PAGE TWO
THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1912.
LATE SENATOR NIXON HAD
ADVENTUROUS CAREER.
Hl Own Story of How He Wai Held
Up by Bank Robbers.
United States Scnntor Gforpe S. Nix
m of Xevnda, who died recently, wivh
Dora on n farm lu I'lacer county, CM.,
flfty-two jenra api. Fanner boy, tele
graph operator, railroad nKcnt, banker,
mine owner nnd rancher were the me
ccsslve stops In his enrcer. He enter
ed tho employ of the Southern l'aclue
when he was nineteen yearn old nnd
studied telegraphy. After four yearn
he took a position with the Crwm nnd
Colorado rnllroml for a yenr, aftev
which the president of the l'rrat Na
tlonnl hank o( Heno, n i'i-Kmal friend,
offered Mini n position in the hank.
lie held this place for two yearn nnd
thin helped to organize tho First Na
tional hank of Wlnneiuncca, of which
lie wus cn-shier nnd manager until 1JXJ1,
when he was elected president. Ho
quickly Identified himself with land re
claiming and ranching CMupnnlett and
nlso with the mining Intercut of fJold
field, Tiniojinh nnd other enmpu. Ho
was a mcinhcr of the Nevada intc
legislature In IStfl and qnlckly forced
Ills way to the front ai a political lend
er, lie wan elected to the United
States senate In 1H05 to succeed Wil
lluin M. Stewart. lie became chair
man of the senate's national banks (!e
lect) committee nnd nIo of tho com
mitt on co nut defenses, Irrigation,
niiive. trnTwportntlon nnd others.
"I win talking to a friend lu the pri
vate office of my bank In Wlnnemueca
in SejHeiiiber, 100!)," Senator Nixon
once remarked. "Suddenly the doov
burnt ouen with n crash, nnd n wild
looking mnu with a sir shooter leaped
into the room nnd told ns to hold up
our hands. He walked u out into the
lobby of tho bank, wtiere two other
men were holding tho rest of the bank
employees up wltli rifles. The wild
looking man ordered me to open the
safe nnd when I made some eccwo
drew n knife and proved It agnltiHt my
throat. I oened the safe In a hnrry.
They took fJtt.OOO In sold out of our
safes and. lining in up in the strc-et.
Jumped on their horses and dasnd
away, shooting their rifle and pirtoU
in the air. Although pursued by n
detwty sheriff on a switch etiginc, they
had tho nerve to stop at my hotwe,
three nitles out of town, to pet fresh
horwew. The same giing rohlWl an ex.
presm car in Montnna of $40,000 in un
siRBed national banknote a year Inter,
nnd one of them was almost ciiusht
trying to jmM one of the unsigned
bills In n nihyt!!e (Twin.) store, but
escaped after more gun play."
UREY WOODSON'S SUCCESSOR
J. C. C. Mayo Is New Democratic Na
tional Cotwmfttemnr. From Kentucky.
John C. Calhoun Mayo, the new
member of the Democratic national
committee from Kentucky, succeeds
Urey Woodson, who has beoti on tho
committee for many years. Mayo Is
one of the powtrs behind Governor
McCtvary and is one of the most In
fluential nun In tho state.
Twenty-dre years ago Mayo, now
forty-eight, was a schooitenclier In tho
Kentucky mountains Today bo is
worth fnxn fTi.Ortn.OOO to ?J5,000.000.
Mayo now has a $1Kj0,000 home in
rnlntsTillc, Joluisou county, Ky., Ills
native town. He and his companies
control hundreds of thonsnnds of acres
of coal land. They are pushing the
railroads Into tho mountains and build
ing town? of 5,000 and 10,000 popula
tion. In politics Mayo has always been u
Democrat, and for several years he
hns Iveen active. Only in the past two
years, however, hns he lieconie n fac
tor. He Is one of the delegate at
large from the state to tho Iialtlmoro
convention.
PENSION FOR MRS. SCHLEY.
Senate Votes $150 a Month to Hero of
Santiago's Widow.
Mrs. Annie K. Schley, widow of Hear
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, will re
ceive a peiulon of Slfio a month If the
houne concurs In a bill passed by tho
senate. The committee on pensions
opposed the naming of such a lame
amount, but was finally overruled.
The bill passed was Introduced by
Senator Uiiyner, who served as chief
counsel for Admiral Schley before the
court of Inquiry that passed on his no
tlon at the battle of Santiago. He
made an eloquent plea for the de.nl
naval hero. It developed during the
discussion that Mrs. Schley has an In
come of but SI.VJ n year in addition
to the pension of .$12 per month cl
lowod under existing laws.
