The Chickasha daily express., September 25, 1906, Image 3

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Tbe treat advantage of red hair is
that you may Hi; it or loathe it, but
you cannot ignore it. It challenges at
tention, it demands saudly, "Love me,
love me not?"
Th girl in the lobby, who was
tb roving bait her furs and coat, felt
siiddociy conscious of her hair as she
had not done Mute the days she had
scratched b'jr brother for calling her
"Bif ktop." Her head wastrowned with
a mass of that glorious, burnished col
or, by which brown is lifeless, flaxen
suggests weak tea, and golden, perox
ide of hydrogen.
A woman in the gallery whispered,
"ihj would be beautiful if it wasn't
for ner red hair," and a man on the
Door afcked, "Who is she?"
There were six pretty girls in the
party, but the reply tame without hes
itation, "That's the girl who is en
gaged to Trausouie. Stunning, Isn't
the?"
To challenge attention wag the last
thing that I'aula wished just then. She
felt uncomfortably conspicuous. So
many eyes were leveled at her that abe
half regretted that a young member of
"the legislature had braved the door
keeper and gained for tbein seats in
the lobby of the house.
The Democratic member of the
legislature of a certain southern state
were meeting In Joint caucus to nomi
nate a United States senator. Tran
ome'z election was generally conceded
and It wan believed that he would be
aomiualed on the first ballot. Seventy
three vol est were necessary to a nom
ination, and his manager confidently
KtateJ that the number had, been
pledged. It was particularly impor
tant that there should be no deadlock
and no unnecessary delay about the
( nomination.
' There were three candidates for the
enatorbhlp. Col. Gspard, a popular
ex-confederate officer, a liberal and
klndlv gentleman, and Blythe, a politi
cian of such low grade that the success
'he had attained did not redound to the
creolt of the state, and Oliver Trau
ome, whose eloquence in several cam
paign had swept the state.
The chairman announced that the
balloting was In order, and the clerk
began to call the roll.
! To I'i'ula, the long, slow filing of the
men seemed entiles. In a little while
ihe wiuld witness the hour of Tran
some's supreme triumph. Was she
glad for him? Glad enough? Responsive
enough to the great ambition (and a
worthy and laudable ambition) that
was on the brink of fulfillment? What
(must the say to him to-night, after It
.was bll over? She hardly understood
the whimsical, half-sentimental reason
that had made her delay her answer to
blm: "After the elec'Jon Is over,
Thursday evening, you may walk home
with me, and I shall tall you then."
. She knew that a hundred demands
would be made upon him, and it
pleased her that he waived every pos
sible ciaim of others, and answered
agerly, "Wait In your seat until 1
come, or I might not find you In the
crowd. Tbe bent part of victory would
be if 1 might bring It to you."
The counting began: "Transome,
one; Transome. two; Transome, three;
Wythe, one; Gaspard, one; Transome,
four; Transome, tally," until the last
ballot was read. Surely she had count-
ad wrong, she had counted but 72. She
aw the dismayed fare of the men
round them, h'sard (he burst of ap
f lanse from Blythe's supporters.
- The ,avel rapped for silence. The
ehairtni.n announced the first ballot:
"Transome, "2; Blythe, 42; Can par d
29; El'erson, 1. No election. The clerk
will i roteed to call the roll for another
ballot."
"Why, I thought Mr. Transome was
to be elected on the first ballot, father
eald so at dinner," said Kathleen Ellis,
the governor' daughter. "What was
the matter, Mr. Roberta?"
"On of his men must have baekslid
A at the very last I guess it will
come around all right this time, he
only needs one vote, you see."
But the next ballot, and the next,
showed the name result. Blythe's and
GasparcVs men began to exchange, bo
that first one and then the other
would be In the lead, while Transome's
vote remained a steady 72, u:;tll ten
ballots mere taken. The leader of Col.
Qaspard's forces then arose and with
drew Clol. G.if-pard's name, in the In
terest of party harmony, and to pre
vent a deadlock, which would be de
plorable. "Surely one of Gaspard's men will go
over to Transome now," whispered
Robert!. "He'll be elected within a
cuar:er of an hour."
