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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-08-20

The street fair and carnival given
by the Enterprise Concert band last
week. was very successful in both
attendance and enjoyment. The ar,
rangement and decorations OF the
grounds were fine. and the good or.
der that prevailed was credit TO
both the management and the
crowds. The 'sideshows" were not
much of course but at that they
were superior to the travelling car.
nival companies. while the free
shows, balloon ascensions, sports and
races, were away ahead OF any.
thing usually offered by professional
troupes. Taken all in all, the affair
was a creiit to the band and to the
town.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-08-20

The StreeterBryan company will
break camp next Wednesday, and
start for California where they will
The sun., 1908-06-18

Of ths low are pushed homo. In the srsss
american eleotorato money has few votes,
out II Gao colnnaad many voices and cause
many birds 10 kng. The result 10 thas the
President 10 ths best abused and the paqse
popular inap 10 the United States to-day. 10
has baen moro abused than any President exe
oept Washington, Lincoln and Grant He
possesses the love and confidence Of the
American people b q deSsse never sSas....ssS.
except BY Lincoln and washin ston. May Il
not be said. IN sober truth. that the fearless
performance Of sworn duty 10 not without It's
exceeding great rewardf
But the work has not ceased with the On.
forcsment Of existing laws. A Republican
Congrsss and Republican President have
placed new laws npon the statute books
designed to carry out the Republican policy
OF government regulation In q safe. reason
able and effective manner. The Elkins law.
aimed at prefer tial rebates. which have been
the curse OF our transportation and our busl-
ness; the railroad rate law, which made the
supervision Of railroads more effective, and
the pure food law. which has been In the
highest degree benehcent to the masses Of
our people. are all monuments OF the policy
and the labors OF the Republican party.
This great man retires, by his own deter
mination. from his high once on the ath Of
March next. His refusal OF renomn alton, I,
dictated by the loftiest motives and by q
noble loyalty to American traditions, Ii final
and irrevocable. Any one who attempts to
nse his name as a candidate for the Presidency
impugns both his sincerity and his good faith.
two OF the Presidents 8 greatest aud most con
spicuous qualities. upon which no shadow
has ever been cast.
That man is no friend to Theodore Roose-
welt and does not cherish his name and fame
who now from any motive seeks to urge him
as candidate for the great office which he has
finally declined. The President has refused
what his countrymen would gladly have given
him. he says what he means and means what
he says. and his party and his country will
respect his wishes as they honor his high char
scter and great public service
PARTY PLEDGED TO ROOSEVELT POLICIES.
But although the President retires he
leaves his policies behind him. To those pol
icies the Republican party stands pied ged
We must carry them out as we have begun.
regardless alike Of the radicals OF reaction and
the radicals of revolution. We must hold fast
to that which is good while we make the ad-
vances which the times demand
We ask for the confidence and support of
the American people because We have met
the problems OF the day and have tried pa
tiently to solve them. We appeal for votes
and fer the power they confer because we
uphold the Presidents policies and shall con-
with confidence because we have a well
defined policy and are not, like our oppon ents,
fumbling in the dark to find some opinion on
something.
The sun., 1908-06-18

gentlemen how much they thought Of them;
They had cheered every. time Dixie had
been played and shouted other evidences
Of thclr profound gratitude. 1t would not
have done ct all to have let these Southern
gentlemen be shunted out into the cold.
Representative Burke was In great voice,
was In fine fettle for fight, and he made
q ringing speeoh in favor OF his measure,
with figures tending to show how unfair It
was and how delegates from the Southern
States In the proportion OF one TO every
1So Republican voters, as In Missippi, oon!d
nulltfy the will Of States In the North,
which had only one delegate for every
ten or twelve thousand voters.
THE MAGIC NAME OF RoOsEvELT.
The vote In the convention was III against
500 for the ma ajority report. While the
roll call Of States was going on Mr.. Hitch
oock went around among the delegates
showing them a message that he had got
from Secretary Taft to the effect that no
(Mr. Taft and President Roosevelt also
viewed with great alarm this effort to cut
down the representation from the Southern
States. A good many OF the delegates
who had been inclined to break away from
the Taft forces on tho proposition. quickly
came back into the fold when the nessag &c
from the White House wae heard. fHitch-
cook had not shown that message from
the Great White Chief Representative
Burke would have won his fight. The
vote on Burke's resolution by States was
as follows:
The sun., 1908-06-18
TENNESSEE FOR BRYAN.
Convention Recommends Gov. johnson for
Viee-President.

