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Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
The National Conventions An Amer
lean Institution.

lean Institution.
These nominating conventions Of the great
political parties are institutions peculiar to
our American republic, gradually evolved
TO meet the exigencies OF the unique
method provided by our constitution for
choosing a new president and a new vice
president every four years. Our first presi-
dents were not formally nominated at all.
but received the votes OF the presidential
electors Of their respective parties by a sort
of spontaneous common consent. Later the
nominating machinery consisted Of resolu-
lions Of Endorsement OF a 'favorite SON. by
the legislature of his state, or It's delega-
ton in congress. emphasized by repetition
in other legislatures or mass meetings, and
still later II consisted OF a caucus to which
all the member OF congress Of the same
political affiliation were invited. The con-
sressional caucus could at best poorly rep
resent the rank and file of the party, be-
cause II included only members from those
states and districts which were represented
in congress- by members of that political
faith. and left entirely unrepresented those
states and districts whose congressional
delegations were made up Of members of
other political parties. That these crude
methods OF choosing a PARTY standard
bearer should prove unsatisfactory and
eventually break down was inevitable.
The genesis of our national nominating
convention, modelled after similar conven-
lions In the states, dates from 1882, when
the first democratic national convention
was held. in which each state was given
representation and was allowed the sans
number OF votes as was accorded to IL in
the electoral college, The first republican
convention was held in 1866. without any
uniformity OF representation or manner OF
choosing delegates-in reality a mass con-
vention with few of the southern states
participating. Not until the convention OF
1850 did tho republicans give a voice to the
territories and to the District Of Columbia
which were still excluded from the demo
cratic organization. Today both the great
political parties are truly national organiza'
lions to the extent of participation by al
Who profess allegiance to their principles
without regard to residence in the states
Of the union. which alone ave votes in the
electoral college.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

How far state legislation may regulate or
interfere with the choice OF national con-
yenton delegates bias raised a question
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

VERY fourth year the national
committees Of the great polit-
icai parties meet, usually IN
Washington and usually in the
month of December. TO formu-
late the calls for the presi-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

(C0ntlnued on PAge Threel
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

IN one on iht faees ~ Nntih suh
day one shile hockey vas hiiied md ID
white locheih md heeio ioche, hi
ltfed
Nfs rtsse % Ne,et and hen sls
.ar oii TON were drowned near Nl
laao
rho HrHiitnis cumpalrh IN lho
eleventh district IA reillhe WARM
THE Hoods N The mississippi aud M
tributaries are sabeldihe
New York Is only hall mlilion bo
hind London M population nhd rs
growing Elk times bs last
bryan has piedeei TO him oOt ont
" zoos convention votes
A. NJ Johnson u YOUNG farmer IN
Sabine county was assaslhulpd b, ID
negro who says he whs hired 10 no A.
cotton crop reports from Memphis
and New orleans Indicate improved
conditions
The banus of the marriage Of Ma
dam Anna Gould 10 The Prince de-
saean have been published IN Paris.
The trial Of cabrera for the murder
of Judge Weich IN starr county ~ eN
pected to reveal the rotionness Of pol
Tics IN The lower Rio gfande counties
uoverndr Campbell spent sunday IN
Dallas and received many callers.
President Roosevelt has gone 10 loln
his family at oyster BAY "ihe sum
met capital Of the nation"
The court Of civil appeals uphoids
the intanslbie assets law
Limestone county has rock crush
etat work breaking stone for The pub
lic roads.
Austin rs considering The adoption
Of The commission form Of clty ROY
]. w Burns Of nuflesson county |
dug forty two buckets of irish pota
toes from n planting Of two buckets
A farmers educational rally will !
meet at Calvert June 90
Good rains are reported from many |
points IN central and southern Tex
ne.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23
soMf nIsroRIoAL pIscovenIls.

