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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY IMPRINTING. OCTOBER 13. 1D0S.
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WHAT THE INJUNCTION REALLY MEANS
tlie Legal Side of tKc Action--Tiiinls Laws arc Loosely Drawn and Males Interesting Statement for'Tlic Sunday Journal Law as it is Defined tv Man WKo Advocates Restraint
Walter Drew, Commissioner of TKo
National Builders Association, Explains
NEW TORK CITT.Oot. JlVReeli. court of eomty to ummoo the offender
Ing the manner In which the la- d punlali Mm for contempt. The
v.. .14. r niinriir.it haa bMi power of the court t mtk, an ordu
bor side of Injunction been crr(., wUh lt ,h pow,r (J Bun,b foJ
forced to the forefront, your rep- a disobedience cf that order and the In.
reaentatlve c tiled on Walter qulry aa to tha question of dteobedl.
Tree n tha Builders Exchange JJunctloa "'
building here, to sat a concU. .tate. h- (m
meet of tha legal aide of tha Injunction, ( of the AmcrU-an federation of Labor
which ha I been only slightly touched aeniuai tne injunction .power of the
npon and i. not genera,,, jj .UtjJ. Inw
Mr. lrew. a commissioner or tha N- today. The occasion of the attempt to
1 1 ..n I I'wlr.' aaMltClallOIL. h IS ITllJ .iirfi.ll K - hA.H . . v. - .
- 'i ia uuui it wa.
a life-long etuuy or i.our diwh.. Ina resort ty employers harassed by
the' Inl Miction and Way be considered striking employes, to the court of
the official mouthpiece ol the manurao. equity for protection from the boycott,
Hiring and Industrial Interests or tne violence and intlrniJitiloii which wer
I 'tilted tftstes. The statement which, the methmls . commonly employed by
Mr. lw makee la connection with ,trjkint- unionists to compel employers
the Injunction Uue undoubted y rep- to submit to union demands and union
resents the sentiments of controlling In- shop control. ,
terest In the Industry of America. ! ao0r disputes a temporary re-
Most votwrs relieve m ma iujuno. straining order wa usually issued
upon the filing of tho bill, because tha
damage threatened particularly to th
good will of tha business was of an Ir
reparable nature am any effort to ra
tion Lt of HP". 1 importance this year.
a It eppll-. ibor probusms only,
mhereis the u.n'.rv system of Injunc
tion would La arr;ciea oy any legists
tha union would In mast rim h. tutu.
This restraining order backed up by
the power of .the court to punish for
contempt was sufficient to restrict the
trades unionists to their lawful re
sources.- which were In most aa.a
Hon directed agalnat tha Injunction of t0v.r damages from the members r t
"The term Injunction." said Mr. Drew
todav, "is loosely used to covsr three
Inhibitory writ Issued by courts of
chancery the permanent Injunction,
h. interlocutory Injunction, and tha
temporary restraining order. Tna per- insufficient to overthrow tho economlo
mammt injunction -"-' jaws or auppiy and demand, and where
notice and final hearing upon the facta the working conditions offered br im'
and law. The Interlocutory Injunction. pioypr, were fair and satisfactory ta
Is an injunction granted usually upon nonunion men. the places of the etrlk
motlon and after notice to preserve the ,Pg wer ,,,.,, anj t, industry ...
subject in controversy and to prevent tacked wan able to proceed.
further wrong, and continues until the "This, then, I tha substance' of tha
final hearing. The temporary rostra n- unions' attack upon the injunction
inr order is distinguished from an in- power of the federal courts an effort
terlocutory injunction in that it la or- o bind by a legislative act the arm of
dlnarlly granted merely pending tha tha court which haa been Interposed bo--hearing
of a motion for an Interlocal- tweon the marked victims of the labor
tory injunction and Ita lire ceases with unionists and the weapons of lawlesa
the deposition of that motion. It haa nes and terrorism employed by the
been the universal and . immemorial trades union in Its conflict with em
praetloe of courts of equity to grant re- plovers. , .
atrninlnr orders ex parte, that Is. upon "The hills which heva- fmm llm. . '
tnMhlok!.U!nf Amerlci WALTER DREW, FROM A PHOTO TAKEN FOR NORTH AMERICAN
rains t whom tha writ is nought, its representetlvea.;,have presented tha PRES8 SYNDICATE
where- tha court is confronted with matter in various guises and nought
llAlTAtr.l wher h,?LrhISn1.!n, j;'0"," !y"r.,.T?1t mo,t without notice and an op- putea between employer and employe:
nS.er.aii2i.Hn Inof ihesa it AinAV hWlXl V "d po"n"y to be heard being first given that no body of men shall be restrained
-,.":i0yH2M party sought to.be restrained: from .any ctlon from which an Indi-
- -- ' .. uiucr. mn no injunction snail issue in
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ny Individual cited for contempt of latlon between employer and employe. It
curt shall be tried by a Jury, and that or concerning any act or thing lo be aer
all trials for contempt ahall be before done er not le be done with reference off
rould be nrartlcallv Imnoeslbla
rve notice of the application on el
fenders, Tha Im.uilii... tit . r.a t r. t r. .
another Judse than the one who Issued to or Involving or growing out iof a Ing order without hearing does not op-
w nioiCTj io mri Hwii viojia. isoor aispute, snail oonsiuuiv vvn- . . . iv wvprirs nm party reeirsmeQ or
j ! vdi'mioi i-ffrrt mil perneps
better expressss the wishes ot the
American Federation or
any of It predecessors. In fact. In
the American k'ederatlonlst for June,
10I. Mr. Uompers, writing aa presldnnt
ef the American Federation c Labor,
aald of this proposed bill:
" 'Jn the name of labor, tn tha Inter
est of all our people, we urge and
mtlst insist upon, the enactment of the
Pearre Mil. H. R. H, rtgulMlng the Is
suing of the Injunotlve writ .to . lie
original and beneficent purpose.'
