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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-25

the Associated Press. The state and
congressional tickets, with the full
names of all the candidates, are sent
by the division press chiefs to the
general ,.ffice in New York. From
New Yor4 the names of all the candi-
dates Of all parties on the national.
congressional and state tickets are
sent in advance by mail to all division
and district headquarters and to all
newspapers which are members of the
Associated Press. This is done to faciI-
itate the work on election night and
in order that only the last names Of
the candidates need then be used in
telegraphic returns, as otherwise the
wires could not carry the immense
mass of press matter that 1t would be
necessary to send.
few days before the election each
district correspondent is instructed to
send carefully prepared and strictly
impartial brief story of the political
situation in his state or section Of
state. the issues and other factors
which may enter into the campaign,
outlook as to probable result, claims
of the various political managers, and
any other information of interest
With these views and reports nom
partisan and absolutely impartial it is
safe to say that the general Office of
the Associated Press has. before cleo
tion day, more comprehensive and ac-
curate survey Of the political situation
in the different states of the union
than even the party managers them
selves.
AS the campaign draws to a close
and election day approaches. interest
intensifies and the wires are fairly
swamped with press dispatches about
the respective candidates. Interest, of
course, centers around the presidential
candidates for the White House and
overshadows all else. Columns and
columns are written and telegraphed
about them. Candidates for governor
in states which have gubernatorial
elections at the same time are next in
Importance locally. but the election of
congressman is of greater national i'm
portance, having a direct bearing upon
the national election. The complexion
of the legislature in the various
states, especially in the states where
the legislature will elect United
States senator this winter. is also a
matter of paramount Importance to the
party managers.
During the last two or three days be-
fore election day every correspondent
fires brief story of the firing of the
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Smith the quarter back and captain of the team
came hastily forward
You can't it! We've only 25 minutes more
We can't play without YOU He hesitated
The commodore turned him and looked him over
slowly His eyebrows twitched strangely.
you think I'm going to play and she-she on
therein Vevey-deadYi
He pushed through them and sat down heavily on
q bench.
Here JOHN he said, get these OFF" and he thrust
his padded legs out in front Of him. The attendant
slowly prepared to unfasten the strays DO any OF
know--has my father conner
Smith stepped in between the attendant and the
commodore.
Were not brutes" he said, briefly We can't
make play, after this but the whole day depends
you. You know what Royal Is IN his substitute
work. He's a kd-half raw"
The commodore looked UP and Smith wondered
vaguely If the still face the water was writer
than the commodores calm.
'T sorry boys. I'm awfully sorry for you all and
for the and all that, but I'm sorrer for myself
and-my father and then below his breath: How
will he live without her?'
There isn't time for argument said Garrett, in
aside to Potter. II him. There's moving
him when he gets that look in his eyes, Damn me
for breaking my rule. Send some one and get Mes
bitt. He's in G. third Nesbtts the only one
for the situation We've just 20 minutes more
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Bv Karl Won Wiegand

