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The Washington times., 1904-07-04
The South in the Democracy.

In the midst of the curious state of
affairs at St. Louis. it may be well to
call attention to the fact that the
South is shortly 10 be reCkOned with
in American politics. It may not be
a surprising factor in this convention,
but when 1908 rolls around there will
be something doing in Dixie.
In fact, it only needs a good strong
man who would arouse enthusiasm in
the South, to dominate this very con-
vention. The South is one section
Of the country in which political faith
is a religion. and that is at once its
strength and its weakness as a politi-
cal factor. OF late It has been more
or less neglected because everybody
was morally sure that whoever was
nominated by the Democratic party, IL
he were only reasonably tactful,
would get the Southern vote. But
suppose a strong Southern man were
nominated who could get the North
ern vote? And what is TO hinder such
a cOnsummUtion if the man can be
found? The two biggest Southern
men in the party just at present are
John Sharp Williams and Joseph w.
Folk. They are both young and both
full of character. intelligence, and
grit If few young Southerners of
their type get together the party will
not have TO be hunting around for is
sues and candidates and platforms
very many more years.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
.PLATT MAY FIGHT
MAYOR KNIGHTS BOON
Saws Nominee for Governor Is to Be
an Eastern Man-Stranahan
Not a Candidate.

NEW YORK. July 4.-That there may
be another struggle between Senator
Platt and Governor Odell concerning
the candidate for governor Of New YORK
State was suggested during n talk With
the Senator today, at the Oriental Hotel.
at Manhattan Beach. IN which Mr.. Platt
said It had been generally agreed be
tween all the leaders that the next can
didate for governor would come from
the eastern section of the State.
Senator Platt also went on record
again as favoring Timothy L. Woodruff
for the nomination.
The statement concerning an eastern
man and that all the leaders are agreed
upon that point seems hardly 10 be
Governor Odell favors the candidacy Of
Erastus c. Knight. Of Buffalo. In fact.
the way was paved for Mr. knight 3
candidacy when he was taken on the
Republican ticket as an elector, and
made an alternate-at-large.
Senator Platt said nothing about a con-
ference In the interest OF Mr.. Knight :
candidacy, which is TO be held this even
ing at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. although
he probably will attend. William l.
Ward, national committeeman from this
State; William Barnes, chairman Of the
State executive committee. and William
c. Warren. Of Buffalo. as we'll as Mr.
Knight will also be present. and some
thing definite in the direction of fixing
up the slate In all likelihood Will be ac-
complishad.
According to Senator Platt. another
gubernatorial possibility has been e'iInl-
mated from the running. This is Nevada
n Stranahan, collector of the port, who,
the Senator SAYS told him that he would
not be a candidate.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
IN BAD HEALTH, PASTOR
ABANDJNS WORK HERE
The Rev. A. H. Thompson Leaves VII
son NJ. E. Church for Lighter
Charge at Frostburg.

Because Of impaired health. the Rev.
Arthur II Thompson. for nve years
pastor Of the Wilson Methodist Episcopal
Church, had 10 be relieved from MS
charge at the last conference OF the
church. and assigned TO Frosthurg. Nd.
a lighter work Last night he preached
his farewell sermon and the occasion
was most affecting.
Mr. Thompson reOrganized this church.
and has been with It long enough TO
see ii reach a plane OF success, and he
leaves il stngula<ly free from factions
On this point. and concerning his sue
cessor, Mr.. Thompson said:
II thank God that I am going away
without any faction among us. The time
has been when If 1 had left. there
might have been unpleasant things said
| don't believe there Is anybody VINO
hates me. II there is please let me
know that I may right it. thank God
there Is no one living that l hate, no
one whom l could not meet and frankly
and lovingly look straight in the face.
God bless everybody as we go up into
the mountains yonder. This IS not 10
be a separation. There is no separation
in Jesus Christ We shall simply tight
his battles IN different fields.
Rev. r. L. Lamar, CT Arlington, Bal
timore, Is a devout conscientious man.
Probab bly he Will bring more vitality and
more persOnal magnetism to the field
than L possess. Don't toll him lot OF
things. knowledge. YOU know. is some
time. rnbarrsts ssing- Let him find out
things for himself. II there are those
whom YOU think are not doing as they
should. he will find out that they are
falling from grace; maybe you are mis-
taken.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
DUBOIS AND CANNON
BREAK ON POLYGAhY
Friendship of Years Interrupted By
Idaho Senator's Anti-Mormo1
Plank Agitation.

