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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-28
INVESTIGATE.

BY all means, investigate the Republican minority
caucus for the senaorshp held last winter at Jeer
son City. Anybody who knows much about pay
wagon politics. and who in the State capital at
the beginning Of the session, suspected that some
thing peculiar was connected with that caucus
CloseddOor caucuses when fights involving control Of
Federal patronage on, always warrant broad in
ferences.
The gyrations of Republican bosses in this State
have long been extremely interesting, representing
what manner Of political gymnasts be developed
in a hotly contested after the national pay-car
The thing now has become more than ludicrOus since
discerning persons can detect connecting links be-
tween these early maneuvers and subsequent Federal
piecutting 1t appears that, after the carnage
wrought by the Kerens-Akins row, several Missouri
ans emerged from the smoke, sereney sitting in the
paycar and have since been growing lusty upon fat
Indian Territory salaries Others were reduced to
working for living
The Republican members of the last Legislature,
explaining their move in deciding upon closed eau
GUS declared that they wished to prevent the opera
ton Of outside influences" The only outside in
duences Of consequence the Representatives of
the leading St Louis and Kansas City papers, who
cared not whoop about the but were vastly
interested in the spectacular contest from the view
point Of several hundred thousand and readers
The obvious conclusion is that such careful safe
guarding against outside influences" was eminently
calculated to give inside influences unlimited play
Everybody knows that Kerens could not carry
State convention, even though President Roosevelt
were to do his barking" Yet after the hottest kind
Of fight, Kerens carried that caucus by vote.
Inside influences it is alleged, had powerful lot to
do with this result Information to just how these
influences operated would be both edifying and III
structve
Investigate!
Kerens lieutenant, on the other hand, comes for
ward with tale that Representative Carter Of
Grundy County offered $500 for his vote by the
Atkins crowd. The source Of this information is de-
clared to be E. L. Morse Of Excelsior Springs who
is reported to have heard Representative Carter make
the statement. A. p Murphy Of the Sixteenth Dis
trict labosed hard for the Atkins candidate. Now
Murphy, through Atkins influence with Secretary
Hitchcock is drawing 5000 year United States
Attorney in Indian Territory, Much Of the Atkins
strength, it Is known lay in pull" with the admins
tratiOl.
These significant facts Especially that with
relation to Representative Carter and the $780, Who
was the gentleman that made the offer? The Repub-
lie suggests that the Cole County Grand Jury send for
Mr.. Carter place him under oath, and ask our ques
ton: Who was the gentleman, Mr.. Carter?
By all means investigate!
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-28

should be built and what kind Of municipal collect
ing ana transportation system should be adopted
There are several methods for getting rid of gar
bage and several processes for reducing garbage After
some research Mr.. Benjamin H. Charles, the Second
Associate City Counselor, has concluded that the de-
struction of garbage and waste by ncneration would
be best. He finds that there three divisions of
refuse-ashes, garbage and other wastes. There is
value in the ashes and value in the other wastes.
Ashes need not be destroyed, they be used
for public purposes Mr.. Charles has decided that the
value in garbage cannot be utilized to advantage. He
recommends incineration. However 1t is almost GER
tain that considerable could be derived from
other wastes such paper, tin cans and scraps Of
all kinds.
The commission must find out way to get revenue
from some waste and economic process for getting
rid Of worthless waste The people look for economy
and good service, but the results must be acquired
with complete municipal garbagedisposal system.
They altogether tired Of the prvatecontract sys
TEN.
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THE POLITICAL BOSS.

The political leader representing issues party
both will continue to be fixture Of popular govern
ment But there is possibility that under the new
order Of things the political boss will pass away. At
least there is prospect should he last that he
not have the influence and following that were his
during the constructive period and that at best he
win thrive in degree, in only few cities.
As men appreciate more the meaning Of freedom.
understanding that freedom il not only provision of
Law but result Of individual opinion and Deeds the
perniciousness Of boss domination will be felt and
citizens deserving Of moral and civic freedom will
be wtlful slaves The reign Of the boss is the rule
Of serfdom. His power ID founded on a modern form
of slavery, propagated by the germs Of degradation
The political boss Il evidently the creature Of con-
ditions parasite fattening on the poisons Of mu-
nicpal systems and corupting the weaker branch of
society. Wherever the conditions that made him Will
prevail he will prosper; but wherever the sores are
healed and the constitutional illness Is healed he will
cease to be. His methods and pursuits are az char
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BIocKAp1NG STREETS.

