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Connecticut western news., 1908-07-09

delegates who came with credentials
from their states and districts. A to-
tai of seventy-siX seats were involved
in the contests from Illinois, New York,
Pennsylvania, Idaho, Ohio and the Dis
trict of Columbia. The work was done
by six subcommittee.
Roger G. Sullivan of Chicago was an
easy winner Of the twenty contested
seats from Cook county which were
disputed by Robert L. Burke and his
associates Tom L. Johnson of Cleve-
land was a winner in the Nineteenth
Ohio district.
McCarren Turned Down.
Senator Patrick H. McCarren Of
Brooklyn was ignored in his contest
against Charles II. Murphy for the
twelve seats in Kings county, n. Y.
Before the subcommittee he became
so abusive of the Murphy and Coler
nsn that he was gpt permitted to pre-
eeed, and the meeting was abruptly adj
journed with the decision to take no
further action on the contests. The
full committee sustained this action
without debate.
The New York delegation appointed
q committee of ten to draft platform
and named Judge Alton B. Parker, the
Democratic standard bearer of 1904,
as the New York representative on the
platform committee.
The question of the selection of a
candidate on the Democratic ticket for
vice president will not be determined
Of tI,a ,fy,a Of
date for the presidency. This is the
decree of Mr.. Bryan and has been COM
municated to the Bryan leaders. Mr..
Bryan has taken the position that not
until after the first position has been
filled can there be really intelligent
selection for the second place.
When the nomination shall have been
made and there shall be an opportunity
to consider its effect upon the country
at large, then, he thinks, and not until
then, can the vice presidency be intel
ligently considered. This desire on the
part of Mr.. Bryan has been received
generally with favor.
Mr.. Guffey enlivened the ante-con-
vention proceedings by issuing hot
reply to Mr.. BTyans Characterization
of him in Lincoln as a corporation
man who had taken the Pennsylvania
delegation as a result of conspiracy to
thwart the wishes of the party"
Mr.. Guffey did not mince matters,
and his language was approved by a
conference of the anti-Bryan leaders.
The resolution honoring Grover
Cleveland prepared by former Judge
Alton b. Parker of New York, presi-
dental candidate in 1904, aroused
much discussion.
The Bryan men are up in arms
against the proposed resolution and are
emphatic in their denunciation OF its
announced wording. They declare that
the resolution as published is an open
attack on their candidate for the pres
idential nomination. Judge Parker has
denied any intention of offending any
one.
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-09
Gompers Makes Promise.

poSSIblc lOI idDoA w Will II.
Labor could afford to wait for the
other reforms suggested. 'If you will
do what we ask you will electrify our
hearts," he said in conclusion, land
we would be with you"
When Mr.. Gompers had concluded
George Fred Williams of Massachu-
sets asked him how far the principles
ha had been arguing for were Endorsed
by organized labor. The reply was
that they had been Endorsed by conven-
ton after convention of organized la
Dor and that every branch Of labor had
adopted resolutions urging the reforms.
Mr.. Gompers said the planks also
represented the views of the executive
council of the Federation of Labor.
James Duncan, first vice president of
the American Federation of Labor,
added the weight of his argument in
support of what Mr.. Gompers had said.
At the conclusion of Mr. Fuller's re-
marks Governor Haskell called upon
John Mitchell, the labor leader and
possible vice presidential candidate, to
address the committee. 4
The committee will not report to the
convention until Thursday.
With the nomination of William
jennings Bryan seemingly certain in
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Il, 1908

The following from the Palo Alto
Times will be of interest to many
Of our readers as Mr.. Hill published
the Owyhee Avalanche for num-
Der Of years.
w. J. Hill, Of the Salinas Index,
was in the city yesterday for a
short visit with his old-time friends,
Mr.. and Mrs j. S. Butler Of this
city. Forty-five years ago the Hills
and Buffers were pioneers together
in Southern Idaho, and both were
engaged in the newspaper and print
ing business. The Buffers establish
ed the Boise News, now the Idaho
World, at Idaho City, in 1863 Two
or three years later Mr.. Hill became
the editor and proprietor of the Owy-
hee Avalanche at Silver City and
ran it very successfully for several
years.
Mr.. Hill for the past twenty years
has been very prominent citizen
Of Salinas, having represented Mon
terey county in the state senate and
held many other positions Of trust.
He is making his paper, the Index,
power in the land.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11

Those closed banks in Pittsburg last
Saturday undoubtedly made a good
many depositors think of Tafts decla-
ration that a guaranty-of-deposits law
would make bankers dishonest and
cause many banks to fail. But they
also, doubtless, made many of them
wish there was law by which they
could know on Saturday when the an
nouncement Of the failures was made
that they could go to the banks on Mon
day and get their money, as they could
do under such law as Bryan proposes.
Capital News.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11

