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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

statement of the progressives. which
Is as follows;
ITO the Republican national conyen-
ton.
ProeressiVes Statement.
I'VE have reached 81 point where the
Roosevelt delegates feel that they can
no longer share IN the responsibility
! for the acts of the convention. We
! have contested with you until we
| have exhausted every parliamentary
! privilege in an effort to have placed
upon the roll the names Of men ie-
! Rnlly elected. When. by using the
| votes If the delegates whose rights to
cit In this convention are challenged,
you took the position which places
, the powers uf a political committee
above the authority Of 1900 majority,
elected In legal primary in California,
we decide that your steam roller had
I exceeded the speed limit. Since then
we have asked for no roll call You
have now completed the seating Of
ali contested delegates, using the votes
{ Of the contested dele6ates 10 accom-
plish your purpose, We cannot. IN
/ justice TO ourselves share the re-
sponsihility Of n convention which has
said TO Chio-the home of President
/ Taft-that Il majority of 1900 votes,
obtained in Il legal primary election,
would stand aside for the political
dictum Of national committeeman
discarded by that same majority We
cannot become parties with you in
declaration To Pennsylvania. that II de-
feated political committeeman sitting
In AN obscure room OF this building,
can nuniy the 10000 majority by
which Pennsylvania gave expression
10 her wishes.
we will not put ourselves in a
position to be bound by anything you
say TO the majority. who rejected Mr.
/ Taft In New Jersey. to the ms ioTlty
! which ropected him In Wisconsin,
to the majority which rejected him
in Nebraska To the majority who re-
1ected him In mine TO the majority
who respected him in Maryland. To
the majority IN South Dakota, to
tts4s majority ia North r}ls}s etai S;le+e n
gave him only 1850 votes out If So
600 to tho majorities which rejected
him III Oregon. Kansas, Oklahoma.
West Virginia, North Carolina, Min
nesota. that all these ma1orities s.if-
cd together went down under he
mote rulings OF a political committee.
we will not Join you in saying 10
the home State Of Abraham Lin
co'u that the 100, coo majority VIII
lgh!ch- Il -defented Mr-Taft.- and n 8
rvthnafers. was overruled by those
very managers with tho consei OF
~ "a who hata arropntad mowers
,,e..cr tntoraad IN he theirs
'Arr pavns aough, to Question the
r,or,,br,ca ,,is,, ~ ,bass great Reptb-
,.,a,, ete lrr, ,,ast.rdav Tfr+li no nm
sho,. 1.etteA rncord than Is shoxp
H. thn ranrt+r of his +vne ~ con.nr-
native Leadership. he Is stopped from,
cri..eism When Theodore Roose-
vet left the White House. four years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23
DELEGATES POUR INTO
BAL 1|MOnE
CONTINUED from First Page)

temporary chairman Of the Baltimore
convention:
New Haven, Conn, June 90.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan, Chi
cago:
Replying to your telegram forward
ed from Hartford 1t does not seem
to me that the course you suggest
would promote harmony at Baltimore.
THE Republican party has been
visibly destroying itself at Chicago.
The storm center has been the action
of q national committee in planning
for the organization of it's convention.
| should regard it as unwise to agi-
tate g. similar Cause of differancal re-
speeding action of the Democratic ma
tionai convention
THE Democratic party of the United
States stands TOR three things:
What Party Stands For.
l. Opposition TO grants of special
privileges to special interests.
g. Opposition to Capitalization of
power at Washington by encroach-
mente on the rightful spheres of the
States.
3. Economy In public expenditures.
All those who believe. That these
should be steadfastly main
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

monv at Baltimore. not by opposing
the choice of any particular Individual
as chairman of the convention, but
rather In the lines OF emphasizing
points of agreement instead of points
Of difference
Il am for leaving the national COM
mittee to act on the recommendation
OF the subcommittee as they may
think most wise. Let the Republicans
enjoy a monopoly of convention
personalities.
(Signed) SIMEON r. BALDWIN,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

