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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
NO MORE SPRING ELECTIONS.

When the Meeker anti-spring cleo
ton bill was first introduced and, in
deed, for some time after it had be-
come a law, the State press was filed
with bowls of protest. 1t was mea-
sure designed entirely in the interests
of the party bosses, the indignant edi-
tors cried, and would surely rob the
dear, apathetic and unwatchful peo-
pie Of their rights at the polls.%
But the law has been giyena chance
inthe larger municipalities of the State
and has operated successfully to all
concerned. 1t is a logical outcome of
this fact, therefore, that bill should
now be brought forward in the Legis-
lature, as it has been by Assembly
man DeCou, abolishing spring cleo
tions generally. But what a different
reception it has received from that
given its parent, the Meeker bill.
Scarcely paper in the State has tax
en- the trouble to notice it, much less
to protest against it.
The moral of this is that all agree
that spring elections are unnecessary
and that the DeCou bill should be
passed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
THE TROLLEY QUESTION.

Is the Summit Common Council try
ing to dodge the trolley issue ?
The question was to come up at the
regular meeting Tuesday, evening
last, but onlytwo councilmens appear
ed, no quorum resulting.
There is much opposition to the troll
ley in Summit, largely from the commu-
ter element, which carried the last city
election. On the other hand, most OF
the business men and large number
of commuters are in fayorofit.
Much of the same condition exists
in MorristOwn, but, nothing will be
gained in either place by lodging Of
delay, FOR the coming Of The trolley tc
both is inevitable. In no subur,
ban town of the State was stronger
opposition to the building of a trolley
road made than in Montclair, and yet
the very men who made the loudest
protests are now obiecting because the
present service on the trolley line is
inadequate to the demands.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

Pitt Parker, Crayon Talker, will
give humorous lecture in Associa-
tion Hall under auspices Of Boys
department. tomorrow evening. On
Sunday afternoon he win give an illus
trated talk to men. His subject win
be The New Man. Rev. +. Ian
den Humphreys and his children will
render instrumental music. Frank
Eaton win sing. ~ y.
The second annual contest Of the
Red and Blue will take place Tuesday
night. The captains are William
Halliday and Arthur Smith.
The basketball team win 60 TO Mil
burn tomorrow.
The winners in the Switchboard
tournment were treated TO dinner
at Days On Monday.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
CANAL ABANDoSMENT

Morris county, with thirty-three
miles of the Morris Canal within its
limits is naturally much interested in
the report on canal Abandonment
made to the Governor this week by
the commission appointed last year
to investigate the subject.
A careful reading of the report will
convince the fair-minded that the
Commissions plan for the abandon
ment of the canal is a reasonable one.
1t is made perfectly clear that the
canal has outlived its usefulness and
is of no value as waterway either to
it's present owners or to the State,
should the latter acquire it. If the
Commissions bill become law it will
in all likelihood operate to the protec-
of all the interests concerned.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

The resolutions adopted by the
Hearst club formed in Morristown
Wednesday evening, which were prob
ably written by one of Mr.. Hearst's
editor-campaign managers, declare
that encroachment Of predatory
wealth has become a serious menace
to those principles +" (those of Jeffer-
son and Jackson) and that the man to
down plutocracy is William Randolph
Hearst "who possesses the combined
qualities of a great commoner and an
ideal candidate" We have harbored
a suspicion lately that predatory
wealth" was engaged in buying up
delegates for Hearst throughout the
country, but this evidently shows us
to be mistaken. s.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
A KILLING BLOW.