'The bill reads as follows:
A bill to regulate the Issuanae of
splraor or other criminal orrense, or a 04 y in oouil n the contrary. It
be nunlaht nr nroaiauutad SS such U". merely tireeervea tha auhleck nuttip ar
Iabor than less the act or tiling to be done or not the controversy until a hearing can be
10 vw aoni woii7ii urn uiitwui iitw prscurvs pna ruie 01 in,
by a alngle individual, nor ahall the en- courts are as binding upon the courts
terlng Into or the carrying out ef any of equity ee statutory euactmenla, and
such agreement be restrained or en- It lias always been the rule and prso-
Jolned unlesa such aoA or thing s greed tlce of our fednral courts not to Issue
to be done would be subject to be re- a restraining- order except where It le
strained or enjoined under the provte- made to appear to the court that Irre-
10ns, limitations ana aerinition con- parable dmuage will be done to the tub
talned in the first section of this act -t matter of the controversy If the
cue, s. j net an acts inn in 01 praer is aenieu.
act in conflict wun tne provisions 01
this act are hereby repealed.' .
"The objection to this bin on tne pari
"It haa been made a eatch-Dhraae ef
this campaign agalnat the courts that
restraining ordera end Injunctions and ef He opponents, which hsa been most ,r, 1 i'htch the reTiVondent U dTnfJj
procedure thereon and lo limit the effective, is that In denying to the vie Vf nJl, helVCdse bv a lurv
meaning of 'coneplraoy In certain caaee. tlms of labor disputes the protection ln0 -pr" " rh dr!h7ed over the
" He'll enacted, eto.. That no re-.which le afforded disputants In other .JsiuVl AmSrloMlam of tl!e nVht ta
straining order or Injunction ahall be Vlaasee of cases, the ensotment pro- t','al, V9 jjpj nl T cases that wa have
granted by any court of the United Posed would be unconstitutional. It le neirly loathe insistent dml era t?on of
gtates, or e, Judge or the Judges there- true that the bill permits the Issuing ocLr?! that thJ Trial?! to ha Wilfv
of. In any case between an employer, of a restrslnlng orJer In labor contro- 2"tro"r!lee dealt with b? etiJXblJ
and an employe, or between employers versles where Irreparable damage la i""thod. 7J ,.Vred as the rltht to a
and employes, or between employes, or threatened to property rights but fol- lrlal by Jury It la essential to the dig
between persona employed to labor and lows up thla concession with the as. JV"' "f.J ,rftica" i ' our courti If n5t
perepns sieklng employment aa labor- tonlshln proviso Uiat the right to to thSir very existence that tha nowee
ers. or Involving or growing out of a carry on a business shall not 60 con- if- ryto f obedience. PF,m
dispute concerning terme or conditions sldered property right. This le equlv. history of JuHB.irSde"ncethe
of employment, unless necessary to alent tosaylng that the good wllPof a "'.JjrL oower to ount for contemn?
prevent Irreparable Injury to property buelneas is no asset of Its owners. We h-S'Vn regarded fee fft heiiSt h? oJr?5
or to a property right of the party may confidently etate without referring f eotuv essenMal to the exiroU- ..?
making, the application, for whlcfi In- to more than the report- of, Mr. Tlr- ?hel cowers and the maltiteSaucJ i
Jury hero Is 110 adequate remedy at rell'e ub-committee of the 'ludlclary. ;'h I Pw?r:y"
law. and such nroDerty r nrooerty which investigated this precise point V."2r,ljr Ma a p'rt 01 tb u
in., in, rirh 1. T r n ty - -
right must be particularly described in very thoroughly,
The labor unions' fight against! the In-
Ihft am.!tMnn. which muni Km In writ bimltiAHM la hr nit thevauthorltlea dls-
Ihg and aworn to by theTappllcant or coverable, considered to he a property Junction Is necessary to the lebljr union
bv his. her of Its agent or attorney, rlrht which cannot be constitutionally program of maintaining for their mem-
And for the purposes of thin, act no outlawed. The second section of . the br monopoly of the employment of
riant to continue the relation of em- bill, thouch Ita purpose is not In ex- ur country. An uneconomic, situation
ploycr and employe or to aaeume or press terms so stated. Is a deliberate at- auch aa we have, where one fifth of tho
icreate auch relation with any part leu- tempt to exempt labor organisations worklngmen perform ell the work
lar persou or persons, or at all, or to from the provisions of the general law while the other four 'fifths stand Idle,
carry on business of any' particular in violation of the fifth amendment to cannot be maintained 'except- by force,
kind, or . at any . particular place, or at the constitution. By picketing, by the boycott and by
all, shall be construed, held, considered 'The matter of notice which la raised terrorism the labor unions were for a
or treated as property or aa conetltut- by. most of the other bills proposed, for time enabled to approach to their Ideal
Ing a property right. example bv the Tleverldge bill, and the the closed ahop In many trades. When
' "Sec. !. That In cones arising in the Gilbert bill, 7s taken by the opponenta employers resorted to the courts, tho
courts of the United States or coming of the proposed legislation to be In- unions were.by the Injunction deprived
before said courts, or before any Judge tended to cause a fatal delay on the of their weapons, and we have the
or tho Judges thereof, no agreement part of the courte which will permit a epectacle of the American Federation of
between two or more persona concern-
ina- tne terms or conditions or em
ployment of labor, or the, assumption
trlklnsr body of workmen to terrorise JUebor appealing to congress to reverse
th emnlnver as if no rlrht to a re- a rullnz of the federal courts that ter-
straining order existed. Thla Is par- rorlsm and the boycott are not the law-
dls- vldual could not be restrained; that or creation or termination of any re- tlcularly true in labor dlsputea where ful weapons of industrial competition."
