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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1908)
ra correspondence : AH Republicans in the United States , iUe torritorii's and the territorial pos- jessions are supposed to have their voice and vote in an assemblage known ts a Republican national convention. The assemblage in the Coliseum in Chicago has its representatives from * orty-MX States , two Territories , the -District of Columbia , Alaska. Hawaii , the Philippines and Porto Kico. The number of delegates represent ing rac-h State is proportioned to the population. The representation in "Con gress is taken as a guide , and for each member of the House of Representa tives there are two delegates in the ronvontion. For each United States Senator there are two delegates also. Thus , New York , the most populous State in the Union , has thirty-seven aiembors in the House of Representa tives and two Senators , giving that Stale twice thirty-nine , or sevcnty- /alght delegates. And as each delegate1 the men named by the local party leaders. The lirst business that faces a na tional convention is to determine who are the properly chosen delegates en titled to take part in its proceedings. This question is first passed upon b ? the national committee and is Inter passed upon by a committee on creden tials appointed by the delegates who are first seated in the convention. The party's national committee is made up of a member from each State and Territory. Tbe committeemen are chosen hi' each State delegation and announced at the close of the national convention's work. 3Incl iiiery of tlie Convention. An interesting group of men will start the machinery of the Republican convention at the Coliseum. Harry S. New , chairman of the National Com mittee , will be the first official to face the mass of delegates and spectators ed always with a round of appreciative applause. Tliero Trill be a lengthy list of assistant clerks celebrated for strength of voice and ability as read ers. These ollicials of the convention r//fl be Attorney Thomas Williamson , of Edwardsville. 111. , and George A. Wilson , of Des Moincs , Ii. : Asher C. Hinds , who will be parlia mentarian , hails from Washington , D. C. He nets as coach on parliamentary tangles to Speaker Cannon , and he per formed similar services for Speakers Beed and Henderson. Hinds is the best posted authority on parliamentary law in the country , and his knowledge of precedents will be of invaluable serv ice to the presiding officers. William F. Stone , of Baltimore , ser- geant-at-arms , will be an important fig . As serireant-at-arms of the ure. - - Na tional Committee the bulk of tTie work of preparing for the convention has fallen on his shoulders. In the conven tion he will be responsible for the work HEN PROMINENT IN THE WORK OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION -casts bis vote individually , the more populous States have the greater voice in the doings of the convention. Next to New York , Pennsylvania is the most populous State , and has the second largest delegation in the convTfn- tion , casting sixty-eight votes. Other large delegations arc : Illinois , 04 ; Ohio. 40 ; Missouri and Texas , 3G each ; Alassadiusetts , 32 , and Indiana , 30. The Territories and possessions are oil put on the same basis , and are given two votes each in the convention. Thus , vrhile they have no voice in the actual selection of a President , they have a alight voice in the deliberations of the body which nominates. The choice of delegates to a national -convention is accomplished by what is known as the machinery of the vol untary party organization. When the Constitution was adopted , and the of fice of President created , there was no idea of a national party , like the Re publican party , or the Democratic par ty , in the minds of the members of the constitutional convention. The people fcave \ \ orked out the scheme of holding -a national convention and nominating party candidates without any national or constitutional law to guide them. -Consequently the system is rather ragged at the edges. In theory the two delegates from ach congressional district are chosen at district conventions , made up of -delegates who are themselves chosen by primary elections. All members of the party in good and regular stand ing are supposed to vote at these pri mary elections. Often the public at large pays no attention to these pre- llminary steps , and the delegates chosen at the district conventions are when he calls the convention to order. The National Committee calls