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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27

Chicago. Ill. June 22.-Former
President Theodore Roosevelt vas
nominated for President on al lnde-
pendent ticket tonight In the dying
hours OF the Republican National
Convention in which he had met de-
feat.
The followers OF Colonel Roosevelt
gathered In Orchestra Hall. less than
mile from the Coliseum and pledg-
ed their support TO the former Presi-
dent
In accepting the nomination. Col
onel Roosevelt appealed TO the peo-
pie OF all sections. regardless of par
ty affiliations to stand with the foun-
ders of the new party, one OF whose
cardinal principles. he said. was TO
be, Thou shalt not steal"
The informal nomination OF Col
onel Roosevelt was said TO be chief
ly for the purpose OF organizing q
| temporary organization.
Beginning tomorrow when a call
Is to be issued for a State Conven-
tion In Illinois the work OF organiza.
tion will be pushed forward rapidly
State by State. AT later time, prob.
ably early in August. IL is intended
that a National Convention shall be
held. Colonel Roosevelt accepted the
nomination and said tonight he had
All understanding that he would will
ingly step aside If it should be the
desire of the party when organized
to select another stand-bearer.
The speech nominating Colone
Roosevelt: was made by William A
Prendergast, OF New York, who wa
to have presented the Colonels nam,
to the Convention. Dean william
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27

Incident Taft and Vice President
ian we're renominated in the
.-rsanm at Chicago Saturday night
nar tbe contests had all been set
a. ~ the convention. The creden-
Vie Committee decided the contests
:. favor OF those who had been
-I,ced on the temporary roll by the
pp..ionaI committee. This angered
roI Roosevelt and his forces re-
.,oeted that his name should not
- nIaced before the convention. He
vas not placed in nomination but
.ome Of his delegates voted for him
rben their turn came. Following
is the story OF the convention in the
coliseum that was sent out from
chicago Saturday night just after
the nominations were made.
convention Hall, Chicago, June
with nearly $50 of the Roose-
Volt delegates declining to vote and
fastening away at adjournment time
n tender to Col. Theodore Roosevelt
the nomination of a new party the
ffteenth Republican national con-
vpntion at the end Of long and tu-
muItuous session tonight renomina-
ted William Howard Taft of Ohio for
Sherman of New York, for Vice Pres
President, and James Schoolcraft
ident.
President Taft received SCI of the
1O7S votes in the convention, or
q more than a majority.
The decision of the Roosevelt peo-
pie, under direction of their leader
to refrain from voting, left no other
andidate The announcement OF the
Taft victory was greeted with cheer
ing from his adherents and groans
and Kisses from the opposition.
When it became absolutely certain
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27

OF Louisiana. Lorsaso Dos os WASH.
sngton: Walter Clyde Jcass. Of tlli-
nois. Frank Frants. OF Oklahoma
Among others preacnt xan claim
TO have felt the crush OF the steam
roller" were Robert {. NAVARRO. of
Cleveland. Ohio. Who palried the
portrait OF Roosevelt which wos sas-
pended In the rear of the s,sxe.
Frank Knox. OF Michigan. aeeretary
OF the State Committee: Harry A.
March and ID. {. Henderson. OF Ohio:
William Finn. of Pittsbarg reeentIr
resigned from the Republican Ma
tional Committee: Francis ]. Henay.
of California: Governor stubhs. Of
Kansas: Governor Glassoek. OF West
Virginia: Alexander r. Moore. OF
Pennsylvania: James r. Garfield, OF
Ohio: and Senator Dixon. OF Mon
tana, Mr.. Rooseyelt's manager Ia the
pre-convention campaign.
When the doors we're opened the
surgins crowd held in check es the
police were ushered fret 10 the bal
cony and galleries. These were quick
ly filled and the police had difncuity
In handling the throng The crowd
extended for blocks In a line four
deep.
Governor Hiram Johnson. OF Cali
fornia, who presided at the conven-
tion. arrived early with Clifford Pin
chot. former Chief Forester. Amos
| Pinchot and Governor Robert F. Bass
OF New Hampshire. Governor John
son. the most belligerent OF all the
anti-Taft leaders. was the nrst TO
leave the Republican Convention to-
| day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27

