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The Washington times., 1909-08-07
THE DEMOCRATS AND THE
TARIFF.

Champ Clark, minority leader of the
House, took occasion upon the eve of
his departure from Washington to deny
that the House Democrats were not
united IN their fight against the Payne
tariff bill, and pointed to the broken
ranks of the Republicans to show how
much better the minority stood togeJh-
er than did the majority. hat is very
true, but does Mr.. Clark rest content
with having lept his followers, with
two exceptions, in liner Does he feel
that having delivered what was to all
intents am purposes the entire strength
OF the democratic party in the House
in an expression of protest against the
bill that he has accomplished all that
could be expected of a minority leader .?
We are rather of the opinion that the
opposition to the Payne 5;ll in the
House could have been made pueh
more effective True, the votes were
there when the bill was put on its final
passage; true, there was opposition to
the bill from the moment it was intro
duced until it went to the President.
But there was a woeful lack of fixed
policy on the part of the Democrats.
They talked long and loud against the
iniquities of the bill, but they offered
no remedy. The same was true of the
policy-or lack of it-followed by the
Democrats in the Senate. There was
no initiative at any time. In nine cases
out of ten when the Democrats were
voieing protest against high duties in
the bill they were following the leader
ship of La Toilette, or Beverage, or
some other progressive Republican. In
both houses of Congress there were
groups of Republicans dissatisfied with
the BILL Their votes could have been
caught had the Democrats gone after
them by introducing amendments which
had some chance of passage. Every OPP
portunity of that kind was lost and
while the responsibility for the new
law rests with the Republican party it
cannot be denied that the Democrats in
both houses lolled back in their chairs
without making any determined ef0rt
to get into the fight. They might act
have accomplished much, but having a
fixed policy and fighting for it every
inch of the way is worth while even if
you lose.
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Capital TaIes

A ssIsTANT Secretary of the Treas
n Try James B. Reynolds has the
vista of pleasant summer
stretching out before him. He sits IN
his office nowadays, from early morn
till dewy eve, and when not engaged
In answering the calls oyer long dis
lance from New York, and hearing
about the fresh griefs of Some importer
or some customs official in tire wrestle
TO put the new tariff law into effect,
he is busily reading a little brown
backed volume, entitled:
Tariff Act Of August 8. 1909. -
Yes" unused Mr. Reynolds, as he
gazed at the latest publication from the
joint authorship of Messrs. Aldrich and
Payne, Il have here some light sum-
mer reading. It's one Of the seasons
best sellers and it's about the most ex-
citing novel that's come to my atten-
tion lately. I shall put in most of my
time this summer in skimmIEg over its
pages"
Then, in answer to a call from New
YORK, the head of the customs service
proceeded to deliver an offhand opinion
on the exact Interpretation Of paragraph
ll5y or the new measure, and 10 say
what he thought of the probable abro-
CATION Of the existing commercial status
quo between this country and France.
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LECTURING AS A MEANS OF
ENDOWMENT OF CAUSES.

It is announced that Lieutenant
Shackleton, the British officer who
reached the farthest south point, and
who got nearer the pole than any other
man, is going to lecture in this country
in order to raise money to pay the debts
incurred in preparing his expedition.
The lecture platform serves some
unique purposes nowadays. The man
with an idea goes TO the people asking
them to finance him, and they contrib
ute by way of the box office at the
Chautauqua Ii he is a political re-
former, fighting a powerful machine, he
is pretty certain not to have much
money. A man can't make much money
running a political controversy. So he
goes out on the platform. and tells the
people about his fight They are in
terested in what he has to say, and they
are willing, besides that, to contribute
their mites to help his cause. So they
turn out and make up something like
a campaign fund for him in the ticket
office receipts.
Several of our American publicists
come readily into mind as the exemp-
lars OF this method of enIsting the
substantial interest OF the people in
causes. Lieutenant Shackleton is 90
ing to make the same appeal. He will
have a good story 20 tell, and if he
tells 1t reasonably well be will doubt
less have good audiences. He ought 10
be able to raise the money to pay of
tbs $4,000 of debt which still stands
unpaid, that was incurred in order to
tit out his expedition.
The New Zealand government and
the commonwealth of Australia have
already made contributions, but the
British government does not feel dis
posed to give anything. There are few
enterprises in which there is more of
national sentiment and pride than this
of polar exploration. Every country
hopes that its expedition viii be the
first to find the latitude of 80 degrees;
yet government aid for the polar expe-
ditions has been the exception rather
than the rule. Private means have been
the chief reliance.
Lieutenant Shackleton has a story of
wonderful privations, determination
and good fortune. He viii doubtless
have good audiences, inspired as much
by interest in his cause as by curiosity
/ TO see and hear him.
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ELEVEN ARE HURT
AS CAR GOES OVER
New Rails Not Secure and Jersey
City Coach Turns
Over.

