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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1908)
f UEM COUNTY LEADER RtCOUINS, Cdltar r N HAVDEN, Manacar TOLEDO .'. .OREGON The tornado sen sou Is "on," aim countless roofg are off, In several West ern states. No doubt there are a lot of men who think a great deal of the theory that laziness Is a disease. Mrs. Hetty Green's face may require beauty treatment, but the face value of ber notes needs no pomade. A clergyman lms placed a ban on woman's big hats. Everything else was placed there by the makers. Let nobody say the cottonwood Is a useless tree. It has been tapped and found to contain natu-al gas. The man who swallowed a check for 150 muBt have some personal knowl edge of undigested securities. Those night riders have been In the saddle long enough by this time to be bow-legged, so that detection should be an easy matter. Alfred G. Vanderbllt admits that his Income has been reduced to $S()0,00() a yenr, but he is keeping a stiff upper lip and hoping for the best. The man who led a double life on a salary of f 10 a week must Beem like a wizard to the men who find It hard to live a single life on double that. The "Rev." Billy Sunday makes a proper protest against the man who guzzles champagne. Down with the man who guzzles anything, especially eoup I The New York Evening Post quotes an article by Dr. Otto Frciherr vou der I'fordten from the Naturwlssen Bchnftliclie Woohonschrlft.. Itlseuough tostaggcrhumnnlty. ' There Is nothing new In the an nouncement that war has been de clared against the house flies. Our grandmothers used to fight them from morning till night. After the country's standing timber lins been exhausted by a wasteful people-the Missouri river will furnish a practically Inexhaustible supply of snugs for the use of the wood pulp trust. The story Is told of a Texas couple who walked ten miles through ruin and 'mud to get married. Until some couple walks thnt. far, under similar conditions, to get n divorce, we're go ing to remain optimistic on the sub ject of marriage. Between the birth of the famous General John A. Dix, In 171)8, and the death of his noted son, the Itov. Mor gan Dlx, this spring, every President of the United States has lived. Wash ington did not die till 1700, when the elder Dlx was jnore than a year old. These, two men, father and son, lived in three centuries, and were ornaments of two. American national songs have been frequently criticized severely. The imislc has been objected to as having been borrowed, the words ns not poetic. On the other hand, Dr. Walsh,, the Scottish preacher, who lately visited the United States, remarks that "America" has one noble merit: "It Is the least bellicose of national hymns." America has ofTendod some of its profoundest European critics by Its chronic optimism. What an American philosopher calls the religion of iiealthy-mlndediiess flourishes In this country more than In any other; our determined good ciier and faith ' in prosperity make the sad-eyed world shake Its wise head. The same critics will no doubt find another example of our incorrigible shallowness In. the Na tional Prosperity Association, recently formed in St. Louis, and will think Its motto, "Give us a rest and sunshine," hopelessly silly. But underneath this campaign of optimism is some hard American business sense, and boards of trade and other business organiza tions ail over the country have Joined In an application of mlud-cure to the financial depression. Poor, blind, foolish creatures that we are, we seek through the whole world for remedies, and seek in vain, forget ting that God in Ills goodness has placed them right before us. The city man, sick and tired of the noise, the confusion, the dirt, the smoke, the un ending bustle and rush and rour and rattle, yearns for surcease and for balm. If he will follow the true dic tates of his soul he will cut out the trip to Europe, or to a watering place, and go to the good green country. It will save him much money, and maybe tils life. Here may his weary heart find peac complete In miracles of col or, In spicy, subtle odors, in sounds, firm, deep, tumultuous. Here may he be waked, fresh and bright, by the Bob White's whistle on the dewy dawn, to dream through days that are long-spun threads of gold linked by starry nights of silver. Here may he drink, through every quickened sense, the cup that Na ture tills for us a happy, draught, un- mixed with twin. Solitude nhiln food. pure water, fresh air, clear Buiishiue1 i . . , , , and the good old