"THE COLONEL'S OPTION'-WW a Man Really C
Accomplisk if He is Determined to Conquer tke World of Business
when Tom reasaored her, she vowed
that she would tnlesranh to him for
JiTl 15,000 immediately upon reaching
T4.ni.mnnr .'I'll .air him for th. Inn 11
name of Pluck.
"Better use your own name,' sail
as he took out his watch, "iiut
too late now. Father stays in his
. neVI.. frnm fi t n 11 t'Mnr.lr Mrh mom-
wire father and get any amount inr an rtr that hla office la in hla
want!" quickly responded Tom. hat. and It la the next thine: to the
tell me, whafe the trouble?" impossible to locate him."
not toniarht. We've rot the An hum. Inter Tnm an Melon wnra
. .. ki.ntr nA M-r. anv TMi .ii , i, i a Z of oil at Ri.,m.i Th... wnoie or loniorrow Derore us. ana we the owners of half an aero of the Kpln-
W"" . know" I'm a deserted lover Helen-I Itable lakes of the stuff findlna- the r San d? ?reat deal ln e,'ht ' " die Top district, and had received an I
preeslonlesa aa a b t ofole ther. n,,W- BenJthroVn ' meoven " on! TtowaVd the paes. and real es- S'i?',Sd .H ?fe5, of .' their option on
there was an Inflection, and quality of temporarily." And, leaning over the tate values had gone frorn $50 an are wouJ aPj' leP a w,n ton'sht If I the five acres. They were about to ac-
tone which verified the declaration With table, he held out his hand toward hie to 11,000 and more. The chance of a w'r to tell you all my troubles. cept the offer when a . man coatleM
.m,.ia . father, while a qulzxical smile played lifetime was spparent, and with the "I am afraid I won't Bleep unless you na hatlesa. dashed Into the little
tremendoua emphaaie. . -.,...-! about Ua Upg, - passing of each hour, this chance waa do tell me. Come, what Is It?" pleaded room an old a hoe shop full of last.
"Tes, J realised thla aa a probability, imnni.r..!. i.ti.. v. blng whittled down, because an om- Tom. dilapidated, shoes and mended ones.
long ago,f answered Tom. with Juat a colonel asked: "Is It true? Have you thSTew.1 to'-n nrV1? M i"" "N you must wait until tomorrow, i?1 ruerbbTok?rre"rSm Galve" ton
shade of patho. a. 7 atandln at the .quarreled? I. everything off?" . , X"" th convVntlMai noaaihfi ties f.0.A nlS' "eIe" .h..Ld and ertae I out: "I'm authorized to offer
library window, he watched the Indus- . ot ouita,- umnd Tom. "bnt you were much in evidence. It was possible iT thV a.m. tTm. ,,1 30.000 for thay option."
:"?Wa0I.Mw",?.,Jt toward the door. Noticing her lover's T" take it!" quleUy
. a-s-fOM, I'm disappointed; dreadful- your Inheritance, still anything you telling him of his departure, Tom start- Til
jy disappointed," said uoionei mx,J JU" cm" " ra ror Texas. you
, I .Edward, to the only son, and iirw nS tt"?Srtak " top , .day ahead of But
X -.n. ,. f th. awaaVer "-IV. ZT-Y: . .. ... . ...J" i""na c"?. u'.vo "! "No
TIIB PREoSIDEWTIAL .