NEW YORK. Aug. Eleven persons
were injured, three seriously, by the
overturning OF a trolley car on Grove
street, Jersey City. today The ear,
filled with passengers, was OF its way
from Hoboken to the Pennsylvania Sta
ton in Jersey City. New rails being
laid had not been fastened securely, and
the car jumped the track and turned
over on its SIDE.
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RIOTING IN STRIKE.

Their rlOting today in the strike of tne
Jewish bakers of Montreal. one woman
was stabbed. another was dubbed, and
several men were injured by sticks and
ston rs. The trouble was due 20 the re-
fusal Of a grocer TO obey a boycott.
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SHORTAGE IN BANK.

AUBURN. Ind, Aug. Bank Exam
iner Frazier. who has been inspecting
the accounts Of Of the City National
Bank, Of this city. said today that he
had found a shortage IN the banks
proceed.
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MRS. BOND AND DAUGHTER
WILL VISIT BANANA
EARLY IN FALL.

Mrs F. c. Bond and Miss Louise Bond,
wife and daughter Of Captain Bond. Of
the Isthmian Canal Commission, have
gone to the mountains Of Pennsylvania.
where they win be the guests of rela-
tives for the month OF August.
Captain Bond viii join them Septem-
Der /, and they will accompany him on
a tour Of inspection to Panama. return
ing BY way Of Costa Rica the latter part
of October
Mrs. V. Q. Brown announces the en-
gagement OF her daughter. Ethel Beat
rice, to John Robertson Bowling. the
marriage to take place Wednesday, Au-
gust II.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Zeitler have
cards out announcing the marriage of
their daughter, Katherine Elizabeth, to
E. Lawrence Phillips, May 2e, 1863, at
Annapolis. Nd. Mr.. ard Mrs. Phillips
! will be home after August Is. at 20 z
street northwest.
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Miss Carol Duncan, daughter OF Colo
mel Duncan, left Washington this morn
ing for Harrisburg Pa, where she will
spend the month Of August Mrs Dun
can will join her daughter next week.
Mrs. Eugene Henley and Mrs. E. c.
Robinson sailed from New York a day
or two ago to spend The remainder of
/ the season abroad. M. Robinson will
join them in September and will return
with them
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Mrs. W. S. Thompson and Miss Mabel
Thompson closed their apartment at the
Westmoreland tbs morning and left
Washington for trip up the New Eng
land coast and to Canada. They viii
return by way Of the Great Lakes
some time in Octobsr.
d
Former Senator ard Mrs Marion But
/ Ter, who closed their apartment at the
Portland several weeks ago, and have
since been at their plantation in North
Carolina, sailed from New York this
morning for an extended European So
journ.
Vice President Sherman left Washing
ton yesterday to join Mrs Sherman at
/ their home in Utica, y. Y.
Going Abroad
Mrs. J. D. GatewoOd, and the Misses
Gatewood, wife and daughters of Medi-
cal Inspector Gatewood, of the Pacific
feet. who are spending the summer at
Woodbury. Forest, Va, are planning 10
go abroad early in October for a year or
more of European travel. during DR..
Gatewood's absence with the feet.
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Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. accompanied
In ,, Gle
Quentin Roosevelt. have gone 10 Paris
from Milan. where they viii be Joined
in few weeks by Miss Ethel Roosevelt
and Archie Roosevelt, who are touring
the Italian lakes with the Italian AM
bsssador and the Baroness Mayor des
p anches.
Senator du POnt Of Delaware sailed
from New York this morning for an ex-
tended absence abroad.
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The japanese Ambassador and
Baroness TAXA ARA. accompanied by
their young daughter, Baroness Kiyo,
left Washington Yesterday for Seattle
from where they win sail shortly for a
visit to their home in Japan.
Sail For Europe
Mr. and Mrs. Larz Anderson. who
have been spending the summer at the
fashionable Massachusetts north shore
resorts, sailed from New York this
morning on the Kaiserin Aususte Vie
toria for Europe, where they viii spend
the balance of the summer and the
autumn.
The Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. Beekman winthrop left wash
