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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
CLEARWATER PROBLEM.

Passage of the bill authorizing alterations to the
settling basins of the waterwOrks. at the Chain of
Rocks, would denote progress toward solving the
problem Of providing a more satisfactory potable wa
ter supply. The plan outlined is practically a COM
promise between filtration on the one hand and
change Of the source of supply on the other. but
prospectively it might be considered as a step in the
direction of Qualification.
The bill would Immediately establish the condition
Of permanence for the existing works, causing them
to be held and improved. 1t would remove from con-
sideratfon those projects which look toward more
speculative enterprises on the city's part. 1t would
safeguard the city's interests by maintaining the
problem on a conservative, yet progressive. basis.
Engineers are agreed that the Qualification of the
water by settling, according to the process set forth
in the bin. would insure a much clearer liquid, and
perhaps a healthy quality that would be more or less
satisfactory. At any rate an improvement would be
effected.
Looking into the future this plan would seem to
lead on to filtration. If measurably successful, while
not entirely satisfying, the plan could be enlarged at
any time by installing a publication system. From
an engineering standpoint the plan defined would be
an advance toward adoption, ultimately, of a general.
modern method for making the Mississippi water bet
ter. Consequently. the bill seems good in every way.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
WORLD'S-19O4-FAlR
n TRADE.

- LIE DCLA w III TRADE.
F, The union" Republicans of Delaware. for whom
Theodore Roosevelt, the politician, stands unaltera.
bly, and with all his might, have placed in nomina.
,ucn ]. e. Addicks for both long and short terms in
the United States Senate.
Addicks has done great things for Delaware. AT
a cost Of quarter-mfllion dollars he has rehabilitated
the Republican party therein. At a special election
within the past few days $50 apiece was quoted in
the market for votes electing an Addicks man to
De1awares Legislature.
He operates upon the frankly stated principle that
money is the moral force in politics. When indig-
nation is loud against him he pleads that he is en-
titled to the Senatorshipefor has he not generously
paid for it?
Delawareis Legislature is dead-locked upon the
question Of his election. The decent element, COM
posed of twentyone Democrats and six regular Re
publicans, has managed to hold out against him.
Now the Democrats propose that they get the short
term, in consideration for which they will use their
force to elect a decent Republican for the long term.
That proposition is fair, and the entire nation in
dulges the hope that Delaware will thus rid herself
Of the most corrupt, insidious and venomous element
in national politics. There is an occasional time when
party strictness may be well relaxed.
Republicans and Democrats alike throughout rbe
length and breadth Of the land will rejoice If the
triumphant a large part OF the blame must be laid
to Roosevelt for aiding him with recognition and
prestige.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
Venexuela.
National Geographic Magazine.

National Geographic Magazine.
Venezuela has a larger area than the combined areas of
the great States of Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee. Alabama,
Mississippi. Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. In figures
Its area amounts to about 5000 square miles. The popu-
lation ia 100000 less than that Of Massachusetts,. In 1891 II
was 2,a23.527. The capital, Caracas, has 5000 inhabitants.
Maracailo 5000 La Guayra 150W and barcelona about b.
900 About one person out of every 100 is pure white, while
the others are descendants Of black slaves, mulattoes, ETC..
and Indians.
The Republic has three zones-hot, temperate and COOL
according to the elevation Of the land. The lowlands in
the northwest are very torrid. Here great quantities of
coffee and cacao are raised, which form the largest agrf-
cultural exports of the country. The cacao is sent mainly
to France, Germany and Spain and the coffee, which aver
ages a yearly crop Of 5000 tons, to the United States,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
RECENT COMMENT.
Mexican Currency.
Modern Mexico.

