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Show ! BEHIND THE SCENES IN POLITICS TIIE POLITICAL SOCIAL WHIRL I Condition! in Korea Are In Japaneie Soldier! Still yjjflg proving, Have Their r so Handi Full Police, (Jn. Thousand Korean Will b itr Japsnes Officer, to Keep enlisted and Trained Order In the Hermit Kingdom. throughout Ko The determine e resident general Ion to suppress the disorderly so that the peaceful farming ooulation may prosecute their work districts, where j the outlying irmed bands are harrying the farm hi shown by the prompt ins villages, Condition are Improving. of Prince Ito, the the-senat- ele-DJJ- reinforcements rrival of larmes numbering about rill of gen 5,000, who scattered throughout Korea. be rlnce Ito has Issued strict instruo and civil. ions to Japanese soldiers must not treat the Ko jns that they people, but eans as a conquered hat the rights of all law abiding cit MM must be respected, under pen severe punishment Four ,ty and tele Kindred new telephone Mph offices will be established in d a districts Infested by revolution. communication Ca, so that easy iar be had with the soldiers and po The crop prospect throughout Ice. (ore Is excellent CONGRESS. vice-directo- at Meet June. to be Represented America ing In London In Delegates from a thou dioceses scattered throughout he world have been selected to ab :md the congress to be These del& leld in London In June. atei, including laymen and clergy, nea, will in most cases be accom janled by their bishops, and if tha irophecy of the organizer is ful Slled, the congress will rank among of religious he great gatherings workers. Most of the American blah-:have sent their acceptances, and is each diocese in the United State III also send one or more clergy and laymen, America will he well num '(presented, both as regard hers and ability; all the colonies will and missionasave their spokesmen ries from every portion of the of work ;!obe are coming to tell among native tribe. London. land n pt Charged With Express Robbery N. M. Deputy Sheriff W. d Farmer of Dawson has been in connection with the rob ry of the strong box of the Wells igo Express company of $35,000 at ench. Fanner bad been detailed guard the treasure from French to iwson, where the money was to be el in paying off miners. Farmer as taken to Raton and Incarcerated th two men arrested Saturday. It reported, but unconfirmed, that one the men under arrest has con ised, implicating two men not yet lard Springer, ar-ste- prebended. Protect Strike Breakers. Cleveland. Aside from a few minor llsturbances the street car Btrlke situation on Sunday was quiet while ilk services given by the Municipal fraction company was greatly A police officer rode on each ar and screens cf heavy wire were provided for the motorman's vestl ale. Only one instance of a serious ittempt to attack the crew of a car as reported, when a crowd of boys d men sent a volley of ptones and Hicks at a Miles avenue car. Some the missiles found their mark and iw conductor drew a pistol. Police d. dependence League In California. Francisco With 100 delegates all, representing thirty out of t counties In California, 'he state convention of the Independence league met Saturday, adopted a Platform, declaring against fusion with any other political party, and c'Mted four delegates at large and tour alternates to the national con mention of the Independence league he held in Chicago on July 27. district jhe Eighth congressional "Negations also held their conven-- n and elected two delegates and w alternatives from each district San thirty-eigh- . Miny Attend 8econd Me Utah Peace 8oclety. Salt Lake City. The secoi n of the Utah peace socl f. Jn the F,rst Congr rk . Sunday afternoon, a Permanent organlzaa f Rn,l fn officers for the :,Lar Including the board o JJ, Wa e'ected. The meet by PeoPe fro t2hlnat on who were a11 "eernlng a unlvers abolishment of wai L., Ctrle? BPttl,n Olaputes IX (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) The politician who is following the calling for a livelihood eats, drinks and sleeps politics. Yon cannot get him off the track. lie finds little interest In anything else. All his reading, outside of the papers. Is. on political topicB. He keeps track of past elections and past ward votes, knows bow his ward has gone, will go, and ought to go In the future. He Is the life of all political assemblages, for he has the air of the expert and the glibness of an Illustrated lecturer. He attends the wakes, funerals, dances, parties, baseball and football games, christenings, church fairs, picnics and all other social happenings, and gets himself voted "the most popular man whenever he has a chance. I remember that at one political Jamboree there was a beauty show and I was appointed one of the judges. The rather two judges were pulling together, and I saw I was double-crosse- d before the beauties went on the platform. In front of the platform there was a big crowd on the chairs, and they wero filled by the respective adherents of the contesting I had ' Innocently supposed fair. that things were on the square until was approached by one of the Judges with the idea that the first prize ought to go to a certain girl who, to my notion, was not within a thousand miles of being first In the race. I put up such a fierce kick that the other judges got a little bit uncertain, and at last, as first and second prizes were both gold watches, they agreed to let me select No. 2 If I would vote for their choice