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would not obey the national conyen.
tion If Johnson were nominated by "A
mere majority. Therefore. they de.
termined 10 rescind the action aban-
doning the two thirds rule and io add
10 II the unit rule" ana thus put
johnson over" The better 10 mask
their purposes, which were inimIcaI TO
Rives. they persuaded william B. RAN
dolph. II Rlves delegate from Virginia.
To bring In II resolution providing for
the unit rule"
II was resolved that in all questions
To he decided by this convention, the
vote should be taken by states instead
of per capita IL II be desired by tho
state being entitled to the number of
votes to which she Is entitled In tho
electoral college. Mr. Randolph. II
Is apparent from the newspaper re-
ports AT the time, did not know that
he was cutting off all chance OF Rives'
nomination, but was prompted 10 offer
the rule solely because of the fact that
as up to that time all questions In the
convention had been voted on per capt
In. and as there were IA greater mum :
Der of delegates from the city Of Bal.
timorc and Maryland than from all
the other states combined. II was u
question of whether the national con
vention should submit to the contro'
Of the Baltimore delegates On Tho
face of things, that was the reason ad-
Nanced for the states In favor of tn,
unit rule" and 1t was adopted
The next morning Robert Strang,
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National Conventions
The noooocro<c IN lQ2E
The Democrats in 1886.
BY Frederick J. Haskin

The presidential election of 1886 was
the last In which any party attempted
To win the presidency without the aid
of national nominating convention.
The democrats held Il convention not
go much to nominate Van Buren, for
president, for that was n foregone
conclusion. but TO settle the dispute
of the rival aspirants for the vice
presidency. then still regarded as the
stepping stone TO the White House.
The national convention. rs an insti-
tuition. as yet had no particular hold
on the imagination or the loyalty of
the people.
The opposition To jackson was d.
yded into 80 many mutually hostile
factions that 1t was esteemed dan
gerons To bring them into one as
sembiy The national republican
party, 50 called. never had been able
to form any particularly effective or
eaniZation. So the anti Jackson
leaders, chief among them clay. Web
ster and calhoun. (Whose feud with
Jackson had become mortal In inten-
sity). waged guerilla warfare on
Van Buren,, whom Jackson had Sc
Itfttu uS IllS SuNNSasoi' ipNs "'N''' y
10 run william Henry Harrison in the
west and middle states. and he was
nominated by Il state convention held
at Harrisburg. Pennsylvania. Later
he was indorsed by the democratic
anti Masonic convention, WING
convention, IN Maryland also nomi-
mated Harrison. Webster was put
out I'm Massachusetts AS being the
most certain of capturing the electoral
votes of that state In South Caro-
lima the electors still were chosen by
the legislature, and calhoun controlled
that,
The anti Jackson revolt had risen
high I'm Jackson's own state of Ten
nessee. and the Tennessee legislature
NJ well as that of Alabama. nomi-
mated Hugh Lawson White. a Tennes-
see senator who had become the Inn
placable enemy of the president. II
"a interesting to note that just before
the Tennessee legislature made this
nomination, copies Of Washington
newspaper containing violent attack
on senator White. In packages bear
ing the presidents frank and nd
dressed in the presidents own hand
writing, We're laid on the desk OF eacf
member Of the legislature.
II was the intention of the anti
jackson leaders, II they could elect {
majority OF the electors for thei
various candidates. then to hold |
convention and agree to have all TIN
electors cast their votes for Clay o
some other leader. II was the firs
ana only. and an entirely unsuccess
fnl attempt to have president electe'
by the electors, as was contemplate
by the Constitution. What chanc
the scheme would have had was de
stroyed by the fact that In the cleo
tion Van Buren, had clear majorit
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LEARN DURING PLAY.

