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Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-04-12

O'Clock as previously announced,
with The Nope q getting through
with the business in time for out-of-
town delegates to return home on
the 1855 train.
Promptly at 1915 p. III. County
Chairman John Gillian mounted on
a hastil, devised platform in the
court yard, it being impossible to
get the immense throng inside the
court room. and called them to or
der. After making a few statements
concerning the convention and its
p IrpoSe. he called for nominations
Tor temporary chairman. and
County AttorneyW X Lay mount.
ed the stand and after a short intro.
ductory speech placed the name OF
z. Z Sawyer in nomination. His
few remarks were greeted by cheers
from the Roosevelt followers, and
Judge F, d. Sampson then mounted
the stand amid cheers from both the
Taft and the Roosevelt followers and
after few ringing remarks NOM.
mated J. M. Robson for temporary
chairman. County Chairman Gill.
lam than divided the crowd into
divisions, or attempted to, and pro-
ceeded to try TO get them into some
order so that i, would be possible
to count them, and appointed as
tellers for the Taft side, John II.
Lawson. "A d w. Ii. Green
and for Roc sevelt side Jesse
Tuggle an d Judge Stamper
Pandem onium then broke loose and
each side was calling on their follow
ers to TALL in line and get in position
to be counted, but after about lC
minutes time spent in this effort il
was seen that it would be impossi
BILE to ever get the large crowd il
such position as to allow a correc
count, and Chairman Gillian. again
called them TO order and suuouneS,
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-04-12
TAFT INSISTS ON
AID TO FARMERS
Says Department Of Agriculture
Work Must Go On
LABORS FOR CONSERVATION
Fsrrssehina Legislation Administered
by Scientists Of Rank Brings Good
Results to TilIers Of soiI--Food and
Drugs Act Upheld to the Letter.

Drugs Act Upheld to the Letter.
In his inaugural address President
Taft called attention to the deficit then
existing In the revenues aud the con
sequent necessity for rigid economy H.
expenditures. However. the presiden.
singled out the department Of agricul
ture as an exception. He said. to quote
his exact words. "In the department
Of agriculture the use OF scientific ex
perlments on large scale. and tn,
spread Of information derived from
them for the Improvement OF general
agriculture must go on" This view
the president has steadily maintained
and repeatedly has urged appropria
lions for the work OF the depa rtment.
In his comprehensive message on
conservation President Taft said. ''The
feature that tranScends all others. IN
Guiding woods. waters. minerals. is the
soil " the country" and that all means
at the governments disposal should be-
used to conserve the soils. adding. "a
work OF the utmost Importance to In.
form and Instruct the public on this
chief branch Of the conservation OF our
resources Is being carried on success.
fully In the department OF agriculture. -
Reports made recently TO Secretary
Wilson OF the department OF agricu
ture by the heads Of his bureaus JUST
~ this solIcitude on the part OF the
president for the department. In call
Ing for these reports the secretary ask
ed that they be brief and that they
mention notable achievements OF the
last five years only. inasmuch as that
period II really the period OF fruitiou
in the department. the period during
which. owing to the broad foundations
previously laid by the training and
grouping OF many corps of scientific
men. by securing farreaching Iegisia.
ton. by gathering together masses of
statistics and other Information. by
providing scientific and other equip
ment II has been possible to produce
most marvellous results for the com.
mon good Of the people
Taft For Conservation.
In his conservation message Presi.
dent Taft emphasized the importance
Of the maintenance of the forests and
urged their scientific treatment ESQ
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-04-12
obadiah Smith D0nd

Mr. Obadiah Smith. aged 60 years
IL months and 10 DAYS. died We'd.
eesday at the home OF his daughter
Mrs. F. W, Scent, on College 81.
Mr.. Smith had been III for some tine
and his death was not unexpected.
Funeral services were conducted at
the residence of MIR. f. W. Scent
Thursday AMI intermsnt followed
at the eemetary. MIR A. D smith
Of this city, is a sOn Of the decessed.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-04-12
TAFT MAKES GOOD
LABOR PLEDGES
MANY NEW LAWS ENACTED.

