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The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

corporation and that and firms and banks and rail-
roads, Insurance companies, and wealthy indvid-
uais should pay sent around to gather in the
checks. In great number of his assessments
met without word of demur. Single contribu-
tions high $4,000 common and a few ran
to still larger figures
Mr.. no bones" about it. He said the
who lad property who represented property
MUST PAY to have Bryan beaten. just they would
to save the nation from plague or war or their
city from pillage conhagration. In this Mr..
Hanna able to start golden stream flowing into
his Golfers. The largest subscription have been in
formed, from insurance company, and was a
check for 100000 railroad company gave 100000
Many others. and many large concerns and banks,
subscribed from $4,000 to $4,000 each
1t is not surprising that the general public should
believe that Mr.. Hanna's fund amounted to nearly
$20000000 / have heard intelligent and usually we'll
informed declare they knew the Mckinley fund
that year s30000000 Others put it at S25000,
000 AS matter of fact-and this is on high author
ity-Mr Hanna handled all told, In 1896 little under
$6,000.0o0. But that is a lot or money.
Millions of democrats firmly believe Hanna elected
Mckinley the first time by the outright purchase OF
voters. This is the view held by we-informed,
practical politicians Of both parties They know that
clumsy, dangerous ineffective. If you try buying
the chances Will be cheated. The thing
is not done that Instead of buying votes, the
method is to hire men to work for the party,
work In the great majority of it is believed
they Hanna spent large sums in hiring men with
wagons bring voters the polls election day.
Probably SO used for this In such
Kansas.
Here is where the advantage of thorough organiza-
tion shows the full 1t is we'll known that Indiana
is politically best-organized state in the union
Both parties there well-nigh perfect machine
getting the vote. Chairman Hitchcocks much
system, which is supposed have
that sum- was nothing more less than effort
Indiana of thorough precinct organf-
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Do Politics Make Men Better?

I have a to do with politicians of high and
low degree politicians IN politicians
congress and the White House, it is my opinion
that instead of making a politics makes
him better. for this The game politics is
like other. card playing and horse racing
baseball and all sorts of athletcs-you can
make Of IL unless you straight square.
If you crooked yellow. given
lying, breaking promises. doing dirty tricks
going back your friends, you fail You in
It And TO habits 1t is the The dissi-
pated reckless doesn't politics. He
take OF himself. He enjoy the re-
spect Of his fellows. The higher he the
higher he climbs true this is.
The politicians of the country about the best
lot Of have. They broad, generous SYM
pathetic. have had lot OF rubbed out Of
them by contact with the world, know give
and take. anc usually pretty fellows start
with Your msery, grouchy avaricious, FLOODED
curmudgeon doesn't in for politics 1t is
game that appeals him. Nor politics selfish
game many think it. CT course many men go into 1t
In the hope Of getting something of IT. for the
loaves and fishes, the Offices the contracts. But
convinced a great majority Of of thou
sands OF men who take in the making a presi-
dent In another before the actual voting
comes do through simple love of the game.
There are men who play politics their own ex-
pense for the enjoyment it. just as there are
other men who fish. shoot, play golf or join
secret societies
For the most part the who take active part In
all the complex movement which eliminates in the
election Of president do .heir own expense
First come the local primaries and the county con-
ventions Scores of thousands or delegates pay
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.GooDBY no CHEsTNuTs