earth, aii roofed lniMigtit Variation in the by the skv the best- minlturt inn that I by the sky the best sanitarium that ever was! All the learned specialists, with all their intricate formulas, may fail to help you, and a brief clasp by mother nature, close to her heart, may make a new man of vou. All the medi cinal baths, even at the furthest end of the earth, cann.ct equal a plunge at dawn into an ice-cold pool direct from a hillside spring. All the dieticians cannot prescribe a more healthful breakfast than eggs and milk fresh from the farmyqrd. All the physical directors cannot devise a better exer- j PensIve "fairs. Their cost to the party else than a brisk walk in the bright holdinS t1" Is estimated at not le3s sunshlne along a country road. tban S150-000. . ad perhaps more. In each great party Is a body of wise men What would Dr. Johnson have said known 88 the "National Committee." If lie could have foreseen that within jTnIs ,)ody ls the nome of political' as- two hundred years of his time those cension- A man nii'y n Pr0U(1 mem" whom he . aptly characterized as her of n division committee, which Is "wretched ' unldea'd girls" would de- j tlle fil'st steV ln the ladder. But when velop to the point -where they could. he reachpR tue dizzy heights of na- gather ln a single city nearly a thou- tlo'-ml committeeman from - his State sand of their sex, each of whom bore nnd nIMears flt the convention with a the time-honored degree of bachelor of j um1i?e ns blB. as " ancient breast- iii-imV If n.u .r,.v ..i.i .l.i i pin to, so thst there cnti be no mistake - o v uu v. - - Liv. VUU1U ! J been In Boston at the recent assembly j of the Association of Collegiate Alum nae, he must have amended his sav age comparison of a woman's nrencli- nig io u uogs wanting on its hlnu legs " -not well done, but surprising In thne f the different dt.es that it should be done at a... For these ' - J. "J -It.cal.y earned Indies Rtmko upIi niM.i Iooks to the size of the "guarantee," ing to a dog's walking on Its hind legs learned ladles spoke well, presided , with d B-nitv-nmi fni-ia i.nto.i .iti, :".:". counesy, ana got tnrougn a vast deal, of business and pleasure ln the week or their meeting. The association com prises the women graduates of twen ty-five selected colleges. It -numbers uniij-Bi. uniucnes ana nixiiit thirty- fl..A i j i i . . . . thlrty-slx branches and about thirty- mo uuuiuHi meuiuers. ii mis an in-1 v .. unlmOT terest in every problem of education glns ln renl foL'ni- TIie notel bllls f and sociology, and is full of n wnrm.t,,e ntional Committees are some- gool-fellowshIp. The subjects of dis- cusslon at this twenty-fifth miniver sary of the association were nunier ous; but two facts in regard to the meetings struck an Impartial observer, j The delegate to the National Conven Flrst, the women were not anxious to tlon is generally a person of import do all the talking themselves.- Thoy'ance at his home. The Democrats re called to their platform a large num- quire a two-thirds vote of all the dele ber of men wise ln counsel, who gave g;ites present and voting to make a of their very best to the large audi- ' nomination. .. The Republicans require ences, of whom certainly nlne-tentha i majority of those present and voting, were alumnae. In the second place.l ' A"t a national convention each State the note of the meeting was In great, lias Its own headquarters, .where the contrast to the radicalism which mark- delegates gather.. They do a lot of ed similar conferences ten years ago. "conferring" with each other and with' The conservative woman had her say delegates' from other States. They hold nnd won her praise. The educated wife 'meetings and elect chairmen and hon and mother was recognized as thejorary vice presidents. The honorary finest product of civilization. The .vice president has' a seat on the plat teacher the foster-mother of society ( form and an extra ticket, but little was given the glory too often denied else. The chairman' does the dickering her. In short, there. was good cheer in In some cases; in some cases the posi these alnninoe meetings for every girl tion Is a sinecure. Usually the "con wlio wants discipline and knowledge ferring" and the dickering begin days Just that she may use them to make, before the convention Is to be called herself a better daughter, friend, wife !o order. and mother, and an uplifting and re-1 Trior to the. calling of the conven generatlng social force, ln whatever tlon to order the National Committee at. It 1 ..1. , . . .. . ... . ... ..... aiuuuu it