delegates yelling before Engineer Root
could call for Il vote, The ayes have
it The Roosevelt men stretched
themselves down before the roller,
and let it mass over them, merely Yell
ing mo" as the massacre went on.
The roller had been travelling so
fast that Root had to wai- half an
hour while the credentials commit
tee touched up its report III Wasn-
1ngtpn When Root called our that
the Washington contests were ready
. be voted on, the Roosevelt dele
satts began to boo" Rot became
ieri.ated, and imp1riousiy demanding
cG.et urged the convention to refrain
from obstructing the proceedings so
that they could all get through by
mid might.
"A point of order" yelled p. w,
Howard. of Mississippi, Root asked
him to state it.
THE steam roller is exceeding the
speed limit" cried the delegate.
Root Joined in the laugh that spread
over the hall
We ali want to get home for Sun
daY." exclaimed Root.
Uses IInrsh Words.
Hugh r. Halbert spoke for a minor
fly report on Washington. using such
harsn words as steal" and fraud"
The delegates made too much noise
to hear what HaIbert was saying.
When he got through tho Roosevelt
men Initiated the "choo~ohoo~ch oo" of
the steam roller William T. Dovell,
Of Washington. a Taft man. mounted
tire stand to urge the convention not
TO vote against the credentials conn
nlttee's findings. Eek Governor Fort,
OF New Jersey protested that as
DoVell was one Of the delegates whose
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

for the Men of Affairs" contest.
$50 In cash to be given away free.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-23

See Page s
for the Men of Affairs" contest
$50 In cash to be given away tree
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
A Poor Robin Almanac,

One of the scarcest and most anus
ing of the early English almanacs Is
entitled "Poor Robin, an Almanack of
the Old and New Fashion con-
tanning twofold Kalendar-viz. the
Julian. English or Old Account. and
the Roundheads. Fanatics, paper-scuird
or Maggotheaded New Account" etc.
It is a pamphlet Of sixteen pages and
is dated London. 1890.
The dedication is Ito the world" and
in it Poor Robin says: with Pipers,
Ballad-singers and Fiddlers it IS mer-
~ World: with Prisoners, Sick-people
and Money-less persons it is a sad
World; with a Soldier 1t is a hard
World; with Divine wicked World;
with Lawyer a contentious World:
with a Courtier slippery World; with
most men n mad World. and with all
men q bad World" Some Of the ear
lier of these "Poor Robin Almanacks'
have been attributed to Robert Her.
rick.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
aaHlina Boston.

After ten days we were able to find
our way around Boston. but not across
it. II you start to walk out in Boston
You always come back to the place
from which you started unless you try
to; then it is almost impossible.
The transportation is fine, after you
have committed it to memory. The
hospitality Of Eoston we shall always
remember. hut not its street car direc-
tons. 4 Boston street car acts like
brOncho. You never know whether it
is going through the air like bird, un-
der the ground like a mole or beneath
the bay like fish. The motorman
seems to make up his mind as he. goes
along.
The Boston language is sibilant and
stylish. The Boston people love the
soft boiled r." Out west folks pro-
nounce "r'' good deal like dog
chewing a bone. In Boston they deal
as gently with it rs they can, as If it
were not to blame for being in the
language. although it doesn't belong
there -Horseshoers' Journal.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
Fatal Street Music.

In casting w the score against street
musicians 1t mus, never be forgotten
that to them was due the untimely
death of one Ut EnSand's foremost hu-
morists. John Leech. The strain Of
ceaseless application to his work rem.
dered Leech abnnrmally sensitive to
street noises Ut all descriptions. and
street music in particular drove him
frantic. The organ grinders. 1t is said.
knew Of bis enmity toward them and
played within earShot OF his studio sim
ply to plague MIN. In letter to Mr..
Bass. NJ. r.. who was framing q bill
for the suppression of street noises.
Mark Lemon. the editor of Punch, de-
clared that beyond Il doubt Leech's I'll.
dmately fatal inaady. angina pect0ris.
or breast panE. was due to the dis
turbance of his nervous system caused
by the continual visits of street bands
and organ grlnders.-London Chronicle
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
The Lotus Flower.

