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and therefore eNprcss my pleasure n your
agree mcnf IN tn" saUe.
In the course ot the ndmini-,ratio ION OF
'hu-" DEPARTMENTS ot III" GoVrrnm.ni winch
has" local appointments 4" maS" in Ala
painJ IL Ia, been found necessary to seek
recommendations a. to m" fitness oi the
candidates nom two -. Your nu,Utrr On"
at vhom j. the stat. chairman and tie
o'hrr OF ~ HON j. ihr national committee
man som" differences having ar,>ru loo
,W"cn IA" two Gentlemen Nnu LsN" 'tcn
heretofore consulted. II J. "s~' nltIl Nat
in >om" proper way an ",i',..~ IL OF tu'
EeyGh!i"aN party 81 Althaiuu 80 -"cU'rd
a. 30 tho person OF persons u" ul.'!' ~ n
representative capacity a-s'-t hos" 'i", art
m.ntS with r.comIn.udliI IA the lutrrr.
n;il such tim" ~ rii" i.ny ~h,.i hIN"
acted in accordance win yuur rr'nuntu-
datiou> IN this paper -thriJ1 81 80 r'. ~"
departments V i'll "un'in'" 10 A.. IL h"r"tn-
tore where the ioinr rc'"iriu' uiatIu,s- ot
the gentlemen can b" nad and : neg. q
difcr"nC. OF opinion arises II ih" ruu,," IN
r.ies, " i'll permit. III" decision III J." u.'-
ponrd nn'il the convention shall hu'" n'"i
and shall nave mad. il ie'' mIu, nda'i, ;.>
body representing the party, Sincerely
NOGr-. lillian ~. Al.
Judge lInndl-y then declared thar the
Long pTopl. attempted IL rectliy their
mistake by holding another convent ION
on March :. 1872. but that the whole pro =
cs-ding- We're irregular and contrary TO
he law Of III" State: that Thompson had
been elected Republican: state chairman
N 1905 10 serve four years aud nat Long
wa- without authority to call a STATE
convention
There was very much more on the same
line"
Az INSPIRED CONTEST
Oliver D. Street Of Guntersvill. re
piled to Judge Hundley. n. declared
that the Thompson deegati ion had been
illegally elected, that Thompson mad
been fairly retired AZ STATE chairman and
had personally congratulated the new
chairman Pope VI Long, and that no, hing
had been heard of the iileGality Of the
Long de!e gates to this nat ional convent ion
until shortly after ex-PreSident Roo-f-
welt announced that he was n candidatr
for the Presidency. With tins fact cs-
tab!shed Mr. Street continued. the
Thompson people held convention on
May II and with no authority. with mt
"a legal foot To stand on. naTcd Twelve
dele gates AT large 10 this convent ion and
disputed the regularly elected delegates
to the First. Second. Fifth. Sixth and
Ninth districts Moreover. Mr. Street
charged that the Thompson people had
no complaints TO make Of !.leSal'y or
irregularity on the part of the Long poo :
ple until Mr., Roosevelt'S declaration or
until certain northern Republicans had
visited the State. Ii was about that
ime that OrmSby McHarg made his touc
through the South.
Mr., S,ret closed by saying that there
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nounced the regular conventions in Ala =
hama M Violations Of the vii, Of the people
rs having been packed with Federal Office
holders. and alleged that Federal patronage
had been used to coerce Republicans TO
tall In line for the President
These charges. although false in part al
least we're given the widest possible pub
licity throughout tho entire country by
MIR Roosevelt's managers and by Mr.
Roosevelt himself.
This game was PLAYED for the ehect II
might have elsewhere. and Republicans in
many states we're misled by these ISLANDERS
into believing at least part of the charges
made. To-day the Alabama contests col
lapsed absolutely. showing the hollow ness
of Mr.. Roosevclt's claims. The justice
accorded the Taft delegates from that
state by the unanimous vote Of the Repub-
lican national committee IL. however. no
complete rccOmpense for the ISLANDERS cast
upon them and the Republican party in the
south by Mr.. Roosevelt's campaign man.
ayers.
But that is not all. Realizing from tn
outset that their contests in Alabama were
mere assertions Of the falsest kind Of pre-
tense. Mr. Roosevelt's agents early in this
campaign tried to persuade Taft Alabama
delegates 10 bolt their instructions for
Taft and to vote for Roosevelt. This
move, which has been similarly made in
every Southern State. as pointed out at
the time by this bureau, il proof positive
OF the insincerity Of Mr. Eoosevelt's con-
tests all over the country.
