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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-01-28
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Jennette Runciman went to III.
way, Oregon, last week with tba onI
lege basket ball team. Thev r re.. col
ca Saturday morning, bringing Iii,
them a score of twenty-five 70 +, WIN
favor of the college. TWO IN
The Misses Anne and Edith IT,,
ems spent Sunday at Franklin N'em-
Or. Pons left Tuesday ever;ra
Baker City. ening Tor
Mrs. w. A. Douglass l. rr..
proved and will be able 70 I'm, I'M
home soon. W return
IN, Mrs. s.; S: A; Bartles and son, of Deer
rlat; were business callers in tba
hei,ghooThood last Monday. '"e
MRS; W.. Z. Canter was a Sunday
hn nu MONDAY guest at the Smith
En-, Rev w Runciman made trip to Deer
O motifs Corbitt left for Baker Civ
q Eva Robinson was guest of Ard,th
scarth on Deer Flat last Friday and
Saturday. "S ana
Mrs. Longwell and grandcbiId 90
noaSe' are visiting Mrs. Keough this
at Lakeview. '"'S week
Miss Jennette Runciman was din.
heI guest OF Sarah Boone, Saturday
n company of twenty-eight voting
people from the Baptist Church Is
SSaaiawell, enjoyed sleigh ride to the
DIX home Friday evening. Thev had
an oyster supper and spent a delioht-
Jul evening before returning to town
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FRANCES Soper has been sick with
Id grippe the past week,
MUTT Hurlburt, will open ta;Io-
shop IN the near future.
scott Rowland and Tom R,r.,...
Friday. u"eiI last
Messrs. Jetson and Stevens wbo
nave been bailing hay on the Del e.
per ranch, spent Sunday at the;r
homes near Central Cove
Y; f. Peret will have a sale of s+ocL
machinery and household goods IN
February 10th. V"
Chas. Mitchell has sold FORTY ,c-.s
OF his ranch to Fred Baker ~eS
T. E. Soper was hns;r... ..:.:.
in Caldwell. Monday. '''''o'
a. MRS. Bert Morse, who has spent
tne past ten days at the B. w. Post
piaae, mas returned to her home at
M "A daughter arrived at the home of
NIL, MT: and Mrs. Chas. Mitchell, last
n, Mr.: Neary has rented a ranch from
MT. Golden for term of years. and
,n 10 mav'ng mouse and other improve
Earl Limbaugh is seriously i'll with
pleuro pneumonia. ." Wv"
George Clason attended the nure
seed show in Caldwell THURSDAY and
friday of last week.
mr.. and Mrs. Christ Allen of Ros-
well were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c.
E. Allen. Sunday.
" Mr.; and Mrs. o. M. soper spent
Caldwell. Ao"'e III
Rev. S. J. CLANCY, president of the
y. uoDding college, will give an address
W Wd i11omedale Sunday morning, and at
wider Sunday evening. The musical
has been indefinitely
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COLLEGE NOTES.

The third year boys of the academic
department had to give up their sleigt
ride party last Saturday evening, or
account Of the rain which made the
snow melt. They gave up the sleigh
ride and then proceeded to the picture
show.
The boys basket ball team had a
very unhappy trip to the eastern part
of the state when the Gooding, Noun
tain Home and Shoshone high schools
defeated the college team. The Good
ing high school team defeated the
college by a score of 81 to II, the
| Mountain Home team defeated the
college by score of % to Ia. The
Shoshone team defeated the college
team in its last game of the Idaho trip
by a score of rs to l8. The team felt
the loss of Captain Siebenberg, who
stayed at home.
The college team leaves again on
February % for the eastern part of
Oregon, it is being expected that the
college team will have their captain
with them on this trip if not they will
perhaps stay at home.
College Student Body Election.
The association student body of the
college elected their officers for the
coming year and the start of the new
year in 1916 till January of 1917 on
the hrst Tuesday. The new officers
are Hugh Caldwell, president; VIM.
