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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
The Progressive Republican Bird
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION
To the republican electors Of Lincoln county,

To the republican electors Of Lincoln county.
The Republican County Central Committee,
OF Lincoln county. has called the County Con.
ventfOn Of the republicans Of said county. to
meet at tho Court Room, in the Court House.
Seventh day OF July, 1908, at 2 O'Clock p. m Of
said day. Is required by law.
The representation will be one delegate for
each twenty votes or major fraction thereof,
In 1909, and one delegate at large for each
precinct Is follows: Basis of representation
OF delegates in Lincoln county:
Eden . =. 1
EhlIyioW =. .
CentOn D
- nA.oy-. .................A .....- .- 9
MOItaxn6 -. .
NOtWS =
Highland ........ 8
Lynn....... o
f0try =
AounOA =
.
q
LiucOih.. .. o
Grant .
0prlD8Ooi0. Q
nuuICn -...-....-.-... .
DEOOAIyn ...'..--. .....-..s..... .-..... .
DoI3WAre ....... =
Dayton. ............... ........-...... 9
Canton City-1st Ward ............ ......... 8
End ard 4
s atn " arc;
Number OF Precincts IS
BY order OF the Republican County Central
A.. j. KuHNs. Chairman.
j. BROWN, Secretary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
You Must Buy Upholstered Furni

on Mh or OF the reputation OF theh ouse selling it,. You can buy your furniture any
where; but you'd better not. Buying anywhere means buying anything; you don't want
anyhing;i tm ayb be poorly made or poorly fnished. or worse yet poorly designed, It's
exception. Nobody but an exp@rtc an afordt to rust himself where all sorts of qualities
Iae ofered,a and even experts can be fooled. We pesntq quality pieces at factory prices,
with a quaranteeo of at east third saving to you
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05

Vote for the man you know.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
M GTSESz/Kl
G>ZZIZtSL1S% ~ lie
ESzI5 H2az>w

pAatIcTTy lIu..
'Show me any dance program" remarked
Walter II. Wroe, a Philadelphia instructor who
divides bis time between teaching the society
maids and matrons in the East and training
fancy danccrs for the stage, "and ! viii point
out what Is the most obvioIs fact about dancing
IN the United States toda. The waltz appears
III more frequent repetition than any other dance
Eumbcr the program specifies
Truth l.. there is far too much of waltz and
t'vo-stcn-so much that the thrce-quarter time
r'r"sur has suffered harsh transformations
which carry 1t out of its real sphere as a grace
ful. enjoyable waltz. and leave l. masquerading
under the ancient and honorable name. but with
ITS nature changed as greatly-well, as greatly
es The honest -four that goes into bread can be
changed into indigestibe pie and cake.
1T Is still waltz, for /. is still in the three
step measure. But we have made it into various
things which are far more gymnastics than they
waltzing.
CAS- for the dancing masters restoring the
waltz to popular favor / wish we could've all
wish we could But it doesn't lie with us. The
fate of the waltz, the fat of all dances now
popular or ever popular, lies in the hands of the
leaders of society.
Put every dancing master of the world to
work eXhOTtlng. IN n single hall. for the renais-
sance of the waltz, and let Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
casually remark that she's going to have galop
in imitation Of Texas cowpunchers or a kimono
saraband la geisha. or a Salome caracol with
a dancing masters head as the piece dc resist
ance-and III promise YOU the dancing master
will furnish the head. and on silver platter. We
teach what the fashions demand; the fashion
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

my prog cssl'c uancIng master can teach
the barr dance-but one of them will tell YOU
the story of Its origin or trace its disreputable
ancestry. On the second beat of the three
quarter measure the dancers throw I'D the foo,
II calls for In a sort Of discreet outward kick
with a sweeping curve to II. A girl. on that kick
looks rs though she'd Just been tempted to ioin
the merry chorus and had begun to practice high
kicking but changed her min In the middle of
the kick
There's the waltz for you" american dane
ing masters have said. with one eye on the three
quarter measure of the music and the other on
the sweeping turn the dancers describe at the
step after the kick
"Donnerwetter nocnem;lf" vociferates the
Berlin congress. "Aber nitr'
Signlfylng that the newly fashionable Bos-
ton Drop of savage America is merely another
horror piled upon the hea2ed mound of our
crimes.
Society gazed surreptitiously upon the
brawny freedom of the new waltz as kicked at
Coney Island. and thought that it was good-in
default of anything better. It adopted the new
kick for ats very own, modifying It's elephantine
muscularlty to- the smooth grace demanded in
the current reaction against the spinal curva-
lures of the recently defunct cakewaIk
A studlous count of the relative degrees
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