- + the hundreds Of thousands of
people who watch the bulletin
board on election night. hear
the returns read at some thea
ter, or are so fortunate as TO be in
vited to an election returns" party at
the home Of some friend wealthy
enough TO afford a special wire, few
have but a faint conception of the work
Involved, the generalship required, the
tremendous energy and vast sums Of
money expended to gather the returns
OF a national election, from the re-
notest corner Of our great country and
distribute them from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, from Alaska to Mexico.
wherever the telegraph penetrates, all
within few hours after the polls
close.
The outcome OF a great battle in time
OF war. whose results might change the
destiny OF q nation, is not awaited with
greater intensity by the public. with
fear and trembling by some. hope and
Joy or sorrow and bitter disappoint-
ment by others, than the returns from
the great battle Of ballots" of an cleo
tiOn Of national scope such as will be
held on November 3.
Hopes cherished for months, perhaps
years, are suddenly dashed to the
ground; future plans and roseate air
castles are ruthlessly shattered; ambi-
tions gratided or bitterly disappointed,
weeks Of hard campaigning rewarded
with Office or come TO naught with time
and money wasted; all this and more
is told as the telegraph in almost every
town and city in the country ticks of
the story of victory and defeat and
enumerates the victors and the van
Quished.
The two telegraph companies and the
Associated Press, the latter with its
network Of leased wires that thread
the country from east to west and
north TO south, and army of corre-
spondents scattered in every village.
town and city. are the great factors in
writing the story Of the battle of the
ballots"
While thunderous shouts of enthusi-
astic thousands Of partisans around the
bulletin boards greet the name of their
fav0rite candidate as his name and vote
Is flashed on a screen, or deep NUT
tered curses are heard in party head
quarters as some favOrite son goes
down in defeat through the unexpected
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the shed the team waited for the signal
be given listened TO the harangue Of Garrett,
the Princeton coach
Logan, it's past my comprehension how you can
10 such first practice work and then lose your
nerve. as YOU in the game weeks ago. Re
member you guard. and matter what happens
anybody through you. As for you, pointing
his finger al stock little quarter back, you'll do
pretty well, but careful Of your passes"
The quarter back nodded and Garrett went down
line, praising, scoldng, advising each in turn
His tone. softened somewhat at the end Of the line
where the commodore stood, looking straight at him
with sober eyes.
"As for you young man. I don't hesitate to say
there's the biggest part Of the game right in your
hands. Logan and the other men here viii help you
the guard work and the tackle but you're the best
since Bagey the kick And any touchdowns or
goals field today depend You've the
grit in you cool head, and mind you don't
lose them You'll need them to fight Slocum
with He's q bird on I've worked and I've
sveated you ALL and L expect to win MindT'
They nodded their heads In assent and sat down on
the benches walt One two called an attendant
strap tghtened or adjusted, but for the
part they were silent
There's Just 30 minutes walt, said Garrett, SOL
emuly drawing out his watch and putting 1t back
again. How about your knee, POtter?'
Potter nodded. It'll stand" he said confidently.
n attendant entered with white envelope. Gar
rett reached out his hand.
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assured Garrett he drew the cablegram from his
pocket Every the team knew less
the relationship between the commodore and his
mother, and the coach heard something of it.
We'll, here goes. it's bracer all right"
The commodore stepped forward
Thank you," he said, with his slow SMILE and the
coach and the of the watched him curiousy
tore open the envelope smoothed
crumpled sheet.
white envelope futtered slowly to the
They him little the window
though he could see, and then he crushed the
quickly in hand.
"Godw he said below his breath
Potter him.
What is 1t? What has happened? Is n?"
Garrett the of the crowded around
him and attendants fingered
The commodore looked them terrible agony
in his eye.
She is dead" he whispered.
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WHILE tie G AN E
was PL AY f D
By Anna F.. Finn.

Its cablegram and it's for me- isn't it?" he asked
How did you know?"
by the color of the envelope Guess I'm the only
one here with folks abroad. 1t must be from my
mother"
Garrett pocketed 1t.
Very probably; but I'll take charge of it until
ward I'm taking chances of having any Of
you upset"
Look. here. OF it's nothing but congratula-
tions forwarded from the hotel" pleaded the com
play all the better"
Something in the commodore's convincing tone re-
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The San Francisco Sunday Call


