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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-04-03

AGAINST tha window ma poorcd oui
The lchta ~ che city flashed bv. ana
finally grow few and Oar between. aud
then came fhn blacauess 90 the cnun.
trr % would take an hour and "a half
to cross the frontier. and there would
Boz mo- stop this side. FOR which be- was
grateful lie gwure. mumblinr To
have come all this way 90 study. and
then 10 lcg 10 In thia ignominous fash
ionl II was Downright tcandalousf
Whoever heard OF such lawae OF
course be- had been rather silly ln
pulling hia gun. Tor even ln the United
states where he deyoutly wished
himself at that momeut-lt was a mis-.
dcmeanor to carry concealed weapons
DE fclt OF hIs check lie would return
some day. and 10 % vas the last thing
Dee ever did hc would slash that lieu.
tenants checks The inaolent boEgarl
ru bo struck aud not 20 strike back!
llc Chokod
Gradually hts eyes became accus
toned 20 The dim light and hc cast
about
The deuco'' be- muitercd
ilo was not alone Iluddlod ln the
Orr corner was woman heavily
ycllcd Young or old. be- could not
TELL she aat mouonloss. and appear.
"a to Doe looking out Of tho opposite
window Well. lo long as she did not
bother him be- would not bother her
1ut he would much rather have been
alone
llc took out his passport and tried
to read b. o. Was impossible So he
rose. stoadicd himself and turned up
the wick OF one of the lamps
ne ala not hear the muficd ex.
clamation which came from the other
end
he dropped back upon the cushion
aud began tc read so be- was George
Ellis. an American student in good
standing. be- was AGED 20. had blue
'yea lirht hair. vas six feet tall. and
wcighod i5i pounds TIA Do had then.
.ost 80 pounds in a. many minutes %
AZ ibis rate BE- wouldn't cast shadow
uhcn be- struck Dresden See had
studied three years az the college. but
what tho deuce had be- studledf NJ
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-04-03
WILD RIDE IN a BALLOON.
Woman Describes Her 3oomlle Trlt
IN 4 storm.

London Hon. Mrs. Assheton Har.
hord. who. accompanied by J. =. Pol
lock. left Battersea Ia tho balloon Val
kyrie ON Friday night In an attempt 10
win the Northclife challenge cup.
landed. after six and a half hours. IN a
forest near Nerdun. about 300 miles
from London. a. the CROW files.
AT 1880 we encountered a violent
squall.' says Mrs. Assheton.Harbord
IN the course OF a thrilling narrative
OF their voyage. and the car swayed
10 such am extent that We had TO hold
on 20 avoid being thrown out"
II took On minutes 90 cross tho chan
mel from Dungoncss 10 Boulogne. and
subsequently strong vertical currents
81 air carscd the balloon TO shoot nj.
ternatcly upward and downward very
rapidly
There was a good deal Of sheet
lightning. and the car seemed illum.
mated as 10 by electric nrht." says the
woman. AT two O'Clock We oncoun.
tered a terrific snowstorm. which
half filled the balloon"
Tho balloon later shot up 10 an alti
tude Of 5000 feet. and then descended
rapidly. crashing down on some trees
With great force.
The envelope ~ the balloon was
torn. and all the scientific instruments
carried were smashed. and the aero
nauts were compelled TO get out OF
the balloon as beat they could and
wait In p'tchy darkness TN dawn
when they found themselves at the VII
lGge Of Haodlomout. near Verdun.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-04-03

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CHAPTER *.

There was very little light IN the
compartment into which Max had so
flccossiuly divcd. Some one had
turned down the wi,ks OF the on lamps
which hung suspended between the
rlrraCe racks above and the gloom
was notable rather than suhdued. So
inc as be was concerned b. was per
i-ruT contentod. his security was all
tAe greater. Tie pressed his face
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-04-03
CHAPTER vill.-con,Inusa.

