The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-26

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To bring her home at night
The man who doesn't argue
But says: You may be right"
Before he strips to fight.
Who takes his wife's opinions
And never turns to murmur.
| My love. told you so''
The gentleman of daring
Who almost breaks his back
70 rescue little children
,x FROM on the railroad track
4 May worthy be of honor
/ - Ana almost sprouttng wings
64t give to me the hero
| Who tends to little things
Maker Of Presidents.
| ONO has held her first presidential
Urinary. she has proved herself the
! maker as well as the mother Of presi-
Gents IN the Is conventions of the Re
pupncan party. Had it not been for the
loyalty OF the Buckeye delegates to the
| luckless candidates. Of John Sherman.
OHIO would have backed the winners
IN practically all of the contests for the
noMlnatlon Tor president. AS it was,
Ohio has played the most conspicuous
part OF any state in the selection of Re
publican standard bearers since the
nrst Republican convention in 1856, and
convention of 1908.
In the first convention Ohio proposed
the names OF Judge John Mclean and
Salmon p. Chase. Both names were
Withdrawn In the interests Of the party
but, delegates insisting, Judge Mclean
received some votes In the informal bal
| lot that preceded the nomination of FIRE.
mont. On the direct and only formal
ballot Ohio gave IS delegates to John
G. Fremont and 80 to Mclean.
In 1860 Ohio split its votes for three
ballots, and at the end of the third
ballots. when % votes were given to
Lincoln, 10 to Chase, and two to Nc
Lean, 1t was Ohio's change OF four votes
cnas nominated Lincoln. The delegation
made Its vote unanimous Immediately.
In 1864 Delegate Delano, Of Ohio, pro-
posed Abraham Lincoln by exclamation,
The convention agreed with him.
sa In ise 81: Judge spanlding Ct Ohio pre-.
and the state gave him 40 votes. He
was nominated.
In 1872 Ohio proposed and accomplish
ed denomination Of President Grant.
In 1875 Ohio proposed its governor,
Rutherford B. Hayes, for president,
gave him A votes, and stuck to him
until he was nominated on the sixth
ballot.
In 1880 Ohio offered its son. John
Sherman. to the convention as it's
choice, and gave him all of her dele
gates throughout 35 ballots. On the
thtrty-sixth ballot James A. Garfield,
OF Ohio. was nominated. the state CIV
ing him 43 votes. Garfield alone voting
for Sherman.
1sS4Again Ohio presented John
Sherman. but was divided in its sup
port. Twenty-one votes were given to
James @. Blaine and 25 to Sherman.
These figures were reversed on the third
ballot. and on the fourth Ohio withdrew
Sherman's name and accomplished the
nomination of Blaine.
18Ss-Ohdo's loyalty to Sherman again
put the state out Of the winning coll
umn. It gave him a solid vote until
the eighth ballot, when 45 delegates vo-
ted for him and one voted for Benjamin
Harrison, the nominee.
18s2-Ohio backed its favorite son,
Mckinley, with 45 votes, giving but one
to Benjamin Harrison, who was renom-
mated on the first ballot.
1Se6-Ohio's 46 votes were cast for
William Mckinley, the conventions
unanimous nominee.
1s0o-McKinley. agadn nominated un-
animously. received ohio's solid sup
port.
19o4-Ohio gave its 4e votes to Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who was unanimously
nominated.-Boston Transcript.
Owe Lives to Provideutial Hog.
Had 1t not been for big pig in the
middle Of the highway, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Sellen. Of Oliveburgh, would
have been killed in a runaway accident
near their home today.
AS tho farmer and his wife were rid
ing down q steep hill the harness broke
and their horses ran away down the
hill and across level strip of road and
were about to plunge into a deep ravine
when the hog waddled out into the road.
It SO frightened the horses that they
stopped at once. and the next moment
the farmer and his wife were out Of
the wagon.
ION two other occasions these horses
.5r1a< 1x1 I'd fve%o