Postal Savings ssnks, Werknssn's
Compensation and EnpisysrS LA
bility Laws Pssssd-Eiaht pous Lew
uphsId-Labor Recognizes On GEN.
n,issions.
From the day three years ago when
It placed It's interests In the keeping OF
William Howard TAM to this bour la
Dor has critically scanned his every
act. and with discriminating mind Il In
judging him as one who, without clam
or or demonstration. has kept the faith
On Sept. 8. 1908. Theodore Roosevelt.
then president Of the United States.
wrote letter to Conrad Kohrs on the
issues OF the campaign and. addressing
himself to the laboring men, said:
''If there il one body OF msn more
than another whose support fed I
have a right TO challenge on behalf Of
Secretary Taft II is the body Of waRe-
workers Of the country. A stancber
friend, a fairer and truer represent
alive they cannot and within the Dor
ders Of the United States. He will do
everything in his power for them ex-
cept to do that which Is wrong. He
will do wrong FOR no man and there
fore can be trusted by all men"
M. Taft Lahor's Friend.
The workingmen OF the country
judged Mr.. Taft in 1908 By . record Of
twenty seven years a. q statesman. id.
mlnistrator OF national Affairs and pres
idential adviser, and they helped 10
give him the magnificent majority
which put him in the White House.
During the three years be has been
president his excellent record has been
maintained so splendidiy that the Ia
boring men have been confirmed in thu
belief that they never had a better
friend In the White House.
The establishment OF the postal sav-
ings banks. which was recommendsA
BY President Tan, was one Of a.
things that organised labor favored
The $4,000. 900 now on depOGit IN thess
repositories represents The savings II
the wage earneS.
Taft's Personal Ises~sse.
President Taft approved Q law 90
May 30, 1908. to compensate weskmsa
for injuries received while in, the en-
ploy OF the United States AftsR ths
passage OF this act a number of work
men In the employ Of the federal GOV
eminent we're killed, and their fam
lies. not being familiar with tho prO-
visions OF the law, failed to Gle Ansda~
Wits within the specified time The &c
setAry Of commerce and labor had ~
power to set aside the provision OF tho
law and was therefore obliged to d.
approve the claims
The matter was taken up by the pFuS
ident. and he satisfied himself that jus,
tee was not being done to the families
OF the men who had been killed. Ia
sent a special message TO congress roc
ommending that a general act he pass
ed allowing all such claimants cOnpsn-
satiOn II their claims were otherwise
meritoriOus This was an instance that
proved the president TO DO broadmind.
ID and anxious 20 aid the wOTkingmsn
n any way that he could.
An employers liability act approved
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-04-12

June IL. 1900. was on January g, 1908.
held TO be unconstitutional Another
Of this sort was passed on April %.
1908. which as yet has not been tested
m the courts. Through the efforts OF
the president n commission was ap-
pointed to make an investigation OF
the subject Of employers liability
and wOrkmen's compensation"
Labor Men Appointed.
The report Of the commission, the
evidence taken before II and the draft
Of the bill prepared as a result OF the
findings Of said commission have been
transmitted to congress, accompanied
by a special message by President
Taft In which he recommends the
passage OF the proposed measure. In
their deliberation the members OF
the commission bad the benefit Of fire.
quent consultations with the president
Il IL believed the act will stnnd the
test OF constitutiOnality.
In order that the commission might
have the benefit Of the experience of
q practical man President Taft ap-
pointed as one Of Its members Daniel
l. Cease. the editor OF the Railroad
Trainmen's Journal, the official organ
OF the railroad trainmen. Mr.. Cease
has devoted the best years OF his use
ful life TO the cause Of labor. The
president also appointed experienced
labor men as inspectors under the To-
connective boiler inspection law. They
were John r. Ensign of Colorado and
Frank McManamy OF Oregon for chief
inspector and assistant chief inspector
respectively.
The defects In the present eight hour
law have not escaped the attention OF
President Taft. He has recommended
to congress amendments which Will
make II really effective by providing
that public works shall be construed
to include not only buildings and
works upon public grounds. but also
ahips' armor and large guns when
manufactured In private yards or fac
tories"
Thirty Years Service.
With regard TO the high cost OF liv-
ing which increases the burden OF the
wage earners. President Taft has al
ready taken the initiative that will re-
galt in a worldwide inquiry into this
problem. He has advocated the as
sembling OF a worlds congress to dis
cuss its varied phases and TO suggest
remedies
This unparalleled record Of thirty
years service to the cause OF all the
people is deserving Of consideration
No charge OF broken faith or Of broken
promises can be made, no hint OF de-
parture from the plain path OF duty
can BE- laid at the door Of william
Howard Taft who without ostenta-
ttous display has wisely and fearless
ly administered the trust imposed upon
him In 1908, when he was elected TO
his high ONCE by the votes Of labor
ing men.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-04-12

