Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-11-10
TELI;GRAPHiC NEWS


eency general political landslide at
the polls next Tuesday might result
in Democratic Senate as we'll as II
Democratic House. or the ninety-two
seats in the senate, thirty become va
cant March i.Of the thirty positions
twenty-four are held by Republicans
The circumstance is unusually propi
tious for Democracy, as it gives them
proportionately more opportunities for
gain. Republican senators whose
terms expire are: Aldrich OF Rhode Is
land. Beveridge of Indiana. Buckley
OF Connecticut. Burkett of Nebraska
burrows of Michigan, Carter of Mon
tana. Clapp OF Minnesota, Clark OF
Wyoming, Depew OF New York, Dick
Of Ohio, Dupont of Delaware Flint
of California, Hale of Maine, Kean OF
New Jersey. Lafollette of Wisconsin,
Nixon OF Nevada, Oliver of Pennsyl-
yania, Page of Vermont. Piles OF
Washington. Scott of West Virginia
Sutherland of Utah and Warner OF
Missouri
The Democrats are making vigorous
fights for many OF these places but
Republicans are strongly intrenched
ard nothing less than revolution
could assure Democratic conrtoI
Republican majority is now twenty.
four and in order to gain control Ii
would be necessary. for the Democrats
to gain fourteen of the twenty-four
Republican seats in addition hold the
six seats now occupied by the Demo
Gratis.
NEW YORK, Nov. THE joint exc.
cutive council of the local unions affil.
lated with the International Brother.
hood of TeamsteIs went into SEES
sion today TO determine 10 force peace
with the big express ompanies OF
tie up every wheel in the greater
city and surrounding towns.
As an indication OF what may be
expected one thousand drivers of taxi
cab, more than half of the delivery
ason drivers employed by Park &
clifford did not report for work this
morning. Others drivers were order.
cd TO hold themselves in readiness for
word to quit.
The fight of the men is being direct.
ed by Samueld Gompers. head of the
American Federation of Labor
Not in years has New York faced Il
situation so fraught with danger as at
present. If a general strike is order
ed the first place to be tied up will
be the big coal delivery yards These
supply coal which Keeps the big down
town sltyscrapers in fuel for lunnine
elevators and heating purposes.
WASHINGTON, Nov. THE pro.
sfess OF the country as reflected by |
records of population and harvests
and the general conditions CT interna-
tional peace are things for which |
Thanksgiving is especially due for the |
year 1910, according to the annual |
Thanksgiving proclamation just is
sued by President Taft.
NEW YORK, Nov. THE gasp of |
establishment that went up from Big |
Kim Sullivan's bailiwick along the |
Howery today echoed to the high heav-
ems Big Tins followers heard him
say with his own mouth that he was
toing back to Albany to pass Flaw |
that would put gun toters" in the |
say that he was for votes for women |
and would urge law granting fran
chise to de skirts"
On the suffrage question in his |
campaign closing speech last night, |
Sullivan said: "A half dozen years |
ago if you watched the crowds going |
to work you saw one woman to |
twenty men. Now the number is al. |
most equal. And il women have to
work for their living they need all the |
support and protection they can get
and am going to help them get it,"
BALTIMORE, Nov. THE police
OF this city have in custody. they be. |
lieve. genuine raffles in the person |
OF Thos. \. Barnette, alias Camp OF
Toronto, Ont. who Is held here on
the charge of having robbed the resi-
dence of Howard Kellogg at Buffalo.
September ..
On Barnett's person and in the room
occupied by him the police found
large quantity of jewelry and other
plumber, electric flashlights. skeleton
keys and everything else that goes 10
make up a burglars kit.
Also in custody is Miss Florence
Tomlinson, aged is years. who is said
to be daughter of railroad official
living in Toronto, Miss Tomlinson
and Barnette eloped from Toronto and
until today she believed they have
been legally married in New York
state. That 1t had been mock mar
riage, developed after Barnett's ar
rest when he begged that a minister
be sent for to marry him to the girl
She was willing that this be done
until Barnette confessed, so tie police
say. to number of burglaries Miss
Tomlinson's father has been notified
of his daughters plight.
The couple figured in the news.
papers some time ago. when while