influences arg at work
to obliterate states rights to one that
operates the other way, The propa-
ganda of Capitalization does not have
its heart in Washington. 1t is in the
people themselves, who are demand
ing this or that reform and are fail
ing to get it from their states. A
state gladly surrenders its authority
over lands, or streams, or water pow
er, or other property, for the sake of
getting an appropriation from con-
gress for a public improvement. The
e%agerness with which California ac-
cepts federal aid in dealing with the
bubonic plague situation illustrates
how easily material benefit overrides
abstract ideas of states, rights. The
readiness Of such a stalwart states
rights man as Gov. Glenn of North
Carolina to permit the government to
take charge Of the Appalachian forest
in his own and other states, is another
example of the demoralizing effect of
conditions upon theories"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-06-11
is A DANGEROUS DOCTRINE
Presidents Action Practically Puts
Military Above Civil Power.

The president of the United States
holds his place and exercises his au-
thority by virtue of Article 2 of the
Constitution of the United States, In
which it provides that he shall be
commander-in-chief of the army and
navy, and of the state militia, when
called into the actual service Of the
United States; but that congress shall
have power to make rules for the
regulation of the land and naval
forces.
Congress has enacted a military
code known as the Articles of War;
and these articles provide that 40 Off
Ger shall be punished without a trial
before a court-martial. The Articles
of War are just as binding upon the
commander-in-chief of the army as
they are upon subordinate officers.
O'Brien says in his work on courts
martial:
IN all that relates to raising the
army, to its strength, to its organiza-
ton, to its criminal code, congress is
omnipotent, the president powerless.
"The command of the president is,
indeed, absolute within its sphere, but
its sphere is bounded on all sides by
law. The moment the executive over
steps the boundaries prescribed, he
becomes powerless, and his COM
mands are of no force.
ga. ALo a,na,4;-a l0a 80 1ari1lafiHro
power, 1t is plain that the regulations
issued by him to the army are not
law. And, as he is as much bound
by law as any other citizen, it follows
that if any of them conflict with law,
they are so far null and void"
All the authorities on the subject
are to the same effect. Yet the presi-
dent has punished Col. Stewart of the
coast artillery without any sort of
trial, and when complaint was made
by Senator Rayner of Maryland the
president answered that "the punish
ment of Col. Stewart was wholly Incl
dental to the good of the army, and
was, therefore, justiiable. His posi-
ton is that the end justifies the
means, law or no law. This is a dan
gerous doctrine. He also says:
while a court-martial would undoubt-
eddy award some punishment, it
would fall far short of what was really
needed" And again he says; There
is no point in having a court-martial.
At present do not see how a court of
inquiry could be of use. | do
not understand your allusion to a joint
resolution by congress. Such meas
ures as those taken in this case are
purely within the scope of the presi-
dents duties and authority"
Senator Rayner, in a recent speech,
brought out all these points and in
commenting thereon raised the most
important question of law that has
ever confronted congress or the peo-
pie Of the United States. rs the
president, as commander-in-chief of
the army governed by law?" If he is
not, the republic is at an end. For in
that case, the military is placed above
the civil power and the constitution is
annihilated.