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iJ T h e Herald, ihe old estab lished reliable newspaper of the Coquille V a lley in which an “ ad " always brings results. VO L. 30, T he C oquille H erald N O . 41 C O Q U IL L E , LIBRARY AND SHALL COQUILLE HAVE THEM School District Meeting Proves Interesting - Discussion of New High School Building and Library The annual meeting of School District No. 8 was li-Md in the high school building Monday evening, June 1 7 , Director J. J. Stanley pre siding. J. J. Stanley, was leelected director and O. C. Sanford was chosen to continue in the capacity o f clerk, a just and fitting endorse ment rendered the district by these capable officers. Mr. Stanley ob jected to serving another term, but the interest o f the district was con sidered paramount to his wishes. On motion of H . O. Anderson, which was duly seconded and un animously carried, the chair ap pointed a committee o f three to in terview the Library Association relative to the purchase of the prop erty o f said association upon which to construct a high school building so arranged as to provide adequate facilities Tor a public library and a gymnasium. Messrs. H . O. Ander son, R. S. Knowlton and M. O. Hooten were named as the com mittee. T h e property designed to lie pur chased from the Library Associa tion is the corner east o f the M. E- Church South, and consists o f a tract one hundred feet square. Much interest was manifested by all present in the matter at issue The women were equally as en thusiastic as the men and with this unanimity of action prevalent we may look for results in educational lines in keeping with the growth of our city. Opinions were expressed to the effect that in the purchase of the lots by the school district, the money so paid should be used in purchasing books for the public library. Brick or concrete was regarded with favor as the material to be used in the building, which should be constructed in such a manner as to make the library and gymnasi um easy o f access, independent of each other and without interfering with the school rooms. The school building furnishes a permanent home for the library for all time, and the Library Associa tion would not lose its identity but be associated with the school ad vantageously to the well being of both. The modern tendency of high schools is to so conduct them that they will be of value to the general public as well as students, hence location is an important matter to consider. The site is regarded as a most admirable one, centrally located and affording convenience for library patrons, as well as being in a posi tion easy o f access in holding pub lic meetings to discuss topics of general interest. The nearby churches instilling reverential thoughts, the court house grounds presenting parklike features pleasing to the eye, and the central location, are contribut ing factors in making this an ideal spot for the uses the proposed build ing is contemplated. Enthusiasm has been aroused among those more intimately inter- ested in educational work, and at the annual meeting of the Library Association which occurs on Satur day, July 20 , a large attendance should result to consider this very important matter. A ll hail to the movers o f this laudable endeavor and let us hope their every wish will be consum mated. - ■ «>»» ------ Gravel Ford to Celebrate The patriotic people of Gravel Ford are to celebrate Indepeudence day in the good old-fashioned way. Bennett's Grove, a most desirable spot for outdoor festivities will be the place where joy will be dispens ed to all who attend. Everybody invited, COOS C O U N T Y , OREGON, •¡Job Printing— N e w presses new material and experienced workmen. A guarantee that Herald printing wiH^please TH U R SD AY, JUNE 20, 1912 PER YEAR $ 1 .5 0 N o rth D a k o ta B r a n d of P rim a ry . REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AT CHICAGO In North Dakota no restrictions are imposed upou legal voters. Auy man may express hts preference without re gard to bis party affillatlous at the last election Tbe North Dukota law re quires tbe delegates to take an oath S A L IE N T F A C T S A B O U T T H E C O N V E N T IO N . A P P O R T IO N M E N T ... 2 4 ...... ? .... 6 A r k a n s a s .1.. 18 C a l i f o r n i a .. 26 C o l o r a d o .... 12 N. H 'm p s h l r # A rizo n a C on n ecticu t 14 .. 8 G e o r g i a ..... H a w a i i ............ I d a h o ........ I l l i n o i s ....... M ic h ig a n M isso u ri M on tan a N .b ra .k a T W o r k to Bo D o n # at C h ic a go . On June 18 1,078 meD and women (for delegates from tbe suffragist states will h ave seats In the conven tion) will assemble In tbe Chicago Coliseum. Each state Is represented by twice ss many delegates as It bas votes In the electoral college. Thus Oregon, which has five electoral votes, one for each o f Its two senators and one for each o f Its three representatives In congress, has ten delegates. Alaska, Porto Rico, the Philippines and the District o f Columbia have two each aod Hawaii six. First o f all, the natioual committaa, D a k o ta ... 24 10 P en n s y lv a n ia . 76 .. 2 Porto P h ilip p in e s R io o ... 2 10 3. C a r o l i n a . . . 18 S. D a k o t a . . . . 