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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-09-16
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
Indorse Hooper for Governor
Nominate Enloe for Railroad
Commissioner.

The Independent Democratic State
Convention assembled in the Ryman
Auditorium at Nashville on the 18th
inst.
The convention was unit in indors-
ing B. W. Hooper, Republican candi-
date for Governor and nominating B. A.
Enloe for Railroad Commissioner. No
peace pacts were entertained and none
offered in the convention. 1t was I'M
derstood that Senator Taylor would in
troduce a harmony speech, but he was
not present, and the convention pro-
ceeded to ignore all suggestions leading
to compromise of differences in the
party.
Chairman w. o. Vertrees OF the State
Committee called the convention to or
der at 1919 p. m.
On recommendation of the State Com
mittee the following temporary officers
of the convention were unanimously
elected
Temporary Chairman-Hon. G. I.
Fitzhugh, of Memphis.
Temporary Secretary-Mr. ]. |. Fin
ney, of Columbia.
Temporary Assistant Secretarie =
Messrs. J. w. Cooper, Of Cumberland
County, and B. |. Susong, of Cooke
County.
Chairman Fitzhugh was presented
md was received with loud applause.
The Committee on Permanent Or
recommended the following
officers:
For Permanent Chairman-Ho r.
3. L. Mountcastle, of Knox County.
The Temporary Secretaries were made
TENT OF PLATFORM.
The platform, as adopted, is as fol-
ows:
We, the representatives ef the DEM
cratic party Of Tennessee, acting by
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struction of State highway from Bris-
toll Memphis, connecting the principal
cities of the State, and establishing a
basis for State system of highways.
We recommend that the resolution
submitted to this convention by the
Patterson committee be referred to the
State committee named by this conven-
ton for proper answer, in accordance
with the action and instructions of this
convention y
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and amusements. The weather was
pleasant Wednesday and the crowd in
the best of humor and well pleased with
everything.
The first race of the afternoon was a
2:30 trot with entries as follows: De-
clare, Harry Walden, Searcher Boy,
Axeworth, Rural Route, The Algerion,
Cauleyhower, Alfred Hopper, Ira M,
Palmer Clark.
First money was won by Harry Wal
don, owned by w. p. Green, Guntown,
Miss; second money by Palmer Clark,
owned by G. f. Boswell, Mayfield, KY. /;
third money by Ira M, owned by r. M.
Brown, Dyersburg; fourth money by
The Algerion, owned by Mason & r.
van, Murray, Ky.
The time was 2:174, made in the last
heat.
The second event was an amateur
buggy race with entries as follows: w.
N. Wright, r. H. Holman, Chas. Rich
ardson, Bob Moore, w. M. McCaleb.
Entries in the third race, 2:20 pace,
were Dan Hal, Britt Bell Forrest, Ben
Hal, Lillian A, Silver Heels, Creme,
Bonnie Boy, Marjorie, Direct Sign,
VIM. Wallace, Addle Wilkes.
First money was won by Dan Hal,
owned by A. H. Escue, Jackson, Tenn.
second money by Bonnie Boy, owned
by Payne & Wilkerson; third money by
Addie Wilkes, owned by G. f. Boswell,
Mayfield, Ky; fourth money by Mar
jorie, owned by Ed Redmond, Ashland
City, Ind. The time was 2:16l in the
second heat.
G. F. Boswell was badly crippled at
the finish of one of the Wednesday
races. He was driving and thrown out
in a collision with another sulky and
his leg broken in two just above the
ankle.
The amateur buggy race on Wednes-
day was won by w. N. Wright, with
w. M. McCaleb second Bob Moore
third and Chas. Richardson fourth.
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w. c. T. u. Rest Tent.

