Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-09

/ the time this 100000 baby receives
his share of the Young fortune, if he
does live TO receive it.
Under X-ray analysis the roster of
delegates to the Independence League
first convention at which William
Randolph Hearst uttered the keynote
war cry against things In general, bore
an interesting resemblance to the pay
roll of the Hearst publications. It
was noticed that there were many vo-
ciferous voices among the delegates
which reminded one of those which
cry "Extry" on the street corners of
many cities. Ia explanation il was
stated that in the Texas delegation,
Tracy Adams, a newspaper hustler"
or circulation "pusher,T was an active
delegate. "Chi" Red, who draws pay
from the Hearst Golfers for the same
sort of work. was. an important dele
gate from Maine. Tom Butts, a cir
culation man from Indiana, was a
delegate from that state s'Moso" An
nenberg. whose work IS securing sub
seribers to the Hearst papers. in Wis
consin. also was q delegate. Tommy
Brasky," newsboy who is well
known about Clark and Madison
streets in Chicago. acted as a digni-
fed representative of Missouri. Eddie
Burke, a central district driver, also
was present as a delegate, cheeFIu-
whenever the appraised voice of q
speaker indicated that Hearst EN-
ployes were expected to enthuse.
Dummy" Higgins, driver of one of
the Hearst newspaper wagons in Chi
cago. and his brother al" were dele
gates from Kentucy. The narrative
of Jacob I. Sheppard of Fort Scott,
Kansas, the man who tried to nomi-
nate Bryan, told after he had applied
arnica TO his bruises and new clothes
to his back, was a sidelight on the
Hearst uplift in behalf of the com
mon people" He related how he was
seized for ejectment, how he was
"roughhoused" and finally rescued
from the delegates by the detail ST po-
lice present. II was he who charged
that the platform was changed before
submitted to the convention. The
start which independence" made was
novel.
War has been declared by taxpayers
upon the present policy OF the Sanitary
District of Chicago which is in charge
of the great $56.000.000 drainage
canal. various commercial bodies
charging that the Chicago river is
neglected at heavy loss to this city in
lake shipping The efforts of the sani-
tary trustees has been directed tow
ard outlying districts and meanwhile
the canal has filled with silt. the ne.
cessary flow for carrying of the citys
sewage has been cho1ed by this and
by failure TO widen the river to 200
feet at all points. Lake vessels have
repeatedly stuck in entering the har-
Dor, The criticism of the sanitary
trustees has brought out sharp, not to
say, yitriolic replies from President r
R. Mccormick. but he has refrained
from answering the questions Of tax
payers and contented himself with de-
nunciations The war reached an
acute stage when the Illinois Tax Re
form association called the matter TO
the attention Of the attorney general of
Illinois, saying: Unless the sanitary
trustees at once begin preparation and
work for the Immediate draiSagc
channel the people of the Illinois
river valley will have cause to. and
probably will, go into court and OBJ
tain mandamus compelling the
prompt Introduction of sufficient water
TO provide proper dilution for the sew
age Of the city of Chicago. The peo-