a new paint book for little folks
seems especially designed for the long.
weary sundays when well brought up
children must not play out OF doors.
The paint book, instead OF showing
pictures of ships. horses and ssfnper-
Ing milkmaids. depicts Interesting
scenes from the Bible with accompany.
ing texts printed In large, readable
letters. The pictures are printed IN
duplicate, one colored and the other IN
outline. 30 that the child may color II
according to the copy. While the little
one works away at his painting he-ac-
qnires also knowledge OF the texts
and familiar Bible stories are impressed
upon his mind. with very little effort.
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proxies, who are there to be shown
There are drills. parades ana sham
battles, designed 10 attest the discipline
of the "middies:" there Is target prac-
tice to prove their ability IN marks
manship; boats are handled under oars
and sails: the boys are put through
their PAGES In handling torpedoes and
submarine mines: and there are even
demonstrations In electrical. engineer
ing and machine shop work. Some Of
these stunts are arranged for every
morning during the week. except on
graduation day. so that. taken all in
all. the student body does not enjoy
such a season of idleness and freedom
from responsibility as is vouchsafed to
the young people at the average school
on graduation week. However, there
are compensations for the lads at An
napois for several of the evenings Of
the week are given over To balls ana
hops and there are respites between
the drills each day, when the midship-
man may saunter In the shade of
Lovers Lane" with the pretty girls
who rendezvous ut annapolis from all
states in the Union for this memorable
week.
There have been years when June
Week." so called, began in May. but
this year the date tn no sense bellies
the name for II covers the first week
Of June. The formal program Of grad
uation week extends from Monday
June 3. To Saturday, June s. inclusive
In the Interpretation of the friends
and relatives of the 900 young men In
training for officers commissions AZ
Annapolis. Visitors Week IL synon
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over the four whigs-Harrison, White,
Webster and Mangnm.
The democratic national convention
was held in Baltimore as early as May
20. 1885, year and n half before the
elections. This was done. II was
clear. so that there might be enough
Of Jackson's term of office still re-
maining To make his control of pa
tronage still effective. The conven-
tion was formally known as IA con-
vention of delegates appointed by the
republicans In the several
states of the Union" BY this time
the party had become known almost
universally as democratic"
The convention met In the Fourth
Presbyterian church, and Andrew Ste
venson of Virginia. speaker of the
house of representatives. as tempor
airy chairman delivered the first key
note" speech. The usual three com
mittees on credentials. organization
and resolutions were appointed. al
though not by those names. All of
! the states were represented except
South Carolina and Tennessee. The
revolt In Jackson's own state had
made such headway that, while the
convention of 1882 had been prac-
tically dominated by Tennesseeans.
that of 1895 had not even one Ten
nessee delegate. South Carolina, on
account of the notification proclama :
tion, would not send delegate
| However, there were so many dele
gates ana visitors In attendance--mor.
than 600 In ali-that 1t was necessar,
to move To the more commodioms FRS,
! Presbyterian church.
| The committee on orga nizatiOn re-
ported the same two-thirds rule tina,
had been adopted by the convention OF
1882. 1t was apparent that Van Euren
would be nominated by acelamatIon
and therefore, In this convention
as in the first convention, the question
hinged entirely on the vice presiden.
tial nomination. The committee re-
port. readopting the <wo-thirds rule
was presented by Romuus NJ. Saun-
ders, of North Carolina. Instant op.
position developed. Samuel c. Allen
OF Massachusetts protested that tn,
rule was nnwise, unfair and undemo'
cratic, and that majority ought 4
control. Mr.. Allen then moved Il
substitute n majority" for two.
thirds" and his motion was adopted
by u vote Of 23i to 2lO.
But the organization, that Is thu
Jackson and Van Buren, men, were in
tent upon nominating Richard NJ
Johnson of Kentucky. for vice presi
dent. The Virginians not only wer
loyal to william c. Rives, but the!
were intensely opposed to Johnson II
Pennsylvania and other states ther
! was also strong opposition to Johnson
: The mandate Of the national conven
: tion did not then have the paten
: force that 1t now possesses. ana tn
= leaders were afraid that the elector
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That great transcontinental high
way extending from Los Angeles to
New York city will be built within IA
few years now seems within the prob
abilities. The Ocean to Ocean High
way association - working hard to
that end. and autoists all along the
line Of the proposed road are exert
Ing their influence with legislators
and highway commissioners, Their
efforts thus far haye been very suc-
cesfnl. Work on the proposed high
way viii be started In June in the
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-06-02