In the general satisfaction express
ed over the decision of the United
States Supreme Court in the North
ern Securities Case, an account of
which will be found in another, col
umn, there are two distinct
walls of disappointment. One
comes from the trust-owned New
York Sun and the other from the
Hearstite Bryanite democracy.
The Sun is naturally disappointed
because of the pro-trust warfare it
has been waging for several years
past. 1t also realizes, as do the popu-
listic democrats, that the decision,
coming at this time, gives greater
strength aud popularity to President
Roosevelt. How fondly the Sun
would like to have seen this decision
delayed until after next fall election
goes without saying. 5000 "a
AS for Hearst and Bryan and their
followers, how loudly they will have
to howl now against trusts to over
come this additional prestige of the
President In good truth they have
little left to stand on. The courts
discision was the result of Mr.. RooSe-
yelt's desire to protect the people
from unlawful combinations in re-
straint of trade and a principle has
beenlaid down that will serve in ali
cases similar to that of the Nothern
Securities Company.
Let Hearst now take to the woods
or else advocate free bread, free beer,
nothing to do and high pay for the
peepul." t9s
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
When the war between

p When the war between Russia and
Japan is over, we shall probably hear
much from the big daily newspapers
and news gathering associations about
the splendid news service they main
tanned in the far East. The marvels
of modern war reporting will be des-
canted upon and we shall be informed
how we have been reading news Of bat
ties at our breakfast table the same day
they have been fought. Yet for the
last three or four weeks the newspaper
readers of the country have been treat
ed with columns upon columns and
" scare heads" galore of " uncontirmed
reports" of battles at sea and ashore,
none of which has contained more
than grain or two of truth.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

A story was printing in the daily
papers this week to the effect that
the old Dodd homestead, in Orange,
which is about to be torn down, is the
only original and genuine birthplace
OF applejack. This ought TO stir up a
controversy among the patriotic colin-
ty editors of the State. if anything
would. The very idea OF apple jack
originating in Orange! Why, there
are as many places in the State where
it was discovered as there are WASH
ington's Headquarters. But. who
knows positively that it was indigen-
Gus TO New Jersey? There is classic
scholar in Sussex who says he has dis
covered numerous references to 1t in
the works Of the Greek poets and IL Is
his idea chat it was a god-giyen nectar
that was very popuIaf at olympus.
OF course, this coming from a Sussex
man Is arch-treason, even II IL be true.
for Sussex has long claimed virtues for
her appleiack that no other variety pos
sesses And, surely, It must be very SUI
perior stun, for d0not the children up
theredrink itfrom theirnufsing bottles
and do they not grow up TO be shrewd,
puissant nleu who go abroad through
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

New blood needed . was the os-
tensible plea Of the opponents of the
old school trustees, at Tuesdays cleo
'tion, but it is well understood that
the janitorship was the real issue.
Hence, those who thus attempted to
sit in Judgment of a man in advance
OF the law, got no more than was COM
ing to them. If the law, following its
due process, finds Janitor Surroundings
unfit to hold his place, it will be easy
to get rid of him. Until it declares
itself, however, one way or the other,
the Janitor, on general principles and
possibly for particular reasons deserves
the benefit of the doubt.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
NO MORE MERGERS In
RESTRAINT OF TRADE,

