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The Washington times., 1903-06-09
GATES FORTUNE GIVEN
AS FULLY s25,OOO,OOO
Business Associate of Financier De-
clares Losses Exaggerated.

NEW YORK. June "a close bust
ness associate OF John w. Gates made
the assertion today that Mr.. Gates for
tune was SIS .OOO.0o0
This statement was made in contra
diction of a report that Mr.. Gates had
been very heavily hit by the stock mar
ket declines of the last four months az
we'll as by the big break last December
This man said that these stories mad
been greatly exaggerated
If Mr. Gates is now worth s2o'ooo.eoo
Wall street men say that a year ago ne
was worth $50, OOO. 900.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
PRESIDENT INVITED
BY VETERANS

President Roosevelt has been invited
by Col M. Emmett Urell and a delega-
TOT to attend the annual meeting OF
the Spanish War Veterans at New
Haven next September The President
On his suddenly terminated Western
Trip last fall. attended the conventions
OF the two wings of the Spanish War
Veterans at Detroit and Indianapolis
lie assured his callers of his interest in
such organizations. but said he could
rot give definite answer now. AS he
vii! probably be at Oyster Bay at the
time. he is likely to run across the
Sound in the yacht Sylph.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
HERE TO HELP ALONG
FIGHT FOR STATEHOOD
Lieutenant Colonel Brodie, of the
Rough Riders, in the City.

Gov. Alexander s. Brodie OF Arizona.
former lieutenant colonel OF the Rough
Riders. is here 10 confer with the Presi-
dent with reference to the admission
Of New Mexico and Arizona into the
Union.
Delegate Rodey of New Mexico is also
in the city. and he Will also confer
with the President on the same matter
The latter has announced that he has
prepared another bill for admission to
Statehood, which he will present at the
coming session of Congress.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
TO ARBITRATE STRIKE.

ELIZABETH, n. J., June 9.-The Rev.
Father Henry H. Behr. pastor or St.
Michael's Roman Catholic Church. has
been chosen referee to settle the points
at issue between the master builders and
their employees. who have been on strike
since April l. The only point to settle
is whether the power of the delegate
to order a strike shall be recognized.
Both sides have bound themselves to
accept DR.. Behr's decision which Will
not. however, apply to the striking
plumbers
The Washington times., 1903-06-09

tie the hands of the appointing officer;
to multiply positions and increase SAL
aries unnecessarily; to charge the Gov
eminent more than the market price for
supplies and services-those are some
of the methods adopted every day in
Washington by men who hold their heads
high, but which are of the essence Of
corruption, and which lead straight 10
the clumsy stealing OF the subordinates
under indictment.-New York Evening
Post
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
Cleveland a Jonah.

1t was while Cleveland was President
IN 1894, after the sweeping victory OF
1852, that the Democrats sustained al
most their worst defeat. He calls at
teption to the fact that In that year,
ever with the Hon. David B. Hill as
the Democratic candidate for governor
OF New York, the party was showed I'M
der by 1900 majority. and that every
other Eastern State, every Middle West
ern State which the Democrats had car
ried in 1892. went Republican by over
whelming majorities; that every West
ell State was lost to the Democracy /;
that the solid South was broken, and
further, that such rockribbed States as
Missouri. Kentucky, and Tennessee were
emporarily lost to the Democracy, and
less than a hundred Democrats elected
TO Congress.
All this happened under Cleveland.
Mr.. Ball then declares that in 1896. when
Bryan was nominated, the Democracy
reclaimed many OF these Democratic
States, and carried others which had
gone Republican two years before, and
lost no State which had gone Demo-
cratic in 1894.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
TO INVESTIGATE KIsHINEv.

PEORIA. H., June s.-Joseph b.
Greenhut, former president of the Wits
Ky Trust, departed for Europe yesterday
accompanied by his wife. He will make
an investigation OF the recent outrages
against the Jews at Kishinev for the
committee on national end civil rights
of the Union of Jewish Congregations of
America, OF which he Is the member
from Illinois. He will return in Sep
TENDER
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
Quay or Hanna I?
President Roosevelt Entitled to Choose
a Party Chairman
game.