DO q received "a telephone cal
. Ur Continental bofci Do Hsa "a
.uauH voice. and my heart beat $50
.... sa recognized o. was rr
...I fo come at once to thr hotel
.l'l Hnd her In thc ladies salon. D
....,I fhe distance in Con minutes
.. told ue au chat had happened
1888 fh.s time Do on 600 over the City
.. f I# aU aHnIonHn about boz h'sh
a. s'uIre Nth ans one She Dol Goo
BORN fo commit ouch "a foil
-.a has simply un away. aud . verl
.I fear chat alr ull be raHehi
IuEH .a iu a terrible temper
..I noe remain iu fhr palace fol the
... urciH chat 0 know where Hhe
Il. some 0 have my raa. ports The
.Hf consul is away hunun~ You
ar. fle only Enrilsh rpoat.ne person
.. .U0m o could come Cor asa"
Do ann very clad"
.NW b. bc asking Goo much of Won
fr ad me in leaving uarschoit to.
r.rtt' There o. a train at one o'clock
i.- Dresden
Leave psrachcii'- My heart sank
c.maIt
Oh with smile. .the world ia
small asd England o. even smaller
shall have to Elye up tho con.
HI.afe -ErayelY.
She laurhod q shall be- in England
f.r something more than a year
iu'hflIiy hunror Cor mine own poo.
l.. Goa know shat that hunger De-
ics shall Eo home as often as
possible now ! always stop few
.rlr .u LONDON"
Then shall cNpoci a. see sou. per
''H during the holidays Z am deter
mined to leave Harlcheit before tho
HIEa changes his mind HoayoHH De-
.nI ruf mo in priron'"
% doubt that"
HaN fo Do that she secured sleep
're compartment all to herself took
chars. of bier meEago and carefully
.EHu.rDd her ulYcu Then We had %
small. supper . wanted to ASK "a thou.
land questions. bat my couraFo lacked
fH proper key
NlE ! have the pleasure 0f writing
'. FoI occasionally finally ven.
fH..d q ann sure that sou would like
H BIO of uarscho.t gossip from time to
fmr"
Write to me. hy all means shall
await these letters with rroat pleas.
sre
And answer thom7" growing holder
90 Is easily seen that you are O.
diplomat yes. : shall answer Thorn.
HUIeh.ho' shall miss my rides
What brave little woman she VAS
Finally we started Tor the station.
and . saw her Co the gates We shook
hands. and was sure I felt O. very
friendly pressure. and then she disap.
Hlrcd There was altogether a ar
i.ori feeling In my heart as watch.
~ her train draw out In. well. tho
world is small and ENGLAND Is smaller
oven as she had said IT'S q mighty
Zinc world. when YOU get the proper
1uslC Of vision.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

-VERY fourth year thu national
committees Of the great polit-
ical parties meet. usually IN
- washington and usually IN the
month Of December. TO formu-
49, late the calls for the presi-
Dental nominating conventions. Al
most before the signatures TO the
calls for these conventions are dry the
state committees and the district commit
tees Of the various parties are called to-
Eether to arrange for state and district con-
ventions to select national convention dele
gates.
As soon as the calls for these state and
district conventions are out the party COM
nittees OF the different counties. or other
subdivisions OF the state, get together and
provide for the choice of delegates from
their respective counties to the different
state and congressional conventions. The
calls Of the county committees are Issued
TO the different precinct committees or
precinct heads, who in turn summon the
voters OF their respective voting districts
to assemble In caucus or at primary cleo
tion 70 choose the delegates who are to
speak for them. and to instruct them how
they want them to speak.
The pr omuigation OF the calls Of the ma
tional committees. therefore,. like the press
ing Of an electric button. starts up the
waole gigantic machinery OF party organi-
ration. communicating the motion from the
top down, from wheel to Wheel and cog to
cog, until It reaches the individual elector
OF each party, who in theory, at least, de-
cides the destinies of candidates as well as
of the nation.
Every intelligent American citizen knows
that he never casts a vote for president or
vice president. He knows that the pEesi-
dent and vice president are chosen by
presidential electors. bound by some sort
of unwritten law to vote for the nominees
Of their respective parties. But few realize
just how the force of public opinion is
centered and fixed TO bring about this re-
suit: namely, that all the republican preEi-
Dental electors shall vote for one and the
same man. and that all the democratic cleo
tors shall vote for one and the same man.
The power behind this unwritten law Is
the party organization representing the
great political divisions of the people, made
effective by their nominating cOnventions.
When the national committee, which IL
the board Of directors. of one of those
great political parties convenes to arrange
the details OF the nominating convention.
great emphasis is laid upon the fact that
the republicans are to meet in Chicago on
June l6, or that the democrats are to meet
in Denver on July z. yet the time and place
OF holding the convention are the least Inn
portant points to be determined.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
The s'Unit RuIe.''

All this was fought out and definitely
established in the republican convention OF
1880. when what Is called the unit rule"
which has prevailed In democratic conven-
tions from the first. was rejected, and the
principle of individual responsibility at
firmed: Resolutions OF instruction, there
fore, adopted by a republican state conven-
ton apply only to delegates-at-large,
chosen by that convention, and not to the
delegates chosen to represent the various
congressional districts OF the same state.
who are subject only to the instructions
duly given by the republican electors of
their respective districts While the dele
gate-at-large or the district delegates are
answerable TO the republicans OF their re-
spective states or districts for fidelity to
instructions. the republican national con-
vention win not assume to enforce obedi-
ence to Instructions by any delegate who
seeks 70 break ava from them. In a
word, q delegate to the republican national
convention may vote his personal prefer
enee pm any question and have il so re-
corded irrespective Of conditions imposed
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
basis of Representation.

