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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 2
Delegates to the Denver Convention
The following tablo shows tho result of the various democratic stato
conventions as reported to this office; also the dates of tho conventions yet
to bo held: .
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Mr. Taft hns reslgnod as socrotary
o war and tho resignation has boon
nccoptod to tako offoct July 1. Gon
oral Luko Wriglit of Tennessee will
succeed him.
A Shelby, Ohio, dispatch under
dato oC Juno 18, says: "Firo late
tonight destroyed the plant of tlio
Shelby Stool Tube company, owned
by tho United States Stool corpora
tion. Tho loss is said to bo closo
to two million. Tho origin of the
flames has not been determined.
Tho plant has been closed down sev
oral weeks."
An Associated Press dispatch un
der dato of Thomaston, Conn., Juno
18, follows: "Tho Both Thomas
Clock company, ono of tho largest
concerns of its kind in tho world,
shut down its plant horo today and
will not resume oporatlons until
somo timo noxt month. Business in
tho bettor grades of watches and
clocks among Connecticut manufac
turers has fallen off sinco last fall
and recently the demand for dollar
watches and cheap alarm clooks,
which kept up well during tho earlier
weeks of tho depression, has also
fallen off noticeably."
1890-2; dean and professor in law
politics. From tho Cannon school
department University of Cincinnati,
1896-1900; United States circuit
judge, Sixth circuit, 1892-1900;
president United States Philippine
commission, March 13, 1900, to Feb
ruary 1, 1904; first civil governor
Philippine Islands, July 4, 1901 to
February 1, 1904; declined appoint
ment from President Roosovolt as
associate justice United States su
preme court, 1903; secretary of war,
United States, appointed 1903 and
taking offlco February 1, 1904. Sent
to Cuba by President Roosevelt to
adjust insurrection there, 1906, and
acted short time as provisional gov
ornor; sent by Presidont Roosevelt
to Rome, 1902, to confer with Pope
Loo XIII concerning purchase of ag
ricultural lands of religious orders in
tho Philippines; in March and April,
1907, visited Panama, Cuba and
Porto Rico by direction of tho presi
dent to take up various matters and
familiarize himself with conditions;
later he visited Japan and Philippine
Islands, returning to America via
Russia.,. President American. Na
tional Red Cross, 1905.
STATES ? ,
An Associated Preps dispatch un
derrate of Chicago, June 16, said:
"Members of the democratic national
committee on arrangements for tho
Denver convention mot here today
to pass upon final plans for the con
vention. Those who. , jittonded""'therJ
meeting wore: Thomas Taggart of
-JtarJJtoKUwfoan of the democratic
national committee; Norman E.
Mack of Now York, Urey Woodson of
Kentucky, secretary of the commit
tee; John T. McGraw of West Vir
ginia, James C. Dahlman of Nebras
ka, John E. Osborne of Wyoming,
and Roger C. Sullivan of Illinois.
The next session of. the sub-committee
will bo hold In Denver about
June 25. Tho details for tho Den
ver. mcoting -wore said to bo practi
cally complotod. It was decided that
the convention hall shall bo fitted
with regular opera chairs. Accord
ing to plans which were approved, it
will have a seating capacity of 15,
000. The assignment of press seattr
was left to Congressman G. M. Hitch
cock of Omaha. Of these there will
be 303, arranged on a series of plat
forms built from the floor of the
hall up to a lovol with the main
platform. Swivel chairs will be pro
vided for the newspaper representatives.
The friends of Judge Gray of Dela
ware present tho following record as
a 'basis for his claims to thd presi
dential nomination. Attdrney Gea
eral of Delaware, 1875-1885; United
States senator, 1885-1899; leader of
debate against Force bill, 1890;
member of Canadian joint high com-
B&tewar&Ay.Mfianjl
peace commission, 1898; appointed
United States circuit judge, 1898;
member international court of arbi
tration under The Hague convention,
1900; . chairman anthracite coal
strike commission, 1902-1903; chair
man Alabama coal strike commis
sion, 1903; sole arbitrator . of dis
pute between -miners and, operators
of Illinois. ','
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James Schoolcraft Sherman is a
member of congress from New York.
He was born at Utica in 1855. He
was admitted to the bar in 1880;
mayor of Utica in 1884. He has
been a member of congress since
1893 and ho also served in tho house
from 1887-1891. Referring to Mr.
Sherman and his nomination for vice
presidont a special correspondent for
the Omaha World-Herald sent to his
paper this dispatch: "Tho conserva
tives, reactionaries and the standpat
ters of the republican paVty today
signalized and completed their re
capture of tho organization by nom
inating james S. Sherman of New
Wisconsin
Kansas :, .
Oklahoma
Nebraska
North Dakota ....... a '
Rhode Island. ...... .'. . . . .. .
Indiana "...-.;..
Iowa ., ' ; i . . . . .
Philippine Islands, ..........
South Dakota
New York .
Delaware
Illinois ........
Connecticut
New Jersey ,.....
