01H0AQ0
LEADER
Enter W. Chafin It Nominated
for President by the Aqua
Pur Party.
t7ATXTNS IN SECOND FIACX.
' Shortest Platform la History of Na
tional Convention! la Adopted
at Columbus,
Colmntraa Correspondence :
Eugene W. Chafln, of Chicago, waa
Eated for President of the United
by the Prohibition national COD
n Thursday. Tor Vice President
the convention named Aaron 8. Wat
klaa, of Ada, 0., a profesaot In the
Ohio Northern University. Doth can
tUdates aro gubernatorial candidates of
the Prohibition party In their respect
ive States. The shortest platform on
kvoord and one containing tor the first
time In the history of important na
tional parties In this country a decla
ration in favor of equsl suffrage was
framed for the candidates to stand
Upon.
Republican and Democratic candi
dates and platforms were scored alike,
tod evidence held to prove that Lincoln
was a ProhlbltlonlBt was presented at
the opening session of the Prohibition
party's national convention, Both Taft
And Dry an were stomped as friends of
liquor In the address of the temporary
chairman, Robert II. Patton of Spring
field, iu
Mr. Patton held the attention of his
udlence throughout his speech and at
times moved his hearers to great enthu
siasm, i
Take off your coat,! and "Hit him
again r cried the delegates, and those
shouts were interspersed with "Aniens.
The speaker took off his coat and then
(paid bis compliments to the late Her
tnan Raster of Illinois, author of the
personal liberty plant of the 1872 Re
publican platform, no read a 1 otter
from Wade n. Ellis, attorney gdneral
of Ohio and author of much of the Re
publican platform of this year, declar
ing hat he could find nothing in the
feaster plank "Inconsistent with Repub
lican, doc trine."
'Caught with tho goods i" shouted
some one In the audience.
Passing from the Republican party,
Mr. Patton spoke f that "very talkative
man from Lincoln," and said that In
the last sixteen years Mr. Bryan "has
championed everything loose under the
sun in the way of a political Issue ex
cept the prohibition question."
The convention was called to order at
10 otatock ln Memorial Doll by Chair
man Jones. The Invocation was offered
by Rot. B. L. Eaton of Illinois, and
After the formal reading of the call for
the convention the name of Robert H.
Patton of Springfield, 111., waa an
nounced as temporary chairman.
Following the address of Mr. Patton
the roll of states was called for the an
nouncement of committees. An address
of welcome to the delegates was de
livered by Mayor a A. Dank of Colum
bus, and a response was made by W.
P. F. Ferguson of Chicago.
Planks la the r In t form.
1. Submission by Congress to the ser
era! States of an amendment to the fed
eral constitution prohibiting the manu
facture, sale, importation, exportation or
transportation of alcobollo liquors for
beverage purpose.
2. Immediate prohibition of the liquor
traffic for beverage purposes In the Dis
trict of Columbia, in the terrltorl je and In
all places over which the national govern
ment has Jurisdiction, the repeal of tbs
Internal revenue tax on alooholle liquors
and the prohibition of Interstate traffic
therein.
8. Election of United States Senators
ky dlreot vote of the people.
- 4. Equitable graduated income and In
heritance taxes.
& Establishment of postal savings
banks and the guaranty of deposits ia
banks.
6. Regulation of all corporations doing
en nltrestate business.
7. Creation of a permanent tariff coca
mission. 8. Strict enforcement of law Instead of
the official tolerance and practical license
of the social evil which prevails In many
of our cities, wltb its -unspeakable traffic
In girls.
0. Uniform marriage and divorce laws.
' 10. An equitable and constitutional em
ployers' liability act.
, 11. Court rev low of Poatoffice Depart
ment decisions.
1Z Prohibition of child labor in mines,
workshops and factories.
13. Legislation baaing suffrage only
upon Intelligence and ability to read and
writ the Fnglidh language,
14. Preservation of the mineral and
forest resources of the country and 'Im
provement of the highways and water
ways.
Shop (or the Blind.
Ilelen Keller has opened at Manches
ter, Mass., the first of what she expects
will be a chain of shops for the sale of the
handicraft of blind workers. The display
Includes fine products of the loom and
various bouse furnishings.
Ifeltoa Dowu Oana.
