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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15

ever had to enter the island again it
wouId he TO stay.
An accusation that IL being made by
some of the more tiery Cuban patriots
IS hat the uprising is being financed
by Americans who desire Intervention.
This theory also coiTides with facts
For example. several plantations be
longing to Americans hive been fired
By the Insurgents If American capl
tai were behind the move there GER
tainly would be some means taken to
protect its own holdings from injury.
There II no little mystery even In
Cuba rs 70 the actual cause Of the re-
volt. Possibly the true explanation il
the festlcssness Of the IGNORANT and
vicious elements Of the populations
They belt iiecause they DO not know
what else TO do. Brigandage Is obvi-
ouSiy another motive II Is a literal
Black Hand on n rnagnided spale.
nrhon ST,a1ry
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15
Mrs. schenk Freed

Wheeling June S.-Judge Jor-
dan in the criminal couls has dismiss.
ed the case against Mrs Laura
Sehenk accused Of poisoning her hus.
band. She is now a free woman, hay.
ing been through three terms OF court,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15
COMMUNICATING
TO BE PREVENTED
Tickets For Big Democratic Gather.
ing VIII Not BE Given Out Until
Day Before Meeting

Baltimore, Md, June 10.-John /.
Martin, sergeant at arms Of the Dem
ocratic National Convention is here
making preliminary arrangements for
the Democratic gathering He says
that there will be no packing of the
convention hall and that no tickets
viii be issued to any one until the
day before the meeting in order to
prevent counterfeiting.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15
VICE PRESIDENCY
AN OFFICE THAT
This Notwithstanding That
Five Presidents Have
Died In Office.

~ all the talk Of candidates little
IA speculation has been heard about
hi the second place on the national
tickets. Yet In the early days Of
the republic the vice presidency was
regarded as a training school for the
presidency Five of our twenty-five
elected presidents have died soon after
Inauguration and their vice presidents
thus raised to the presidency, and
the last three presidents have taken
their vice presidents into their more
intimate counseIs. Nevertheless the
second place is held In such slight
esteem today that nobody launches
an active campaign for the nominal
ton.
Most prominent men who have been
talked of for the position during the
last half century have tried to escape
a nomination One man, John G. Cal
houn, resigned the office after serving
in it for some years to take a senator
ship. Three who have been actually
nominated have declined it. John
Langdon of New Hampshire was nam
ed in 1912 to stand with James Madi-
son, but refused, and Elbridge Gerry
of Massachusetts was named in his
stead. Silas Wright of New York =
1914 was so indignant at the failure Of
the Democrats to nominate Martin
Van Buren, that when he was nominal
ed for vice president he instantly or
dered the withdrawal of his name, and
George NJ. Dallas of Pennsylvania was
substituted
In both cases the declining candidate
threw away an election as well as a
nomination. though Mr.. Wright by run
ming for governor in New York the
same year and carrying the state by
the immense influence of his name
brought the Democratic electoral ticket
in on the same wave. thus defeating
Henry Clay and shaping the history
of the country for considerable pc
Rod of years. The third declination
was that of Benjamin Fitzpatrick of
Alabama, nominated in 1860 on the
Douglas ticket.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15
BIBLE PURGATORY
| EXISTS IN THIS LIFE,
Saved So as by Fire. Is Not
Literal Fire.
Pastor Russell Points Out That Dante's
Picture Of Pureatory Has Little
Foundation In 5ible-Thinks Many
Have Been Under Kind Of Hoodoo.

X a nsas City,
Mo, June 9.-Pas-
tor Russell spoke
twice here today.
We quote his dis
course from the
text, Saved so as
by fire. q Corin-
thiaps iii. 15). He
said in part
The Cath ollie
thought Of Purga :
tory has. been OPP
posed by Protest
ants upon the plea
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15
WHY u. s. DOES NOT
SEEK INTERVENTION
Would Mean Many Sacrifices and Bur
dens and Few Benefits by our
Intervention
By JAMES 4. rpcHRroN.

