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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
ANNOUNCEMENT

Ali questions as to the candidacy
of Hon Adam 'B. LitGlepage for
the democratic nomination for
governor were set ut rest yesterday
when he handed the Argus the
formal announcement Of hlS cundi-
iacy. Senator Littlepaye says he
Is III the race to Stay until the
convention meets, and fees conf
dent that he will get there in time
to secure the nomination. His
tricnds-an,i they are numerous
III this city and couuty-are emthu-
sla>tlc auu say he will be nomilia-
ted without d nard fight and that
after he is nominated no man
can be put up who will be
able to win oven him.
Senator Litliepage announce
mcnt is as follows:
To the CitizenS OF West Nir.inia:
Having received during the past
several months so many letters.
petitions and expressions of good
VIII, from democrats, repub leans
and persons of all shades of poll
ticIl belief i'll different sections of
the state, requesting me to make
the face for governor of West Tir-
Sinla-my native State i feel that
II Is due 20 my friends throughout
The state, and To myself, that |
make some pubic announcement,
OF my candidacy. have an
abiding faith i'll the .auk and file
oi the people. l feel that l have
received from them sufficient assur-
a -
that my candidacy is. desired and
# nominated, it is my firm convic-
tinn that | can be elected.
The time has come in the history
OF our state wheu the people, ire.
Spcctire Of politics, demand a
broad minded, liberal, honest and
sincere administration ofitS affairs.
feel that 1T Is due to them that they
nave clear understanding of my
position upon the question 1 con-
slider most vital to their interests.
l favor 4 uniform and absolutely
fair and equitable tax system; not
system that taxes one class and
favGrS another: that impoverishes
one class, whether corporations or
individuals, and reliveS another of
Its just proportion of the public
burden, L do not believe in law
/ which undertakes to abSorbe, by
way of taxation, practically all the
earnings of either railro ,dS, coal
companies, corporate or individ ual
lnteres stS, nor do l believe in the
Intangible tax theory, nor double
! taxation. five GeSire to secure
1 the highest development of West
Nlrginia'S natural resources, we
must give reasonable encourage
ment and fair treatment t. inyes.
tors, whether they be residents OF
non residents of the state.
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w ednesday and the entire situa-
tion was thoroughly discussed by
the delegates and the above action
was finally taken at 10 O'Clock
this morning.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

shall Immediately be put upon
monthly pay basis.
Fifth-That this agreementshall
continue for two years, viz, from
April the lst, 1908 to March 3lst
1910 unless in the meantime abro.
gated by the parties hereto in
Joint Convention.
The miners convention adjourn
ed from Huntington met in Odd
Fellows Hall at 1Or O'Clock a. m.
Monday morning and was called
to order by President Davis who
introduced National Vice Presi-
dent White who made one of the
most logical speeches ever heard in
this city
Sessions were held Tuesday and
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

any other state of the Union, and
especially do desire to see our in
sututlonS of learning from the lit
Il'' school house on the mountain
Side t"our State University, placed
upon high plane of efficiency, in
order that the brst possible citizen
ship may be developed.
am iii favor Of placing upon
lhe statue books, Il law that will
protect every depositor of our
state banks, from the millionaire
TO the orphan, and at the sam.
time permit such national banks
as may wish to do so TO embrace.
its benefits.
believe that the state mine IN
spcction bureau should be com
posed OF men quafiged, 10y exper-
lence and habits of sober living.
TO protect as well the lives of the
miners who earn their bread i,e
meath our hills, as the coal opera
tors III their invcS mentS, and that
the instant mine inspector or his
deputy un iertakerS to engage in
politics, or falls inlo intenperat,
habits, he should be eliminated
from the force. That I have been
and am AN attorney for the United
Mine " orkers in the line of my
profession does not warrant the
assumption that | would be in the
least unfair t, the mine operators.
The interests of the one are in.
separately interviewer with those
of the other.
The gas and oil industry of
West Virginia has become the
most important factor in the states
developcment, and am in favor
OF such legislation, within consti-
tutional limits, as will afford our
state and her people the greatest
possible benefits from this import
ant source of her natural wealth,
and so far us possible prevent the
dissipation beyond her boundaries
of her natural gas production.
lhe proper conservation of West
V1rgInia's gas supply means the
bringing within her borders of
mills and factories, and con-
sequent increase i'll her wealth and
population To this end every
West Nirginian, whether governor
or private citizen. should lend his
influence and support.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

oeand by your officers, the men
" ~ nave made many sacrifices for
Gu and the cause.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