A brief but rousing speech was made
by Senator Hayner, who asserted that
Admiral Schley was In command of
the American naval forces at Santiago
nnd entitled to all the credit for thi
destruction of the Spanish fleet.
BOYCOTT CORNELL SUN,
Sage College Girls Decide Not to Sup
port University Daily,
Tho co eds of Sage college at Cornell
have decided that they will not sub
scribe to the Cornell Daily Sun next
year and that those who already hnvo
Ktibserilied will cancel their subscrip
tions. Tho girls have taken tilts action be
cause they believe tho Sun loard has
decided to run no Sogo college nows
next fall. Just where they got this
idea no one knows. Mrs. Gcrtnido
Martin, ndvlser of women In Sago col
lege, said tho girls heard there would
be uo Sago college nows and for that
reason decided not to support It, as It
would not lie of anv value to thorn.
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$25,000,000 THE
A PRESIDENT OF
$2,500,000 Is Spent In Nom
inating the Candidates
on Each Ticket.
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IT costs a lot of money nowadays to
run for the chief oillco lu the
gift of the nation. Never before
has the presidency been so ex
pensive a luxury. Tho business of
maintaining n "boom," which Involves
tho keeping up of n widespread popu
lar Interest and excitement, demands
a lavish scattering of dollars, nnd the
mere Incidental expenditures of travel
over long distances In a special cur,
with stenographers, etc., run up to a
pretty itvuro.
Fortunately for Colonel Uooseveit he
Is not obliged to pay for these things
out of his own pocket. Not being a
rich man, he could not possibly afford
to do so. But many personal expeuses
to be met from his private purse nro
unavoidable. Whenever he is at homo
he Is expected to keep oioii house, l'o
lltlcal supporters from all parts of the
country come to see him and have to
be entertained. He Is obliged to hire
several clerks merely to answer his
mall.
In many wnys tho campaign Is much
cheaper for the president than for the
colonel. For one thing, if Mr. Tnft
has any traveling to do, he has his an
nual salary out of which to pny for It,
and, for another Item, tho government
provides him with all tho clerical as
sistance he wants, and he never has to
buy a postage stamp.
The nominee on cither ticket. Re
publican or Democrat, will find himself
obliged to meet many extraordinary
expenses before election day nrrlves.
Dcnjamin Harrison was helped out
during that period by his Bon-iu-law,
Robert MeKeo, and by other friends
who contributed. Mr. Tnft, who, as
everybody knows, was a poor man,
borrowed heavily from his brother.
Colonel Roosevelt, while not wealthy,
inherited a fortune of about $1."0,000
from his father, a glass importer In
New York, and so was comparatively
independent.
$2,500,000 For Each Ticket.
The totnl cost of naming tho men for
president and vice president will be
something like $2,500,000 for each tick
et. This estimate includes tho rail
road fares and hotel bills of tho tens
of thousands of delegates who attend
tho county conventions. Then there
are the state conventions, and finally
the great national convention, with
more than 1,000 delegates and half as
many alternates.
The national conventions hovo no
standing under the laws of the United
States. They are not recognized or
their doings made valid by the stat
utes, but they serve the purpose for
which they are Intended namely, the
selection of candidates by tho great
political parties, nnd It is undeniable
that they are most interesting from a
purely spectacular jwlnt of view.
After the nomination comes the elec
tion, tho total cost of which is some
thing like $25,000,000-thls being the
approximate expenditure for choosing
a president of tho United States. In
189C Mark Ilanna spent nearly $G,000,
000 to elect McKinley.
It is well within tho mark to suppose
that the two national committees, Re
publican and Democratic, will together
spend JJO.OOO.OOO during the approach
ing campaign. Each of them will send
out at least 5,000 speakers whoso sala
ries will run from $25 to $250 a week,
with an extra allowance of $8 a day
for expenses.
Rut for every stump speaker cm
ployed by the national committee tho
state committees will hnve ten. The
rent of buildings In which the cam
paign meetings are held will amount
to a tidy sum and then there Is the
item of printing, which will lie not
less than half a million dollars for
tho Democrats, and as much for the
Republicans. Each national commit
tee will send out at least 100,000,000
documents Inrgely speeches made or
alleged to have been delivered In con
gress, and as such franked through
tho mail. The balance of such litera
ture will go by express to the chairmen
of the various state committees for
distribution.
$300,000 In Postage Stamps.