ST. LOUIS, July Al olygamy is the
issue which has split the friendship Of
years between ex-Cnited States Senator
Frank J. Cannon Of Utah and United
States Senator Fred d. Dubois Of Idaho.
and the split has come since the two
men reached St Louis for the conven-
tion.
Dubois is here with an anti-polygamy
plank which he wishes inserted into the
national platform. declaring unreserv-
edly that with plank such as his the
Democrats can carry Idaho. Cannon Is
lust as bitter in his denunciation OF the
plank offered by Dubois. and he declares
that its incorporation in the platform
would mean party defeat In Utah. which
otherwise. he says. would surely g
Democratic.
The friendship Of the two men. which
now is severely strained. is a thing OF
wears. Together they walked out OF
the Republican National Convention IN
1895 when Mckinley was nOulina ted. be-
cause that convention declared against
free silver and for the gold standard
Since that time they have been together
on hundreds Of propositions. and this IS
the first time i'll feeling has cropped
out.
National Committeeman Peery of Utah
also is making a vigorous fight against
the Dubois polygamy plank. declaring
that such a plank would mean ruin Tor
the Mormon Church. He admits that N
his work he is representing that church.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
PAY The FIDDLER.

Every time the traitor Folly chases Rea
son from her throne
Some one has 10 he the victim-some
poor sinner must atone;
Its an old and truthful saying-printed
on each page Of fame
They who dance must pay the fiddler;
it's the ethics OF the game.
In this world where FolIy's minions are
so largely In excess.
Many a fiddler gets his money, quiet
". as you may guess;
And the world Is none the wiser-not a
chance is left for shame
To the man whose purse Is equal to the
limit Of the game.
But. alas. for those who falter, those
who hesitate 10 pay
For the music and the dancing through
King Folly's night and day;
Such q. one disgrace. dishonor, even
pcluTy. shan claim
They who dance must pay the fiddler
tbs the order OF the game.
-Lurana W. Sheldon, in New York
Times.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
Nathaniel Hawthorne.

This is the centenary of the birth
of Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose place
as the dean of American prose writers
has never been seriously disputed.
For clarity, beauty, and imaginative
charm, his style is unrivaled, and
none has surpassed him in loftiness
and purity of thought. He was the
product Of peculiar conditions, but, as
every great man does, he transcribed
the influences which made him, and
was greater than his time.
Interest in the details of Haw-
thornes life has recently brought to
light many facts which should remove
certain impressions of his character.
Most people probably think of him as
an impracticable dreamer, great in
his own way, but not practical man.
On the contrary, he Is said by those
who knew him to have been singular
ly apt at solving practical problems.
A rich man he never was, partly
because, with the limited Opportuni-
ties of those days, a man either had
to be of an adventurous disposition
or inherit a fortune in order to be-
come a man of wealth. Yet neither
was he poor; and the comparatively
slow recognition which his work re-
ceived was inevitable in a day when
there were almost no American pub
fishing houses which could afford 20
take risks.
If the truth could be known, it
might be found that almost all men
of literary genius had had very re-
spectacle ability in practical affairs.
OF course. a man cannot be a pro-
ducer of literature and also employ
himself in continual plans for getting
money; but the knowledge of life and
of human nature which makes a great
writer usually gives him a certain
amount of insight into the business
world.
The value of Hawthorne's work Iii
American literature may be said to
be an inspirational as we'll as an ac-
tual value The beauty of his ro-
mances must always be precious TO
the world, as every beautiful thing Is,
whether it is created in America, or
Europe, or Asia, or in the islands Of
the sea. The value of these books to
American writer's and readers is pc
culiar
The slipshod quality, the hurry, the
lack of finish and of conviction
which might be looked for in the lit
erature of a young country. are con-
spicuously absent from the writings
of this our first great author. The
exquisite rightness of his work is per
haps its greatest charm. He never
says a word too much or too little;
he understands the significance of life
and of language.
II may not be possible to measure
now or at any future time, the value
which such an example has had fol
American writer's. striking out, as
many of them must, in new paths
and often uncertain of the dividing
line between liberty and license, re
straint and weakness. The subtle
restraining yet inspiring influence o
a great example is the debt we owe
to Hawthorne.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
w. H. ELLIS NOT AN ENVOY
TO COURT OF KING MENELIK