NAsHvTLLE, June 1.-THE Democratic
State convention. called for the purpose OF
selecting delegates to the national conven-
ton. met today and elected Gen. e. l..
Bullock OF Madison county temporary
chairman and Gen. Harvey n. Hannah Of
Roane county permanent chairman. The
delegates to the Denver convention were in
structed to cast their votes for William j.
Bryan. and the resolutions adopted recon-
mended the selection of Gov. John A. John
son OF Minnesota for Vice-President, al
though no instructions to that effect were
given. The convention was well attended
The platform declared against inferior
Federal courts granting injunctions against
giving States control over shipments of
liquor from other States. prohibition in
the District Of Columbia, improvement
OF waterways, certain restrictions Of imlni-
grafton, employers liability law. against
produce exchanges. legislation to prevent
recurrence Of -the stock gamblers panic
and Government control Of emergency
currency. The Aldrich- -Vreeland bill was
denounced and Congress arraigned for
not passing the campaign contribution bill.
The sun., 1908-06-18
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The sun., 1908-06-18
TAFT HAS A NERVOUS SPELL
1t Was During the Roosevelt Hurrah at
Chicago, but II was Soon Over.

WASHINGTON, June 17.--For several min.
utes this afternoon William H. Taft Of Ohio
Secretary of War and the prospective
Republican Presidential nominee, was a
very nervous man. This was when the
Chicago convention turned itself loose TO
acclaim the name Of Theodore Roosevelt.
With direct wires to the Chicago convention
hall Mr.. Taft was advised instanter when
the Roosevelt demonstration began. As
the minutes passed by and the enthusiasm
for Roosevelt continued, apparently grow
ing in volume for time, Mr.. Taft 10 said
70 have betrayed signs Of discomfort. But
MIR; Tart soon regained his oomposure,
and when seen at o'clock he was as ioyiai
and smiling as ever.
At about 3:45 Secretary Taft entered the
Executive Offices at the White House. AT
that hour-or at 2A5 Chicago tims-accord-
House. the Coliseum was still in a frenzy
OF excitement. Mr.. Taft entered the Ex-
ecutive Offices under full head Of steam.
Have you got minute Mr.. Secretary"
said SAID .. reporter; Mr. Taft replied that he
mao mad sIs several minutes. but that he could not
President II was assuned that Mr.. Taft
wanted to see the President about the out
'Ic ssoretsry q a'1sIi Ysit's withdrawal from the
SAevuuVo pIcoohSo YVES anxiously awaited
House. Some Of them expected q sensa-
tion within and remained without In the
expectation that something might really
happen. 1t was. a long wait. .They're
sals,nS talking Il uss ever .n was the word passed
Secretary Loeb's Office. ''''o
"Is II possible they need the services OF
a physician p queried one affrighted
Secretary Taft did not take his exit from
the executive office, as is his habit. Half
an hour after he entered the Preaident's
room he walked out Of the White House
proper, went directly to Pennsylvania
avsnus ave Ss and uP the avenue to the State, War
abled him to avoid the beleaguers.
there was any emotion in the White
House over the Roosevelt demonstration
IN Chicago it did not ooze out. Seoretarv
Loe6 LOEB showed no excitement; But THE
The only, complaint that the Preeidsnt
has ever been known to make about NJ '
Loeb 70 that his secretary refuses to GET
excited over anything. e''
1o.% What ss. do ..tyy you think Of itr Secretary
Mr.. Loeb paused, and then pointed 10
telegram lying on hio desk. It read:
aTwo-thirds OF the delegates remainad
IN their seats while the demonstration
was In progress"
without saying. 50 In terms Secretary
Loep intimated that the delegates were
Administration expected TO see Taft named.
Secretary Taft spent busy day. He
was In frequent conference With the Presi.
cent and Secretary of State on matters
g,-,s ~ DaSlness. me- wires and telephone In
N operation or ready Cor use from the
noment the convention opened for the iay
pntn Y closed Mrs, Taft was there 10
The sun., 1908-06-18
SENATOR STEWART WISE AT SO.
Aged yermonter Makes Some Pointed
., Comments ON Political Conventions.

