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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-18
MONUMENT DEDICATED.

Fargo. n. D., June IA static OF
Henrik Wergeland. pres nted II the
Norwegian people o. America by
unveiled today with interest tng eXer
cises. The program vas carried out
Under the joint auspices Of tie city
government. the Commercial club and
the Sons Of Norway address,
were delivered By Rabbi Raina't OF
Minneapolis. State ,uditor IyeTaon
of Minnesota. and others.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-18
ROOSEVELT HAS
NO FAV0R|TfS
FOR THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL
nOMiNATIoN-WON'T EXPRESS
OPINION.
CUMMINS OR FiIRBANKS
VIII Ee the Nominee for Second Place
Although Latter Reiterates De.
termination Not TO
Accent.

Chicago, June II Lafayette Young.
delegate atlatge from Iowa, today re,
Iceiyed a telegram from Secretary Lle6
which stated that President Roosc.
welt had not expressed n desire to see
Cummlns' name on the ticket or that
Of any other particular person, Ltcb's
telegram was in response to tela.
gram from Young in which the latter
asked for an explanation Of the presi,
dents attitude on the vice presidential
nomination. Following is the text Of
Loeb's message:
The president has not expressed
.any opiaion for or against any capdi.
date fer the vice presidency. and Viii
no more express an opinion against
Governor Cummins than he would
against Senator Dolliyer'
Fairbanks or Cummins.
Young, who has heretofore been
classed among the opponents of cum
Minis, said tonight that he would do
nothing to prevent the lattcr'5 nomi
nation
Developments Of the day did not ma
terlally alter the vice presidential sit
uation. and the opinion tonight is the
same as it was this morning, that the
nomination will go either to Fair
banks or Cummins.
The failure today by the Now York
to caucus on the vice presidential sit
uation. is regarded as practically elm
mating that state from the contest
Kew Work will he IA position where, u
her delegation could got together On
the proposition. they might have
named the candidate; but they could
not get together
Fairbanks Won't A-cept.
A PRONUNCIATION OF the letter from
Vice President Fairbanks Gcitcrating
his "irreyocable determination not to
again be "A candidate for the office he
now holds, was the most important
development Of the day in connection
with the vice presidential nomination
Despite this letter there We're as
many prophecies that the vice prcsi
dent would in the end be called upon
to succeed himself
II was confidently asserted that he
would not decline the unanimous nom
nation. His close friends, however
openly declare that the letter must
be accepted as final and definite in
removing him from consideration for
second place
There were umors late tonight of
further effort to get the New York
delegation together behind the candi-
dacy of sherman and it was reported
that state Chairman Woodruff might
after all, present sherman name to
the convention. There is no formal
decision on the thatter, however. Feel.
ing is growing that Fairbanks posi-
tion might prove 50 truly irrevocable
that not even unanimous nomination
could dislodge him. This consdera,
tion materially encouraged the Cum
MINIS talk. as well as that of various
other candidates.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-18
MANY ENTRIES IN
PRIMARY HEATS
REPUBLICANS BUSY CiRCULA
TING PAPERS TO BE FILED on
FIRST OF JULY.
LOCAL MEN IN FIGHT
Tor termination For Cand date For
Representative From This Dis
trict-Struggle For State
Offices Begins.

