Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1908 — Page 4

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SPEECH IS REVIEWED

Taft Leaves Oyster Bay After Having a Conference with the President. SECRETARY BOOT ALSO PRESENT Cincinnati Preparing for a Big Tims at the Notification. Douglas Positively Declines the Dem* ocratic Chairmanship—“ Ont of Politics Forever’’— Fairview News. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 24.—Judge Ta* was the guest of President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill for several hours. During Taffs visit the speech of acceptance which he -will deliver at Cincinnati next Tuesday was discussed with the president and Secretary of State Root, who was also a guest at the president’s summer home. Judge Taft took lunch and dinner with the president and Secretary Root, and at 0 p. m. left Oyster Ray In an automobile for New York City, where he went to the Manhattan hotel for the night No statement on the conference was given out here. Notification Day To Be Orest Cincinnati, 0., July 24.—From adjylces which continue to pour into the headquarters of the Taft notification day committee the indications are that large delegations will come here to take part in the notification ceremonies. Special trains will be run from Indiana. Kentucky and Illinois. Chicago is certain to send a big delegation, and from other points in Illinois there, will large numbers of visitors. Robert H. Bryson, of Indianapolis, chairman of the Indiana committee on arrangements, said that 1,500 will oome from the Indiana capital to take part in the parade, which will be nonpartisan, many Democrats taking part and William Allen, a prominent Democrat, acting as marshal. Headquarters at Chicago. Omaha, Neb., July 24. —The headquarters in Chicago, from which city the national Republican campaign is to be managed chiefly, will be opened by Chairman Hitchcock on August 15. This decision was reached as the Taft manager and his party were en route east from the recent conference of western leaders at Colorado Springs. Adequate rooms already have been leased and the contract for furnishings Wil) be awarded In Chicago today. Cannon Confers with Sherman. Utica, N. Y.. July 24.—Since Janies 8. Sherman has decided not to continue as chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee there has lieen a number of conferences with regard to the re organization of the committee. Another was held yester day when Speaker Cannon, Representative Tawney, of Minnesota, vice chairman of the committee, and Representative Loudenslager, of New Jersey, secretary of the committee, spent an hour with Sherman. Nothing definite was decided. It is expected that another conference will be held within a week, when the chairmanship question will be decided and other changes made in the executive committee.

NOT FOR ME, SAYS DOUGLAS Will Not Accept the Democratic ChairmaiiHtiip- Fairview News. Monument Beach, Mass., July 24. “I am out of politics forever,” declared ex-Governot Douglass, when upon his return from a yachting trip of several days he was questioned concern ing the reports from Lincoln, Neb., that he might be named as, chairman of the Democratic national Committee. Douglas said that he had not been aware that his name was being considered for the position. “I have not been offered the chairmanship of the Democratic national committee," he said, “and while I shall deeply appreciate the compliment if It is tendered to me I shall not accept, as I am out of polities forever. Tills is final.” Lincoln. Neb.. July 24. —A steady stream of visitors to Fairview kept Bryan on the qui vive all day ami Into the night. They began coining early In the morning and included returning delegates to the Denver convention, politicians, representatives of a negro Bryan and Kern club, members of the local order of Maccabees and many others who went out merely to pay their respects. Probably the most Important visitor was Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh. N. C„ proprietor of the News and Observer, national committeeman and member of the sub-com-mittee of eleven to select a chairman and other officers of the committee. He conferred with Bryan with reference to the situation in the South. Not the least interesting happening of the day was the visit of a delegation of local negroes, heretofore staunch Republicans, who called to pledge their active support of the Democratic ticket They were accorded a hearty welcome and nrged by Bryan to keep In touch with their colored brethren throughout the country

and jvork harmoniously toward Democraticsuccess, t; Bryan has retired as editor of The Commoner, announcing that bis candidacy for the presidency makes it necessary for him to take such action. Coupled with it Is the statement that as a persona! campaign contribution the profits of the Commoner over and above actual expenses will be turned over to the Democratic national committee. WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS. • They Adopt a Short Platform Indorsing Bryan, and Adjourn. Milwaukee, Wls., July 24. The Democratic state convention adjourned sine die after listening to the address of Permanent Chairman Cleary, of Platteville, in which he lauded Wm. J. Bryan, reviewed the national Democratic platform, and scored the Republican party. The platform, which was very brief, Indorses the Denver platform and invites co-operation of the electors of Wisconsin in support of the national ticket. The convention confined its work simply to the business set forth in the call, that of adopting a platform. The state central committee was authorized to circulate nomination papers for any state, congressional or county candidates to be voted for ait the primaries In September, when the nominees will be chosen by the electors of the state. A caucus was held of those who wanted the convention to nominate a state ticket to be voted for at the primaries, and a ticket was selected, the caucus members—about fifty In number—agreeing to circulate nomination papers therefor. The ticket is as follows: Governor, A. J. Schmidt, Milwaukee; lieutenant governor, Burt Williams, Ashland; secretary of state. Miles T. Gittlngs, Monroe; Insurance commissioner, William Guillieme, Hartford; treasurer, William F. Pierstorf, Middleton; attorney general, Evan Evans, Baraboo.