"SSoiu anu cannot STAND
open There never are any doors
placed on biattices, because neither
men nor anima travel inside OF
them.
Ii the mining law was complied
with as To the manner of harpI,p
doors, they could not stand opet.. );
1t has also been publicly charg
ed on several occasions and never,
satisfactorily reported that MANY
OF The miners who were killed in
the Stuart disaster were simply
rolled up III cheap cotton blankets
and placed in common pine boxes
and buried. Many other outrage
Gus Oh law and humanity have
been charged, but never investi-
gated by the State and county
authorizes, and it is certainly graft
lying news to the law abiding
citizens that the United States
government has secured indict
mentS against the Fayette County
crowd who have so openly violat-
e'l the laws and defied the author
ties, and THAT they will bc at least.
made to answer for some of their
crimes before the bar ofjustice.
At last the toilerS of the noto.
rlous non-union coal fields can
begin TO see the light of justice
dawning and the time for theiI
emancipation from wage slaverIy
rapidly approaching.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
Good Roads.

l am uncondjtionall,, i'll favor of
the enactment of such IL law as will
secure to West Virginia Il perma-
nent system OF s:uod roads. bv
means of which our farmers would
oe better enabled to reach the
markets with the prod ucts OF their
farms ] should like 10 see every
pubic through fare iD the state, per
mantiN improved. The necessity
tor a substantial good roads system
exists throughout the state: and in
the event of my nomination and
election as governor, | pledge nv
self to use every effort within my
power during my term of office. to
lnaugurate and forward with all
possible speed, desirable system
OF road improvement.
L desire to further the highest
developement of the natural re-
sources of the state and to see her
business interests prosper and re-
allZe largely upon the capital in
vested to improve the working
conditions OF the wage earners of
the state, and give to them fair
wages and every reasonable en-
couragement, that by their labor
the sta may be developed, and
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The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
DIsCIPLINING THE BABY.

In writing of 1.-The Real Malay" Sir
e. A. Swettenham tells how he saw
baby elephant disciplined on the march.
There were nineteen elephants in the
caravan. OF these, some were too
young to carry burdens, and others,
full grown. looked after the youngsters.
The hero Of this story was about a
year old.
We were travelling over a jungle
track, which necessitated walking in
single file. AS we neared the foot Of
the slope leading into the Perak Val
ley, Malacca, we came to & gigantic
forest tree which had fallen right
across the path
Exactly in the path a great slice of
the tree had been sawed out and
thrown to one side, so that coolies car
rying loads might pass without having
to get over the obstruction.
All the elephants went little way
along the tree, to where the diameter
was smaller, scrambled over, and then
waited in a bunch on the other side.
We asked the reason, and the drivers
said that they We're waiting for the
baby, which had last been seen, higher
UP the hillside, chasing Chinese
coolie.
We tried to persuade the drivers to
go on, but either they could not or
would not. They said the elephants
wanted to see the baby past the diff
Guilty.
Suddenly there was noise Of scat
tering leaves and rolling stones, and
the baby ambled down the steep de-
cllnes at a really hazardous pace, made
straight for the cleft in the tree, dash
ed headlong into it, and there stuck
fast.
He sQuealed Justify. His mother
thumped her trunk on the ground,
trumpeted in very hlgh-pitched voice,
and moved about in 50 uneasy way
that she nearly threw her passengers
off her back.
The baby was caught very fairly by
his ribs. He seemed to fit the aper
ture exactly, his head out in front, his
tail behind, and his body held as in 6
wise. We were very curious to see
what would happen, and had not long
to wait.
The nurse" elephant went to tn,
tree and clambered over it where sh,
had passed before. Then she slowl.
walked to the path, looking at the I'm
prisoned culprit' as she passed him
She took couple of steps up tn
path, and then. lowering her head, raj
at the baby, smote him behind witt
her forehead, and sent him about tel
feet down the path on the other sid
OF his house of detention.
The ungrateful little beast neve
even looked round but, with the in
petus given him, started off on d Ques
for new opportunities for mischief.
The nurse" rejoined the party wit
what seemed to me a curious twink
in her eye, as If she had administers
chastisement while apparently only dis
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
MADE FAME FOR "MRs. PAT."
Press Agents Unique Scheme for In
teresting New York in His Star.