states Of Arizona. New Mexico, Colo
RADIO and Kansas. The portion of the
highway which lies through the states
Of California. Missouri. Ohio, Penn
sylvanla and Maryland already Is
under construction.
There are about 1900 miles OF road
In the project The cost OF con
seruction per mile Will range from
81, 900 to $4,000.
II IL the intention OF the western
ers To have this road constructed not
later than 1915. With such a road.
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dotted with historic shrnes and
sprinkled with traditions, 1t Is be-
lieved that Americans would tour
this continent instead of Europe and
leave several million dollars a year
among the western states
An interesting fact In connection
with the highway " that Harvey
Herrick, the famous autolst, who took
part In the Sweepstakes race at In
dlanapolls on Memorial day, recently
motored the entire length of thc pro-
posed road--4,2OO miles--in ~ days.
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New Dances "AnimaliStic'

burst the bottle. II lacks the mellow
ness. tho repose of the older ciyiliza-
ton. II would he well to keep 1t IN
the cellar longer, Why. do You Know
he laughed. zone of your society
women said To- me the other day.
pointing Ia her pet. Father. when
Fluffy dies. | die. too"
And your answer"
Both animals. madame. yni viii
naturally die as animals >"
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FOR TIRED EYES.

When the eyes ache they can he re-
lleved by closing the lids for five min
utes, II they have a burning sensa-
tion, bathe them with hot water. To
which dash OF witch hazel has been
added: II tho whites are yellow and
tho pupils dull strict attention should
be paid to the diet
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-06-02

enough To be picked np and carried
by the two men 1t will accommodate.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1912-11-01

The county seat question which has
been occupying the attention of the
people Of Musselshell county more or
less for the past year, but which has
never at any time troubled the people
OF Roundup to any great extent, is a
dead issue insofar as the present cam
pafgn Is concerned The official bal
lots were printed this week the county
seat proposition being omitted there
from, hence the matter ceases to be
an issue. Votes cast for any town for
the county seat by writing the name
some where on the ballot will not be
counted as the question is not sub
mitted for a vote
The bill creating Musselshell county
provides that at the general election
following the establishment Of the
county vote shall be taken on the
permanent county seat. This prOvi-
sion of the bill is Identical to that in
the bill creating Lincoln county, where
the matter was submitted to a vote,
threshed out in the courts afterwards.
and the provision in question eventu-
ally found unconstitutional. the county
seat in that instance remaining at the
by the county commissioners for an
opinion in the matter. Attorney Gener-
al Galen ruled that the question need
not be submitted to vote. At a re-
cent meeting the board passed a reso-
luton instructing the clerk and re-
corder not to print the proposition on
the ballot.
Believing that the county seat mat
ter was an issue in this campaign the
Lavina Commercial Club has been
wasing q campaign for that town for
the county seat. Meetings have been
held at Melstone, Musselshell, Ryegate
and other points at which Lavina.
speakers urged upon the people to
vote for their city The Lavina band
was taken along on these trips and
considerable money and time has been
spent. all to no purpose
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HON. DAN SLAYT0N
MAKES Statement
DENIES REPORT THAT HE is FL
HANGING COUNTY SEAT CAM
PAIGN-OPPOSEO TO
PROPOSITION.

In a letter to The Roundup Record
received here Thursday, Hon. Dan w.
Slayton, Republican candidate for state
senator, publicly denies the report tnat
has been circulated with the purpose
of injuring his candidacy that he is
financing and aiding in other ways the
county seat campaign which has been
waged by the Lavina Commercial Club.
The letter confirms the belief held and
expressed by The Record on different
occasions that Mr.. Slayton has not at
any time given the county seat propo-
sition that our sister city has been
trying to bring up, his support or ap-
proval on the ground that he realized
it was hopeless fight The county
seat matter is not an issue in the
present campaign and therefore should
never have been used against Mr..
Slayton as an argument against his
election.
In Mr. Slayton's letter, which is
printed below, he says that he has
never contributed one dollar, or prom
ised to do SO, or given any pledge that
he would give his support to the
movement, and concludes in saying
that he has always believed that the
proposition could not win. Mr.. Slay-
tons statement is as follows:
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1912-11-01
KLEIN LOCAL WILL
HELP STRIKERS
RESPOND TO CALL FOR AID OF
MINERS IN VIRGINIA, COLO
RADIO AND VANCOUVER.

