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TALKS OF HIS PLANS
i '
Roosevelt Hopes to Resume
Campaign Week After Next.
BROKEN RIB BOTHERS HIM
Tells of His Feelings After Milwaukee
Shooting.
HE ASKS FOR NO QUARTER
Comments Jocoselv on Gov. Mar
shall's Remarks About His Participation
in San Juan Tight.
CHICAGO. October 19.?The first vivid
impressions of Col. Roosevelt on the
night on which he was shot in Milwaukee
were related last night from the colonel's
own lips. He was sitting in a large
leather chair by a window in Mrs. Roosevelt's
room, adjoining his own.
What seemed to impress Col. Roosevelt
most strongly was not the shooting itself
but rather his hour on the stage of the
Milwaukee auditorium, when he was
speaking with a bullet in his side. Rut
he insisted that to make the speech was
only what any other man wooild have
done under the circumstances.
Only Slight Pain Felt.
"It was nothing?nothing." he said. "I
felt a little pain, but it was not severe.
When I stretched out inv arm or reached
for my manuscript it made me gasp a bit,
but that was all.
"It was unite amusing," he went on.
"when I reached for my manuscript to
see that it had a hole in it from the bullet.
and there was a hole in my spectacle
case, too."
The colonel chuckled as he recalled the
surprise he had felt at his discovery.
"Amusing, did you say, colonel?" asked
, one of his hearers.
"Well," he qualified, "it was interesting."
1 * ? ' " ^">*1 >? ?*? r,nnr. /vf lrnrvvi'tn cr
nt* ciliu ntr nan ?u iiircum vi ?u\???
as he delivered the speech he had promised
to make whether he was wounded
fatally, but accepted as a matter of
course that he should go on until he had
finished, if his strength heid out.
Well Meant, But 111 Judged.
But when it was all over, and he had
turned away to go to the hospital, he
said, he found it difficult to keep his
temper when half a dozen men scrambled
over the edge of the platform and asked
him to shake hands.
"Thev wanted to shake hands." he said,
as though it still surprised him. "Didn't
they know that it is impossible for a
man who has Just been shot to shake
hands with genuine cordiality?"
The colonel said that he felt no pain
at present. He placed his right forefinger
carefully on his breast to indicate
the position of the wound, and said that
whl?e he still had an occasional twinge to
remind him of it, he was at ease.
Careful in Gesticulation.
As he talked he moved his arms freely,
although he was careful not to move his
body. He punctuated his remarks with
gestures, but they were not the same
vigorous gestures which he is wont to
make. He waved his hand or thrust forward
a ringer with a quick dart instead
of bringing down a clenched fist upon an
open palm with a thump. *
The colonel still had trouble with his
broken rib. he said. His only apparent
worry was lest the rib should not knit
quickly chough to permit him to make
a few speeches during the closing days
of the campaign. If he took a deep
breath, he explained, the edges parted
and the beginning which nature had
li.ade at her task of knitting them together
would be all for naught.
Campaign Depends on Bib.
"if I can get that rib knit so that the
c'-gcs will hold." he said, "and it doesn't
I; in me to take a deep breath, I hope to
ir.a.ke some speeches week after next."
As his thoughts turned to the camI
.Ign. Col. Roosevelt's manner changed.
Although he had been cautioned not to
forget that he was far from a well man
: nd to guard against excitement, his face
i -.shed and his gestures became more
i !gorous.
They'll have to be short speeches at
: i ^t, I suppose," he said, "but 1*11 make
? :>? good ones."
i :.e colonel paused for a moment. He
si l his Jaw hard and clenched his fist
. r the only time during the interview,
"i ask no quarter," he said.
Jocose Befereuce to Marshall.
"It is amusing to see the predicament
v" <iov. Marshall," he added, with a
i;* ugh. "The governor has been making
i > campaign on the assertion that I
v. us not at San Juan llill. This may
stagger him, but in a week he will discover
that I was not shot at all, and
that anyway it was bird shot, and that
it hit another man instead of me, and
.rally that I was In Oshkosh that night.''
Col. Roosevelt expected, he said, to
a \ng the campaign to a close Just as
hough he had not been shot. He hoped
.a be able to put in a week of campaign.ig
and "say a few things." although he
..ght be unable to travel as he had been
oing. making sometimes a dozen speechs
in a day. His physicians told him
that probably he could ieave ror Oyster
Bay Monday or Tuesday, and the co.onel
at once made up his mind that he would
K>J on the earliest train Monday' which
would suit his purposes.