for first prize. ' When No. ls name was announced groan went up from the crowd, accompanied by a cheer from one corner of the seats where the winners partisans were bunched. When No. 2s name was given she was cheered by a big majority of the crowd, and I was satisfied my eyesight was still good. Now for both of these girls the vote had been solid, three votes for each. When It came to No. 3 and there were only three prizes worth anything I did a little myself. One of the Judges proposed a girl who had a face like a custard pie at twilight The other I Judge said, Sure, thats the one!" had selected a girl for this prize and had got her name, so I said to Judge No. 2, Wheres your lady!" lie 1 said, "Out of pointed to her and votes Bight; but wed better split the " for Miss giv vote this time; you choice so Ing him the name of my that the crowd wont have an holler to ono coming on the split; two votes will win out anyway." He did as suggested, but as I also voted for my choice the look of disfeatures gust that overspread hisbeen " had he haw saw he when But classic. was something all he said was Holy gee!" C. SJ? 1 fashionable club, making wild guesses with the reBt of them as to how national politics loomB up. At twelve that night you may be addressing forty or fifty people in a little hall back of some saloon. You must be prepared to meet all kinds of people at a minute's notice, and you must be able to understand them and adapt yourself to them instantly and easily, or you will be lost In political society. Suppose you happen to drop in at down-towheadquarters where they are waiting for a meeting to be called. There may be twenty to thirty men about some sitting in chairs reading or talking, some at a card-tablplay ing a friendly game of cinch, others at a Can or a billiard-table- . you play cards? Now, of course, it Is not absolutely essential that you can; but if you can make a hand at one card-tablor pocket eight balls from the break, or play a fair game of billiards you are a more welcome member of society In that strata of political existence. And if It should happen that you " Joined a group at some political club, where some topics such as literature, art, science, invention or similar matters were being discussed, and could hold your own In conversation, you were making a hand" there, the same as at the more plebeian game of cinch. Nothing that a man has learned with his head or bis hands but what will come In handy in politics. n e pool-tabl- e e high-toned- Political club meetings, In the case of the down-toworganizations, touk place every Sunday in my time. They were enlivened by the admission of new members, the reading of reports and making of motions, speeches, and always something in the way of a vaudeville stunt by either a member of the club or some outside talent. These down-towmeetings were valuable in bringing the leaders of the different wards together and affording them an opportunity to exchange political news and to discuss the coming spring or fall campaign. They were always largely attended, and It was a disgrace for any ward to be called upon for Information of any sort and not have a representative on hand. A disgrace that I never knew to happen but once. No matter what the weather was the faithful" wer on hpnd. The president opened the meeting and the utmost freedom of discussion was allowed In any debate which might arise. Sometimes a recess was declared, and the men talked and smoked until the meeting was called to order agoin. It was amusing to see how those of the gathering who were were regarded. If their distributive" position gave them no as merely on looked were power, they happy accidents." and not ranking at with those officeholders who had a Jobs" to sort out In neither of my own portions did I have the appointr ment of even so much as a 1 was merely "a so at disposal, my In an has been mixed up In fact I waa lucky In to lucky guy. 2 year or so he begins one, for not having than more ways sn S many t politics has I waa not bothout to give cial way as the game of anything ered by applicants. in caroms." The variety s Is so widely diversified These meetings always arranged rvals so abrupt that It the parades, the marching trips for r cosmopolitan spirit to the "grand balls" which were and At degrees." the "take Dont Imsgine It did not cost given. In the afternoon you may me anything to mingle in political society, glasses with a young and otherwise. You were ablo a rathskeller In friendly polite tickets to the balls, chances on to buy ur beer s to how things everything that could be raffled for nd of the ward. At p. the benefit of aome needy politician, be dining with a bunch of to march badges and gloves, plug bats narty magnates in some n n double-crosB-In- "horn-swogglsd- Entire Family 8Uln. N. J. William D. Bhep Prosperous poultry fancier rnMr rough rider, was found L on hl8 farm near here Sat afler mysterious his household would meet vlo,ont death within two ert. lfe an1 Jennie .Bendy, a hut thoV Ba,Tered the same fate, baby nhharmi?id a?plng In her cradle, '4(.0nJn5 ,The entire house bed of tsisjw.Ar-- The sundry civil appropriation bill, carrying a total of about $120,000,000, was passed by the senate last week. Three persons were killed and ten others injured during a tornado which badly damogod the town of BolUn ger. La. General Loronzo Torros, commander of all the troops In Sonora, ba concluded pence with the renegade-YaquIndians. The armored cruiser Maryland was the trophy winner