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try of a great ider in black and gold, "ow 'f.S(tt.th,luAl1 W
V. XUCU WB.B nutttuii ran u.iq.,. ycuuutb '
tween two ropes of niorning-Kloryvine. ... d . , fah
to end within a fort-
observed Miss
Stevens, and as Tom took a blank to
J
AMES BUCHANAN, who succeeded presslon and marking the beginning of
to the prealdency ln 1856, was the 5na remaining delegates on
,Nhi. v-k. , . . '.,.. . the following day proceeded with tho
last chief executive to be elected by work of nam in . ?.nrtirt.t. n...iu
Democrats for nearlv SO years. It had led all others, but on nonniint nf
Is Indeed practically certain that th .two thirds rule w never able to
u w . a ta in invito ilia uuiuiim-
would have been defeated ln tion. Finally, on the tenth day of th
not been for the Influence session, the convention adjourned to
able and conservative men in m . iln. -LlSn'OD..J,in6 ls MSn'
v... m w . n time,-those who had vltndrawn had as-
wo uu uuouw semoied and agreed to meet on the
exDerlence In nublla affair . same date ln the citv Richmond.
acknowledged capacity and his con- ?lh- Jl1?"1 "a ' P":
afforded a .better guarantee successful life for 10 years, had at last
ter of doltorsana ente.. ;i she has secured an enearement for th these things interested Tom. but he was " " "er in his arms and -Make it nut to me: hanred If t ter of th flerv nvamnnt Tt.h.n.n When the Baltimore hranrh of th
t??;"' -'Jt.i tffi Mt 5?mn winter. and will travel all over P8riS;?.t ct while the morrow, KQl? "hVL KI?f...,n. v. haven't forgotten my. client's full name, clared shortly after his election that Democratlo party reassembled, five
iiTi..- vim rH km mniih i"" unirT tne oeaa or a concert """JL ol"n" na ner -xroupe. "v ir" -C" hi. .1 .iaKe..it out to uoionei Ateianetnon" tne great object of his administration !?re oays or. wrangling
cmirlArw ean 4Uannr.lnm AM aika
,Vhi. .-a "X"' ilr-J..rn,..l"e,?rrr: tinued, "Now Tom. be good. Remember w " "l8."8"!'., ne, ....
s "unit from me lime i reemveu my uo-. .r.iv.i. " :t-.r . i , j. l - in ueen a woman or Business ior many . . i
1 VV.i. f v.v. hum evnnrtlnsr the ' wnojiy aamiraDie, ii wm iniuui or inose wno WB.v. hnvo henn enrnlno. m own living iransrerr even ha
f gree at Tale, I have been expecuna; tne continued Tom. "You see aha sees a had made the initial revelation. It waa welKna?'eneaE"ln.?L ,TO7 wn.,,lv1?? Jut then Tolonel Edwards entered even ne
vef !?av.",u" "rK';.,mH trousseau ln the distance and it is an possible that no other paying flow of ? h.Jin h.'i Vf " n,..."nt the room and learning that his bid had "56 had lt
.ti.i. -!h.A i MnntaH n nTOin vour borate one. Moreover, lt is her own, on could be round ln the whole of lion.? and I it Ym Tonmin nt all riiht bee accepted made no effort to force of a few
tho ?ther. had ogted po our bought with her own earnings." Texas. And yet. Spindle Top heights. aJ?n. "S" fomJ2,?ut a" . his way through the crowd which had
"PP'P.I.-;.' ' "Hpw so?" was the colonel's query. Uttie nub of territory totally un- throut-h to a finish all alone Thera's gathered around Miss Stevens and her "7
had pictured-- .. "We 1 you know, she's an nntU. known outside of Jefferson countv a 5"?VKn to nn,,8,l.u "J?11".- .JM' enmnanlon. an's large
The.ruy result you week ago. was being discussed in all -w"' "a arIe ."i1 y.0c.'h, c. voS whaJ "To whom shall this transfer be hj,
bend, the only thing in lire wnicn, in , ,,. the monav onntara f th. i.mi . n,r anyway, and I want to snow you what .. u. ,..i,., v. 1
Tnr:""" : Pianist and haS a fine repertoire Tsoio the chief' demand at Beaumont was 1 Sw'ith rnv helo and M conducted the saleT-and TthV man whS "rvatlsm
lerrunted the son. Buslnes aa a mat- viniini.t ...... .v.. r" for mnnnr, .n n witn my help ana Ignorance, said i. - . .v , . . . j. a
would arrive,
uu iroupo k. fc.j. . hi. Af. i out io woionw mouuitiiion me great ooject or nia aamlnletratlor
rrlve. That is to say, he could "i or lVil'Ia h2 1 J?i m'SZi Edwards," came from the outer edge should be to arrest. If poesibleT the agi
ing but dream and formulate. ?aJ". ?t known but when he rapped of the crowd, and Tom and Helen IookSd iVinn th. pn..t.Z V.
Llaul"?dl??u,J?i. Th? J lvTrZInr.. .7r.T.re; t the other blankly as their bands destroy sectional parties. But he might raining . delegates nominated. Douglas
the end Of lt still another arronn nt
to tuuuicrn staies witnarew, ana tne re
count or your expenaitures. cut wraii vonr nn..tinn ck. ..m. t m a sudden weddtnr and amnna- atramr. was wnne. extremely anxious and al- .n
I honed for and half believed would onnortnnitv tn i.it th. Aiw ... JUA; ers. and then ODen an offloa In Rmu. most disconsolate. Tom was trying1 to th.
come, . was that your college breeding and BOUth, to sing and play for all pont as civil engineer, analytical ohem- take hla breakfast
would send you back to me an edu- .orts of cluha and Vini.ri.i t. ,.. 1st and expert man-maker. Truly, he entered the dlning-
cated up-to-date business man, compe- study of press notices and catch a freih thought, I can make good wages there Jh a quick "goo
tent to -manage and -finance .any busi- cold every third day. Incidentally I for a time at least, and If the oil find laid a bit of paper
j.coa uivuvgi,IVii " - - win receive a rairiv rnnii m n,ir" vivwa mo uBrinnueui wonaer liirl il
- sen ted.
