Morning Oregonian., December 11, 1911, Page 2, Image 2

TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, 3IOND AT, DECEMBER 11. 1911.
HITCHCOCK WOULD
TRY PARCELS POST
System Recommended, With
Suggestion That Intro
duction Be Gradual.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL. WHO FAVORS PARCELS POST. BUT
f WOULD INSTALL IT GRADUALLY.
RATE REFORMS ADVISED
t'oncrr I rfptl lo Comix-Ufal Itall
on llaiU of rwt of Sorv
Jcr Clly Pclivrrle Have
Idrn Readjusted.
WASKIXUTO.V. It. 10. Postmaster
lirneril llit.hcixk In hi annual report
f xprff9 hop that ConKrrjs. now tha
the postal d-flcit has brcn wiped out.
W.M lo no tim In authorizing in
tablihm,nt of a i.arrel post, lie
rats this aa the moat important post
nrnblirii to he c"nltlrd. nnd next to
l he nlare the re 1 1 j u s t n:" n t of postal
rules and the flTlne of the rompensa
tton of iuliw.iv." for rarrylnir the mail.
"The tx-na-nta of the parcels post
ayst-m." he !. -are widely enjoyed
hy the pn.ie of f'Melun country's and
fhnnld Le provl'lttl in the I'm led States.
The department nt only renews Ha
r romm nlrt:i.n of IM year for lesla
liUve authority to a:rt a parcel post
on rural route... but t!kR a similar
authorization for the Introduction of
niirh a service In cities and twns
having delirery by carrier. After the
oraaniaation of a parcel post on rural
routes and In the city delivery service
Is completed. It extension to Include
railway ami other transportation line
can be more readily accomplished with
ut imidintf the handling; of the
ordinary mall.
(Gradual Introdnelloa Best.
"In establishing a parcel post serv
ice treat care should be taken not to
cause a congestion ot tne cum ana
thus eniharritss the present operations
of the postofftces. An attempt to absorb
1-nme.liitrly under one sweeping; order
the entire parcel business of the coun
try would be a d incerous experiment
for our pustal service. That the diffi
culties of such a plan may b avoided
the department favora a-more gradual
Introduction of a parcel post In tha
rranner proposed.
Three appropriation of $50,000 each,
one to me.-t the coat tf Introduction on
rural routea. one for city deliveries and
one to pay the cost of an Investigation
look In c to the final extenalon of the
system to the railways, are asked.
Mr. Ifit.-hcock recommends as a step
In the direction of equalising postage
rates on the basis of cost that the
postage rate on second-clans mall be
Increased 1 cent a pound, thus making
a flat rate of 3 cents a pound, which
charge should be regarded aa merely
tentative, however, leaving for future
Determination such additional Increaae
a may be found necessary to meet the
erst. It Is hoped that the commission
will look with favor on thla recom
mendntlon and that legislation provid
ing for Ita adoption will be enacted
by fongresa.
Mall ky Freight Pays.
The method of shipping monthly and
semi-monthly periodical by fast
freight has been put Into effect without
serious Inconvenience either to publish
ers or subscribers. An Important result
Is the assurance that flrst-ciaaa mall
will be handled more rapidly. The
money aaved will amount to several
million dollars a year.
investigation haa proved that while
many of the railways, and particularly
the larger systems, made heavy profits
from mall transportation, certain of
the lines were actually carrying the
ir.alle at a loss. Aa a result of the
' Inquiry the Importance of making some
change In the method of fixing rail
way mail pay became apparent, and the
department, after giving the subject
careful consideration, decided to urge
the abandonment altogether of the
. present plan of fixing such compen
sation on the basis of the weight of
the mail carried, a plan that haa
proved to be exceedingly expensive and
In other respects unsatisfactory. In
substitution for this method the de
' partment recommended a plan, by
. which the compensation should be de
termined on the basla of the amount
of space required In cars for the
handling of the malls, making proper
. allowances of course for the extent
and frequency of the service per
formed. 5a Ting f O.OOO.OnO Indicated.
