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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03

The national convention. that unique
institution of American political parties,
typifies and embodies those peculiar Iea-
lures of the American political system
that differentiate it from all others on
earth. In every other country politics
and government are indssolubly mixed.
In the United States politics and govern
ment are separable and of this fact the
national convention every four years is
at once the symbol and the proof.
In England the affairs of the liberal
party. now dominant. are intrusted to
the liberal members of parliament, just
as are the affairs Of the government.
The control and direction Of the con-
seryatiye party lie in the hands Of the
conservative members who constitute
the minority in parliament. So 1t Is in
every other Countrywide men elected to
office as the representatives of politi-
cal party are at the same time intrusted
with the administration of the affairs of
that party.
In the United States an entirely differ
emf course is pursued. Men elected to
etfice are agents and representatives OF
political parties only to limited degree
Members of Congress, Tor instance. by
virtue of their constitutional function, are
absolutely the representatives of the peo-
pie and OF the states They hold, now
ever, their commissions as. representa-
tives of the political party with winch
they affiliate only upon condltlon tnat
they and their acts are approved by the
party in convention assembled. Ihis. at
any rate, has been the case Tor more
than threescore years, and is still the
case except as the individual members OF
the party, through a primary. have taken
the place OF the party convention.
Foreigners always, and Americans
often. are amazed when they reflect that
the American nation
System Amazing leaves the choice OF
its head to an al
W EOIc1SAeIS. ways tur b u n t.
often riotous, but never deliberate, con-
vention held under circumstances that
preclude the possibility Of sober counsel
and calm elaboration.
Such critical observers are apt to for
get that this national convention, noisy
and passionate as IT is, represents. after
all, the determination of the American
people to rule themselves. Once every
four years members OF political party
send their representatives to . national
gathering which chooses the candidate
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Hoeke Store Damaged by Fire.

Fire was discovered about 7:45 O'Clock
this morning on tfa second floor OF the
furniture store of the W. II. Hoeke Com
pany. Market space and sth street north
west. Spontaneous combustion. ii is be-
lieved, was the cause The fire was ex-
tinguished by No Il engine company.
About 500 damage resulted
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4
It is not for Americans to despise this
peculiar psychology of national conven-
tons, for 1t is the
Effect of Custom national psychology.
1t is not for the
oH 1olltlCS. critic who honestly
deplores the unnecessary turbulence and
the lack of calm elaboration Of the ma
tional convention to condemn unreserv-
edly the convention system, for tree
must be judged by its fruits. II the
national convention had not been insti-
tuted, and If the control OF party politics
had been left in the hands of the MEM
bers Of Congress, as it Is left in the
hands of parliamentary representatives
in every other country, it is probable
that not one President since Monroe
would eyer have reached the White
House, and 1t is absolutely certain that
Andrew Jackson. Abraham Lincoln and
Theodore Roosevelt never would have
been Presidents OF the United States.
In this series of articles of which this
is the first. it is the purpose Of the writer
to give to the reader not an analysis,
but a review Of the development and
evolution of the convention system. The
important events and the big fights OF
the conventions of the past will be de-
scribed as they were seen by cotempo-
rary spectators. and the reader may
make his own analyses and draw his
own conclusions. In the articles TO fol-
low there will be first, of necessity,
brief review of party government in the
days before the convention. and then the
origin and institution Of the convention
system and its course from 1881 until
1903.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
Tech Alumni on Outing.

Mckinley Manual Training School Alum
nj Association gave an excursion to Mar
shall Hall today. large number of the
students of the school went down on the
boat leaving at $50 O'Clock this after
noon. program Of athletic events. in
Guiding base ball game. was arranged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
WARNS PROPR|ETORS
OF SUMMER HOTELS
Report of Public Health Serv-
ice DWeIIs on Necessity
of Sanitation.

