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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24

ture. and the applause fer La Toilette
rc-red into the futile. stupid attempt
to stampede the crowd to Roosevelt
and for a quarter of an hour the
yelling continued.
it was quoted as the roll call on
president began and continued down
to Iowa There a silence fell. and con-
tinued until Taft was nominated
Now written down here in a thou
sand words, this seems like the story
of stirring episode. Yet it covers
events that lasted from 10 o'clock
until $3.50. There was some formal
cheering of something like two and
SIX elevenths seconds for each of the
allies. and this is the best part of it
all-those who had sought the nom-
ination the hardest, Cannon and
Knox and Fairbanks. got no more
than Foraker, who took what he
could pick up. There were no diff
ferences between the SIS picture fire.
works and the ten-cent roman candle
they all fizzled and went out in
gloom.
Abner Handy Talks.
But to go back to some of the earlier
days Of the convention. some Of the
days before Tire fireworks were all en-
rloded, the days when only the fuses
were sizzling. 1t was on Sunday, l
think, that / net my friend Handy
Abler Handy from the Ninth Kansas
district. Mr.. Fancy. who has been out
Of politics in Kansas since 1902. was
unable to get to the convention before
Sunday en- account of floods in the
kaw bottoms, and until his arrival the
pre-convention milling had been rath-
er tame. But the arrival Of Mr. Handy
in his Prince Albert coat and black
slouch hat, with his massive head of
hair protruding fiercely. and his little
Sits Of eyes keenly measuring up the
situation-Mr. Handy is an expert on
the situation"-added new life to the
crowd in the Annex. and one may say
that the convention began with his ar
rival.
1T has been IL years since I at
tended a Republican convention" said
Mr.. Handy, as he lOlled in red plush
divan in alimony alley and spat
through his teeth at the onyx mop
board. land meet great many new
faces. l first saw Fairbanks in the
ST. Louis convention. and l have just
been talking to enc Of his managers
one of the new men in Indiana poll
tics-born since left the state-a Mr..
Ade-George they call him. Clever
young man, apparently. He tells me
there is strong undercurrelt for Fair
banks. and wanted me to help him
bale ii up so that there would be some
surface indications.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24
A NATTER OF coMpulsloDa.


Six years ago. vhen The king visite0'
Dublin, some amusiR8 incidents WeT0
recorded due 10 the Xrotesqueness ~
some hotel vzllefD Apparently just
fresh from rural M1R.
One hoteIkeeper told such . na1)y
imported server that he must A.
ways serve every ono With soup n
dinner and be quite certain that no
had Z.
Thereupon ensued the following
scene between . visitor and the new
waiter:
Soup. sir?" said Barney.
mo soup for me-" said the visitor.
But you must have IT." said Bar
ney; Its the rules Of the house"
Hang the housed" exclaimed tho
visitor. highly exaspera'ed- when
don't want soup won't eat it. Get
along with yOu!"
WELL" said Barney. with solemnity.
"all I can say is just this-its the
rules of the house and sorra a drop
else yell get till We finish the SOUP"
London Telegraph.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24

