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(nuTimTPinnc .itiUfil 1 lift I UJIiUL. A PRESIDENT Senator Piatt's Ovn ' Story of Himself; and Roosevelt. SECRETS OF 1900 REVEALED. Declared In . Autobiography . That Odd Incident Led to the Presidency "In stead of Shelving the Governor," He Wrote, "I Plead '"Guilty' to Kicking Him Upstairs." - If Frank II. Piatt, son of tbe late United States Senator Thomas C. Piatt, had not plncbed Theodore Roose velt on the leg.ust at the critical mo ment in a conference of the New York delegation at the Republican national convention Iti; Philadelphia in 1900 Mr. Roosevelt, then governor of New York, Tvould not" have been president of the United States,' succeeding Mr. lie Kin ley. ,. ... ; "Instead of 'shelving Roosevelt I must plead, guilty to the charge of 'kicking him upstairs.' I believe Roose velt himself would convict me of this." So wrote Senator Piatt in his auto biography, of which part a published In the June, number of McClure's Mag azine. The senator, the Republican boss of Newv'Vork state, dealt with two nominations of Theodore Roose veltthat for' governor of New York state and that tw vice president in the Republican national convention of 1DOO in Philadelphia. Senator Piatt sought to? answer the 'ferities who had assert ed that hi nominating Mr. Roosevelt for vice president. Piatt sought to send him to the political mortuary chamber in which vice presidents have reposed. What a Pirch Did. Senator Piatt wrote: v "A pinch may be said to have made Roosevelt president, for had he ex ecuted the threat of declining ithe nomination- for vice president) and had it been accepted be would never have reached the White House." Again: "I may be" pardoned if I remind my readers that buf'for my insistence upon his nomination for the vice presidency Roosevelt certainly would not have succeeded McKinley in 1901, and per haps he never would have been presi dent of the Ujhifed S,tates." thus described what happened in Phil adelphia before, the convention: . .Excited at Plan. "Governor ; Roosevelt was in his room, protesting fo everybody that he would, if nominated for vice president, arise in the. convention and unequivo cally decline,- I heard about this and asked my son ..Frank to go to him and say that he would be nominated, that he could not stop that, and I wanted ' his promise that If he were made Mc Kinley.'s associate he would run. Roosevelt and' my" son soon came to my rooms. The governor was in a state of rare excitement even for hlm. shall go -tQ the New York caucus and tell the delegates that 1 shall, if. nominated for vice. president, aise in the conventions and. decline. I can serve yeTu Sjenatof Platte far Wtter as : governor than as vice -president, said Roosevelt pugnaciously. ; " 'But you cannot be renominated for governor, and you are going to be nom inated for vice president.' was ray re . tort. " 'I cannot be renominated?' queried Roosevelt. , 'No; your successor is in this room.' - said I, pointing to : Chairman Odell. Now, I want your promise that If you ; are indorsed by the New, York caucus you wilt not refuse and that if you are nominated - by .-: the convention you will run,' I added. " ; "Roosevelt showed his teeth, paced up and down the room and chafed as a, horse does under a tight rein and curbed bit - ' " if Gave Word'Notrte Decline: . 'Weil, Senator Piatt finally re turned , Roosevelt reluctantly, I will pledge 'myself not to decline' formally the v New ' York caucus indorsement.' But-1 shall -certainly urge the cjycus to name another.' . ' 'And remember that I shall pinch ' you if i see any signs of your getting up and declining. puIn my son. ""'Ail right; ' you may pinch me as hard as you like, answered Roosevelt as he and Frank hurried to the caucus of . the .New York delegation then in progress on the main floor of the- Ho tel Walton. , . . 1 ? '.'Senator , Denew was presidine. and at length, Mr. Roosevelt arose and ad dressed him," - He reiterated in most : emphatic terms his statement that he was not a candidate for the vice presi-; dency and " his v associates from New York must- respect his wishes abd e neither' work among the delegates to bring about his nomination nor present : his name to the convention for that office. : 'Just as Dr. 'Albert Shaw. Frederick .s.t-T.AI.t3 f tWlc?ATrAl C calf ... f sri9-tt-..4Arl 1 friends clustered about him and whis pered audibly, 'Say you'll decline it nominated, governor,' my son pinehtni ; Roosevelt in the leg and said. 