10 Rhode Isla n d . ... 2 4 ......... 40 U t . b ........... 8 V e r m o n t ...... 8 V i r g i n i a .. .. 24 36 W a s h i n g t o n . . 14 Tennessee Texas W . V irg in ia .. 16 ... .... 26 W is c o n s in W y o m in g T o ta l ...... 6 1,078 The regular meeting of the city council was held Tuesday evening, June 18, 1912, at the city hall, with Mayor Morrison in the chair and all members of the council present, including officers as follows: A tto r ney Liljeqvist, Recorder Lawrence and Marshal Evernden. I by J. E. Purdy. W ILLIA M H. T A F T , Ohio @ by American Press Associatimi. U M L A F O L L E T T E , W isconsin ® by American Press Association. A . B. C U M M IN S , Iowa 0 by American Press Association. T H E O . R O O S E V E IT , New York to vote In exact accordance with tbelr Instructions. This means that they cannot shift their vote from La Fol lette, to whom they are pledged, to any other candidate whose name may come before the convention, nor could they under the terms o f the luw vote to make unanimous tbe vote for any other candidate, even though all tbe other delegates should so vote. This provision, however. Is o f little prac tlcal effect since tbe delegates, If they Ignored It, would be amenable to no punishment under tbe penal code and since. If they were held to have com mltted an offense. It would come un der tbe Jurisdiction of Illinois and not of North Dakota. Tbe Illinois primary, which played so Important a part In the successes of Colonel Roosevelt was the result of tbe passage of an emergency bill sign sd by Governor Deneen on a sickbed late In March. Under Its provisions the vote of each congress district Is advisory to the national convention delegates from that district, and the vote o f the state at large Is advisory to tbe delegates at large. Petitions for candidates must bear no fewer than 1,500 names. A N a tio n a l P r im a r y Proposed. The engineer’s report on the mat ter of establishing grade for Hall street, between north line of SeconJ street in E lliott’s addition to Co- quiile City, was read and ordered placed on tile. In the matter o f the bulkheading of first street improve ment the engineer’s report was read and ordered placed on the minutes. Regarding the building of a new bouse on the wharf the street com mittee and engineer were request ed to confer with the bondsmen. Moved, seconded and carried that Mr. Ellingsen be allowed to complete his building now under construction. Bids for sewer were received, that of Hugh MeLain being $965.GO while W. J. Longston’ s was $878. Mr. Longston was awared the con tract. The bond of the C oob Bay Pav ing and Construction company in tbe sum of $1,000, with W. P. Mur- phey and H. J. McKeown as su reties, was accepted. E. A. Beckett applied for saloon license, presenting proper bond for same in the sum o f $1,000, with C. A. Harriugton and W. H. Mansell as sureties, which was duly granted. The city recorder was instructed to have both phones installed in the office of the city engineer. Moved, seconded and carried that tentative bids for a city hall, jail and fire department site be call ed for, said bids to be handed to the city recorder on or before '.J udo 25, 1912. An objection frequently mnde to the state presidential primary Is that It forces the unit rule upon the delegates and nullifies the Instruction of the com munities which elected the delegates who are In the minority. This objec tion has been met by tbe proposition that. Instead of state primaries to ex press a preference for a presidential Moved, seconded and carried that nominee, national presidential pri maries should be held. Seuator Cum the city engineer be granted author mins this spring Introduced a bill to ity to close First and B streets, a that effect, which failed to excite much enthusiasm In tbe senate, it proposed block at a time, whenever the con B e g in n in g of the R o o se v e lt Boom . Tbe Roosevelt boom may be said to bave started with the announcement of “ the seven governors" that they bad summoned the colonel from his politi cal retirement to assume tbe leadership o f tbe “ progressive" wing of the party and to pro|ose himself for a third term as president Having cast "bis bat In the ring," the colonel delivered bis defl” to the conservatives (or the “ re- kctlonarles,” as be prefers to call them) in his Columbus speech, “ A Charter o f Democracy,’’ before the Ohio constitu tional convention. This speech. Intend ed to be the "keynote” of the precon vention cnmpalgn." was chiefly re markable for Its setting forth of the doctrine of the recall of Judicial deci sions, which has ever since been ooo of the fighting Issues of tbe factional contest President T aft for some time refrained from answering tbe attacks made upon bis administration by bis former friend and political sponsor, but at Springfield, Mass., late In April he abandoned bis policy of reticence and, declaring that bis back was to the wall and that there was nothing for him to do but fight replied to Colonel Roosevelt In kind. From that time on criminations and recriminations have been bandied between tbe two old friends In a manner to make the Amer ican public sit up. C a ro lin e N. O h io THE CITY COUNCIL