Mrs. Belle Waddell, Mrs. Brevard,
Mrs. Melvin Glasscock and Mrs. Reube
Green will have charge of a rest tent.
Any one ill or tired, especially tired
mother with little ones, will be made
welcome at any time during the fair;
in fact a hearty welcome awaits all who
care to rest.
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ing them the test of enforcement in the
larger cities of the State. We contend
that these laws have been a blessing to
our people wherever they have been en-
forced, and we solemnly declare that no
Governor should attempt to set up his
will against the judgment of the people
as expressed in their legislative enact
ments by refusing to enforce the laws
TEACHER OF ANARCHY.
We also condemn all officials charged
with the enforcement of the law who
have failed to perform their duty in the
enforcement of the law
When the Governor of the State, in
violation of his oath of office, refuses to
uphold and enforce the law, he becomes
teacher of anarchy, an enemy to our
republican institutions and a menace to
the security of human life and property
rights
Believing that the perpetuity of our
republican institutions depends on pop
ular intelligence, we favor liberal pol
icy in dealing with our public school
system, to the end that the advantages
of education may be brought within
reach of the humblest citizen.
We endorse the amendments to the
election laws passed by the last Legisla-
ture, and would favor any amendment
that may be found necessary to secure
fair and honest elections.
we approve the existing method of
selecting the State Pension Board and
favor liberal appropriations for pensions
for the ex-Confederate soldiers of Ten
nessee, and their widows.
ABUSE OF PARDoNTNG POWER.
We unqualifedy condemn the abuse
Of the pardoning power by Gov. Patter
son and his efforts to convert the peni-
tertiary and workhouse into political I
offices, and to make the par
Ion and the punishment OF crime an
asset of his political machine
I'VE demand that the next Legisla
ure investigate the management of the
in all of its departments,
md that the management of said insti-
ution be re-established on basis, rath-1
r than a political basis, and conducted
n such manner as will come in least
contact with free labor.
We favor such modification by stat
lite Of the fellow-servants rule in this
state as the exigencies Of modern busi-
Tess methods and agencies may require.
We demand the strict enforcement
+ the anti-lobbying statute of this State,
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PROHIBITION LAWS.

we endorse and declare for the re-
tention and maintenance of the four
mile law and its various amendblents,
prohibiting the manufacture and de Of
liquors in this State, a I'D we
condemn the efforts Of Governor Patter-
son to discredit these laws without Civ
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authority derived directly from the PEG
pie, do declare our allegiance to the
time-honored principles of a National
Democracy.
eve believe in a Government of the
people, for the people, and by the peo-
pie, and, in order to perpetuate that
kind of Government, through the usual
political agencies, we declare that party
committees, party nominations and par
ty platforms should only be made by
direct and express authority of the peo-
pie, through primary elections, or dele
gated conventions.
MACHINE UsURPATION.
1--WE denounce the usurpation of par
ty authority in the name of Democracy
by the Patterson machine, and we con-
denim its efforts to disfranchise Demo-
cratic voters of this State, and thereby
to establish an autocracy under the
name and in the guise Of Democracy
I'VE condemn the course of Gov.
Patterson in appointing, by himself or
his agents, members of the State Dem
ocratic Executive Committee from the
State at large. We favor the selection
of the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee two from each Congressional
district, by the delegates thereof, re-
spectively, to this convention, and OPP
pose the appointment or selection of
any members thereof from the State at
large.
INDEPENDENCE OF COURTS.
The independence and the integrity
Of the three coordinate departments of
our State Government should be pre-
served in all their constitutional limita-
tons, and we denounce the action of
The Governor in attempting, by the use
If his political machine, to control the
,ction of the Legislature and to coerce
he Supreme Court in the matter Of a
,ase pending before it.
1--WE demand the enforcement OF the
avs by executive officers charged with
he duty of law enforcement, and we
Condemn, as false to their trust, all such
officials as attempt to nullify the laws
md defeat the legislative will by their
ION enforcement.
PROHIBITION LAWS.
We endorse and declare for the re-
ention and maintenance of the four
nile law and its various amendments,
the manufacture and sle Of
liquors in this State, a ld we
ondemn the efforts Of Governor Patter-
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planes to cooking and fancy work. The
tariff, too, has been revised, and Taft
and Cannon are wearing black eyes,
and Beveridge too, received a punch as
the statehood bill was passed by the
bunch. Some argue that Mills il just
the stuff and others maintain that he s
only a bluff. The supreme court now
is the vatican presided over by the
proper man to make the laws and deal
out dope that is usually dealt by the
pious Pope. The county and town, and
their %neighbors, too, are given a course
before they re through. Thus, they sit
around and hold the fort while they
spend the week attending court.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-12
The Genius Of Trousers

