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The Washington times., 1905-12-11
B. & o. PLANS 100000
SUSQUEHANNA BRIDGE

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 9.-The Balti-
more and Ohio railroad has decided 10
build new and heavier doubIe-track
steel bridge across the Susquehanna
river. just above Havre de Grace. to
replace the bridge that has been in
use since the Philadelphia line was con-
structed. Estimates place the cost of
the new bridge at 100000
The work Will be done piecemeal Next
year the two northern spans OF the
bridge, each 200 feet long viii be re-
placed at a cost of 900, 900. The rest
Of the work will follow right along, sec
tion after section. The old bridge.
which is ninety feet above the water,
is too light for heavy modern IocOmo-
tiVes and trains
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GEN. AND MRS. GRANT
GUESTS OF ELKINS
Will Be Entertained at Dinner Party This Evening After
Which They Expect to Depart From
Washington.

Senator and Mrs. Elkins will be hosts
at a dinner party tonight given in COM
pliment TO Gen. and Mrs. Frederick
Dent Grant. the guests of Major and
Mrs. Burr. at Washington Barracks.
The General and Mr.. Grant who ex-
pect to leave here at midnight tonight.
have been the recipients Of much at
tention during their short visit here.
Major and Burr entertained for them
Saturday night Mrs. Converse had
them at luncheon yesterday. after which
at n tea, with Mrs. Burr as hostess. and
again at dinner, when Mrs. Bates enter
tined Cor them
Assisting Mrs. Burr at her tea yester-
John A Cranston and Mss Marion
Oliver.
Mrs. Converse entertained at her
luncheon yesterday. to meet General and
Mrs Grant. Mrs Richardson Clover,
Major and Mrs. Burr. Captain Winslow,
Commander Boutakon OF the Russian
embassy, and Miss Converse
Mrs. l.. X. Beatty, wife OF DR.. Beatty
go East Capitol street, VIII be at home
today and Wednesday and the follow
ing Mondays and Wednesday of each
week during the winter
General and Mrs. Draper and their
daughter. Miss Margaret Draper ar
rived in Washington yesterday at their
Is street house one door removed from
that Of Vice President and Mrs Fair
banks. Their coming is the sign always
for some exceedingly elegant entertain
ments for which the General and Mrs
Draper made themselves famous during
his service as ambassador 10 Rome. as
well as In their own cuntry.
Mrs. Charles William Powers. of Park
road, Mt Pleasant, after spending six
weeks in Maryland and West Virginia,
has returned home.
A bridge tournament in aid Of the dog
shelter will take place this evening at
1861 street. Tickets can be obtained
and tables reserved through Mrs A D
Addison. 200S O street. or Mrs. Wallace
Neff 1881 Is street Rear Admiral Ne
Gowan will be in charge of the game
which viii begin at s clock.
The sale and luncheon OF the Gentle
woman's League which opened last
Tuesday at S4 Seventeenth street. will
continue through the present week
While the sale has been successful
there still are OF hand many useful and
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Recent Declarations.

The Democrats in their national con-
vention OF 1894 declssred:
Individual equa tity Of opportunity
and free competition are essential to A
healthy growth and permanent comnsp-
Cial prosperity and any trust, combina-
ton, or monopoly tending 10 destroy
these by controlling production restrict
ing competition. O. nXing prices and
wages should be pre- hibiteG and punished
by law We eSpecia Iy denOunce rebates
and determinations by transportation
companies as the n Ost potent agency in
promoting and sire ngthening these Un-
lawful conSpiracies against trade.
We demand an enlargement Of the
IGwers OF the Inters tate Commerce Com
mission. To the end that the travelling
IubliC and shippers or this country may
have prompt and adequate relief from
the abuses 20 whsch they are sub
JecJed in the matter OF transp pOrIaIiOn.
We demand "A Su1ct enforcement Of
existing civil and criminal statutes
against all such trusts. combinations
and mOnOpOlies. and We demand the
enactment of such further legislation
as may be necessary 20 effectually sup
press them.
The Populists in their platform Of
1904 said:
ITO prevent unjust Determinations
and monopoly the Government should
own and control the railroads. and
those public utilities. which in their
nature are mOnOpOlles-
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c. B." and His Cabinet.