You want 10 know about ILL
uois?" was the Senator's quick re-
Spouse. Il viii tell YOU; Illinois is
a State that cucy elected an auar-
coist Alleged tor rs Governor "
Bradiev's retort set the conveu-
ion wild, and he could not proceed
'or a wuile. hut there were no fur.
cher Interruptions about Illinois
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-04-12

that they shall be made TO yield large
return IN timber without really reduc.
ing the supply" and In other messages
be pointed out the necessity Of refor-
estation. In accordance with these
Views much available work has been
done in protecting the national forests
and by researches In the laboratory OF
the department at Madison. Wis, and
IN the past five years the work OF re-
foresting burned over areas has pro-
ceeded Mt the rate of 1900 to 10000
ncres year. The department takes
ustihnbe pride in its forest work. con-
>idering the administration OF 100 OOO.-
oW acres Of land protected and man
aged for the public benefit a great
achievement
Since Jan. I. 1907, when the food
md drugs act went into effect, more
1aS been done TO provide good. clean
God supply than In all the preceding
.fe Of the nation. A wonderful change
inS also been effected In the character
I tue drugs On sale. The department
iHS trained force OF inspectors and
hcmists doing excellent work In all
aarts OF the country In behalf OF pure
pods and pure drugs. This salutary
aw. however. nee1s amendment. rs
he supreme court held In May. 1911.
hat Its provisions. to quote President
faft's words In his vigorous message
10 congress month later. do not
'Over the knowingly false labelling Of
nostrums az to curative effect" The
president added: An evil which men
aces the general health OF the people
strikes at the life OF the nation In
my opinion the sale Of dangerously
ldulterated drugs constitutes
such an evil and warrants me In call
ing the matter to the attention OF the
congress"
Work Of Soil Mapping.
OF Importance to the farmer has
been the work carried on In the past
five years OF soil mapping and classif
cation. so that now the area included
is 100000 square miles, or nearly Al.
100000 acres. The value of this work
Is incalculable
Disseminating the valuable informa.
ton acquired by the department has
proved wonderful work Practically
200. 100000 publications have been dis.
tributed since Secretary Wilson as
sumed control Of the department. and
more than half O03.5!E 1907 OF that
number have been distributed within
the MAST Ave vears
Other work accomplished by the de-
partment includes comprehensive
Bystem of weather warnings and fore.
casts, the meat inspection service In
which 2.5C0 experts are employed. who
see that every pound of meat sent In.
terstate Is NJ ior human food. prOtec-
ton Of live stock. the checking Of ro-
lent pests. the destruction Of nOxious
insects, the conservation OF water sup.
plies. the building and care OF public
roads and the policy for better farm.
houses. so that every dollar expended
in the prosecution Of this work in ils
numerous phases has brought back a
hundred fold TO the people
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1912-04-12
DELEGATES PLEDGED FOR
TAFT.

On Saturday. March 80, 1912
the delegates TO the Republican
national convention pledged TO
President Taft were az follows;
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-02-29

The Press of the country is teeming
with comments upon Roosevelt's an
nouncement that he will accept the
nomination-or denomination three
times told) of the Republican party for
President
There are many who foresaw 7. R. s
object in placing Taft in the White
House. 1t was to keep it fer HIM
Rooseyelt-for four years SO he might
clutch the reins of government for a
third term. How admirable the
Golonel's consistency He declared he
would not be candidate and now he
solicits the nomination
Not only Democrats but many wise
and far-seeing Republicans condemn
Roosevelt's course A number of
prominent politicians of his own party
were interviewed at Cumberland, Md,
and voiced the sentiment of all who
have at heart the welfare of these
United States. AS for instance the
Hon. Benjamin A. Richmond
Roosevelt is nothing short of popu-
list in his declarations, and is an alarm
list in his speech, aud one whose adj
ministration as a President smacks
more of dictator than that of con-
stitutional governor. If he should be
elected for another term, he would play
- Il ,s,,l low 10
having been broken-the people of the
United States would never get rid of
him without revolution. should re-
gard his nomination or election as the
worst calamity that could befall this
country. His doctrines are not those
of the Republican party but the doc
trines Of the most Radical Populist.
He is a dangerous man.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-02-29
MI. Vending in Huntington !.

