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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17

Gov. Bachelor of New Hampshire
has appointed Thursday. April 70, as a
day to be observed in fasting and pray
er. Years ago the custom was observed
in many of the states. but pretty nearly
all Of them have dropped it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for partly cloudy weather, rain
at night, with fresh north to east
winds. Eastern Florida, partly cloudy
weather, with variable winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17

The Supreme Court of Missouri has
decided that tobacco is q necessary of
life. How could the court decide 9TH
erwise. when in Missouri there are
twelve cuspldors to every petty jury?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17

Those torpedoes that are being used
in the Far East are loaded with gun
cotton. Daniel ]. Sully ought to post
that on his bulletin board.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17

A st. Louis preacher has written a
book in which he thunders against
womens fashions. The bathing
dresses. he saysso are cut too high
while the ball dresses are cut too low
When the aYerases sensational preach
er finds himself at loss for subject
with which to Stir up the animals
he usually attacks the bathing and
ball clothes of the women.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17
United States Senate.

John Burroughs says there is nothing
In the notion that animals and birds
consciously teach their young. Did
Mr.. Burroughs never see an old NAM
ma cat bring a mouse for her kittens
to play with? Did he never notice the
solicitude and enthusiasm OF a hen Civ
ing lessons TO her blddies in scratch
ing?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17

Turkey owes Russia a big war in
demnity. The Gear may now send a
collector to the Sultan with the urgent
message that he needs the money.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17

The ex-Queen Of Hawaii lost her
claim on a tie vote in the Senate. She
viii be heard from at the next session
Of Congress, after the election. and
then che may have better luck.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17

The loss which the Johns Hopkins
Hospital sustained in the Baltimore
fire was SO great that unless philan-
thropists render it assistance it will be
seriously crippled in its free ward work
during the next two years. The hospi-
tai buildings were out of the fire area,
but sixty-eight warehouses owned by
the hospital were burned. The hospi-
tai property destroyed was valued at
$1,300,OO0, and yielded an income Of
100000. 1t will be fully two years, it
is estimated. before the income will be
restored. 1t is expected that the work
Of the free ward and of the medical
school will be greatly cut down until
new buildings are erected and tenants
obtained for them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17

According to the New York World
report, Mr.. John d. Rockefeller, Jr.,
told his Bible class last Sunday:
christianity, as understand the
term, is in getting out of the world all
you can" The statement must have
sounded very bald, considering its
source, even to Mr.. Rockefeller him
self, as after momentary pause he
continued, qualifying, the statement:
"of course / mean getting all the good
you can; acquiring Z kindness and
Christian ways" The. statement, I'M
qualified, doubtless fits the elder
Rockefeller like glove. Last week
he reduced the price of crude pc
troleum five cents a barrel, making a
reduction of ten cents in two weeks.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17

Rev. DR.. Cortland Myers, pastor of
the Brooklyn Baptist Temple, is the
proud possessor of an unwashed hand.
Here is his own story of the reason
why he has tabooed soap: This last
week 1 was in the Presidents private
Office with him and had the honor-the
supreme honor-of shaking his hand.
do not think have washed that hand
with soap since. do not think Will
ever wash the memory off that hand.
1 would like to take that splendid grip
with me out of this world into the next
and have it as a part of my resurrection
life; for the man who has shaken hands
with Theodore Roosevelt has shaken
hands with man. More. he has
shaken hands with a representative
Christian man." DR.. Myers is almost
as proud of the incident as was the
man who shook the hand that shook
the hand of Sullivan.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26
THE time has come when the Re-

THE time has come when the Re-
publicanS of Morristown should use
some good practical business sense in
regard to municipal elections. We
have a normal majority of from sixty
to hundred, yet our local elections
have got to that state when they are
simply a farce. While it is import
ant that the best business element of
the town should be in charge of orr
local affairs, yet if a man is named
who is regarded as an ideal man for
the place, and he happens to have
antagonized some organization, or
voted independently at some former
election he is ruthlessly slaughtered.
The consequence is that many capable
men utterly refuse to accept nomina-
tions, and others that do accept feel
that they have no certainty Of being
supported by their party friends. 1t is
high time to turn over new leaf in
this respect, and either support party
candidates, or join in movement for
a non-partisan government of the
town
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