the con vention , and makes all arrangements for it , and it naturally devolves upon the committee chairman to start the proceedings. New haibs from Indian apolis , where he formerly published a newspaper inherited from his noted father , lie has been vice chairman of the committee and was promoted when Chairman Cortelyou entered the cabi net of President Roosevelt. Bishop P. ,7. Muldoon will offer the opening prayer. Elmer Dover , secretary of the National Committee , who rose to fame and influence under the tutelage of the late Senator Hanua and by the force of his ewn ability , will read the official call for the convention. Mr. New will then introduce Senator J. C. Burrows , of Michigan , as tem porary chairman of the convention. Burrows was born in Northeast , Pa. , and lives in Kalamazoo , Mich. He was an officer in the civil war and has since been much in office. He was elected to the lower branch of Congress nine times and has been in the Sen ate since 1S9.1. Burrows will deliver a long speech , which will probably be the keynote of the campaign. Follow ing the Burrows speech will come the selection of the other temporary offi cers. John R. Malloy , of Ohio , will be chosen general secretary. lie was long clerk of the Ohio House of Represent atives and is known at national con ventions as the man "with the voice. " They might better make it "the man with the marvelous voice. " Amid the greatest convention confusion the strong , clear { ones of Malloy always carry to the limits of the hall. And when Malloy lifts liis voice he is greet- j of ticket takers and ushers and for the preservation of order. The temporary organization includes also a small force of stenographic re porters under M. W. Bloomenberg , as sistant sergeant-at-arnis , and messen gers. JULIUS CAESAR BURROWS. Temporary Chairman of the Repub lican National Convention. Julius Caesar Burrows , temporary chairman of the Republican national convention , has been for many years prominently before the public of the United States. lie is 71 years old and has been in politics since the year 1804 , when he was elected prosecuting attor ney of Kalamazoo County , Michigan. His career as a Congressman began in 1S73 , and he has been Senator from Michigan since 1S93. On the presumption that the say ing "Nothing succeeds like success" holds good in politics , there must be much satisfaction to Mr. Burrows In looking back over his long record , lie has been uniformly successful in what ever he has undertaken to do. While the Senator is regarded as a conservative , his course has been main ly in accord with the policies of Pres ident RoosevelF. Senator Burrows was in thp Forty-ninth. Fiftieth. Fifty-first. Fifty-second , Fifty-third and Fifty- fourth congresses and resigned in lS9. i to succeed the late Senator Stock- bridge. He was re-elected in 1SOO and again in 190. > . On the latter occasion his .great popularity was attested when he received the vote of every member of the Legislature. SENATOR LODGE. Permanent Chairman of the Repub lican National Convention. For the second time Senator Hsnty Cabot Lodge , of Massachusetts , has been selected permanent chairman of a Republican national convention. He was the permanent chairman of the 1900 convention in Philadelphia -md was chosen for a similar position in the convention this year at Chicago. .Senator Lodge and President Rooso- v Mt have been fast friends for yeirs , although they have not always br ; n in entire accord on all matters. The Senator before his election to the Unit ed States Senate , in ISO. , , bad seivtl several terms in the House oRepre sentatives. 11 is present term iu tlie Senate will not expire until 1011. He is one of the influential men of the Senate and one of the best posted upon legislative affairs. Legislature is his piofession and he has contributed lrirely to the treasury of Amicnn history. Senator Lodge is a native of the Old Bay State , a graduate of Har vard and a lawyer. He was a mem ber of the Commission on Alaskaii Boundary appointed by President Roosevelt. national Republican 'convention this year is tin * fourteenth held since the organisation of the Republican party in 1S.G and the seventh to meet in Chicago. Six of the thirteen conventions which have' passed into history have been hold in Chicago and thiec in Philadelphia , where the imrt.'s first candidate , Gen. John C. Fremont of California , was nominated. Baltimore. Cincinnati , St. Ixmis and Min neapolis have each had the honor of entertaining , the Republican delegates once. All but two of the conventions have boon called