New York newspapers and New
York politicians seem to have been
much agitated and mystified by a ru-
NOR from Philadelphia that the Hon
Matthew S. Quay is to replace the
Hon. Marcus A. Hanna next year as
chairman Of the Republican National
Committee The "New York Herald"
reports that the rumor was discussed
with caution" by the statesmen who
gather on Sundays IN the "amen cor
ner" of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and
that after deep cogitation it was final
ly admitted Senator Thomas c..
Plat, of New York, and Senator
Nathan B. Scott, of West Virginia,
concurring in the decision that the
choice of a chairman to manage the
next national campaign would rest
entirely with President Roosevelt"
However astonishing this "discov-
cry may have proved to frequenters
Of the 1amen corner or to the New
York public generally, it will occa-
sion little surprise beyond the limits
of Manhattan.
IT there is one precedent IN Repub-
ilcan campaign management which IS
securely established it is that the
craftsmanship Of the national COM
mittee must &c to any political strate-
gist whom the party's nominee for
the Presidency may see fit to desig-
nate. It is the candidates preroga-
tive to choose his own chief lieuten-
ant and adviser, and his judgment
must be respected even if it runs di-
Iectly counter to that of a majority
IN the national committee itself.
In 1892, when Benjamin Harrison
was nominated second time for the
Presidency, the Republican managers
N many States viewed his candidacy
with ill-concealed indifference. The
national committee, In a spirit of II
ritation and protest, elected as its
chairman the Hon. J. S. Clarkson, of
Iowa, one of the most active of Gen
eral Harrison's opponents at Mime
apolis. Learning that the President
was dissatised with the choice made,
it still refused to decapitate Mr.
Clarkson.
But so firm was General Harrison
in his contention that be, not the com
mittee, should name manager, that
IN the end he triumphed. Mr.. Clark
son was deposed, the craftsmanship
offered in turn to thirteen or fourteen
distinguished Republicans, who in
turn refused it, and Thomas H Car
ter, of Montana, was finally per-
suaded to assume its unwelcome bur
dens.
Nothing, indeed, can be clearer than
that If President Roosevelt receives
the Republican nomination next year,
ne will be at perfect liberty to make
his own selection for the national
Craftsmanship. If he wishes to retain
Mr.. Hanna, he can do so. If he pre-
fers to turn to Mr. Quay he will vio-
late no propriety and offend no prece-
dent In indulging himself in that we'll
grounded preference.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
Money for Negroes.

Thus while the Republicans fought
each other the Democrats slipped in
and captured the Offices and obtained
control of the city. Addicks. as usual.
made his customary ante-election boasts
of carrying everything for the Unionist
ticket, but failed to make good" not
withstanding a large expenditure OF
money which will enable many colored
suffragist to purchase silk hats and
razors and shoot craps for the next
two weeks. Frightened by Addicks'
boasts, doubtless many regulars turned
in and supported the Democratic ticket
in order to humiliate the Unionist
leader, well knowing that their own
candidates had no chance of election.
The proportion of the Addicks vote to
the anti Addicks Republican vote was as
three TO two, or about the same as in the
last election. thus showing that neither
side has been able TO gain anything Ivy
the compromise OF last spring. and indi-
eating that when Addicks is again a
candidate for the Senate before the next
Legislature he will be fought as hard as
ever by enemies IN his own party.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
SENIORS GO ON STRIKE.

WILLIMANTIC, Conn, June s-The
graduating class of the high school here
Is on strike because one of their num-
If they don't return soon it is likely
that they VIII not be allowed to gradu-
ate. The class president would not
strike. and he was forced to resign and
a new class president was elected.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
SHIPPERS MAY SELECT
THEIR FREIGHT ROUTES

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has decided that business men have the
right to designate by what route their
freight shall be shipped
Heretofore the railroads have, despite
the markings on goods. sent freight over
any line they saw At. In some instances
this system caused delays which re-
suited in financial losses to the ship
pers.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
A Hollow Victory.

