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The Nome daily nugget., 1912-02-12
COMMITTEE PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
 PLATFORM AND RESOLUTIONS

 To Republican Convention: and Resolutions having had port to the Convention as follows:
 Temporary mad. In view of the fact that the Delegates from this Division will be ur. desire solid the adoption of the
  which believe will pubieans and recommend its adoption: REPUBLICAN PLATFORM SECOND DISTRICT ALASKA patriotic progressive dent Taft his the trusts and instruct the Delegates from National Convention stand solid unqualified elective government fde resi- dent.
  
 We demand amendments to our mining .bishins 
 We O present
  roads and trails
 We demand suitable legislation o insane frozen the trails of Aaskans against competition with the pauper labor of Siberia
 W. demand such appropriate We demand the immediate opening up the cancellation Of all invalid entries
 service b, ee break the construction of safe o River protection o our mosquito Fleet eon.ueon o~nershp and op. available means 0 opening up ana developing great serr'or, (sao.d1 GEORGE Q scAoe,eLo Platform and Resouon
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 he trust tbcr, would by no cause for shame on his part over what had becn accomplished from thc confidence and trust the convention had placed iu him, bv appoiutiue hin to east the solid vote of this division Hr also stated that all along the line the re publicans were doing good work and he felt encouraged at the prospects Of sending republican To congress- from Alaska after the election to he held in August.
 Committeeman Schoheld when cals~ upon stated it was rather early in the game to make political speech He stated that he was a progressive re. publican like Taft and the c. O. r. that had always stood for advance ment and progression. That Taft will succeed himself. and all republicans. no matter by what name they call themseves. insurgents. stand -patters. progressive. fat. lean, poor or rich they will all line up this year to help elect the representative of the party. who secures the nomination at the na- tional convention to be held in Chi cago on June IS. and that nominee will be William Howard Taft
 G. J. Lomen reported that he was satisfied with the good work inaugur-
 
 old republican, old enough to remem- Der the election of Abraham Lincoln, that he did not believe people should call themselves slaves. there are nc such persons in the United States to- day That the laborer of today is working and striving to employ men to work for him tomorrow. all having an equal chance 10 advance
 Judge c. b Murane was then caIl- ed and made the strongest speech of the convention The judge did not mince words for after apolosiZing as To his right to make d political ad- dress. owing to his official position, he could not sefrain from letting the people know he was a republican. As he warmed up to his address. he com menced to hit straight out from the shoulder many of the blows coming back like a boomerang. hitting the speaker with equal force as those who were equally guilty of party mistakes in the past. Judge Murane took upon himself much blame stating all are liable to err. T myself got off wrong once. was a silver republican but I have been doing penitence ever since"
 We should not keep kicking the fellow down if he has made mis- take and should a good republican go wrong give him a chance teach him wherein he has erred
 The judge also called attention to the fact that the delegate for the par ty should be chosen from either Fair banks or Nome that The "Gugg'' or "Boggy" man comes from Southeast ern or Southwestern Alaska That should be done away with 1t is too great handicap for the party to overcome. The candidate coming from that section may be as innocent as an unborn babe but the appellation would be fastened upon him just the same.
 The judge further called attention to the fact that a republican club should be organized and the young men in-
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OUTSIDE BEER AT EAGLE.

For outside beer bottled or on draft % to the Eagle, where |. can be secured by the glass, bottle or ease.
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OPENING GUN
 ALASKA POLITICS

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Bible BriIIiantS.

And l will remember the land.-Leviti-
Gus XVI, AZ.
Thy servants will do as my lord COM
mandeth.-Numbers xxxii, 25.
But cleave unto the Lord your God, as
ye have done unto this day.-Joshua %, 8.
Because he hath despised the word OF
the Lord, and hath broken his command
ments, that soul shall utterly be cut off
his iniquity shall be upon him.-Numbers
XIV, 81.
And the sabbath of the land shall be
meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant
and for thy maid, and for thy hired SER
want, and for thy stranger that sojourneth
with thee.-Leviticus XIV, 6.
Ye shall not add unto the word which
command you neither shall ye diminish
ought from it, that ye may keep the com.
mandments of the Lord your God which
command you.-Deuteronomy iv, 2.
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MORTALITY AMONG OUR CHIEF OFFICERS

