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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
EXTREMES IN
The CABINET
Wilson Chooses PrOgresslVOs
and Conservatives
'ILLIAM J. BRYAN PREMIER
others In Cabinet Are MoAdoo, Nc.
Reynolds, Redfleld,1 Lane, Burleson,
Wilson, Houston, Garrison, Daniels.

others In Cabinet Are MoAdoo, Nc.
Reynolds, Redfleld,1 Lane, BurIeson,
Wilson, Houston, Garrison, Daniels.
Not until President Wilson sent the
names to the senate for. confirmation
was his family of advisers officially
made known. The cabinet follows:
Secretary of State-William Jen.
nings Bryan OF Nebraska.
Secretary of reasury-William G..
McAdoo of New York.
Secretary of War-Lindley NJ. Gar
rison OF New Jersey.
Attorney General-James McReyn.
olds of Tennessee.
Postmaster General-Represent
Albert s. Burleson Of Texas.
Secretary OF the Navy-Josephus
Daniels of North Carolina.
Secretary of the nterior-Franklin
K. Lane of California.
Secretary of Agriculture-David E.
Houston of Missouri.
Secretary OF Commerce-Represent-
ative William c. Redteld of New York.
Secretary of Labor-Representative
William b. Wilson of Pennsylvania.
The Taft cabinet was composed en-
tirely Of conservatives. The Wilson
official family presents strange contra
dictions.
McAdoo, secretary of the treasury;
Burleson, postmaster general, and
Redfield. secretary of commerce, have
long been recognized as conservatives.
Bryan and Daniels, secretary of the
navy. have trained together for years.
They are stout advocates of the new
idea" in politics.
Lane, secretary of the interior, is a
Roosevelt Democrat. He was appoint
ed to the interstate commerce COM
mission by Roosevelt and has never
made any bones of his admiration for
the ex-president.
Houston. secretary of agriculture, is
unknown in political sense.
McReyno!ds, attorney general, is
supposed tC have conservative lean
lngs.
Wilson. secretary Of labor. will fol-
low his leader.
Redfeld bitterly opposed the nonb
nation OF Wilson. He regarded the
Jersey man as a radical in the extreme
and threw his support to Representa-
tive Underwood. :.
1t is hard to say whether the horde
of office seekers that has already in
vaded Washington or members of con
gress were Jared the hardest by Presi
dent Wilson's patronage statement in
which the new executive served notice
that he has shifted the burden OF
patronage distribution from his
shoulders to those of the members Of
mis- cabinet.
1t was apparent Immediately that
President Wilson's declaration OF free
dom meant that the cabinet officers
under his administration will WELD a
much mores powerful arm than in
previous years.
Heretofore it has been customary
for all White House statements to be
issued in the third person. Not so
with Mr.. Wilson He handed out a
typewriter slip in the first person an
nouncing that he had offered an am
bassadorship to Chairman William F.
McCombs and disclosing that Mr.. Nc
Combs could have a place in the cabi-
net If he had so desired
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12

BUTLER COUNTY DRY
Saloons Not Necessary Is Judge Gal.
breath's Decision.

Butler county, Pa, is dry as re-
suit of a decision by Judge James NJ.
Galbreath in which he refused the
thirty applicants for liquor licenses.
The Judge handed down his decision
on the ground that the preponderance
of proof presented in license court led
him to the opinion that the license to
sell intoxicating liquors in this coun-
ty is not necessary.
This decision established prece-
dent, making the Brooks law in effect
local option law, as it empowers
the license court, on the presentation
OF sufficient evidence that the sale OF
liquor is unnecessary throughout a
community, to refuse all licenses in
that community.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12

Butter-Prints, 3Sl2@39; tubs, SSq|
3S1s Selected, 2lk@22. Poul'
try-llens, live, 15dl7
Cattle Choice, $S7O6S9O; prime,
$S4OaS.6O; good, SS2O6S4O; tidy
butchers, $SdS2O; fair, S76I5G
common, s6d7; common to good fat
bulls. S5,50d75O; common to good fat
COWS. s4dT5O; heifers, Si5OdS; fresh
COWS and springers, S5Od75. Sheer
and Lambs-Prime wethers, s6.Sjn
725: good mixed, $6.4Od6s0; fair
mixed, $56O66.2j; culls and common,
1904; lambs, $6d92O; veal calves,
$11d1l50; heavy and thin calves, 81
as Hogs Prime heavy $96910;
heavy mixed, s915d9.2O; mediums,
heavy Workers, light Workers and pigs,
s94Od945, roughs, S7.75qS25; stays,
S9725.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
VANDAL BREAKS STATUES
EIGHT Monuments on Gettysburg Bat
tIefield Mutilated.

