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working man, was min g
through the West like a prairie
fire. In the state and congress
sional elections of 1880 the Popu-
list or Peoples party carried the
legislatures of Kansas and Neb-
raska, elected nine members of
congress and forced "a others,
Republicans and Democrats, to
pledge themselves to carry out
Populist ideas about free silver,
public ownership of monopolies.
postal savings banks and an in
come tax.
Then Weaver, the former
Greenback, bobbed up as Popu-
list leader and in 1892 won their
nomination for the Presidency.
In the election he polled more
than 100000 votes in the West
and got % electoral votes. By
1886 the Democratic party had
adopted so many of the Populist
principles that William Jennings
Bryan received their indorse-
ment for President although they
nominated their own candidate
for President, Thomas E.
Watson. Eventually they were
gradually absorbed by the two
major parties.
After the Populist movement
two decades were to elapse be-
fore there was another third
party movement but wher it
came it unseated a party which
had long been IN power. The
story of that third party is too
familiar to need more than the
barest mention here. In 1912 Ex-
President Theodore Roosevelt
led a revolt against the renomi-
nation of William Howard Taft,
formed the Progressive or Bull
Moose" party, corralled 80 cleo
toral votes and brought about
the victory of Woodrow Wilson
over Taft, 435 to 8.
Twelve years later the Pro
gressive party, this time under
the leadership of Senator Robert
NJ. LaFollette of Wisconsin, again
played a part In a Presidential
campaign although it was not
decisive one. For Calvin Cool
idge could have given John w.
Davis LaFollette's Is electoral
college votes and he would still
have won the election.
As for 1936-will it be a repe-
tition of 1912 with this years
third party playing a part in
defeating an occupant of the
White House who is seeking re-
election? VIII it be a repetition
of 1S48 and aid In defeating
one of the two major party
leaders even though it doesn't
register single vote in the
electoral college baIloting? Or
viii it be a repetition of those
other years in which there
were third parties In the field
and they didn't affect the re-
suit either way, even though
they were represented in the
electoral vote?
g Western Newspaper Union
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To Gen. James B. Weaver of
Iowa goes the distinction of be-
ing the only man who was ever
the leader of two different third
party movements and as the
head of one of them he succeeded
in breaking into the electoral
college vote. Dissatisfaction of
the farmers with the financial
policies of President Grant re-
suited in the formation of the
Greenback party by infationists
who wanted to issue a large
amount of paper money without
regard to specie payment. In the
campaign of 1876 they nominated
Peter Cooper of New York but
he polled only $4,000 popular
votes and failed to receive a
single electoral vote.
In the congressional elections
of 1878 the Greenbackers cast
more than a million votes and
when they nominated Weaver, a
man from the agricultural west,
for President in 1880 the Repub-
licans were deeply concerned.
But their fears proved ground
less for the Greenbackers were
able to muster only about 800, 900
popular votes and not a single
one in the electoral college.
The Populist, Era
But a decade later the G. o. P.
had real cause for worry. Popu-
ism, which charnpioned the
cause of the farmer and the
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"THE older l grow the more l
L am appalled, by the ingrati-
tude, the complete lack of sense
of obligation on the part of our
fellow human beings.
with me the people who come
first are always those to whom l
have any obligation. whatsoever.
Anything that is done for me is
constantly on my mind and l am
on the lookout to repay. But look
about you and you will observe
the most inconceivable indiffer-
ence on the part of most other
wise decent people to what they
owe to others. Indeed the code
seems to be to cultivate those
from whom some advantage may
be forthcoming and neglect those
to whom we are indebted. The
answer to it all is to put yourself
out for nobody; it doesn't pay"
The above lament was received
by an international writer of note,
who answers as follows:
It must have been an unusually
unfortunate chain of experiences
that gave this woman such an I'M
happy slant on human nature. But
certain it is that favors done with
thought of return are bound to
bring disappointment. In this
busy, hectic world, people are
likely to be rather casua, about
give and take. Thar does not
necessarily mean that they are
unappreciative. They are just not
punctilious. Frequently kind
ness makes its mark but time
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24