OF the twenty seven men who have been
chosen to the office of Vice President OF
the United States seven have died IN othce.
The names of the seven, with the dates OF
their death, are as follows: George Clln-
ton of New York, April 20, 1872; Elbridge
Gerry of Massachusetts, November 20,
1914: William R. King of Alabama, April
18, 1858; Henry Wilson of Massachusetts,
November %, 1875; Thomas A. Hendricks
of Indiana, November 25, 1885; Garret A.
Hobart of New Jersey, November 81, 1899,
and James S. Sherman of New York, Oc-
tober 80, 1912. Their ages at death were:
Clinton, 73: Gerry, 70; King, 81; Wilson,
So; Hendricks, 66; Hobart, 55, and Sher-
man, 81.
Five of the twenty seven elected Vice
President succeeded to the Presidency
upon the death of those who were filling
that position; John Tyler of Virginia sue
ceeded William Henry Harrison in lo4l;
Miltard Fillmore succeeded Zachary Taylor
in 1850: Andrew johnson succeeded Abra-
ham Lincoln in 1866; Chester A. Arthur
succeeded James A. Garfield in 1881, and
Theodore Roosevelt succeeded William
Mckinley in 1901.
The seven Vice Presidents who died in
Office died from natural causes, but of the
five Presidents who died in Office out of the
twenty two who have been elected to that
position three died by violence.
The death of Vice President Sherman on
the eve of election day created new stu
alton, inasmuch as he is the first candidate
for either President or Vice President who
died prior to the time of election. The
electors of the Republican party will be
called upon to cast their twelve ballots for
man who was not voted for by the people
1t is to be remembered, however, that at
the beginning neither the people nor the
electors voted directly for Vice President ;
but the candidate for President having the
next highest number of electoral votes be-
came Vice President.
1t will now be necessary for the Senate
to elect president Senator Frye was
president pro tempore from 1895 to 1911
but since his death the Senate has not beer
able to agree upon the question of his sue
cessor. The president of the Senate mus
open the certificates of the electors in the
presence of the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatives preliminary to the official coun
of the votes.
OF the forty nine persons who have beer
chosen to the two highest offices in the gif
of the nation, fraction less than twenty
five per cent have died in Office. The viii
ling candidates will not be less on tina
account, however.
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LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

There are Sc, 700 Japanese living in Cal
ifornia.
The aggregate value of the seasons
crops is five billion dollars.
The wife of Lieutenant Carlo Phster, an
American woman, suicided at Rome, Italy
At Delta, CAL, train was held up and
robbed. One bandit was killed, but two
escaped.
Two masked men held up train near
Blount Springs, Ala, Friday morning and
robbed the mail car.
Twenty families are being supported at
Littlelands, Cal, on the product OF one
acre Of ground each.
George Baker, who shot and killed his
wife and father-in-law, was lynched at
Steele, N. D., Friday.
The largest diamond in the world, weigh
ing 1,649 carats, was found last week in
the Premier Mine at Johannesburg, South
Africa.
The United States pension roll includes
538, 900 soldiers and sailors, 321 1882 de-
pendents and 1852 army nurses, according
to the report Of the Pension Bureau.
The Naval Court has sentenced seventeen
sailors to death and 100 to imprisonment
for from four to eight years at hard labor
for instigating mutinies in the Russian
fleet.
Sixty-one seniors at Mississippi A. and
M. College, Starkville, were expelled be-
cause they started a revolt over faculty
order prohibiting cadets from communica-
ting with co-eds.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Friday ruled that railroads in competition
with water transportation may lower their
rates to such points as can obtain river
transportation.
With Texas ahead of any year in the
number of bales of cotton ginned to No
vember 1st, the Census Bureau Friday
issued its annual cotton report, showing
that S, ,849, 1893 bales had been ginned.
Joseph Turby, seventy-five years old
assisted in digging his own grave at Has
kell, Okla, Friday, although he thought il
was to be the final resting place of another
Turby, with another man, dug the grave
for woman who had died, and imme-
diately after the work was finished Turby
tumbed into the grave dead from hear
disease. Owing to the peculiar circum'
stances he was buried in that grave.
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GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES.

The unwritten law that all supplies for
the government must be bought in this
country has recently been violated, it is
said, by the awarding of contract for
shells to be used in the navy to firm in
Sheffield, England. The custom of buy
ing supplies at home no doubt is popular,
and the policy sound. But in this case the
unwritten law was better obeyed in its
breach than it would have been in its OBJ
servance; for the hoggish greed of Amer
lean competitors has led to combinations
which have advanced prices beyond all
reason. The manufacturers have in this
and other instances taken advantage of the
fact that the government felt bound to
favor American goods. By giving part
of the order to the English firm, the figures
of which were much lower than those of the
American bidders, notice has been served
that the government will not submit to ex-
tortion. even under the cover of patriotism
Sensible persons would have commended
the awarding of the whole contract to the
foreign firm; but hint may suffice.
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The Memphis Commercial Appeal gives
gloomy view of the political situation in
Tennessee. 1t says the legislature is di-
vided into half dozen factions and they
have the rottenest tax system in the world
in that State. sour politics is on low
plane-the lowest of any State in the I'm
ion ''-complains the editor Of that paper.
cit is government of men for men and
for office. Ours is hardly a government
of law. The law itself is twisted and
turned to meet the exigencies of personal
politics." Moralize as one may over the
wreck of Democracy in Tennessee, from
our viewpoint its undoing is the direct re-
suit of the base murder years ago Of Hon.
E. W. Carmack and the hasty and dis
graceful pardon of the red-handed mur-
derers. It was then that law abiding peo-
pie bitterly realized that their State had
''hardly government of law" Too much
Pattersonism and the whisky ring bank
rupted the Democracy of Tennessee.
The Bossier banner., 1912-11-14