Mr.. Prendergast then made the
nominating speech.
Il second the resolution presented
by the courageous Senator from Min
nesota"
This was Q signal for . rousin2
demonstration for Senator Clapp.
We place him in nomination to-
might've. the people OF the United
States-the sovereign voters OF this
land, will elect him in November"
Mr.. Prendergast concluded.
Dean Lewis followed Mr. Prender-
gast, seconding the nomination OF
Colonel Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt was escorted TO
the hail by the notification commit
tee. accompanied by Senator Dixon
and Governor Stubs. OF Kansas. As
the Colonel entered the hall there
was storm OF applause. The peo-
pie leaped 10 their feet with a shout
and for five minutes there was pan
demonium.
Colonel Roosevelt mounted the
platform and waved his hands. smil-
ing with delight at the reception.
Continued on page 2.)
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27
Colonel Roosevelt Sewers ALI Con-
nections.

After making preliminary arrange
ment for the organization Of a new
party, Colonel Roosevelt to-day def
nitely severed his relations with the
Republican National Convention. In
statement setting forth his posi-
tion in this regard he said that since
the convention had declined to re-
move the delegates who he contends
are fraudulent, he could not recog-
niZe it's authority. He urged his
delegates to refrain from voting in
the convention, although stating that
in case they did vote he could not
free them from the obligation to cast
their ballots for him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27
The Lie That Was Told About the
Stee.age Passengers OF the Titanic.

In an editorial in the July Ameri-
can Magazine on the Titanic disaster,
F. P. Dunno says, in part:
''Of all the criminal things pub
lished after the sinking of the Titan
ic, by far the worst was the story of
the riot Of the steerage passengers.
We can't get this abomination out of
our mind. AS the truth has come
out, we can see these poor things
huddled together hoping against all
possibility that they may be saved;
then We can see them trooping up
in silent procession through the mys-
terious passages of the great ship
young Irish boys and girls whisper
ing their 'pater-an-aves' as they
walk, women hooded by their shawls
like the mother OF the Saviour
some carrying children in their arms,
others helping along the old and in
firm; meek Russian peasants bent
with toll; poor, tired and hopeless
creatures all. They find their way
tain feeling Of apology for venturing
on this hitherto prohibited territory.
but there is no need Of this now. And
no need is there for the brave officers
to dispatch them with bullets. No
| bullet wounds were found on the
bodies reports the captain OF the ca
bic ship. The officers are either In
the small boats padding to safety
or they are with the others patiently
awaiting the inevitable.
"And these poor people are the
very same who in the papers and
the gossip of the New York clubs
were reported to be raging, blood
thirsty madmen. What writer who
penned such a monstrous falsehood
must not hang his head nj shame
forever? How incredible the coarse
surmise that a man will not meet
death with dignity because his hands
are stained with work? Is there In
the minds Of many of us the disas-
trous belief that different standards
| of personal honor in the supreme
tests of life exist with the rich and
with the poor?"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27

That night Immediately following
the adjournment OF the Taft conxen-
ton legally elected Roosevelt Repub-
lieau delegates. both contested and
uHcositested from the various States.
without the stolen delegates. gather
ed together and nominated Theodore
Roosevelt TO the Presidency.
We desire 10 say that our position
has not changed since the people de-
clared on May that Maryland Re
publicanism was for Roosevelt We
do not recognize as binding upon Us
as Republicans and citizens the action
Of an arbitrary, dishonest, illegal and
revolutionary Republican national
convention which by the aid of four
teen delegates from Alaska. Hawaii.
the Philippines. Porto Rico and the
District Of Columbia; of 219 dele
gates from Southern States that do
not go Republican and saventy-five
stolen votes, has forced the nomina-
ton of an already beaten candidate
discredited by every primary into
which he has entered
We therefore declare Ii to be our
purpose to do all in our power to
carry out the will Of the Republican
party of Maryland as declared in the
May primary by supporting Theodore
Roosevelt, the only legal nominee of
the Republican party, for President
of the United States. We ask ap-
proval and support of our actions at
Chicago from all Republicans and
citizens. We invite the assistance
and cooperation Of the nominated
Roosevelt Presidential electors OF
each and every Republican, of all
progressive Democrats, and of every
decent and law-abiding citizen, what
ever his political belief, in carrying
the State of Maryland for Theodore
Roosevelt next November in order
that the expressed will of the people
shall be respected and the integrity
| of our popular institution preserved .
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27
Mr.. Taft Fayors Hilles to Manage His
Campaign.

