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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17
SOME CONVERSATION WITH
"J0NESY" IN THE PRESS BOX.
A short Incident From the Daily
Routine in Stand ut Fair
Grounds.

The field was at the post in the siE-fur-
long race at the Fair Grounds and Caller
Jones was standing Upon his chair. field
glasses to his eye. dropping running COM
ments on the events of the day.
II sometimes think" he commenced.
DO you?" asked Pat Fletcher absentiy.
II sometimes think" proceeded Jonsey
with dignity, ignoring the interruption.
that the temperance papers throughout
the country ought to print the result o.
races run at this track
Why so?' asked Patrolman Jeans, who
guards the gate of the press box.
Because Ice Water always made a bet
ter showing here than King Barleycorn,"
responded Jonsey.
You'll be getting off that new and orig
inal remark about Elastic being good In
the stretch next" said Jeans.
This thing of making Jokes on the
horses is sometimes dangerous interpo-
lated Teiegrapher Brown. II wouldn't like
to ask whether The Druggist had any pills
or whether Flying Torpedo was charged
before going into action"
THAT would be a mistake" agreed Nal
Doyle. ut would be nearly as bad as the
case of a purveyor Of information who
drifted out here once and took Bill Mat
thews for a visitor at the track. He asked
Bill what those Eastern guys were bet
ting on"
Was Doctor John Young Brown able
to do anything for the purveyor of infor-
nation later?' queried Jones'.
He wasn't sent to the City Hospital"
said Doyle. they sent him out to the
paddock and the paddock judge called a
Veterinary
THAT was a slight mistake on F~inney's
mart" interposed Jonsey. He heard some
thing said about something getting fired
out of the track. so he told the vet to
bring his firing irons along"
you need TO be diplomatic in making
remarks about a race track" broke in
Tom Masterson. 1T would be a great mis-.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17

then they call him down" responded
Jones.
Race track owners seem 10 he having
a lot of trouble around 'hic1Go,' said
Fletcher. anxious to change III" suhlect.
II wonder if the races w there are rnu
on the level"
Il understand most If the tracks are
laid out on absolutely fiat prarie,' replied
Doctor Hamscher cautiously
Il mean, are the races on the square,
persisted Fletcher.
II guess it depends on how nanv State
Senators are OH the board of -. No. |
won't say it. II YOU be too mean"
ChuCklcd Ionesy.
II wonder II all Jockeys cone from
large families" asked Brown dreamily.
Watching Starter Dade gesticuIatc at the
post. Il WIS down In the betting ring
lust now and fully forty-ive brothJrs ~
one Jockey wanted to borrow my lead
pencil
Who's going TO win this"' asked Char
ley Hnughton. entering the box.
You'll he asking whether that panama
Of jim, Davis's is Genuine or not next
said DovIe with fine sarcasm.
They're OFF" ba wled Jonesy. ''skip the
first three
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17
PLAYERS PROTEST AGAINST
PROPOSED BLACKLIST RULES.

The recommendation made by an al
legged prominent official of the st. Louis
club" that a blacklist be started for such
players as persistently disobey club rules.
does not meet with favor on the part OF
the better class of players. whom such
a rule would not affect in the least.
IT IS not necessary to go 10 such eE-
tremes Wit ball players" said this man.
for the reason that there are not five
men in the profession who would be amen
able TO the extreme penalty. Talk of that
kind tends to give the public the impress
sion that there are a lot of tough indi-
viduGls in basebail who must be dealt
with in an extreme manner in order to
make them behave themselves. Nothing
is farther from the truth.
The fact that one man breaks over'the
traces once in a great while must not
be taken as evidence that there is even
a single individual in baseball who makes
a habit of this sort of thing. There are
hundreds of men in fast company to-day,
of whom the public never hears except for
the good work they do. and who will only
break into print for that. when they are
released. and when they die. Establishing
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17
MUNRO BELIEVES RING REVIVAL, IS DESTINED Ivan NESS HAS DEVELOPER

mistaken for Doctor Parrish's young
trainer. and there is no question that the
mark against him will soon be wiped out.
Several others among the Texas bunch are
under suspicion. but no action has been
taken against any of them as yet.
Ii lie claimed that when they found
horses in their string that could not finish
In the money at the Fair Grounds, they
sent them over to Unicn. They are raced
at Union In the names of some friends. IT
is charged. who ave already been dis
and the earnings divided
The Texas crowd. so called, has been
very successful with these tactics. They
seem to know infsllihly when 10 bet. and
it ia claimed by those in a position to
know that every time word came over
from the Union track 1T was time TO bet.
Il big bunch would be sent across by the
horsemen al the Fair Grounds. as much
as the books NJ Union would handle.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17