Modern Mexico.
The recent notable fall in the value Of the Mexican sill
yer dollar and the consequent rise in foreign exchange have
Mad the inevitable result of raising the price OF all i'm
ported goods very suddenly. Many merchants with large
stocks on hand bought at a lower rate have not increased
prices materially as yet. but when the new orders arrive,
purchased on the present basis, all classes Of goods will be
materially advanced in price. The increase OF prices, more
over. is not confined to articles imported into Mexico. Elk
ports, whose values are fixed in gold-standard countries.
are also at once affected, and even the articles produced
exclusively for the open market are rapidly becoming con-
taminated with the soaring price habit. The charcoal deal
er. tho poultry raiser. the market gardener. humble per-
sons that they may be in this country, all argue that
many of the things they have to buy have increased in
price. and SO. though they neither import nor export, they
must ask a higher price for their products in order that the
amount received will buy for them the same things that it
did before The importer and the merchant adjust their
prices according to their outlay, allowing a liberal margin
to cover fluctuations in exchange. The salaried man and
the wage Garner are those most who feel the effects of an
unstable currency and a dollar OF falling value, for their
compensation is rarely raised to correspond to increasing
rents and prices of provisions.
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equaled in the city's history and probably never will

equaled in the city's history and probably never will
be surpassed.
Up to this time there is not even a slight suspicion
Of failure for the reform administration. There was
a time, and only a few years ago. when Investigations
were not the order in the City Hall. although they
should have been, and when the people trembled
lest the city's buildings and balances might not last
through the night. The people and the press were
then clamoring for Investigations, trials, suspensions
and discharges, but they clamored in vain and were
finally compelled to elect men who would see that
the municipal government was ably and honorably
managed. Contrast Of conditions under the previous
Republican administration, or under any former Re
publican administration, with those existing under
the Wells administration furnishes justification snf-
iicient for Mayor Wells.
Criticism Of Mayor Wells, for demanding good gov
eminent in all departments, has been started by Or
gans of antagonist1c p%artisans. These organs are i'm
peaching the administration and It's officers because
charges have been entered against two officials. Let
this criticism proceed. 1t will show by contrast how
nobly Mayor Wells is doing his duty. 1t will convince
the people that st. Louis has in the present Mayor
and his chief assistants an absolutely trustworthy,
capable and fearless administration. st. Louis can
endure considerable failures like Mayor Wells. Such
failures stand for municipal advancement.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
L TANGLED UP.

Republican embarrassment in endeavoring to de
wise antitrust legislation that will in no degree con
tain a genuine menace to trust mOnopolies is now
having the effect Of embroiling the party leaders in
disputes that are both amusing and instructive ste
the country at large.
The spectacle presented when the venerable Sen
ator Hoar. on the floor of the Senate, took occasion
publicly to rebuke President Roosevelt for exceeding
his prerogat1ve in tempt to dictate legislation,
offers striking proof of the awkwardness of the posi-
ton into which the Republican party has drifted. 1t
also warrants Il belief that the Republican party is
not capable of even a mock attempt at restriction of
the trust evil. losing its patience and temper at the
bare implication that the monopolies enjoyed by the
trusts should be interfered with in any manner what
ever.
Congress is now heavyladdn with antitrust bills
introduced by Republicans eager to take q prominent
part in the Republican burlesQue movement against
the trusts. Senator Hoar himself is the author Of
one Of these measures, which even the Senators of
his own party were not able to take seriously. This
bill will be set aside to make room for the Elkins
bill as a basis for the Senate's ~action-think Of Ell
kins posing as q trust buster! In the meantime
the President is said to have been laying down the
law to certain Republican Senators and, through
them. making his will known to the Senate. Isn't it
small wonder that the situation has become acute,
so acute as to lead to a severe criticism of the Pres
ident from so dignifed a Republican as Senator
Hoar?
And all the while the truth is plain to the people
of this country that the Republicans are %studiousiy
lodging the real Issue. The way to reach and
correct the trust evil is by means Of tariff revision.
Mark Hanna will not permit the tariff to be touched.
His mission in public life is to protect trust interests.
These interests demand the maintenance Of the Ding
ley tariff schedules. Mark Hanna will see to it that
these schedules are maintained, forbidding even that
reciprocity SO strongly favored by the late President
Mckinley in his latter days. But, recognizing the
strength of public sentiment against the trusts, the
Republican farce of antitrust Legislation has been
placed on the boards. 1t comes too late to make a hit
with the American people.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
The Coal