Washington. d. c., June az
President Taft tonight declared be
was much in favor of having his
secretary, Chas. D. Hilles, for chair
man of the National Republican Com
mittee. He expressed a high appre-
citation of Mr.. Hilles' work in the
pre-convention campaign. When ask
ed il he would take the stump this
fall, the President replied he consid-
cred it likely that he would. He was
plainly elated at his victory when the
complete results became known.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27

early today that Mr.. Taft would be
nominated without great difficulty,
Tue leaders in control of the conven-
uon decided to give him as a run
Hlng mate his companion on the tick
ct in 1908.
All others dropped from the race
anu Mr.. Sherman was the only can
uIuate regularly placed before the
ITUn'entlon. A motion from New
hampshire to make the nomination
acclamation was declared out of
U1uer' There were many scattering
'0.eS on the roll call that ensued.
=. Inc convention amid much confu-
N'0n adjourned sine die.
.. AT no time was there an indication
" d Walk-out of the Roosevelt dele
silence.
i, IL the confusion just before ad-
soulhment, a resolution was adopted
SWING the National Committee DOW
70 declare vacant the seat of any
n on the committee refusing to
Import the nominees of the regular
convention of 1912.
0nerman's vote was SGT.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27
GOBBLER STOLE TURKEY HENS
NEST.
Roxboro Courier

Squire Coleman, Of Hurdle Mills,
tells US the following turkey story
and vouches for the truth Of same:
Mr.. Tug. Obriant has trukey hen
which laid so eggs, and while laying
an old Tom stole a part Of the eggs
and proceeded to set on them in due
and regular form, Matching them all.
But the old hen, nothing daunted,
picked out another nest and is now
setting
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27

ment aad sgnbol OF the law and sow.
ereignity Of Maryland having. - "a
seven OF them voted or vital aus4-
tons against Theodore Roosevelt
now against his wishes voted for hlru
in belated and futile effort 10 ap-
pear TO support = primary statEts
whose letter and spirit they had
thsrssofore wiIfuiIy and impadentIy
violated
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27
THE EIGHT HOUR RULE FOR THE
FARMERS.

Monroe Enquirer
The folks who are growing crops
are working eight hour rule now
eight hours before dinner and eight
hours after dinner.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27
COL. ROOSEVELT Is Ne1ss.s:ss1s..ED Nle1s.:sss ss..s.ED
BY THE PROGRESSIVE FACTION
Was Nominated for President in Orchestra Hall
Saturday Night by the Roosevelt Delegates
After Leaving the Coliseum.

Col Roosevelt was Notified of his Nomination and
Escorted to Hall Where he was Greeted With
Much Enthusiasm-He Accepts Nomination
Condition That Another Con, ention
be Called Later to Nominate Pro-
gressive Candidate on a Pro-
gressive Platform
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27
TAFT AND SHERMAN RENOMINATED
IN COLISEUM AT CHICAGO
With 4 Delegates not Voting, the President Receives
Majority Over Roosevelt, LaFollette and
Cummins of II Votes.

Nominations Made Saturday Night after all Contests had been
Settled by Convention-Co Roosevelt's Followers did
not Walk out of Convention, But Most of Them
sat Silent While the Vote for President
and Vice President Was Being Taken.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-28
EhcouRAcINo DIVORCE.