wv JILL the United States be
NA/ competed to take over Cuba
Wv after all? President Taft
says that the dispatch of the
war fleet TO the island did not neces-
sarily mean Intervention, being de-
signed to protect the property of
American citizens. but long continu-
alton of tie insurrection would com
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sire or purpose of tile part Of the nco
pie or the government of the United
States to annex ciiba unless II beeomes
absolutely necessary for the mainte
nance Of order III the islnnd
The provisions Of the r'latt amend.
mcnt. named for its author. the late
Senator Oryille III platt OF Connect
cut. under which the United States ex-
ercises the right to intervene In Cuba
are az follows:
THAT the United States shall have
the right to Intervene for the preserya.
ton of Cuban Independence aud for
the maintenance OF government able
to protect life, property and individual
liberty
Under this we have interviewed once
already That was when the trouble
came between Palma and Gomez Now
there are mutterings all over the is
land against the present admlnistra-
ton. and trouble has been threatened
once or twice before. Only few
months ago an uprising was threaten
ed. but proved to have nothing behind
II. THE present ono is more serious,
and the danger is that 1t may spread
like wid1re throughout many Of the
provinces. Now ii Is confined to one
Several of the objections TO Ameri-
can Intervention have already been
stated. but there is one more that Is
important both commercially and po-
iiticaIly. At the present time we are
seeking closer relations with South
America. The approaching completion
of the Panama canal opens a splendid
field for us in extending our trade in
that direction. especially with the west
coast of that continent Unfortunately
there is already feeling against us
in the other American republics This
was increased by the revolution In Co
lombla. for which we were held at
least indirectly responsible. The dan
ger is that IL we now intervene in
Cuba, however just our cause may be,
this antagonism may be intiamed. In
one day we may undo years Of the
painstaking efforts of the Pan-Ameri-
can union and the bureau of American
republics.
This makes II still plain that there
can be no desire in the part Of the
United States to annex Cuba. The dis
advantages of that step would so vast
iy outweigh the advantages that no
sane man could counsel it. Indeed, 1t
is questionable whether there would
be any advantages to this country.
The benefits would all accrue to Cuba.
Whatever we do should be and will be
only in the line of performing cur
duty under the treaty.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15

The Catholic or parochial school
will close June 20 with appropriate ex.
ercises.
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Uncle Sam on Guard.

For these and other reasons 1t Ia
sincerely to be hoped that Intervention
will not become necessary. Yet few
who are conversant with the situation
believe the Gomez government can
restore and maintain order. Even il
the present uprising is put down. how
long will it be till another breaks out?
with the veterans. The dispute then
grew so serious that the United States
government had TO issue n warning.
A short time earlier there was another
threatened uprising, which has already
been mentioned. With these constant
outbursts what hope of permanent
stability Is there? Cuba seems atllict-
ed with the revolutionary habits of
Mexico, Central America and much of
South America. Are we to be respon
sible for the order of the island and
yet have no power to shape it's affairs
toward order? These are the embar
RAISING questions which the govern
ment at Washington must answer.
No wonder students conclude that
some day we shall have to go into the
island to stay. The only question is
as to whether or not that time has yet
come
Despite the optimistic statements of
President Gomez the outlook is not
wholly reassuring. That is the view
evidently taken by our government.
since the fleet now in the nelghbor-
hood of Cuba. under the command of
Admiral Osterhaus. is formidable
one. The state department at Wash
ington has a better opportunity to
gauge the uprising than those on the
outside, and such fleet would not
have been sent unless the situation
were grave Ordinarily one or two
gunboats are deemed sufficient TO look
after American interests during Latin
American revolutions. Possibly It Is
only parallel movement to that of
mobilizing our army i'm Texas during
the Mexican revolution Nothing
came of that, although the outlook for
time was sufficiently serious Let
us hope that nothing will come out OF
this. Yet we can hut remember that
promise OF the American soldiers that
II they ever went bnck TO Cuba 1t would
be TO stay: ana they are going back.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15
Ages of Some Candidates.