Eight monuments on the Gettys.
burg (Pa.) battlefield were badly dam
aged by a vandal, who evidently used
a heavy hammer for his destructive
work.
The monuments which suffered were
the Fifth corps headquarters, Forty
ninth and Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania,
Fortieth New York, Grants Vermont
brigade, Sixth Maine, Fifth Wisconsin
and Thirty Massachusetts.
Large pieces of granite were
Clipped off prominent parts of all the
memorials, while on the Ninety-sixth
Pennsylvania and Fortieth New York
statues of soldiers had parts of the
faces knocked off, guns smashed and
parts of the body broken. On the
Grant Vermont brigade memorial a
large granite lion was defaced by
breaking off the lower jaw.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
70 DIE IN NAVAL DISASTER
Cruiser Rams Torpedo Boat and Sends
Small Boat to Bottom.

Different versions are given of the
German naval disaster which occurred
when the cruiser Yorck rammed and
sunk the torpedo boat destroyer Sl7S
off the Island of Heligoland in the
North sea.
Two officers and sixty-eight men of
the smaller vessel were drowned The
torpedo boat went down so quickly
that only fifteen of her crew of eighty
FIVE were saved. Lieutenant Pies, the
commander of the sunken vessel, was
among those lost.
Night maneuvers were going on and
the vessels were operating without
lights. The cruisers and battleships
were running along at full speed in
single file. Sl7S tried to pass through
this column between the Yorck and
another cruiser. 1t appears that he
miscalculated the distance for the
cruiser came down on his vessel and
sent her to the bottom, cutting her in
two This is the generally accepted
story,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
DADS GUN HALTS EL0PERS
Makes Daughter Drop New Swain and
Wed Old Flame.

Rieley Dodson, a seventy-year-old
West Virginia mountaineer, shouldered
his gun and went forth in search of
his daughter when he learned she had
planned to elope with a new sweet
heart and jilt Bob Allen, who had been
courting her for a long time.
Together with Allen, he intercepted
the would-be elopers at Lebanan,
where they had planned to meet and
take train for Honaker. Instead Of
the elopement the father compelled
the girl to marry Allen just as soon
as the marriage license and preacher
could be obtained.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Hand Worth More Than Life.

That a left hand is considered OF
more value than a human life was
shown by verdicts returned by juries
in Washington county, Pa. Stella
Rybosky was awarded $1,000 for the
loss of her husband, who was killed in
the mines. The widow has eight chill
dren. Another jury returned verdict
awarding Henry Stephenson $3.50 for
the loss of his left hand while at work
in a mine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
CUP CHALLENGE ARRIVES
New York Yacht Club May Depend
on Old Defender Reliance.

Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge for
Americas cup was delivered to G. A.
Carmack, secretary of the New York
Yacht club, last week.
1t is no secret that the members of
the club do not look favorably on the
challenge. These members would
have preferred some other British
yachtsman, but no Britisher seems dis
posed to challenge as long as Sir
Thomas is in the game.
If the challenge is accepted it is pos
sible that the defending club will rely
on the Reliance, which in the opinion
of many has not yet been pushed
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
FLAGSHIP NIAGARA RAISED
Perry's Old Vessel Will Soon Be
Ready to Repair

Working in one of the worst bliz-
yards of the winter an Erie contractor
and his gang raised the Niagara, the
ship which turned defeat into victory
for Oliver S. Perry in the battle OF
Lake Erie, Sept TO- 1913.
Within five days it is expected that
the battered craft will be propelled
to the shore on pontoons. She will
be overhauled preparatory to her last
cruise along the great lake ports from
Erie to Duluth during the Perry CEN
tennial celebration next summer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
.
INAUGURAL COST $4,000.

Woodrow Wilson's Inaugural
ton as president cost approXi-
Z, mately $4,000.
.'iS~T The expenditures of the citi-
zens' inaugural committee were
S4S,000, while receipts from all
= sources were approximately $94,-
000 The deficit of $4,000 will
= be made up from the guarantee
" fund of $SS,000 subscribed in
Washington.
The Joint congressional inau-
gural committee spent $4,000,
= appropriated by congress.
= - &%
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Church and sabba,h school.

Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a.
m, NJ. E. Sabbath School at 1000 q. m.
Preaching in M. e. Church every Sab
bath evening by Rev. W. 5. Burton.
Preaching in the f. M. Church every
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev.
q. A. Garrett, Pastor.
Preaching IN the Presbyterian church
every Sabbath at ll:00 a. IN. and 1850 p.
IN. Rev. II. A. Bailey, Pastor.
The regular meetings of the w. q. i.
U. are held at the headquarters on the
second and fourth Tuesdays OF each
month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12


William J. Bryan of Nebraska,
secretary of state.
2.-William G. McAdoo of New York,
secretary of the treasury.
3.-James G. NIcReynolds of Tennes-
see, attorney general
4.--William C. Redfield of New York,
secretary of commerce.
5.-Franklin X. Lane of California,
secretary OF the interior.
6.--Albert S. Bureson OF Texas,
postmaster general.
7-William c. Wilson OF Pennsyl-
vania, secretary of labor.
S.-David F. Houston of Missouri,
secretary of agriculture.
9--Lindley NJ. Garrison of New Jer-
sey, secretary of war.
1O.-Josephus Daniels OF North
Carolina, secretary of the navy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Lea Crushed and Amputated.

Park McMannis, aged twenty eight,
of Kittanning, Pa, was seriously in
jured while at work in the plant of the
Kittanning Iron and Steel company.
While he was coupling a Stag car to
an engine his left leg was crushed
above the knee. He was taken to a
hospital, where his leg was amputated.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Bio Chair Factory DESTROYED.

The largest chair factory in the
United States, and probably in the
world, that of the Shreve Chair COM
pany at Union City, Pa. was destroyed
by fire. The plants of the Variety
Turning company and the Hanson
Furniture company were damaged.
The loss will probably reach 100000
More than 500 persons are made idle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Hen LAYS Square Euu.

Port Northrup, a farmer in Towanda
township near Wilkes-Barre, Pa, is
the proud possessor of hen
that lays square eggs. They are not
exactly square, but they are built on
the lines of miniature baby grand
piano The hen has laid nine of them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
GUARANTEED PROPOSALS
"Love Potion Gets Farrell (Pa.)
Foreigner In Tolls.

That he sold love potions" to for
eigners in Farrell, Pa, guaranteed to
bring a proposal OF marriage is one OF
the complaints made against Alex
ander Szilgalya.
Charges of soliciting money under
false pretense, practicing medicine
without a license and selling poison
ous drugs were made against him be-
fore Justice of the Peace Daniel
Levey by DR.. E. j. Hambrosky. He
pleaded not guilty and was bound over
for court.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
FEBRUARY SHOWED GAINS
Railroad Earnings Increased, Pig Iron
Production Greater.
nn,r'n Dn,.inn. Of I'm do rnNr ihin

Dun's Review of Trade says this
week:
while there is little speculation in
any market the activity that has pre-
vailed for a number of months past
in the important industries and trades
continues unabated Railroad earn
ings during four weeks of February
Increased 4 per cent, as compared with
the same period last year Other
February statistics were generally
favorable.
The average daily pig iron produc.
ton in February exceeded that OF
January, a conclusive evidence of the
activity in the iron and steel trade,
the heavy purchases of steel products
by railroads and agricultural imple-
ment makers being the main feature
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Got Corpses Mixed.

When the lid of a coffin was re-
moved in their home at Lakemont Ter
race, near Altoona, Pa, sobbing rela-
tives found instead OF the body OF
Mrs. Crilla Leamer, who died in the
Altoona hospital, the body of man,
an Italian. The undertaken had got
ten the corpses mixed, but the mistake
was promptly rectifed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Pension For Noncombatant.

