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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-02

Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee: / have resigned the posi-
ton of Road Commissioner to accept the
nomination for Deputy Overseer OF the
Universe offered me by the grandest
convention of the grandest party in ex-
istence. / have deemed it best to open
the campaign with a resignation, in or
der that | might become accustomed to
the thing and, without undue attrition,
be enabled to exhibit the same spirit in
November.
/ shall endeavor to express myself in
a manner which will be no discredit to
the party of which | have become the
standard bearer | shall not assume the
methods of speech of a distinguished
predecessor, for it is not my style nor
habit to coin such original expressions
a. 'innocuous desuetude" or "pernicious
activity" but | fatter myself that, in
the verbal feats of ambiguosity and cir
cumlecution. can give an object les
son, as it were. 10 the eminent fisherman
to whom l have made allusion.
Praises the Platform.
The sublime platform recently con-
structed at st. Louis, apparently out OF
loose boards left over from the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition, is assuredly
marvel of compact quotations from an
cient and modern sages. As matter OF
course. it makes a liberal use OF the de-
ceased Thomas JeffersoD-as party we
always use the deceased Thomas JEFF
ferson-but it goes farther and promises
to correct every known and consider
able number of unknown wrongs and out
RACES, wherever, whatsoever and how
ever they appear in the boundless uni
verse. 1t vows to pry into, investigate,
drag out and jack up the scandals and
breaches of public trust, which we all
know exist every where. when we are out
OF Office. Gentlemen, / approve of the
platform.
Liberty.
Incidentally | will now refer to lib
erty, and / feel that l may do so fear
lessly, as it is a well-known assertion, ii
not a fact, that many crimes have been
committed in the name of said liberty.
Liberty is-in short. liberty is something
we always refer TO in the platform.
Power a Menace.
Thomas Jefferson said about all there
was worth saying about power. but
may add few well-chosen words OF
warning. There is danger 10 the very air
Of Washington-nay, in the air of the
entire District Of Columbia. / do not
fear 1t, and l may never have to breathe
Il, anyway, but. fellow citizens, warn
you against the microbe of rower which
infests the land watered by the historic
Potomac. The power which seeks to
do things, to accomplish work, to create.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-02

"It was at no time possible to have
adopted a gold standard platform at st.
Louis" says Senator Culberson Of Texas
No one viii question Senator Culber-
sons right to speak with authority on
Democratic policies.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-02
November.


1t is quite unnecessary, gentlemen. to
allude to the fact that our utmost voice,
the longest howl on Unalasks's shores"
IF may be allowed to misquote slight
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
LAURA BIGGAR IS NOW
FIGHTING HER LAWYERS
Says That She Was Coerced
Into Signing Agreements
to Pay $4,000

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. H,-Laura Biggar,
the actress, appeared in court again yes
terday but with an attorney this time,
having receded from her position that she
would get along without one. The court
received her petitions asking for the re-
opening of the judgments secured against
her by two Eastern lawyers who repre-
sented her two years ago when she was
accused of conspiracy.
To expedite matters Miss Biggar was
asked to go on the stand in order that
the petitions might be supported by her
testimony. She objected. saying: This
is not my trial. / want the other per-
sons to so on the stand
In the petitions Miss Biggar says the
two attorneys coerced her while she was
in jail to sign agreements to pay them
$4,000 for their services after the Ben
nett estate should be settled. After she
had been acquitted she says she signed
new agreement, but she says it was
especially agreed that she was at no time
to be distressed by attempts to collect
this money, $500 in eacn case.
When ,he lawyer representing the East
ern lawyers was leaving, Miss BiggaI
told him she would rather he would get
the money than his clients, because then
it would be an honest debt"
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS.

