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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
Whitney Violated TiIden's Confidence
and So Hancock Was Nomina-
ted to Shut Out Henry 3.
Payne of Ohio.

At the time of his third presidential
campaign in which Grover Cleveland
was the successful candidate for the
presidency, | had a conversation with
eX-Mayor William R. Grace of New
York, who took leading part in the
politics which eliminated in the nomi-
nation Of President Cleveland at Chi
cago in 1892. / asked Mayor Grace if
there was any truth in the report,
widely circulated, that Samuel ]. Til
den was not particularly friendly to
Grover Cleveland's nomination in
1884.
Instead of answering my question
Mayor Grace asked in turn: Did l
ever tell you how 1t happened that
Governor Tilden was not renominated
by his party at the st. Louis conven-
ton of 1880, and how, at last, the con-
vention concentrated upon General
Hancock"
Ny reply was that the presumption
among Republicans was that Tilden
had forbidden his friends to make any
effort to nominate him.
That wasn't the reason at all"
Mayor Grace replied. The real reason
is known to a few persons only, and
there was an agreement at st. Louis
that it should not be told. The con-
ventiOn. however, is now so long in
the past that l don't think | violate any
condolences in telling you what the in
side history OF that convention was.
Following the Inauguration of
Rutherford B. Hayes as president,
there arose a pretty general feeling
among the leading Democrats that at
the next national convention of their
party there was only one course to
pursue as regards the presidential
nominee. That was to nominate Sam
Uel ]. Tilden by reclamation as the
party's protest against the manner in
which Tilden had been treated four
years before. / remember that sew
eral of us who were close t. Mr.. Til
den talked with him about the matter;
and his position was that the party,
to be consistent, could do nothing else
except nominate him by reclamation.
Otherwise, it could not justify its
claim that he had been unjustly de-
prived of the Office of president, and
would put itself before the country
as being insincere in that declaration.
I speak in this manner with entire
impersonality,' said Mr.. Tilden. 1t is
not because am affected, but because
of the principle involved that | wish to
see this thing done.
Now he went on to say, I shall
write a letter which must not be read
or revealed to anyone in any way I'M
til after the party has made its nomi-
nation for president. But when 1t has
renominated, as it should do, the can
didate of 1876 upon the issue that he
was fraudulently deprived of office IN
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
Inside Story of a Convention

that year, the letter is to be read to
the convention. In it l shall acknowl-
edge the propriety and consistency of
the action of the party in nominating
me, and then l sha A'tate that because
of the precarious condition of my
health it will be impossible for me to
accept the nomination. In this way
our party's record for consistency will
be unimpeachable
I'VE asked Mr.. Tilden to whom he
would commit his letter, and he re-
piled that he would put it in the hands
of William G. Whitney, under a pledge
of confidence not to reveal it or its
contents or to let 1t get out, even, that
such letter had been written until
after the presidential nomination had
been made.
We'll, we went to ST Louis, ready
to see to it that Mr.. Tilden was nomi-
mated by reclamation; but imagine our
surprise when, after we had been there
day or so, we began to hear that
Senator Henry B. Payne of Ohio would
be the successful candidate for the
presidential nomination. We asked
the delegates who were saying this
what made them think so and the an
swer was that Bill Whitney was work
ing for Senator Payne, his father-in-
law
But we protested Mr.. Whitney
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
AN INT0LERABLE ITCHING