OF popularity attaching TO the few dane, ,..aJ
furnish our present meager variety would p...e
them IN this orde-: First, the vari0u, tur@cfa
on the weltz-chi fly whirlwind gyratious vjtI
the Bostc' Drop gradually inhlJroting down
ward from the social stratum 20 whicl IL u
suddenly uplifted from its original low level {
Coney: second. the aboriginal two-st,p ug-
changed In any o. It's primal savagery. Except
that II Is somewhat more ferocious; third tie
barn dance. always a children's dance until their
older sisters and brothers stole II from them be-
cause the other paythiugs of the grown-uns
seemed for the time made of sawdust: fourth the
lanciers, danced a quaCrile with a two-step
round dance Believing what little monotOny re-
mains after everybody has introduced every 6g-
IRE anybody ever heard e. and fifth, the Paul
Jones figure from the german. where Won tvo-
step until signal bids al PLAY ring-around-a-
rosy mp to the next -iSnal. which makes them
change partners along chair until each secures
another partner whose step Is the worst ever.
with more twO-step, mort ring-around-a rosy,
and more chain changes until you get some ore
worse than the worst
That Is all. Gone Is the polk; gone ths
schottische; gone the swanIke elegance of tao
original waltz.
The dancing master is rushing 20 the rescue.
Society Is also taking note. There Is a gener. I
movement to revive and make permanent the d.
lightful oil waltz OF Beautiful Blue DANUBE
days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
Two-sTEP A wHIRLwIND

The two-step came in like a whirlwind For
an interval even the waltz time was des2ised
and rejected as something altogether out of
fashion. But three-quarter time in music and
IN the dance IS something that is basicaly hui
man. and humanity can never free its feet from
that fundamental measure 1t is. pre-eminently
the dance tune
The waltz returned but changed from its
delicious dreaminess to a sort of lightuing-ex
press whlr4igig, TO be used as staple TO I'll the
already breathless interval between the grotesque
horrors Of the cakewalk and the hopping ABILITIES
Of the barn dance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
Waltz.

=. 49, - .l|-l.- -Ha>ttls IUuUW.
Yet there has arisen, during the lasi l-.,
months. a worldwide demand-world-wide so far
as dancing goes-for the preservation of the old
time waltz; for Its return unto It's own.
Ten years ago the set dances vanished into
the limbo that hides still the oldest and most
stately of their type, the courtly minuet. Plain
quadrille, polka quadrille, waltz quadrille, ele-
CANT polacca-uRe with ano ler they fed, with
the real, delightful waltz dancing hurredly to its
doom IN the gasping glide, and the nimble polka
and sociable schottsche already IL the class that
our mothers talk about
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

leading hotel Of atlantic City,
mat famous eastern summer resort
rs The crO5vd dTffed back he or
oheSfra began 10 play-7cifh a hiring Ft
and a rhythm so slo1c that 10 me Younger
ears ii seemed fmerea-the szvayiug
numbers Of The old, old "BeaHfifm BlHr
Danube"
The younger set, gymnasfs 7vith
their expectations set upon the reekmg ex-
srciSc Of the barn dance and The breath
less dGsheS Of The f5yo-Sfeb, smiled al one
another in surprise BHt ffor long.
Il little space, and one delighted ron
pie after another, among the older men
and TComcH, rose, and 510cpt ont upon nHe
floor IN the iHimitably graceful, facile cir
cle5 Of the old, tHe zUaItS, dancing IL zcith
an enjoyment that indicated fke gerry
poetry Of delicate, unaffected grace.
Il fttie longer, and the Younger SCI
acre exclaimiug: "Ifs something ne4c
lets Try itF'
That 7oas the zcay-jnst once. like
some lovely, lost joy-thaf The quecnlr
scalf1 returned, for brief graceful mo-
meHi, TO its o5vH, although hundreds O.
dancing masters, assembled in Berlin
sccre binding themselves, zcifh solemn
Vo5cS, TO restore ii 10 lis forfeited pre-
emiRercc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
Hi II, nj 10. hi Il. hi 10
Bel uns gents INNER
Schlimmer ind Schlimmer.
Hi II. If 10, hi ii hi 10
Rel ms rnrf,e I'm NJ.