Things are beginning to grow a IT.
tie bit interesting in the local Ropuh
liean camp, as regards the primary
election under the new law. The law
/ does not so into effect until the first
day Of July and therefore nomination
petitions cannot be filed until then
but in the meantime the wods are full
If candidates and probably more to
come.
They are all eager to get their
papers ready, and it is quite likely
that the asBirauts for places on the
county ticket will camp in the court
house yard the night before, waiting
for the clerk TO show up for duty. be
cause the first man to get his petition
filed with that official will get his
Iname printed first on the ballot under
the head of the office he aspires to-.
Whether or not this viii be of any real
advantage to him remains to be seen.
They all think it viii, and hence their
desire to lead.
Candidates for state, congressional
or legislative honors will fill their
nomination papers with the secretary
.of state at Springfield. Like the coun
.ty candidates, they have been beating
the bush for weeks, obtaining the
required number Of signatures, and
will be ready in time.
The primary ballot will be long
.cne. First will come the. names OF
those who want to be governor. Tha
machine win favor Deueea for several
reasons and viii see to it that his
name heads the list Bob Yates is well
known all over the state and his
friends will have no trouble finding
his name in front Of which to place
their cross mark Following the can.
didate for will come those who want
to wear the senatorial toga; Hopkins
"Billy' Mason, ct al.
The prettiest fight will be between
Congressman Thistlewood and Mayor
a. GUNS W ott ultll Ol lHe TWO SIlHll
represent the Twenty-iifth district in
congress, Both have their petitions IN
circulation and both feel sure of get
ting the most votes. If there are any
other aspirants Of their political faith
they have not made their wants
known. So it is fair to assure that
Cairo man will knock the persimmon
Capt. Thistlewood served the people
in congress for three months, and hit
friends claim that he accomplished a
great deal.
supporters of the mayor claim that
all Capt. Thistlewood is credited with
would have been accomplished if he
had never seen the caption
Cairo people don't seem to he very
enthusiastic for any Of the Repubi-
cans who want to go to the legislature
and it viii take a deal OF talking to get
them enthused The machine will
look after that end Of the program
no doubt and the truly loyal" will
vote for the ones picked by the
powers
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, that the question Of tie INJUNCTION
touches the labor class an 81 meat
which he has been accusel Of an
tageni2ing and It is the very opposite
Infssfair dealing to. ands rtaRe to III.
pei sim to go before the county on
a Platform which affords no assura zee
to this class OF his friendly fe ling
toward them"
Document Not Completed.
f. The subcommittee labortd a day
on the platform but was unable to
complete the document when a re-
cess was taken at o'clock tonight
II was evident that the Injunction
clause advocates were play ng for
time There was no period Of the
day when vote could not have been
taken IN the subcommittee and the
injunction plank inserted, but. mp
preeiating the fact ;aat a faycrabl,
result was not so certain In TIE II
committee. the supporters OF the pre-
vision sought for aud easily ol tanned
4 delay which they seemed to con
slider necessary before bringing the
matter before the attention of
complete organization.
Message From Roosevelt
For the first time since the fight be-
gan the friends of the admInistra' ion
apparently became fully awakened TO
the seriousness Of the situation but
being aroused, they We're quite as
jealous as their opponents, ~ ire
senting the situation to their fe low
committeeman During the day u ey
received kilograms from Washing on
expressing the views OF 10th the
president and Taft as 20 the neces-
city for the injunction plank and
these telegrams We're read TO al
doubtful members Of the commit a..
In enc of these kilograms the presi
dent is represented 10 have urged the
wisdom of the Injunction resolj Il N
and TO have said tnat the convection
should not yield any more TO the
extremists among the mlnufactur rs
than to the extremists among the
/ laboring men.
Injunction Question uppermost.
The presidents friends cite an oc-
currence In the committee as i2dicat-
ing that their opponents are will
70 subordinate everything else 10 the
Injunction question. At its sess' on
yesterday th. subcommittee had ru-
der consideration the rss1lut on de-
claring I'm favor OF single stateh o'
for Arizona aud New Mexico. aud Ia 4
it cn the table by an affirmative t.
which included NEST. il not all. e
their antagonists.
To-day. when the subc7muiitre
met. ono Of them moved 20 re- o.
slider the vote by which the re -olu-
tien was lost aud an cast their votes
iu favor of reconsideration. Tbs has
been interpreted 70 indicate that
when the test Genes II the ful co..
mittaa on the iuiuncc-on plank. the
members Of the committee from tho
two territories viii re with their
friends. the opponents Of the rr@-
vision.
Formal proceedings Of the su-
committee during the Iav coGs's el
of consideration Of the various planfs
of the platform as presented 10 ID
committee.
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NOT YET ACCEPTED BY The
COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE
Roosevelt Urged Adoption of the Original Draft
Leaders Declare the Plank is Neces-
sary to Insure the Election
of Secretary Taft

Chicago I7Thc the
of the Republican couyenontas shift II
fun committee resolutions
modified It's parent body.
The opposition,
fight still It memo
plank Roosevelt w,r
finally whipped
president ana by the repeated declarations
must be the the election o
The modified plank the Republican
Of
has absolute faith their and
Hes that injunction
cfinne Nilln lnnfIc
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-18
LEADERS FEAR NO HITCH IN
SCHEME TO NOMINATE TAFT T
Enthusiasm Will be for The Heir Apparent When
the Time Comes is Prediction -Secre-
tary Now Has Almost 700
Instructed Votes