Mr.. Won Meyer did not disagree
with that statement. When it comes
to hene6tting the national banks the
risk is nothing, Mr.. Van Cleave and
the wealthy Meyers of Massachu-
sets say not a word, but when it is
suggested to protect the peoples de-
posits it's anarchy" socialism"
and great cry goes mp from ivan"
and his ilk.
Pray tell us if banks are not will
ing to trust each other can the de-
positors be blamed for feeling timid ?
A bank is supposed to be place
of safety, when it fails in this why
not go back to the tin can or crack
ed sugar bowl2 Banks are inspect
ed, compelled to keep certain per
cent Of their deposits as reserve fund
and are governed by other laws sup
posed to protect depositors.. The
history of the last twelve months
was evidence of the signal failure
of our present system. If not in
surance of deposits, then what?-Ex.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11
The Pot calls the Kettle Black.

The platform adopted by the republi-
can state convention of Idaho, "deplores
the insult offered the people by the fac
tional contest in the democratic party
of Idahon Before the echoes of the
ringing cheer with which the platform
was adopted had died away, the conven-
ton was in worse scrap than the
democrats had had at Wallace; the diff
ference being that the democrats we're
divided on question of party policy
and an issue OF principle, while the re-
publicans were fighting over the spoils
OF office. The program prepared secret
ly by bosses No. Statesman & Coz
was not just what was desired by bosses
No. 2 (Hastings & Lansdon) SO bosses
No. shuffled the cards and made a
new deal in which bosses No held
neither ace, face, or trump, except the
Jack of Spades, with which, through in
advertence on the part of bosses No. 2,
they took just one trick. Now bosses
No. are crying out "Stop thiefp' and
say that they "didn't know it was load
ed, )" and telling how they we're jobbed.
Perhaps Mr.. Lamb could elucidate
the problem, as we have been informed
that he was sent as delegate from this
county instructed for Mr.. French, but
saw fit to 60 into the deal to down Mr.
French but could not deliver all of the
goods.
It is always amusing to read the pre-
amble and resolutions of these august
political conventions. They endorse
the administration of public affairs bv
their party, even if the course pursued
had been as elratic as the course of a
ship without rudder, giving them the
credit for all that is good, promising
any thing that they think will catch
votes-condemn all the acts of their OPP
ponents and ascribe to them all that has
transpired of au evil nature Of whatever
kind.
Before sending ont such radical state
ments the republican party of Idaho
should call to mind the old saying:
"They who live in glass houses should
not throw stones"
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11
Opposition to Bank Insurance.

Postmaster General George Won
Meyer is greatly alarmed over the
proposed bank insurance law and
is waving his arm aud crying out
in despair. Mr.. Van Cleave is an
other gentleman who is most siren
uous in his opposition to bank in
surance. Now let us see just who
the two gentlemen are and from
what walk Of life they hale. Mr..
Won Meyer is from Massachusetts
and has money, RATS of it. George
never INDUCES in the discussion of
public questions only when he is
used, as he is in this instance, as
speaking tube.
Mr. Van Cleave is the head of
the manufacturers association,
combination Of the tariff protected
manufacturers who are fighting the
labor unions Senator Aldrich,
John D. Rockefeller and Mr.. Nor
gan have also registered a protest
against bank insurance.
When Uncle Sam deposits his
money in banks he demands securi-
ty. He also inspects national banks
at his will. Yet he has lack of con
idence. Now why shouldn't the la
borer or the overworked sweat-shop
employee who deposits his little
sum in bank have as complete pro-
lection as the government? When
Mr. Roosevelt wae making fight
for unlimited asset currency he sta
ted that a small tax on deposits
would make the money perfectly
safe as losses by bank failures did
not exceed one-tenth of one per cent.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11

Those factories that are to open
when Taft is elected should explain
why they are closed under Rocse-
welt, whose policies Taft is supposed
to follow Great is humbug and
the republican arguments FIJI the
bill.-Boise Citizen.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11

Charles w. Meeker. organizer for the
American Federation of Labor, recent
ly visited an overall factory at the pro-
gressive little city of somerville, Tenn ,
and reports it as the finest example of
the benefits of organization he has seen.
Not child is employed in any capacity,
every worker is union man and not a
particle of dirt or speck of dust was Wis
ible from engine room to office. He
considers it safe prediction that no
case of consumption will ever be devel
oped in such environments. The exam
pie is decidedly worthy of emulation.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11

The republican conventions OF
South Dakota and Kansas have
placed bank insurance plank in
their state platforms. Kansas, you
know, is neighbor of Oklahoma
and has had an opportunity to see
the law in practice and though orig
mated by the opposite party, Kan
sas republicans are broad enough
to take up a good law like this one
and endorse it. South Dakota re-
publicans broke away from the ma
chine some time ago and are now
showing good judgment as well as
independence.-Free Press.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11

