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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-02-29
SUBURBAN
COAST
Want handouts for school master. Page 4
Senator h-i~nn,s en6ounnent Page 4

DR.. Thomas Prime, thecsophist leader in
Hawaii, is sued for divorce by wealthy
wife. Page 10
Thirty thousand cars of citrus fruit the total
Of the seasons shipments from Los An
gele1 Page 8
Stockton businessmen are opposed to Dr. Blue
1,.4,,-f~, .bs-. ~, s.ri+a-v conditions To,s .
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MINING

Rawhide stock makes its appearance on the
exchange board. Goldheid and Tonopsh shares
rally. Page IS
cnCTAT
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SOCIAL

Members OF the younger set enjoy dance
at Fairmont hotel, the last of The sea
son- Page 8
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LABOR

Delegate Guinee SAYS at the meeting Of the
labor council that high license would throw 300
employees of steam beer breweries ont of work.
and scores Hearst and Ezaminer. Page 5
MARIe.
Cosmos liner Sersk brings cargo of steam
ship Hermonthis from Central American
port Page 10
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LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST

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HERY oNE L TAXING ABOUT
OUR HAT WORN II NOC HAVE
NOT GnN u NuIh& DO -
OF ROSrOFFTCE
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ATTIC FUEL Co MIL FAC
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Our WORN or AUNDERTNG
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Washington u o. sept Kew
Mexico and ArIsons- Fair SUNDAY aud
Monday
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ORR naNTFSuC USrSH = JUS1
THF THING AND SATISFIES Oih
PATRONS Il NnT WANT 10 rs
Up 10 nArE HAVE YOUR AtN-
DRY DONE ~ THE ndFkAlA
LAUNDRY. RAC@ OF PO>IOfE1CE
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02

ton to perennial reform which was
genuine. Not that the reformers did
not occasionally have IAN ak to grind,
but that, in the main, they aided the
pest candidates. But at times they
saddled themselves with some bogus
reformer and damned him through
at the polls, felicitating themselves
that they had put another over the
political plate" when they had in
reality only added a cheap CRATER"
to the citys pay roll.
When this happened it made the
regulation, gilt.edged grafters in the
council indignant Not that the "re
former shonli turn out to be look.
ing for something" but that he so
often took anything he could get. This
made trade bad, for it scaled prices
and such a recruit to the ranks of cor.
rupllUn causeu bear" market IN
votes.
A cheap scoundrel earned just as
much contempt in the council as an
overcoat thief earns from a railroad
manipulation Of stocks. | recollect the
arraignment that one of the "regu.
lars" gave one of these easily pur.
chased "reformers."
Said the regular" putting slowly at
a big black cigar, the little finger of
his left hand adorned with four hun
dred dollar sinner" and his shirt.
front sporting its mate, presented by
his admiring "constits::"
Il reckon | size that guy up right,
at the start. tell EN- | seen what
kind of lobster he u.s. the first flop
of the box l tell EN-, you watch him;
he's no reformer. and he's no thor.
oughbred. He blows up in the stretch
the first time they're off at the gut
An, say. Did he? Well, he's elected
all right, and he goes over an hooks
up with the geezeer In the next ward
that went in the same time he goes in
Them two frames up and goes out for
the stuff. Do they get it? Yes. they
get 1t, and how much? Say, on the
level now, on the square, they split
three hundred between EN- for a little
lhlng they pull off. a hundred and
fifty apiece, see?"
he paused and took a fresh puff az
his cigar, and resumed: Why, if any
cheap stiff d come to me and try to
insult me with less than $500 I'd throw
the skate out of my Office" And the
end OF his cigar glowed with righteous
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.}
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02

