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The Washington herald., 1911-06-04

heard feeble wail-the faintest little wal
in the world. But he heard it, at any rates
and hurried to the spot whence 1t came.
There. lying on the beach, with its froclt
securely fastened to a broken spar, was 4
little child, Why, you poor little critter,
how in the world did you git out here?Y
The baby stopped crying as soon as she saYl
him, and. stretching out her tiny arms, gave
little chuckle Of delight. He picked her up
garments, which were like cobwebs, and were
trimmed with lace, he buttoned her up insida
hi. heavy jacket.
Then i was that he heard the shouts ans
cries cries 70 for the first time, and saw men run,
gazing seaward. What were they looking at.
Looking at nothing. They were staring ani
gazing at the place where a good ship hae
Just gtnc to pieces. Could no one be saved.
in such a surf, and there is, moreover, no life
boat at the Cove. The ship went to piece,
where she struck. of all the crew not one
lived to tell the tale, and of all the paseen.
tones, up under Skipper Ben's rough pilot,
jacket. But the baby lived, and was like q
sunbeam, in the little brown house, for no one
talked of putting her in the asylum" Nor is
there any orphan asylum at the Cove. thougk;
fellow goes TO the banks never to return, not
supposing that he has said goodbye for, the
last time to the youngsters at home:
The baby cried for mamma" little at frsN
but she soon learned to say Ben" instead,
And from that day on, the little room neveH
became narrow and stuffy, and Bens pipe wa4
the pipe Of peace and comfort, The next year,
when he went to the banks, he left her in the
care of "Lsha fuckers wife, at the shopt
but the year after she cried 90 hard when he
was going that he took her with him. And
ever sancc she has been his constant compan;
ion. And he named her-Dolly.
Five years have passed since that stormy
night, and Dolly is six years old. She is a
bright, happy little girl, and she loves thss
grim old ocean dearly, even If it did SO nearly
become her tomb. Sometimes in the evening
when the wind IL howling and shaking the
little brown house, and the FIRE is roaring
brightly and merrily up the chimney, Skipper
Ben will tell Dolly how we found her lying.
on the beach, securely fastened 10 a broken
spar. Then he will pull out a little, old worE
leather trunk, and will take from il the once
dainty baby clothes. They are yellow now
and sti stained with sea-water. He will holt
the delicate fabric in his hard, rough hanc
with rcverential awe, and look with wonder
at the little faded blue ribbons that once were
~ wonder who your parents was?" he snys
to Dolly. Only think what you might ha'
been! Why, you might ha' been markis!"
Skipper Ben's round blue eyes become roundeY
and bluer at the thought, and he takes hi,
pipe from his mouth. you might ha' beer
a dorchess" But Dolly shakes her head will
its brown curs and lays her cheek against
l3cn'a rough coat, saving, mo. not I'd Tathei
be Skipper Bens girl"
The Washington herald., 1911-06-04
SklpPER IDEN'o CIIRL

at home, alone in the little brown house-for
his old mother was dead, too. A lonely time
he had of it when he was not at the Banks
In tke evenings he would sit for hours with
his pipe, staring into the fire, and thinking
how different it might all have been if only
Dolly had lived.
One night there was a terrible storm, and
Skipper Ben sat by his lonely hearth, smok-
ing and thinking. The wind blew and howed
about the little brown house. 1t rushed down
the chimney, and beat against the side of the
house until it rocked. But Ben does not no
ticc bit of wind Presently hiss gloomy
thoughts got the better of him. The tiny
roolH seemed to grow quite suffocating, and he
rushed out into the night and the storm where
The Washington herald., 1911-06-04