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81 ayes and Ii noes. So important was
this vote considered that it is here given
in detail
Ayes Alabaml, rrcate u, Barker, Ari-
IONA, Frank l., smith. proxy for W l..
Sturges. Arkansas. Powell Clayton. Colo
RADIO. Thomas H. Devine. proxy tor Charles
Lavender; Connecticut. George Il Shelton.
proxy for Charles r. Brookhr, Floridl.
Henry :, Chubb; Georgia Henry Blum.
jr; Indiana, Harry = New; Iowa, Ernest
r.. Hart. Kansas. David W. Mulvnne. Maine.
7. VI, simpson Maryland. William T. Jack
son; Massachusetts. W Murray rrane.
Michigan. John ". Blodgcu Mississippi,
l.. B. Moscley. Missouri. Richard Barthold.
proxy for Secretary Charles Nagcl Mon
tana. q. VI. landstrum. proxy for T. \.
Mnrlow New Hampshire, Frederick W"-ta-
brook; New Jersey. Franklin Murphy
Ncw Mexico. Solomon Luna: North Caro-
lima. r.. &, Duncan; North Dakota. James
Kennedy. Ohio. Arthur |. Norys. Oklahoma.
Dennis 7, Flynn. proxy for G. NJ Cadc
Oregon. Ralph +, williams Pennsylvania
Boies Penrosc: Rhode Island. William T.
sheffield. Texas. Cecil A. Lyon, Vermont
James ". Brock Virginia. ALVIN n Martin,
Washington. Newell Sanders. proxy for
Samuel \. Perkins West virginia. A. NJ
Stevenson. proxy for Nathan BAY Scott
Wisconsin, Alfred 7. Rogers: Wyoming.
George T. PeXtOn; Alaska. Lewis u, Shackel-
ford; Hawaii. II. l., Hols'rrN; Philippine
Islands. Henry Is. Mccoy, and Porto Rico.
n. u. Todd. Total. rs.
oss-taliforna. Georc" Knight ,
Delaware. 7, coleman du Pont, Idaho
William T.. Borah Illinois. Frank u. Row.
den: Kentucky. 4. u. Rurnam; J.ouisisna
r.. ". Thilhorger, proxy for Pearl Wight #,
Minnesota, Frank u. Kellogg; Nebraska.
Victor Rosewatcr; Nevada, Lncius n, lit
taucr, proxy for Patrick l., Flanagan: New
\orh, William l.. Ward; South Carolina.
John r. Capars South Dakota. Thomas
Thorson tennessee. NJ. g. Monday: tab.
q. r.. Loose. and Dis'ric, Of 'olumhia,
Sidney iicbcr. Total, ii.
II will be observed in the foregoing vote
thar Chairman Rosswa:er. VIII" l. a strong
iatt man voted 10 seat the Roosevelt
delaga,es in the Ninth Alabama Congress
distr,c' while Cecil A. Lyon. who il a
pronounced supporter Of Roosevclt, voted
to seat the rart delegates in the district.
KANSAS TAKEN Up
! The committee then took up the Arkan-
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Eopgl lean national convention was cor .
tested hv Mr. Roosevelt.
The purpose of this move hv the Roo.e-
welt men was wholly political and had for
it's object no other end than 10 make II ha ard
fight later for other delegates who on the
merits oi the issues involved have no more
right to seats in the Chicago convention
than the con,es'in delegates from Ala
bama
is reached Mr. Roosevelt, and h's friends
can he depended upon To hark back 10
to-day when thrv could not afford TO Up-
hold the rot'cnncsS of their Alabama con-
'est cases, a. proc, that they nave been
fair" As Il matter Of tact they could
vote no other Way than against the Eoosc-
vel, contestants from Alabama and pre-
serve their s"lf-rcspcCt,
II is entirely probable that tho national
committee viii consider oi itsown Nolition.
or because Of formal protests laid before IL
the Question OF the legality Of the election
of tn" delegates AT largo from California
California il the only state in the Union
which did not select its delegates by dis
tricts in accordance with I'll" call of the
national committee,
Under Il decision of the nat ional COM
mitiee made last December delegates To
the national convention must he selected
by officials by districts and the committee
decided suuarely against the proposition
that n States entire delegation might be
selected by Statewide vote.