Spokane. wash, June 90 while
sinking n 5000 foot well for oil on a
farm near Lenox, Wash 40 miles
south Of Spokane. workmen operating
heavy drill encountered pebbles and
wood At depths Of $50 and $50 feet
The wood is In a fair state Of pfesef'
walton. though II has the appearance
Of having been charged by nre. With
N and the pebbles was substance re-.
sembling beeswax. The pieces will
he sent 10 Washington State college
at Pullman for examination Waldo
q Paine, who Il custodian Of a 49,
600 fund contributed by business men
Of this city IN the search for OIL says
Il Is the belief Of the prospectors that
the drill has encountered What was
once n forest, leveled by the force Of =
mighty river IN the remote past,
when the country tributary 10 spo.
kane. was turned over by tremen.
dous seismic disturbance The drill
which struck the wood recently drop.
ped IS feet IN less than three seconds
and was followed by a rush Of water
These recent discoveries confirm the
geological theory that the earth 3
crust in part Of the country probably
to depth Of 1000 feet has been
built up through the ages Of success
i've eruptions Of lava from great hs.
sures In the earth and that the thick
covering Of basatic ash was laid by
the winds following the eruptions
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23
FARMERS UNION POSTPONED

The Btazos County Farmers Union.
which was 20 have been held at Leon.
ard school house, southwest Of Bryan.
on july 9TH and 10Th, has been post
poned until the 10th and nth. ovins
TO the meeting of the Farmers CON
eress which viii be held on July z.
s, aud g. The president Mr. 1 M.
Cook. urges the farmers to attend tha
congress believing that everyone
VIII be benefited that does go he also
desires TO see fun meeting at the
Union on the 10th and itth.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

Engineers r r. Bate. Roger Nail
end George Chance completed IN b
work of surveying the ovcrfowed
district along the west side OF the
Rrazos IN Burleson county Saturday
night. A map will be prepared con.
tanning the territory surveyed and
will be presented with the petition
to the Commissioner court Of that
county. The location Of the proposed
levee and place Of action by the
planters Of this district has been pub
lished in the Eagle heretofore
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

More than Ave hundred managers
OF Chlcneoa places of amusement IN
ciudine thoatefa. concert halls. nickel
shows and public amusement parks
recently received circular letters OF
wornlne from State Factory Inspector
Edgar + Davies ne HE FIRST step IN a
crusnde aealnst the employment ~
children IN these places Parents are
also 10 be held 10 account by the chief
Inspector when II IA found they permit
the children 10 work IN these places
when they afe under sixteen years Of
are
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

Whom 500 nalnh ~ chatham board
ti me- nuflhb0uhi central train Sat
lmdhl hrh he piused 10 tuil m,
lrarlp fepOHtf whcfe No. vas eoihp
lhhl No. looked Guilt, ahi his vhbio
maHnef Nas distract Such condhci
ia ao uncommon with him that n pS
cited suspicion and suspicion led Ia
liH,catirallon. which developed the
mct thal No was On fot Garland 10
tohsumaip d marriage contract m
which Miss George Williamson ~ a.
Louis. NO. ~ ihe narts " The SECOND
| part
Mr. chatham la luhlot of The popu
Inv SCENTS mnishinr poods ntm OF
iluhicf a chatham havlnp succeed.
ed Mr. VIII s fhomns ne q pattnet
sltetai ,enia aro 10 vas born and
grow 10 mhhhuod IA Bryan aud has
hosts ot friends
The bride though y resident OF g.
iuuls was FOR two or three seasons
the hcad ~ The millinery department
of Wagner q brandon. now A 7 wac
nct q GO. of This city aud has many
flcnds here who viil GLADLY welcome
her Tor her own sake M we'll ne N her
new capacity as wife oi one Of or
lcndlun merchants
The bride and rfoom arrived this
MORNING M g,iO and are NJ home with
Mrs n x chatham sr
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

The stan correspondent OF the Gal.
weston News makes some estimates
Of the expense Of the A. a NJ. College
investigation as follows: From a
purely mercenary standpoint the ex.
pense Of the investigation to the State
has been quite large. The record
alone will total well up toward the
$3.50 mark. while the expenses Of wit.
nesses, the cost Of prolonglng the
boarding feature IN the mess hall
here, railroad fares for board mem.
bers and others will probably put the
final expense about the 1880 mark.
Others have been put TO an expense,
however Or. Harrington himself has
undergone expense in connection with
the rerCrt and the employment OF
counsel while the Alumni association
has had TO bear the expense Of an at.
torney and will pay about sle0 for a
copy Of the record II is estimated
that the entire expense Of the inves
tieatich TO all parties concerned will
be about $500.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

