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The Seattle Republican., 1912-08-02
POLITICIANS


Local politics is gradually warming up,
but it will not become warm number until
the Bull Moose Convention at Chicago de
cides whether or not there will be a third
party. It is the consensus of opinion, that
Roosevelt will advise against third party,
but it also looks as If he has lost control of
the situation and in spite of his opposition
the convention will recommend the organ
izng Of third party and put a ticket in the
field for president and constable and all in
tervenng Offices The Bull Moose conven-
tion is to be presided over by New Orleans
Democrat, which would seem to indicate
that the sage Of Oyster Bay proposes to car
ry the fight to the sunny south. Ii he makes
any headway there he will succeed in throw
ing the next presidential election in the
House, which would probably mean the elec
ton of Hadley, Cummins or La Toilette
In case third ticket is decided upon for
this state w. H. Paulhamus would in all hui
man probability be the choice for governor,
and leave the Republican scrap to Laurence
and Hay Just how strong Paulhamus is is
problematical just now. Sure it is that he
is too late getting into the field to capture
the regular Republican nomination. Whether
or not he would have any show of election
on "third ticket" with Hay or Laurence
his Republican opponent, and Goodman,
Black or Todd his Democratic opponent is
likewise problematical, but the old political
war horse in the Republican party shifts
danger afar and says, there is grave danger
of a Democrat succeeding Myron r. Hay as
governor of the state Of Washington, if this
trouble in the Republican party continues.
There is no denying that there are great
many progressives who favor third party,
and if third party is organized there will
be wild scramble to get on the ticket. 1t
looks as if Paulhamus would be nominated
for governor, Robert f. Booth for lieutenant
governor, j. A. Falconer and 7. B. Murphine
for congressman at large, Dan Landon for
congressman from the first district, Jim Nc
Neeley from the second and Nelson w.
Durham of Spokane for the third district.
The state ticket would be made up to give
the party the greatest amount OF strength.
The big fight would be in the first district
where Dan Landon would have to face Will
E. Humphrey, who has already begun to line
up for the battle Humphrey will be strong
er in King county than he was two years ago
and just as strong in the northwest.
KING COUNTY.
Bill Wray, who spent the most OF the time
The Seattle Republican., 1912-08-02
KING COUNTY.

Bill Wray, who spent the most of the time
of the last legislature, working for the pas
sage of petty justice of peace court practices,
that his collecting agencies could more easily
cinch its victims, ought to be elected to stay
The Seattle Republican., 1912-08-02

Gov Hay may think he made ten stroke
by placing Senator Allen at the head Of his
campaign with unlimited coin, but he will
be in the position Of the calf that chased the
bull inspite of the warning of the farmer,
who in disgust exclaimed, Go on but you
will know the difference when you come to
suck, +" said dyed-in-the-wool Hay sup
porter one day this week.
The Seattle Republican., 1912-08-02

Ed Cudihee in all human probability will
be the Democratic nominee for sheriff of
King county and in the divided condition of
the Republican party he will be elected.
Twice before Ed trimmed Republican nOmi-
nees for that office and he believes he can do
it again.
Lafe Hamilton, to a man up a tree looks
as if the opposition-the good work Of W.
A. CarIe to the contrary Notwithstanding
will get his goat, and new commissioners
will come from the south district.
MIR. Ruffner Smiles The fight in the north
district for commissioner is warming up IN
GOOD shape. A number Of splendid men have
filed for the nomination but there seems to
be more favorable comment for A. E. Ruff
ner than any other candidate Mr.. Rutfner
is a splendid good fellow and he would give
the county an upright, fair square admin
istration, if nominated and elected.
e Republican nomination of State Land Com
es, September TO- 1912 Mr.. Upright is thor
,e of State Land Commissioner, and ii nOml-
, office his personal attention. In speaking
The Seattle Republican., 1912-08-02

