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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-24
COLEMAN PRIMARY BILL
Republicans, With Assistance OF Inc
dependent Democrats, Pass
Primary Measure Through
State Senate.

Following the passage of the Gil
keson resolution through the House
OF Delegates and the subsequent de-
feat Of that infamous measure in the
State Senate, it was apparent that
the Legislature must now face the
issue the Chilton-Watosn corrupt
alliance had tried SO sJrenuously to
evade-namely, the consideration OF
a direct primary law. And the
scene shifts from the Lower House
to the State Senate.
On the morning Of May oath. the
same day the Gilkeson resolution
met defeat in the Senate, Senator
Chas. C. CoHman, of Harrison coun-
ty, introduced Senate Bill No. 5.
which later became known as the
Conman Primary Bill 1t was intro
duced IN the Senate, ordered printed
and then amendments, which made
It a complete primary bill providing
for the nomination OF every candi-
date. from United States Senator
down to the village constable, by d.
rect primary, were added.
AS it came before the Senate for
passage it was a bill which fulfilled
the plank in the Republican plat
form, and being fair, just, honest
and eqitabIe it should have been
satisfactory to every advocate Of di-
rect primaries. It was but natural
however. that those who opposed
primary legislation could find an
excuse not to support the Cofman
bill.
The CoRman bill provided for a
general primary election for the
nomination OF all candidates for
public Office; said primary to be
held in the month OF August; candi-
dates of all parties to be nominated
on that date: each party to have
equal representation at the polls;
voters who were not registered must
make affidavit that they were Legal
residents of the district and quafrn-
ed voters; Republicans prohibited
from interfering with Democrats
and Democrats prohibited from in
terfering with Republicans; pro-
vjded for the election of county SEN
atorial and congressional commit
tees: the So county chairmen elected
IN comprise the State Executive
Committee and convictions to be held
for the election Of delegates to ma
ti,nai conventions.
The amendments presented to the
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Row before you Tor consideration. =
The vote on the adoption Of the Gil
keson resolution. according TO the
Journal OF the House OF Delegates OF
May goth. was recorded as follows:
For the resoIution-Wetzel Speak
err, BeIcher. Carr. Carroll. clifford,
Currie, Dice. Gi1keson, Goode, Hager,
Hays, Harry Hubbard, Ice OF Marion.
JsRers, Kane, Keister. Kenny. Kidd.
Lacy, Marcum. Morris, McCauIey.
NcIntre, Mclaughlin. Ogden. Owens.
Parsons. Pemberton, Pence. Pugh,
Sanders. Seibert, Shaver, Smoot,
sperow, strother, symms, Terrill,
Throckmorton, yickers. Wells, Whit
ham. and Wi1liams-43.
Against the Reso1ution-AIderson.
Barlow, Brannon, Burlington. Camp
bell, earle, Cobun, Edwards, FELTON,,
GoOdykoontz, Hall, Henry, Nelson c.
Hubbard. Huey, Ice OF Barbour. John
son. LILY Liller. Marsh, Meredith,
Miller, Moore, Morton, NuttaH. Ours,
Padden, Porter. Robinson. Shock,
skaggs, Steele. Thomas, vanMeter,
Walton, WIldman and wysong.-37.
Absent and not Voting Courtney,
Davis, EpIing, Hudnall and Pendle-
ton-5.
With the passage Of the GiIkeson
resolution on May 20, the House CT
Delegates recessed until May 23rd.
The resolution came before the State
Senate on May oath for adoption or
rejection. II it passed the Senate al
further negotiations toward the en-
actment Of direct primary law at tn:
special session of the Legislature
would be abandoned. The Democrats
in the House OF Delegates. servile TO
the interests OF Watson and Chiffon
had passed q dishonest measure and
It came before the Senate with the
Watson-ChiIton forces in the Senate,
under the leadership of MacCorkle,
McIntIre and Woods, advocating its
adoption.
The final vote in. the State Senate
shows four Democratic Senators vot-
ing with the solid Republican half Of
the Senate in opposition to the reso-
luton. thus ,forcing the Democratic
majority to consider primary legisIa-
ton. The vote which killed the Gill
keson scheme to defer the primary
legislation was as follows:
For the Resolution-French, Kidd.
MacCorkle, McIntire, Peterkin. SAL
mons, silver. slemaker. Smith of Ra-
leigh, Woods and ZiIliken-11.
Against the Resolution-HatfeId
(President), Bland. Coffman, Craig,
England, Fisher, Flynn, Grimes,
Hearne, Hood. Johnson, Meredith.
Phillips, Preston, Shinn, Smith OF
Cabell Smith Of Roane. Sutherland
and white.-19,
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smith Of Raieigh, Woods and I'm
Knied b sPealzeF VEetzel-