'Remenu ber your contract with the senator. : "Roosevelt kept faith. He Ignored the solicitations of Shaw and the uth ers and sat aowiL , r TALENTED MISS HARRIMAN. Executive Ability of Financier's Daugh-' ter. Who Will Wed C. C. Rumsey. Miss Mary Harriman, .who is to marry Charles Cary Rumsey , of Buf falo and New York on Thursday. May 26," Is the second daughter of the late Edward II. . Harriman. the railway magnate, who died on . Sept. 9. UX)'J and is'one of six children wU( .win fall heir to one of the largest fortunes of the world. Miss Mary Harriman, who was made an executor of the immense es tate' left by her father, showed that she had inherited a good deal of ' his business capability when In the month following his death she and her moth er decided that the girl herself had better take personal charge' of, the op eration of the vast estate at Arden. N. Y. She had nlways been interest ed in sports and in the natural iife of outdoor excitement and pleasure which the American girl, when she has op portunity to do so, usually leads. But now she showed that she possessed a talent of no mean order for executive work on a large scale. On Oct 28. 1909, she formally took charge of the Arden farms dairy and assumed the management of the 45,000 acres of the Harriman Orange county farms, and since that time she has actually been running them herself. Outdoor sports, such as tennis, horse back riding and automobiling. have al ways been of the keenest interest to Miss Harriman. Since she has been old enough to go around without a nurse she has spent days on the roads and hillsides and in the great forests of the vast Arden estate. Charles Cary Rumsey is a son of Laurence D. Rumsey of Buffalo. The family Is wealthy and socially promi nent and has lived in Buffalo for a long time. Young Mr. Rumsey is a lit tle less than thirty years old and has shown much promise in modeling and sculpture work. . He studied for a time at Harvard and later spent several years in Paris at the Beaux Arts. Fol lowing bis return to the United States he has continued his work and has had a number of groups in exhibitions which have won praise from critics. He is a splendid horseman, an expert polo player and has won many prizes and trophies of his skill a,t horse shows. NEVER ANY MRS. BURTON. Ohio Senator Puts Himself Out of Marrying Class. Strictly speaking. Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio may not be a woman hater, but Preceding a recent function in Wash-: ftgton the society editor of a Washing- SENATOR TEHEODOKE E. CUETON. "Never!" ton paper determined to describe the gowns ot? all the senators' wives pres ent'' S,: ' ;' f "Mr. Senator," she said as she ac costed the Ohio statesman, "will you be kind, enough to tell; me what sort of wwd Mrs. Burton will 'wear V" Taking his eyeglasses from his pock et and putting them carefully upon his ' nose, the senator fixed the girl with a glance that nailed her to the mast and K frigidly rentied: . "Madam, there is no Mrs. Burtdn. and if I have anything to say about it there never will be." J. W. Folk Boom For Presidency. At a dinner to be given "in St Louis on June 2 the friends kof Joseph W. Folk will launch h is campaign for the Democratic nomination for . the presi dency In 1912. The former governor of Missouri .will not ask the Democra cy of the country to place hbn at the head of the party in the national cam paign, but his friends in St. Louis and throughout : the state will carry - on fight to that end - with; his. consent This campaign will be carried -on Irre spective of all efforts ' that may be made to get Folk into the race for the senatorship. , - , In Memortam. HIS- MAJESTY; KINO EDWARD VII. i Eornl&Ui die4 May 6, 1910-. At midnight came the majest? ot deatli ;Ktnga o the earth abide this king's de cree ,- . Sudden, and kindlier soto seal the breath And set the spirit free. .yryt-yy a v : .- frp And now the peace he held most near his heart. 1 " - J That peace to which his country's steps r he led. ' So well for us he played lis royat part '' , rsd o'r him lvinir de4. . , . ' . It ' ' s fy fyL JS:j Thus passes Britain's crown from king to , king. ' y ' ' C- Yet leaves secure a notion's, deathless , love, , - ' Dearer 'than empire yea; a precious thine All earthly crowns above.,. - . . ; Owen Seaman in Punch. . ' KISS.NPT" CAMPAIGN. Cincinnati Woman's . Warning of the ' Danger In Kissing. Mrs. J. R ecu tin: wife of a well known business man of Cincinnati., has set out to do away with the bac teria m spreading kiss -""through" the World's Health 'organization of which she is president. - "Kiss not" is ;th motto of the W., II. O. it is em blazoned in red letters on a white but ton worn by' the members. Hundreds of circulars are beiiig scut through the mails, one part of which reads: . "Why not stc? kissing? It is a time honored custom, and one person can not stop it It is only in unity that sufficient streugth can be gained to convince the world that kissing i$ per nicious and unhealthful." Attached to the circular is a pledge, which converts are urged to sign and forward to the president- It Is sug-, gested that women wear "kiss not" buttons, to teas and receptions, where indiscriminate kissing is much in or der; also that it be attached to the clothing of babies. A Stamp Worth $500. A postage stamp valued at $T00 was received at Washingtbn recently by Postmaster General Hitchcock frn the international postal union head quarters at Berne. Switzerland. It bears the profile of the late King Ed ward --VII.