at home. He has neither the education or
the ability to act as representative and is
wholly unfit to be member of such a body.
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elected will not Confirm the sale of large tracts of State lands
ersonalyh nave the lands
OF tied n Federal
yget thef
been the of ad
all
less divided certain lines of thought and
Of
neither should intend thereby
edoubupo
pft of general and the Republican Party
patic
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of the office he said IF am elected | will personally
see to it that State not robbed in the sale OF her
lands but will make It nv ss to see that they do the
square thing by the State
There are over two million OF State lands val
ued at present at about 100000 all of which
der the direct supervision Of the State Land Commission
er and is essentially necessary in order for the State
interest to be protected to have Commissioner in the
office who is thoroughly conversant with not only the Of
fee but likewise with the field work.
For the past twenty-five years have been daily en-
gagged in the same class of field work that would nave
to perform if elected State Land Commissioner and am
thereby qualified watch every detail OF the ofhce
The cruiser and appraiser of State lands have golden OPP
poruntes to take advantage of that Commissioner VINO
sits quietly the office and depends upon their report
and there are those who will not report fairly and square
y ON the State lands when they know their work Will
not be scrutnzed but who when they know the Commits
he tranSactnn will make much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
The Song of the Battle

But when he came to speak of the battle he had witnessed from the heights of Benvenue as he was conducting El- fen to Stirling, he was obliged to wound the heart of the chieftain-even as Roderick's body had been already griev- sousiy wounded.
 Rodericx bade him sing the song of the battle. All the Scottish minstreis could improvise in meter. and the min strel-striking up upon his harp the tune of the song which tells of the vic- tory of Clan Alpine over the campbells --sang the Battle of Beal and Duine"
 Often the minstrel cast a look upon the chieftain to see how he bore the recital of the defeat of his clan.
 At first Roderick, with feeble hand, Kept time to them usic. At length his hand was motionless and his ear could hear no maore the song of the minstrel.
 Alan cesed to sing and bent over the chieftain. He was dead. His wounds and his emotions had taken his naughty spirit out of the world
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Malcolm Graeme

Roderick himself was an outlaw. In full court in the palace of Holyrood he had, in the sight of the Regent Albany, who reigned while James was in his minority. stabbed to death q knight with whom he was at feud.
 Fleeing to the recesses of the High lands ard to the protection of his own wild clan, he had ever since waged a perpetual guerilla warfare against tho Lowlanders and the government of King James.
 With the Douglas, when Ellen found him waiting upon the mainland shore, YVES youth ramed Malcolm Graeme. He was of stature tall. firmly knit flaxen of hair and blue of eye.
 He had more of the Lowlander in him than the Highlander, though he wore tho Highland garb and was related to most of the Highland families.
 He was in love with E.llen-and she with him. It was for her. sake that he made himself part of the Highlands and ire duented th ehold of the robher cheftain.
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Frankly Ellen replied that her father was man with a price of blood upon his head--that while this was so she could not marry.
 And, if he would further hear the truthr-there was noble youth now ex- posed, perhaps to dire peril, on account of her and hers. She intimated Malcolm Graeme and said: You have my hart's secret Be generous and depart"
 Fitz-James looked into the fearless, honest eyes Of Ellen, met her straight gaze and then, drawing a ring from his finger handed it to her, saying that once in a battle 1t had been his luck to save the life of a king.
 He gave me this signet," said the knight. Saying that whoever brought it to hom would have what they de- manded.
 "I desire nothing of the King-but take you the ring in haste to Stirling There claim your suit, whatever 1t is The King will redeem his signet."
 Raising Ellens hand to his lips, the knight turned abruptly, joined tho waiting guide. and disappeared down the glen.
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The Outlaw Douglases

But before the chieftain and his band had landed Ellen heard. sounding from the mainland. her fathers bugle horn and, quickly jumping into her shallop, set off 10 fetch him home.
 It was an aged but stately and still powerful man whom Ellen greete das her father upon the mainland shore.
 He was in fact Lord James of Douglas, who, with his kindred, had been banished and outlawed by the King for attempting to hold him while in his youth in cap tivity while the Douglases ran the king dom in the royal name.
 Lord James had not been q party to the reasonable acts of his kinsnen, brt had leer prescribed in the general out lawing of the Douglases.
 His wife was dead, but with his daugh- ter he had found refuge with his sister, in-law, Lady Margaret, the mother of Sir Roderiell McAlpine, commonly known as Rodericl< Dhu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
The Hunt on Nam-Var