in June. The conventions of ISliO and I8GS , which nominated Lincoln and ( Irant. were held in May. Tv.'o conventions made memorable by the Ieigth of their session * were those of ISSO and 1SSH. Both of the.se met in Chicago , the first las-tin ; ; from June 2 to June S. Three day.s of the 1SSO conven tion \\ere spent in perfecting the organ ization. The fight for the nomination of Grant for third term being on. thirly-.sk ballots \veie taken before a dark here candidate. Jume.s A. Gnrlield of Ohio , was nominated. The comention of 1888 was in session six days , and nineteen candidates dates- , the largest number ever before a Republican contention , received votes be fore Benjamin Harrison was chosen on the eighth ballot. Twice in ihe historof the party but one candidate has been presented for the two offices voted upon. In 1000 William MeKinley was unanimously renominatcd for President on the first ballot. For Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was unanimously nominated on the first bal lot. In 1001 the same unanimity pre vailed. The only names presented were those of Roosevelt for President and CHICAGO. Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana for Vice President. Each was therefore unani mously nominated on the fir.st ballots. The conventions of 1SUS and 1872 jrave Grant the full vote on the first ballot , but the vote for Vice President was di vided. Other Republican presidential candidates who have been nominated on the first ballot are Fremont , 1S. (5 ( ; Lin coln. 1SG4 : Grant. 1SUS and 1S72 ; Ben jamin Ilanison. 1S')2 : William McKinley - ley , IS'.XJ and 1900. and Theodore Reese velt. 1M)4. ! William L. Dayton of New Jersey. Fremont's running mate ; William A. Wheeler of New York , named with Hayes in 1S7G. and Whitelaw Reid , who went down to defeat with Benjamin Harrison risen in 1S92. share with Theodore Roosevelt velt and Charles W. Fairbanks the honor of having received the vice presidential nomination by a uminimous vote of the convention on the lir t formal ballot. Thrice within the fifty-two years of its history the party has had to face die problem of disaffection manifested in double conventions. Since the convention of l.SSO. no attempt to enforce the unit rule has been made. The convention o 18St rejected the candidate selected by the national committee as temporary chairman and chose another. Hannah Butts. , 2 years old. formerly a cook for the YanderbilN. Belmonts and Asters at their Newport and New Y'ork establishment- , committed suicide by haniring at her home in Dover , Ohio. De spondeucy caused by a crippled hand , which prevented her following her calling , at which she had earned $4.000 a year , is said to Slave been * the cause. Coal miners and operators of the east ern district of Ohio reached a two years' agreement at Cleveland after a stormy session. All differences were amicably adjusted and work in all mines will be re sumed. Ten thousind miners are directly affected. Nurses nt the Toronto ( Canada ) fren- eral hospital ha\e ask'-d for an eight-hour ilny. Oklahoma haa passed a law empowering the Stale Labor Commission to fix wages in all industries. The Governor of Porto Rico has rec- ommende'd to the Legislature a law creat ing a labor bureau on the island. Wif4 is of iron and steel workmen in the northern and northeast British dis- trict.s hnu been reduced 2'.j ' to > per cent. Fifty \ears a 'O the wages of engineers and nrt.sjins in England was only 12 cents an hour ; now casual laborers can demand and et 14 cents an hour. Theie is a movement to organize all tj 1 unskilled workinjrmen of Montreal. Can. , into a bis ; federation along the lines of tiie Knights of Labor , which existed in iliat citi about twenty years ago. 'Hie Carpenters' District Council of Boston. Mass. . has elected a trial commit tee , which will henceforth hear and ad judicate all trade matters tli.it arise be tween the thirty-foil'- affiliated unions o the council. The Operative Plrt.