Paula put her cold little hand
against her turning cheek. "Oh, why
dirt I say that I would see him to
night?" she thought. "It would be
cruei to darken his glad hour. In the
first joy of success, I wonder if I will
matter much either way?"
The counting of the ballots began:
"Blythe, one; Blythe, two; Blythe,
thres;" until Paula lost all count.
Blythe:, Blythe, tseemed to reiterate,
until she could have streamed at the
same.
"Transo-ne, 72; Blythe, 71; Ellerson.
1. No election."
"By Jove!" muttered Roberts. "Gas
pard'f men went over solidly to Blythe.
Harrell tells me their game Is to vote
for Blythe until they can prove that
neither Transome nor himself can win,
atd then trust to a stampede for Gas
purd." "PaSta," said Kathie, "have you no
ticed the various styles of coiffures? I
Jike that dear old white-haired gentle
MARGARET BUS BEE SHIPP.
man's pompadour. I am going to ask
him it he wears a rat, it stays up so
much Letter than mine.."
"Thai's Kimbrough," said Harrell,
"the old fooi who keeps voting lor
Judge Ellerson. When tney tell him
he is simply throwing away a vote, he
says it s his duty to vote for the best
man in the state, and Ellersou's that."
Four ballots, without a change. A
Transome man rose and got off a time
worn joke, appointing certain of tbs
younger members a "committee on the
galleries."
"It looks as if they were trying to
gain time belore the next ballot," haz
arded Roberts. Wonder why?"
The hotel waa but a block frn the
capitol, and Mitchell, Transome's man
ager, was at that moment conferring
with him.
"It'a Just this the seventy-third
man that we lost is that cur Blakely.
You know I had repeated letters from
him offering to support you, and he has
pledged himself to you teu times over,
lily ti j has promised to make him
postmaMer at Kayville, and he has
given us the go-by at the very last.
He has come to me twice to-night of
fering to vote for you on your verbal
promise to give him the place. They
are taking the nineteenth ballot now.
You know Smlthers, West and Adams
have promised to stick to you through
20 ballots. After that they will go for
Blythe, as they would for Gaspard, or
whoever chanced to be In the lead, be
cause their chief interest la In the con
stitutional amendment, and they be
lieve It imperative to prevent a dead
lock. That's the case, Transome.
Promise Blakeiy the poatmastership,
and you'll be senator next ballot"
"I will not do it He hi a dishonest
man whom I would not trust with a
copper of my own money, and I will
not do less by the government."
"Bat he'll be pcMctmaater, anyway,"
urge ! Mitchell. "If you don't put him
In, Blythe will. That Is settled. Can't
you do It, for the party's sake? Think
of that rascal representing our state!"
Transome put his hand on his
friend's shoulder. "No, I can't do it.
old man." A smile came into his hon
est eyeti as he added, "But I've been
Rwfully tempted to"
"If we could only get Klmbrough's
vote," said Mitchell In despair, "but
the old fool hangs on like a bulldog,
and declares that he'll vote for the
Judge to the List. Do you think we had
bettr fight for an adjournment after
the twentieth ballot?"
Tranwome took a long breath. "No,
Mitchell, cast my 72 votes for Ellerson,
and with Klmbrough's vote, we elect
him."
"Ellerson:" gasped MltrheVi.
Something cht'-d !j Mitchell's
throat. "The state's lost a good sena
tor, Oliver. But I don't think you will
lose ar.y friends to-night"
It was past midnight when the chair
man announced the result of the twen
tieth ballot. "Blythe, one; Ellerson,
one, Ellerson, two, Ellerson, three;
Blythe, two; EUeraon, four," and so
on. The galleries were dumb, the
Htnall boys paused from cracking pea
nuts, some ot the members of the
house rose In their excitement. Dis
may giew on the faces of Blythe's
forces at the utterly unforeseen climax.