- It was Issued for the Straits Settlements.. It Is.prinfed in light orange and lilac. The stamp has been turned, over to Stanley 1. "Slack, curator of the postal museum. A SHARK'S EYE. The Effect It Had on tn Skipper When He Was a Boy. "Ever been mesmerized by a fish?" said the skipper. "No? Well, 1 have been many a time. It was a shark that did it. "1 don't know the scientific name of this particular variety of shark, but it abounds on the Nantucket shoals. Full grown these sharks are from eight to ten feet long and weigh from 500 to 700 pounds. They have a broad head with the mouth well under it They have saw teeth, five rows of them, about an inch and a half long, and they can flatten the lot and chew their gum3. But for a human being the peril is in the eyes. "1 don't believe in man eating sharks. I believe that if a shark is in bloody water he gets excited Wod will snap at anything he sees, but let one of those fellows get his eye on you and you don't kuow where you are at "They have a habit of coming up alongside of your live boxes and ling there while you fish. Then when you get anything on your line the shark has it off before you get a chance to pull. "I remember the first, time I saw one of thent I was a boy at the time, and one of these fellows had come Up alongside of my livtTbox. and I put my hand out and touched his back. He didn't seem to mind it at all, but a minute later when .1 stood up I caught sight of his eyes, or one of them. Well, -sir, 1 just tumbled , back in the boat and was as helpless as a jellyfiih out of wa ter. 'I don't know how to explain it, The eyes of this fish are no bigger than; the, point of your little finger, but there is something that comes out of them that makes yon tumble all in a heap. Many a time after that did 1 have a similar experience, and 1 know of a lot of men who have felt the. same effect The only explanation I could suggest is that the shark's eye has some sort of mesmeric, power." New York Sun. SENATOR DILLINGHAM. Member An Upper House. From Vermortt, y ' 1 Are you the prices you-are mg for not, Kead this 1 gal Georgia cane Syriip 1 gal Karo corn syrup 1-2 gal Karo corn syrup Arbuckles coffee 2 cans syrup Peaches Can Pie Peaches, Apples Tomatoes, Corn, big: Hominy, String: beans, Peas, Sweet potatoes, Blockberries sauer kraut Letter from H. H. Sayler Editor Times: I wish to say through your paper, in reply to the tribute of regard and appreciation which I have received from the principal, corps of teachers and students of our Graded school, for the efforts which I have made in my humble way, to improve the now beautiful campus of the school property, that it has touched my feelings in a way which I can hardly fiod words to express; and I will simply say to them, by this man- iic&tation on meir pari, 1 am num. rewarded for ail my exertions ii that line. I will also treasure thi demonstration as one of the sweet-, est experiences of my life; and whilt I have heretofore felt that I was on among. you, I shall ever hereaftej is a citizen, feelthat I am full? .dentified with you in interest, an that I am now indeed one OF yoi. I will .further add, that I hop you will care for and protect thos rnagnificent trees on the campus, a veil as you would do if you ha paid thousands of dollars for th grounds on which they stand anc Waited half a century or more foi hem to grow. I will also specially compliment the smaller children for the evident care which they have taken of the pretty grass plats which Professor Ivins has- so care- 'full and kindly provided in front of the school building. Henry H. Sayler, Hendersonville, May 28, 1910. - v4 OVER 65 YEARS' v EXPERIENCE D A TnAoe MAaxa r -' I 711 CorvniCHT3 Ac - ' 1 Anyone lending a ich mid dewsriptlon mf i - quickly Mcertniu or hIhhi free whetlter an . i' invention is pwhbly P''',!ft.0,n'!;'V,,4T" tioiMfttrlctlyoontld0iitH. HAN0S3QX on Pateuu ; aentfree. Oldst ireiM?y for ecurinjr potenf . ' Patents taken tbronsh Mann Si Co. reoul tpeciat notice, without chnrse, in tbe . - - ealalioa of any cientifle tonrnal. 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