PRESS Agents Unique Scheme for In
teresting New York in His star.
One Of the most successful press
agents at present making theatrical
near-history Is Token Worm, better
known in the profession" as Tanbark
Worm, says the American Magazine.
He is the man who made Mrs Campbell
famous. She was playing her first en-
gagement in New York at the theater
now known as the Belasco when Mr..
Worm became her press agent. Know
ing the eccentric irritability Of his star,
he conceived the idea Of spreading tan
bark along 42d street in front of the
theater to deaden the noises which, he
let it be known, Jared upon the sensi
tive nerves of the actress almost be-
You'd endurance. Some city department
granted the authority, and the tanbark
was spread. The story was printed far
and wide, exciting laughter, comment,
derision
Finally the talk resulted In a rebu1e
from officials higher up to the depart
ment which had granted the authority
10 spread the bark. The tanbark was
removed. That meant more stories,
more talk. Mrs. Patrick Campbell be,
came famous, even among those people
who probably to this day have never
4 seen her act. She became the center
Of newspaper attention wherever she
1 went. The doings Of her toy dog,
PinSy-panky-poo, were chronicled, pic
tured, Observation-Disclosures with Mr.
Worms invaluable assistance the
dog also became a public character. One
afternoon in Boston Mrs Campbell
coming on the stage before the matinee
observed Nick Loretz, her stage carpen
ter, with whom she was not on the mos
amiable terms, peeping out at the audi
ence.
Its splendid house, isn't it?' sai6
she sweetly. Il suppose you think thu
crowd is due to the nice weather.
NO" said Nick, land it amt due t,
you, neither. TITS all case Of tan
bark and dog!"
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
AE<EDIIORIA1S !
Opinions of Great Papers on important Subjects 8
80 A.
Great Papers on important Subjects.
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and China are purely Pacific powers. Nor must for
get the other American States which look upon that
ocean-Mexico the Central American States, Panama,
Colombia, Ecuador. Peru and Chile.
would idle and perhaps mischievous to speculate
upon the possibilities Of any nations securing actual
dominance upon that Spain tried to make it
Spanish lake. but England defeated her pretensions
Russia tried to establish monopoly Of the northern
part Of it, forced by the United States recede
from her extravagant claims There is ground
for the primacy Of power there than there is
the Atlantic. But it Is quite obvious that the United
States has certain natural and acquired advantages
which bespeak for it interest and influence in
the Pacific second to no other nation 1t has
try, and it is will be the and custodian Of the
gateway connecting the Pacific with the Atlantic. In
view Of these facts and their significance there be
rational thought of any step which would impair
standing handicap activities that ocean.-New
York Tribune.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
Broken Bones.

Nowadays q broken bone is not al
ways put up directly into a splint and
kept immovable until IT had healed.
Many fractures-i. e., bone breaks
have damaged or involved joints, and
in the case Of the elbow, wrist and
ankle there would soon be an incurable
stiffness If the spllnts were kept on
until the bones were quite united again
So that, If the case be suitable, the sur.
geen nowadays removes the splints and
having bathed the limb, gently rubs
and moves the joint for a minute OF
two, Union Of the bone and the USE
Of the limb are In that way hastenei
at the same time.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
BE QUIET AND BE GOOD.