kn-1S-
Kuled By Speaker Wet1el.
The coGman primary bin. passed
by the Senate, vas reported to the
House OF Delegates, where it was
put TO death the next morning BY
Speaker C. n. wetzel through an ar
bitrary, unjust and unfair ruling.
It was a most shameful exhibition
on the part OF servile omeer who
violated deeency in his effort to be
obedient to the corrupt combine in
whose interest the ruling was made
to prevent the bill from coming be-
fore the House, where it was certain
TO have received almost a score Of
Democratic votes.
When the bin was reported to the
House, it was taken up H0e lmmedt-
ate consideration and when an eff
fort was made to have the reference
of the bill to the Packed Committee
of 81 dispensed with, Delegate Ed
wards, OF Mason county, through a
pre-arranged plan, raised the point
of order that the House had indeh-
nitely postponed a similar bill.
Some of the strongest lawyers in the
House OF Delegates. Judge c. w.
Campbell, OF Huntington; E. A.
Brannon, OF Weston, and W. T. Ice,
Jr., of Philippi, protested that there
were no rules OF the House OF Dele
gates by which such a point could
be sustained, but wetzeI ruled as
the Democratic bosses dictated and
held that the House could not con-
slider the bill which had been passed
by the Senate.
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REFERENDUM BILL
Another Measure Designed to Defer
Primary legislation for a
Period Of Two Years.

There are two ways in which legis-
Iation can be defeated. One is by
honest methods, and the other by
dishonest methods. Naturally the
forces in the legislature who desired
to postpone all primary legislation
until Clarence w. Watson had Sc
cured denomination, used the lat
ter methods
Although the democratic majority
of the Legislature, working under
the control of Chiffon and Watson,
admitted in their votes for the Gil
keson resolution that they were in
competent to frame primary law at
the present time, and attempted to
defer primary legislation for Pc
Rod OF two years. yet these same
Democrats who had favored the Gil
keson resolution for the appoint
ment of a commission, submitted an
alleged primary bill to the Legisla-
ture on the day following the defeat
of the GiIkesoa resolution. After
acknowledging that they were incom-
petent to draft a primary bill, they
presented one to the Legislature
with the uItimatum that it is the
only measure they will support. An
other splendid and timely example of
their Inconsistency.
The measure was known as the
French referendum bill, which the
author sought to confuse with the
Oregon law. There is nothing in
common between the Oregon statute
and the French referendum bill.
The oregon law permits every voter
to express his choice for candidates
seeking a nomination for public Of
flee. The French bill aimed to pre-
vent many THOUSANDS of voters from
expressing their choice for candi-
dates by denying them the right to
vote. The idea of men like Mac
Corkle, wetzel and Mcdntire and
Woods standing for the oregon law
is past the comprehension OF ordt-
nary mortals.
After the defeat OF the GiIkeson
resolution the Democrats realized
that the consideration Of direct
primary law was inevitable and
while the Coffman bill was pending
Senator French introduced his bill
in the Senate and Delegate John
Dice introduced the same measure
in the House Of Delegates.
Like Measure, Like Purpose.
The principal objection to the
French bill was that it had the same
purpose as the Gilkeson resolution
it aimed to prevent primary leg
islation for a period of two years.
The opening section Of the bill con-
tanned a provision that it should not
20 into effect until January l.
1913, until it had been approved by
the vote OF the people at the general
election to be held in November
1912. Remember that c. W. Wat
son would be a candidate for re-
nomination to the United States Sen
ate in 1912 and the evident purpose
of the referendum vote soon be-
comes apparent, and proves the con-
tentfon that the Democrats would
not be satisfied with any measure
that would compel Watson to sub
nit his candidacy for denomination
to the voters Of his own party.
Tbs purpose was recognized by
every fair-minded person and it was
particularly obnoxious to the advo-
Gates of primary election law.
They argued that there was no de-
mand from the people to have such
a measure submitted to them for
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-05