But when the crowds keeping tally
registered 73, a burst of applause
broke fourth, at first scattering, and
then Joined in heartily and generally,
save for Blythe's dumfounded adher
ents. Ellerson was not a politician, his
brusque manner and caustic tongue
made enemies; but he had not an in
tellectual superior In the state, nor
was there a man in it who did not be
lieve la his unsullied honor. Commit
tees were appointed to wait upon him,
as well aa the defeated candidates, and
escort them to the capitol.
To be awakened from a sound sleep
by the news that one has Just been
elected to the United States senate is
an cxptrlence that does not befall
many men.
When the committee returned with
Judge Ellerson to the houe, pandemo
HELP!
nium broke loose. Kimbrough, his
first ally, seized the ballots and flung
them like snow around EUerson's
head; the small boys, dangerously bal
anced on the capitals of the great dorio
columns, shouted, squealed and gave
eat -tails.
Ellerson spoke briefly. In conclusion
he turned to Transome's men, saying:
"The magnanimity of your leader has
made it possible for me to see the gra
tification of my life's ambition, but an
ambition I had never expected to rea
lize. He Is mauy years younger than
I am, but I am proud to learn from
him those lessons of generosity and
self-sacrifice which will enable me to
serve icy state more wisely in the fu
ture than I have done in the past."
He walked rapidly down from the
desk and put out his hand to Tran
some. Like the rushing of a tornado came
the cries "Transome! Transome!"
When he arose to speak, a gallant, un
daunted figure, the light of a great
moral victory shining in his eyes, the
building rocked with the applause. The
greatest gvation that had ever been
witnessed in that hall was accorded a
defeated candidate.
Puia waa hardly conscious of it, or
of anything save that Trtnsome's eyes
had met hers for a long moment Love
him! Had ahe ever doubted it for the
hundredth part of an Idle moment!
This torrent of feeling that overswept
her, bow It had been pent within her,
and tbe bad not known? The agony
of the moment when she knew he was
defeated!
The pain was all for him, for his
disappointment not for her own.
Just before the motion for adjourn
ment waa put, Transome found his way
to her, and they hurried out before the
great crowd began to surge from every
door.
The night was cold and still, a few
star gleamed palely. Paula felt a
sense of new, tender protection in her
lover's presence, in tbe clasp In which
he took her hand.
"Paula, I have come for my answer.
I bring my defeat to you, and ask if
you will snare the life of a poor law
yer in a mountain village. Will you,
Paula?"
In a voice that trembled into shy,
sweet silences, she tried to tell him all
that was in her heart
Transome walked on air. Just out
side the hotel he met Mitchell, looking
for him.
"Good gracious! where have you
been? There are a hundred men Inside
waiting for you, and we began to think
you had made away with yourself!"
Then he waa struck by the radiance In
Tratnome'a face. "Well, you don't
look much like a defeated candidate,
Oliver. I guess you must have heard
that 6ll the party leaders are saying
that your honors are merely postponed
and that the hour of your defeat Is
really the hour of your greatest tri
umph!" (Copyright, IScfi, by Joceph 13. Bowles.)
Lawmaking Bodies.
The Brrltish empire has 63 legisla
tive bodies. In 1903 they passed about
1,900 acts and ordinances. The state
legislatures of the United States In
that year enacted more than 14,000
laws and resolutions, of which mora
than 5.400 were general and the re
mainder were local or private. In
America it Is not always the most
populous state that needs, or seems to
need, the most legislation. In 1903
North Carolina led with 1,200 enact
ments. Philadelphia Ledger.
Anglo-Saxon.
"Y'es." said tbe college student, "dad
got the idea that 1 was cutting up too
much, and so he cut in and threatened
to cut down my allowance unless I
took a brace. I felt all cut up at first,
but I didn't want my allowance cut off,
or cut Into, Just for a little funny busi
ness, and so I cut It out."
And the listening foreigner re
marked: "What did the young man
say ?"
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frrrJA wizard of the rails
RAILROADS
Speculative Day
,AII Time.