fit through the hotels like lost spirits
and recall the dear dead days when
there was politics in this mans town.
and a railroad attorney with a book Of
transportation was bigger man than
old Grant And that's what your re-
form has done. Put lot Of Willies
in serge suits-'nine ninety-eiSht,
marked down from fourteen fifty
into control of the destinies of our
great republic.
What has become of our common
heritage?" exclaimed Mr.. Handy, way
ing his glass wildly. where is our
manifest destiny? Who's gone and
stolen the pride pointer and the alarm
viewer? Is it in the platform? No,
you reformsrs are making terms with
Gompers: and Taft's liberal views
as they call them, are going to pre-
vail over the fine conservative views
of our peerless leader, our grand old
man. freedoms champion. the defend
er of the faith of the fathers, the man
who-the man who-the man who
reiterated Mr.. Handy-'the man who
Il refer to Hon. J. G. Cannon Of DAN
vile. Ill.
Where's your keynote speech in
this convention? I'll tell you; it's
fastened in Burrows time lock. Who
Is going to sound a clarion note here
to-day? There will be no clarion note.
The name of the gallant Blaine will
not be heard in the hall. The party
that saved the country. that broke the
shackles on 100000 slaves. the party
that preserved the Union, is represent
ed here by the allies, and they are
tossed around like lot of last years
alfalfa. They came here asking for
the presidency: they were willing to
compromise on the yice-pres;dency
and sprung the name of Jim Sherman.
1T reminds me of the time Col Ana
doneran ]. Ralderson Of our town
started out to be minister to England
under Cleveland's first administration
He found that job gone. and compro-
missed by applying for assistant secre-
tary of state. Failing in that he asked
for United States marshal. Failing in
that, he asked for the postoffice at
home. and then, failing in that,
Strengthened himself up and said:
Thank heaven, we have a Democratic
governor in Kansas, and he will not
turn me down
"He came home three months later
with a pair of Gov Clicks old trous-
ers, and to that end has your reform
brought those who for 40 years have
been fighting the party's battles"
Mr.. Handy rose proudly and said:
"Reform-retorm-w crimes are
committed in thy name,"
The Big Crowds Tribute.
What curious thing is big crowd
of civilized men and women gathered
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He assured the convention that
under Fairbanks there would be no
government by impulse" and the
crowd knew what he was driving at,
and his usefulness a IN orator was
ended.
New York has . sense Of humor.
and when the delegation was called
for New York the delegates rose
laughing and let Gen. Woodford make
the shortest and most appropriate
speech Of the day. nominating Hughes.
And when he said that only two men
beyond a doubt could carry New York
one being in the White House and
the other in the governors once 1t
Albany-he made the crowd FESTIVE
and quit just before his credit gave
out.
The Clarion Note.
The only real clarion note Of the
convention was sounded by knight
of California, seconding Taft's NOM
ination. For knight has voice. and
Mr.. Burton of Ohio. who put Tafts
name before the convention grace
fully, was not heard as we'll as such
a speaker should have been heard.
Knox also was tastefully nominated
with proper eclat and without too
much wind-iamming.
And if the young football player,
CocEem of Wisconsin. who gave the
convention La Fol,ette's name, had
cut his speech in two, it would have
made the hit of the afternoon. But
he slid Tast the crowds limit, and the
smile which captivated every one
wore of and he grew angry, and the
subsequent proceedings interested
him no more"
It was Mr.. McGee-remember the
name-who, seconding the nomination
of La Toilette. started the whoop
heard roInd the world. There seems
10 be no question that Of all the can
didates besides Taft, La Toilette got
the best demonstration.
But after that COMPLICATIONS oc-
Cured. Some one walked across the
gallery back Of the SPEAKERS Platform
with a flag containing Roosevelt's pic
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est The visitors in the galleries are
there only TO see the hero crowned.
and once the ceremony is over. and
the shouting has worn itself out, their
Interest in the convention rapidly dies
away-the show is over.
Thursday was hot day, and the
persniration that the thousands shed
would have fioated all four of the pres
:dent'S battleships, and the real trou-
bic of the convention-in day Of
trouble-began after the invocation
had been spoken. after Senator Hop
kins had given visible demOnstra-
ton of the platform. which no one
heard and no one seemed 10 care to
hear. and after Congressman Cooper,
on behalf of the minority Of the COM
mittee on resolutions, began scclding
the convention.
His speech. of course. did not con-
vince. IL was q protest. rather than
an argument, and anyway the conven-
ton would not have changed that
Platform. which it believed TO be in
spired from Washington. il the minor
ity had offered the Ten Command
ments. But Cooper scolded. and when
he authorized representative from the
vailrcad engineers and firemen and
trainmen appeared and warned the
convention that the railroad employees
of the country were dissatisfied with
The anti-irjunctiCn planks, that made
no difference, either.
GabrieTs trumlet would have been
laid on the table for the regular order
By the convention. Its face was set.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24
NOT MUCH HELP.