Colonel" John Rosenberger of Kit
tanning, Pa, has been granted a pen
sion of $36 every three months, al
though he never enlisted in Uncle
Sans army, on the grounds of his
being the son Of a deceased veteran
and unable to make a living by manua
labor
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
JANlNA FALLS
$4,000 Turks Taken Prisoners by Vic
torious Greeks.

torious Greeks.
The Turkish fortress of Janina, the
key to the possession of the province
of Epirus, with its garrison of $4,000
men, surrendered to the Greek army
after defense which forms one OF
the most brilliant episodes Of the Bal
kan war.
The surrender was preceded by a
fierce bombardment, lasting without
cessation for two days and two nights
Every available gun, including a mum
Der of heavy howitzers lent by the
Servian artillery, was brought to bear
on the forts defending the beleaguered
city.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12

Former Mayor George w. Guthrie
OF Pittsburg, Democratic state chair
man of Pennsylvania, is said to be
slated for the ambassadorship to Italy.
President Wilson is expected to send
the nomination to the senate with
other nominations for diplomatic
posts this week.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
MINERS FEAR GHOST
Alleged Wrath scares Men From
Work in colliery.

WORK IN CollleTy'
Tales of ghost having been seer
in the Chickasaw coal mines neal
Kittanning, Pa, we're rife few days
ago. Men rushed from the mines witt
stories OF an apparition, half man, hal
beast, carrying luminous dinner pal
and going from room to room order
ing them to quit work. The men are
reported to have dropped tools and
fed.
1t is said that the wrath took pos
session of the motor, ordered its driver
to depart, and then took the trip oi
loaded cars to the pit mouth. On ar
irving outside, however, the trip was
discovered by the tipple crew to be
without its motorman.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
BOROUGH OFFICERS.

BtrgeSs.-J. @. Dunn.
Justices Of the Peace-C. A. Randall, d.
w. Clark.
COuncttmen.-J. W. Landers, j. T. Dale,
G, Is. Robinson. VIM. SmearbauRh,
X. J. Hopkins, G. F. Watson, A. b.
Kelly.
Coilstdble-L. l.. Zuver.
CoLtector-W. II. Hood.
School DirectOrs-W. @. Incl, j. X.
Clark, 8. NJ. Henry, Q. Jameson, d. H..
Blum.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Mercer County Towns Made Dry.

When Judge A. W. Williams OF Mer-
Ger county, Pa, handed down his Ii
cense list it was found that twenty
two previous license holders out of
thirty-six had been refused retail IL
censes. Sharon and Farrell, two of
the largest towns in the county, will
be dry as far as retail licenses are
concerned
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

rTI' N ESTA LODGE, No. 1853, 1. o. o. F.
i N eets every Tuesday evening, in Odd
Fellows Hall, Partridge building.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW POST. No. 274
" G. A. X. Meets lst Tuesday after
noon of each month at O'Clock.
CAPT. GEORGE STOW CORPS, No.
" 1877, w. II. c., meets first and third
Wednesday evening OF each month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Mother and pauahter Burned.

Mrs. Georgiana Dunn and her two.
yearold daughter Korena were both
badly burned at their home in Rogers
vile, Greene county, Pa. The child
was playing with her doll in front of
an open CRATE and her clothes ignited.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
West Virginia Has New Governor,

DR. Henry Drury Hatfield, Republi1
can, was inaugurated governor of
West Virginia last Tuesday to succeed
William Ellsworth Glasscock. The
oath of office was administered by
Judge George Poffenbarger, president
of the supreme court of appeals.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Police Face Indictment.

True bills were returned by the
grand jury at Beaver - against
H. S. Black, chief of police of Mid
land, and l.. j, Hamilton, a patrol
man. charging both with conspiracy
to defraud. The charges grew out Of
a raid made on Midland speakeasies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Death in Train Crash,

Theron Davenport was killed in
stantly at Wilkes-Barre, Pa, when
a passenger train on the Lehigh Val.
ley railroad crashed into the light
switch engine on which he worked.
None OF the passengers was injured.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Bear Frlehtens School Children.

Fifty school children were thrown
into a panic when big brown bear
dashed into the By0ekfeld school yard,
west of Sharon, The. animal es-
capped from its cage'GNl seng taken
to Youngstown in an adte2lislS1s 1t
was pursued for a mile before It was
overhauled by the keeper.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
400 Miners Made Idle.

