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2 Republican Convention Finally Turns Into a Great Organization Devoted to M erry-M akina DELEGATES SING AND JOKE WHILE STEAM ROLLER MOVES ON ITS WAY TAFT SURE TD BE NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT Roosevelt. Losing Fight on •Stolen’ Delegates. Quits the Race— Uproar Today. Continued From Page One. ties. With the determination of a sin gle contest from a single county In Washington for Roosevelt he would h*ve had a majority. A primary flec tion was held and It resulted in 6,900 votes being cast. “Qf those votes 500 were cast for Taft and 6.400 for Roosevelt. (Cheers.) "Tt has seemed to the minority that this question is one of right and wrong. That it is a grant moral. •'Party Can't Stand Defeat With Dishonor.’ The Republican party can. stand de feat Io honor, bpt the Republican party can not stand defeat with dlsiiono.',' "They are rolling the roller.-sung the delegates In happy chorus and sWll liam T. Dovell, of Washington, took the platform • - ■T understand," Interjected ex-.Gov arnor Fort, of New Jersey, "that this delegate's seat is in question." "The gentleman is one of those whose .-eat Is contested." ruled the chair, "apd he has no right to vote, but I don't think that it precludes him from speak ing." Mr. Dovell said that the Roosevelt people had disregarded the party call and. come, together without authority. They had no right, he said, to come be fore the convention and ask that their delegates be seated, because they had thrown parly law to the winds. Dovell read from the minutes of the state convention of Washington to es tablish the party call and the party law. He charged that in the state primary the judges were selected by one man and the officers were selected by on - man The same primary chose the Democratic delegates, he said, and add ed : •And let me tell you. gentlemen, «hen those delegates elected at that unlawful primary arrived at the Demo cratic state convention they were not allowed 10 Mt.’" ' "We rambled, we rumbled, we ram bled, all around," sang the delegates as the vote was called Flngineer Root pulled the throttle of the steam roller, she rolled ahead one length and Washington had been added to the Taft list. Until the Washington ra*u wore reached "the roller" moved with regularity. More Raillery From T. R. Men. Mississippi was quickly settled ami Taft delegates seated in the Fourth North Carolina, the Third Oklahoma and th* Second Tennessee districts, The report of tho committee on the First district of Washington, seating the Taft list, went through in three minutes behind the delegates at large. Three hundred LaFollette supporters marched to the Coliseum carrying ban ners and signs, crying for the Wiscon sin senator. Ditto, the Second district, while "Merrily We Roll Along" echoed from the Roosevelt delegates. The secretary read: "We find that the delegates placed upon the tempo rary roll by the national committee were duly—" "The ayes have it." shouted a deh - gate, before Chairman Root could put the question. Tn one long and sing-song chorus the opposition voted “No." and then turned to more raillery as the Third district was thrown into the furnace for steam roller fuel. It took gavel work from Chairman Root to get order enough to state a question. A delegate produced a tin whistle "Toot, toot.” went the whistle. Everybody roared and the mingled shouts came "Call the next case." "Give him 30 days." The tin whistle tooted again to the intense merriment of the delegates Then the Roosevelt delegator began cheering William J. Bryan, who -ut in the press stand. "Bryan, Bryan." they called tn njis. ter their disapproval of things in gen ?ral. "Toot, toot." again sounded tile whis tie. At 11:50 O'clock a Roosev, t demon ■ stration started, the cheering being led by a inan in the Indiana d< legation Thr California delegation rose t<> its feet yelling: "We want Teddy, we want Teddy." Alice Roosevelt Longworth rose in her place in too gallery and waved her hat as the demonstration started. \t the end of the first minute the applau. . was deafening. Victor Rosewater walked by the Texas delegation. They grabbed him about tiie neck send pulled him among them for a friendly and noisy demon si ration. "We want Teddy," began the eitorm that started at once. "We got Teddy. New Jerscey started the row. {Standing In their chairs, they began waving flags and chanting the battle cry of the third party. Instantly California popped to the front to join the noise. Massachusetts chipped in with "Roosevelt IS. Roose vclt IS, Roosevelt IS.” Then the answering calls of West ' ! ROOT PLEADS GUILTY. I CHICAGO, .June 22.