There is probably no more essential
thing TO masculinity, unless II is nerve,
than trousers. To be sure the lords Of
creation managed TO struggle n few
thousand years before they were invent.
ed, but II there had been matches TO
scratch, IL Is likely that they would have
been in use long before they were in.
troduced, or words to that effect.
George " Of England was the man who
did IL. Before that day whe he first ap.
peared in his balloon, jibs, the tight
knee breeehes were worn, but inasmuch
as George had a leg that looked like
a crosses between a broomstick and q
baseball bat, his soul hungered for
something else. Like all the rest Of
us to whom nature has not been kind.
he wiiled it otherwise, and being
the big Swcde Of the whole shooting
match, his will went. He had studied
il all out that IL the breeches were ex.
tended OIL TO the ankle and increased
in size there would bs some balm in
Gilead for the skinny brethren, and on
Friday, March la, 1875, he appeared in
a pair. The separation was most pro-
found. II he had been anybody else
but the king he would have been hung,
tthey didn't know anything about
lynching in those days. but in order to
he the correct thing. all the sycopants
in the kingdom were compelled to take
up the idea. In point of durability
and looks they in nc wise compared
to the comfortable knic kerboekers worn
with heavy shoes and stockings, bu,
they were the fashionable thing and
that settled it. The garment which
George introduced was the father OF
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VATICAN COMMENTS
Continued from first page


shaved as smooths - q preachers chin,
and would lay awake nights thinking
Of some way to do a little more work
the next day. 1t would be a little
hard or the smear clubs in the saloons,
but in every other way it would be a
blessing unspeakable. You would see
tho old soldier trying to loaf around on
the street and talk politics suddenly
get uneasy and finally start for his
woodpile with a fire In his eye that
could only be appeased by his w
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the present trousers, and Of the barn.
door, variety We can remember hav.
Ing seen worn by elderly gentlemen
when we were boys, and barring some
minor changes, we wear the same gar.
ment today. There are occasional
changes, Of course, but the outline and
intcnts and purposes remain the same.
The difference is only one Of degree.
A few decades z some idiot who
was not handicapped as the king, got
up the idea Of skin.tight trousers and
for several years they were the correct
thing. A fellow was in fashion Just
according to how his pants fitted. II
be looked like he had been melted and
poured into them, could not bend over,
let alone sit down, he was the proper
stuff. The agony of the consumed
things to n fellow whose thoughts were
allowed to think was intense. file was
always afraid he would forget and stoop
suddenly, in which case the only hope
was u barrel and a back alley home, or
that he might stumble and fall, In which
ease there would have been a worse di.
vision on a very important point that
there Is this year ove the ACCESSIBILITY
of wetness or dryness. They were
~abomnable in every sense Of the word,
eve more 10 than the last baloon-jibs,
which appeared a couple of decades
ago. With u Csc WORKS Of art a man
looked like a ,wathed Bedouin, and the
tailor Who could make the biggest pants
legs was the one who pulled down the
pruncs. ~ mans leg in one Of these
horrors .cit like II was enclosed In q
gunny sack, and the wind played fast
and loose with them. The best part
about the fashion, like city campaigns,
was that IL did not last long, and II
there is any justice nc the end, the
fellow who devised them is not in a
place where apples are ncver nipped by
frost. Then came the beil.muzxled
trousers, skin-tight, at the knee, and
opening out nj the bottom like the
south end of q bass horn, tapering In
fact both ways from the knee. Inas.
much as there are mighty few men
whose knee.caps are works Of art, the
style did not last long, though an echo
of il is sometimes seen among old.
time railroad men. Then came q night.
mare year when white duck was abso.
lutely the right thing; it made some
men look like q barn with the lower
half whitewashed, but a thing like that
made no difference. II was the style
that made up for everything.
TO the average man there is little
worry ov~r trousers. All that he cares
for is to get them, and sometimes IL
is a pretty hard scratch to get any old
kind that will escape the attention
Of the police force. II he can get a
pair with two good pockets, M for
his knife and the other for his tobacco,
he is certain that the lord has been good
to him. II he proseprs in the world g
channels of trade and commerce., and
gets q pair for Sundays he is truly
forehanded and well flashed to set him.
self high in the standards Of his kind.
Sometimes he even achieves three pairs
and then h is a plutocrat. There are
few plutocratic democrats.
Sometimes little kinks OF fashion rip.
pie over the surface of the trousers,
like the ~creasing that is still in vogue.
just how IL came up, no u seems to
know, but il is a good thirg consider.
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Ing. II takes out the bags at the knee,
and the garment looks fresh and bright,
so that a $500 article looks like 1t
was tailor made, and no matter how
much a fellows leg has been pulled it
never bothers the length Of bis trouser.
looms. In this country that Is q very
valuable consideration, for IL there was
any ~permsnence, about the said opera.
ton we would all like we lived in a
side hill county back in kentuck.
There is a legend that the women
eovct this distinguishing garment OF
the sterner sex, but 1t II all q mistake.
To all intents and purposes they wear
them anyhow, as they boss nj from the
cradle to the grave in everything from
changing our shirts to running for the
presidency. Some day IL will be dif.
f%erent, probably 100000 or 500 .OO0
years from now. We wear the ~
In fact and they in reality.
George did not worry about this fact,
however, as he was the whole thing
himself. lie probably never thought Of
IL, but 1t il not likly that it would
have made any difference IL he had.
That is whore no is different from all
the res, OF us.
Some day there will be n change back
TO knee breaches, but IL will not be un.
Ill there is a more likely article OF legs
developed by the coming generations.
To the skinny brother the trouser is a
boon that will not be laid aside with.
out q struggle. Like all the rest of hu.
manity, he may succumb to the mode,
but he will not do it until the die.
tates of fashion demand 1t, and he must
obey or be considered q guy.
Good old King George had lots of
troubles on his mind about that time.
The Yankees had begun to stir things
up in the colonies and to pave the way
for the organization OF the Colonial
Danes and Daughters Of the Revolu.
tion. The trouser was a momentary
impulse and we can forgive him n good
many things for II.
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Good two room house and lot in Gam.
BILE addition, q bargain. Call or nd.
dress "Cv Care News.
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Handfuls OF Sorts

