Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-27
Alleged Brutality Of the Police is
to be Investigated.
TWO NEW SUMNER DRINKS
Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.

the END or this week TO make the necessary
arrangements. 1t is the hope Of the men
in charge of the Bryan campaign that &C
tivity in New York will at least divert at
tention from the doubtful states in the
west and keep the republicans busy. Mr..
Campau has been in the city for several
days seeking information in regard to DEM
ocratic prospects. Richard Croker told him
that the vote for Bryan in Greater New
York would give him not less than $1,000
plurality below the Harlem. The upstate
leaders with whom he talked gave him
equally favorable reports. On the strength
of these the national headquarters are to
be opened
Bryan's determination to speak here in
October is part of the projected campaign.
There will be complication however, grow
ing out of the fractional fight in the demo-
cratic organization of the state Mr.. Cam
pau after looking the ground over. decided
that 1t might be wiser to avoid being drawn
into the Croker-Hill contest by selecting
headquarters at some distance from the
state headquarters in the st. James build
ing and the CrokerMurphy headquarters
in the Hoffman House. 1t was planned
originally to have the national headquar-
tiers in the st. James building. and the
managers of the state campaign are tndig-
nants at the suggestion that this plan he
changed. They in it a disposition 20
ignore the state committee. They say that
the committee will conduct the campaign In
this state. and that the national managers
will do well to recognize that fact: If they
should fail to do so, 1t was said. there
would surely be trouble.
A Deaf Mute Spellbinder.
Just over the border line between the
state of New York and New Jersey, in the
little village of Pearl river, there lives
man who has played rather an important
part in political campaigns of the past.
His share in the stir and noise that precede
election day is not unrecognized by the po-
litical leaders, Notwithstanding the fact
that he is deaf mute. In the quiet OF his
small farm on the outskirts of the town 1T
is difficult for the visitor to associate this
man with the old precOnceived notions of
what goes to make up political campaign.
But after a short chat in the sign language,
the usefulness to the political managers of
the mans peculiar activities becomes APP
parent The deaf mute voters throughout
the country in presidential year need the
same care and call forth the same enxiety,
proportionately, as any other representa-
tive part of American citizenship. They
must have their campaign literature, their
explanations and their orators. And this
man is engaged to furnish the oratory.
Each presidential campaign he devotes
considerable share of his time to speech
making He finds the work. he declares,
both pleasant and profitable. is an in
teresting scene, when the stump" speaker,
who does not speak, arrives in the small
hall that has been set apart for him and
his audience Before the meeting Is opened
or the speaker is introduced, the audience
is anmatedy discussing the various issues
of the year. or excitedly criticiSing The
speakers expected attitude toward them
all without a sound. At last, when the
chairman on the platform rises, and with a
flourish Of his hands announces the speak
er and his topic, the nervous fingers are
instantly stiled For the better part of an
hour, 1t may be, there is not sound, eN-
cept for occasional applause when a good
point has been made or thing forcibly
put. 1t is most attentive audience always
at these mute meetings, the men keeny
watching the incessant movements of the
orators fingers and his ever-changing ex-
preston of face most responsive audi
ence 1t is, too, for the speakers shades of
meaning as shown in his features seem to
be reflected in those of his listeners
Alleged Police Brutality.
There is to be an official probing Of ''po-
lice vengeance" practlced by Chief Dew
ery's clubbers on innocent citizens. The
police board is being forced into an inquiry
regarding the outrages perpetrated by uni
formed ruffians during last weeks riots.
Chief Devery, seeing what is coming, has
asked for reports from his subordinates in
the matter Of police brutality. The refuge
that the chief has ever lodged into, There
are no specific complaints" has collapsed.
The police board has been informed that there
are compliments ready to come forward
with the names Of policemen who broke
citizens heads for no other reason than
their color The grand jury: too. is prepar-
ing for an investigation. Subpoenas have
been issued commanding colored men who
were dubbed and white men who saw the
clubbing TO give testimony. The attitude,
too, of Tammany leaders, who see that
some one must be punished. has caused
alarm in Mulberry street
New Law Regarding Business Firms
On and after September 1 it will be illegal
for any person or combination of persons
to do business in this state under any other
title or name than their own proper names,
without having filed in the Office of the
clerk Of the county In which the concerns
office is located the names of the
person or persons doing business under such
title or designation. The bill was introduced
by Assemblyman Moses r. Ryttenberg of
this city, and is designed to protect reputa-
BILE business men by permitting them to
know the character of those constituting
the concerns with which they do business.
Mr.. Ryttenberg explains the object of the
law as follows:
This bill was introduced by me last VIM
ter at the request of number of my BROTH
er lawyers, who, as well as myself, had en-
considerable difficulty in bring
ing actions against people conducting bust
ness under assumed or fictitious names and
whose real names it was impossible to OBJ
tain. There was no way of ascertaining
Germs, and 1t was next to impossible in
many cases to bring suits against them.
The law does not apply to any corporation
duly organized under the laws Of this state
as has been enormously stated, but it is
meant to protect reputable business men
from a class who open up a store under as
sumed or fictitious names, obtain credit and
then disappear, without paying the bills
which they have incurred"
The maximum punishment for failure to
comply with the provisions of this new law
is one years Imprisonment or $500 fine, or
both
Vanderbilt Coming to Town.
A genuine breeze Of interest has swept
through the clubs over the announcement
that a Vanderbilt was coming to town and
that in all probability the old Vanderbilt
gift of lavish hospitality would again make
things lively in 5th avenue The Wander
bilt in question is William X. Vanderbilt,
jr., who, with his wife of a year Miss
Virginia Fair. is said to be coming to
The city. The report is that the young
man and his wife will occupy the house be-
longing to William K, jr.'s, mother, Mrs
D. H. p. Belmont. 1t is a spacious edifice
situated between SD and 54th streets in
9Th avenue. 1t was bought by Mrs Bel
mont from the Coles estate when she de-
cided that she could not occupy the house
decided to her by her first husband, and