William II. Ellis, who is carrying the
commercial treaty Of the United States
10 King Menelik, has no diplomatic
functions He is in no sense the repre-
sentative of the United States In the
negotiations with Abyssinia. but was
intrusted with the treaty just as any
messenger might have been sent.
1t has been charged by some news
papers that "a man whose past Is no bet
ter known than Ellis should not be in
{, usted with the treaty. 1t is assumed
this charge Is based on the premise that
Ellis is representing the United States
lie is not even presumed by State De-
pertinent officials TO know the nature OF
thc treaty which he is carrying
As MI Ellis was going direct 10
Merelik's court II was easier 20 in
trust the treaty to him than II would
have been TO designate another mes
Eenger.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
PARKER MUST "SHOW"
OR LOSE TO GORMAN
Opposition Leaders Confident of Beating New Yorker
Expect to Unite Field After First Two Ballots.

own he might be judged upon that rec
ord But as he has refused 20 speak he
must be judged By the record Of his
political ma ger. ex-senator Hlll and
his financial agent. August Belmont and
their records. A man who IS weak
enough TO put his candidacy IN their
hands before the convention would not
be strong enough to resist their in
huence after the election, II he were by
any possibility successful
The second objection Is the one that
carries weight with the conservative
delegates, namely, that he cannot win II
IS becoming more and more apparent
mat he would prove weak candidate,
and this Is robbing him Of whatever
strength he had among the men whose
nrst desire Is to win. With such can
didate the battle would begin with
loot race and end with a rOut. These
two arguments seem quite certain to
prove hi7 undoing."
What Murphy Says.
Tammany opposition 10 Parker was
explained In q statement issued shortly
after Leader murphy arrived. Reading
between the lines, IL seems entirely IA
vOrable 10 German. Murphy Sc 9
my position now is what it has con-
stantly been. I have said, and stnl say,
that. IN my opinion. Mr.. Cleveland, so
far as the State OF New York Is con-
ccTned. would be the strongest candidate
this convention could name. OF course,
l cannot speak for other States. and /
have thought that the best result would
be likely 10 be reached Oy delibeTati.l
among the delegates representing all the
States and untrammeled by precommit-
ment or instructions
May Be Some Ore Else.
For this reason I was opposed to reso-
lutions Of instruction at Albany under
any circumstances, though I favored
the unit rule by which the final judg-
ment OF the delegation, after consulta-
ton on the ground. might be made ef-
| fective as an entirety 1t may be that
| IN the country at large some other can
didate might be stronger than Mr..
/ Cleveland. am speaking only OF my
I own State and with a sincere desire for
/ Democratic success.
"If, at this moment. ! believed that
| Judge Parker would be as strong be-
/ fore the people of the state OF New
/ York as Mr.. Cleveland would be. I
| should be the first TO urge his nomina-
| ton Notwithstanding the contest
| against instructions at the State con-
ventiOn."
The Washington times., 1904-07-04

cense. Last year Caledonia county
was the only county in the State
without a saloon within its borders,
but this year Caledonia, Orleans,
Orange, and Grand Isle have gone
into the solid no license counties"
1t is not strange that in revolving
from hypocrisy, Vermont swung too
far toward license; but it would ap-
pear that law, which after one year
gives four counties free from the sa-
loon, is reasonably effective in pro-
noting temperance Certainly,
though under prohibition the entire
State was technically without a sa-
loon. to have found a single county
actually thus blest would have been
difficult.
The trouble with prohibition is that
it classifes every locality under one
head, and consequently in localities
where the prohibitory sentiment is
weak the law is broken. Local Op-
tion, Or the contrary, gives every To-
cality a chance to declare what its
classification shall be, and when it
votes mo license" prohibition effec-
lively backed ny public sentiment is
the result
1t is an established fact that up-to-
date local option combined with high
license has proFed the most effective
means yet devised for controlling the
liquor traffic, which reason proves
cannot be eradicated until men grow
sufficiently in grace and wisdom TO
cease drinking of their own free willis.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
WILL MARX G. 0 P.'S
FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY
Event to Be Celebrated at Jackson,
Mich, on Spot Where Party
Was Organized.

