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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06
7AIRMoNT plsrRlcr TlcKET.
ON TAE Tosoea;A5N,i.B

No more gum Shoe camp aigning.
for MT. John PhsIlips ne is now out
in the open rs dyed ~ me WOOL DeH.
ocrat, branded is d etanler 81 the
dearly beloved Presidsnt Mckinley
and the West ylrginisn stand i ready
to prove, when 1t deems such IL course
necessary. that he said he WON'T srath-
er see the nation sinh chan Tor Me-
Kinley 10 be eleofetl Mr. Phillips
made tnat anarchlstic feInark ins y!
Main street store ii fhe city 81 sFairs
mont during The campaign q 1900
Two important thtngs mus Sc rsnieiIi;
bered IN connection Win iillips;
de1ial Of what lie saids titsst lie was,
not then eandillate Tor on ce IN
rion county aRa seeosa VIA 3licEcin.
Ley was not yet asall. tsi Phillips
nv says he was iona al Binley.i
e have eften aptfcea that Is efnbc is.
very faua If dead pblicans
a MT. Phi nips n 40 tom .tSeS..
'heless The Reppblteans Marion
unity VIII moi vote for d defamer OF
" usrtyred Fpestdent n
AS to the statement Rich 3SEr.
hliips asked she Wet slfginian to
Illish. It had 50 qnanS flsshoodsl
and sIaring naisstatentetits in II iiias
We would not allow II II, ON columns.
When MIR. PhiIiips eailea q tsies West
Virsnian office ON saturdag venting
he was told that the Roots upan wllieh
she editorial WIS based were thsSei!
From Reputibic hsailtnaf Etnaf Il
Ifhe reports fror me country isd
'eome 10, rs regsrlls MS 1ettpf nf
5nmpaienlng, aud lat tire ssIitoriIit
vas written at Inc seqssss finESs
loan WORKERS FaftlieF e ne
frsatlon relative to d. defaanstpty
mark about Mr. Megia,ies VII PHI
" was refereed 10 Mp Geo. Al. 5ps
'is who could ton him where he
sdc ihe repa4'' ana who heard tsin
alEe IT. This statenienf fof reaspns
set known to himself Nc twistea mo
le words found in his reilly. whiea
e refused to publish.
A However the two main points m is
Sc nae that John Philips was seek
ms to get into Office SIS sort Of IN.
aapqpdent candidate ana that lie made
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It must have been Disappointing TO
the; loeat Democratic paper that 1T,
,couldn't I'm fsce q over helming testt.
fmony say that tire meeting at tbs
Court honse last night was attended,
by about 200 people, ostly negroes.
The best 1t conll do was to say tifts
meeting lacked gent nt1siasm, which was
not true. Notwithstanding the meet.
ing inside the Coart house was all
that could be desired. it was exceed.
tngty gratifying TO find such d; tire.
,enslons overflow meeting on the out.
side; Wnile not more tltsn a thou
sand to twelve 3huna red people could
get Inside It IL estimated that from
fifteen hundre TO two thousand stood
on the outside and listened to d fine
speech by congressman Hubbard He
talked to them in mis- characteristic
:toreef.Il style and the vast tliFpng
ielleefet Wild as he mad point inter
.l,oint AGAINST the Democratic party
and policies. 1t was fortunate that
Mr. Hubbard was present ke care
II HE big overflow meeting In the
court yard. s.s5 /
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06
Peoples Forum