"See here
father.
bottom of the window, and when tho hV.nnanVw JI. ""V'"""1 A"?
colonel numea to nis siae to aiscover score." wouM he in Hmi.t.n h ti,. i. .r ?lve us tne ownersnip or tne nair acre, when the
the spider swinging . DacK ana rortn "Say. Tom. that's business. That a-lrl tha nineteenth the Btevena fnnnert i,m. .l0 acquire the full rive acres we must mere luck
or ina ining. lau misui n.v com nan v "
ed twice over wnar-you- am "How much Is her salary?" asked the do nothln
""' coionei with a show of deen interest. '"'8 ne oia muuituainously. The "-" """""?, one at the other blankly as their hands n.atrnv
witnout a jnurmur om me. xn xoow TVhat la he to getr plan which seemed most rational and ft',?"? t. .B th.T m.LbV. .or mt, and In the seclusion of the oldse- m well T have sought to turn back the tor president and H. V. Johnson of
1he matter or WnhM wa the ve questton x askea feasible, was to abandon the concert en- the hotel he learned that Miss Stevens ly packea crowd squeezed tight and waves of the oeeM with I Soom Th. Georgia for vice-president In the mean
entered my bead, except that-1 dld.de- her whan t frwinii t m..m n nr..n terprlse. if Helen would consent to had taken an early brenlcfast and gone . H.hti.. ,,nt w.i.n enf.d nt! .1 " f "!?. 9 oean w"n a proom. -in M (h ,...; . Vhl
ZJrtVJ'CLEt2-S2' to abandon the proposition" f step; next to marry his be- P ffJf,.'?' h'ra Bh "Co't fom, ySu're Ashing m fin- diXmacy and praTnatlon ofBuch convention; Joined by those from the
that. you would keepan accurate ao- BaM To and h renlywlli anawni- trothed at ona: If she would consent to would return within an hour. And so it And eL when the lewlldered rip ?? an.?0?rHt.inatif'" LBu5,h: Baltimore eonventlon nominated i r
attempted to release his hand an- evS aaV P ,orw"a ,n' Breckenrldge of Kentucky for president
that Mis. elevens " Th. "tranafer wVs nerf t.d "and re- .Af.eeaII- to his announced deter- :",r" "a n?.B"'' VZ-
room hastily and -nrd.d th. father .on and fiann.. w.r. minauon. uucnaiian divided bis cabinet XLZXZ- .7.ZT,-Y" Ti."' .2,1" n
mnmlniF -Tr.' r, A. vl . Til : T" : : T annnlntn.a av.nlv h.tw.ian lh. nn.lh - J i"? louiwii
la a.au. uin, a uiu, ran n i tan w na Mrnvan aa 'nn fovr ama-km na l v re- - ----- v v... j a. n waa w - aawa waa aa, A m v
by the side of Tils canceled' its Houston date and disband- and ""th, making the veteran Lewis Qute dlff
'Tf .h. i i i i la now. temnorarllv Reaumnnt will 1,. acres Of the St
Come flulckly,- -oh. she's aot that. She didn't .i a good town in which I can grow up P.ladng a second
ILU L 11 D U1D.CB. l"l VVtiI Ulic,
, t;0..-.r,, "V" .."'"r . r "r rr"r enu impression was tnai cseward w
aU8Tm. haa. w red that he " I-," own.rahin .thlCf.: . "?i8n .Sap2?"ea...I?D8 ai .".V111"" c L. ". "J3-".18-??8 receive the nomination because . of his
" ?t ii "-""7 v-uuo. o-iiu mo uu accora-, prominence In the party, and his ac-
c Jhat she found the two ingly took fresh umbrage toward his' tnowledged ability. But there was se
options, but lt wasn't Iqck administration. Then came the famous rious objections to his nomination on
tne money ana tne piuca ured Scott decision rendered by the eu- the grounds of availability, because his
doa Job like them - es. she's been gone a week." , 4 meetVrTg between the 'engaged pair, unaf! Bft he ?k papers a?d arJ"8 "h- f kno'"'" 8a,i Hele' "aU of southed extract Ton ad south. a" ular T A man? of ho bede? SStesfTn
tpf , eis rtr - sgfus - - M rsH ifssss efI
"There he goes" observed Tom, with , ril pay any damaga I'll buy her cordial and effuslve wfth the wettv enthusiastio stride. "I'd rather not. "And the luck." interpolated Tom, thS, " tlmt. tn. ., . .. n? 51 "r",? f?2 dK&l0
the low, repressed enthusiasm. "And time and services from her manager " sad-eyed irnoersonator and reader Jhe half acre we can sell today for "to have a father. By the way, father B a,utium eleci,.on ?f ?L hlZZt!?ttnlnin ? 2 nv2 ?oa clty ,?r
there that Uttle puff of air was a urged the colonel. manager, saa eyea impersonator and reader. ,5 000 andfoP heaven'B sake, Tom, how did you happen to come to Texas?" S ben reach8a Abraham Lincoln the convention hall waa answered with
lucky go there, he's , caught his an- gAnd so pay a shrewd farseeln cPMlst and ? the baritone maieSve?! don't walk so fast. People will belleVe "Why f read the press report! Is to had appeared upon the scene. The term a thundering shout of enthusiastic an
