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NOME. ALASKA, AUGUST 21. 1916.
The "M political idea of making up
a platform and then selecting a can
didate to fit it does not appear to be
working out very well in the present
republican campaign, owing to the al
together indeterminate attitude of
eanoidute Hughes toward the larger
features of the platform.
Hughes lias been on the stump ful
some time now but, if one may judge
by the press reports relative to his
campaign utterances, In has not said
a word which may lie accepted as
clearly defining his position on any
of the more important issues. All of
which is apparently not a little dis
concerting to the Ci. O . C's and also
the public at large.
It appears very much as if the re
publicans have selected a candidate
whose party record is all that could he
desired and who, in every way, is
tilted to he the party leader and the
expounder of party doctorines but
who, alas, refuses to preach the proper
dope. After having labored heroically
to build a platform that is a model of
political ingenuity, and tilled with ap
pealing pledges to entice the deal
voters, they find that their carefully
selected candidate has very little to
say about it. In fact it appears very
much as if their man is very much of
an unknown quantity, even to them
selves.
As far as Ins utterances on the sub
ject of campaign issues show, he may
lie democratic or progressive as much
as a republican. Kxcept for the fact
that he has always been a republican
no one knows decisively up to the
present, whether he is in accord with
thi party platform and party pledges
or not. Hughes has not committed
himself in any definite way, as far as
the public is concerned. Beyond the
hare statement that he favors woman's
suffrage and national preparedness,
the republican candidate seems to
hnvt coinplt tely ignored the larger
issues of the campaign as far as he
has gone. In his acceptance speech,
he is reported to have said practically
nothing relative to the policies he re
presents or given the slightest hint as
to how he stands on the paramount
questions of the day. He has appar
ently dealt largely in generalities and
devoted most of ids time to damning
and condemning the democratic way of
doing things.
This suggests, of course, that he
would not do as they have done under
like circumstance but, as to what he
would do himself he has seemingly
said not a word. Although he has
been on tl»e stump for some time, no
one appears lo know just where he
stands on any of the larger questions
that are just now agitating the public
mind. Save for the statements that
he favors preparedness and the vote
for women and stands for a policy
of "undiluted Americanism," whatever
that may mean,the public Is complete
ly in the dark as to what he repre
sents or his attitude toward the plat
form on which he is supposed to stand.
By inference we may judge that he
is m entire sympathy with the Chi
cago platform and will carry out its
pledges as far as possible, but the,
public like very much to know more
about the ideas of the man who as
pires to the highest office within their
gift. Although the average citizen
posesses hut little knowledge of the
larger national or international ques
tions. and is himself almost incapable
of passing judgement thereon, he
generally likes to know something of
the views of a political candidate on
all fundamental questions. That a
candidate merely stands on a certain
platform appeals to him but little, tie
is unable to size up the platform at
its full value by himself but he can
get a line on it by listening to what
the candidate lias to say about it.
it Is admittedly true that the per
sonal element enters largely Into every
campaign. In a general sense it is
the man rather than the party plat
form that is on trial. The personal
magnetism of a candidate appeals to
more voters than do the political prin
ciples for which he stands but, at
that, tlie public do not look with
especial favor on a candidate who
does no more than offer vague illu
sions to questions of Ihe most vital
importance to the nation. Mr. Hughes
will have to change his tactics pretty
soon or the results are likely lo be
disastrous.
MINING UNDER ILLINOIS
CORNFIELDS
In the popular mind most metal
mining is associated with mountain
ous regions. We know that coal is
mined near cornfields, but how many,
off-hand, would locale lead and zinc
deposits in grain fields? A recent
publication by the United States Geo
logical Survey describes a thickly set
tled agricultural district in north
western lllinrss where coin, oats, and
hay are raised on the surface and lead
and zinc are extracted from the rocks
beneath the fields.
The publication referred to is one ui
ihe units of the great geologic atlas of
the United States and describes the
Galena and Elizabeth quadrangles, in
Illinois. The field surveys for this re
port were made under co-operative
agreement between the Uniited States
Geological Survey and the State of
Illinois. Eugene Wesley Shaw and
Arthur l’. Trowbridge ale the authors.
The area described lies in Ihe extreme
northwest corner of the State and is
in the “driftless area," which was not
covered by the contintental glacier
and therefore contains no glacial drift.
The exposed rocks are wholly of sedi
mentary origin and consist of hard
rock of Ordovician and Silurian age
and unconsolidated surficial deposits.
The report describes these rocks,
shows the geologic structure or lay of
Ihe rocks, and gives the sequence of
events in the geologic history of the
area and an account of the mineral
resources.
Although agriculture is the principal
industry, several hundred men are en
gaged in zinc and lead mining. The
most productive mines are grouped in
certain rather small districts known as
the Galena, the Sand Praire, and the
Elizabeth districts. The productive ore
bodies are confined to the Galena do
lomite and the Decorah shale. Most of
tht mines are 100 to 200 feet deep. The
production of lead concentrates in 1914
was valued at *28,788.nnd that of zinc
concentrates at *320,012. The lead sold
from this region since mining began
has brought about *50,000,000, and the
zinz produced since about I860 has
been sold Tor about *10,000,000. Pros
pecting for new deposits still contin
ues.
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Dr. A. F. Heimlich
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