Even with such economy each na
tional committee will sicnd something
like ,:i00.000 for postage stamps. Anil
another rather expensive item Is cam
paign buttons, of which 5,000.000 will
loar the portrait of the Republican
candidate and an equal number that
of his Democratic opponent. There will
also bo 5,000,000 lithographed likeness
es of each of the two candidates sent
out to the state chairmen. Minor ex
penditures nro necessarily multitudi
nous, but perhaps the most striking
peculiarity of the whole affair Is that
no accounting will bo made of tho
enormous lums of money silent. The
accounts will be kept by numbers, the
names represented by them being
known only to two or three men. Even
the persons employed to keep the ac
counts will not bo In tho secret, and
tho books when tho campaign Is nt nn
end will bo burned.
Rut to go back a step to the nom
inee. From tho moment of his nom
ination ho becomes of necessity a pop
ular cynosure. Detectives quietly nnd
unobtrusively assumo guardianship over
alia U protect him against possible at-
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COST OF ELECTING
THE UNITED STATES
National Committees Will
Spend $6,000,000 In Ap
proaching Campaign.
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tack by cranks. Rut in other wovs he
j Is subjected to endless annoyances.
I Politicians and nil sorts of other people
make demands upon him or try to ex
tort promises from him to lie fulfilled
in case of tils election.
Once elected tho successful candidate
finds himself sore tract by all sorts of
people who arc eager to make use of
him for advertising purposes. Scores
of tailors In different cities exhibit the
Inauguration ault weeks before the
event. Clgara nro named nftcr him,
but only one brand, hla name being
patented na a trademark. Manufactur
ers of nostrums Bond him plllR, spring
medicines, demising compounds, etc.,
hoping for nn acknowledgment which
will bo utlllzable as nn ad. There Is
bitter comiKrtltlon amoug the hotel
keepers for his patronage, nnd what
ever hostelry he mny select tho rooms
he occupies will bo known from thnt
time on as "tho president's nult," fetch
ing n higher rental.
Mr. Taft has saved something during
his administration, but not very much
probably. Tho average iierson might
suppose thnt with a salary of $75,000
a year, a lino house, rent free, lights,
fuel, servants, music, flowers, station
ery and even a handsome yacht provid
ed ho ought to bo ablo to put nearly
all of his pay Into the bank. Rut what
empties his pocketbook is tho huge and
unavoldablo expenditure for entertain
lng. The formal dinners he is obliged
to givo nt frequent intervals alone cost
hlui from $500 to $1,000 apiece.
Roosevelt Entertained Lavishly.
No president hns ever entertained so
lavishly or ho profusely as Roosevelt.
The scnle of exicnditure in the presl
dent's palace, as It wan called In the
early days of tho republic, has risen
greatly within recent years. When
Grant was elected for bin first term the
salary attached to tho great oihee was
only $25,000.
It will bo remembered that In 187:f a
bill was Introduced in congress raising
tho salary of tho president from $25,000
to $50,000 and tho pay of members of
congress to $8,000. There was a fierce
strugglo over it, with many tumultu
ous scenes, hut finally It passed both
house and senate. When Grant re
fused to slgu It, it was again passed
over his veto. Then a storm of popu
lar Indignation arose, and so much fuss
was made In tho newspapers about tlru
"salary grab" that when congress met
again the first thing It did was to re
peal that iart of the law which re
lated to senutors and representatives.
It would also havo restored tho salary
of the president to Its former figure,
but Grant protected against It in such
terms, declaring It unjust, as to pre
vent such a step.
It Is a curious fact that George
Washington actually received two elec
toral votes for a third term, though he
had refused to servo again one vote
from North Carolina and the other
from Virginia. This was in the elec
tion of 1700, when John Adams led
Jefferson by only three electoral votes.
At tho fourth election Jofferson and
Rurr received an equal number of elec
toral voteu, the result being that tho
house of representatives proceeded to
chooso the president, each state cast
ing one vote, and Jefferson was chosen.
This tio mado tho twelfth amend
ment nocessar'. Reforo that tho con
stitution provided that tho electors
should voto by ballot for twx persons
without specifying which was to be
president and which vice president.
Tho arrangement was thnt tho person
having tho greatest number of votes
(If a majority) should bo president
nnd that the ono coming next should
bo vice president, whether ho obtain
ed a majority or not.
j Butler Offered Second Place.
At Monroe's second election a curi
ous incident occurred. It was sup
posed that all the electors' votes were
for him, but on opening tho New
Hampshire packngo It was found that
ono elector from that state had "bolt
ed," explaining tho matter by saying
that ho wanted Goorgo Washington to
be the only man hnnded down to his
tory as unanimously elected.