The Democrats of Delaware are con-
graduating themselves upon their mi
nority victory in Wilmington last week.
when, through "a division in the Repub-
lican ranks. they succeeded in electing
their candidate for mayor. captured a
majority of the city Offices and the com
mon council. AS a matter of fact few
OF their candidates received a majority
of the votes cast. and had the Republi-
cans been united the latter would have
won the sweeping victory"
The real interest in the contest is
found in the fact that the Republicans
are apparently as far apart as they have
ever been since the Hon. John Edward
Addicks entered the politics of the Blue
Hen State and began his campaign for
election to the United States Senate.
The result shows that the Republicans,
despite the compromise of last spring.
when the gas magnate temporarily with
drew from the fight and permitted two
Republican Senator'S TO be chosen. are
still hopelessly divided into two hostile
camps. the Unionists, or Addicks follow
ers. and the irregular" regulars, who
are willing TO follow almost any old
leader who is not for Addicks.
The Washington times., 1903-06-09

Pos Has
Called Adventurous Life

the scandal. Some six or eight weeks
required to submit to a court martial or
resign his command "as no longer a
cIedit TO his regiment" for having been
caught making bogus regimental returns
Ills was the official explanation given
at the time for his resignation from the
army
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
VENEZUELAN WAR ENDED

ton has received a cable message from
Caracas saying that after brilliant
campaign, including fights at Barquisi-
meto and Coro, the revolution Is ended
The Washington times., 1903-06-09
Should Stop Fighting.

Let Mr.. Bryan alone and let Mr..
Cleveland alone. says the Texas Con-
gresham. What the Democrats need is
10 stop lighting each other and join
forces to fight the enemy. This is good
advice TO the party which 1t Is not likely
to heed. He does not believe that the
Democratic party is entirely dependent
UPON either of these two men, The
time has come. he says. when Demo-
crats should make up their minds as to
which is most congenial TO them. Demo-
cratic company or Republican company.
There is nothing bitter in Mr. Balls
criticism of the Cleveland boom, al
though he has been one of Bryan's
strongest supporters. On the contrary,
he eounsels harmony and peace
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-15

enough to wrap his wares in good gov
ernment greenbacks of large denomin-
atoms, who take q flyer at the wheel
patronize the board of trade or play
poker with the limit off" are all after
"a little easy money! They want
something for nothing. Their greedy
anxiety to acquire the fruits of labor
without labor makes them an easy prey
to those not more designing but more
cunning than themselves. They would
pocket their winnings with complac-
ency and satisfaction. They must
pocket their losses without the SYM
pathy of the public.
Drive out professional gamblers by
exposure and punishment. They have
no place in any respectable community.
Expose and censure as we'll the would
be- whose cries arise to heaven when
he fails to land the gamblers prize.
He too is morally in the same class
and both are deserving of punishment
more or less severe according to de-
gree. The same spirit actuates both
the eager voracity for "a little easy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-15
HOW MANY is A WIDOW.
lEreanan Tribune ]

1
The proposed Strever ditch, which
was asked by certain land owners south
of kamrar cannot be built. The board
of supervisors Saturday refused to
sanction the proposition.
The route of the ditch lay along five
farms. Three of the farm owners sign
ed the petition as required by law. but
one of them later signed 81 remon-
STRANGE. This entangled the matter
some but when the case came before
the board another proposition which
mired them worse came UP. The law
required majority of the land own
ers to sign the petition. There were
eight owners and five had signed all
tho one later tried to get Oft. The at
torneys for the petitioners claimed that
once on this petition man could not
get off 1T. However. 1t was found that
one of these farms was owned by a
widow and her six children.
Thus if the widow and her six children
counted as one there were eight
owners. II they counted as
seven there were fourteen. The
attorneys took issue on this and long
session was held. The board finally
settled it by refusing to allow the ditch
to be built.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-15
WHERE WOULD THEY GOT
[Cedar Rapids Gazette.]


Archbishop keane and some OF the
clergy in Dubuque are making war up
on saloons, gambling houses and "wom-
en- of the town." They propose to drive
fallen women out of Dubuque. The
question is, where will the poor things
go when they leave there? There are
already a whole lot in Cedar Rapids
that the town would be far better off
without, but where will they go? How
would X do for some of the philanthropy
lists. who have millions. TO organize 500
cieties turnout the land and have agen-
cies in every state, county and town.,
and reclaim all of the fallen women
possible by helping them to secure po-
sitions or give them place in some
institution where they could be cared
for and at the same time the members
of the society paid by the philanthrop-H
lists, could counsel with and assist the
fallen into better ways of life? Then,
with such opportunities for reformation
and protection, the official powers
would be brought to bear against them
and compel them to accept help At
the same time they are driving fallen
women from town to town, how would
it do for the great reformers to go thru
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-15

"LITTLe EASY MONEY.