—W. I’. •; Howard of Mississippi. was rec- ' ognized by Chairman Boot. “Mr. Chairman, a point of i order.” he shouted. “The steam roller is exceed- I inir the speed limit.” “The point is sustained. ! smiled Root’. Virginia and Pennsylvania came to swell the noise that had been in prog- I ress three minutes. A signal came from the stand for the bund to play. As it did tile little tin whistle again resounded its tantalizing and mirth-provoking wheeze. Indiana got up to join the fun, and it was the apparent purpose of the Roose, veil folk to make the scene one of farce and comedy. West Virginia, delegates climbed into their chairs and began singing the 1 "We want Teddy” song, amid catcalls, • whistles and hum of voices. The dele gates did not notice that Miss Flo Ja -1 cobson was singing in the bandstand. As her clear notes came floating over the great crowd the tumult ceased and men on Ibe floor and the women in the gallery were silent while "Moonlight Bay" soothed the ruffled delegates. When she ceased singing a yipping round of applause forced an encore. Every delegate in the house stood up and kept the peace in tribute to the dual power of woman and of song. "And the band played ‘Annie Lau rie,' " to say nothing of "Dixie," while a man hung a banner over the rear balcony bearing the words: ' “What Root said of the Penrose ma chine: 'They (Pro an aggregation of criminals masquerading under the ban ner of Republicanism.' " There came a roar from the crowd and the banner was violently torn away by hostile hands. The sergeants-at-arms and police ejected from the hall the men who swung the banner so defiantly before the face of Chairman Root, Who, white with rage, sat and watched the pro ceeding. A delay tn the proceedings was due Io the fact that a big tight was ex pected over the Texas contests and un usual preparations were made to meet it. It was reported that a roll call would be demanded and with 30 Taft votes shut off the Roosevelt people ex pected to make a last big showing. The Minnesota delegates went Into conference while the convention was waiting for the credentials committee to report. They considered a plan to refuse to vote on the nominations. It was virtually decided to adopt the plan. A lest vote on one of the coming con tests was discussed. The Vote was to find out how many of the Roosevelt delegates would refuse to vote on the roll calls after the permanent roll had been adopted. During thy long wait of the Texas report to come in, Mrs. Elmer T. Har ris. of Denver, was overcome by the excitement that had attended the ses sion. She was sitting in the gallery with iter husband and her brother, Walter T Wrenn, when she suddenly leaped to her feet. A delegate cried: "More oil for the steam roller.” Mrs. Harris was much affected. "Roosevelt is our candidate.” site cried. "It is robbery.” i There was a scene near the woman. Her husband and brother endeavored to calm her. Finally they bore her from the gallery. The convention was called to order at 1:39 p. m. and the report on the Fifth Virginia district was read seating both of the Taft delegates. The majority , report declared the Roosevelt delegates i to have been absolutely without merit. “Choo, choo, toot," went the bells. Tiie motion to adopt the report was speedily carried and Chairman Root said: "1 would like to say—" "Toot, toot." went the tin whistle of t the crowd. Mr. Root continued that nil of the ■ contexts had been finished by the com ] mittees on credentials, but that there [ were a number of cases before the i committee in which no formal contests had been made. 5 With the seating of the Texas Taft , delegates the entire report of tho cre dentials committee had been adopted. The committee on permanent or ganization reported that the temporary 1 organization be made permanent. (’.mgressman Olmstead took the chair to put the question anA the Roosevelt delegates proceedde to make a wild e demonstration over the change. > Root'. Root!" jeered the now insur n gents. Root' Root! ' called back the Taft people in acclaim of their champion. Big Demonstration Again for T. R. -I I thunk you, my friends, from the I bottom of my heart," said the senator. The first net as permanent chairman (1 I of this convention is to ask your unnnt , I mous consent that the delegate from ~1; '' state of Kansas. Republican broth pl*'. Henry Allen, have permission to I make a statement to the convention." i, j Henry .1 Vilen, of Kansas, then took , r I C.IV film j I In a .invention where a minority I report sounds louder than tiie majority report. it is a great thing to get the P unanimous consent of tiie chairman." n he said. If you give mo ten minutes g I'll n.n trouble you any more. “I want to present the attitude of the progre.-slves ami 1 pledge you if you Ils. IS ten 1 will guarantee I will not put any •• sand in the gasoline You can then go g as far as you like 1 promise also not s to do any tiling to your spark plug," . wont on Alien 0 He then announced lit bad a state ment from ' . lone Roosev t y great r <:be< r greet Cl ' .Is- s D.legaU- jumped to tie i. . hails and - shouted. The galleries Joined in. Tito noise grew at'.. t Almost all Itm llllnm dot.gate stood THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. JUNE 22. 1912. 18. 