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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
70 Die in South
From Bitter Cold:
Frost Due Here

(C0r'ir'.rf From Page tnrD
hom where Il was three below, and
temperatures between zero and 10
above 'rcrc General throughout
Dixie.
Tho fcnpcra'Irc dropped below
freezing IN Florida almost as far
,cuth as Miami. where the airport
rrad!ng wa 35 and a light frost
COVERED the ground
This Indicted temperatures in
he 20s in the rich vegetable and
ltruS lanAe nl central Florida,
where The crop damage was ex-
Ucctcd 10 mount into millions.
The frcczlng weather along Flor
.das east coast % at Daytona
Beach ard - at Vcro Beach
iprou.ht havoc at the Wint"r resort
ports. Most homes and tourist
quarter mad no heating facilities
cor such weather.
All NJ The new young vegetable
crop Va reported destroyed in the
Louisiana AMI Mississippi trucking
,rplonS and frut trees were severely
Upwards of $2000,000 crop loss
had been estimated in the Florida
winter vegetable belt in the muck
lands around Lake Okccchobce and
Il was feared greater damage was
inflicted by Fridays cold.
Tales Of hardship began filtering
N from tie mountainous regions OF
Tennessee. north Alabama and
Georgia.
There was little danger Of food
,hortagr as most Of the isolated
we're farm families who had plenty
If provisions stored There was
sickness however and there was no
possible means of bringing in medl-
cine and doctors. The sick could
not be taken to hospitals over Slip
merry mountain roads where snow a
'oOr .ic"p wa frozen almost to the
lardnc3s oi cement
Tho Atlanta weather bureau re-
3Ortcd that, although official data
ad not been compiled, the current
ond spell seemed to be the coldest
incc 1899. when the mercury dipped
q 8 below in Atlanta. The official
'cadIn@ IN Atlanta Friday was 3
,bOVc.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
John Little Held.
After Arrest on
HoItvike Ranch
Continued from Page One


he started toward California from
Texas more than week ago BY
SLOW stage. He was in Texas most
Of the time he was hunted, probab-
II with friends. Little is 81 years
old. very tall, has blond HAIR
streaked with gray. dark piercing
eyes Friday he was dressed neatly
IN blue suit.
Just az noon. Ware signed com
plalnt against Little. charging him
one count with conspiracy and an
other with grand theft Bail has
not been set and he has not been
arraigned. Heald said he would
bring him before the grand jury
Monday.
Mrs. Little appeared in better
health than last week when she
was arraigned She was dressed IN
a blue suit, wore dark glasses and
no hat.
Statements we're taken from Lit
tie Thursday night but Ware said
they were "incompletc' and at 8
all. QutSL.OII4Iib DtbhiI d5oiiI' FDcNN
8 am. Little was given an oppor-
tunIty TO talk with his attorney
Meanwhile, Mrs. Little was called
IN and a shorthand reporter took
down the conversation Little, then,
was taken into the same office and
confronted with the former water
clerk.
They were questioned together
more than an hour. Mrs Little was
then taken away IN Sherlifs OF
flee car and Little returned 10 his
cell.
Little was missing since Jan. 6
after he gave the first tangible tip
that irregularities existed in the
water department. He disappeared
sometime that day and Mrs. Little
vanished four days later while an
audit was being made of her books.
She surrendered after several days
hiding in Ell Centro.
Grand jurymen Thursday after
noon went further into the case,
questioning City Engineer Phil
knights, Mrs. Faye Burke and Mrs.
Pearl Burke of the clerks office
and P. K. Patton, city water meter
reader.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
Divorced Couple
Plan End MARRIAGE

pHIIADfI PHlh Jan. Is up
Ha.., j Yogr" 50 Hollywood
st4G.o ,p.'.Hcs ara IL divorced
VIE p'ats.ea tDcay 70 b. REMARKED
MoaGa.
w ncrc bn'h ha<'y back Ii
1929. Yo.ng explained after oo-
taiuEY tHc marriage license. L
Nau'ct 70 travel and lie didn /, and
! went without her
Following the ceremony, which
Will be- witnessed by their Two
married children, they Will leave
for California.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
BoWIes Debunks
War Idea in u. 5.
Al Rotary Club

