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Free press., 1908-01-18
Society Notes

Mrs. j. H. Spratt and Mrs. S. w.
Decker entertained large number of
ladies Thursday evening at the home of
the former. The game of the evening
consisted of novel and entertaining
guessing contest. A large sack con-
tanned number of small linen sacks
filled with various ingredients used in
a kitchen, tied up with baby ribbon.
The ladies were allowed to feel, smell
AID even taste the sacks but were not
permitted to open them. A num-
Der of the ladies guessed all but two
and others all but three, correctly.
Mrs. j. H. Middlekauff received the
first prize and Mrs. C. A. Shively the
second.
Free press., 1908-01-18

Bring in your horses and mules on
Jan. 22nd. Lamer will buy them.
Free press., 1908-01-18

An AID this week is worth two next.
Free press., 1908-01-18

Miss Schwaller and Miss Nickles
handsomely entertained the Ladies of
the Saturday Afternoon Club Monday
evening at the Schwaller home. The
decorations were all in the club color,
yellow, even to the refreshments, as
far as one could in that line. The
amusement of the evening was a
Shakespearian game, originated by
Miss Schwaller, in which Miss Pestana
carried off the prize. About forty
guests were present.
Free press., 1908-01-18

Invitations are out for a $50 O'Clock
dinner at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. P. Stainer, next Tuesday evening
the 21st
Free press., 1908-01-18

Mrs. e. d. Yost. at whose home the
Saturday Afternoon Club was to meet
this Saturday the 18th, is sick, and
the regular meeting of the club will
be held at the home of Mrs. Geo.
Philip.
Free press., 1908-01-18

Mesdames Spratt and Decker will
entertain at cards this Friday evening
at the Spratt home.
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Oautt.

