THE TRUTH ABOUT
THOSE DELEGATES
Roosevelt Contests Instigated
to Deceive the Public
ALL BUT 74 WERE ABANDONED
An Examination of the Facts Shows
That the Tribunals Which Decided
These Contests In Favor of Mr. Taft
Were Right In Every Instance The
Remaining 164 Contests Were Frivol
ous, and Their Prompt Abandonment
Reflects Upon the Genuineness and
Validity of the Remainder.
Washington, July 29. Here are the
facts In relation to the contested seats
In the Republican national convention.
It Is a summary of a detailed state
ment going carefully into all of the
cases, a statement so thorough that it
takes up 150 pages of printed matter.
This statement is signed by Mr. Victor
Eosewater, chairman of the former lie
publican national committee; by Mr. J
H. Devine of Colorado, chairman of the
. committee on credentials of the Repub
lican national convention, and by Mr.
Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the
present Republican national committee.
The total uumber of delegates sum
moned to the convention under its call
was 1,078, with 540 necessary, to a
choice. Mr. Taft had 561 votes on the
first and only ballot and was declared
the nominee. There were instituted
against 23S of the delegates regularly
elected for Taft contests on behalf of
Eoosevelt. These contests were avow
edly instigated not for the purpose of
really securing seats in the convention,
not for the purpose of, adducing evi
dence which would lead any respect
able court to entertain the contests, but
for the purpose of deceiving the public
into the belief that Mr. Roosevelt had
more votes than he' really had, 'as the
conventions and primaries were in
progress for the selection of delegates.
This is not only a necessary inference
from the character of the contests, but
It was boldly avowed by the chief edi
tor of the newspapers owned by Mr.
Munsey, who has been Mr. Roosevelt's
chief financial and newspaper, sup
porter. The 238 contests were reduced
by abandonment to seventy-four.
The very fact of these 1G4 frivolous
contests itself reflects upon the genu
ineness and validity of the remainder.
The seventy-four delegates include six
at large from Arizona, four at large
from Kentucky, four at large from In
diana, six at large from Michigan,
eight at large from Texas and eight at
large from Washington, and also two
district delegates each from the Ninth
Alabama, the Fifth Arkansas, the
Thirteenth Indiana, the Seventh,
Eighth and Eleventh Kentucky, the
Third Oklahoma, the Second Tennes
see and from each of nine districts, the
First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Fourteenth
of Texas.
CONTESTED DELEGATES AT
LARGE.
Arizona,
In the Arizona convention there were
ninety-three votes. All the delegates
six in number were to be selected at
large. The counties were entitled to se
lect their delegates through their coun
ty committee or by primary. In one
county, Maricopa, a majority of the
committee decided to select its dele
gates and a minority to have a pri
mary. In other counties there were
some contests, and the sttae commit
tee, following the usage of the national
committee, gave a hearing to all con
testants in order to make up the tem
porary rolL There was a clear major
ity of the Taft delegates among the
uncontested delegates. The committee
made up the temporary roll and then
there was a bolt, sixty-four remaining
In the hall and twenty-five withdraw
ing therefrom. The case of the Taft
majority was so clear that it is difficult
to understand why a contest was made,
i Indiana.
! In Indiana the four Taft delegates at
large were elected in a state conven
tion to which Marion county, in which
Indianapolis is situate, was entitled to
128 votes. A primary was held in In
dianapolis, at which Taft polled 6,000
and Roosevelt 1,400 votes. This gave
Taft 106 delegates in the state conven
1 tion from Marion county, and if they
were properly seated the control of the
convention by a large majority was
conceded to Taft Attempt was made
to impeach the returns from Marion
county by charges of fraud and repeat
ing. These charges were of a general
character, without specification except
as to one ward out of fifteen wards,
and then the impeaching witness ad
mitted he could not claim fraud enough
to change the result in that ward. The
national committee, upon which there
were fifteen anti-Taft men, rejected
the Roosevelt contestants and gave the
Taft delegates their seats by a unani
mous vote. Senator Borah and Mr.
Frank B. Kellogg, both Roosevelt men.
made speeches in explaining the, votes
In which they said that the case turned
wholly on the Marion county primary,
and as there was no evidence to im
peach the result certified, the title of
the Taft delegates was clear. This is
the convention whose proceedings
called forth such loud charges of theft
and fraud from Mr. Roosevelt.
Kentucky.