The HuntiugtouH Herald Dispatch, maxi
ing editorial mention of the second of
Hon, Geo. R. Weddings series of lee.
lures IN that city last week, says in part:
George R. Vending again delighted
a big audience in the Carnegie auditor
ium last night and thrilled his listeners
with an able discussion of :. The Hebrew
sLawgiver." His lectures have created
a furore in Huntington on account of the
brilliancy of his discourse and the elo-
quence of his oratory. He has justly ac-
:quired a national reputation. and his
presence IN Huntington has long been
sougtt.. The realization of his presence
is even greater than the anticipation. He
talks rapidly. and paints his thoughts III
word pictures that are marvellous The
Observation-Disclosures of the phrases Of
his theme last night were handled with
the greatest cleverness that is character
istic Of great speakers"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-02-29
Political Committees.

STATE COMMITTEE: Member for
Fifteenth Senatorial District John j,
Cornwell, Romney, w. Va,
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Mem
Der for Jefferson County-S. c. Young,
Charles Town, W. Va.
Eighteenth Dlstrict-J. M. Woods,
Chairman, Martinsburg; Wade c. Kill
mer, Martinsburg; S. C. Young, Charles
Town; Walter Kearney, Shepherdstown;
J. H. Phillips. Berkeley Springs.
SENATORIAL COMMITTEE: Fif-
teenth District Clarence E. Martin,
Chairman, Berkeley County; s. T.
Knott, Secretary. Molers, Jefferson
County; E. Graham Wilson, DR.. S. T.
Knott andW. T. Dittmeyer, Jefferson
County; C. E. Martin, Frank Farms
worth, John Hollida, Berkeley County;
Romanus Hunter, j. A. Phillips, r. T..
Nolan, Morgan County; Robert White,
W. l.. Tharpe, E. P. Bean, Hampshire
County.
JEFFERSON COUNTY DEMO
CRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Thomas R. Moore, Chairman, Charles
Town; James w. Strider, Secretary,
Leetown. Shenandoah ] uncti o n
w. A. Daniel, Jas. w. MclSarry;
Charl es Town, Court House, Chas. A.
johnson. Thos. r. Moore, Hulls Pump,
George b. Hooff, Geo. W. Haines,
Academy, w. H. Locke, B. F. Ramey;
Young's Restaurant, G. N. Campbell;
s. C. Young; Mt. Hope, Price Viands.
C. D. Cline; Ksbletown. c. ]. Kable,
G. M. Rissler; Rippon, VIM. Wilt. Jno.
L. Burns; Summit Point, Robt. Withers,
one vacancy; Middleway, W. G. Bates,
M. L. Engle; Leetown, Jas. W Strider,
M. E. Trussell; Kearneysville, J. W.
BIackford, J. T. Campbell; Shepherds
town, j. W. Kearney, Harrison Schley,
IT. B Line. E. H. Rhinehart, David
Lemen. John P. Reinhart; MoIers.. W.
]. Knott, S. T. Knott; Dufields, S. W..
Hunter, j. A Link; Harpers Ferry, J..
Garland Hurst, Thos J. Burleigh;
Bolivar, Jno. Levy, one vacancy;
Bakerton, two vacancies; Halltown, B.
F. Moler, r. F. Trussell. :
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-02-29
! Albert Sydney Johnston.


In considering those who by virtue
Of fitness and party service are entitled
to, the honor Of beng sent to Baltimore
as Delegate at Large to the National
Democratic Convention, the Editor sof
the. Monroe Waterman should not be
overlooked. even if he is too modest to
press his own claims.
We do not even know whether he is
a candidate, but whether he is or not,
the Democratic party owes it to itself
to honor Albert Sydney Johnston with
one Of these commissions.
He has originated q plan which has
removed the Senatorial contest from
the path of Democratic harmony. He
is honest, he is able, and he is a tried
true Democrat. Send him by acclama-
ton!
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-02-29