IN REGULAR MONTHLY MEET B y H. V . A N D R E W S . HE Republican national conven tion of 1012 will be tbe great est In point of numbers In tha history o f tbe party and, tbs political prophets are agreed, tbe most momentous since wartimes. It will be tbe cUrans of a prenomination con test unexampled In tbe annals o f tbs Dnlted States, If not o f the world. For anything like a parallel It Is nec essary to go back to tbe Chicago con vention of 1880. when Conkllng and Garfield were the dushlng leaders of tbe opposing forces of General Grant, who bad been put forth for a third term, and of John Sbermnn, Ohio’s choice for tbe nomination, while Blaine loomed up ns a formidable competi tor. The faithful 300 delegates who stood fast for Grant have become al most as famous In American political as the Balaklava 000 are In British military history, and from this con vention dated tbe factional strife of "stalwarts" and “ half breeds" that rent the party and Inspired the fanatic Gul- teau to take the life o f Garfield, who, as a "dark horse,” was the whiner In the convention. Popularity of "tho Plumed Knight." Barring Roosevelt In the zenith of his popularity, no Republican aspirant for the presidency since Lincoln bas elicited Bucb enthusiasm from bis sup porters ns James G. Blaine. Unsuc cessful In tbe conventions of 1870 and 1880, be secured the nomination In 1884, only to be defeated at the polls. He refused to be considered as a can didate In 1888. but In 1892, though stricken with a mortal disease, be al lowed his name to go before tbe con vention, where It evoked the most re markable demonstration o f enthusiasm that a Republican nominating assem blage had ever known. But the crowds In tbe galleries could not vote, and the delegates on the floor when the storm of cheering bad passed named Harri son for the presidency. Since 1892 the Republican conven tions have not been memorable for bard fought contests. McKinley at St. Lou ts In 1890 overcame all opposition on the first ballot. He was renominated without a contest at the Philadelphia convention In 1900. when Roosevelt was chosen to fill second place on tbe ticket Tbe latter’s nomination In 1904 was a foregone conclusion, and tbe perfectly oiled machinery of the 1908 convention accomplished tbe nomina tion of T aft without a Jar. It Is safe to predict that, whatever may happen at the Chicago Coliseum on June 18 and the days following, tbe proceedings will be distinctly different from those o f any Republican conven tion of recent years. .. N. • 8 58 .... 30 ... 24 .. 2 0 .. .. 36 .. .. 8 ... 1 6 M in n eso ta M issis s ip p i New 12 ...... 3 0 .......... 2 6 ....... 20 K e n t u c k y ... 2 6 L o u i s i a n a ... 20 M a i n e ........ 12 M a r y l a n d ... 16 M a s e a c h u e ’ te. N ew N .w 28 2 In d ia n a K a n s a s 6 8 J e r s e y . . 28 M e x ic o .. 8 Y o r k . . . . 90 ........... 4 8 O k l a h o m a ... 20 O r e g o n ....... 10 Iow a 8 o rg o a n t-a t-a rm e , C o lo n e l W i l lia m F. S to n e o f B a ltim o re . T e m p o r a ry c h a ir m a n (a c c o rd in g to th a n a tio n a l c o m m ittaa alata), S e n a to r E lih u R o o t of N a w Y o rk . ....... N . v . d . A la s k a D. o f C o l ’bia F l o r i d a ....... city. D E L E - A la b a m a D ela w a re N u m b e r o f d s ls g a t s s , 1,078. ( W it h th a s a m e n u m b a r o f a lt e r n a te .) N . c a n a r y to n o m ln a ta , 540. 8 a a t ln g ca p a o ity o f tho C o ll- aaum, 11,172. A o tin g c h a ir m a n R a p u b lio a n n a tio n a l co m m ittaa , V ic to r R o s a - w a te r o f O m ah a. C h a ir m a n o o m m ltta a on a r- ran gam an ta , H a r r y S. N a w of In d ian ap o lia . Se c re tary n a tio n a l oom m lttaa, W illia m H a y w a r d o f N a w Y o r k O F G ATE S. SCENE AX A REPUBLIC AH NATIONAL CONVENTION IN THE COLISEUM, CHICAGO. In which Taft Influence Is supposed to be preponderant, must sit to pass upon tbe credentials of would he dele „■utej The temporary roll of the cod rerKlon will be made up by this tody, ud It will determine tbe procedure of tbe first session and the choice of tern porary chairman. After the tempo rary chairman has made bis speech resolutions will be In order, the com mlttees. Including one ou resolutions, another ou credentials and a third on permanent organization, will be named Tbe first Is charged with tbe drafting of the platform, tbe secood with the claims of representatives of rival fac fintis to votes In the convention and the third with tbe recommendation of a permanent presiding officer Senator Klthu Root of New York has been mentioned for this honor. Tbe committee on credentials will report ■t the opening o f the second session ' I f tbe debate on the platform is long and heated there will be another recess before final action Is takeD upon 1L Tbe platform out of tbe way. Domina tions for tbe first place on tbe ticket will be to order This will be tbe oc casion for tbe big speecbee o f the con vention. It Is expected that W. B. , Harding o f Ohio, last year's anancceee- | ful candidate for tbe Buckeye goror norsblp, will place President T a ft In nomination, and that Comptroller Pren dergnst of New York city, who made the most fiery speech of tbe New