A dull moments unthinkable
with these seven, mischievous kit
tens about! In fact, they've
thought up enough cute tricks to
give you decoration for a weeks
supply of tea towels. Sit right
down and send for this pattern,
and get started on your set. The
seven simple motifs work up very
quickly in combination of cross
stitch, single and outline stitches.
Use colored floss.
In pattern 5572 you will find
transfer pattern of seven motifs
5 by inches Zone for each day
of the week.; color suggestions;
illustrations of all stitches needed;
material requirements.
To obtain this pattern send Is
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept, 259 w.
Fourteenth ST., New York, N. Y.
Write plainly pattern number,
your name and address.
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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

ION the first time in
EASS|# more than a decade
tE-Ngg there's a third party In
EE&$41s the field during a Pres
IA%NI ldential campaign and
this year, as in the
past, it has the two leaders
guessing.
That worried look in the eye
OF the Democratic donkey and
that furrowed brow of the Re-
publican elephant are caused by
the minds Of both rendering over
such unsolved questions as
these:
How much strength viii this
new Union party develop be-
tween now and November 8?
How many popular votes will
their ca candidate, William
Lemke, get and how many of
them will he be taking away
from my candidate?
VIII he get enough electoral
votes to affect the election and,
if so, which way will they
swing il - to me or to my
opponent?
II history repeats itself this
year, they have plenty OF cause
for worry, because third party
movements in American political
history have always been a
headache for the two major
parties. Of course, none of them
has ever succeeded IN eIecting
a President and in only seven
campaigns has one of them
showed enough strength to be
represented IN the electoral col
lege vote. But at least twice
their entrance into the campaign
has meant the difference be-
tween victory and defeat for one
OF the major parties.
How They're Born
Third parties, IN the usually
accepted sense of the term, are
brought into being when insur-
gents within an old party rebel
against its policies or its candi-
date, walk out on the parent or
ganization, organize a new one
and nominate a candidate of
their own. The first of these ''in-
surgents" was the Peace party
of 1925, composed of Repub-
Icans (forerunners of the pres
ent Democrats and Federal
lists, mostly in New England,
who were opposed to the second
war with England. However, this
group didn't play any important
part In political history any more
than did the so called Peoples
party of 1924, composed of Re-
pubicans who favored having
Presidential electors chosen by
the people instead of having the
state legislatures do it for them.
The next year a Coalition party,
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Foreign Words
und Phrases

Celia saute aux yeux. CD That
is self-evident
Id genus onne. ID All that
class; all of that sort.
Adscriptus glebae. d. At
tached by law to the soil; after
the manner of serfs.
Danser sur un volcan. CD To
dance on a volcano; to be blind to
the danger Of ones position.
En- regle. CD According to
rules.
Jacta est aIea. d. The die is
cast.
Fides Punica. L.) Carthaginian
faith; i. E., treachery.
Gasconnade. CD A boastful,
Dragging speech.
Nolens volens. (L.) Whether he
viii or no; willingly or unwillingly.
Macte VIRTUE. U.) Increase In
virtue.
L'etoi1e du nord. Of The north
star. Motto of Minnesota).
Bagatelle. CD A triie.
Hacienda. (Sp.) A country es-
tate.
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thus designated because of the
union of the supporters Of Henry
Clay with those of John Quincy
Adams, helped defeat Andrew
jackson and elect Adams.
But an authentic third party
did not appear on the scene IN
I'll the election of 1882. Six years
earlier a certain William Nor
gan of Batavia, N. Y, who had
published a book purporting to
reveal the secrets Of Masonry,
disappeared and the members of
that fraternity were accused Of
having kidnapped him and
drowned him In the Niagara
river. They were also accused Of
blocking the investigation Of
Morgan's disappearance and
from western New York opposi-
ton to the Masons spread to
other Eastern states.
Sever al young politicians,
among them Thurlow Weed of
New York and Thaddeus Stevens
of Pennsylvania, seized upon this
prejudice to further their am
billions and the result was the
organization of an Anti-Masonic
political party.
In September, 1880, this party
held a national convention in
Philadelphia, the frs. of its
kind in this country. 1t was
attended by SO delegates from
10 states and out of it grew
another convention In Bal
timore the next year to be at
tended by as many delegates
from each state as there were
representatives in both houses
of congress (the fOrerunner of
our present convention SYSTEM.
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Golden Anniversary