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The New York butchers having or
ganized a little trust Of their own, are
kicking up an awful row because t.
has been swallowed, quite independ-
emily, by the Packers trust. The con-
sumner is wondering whether he has
any interest.
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! inSton yesterday afternoon for a visit 10
Mr.. Winthrop's brother and sisteT-in-
| law, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick winthrop,
at Hamilton, Mass. Mr.. Winthrop viii
visit the navy yards at Portsmouth y.
H.. and Boston before returning 20
Washington. Mrs winthrop viii prob
abb remain in the north for the re-
matnder Of the season.
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Lieut.. Frank Lee Beals, u, S. =, re-
/ tired, and Mrs. Beais have given up the
studio house of Mr.. and Mrs Erancls
3. Poe, which they have occupied since
early in the spring, and have gone for
a visit TO the formers home in Wiscon-
sin. About the middle of the month
they will sail for Brazil, where Lieu
tenant Beals viii report for duty as at
tache OF the American embassy there.
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Mrs. Florence H. Bacon and Miss
Zelda Dalton have gone to Asbury
Park for a stay Of several weeks.
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Mrs. Gibson and her sister. Miss An
ME Brown, of New York, are spending
I a few days in Washington, en- route TO
the Seattle Exposition. the guests OF
Miss Clara Sitz, who will accompany
them on their trip West.
Are In Wisconsin.
Mrs. Willard H. Mcconnell and her
daughters, Miss Mildred Mcconnell and
Miss Florence Mcconnell. are spending
the summer In Wisconsin.
q
Col E ]. Harvie and daughter. Miss
Jane r. Haryie. of 1893 r street. are
visiting relatives in Richmond and Mat
tOak, Va,
Miss Harvie and Miss Edmonia Harvie
are spending the month Of August Oh
the coast of Maine.
Mrs. A. V. Brown, of 927 c street
southeast. will be at home Monday.
August 9. until 10 o'clock, in celebration
Of her seventy-irst birthday.
Mrs w C. Collins. of Twenty-ninth
street has gone to Atlantic City for an
extended sojourn. Her daughter. Mrs
P. w Page. joined her yesterday.
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Brig. Gen. Eugene A. Carr, Z. s. A.,
and Mrs. Carr have gone to Lake Placid
for the autumn, after spending the
summer at Atlantic City.
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Representative and Mrs. Dwight closed
I their house on r street yesterday and
left Washington to be gone until No
home in western New York. and after
a series of visits in the TuOsusnd Islands
viii take an extensive motor tour during
| the fall.
Take Ocean Trip.
Gen and Mrs. Clarence R Edwards,
who have gone for a short "trip TO
Europe going mostly for the ocean
| trip. will return about the middle of
the month. and viii spend The remainder
OF the season at New York. with Mrs
Edwards mother. Mrs. Porter, and their
children.
Miss Virginia Collins has returned to
Washington after a months visit to
relatives In North Carolina
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Miss Agnes Harvey. who has been
spending the summer in Rockville, Nd,
Ia gone TO Berkeley Springs. w. Va,
where she will be the guest OF her
brOther-in-law and sister DR.. and Mrs
Char.es Gordon Smith, U. S. ~, at their
cottage.
Representative and Mrs. William H
Wiley closed their apartments at the
Highlands this morning and left Wash
ington for their home In East Orange,
| n. J.
Benson Beale.
The marriage of Miss Agnes J. Benson
and Ernest r. Beale took place this
morning at 10 o'clock. in the parsonage
/ OF Marvin NJ. E Church South, the pas
/ tor. the Rev. Selwyn K. COckrell,
/ officiating.
/ Miss Pauline Cohen and Miss Eleanora
/ Cohen are spending several weeks al
! Chesapeake Beach.
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TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN.

EDMUNDSTON. y B., Aug IA
sentence of two years in the Dorchester
penitenttary was imposed today on HUI
bard Alichaud. convicted of placing OBJ
structiOns on the tracks Of the Tennis
couta railroad An appeal viii be
taken.
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When the Iowa
Crowd Remained Unfed.