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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
Americans Warned
To Leave Sweden
Because of Peril

Continued From Page One)
mentioned that very limited trans
portation facilities between Scan
dinavia and the United States
exist at present and that in an
emergency it would be difficult to
obtain accommodations.
The next ship leaving from
Bergen. which is outside the com
bat area, is scheduled to sail March
3.
1T would be appreciated if all
Americans living in the Stockholm
consular district would be kind
enough TO inform the consul gen.
eral of their plans and all Ameri-
cans belonging to the Goteborg
consular district will please give
similar information to the consul
at Goteborg."
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
16 Scouts Receive
Proqress Awards

HOITVIIIE Jan 2G. S.xtce;.
Hol'l!lc uDy 'rO.'s rccclT"c ~
.anccucnt aTarGs u Il co.rt d.
ionor ~ Ho.al.c rrata"ar .c"ooa
arcorcng to HIGH Wacon aco.i
fnrc'.'.;r
Dctnoa.,rauon, b. Hoi':l;.e :
farcc 'co.f troop an aGGrcss ""AF
bcucyc IN scouting by FREQ
Hc!,ncr Ho,t'!Il" grammar school
pnnc.pa. and moylcs shnTn ~
herbert FlncArr and Kc.th Met.
l!ghMghtcd tie entertainment pro-
gram
Sco4t, Who rccc!ycd awards we're
Trp0p 40 Yosh!ro SanDonHataui
Troop ~ Joe Briggs Ed Porter.
Robert Colc. BL! Crazy Charles
BALDWIN. Merrill Rogers. Ralph Van
Busk!rk EstrGan ValYerdc. Pn!!!p
Griffin. ROacr, Amstcad; Troop 4J
Robert Nelson. Howard Ferguson,
SPECIAL awards Wallace Kent.
Charlc, Keller F., Ross Harrington
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
Graft Suits Filed
In Arizona Row

PHOENIX, Jan. 26. CUP)-State
Auditor Ana Frohmillers promise
to clear up asserted irregularities
in expenditures of state funds was
fulfilled today when she filed two
suits to collect S5.l73.80 assertedly
misspent by various state officials.
In one of the suits, in which a
former state superintendent of pub
lie health was named defendant,
Mrs. Frohmiller sought return Of
sl,80055 plus penalty Of 20 per
cent, assertedly used for business
other than that of the state.
In a second suit, the auditor
sought the return of $3.50, plus
20 per cent penalty, from a cur
rent office holder and a former
employe of his department.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
British Surmise Nazi Warships
'Chanoe Of Name Indicates Sinking

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.s.4 g.c nasal author.'f Arc -
- y. u" B1nsh submarines Ii,
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- eurcc4st4. counter a.,acE L
-. councc,!on x va .ctal."c 'aa'
E!.t.sA submarines No.. coTmuhl-
- n0.d u Hctorcs mn 'h"| ar
.a.c IN home water. and :! II"
.. gee submarines Cd Hnk an
German ,a.p !; va SAD th"se
2r.!n hasc bccn no va 0. knowing
- Ac!r.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
Refunding Cases
Before u. s. Court

Continued From Page Onc)
tricts are secondary governmental
divisions or private corporations.
In the hearing today, Stephen
Downey. brother of u. S. Senator
Sheridan Downey, represented the
Mcrccd district and George Clark,
Charles Childers and w. C. Cook
tho bondhOlderS.
The court indicated that after
hearing arguments it would take
The question and tho case under
submission.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
Burton K. Wheeler
Calls on FDR for
3rd Term Decision