IN some of these hoods directly over the
Upon this as many sparrows as can
iieHis crowd together rost throughout the
weathe, gnights. club rapping experiment
ria
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white plumage and the two great sweeping tai
feathers that give him his name With his wife
he does lack other names, and they are
known in various places "old njun, old
wife" "old molly" "old granny" "od squaw.
and ''old south southerly.' Because of the oily
nature of their flesh these ducks are unfit Tor
food. and yet the gunners on the Chicago break
waters and on the government pier used to XIII
dozens OF them In the pure wantonness OF sport
When the sloping stone abutment that pro-
tects the outer Lincoln Park driveway. Chicago,
from the waves is piled high with ice during the
winter the venturesome person who will scale
the side of the pile may see In the dark water
only a few yards beyond one of the most beauti-
full ducks known to the bird kingdom. The
golden eye whistle wing. frequents the cold
waters of Lake Michigan all through the winter.
and close to the shore. II is seldom that
more than four five together. ana
oftener a single pair will be found. II the pro-
lection which the male apparently tries to ex-
tend to the female during all times of the year
he basis for judgment. these birds remain
mated for life.
The golden eye almost invariably places him
self between his gentler companion and danger,
and when they swimming flying to new
roraging places he invariably leads the way.
The movement OF their wings is rapid that
1t produces musical whistling audible at a
great distance Because of the rapiditY-of their
flight the Indians call them spirit ducks belfev-
ing that some supernatural aid is given them to
add to the swftness OF their journeyings.
The best OF the bird scavengers acting as the
allies of the Chicago health department in win
ter are the herring. the ring-bed gulls The
herring gull is big grayish creature. almost
pure white II he is three years old. with black
tips to his wings. The young OF the hrst year
mottled gray, entirely different in appearance
from their parents. The result OF this difference
Is that people looking at winter flock of the
gulls think that It contains several species. The
lagoons in Jackson and Lincoln Parks are often
fairly covered with these birds. provided heavy
storm is coming In from the eastward.
A ell fs Eittewake
1t does not look If 1t could stand the rigors
of lake winter weather for day, and yet neither
storm nor cold succeeds in chilling Its optimism
or In abating Its industry The kittewakes have
been in the lake OFF Chicago in winter and here
they doubtless occasionally have remained until
March.
A bird lover considers 1t ornithological
epoch when he great back-backed gull.
The persistent and careful observer who cares
nothing for weather conditions may find this rare
creature. perhaps the largest of gulls. II he
will but keep constant watch along the lake
front The bird has been seen here several
occasions in winter Its name gives n good de
scription OF It 1t is sometimes known grew
somely as the "cofin carrier
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STUMBLING IS
VERY BAD HABIT
Some Horsea Naturally Addicted
to Fault While Others Have
It Thrust Upon Them
by Ignorance.
By II. G. wEATHERsToNE)

By II. G. wEATHERSTONE)
Some horses are naturally addicted
10 stumbling, others acquire the fault
and still others have it thrust upon
them by the carelessness and ignor-
ance of the owners.
The horse that stumbles when a
colt is almost incurable. His manner
Of travelling may be improved TO some
extent with careful driving with a tight
rein and the moderately high checking.
but born stumbler is a hard case
to deal with.
Many horses are made to stumble by
wrong shoeing. If shod heavily in
front and light behind they are al
most certain to acquire the habit.
Weak joints or imperfectly formed
legs are also causes of stumbling.
Some colts are born with marked
evidence of weak knees. We know
of some cases where colts at three
years that have never been driven
were perceptibly inee-sprung. Such
an animal can never be cured of this
stumbling habit.
Driving with slack rein is another
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-05

