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In 1906, at which the democrats ilomi-
mated Hearst for governor, Dix himself
received II votes for governor. He
refused to sanction Hearst and bolted
the convention.
"The democratic party" he said Mt
the time rs passing through an ordeal
the most daring and disastrous In its
history. but from the shock received
at the Buffalo convention 1t Is plainly
eviden an organization IN New York
city. which shall represent democracy
and not demagogism, must be created.
/ shall remain true to democratic prin-
eiples, but | cannot vote for Hearst"
Last June Mr., Dix succeeded Will
liam j, Conners of Buffalo as chair
man Of the democratic state commit
tee. since that time he has been tour
Ing the state interviewing county
leaders and ascertaining the sentiment
evident an organization In New York
not long ago, lie spoke of decided Gay
nor sentiment. and with this utterance
was one Of the first official Gaynor
boomers.
IN 1872 John A. Dix cousin of the
present nominees father. was governor
Of New York
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OF SILVER BOW
COMPLETE A HYBRID TICKET

the first ballot: j, ", McNally labor
leader; Roy $. Alley, confidential
clerk; q. ID. Blackburn, physlcian:
Larry Dobell. editor Butte Miner; r.
g. Gillls. merchant; John MacGlnnis.
banker: b. X. Wheeler, attorney: w.
w. Mcdowell. broker; r. ]. Duffy,
formerly president miners. union: Joe
Binnard, attorney; Paddy Moore,
miner. and T.. r, O'Flynn. attorney.
Other candidates named this after
noon were
Gommissioner---Jose McGoYern. Z
Clerk and recorder Kerr .Beadle, re-
nominated,
County auditor-Thomas Prender-
grast. renominated
Superintendent Of schools ~ Miss
Elinor Crowley.
After four ballots ]. ]. Griffin Waa
nominated for coroner, hiY3 Y3principa
opponent being Harry Davenport, thu
present incumbent II loovs ~ Ii thu
convention will be In sessltn all nigh
and finish the nomination before
adjournment.
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Los Angeles. Oct tSaturday).--
The building occupied by The Times
Publishing company was destroyed by
fire this mernlng and there IL heavy
death list. estimated az high as 30. The
fire was preceded by al explosion ana
Immediately tile building was envel-
oped In flames. This explosion oc-
Cured on the second story OF an adj
ditinn tn tho old building. The old
part Ii of three floors. Within a few
seconds from the time Of tile explosion
the entire building WAS fiery fur
mace Crowds TINT gathered early sa.
they saw many men fall back IRON
Tie windows into the flames. Others
lcaped and we're Injured.
Tho editorial rooms were on tllf
third floor. but II is believed tlt'
greater part Of the men Oh this floni
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DEMOCRATIC leader
. HAS CLEAR
IA
"nfM1n
MCURU
NEW YORK NOMINEE HAS BEEN
ACTIVE IN POLITICS FOR LONG
TIME WITH CREDIT.

New York, Sept. 3o.--Jolin a. Dix IL
SO years old, having been born In
Glens Falls, n. Y. In 1860, lie grad
uated from Cornell university In 1882.
His business career oegan with lum-
Der firm. In 1889 he married Miss
Gertrude Thomson. III politics Mr..
Dix first became prominent as chair
man of the democratic county commit
tee of Washington county, position
which Indirectly led to his forming a
county chairmen's organization, In
which he strose for more power for
the chairman as against the state com
mitteemen. Two years ago. with Lewis
stnyvesant chanler ns head Of the
ticket, Mr.. Dix was the. democratic
nominee for lieutenant governor, meet
Ing defeat. AT the Buffalo convention
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Butte. Sept. 30--(speciaI)- Though
they rejected the tailor-made legisla-
tive ticket which was handed to them
last night by the secret committee, the
Silver Bow democrats today nanled In
a ballot, most of the men whose
nanrs vtre on the committees list.
am thc nnnpl 81 ticket Is tho iiluGl, of
the town tonight There was still nn-
othea strenuous day with the conven-
ton today. and there was something
doing all day long from fist fights to
bal1oting and nominations.
The entire forenoon was spent in dis
cussing the Legislative ticket. there
being an attempt made to reopen the
matter of the committee report of the
night before. and have the report
adopted. This was voted down with
enthusiasm. Then 1t was decided that
the legislative ticket should be nol,- /,
rated from the floor. ~ nominations
neing made and they were printed on
one ballot,
These won out. all being elected on
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Colonel Roosevelt Contrasts the Positions Of
the Two Parties in the Campaign
'Pt0PLE AT SARATOGA MURPHY At ROCHESTER
No Lobbyist nterered in Shaping the Republican Platform
While the Dictaon Of Tammany Was Absolute in
the Democratic Convention
= Proceedings