DETROIT, Mich. July 4-Reports re-
Ceived by the committee in charge or
the celebration Of the fiftieth anniver-
sary OF the birth OF the Republican
party indicote that about 10000 persons
Will attend at Jackson, Mich, next
Wednesday
It was at Jackson that. July g. 1854.
coalition Of Wings. Democrats. and Free
SOilers Of Michigan met and nominated
a candidate for the governorship of the
State. This was the first convention TO
adopt the name Republican, and their
candidate was successful at the Novem-
Der election following.
The Party's Birth.
From that gathering Of anIi-siavery
Democrats. Wings and others dissatis-
fed with the methods Of the old Democ-
racy sprang and spread the organiza-
tion which elected Lincoln President,
and which since has elected every Presl-
dent with two exceptions TO the present
day.
"Under the Oaks" day in Jackson will
be ushcreG IN with the firing of a salute
at sunrise After a band concert in the
city proper the exercises will begin at 10
o'clock IN LOOmiS Park.
Presiding officer Will be James O'Don-
lespie, OF western Michigan. will deliver
the invocation. The speakers announced
for the forenoon include Mayor Todd,
Of Jackson; Governor Bliss. Attorney
General Charles 4. Blair, of Michigan.
and Thomas 5. O'Brien. Of Grand
Rapids.
Hay Will Be Orator.
Orator OF the day viii be Secretary Of
State Hay, who will speak In the after
noon. when Senator Burrows viii pre-
side. IT Is expected that Secretary Hay
will sound the campaign slogan. as
Chandler and other speakers under the
oaks nifty years ago gave to the cOun-
try the keynote of the principles on
which the new party was TO be formed
other speakers VIII be Senator Fair
banks. the nominee for Vice President
and Senator AlEer. During the noon in
termisSiOn there Will be "a reception for
distinguished guests. The demonstration
VIII conclude with blaze of fireworks
on the fair grounds in the evening
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
SEPTlCAEMlA RESULTS
FROM BITE OF A FISH

WH!TEHOUSE, y. J.. July 4.-Charles
II. Tiger. of Peapack, is suffering from
blood poisoning caused by an eel bite.
Several weeks ago while fishing he got
an eel fast on his hook. In taking the
slippery FISH off the hook the eel bit him
or the nnpcr.
bite tilt his hand began to swell 10 twice
its normal size. The swelling spread up
the arm end TO the shoulder. DR. Sma %
lev OF Gladstone. was consulted, and
found the bite had caused blood poison
ing. for which he is now being treated
The Washington times., 1904-07-04

Somebody points out the fact that #,
as Is reported, the Slocum fire origInat-
ed In the boiling over Of pan of fat
the cook disreRarded one Of the first
principles taught in the cooking school
always 10 have dish of sand near
the stove. The cook was ii grown New
York African. and probably never went
10 cooking school. out doubtless the
managers Of steamboat companies will
endcavor 10 secure graduates in future
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
MONDAY. JULY 4, 1904.
The Glorious Fourth.


tin horn toots, while the cartridge ex-
plodes with hideous din and the can
non roars its salute to liberty, it is
worth while to find momentary quiet
by wrapping ones self in the mantle
of serious meditation and reflect what
the Fourth Of July really means.
To the fOrefathers, it signif1ed free
dom from an oppressive foreign yoke
We are now a sovereign people, and
have been for over a century and a
quarter. But have we freedom, not
necessarily in the highest sense of the
word, but even in a moderately low
sense? Have we freedom politically,
economically. socially, morally?
1t is suggestive of something wrong
somewhere that the universal answer
to that question. from the palaces of
the rich as well as from the novels Of
the poor, is no. Indeed, so thorough
ly is man convinced that he has not
freedom and is still the unwilling
victim of untoward circumstance.
that the general run Of men cynically
name freedom as an unattainable
ideal, something much TO be desired,
but quite impossible in this world.
Yet the desire to be free will not
down. 1t is the unquenchable fire
burning in the heart of every true
man and woman. II motives the lives
of the truly great. 1t inspires every
good and progressive work. 1t for
tif1es for heroic deeds. It gives cour-
age to the cowardly and strength to
the weak. Men may fall by the way
side in searching for it, but the ideal
OF liberty never fails.
1t is useless to say that such vital
spiritual force as the love of liberty
is both impOtent and unknowable.
One man may with mistaken zeal de-
vote his life to the chimerical. but all
mankind does not make the chimeri-
cal the pursuit of the ages. Analyze
the acts of every human being in
every age and in every cline, and
their final motive will be found the
pose, to be free. Far too often the
ideal of liberty may have been shock
ingly low, but the fact that liberty
was the thing sought is none the less
convincing.
What man IS really free? Certainly
not the one whose vast wealth brings
fear and bondage to material things
IN its wake. Not the man whose
poverty limits his endeavors and
chains him captive to the cruel rou-
tine of a pitiless struggle for bread.
Not the politician dreading public
sentiment nor the idler in the busy
marts Of men fearing death and de-
cay.
All men recognize that 10 be free
one must have power. BY thinking
that this power must be material,
either physical force or enslaving
will or money, man has made a fun
damental blunder. knowledge Is
power, says the old adage, and when
one knows the great truth that a
mans motives really determine what
his life shall be, he has power, in
deed.
Know thyself," was the advice of
a worthy Greek, and his words en-
body the essential truth which makes
man free. That man, then, is really
free who knows himself. who has the
courage to face himself, the determi-
nation TO destroy in himself the petit
ness of desire and the selhshness OF
action, which are the root Of all
slavery, and who proves his knOwl-
edge by his work of self-reformation.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
Vermont Local Option.