All Of the large cities are constantly annoyed by
the blOckading of streets and the tearing up of street
pavements St Louis has this grievance, too, and
especially has 1t been more less Of nuisance, In
certain localities, In the past two years. The street
and sewer improvements the construction Of subway
condus the extension Of sewers the laying of water
and gas mains, the reconstruction Of street railways
and other work Of this kind have necessarily put the
public at some inconvenience
More than year ago Mayor Wells complained
about the damage done to street payements by tear
ing them up" Calling members Of the Board Of Pub
lie improvements into his office, he requested that
sewer work and the laying Of water mains should,
whenever possible precede street building. He urged
also that all other underground work. whether done
under the city's immediate supervision or by quasi
public corporations, should be finished before the
street building would be started. The request brought
even better results than were expected.
Some Of the work now being done is carried out
in accordance with these Instructions, and doubt
the method will meet with general appreciation. How
ever strenuous efforts should be made either to leave
side Of street passable or else to pursue the
work to complete it rapidly. The public should
not be obliged to tolerate Inconvenience for any
siderable time in many cases, 1t occasions loss to
retail merchants and sundry expenses to citizens.
Improvements must go on. Sewers must be built,
for the benefit Of householders Streets must be
structed. Railway tracks must be laid to improve
the service. Gas and water mains must be laid In
order to supply accommodations to formerly unfavored
districts Yet the work should be SO done that the
public will suffer but slight inconvenience and that
for only brief time. There is, ought to be, a
remedy for every such case.
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London Illustrated News.
Mr.. Arthur symons, writing in the Saturday Review
up parable against the He says 1t
our plague, black death; IAN running
down side the street. and displaying the founess
OF every day, day by day, morning and evening". He
1t beating the bones Of the buried without pity,
without shame and without understanding This does
that journalist is ghoul, exhuming the
Dead the events Of yesterday and turns
corpses stock-in-rade. Mr.. symons has the
curious idea that everything which has happened has
ceased exist; that 1t has given itself decent burial
and ought be dragged from its to be sold by
the newsboy Does the historian. who disiners
which lain hidden for centuries, beat them
without pity without and without understanding?
II Symons respectful bones why does he dig
them Of the sepulchrcs Of dead authors and dress
them up with his nice little garands of and verse?
Why the habit of writing about yesterdays events should
indicate lack of pity shame and understanding; why
should be nhuman orge instead Of the exercise Of
trained observation do know Nor do believe that
Mr. symons knows But he has pretty set Of pictures
que phrases. and he must give them airing Take
few The unspeakabe newspaper processes to tell
facts but tells the fact twice in the
way; for it gorges its Unsuitable appetite
NOR which is wind and noise' How fact stated twice
over in identical converted by this pro-
cess into is Of the secrets Of English
1t is written by Mr., Symons Wind and noise not
absent from literature; they tempting to live
iy fancy engaged in biographical research but
that biographers rattle the bones Of dead authors
less reverenal than is employed by Mr.. Sy-
MONS imply literature gorges its Unsuitable ap
petite scandalous surmise? Mr. symons judges
papers without discrimination He is that
journal print facts with impunity while
another Journal could adopt this policy without ruin
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actersic he is himself of the constructive period
in municipal advancement Better laws and civic pa
triotism, removing the poisons on which he thrves
will destroy boss rule.
Strict laws regulating the granting of franchises,
good laws giving the voters ample against the
acts of public servants better systems Of municipal adj
ministraton and corrections in electoral methods Will
diminish the evils from which boss rule exists. The
boss works for plumber and If he cannot get plumber
he will quit work.
improvements in the law may not suffice, how
ever At any rate they should not suffice. Voters
must put high value their suffrage and look upon
their rights Of citizenship as duties Of conscience.
Laws might be unnecessary to get rid Of boss rule il
all citizens would understand boss rule type Of
slavery. The followers of political boss are his
minions and usually they have become minions by
themselves by doing wrong, others by submitting
through fear Of his vengeance, others through pa
tronage, others through morbid sentiment, others
through common weakness.
The followers of political boss are his slaves in
fact They must be educated to perceive that they are
really slaves and they must be classed as slaves.
They must the contrast between the freedom that
is liberty and the freedom that is slavery Serfs of
political boss slaves by their CONSENT to them
the boss is mightier than the law although they know
that in his selshness, he will desert them in grave
moment The weaker members of society are OBJ
serving that they have been the victims Of the bosss
schemes. well as the tools for their own punish
ment and it is probable that they will treasure their
rights more respect genuine liberty and renounce the
mean domination that has made them slaves. Boss
rule is slavery; it is nothing better.
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WoRLD'S-1e04-FAIR.
WHOLE HOGS.