With a view to protecting the vacation
list from the dangers to health that often
are found at summer resorts. the public
health and marine hospital service has
inserted in it's current report a statement
proprietors and to those who contemplate
going away for the summer.
This report says that a few years ago
summer hotel proprietor who furnished
comfortable beds and palatable food and
sufficient amusement for his guests
thought he had done all that was re-
quired of him. In view of recent med
ical developments, however, the report
says that the sanitation of summer re-
sort, whether at the seashore or in the
the patrons than anything else.
The report goes into some detail as
to the necessity for safeguarding the
water supply from house contamination
This is a matter that previously has
often been overlooked by the country
housekeeper, because patrons were willing
to put up with sanitary conditions in the
country that they would not tolerate in
town The milk supply is another point
that the report says is too often neglected
in the country.
Danger From Flies.
In the matter Of screening for flies and
mosquitoes. the report says. there is
much more than the comfort of the guests
to be considered. Flies carry typhoid
and almost any other germ disease that
Is bred in filth, while mosquitoes, in
reg ions where there is no yellow fever,
carry malaria. The report points out
how 1t is possible to exclude these pests
nv "a refu1 screaming and reduce their num-
Der by destroying their breeding places.
The elimination of rats and reaches,
1t Is pointed out, also Is essential to
health, and simple precautions are out
lined that will tend to do away with these
pests.
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NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.
IA Peculiar American Institution.
Bv Frederic ]. Haskin.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

of that party for the highest office in the
land. and which also promulgates the
orthodox statement of the party position
upon the political issues of the time. Such
a national convention has no standing
before the Constitution, is not the crea-
ture of any legal enactment, and cannot
enforce by judicial process the slightest
of its mandates.
But yet, from the very beginning. the
command of the national convention has
been more implicitly obeyed than the
command of Congress itself. A member
of a political party, or even member of
Congress elected by that party. may with
impunty defy the majority of his party
associates in Congress, and may, indeed,
appeal to the higher authority of the
convention and be indicated. But no
candidate dare be disloyal to a conven-
ton, and even for voter publicly to
disagree with the final act of the conyen-
ton of his party was for decades con-
sidered an act of heresy but little less
reprehensible than open and overt treason
to the flag. Unless there had been an ex-
never could have received this grant Of
power: never could have exercised this
absolute authority; never could have en-
dured the vicissitudes of changed and
changing political epochs.
X
Since Andrew Jackson every President
the united States AdS D66u CHOSEN Dy
national par
Choice of Presidents ty convention.
by Conventions. 1912 after
eighty years Of conventions. do we begin
to hear mutterings against the system:
do we begin to hear predictions that it
soon will follow it's predecessor. the con-
gressional caucus, to the limbo of things
that were. This muttering and this pre-
diction come, be it marked, not as the
result OF a reaction, but of radical dis
position to progress. The people would
not give back to the members Of Con-
gress or to the heads Of the political
parties in Office the control Of the parties.
as it was in the days before the conven-
tons, but rather would they eliminate
even the convention and control for
themselves, by direct action taken In pri-
maries, the destinies Of their parties,
choosing by plebiscite their candidates,
and even voting directly upon questions
of party policy.
1t is an open question whether or not
the national convention system or the
British parliament system of party con-
troll is the more democratic. but there can
be no question that the present primary
movement is the result Of Q demand for
the further characterization OF the Amer
lean system. In the conventions OF 1912
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for the first time. considerable element
will represent the power OF the primary,
delegates from many states having peen
elected and instructed by primaries. In
view of this fact. it is important for every
American to consider not only the pres
ent state of party organization In this
country, but also to review the past and
see through what stages the evolution or
the system has been carried.
The Office of President Of the United
States is the highest to which any man
can hope to be raised by reason of merit
and his own efforts The man to MI TINS
highest office is selected by national
conventional body that has no legal ex-
istence The convention. in these times.
is composed of thousand delegates VINO
sit on the floor of huge hall with a
thousand alternate delegates, their doings
being retailed to the country by a tnou-
sand newspaper men in front of them,
and witnessed by 10000 curious spectators
in the galleries.
The most particular business of the con-
vention appears to be the manufacture
and diffusion OF
Vociferous Cheers noise. Bands are
;, provided in relays.
Greet Favorltes. so that it is posi-
BILE at any moment to set off vocal eX-
plosion by playing popular or a pa
triotfc air. When the name of a favorite
candidate is presented to the convention
his supporters indulge in a very orgy of
yelling, carrying out plans carefully laid
for weeks in advance to break a record
by continuing the cheering for minutes
or even hours More than two-thirds of
the time of national convention is given
over and devoted exclusively to the one
and only business of screaming. Every
device and artifce that ingenuity can
suggest is resorted to in the effort to
keep up the pandemonium.
Many speeches are delivered In national
conventions, but few are heard. Nine
out of ten addresses are unheard by any
man save the official stenographer. care
fully prepared though they may be, and
each embalming the presidential aspira
tons Of the orator. 1t is only when
great favorite or a popular idol appears
in the tribune that the convention and
the spectators will listen. but there is al
ways the chance that by some fortuitous
accident a lull will come, and that in that
lull the speaker may forge phrase that
will capture the convention. enslaVe Its
idolatry and make that particular speaker
its choice.
Charged with the most important po-
htical business transacted, unassisted, by
any assembly in the world. the national
convention discharges its duties with the
pretense always, and sometimes it Is not
pretense. of instant and Overpowering
passion. The quiet convention that makes
its candidate In comparative peace and
order, and in naming him takes a man
well known to the country and to the
party and q favorite before the conven-
ton met, may often send through the
ranks Of the party a chill foreboding Of
defeat and disaster But the convention
that names it's man in q storm and fury
Of half-insane enthusiasm. and in so
doing names q man unknown and un-
honored, often will impart to the rank
and file q feeling Of confidence and an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03