chorage and bU truss Is complete. He's chance-taking specWtor for Ws faltS fnTfor "the hSno 'of escorting toehwet W8 have tfl8 011 , the oil find down We and knowing of Stephen a IKniglas as senator from PTova.- On the second ballot Seward
safe." - '-i-J - , ' in luck?" " y T or n,s lalln vs seif-DOSBessed I contralto "And so I have." said Tom, "but I you were both somewhere ln this Illinois was expiring. He was a candi- gained II votes, while Lincoln gained
"Say. Tom," said the eolonel as i he "That's so," said the colonel eontem- group .found I Its Twav to the street and can control lt, if you will pardon my neighborhood. I thought I would come date for Democratic selections. For- - . the third ballot Uncoln was
stepped near to the window sllL "There platlvely, and after a pause which 'Vus and so to "the Jo he street and exoltement... " don and take coupl, ef benighted merly friendly to the slave trade he was nominated amid tremendous cheers and
isn't a dollar In that sort of dreaming amused Tom. the practical man of . , v . , .v ' . Thus it happened, that, as they were idiots back to " now slightly regaining his northern bj,omi"'can"on' For vlce-preslJent,
and the man doesn't live who can Idle business continued. "And besides it . nf, at . hote the party was riding together over the 80 or 90 miles "Th. hum-drum of conventionalities popularity through an impression of a Hannibal Hamlin was named and the
his time ln this fashion and win." wouldn't be business to attamnr in an Quickly dispersed to their respective toward Beaumont, they agreed mutually and personalities and perpetual exemp- changed front. -Republicans, however, convention adjourned with declara-
"Win what?" quietly asked the eon. such way to discourage a girl who has ISVi! Tim h V MW,: that " would bo wise to ask Colonel tions from ambition; effort and luck," had not forgotten his past record and ? T, VJf'V; a lr . ,wfllc'1 ,r
as ne turned ana bh upon wis win- so mu
Atrm .111 . . ' 'W
"Ativthlnir" innrtrat tn. nntnn.l. nnt h -r I "' ." asked Helen. all and that In aa.
rt-- a h,,tt.- rk K.an orith Wh , I. " Toin exDlalned that na had about ah,id h. . h..h.i. .h. , iv.i - k.-. - , r:
I can get a score of men at the drop besides, she's all rlrht and ST. ?B0- at which he noticed a distinct could not charge that they had ln- ding at Houston, and the colonel had curred tha wnndm,,. i iB S. nounced the Demooratio doctrine of
of my hat, men who wUl take that than take care of herself Moreover Z". i alappointment on bis sweet- velghed him Into a mere chance. "And meanwhile made two round trips to the debate, ln which Lincoln startled thl PPula,r sovereignty as a fraud and a
spider apart, tell how he Is construct- I can take care of myself and propose k He was quickly relieved, you know," said Tom, lt is a pet the- north to purchase a lot of things and entlrs country with hi" remarkahla i?0"' T.hV"VL .f ,tft8 "bellion
ed, how be eats and digests his food, to do so from now on" Propose however, when she observed: "Well, ory with father that T,uck Is a fool Incidentally to arrange his affairs so aoostrODhles on the al a v.rvt jTF?n' A urth ticket came into
how he spins his web,, what the web "What do you mean?" ,V8 V8 "ot al7 1900 between us, and and pluck is a hero.'" that he might spend the summer In wV, Taoon Tannarant that th. ...Kn-.if the field,, representative of a so-called
is made of and how It Is made, and "That while I appreciate your a f fan. ,Z cr1 go.riy weii wun inai, oniy "upes colonel Edwards say that?" the handsome new home, with Tom had ,t t f..- . m. .h .u! uonsiiiuiionai union party, made up
,y "i. "lnf lauf na alm . J. .k... tLt-t " U right," said the father. "Did you pany. took, a train Immediately after na8 '000 and we must have lt to- available
..... iiin thin- -,i'..rfh that nan ' . DM already started on hef" tnelr performance that evening and by .,.. ... v, . . mat sne naa
another living thing on earth that can tour?" miwh y.a u That's easy!" triumphantly responded to hnv them
t
- ' " " ' vi o nDr.inLni.b0.' l,,v Vila I1BU X ,
at mucn money did you brlng7" acre loaf was better than no loaf at "Not if I know It," said Helen, with candidate against Douglas Abraham I, , congress or of a terrl-
tne on excitement unmistaKaDie empnasis, ana sne won, uncoln, a Springfield lawyer of hardly ," lD iiy kph exieience
Then nv.- " " ""J i...v.,T, cm
they accordingly put forward as their 'l. ffeDrea Scott oeclslon, denle l
candidate aaainsf Dourlaa thnhum the right .of congress or of a terrl-
I can get any one of 'em for a thou- tion for ma and voKr viaLI? Trl.l I had hoped for more.