A saving of $9.')0.0oO a year Is prom
ised If this plan Is adopted. On the
subject of the railway mail service the
report says:
"In place of the present method of
compensating railway mall clerks,
which Is far from satisfactory, the de-
partment will recommend to Congress
. a new system of salaries that will ln
' sure regular promotion and a higher
. maximum compensation for those who
render efficient service.
"The plan of assigning to the rail
ay mall cars new appointees without
" previous experience In the postal serv-
U . Is to be abandoned, and hereafter
the additional clerks required on the
- cars will be recruited from the trained
employes of the postof flees."
Important changes In the city car
rier service hare been made, of which
. the report says:
"A reduction In the number of de
liveries for the residential districts of
certain cities resulted In some mlsap-
- prehension as to the purposes of thi
; department. In each case the object
was to permit the redistribution of the
carrier service so aa to make It more
, effective aa a whole. The curtailment
.of to frequent deliveries In residential
sections enabled the department to pro
' vide more deltrerlea In business dls
' tricts. This policy is almost univer
sally approved by business men. who
; are willing to hare fewer deliveries
at their residence In order to obtain
. more frequent service at their places
of bus Iness."
Raral Delivery Nsra Rxteaded.
The consolidation of the rural de-
livery and star route services has en -
al d the department to extend mall
delivery to many thousands of addl
' tional patrona by a rearrangement of
established routes with little Increase
'' In the annual rate of expenditure. Un
der the new plan the rural mall serv
ice la belr.g rapidly extended. The re
port continues:
"The first aerial dispatch of t'nlted
'States mall occurred in September last.
when 43.1)00 pieces were carried from
Aeroplane Postal Station No. 1 on Nas-
sau boulevard to Mtneola. .Long Isl
and. The progress being; made In the
. science of aviation encourages the
hope that ultimately the regular con
veyance of mail by thla means may be
practicable. Such a service. If found
feasible, might be established In many
.districts where the natural conditions
preclude other means of rapid trans
portation. -Almost without exception, foreign
nations provide for the pensioning of
.'civil service employes when they be
come superannuated. Large corpora
tions In this country are rapidly adopt-
FRISK H. HITCIirOCK.
Ing the same principle In the retire
ment of their aged employes. On buai
ness grounds. If for no other reason,
the Government should do likewise.
"While the compensation of postal
employe has been considerably In
creased during the last few years It Is
hardly more than sufficient to meet
neoessary living; expenses and conse
quently doe not permit the putting:
aside of any considerable savings
against old age. It Is believed that a
civil pension based on length of em
ployment should be granted by the
Government. Benefits to the service
far outweighing the expense of such
pensions would undouhtedlj- result.
The fact that classified employes
In the lower grade are now eligible
for promotion to the position of as
sistant postmaster has rendered their
employment more attractive, the result
being a higher class of competitors In
the examinations for postofflce clerks
and letter-carriers.
Retratloai mt Pawtnaaater Advised.
"The considerations' that led to the
classification of the position of assist
ant postmaster In Presidential postof-
nces apply with equal force to tne
postmaaterahlp Itself. A full measure
of efficiency In the conduct or tne
postal service cannot be expected so
long as the postmasters are subject to
nolltical control. The department laflt
year recommended the classification of
Presidential postmasters and that rec
ommendation Is now earnestly repeated.
-The departments crusaae against
the fraudulent use of the mall, be
gun In 1910. has been aggresaiveix
continued. Laat year the Inspectors as
signed to thla work Investigated i
great variety of cases ranging from
petty schemes to gigantic projects in
volving the sale of worthless stock In
maginary mining companies ana oir.er
fictitious concerns. There were alto
gether 6! Indictments, and In these
cases 114 convictions have been al
ready secured, with but 11 acquittals.
Reports from the large cities moicate
that numerous concerns utilising; the
nolle in m n ueatlonable manner have
gone out of business as the result of
h department s vigorous crusaae.