selves and moi he controlled by some
ono elise. Now. the voters nf this state
VIII have Id choose between that on
the one side and nn the other side
this thcra Mr.. Roosevelt held aloft Il
newspaper clipping. which shall now
describe to you IN the language of ono
nf our most cnvennmed foes, q lead
ing representative ~ the Wall street
democracy, the New York Times. Of
this morning. describing THE demo
cratic convention. now sitting.
"A Democratic Picture.
Ian day and night the Democratic
leaders have been going. hat ~ hand.
to Mr.. Murphy and asking him. hum
bly,. ~ favor thIs or tina. candidate
lin ts editorial the New York Times
falls in with the other democratic
leaders and asks FOR the nomination of
d candidate by the convention. Now.
1t goes on.
Never before has Tammany hall
been III such .unuuestioned control ot
ii state convention. Never before las
any Tamnany boss been enthroned as
the state leader In the unlimited way
In which Mr.. Murphy IL recognized
today. The convention is In the hoi-
low OF his hand.
Sinister influences.
Back OF Murpliy's control arc
ruinors of strange and sinister influ-
ences. You cannot throw brick In
any Objection In Rochester without
hitting some lobbyist or railroad at
torney.'
Nov, this is not what | am saying
II IL tile New York Tlmes--the New
York Times describing the convention
of It's party. II continues.
t'Thc woods have been full pf them
from the start. They got here before
the delegates did
When Colonel Roosevelt finished
speaking. the convention adjourned nn-
iii 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, When
n platform will be adopted. Tomorrow
might there Will be banquet at the
Hotel Astor, at which President Tart
will be the principal speaker,
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Washing or. Sept 3oThe total es-
Inmates for the appropriations neces ).
sary for the naval service In the next
fiscal year were announced today to
be sl28,300.000. This stands against
appropriations Of $lS7,913,000 for the
fiscal year ended last July and s132,-
3S4 900 for the present fiscal year. Be-
sides the two battleships and two
colliers already announced as the ma
val building program for next year,
there will be several other vessels Of
minor class, including two seagoing
tugs of type better than the present
Patuxent and Patanpseo,
A saving of nearly slO,Oo0,000 will
be made In the appropriations for the
war department as a result OF the
pruning OF estimates by the cabinet
The total appropriation for the cnrrsll|
fiscal year amounts to y
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city hall last night The question or
some plan for reopening the bank was
discussed from virtually every imas
Unable standpoint after the meeting
had been called To order by Christian.
Yegen, but nothing tangible In this
direction was agreed upon when The
session adjourned
On motion committee of seven
was named, and this body will en-
deavor to find some feaslhla plan upon
which the bank might be reorgnnized.
80 as To prevent. If possible, its pass
Ing into the hands Of a permanent
receiver, at least until the claims OF
the depositors can be proved up BY
Mr. Goodhart. The following are mem-
bcrs OF the committee. ". $ Gafnseg.
A. 4, crossiuan, Il; g. Camp. Christian
Yegen, Henry White, ", l.. Mains and
James II. Goss.
4 telegram was forwarded tha
comptroller of the currency, asking
| that the naming Of d permanent re-
eeser BIZ deferred.
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TAMMANY BOSS DICTATES NEW
YORK DEMOCRATIC coNvEN.
TioN's ENTIRE ACTION.
DIX FOR FIRST PLACE
The Delegates Wait Four Weary Hours
for tbs Decision and the Convention
Hall Witnesses Some stormy Scenes
Before the Ticket Is Completed and
Victims Chosen.