"Whole hog" stock gamblers the enemies OF
less spectators derange the market But that is not
the worst Often thousands Of wageearners are be-
reft Of employment and left to face starvation Never
has this been better demonstrated than in connection
with the great cotton gamble this year. The evils are
not felt in St Louis but have parayzed business in
the cotton manufacturing centers The mills are shut
down. The hands are idle.
The forcible condemnation Of this Ubiquitous specu-
iation voiced by Secretary Wilson of the Department
Of Agriculture well timed
In q leading editorial, the Washington Evening
Star indicates the far-reachng industrial effects Of
the corner. The chief sufferers the workers IN
the cotton mills. Next to them the consumers Of
cheap cotton goods to whom these goods neces-
sity in almost the same degree food. The cotton
producers also suffer- those who have made profits
from this corner and who will find the market In a
Losses follow for every trade having dealings with
these interests Beyond this range of disturbance
says the STAR us more serious one, affecting
the interests of American exporters who already are
finding Europe active in effort to supplant the
American raw and manufactured cotton with their
own"
These statements by the Star correct. Since
cotton manufacture is vital the countrys
both at home and abroad, the situation presents a
problem demanding serious attention. No way under
the law exists to reach the gambler in nations
staple. Yet vicious strangling of business ac-
tiyity could be devised.
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GARBAGE TROUBLES.

The City Council has concurred in the Houses
amendment to the garbage-disposai bill Consequent
ly the investigation will be conducted by unwieldy
commission But the Council is to be commended,
and not criticised for acquescng Had declined to
concur controversy with the House would have
sued no investigation would be made and probably
municipal garbagedisposal plant would be built
Nearly every reason favored small commission.
such as Mayor Wells recommended and the Council
approved. The House, jealous of its Importance de-
sired large commission and amended the bill ac-
cordngly Out of respect for the lower branch Of
the Assembly and in order to be certain Of inves
CATION, the Council accepted the House amendments
and the bill will be transmitted to the Mayor, who
win undoubtedly sign it.
Considering the datory tactics of the last House
with garbage legislation the motives Of the present
House might be questioned for adopting similar
methods; yet, there should be disposition toward
suspicion unless strong Implications are found. The
House may be as eager as are the Mayor and the
Council for installing complete garbage-disposai
system. 1t is entitled to the benefit of any doubt.
There are two great advantages, which seem to
have been generally overlooked in the appointment Of
large commission, including the House Committee on
Sanitary Affairs the committee Of the Council.
the Board of Public Improvements and the Health
Commissioner. In the first place, all branches Of the
government interested in the problem win have op-
portunity to become well informed In the second
place. the House, having insisted upon large COM
mission. has virtually pledged itself to accept the
accommodation OF the majority Of the commission.
While the disposal Of garbage is more or less of a
problem there seems to be no doubt that complete
inunlcpal system would produce better results and
With mere economy Furthermore, public opinion en-
phac1ly demands this system, in preference to the
prfvateeontract system with its diverse evils The
duty Of fhis commission Is principally, to Ascertain
shat kind Of municipal disposal plant or plantp
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Report has reached the United States Of the mur-
der by Turks Of the American Vice Consul at Beirut.
If this is confirmed It means business. Instead of
ploying American fleets in ring around therosy tao
tics, playing games and thing another, it were
better under present conditions to have goody
within reaching distance of the Sultan If the Turks
take to numbering American Consus, it is up to the
United States to get up big strong medicine for
the Sick Man.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.