, Hopes for Consideration.
The colonel said he hoped the people at
the towns along the line of travel would
not come out with the expectation of seeiii*
him, for it would he impossible for
him even to leave his stateroom or go to
th.- platfwrm.
I'ol. Roosevelt probab'y will make the
trip in a regulation compartment car. Instead
of the type of ca" with a drawing
room and observation compartment,
which he has been using on his campaign
trips. The full complement of compartments
will be needed for the number of
pe.suns who will accompany him.
Shows Weariness. ,
The effect of Col. Roosevelt's exertion
?; s beginning to show itse'f. At the out
i of the talk he bore himse f in a way
whi< a gave no indication of h'.s condition,
except that he sat quietly in his chair j
nstead of moving b nt in h s custom r1
y energetic way. But finally he poke in
lower tones, .n which there was a trace
of wear ness. He had plucked a little
green sprig f cm a plant which some
idle had sent trm .inrt as lie in.
held it by the le vrs and used the stem
as a pointer thrust ^ it quickly at one
after another of h s nterviewers to emphasize
a point. At last he dropped the
sprig and et his hands fa 1 to his knees.
It wai his sign that the interview was
over.
"Good-bye." he said.
BADLY HURT, RIDES BAREBACK
Physician Performs Remarkable Feat
Following Accident.
5|wi?I Dispatch t? The Star.
LYNCHBURG Va . Octobf r 10.?Or W.
M. Tunstall. i promin?n? V.-ison coun'v
physician. *ho is at heme r.ow suffer.ng
with concuss! n of the brain, as tbe result
of a runaway a' cident Tu-.sday afternoon.
did a most remarkable feat Just
after the aeident.
lie recovered his horse, but on finding
he could not use the vehicle, mounted the
snimal and rode home bareback a d silance
of three miles. Arriving there, he
became uncouaciou;.
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WEA
Cloudy and colder tonight; !
moderate winds.
CONDITION OF
Temperature and condition o
Temperature, 62; condition, 7. C
63; condition at north c< nnectior
; tion, 7.
1 "Well
satisfied with their outing at Catoctln,
Md.. a short distance from Harpers
Ferry, although very willing to remain
longer, the members of a Washi
ington lishing club broke camp late in the
J week ar.?I started on the homeward trip
down the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
aboard their houseboat. A1 Reinburg. L.
W. Harmon, Richard Peed, W. B. Cameron,
Guy Steele and Edward Burrows |
comprising: the outing party.
. Four years ago the club was organized,
and the annual trips to the upper river
have proved enjoyable and beneficial.
"Camping along the canal and fishing
the river for bass is an ideal outing," remarked
one of the members. "It beats
going away , to the seashore in sweltering
weather."
The six anglers made a record during
their outing, which lasted two weeks,
landing many big bass and a great many
smaller ones. Peed and Reinburg caught
the greatest number oV big fish, some of
them going over four pounds, while Edward
Burrows is credited with the greatest
number.
One hundred and thirty-nine fish were
caught by the club members. When they
went to Catoctin they pitched a tent for
the accommodation of the cook and dining
quarers, the clubmen sleeping al>oard
the boat. Some bad weather and unfavorable
water made the fishing slow,
but when the conditions improved the
bass bit freely and the sport was great.
"And," remarked A1 Reinburg, "we
experienced the trouble of not knowing
what kind of bait the fish wanted.
"One day the bass would take nothing
but madtoms." he said, "while the very
nejet day it was a ease of feeding them
smelts in order to get them."
Mountain hikes on the Virginia side of
the river gave the members exercise
enough when they were not fishing and
they put in part of their time gathering
chestnuts.
An automobile trip t6 Rock Point. Md..
and the landing of a string of more than
100 big fish two weeks ago prompted
Nicholas Crovo. Ernest Herrell, Daniel
P. Collins, Frank Reed and John Crovo
to repeat the outing last Sunday.
"But really," said Dan Collins, confidentially.
"when a fellow goes fishing and
has luck it is hard for him to resist going
every time he gets a good opportunity."
t '" n-entc ?en the party landed a |
large number of big trout, but last Sunday
there was a high wind and rain
storm and they were driven ashore early
in the day, but not before they had
caught more than 100 white perch and
rookfish.
Ernest Herrell does not hesitate to say
it was one of the best outings of the {
year and he admits he is going back
every time He gets a chance.