As to the ages of the men named
for the vice presidency, the oldest of
the successful candidates was FL
bridge Gerry, who was slxty-eight
years of age: the next oldest William
Rufus King. sixty-six. George Gin
ton and Thomas A. Hendricks were
both sixty-fve. Levi p. Morton was
sixty-four. and Henry Wilson was six
ty. Henry G. Davis, the octogenarian,
who ran with Judge Parker in 1904,
was probably the oldest man ever
nominated for the vice presidency.
and Allen G.. Thurman. who at seven
ty-five years shared Mr.. Cleveland's
defeat in 1888, was probably the next
oldest of the unsuccessful candidates.
BY way of emphasizing the impor-
lance once attached TO the vice presi-
dency 1t is an interesting fact that the
"two-thirds rule" which has played
havoc with so many Democrats am
billions, had its origin in a desire to
limit the chances of a candidate, not
for the FIRST place on the ticket. but
for the second. Jackson was running
for a second term as president in 1882.
In spite of his somewhat stormy first
term, he was still more or less of a
popular idol, and there was little OPP
position TO his denomination. The
question of the choice. of a candidate
for vice president was still open how
ever. and \ national Democratic con.
gention-the first known to our 20
NAL call OF a distinguished visitor in
Washington, not at his hotel, but al
the embassy of his sovereign In any
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15

Anyway. the Colonel has been hay
Ing corking time,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15

ITO bolt, or not TO bolt?" That is
the question at Chicago
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15
Will Go In 10 STAY.

II they are right the pre- dent could.
Of course, put down the us1rrectlon
any time he gets good ana ready. The
only trouble with The theory is that IL
does rot square with some known
facts. For one thing, the blacks have
repeatedly stated that the reason for
their rebellion is the law DENYING rec
ognition TO political parties orzanized
along race lines. They say tAey will
keep on fighting until this obnoxious
law is repeated The second fact is
that Com and his soldiers seem uu.
able to end the insurrectou
~'This brings US back to American in.
terYention. In case the Cuban gov.
eminent is unable TO stop 4e rebel
1i6u Uncle sam viii be compelled to
step in, At the close Of our '..' inter
yenlion 1t was freely stated .4at II we
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pei Uncle Sam 10 take a part. accord
ing to the terms of the platt amend.
ment incorporated into the treaty be-
tween the two countries.
The great question, then. is as to
Cuba's ability to put down the insur-
rection in a reasonable time Pres-
dent Gomez expresses his confidence
that his troops can handle the situa-
ton without our help. Americans
who have been in Cuba and who have
Kept track of the present uprising do
not agree with him. They say that
these negro insurrectos are old hands
Mt the business and are too wary to be
caught by the national forces The
insurgents divide up into small bands,
levying tribute and burning the prop
erty of those who fail to pay. aud In
this guerrilla warfare they can con-
time indefinitely. II they were con-
centrated into one or two armies ard
would tight il might be possible for
the government troops to defeat and
subjHgate them: but, broken IN as
they are into rowing gangs Of bandits
and marauders. evading a direct clash
with the army and striking defense
less private citizens, it is impossible
10 get at them
1t was this sort of guerrilla warfare
that Cuba maintained so long against
Spain. In turn. it was employed by
Gomez against President Palma. Go
mez himself is president now and is
getting some of his own medicine.
His enemies assert that he himself is
financing the present Instruction to
distract attention from the financial
Irregularities of his administration.
They say that he used 10 De poor. but
that since he became president he has
amasscd n fortune Of 100000 or So
0000G0. When this wealth and the
methods of its accumulation were dis.
cussed too freely and trouble was
threatened something had 20 De done
TO take the public mind or The sub
Ject. The inSurrectiou was the easiest
way. 1t would furnish an opportunity
for the president to appeal 90 uatriot.
ism and annex military glory. At
least this is the version of the know
ing ones about Havana
Will Go In to Stay.
q 81.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-15
Notable Men Declined.