We make a speciality Of fine job print
ing at reasonable prices. Get your work
done at the Nugget office and have it
done in up to date style.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1908-09-11
RObbz Nanapa,

Has the largest and best Clothing
and Shoe Store in the State of Idaho.
Buying in connection with 3 other
large Stores, enables him to under
sell other stores. It will pay you to
call when in Nampa.-Or write for
anything you need. The business is
conducted along strictly American
lines, one price and your moneys
worth / i
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
ARTISTS AS EXPERTS.
They Assist In the Detection Of
Crimes.
From the Strand Magazine

From the Strand Magazine.
I could recall many instances in which
artists have assisted in the discovery of
crime. Characteristics, l know, as regards
character, must have often done so. We
seize on the worst features of our sub
jects and emphasize them-that is carica-
ture: perhaps we produce some bad and
hidden trait in the character of a man
or woman that sets their friends thinking,
and so discover a phase of character not
previously evident. Is it not Mark Twain
who has said that the mission of humor
is to make people reflect? l recall one
amusing case In which | unconsciously
played the part of an artist-detective,
although not quite in the way of which
I have been speaking At one time l con-
trbuted to the Illustrated London News
and other periodicals illustrations seri-
ously treating of passing events, such as
are now supplied by the camera. 1t was
my lot to act as special artist and to
watch scenes and events week by week,
and I travelled about to get material,
constantly sketching crowds and bits OF
character in order to get so far as
might be, truth in the drawing of the
passing show. have more than once de-
tected man in the crowd / have fixed
to sketch scowl and clear off, or watch
me anxiously, change color and look un
i've talking notes.
1t so happened that I had to draw the
finish of the oxford and Cambridge boat
race I had sketch Of the background;
as for the rest-well, there had to be the
man in the boat firing the gun, and, to
balance the design, I gave them as COM
panions In the boat a gentleman and a
lady. Naturally, the lady was nervous
of the gun being fired, and of course her
companion supported her round the waist.
The sequel to this was a furious letter
from a stranger to reprimand me for my
gross impertinence In portraying him in
such a position. l had little idea, he said.
what such liberty on my part led to.
The writer's wife know he had gone to thu
race, and knew he was also in the boat
with the man who invited him. and who
had fired the gun. but when the scene
appeared in print he had to own up that
there was lady in the affair as well, and
now his domestic happiness had been de-
stroyed. He wrote from a business firm,
giving only his initials. And here is the
sequel had never been to the race. The
drawing was a purely imaginary one, and
was not only drawn but actually engraved
before the event took placel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
THE RAT AND
HIS BOARD BILL

Michael Williams in Success Magazine.
The bill of damages which civilization
holds against the rodent foots up into ire
mendous figures. According to the ex-
perts of the bureau of biological survey
of our department of agriculture, Uncle
Sam alone has to pay $160,0OO,000 every
year on account of property damages in
fiicted by the pest. John Bull and the
Kaiser between them have to fork over
$150, 000, 900. The rat bill of the world
would reach into the billions. Sir James
Crichton-Browne, president of a recently
formed international union of scientific or
CARNATIONS working together for the ex-
termination of rats, declared that every
rat in the United States costs the citizens
at least 2 cents a day for its keep. In
England rat costs from " to cents
daily. The British India rat is the most
expensive rodent of them ALL for there
each of the innumerable swarming mil
lions of the pests consumes on an aver
age cents daily. If you add to the cost
of the board of lodgings of rats the ex-
pense of maintaining quarantine opera
tons against them and of fighting tho
diseases spread by them. the average
specimen of the rodent tribe preying on
civilized nations may be said to cost us
from to 10 cents a day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
FEW HONEST ART
DEALERS IN EUROPE

Cleveland Moffett in Success Magazine.
1 was talking about this the other even
ing with NJ. Henri Rochefort, the most
brilliant authority in aPris art mat
ters.
There is no doubt" he said, that
the chances today of an American mill
licnaire in the European market are
shockingly bad. The demand for fine pic
lures is enormous; it has far surpassed
the supply and is steadily increasing.
Every one who can afford 1t wants his
private gallery even people of modest
fortune have an old masterpiece or so, as
they have an automobile. Consequently
the prices of pictures have risen. risen
risen, until the temptation to fraud has
become irresistible. There is no longer
such a thing as an honest art dealer, or,
If some exceptional dealer happens to
be honest he is sure to be incompetent"
And the art eXperts?' l asked.
'Worse than the Dealers he declare.
"Why should they know anything about
art? They are stable boys today, art
experts tomorrow One of the most sue
cessful art experts in Paris was a bill
poster a few years ago. Any one may be
an art expert who chooses to put up
sign. There are no qualifications no
diploma. A man simply calls himself
an art expert and that settles it. And
these are the fellows you rich Americans
deal with. Quel malheurl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
IMMENSE SALE OF
RED CROSS STAMPS