Whose finish?" said |,

Whose finish?" said |.
"Oh, we will probably be beaten,
he admitted, but We want to give
them campaign of education and en-
llghtenment. What that ward needs
what every ward needs, is a chance t.
have its higher nature aroused. What
they want, I'm convinced is more OPP
portunity to see the light"
My friend" was my reply, 1--WE
travelled some in that ward. What
they want there is not more light, but
more beer"
, Yet, despite sometimes misdirected
energy, these men and their associa.
IONS did much in making political
conditions better. For that they de.
serve substantial credit. So long as
they were absolutely non-partisan they
welded considerable influence, and
properly, but on occasion they allowed
prejudice to bias them and did inius.
t1ce to good men.
The other type of well-known re.
former was the one who continually
headed reform" movements. He
might be a candidate for alderman, or
the legislature, or congress. But wher.
ever there was a kick" coming, and
a meeting advertised to protest, or or.
ganize, this class would be on hand
early and get the chairmanship of the
meeting, usually coming out in q
ringing speech of denunciation
against the infamy which the citizens
Fad met to combat This nut the ro.
former next If it was a proposition
10 nominate an opposition candidate
ana he Otter gnt away with the pomi.
nation. Or, if he was professional
man, lawyer, 4 doctor, or a real &C.
tate man, even, ii was a pretty fair ad.
Vertlsement, wasn't it? Not SO moor"
10 nave your picture in the paper next
day, with a lore account of Won vour
business and yCur speech, etc, Some.
thing that would have cost Won coin
to have in the papers, and you got it
Tor nothing. And then the reporters
out to interview you and quite rack.
ct started about you.
And in every large city suppose
there are only few bright promoters
like that standing around waiting TO
sell gold bric,; or two.
Some OF these "reformers" were
pretty fierce when they happened to
land in an office. A few of them were
swept into the city council astride the
top OF wave OF popular indignation"
and they were the hungry BOYS some
OF them. They were simply on the
qui vive to be approached" And
when they were tempted they fell
swiftly and without a sound, Their
motto was that Of the Hon. Webster
Flanagan, with different internreta.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02
HERE'S A MEAN FISHERMAN.
Bad Luck Got on the Nerves of Wayne
County Citizen.

THE meanest fisherman ever knew
was one who ate his bait" said Judge
Tom, the wisest of all the wise fisher.
men Of Wayne county, Pennsylvania.
BESIDES resembling Buffalo Bill, Judge
Tom is famous. for an encyclopedia
knowledge Of the men and fish of the
county
This fellow I'm telling you about
vas a kind of half horse and half ALI
gator sort OF fellow, anyway; he was
Just naturally mean, that's all. He
and | went after bass over in Lake
Ladore one time and it was then |
learned just how mean a fellow he
was.
i never was so shot with bad luck
as on that day. First off one Of our
horses went lame before we'd gone
five miles and We had to borrow Pat
Coggins team to do the rest Of the
trip to the lake.
Then we went out and borrowed a
net off Joe Peters and Waded out for
live bait, these little lingering perch
and suniish the bass like. Well, sir,
this fellow I'm telling you about
stepped on the sharp edge Of a sardine
can before we'd been wadng five min
uteS and he cut deep slash in his
foot. That started him mad.
We borrowed Joe Peters boat and
foWed over to corner of the lake
where we knew the bass lay. Before
we started this fellow filled his pipe
and laid his paper package Of tobacco
under the seat. Later when he started
to take a smoke he found that the
boat leaked and his tobacco was float
ing on about half an inch of water.
| never did hear man curse like this
man cursed it really was something
unique.
Well, sir, we fished for three hours
and all we caught was an eel. The
Teller I'm telling you about caught the
eel
When he pulled it in the thing
hopped all over his coat, which was
piled up on q seat, snarlcd his line
and knocked over his bottle of whisky,
which was uncorked The eel had
swallowed the hook. This fellow cut
hat eel in sections with his knife and |
SWore at each chunk as he threw it
overheard.
When We decided to give it up we
all Of our mnnows overheard.
All of them swan away but one big
'ne, and he did nothing but swim
around in a circle.
Well believe me, this rhinoceros
got so mad because that one minnow
wouldn't swim away that he reached
'ut OF the boat, scooped up that min.
low and bit it in half. Then he threw
he two halves back in the lake.
Now will you sink, you hell devil!'
aid that fellow"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02

ton. What are we here for?" wa.
their slogan. and they went after fran
chise "divvies" or any other "divvies'
ike terrier after rat.
Real reforms were not so elaborate
~ advertised as the sham ones; the
louder the "holler" about the reform
the less genuine reform was in sight
And then there were the fad" reform
ers, going about seeking what they
might devour IN the shape of having
unmuzzled dogs caught with a soft
curtain rope instead of a. wire moose
cab-horses provided with seats while
waiting for fare, the distribution of
copies Of Browning's poems to cross.
Ing policemen, or some such similar
projects.
There are sometimes uneasy people
in every community who want to run
the rest of their neighbours; the bigger
the community the greater they are
liable to be in number. And in a city
of two millions Of inhabitants they are
sure to be found. They haunt the gal
lery in the council chamber of the
city, they infast the mayors office.
they surge in with the crowds having
hearings in the public Offices in the
city halls. and whenever they have no
connection whatever.
Substantial reforms are of slow
growth. 1t took over 20 years steady
work to drive the Infamous Justice of
the peace system out of Cook county.
Some notable refOrmers went along
very well for 4 time until they got so
prominent that they We're offered
high-salaried political position. And
then they dropped practically from
sight as reformers and reappeared as
pay roll artists. This caused at times
a reyulsion of feeling among the re.
formers at heart but they did not let
a little thing like that entirely discour.
age them.
| got so that could usually spot"
q reformer as far as | could see him
The majority Of reformers are very
busy walkers and takers. They are
not confined to one nationality. al
though should Judge that the bulk
OF them are Americans. They all have
missions II you agree with them.
and do everything they ask. YOU are
"a patriot" If you disagree with some
OF them in any way, shape or manner.
you are either scoundrel or without
mental balance. But to be "a patriot"
IN the eyes of those who were fanati.
cal you must accede to their demands.
Patriots said Sir Robert Peel,
they spring up like mushrooms in
the night; can make so patriots in a
single hour; | have only to refuse
some unreasonable or absurd request,
when up starta natrint"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02
Consolation,