Mr.. Jackson, who had but recently
moved into the suburb. knew his
neighbors on either hand by sight
only, and consequently on a cold win
ter's night. when his home caught
fire, he was surprised and pleased by
the alacrity with which they came to
render their assistance.
Il say" Jackson cried excitedly to
his right hand neighbor, will you run
down to the corner and ring the
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24

alligators which abound in the River
Guayas and its tributaries. He was
markedly successful. The business
was temporarily interrupted in the
early part of 100, ~ the untimely
ed the fun, but At nsI recently been
resumed. The tot i value OF the ALL
gator skins exported during the years
1908. 1904. 1905 and 1906 was s35 900.
The skins SHIPPED from Ecuador to
this country last var weighed $1,000
pounds, and were valued at S4.S73-
n. o. Times-DemCcIat
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24

alarm"
I'm awfully sorry, sir" the man
answered. but l have a game leg and
can't run"
While I'm getting Some OF the
things out. will you yell 'Fire?'" said
Jackson. turning to the ether man.
Got laryngitis and can't yell" said
the other, in stage whisper.
Jackson gasped; but, pulling him
self together, he exclaimed:
We'll. both of you go into the house
and bring cut easy-chairs, then sit
down and enjoy the fire."
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24
When Times Flight is Marked.

One of the difficult things to real
ize,' said the middle-ase6 man. lis
that certain people have grown up.
They are the people you used to know
as children, whom you have not
seen for a number of years, and who
then come again into your life. had
q case of just this sort the other day,
and / haven't yet overcome the IN
real feeling it gave me-
The person in question was one
of my boyhuod companions in the lit
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24

Young men with stiff straw hats and
boy;sh faces are dominating the
crowd.
What can you expect" asked the
colonel, earnestly, as he drifted out Of
the Taft headquarters, ''of a gang like
that? No whispering-noo one coming
out of the consultation room like a
man from a dentists ofice-with his
teeth in his hands-a sadder and wiser
man; nothing but idle speculation
about the vice-presidency."
Signs for the Old Days.
The colonel waved for the waiter
and sighed and shook his head aid
said: "A promise is prcmise-when
your wife issues the door keys-yes,
another bottle of those liquid hair
pins"
Then he resumed his lamentations:
Il saw some forlorn fellows solemn
ly hayfooting it down Michigan ave-
nue. this morning. They had a band
and were in procession. Was it a
funeral? II vas not. Was it the
doomed man walking to the gallows
with a firm step after eating a hearty
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24

heavenly choir. Bouteil Of Illinois
began it-nam:ng Cannon.
The crowd stood for him with some
patience, though no one listened to
him.
Gov. Hanly of Indiana. an unusually
able governor. and an otherwise sane
man, came a little afte-ward and got
in row with the convention because
it laughed at him and jeered him dur
ing the last half of perfectly un-
necessary sreech.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24

tie country town where l was brought
up. l hadn't seen him for a quarter
of q century, when he walked into my
Office and introduced himself. Maybe
I wasn't glad to shake his hand
again! But it all seemed like a kind
of masquerade; it wasn't at all the
right thing for him to be so old, and
as fer his being a trifie stout and
having a beard. why that was simply
ridiculous. OF course. he should have
appeared in the somewhat thread
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Story Of the Great Gathering Told
by a Master Pen.
Incidents and Sidelights-Picture OF the Nomination
Of Secretary Taft-The Old Politician Talks of
Politics of Yesterday and To-Day.


Chicago-A national convention is
all over but the shouting, when
the presidential nomination is made.
1t is for that that the delegates assem-
BILE. High-b-owed men wransle over
party platform planks, and fight it out
among themselves as to who shall,
be forced 10 accept the vice-presiden-
tial place, but in eli of these things
the general public has but little inter,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24

bare coat and knee breaches in which
he had always been enshrined in my
memory. l have had the hardest sort
Of work to get it into my head that
he is the fellow with whom l played
years ago. And l suppose he has had
the same mental struggle over me-"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24
A!iicstcrS in Ecuador.