. From Tho Republic. August 2. 1s7a 4
. Scientists attending the convention 4
. here visited the silver reduction 4
Q works operated by Edwin Harrison 4
. at Cheltenham.
. J. J. ONeill, John l. Martin and 4
. Doctor Atwood addressed Third Dis 4
. trict Democrats at meeting in Tcu- 4
. tonia Hall. 4
. William Willis. clerk Of the steam
. er Mary Houston. was married to 4
. Miss Alice May Filler. daughter Of 4
. Captain Ben Filler Of Kentucky. 4
. Captain Dave Asbury of the Golden 4
. Eagle took q large party OF excur- 4
. sionists to Keokuk.
. J. A Robertson and family re- 4
. turned to the Lindell Hotel. 4
. Miss Grace C. Bibb. who had been 4
. a teacher in st. Louis public schools 4
. for several years. was elected super 4
D intendent Of the normal department 4
, Of the Missouri State University at 4
. Columbia. 4
, Burglars robbed Charles Thiet's sa- 4
. loon. at Fourth and Plum streets. I
. More than 5000 was added to tho 4
. Merchants Ia change fund for the 4
D South. The total subscription amount 4
ed to @.26o. The Western Sanitary 4
, Commission. by James E. Yeatman, 4
president. contributed SEQ. 4
D John o. Wilson Of this city died OF 1
. yellow fever in Memphis. 4
Callender's Minstrels, under the d. 4
. rection Of J. H. Haverly, had the 4
, first large audience of the season at 4
the Olympic Theater. 4
Members Of the st. Louis Medical 4
. Society met at the P. 8. L. Hall and 4
= passed resolutions Of regret upon the 4
death OF Doctor Adam Hammer.
. The Board of Police Commission 1
= ers. Gerard B. Allen. president, or 4
dered that police substation be es- Z
taoiished at the Fair Grounds. 4
, Walter 9. Johnson. for the Nation 4
= al Bank OF Missouri, brought suit for (
. $sa0o against the Illinois and St. 4
= Louis Bridge Company.
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That the public is not easily misled by bad advice
is shown by the fact that resentment ran high when
that youth pulled gum the trolley conduct
or. It's very unwise to commit assault or act OF
violence; and the practice generally comes out that
way, though Judge Tracy may make exceptions.
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1t is announced from Washington that the report
on the Postal Department scandals will be complete.
If the unexpected is to happen, the Government
would better award contracts at for an addition
to the Capitol, that there will be a place in which
to keep the records. Carnegie might build library
for the Postal Department.
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Horses, Mules and Wagons at Auction.
Auctioneer Sellzirk will sell to-day at half
past 10 o'clock the Horses, Mules. Wagons
Trask Fish Company at No. $50 Franklin
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Horses, Mules and Wagons ut Auction.
Auctioneer Selkirk will sell to-day. be-
ginning at half past o'clock, 20 wagons,
II horses. mules. and lot Of single and
bitt, trustee Of Great Western Coffee and
Tea Company. bankrupts, at No. SO North
E.iDhtf afroef
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Der Of copies returned reported unsod during the
month of July 625 per cent.
GEO. l. BLOOMFIELD
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day Of
August
J. F. PARISH.
Notary Public. City of St Louis Mo.
Ny term expires April IS, 1906
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IT, as property owner holds, none Of the approved
materials for street paving desirable what should
be done with the streets?
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-28

