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The Washington herald., 1908-07-05
THE CONVENTION OF 1881
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Maine contingent comes first And lead
ing that delegation was Jeremiah Good
win. esq, postmaster OF Alfred
The opposition papers Immediately de-
nOunced the convention and the nomina-
ton OF Van Buren as the work OF
handful Of OiticehOlders who were SUBJ
servient 10 the will Of the White House
tyTant. and whose patriotism had been
swallowed up and lost In their greed.
Verify, the big stick and the steam roller
and the uses thereof are neither new nor
strange to the careful readers Of pO-
litical history.
Another noteworthy incident Of this first
convention was that q marked the last
time the Depocratic party used the title
Republican" When the party first came
into existence during WashingtOn's ad-
ministratiOn II assumed the name Demo-
cratic-R Republican" as representative OF
its faith in the dual nature OF the gov
ernment under the Constitution, which
guaranteed Democratic self-government
TO the States, and established a Repub-
lican representative government for The
Federal Union.
In popular usage the name was too
long, so It became the fashion TO use
only the latter half. or Republican.
This custom prevailed for many years.
and while the first Baltimore convention
officially styled itself convention of the
''Democratic-R Republican party" It was
known by the delegates themselves and
by the press as ''the Jackson Republican
convention" Under the Monroe admins
tration the last yestlge Of opposition 20
the party had died out; but when John
Quincy Adams was elected President by
the House OF Representatives a division
soon took place. The Adams followers
assumed the name National Republican"
as the title OF their organization. which
opposed the old party.
The names OF the two parties being so
much alike. Il wasn't long until the peo-
pie tired Of the confusion. III 1892 when
both parties held their first conventions,
they clung TO the names Democratic
Republican" and National Republican"
Before another election came around the
cid party had dropped the word "Repub-
lican" and became known by its present
title OF Democratic" while the oppoIa-
ton had discarded the clumsy National
Republican" for the simple title OF
Wing"
Il IS a far cry from Baltimore In 1892
20 Denver IN 1893 In that interval there
have been many battles. many victories.
many defeats. But the Democratic party
has survived the corruption bred OF long
welded power the wreck OF civil war,
the discouragement Of repeated defeats.
the decimation Of internecine strife The
Baltimore convention was its hrst, but
whether November brings defeat or VIC
tory, the Denver convention VIII not be
It's last
Copyright. l9Os. By Frederic J. Hss,in)
TO-mOrrOw-The Democratic Two
thirds Rule.
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Grover Cleveland.

