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New-York tribune., 1908-09-15

what the anti Hughes men will do for Mr.
O'Malley and other aspirants for office that the
Monroe people are interested IN. The probahi-
ity is that the Monroe delegation will vote
solidly for Hughes the first ballot The
sentiment in Monroe seems to be Enthusiastically
for the Governor, and with this fact as funda-
mental guidepost 1t is surmised that on the roll
call tomorrow the Aldridge men will be for
Hughes.
There is coolness between Representative
Calder and State Chairman Woodruff because
Calder will not swing into line against Hughes.
Mr. Calder's district, the 18th, instructed for
Hughes. and Register Prendergast and MI CAL
der have been under fire ever since they have
been here. At a meeting of the Kings delegates
to-day Mr. Calder told the state chairman that
the delegates from his district would not go
into any combination against the Governor.
Robert A Sharkey. of the 5th District. kept
away from the conference altogether, fearing
that some sort Of caucus resolution would be
sprung. The 18th and the 9Th for Hughes,
and here and there in the other district delega-
tions are Hughes men
wADSWORTH DECLINES TO WITHDRAW.
Speaker Wadsworth baked tonight at the
suggestion Of the anti-Hughes men that he
swing his delegates to some compromise dark
horse. Mr.. Wadsworth told the solicitors that
he had the largest number of delegates. barring
the Governor, and that II there was any swing
ing to be done the others would have to swing
to him.
Assemblynan John Lord O'Brian, of Erie
County, says Governor Hughes will receive forty
more votes from that county on the first ballot
than yesterday it seemed probable he would.
There are seventeen out -and-out Hughes dele
gates in the Erie delegation" said Mr.. O'Brian.
They are not possible Hughes men, but active
ones. All day to-day they have been working
hard to win over more delegates TO Hughes, and
l believe that when the vote is taken you will
see the Erie delegation cast its vote solidly for
the Governor"
Senator Depew, when by Tribune re-
porter this evening said: This is the iftieth
convention 1 have attended, and have never be-
fore seen such peculiar condition of affairs.
Apparently only small proportion OF the dele
gates are sincerely for Governor Hughes, and yet
most OF them will probably vote for him The
MESA ges from Mr.. Hitchcock and the President
will now assure him the nomination
To-day saw the practical elimination of Lloyd
Coils Of ''Westchester and New York" Mr..
Coils was told by the Republican leaders that
lie would have TO bring the support of the West
chester delegates with him before they would
consider him at all, and he made a determined
effort TO get their support. Mr.. Ward. how
ever. does not look favorablY on his candidacy,
and the result is that the real fight is now be-
tween Williams and O'Brien. At d late hour it
was said that the Essex County delegation had
decided to support Mr.. Williams.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15

with respectable following. Thrown into a
column and added up. they seem TO be more
than half the convention. Here is the array:
william Berri, the Brooklyn publisher. about
10
Senator Horace White. of Syracuse. about 40
Justice Woodward, of Erie, about %.
Speaker wadsworth, about 100.
John X Stewart, OF Amsterdam, about 20.
William s Bennet of New York. about 12o
The trouble begins when attempt is made
tc swing these companies into a regiment. The
woodward men in Erie will stand for Wood
ward, but they probably would be for Hughes as
second choice
The St Lawrence County delegation would be
for Speaker wadsworth, but they could not be
swung into line for any one else
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15
PLATFORM COMMITTEE.
Many 1nti-Hughcs Men Named
Job T.. Hed0es Chairman.

Saratoga, Sept 14.-Tne committee on resolu-
tions named at the Republican State CCnven-
ton to-day contains many representatives of
the anti-Hughes wing of the convention, at
least Of local leaders more or less avowedly op-
posed to measures which Governor Hughes has
made chief features Of his legislative pro-
gramme.
Job z. Hudges, Of New York, was named as
chairman. and the list included State Chairman
Woodruff. ex-Attorney General Mayer, Charles
]. Boyd. former State Superintendent of Public
Works; Congressman Southwick, of Albany;
Malby, OF st. Lawrence. and Fassett, of Che
mung; Assembly Clerk Ray B. Smith. State
Senators John Raines and s. Percy Hooker and
Asscmblynan Jesse s. Phillips, of Allegany
chairman OF the Judiciary Committee of the AS
sembiy, which has thrice smothered bills EN-
bodying the Governors recommendation in favor
of direct nominating primary elections
The following is the full membership of the
committee. one being named from each Con-
gress district:
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15

