PAGE SIX
the Citizen, Wednesday, june 12, 1912.
Photos copyright by American Press Association.
CANDIDATES FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
THE REPUBLICAN
IS LIKELY TO
Contests of Many Kinds Prom-
Lise to Make the Occa
sion Lively.
By JAMES A. EDCERTON.
A LL aboard for the big show! Noth
Ing like It ever seen on earth
n nor ever will bo seen again!
This way, gentlemen! Here Is
the place to buy your tickets! Un
paralloled contest between the rough
rider and the steam roller!
That will be something like the Ir
resistible force mooting the Immovable
body. Nobody has ever yet tlgured
out Just what would happen In that
Impossible collision, but tho world may
now witness nn npproxlmatlpu to the
result at tho Republican national con
vention. Without venturing Into the
domain of prophecy It should be enough
to say that something Is just Ixmnd to
break loose and that something will
bo worth going miles to pee.
That Is exactly what multiplied thou
sands are going to do, or rather they
will go tho miles all right, but as to
seeing the convention that Is another
matter. There will be three or four
times the demnnd for admissions that
tbcro will bo tickets, and if anybody
has to bo left out rest assured It will
bo Mr. Common People nnd his large
family.
Tho first contest will be over the
temporary chairmanship. Ordinarily
peoplo do not grow wildly excited
about the temporary chairman any
more than they do over the nominee
for vice president. He does his key
noting, and that Is nil. Nolody hears
him, and even If some one did hear he
' or she would promptly forget the key
In which the note was pitched. A key
noto may bo nil right for nu orches
tra, but It does not necessarily pro
duce harmony In a convention. The
man who has tho most votes is the one
who strikes the real keynoto there.
This time, however, thero Is to bo u
real light over the temporary chalrmnn
and bis keynote. The national com
mittee U to recommend Senator Elihu
ltoot of New York, Tho Roosevelt
peoplo do not want ltoot They do not
propose to sing In Hoot's key. There
fore they fear any note he might strlko
would produco discord. In fact, the
mere mention of his name has produc
ed that already. Thero are plenty of
rooters In the Hoosevelt ranks, but
they do nof. spell It with n capital lot
tor. This means they are not rooting
for ltoot The definition of a radical
Is ono who goes to the root of things,
but tho Roosevelt radicals do not go
to this Root not on your life.
A Swarm of Contests.
The second unpleasantness, or per
haps this ono should bo called a dis
turbance, will be over the credentials.
The national committee is wrestling
with those rtxht now. There are near-
CONVENTION
BE MEMORABLE
"Doings" Will Start With the
Selection of Temporary $
Chairman. I
Jy 240 contests all told, and every one
contains Its own particular variety of
trouble. Thero are contests from near
ly every southern stato and from sev
eral northern ones. The nverago north
ern man has an Idea that thero are
not enough Republicans In the south
to start a contest, but this Is a mis
take. It seems that the fower Repub
licans there arc In a given section the
more contests are started, in Lou
isiana, where the party recently lost
Its place on the oftlclal ballot, so small
was Its vote, there are three sots of
delegates, each Booking admission to
tho national convention.
Tho national committee makes up
only the toinporary roll. Tho conven.
tlon then takos Its turn at tho con
tests, which It does through Its ere
dentlnls committee, consisting of one
member from each stato. Ordinarily
tills second review is largely a matter
of form, tho credentials committee
simply approving the action already
taken by the national committee. In
the present ItiBtnnco, howevor, all
precedents may be sent to tho scrap
heap, as the credentials committee will
certainly be asked to reverse tho find
ings of the national committee, which
are generally In favor of tho Tuft del
egates. Afterward tho ranttor will bo
fought out on the lloor of the conven
tion. There is to be nothing cut and
dried this year. Every Uttlo moment
Is to have an excitement of Us own.
Tho contests out of the way, the
wounded will be removed from tho
battlefield, aftor which the committee
on permanent organization will have
the lloor. The Taft wen have decided,
or so It Is said, that tho proper thing
to do Is to mako tho temporary organ
ization permanent. If they succeed
lu this plan Senator ltoot will sound
two keynotes Instead of ono and will
wield the gavel throughout tho conven
tion. Again tho Roosevelt men will
not ngree. This time they aro liable
to declare that tho New York Beuator
la the Root of all ovll nnd to attempt
to eradicate him root and branch Hut
that will be about enough of that.