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Su-
preme Court Monday, by a bench di-
vided 5 to 4, affirmed the Judgment of
the Circuit Court declaring the North
ern Securities Company combina-
ton in restraint of Interstate COM
merce within the prohibition of the
Anti Trust act of July 2, 1902. The
majority of the court was composed
of Justices Harlan, Brown, McKenna
and Day, together with Justice Brew
er, who concurred in the result, but
not all the reasoning of the opinion.
The minority consisted of Chief JUS
tice Fuller and Justices Peckham.
White and Holmes.
The majority opinion was delivered
by Justice Harlan, and Justice Brewer
stated the points upon which he dis
agreed Herewith. Justice White for
himself and Chief Justice Fuller and
Justice Peckham, delivered a vigor-
Gus dissent, in which he differed at al
most every point with the conclusions
reached by the majority, and Justice
Holmes expressed his individual dis
sent somewhat at variance with the
others.
Nearly three hours were consumed
in reading the four opinions, and the
distinguished audience present listen
cd with intense interest to their de-
livery. Attorney General Knox, who
seldom attends the court s session, Oc-
cupied the place reserved for him di-
rectly in front of the bench and fol-
lowed the opinions closely, as did also
Solicitor General Hoyt, Special Attor-
ney-General Day and the other officers
of the Department of Justice present.
When, at the conclusion of the opin-
ions, the court took it's usual thirty
minutes recess, Mr.. Knox was the re-
cipient of warm congratulations from
the members of the bar.
The suit of the United States
against the Northern Securities Com
pany, the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern Railroad Companies, and
j. Pierpont Morgan, J. J. Hill and
others, was instituted by the Attor-
ney-G General and was tried before a
special Circuit Court composed Of four
Judges Of the Eighth Federal Circuit.
This special court tried the first case
under the so-called expedition of
cases section of the Antitrust legis-
lation enacted last winter, which pro-
vided, in addition to speedy hearing
for the case, that it might be appeal
ed directly to the Supreme Court Of
the United States without, as in ordin-
airy cases, going first to the Circuit
Court of Appeals.
The finding OF the special court was
unanimously in favor of the Govern
ment's contentious, and the Securities
Company Immediately brought the
case to the Supreme Court. 1t was
advanced and heard on Nov. IA and Is,
John G. johnson, Of Philadelphia,
making the argument for theappel-
lants, G. w. Bum Of st. Paul appear
ing for the Northern Pacific Company,
and George B. Young of St. Paul for
the Great Northern. The case 'forthe
Government was argued by Attorney
General Knox. k0g lln
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

just previous to the balloting AT
the school election on Tuesday,
several attempts were made at the
art of electioneering. There we're nc
election policemen visible and adj
vantage was taken Of this and button
holing done was within hundred feet
Of the polls. One very zealons partisan
who held In his hand several "op-
position" tickets, approached yoteI
and timidly asked him TO vote ''his
ticket This IS the conversation
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
FROM THE STATE PRESS.

Only small per centage of the men
and women in any city are thrifty and
saving enough to have savings bank
account, and many of those who have
none never give the subject a thought,
Trust companies and savings banks
that advertise induce great many OF
those who have no accounts to secure
passbooks NV NJ 1a4F
There is nothing like little nest
egg in a savings account to induce
men and women to save their money.
Jersey City Journal. n#
----~-------irt tE'M SIS
The bin now pending before the
legislature making tia penal offense
togo fishing on Sunday is not likely to
have many bites Some Of the legisla-
tors themselves, it is stated, have en-.
joyed this innocent pastime on the
Sabbath. Atall events the proposition
is deserving Of the defeat 1t Is destined
10 encounter Paterson Call
1t Is probably safe to say that nine
persons out OF ten desire the passage
Of a law that shall prevent the slaugh-
ter Of thousands Of pigeons annually
for mere brutal sport, and with such
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

The iconoclast is again at work.
Not content with proving that Ethan
Allen never carried a Bible, but
couldn't even read, and that George
Washington drank schnapps and played
pinochle with the Hessians between
the lines, he now sets up claim that
Noah Raby was comparative youth
when he died, How can a nation ac-
quire literature under such condi-
lions?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
WORKS COUNTY ct1RoMdE FRIDAY, MARCH Is, 1904
Board Of Education is behind the

Board of Education is behind the
times?"
"How SO ?" asked the voter.
why they're simply not up-to-
date. Think Of it, Ponder for one
moment They have not even stove
with thermometer attachments, to
cook with. What will be the effect
OF such neglect of education upon
our young girls when they grow up /?
They won't know how to cook pro-
perly and will burn everything up"
We'll" said the voter, my smpa-
thies are always for the girls, but 1
believe if they get the proper mix
ture OF the three RS they can learn
the rest in most practical manner
from mother. Guess I'll vote for
the old-school fellows.''
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

A significant feature of the town
ship elections last week is found in
the fact that all the Republican free
holders who stood for reelection were
returned with increased majorities.
This does not look as if the actions OF
the last board had met with the dis
favor of the voters. In fact, it may
reasonably be taken to mean that the
county is in favor of good roads, even
at the cost of slightly increased tax
rate.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