among the many wise anu notable
utterances of Abraham Lincoln there
is one which has attracted less atten-
ton than by rights it ought to have at
tracted. 1t was delivered on Nov. 10,
1864. just after Lincoln's reelection to
the presidency and in response to
serenade. 1t runs in part as follows:
1t has long been a grave question wheth-
er any government not too strong for the
liberties of its people can be strong enough
to maintain its existence in great emer-
gencies On this point the present rebel
lion brought our republic to a severe test,
and the presidential election occurring in
regular course during the rebellion added
not a little to the strain. - The strife
of the election is but human nature prac-
tically applied to the facts in the case.
What has occurred in this case must ever
occur in similar cases. Human nature
will not change. In any future great ma
tional trial compared with the men OF
this, we shall have as weak and as strong,
as silly and as wise, as bad and as good.
Let us therefore study the incidents in
this as philosophy to learn wisdom from
and none of them as wrongs to be aveng-
ed Now that the election is over,
may not all having common interest re-
unite in a common effort to save our
common country? For my own part, 1
have striven and shall strive to avoid
placing any obstacle in the way. So long
as / have been here have not willingly
planted thorn in any mans bosom.
While i am deeply sensible to the high
compliment of a reelection and duly
grateful, as l trust, to Almighty God for
having directed my countrymen to right
conclusion, as l think. for their own good,
1t adds nothing to my satisfaction that
other he d1Snnnnintpd
panied by the result.
This brief speech was typical of Lin
coin alike in it's strong common sense
and in it's lofty standard of morality,
and the Republican party today is
living organism of good because it has
continued responsive to those thoughts
and purposes of its founders which
We're given their highest expression in
the life of the great martyred presi-
dent. In its essentials human nature
does not change. or at least the change
is very slow. In the successive ma
tional trials, great and small, which
this country has had to face since the
day half century ago when the Re
publican party began its career the
same qualities have inevitably been
iisplayed--the qualities of strength
and weakness, of wisdom and folly.
of evil and good. and in each of these
crises we have done well or i'll about in
proportion as we have shown the quail
tiles which made us do well or i'll in
the others. The problems shift from
generation to generation; but, after all,
in each case the danger is due to
fundamentally the same evil tenden-
cies, and in each case success can come
only by the exercise Of wisdom and
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

courage, energy and high mlndedness.
This is the reason why the history or
the Republican party in the past is not
but is of present Importance to every
man who seeks in practical fashion
actually to apply the principles of civic
righteousness.
1t is of course the merest tr1ism to
say that party is of use only so far
as it serves the nation and that he
serves his party best who serves the
nation best. In 1856 and in 1860 the
party was of use because it stood
against the extension of slavery; in
1864 because it stood against all slav-
cry as well as against the destruction
of this Union; in 1868 because it stood
against those who wished to undo the
results of the war. These are now
dead issues, but we can learn how to
face the live issues of the present by
studying in good faith how men faced
these dead issues of the past. We
must act with wisdom or else our adj
herence to right will be mere sound
and fury without substance, and we
must act high mindedly or else our
wisdom will in the long run prove to
he but folly in the eyes of the just and
the farsighted. Our policy must be
such as will secure material prospect
ty to the nation, for exactly as man
cannot be good citizen unless by his
work he is able to keep himself and
those dependent upon him from want
so nation can count for little until it
has the power which is based on phys
ical well being. Yet it is an evil thing
for the nation, as for the individual, if
material well being is accepted as in
itself all sufficient. Such well being is
worthless save as foundation on
which to build the higher life. 1t is
good thing for the nation, as for the
man, to have the money making ca
pacity. but back of this and above it
must stand those qualities of the intel
lect and of the spirit, of the mind and
of the soul, which in their sum make
up that high and fine type of character
which tells for true greatness. Such
was the character shown in every
phase of the work of Lincoln.
There are few less desirable things
than to advance the history of what
has been well done in the past as an
excuse for failure to do well in the
present and few more desirable than
to study such history with the earnest
desire to profit thereby in order to do
better service in the time that now is.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

IT was said positively at Trenton on
Tuesday, not only by ex-senator
Stokes, but by other Republican lead
ers who were there, that the delega-
tion from New Jersey to the Republic
can National Convention would not be
either instructed or directed to vote
for any candidate for President. This
omission to instruct the delegation to
the national convention will be in ac-
cord with the time honored custom of
the Republican party in New Jersey.
1t was said on the same authority
that, although the delegation to the
Chicago convention would not be in
structed, the administration of Presi-
dent Roosevelt would be unequivocally
Endorsed in the platform which would
be submitted to the State convention.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

THE appropriations by the recent
Legislature include 800, 900 for voting
machines. This amount will purchase
two hundred machines, and it is ex-
pected these will be distributed among
the counties for use in the November
election. The machine in use has Civ
en- satisfaction, but the price is entire
ly too high. For this reason it is pro-
posed to defergetting full equipment
for the State. The commission will
test the merits of other inventions,
and through competition may get a
substantial reduction. In three or four
years it is expected a voting machine
will have been installed in every vot-
ing precinct in the State.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

