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Evening journal., 1902-11-24
NOTES OF CITY CHURCHES

Beginning tonight the Whining
ton Bible Union will meet at o'clock
instead of 745 as heretofore. This
slight change is due to the fact that the
teacher, Mr.. Pettingill. has taken a new
class at the Y. NJ c. A. Buildingwhich
meets before the evening class. This
makes three classes taught by Mr.. Pet
tingill in Wilmington on Mondays. AT
tonight's meeting the Bible Union will
consider the International Sunday
School lesson for November 80, the
subject being "Gideon and the Three
Hundred" and the Scripture section,
Judges, vii, 1-21.
Tho meeting place is the Delaware
Avenue Baptist Church lecture room
at the corner of Tenth and West
streets and Delaware avenue.
80. Tho revival meeting in Wesley M
L. Church was of Unusual interest yes
terGay. Seventeen were forward for
prayers and there were>a number OF
conversions. Evangelist E. ]. Rem
shaw is assisting the pastor, the Rev.
w. I. Dawson. The meetings will
continue this week.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
rnr RoosnvELrIAN pocrRINn

On Saturday President Roosevelt re-
ceived a great demonstration i'm Phila-
delphla where he was attending the
dedicatory exercises Of the high school.
His several speeches were happy, as
they usually are, and his energetic
sentences backed by an energetic life,
are such as are likely to inspire and
enthuse the youth who so enthusiast
cally greeted him.
He advised the boys to work hard at
their tasks, and to play hard after they
were done, and emphasized the point
that the same Qualities OF concentra-
tion, grit and persistence which make
for progress in studies, also make
headers In athletics Mr.. Roosevelt is
himself AN example of the soundness
OF the doctrine he breaches AS a
youth he was delicate and many Of his
friends did not think he would reach
maturity. Yet early he developed n
taste for outdoor sports: he liked the
woods and the streams. and as he grew
to manhood he exchanged the ener-
waiting life Of the city for the camp. and
became hunter Of big game.
Those who have read accounts of his
life on the plains, engaging in the life
OF hunter. wonder when he found
timd to write those numerous volumes
which thoughtful men stop to read,
and which students of affairs quote.
The answer is easy; he never dwaddled,
but concentrated his frll attention on
the task before him.
There is woeful loss of time. not
because men throw on their tasks and
take an occasional vacation. and not
because their hours OF work are too
few, but for the reason that they mix
business with pleasure. and pleasure
with business. During hours that
should be devoted to work we allow a
thousand other things to creep in, with
the result that we have to take our
business home with us.
If the doctrine of the strenuous life
meant keeping up the highest pressure
Throughout all the days and hours of
our existence, we should declare that
We would have none of it. but it does
not. Rather it means the highest econ-
omy Of our powers, and contemplates
the truest rest For TO rest we do not
have to fold our hands and sit with
limp bodies and vacant minds: but,
rather, we change from that which has
grown monotonous and exercise our
powers, mental and physical. for a
time in new channels. Properly in
terpreted. the doctrine Of the suen-
uous life" is worthy of consideration.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
That Majority

From the Dover Delawarean.
Mr.. Addicks refers exultirgly to the
fact that Mr.. Byrne received about five
thousand more votes than DR.. Ball, and
says, this tore the mask from the
fifty or sixty men who have been pos
ing as the Republican party Of Della
ware" AS a matter OF fact, the Regu-
lars seem to have held their own. The
plurality of the Union Republican can
dldate over the Republican candidate
in 1902 is not greater than in 1895. Con-
slider what these respective votes cast
for the two Republican Congressional
candidates represent and how they
were obtained. or the intelligent and
unpnrchased vote of the State candid
Union Republicans themselves, We
think, could not deny that their party
polled only a pitiful minority.
Mr.. Addicks may hope by this inter
view to arouse outside sympathy and
thereby cause additional influence to
be brought to bear on Regular Repub-
leans in the Legislature to vote for
him. If this is his hope we think he is
doomed to disappointment. Public
sentiment outside Of Delaware is
strongly opposed to Mr.. Addicks. We
believe he will neither win il for his
cause, nor. what is more important.
capture those needed Regular votes in
the Legislature.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
THE PuEsIDENT's POSITION