\ application on a small scale is to be made
in Central America Of a principle with
which the greater powers have merely DIAL
lied the little world between the south
ern boundary Of Mexico and the American
isthmus is to be put under regime Of in
+,rno tiona1 arbitration TT would ho diff
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
Through the Telephone

Are you there?"
YES"
"Who are you, please?'
Watt
"What is your name, please?"
watts my name"
YES; what is your name?"
''I say my name is Watt"
"Oh, well, I'm coming to see you"
"All right. Are you Jones?'
"No; I'm Knott
"Who are you then, please?'
"I'm Knott"
xviii you tell me your name,
please?'
Twill Knott"
"Why won't your
~ say my name is William Knott :"
ION, l beg your pardon
.aThen you will be in if | come round,
Waltz"
Certainly, Knott"
Then they were cut off by the ex-
change, aud Knott wants to know If
Watt will be In or not.-Tattler.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06

are far more widely distributed the Pacific The
same may be said Of the British Empire, which fronts
upon the Pacific with Its two great dominons Of Can
ada and New Zealand Its commonwealth of Australia
and nnumerable other possessions. France has an i'm
nortant Pacific frontage in ndoChina and number Of
islands Germany has insular empire of consider
able extent possibilities while that Of Holland
enormous extent and wealthand FORMS by the way,
one of the strongest grounds for Germanys desire for
the incarceration the Netherlands into the Teutonic
empire Russias Pacific frontage despite Its recent
duction is still extensive and important especially be-
cause of it's connection with Europe by railroad Japan
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.

decorated by King Edward of England
with the Order of Merit, is the first
woman to receive the distinction and is
renowned as a philanthropist. She has
won fame for hospital work and or
ganized society for nursing wounded
soldiers during the Crimean war, serv-
ing in the field amid great perils and
privations. In recent years she has de-
voted 100000 to the founding Of a
home for the training Of nurses. Miss
Nightingale was born in Florence.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06

cult point any region this earth where the
dtions for the Of the experiment about to be
made have hitherto been less promising
pacific and purely diplomatic Intervention Of this
government and Of Mexico fully justified by the
condition to which Central America, blessed with
abundance natural wealth. had been brought by in
cessant strife The Intervention has received further
justification by the outcome of the Central American
peace Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06

charging her duties in the most ortho
dox fashion.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
uNMUzzLED COLLEGES.

EzHaHN HE growing tendency Of Of wealth to
y 4 impose restrictions upon colleges and uni
\ versities which they aid cannot be resisted
! and rebuked too strongly. Liberty Of
HS"' ane facson Of 1 ss aees
real intercollegiate duty in sending forth
,ssage that freedom is not for sale.-Phladelphia
American. .."
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06

Italy, on May II, 1920. She has pub
lished works on nursing and on SAM
tary conditions in the army. One Of
her books, issued in 1874, Life or
Death In India" attracted wide atten-
ton. But nineteen men who have
achieved distinction have been honored
with the Order Of Merit.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
His C0nceit.

"You say. she Is trying to discourage
your suitY'
yes"
ssIn what wayw
"She told her chum in my hearing
that she would never marry one Of
these handsome, braing men"-Hous-
ton Post.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
FORESTS KILLED BY TAXES.

ezaMNI LILLIAN H. JENNINGS, Of Wilkesbarre
Nv A r 4 Pa, tells how he has 1900 Of wood
4 WV Y land covered with trees Of good size, but
not yet mature. They have been growing
EETNEYlN thirty years. but should stand ten years
NEEHsk9A longer for their best development The as
sessor however, figures up what he consid
ers the present of the wood, and by his
return places Mr. Jennings under obligation to pay the
full tax on trees though he has revenue from
them whatever Next year he must again pay their
market value regardless Of the fact that he market
them but
This is a familiar story 1t is clear that those trees
will be taxed off the face Of the earth 1t will not
the keep them until mature if he must pay on
their market value every year for ten Those
1900 WILL therefore, be changed sooner or later
from beautiful piece Of woods to wilderness of stumps
and brush.
Outside of the city line tracts of large trees are very
infre1uent Where forests exist at all they are nearly
always of young second growth timber The tax as
SCISSOR gets in his deadly work He is worse foe of
trees than the insects which prey upon and the fires
which them. He Is not much to blame as the
law back of him that allows trees to be taxed when
standing instead deferrng the tax until the trees
cut and made marketable Philadelphia Press.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-03-06
"UNCLE SAM" AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