]. W. Schorr's Van Ness has turned out
10 be one OF the most useful horses in the
Memphis Brewers barn. He won his tenth
race OF the season at Harlem Thursday
last, being lucky to beat the barrier about
three lengths. and then TO hold on just
iorg enough TO be in front OF the fast
closing Jake by a nose.
Jake will be remembered az the horse
which, after a desperate struggle at Del
mar last year. happened to break out of
the maiden class by beating some very
bad horses.
Van Ness has improved a lot, or else the
general class of horses racing at Chicago
this year is distinctly inferior. Both pos
sibiiities are probably to some extent true,
out whatever he has 70 heat. Van Ness
Gems 10 be doing it very consistently.
The horse came into the Schorr barn
trough Mrs. Schorr. When Schorr was
.acing in the East last year. his horse
Duelist. now racing at the Union track
n the colors of Captain r. L. Rice. beat
van Ness. then owned BY Tommy Griffin.
)uelIst. into be sold for $500. was run up
. 5000 by Griffin.
MIR. Schorr was at home In Memphis. but
hrs. Schorr was in the stand, BY way of
etaliation. she ordered raine Walker
- claim Van Ness. which he did for $l.spl.
The horse was raced here by Schorr early
this spring. but without much success.
a~1 10 r.os aNnD 70 V-,rt, 1.-Two -Tar,
OF horses engaged at the spring meeting
there was very poor, and Van Ness began
to win right away. He has this season won
for his owner a total of $3.50.
GOOD FILLIES HERE.
Apropos of the winning race OF The
Mist at Harlem Thursday. a form chart
remarks. No filly of the West seems to
be her equal" Judging from the class of
the 2-year-olds racing in Chicago by the
showing of those sent here, The Mist
ought to be put on a train headed for st.
Louis.
There are three or four FLIES at the
Fair Grounds. Ike Loretta NJ, Dishabille.
Violin and linda. who might pluck all the
leaves out OF the laurel crown the turf
paper so generously bestows on The Mist.
The best colt that has come here from
Chicago thus far was Kurtzman. who
made the best youngsters in Chicago look
like Cancelled postage stamps.
He started here once and won. but Train |
er Phillips soon made I'D his mind that
the game here was too hard for his .
year-olds and shipped back to Chicago.
Miss Inez won five straight races in Chi
But Dishabille took her in her own
going. the mud. and beat her by about
lengths in the Junior Stakes. The
only reason 1t wasn't fifty lengths was
because Crowhurst, who rode Dishabille, |
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17

is not necessary in baseball. and l for one
should hate to see the National League
cast the stigma upon itself of confessing
that it is necessary 10 establish such an
extreme penalty in order to regulate the
conduct of players who are employed on
the teams"
Asked what a man who is under suspen-
sion should do during the time he is laid
off, this player said: Work. There is
nothing that will make the public forget
a mans mistakes SO quickly as good work
on the field. and by getting into the best
might after he Is reinstated a player can
win over the public quickly and make
them forget his transgressions."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17

be marked by the presence of some of the
greatest lighters the world has ever seen"
Munro departed Friday morning for
milwaukee, with his trainer. Tim McGra;h.
Immediately after his appearance in Mil
waukee he starts for the West to train
for bis battle OF ncxt month.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17
VAN NESS HAS DEVELOPED INTO
USEFUL RACING TOOL FOR SCH0RR