4 contest is being made in the Fourth
California district end a contest will also
be made undoubtedly to unseat all the dele
gates at large from California. Certain
facts in the case which indicate the proba-
biliiy Of the national committee consider
ing the question very carefully were given
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before the Republican national commit tee
met in Washington to issue the call for
election OF delegates to the nat ,ional con :
vention; furthermore that r. n. Barker
and other Federal of1cehoders in the
State had come to this arrangement after
visit to President Taft in Washington
at which the disposition of the Federal
patronage OF the State was arranged
Judge Hundley then handed out the
letter Of President Taft ,o prove his as
sertion that the Federal patronage had
been arranged TO suit the opponents of
Thompson II appears that Mr.. Thomp-
son was among those to whom the lette r
was addressed Here il the letter ad-
dressed to p. u. Barker, Joseph o. Thomp-
SON W. T Hutchens and o u. Stree,
II reads:
THr WHITE HorsF.
WAsHISUloN. July : lnli.
Tie Nhi'e Hors,
Gt>rLEMES; am in receip, of a series
of recommenda ions to the Republi can
party OF Alabama "a 10 the cours. TO hc
taken with respect to the meetings Of the
state executive committee and tho calling
of the state. district and county committees
which. from your agreement. | assume Ia
be in the interests oi the party of the state.
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sss contests The four delegates at
large and the Congress district delegates
for the FIJI It. second hird. Fourth,
Fifth and seventh districts we're con-
tested.
The Taft delegates M large we're headed
by Powell { LAYTON. formerly Ambassador
TO Mexico. and the Republican warhorse
Of the state for nearly forty years. The
Roose, clt delegates at large were headed
bv James A. Conner of Little Rock Mr..
Conner spoke first for tho contestants.
He declared that they had been kept
out of the regular party convention ot
| the state with clubs and pistols and that
| the warcry of tho regulars at their con-
vcntion was NO Roosevelt man shall be
admitted"
ii. h. Ecmmel of Little Rock replied
TO Mr.. Conner. disputed his statement,
and kickers and disturbers Of Republican
harmony, and concluded by pointing
ont the increase Of Republicans in the
State under the leadership Of Gen. Clay
ton Finally the four Taft. delegates
c. \. Xix and j. n. Bush and their alter
mates we're seated. and the Taft delegates
for the First and Second Congress
districts were seated. The remaining
| four Congress districts in Arkansas
in dispute will he taken up Tomorrow
| morning.
The result of the days work was that
twenty-four delegates have been added
to the Taft column.
Director William B Mckinley Of tho
national Taft burt au gave tonight his
Interpretation Of why the Roosevelt
members of the national commit ee
to-day unanimously voted with the Taft
members to seat the Taft d ,legates from
Alabama in the following statement.
| Tor no other purpose than TO mislead
the general public into the belief that they
arc endeayorinG to be fair Roosevelt men,
bcrs of the Republican nat tional committee
voted unanimously with the Taft members
to-day TO seat the Taft delegates from Ala
bama, whose righ, TO their seats in the
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tion at Chicago Mr. Taft has written a
letter to Mr.. Harding asking him to per-
form this service and Mr. Harding has
accepted Mr. Harding has a strong
voice and is a fluent speaker II" was
S9vmo DlS<Sl ~-ZaXlasa pt.-S =
mas taken a prominent part in the Taft
campaign in that state
President TAFT has cancelled his pro-
posed trip 10 Clinton y Y, on June 10
10 attend the commencement exercises of
Hamilton College This will be the
second day of the Chicago convention
and MIR. Taft desires to remain az the
White House. where he will be in constant
Geographic communication with his politi-
cal managers on the field
President Taft is much encoura aed
over the result of IN" first days hearing
in the contest cases. The action of the
national committee in throwing out the
Roosevelt contests in Alabama and
Arkansas il is bc .invrd here. foreshadows
like action in the remaining cont est 5
brought bv the Roosevelt managers
MIR. TAFT was kept informed bv telegraph
to-day OF the aClion of the committee hy
Representative Mckinley. his campaign
manager. and Charles II. Hiiles. secretary
10 the President, both of whom are in
Chicago, 4 special wire has been in =
stalled in the White House. connected
with th" Taft h"aduuart"rs III Chicago
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CONVENTION HALL READY.
six Months Time nnd 100000 De-
voted ~ Putting Coliseum In Shs De.

Ma Months 1tmc and RfO.OOO De-
voted 4" Putting Coliseum In Shs Pc.
CHICAGO. June : ARRANGEMENTS for
the convenience of delegates, visitors and
press representatives AT the Republican
national convention, which will open OH
June IL al the Coliseum. with the cxcep-
tion OF the placing of decorations and the
assignment of State delegations, have
been completed by Architect Arthur q.
