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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
MUST HOLD PLEDGE SACRED!

the road a rocky one. ana the longer
the light shall continue the more will
his chances be miuimized.
Next on the list Is local option un-
der the county unit plan. There are
more members OF tile legislature
pledged 10 Il than TO any other Iegis-
latlon OF any individual. Republi-
cans and democrats alike are pledged
10 IL by their county conventions and
the republicans by their state con-
yeutiOn
but when pledge breaking enters
she windows all bets are OF and po-
litical honor scoots through the door.
have II from the lips Of members
elect that, notwithstanding they
we're elected on local option plat
forms, they will not vote for = local
option bill. This feeling Is SO strong
the friends oi local optiUn are greatly
discouraged They won everything
in convention. They Won everything
In the election. stIlI they are con-
frouted witb widespread repudiation
as the crucial hour approaches
I Men who would not for any con-
sIderation violate a business CT pro-
/ fessionsl lrGst, With impunity declare
they will NOS be bound 10 a trust i'm
posed upon them through politics :
/ Strong words, but true.
Take the situation In Nez Perce
county, for example In Lewiston
the anti-local optionists declared that
unless certain political influences
should ne arrayed against the pro-
bibitionists t~o days after the cleo
tlou, the republican, legislative ticket
would be defeated on election day.
= The republican ticket was not de-
iested 10 Lewiston, but the prohibi-
,ionlsts we're two days later.
To whom Do those legislators owe
thelF electiOnt
VIII the local prohibition sentiment
or the sentiment against It exercise
the more potent influence On their
actions in the legislatureg
Put cold -bloodedly, there Is about
as little chance for a local option bill
oeing passed 81 the coming session Of
the legislature as that log-rolling
Nil be eliminated or that the next
republican state Ticket viii not be
selected during the session
The antitrust promises the :
. ployefs' liability promise, the anti
= pass promise-all violated 10 the
, Ninth session. What assurance they
, wiI be carried cut In the Tenthg
J TIE view too pessimlsties should
have more confidence Ia meng Look
I at the tie record Much the same
j men viii run the next legislature.
! We can only hope-yet doubt-
I The direct primary The dear old
b direct primary. which has been
. buaeted about the state FOR 50 ong
B by the Niuds ot political plstitnoes
. Wat o, ~
q. The republican state convention 10
2 its case sent 90 reoord against the
I reform, bat practically every rsPaoh-
can county eoaventioa turned the re-
> publican state oonventieO oown-
Niue-teuths Of The a,emberS of The
r leSislature are tied 70 the direct pri-
- mary Is tightly IS Il sas VAS possible
E, for tbeir county conventions 70 an
!. ebor them. And Jet are beard raEa-
d blinSs Of protest.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
Real Estate Transfers.

John II. Dryer to Orson H. Kellogg,
ranch on Boyle creek, consideration
81 $50. co.
Samuel A. Wilmington and wife IL
John c. COrriRan ranch in sections g
and :, twp. L. north range "a east,
consideration s40OO 90.
Fl. NJ. Adamsun TO W. ". AdamSou,
all right in Parker Lode. Parker Mt
consideration slOO.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

lad. is the one most in need Of hi,
presence.
The mems meeting announced for
next Sunday afternoon will be post
poned until the pastors return.
Mrs. Perry will endeayor 10 see thar
the regular Sunday evening service,
are kept up IN some profitable Way.
but the morning services sill be su,'
pended
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