The improved cannas are among the
most attractive and satisfactory Of
bedding plants. The beds have trop-
ical foliage. grow well in any rich,
moist. sunny bed, branch, and bear
huge spikes Of rich-colored flowers
that often measure more than six
inches across. Started in March and
bedded out when danger from frost is
past the plants begin to bloom early
in summer. and keep up the display
until the frosts of autumn, says Parks
Floral Magazine.
Cannas are propagated either from
seeds or by division of the clumps.
Seedlings begin to bloom the first
year, and a fine mixed bed can be
produced from them. The seeds are
rather tardy in termination unless
dropped in scalding water till the
hard outer cover bursts. then taken
out and planted. Some file through
the covering. Many persons, how
ever, plant the seeds without treat
ing them, and meet with good sue
cess. BY starting plants from seeds
choice varieties are often found. and
It was by this means that tie beauti-
full named Cannas used for beds were
produced. To have the most effec-
tive display, however, 1t is better TO
plant named varieties, which are in
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cause of stumbling and very often the
sole cause. If a horse becomes fatig-
ued 1t should be kept well up on the
rein IL driven over rough roads. No
good horseman will ever take chances
of allowing his horse to fall down by
driving with slovenly rein.
Stumbling often causes bad acci-
dents. not only to the horse, but to the
occupants of the vehicle he is draw
ing. We once saw fine looking car
riage horse who was being driven
by a woman who allowed the reins
to dangle loosely in her hands. fall
on the Lake Shore drive in Chicago.
lie stumbled for more than 15 feet
before he finally fell. He overturned
the carriage in his struggles and when
he was assisted to his feet it was
found that both knees were broken,
and he was rendered useless for life.
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The kinglet. smaller than any of ounbirds.
the ruby throaied hummIns bird alone. manages
to live through all the cold Northern winter and
be all the while cheerful as robin In April
The kinglet. as far as the experience of one per
son is concerned at least prefers get his
food in the thick bushes and seemingly has
preference for those which cambering
vines. The kinglets cast about for likely places
In which to pass the winter. As far as can be
ascertained they simply get the heart of some
thickly twisged bush through which vine
branches and there all night long they defy both
cold and snow.
The great northern shrike. which is due In the
northern states from its summer home in the
British possessions about October l. spends his
nights close to the bole OF an evergreen tree.
There is little clump of evergreens well within
the limits of the city Of Chicago where half
dozen of these birds roost nightly from October
to March. Inasmuch they live diet Of
English sparrows and spend all the daylight hours
in the laudable vocation of killing the imported
feathered pest the exact location of their roosting
place will not be given for fear some champion
of the sparrow might disturb the rest OF these
feathered friends. whom many unkind enough
TO call butcher birds.
AS matter of fact need feel little anxiety
for the welfare of the birds that stay with in
winter The nursery dtty of What will the robin
do then poor thing?" is tearcompelling but the
robin the buebird. the jay. and the chlckadee
will all for themselves and will feel no envy
of man in his steamheated fiat.
During the bitter weather of winter while peo-
crumbs and seeds at their doorsteps for the little
feathered land visitors. the great city of Chicago
as whole is doing its best to feed the storm
blown birds OF Lake Michigan. Not all the sew
age of the city, Notwithstanding the completion
of the drainage canal is sent towards the Missis-
sippi. Some little of 1t still finds IL way into the
lakes with its burden of garbage. and there the
gull scavengers, by eating much of the output that
from their point of appetite is edible. do their best
to aid in purifying the water supply.
In the dead OF winter when the cold is so in
tense that it seems that no exposed creature can
live, the waste OF water between Chicago and
St Joe Mich, is peopled with strange feathered
visitors who shun the same wafer stretches when
the wind blows soft out of the south. A storm
which and preceded spell" of zero
weather brought with 1t from the north scores
of strange. beautiful arctic visitors known as
long-taied ducks They may be seen all through
the winter well out into the open water of Lake
Michigan. They fairly revel in cold weather
and in cold water. 1t is highly probable that
they would come to the great lakes at all
were IT not for the fact that everything north
ward is frozen solid. The male 'long-tal" is
beauty. with his strongly contrasted black and
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creased by dividing the clumps. These
come in green and bronze foliage. and
vary in color from white to rich Grim
son. Among the best for beds in the
different colors are Pennsylvania.
four and a half feet high, with green
foliage and big clusters of huge scar
let flowers; King Humbert. five feet
high, with fine yellow clusters: and
Florence Vaughan, three and q half
feet high. with fine clusters Of flow
ers, golden yellow. spotted red.
The bed should be prepared by
spading deep. at tho same time In
cooperating well-decayed stable ma
nure with 1t. See that 1t is in
warm, sunny exposure. and when Ma
ture does not water copiously. add to
the supply. The plants should be set
IS inches apart. They like an abun-
dance of water. On the approach of
hot weather they will be benefited by
liberal mulching of stable litter.
AS the flowers fade cut them off, this
will insure continued bloom.
When frost spoils the bed cut the
tops off. after n rain, lift the clumps
with a portion of the wet soil adher
ing, dry well, then place on a hanging
shelf in a dry. frost-proof cellar. Ex-
anime them occasionally. II too dry.
sprinkle; II too wet, air.
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Care of Roads.

