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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-09-26
HOW TAFT WAS SOUGHT BY
M'KINLEY.
The Manner in Which the Republi-
can Candidate Was Called to q

The Manner in Which the Republi-
can Candidate Was Called to a
Larger Sphere of Action.
One afternoon early in 1900, when
Judge William H. Taft was debating
decision of the United States Court
In the Federal Building In Cincinnati
a telegram was placed in his hands
He tore off the envelope and was sur
prised to find telegram from Presi-
dent William Mckinley, reading:
Il shall take it as great favor If you
will call on me some time next week."
Judge Taft guessed at the meaning
of the summons and guessed wrong
He went to Washington and was shown
into room at the White House, where
he met the President and Secretary
Long of the Navy. Later, Elihu Root,
the Secretary of War, came In. Then,
to use Mr.. Taft's own words:
"Mr. Mckinley said that he wanted to
send me to the Philippines to help in the
work of establishing civil government as
the army moved on. l thought of my
place on the bench and hesitated. Be
sides, l believed and said we could get
along without the Philippines.
But we have them and must take
care of them,' the President replied.
"'You are at the turning of the ways
in your life,' Mr.. Root then observed.
The bench is the easy road. You can
stay there and be comfortable. On the
contrary, the Philippines will demand per-
sonal sacrifices and risks and much hard
work, but you will have IN opportunity
of doing your country very great SER
vice. l went home, and argued the mat
ter for two weeks"
The telegram to Cincinnati opened
the door of American history to Will
liam II. Taft and made him the Repub-
lican candidate for President of the
United States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-09-26
THE CHARTER OAK.
Bells TolIed and Funeral Dirses Played
When II Fell.

When II Fell.
The charter oak OF Hartford was
white oak. The story goes that when
James, duke of York, ascended the
throne of England and sent Andres to
take away all colonial charters Con-
necticut alone refused to surrender
hers. Andros was furious over this
defiance, and Oct 81, 1857, he returned
to the assembly hall of Hartford with
body of soldiers and demanded in
stant surrender of the charter, which
lay in box on the table. A hot dis
cussion followed Finally Andres
stretched out his hand to seize the
disputed paper. Then the candles
were suddenly extinguished, and the
people who had gathered ON the street
outside rushed in disorderiy crowd
Into the hall. There was period Of
wild confusion in the dark, and when
the candles were finally relighted no
charter was to be found. 1t had been
removed by Captain Wadsworth and
concealed in the oak. which ever after
ward bore Its name
The oak was even then old. when
the first settlers were clearing their
land the Indians begged that 1t might
be spared. 1T has been the guide Of
our ancestors for centuries, they said,
'as to the time Of planting our corn.
When the leaves are the size Of a
mouse's ears, then is the time to put
seed into the ground The Indians re-
guest was granted. and the tree, after
ward becoming the custodian of the
lost charter, became famous for all
time. 1t fell in windstorm Aug. 21.
1856, and SO deeply was it venerated
that at sunset on the day of its fall
the bells of the city were tolled and a
band of music played funeral dirges
over it's ruins.
At the time of its fall Its circumfer.
ence one foot from the ground was
twenty i've feet, and 1t was estimated
to be over 600 years old Kansas City
Star.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-09-26
Colonel BRYAN laments the "discr

Colonel Bryan laments the "discrimi-
nation that has been going on against
the farmer" in electing SO few tillers
of the soil to Congress and the Senate.
What troubles him chiefly, however, is
the discrimination which the whole
American nation exercises against q
certain farmer OF Lincoln, Neb. in de-
clining to elect him to the White
House.--New York Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-09-26

money 10y indorsing friends notes :.
he was a man "of great intelligence
and integrity And then, going some
what further back, there was Captain
William Taft, who took Blarney Cas-
tie in the sixteenth century "by bar-
ney quite as much as by military
prowess" Good stock was Captain
William from which to make a twen-
tieth century Secretary of War vii.
liam
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-09-26
"A urund RECORD.