Rex Osborne, in The Idaho States
man says:
The next session OF the Idaho Iegis-
Iatute is pledged by the republican
state convention 70 do the following
things:
To elect Weldon Brinton Hepburn a
Uu!ted States senator 10 succeed
himself
To enact an effective county local
option law.
TO enact an antitrust las.
To enact an employers liability
law.
10 enact an anti-pass law.
To enact a good roads law.
Ia addition the large majority OF
lts membership stanus pledged 10 en-
act 3 direct pfimay law.
AFTER these peIdges the people OF
Idaho have placed a big, black utter
b rugation mark
II does not denote a total lack Of
confidence. bot II does denote a sell
gruunded suspicitn.
This feeling hatks back 70 the
operations Of the Nlutb session.
when practically every pledge MADE
BY the party Was broken.
So absolutely shameless was this
violation of popular trust that u
there had not been a United states
senator 10 eject th,s year the people
of IDAHO WOULD have given the iegis
lature over % the democrats on tn
chance that theY might heed th'
voice oi the people tue hrst time any
way. The majority Of the people o
the state are republicans and the!
wanted a republican sent back TO th'
senate But for that sentiment th'
legislative roll call would have born
far aigereut complexion.
lloxeyer, the legislature is elected
In the foregoing IS recitod some o
the thing, It is pledged to do. No"
then what viii AZ do ! shall M
hazard forecast in yieN % 5e blacI
record o. the psst uut ] can s1iei
review tae PROSPECTS Cu The basis @
2 tha ideas Of great many Vell-iu
formed people.
Ipthe Grst place. as 70 the senator
ship Tire outlook is that there al
he a azGt Du the senior senator bu
that be- all he reelected unless son
very strong ana scJiye candidat
d ores.rts himself. But the le2isla
tars Is pledged 10 him by the stat
convention. lear you ssy. Tb
answer is that a state convention
cannot pledge a legislature 70 do ans
, tn.nE. according % the dlctUm ,
King ueyblru himself. Bat bot
Z about the county pledges: That IS
= 4ire,epf natter Zach legislatc
81 asI place bis o~n construction %
~r.em. He Knows hoS his constil
money feels: and be viii weig
. U.ntIy any county platform deci1rs
D.. tlsrs II he believes they we're ente
ci for pyitical purposes only and
they conflict Nith popular senimer
!. AZ home. The cunFensuS Of opinloi
!. though. !, that Hepburn vii
4, elected again. Uudenisbly, ho~eve
the demand Of the people has bc'
!. fsr more pronounced 10 favor OF "a
~ republican than In fayor Of "ths
!. republican. Unless be shall be elec
ed al once, senator HeTburn viii hI
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
Mineral Locations.

Mountain Maid. Texas dist, Hugh
FugHson locator. =
GRAY Eagle Lode, Spring Mt. dist,
+ s. Wright, ct al locator.
Amyle lode, Spring Mt dist, f.
S. Wright, ct al locator.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

NJ. l.. Emigh who bad the con
trEct for moving forty thousand cubic
wards OF dirt for the Audrsss Light
& Power company, completed ths
contract i've days sooner than lHe
contract provided for. The ditch
dug Is abnut thee quarters OF mile
in length, and is suerly dne piece oi
work from start to finish Tie con-
many has an ideal site Tor the poNe'
plant. The Nork from nov on vi
he pushed 10 completion as rapidly a.
( possible.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

was cleared and the people were In
vited to dance until the wee small
hours of the morning at the expense
OF the committee who had the pro-
ceedings iD charge.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
Notice

lNe rex kuiAt tAdthluaAihu loi t'd1it-
ers viii be held Dec. ., I, aud 2.
Ethel Goodrich Watkins. Co. supt.
The Recorder is as glad as The
readers. 20 doubt, that the election
Is over and We can nov devote the
columns Of the paper 70 news In place
Of politics 10 the future it Hill be
the aim OF this paper 10 pay uut
little attention, COMPARED Sith The
past, TO political matters, hut "iiI
make a special eiOrt 70 secure tie
news. with this end ia yiew He DE-.
sire TO secure correspondent ir
every precinct In the county. IL Z,
country news which - especialI}
wanted. in fact the local happenings
In the communities Nhicb may be QI
Interest u the readers We euul9 b'
glad To hear from any friends ot tbs
paper vino will take up the work =
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12
LATEST RETURNS OF
NATIONAL ELECTION F.!
Maryland Will Give Bryan Six Of Her Electoral Vote and Two to Tt
Missouri Goes Republican, but Democratic Legislature