Boston, December 27.-Approximately
100000 Red Cross Christmas stamps. the
proceeds of which are to be used to re-
lseve and prevent the spread of tubercu-
losis. were sold throughout the New Eng
land states during the Christmas holiday
season.
Announcement was made today by the
Red Cross Christmas stamp committee
that its stamp sale had been SO success
full that it would be continued until the
first of the year.
Among the letters received was one
from San uel L. Clemens Mark Twain,
in which he said:
Ladies': In paying New Year bills and
also in postponing them, l will stick on a
Red Cross stamp. If you will suggest in
pri.t that the whole country do the same
the Red Cross will prosper to your con-
tent 1 know this, for I know that all
America Is warm at the heart and gener-
Gus at this time of the year, and will
tha'.k you for your suggestion and follow
it. Respectfully yours
MARK TWAIN"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
The Best New Year Resolution.

Edwin Markham, in Success Magazine.
The noblest resolution that any citizen
could make for the New Year would be
the resolution to live more faithfully by
the Golden Rule, that sublime principle
of conduct of this world and for all
worlds. Failure to live by this law causes
the chief SORROWS and collisions among
men.
Let each earnest man search into his
words and ways, determined to find the
special manner in which he breaks the
Golden Law--hs special habit that works
injustice or unhappiness in his shop, his
office, his home, his city. He will find
perhaps, that in the shop he is in the
habit of misplacing tools. and this hind
ers the work of his comrades; that In
the office he is in the habit of being late
in keeping appointments, and thus steals
other peoples time; that In the club
he is in the habit of belittling worthy
competitors, and thus joins the gang
of thieves who steal regulations; that In
the home he is in the habit of monopo-
lizing the conversation, and thus fails
to draw out the powers of others; that
in the city he is in the habit of splitting
on the sidewalk, and thus spoils the COM
fort of his townsmen that in business
he is in the habit of Incorporating his
goods, and thus robs under the cover
Of custom.
These are problems in the Golden RULE
and here are ample space and verge for
New Year resolutions-space and verge
for building character, character which
Is the greatest thing in man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
ENoLAND's RICHEST DUKE.
Westminster's Ground Rents-Bed-
ford's Aversion to Society.

From Tit-Bts.
! Speculation was rife a few days ago
concerning the identity of the two mil
lionaires who are credited in the Sta
tistical Abstract of the United King
i dom with possessing between them the
enormous sum of G8,619,000 These
two fortunate persons are probably the
Dukes of Westminster and Bedford.
The Duke of Bedford. who is known
among his intimates by the nickname
of Hatband, owns the larger portion Of
Bloomsbury and the whole of Covent
Garden, including the market, which
is reputed to bring him $4,000 year.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford care
little for society. and the only occa-
sions on which they appear are at rare
intervals in the Bedford box at Covent
Garden opera and at Princes skating
rink in Knightsbridge. At Woburn
Abbey, their principal palatial resi-
dence, there are private geological gar
dens. The Duchess of Bedford is a
fellow of the geological society. The
Duke is greatly taken up with all the
varied interests of his property and is
the author of a book on "The Manage
ment of a Great Estate"
1t is doubtful whether the Duke of
Westminster realizes exactly what he
is worth He is probably the most
wealthy territorial magnate in the
kingdom, counting among his proper
ties the valuable Grosvenor estate,
witch is situated in the heart of the
West End.
The Grosyenor family represents one
of tbp fpW rom "a inc Gptc in npHn1
society that may be described as strict
ly exclusive. They live in a world Of
their own. Outsiders for them do not
exist, nor will they willingly tolerate
the presence of any one who by birth
and breeding does not belong to tho
privileged elect. This exclusiveness is
probably the result of the successful
marriages made by the Grosvenor girls
into exalted families.
An idea of the Dukes colossal
wealth can be obtained by an inspec-
ton of his splendid town mansion,
which is a treasure house filed with
objects of priceless value. Many peo-
pie are content with a clock which
costs a sovereign or two, but that
which tells his Grace of Westminster
the hour possesses a pendulum which
in itself is worth e4S,000, for it is set
with AS fawless diamonds diamonds,
each valued at G10O0 The Duke Of
Westminster is a popular sportsman.
and is known among his particular
friends as Bend Or, a nickname con-
ferred on him to commemorate the
famous race horse of that name owned
by his grandfather, the late duke So
cialists and others may forgive him his
great wealth when it is stated that
fancy foods have no favor in the West
minister household. Simple dishes are
always provided, such as mutton cut
let's, milk buildings, fruit cakes and so
on. Much of his vast wealth Is de-
rived from ground rents. He grows
rich because he can't help it.