"Just about two years ago, some
form Of humor appeared on my scalp.
The beginning was slight itching but
1t grew steadily worse until, when I
combed my hair, the scalp became
raw and the ends of the comb-teeth
would be wet with blood. Most of the
time there was an intolerable itching,
in a painful, burning way, very much
as a bad, raw burn, If deep, will itch
and smart when first beginning to
heal. Combing my hair was positive
torture. My hair was long and tan
gled terribly because of the blood and
scabs. This continued growing worse
and over half my hair fell out. I was
In despair, really afraid Of becoming
totally bald.
Sometimes the pain was so great
that, when partially awake, I would
scratch the worst places so that my
f1nger-tips would be bloody. I could
not sleep well and, after being asleep
a short time, that awful singing pain
would commence and then would
wake up nearly wild with the torture.
A neighbor said it must be salt rheum.
Having used Cuticura Soap merely as
a toilet soap before, I now decided to
order set of the Cutfcura Remedies
--Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills.
l used them according to directions
for perhaps six weeks, then left off,
as the disease seemed to be eradi-
Gated, but toward spring, eighteen
months ago, there was a slight re-
turn of the scalp humor. I COM
menced the Cuticura treatment at
once, so had very little trouble. On
my scalp 1 used about one half cake
Of Cuticura Soap and half a box of
Cuticura Ointment in all. The first
time took six or seven bottles of Gu
ticura Pills and the last time three
bottles-neither an expensive or te-
dious treatment. Since then I have
had no scalp trouble of any kind.
Standing up, with my hair unbound, 1t
comes to my knees and had it not been
for Cuticura I should doubtless be
wholly bald.
This is a voluntary, unsolicited tes-
timonial and take pleasure in writing
1t, hoping my experience may help
someone else. Miss Lillian Brown,
r. F. D. /, Liberty, Me-, Oct. 20, 1909"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
WOULD BE OF MORE VALUE
Father O'Leary's Facetious Rejoinder
to John PhiIpot Curran an Ex-
ample of Real Wit.

One day the famous John Philpot
CErran, who was also very partial to
the said corned mutton, did me the
honor to meet him. To enjoy the So
ciety of such men was an intellectual
treat. They were great friends and
seemed to have a mutual respect for
each others talent, and, as it may
easily be imagined, O'Leary versus
Curran was no bad match.
One day after dinner Curran said to
him: Reverend father, wish you
were ST. Peter
And why, counselor, would you
wish that were st. Peter?" asked
O'Leary.
Because, reverend father, in that
case" said Curran, you would have
the keys of heaven, and you could let
me in"
by my honor and conscience, coun-
selor," replied the divine, cit would be
better for you that had the keys of
the other place, then 1 could let you
out"
Curran enjoyed the joke, which he
admitted had good deal Of justice in
it,-From Kelly's "reminiscences.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
Uncle David Gray Travelled From
New York to Tell How They
Snapped" Horatio Seymour
Through the Fence.

One of the quaintest, most original
and most delightful characters that
ever sat in a legislators chair was
Uncle David Gray, a member of the
New York state assembly in the win
ter of 1880. So quaint character.
indeed, was he that he gained noto-
riety not bounded by the state He
it was who was the originator of the
proverb, Fair play, and half the
road" and by it he sedulously regu-
lated his life. He it was, also, who
taught the great comedian, Billy Flor
ence, how to execute the remarkable
pigeon-wing with which he invariably
brought down the house in the role
of Bardwell Slote in THE Mighty
Dollar" famous comedy in its day.
One morning, several years before
Uncle David Gray, a kindly philoso-
pher to the last, died at a ripe old
age, DIR. M. o. Terry, who has world
wide reputation in the medical fra
ternity by reason of his advocacy OF
the oil treatment in appendicitis, and
who was formerly surgeon general OF
the State of New York, met Uncle Da-
vid Gray at Utica, N. Y. He wore
his old-fashioned SLOUGH hat and
slab-sided shoes. The carpet bag
that he carried must have done
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
Salem n. Wales Was Astonished to
Find That He Was Millionaire
and Didn't Know How
to Act.