IN this issue will be found the report
in full of the town treasurer showing
the receipts and disbursements for the
fiscal year ending May /. 1t should
be carefully read by every tax payer as
it shows how the town moneys are
raised and expended, and how close
calculation is required to give to each
department it's proper portion. A We
ny gratifying feature of the report is
the balance shown of 3,973.47 in the
bank with the statemnnt that there
are no outstanding obligations. This
result was arrived at by rigid economy
and is creditable to the town officials.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

WHILE there is more or less talk of
independent voting at Incoming cor
poration election there is no dissatis-
faction expressed with regard to the
Republican nominees. They are very
generally known as active business
men and public spirited citizens who
did not seek nominations but when
elected will render efficient public SER
vice. There are many ways in which
our municipal affairs may be improved
and it will be good thing to infuse
new blood into the town official body
thereby getting new point of view
and new ideas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

The Republicans of MorristoWn pre-
sent ticket for corporation officers
well worthy Of the support Of all
citizens irrespective of party affilia-
tions. The candidates are all we'll
known citizens of the town, identified
with our business and social interests
and in most cases will bring to the
discharge of their duties the enthu-
siasm of young manhood, combined
with professional and business train
ing, and thereby be more inclined to
listen to and act upon suggestions
for the betterment of the town than
men more advanced in years. This is
an age of young men, and other towns
have profited by the introduction OF
young men in municipal affairs and
we may profit by their example.
The personnel of the ticket COM
mends itself. For Mayor, Harrison 2.
Lindabury has been named. He needs
no introduction to the people of Nor
ristown, especially to the younger
generation. He has lived here nearly
all his life, was educated in our public
schools, and under somewhat adverse
circumstances acquired an education,
read law and was admitted to the bar
in February, 1902, and is the Junior
member of the law firm of Vreeland,
King, Wilson and Lindabury. While
quiet and unassuming in manner, Mr..
Lindabury is well informed on current
topics, Industrious and painstaking in
his work, deservedly popular with all
who know him, and will be credit to
the town as its principal officer.
For Chosen Freebooter in the First
Ward to fill the vacanacy occasioned
by the death of Major Dalrymple,
Reuben III. Burchell has been NOM
mated. He has charge of the News
stand at the railroad station, where
his attention to business and court
eous bearing has made him host of
friends. He is a native of Morris
county and has been here ten years,
SO has a knowledge of the condition of
affairs in the county and will bring to
the discharge of his duties as free
holder business training and repu-
tation for strict integrity that will
make him a valued member of the |
Board of Freeholders.
For Aldermen good nominations |
have been made in all the wards. In
the First ward Oliver K. Day has ac-
cepted the nomination. He is one of |
the bright young lawyers of the town,
well known and popular, and thor
Oughly competent to look after all the |
interests of the town. William e. |
Sewage is the candidate in the Second
ward. He has represented a number
of first class insurance companies here
for years, and is known by everybody. |
A keen clear headed business man
with an unusual knowledge of town
values and needs, he will be in posi-
tion to render valuable services to the
town in many directions. Walter T. |
Lewis, well known commuter, is the
candidate in the Third ward, and is a
matured business man who can see
through a business proposition and de-
eide upon it as well as any man in the
town. John ii. Madigan is the NOM
inee for alderman in the Fourth ward
He was in charge of the Western Union
Telegraph Office here for years, and is
too well known to need an introduce
tion to his constituents. His ability
to discharge the duties of his Office is
unquestioned and he should receive
the vote of every Republican
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

AUTOMoBILIsTs will do well to re-
member that it if penal offense to
have any other number on their ma
chimes than the one designating their
license by the State of New Jersey.
When they pass from the State limits
there is nothing to prevent their hav-
ing as many different numbers as they
choose. New Jersey is the only State
having such a law, and the motives
for it's adoption were excellent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26
LETTER TO GEO, F. BAYLEs
MorrIstown. N. j.

Dear Sir: Thomas J. Bannon, drug
gist Westerly. r. /. says
Westerly painters expect a gallon of
paint to cover 10 sets of blinds; De-
voc covers 25; there is no such thing
as rubbing this out.
1.-THE usual reckoning is for a gallon
to cover 16. We suspect the Westerly
people don't wear their paint till it
gets very shabby Devoe & Reynolds
we know why too; it's all paint and
full measure. Yours truly,
q f. w. DEvoE &
G. Il. RAYNoLDs Co.
p. S.-Geo. E.Voorhees and Thatch.
er & Pantaenius sell our paint.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

Some of our Democratic contempt
raries appear to think it fatal to the
Hearst boom that there is no Hearst
sentiment in New York. Perhaps It
is forgotten that the last time Cleve-
land was nominated and elected the
New York delegation was practically
solid against him. New York is con-
siderable factor in the election, but it
has not always had so much to do
with the nomination. = Philadelphia
Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