At San Francisco Joe Cans, the Betre
who so long had held the lightweight
' championship, was beaten In seventeen
rounds by "Battling" Nelson.
The Goala-Saa;aa Marrtaar.
By turning Protestant and taking bis
brjde to the office of the London registrar,
Prince Hell de Sagaa of Frano finally
succeeded in making the American Ooald
heiress, divorced wit of Count Bool 4
Castellane, Mm. Anna, the Prlnoass da
Began.
Death Harvest ( the Foartk,
Incomplete return of accidents an .the
Fourth of July due to the celebrstioa of
the day indicate the death of over 70 and
the Injury of nearly 3,000 persons, this
breaking previous records of tbe day's
Casualties since 1!&9.
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CHICAGO.
Developments are mainly favoraMe in
Sinir general effect upon the future course
)f trade. The government crop report
proved as good as looked tor, and, with
:he splendid prospects for greater harvests
:han last year, there is reasonable basis
for advancing activity in the leading In
iuatries. Money la also easier In tone
ind favors legitimate Investment In high
,'rade eecuritlea and racial for business
needs. .Holiday retail trade rose to ex
'.i' ruled proportions and this has caused
much reduction of merchandise stocks.
Clearance sales have brought much buy
ing, prices being attractive in seasonable
rare-, food products and household plen
ishings, A very hopeful Indication Is presented
y largely Increased attendance of vlslt
ng buyers In wholesale markets, and there
is more than the demand usual at this
period for fall deliveries of dry goods,
footwear, woolens, clothing end men's fur
nishings. Furniture exhibits are excep
tionally well taken, and tbe advance book
ings furniJh a gratifying total in the best
qualities. v
Hank clearings for five dnys, $214,401,
310, compared with f20S.4Ol.301 In the
full week of 11)07, a decrease of 20.1 per
?ent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 2o, against 33 lost week and
25 a year ago. Those with liabilities ovur
$.",000 nuniler C, against 10 last week and
5 In 1907. Dun's' Review of Trade.
HEW TORS.
Midsummer quiet still reigns In general
frado and Industry, but the advance of the
season and the promise of good average
crops have accentuated the fueling of con
fidence as to the ultimata niitenme nf
future fall business. Fllling-in orders
from jobbers are numerous but small,
probably Indicating widely broken retail
stocks, and retailers h spa rnthmr earlier
than usual put in force reductions as a
means or stimulating consumption. At
the West Drenaratinn ara tnnklnv tnr
buyers' excursions, and a more thoroughly
organised more to stimulate buying is
looked for this fall than ever before. In
dustry Is possible a trifle more active fol
lowing last week's holidays, but shut
downs for Inventory, repairs or to limit
production have nnnnrentlv more thnn
counterbalanced resumption that have
taken p'nee. Business failures lit the
United States for the. awlr
number 240, which compares with 2't0
inst week, 1S3 in the like week of 1007.
143 In 11)00. 100 In 1D0.1 and 20.1 in 1!I(U
Rusiness failures In Canada for the week
number 81), which compares with 2M hist
week and 10 in this week l.mt
Bradstreet' Report.
Chicago Cattle, common to irlme.
$4.00 to $7.70; hogs, prime heavy, $1.00
to . $0.00 j sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to wheat, No. 2, 00c to 01c;
corn, No. 2, 74c to 75c ; oats, standard,
CIc to 87e; rye, No. 2, 74c to 75c; liny,
timothy, $,8.00 to $13.00; prairie, $8.00
to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 10c
to 21c; eggs, fresh, 17o to 10c; potatoes,
now, per bushel, 00c to $1.00.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $7.50; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $7.00; sheep, common to prime
$3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 87c to
KSe ; corn. No. 2 white, 78c to 70c ; oats,
No. 2 white, 53c to 54c. -
St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $7.05; hogs,
$1.00 to $0.88; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2, DOc to 02c ; corn, No. 2,
78o to 70c; oats, No. 2, 53o to 54c,'
rye, No. 2, 74c to 75c. i
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $(1.25;
hogs, $4.00 to $7.13; sheep, $3.00 to
$3.85; wheat, No. 2, 80c to 01c; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 78c to 70c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 5(ic to 57c j rye, No. 2, 84c to 80c.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to. $3.50; hogs,
$4.00 to $0.50; sheep. $2.50 Mo $!.);
wheat, No. 2, 01c to 03c ; corn, No. 3
yellow, 70c to 78c; oats, No. 3 white,
67c to 68c; rye, No, 2, 75c to 7Ce.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 nortthern,
$1.13 to $1.10; corn, No. 3, 73c to 74c;
oats, atandard, 65o to 67c; rye, No, 1,
73c to 75c; barley, No, 2, 74c to 75c;
poik, mess, $15.00.
Iluffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00 to $7.25; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00
to $7.40; sheen, common to good mixed,
$4.00 to $5.30; lambs, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $7.50.
New York Cattle, $1.00 to $7.23;
hogs, $3.50 to $7.20; sheep, $3.00 to
$4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 0.8c to 00c;
corn, No. 2, 81o t'o 82c; oats, natural
white, 50c to Clc; butteY, creamery, 20c
to 23c; eggs, western, 17c to 10c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 00c to
02c; corn, , No. 2 mixed, 75o t 70c j
oat. No. 2 mixed, 55c to 50c; rye, No.
2. 70c to 77c ; clover seed, October, $7.73.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
Over 150 loaves of what Is alleged to
be underweight bread have been conft-i-rated
by W. P. McCall, Inspector of
bakeries, Minncaiolis. It is said that the
wary Inspector ia on the trail of a num
ber of bnkera who are furnishing their
customers with abort weight loaves.
The ore movement from the head of
Ijake Superior will reaA about 22,000,
000 tons, according to advices received
by vessel men here. This Is little over
half of that of 10O7.
The annual meeting of the Minnesota
State Pharmaceutical Association was
held at Lake Carlos, near Alexandria.
Till session was novel In that It was an
outing in a camp, established between
Lakes Carlos and Darling. The seaslona
were held in s large tent and smaller
ones were nsex for sleeping quarters. A
large dining ball furnished refresh
ment. The plant of the Royal coal mines, ft
Argentine, Pa., was destroyed by dyna
mite. The loss will exceed $20,000. Win
dows In forty-six residences were shat
tered. For some time past labor trotfuiea
have been experienced at the mines and
recently it waa believed the difficulties
bad been adjusted.
With the cloving of the federal courts
in New York for the summer, so far as
tariff litigation is concerned, nearly 45,
000 appeals by Imi-ortecs sre now pend
iug on the suspended files of the board
of United States general appraisers. No
more customs rases will be heard by the
courts until October.
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SIX AUTOiSTS KILLED
Mother, Father and Three dirls
Are Among Those' Dashed
to Death. 'V
FAIL TO SEE LOCOMOTIVE.
a a King, Fort Wayne Politician,
and Family and Quest in
Fatal Accident
Six lives were crushed out in nn in
stant near Columbia City, Ind., when n
Pennsylvania Itallrond train smashed
an automobile in which were Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Sherman King, their two
daughters. Miss Faymn Bradshaw and
Carl Tlninilns, the chauffeur, nil of Fort
Wayuc. The machine was stopjed
about a half-mile west of Columbia City
et a rnllroud crossing by a freight
train and tho chauffeur drove onto the
second track, waiting for the freight to
pass. lie failed to see tbe Manhattan
Limited passenger train which cnnie at
ashlgh rate of speed. The automobile
was destroyed nnd the bodies of Its six
occupants were flung along the track
for a distance of a hundred feet and
terribly mangled. Skulls were frac
tured, anus and legs broken, cheats
crushed and clothing stripped off. So
great was the force of the collision that
the huge locomotive of the passenger
train was derailed.
The party was In Mr. King's automo
bile and was going from Fort Wayne to
Lake Wcwasee to spend Suudny. It Is
said that when the party started on the
trip Mr. King ordered the chauffeur to
make the run in two hours and a half,
which is about half en hour less thnn
tho usual time.
Mr. King formerly was a member of
the Indiana Legislature from Wabash
County, bolng chairman of tho Ways
and Means Committee. He was a mem
ber of the Columbia Club at Indianap
olis and well known throughout the
DEATH OF SIX AUTOISTS AT
State. lie was one of the best-known
Republicans of Indiana and had taken
a prominent part In public affairs. Ills
daughters Were Katherlne, aged 10, nnd
Josephine, aged 12. Miss Bradshaw was
10 years of nge and was a neighbor of
tho King family, whoso guest she wtis
to have been over Sunday at tbe iving
cottage ut Lake Wnwusce. She was a
daughter of Robert F. Bradshaw, of
Fort Woyne.