Wn Die Btroer oes II. Ditritts I!
Ser ibone Belueis bon 3utrauen,
Der mir ON 3. Nopembsr se9eben pur=
be, erfiillt mid nit bober Befrieoiaung.
SD miiroe am liebHen ieoem gin3elnen,
Der fur mid seftimmt bet. bic 0ano
reiden. bod oas 1T unm69lla. SD
iprede oober ourd Die preie i'm Di=
nritt meinsn Dant aus thr bic rief9e
Webrbeit, nit melher i'd er'pdblt por=
ben bin. Gs baben piele quite &epus
blitaner iiir mid 9eltimmt uno ib fiib=
lie mid niht nur als Vertreter elmer
partei. fonoern als Der yertreter aller
uno i'd tperoe es gu meiner Bilidt na=
men, a(len msineu 3onltituenten au
oienen. Sin 0ffsntlides Amt 1T eiu
Dffentlihes Yertrauen unb Der Niener
ionte ieinem Meiiter. oem Yolte oie=
men. Msine srobe Webrbeit babe ih
aum groBen She'll Der lopalen unters
ttuBuna Der alten 5a!oaten au ueroans
ten. Sd bante ibnen fir lbr 3utrau.
en- unb neroe mid oehen i'm @on9reB
tpiroie erpeiIen. Snoem lh nodmals
fur oas in mid aeiebte 3utrauen be-
items oante, perfprede id, iets treu
meine Pflibt gu erfiillen.
Shr oantbarer.
" m. u. Mfbbr0ot.
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You will be called on to vote in
your county on Monday, Nov. 16 on
the questio nof selling liquor. In bal
loting on this subject, do not forget
that there is another and far more I'M
portant question involved; namely
YOUR TAXES.
That you may be honestly Informed
on the tax question which affects your
earnings and income, the following
facts and figures are taken from the
Ohio Auditor of States Report for
1907:
by levying a State tax
of 1,345 mills on all tan
,. gibie property, the
State of Ohio derived $3,012, 1865
2-The State received
from the liquor tax. =. 2,749,75O.9
3-The State received
from all other sources
of revenue .. .. .. ISO,f5G.U
4-Total revenue of State
in 1907. :. :. .ss,542,5es.74
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tritt Gnd bic befraftisfte Mranei ent9ssen. GS nb
bas be bsrhbmten ct Sernbaro &r6ulerpilen peld]e
alein I'M Stanoe iinb in ben fhlimniten syaaen opn
2eber. nb Wierenletoen Seilung su perihaen. 8ieie
pnen perber9en nidt unter elmer iiberaadertn 3ile
fbarie, metaliihe 0enlifbungen. tpie o. 9. Nued'
iilber @ie perben obne iolden 0edmantel seboten
neil fie eben n,ds entbaIten mas benz GDrper aoen
ann De metalidben Site. peldbe BET anoeren io9e-
tannten 9eilmtteln clue porhbergebenbe Grleiternng
perIha{fem ben frarten Gbrper aber MIR mebr ana
areifen Hnben iid, nibt ben ct. Bernard Grduters
Sillen ppr tonbern nur bic beilfrdftigen Yhanaeu.
idfte e iorgfdIttg prdparirt unb gemiht baB ibnen
tain Sober. Obsr Jierenleioen neb bren Spmptomen.
bon Ropii1meraen, Wtattigtet s6pdhe Shpinoel.
Gersfppien NerItopiuns MppetitlDfgiett uitp Stanb
3dlt 0ie altbemdDrten Yinem, fir 25 Gents IN aneS
Meiptbefeu al baben, nb nitbt baroIi berefnet nur
eine poruberaeheube Hinberun9 ~ fbaffen e ponen
ben &ranfen beIen unb tperben bns anb imme rtbnn.
nno treten Gu besbalb aud entsessu init offenea'
Wiier.s
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The State tax rate for 1908 is 1,345
mills, the same as 1907, but If the IL
quor tax revenue is destroyed it is OBJ
vious the State rate will surely be
raised to double this, or $3.50 mills. It
will double the taxes you now pay on
your farm, real estate and land in or
der to support the State.
Mr.. Taxpayer, the liquor tax pays
az per cent. of the running expenses of
the State. It helps support CORES
pondingly in the State the following:
Agricultural Experiment Station,
State Board of Agriculture, Fish and
Game Commission, Dairy and Food
Commission, Governors Office, Inspec
tion of Mines, Workshops and Factor
les, State Hospitals and Asylums, Ju-
dicial Salaries, State Offices, and
many miscellaneous expenses.
Do not be led astray by fanatical
and emotional appeals from the non
tax-paying Anti-Saloon League and its
salaried and itinerant agitators.
Think deeply before you destroy
large portion of the States revenue by
voting your county dry and in the end
have your taxes doubled. Mr.. Farmer,
Mr.. Land Owner, Mr.. House Owner,
you will have Ito pay the freight"
Also mark what Governor Harris in
his annual message to the General AS
sembly, January s, 1908, says with
reference to practicing economy in
making appropriations to meet the
States increased expenses:
while the receipts of the State
"show a healthy growth, due to in
Grease in population and wealth of
'the state, and to additional sources
'of revenue, and while the balance in
'the treasury is large, the demand for
Appropriations are also increasing, so
that the same caution should be ex-
"ercised and economy practiced in
"making appropriations as heretofore"
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WHAT PROHIBITION HAS DONE FOR EAST LIVER.
Pool, OHIO,- LANDLORDS PAY TAXES
ON VACANT PROPERTY

The City of East Liverpool, Ohio, in
Columbiana County, has suffered more
from voting the town dry than any
other place in the State. East Liver
pool has a population of about $4,000
and at the recent election in Colum-
biana County the City voted wet"
by large majority. The County how
ever voted dry" and East Liverpool
and it's prosperity have been paraly-
zed. This condition has arisen from
the fact that BUSINESS in the City
because of the town being forced
dry" although it voted wet"
Is stagnant.
Fifteen Hundred residents have
moved away.
1.-TWO hundred and eighty-nine
(289) dwelling houses are vacant.
Twenty (20) flats are vacant.
Sixty-one (6D business store
rooms are vacant.
Bootleggers thrive and as much Ii
quor is consumed as formerly.
The City is suffering from lack of
funds.
Landlords of East Liverpool when
interviewed tell interesting facts of
their decreased income owing to va.
cant dwelling houses, flats and store
rooms. 1t is their experience that a
"dry" town does not readily attract
new residents and they are hit hard
by having to pay taxes on unproduc-
tive real estate. On September 9Th,
1908, a list of empty dwelling houses,
flats and business store rooms was
compiled at East Liverpool by res
ponsible citizen who visited every
pfr IN tho Tsfxr Tho of
tabulation by streets is as follows:
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Which Way Will You Vote z
VOTE WET

Prohibition is not temperance. Coun
ty Option is not Local Option. Prohi-
bition does not prohibit. Mems ha-
bits remain unchanged. Use your
common sense and save your county
income.
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ATT
MIR. Farmer,
Mr.. Land Owner,
Mr.. House Owner,