"Ernest is not much of an eater," one
of his friends remarked, "but when he
reached Rock Point lie managed to clean
up three plates of hog and hominy at a
meal."
Capt. Simms did the boating for the
fishermen and he kept them on the river
until the high water washed the deck of
the boat.
Four members of the Happy Six Fishing
Club?Clarence Reizenstein. Sydney
Kaufman. Joe C. Kaufman and Edgar
Kaufman?were in evidence on the river
last Sunday, Capt. I^ee Haumgarten and
Corp. Goodman, the remaining two members.
having remained away.
"The event of the day." said Sydney
Kaufman, "was the rapidity with which
Clarence Reizenstein caught five black
bass. The fish came so fast that Reizenstein
became nervous and excited and
came near getting a wetting."
It was early In the morning when the
quartet left Trammell's and started in the
direction of Black ripples.
"What do I behold?" was the Inquiry
of Sydney Kaufman that suggested dan
ger ahead.
"An island." he added. "I'm an explorer."
i
Tomorrow the strip of land in the river
will be christened Kaufman's Island and
it will hen-after serve as the resting place
for the club. Ten minutes after the anglers
dropped anchor a short distance off
the island Clarence Reizenstein landed
a bass that weighed considerably more
than three pounds. He caught four more
fish and his three companions had a
string of four bass at the end ofthe
day s outing.
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II S. Rohrer and F. \V. Matteson had a
two-day trip to the vicinity of Norfolk
not long ago, and th?* luck they experienced
was great enough to make many
other tisher folk take a back seat, one
day was spent on the salt water a. Lynnhaven
inlet, where more than fifty pounds
of speckled trout fell victims to the r seduct.ve
bait.
"Pretty good sport." remarked C. S.
Plttman, "but wait. What they did the
next day was much better."
Hav;nr enjoyed the salt-water fishing
at the ;nlet. the anglers went to Lane
Smith, between Norfolk and Cape Henry,
the next day to try fishing in fresh water.
A twelve-pound pickerel, caugnt by
Mr. Rohrer. and one weighing nine
pounds, caught by his companion, were
the largest of the one hundred and more
pounds of fish landed that day. The
largest big-muuth black bass they caught
weighed six and a half pounds.
Thirteen* have no terror for John W.
Hurley. He went to the vicinity of Harpers
Ferry the 13th of the month and
caught thirteen small-mouth black b:uu.
and when the thirteen* were mentioned
he made inquiries and learned that he
went to the up-river resort on train thirteen
and occupied a room of that number
in the hotel.
"But it wasn't Friday," he remarked,
when hi? attention was called to the unluckv
number.
The day before he caught the thirteen
bass he fished a short dietan< e from ,
Harpers Ferry, but had poor luck, which
caused h m to move some dis'am e down !
the river
William F Snvder came beh nd Hurley, j
fishing the holes the former had e.ban- j
doned, and landed a bass weigh inn five j
and three-quarter pounds, one -of the
largest fish of its kind seen this season,
and eleven others that were big enough
to make their landing worth while.
"Aud - that is why Col. Hurley has
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THER.
Sunday fair and colder; light It
THE WATER.
f water at 8 a.m.: Great halls?
alecarlia reservoir?Temperature
i, 10; condition at south conncc
seemed so dissatisfied al! the week," wa
the remark made of him by a friend.
William A. Domer and William J. Von
derheide gave the bass a trial of thre
days and landed two dozen gamesters
They fished l>etweon White ferry an?
Edwards ferry, only a short distantfrom
Leesburg, and probably would hav
had much better luck had the weathe
and water been more favorable.
Many big bass have been caught ii
that section this fall, I?r. J. Ramsa;
Nevitt and William J. Gittings havini
been among the lucky ones. The two wli
were there this week had fine sport, the;
said, considering the unfavorable condi
tions, although they caught no real bi;
fish.
There was a lavorable change in th
condition of the water about the tim
they were ready to start homeward. Mr
Doiner concluded to give them anothe
trial under more favorable conditions
and Thursday he returned to the rendez
vous.
"The Good Ship Teal," said J. E. Buck
ingham, "has won the reputation of beim
the lucky boat for tishermen. and on th
occasion of a week-end outing a wee]
ago it maintained its reputation."