York state convention, when he championed tbe cause of Colonel Roosevelt, will present the name of the rough riding ex-president These speech« will give the thousands In the galleries their op portunity for participation In the big show. "Demonstrations” of shouts, flag wavlngs and tbe like. In which tbe enthusiasm Is gauged by the number of minutes tbe din continues, bave become familiar In recent years. A ft erward c o m « the nomination of the candidate for vice president, which is greeted with modified enthusiasm, for. although three Republican vice presi dents have been elevated to the chief magistracy by the death o f presidents, comparatively little popular Interest Is awakened In the choice of tbe man who has second place on tbe tlrkeL “ And so home and to bed," as Mr Pepys would say. At any rate, after bis strenuous days I d Chicago, that will be the best pises for the average dele gat* T h s “T h re e P 's * In T h is C a m p a ig n . Most Important of the unusual fea tores of the early stages of tbe presl dentist campaign of 1912 has been the preferential presidential primary. Agl Utkin for direct primaries as a means of foiling the machinations of b oss« has been acute for several years, but this Is the first presidential contest In which this device for ascertaining the popular will has figured. Even now. In spite of the attention, they have at tracted, real preferential primaries for tbe selection of presidential candidates are established by law In only a small minority o f tbe atatea. Tbe first stats to enact a presidential primary law was Oregon In 1910. The other states which bave adopted the Innovation In some form or another are California. Illinois, Maryland, MassacUnsetts, Min nesota, Nebraska. New Jersey, North and South Dakota and Wisconsin. Pennsylvania and Ohio bave not pref erential primaries In the ordinary sense of the term. They choose congress district delegates to the national con ventlon by primary, but leave the elec tion o f delegates at large to a state convention. In accordance with old nsage Maine and Michigan have preferen tial primary laws, but they were not operative In this year's campaign. “ Voluntary" presidential primaries are In vogue In several states. Including I Kansas, Georgia. Florida and Rhode Island. . In all tbe states the agiutlon for the new eystem was led by the sup porters of Rooeevelt end Wilson. a national primary to be held on July 8 and every four years thereafter on tbe second Monday of July. The re sults of such a primary election would be canvassed by a "national board for primary elections,” and the candidate of each political party receiving the greatest number of votes would be cer tified by that board as the candidate to be voted upon In the November elec tions. The bill would require primary elec tions of candidates for president vice presraeoT ana preaiuentl.nl electors. The names o f candidates on primary bal lots under the bill would be arranged In separate columns, with one column headed “ Independent o f party.” I f It were passed the Cummins bill would mean the end o f the national conventions o f the great parties. More than that. It would probably mean the abolition of the electoral college and o f the possibility of the election of a presidential candidate who has ac tually received a smaller popular vote than his unsuccessful opponent Among the objections urgjsl against the new primary system la W'< failure, •s its opponents allege, to bring a large proportion o f the voters to the polls. The vote In North Dakota was small, and that In New York, which had a primary characterized by Colonel Roosevelt as "a criminal farce,” was much smaller comparatively. In 1111 •ols and Pennsylvania, however, the general Interest displayed and the size of Ibe vote polled were such as to give little color to this objection. There is no real need o f anyone beirig troubled with constipation. Chamber lain’s Tablets will cause an agreeable movement o f the bowels without any unpleasant effect. Give them a trial. For sale by all druggists. Have you paid the printer? tractors rail for tbe stakes for their sub grade. Moved, seconded and carried that an order be drawn on the First street special fund for $1,000 in favor of the Coos Bay Paving and Coustruction company as part payment on their contract. The meeting adjourned. ----------------------- «----------------------------------- T is to Laugh The coming of Pixiey A Lauder’s latest comedy song show success will be hailed with delight by those who enjoy a good comedy. This attraction has been an instant hit wherever performed. Built for the purpose of laughing oDly, it is a scream. The title of this fuDny play is ” A W ife Wanted.’’ The play has a plot that ii interesting and extremely funny, tha situations bright and witty, not a dull mo ment during the whole play, one long laugh after another from start to finish. T o those who attend this guaranteed show will be witnessed one of tho beet and funniest com edies of the season, and the evening will pass as if by msgic. On Tues day, June 25, and for one night only will this classy aggregation appear in our city at the Heazlet Theatre. Thoroughbred boar for Address Farmer, care Herald. sale.