Your Governor says economy must
be practiced, and yet you are asked
by the Anti-Saloon League to neip
wipe out, by voting your county dry,
State revenue amounting to $2,74S.-5
75O.99, county and municipal revenue
amounting to se,4o7, ,11s.07; or total
revenue to the State, county and mu-
nicipality of s9,156,s69.06.
Mr.. Taxpayer, you can not 40 tnss
without doubling your State, County,
and Municipal Tax at the lowest e.
innate. You know what you 1907 tax
es were. Double, and in some In
stances triple, this and you will know
in dollars and cents what it will cost
you next year If you vote your county
dry. Do not be misIed by juggIed tax
fiaures from the Anti-saIoon League.
The Auditor of States report tells the
truth, and the foregoing figures are
taken from it.
Your ballot this fall means higher
taxes and liquor sold in your county
without revenue to the State, county
or city; or it means the present need
ed revenue continued, your taxes the
same as now or less, and liquor sold
in places regulated by law and pay
ing tax.
Y~An
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3eittabeQe
Mbbaltullg 0er stkultge11
hes Common YleaS
0eri9teS
int Sabre 1908.

Gtaat Ohio.
Nhter 8erihts.9iftrttt.
s. lit hermit anseprbnet bab bic Termiue beg
Common Yleas 6eridtS Der oeribieoenen Gpnntes
In benz genannten Sertbtsbttrtff tur oas jaDr lSOS
he fol9t feftseftent fino.
Belmont County.
am 12. Sage oes Sanuar uno am 8. Gage bes aprtl
uub am 20. Tag bes September
Guernjes County.
I'm Gage bes |. Gebruer unb ON 8: Sage bes dat
unb am 4. Gage bes Dttober.
6arrtinu County.
Mm l. Sage bes Sanuar unb am l5 Gage bes Mara
uub am T. Gage bes September.
Jefferiaa County.
Mm L. Sage bes Sanuar uuo am 5. Sage oes april
uub am l3. Ia9e bes September.
Weorsan County.
YIN S. SAGE bes Sauuar uno am 6. Gage bes Mpril
uuo am 5. Gage oes Oftober.
Nmsftsnum County.
am 4. 4aae bes Sanuar unb am 5. Gage bes NpriI
uub am 4. Gage bes Ottober.
Roble Gauntp.
Mm 4. Sage bes Sanuar unb am 5; 9ase bes april
nnb am 7. Gage bes September.
Iusraramas County.
nnb aul Z. 1a9e bes September.
gs 1T feruer onsesebeu. bab bic Seri@tSfbunsen
in ber eriten Subbtpilipn abgebalten tper6en BON
ben R,9tern Mlfreb u sJra3ier. Wtliam .. Sobnfou
unb Sanes W Utc0innis
Dak be Gisunsen Der stueiten Subbipifion BON
Ri4ter Sobn Yoaod absebaltsn werbeu foaen.
DoB bic gisungen ber britteu guboipifon BON ben
geidbtern Nees .. Wiharbs unG WaIter 8. Sbot,pel
abqsbalteu ,perben iouen.
Des gcitereu tpirb anseorbnet bob Der M9tb. nm
q, Eohuipu aum beanf6tigenoen Hidbter befttmmt III
,inb bok bic beiaaten Geri6tStermine nm ubr Wtor
gems beginner.
0Ifreh q. Gra5ter,
aDtltam 8. Jnbniobu.
James M. MeGtunts.
Sobn @olod.
WeeS @. @tbarns.
aDalter @. Gbntmea,
sai1ter bes 8. @eribtsbifriftS.
Geoeben in ct GIairspirle. Ohio om 20. Oitobe
bes Sabre8 u 3. 1903.
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If the saloons in the State of Ohio
are voted out of existence IN the Coun
ty Local Option elections, you will
destroy at least s2,74s,75o.ss in reven-
ue of the State. This revenue is 91Ia
per cent. of the total amount ($3,O12.-
115.O5) the State raised by direct tax
alton by a state levy Of 1.345 mills.
This revenue must be made up from
some other source, and that source
will be by direct taxation on your
farm, your real estate and your house,
for this class of property is sure to
bear the hrunt of the inevitable in
creased taxation. It is tangible visi-
BILE property and cannot be concealed
like bonds, stocks, notes and securi-
ties, much of which escapes taxation
annually by not being listed by own
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VACANT DWELLING HOUSES.