Welsh, vice president; Gorgie Fro
man, secretary; L. Waterman, treas
urer. The props chose for their re-
preventative before the student body
meeting the following men, Heath
coate, McElwane, Proctor and Mat
ter; from the four, three were chosen
and they were Heathcoate, Matter
and Proctor, as in order. The names
were brought up before the student
body meeting and were voted on, Mr..
John Heathcoate of Drewsey, Oregon.
was elected and Mr.. Jake Matter of
BOISE was second, being defeated by
over 100 votes. The new veil leader
was OF no tame sore. Mr.. Welsh who
has been the college yell leader for
the last two years. Mr.. E. Bicknell
was elected the yell leader and de-
feated Mr.. Welsh by few votes. The
new otlcers took the chair Thursday
morning. The student body had two
meetings one last Tuesday and the
last one Thursday. The election of
last tuesday was of a time sore and
most OF the officers were elected nv
unanimous u, votes, but the meeting Of
Thursday was of sore of lively one
and and interesting one. The reports
OF the student body treasurer was
gwen and reports show that the stu
dent body is something like $50 in
1nter-Society Fight.
FOR the first time in the history of
the school the two literary societies
got together and had the first inter
class literary society fight. The fight
started over some eats in which the
Lowells got away with and took them
over to Sterry Hall and kept them
until the members of the Lowell So
ciety had all got together and were
going 10 proceed with their meeting
when some of the boys brought the |
eats into the room and started to |
serve it to the Lowell members In
the meantime while the Lowells were
eating their Columbian eats, the Col
lmbians came over to Sterry Hall and
broke the windows and the fight was
on. Many of the boys received badly
cut hands although no other damage
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Miss Eldora Campbell is confined
at home by illness.
P. E. Smith was a business visitor
at Boise Tuesday.
F. F. Fiske was in the city from
Parma Wednesday.
A son was born Sunday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Olson.
G. H. Moore was in the CITY from
Nampa, Wednesday.
The College Clan met with Mrs
Paul Murphy Wednesday evening
Mrs. Charles Mcconnell of Boise
spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs.
Mabel Allen.
Mr.. R. B. Scatterday has returned
from Pontiac. ILL.,, after an absence of
several weeks.
G. w. Dew left Sunday afternoon
tor Boston, where he was called by
the serious sickness of his mother.
The families of w. P. Lyon and DR..
Z. M. Haley were dinner guests last
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Walker.
Mrs. Ed Miller held reception last
Tuesday afternoon in honor of her sis
ter. Miss Ruth Lane. Mrs. Ward
Stone poured.
Little Helen Anne, the baby daug-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Williams,
has been seriously ill. but it is now
recovering.
Mrs. Brown, organizer of the Lad
les OF Maccabees, is in the city from
Pocatello, for the purpose of organic
ing local lodge.
The neighbors of Mrs. James D.
Baker surprised that lady b" ASSEMBLE
ing to help her celebrate her birthday
last Friday evening.
A large sleighing party, just before
the disappearance of the snow, end
ed the evenings entertainment !by
partaking of hot oysters at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. l. Myers.
Miss Merits Riddle has resigned her
position in the schools of Caldwell to
accept employment in the Parma
school with considerable advance in
salary.
The Misses Wilma Sewer. Velma
Lesley and Nellie Crete, together with
their hostess. Miss Rachel Miller,
composed dinner and slumber party
at the home of the latter on Aven
avenue Saturday night.
The bridge on Arthur, between 4tb
ana 9TH streets, was completed We'd
nesday The work was done under
the direction and superintendent of
Commissioner Campbell.
Mrs. Earl Boyes returned home on
sunday after a week spent in Boise
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Kitchen. Mr.. Boyes Joined his
wife in Boise on Sunday morning,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler Martin NOV
ca to Nampa Wednesday. Mr.. Mar
TIN is employed as engineer on gov
eernment dredge and is moving to
work. " MS
Mr.; and Mrs. Ed. Siffert of Car.
net, Idaho, are in Caldwell visiting
at the home of Mrs. Lillian Cunp. who
is the mother of Mrs. Siffert Mr.