HE circumstance is not always realized that
most Of the great nations Of the world have
important frantages on the Pacific Ocean.
The United States, both in itself and in it's
outlying possessions, has far more ex-
tended frontage on the Pacific than on
the Atlantic and the gulf, and its interests
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-10-31
DURHAM & HOLMAN
LODGE WILL
 BUILD HOME

At the regular meeting of the Odd Fellows lodge of this city held last night, an agreement made by the joint committee of that lodge and the Woodmen of the World was ratified, whereby joint lodge hall is to be erected as a second story to one of the buildings now being erected by s. M. Apple on the west side of the public square.
 Under the contract with MT. Apple the lodge is to have deed to all property I4 feet above the ground over the third building from the corner, and to all except 30 feet of the air space above the building adjoining on the south. MT. Apple is to do all the work of building, including the ante-rooms and a stairway to run up across the partition wall between his two buildings. The consideration to be paid him is SI,85o.
 MT. Apple will put 30 feet on his adjoining building as a second story, to be divided into offices.
 The two buildings on the corner being erected by George w. Dona- ghey will also be built two stories high.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-10-31

WEATHER FORECAST. New Orleans, October 3I.-Fore- cast to s p. m, tomorrow: Tonight and Sunday fair.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-10-31
SPEAKING HERE
 NEXT MONDAY

Congressman Charles c. Reid and Hon. Tom D. Brooks will speak at the court house in this city next Monday afternoon at I3o o'clock, in the interest of the Dem ocratic party. Everybody is cord ially invited to attend.
 Congressman Reid's fame as an orator is already we'll known nere and those who have heard 1t state that MT. Brooks campaign speech IS masterly production. A big crowd should greet these speakers.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-10-31
STANDARD OIL FOR TAFT

for MT. Taft because MT. Taft is in sympathy with the trusts. MT. Taft has been making speeches for many weeks and he has not yet dwelt upon the iniquities of the trusts or pointed out the injustice done to the American people by them. No wonder MT. Rockefel- Ter is for Taft.
 Again MT. Rockefeller says MT. Taft's election will make for law and order. This is false. Mir. Rockefeller's corporation is the most notorioue breaker in the United States and he is for MT. Taft because he does not want the law enforced. If he thought that MT. Taft would enforce the law against the Standard Oil Company and favored the enactment of more stringent laws against the Stand ard Oil Company, as l do, he would not be for MT. Taft. MT. Rockefeller also says that MT. Taft's election will make for sta bility of business. What kind of business stability is the trust busi- ness' Stability in the trust busi- ness is what he means. He thinks that MT. Taft's election will en- able the trusts to get a tighter grasp upon the American people and put their extortion upon a more permanent foundation. He says that MT. Taft is not man in- clined to rash experiments. He might have omitted the word rash, for MT. Taft is not in favor of any kind of experiment in the way of remedial legislation. He does not propose remedies; he simply glories in the past and wants to leave conditions as they are.
 MT. Rockefeller says that MT. Taft would not advocate measures subversive of industrial progress. But what is progress? To allow one corporation to swallow up or bankrupt all of the other corpora tions and then hold the country at its mercy? Is it industrial progress to destroy competition and close the door of opportunity to the young men of the country? Is it industrial progress to destroy in- dustrial independence and establish a despotism of monopoly?
 The Democrats have reasons to be grateful for tearing the mask off the Republican campaign and re- vealing the duplicity that has characterized it."