According to an insurance COM
pany, the chances of celebrating
a golden anniversary depend en-
tireIy upon ones age and that of
the consort at the time of the
marriage. Taking an average
case in which the bride is twenty
two years of age and the bride
groom twenty-five years of age,
the chances that they will both
survive and celebrate their golden
anniversary is 1853 out of every
1000, or about one in six.
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Adams of Massachusetts for
running mate. O'Conor polled
only little more than $4,000
votes but Greeley didn't do much
better and, bitterly disappointed
over his poor showing, he died
in less than a month after the
election. As result the Demo-
cratic electors scattered their
vote, giving AZ to Thomas A.
Hendricks of Indiana, 18 to B.
Gratz Brown and two to Charlie
]. Jenkins of Georgia, Grant won
overwhelmingly with a total cleo
toral vote of 286.
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Liberty party. 1t nominated for
the Presidency James G. Birney,
a former Kentucky Democrat
and slave-owner, who sold his
slaves, moved North and be-
came an Abolitionist. However,
the Liberty party didn't figure
very prominently IN the roaring
Log Cabin-Hard Cider" cam
paign of 1910 between Harrison,
the Wing, and Van Buren,, the
Democrat, and it could muster
only 1869 votes for its candidate.
Birney was nominated again IN
1874 and this time he polled g.
263 votes but in neither cam
paign did he get single electo-
raj vote.
Four years later another abo-
ltionist party was in the field.
It resulted directly from a split
in the Democratic party over the
slavery issue. When Gen. Lewis
Cass of Michigan was nominated
at the Baltimore convention Of
that party, the "Barnburner"
faction (so-called because, they
were willing to burn the politi-
cal barn to get rid of the rats In
it'') bolted the convention and
made plans to hold one of their
own.
This meeting was held in
Utica, N. Y, and it nominated
Ex-President Martin Van Buren,,
who had been denied renomina-
ton by the Democrats in 1874
when they turned to the first
clark horse" in our political his
tory-James K Polk of Ten
neSSee.
Later in the year a group of
dissatisfied wings withdrew
from that party and joined
forces with boiling Democrats
to hold a convention in Buffalo,
N. Y. It also nominated Van
Buren, for President.
As the Free Soil party it was
able to poll only 291, 900 votes, but
it caused the Democrats to lose
New York's SO electoral votes,
which was just enough to give
Gen. Zachary Taylor, the Wing
candidate, the So votes he
needed to defeat Cass.
In 1852 the Free Sellers norai-
mated Senator John P. Hale of
New Hampshire, who had been
a Jacksonian Democrat and had
quit the party over the slavery
issue. BY this time the Free Soil
vote had dropped to Isl 900 and
had no effect on the contest be-
tween Gen. Winfield Scott, the
Wing candidate, and Franklin
Pierce, the Democrat, who was
elected.
The Know Nothings
In the meantime, however,
another third party had come in
to existence which, during its
brief existence, figured in the
electoral college returns. That
was the political group known as
the Native American party or
Know-Nothings. 1t originated in
New York City IN the forties as
a result of the large emigration
from Ireland during the famine
years when the potato crop
failed. Out of the resentment
against these foreigners" grew
a secret society, the Supreme
Order Of the Star Spangled Ban
ner" and a political party, the
Native Americans, with a plat
form of opposition to aliens, the
papacy, infdelity and socialism.
The popular name of Know
Nothings was attached to the
party because when its members
were questioned about it they
invaria bly, replied 81 don't
know" In 1847 they held a ma
tional convention In Philadelphia
where they nominated Gen. Henry
Dearborn for vice-president and
recommended, but did not for
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Doing Favors for Others With
Thought of Return Disappoints
1t Doesn't Pay

passes before occasion presents
itself to show appreciation. or to
reciprocate After all, if we think
enough of people to put ourselves
out for them, as our reader says.
there must be a certain amount
of faith.
If we do things for others only
because we want to do them and
find a certain satisfaction in it,
we have nothing to lose. But the
expected reward is something like
the watched pot-very disappoint-
ing. In fact, it doesn't pay.
@ Bel Syndicate-WNU Service.
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p Ihaf Third! Paf1y
= !??!A%r3!! ?T:!