Aboard the boat with Buekinghan
were Elmer E. Paine, Wade H. Rabbitt
G. G. Thomson. Frederick Schafhirt
Dick Mullett and Andrew V. Dumaine
Anchor was hoisted in the morning, am
the party sailed to the vicinity of th<
plant of the Firth-Stirling Steel Com
pany.
They had hoped they would be able t<
reptat their big catch of .TH tis'n mad<
at Annapolis, hut the weather was no
favorable for the spoon, they later ex
plained, and they had to be content witl
using bait. Thirty-one rocktish and sevei
bass were caught.
When William E. Duling and Willian
J. Gittings reached Seneca for a week
end outing and found the water in goot
condition they were satisfied that thej
would be able to display a long strint
of bass when they returned home.
Fate was against them, however. Dul
ing hung a three-i>ounder, however, ani
became so excited he came near goin^
overboard.
"Fishing had been so dull," he said
"that I was not expecting a strike anc
the suddenness of it made It exciting.
"We hope to do better next time."
Edward Markham has a way of getting
fish without much trouble. He lives 01
the water front, but seldom goes fishing
One afternoor- while driving througl
Bladensburg with his family he sav
something unusual in the branch.
"Looks like a ugh." he remarked, "an<
sure enough," he told friends, "when
got out of the carriage I found it was i
big pike, and I had no trouble picking i
up. It was big enough for the family":
breakfast."
Charles Porter had splendid luck las
Sunday at Pennytielri's. He landed ?
string of a dozen bass and none of then
was small.
Maj. Sylvester caught two two-and-one
half-pound bass at Harpers Ferry earl;
in the week. He was on the river onl:
about one hour.
Jesse Middleton and friends had an en
joyable outing at Chappawamsic Sunday
The veteran angler landed an even dozei
big-inouth bass.
Fishermen are complaining of the grea
numbers of bass that are taken from tin
river on outlines. It is said that a mat
near Sandy Hook catches eenougli to sup
ply a hotel.
MOUSE A MIGHTY THING
WHEN PUT IN NOSEBAG
One Causes Old Horse to Bun Away
and Hurt Three
Persons.
NEW YORK, October 10.?An old baj
horse, hitched to a light delivery wagon
was feeding from a nosebag in fronl
of 1952 2d avenue. Small boys, in th?
absence of the driver, stuck a live moust
in the feed bag.
The horse reared, "plunged and ther
ran. He knocked down fifteen pushcarts,
and howled over and hurt slight
ly a man, woman and child before h<
had gone half a block. Patrolman VV'al
ter Wallace halted him and he became
docile after the wriggling mouse hac
been got from under Ms nose.
The persons hurt were Cecelia Robinson,
seven, of lboO 2d avenue; Jacob Epstein.
sixty-eight, of .04 East 102d street
and Mrs. Lena Saosky, forty-five, of 30t
East It 2d street.
Nathan Klatz of 82 Essex street, ownei
of the horse, was arrested for leaving
the animal untied in the street.
INVESTIGATES INDIAN HEALTH
Dr. Clark Looks Into Conditions
Frevai'ing in Minnesota.
NBTT LAKE, Minn., October 10.?Dr
L. Clark of the United States pub)!*
health service has just visited Xett Lake
and Orr on a tour of examination lnt<
the prevalence of consumption ant
trachoma among the Minnesota Indians.
His report shows that not a case o
trachoma was found among the Boisfor
Indians At the settlement at Xett I.ak<
no consumption was found. The Ind am
at Pelican Point (Orr), however, wen
found to be much diseased with tubercu
losls. more than 70 per cent of those ex
amined being consumptive. Dr. t.'larl
has gone to Ked I.uke agency.
The examinations are being made ti
verify the reports of last year that th>
Minnesota Indians were much diseased.
HAS METEVERY CALI
Tribute Paid Subsistence Bi
\
reau of the U. S. Army.
ITS VALEDICTORY WRITTE
Department Becomes Part of Ne
Quartermaster's Corps.
MERGED BY ACT OF CONGRES
Branch of Service Organized Near
Century Ago?Commissary Gen%
eral's Report.