Pointing With Pride.
Then will conio tho strugglo over the
platform, and. this again will depend
on tho complexion of tho convention.
If the Taft men control they will point
with prldo to tho present administra
tion, and if the Roosevelt cohorts aro
In tho saddle they will point with prldo
to tho last one. The constitution and
tho rule of the peoplo will also have
tbelr Innings, the trusts will get theirs,
and the tariff well, tho tariff Is always
good for a plank or two in any kind of
a political platform. Tho tariff has
been tho most planked subject that
1
FOR PRESIDENT.
ever caused wilted collars In a resolu
tions committee.
After the platform, my brethren, will
come the exciting event of nil. It will
be the acme, climax, culmination, crux,
crisis, crucial point psychological mo
ment aud stroke of destiny all rolled
Into one. AI(o please do not forgot
the Instant packed with fate. It will
be that too. In fact, think of every
thing in the line of brenthlessness, sus
pense and nervous tension thut your
lmngiuntiou will stnnd for, and It will
surpass them all. Sure, you have guess
ed It the nomination. That is what
all these preliminary events and this
machinery nre for. That is tho reason
for the long months of devastating and
adjective hurling campaign. That Is
the moment In which the straining and
striving converge, the point where nil
tho polltlcnl paths meet. It will be a
great hour for the Republican party,
perhaps for tho American nation. Who
will be nomlnutcd? Dont ask me. I
won't tell you. I coukl, of course, but
why give away these precious secrets
In advance? That would rob tho con
test of all Us excitement. Up to date
I have met 477 men who wero cock'
sure they knew to an ab-so-luto cer
tainty who It would be, and thoy were
all liars. It Is sad to think it, but
there is something about politics that
makes liars of us all. If I said I
knew I would bo as big a llnr as the
rest. I won't do It I used to be a
political prophet, but linve learned
better.
Both Sides Claim It.
Tho RooseveK followers say they
will have COO votes and that It is all
over but the shouting. The Taft men
are sure they will have 000 votes and
are getting ready to celebrate. So
thero you arc. La Follotte predicts
that the convention will bo deadlocked
and the delegates will have to take him
or go without a candidate. Some of
tho wise New York politicians ure still
talking of a dark horeo with whiskers,
or maybe a dark horse does not hu,ve
whiskers, but, anyway, Justice Hughes.
The best I can do Is to refer to a table
carefully prepared by the New York
Tribune. This newspaper Is for Taft,
but the table gives Roosevelt slightly
the best of It on the face of the returns.
To offset this the editor says thut most
of the contests will be decided In favor
of Taft, which will give him a major
lty or at least u plurality. In any
event, it will be uncomfortably close.
The convention meets In the Chicago
coliseum at high noon June 18. The
building Is the same ono lu which Taft
was nominated four years ago. The
dato Is tho anniversary of tho buttle
of Waterloo and tho centenary of the
beginning of tho war of 1812. State
mcnts of the number of persons that
can bo scatod In the great hall vary
all tho way from 11,000 to 12,000.
Beginning on Tuesday, It Is scarcely
possible that tho sessions can bo com
pleted boforo Friday or Saturduy of
tho samo week. If thuru should be a
deadlock thoy may even run oyer Into
the next week, but a deadlock Is next
to Impossible with the contest narrow
ed practically to two candidates.
Every national convention apuenrs
momentous to tho newspapers and
politicians of tho day, but without guff
or exaggeration the Republican con
ventlon of 1012 may prove the most
momontoui held by. that party since
1800.
SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE
..REAL ESTATE. By virtuo of
process issued out of tho Court of
Common Pleas of Wayne county, and
Stato of Pennsylvania, and to mo di
rected nnd dellvorod, I hnvo lowed on
nnd will cxposo to public sale, at tho
Court Houso In Honcsdalc, on
FRIDAY, JUNE I I, 1012, 2 V. M.