In Kentucky a contest was filed
gainst only three of the four delegates
at large. The fourth Taft delegate's
seat was uncontested. . The three con
testants admitted they were not elect
ed by the convention which sent the
Taft delegates or by any other. They
only contended that if the Roosevelt
forces had had a majority they would
have been elected. There were 2,350
delegates summoned to the convention
by its call. There were 449 of these
whose seats were contested. If all of
these had been conceded to Roosevelt
It would have made the RooseYelt vote
297 votes less than a majority. The
appeal to the committee on Credentials
from the decision of the national com
mittee was abandoned, as It ought to
have been.
Michigan.
.In Michiean the state convention
naa tn"ir about 1,200 TlelegaTes: Thre
were only two counties in dispute or ;
contest. One was Wayne county, in
which Detroit is situated, and the other
was Calhoun county. The evidence
left no doubt that the Taft men car
ried by a very large majority Wayne
county, but it was immaterial whether
this was true or not, because, leaving
out both Wayne county and Calhoun
county, the only counties in contest
the Taft delegates outnumbered by
several hundred the Roosevelt dele
gates, and they had a clear majority
out of the total number of votes that
should have been in the convention.
The contest was so weak as to hardly
merit recital.
Texas.
In Texas there were 249 counties, of
which four have no county govern
ment The 245 counties under the call
of the convention were allowed to have
something over 1,000 delegates, repre
senting them, who were given author
ity to cast 248 votes. Of the 245 coun
ties there were ninety-nine counties In
which the total Republican vote was
but 2,000, in fourteen of which there"
were no Republican voters, in twenty
seven of which there were less than
ten each and in none of which was
there any Republican organization and
In none of which had a primary or con
vention been held. It was shown that
Colonel Cecil Lyon, to whom had been
assigned as referee the disposition of
the patronage of the national Repub
lican administration for ten years In
the state, had been in the habit of con
trolling the Republican state conven
tion by securing from two federal of
ficeholders in each of these ninety-nine
counties a certificate granting a proxy
to" Colonel Lyon or a friend of his to
represent the county as if regularly
conferred by a Republican county or
ganization. The national committee
and the committee on credentials and
the convention after the fullest investi
gation decided that these ninety-nine
counties in which the Republican vote
was so small and In which there, was
no Republican party, no convention, no
primary, no organization, was not the
proper source for a proxy to give a
vote equal to that to be cast by the
other 146 counties in which there was
a Republican organization and in
which primaries or conventions were
held. The two committees therefore
held such ninety-nine proxies to be
illegal and not the basis of proper, rep
resentation. The two tribunals who
heard the case decided that they should
deduct the ninety-nine votes from the
total of 245 and give the representation
to those who controlled the majority
of the remainder. The remainder was
152 votes, and out of that the Taft
men had carried eighty-nine counties,
having ninety votes. This gave to the
Taft men a clear majority In the state
convention and with it eight delegates
at large.
WASHINGTON.
The contest in Washington turned on
the question whether the Taft dele
gates appointed by the county com
mittee in King county, in which Seattle
is situate, were duly elected to the
convention or whether a primary,
which was subsequently held and at
which Roosevelt delegates were elect
ed, was properly called, so that its re
suit was legal. Under the law the
county committee had the power to de
cide whether it would select the dele
gates directly or should call a primary
In some counties of the state one
course was pursued and In other coun
ties the other. In King county the
committee consisted of 250 men, the
majority of whom were for Taft, and
that majority, acting through its exec
utive committee, selected the Taft dele
gates to the state convention. Mean
time the city council of Seattle had re
districted the city. It before had 250
precincts. Now substantially the same
territory was divided up into 381 pre
cincts. The chairman of the county
committee was a Roosevelt man". He
had been given authority by general
resolution to fill vacancies occurring in
the committee. A general meeting of
the committee had been held after the
city council had directed the redistrict
ing of the city, In which it was re;
solved, the chairman not dissenting,
that representatives could not be se
lected to fill the 331 new precincts un
til an election was held in September,
1912. Thereafter and in spite of this
conclusion the chairman assumed the
right by his appointment to add to the
existing committee 131 precinct com
mitteemen, and with these voting in
the committee it is claimed that a pri
mary was ordered. There was so much
confusion In the meeting that this is
doubtful. However, the fact is that
the Taft men protested against any
action by a committee so constituted
on the ground that the chairman had
no authority to appoint the 131 new
committeemen. They refused to take
part in the primary, and so did the La
Follette men. The newspapers report
ed the number of votes in the primary
to be something over 3,000. The Roose
velt committee showed by affidavit the
number to be 6,000 out of a usual total
Republican vote of 75,000. The action
of the chairman of the committee In
attempting to add 131 precinct men to
the old committee was, of course, be
yond his power. The resolution au
thorizing him to fill vacancies, of
course, applied only to those places
which became vacant after they had
been filled and clearly did not apply to
131 new precincts. It could not in the
nature of things apply to a change
from the old system to a complete new
system of precincts created by the city
council, because If they were to be
filled the entire number of 331 new
precincts different from the old must
be filled. One system could not be
made into the other by a mere addi
tional appointment of 131 committee
men. 'No lawyer will say that such
action by the committee thus Consti
tuted was legal. Therefore the action
which the lawful committee of 250 took
in electing Taft delegates who made a
majority in the state convention was
the only one which could be recognized
as valid.