The valedictory of the subsistence d
partment of the army, which is absorb
in the new Quartermaster's Corps nc
being organized in compliance with r
ently enacted law, is given by Hen
i. Sharpe, commissary general, in 1
nnual report to the Secretary of War
"Since its establishment, nearly a hu
.red years ago, the subsistence depai
iient has answered every call made up*
.t," is the proud boast of Gen. Shan
r> his report, "fully meetlng?the respo
sibilities entailed by the stress of the I
dian wars, the Mexican war, the tT
war, the war with Spain, the insurrectb
in the Philippines, the China relief exp
( dition, and the second military occupatt
of Cuba, in a manner which has in ge
eral not attracted public attention, b
which merited the encomium said to ha
been expressed by President Lincoln dc
_ ing a visit to Richmond early in 1st
when he is reported to havfc said to s
' officer of the subsistence department:
" 'Your department we scarcely he
of. It is like a well regulated stomach
works so smoothly that we are not co
- scious of having it.'
s "In addition to meeting the requii
ments which have been made upon it 1
the army, the department lias always re
_ dered prompt and efficient service at
afforded relief to various classes of ci
zens or the- country who, owing to sor
? calamity, have been subjected to distre
and want, and a number of lives ha
probably been saved by such ready reli<
The amount expended for the relief a
forded from 18G7 to June 30, 1012, Is in e
cess of $14,000,0U0, a considerable port!
of which was, of course, made from a
propriations specially provided for su
j* purpose to be expended through the su
? sistence department.
~ Supplies and Improvements.
"The department has followed wi
? watchful care the increasing variety
supplies and the improvements whi<
r have occurred in the manner of living
i, the citizens during the years it has pr
* vided for the army. It has establish
schools for bakers and cooks: secur
the creation of field bakeries and equi
^ ment which excels that in use In ar
= army; has provided for subsisting troo]
J* traveling on railroads which revolutioi
ized the old system, and which has be<
for years a difficult problem; kept pa>
1 with the methods of accounting and co
* keeping; adopted a system of war blanl
by which stores can in time of war 1
: accounted for in the simplest way, thi
* making it possible to insure as full ar
varied a diet for the troops as the r
sources of the country or available tran
portation make it possible to supply, ar
* at the same time eliminating all unnece
j sar.v paper accountability.
"It has also been mindful of the r
" quirements of article 52 of The Hagi
convention of July 20, 18SK), respecting tl
1 laws and customs of war on land. Th
work has been accomplished by the loy,
support of the officers and the civiiit)
contingent, who have manifested at a
J times enthusiastic interest in the
, work."
^ The history of the subsistence depar
' ment is briefly set forth in the report:
- Consideration Ordered.
I The subsistence department, along wH
the quartermaster's department and tl
j pay department, under the act of Ai
gust 24, 1012, is consolidated into tl
Quartermaster Corps, and thus pass<
out of existence. The subsistence d
* partment as it now exists was ereat<
in 1818, after many previous trials ar
" makeshifts which had proven unsati
factory. It continued from 1818 to 18
k i? *U ? - -
jji av.uv.anv ill me lUI'IIl dS Wflf
j established and under the samte chief
L Col. George Gibson?as commissary gei
eral. with the rank of eo*onel. Chang
. occurred in the department in the fc
lowing years: 1838. 1S47, duiing tl
Mexican war: 1850, 1.861, soon after tl
outbreak of the civil war; 1.863, 1865, 187
t 1874, IS!*8, during the war with Spai
and in 1001, when there was a radie
j reorganization and a large increase of tl
army.
When first organized the subsistence d
_ partnient consisted of a commissary gel
f eral, with the rank of colonel, and se'
f eral assistants. In the course of tin
the importance of the work performed I
and the responsibilities placed upon tl
- department warranted the increase of tl
. rank of the commissary general to thi
i of brigadier general, which was dot
February 20, 1863, and that rank h<
been held through the administrations <
t Commissary Generals Taylor, Eato;
3 Shiras, Macfee y, I)u Barry, Hawkin
l Morgan, Sullivan, Cushing, Bell, Nasi
- Eagen, Weston and the present chle
And now. when the department is aboi
to cease to exist, it consists of 1 commii
sary general, with the rank of brlgadk
genera ; 3 assistant commissary gene:
als, with the rank of colonel; 4 deput
commissary generals, with the rank <
1 lieutenant colonel; 9 commissaries, wii
I the rank of major, and 27 commissarie
with the rank of captain.
Its List of Officers.
r
Embraced among Its permanent office:
are the following;
Commissary general: Henry G. Sharp
brigadier general.
Assistant commissary generals: Edwai
IS. Dravo, Ablel L. Smith and David ]
r Brainard, with the rank of colonel.