mally nominate, Gen. Zachary
Taylor for President.
The Know Nothings do not
seem to have played much part
In the election of 1852 but they
figured strongly in the cam
paign of 1856. By this time they
had thrown off the secret char
acter of their organization and
revealed the fact that most OF
their members were Wings.
The remainder of the Wings,
along with the Free Sellers, and
many Northern Democrats, had
gone over into the new Repubi-
can party which nominated Gen.
John c. Fremont and adopted
the revised slogan of Free Soil,
Free Speech and Fremont. In
February the Know-Nothings
held a convention IN Philadel-
phia where they formally re-
named their party the American
Party. For President they nomi-
mated Willard Fillmore, the Wing
vice-president who became Pres
ident when Zachary Taylor died
in Office, and for vice-president
A. J. Donelson of Tennessee.
The Republicans polled more
than 100000 votes and the
Native Americans nearly 900,-
900. But James Buchanan, the
Democratic candidate, got TIA
votes in the electoral college as
against Fremont's ia and Fill
more's eight-those of Maryland.
By the time the next Presiden-
tial campaign came around the
Know-Nothing party had been
merged with the Republican.
The campaign of 1860 was
marked by the paradox of two
''third parties" both of which
developed enough strength to
break into the electoral college
vote. One of them represented
split in a regular party and
the other a coalition of odds
and ends from various parties.
The Democratic party, divided
by the slavery question in pre-
vious campaigns, was split wide
open in this crucial year of 1860.
The Northern wing Of the party
nominated Stephen A. Douglas
of Illinois and the Southern, or
pro slavery wing, nominated
John c. Breckenridge of Ken
lucky, who had been Buchanan's
vice-president. Breckenridge got
70 electoral votes as compared
to Douglas Il.
The other third party" which
represented a coalition, was the
Constitutional Union party,
made up of old-time Wings and
Know-Nothings, who would avoid
the issue of slavery and achieve
the impossible goal of harmony
throughout the country. Their
nominee was John c. Bell of
Tennessee who polled 80 cleo
toral votes. The three candidates
received a total of 123 votes and
Lincoln 40.
Boilers Galore
The campaign Of 1872 was a
mixed up affair with crossing
over of party lines and boilers
galore. A faction of the Repub-
ican party, dissatisfied with the
certainty of Grants renomina-
ton, walked out, held another
convention In Cincinnati and
chose Horace Greeley for Presi-
dent and B. Gratz Brown of
Missouri for vice-president. The
Democrats decided that a fusion
ticket was their only hope.
Therefore, when they held
their convention In Baltimore,
they also nominated Greeley and
Brown. But this action was often
sive to the old-line Democrats
who IN turn walked out and held
a convention in Louisville, KY,
where they nominated Charles
O'Conor Of New York for Presi-
dent and gave him John Quincy
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The Baltimore convention
nominated for President, Will
liam Writ of Maryland, who
had been encouragement in
Monroe's cabinet, and for vice
president it named Amos ELL
maker of New York. In the cleo
ton of 1882 these candidates won
only the electoral vote Of Yer
mont. Later this party was alb
sorbed by the Wings and lost its
identity.
First Liberty Party
Attempts to organize the anti
slavery vote in the late thirties
resulted in the formation of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-24
Crying Need

Mary Jane-All my mistresses
have admitted that I'm full of
"go," madam.
Employer - That's very nice,
but what I want is a girl with
some staying power.
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Caesars Ghost?

Lollie = I thought Caesar was
dead.
Audrey-He is, isn't he?
Lollie-No, Mrs. Butler said she
teaches hinI
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Too Well

Stranger - Is Shortleigh well
known around here?
Native-Tn say he is. He is so
well known that he has to go out
of town to borrow a quarter.
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Fulfilled

Bill - Have you ever realized
any of your childhood hopes?
Pete-Yes; when mother used
to comb my hair I often wished !
didn't have any.
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Sees Through IT

my Daddy's so tall he can see
right over the garden fence"
so can mine when he's got
his hat on"
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Henry-I've a good mind to pro-
pose to you.
Mabel-Oh, please do. I need
one more proposal to beat my last
years record.
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Frequent Reflection

The custom of frequent refec-
ton will keep their minds from
running adrift, and call their
thoughts home from useless un-
attentive roving.-Locke.
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Her One Thought