CONTESTED DISTRICT DELE
GATE S.
ALABAMA. Ninth District.
The Ninth Alabama contest turned
on the question whether the chairman
of a district committee had pwer to
fill vacancies, whether a committee
man who had sent his resignation to
take effect only In case he was not
present, being present, should be pre
vented from acting as committeeman,
and, third, on the Identity of another
committeeman. The written resolu
tion under which the right of the
chairman to appoint to vacancies was
MORNING ENTERPRISE, SATURDAY,
claimed sliowea on Its race that i'ue
specific authority was written in in !
different writing and different colored'
pencil, between the lines. A number of
affidavits were filed by committeemen
who were present when the resolution
was passed to show that the resolu
tion contained no such authority. This
gave rise to a question" of fact upon
which a very large majority of both
the national committee and the com
mittee on credentials held that the
lead pencil Insertion was a forgery,
that the chairman did not have the au
thority therefore to appoint to the
vacancies, and therefore the action of
his committee was not valid This
made it necessary to reject the contest
ants. The committee decided the two
other Issues of fact before them in
favor of the Taft contention, although
the first decision was conclusive.
ARKANSAS.
Fifth District
In the Fifth Arkansas the question
was one of the Identity of one faction
or the other as the Republican party.
This convention followed the example
of the convention of 1908 In holding
that what was known as the Redding
faction was not the Republican party,
that it was a defunct organization and
had only acquired life at the end of
each four years for the purpose of
using it in the national convention.
The contestants were therefore reject
ed. It was shown that .the other or
Taft had been in active existence as
the Republican party, had nominated
a local ticket and had run a congress
man. CALIFORNIA.
Fourth District.
The Fourth California presented this
question: Under the state law the dele
gation, two from each district, was
elected on a general ticket, in a group
of twenty-six. Each delegate might
either express his presidential prefer
ence or agree to vote for the presiden
tial candidate receiving the highest
number in the state. In the Fourth
district the two candidates from that
district on the Taft ticket expressed
a preference for Taft, but did not
agree to vote for the candidates hav
ing the highest state vote. These Taft
delegates in the Fourth district re
ceived a majority of 200 more than
the Roosevelt delegates in that dis
trict The national call forbade any
law or the acceptance of any law
which prevented the election of dele
gates by districts. In other words, the
call of the national convention was at
variance with the state law. The state
law sought to enforce the state unit
rule and required the whole twenty
six delegates to be voted for all over
the state, assigning two to each dis
trict on the ticket to abide the state
wide election, while the Republican
national convention has Insisted upon
the unit of the district since 1880. That
has been the party law. This conven
tion recognized the party law and held
It to be more binding than that of the
state law and allowed the two dele
gates who had received in the Fourth
district a vote larger than their two
opponents assigned to that district to
become delegates in the convention.
This was clearly lawful, for a state has
no power to limit or control the basis
of representation of a voluntary na
tional party In a national convention.
The fact that President Taft by tele
gram approved all the twenty -six dele
gates as representing him Is said to be
an estoppel against his claiming the
election of two of those delegates in
their Fourth district What is there
Inconsistent In his approving the can
didacy of all his delegates and the
election of two of them? Why should
he be thus estopped to claim that part
of the law was inoperative because in
conflict with the call of the convention V
INDIANA.
Thirteenth District.
In the Thirteenth Indiana there was
no question about the victory of the
Taft men, because the temporary chair
man representing the Taft side was
conceded to have been elected by one
half a vote more than the Roosevelt
candidate. This one-half vote extended
through the riotous proceedings, and
although It was not as wide as a barn
door it was enough. The chairman put
the question as to electing the Taft
delegates, and after continuous objec
tlon lasting three hours declared the
vote carried. The Roosevelt men thus
prevented a roll call and then bolted.