Americans, who have seen the
Democratic party survive the defeat
of Horace Greeley and the Republi-
can party emerge triumphant as the
savior of sound money" on a plat
form in favor of "bimetallism" will
find a particular interest in the course
Of present political events in Lon
don. The great structure of admin
istratiye construction known as the
Conservative party has toppled over.
uncovering in the operation Il pla-
ueau OF many small, lightly joined,
minor structures. And out of this
survey Of general weakness and big
ness overthrown, the government
emerges in form so promising that
the rise of the Liberals to meet their
opportunities bears strong resemb-
lance, indeed. to the rehabilitation
of the Donkey in the four years that
followed 1872, and the numbering for
ward of the Elephant in the four
months which preceded the first
election of Mckinley.
The new ministry is strong
stronger as a whole than the cabinet
it supplants, and stronger in the
promise of practical results than any
ministry. Of all the talents which
Lord Rosebery could have formed.
1t will need to be strong. For Mr.
Balfour, though tactician and not
a general, is fine obstructionist, and
has already displayed more force in
order TO embarrass Sir Henry Camp
-Bannerman as the new premier
than ever he displayed IS head OF the
conservative government bequeathed
10 him by his uncle. Tie man, who,
month after month, asked his right
hand to believe that he stood for
time-proyen free trade and his left
TO act on the theory that he and
Mr. Chamberlain were brother pro-
tectionists, has needed only day
to move decisively against the new
cabinet He has undertaken TO
gather about him all the opponents
of home rule by declaration against
it, at once making harmony difficult
for his opponents and emphasizing
the one issue they do not desire TO
discuss.
In this light "C.-B. s" discretion
and wisdom in choosing Mr.. Asquith,
Sir Edward Grey, and Mr.. Haldane
10 important offices is plain. All
three have declared that home rule
must be kept in the background and
their presence in the ministry is re-
assurance 10 all the fair minded The:
no such policy is TO be pressed for
ward tomorrow, and that the thor
oughgoing Gladstonian policy is not
10 be pressed forward at all.
Many Englishmen expect that Sir
Henry Campbell Bannerman will not
last long as premier. Riches, physi- !
cal weakness. and personal Incidence
do not, in their judgment, presage any
marked success for his efforts u hold
together the several corps of his
army But they forget. perhaps, that |
Sir Henry is Scotch as well Amerf- |
cans do not forget that, and noting
names like Asquith. Grey. Haldane.
Morley, and Bryce in the announce /
ment, and dwelling for a moment on I
the insight that led to the prefer /
ment Of John Burns, they hope for
better things. both for "C.-B." and
the new cabinet.
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ornamental articles Of ueedIework suit
able for Christmas gifts. and "A renewal
Of the stock OF homemade preserves.
pickles and 1ellies, for which the society
has become famous.
Mrs. r. r. Hoes, president. and her
associates OF the league, all prominent
in social life. have made themselves
responsible for the wares offered in this
departm ent, which. although one of the
most deserving Of character Is conduct
ed on strict business principles. Any
housekecper purchasing supplies through
the league ard finding them not a.
represented can return tie goods i'm
mediately and the cost viii lac refunded
The luncheon IS served daily from u
to p. m.
The Washington Colony OF the Ma
uonal Society OF New England Women
viii hold its annual celebration Of
Forefathers Day AT the residence OF
Mrs. Q. T. SmallwoOd- 21O7 s street, FRI
Day December =. dt O'Clock Literary
program at o'clock.
A great-grandchild Of old Commodore
Vanderbilt was christened Yesterday.
The infant son Of MIR. and Mrs. G. Nor
gan Brown was invested with the name
OF George. n 81 East F'ifty-fourth street
New York. the home Of the parents
Mrs. Brown. like her sister. Mrs.
Joseph r Aymar. is a daughter of Mrs.
n
bilt. and daughter of the old commodore.
Miss May Parker. of Kensington. Nd.
is visiting friends for week at Indian
Head.
The Originals were beautifully enter
tanned last evening by Mr. and Mrs.
sydney c. Kaufman, at the BraddOCk
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. Newmyer, Mrs. a. Sigmund. Mrs.
G. Ottenheimer. Of Philadelphia; Mr..
and Mrs L. Newmyer. Mr. and Mrs.
d l.. Engel j. Calm, and y. Sigmund.
Mrs. Gertie Ottenheimer, formerly of
Baltimore. but now Of Philadelphia, is
the guest OF Mrs. a Sigmund of York
street.
Miss Carrie Baer.- of NJ street. is in
Baltimore. the guest for a few days OF
Miss Flora Rosenbaum. of CaliOw ave-
nue..
Miss Lillian Selligman. of Baltimore.
is the guest for a couple of days of
Miss SaVina Goldsmith. OF r street
Mrs Myer NordIinger. of 3I40 - street.
viii be at home on Thursdays during the
winter.
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Japan'S Yellow Peril.