L Sp"c uIon lie SONe, WIFI It's
cluster OF brown, gray and black
~ wooden houses. having queer uneven
roofs and crooked chimneys, and its
narrow strip of pebbly beach, backed by high,
frowning rocks. You are very likely to find
boats drawn up upon this beach, some of them
kclp and seaweed, showing how far up the
water comes at high tide. And climbing over
the boats or playing along the beach, l am
quite snro you will find little girl-a brown
frock. whose hair is like seawccd a rich chest
nut underneath, but faded to a sort of nutty
tinge where the sun strikes it.
II you ask this little girl who she is, she
HAIR, with a pair of eyes which will win your
love at once, and will answer "Dolly.' Then
shc will run away and hide among the boats,
with her brown curls shaken over her blushng
cE%ks. But II you ask anyone clse-say the
ola lobster man yondcr, examining his lobster
pots beside his warped and lcaky old dory or
better still. old Captain Graves as he stands
On ~" quay ,y every day, or u sits BY the stove
when he was young, he will say, THAT? Oh,
that's Skipper Ben's gall"
1t ~ a strange story. and it all happened
ZONE naITs. wears ago-a great many years ago,
sskirper at all: but merely a young fisherman.
lic lived with his old mother in the little
brown prov house which stands quite by itself by
hci inI ;N Ma'er.,de. . Anh over in the blackish-
sIdcs. lvGd his sweet heart-a rosy lass named
Dolly. They lad always been friends ever
since they were old enough to 20 about and
sall"d boats together in the pools among the
rocks, or iishcd from the quay AS they grew
oi Ter the Cove, "just kind of understood" that
they were to be married as soon as Ben should
became owner or part owner Of fishing YES
sci
Ben was an industrious fellow and was al
ways of at the hanks. Each time he came
nom" nc land a little money away in an old
stcc king, for he was saving up to buy his
boat, and once, while he was on a fishing
cruise with Captain Pratt, the Captain told
hnn OF prime little schooner he had at home
IN the Cove which Ben might secure for the
contents OF his stocking. and in payment for
ms services that season Ben came home a
happy youth. He had already chIistened hi.
new possession the Dolly And as he walked
up the narrow, crooked street of the little frh
my town, he wondered why all hi,' old com.
radeS should look at him with such solemn,
p'tymg glances. Poor Ben! he soon learned
why they all looked ptyingly at him His
swe theart, Dolly, was dead. Two weeks be.
lore she had been buried in the little grave.
yard upon the hill Poor Ben, indeed lie
was never the same man aftcrward lie kent
the Dolly and took a pride in her. going off
TO the Banks, and becoming in time one of the
hrSt fishermen in the Cove. But he never was
boy again; all his old light heart ctiness had
NNan'shGd and he became grave. moody and NJ
lent For some years he lived. when he was
The Washington herald., 1911-06-04
he could draw in deep breaths of the wild, salt

he could draw in deep breaths of the wild, salt
air.
scurIying swiftly across the sky. And well
they might with such a wind at their heels.
Such wind! If Ben had not been the broad
sturdy fellow that he was, it would have
blown him off his feet But AZ it was, he
strobe up and down the beach with long,
fierce strides, and needed neither the wind
nor the roaring surf. Was it strange that
with the fierce storm raging without and the
equally fierce storm raging will hin, Skipper Ben
should not have heard the shrieks and cries
Of distress that night? Not so very strange
l think. but what was strange was that, above
all the din and commotion, he should have
The Washington herald., 1911-06-04

powers Of the members of the hered.
tary chamber OF peers, and what has led to
the present conflict.
The House Of Lords is really a relic of
practically intact from the time when barons
ruled the realm, and when there were three
estates-the king, the lords and the Church,
as against today when there is but one estate
the people.
The chamber consists of the whole pecrage
Of England and of certain representatives Of
the peerages of Ireland and Scotland. The
twenty-elght peers who represent Ireland are
elected for life by their fellow members of
the Irish pcerage. Hhe sixteen Scottish rep
resentatve peers are elected for each Parla-
ment by the members of their own order.
The Lord High Chancellor of England is
Speaker of the House of Lords and the other
officers of the House are members of the no
bility.
Six princes Of the blood have seats in the
House OF Lords two archbishops, twenty-one
dukes, twenty-five mai,luises. one hundred and
sixteen earls, twenty-five vlscounts, twenty
four bishops, two hundred and ninety nine
barons, and the forty four representative peers
of Ireland and Scotland.
Some Scotch and Irish peers have English
titles, which give them seats in the House of
Lords. The number of names on the "rolr'
of the house last year was $50 The cham
ber in which the lords meet is noble apart
mcrt, one hundred feet long, forty y-five feet
wide and forty-tivc feet high. 1t is much
larger than the Senate chamber at Washing
ton. while the small size of the hall in which
the House OF Commons meets, s in marked
contrast with the ample proportions Of that
OF the American House of Representatives
Many men sit if the House of Lords by
reason of merit, but not in sufficient numbers
to give brllliancc to the chamber. The law
lords are always men of great ability, and
the spiritual lords" (archbishops and bish-
o,s) are men of intellect. and far above the
average Of the noblemen who have simply IN
The Washington herald., 1911-06-04
England's House of Lords

