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!, a- THE 'ARGUS, .WEDNESDAY." JULY" l. 1908. '6 REPUBLICANS DO "NQTY i - .ENTHUSE OVER TICKET (SpfrtarWahiton;X:ocl-espondence of ' ' ' ' :w J Argua.jtJ-; y 1 The ; Ef'puWiaij :oouvention ended nW -iIokerlUi. '," liSird feelhrgv disap pointed ambitions and a sense of out- '. a'&ge n the part of the minority lead f era. 1 it would lie difacult To exagger ate i the' amount of " discontent which " the Republican convention ' has left among Republican politicians. ' It Is bi course impossible-,to mention names. " but ' every "Washington correspondent , who has been hero In Chicago and who ';". knows ' the Washington leaders " has stored away in hl mind the acrimoni ous utterlngs of -more than one of the great figures at" the capital concerning the method of the convention and the , character of the ticket. : Where Tresi ' deut Roosevelt could have obtained the opinion tuut Taft would' be a. popular .candidate Is difficult to Imagine. lie could not have got it from t lie leaders Jri the house or lu the senate or the old time leaders in Republican or doubtful states. He could not have -got it .through the time honored method of ( -feeling the pulse of the people, for suCh'popular enthusiasui as there was .'and la for Taft has been manufactured at heavy financial exiense and by the use of the power of the federal gov ernment through Its officeholders, fin separating to go -their various fways the Republican leaders,' with the eteeptton of the little ring who ban- . died the steam roller that crushed old time Republicanism out of recognition, -complained: bitterly of these wrongs: The flagrant and open intervention of the administration to force the nomi- " nation of a member of the president's official family' and thereby: perpetuate in fact if not in name the Koosevlt dynasty; the methods by which the I majority In the national, commmee anu the majority on the floor of the con ventlon lgnored'lbe rights of the mi nority and carried through a cut and K , dried programme with a heavy hand; the platform, which was written at .Washington and concerning which the old time leaders of the party had uo .' roore to say than the" pages who cnr . ried messages about the aisles of the convention hall, and the summary side- traeklnit .f the Jtcied and true .war- F5 .-. -,r :Ooqa FIDEUIT I '" i. 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The one real burst of unmanufac tured enthusiasm ; came wheu a man almost unknown "to national politics rose at the end of the roll call n states tonomlnate hopelessly ' La" Fol lette of Wisconsiu. There was no chance for the nomination of his chief. He confronted a body of delegates pledged to Taft and who represented an Investment In preliminary cam? palgnin;7 of more thau . three-quarters of a million dollars. He spoke without effort or oratorical effect, but he set forward clearly and calmly the three planks In the 'La I'ollefte" programme which the Republican party In con vention assembled had refused to adopt. Even among the delegates who were tied hand and foot by Instruc tions his earnestness and the way in which he expounded the .nature and purposes of these "planks aroused en thusiasm. The galleries blazed with Joy, and save that the officers of the convention and the Taft leaders on the floor put out their utmost endeavors to check the outbreak the demonstration for La Follette would have equaled that for either Taft . or Roosevelt. There is significance in . this double significance.' Do not forgetthn,t Senator La Follette is yet a young niau as pol itics goes. : having reached his fifty third birthday the day before this con vention assembled." He still holds his state organization and the lovotod sup port of a vast majority, of the voters of Wisconsin. Very wisely and I say this as a lifelong Democrat he tele graphed to the, nominoe of his party his assurance of his support of the ticket, but explicitly reserved his right to crit icise the platform. How., useful Sen- Easy Picking We have the money tree all you have to do Is to get Into our yard and shake it. It produces a continuous " crop, t too, and there will always be some for you. " . So If you need money come here; we'll.,show you how to shalte the tree and how easy we make it for honest people to get the money they need, on . a . plan whic. makes it easy and con- 1 venient. to ' pay