CCl rafBrS r JaH IS up
S'E L ...ar Z W.ae.or. y MoI,
.@."r .ya: :-'..rr!.. RDJeYelt to-
"a, ~ a.:.s s.,," 2..a.u "a cog-
para'.se.s sarr' m ghe:hc. =
~. sreE : ~" 1T
&: hEe".c- a,Ece :or q sta.e-
mo- .saM ne 20 cent Is n
a::."@ -. ~ ...e 70 princ.pa.
a@"!cs- a. 80 Gr,""a jubilee con
.''.'.oH q. - C,..ee Mime Work
~ CO Ttc Lr!.a'3o. 20 Wheel
8: !.a- a:o.1-c sp"e4.at.on that ne
1o.c - esoo-'rG g. 4 presidential
caL~.ca'e = Joa" / Lewis. UAiWA
p.' .cr.'
y. rs.e. -" 'nr pfesIaent should
.Jcat - -. g. b ~aGse The longer
~ cc.a4 - more caaD,ic the SIT
.4t.ou -. orconc W..h reference
II IA" Democra'!c pa-,y and the
more cont4..gn Hi!! - Il the party
Although hc ea.t - Tas opposed
70 brraEIng ihc t"o-'nrm precedent
WIrrlc. AID 'ic president car
.ayc - nomination : h want i
aIa n Il %"a.c sg5ort him for
.c-e.oc' OF Z. Nj Rgo.eYclt should
" 20 a9m.ra''c H I'D hoTeFrr
H.a' L.. saogaA' ~ because q.
,.rt,"..' : %94c 0e @rry dlifc4.t
T.. az - .dcr' - bc reelected
= 'a.se '.ria
W.,.... G"c.#rrG lat John L.
low. aae ncyc- or aim he favor
tc I'm. - 4 D.-..rrI,.a! candidate.
ba' al IN; q he should become
q cand.aatc IT, Ho4.d welcome up
,or' .fom lam and fac Congress 0.
I.d4.tslai gaL!2a'ioES.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
DyingI. '. Woman
CounseIs Bravery

Mrs Matilda DarrOu2h. 81 former
Icsncnt Of Cal"XicO. died Thursday
al the home Ol her SOn at Rancho
Santa f'c near San Diego.
"GO0d mint. children. BE- brave. .
were the last words She SAID before
he dlcd Death came 10 her whilc
shr hlrpi
She had liycd in CalcxIcO for
many year Int IN 1913 lett Imperial
VALLEY 10 MAKE her home on the
coast
Funeral .crricr! were ,chcdulod at
> pm SATURDAY at HonAam Brothers
chapel on Foat'h ''rcct san Diego
Her .dr'spoF. uncmdc two sons.
I q Darro IA q! Ra~ho Santa
f'c, and c A Darruuph Of Calc%lco
Two dau?htcr, Mr. Carrie Wrpht
HldaM f. tr"''o aud Nh MAY
lIll.Im Sau Drgo
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
l7.Year-0ld Boys
Face Theft CHARGE

BurGlary charges were prepared
Friday AGAINST two l7-year-Old El
Ccrtru youths, one of whom had
9rcn out OF the reform school a
cant month.
Eyrrc.t Shaw, released from lone
chOol ~ Christmas time, was ac-
rtlScd HIth Gene Wallace Of break
iur INTO Il root bccr stand at Ninth
nId Ma:n street, rs we'll as a nearby
film. statlou Tue lay night.
'lHo .nS cl"nettes and about
- VA fakou All hut the money
VIA recovered
@In@ "a. ulcrrd up by Officer
'.r scpa#ln. on a report that the
SuUth Id a Gun hidden in a garage
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
Idaho Governor Confers with Party
Leaders on Successor 10 Borah

Callahan, once defeated Tor the
United States senate. is attorney for
the Sunshine Mining Co.. and as a
corporation lawyer is opposed by
labor.
Thom1s, who was named to fill
the uneypired term of the late Sen.
Robert Gooding in 1923, is reported
TO be opposed BY the Young Re-
publican organization. Thomas was
defeated for reelection by former
Senator James Pope, now on the
Tennessee Valley Authority, in 1882.
Pope himself lost out in 1897 TO
D. Worth Clark.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26