phi1ade1phia North American.
One of the robber coal barons. discussing the hold-up of
the public by himself and his confederates. and incidentally
justifying it as retaliation for the support given by public
opinion to the miners. puts the situation in the form OF a
question thus:
isn't 1t strange that tho individual operators doing
less and one tenth Of the business under normal condi.
tons should now be a controlling factor in the situation? '
1t Is more than strange. 1t is proof that there is a con-
spiracy OF operators, railroads and dealers against the pub
lie welfare. Obviously the producers Of one-tenth of the
anthracite supply could not fix the price Of the other nine
tenths by competition. The only reasonable explanation
OF their power to control the situation is that the Coal
Trust supplies them with coal secretly and shares with
them the profits Of their extortion while pretending to de-
plore their rapacity and to be unable to check It.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
THE MAYORS CRITICS.

why the public affairs Of large cities return to the
control of aggregations of corruption is well illus
trated in the attitude taken by Republican machine
organs in regard to the investigations begun by or.
der of Mayor Wells in various municipal DEPART
ments. Reform and right good government fail Of
perpetuation because the potent representatives and
tricky emissaries Of professional politicians cannot
put public interest above petty partisanship.
The average voter who loves his city and respects
uprightness and looks for municipal progression nat.
uraIiy Is impelled to praise Mayor Wells for insist
ing upon proper f%ullfllment of duty and is inclined to
feel satisfied and secure because ST. Louis has an
honest, courageous and capable administration, Not
SO the bigoted partisans. They find the Wells regime
worse than Ziegenheinism and good government more
debased than dissolute misrule.
For political effect the gang organs both saw that
the enforced suspension of two Democratic officials,
who were elected when Mayor Wells and Circuit At.
torney Folk were elected, is a result of the Nesbit
election law and signifies the failure Of the reform
movement. If they blame the Nesbit law for the
election Of officials against whom charges have been
preferred. they must credit the Nesbit law with bring.
ing into authority a Mayor who calls to stern account
of6ceholders Of his own party. Circuit Attorney Folk
is also on the credit side.
They must also credit the law with having elected
Comptroller Player, who Is directing the city's
finances on more conservative, economical and alto
gether superior lines, who is both capable and re-
scurceful; License Collector Clifford, who has man.
aged his office impartially and more than doubled the
license tax revenue; Collector Of the Revenue Ham
mer, who has reduced his departments current ex-
penses $4,000 per year and at the same time collected
a great deal more money; John ]. O,Brien, President
OF the Board OF Assessors, an acknowledged expert
on. values and who stands for fairness and exactness
in taxation; City Treasurer Franciscus who is an ex-
eeIent fiscal officer; City Auditor Dierkes and other
officials who are up TO the reform standard, counting.
too, the incorruptble City Council. Here is an array
Of reliable competent officials that has not been
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23

Republican politicians are complaining because st
Louis has had a makeshift hospital for seven years
They claim that this fact constitutes a glaring in
stance Of acknowledgement There is no denying the
truth thus stated. But six of the seven years of dc
lay must be charged to Republican administrations
those of Walbridge and Ziegenhein. Mayor Wells
Democrat. has been in office but one year. Surely he
is not responsible for the shortcomings Of his II,
publican predecessors. Especially when he is doing
his best to remedy the evil conditions which they
allowed to continue for so long a time.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
HUMANITY MEASURED IN CUBIC FEET

In a city Of st. Louiss dimensions, several hun.
dred thousand people require to be moved from their
homes each morning to the business district, and in
and other immense needs of transportation, certain
the public's agents, and by a show of qualifications
for the work, and of good faith, secure a contract
with the public.
tons performing their moral and legal and contract
ual duties to-day? 1t should be noted that the moving
Of the vast morning and evening crowds is the very
essence, the gist and substance, Of the contract with
the public. Upon the moving of the people to and
from business depends the life Of the city. Every
kind of activity hinges upon this transportation. In
a sense the street railways are essential to the cfty's
very life; theirs are the vital functions of the princi-
pal arteries.
st. Louis demands-and that speedily-improved
facilities for morning and evening transportation. The
public insists upon sitting as well as riding. Nothing
less than seats in street-cars for substantially the
downtown population will suffice. No city will long
tolerate conditions such as now attend morning and
evening transportation
A small proportion may ride, like human beings,
in accordance with legal right and the express or i'm
piled provisions of the contract between the railway
and the public; while the great mass Of the people
are packed, like so many inanimate bales, and carried
without reference to comfort and health; but solely
with regard to space. A car is forced to its utmost
capacity measured in cubic feet of congested hu-
mainly.
And the simple solution Of the difficulty is more
cars. More cars must be provided:
othse cities aga considering the question of street
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
scorr-pocKERY MARRIAGE.