4 8 Comments ON Political Conventions.
q CHICAGO. June 1.-THE most agile Re-
publican here for his years. SO. is Senator
John w. Stewart OF Vermont. who is filling
the unexpired term of Senator Proctor.
Senator Stewart has had a long political
Career. He was Governor Of his State in
1870 and has served four terms as a Repre-
sentative in Congress.
( But for all his wealth Of experience, per-
haps because OF it, Senator Stewart refused
to play the prophet. -.
Modern issues are different you didn't
hear much about trusts and railroads and
: labor and capital back in the eos. The
tariff alone survives. and is likely to for
Some time yet said the Vermonter. 1T
seems to be the stock in trade Of our times
s,.sNA A. to the nominee : he continued. Taft
is all YOU can see just now. Second place?
j don't know. A ticket 10 never made till
the vote has been taken. have seen the
unlocked for happen more times than one.
Il am hero only as an interested spectator
this time. but have had part in some Of the
here as an admirer Of Abraham Lincoln in
q 1850. As a Westerner he seemed pretty far
removed from New England at that time,
especially when New England was counted
strong for Seward.
"B1t the logic Of his debates with Doug
a ".
70 mark him as a man Of force and foresight
, and fairness, and was by no means alone.
Out OF delegation Of ten from Vermont
eight were for Lincoln.
~ The convention was held In the Wig
wasn' Chicago has spread out 50 In everv
direction since that time that would no,
attempt to say where IL was located Ex-
citement and enthusiasm ran high. for IL
was felt that the time had come for the party
to put forward a candidate who could win.
This present gathering is quiet as COM
pared with that Of 1880. The doubtful States
were Pennsylvania. Indiana and Illinois
Indiana is always more or less In doubt
anyway. Vermont. on the other hand.
was Republican then has been Republican
ever since and always win be Republican,
guess. u. ''' :
:, Seward had injured his chances in the
uou6tiul States by expressing too violent
spohtion sentiment, it was thought. Ohio
G1oueht forward Salnon p. Chase, Horace
eey. Sn,'e,y. who represented Oregon by
courtesy. favored Bates Of Missouri. ysT-
.nont could not agree within itself. for the
members who were for Seward would
not give way TO Lincoln, and thinlring IL n
pity That 80 small a delegation should sniit
suggested that this State onst a c,ncpiT.
ballot, on 'he nrst
sewnrd's selection was thought probabJa
,ftpy neariy every one. On tho flrst ballot
e ne nad. 2 iarge plurality, but he did not Fave
eno1gn; nh not bad plan 20 have enough
s-Tr' l~Sr<.s' "A 1ff -kt4t5i tiNt tA2fi
The sun., 1908-06-18

It was very evident from this vote that
the convention II let alone would have
carried out the wishes of Republicans
expressed for years. that their national
conventions are too much dominated by a
Southern rotten machine which can give
no electoral votes to Republican Presi-
roll call on Burke's resolution the conven-
tion was adjourned till noon tomorrow.
The sun., 1908-06-18
MISSISSIPPI FOR BRYAN.
John sharp Williams Ono or the Delegates,
but Did Not Attend the Convention.

hut Did Not Attend the Convention.
JACKSON, Miss, June 1.-THE Democra tic
State convention adjourned at o'clock
after having adopted resolutions indors-
ing and instruoting for W. j. Bryan for
President first, last and all the time, I"
predicting Democratic sue cess and ex-
coriating the Republicans for sins of omis-
sion and commission and especially for
extravaganza of the last session of Con-
gress.
Delegates at large to Denver convention:
Senator A. j. McLaurin Of Brandon, John
Sharp Williams of Yazoo, Gov, Noel,
ex-Gov. -yardaman, ex-Gov Lowry and
ex-Gov. Longino. Alternates' Charles e.
Hooker Of Kinds Presley Groves of
Neshoba, r. Fl: Henry of Kinds, Earl Brewer
Of Coahorna, j. 8. Sexton Of Copiaha and
E. j. Bowers Of Hancock.
District delegates and Presidential electors
were also chosen.
C. H. Williams, brother Of John Sharp,
was indorsed for national committeeman.
There was great disappointment that John
Sharp Williams was not In attendance In
the convention.
The sun., 1908-06-18
BURLEY'S FATHER APPROVES,
Ohio Delegate VINO B0lted Taft Finds His
Act Not Wholly Unpopuiar.