0. P. PLATFORM UPHOLDS THE JUDECIARY Regards Recall of Judges Un necessary. Reaffirms Policy of Protective Tariff. 1 •'iLISI-.l ,\l, CHICAGO. lune 22. — rhe platform reported to the Repub lican national cooriventlon this after noon >by the resolutions committee de clares in strong language for tiie con tinuum an "untrainriieled and In- dependent judiciary." The platform pledges to strive, not only In the nation but in the several states, to enact legislation to safeguard 1 tiie public health: limit effectually tiie labor of women and children and to protect wage-earners in dangerous oc cupations and to enact workman’s compensation laws. While announcing that the party re gards the recall of judges as unneces sary, the platform declares for such action as may simplify the removal from office any Judge who may ho found derelict in his duties. It recommends amendment to the present anti-tru-t laws, defining crim inal offenses ngainst the law and pro viding fm tiie punishment of the Vio lators. i li denounces the tariff for revenue only idea, as destructive to many In dustries. It recommends the reduction of some of the present import duties to be made in accordance with infor mation obtained by at: expert commis sion. Tim Democratic tariff bills, passed by the present house of representatives, are condemned as sectional, injurious to public credit and destructive of busi ness enterprise. It recommends a scientific inquiry Into the increased cost of living. When tiie exact facts are known, tho party' pledges itself to enact legislation to remove these causes. The platform asks for legislation which will give the farmers better' fa cilities for borrowing money easily and cheaply. Prohibition of campaign contribu tions by Corporations is urged. The publicity of campaign contributions is indorsed. It favors tire establishment of a [rar eels post, postal rates to be regulated under n zone sstern in proportion to length of carrying. it. declares for the maintenance of an adequate navy, and condemns the Democratic house of representatives for refusing to authorize the construction of additional battleships. It urges, a revival of the merchant marine. It urges the Federal government to as sume a part of burden of controlling the flood waters of the Mississippi river. "Republican accomplishments" are lauded and tho sixteen years of Re publican rule by the laic William Mc- Kinley. Theodore Roosevelt and Presi dent Taft are declared impossible of "successful criticism.” Tiie platform does not contain any woman suffrage plank, nor does it pro vide for the initiative and referendum, up. Part of Indiana followed. Many other states followed suit. Mr. Allen awaited smilingly. The cheering was now intense. There was no sound of the steam roller whistle now. As the demonstration got upnder way Chief of I’olice Schuettler moved to the front of the hall and took sta tion before the steps leading to the chairman's stand. All of the policemen under him got a signal and braced for Instant action. Police Precipitate Small Riot. A noticeable thing was that the dem onstration was almost entirely on the floor among the delegates. The galleries joined in a half-hearted way. Mr. Allen finally walked back oh the platform. There was no abatement in the cheering, which was still a steady roar. When ho returned he looked about with a pleased express lon on his face. This brought a great cheer. A North Carolina standard was then [ducked from the floor ami a parade of states was started. Kansas, Minnesota, New Jersey. Oklahoma Joined in. Sud denly Lieutenant Tom Cronin Jumped Into the breach and stopped the pa rade at the Ulin Is delegation seats. A man seized Cronin and was hurled from his feet. As Chief Schuettler lushed to tho place and took a hand, a small riot was in progress. One po licetnan was struck and several of the delegates suffered bruises, but Cronin had made a move which stopped the demonstration when it seemed to be getting beyond control. The "steam roller" whistles began to toot. Cries and hoots were hurled at tiie policemen. An excited Roosevelt delegate in the jam knocked the Illinois standard to Hie floor. Illinois had n. t Joined the parade with Nebraska. Maine. Pennsyl nla, California and Massachusetts un til just before the near riot occurred. A lone delegate carrying part of the Maryland standard paraded alone. The fight at the Illinois delegation stand started between I'. J. Hawbaeker and Wil lam J. Hooke, of tho Illinois dele gation. Cooke was guarding Hie stand :< •«1 and Hawbaeker tried t<> seize 11. | ''O"k< r, s’ , ted A |. Herman Jumped in and was hit on the jaw Just then the head of the parade appeared and Lieutenant Cronin jumped in. He stopped the fight and the parade. Root’s Efforts For Order Futile. One Indiana standard was captured by a Roosevelt delegate. Harry S. New jumped to his feet and successfully guarded the other. All through the demonstration New York sat passively. . It Is known that several men were struck in the tight. At