Upton is Of the best sporting variety. He Is as
amiable in defeat he subsisted diet Of money
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Senator Stone says that he saw Harry Halves In
Paris. Glad to hear Harry is alive and we'll but
some people are curious to know whether any Ameri
can tourist has seen Ellis Wainwright.
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COMPLIMENTARY MUSICALE.
Mrs. p. J. Wegman gave q delightful m1-
sicale Tuesday evening for her daughter.
Miss Emma Wegman. and several of her
friends. Miss Emma Wegman played some
classic numbers on the piano. Miss Merits
and Miss Zimmerman sang, and Miss Isabel
BY Miss Wegman on the piano. Miss Emma
Wegman and Miss Isabel Mullery also
played several violin duets. After the mu-
those present were: Mines. Wiedner, Veg
man and Mullery: Aessrs. Ferd Hun and
Floyd Wiss.
Mr.. HATToN ENTERTAINS.
Mr.. Hatton entertained party Of young
women with musicale on Thursday even
ing at the home Of Mrs. Covion. No. $40
Clark avenue. Among those present were:
Misses
Kate Flood, Emma Farmer.
Addie Hobbs, Belle Murphy.
Stella Hobbs. Emma Brown,
WesSa Covion, Putnam,
Stella Brown, Farmer,
Joe Hennessy, Lenord,
Mamie HennesSy, Putnam
PARTY DEPARTS FOR MEMPHIS
Mrs. Barrett and daughter, Marguerite. Of
Hickory street. have departed on . two
weeks trip to Memphis Tenn. with the
following friends on the steamer Stacker
Messieurs and Mesdamest
Jos. p. Weller, Louis Meyer.
Misses
G Cue Mf Runkel. 4. M N,s%ss"
RETURN FROM RIVER TRIP.
A party Of young folks, chaperoned by
Mrs. William Conroy Of the South Side, re-
turned yesterday from trip on the Ten
nessee River Those in the party were the
Misses Tena, Birdie and Mary Canaris, Ag-
mes and Julia Conroy.. Mr.. and Mrs. Lob
rum. They were Joined on their homebound
trip by Mr.. VIII A. Turner: Douglas. Ariz:.
and Messrs: L, L Campbell and T. NJ.
TO. M. EXCURSION.
Members Of the T. O. NJ. Club enjoyed an
excursion Tuesday on the steamer City Of
Providence. The party was chaperoned by
Mrs. d. NJ. Gibson. Among those present
M Misses
Nancy Rohl6ns. Ella Hays.
Olive Schultz, Edna Wheat.
Mae Roden, Emma MeyerA
ENJOY OUTING TO MEMPHIS.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Franklin Morehead Of
Vernon avenue chaperoned party Of young
people from st. Louis to Memphis and re.
turn this week on the steamer Peters Lee
The trip was one Of the most deiightful Of
the season. In the party were:
Misses
Victoria Kussen- Stella ThyfnR.
berger, Louise Ritter.
Efie Minis,
F. E. shallenberger. anee.
Charles p. Weber. Ernest N. Hill.
Frederick D. Spru-
TO ENTERTAIN CLUB.
The Reliance Club will give an outing
next Sunday to Canteen Lake under the AM,
spices of f. T. Hassemer and Edward
o Brien.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Former Judge Richard B. Haughtou. No
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oppo.iti.n to Roosevelt.
Nashville

NashVIlIe Anericdu
The nomination Of Roosevelt is assured. though It
will be with the unanimous approval Of his party
is very optimistic Republican who holds that Roose-
nomination his election. The latter by
assured. A powerful element in the Republican
party is opposed to Roosevets election The bus
and financial world contemDlates with almost
shudder Such caution doth restrain candidate will
be check Roosevelt in the is elected With
four years Of power before him and with hope of
succeeding himself and fear Of defeat there would
check his mpulsive and autocratc disposition
would keep the country guessing what he
next and In fear that he would do something
legitimate business interests Of country would
continually apprehensive Those who opposed
dscord and antasonss support Roose
welt with any degree Of enthusiasm.