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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
Mr.. CRAFTS IMPORTANT BILLS.

Hon. Clayton l.. Crafts has intro.
,luced two important bills into the Leg.
islaturc.
Both We're introduced In the House
Tuesday morning. one Is his primary
election bill. which In many particulars
resembles the Minnesota primary elec-
ton law; the other Is u bill To establish
"publlc-servlce commission" TO regu-
late the control of corporations of a
quasi-public character. This last bill Il
stirring up the curiosity of members of
the Legislature. Ii Is u measure de-
signed To place the regulation OF rail-
roads, telegraph companies. telephone.
electric light, power, heat, express and
water companies In the hands of seven
men To be named by the Governor
When Mr.. Crafts was asked what was
back of his blll-what it all meantime
replied: THE bill speaks for ITSELF
Mr.. Crafts "publc.service commits
sion bill' j. unique. The title of the
hill will describe the character of the
measure. IL reads as follows:
"a bill for an act TO establish board
troll corporations organized for the pur-
pose of providing water, light heat,
transportation or oral communication
in cities. Incorporated towns, or villages,
or between the same, upon, over, under.
along streets, alleys, roads or highways,
ar other public places In this State"
The bill requires the Governor 10 ap-
point commission Of seven, no more
than -four Of whom shall belong 10 III"
same political party, the commissioners
Ia serve for TWO years and 10 receive
$1,000 salary a year. \ section pro-
tlhlrs n commissioner from being inter-
r,tod directly or Indirectly with any
company or corporations over which the
commission has supervisory powers.
The bin gives the commissioners a
rlGut 10 ride free on NIL railroads and
>trort.car lines IN rhc State In the per-
furnancc 0f their duties. The commits
sion II given unrNcrpti0nal powers In
the Till, A. the following sections will
show:
Section 1.-THE public-scrylcc com
mission shall have power annually and
from tim" 10 time Ia tiX the qualliiCa-
tlouS, number, grade, rate Of wages or
salaries and hours Of labor or service
per day of all laborcrs, employees, clerks.
engineers, attorneys and officers of all
corporations using the public streets or
alley In operating street railroads, "lc-
waited railroads. underground railroads,
gas plants clcctric-light plants, heating
plants, telephone plants or watcrworks
plants In this state.
The public-serylcc commission an
HuaIly, or Oftrucr If necessary, shall de-
irrIninc the cost 10 each such corpora
ton. aside from the portion Of the cost
paid out Of the earnings, Of lis tangible
property and all extensions thereof,
paid for by the sale Of capital stock or
iOnds, not Including its franchise nor
IN, license 10 occupy the public streets
Dr alleys granted IN IL by the State or
hy the municipality In which it oper-
alrs, nor such streets or alleys.
Sec. THE public service com
mission shall annually, or oftener II
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

ground. taken in the Board of Educa-
ton case by the State supreme Court.
Corporation Counsel Walker bases his
most recent opinion. In this he decides
that employees of the Board of Election
ommissioncrs-with the exception of
the chief clerk and Judges and clerks
of clccton-are within the classified
service of the city.
The opinion points out that the ex-
ccptiCns mentioned are expressly cx-
cmptcd in the act itself aud that the
election commissioners are appointed
by the County Court. are officers of
that court and. with the chief clerk,
derive their compensation from the
county. But many employees of the
board do work for the city and are paid
exclusively and directly by the city.
and these. Mr.. Walker holds. should
come under the operations of the city
civil service. He also expresses the
belief that any doubt regarding such
questions should be resolved in favor
of the merit law. which is much
soundcr principle than that which has
sought TO resolve all doubts in favor of
spells and political favorites.
Another notable feature in conncc.
ton with this opinion is the promptness
with which the city authorities have
| accepted 1t rs final and have requested
the Civil Service Commission to forth.
with place the employees affected in the
classified service. Every court decision
or opinion of counsel So far has more
| firmly established the civil service law.
1t has grown in both strength and com.
prchcnsivcness until it stands to-day
practically free from successful attack.
a bulwark of civic integrity ana an i'm
passablc barrier between the spokesman
| and the public treasury.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
FIX SCHOOL PENSIONS.