Poets and novelists alike have given
mythical texture and color to the lotus.
The elder Dumas spoke Of lotus flow
er pure white and with petals as deli
cate as fine muslin" Nor did the an
clients treat the matter with more
truth. Herodotus spoke Of the lotus
as Of q plant which habituaiiy de.
scended below the surface of the wa
ter at sunset f. return to view only
with the reapI ! lnce Of the sun. The
lotus known ~ modern man goes be-
low the surface OF the water. like all
nymphaeas. when its beauty and its
freshness haze passed and when the
time has come to ripen its seed pod.
Then by the law of life it closes its
corolla ard goes away from the air
and the sunshine down into the water
to prepare for the future of its family.
It goes at the time when the sun sets.
but it does not reappear. When it
goes down as an individual it is gone
forever. The petals described by Du-
mas as being "as white as the SHOWS
of Himalaya" are not pure white, nor
can anything be called with justice
las white rs the lotus flower" be-
cause lotus flower may be red or
blue as well rs white.-Harper's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
A Poeterhouse Steak.

According to the Encyclopaedia Bri-
tannica, the word "steak" is apparently
derived from Icelandic "steik," used in
the same sense as the English word,
(which meant properly roasted meat,
from steikja, to roast-that Is, placed
on stick or peg of wood before the
fire Compare Swedish, sick; Danish.
sick, roast meat)."
The same authority says: "A 'por-
terhouse' steak Is a choice cut of steak
from the loin, SO named. apparently.
first In New York from well known
porter house and eating house where
chops, steaks. etc., and porter or stout
were served. at which these steaks
were a speciality.
"A steak grilled between two other
steaks, which are not served after the
cooking is finished. Is also sometimes
called a 'porterhouse' steak"
Not in these days Of high cost meat
would such a practice as the latter be
very generally followed, however.-Na-
honal Provisioner.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
Lord 1rouaham's Dream.

Lord Br0ugham was one Of the most
stubborn believers in the common
sense" explanation Of ghostly appear
ances as dreams. At Edinburgh uni
versity he and an intimate friend drew
up an agreement written with their
blood that whichever Of them died first
should appear to the survivor. Years
passed, the friend was in India, and
Brougham had almost forgotten his
existence. Arriving late one night ut
an inn in Sweden. Brougham had hot
bath, and was going to get out Of it
when he locked toward the chair on
which he had left his clothes and saw
his friend sitting on it. Brougham
seems then to have tainted. On get
ting home he received a letter an
that the other had died in
India at the very time. Yet this Incl
dent, which most people would put
down to telepathy. at least. was dis
missed by Brougham as a mere dream
and pure coincidence.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
The Old Oaken Buckets Conc.

One days excursion out of Boston is
southwark through the birthplace and
ancestral home of the brilliant essay
ist Quincy to the boyhood haunts Of
Woodwork and the scenes which in
spired his sweetest lyric. In Scituate.
by the village Of Greenbush, we find
the we'll Of 1.-THE Old Oaken Bucket"
remaining at the site Of the dwelling
where the poet was born and reared.
Most of the "loved scenes" Of his child
hood-the wide spreading pond, the
venerable orchard, the flower decked
meadow, the deep tangled Wildwood
may still be seen, little changed since
he knew them, but the rock Of the
cataract has been removed and the
cascade itself somewhat altered by the
widening Of the highway; the loot OF
his fathers" has given place to mod
ern farmhouse. and the moss COW
cred bucket that hung in the well" has
been supp!anted by a convenient but
unpoetical pump.-Theodore E. Wells,
Literary Shrines."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
A Rouuo ELEPHANT.

In "Big Game Shooting In Upper
Burma" Major Evans tells of a ia
nous rogue elephant that had for some
time terrorized the jungle and that had
finally been laid low by a bullet from
the majors rife. The author says:
He measured nine feet seven inches
at the shoulders and had but one tusk.
That, however, was a beauty and
weighed close to forty pounds. The
other tusk had been broken of at the
root, probably in fight. ! took a
bunch of maggots as big as football
out Of the broken tusk. The poor beast
must have endured agonies similar to
q toothache. No wonder that he had
turned rogue! believe that nearly
every rogue elephant is suffering from
some physical hurt or disease that
causes him constant pain and turns
him from an inoffensive beast into q
savage man hunter"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
The Senator's Sarcasm,