necessary to saw that Mir. Greiner desires u
get IN right" in the present exigency The
postmax;ership is 4 goodly estate. Mr. Greiner
is for Hughes because. primarily. the President
has expressed preference for the Governor
denomination. After the speech oI Secretary
Root to-day the anti-Hughes men sought post
master Greiner and. suggested that he get IN
line With the anti-Hughes men, es they were
going to stampede. the convention for secretary
Root Mr. Greiner tod them that for local ana
obvious reasons part of the Erie delegation
would be for Woodward on the first ballet. but
after that. if Justice Woodward cid not look
like winner, the delegation undouoteoIy would
be for Hughes. he told them at least h'he'eeh
of them were for Hughes. anyway.
Uncle" George W. Aldridge. the leader o. the
Monroe organization is standing off the Barnes
and Fassett men Mr. AIdridge is interested In
the candidacy of Edward H. O'Malley for At
torney General. First Of all, he wants to know
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15
COMMENTS ON THE STATEMENT.
How Prominent Men Received the Pres1-
dents Announcement.

Saratoga Sept 14-State Chairman Wood
ruff said he had not heard of the Presl-
dents statement until informed by The Asso-
csted Press Mr. Woodruff added:
That is similar to the statements he has been
making all along. l have nothing to say
When Ex-Governor Frank s BLACK was made
acquainted with President Roosevelt's deciara-
ton for Governor Hughes's denomination and
asked if he had any comment to make upon It,
he replied:
am very glad. That means Hughes. doesn't
it? l am pleased with any help. disclosures OF
communications of any kind that VIII Dflhs
about the denomination of Governor Hughes.
Senator Alfred r. Page. who is to make the
speech in the convention nominating Governor
Hughes said:
/ am very we'll pleased; II means the Gov
ernor's denomination.
Representative Serene Z. Payne said:
The action of the President in giving express
sion TO his opinion as to the nominee for Gov
ernor comes as no surprise TO me- But pc
Iieve Mr. Hughes would have been nominated
anv wav MI Rooseve1ts statement will no
doubt make Governor Hushes's nomination more
certain
State Committeeman Barnes, when shown the
Oyster Bay dispatch. handed it back to the re-
porter without comment.
.'WiII you say anything about the matter for
publication" he was asked.
No the prompt answer.
Most of the other leaders refused 10 comment
on the Presidents expression for quotation but
it created a prompt and unmistakable sensa-
ton, even though it was not unexpected While
a few of the most o5durate OF the opposition
leaders insisted that the effect Of the announce
ment had been discounted the general impress
sion was that it would prove decisive
Several points of view were represented in the
comment. The pro-Hughes people were i'm
mensey pleased the anti Hughes men either
discounted it's effect, admitted that it was
serious blow to their cause. or said something
like this:
Good If this thing Is going to be done I'm
glad the responsibility will be placed just where
1t belongs
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15
SQUARELY FOR HUGHES
PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT.
Declares for Governors Renomlna
ton in Uamistakdble Terms.

oyster Bay. Sept 14.-President Roosevelt
position on the question OF the renomination OF
Governor Hughes set forth in an ofncla
statement given out at the executive ofhces To-
day. The statement follows:
THE President has been in communication
with Secretary Root and Congressman COCKS III
reference to the Governorship situation. and mas
authorized them to state that while he has no
intention of debating. yet TO all his friends WHO
have spoten 10 him on the matter he has said
in the strongest possible terms that he favored
the denomination of Governor Hughes"
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15

from Suffolk Queens. Warren. Saratoga, Onon-
daga and Monroe. all adjacent to their respes
tive county standards. the same as usual Ths
hall contained fewer decorations than usual
The front OF the gallery railing was covered
with oilcloth. and on this were groups Of ths
national colOrs. with pictures OF Taft and shsr-
man in alternating panels There were no pict.
ures Of the President or Of the Governor. and
the absence was commented on
There were two bands. and they had n,us-
cal duel once or twice playing different tuass
at the same time. The lower part OF the haH
containing the delegates and two or thres thou
sand spectators. was filed. but the gallery COG.
tained two three hundred empty seats.
When State Chairman woodruff appeared
shortly after 3 o'clock there was hearty round
Continued fourth paxe.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15
ONLY SIX DISTRICTS AGAINST HUGHES