Woman Dendt Mother Hurt.
Miss Elizabeth Duproe, aged 40, is
dead and her mother, Mary Dupree, a
widow, .ged 05, Is critically Injured as
a result of a runaway at Columbus,
Ind., which was caused by an automo
bile owned by Tom Tuggnrt, qf Indian
apolis, chairman of tho Natioiml Dem
ocratic Committee. Taggart's chauffeur,
Harry Stodler, was driving tbe tlg tour
ing car from Indianapolis to French
Lick, when he met tho two women In
a buggy at Garden City, one mile south
of Columbus. The horse became fr!
ened at the car and ran away. Tlie.wo
women were thrown from tlie buggy
against an Iron fence.
Eugene W. Cliafin, Prohibition nominee
for President, proposes to sin-iik in everx
State before election.
Frank II. Hitchcock, general manager
of Tuft's pre-eonvention campaign, has
been made c-linlrnnn of the national Re
publican committee.-'
President Roosevelt has refund an offer
to make speeches into tho receiver of a
talking machine for the purpoKe of Mak
ing records for public sale.
William II. Taft has completed at Hot
Springs, Va.. the first draft of his speech
of aiveptauce, but he hopes to trim it
down by revision to 11,500 words.
Congressman Theodore K. Ilurton, In
a statement Issued at Cleveland, said,
while he desires to be elected United
Statm Senator, he considers the elcctiou
of TuTt more important ami will ask no
pledges for his own candidacy.
W. J. Bryan tqtenks lightly and sarcas
tically of W. II. Taft's reported dcclura
tiou that no canipaignyntributions from
corporations will be accepted.
W. J. Bryan, in an address at his
home, declared that society has not given
the producer bis share of the reward and
that the government must correct this
condition.
Tha Republican State convention at
Bangor, Me., nominated B. M. Fernald
for Governor and reaffirmed the party's
belief in the prohibitory law. Resubmis
sion of the law to the people was th
main issue before the raf)ventlon.
Another statemeut assailing the Re
publican labor plank has been issued by
lVesident Gouipers of the Federation ot
Labor. This insists that they "ask
Immunity for Miy one guilty of wrong
doing, whether They be workman or oth
ers," bet does insist upon equality before
the law. Citing' the Danbury hatters' de
cision, declaring the unions to- be a trust,
Goiupera s:iya the labor organisations "are
voluntary In character and formed for
the pnnse of advancing snd protecting
personal rijhts' He adila that they deal
in no property. Vhile the trusts are com
binations Cealing ia the products of labor.
HAS THREE MILLION ACHES.
Oklahoma Puzzled as to Whether t
Bold Land or Sell Immediately.
Under the Initiative nnd referendum
law of Oklahoma there Is to be sub ;
jylttoJ to tbe voters of that State 10 j
the Novciniier election a proposal to ,
sell tho 3,000,000 acres of public lands (
which the State holds in its school and
public buildings , fund The bill for j
this purpose has boon carefully drawn ,
and contains minute details of the
terms, conditions and methods of sell
ing the land. If a majority of the vot- I
ers In November give affirmative bal
lots for it. It will become effective as a
law wlth(uit action of any sort by the
legislature.
Ten years hence these lands will
doubtless be worth several times more
thnn they are now. Hut supposing all
these 3,000,000 Oklahoma acres to be
gsd for agriculture, they would cut
up Into 75,000 40-ere farms, each oc
cupied and tilled by a thrifty farmer,
contributing to the weolth of tbe State
and paying taxes to tbe State's reve
nue fuud and to local ami State school
funds.
If the lands ore held they will be
leased by. a State Hoard and are likely
to become t'- subject of political fa
voritism. The lessees will not take
the same Interest in cultivating and
Improving-them that thej would In
lands secured by ownership to them
selves and their children. It Is proba
ble, therefore, that in the end the lands
will prove to be worth more to the
State if sold now than If held for the
higher price which they undoubtedly
would bring later.
NATION LEADS IN AIRSHIPS.
United States Is First in Heavier-than-Air
Machines.
Although the United States govern
ment is Just giving recognition to prao
tlcal aeronautics, with the triuls to be
held at Fort Myer, this country may
elnlra the distinction of being the first
to make progress In tho heavier-than-air
tyie of dying machines. Captain
Ferber, one of tbe pioneers In the de
velopment of the aeroplane in France,
gives Octave Cbanutc and Lilienthul,
the American inventors, credit for the
ldens carried out by Harry Farman
and De la Grange In. France. Other
successful foreign air ships are said
AN INDIANA GRADE CUOSSINO.
to show the practical development ot
theories advanced by Professor Lang
ley. The Wright brothers and A. II. Her
ring, who will submit their aeroplanes
to tho government for acceptance trials
at Fort Myer next month, have fol
lowed the theories advanced by the
earlier American aeronauts. Herring
Is a contemporary of Llllcnthal and
Octave Chuuuto. His machine is about
half tho size of that of the Wright
brothers, and its principal feature is
an automatic device for maintaining
its equilibrium.
Until recently it was feared that tbs
Wright brothers would forfeit the
bond which they had placed with the
government whi n their bid was accept
ed rather than disclose the secret of
their machine, which they guarded
successfully for several years. This
fear has been dispelled by the Wright
brothers themselves, who say they
have their nmchlne full' patented
and are willing to make public demon
strations of Its success. .
A Great Army of Pythiana.
The twenty-fifth session of the Suprcm
Lodfie of the Knights of Pythias, which
convenes in Boston, will result In bring
ing together the greatest gathering ot
memlH'ra of the order ever known. Ths
number of Pythlans who will visit the
city on this occasion is estimated at
KIO.00O. The session will be marked by
two great parades, one of the uniformed
rank and one of the other ranks on the
following day. Reports of the organiza
tion show that It lias at present HKO,.
00 men in its membership, while the
Indies' auxiliary, the Pythian Sisttts,
number 2mO,iitN), making a total of
1,000,000.
Failure of a Half Year.
Commercial failures In the fnlted
State during the first half of 1908, says
Duu'a Review, were 8,700 in number and
$rJ4,.174.K,13 in amount, as compared
with .r,tUl7 failures in the first half of
last year, for fOO,.WS.U(12. Brill, the re
port calls attention to the hopeful fact
that tn the later months of the period
the showing was better, making it "evb
dent that the commercial death rate ia
diminishing."
Vabludaa Gaeata Dlaa Free.
Uninvited guests are declared to be be
coming the beta noire ot London host
esses. Many smart young men are said
to indulge in the practice of dropping in
at houses where there la party. The
person responsible tor she statement sayi
things have come to such a pass in these
days ot "broaght men" that It is possible
for soy weir-dressed, presentable man te
walk into almost any big bouse when I
party Is going on, and, if he behaves dt
creetly and apiwara St home, he may eat
a good sapper, have a few glasses of
champagne, and go sway with one of his
, unknown boat's cigars in his moutr
WII.BUB WBIOHT. OBVILLB WRIGHT.
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TOLSTOI STINGS CZAR .
ASCIMIME
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Scathing Arraignment of Govern
ment by Execution Is
Published. :, i
THE EVIL SPREADS DEPRAVITY.
Reformer Says Crimes In Name ol
Law Are More Awful than
Revolutionists' Acta.
Count Leo Tolstoi, In a long article
published In London, Indicts, with, his
old vivid literary skill, the present sys
tem of "government by execution" In
Russia, the article concluding with a
noble appeal to the better nature of
his countrymen.
During the course of the article the
Count writes:
"I can no longer endure It. I write
this either that those inhuman deeds
may be stopped or that my connection
with them may be snapped and I be
put in prison, where I may be clearly
conscious that these horrors are not
committed on my own behalf, or, still
better (so good that I dare not even
dream of such happiness), that they
may put on mo as on those twenty or
twelve peasants a shroud and a cap
and may push me also off a bench so
lit
COUNT TOLSTOI.
that by tny own weight ! uiay tighten
the well soaped .noose around my old
throat."
Tolstoi, Instancing the shocking
spread of greed to obtain money by
executing condemned prisoners, says:
"Awful as are the deeds themselves,
the moral and spiritual unseen evil
they produce is incomparably more
terrible."
With regard to tho government's con
tention that there Is no other way to
suppress the revolutionists, Count Tol
stoi, while admitting that the revolu
tionists' crimes are stupid and repre
hensible In tho highest degree, accuses
the government of doing the same
thing for the same motive, and adds:
"All the revolutionists' bombing and
murders do not come anywhere neVT
the criminality and stupidity of the
deeds the government commits."
"Iron Man" Joe McGinnity, hero of
mnny a pitching battle for the Giants,
will pitch no more games for New York.
Boston leads the American League bat
ting with .200, and the White Sox are
last with .220. The Sox lead In tielding
with .070.
Denver authorities have made good
their threat to arrest all bookmakers at
tempting to lay bets at the Overland
Park races.
Dodo Criss leads tihe American League
in batting with an average of .412, but
he has only appeared as & pinch hitter in
fifteen games. '
Princeton won the Intercollegiate bass
ball championship by defeating Yale In a
sharply contested eleven-inning game by
a score of 4 to 2.
! W. P. 'Dray, of Yale University, cham
pion 'pole vaulter of the world, has re
fused a place on the American team to
compete in tho Olympic games in London.
By Ae death of Admiral Dewey,
2:044, and Todd, 2:14V4. both sons of
Riugen, 2:OOV4. tbe trotting horse breed
ers have sustained a loss that will be a
severe shock to the advancement of fu
turity prospects.
New York bookies see a ray of hope
in the admission of the assistant district
attorney that a bettor cannot be arrest
ed until he attempts to cash in, and that
the new law would be d illiou It to enforce
with the English credit system of betting
In vogue.
t Tommy Burns, of America, and Bill
Squires, of Australia, ar ta meet for the
third tinio, regardless of the fact that
Kirns knocked out Squires in the eighth
round at Nouiily, France.
Piukola won the twenty-second renewal
of the Latonla Derby by a length from
Czar, with Ordondo, a long shot, third.
Strung out over a sixteenth of a mils
came the balance of the Hold.
Cheered by mora than 25,000 persons,
Celt won the twenty-second running of
the Brooklyn handicap, one of the classic
vents of the American turf, at the
Oravesend race track. He did it easily.
W. K. Vanderbilfs 6eaaick II, with
Henry up, ran a dead beat with M. El
Deschanip's Quintet II. for the Franca
Derby, valued at $20,000, at Ohantllly.
Both horses were favorites, and the finish
waa a grueling one. W. K. Vandarhilt'e
Maintenon won the stake in 1006.
James B. naggln has announced bis
intention of selling all his horse at his
Elmendorf farm, near Lexington, Ky,
and turning his attention to breeding of
fine cattle, a nucleua of the plant having
already been started. His decision was
censed by tbe passage of the anti-betting
law in New York, which Haggin says
ruina prices of horses
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Tmt
fitaoe tbe foundation of the C?9r
malt no mas has come to prcslaenttil
Ofilfe so aaeanatelv nrefarnd hv
fjerlence and training for Its duties
a,s William Howard Taft He Is any
one venfk nf ntrn and In fH V nrlma
of Lis powers. IJo Is both a scholar
auu one acquainted 1110 Business af
fairs. By the time ho was fort'v vears
of age be hod won success at the bar
as a practicing lawyer and. later, had
distinguished himself as a Judge. Ia
his more recent career as an adminis
trator be has been for a considerable
period in each post, tbe governing head
of two essentially foreign countries-
Cuba and the Philippine Islands and
me neaa of one of tbe great depart
ments of our national administration.
In the character pf special envoy he
nas visited the principal countries of
the world and come into contact and
personal relations with their foremost
men. It may be said of Mr. Taft, re
calling his experiences at home and
abroad, that his acquaintance with the
governing forces of tbe world to-day
is more comprehensive than that of any
other mun.
The choice of this type of man of
a man schooled nnd drilled, so to speak,
for the great duties of the pres
idency is a distinct -departure from
American practice. Hitherto we have
solectod our Prei '.dents upon other con
slderatlous; nnd with only a few ex
ceptlons, they have been meu of es
sentially American experience nnd lim
ited outlook. There has never been
even an effort to put into the presi
dency a man definitely acquainted with
tho world and its affairs and adjust
ed by experience and temperament to
the work of administration. And in
truth there has been less need of it
In. times past than now, when, through
tne progress of events, our responsi
bilities have become enlarged to the full
circumference of the world. To
day, when every larger nrolect of nn
tlonal policy touches at some point
upon the interest of every other coun
try, tbe President ought to be a man
of wide outlook, of comprehensive
knowledge, and of expert skill iu the
management of great affairs. In the
length and breadth of our country
there is no man whose experiences and
successes in the sphere of international
affairs is comparable to that of Mr
Taft
It Is gratifying to be able- to say
that on tho nersonnl side Mr. Tnft nor.
'fectly meets tho requirements of the
ideal American gentleman. He cpmes
of the old American stock of that
breed whoso forbears were schooled
In tho town meeting nnd who mmlo
grievous sacrifices that this country
might be free, ne comes of an edu
cated breed of a race who thought
It better worth while to endow their
sons with knowledge than to Increase
their holdings of railway or sugar
stocks. It Is to be recalled thnr when
Mr. Taft visited Havana some two
yoars ago to adjust a serious political
complication, he was able to turn aside
as If for a holiday, to give before the
University of Cuba a philosophical
address which attracted tho attention
and Interest of the wide world of schol
arship. On the Intellectual side
Mr. Toft's character is of that quality
so truly aristocratic as to moke him
practically the soundest of democrats.
He Is the tyne of aristocrat who scorns
special privilege and who lives equity;
rurtnermore, ne is ouo whose propen
sities match his principles. On the
purely domestic side Mr. Taft's char
acter Is of tho best There Is no home
in Washington whoso atmosphere is
sweeter than his own, and there is no
family group whose sentiments are
more geuulmj or whose Interests are
more closely knit
The Argonaut Has no fear that In
the presidency Mr. Taft will be a
auminy, anomer man s man, as some
body has put it He has never- liecn
a dummy in any other relationship of
his life; his whole, course has been
marked by a slngulnrTrankness and
Independence combined with a ready
Initiative. San Francisco Argonaut
Oratory at Chicago.
In tho stir of actual achievement It is
only natural that mere oratory at the
Chicago convention sbou.ld remain al
most unnoticed. Tho speech made by
Senator Burrows of Michigan upon as
suming tlie temporary chairmanship
was a long one. But the merits of tho
speech were real ' nnd substantial.
Those who Intend to take part ill' tbe
coming fray might do worse than rend
it from start to- finish, not as an ex
ample of political eloquence, but as a
plain and straightforward reconf.of
four years of history nnd of legisla
tive and administrative achievement.
Certainly the senator left Very little
untouched- His statistics of population,
of wealth, and Industrial development
are good campaign material when ,i
Uvered iu smull doses, while he can
hardly lie contradicted when he said
that no previous sessions of Congress
have given more assiduous care to the
needs. ot the wage-earners and the in
terests of workmen. He was 'equally
happy Iu his references to nnny effi
ciency, to tlie development of our in
sular posset-sums, and to tlje achieve
ments ot me navy, (.'unarming the
Statement of the Interstate Commerce
Commission that the amended railway
laws had'.laH'n accepted In good Tilth
and with a "sincere and earnest dis
position" to conform to them, he pre
dicted the day when all desired euds
will be attalnoL to tbe common bene
fit of carrier and shipper.-A brief ref
erence to the tariff Introduced the sub
ject of the money panic and the emer
gency currency bill, while In the sec
tion of the speech devoted to world
polittra we have an udiylrable summary
of foreign affairs with special emphasis
on the policy of Secretary Root toward
the South American republics and to
tbe large problems of Japan aud China.
As a survey of four years of American
administration tbe speech was a care
ful and an Inclusive one aud worthy of
pieeervatlon. ,
TtaAT STAINED GLASS WHTDOTfl
2 m fcolfrr tfym tflt
Design of the window that Colonei
Guffay wishes he ad presented t
Mr. Bryan.
Campaign Accounts to Be Pablle.
The receipts nnd disbursements oi
the. Republican national comthlttn
will be duly published for the Informal
tlou of whomsoever may feel concert
eu. Mr. Taft so desires, and Qeorgi
R. Sheldon, the New York banker whi
has accepted the thankless post et
treasurer, feels that as a good citlzet
he must obey the law where be lives.
aitnougu its application In this cast
might easily bo questioned.