THE House OF Representatives yes
l. terday after 1--WE hours earnest
debate, adopted a resolution providing
for the impeachment Of Judge Charles
swayne OF the Northern District OF
Florida for high crimes and misde-
meanors."
The case against the respondent was
set out by Mr.. Palmer, Of Pennsyl-
vania. chairman Of the subcommittee
OF the judiciary Committee. which
heard evidence I'm the case. He dis
seoted the evidence bearing on each Of
the specifications. and said that II II
were found that Judge swayne had
done well he should he vindicated. hut
II he had done m he should be sent 10
trial, where his excuses and apologies
may or may not receive consideration %
This is the FIRST impeachment case
since 1876 when General Belknan. Soc
retary Of War I'm Grants cabinet wss
subjected to the ordeal. 1t erhar.
rasses the Senate greatly, for to hear
all the evidence and TO provide time
for full arguments will cut into the
session TO an extent that win DELAY
other business. But the Senate has nc
option, but must sit as court and
jury now that il has received the pre-.
sentiment OF the House. 1t is general,
conceded that IL Judge Swayne i
guilty Of the charges against him {
is intolerable that the people Of Flor
ida should have to endure his admins
tration Of his Office for another year
And. on the other hand. if tn,
charges cannot be sustained it would
be intolerable to let him rest under thi,
eensure implied IN the action OF IN,
House resolution.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
Menace Of a Caesar.

From the Kansas City Times.
An impressionable person can we'll
imagine the conflicting emotions with
which the anti-imperialists will re-
ceive the news that Italy is to give a
statute Of Caesar to the United States.
From the point OF view of these sensi-
tive souls could ruin be foreshadowed
more certainly for the Republic than to
immortalize, i'm bronze or marble. upon
the Capitol grounds, the formidable
warrior whose name has become the
synonym of autocracy? Where is Tom
Watson? Why is his tongue silent
and his voice mute? Did not Caesar
cross the Rubicon? Did he not en-
slave the ancestors OF that Anglo
Saxon stock which is the fibre OF
"Amerlky'? Did he not yoke the red
dragon, War, 10 his iron cart?
Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to
clay,
Might stop hole to keep the wind
away.
But is he dead? Have not the base
minions OF kings quickened his ashes
and sent his conquering spirit to en-
thrall a free and noble people? May
we not say as Shakespeare would
have said had he possessed the pro-
phetic fire, There at the foot Of Cae-
sar's statue, which all the while ran
blood, the great Republic fell?"
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
EDITORIAL OPINION

It is true that third course COM
mends itself to some Russian patriots
Inundated by the reverses which they
have suffered at the hands OF an
enemy hitherto despised. If now, or
at an early date, an indisputable defeat
could be inflicted on Marshal Oyama
by General Kuropatkin defeat so de-
cislve that the Japanese would be
compelled TO fall back on the Liaotung
peninsula or on Korea, it might be
worth while 70 risk an appalling waste
Of life for the sake Of retrieving Rus
sia's military prestige. IT, however,
no such defeat can be hoped for before
next year, it is doubtful whether the
credit to be gained by belated victory
would be worth the price. The ad-
vantage secured would be moral rather
than material, for, so long as the Jap
anese retain control Of the sea, it is
extremely improbable tina. they ever
can be driven by Russia's land forces
from Korea or the Liaotung peninsula.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
CHARLIE scHWAs's SHOES.

& A FEW years ago somebody
4 Abought a Panama hat and paid
500 for It. Immediately others who
could aford the luxury bought Pana-
ma hats, and we had thrust upon us
fashion which compelled clerks TO
place the acquisition Of such a hat
above their obligation to their land
ladies'.
Now Charles NJ. schwab has had a
pair Of shoes made to order and the
maker charged him $50. This so
pleased Mr.. Schwab that he ordered
five more pairs. OF course no shoe can
have a value OF over $40: so Mr..
schwab for each pair win buy $40
worth Of distinction.
Here is a new fashion, but as it
consists not in a particular article but
in its cost It Is going to be hard on
the imitators. And even though we
were to pay this fashionable price. how
is anybody TO know #? II is easy TO
impress people in other lines: for in
stance, one may carelessly mark his
box Of cigars with an extravagant fig
ure, but he can't wear cost mark on
his shoes.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
Marriage Reform.
From the Indianapolis News.