} MUCH has been said in newspapers
lately as to the battle waged in
Great Britain against the House of
Lords, that it may be of interest to
explain what are the privileges and
nownrs Of tho rnnu haru Of tha hnrcdi
The Washington herald., 1911-06-04

in your travels you ever visit the
ragged coast of Cornwall YOU may
come upon THE Cove" with ITS
cluster of brown, gray and black
wooden houses. having queer, uneven
roofs and crooked chimneys and it,
The border vidette., 1911-09-23
CONVENTION CALLED OFF.

The democratic state central committee of Arizona will not call a convention for the purpose of promulgating a platform upon which democratic candidates for office shall make their fight. In a communication issued through the Democrat, Chairman Joe Dillon of Prescott, states that in the opinion of various members of the state committee, such a convention would be contrary to the spirit of the direct primary law enacted by a democratic legislature, and the convention is called of.
The border vidette., 1911-09-23

stitutional amendment, since to them it rightfully belongs.
 1 stand for the income Tax Law.
 1 stand for the conservation of our resources and for just and fostering treatment of the vital resources of Arizona by the general government.
 And I further say to the peo- pie of Arizona by the general government.
 And l further say to the peo- pie of Arizona that I come be- fore you as a Peoples Candidate untrammelled by any alliance, making war upon no man and n fl u n C ed by no interests, Special" or otherwise, and by no man or set of men.
 Should you choose me, I shall represent in the Senate of the United States THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, whose interests and whose interests alone I shall serve believing as I do in the Democratic and lief fersonian Doctrine of,
 EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL, SPE- CAL PRIVILEGES TO NONE"
 Respectfully Submitted,
 H. l.. PICKETT,
 Tombstone, Arizona, Septem- Der 18th, 1911.
The border vidette., 1911-09-23
MULFORD WINSOR.
Democratic Candidate for Re
 presentative in Congress.

We are authorized to announce the candidacy of Mulford Winsor of Yuma, for Representative in Congress from Arizona. Mir. Winsor was a member of the Constitutional Convention, Chairman of the Committe on Rules and Chairman of the Com mittee on Legislative Depart ment, which framed the Initia- tive and Referendum article of Arizona's Constitution.
 MT. Winsor is one of Arizona s brightest young men. He. has been a resident of Arizona since 1892, and is N thirty-seven years of age.
 His platform:
 To the Democrats of Arizona:
 I am candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for theposition of Representative in Congress.
 My views on the questions in which Arizona is today most vitally concerned-in which the Nation is most vitally concerned are well known I have persist ently advocated them during the past fifteen. years through the medium of the newspapers 1 have edited, and it was my pri- vilege to assist in their practical application to Arizona's funda- mental law. 1 have never dOdged, or trimmed, or equivocated, and shall not do so, now or hereafter, in Congress or out. Such as my record is, I stand by it. My platform is not,of recent making, nor my belief in the principles it embodieS of recent growth.
 As I heretofore have been, and hereafter shall be, I am for the Rule of the People. I have confidence in their wisdom, faith in their honesty, unalterable belief in their inherent rights.
 am for the Initiative, Re ferendum and Recall, which are necessary to insure the Rule of the People and to safeguard the powers vested in the people by the spirit of free government.
 I believe in the application of the Tecdll UO dll elecUlNe OlIlCcIS. I do not believe in barring a portion of our house against evil and leaving it's chief sanctuary open to the admission of all forms of corruption. Compliance with the arbitrary and altogether un- American requirement. that jud- iciaI officers be exempted from the provisions of the recall, as a condition precedent to Statehood, should be accompanied by notice that such compliance is purely perfunctory, and that it will be speedily followed, once the gun with which we are threatened is removed, by the reassertiOn of our full rights.
 I am. for the preservation of our fathers gOvernment-fOr the addition of such safeguards to those suggested by their times and conditions as will insure, for the future and under all condi tions, as we'll as for the present and under existing conditions, the perpetuity of their lofty aims.
 am for a Corrupt Practices
The border vidette., 1911-09-23