Saratoga N Y, Sept. IA contest appeared to-
night in the 1st Assembly District of New York
County, ex-Leader Husch being the contestant
against the newly elected leader, William G. Rose.
The committee credentials will consider the
case at $50 O'Clock to- morrow morning
The district leaders of the New York County dele
cation met to-day and reported to Chairman
Parsons how the delegations stood regards the
C5overnorship All except six districts reported as
for Hughes.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15

Lang distance teephone bulletins from tine Saratoga
and Rochester conventions viii be sispla to day
front of tho Tribune ofhea.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15
Hats for Men

4 feature peculiar
n to this establish
ment is the op-
portunity forindividual
selection afforded by a
variety OF smart shapes
of unquestionable taste
and propriety.
Knapp-Felt Derbies
and Soft Hats are
shown in two grades
Knapp-Felt De Luxe
at Six Dollars and
Knapp-Felt at -Four
Dollars.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15
FIELD NARROWS DOW N
TALK OF MINOR PLACES.
White. Barnes and Gaus Likely to
Be Named at Saratoga.
lRv relssraph o The rrlbune.

Saratoga n. Y. Sept. 14.-While ths interest
In the nomination of a candidate for Governor
still overshaduws the contests for the minor
places on the state ticket. the latter go vigor-
ously on and to-day the different candidates
wasted no time in aligning and recruiting their
forces They carried much missionary
work that the result is that the field" has con-
siderabiy narrowed down. From present. indi-
New-York tribune., 1908-09-15

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09

ments of quick lunches and
fountain pens and Swiss clocks.
But l know of no greater
tragedy of the city than that of
the girl graduate of the dramatic
school. who sits all day, day after
day, in the outer room of the
booking agency, while her enthusi
asm seeps away an inch at a
time, waiting for five O'Clock to
come 50 a nasty little swine of an
Office boy can tell her nothin
doin', miss; but you might come
back to-morrer or that of the
old time actor, down and out and
getting downer and outer every
year, still talking big of what
K. & E are going to do for him,
as soon as they find the right
play to star him in, but hiring
himself to the man that furnishes
extra people" for big produc-
tons at fifty cents a night; or
that of the clipper repertoire
comedian who can sing a little,
dance a little, and act a little, but
can't buck against the moving
picture machines, worse luck !
smoothing his striped flannel
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Lady AuQley secret 1nIO IIOSc
farther wilds The hotel man
levied on the trunks, and the
transfer man tied up the scenery.
Then came the silvery CLEAN in
the clouds that lowered. $500
Twenty miles away, at Polk
vile. a new opera house had just
been finished. The Swiss Bell
Ringers we're billed to open it;
but one of them fell i'll at Mem
phis, and the other had to stay
over and nurse him. The house
had been sold out for the open
ing Word was received that if
the bearers of Lady Audley's
dread secret could negotiate the
passage over from Dycusberg,
where they had been tied up, an
audience composed of the wealth,
the elite, and the beauty of Polk
vile would await them, also some
real money. Could they come?
Yea, joyfully could they come!
The hotel man and the transfer
man would come too, to collect
their claims.
A train carried them to the
junction. There the hired hacks
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But There Are Tragedies