With all that is bsing said against the increasing niirnbsr of divorce cases and the crying need for sufficient sem timent which will check it and turn 1t In the opposite direction. fl is unfor- funafe that such marriages as was recently reported from Los Angeles with the revolutionary prenutpial con- tract. appear from time to time. It fs provided in this contract that nei- ther shall have any control over the other: that either may enter upon an- other marriage. and either may incur other parental responsibility; that the tie shall terminate simultaneously with the death of love on either side; that the husband shall share equally with tho wife his earnings and property when she is incapacitated for work and that the expense of the household and maintenance of chill dren shalf be equally divided
 It is Such contracts as this which are calculated to undermine the foun- dation of society. even though theicon- ttactins parties may be college grad- uates SocietSB insistence upon the already established regulations has not prevented the courts being busy with divorce suits. These two people may be able 10 maintain the contract with better regard than others do the more stricter one, but it lis the ex- ample which their action throws upon the world that dpes the harm, for 1t encourages laxness of this kind in others. It is directly against public policy and threatens the safety of the home.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-28
THE SURRENDER OF MENA.

Nicaragua has received important assistance from this country in the trouble which has been brought upon it through political intrigue. In the surrender of the rebel leader Mena, who has been causing all the trouble in an effort to gain political favorit- ism. it is believed that the death knell of the instruction was sounded. Ger tainly lesson has been given to others of his stamp as to what their conduct in the future should be and what can be expected from this coun- try.
 , In taking Mena away from Nica- ragua and keeping him away from the ed to Admiral Southerland, his life Nicaraguan troops. for he surrender was probably saved. When the time coNes to dispose of his case, how ever, whether he be in Panama sor elsewhere, it should be made plain to him that this country does not well come his kind. 1nsurrections and trouble in the Latin American coun- tries is often stirred up through such men quietly creating trouble and rais- ing funds and munitions of war to embarrass the governments. There are always certain interests who are willing to listen to trouble breeders and 1t has been freely claimed that much of the Central American trouble has been started here The exclus- ion of such insurrectionists from the country will keep away an element which we can well afford to get along without. both for our own good and the welfare of the republics to the south.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-28
RHODE ISLANDS SHORT CON.

After an investigation of some length into conditions at the Rhode Island state prison a change is to take place, and in addition to a new warden there will be new method of sellingthe product of the labor of those confined within the walls The board of con troi and supply in that state has suc- ceeded in annulling a contract with a Chicago concern for the shirts made at the prison. contract which had several years to run at remarkably low figure The state was losing money by the contract and in the past six years the state treasury suffered to the extent of one hundred thou sand dollars. The unreasonablefess of it Is recognized when the firm with which the contract was made agreed to the annuIlment the first of Decem- Der.
 This means that the shirts made hereafter at the Rhode Island state prison will be sold by a different method. They will be sold to the highest bidder, which will mean the best price the market affords This is business. It is necessary that the prisoners have work and the product when sold should be disposed of at the > st advantage. This means that the states business in that connection at least will be done as a, business man would do it. and the importance of it is easily seen when the change will save the state at low estimate $150,O00 over what would be received for the same goods under the an- nulled contract It is a method which should be applied to all public busi- paaQ
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-28
GETTING AT HIDDEN CASES.

Much valuable advice has been giv- en by people of prominence at the hygienic congress at Washington this week. Many ideas of value have been advanced for the betterment of the human race in various ways, such as the proper care of the children, san itation and organized effort for the stamping out of disease pr keeping it at as low state as possible. Unques- tionably much good will result from the ideas which have been presented by some of the ablest men in the country.
 As an aid to stamping out the white plague in the country Dr. M. E. Lap- han of Highlands, N. C., urges a campaign in which the United States shall take part and by getting at the concealed cases in the young, result in it's eradication. She holds that If the United States should spend million dollars this next year for the detection of concealed cases of tuberculosis, we should not only make an investment yielding large returns m money saved, but our ability to de- feet concealed tuberculosis would be more generally diffused throughout the profession. With immunity thus established in case after case. it grad ually will be extended to the masses, and tuberculosis will take its place among other extinct pests. Tuber- culosis is rooted in the children-we must therefore begin our attack with them, and by producing immunity in them cause tuberculosis to vanish"
 Anything which can be done tc check the disease in the young is evil dently getting at the seat of large part of the trouble. It is step which ought to have general endorsement.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-28
IDEAS OF PLAIN MAN
CONSISTENCY.