Oae-Ceat Pwataate Indicated.
For the first time since 1811. the an
nual financial statement of tne roat
office Department shows a surplus In
stead of a deficit. The report Indicates
that the placing of the postal business
on a self-sustaining basis means an Im
provement and extension of facilities.
and at no distant date, one-cent letter
postage.
At the beginning or ine present aa
ministration In 1909. Mr. Hitchcock
pointed out. the Department showed a
deficit Of 117.479.770. the largest on
record. In two years this deficit has
been changed into a surplus of iJU.ns,
despite Important extensions through
out the service. These extensions In
clude S74 4 new Postofflce carrier de
Ivery In I8S additional cities. 2ol new
rural mall routea and 8000 additional
postal employes.
The postal savings bank system, less
than a year old. now Is In operation In
virtually all the "500 principal Post-
offices. Preparations are being made
to establish II In about 40.000 fourth-
class offices. In 11 months operation,
postal banks deposits aggregated 111.-
000.000 and they are expected to reach
f 10.000.000 by July 1.
OPEN VOTE ADVISED
Ohio Taft Leaders Block
Follette's Plans.
La
ROOSEVELT TO BE LET IN
RODGERS ENDS FLIGHT
0,000 GREET AVIATOR
SANDS OK PACIFIC.
ON
Soa-to-Sra. Tourist finishes Long
Journey by Dart From Place
Where Fell November IS.
LONG BEACH. Cal.. Dec. 10. Aviator
Calbralth P. Rodgers completed the last
leg of his cross-coctlnental flight and
anded on the shore of the Pacific at
04 o'clock this afternoon. The final
lap of his trip was IX miles. Rodgers
tarted at Compton. near where he fell
November 12.
A Rodgers approached the sea from
the east. Frank Champion In a Blerlot
monoplane, and Beryl Williams and a
passenger In a biplane, met him. The
airmen circled over the sea-to.ea tour
ist as he made his landing.
A crowd estimated at (0.000 persons
saw the finish of the great trip, and as
he wheels of Rodgers machine touched
he sands an enthusiastic throng surged
on tne aviator ma mv impact or. tne
rush pushed his machine Into the
waves.
Rodgers declared his actual flying
time from the Atlantic was ) days 10
hours 14 minutes.
FREE MUSIC TONIGHT,
. t
Tomorrow night and every evening;
(except Sunday) till Christmas Sher
man. Clay Co. Morrison at Sixth.
Christmas bnccestlons.
Fascinating and charming restores In
photography. Auna. Columbia bldg.
Primary at Which All Persons Men
tloned as Candidates) Will. Be
Considered Not What WIs
ronnln "Man Wants.
COLUMBUS. O., Dec 10. (Special.)
Taft leaders in Ohio have planned to
defeat the La Follette movement '
Insisting upon a primary. If one Is
held, which will be open to all per
sons mentioned as candidate. This
would Include Roosevelt, despite his
protestations of unwillingness to run
As opposed to Taft In Ohio, the num
ber of votes that could be drummed
up for La Follette Is problematical.
Walter F. Brown. Republican state
chairman, has expressed a favorable
opinion of the plan of holding prl
maries. but his response to the La Fol
lette manager in his request for such
a vote by the Republicans of the state
did not meet their expectations. Brown
declared for a free-for-all primary, not
one in which Taft and La Follette
would be the only candidates. He
said that Roosevelt could carry the
state easily.
Arthur I Vorys and others of the
President's staunch friends are thourht
to be quietly maneuvering to keep the
state in line for Taft. but they are
no doubt alarmed by the activity of
the progressives.
The movement for La Follette Is not
spontaneous In Ohio. It is being- led
by a group of men. with the assistance
of a group of newspapers. But during
te next month or two a dozen in
surgent Senators and Representatives.
to say nothing of Governors in a doxen
states and Gifford Pinchot will have
spoken In the state in opposition to
laft. if plans are carried out.
WEEK OF RAIN PREDICTED
East Mill Be Colder; Plains and
Mountains Fair.