THERE are plenty of tragedies in the Big Town. if
L you re of a mind to look for them. There the
shabby old failures who invite you to buy impossible
volumes of impossible lore with manner that says
only please don't!' There the young fellows
who sit all day park benches contemplating their
idle hands that ache for work to do and can't find it,
there. the scholarly looking old derelicts who
drag their lottery legs up and down Nassau-st with
hopelessness in their faces and their old bodies
strapped and padlocked into Haunting advertise
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question Well, for one thing III
they must look prosperous, it
being part of the trade As to
the keeping alive proposition,
those little places half a block 80 =
from Broadway where for three
cents one may get big tumbler 0-S
of cool buttermilk, which is filling ~
and for another cent wheat -
bun, which is fill
ing, help to solve the riddle -
And so also does the hall bed AZ
!. ): !: !"
room, on West 4Oth-st., say, with ~ZANE
the gasjet to which the ~ ~
repttious chatting dish may be at rIHMS
tached an m
After engagements are made Il M ~
the Great Problem simplifies itself I'M Nf/
somewhat; for from the time he ;. 9EaYy
hires his people, the smaller NFT
ager, and often the big manager,
begins issuing advance orders
salary, and the keepers of the As
theatrical boarding houses and "a
hotels accept them in lieu of the nao
ready cash There is big bust to
done in these advance orders
through August and September. The long, hard
pull comes before that season OF paper bounty IS
ushered in
A Shakespearean heavy-who, after of
bad business, of day coaches by night and long
Jumps by day, of dismal waits on the wind swept
platforms of way stations for trains that should have
at three forty-fve A. NJ. but didn't do it and
never had-had just enough money to pay his fare
to town. He quartered himself in of those
weird combination hotel and boarding houses just
off Broadway. where few except actor folk go There
matter o. a two weeks arTearage tor board
Naturally there could be handing out of tips to
the bedraggled help So when Mr. St Clair rang the
push button in his room thrice for bell boy, and
then thrice times thrice, there not the slightest
response He stepped out into the hail. holding the
lapels of his coat about his uncoared throat with
one hand.
Bell boy! What no! Bell boy!' rang his FULL
down the stair we'll the Cuddy hole
of an office two flights below.
"W'atcher WANT foated upward in the voice of
youthful diSdain.
II require me laundry, and that at once, sirrah"
"G'wan!" shouted back the insolent bell hop
You didn't have but shirt when you come
here.
That he said with dignity" that is the laun-
dry to which l refer.
For mind you the actor out of work and seeking
it keep up his 'front.' though his middle suffer
scraped jowl, spotess linen, and scarf pin that
the ingenuity of the Braziliansthese things
90 further with booking agents and managers
than large scrapbook full of fattering notices from
the leading semweekles the Red Onion circuit
That fresh shave and those efforescent socks may
that the ten-tWenty -thrrt COMEDIAN who IS
hunting an engagement had drink of water and a
taste of the lather the BARRIERS thumb for his
breakfast
But There Are Tragedies
THERE are plenty of tragedies in the Big Town. if
Il you're of mind to look for them. There the
shabby old failures who invite you to buy impossible
volumes of impossible lore with manner that says
Il know in advance you re going to turn me down;
only please don'tI There are the young fellows
who sit all day park benches contemplating their
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waistcoat over a sinking heart
and a half, empty stomach, yet
smiling blithely as he stops in
front of Browns to say that
everything is coming on fine and
dandy, while behind the scenes
of his pitiable- bluff his mind is
wandering to the blistering little
furnished room fiat up town
where the wife and kids are wait
ing for the news he cannot bring
them.
Maybe the actor is vain and
self centered, as his critics have
stated from time to time; but
he is almost invariably generous
when he has money, and he
certainly is game when he hasn't.
Did you ever hear of an actor,
big or little, who refused to take
part in any of those testimonials
and benefits that are forever
being given in New York? Last
year an actor who had volun-
teered to do a singing turn at a
performance for some charity or
other tainted on the stage-from
sheer weakness, they said Being
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a special costume for the charity show
Where the Comedy Comes in
THE real comedy of the actors life, generally
speaking, has to do with his life on the road,
though he doesn't always see the comedy himself
A Western manager in town told this yarn:
The leading of little company that
fighting IT'S way through the Rockies. reviving
Shakespeare at gaps in the snowsheds and places
where the engine stopped for water approached the
manager at flag station in Colorado. What's the
bill for to-night!' he asked.
Romeo and Juliet said the manager.
g Me for Romeo, suppose
Sure
'An right then; gimme fifteen cents
II never seen such a bunch for wanting money!!
somebody don't come around wanting money, It's
only two days ago l give you fifty cents. l amt
made out of money. What dye want them fifteen
cents fOr!"
For shave, that's what for!" said the lead
somewhat bitterly. /" l can't play Romeo with two
days beard on my face
That's So" said the manager Then his f. face
cleared and bis hand left his trousers pocket Tell
you what we'll do" he said brightly We'll change
the bill to Othello:"
Was business bad with your show the last
night? asked struggling manager of another,
who had ceased, for the time being, to struggle when
they met the train coming III
mo, it picked up fully fifty per cent, said the
other An the ushers brought their wives
Two Hard Luck Stories
A ROUND the Albany, or at the Lambs, the Friars
tne 1RenIOO1H SluD, Vi OtIeI PidSS "HSlC TIC
successful actors sit in summer there IS at present
discussion on as to which of two stories is en-
titled precedence in the list of hard luck yarns
One of these is of English origin the other IS Amer
lean
Here's the English entry:
The audience in a certain theater wasn't much
larger than the orchestra-and wasn't such large
orchestra either The villain grasped the heroine
by the wrist and dragged her down stage.
Are we alone?" he Kissed in her
NO. not tonight guv'nor, the voice of
the lone occupant of the top gallery; but you will
be tomorrow night"
Here's the American classic:
In Middle Arkansas the browning catastrophe
descended on the little group that had been carrying
Lady Audley Secret into those
farther wjlds. The hotel man
levied the trunks and the
transfer tied up the scenery
&, ~&A Then the silvery CLEAN in
H. t..< the clouds that lowered 1870
Twenty miles away at Polk
~ IN VILE a opera house had just
been finished The Swiss Bell
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-07-23
HUNTING THE WALRUs.
The Guards Of the Herd Are Shot, the
Rest Killed With Axes,