A number of notable men. without
waiting for an expression of the senti-
ment of convention. have refused to
allow themselves to be nominated for
vice president who. if they had con-
scented, could have become presidents
by succession. Chief among these was
General Benjamin f. Butler of Mas
sachusetts. who in 1864 was strongly
pressed to take the second place on
the ticket with Mr. Lincoln. He re-
jected all overtures. and Andrew john
son assembled the ladder in his place.
They tell a story of the offer of the
vice presidential nomination to William
Garfield in 1880 and of an accident
which took him out of the race appar-
emily of his own initiative. Mr.. Frye
always asserted. too. that he could
have had the nomination in 1900, when
it went to Colonel Roosevelt. but that
he declined to consider it because he
regarded his seat in the senate as a
much prouder place.
Perhaps the worst slough into which
the party managers ever drifted with
regard to the vice presidency was the
practice, continued for a number of
years, of using the nomination as a
consolation prize to hold the good will
of the faction which had been defeated
in the contest for the higher honor. A
typical instance was the nomination of
Chester A. Arthur in 1880. He stood
squarely by his obligation to the domi-
nant faction in the campaign, honestly
striving for Garfield's election himself
and holding his followers to their
work But when after Inauguration
the new president proved by his use
of patronage that he did not intend to
put the party organization in New York
state into stalwart hands Mr.. Arthur
rebelled and became one of the most
active insurgents till the tragedy of
the Cd of July and his elevation to the
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NY all the talk Of candidates little
IA speculation has been heard about
M the second place on the national
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-08
DRAKE IS IMPROVING.
Injured Street Car Conductor VIII
Probably Get Wen.

Joseph Drake, the street car con-
ductor who was shot by James Dunn
ford while on a street car last Sunday
night, will probably recover. Danger
of peritonitiS is believed to have pass
ed and with success in avoiding other
complications, it is believed that he
will begin to show a gradual improve
ment from now on.
DR.. G. J. Mulvane, the physician for
the Street Railway company, and
those who are working on the patient
with him, believe that danger of peri
tonitis has passed and that they will
be successful in saving the young
mans life. Mr.. Drake rested well
last night and appeared quite cheer
full this morning He greeted his
nurse and mother with a smile. The
few friends who are permitted to see
him were given the same greeting.
He has but little to say. His physi-
clans have requested him to keep quiet
and avoid any excitement whatever,
fearing that the results of such might
prove dangerous.
While in communication with
Christ's hospital this morning the
State Journal was assured that the
young mans condition was slightly
improved and that his chances for re-
covery are much better than hereto
fore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-08
HE QUOTES LINCOLN.
Roosevelt Addresses 'sFfrst Glass I'm
Applied Decent Politics."

New York, Feb. S.-With the cores
pondence of Abraham Lincoln as q
textbook and six newspaper reporters
as pupils, Col. Roosevelt addressed
what he called his first class in ap-
piled decent politics."
Col. Roosevelt prefaced his talk with
the declaration that he had tried to
take Lincoln letters as a guide for
himself and thought that excerpts from
many or the martyred presidents let
tiers would make proper replies to Ques-
tions that ere being asked him daily.
One of the letters especially, Mr..
Roosevelt was Lincoln'S confidential let
ditions confronting him today. This
was a letter written at Springfield on
April 6, 1860, to G. r. Mcneil. The part
emphasized by Roosevelt read as fol-
lows:
It have made this explanation to you
as a friend; but I wish no explanation
to our enemies. What they want is a
squabble and a fuss. and they can have
it if we explain and they can not have
it If we don't"
Roosevelt was Lincoln't confidential let
ter to A. Jones, written on June 81, 1860.
In part 1t said:
land now a word of caution Our
adversaries think they can gain point
If they could openly force me to deny
the charge, by which some degree OF
onense would be given to the Amerf-
cans. For this reason 1t must publicly
appear that am paying no attention
to the charge"
THAT reminds me of some more of
my past answers" commented Colonel
Roosevelt. You may recollect that on
+ several occasions have said that l
had nothing to say.
IF were to labor a month"; .
he read from Lincoln's private and
confidential letter of October 20. 1860.
to G. D. Prentice II could not express
my conservative views and intentions
more clearly and strongly than they
are expressed in our platforms and in
my many speeches already in print and
before the public"
Colonel Roosevelt interrupted the
reading here to say:
Il am not speaking now of my inn
mediate problems, but referring only to
general politics.
He continued: And now, my friend,
do not misunderstood me. I have not
decided that I will not do substantially
what you suggest. If 1 do finally alb
stain 1t will be because of apprehen-
sion that it will do no harm. For the
good men of the southland 1 regard
the majority of them as such-I have
no objection to repeat seventy and seven
times. But 1 have bad men to deal
with, both north and south, men who
are eager for something new upon which
to base misrepresentation, men who
would like to frighten me, or at leas'
to fix upon me the character of timid1ty
and cowardice. They would seize upon
almost any letter 1 should write as be-
ing an awful coming down
Il intend keeping my eye upon these
gentlemen and not to unnecessarily put
any weapons in their hands
The politicians of those days." Mr.
Roosevelt said, in closing, had mucl
the same sort of problems confronting
them as we have today"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-08
HE HANDLED NO Cash.
W. Morgan Shuster Tells of His Work
in Person.