II you want to get a rise out Of
most any member of the Iowa dclega-
ton, ASK him about the dinner party
up at Senator Delivers house the other
evening.
1t appears that when the question of
how the Iowa Republican members Of
the House and the Senators should vote
On the tariff bill was at its height last
week. there were numerous conferences.
One evening, Deliver told them all TO
come 10 his house at 6 o'clock. He
said Mrs. Dolliver was away and the
house was about empty but they d
struggle along somehow. Some of the
gentlemen invited got the idea Dolliver
was going 10 serve dinner.
So they went TO 1915 Massachusetts
avenue, where Dolliver lives, without
the precaution Of getting something to
eat first. The party assembled and
o'clock passed by, and under their
rreaths those who had not had some
thlng to eat whispered one TO the
other:
Gosh. I'm hungry. Didn't you I'M
derstand we were TO have dinner?"
At was just at this critical juncture
IN the appetltes of some Of mis- guests
that DOlliver called out to the servant:
Amos, go and get us a pitcher of
water"
And, according TO reliable report, [
was II o'clock before sandwiches We e
served It appeared that the dinner,
like the ultimate consumer, was a
myth. 1t was a misunderstanding IT
is nee dless to say that in the interim
OF three hours between O'Clock and
II the tariff bill was savagely chewed
over.
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x-Representative w. P. Hepburn has
been recommended strongly for a place
on the new customs court of appeals.
That is, providing this court is ever
created. Not only have the House Dem
ocrats, lee by Champ Clark, united in a
recommendation of him TO the President
but Senators Dolliver and Cummins Of
Iowa have recommended him. On the
strength Of his recommendations, Colo
mel Hepburn ought 10 get a place on
the court, but there is a prevailing belief
the personnel of IL has been already set
tied. This in fact was one of the
reasons why Congress made no appro-
priation for it,
The Washington times., 1909-08-07

There are few cities which could so
easily reconcile themselves TO retiring
from the map for a spell as Washing
ton can this summer. The town has
"a tremendous lot OF business OF it's
own On hand, sai1h needs attention.
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The most embarrass ing thing about
having a lot Of escaped patients from
the St. Elizabeths Insanity Hospital
running about the country at this time,
Is that Congress, having just adjourned
and scattered, there will be constant
danger of the wrong people getting
arrested on suspicion of being danger
Gus.
The Washington times., 1909-08-07

Isn't it possible to get immediate ad-
Indication of the important question of
whether it is a crime to assault a man
who now insists on talking about the
tariff?
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MASSACHUSETTS" UP;
AFTER AERO RECORD
Pittsfeld Balloon Hopes TO Outdis
lance Former Marks in
New England.
New England

PITTsFIELD. Mass. Aug with
Sheldon Whitehouse. OF New York. and
William Van sleet, of this city, as pilot,
the big balloon Massachusetts made
an ascension from the Aero Park zere
early today.
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For Goodness Sake--Don't

on the ride
DESTRlAN
T. NJ
Don't
useth
teI me m
Dontb a
promugate
try 10 ST F.
in of
short
Don't refuse to speak a another fellow
E. T.
appointments that have no intention
Don't
night to
Don't try to a froma you have paid
F. ]. L.
DON'T try to be sport yOus and out LPs
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NORFOLK, Conn. Aug. THE bal
loon Massachusetts, which left Pitts
field early this morning, passed over
this place at a. m, going In a south
erly direction The balloon is attempt
ing 10 break the record of the long
distance flight from Pittsield
The Washington times., 1909-08-07

The near East and the far East are
trying today to stretch the war cloud
so il viii cover them both.
The Washington times., 1909-08-07

Persons leaving the city for
long or short period ring the
summer can have The Times mailed
TO them at the rate OF thirty
cents a month or seven cents q
week. Addresses may be changed
as desired. All mail subscriptions
must be paid ina advance.
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Ambassador Reid is going to remain
at Saint James long enough 10 give
a few more of those parties, anyhow.
And maybe by the time he is ready 10
retire former Vice President Fairbanks
who is the real choice Of the whole
country for that post, viii be ready to
take it,
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Revival of Stewart
Case is Now Expected. :