Japan S 1ell0W PeTll.
With all the art feeling among her
masses, Japan is not altogether a
land of aesthetic rhapsodies Com
mercialism now sounds her bronze
gongs as loudly as in America it
blows our screeching whistles. Nor
is this all A spirit, uglier than COM
mercialism-a spirit not greedy
alone, but worse-has arisen to war
openly on the islands culture. 1t is
yellow press.
How far Japan has fallen will be
clear to American readers if they
consider for a moment what a yell
low press really is. 1t is not a mat
ter of large type and freak make
up. The New York World uses both,
and il is now one OF the least yellow
papers in the metropolis; while one
OF its contemporaries, which main
tains more even columns, is, in the
newspaper judgment, the "yellowest
rag" that's printed
Being yellow is breaking faith;
finding a fake" human interest in
things; manufacturing intimate ac-
counts of those in the public eye;
selling the confidence of your read
ers; misrepresenting both the men
courteous enough to grant your re-
porters interviews and those who for
reasons of their own refuse to grant
them; ''presuming" news from the
surface of events; belittling a whole
( force of dependents-editors, copy
readers, reporters. messengers, type
settlers, stereotypers, pressmen. and
clerks-to create a sensation. 1t may
be any of these things. but usually it
is all Of them together. Sometimes
1t is clothed like Mr.. Pecksniff and
dignified like Mr.. Dombey.
This is one Of the agencies the
mucilaged little Jap has acquired
from our civilization. At any rate
a native, who, according TO the Re
view of Reviews, has contributed "a
very strong article" to the Tokyo
Monthly Koye-"bewails the fact
that not only are the readers Of these
yellow journals increasing, but the
number of the journals themselves
is being constantly augmented"
The key to art is sincerity. All the
definitions of art in the world Cand
there must be a million or more)
agree on that. The japanese have
been an art-loving people. Until to-
day their greatness has depended on
art. But here is an influence which
threatens even them-a germ so in
sidious and so pertinacious that it
finds lodging even among a people
bred on sincerity and ambitious to
serve beauty. Japan-the old Japan
the Japan of Full Yanna and Korin
not even Cherry BIossomed Japan
can afford a yellow press.
What IS to be done? The con-
tributor TO the Koye proposes a cen
sorship. That might avail If armed
with the authority of the Mikado.
The better course Is TO oppose the
spirit that sustains yellow press. I
America IS no nation of art. Her
greatness has not depended on art
But now, after long years of travail,
she is overcoming this same spirit,
and its allies of graft and corruption,
by relying on character. Japan, If
she Is wise, will solve this problem,
and most of the others splashed up
by her plunge into the civilization OF
the new world. with the same means
She can learn much from her neigh
bOrs 20 the East; but she can learn
nothing from them worth even a
little part of that sincerity which
until today has made a ministration
Of beauty out Of the very common
places Of her life
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THEY SAY THINGS