A delightful character was Salem
H. Wales, father-in-law of Elihu Root,
Republican candidate for mayor of
New York in 1876 and in his day one
of the foremost citizens of the me-
tropolis. It used to be his custom
on each New Years day to go about
among his friends and say to them:
Have 1 done anything in the year
lust ended to offend or annoy you?
If / have l want to ask your pardon,
for. after all, friendship is OF more
value to a man than money"
One day in the autumn Of 1901 l
met him as he was leaving the office
of a safe deposit company, in whose
vaults, he was in the habit of telling
his friends. he kept his modest pos
sessions. There was perpleXed
look upon his face as he greeted me,
took me by the arm and led me aside.
Il have just had a most extraordinary
experience" he confided. Il feel
little bewildered. / don't know exact
ly how to act. / have just made the
discovery that 1 am a millionaire!
I congratulated him. For mo-
ment he looked dreamily beyond me.
Then he continued:
L remember that two or three
years ago a very good friend OF NINE
who had finally succeeded in getting
his second million dollars, told me
that the first million was by far the
harder of the two to get. Undoubt-
eddy it was with him, and maybe II
is with most men who get million
and more, yet with me the million
was not hard to get at all, and until
few minutes ago had no idea that
would ever be a millionaire.
You know of Tom Acton, the OLD
police commissioner who broke up
The draft riots in New YORK IN %!
Well, when he lost his place In the
sub-treasury, where he went some
time after the war was over, some OF
his friends decided to organize Tor
him a little bank uptown; Tom
thought there was chance for a
bank to do good business up there In
looking after small accounts. was
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16

One kind of curiosity is a woman
who can talk but doesn't.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16

Mrs. Wins1owFs Soothing Syrup.
Eorchdren Ieething, softens the gums, reduces in
Examination. allays pain, wind collie 25c bottle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
NRtu Nrtu8 $
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by Y. Z. EAn1arnz

is committed to the nomination of Gov.
ernor Tilden.'
"'Oh, no, he isn't was the reply.
'Tilden won't accept the nomination
How do you know that?' we asked.
why, Mr.. Whitney told us. He
says he has letter from Mr.. Tilden
in which he declines to permit the
use of his name
you may be sure that we made all
haste TO see Bill Whitney" said Mr..
Grace, with grim smile. 1--WE asked
him If it were true that he had spoken
of the existence of Tilden's letter.
"Yes, l have was the blunt re-
sponse. And when we asked him IL
he didn't consider that he had vio-
lated Mr.. Tildens confidence, his re-
ply was that in politics, as in war, ev-
erything was fair, and he meant to do
all he could to secure the nomination
Ct his father-in-law.
The jig was up. Knowing for a
certainty that Bill Whitney had spread
The authoritative news that Tilden
would not run, we were morally GER
tain that he could never be nominated
by reclamation. So, to get even with
Whitney, we made up our minds that
whatever else happened Henry B.
Payne should not be nominated And
that purpose explains how, after look
ing in various directions for a candi-
date, we concentrated upon General
Winfield Scott Hancock
Copyright, 1910 by e. j. Edwards. All
Rights ReserVed.(
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
Story That PhHArroour Liked

service for some of his ancestors.
His eyes were bright and snap
ping with fun, his chin was clean
shaven, and his unstarched linen i'm
maculately white.
Good morning, Uncle David" ex-
claimed Doctor Terry. Going on
trip"
yes, SIR" chuckled Uncle David.
I'm going out to Chicago to see Phil
Armour. l guess he's low spirited or
bilious. He sent for me yesterday to
come out and cheer him up"
80 you know Mr.. Armour, do your"
asked DR.. Terry.
Know Phil Armour" exclaimed
Uncle David. why, we grew up as
boys together, and l tell you, doctor,
when | go to see Phil-and he sends
for me every once in awhile-he
treats me like an old friend. He puts
me in bedroom that's got carpet
as soft as young grass. 1 guess there
must be half a dozen bathrooms on
that floor and he gives me one all
to myself. We have the tbest of
;times together, talking of the old
days. l kind of expect that Phil has
sent for me to tell him the story once
again of how we snapped Horasch
Seymour over a fence, or through it,
one time when We were playing snap
the-whip. My, you ought to see Phil
laugh when 1 tell him that story"
Tell it to me, Uncle David" DR..
Terry asked.
We'll, will, and I'll tell it to you
just as l am going to tell it to Phil to-
morrow. You see, when we were young
sters together Phil and 1 used to play
snap-the-whip whole lot of the time,
and we got so We could snap any boy
we wanter to off the end of the line
tw1tch him wherever we wanted him
to 60 We got real skittish at it.
We'll, one day Horasch Seymour
came down to visit friend, and"
When you say Horasch Seymour"
interrupted Dr. Terry, do you mean
the Horatio Seymour who was twice
governor of New York and Democratic
candidate for president against Gen.
Grant,"
v1d, with his eyes all asparkle There
never was but one Horasch Seymour,
and he was cocky little fellow. Well,
Phil said Let's play snap-the-whip
and put Horasch at the end of the
LASH Horasch was willing, but
cracky! he didn't know what was com
ing to him. So We just started in,
and pretty soon we got mighty snap
to the whip, and the next thing Hor-
asch knew he was breaking through a
fence and all sprawled out on the
grass. It's funny, amt it? We boys
never thought in that snap-the-whip
there was one boy who was going to
be governor and another who was
going to be great beef packer.
Well now, tomorrow night, about
half past eight, you can think of me.
washed up and just had a good dinner,
with Phil in his little room, and he will
be asking me to tell him how we snap
ped HOrasch Seymour off the end of
the whip. And when | tell him, why.
if you'll listen hard, you can almost
hear him taught"
Uncle David Gray chuckled reminis-
Gently Phil says that story always
fills him with glee and takes his trou-
bles awar," he explained. II suppose
if | was as rich a man as Phil
might get the blues myself some day"
And few minutes later the quaint.
old humor-loving farmer-philosopher
was on his way to cheer up the man
who taught the world how to utilize
everything of the hog except its squeal.
Copyright, 1910, by f. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
AIIeviatino Circumstances.