On our fnst page Of this issue We
rrint leading editorial from the
Philadelphia Press, which that paper
declares is an authoritative statement
of the Presidents position regarding
the distribution Of the Federal patron
age in Delaware.
There can be little doubt that this is
the Presidents real position, for the
following reasons:
Mr.. Charles Emory Smith, lately a
member OF the Cabinet, is the editor OF
the Press. and he entertained The
President while he was in Philadelphia
on Saturday. Mr.. Smith has always
been deeply interested in the Regular
Republican cause in this State, and in
all probability took occasion TO learn
the Presidents true sentiments re-
gardlng the matter More than this,
the article occasions the belief that &
came from the Presidents desire t'
make his position plain
If the Press editorial may be tale1
as an authoritative statement Of tho
Presidents position. and there ap-
pears to be every reason why it may
be so regarded. this is the real situa-
tion:
The President appointed Mr.. Byrne
for personal reasons, and because he
believed he would perform the duties
OF his Office acceptably He did not
intend TO recognize Addicks, although
in the absence Of an explanation, thai
was the only conclusion that the pub
lie could reach. He does not intend to
recognize him. but viii make Delaware
appointments on their merits. He doe.
moi propose to interfere in the Della
ware senatorial struggle, but will leave
that to the Republicans Of this State
Speaking for itself the Press ex
presses the hope that the Regular Re
publicans may continue their valian
struggle and defeat the aspirations o.
a vulgar and INSCRIPTIONS adventureI
And it is probable that this, too, is &
reflection Of the Presidents real senti
ments.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
Blunderers

From the Middletown Transcript.
That any set OF men, sufficiently
sane as TO be permitted to remain out
side of a lunatic asylum, could continue
to make such a series of political blum
dens as those committed by Mr. Ad-
dicks and his friends for the past ten
years. seems incredible. The candidacy
OF Mr.. Byrne was of itself sufficient to
destroy whatever chance Mr.. Addicks
had of success up to that time. and We
truly believe that If his worst enemy
could have had the choice of the means
with which TO compass his defeat. he
would have marked out the very course
chosen by the Union Republicans
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
PENINSULA PRESS
His Opportunity
From the Sussex Republican.

From the Sussex Republican.
BY appointing Byrne, the President
recognized Addicl1s. All the weight
Of that influence has been thrown in
the scale for Addicks' benefit What
has been the result? Instead of i'm
proving Addicks' chance Of election TO
the Senate It has dispelled any pos
sibility of it.
The Regulars are mistaken and un-
dismayed. The sentiment Of the peo-
pie of This country has been expressed
by the public press in opposition. The
President has brought down upon him
self the condemnation of even the adj
miuistration organs. He has done
what he could for Addicks. And he
must be convinced that this man can
not be elected senator from Delaware.
Now he has a right to test the Repub-
licanism of John Edward Addicks and
his friends and demand that he step
aside and allow two good Republicans
to be elected senators.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
ELECTION DAY.
How II Came TO lie Tuesday After
First Monday In November.

How IL Came 10 lie Tuesday After
First Monday In November.
The designation Of the day for hold
ing the presidential election is left to
congress. The first act passed by it re-
latlng to that subject was in 1902. 1t
provided that presidential electors
should be appointed within "a days
before the first Wednesday in Decem-
ber." This leA each state free TO select
day to suit itself within those limits.
Pennsylvania chose electors on the last
Friday in October. other states elect
ed theirs on different days between the
beginning and middle of November.
When Harrison was elected in 1910,
the Democrats asserted that his sue
cess was due partly to fraudulent vOt-
ing, which was made possible 10y the
lack of n definite election day. 1t was
alleged that Kentucky and Ohio Wings
had voted in both states, the election
being held on different days. SO in
1s45 the Democrats passed the law
now on the statute books making the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
election day.
At that time but five Of the 90 states
had their elections in November. In
Michigan and Mississippi voting was
carried on through two days-the first
Monday and the following Tuesday.
New York had three election days-the
first Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day-but had finally confined voting to
the middle day. or the first Tuesday
after the first Monday. Massachusetts
chose state officers on the second Mon
day in November and Delaware on the
second Tuesday. So congress selected
the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day TO consult the convenience Of three
states out Of five. one Of the three be-
ing the important state Of New York.
Chicago Tribune.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
TRANSPORT STRIKES REEF
Fioated Shortly Afterwards at Hin
Tide-Ceneral Miles Aboard.