A correspondent criticises the opin-
lon of The Times on the Vermont
high license local option law, and, as
he says. Ito show you the revulsion
Of feeling in regarC 10 local option in
one year" gives facts regarding n
change in the sentiment of the State
as follows:
At their meetings of March, 1903,
80 towns voted license. In March.
1904. A of these towns voted no IL
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
FIREWORKS BREAK
SOCIAL NONOTONY
LenOx, Newport, and Other
Resorts Celebrate Dav.
Mr.. WESTINGHOUSE PARTY
Will Startle Natives With Ingenious
Display at Erskine Pa1k-Wash-
ingtonians Everywhere.

While the seemingly unfortunate citi-
zen who cannot quit the city streets for
the day IS fretting to be away at some
resort, visitors at Newport. Lenox. Bar
Harbor. Atlantic City and other popu-
lar places are preparing for fireworks
parties preceded by dinner parties
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald =. Vanderbilt,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Barney. are
way at Newport.
At Erskine Park, the Lenox estate of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Westinghouse.
will be given tonight one Of the most
magnificent displays ever seen in that
part of the country. Mr.. Westinghouse
has used all Of his inventive genius TO
make the display memorable.
Twenty thousand guests have arrived
at Atlantic City in the last three days,
and there was a promise Of as many
more arriving today. which fact, coupled
with numerous large private fireworks
parties, viii render the place unenviable
for a quiet Fourth.
Miss Rebekah Knox. daughter of the
former Attorney General, now Senator,
Is al the Hotel Chelsea. Atlantic City.
with Mrs. c. c. Long. of this city. She
will spend at least a month there, the
party being Joined from time to time
by James r. Tindle, her fance, Of Pitts
burg, Pa.
Mrs. Preston Gibson. Of Chicago. will
! spend the searon with her mother. Mrs.
| Thomas Nelson Page, at her summer
place at York HarbOr, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Francis Riggs have
| opened their cottage at New London,
! Conn.
| Mrs Sheridan and the Misses Sheri-
/ dan are at their cottage Eonquitt, Mass
! Senator and Mrs. Thomas c. Platt are
/ at the Oriental. Manhattan Beach, l. J.,
where they Will probably pass the entire
/ summer.
! Mr.. and Mrs. David A Mckee are al
the MaplewoOd Hotel. Pittsfield, Mass
/ Miss Ida Bartlett. daughter of Rear
! Admiral Bartlett, has gone to Pittsfielc
as the guest Of the Misses Helen and
! ROsamond Hull
! Among the Washington people at Sea
] bright y. J.. are Mr.. and Mrs. J. G
/ Hickey, J. 2. Hickey, B. w. Underwood
and J. w. Sweet. all Of whom are living
| at the Octagon Hotel while there.
Rear Admiral and Mrs J. II. Upshul
/ have left Washington for Narragansett
Pier and are stopping at the Imperial.
/ Gen James Oakes and Mrs Oake.
are at the Massasoit, Narragansett Pier
for the summer.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04

Next Wednesday John Barrett sails
for Panama; and If the Panamese do
not know just what his qualifications
for the post may be, they will ind out
before long that there is one man who
can beat even a Latin-American when
his vocal organs are oiled and in good
condition
The Washington times., 1904-07-04

Commissioner West. In an article in
the July Forum declares that Senator
Fairbanks did not want the nomination
for Vice President; which only proves
that even a Commissir ncr who is an
ex-newspaper man cannot know every
thing.
The Washington times., 1904-07-04
DEAD FROM CANCER.

The heaviest man in the British em-
pire is dead from a cancer. He vas
Thomas Longley. of Dover. His weight
exceeded 600 pounds. while ne was SIX
feet one inch in height. and had chest
of seventy inches
The Washington times., 1904-07-04

The passengers on La Lorraine insist
that they saw a real live sea serpent.
but the hard-hearted and skeptical pub
lie is not going to be convinced until
somebody has a rendezvous with that
reptile and takes a kodak along