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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
Balkan ENJOYS in
Berlin for Talks

BEEi-iE. Jan ~ CCPl l-Otf.c.a
quarter sald Dpfay lna' NJ Or.
man envDyt N E.manla E.uvars
Bulgaria J9gpsiaYla a:.G Br'crt
han D-er n Benin iDF - ca.
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c"pi tbr HHn.s''t - t;.rI, Aa.
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tbr eUyO;s a. .>rc - Gt.,a'n
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
City Clerk Faces
Fund Theft Charqe

PHOENIX, Jan. 26. tUP)-Roy
Erickson. 50, former city clerk at
Fowler. Kans. was held here today
on a Kansas warrant charging en-
bezzlement of $500 of public funds
Police Chief E. c. Moore said
Erickson had agreed to waive ex-
tradition and was being held pend
ing arrival of Kansas officers.
The complaint against Erickson
charges him with u counts Of en-
bezzlement Of public money be-
tween Feb. and Jan. 2, 1899
Moore said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
Freighter Sinking
Off Japan Coast

TOKYO Jan. 2G erF, r.,
crew nt ~ Of the Norwegian t!r!gAt-
"t Fu Cuaat aba:dOheG thr.r .A.,
'o@a@ h'l: Lach.lo ialaad an.,4
"i Ypk"!int"a after lending ~!
sos cnll
The Japancse steamship. Klrl nAe
El'pku sped n tie rracar / VI.
h l.rtcd That tuc snip caught ufo
Ihr tt'ainaA.p Wat Of .SorYr rp.n.
teg.h'ry bat Waa uudcr charter l..
The Jhpanra" Mitsui company n,G
wa bringing nitrate 10 Japan from
he SOuth Sea-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
kurway Factory
Blast Kills Two

OSLO Nog2hy. Jan ~ Up
Al explosion HL!ch ~ &c !..:.c!-
ouh cahua!De. acMi Ip.sDu "a.
hpurting from IA cr...psr iarrn.; u
Jemdalcn Uaas anc peop.c .. ~
n"ighDpfAT,o phh!t styleKrH. ira
IN auuJnDa.ee III, a!y1,
At least ,19 prF'Dr, ~cfc lcunt'-
ed killcG atc a1,.' u .Hc.r.'.
Driouh!y .h5ateG ~ te4.tr Ar.
p.tal tyrHiiucis'
hDp-t III otart. T'iy.fea 81 Ao.
i'.ial. 'ri Hes'a'L' i1t -. .>,.n..
~
More uhn l01 hninc' II ~ ,.,...
IT. were cfaraaftG
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
Plot on Stains S
Life Reported

ROME. Jan. rs. tUPl-The au-
thoritatiye newspaper Giornale
DTtalia under Kovno tKau-
mas, Lithuania, dateline publish
I'd today reports of mass arrests
n the Ukraine following exposure
,f a vast plot" against Josef
stain.
Giornale DTtalia is edited by
Irginio Gayda, who is close to the
foreign office and who at times
had spoken for Premier Benito
MusSolini.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
State TeIevision
Group Organizes

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 26. (UP)-
The Television Artists and Writer'S
guild today filed non-profit articles
of incorporation with the secre-
tary of states office.
Purpose of the organization is to
provide a common forum and a..
common medium of operation foI
mutual and collective benefit oH
it's members" the papers set out.
Headquarters are in Los Angeles
,.oounty.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-26
WEATHER