did you say" asked gentleman
who was looking for rooms, did you
say that music teacher occupied the
next apartment? That cannot be very
pleasant" Harper's Bazaar gives the
landlady's reply.
oh" she said, eagerly, that's
nothing, sir The music teacher has
II children and they make so much
noise that you can't hear the piano at
ALL
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
Not Elicible

Seymour-Hello! What are you
thinking about nc~'?
Ashley-Oh, not much; just think
ing that Adam and Eve could never
have been lawful inmates of an or
phan asylum.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
Another Era.

yes" said the lady of uncertain
age. Il am proud of the fact thai
was the original of the heroine in one
of the greatest novels ever written.
"Ah. how finei" commented the tact
less youth. 1vanhoe' or David Cop
perfield?'"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16

Sore throat leads to Tonsilitis, Quinsy
and Diphtheria. Hamlins Wizard OIL
used as a gargle upon the first symptoms
of a sore throat will invariably prevent
all three of these dread diseases.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16

What Murine Eye Remedy Does to
the Eyes is to Refresh, Cleanse,
Strengthen and Stimulate Healthful
Circulation, Promoting Normal Condi-
tions. Try Murine in your Eyes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16
Cheap.

Howell-Every man has his price.
Powell-Well, I wouldn't have to
borrow money to pay yours.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-16

There are lots of people who are
afraid to sit down at table with 13,
but hungry boy isn't one of them.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-05
Extracts From Correspondents
Which We Appreciate

Emory J. Moon, r. F. d. 2, Mount
Vile, Ga.
| am not new subscriber to your
paper, in way, for 1 have always
been an eager purchaser of your pa
pers at the news-stands, but now that
I have gone "back to the farm I
shall have to enlist with you.
You are doing a great, a wonder
full reform service for our country,
and here's one wishing you many
years of continued success.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-05

is that of house divided against
itself. DR.. Hyde's wife was a Miss
Swope, and she has chung to her
husband, turning against her mother
and sisters. A more thorough ex-
ample of "the wretchedness of rich
es' could scarcely be found in
days search. Greed for money is
supposed to be the motive for the
alleged murders.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-05
A. J. Moore, Comanche, Texas.

I am we'll pleased with the way
you are handling the Foreign Mission
question, and the fanatics on Social
ism. We have some Baptist brethren
out here that will say that one can
not live Christian life unless he is
Socialist.
I will try to get you some sub
scribers, for am contending for the
same old Populist doctrines that are
set forth in the JeffersOnians.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-05

If you want Real enjoyment, send
ten cents for copy of Humorist.
Address Publisher Humorist, St.
Louis, Mo. In ordering your read
ing matter, don't fail to include the
Humorist
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-05
G.. E. Gilmer, Dixie, Ga.