From the Indianapolis News.
The question Of marriage is one that
in all civilized society must be dealt
with largely. Its purpose to found the
home, legtimize the race and restrain
passion should not be forgotteni for
manifestly obstacles placed in the way
Of marriage were likely to be a remedy
worse than the disease. So the talk
about restricting marriage licenses
should be INDUCED in with care. In
many states there are no marriage
licenses. And the purpose Of license in
any case it can be said is not restric-
tion, but regulation. The mating of
human beings is a natural inclination.
and the society that puts obstacles in
its way is manifestly on the road TO
the creation Of a condition that can
not be contemplated. 1t were well in
every reasonable way to Obviate hasty
marriages. But it is not easily pos
sible to say what a hasty marriage is.
Sometimes a boy and girl marry at 16
and live happily forever afterwards. "
And sometimes people in middle life
show by results that their marriage
then was hasty.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
Financial crlsls il coIIeaes.

From the Springfield (Mass.) Republi-
can.
The deficit in the finances Of Yale
University for the year ended August
is reported by Treasurer Tyler to have
been about $4,000 In other words,
Yale would need additional endowment
OF nearly s1,5O0,O0O to yield, at 3 per
cent, an annual income equal to last
years deficit. There was a deficit in
the finances of Harvard University also
last year, the amount being not far
from that Of Yale. Yet each institu-
tion increased It's total funds during the
same year. Meanwhile, the general
public is not worried at all. IL views
the colleges and universities with en-
tire approbatlon; it is proud Of them.
But the time has come when most of
us cannot help feeling that there is real
~ no cause for alarm over their finan-
eial condition. There is the conscious
ness that II the alumni and friends do
not always come to the rescue Of the
college treasurers as quickly and en-
thusiastically as Is desired there is ever
the desperate last resort OF running an
institution on the principle Of making
the ends meet.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
Mr.. Bryan's Beginning.

From a lecture at Topeka Kas.
my first ambition was to be a Bap-
tist preacher. l dropped that ambi-
tlon after / had seen a baptizing when
/ was still boy, but my Republican
friends have been mean enough TO say
that my giving it up was due to the
ntaural aversion Of a Democrat for
water. My next ambition was TO be a
farmer, and my third to be a lawyer.
I fell into politics accidentally, but
stayed there by choice. ! had no in
tention when went to Nebraska of GO
ing into politics. It Is easily proven
by the fact that at the time 1 went
there the State was Republican, the
district Republican, the county Re-
publican, and the voting precinct Re-
publican, and I regret to add that there
has not been so great a change in their
political complexion as / would like. -
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

TAR. EDWARD EVERETT HALE Is
II one OF the Trask lecturers at Yale
this year.
Teachor-Johnny, can you tell me what
dead letters are2
Johnny-Yessum; dey is dc alphabet OF
dc dead language.
The man who knows more about other
peoples business than his own should
not wonder long why he doesn't get rich.
Tho lawyer is about the only man who
cannot find all the trouble he is looking
for.
Teacher-Johnny. do you think you
can you remember that 4 is a personal
pronoun?
Johnny-Yessum.
Teacher-Give me a sentence con-
taining the personal pronoun.
Johnny-Baby has just cut his eye
teeth.
IT is often easier to distinguish a gem
ius by the great length OF his hair than
by the greatness Of his execution.
Franklin-Thls is my bosom friend.
Penn--What is IL?
Franklin-My chest protector.
When some men get up in expert
ence meetings and start to tell what
sinners they have been you cannot help
admiring their nerve in trying to get
by
There are $1,000 dry goods stores in this
country according TO a trade paper. But
a very few Of the big cities could equal
this number in wet goods stores.
A word to the wise may be sufficient,
but what's the use IL they know 1t all?
Some men would rather choke than
miss an opportunity to bite off more
than they can chew.
You can always tell just how neigh
borly man is by the fine line he
draws when cleaning the snow off OF
his sidewalk.
A model coal mne-the first of it's
kind In England-is TO be included in
the scientific equipment of Blrming-
ham University.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14