Fioated Shortly Afterwsrd at Hin
Tide-cencral Miles Aboard.
Manila. Nov. 24.-The United States
transport ingalls,. with General Miles
and party on board, which struck on
a reef while entering the Aarhor of
lie Gaspi, Luzcn, on Saturday, Hoated
at high tide the same day, and ar
rived here today. The vessel struck
on a coral reef while going at q speed
of nine knots. The shock raised the
ship two feet along its entire length.
Captain Brugiere has explained that
he was trying to save 20 Minutes by
running through the chartered channel
between the reefs In the center OF the
Gulf Of Albay in a straight line for lie
Gaspi, instead Of following the usual
channel. A Spanish vessel which was
asked to give assistance asked 100 900
Mexican dollars as salvage, but these
terms were declined. Captain Drugiere
pumped out the vessels water ballast
and she fioated without aid.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24

political strain and turmoil is the
broadside shot this week from the Hig-
gins glnboat that went crushing into
the Addicks piratical craft The shaft,
as big as 1t was and as powerful as was
the explosive foroe behind il, did not
have the effect IT might, had It been
nred sooner. The cniy adverse COM
ment that can be made upon Mr.. Hig-
gins statement is that it came to help
defeat Addicl1s at time and after IL
is known that he (Addicks) is COM
pletely whipped. Those who know the
ex-senator intimately know only tco
well his bitter and uncOmpromislng
feelings toward Addiclxs. yet il seems
that he has permitted certain of his
disreputable lieutenants to put him and
keep him In a position where they were
doing all in their powsr to bring about
an alliance with Addicks, the purpose
Of which was, and is intended to be the
election OF Senator Higgins along with
John Edward Addicks to fiji the two
senatorial vacancies. There can be no
doubt that these lieutenants CT Mr..
Higgins have been the cause OF his po-
litical downfall, and responsible for his
being today fat ON his back. II seems
incredible that Senator Higgins is
ignorant Of the fact that these hench-
men have allied themselves cpsnly and
completely with Addlclls and have been
doing anything and everything pos
sible to promote his political SUCCESS
IL has been through their action more
than anything else. apart from his own
silence, that Senator Higgins position
as he has recently and 50 forcibly de-
clared, has not been known to the peo-
rie. IL the ex-senator is as sincere as
his declarations are positive he should
lose no time I'm at once eXerting the
influence he is known to possess over
his followers. While IL is true these
men have extremely little II any in
fiuence, yet their unceasing talk in
favor OF Addicks and their alleged
very intimate relation with the ex-
senator have the effect of putting Mr..
Higgins in an equivocal position, with
out doing any good to Addicks. AS
long as his most active followers re-
main In the Addicks camp and under
the control and influence OF Addicks. a
great many people will be in doubt
as TO where Mr.. Higgins really stands.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
MONDAY, NOVEMBER "A, 1902

The mnu who debauchcs our
public life, whether by mall
vcrsatiOn Of funds I'm office, by
the actual bribery tOr voters on
OfIcgisIatOrs, or by the corrupt
use of the offices as spOils
Vvhercwith 10 reward the un-
worthy and the vicious for their
noxIOuS and interested nc-
tivity i'm the bRser walks of
political life, man Is a
greater foe TO our veiI-bcing
as a nation than is even the
defisuItIng cashier Of a bank
or the bctrayer of private
Theodore Roosevelt.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Is the WorId GettInr Better2