Ohio
Massachusetts
Minnesota ,. . :
Wyoming ..-."
Washington '...':......
Hawaii
California
Missouri . '.-v. V
Michigan ,
Pennsylvania. . '.,. . .;..
South. Carolina. '.,". ..'.".'
District of, Columbia, .'.'....
Alabama
Alaska ,......,.,..'..
Texas ,t.
New Hampshire. .... ..
Arizona .'.' . . .
West Virginia
Pnrrn Rln.n
raVadaTT . . . . . . . . . .' . ". . .
Idaho .
Louisiana
Maryland '.'.... 'l'
Utah . . . .
Arkansas .,.',. ,rf .-. ,.r. ; .
New Mexico ........ . . . . .
Virginia... v....V. .';.;..
Kentucky ' '. '. . '.' ;'
Colorado ...;....... ,v.
Oregon ; . '; ; . . ." .
Florida
Tennessee : . .. . .
North Carolina
Vermont
Georgia .
Maine ..".;.
Mississippi
Montana
Total
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William Howard Taft. tho .,i,. ",'"? ""V?:""8..0 'N?.w
!SAT'l!f JZJ&SL. ' & 3i,orZB !T T&
United States, was born in Cincinnati,
unio, September 3 5, 1857. His
father, Alphohso Taft, was attorney
general in the Grant cabinet. Mr.
Taft has never been a candidate for
elective office. He graduatod from
Yale collego in 1878, being the salu
tatorian and class orator. In 1886,
Mr. Taft married Miss Helen Horron
of Cincinnati. They have three chil
dren, two boys and ono girl. "Who's
Who;" gives, this aa Judge Taft's offi
cial record: Admitted to Ohio bar,
1880; law reporter Cincinnati Times
on1?161, ot, Clnclnnti Commercial',
1880-1; assistant prosecuting attor
ney Hamilton county, 0 1881-2
221? Ct ,iuteJ l wvonuo, First dis
trict, Ohio, 1882-3; practiced law.
2S52? "5i-!5 assistant counTy
...,.w iiummuil COimtV. 18RK.7.
follow.' He has hosts of frianda In
congress. Politically, however, he
is a reactionary as extromo as 'Uncle
Joe' Cannon himself. In Ills sixteen
years' service in congress he has
steadily progressed until with his
colleague, Soreno Payne of New
York, Dalzell of Pennsylvania, and
Speaker Cannon, he "shares the glory
and the shame of ruling, despotically
and absolutely, that stuck-in-mud
assembly. He is a close friend and
trusted lieutenant of Cannon. He,
Dalzell and Cannon comprise the
committee on rules, whose word is
law. What Cannon thinks of Sherman
how completely he trusts him and
how fervently ho admires him was
disclosed in the speech in which he
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Necessary to a choice under two-thirds rule V.Y. ' .' ' 672
luricrn B.mii "" .. nH'. ls?yJ Before ho rose to prominence in mn
90; soHcl S; ? ES'ot?il- WW?? was known, in New
UKWU. oiHti xorK nqutLca . triuitv uxdumMAt
of Tom Piatt's. It was in the Piatt
school ho got the rudiments of his
politiqs. From tho Cannon school
he got his higher degree. As for
business, Sherman is a banker and
manutacturer. He is a wealthy man!
ana classed as a shrewd, man of busi
ness. Several years ago, in his home
city of Utica, he is said to have gath
ered all the ice dealers together and
formed them into an ice trust head
ed by himself. Complete monopoly
and a stiff boostingr of prices helped
not a little to make him what he is
'the richest man in Utica.' "
The Nebraska Traveling Men's
club will give a banquet at the Audi
torium in the city of Lincoln, Neb., on
the evening of July 8. Among tho
speakers will be the following: Rep
resentative Ollie M; James of Ken
tucky; John W. Tomlinson 'of Ala
bama; Augustus Thomas of Now
ivarki Alexander Troun at Connecti
cut; Richard L. Metcalfe will bo
toastmaster. A general invitation to
participate in this banquet is extend
ed to men of all political parties.
SCHOOLBOY ANSWERS
Here are some teachers' questions
and pupils' answers taken from ex
amination papers in a Maryland
school:
What was the chief event of Solo
mon's reign? He died.
What igrtho chief Industry of Aus
tria? Gathering ostrich feathers.
Washington Herald.
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES
?,!L.?l!t0 81mnl.1" after unlne Allon'a Foofc-Eago.a
powdor to b shklcon tntolho shoos. It makes Ub1i
or nowBhoca fla&easy; gives" instant relief to owns
ana bunions, it' tho greatest comfort discovery of
Hi.,50' Allwrt Foet-Xaso if a certain cure for
L1,i5eaJLlpr' uot achlns feet. At aU drucgteU
ana shoo stores. 35c. Don't accept any Bubctituta.
&J5,trlalnackaKe. aI Pro Sample of th
JrOOT-EARTC ftattltnrv nnniJ.BlTl a nan lnvU
l-tloa, address Allea & Olmsted. Jua Itby, N. Y.
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