una yn-iiseu uou to can uer. Tennla Rncketa. What most affects thp lifo In a lawn tennis racket ls dampness, says the New York Sun., Nowadays rackets are strung so tight that the u.t.i,.n t...n..i. minion intuit wiui even greater lie - qnency than before. The Idea is that tight gut sends the ball with greftter force from the very tense surface. .The dampness gets right after these very taut strings. A lawn tennis man whs ....t.. I..t.... ,.i .. -aiiiuuiiiK lei-emiy wnui precautions have to be taken !n sending racket nlrond: ' ."When first we began to send them to Bermuda, for Instance," he said, "we put them merely in watentroof covers. Greatly to our surprise we learned that the entire first shipment had arrived with strinirs broken " " - tried the same packing again., with tlw same result. i i c i'fiiivti vtiui i wiih run " , . , ., tip and tha made them airtight and dllllin Proof." damp proof." The lawn tennis man explained a, new wrinkle of players. At the end . .n...A A i. i , , " . of a season some of them have nil the B-iit cut out nf a fnvnr to rnffc-nf Tl.la ..... ,. . gut cut out of a favorite racket. This " T, 7. , . 1. a string might break In the winter and put the strain all on the side of the frame, warping it "With a favorite racket they think it better to pay for restrlnglng them than to run those chances," said he. "It doesn't hurt a racket to restrlng It ; really it helps and Improves it." A Hold-Up. This perfume, sir, is $4 an ounce." "No wonder you fellows make money, getting $4 for a scent" Kansas City Times. What has become of the married 1.. . wuinau wuo iooKeu in a superior way at the old maids? trouble and packed the rackets In tin j tee offers to the convention as Its tern boxes. Bach box WHS carefullv soldered nnmrv p1inl-i,.n l.o t,n,n o WAGIIG A POLITICAL ; Republicans and Democrats. Great Power Wielded Vigorously by the National Committee Preliminary to the Gathering Handful of Leaders Control Machinery, Nominations and Platform. National conventions are very . I 1 - " I 1 1,1 llla Btandlng, the height of arabi- tlon U reached. There is one national committeeman from each State. This august body meets In December ore- ceding a national convention, exam nes the claims of the Afferent .hm ,w ook8 ".e size of tl.e "guarantee," as it Is culled. I his latter form means t,,Ht tho .. ,,, ,. , " w .,.s-i"- v.. umiuiiy Kfia iuv ronveiuiou. uue guar- f , V nntPft IS nccpntl hr the mniniltl-pa. I men, and they then proceed to spend It lavishly. Apartments at the most ' iw iUiCU, a uusi ui .pmttlnvna fa rotntiinil ati.l l.ialiia h.. thing enormous. Machinery nf a ConvenUon. While the preliminaries are being arranged the delegates are arriving. .is virtually in commana or the situa tion. With it lies the arranging of the details, the "framing- up" of the pro cednre of the first session, the selectlor of tIle temixirary chairman, and, in r erent n,nn-v cases, though not always ,ue ir"Kn mnKing ortne wnoie con VPTltinn. ' tptll'Tutt-nrtr nnrl. tumnnnnnt 1 ' ...... i.....,.it7 i- B"l!'-ntlo:s, nominating and platform building Convention la In OMer. Now for the convention, the greal IllPpHlKr thnt tha rvtmitrv hoa lrutl.ul " J forward to for so many weeks. The j chairman of the National Committee calls the convention to order, usually 'about noon upon the day set. ' The convention called to order, the proceedings are opened "with prayer, , The chairman requests the secretary' .to .read the cull for the convention, ,". - "".-. iucn me luiiuau gone through, and this takes a lot -of )' The next step Is the announce- ninnr t in nh., iiiwv i- n -iA An.,..ii. Hi nj vililii uiiill Vlltll LIIM UU1111U1L - " "- ou-nuu- So. There are loud and prolonged nhpnt-a nnl I... . ., m. cheers, and by a viva voce vote Mr So-and-So Is uiinlmously elected. There is usually little trouble over the elec . . . . i "",v- '- f.c no.- tlon of a temporary chairman.. The ' ..1,,,;,,,..., ti,.. . - .ur chairman then appoints a committee to "T"1 ,uc "'Porary cnairmnn to tne ,..,..., i,le lmlm piuj-B, iue ueiegn- tlon from Mr. So-and-So's State makes lot of noise, and all Is merry. It Is Incumbent on the temnorarv chairman to make a. speech. He lnvarl- ably takes advantage of the opportu- tllfv T I ,, ,... ..,t - 1.