II will be found. however, on close in
spection, that the theories of organization
back OF the two great political parties
differ precisely as do their theories OF gov
eminent. The republican party Is central
lied In structure. yet with individual re-
sponslbility. While the democratic party
places emphasis upon state sovereignty and
leaves to the subordinate organizations Of
the different states a large measure OF
autonomy. Mere reading Of the calls issued
by the national committees will show, In
spite of similarity In the appoFtionment OF
delegates. a certain significant divergence.
Tn ratio of apportionment adopted by the
republicans Is four del~egates-at-large from
each state. two delegates for each repre-.
Bentative-at-large in congress. two dele
gates from each congressional district.
each OF the territories, each OF the lnsular
possessions. and the District Of Columbia.
The democratic apportionment entities each
state 70 double the number OF lie senators
and representatives In congress. AMI each
territory. the District Of Columbia and
insular possessions. except the Philippines.
10 six delegates. This makes the member
ship of the coming republican convention
consist OF $50 delegates, with tl the neces-
sary majority to nominate, and the mem
bership Of the coming democratic conven-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
Nebraska Delegates to Republican National Convention

business, in which he is still engaged. Mr..
Arends has always been a republican and
has invariably taken an interest in local
He was elected to the state senate
In 1893 and reelected two years following,
and made an enviably record while serving
the four years in the upper house of the
state assembly.
Myron Leslie Learned was born February
10. 1866, at South Vernon. VT, and went to
the public schools at Northampton. Mass.
until he was 10 years OF age n received
his diploma from the Boston University
Law School in 1887, taking the two years
course In one year. He hung out his
shingle to practice law In Northampton,
where he remained for one year until the
call Of the west brought him to Omaha to
go into partnership with John L. Kennedy,
which he did in July, 1888. This firm was
together until last year, when they dis
solved partnership, Mr.. Kennedy going into
the Brandeis bank and Mr.. Learned re-
tanning his offices in the Bee building.
Mr.. Learned has been chairman Of the
Douglas county central committee and a
member OF the state committee.
Arthur Crittenden Smith was born in
~Cincinnatus, CORTLAND county, New York,
October Is, 1868, and moved to Council
Bluffs In 1868 at the age Of 8 years. He at
tended the public schools of Council Bluffs
until 1879. when he went to Phillips acad-
envy at Andover, Mass, being graduated
in June, 1888. He was graduated from Har-
ward in 1887 and then returned to Omaha,
where he has been connected with the ".
E. Smith Dry Goods company ever since.
MI. Smith is one of the public spirited
men of Omaha, who give freely. of their
time and money for the public veal. He was
presidential elector from Nebraska in 1904
when Roosevelt was elected, and is at
present a colonel on Governor Sheldon's
staff.
". N. Huse Of Norfolk was born in New
York, came west, first to Minnesota and
then to Nebraska, locating at Ponca, thirty
six years ago. He assisted his father In
the establishing of the Ponca Journal
shortly after reaching that town, and in
1888 moved to Norfolk and bought the
Daily News, which he has since edited.
He is also the editor OF the Nebraska
Workman, official paper of the Ancient
Order United Workmen for the state. Mr..
Huse has been a life long republican, but
his political experience has consisted en-
tirely In supporting the candidates OF the
party and in upholding the principles OF
republicanism. He has never asked any
political preferment and has never been
Continued on Page Three)
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

year 1871. HI Is the son Of the late Edward
Rosewater. He was graduated from the
Omaha High school in 1887, and Is also q
graduate OF Columbia university. He be-
gan newspaper work on The Bee in 1898,
and In 1896 was made managing editor of
the paper. At the death OF his father he
became editor OF The Bee. In 1857 he was
a member Of the Board Of Regents OF the
University OF Nebraska He was for many
years a member Of the Omaha Public
Library board. He is a member of the
American Economic association, American
Library association. Nebraska Historical
society, National Civic federation. presi-
dent Of the Columbia University Alumni
association, special lecturer on municipal
finance Of the University Of Wisconsin and
author of numerous works IN political and
municipal economy.
Allen w. Field Of Lancaster county was
born in LaSalle. H.. November 20. 1858.
He removed at an early age to Tabor. Ia,
where he attended the common schools.
Removing to Nebraska, he entered the Me-
braska State university. graduating there
from in 1S7I. He took up the study Of law
n wa admitted to practice in 1879. He
was elected to the lower house Of the Ne
braskN legislature In 1882 and was re-
elected In 1884. and served as speaker Of
the lower house during his last term. He
was appointed city attorney of Lincoln in
1885, and in 1887 he was appointed to the
district bench by Governor Thayer. He
was elected district judge that same fall
and served for four years. He was again
reelected, but resigned. to enter the
race for congress in 1892. He was defeated.
and then resumed the practice Of his pro-
fession. He is a member OF the law firm
Of Field s. Brown Of Lincoln.
United States Senator Elmer Jacob Bur
kett OF Lincoln Is a native OF Iowa. having
been born in Mills county in 1867 on a farm.
He is q graduate Of Tabor college. Iowa;
Of the Nebraska State University College
of Law and received the degree of l. L. NJ.
from the latter institution, beginning the
practice OF law at Lincoln, in 1885. He was
elected q member Of the Nebraska legisla-
tuTe in 1895 and was elected representative
to the Fifty-sixth. F1fty-seventh. Fifty
eighth and F~ffty-ninth congresses, resign
ing after the latter election to succeed
C. H. Dietrich in the United States senate,
taking his seat March 6, 1905. His term
will expire March 8. 1911.
]. H.. Arends of Syracuse was born in
Germany, but came to America in 1855 and
to Nebraska ten years later. Thirty years
ago he moved from Nebraska City, where
he lived when first coming to the state
to Syracuse n engaged in the mercantile
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