the end of 20 minutes Chairman Root banged bis gavel for order. A new burst of cheering rolled over the throng. A second attempt at order resulted the same way. At this point Allen tried to quiet the delegates by waving his hands. He had better success than the chairman. Tho noise subsided 21 minutes. Allen then resinned and read the Roosevelt statement, the announcement of which brought on the demonstration "I suggest," he said, “that when I read this and proceed to my comment you remain quiet." "We will," cried several. "I do this because this statement is not to create a demonstration in the convention. The statement asked the Roosevelt men to decline to vote on any niatter before the convention. Hisses and groans were heard. The next sentence of the colonel was that he did not seek the voters, bo* demanded that the delegates do not vote at all. A cheer greeted this .-ally. Next he read that the convention did not represent Hie Republican party, but did represent It movement to fraudu lently override the Republican party. Tlti - drew a cheer. “We are merely presenting the case of progressive Repulieans." he said. He then read a statement of Colonel Roose velt. which Hie ex-president had Issued over his signature early in the after noon. At tiie conclusion of the read ing, Mr. Allen said: "This represents the majority of Roosevelt vbters and I dare say it rep resents the sentiment of all Roosevelt delegates." Convention Represents Discarded Committeemen.” “No, no." came thr- cry front nil parts of the house. "We have contested with you until we have exhausted all parhuinentary rules to get. our men on the roll. When the vote of these delegates were chal lenged you permitted them to vote. In the California case roll call we de cided the steam roller had exceeded tiie speed limit.” Allen continued. "Since you seated these contested dele gates we hkve now decided that this convention represents the discarded remnant of the national committee.” A number of New York delegates took exception to strictures on New York's primaries, which Mr. Allen made and iie went on: "All 1 know < f New York I read in Tiie New York World, which said that the primaries of the Republican party would put Tammany to shame and Ttie World is the chief Roofeevelt hater of your town." "Wo can not become parties here to a condition that lets a defeated nation al committeeman seated in a conven tion override the will of a majority of lite electors of his state,’" Allen went on. He was referring' to Pennsylva nia and then pointed out the other states in which Taft had ben defeated, and said the Roosevelt men would not submit to having this decision over turned by a eomtnittee. -We will not join you ift saying -” Tile confusion became so great that ills remarks could not be heard for some time. He then turned upon Sereno Payne, declaring that until he could show that lie represents Hie sentiment of the peo ple of his state he could not stop criti cism. What Has Happened To Republican Party. "When Roosevelt left tiie white ' house four years ago lie left you a majority in both house of congress. He left you a majority in several states." There, was an outbreak at this time, which was quieted by ("hairman Root. "He left you a record upon which you could elect Mr. Taft. He left you a progressive policy which was buried under an avalanche of words at Wi nona. Eighteen Republican governors were buried under an avalanche of votes a few months later." He declared that Roosevelt will not aid in the “scuttling of the ship." He offered the new principle of human rights as against the discarded nation al committee, which did not represent tiie people. We pleaded with you ten days and fought for five more. We shall not fight any more.” be added. "Yellow." cried one. “V«u accuse us of being radicals, but a« radical as we may be, we never went to a national convention and se cured through fraud the nomination of a presidential candidate we know could not be elected." A cheer of less than a minute fol lowed. Convention Making Its Own Rules. A report of the majority of the com mittee on rules was laid upon the table. The report of tjie minority of the committee received tiie same fate. Tins meant that the convention would work under the old rules James Watson, of Indiana, made both motions to table. The next order of businyss was then called for. the re port of the committee on resolutions. Former Vice President Fairbanks read tiie report of the committee on the platform. "That committee heard those eases tvitiontlv and denied no one a hear ing." h<- first Miid. and then proceed ed to the reading of the platform As he read th< qu'itathm of Lincoln <m Lovers* Separated by a Quarrel 25 Years Ago* * Meet Again and Marry Widow and Widower Become Bride and Groom —In At lanta on Honeymoon. MACON, G'A., June 22. —Boyhood and girlhood vpwa that were broken 25 years ago In a lovers' quarrel were re made here yesterday afternoon in the marriage of Mrs. Mary Lee Boynton