-nHn. M T . I. . uu. 1 Kjui,,c. &i is a I SU8taIned note. It is invarlablv a trlb- uicobcd uic ununiiy $uou III lueir Way ute to the "jiarty of Abraham Lincoln" Men noted for their eloquence, who at the Republican convention, and a can portray the virtues of the aspirant glorl fiction of the "party of Thomas in iansunge that will thrill their hear Jefferson at the Democratic. It lasts er8i flre selected for this work. The very long time... platform ls usually accorded the speak After the speech various resolutions er and his oration Is hailed with deaf- 'flre Onered. Pannllv thnnn hn vp hpAn I arrttnSl for in advance, and the tern- porary chairman wocks according to a 1TI0HAL COfWEfJTIO ' Procedure Between - rrinui ..in.... tk-. n 1 . v n ov-ucuuin, ITMlllIiK VU liru-l AJKJ and Richard Doe at the right time, so that there may be no hitch. Commlt- tees are appoluted ; one on resolutions, which will have the drafting of the platform; one on credentials or con- tested seats; one on permanent or- ganlzatlon. These are the Important ones. When they are all cioscn, and there has been a lot of hand-clapping and cheering, as well-known men are appointed to this or that committee, the temporary chairman announces an adjournment, usually until the next dav. Af ,oaf ... . . ' ' ' tT 1T Is n , moU d.'8tl?t deIogat.e beg n8 t0 " T h . . , . " . ma t home, he is lost In the n man at hom ,. , , f . t, hurly burly and Lr of the conven n )' r a . ,.... . JV tee Dut he 'had do . ... ...... lunu lue state ooss aeciuea that so- and-so should be a member of the Per n,rit . ... ... . manent Organization Comm ttee; that . . Mr. Brown, who ls a political eeono mist, should be honored by a seat in the Resolutions Committee, and that the Boss himself or one of his most trusted lieutenants should be a mem ber of the Credentials Committee. These bodies all meet separately. All the contests that were handled by the Na tional Committee the week previous go to the Committee on Credentials unless pressure hns beeii brought .to have the contestants withdraw their fight. The Credentials Committee wires are pulled the same .as was the National Commit tee, and the result Is usually nearly the same. . ' Framing the Platform. It Is when the district delegate sits in the Committee ou Resolutions " to draft the platform that he begins to realize that he Is only a small "1" compared with the bosses. The genial .Mr., Doe, wno nos beeu coming to the national- conventions since 1808,' ls elected chalrmau with a hurrah. He assumes li Is position and draws from his pocket a carefully prepared docu ment, which the secretary proceeds to read. The district delegate might have had an idea some time previously that he would be consulted as to the plat form. But the party leaders saved him all the trouble and worrlment. They had skilled men at work on the plat form weeks before, and It is built ac cording to their Ideas. The committee usually adopts the platform with a rush. Sometimes there Is a fight on particular topics. But party expedi ency usually rules. Ileal Work Now Beglna. The Credentials Committee fre quently sits for three days and the ;onventlon must wait until "Its labors ire finished. The Committee on Per manent' Organization is usually a cut uid dried affair. Finally the Creden tials Committee reports and the new roll Is made up. Then the Committee m Permanent Organization makes Its report. It recommends thnt the "Hon orable Senator or Mr. So-and-So" be called upon to preside. Cheers greet the name, and the gentleman ls escort ed to the platform. After he has been elected he makes a profound speech, the omer onicers are choi horses the riieet Is on ither officers are chosen and, like race If the committee on Tlatform Is ready to report it reports after the permanent chairman has made his Mpi-ecn. .un tne report mere must be L roll call. There is always too the ...... . .. . ' . speech. .On the report there must be possibility Of a flcht. Certnln "nlnnVa' that pfense Maine may be abhorrent to Texas. When the matter of Hie nlat. lexns. wnen tne matter or flie nlat- forni Is disposed of, either by the com- ... .. '.. ' mriii is uiposeu or, eitner c mlttee reporting or bv the announce- ,nent thnt it Is not ready to report, the permanent chairman announces another gibiy until later In the same dnv. ivnn,in.M .. - r- Frequently the time is taken up' with ppoeches placing the candidates for .... x resident ID nomination. These 1. ,1 ....n . onlnflp onnlan atiA nhnitw, r- 1. . c.....n ul.t..uuo uuu mct,a, at.