To the Editor OF the Evening Journal
Sir: In a recent issue you had an
article headed. "Will Kenney Make a
Deal With Addicks?"
That is a question that is being
lasked among the people i'm this section
where Kenney was born. No salts
factory answer has been given to the
question, but a smile goes around
when the question is asked.
What a dreadful state OF affairs wa
are in. Are we really going forward
or are we going backward. If We look
at the business side of life we find our
selves in a commercial age and are
going rapidly forward. II we look en-
the Bible or moral side. we are going
backward as rapidly. If we look in
the first book of Bible history we find
a good man praying that wicked Sod
dom and Gomorrah might be saved for
the sake of even the few that were
within the gates. The Lord promised
az fifty true mem could be found he
would save the city, and later prem
ised to save it for the sake of ten per-
sons.
There are more than fifty or ten
times fifty true men in Delaware who
were striving for Republican success
for the sake of good government long
before Addicks ever breathed a breath
OF Delaware air, who are pleading to-
day TO the head of their party to save
the State.
We are told that the world is getting
better. 1t is getting christianized. Is
this true? Is Delaware, the oldest
State in the Union "a sample of this
christianization How does the morals
OF today compare with that of fifty
years ago. IL was then when men
were respected for their moral worth
When the preacher used to preach of
the outrage OF the selling of our Lord
for thirty pieces of silver. or the selling
of a biitEIight for a mess OF pottage.
And we walked before these goodly
men as If they were too saorSd to be
touched, but today fifty yoars later,
aud in the beginning of the twentieth
century OF our Lord. and in the 126th
year of American independence, which
independence was fought out by a few
irle ni5n. " nat OF it? Why we find
;ne voices OF true men are stifled by
Ad~.cRsism. We find those who were
made free by the blood Of trua and
noble men Gebauched by Addieks'
money. We fnd leaders or Democracy
being turned into traitors 20 party and
to friends because of Addicks' money.
We find preachers advocating the cleo
tion Of Add. KS because he bought the
seat. We hear of class leaders and
members of church using money foT
the domination by Addicks. We hear
that arrscnents are being advocated
to lie acdcG to the church as an in
ducement tc get people to attend
church.
Why is this? Is il because the world
is better? Or is it because money is
the root of all evil and Addicksism is
sapping the life cut OF the church as
well as the morals out of the people by
its use
Oh good Lord Although some OF
those who have enlisted in Thy cause
to save the world from sin and have
fallen away and gone after another
god, save the State for the sake Of the
few who are true to party and to prin-
ciple. A Republican.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
/ Walked WIth Her a LIttIe Way

walked with her a little way,
And sidewise saw the rise and fall
OF lace upon her paTasol,
And that was all saw that day.
I could not speak, and what she said
Was only music; not a word
Meant anything to me, I heard
In ecstacy without head
And in a moment she was gonel
The music ceased, and then |
dreamed
Her hand I'M mine-and straight she
seemed
A vision floating on the lawn.
Sometimes, when summer comes, a day
Seems different from the rest. and l
Remembe to forget TO sigh,
And walk with her a little way.
-Harper's for November
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
NIR. HIGGINS, ATTITUDE

Republican Glasses in the Sunday
Star, in commenting on Mr.. Higgins
latest letter. pauses to make certain
criticisms which are both temperate
and just. In conveying the impression
that those who have been close TO Mr..
Higgins have never for an instant
doubted his uncompromising hostility
TO Addicks. the writer makes it clear
that his close political friends and
those who presumably may speak fol
him. have been in alliance with the
Gasman for years, and Mr.. Higgins Is
regarded as an astute politician. anC
should be aware Of this fact. Certain
ly If persons have at times misjudge'
Mr.. Higgins. they have not been Il
blame. Glasses says:
The latest sensation in these days 0
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
DIED OF FOOTBALL INJURIES
Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt Send Hand
kerchIefs for Chester Bazaar

In consequence of injuries sustained
at football, Watson Devices, Jr., a stu
dent at the WesttOwn Friends School
died recently at the Hahnemann Hos
pital in Philadelphia. Some time ago
he had the breath knocked from him
in a scrimmage between two teams 'at
the school. and subsequently, he had
10 undergo an operation, Ostensibly for
appendicitis, at Hahnemann Hospital,
The bazaar conducted for the bene-
fit of the South Chester Baptist Church
netted $315 for the organ fund. a
handkerchief sent by Mrs. Theodore
.Roosevelt, wife of the President of the
United States, was sold for $S and is
now the property Of Mrs. w. ID.
Thatcher, wife of the pastor of the
church. Another handkerchief sent by
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter Of the
President, was sold for 81.
The citizens of Rockdale. Glen Rid
die, Lenni, Llewellyn and Aston Mills,
have organized a Central Fire Asso-
citation, with a membership OF over
200. Horace III. Scott is president.
Mrs. Mary Nixon. of Bryn Mawr,
will be iOz years old on Christmas. She
lives with her niece, Miss Hannah
Cline on Lancaster avenue. Her
health is good.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
UNDER OBLIGATION TO US

We do not recall any newspaper ar
ticle that has been so misinterpreted
as that printed recently in the Evening
Journal. to the effect that the agents
OF Addicks were attempting to make a
deal with those Democratic members
Of the Legislature supposed to be fav-
orable to Mr.. Kenney, under which Ad-
dicks and Kenney were to be elected
senators. A number Of our esteemed
contemporaries. because we failed to
furnish a diagram, have jumped 20 the
conclusion that our purpose was TO
charge the ex-senator with desire TO
betray his party and to sell out 1t ia
needless to say that we had no such
intention, neither did we print any
story which would Warrant that con-
clusion.
The story. however, was true. fol
the agents OF Addicks have approached
q number OF prominent Democrats will
the suggestion of such a deal. Senator
Kenney Indignantly declares that h'
would never enter into such an ar
rangement. and We have n-ver believe,
} he would. We have held the opinion
that when these rumors we're brough
I to his attention he would declare il
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
Seven Hurt In Trolley Collision.