Four houses on each Of the follow
ing streets: Ogden, Mapletree, Oak,
Chester Ave., rear of Park Ave., Is
land Ave.
Three houses on each of the follow
Fawcett, Oakland Ave-, Klondike, Vir-
iday, Elm, Bank, Calcutta, Harry Ave-,
Gardendale
Two houses on each of the follow
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Snscaratpas gounte.
Gfoof OhiO

Inscaratpas @onnte. ss
Gtaat Ohio,
Nh, Sobn 80 9tii, Glerf beS Common pIeas
@eriehtS in unb fit EnscaramaS Gonntp Dbto, bes
sdenioe hermit baB bas Worbenbe cine eetreue unb
ridbtiae Mbihrift ber Oris,nalperpronnng hber bic
Teru1ine Der ,Seit ber Sibnngen bes Common Yleas
CSeridbts i'm atbten @erihtsbtrif BON Sblo thr DaS
Sahr l9O9a iit pie 1plber nun in mener Office auf
Ite9t
We,euot burdb nleme llnteribr,t unb baS SiegeI
beS genannten Deritts in 9ietp aSbs
f9isoen laDeIpbia, Ohio am %. DftDber
bes JabreS u. $. 1908.
Sobn 80. 6iII. @lerf
Dur1 8. R. SiIl, Deputp.Gierf
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Etestf ber befe DIas gum Gtnfaufe bon Spesere,'
usaoren nub propifonen. Dur9 fort,p1breube ueu,
6eubungen tptrb bic Muspabl tets friih nno oen'
aanbi9 erbalten unb rperben ane 8eite1ungen promp
ausgefhbrt uub bic Waaren obue egtra'Der9htunQ
uo6 6auIe geltefert.
e STIR 8anbprobufte uerbeu bic bbbften Marfi
pretfe be3ablt.
EV Spreht por unb madbt Cure Gnfdufe unb
Jbr fDerbet finben bab bic a0aareu BON better Quo
Htdt unb bic Dreie binig ftnb.
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ing streets: Fourth, Monroe, Sarah,
ing streets: Seventh, Broadway, Hol-
ginia Ave-. Drury Lane, Grand. Green
Lane, Thompson Ave-, Maryland Ave-,
Lincoln Ave-, Center Ave-, Park Ave..
Cor. Oakland and Park Sts., Michi-
gan Ave., Minerva, Short Alley, Laura
Ave-, Sophia.
One house on each of the following
streets: Rear of st. George, Edge
wood Ave-, Jefferson Ave., College st.,
Needham, Garfield, Greasly Fenton,
Ridgway Ave-, Thompson Ave-, Ida,
Bradshaw Ave-, Ravine, Jennings
Ave-, Riverside Ave-, Perry, Wedge
wood, Pellisa, Central Ave-, House
chester Ave., Larkins, Maple Ave-,
Center St., Chain Alley, Church AL
ley, Fairview Alley, Elizabeth Ave-,
Eutria, Morton, Ephraim, Ambrose
Ave., Cadmus, Back Alley, Short Ave-,
Lisbon, Pleasant Heights, Oakwood
Ave., Pink Alley, Division.
Total Vacant Dwellings -. >. .289
VACANT FLATS IN APARTMENT
HOUSES.
Calcutta st. >. :. :. :. >. >. ..3
First Ave :. :. .. >. :. -. >. >. ..2
Dlodu"dy - - - - - -
Pennsylvania :. :. >. :. :. >. A
Mulberry st. >. :. :. :. :. :. :. q
One fat on each of the following
streets: Market, Harvey, Erie Virgin
la, Railroad, Lincoln, Minerva.
Total Vacant Flats :. >. .. :. :. 20
VACANT BUSINESS STORE ROOMS
Mulberry st. :. :. :. :. :. =. -. =. 9
w. Market st. :. >. :. :. :. :. :. s
First Ave. :. :. >. 49,. :.
Pennsylvania Ave. :. :. :. >. >. =. 3
Diamond st. >. :. :. .... :. :.
Virginia Ave. =. :. E. :. >. =. :. :. 2
Broadway
Avondale st. :. :. =. :. =. :. :. 4
Third st. :. :. -. -. .. -. .. :.
rHtH oL.
Jefferson st. >. :. :. :. :. :. :. ;. 2
One (1) each in the following
streets: Second, Washington, Sixth,
Seventh, e. Market, Dry Run, Elsbith,
Central, Corner First Ave-, and Rail-
road, Larkins, Railroad, Lincoln, Jen-
nings, Calcutta, Lisbon, Mulberry-16
Total Vacant Business Store Rooms
81.
A recapitulation of the above shows:
Vacant Dwelling Houses. ..2S9
Vacant Flats :. 70
Vacant Business Store Rooms 81
BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR BAL.
LOT IN YOUR COUNTY LOCAL OP-
TION ELECTION REMEMBER IF
YOU VOTE DRY YOU VOTE TO
BRING THE SAME CONDITIONS TO
YOUR COMMUNITY AS EXIST TO-
DAY IN EAST LIVERPOOL, o.
Evening journal., 1908-06-18
NEWPORT SCHOOL
COMMENC CEMENT