-u can- dldate Is brought to the front and his I works painted In glowing colors. Then comes the critical period. The district delegate believes now is the iuoment when he counts for something. The roll call begins and proceed monotonously. The chairmen of the different delegations alone do the talk ing. That Is all there is to It. The first ballot In the convention Is usually devoted to complimenting favorite sons. After that the real work begins. The district delegate learns that he is not to vote as he Intended, but that be will rote for some one else on the second ballot. Suddenly there ls a roar in the con vention. It is a mighty shout, louder than,' cannon. Someliody has been nom inated for President. Amidst great disorder the rollcall is pushed to con clusion. The chairman tries to learn how the tellers agree In their count. But the crowd knows all about it. The chairman, powerless as Mrs. Parting ton with a broom against the waves of the ocean, tries to do his duty. The . shouts and cheers keep up for ten or more minutes. Excited men parade the aisles, carrying their State banners, cheering and singing. Finally, when order Is restored, the chairman an nounces formally the name of the nom inee. World Knont the Ntwl Quickly. This Is greeted by more cheering .and everybody is happy except the friends of the defeated. They move to make the nomination unanimous with a for mal grace that lacks enthusiasm. This is done and the band plays. In the meantime tie click of th" fpipnnh ln strumeut shows that the news has beeji carried to every town and hamlet iu the country. It has been cabled to for eign countries. The rulers of all na tions know within a few minutes after the nomination who Is the. prospective President of the United States. No matter how long It has taken tt, choose a nominee for the Presidency, the whole performance has to be gone through again when It conies to nom inating a candidate for the second place on the ticket. There are not so many "favorite sons," however, and one ballot frequently suffices. More noise, more enthusiasm. The convention has nominated the ticket. " ' Each State delegation, at one of Its. conferences, has chosen Its candidate for member of the National Committee. The election of this committee is now In order. It ls put through quickly, as a rule, and without a bitch. Then reso lutions of various sorts are passed. The ticket Is named, the convention passes into history and the battle for power and patronage begins. The dis trict delegate goes home. His towns men congratulate him on his good work. Philadelphia Public Ledger. THE "FIXER" OF GOTHAH. New York Ent Side Character Haa -Ileal MlNKlon In Life. You will not find him mentioned ir the city's charter nor on the pay roll of Greater New York, but the enst side "fixer" ls an established Institution and is as Important' In bis way as the po liceman who samples the wares of the pushcart peddler, or as the white-robed! street cleaner. When aliens come to this country says the American Hebrew, and are enmeshed ln a mountain of ordinances ' and regulations It Is obvious that their lapses from the straight path marked out for the native must be viewed wltl an eye of softened by kindness. "This eye of kindness is the 'fixer He Is the man who rushes to the rescue of the, unfortuiinte wight who has beei caught in the wheels of the law and who needs a sponsor. "Necessarily the 'fixer1 Is the inti mate friend of the wnrd heeler, of the district leader and necessarily of the Judges of the minor courts. "He is usu ally bluff, hearty, good-natured and with a genuine love for his fellow citizens. "When a pushcart peddler is sud denly made to realize thnt he ls violat ing the law by staudlng on one spot for more than the, regulation number of minutes, and he is arrested by the po liceman who has "been sampling his beans or his fruit, It Is not n pleasant situation in which he would find him self if he had no means 'of communica ting with friends who are friends of n the 'fixer.' ' "It ls the 'fixer who sees the district leader for him, who appears in court to say a good word for him, who sees tho Judge before the case Is called, and who, if necessary, puts up the bail to take him out of Jail for the night "It must not be supposed that th 'fixer1 1b a philanthropist lie disdains ethics and civic virtue as the fanatic mouthing of the silk-stocking folk What he does is done for his own good! "If he does not receive his fee In money he knows he may count upon the rescued individual for his vote, and a vote Is easily converted into monetary value. As the friend of those in dis tress he becomes an influence in the neighborhood, and an army of such friends may lead to political prefer ment of lasting importance." Ever bothered with Insomnia? piauo players and dogs seem most frequent! v afflicted in this way. And the poor things make an awful fusa about It