sand dollars a year and gone the limit ln aceentlna a'ld from
-nut- not one or 'era can tell," ln- you." t
terrupted Tool "of that factor which The discussion which followed was
I choose to call luck, which sent that kindly, yet emphatic In Its showing of
tiny wane of air Just at the right time firmness on the part of both father and
to enable the spider to swing It Inches, son. each one defending his conviction
and so .made It possible for him to as to the place. Influence and merit of
bridge the abyss that confronted him." luck. The result was that within a
"There you go with your luck the- week thereafter Colonel Edwards was
ory. Tom. Ton aggravate me bevond addrenslnr latt.ra tn hi. .... i
enduraneer said the colonel, as he be- the Euclid Manufacturing companv In
gan pacing back and forth across the a city near one of the s-reat lake,
wm., "Luck's a fool and pluck's a while Tom, In turn, was addressing let-
asked Helen almost breathlessly, and and Helen.
Old Printer Son Tells of One of America's First Newspapers
c
Br Wellesley Bradahaw. newsnsners and old maraztna nnhllahara Am.rtnan
HARLE3 W. ALEXANDER, who that he evidently had been a long reel- typesetting I shall ever do, and I will
wasseoretarvof tha Bl-Centennial ueut 01 ln" cuy ,n oygone aaya regara it as an nonoren pnvuega
u mo iuiuii 01 our uuiivoirauun w. -wny, moil certainly, my aoar sir,
...i.ii. h- .v. . uio inmii 01 our couvaraaiion w. -wny, most certainiv. my aoar
r'"'. .' " . . . arrived at the North American buildingr was the prompt reply, 'If you feel able,
ktfd Iff 'rT-irlf WdM , ' W "8 andPch.eVlvmmarke,
.a HV y,J,e8,4?d ana ita conservatism. John Bell of Ten-
and by;the mere token lt was equally pessee waa named for president and
apparent that the time for temporizing Edward Everett of Massachusetts for
waa nearly past and the necessity for second place.
settling the one great 1 sternal difficulty The campaign proceeded with grent
between the states had now to h. hra. ithn.i.am .nd v.t ...vi
It will be the last bit of ly faced and truly mastered. threats. It early became evident that
me result or tne Lincoln-Douglas Lincoln was to win. Southern leaders
campaign was the defeat of Lincoln by openly declared that In the event of a
a few votea. Elsewhere ln the north. Republican victory the south would a-
however, the 1S68 elections showed cede. The north treated these threats
for the North ley printing office. My father was a sentence belni set reedand "Justified." -th pe utmost difficulty that business J"- Yu " o,Jnea wa.
which the paper typesetter before me. You call them for he said he did not wish te make any " TT r rj- . "uc" WV ," At Ust the party opposed to slavery
dr.nrht nf tha compositors' now and he worked for correctlone, but wanted a "clean proof.6- situation In brief when the presidential -wlh in 1M0 eut butTooo vol.. Xd
draught of the p 4 Claypool. on the Dally Adv.r- Ull finally the last line wa. '-u.p. f"npa'n.f L5 P".h? vor. IIZKIT Trnnt Be-
' -erlous'and firrb 'SS the Sf.RtSS' oriVw
S55.lL :15ft JPsv c trb.MwM,nhrh:,bloodAa
brated Its two hundredth annlver. and. entering the office, found. Clayton you are not only welcome, but It will be constantly Increasing Republican gains as mere bluster, but the announcement
earw 2S years aro. sends to the McMlchael, whom I myself wished to a gratifying and pleasant Incident. By- and a corresDOndinr Increase tn ahnll- of the November vote brourht th.
hero, la one of the few tin. aatva Tmi tera. ilmui d.n T,rv"i?,J"" . . ... i . ,vi. see upon business. I gave way, how- the-by, here Is a vrophetio pararrenh tion sentiment. whirlwind. Lincoln carried averv fr.
you know my history pretty well, you ens at various cities along the Ouean 1 l7!v ! ,.'. J . ver Tto my, venerable friend, whose taken from the Advertiser of a century Boon came the raid of John Brown "tate except New Jersey, receiving four
know how, when I wae only 12 years & Crescmt route. Q n Paper, which Is of peculiar Interest at name I now learned was Robert Pierce, ago, and which, perhaps, your father into Virginia for the purpose of free- of the seven votes of that etate. Wig-
old I And so the weeks were pushed back this time. When the centennial of the ""V"'" , xn al8 Bet jn " 881 tnat." ! the elavea Then Brown was con- received only the electoral votes of
"W I know, I, know. Ton worked into a history which Iraprewed Colonel adoption of th. constitution was ob- "Vl .1? tJhtL SavS Sr wa. IT T JLM?J2alrUl,7L TtV "ft cted of treason. and waa hanged. Missouri and tSree from New Jersey,
for your board and went to school, you Edwards with the conviction ih.i t. ; . , ,.. ... .. ,.1K vveii, sir, three days ago I was 17. I composing room, with the old man More fuel added to the flames When B"'l received those of Virginia, Ken
wore a etnrle suit of clothes thraa would soon ba an a..i.7.n i servea m n7. Mr. Aiexanaer contrio- was born in. Trenton, cut am now living standing at the caae, and "picking up" . ' ., tucky and Tennessee, while Rrecken-
--a .1 - r .v.. .1 ;- 7 . J in ..... ,1,. u-.,k . 1. . .h. ln New Ton T am an old tvneaettar. tn. with . .n..d am. ... - - ... ui.n in, .. - , , ..,. .