governor, but exact figures we're slow
In coming in. The immense ballot,
which had compelled the making Of
special boxes, aud some instances the
booths, was 10 part responsible for
this slowness, bet the large number
of Taft-llarmon votes cast caused
much OF the difficulty.
Tat carried Ohio by probably over
10000. while Harmon won by about
20 600. Such figures as have been re-
celved on minor candidates although
meagre. indicate the probable victory
OF all other republicans on the state
ticket. The republicans are also
believed to have carried the legisla-
ture, bu. there also exact figures are
lacking.
Denver, Nov. 5. Party headqaurt-
ers and newspapers have practically
quit compiling returns OF Tuesday 's
election and will depend upon the
county canyasses, which must be
made within ten days after election
/ day, for exact figures On results
Bryan's plur atty In the state will b,
in the neighborhood OF $500, Will,
Shafrotb, democrat, for governor
will exceed this by apprc ximtely 20OO
All of the other democratic canui
dates for state of1ices are running
close with Shafroth, except Musse
and White. supreme court justices
Both are running considerably ahea
of their ticket. Late returns indicat
. larger democratic majority IN tn
J legislature than first estimated.
Indianapolis. Nov. 5.-Fred 4
Sims, acting republican chairman {
the state committee, late toniVt
> claims the election OF the republica
state ticket with the exception
: governor and attomev- general,
J, small pluralities. his estimate
hsaed on ninety OF the nlnety-tv
= counties, both Official and unofiiic
e returns. The democatic committ
e still CLANS that the entire dem
, cratic state ticket Is elected. II
oiiciiI vote will he required, pro
/ ably, to determine the successful ca
& didates.
u That William II. Taft has carri
u the state on the national ticket al
u Thomas r. Marshall, democratic ca
l. dida;e for governor, has been electe
le is conceded by both SIDES.
n Baltimore, Nov. with I
:, official vote OF one-third OF Baltimt
city and twenty-One out Of tWen
three counties complete, and estim
j. ing the missing districts on the ba
te OF the unofficial returns, Taft
OF an apparent plurality tonight Of /
The indications were that Sc,
IS BRYAN and one Taft electors had b,
Ir- chosen. According TO the fgur
ed Bryan received l55, $50 votes and T
gh ll5, 958.
as The canyassed portion OF Baltim
ke city showed a gain Of l67 for ia
ad This added to the unofficial plurall
at gave him a lead OF 1867 in this ci
'or The tOtaling and verifying Of
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

New York, Nov. 5-The member
ship Of the electoral college which
Will chouse the next president OF the
United States remained In dispute
when the official counters In Mayland
abandoned their task for the night,
According to the best Information
Obtalnable the proportionate numbers
of republican and democratic electors
will be determined by division In
Maryland's eight votes. Half OF the
city OF Baltimore and two Of the
twenty-three counties outside OF that
city are still to be counted, but there
is strong indication that the states
vote will be split. In any event the
margin Of victory will be so small
that the state was claimed tonight
by the leaders Of both parties.
Though the splitting OF state S
electoral vote is unusual, it will be
recalled that in 1904 Maryland chose
one republican and seven democratic
electors.
Missouri appears to be safely fol
/ Taft, TO whom the latest returns
give a plurality of 300, With the
prospects that the few hnal district
will double or triple these figures
Conceding Missouri to TAFT anC
leaving Maryland TO be split between
him and Bryan, the figures show 81
republican electors assured and 10
democrat.
Latest congressional returns indi
cate that the next congress will h
composed Of 2l6 republicans and II
democrats, a majority for the reput
icaps of Al.
The returns for the socialist an
prohibition parties are still far froI
complete, but indicate that the hops
OF the socialists have not been reali
ed, and those OF the prohibltionist
in certain sections where gains ha
been expected, have been disappoin
ing. The figures OF the independent
. rarty vote are also inefficient to gi'
an accurate IDEA of what that par
. accomplished.
Outside of the returns political !
terest vas engaged today in the e
t change of messages Of congratulate
Y and thanks between Mr.. Bryan al
e Mr.. TAFT; statement by Mr.. Bryt
0 in which he sets forth his determi
alton to continue his work for t
S good of all in the capacity OF p
, vate citizen; and the annOunceme
}. by Mr.. Sherman that 1t cost him jr
y $500 to be elected vice. president.
st. Louis, Nov. 5. 5.-Returns prac
cally complete from the entire Sta
. give Taft a plurality in Missouri
2228.
Cincinnati, Nov. s. Tuesda
= election, Ohio polled vote that S.
passes the l, ZOO, 900 ballots deposit
:, four years ago, making a new hi
record for Ohio voters. Enough
known early Tuesday night TO ma
a. it evident that the republicans |
a. given a heavy vote for Taft, and Il
Harmon, democrat, has won out
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