Thus tun linn. Wllllnm IT Tnff
proves once more that when it comei '
to turning a political trick be need;
take no lessons from Mr. Bryan. II
will be remembered how saavt-lv Mn
Taft, iu response to a ouuiorous pob
lie telegram from Mr. Bryan, pointed
out that he was already on record foi
the particular "reform," and bad per
sonaiiy urged the enactment of a bill
then pending In Congress.
Mr. Bryan caused his recent conven
tion to devote the foneest nlnnk in iti
platform to this subject It contain!
an elaborate indictment of the Repub
lican party for not legislating on th
point, auu ror rejecting a proposed
declaration on It nt Chicago, and con- I
eludes with a resonant pledge to legis
late If given a chance. -
It Is; to be noted, however, that tin
Democracy makes no pledges of pub
licity for the present campaign, bul
merely promises to enact a law if 11
ever has the chance. Tho ill-natured
may suggest that Mr. Bryan has bopei
of help from quarters too modest to
let their good deeds be known of men,
Lvery man of intelligence knows whj
the Republican convention voted down
a pledge of this sort The whole agi
tation is the product of notoriety seek
ing 'reform," aud the proposal cAnu
from quarters from which - to uccepl
it would have been a confession thai
slanderous accusations were true. To
reject it was, nndcr the circumstances,
a matter of preserving self-respect.
Men make contributions from a va-
riety of motives, which are commonly
Innocent, laudable, and patriotic, from
tho viewpoints of the givers. Th'
nnancial aid which a great mutual
Insurance company cavdto tho defeal
of Bryan In 1800 was Indefensible
from any clear-eyed viewpoint of the
ethics of trusteeship. And yet there ii
not the slightest doubt that the man
responsible for It now dead, was sin- 1
cereiy convinced that he was doln
right in thus protecting the Dollcv- .
holders from a destructive attack on'
their property rights.
The yielding of Mr. Taft to a trivial
agitation is perhaps wise. It may help
to enlighten the public mind nnd show
how baseless are the tales dt "bouirht" '
elections with which defeated egotism
excuses Its failure. And the outcomi
of the affair Illustrates anew the truth
of the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon's historic
remark about the difference between
the Democratic and Republican parties.
"You find the fault," said Mr. Con
non to his Democratic colleagues, "and
we must do the work." And so it it
in this rather unimportant matter ol
publicity In camnakrn fund accountlna-.
The Democratic party finds fault and
makes promises, but does nothing. Tht
Republican party declines to dlznlfv a'
triviality with solemn pledges, but al
the expedient time quietly does th
woru Chicago inter Oceau.
All Alontc the Line.
The demand for revision is a far
reaching one, but some who are Joining
in It apparently think that it will stop
before it gels to them. The troubit
about such movements Is that there 1:
no telling what the outcome will be.
The consumer, who is also a producer
gets it into his head that the thlngi
he buys are too dear, but It never cm.
cure to hlin that some one may thluh
that he sells his labor too dearly. Bui
thut is the Inevitable result of th
shearing process. If any oue thinkf
flint revision suilk-iently effective to lei
iu plenty of foreign goods will not
cause a serious reduction in wages, li v
Is mistaken. hen revision begiis II
will be n eifso of revise all alona- tht
line, and it is t ) hi' hep.d that the coun
try will be happy. Sau Francisco
Chronicle.
Taft on Local Option.
In response to tbe report that Seo
retary Taft is npprscd to the principle
of local option, Mr. Taft quotes from
his own address ln-fore the Penusyb
aula Bar Association, in which he
aid : "In this class of lawsvaffectln
the sale of liquors legislators have de
vised a method of local referendum
ailed local option, which has worked
well because It is practical." And after
further defining his views on the ques
tion Mr. Taffs local option friends de
clare themselves thoroughly satisfied al
to his position.
Slow Hall.
Pearl Down on the porch last night
Reggy was taken for a burglar.
Kutiy Why, Im surprised. Reggy
ut'vt-r stole unythlng In bis life.
I'enrl No, be is eve:i tow slow to steal
kisa.