1O.l1lSIl IA1l ulN LlilNh JUL
ings, in brown, tan, natural,
white, oyster, raisin and old
rose. Were 371ac. Now 3oc
yard.
36-inch All Pure Linen Suit
ings, in pink, blue, tan, brown,
navy, cream, natural and oyster.
Were Goo. Now 45c yard.
48-inch All Pure Linen Suit
ing, oyster, white. Were 75c.
Now Goo yard.
Qo-inch White Linen Sultlng,
shrunk ready for use. Was
$l.25. Now $l.oo yard.
45-inch All Pure Linen Suit
ing, white and oyster. Was Doc.
Now 45c yard.
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Olrle8a
Oil
NeuTi;a5l8ia

1t soothes the aching nerves in
brought nights of peaceful rest to
people who have suffered agonies.
Trial bottle Ioc.; large bottle CSC. soc.
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w. B. Moses & Sons
Stock-Taking Reductions on Linens.

DIOhC1 lOlo VI ANdOhIllo. dO1S Nv
big reductions before our July stock-t
Fine Double Damask Scotch Table Cloths
8x T. Were $500 Now S3.25
Sx1o. Were $500 Now $500
OK 9. Were 5000 Now $500
1ox d. Were $500 Now 5000
S1.oo 7o-inch Silver Bleached Dam 75c
ask reduced to, yard. .................
$500 Bleached Damask Nap 80 25
kins, 22x22 inches, reduced to, doz...
$500 to 5000 Bleached Damask Table
Cloths, Xxx yards to 21ax21l, reduced to from
$3.50 to $500. Napkins to match.
50 pairs Heavy and Fine All Pure Linen
Hemstitched Sheets
72xoo Were $3.50 Now $500 Pair.
ooxo6 Were $3.50 Now $50 Pair.
45x36 All Pure Linen Hemstitch- 81 y
ed Pillow Cases, round thread. Pair.
15x24 Fine Huck Guest Towels, 50c
hand embroidered. Were 75c. Now.
22x38 Fine Huck Towels, hand en- h5c
broidered. Were S1.oo. Now.
IS 72xoo Fine Dimity Bed 81 35
spreads Were $3.50. Now. .........
Is dozen Pure Linen Hand-embroidered
Tea Napkins, scalloped edge. Were %2 M
$3.50. Now, dozen. ...............
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Exquisite Cut Glass.

anticipation of victory that outweighs
every calculation of cool counsel.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20
possible has been rendered to them in
their hour of sorrow. :.