The Republican party is not only
rich in men, but rich in practical and
beneficial principles-it is rich too in
it's record, in promises performed and
pledges fulfilled, and SO we are for
party and party principles first and
will acauiesce in tbs choice Of the ma
iority, rallying around the standard
bearer who will carry Us again to vic
tory-Hon. James s. Sherman.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-09-26

Mr.. Bryan might make hit in the
Rocky Mountain States by proposing a
federal guaranty Of mining stock de-
posits. Omaha Bee.
The wageworker., 1908-05-30
The Church and Labor

cannot succeed without the rugged
strength OF the common people The
church needs most of all, not the rich
and the mighty, but those who can suf-
fer and toll as Christ toiled and suf-
fered- Who knows better than the
working people how to do these
thingse
The workingman has been learning
that man cannot live by bread alone .
There are some things even more i'm
poriant than bread" for there are
some things which are more more i'm
porsanI than life itself This isn't
yerS tempting truth to offer starving
lnsn. but workingmen have neverthe-
less learned the lesson For what
means the sacrifice for others which
cne sees so often among the lowly
Now here is there greater sacrifice than
among those who have least TO give.
Coming from different roads. both
church and labor have been approach
ing the same great truths. not realiz-
ing that they have both been working
away. largely ignorant of each otherD
asEors. toward a common end
And some day. very much as those
who trsnesled from opposite direction
beneath the Hudson river. came to
gesher with mathematical exactness
/ at the completion of their tasks. 50
the church and labor were come to-
gsrher, having prepared the way fol
suffering millions who needed greater
eoamfort and better facilities for theis
/ llfeas worS-Rev Charles Sickle
The wageworker., 1908-05-30

put every one Of the members N jaE-
Here is bully chance to put this
contempt OF court business On rhS
bum Wouldn't il be great II every
one of the 5000 men appeared and
admitted their contempt woaIda-t tas
taxpayers Of Cook county raise roar
of the whole army of 15-S00 we're sent
TO Jail and had TO be fed for 4 moaEh
or two at public expense-
But il these 15-O0e men did admit
their contempt for Judge Carpenter
he wouldn't dare jail them He could
MT The people wouldn't stand Tor IL
There wouldn't be Jail room for tea
per cent of them The carpenters
and machinists ought TO call Judge
Carpenters bIuH- and call 1t good and
strong
The wageworker., 1908-05-30

vas a decided Success. both in the
Number who participated and in the
enjoyment had
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. in convention at Columbus,
Cnio. took action on the electrical
problem Notormen operating cleo
s-ic engines which have taken the
place OF steam engines are admitted
ss- full membership In addition.
naGtormen on elevated railways OF
sGbways are eligible. and motormen
On roads operating twenty or more
miles of track outside of a city In
fact. the report takes in almost every
man running a train by motive power.
except motormen on surface street
car lines 1t has been suggested that
the brotherhood be divided into two
divisions-one electrical and one
steam
The National Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers has a membership
OF 10000. and holds contracts with
101 railroads. including all the trunk
lines and most of the smaller roads.
Officers of the organization handle
each year s., 500. 900 in dues and in
surance premiums.
1t has been reported that the Loco
motive Engineers of Lincoln have re
fused to take hold of the Labor Tenn
rIe project because the articles OF
Incorporation set out that no organ
ization not affiliated with the Amer
lean Federation of Labor can hold
stock as an organization, and the
s. of l. E does not afiliate. If the
local division viii send a representa-
tive to a meeting of the board oil
directors of the Labor Temple asso
cation the matter can be explainel
TO his satisfaction. The engineers
ought to be boosting the Temple
prolecs-
Has George Moore lost his voice
or has he had his baseball bump am
putateds Something must have hap
pened. for Moore hasn't been making
good in the bug corner of the grand
stand down at the Greenhackers- lot
so far this season.
Delegates who attend the engineers
conventions are paid s. a day The
delegates haven't kicked. but the ranl
and file has decided that the pay is
inadequate. and the chances are that
il viii be increased.
The wageworker., 1908-05-30