The musician with a compassionate
smile watched the poet trimming the
fringe from his cuff
After all, he said, your verse may
live when Marie Corelli, Winston
Churchill and Hall Game himself are
forgotten. Remember the case OF
Guarnerius."
Who was he?" the poet asked.
A pauper and a violin maker. Guar.
nerius in the seventeenth century
made violins that everybody thought
too thick; hence, they only brought
Two dollars apiece. Musicians would
buy them and have them pared down.
"Guarnerius insisted that they were
not too thick. When he heard of one
OF his instruments being pared down
he flew into a frightful rage. He had
a crouch against the world because
it wouldn't agree with him about vio
lln-making. He died a pauper be-
cause the world would have none of
his violins.
"A Guarnerius is now and then to
be picked up. Usually it is pared
instrument, and its value is not very
high. But find an impaired Guarneriius
and you can get anything you like for
It, 1t is one of the worlds few per.
feet violins.
But Guarnerius died pauper. The
Hall Gaines and Winston Churchills
OF the violin world of his day refused
with sneers to drink with him, He
too, trimmed his cuffs"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02
Alarmed Him.

The great foreigner was surrounded
by a mob of admirers.
Give me your ear a minute" Mead.
ed one.
And give me your eye a minute "
echoed another, who wanted TO point
out the scenery.
And give me your nose a minute"
added third, with a huge bouquet,
The celebrated foreigner was non.
Pulsed.
BY re shades of Bonaparte!' he
exclaimed. Il haf often heard Eat re
Americans we're great souvenir hunt.
ers, but | did not know Eat zey would
take man to pieces. | better get
away from here while am vet
whole"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02
BY ERNEST k4cGAFFEY

There were a number Of women re.
formers, too, during my political years,
and they were invariably enlisted on
some moral question. as they LOOKED
at it, tobacco. whisky. child labor the
lettering Of conditions for women, the
saving Of girls. etc. They were very
much in earnest. faithful and enthus-
astic to their ideals. Occasionally they
succeeded, and at least, they never
seemed discouraged 1t is to the credit
Of politicians In general, that they were
listened to with perfect respect, even
when it was apparent that conditions
made it an absolute waste OF time to
discuss the questions. Sometimes all
ordinance barred their way: at other
times state law, Or possibly the con.
stitution Of the United States Itself
was a stumbllng-hlock, but they were
heard with patience.
Reform politics during my day con-
cerned itself most particularly in re
facilitating the personnel of the city
council. In this it met with substan-
ial success, AMI 1t was the one eXcep
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02
History of Ships,

Ships of note have their biographies
in many cases as interesting as those
OF men, Romance, adventure and
pathos abound Jay Gould's yacht AT.
Atlanta, for which he paid $4,000, has
just been sold for $1,750. As the gun.
boat Presidente of Santo Domingo it
had been plundered and abandoned in
southern harbor.-Washingto
Times.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02
Superior Skill.

Why is it that American youth Is
so lacking in reverence for mature
people,
Perhaps" answered Miss Cayenne
its because mature people permit
themselves to be lured into irving
these new games which youngsters
play 90 much better"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02
Not Altogether Painless.

Patlence-ls that dentists methods
painless?
Patrice-Not all of them. He has a
monograph In his oflce.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02

tons obtaining in that Ward?" he
asked, inquiringiy.
oh. yes" was my answer.
We'll, we want to put up Candi-
date for alderman there and see if we
can't arouse the better element there.
We want to go in and fight the saloons
to tinish,' was his next remark.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02

REFORMER in politics is
sometimes a dyspeptic, but
not always. He is also
sometimes actuated by mo-
tives entirely impersonal
and unselfish. But not al
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-10-02

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-24
CONCENTRATED TRUTH.
LOYALTY TO FoRAKERITES.