-it irrs * International Asso-ijition is enjoying a steady growth. The latest report from the international body show.s that there are now 2KJ unions i.nder its direction hi the United States and Canada. , At the present time the labor bodies in Newfoundland have under consideration two great projects the estiblishm"iit of a fishermen's protective union and the federation of nil the unions under ona supreme council. The Bakers' Union of San Francisco , f'a ! . , has appointed a committee to pre- paiv a recommendation to the interna tional convention that i to meet in Octo ber to erect a home- for aired and disabled members of the organization. The Minnesota State Federation of La bor will petition the prison hoard to dis continue slioomakinsr at the State peniten tiary as soon as practicable , and repre sentatives of the Boot and 'Shoe Workers' Uniou are now preparing the appeal. Under authority of the American Fed eration of Labor , and within the jurisdic tion of the International Alliance of The atrical Stasre Employes , enrollment haa bcjrtm in a local to be known as the Pic ture Machine Operators of Greater New York. Labor unions were almost unknown in Newfoundland up to 1S92. Then the only organization for the protection of the employed waa the T.\poirraphical Union. Since then , and especially of recent years , unions and societies have sprung up on all sides. The Scottish Trades Union Congress passed resolutions in favor of old-age pen sions and in favor of compulsory interven- t'on in labor disputes. The iratherinjr was very hazy about labor representation , but wished a labor policy for the benefit of work people. According to Mrs. Henrietta L. Good- rin. secretary of the Woman's Educational and .Industrial Union of Boston. Ma.ss. , the increase in housework wages in the last five years , as shown by the records of the Domo-tic Reform League , is as great , if not greater , than in any other line of \ \ ork. In the matter of factory inspection and i'ie ' health and safety of employes le is- lathe action was taken in thirty-nine States and territories last year. These include" all States in which mining or Manufacturing employs a considerable number of persons. In fourteen States new enactments touching upon this sub ject weie written into the statutes. In San Francisco. Cal. . there is a move- in-'tit to organize all the laborers of the several departments of the municipality into a new union. The men of the fire department - partment have asked the Labor Council tor information upon tlie subject of form ing a union , to work on lines similar to the various unions affiliated with the ( ouncil. At Norlhfield St. Olaf college defeated the Luther college baseball team in a fast game by a .score of 4 to 0. Tired after their long trip away from home , the Fargo college boys fell before the Ilamlin * team at Norton field , St. 1'a'il. by a score of 14 to S. The game was listless and neither team displayed much ginger. In stalling Powers Bros. ' Newguile was knocked almost to his knees at To ronto. Foley quickly pulled him together and after running an eighth of a mile the horse stumbled and fell on his head , breaking his neck. August Belmont heads Uie list of win ning owners in England , his Worses having piled up a total of about $30.000 in the last six week-- . Richard Croker is second in the list with $2S.OOO. while Lord Rose- bery is third with only $10.000. With Ed. ( 'arson , the little south-paw , pitching .shutout ball. Macalester closed its 1908 baseball > f-ason In defeating the fv > st Fargo college team by a score of 3 to 2. The game was full of plays worthy of being features and was fast and cl " - * With the sale of Hazel Atlantic , a promising . " > -year-old. the once noted Cent- livre biothers' racing stables , of Fort Wayne , hid. , are closed out and the men will abandon the racing game. The mare was .sold to Lloyd Weaver of New Haven , Conn. President A. L. A. Himinel Wright of the United States Revolver Association , has announced that four experts of this country will he sent to the Olympic gamete - * to take part in the international competi tion of July 9 wifeh the pistol and re volver. Trial competitions are open w every citizen of this country. CHICAGO. Commercial defaults make the best ex hibit in a long time and credits generally are tiie cause of little adverse comment. JL comparatively lower volume of pay ments through the banks appears- , owing to the vroek including only live business days , but the daily average Ls better than recently shown. Railroad returns continue falling be hind those at this time last \ear. and tha offerings of heavy freight from the milla and factories remain light. There is , however , heavier forwarding of farm i/ro- ducts. and trade makes further resixmso to more settled weather , although evi dences of curtailed production diminish rather slowly and notable demands in the leading industries yet make a meager ad vance. A strengthening influence in current op erations is the healthier tone which per vades iron .and steel and gradually in creasing outputs in metal and wood work ing lines. Financial provision against future needs is made less of a problem by