For many years there served In the
United States senate IL man of brilliant
mind and many fine qualities. but who
was forever eStranging many with
whom he desired to be friendly By
reason OF bis incurably sarcastic man
ner both OF speech and action Once
an intimate friend wrote the senator
urging the appointment Of another
friend to minor position in the gov
eminent. The senator returned most
sarcastic reply. declining to recon-.
mend the appointment. 1t Is said that
he never forgot the mrrited rebnke ne
received from the friend who had Sug
gested the appointment:
My Dear Senator-l think 1t would be
we'll for you to reserve your sarcasm for
the rapidly increasing number Of your en-
emies. instead OF offering It to the de-
creasing number Of your friends. OF whom
| am one.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
REBvKED AN EMPEROR.
oIuek Didn't Like tho Way Joseph u.
Sano His Music,

Gluck, the composer, was not OF the
sort Of men of whom courtiers are
made. One day he attended at the
court at Vienna Il concert at which the
Emperor Joseph IL. and one Of his
archdukes SANG fragment from one
of Gluck's compositions. Naturally
enough, the imperial artists glanced at
tile composer to see how he was i'm.
pressed by the honor they were doing
him. They were shocked to observe
that he was making Il series Of ex'
traordinary and significant grimaces.
The emperor stopped and inquired
whether he and the archduke were not
singing the bit according to Gluck's
idea of how it should be done.
My idea! exclaimed Gluck. "Why,
sire, I am the poorest walker in the
world. but ! would vastly rather take
a walk Of six leagues than be forced to
hear composition Of my own inter-
preted in such way as that"
Joseph II. was brave enough to take
no notice Of the criticism, but the
court was quite convinced that If
such reproach had been addressed to
the Car Nicholas the composer would
have prosecuted his musical studies
from that time forth under the unfa-
vorablc surroundings of the Siberian
mines.
1t was the composer Weigl. Il man Of
very different temperament from
Gluck. who when the Emperor Fran
els Joseph played the first violin in the
performance of one Of his Overtures
threw himself ut the monarch's feet
and exclaimed, "Ah. sire, will your
majesty benignantly condescend to
grant my prayer and favor me once
more with most gracious F sharp?'-
New York Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
4 MEAL FOR A TIGER.
Tho Ram Was q Fighter, Though, and
Furnished 4 Surprise.


Nature has made the tiger unequaled
In the combination of speed, strength,
cunning. daring and physical beauty.
A tigers first bounds are so rapid as to
bring it alongside an antelope. and a
blow Of its paw will stun a charging
bull. 1t has been known to spring over
a wall five feet high into cattle pen
and to Jump back with full grown
animal in its jaws. Sportsmen say
they have known 1t to carry away the
bait while they were putting up the
shelters from which to shoot it.
It is a fact, however. that the tiger
makes no pretense to invincible cour-
age, as may be seen in the instance Of
one kept in the Calcutta geological
gardens, which was butted to death by
a ram. A soldier owned fighting
ram, which became so troublesome it
had to be sent to the zoo. There It
caused so much annoyance it was de-
c1ded to give it to the great tiger.
The tiger was so ferociOus its food
was let down through a sliding graf
ing in the roof Of its cage. The ram
was lowered down. The tiger. doing
in one corner, saw the ram descend
and, rising, began to stretch itself. The
ram. not knowing he was intended to
be food for the big beast, supposed the
stretching was the signal for a fight.
Stepping nimbly back to the farthest
corner Of the cage. it put down its
head and went straight at the tiger
and in few minutes butted 1t to
death.-New York Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
Navajo Blankets,

Much unaduirerateu nonsense has
been written concerning the symbolism
OF Navajo Indian blankets and the
poetry. legend. tradition and history
woven by the Squaw into its fabric
II is true that some designs have Il
symbolic meaning, but Hopi. Zuni and
Apache symbols are used quite as free
~ as those peculiar to the Navajos.
The Navajo sQuaw is one OF the least
imaginative and least poetical of hu
man beings. and it is quite safe to say
that even when symbolic designs are
employed in blanket weaving it is
without the remotest reference to their
true signidcance.-ArRon
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
Tho Dukes Advice.