Professor Barrett Wendell, OF Har-
ward University, who has gone to the
famous sorbonne Institute in Paris, has
been most cordially welcomed by edu-
Gators and literary men of that city,
who are much interested in the first
efforts to install an English department
in the famous university.
The pastor of a Baptist church Of
Peoria, ILL.,, DR.. George II. Simmons.
has organized the Interstate Bank and
Trust Company, with a capital of half
"a million. AS explained by DR.. Sim
mons it is to be a savings bank for the
poorer classes, and the profits will be
devoted to the erection of homes for
the poor
Sarah Grand says that American wo-
men are, for the most part, more
thorough, more intelligent. better in
formed, larger minded and more agree
able to meet than their British sisters.
The average English woman is dull,
idle, sluggish and incompetent: the
average American is busy, bright, en-
ergetic and capable.
Women have been doing some Of the
scene painting in the Imperial Theatre.
London, lately.
Boyce-You don't mean to say that
man Is a shoplifter?
Joyce-Yes. he runs an elevator in a
department store.
The present London price of an ounce
Of radium would be 100000, according
to Dr. Hampson in a recent lecture at
Leeds.
Traced by the impression Of his teeth
left in half-eaten apple in a house at
Basle, Switzerland, a burglar confessed
to breaking into the building.
Hamburg is to have a school for
training servants. It is not intended to
compete with existing schools which
provide training In domestic science for
girls Of well-to-do families.
The merchant may not be supersti--
tious' but he believes in signs.
The newspaper man will not admit
that two wrongs don't make a write.
1t is strange how poor some men can
get at the sight Of the beggar and as
] SCISSOR.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
THE WEATHER

The New York Herald forecasts that
in The Middle States and New England
today clear weather and considerably
lower temperature will prevail, with fresh
and light northwesterly TO northerly
winds, shifting to north-northeast in the
interior OF this section. On Thursday fair
weather will prevail, with light to fresh
northerly and northeasterly winds and
nearly stationary, followed in this section
by slightly higher temperature, and on
Friday fair TO partly cloudy, milder
weather. followed by increasing cloudi-
ness and snow in the southern portions Of
this section.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
A NEW SCHOOL BOARD.

MTB HAVE received the following
w communication bearing on the
proposed new charter for the Board Of
Education;
Editor Of The Evening Journal:
In considering the public school char
ter for our city, it Is to be hoped the Of
hcial committees appointed. from the
Board OF Education and city Council
win study up the best and most ap-
proved methods adopted and which are
now IN successful operation In many Of
lur American cities The lapse Of the
Did charter gives a golden opportunity
10 do this. and II the school laws Of
Cleveland (Which city stands today
foremost In the ranks in rs school sys-
tenn were copied so far as is practical
with our local conditions, it would be
wise step.
Cleveland with its 100000 population
has a Board OF Education Of seven
members. IL has also a business direc-
tor. whose entire time is devoted to the
care Of school property and for which
he Is responsible This Office is ac-
knowledged today by all educators as
an important advance. Will not our
educators and citizens consider that
these would be valuable provisions to
incorporate in our school law?
Education.
In these days when any project has
behind il the support Of anybody the
first question in 'what is the motive?"
And it may not be conclusive to all
minds to say that the writer Of the
above is a woman, and one who is in
terested because she recognizes that our
future welfare depends in large meas
ure upon the work Of our public schools
But the writer expresses the idea that
has been found to be most practical in
educational boards. Of having a small
governing body composed Of progress
i've, public-spirted persons who have
no thought but for higher educational
standards.
We said recently that to accomplish
the true purpose for which the public
schools were established. a board Of
from six to seven members could be Sc
lected IN a rev minutes. That board
should have as a member at least one
wide-awake woman, and the other
members should be persons who have
sufficient breadth to recognize the vast
importance Of general common school
education. Our present board consists
Of twenty-four members and there has
never been an idea brought before it
which has not met with the antagonlsm
Of some member who wants to make
himself solid" with the people Of his
ward.
In any event, before the Legislature
is asked 10 grant a charter, It would be
well to look into the arrangements
which obtain in other cities which have
tried to solve the problem.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14

We believe in the good old
fashioned Kris Kingle-the
jolly white-whiskered saint
who makes the children
happy. The grown-up share
equally with the children the
joyous Christmas spirit-and
we're so sure of the ] ~
BUSINESS Of the season that
we have the old chap in our
upper show window.
He's just climbing down
the chimney on one of his
visits to the little boys and
girls he knows-come along
aud see him wink at you in
appreciation of the fun he
has in store for all on Christ
mas morning.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
MAKING oVER oHlLpREN.