Rochester. N. Al, Oct. tSatnr-
day).--A state convention that VIII
go Into political history as one of
the most remarkable III the history
Or the democratic party. closed last
night by nominating John a. Dix.
chairman Of the party's state com
mittcc. and a wealthy Washington
county business man, 10 run on
progressive platform Of the widest
type.
Regarding the platform. there
WAS from the first little or no divi-
sion Of opinion. But the candidate
was not chosen until Charles r.
Murphy, leader OF Tammany Hall
who by virtue Of his 213 delegates.
was In n position to control the
convention. had canvassed the mer
Its Of no less than IA others.
Il said | would give them an up
state candidate. and I've done it,
was Mr.. Murphy's comment on the
nomination
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FIFTY ARE KILLED
IN BIG EXPLOSION

escaped death. Thomas L. Smith. an
ad compositor. working on the second
floor when the explosion occurred,
gives this version:
There we're at least 30 men at work
on my floor. believe that half of
this number may not have escaped. i,
with others. rushed for tile street I'M.
Inediatnly and We then saw tie whole
building In flames
The entire building WAS gntfed y,
las d. N, and but two walls Wefe
standing The fire department nov
has tile situation we'll III hand and the
flames viii probably not spread fur
ther.
III addition To the complete plant.
Of the Times, the building contained
the large jobbine and commercial plan,
Of tile American Engraving companS.
Tho loss is estimated at saeo.o0h,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-10-01
BISHOP OPPOSES
PROHIBITION

Montgomery. Mo. Sept so.-,
Daniel : Tutt'c, presiding bishop
Of the Protestant Episcopal church,
In q prepared interview. said here
today: "All true Americans. 1t
seems to me. ought to strive to
maintain and pcrpetuate American
principles. Statewide prohibition
violates and local option supports
this principle. Therefore. am OPP
posed to statewide prohibition and
In favor of local option" Missouri
VIII vote ON statewide prohibition.
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New York. sept 30 49, Theodore
Roosevelt addressing the National
Republican league. III session ~
Carnegie hall today. delivered his first
speech WI tho state campaign. Ilr
compared the republican state conven-
tion with tile democratic convention
now being held III Rochester. and on
the strength of hts comparison said
i,eg felt that the republicans had tht
right ta appeal tn every decent citizen
Iii thc state. without regard 10 party,
~ vote their way
The Saratoga gathering he styled h
/ peoples convention" free from tht
Influence of special interests
John Hayes Hammond. as president
or thr league. introduced colonc
Roosevelt. The attendance was no'
large and Colonel Roosevelt was some
what hoarsc after his labors at Sara
toga.
But said Mr.. Hammond. even MS
whisper In heard around the world and
+, we vii follow him mp any San Juan
hill he may lead MS"
! Colonel Roosevelt said, In part
Reports Progress.
/ Il am here to report progress. W.
| have just held the republican state
convention at Saratoga. There never
has been held In the state Of New
York convention that was more me-
thodical---a peoples convention--not
| lobbyist. not representative OF q
great interest. exercised fingers
weight of Influence In that convention
That convention represented abso-
lutcly the opinions. the reasoned con-
victions and belief Of plain. every
| dar mcn.
"Threc points, three essential points
were made I'm our platform Of princi.
pies. In the first place, that we stand
not tlmidly not halfway. but ag-
gressively--for honesty In public ant
I'm business life.
For Efficiency.
I'm the next place. that we siano
for governmental efficiency. and, II
the third place. that we stand for tiit
right Of the people to control them
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In EXPENSES
IN BOTH ARMY AND NAVY

While the estimates for tho next fiscal
year VIII aggregate about si37,0oo,0 900.
The great saving will be III river and
harbor appropriations, For the present
year these aggregated s4a,3s1 900,
while the estimates provide for an ex-
penditnre of only s2s.0O0,000.
The military establishment. inclnd-
ing the military academy and militia,
exclusive Of public works, IL allotted
about sil2,o0o,006, as against se7,5s9.
900 for the current year. But this Is eN-
planned by the fact that the army has
been nearly 1000 men short of Its
full quota.
The current years appropriation
carries items aggregating $4,000, O0f
for. purely military public works, such
- posts and the like. Mex
inmates will include similar
rs. but on a reduced
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MAcHlNisTs PROTEST.