It Is with much pleasure that We
publish the article which follows, from
the New York Evening Journal, com
mending our former Codntyman.
James n. Thomson, Of Summit Point,
Publisher Of the New Orleans Item, for.
his recent splendid work in behalf Of
good government in Louisiana:
A GOOD NEWSPAPER, A GOOD
NEWSPAPER WORKER.
New Orleans il to be congratulated
upon possessing both.
This newspaper congratulates The
New Orleans Item and James NJ. sf'hom-
son, publisher, upon the results of the
recent Louisiana election.
Those results are due to combina-
ton Of intelligent citizenship and hon-
est journalism working for the common
good.
The election has put in a reform gov
ernor, and it has given control of the
legislature of Louisiana to the citizens
of louisiana. taking it away from cor
porations and special interests. Two
men that can well be spared from the
United States Senate will be seen there
no longer Louisiana is wide awake
and in line with progressive thought
and action in the nation.
The work that has just been done is
due, of course, to all intelligent citizens
and honest newspaper workers through
out the State. But especial credit, and
in-our opinion the chief credit, is due
to the individual energy of The New
Orleans Item directed by James M.
Thomson,
That newspaper, in the past has suc-
cessfully combated the evils within the
commonwealth. In a long and deter
mined fight it opposed and uprooted the
race track gambling evil.
1t has steadily and courageously
fought the corporation and the moneyed
interests that often know too well how
to control newspapers and tone down
public opinion.
We predict that this recent victory
will be only the beginning of hard and
necessary work in the State of Louisiana
and the great city Of New Orleans.
The kind of spirit shown in this latest
fight is the sort that will root graft Out
of the administration of the city and
state and give to a wonderful 3section
Of the country the opportunities that it
deserves and requires.
The imagination does not half picture
the destiny IF the city of New Orleans
and the territory surrounding.
A great port, exceedi' g in Importance
any port now existing of the earth,
will be located at the mouth of the
Mississippi. at the gateway between
the two oceans, between the east and
the west of the world.
Engine ering power will make of the
Mississippi river a highway of com
merce snch as the world has never
seen, and the great Mississippi valley
will send down its wealth to the docks
and in the banks of New Orleans.
That city is fortunate in having pub
lie opinion honestly expressed, public
fights honestly conducted.
The work that is done now. will pre-
pare for the great work thatis ahead
the ma ing of New Orleans into great
world metropolis.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-02-29
State Rights.

: Mr.. Moore is a clergyman in a. ir-
ginia parish who has been led to study
of the subject these pages discuss by a
desire to vindicate his kinsman of a
former generation from the character
ization as rebels and traitors in which
he found the post bellum literature Of
the North to so abound. The intent
with which he has written was~to show
that The men who fought under the
leadership of Jefferson Davis>Were the
men who fought for the constitutional
principles given us by the founders of
the federal government of the United
States" and in striving to bring out
the historical truth of the issues then
in controversy between the sections, he
disclaims any desire to keep alive olden
animosities, or to retard the growth of
"a more perfect union of hearts and
hands between the North and the South
Of course, at this late day, there are
no new facts or arguments to be ad-
duced as to the nature of the original
agreement by which the States Joined
themselves under common govern
ment, nor is Mr.. Moore original in the
evidences and deductions therefrom
which he employs to demonstrate the
extent of the rights reserved to the
States under the constitution as it stood
in 1861. But he has grouped those evil
dences and drawn his deductions in a
manner which will appeal convincingly
to the open minded as justifying the
thesis he started out to maintain. In
no work of similar character which
has come under our notice, not even in
the much more elaborate dissertations
by Mr.. DAVIS, Mr.. Stephens and DR..
Curry, is the contention of the South so
lucidly stated, SO strongly buttressed
by facts from unimpeachable records.
or so logically brought to the inevitable
conclusion that as it was discretionary
with the States to enter the Union, it
was optional with them to withdraw
from it, and that no legal authority re-
sided in the central agency to coerce
Virginia. or either of her sisters. into
continued allegiance to q government
which had become obnoxious to her peo-
pie IS failing to meet the ends with
which they had co-operated to ordainit.
This ontribution of modest .'Virgini-
an Minister, to the education of
Southern youth on the political and
moral justice of the cause for which
their fathers fought, is highly to be
commended. The sword has writteni in.
to the Constitution new interpretations
Of the solubility of the bond uniting the
several States to the Federal agency
and the furtherest horizon of the future
offers no prospect that secession can
ever again be practical question. But
it was not SO in 1861. and it is in dis
charge of sacred duty to the Southern
statesman and warriors of those days
that their memory should be cleared of
the faint of treason or rebellion. Nor
folk Landmark.