WASHINGTON. D. C Dec. 10. Colder
weather throughout the country was
forecast for this week by the Weather
Bureau in its bulletin issued tonight.
Although no remarkable drops In tern
perature are expected, there may be a
sharp fall In the Northwestern States by
rnursaay or Friday.
"The warm weather over the eastern
half of the country." say the bulletin,
"will give way to seasonable tempera
ture In this region by Tuesday or
Wednesday.
The pressure over the northern
hemisphere Is such as to Indicate that
the next several days will be unsettled.
with more than the normal rainfall In
the region east of the Mississippi Val
ley, while In the plains states, the
Rocky Mountain and plateau regions,
and Pacific States, except -Washington
and Oregon, where there will be rains,
the weather will be generally fair the
coming week.
TOTEM POLES TO BE SAVED
Appropriation for Sitka National
Monument Recommended.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Dec. 10. One of the modest ap
propriations recommended hy the Sec
retary of the Interior Is 11000 for the
protection and Improvement of the
.--Itka National Monument in Alaska.
This National Monument Is the old his
toric Indian River Park near Sitka,
which was converted Into a National
monument by proclamation of the
President on March 23. 1910.
The ancient totem polee and grave
yard In this park. It Is said, are In need
of repairs and, moreover, the park, now
In a rough state. Is In need of clearing.
so that brush and debris can be cleaned
up and tha park made presentable.
This probably is the least Important of
all the Alaskan Items submitted to
Congress.
Rale Suspended for Seals.
WASHINGTON. Dec, 10. Postmaster
General Hitchcock has suspended until
January 1 the postal regulation for
bidding the transmission through the
malls of matter hearing upon the ad
dress side Red Cross Christmas seals
or other charity stampa
BEST TIME TO SEE
BIG CANAL IS HOW
Water Will Soon Cover Great
Work Done by American
Engineers.
CULEBRA CUT WONDERFUL
Very Backbone of Two Continents
Is Being Severed by Men With
Sliovels, Drills, Trains,
Dynamite as Tools.
BT GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM.
ANCON. Canal Zone, Panama. Nov. 28.
(Special Correspondence) Three hun
dred and ninety-nine years ago Balboa
first saw the Pacific Ocean as he stood
i:ent upon a peak in Darlen." Shortly
thereafter he successfully i essayed to
transport several ships acros the
Isthmus, carrying them piecemeal
through the almost impassable Jungle
despite cruel difficulties, and setting;
them up again in the waters of the
Western sea.
Some erratic historians have said
that the doughty Spaniard's peak lies
close to the line of our canal. While
this is quit improbable. It is pictur
esque to think that perhaps the very
hill upon which the discoverer stood
now 1 being; pierced by the monster
dlt-h which will make it possible for
vessels to pass from one ocean to the
other on their native element instead
of being carried upon the backs of
slaves..
To accomplish this Uncle Sam's en
gineers are tfiklng gigantic. liberties
with the landscape. At Gatun they are
erecting a dam which 1 not a dam at
all, but a small mountain range, and
not so small at that. At Culebra they
are digging the biggest - cut in the
world, severing the very backbone of
the two continents.
Cut la Artificial Canyon.
Culebra cut Is an artificial canyon
in the course of construction through
he lowest saddle of the continental
divide. The cut proper is approximate
ly nine mile in length. Before we
came the French had dug; down to
within 160 feet of sea level, starting in
at a point 312 feet above the sea and
excavating In all about 30,000,000 yards
of material. In addition to this amount,
the American plans call for an excava
tion of about 97.000.000 yards. When
completed this means that down be
tween Gold Hill and Contractors' Hill
there will be a mighty gorge 275 feet
deep In many places, and 300 feet wide
at the bottom, with a 40-foot deep
waterway covering that bottom.
The engineers will tell you that now
Is the time to ee the canal. They are
on the home stretch of the big under
taking, and in a comparatively rew
months water will have hidden from
Ight by far the greater portion of
the expensive construction.