'-f@-1 ~~~It rpE GOVERNOR.
Editor West Ers'nisn:
Democrats admit H. Republican,
eoueh Tor IL. not q a-unsarl. not
enmbIeg not far or a thief. but
gentlemen and scholar. teacher.
on instructor q lawyer. friend ANA
e aei7hpeF a born sietesman and 20
c7ne!tlaie fpr Governor 81 ore Of be
rfeaiest states ia THE great lisii oil
States.
no need os guessins as s Wll
fam Eliswortt en- seoels. ii Moroa.
salsa comfy wet yfresnia. adj w
fslss p Neii q N our ttifofts atf
cal him goyeEnuf and be lone WI,
y HFe lssieS n him all ri lie IN.
Ell mi iIin, shen d bny mi ae
was d sppd fufnfs
ie ttght tIae ifEefencs ~
en- q isspa III cao
rieIlt beeanse gitt s ne III
tiat he IS stspsien b ~ ins aftbts
1ies say good for tiiat ana ttss
tor < Inns tina 81, ma, 3s.. sst,s;.
Ifof tfiat ssb. All int - - sSsss
III Ne M, ~, ~ M
fSiRins, Il tor4'tsy 4, tl,ss r. Il ss..;
ma We're, 3, tza, ,,Ssy
sBs Ellsins nr any otlist alta tne titsbsiI
Statesman ttiiiy knows tIiat fIsiIs sSvs5
~ GIasseocii can i read cijbpf,
and slryey and Stfa M IA Il Seet slSiIs
|Shiss head or saida; mis- hand /. and iilgi
honor of such sta IL, 5ssof,ld ,tsTs.
not permit them .to confront such Ss Is
|ciear coast character as drs 5tSss..
cock with d h 4 ma tI,e AMI
mon people ttet. tiiiay ,rsIi nav II:
would not oiIi ~ 1, 4 AZ, oasIa m siESt
sbat 4 ,lain q Is is4 Il, s,As
bitter end! erbol stat esnfen as siSt,.
0fi tlia5 et4tclal mn s%elI l;aasS mss
to3 tanaper Win and lie nofa hofoSga5
.Iryest RttSns ana; close spsct6nsor
tlhe factets and career II.
lsef lasaeocls from hoyhood III to Ills
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06
'INHISR
BEFORE a! |. !! 4! MAYOR!
isl esLEA pf JG5 sToRE 5 a lgLsEG:
4 20 10 pIsRENsEp!
n Tll e E3pE fT.


isl Rilltngs sea tTiatls jas
Mayor count his thofning for
sll tlas plr1l1rs litl'ISr ittholt ltcense.
4 spnetfssl ~ Council
Ninesnt Counsel for a is
taslsla1t naoseil 70 quash me wsfrant
on tlie s0nnII ttiat the p1aplstnt and.
rye rrant We're ~ Variance. 'fae
motion Sas pserrulsd 4 plea 81 not
was entered, shereupon isssiF
lFas Joined.
Rlr. i r. swisher was fine prpsee.~
ing witness. He stated that he hat
purchased wtaslSey at Biliingsiea's
ai'as tore Hast week. The Witness di.i
MOI remember Tho day. he purchased
Two aali pints Of whishey and paid
seycnty'dve cents for it. He nlso got Z
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Mrs, @. \. Robinson, Wheeling


MRS. :: 4, n M'lgsndel wheeling
dress BY ..irs. ssIs d. john:
:st9 dent Art Association. Ri6h.
NJ In. "a Sub sct, oeratic8A Art
Movement ia
Discussion. ;sa
!, Report Of Nominating Committee.
Adjourn Il;
Thursday Evening, g o'cloeki
Recital at Grand Opera 81 uss. n
Friday Merning, {: 2o o,ctosk
The Masonic Temple Mrs. Philip
y; Moore presiding.
Election q ofacers, 8. SO It's 1900. Il.
Report Of National stothei Cons
gress-AA trs: Al. Elliott. a
Informal IS = Talk Phillip ii.
Moore.
cRis IS and Tree tfHsat OF !tfabernlo.
" ttEs: Nv. Price:
r tsep y ana PA: glican Gongre s..
MI Mn A sn4th, Parkersblrs
stseel laneops Business.
Adjourn. 3
EFldsay: Aftern con, 100 CLOCK. *
The rlis Masonic Temple Mrs: PhiliR
NJ ~ Moore, ling.
Subject The Club as a Civic ana i al
Social Fastors % (;
Il StIhtat the Club Can DO ~ Al.
vance the p tionsl IS atus OF west
Virginia Lead Mss aIartila Brock,
Town. Il
What the IabsH Can 10 10 Icls-
yate the Moral and soeials Standards
Of Our Young People Lead III Mrs
Az q soni sistersvtlles
me Rcsponsib iljtyS 81 the club
Towards Municipal Gond itionsi Leaf
er Miss Dorothy Herxeys yvtllsbufg,
General Dis usslon. KS. s5s
Report Of Comm tttee On Re solution.
Tntrodpct ton OF New ofticers
n Ad 5oprnment.
4:09 citing Of 4 New ESscatiye
Board III ss ~ IS ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