appoint them now? It's the academy. but It's TO
make your father proud this afternoon too-and us
because for your mothers sake you cant!
The commodore raised his head. Way back there
in that dark corner Nesbtt could dtny see his race
The frozen calm had gone. The commodore IN all his
strength in his football garb was huddled on the
table crying like a little child
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Potter stretched out his hand though would
give him support.
The commodore drew back He beat palm
against the other-softy-in unmeanng way
Don't touch me-" he said, in low voice Here
John" to colored attendant, get me these
clothes. I must my father"
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Inside the shed he turned to the team and Garrett
them a broken speech.
use, fellows" said, you're just the best
lot the world, but you out there. 1 simply
can'ti I'd help you If I could Think had better
put Royal on
The team demurred Garrett went up to Nesbitt who
standing by the window looking out.
You got him to the field in the first half
Now get him to play"
Nesbitt shook his head.
81 can't blood. man, from my best friend
Put 1t any way you want They haven't scored
yet but they will unless the commodore will help
where e stretched table being rubbed down
Here's bit of bracer," he said pouring out some
whisky. Drink it."
The commodore obeyed
Nesbitt stood looking down at him.
You did better than expected" he said slowly
The commodore drew himself elbow
Not that from you. Nesbitt," he said, and dull
flush crept his white face
do you think that 1 would jolly you-nowT' asked
Nesbitt gravely that the commodore bit his lip
suddenly lest Nesbitt how 1t tremb1ed.
Don't you suppose l know what got the
field? And didn't the old watching you
with his heart in his eyes Look here, there's lot
of twaddle could give you. You've gone under
a bit your class work-we won't say why-but you
know it's been overlooked because of the team. 1
might talk to whole about what this victory
would to US al and 1t couldn't touch
to help gain one yard And might tell you
how there's else out there watching you and
hoping-you needn't shake your head-Fve had my
eye her-but that wouldn't help you now.
little shaver and felt sick" He drew up his
chair and sat down by the table, the two of them
alone for he had early dismissed the attendant The
commodore lay stretched out, his half hidden
his arm He did stir But it's the last thing
the last thng-before you graduate that you can do
old academy where your father and your
mother met-that they loved They have both
pected such great things of you thereyou won't dis
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the wooden floor by the commodore's bench.
Cant you give him just this happy afternoon?
Think of the to Gomez"
The commodore turned blind eyes on Nesbitt
and later It seemed Nesbitt though he had
spoken through lips that scarcely moved
The signal given aid $4,000 eyes riveted
thing The Navy won the toss and chose the east goal
with favoring wind Slocum kicked off for the
Army and sent the bali over the % yard line.
commodore watched it odd disinterested
How slowly 1t went How still Everything seemed;
still everything was-as still as she was In vevey
BY and by-it seemed to him long while-he made
How slowly 1t How st5ll everything seemed;
shod with lead. 1t seemed perfectly natural
taken as a matter of course when stopped
by Winthrop the Arrnys right tackle He remembered
Winthrops face it close to hs-het. eager
intense. His felt strangely cold, and he
bered suddenly how little chap his mother would
take it between her soft hands and warm It, She
kissed him much-then. How well she had
understood boysl But back of that-back back. in
his childhood, how she had laid her head beside his
his pillow before he had gone to sleep and talked
to him of his fatherhow they had loved each other
and of honor and what the service stood for. On
sudden it seemed to him as though. he had been
plunged into cold bath of sweat He fumbled badly
the ball After all what did it matter?
All of them here All expectant! Happy! He could
hear the of middfes shouting encouragement
Justify. What did they know2 game against
mother dead
There was moments Iuli in the music of the