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CHICAGO. June 17.--Zane w. Burley, dele
gate from the Eleventh Ohio district, who
braved the Ohio machine" and bolted his
Taft instructions on Monday. is cheered
by telegram from his father giving him q
long distance pat on the back.
stay where you are at. It's the wish OF
hundreds, the telegram reads. The young
delegate breathe q a sigh of joy and de-
clared there was cheer enough in that tele-
gram to counteract a thousand machine
trowns.
Burley is almost q boy in politics. although
this is not his first big experience. He is
70 9years old, is married, and lives at Crooks
vile, Ohio, in the district in which Arthur l.
Vorys lives.
BuG2ey. declares that Taft cannot carry
Ohio and that he is doing no more than
Taft advised in speech delivered at Akron
to have defeated Myron I. Herrick for
Governor.
The sun., 1908-06-18
NEW NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Eighteen Members Of the Old One Dis.
pIaced-Three Vacancies to FIJI.

pIaced-Three Vacancies to FIJI.
CHICAGO, June 1.-THE new national
committee elected to-day displaoes eighteen
of the old members as follows:
Charles H. Scott of Alabama, A. NJ.
Stevenson of Colorado John Edward Ad-
dicks of Delaware, w. B. Hepburn of Idaho,
Stephenson A. Williams OF Maryland,
Thomas J. Aikens Of Missouri, John D.
Waite of Montana, Charles H. Morrill, of
Nebraska. Frank 8. Streeter of New Hamp-
shire. Alexander NICK of North Dakota,
Myron T. Herriok of Ohio, Charles H. Carey
of Oregon, j. M. Greene of South Dakota
Walter p Brownlow of Tennessee. Levy
Ankeny OF Washington. J. p aaboook Of
Wisconsin, John G. Held of Alaska and
Robert Reyburn of the District of Columbia
The following is the new national COM
The sun., 1908-06-18
DIED.

bA RR.-At Orange. N. j.. June 10. 1905. william
Barr. In tho sist year Of his age.
Funerh service will be held at his home
bAronald. Llewelyn Park. Orange, THURSDAY,
June 1a at 4 o'clock. Carriages will be In
waiting at Oran 20 station on arrival Of
clock train from New York via D.. L. q W
DoNNELL. -on Saturday, June 10. at Eatons Neck
Long Island, N. r.. Harriet eldest daughter
OF Harry L. and Ruth Roblnson Donnell OF
pneumonia. In her 5th year.
hANRINGroN.-m Boston. June 10. Leonora
Field. vito Of Allen wArdnsr Harrington.
Funeral at ea2 Broadway, Saratoga Springs
MY. on Friday At 10 o'clock.
scHlBNER.-After a lingering Illness. on Tuesday
June 10. at his residencc, el0 West Ssth Of"
John NJ. Scribner. In the oeth year OF hts age.
Funeral service 40 his lste residence on
Thursdsy at o'clock. Intermsnt Greenwood
The sun., 1908-06-18
Law ENFORCEMENT AND ENACTMENT.

The President has enforced the laws as he
found them on the statute book. For this per-
formance Of his sworn duty he has been Bit
terly attacked. It was to be expected Vested
abuses and profitable wrongs cry out loudly
vhen their cntrenchments are carried. and
.2me one is sure to be hurt when the bayonets
The sun., 1908-06-18
ONLY TWO SPEECHES APIECE.

CandlnAteS FOR President Agree to ELM.
mate All but One sccondinS Address.
y CHICAGO, June 17.-Under an agree
ment reached tonight among the repre-
sentatives OF all the candidates for the
Presidential nomination only one speech
seconding each nomination will be made.
This was done in order to save time, as
the leaders want to get through with the
work OF the convention as soon as possible
Six OF the seven men who we're 70 second
the nomination of Mr. Taft therefore will
not speak. The speech seconding his nomi-
nation will be made by George A. knight
80 California,
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-03-05
Trees Planted by Insects.

The uses Of worms in wood and
field have been discovered by G. A,
Andrews. It has long been known
that squirrels aid the forester by
burying nuts, of which some sprout
and ultimately develop into trees, but
that also he is indebted to earth
worms for like services is knowledge
new. 1t appears that the dry Nat
fruits Of the silver maple are frequent.
ly used by worms to plug the aper'
lures Of their burrows in the fashion
long since described by Darwin. In
districts too dry for them to germi'
nate under ordinary conditions a Ger.
tain proportion Of maple seeds thus
drawn into their holes by the worms
were found to sprout and grow into
seedlings, and, although these ulti,
mately persisted under the influence
Of the late summer drought, Mr.. An.
drews thinks that under less unfavor
able conditions certain number
would survive. He believes that by
planting trees worms more thar
amend the damage with which
they are credited through destroying
seedlings in the gardens.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-03-05
discriminating Head Hunters.