Everyone is expecting that next win
ter will witness a threshing over of the
case of Col William T. Stewart. SEN
ator ChamberIaln's bill to promote Coz
onel Stewart TO the grade Of brigadier
general and retire him will revive It.
One win hear fought ali over the Incl
dents Of the Punishment OF a soldier Of
forty years service, and a medal OF
honor man at that, who because of al
leg, temperameutal defects was con-
signed 20 a lonely deserted post in Ari-
iona with teamster and a caretaker OF
the post, along with a coffin, for conf
p1ny.
The popularity Of this case, this typi-
cal ROoseveltian episode, was that while
the President was roundly berated for
doing It, the constitutional lawyers We're
not able TO get very far with their con-
tention that the President lacked the au-
thority as Commander-in-Chief of the
Army 20 send Colonel Stewart to Fort
Grant if he saw MT TO do so.
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Jim" Mann Of Chicago, the new
! chairman OF ths House Committee on
! Interstate Commerce, is one Of the hard
! est workers in either house Of Congress.
| Scarcely a proposition comes up in the
House that he does not understand from
: A TO 4. He ploughs through most OF
( the reports and bills which come up
and when he arises to object to any
! thing. as he does on the slightest provo
cation, he is invariably loaded with the
| necessary information 10 make his OBJ
lection worth while. Since Mann has
I been appointed chairman OF Interstate
! Commerce, he is one Of the most popu-
| lar men iu the House At any rate,
everybody is cOngTatulating him and
siding up close to him. That's because
most Of the members will have bills
before his committee. Mann laughs
good natuTedly at all Of them and tells
them: Il never did care for taffy and
I'm too old TO learn TO now"
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Particularly. it is engaged in diligently
growing rather more rapidly than any
other fiTst-Class city i'm the land
The Washington times., 1909-08-07

NEE men vyOme who haves
lion
AXE
IN n
card and Times Washington D.
The Washington times., 1909-08-07

President Taft deserves a quiet sum
mer, and then a fine trip and a royal
welcome by the country. And every
body hopes he will enjoy them
Near beer" has been abolished by
the Alabama legislature So near is
now so far.
The Washington times., 1909-08-07

The Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop left wash
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Sail For Europe.

Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson. who
have been spending the summer at the
fashionable Massachusetts north shore
resorts, sailed from New York this
morning on the Kaiserin Aususte Vic
toTia for Europe. where they viii spend
the balance of the summer and the
autumn.
The Washington times., 1909-08-07

Representative and Mrs. Dwight closed
their house on r street yesterday. and
left Washington to be gone until No
vember. They will go first to their
home in western New York. and after
a series of visits in the TuOsusnd Islands
the fall
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-11-04

further said to Mr.. Grant: l am
sorry | did not know that they
expected me to give more. I
only received a circular letter,
and supposed it was sent me by
mistake, as I thought I had al
ready given my part. To this
he said: that's all right; but
hereafter all officeholders will
have to come across" Then I
said: I have given the party all
they have asked for, and am
willing to give them more, as
this is all the way l have to sup
port and educate my little girl.
The offer of money and the
word 'bribe"was not mentioned,
and he never resented any re-
mark | made, but each time he
would say, Il have not decided. :"
I never offered to pay his daugh-
ter anything. [ can not under
stand how an honest conscien-
tious Christian man could force
his wife and daughter to make a
false affidavit against a poor
widow who was seeking mercy
at the hands of their husband
and father, for meat and bread
for her orphan child.
There are three against one in
this case here on earth, but |
still have hope that there is a
Higher Power who will be a
guardian to the widow and a
father to the fatherless.
AS to my visit to his oficeEin
Washington, never once insist
ed that he endorse me, but he
Immediately said, II am going
to endorse Mr.. Luther; I fee
duty bound to do so, as he has
J helped me in many ways"
j, Mr.. Grant knows it is untrue
when he says he told me he
), would not u give the office
to me For anyone else whC
tried to bride him. The wore
''bribe" was never mentioned il
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with the fact that I had ignored
the letter requesting campaign
funds, to which I explained that
the state committee had pre-
viously sent man to ask for a
contribution of S25, at that time
promising that if l would give
this I would not be requested to
contribute anything toward the
fund in November. I gave them
$25, at their request, and sup
posed the matter was settled.
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get the re-appointment.

Regarding the letter to Mr..
Adams, I had already taken
stock in the Industrial News,
and Chairman Adams wrote ask
ing that l take additional stock,
and to that letter | replied in
effect that I always had been a
liberal .giver to the party funds,
but now my commission had ex-
pired, and | was willing to give
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any conversation we ever had.

On the other hand he said to
me: ''I'll let you stay in the
office for three months if you
don't raise any kick" that is,
if you appreciate it, but if you
do kick the sooner the embarrass-
ment is over the better. I"
then said I appreciate every
minute that stay in the office,
but as long as stay l will try to
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further sums if I could be as
sured Of my re-appointment-
This offer was made straight
forward without any intention of
offering it as a bribe or anything
of that kind; simply the party
wanted my money, and 1 wanted
the party's office.
Yours very truly,
MRS. F. J. REED.
Biltmore, Oct. 26, 1909.