Deputy commissary generals: George ]
t Davis, Albert D. Kniskern, Frank 1
; Eastman and Charles R. Ivrauthoff, wit
the rank of lieutenant colonel.
5 Commissaries: William H. Hart. Ale:
ander M. Davis. Hugh J. Gallaghe
i Harry K. Wiikins, Henry G. Cole, Frar
. 11. Lawton. William R. Grove, Theodoi
B. Hacker and Morton J. Henry, with tt
rank of major.
? Commissaries: Frederic H. Pomro
- David B. Case. William Elliott, James j
? L-gan. jr., Julius N. Kilian and Same
j F. Dutton. with the rank of captain.
The following officers are detailed fro
the line of the army:
Capts. Herbert O. Williams, Geor
- McD. Weeks, Ceorce H. Estes, Samu
McP. Rutherford, Joseph E. Cusaci
'. l-iouis II. Bash, Alfred S. Morgan, Jofc
' II. Hughes. Lambert W. Jordon, jr.. Rt
B. Harper. Frederick W. Colema
? Charles B. C'ark, Georce F. Connoil
' Jairus A. Moore, Tilman Campbell, W1
liam M. Connell, Milton A. Elliott, ji
Jack Hayes. Will H. Point, Christian ?
P Bach and Ernest S. Wheeler.
SURPLUS OF FREIGHT CARS.
Total Smaller Than It Has Bee
Since Year 1907.
I CHICAGO. October 19.?The total su
j plus of freight cars throughout the Unite
j States October 10 was -- 810, accordir
to a statement issued yesterday by tl
# American Railway A sucia'.ion. This
Ko lnu'oat uinnA IflOT
? vtiv v
s Railroad officials expect a further r
? duction in freight equipment during tl
next few weeks. There was a shorta*
8 of 54.389 cars October 10. as compart
- with a shortage of 44 547 September 2
- On the latter date the total surplus wi
i 26.574 earn.
Compared with the same date in 191
n t there is a decrease in the total surplus i
e I 20.044 cars and an increase in the tot
I shortage of 41,432.
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The present squabble between the
republicans and the progressives over
ie electors emphasizes the fact that there
ie are many conditions which may arise
3. that the fathers never foresaw when
n; they made the Constitution, conditions
nl . _ _ . ..... I
ie which carry with them no light to
guide in their solution. When we read
e- that the North Dakota electors chosen
ri- at a republican primary declare that
l'" if they are elected they will vote for
ie the progressive candidate, and when we
consider that this will force the elccle
tors supporting the regular republican
nt ticket to secure their nominations by
ie petitions and run as independents, it
will appear how badly things may be
mixed up.
8' The progressive electors justify their .
Ij' position by saying that they were chosen
f by the progressive republicans of North
Dakota, and with the intention that they ,
g_ should vote for Theodore Roosevelt for
President on the republican ticket. They
" assert that they feel that he was defrauded
of the nomination, and that his
candidacy on another ticket therefore
h does not wipe out their obligation to
' vote for him. They admit that if they '
' failed to give the voters of the state a .
bill of particulars beforehand of their
intentions if elected they would then be .
bound to vote for Taft, but declare that
rs having stated their position they are perfectly
justified in continuing on the ticket j
of the party that nominated them, and I
' will be justified in voting for Roosevelt ]
if they are elected. I
d The republicans answer that this is not ;
L* at all fair, that it is "stealing the livery
of heaven to serve the devil." They as- s
sert that if the North Dakota electors ?
are progressive they have no more right 1
, " to go before the voters on a republican <
ticket than the republicans would have <
of running on a progressive ticket They i
c" contend that it is the very height of j
? absurdity for the progressives to mas- <
querade as republicans and force the re- i
re publicans to run as independents. 1
ie * i
y. * * 1
The situation in Missouri is a little 1
,n different, the electors nominated by the ,
republicans pledg- > j
Situation Differs ing themselves to 11
;e . Vkit _ , vote for Taft if *
ei in Other States. their Votes win i
k I
irJ e ect him, but not otherwise. The Kan- ?