All efforts to subdue the head
hunters" of Formosa having been un
successful, campaign of extermina
ton has been entered upon, and now
when company Of head hunters is 10
Gated the place Is surrounded by g
wire fence. The wires are charged
with electricity. The soldiers begin
to shoot; the savages stampede, ant
then the deadly wires get those thai
the bullets miss. There are about
100000 Of these head hunters infest
ing the eastern coast of the island
and all efforts to make them desirable
citizens have failed They recently
lured party of 300 Japanese anl
Chinese into an ambush and killed
them all but three, for the mere pleas
ure Of killing.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-03-05
Talented German Empress.

Empress Augusta Victoria is thor
oughly womanly woman, but she is by nc
means the mere hausfrau that she ia
often supposed to be. In fact, she
has decidedly artistic tastes and l.
sculptor and painter Of no mean
ability. In her husbands study al
Petsdam there is lifelike bust Of
the emperor In bronze and severa
Of her sons have been portrayed by
her In marble. Her majesty Is very
- Of beautiful fans and she has
.luable specimens Of them
ere gifts from the emperor
was made of feathers Of the
that fell to his gun. Some
beautifully painted. bear the
ures Of great artists.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-03-05
ALL USED WOODEN rRENchERs.
Substitutes for croekery Ware Nearly
Two Hundred Years Ago.

Our readers may like to be remind
ed Of how comparatively late In our
history the absence of cheap crockery
kept the wooden trencher in use. In
the eighteenth century, silver In the
dining room and pewter below stairs
were abundant for all dinner table use
In large and wealthy households.
But that the number OF metal plates
and dishes was insufficient to meet
the requirements Of extraordinary 90
casions is seen in description Of q
dinner given by Lord Nation to his
tenants in 1893.
1t was at Woodhouse that the feast
takes place at which we hear that
tbs an out Of the way thing, the
people are to dine upon wooden dish
es; they cut down wood on purpose
to make them of"
One Of the company describes the
affair In letter to the Lord Straf-
ford of the time, Lord Nations neigh
Dor at Wentworth castle.
There was in the prayer hall six
tables made of deals with benches,
such as In the tents att Boughton
fair. Att four Of them there might be
about 80 people, the other two some
thing above half the number, the
tables being less.
Our dishes stood single, the table
allowing no more; first dish, roast
porke; End, turkey; 3rd, venison pas.
ty; 4th. cold beefe, roast; 9Th, fruit
pudding; 9Th, a goose; 7th, APPLE pye;
9Th, a hogg's head in souce; so then
the course began again, and kept in
this forme to every table.
I'VE cate upon trenchers and wood
dishes, and drunk in horns; my lord
did tho same. The horns held near
pints and the punch was made strong,
and the common people drunk full
horns just after dinner that 2 or 8
horns would make them drunk or
sick"
It Is noticeable that ale was drunk
at my lords table, but as he was re.
puted not to keep ANY great stock
Of malt drink" punch was served at
all other tables as being the cheap.
est liquor to make treat Of"
"A treat" meant taking too much,
and this was so successfully accom-
plished that there was one man
found dead, supposed to be choaked
with punch. Country Life.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-03-05
Gorlllas Terrorize Congo Natives.

Alfred Yorke, a young explorer, who
has returned to London from the
French Congo, brought back with him
three immense gorillas. He states
that a section of the French Congo
and the German Cameroons is filled
with these big beasts.
The natives had been driven away
by the ferocious animals, which had
even succeeded in getting rid Of all the
monkeys.
These animals are generally armed
with heavy clubs, and woe to the car.
avian that IL attacked by them. Mr..
Yorke describes one such incident
that happened to the caravan with
which he was travelling, and says
that he and his companions owe their
lives to the large amount Of ammuni'
ton they carried, with which they sue.
ceeded in routing the gorillas.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-03-05

The Atheneum club meeting last Fri
day afternoon was held at the home of
Mrs. H. K. Brown. The subject Of the
program was Dryden, 1881 100 and the
following papers were given: "Life,
how Influenced, Mrs Jones; "Zimri'',
Mrs. McCurdy; Character Skech Of
Backinham, Hind and Panther, Beauty
and Personality, Mrs Upp. Dryden was
the response to roll call. A princir al
feature of the afternoon was the reading
of Othello, Act II conducted bv Mrs
Brown. The next meeting will be held
at the home Of Mrs. L. A. Madison on
March 18th.