1EHYHHM congressional districts. a
GSt2a44&y similar number of alternates
nave been chosen, In order to ensure fun
representation for the state at the con-
vention. The delegates chosen to represent
the state at large are; Governor George
L. Sheldon, Senator Norris Brown, Victor
Rosewater and Allen w. Field. The al
ternates-at-large are A. C. Rankin. I. G.
Baright, NJ. r Hopewell and Paul II. Mar
ley. The delegates from the congressional
districts are:
F1rst-Senator Elmer J. Burkett, J. II
Arends; a~lternates, J.. A McPherin. Nor
men Musselman.
second-M. L Learned, A. G.. Smith; al
te TbltS@,W !, r r. M MnsSi F% TSnR Y Y. Voter; al
ternates. ]. c. Elliott. John Wright;
Fourth-T. l.. Williams, Samuel Einaker;
Fifth-A. w. sterne, j.. c: Gammilli al
~ternates, A. ]. Jenison, 9. w. Haley.
Sixth-O. O. Snyder, W. A. George; al
ternates, T.. II. Doran, H. j. Wisner.
George Lawson Sheldon, governor Of Ne
braska. is a native of the state OF which
he is the chief executive. He was born
near Nehawka, Neb.. May 81, 1870. He was
brought up on a farm. receiving his early
education in the schools of Nemaha county
and subsequently attended the Nebraska
State university, from which he was
BTduualeu III loJd. ne idl0l NOOh a POSe
graduate course at Harvard. He was twice
elected to the state senate from his native
county, and always took a foremost part
In the politics of his county and state
He was nominated for governor of Nebraska
in August, 1906, and was elected to that
high office by an overwhelming majority
He was a member of Company b, Third
Nebraska volunteers. during the Spanish
American war, and was elected captain Of
the company.
United States Senator Norris Brown Of
Kearney is a native born Iowan. He wal
born in Jackson county in 1868 at Maquo'
keta. He graduated from the Iowa State
university in 1888, receiving the bachelors
degree, n two years later the MASTER
degree. He was admitted to the practices
of law in Iowa in October. 1888; moved Il
Kearney, Neb., in the spring of 1888, and
there served as county attorney of Buf'
falo county from 1892 to 1895; as deputy
attorney general Of Nebraska, 1900 to 1901
and as attorney general, 1894 to 1906. wher
he was elected to the United States senate
His term Of service will expire March
1913.
Victor Rosewater is a native of the cit.
OF Omaha. having been born here in thu
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

have is the record Of the poll of the delega-
ton that determines whether he is In the
majority or in the minority.
Time and Tanner OF Choosing Dele
gates.
Almost as Important as the time fixed for
the meeting Of the convention is the time
fixed for the election of the delegates.
Before the convention system was fully
developed, and even in its early stages,
there was no time limit to the projection
OF presidential candidates. The president
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

EBRAsKA will be represented
at the Chicago convention by
sixteen delegates, four chosen
at large and twelve from the
congressional districts. A
similar number Of alternates
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

upon him by his constituents.
In the democratic national convention
precisely the opposite rule prevails, and the
convention itself win require the execution
Of any mandate properly given by the
democratic state convention by which the
delegates are commissioned. To be more
explicit, the unit rule which governs in the
democratic organization requires all the
votes of any state, which has so ordered,
to b cast as a unit as the majority OF the
delegates may decide. and the only record
which an Individual delegate is entitled to
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

ial electors in the early days were in many
cases not chosen by the people at all, but
were appointed by the legislatures of the
different states with great irregularity as
to time. There was no uniform DAY for
choosing presidential electors until a law
enacted by congress- In 1876 settled upon
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November preceding the expiration Of the
presidential term, and made It the same
for the whole country. South Carolina APP
pointed it's presidential electors by its
Legislature up to and including 1850. and