bands hush in the songs Like solid wall the
Army had held them for three downs The Navy
halfs had hurled themselves against the line in vain
How the game had gone the commodore hardly
knew. In farof. indefinite way he heard the signal
he realized that It goal and the Navys
last chance of scoring in this half How the rest of
worked to the ball there
while he had blindly bunged the game. Ordinarily
the kick was chid's play for him. and yet now
the power in his legs seemed gone. He waited. and
when the ball him the referee and the umpire
noticed brief of hesitation and how his
moved oddly from side to side though he
could not In that moment he had tried with
superhuman effort of his will to remember his fathers
face-the expectant look that must be II The
Army side silent 1t was useless to try to keep
navy scoring 1t all He
felt rather his team holding
broken line for instant. He had messed their
whole game horribly, and they had worked as men
only work once in lifetime at some strenuous task
with and heart blood, to get the ball where
1t
He took short step forward and raised his foot
to kick, sudden strength coming to him, and then
from of the space around him there came to him
the remembrance OF his mothers face,
Cavite they had brought him back to
her-some said from death The field and the
waiting throng all faded and the vision
of her to him, she was then. He could feel
touch-and her eyes
The ball fell short. A yell went from the Army
curious hushed whisper from the Navy benches
signal for first half and he walked
slowly from the field.
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leak out If don't play-frorn Of the attend
ants, perhaps. he'll 1t from stranger.
Suddenly his tone changed and he crouched down on
the wooden floor by the commodores bench.
Cant give him just this happy afternoon?
Think of the
The commodore turned blind eyes Nesbtt
Tell the fellows I'll play the best can he said
and later It seemed to Nesbitt though he had
spoken through lips that scarcely moved
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tendent, Bowersox Is, Anvil 4. Cor
oner, Saunders IS, Culp 4. County
Commissioners district, Pitcher,
16, Grant 4. Otis 10, Kinney 5.
Sd district, Trow II.
Entiat.-Governor, Cosgrove 20,
Pattison 40. State Senator, Smith
SO, Long SO. Sheriff, Ferguson 35,
Simmons 81. County Clerk, Camp
bell so, Brooks 60. Auditor, Spencer
Al, Godfrey "a. Treasurer, Spencer
Al, Battles "a. Prosecuting Attor-
ney, Kemp Sc. Starr 67. Assessor,
Osborn SO, Payton "a. County Super
intendent, Bowersox SO, Anvil SO.
Coroner, Saunders y, Culp 40.
County Commissioners district,
Pitcher 65, Grant Sc; I'd district, Otis
Sc, Kinney 65; Sd district, Trow 70.
Malaga.-President, Taft 46, Bry-
an %. Representative in Congress,
Poindexter A, Goodyear %. Cover
nor, Cosgrove AZ, Pattison "a. Lieu
tenant Governor, Hay as, Edwards
26. Secretary of State, Nichols 46,
Johnson %. State Treasurer, Lewis
As, Schram "a. State Auditor, Clau-
sen At, Carson "a. Attorney General
Bell 45, Holzheimer "a. Commission
er of Public Lands, Ross "A, Schooley
26. Superintendent of Public In
Dewey 46, Wheeler %.
Insurance Commissioner, Schively
"A, Masterson %. State Senator,
Smithson 43, Stevens 81. State Rep
Holm "A, Long 26.
Sheriff, Ferguson 20, Simmons 46.
County Clerk, Campbell 40, Brooks
80. Auditor, Spencer II, Godfrey
55. County Treasurer. Spencer %,
Battles AZ. Prosecuting Attorney,
Kemp Al. Starr 81. Assessor, Os
born 43, Payton 81. County Superin-
tendent, Bowersox As, Anvil 25. Cor
oner, Saunders As, Culp 25. County
Commissioners-1st district, Pitcher,
80, Grant 49, I'd district, Otis 3S,
Kinney so. Sd district. Trow "A.
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Eugene Page left last night for
Odessa, where he has business in
terests.
Postmaster Davis. of Leavenwortn,
spent last evening in the city.
o. B. Fuller went to Seattle
Thursday on business for few
days.
A. H Brush went to Spokane yes
terday on business.
Rev. A. B. Peters, of SunnyslOpe,
is very i'll with la grippe.
H. Miller, of Seattle, is visiting
here for few days.
Mrs. c. Hampton, of the Squill-
chuck, has gone to Portland for a
brief visit with her mother.
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ORONDO MEETING.