"Then the men who hated to see all
that money spent down here instead of
in their Congressional districts will
raise a mighty roar," said one engi
neer whose duties naa aept mm
to the all-Important financial side of
the work. "Everyone who comes along
will wonder how In thunder we ever
managed to spend all of that $375,000.
ooo. And It won t altogether be re
markable, either, for nine-tenths of
what we've accomplished will be under
water." ,
Koae I Healthful.
Even now you occasionally hear
comment a to what required tne neaty
expenditure for sanitation, for Instead
of the swamps and mosquitoes of a few
years ago the "investigator" of today
encounters a region of sucn apparent
healthfulness that It Is all but impos
sible to picture the old conditions
which demanded so great an outlay
before the actual work of making the
dirt fly could be attempted safely or
maintained satisfactorily.
Surely, though, the most captious
critic who views what has been done at
Culebra must be forced to admit that
wonderful progress has been made in a
wonderful undertaking.
Leaving Panama City shortly after
daybreik you reach Culebra before the
heat of the day Is well unaer way.
Culebra Itself is nothing more -than a
collection of Government buildings, in-
ludlng administrative offices, married
and single men's quarters, commissary
store, messes and club houses.
At the station, which is immaculate
ly neat, llko everything else on tne
sone except the persons of the laborers,
you are likely to see Colonel Goethals
eavlng In one oirection or anumer
upon his morning tour oi msiietimn.
His mornings, are wpent out upon the
line, his afternon In hi office, usual
ly. The Army officer, chief engineer
of the largest engineering enterprise
on earth. Is dressed In civilian clothes;
it Is said on the Isthmus that no one
ever saw him in uniform. Equally uni
versally It is said that he Is the mildest
and most modest of men, always ac
cessible, and taking for the two foun
dation pillars of nls "benevolent des
potism" the military axioms that all
men are to e judged by their effi
ciency alone, and that disobedience ana
disloyalty are the most damning oi an
Ins.
Big Ditch Grand Slarfct.
But to return to the cut.
von mar look into It to advantage
from several points near the Commis
sion Clubhouse. To the right are ooia
H contractors Hills, between wnicn
the rut is deepest ana busiest; away w
h ift for some five miles you can see
the big ditch. The skies are mue, tne
hill, above tha scarred canyon are
green. Its walls are browns and grays
and reds, as dirt and rock and clay re
place each other. Clouds of smoke and
steam rise from the multitude of steam
shovels, and from tne locomotives
which hurry up ana aown tne iruca.
rushinir never-ending trains of loaded
dirtcars from the shovels away to the
fills and breakwater at Balboa on the
Pacific and to Gatun Dam, 26 miles
Atlantlcward.
The problem or transporting tne airt.
or "gpolt, as It IB vaiicu, id wie cw
one now, they will tell you. It is sim
ply a matter of digging, as regards the
making of the cut itself; as soon as
one center ditch Is wide enough to con
tain two seta of tracks and allow a
.,.m .hovel between them, another
ditch Is started through its center, thus
permitting the operation of a continu
ous set of shovels on the various beams
or shelves.
From the Empire buhj,chbiuh linage.
near Culebra, the grades extena toward
the'two oceans, so that all loaded trains
have a down-grade haul. There are so
many mllea of track In the cut that you
hesitate to go Into details for fear that
it might be said. "Why, you're talking
bout a raiiroaa
Ob." ClOSe tO 1VU . 'ol, nuu
lies of waterpipea mm pu: aui me
compressea air .. .
to mention elaborate wiring and train-
Ignalling systems. "" "
. r,ii,-ted scene of energetic labor
as impressive as It is difficult to fully
Kr"D- . .11 h. trnl.
There are " . ...T .... .
lows, which wrestle wim uwr iani j
1 loads of dirt and rock with a skill and
apparent -understanding that Is almost
human.
