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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
MORNING GAME
SAN FRANCISCO

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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
Double Victory for
Yacht Truanf
Veteran John w. PEN Captures
TAFT Cup and a Cormthian
Club Trophy
By K. A. Smyfh

Ex-Commodore John w. Pew of the
Corinthian yacht club sailed his yawl
yacht Truant to a double victory yes
terday in the twenty-third annual re-
gatta of the club over the channel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29
On Surface Things Look Rosy for Secretary Taft

any of the other possible candidates,
mentioned n the foregoing table. All
might combine on some other man, but
never upon the Roosevelt legatee.
Moreover, this table. which on its
surface is -wholly favorable to Mr..
Taft and which is accurate up to the
moment of writing; is nevertheless to 4
certain extent misleading So far ev-
cry southern delegation Instructed for
Taft and so counted above is accom-
panied by a contesting delegation and
may. if the anti-Taft men control the
organization of the convention. be re-
fused seats or have its vote cut down
orc5half. We have heard much in the
last week of the wicked things per
formed by those eminent statesmen w.
j. Corners and Charles +. Murphy in
a Democratic state convention in New
York. and it must be admitted that
they ruled with heavy hand. But in
the exigencies of politics Republican
party managers have not always con-
fined themselves to the good. the true
and the beautiful. The gentleman in
tllC " hitC 10 iVt thC Vhiy tuo
todian of the big stick. When it Is
necessary for the insiders in Il Repub.
lican national convention to make thei:
rule supreme by recognizing contestinG
delegations and creating for them
selves a majority which they may not
have won they have never failed to dc
it. Secretary Taft has one supreme
politician. and one great power back OF
llim-namely. Mr., Roosevelt. He has
against him practically all the old line
manipulators of eaucuses and conten
tons. Tile outcome of the struggle Is
yet to be determined. though Mt the
present moment every chance seems
to favor Mr., Taft's nomination.
Sattieships and Politics.
1t is nearly time for the collection OF
campaign funds. an art in which the
Republican party is past master
Observers of politics point out that the
presidents device for tariff commits
sion to sit through the summer of a
campaign year will help good dea
in carrying out the famous programme
of frying the fat out of the protected
manufacturers. A like suspicion as tc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29

ton of any sort whatsoever viii go
through this congress. The Repub-
licans i'm the house are panic stricken
and look forward TO the appeal which
they must make to the country for re-
election and for another Republican
administration with doubt and with
trembling. The wisest observers of
politics i'm Washington are agreed that.
whatever may be the outcome of the
presidential election, the house of rep
resentatives will be carried by the
Democrats overwhelmingly.
Washington, d. G..
WILLIS J. ABBOT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29
Taft

his purpose in making so. bitter a fight
for the construction of fonr battleships
Mt a cost exceeding S30.O00.Nf0 was
current in, the house of representatives
and led TO the Reputation of his policy
and the authorization of only two bat
tleships The greatest beneficiary of
enormous expenditures for ships of
this class is the steel trust In forging
armor plate it stands alone in this
country. It's monopoly is complete
OF the raw material. or. for that mat.
ter. the finished material going into
naval construction. four-fifths has to I've
bought from the colossal monopoly en-
gineered by Mr.. ]. p Morgan and Mr.
Andrew Carnegie To toss a matter of
twenty or twenty-five million dollars
worth of government contracts into the
cavernous pockets Of, these gentlemen
would certainly Justify some recogni-
ton from them which might help a
struggling party in a pending CAM
paign This is the talk about the halls
of congress. and it furnished one Of the
reasons why in the hardest fight that
he has yet led in the house of repre-
sentatives the president was so en-
phatically turned down.
In the debate on the battleship prop
osition Representative Rainey of I'LL
nois by happy feat Of memory enter
tanned the house and very much en-
barrassed Bourke Cochran. Mr. Cock
ram had spoken with characteristic We
henience for the four battleships pro
posed and announced as unpatriotic
and perilous the suggestion that the
number should be reduced. Mr.. Rainey,
however. was able to read from the
Congressional Record of only two years
ago an equally vehement and eloquent
speech by the gentleman from New
York in which he bitterly opposed the
building of even one battleship and de-
|'clared that the country did not need to
join in the international mania for ma
val extension. John Sharp Williams
closed the debate with the explanation
Il am tired of this eternal nonsense of
seeking peace by preparing for war"
1t is well to continually reiterate the
fact proved by government statistics
and already officially inserted in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29