The next regular meeting Of the
Orondo Horticultural association will
be held Saturday evening, Nov. {. at
the school house. Important busi-
ness relative to a general system Of
irrigation will be discussed.
A. e. SWAN.
Secretary.
, 1908-06-18

long sought some mears of getting
around the difficulty. 1t was for a
long time believed that a right-of-way
would be forced through the alley be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets.
and guards were at che time kept con-
stantly on the watch to prevent such
n coup. within the past month, how
ever, the Burlington appears to have
entirely abandoned this plan and has
surveyed a line aro:md Cheyenne to
the east and north, connecting with
the Colorado and Southern between
Cheyenne and Fort Russell near old
Camp Carlin. This line Is also az
tremely obnoxious to a great many
Cheyenne people, for the reason that
it will run through much ground that
would otherwise at no distant date
make splendid residence property.
This line would also cross the boule-
ward twice and pass between the city
proper and at least two of the GEM
~eteries. 1t would also be necessary for
all the Frontier park traffic to cross
the Burlington track. Just what the
outcome will be fs still p~roblematical,
but this short connection between the
Burlington and the Colorado Southern
forms an important link in the connec-
ton outlined herein.
or course the reliable Overland is
keeping its eye upon all of j.. j. Hills
movements and will checkmate him at
every possible turn.
, 1908-06-18
STEEL CARS
The CHEAPER
COST LESS TO KEEP IN REPAIR
THAN THOSE MADE OF WOOD
As DETERMINED LATELY.
Long Series Of Tests Results In Deduc-
tions That More Costly Car at
First 10 Least Costly In End
Houtz Gets Judgment in stock De-
lay Case at Ogden.

The record Of comparative o 9 OF
repairs to steel and wooden cars on
the Hartman lines, which was begun
in September. 1904, was closed at the
end OF the third year. This was q
long period to yield accurate and con
elusive results, and there was, there
fore, no need of continuing the work.
1t will be remembered that the cars
comprised all those Of steel or com
posite construction or the one hand
as against an approximately equal
number of wooden cars of about the
same age and capacity, and therefore
fairly comparable. The average month
ly cost for the steel carS for the
three-year period was $3.50 and of the
wooden cars $4.24, the difference
amounting to AZ per cent of3the cost OF
repairs to the steel cars. The yer
age total yearly saving on the steel
cars was $147, O37, which, capitalized
at 4 per cent, gives SO, 675, 1925. At 81,
200 a car this would buy owe 5000
new steel cars.
, 1908-06-18
Open Rate for teachers.

Secretary Irwin Shepard of the Ma.
tional Educational association an
nounces that for the ~forty-sixth annual
convention, which will be held al
Cleveland June 29-to July 8, the open
rate round trip plan for tickets will
govern the members. The interstate
commerce commission has over-ruleJ
the certificate plan and no other
change will be made. The one and
one-half fare rate, the dates of sale
and the extension of tickets for re
turn to August 81 will remain the
same.
, 1908-06-18
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
U PLAIN DUTY.

In a modest, direct manner, Cover
nor Schnitger not only pointed the
way to success to President Merica,
but between the lines the people Of
Laramie can read their plain duty. In
the University of Wyoming they have
a charge that they n shirk or
neglect without admitting their ina
bility to perform the duties OF intelli-
gent citizenship. The people of the
state look to the parents of Laramie
to provide homes for their boys and
girls and the responsibility cannot be
lightly put aside. Not only is the.u uni
versity as a great educational insti-
tuition In a large degree in the keep
ing of the men and Women of Laramie,
but they are charged with the greater
obligation Of keeping the social life
and the moral atmosphere pure. AS
far as lies within their power, 1t Is
Incumbent upon them to e. TO 1t tina
temptation is placed beyond the reach
of the youths of the state who are
sent here to receive training. The
governor expresses confidence in II
ptOpie anu uAcS INV osSoN0l ~
bility upon the direct representative
of the state, President Merica, but
without the assistance and hearty CO.
operation of the people of Laramie as
a whole, the president is powerless to
attain the highest results.
The Republican ia pleased that Gov
ernor Schnitger had 1t in his heart to
incidentally give credit for honest and
high achievement to President Gramm
of the board Of trustees and Secretary
Hebard. 1t has been almost treason
in certain quarters to advert to their
splendid work for the university, u
Governor Schnitger knows whereof he
speaks and Is a man who a always
be depended upon to give credit where
credit Is due.
The chief executive has given some
good advice and has pointed the way 20
greater cce His charge to Presi-
dent Merica should be given careful
consideration by the people of the
state at large,