The Klein local, United Mine Work
ers OF America. has responded gallant
to the call received from internation-
al headquarters for aid for the strik-
ing miners and their families in West
Virginia, Colorado and Vancouver, re-
aiiZing the time CT year and the con-
ditions that exist in the afore men
toned places, and how the miners
have been victmized by military a,l-
thorities and thrown out on the mercy
Of the world, A committee has volun-
toered to go around and do all in their
power for the purpose of sending cloth
ing, shoes and any supplies that may
help the tOilers and their families
from exposure. This committee asks
the assistance OF every trade unionist
in Musselshen county in sending to
those places the necessaries of life.
The names of those who have vol.
unteered their services on the aid COM
mittee are as follows: Arthur Jack
son, James Miller. Dick Lippitt, Glen
Bird, Jack Brocker and Wm McLauch.
Ian.
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1912-11-01
ASKS SUP
PORT OF FRIENDS
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS WILL
NOT De ABLE TO MAKE PER.
9ONAl CAMPAIGN.

Helena, Oct. 29.-(Special to The
Record)-Lieutenant Governor w. r..
Allen. who has been nominated for
congress on the Republican ticket to
I'LL the vacancy caused by the death
Of w. F. Meyer, has just issued the
following letter:
ITO my friends: I was elected dur
ing the closing days of the campaign
to fill the vacancy for candidate for
representative in congress on the Re
publican ticket caused by the death of
Senator w. F. Meyer. The time is so
short between now and election day
that cannot make personal cam
paign, and must therefore depend upon
my friends III the different parts Of the
state to make it for me. If elected
pledge myself to the same faithful
performance of duty as has guided me
In the past and to give all my time,
energy and my very best ability to fur
thering the interests of the people Of
Montana. l am deeply appreciative
Of the confidence and support of my
friends in the past, and am compelled,
under existing conditions, to rely upon
them again. w. r. ALLEN"
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GOV. MARSHALL here
Addresses Packed House at the Star
Theatre for Forty-Five Minutes.

Gov Marshall arrived here from
HarlOwtOn on the local at seven
o'clock Monday and was Immediately
taken to the Star theatre where he
addressed crowded house that had
gathered to hear him. Despite the fact
that there was six inches of snow and
slush on the ground making roads al
most impossible many people from
out of town were in attendance. Gov.
Marshall spoke for As minutes board
ing the TAP Olympian for the East
Gov. Marshall made a rapid fire adj
dress barely touching on the great is
sues OF the campaign. He said that
both the Republican and Progressive
parties were in the same boat in re-
gard to trusts, which none but the
Democratic party could successfully
cope with. About the tariff he did
not have much to say. " the Demo
cratic party does not get isto control
soon he predicted that there would be
a revolution in this country The com
mon people should be Democrats he
argued.
Following Gov. Marshalps neech
the greater portions Of the Gre ",d left
the hall foregoing the pleasure lis
tening TO some Of the local candi'' ''e'es.
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DEMOCRATIC ORATOR
CALLED By SLAYT0N
SPEAKER UNCONSCIOUS THAT os-
JEcT OF ATTACK IS IN Az.
DlENCE.

Ignorant of the fact that the object
of his attack was in the audience,
Attorney BOarman, Democratic candi.
date for county attorney, one of the
spell binders at the Democratic rally
lat the Star Monday night, ran against
10 snag that made things look kind of
bad for the man ON the platform. Mr..
Boarman was attacking Dan Slayton,
Republican candidate for state sena-
tor. and was attempting to make poll
tical capital out of that statement No.
/ business. which has already been
satisfactorily explained to the voters
LOT Musselshell county. The speaker
presented the matter in such q dis
torted manner that Mr.. Slayton, who
was In the audience, was compelled to
rise from his seat and call the man
lon the rostrum.. Mr.. Boarman, as II
|struck by bolt Of lightning, immedi-
lately backed water, took back what he
had said, and then restated the whole
Cease in a manner that received Mr..
|Slayton's approval. Mr.. Slayton's &C.
|tion in setting the speaker right elicit.
led more applause than anything else
|at the rally, indicating that the people
|of Roundup are desirous of seeing that
Everybody Is given a square deal In
|politics as we'll as in other matters.
Asbridge supporters ought to get
wise to the fact that everytime they
|use this as an argument against Mr..
Eelayton they are only helping to
strengthen his candidacy.
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SCHOOL BOARD
HAS Meeting
ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR HEAT
ING PLANT AND TRANSPORT
ING CAMP 8 CHILDREN.