Chicago, Nov. 3. Secretary Barnes
OF the national committee of social
lists, said today the total vote would
not exceed 525 600. The Illinois vote
barely reached 50,OO0 Oklahoma
showed the largest gain, 70)0 com
pared with 400 at the last election.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

county vote Tonight @as being zone
with the utmost care, and conse
quently was slow.
Baltimore, Nov ). The onicial
canvass Of Tuesdays vote vas hegun
in Maryland aud completed IN p oat
OF the p counties outside OF RaIti-
more city. In Baltimore IL was bot
half finished when the board % can.
vassers suspended It's labors tonisbt
Until this count is completed, tie
result viii remain Ia doubt, ln some
counties there WAS wide difference
in the vote on presidential eiector,
on both tickets. which made the sit
ustiOn more complicated.
According TO the tigutes, bryan re-
ceived ll5, Isl votes aud TAFT ll5, &is
The canyassed portion OF The Bal
timore city vote showed a gain Of rs
for Taft. This added 10 the uHodi
cial plurality gave him lead OF ! So
In this city.
IL Is generally conceded, except b
the rival leaders, that Maryland
|. vote In the electoral college will L
. split. Neither chairman of the tN
great parties will coucede auythiu
to the other side.
This result, II borne out by u
, completed offcial count, Is preci'
! duplication OF what occurred In Il
presidential election OF i9Oi, and u
A reason Is apparently more republican
q than democrats marked their ballo
. for the first.named elector oul
This is considered TO be due chic
TO the ballot law, which prohibI
- the party emblem. The illitera
u voter frequently marks his ballot
u that It counts only for the first Ell,
II tor on the ticket, and as the repul
u can ililteTate voter. because the lal
y er number Of illiterate negroes
Is that party is greater than the den
70 cratic there Is always cOnsldera
al discrepancy between the vote rece
&c ed by the first republican electors d
o. the Others.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

Terre Haute, Ind. Nov f.. Y.
Debs. defeated candidate for the pres
idency on the socialist ticket, today
made the following statement CON
cernlng the socialist vote:
"The so-called falling on was not o
falling OIL. attribute the votes TAI.
ling short Of the expected mark Z,
the fact that an unusually large yote
vas cast for the socialist cIndidat
IN 1904. Then there were great
many disgruntIed democrats WHO
were chagrined because Parker wa'
nominated and they voted with tht
socialists This year they vent bach
70 the democratic party and yotct
for Bryan. | count that we have
made a gain in the actual spciaiis
2 rf,tn -
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

county vote tonight sas being done
with the utmost care, and conse.
quent ly was slow.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-12

.I>, and artIstIcaIIN set
A ...a1s neat and artist
A ,,rt<. The Re eCOrder
no other kind, but neat
*.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01

bury, was not built by John the Pill
grim. A site east OF the present house
Is pointed out as having been the place
where John and Priscilla dwelt, and
It is commonly stated that the house
built by Johns own hands was de-
stroyed by fire, and the exact spot is
pointed out. JohL w. Alden, the tenth
IN direct line Of Johns and the Pill
grim forefather. and now occupant OF
the old homestead, says this story is
not correct. He declares that John
and Priscilla occupied a house OF
which the ell on the present house was
part, and that timbers from the first
house are now In existence in the
present house.
The ell, which is a story and half
high, is undoubtedly older than the
main house, which Is two and a half
stories, and has all the marks which
distinguished the old-time Plymouth
houses. There are the small diamond
paned windows; there are the beams,
running across the low ceiling and
throughout the house; there are the
old-fashioned latches on the doors, the
step-up or step-down between connect
ing rooms, the large square chimney,
and many other old-fashioned and
quaint characteristics.
The tiny "aet-inr cupboarda, In All
the rooms. are things 70 make the
modern dweller full Of envy; the low
ceilings make even a short person
reach to see If it is possible to touch
them.
A tiny bedroom on the ground fool
Is shown to visitors as the room IL
which Priscilla died, and it is com
monty believed that John. too, died II
the present house. The Alden story
is that the house was built by iona
than. the son Of John and Priscilla.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01