New York, Sept. so.-The executive
committe of the Brotherhood OF Ma.
cbinlsts, through Secretary Robert NJ.
Laekey. today sent to the interstate
commerce commission protest
against the recent petition presented
to the commission by officials Of vari-
ous organizations OF railroad employees,
urging that the proposed advance ot
freight rates be approved.
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FOREST RANGER
INJURED

Whitehall. Sept. 30.- Especial y
Forest Ranger Noble. native Of
this section. was seriously injured
near here this afternoon by tho
accidental discharge Of his rifle.
He was shot through the abdomen.
when his gun fell out Of Its scab-
bard. He WAS gritty climbing back
on his horse and riding four miles
10 where he could get aid, getting
off and opening two gates during
tho journey. He was taken to
Butte. and reports from there To-
night are that he will recover.
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IN NEW YORK, TOO.

New York Sept. 3o,--William Rapel-
lea. bookkeeper In the office OF the
county treasurer of Nassau county,
Long Island, was arrested today after
confessing that he had been robbing
the county by falsifying tax receipts.
He placed his shortage al $1,000. but
the authorities say the amount Ii
nearer $4,000 Rapelica's confession
duplicates j. +. Baukney. assistant
county treasurer who shot himself q
few days ago
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BILLINGS MEN SEEK
TO SAVE MOSS BANK

Billings, Sept so-tspeeiaD .--For the
purpose of protesting against the ap.
pointment of permanent receiver Tor
the First National bank. as was rec
ommended to the comptroller Of the
currency yesterday afternoon by Rich
ard w Goodhart, temporarily III
charge of the institution, meeting
of the stockholders was held al the
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4zz.=Z5
WAGES or SIN.

Buffalo. Sept 30.--5convicted Of
stealing | cent from q Slot machine.
which he had broken open, Thomas
Spader was today sentenced TO five and
half years In Auburn prison, His
previous record was taken into con-
sideration BY Justice Emery4in I'M
posing the sentence,
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BIG RACE TODAY.

New York, Sept 80 The kander-
bilt cup automobile race viii start a
. a. III, tomorrow. The 81 cars will
start at l5rseeond intervals, rha aina
cars In the Wheatley Hills race piii
be started an hour later Half an
hour after them the six contestants
in the Massapenua event viii be seht
off
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Rochester, n r., Sept. 30.-John A
candidate for governor@on the demo
cratic ticket tonight by the conference
Of leaders, while 400 delegates of the
state convention waited two hours fol-
the formation of the slate. The chief
cause of delay lay In the difficult,
of filling second place. Mr.. Dix had
been selected and the other places on
the ticket had been settled to the ap.
parent satisfaction of those wht
Murphy. the Tammany leader, earlier
In the evening. Mr.. Dix tonight yielded
To tho solicitation OF the leaders AND
agreed to run. The rest of the SLATE
WAS arranged AZ follows.
Tho Slate.
Lieutenant governOr-Thomas Il
Conway of Clinton county.
Secretary OF statc--Edward Lazansk
of Kings county.
Comptrollcr-Martn II. Glynn Of Al
buny.
State treasurer--John j. Kennedy o
Erie
Attorney gcncral--rhomas j. Car
mody of Yates.
State engineer and surveyor John a
Benael of New York.
Associate justice uf the court Of ap
peals-f'rcdcrlck Collins OF Ghcmuns.
Glynn Bucks.
Mr.. Glynn refused to accept tn
nomination for comptroller and VII
liam Solimer Of New York has bee
substituted III his place.
Mr.. Conway sHid he WAS geluctan
10 accept tile nomination for lieutenan
governor, II il said lhat lie felt hi
i county was too near that Of Mr. Di
TO make him a logical choice.
When the leaders LEFT the rooms d
Mr. Murphy at 2:30 this morning afte
vain effort to agree upon candi
date, the majority Of them were 10
the state chairman, Mr.. Dix, Unani
unity Of opinion. however. was pre-
vented mainly by Mr.. Dix's perssten
refusal to run.
II do not see how could acccl
the honor" he declared. Il am afrai
II would leave sore spots all over tn
state
Dix Resieged.
Every Influence was brought To bea
upon the unwilling choice, Several {
, his relatives. his wife, his brother-ir
Inv and his nephew, all Of yhom wei
here with him. were souht out an
~. I'M, q tnn Int
convention met this afternoon for TIL
first session of the day Mr.. Dix wa
still undecided. Pale and haggarf
showing the strain under which Il
was laborng he called the conventio
TO order
The address of Permanent Ghairma
Herbert p. BisscI. the reading of III
platform, the reports of committee
and tho adoption of the routine rest
lutions held the delegates until "a
when the convention took recess Ill
I'll TO.
cepitulation.
The conference In Mr., Murphy
room WAS resumed almost inlmediat
IL, Four hours later committe
cohsi0tiHR " NdIoHhl democrat
Chairman Mack and John E. McGooe
the Brooklyn leader, left the roo
and went to Mr. Dixs suite. The
they told the chairman that the lea1
ers still held to their opinion that 4
should run. Then Mr.. Dix capitulate
Within five minutes the commits
returned to the conference and al
nounced his decision. soon himse
Dix came out OF his room.
s8@F Yes. you may shake my hand
said smiIinxly to those who col
graduated him But he added,
Continued On Pare Eight)
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NOT sc BAD.