Brown. The national committee, through
Harry S. New, has spent $4,000
1T has taken six months to plan and
complete the arrangements for the con-
vention, said Mr.. Brown and everv-
thing IL in readiness for the opening
except the placing of the decorations
and the assignment of the State delega
tions, which is never made public until
the night before the convention. Early
next week the decorating of the building
will be begun.
The coliseum il sos feet long, 10 feet
wide and 20 feet high. The structure
Is OF stone, brick. steel and concrete and
is flreproof, There are eleven large exits
and tho building can be emptied in Ave
minutes in an emergency.
III the IL l,1SSscats ,9Ss are on the main
floor and 5000 in the balcony. The
speakers platform is built against the
south wall and extends the irc width
of the building. II is rs feet deep and
contains 1889 seats. which will be occupied
by the chairman, officers of tho conysn.
tion, members of the national COMMITTEES
and distinguished guests The seal a
back of the chairman's table are slightly
elevated.
Directly beneath and in the shane of
half circle in front of the chairman a
table are arranged 400 seats for repre-
sentatives of newspapers throughout
the United States. Telegraph instru
ments have been installed here for the
accommodation Of the press
directly in front are the seats for tho
.drs delegates, which will be arranged
by States. These seats are enclosed bv a
railing and back Of these seats enclosed
by railing are the seats for ,O7s alter
Mates, To the rear and on both sjdes
OF the space occupied by delegates and
alternates are $500 elevated seats for
visitors. At the north end Of the build !.
Ing . special band stand has been erected. i"
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was M warrant whatever for the con.
tests made aga inst the Long delegates. !.
Grand Rapids. Mich. moved that the six
Long delegates at large bc placed on The
temporary roll Of the con nvention and
Senator Borah demanded a roll call
Chairman Rosewater put the request. and
more than the twenty necessary ayes,
apparently much to the astonishment OF
Scnator Borah. instantly arose from their
seats and the roll call was ordered.
ALL FOR tart MEN
Then came another surprise. Every
member OF tho COMMITTEES, ffty-three in
all. including Senator Borah. and all Of
his associate Roosevelt men on tho com
mittee voted 10 dispace the six Roc We :
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drcahfully in earncs, Both sides were
provided with trunks fun of afidavits
supporting their respctivre cases. The
time limit for the sy,eakers in this contest
ives extended twice by unanimous consent
Of the national committee. Al last on
motion of David NJ. Mukpne. ne.iiona ]
committeeman from Kansas. it was mo.ed
that the Taft delegates Sloan and Carter
he seated, whereupon Sent tor Borah de-
manded the roll call. which he'd been
looked forward to ell day a. giving the
first real test of strength in the netiona
committee between the Taft and Roose-
welt forces.
THE FIRST TEsr VOTE.
The Taft delegates for the Ninth Con-
gress district we're seated by vote Of
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HARDING TO NOMINATE TAFT.

President ENCOURAGED over Ftrst
Days Hearing In Contcst Cnscs.
WASHINGTON. June Warren G. Hard
ing. one Of the delegates at large from
Ohio to the Republican national conven-
ton. will placeiPresident Taft in nomina-
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LET IT GO AT THAT THEN.

The Lake County Times Is much
aroused by the suggestion of the Fort
Wayne News that Gov Marshall
look in on the maiden city of Gary
and ask about the proposal TO estab-
fish there on magnificent scale the
prize fight game. The Times, ang-
cred because the attention of the
governor is thus directed to Gary,
concludes: by the way, in the
dearth OF anything doing, why not 20
after Fort Wayne, South Bend, Terre
Haute, indianapolis, where they pull
off real knockouts?" And by the
way, too, the conclusion hardly ap-
plies to South Bend; not any more or
at any rate, not Just now-S South
Bend Tribune.
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p ITHEl
| oEM DAY
.oLD rRoNsIDEs.,

Aye. tenr her tattered ensign down,
Long has 1t waved ON high,
And many eye has danced to see
Tint banner In the skys
Beneath 1t rung the battle shout,
And burst the lannon's roary
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds NO more!
Her deck, once red with heroes' blood,
Where kne1t the vnnquished foe.
when winds were hurrying DER the
food.
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor's tread,
Or know the conquered knee:
The hnrpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea!
Oh. better that her shattered hulk
should sink bcnenth the wave,
Her thunders shook th4 mighty deep
And there should be her grave:
Mil to the mast her holy nag.
Set every threadbare sail,
And give her to the god of storms,
The lightning and the gale!
oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
FINE BUSINESS.