In the rocent target practice at Magdalena bay. The Illinois was the former holder of the trophy. through-MerceA tornado which swept and Henry counties, Illinois, last week, touching several towns and. Mrs. did considerable damage. Gottrh, an elderly woman, was killed at Cleveland. Senators Morris and Roddlo engaged In a fist fight on the floor of at Guthrie, Oklahoma, as a result of Roddlo calling Morris a liar. Senator Koddie sustained serious bruises on the head. John W. II. Getgor, convicted of misuse of the funds of the Central National bank of Baltimore, of which he was cashier, committed suicide on May 14. He was about to begin a five years prison sentence. More cars are idle at the present time than for years. The latest re port on the number of Idle cars In the country Is that of April 29. This shows 413,605, an Increase of 17,833 over that of April 15, Governor Allen Card of Lanao province, p. I., who was injured by Moro bolomcn recently, is not dead as reported. He is now said to be Improving, and It is expected that he wilt recover from his wounds. r The director and of the prison at Astrakahn, Russia, have been condemned to eight years In the penitentiary for having Inflicted on certain prisoners such cruel treatment that on? of the men died. ' A call has been Issued by tbe national body of tbe first National Good. Roads congress, to meet In Chicago, June 15, and in Denver, July 6, the day before the opening of the Republican and Democratic conventions. Jim Lynn, a negro, who murdered Sarah James, a white girl 16 years of age, and fatally shot her mother, Mrs, Julia James at Pueblo, Colo., was ar rested at Limon Junction, Colo., while seeking friends with whom to bide. Tbe St. Paul railway will begin at once construction of seventy locomotives of the highest type. This will result In. restoring to employment in tbe west Milwaukee shops of that company tbe full force of 5,000 men. Tbe Republican state convention, held at Macon, Ga., selected four un instructed delegates to the nationat convention. Three delegates are said to favor the nomination of Taft and the fourth Is a supporter of Governor Hughes. Two twin children, 3 years of age, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home in Oakland, Cal. Mrs. Robert Nunemacher, whose husband is a gardener, carried her other children to safety, but could ont rescue the twins. The National Drainage congress met in Washington on May 12. Interest was centered in the presence of W. J. Bryan, who was the principal epeaker at the afternoon session. Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada spoke at the morning session. Tbe wiveB of the members of the diplomatic corps at Pekin were received by the Dowager Empress in audience at the summer palace on May 15. It was noticed that the empress had aged materially since the-lus- t audience of a year ago. General Snarskl, commander of the Russian punitive expedition Into Persian territory, has been ordered to his advance Into Persia and the bandits with fire and sword. He will destroy villages, but spare tbe women and children. The right of President Roosevelt summarily to dismiss a negro soldier of the Fifteenth Infantry for alleged participation in the riot at Brownsville, Texas, was sustained by Judge-Hougin the United States district court New York City, last week. The jury in the case of Robert H. Holloweli, of Paducah, Ky who sued' his brother, John H. Holloweli, and. twenty-seveother alleged night riders, for $50,000 damages for driving him and his family from the state, brought In a verdict awarding l ur Seoul.' NEW S SUM MAR'S office-holder- s in, together with other raiment, club dues, tickets to various dances and entertainments, and In fact from morning until night day In and day out to sift" your salary steadily Into the hopper. The grand balls were of course the most Important functions given by the party. They were attended by everybody, including the mayor, and he led the grand march. It was a lively time, and diamonds were as plentiful as blackberries. suits were largely In evidence, and the dancing kept up until morning. At such a ball the, extreme opposites ojf political life met, once a year, and the occasion was one to be remembered. Judges, with an eye to possible or probable were not at all too proud to attend, and occasion ally some of the city's elite attended, just for the novelty of the thing. A woman might be led out by an of the state foe one set and Full-dres- s the next set "take a turn down the middle With the man that shot Bandy McGee. It was a truly cosmopolitan gathering, unique and picturesque, and rarely was there any disturbance that amounted to anything. waltz tune e Dancing went on time, couples coming and going and round dancing being succeeded by quadrilles. Sometimes a lithe and sinuous got a space cleared for himself to disport in, and great was the enthusiasm when some girl would accept a challenge and come out on the boards to do a turn with the Such advancing and swaying and retreating; such apparent Indifference and then unexampled vigor; such a hammering of the boards and turning and twisting, until at the end the crowd roared its approval and the dancers disappeared among the spectators. all-th- Political society at the picnics, democratic as It seemed at first blush, had Its lines of demarcation, which were quite noticeably drawn. The wife and daughters of the big boss were on hand, together with the women folks of the various but they did not mingle with the