Hi II. If To- hi ii hi
Bel uns gents immer sO-o-o-ol
NJ ES; that's 1.-THE ancIeu' German pivot
waltz music, which has become the
melody properly appertailir. 20 the
latest ImpUdent iuterlOper in tie guise
of the waltz--the newest fashionable forgery
among the countless frauds on human feet per
petrated since the waltz proved itself the sweet
est measure humanity tread in the joyous
dance
1t is now the Boston Drop Step, the only
new thing in dancing within The last couple of
years. It is going to be under the BAN like ali
the rest
For dancing masters. In photographic coun-
CT assembled, with seventeen countries repre-
scnted at Berlin, arrived recently at a firm re-
c".vr. They would combine to save the waltz
II = waltz, WHICH means the waltz as it was
originally Waited. and not as it has been paro-
'"oi. CARRIED, mangled. distorted, gargoyled and
tllroaded into al the notorious multiplcities of
rdos Slides hops, drops, dips and catch-as-
c5tch-can struggles-for-life
Delegates from a dozen lands adduced evil
cence before the Dancing Masters Congress to
Egovc. beyond the last despairing doubt, that the
waltz IS doomed, unless all loyal devotees of
Ierpsiehore and Strauss arise in patent feathers
and their might to save it.
They imagined they VIC, saving it, chiefly.
from America; and they are both right and
wrong-whlch Is somewhat confusing, yet en-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
All the Dancing Masters Combine
to Save the Sensuous MeasureS9

4IERE had been an inteTmiSSi0H
during one Of the chops" at the
leading hotel Of atlantic City,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

ES; that's 1.-THE ancleu' German pivot
waltz music, which has become the
melody properly appertailir. 20 the
latest impudent iuterlnner in H.. c11isn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
Finance Committee Cuts
Appropriations in All
Departments.

The finance committee Will hold
Sc appropriations for 1909 munici.
pal expenses down to a sum that
will fix the maximum city levy for
next year az rs mills
This f. the ultlmatum delivered
today BY several members Of tho
finance committee. after thraahlnR
over the proposed heavy depart.
mental expenses for a week past
A maximum levy Of re- mills viii
provide approximately t3.3s7 Geo In
tax receipts. and Of this amount
about t3s7 900 viii be required 10
make 40 the deficit In the general
fund that will exist at the end Of
the year
The principal deficit will be In
the water aud lighting departments.
which have overdFawn their ap.
proprlationa and have borrowed
from the general fund
The library department also
owes the general fund a consider
able amount. secured In the shape
Of lanH during the past year
The Increase Ia property Vaiuh.
tion on which the levy VIII be
made this year Is about $4,000, 600.
Last year the total allowances
for all the city departments amount
cd 20 s27OIO76. TO date the mtr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
DECLARE SHORT LIN E
is SOLVENT

In an answer filed In the superior
court this morning In the case OF
Joe Falsotto 81 al against the Sc.
attle.Tacoma short Line and s. +.
Bradbury. G. h. Muokle. secretary
OF the company, asserts that the
company is perfectly solvent. and
that there is no reason for the
appointment OF receiver,
II Is stated In the answer that
Bradbury II alone responsible for
the payment OF the wages which
Falaetto and others are suing for.
and that the railroad company at
different times before and during
the time that the alleged work on
the riEhtof way was being done dis
claimed by resolution all rosponsi.
bllity for such work. II rs also
stated that the debts of the com.
pany DO not exceed $500. and that
arrangements have been made for
satisfactorily financing the affairs
of the corporation within 20 days
after September ~.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
NEBRASKANS
PLATTER
TAFT
Crowds Greet Him on
His Way Through
the State.

BEATRICE. Ncb.. Oct Wi
liam n. Taft n being given a con.
sinual ovation today on mis- tour
through the state. following his re.
eeption IN Lincoln last night. Taft's
voice Is much improved. and he
speaks with ease His ii addresses
yesterday seemed 10 strengthen his
voice ON the way 10 Omaha to-
day be win deliver a number OF
speeches Crowds greet the train
at every stop. and the Nebraska
republicans are showing great en-
thusiaam over the candidate. who
Is enjoying the journey.
Congressman fIlnshaw and Sec
Rotary William Hayward. Of the re
publican national committee. Join
ed the party Of Lincoln this morn.
Ing. and win remain on the train
until Omaha Is reached this even
ing. II is expected that the meet.
Ing az Omaha tonight viii BE- one
Of the largest held In the state.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01

SUES GARAGE FOR
HIS AUTOMOBILE

AlleKing that the Seattle Auto
mrhsle company wsli net permit him
10 take hin automobile from their
garage. uuuglaa Young. 10 a com.
piasnt filed in the superior court
this morning. commenced an action
fuf The recovery u possession ~
the machine.
We also asks for 81 600 damages
resulting FROM the alleged ratcn.
ten Of the auto b. she garage since
September 20
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
MUST PAY BIG FINE
OR GO TO JAIL
10y United Prsss.)

goLDFiELD. New. Oct 1.-The
Nevada supreme court having de.
cided against hts petition for a re-.
hearing on contempt charge. T. c.
Loekhart. president Of the Florence
Goldfield company. faces the alter
native today OF paying 10 the Ea.
meralda district court the sum Of
$4,000 claimed by the Florence
Mining company, or going to Jail
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
BOTTLE DRIFTS
THOUSANDS
OF MILES
Is Picked Up on Alaska
Shore Carrying a
Reward.