chestnut bark disease, blpl,f first
] noticed in this country in igos has been making
such rapid progress that threatens destroy large
part Of our forests and to be quite the most
serious tree disease introduced into this country
The destruction already wrought together with the
quick spread Of the fungus leads government ex
perts TO that they why the chestnut
should not be absolutely exterminaed the eastern
United States. such would be a calamity
The disease seems to have been imported from Japan
and to have assumed unusual virulence coming into
contact with the American variety OF the The
spores OF the fungus through any convenient
crack exposed and begin to vegetate,
killing the tissues in which they On smooth
bark small brown orange pustules seen. on
rough bark these often hidden the whitening
parts of the often the first notice that has
attacked. The fungus appears to modest tree
but the chestnut. is fatal all of the
with the possible exception of Of those from
Japan and Korea.
This fungus has now spread through most of Long
island. in New York city, north the Hudson
Poughkeepsie, In southwestern Connecticut south
into New Jersey and Maryland and westward
Pennsylvania The possibility of stopping it
be very great though valuable single may
be by jrdicious removal of Infected parts. APP
pcation of fungcides painting spraying Is with
out effect The department OF agriculture advises all
Of woodland to cut down at all trees that
the disease They viii die shortly at rate.
and removing them promptly prevent the infection
from spreading to healthy trees.
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A MAGNETIC AIRTIDE

II REGULAR variation OF atmospheric pressure.
n taking place twice day. has recently been dis
covered This noted by Ham, the celebrated Aus
tran meteorologst, who detected it by mathefla teal
analysis long series of barometrc observations in
all parts world. The variation most marked in
tropics, and dimnishes toward the poles in both
hemispheres, but takes place at the time along
every meridian.
has been found that this semi i-diurnal variation
long been known mariners, although it is very
small being indicated In mercurial barometer by a
change of only about one-thousandth an inch in
the height of the mercury column. this change in
pressure is changes the height of the atmos
phere, the air, instead OF forming spherical she'll
around the EARTH NUT be eiiipsod pointing always
80 degrees OF the This ndica.es that the
phenomenon depends in some way upon solar influence
possibly upon some relation to the suns magnetic
traction.
j. S. Dimes, another student of the subject traces
the influence of this change, taking place
daily upon the the world and connects
ii with similar variation in the southeast wind
the persistent atmospheric current world
which called "the pulse o the atmospheric
circulation" The variation conspicuous series
hourly observations of wind pressure made at st.
Helena 1891.
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BOATS OF CONCRETE

-t- of reinforced concrete is in the build
] Ing of boats Some Of these have recently been
striced In Itay-an1ong them Ave of about 120 tons
for the italian The first was built as long
1906. She had double bottom of the cellular
type was tested Speza arsenal by collision
with a much larger iron boat having ram The con-
boat of the test without important dam
age. Conditions producing iron unfavorable in
Italy, and this metal is important an element in
reinforced it is probable that the construction
of these boats SO successfully begun there, Will be
and extended greatly In other countries,
notably in England The London Times predicts that
the use o concrete building will largely take
the place of iron and steel Carlo GabelIin, Roman
engineer called attention to the advantages OF ts
terial 10 or Is years ago. small rowboat made by
concrete in the ninetes shows no eff
feet whatever the salt water its outer surface.
though it has been in without repair
Pontoons arored have also been recently
wooden that formerly supported
the floating bridges the river Po.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

at Chicago, matter of fact Taft got
the delegates because he had the right to
the RI, his the regulars in a
iortv instances. and the other fellows the
1t is well understood that this and other parts
of the Taft preliminary campaign cost Charles
p. Taft the nomee's Cincinnati brother, three four
hundred thousand dollars Not dollar of 1t i'm
properly spent. The Cincinnati Taft is a gentleman
who would engage in dirty politics, to
land his well-loved brother in the White House. And
his brother wouldn't let him, IL he wanted
campaign much publicity of SUBJ
scriptions Campaign funds exercise peculiar fas-
cination for the average citizen He very curious
about them He wants to know all about how they
are raised and how they spent. The
invariably ascrbes greater Importance to the employ
the facts justify He also almost invariably magnifes
in his imagination the amounts that purpose
venture the assertion that presidential election
in dozen years has been changed iota by the
of 1t generally believed the great
battle of 1895 was by Mark Hannas big fund
There be Justification for that. 1t probably
true that if Hanna hadn't had any money at all. and
might have If neither side mad had any campaign
committee campaign funds It is possible Bryan might
still have Since then campaign committees and
funds have been actually useless. Mckinley would
have been reelected and Roosevelt chosen in 1904 if
the republicans had had committee all and had
just let the people alone This 1t is probably
like
by the republicans IL ago. SO great the
fright the silver and the possibility that
Bryan might reach the White House and plunge the
American nation down the silver standard that Mr.
Hanna able to raise about all the money
1t is secret that he made out lists of what this
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01
POWER FROM GAS