~ A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
There probably has never been a
time in the history OF the labor move
ment when the church and labor were
so close together as they are now
There are several reasons for this
changed attitude 1t Is due. in part
and perhaps principally. to the fact
thar they understand each other bet
ter Much has been accomplished in
this direction through the exchange of
fralernal delegates between Central
Labor bodies and Ministers Associa-
tons Each has come TO see that the
other is really human. made of flesh
and blood. of heart and brain. and
with very much the same temptations
and the same aspirations for better
things. even though they are some
tiEres differently expressed Each is
giving the other credit for honesty
OF purpose and devotion 10 what each
considers the best Ideals And that
means a great deal The worSingman
has seen that, mixed up with shis-re
| lisIors~ life of the ehurchman. there
IS social and economic interest and
influence whiss- he had not known
about and the minister has had his
eyes opened 10 the religious element
which is hidden in the economic
struggle Of the workingman-
While the ehurchman sSill believes
that without a moral and a spiri:
vision. the people are bound to perish
he has also learned that the church
The wageworker., 1908-05-30
OFFERED A TREAT.
But They Did Not Take Advantage
Of the Oifer.

Of tire OMef.
The Lincoln uasonisss were given =
treat Thursday evening. Miss Nargar-
es A. Haley. Of Chi0go, spoke 10 them
-onaAa Western LaNorer.
Not quite correct, Brer Kennedy
The 0nsonssss of Lincoln were offered
a treat Thursday evening Of last week,
but they passed il up Out of s,sNe
union men in this community, Just
twenty took sdsanrase of the rare
opss0rsunars 10 hear Miss Haley
Nos lsss than ffsy union men have
declared in tase presence OF the editor
of The waseworSer that they never
heard that Mis- Haley was TO speak
IN I.inxeln. Why wasn't it adysE-
siseass they asked Miss Haley 5
visit TO Lincoln was advertised in the
display advertising columns OF the Lin
cola Journal. the Evening News, and
the Lincoln Star. IlneolnsS three daily
nsnerS. Tbs Star. journal and News
SaNs Miss EslesNs approaching visit
not les than = total OF six columns OF
Local notices The Star devoted a
snssa6Id editorial and several editor
fas paragraphs 10 her approaehins
visit. The Journal save her inss mo-
! tsce m the aaess widely read depart
1sat OF the raeeS->-More or Les Per
The wageworker., 1908-05-30
THE MUSICIANS.
Surprised That a Non-Union Band
Should Dust Them.

The union musicians of Lincoln are
just a little bit astoaished that the
Lincoln Bryan Club should overlook
a local band that is made up OF union
musicians and select an outside band
that is non-union TO be the Official
band" on the Dsnver convention trip
Local musicians were ignored BY the
Wooamen state rally. and the state
fair managers have secured the ser
vices cf thrss outside bands for fair
week Now comes the local democrat
ic club ami also gives preference TO
an outside band. This rather snclines
the local union musicians 10 the belief
= that they are being Disseminated
against On account OF their unio1isn-
They played for woodmea and fer
state fairs before they organized
Loca. dsn2erass deny that there is
AIRY discrimination They declare that
the democratic club has no money
win which ID hire band. and that the
Hebron band MAS selected because ii
OaC4SA ~ ~A1-C
and the democrats cf Thaye- county CT
sered To pas half of that The Travel
irg Meas Bryan Club seems 10 hare
taken the lead IN the matter of seccT-
ing music
We simply can NOT raise money
enough TO pay bands expenses and
wages TO its members said an oHcl2l
OF the TTaxeziag Meas Club ~It VIII
make US hustle 10 raise oar share Of
the expsnsss Of the Hebron band We
are goiaS 6o~n in our individual
pockets for everything and there Il
pasaty OF opportunity for paying out
money You can say for the clah that
II is had money enough 10 hire = union
band and pay union wages. II woald
be sRiar hand that went with rs Bat
we are not hiring any hand We are
simply taking 1p n voluntary collec-
ton and paying little towards the
expenses of n hand thar is furnished
Iy the democrats OF Thayer county,
Local musicians have been asiEa1ing
the matter for several days an il Is
likely that the International ofhcers
vii; be asked 10 use their influence
At the ST. Louis convention the fol-
The wageworker., 1908-05-30
PYrAlANs ALL RIGHT.