back, for., of course, you have to repay the money, other-;' wise the tree couldn't produce the con tinuous crop. But we'll make the charge .'so reasonahle - that youll be glad to pay us' the' moderate fee we ' ask. ' " - .We ' take a lien on your furniture, piano, horses, "wagon,-cows, etc., to se cure us, but the transaction Is conn- ., dential and the goods are left in your possession. Ask us' all the questions -you like. No loan,' no charge. : . . Fie ity Loan Co. MlTCHELt, 4 1.TPIDE BLOCK, Room 38, Rovk bUid, . ' r ; Offlee honrs, 8 .' m. to p. m mn4 Satardar cvratoK. Old trlephoae wcat B14 aew (toll. ' - a DRIMS OUT ofiL(3QDlrllJ0HS klso assists in disposing of the refuse and . Salvs,;war.hes, lotions, etc, may bp nsed'for anv jie;a cleanlmess they a.Tordf t)ntkin- diseases canCt-t be car puii-'the-MotvlLLi tin Disease ada?W a tor ..La' Fofletre'a'aid'uhder these cir cumstances may be tp: Mr. Taft Is yet to. tx! determined,' but the support thus extended beeps La Follette "regular," and when about four years from, now we observers of polities gather at an other Republican convention the "little giant" of Wisconsin will be a factor to be reckoned'with.; v ' . V- . .; v '.; Tha Famous Thraa Planks. . . Before this campaign is over there Is going to be much; said In debate on the etump and in the newspapers concern ing the three planks of the La Follette platform' which were offered for a' spe cial vote on the floor of the convention and each one of 'which was voted down by the -well disciplined forces of Taft. Reduced to essentials, these were the planks: . - .- - ' First. Compulsory publication of all campaign contributions, with the names of the contributors; . Second. The official valuation of the physical properties of Interstate rafl- roads. Third. The election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. The Republican party has gone on record as opposing all three of .these propositions. A convention which proudly boasted that it was dominated by President Roosevelt voted down these planks, ; although some months ago Mr. Roosevelt urged in a message to congress the publicity of all cam paign contributions and the valuation of railroad property. It is true that as the time' for election drew near neither of these Issues was mentioned in the volley of presidential messages to con gress, and the influence of the presi dent was not exerted In the slightest degree, to save either measure, which he had earlier recommended, from the hostility of his friends at Chicago. r What it all means Is so clear that ft mere statement of conditions leads to the Inevitable inference. The Repub lican party : faces In this campaign a crisis in its existence. It - Is at odds with the people. It goes to the country with a- record of extravagant Incompe tence and Impotence in two successive congresses absolutely controlled by Its leader. It Is torn with Internal strife, and its leaders greet each other with smiles on the'r lips and bate in their hearts. But it looks back to the days of 1S9G and remembers that it has been schooled in the art of winning elections by the brute force of money. So it nominates a ticket intended to produce money. It puts at the head taft, one of whose brothers controls all- the public utilities of Cincinnati and who is in tout a with all the financiers of the Ohio valley. "Another brother is the attorney for the Guggen heim brothers, who created" and now possess the smelter trust nnd who next to the- Standard Oil company are the strongest plutocratic force in the Unit ed States. Having enthroned Taft, the convention proceeded to nominate ("or vice . president James S. Sherman of New York, himself a rich roan, the as sociate of Wall 'atrpefe magnates and a man ' generally credited with having raised that i $24G.0OO from insnrauce companies and speculative bankers which Roosevelt nskPd his "practical" friend, Mr. Harriman, to get for use In the last two days of the 1904 cam paign. - - Does auy one think that a party so openly bidding for contributions from high financiers would declare for pub-1 form was printed, scores of men In pol llclty "In its financial methods? itics and in journalism .whose business The men from whom the Republican it was to read the platform scoffed at party will, seek to get Its funds are its length and said that they had not the men who either own railroads or had yme to read