Especial Washington Correspondence of
The Argus.)
The story has been assitluoi!sly circu-
lated that as the result of the recent
primaries In Pennsylvania the dclega-
ton TO Denver from that state would
be hostile to w. j., Bryan. Colonel ].
NJ Guffey. the national committeeman
from the state. who has long been
recognized as the leading power. there.
made that statement explicitly. The
newspapers quote Governor Johnson
as reiterating it. though the form in
which the alleged interview with Gov
ernor Johnson comes leads me to
gravely doubt its authenticity.
The fact of the Pennsylvania eitua.
ton, however. as stated to me by Dem.
ocratic leaders in that state, are that
chosen to the state convention, which
will meet on the Goth of May. are
either directly or indirectly committed
to Mr.. Bryan. a swinging majority of
those delegates are Under absolute in
structio1.<s for him. Fifty-one out of
sixty -four of the district delegates who
will make up the delegation TO the ma
tional convention. are Bryan men. Hon.
Warren Worth Bailey of Johnstown.
Pa, secretary of the Bryan Democrat
ic league, writes me that the state del
egates by large majority are Bryan
men and that the convention will send
to Denver "A delegation instructed for
the nomination of the Nebraskan and
the Endorsement of his policies.
The Republican Lineup.
The Republicans have progressed
much further in the selection of dele
gates to their national convention than
have the Democrats. fact only to, be
expected, because the Republican CON
vention will be held three weeks ahead
of the Democratic one.
Obviously it is still Taft against the
field. But the field is strong enough
to make the situation very interesting
for the secretary of war. The bitter
ness of political opposition to him
could not be overstated. In hardly one
instance is he the second choice of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29

100000. If one-half of the appropria.
tons which President Roosevelt Jihasl
urged upon congress had been made, |
the deficit would be much nearer $780,
Oqo.0Oo
This is the elimination of twelycl
years of. absolutely unhampered Re-
publican domination of the UnitedI
States government 1t comes after sew.
en- years OF RooseveItism, during the
greater part of which he has had con.
gress absolutely under his command.
During the entire twelve years there
has been no reduction i'm the burden of
taxation save in taking off the extraor.
binary war taxes levied during the
progress Of the Spanish war. The tar
If has not been touched since the daya
Of Dingley, and we are told that it will
not be touched during the present CON.
gress. The public expenditures have
grown to such an extent as to make
that famous billion dollar congress-"
over which Thomas B. Reed presided
admirable for its moderation. IL the
Sixtieth congress is not a two billion
dollar congress. the pace so far set viii
have to be greatly lessened.
And more. In the face of these In.
creasing burdens of taxation. In the
presence of this treasury deficit. tho
country encounters Roosevelt panic
and Republican hard times that make
the dark days of 1893 look bright and
cheerful. From every city in the Unit.
ed States the reports come daily of in
.creasing scarcity of employment and
extending destitution. Chicago alone
reports more than 100000 people out OF
employment. When a condition such
as this existed twelve years ago it was
charged up to the Democratic party.
though that party had been in power
only two or three years, and even then
its power was not complete. Now aft
err twelve years of Republicanism we
encounter like condition and are told
glibly that it is due to natural causes.
The bankers and the leading finan-
ciers in the United States have been
preaching that the situation In the fall
would be worse than it is today unless
the Aldrich currency bill We're passed.
The president has praised that meas
IRE as the last and best word for the
relief of the monetary situation But
the Republican house of representa-
tives has cheerfully turned it down,
hood today that any currency legisla-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29