II n reported that Col Dick wynne
and Governor Campbell had some hot
words over some things said by the
governor IN his speech at Terrell on
and water don't mix
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

NJ. ! Denman Is candidate for
congress IN the 18TH district against
CONGRESSMAN John n. uainer lie
wants TO solve the race question by
sending the negroes TO the Phillip.
pines.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

Tom Lawson offers 20 raise a mil
lion for the Democrats on condition
that ne name the candidates Pier
pont Morgan would doubtless, pay
more ON the same condition.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

"rhe world doesn't know one bill
ilonth part OF the things there are TO
learn" says Thos A. Edison but
there are some school boys who don't
see II that way
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

The knocker is extensively obnox.
lous, but does less harm than The
gutter. The man who accepts an
obligation for the public good and
fails 10 make good on the firing line
Is q gutter
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE.

A business meeting Of the y. v =.
e. will be held At the First Baptist
church tonight at o'clock All the
members are requested 10 attend
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

The American people made a mis-
take when they elected Andrew Jack.
sons manfriday Martin Van Buren,.
They will make another mistake II
they elect Theodore Roosevelts man.
lriday-one Taft. But the American
people are wiser now than they were
IN 1886.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

Charles A. Wash Is IN Texas trying
10 organize Hearst clubs. Il isn't like
" that he can do any harm and the
money he spends win help some.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

The scholastic census returns are
not all IN yet but n the estimate Of
the number Of school children be
correct. the per capita will be $3.50.
The people of Texas have no around
for complaint Of the administration
Of The educational department There
are thousands Of people IN Texas who
receive IN the education of their
children more than they pay IN taxes
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

In anticipation Of Bryans nomina
ton, the city Of Lincoln is building a
trolley line over the three miles be-
tween the city and Mr. Bryans coun
try home at Fairview Accommoda.
tons will be provided for newspaper
men IN cottage ON the Fairvlew
grounds, with telegraph facilities and
all necessary conveniences With
more than two hundred votes above
the necessary two.thirds. Mr.. Bryan's
friends have no doubht Of his nomi.
nation
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

For Congress Sixth Dlstrict
RUFUS HARDY (Re.electlonl.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

For Representative bbth District,
w. W. G, DAVIS (reelectlon),
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23
nv cAnNes a WALLACE
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The Eagle Il authorized TO an.
nuunce the Following candidates for
the offices Indicated subj q TO the
Democratic Primaries July 20, 1908
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

BRYAN. TEXAS, JUNE 2s, 1908.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

For District Attofney-20th Districts;
j. FELTON, LANE.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

FOR Tax Collector,
w. wiPpRECHT (re-election)
]. w. BARRON.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

Cor County Superintendent;
II. W. PARKER, tRe.electlon)
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

For County Treasurer
yNo, N, LAWRENCE tre-election).
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-06-23

For Constable Precinct No. a
G. l.. BAKER (re-eiection)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-15
AUDIENCE BoMBARDs ACTORS.
Stock Company's Performances al
Hampto Fail to Please.

Stock Company's Performances at
Hampton Fail to Please.
Special TO Times Republican.
Hampton, Feb. 15.-Scenes that
would have done credit to the now ia
nous Cherry Sister performance of a
few years ago, We're enacted at Hamp-
ton this week when the audience took
occasion to butt into the performance
with lemons, cabbage and sundry
specimens of the vegetable market. A
stock company had been playing a
three nights engagement there, and
two preceding performances had evil
IDENTIFY been sized up by the critical au-
diences as about 1.-The limit" The third
evening. it is evident the audience re-
solved to hand the actors something,
and a general free for-all resulted.
While the performances may have de-
served criticism, the audience exceed
ed the propriety of the time the place
and the play. by overstepping the ETH
quette that is supposed to exist be-
tween the people on both sides of the
footlights.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-15
Dcs Moincs Street Car Franchise
Fight TO Be Tried in District
Court BY Judge Howe
ONE CASE IN FEDERAL COURT
Judge Howe Ignores United States
Tribunal and Declares He Has Power
to Hear the Misunderstanding is Vic
tory for Civic League and Adverse to
Car Companies.
Special to Times Republican.