Tom Watson Opens His Campaign. Macon, Ga., July 24.—Thomas E. Watson, Populist candidate for president, opened his campaign here in a speech of one hour to an audience that taxed the capacity of the Grand Opera House. He asked for Georgia’s electoral votes, and said that if necessary he would give them to Bryan to defeat Taft. His assaults were all directed nt Bryan, however, and his praises were for Roosevelt and Taft.

NEW TRIAL IS ORDERED

President Determined to Push the Cases Against the Standard Oil Trust. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 24. —Presidentßooscvelthas announced In unmistakable terms the determination of the administration to proceed with the prosecution of the Standard Oil case, despite the decision adverse to the government handed down by the United States circuit court of appeals. This decision, the president thinks, in no way affects the merits of the case, and he makes known his decision to cause the action to be brought again before the courts in< such shape, if possible, as to prevent technicalities interfering with a decision based niton the actual issues involved. Secretary Loeb says: “The president has directed the attorney general to immediately take steps for the retrial of the Standard Oil ease. The reversal of the decision of the lower court does not in any shape or way touch the merits of the ease, except in so far as the size of the fine is eon cerned. There is absolutely no question of the guilt of the defendants or of the exceptionally grave character* of the offense. The president wouldregard it as a gross miscarriage of justice if through any technicalities of any kind the defendant escaped the punishment which would have unquestionably been meted out to any weaker defendant who bad been guilty of such offense. The president will do everything in his power to avert or prevent such miscarriages of justice.”

ACCIDENT IN COLORADO

Ten Persons Hurt in * Derailment. Two of Them Seriously—Names of the Injured. Colorado Springs, Colo., July 24. Ten persons, some of them from the east, were injured, two of them seriously, by the derailment of two cars on a Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek railway train at Fairview. The seriously hurt are: Mrs. J. S. Williams. Sheffield. 111., leg broken, body bruised, hurt internally; Martha Williams. her twelve-year-old daughter, arms crushed, scalp torn, Internally Injured. ’’The less seriously hurt are: Harry Lemon, colored porter, bruised hips and back; Mrs. W. G. Wormser, Oak Park. 111., cut and bruised about head and hands: Mrs. S. W. Postle. Lincoln, Neb., mouth and cheek cut: P. W. Booth, Sheffield, 111., cut about head.

Study the Soil.

I On most farms there are two or three and often more kinds of soil. Crops which produce abundantly on one soli do poorly on other soils. The thinking farmer is the man who knows the capabilities of his various soils as be does the capabilities and adaptability of his I machinery and teams to do certain kinds of work. A study of soils is one of the most fascinating and profitable studies to which the fanner can turn [his mind. It not infrequently happens that the farmer can make a change In his fields and methods of farming which will result in a very favorable surprise.—Farmers Advocate.

DISPUTATIOUS SPORT

Seems To Be the Characteristic of the Olympic Games at London. SERIOUS TROUBLE AT THE MEET One of Our Bunners Disqualified for an Alleged FouL Committee in Charge for Uncle,Sam Ignores the Decision, Claims the Race, and Protest*— Great Uproar.

London, July 24.—The unfortunate scries of. disputes which has arisen since the opening of the Olympic games, culminated in an occurrence which threatened to wreck the interOlympic meetings. The trouble was over the final beat of the 400-metres flat race, for which J. C. Carpenter, Cornell university; J. B. Taylor, IrishAmerican Athletic club; W. C. Rol>blns, Cambridge, Mass., and Lieutenant Wyndham Halsewelle, United Kingdom, qualified. With the exception of Taylor the men got off quickly on thf flrlnig of the pistol and Robbins sprinted in front, taking thf pole from Carpenter, who was just behind, with Halswelle trailing along beside him. It looked like anybody’s race as they approached the last turn, the three leaders being bunched. Carpenter Charged with Fouling. Their spurt for the final hundred yards was just begun when one of the officials rushed upon the track, the tape'across the finish was torn down, and the race was declared void. The official pronouncement was that Carpenter had fouled Halswelle at the turn. An uproar followed such as sei dom or never was witnessed on an atheletfc field. The uproar continued for nearly half an hour, and as the people poured out of the stands the arguments were taken up in the aisles and gateways by excited thousands, and the race is still the subject of the bitterest wrangling everywhere. Matthew P. Halpin, the manager of the United States team, who was in the arena. Immediately entered a protest claiming the race for Carpenter.