New Orleans. sept. 53n lY1
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Continued On Page Eight,)
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For Efficiency

For Efficiency.
I'm tile next place, that we stand
for governmental efficiency, and, ~
the third place, that We stand for the
right or the people to control them
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CONTINUED on Page Sikh
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-14

ment, as well as by results, actual pro-
duction-tfe King OF all Brown Gold dis
tricts. The figures referred to. which
cover the totallproduction of those two
great Brown Gold districts for the month
Of March, 1910, are:
5FpS. Barrels.
GoaiinEa DistHet.... So. 12S1,OOO
Kern River District. .... 100000
barrels Of 40 gallons, each, the difference
in favor OF the Cpalinga district being 49,
s O00 barrels for TIKI month. BUT when the
present development Of both districts are
( taken into consideration; the startling fact
Is realized that the great Coalinga district
produced this en6fmous quantity OF Brown
Gold with less than one-half the number
Of wells as coniBsreu with the more thor:
oughly ldeyelopedpand comparatively older
district, the Kern River
And by iufther comparison Of the
average production per well in the two dis
tricts it is shown that the Coaltnga dis
trict we'll produced two and one-halt times
as much Brown Gold as was produced by
the Kern River district well in the same
period, or in other words. to make tne
contrast more apparent, while the average
Kern River welliSas producing 800 barrels
the average Coalmga well was producing
6,UVv DaEteAs' 4,
Having shown y facts and figures that
Coalinga is the greatest producing district,
It is now pertinent to refer to another point
IN order to show the further great advan.
tape this district has in facilities FOR mar
keting or moving the product to Iidewater',
and this brings up the subject OF transpor'
tation. which as matter Of fact was the
one and practically the only handicap with
which. until recently. the producer OF
brown Gold in California has had to con-
tand, Producing commodity without the
faciiities of getting it to market Is Ike
fnding Yellow Gold mine In the heart o.
Africa without being able to handle the
ore orS getting the product to the outside
world. Such was the story OF BLOWN 1,e uola
found in the heart Of California. NO means ana,
Of transportation, excepting. by the Few
thousand. tankcars fnrhished by the rail-
roads, which at Its best was totaly III
adequate, as we'll as very expensive, serY-
ice, Now. however those conditions have.
been completely changed and with q. Que
appreciation OF the magnitude and import
ance Of \ the wonder Fof all producing
dIstricts$ the Coallnga producer has at his
disposal the service OF the following great
nine line systems-one Of six-inch and four
of eight and tenanCh capacity each, MAX
ing in all five great through pine lines,
which extend to various coast points north
and west from the district to market, |. O.,
Tidewater " -
These lines are: Associated from Goa
iinga to Monterey,sirom Coalinga to Port
Costa; Producers from Coalinga to Port