Chicago 1.-THE second day Of The Republican
within the Coliseum
tmtI o a
stampede
This demonstration decidedly the feature of the day otherwise
a
O
the representation southern
conventions.
Probably important Of the a
significance the adoption of the committee en
strength i
placed
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-18

CONCLUDED on Sixth Page)
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-18

AWAKEN delant gen twice louder
than before
"Four, -Four, -Four Years More"
Five minutes passed and instead q
abating the uproar was increasing
The sergeant-at-arms mived up a
chair for the presiding officer and
Lodge sank back to await the uil
in the storm
Five minutes -ten-fifteen--
There was no lull no abatement, 4
hoarse roar had taken the place of
detached yels,
-Four four, four years more" came
in a deafening chorus in fun sweep
from the gallery. each -four, four,
-four" exploding ilila the boom of
heavy artillery
Fifteen minutes twenty twcnty-
five
Now the delegations were timing
in the outbreak Some had mounted
chairs Texas, Kentucky AMI Tennoa,
sea-and We're gesticuiating madly.
one delegate, far to the left had tcrn
off his coat and was whipping it wi Il
ly above his head Texas and Ken
tucky appeared to be the center of
agitation on the floor. New York
viewed the storm with calm and so
did Ohio, except strangely one OF
the lonesome Foraker delegates,
Judge Marcus Shoup who mounted
on a chair kept both arms in motion,
waving a flag and newspaper ami
his voice joining IN the general
pandemonium
Thirty miuutes-thirtyf yfye-forty-
forty five
Storm Lasted Forty-five Minutes.
A fell three quarters of an hour
had passed in this bewiideriug con
fusion of sight and sound FIR a
time some fear was gelt by some that
u stampede was imminent. But the
political generals were glad to give
the pentup enthusiasm of the multi
tude this outlet of expression and at
no time was there the slightest appre-
hens'on among them that the vel
devised plans would miscarry by
some overpowering movement. Frank
II. Hitchcock. Taft s manager moved
about the floor smiling as the tumult
was At its height.
Will Cheer Taft Today, is Prediction.
THE cheers fer Roosevelt today
will be for Taft tomorrow said h
with confidence.
With the subsistence Of the Rose.
welt storm. Lodge completed his stir
ring speech. and then the convention
turned to the reports of other com
mittees. That on rules and order OF
business brought a majority report
against the resolution reducing the
representation to a basis of the Re
publican vote east by those states.
The minority report, in which II
states concurred was defeated, after
a sharp contest
The vote was SEA against AL a
margin of II votes in a tcta lof 90,
three delegates being absent The
change of a single state might have
altered the entire result
Although defeated. Burke said tha
result had shown the treme1d us
growth Of sentiment in favCr Of this
restricted representation and that in
his opinion the future success of the
plan appeared beyond doubt
The final details of the platform ar,
being arranged by the platform c-m-
mittee tonight and taIs accomplished
the convention win be equipped t.
morrow to make its declaration OF
(Coneluded OF Sixth Page.l
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-18

(Coneluded or Sixth Page.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-18
COLLEGE HEAD RESIGNS.

Cedar Rapids Iowa. June l7.-Dg.
W. F King. for forty-years preside :
Of Cornell College at Mt Neraaa Iowa
resigned today On account of III hate
James Harlan was ehosea
president.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-18