Decision of the Committee. A committee meeting of the Amateur Athletic associaiton was called and the judges who rendered the decision and Halswelle were called to state their case. Neither any member of the committee representing the United States nor any one of the three runners from that country was called on to make any statement, and the committee after upwards of two hours consideration rendered the following decision: “The judges decide the race void and order the same to be run over again on Saturday at noon. Carpenter is dis.]iialified.” When they beard th" decision the members of the committee in charge of the United States teams met ami passed a resolution ordering the men not to run tomorrow.

\ DECISION TO, BE IGNORED Our Men Will Be Given Medals and Declared Winners The committee from the United States is disgusted and vigorous in its denunciation of the decision. Thp members say the arrangement of the track was unfair, and that Carpenter ran true and fair; the officials are unsportsmanlike, and that they declared it no race without consideration, the referee being ignored; that the United States committee has been silent on several occasions when British contestants did unfair acts. The decision will be ignored and Carpenter and Robbins declared the winners and lie given medals by the United States committee. • Carpenter says there was no foul, and so do several United States athletes who were where they could see the runners at the time the foul is alleged. Whatever mgy be the facts in the unfortunate episode both the English and the representatives from the United States firmly believe that their men are absolutely right and the others -wholly wrong. The British public takes sport more seriously than any other nation, has fullest confidence in the English judges and accepts their decisions in all sporting events with implicit confidence. Moreover the Englishman concerned in this event, Lieutenant Halswelle, is a gentleman of the highest standing, and an officer of a popular regiment, which counts for much with his countrymen, who nre certain that he would not knowingly profit by an unfair ruling in his own favor. STATEMENT OF THE OFFICIALS They Say a Foul Was Undoubtedly Committed by The following Is the official account of the incident: “It was distinctly understood by the runners before they went to their marks that in the event of any boring the race was to be rerun half an hour later. The draw for positions resulted in Carpenter getting the inside position. Then came Halswelle, Taylor, and Robbins on the outside, Carpenter darted off in the lead at a great pace, with Robbins second, Halswelle third and Taylor fourth. To the middle of the bend the positions were the same. Then Halswelle drew up, according to the umpire stationed

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at the spot, and led so near as could be judged—half a second. “Carpenter then-ran wide, elbowing Halswelle on to the outer sid of the track. Then Robbins crossed to the inside. A signal was given by the umpire when Halswelle was fouled, and ail the men with the exception of Carpenter, who ran right out, partially pulled up. as the worsted having been broken there could be no race. Taylor ran perfectly fairly throughout.. The judges themselves inspected the footprints, which showed with- perfect clearness that what had happened was unquestionably such as to bear out the umpire’s signal and prove that a foul had been committed.” In the general description of the race this morning newspapers unhesitatingly adopt the view of the Judges that Carpenter was guilty of “boring.” They quote Halswelle as asserting that he was elbowed out by Carpenter, who gave him two vigorous Mows on the chest. It is alleged that a doctor examined Halswelle and found bruises from these blows. The Standard quotes a prominent athlete, who is unnamed, as saying: “I should be sorry to say that. Carpen ter knew precisely what he was doing, so impeded Halswelle as to make it impossible foi him to win. To have allowed the race to stand would have been a scandal. Halswelle was grossed more than once. The best runner in the world could not have succeeded against such tactics.” OUR ATHLETES NOT POPULAR Former Troubles Remembered—Sween Also Has a Complaint. It is an undeniable fact that athlete, from the United States have not been popular in England since the famous Cornell rowing episode. The public mind has tieen charged with the belief that hmateurs from the states are tainted with professionalism and this suspicion has been vastly increased by charges of the sort reproduced from the press of the United States. No one attending this Olympaid could fall to notice the disinclination of the public to applaud United States victories. F. Leroy Homes, of Chicago, had an unpleasant experience with the spectators Wednesday. He was giving a splendid exhibition in the standing high jump, when without any cause whatever the spectators commenced to “boo.” This got so bad that the referee had to call out that if the disturbance did not stop the jumping would be postponed. . This threat served to bring quiet. The French correspondents who have been following the sports are condemning the way in which they assert the athletes from the United have been treated. Sweden has withdrawn all her men from the GraecoBpman wrestling contests on the