Des Moines, Feb 15.-Elinging def
ance to the federal courts for any in
City and Interurban railway companies
to show what franchise they are oper-
cided the celebrated franchise case
this morning in favor of the Civic
league.
The action was brought in quo war
ranto because the city officials refused
to take any action The corporations
tried to prevent the league from getting
into court and carried the case to the
federal court and secured an opinion
from Judge Mcpherson holding their
franchise perpetual. Then they tried
to show Judge Howe that he had no
jurisdiction. He says he has jurisdic-
ton and that the companies will have
to show under what franchise they are
operating. The Civic league asserts
the company has no franchise. The
case in. the federal court has been APP
pealed, but Judge Howe will not wait
until this case is settled. The case
will now go to trial on its merits. This
is considered a big victory for the Civic
league, composed as it is of the leading
business men of the city, who think the
street car company should pay for the
use of the streets.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-15
Northwestern States Portland
Cement Company Turns Out
Its First FINISHED Product
MANY PEOPLE: VISIT THE MILL
Material for the Final Burning Has
Been in State of Preparation for
Weeks, and the Occasion Was in the
Nature of Demonstration Pay
Roll Is Large.
Special to Times Republican.


Mason City. Feb. 15.-The first real
cement manufactured by the North
western States Portland Cement Com :
pany was turned from the kilns today,
the finished product. The occasion was
in the nature OF Il demonstrations. and
the mill was visited by large delega-
tions of people from the city, as well
as IL large number of prospective stock
buyers from points in Wisconsin and
from Nebraska, the latter group COM
ing by special train over the Great
Western.
grinders and minor kilns have been in
operation, preparing the material for
the final burning When the material
issued from the kiln today and passed
into what Is ~krown as the ball mill,
where the charred rock and clay Is re-
duced to powder again, 1t was ready
for the store house and finally the ship
pers tag. The final grinding is per-
formed with large rotary cylinders, III
which have been placed several hun
dred pounds of pebbles. hard as flint.
and especially procured for the pur-
pose from the shores OF northern Den
mark.
The llins have to be heated to
temperature of $500 degrees. and when
once heated have to be kept there day
and night The pay roll of the COM
pany is practically $4,000 per month.
and from $50 to 800 men are employed.
1t means great things for Mason City.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-15

OF land could not be disposed OF at
this tlne?" This has nothing to do
with the question which was asked by
Mr.. Rogers on cross examination: Did
YOU not admit to Mr.. Robb that he
could not sell this land for $50 AN
acre?' He first answered IF ] did. I
don't remember It," and later. when the
question was again urged. he said: Il
may have done SO, but meant that /
didn't know of buyer. and this was
taken by the first correspondent as a
practical admission, for the reason that
Mr. Robb's testimony brought out the
conditions under which the question
was asked.
Mr. Robb, who is cashier of the llar-
din county State bank, of t.ldora, went
into the bank at Slayton and, meeting
Mr.. Weld as a fellow banker, discussed
conditions and land in general. and.
calling attention to this piece of land,
said: What would you say, il ] told
you that land was sold to ward in
lIldora for SAB an acre." and Mr.. Weld,
with smile, asked the significant
question: "Who got the money!" Mr..
Robb then told Weld that he had sue
ceeded Mr. Bales as guardian, and
asked Weld if he could dispose of the
land at $50 an acre, and Weld an
swered, Il don't believe you could"
c. e. Dinehart, who is president of
the State Bank of Sayton, president
of the school board, and father of the
present state treasurer of Minnesota
testified that he and Mr. Week got a
"bg price when they sold to Albrook
& Ryan at $3.50, and further testi
fed that land event down that same
fall" This land was transferred to
Bales guardian the following Janu
airy.
We now come to the excuse for the
second report Of this case. We make
these statements because, IL the evil
dence as reported to you and published
in yours of February 9Th, Judge Lee
must be either idiotic or corrupt" 1t
is to be regretted that the attorney for
Mr.. Bales has preferred these charges
against Judge Lee. for the statements
Of the first report are substantially
true.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-15
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful 1t Is In
Preserving Health and Beauty
Cost Nothing To Try.

Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the safest and most efficient
dSinfectant ana purifier in nature, put
few realize its value when taken into
the human system for the same cleans
Ing purpose.
Charcoal is !, remedy that the more
you take of ii the better; it is not q
drug at all, bnt simply absorbs the
gases and impurities always spresent
in the stomach and intestines and car
ries them out OF the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking. drinking or after eating on
ions and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and I'M
proves the complexion, it whltens inc
teeth and further acts as a natural ana
eminently safe cathartic.
1t absorbes the injurious gases Whlrll
collect in the stomach and bowels IL
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal In one
form or another, but probably the best
charcoal and the most for the money
his in Stuart's Charcoal I4ozengcs; they
are composed of the finest powdered
Willow charcoal and other harmless
antiseptics in tablet form or rather IN
the form of large pleasant tasting loz-
enges, the charcoal being mixed with
honey.
The daily use of these lozenges will
soon tell in much improved condl-
ton of the general health better COM
plexion, sweeter breath and purer
blood, and the beauty Of it is. that no
possible harm can result from their
continued use. but on the contrary
great benefit
A Buffalo physician, in speaking OF
the benefits OF charcoal says: l ad-
wise Stuart's Charcoal LoZenges to all
patients suffering from gas in stomach
and bowels, and to clear the complexion
and purify the breath, mouth and
throat: / also believe the liver is great
ly benefited by the daily use of them;
they cost but twenty-five cents box
at drug stores, and altho in some sense
a patent preparation, yet l believe
get more and better Charcoal IN
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than in
any Of the ordinary charcoal tablets"
Send your name and address today
for free trial package and see for
yourself F. A. Stuart Co., 200 Stuart
Bldg, Marshall, Mich.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-15
SENSATION in DAY CASE.
Witnesses as to Deceased's Habits
FIatIy Contradict Each Other.

flatIY CdCu 0liiCI.
Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Feb. 15.-'Fhe sensation
today in the Day will contest case. was
the testimony of witnesses relative to
the habits of c. II. Day. G. +. Ship
ley, an old resident who leased one OF
the Day buildings which he has oc-
cupied for years, testified that Z. I'll.
Day consorted with lady roomers in
the building, was drunk a large portion
of his time, and never came into MS
office unless he was in a stuper, or
sort of a comatose condition. Harry
Olson, a former employe OF MI. Snip
ley, was called to the stand and testl-
fled exactly opposite to the contest
ants witness, saying there were no
women in the building, that Day was
always bright and active, and that he
always came in the shop for the pur-
pose of reading the papers.
Two prominent physicians swore ex-
actly contrary to each other. The con-
testant's witness, Dr. Birney. said the
deceased had valvular heart trouble
and kidney trouble from which he died,
and that no morphine was ever ad-
ministered to him because of the dan
gerous action upon the patients heart.
On the contrary DR.. c. II. Smith tes-
titled that the patient died of tubercu-
losis and that morphine was given by
him, In the presence of DR.. Birney. The
case is attracting a good deal of at
tention as it deals with events long
since transpired
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-15
COMMODITY RATES FIXED.
State Commission Provides Reduction
On Iona Distances.

Des Moines, Feb. 15.-The state rail-
road commission, the freight commits
sioners of many Iowa cities, represen-
tatives of the shippers organizations,
and freight agents of the railroads that
do business in Iowa. held conference
yesterday on commodity rates and adj
justed them. it is said, to the satisfac
ton of all interests.
Several weeks ago the commission
promulgated commodity rates covering
paper. brick. agricultural implements,
wagons. furniture, and kindred articles
Of shipment. The Burlington railroad,
which has the short line in Iowa, found
that 1t was suffering a discrimination
in these rates and 50 alleged to the
board in an application for a rehear-
ing, which was granted yesterday.
Out of the rehearing came an adj
justment which provides that there
shall be a fiat commodity rate for the
distance between the length of the
Burlington, which is 200, and the long
est haul, which is said to be $50. with
corresponding graduation to meet the
former commodity rates for the other
distances.