KENTUCKY.
Seventh District.
In the Seventh Kentucky district the
total vote of the convention was 115.
There were contests from four coun
ties, Involving ninety-five votes. Ac
cording to the rules of the party in
Kentucky, where two seats of creden
tials are presented those delegates
whose credentials are approved by the
county chairman are entitled to par
ticipate in the temporary organization.
On the temporary roll the Taft chair
man was elected by ninety-eight votes
and forty-seven votes were cast for the
Roosevelt candidate. The committee
on credentials was then appointed, con
sisting of one member named by each
county delegation. The majority re
port of the dommittee was adopted
unanimously by the convention, no del
egation whose seats were contested
being permitted to vote on its own
case. As soon as the majority report
of the credentials committee had been
adopted, the Roosevelt adherents bolt
ed. There was not the slightest reason
for sustaining the contest for Roosevelt
delegates.
Eighth District
The. Eighth Kentucky district was
composed of ten counties having 103
votes, of which eighty-two were neces
sary to a choice. There was no con
test in five of the counties, and al
though the Roosevelt men claimed that
there was one in Spencer county no
contest was presented against the
seating of the regularly elected Taft
delegates from that county. This gave
the Taft delegates eighty-four votes, or
two more than were necessarv for a
choice. In other words, assuming that
tne Roosevelt men were entitled to all
the delegates from the counties in
which they filed contests in the dis
trict convention there remained a clear
majority of uncontested delegates who
voted for the Taft delegates to Chi
cago.
OKLAHOMA.
Third District.
In the Third Oklahoma district the
question of the validity of the seats of
the delegates turned on the constitu
tion of the congressional committee,
which was made up of twelve Taft
men and seven Roosevelt men. The
chairman, Cochran, was a Roosevelt
man and attempted to prevent the ma
Joritjr ofjhe committee from, taking
action. The .uauuiau was 'rett-orcS
and another substituted, and thereupon
the convention was duly called to order
on the temporary roll prepared by the
congressional committee, which was
made the permanent roll, and the two
Taft delegates to Chicago were duly
selected. Every ounty in the district
had its representation and vote in the
regular convention, and no person
properly accredited as a delegate was
excluded or debarred from participat
ing in its proceedings. Cochran and
his, followers bolted after his deposi
tion. Assuming that all the committee
who went out with him had the right
to act on the committee, it left the
committee standing twelve for Taft
and seven for Roosevelt so it was sim
ply a question whether a majority of
the committee had the right to control
its action or a minority. The bolting
convention which Cochran held was
not attended by a majority of the duly
elected delegates to the convention. It
did not have the credentials from the
various counties, and its membership
was largely made up of bystanders
who had not been duly accredited by
any county in the district Its action
was entirely without authority.
TENNESSEE.
Second District. -
In the Second Tennessee district
there were fifty-nine delegates uncon
tested out of a possible total of 108 in
the convention. There were forty-nine
contested. The Roosevelt contestants
In the forty-nine refused to abide the
decision of the committee on creden
tials and withdrew, leaving fifty-nine
uncontested delegates. These fifty
nine delegates, part of whom were
Roosevelt men, remained In the con
vention, appointed the proper commit
tees, settled contests and proceeded to
select Taft delegates. There can be
no question about the validity there
fore of their title.
TEXAS.
First District.
The only remaining districts are the
nine districts from Texas. Of these the
First district was composed of eleven
counties, each county having one vote,
except Cass county, which had two.
The executive committee, composed of
one representative from each county,
made up the temporary roll, and in the
contests filed from two counties seat
ed both delegates with one-half vote
each. The convention elected the two
Taft delegates, giving them ten and
one-quarter votes. Each county was
represented in this vote. A minority
representing one and three-quarters
votes bolted the regular convention
and held a rump meeting. The na
tional committee by unanimous vote
decided the contest In favor of the
Taft delegate.
Second District
In the Second Texas district there
were fourteen counties. Two counties
were found not to have held conven
tions and one county to have no dele
gate present The convention was
then constituted by the delegations
that held regular credentials. The re
port-of the committee on credentials
was accepted upon roll call, and then
the representatives of five counties
withdrew from the hall. The repre
sentatives of four of these counties
held a rump convention. ' The regular
convention remained in session several
hours, appointed the usual committees,
which retired and made their reports,
which were accepted, and elected two
Taft delegates to the national oonven
tion and certified their election in due
form to the national committee, which
without division asked for, held them
properly elected.