All tho defendant's right, tltlo
and intorest in tho following de
scribed proporty viz:
By virtue ot tho annexed writ of
Fl. Fa. I have this day levied upon
nnd taken In oxccutlon nil that cer
tain piece or parcel of land situate,
lying nnd bolng In tho township ot.
Manchester, county of Wayne, and
Commonwealth or Pennsylvania,
bounded nnd described as follows, to
wit: Northeasterly by tho Delnwaro
river; westerly by lnnd lato of Alexan
der Cnlder; nnd southerly by land
late of Jncob Kcllam, containing ono
hundred and ten acres, be tho samo
moro or loss. Upon said promises
is n framo house, barns, and other
out buildings, npnlo orchard and
other fruit trees nearly one-half Im
proved land and balance In timber.
Seized nnd taken In execution as
tho property of Anna Colo at tho
suit of Casper Engert. No. 02 Juno
Term, 1907. Judgment, $275. Leo,
Attorney.
Also C. ifi. Engert against Anna
Colo, torro tenant, GC March 1912.
Judgment $794.70.
TAKE NOTICE All bids and costs
must bo paid on day of sale or deeds
will not bo acknowledged.
FRANK C. KIMBLE, Sheriff.
Honosdale, Pa., May 23, 1912.
a HERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE
IJ REAL ESTATE By virtue of
process issued out of tho Court of
Common Pleas of Wayne county, and
Stato of Pennsylvania, nnd to mo di
rected and delivered, I have levied on
and will expose to public sale, nt the
Court Houso In Honcsdalc, on
FRIDAY, JUNE I I, 2 1 M.
All the defendant's right, tltlo,
and Intorest In the following de
scribed property viz:
All that certain pleco or parcel of
land situate in tho township of Lake
county of Wayne, and State of Penn
sylvania, bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning at a corner on the east
ern shoro of Lako Ariel, at High
wart mark, on tho southwestern
corner of lot No. 7 from the Doud
lot; thence north 52 and 50 minu
tes east 240 feet to a corner in the
middle of public road; thence along
tho -middle of tho public road, north
54 degrees west 142 feet to a corner
in said road; thence south 57 degs.
and 40 minutes west along the south
ern sido of alleyway 254 feet to a
corner on shore of said lake, high
water mark: thence along the shoro
of said lako at high water mark In a
southerly direction nbout 1G2 feet
to the place of beginning, containing
moro or less.
Excepting and reserving out of and
therefrom said described lot 50
feet In width along tho shoro of said
lake measuring tho same 50 feet back
from high water mark and the length
of said reserve to tho width of said
aboYo described lot, and subject to
the following restrictions, which will
moro fully at largo appear on tho
record, and being tho same land that
Reuben J. Jones et ux. by his deed
dated the 22nd day of August, 1899,
recorded in the office for the record
ing of deeds in and for Wayne
county in Deed Book No. 85, page
350 granted and conveyed to Sarah
H. Hazlett; and Sarah H. dlazlett
having died on or about November,
1904, having first made her last
will and testament, she devised and
bequeathed tho land above described
to her husband William H. Hazlett.
Said will belne recorded in tho office
of the Register of Wills in and for
Wayno county in Will Book No. 8,
pago 273, by reference thereto, tho
same will fully and at largo appear.
Upon tho promises Is a good frame
dwelling houso and out buildings,
and all tho land Is Improved.
Seized and taken In exocutl'on at
tho suit of the American Fraternal
Association, assigned to tho Hones
dale Dime Bank, against William H.
Hazlett. Juno Torm, 1912. Judg
ment, $2,000. Attorney, McCarty.
TAKE NOTICE. All bids and costs
must be paid on day of sale or deeds
will not bo acknowledged.
FRANK C. KIMBLE, Sheriff.
Honcsdalc, May 20. 1912.
Roll of
HONOR
Atter'.ion is called to the STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
The FINANCIER of Now York
City has published n ROLL Ot
HONOR of tho 11,470 State Hanks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this list tho WAYNE
COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands 10 1 h in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $550,000.00
Total ASSETS, $3,000,000.00
Honesdale, Fa., March 25, 1911, I
Savings
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