San FRANCISCO. Oct i.--Mueh
interest has been aroused here 10.
day over the arrival OF a bottle
which has evidently been afloat
IN the northern Neaa for ~ least
four years. The bottle was dis.
covered on the beach az Wood L.
land. near Kadiak. Alaska. evident
~ after having been driven thou.
sands OF miles. Within the bottle
wac found the following notes
'Thu Western Fire ExtIngalahcr
Company. Ill and az Hayward
bnlldlng. San Francisco, Cal. May
ie. ON board bark Yosemite,
Finder returning this note 20 me
IL entitled 10 one gallon whiaky.
August nackmeter. ais Post VI
san Francisco. Cal
'~rhia offer Is genuine
Mra. X. iiachmcicr. mother of
the young man who started the bot.
tie ON rs long cruise. states that
on biz return from a fishing trip
more thar four years ago. her son
apeke Of launching the bottle The
Yosemite did nos SO nearer than
a ghpnsand uileu 10 Wood island.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
THE POLICEMAN
WAS SHOCKED!

With n yAwn Patrolman Smith
reached his box" TO make his hour
~ report TO police headquarters
Smith started to open the box.
when he Jumped s2Ik inches into
the air and emitted ladyliks
whoop OF Consideration. Little
fork-iike shafts OF light played upon
his star and helmet Smith backed
away from the box with astonish-
ment on his face Again he APP
preached the box and was about
to tackle the Il again. when a bright
smile stole over his features
Slipping on a pair OF gloves.
Smith communicated with head
quarters and snapped the box shut
Today a city employe was tinker
ing with the box. During the night
wires became crossed. and the box
had been charged with electricity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
HAS AN AUTOMATIC REVOLVER WHICH HE
WILL USE IF HE CAN FIND THE
GUILTY PARTIES

"T notice all blaekmars that i've automatic
revolver that will with the that i Kill the
first Of them that In my sight"
This is the threat Nome. who arrived
IN Seattle the Victoria today find hs wife in the
Washington Annex attempt life
Monday.
Mrs Wood st In serious condition the result of tho
close call she had when she and
the bullet clipped a lock from her hair
COMES SOUTH TO PROTECT WIFE
All Of this happened while his way from
Nome. Mrs Wood had him. telling
enng letters she had received demanding backma lie
south Immediately this
the first time OF the attempt his wife's life.
I've made little money north" said Mr. Wood The
Star today and I'm willing all
earth II the al them
within reach win another
at sleeping Killing IS good for them"
SEEMS MEAN SAYS.
And Mr. Wood talks and looks II he what he said He
IL mystery which
persisteny By
blackmailerN demanding 5000
The first thing have do" he my
well again safety. give
entire attention running backmalers
iblc that such condition
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
JAMES B. WOOD SAYS HE WILL
KILL WIFE'S ASSAILANTS
WOMAN BELIEVED
KNITTED TO DEATH

nELLiNGHAM. Oct AFTER a
long talk with J X Thomas. Cap
tain OF Police Callahan IL more than
ever convinced that the murderer
killed HIS wife with a knife instead
Of shooting her The weapon, which
Callahan II inclined 20 believe
Thomas employed 10 XIII bis wife.
II a yicious'looking blade made
from an old file and Is about 10
inches long.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
RATCHET MEN AT
DEADLY WORK
lpr unI,sd prsss.l

San FRANCISCO. Oct Is.
Kaluasa. wealthy Japanese. sup.
POSED 10 be connected with the I'm.
migration service. waa nearly killed
today b. two Japanese Ratchet men.
Thought by The police 70 be hire
liuss n a fAnR ~ smngglcFs who
hnss been getting japanese across
she northern border illegally. Two
affeefa have been made.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01

HITCHCOCK
CALLED
EAST
Summoned to Washington
by Roosevelt for n
Conference.