1t will be fortunate for the Repub-
lican party Of the State if Frank o.
Briggs be made chairman Of the State
Committee. Mr.. Briggs is man OF
tried ability as an organizer. His
record is clean and he has an excep-
tionally strong faculty for making
and retaining friends. Morris County
Republicans will welcome his aces
sion to the place, as they will the
nomination of Mr.. Stokes for Cover.
nor which now seems to be conceded.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

We hope, for the sake Of the press,
that there is no sinister significance in
the simultaneous arrival of the Hearst
boom at the State Capital and the
use of red ink by the Trenton Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

For Republican leader of the House
in 1905 the member from Morris,
Thomas j. Hillery, has a preferred and
undisputed claim. He has been tried
and found to possess all the essential
qualifications of leader. New York
Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
ANpREW.

Mrs. Emma LOUISA, wife Of DR.. H.
B. Andrew, died at her residence on
Speedwell avenue last Sunday morn
ing. Mrs. Andrew had been i'll for
some time and her death was not I'M
expected, although sudden, A hus.
band, two daughters and SON Miss
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
lowing it with bestial excess

But, to get back to the Irish physi
clans idea of what constitutes al
least one trait of a gentleman, il
cannot be denied that most men %
affairs today, most of the men wh(
are doing real things in the world are
not total-obstainers. Wine is served
at almost all college reunions, pri
vate and public banQuets, dinners O.
commerce or state, and the men who
turn down their glasses on these oc
casions are extremely few. Thi'
condition Of affairs must be rathel
discouraging to the advocates %
total-abstinance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

Blanche Bates, in the Belasco-L Long
play, The Darling Of the Gods,'' is
having a brilliant season at the Grand
Opera House, Chicago Both play and
star have achieved the artistic and
popular triumph of the year in the
western metropolis, where the press
were unanimous In their praise.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

David Wartield, having closed his
season in 1.-THE Auctioneer,n has been
spending a part of the time recuper-
ating at Lakewood, where he has
begun preparations for his new play.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
HERE AND THERE

saint Patrick was Gentlemen
So begins the old rhyme about the
patron Saint of ireland, whose MEM
DRY is celebrated every seventeenth
of March. Now. as gentlemen in
the Irish sense, the good saint must
have looked with favor upon the
use OF poteen, for do not his most
ardent devotees make whiskey a
feature OF the most solemn of all
ceremonies, the funeral, or, as they
call it, the wake? No good Irishman
who has been gathered to his fathers
is successfully "waked" unless the
bottle OF the jug is freely passed
around among the mOurners. This
being the case, and the wake being in
the nature of a religious ceremonial,
it must be presumed that st. Pat
rick either arranged or approved of
its customary form.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

1t is authoratiyely reported that
negotiations the Public Service Cor
poration has been carrying on the for
purchase Of the Middlesex and Somer-
set Traction Company are complete,
and that the Public Service now is in
control of the system Of street rail-
ways organized and managed ever
since its organization By Gottfried
Kruger Of Newark, Andrew II
Radel Of Bridgeport, Conn, and Ed
ward H, Radel, Of New Brunswick.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

The business done by Mrs. Leslie
Carter has been enormous in this
"closed season." In Buffalo the best
week the Star Theatre has seen this
year is recorded for the greatest OF
American artistes. In Rochester, re-
Gently swept by fire, Mrs. Carriers re-
ception was so great that she finally
had to refuse further curtain calls. So
1T was in Syracuse. In Providence,
where she played "DuBarry'' last week,
Manager Wendelsehaefer would not
take $4,000 for his share of the seven
performances. For her coming week
at the Hollis Street Theatre, Boston,
the advance sale opened Thursday
morning at nine O'Clock and at eight
in the evening the entire floor and
balcony had been sold for the week.
Still there are persons who insist that
this Is a bad season for the drama. 1t
is for bad drama. seg
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18