I have received my Watson knife
as a premium, and l am we'll pleased
with it. I show it everywhere I go,
and tell folks how to get one like it.
I want to tell you how well I like the
Weekly. I prize it more than any
paper I take. Your editorials are
good. I have been keeping up with
your views on Foreign Missions, and
| agree with you.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-05
J. w. Shull, Romney, w. Va.

I wish every voter in the land
could read the Magazine for one
year,-then there would be no trou-
BILE about getting the reforms you
advocate and are so eloquently plead
ing for. I am with you on Foreign
Missions, Brothers Wakefield and
Corey Notwithstanding.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-05
R. F. Hicks, Roberta, Ga.

I would give more for the weekly
Jeffersonian than I would for any
daily paper in Georgia, or any other
State. I pity the man who is so
prejudiced that his child is deprived
of the valuable privilege of reading
such literature as the two Jefferson
ians.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-05
J. S. Norris, Warthen, Ga.

J. S. Norris, Warthen, Ga.
I have read after you a long time,
and many of your articles have STIR
red my soul to it's depths. "To This
Noble Woman I Doff My Hat, in the
weekly of November 25th, is a mas
terpiece, containing unanswerable
facts that ought to wake up those
who are dead in sin and trespasses.
Accept my thanks for the advice
given to the Farmers Union. I am
a member of that order, and I fully
agree with you on all you have writ
ten about it.
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J. D. Hinson, Hinsonton, Ga.

I have been reading your litera-
ture since the early nineties, and am
glad to know that I have been the
cause of a few others thinking that
you are right on most all questions
that you champion by furnishing
them your literature. Through you
is about the only way that we, the
common people, can get the facts
about our governmental affairs. I
sincerely hope that you may be able
to serve us for many years to come.
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NOT "REACTTON AGAINST PRO-
HIBITION.''

Under the caption, Reaction
against Prohibition" the Birming-
ham Age-Herald recently had an edi-
torial which said, in part:
There is distinct reaction against
Statewide prohibition and sumptu-
airy legislation in general. This re-
action is as much in evidence, in
deed, as is the reaction against AL
drichism and Cannonism in the Re-
publican party. Both were newt
able. Had the Anti-Saloon League,
which is responsible for all the dras-
tic prohibition measures that have
been enacted into law or that have
been proposed, pursued a moderate
policy the temperance cause would
have been benefited and the league
would have been regarded with favor
by thousands of conservative men
who now look upon it as a menace to
personal liberty and an enemy of the
democracy"
The editorial states further that
a prohibition law, such as was ''forc-
ed on Alabama, is intolerable. Vir-
ginia, Maryland, and Florida had, a
year or more ago, shown decided
signs of joining the prohibition"
States, but the two former rejected
an amendment, and Florida will de-
eide the coming November.
Prohibition has lost caste for the
simple reason it does not prohibit Ii
Quor traffic.
Georgia is one of the best exam
pies Of the fallacy of the law as a
law. The sale of "near-beer" is so
large that investigation might prove
it such close kin to it's second name
as to warrant the dropping Of the
prefix.
The interstate traffic between
Georgia and Florida has reached
gigantic proportions
Open, public sales of liquor seized
by the United States Government
are held on Atlanta's streets, in the
shadow of the postoffice.
There is no possibility of calling
prohibition such, where these VIOLA
tions are possible.
Many an honest, earnest man and
woman whose lives have been made
tragic wrecks because of the curse
of drunkenness under which some
one near to them has suffered, would
willingly give the rest of their lives
to helping make prohibition law
a reality. But in large numbers they
are the ones who realize most fully
the folly of CHASING a State as "pro-
hibition" ruled when interstate traf-
fic and legal sales will permit the
victims of drink to secure all they
may want, at such frequent oppor-
tunities.
A Western paper assures us
heavy dinners are harmful; also,
scarce.
A man writes a newspaper to ask
'Is Mr.. Hearst retiring?" Has he
ever advanced?
The base ball season is scarcely
long enough for the fans to learn all
the new ball dope.
Paris seems to have had as much
excitement out of Roosevelt's visit as
it did out of the flood several months
ago.
We are assured that King Menelik
of Abyssinia has sufficiently recov-
cred to die again within a short
time.
1t took a woman to write a book
on economical housekeeping