THE Mothers Club Of Philadelphia
Il has formally decided that Mother
Goose rhymes myths and jingles must
go, and that in their place shall be sub
stituted the Bible. Homer's Illiad. the
works Of RuslSin and the operas Of
Wagner. Children are to be fed on
great literature, and Of course, they
will come to like IT and culture gener-
ally viii equal that Of Boston.
The child has been studied by spec
tacled ladies' and long-haired profess
sors in recent years until the general
conception Of childhood is a mass of
putty that we may knead into shape
70 make any likeness we choose. But
the true mother with Divine instinct
that rarely errs. knows better. She
appreciates that her child has a dis
tinct individuality and that childhood
has its rights, just as maturity has.
The scheme OF life contemplates GER
tain natural tendencies I'm children,
and II they enjoy a bit OF nonsense
why try to interpose our own ponder
Gus opinions and our biased theories?
The jingles Of Mother Goose are not
bad for grown-ups once in n while.
and what memories come back to most
OF us when we hear them again--the
fondest in human experience.
This desire to make little men and
women out Of our children can only
develop a lot Of little prigs who out
wardly are proper and sedate. but
who inwardly are impulsive little saw
ages in a state OF suppression. This
advanced idea Of infantile education
has abolished Santa Claus as a fiction
and a falsehood, and is taking much Of
the poetry out Of childhood.
These mothers must be impressed
that nature has made a great mistake
in implanting tendencies in children,
which are so pernicious. For a healthy
boy or girl win learn a dozen verses
from Mother Goose while II requires
hours to fasten a text In memory. Evil
IDENTIFY nature intends that childish inn
agination and fancy shall have full
swing, and. therefore. London Bridge
viii continue to be falling down. fall
ing down, despite the protects of
horror Of the reformers Of this pro-
gressive age.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
READABLE RHYMES
Opportunity.

Master OF human destinies am 1;
Love fame and fortune on my foot
steps wait
Citles and fields walk; I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote. and, pass
ing by
Hover ana mart and palace soon or late
knock unbidden once at every gate,
II sleeping wake; If feasting, rise
Before ! turn away. 1t is the hour Of
fate;
And those who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire. and conquer every
foe
Save death. But they who doubt or
hesitate
Condemned to failure. penury. and
woe
Seek me IN vain and uselessly implore;
hear them not, and / return no more.
j. J. ingalls,.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
What WIn RussIa po Now7

From the New York Sun.
In view Of the practical annihilation
of the Port Arthur fleet, there seems
but two courses that Russia can rea-
sonably pursue. She should either, in
violation OF a vital provision Of the
treaty Of Paris, force passage of the
Dardanelles with her Black Sea fleet,
thus defying not only Turkey, but the
guarantors OF that treaty, or she should
make peace with Japan forthwith.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
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Evening journal., 1904-12-14

The Sentiment Of the Country is turn
ing towards a sea-leyel canal. across
the Isthmus. Chief Engineer wal
lace says that its construction would
not consume much more time. The
cost would be more. but il not too
great the advantages would more
than overcome the cost. Electricity
can easily be generated from the
abundance Of water power so that
night work can be made more ef-
fective. because Of its relief from
the heat. than that carried on in the
day time.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
slmpsrs Gets EIGHT Years.

John Shippers, a young man who was
arrested by Patrolmen Conner and Fox
recently at McCalrs stables in this city.
on a charge Of stealing a horse. buggy
and harness from near Elkton, Nd. was
sentenced at that place 20 be imprison-
ed eight years He pleaded guilty to
two indictments.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14
AnvrRrIsINa RATEs

DrsFLIyED: p cents per inch Dis
sounts on continued advertising will be
forwarded on application.
CLASSIFIED; Situations Wanted, Free.
Boarding OF Rooms TO Rent. \ cent .
word.
Help wanted. x cent a word.
Real Estate, (solid). 1s cent a word.
Evening journal., 1904-12-14

The Supreme Court Of the United
States has decided that one cannot
create an obligation by fraud. and
be discharged from accountability by
bankruptcy proceedings. This will
discourage a class Of sharpers who
think that the bankruptcy act was
passed for their benefit