From the New York Pest
We hold with Nine. de Sevigne that tho
people are neither stupid nor unfair-"ni
fou nj injuste'-in passing upon the char
acter OF public men. About actions they
may go furiously wrong. Policies thev
may quite faN 20 understand. But when
n statesman has wintered and summered
with them. under modern conditions OF
publicity. they do not go far astray fn re-
gard 10 the stun Of which the man him
self IS made. And this is the main rea-
son why IL has not been necessary TO
bring out new material about Mr.. Cleve-
land In order 70 enhance the honor in
which he was held. HIS was simply 4
great character. OF which oil that was
needed TO make the chief lineaments
sharper and more impressive was the dis
persion Of the fogs of partisan misrepre-
sentation and political abuse by which II
was for time partly yelled Time did
him and the nation that service, before
his death, so that all could see.
The kindly-eancst brave. foreseeing nan.
Sogacious patient. drcading praise not blame
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I difficult for the Oriental to fathom the
! Occidental mind as il Is for us to COM
; prehend that OF the Asiatic, aud the re-
! suit OF this policy OF Indiscriminate edu-
cation has been the inculcatlOn OF ideas
/ OF freedom and of equality which are iD
! fragrant contradiction 70 the principles OF
the supremacy Of the white man over the
native upon which the rule Of England
in 1Szia is entirely based.
Gulf Not BridGed.
Moreover. instead OF bridging the gulf
between the Indian and the Engllshman
In social sense It has increased the
width and emphasized the impossibility
Of its being bridged. And. whereas here.
and even in England, Indians are treated
with the utmost distinction and on a foot
Ing Of perfect social equality, when they
return 10 india they find themselves
barred from all social intercourse with tho
white men, and excluded, not merely as
members. but even rs guests. from every
white mans club. 10 is 20 this refusal
Of the Indian government. OF English off,
cials. and Of the British military and civil
ian population in India to recognize the
equality, either political or social, OF tho
native. no matter what his rank or what
his education, that much oe the present
National Volunteer movement i'm India Is
due; and 1t is a significant fact that its
ringleaders in india are men who have
received their education Of English and
American schools and universities. some
OF them being members OF the English
bar.
England relies largely in It's efforts to
deal with the present crisis upon the,loy-
atty and support of the AIoslem popula-
ton, OF the Moslem officials, and OF the
Moslem troops. But II remains TO be
seen whether these would remain loyal In
the face OF instructions 70 the contrary
from lhe Sultan Of Turkey and the Grand
Sheriff OF Mecca.
MOsIems Loyal I'm 1887.
In 1867. at the time Of the Sepoy ulutiny.
when India was saved by means OF the
loyalty OF its Moslem troops and Moslem
states, English had just been flghtlng the
Crimean war IN behalf OF the Sultan of
Turkey. and was regarded throughout
the Moslem world as the best friend and
protector Of Islam. To-day that friend
ship no longer exists England IS looked
upon by the Sultan as q dangerous Zoe.
rather than as an ally. John Bulls
place as the protector Of Islam has been
taken by the Kaiser. whose word IS all
powerful NJ Constantinople, and n we are
10 believe such acknowledged experts I'm
Moslem politics and Oriental affairs as
the eminent Prof Vambrey and others. n
would only require q word from the Pad
ishah 70 turn all Noslem loyalty through
out India into active cnmity 20 Great
Britain.
Copyright, 1908 by the Brentwood Coupany)
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POLITICAL Poet. pleased

From Judge
For eight long years the poet clan has
sweat and struggled to a manage. poets
tail or fat or svelt-tO rig up rhymes for
Roosevelt; it kept the poetry output
down and added thus 10 Ted's renown.
Why, then, were we not warned in time
TO choose a man who doesn't rhyme? The
witty shaft. the lagon qlaffed. the laugh
ter after grafters chaffed the Bryan raft
SO far abaft our hefty Presidential craft
Lord knows what alli Wen all so daft
while poets have their fling at Taft.
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CharncteristicaIIy American.

From che Boston Herald.
II the American team OF athletes that
has gone to participate in the Olympic
games in London doesn't return with n
large share Of the trophies. It will not be
for any lack OF variety in It's nake-up
What with Irish-Americans. Swedish
Americans German-Americans, Franco
and Anglo-Americans. not 10 mention COL
ored men and two full-blooded Indians
its composite character is marked. but
none the less United States.
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TseIeEs Custom-bon.e,

From the Wall Street Journal.
Now that the State Department is to re-
organize the consular service by abandon
Ing some twenty-eight posts and oneninv
new ones where there IS greater NEED
why should not the Treasury Depart
ment take up the question Of the cus-
toms service and abolish a number OF
Offices which have long since ceased to
earn what IL costs 10 maintain then, and
are doing no possible good 20 the public
servlce2
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Thank Providence

FTom The New York Post
Mr.. Sherman's recovery happily makes
II unnecessary for the President. IN con-
yention assembled. 70 choose another can
didate
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Jackson had but recently introduced the
spoils system" and Federal Office hold
Ing was beginning to be a prime object OF
political activity. Until after the civil
war. the old colonial system Of arranging
the roll Of States was in general use;
that is, the list was read geographically
from the North to the South. Thus
Maine had the first place on the ron now
occupied by Alabama, by reason OF its
alphabetical advantage. In the list OF
delegates to that first convention the
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The delegates voted by ballot. each
man having one vote. Those were the
days Of the Stagc-coach and horseback
travel. so that the distant States were
not so well represented as the nearer
ones. Maryland. Virginia. PENNSYLVANIA.
and New Jersey had vast majority over
all the other States. But there was little
question Of the scheme of opportlonment.
and the delegates voted by ballot. walk
ing 70 the secretary's desk and depositing
q folded and secret ballot. If that sys-
tenn had obtained until now there Is little
doubt but that the consequences Of many
a preliminary Presidential race would
have been different
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TO-mOrrOw-The Democratic Two
thirds Rule.
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Japanese Take Advantage.


1 may mention here, incidentally that
the japanese are taking such extensive
advantage Of the ever-increaslng bovcott
OF English manufactures by the natives
IN India to bring in their own wares. and
10 supplant their English allies in the
market. as TO give rise to an impression
mat the pan-Asiatlc element In Dat
nippon, at any rate. has some hand in
the National Volunteer movement.
prompted by economic rather than DO
litical considerations. There Is no PROOF
OF this; but IT cannot be denied that
England's difficulty is Japan's opportu-
nifty. and that japanese traders and IAN
anese goods are swarming all over Hin
dustan.
what Is. perhaps, the most serious fea
ture OF all in the present situation In
lndia IS that there is no prospect OF any
Improvement Indeed, the outlook Is ex-
tremely somber England has. since the
great mutiny Of fifty years ago sought
TO uplift the native. by means OF educa
ton; has made. in fact, the enlighten-
ment and the instruction OF the native
one Of its principal aims. 1t is quite as
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Only last Sunday many of the Ameri-
can daily papers published pictures NJ
Englishmen being attacked by natives in
one OK tho most frequented thoroughfares
OF Benares; while cable dispatches print
ed the same day under an Indian date
line. described how extraordinary meas
ures are being adopted for the protection
OF Lord Minto. and OF Lord Kitchener
and other high officials from assassina-
tion-their destruction being constantly in
cited by native speech and picture and
print; in fact, by every possible means
that can be devised by the ringleaders of
the conspiracy.
Even this does not begin to convey the
true situation Of affairs in India. The
conspiracy which styles itself "the ma
uonal volunteers" has local. branches in
almost every town and village, where na-
uves arc being trained IN the use Of
sticks. swords and firearms by profes-
sional instructors. who likewise act as
distributing agents of arms, money. If
eratuTe, and directions. Everywhere re-
volt Is being preached against the Eng
ush. and everywhere the volunteers are
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PAGE THREE.