Congressional Record Chat 20 per cent
OF the expenditures Of the national
government, money taken from the
pockets of our citizens, is used either
in paying the expenses of past wars or
inprcparing for future and improbable
wars.
The Election and the Senate.
There is no likelihood that even with
Democratic landslide in the nation
next November the overwhelming ma
jority of the Republicans in the senate
can be overturned But some great
changes can be made in that body.
Thirty-one United States senator's viii
go out of Office unless reelected. The
Legislatures Which will either. re-elect
or set them aside will be chosen during
the coming presidential campaign. In
these states there is a chance for Dem
ccratic legislatures and therefore for
Democratic senator's:
! North Dakosu, Idaho. Illinois. South
Dakota, Ohio, Connecticut, Washing
ton. Iowa. Kansas, California, Ne3
York and Utah
There are differing degrees of prob
ability as to- success in these states.
but there isfa good fighting chance in
every one. That the senile and useless
Plat should be retired in New York
would seem to be an end that would
lead the voters of that state TO forget
partisan or fractional differences and
elect a legislature which should accom-
plish it. The fight in Ohio may lead
to the retirement of Foraker, whose
ability no one doubts, but whose bitter
partisanship would make Democrats
rejoice at hts removal. Both of the
Dakotas would profit greatly by new
representation in the national upper
house.
The Inevitable Deficit.
A good many years ago. when some
politicians and economists We're point
ing out the dangers TO the county of
a great surplus in the treasury as an
incentive to public extravaganza, Gen.
eral Frederick Grant, then colonel, re
marked that it was, easier to handle
n surplus than deficit. Everybody
laughed at him at the time. but the
party in which he was then politically
active is going to give the country &
! chance to test the virtue of his theory
The. experts estimate the end of thi!
| fiscal year, which comes June i, viii
show a, treasury deficit of about $50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29

You'll not find beauty in rouge pot
or complexion whitowash. True beau
ty comes to them who take HOLSTERS
ly color that's made beauties famous
35 cents; tea or tablets. Harper House
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29
LINoLEuMS AND OIL
CLOTHS

An opportunity to cover your
kitchen, at very little cost.
$50 yards Oilcloth, very
pretty patterns, yard. -. .221se
424 yards oilcloth, an
elegant duality, yard .... .2se
$40 yards Linoleum, in this sea
sons latest colorings,
penyard -. is. ..,....'.. ,45c
SO yards Lindleum, swell pat
!. terms, good, wearing
Qualities, per yard. ... CSC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29

MORE SPECIALS IN OUR

MORE SPECIALS IN OUR
CARPET DEPT.
At prices that are ridicuiousIy
low and should be snapped up
Immediately.
$50 30xG0 Smyrna Reversible
Hearth Rugs, durable
quality, handsome effects. .99c
Al pairs Lace Curtains, good
width: handsome
patterns. ...... CSC
1,560 yards China Mating, dur
able quality,
per yard :. 19c
1855 yards Japanese Mating.
beautiful effects
and wear fine .27L.c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29
CARPETS

CARPETS
Here is a chance of a lifetime
to get a carpet at bargain.
5000 yards Ingram
carpets, pretty effects 49,. .23c
1850 yards Ingram Carpets,
handsome creations,
good quality ...-..-.. soc
1,450 yards Brussels Carpets,
never offered at less
than Csc per yard SEC
t200 yards Brussels Carpets,
heavy stock, nice
$50 yards Administer Carpets.
that can't be bought
for less than $1.25 yd. -. Csc !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-29

Come now and see our display of
M'DOUGALL KITCHEN CABIN
ETS. A lot of new styles have
just arrived.
There's no use working SO hard
Save your strength and health.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-05-02

Prince de Sngan mny hive fol-
lowed Anna Gould n ongdistancc
but it doesn't require a rubber
necking imagination to see that
she is pleased with her titled
wooer's long suit,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-05-02
-452J r.1, franklin So, New Yort
Eeip the Runf P1x,

II the pigs have trough to them.
serves, away from the sow, the runt
stands q fairly good show II he is lib
eraI.y fed, says American Agriculture
Isl Otherwise be is no better OF than
le would be were the extra food NOT
provloed Keep the trough full. ana
ae Wiz eat after the rest have finished
ths FVnt should be kept with the SOW
Tor a couple OF weeks after the others
81 The litter are weaned. This Efvs1
nltn chance to gain some before b \
compelled to subGst On what 10 GgD
aloha
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-05-02
PENSIONS DECISIONS