ALL but one of the equal taxation
commissioners have now resigned and
the remaining one will doubtless soon
follow the example set before him.
The whole question is SO intricate that
it will take months of careful consid-
Grafton to prepare comprehensive
report which the men named could
not give to it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

A VERDICT of considerable import
ance was rendered in the Middlesex
county courts last week which is along
the line of decisions made in other
States. A contracting firm received
a verdict of $500 against the walking
delegate and officers of labor union
for damages resulting from boycott.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

EMPLOYEES of the Governor are far
ing very well in the line Of offices, the
latest to secure berth being William
e. Drake who has just been appointed
State Auditor at a salary of $500.
Mr.. Drake was trnsted official in the
Governors business Office in Newark.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26
Morris County Republican Primaries
for the State and Congress
sional Conventions.
OFFICIAL CALL.

The Republican voters of Morris County
are requested to meet in their several town
ships, borougbs aud wards at the places
and hours hereinafter designated on
FRIDAY, MAY 6. 1904,
at eight o'clock p. m. Except Montville.
Passaic, PeQuannoc and Rockaway town
ships. where the primaries will be held at
O'Clock p M. and Hanover township at 30
p. m } to elect delegates to the State Re
publican Convention to be held at Taylor's
Opera House. Trenton, on May 10. 1904, at
twelve O'Clock, noon, for the purpose of
electing four delegates at large and four al
ternate delegates to the Republican Nation
al Convention; also at the same time and
place to elect delegates to the Compression
al Convention to be held in the City of
Trenton. on May 10, 1904, at 1880 a. M, for
the purpose of electing two delegates and
two alternate delegates to the Republican
National Convention to be held at the City
of Chicago, Illinois, June 81, 1904,
Under this call the delegates to the State
Convention can act as delegates to the Con-
gressional Convention if so elected at the
primaries.
BoOnton Township-Opera House.
Butler Borough-Park Opera House.
Chatham Township-Com Rooms,
Hickory Tree.
Chester Township-Ohester House.
Dover-Moller's Hall.
Florham Park Borough Hall.
Hanover Township hiponong Hall,
Whippany.
jefferson Township oodport Hotel.
Madison Borough-Republican Head
quarters. James building.
Mendham Township-Town Hall.
Montville Township-Orate's Hotel.
Morris Township-Township Hall.
Morristown, LIST Visit Ward Hose
House.
Morristown, End W.-Romine's Carriage
Repository.
Morristown, 3rd W.-Republican Head
quarters.
Morristown, 4th W-Farrelly Building.
Mt Olive Township-R. II. Stevens of
fee.
Mt Arlington Borough Borough Hail.
Netcong Borough-Drake's lumber yard
office.
Passaic -Millington Harrow
Works. Millington.
Pequannoc Township-Mechanic Hall.
Randolph Township-Trieble's Hotel,
Mine Hill.
Rockaway Borough-Stickle's Hail.
Rockaway Township-Meekers Hall,
Succasunna.
Washington Township. w. Welsh's
office.
Wharton Borouch-Town Hall.
The several townships. boroughs and
wards on the basis named in the calls of
the State and Congressional Committees,
are entitled to delegates as follows:
No. of dele No. of dele
Townships. gates for State gates for Con.
Convention. Convention.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

Time table rumors have already
started on the Lackawana. The new
table, it is said, will go into effect on
Sunday, May Sth. Morristown runs
will be shortened considerably if re-
port proves true.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26
ELECTION TUESDAY, MAY 8

Polls Open from 6 a. III. to 7
p. m.
The Polling places for the several
Wards follow =
FIRST WARD.
First District Shupe g. Simmins'
store, opposite D., L. & w. Depot.
Second District-First Ward Hose
House, Morris street.
SECOND WARD.
First District Sire Bros Office,
Speedwell avenue.
Second District Cutters Store,
Sussex avenue.
THIRD WARD.
First District McCollum' Carriage
Room, Bank street.
Second District Holly's Store, Park
Place.
FOURTH WARD.
Wilson's Store Room, Market street.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

By order of the Morris County Republi-
can Committee.
JAMES III. MoGRAw,
Attest: Chairman.
D. R. HUMMER, Secretary.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26
M0rriSDVn Charter Election
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
For Mayor.
HARRISON P. LINDABURY.

For Aldermen.
First Ward OLIVER X. DAY.
Second Ward WILLIAM e. Sell
WAGE.
Third Ward WALTER T. LEWIS.
Fourth Ward JOHN II. MADIGAN.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-26

For Chosen Freeholder-First Ward
REUBEN II. BURCHELL.
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