Wins His Tenth Race of the Seas on at Harlem Last Thursday Oh
Winnings for the Year Now Aggregate S4r'lO-Queer start TIN
the Old DAYS. When a Drum Sent the Field Away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16

was when Kentucky was called upon to
preside over such bodies, when she wrote
the bulk Of the platforms adopted, and
presented candidates for the presidency.
But, with the aid of Judge Parker, Dr.
CULVER has snapped the thongs of the pig
mics. and Is on his feet again. The gold
dispatch gives him heart and countenance.
He Is in what may be called the quarter
deck mood: IL clearing ship for action and
planning the battle. The silverites are get
ting some plain talk-the accumulation or
years All are reminded Of their follies and
transgressions and warned to be on good
behavior henceforth. The masters eye takes
In the whole ships crew.
There may be some risk about this. Ken
lucky Is full of silverites. and only last
winter Mr. Bryan. visit to Frankfort,
was accorded a reception as enthusiastic as
any he has ever received anywhere. These
men may resent Mr.. Watterson's tone 1t
may be a little early for it. Judge Parker s
dispatch is only week old, and 1t Is
stronger in New York than elsewhere. Still.
risk or no risk. Mr.. Watterson is getting his
voice back. and sounding the old notes OF
triumph and defiance. The night has been
long. and there is something in the east that
he takes for daylight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16
JERSEY Justice.

New Jersey is to he congratulated upon
the conduct of the case against the three
negro wretches who recently assaulted
white woman in that state. Not only were
the men caught quickly. but they were
defended from an angry mob intent upon
committing a greater crime than that OF
the captured fiends. The courts adjusted
their business to the end of providing
speedy trial for the men. who confessed
their guilt. Yesterday they were taken
before the bar. entered pleas Of guilty, and
In sixteen minutes had been sentenced to
serve forty-nine years EACH the limit of the
law in the cumulative cases charged against
them. They were then taken to prison.
where they have begun their long conf'ne-
ment.
Had the mob mastered the agencies Of
the law at any stage of this procedure
New Jersey would have suffered a severe
shock. 1t is difficult to estimate the harm
done to community by a successful as
sault upon the law and it's orderly pro-
cesses. A spirit of Impotence is born and
quickly develops when once the unorganized
unofficial people take matters into their
own hands. In this case the statutes pre-
scribe only Imprisonment for the crime in
volved. The courts preserved the lives of
the wretches and gave them the full SEN
tence. The mob would have killed them.
That difference between what their fate
was and what 1t would have been If the
mob had controlled stands for one of the
prime causes of the lynching evil.
If public opinion demands the imposition
of the death penalty upon all men who
commit this fiendish crime. in any degree
and regardless OF the results. it should Sc
cure the orderly enactment of statutes to
that effect. The way is open to such
changes. AS long. however. as the law
does not prescribe the death penalty the
unofficial posse that takes life in vengeance
Is helping to weaken the very foundations
of the community. There is the most vital
difference between legislation and mob
violence in the securing of an end.
New Jersey is noted for it's swift justice
1t sets an excellent example in the handling
Of this to all the states and points
the way to one method of lessening If not
curing the ynching evil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16
Mr.. HAYS Decoration.

This announcement appeared in yesterday
afternoons newspapers:
1.-The Secretary of State has received no.
tif,catton from the French embassy that
on the occasion of the French national fes-
tival on the 14th of July the government
of the republic had conferred upon him the
dignity of grand cross of the Legion OF
Honor In recognition of the services rem
dered during the last six years by the
American Department of State toward the
maintenance of the peace OF the world"
Never was decoration more wOrthily
bestowed. The record bears out the French
appraisement of Mr.. Hays efforts and in
fiuences. 1t is interesting to note. too. that
during full half Of the time mentioned Mr..
Hay has sat adviser at the side of
Theodore Roosevelt So We have the some
what startling fact that while the French
government halls the American administra-
ton as an agency helping to preserve the
worlds peace. one reason given by his OPP
ponents at home for the defeat of Theodore
Roosevelt In November is that he is too
belliccse and imperils the peace of this
country! But the French are not playing
politics with the question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16
Nj. Watterson on Deck

The country will rejoice that Mr.. Wat
terson Is in high feather again. He is
writing in his old vein once more He has
taken command. and is giving orders, For
full eight years his lot has been an nm
happy one. His experience has been I'm n
measure like that of DR. Lemuel CULVER
In Lilliput. The little fellows have had
him down. and bound with their thongs
They have been running over him. some
with glee and some most viciously Not a
few were so small that 1t was an hours
travel for them to go from his head to his
heels. They all thought the giant was
down for good.
The Kentucky situation was strikingly
exemplifed at st. Louis. The state was
represented, of course. but only the official
records of the convention disclosed the
fact Not a member of the delcga ton dis
tinguished himself, MIR. Blackburn was
present, but had an inconspicuous commit
tee assignment The chairman of the dele
CATION was a congressman serving his first
term--a district celebrity. Gov. Beckham
served on the platform committee. but
without opening his head. And yet time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16
Mr.. Bryan's Future.