.ufo lac earse OF mine explosions and
the means 20 eliminate them Men
Who have SVEN their HES work un
70 she solution Of this question WIN
attend The meeting.
The questions 70 be discussed a,
the association which meets to morrow
are:
The Effects Of legislation on the
Mining lndnsuy in West Virgins.
Nj 3. Knight. Brown. Jaelssn and
Knizht. Charleston. ~. va.
The pseper Relations setween
capital spd labar IN West virginia
Coal Ninins sri b Basn. reeeis-
g Hestepu Nasyland Bafiruad. BAH
tinore vi.
Recent Mine Eisas segs atisss and
iRsi.issiies ss Ir as Aacefta ined. Nh
= Cunningham setayin white Conf
Es1ltIlg 60, Johns tnwn. IA
'ls Bust Is Such IaxptostFe. and b
g. Nsliat Are tIle Chemical ions
aaa tas Most lstlt ei4as teyehtatise
iatilt Hass assistatt general
Faifiupnt Ccal eninany
Fslism0it w VA
lie stahaa Ipn Of Paw 81
ailsl kxr Tor otss Work
tng j. ~ Heron chairman AN
l y pnltni ice q. Railr8atlg
sHf4ffnfS w sHfa vi
he INSTABILITY of Stand aftlizingi
5lsleetFtcal Appli ances Wine MI.
Her ciIist iectri oian Nav
iaixeri Go llefiss e:onilanys lscstes wi.
1l1e Eslteat ion spt Nine afanag eis
itls Resele Work and tie Danger t..s
5S|olssl UNFRAMED Men Al ehIptii u
So William isie: een.1
sral mama Jed Coal and Coke COM
,Bany led. ":
4. me t talities a West Virginia.
as gpnipared With Other Countries
and the Present Iathods PitFsnsd byi
The Zine 5Depar tn1ents or West Virginia
3 aunt ling the Sam air: Neil
II44 TOP Virginia
min g alton Gharle on,
Mt: Waller of s1iingtoii.
i y p p g y lent IS me ion!
~ Win torgans iof ifton. 81
the guest fE5ensls in the city this
tetteTaop n.;
Mrs Uterine WATSON o. Reeds.
VII vile 5iss the guest q her Brother Nh
~ ca Ties lers and family on pierpont
avenue: y w
MI lzsiI. Martin z zen opu1ar anlswail
known 1s lSostmas ut amos, MAS lni
town today en- ronte to the 5stnlas.
feFs cor vent on at e,larlss burg
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06
DELEGATES from lpaIrlteIrsll3t..tI

sbprg Nyoments Clubs will
send the following SdeIs ION 10 Fair.
mont MOI for tie Eel zion convention.
which CONVEX here ttosntprfo ss;
Harry w i1soni Mrs. Robert Wilson
a y: Smith Mrs. %: u, IA
i y y son p: 4; Mrs IN Islahefts i
sHs Finley u theT isg, Ms
Lloyd Eddie Mrs q. 81. Rart1ett. Mss
Abiiahi HAYS aIrs il coatisoet ami
MSS Laura Epstein.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

10 Weigh Cpd consider the ads, IS "a
itaslS sltat u moi only easy and Interest,"
ing Do psrson With business insight
Knowledge ef values Of the ely, Of
people hui IS a dollar-eaFniug task
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

W. E.. GLASSG9StSi
Of Aionongalia county
or Auditor r, !. ~
or Jafltsan eennty
rrr Attorney Genefe
VIM. q. cotlt.t
of Preston eolifttS
-- 1uDerintendept d Free Scho0ls
f1CHR1S r. Si4tSNNttSESH % I.
Of 1fanaysha county
0-rr Secretary OF st4st=ss
GT uA3T r 7EE u,
of tlar,isot SCUM r h
Fsr state rrees's,sst 1905 S4lss
Of 1icfoosfell eettn u
\ u.~r I,tfTes Supreme CouEt
HON ". N MlILEEt
Of Wood eouAtN
HON. isA sol Eoal s sS9s j;
HON. =. j. NViEEIt IN 81,
81 creenptter count
or State seuate-s \ =, y
OF Nation X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

he Democrats have a eofdetl on q
Gum I. s he campaign, which means
they " sotng to trS to pull one ~
two IN the copnts ticket through ~.
ing and let the others take dafs
let lives.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06
IR LEY AIRS
10 FAlLZ!!.I!.IINlETDN
.G5I ls no no own me FIRST
VI FOR Y ssEta s IS 99lIsL
GO THURSDAN