At a special meeting of the school
board held Tuesday evening, several
matters of Importance were discussed.
The question OF heating plant, which
has Ueell III tne hands OF the building
committee for some time, was care
fully considered. The board decided
to advertise for the submission of
plans and bids for the installation Of
heating plant in the school building.
This is needed improvement and will
be installed as soon as possible.
The transportation of children to
and from Camp was acted upon and
the clerk was instructed to advertise
for bids. The board wishes to give
satisfactory service to the patrons and
children of No. 3 mine and to that end
will run two wagons this year instead
of one. The service last year was not
just what the board desired as there
were too many pupils for one wagon
and not enough for two. This year
the wagon will be required to gather
up the pupils in the morning which
will avoid assembling at any one place.
One wagon will leave the school build
ing at three O'Clock, taking the child
rem from the first and second grades,
and make second trip at four o'clock
for the larger pupils. This is de-
cided improvement over the service
last year and the board trusts this
arrangement will meet with the ap-
proval of all persons interested. Ac-
cording to law the board must adver-
tise for bids two weeks before letting
the contract for the winter. On ac-
count of the bad weather temporary
arrangements have been made for
transporting the children until the
contract is let and special wagons
provided for.
The idea of centralizing schools and
transporting children has been tested
in the eastern states for a number of
years and has proved satisfactory. The
graded school has many advantages
over the ungraded and the best results
are obtained where the children are
all brought together into one central
lied body. Uniting under well or
ganized system for more efficient work
will apply in the school room the same
as in other lines of work. We can
all understand that teacher can do
better work with one grade than with
two. The board wishes to give Round.
up one of the best graded schools
in the state, and this can be done only
by keeping each department Of the
school we'll graded and all departments
working together. BY carrying out the
above plans and with the hearty co.
operation of all concerned. it is to be
hoped the prosperity of the Roundup
schools will be in keeping with the
rapid development of our town and
vicinity.
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ROuS|NG RALLY
SATURDAY NIGHT
HON. FRED HATHORN OF Bill
LlNGS WILL ADDRESS PEO-
PIE OF ROUNDUP,

There will be rousing Republican
rally at the Star Theatre Saturday
evening, when Hon. Fred Hathorn, a
prominent attorney of Billings and
we'll known in this city, together with
practically all of the candidates on
the Republican county ticket will ad-
dress the people Of this city. This will
be practically the windup of the cam
paign. altho an attempt is being made
to secure another good speaker for
Monday evening. The rally Saturday
evening will be followed by a free
dance to which everybody is cordially
invited. It is probable that the Mon
day evening rally will be something
in the nature Of q smoker.
eaturday and Monday nights there
-'n also be Republican rallies at Klein
"-eamland theatre.
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but think that he was originally in.
tended to hold that important position.
The voters on next Tuesday will de-
clare by their ballots that they think
he will make an excellent sheriff, and
they're going to put the badge Of al-
thOrity on him.
Mr.. Hopkins was born in Marietta,
Ohio. in 1872. and received his educa-
tion in the Marietta College. He came
to Montana in 1909, locating on home.
stead about IS miles north Of Roundup.
and therefore may be classed as a dry
lander For the past three years,
while not engaged in work on his home
stead, he has had charge of the butch
er shops of the Bull Mountain Trading
Co. at Camp Three and Klein.
Combining Mr.. Hopkins popularity
and the fact that Musselshell county is
Republican by a comfortable margin,
one has to admit that he will have COM
paratively easy sailing on election day
next Tuesday. He will be one of the
winners, and you can bet your bottom
dollar on that.