Slftert returned home the first of tbe
week but Mrs. Siffert will remain in
Caldwell some little time.
I. NJ. Nichol has moved his rea,
estate office from the upstairs Office
formerly shared with County Advisor
,McCaii' to the big downstairs room
last occupied by the Beaver River
Light & Power Co.. and located in
the commercial club building.
C.. f. Sharp of Weiser has purcbas-
"a the interests of NJ. A. Devers and
w. T. kelleher in the Caldwell Lum.
Der Company. H. R. Cleaver retains
ms interests in the company. Messrs
oevers and kelleher have no plans
or the immediate future. Mr.. Devers
VIII look after other business property
interests.
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Elmer Bird and wife visited
MS parents, Joseph Bird Snnd Ja win
bro Whn. Biggs is boarding with b;s
town v,nef' Lee Biggs, while working in
w 'pGeedW Ways Inner-Circle meet with
, Wv; = r Weymouth Friday eyen W,n
WIN D George Smith Sunday even;mg
ana X; X: McGrcgor Wedncsda ;, . o',aI.
, hR. ms is a club formed of t ,sea.
u onreG families for the purpos. ' nt 6
S'0u Tune only | think they ali have
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Mrs. VIM. Lynch received the sac
news of the death of her uncle, An
drew McQuade, in Boise, Tuesday
The body was taken to Sweet Wed
nesday where it was buried Thursda,
aftrnoon in the Sweet cemetery. Mr.
McQuade and wife were residents o.
Sweet for many years and have a wide
circle OF friends all throughout this
section of Idaho.
A crew of seventeen worked near.
ly all night near Curtis Park repair.
ing damage done by the high water
caused from the sudden melting OF
snow and ice. The local men who
worked on the B. and |. section came
home at 3 p. m. Monday very tired
after handling sacks of sand and
shoveling all night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bass of Star visited
with their daughter, Mrs. A. Bagley,
Sunday.
"A number of residents in the north
part of town sat up late Sunday night
watching the flood waters of WilIow
Creek. All expected to have to move
OUT OF their houses before morning,
but no serious damage resulted except
some pieces were loosened from the
Wollow Creek bridge and lodged
against the hume some distance be-
low. 'e
Rev. Mills arrived Saturday and is
occupying the pulpit. Chas. M. Hug
gins IS conducting the song services
with Miss Cash playing the piano, At
tendance has been very good and a
number of conversions so far.
Martin Shaffer is sick this week.
Jules Plowhead from Brush. Colo
is visiting relatives in Middleton,
The many visitors who came to the
funeral of the last Mrs. Jackson and
who remained few DAYS were Mrs
Maud Finn of Ontario, Ore. a dauph-
ter of Mrs. Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs
Elcock, Malad City, Ida, Frank I :ls,
SON son, Salina, Utah, George Gates
brother, and Mrs. Eliza Gates of
Salina, Utah, Mrs. Nellie Hill Of
Glenns Ferry, and Miss Stella lack.
son of Caldwell. "|N
Mrs. H. c. Flint entertained all tbs
local ministers and the evagelists AT
dinner, Wednesday.
a mass meeting of the citizens of
this section was called to assemble at
the hall Wednesday at 2:3O D. M, to
near the report of the committee
chosen to investigate conditions and
questions vital to the interests of the
many land owners under the Black
Canyon project.
Two prayer meetings are held each
forenoon, during the revival meetings
one at residence in each section Of
town and a good attendance has been
reported nearly every time.
Mrs; VIM. Lively was called to EN-
NETT Monday by the illness of her
mother. MI
The public auction at the Monl
place was well attended. The he.
longings of E. Hunnicutt, deceased
were also disposed of.