After eighteen months work COM
Mite" Of fifteen employees of the Board
Of Education has decided upon hill for
the organization Of the school-pcnsion
system.
The proposed law makes sweeping
changes In the present system, and, il
Is claimed, puts IL on a sound basis. As
soon rs an actuary and IA lawyer have
passed upon the bill it is 10 be submit
ted 10 convention Of school employees
and then sent 10 Springfield in the care
of a committee.
The bill reduces the amount Of the
annultlcs, leaves the assessments in the
hands Of the pension board, gives the
employees larger representation ON the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
THE OUTLOOK fOR FEBRUARY.

One of the notable illustrated fea.
lures of the current Magazine Number
of the Outlook Is a fully illustrated arti.
Gle on Havana. by Mr.. Thomas Il. Daw.
ley. the well.known newspaper CORE.
spondent. to he followed In the series.
-Four Island Capitals" by articles on
Honolulu. by Gov. Sanford II. Dole: on
Manila. by Prof. Dean c. Worcester,
and on san Juan. by Mrs. Guy V. Hen.
~. widow of the first Governor-t;en.
cral of Porto Rico. (s3 a year. The
Outlook Company. 2S1 18th avenue.
New York;
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
WEED OF 4 CONSTITUTIONAL CON.
vENTION.

The mere enumeration of the reforms
proposed within the contemplation of
the Smulski resolution indicates that
there can he no adequate relief from
the administrative evils which Chicago
suffers except through a constitutional
convention. When we remember the
slow and tedious process by which
amenments or needed legislation are
secured and the doubtful fate of ev.
cry measure that Is referred 10 tn,
courts to be tested by the present con.
stltutlOn the list Is really appalling. in.
GLIDING as II does:
The substitution of district courts
for justice courts.
\ change In the assessment laws.
Authority to issue u suiiiclency of
bonds for public improvements.
Complete abolition of town organlZa.
ton.
New revenue laws which shall hold
after they have been enacted
Consolidation.
Abolition of the fee system.
Extension of the merit system.
Upon all these points the mind of
the public Is made up rs thoroughly
rs 1t could he u hundred years hence.
There may be some difference rs To de-
tails. but as to essential principles
there is none at all, and yet the absurd
proposition Is advanced that We should
20 at the work pleccmcal. though II
would puzzle the wlscst man among us
to say which Of the reforms i the most
necessary. In every instance there Is
Il gross abuse ana injustice To he cor.
rccted which aflllcts the people in one
way or another, aud laws that put the
| major part of the burden of permanent
improvements on the people of the
| present generation simply veto i'm
provements ana prevent the munipical
works of this city from keeping pace
with It's growth.
How serious the result Is might he
Indicated by various illustrations, but
| the case of the river will suffice. In
| such n crisis rs the present one we
should be able TO act with no other
| delays than those which are incidental
10 the formation of plans. We should
have all the needed power 10 arrange
instantly for the building of bridges
the lowering of tunnels. the broaden.
ing of the stream ana the general In
crease Of harbor facilities IN commune
ton with the government, Moreover
all this work should he of the finest
description so as to be worthy of on,
of the worlds greatest cities, But VT
cannot build u single bridge bccaus,
II constitutional Limitation commands
that the money for the purpose mus
come out of current receipts. ana 81
the commerce of the city is threatened
ana we may lose n valuable asse
which may never be recovered.
With checks of such sort on th'
one hand and on the other the hertz
age forced upon MS by the old and out
grown law of complicated and use
less system, which looks now AS though
IL We're specially designed as Il havei
for taX'eating parasites, generation
of patchwork reform would do us LITTLE
good. The sweeping general changes
which are possible only through a con
stltutlOnal convention are imperatiyely
| demanded.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
WIDENING RANGE OF CiVL SER
VICE.