ground that one of the Swedish -representatives, Anderson, was unfairly deprived of a bout Wednesday. As to the wins for the day, they were declared as follows: Two-hun-dred-metres sprint, Kerr. Canada, first; Clough and Cartmell, United States, second and third. Standing high jump, Ewry, United States, first; Isiclitaras, Greece, and Bailler, United States, tie for second. Catch-as-catch-can wrestle, O’Kelly, British, won. Fencing contest, France. Saber contest, Hungary. In the llOmetres hurdle the British took seven heats and the United States five. z

THREE MEN STRUCK DEAD

One of Them Cut in Twain by Lightning. in the Pennslyvania National Guard Camp. Gettysburg, Pa., July 24.—0 n the eve of their departure for their homes three men of thePennsylvanlanational guard were struck dead in one of the worst electricalstormseverexperienced on this historic battlefield abou| 10 p. m. The identified dead are: Private Barber, Eighteen regiment; Private Morrison, Tenth regiment; Private Garver, Tenth regiment. The bodj’ of Garver was severed in twain, as though by a sword. 'The field hospital is crowded with injured, and the colonel of the Tenth regiment has given up his quarters to those who are in immediate need of medical assistance. The camp is flooded and the telegraph wires are prostrated. When the storm came up Governor Stuart was entertaining a few friends in his tent. The storm broke with such suddenness and fury that the occupants of the tent found themselves entangled in the canvas and ropes In an instant, but all escaped serious Injury.

GROSSCUP IS RETICENT

He Declines to Take Notice nf the r President’s Comment on the Oil ftust Decision. New-York, July 24. —Judge Groescup, of Chicago, is In this city stopping at the Waldorf Astoria. He is one of the three judges constituting the United States circuit court of appeals, sitting in Chicago, which delivered the Judgment In the Standard Oil case. When shown the statement from Oyster Bay relative to the decision he wrote the following: , “There is no more ftason why I should take notice of the comment of Mr. Roosevelt than I would that of any private citizen, for the office that he fills and the office that the judges of the court of appeals fill are entirely independent, though co-ordinate, branches of the government.” The Democrat for Job Printing

HINTS FOR FARMERS

Hogs and Alfalfa. The Kansas station reports over 80Q pounds of gain on a lot of hogs from a ton of alfalfa hay and a little less than 800 pounds of pork produced from an (acre of alfalfa pasture. Alfalfa has proved to be worth three times as much as blue* grass, and there are many who claim that this estimate could easily ba doubled without fear of contradiction. iAt the Nebraska station gains on hogs 'weighing 265 pounds were made at a cost-of 2 cents per pound by feeding a ration of 3 per cent corn at 35 cents per bushel in connection with alfalfa pasture. A 3 per cent ration of corn means an amount of corn equal,to 8 per cenpof the body weight of the hog. By feeding a ration consisting of 75 per cent corn and 25 per cent alfalfa hay to 165 pound hogs in a dry lot at the same station gains were made at a ‘cost of 83.33 j>er hundred pounds. Slm|ilar results are reported from other ‘western stations where alfalfa is grown.—From Address by Professor Kinzer, Kansas Experiment Station. Treating Fenceposts. The practice of treating fenceposts is becoming general among the best farmers. Common coal tar is melted In a large iron kettle and the end of 'the post immersed in the tar to a point a foot higher than it will be set Tai can be melted in a small kettle and applied with a paint or whitewash brush. A correspondent says his neighbor has tarred cedar posts along the roadside and ends of his 220 acre farm that were set twenty-five years ago and not to on|-half dozen have had to be replaced in that time, which proves beyond all argument that tarring or treating posts with preservative pays many times over. Fencepost timber is getting scarce, and the price of posts is advancing each year. The farmer should preserve his posts. Farmers Advocate.

Farm Notes. Cultivation helps to make up for lack of fertility. > Plenty of harrowing keeps the weeds down. Wood ashes and bone dust are good fertilizers. . Never allow failure to make a pessimist of you. ' . ’ Remember to keep the garden free from weeds. ; ▲ good spreader will take care of all kinds of manure. Manure is one of the important farm products. The treeless dooryard lacks many (natural beauties. Feed is Important, but the way it is fed determines the profits.—Kimball’s Dairy Farmer. . Read The Democrat for news.