LOYALTY TO FORAKERITES.
The Forakerites will be loyal and
true this fall-to Foraker Listen to
these remarks from the second best
friend of the senator:
Let It be recorded upon the tablets
of political history that the active
of the union labor vote to
Taft, the industrial distrust of the
tariff, the opposition of the soldier
vote and the colored vote, to all OF
which he added the distrust of the
religious people of Ohio to whom he
and his family history are best
known, will certainly lose Taft the
electoral vote of Ohio by $4,000 and
with 1t the states OF the middle west.
managers and subsidized press
cannot elect him. 1t is time TO call
a halt. The Republican party de-
serves to be saved from a frenzied
mistake:"
Securing a nomination Is one thing
and winning an election is another
and an entirely different thing. The
unfair, knock-down aid drag-out plan,
the pressure of powerful political in
fluencc that makes towards and
cravens of fellows seeking to hold or
TO secure jobs may effect the nom
ination Of man as candidate for
almost anything-eyen the presidency
but later on may come to the de-
luge.
The number of Independent citizens
of all political faiths who refuse TO
have anybody's candidacy for amy Of
fee rammed down their throats at the
instance of anybody is beautifully and
forcefully increasing Mansfield Shield
Dem }, March 1S.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-24
Call for the State
Democratic Convention

Pursuant to the order OF the DEM
ocratic State Central Committee, no.
tice is hereby given that the conven-
ton of the democrats OF the State
OF Ohio to nominate candidates for
state offices to be Voted for at the
November election, 1908, Will be held
at Columbus, ohio. on
Tuesday and Wednesday, May and
q, 1908.
Each county VIII be entitled to
one delegate and one alternate for
each 500 votes cast for John M. Pat.
tison for Governor OF Ohio, at the
November election, 1905 and one ad-
ditional delegate and alternate for
the remainder OF votes exceeding
$50. The prescribed number OF dele.
gates to this convention, shall be
elected through primaries, or dele
gate conventions, the delegates TO
which shall have been elected at
primaries, or mass conventions, held
in the county for the holding OF
which at least ten days notice
shall have been previously given,
designating the time and place for
the holding or such primaries and
conventions, and called by the con-
trolling committee OF the party in
such counties.
Provided. That in co1nties where
a registration OF electors is required
a primary election may be held at
the discretion OF the county con-
trolling committee under the statutes
governing such primary elections
held under the auspices and control
OF the county beard OF deputy state
supervisors OF elections and that in
such counties complete lists OF dele
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-24
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gates to- the state convention
headed by the name OF candidate
for President OF the United States,
may be placed on the ballot In such
manner as the county committee
may determine; provided, however,
that the name OF no candidate for
President shall appear at the head
of more than one list OF delegates.
No county, central or executive
the delegates to the state convention.
committee shall have power to name
The delegates VIII meet by dis
tricts at two o'clock p. NJ, on Tues
day, May 9Th, at such places as
may be designated by the Committee
on Arrangements, for the purpose
of selecting one member OF each of
the following committees: State
Central Committee, Resolutions, Gre
dentials, Rules and Order of Busi-
ness, Permanent Organization, Vice
President and Secretary All of such
committees Will meet at places to be
designated by the Committee on
Arrangements at four o'clock p.
M. of the same day. The conven-
ton Will be callel to order In the
Franklin County Memorial Hall on
Bast Broad Street at seven-thirty
o'clock Z. M, on Tuesday, May 5th.
The temporary officers will be:
Chairman, Hon. Edward IL. Moore.
OF Mahoning County; Secretary,
lion. Benjamin ~ Gayman OF Frank
lin County; Sergeant-at-Arms, Bert
$. Barlow OF Butler County. At
such convention candidates shall be
named for the following offices: Two
candidates for the office of Presi-
dental Elector-at-Large; Cover
nor; a Lieutenant Governor; Sec
retary OF State; an Auditor OF State;
a Treasurer OF State: an Attorney
General; two Members OF the Board
OF Public Works; a Dairy and Food
Commissioner; a Commissioner of
Common Schools; two Judges OF the
supreme Court, and q Clerk OF the
Supreme Court. The convention will
also select four delegates at-large
and four Misunderstanding to the
National Democratic Convention to
be held at Denver on July 7th
l9OS, and candidate for United
States Senator. The apportionment
Oh delegates and alternates in the
convention shall be as follows: