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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
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HISTORY

The national Republican convention
this year is the fourteenth held since the
organization of the Republican party in
1886 and the seventh to meet in Chicago.
Six of the thirteen conventions which have
passed into history have been held in
Chicago and three in Philadelphia, where
the party's first candidate, Gen. John c.
Fremont of California. was nominated.
Baltimore. Cincinnati, st. Louis and Min
neapolis have each had the honor of
entertaining the Republican delegates
once. All but two of the conventions have
been called in June. The conventions of
and Grant, were held in May.
Two conventions made memorable by
the length of their sessions were those Of
1880 and 1885. Both of these met in
Chicago, the first lasting from June to
June 8. Three days of the 1850 conven-
ton were spent in perfecting the organ
ization. The fight for the nomination of
Grant for third term being on. thirty-six
ballots were taken before a dark horse
candidate, James A. Garfield of Ohio, was
nominated. The convention of 1888 was
in session six days, and nineteen candi-
dates. the largest number ever before a
Republican convention, received votes be-
fore Benjamin Harrison was chosen on
the eighth ballot.
Twice in the history of the party but
one candidate has been presented for the
two Offices voted upon. In 1900 William
Mckinley was unanimously renonhnated
for President on the first ballot. For
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was
unanimously nominated on the first bal
lot. In 1904 the same unanimity pre-
vailed. The only names presented were
those of Roosevelt for President and
Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana for Vice
President. Each was therefore unani-
mously nominated on the first ballots.
The conventions of 1868 and 1872 gave
Grant the full vote on the first ballot,
but the vote for Vice President was di-
vided Other Republican presidential
candidates who have been nominated on
the first ballot are Fremont, 1856; Lin
coin, 1864 Grant. 1868 and 1872; Ben
jamin Harrison, 1892; William McKin-
ley. 1896 and 1900, and Theodore Roose-
Welt, 1904. William. l.. Dayton of New
Jersey, Fremont's running mate; William
A. Wheeler of New York, named with
Hayes in 1876. and Whitelaw Reid, who
went down to defeat with Benjamin Har-
rison in 1892, share with Theodore Roose-
welt and Charles w. Fairbanks the honor
of having received the vice presidential
nomination by a unanimous vote of the
convention on the first formal ballot.
Thrice within the ffty-two years of its
history the party has had to face the
problem of disaffection manifested in
double conventions. Since the contention
of 1880, no attempt to enforce the unit
rule has been made. The convention OF
1884 rejected the candidate selected by
the national committee as temporary
chairman and chose another.
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
500 to s7.s5; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00
to 1913; sheep, fair TO choice, $500
to $J.25; wheat. No. 2, 90c to &c;
corn. No. 2. Csc to 69c: oats. standard,
sic to 52c: rye. 70. 2, 7Sc to 79c; hay.
timothy. $3.50 to S14.00: prairie, $500
to S11.50: butter. choice creamery, &c
to De; eggs. fresh, 12c TO 16c; potatoes,
new, per bushel, S1.2S to $1.35-
Indianapolis--Cattle. shipping, $500
to S7.25: hogs, good to choice heavy.
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep. common to prime,
$500 TO $40; wheat, No. 2. 9oc 10
Ole: corn. No. white, Csc to CSC; oats,
No. . white, 51c to 53c-
st. Louis-ACattle. $50 to $7.15; hogs,
$500 TO 500: sheep, SEQ to $3.50;
wheat. No. .. 95c to SIC: corn. No 2,
re to 73c: oats, No. 2, Sic to SIC; rye,
No. .. 79c to SOC.
Cincinnati-Cattle. 500 to S675,
hogs. 500 to $J.65; sheep. $500 to
$4.35; wheat, No. 2. Ole to 92c; corn.
No. mixed, 73c to 74c; oats, No
mixed, 53c to 54c; rye. No. 2. SIC to Soc
Detroit-Cattle. s400 to 5000: hogs.
$500 TO $500: sheep, $50 to $40:
wheat, No. ., 92c TO 93c: corn. No. 3
yellow, 15c to &c; oats, No. 3 white.
SIC to 5Jc; rye, No. 2, SIC to SAC.
Wheat, No. northern.
$1.05 to S1.0S: corn. No. 3, 71c to 72c:
oats. standard, 53c TO 54c; rye. No I.
TIC to 7Sc: barley, No. =. Soc to Coo:
pork. mess. S13.I2.
Buffalo-Catfle. choice shipping steers.
$500 to $7.5J: hogs, fair TO choice, 500
to S5.95: sheep. common to good mixed.
S4.UO 20 $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $G.60
New York-Cattle. $500 to $50;
hogs. $3.50 to S6.10; sheep. $500 TO
$500. wheat. No. red, 97c to Csc:
corn, No. ,, 76c to Tie; oats. natural
white. 5Sc to Goo: butter creamery. 21c
to dc; eggs. western, 13c TO 16c.
Toledo-wheat, No. mixed. Sc to
SEC; corn. No. mixed. 73c TO T4c;
oats, No. mixed. 52c to 53c; rye. No.
2, Sic to S3c; clover seed, October, $7.42-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18

carry to the limits of the hall. And
when Malloy lifts his voice he is greet
ed always with a round of appreciative
applause. There will be lengthy list
of assistant clerks celebrated for
strength of voice and ability as read
ers These officials Of the convention
will be Attorney Thomas Williamson,
of Edwardsville, H., and George A.
Wilson, of Des Moines, Ia.
Asher c. Kinds, who will be parlia-
mentarian, halls from Washington, ID.
c. He acts as coach on parliamentary
tangles to Speaker Cannon, and he per-
formed similar services for Speakers
Reed and Henderson. Kinds is the
best posted authority on parliamentary
law in the country, and his knowledge
of precedents will be of invaluable serv-
ice to the presiding officers.
William f. Stone, Of Baltimore SER
geant-at-arms, will be an important fig
ure. AS sergeant-at-arms of the Ma
tional Committee the bulk of the work
of preparing for the convention has
fallen on his shoulders. In the conven-
ton he will be responsible for the work
of ticket takers and ushers and for
the preservation Of order.
The temporary organization includes
also small force Of stenographic re-
porters under NJ. w. Bloomenberg as
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
Chicago correspondence:

(llCaSO
All Republicans in the United States,
the territories ard the territorial pos
sessions are supposed TO have their
voice and vote in an assemblage known
as a Republican national convention.
The assemblage In the Coliseum in
Chicago has its representatives from
forty-six States, two Territories, the
District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii,
the Philippines and Porto Rico.
The number of delegates represent
Ing each State is proportioned to the
population. The representation in Con-
gress is taken as guide. and for each
member of the House of Representa-
tives there are two delegates in the
convention. For each United States
Senator there are two delegates also.
Thus, New York, the most populous
State in the Union, has thirty-seven
members in the House of Representa-
tives and two Senators, giving that
State twice thirty-nine, or seventy
eight delegates. And as each delegate
casts his vote individually, the more
populous States have the greater voice
in the doings OF the convention.
Next to New York, Pennsylvania is
the most populous State, and has the
second largest delegation in the convSn-
ton, casting sixty eight votes. Other
large delegations are: Illinois, "a I;
Ohio, 46; Missouri and Texas, SO each
Massachusetts. 81, and Indiana, 80.
The Territories and possessions are
all put on the same basis, and are given
two votes each in the convention. Thus.
while they have no voice in the actual
selection of President. they have
slight voice in the deliberations Of the
body which dominates.
The choice Of delegates to national
convention is accomplished by what
is known as the machinery of the vol
untary party organization. When the
Constitution was adopted. and the Of
fee of President created, there was no
idea of national party. like the Re
publican party. or the Democratic par
ty, in the minds Of the members of the
constitutional convention. The people
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18

have worked out the scheme of holding
a national convention and nominating
party candidates without any national
or constitutional law to guide them.
Consequently the system is rather
ragged at the edges.
In theory the two delegates from
each congressional district are chosen
at district conventions, made up of
delegates who are themselves chosen
by primary elections. All members of
the party in good and regular stand
ing are supposed to vote at these pri-
mary elections. Often the public at
large pays no attention to these pre-
liminary steps, aud the delegates
chosen at the district conventions are
the men named by the local party
leaders.
The first business that faces a ma
tional convention is to determine who
are the properly chosen delegates en-
titled TO take part in its proceedings.
This question is first passed upon by
The national committee and is later
passed upon by committee on creden-
tials appointed by the delegates who
are first seated in the convention.
The party's national committee is
made up Of member rom each State
and Territory. The committeeman are
chosen by each State delegation and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
NEW YORK.

Weather. crop and trade reports eds
play irregularity. 1t has been too wet
and cool in the Southwest and Northwest
for best retail trade and crop develop
ments, but east of the Mississippi river
conditions have been better and more
favorable reports come from the latter
sections. In wholesale lines evidences Of
improvement in fall buying are seen, but
purchase s are generally cautious, while
sales for immediate shipment are confined
to strictly filling-in requirements. Polit-
ical and crop uncertainties seem likely TO
influence distant purchases for some time
TO come. and trade is hardly better than
quiet to tair the country over
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending June T. number 2is3,
which compares with 225 last week, 161
in the like week Of 1907, 10 in 1905.
10 in 1905 and 1S1 in 1904. In Canada
there were 80 business failures, as against
90 last week and % in the same week
of 1901-Bradstreet's Commercial Report
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
JULIUS CAESAR BURROWS.
Temporary Chairman of the Repub-
lican National Convention.

julius Caesar Burrows, temporary
chairman of the Republican national
convention, has been for many years
prominently before the public of the
United States. He is IL years old and
has been in politics since the year 1864,
when he was elected prosecuting attor-
ney of Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
His career as a Congressman began in
1873. and he has been Senator from
Michigan since 1895.
On the presumption that the say
ing Nothing succeeds like success
holds good in politics, there must be
much satisfaction to Mr.. Burrows In
looking back over his long record. He
has been uniformly successful in what
ever he has undertaken to do.
While the SenatorNis regarded as a
conservative. his course has been main
" in accord with the policies of Pres
ident Roosevelt. Senator Burrows was
in the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth. Fifty-first
Fifty-second, Fifty-third and Fiftt,
fourth congresses and resigned in 1896
to succeed the late Senator Stock
bridge. He was reelected in 1899 and
again in 1905. On the latter occasion
his great popularity was attested when
he received the vote of every member
of the Legislature.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

From Minnesota, the Dakotas and Wis
consin crop reports are all favorable
Iowa farmers are complaining OF too much
rain.
Near Alma. Wis. John Grimes of Clear
Lake and j. w. Erschern, with a pack
of wolf hounds, killed Al wolves in three
weeks.
The graduated land tax bill which by
excessive taxation seeks to prevent the
owning of more than $40 acres of land by
one person in Oklahoma, was finally
passed by the Legislature and sent to the
Governor. The income tax bill and the
inheritance tax bin are in the Governors
hands also.
The total wheat exports from the Unit
ed States last month amounted 10 3.sy05.-
sol bushels, of which Portland contrib
uted 1.10S,3l4 bushels; New York 667-
ia bushels; the combined ports of Puget
sound. 654. S64 bushels. and Philadelphia
330.6J3 bushels.
During a thunder storm near Alma.
Wis, lightning struck the barn of Jacob
Castleberg i'm the town of Nelson, killing
thirteen horses. and several calves and
ttctioeihc thc baih- w uiidm MAUI MAN
of the town of Belvidere lost three horses
by lightning.
During the worst electric storm wit
messed in years. in Faribault county,
Mimi. six houses and barns were struck.
On the Rugg-U nderdahl farm the barn
and seventeen animals were burned. The
barn of DIR. j. j. Mclaughlin. in St
Paul, was burned The Bemis dwelling
on farm about three miles south Of the
city was also burned
The general Office has adjusted its ac-
count with the State of North Dakota un-
der the act of Feb %, 1889, showing the
per cent of net proceeds Of sales of pub
lie lands within said State for the period
beginning July / and ending Dec 81,
1907. as shown by the adjusted returns
from the various local land Offices The
receipts from the sales of public lands
during the said period were 81 .102. 1871.
From the sales of Indian lands il is $685..
SS1 .0S and from the fees and commits
sions, SOS, 76S.24, a total from all sources
of 81. 239, 3d. %.
Fruit growers in the Black Hills claim
that their crop has been practically
ruined.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18

was chosen for similar position IN
the convention this year at Chicago.
Senator Lodge and President Rocse-
welt have been fast friends for years,
although they have not always been
in entire accord on all matters. The
Senator before his election to the Unit
eel States Senate, in 1898, had served
several terms in the House of Repre-
sentatives. His present term in the
Senate will not expire until 1911. lie
is one of the influential men of the
Senate and one of the best posted upon
legislative affairs. Legislature is his
profession and he has contributed
largely to the treasury of American
history Senator Lodge is a native of
the Old Bay State, a graduate Of llar
ward and a lawyer. He was a mem
Der of the Commission on Alaskan
Boundary appointed by President
Roosevelt.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18

In a violent attack of insanity Mrs.
Daniel Cooper, 80 years i. Of Cadil-
lac. Mich, shot an :. her five
children, her husbana prself. A
sixth child, Fred, age :. is dying.
The bocies were fount IN the house
by the woman's mother. Mrs. Esther
Heety, who came to visit her from her
home, few blocks away. The bodies
of three of the children were found in
their room upstairs with bullets in
their temples or elsewhere in their
heads. The bodies Of the husband and
two other children were In another
room. The woman was found lying
across the bed over the boty of her
babe. A revolver with empty cart
ridges lay beside the bed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
announced at the close OF the national
conventions work.


conventions work.
Machinery of the Convention.
An interesting group of men will
start the machinery of the Republican
convention at the Coliseum. Harry s.
New, chairman of the National Com
mittee, will be the first official to face
the mass of delegates and spectators
when he calls the convention to order.
The National Committee calls the con-
vention, and makes all arrangements
for it, and IL naturally devolves, upon
the committee chairman to start the
proceedings. New halls from Indian
apolis, where be formerly published
a newspaper inherited from his noted
father. He has been vice chairman Of
the committee and was promoted when
Chairman Cortelyou entered the cabi-
net of President Roosevelt. Bishop
z. J. Muldoon will offer the opening
prayer. Elmer Dover, secretary of the
National Committee, who rose to fame
and influence under the tutelage Of the
late Senator Hanna and by the force
of his own ability, will read the official
call for the convention.
Mr.. New will then introduce Senator
J. c. Burrows, Of Michigan, as tenn
porary chairman of the convention.
Burrows was born in Northeast, Pa.
and lives in Kalamazoo Mich. He was
an officer in the civil war and has
since been much in Office. He was
elected to the lower branch of Congress
nine times and has been In the Sen
ate since 1895. Burrows will deliver
a long speech, which will probably be
the keynote of the campaign. Follow
ing the Burrows speech will come the
selection Of the other temporary Off
GERS. John r. Malloy, of Ohio, will be
chosen general secretary. He was long
clerk Of the Ohio House of Represent
atives and is known at national con-
ventions as the man with the voice"
They might better make it 1.-The man
with the marvellous voice." Amid the
greatest convention confusion the
strong. clear tones of Malloy always
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
DIsINHEkT led HEIRS SUE.
Frugal Youth Is Left $50, ZOO as Re-
ward for Careful Habits.

Eight grandchildren, tested for thrift
and found wanting, have begun a contest
of the will of the late Carlos Hale OF
Meriden. Conn, who bequeathed S3o,OOO,
his entire estate. to Perciyal White,
grandson, only reserving a life use of the
property to his aged widow. 1t was tes-
titled in Probate Court there that Mr..
Hale feared his estate would be wasted,
and made secret tests of the thrift of his
heirs. The contestants declare that White
unduly influenced his grandfather and
that his frugality was pretended. Mrs.
Hale testified that White alone banked
a Christmas gift of s. which Mr.. Hale
made TO each grandchild in 1906. He
alone did not refuse the offer of an old
bicycle in the Hale cellar. and sold it
for junk. White was the one of the grand
children TO cut away the decayed parts of
apples rendered to them by Mr.. Hale as
test. The others threw away the de-
cayed pples.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
MoRAL LAPSE DUE TO INJURY.
President Consents to Pardon for In
mate of Insane ASYLUM.

mate OF insane Asylum.
President Roosevelt has given his as
sent to a pardon for James ID. Eggleston.
Jr., son of James ID. Eggleston, president
of the Pacific Express Company and a
widely known railroad man of wealth and
position. Young Eggleston is an inmate
of st. Elizabeth's hospital for the insane
in Washington. He was transferred to
that institution from the penitentiary at
Leavenworth. Kan. to which he was sent
after having been convicted of counterfeit
ing. EgslestOn will be released from Gus
tody under the pardon. which is condi-
tional. and be delivered into the care of
his father. He will then be placed in a
private sanitarium for treatment and OBJ
servation. 1t is established by medical
observation during the last twenty years
that EgglestOn. while of n bright mind
and capable of obtaining the degree of
doctor of medicine from a leading uni
versity, is TO an extent morally irrespon-
sible. This is due to an accident which
occurred when he was II years old, in
which he suffered fracture of the skull
and also lost his right leg.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
INSANE MOTHERS DEED.
Murders Husband and Their Five
Children and Commits Suicide.

In Cadillac. Mich, Mrs. Daniel Coop
or, in a fit of insanity murdered her hus-
band and five children and then killed her
self. Prior to the killing the woman took
her children to the theater, making the
occasion one of unusual festivity. Re-
turning home, she cloroformed the whole
family and completed her work with a
revolver. When Mrs. Cooper's mother
and other neighbors entered the home on
Chaplin street the next morning bodies OF
the victims were scattered all about. Some
were in their beds and others on the
floor. Mrs. Cooper lay across the l'ody
of the baby on q bed with an emptied re-
volver beside her In each instance dea n
was caused by bullet through the head.
Fred Cooper. aged II, is the only living
member of the family. He lies in Mercy
Hospital with a fighting chance for life.
He accuses his mother.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
MEAT IN A BIG BLAZE.
Morris Packing Establishment in


Kansas City, Kas., Suffers Loss.
Fire that started before daylight Fri
day morning in the S2.225,0 900 packing
plant of Nelson Morris & Co., in Kansas
City, Kan, destroyed a large part of that
establishment. Two laborers were killed
and another was perhaps fatally injured
The spread of the flames was so rapid
that dynamite had to be used in an effort
TO check them. The plant is in the flood
district and is entirely surrounded by
water. Because of this fact the fremen
were unable to reach nearer than two
blocks of the building with their appara-
tus. The fire was started by an explosion
in the chemical department, and from
there extended quickly to the sausage fac
tory. The contents of this building fur
nished much inflammable material for the
flames, and by the time the first streams
could be turned on That section of the
plant was doomed. The loss of meat was
large. The coolers were packed to their
capacity, as the flood had interfered with
railway traffic long before the water shut
down the plant. This is the second seri-
Gus fire loss suffered by the Morris con-
Germ this year. On Jan. 30 the plant was
damaged to the extent of $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
Again Files Suit for pivorce.

For the second time in two months
Mrs. Grace Smell Love has filed suit for
divorce in Los Angeles against Hugh VI.
Love. This is not Mrs. Loves first ac-
quaintance with the divorce court. Civ
ing due notice to all of Mrs. Loves hus-
bands. her name would be Mrs. Grace
Snell-Coffin- Wali;erC Coffin Coffin Lay
man. Love
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
Auto PIunqes Into R:.er.

Four people were drowned when an
automobile carrying a pleasure party
of six became unmanageable. shot at
full speed down West Fifty-sixth
street in New York City and bounded
from an open pier into the North
river. The machine turned over in it's
plunge from the pier, holding the four
victims fast in their seats.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
Wabash Must Pay ss6o,ooo.

In the United States Court in Toledo
a judgment of $4,000 was awarded to
the Compton estate against the Wabash
Railroad. The claim grew out of con-
troversy many years ago over that part
of the Wabash Railroad between Toledo
and the Ohio State line. 1t is announced
that the case will! be carried up to the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
HEIREss MARRIEs $50 CLERK.
Mary Montana Largey Says She Has
Enough Money for Two.

Mary Montana Largey, IS years old,
youngest of the Largey minors of Butte,
Mont, came into her fortune of a million
and a half dollars the other day. and at
midnight she was married to Raymond j.
Mcdonald, young clerk in a Broadway
cab Office. who had been working for $50
a month. Some friends asked the girl
why she wanted to marry the poor cab
clerk. Because ! love him and have
enough money for both" she replied. The
couple left for San Francisco the next
morning. and there will start on an au-
tomobile wedding trip to New York. Miss
Largey's big touring car and driver having
been shipped on ahead several weeks ago.
From New York they will go to Europe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
Many Men Are Made Idle.

The electrolytic smelter of the Boston
and Montana. in Great Falls, Mont, one
of the Amalgamated Copper Company's
properties, will be closed for two months.
during which the Boston and Montana
mines at Butte will remain closed unless
arrangements can be made to handle the
ore of the company at Anaconda. Five
thousand men are affected by the shut
down
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-18
Murders Two and Ends Lite.

In a jealous rage, Charles f. Byers
killed Mrs. May z. Boren, landlady of
Denver rooming house. He followed this
up by numbering Edward Smith, and then
killed himself Byers and Smith were
dodgers at the rooming house. Byers made
accusations against Mrs. Boren and
Smith, and was ordered out. Later he
was granted an interview by Mrs. Boren
and the shooting followed.