ern racial question. which affects Can,
ada as we'll as the United States.
raises the presumption that he is com
ing home for good
bryce viii he 70 May 10. This com.
pulsory age retirement from the dip
Iomatic service was insisted on BY
the government In the cases Of two
eminent British diplomatists. much
more accomplished and experienced
than Bryce, namely, the late Marquis
OF Duferin and Edmund Monson,
who were each obliged 10 retire from
the Paris embassy and the British
diplomatic service on reaching the
age limit.
It ls scarcely conceivable that a
rule which was applied SO rigorously
against such men as these win bt
relaxed In favor Of Bryce. who was IN
his slxty.ninth year when he Was Ap
painted TO the diplomatic sarEics.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01

IS SCENE or BATTLE BETWEEN
MAN AND NATURE.
More Dirt Being Exaavated Now
Daily Than During Entire Month
Of July, 1eo4-conquest
Of lsthmlan Jungle.

Washington. There are those who
have wondered whether apart from
the tropical weather, the difficulties
Of overcoming the engineering obsta-
cles Of Culebra cut we're not over
estimated.
But when it is remembered that
this nine-mile strip. varying from 25O
feet to the top Of Gold Hill, west Of
Culebra, Is composed Of rock slime,
gravel and tropical dirt; when II is
borne in mind that the existing prism
Of this canal is subject to frequent
landslides, and when it is considered
that this region is washed by a tor
rental rainfall which exceeds IL feet
yearly, some realization Of the diff
culties presented win be possible.
It is one thing to blast and shovel a
million cubic yards out Of Culebra,
but it is another problem so to place
the excavation that it will be out Of
the way for all time or so to place 1t
that it will protect the canal channel
4 on the l0wlands Of the eastern pOfuon
Of the waterway
The investigator at Culehra, as on
other portions Of the ditch, is i'm
pressed at the outset with the fact
that the railroad is the key to the
situation both from an engineering
and sanitary standpoint This canal
cannot be constructed upon q trunk
sewer plan. An Of rs have intelligent
friends who seem to think that It is
only necessary TO excayate and throw
the dirt along the banks Of the water
way. But as the tourist obtains his
first view OF the cut at Empire he OBJ
serves that the rapidity with which
the dirt trains are enabled to move
out is the measure Of the days
achievement
Through this region. in order to as
sure a prism Of definite width, it hal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-01

THAW's CHIEF COUNSEL ONCE 3
TRACK WALKER.
sils Ambition ta BE Great New
York Lawyer Realized NJ Noml-
mated Parker for Presidency
at ST. Louis Convention.

New York. Martin W. Littleton Of
New York, the Belasco OF the legal
profession, IS the principal figure in
The second trial Of Harry X. Thaw.
1t only needs a glance at his lower
jaw to see this must be SO. Not even
petite Evelyn win be allowed to rival
Martin W. Littleton in the fierce white
light that beats upon this sensational
murder trial.
And when he faces Jerome across
The trial table it will be Greek meet
Ing Greek, and Jerome win be given
the battle Of his life.
There viii be no Fluffy Rufies pos
Ing, no affected and affecting sweet
school girl simplicity, no flights Of
golden California rhetoric, no "Ameri-
cania dementia7 In the second Thaw
trial. That is not the Littleton
method; he attains his ends by more
subtitle stratagems.
Littleton personifies force and de.
cision; he is strong physically and
mentally, sure Of himself, self-eon-
fident. The ponderous Littleton jaw
ID enthusiastically seconded by the
straight, firmly closed, almost curve
| less Littleton lips.
When Martin w. Littleton con
sented" to become chief counsel fol
Thaw-it is characteristic Of the mar
that he Consented instead Of 4ac
cepting" ais a smaller man would hav'
done-he served notice on the who'll
| Thaw family that they must keel
hands off,"
Littletons rise in the legal profes
sion has been meteoric. In 1883 h
was a trackwalker in Weatherford
Tex, marked among his fellows 70
his quick wit and ready repartee
His ambition was voiced first In