average lady picnickers. They sat by themselves In something of exclusive grandeur, and were pointed out by the more to their ordinary of the merry-maker- s companions. Sometimes a possible presidential candidate graced the occasion by his presence and consented to hand out a sample of oratory. But I never heard one yet who could draw away any of the attendance at the baseball game or the fat womens race. Theres a limit even to oratory. Great was the consternation when, as sometimes happened, the floodgates of heaven opened and drowned the picnic grounds. The last political picnic I attended commenced on a very threatening day, and at last the clouds seemed to make up their minds to sweep the grounds. Our party had taken alarm, with a number of others, and had gone down the track to where the first train to town was stationed. The crowd got there and jammed tho train Instantly. Just opposite the picnic ground, and a halt mile from us, waa a wide platform, uncovered, on which stood hundreds who were waiting for this train. Let her go, Sam, said the conductor; no stop till we get to Chicago." Away we went, and as we passed the picnic grounds hundreds more came down through the drenching showers In white dresses that stuck to their limbs and straw hats that were being soaked to ruin. But the train went past regardless of their yells, and as it went by the car windows wero raised and the chorus of the latest song was wafted into office-holder- ' Another and more common phase of political social life was at the saloons. Here the ward politicians gathered, not only to talk politics, but to roll play pool and, at the card-table"play for the drinks." The amount of social Intercourse thus had In a large city Is enormous. After the ordinary ward politician had eaten his supper he would be ready to engage in his political cruising, and be could usually find a bunch of men at the of bowling alleys, or In the card-rooI went his neighboring saloon. through a great many political fights and skirmishes, big and little, and except just at election times I saw very little drunkenness. But there was no doubt that the workingmen and mechanics gathered at the saloons to see each other. And there was no doubt that they spent money there; maybe more than they should have done. But that was where they went to find companionship; to meet their "society." I have often gone to the swell political clubs and there met the men, lawyers, doctors professional and professors, business men of large Interests In various channels, and they sat at the tables and drank their wine where the ward fellows drank beer, and they played bridge or poker" where the ward men played cinch," and when you come to the question of which is moral and which Is not, I leave it cheerfully to every man for himself to Judge. their ears: ten-pin- s, Every year, and always In the good old summer-time- , the swell picnic was Jield, generally away out In the country In some grove. And here political society disported itself In its gayest and gladdest "rags," and gave Itself up to unalloyed festivities of all sorts and kinds. There was the fat mans race, the sack race, chasing the greased pig (bo politically suggestive), the between the firemen and policemen's teams, the dances, tho speeches, the bowling alleys, the nigger baby and baseball stand, the umbrella and cane game, the lemonade stands, the wandering minstrels, and the shell game. You could spend your money a little at a time at tho diversified amusements, or you could have one swift thrill and lose It all at tug-or-w- the "shells." When the band struck up a favorite at the platform you could and pivot" with your partner, Just to show that you were not proud, or that you knew how to reverse. go up silver-tongue- d e n f $35,000. An official telegram received' In London by the Indian office reports twenty-sevedeaths from cholera In. the regiment of Munster Fusiliers, which a week ago was sent into the cholera camp from Major GeneraL Wlllcock's force now. operating against the Mohmands. . The Denver & Rio Grande railroad, Oh! ain't dat awful, acting for the Western Pacific, has Ain't dat a aliamit; To kei'p my buby sold $15,000,000 two-yea- r 6 per cent Out In the rain. notes, with the privilege of extending them for three years, from 1910. ProH's First Impression. ceeds of the sale of these notes will They stood by the lake. 'She waa be used in completion of the construcfrom Boston and poetical. tion of the Western Pacific. Ars you romantic?" she chirped The revolutionist)! In Yun Nan provafter a long silence. ince, China, have met a setback. Exceedingly," replied the Chicago column of Insurgents, the one man as he lit another black cigar, a. that waa advancing on Mengh-Tsze- , "Ah, I am so glad to hear It. What at the head of navigation-oport treaty does yon yellow half moon remind the Songkol river, has been reyou of? pulsed by provincial troops, following' The Chicago man was thoughtful. the defeat cf the first column. Well, to tell you the truth," he reMis'! Jean Reid, daughter of tbe branded, after a minute's meditation, American embassador to Great Brit1t reminds me of the half of a ain, Whltelaw Reid, and John Hubert pumpkin pie and Ward, brother of the Earl of Dudley-an- d But the Boston girl was gone. Such In waiting to King Eda gross allusion to fair Luna was ward,equerry will be married in the chapet more than her aesthetic nature could royal of St James palace, June 2J. tolerate. ing Edward will be present n The-secon- n |