The railroad business, as it was
developed iu its earlier stages, was
largely speculative, declares the He
view of Reviews. A grtat part of tl:e
railroad mileage of the country wa
built in advance of actual r.ei-sis. sui
the population and wealth of regions
traversed by the new lines bad to
grow up to give solid value to
transportation properties. Tims, tLe
iallroad trafficked in lands, promote!
manufacturing by special rate con
cessions, made bargains with grain
companies and elevator lines, aud en
tangled themselves with all sorts of
side enterprises for the exploitation
of the country. It was customary to
look upon railroads not merely as pri
vate enterprises, but as of a highly
speculative and hazardous nature.
Most of the railroads at one time or
another ent into bankruptcy, anl
several of them went through more
than one period of receivership and
reorganization. As the country ma
tured railroad property became more
stable, until finally the great systems
were well beyond the danger of seri
our financial reverse. Business inter
ests all along the lines became diver
sified, and it was no longer necessary
for the railroads to secure traffic by
endeavoring to locate and build up
particular interests.
The lime came when there
emerged the clear conception of the
railaoads as a great necessary public
servant, with all the obligations of a
common carrier, nd with no right,
therefore, to discriminate for or
against any of those whose business
required them to make use of the pub
lic highway. The whole thing has
come about by evolution from tran
sient, speculative, immature conditions
to those of a riper period of indus
trial life and civilization. Yet abuses
even when naturally outgrown are
often hard to destroy. For even as the
tree grows great, so, also, will the
entwining parasite often have the
stronger clutch. And many of the
privileged industries built up on spe
cial transportation favors have been
In a position powerful enough to make
It difficult for particular railroad cor
porations to relinquish the rebates or
the other forms of favoritism. It Is
probably true, however, that even if
there had been, no interstate commerce
legislation the very growth of busi
ness conditions would have compelled
the railroads to cease discrimination
and treat all comers fairly.
$10,000,000 to Save Half Mile.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fa
railroad Is spending tlO.000,000
save six and seven-tenths miles. An
army of men and machinery are work
ing day and night to complete the new
Belen cut-off between Texico, N. M.,
on the Pecos Valley line of the Santa
Fe. and Rio Puerco, 30 miles east of
Albuquerque, N. M. The length of the
main line to Emporia is 124 miles,
while by the cut off It will he 109.9
miles.
It is asked why this vast expendi
ture of money if the distance saved
is only 6.7 miles? As a matter of
fact, the Santa Fe is really spending
this money for the purpose of avoid
ing half a mile between Albuquerque,
. M., and La Junta, Col. The other
6.2 miles saved Is not materia!. It is
the 2,000 feet differen'a in altitude
between the Raton Mountain, the high
est point on the present line, and the
Abo Pass, the highest point on the
proposed cut-off, that is really mate
rial. But Men Must Work.
In the tunnels in New York some
bad accidents have occurred. In the
locks used on these tunnels the com
pressed air escapes through the soft
mud of the river as the heading is
pushed forward. Every now and then
an airhole is found and a "blowout"
follows. This instantly reduces the
pressure of the air in the chamber,
and a fresh supply of air has to be In
troduced at great speed to catch up
with the escape. During this short
time the pressure may reach 40
pounds or more, and ths effects cf
the violent fluctuation tell terribly
upon the workmen. But t-9 task must
go on. As some men are borne off to
a hospital others are ready to take
their places. Every expedient that
science has suggested is being adopted
by the contractors, but victims con
tinue to perish as a sacrifice to prog
ress.
Railway with 728 Bridges.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand openeu
the new Wocheiner railway from
Asslfng to Trieste, which is one of
the most remarkable engineering feats
in the world, says a dispatch from
Vienna.
It is the first section in a new
route through the Alps by which
southern Germany will be connected
directly with Trieste and traverses a
beautiful but exceedingly difficult
mountain country, which has necessi
tated the excavation of 47 tunnels and
the building of 679 small and 49 large
bridges.
The bridge on the Isonzo river Is
the largest stone arched railway
bridge in the world. Its span is more
than 270 feet
Extending Railroad Line.
Col. W. C. Green, of New York, who
is in control of the Rio Grande,
Sierra Madre & Pacific, made a
trip to Mexico recently for the pur
pose of arranging for the extension of
the road from Casas Grandes to
Temosachic. An extension now is un
der construction to connect with the
main line at Temosachic. This Is
building with a view to the develop
ment of a tract of 3,000,000 acres of
valuable timber lands which Col.