From present indications the depart.
nent of justice means to put the bucket
shop out of business, and il Ia a good
thing. The only trouble with the cru.
sade against this form Of petty gam
bling is that it does no go far enough.
1t should be extended to include ali
forms of gambling in stocks and futures
and the term /" gambling should apply
with especial force to all speculations
in breadstuffs. There is NO moral diff.
ference between the man whose gamb.
Hing operations covers millions and the
one who risks q few hundreds ON o
clear brace game. II Is gambling just
the same, and il is one Of the worst
commentaries on the governmental sys.
ten OF this country that in this line
the law is made to apply only to the
tin horns.
Illinois produces some odd political
conditions, and that is q peach which
exists in the old Twelfth district, which
includes the city Of Alton. In the cam.
paign for state senator two queer types
are opposed. One is Edmond Beall, the
famous ''Stork" mayor Of Alton, who
was elected squarely on the platform
of more and better babies, and who
claims to believe that the chief end OF
life Of everybody should be the produe.
tion Of healthy babies. He is q wealthy
manufacturer, married, and practices
what he breaches. Opposed to him is
Charles Doyle, mayor Of Madison, a
nearby manufacturing town, q bachelor
who lives In an old street car and who
has q straight no.baby platform, argu.
ing that people who cannot afford to
raise children shouldn Z have any. Beall
Is the whole thing in Alton with his
stOrk platform, and Doyle il equally on
the skiddoo stork line in his own town.
The struggle that La coming may we'll
be watched with interest, and many
people confess 10 q consuming wonder
as TO whether or not Mr.. Roosevelt will
consider II his duty TO mix In the cam
paign in behalf Of his disciple.
. q =
Some friend has sent me q picture OF
an old log cabin back in the Ozark
hills, and at the sight Of il the years
slip from my shoulders like q worn on,
v~esture. ! see . swset.faeed old lady
She tells me how, In the early twenties
OF the last century she rode horseback
with q bay in her arms from old Virgin.
Ia TO the wilds OF Illinois, and how at
the end of six weeks she dismounted
and entered q log cabin, built in the
primeval forest. i can hear her tell OF
the wide fireplace, the swaying crane
and n boy laborously striving by the
Pickering freight TO get q little know
ledge. Over and over she tells me the
trials, the struggles and tho triumphs
Of the pioneer days. She speaks with
pleasure OF the progress which the
state has made; and yet, boy though |
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Yes, it is n little warm in the middle
If the day, Agnes, but il would be the
part Of prudence to keep them on for
= little while yet.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-12