Whalers begun to turn their at
tention to walrus catching about
the year 1868. During the first part
of every season there is but little
opportunity to capture whales, they
being within the limits of the icy
barrier. AS result much of the
whalers' time during July and Au-
gust was devoted to capturing wal
ruses.
Men would be landed on the Alas
ka shore in June and left to watch
for the animals to haul up on the
3each at certain points. According
to the government reports, the wal
rus must either come ashore or get
on the ice to sleep. When herd
is we'll ashore one or two old bulls.
are generally left on watch.
The best shot among the hunters
now creeps up and by successful
rifle shot or two kills the guard.
Owing to their very objective hear
ing the noise made by the rifle does
not wake them. The gun is then put
aside and each hunter, armed with
sharp ak, approaches the sleeping
animals and cuts the spines of as
many of them as possible before the
others become alarmed and stam-
pede for the water and escape.
The white hunters rarely make
use of anything but the two long,
curved tusks with which the animal
is equipped and which average
about five pounds to the pair. If
time permits, however, the flesh is
boiled and the oil saved. To many
of the Eskimos, especially on the
arctic shore, the walrus is almost a
necessity of life, and the devasta-
ton wrought among the herds by
the whalers has been and is yet the
cause Of fearful suffering and death
to many of the natives.
The flesh is food for men and
dogs. The oil also is used for food
and for lighting and heating the
houses. The skin when tanned and
oiled makes a durable cover for the
large skin boats. The intestines
make waterproof clothing, window
covers and floats. The tusks are
used for lance or spear points or are
carved into great variety of useful
and ornamental objects, and the
bones are used to make heads for
spears and for other purposes.
In addition to hunting the wal
rus themselves the whalers also pur-
chase from the Eskimos the tusks,
or ivory, that they have secured
New York Sun.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-07-23
Queer Ideas of Beauty.

The amiability of Moorish worn-
en- strikes me greatly, writes an
Englishwoman in Morocco in the
National Review. I visited some
the other day, and they were full
of kindly interest. They liked my
fair hair, they liked my clothes.
One old crone suggested how lovely
I would be were l to paint my
cheeks brilliant red, stain my I'M
der lids coal black, adding three
black vertical lines on my forehead
and one in the middle Of my chin;
also stain my teeth with walnut
juice, my hands with henna! I
therefore rubbed my cheeks with
my handkerchief till they turned
crimson. That amused them high
ly, and they laughed and said I
needed no paint, but did need hen
ma and backing! Another woman
gazed at my waist and groaned, ex-
claiming she would be ill had she
waist as small as mine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-07-23
Not lnfallible.

Harriet Martineau, the English
author, was shrcwd and practical
and had what men are pleased to
call ''masculinc intellect" But she
was not always correct in her de-
auctions, a fact illustrated by the
following anecdote, told in her
"Memoirs." by Sir Charles Murray,
who was then the English consul
general in Egypt:
One afternoon we met at the
villa Of my old friend, S. W. Lark
ing, on the banks of the Mahamou-
dieh canal. In the course of our
stroll through tile garden we came
to a small gate, the pattern Of
which was new to Miss Martineau,
who was walking in front.
She stopped and, looking at the
gate in an attitude of intense ad-
miration, exclaimed:
GLOW truly oriental! What won-
derful taste these fasteners have
in designr'
She went on, and as Larking and
I followed through the gate he
whispered to me, 81 got it out last
week from Birmingham"