?r,m, wwftni luki jmr jur la a ciiernicai laooratory whereaa in vcrv w au.vu au,.
month and all the rest of the hack- fact, he was a mere clerk ln the gen- date the story of an old
i.r, "iui J nullum;, pnrauon ana jx i wy rr, wno, DecaUSS Or the Rimrtr fath.r had a.t nn th. tvr.
iTiiliiatrv. T knnw It hi hear and it Salarr nald hln. ...T.:! " 5?P"r rather Had set up tne type
does not Interest me In the least." small calls on the $50r Tils father hs A American of 17s7, from
"But where does the luck you tell of 'insisted on bestowlnr upon him to serva printed the first public
come Inr' insisted the colonel as a lt resort In case of an emergency, new constitution.
An . 7. iV;.: . lnrtti;rtV..r!,.r(?!- Thla Is the story as it aonesred ln adopted.. . light slanted from a window on the
. , i ,v. .. . ..... .'. " ' ." d.Mn k vi 'A." - .w" , ... "You know they afterward eold the poslte side of the street, fall direct
'J.'." -."':A"u ... .7 "ZJPJiu P-T fne oeot, when new.paper Menimr i. ii: par t0 z-haruh poulson. snd lt wse on the old typesetter with a shaft of tn- were ever called to partloln-te.
vriaa V I V W . rjVf llffBrfjL Ilin- s va POVIIIg Mil LI f MOn rskaasr Vaaaklat a a,waa .laa...J V. . Z Cl - a v-k i t. 1 1 . J . 1 - ..a.il a. Lull . . ma. . w-. ... -. ' 1 1 1
. CbvarVuibl.0 a? a M'e.nVhile'The H?I.n UtZn ' 7Ml vmtr n Joseph R. Chan'di bought il and a dewfc ".llhoueVt. h.doVof him! that met at C!rTeston April J J. The mere Why Not?
tlfk ... fnrth. "Tmi'r. . mi.st. common nlari hnain.!. - I. " k ' cuemenu nunarw. ot loousanas or "l was woraing 1 or air. unanaier latner. of disaster. Delegates from the north .u.,u i - mi,,
ih,Miid i in I h vouV w-Vv you fS5 enwmidwto 5? dav" who. -r "1" from all parte no, mer.ly of when your father. Morton McMlchaeL We were .rpellbound- he bent ever-eo and west strongly ftvoredthenom?na- said a descendant ef Holland. "She
ivTbeeSi Virv anoreaaf al 1 fT. J. FxJ wa ra a a a . i, L vT T8m our own. country, but pf foreign Unda, purchased the old paper and Joined It did the shadow; he skilfully lifted hie tion of Senator Douglas, but southern started out all riaht. but the sidewalks
Vv , .rZ 1 1 ',aT mr lot of ' mtnTtWr t.TLn.mai,n on.t 8 thronged Its streets and filled Its hotels fe the North American, which he owned, matter- from the stick and placed It on Democrats Insisted that even busies k " . tne sidewalks
SrHflE i-fli-- SF-'th1 "lW ourio-be prood of such prop- Jffl.irSE. laacfel! ueV T.rH.''
r. afioet oo the o-e n of ai m 1 . . "HELEN STEvrva- l.ff Ih, '"1. "'ff iL Ti 1 ... Ji8 L1?? ?! th shadow But the totter be- h.d. the rfght to emigrate to a territory and fllthr In vein we tried to explain
ith merely a roller, ed.-atloa to . ARhonrh Tom h.d nevei Tni,.rmA r-..rhT'la rT7. d.e h.i,i Ti ' - . 1 - k . 'Z f,',"w, "..'"fT.'.'. gn witn aie aiavea The eowth demanded to her that girls with scrubbing brushes
rei-v out ok p(im in
a . , ., . - s, - a iviibj urusitej, a- w" lilt n a-ewiw- vi sm bjiiv a. rtt t ta gave, ptv wuv Illll
na opnlnf a Th raaiirht wm ron tx ir-v th ApiirM rnpfij iAvrv ri.rk aav tMk hM- f vAti tha
nn 1 n as run w npsipiisnr sa rma . w u.a a a .1 ". .. a a. a 1
- r - " - - a iiws -arj wwn 1 iraB as r v insm hm 1 rise aitkissa hwst nT. ana sail nuui bkbi v
"- wav.uw wiu wLxsHipv aTttTinana r-ym a laharrva Ulaaaelnal V. sttaat. wateF Sawrwl sf . afitirl n4 a, rtm
nr, and Tom itppol
ifna an mm .in
point whir fi conl
vifw er til ratneri
:. drift wh,h U carry., you SlH&SS 5 "'. SSWTW KS"- 2--- Nelrr.h
a walked fraternally side by the speaker paused, end opening a The m
brothers should whoa, fora- curious leather caae, which bad already shsde-w
isd s solemnly pledged "their attracted ray attention, took from It an speaking