The shovels are preceded by a band
of small well drills, if the material is
not very hard rock, otherwise by reg
ular steam drills. These well drills,
with their tall hoists and round bodies,
look for all the world like glraffs with
their necks held straisht. marching ;
along; in stately procession. Behind
thenvcome the dynamite men.
Countless hundreds of tons of dyna
mite are used and despite the fact that
the laborers seem to toss the danger
ous stuff around with awe-inspiring
disrespect, there are wonderfully few
serious accidents. First a light charge
containing from 10 to 20 pounda of
dynamite is set off in the bottom of ,
the holes, this forming a cavity to re
ceive the larger charges.' Into these
chambers from 75 to 200 pounds of the :
explosive is dropped, and set off during .
the noontime two hours of rest, or at
quitting time in the evening. It once ,
happened that a first charge ignited a ,
chance vein of coal, which made things
too hot for the second large charge,
resulting In a premature explosion and
the loss of 35 lives. All firing is done ;
by electricity, the controlling buttons
being pressed from a generous dis
tance. Much has been made of the slides
which from time to time have occurred
along the sides of Culebra Cut. From
all that has been said and written re
garding them you expect to see some
thing: really disquieting. My own real
surprise when they were pointed out to
me was their great insignificance.
Slides Mere Bulging.
The slides of Culebra are nothing
more than slight bulglngs In the banks,
neither indicative of further trouble or
makers of much additional work. A
slide means simply that the shovels
and the trains much remove more ma
terial than was originally estimated
Possibility of their further recurrence
Is being "minimized by the removal of
much weighty material from along the
heights above the cut, thus reducing
the weight and the resultant pressure
from the sloping banks, further pre
ventive of slides will be the presence
of the water, whose pressure win
make practically impossible any caving
in of the banks, once it nas oeen aa
ml t ted to the completed canal.
There are two ways of "doing'
Culebra Cut. One is to occupy a rather
hot leather seat in a luxurious motor
car, provided through the courtesy of
the Canal Commission, which whizzes
you along the tracks past the details
vou most want to examine and Btops
indefinitely in the rear of some blocked
dirt or busy train, for nothing at all
I oermltted to interfere with the reg
ular operation of the trains or the
shovels, which are undisputed cocks of
the walk in Culebra, with position ana
nrecedenee relleiously respected.
Representatives in Congress getting
ammunition for Winter speeches on the
floor of the House make the trip in the
car, one of whose chief appurtenances
is a well-informed man, who explains
what la seen as the trip progresses,
The other way to see the cut is to
take an umbrella and an old pair of
shoes and walk through it.
Experience Hot One,
I did both. This gives me the double
advantage of knowing exactly how
much Representatives really know
about the details of the canal work.
and of intimately realizing the vastness
of it all. Indeed, it Is hard to Imagine
anvthinor that would give a clearer
idea of the depth of the cut than to
climb up from Its bottom to Culebra at
midday In latitude 9 degr. north, on
the several hundred all but vertical
steps. The experience was memorable;
In this world, at least, there
found few hotter.
When the Oregon steams at the head
of the battleship column through the
canal, in 1915. it is my hope that I may
be unon the decks of one of the ves
sels Just for the satisfaction of looking
at the location or that torria laaaer
and realizing how delightfully cool the
submerged walla or the
then be. 1
a
cut . will
ROOSEVELT BOOM SHOWING
(Continued From First Page.)
permit of a primary to select the six
delegates at large from Ohio to the
National convention.
Incidentally they are Interviewing
members of the committee on the nom
ination question, declaring that Taft
cannot carry his own state and pro
claiming that the only man who can
U the party leader of 1904. For more
than three hours tonight Mr. Brown
was locked In conference with Arthur
I. Vorys, National committeeman for
Ohio, who came to the state chairman's
rooms direct from an Interview with
President Taft and Secretary Hllles at
the White House.
Taft Men Issue Appeal.
In anticipation of and to counteract
the possible effect of the activities of
the Brown-Hanna contingent, the Ad
ministration put a statement author
ized by Lewis C. Laylin, chairman of
the executive committee that conduct
ed the campaign for Warren G. Hard
ing against Harmon In 1910. In this
statement Mr. Lay 1 In declared "it is
the duty of a Republican organization
to hold up the hands of an honest,
patriotic Republican Administration."