And whea the losing horse comes in.
Behind from the beginning.
9Iore siuned against than SHINING.
-DAllaS News
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what a strange people We are. when
the exercise OF the Presidential prerOga-
tivcs. set forth by the Constitution.
gives rise TO a lot OF wild talk about the
'.centralization" Of our Government
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Boston has been bitten BY another
social lion. This one called himself
Lord Ashburton." and got away with
the goods
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From the terms proposed by that Cam
Ton committee on the boycott. the
heathen Chinee continues 10 possess the
smile that is childlike and bland.
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Russla's hour OF peril seems to be
lengthening out into polar day.
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John Sharp Williams Is now moraliz-
ing 10 himself. probably. about the ser
Dents tooth.
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Mrs. John Hay. accompanied by her
daughter. Mrs. James W Wadsworth
j.. returned 10 her Washington resi-
dence Saturday
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Mrs Reyburn will give a musicale De-
cember "a to her guest Mrs Sontag
who has q most delightful voice.
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Would Own Utilities.

The Social Dernoc satic party OF Amer
lea in its platform OF 1890 declared
AS steps taken IN the right direc-
ton. We demand Ule following: 60 The
public ownership { ali railroads. tele-
graphs and teIeph oneS; all means OF
transportation ana communication; al
water works. gas and electric plants,
and other public III Utilities"
In 1894 the RepU blican national plat
form said
Laws enacted by the Republican
party which the De GnOcratic party failed
10 enforce and whi ch were intended for
the protection OF tiIe public against the
unjust, discriminate ms or the illegal en-
cTOachfnent of vast aggregatiOnS Of
capital. have been 1earleSSly enforced by
Republican President, and new laws
lnSurIng reasonable publicity as 10 The
operations Of gresst corporations, az&
providing additional IL remedies for lk8
prevention OF diScI animation IN freigSt
rates, have been pa ssed by a Republican
Congress. In this rscOrd of achievement
during the past e lght years may be
read The pledges " hicn the Republican
party has fulnlled- We promise 70 con-
1Inl.es these r1OliciaS
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The Democratic Rational platform OF
1850 said:
we favor such enlargement OF ths
scope OF the Inters tate commerce law
as viii enable the commission to pro-
tect individuals ana communities from
determinations and the public from un-
just and unfair ira Importation rates
The Populists in 1850 repeated yerba-
tim their declaration of 1886.
The MiddIe-of-ths s-RCad Populists in
1900 said:
We demand the public ownership OF
those means of &C anmunication. trans
portation and prodI bctiOn which the peO-
pie may elect. sue b a. railroads. tele-
graphs and Velephc ne lines. coal mines,
etc
The National Sil yer Republican con-
ventiOn Of 1900 dec Eared.
Transportation is a public necessity
ana the means an q methods OF Il are
matters OF publiCi concern Railway
cCmpa nies exercise a power over indus
tries. business a ad commerce. which
they ought not to. do. and should be
made 10 serve the public interests with
out making unresst ana bse charges or uIl-
Just discrimination. We observe with
satisfaction the growing sentiment
among the people favor of the public
ownership and ope catioss OF public utill-
tics
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railroads in the interest Of the people
ana on a ncn-partisa D basis 10 the end
Ihat all may be accorded the same treat
ment in tr2nspo portatlOn and that the
tyranny and political power now exer-
clsed by the great Ta 1road corpora tons
" men result in the impairment. II not
the destruction, Of the political rights
and personal liberties OF the citizen
may be destroyed. Such ownership j.
20 De accomplished gsadually and in a
manner consistent With sound public
policy"
Other Parties.
The National party platform of 1895
said:
Railroads. telegraIhs. and other nat
ural monopolies should be owned and
operated BY the Government. giving 10
the people the beneh1 OF service at ao-
tual cost"
The Socialist Labor national platform
OF 1886 said:
The United States shall obtain pos
session OF the railroads, canals, tele-
graphs, telephones. AID all other means
or public sportation and communi-
cation, the employees to operate the
same comparatively under the control
or the Federal Cover ument and TO elect
their own superior officers, but no en-
plo:e shall be discl Iarged for political
reasons"
The Republican n.Etional platform OF
1900 declared.
We condemn all conspIracies and
combinations intend 81 to restrict bust
ness. TO create nonopolIes. to limit pro-
duction, or TO control prices, and favor
such legislation viii effectively re-
strain and prevent al such abuses, pre-
tect and promote cDmpeution, and Sc
cure the rights OF producers, laborers,
and all who are engaged in industry
and commerce
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Mrs. Converse entertained at her
luncheon yesterday. to meet General and
Mrs Grant. Mrs Richardson Clover
Major and Mrs. Burr Captain WinslOw
Commander Boutakoff OF the Russian
and Miss Converse
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Miss Adelaide Heald left Wednesday
for Chicago. where she viii be the guest
OF her aunt. Mrs. Capt. Hayden and her
grandmother. Mrs. Samuel c. Heald
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Populists Heard From.