Slowly but surely the scope of the
civil service law of Chicago is extend
ing, and with each increase of its
range and authority comes augmented
power and stability. II may be accept
ed now as fully established that where
the law does not specifically make ex.
cmptlons II is operative, for upon this
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

dicious in administering tonic drugs.
But does not the pharmaceutical road
TO victory seem less attractive than the
old way which led through physical
strength and skill unaided by the stlm-
ulants which medicine offers? There Is
a modernness about the possibility Of
being beaten by a sixticth of a grain Of
strychnine. which to earlier athletes
would have brought both wonder and
regret
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
Sl

In pursuance OF gentlemanly polish
the upper class men at West Point new
or slug each other. They pick out a
lightweight freshman and pit him
against their most battle-scarred vet
eran. 1t Is supposed to he the qulntes.
sence of courtly conduct to batter the
poor freshman into insenslbility, and
then I'LL him up with prunes ana to-
basco sauce as a consolation prize. The
West Point standard of gentlemanly
conduct Is curious study. But for the
brand 1t might be taken for yellow-dOg
brutality.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

Thomas \. Edison. being recently
asked II he thought the twentieth cen.
fury would surpass the nineteenth In
invention and particularly in the appli.
cation of electricity. promptly replied
that 1t would. and then with character
istic modesty added that in the first
place there were more to work. ana In
the second they know more to start
with. but all the same, none of us
knows anything about anything"
which Is his way of saying that until
ii Is definitely settled what electricity is
we are only on the threshold of achieve.
ment. The opinions of Mr.. Edison. who
Is a practical man and has turned his
numerous inventions to commercial
uses. are In sharp contrast with those
OF Mr.. Tesla. Il dreamer and IN unprac.
teal man. who. having settled all elec.
trical and scientific affairs on this
earth. Is now settling those OF Mars
also. With few more Edisons the
world would soon know considerable
about most everything.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
2eSi

Invention Of u system of springs and
weights to run machinery without coal,
electricity or other motive power will
be welcomed with alacrity In all parts
OF the world, but especially In Great
Britain. where the price of coal Is rap.
idly reaching the prohibtive point. AS
the new system Is confessedly liable to
lose power gradually by wear and tear,
or altogether by breakage or the slight
est obstruction, 1t will be unavailable
for a large category OF purposes now
covered by coal. wood or electricity.
But 1t will be vast utility for many
common objects,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

After recent contest 1t came out
that In some instances the struggling
athletes We're sustained by the use Of
arsenic, strychnine and nitroglycerine.
The winner In close trial may tri.
umph because the trainer has been ju.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
Rel

One Of the most astonishing achieve
ments Of the Victoria err Is the rapldity
with which news Is transmitted. The
New York Herald finds, In looking over
its files OF 1897, that when William ".
died June 2U ana the young Victoria
was awakened and saluted us Queen,
the news OF the Kings death was
brought to this country by the packet
ship st. James, mailing from London,
and did not reach New York until forty.
five days after the event. Contrast that
tedious delay with the posting Of ply
slcians bulletins and state proclama-
tons in America, Australia, and India
almost before the ink with which they
We're written at Osborn or London was
dry! Even Shakspeare's Puck was
slow when he proposed TO put a Cir.
die round about the earth In forty
minutes" SiXty-three years from now
will our methods OF transmission be
considered rs slow ana antlquated as
we consider those OF siXty-three years
agoI
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

Alvord, the bank embezzler, has been
sentenced to thirteen years in the penl-
Tertiary. Good conduct may cut this
down to about ten years. AlvOrd's
stealings amounted to nearly 500, 900,
or almost $4,000 year for the term
that he Will have to serve. The pun
ishment is not severe enough to re.
strain other men from committing sim
liar Offenses.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

The advantages that fall to the lot
of man whose surname occurs early
in an alphebatical list are well known.
AS candidate for Office upon an Aus
tralian ballot, for example, man
named Abbott has far better chance
than the most eminent Zwelgler. But
the benefit that comes from the pos.
session of a short name has not here
tofore been generally recognized. Not
long ago the promotion of one of the
auditors of the Treasury Department
at Washington created vacancy to
which, upon formal recommendation
to that effect. the candidate having the
shortest name, being also competent
man, was appointed. His chief duty Is
to affiX his signature to accounts, and
as he needs to make but six letters In
signing, he can do twice as much In a
day as a man whose name contains
twelve letters.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