Any neighborhood that does not
have enough enterprise to keep two or
three log road drags going for cou-
pie of weeks during the late fall Is
sadly behind the times. Farmers who
are too lazy to do this ought to be
compelled to drag their weary legs
through the mud to town-next
spring-as they surely will.
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the woodpecker is felt to
keep him as n companion
throughout the winter a
piece of suet bound firmly
to the limb OF a tree and
occasionally renewed will
insure his presence as a
guest as long as the snow
flies. and with him. tempt
ed by the suet. will be a
goodly company OF Jays.
chickadees. and golden
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-05

There is a puzzle for the scientists even more COM
plex than that offered by the spectacle Of migration
is to get the solution of the problem of why
birds with the recurring autumns invariably seek
warmer climes while others apparently much more
poorly fitted by nature to withstand cold weather
conditions. stay about the familiar nesting scenes
when the snow lies deep and the cold is like that of
"St. Agnes Eve"
Tue titmouse. the Concord chickadee of Emerson
Is little feathered gem which looks though
breath Of cold would set 1t all a-shiver. Yet this
little fellow sticks by his Northern friends all
through the winter, when bigger. more heavily feath
ered and apparently hardy species have sought
out the orange and the magnolia groves of the gulf
There are scores Of other birds which remain with
us to pipe cheerful note over the wastes
while their southern-fying friends silent amid
their congenial surroundings.
One OF the most interesting bird studies is that
which leads to personal knowledge of how the
feathered species care for themselves during time
when exposed man. even though heavily clothed at
times freezes to dath. 1t is a question II many peo
pie know how the despised English sparrow whom
We always have with us. manages to pull through a
Northern winter without Offering himself up as
sacrifice to Jack Frost 1t 10 matter Of current but
mistaken belief among those who have noticed the
great bulky nests which the sparrows have built in
almost tree that these punches of straw dried
grass. and feathers form the abiding places Of the
sparrows during the coldwinter nights. AS mat
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ter Of fact, n sparrow sell
dom goes near a tree nest
in winter. II he has found
a lodging for his summer
home in a cornice of a
building he may go there
to sleep away the long.
cold nights. but the tree
nest is deserted from the
moment the last brood is
Matched.
II one wishes to know
where thousands of the
sparrows sleep in winter
let him on some cold night
take a stout club and rap
with all his might upon an
electric light pole that is
1 with an overhanging
IThere is a little
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Celery In California.

Orange county. California, raised
something more than 1000 carloads of
celery this season, valued at 100000.
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HE greater battalion Of the army
of the birds is In the southland for
the winter. The warblers were the
pioneers in the march to escape the
cold. Tho naturalists of the world
would give much to know what 1t was
in the torrid time which told these
daintiest of the feathered creatures
that they must be moving on.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-24

! Whereas, our Heavenly Father ha
| taken from us our brother, Epl
| Dixon. whose earthly life ended
May 10, 1912, therefore be it re,
solved by the local union No 332
Of Carpenters and Joiners of Amer
lea
First, That our local has lost one
of its most faithful members.
Second, That we extend our sin
cerest sympathies to the bereaved
family.
Third, That this tribute of respect
be recorded in the minutes of this
society, copy furnished the fam
lily Of the deceased and a copy be
sent to the Daily Lieh- for publ
cation. COMMITTEE.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-24
Automobiles Registered.

The following automobiles have
been registered in the county
Clerks office since May /.
R. N. Shelton, Ennis, No. 504; w.
Jolesch Sons & Co, Ennis, sos; R,
C. Collins, Ennis, sos; John Har-
rel, Jr., motorcycle, 507; ]. N.
Spence, Italy, sos; j. P. Boren, En-
mis-, 500; c. L. Wakeland, Waxa-
hachie, route 6, SO; R. F. Edgar,
Waxahachie, route Z. SIT; A. H.
Grumpy. Ennis, 512; I. W. Phelps,
Forreeston, 513; Ed Mackay, Mil
ford. 514; Ellen Hurd, Waxahachie
motorcycle, SIS; Hubbard Edwards
! Waxahachie, MOTORCYCLE, SIG; r. II
Smith, Italy, SAT; Jim Davis, Mi
ford. 51S; Jolesch- Chaska Co
!, \ Waxahachie. t519; r. G. More
" Milford, 500 ], e. Newton, Milfor
y sci