The best sign of the early coming OF
summer is found IN the beginning of the
absolutely idiotic remarks against the
waist that are being made
by the purists. 1t may be set down
RICH, here that your Uncle Dudley has
no sympathy with such fool talk.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1910-03-11

The LIBERAL has received from j..
e. Clark, territorial superintendent
of public instruction, a copy of de-
signs and specifications for school
buildings, which have been issued by
his department. The designs cover
almost any kind of school building
thatwould be built in the territory,
from a one room adobe to a two story
four room brick. 1t is expected that
districts that intend to build more
elaborate buildings would secure an
architect, SC these plans are only for
the smaller districts, which would or
dinarily build without any expert adj
vice. The plans were made by arch
itects who have studied the school
room, and the wants and needs of the
children. The cheapest building, the
one room adobe, can be built for 5000,
the other buildings in proportion.
Special attention is given to the ar
rangements of light, heat and venti-
lation, the three important things
that should be right to conserve the
health and eyesight of the children.
1t would have been a great thing fol
Lordsburg If this book have been is.
sued sooner. We might then have q
better arranged school house, and II
would have been built for much less
money than was expended on the one
we have. Lordsburg now has a -four
room school house, which is badly ar
ranged as regards heat, light and ven
tilation. and cost the district some
ten or twelve thousand dollars. In
this book is the plan of a two room
brick house, which, it is estimated
would cost from 81, 800 to $1,000. Two
such houses, which would equal
the present Lordsburg house, could
be built for $4,000, and the district
could have five or six such school
houses for the money that it has in
vested in the one unsightly building.
The heating, ventilation, and to a
large extent, the lighting of our school
house could be r~e-arranged to con-
form with the plans of these model
houses, and as the district has plenty
of money this should be done next
summer. The Liberal believes in
giving the children the best there is,
even If 1t does cost money, but does
not believe in throwing away money
to give the children a second class art
icle.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1910-03-11

mission Of both territories in con-
gress, on account Of the addition that
will be made to the senate, but this
cannot be used as an argument, for
the representation cannot be changed,
and there IS an opening made by the
New Mexico democrats for these peo-
pie to oppose statehood, and It is
extremely probable that they will do
so. 1t is much easier to defeat a bill
than 1t Is to force 1t through congress-.
No doubt but II the action Of the de-
mocratic central committee defeats
statehood that the democrats Of the
territory will continue to claim they
favor statehood, and will blame the
republicans because we are not adj
mitted. 1t is expected that the sem
ate bill will be reported by the COM
mittee today
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1910-03-11

ANOTHER old timer has gone. Lo-
renzo Lapoint, of Las Cruces is dead.
Mr.. Lapoint came to New Mexico as
a member Of the California column.
After the war he settled In the Mesi-
LA valley, where he has since lived,
He started a newspaper there in an
early day, then engaged in the mer-
camille business, and again in the
newspaper business. For many years
he was editor Of the Las Cruces Citi-
zen, which was published in English
and Spanish. About a year ago his
son, who had been in California, re-
turned, and was added to the Citizen
force. The Citizen was enlarged, and
printed entirely in English. For some
time Mr.. LapoinU has been quite fee.
BILE, but his sudden death was a sur.
prise TO his friends.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1910-03-11

SUNDAY afternoon former Senator
Il. Q. Plat, of New York, died at his
rooms in New York city, suddenly,
from an attack of diabetis. For many
years Senator Platt has been a leader
in republican politics in New York
and the nation. He grew old i'm the
service, and at the end of his last
term In the senate, a year or so ago,
retired, and since then has done lit
tie but attend to his personal bust
ness.