Fourth District,
The Fourth Texas district consists
of five counties, each having one vote
In the district convention under the
call. One county, Rains, chose an uncon
tested delegation, and that one was for
Taft The other four counties sent
contesting delegations. The contest
ing delegations appeared before the
congressional executive committee to
present their claims, but the" commit
tee arbitrarily refused to hear any
body. Having exhausted every effort
to- secure a hearing, the four contest
ing delegations, together with the only
uncontested delegation of the conven
tion, withdrew to another place and
held a convention and elected Taft
delegates to the Chicago convention.
The congressional convention which
elected the Taft delegates was com
posed of more than a majority, and,
Indeed, of practically all the regularly
elected delegates. The national com
mittee held the title of the Taft dele
gates to their seats valid by viva voce
vote without calling for a division.
Fifth District.
The Fifth district of Texas Is com
posed of Dallas, Ellis, Hill, Bosque
and Rockwall counties. Dallas county
cast more Republican votes than all
the other . counties of the district put
together. The call for the congres
sional convention allowed each county
to send not to exceed four delegates,
but made no reference to the basis of
representation of the respective coun
ties t composing the district There
was a contest from Dallas county, but
the Taft delegates were seated. Taft
delegates were seated on the temporary
roll from two counties, and Roosevelt
delegates from the three counties, and
the representation in the convention
was fixed at one vote for each county
without regard to the number of dele
gates in the convention or the num
ber of Republican votes cast in such
county. A minority report of the dis
trict committee was presented, protest
ing against the ratio of representa
tion adopted. The chairman of the
convention objected to the presenta
tion of this minority report Failing
in this he abandoned the platform and
left the hall
The convention thereupon elected a
new chairman and a new secretary, ap
pointed a committee on credentials,
which recommended the seating of the
Taft delegates from Hill county and
the adoption of the minority report of
the district committee as to the basis
of the representation in the convention.
Both these recommendations were
adopted, and Taft delegates to the na
tional convention were thereupon elect
ed by a vote of eight to three. The
Roosevelt men thereafter retired to the
south end of the hall, where they or
ganized a meeting at which it was
claimed the Roosevelt delegates to the
national convention were elected. ""The
Republican vote for the district for
1908 was' as follows: Dallas county,
2,068; Ellis, 594; Hill, 414; Bosque, 266;
Rockwall, 38. Both the national com
mittee and the, committee on creden
tials sustained the Taft delegates.
AUGUST 10, 1912
Seventh District.
The Seventh congressional district of
Texas Is composed of the following
counties: Anderson, Chambers, Gal
veston, Houston, Liberty, Polk, San Ja
cinto and Trinity. Polk, San Jacinto
and Trinity were without proper party
organization. In Texas county chair
men must be elected by the voters in
each party. No such election was held
in any of these three counties. In two
of them, Colonel Lyon assumed to ap
point chairmen, which he had no right
to do. Lyon himself had classed these
three counties as unorganized and with
out party organization. .
The convention met in Galveston.
The executive committee met prior to
the meeting of the convention to make
up the temporary roll of delegates. The
executive committee had before it the
question of having the three unorgan
ized countiesrepresented in the con
vention. The executive committee re
fused to recognize them. When this
action was taken by the executive com
mittee a delegate from Houston county
and the alleged representatives from
the three unorganized counties with
drew from the meeting and proceeded
to organize another convention, and
upon this is based the contest, which
was rejected by both committees, the
national committee and the credentials
committee.
Eighth District.
In the Eighth congressional conven
tion a split occurred oer the majority
and minority reports nt the executive
committee as to the iemporary roll
The Roosevelt follower controlled the
executive committee, did not have
a majority in the c?-rention, which
adopted the minority report and gave
Taft five and one-half votes and Roose
velt two and one-half votes. This re
sulted in the election of the Taft dele
gates, who were seated by both the
national committee and the credentials
committee.
Ninth District.
In the Ninth district the district
committee was called by Mr. Speaker,
a member of the committee, and not by
the chairman. The chairman refused
to convene the committee because he
claimed that all the delegates from
Texas to the national convention must
be elected In the state convention, that
Colonel Lyon, his superior, had thus
directed him. The district committee
was called. Seven members attended
the meeting. The district convention
was called on May 15. Eleven counties
out of the fifteen responded to the call
and took part in the convention. Three
counties were not represented, and in
one of these there was no election.
After this convention had been called
the chairman of the district committee
changed his mind and called a meet
ing of the committee for April 17.