He-When are you thinking Of
getting married?
She-ConStantly.
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RecompenSe
the strength of the

NSCOIIlpSIlSC
IN the strength of the
endeavor,
In the temper of the giver.
In the loving of the lover,
Lies the hidden recompense.
In the sowing of the sower,
In the fieeting of the flower,
In the fading of each hour,
Turks eternal recompense.
Time
WHERE'S the use Of
w signing? Il
Sorrow as you may,
Time is always flying
Flying!-and defying
Men to say him lay,
Where's the use Of signing?
Henley.
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Collecting EN-

teaches him!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-10
Chapter c5
GHOST STORY

IT COULDN'T say anything for
minute" Martin continued. land
then l begged her pardon, and told
her had thought it was burglar.
But she wouldn't let me go away.
She said, Come back. want you
to make sure. Please search the
room.
las soon as l went inside looked
at the door that led to Mister
Ruperts room to see if anybody
could have gone out that way. 1t was
still locked, and that's a big bolt,
and hard to push. | went out that
way myself. just to see. Then
beg. n to search . everywhere, her
standing over by the bed, hugging
her kimono around her. and The cold
night air coming i'll the open Win
dow.
II looked under the bed, and in
the wardrobe, and in the bath and
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new CLUB LOST
INITIAL CONTEST
DEFEATED BY ADMINISTRA.
TON OUTFIT YESTER-
DAY, IL TO 2

The Musicians, new team of the
Social Diamondball League, suf-
fered their first defeat in the first
game they have played in the
circuit.
The Administration outfit de-
feated the Music-makers yester-
day afternoon at Bayview I'ark.
II to 2.
The Musicians were out of
practice but will give any club in
the league a run TO: their money
when they get in condition.
j. Roberts and Molina hit four
safely in six times at bat for the
FERA aggregation. .f
Two of Roberts blows were
good for home runs.
Pita hit two safely for the
Music boys in as many times up.
In the field, Demeritt and Bark
er for the Office crew, and j.
Perez and Dar;oso played a good
game.
Molina and j. Perez made
catches that won the admiration
o. the faithful five.
Score b. innings: r. H. E.
administration
003 10 052-12 10 /
Musicians
600 900 200 2 5 4
Batteries: E. Roberts and Goss;
Sweeting and o. Pita.
Today the Musicians will face
the Sanitary boys at 8 p. m. and
tie Showers Park tomorrow &fter
noon, same time.
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Dirk said. You don't believe in
ghosts, MARTINI"
The eyes of the two boys met.
Martin said,
q think, sir. it's the only explana.
ton"
Good" said Dirk. And whatever
Logan may say. you did right in
every particular. especially in keep.
ing things to yourself"
Thank you. sir. You don't know
how good =. how different E. that
makes me feel"
Dirk looked at his watch. 1t was
six o'clock. Logan would not be at
his post. till eight.
Tell Nora to see me in my ROOM"
he said to Martin, and went down
stairs.
He was thinking of the revolver
Nora had mentioned to Martin.
Nora. Dirk decided, could at least
tell him when she had first seen
the pistol.
Nora was beaming when she
came. b0ny Irishwoman, with big
reliable hands, and blob of red in
each cheek.
"Oh. but Mister Dirk, I'm that glad
we've come home! Mrs. Joris will
rest now. the poor lady. -.
But yis, | know about the re-
volyer. 1t was me took it to Mister
Rupert, in the foorst place Big it
was, with foine pearl handle, a
number forty-five. Mister Rupert
said so. Little l liked carrying it in
me hand. But | didn't want to lave
it where Mrs. Joris might come
across it, and brighten herself to
death. Or so thought, sir"
You found it, gather" said Dirk.
"Where?"
But in the tower-room, sir. Mrs.
Joris' room. 1t was in the wall peck
ct there :. the safe, that is, where
your grandfather :. God rest his
soul used to keep his nip O.
brandy. sir. 1t was him showed me
how to- open it once when he was
that i'll he couldn't walk to it. livery
once in while l. open it now. and
sdustit out for IT'S a great place for
rats sincehe died"
(CopriSA. 1855. Margaret BsH Roassos)
The fantastic mystery, tomor.
row. takes a new turn.
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