Findlay and John T. Glover, of Bir mingham, Ala. They were sweethearts a quarter of a century ago, but. bad a misunderstanding and broke their en gagement. Miss. Boynton then married Captain George W. Findlaj, of Macon, who recently died in Atlanta and who was at the time one of the most promi nent men of this city. Mr. Glover, then a struggling young lawyer, went to Alabama and married. His wife died several years ago. When he heard of Captain Findlay’s death, Mr. Glover, a widower himself and lonely, came to Macon to see she who once promised-to be his. The wedding yesterday afternoon followed a court ship of several months. They are now in Atlanta on their honeymoon. Mr. Glover Is one of the leading at torneys Os Birmingham and is quite wealthy. Mrs. Findlay has for five years been the leader of the. Christian Sci ence church in Macon, and iter de parture from this city will be a severe blow to that congregation. goxernment, "‘of. for and by the peo ple," he was greeted by groans and laughter. The declaration that the Re publican party would uphold the integ rity of the courts brought an orderly round of applause. The. convention cheered W. .1. Bryan when he left for Baltimore. He has been here reporting the convention. When the cheering subsided. Mr. Fairbanks was smiling. “I am glad of the interruption made b.v applause tor one of our political friends Who now. it seems, has business in Balli more." When Mr. Fairbanks concluded the leading of the majority's report on platform at-4:16 p. m.. a minority re port carrying the views of Senator La- Follette was read. LaFollette’s Platform Hits Money Trust. W. C. Owens, of Wisconsin, read the LaFollette platform, it carried a bit ter attack on the "money trust." Un der the plank on banking and currency. It declares its opposition to the Aid rich currency plan and continues: "We pledge our candidates that un der no circumstances shall the Federal government come to the aid of liigh finance, but shall support those banks that, extend a genuine preference to srtictly commercial as against specula tive loans, and to the millions of pro ducers who depend on these banks. We favor a carefully worked out and scien tific emergency circulation under con trol of the government backed by proper reserve, issued only against commercial paper that represents ac tual transactions and adopted only aft er the people have thoroughly discuss ed and intelligently approved of it. “To free the country from this thral dom all Hie powers of the national and of the states should be invoked. Means must be devised for diverting from the money trust the millions of savings which flow freely from city and farm to its banks and insurance companies. The people should be en abled to control tiie banks in which their juwn money is deposited. "The LaFollette tariff plan recom mends a continuation of the protective tariff, but asks that the schedules be "reduced to the ascertained difference In the labor in this country and abroad and so adjusted as to assure its bene fit to labor and not to protect ineffi cient management nor place a premium on the further exhaustion of our lim ited national resources." At the conclusion of the reading of tiie LaFollette platform, Mr. Cady was given the floor to argue a motion to substitute the minority report for the majority. For Regulation Os Corporations. On "trusts and monopolies" the La- Follette platform says in part "The special interests, the railroads, the harvester trust, tiie United States steel trust and ail industrial corpora tions are planning to secure some ac tion by tiie government which will leg alize their proceedings and sanction their fictitious capitalization. The time is at hand to declare tor a sta tute that shall make it everlastingly impossible for any president, any con gress or any court to legalize spurious capitalization as a basis of extortion ate prices. We pledge the Republican party to the enactment of such a law. By the enactment of the Sherman anti trust law later proceedings In those cases have shown that the present law is impotent to destroy monopoly. "Suppleemntai legislation should be enacted to -facilitate the enforcement of the law, by imposing upon those who combine to restrain trade (and par ticularly upon those who combine to control more than 30 per cent of any branch of business), the burden of FOR THAT TIRED FEELING Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Excellent for the relief of that tired feellns due to Summer heat, overwork or insomnia. KODAK FINISHING At ,lno. L. Moore & Sons' and all aebes sorles for the Kodak. Mall orders re ee'ni prompt attention. 