Mrs; Breeze, Mrs. Stauffaucher and
Mrs. Atchison. all of Eagle, attended
the meeting in Middleton Sunday and
visited relatives. anu
Miss Pearl Kelly of Emmett snent
ne weekend of last week at the I r
Lively home. e . 1
The Misses Esther Lively and
Bonnie Mammen of Middleton snrnt
ne weekend with Miss Liyelv's amt
Mrs. Thomas Andrews, and ber
grandmother, Mrs. Lively of Parm.
ne girls in company with Mrs An
llrews, Mrs. Lively and Mr.. Jesse An
l Il, took Sunday dinner at the c
". cloud home, and then spent the
at the A. w. Andrews home
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Advertised Letters.

The following list of letters remain
uncalled for at he Caldwell Postoffice
and will be sent to the dead letter Of
fee in ID days from date:
c. M. Baker. Mr.. F. S. Bell, B. S.
Cook, Miss Florence Denham. Mrs.
Eloxius Harris, Mrs. Isaac Huitt Mr..
Archie Miller, fillmore Roswell Mrs.
Veva Wheeler.
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H. O. Elder spent Monday in Boise
on business.
Mr.. John Toothman made recent
trip to Boise.
Miss ITALIA Gates was Boise visi-
tor Tuesday evening.
Mrs. J. w. Ross and little daugh-
ter are visiting in Boise.
J. A. Watkins was weekend visi-
tor in the capitol city.
Mrs: Earl Boyes spent the week
end with her parents in Boise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holt had an informal
evening at home Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Jackson enter
tanned friends Monday evening.
Mrs. Louie Schnabel was hostess
to the Priscilla club Thursday after
noon.
Miss ]. ELLA Hay entertained Thurs
day evening in honor of Miss Honora
Devers.
Every kind of Life Insurance Polio
les in the Rate Book for sale.-A. l.
Myers, Agt.
Hon. B. P. Shawan of Boise was
business victor in our city Saturday
of last week.
Mrs. E. A. Barton of Boise spent
Sunday with Mrs. A. Greenlund of
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Bowen spent
Sunday at Nampa, the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Mankey.
Mrs. Louis Schnabel entertained the
Priscilla Club at her home on Chi
cago ST., Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Flynn left Monday
evening for Chicago where she will
spend a month visiting with her par
ents.
A. Bensworth and mother of Ba-
ker City. Ore, are visiting this week
with their sister and daughter, Mrs.
M. I. Large.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Devers gave a
dinner Monday evening. Covers were
iaid tor SIX. The guests were Misses
Jaunita. Stewart and Leila Hay, and
Mr.. John Cupples.
Mr.. T. M. Nichol has moved his
otflce from the room he occupied with
/. M. Mccall, down stairs into the
oliver room formerly occupied bv the
Idaho Light & Power Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Devers enter
tanned at military five hundred Friday
evening of last week The dinner was
an old fashioned ranch dinner and the
prizes were two nice dressed chick
ems and a big bundle of spare ribs.
The prizes were won by Mrs. Presley
Horne and E. H. Petry.
The Westminster Guild were de-
hghtfully entertained at the home of
Mrs. Z. .. McArtor Saturday even
ing. Mrs. McArtor and Miss Jessie
Snodgrass were the hostesses. A de- !
ighttul talk was given by Mrs. Bar
ton OF Boise and at the close of the
meeting dainty refreshments were
served by the hostesses.
Mrs. Devers again entertained Sat
urday afternoon with military Ave
hundred. Prizes were cantnred nv
Mesdames Andrews, Zeh. Dorman
ana Hagehn OF Nampa. Those pres
emit were Mesdames Holt, Myers
Jackson, Cue, Walker, Maxey, Earl
boyes, Fred Boyes, Horn, Harring-
ton, Bryan, Haley, w. J. Ross, Payne,
hoffman. Ruby, Shelby, Large, Van
Duyn, w: A. Stone. Dorman. L. /
Ross, Andrews, Emery, Roddy, Beat
ty, Laughman, Roberts, Zeh, Robert
tarrar, Misses Turner, Stewart. Opa1
Stewart, Mcfarland, Hay, Farrer.
boulware, Mesdames Paynter and
w. 1. Plowhead of Middleton. E. B,
Robertson. Banks, E. M. Robertson
and Roberts of Nampa.