g auts flas Is the das fol the cai
g sst'tr tos Ining ION. Vie track Isl
l Easl g and the overhead woIk 10 tla!tt
town ias zen completed MOI 81
now used as work III lls AHEAD
been taropg 70 Eaffnin ton. mis- ~
good news ii the people az Lincoln
tllstract ana Rtgi be de.i
lighted IIgl "a coming
!tosthes county oils f5sl .Iliao5is,
district ever the aitaa6nt allil M aas
.i lelEs5 ton erect car ipe: t viii only
iDs matter q short line Until Fair
mont 4t aiming be connect
ed bs ley IIi!!le, next move lis tS
extend the line Is 5Fisfryiey. IS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06
4 a. Rout 3 z, an al,

~ n it,tsters 30 Route 20 Cant ference.
rs As large ninlb ers OF lrtniste AIS or the
~ ~ nominal ion pass ca through
the city tod lay en- Arotlte to Mounlsv ille
to attend the IettoSl Isl Icpisco opal con.
ference Which CORY enes in that city
to:n p Rev. g. y. smitl, or this
city Joined the party ami went on IL
Moundsyt1te. ~ n 4Ss
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

MArloMAL TIeKEE.

VII LIAM "a. TtsETt
II ONO,
~tr VIct Hreeidepftz. II K -,
James S. St5EFs ~
81 NeF g1fks
". >. uasAfsg3,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

MY ar since Res
IplAptse tined pthns lass
ttc'sllS tr ssripu county for the whole.
sisslset they ars year
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coUNTY TlcKET.

rer Sheriff
oEoReE &. AMOS
frnr Proaecuti Ing Attortie
JAMES A. NtEREplTEis
ge7 Clerk Ok County e'ouft n;
2. &. pAsNfS.
nor clerE OF Circuit C0uft X g
X. 9. FAsHtst n.
scr Aeseasnr-
County COMMITS one
JOHN ~. ri NC.
m Houue Snl tleleEttt
" f Fl. A stasNScEs
-. r. aEaE I1AESe q
IpF County surveyor
Of Fahmont district:
FAIRmoNT pisTRlcT TICKET
la JunlIce OF neaee n w
e. S. AMOS II.
4; W soNpsToN: a
.. LEE PARKER.
CHARLES w. EtlvgtstE MS. y
pArd Of Eductticns q
FRANK +. tsAlL.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

George Lilly is game 1ahn phillips
IS going ia ta.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06
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G:aL2 ca. {! !. & |. Arms.
s Isl y Z Y VISITS REa ID V 10
X REct 4 NC y AN CSC ON EN-:
h Pr VA IN II q sEF. 5 4
J. ~ ~ ~ vi 5'i5iS's5T
div 'f3i34t ( n

\ BELG ABE oct. II 4 t,la 4
900 men ere eal1et ID arms ROY
ali lIlSase Issued to-day. The war spif.s
every here man fest ana te1e.
tsfa1tis no. rfpnss q IS tell ot street
demon Ions ami slemand Tor VAR
lagainst q Itstrtass Hatred against
Franz Jose already ot long i. antIines
,eass been het ghtened BIZ ilsttias Is Jams
to foEce seryi antl 8Ro rh1ania mo st,t,.I
ssgHie siti9n II tie new BaEkaiis
tseeratt cl1, 1Inilefl Rulga
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

RRleEs7s' 50, IS and Is cents.
Seats on SHE Monday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

ny HhsesSIA ct oGs istnis iSes
itRsaa; g tsh and Bulgarian troops
" reported n g tspa tehes rom frontier
gaFHisoa conn ia IN otistaIl
.i aI l ne pefor to-day
car NJ las notif fes Austria tt,at
leyelopI1e of the past "a hours we're
se s'4 W IN to Russia
and az that 81 shutg win 10 longer
obs 9 . e y the treaty with Berlin MI icit
other 9th nations are openly VIOLATING
!. Thfs3n nj was accept d NOS. ON.
nous IN dication Sof con n.al mud
ale.
While the Car gives no animation
as to what Russia expects he declares &
81. Petersburg Will demand d snare.
m the re7a pportio comment ef the BaIs
Kan 81 states and the bel ef Is here that
this as. share will be nothing short ioff Il
passage through the Dardanaile
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sTA1sE 4lc.kEI..