An Italian passenger on an ocea,
steamer recently lost considerabi
sum at cards to a professional playe,
The gamblers profession was discov
cred and he was compelled to make
partial restitution. His picture wa
printed in the eastern newspapers ant
his name and biography published
broadcast as warning to ocean travel.
ers who indulge in gambling to reliev,
the tedium of the passage. Much mis-.
taken sympathy has been expressed
for the victim whose bank roll has
been depleted where he had confidentl,
hoped to increase the same 1t woulc
be interesting to know just why sc
much commiseration is expressed
& whether 1t is because he lost his own
money or failed to get the other fell
lows. Because he lacked knowledge
OF the game and manual righteousness
to carry out his intention to increase
his personal holdings by "skinning'
another gambler scarcely seems SUI
Hcients foundation for 80 much pity as
has been expressed in his case. To
use gamblers expression he was af-
ter "a little easy money" So was the
professional
The professional gambler, is In most
cases one remove from porch climber:
his victim is but one remove from the
gambler. Both are actuated by the
same motive, greedy desire to get
money without an exchange of value.
Between the two there is distinction
in capability but there is no real
difference In kind. The gambler Is al
ways a scoundrel, the victim is often
a fool but the same rascally motive
brings both to the gaming table. AS
a vicious parasite clinging to the pub
lie to Its detriment and annoyance the
gambler should be abated. There seems,
however, no particular cali to condole
with his victim whose only claim to
compassion lies in failure to accom-
plish precisely that for which the gam
bier is to be punished. There are few
who have acquired confidence in their
SUFFICIENT knowledge of the great Amer
ican game called poker, who have not
during their novitiate discovered the
reason for it's existence. With the
acquisition of this knowledge sympathy
becomes superfiuous.
Those who send their money to Bro
sasHi, who buy soap of the vendor
apparently philanthropic or foolish
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-15
EuminY 4r 7p11a, larsal ulua Is 1909

night of the election he foregathered
with a crowd in hall where the re-
turns We're being received. Some bet
ting was being done, and he protested
in his gentle way, but without avail.
At last party of democrats came
whooping in with some news which
they conceived to be favorable to the
election of Cleveland. They offered Il
big bet. and George Radclitf, who was
standing near the preacher, covered
their money. George" said the par
son, with great earnestness, don't you
know that it is wicked to wager
money! Then, his enthusiasm getting
the better of his goodness, he fetched
his republican friend mighty whack
on the back and shouted: You'll win
that bet, George hands DOWN.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
|. IOWA NEWSPAPERS.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.
TRritt Tribune.]


A correspondent writes, asking
What shall l do with my horse, he
has the springhalt in his hind leg@
Work him in the corn stalks. 1t is just
what he wants. he can step over them
without getting his feet tangled. Your
horse is lucky in having the spring
halt In his hind legs instead of the
front ones. He won't get over anything
with his foreparts but what he can
easily surmount with his hind ones, but
suppose the springhalt was in his fore
legs, he would then be constantly step
ping over something that would wind
up his hind ones. Joe, Trigg says nat
ure makes no mistakes. here is another
example. Try and emulate the front
end of your horse instead of the other
one even If you don't step so high.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-15
aTHE MAN WITH IHE TRUNK. /.

4 The Chicago city election is respon
! sible for the new phrase, "the man witt
i a trunk referring particularly to TIL
young men who go by thousands to tn,
city in search of work and fortune witt
their earthly possessions packed int,
4 one trunk often not the most capaciou.
of its kind. The phrase carries with i
a sheer typically Chicagoan in it's in.
ference that THE man with the trunk
represents no large property interes,
and hence is to be permitted to vote
in Chicago election mostly because
the constitution of the United States
and the laws OF Illinois mistakenly have
made provision to that effect.
After all it is the man with the
trunk who has made Chicago and car
ries on his shoulders it's commercial
supremacy. Most of the great business
barons of that metropolis have be-
longed in that class at one time or an
other and not few of the successful
merchants Of that city were men of
the pack" The Rothschilds were ped
dlers and many a prosperous dealer in
the windy city knows the trick of shift
ing an oilcloth covered bundle of no.
tons and Irish linen to an easier spot
on spine. The man with the trunk
forty years ago has become the man
with the automobile and the brown
stone front OF today. The new man
with the new trunk will succeed to the
business and the automobile all in good
time.
The steady drift of the poor but
ambitious toward the great business
centers is the salvation of the larger
cities. 1t is these with everything to
gain who furnish the fuel for the
tremendous energies that find an outlet
there. Like the Martians in Wells
story, daily supply of red blood is
necessary to the existence of metrop-
oil. This tranfusion of red corpuscles
is accomplished by the advent from
the country of the man with the trunk.
II is not for Chicago to sheer at the.
man with. the trunk. He controls her
des;ines and the destinies of all the
great cities. 1t is his fierce energies
spent in the struggle for wealth and
place that creates her power and mag
nificence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-15

a CHRISTIAN EDITOR IS DEAD.

The pail OF death hangs over the
Times Republican family today. Sor-
row pervades the atmosphere from
front office to press room and bows the
heads of employees as well as managers
A comrade in arms has given his life
to the service of the Times-Republican
NJ. Waterman associate editor, is dead
Older in years and length of service
than any man now connected with the
establishment, his going seems like the
loss of {, kind and beloved father Few
fathers ever enjoyed greater love and
respect from their children than was
entertained toward Mr.. Waterman by
the men who worked with him on this
newspaper Kind and considerate
toward every human being. whether it
be fellow editor, the printer who set his
copy or the public toward whom he
directed the eniightening rays of his
editorial genius, he leaves not a single
harsh word in thirty years of service
that any one can now recall No mo-.
tive of malice ever dictated line from
his pen and when prompted to criticise
In the cause of public good he never
closed an article without a paragraph
designed to remove whatever poison
might have fingered in the stings of his
truths as uttered. A man suffering for
many years with physical infirmities,
yet large enough to rise above them
and always sketch a hopeful picture
with an optimistic pen, his editorial
work has been a wonder as we'll as an
ideal to the younger and more vigorous
men around him. A man of wide read
Ing. rare perception and liberal. broad
minded intelligence. he has contributed
more, perhaps. in his lifetime than any
other one man to whatever dignity and
wisdom Times Republican editorial ex-
preston has possessed in the past fif-
teen years. OF a modest. retiring dis
position, he never borrowed a mo-
ment's thought about the results of his
work being credited to anothers efforts. |
being content always if his task had
been creditably performed. He was a
clean man personally. morally and edi-
torially. One old printer, who has been |
associated with him for almost a life
time. says of him: Nose was a natu-
rai-born Christian" and it is true. Few
men have ever come nearer to the
Christian ideal than did NJ. Waterman.
He believed that there, was a reward in
the hereafter for the deeds of the living
and he has gone to seek 1t. His death
sorrows the T.-R. family almost as
deeply as it grieyes his own children,
and his loss is a public misfortune, no;
only in that the loss of good man is
always public disaster, but that the
loss of clean, high-minded, consider
ate editor removes from the comanu-
nifty one Of its strongest moral forces.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-15

interstate commerce comprises the
right to enact a law prohibiting the
citizen from entering into those private
contracts which directly, and substan-
italy, and not merely Indirectly, re-
motely, incidentally, and collaterally.
regulate to Il greater or less degree
commerce among the states.
We can not so enlarge the scope OF
the language of the constitution regard
ing the liberty of the citizen as to hold
that it includes or that it was intended
to include Il right to make contract
which, in fact, restrained and regulated
interstate commerce. Notwithstanding
commerce, had prohibited such con
tracts
These observations, as a matter of
course, preclude further controversy
over the power of congress to limie
to some extent the right to make con-
tracts when enacting laws for the reg
ulation of commerce between the
states