Miss Agnes Scott. daughter Of Mrs. Ruth
Scott, No. 1888 Finney avenue, and Mr..
James Dockery were married at Z O'Clock
Monday morning. the service being read by
the Reverend Philip Scott, brother of the
bride. assisted by Father Meyer and Father
Mahony of the Redemptionist Order.
The wedding was a very quiet one, only
relatives being present. The bride wore a
travelling costume of brown zibeline, the
coat over a blouse Of white silk. A hat of
brown velvet trimmed in foliage and a set
Of Russian sables completed the costume.
A breakfast was served Immediately after
the at the home Of the brides
parents. At noon Mr.. and Mrs. Dockery de-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
Power of M.rconi,. Apparatus.

WtSttrn EUeCCf1C1dO-
An idea of the extraordinary power that Is used at
Marconis Table Head Station for transmitting messages
across the Atlantic by space teIegraphy is given by Doctor
Parkin. who sent to the London Times the first complete
message a few day ago. He says the apparatus is Of such
remarkable power that the sound, as each letter Is trans
mitted. is SO great in volume that it is necessary to use
cotton as a protection for the eardrums. He compares the
sending of a message to a miniature thunderstorm. A
spark. fully half an inch in width, is shot out upon the
air when the key is pressed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23

The Legislature would better defer action on the
bill to prohibit trust companies from dealing in real
estate until after several million dollar hotels shall
have been built; and then it can wait until the New
st. Louis shall have been finished. Trust companies
have other capacities than consolidating and paying
3 per cent interest.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TODAY IN ST.. LOUIS.

Q From The Republic. January n. ISIS.
Q The ninth annual graduation ex-
Q ercises of the American Medical Col
Q lege were held at No. s13 Pine street.
Q The school was under the direction
Q of Jacob 8. Merrell, N. C. Hudson.
Q Doctors J.. W. Thrailkill. Albert
. Merrell, E Younkin. B. H. Dye, G. C.
. Pitzer, P. D. Yost and W. ". Rut-
. ledge. Among the st. Louis gradu-
. ates were J.. 8. Kessler, ]. NJ. Will
= kinson. J. w. Maberry, George W.
. Sellers. T. H. Hunt. s. R. King, C.
. r. Hunt and William A. Carter.
. The police raided several faro gam
. ~bling-houses on North Sixth near
q Chestnut street.
. John Leish's residence on Par.on
. street burned.
. Mrs. c. r. Springer, president of
. the Woman's Christian Association.
. which had charge of the home on
Washington avenue near Eighteenth
street. appointed standing commit.
tees for the year.
. The funeral Of William Adam
. Lynch took place from the home Of
. his son. at Nc. s24 South Eighth
. street, the services being conducted 4
. by the Reverend d. r. McAna,Ir. 4
. The pallbearers were d. G.. Taylor. I
. George Knapp, Samuel Hawkins. I
. Charles NARROW. r. E. Bolton. D. N. (
= B~ursoyne. Joseph Murphy and d. R. 1
q RisIey.
= Excelsior Lodge, knights of Pvth- 4
= las celebrated its sixth anniversary
= at F1scher's Hall. The committee in Z
= charge was composed Of Fred GatIcr. 4
= w. c. W~olkewits. W. ]. Metzeer. A. 4
= T. Gienny. Alex. Lightstone and I
. Louis Held.
= me Public School Board ordered 4
= mat pupils be instructed IN a FIRE 4
= drill. and that whenever dismissed (
= from a classroom they should be 4
= formed In line and marched ont. in 4
= stead Of being allowed TO leave the 4
= room or the school building In a Z
\ rushing. Irregular body. 4
lanes a. Smith. the Ice a was 1
Z notified that h ice on Lake pepIn I
was only a few inches thick and Z
scarcely worth marketing. This was Z
= due to the exceptionally mild winter !
LOUIS c. Nelson. q graduate Of the !
= sa state University. was elect I
60 cashier Of the Valley Nat,ons, J
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23