The supreme lodge Knights of Py-
shias. which meets in Boston in Au-
suSs. has announced that it will have
the oSggess parade in the history OF
the order, and say that only union
hands viii be allowed to participate,
That sounds 50 good TO the editor Of
this humble little labor paper that he
Is going 10 hustle around and get
soaSrs~ with the good old order, He
use6 10 be = Pyrhian. and NOW he
knows he ought 90 set back in line.
The wageworker., 1908-05-30
THOUSANDS IN CONTEMPT.

Every Union Carpenter and Machinist
In Chicago implicated
Last Wednesday Judge Carpenter of
Chicago ordered fifteen thousand men.
members of the United Brotherhood Of
Carpenters and Joiners and the Anal
gamased Nachinists and Factory Work
ers To appear before him and show
cause why they should not be punished
for contempt of court
The courts rule cites them to ex-
plain their conduct in regard to the
Injunction restraining them from inter
fsring with the -Slayton Lumber
company If the court finds that the
injunction has been violated, he can
The wageworker., 1908-05-30
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.

Capital Auxiliary meets Friday.
1une Il. at $50 p m with Mrs w.
II Naupin. s47 South Txensy-seventh
street Take Randolph street car ON
White line
Mrs W. s Bastard. whose aged
grandfather died recently in Mt.
Neraon. Wash. will leave shortly for
snag place,
Al members who can are requested
10 bring flowers for the decoration of
ssae printers lot in Wyuka ON Sun
day, May 81. in the sfgernoon-
The wageworker., 1908-05-30

sonal-" The WageworSer devoted:
1hreefolrghs of its first page to Miss
Haleyss approaching visit Her adj
dresS was announced at the Auditor
ium Wednesday night TO s.eao people
Ani Yet \ lot of union men seek TO
excuse their failure to hear this WON
derful woman ON the ground that
here address wasn't advertised"
Wouldn't that Jar youe
The wageworker., 1908-05-30
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.
Ersef News Of Men Who Handle
Throttle and Lever

IL took two big cars of the Trac-
rson company To carry the engineers.
their wives. children and friends
Monday evening. the occasion being
= trolley party given by the aux
HAIRY to the local division of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
The ~trollesers~ gathered at the cor
ter Of Tenth and o streets and at
$50 hi,ed two ears to the limit and
made tour OF the city. Pedestrians
were made quite well aware that
there was something doing. for the
-'trolieSers sang, shouted. blew
horns. wased banners and had one
O. those good times You used to read
about In the story books. The party
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Cross Questions.

A game played by any mum ber,
who sit in a circle. Each puts a
question to his right hand neigh.
Dor, and receives an answer.
Elch of the players IN turn then
repeats aloud the question that
his left hand neighbor asked OF
him and the answer that his right
hand nelghbor gave.
In order that the result may
be more amusing 1t should be
agreed before hand what kind OF
questions should be asked. For
instance, it may be agreed that
each is to ask why his neighbor
does certain things, real or fictl-
tlous. Thus, B asked 9, on his
right hand, "Why do you SIT so
near the fire?" 9 answers, 'Be.
cause l like the heat" A asks B,
"Why did you fall in the water?"
and he replies, because I went
too near the edge" When it is
BIS turn he must tell AS question
and C's answer, thus: "Why did
you fall IN the water?" Because
l like the heat, and 50 on. The
game is often played by giving
tho right hand neighbor predic
a ment and the left hand a solu,
tion and then telling the predica
ment that comes from the left
and the solution from the right
The game is then called "predlca
ments."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Why Corn Pops.