The red sun had just kindled his beacon of the risind day upon the mountain of Benvorlich in the Scot tish Highlands, when up the rock passs came the deep bay of hounds. the sound of hoofs of hunting horses and the winding of hunting horns.
 A great stag-a stag of "10 times'- was aroused from his sleep in the dewy copse, and, springing forth out of the glen, stretche% forward toward his fancied safety in the wild heights which lay beyond.
 The huntsmen saw him andAthe dogs saw him. One hundred galloping dogs gut forth a deeper bay and 100 voices Joined in a gladsome shout.
 The rushing chase followed the noble ttAg up the steep heights of Uam-var But by the time this eminence was gained the half of the hunters had fallen out, their horses winded, and scarce half the pack of hounds was hear the quarry. So over mountain side and across moors and plains they swept.
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Conducted to the King

Meantime Ellen, in her apartment, sitting by an open window, had heard avoice which she knew and loved, the voice of Malcolm Graeme, singing in a window of some other apartment "The Lay of the Imprisoned Huntsman."
 She had scarcely turned aside to wipe C. tear away when she heard a step and the Knight of Showdown entered the room. He came, he said, to conduct her to the royal presence
 She received him with warm express sions of gratitude for the service ne had done her in giving her the signst ring of the King and. escorted by the knight, went, with beating heart and faltering steps, to the presence room where the King was holding his court.
 At the touch of the knight two great doors opened and beyond them Ellen saw spacious apartment brilliantly lighted by the morning sun which streamed through the windows and .hronged by a great company of cour- tiers-men and women dressed in rich and splendid garb
 Her eyes were dazzled by the light and the colors, the flashing jewels and the gold and silver displayed Fitz- James had to stay her footing as she entered the presence room, so over come was she by various emotions
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A CLASSIC
 IN A P AGE
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reSerNed.l
 .arhe Lady of the Lake" was the third of scotts great poems-of his stories told in rhyme The first was The Lay of the Last Minstrel" and the see- ond, by which he added so greatly to his fame, was .Marmion."
 After the great success of "Marmion, ,' Scott says himself that he felt like ex- claiming, with Ulysses, in the Odyssey One venturous game my hand hath
 won today;
 Another, gallants. yet remains to play"
 So wrote "The Lady of the lake and won the "venturous game"
 It is upon these three poems, ''The Iay of the Last Minstrel" "Marmion," !" and "The Lady of the Lake," that Scott built up his great fame as a poet And of the three the last is the best known and the most widely read.
 He wrote poetry afterward, but noth- ing that added to his fame-nothing 2 which even approached in excellence these three efforts. These three poems made him a baronet, brought him money and made him a ruler in "the realm of rhyme"
 'The Lady of the Lake, still exercises over the cultivated mind of the world that every year thousands of tourists from all parts of the globe visit the Trossachs and Loch Katrine, to repeat passages from the poem amid the scenes where the plot Is laid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
Compromise Reflected

When there Roderick said: T have now brought you far beyond Clan Alpine s outposts. Now you must keep your life with your sword"
 T have never delayed when foe bade me draw my sword before,'' replied the knight, 'but your generous courtesy in bringing me safely here is deserving of some requital. Let us go to James at Stirling, where. I doubt not, all your grievances will be examined and your wrongs rectified.
 "If, after talking with the King, you will still be his foe, I pledge my knightly word that you shall be restored to your Highlands with each advantage which you now possess to guard them.''
 But the chieftain would hear of no compromise and told the knight of the prophecy of Brian the hermit regarding the spiling of first blood.
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he betrayed in his bearing a high born and martial pride as distinctly as if he had been clad in armor and wore a barons crest.
 Tn words courteous and bland. but with a tone and gesture which seemed less used to request than to command. the knight told his story and asked that he might be guided to some place where he could rest for the night. In the morning, if some other of the hunt did not find him. he would request a guide back to the Lowlands.
 The maiden sent her skiff to the shore and assured the stranger that not only would he be welcome guest in rude Highland mansion upon an island which she pointed out--her "desert home'- but that his coming had been foretold and provided for.
 The stranger declared that he had no right to claim the welcome of an expect ed guest-that never before had his foot trod the shore of Loch Katrine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
After the Duel