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWPORT. Del. June 1S.-on Tuesdny
evening the Newport public school neli
its commencement exercises in the school
house. The room was decorated with
flowers and purple and white bunting. tho
school colors. The following program was
enjoyed: Invocation. Rev. W. w. Sharp;
song by the school. 20 Happy Hours"
recitation, Her Name" Helen Barrett;
song. Long Ago a Little Sunbeam" ny
the school; recitation, 1.-THE Dressed Tur-
Key" Walter Cunningham; duett. "Rocka-
by Lullaby" Miss Reba Hanna and Miss
Emma Robinson; recitation. boy Billy
Arthur Groome; song, Little Wee Wees. -
Annie Laura; my Kentucky Babe" by
quartet of young men Of Wilmington;
essay, Dwight L. Moody; duett and chorus
by Miss Bessie Marley and Miss Elizabeth
Carton; essay. Alaska" duett, Sunset
Peace" Miss Mary Scarborough and Miss
Edith King" essay, Disappearance of tins
Fireside;" address by Rev. c. A. Hill,
Of Wilmington and Professor Spaid, super
intendent of county schools; recitation,
~ acation is Coming" After the presen-
tstion of diplomas by James L. Polk, Of
Wilmington, formerly Of this town and
president Of the Newport school boar1
to the three young girl graduates, Misses
Madaline Harris. Blanche Crawford and
Mabel Yearsley, the closing song was sung
by the school and the benediction was pro-
nounced by the Rev. w. w. Sharp.
Evening journal., 1908-06-18
COMPANY B
WON THE MEDAL

NEWARK, June 1s.-In the COM
petitive drill Of the Delaware College
Cadets yesterday afternoon, the Rob
erts medal was awarded to Company
b. which was commanded by Captain
Aker
The following announcement was
made Of the names of the new officers
selected to the companies TO serve for
the ensuing year:
Company A-Captain, w. w. JOS
ephs; first lieutenant, r. r. Palmer.
second lieutenant. Clifford Mclntire.
Company B-Captain, Victor Jones +,
first lieutenant. r. ]. Ward; secont
Lieutenant, Isaac Gibbons, Jr.
Company C-Captain, j. r. Roth =
rock: first lieutenant. ]. B. Aikens;
second Lieutenant H. A. Prouse.
Company D-Captain. j. Brooke
Jackson; first lieutenant, c. f. Kepple;
second lieutenant. Fred c. MacSorley.
Officers of the Battalion-Major, R.
NJ. Carswell. Wilmington; adjutant, G.
A. Pappermann; quartermaster. E. v.
McGarvey; sergeant-major, w. L.
Waggenman; quartermaster- sergeant,
S. Graham; ordnance sergeant. L. E.
Major.
Evening journal., 1908-06-18
NO INTEREST IN A
SCHOOL ELECTION
Voters Of Harmony District
Pay No Attention to
the Calls