ft. - Better a short gamble in their stocks. If the party platform that can be memorized than asks for an official valuation of the physical properties on which these stocks and bonds are-, based, what i chance would It have of getting contri- j butions from this class of financiers? The whole strategy is as clear to the Intelligent mind as a polished piece of rock crystal.. Future of the La Follette Planks. I am not a member of the Denver convention nor of the national commit tee, but I think that the three planks thus coldly set aside here at Chicago will, find a place In the Denver plat form, doubtless ; with the verbiage changed, but with the sense still re tained. They represent really Demo cratic doctrine Mr., Bryan has long preached the doctrine ot the direct election of senators by the people and alone- among the presidential possibili ties of this country on either party side appeared before the house committee on the election of president and vice president and made a stirring appeal for the campaign publicity bill, which was killed by Cannon In congress and here again. I have no personal knowledge of Mr. Bryan's position' on 'the third plank, save that; bis paper, the Commoner,- commended heartily the propo sition made in congress for the phys ical valuation of telegraph lines, and. writing from memory only without the documents before me, I think it also approved the valuation of the railways. Tha Anti-injunction Plank. After nominating Taft one' of the first "exponents of government by In junction, nominating him the "'morning after thousands of organized laborers paraded the streets of Chicago and held a meeting of protest against such ac tion, the Republlcan'c6nventionradopt ed, after a bitter iBght In the commit tee on resolutions what they called an anrl-rajunctlon plank. ,'It has been re pudiated ,by. every prominent . tabor leader giithered'In the convention city. It means the revolt of union" labor against this ticket, for the nomination of Taft; and the cavalier rejection of the planks offered by Samuel Compere officials of the. railroad brother- were neatly rounded , out by . the nomination for Ice president of Sher man, who Jed . the fight ' aga'inst . any antl-lf Junctioa fHnk whatsoever. Here again hi opKrt'torJy "tor the Denio "cratl 'natioc'l co.v. tlon to protitby tt lly,or l. -,;c?B rival. ., - j J , t t jtform, -. . ; 'tiou on tiv- iiouLAiifin nira Former -Trainmaster ' on Bur lington Under VV. Ci Brown ' '- Get Managership , ' OF CLOVER LEAF AND ALTON Rose in 41 Years . From Position I of Water Boy,; Having Filled Nearly' Every Position, in Business. . P. H. Honlahan. well remembefed in Rofck Island as trainmaster of the Rock Island and St. Louis division of the Burlington at the; time W. CV Brown was superintendent of ,(he. same division, was yesterday pro-' moted to the general management ;of the Alton and Clover Leaf roads, i: In -41 years Mr. Houlahan has ristn from water boy to his present posi tion. V .-'."" ; . J . ; Mr.' Houlahan's railroad career Be gan when he was 12 years;.olcL. $e ; started, -in - at Ottawa,. ll,: in . lSC7;'o carry water for- section - workmen on the lines of the old Ottawa,' Oswego and Fox River railroad, which no forms part of the Alton system. Young Houlahan was a- good water boy, arid as a' Teward? was' promoted to track walker. ; Then he became cheek clerk, station baggeman,, and ticket agent at a smald station, and finally, entering the operating, department, brakeman and conductor "in "1881 he took his first step toward executive leadership when he was appointed assistant train master for the St. Louis division of the Burlington lines. . His work was good, and in 1S85 be became train: master. , . . .' . ,, ;t Promotion wan Rnpld. Then the hard working young man came to the notice of officials of the Arkansas and Texas; railroad, and in 18SG he was given the place of master of transportation at St. Louis. This was in May, and in November he was made trainmaster. In 1S90 ' he had risen to be superintendent of the western division,, and the following jear saw :iim as superinrenneni Ot tne Hannibal and St Joseph railroad. In December of the same year he became general superintendent of the Toledo, St. yals and Western, and remained, Q. 40,-B. R. T. 47. -B. & O. SG, Atch in the same position, but with greater ison locomotive 48. Sugar. 