1T Is also specified that due notice
shah be given of impending injunc
lion proceedings.
This modified Injunction plank Is be
lieved 60 be accprtahla IN many ndrI
| members Of the committee than the
original draft
No mention IS made in the platform
of statCh hood for Arizona and New
Mexico
The Michigan delegation Instructed
Representative Fordney on the com
mittee to vote against any injunction
lplank
AT midnight the full committee had
Iagreed to accept all the planks recon
mcnded by the sub committee, except
those relating to iniunct,)ns, the civil
rights of negroes, Panama Canal, Pos
tai Savings Banks. the tarin and i'm
migration. These were reserved be,
cause ofthe desire on the part Of mem
bers of the fun committee to discrfs
at some length each of these provis
ions. The other planks were accepted
after a brief and formal discussion,
It was understood that the injunc-
ton plank would receive especial con
sderation, and many members evinced
the disposition to oppose II, notwith
standing that the provision was agreed
to by all the members OF the sub.
committee, including these who had
| hitherto opposed it. At midnight the
indications were favorable for an ali
night session
The committee at a. m. tThurs
| Iday) had agreed to the tariff, Philip
pine tariff, currency, trust and postal
savings banks planks.
Plank Needed For Victory
"If the Republican convention de
lberately refuses 10 adopt a platform
on which Secretary Taft feels that he
can make a winning race. the Bepnb
lcan convention viii have TO n mi
nate a man who needs no platform
10 win"
While this statement is not being
put forward as an actual ultimatm
it is principal weapon which tht ad-
vocates of the Injunction plank In
the platform are using to compel tn
committee IN resolutions and the
convention itself to make such a
declaration. 1t is Sneir last res rt.
aud the momentovs import of the
alternative implied presents more
strikingly, than could anythins else
the desperate straits to which the
supporters of the injunction d'cla n.
tion have been driven by the p IS s.
ent fight made against 81
The statement quoted was made t.
night by a member of the sub.commit
tee which is preparing the platform,
who is friendly 10 both Roosevelt AMI
Taft. Il was the result of careful
analysis Of the situation made ter
tweutyfour hours of almost coniiau-
Gus service and undoubtedly present
ad his view Of the situation
Proceeding, he said. 'It IS pre-
posterous to ask TaH to make tn
race for the presidency ON platform
not to his liking aud especially in
view Of the fact that It is generally
known that be has been giving much
attention tn the framing of the party $
declaration of principles ami policies
To DO So would be 20 place him tn
the attitude in which Cleveland va
placed when be was compelled ~
1892 10 reDudiate his pa tvs tariff
plank aud it is doubtful whether he
would want to make a race under
such conditions
1T should also be borne in mind
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-18

Equally important, and even mere
remarkable was the dnal acceptance
Of this result BY the "allies" without
fot4uality cf dissenting minority re-.
port and without carrying the ques-
tion to the floor Of the convention fer
an open fight which had long been
threatened. Instead Of this all further
opposition seemed TO crumble; those
who had promised trouble quietly a.
cepted the inevitable and thus the
path was cleared for a fulfillment OF
the plans already we'll maturad for
the nomination OF the head of the
ticket.
"Favorite Sons" on First Ballot.
"Favorite sons" still have, h.. W
ever, their bands Of steadfast srp-
porters. who will show their loya ty
when the first ballot is taken.
The scene within the Coliseum to-
day repeated that OF yesterday in
magnitude and brillancy of its spec
tacular features. Again every seat
was occupied and 1llo0N people
packing floors and aisels and gal
leries and platform, joined in the ebb
and flow of agitation and enthusiasm.
Temporary Chairman Burrows
called the convention to order
promptly at 1920 O'Clock but the de-
lay of the committees in reporting
gave on hour for diversion before the
serious work of the day was begun,
This time was given over to visiting
clubs. with bands and vocal choruses
and the bearing or banners and
strange devices Of G. O. p. elephants.
In front Of the delegates paraded this
molly throng eliciting laughter and
applause.
The hit of the parade was a glee
club which halted before the Ohio
delegation and varied the eulivening
strains of "Bily Taft, Yep, That's
Me" with a melancholy dirgc for
Bryan.
This diversion over. tie conven-
tion turned to the committees reports.
First was that of credentials-it was
presented by Senator Fulton. of Ore
pon. in three minute speech stating
that the action Of the national com
mittee had been fully justified and
upheld. The report was quickly az
proved.
When pandemoniuni Broke Loose.
Permanent organization was ef-
fected and permanent chairman, Sen
ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, took
the chair. Almost at the very begin
ming of his speech Lodge launche Ell
the sentence which electrified TIE as
semblage into its first real demon
stration and wild enthusiasm.
The president, exclaimed Lodge
lis the best abused and the most
popular man in the United States to.
day"
Instantly a shout broke from the
galleries and was echoed back from
the floor. at first only a tempest CT
detached yells aud catealls AMI
snouts of Teddy" but gradually it
gathered force and volume until it
swelled to q whirlwind of sound and
motion. as delegates and spectato 5
rose en- masse. mounting chairs, waV'
ing banners. hats haukerchiefs, flags
and newspapers. anything whic1
could be seized rpon to add turbu-
Ience to the scene. Among the
tumut the bands struck up. but tie
crash of brass and trums was com
pletely lost in the babel of sound
which swelled frcm 1860 threats.
For the first minute Lodge stoo
waiting to proceed. occasionally rails
ing his hand for silence only 70
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-05
DISLIKE CURLY.HAIRED MEN.

tits not generally known that there
is well-de6ned prejudice against
curly haired men, when it comes to
choosing a jury. When asked to ex
plain the objection to curly-haired
men, a prominent lawyer said:
when / was just starting life my
legal mentor inculcated that idea very
forcibly into me. He said that curly
haired men almost invariably had
been the pampered darlings of their
parents, and in their youth had been
so accustomed to having their own
way that they had grown up in the
belief that everybody on earth was
wrong except themselves. In this
way the seeds of opposition were sown,
and as men they made it a point to
disagree with everybody and every
thing. If every other man on a jury
voted one way they would vote the
other. They usually are as stubborn
as the day is long. Hence curly
haired man never goes on jury if /
can prevent it. +"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-05
ELECTRICITY DOES HOUsEwoRK.