The great Duke Of Wellington had an
unfortunate experience at Oxford. He
pronounced Jacobus with the second
syllable "short'' and was duly ad-
monished. Shortly after the word
Carolus came in his speech. and. profit
Ing, as he thought. by experience. he
made the second syllable long, only to
be pulled up again. Possibly he re-
aected that there are worse terrors
than those OF the battlefield. This. at
least. was his advice to IN aspiring
orator: Say what you have to say,
don't quote l.ltir: and sit DOWNFALL
Mail Gazette.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
sha Learned the Lesson.

A Baltimore lawyer had an Office boy
who was given to telling in other Of
fees what happened in that Of his
chief. The lawyer found it necessary
to discharge him, but, thinking to
keep him from a similar fault in the
future, he counseled the boy wisely on
his departure.
"Willie, you must never hear any
thing that is said in the office" he
said. do what you are told to do,
but turn deaf ear to conversation
that does not include you"
A happy inspiration! He would see
that the stenographer learned the same
lesson in passing. so. turning to her.
he said:
Miss Brown. did you hear what
said to Willie?'
mo. SIR" she returned promptly
Lippincott's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17

"Crude country, America" the visit
Ing Englishman condescended to say.
"As how?" we ventured to ask.
II see by this mawning's paper that
Z man was held up and robbed heah
yesterday in broad daylight. Such
things nevah could happen in London"
mo, Of course not. You never have
any broad daylight in London"
We thought we had made quite hit
with this bonmot, but the Briton said:
"Oh, hang it, you miss the point, y
knaow!''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
A Little Something For tho Waiter.

A Little Something For tho Waiter.
1.-THE biggest tip l ever saw given a
waiter in my life was bestowed by the
late John w. Gates in Paris" said a
man who is accustomed to be generous
in that line himself Gates enter
tanned a party Of about dozen OF US
at dinner at the Ritz hotel and had
the little private dining room on the
right as you 80 toward the restaurant.
Before the meal was finished Gates
called for Olivier. the head waiter.
John never did succeed in getting that
mans name right.
"'Onver.' he said, here's little
something for you and he handed him
a 1000 franc note $4,000. told Gates
he was foolish and that he was spoil
ing things for the rest Of US. but no
guessed he knew what he was doing"
New York Sun.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
Lono Sessions In tho Commons.

A recent nineteen hours sitting Of
the house Of commons created sensa.
ton. But it is almost trif1e COM
pared with what happened in the spa
cious days before the closure was in-
troduced. There was the Irish might"
of July 81 and Aug. l, 1877, when the
chaplain. arriving to read prayers at
noon for the Wednesday sitting, found
the Tuesday sitting still in progress
All" said Erskine May to him, I'VE
are past praying for" But the record
was achieved by the forty-one hours
sitting of Jan. 81 to Feb. 2, 1881.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
Heard In tho Lobby.

II am very much interested in the
passing show" said Mr.. Pinchpenny
insinuatingly.
SWELL" replied the man in the box
Office, "this isn't any passing show.
This is a pay as you enter show
Exchange.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
Uses Of Time,

II saved ten minutes day at lunch
for twenty years.
what of it,"
"Oh. it was we'll that I saved all this
time, for now spend two hours daily
in the anteroom Of dyspepsia special
ist."-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
Strivino Vainiy to Pleas

Il suppose those garden seeds sent
saved you quite little money" said
the affable statesman.
NO." replied Mr.. Growcher; y
hadn't the heart to waste 'em, and the
result is that I'm in debt for garden
implements. "-WashingtOn Star.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
He Kept Quiet.

Householder Here. drop that coat
and clear out: Burglar-You be quiet
or I'll wake your wife and give her
this letter found in your pocket
New York Mail.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
A Perfect Likeness.

Mrs. Sob. what beautiful face!
Who is it? Painter-That, madam, is
your daughter. Mrs. S.-What per-
feet likeness! think you must paint
me!
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
Afraid.

"Yes. proposed. but she said I'd
have to ask her mother first
"And did you?"
mo; | was afraid the mother might
accept me."-Judse.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
Saved,

she-So your wife didn't detect that
you had been drinking? He-No The
story told took my own breath away.
Variety Life.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-01-17
In Training.

Clinton-Can you get in at nights
without waking your wife? Clubman
No, but l expect to be able to soon.
I'm taking lessons of burglar.