GreeDe and bis associates own.
E. H. HARRIMAN LEADING FIGURE
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Magnate Known as a Man of Surprises
Some Things 'e Hss Done
Hi Rise from Pest of Clerk
in a Banker's Office.
New York. E. H. Harriman, the
central figure in the recent Wall street
sensation caused by the declaration of
dividends by directors of the Union &
Southern Pacific roads, is a man of
many surprises. Almost every act of
his that has attracted more than pass
lug attention since he appeared on the
scene as a great railroad magnate has
been attended with complete and in
tense surprise.
Indeed, ir. Haniman's activities, as
a railroad magnate transforming vast
systems from a condition of bankrupt
cy to affluence, are themselves per-
is
M'lA
EDWARD H. HARRIMAN.
(Central Figure in Recent Walll Street
Sensation.)
baps the greatest surprise of all. It
was not until 1900 that Harriman cut
any figure In the railroad world.
The most important railroad posl
tlon that he had occupied up to that
time was that of vice president of the
Illinois Central railroad. This post he
held for a time prior to the annual
meeting of 1889. when he retired to
devote himself to the banking and
brokerage business, which previously
had occupied his attention. He inci
dentally took up the handling of rail
road securities, with which he had
been Intimately familiar from the very
beginning of his active business
career.
It was really in 1900, however, that
the magnate's commanding force of
character revealed itself. And from
that time vJM now he has held a posi
tion which for prominence, importance
and influence has been second to few
In the railroad and financial worlds. It
was in 1900 that Mr. Harriman man
aged for syndicated Interests that had
purchased the Union Pacific, ai It
emerged from the hands of receivers,
the purchase of the Southern Pacific,
on terms that not only afforded the
Union Pacific its direct outlet to the
Pacific coast and the gulf, but gave the
railroad control of the Morgan line of
steamships, naming between New
York and New Orleans.
If it was a surprise that Harriman
should be called to such a position,
what he has accomplished since has
been a still greater and more remark
able surprise. In these Rix years the
physical condition of the whole of
what is now known as the Harriman
system including the Union. South
ern and Central Pacifies, the Oregon
Short Line and the Oregan Railroad
and Navigation companies practically
has been reconstructed and from "a
streak of rust" has been transformed
in'o a Rtandard railroad, brought up to
the highest condition of physical per
fection and made capable of being
operated after the latest and most ap
TO DEDICATE MONUMENT.
Illinois Soldiers Will Witness Unveil
ing of Temple at Vicksburg.
Chicago. In honor of the 36,000 Il
linois soldiers who particlated in the
campaign and siege of Vicksburg a
$200,000 temple-monument will be
dedicated in the National park at
Vick3burg. on October 23, 26 and 27.
The beautiful edifice is now completed
with the exception of inserting the
bronne tablets which will bear the
names of the entire number of sol
diers, from drummer boys to generals.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the dedicatory services by
the commission appointed by Gov.
Deneen, of which Col. Charles R. E.
Koch of Chicago is secretary. It is
expected that Gov. Deneen. a large
delegation of Grand Army men, and
the entire First regiment of the Il
linois nstional guard will be present
at tue unveiling.
Seventy-nine Illinois military or
ganizations were represented before
Vicksburg. Those from Chicago were:
First and Third Board of Trade regi
ments; Seventy-second and One Hun
dred and Thirteenth Illinois infantry;
Chicago Mercantile battery; Taylor's
Chicago battery; Rnmsey's Chicago
battery; Wood's Chicago battery;
Waterbouse's Chicago battery; Silver
sparre's Chicago battery; Sparstrom's
Chicago battery ; Bolton's Chicago bat
tery: Cmpany A, Fourth Illinois, Gen.