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They report a fine trip even if they
did find lots of snow on Saturday and
plenty of mud Sunday.
Miss Alta Potts of Caldwell was a
Sunday guest at the Lively home a
week ago.
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was done to speak of. The Column
bans proceeded to Finney Hall where
they had planned to hold their annual
Columbian reception. And the Lo-
we'll society went on with its meet
ing. The two societies are. expecting
to make up for damages done. The
Lowell literary society held its meet
ing and the following program was
rendered. The debate being: "Resolvv-
ed, That Capital Punishment is Justi-
fable" The affirmative team was
composed of Helen Shepherd and
Roscoe Turner; negative, Mary King
ston and Fred Miller. The affirmative
won. The rest of the program was
as follows:
Music Helen Shields
ESSAY ....................... Miss B. Nickle
ESSAY Francis Woodward
Music. Sarah Boone and O'Connor
Grafton ........-..--.-.--.-..-.------ l.. Kerrick
Talk .....--................. L. Paine
Defamation .............Alice Sanderson
Welsh was not present but he gave
the Spy paper to another member in
which Mr.. Kerrick read The Lowells
next debate is Resolved. That the Lo-
wells and Columbians Should Dis
organize each Society, one Composed
of the Young Ladies and the other of
the Young Men of the School" The
Columbians had their annual recep-
ton and fine time was reported by
all of them.
Wins Cleaver Debate Medal
The College of Idaho inter-class de-
bate was held at Sterry Hall last Sat
urday evening. The debate was in
teresting and the specific question was
given out at six o'clock. it was stated
as follows: Resolved That Our Fed
eral Government Should Use Only
the Indirect Methods of Taxation for
Raising Revenue, Except When Our
Government is at State of War"
The Judges were NJ S. Eustace, R. S.
Madden and w. Grihiths, all of Cald-
we'll. Mr.. Dean Miller of Caldwell
was awarded the gold medal of the
debate. The following men who took
part in the debate were P. Paine. af-
frmative; Thomas Cummings, mega
tive; Charles Warren, negative: e.
bert Rice. affirmative; Dean Miller
negative A good crowd was out to
hear the debate and after the debate
the collegians were entertained at
VOORHEES, Hail. This is collegians'
debate and the academic students were
left out of the reception. The fresh
men brought the eats and the sopho-
mores were to entertain the people at
the hall.
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| Master Carol Allen is visiting his
grandparents in Boise.
L. c. Knowlton visited friends and
relatives at Nampa Sunday.
Mrs. Mabel Allen and Miss Helen
| Huston have been visiting in Boise
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McCon-
mel.
Monday DR.. Haley operated for
adenoids on Wallace Hayman, son
OF Professor Hayman of the college.
The patient is recovering nicely.
The What So Evers were entertail4-
ed at the home Mr.. and Mrs. II. Il
Wallace tuesday evening at o'clock
dinner. w. X. Wilkerson proved to
De splendid POSTMASTER, lnasmuch as
ne persuaded each member to respond
cheertully to toast. An unusually
pleasant evening was enjoyed.
Oswald Garrison Willard, whose
say-so regarding the President was
once taken as gospel, insists that Will
son has no heart IN the program
which he is urging for national de-
tense. This is a strong indictment. 1t
Is direct charge of lnslncerity. If
1t be true-and many people think it
is-lt is interesting to inquire whether
there are other policies which the
President espouses and in which he
does not believe. When we went to
school there was an old Latin motto
which read: Falsus in uno, falsus in
omnibus.
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Advice.

met man along the road who
stood beside broken wheel. and on
his face there plainly showed a grief
that words cannot reveal. "Yo Dung
man" said he. there is truth that
should be taught to every youth. You
see this wheel? You see my clothes
Well this is how my story goes: l
rode along and all went we'll until |
looked aside-and fell. The path
chose was rough with knobs and here
and there were pits and holes. 1t
was as good as could be had-the
roads were rough, they all were bad.