To be always consistent one must follow the crowd. There is nothing stable in opinions that are not mould ed by custom, institutions, and the established order.
 Now, these things are all mixed with fraud. And therefore consistency is largely fraud.
 Whoever will love the truth and go where it leads must needs be often inconsistent.
 For truth is as large as the universe only bit of it at a time.
 Truth is like diamond of many facets. we get gleams of it now and then, and sometimes the ray is yellow and sometimes red.
 Let us net be alarmed if life seems one thing today and another tomor- row; both are true. for life is mani
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-28
THE VAGARIES OF THE FROST

with depth of 1900 feet off the At lantic coast, and in volume exceeds the flow of the Mississippi river thousand times. It keeps the ocean water along the coast warmer tnal ] the atmosphere until near December, | so that it Is safer to bathe in the sea in October and November than in ] April and May, and 1t tempers the ar so that the harbor of Hammersfest, the 1 most northerly seaport in the world IS never closed by ice.
 But the frost is something man can never fall in love with, although ne has to admire his crystalline work seen in the snowflakes and on the lace ana fern frosted winter window paneS; and the mists and rainbows which re- suit from the conflicts with the sun.
 Old Sol cannot unseat Jack Frost from the mountain tops, where he piles up the glaciers and creates the conditions which produce great rivers that irrigate the earth, assisting 10 promote the crops which he so regu- larly blights. He has hand in the streams which rush down the noun tain sides, cascading into mist in which rainbows play, and evaporatlng into clouds which bedeck the mountain peaks and picturesquely dash down the mountain side for thousands Of feet Tn
  by those who witness them.
 But the Anglo Saxon has learned how to turn everything to profit, and Ill many ways he has made even Jack Frost appear like good thing, al- though the ancients pronounced him demon. Ages ago London held Frost fairs on the frozen surface of the Thames for revenue; and these soclal winter meetings on the ice gave rise to the winter carnivals with ice pal aces in Canada and the racing on the ice which has been semi occasionally witnessed upon our own Thames river in midwinter; and from the Anglo Saxon genius to turn things to profit l has grown the present ice trusts and i cold storage combinations which are severely taxing the people, who are in- i voking the power of the government to control them.
 When you come to think of it, the vagaries of the frost are nothing to the vagaries of man, who turns every thing to selfish purpose with a frosty regard for the way in which 1t affects l his brother man, or his own future we'll being, in which he has little faith. The frost we could not do without 1 any more than we could do without the 1 heat, These are the points between 1 which the pendulum of life swings between low vibration and high vibra- | tiol all our fortunes lie.
 | And after all, we find with Elmer son. that Mature is no sentimentalist l-does not cosset or pamper US. We
 must see that the world is rough and
 surly. and will not mind drowning a man or woman, but swallows your ships like a grain of dust. The cold, | inconsiderate of persons, tingles your blood, benumbs your feet, freezes a man like an apple. The dieases, the elements. fortune. gravity, lightning, respect no persons"
 THE SUBSTITUTE.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-28
GOVERNOR WILSON ON TARIFF.

When the campaign of Governor Wilson opened. he decided to make but few speeches and not to tour the country, and many there were who remarked on the wisdom of his de- terminafion. for the very fact that he was assailable from too many points to open himself to the target of stump speakers. He has decided to make a few nhort trips, however. and one of theus iE through New England. On his opening address he inquired. Who said free trade? ?" and then told of what the democratic party intended to do in the way of helping little business to grow to become big business and then stop 1t short Such sounds well, but what has been the experience with the party's promises? What was the inclination of the recent democratic house in regard to the tariff ques- tion7 It was planning to slash right and left without regard to result
 It is only necessary to go back to 1888 to see how tariff framed under demooatio principles operates. The Mills and the Wilson German tarin demorailzed the country. They are examples of the operation of the dem- ocretic handling of tho tariff question. The farming industry was prostrated. factories were closed. and there was an army of worlingmen unable to get employment It was not free trade, but It was in accordance with the principles under which the democrats then and the democrats now. believe The tariff should be operated It came the nearest to free trade that the country ever wants to get and the only course that remains for the voters of today, to avoid Q repetition is the stand by tho republican party which stands for the maintenance of pro- tective tariff scientifically revised.