For the past two years the principal oc-
cupation in this State has been politics.
AS the mass of the people derive no profit
from this line of business, only favored
few getting the sugar in the cocoanut, there
appears to be universal call for change
of business. People tire Of such frequent
calls to go to the polls; it becomes an irk-
some task to do so, and unless the sails are
set to catch other winds general apathy
will result. And let US remember that
when all the people cease to take an inter-
est in affairs of government the political
leech does its best ork.-Avoyelles En-
terpriSe.
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From Over Our Great State

The only artifcially refrigerated mush-
room farm in the world is in st. Bernard
Parish.
The Presbyterians dedicated new
church in Lakeview, near New Orleans,
Sunday.
"Knapp Agricultural Day" will be OBJ
served in the public schools of the State
November 9th.
w. H. Grant walked barefoted thirty six
miles to Port Aransas, Texas, to vote for
Woodrow Wilson.
An oil gusher, shooting 140-feet high,
was brought in at Welsh Friday. This
makes nine producing wells in the Welsh
oil fields.
Since the election of Wilson candidates
from all over Lafourche Parish have an
nounced themselves for the 81 300 position
of postmaster of Thibodaux.
. The Era Club of New Orleans threatens
to war on women in schools and other
public positions, because of the defeat of
women's Amendment No. IL.
Business men in Lafayette Parish are
rel ,:ring over the prospects of return to
cotton, as this crop throws more money
into circulation than any other.
The grand jury of Tangipahoa Parish,
in session last week, returned sixty-on
true bills and instructed the district attor-
ney to file nineteen bills of information.
A st. Louis company with $780, 600
capital proposes to introduce two fleets OF
refrigerator barges to ply the Mississippi
River between st. Louis and New Orleans.
The highest recorded temperature for
October in New Orleans in forty two years
was ninety-four in 1904, and the loves,
forty, in 1910. The highest this year was
eighty on October 10th, and the lowest
fifty three on the 26th.
Fourteen passengers were killed and
ninety injured when a through freight
train crashed into the rear end of a north.
bound excursion train on the Yazoo anc
Mississippi Valley Railroad near Montz
about twenty seven miles from New Or
leans, at 1920 Monday morning.
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The Old AbSinthe House.

Memphis Commercial Appeal
Built in 1852, standing as historic fand-
mark in New Orleans, the old French Alb
sinthe House is soon to be only memory.
It will be closed by order of the govern
ment. No more seductive frappes will be
given the thourist, no more will the worn
marble counter be pointed out, where great
men and women of the world have quench-
ed their thirst in times of long ago.
1t was the first saloon built in New Or
leans. 1t was in the later days of the
eighteenth century the old French Absinthe
House became a rendezvous for the wealth,
the aristocracy and the bon homme ele-
ment of the Crescent City. Notables of
the old world congregated there. Lafayette
was one of its best patrons, but, like all
old landmarks,. it must yield to the dispen-
sation of the twentieth century,
At the time that the absinthe house was
in its heyday of popularity the Latin Quar-
ter of New Orleans was the center of the
city. Lee Circle and st. Charles Avenue
were unknown. City Park was known only
for the romantic glamour of the dueling
oaks. The pulse beat high in Frenchtown.
The absnthe house was in the vortex of
excitement and revelry. But few blocks
away stands the old French Opera House,
a gloomy looking pile on the outside; an
elaborate and complex test of architectural
skill on the inside. Yet these two places
are deeply marked in the history OF the
most romantic city in the South.
Tourists from all quarters of the world
have stopped there, either to look over the
old relics or to drink frappe, just to say
they had. The marble counter is marked
in grooves where the glasses, for over a
century and half of years, have been
pushed to customers. The same silver
forks for holding the sugar, while the alb
sinthe drips into the glass, are in use that
were used in the last years of 100. The
edict of the United States Government is
imperative. It sounds the knell of this
; quaint remnant of Bohemian life in the
Crescent City.
1t is to-day situated in the darkest and
dirtiest section of New Orleans, for the
city has crossed Canal Street and the old
buildings and quaint. structures are but
reminders of New Orleans at the dawn oi
the nineteenth century. But the old ro-
: nance clings to this section, which viii
furnish many songs and stories in the years
to come. 1t is fertile field for the novel.
ist, the dramatist, the romancer and the
song writer. 1t is an essential field for the
, future history of the Crescent City, anc
! while closed, the old French Absinthe
! House will live in memory.
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1.-THE trouble with all good political
movements" says the Ruston Leader. is
that they are soon swamped by the crowd
ing in of so many self-seeking office
hunters" And the Leader might have
further said that it is the political drones,
the chronic salary grabber who generally
manages to secure the majority of the
Offices, to the exclusion of those who beal
the heat and burden of the party's strug-
giles and win its victories and really have
at heart all good political movements.
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''There could be no better medicine than
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. My chill
dren were all sick with whooping cough.
One of them was in bed, had high fever
and was coughing up blood. Our doctor
gave them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and the first dose eased them, and three
bottles cured them," says Mrs. R. A. DON
aldson, of Lexington, Miss. For sale by
all druggists.
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Don'twaste your money buying strength
ening plasters. Chamberlain's Liniment
is cheaper and better. Dampen piece of
flannel with it and bind it over the affected
parts and it will relieve the pain and sore-
mess. For sale by all druggists.
The Bossier banner., 1912-11-14
Election News.