81. e
To "drink like a gentleman" is a
term thatI is not entirely free from
ambiguity. 1t is said of some men
that they can 'sget drunk like gentle
men, but should gentlemen ever get
drunk Possibly a gentleman should
be SO we'll balanced as to take 1t OF
let it alone" or to "know when he
has had enough" in other words, a
man With entire control over his
appetites. But how many such men
are there who have not, some time OF
other, taken more than enough :
Further, there are men, gentlemen
in every other sense OF the term, who
cannot take one drink without fol-
lowing it with bestial excess.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-18
THE THEATRES

Inc wednesday matineeS at Wall
ack's Theatre, New York, are designed
for the special accommodation of sub
urban patrons who find it inconyen-
lent to patronize the evening perform
ances OF THE County Chairman An
additionally advantageous feature of
these mid-week afternoon represent
atoms OF George AIDES immensely
diverting comedy is the fact that the
prices are very materially reduced
from the schedule in operation at
night. This enables persons living
within striking distance of the city
to visit Wallack's of a Wednesday
afternoon and pay their railway and
street car fares out of about what it
would cost them for theatre tickets
alone upon other occasions an item of
some Importance. 1.-THE County Chair
man" is still far in the lead of all
funny plays of the present metropol-
itan season. 1t has been running
along without the slightest break in
its large prosperity since November,
and it is fact significant of its high
quality as an entertainment that it's
first New York audience was the
smallest in it's entire record at Wall
ack's. On the very second night the
crowd very nearly reached the large
capacity of the theatre, which has
been similarly thronged ever SINCE
'The County Chairman has done.
much to promote good humor along
Broadway during winter when
smiles have been comparatively scarce.
Henrietta Crosman and 'Sweet
Kitty Bellalrsv are now advancing to-
ward their 200th performance at the
Belasco Theatre, New York. They
turned the century mark Saturday,
and as usual the house was crowded to
the doors. While other attractions in
New York are claiming their "hun-
dredth night, 1t should be noted
that they include preliminary out-of-
town engagements, whereas the Belas-
CO ''hundredth" means that Miss Cros-
mans appearances in his delightful
new comedy have reached this high
record in New York City alone. AS
Mr.. Belasco and Maurice COmpbell
have concluded to retain both star
and play in their abode indefinitely
they will doubtless score t h @
record run of the year. The charm
and power of Miss Crosman's art be-
come more evident with each perform
ance. The sparkling wit, the pointed
epigram, the dramatic force of Mi.
Belasco's drama have earned the
unanimous opinion that ''Sweet Kitty
Bellairs" displays perhaps the finest
work of his brilliant and versatile pen.
Pictorially, the Belasco play is an
other example of that exquisite art,
that subtle beauty, that impressive
reality of which he is the acknow-
lodged master. o sa tola Bf
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its customary form.
Among the old school Irishman a
man who did not drink would hardly
have received the appellation of
gentleman. There is physician in
one of the large cities of New Jersey
who is now we'll along in the sixties.
He is an Irishman and was educated
at the Dublin University. Coming to
America after receiving his degree
of M D., he settled down in his pre-.
sent location, and, in few years, had
established large and lucrative
practice A young man, the eldest
of large family of children whose
coming into the world had been
presided over by the physician in
question, formed habit of calling
upon the doctor for years after the
family had moved to a suburban
town. If the doctor had dozen
patients in waiting, he would attend
to all Of them before greeting his
young friend and then he would lead
him through a passageway from his
office to his residence. The resi-
dence end of the passage opened into
the doctors dining room where a
large buffet was the chief article OF
furniture, covered with a glittering
array Of glasses. No matter how
often the young man called, the
doctor Invariably went though this
formula: 3afasa
me boy, do you dhrink ?"
ssOh, yes, now and then, Doe. -
That's right" was the response,
II never knew a gentleman that
didn't s5 e aeii fe ~
And then the doctor would pro-
duce whiskey bottle and siphon of
seltzer from the mysterious lower
regions of the buffet. ~