This committee called a congressional
convention to be held on May 18. But
there was no publication of the call,
which had to be thirty days before the
convention, until April 21. The Taft
convention seems therefore to have
been duly and regularly convened,
while the Roosevelt convention was
not The Taft delegates were seated.
Tenth District.
In the Tenth district the decision
turned largely upon the bad faith with
which two members of the district
committee, voted in the seating of dele
gates and upon the bad faith with
which one of them used the proxy in
trusted to him. The Taft delegates In
this case bolted and left the hall and
immediately in the same building or
ganized another convention which con
sisted of delegates from six counties
Proceedings were regularly held; a per
manent organization effected, the re
port of the committee on resolutions
adopted and delegates pledged to Taft
were elected. The undisputed evidence
indicated that a flagrant attempt had
been made to deprive Taft of this dis
trict, to which he was justly entitled.
The national committee sustained the
title of the Taft delegates and alter
nates by a practically unanimous vote.
Fourteenth District.
In the Fourteenth district there were
fifteen counties in the district When
the executive committee met at San
Antonio to make up the temporary roll
there were ten members of the com
mittee present whose right to act was
undisputed, of whom six were for Taft
and four for Roosevelt There were
four other Roosevelt men present
whose right to vote was disputed and
who were clearly not entitled to repre
sent their county at that meeting. One
of them held the proxy of the commit
teeman from Kendall county, who was
dead, and the proxies from three other
counties were held, two by postmas
ters and one by an assistant postmas
ter, while under the election law of
Texas no one who holds an office of
profit or trust under the United States
shall act as a member of an executive
committee either for the state or for
any district or county. The temporary
roll was made up by Taft members,
having a clear majority without per
mitting these men to act under their
proxies. There was a contest over the
delegation from Bexar county, which
contains the city of San Antonio. Full
consideration was given to this contest,
but the testimony was overwhelming
that Taftcarried the county by a vote
of four or five to one. On the proper
basis the total vote in the district con
vention was sixty-seven, of which the
number instructed or .voting for Taft
was thirty-seven and one-half, the
number voting or instructed for Roose
velt twenty-eight and one-half, not vot
ing one. The Taft delegation was
therefore seated at Chicago.
HUMANITY.
The two essential instincts of Hu
manity are love of order and love
of kindness. By the love of order
the moral energy is to deal with the
earth and dress it and keep it and
to deal with all rebellious or dissolute
forces. By the love of kindness the
moral energy is to deal rightly with
all surrounding life. So shall every
passion have full strength and yet be
absolutely under control. Ruskin.
Chinese Artesian Wells.
The Chinese have obtained water
through the means of artesian wells
for over a thousand years. One of the
most famous wells in existence is that
of Crenelle, in the outskirts of Paris,
where the water is brought from a
depth of 1,798 feet. It yields 516V2
gallons of water a minute. A well in
Pesth was sunk to the depth of 3,100
feet in the seventies.
TWO UNUSUAL
BASEBALL PLAYS
Washington Pulled One In Which
Half Team Helped.
YANKS LOST FREAK TRIPLE.
New York Americans Had Play With
in Their Grasp, but Pill Handlers
Seemed to Lose Their Think Tanks,
and It Did Not Go Through.
Two freak baseball plays which oc
curred within a week at the Chicago
American league ball park are doubly
interesting.
The Washington team, which is com
posed of youngsters, pulled a double i
play on the White Sox i:i the last game
of their June series in Chicago, iu
which more than half the fielders were
involved, although not all of those
drawn into it actually handled the balL
The Sox had Rath on third, Lord on
first and one out. Callahan hit to John
son, who headed Rath off at the plate,
and that runner ducketi. back to give
Lord and Callahan time to advance an
extra base before he was retired. John
son chased Rath back toward third,
then tossed the ball to Foster, who
ran Rath toward the plate. Now it
was the play for Johnson or McBride
to take, third base as soon as Foster
left it Instead the pitcher ran to the
plate, where Ainsmith was, and Mc
Bride remained near second.
Foster could not catch Rath, so
pass"t2 the ball to jUnsmith, and the
catcher started running Rath back to
third. Failing to overtake the runner,
Ainsmith made a throw toward third,
but nobody was there, and Rath landed
in safety. Shanks had run in from
left field close behind third and got the
ball quickly. Lord had advanced close
to third and could not gain safety at
that base after Rath returned to it so
started back to second, with Shanks in
pursuit Shanks chased Lord and
threw to Morgan at second, whereupon
Lord doubled on his tracks, and Shanks
was given the ball again. This time he
tagged Lord. While they were doing
that Rath started home, and Shanks
threw to Ainsmith in time to double up
Rath at home. There were five players
involved in addition to McBride, who
was in the line between third and sec
ond, looking for a chance to get into
the play.