As to the recall of the Judic- iary, at this time we should and must vote to eliminate it from our Constitution, since against our will it has been made a condition precedent to State hood. I heartily advocate it's reincorporation into our Consti- tuition by amendment, and favor ! the instruction of candidates to our first Legislature that this proposition be immediately put before the people, that they, and | no one else may say whether or not it shall become a part of our Constitution.
 In the recall of the Judiciary I have been unable to find a vicious feature. An honest man, judge or otherwise need fear nothing at the hands of the peO- pie from a fair, impartial and fearless administration of his trust-nor do I believe that at the hands of the people any official will ever suffer injustice whether he be judge or other wise, by virtue of the operation of the recall. It has not been the history of the American People that they have abused their rights.
 This is, and has been, from the first, my stand upon our Constitution and I say further, that should you select me to re- present you in the Senate of the United States, nationally, I shall not support or lend my support to any candidate for the PreSi- dency of the United States who does not subscribe to the doctri- nes of Progressive Democracy, and who is not a socalled Pro gressive" Democrat.
 Nationally, I say, that I stand squarely for the program of the Democratic Party as now re presented in the House of Re presentatives in Congress.
 With regard to the Tariff, I stand squarely for the immediate revision of the Tariff DOWNWARD, in the interests of the consumer believing the Payne -aldrich Bill Uo bS dllJ IE'o OOI II HI Special Interest" and vitally injurious to the welfare of the American People. I believe that Tariff should be laid pri- marily NOT for Protection, but for Revenue and with such incidental protection as may work good to the greatest num- Der of the people
 1 am a firm believer in local self government and the Democratic Doctrine of States Rights and deplOre the increasing tendency of the Federal Government to encroach upon the powers and functions of the States of our Union.
 I stand for the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote and should 1 be chosen to represent you in Unit es States Senate, my efforts shall be directed toward securing that right to the people by con
The border vidette., 1911-09-23
To THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA:

| Having made announcement of my candidacy for the United States Senate, and seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party at the Primary. election tc be held Oct. 24th. 1911, for this high office, I now announce my Platform and the Principles fo1 which I stand in making this race.
 To the Voters of Arizona, say, that it is my pleasure to come before you and submit my candidacy at a Primary Election believing that in no other man ner should any candidate receive the nomination of his party by other than an expression of popular will at PEOPLES cleo tion, for which our Constitution al Convention so wisely provided. This plan of selecting United States Senators I have firmly and consistently advocated from the earliest moment that State hood became a probability. In no other manner would I receive a public trust at your hands.
 Politically, I am and have been a lifelong Democrat in all that the name implies believing that Government to be best which is most completely in the people themselves and subject to their control.
 Therefore, I have from the first, stood by, supported and defended the Constitution of the State of Arizona as written by our Constitutional Convention, the memb bers of which so faith fully discharged their trust, and which was adopted by the People of Arizona by an overwhelming majority.
 The portions of our Constitu- tion populary termed Progress ive," I most heartily endorse believing that in the INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL, as embodied in our Constitution, we have secured to the People themselves the prerOgativeS of government and power, and believing that in these measures we nave IOunQ an oHocUual remedy for the defects of socall- ed Representative" government which have in recent years be come so apparent to us all.
 Our adoption of these meas ures 1 believe to mark an epoch in the political history and de velopment of American People. I believe in the JefferSonian Doctrine that the people will almost invariably be right, and that when perchance they may be wrong, they will speedily right themselves, and that to them rightfully belong the pre- negatives of government and power.
 THE INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL I believe legally to be constitutional, and I rejoice that the State of Arizona is in the vanguard of political pro- greSS and advancement.
The border vidette., 1911-09-23