1t Is true now. as 1t has always been,
that there Is room to spare ut the top.
while the bottom Is miserably crowd.
ed. This condition seems unavoidable.
the logical evolution Of our complex
social conditions, the inevitable corol.
larry of the steadily. intensifylng strug-
gle for existence. The fact has been
the same from the beginning. 1t hap
pens. simply. that recent developments
have emphasized 1t. The higher social
organization has Its drawbacks rs well
Us Its advantages and among the most
conspicuous OF these Is the penalty 1t
imposes upon mcdiocrity and the bur.
den with which 1t brushes helplessness.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

No reform would ever have been &C.
compllshcd IL the element of self-inter.
est had been wholly eliminated. Ev-
cry advance In the direction of popular
government has been due to the dis.
satisfaction OF men with existing con.
dltions ana their determination to get
more out OF life than had been allotted
them under mOnarchical institutions.
SO, also, with the trusts. When the
people OF the United States feel that
they have the closing end of the trans.
action they will. purely as n matter of
self.interest, apply the remedy which
they may conceive to he most effective.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
<GeA

Eros, the tiny new planet. according
to Harvard astronomers, Is only about
twenty miles In diameter and comes
nearer to the earth than any other body
except the moon, Tesla should hail 1t
and, annex 1t. 1t would be just about
large enough for an asylum for our err
rattle authors.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

What Booker Washington Is saying
TO the men of his own race, another
clear voice Is saying to the white folks:
what the South needs Is respect for
work. We'must put on our overalls
and use our hands" There is no sec.
tionalism In such lesson; 1t is law and
gospel for all ATTITUDES and longitudes.
Industrial development offers both ba.
sis and security for all higher human
interests.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

n, l.. Godkin, one OF the most emf.
nent journalists Of New York, says
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09


consider their active llfework practic-
ally over. lie faces task calling for
every energy Of brain and body and
fre!ghted with the gravest responsible.
ties. As nm Offset TO this. he Is stout Of
frame. rugged of constitution. and gen.
orally In robust health. lie Is idolized
by the English. fact that Is accounted
for by his democratic habit Of making
every man he meets his friend. His
princely bearing has been agreeably
shaded with courtesy to his interiors In
rank. and he has been active In his sup.
port OF deserving public charities. In
entering upon his reign he has the good
will Of every subject-a condition that
lessons the difficulty Of his position.
One of the penalties of royalty Is the
obliteration Of private feeling. The
state demands of the new king the per.
Torrance of certain public ceremonies
with which his personal bereavement
must not be permitted TO interfere. His
mourning for his mother must be oh.
served in secret. Before his subjects
he must bear himself with cheerfulness
and dignity. 1t Is a situation Identical
with that Of the favOrlte actor. who
must strut and grimace for his public,
even though his heart be breaking. In
his youth this king was a rollicking,
devll.may.care prince. He had the fol.
les of youth and outgrew them. BY
his acts rs Edward VII. will he dis.
covered the exact strength and quality
Of his manhood.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

reign Victoria stood first in English
hearts as a noble wife and mother and
a spotless queen, whose court was pure
and whose life was serene In its con-
seriousness of devotion to the public
veal. Of her 1t may be said in the
words of her greatest laureate.
"She wrought her people lasting good"
The cadets at West Point Military
Academy. realizing the storm of indig.
nation that gathered as result of the
investigations concerning hazing, have
voluntarily signed a pledge to abandon
entirely that practice which has
brought the institution so much dis.
credit. The cadets have done well. The
military academy belongs to the people
and not TO the cadets. The cadets are
not even patrons of the academy. The
people are the patrons. Students at.
tending other institutions where they
pay tuition may be said TO be patrons
of those institutions. The cadets ut
West Point pay no tuition. The people
pay for their education and pay the
cadets salary besides. Therefore the
people have right to dictate how the
academy shall he run as the managers
of no other institution have right TO
dictate. When the people learned how
their academy was being conducted the
cadets knew there would he n change.
The latter have wisely determind I'm ad.
vance that they will reform. The PEG.
pie will expect the pledge to be kept.
~cA
Rural free delivery is an addition to
the postal facilities of the country that
mas come to stay. When an appropri.
alton OF 100000 was asked for to in
augurate the experiment. Mr.. Loud,
chairman Of the House committee on
postoffices and post roads, objected; but
when 1t was proposed to appropriate
S3,oOO.OOO to 60 on with the business
the chairman of the committee had
nothing to say. Mr. Sperry of Connec.
ticut. a member Of the committee, had
much to do with getting the matter
started. He was for many years post.
master ut New Haven. and his practi.
cal IDEAS with reference to the conduct
or the business of the Postofiice De.
partment have been Of much service
Mr.. Sperry gives It as his opinion that
1t would be useless now to try to pre-
vent the spread Of rural free delivery.
In which opinion, doubtless. the other
members Of the committee. and the
department itself. agree. Rural free
delivery has commended Itself to the
people of the farms. and since they
Ike II Congress would not presume
to withdraw or do much hanging back.
The wonder Is that free rural delivery
was not undertaken before. but now
that 1t has proved Of such utility and
popularity. the whole country is reach
Ing out Its hand. and expansion Of the
system must go OH until there are no
more townships to conquer.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

