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Show t TORN WITH STRIFE Managers of Candidates of Both Parties Engage in Bitter Struggle. HISTORY WILL BE REPEATED I After Conventions Are Over Men Who Are Now Fighting Each Other Will Be Found Working for Party Choice. By GEORGE CLINTON. Waahlnntiin There la atrlfe In Waahlnitton between the furrea attached at-tached to the different heailuunrtera of the rarloua ramlldittea uf both pnr-tlea pnr-tlea for the preatdency of the I'tilted Btntea. Mr. Taffa manngera on their part and Mr. Hnoaerolt'a nianmera un their part are aendlnu lettera back and I forth full of littterneaa. Innuendo and I other thlnga which are not at all nice I reading to thnae who think that the 1 time, la come for peace on earth even I among politic-Una The aame thing la I In evidence among the Democratic I managera. It muat be aald. however, that until a few dayn ago the Democratic Demo-cratic champlona of the different party randldatea managed to keep the ' neace. Now. however, thlnga have changed and chargea are going back j and forth, and the Itepohllcnn ramp I and the Democratic cntnp look very much alike. Polltlrlana of both partlea her any that hlatory will repent Itaelf and that after the ronventluna are over the men who are railing one another nnmea will he found ahnulder to ahoulder working on lielmlf of the nominee no matter whom they may lie and will be entirely forgetful of everything that they anlil In the daya preceding the convention. What In the hlatory whlrh haa reienled Itaelf? Virtually II la the hlatory of every ramiialgn. Democratic and llepuhllcan. w hich haa been put on the pngea of th couniry'a record, although there hare been admittedly one or two rampnlgna In both pnrtlra In whlrh bltlerneaa Inated after the convention daya. four yearn ago now the Republican pnrty waa apllt Juat aa II la today, only the "aldea" were different Men who are championing Mr. Tnfl'a nomination nomina-tion now were oppoaed to hltn when he waa a aeeker for the nomination the Inat time, and men who were for him then are now agalnat him, although, al-though, of eotirae. thla la not to be ae-repled ae-repled aa an absolutely rotnprehenelve rule. Art Now With Taft. The champlona of Mr. Cannon and Mr. Fatrbnnka and anme othera for the nomination four yenra ago and who did all that thev could to aecure the nomination of the men In whom Ihelr heart a were given are now doing do-ing what they ran lo put Mr Taft Into office. It wna aald four yenra ago thnt theae men would carry their animosity ani-mosity Into Ihe campaign In caae Taft were nomlnnted, but Ihe prophecy proved III founded It waa Theodore K. Ilurton of Ohio who preaented Mr Tnft'a name to the convention of hla party. It waa Ihe beginning of Ihe day of harmony, and notice Mr. Ilur ton'a honeyed worda aa nddreaaed to the frlenda of the other rnnilldatea In the convention hnll : "We welcome the friendly rivalry of randldatea from other atatea from Ihe grent Kmplre state. Ihe Keyatone atnte. Indlnua. IMInnla and Wlaeonaln. forming with Ohio a broad en'piinae en-tending en-tending In unbroken aweep from old ocean to Ihe nppermoat hounda of Ihe grenleat of Inlnnd aeaa Knch of theae preaent a leader nmnng lendera whoae nchlevementa and renown are not con fined In the nnrrnw llmlia of a elude commonwealth. "Today with fervid eanietnea we watte a content for the prlre. Tumor-row Tumor-row united for the fray nml quickened quicken-ed by n ronimon fiery -nl. the rhnm-plona rhnm-plona of all the rnnilldatea will go forth with mounting enthualaam to vnnqulab the foe." Before and After, At theliiat Democratic convention at which a Biirrcanful candidate for the prealdeucr waa named, the convention of there were New York Demiv crnta In the convention hall lo rlae one -after another through the long hour a of one dny'a aeaalon to declare Urn! If drover Cleveland waa the ran-d'dalo ran-d'dalo of Ihe party he could not and ought not to he elected. It waa aald that the dlvlalon In the party waa aurh that If Mr. Cleveland were again Ita itandard bearer that overwhelming lefeal would come from the Hepub-lli-nna. and there were Inalnuatlona even lh.it the men who were prnteat-Ing prnteat-Ing In Ihe toovenllnn hall would lead holt agalnat hla election. What hnpiiened? The New York delegation which voiced Ita nntago ritam lo drover Cleveland and hrenth-d hrenth-d out all klnda of dlamal prnpheelea if defeat in nine he v ern nominated, aent back home after Ihe nomination had been carried ngnlnat their proteat, look off their coata and worked for trover Cleveland and later voted for Dim at Ihe November election. When :ha Republican newapapera twitted he New York Demorrata with doing what they aald they would not do, the retort waa that thlnga nrn different Jefore and after ronventlona. Bo It la Hint both Kepuhllrana and Demorrata In Washington today aay :lmt no matter bow angry they may teem to be now and no matter what they may aay now In antagonlam to lllier randldatea that after the June laya will rotne the pence of July and '.he following montha, a peace which will continue until the nnow atorm of rotea hrglua on the flrat Tueaday tiler the l.r.t Monday In November. I Member r.f the anangementa riituuitttee for Ihe annual run wo- I tlon of the Daughters of the Amer- j lean Revolution already are In Wanh j Ingtim. The Daughtera will