data compiled by observers 70
the official United states Weather
Bureau station at FL CentrO.D
Maximum Thursday 80. ........ ........ "a
Minimum Friday ........................... 43
Reading at Noon Friday
Temperature ................................. 70
Humidity 40
Reading at a. m. Friday
Temperature NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. as
Humidity ..................................... 70
Reading at p. m. Thursday
Temperature ST
Humidity "A
Southern California-Cloudy Fri
day night with light rain in west
portion; Saturday partly cloudy;
moderate to fresh southerly wind
off coast. =. -,
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Lady Decies Says
Goering Grabbed
|Coot From Her
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Paquin's
salon in Paris was crowded, and
among those lingering coats and
wraps was Lady Decies, American
born peeress.
Suddenly, well-upholstered man
strobe in, eyed a coat in Lady De-
cies' hands-she was Just about to
buy it-and said:
"I'll take that coat for my wife"
Il didn't argue with him." the
former Elizabeth Wharton Drexel of
Philadelphia explained last night
after her arrival or the American
export liner Excalibur.
He was Reich Marshal Hermann
Goering."
1T was a nice coat, too" she
sighed. Beige with fur collar"
Lady Decies said Goering now
lives in the former Franch capital.
She asserted she had seen luxuri-
Gus furniture being moved into the
Palais du Luxembourg-seat of the
French Senate since 1S79-for the
Reich Marshal.
She said the Germans had taken
over the Crillon. the Ritz, the Cont
mental and other hotels.
Conditions in Paris, she added,
were steadily getting worse.
Even II you have a hundred cards
ration cards." she said, 1T is al
most impossible to buy soap or olive
oil, and you can purchase only one
pair OF shoes and one dress a year."
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Southern California
Rainstorrn Blamed
For Three Deaths
Channel Ship PeriIed;
Moisture Helps Cut
Losses to Crops
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ia
rainstorm sweeping in from the
Pacific was blamed today as the In
direct cause Of three deaths In
Southern California and credited
with ending a cold wave that had
resulted in considerable crop dam
age.
The Coast Guard towed several
vessels, endangered In Catalina
Channel by the storm to San Pedro.
Santa Barbara reported several
small boats beached. The Coast
Guards patrol cutter Itasca went to
Ensenada, Mex, to pull the Mexican
motorship Esenada off the beach.
Deaths indirectly attributed to the
weather were Ernest Kent, 10, killed
in Hollywood automobile collision
with slippery tracks blamed by po-
lice; N. P. Nelson, 40, buried In a
rain-loosened slide in a Catalina
Island rock quarry, and Mary e.
Mcneil, 48, Long Beach. killed there
by car whose driver told police
his vision was obscured by rain.
Southern California farmers said
the benefits from the rain were i'm
mense. Citrus growers reported it
eliminated the need OF a months
irrigation. Agriculturists in other
parts Of the State said the moisture,
while light in most sections, had
prevented heavier losses from frost
or drought.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Maryland Fruit Judging
Team Wins Second Place

The University OF Maryland fruit
judging team was awarded second
place in the Eastern Intercollegi-
ate Fruit Judging Contest, at Am
herst, Mass, it was announced to-
day.
Members of the team were J. L.
GUIDE, Hyattsville; J. M Beattie,
Beltsville; George Duguid, Riverdale,
and Cecil Keller, MiddletoWn, alter
nate. The team was coached by
Chester w. Hitz, of the department
of horticulture.
First place went to Tennessee.
Guide and Beattie were fourth and
fifth in individual judging in the
contest. This is the third consecu-
tive year that Maryland was won
first or second place in the contest.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
German.Swedish Pact
To Boost Nations Trade
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
e STOCKHOLM, Dec. ia new
German-Swedish commercial pact is
expected by government circles to
increase trade between the two coun-
tries by about s15O,000,000 in 1941.
The agreement, announced last
night, calls for a trade overturn of
about 2,000000,0OO kronor (approxi-
mately $3.50 0o00,o0O) next year. This
years trade will approximate 1,400,-
100000 kronor.
Sweden will receive 5,700,000 tons
of coal and coke, processed steel and
synthetic cloth, and Germany will
get much wood pulp and paper.
The coal will be obtained without
price increase, economic sources
said.
Trade negotia tons with Belgium
and the Netherlands are expected
soon. A two-month trade agree
ment with Norway for approximately
25,000,o00 kronor also was disclosed.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Art Masterpiece
Stolen From Museum
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 17.-Raf-
faelino del Garbo's Madonna and
Child" one of the celebrated paint.
ings in the S. H. Kress collection,
was stolen Sunday night from the
University of Texas College of Mines
Museum. in Ell Paso, it was revealed
last night.
The. masterpiece and four others
from the Kress collection were placed
on exhibit in El Paso a week ago.
Museum officials discovered a win
dow pried open in the rear of the
building today. They said the paint
ing was insured.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
LIEUT.. QUINN ASSIGNED
TO SHIP LOUISVILLE