chat the election of q VIGOROUSLY ig-
norant. worthless or corrupt man to the
judicial bench. the Legislature. or the
municipal council. makes more i'm.
preston on young mind than can be
counterbalanced by the study Of any
manual Of government, or by any
course Of lectures on social reform de-
livcred In high school or college.
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Everything,
GIN -
Full Bloom.

Every department is a
center of interest here. We
are recognized headquar-
ters for Dry Goods, Carpets
and Millinery. Our aim
has been to select the best
of everything, and we in
tend that things shall be as
represented. What we say
is so. Success comes from
doing things right. That
has been our aim in the
past and will be in the flu
ture.
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was over yesterday and called and
renewed his subscription to the
Weekly Register.
Mr.. and Mrs. 81. Juhling, who
have been visiting Mrs. Juhling's
parents, Capt. and Mrs. J -WsC.
Heslop, returned to their home at
New Haven, yesterday.
Mr.. Chas. w. Young, of Charles.
ton, was in town yesterday the
guest of his brother-in.law, Hon.
Rankin Wiley. Mr.. Young is one
of tho pr minent business men of
Charleston.
Capt Jas. B Morgan, of Grimm'e
Lending, and one of the largest
and most prosperous farmers In
Mason county, and one of the
oounty's most honored citizens,
was in town yesterday, for the first
time in three years, his business
having called him in other direc-
tions. His many friends here were
glad to meet him, and congratulate
him upon looking so we'll.
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Arlee
CORRESPONDENCE, sth..

Correspondence, Sth. !,
a large crowd attended church
at Zion Chapel, Sunday.
We are glad to announce that
Mrs ELIZA Halfhill is improving
d. Il. Potts was business caller
at Huntington, last week
Mrs. VIM. Blain and son Byrd,
of Elwell, and Miss Bertha Swish
or, of Gellipolis. Ohio, were visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. John r Dabney,
Sunday.
DIR. Hall, of Five Mile, passed
through our town sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w, Beohtle, of
Elwell, were visiting Mr. and Mrs,
e. w. johnson, Saturday.
Misses Eva Oanifax and Blanche
Dabney, Messrs. Ben and Jasper
Hall spent Sunday with friends at
Arlee.
Items of interest are scarce in
OLD FAsH1oNED GIRL
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The Weather.

Hicks predicts the following for
the reminder of April: Eighth and
9th warmer. Storm period from
18th to 18th, the crisis about 18th,
electrical storm, rain, hail land dan
gerous winds. April downpours
on the 18th; reaotionary storm per-
iod 10Th, goth, and 21st, perhaps
heavy and widespread storms; look
out for hail. The last week in
April will be stormy.
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Rnden.

Correspondence, sth. 6
The Ladies Aid Society was or.
gained at Crescent church, Wed
nesday.
Misses Louise Sommere and An
ma Kintzel are contemplating go.
ing to Pittsburg soon. {
Miss Marie Spurlook, of Leon
was the guest of Miss Daisy Bar
nett last week.
w. B. Barnett, formerly of this
place, gave bond Friday for deputy
uty sheriff of Union district.
Sunday School was organized al
Cherry Grove Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. j. Sayre and
little son Howard, we're visiting
their daughter, Mrs. w. B. Bar.
nett, of Leon, last week.
Mrs. John Barnett left for Pitts
burg short time ago, where she
will join her husband and make
her future home. GUESS WHO.