Jurisdiction Pending Claim
The soldier executed an application
for pension in 1877, but the same
was not received or filed in the
Pension Bureau until four days
after his dcnth.
It's held that the soldiers
claim for pension died with HIM,
That iuasmuch rs the claim was
no, actually filed prior to his death
il was not pending and no right
hereunder was conferred upon
the widow. The receipt Of q pro.
per and valid application in the
Pension bureau constitutes thr
filing thereof a. contemplated in
the laws and regulations relating
to pensions There eau Ic no
constructive filing ul claim
prior to the artusI dnlyitje rrcu.
we'd at no Pension Bureau
NEW LAW
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-05-02
tDVEsISIkG RATES FURNISHED On APPLICATION

The TIMES has been duly entered ut the
t'ost once In superior, Wlsconsin.rs -ecnn"-
lass matter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-05-02

~
One Dollar n Year In Advance.
Published every Saturday
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

| are we concerned with the proba bill
| ity that had the Northerners been in
terested in slaves they would have
viewed the institution exactly as the
SouthernerS viewed 1t and would have
| fought to defend it because it was
as sacred as the institution of pri-
vate property itself.
'Tt does not help in the slightest
degree in the present day to stir up
the embers of the controversy or the
past by attempting to fix blame on
one part of the country or the other
in respect to- an institution which has
long since gone
II am not going TO rehearse the
painful history of reconstruction or
what followed it. I come at once to
from a constitutional and political
standpoint, and that is this: That
in all Southern States it Is possible
by election laws prescribing proper
qualifications for the suffrage which
square with the fifteenth amendment
and which shall be equally admins
tered as between the black and the
white races, to prevent entirely the
possibility OF domination OF South
ern State, county or municipal gov
.ernment by an ignorant electorate,
white or black.
''It is further true that the sooner
such laws, when adopted. are applied
with exact equality and justice to the
two races, the better for the moral
tone OF the State or community con-
cerned. Negroes should be given an
opportunity equally with whites by
education and thrift to meet the re-
quirements OF eligibility which the
State legislatures in their wisdom
shall lay down In order to secure the
safe exercise OF the electoral fran
chise. The negro should ask nothing
other than an equal choice TO qualify
himself for the franchise, and when
that In granted by the Law and not de-
MED by executive discrimination he
has nothing to complain OF.
THE proposal TO repeal the hf-
teenth amendment is utterly imprac-
ticable and should be re1egated to the
limbo of forgotten issues. What we
are considering is something prac-
teal, something that means attain
able progress. 1t seems to me to fol-
low, therefore, that there is or ought
to be a common ground upon which
we can all stand in respect to the
race question in the South and its
political bearing that takes away any
justification for continuation of the
solidity of the South and preventing |
the so-cal1ed negro domination.
'sThe fear that in some way or /
other a social equality between the
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

in 1908. The farm products in iSS0
were ss6O 900 900: in 1850. s7Te.-
900. 900 in 1900: sI.2To.00O. .ooo:
in 1890. $1.27o. 900. 900. and in lsos
2.2oo. 100000. The exports from
the South in 1850 were s2so. .0oe.-
1900. s4s4.0oo. 900. aud in Is0s.
ss4s. 900. 900
1T is believed thas the movement
away from political solidarity has
started and ought 10 be encouraged.
and 1 think one way to encourage
IL is TO have the South understand
that the attitude OF the North and
the Republican party toward II =
not one OF hostility or criticism or
opposition. political or otherwise
that they believe in the maintenance
OF the fifteenth amendment. but that
as already explained. they do not
deem that amendment TO be fncoE-
sistent with the Sonth's obtaining
its political safety from domination
OF an ignorant electorate: that the
North yearns for closer association
with the South: that its citizens de-
precats that reserve on the subject
OF politics which so long has oeen
maintained in the otherwise delight
full social relations between South
erners and Northerners rs they are
more frequently thrown together.
I'm welcoming TO q change o. par
ty af1liatfon many Sontherners who
have been Democrats We are brought
face to face with a delicate situation
which we can only meet with frank
ness and justice. In our anxiety 20
bring the Democratic Southerner into
new political relations Ne should
have and can have no desire 70 pass
by or ignore the comparatively few
white Southerners Who from prfnei- !
pie have consistently stood for our
views In the South when Il cost them /
social ostracism and a loss OF all
prestige
Nor can We sympathize With an 1
effort to exclude from the support OF
Republicanism in the South or To
read out of the party those eolored 1
voters who. by their education and 4
thrift have made themselves eligible
to exercise the electoral franchise.
1--WE believe that the solution OF
the race question in the South is
largely a matter OF industrial and
thorough education. Some South
erners who have given expression to
their thoughts seem 10 think that the
only solution OF the negro question
Is his migration &c Africa; but TO ne
such a proposition is utterly fatuous-
The negro IS essential TO the South
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17
President Elect Taft $
Southern Speech