Five days later the New York Yan
kees lost a possible triple play after a
worse tangle. The Sox had Collins on
third, Fournier on second and Bodie
on first, with nobody out Weaver hit
to Thompson, and he tossed the ball
to Sweeney, forcing Collins out Swee
ney threw to first to double up Weaver,
but hit the runner in the back. Seeing
that, Bodie, who had gone to second,
started on the run for third, but Gard
ner, who was backing up first base,
grabbed the ball as it bounded off
Weaver and kept Fournier from going
home from third. Then the Yankees
had two men trapped on third base,
with a chance to get one of them sure
ly and perhaps both.
Gardner tossed the ball to Stump,
cutting off Bodie's retreat to second
base, and the shortstop and third base
man, Hartzell, started to run down
Bodie. Under cover of that play Four
nier tried to sneak home, but a throw
to Sweeney headed him off. The
Frenchman then gave the Yankees a
chase, so that Bodie and Weaver, who
had returned to second and first in
safety, could move up a base apiece.
But the Yankees left third base un
covered entirely, and Fournier got back
there alive. Bodie slipped past the
nearest guardian of second base and
got there safely, but Weaver was on
top of the keystone, and when Buck
tried to retreat he found Daniels had
come in from right field to take- charge
of that base.
The ball was thrown to Daniels, who
apparently lost his . head and subse
quently lost the play. He started chas
ing Weaver toward second, but it takes
a fast man to overtake Weaver. While
this sprinting race was on Fournier
broke for the plate again, and Bodie
sneaked to third. Too late his team
mates awoke Daniels, and he gave up
chasing Weaver to make a belated
throw to the plate, which was easily
beaten by Fournier.
CAMERON NOW WRESTLER.
Scotland's Giant Athlete Intends to Go
After Mat Honors.
A, A. Cameron, the giant athlete of
Scotland, is about to take up wrestling.
Cameron until now aimed at excellence
in field sports. Having gained all there
was to win in that field and being now
the holder of fifteen world's records, he
thinks he might add the wrestling title
to his laurels. He is thirty-four years
of age.
He is not new at the mat game. He
has toured Russia in a wrestling troupe
with George Lurich and Aberg and
gave the undefeated Padoubny the
match of his life when the two met in
the final of Hengler's London tourna
ment Cameron Is a man of almost
amazing strength.
White Sox'a Two Young Stars.
Weaver, the youngster who covers
short for the Chicago Americans, is an
exceptionally fast man. Comiskey got
a good one when he landed him. The
same may be said about Rath, the sec
ond baseman. Both players are ster
ling fielders, covering lots of ground,
and they bat well.
HEALTH AND MONEY.
There is this difference between
those two temporal blessings, health
and money: Money is the most en
vied, but least enjoyed ; health is the
most enjoyed, but least envied,
and this superiority of the latter is
still more obvious when we reflect
that the poorest man would not part
with health for money, but the rich
est man would gladly part with all
his money for health.
An Easy Guess.
"What's the name of that plumber I
had last week?"
"Bill. I reckon." Exchange:
CORRESPONDENCE
HAZELIA.
Mrs. Landy entertained a number
of children last Wednesday in hon
or of her little daughter, Ruth.
It is reported that Mr. Fosner has
sold his farm and the purchaser will
take possession in about six weeks.
Mrs. Riley J. Hays, with her lit
tle granddaughter, Irene, has been
spending the past week with her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Whitten. Mrs.
Whitten's sister, Mrs. Leonard Head
rick and her little daughter, Florence,
have also been visiting a few days at
the same home.
Clyde Churchill, recently -of Hazel
ia, and Miss Tucie Todd, of Oswego,
were married last Thursday.
Mrs. H. H. Corey and family, of
Portland, visited recently with Mr.
and Mrs. Papaum.
Miss Mabel Ford spent Saturday
and Sunday with her cousin, Iva
Whitten.
Miss Ethel Baker returned home
from the Peninsula Sunday.
Mr. Zwiney was severely injured
last Monday and was found lying in
an unconscious state, by his son,
Richard. It is supposed that he was
leading a playful colt to water, the
animal suddenly reared and struck .
him to the ground, crushing in his
skull. The outcome of Mr. Zwiney'a
condition is still doubtful.