In 188-1, it Is related, James Q. Rlalne
did not want the nomination for presl
dent because ho thought ho could not
carry New York, the pivotal state. He
suggested for tho ticket William T
Sherman and Robert T. Lincoln. Rut
Sherman refused, saying that ho did
not think that military men wore suit
ed to tho White nouso Job.
It Is nlso related that Abraham Lln
roln when a candidate for a second
term offered tho second place on the
ticket with him to Renjnmln Rutler.
Rut Rutler declined on the ground
that he ought not to leave tho army
at a period of crisis to tako a civil po
sition. Daniel Webster, however, was the
only man who over threw away the
presidency twice, no refused to ac
cept tho second place on tho ticket
with Harrison lu 1810 and thus did
not succeed thp latter when ho died.
Again In 181S ho might havo been vlco
president with Taylor If ho had so
wished. He refused, and Fillmoro
was put In, succeeding Taylor on hln
demise sixteen months later.
International l'crotiinl Ooloiidnrt,
Tho Scientific American says: An
International conferonco upon tho
Biibject of an international porpot
ual calondar will moot at Gonova,
Switzerland, this summer. Of tho
mnny suggestions that will bo dis
cussed ono will bo that of Loroy S.
Royd. ilila perpetual calondar has
thirteen months of 28 dnys each,
which makes a total of SG4 days.
Tho extra or SCGth day of tho year
Is not counted In any month, but
precedes tho first day of January as
Now Year's Day. In leap year tho
3CGth day In not counted In any
month, hut follows tho last day of
December as leap year day. Tho ad
ditional month Is named Solaris,
and conies between Juno and July.
Tho year 19 10 Is taken as an Illus
tration as, according to tho present
calendar, that year will foogln on
Saturday, which would becomo Now
Year Day, 191C, under tho perpet
ual calendar. Tho following day,
Sunday, would becomo January 1,
191C. In tho perpetual calendar
each month has tho samo number of
days; overy month and every week
begins on Sunday and ends on Sat
urday. Tho samo dato In each
month falls on tho samo day of tho
week. A printed calendar for each
month will bo unnecessary, as tho
days of each month aro Identical
with those of tho first month. Tho
calendar Is good for all tlmo to
como and llko Rill Nyo'a Ttallroad
Guldo, "will bo just aB good two
years ago as It was next spring." It
will facilitate business calculations.
A month will moan 28 and not 30
or 31 days. Wages by tho wook,
fortnight and month aro readily ad
justable without even referring to
tho calendar which Is easily com
mitted to memory.
VICTOR R0SEWATER.
Chairman o' Republican National
Committee, Whose Seat U Sought, (
It is believed that tho first clash between
the Tftft and Itooteve!t forces In OjIwiro
will come over the attempt to ent It. Ii.
Howell, the Koosevolt national committee
man elect from Nebraska, In the plaoe of
Vkrtor Rosewater, chairman of ttt na
tional committer
To Patrons Along the Scranton
Branch of the Erie Railroad.
Tho afternoon train leaving Soran
ton as per schedule following, runs
dally directly to Honesdale, giving
people tlmo to transact their business
at tho county seat and return home
tho samo evening.
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8:13 Dunmoro 1:37
8:02 Nay Aug 1:40
7:51 Elmhurst 1:55
7:43 Wimmora 2:07
7:40 Saco 2:10
7:34 Maplowood 2:1G
7:20 Lako Ariel 2:34
7:09 Gravity 2:41
C:59 Clomo 2:51
C:53 Hoadlcys 2:56
G:37 West Hawloy. . ..3:27
C:12 Whitoilllls 3:38
C:03 East Honosdalo .3:47
0:00 Honosdalo 3:50
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ArchitGC
er
JOSEPH N. WELCH
Fire
Insurance
The OLDEST Fire Insurance
Agency in Wayne County.
Office: Second floor Masonic Build
lng, over O. C. Jadwin'a drUR store,
Honedale.
FIRE
OF
DAMAGED HARDWARE !
Wo havo added to our list a number of attractive bargains
winch we invito you to read over. Tho goods are not damaged
to a great extent, therefore it behooves you to take advantage
of our groat fire sale.
REVISED LIST
Valla 50 oonta to $1.50 per kog.
Hinges 6 eta. per pound, now 3c lb.
Locks 30 eta. each, now 15c each.
Axes $1.25, now 75 cts. each.
Sweeping compound 25 ot. pkg. now
15 cents.
NIcklo Tea and Coffee pot $1.25,
now G5 cents each.
Hatchets CO eta., now 35 cents each.
Bolting at greatly reduced prices.
Heating Stoveo $20.00, now $10.00
cash.
Meat Choppers $2.00, now $1.35.