\ SIGNIFICANT feature of recent small power plants
n is the of the gas producer Instead of burning
coal in such way develop the maximum amount
of heat and then using this generate
steam engine, the same coal Is bvrned ncompetey.
SO as to give out little heat but large quantity OF
gas, which is then used to operate a gas engine.
The apparatus for generating the gas and purifying
1t Is called producer and the gas made is pro
ducer gas. In many the combination described
is cheaper and more efficient than engine Its
may be judged by the fact that, although
but recently introduced, there more 500
producer plants in the United States. aggregang
about 10000 horsepower. The advantage claimed
simplicity, safety and cheapness. The producer
Itself is hardly complicated than ordinary
air furnace, while the simplicity of gas engine
we'll known. There is danger from explosion or
boiler insurance s saved.
operation is almost automatic operators atten-
being required only minutes every two
hours. that he employ the his time in
other useful The producer will
days. il time get up gas than il
does get up steam in steam engine some
plants d reservoir of compressed kept hand
start the engine and it until gas being gen.
Grated In sufficient quantities take job.
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Mark Hanna and dough Day"

In few days shall learn how well Mr. Hitch
cocks elaborate scheme has worked out The Indiana
organization enables the party managers TO know
era weeks before election just where they stand and
how great effort they must make to get their vote
out to change voters in order to favorable
verdict And when election dy there is in hand
the machinery employ all the men. horses. wagons
and carriages the money be got pay
In 1895 Hanna large to the state commit
tees in western states. and the state committee
chairman had what he called dough day"-the day
all the county charmen to to him and
get their allotment of cash in actual currency. No
checks in this of the game. The chairmen
in turn hand the dough" to the township chair
and these to the precinct workers and the last
named out the fyes and and twenties to the
who hustle the voters to the polls.
A few days before the election in 1896 Uncle Mark
Hanna said the fight was over and won. He wanted
rest after having fought the greatest political battle
known to the history of the country Just then
in urgent appeal from Chairman Post of Nebraska
for $4,000.
IF I had fifty thousand more" wired Post, I'VE
could carry Nebraska for Mckinley"
II awfully sorry" Hanna, rbut. course
haven't the money II had / should like help
those plucky Nebraskans their fight Bryans
state. whether they win it Wire Post
of funds"
IF that is all that worries you said Secretary Heath
we have more than 100000 left hands,"
is 1t possible?" .~e'aimed Hanna. Il never be-
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A NOVEL SUBSTITUTE

electrical substitute for the pneumatic tube is
~ by Berlin postal authorities, with prom
isng results. consists of miniature electric trains
running automatically tunnel Each train consists
of locomotive and three and the double track
tunnel in which it is six feet wide by two and
half high with trench between the tracks deep
enough for a man to walk in. The current is taken
from conductor running along the tunnel roof. and
the trains quite automatically stopping by
of electric brakes reaching their destinations A
block system prevents collisions. lis system has been
actually in use on experimental section of track
for time; and if it is successful. it
likely be, will probably be introduced into other
European cities.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