Lieut.. David l.. Quinn, Chaplain in
the United States Navy, who has
been spending several weeks with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Quinn,
ST., at their home on Chesapeake ave-
nue., left the latter part of last week
to rejoin his ship, the large battle
cruiser, Louisville, at Seattle, Wash.
Rev. Quinn plans to make several
stops en- route to Seattle for visits
with relatives. From Crisfield he
went to Pascagoula, Miss, to visit his
brother, Wallace M. Quinn and Mrs.
Quinn and from there will go to Hous
ton Texas, where he will be the guest
of his cousin, DR.. Granville Adams.
From Houston he plans to visit
San Francisco, Calf, and thence to
Seattle to rejoin his ship.
During his visit here, his first in
several years, Rev. Quinn had the
pleasure of greeting many old friends
and making a number of new ones, a
pleasure which was shared by those
who had the opportunity to speak
with him.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28

on the high plane which holds that
he serves his party best who serves
the country best
Former Senator George Wharton
Pepper of Pennsylvania recalled the
sage advice of DR.. Franklin to a wo-
man who stepped up to him out of an
anxious crowd on the steps of indie
pendence Hall to ask, "What have we
got-a republic or a monarchy"
Franklin replied to her, "a republic
if you can keep it So"
within the last seven years, we
have come to realize more clearly
than ever" declared Mr.. Pepper,
"why wise old DR.. Franklin issued the
solemn warning implied in his big
it,"
He described the Republican Party
as alone able to abolish class hatreds
and to accomplish adequate prepared
ness, holding that "the failure Of the
Democratic Administration in time of
peace is poor passport to public
confidence in time Of peril"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28

home Thursday after spending sew
eral weeks in Richmond with Mrs.
Edmonds' parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Meade T. Spicer.
Alfred Jackson Mason, Jr., had his
tonsils removed last week.
Mrs. M. j. Haddock of Richmond
is visiting her son, the Rev. w. X.
Haddock and Mrs. Haddock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred B. Mason and
daughter, Miss Flora Mason spent
Sunday in Capron, Va, with Mr.. and
Mrs. Winfield Creighton.
Mrs. Margaret T. Young and Miss
Mildred D. Grant spent Sunday in
Newport News.
Miss Nancy r. Vessels is visiting
relatives in Richmond.
Mrs. William M. Gose is visiting
relatives in Bristol, Va.-Tenn.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
LIBERTY BELL IS
MADE TO RING
FOR DEMOCRACY

The historic Liberty Bell was rung
in Philadelphia on Tuesday last. II
emitted Is thuds under the rubber
mallet of young Maragretta Duane
Observation-Disclosures grand
daughter of Benjamin Franklin.
The ceremony, an official part of
the Republican National Convention
was planned to remind delegates from
the 4S states, assembled just outside
Independence Hall, that their activi-
ties in this year 1910 bear a definite
relation to the principles enunciated
here by the Founding Fathers more
than century and half ago.
"Alas, how the world today is be-
ing robbed of the truth taught by the
men who created our Republic, la
mented John Hamilton, Chairman Of
the Republican National Committee.
care we also, here in the land of
democracy's birth, failing to uphold
the principles that for century and
a half enlightened the world and
heartened mankind?" he inquired.
"These delegates and alternates
1000 strong, from every section of
the Nation, meet to make free choice
of a leader whom they intend to ele-
vate to the Presidency by the free
vote of American citizens" he added.
ut is a privilege remaining to few
people today. The action of our
Convention" he promised, twill be up