Act in spirit and in truth-for the hedging about of our election laws with such provisions as will relegate jackpots" to the shades of the past and utterly Intimidation and Fraud.
 I am for the election of United States Senators by the people, in order that they may be re. sponsible to the people for their acts and responsive to the Peo- ple'S will.
 am for the abolishment of the secret party caucus, whether in the legislature or the United States Congress. I am against star chamber proceedings of any character or description. The people have a right to know what their servants are doing.
 If belief in and the advocacy of these and other Progressive measures makes one a Demago- gue-as I have frequently heard and read-then I am Damage que.
 I am the sort of a Damagogue who believes in the Declaration of Independence, and the ap- plication, no less today than in 1776, of it's immortal truths.
 With it I believe that Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Hap piness are the inalienable rights of all men, and that one class and by far the largest class should not be deprived of any one of these rights by the cupid ity, the arrogance and the power of another class.
 I believe in JefferSOnian theo- ry that the affairs of state should be administered with simplicity, economy honesty impartiality, a theory encOmpaSSed by that historic if CT on i n maxim,
 Equal rights for all; special for none."
 I believe there should be no swerving, however slight, from LincOln'S prOnouncement for a. government of the people, for the people. and by the people,m for any other kindg of govern ment must, as it should, speedily perish from the earth. I , I believe ours should be a na- tiOn of peace, and such a hope, [ believe, was the dream of our North Star to guide the friends of Freedom through put the civilized world, a beacon light for governments, a trail blazer to direct the onward march of the ages.
 I pray that our beloved Ari- zona may live up to the high ideals which inspired the found ers of our Nation, and in verity prove herself 'gem of purest ray serene" in Liberty's priceless liadem.
 I love her rock ribbed hills, her vales and dells, her towering pines, her burning sands. Twen- Jy years have I endured her bondage, suffering as we all have suffered her many ills, shared her peoples hopes, dreamed her peoples dreams, struggled side by side, shoulder to shoulder, with her loyal citi- zens, toward the dawn of the fight which at last has broken over uS-toward Statehood, pure md undefiled, free and almost unrestricted, dignified and hon. )rable.
 Now I want Arizona commits sion to struggle on, for her and n her name; to fight her battles n the Congress of our Nation; O represent the cause of Pro- yress which she has so enthu- 'iastically enpoused; to be of icially a servant of the people, IS unofficially I have been and Im, one of the people.
 Very Respectfully,
 MULFORD WINSOR.
The border vidette., 1911-09-23

Marsh sells corrugated iron, both painted and galvanized. Write for prices. If.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-16
THE COOPER
SALOON HAS
SMALL BLAZE

The igniting of straw in the Coop
er saloon yesterday evening caused
the fire department to be called out,
and only its prompt work averted a
big blaze.
The porter, in cleaning out the es-
adjustment yesterday afternoon, had
placed the mat near the stove. When
he left he was under the impression
that the fire had been extinguished
in the stove, but it had not, and
along about 10 o'clock the mat seems
to have come in contact with 1t and
caught on fire.
When the firemen reached the
scene the saloon was completely en-
yeloped in smoke, but they soon had
the flames extinguished, and but lit
tie damage was done.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-10-16

San Francisco, Oct. 16.-Eagerly
buying the currency of New China
in San Francisco's Chinatown, the
Chinese here today are going wild
with the enthusiasm over the pros
pect of a republican form of govern
ment in the Flowery Kingdom. From
nearly all of the shops and homes
not affiliated with the "big business"
interests of the Six Companies, flies
the new Chinese flag-a red field with
white sun on a filed of blue in the
upper corner.
Money for the cause of the revolu-
tion is coming in almost faster than
the present treasury facilities of the
new republic, located here, are able
to care for it, Treasury notes on the
Chung Hwa republic, selling for fifty
cents on the dollar, and good If the
revolution wins, are being sold as
rapidly as the Chinese element can
gather their money from the banks
Within the last "a hours more than
100000 was raised in this manner
and it is understood that practically
the whole expense of the Chinese up
rising was financed through San
Francisco.
1t is the intetnion OF DR.. Sun Yat
Sen, provisional president, to move,
with his cabinet, to the seat Of war
in China within few days. DR.. Sun
has agitated for Chinese freedom for
the last 20 years, and the present
movement is the elimination Of his
efforts.
There is a prospect that the local
Chinatown will soon lose one-half Of
its population, so eager are all the
residents three to return and fight
for freedom in their native land.