A new minor industry that is deVel-
oping in Ecuador is the killing AID
SHINING of alligators. This industry
was launched il 1903 by al America 4.
who went 10 Guayaquil for the pur-
pose of hunting dowa the myriads of
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24

1t was under orders. and nothing could
move it. So it moved majestica!:y
along. 1t adopted the platform. for
mally voting down, by overwhelming
majorities. planks advocating pub
licity in campaign contributions
recommended by the president in his
messages, valuation OF railroads,
recommended by the president in his
messages, and the election of senators
by the people.
A Roosevelt Convention.
For that convention was for Roose-
welt policies only when it had them
in the regular order and the authen-
tiCated form. The Roosevelt policies.
as such, did not interest the conven-
ton, for it was under orders and took
only the real milk of the word IS it
came through the committee, and it
believed. and probably with some JUS
LITIGATION. in the fact that Roosevelt
did not care to have his policies come
into the convention by way of Wis
consin.
So it voted for the program and
went on to the next order. And the
next order was the nomination of a
president. And that is a serious bust
ness.
1t is curious to know just how forms
and conventions and precedeuts are
worshired without sense or reason by
apparently clear-headed men. But
there sat 1000 delegates and 10000
spectators and listened to five mortal
hours of utterly useless. entirely mean.
ingless and absolutely vacuous
speeches. These speeches were made
putting men in nomination for the
presidency who had no more chance to
be nominated ttan they had of pick,
ing out harp check and joining the
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breakfast of bacon and eggs? Not at
all. Was it a delegation of food suf-
ferers or a chain gang? No, but it
looked like the me,ancholia ward of al
asylum out for a mornings airing
and it was the Knox Marching Club!
They have to do something's they
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-06-24

Beware of fortune tellers-esyee3al
ly u they are TIE aznateux kind hat
hold your hand while they read the
signs in your lace.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-29
From Another Point of View

We gnauca mphor
This II Who's lar todayi
Maybe ~practscsi man." also
II azssht what We prayed for was just rain
Chancellor James Roscoe
DAY
Doc Bradley agrees
declnaon has raised in
heard that the White
Red sox were I'D
contrisss to get the
nominee the people wantf
possessed for the Of
. been . candidate In the first place
4sat Il benefit depositors is IT not?
the
win the Doc White plague before that coming clash
That primary
made provsioo for the uneathins of rascal
The primary
provision for showing the crooked work and therefore valid
Wo1ser
ousns1 snsr hours -
Hughes faced
Hughes who politics.
s. - eopear IN our midst ~
H Republican
Of
- 1) ~ tses1 ~ wssnNs
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-29
A Real RefOrmer, a
Great Governor, in the
Republican Convention
Here's Hoping He Viii Talk AS He
Does In His Own State.

that you wrestled with the OF political
your that have swept away the refuge
lawlessness and the hiding place of bossism
having workers of iniquiy in New York. you
apostle OF political and moral upright
of the evils that act the ke-
publican party of Michigan.
plagued by the thirdtem pretensions OF
committed and permitted aessnes; who has no
reply those who appeal him for help in the enforce
who the political and financial beneficiary OF
charged by his fellow Republicans
having his third nomination through frauds at the
upon defects the law escape the pen
atty of crimes against honest ballot
against these hdeous oenses in your own
state Mr.. Hughes!
What and of hope will bring Michigan
condition the dominant OF the
state? H.
understand is Nigh time some authoritative
sake in solemn protest against the
amazing Governor Fred Warner and all that ne
represents in chronicles of Michgans shame
and orruphonists with
commonwealth will do this service
of Michigan Repubicanis will you not
Gov. Hughes?
Or remaining silent this subject OF political
morality and discipline be lett to He
mans Democratic candidate for governor?
you conspicuous of reformrs Gov Hughes to
decide coming will help hurt partys troubled
outlook in Michigan.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-29

the limit every day in the year and
still have an abundance left TO make
a million dollar contribution to the
Republican campaign funds every four
years and still have enough left 10
enjoy a season at Newport with their
families at an expense OF 100000, IN
Guiding a suite for their poodle dog ut
s.. 900. and dresses for their wives al
a cost Of $4,000 per year.
II must have always been apparent
TO Mr.. Roosevelt, as It has always been
To- Mr.. Bryan, that nothing short OF
the penitentiary for these wealthy
malefactors will have any effect.
The News compares Foraker TO
Benedict Arnold. How much closer Is
the comparison between the News and
Benedict Arnold? - Foraker hardly
ever pretended TO represent the peo-
Pile He owed his election to a pur-
chased legislature and he honestly
represented his real creators. But
what OF the News? They owe their
present position amongst the periodi-
calls OF the state because nearly 1OO,-
900 OF us who desired TO see justice
for the common people prevail Loyalty
SupEOIlCu lnlo PaPNt "AfN~
publican spellbinders literally damned
IL and would have none OF 1t.
And new in this campaign the News
has deserted to the enemy and Is
using its influence TO deliver us 70
the enemies. Let the News be silent
about Foraker and Benedict Arnold.
We may tolerate them IL we are not
too often reminded OF their perfidy
Knowing full well In general way
the relations OF Foraker and the stand
ard Oil Co.. as long as he thought
people were not stirred up over II,
Mr.. Taft was well satisfied TO render
Foraker all the assistance his recon
Citation to him might do TO aid him
in again being elected TO the senate
~ he. Mr.. Taft. could be assured OF
the necessary harmony TO carry Ohio
for himself.
Let there be no mincing matters.
That is the way things appear to every
farmer in the state who is untram-
meled by political orthodoxy.
Let the people rule.
AN UPSTATE FARMER.
Standish, Mich, Sept. 2Ss 1908.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-29
Foraker the Victim of Circumstances
S1YS COL. WATTERSON.