The making of starch for stit.
fenlng clothes will help us to un.
derstand why popcorn bursts
open when exposed to heat.
Wien the grams of starch are
PIT into water and boiled they
lose their powdery nature and
blend with the water into pasty
mass. The effect on each starch
granule is a softenlng and con.
siderable increase in It's bulk and
finally It's rupture and diffusion
through the water. Now, we
cannot see the inside of the grain
of corn just when it is about to
burst, but IN view of what hap
pens to the granules of starch it
likely that as the grain gets
hotter and hotter the moisture
In the cells softens them first,
and then when the heat becomes
too great for the moisture to re-
main IN the fluid state the latter
suddenly turns to steam, and the
now plastic starch of the grain
expands IN every direction. And
as 1T expands it loses It's moisture
and thus becomes firm and brit =
tie again.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03

Fo. all general uses the pump
KIN is dryer and sweeter baked.
Cut in quarters or halves, remove
all seeds and place In large
dripping pan. Bake, without
adding water, for about one hour,
or even less, according to size.
The SKIN will then be soft and
crspy and the flesh dry and
mealy. Scrape out with spoon,
put into a colander and press
through. 1t Is then ready for
pies, pancakes or croquettes.
To cook pumpkin properly re
qnires a slow, steady fire and
long cooking to insure richness
and flavor. 1t is almost impos-
sible to cook it slowly over a gas
stove without burning.
The seeds are appetizing and
among the Italians take the place
OF our salted nuts, Wash free
from the sticky shreds that sur.
round them, then dry in the sun
or a rather cool oven. When
ready to salt, spread on a baking
pan, salt literally, then set in a
hot oven, shaking and stirring
often until crisp.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
rARmERs' INSTITUTES.
Al McConneIIsburg on the Ith and 18th Of
December, and At iiustontown on
The i4th and 18th.


December, and At iiustontown on
The i4th and 18th.
The farmers of this county will
be interested to learn that insti-
tutes will be held as follows: At
McConnellsburg on Friday altar.
noon an6 Saturday, Decem Der
11th and 12th, and atHustontown,
Monday afternoon and Tuesday,
December 14th and 18th.
A number Of instructors from
other parts of the State will be
present to JOIN with the farmers
of this locality In the discussion
of topics relative to agriculture.
These meetings are free and open
to all, aud we have no doubt the
farmers o. this county will avail
themselves Of the advantages to
be gained by attending these
meetings.
j. L. PATTERSON,
Co. Chairman of Institutes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Hard winter Predicted.

The leaves OF the hickory trees
are turned up at the points. This
IS warning to the New England
far mer to cover his potatoes deep
~ and to get ready IN other di
rections for hard, cold winter.
And from Kentucky comes the
disheartening, shiver. producing
news that the coats of the pos
sum and the coon are unusually
heavy and thick. When, says q
Kentucky paper, these weather.
wise animals go to the trouble OF
growing heavy coats for winter
wear, the hunters begin 10 stack
up an extra supply of firewood,
andthe darkies to chink the cab
in and to lay in all the light wo d
knots they can find.
The ultra Intelligent and con-
celted may deride ell such long
range weather representations
as these, but nevertheless some
of them may be as scleLtific at
the bottom as are some of those
that go on bearing the sanction
and approval of the government.
The government can do some
things well, but it has no signs
that reach to the days that will
follow the Christmas holidays,
and If we reject the signs of the
folk who are close to nature we
must meet the vlcissitudes of the
winter without warnings. We
must go into 1T blindly The pos
sum and the econ may indeed
be wise weather prophets.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
Cider Making.

The undersigned is prepared with a
first class steam outfit ut his home
near Jugtown, TO do cider making,
and hereby gives notice that his mill
will be ready for business on every
Wednesday until the first OF October,
and after that time, on Wednesday
and Thursday of each week.
S-20-tf. NICK Holman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03

We take pleasure in printing
in our columns this week a poem
from Nora Katheryn Stevens, a
former Taylor township girl, who
is now a resident of Kansas.
The poem was written for, and
recently appeared In, the ''Twen-
tieth Century Review"