~ 1''s' W. {. eLassc ock.
Of Nionongelia county
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

g, Riffsl' But IFS Hos'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

Delivered ~ caEElcf .S
rN... ono month, payable menNatyts
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

NJ 0lgssl ii cI1fY DRuG co
a 1896 op1oslte Gour Hous
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-06

81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06

With the cost OF living thirty per
cent higher than Tor years and the av-
erage wage increased only ten per
cent the struggle for life for many
families IS very buriensome.
How to save doctors bills is one Of
the most important considerations with
the average family, and the Success of
Mrs. V. Orieux. Of L wreuce. Mass. in
this direction is told here for the bene-
III ic VIII do 10 others. Mrs Orienx
says. My oldest daughter was sub
ject to tOnsilitls sore throat from IN
fancy and each winter had been under
q PHYSICIANS care, ! am pleased 10 say
that the use Of Father Johns Medicine
mas helped her. and my other little girl
so much that IL has not been necessary
70 call doctor this winter the first
time in six years that we have not
had TO pay doctors bills" As we have
said before. this old remedy nourfshes
and bsliIds up the body. giving the svs-
tenn vital force and fighting power TO
ward of disease. It cures colds. coughs.
throat and lung troubles. and is the
best remedy ever prescribed for CON
sumption. Prevents pneumonia BY
keeping this remedy on hand Won viii
save doctors bills too Remember NOT
a patent medicine. but the prescription
of the eminent specialist who prescribed
IL for the late Father John O'Rrien OF
Lowell Mass. by whom il was recon-
mended, and from whom il derived lis
name It's ingredients are pure and
wholesome. free from neTVe-deadening
poisonous drugs or weakening stfr1U-
lants. Il is Invaluable as q tonic and
body builder
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
LIBERTY DECLINING.
TARIFF TO BLAME
President Eliot
Harvard Head Says IndfVid-
ual Lost Many Priv
ileges,

BOSTON,. Jan. 6.-President Eliot, of
Harvard University. in a lecture last
night said that the tariff and the labor
unions were the two great enemies Of
liberty.
with the civil war and the freeing
Of slaves began an era OF individual
liberty" he said. THAT lasted to the
last decade. Since then there has been
u reaction and the two great reaction
airy causes, believe, are che tyrannous
effects Of the tariff and labor unions"
His subject was THE Free Citizen. %
He said that never Ia the history Of the
country was the Individual less free
than he is today
There is a demand for and there is
a monopoly in almost every line. Never
was there such an occasion for protest
for organized protest, as there is today.
,Che right OF free speech and the right
to hold such occupation and TO do such
work as hs pleases-aH OF these are at
stake. and the Tapidity with which
these rights are being violated and the
manner ia which they are being en-
crOached upon demand a protest that
will be ayailtug,'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
SANG IRISH SONGS
TO WOOD NYHPAS
Thus Man of Haunted
Woods" Won His Way
To Jail.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-The mystery OF
the haunted woods between Queens and
Flushing. L. l., on the old Black Stump
road. was solved in the arrest OF Morris
Shea, a youth who for three years has
alarmed the residents Of the district
with mccarthy noises.
Shea has lived three years a recluse
in a little hut built OF sticks and mud.
He thinks he has a fine voice. and every
night for, three years he has made the
nights resonant with his weird singing.
The recluse sang Irish folk songs, be-
lieving that one day his voice would
attract the attention of some one who
would appreciate 1t and give him a pO-
sition worthy OF It. He has now
achieved a certain position.
Some young men heard him singing
and Informed the police. Policeman
Hunt searched the forest and found
Shea's hut. The bones Of several chick
ems, peelings of potatoes and husks Of
corn We're on the floor. As Shea could
not explain satisfactorily how he came
by the food, he was arrested.
In the three years in which the woods
were haunted by. Shea's strange sing
ing from evening until daylight they
were searched by VeutursOme boys. but
Shea.s nut was not found and the noises
could not be accounted for.
Policeman Hunt found a number of
books in the hut Nearly all Of them
were on voice culture. Shea said he had
one of the finest voices in the W1-Id
but the unappreciable Magistrate Gil
roy, OF Jamaica, sent his TO the county
jail for three months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
LEAPS IN WINDOW.
HOLDING HER BABE
Woman Plunges From Fire
Escape Into Neighbours
Room.

NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-FoU1wing a
plunge from q hEe-escape at her home
through the window of a neighbor
while she held her eighteen months old
babe in her arms. Mrs. Alice Byrnes.
wife of Frank Byrnes, a butcher. is in
Bellevue Hospital for examination as
TO her sanity Ms. Byrnes was injured
internally
Mrs. Byrnes behaved queerIy yester-
day, requiring constant watching by her
husband. Lac at night she W. ndered
to tie street with one of her children.
When her husband cOaXed her back she
rushed into their fiat in Amsterdam
avenue and locked him out
A sudden crash and screams Of neigh
bOrS next door caused him 10 break in
He found Mrs Byrnes had climbed on TO
the ire-escaFe and holding the child,
had jumped through a neighbours win
dow She was oYerpowered and taken
TO the hospital
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
JAP ARMY GATHERS.
REPORT DECLARES
Vancouver Excited Over
Assembling Of Large Mum
berS Of Aliens.

VANCOUVER, 3. c., Jan. 6.-Tnsre
Is an undercurrent Of excitement over
persistent report that many J2pn-
nese reserve army men have been or
deTed home, and that the gathering OF
the brown men at this place is some
Ihlng Of the order Of rendezvous. The
japanese refuse 10 discuss the subject,
buJ IL is true that several hundred JapS
who came here from the United States
are PREPARING 10 sail for home.
Japan csc Consul MCTiWaka IS now on
his way 10 japan, and his office denies
knowledge Of the report now current.
j IS said 4 large number OF japanese
srC arriving on Puget Sound steamers.
Cable dispatches from Honolulu state
there is a movement Of japanese lab
orcrs from Hawaii 10 this port, ia face
or the fact that The sugar season is on
and that labor is IN demand. Passage
Eas been engaged for 20J Japs. via San
France SEQ, on the French steamship
Admiral FOurishon, which IS due here
shortly. Otherwise there is no general
movement
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-06
TAFT WILL WIN NOMINATION
SAY FRIENDS OF OHIO MAN
Draw Parallel With Last Roosevelt Campaign and Point
Out indications That Country Is Turning
to Presidents Choice

The friends Of Secretary Of War Taft.
who are close 10 what is really doing
In the movement 20 nominate him as
the Republican candidate for President.
are pointing out that his campaign is An
many respects "a duplication of the
Roosevelt campaign for the nomination
in 1903 and 1904
They take the ground that, just as
Mr.. Roosevelt passed the critical point
n the pre-cJnvention campaign within
a month after the meeting ST the Re
publican National Committee IN Wash
ington in December, 1903 so the Taft
movement has passed SIS crisis within
d short time from the meeting OF the
Republican National Committee. in De-
Cember, 1907. They hold that the period
Of uncertainty in the Taft movement
has passed. and that in all political rea-
sonableness, making due allowance for
the uncertainties of politics, Mr.. Taft is
assured OF the nomination.
Opponents Deny His Claim.
It is not 10 be expected that the Op-
ponents of Mr.. Taft would admit that
the critical point for Secretary Taft
had been safely passed Not only do
they nos admit it, but they say the
Taft movement has not made the prog
rcss It has been credited with, and that
the fight is still anybodys. They still
assert with seeming confidence that in
the end the anti-taft vote viii be con
centered on some one OF the men not
getting the support Of the Administra-
ton. and that the man Sc conferred upon
viii be nominated
1t is recalled BIZ friends of Nir. Taft
that about the time the Republican Ma
tiOnal Committee met here in Decem-
Der 1908, the attempt "a prevent PreSi-
dent Roosevelt from beng nominated
to succeed himself reached its height
Senator Hanna was the man the Op-
nate. The committee itself was looked
on as unfriendly TO the President But
there had been good politics played on
the Roosevelt side.
Long in advance, one State COuVCu-
ton after another had ndorsed the
President for another term. Even Ohio
had done this, against the wishes OF
Mr.. Hanna The Roosevelt movement
gained impetus, especially in the West.
hut up until after The meeting Of the
committee in Washington IL was stilI
confidently said by Mr. ROOsevelJ's op-
pOnentS that he could be headed OH.
Then the tide for Roosevelt suddenly
became impossible TO resist.
Senator Hanna, undoubtedly, realized
the futiEty OF trying 10 stop il, ana
the condition of mis- health made IL i'm
possible for him TO 80 into such a
struggle as would have been neces-
sary TO make any Roadway against II
BY the early part Of 1904, Il was realized
by nearly every discerning politician
that President ROOScVelt's nomination
was q fOregOne conclusion.
That something much on this order.
with variations of detail, Of course, has