Joy Kalmes, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nicholas Kalmes, of Newport, was
drowned this morning in Davis Lake,
about three miles west of Dalkena a.
Joy had been working at the Bolin mill
and in company with several other
young men was swimming horses in the
lake when he slipped off his animal and
being struck by the horse in its strug-
giles, sank to the bottom. The body
was brought to the surface within half
an hour and for time it was thought
that spark of life could be detected
and every effort was made to save him
but without avail.
The Kalmes family is living On their
ranch on Davis Lake this summer, and
the father drove to Newport this morn
ing with a load of produce, and was
here when the news came of the sad
death of his son.
Joy was 10 years old and fine speci-
men of young manhood. He formerly
worked in several of the local mercan-
tile establishments and was a favorite
with many friends. The news of his
untimely death was received with
much sorrow.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20
SEWER RESOLUTIONS PASSED
Town Council Takes Steps to
Start Sewer Construction.
Public Hearing on Tuesday, July l6

At an adjourned meeting of the Town
Council held Wednesday evening, June
18th, steps We're taken for the submis-
sion to the people of the proposal to
build a sewer system.
Resolutions were adopted fixing a
time for hearing on the question OF
building a trunk line sewer to connect
the main part of the town with the
Pend Oreille river, and also for the
building of the first sub-sewer to drain
the main business district of the town
and connect with the. trunk sewer.
Tuesday, July 10th, is the time set
by the resolutions when these hearings
are to be held and the people are notified
to appear at the hearing and make OBJ
jections if any there be, to the pro-
posed action of the council.
This is one of the most important
actions that the town council of New
port has ever taken and one that should
have full and free discussion and con-
sideration by all property owners of the
town. The resolutions appear in this
issue of the MINER and should receive
the attention of all. A reading of the
resolutions as printed will inform all as
to the steps that have been taken, and
if there are any objections to the plan
mapped out by the council they should
be brought before the meeting on July
18th.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20
Township Opened for Entry

The Spokane Land Office has issued a
notice to the effect that the plat of sur
vey of Township 35, Range AZ, located
west of Ruby, will be filed in that Office
on August IA, and on and after that
date applications for entry of lands in
said township will be received. Actual
settlers and residents will be allowed
three months from August ID, within
which to offer their filings. and the state
of Washington will be. allowed go days
within which to offer selection lists of
unoccupied lands.
The township comprises 23,5O5. 81
acres. The east half of the township is
located in Pend Oreille county.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20

Whether the occupation of working
on farm is hazardous, and whether
workers on farm are entitled to par.
tlcipate in the benefits provided for by
the Workmen's Compensation Act, are
questions that have been put up to the
Industrial Industrial Commission of the
State of Washington.
The case in question is presented in
the claim of the family of Owen Broad
well, who was killed at Lenora. Pend
Oreille county, April 27. Claim for
compensation, which would amount to
almost $4,000, has been made by fhe
widow, who is left with two children.
Broadwell was killed while employed.
as part of his general work, in slashing
timber. A tree top broke, fell and
pinned the man beneath it, causing a
hemorrhage of the lungs, from which
ne died within two hours. It has not
been the custom of TIE commission to
list ranch workers as hazardous. no
matter what the nature of occasional
tasks to which they were assigned,
though an employe of a lumber COM
pany, If engaged in the same work at
which Broadwell met his death would
come in the hazardous list.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20
Will Erect New Store Building

Another modern store building will
shortly grace Washington avenue
through the enterprise of George H.
Bobier, owner of the corner lot on
Washington avenue and Third street,
now occupied by the J. A. Noble store.
Mr. Bobier has let contract to F.E.
Lehmkuhl for the erection of a brick
building, one story, 3Ox90 feet, with a
modern front and work will be started
in few days. The Noble building will
be moved into Third street, where it
will remain for the period required to
finish the new building, into which the
stock will then be moved.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20
TWO ARE WATERS VICTIMS
Orwell Boston Drowned in Pend
OreilIe River at Newport.
Joy Kalmes Dies In Davis Lake.