WARRINGTON. Oct 1.-The an
nouneersnt today that Chairman
Frank ~. Hitchcock Of the repub-
ilean national committee has been
summoned into conference with
President Roosevelt has set poilt-
zeal circles anoa with excitement,
ard the ruwor has spread that the
president will take the republican
campaign manager 20 task for al.
legged nismanagcment.
No confirmation % the ruraor can
be obtained. but Il 10 admitted that
hltcheock will confer with the pres.
ident within . few days.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
sOMNAMBULIST is
INJURED BY FALL

Joseph kipllng. a salesman IN the
employ Of the Port nlakeiey NIL
Co. and LIVING al Port Blakelcy
walked out Of a second story win.
dos 10 hls aieep yesterday morning
fell Is feet and fractured both
wrists. His roommate awakened
and heard him Just as be stepped
through the window klpliag claims
% be cousin ~ RudyaFd Kfp,ing
the noted Engilah author.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
LAUNCH DISAPPEARS
WITH PASSENGERS

The steamer Tess. which arrived
in Victoria yesterday morning, re
ports the disappearance Of launch
containing three Klasklno miners
aud Mr.. and Mrs. Shaw, who had
been sailing around Vancouver
island I'm her. She was last seen on
August 26, when the shaws left for
Klaslino. after having arranged for
their passage on the Tees on her
return trip September 2. A pros
pector az klaskino reports the find
ing of a launch top on the beach
near that place,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
FORGED CHECK,
is CHARGE MADE

A warrant was issued at the Ia.
stance OF the prosecuting attorney
office this morning against Thomas
Kruger. alias Thomas Russell. Kru.
ger Is charged with having forged
the signature % John H. Wallace
% check for t26 on the Ma
tional Bank OF Commerce, and pre-
vailed upon Joe primavera 10 cash
"A
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
NOBODY CAN BE MISSED
BY TAG DAY SQUADS

urday. There are between 500
and 1000 men working there.
The tag selling force was greatly
augmented this morning BY the ar.
rival az headquarters in the Savoy
hotel OF women representing all ths
Catholic organizations OF the city.
They have been assigned an I'm,
portAnt territory. and will be under
The direct charge OF Father o'Brien.
The street railway company viii
put on special cars free 20 carry thu
university girls 20 the headquarters
on Tag day.
West Seattle. Youngstown and
that section OF the city has organ
ized into one body to handle tags.
Two big orders have been received
from ballard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
COON WILL
CONTEST

OLYMPIA. wash Oct i.--Chaa
E Coon has employed an attorney
here and will today BRING suit 10
prevent the state election board
from certifying 20 the republican
nomination of r w. Hay as lieu.
tenant governor
Coon IA the defeated candidate.
and claims the second choice pro
vision % the primary Law Is IN.
valid lie also attacks every coun.
~ canvass which shows a differ
once "a totals between first aud
second choice on that office IN ey.
cry county except Mason.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
Three Hundred Vice Presi-
dents Are Named for
the Occasion.

Chairman Terhune OF the repub-
lican county committee has about
completed preparations for the turn
out 10 hear Senator Beverage IN
the armory Monday night The
senator will arrive in the evening
shortly before time TO appear at the
armory He will be escorted 20
the speaking place by Senator
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
PREACHERS TO TAKE
PHYSICAL CULTURE

Prof A. G.. Douthitt, physical a..
rector OF the " NJ G. A.. will on
Monday next open n physical cul.
ture class for local preachers. The
ministers meet IN conference each
Monday az 10 a. M, and the gym
nasium training will precede a.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
MAKE Big PLANS TO
HONOR SEN. BEVERIDCE

Piles and as many Of the 400 vice
presidents as can get there. Sec
rotary Manning Of the committee to-
day finished the compilation OF the
vice presidents, the list being COM
posed OF the most prominent re-
publicans In the city. The armory
will be tastefully decorated The
decorations will remain ali during
the campaign, as the armory win
be the republican meeting place. II
As planned 20 have the largest
phonograph obtainahle at the meet
ing A few strips Of Tafts speeches
will be reeled off and some band
music.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-10-01
Patrolman Smith Receives
Big Surprise Over
the Telephone.

Although Police Patrolman ]. f.
Smith Is a good guardian Of the
law, and has seen so much Of the
seamy side Of Seattle life that bis
scnsibilities can fairly well stand
any old Jolt. he was much shocked
az $50 o'clock this morning
patrOlman Smith was walking
down Washington ~. between First
NV. s. and Western av with eagle
eve peeled for the early morning
prowlcr. but there was nothing
doing along the police Potomac, and
the heart OF Smith was glad.