Machinery which has lightened the
hardest labor of the farmer, miner and
all other industries which were once
laborious and severe, has at last been
adapted to the less strenuous but ex-
hausting household work, and cleo
tricity has proved to be the medium.
To such extent have the labor saving
devices been developed, says Popular
Mechanics, there is now scarcely any
thing to be done about the house
which cannot be performed by turn
ing a switch or touching button.
Cleaning, sweeping, washing, heat
ing, cooking, chopping all these and
many more are now done without the
expenditure of any strength. The
wire that brings in the light brings
also tireless, ever-ready force which
instantly responds to every call by
day or night.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-05
NATION OF SMALL LANDOWNERS.

The large estates and great farms
and ranches all over the United States
are from year to year being divided
up into small farms, which are cult
waited by owners or tenants living
upon them. The tendency of this
condition here is greater than in any
other country in the world. In re-
cent address upon small land owners
at St. Louis Exposition gathering,
it was we'll said that if we educate the
people to use the land themselves and
enjoy it, they will get the land, be-
cause the man who lives on his own
land will make profit from it by his
own labor and not be the purveyor of
the product of the labor of others.
The very fact that there are large
numbers of men ready to take the
land and till it by their own labor,
and get their living from it, and know
how to do it, will make it practically
impossible to compete with them in
the production of crops raised with
hired labor. That fact alone will
necessarily regulate the price of land,
SO that we need never fear land mo-
nopoly in this country under such
conditions. The big farmer who hires
his labor can not stand the competi-
ton of the small farmer who lives on
his own land and farms it with his
own labor. -Zndlan0 Farmer.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-05
THIS YEARS BIG CORN CROP.

The final report of the Department
of Agriculture estimates the corn crop
for 1908 at 2,642, 687 900 bushels.
This figure has been exceeded only
three times-in 1899, when it was
$500, 44o, 900 bushels; in 1905, when
it was 2,7o7, 100000, and in 1906,
when it was 2,927,4I6,ooo. The
crop Of 1907 was 2,5o5, 800, 900 bush
els. Thus it will be seen that this
years crop is above the average of
recent years. As prices are higher
than they were when those larger
crops were harvested, the income of
the corn raiser this year will proba-
bly, be greater than it was in any pre-
vious season.
Corn is the country's imperial crop.
It brings to the producer more than
does any other farm product. For
about half dozen years its farm
value has been over 81, 600, 900, 900
annually. For 1907 it was $I,337,-
600, 900. It will go beyond 81, 4oo,-
900, 900 for 1908. There is a close
race between hay and cotton for the
second place among the crops in ag
gregate value, with hay often ahead.
In 1907 the figures stood at $685.
900, 900 for cotton and cotton seed,
and 5000, 900, 900 for hay. Wheat
brought $500, 900. 900 to the farmers
for 1907, oats 5000, 900, 900, potatoes
$Ioo, 900, 900, barley $4,000, 900,
tobacco $67 900, 900 and other pro
ducts brought in smaller amounts.
As the farming element is still the
largest ingredient of the population,
and as everybody consumes farm pro-
ducts, large crops have vital interest
for the country The aggregate of the
cereal crops for 1908 will be almost
up to the highest figures of the past.
The higher prices will bring bigger
income to the farmers than in any
previous year. Secretary Wilson
few weeks ago estimated that the
value of the farm products of 1908
would be above the So, 900, 900, 900
mark, which is higher figure than
they ever touched in the past. The
favorable crops will be large ele-
ment in the country's prosperity.
From the beginning of the year the
country has been saying that two
things would be needed for the resto-
ration of prosperity-good crops and
a Republican victory for President
and Congress. The country has
gained both of them, the latter in a
particularly large measure. And the
evidences of the approaching prosper
ity are so numerous that everybody
sees them. ST. Louis Globe Democrat.