Miss Zeta Andrews, of Oregon City,
spent a few days in Hazelia last week.
Miss Bertha Elston returned to Os
wego Wedneseday.
Sunday evening a number of young
people gathered at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Cook, and went togeth
er to Sunday evening services at the
Oswego M. E. church. The party,
consisting of Misses Lulu Wanker,
Bertha Elston, Anna, Harriet and Lu
cile Duncan, and Messrs. Harold Ba
ker and Ray Duncan, reports a good
service and an enjoyable evening.
Mrs. Becker and children spent Sun
day in Montavilla.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cook entertain
ed a merry party of young people.
Tuesday evening, to celebrate the
end of the haying season. Cake and
ice cream were served at nine. Misies
Ethel Baker, Lulu Wanker, Bertha El
stqn, Anna, Lucile and Harriet Dun
can, and Messrs. Will Cook, Winfield
and Harold Baker, and Charlie Aus
tin were present.
Church services next week, Satur
day, August 17th. Sunday school
held every Sunday at 10:30 A. M.
FIRWOOD.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Dickinson and
sons, Paul, and Walter, of Oswego,
came out in their auto and spent last
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Fischer.
Miss Strack, of Lents, cashier for
Roberts Bros., of Portland, is spend
ing a week with Mrs. J. W. Dixon.
E. D. Hart made a business trip to
Portland Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tanz Elling and
daughter, Christiana, are spending a
few weeks at their summer home.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Johnson and chil
dren came from Portland Saturday
and visited Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fisch
er over Sunday. Mr. Johnson return
ed Monday. Mrs. Johnson will re
main a couple of weeks.
A. C. Milliron came from Portland
Saturday and visited Mr. and Mrs. E.
D. Hart over Sunday.
Wm. Bosholm took Mr. Pomeroy's
baby to a hospital in Portland the
first of the week.
J. R'. Cornogg made a business trip
to Oregon City Wednesday.
Farmers have their hay all in and
some aree cutting grain.
Antone Malar was a Portland visit
or Wednesday.
Miss Ida Stuck! went to Portland
the first of the week.
R. A. Chown and Wm. Updegrave
have just had phones put in their
houses. They are stockholders in the
Firwood-Dover Telephone Co.
Cherries and red raspberries are
still to be seen in this part of the
country.
WILSONVILLE
Mr. Cook and Chas. Ridder drove
to Newberg Friday on business.
Mr. Black spent several days in
Astoria and Long Beach lately.
Mrs. Joe Thornton has been
spending a week with Mr. and Mrs.
Chalupsky on their farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Gould, of Salem, vis
ited Mrs. Melvin and other friends
here last week.
Mrs. Joe Shull and children are
visiting friends in Canby.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walters, who
formerly resided here, drove over
from Oregon City to visit friends.
Mrs. Dawes is visiting at her old
home in Minneapolis, her daughter,
Mrs. Will Prahl, accompanied her to
Portland.
Emma Stangel and Miss Martha
Stangel spent Sunday in Woodburn.
Miss Ruby Baker is visiting rela
tives in Portland.
Jessie Lawrence visited relatives
here Sunday.
The Onion Growers' Association
held a meeting at the residence of J.
L. Seely Wedneseday evening.
Two new members were taken into
the Rebekah lodge Wednesday night
The bids for the new school build
ing were opened Monday evening.
Milwaukie parties were found to be
the lowest bidders but the contract
has not yet been given out
Rev. Reeves will preach next Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock. All are
cordially invited to. attend.
The members of the Rebekah
lodge served ice-cream and cake to
the Odd Fellows at the close of their
meeting Saturday evening, and a jol
ly good time is reported from all who
attended.
There was special singing by
Mrs. Frank Brobst and Miss Eliza
beth Brobst at the M. E. Church last
Sunday evening, which was much en-,
joyed.
Jake Peters, our enterprising hard
ware merchant, has been selling a
great many implements to the farm
ers this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Tauchman, Mr.
Brobst, Mr. and Mrs. Eilers, were
among Portland visitors this week.
' Mrs. Snook and children, of Port
land, visited Black's several days
this week.
Rev. Shaw, preached at the Hood
View Congregational church Sunday.
The Parent-Teachers' Association
held a very interesting meeting
Thursday at the school house. Mrs.
Chas. Wagner, the President of the
Association, gave a very nice des
cription of the Mothers' Day at the
Chautauqua.
Boost your city by boosting your
i be in every home.