the South, and quoted statistics to
show that the industries of the South
had grown and prospered more dur
ing the past decade than any other
section of the country.
Mr. Taft speech was reserved for
spond as the guest of honor of the
evening. the diners stood and cheered
for several minutes. He said in part.
After paying a tribute to North
Carolina. which. he said, presented
an admirable type of present condf-
tions in the South. the public spirit
of it's citizens. progress of It's indus
tries and the charming companion
ship which the Northerner, always
found there. the speaker pointed out
that the laws were made for the
North and South and the functions
of the government extended from the
Canadian border to the gulf Of Mex
leo, and led up to the question:
What Is 1t that sets the South
apart and takes from the Southern
people the responsibilities which the
members OF republic ought to share
in respect to the conduct of the ma
tional government"
He continued: ''Why is it that
what is done at Washington seems
to be the work of the North and
West and not OF the South? Should
this state OF affairs continue? These
are the questions that force them
selves upon those OF us concerned
with the government and who are
most anxious to have solid united
country, OF whose will the course OF
the government shall be an intelii-
gent Interpretation and expression.
I'VE can answer these questions as
the historian would, and we can ex-
plain the situation as 1t is; but I do
not think we can justify or excuse
continuance of it. Looking back
into the past, of course, the explana-
ton of the difference between the
South and the other two sections was
in the institution of slavery.
1T is of no purpose to point out
that early in the history of the coun-
try the North was as responsible for
bringing slaves here as the South. be-
cause we are not concerned with
whose fault 1t was that there was
such an institution as slavery. Nor
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17

New York, Dec. -President-elect
VIM. III. Taft, who came to New York
today to address the North Carolina
Society Of this city, was given a tu-
rmuH4uous reception tonight by the
members of the organization and
prominent men from all parts OF the
South at the annual dinner of the
North Carolinians at the Hotel As
tor. Five hundred members and
guests OF the society filled the brill
Iiantly decorated banquet hall, which
was redolent of the pines of the Tar
heel State, the cones aud branches
OF the resinous trees forming the
background for more fragrant blooms
that were scattered everywhere. In
tertwfned ensigns OF the State and
nation were conspicuous in the dec
orations.
Mr.. Taft, in the course of an sd-
dress. which was confined entirely to
the South and its problems. did not
hesitate to follow up what he regards
as the advantages OF his trip through
the South during the recent cam
paign. and urged again that the vot-
ssrs OF that section should break away
from the outlived sentiment and tra-
ditions and cast their ballots in ac-
cordance with their economic and
real political beliefs.
Mr.. Taft declared that nothing
would give him greater pride during
his coming term ins the, chief execu-
tive once than to So direct the policy
OF the national government with re-
epect to the Southern States as to
convince the intelligent citizens OF
the South OF the desire of his admin
fstration to aid them ia working out
satisfactorily the serious problems
before and Of bringing them and
their Northern fellow citizens closer
in sympathy and point Of view.
At the conclusion OF practically
every one of his pointed sentences
Mr.. Taft was interrupted by applause
and cheering. He frankly expressed
himself regarding the so-called mo
gro question and declared that
neither he nor the Republican party
had any idea OF forcing upon the
people OF the South the dominance
OF an ignorant class.
Mr.. Taft declared that the North
vearns for a closer association with