Scranton. Pa., Nov. 24.-Seven per-
sons were more or less seriously in
jured by a street car collision in
North Scranton Saturday afternoon. A
trolley coming down a steep hill
crashed into a train of culm cars that
were being taken from a nearby col
liery to a culm bank. Among those
seriously hurt were Thomas Wright.
leg, shoulder, and jaw fractured, will
die; John McDonough, leg broken;
Mrs. Martha Jones. leg broken and dan
gerously injured internally. The acci-
dent, it is believed, was due to wet
rails.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
roIIowinE Up his Customer.

A French commercial traveller was
expecting a large order from a country
tradesman. but had the misfortune to
arrive in the town on fete day. Find
ing the shop closed. he inquired as to
the whereabouts of the proprietor and
ascertaining that he was attending the
fete, about n mile out Of town, set out
after him. When he arrived there, a
balloon was on the point of ascending.
and he saw his man stepping into the
car. plucking up courage he stepped
forward, paid his money aud was al
lowed TO take his seat with the other
aeronauts. Away went the balloon.
and II was not until the little party
was well above the tree tops that the
commercial" turned toward his GUS
toner with the first remark Of "And
now, sir. what can dc for you in
calicoesT
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
A New Ballot Law
Prom the sussex journal.

FROM the sussex journal.
The crying evil in Delaware just
now is the shameful ballot law and es-
pecially that part Of it which provides
for voters assistants. This latter
should be repealed by the next IIegisla-
ture at all events. Then, too, the reg
istration fee should be abolished. but
this will take time as it is a provision
named in the State Constitution. The
present method of voting is ten times
worse than the old system of voting
at the window. In fact. the present
method of voting instead of being
secret, is the most notorious that could
be conceived by the ingenuity Of man.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
Rise In Geld Causes Excitement.

Mexico City, Nov. 24-The heavy
advance in the gold premium has
caused great excitement in financial
and business circles. The premium
has reached III. 1t is generally con-
ceded that a gold standard counot be
long delayed, as silver huctuates in
value so rapidly that it cannot be re-
lied on as a basis OF currency. The
present rise, it is believed probably
will be followed by reaction, but on
all hands it is thought that a new and
permanent level has been established.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
Three Persons Probably Drowned.

Providence, r. J.. Nov. 24.--It is
feared that Ernest w. Perry Of Bur
lington, VT. and Albert C. Brewer, OF
Rutland. Vt. instructors in. the Pente-
costal College Institute. recently es-
tablished at North Scituate, together
with a student, Miss Elizabeth L..
Moon, of Saratoga Spring, N. y. were
drowned Saturday afternoon while ca.
noeing on Moswansicut Lake. The
three went out in a canoe during the
afternoon and while some distance
from shore heavy squall swept across
the lake. Nothing was seen Of them
afterwards, but yesterday the canoe
and some of their personal effects
came ashore.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
schooner sank In coIIislon.

St. Johns, N. F., Nov. 24.-The Brit
ish steamer Damars, Captain Goret.
from Halifax for Liverpool via St.
Johns, while entering port on Saturday
evening Collidcd with and sank the
schooner Shamrock, laden with 500
quintals OF goldfish. The schooner's
crew was rescued by the steamer,
whieh was not damaged It is alleged
that the schooner was showing no
lights. which precaution is frequently
neglected by New Foundland fishing
vessels.
Evening journal., 1902-11-24
Rin EooihaIl Reoelnts.

Princeton, N. j., Nov. 2l.-George r.
Murray, the general athletic treasurer
here, said Saturday that the Princeton
Yale game was the most successful
financially ever played here. 1t sur
passed the attendance at the same
game two years ago by 1000, there
being 17,499 persons present. The
gross receipts amounted to $4,000.
which, after a deduction of $4,000 for
expenses, will net the teams $4,000
each.