,y sas situation is like the one in North r
11 Dakota. But what is to be done about <
>'? it all? The Constitution leaves the mat- '
}' ter to the state legislatures, and as long j
as they are satisfied, where does any i
other remedy lie? Furthermore, there is *
not a word in the Constitution about 1
party affiliations or party pledges, so ,
what can be done about it? The only j
time it becomes any business of the fed- t
? eral government is when a state fails to s!
settle by legislative enactment the means ^
of adjusting any disputes by election t
r" day, or when such disputes are not set- ?
id t ed within six days of the meeting of s
ig the electoial colleges. And even this is ?
le a legislative enactment rather than a i
, constitutional provision. t
The present campaign has demonstrated j
the need of a change either abolishing
e- electors entlreiy or definitely fixing the.r
duties and responsibilities under our
;e present system of presidential choice. Yet
d the experience of the past holds out no r
? hope that either result can be b ought
is about through the amendment of the [
Constitution.
1, A problem that has arisen on at least
of two occasions, and which may arise in
I more serious form than heretofore, is I
that of determining when the House gets fc
Jftyiprlfll s?
icxTRAonomARVPeacruBe f f A
ONTEDPmC GPCRAL ^ 1
^nrroNcewrsj | |
3RIAL REVI
?gins one of the greatest serie
vritten by a Confederate General
vill go down in history as the ter
h our memories of the lost cause
"Under the sod and the dew w;
Under the laurel the Blue und
jggle between North and South
rest. Yet, as you read the lette
and .shell; you catch a glimpst
these letters the Confederate Ge
he wrote three days after Gettysburg, "I ca
he thrill of their ioyous voices all along the lir
-on to their death. 1 can't write you a love
ay I love you, with those hearts that are stilled
?bravest of soldiers, most chiva
Read the 1
rORIAL
but we are pledged not to tell y
1 living, and now after fifty yea
nd Southerner alike will respor
of a kind never written before,
es of great love letters begins in F
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control of a presidential election. In 1837
there were members who insisted, while
the wrangle over the vote of Wisconsin
was going on, that there was clearly a
case of the right of the House to consider
that the electoral colleges had made
no choice, and therefore to proceed to
the choice of a President. In 1876 it
was again claimed that since the situa- '
tion seemed to warrant the conclusion '
that there was no actual means provided '
for determining whether any candidate
had really secured a majority of the elec- i
toral vote in that mixed election, it was
timo fnr fho Hnusp to nrnrppri
?>. I
V V ( 1
So far as a real or fancied inhibition /
against it might go, there is nothing in i1
the Constitu- i
House Could Proceed tion or the 1
to Elect a President. *wuld p??ht 1
the House holding that the returns showed
that no choice was made, when there
were doubtful returns, and that it could ja,
therefore refuse to have anything more as
to do with the Senate and proceed to the ye
election of a President. Of course, such gts
an arbitrary course as this, in the trying m.
times of an uncertain presidential elec- st.
tion, might precipitate the most serious sjv
trouble. The choice by the House will pe
always fall upon a membership just re- ej
tiring from office, and upon a body which to
frequently represents sentiments opposed .
to the candidate strongest before the peopie.
1
Another question that may arise at ev
some time when there is a contested mj
ilection, is whether or not a state leglsature
has a right to cr-ange the manner
>f appointing electors without the assent
>f the governor. Suppose, for instance. af1
hat a state should have a democratic bu
jovernor and a republ'can legislature, in
ind the prospects of the election were .
:hat it would be too close for party
lealth. The legislature, if tne state were cui
lormally democratic, might decide to ap- ha
joint republican electors. This hap- th?
jened in the early days, one time with- Qr
jut the assent of the governor as to the ejt
nanner of choice. Should that question tio
irise now Congress probably would r<ave th?
:o acquiesce, or else break the precedent in?
;stablished in 1800. t
Again, how are states to be prevented
'rom casting votes Inhibited by the <Con- Qu'
ititution? That instrument requires that wj,
10 elector shall hold a position ot profit wo
>r trust under the federal government. th<
fet the repeated ignoring of this pro? thi
dslon has made it practically a dead est
etter. Congress seems to hold that It Is jn?
ip to the states to determine the qual- del
tications of their electors and that If bit
hey do not keep out electors who have pr?