Four counties in Georgia were carried
by Roosevelt.
Wilson carried Taft's home city, Gin
cinnati, by 231.
Wall Street settled its election bets, es-
timated at S25O,0OO.
Five of the eight congressman from
Kansas are Democrats.
New Mexico voted special appropria
ton of S500,0O0 for good roads.
Colorado voted State appropriation to
tunnel through the Rocky Mountains.
/ The Democrats elected nineteen out of
the twenty eight Governors chosen on the
9th.
Alabama voted favorably upon an
amendment putting the fee system out of
commission.
Uncle Joe Gurney Cannon, of the Eigh-
teenth Congressional District Of Illinois,
was defeated by O'Hair, Democrat.
Fifteen thousand persons on board fifty
steamships on the Pacific Ocean received
election returns by wireless Tuesday night.
The Republicans have majority of
twenty -one on joint ballot in the General
Assembly of New Hampshire, which will
United States Senator.
Women suffrage was successful in four
of the five States where the question was
ubmitted-Arizona, Kansas, Michigan
and Oregon. The proposal was decisively
defeated in Wisconsin.
Wilson carried forty two States, with a
total electoral vote of 468. Roosevelt has
carried four-Michigan, South. Dakota,
Pennsylvania, and Washington, with a
total electoral vote of IS. Taft ran a
very bad third, with only two States
Utah and Vermont. Electoral vote, 8.
According to all available estimates Will
son has received 6, 400, 900 votes, Roosevelt
4,3OO,OOO and Taft $3.50, 900, Debs double
his 1908 vote of 42O 900. Taft and Roosevelt
combined received about 1,250, 900 more
votes than Wilson received, while Taft,
Roosevelt and Debs obtained about {, 1000,
600 votes more than Wilson.
The positive Endorsement of Harry Lane,
the Democratic candidate for the Senate in
Oregon, assures Democratic control of the
upper house of Congress, and places both
branches of the national legislature and
the Presidency in their hands, for the first
time in eighteen years. The addition ot
Oregon to the Democratic list gives that
party forty nine Senators, or majority o1
two.
While the new school law is great i'm.
provement on the Aswell- Marks Bill there
are Objectionable features in the new law
1t is not a home rule law by any means
; and should be amended. The Claiborne
: Guardian journal we'll says:
The State Board of Education is, as un'
der the old law, vested with too much au.
thority and the State Superintendent alst
has too much latitude, too much discretion
; ary jurisdiction. In our opinion, the Law
in regard to the examination of teacher
/: should be amended at once. 1t would b
: better to allow the Parish Superintendent
and his local committee to grade the pa
pers, as ander the old law, than to wal
for three persons to pass on all the paper
of the State. We are at loss to under
stand how any one who knows anything a
all about how examinations are conducte
would support law comforting on thre
individuals the work of grading the paper
of all the school teachers of the State.
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.sCurrent Literature, NOV in the twenty
fifth year, has long been recognized as one
of the best American magazines, giving q
monthly review in specially prepared arti-
cles of all that is going on in the fields OF
politics, science, literature, discovery, art,
music, drama, religion, etc., together with
much original matter in fiction and other
entertaining lines, all fully illustrated. II
is published in New York at So q year.
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Items of Interest.

India has 147 vernacular languages.
The Chinese day is divided into twelve
parts.
The average man has twenty pound OF
blood.
The bones of the avarage man weigh Ia
pounds.
1t costs only eight cents for haircut in
London.
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The sugar industry in Natal, South Az
rica, has made remarkable strsdes in the
last six years, the production rising from
"a, 900 tons to $4,000 tons in the campaign
1011-12.