In conclusion, after praise for the
acts of the Administration, the state
ment announces that when President
Taffs name again is presented to the
party and the people of Ohio, "on so
ber, serious consideration their cordial
approval again will be accorded him."
La Follette Movement Waning;.
The important feature of the hour
Is the undercurrent of nomination talk.
The early arrivals brought cheering;
news to president Taft. Now there is
a widely different line of talk, gen
erally not for quotation, because the
speakers want it understood that they
think Taft probably will be renomi
nated, "but "
And the "buts" and "ifs" do not in
volve the contest between Taft and
La Follette, but Taft and Roosevelt.
A "progressive" of high standing from
the Far West, who thinks that tne 1-a
Follette movement has reached Its
climax and developed the fact that It
cannot succeed, declares that he in
tends to stampede tne national con
vention for Roosevelt and the he
knows that Roosevelt will accept, al
though not a candidate.
Primary Bad for T. R.
The adjustment of the Presidential
primary question V'out of court" was at.
tended by the fear of friends of Colonel
Roosevelt that the primary. If adopted
at this time, might cut off the possibil
ity of nominating him. The. men be
hind the Roosevelt movement do not be
lieve that Roosevelt sentiment will
have time to crystallize prior to the pri
mary elections in certain Western
States. Thus states where they would
look for the strongest support might be
compelled to record their preference for
some other candidates. His nomination,
they say, must come through an out
burst of enthusiasm at the convention.
Six states thus far have Presidential
primary laws North Dakota. Wiscon
sin. Nebraska, Oregon, New Jersey and
South Dakota.
Chicago Will Be Caosea.
Chicago will get the convention, and
It will be held the last week in June.
Nevertheless, the champions of St.
Louis. Denver, Cincinnati, Philadelphia
and Baltimore have not abandoned the
fight. They undoubtedly will put In a
formal bid. St. Louis has been the most
formidable rival of Chicago, with the
claims of Denver and Cincinnati being
next most prominently presented.
While the last week in June seems to
be favored as the best time for holding
the convention, the obstacle to so early
a date Is the Presidential primary in
South Dakota, June 4. There is a rule
Price Collier, the author of
"England and the English
from an American Point
of View," which was a lit
erary sensation last year,
will contribute another
series of articles, dealing
with Germany and the
Germans, to
CI
AGAZINE
during 1912. And you
will want to read :
A. W. Ifflason'& great
story, "Tho Turnstile"
It began in October.
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John F ox, Br. 's new novel
"The Heart of the Hills' "
Rohert Grant's
"The Convictions of a
Grandfather " begin in January.
They discuss with shrewd humor and applica
tion to every-day life, the changed social and
political conditions, the question of the accumu
lation and uses of great fortunes, the increased
cost of living, divorce, woman suffrage almost
everything of vital and familiar interest.
"Witshing Hill Stories,"
hy Em W. Hornung
creator of the incomparable Raffles, past-master
of the short story of mystery and adventure.
A most remarkable series of experiences in
a London suburb.
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that delegates to the convention must
be selected at least 30 days prior to the
convention in order to give ample au
thority for the adjudication of any con
tests.
It is likely that an order will be
adopted, waiving this rule in the case
of any states that find it impossible or
Inconvenient to select delegates before
June 1.
Chairmanship Left Open.
There will be no fight for the chair
manship of the committee at this time.
Ex-Governor Hills, of Alaine, tne vice-
chairman, will be elected to serve until
the presidential nomination is made.
The committee will not act on tne
resolution for a reduction of a South
ern representation, declaring this to be
question for determination by tne
convention itself. The committee will
not bar Federal officeholders as dele
gates to the National convention, tak
ing the ground that this is a question
for the committee to decide. The rep
resentatives are bound to discourage
officeholders from seeking election as
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