42 North Broad st net. ' •••* proving that their action has been con sistent with the public welfare. Sup plemented legislation should also be enacted b which proceedings for the dissolution of trusts shall become ef fective to restore competition. To this end courts should be empowered to prevent any person from owning shares in more than one of the companies into which a trust has been divided by decree. "The proposed trade commission should have power to condemn ail con tracts. agreements and practices found to be discriminatorj’ and oppressive, and to compel the substitution of such as are found to be reasonable. It should enforce prohibition of crim inal practices which should be special ly defined by law. T. R. Delegates Refuse to Vote. Fairbanks moved to lay on the table the motion to substitute the minority report for the majority report of the platform committee. Demand for a roll call failed to receive the seconds of two states, and the minority report was laid on the table by a viva voce vote. Roll cal] by states on adoption of platform presented by majority of plat form and resolutions committee began at 5 p. m. The declined to vote in Alabama. They were the two Roosevelt delegates who refused to take part in the pro ceedings. Announcement that California would not vote was made by Meyer Lissner, of Los Angeles. The convention was in uproar. A poll of delegates was or dered by the chair. As the roll of California was called the Roosevelt men refused to answer to their names. The two Taft dele gates from California seated from the Fourth district voted yes. NEW ROAD FROM FORT TO PRISONJS PLANNED A macadam boulevard, several miles long, from,Fort McPherson to the Fed eral prison byway of Lakewood park, is being planned by the Chamber of Commerce. A bill asking the govern ment to construct the roadway will be introduced in congress after the close of the Republican and Democratic con ventions The decision was made today follow ing a visit to Lakewood by a commit tee of Atlanta men late yesterday, on which they inspected the grounds for location of the annual exposition being planned. The new road is to connect at the. prison with the Grant park road, thus making a continuous drive around a quarter of the city. MARIETTA BUILDING TO HAVE CONVENTION HALL MARIETTA, GA., June 22. The plans for a new building to be erected by R. E. Butler on Roswell street have been completed. There will be two stores on the first floor and several suites of offices in the front of the second floor. 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Prop, and Mgr. Corner Peachtree and Decatur; Entrance fgl.. Peachtree Street. ERACE EXPECTS WILE TO GO FREE Thinks Divorce Will End Case and She Will Never Be Tried. Mrs. Daisy Grace will never bs brought to trial on the charge of shoot ing her husband; the domestic troubles of the pair will be settled by a divorce as soon as Grace recovers from ills wound—so Eugene Grace has written to a personal friend in Philadelphia. In tiie letter he wrote from Newnan Grace made no direct mention of his wife, but intimated that he expected his family affairs to be settled by divorce and the criminal case dropped. Atlantans familiar with the story of the Grace affair have believed for. u long time that Mrs. Grace would never face a jury to answer the charge of at rempt to murder. It lias been ruled by the supreme court that a husband 'can not testify against his wife in a felony case, nor can his sworn statement before death be admitted as evidence. There has never been another witness brought forward in this case, and it has been the belief of lawyers that the chain of circumstantial evidence against Mrs. Grace was not strong enough to con vince a jury which must find a defend ant guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt." The indictment by the grand jury was not unexpected, as this tribunal need only have evidence enough to give “rea sonable belief" that the defendant is guilty. Grace is recovering rapidly at hi.? mother's home in Newnan. The opera tion recently' performed revealed the fact tha,t his spine was not fractuj'pd, and it is believed that ho will be able to* walk again within a few months. Mrs. Grace, who is out on bond pending trial, is living quietly with Mrs. Louise Wilson, a trained nurse, in West End. She will not discuss tiie probability of a divorce or trial. Mrs. Grace’s Lawyer May Run for Council James A. Branch, one of Mrs, Grace's counsel, may b" a candidate for city councilman to succeed William Hum phreys. of the Eighth ward. lie wil be a .candidate if lie accedes to the wishes of his many friends who haw beseeched liiiu to enter yie race. There also is much talk of Charles Harman, a former councilman, enter ing and making it a three-cornerec race. Mr. Branch is well versed in city polities. He numbers his friends in ‘he Eighth ward by tiie hundred, and should he enter, the contest would be a spirited one. I There are lots of things that need painting now— things that you yourself can paint, so the cost is very small—just for the paint. And, anyway, every nor mal man, woman or child likes to wield a paint brush for a little while, at least once a year. So get a can of Carriage Gloss Paint and go over the porch chairs, the lawn swings and the benches. There's one kind of paint that’s made f a d >t ).