12CI responsibilities and, a more important SL Paul 1Z? c Cn Republi5 nrtijiiinn whan Yi n . A , I 1 nt.! I 1 ' - position, when that road and the Chi cago and Alton' were, merged into the "Clover Leaf system. briett'succiuct alid'lji'iiltod t th dH-!a-ration of mere fnud-nniental principles, leaving it to the'epeakers In the cam paign to elaborate! and. expound. This Is hot an Vasy end1 accomplish.' 1-2v erybody wants soinehing' jn the plat form,' and eyerytioly wants his own particular something set forth in his own: oratorical and finely rounded pe riods. Mr. Bryan used to say that the ideal platform would be one that could be printed on a postal card, but that Is an ideal practically-Impossible of ful fillment' When, the1 'Republican 'plat- a long one which only the proofreader will ever read through. Chlcn?a ... - . ; . .tVlLUS J. ABBOT. THE MARKETS. New York, July v if Following are market quotations today: : ; - Wheat. July, 84, 8G;,84, 85. " ;. : September, 8014. 87, 85, 8716. December, 87t 89'4, 87, S8. V Corn, ' - July, 09, 70. 68, 09. September, 70, 1. 70, 70. December, 60, CI, 59, G0. : Oat. ' -. '- . ": , July, 46, 46,'45r 47'. " September, 39t',40. 39.;,39. December,: S9. 40,. 40,; 40. ,.-' - .-Pork.'. '. - . July, 14.55, 14.62, -J4.55, 14.60. September; ;145,- 14.92, UJ82, 14.87. July. 9.12, 9.15, 912, 9.15 r September!, ' 9.27 J 9.27, 9.25, : 9.25 v - , IvV 'RIb'a.'; ' ' . July, 8.22, 8.27, 8.22, S.27. .-r ' September.8,45, S.4'7, 8.42; 8.4J. - Receipts fdday Wheat,: 8; J corn,! 137; oats,.. 126;- hogs,", 32,000; k jcattlCJ ls.uou; sneep," io.oou,5 - ', Estimated receipts Thursday Hogs, 21.000. . . ,W;Sy "& -; :.V Hog -market opened 5c lower- Hogs left over, ,4.000; WghC f 6.00( 6.S2; mixed and butchers, $G.O05.C0.; good heavy, $6.00C.G2; rough heavy! ?G.0Q G.30., ; :'"! ' V' y " Cattle market opened 10c lowbr. Sheep market opened 10c lower. Omaha Hogs ' 12.W0; cattle; 300. Kansas City Hogs,i12,:-iattIet, 15,000.; '"i '('. ' " Hog market closed 'iflc-wwer. j Light,- $5.95C.5Q;. :rXte a'VL ers, $5.956 63;'- ,-54K COO; . rough "rhc - 77 .... ...-5.tv, v Cattle mafi ?;-4. ' ir.tlcr $4.70SJ!5;'4i ; 1 ra:$2.G0 5.S5 " Shee sp-.markt t A:t.":i Liverpool bp lower..- Cornj Liverpool clc higher. Cora" Nort hwesterr. t .: t - If - Steamer Silver C 1st. Thursday, at 2:1: 35 cents. 2d. Friday, at 4:t5 p. Campbell s islam supper at the Pal - 25 cents.. 3d. Saturday, JJuly 4, a after the fireworks! S te a mer G bl u mbil 4th. Saturday, July 4, al ing home at 10 p. and nice refreshml river and the regattl C. J. MANG AN, Agent. DuliHli Today, CO; last week, 5; last year,' f.fi. . j New York Stock. Chicago, July 1. Following . are the quotations on the stock market to day: - " Gas !)2, U. P. 145'4. U. S. Steel pre ferred 102. U. S. Steel common 27, Reading 113, Rock Island preferred ?11A Rrtplr IsInrtH pnmmnn 15. Southern Pacific 86, N. Y. Central 104, Missouri Ptcific 48. L, & N. 105, Smelters 70Vi, C. F. I. 27, Ca nadian Pacific 100. Illinois Central Pnn.i 1?f5 TT.rio 14U. O. Xr ! Steel preferred C0, Republic Sieel common 18, Southern Railway 17. LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS. Rock Island, July 1. Following are the wholesale prices in the local mar-. ket today: ' . - " Provisions and Produce. V '" , EggsFresh, 10c. Live poultry Hens, per pound, 10c ducks, per pound, 9c; geese, per pound 9c. ' ; Butter Dairy, 20c. - j-'Lard 10c. '., Vegetables Potatoes. 45c to 50c. ': ' Live Stock. . j; Hogs $5.00 $5.35. bneep Yearlings or over, 4.00 to $5.00; lambs, $4.50 to $6.75. ; uauie ateers, 53.00 to $6.00 ;cowb, and heifers, $2.00 to $4.00; calves, $4.00 $5.50 .; ' Feed and Fuel. Grain Corn, 70c; oats, 50c i Forage Timothy hay, $10 to $11 ; prairie, $7 to $10; clover, $10 to $11; straw, $6. " ; I Coal Lump, per bushel, 14c; slack, per bushel, 7c to 8c. (. Our delicious Cod Liver preparation without oil. fetter than old-fashioned cod liver oil and emulsions to restore health for NOld people, delicate children, weak run-down persons, and after sickness, colds, coughs, bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Try It on ouir guarantee. $19.50 $19.50 ATLANTIC CITY 1 r- AND RETURN I Thursday, July 30 , RETURN- LIMIT 15 DAYS. Via DIG FOUR I10UTE ICHESAPKAKE "& fHin RR. - v ; Stpp-over.? allowed : at Philadelphia, UatA'nim- tnd WashlncJon . i .. '. suj ,'arr - - j. " i-y eoria at hlet.-i jr??? 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