gallop on the ranch, when [ saw the
great brute after you, and although
Blackbird is the best and fastest
cOW-horse on the ranch, | could not
get up in time to save your horse.
You tainted dead away, and / don't
know what | would have done if one
Of our cowboys who had seen the
whole affair hadn It come up. We
lifted you on to his horse and brought
you home.
Just one word more. Where am
[, and who are you?"
You are in a cattle ranch, and
am the ranchman's daughter.
How long have I been here?"
''This is the third day."
How far am [ from the Monte
Visto rancho"
But short distance-two miles,
about"
Do you know George Bolton, who
is stopping there?"
''Bolton, Bolton? Oh, yes! /
believe there is a young gentleman
over there; son of the owner, I
have heard. Old Mr.. Bolton, you
know, is the rich banker in Dallas,
and they say he is just the incest old
gentleman in the State. Why, when
Mr.. Mathews daughter Annie died
(Mr. Mathews is the foreman of the
Monte Visto, you know that good
old man sent an undertaken and
metallic casket clear from Dallas,
and had lovely iron railing put
around the grave. Mr. Mathews just
worships the dear old soul, and I'll
give him a good hug myself if [ ever
meet him. Annie was my best girl
friend -
"Nonsense!' growled the old
banker. ''He did no more than any
man would do under the circum-
stances. Have you any other girl
friends in this locality? Do you
know a girl named Nellie Stover?''
"Oh, yes, l know her quite we'll!
Her fathers ranch joins the Monte
Visto"
eyes, the shameless mink! may
as we'll tell you, young lady, for the
whole country will ring with it
before a week passes. [ am Edward
Bolton, the owner Of the Monte Visto,
and George Bolton is my scapegrace
son. I sent him up here to enjoy a
season of ranch life, and his first act
was to fall in love with wild, rough
creature, a horrid cowgirl
A soft hand was laid on his mouth
and a gentle voice said:
'There, there! You are exciting
yourself and that will never do. You
really wrong poor Nellie Slower She
is not bad looking girl, and not
bit rough, as you picture her
''But she's a horrid cowgirl!''
''No more SO than the other girls
on the ranches True, she can ride
brOnchos, and she can rope steers;
but she is a lady for all that Mr..
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banker, sat alone in his private office
in the great bank of which he was the
head. His face was pale, his hands
trembled, and at short intervals half
suppressed oaths and imprecations
burst from his bloodless lips. Banker
Bolton seemed in an almost ungov-
ernable rage
But three months previous his only
son, George, returned from one of the
famed colleges Of the East, where he
had graduated with the highest
honors. He was received with open
arms by his proud father, who praised
his accomplishments, complimented
him in the highest terms upon his
manly appearance, and limited that he
would one day fill with honor the
exalted position which the father
then held as the head Of the greatest
banking institution in the "Lone
Star State.
After being cooped up for a number
Of years in a temple of learning,
where the conduct of students is
regulated by the most rigid disci-
pline, the excitements and sinful
pleasures of a lively Western city
were a revelation to the young
graduate. He first looked on in in
nocent surprise, while a feeling akin
to disgust permeated his breast.
Then, as he grew more familiar with
the scenes Of gambling, the bewilder-
ing excitements Of the "free-and-
easy' dance halls, and the exhibitions
on the variety stage, they seemed to
lose many Of their evil aspects, and to
present to the young man attractions
which had at first escaped his OBJ
servation.
1t soon became limited about the
city that George Bolton was fast
developing into "sport" Of the
first water, and when at a faro game
one night he arose from the table the
winner of several hundred dollars,
his status among the sporting element
was fixed high up in the scale.
Of course, a report Of Georges
actions reached the fathers ears, and
he was appalled, at the information.
He summoned the hayward young
man to his private Office, and, with
tears in his paternal eyes, remon-
strated with him, and pointed out to
him the great vortex of infamy and
ruin into which he was being drawn.
The young man s better nature was
not yet irrevocably calloused by sin,
and his fathers words affected him
deeply. With tears Of penitence he
promised to make an effort to reform,
and while their hands were yet
clasped over the pledge happy
thought struck the father.
~ feel, my son, that you can
escape from the terrible net which
has ensnared you, if you are for a
time removed from temptation. Why
not go to my cattle ranch up North,
and spend few months with the
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him. 1t was written from the Monte
Visto ranch, and the one paragraph
which had stirred up the troubled
depths Of the old mans soul ran as
follows:
And now, father, | have some
news for you which should fill your
heart with joy, but which I fear may
anger you before you fully grasp the
situation. Mr.. Slower, the owner of
the Tx ranch adjoining yours, has
beautiful daughter, Nellie, nine
teen years of age, and she is as pure
and noble a girl as ever bestowed
her love upon an unworthy man.
She is a perfect lady in the house,
refined and educated, and on the
ranch is bold and fearless rider-the
admiration Of every cattle-owner and
cowboy in northern Texas. She can
rope the widest steers, ride the most
vicious bronchos, shoot the rifle and
pistol with unerring aim, and in short,
her wonderful outdoor accomplish
ments have gained for her the
sobriquet, 'Madcap Nellie Not a
whisper has ever been heard against
her character for purity and virtue,
and-well, to come to the point, she
has consented to be my wife,
ga cowgirl!" he Missed through
his clenched teeth. GA wild harum-
scarum Of the plains, more fitted for
the stable than the parlor! By the
eternal gods [ would see him in his
grave rather than permit him to dis
grace the name I have always shield
ed from dishonor!"
When he had somewhat regained
his composure he touched a call-bell,
and messenger entered.
"Tell Mr.. Marshall, the vice presi-
dent, wish to see him.
In a moment that official entered,
and seated himself near his chief.
81 am called to my Monte Visto
ranch on very important BUSINESS
the old banker said, "and may be
absent several days"
After some business conversation
the vice-president withdrew, and Mr.
Bolton proceeded to his palatial home
to make preparations for his journey.
The railway would take him to
point twenty miles distant from his
ranch, from whence he would be
obliged to travel on horseback.
Mr.. Bolton knew he was nearing his
destination. His thoughts we're with
his hayward son, and so engrossed
was he with his bitter reflections
that he paid no attention to his sur
roundings, as the horse bore him on
and on along the dusty trail. He
was aroused from his bitter thoughts
by the deep humping of heavy hoofs
in his rear, and, glancing backward,
the blood seemed frozen in his veins
at what he saw.
Less than fifty yards distant, with
head lowered for the charge, and
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black horse emerge from a gulch
but a short distance behind the mad
dened steer. He breathed a fervent
prayer to heaven for deliverance, as
he saw the girl urge her horse to its
utmost speed and dash forward upon
the trail Of the crazed brute, coiling>
a lariat in her hand as she flew along.
But the furious animal was upon him,
and ere the girl could reach the spot
the long, cruel horns had impaled the
horse, and the banker was thrown
violently to the ground several yards
distant
Releasing itself from the fallen,
dying horse, the steer tossed its head
aloft and beloved with rage, then,
seeing the PROSTATE form of Mr..
Bolton, charged fercely upon him.
AS the last faint spark Of hope was
dying in his bosom he heard the
"swish" Of a lariat, saw the rope in
graceful coils fall over the widespread
horns of the steer, saw the girl rider
rein in her trained horse for the
coming shock, and the next instant
the huge beast came to the ground
almost within reach of his hand, and
lay as if stunned. The PROSTATE man
attempted to rise, but fell back with
a cry of pain and the last view which
met his eyes ere consciousness left
him was that Of a graceful, willowy
form springing from the saddle with
a small rope in hand, running toward
the fallen monarch of the range and
tying its four feet firmly together, as
the farmer secures the legs Of a hog
to haul to market.
When the injured bankers tru-
ant senses returned, he found him.
self lying upon comfortable
bed in a neat, homelike room.
The walls were Of whitewashed
logs and the ceiling covered with
canvas, but an air of neatness
prevailed, and the ornaments upon
the walls, and the furniture, and the
general aspect of the apartment de-
noted that it owed its tidy appearance
to a woman's skilled hand.
Closing his eyes as if fearful he
might be awakened from the beauti-
full dream which had come upon him,
he heard the rustic of a dress near
his bed, and a soft, cooling hand was
laid upon his fevered brow. The
touch seemed magnetic in its in
fiuence. The painful throbbing of
his brain almost ceased, and he was
about to fall into a peaceful slumber,
when the hand was withdrawn, and
the rustling garments retreated to-
ward the door,
''Please don't gon'
The girl quickly turned, and look
of pleasure lighted up her handsome
face as she returned to the bedside
EDO you feel better, sirq"
''Better? What has happened to
me9 Where am I? Who are you?"
EDOn n Won raronno ha,, hoi,,oe oboco1
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-12
By Barbara de Bonnet.