IT COSTS lot Of money to elect president of the
L United States. How much knows But
4 the grand total high into the millions of ou.-
lars II would take large and active section of
the bureau ascertain an approximation
OF the sum
President-making IS the great American game,
game that every four years and has greater
number of devotees than other great
can game. baseball Americans good. sports When
they like thing they willing spend their money
t. And the making OF president IN this great
and glorious motion, rouses
more activity, produces a greater agitation In the
minds OF the and of a continent than
any other game in the world any war that ever
fought.
Why shouldn't love politics? It is essentially
a game of human nature. There a widespread i'm
preston that there is something degrading something
debasing about being professional politician. Well.
we are all professional politicians in way
other He is pretty poor sort of a who doesn't
take interest in the affairs his state.
try and set out and do something his his
principles.
There is mighty little basis for the preju-
dice that working in politics lowers MANS moral
tone. leads him into company keeps up o.
nights teaches him bad habits. STILL prejudices
OF reproach to say Of man that he is
Ours is system of government by parties. There is
already come to pass, government by newspaper. If
we are going to have parties must have organza-
tion. This organization must ramlfy down to the
election district. the township the ward Some one
must do lot Of work to keep this organization going
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01
BURYING CABLES

1T odd that telegraph and telephone companies
should be forced to bury their cables in the
large river. this became places along
the Ohio during the recent drought The river so
low that boys could, and did, play ball in the very
channel bed the left the telephone cables
entirely unprotected To avoid repetition of the in
cident, therefore, the companies now digging
trenches in the river bed which the cables will be
laid and securely covered.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01
BEE MARMALADE

He analysis of remarkable Japanese confection
is reported in recent bulletin of the college of
agriculture in Tokyo. This Is less than bee
marmaade," said to be made of young wild bees and
seasoned with soy. The result of the analysis show
reputed composition of the is quite
The marmaade is said to be exported in air.
tight tin French commentator remarks. sar-
castcay, it will doubtless be welcomed tables
where they grilled ocusts in Africa, the
Chinese dainty made of silk cocoons.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

zaton throughout dozen western states supposed to
be less in doubt wanted system by which
he could first take poll of all voters and learn definitely
whether they for Taft for Bryan doubtful and
if the last, he wanted to know why they unde-
termned and what influence could be brought bear
10 bring them into line
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The Cost of Conventions

Then there are the other visitors thousands In
Der, the greater part OF them It is true hang from
the country roundabout but many from distance,
and few of them spending large 1 have
known of going to conventions and taking X
pensive parlors hotel with other object
than enjoyment of the sport and spending from ST. 900
to $4,000 each in doing so.
Every national convention costs the newspapers vast
Of One of the marveIs Of the is the
skill and the completeness with which these great
gatherings described illustrated by STATS
of correspondents and artists 1t has truism
that the who stays at home and reads a good
newspaper usually knows about what is going
at national convention. and has better idea OF
the inside workings Of the political forces play
there than the man who Is actually the ground.
The latter through his hears through
his own ears alone. The former looks through
the trained and skilled intelligence
of All newspapers their best national
conventions and it is for metropolitan
journal be represented by IL to 30 correspondents
and artists and photographers.
There the expenses of the convention iself-the
hail. the entertainment of the national committee dec
orations music what-not. That these many items
into large may be judged by that
the enterprising city of Denver only provided
magnificent auditorium for the convention
William J. Bryan but raised a fund 100000 and
turned it to the democratic national organization
AS the actual expense Of the convention about
$4,000 the democrats found their campaign fund
started off with like after the convention
good of money often spent by perfectly
legitimate candidates and in perfectly legitimate
way For example during the contest for the repub-
lican nomination last summer it became apparent the
socaed allies the opposition TO the administration
candidate, had well defined plan manufacture con-
tests in the south and carry all quarres the
national convention At that time they believed they
had control of the national committee with
this control they could place the temporary roll
of the convention enough of these rotten
gates to give them majority in the
and the mastery of the committee credentials
To protect William H. Taft 1t deemed necessary
organize a staff look after his inter-
ests This task finally intrusted to Frank
cock. he employed Mr.. McEIarg of Washington
a clever man. and Mr.. McTIarg hired lawyers In every
southern keep close tab every movement of
the enemy. The result a busnessixe presentation
all the from the Taft side. There were afi-
davts support every claim made
Although there a great talk about the
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railway hotel bills and other expenses not
large in any Individual case the aggregate run
ming into big sums Then the state conventions
in all the forty-sN states Of
each of the political parties. If we say there are
fifty states territories. independent parties
that makes 200 state conventions
At a fair average each convention is attended by
500 delegates. and that makes round hundred thou
who leave their homes and pay railway
hotel bills the honor and satisfaction
of being somebody less. in the great national
It IS absurd to suppose that many these men,
whether they go county Conventions do so
at the expense of some else in hope getting
Office other for their labor. They go
because they like 1t. for other reason
Finally the national conventions-those great
gatherings which for several days the
ton of all the American people. fill the space of the
newspapers dominate the thought continent
No other country in the world has such institution
peculiarly American. without legal
status and wholly unforeseen by those wise fore
fathers ours established this government and
made constitution, and seemed to have foreseen
pretty nearly everything convention
is nevertheless part of the unwritten law, an
indispensable and picturesque factor our national
life
There has been some talk of late about dispensing
with national conventions and naming presidential
candidates through countrywide primaries 1 do not
believe that will be 1t pity and
loss il 1t It might be possible o nominate
candidates for president president by
primary. but how would you make platform?
Each of the national conventions of the great
parties is attended by about thousand delegates
and half many aternates Many travel way
islands OF the Nine of 10 of these delegates
their own expenses and frequently the expenses
of their wives well. simply for honor
thing, for the love of taking part really
historic gathering. 1t would wrong
the average expenses of these members
of the convention at 5000 each.
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fore heard of such thing. The campaign over and
a nice hundred thousand left in the till? Send the
Nebraskans their money"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10
The Willing Workers.