London, FeD. s.-w. Morgan Shus-
ter, the former American treasurer
general of Persia, had an interview to-
day with Sir Edward Grey, the British
foreign minister. The situation in
Persia was discussed and while no
change in British policy in that coun-
try is expected as a result of the inter-
view it can be said the meeting was
pleasant and cordial.
w J. Oudenyk, the Dutch minister
to Persia. who is a probable candidate
for the Persian treasurer generalship
is now in London. It is believed the
British foreign office approved his
candidacy, which is strongly favored
by the Persian cabinet. Shuster is
greatly incensed at NJ. Mornard' s
charges that the Americans until re-
Gently, were connected with the Per-
sian treasury department, were guilty
Of frauds and left their books in con-
fusion.
Mr.. Shuster said: "I was preparing
to audit NJ. Mornard's customs ac-
counts when the Russian ultimatum
demanding my dismissal came I be-
lieve that the u1timatum was fastened
in order to save him. My Office never
handled any cash, even for the pay
ment of salaries. All the accounts
were passed by the imperial Persian
bank, whose books prove the honesty
of the American administrations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-08
SHE MUST Whip Up
New YOrk's Commercial Pres
tfge Threatened by Boston.
New England City First to
Awake to Opportunity.
HARBOR IMPROVEMENT MADE
ow Business Men Want ia
maica HarbOr Bettered.
Panama Canal and Big Liners
Cause Agitation.

New York, Feb. S.-Fernando
Wood. when mayor of New York
City in the mid-fifties. called attention
to the commercial value of Jamaica
bay to New York City and predicted
that the time would come when 1t
would be so improved as to make 1t
second only to the harbor of New
York itself as q port of commerce.
Mayor Wood did not in any official
way speak of the commercial advan-
ia ges which Jamaica bay, if improved,
would offer. He could not DO that,
for at that time Jamaica and its wa
ter front were, relatively speaking, a
long distance from New York. AL
though in the fifties some agitation
began in favor of unifying the city OF
Brooklyn and the city of New York
yet at that time no one dreamed that
when consolidation did come there
would be included within the boun-
daries of the greater New York the
village of Jamaica and that the en-
Iarged city would have jurisdiction
over the waters of Jamaica bay, or
that part of them not controlled by
the state.
It may be that a chance remark re-
ported to have been made last sum-
mer by ]. P. Morgan in which at
tention was called to the great COM
mercial availability of the harbor Ct
New London and the manifest adj
vantages that harbOr possessed over
the much-mOOted harbOr at MOntauk,
at the eastern emu OF Long lSldnOs
caused some of the city authorities to
begin an agitation which has for its
object the Improvement of Jamaica
bay and such high improvement that
it may become a true and prosperous
port
The community has recently learned
that Boston is beginning to realize
what its advantages as a port are and
how greatly they may be increased by
the expenditure of some millions so
that docks may be improved and ter
minal facilities greatly expanded. For
some years the feeling has been strong
that New York City may lose it's pre-
eminence as a port or may discover
that this pre-eminence is threatened OF
impaired. That apprehension explains
the recent discussions in favor of so
changing the railroad differentials
that New York City would be able