Wood measures 35o, nowlO c each.
Metal 'Polish 50 c, now 30c can.
Plloa 15c, now 7c each.
Woodscrows 1-4 original price.
Pocket Knives COc, now 25c each.
Razors $2.50, now $1.00 oach.
Padlocks 40 conta, now 15c oach.
Ualh Itoom fixtures at greatly reduc
ed 'prlcos.
Hope 12 eta. lb, now 8 cts. lb.
Poultry supplies, at greatly reducod
prices.
Varnish Stains, groatly reduced
prices.
Shot guns, greatly reduced prices.
Hunting Coats $2.25, now $1.25 ea.
Shot Gun shells, (smokeless) CO cts.,
now 40 cts. box.
Carving Sets $3.50, now $1.50 sot.
Saw Clamps, $1.00, now CO eta. each.
Saw sots 75c, now 50 cts. oach.
Mrs. Pott's Sad Irons $1.15, now 85
cents per sot.
Asbestos Sad Irons $1.75, now $1.25
sot.
nam
ERK BROS
The FARMERS and
MECHANIC
HONESDALE, PA.
M. K. SIMONS, President. O. A. EMEKY, Cashier.
CAPITAL STOCK - - $75,000.00
Corner of
Main & 1 0th
street
BANK WITH THE
PEOPLE
Reasons Why !
It represents more stockholders than any other hank
in Wayne county.
ITS DEPOSITS HAVE REACHED OVER THE
$300,000.00
mark and is steadily growing with tho people's confidence
and tho bank's progressive yet conservative methods.
Its expense of management is limited to amount of
business; together with it's trust funds invested in bonds
and first mortgages on improved real estate assures its de
positors absolute security.
It treats its hundreds of small depositors with tho
samo courtesy as though their funds were deposited by ono
or moro persons.
This bank comes under tho strict requirements of tho
State banking laws as all savings banks and is frequently
visited by tho Pennsylvania State bank examiner, besides
having a board of directors consisting of sixteen of Wayne
county's roliablo business men and farmers.
DUtrcOTOItS:
M. D. AUon, W. II. Fowler,
Goorgo G. Abraham, W. IJ. Gulnnlp,
J. Sam Drown, AI. J. Hanlan,
Oscar E. Dunnoll. John B. Krantz,
Wm. II. Dunn, Frod W. Kreltnor,
J. E. Tiffany.
HORSES
Walt for another consignment te
arrlro In Honoadalo from Iowa tho
oarly part of Juno. It will consist of
DRAUGHT HORSES and
MARES and FARM
MARES
All horses will como directly from
tho farm nnd I will eeo all horses
working In harness boforo purchas
ing. Horses will be sold as represented
Watch this spaco for arrival of
consignment.
M. LEE BRAMAN
Allen Houso Stable Church "H.
SALE
Axes and all klndu of handles at
groatly reduced prices.
Barn Door Hangers 75 conta, now 40
cents per pair.
StoTg Clay, 35 conts, now 2S oonta
package.
Btoro Clay 25 conui, now 1 cents
packago.
Stovo Clay 15c, now 8c pkg.
Fishing Tackle, greatly roducei
prices.
Steel Tapes 35c, now 20c each.
Bread Mixers $2.00, now $1.!5 oach.
Stewart Clipper $7.50, now $5.50.
3 H. P. Gasollna Englno fl3i.0,
now $75.00.
Cultivators, $S.00, now $4.00.
Steel Barn Brushes 85c, now COc.
Cupboard catches, 10c, now 5c.
Brass Surface Butts 25c, now 15c.
Bronze Surfaco Butts, 15c, now 8c.
Drawer Pulls 15c, now 8c.
Drawer Pulls 10c, now 5c.
Agriculture wrenches 15c, now Sc.
'Hammock hooks 10c, now 5c.
Spool wire 10c, now lc.
Stew pans 25c, now 12c.
PIo tins, 8c, now 3c.
Sink baskets 30, now 15c.
Garment hanger, 3 for 5c.
Coat and Hat Hooks, 10c doz. 6c.
doz.
Mouse. Traps 5c, now 3c.
Mouso Traps 10c, now 6c.
Bolts por 100, 50c.
Wash Boards 40c, now 25c.
Butter Bowls 75c, now 50c.
cJrass Scythes 30c. now 15c.
, Scytho Stones 15c, now 5c.
BAUMANN BLOCK,
MAIN STREET.
Watch US
Grow
John Weaver,
U. Wm. Soli,
M. E. Simons,
Fred Stophcns,
Georgo W. Tlsdoll,
S RANK