greater easa in the money market , and mil mad man agers now give more attention to track and equipment requirements , the prospect brightening for commitments which should soon stimulate activity. Distributive dealings remain very satis factory in staple merchandise , wholesale orders lx ing numerous for warm weather goods , and both local and1 country retail sales have risen to a seasonable extent. Mail orders from outside i > oints for fall and winter goods come forward freely. High prices for grain enrich the agri cultural interests- , and crop reports indi cate gratifying progress under the pre vailing ideal weather. The total movement of grain at this port , 7.4G0.790 bushels , compares with S , . > 49.r,7 < > bus-hols last week and 7.208,480 bushels in 1907. Compared with last year there is iucrea.se in receipts of 7.G p r cent , and decrease in shipments of 1.0 per cent. Live stock receipts are again remark ably low , 199.309 'head , comparing with. 242,620 head last week and 223,571 head lost year. Bank clearings , $210,32G,721 , are 20.5 per cent under those of corresponding week in 1907. Failures reported in th Chicago district numl > er 22 , agains-t 23 last week and 29 a year ago. Those with liabilities over $3,000 number o , against S last week and G in 1907. Dun's Rfr * . view. NEW YORK. Irregular weather conditions , with hea\y rainfalls Northwest. Southwest and South , liave given an uneven appearance to retail trade reports. Reports from wholesale lines and from leading indus tries are , however , more cheerful. House trade iu fall goods is reported light , but traveling men are sending in better or ders , though conservatism rules in tha buying. Reports as to industrial resumptions at full time are more numerous in cotton goods and allied textile lines , more than offsetting reports of shut-downs , and there are more iron furnaces and coke ovens reported going to work. Collections still reflect the quiet trada doing in backward payments. Money la easy , but the inflow from the country to the large centers is slaclring off percepti bly. Business failures for the week ending June 4 number 22. ) in the United States- , the smallest total re-ported for any wepk since October last , and compared _ with 2G3 last week , 133 in the like week ofc 3907 , 1G2 in 19XJ. 191 in 1UW and 171 in 1904. Business failure for tlr > week ending June 1 number 32 in Canada , against 31 last week and IS last y ar. Bradstreet's Commercial Report. f Chicago Cattle , common to prime $4.00 to $7.73 ; hogs , prime hcuvy , $4.00 to $3.33 ; sheep , fair to choice. $3.00 to $3.00 ; wheat. No. 2. 95c to 97c ; corn , No. 2 , 70e to 71c : oats , standard , 31c to 32c : rye. No. 2. 7Sc to SOc ; hay , timothy. $9.30 to $13.30 ; prairie. $ S.CO to $11.30 ; butter , choice creamery. 20a to 23c ; eggs , fresh. 12c to IGc ; potatoes , new , per bushel , $1.02 to $1.03. Indianapolis Cattle , shipping , $3.00 | j to $7.00 ; hogs , good to choice heavy , $3.30 to $3.GO ; sheep , common to prime , $3.00 to $4.70 : wheat , No. 2. 99c to $1.00 ; corn , No. 2 white , G3c to G3c ; oats. No. 2 white , 31c to 32c. St. Louis Cattle. $4.30 to $7.13 : hogs , $4.00 to $3.30 : sheep. $3.00 to $1.73 5 wheat , No. 2. $1.00 to $1.01 ; corn. No 2. 73c to 7ic ; oats. No. 2 , 31c to 53c ; rys. No. 2 , 79c to SOc. Cincinnati Cattle , $4.00 to $ G.73 ; hogs. $4.00 to $3.30 : sheep. $3.00 to $4.30 : wheat. No. 2. 97c to 9Sc ; corn. No. 2 mixed. 73c to 74c : oats. No. 2 mixed , 32c to 33c ; rye. No. 2. FAc to SGc. Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to $0.00 ; hogs , $4.00 to $3.GO : iVep. $2.30 to $4.30 ; wheat , No. 2. 93c to 9Gc ; corn. No. 3 yellow , 73c to 77c : oats. No. 3 white , 54c to 3Gc : rye. No. 2. S3c to S4c. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern , $1.0S to SI.10 ; corn. No. 3. 72c to 73c ; oats , standard. 33c to 33c : rye. No. 1 , 79c to SOc : barley. No. 2. 64c to G3cf pork. mess. $13.72. Buffalo Cattle , choice chipping < : tor > rg , $4.C < " ) to $7.03 : hogs , fair to choice. $4.00 to $3.SO : sh'-ep. common to good mi pd , $ LOO to $3.:0 : : ; lambs , fair to choice , $3.00 to $ i.ca. ; New York Cattle.U)0 to $ G.90 ; hogs$3.30 to $ G.t > 0 : sheep. $3. < * > to $3.00 ; wheat. No. 2 red. SI.00 to $1.01 ; corn. No. 2 , 7 < > c to 77c : oats , natural white. "Sc to GOc : butter , creamery , 21o to 2keggs , western. 13c to IGc. Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed. 9Gc to- 97c ; corn. No. 2 mixed , 73c to 73cj oats , No. 2 mixed , 33c to 34c ; rye , No. 2 , Sic to S3c ; clover seed , October , $7.50 ,