10 constitutional light to vote, there Is for
10 other tribunal to do so. And yet this me
>osition is answered by the statement ev<
hat by the aame token It might be as- up<
lerted that If the states vote for a Presl- of
lent who is a foreigner and ineligible to vei
?e presidential omen unaer tne tjonstltu- pit
ion there is no tribunal to prevent his Ii
iccession. If one elector who held a po- vei
iltlon of profit and trust under the gov- alo
rnment had had his vote rejected in W1
876 there would after all have been a Ho
ie and the election would have taken the
ilace in the House. vei
* net
* # of
The constitutional convention seems
lever to have thought that any complica- an,
tions could arise pai
Crouble Unexpected ,n the counting An
r of electora, in
in Counting Votes.
votes. It sim- J J^r
>1* says that the Senate and House shall | jn
ic in session, provides lor the opening the
r
EW for No>
s of love letters ever writtei
[ to his future wife. Composec
iderest memory of the great 1
like a roseleaf on the graves w
liting the Judgment Day
ler the willow the Gray."
is over; the knightly hand tl
>rs, you hear once more the thu
j of the great soldier's sweett
neral unlocked his heart.
n hear them cheering as I give the order. 'F
ie. Oh how faithfully they kept their word
letter today, my darling .... it seems sac
I to love. Your Soldier."
Irous of lovers ?
-etters in
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sctors, and CJov. Tener should refuse
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liming election. I
rhe problem of a succession in the
ent of the death of the President-elect
ght have arisen in 1892 had Blaine been
minated over Harrison and elected over
iveland. He died January 27, 1883, <
ter the electoral colleges had met, an
t before the counting of the vote 8Cj
Congress. Some authorities go so pj
as to contend that under those cir- f0i
instances his running mate would not "j
ve been eligible to succeed him under As
i Constitution. That and the death of w-4
eeley are the only two instances where till
her of the leading candidates for elec- be*
n to the presidency have died between he
s popular-election in November and the mj
LUguratlon in March. sir
t is a singular fact that the only wi
lendment ever made to the Constitution scl
tside of the war amen Jments and those i
ieh were agreed on before the states Jit
uld ratify it, is the one dealing with coi
i electoral system. That it got mc
-ough was because of one of the hard- ag
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r in American politics Not even the dei
feat of the popular will in 1S24 or the wi
i cnttM ?iifflHpntlv ini- !
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sss Congress with the serious demand I
action to lead it to. submit amend- ,
nts to the states. The difficulty, how-r,
never has been a lack of agreement 'ia
9n the desirability and the importance Iif<
a change, but rather such widely di- no<
pent and irreconcilable views as to agj
?clude the hope of petting together. .
t is possible ihat the election contro- ,
sies of 11)12 will go down into history
mgside of those of 1800. 1*24 and 1S70. ,
tile it may not be thrown into the *
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it of 1824, it lias aroused a contro- }
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the country. Not from the time the ]
it electors were chosen until now has
re been any attempt by the electors of C
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ty without the leave of that party- ,
d if this should lead to complications
the counting, and in the end should en(
ow the election Into Congress it would vai
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American - presidential. history except fes
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4 SEARCH OF DEATH,
SHE IS LEFT FORTH
etter on Poverty and Suicide
brings News Old Sweetheart
Left Her $250,000.
CHICAGO, October 19.?Poverty played
. odd prank with Mrs. Eftie Bender, m.
rubwoman, when it fij-st drove her to
in suicide and then brought her a
rtune of $?>u,O0O.
fears ago when she was a student in
;bury College in CJreencastle, Ind., she
is wooed by Frank Mande'l '? is
Irty-four and she was nineteen, and
cause of the difference in tne r ages
r parents refused to allow them ?o he
irried. However, she formed a friendIp
with Helen Mandell, Frank's sister.
10 was also a student in the same
tool.
Yank Mandell went west and both
len ?nd Kffie married. The two wonii n
rresponded Infrequently. Mrs. Bender
>ved to South 1 lakota. where si* years
o a prairie tire swept away everything,
e family came to Chicago, where Hen?
! died a year ago, leaving his wife
th three children.
Decides to End Her Life.
"inally becoming discouraged with iter
rd lot. Mrs. Bender decided to ?-nd her
She wrote to her girlhood friend,
iv Mis. Helen Potter, at Helena. Mont.,
iing her to take care of her little
lighter. Yesterday a letter came statthat
Mandell died last April, leaving
s. Bender an estate valued at
Irs. Potter had lost tnace of the
nders' whereabouts after they left
jth Dakota and the trustees of tha
ate had been unable to locate her.
Hew Chair Planned for Harvard.
AMBRIDGE. Mass., October 19.?A
id of $190,000 is being raised by art
ers In New York and Boston for the
lowwn-nf o' i chair of prlnta at Har-d.
More ... .an two-thirds of the rered
sum is already at hand. The proaorship
will be filled by Fiteroy Car- *
an. a New York print connoisseur.

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