car reform" In Brooklyn a Grand Jury has taken to
heart the railways impositions upon the public. st.
Louis is long-sufering and will exercise forbearance
to the utmost; but ultimately it will have what it re-
quires-ample street railway accommodations. There
is no wisdom in misusing the st. Louis public. A
wise policy would demand the exertion of all human
effort speedily to adjust facilities to needs.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
WILL NOT BUILD THE PLANT.
Chattanooga Brewery Abandons
Project Because Of New Law.

SPECIAL
Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan A-Sinca the
Adams bill was passed by tho Legislature
Of this State to-day. extending the four
mile law to towns Of 5000 Inhabitants leAv.
ing only eight towns in tho State having sae
tanooea Brewing Company, has abandoned
building a $4,000 cold-storage plant which
he had Contemplated having erected here.
Many towns over the State are laying IN
large stocks of whisky. The effect Of the
law will be to. decrease taxation In the
State very largely.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23

Process butter may put up a good front without
a label, but it has stigmata that should enable identi-
fication. The city may have bought worse butter,
as the purveyor is reported to have said. but it is
doubtful whether much better has been obtained,
though the quality titles may have been all that was
desired. Some kinds of butter would pass for I'M
guent, and perhaps city institutions got their share.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23

Free textbooks do not entail IN immense increase
OF State taxation. The policy Of free books can be
successfully established on the wiser principle of
local management The beginning, at least, should
be on that basis.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
POEMS WORTH KNOWING.
OFT IN THE sTILLY NIGHT.
By THOMAS o

TT in the Silly night,
Ere slumter's chain has bound me,
Fond memory brings the light
OF other days around me:
The smiles. the tears.
OF boyhood's years.
The words Of love then spoken;
The yes that shone,
Now dimmed and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken.
Thus in the Silly night,
Ere elumber's chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
OF other days around me.
When I remember all
The friends SO linked together
I've seen around me fall.
Like leaves in wintry weather,
/ feel like one
Who treads alone
Some banquet hail deserted,
Whose lights are fed,
Whose garlands dead,
And all but he departed.
Thus in the Silly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me.
Sad memory brings the light
OF other days around me.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23

Lieutenant Governor Lee should not allow himself
to be disturbed by the strained criticism of anti
Democratic newspapers. He handled well his COM
mittees and his part in making rules. So far he has
the full approval of good men. With that ON his
side. he can forget the mere manufactured criticism.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23

Captain Hodges's engagement with Commodore
Carter was probably a practice skirmish preparatory
to getting into condition for the battle with MI. Wal
bridge for the next Republican mayoralty nomina-
ton. There are signs that such a conflict is immi-
nent.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23
Now for whit.-wi.xed Peace.

Army and Navy Journal.
Let those who dream Of universal disarmament and
perpetual peace for the world be OF good cheer. Things
are coming their way in more or less Of a rush. Note.
for instance, the fact that Prince Albert, the ruler of
Morocco. is about to disband his entire army, consisting Of
one commissioned officer and an enlisted force Of thirty
two men. NOW let grim-visaged war smooth his wrinkled
front and look pleasant.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23

From present indications the closing session Of the
Fifty-seventh Congress will establish the record Of
having talked more and done less in the matter Of re-
stricting the trust evil than any Of its predecessors.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-23

Mrs. Joseph H. Roblee, Mrs. Paul Jones
and Mrs. Holme Morrison received yester-
day afternoon from 8 to 6 at No. 1867 Del
mai boulevard. A large number Of ladies
called. the afternoon being especially fine.