This club of young misses, who
have taken on themselves the
beautifying of the Court House
Square. appeared before the police
jury on last Tuesday and. through
Hon. H. P. Gamble who had gal
lantly agreed to represent them
before that body. asked permits
sion of that body to turn over to
them the Court Square so that
they could adorn and keep it clean
and put convenient seats. They
also asked that the police jury
provide fund for the purpose of
hiring janitor TO keep the court
house clean. These young misses
are to be assisted by the grown-up
ladies. who have graciously con-
scented to advise and assist the
Willing Workers. 1t is earnestly
hoped that the Police Jury will
grant their request.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10
Parish School Board.

The Parish School Board met
on Monday aud elected Mr.. j. j.
Nixon secretary and superintend-
ent for four years. as provided by
Act No. 40, approved June goth.
known as the Marks Bill. Mr..
Nixon has been teaching for a
number of years and is a native
of the parish of VIM. We think
he will make an efficient officer.
The Board fixed his salary at
$1,000 n year. All the members
of the Board were present-W.
E Long and j. s. Hunt, ward 1;
w. j. Harper, ward 2; b. +.
Sewers, ward 3; j. K. Sho,ars,
ward 4; j. w. Hughes, ward s.;
L. X. Wade, ward 6; John Stin-
son, ward z; w. K. Nixon. ward
8; W. NJ. Long, ward 9; A. E
Golden, ward 10.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-07-10
Police Jury.

The new Police Jury of the par
ish of Winn met last week and
elected a President, Mr.. ]. l..
Brewton, of ward 10. as will be
seen in the proceedings published
in last weeks paper. and adjourn
ed until Monday, July 9th. to
complete the organization, on
which day they met and elected
the following officers: S. Morgan
Abel, clerk; w. NJ. Wallace, attor-
ney; G. +. Brewton, treasurer, and
Will A. Strong. parish printer,
who designated the Southern
Sentinel" as the official journal of
the parish. This completed the
organization of that body and
they Immediately proceeded to
the transaction of routine business.
The following members present:
]. t. Porter, reelected; A, c. Pet
ers. new; L. {. Willis, reelected;
T. b. Pickett, reelected; ID. II.
Shumate, reelected; ]. X. Horn.
new; J. T, Payne, new; J. +. Car
ter, new; d. b. Williams, re-elect-
ed.
Owing to the crowded condition
of The Sentinel this week. the
proceedings will be published in
full next week.