We may easily believe that Mr. Bryan
IL still an annoying proposition In the oeiiio-
cratic household. There are sections OF the
country where he will not fit as stumper
1t is suggested therefore that he conf1ne his
activities to Nebraska. and be supplied by
the democratic national committee with all
the money that. added to his eloquence.
may be necessary to carry the state. Then.
in case of success. let him offer for the
Senate and be granted Il clear field.
There are two reasons why Mr.. Bryan
may be expected to take a very different
view OF this matter. In the first place. MS
party's strong box will be filed in the usual
way. Talk of August Belmont. the Ameri-
can agent OF the Rothschilds. for either
chairman or treasurer of the national COM
mittee means but one thing. and that thing
very plain. 1t means a large campaign
fund secured from sources to which Mr..
Bryan advcrtises unalterable opposition.
He cannot afford to be subsidized with
trust money for purposes designed to bene-
fit him personally. After denouncing Ameri-
can plutocracy. he cannot accept campaign
funds which would suggest union of Euro
pean plutocraCy with the home article. He
must keep himself unspotted from that
world.
In the second place a seat in the Senate
would not help. and 1t might retard. the
purpose that Mr.. Bryan prociaims for the
four years beginning in November. What
ever the result at the polls then. he is to
set about putting the democracy In shape
for 1908. 1t is an enormous job. even for
a man of Mr.. Bryans strength and indus
try. 1t will call for constant travel. for
countless conferences and for a free hand.
Such work could not we'll be directed from
a seat in the Senate. Mr.. Bryan, as a
senator would be occupied with his official
duties. and. besides would become inyolv-
ed in all the factionalism inhering in that
body. He would be tethered. He could go
only so far
II Mr.. Bryan is as dead in earnest about
the future are led to suppose from
his deliverances. and has the faith in it
that he processes. he should steer clear of
all office. lie cannot bring about his mil
lennium with official commission in his
hand. He must remain in a position to
answer. not to district. or to a state.
constituency. but only to himself for the
speeches he makes and the deeds he does.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16
Tokyo Denies

Tokyo now formally denies the persistent
Russian reports of tremendous Japanese
losses at Port Arthur. 1t substantiates it's
denial by the positive assertion that on the
dates mentioned In the rumors there was no
firing before the beeaguered city. And now
ST. Petersburg is wondering what it all
means, where these reports have come
from. whether they may not be part of a
japanese trick to deceive Kuropatkin as to
the real plans of the mikados generals.
whether they are not In fact true and are
being denied for political as well as martial
purposes. In fact. St. Petersburg is guess
ing
1t is significant that in none of the ru-
mors of tremendous losses was there q sim
gle shred of conirmatory suggestion and
only the barest attempt at detail is to be
noted in these dispatches. In even the repe-
titions which were printed for the first
time this morning the only show of in
cidental coloring Of truth was the extremely
questionable assertion that during the
storming of Port Arthur July loon which
date Tokyo says there fighting at
all-the Russians assumed the offensive and
attacked with the bayonet the Japanese re-
firing In the widest disorder.
This effort at circumstance is far-fetched.
Not in a single instance in the war thus
far have the Japanese shown any disposi-
ton toward panic. They have stood to their
guns when overwhelmed by superior num-
bers in advance guard engagements Fur
thermore. this statement that the Russians
attacked the attacking forces conflicts serf-
ously with the theory that the great Japa-
nese losses were occasioned by exploding
mines. Certainly a loss of 10000. or even
approximately that number. could not with
reason be attributed to a bayonet charge.
The probable truth is that there has been
some minor fighting at Port Arthur. not on
the dates named. and that the rumor mon
gers have carried exaggerated reports to
Russian officers. who have sedulously
spread them. with additions. to infuse cour-
age into their often beaten troops. Certain
ly there Is sign of a panic on the Japa-
nese side such loss of 2o,OOo or 3o,OOo
men would In all likelihood cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16
The Districts Stamp Funds.