such colonies especially those of French or Span
ish descent who are natives of Louisiana, and
their descendants" 1t is with these peoples OF
"Old Louisiana that this story is laid, reaching
from Canada to New Orleans.
Louisiana, Old Louisiana, by the latter part
of the eighteenth century embraced all of that
territory now known as the Louisiana purchase.
It belonged to Spain but the constant upheavas
in France, political or religious like the civil
wars of the British Isles, were largely instru-
mental in peopling it with natives OF France,
most of them of noble birth.
large colony from France was planted along
with the Spanish in New Orleans and the sur
rounding country extending northward Settle
ments were made on the shores of the Mississippi,
and in 1854 ST. Louis established, a distinc-
lively French village under Spanish rule.
st. Ange, the Governor General sent by Spain,
brought with him retinue of Spanish Dons, and
following in their train were blue-blooded Span
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-12

iards from every province from the Bay of Biscay
and Altura to Catalina.
Then came the cession to France and the Span
ish flag was displaced by the tri-color OF france
and De Lassus, the French commandant with MS
suite of noble gentlemen from France, took the
place of the Spaniards. With them came the
flower of the French nobility from Normandy,
Picardy and Province, as well as from La bele
Paris"
The revolution, which eliminated in the execu-
ton of King Louis and Marie Antoinette and the
disappearance of the Dauphin by death or stolen
sent many arsticrats to seek their fortunes IN
this Eldorado of the South and West ana the
wars of conquest and the downfall of Napoleon
added materially to the infowing stream OF
French blood until they and their children the
Creoles of Louisiana, will be always 1dentlhed
with the founding of New Orleans and 81. LOUIS
as are the old Knickerbockers with the founding
of New York