his duty as a senator; that his service
antedates the move OF the government
against Standard OIL; that he was
wen paid for his professional skill.
was proud as well as glad to have had
such client, and. being a practicing
lawyer, he did only what any and
every other lawyer would have done,
transaction. This Is IN all likelihood
the literal and exact truth.
His environment is assureffy more
at fault than his character. Person
ally an upright and a clean man.
brave young soldier In time OF war
In time OF peace rather too free with
fire alarms, yet. withal. good neigh
Dor and a good citizen and good
frfend--it is not wise public policy
ruthlessly TO slaughter him upon the
affairs OF party necessity, leaving
leaders ten times guiltier--if he be
guilty ut ALTO rattle around I'm gutta
pereha wings and robes of painted err
mine. The Republican party is the
real culprit.
Through forty years the Republi
can party has been the attorney OF
every ring and ringster, OF every Job
and jobber. which has appeared at
Washington having graft big enough
to tempt the steering committee OF
the senate and the rules committee
OF the house; from high tariff, always
at the front. to high finance, seeking
monopoly In every known commodity
sugar. steel, iron-enriching Repub-
iican statesman and making a mock
cry OF popular interests. "-Louisyille
Courier-Journal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-29
Where the Farmers Stand.

To the Editor OF The Times: l am
onlv a plain farmer from up the state
but thought It might be OF some inter
est TO your readers to know how
manv Of us view the present situation
politically.
The capitaiistic press fools many
people. / suppose, bat there are many
of us they do not deceive Tor mo-
ment by their TRADE against Foraker
and the Standard Oil Co. They and
all OF us have known for years tnat
not only Foraker but nearly all he
nnblican members OF both house and
senate have been the servants ana
tools of the trusts and protected mo-
nopoIies as well as they themselves
aiding and abetting predatory wealth
in plundering the people. They THINK
nv making scapegoat OF Foraker
they can impress the people with the
idea that he and few others are the
only guilty ones.
We in our humble way make no dis
tinction between the purchase or Sena'
for Foraker by the Standard OH co.
and the purchase OF the whole Repub-
lican machine by the trusts and mo-
nopolies In their contributions OF mil
lions of dollars TO the Republican CAM
paign funds, except this. that the pur-
chase of Senator Foraker was special
and particular and by retail while the
purchase of the Republican machine
was general and by wholesale.
True il Is that Roosevelt and La
Toilette and a few others did not stay
by the contract, yet quite sufficient
of them did and still hold the fort for
the trusts.
And do you know of any 20 years in
our nations history In which preda-
tory wealth has so prospered and fat
tened and become gorged OF the earn
ings Of the people as they have in the
past seven?
We have too much respect for
judgment to say that we
ever believed that he ever seriously
believed that any trust could be
stopped from plundering the people
by fnes, no matter how often they had
been imposed. We happen to know
OF some trusts which might be fined
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-29
The Reward of Unflagging Industry
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

he stayed
pecau he ooaz effort ii befell
That he got water from
theft up TO
worhfo
too drive trespasses
umpedh
while sat andr imaginary toll
yinfefm m discovered
he succeed
In him the thousan offered for deed
mancam checkbook meath his
undredtho
,nd likes fortune started
he a Millionaire
he cries
like me- thing as luck!