The spectacle of the Washington police
force being too poor in postage stamps to
be able to send out circulars calling for
the arrest of fugitive law breakers is not
calculated to increase the pride of the aver
age Washingtonian in his municipal admin
istratiOn. Yet such Is the fact as shown
by news article in today's Star. The
Commissioners in distributing their meager
postage funds among the various depart
ments of the District government. have had
TO cut down the police allotment to such a
low point that the fact that four men now
at large are urgently wanted here in WASH
ington has not been widely spread about
Yet this is not the fault of the police or
of the Commissioners. 1t Is the fault of
the erratic decisions of the government de-
partment lawyers who have held that
Washington IL not a part of the federal
system of government and Is therefore not
entitled to the ranking privilege. 1t is next
the fault of Congress is doing out only
5000 for postage during the fiscal year
In view of the intimate relations between
the municipal government and the citizens
this allowance is entirely too small. Ger
tainly the police department should not be
forced to skimp and count its letters when
1t goes after criminal. 1t should be en-
abied to scatter its circulars far and wide
by the thousands IL necessary. 1t is I'M
questionably fact that Frank Funk was
caught in consequence of the libarality with
which the printed descriptions were spread
throughout the country If a two-cent
stamp Is to stand between the community
and the capture of fugitiyes Washington
can hardly be regarded as possessing an
ideal municipal government.
This remarkable situation calls attention
anew to the absurdlty of the ruling that
the District is not entitled to the franking
privilege. When that decision was rem
dered The Star called attention to the fact
that only short time before another Of
hcer of the government had held that the
District was not separate municipality
The law officer who refused the Thanking
privilege to the national capital declared
that Washington was municipality The
Star urged that these two officials get to-
gether and straighten out their tangle
One of two things is certain: the District
should either be formally given the frank
ing privilege by act of Congress or else its
postage stamp fund should be literally in
creased. At the very feast the police de-
partment should be enabled to mail its let
ters of warning whenever a murderer or an
embezZler or other lawbreaker evades Ar
rest here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16
Jefferson's Simplicity.

From the Baltimore American
In all other respects Jefferson. in his
habits and mode of life, was like other
Presidents of the early days. He had
money, and he spent it. and lived as we'll
as other people who were wealthy. 1t
never occurred to him to dictate how the
members of his cabinet should live, or
any other officials, high or low, so that
Jeffersonian simplicity is mere chimera
which time and the democratic imag gina =
ton have crystalized into principle. JEFF
ferson was the President of 1000, 900 or
100000 of people. while the chief magis-
trate today governs about S5,O00,0oO of
people. These people flock by hundreds
Of thousands to the capital to witness an
inauguration, and they expect something
worthy of the country's Importance They
expect on a grand scale precisely such an
inauguration occurred when George
Washington was sworn in
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A Disappointment.

My Uncle Jim, he knows a heap.
He has a brain SO powerful deep
That I'm surprised to see the way
He goes and digs up things to say.
We've been a-waitin'. year by year,
To see him get a title clear
To somethin really worth the while.
Sos we uns all could say, an smile,
That's him
Uncle JIM"
It's mighty tiresome to find out
How many people walk about,
From day to day, an never know
That Uncle Jim is here below.
To have EN-, when you raise your hea'
An proudly tell what he has said.
Look at you in a weary way
An yawn a little bit an say:
Mercy me!
Who's hep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-16
Catch the Miscreant.

The false-alarm ringer Is afield once more.
bent upon Turing the fire engines from their
stations perhaps to see the horses run. per-
haps to enjoy a practical joke. perhaps to
take advantage of the excitement to steal
Whatever the motive IL is highly important
that the miscreant be caught and punished
to the limit of the law. The useless sum-
moning of fire engines Is dangerous Al all
times. but 1t Is doubly SO in midsummer.
when the horses and men are at high ten
sion on account Of the heat and exhaustion