But when l met a stretch worse still,
| said: I'll take another path, will,
so like fool l looked around and
like fool l hit the ground. l tumb-
led into that there pit and landed on
my head in it. 1t bent the forks and
bruised my hip and scraped some
whiskers off my lip. 1t serves me
right-dad blast my hide! l never
should have looked aside. And come
to look around-to left or right there
amt no better trail in sight"
He paused and stopped his tale OF
woes and blew some gravel from his
nose; he felt for whiskers that were
gone and heaved a sigh and then
went on: "Now listen here. I'm tell
ing you thing you never want to do.
If you decide to take a track, stay by
your choice and don't look back.
Don't look around! don't look aside!
Look straight ahead and save your
hide. If you decide some thing to
do, look straight ahead and fight her
through"
/ turned around and went my way
and thought of what he had to say.
The lesson taught I'll ne'er forget;
who he was l wonder yet, and where
he went l never found-I never stop.
ped to look around.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-06-29

Every child should be taught to
save money without being avarici-
Gus or ni2e rdiy. We need more
thrift. The average American wage
carrier vested enough in his youth
10 make him c miortable IN his old
lge We SHOULD take a lesson from
Fra; Ct, Ia his respect They suffer
less i'nm p.licS and depresseG
times han .lN other people be-
cause uea,, very person saves
5, nt,nirs -. :, a rainy DAY The
Frcr,h se1yg, rear! the Children
70 save muu.t uld the most IRE.
Qu,nl pr u :. "a i'll -cnools Is a
saving, bath book with small
sum to tie cr,G,t Of the owner -Ex
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-06-29
the national JOY smoke

Mrs. Marv Sutmar. Of No.rr.
aahala, Pa. is visiting Mrs. w..
Hickman ard other friends .rG
relatives. Her son, Jesse md family
are in the mountains while h- IS
recovering from the recent o0s-
ton tor appendicitis, H. IS do,us
as we'll as could be expected
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-06-29

facture Of powder, armor plate and
other war munitions. 1t has the
courage even to declare against a
revised and improved shipping bill
designed to open and keep open
foreign markets in the American
farmer and manufacturer. The cour-
age to speak for privilege, TO pro-
test against proeress-thiS is sort
Of courage that is inherent in the
Republican party and it is always
manifested.
but the nigh water mark the
pinnacle Of courage was reached,
however, in the Willingness Of the
convention TO make itself ridiculous
PitChforked on the tail end Of a
platform 30 cautious and ConServa-
tive il is dry rotted are a few lines
in behalf f woman suffrage. and
few other lines relteratine. III feeble
phrase. the mIlder of the social
justice" plauks Of the progressive
platform If 1912 These are to be
pointed to as The evldenC es Of Re.
publican prugTessiveness. The pro-
greS>lveneS> uf Smootl The pro
ereSslvene,s If c. ane and Weeks
and Barnes ana PerIosel The pro.
gre>si,eu.ss Il Lodle and DeYew
and Cannon and Nicholas Murray
Butler. The IT" progressiveness
OF Harding and Fairbanks and Du
Pont ana Burton ProeressiveneSS
voiced in weasel words that, like
those composing the suffrage plank
mean nothing
Il cannot b. possible that the old
mas ers and old aaurdsters who
made this platform did not know
that everywhere among intelligent
and discerning nen these tiny pro-
gre>Slve tails would he recognized
as ridiculous. But they were will
ing to put them there, just the
same: willing because they belize.
Ell that among the uniformed and
the non.1l>cerulng these bits If
demagogy would win some votes
And Of votes, ;hey knew, they will
stand desperately in need
a pour sort Of a Democrat ~Ouid
be hr "no backed by the clean ana
able and patriotic record of he
Wilson administration, would
shrink from the contest to witch
this Republican, platform invites. or
stand IL ,r,r ot TIE outcome. =,
Jose oh Observer