Fitz-James drew his sword and a mem orable conflict took place between the two men, a conflict the details of which no one should read except in the lowing words of Scott.
 Long they fought and when the fight was over Roderick lay bleeding upon the ground and the knight. breathless but unscathed. could scarcely drag himself to the neighboring stream to refresh himself with water
 When he finally got his wind again he sounded a long note upon his bugle. Soon, in response. four young squres came galloping to the ford, leading two horses.
 Upon the horse which. he had intended, should take Ellen away from the High lands. he bade them place the wounded chief, and convey him to Stirling. Mount ing the other steed himself he spurred swiftly forward followed by two squires, leaving the other two to assist the wound ed Highlander
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
An Alliance Proposed

''1he King in his vindictive pride claims that he has subdued and tanned the bor- der. He went there ostensibly in pursuit of sylvan game-and he meant conquest.
 Now he would tame the Highlands and cones hither under the same pretext- to hunt.
 You know what happened to the chiv- airy of the border-hanged over their own gates? What mercy do you think will he show to Highland chiefs?
 Now, Douglas, grant me this maid to wife: thy counsel to aid mine. Doug las and RodericlS Dhu will find enough friends and allies flock to their stand ards.
 'Roderick," cried the Douglas, my daughter cannot be thy bride. It may not be. And never against his sov- ereisn will Douglas level a rebeliious spear.
 Ellen and will seek, somewhere. an-
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BY SIR WALTER SCOTT

shall know that suitor waits bearing his signet. Meantime. please to re- pose in fitting bower until such time as you may have audience"
 When Ellen had been shown to her apartment, old Allanbane begged that he might be taken to the prison place to his master.
 Thinking that it was Rodericlx and not the Douglas whom he sought, the minstrel was conducted to the cell Of Roderick Dhu. Eagerly the chieftain asked. news of his mother, Ellen and the Douglas-and if battle had been fought.
 He was assured that Ellen and the Lady Margaret were In safety. and that there were hopes that Douglas and his King would be reconciled. Part of this information Allan had acquired on his way to the castle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
UnseemIy Strife

Ellen was in a state of great agitation and to her side came Malcolm Graeme.
 Instantly the naughty chieftain. who, with dark, waving plumes and a darker visage beneath them, was striding through the hall, his tartans waving like the wings of some great bird of ill omen sprang toward the Graeme.
 Back, beardless boy." he cried. Thank this roof, Ellen and the Douglas, for hav- ing so long escaped the just punishment of your presumption"
 Fiercely the two grappled and each sought to draw sword or dagger. Death had resulted had not Douglas thrust his giant strength between them, crying out:
 "The first who strikes is the foe of Douglas Has he fallen so low that his daughters hand is fought for in a common brawl?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
Their Names Concealed

The sides of the hall were covered with trophies of fight and chase-pennons and iiegs, antlers and skins, arms and armer, A stately woman of mature age, wom- an of such stately presence as might well have become a royal court, came to wei e me the stranger.
 The latter now gave his name and rank. He was, he said, the Knight of snow doun, James Fitz-James. That morning he had set out with Lord Moray's train to chase the deer.
 He had outstripped his comrades, killed his horse by hard riding, lost the stag and then had lost himself when Ellen had found him.
 The knight hinted that in return he might be informed of the name and rank of Ellens father But both Dame Margaret flor that was the elder ladys name and her niece. Ellen. avoided the ques- ton and changed the subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
Speaking Even of Love