The coal tipple of the Blaine Coal
company, near Pittsburg, was de-
stroyed by fire. The. blaze caused
$4,000 loss and will tie up the mine
six weeks, making 400 men idle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
woman's Error Results In Death.

Mrs. Clara Mckee Of Pittsburg
drank carboic acid in mistake for
medicine and died from the effects Of
the poison
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
slashes Throat With Razor.

Miss Mary Singer aged forty.six of
Pittsburg, slashed her throat with a
razor at her home. She died almost
Immediately.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member OF C0ngreSs-W. j. Hulings.
Member of Se1tdte-J. X. p. Hall.
AssembLy-A. X. Mechling.
President J,ldgc-W. d. Hinckley.
Associate Judges Samuel Aul, Joseph
M. Morgan.
Prothonotary, Register q Recorder, 20.
S. X. Maxwell.
Sheri6-Wm. II. Hood.
Tredsurer-W. II. Brazee.
Commissioners II. Harrison, j.
@. Sc0wden, III. II. Mcclellan.
District Attor7ley-N. A. CarrinRer.
Jury Cbmnlissioners-J. b. Eden, A. Nj.
Moore.
Cbroner-Dr. M. O Kerr.
County AUDITORS George Ii. Warden,
A. G. Gregg and s. v. Shields.
County Sltrveyor-Roy s. Braden.
County Stlperintendent-J. o. Carson.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
DILL. EMERT

FANCY BOOT q SHOEMAKER.
Shop over r. l.. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
kinds of custom work from the finest to
the cosrsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten-
ton given to mending, and prices res'
sOnable.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
British Aviator Killed.

Geoffrey England, British aviator,
fell when his machine collapsed and
was killed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12

chokes to Death on Peanut Kernel
Harry Bertenthal, a child residing
with his parents in Carnegie, Pa
choked 10 death while eating peanuts
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
THE FOREST REPUBLICAN.
Published every Wednesday by
J. z. WENk.
Office in smearbaugh & Wenk Building,
ELM STREET, TIoNEsTA, PA.

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Entered as second-class matter at the
post-office at Tionesta.
No subscription received for shorter
period than three months.
Correspondence solicited, but no notice
will be taken of anonymous communities
lions. Always give your name.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Three Marines Killed.
plrrsRuRG Markets.

Three American marines were killed
in a railroad accident in Nicaragua.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12

IN F. RITCHEY,
L. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Tionesta. Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
Regular Terms Of Court.

Fourth Monday of February.
Third Monday of May.
Fourth Monday of September.
Third Monday of November.
Regular Meetings of County Commits
sioners lst aud Sd Tuesdays of month.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
OENTRAL HOUSE,

NENTKAL HOUSE,
" X. A. FULTON, Proprietor.
Tionseta, Pa. This is the most centrally
located hotel in the place, and has all the
modern improvements. No pains will
be spared to make 1t pleasant stopping
place for the travelling public.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-12
prys Win In EIkins, W. Va.

Elkins, w. Va, voted dry by vote
OF 69l to 3j2.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-07

CONTROL TENN.
Win the SpeakerShipS of Both
Houses of Legislature Fight
Due Over u. S. Senator.

NASHVILLE. TENN. Jan. THE
keenest interest ever known in Ten
nessee politics centered on the organ
ization of the Tennessee general as
sembly that assembled at the state
capitol yesterday afternoon.
Newton II. White, independent DEM
ocrat was chosen speaker Of the SEN
ate, getting 10 of the 80 votes,
W. NJ. Stanton, of Shelby county, in
dependent Democrat, was elected
speaker of the house over A. L. Todd
by vote of 81 tot 81.
The regular Democrats have the as
sistance of the Bull Moose Republican
members of the house, five in number
backed by State Treasurer G. Tom
Taylor, Republican. The independent
Democrats are supported by the Taft
Republicans, led by United States Sen
ator Newell Sanders, Republican ma
tional committeeman
The chief fight of the session will be
over Senator Sanders successor.
If an independent Democrat is elect
ed to the United States senate, he will
be some leader like Railroad Commits
sioner &. \. Enloe, former congress
man; Chief Justice John X. Shields