Chicago girls have organized club
and won't wed unless the man gets
$1,000 per annum.
The men retaliated and agreed not
to wed a girl whose paw can't give
her $1,000 as dowry.
What a chance for young Loeb
invar. Behold him come riding out
of the west, bringing up at the fami-
ly horse block, only to hear Guinevere
asking him if his annual income is
five thousand simoleons before she
will consent to slip up behind him and
canter off to the nearest expert in ty-
ing nuptial knot.
And think of poor Cinderella, busy
with the morning breakfast dishes,
rosy of cheek, with eyes hooking the
violet's deepest blue, shapely Of fig
ure, and adorned with a crown OF
golden radiancy, some of it hanging
down her back, doomed to wash and
wash away because he dad" hasn't
$1,000 in the savings bank for a wed
ding dot.
Hang such chivalry. This age il
becoming so commercial that a man
can't even steal kiss without fear
ing that his trunk will be attached
the next morning
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30
sEATTLE's GOOD RECORD.

Seattle, in Washington, which has
a population of nearly 100000, has
earned the proud distinction of hav-
ing better health record than any
American city near its size. During
the last year 1t expended 54 cents per
capita in its health department, and
with pardonable show of pride tells
how the work was performed. 1t is
really an old story, but is always
worth retelling because of it's value,
although every community Is doing
with greater or less thoroughness
what Seattle has done. The north
western city makes liberal appro-
priation for street cleaning, exercises
close supervision over the construc-
tion of all new buildings. permits no
careless plumbing, wages war upon
bad housing conditions and supplies
pure water. Back of this record and
explanatory of it is the existence OF
great civic pride-Seattle's ambition
is to become the metropolis of the
Pacific coast-Philadelphf Public
Ledger.
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HI E A r ID
BIZ
r u B E


IF they ever get the vocational
imagine that politics will be the chief
subject that should be Taught
IF Judge Gary will please hustle up
a bit and let some of his Gary steel
workers know just where the raises In
pay are to fall some anxious moments
will be lessened-
WHY is 1t that an author will have
the hero or heroine in the book inner
iting a measely $4,000 when $75o, 900
or $5,0o0,o00 is just az available?
SOUNDS like Gary around election
time:
II this goes on Chicago will be
back in the middle ages, when no
man dared to go abroad unless he
were armed. and a citizen visiting a
nefghbor after dark went attended
by torch bearers and armed retain
ers. Chicago Tribune.
PARTY of Clark Station young folks
went to Chicago to witness the Speed
Limit" at the Chicago Opera House.
Might have gone to the Ridge road and
seen the same thing at one-tenth the
cost.
1T is tossup whether Crown Points
chief claim to fame Is the coupling up
of runaway couples or making stories
for the Chicago newspapers some time
between two weeks and six months aft
er the coupling.
THINK of the troubles of the I'M
fortunate postoffice folks that will be
theirs during the hot days OF next sum-
mer when facetious individuals start
sending butter and 1imburger cheese
via parcel post
WHAT'S become OF the oid-fashion-
ed laundry that used to return your
collars with only half of them buzz
sawed.
AT dance over at Indiana Harbor the
other night they had prizes for the
prettiest and homeliest girls. Always
thought that the Harbor wrens were al
beauts.
INASMUCH as President Elect VIII.
son doesn't smoke. his private secretary
will get all of the cigars and thus one
phase of the hi kost OF living in Wash.
inston will be eliminated for the P. S
MR.. COMFORT of the war depart.
ment is visiting Michigan City will
reference to getting 1t new harbor
In the meantime NJ C. natives will also
| entertain Mr.. Hope until Miss Appro
priation arrives.
| UTAH doctors will have to show tina
| the appendix they extracted was at.
| fected or else they will have to go tt
| Jail. But what sithere to prevent these
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-30

The year 1912 has seen the birth
of the new Chinese republic. and the
growth of socialism and the anti
monarchiai sentiment in the old
European countries. Political unrest
in Mexico, Ireland, and other states
have occupied much of the news of
the year.
Progress in aviation. surgery, and
in all the arts and sciences, and the
discovery OF the south pole will make
1912 memorable. 1t will also be re-
membered as year of bumper crops
and unrivaled prosperity.
Undoubtedly the historian of the
future in picking out the celebrated
occurrences of 1912 will find himself
dwelling upon the political aspects OF
this twelve-month period. The birth
Of new party, the overthrow of the
republican party, and the election OF
a democratic president will afford
much material for history writing.