if
proved methods of the day. The g": at
Salt lake in Utah has been bridged
and other physical obstacles ham
been overcome the surmounting cf
which up to the time that Mr. Harri
took hold of then had been con
sidered impossible. Much of the ex
pense of making thesa physical im
provements has been met out of th
earnings of what b-fo.e had Uea
bankrupt properties incapable of pay
ing fixed charges. They have now
been made to earn, in addition to the
amounts appropriated for these im
provements, immense dividends for
their stockholders.
tine year after his purchase of the
Southern Pacific Mr. Harriman gave
the railroad aud financial world a sur
prise great enough to throw them
into a state of convulsion, and for a
short time threatened almost univer
sal collapse. In 1901 James J. Hill
purchased the Burlington road for
the Northern Pacific. Mr. Harriman
thought that purchase threatened
Union Pacific interests, and demanded
that he be allowed to have a finger
In the pie. He was brusquely refused.
Before Mr. Hill or his associate, J.
Pierpont Morgan, knew what was
happening, Mr. Harriman was in the
market purchasing control of U
Northern Pacific with the result that
on May 9, 1801, the price of the
stork of that road soared to $1,000 a
share. Two days later Mr. Harriman
announced that he owned a majority
of Northern Pacific stock. Out of a
total of $156,000,000 he held shares
of the par value of $78,000,000. A com
parison of notes, however, showed
that his holdings, $41,000,000. waa
preferred stock, which under the plan
of reorganization could be retired at
any time. Mr. Hill and Mr. Morgan
had $42,000,000 of the common, and
this was a majority of the controlling
power. The result was a compromise,
as manifested In the organization of
the Northern Securities company as a
holding concern for the securities of
the Northern Pacific, Great Northern
and Burlington systems.
The securities company subsequent
ly was dissolved by decree of the su
preme court of the United States,
and the properties fell back to the
control of the Hill-Morgan combina
tion, but only after the Harriman in
terests had made many millions out
of their connection with the enter
prise. Harriman seems to have an utter
contempt for popular opinion. In
manner he Is brusque in the extreme.
He shows Intolerance of other peo
ple's opinion, and seems Incapable of
comprehending that any will but bis
own should govern in the carrying out
of plans w-hkh may be under consid
eration. Possessed of a remarkable
quickness of perception and a deter
mination to have his own way, which
has brooked no opposition, he has
ridden rough-shod over the opinions
and feelings of others who believed
they had as much right to considera
tion as he. By so doing he has cre
ater hatred and enmity to an ex
tent which few men could bear, but
he has moved aloug apparently wholly
indifferent to the whole affair.
Mr. Harriman is a small man, of
r.light build, narrow chested and deli
Icate in appearance, but he Is a whirl
wind for energy in his work. He
keeps busy a small army of stenog
raphers. He Is a very rapid thinker,
and acts as rapidly as he thinks. Ha
never sulks, he never swaggers, and
has very few fads, though he is a
lover of out-of-doors and Insists that
his children belong to nearly all of
the open air clubs and societies about
his country home.
Mr. Harriman is wholly a self made
man. His father was a clergyman,
and when the son began his active
career it was as a clerk in a broker'
office in Wall street. In that vicin
ity his career has been spent. Ther8
his great financial battles have been
fought and bis great financial tri
umphs won. There his latest surprise
has been enacted and there his latest
financial achievement is being can
vassed with all the bitterness of criti
cism which most of his surprises bavo
evoked.
Grant's bodyguard; Thiemann's Chi
cago cavalry.
Besides the temple seventy-nina
regimental tnonur. 'eats and eighty-six
regimental markers will be dedicated.
The slate appropriation was $260,000.'
Temple-Monument at Vicksburg.
Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi and
Gov. Bianchard of Louisiana have
consented to speak at the dedication,
as also has Gov. Deneen. The orator
of the day will be W. J. Calhoun.
"Rough on Rabbits" Ignited.
The discovery has been made tha
recent great bush fires in New South
Wales and Victoria were caused by
phosphorus paste, laid out to kill
rabbits. As soon as the mixture dried,
the sun's rays set fire to it
Coffee and Cigars Free.
In a dry goods store in Blackpool,
England, is "a comfortable smoke
room, where gentlemen accompanying
ladies will find coffee and cigars free,
of charge."
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