Orval, 17-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sylvester Boston, Of this city, met an
untimely fate Monday evening, when
he fell off the dock of the Lumbermens
Transportation Co. into the waters of
the Pend Oreille river and was drowned.
The boy, in company with two of his
younger brothers, was playing along
the river, and Orval, standing on the
dock, was endeavoring to dislodge some
driftwood, using long stick, when he
lost his balance and fell into the water.
A young man named C. Vanderborden,
who has been working with crew Of
men setting new poles for the Pacific
States Telephone Co., was on the dock
at the time, and bravely plunged in
after the boy, but the body failed to
come to the surface and the attempt at
rescue failed. Vanderborden injured
his knee by striking log while diving
to help the boy, and was fortunate in
being able to get to shore.
Help was at once summoned and the
work of dragging the river for the body
was continued until late hour that
night and was resumed early the next
morning. C. C. Whitcomb and others
secured long rope, and tying to it a
number of hooks made from heavy wire,
and weighing the rope, dragged the
river bottom in the vicinity of the dock.
About IL a. m. A. D. Fisher and Paul
Langdon, who were out in a boat tow
ing the drag line, brought the body to
the surface out of 20 feet of water and
about 70 feet from where Invent down.
Funeral services were held at the
Baptist church Wednesday afternoon,
J. Dimmick Taylor, the evangelist,
conducting the services.
Orval Boston was born in Illinois No
vember 2, 1896. The family has re-
sided in Newport since last fall. The
unfortunate boy was Industrious and
assisted in furnishing living for his
aged parents. The tender sympathy of
Newport people is extended to the sor-
rowing relatives, and every assistance
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20
MINISTERS MEET IN NEWPORT
Methodists Have Interesting Pro-
gram and Discussions.
Three Day Session Closed Today.

The Ministerial Association of the
Couer d'Alene district of the Columbia
River Conference of the M. E. church
has been in session at Newport this
week, beginning Tuesday evening, and
will close its session this evening with
a sermon by Rev. G. A., Welles, of
Colvlile. Those in attendance
have been entertained at the homes
OF the members of the local church, and
every effort has been made to make
their stay in our city pleasant.
Those in attendance are as follows:
B. E. Koontz, Coeur d'Alene, district
superintendent.
c. A. Hodshire, superintendent Col
umbia district.
W. F. Hawk and wife, Occur d 'Alene.
Walton Skipworth, Jandpoint.
A. O. Hess, Athol, Idaho.
A. w. Luce, Rathdrum, Idaho.
Robert Warner, Moscow, Idaho.
7. H. Fertig, Spokane.
Henry Heusted, Usk.
J. A. Smith, Post Falls, Idaho.
j. R. Payne, Peone, Wash.
F. N. Morton, Pennington, Wash.
G. A. Welles, Colville, Wash.
VIM. Wellington, Mead, Wash.
A. F. Kroneman, Chewelah, Wash.
. j. w. Poolton, Rockford, Wash.
Tuesday evenings services consisted
of song service led by Rev. Hess and
a sermon by Rev. Skipworth, which is
highly spoken of.
Among the features of the meeting
was an interesting address by Rev.
Robert Warner on the work of
the General Conference at Minneap-
oils, which was full of information to
all. u. F. Hawk, of Coeur d'Alene,
and J. c. Harvey gave vigorous talks
at the Wednesday morning session on
THE Mission of the Church" and 'Is
There Decline in Family Religion?"
respectively. A. w. Luce, of Rath-
drum, read fine paper on Church
Membership"
Discussions of the various topics have
been most interesting and helpful, and
the association meeting has been sue
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20
Big Transfer Recorded

The big transfer covering the sale of
the Bradley Company's holdings to the
Panhandle Lumber Co., which was made
in September, 1906, was filed for record
in the office of the auditor of Pend
Oreille county this week.
the amount involved in this transfer
was $499, 750. A full report of the lands
covered will be found in this week. re-
port as furnished by the Pend Oreille
County Abstract Co.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20

The government, through Hal J.
Cole, register of the Spoeane land Of
flee, Monday announced opening of
2911.76 acres of the Kaniksu Forest re-
serve land. Only actual settlers will be
allowed to file on the land on and after
August 20. The land consists of frac-
tional township 81 north, range 4S E.
W. M, opposite Tiger and lone.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-20

Don't toss away burning
matches or tobacco.
Don'tmake campfire in leaves,
rotten wood or against logs where
it may spread or where you can
not be sure it is out.
Never leave a fire until it is out.
Don't burn slashings in the dry
season without permit and with
out care to confine the fire.
Put out any fire you find, if you
can. If you can't, notify a fire
warden, some other public officer
or the landowner.