Owing TO the inability Of the school
commissioner to gather the votes Of the
Harmony School district, No. 55, for
the election that should have been held
with the other school districts Of the
county on June 6. tke county school
commissioners may be appealed to- S.
c. MacMullen. who has been holding
the office of school commissioner Of the
district in the place of Thomas G.
Porter. who died last winter. has writ
ten to Professor A. r. Spaid, superin-
tendent Of the county schools, COM
planning OF the lack Of interest in the
school election IN the district. and IL ia
probable that more urgent means will
be adopted to bring the electors to the
polls.
Although the election was to have
been held with the other school dis
trict elections on June s. Mr.. MacMul-
len has the authority to call the elec-
ton at any time. On two occasions.
he has attempted to 90 this, but the
calls were disregarded. The extreme
difficulty which is experienced in in
terestlng the voters IN the school cleo
tion is witnessed in the fact that but
three persons are necessary to consti-
tute the auditing committee to go over
the accounts of the school commission
er so that they may levy a school tax
and submit the accounts to the State
auditor. before doing which the district
cannot receive the State appropriation.
In this case, It is also necessary to
elect a clerk and one commissioner.
The announcement OF the election
was made by poster, but In response
to Mr.. MacMullen's letter. Superinten-
dnet Spaid has instructed him to inter-
view the voters individually and TO OBJ
tain their promise TO appear at the
election. a date for which viii be an
nounced. Should the voters persist IN
disregarding the call for the election.
Superintendent spaid win take the
matter up with the county school com.
missioners.
superintendent Spaid was emphatic
this morning in condemning the voters
Of Harmony district for their disin-
terestedness. 'If people don't take moro
interest in their school elections then
that" he said, they shouldn't have
any schools Such a thing Is too inn
portant TO be passed over as If 1t wero
q mere personal matter: II concerns
everybody. If this effort doesn't -uc-
ceed I shall take the matter to the
county commissioners, lilt don't think
/ that that win be necessary if IL IS
brought before the public prominently
Evening journal., 1908-06-18
VOYAGE
In PAPER BOAT

DELAWARE CITY June 1s-capt-
George w. johnson, member of tile
Nonpareil Rowing Club. of New York
city, who left ST. Augustine. Fla, May
6. in a paper boat, passed through the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to-
day. Capt. Johnson. who is Sc years
of age, has rowed all the way from
his starting point, making 10 stops thus
far in his journey. He Is several days
behind his schedule. due to rough
weather
The craft in which he is making the
journey has lines similar TO those or
a single racing shell. There are 30
thicknesses of paper on the boat, ana
hundreds Of newspapers from all Sec
tions of the country were used in the
work They were pasted together, one
on top of the other and over all was
placed a heavy coating Of sheiioc,
which renders TIE surface smooth ana
waterproof. The boat is fitted with a
number of alright compartments and
is practically unsuitable.
Evening journal., 1908-06-18
TALK
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
BY the Delegates This Morning Sherman
Stock is Rising

convention hall there was little doing
In the vice-p presidential matter early
in the day The Let It alone" man.
date transmitted from the White House
by the Taft management having serv-
ed TO scare every one away from the
topic until the headline attraction could
be disposed OF.
The only hope really inspired by tho
Fairbanks letter was In the breasts of
the Cummlns men but there is a cer-
tain lop-sldedness to the Iowan's boom
which causes Il to wobble perilously.
The New York men swearing "at' the
beard of the prophet. are waiting Inn
patiently until they can cast that in
structed vote for Hughes and then get
out from under and sc together on
vice-p presidential candidate. Con-
gresham Sherman's stock seems 10
be much higher when the delegation
got together this morning. notwith-
standing that a Seth Low boom sprout-
ed over night and seemed to be doing
very nicely. thank you.
John Hayes Hammond. the exag-
gerated ego entry blew up last night
before tho bunch in the stretch, his
trouble lying in the fact that Califor-
MIA. on which he had hoped for sup
port and nomination decided to put its
own candidate. George Knight into
the race.
Evening journal., 1908-06-18
BY Roy W. Howard, star correspon

BY Roy w. Howard, Staff Correspon-
dent of the United Press.
CHICAGO, June 1S.--rhat letter OF
Vice President Fairbanks given out
last night announcing the Hoosier s
determination not TO be o candidate
again for the vice presidency, did not
take. Apparently every one today be-
lieves that the Vice. President had his
fingers crossed when he wrote IT,
Before the convention was called 10
order today the burden Of opinion was
that the letter OF the Indianian had
not changed the situation one iota AMI
he was still regarded as the favorite
In he betting for place.
The careful wording Of the Fair
banks letter came In for much COM
ment. There was none Of the forceful
Il won't" spirit of the Hughes and
Dolliver stamp on the same subject
Rather the entire construction OF the
letter Is such as TO place Fairbanks IN
the position OF being gracefully
forced Instead Of putting the In
dianian out OF tho race. his letter
has tended TO create the belief In
many quarters that he now has the
nomination so safely tagged that he
is I'm a position 20 force the convention
TO hand II TO him on a silvery tray.
Effect Of LET IL Alone"
But aside from the chatter about the