gath er In their beautiful eolonliil memorial : building before long to engage In Ihelr annual atruggle for the elmtlon of j ofnerra, nnd whej that la over lo drop animosities and to work for the causes whlrh brought the organisation Into exlntonce One need neither prose nor poe'1'' llcnae to speak of the delegatea In the conventions aa "fair daughter for surely they are a body of comely women, and Ihe ahadra of the fore fnl hers that are attppoaed to float about the capital city of the land that they made, need not fear that n fluah will stenl Into their checks or a frown furrow fur-row their shadowy browa at the alKht of degeneracy In Ihelr descendant daughters. When spring comes the guides In Ihe cnpltol whoae duly It la to pilot visitors about earn their dally wane with half the usual effort becane th guided ones In large majority are the Daughtera of the American Revolution The guide who are obliged to talk themselves tired eplnlnlng thlnga to the ordinary tourlal (Imply walk ahead of the daughtera and point to pictures or bust, and Ihe tongoea of the datich-tera datich-tera do the reat. Show Their Birth. The Daughtera gather from all the atatea In the Vnlnn. It waa not bird Ihe laat time Ihey were here to aet.a- rate Into Incalltlea of birth and bring lug up those who attended an after noon service at Ht. John's Kplacopal church. It waa not a service for Ihe daughtera. It aa Juat a plain every!"' evening prayer, ai d the daughtera lad dropped In to see the historic binding bind-ing from a pew view. The aplrlli of their ancestors still dwelt wlfjln them. Them were those from Maisa-rhusetta Maisa-rhusetta with the Ironside blood In their veins, and those from Tenlea see and Kentucky who In the netinn the old Covenanter live again, li-n there were Ibe Virginians, the ftw Yorkers and Ihe Hotilh Carolinians dnughters, so to apeak, of the sld brick annciuary at Jamestown, tosep Ing Trinity and gray St. Michael's At evensong In Ht. John's the daufh tera of New Knglsnd, Tennessee mi Kentucky looked upon marble alsr cross and randle allrk and apparentl) felt stirring within them something ot Ihe aternneaa of the aplrlt of their in restora who atrurk hard fluted blowi at thlnga aavnrlng of prelacy. True U family tradition and to the rilriaoi Una of thlnga spiritual, the descend anta of the Independent and Prrfby tcrlan sat bolt unrlght during Hit chanting of the creed. Their si men whose ancestors had stood for chard and king until Ihey were forced tocui the bond and to help kick the klnytni of the partnership, made all attend! for their companions' ritual andaplr dual ahnrtromlnga, and knelt an stood, and even genuflected at flmce In a good old high church say thai would have delighted Arrhblibo l.atid I Rocky Boy Now Is Happy. I Word came to Ihe Indian bu reau the other dny that Chief Rock) Hoy and hla Indiana In Ihe fai norihweat were satisfied with the I homo life, being contented and hippy. Chief Rocky Hoy once waa very tiucb In the congressional llmellghl. Koi yenra thla Indian chief and his fnl-lowing fnl-lowing had been wandering about Ihe roumry, homeleaa, unable lo hum and doing little elae bu! beg for a livelihood live-lihood Finally rongreaa look anion and the sundering mendicants rr given a plaro to live. Former Huna-lor Huna-lor Heveridge of Indiana Is given credit for having done something for Rocky Hoy, whose picturesque nnd somewhat sugKcatlvo name ntirni'ird more intention than did Ihe supposed starving condition of the man who bore it. Mr. Hevrrldge who la now In private pri-vate life, would have been gHeii, If fhk'f Rocky Hoy had done hla duty and had lind the material to make Ihein, a headed hunting ahlrt, moccasins, mocca-sins, leiigliiKS and eagle war bonnet of chieftainship In recognition of srrv. Icoa rendered. Rocky Hoy and hla warriors and women and children hnd never been uhlo lo gel a home. They hail been wandering through Montana living Irani hand to mouth nnd spumed alike by reds and whiles. Hill after bill bud been Introduced for Ihelr relief, bul no bill ever came within algid of the puaatng atage. The name Rocky Hoy finally struck a newapiter man's fancy. I'osalbly he hud hnd Hie feeling himself. In an Title moment he drew up a mee k measure and In It Senator Iloverldge figured aa Chief Rocky Hoy, while a dozen or ao other senatora llgured under un-der olher namca aa membera of Rot ky Hoy's band of wanderer. The names titled admirably or mlsfllled Just aa udtnlrably. Henntor Allison, who lu no conceivable circumstances would contmll himself In worda, was called Chief Talks Too Much. Henntor Aid rich, for rensona which may be apparent ap-parent to cople who know something of htm. appeared In the relief meusure aa Chief Hmooth Medicine. Joka Brought Results. A ropy of the skit fell under (Senator (Sena-tor Heverldge'e eye. I! untuned him. He hung It on the wall of hla room. He showed It to people, and Anally one day It occurred lo him Ilia! Rocky Hoy and hla band had done hltn a service, and ho resolved to look Into Rocky Hoy's case. He did look Into l! and found that Ihe chief and his wandering Montana band were wor , Ihy of consideration. TIis Indiana enntur made Ihelr cause his own. Objecting senatora were asked to "b good," and a bill "for the relief ol the wandering American-born Indiana of Rocky Hoy' band" passed the sen-I sen-I at of the United State. |