Scarce repressing scream, Ellen asked him why he had come in such times as these to such a dangerous country. He replied that he had come to bear her from scenes of peril and strife to a place of safety.
 His former guide-the one who had been furnished him by Roderick when he left the island-had, according to his previous appointment, met him that day and guided him to the retreat of Ellen.
 ''The meanest serf in Roderick's s cla would not have guided you here un- known to the chief cried Ellen. Do you not know that all the passes are yuarded?"
 In short, she tried to convince the knight that he was in trap. But he declared that all had seemed peaceful as he passed into the Highlands; that he sad seen no signs of war
 And. anyway. he was ready to en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
The False Guide

? Fitz-James mind was tossed by pas- sion when Ellen had uttered her warn ing, but now he began to feel that, perhaps he was in the tolls. He. watched his guide narrowly and the clansman's s manner soon convinced him that Ellen had been right.
 When in a mountain pass the guide gave what was evidently a signal cry to concealed associates, the knight drew his sword and cried out Dis close your treachery or die,"
 But the guide. with the fleetness of inc mountain deer, sprang away down the mountain pass. drawing his bow as ae sped and turning swiftly to send an orrow which just grazed the knights crest.
 Fitz-James now continued his journey with great caution, but saw no sisn ,f Highland warrior until just as night had fallen he came upon a mountaineer reposing by fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
The Knight of Snowdoun

The Douglas left the island and re- paired with Ellen and his faithful min strel to a cave upon the mountain side of Benvenue on the mainland.
 There he left Ellen in charge of Allan bane and made his way to Stirling, where the King held his court, with the inten- tion of giving himself up 10 the royal vengeance, hoping that by so doing, he might rescue his daughter from the life of hardship and peril which she was lead ing and, perhaps, effect a compromise be- tween the monarch and Roderick Dhu.
 A few evenings after, as Ellen sat by the entrance of the cave singing hymn to the Virgin to the accompaniment of the harp of the aged minstrel, man was seen coming up the pass.
 As he stood before her Ellen at once recognize the Knight of Showdown James F'itz-James.
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Welcomed bv Clanp of Steel,

"No," said Ellen, for that was the name of the Lady of the Lake, T well believe that you never before have seen this place.
 But last night our family minstrel one gifted with the power of second sight-foretold your coming. even had a vision of your horse lying dead in the narrow way. and bade that all should be ready to entertain a guest of high de- gree.'
 They crossed over to the island and there, fronting on a little green, and so bound around by woods that the house was invisible until one was close upon it, but of rude construction, which, ap- parently, some Highland chief had built for a retreat in time of danger.
 Ellen led the way into the strange dwelling. As the knight crossed the threshold there came the angrly clang of steel.
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had lain and stood silent and motionless, watching their leaders will
 These are warriors of Clan Alpine, said the guide and I am Roderick Dhu."
 Amazed, astounded, the knight scarcely believed his eyes and, though never a braver knight bore arms, the blood thrill ed for an instant to his heart.
 Then drawing his sword he placed his back against rock and cried out:
 Come one, come all-this rock shall fly
 From it's firm base as soon as I.
 Roderick waved his hand and the clans men disappeared as suddenly as they had sprung up. Almost in silence RodericlS and Fitz-James pursued the rest of the way to the ford
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-28
The Jone Mountaineer

The Highlander. springing up With sword in hand. demanded who he was and what he-a Saxon-was doing in those wilds The knight replied that he required rest and guide and food. That his path was beset by foes-his way lost
 was she a friend to Roderick Dhu?' asked the Highlander.
 No"
 'Dared he call himself foe to that chieftain?"
 .'Yes, and to all his band,''
 Bold words replied the Highlander, but sit down and share the food and the couch of a soldier. I see by your spurs and belt that you are knight. Prowling scouts say that you have come to these parts as spy. But believe they lie.'
 They do, by heaven. Let me rest until morning an dthen come, Roderick Dhn, with two of bis best clansmen with him. and I will write the falsehood on their bodies,' cried the knight.