The Populists platform of 1882 de-
clared:
Transportation being a means of ex-
change and public necessity. the Gov
ernment should own and operate the
railroads in the interest of the paonIe y
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-05
Social 0na Personal
aiRs. EAGER AT FIRsT

BAs'TIsT CHURCH.
 A representative and interested audi ence of ladies assembled at the First Raptist Church yesterday afternoon to hear Mrs. George B. Eager Of Louis
 The devotional exercises were con- ducted by Mrs. T. W. Hannon.
 Mrs. c. A. Stakely. in happy, fitting words. introduced Mrs. Eager. Home for Women of the Missionary Training School" Mrs. Eager presented the urgent need of comfortable. Christian home, of the young women from ali parts of the south who come to Louisville to enjoy the training af- forded through the lectures at the Theological Seminary, which fit them for missionary service.
 The Baptist women of Louisvllle ana of Kentucky, planned and equipped she home, and have recently been aided in it's maintenance by those or Aia-
 Mrs. Eager tenderly spoke of the twenfv-fiye consecrated young women who resided in the Home, durlng is tnis year, one of them being Miss Cynthia Miller who received instruction In trained nursing at the Montgomery Infirmary and Is now medical ms sionary at Laichow Flu, China; one ot the most prominent and gifted or Eouthern Baptist women. Mrs Ea- ger in her forcefull eharaotG9- saH s15 = tieipations of her attentive. sympaa . tbefIc audience. generous and respon- . sive to their beloved co-worker Tor ivht years in her great work.
 Mrs 4. r. Dix closed the sefVlet U n prayer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-05
Cbe Cbeatres
Mr. nfor,non,s sFaums,' ,''

Lawisl Morrison Is now going on his second decade of Faust" and he still has the same Satanic accomplishments
 The audience last night at the Mont. gomery Theatre was not large, but Tn the spontaneous applause for this dean of Mephisto there were marks or gen uine homage paid to the actor and his creditable company.
 of the devil as the years roll Dy lt ls hard to discern 1t. His work this year was characterized by the same ardor. the same love of the part-if we may not trespass on. his integrity-that
 The standard of Mir. Morrison's sup- port, too, is more than sustained all- other year The name of Franklin atre- goers, yet his efforts In the very busy role of Faust last night were crowned with success Ills intefpre- tation of this important character m the classic drama was of the profound order and it is but just to say he ln- ing type of actor. He carried the gentler motions of the part with de- gree of cleverness that marks him TOT better things we believe. than the
 Marguerite was fairly well taken care of by Mss Fortnan, who seemed, how ever, Co strain after effect, NcYerthe- less. sine did neritorious work n the heavier end of her tragic part and won more than mjte of applause
 Tho scenic aco6ssorics were the same brilliant properties fha1 Mir Morrison Is ,-tt known fcr .f-@ i8ut-stic Bres In ,ia u-.isaur4 r.ras iu oar icuiar wcrs ...c5- irsa rir The aut.rtatlInle nc ts
 Sasar. s4ast. u Sewing thr Wind .Y4 inead. mat aec ara n'G1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-05
ADVICE or CROMWELL.
New President of the Mutual Sends
 Ont Circular Letter.

New President of the Mutual Sends
 Out Circular Letter.
 New York, Dec. 4.---Frederick Crom- well who last week was chosen tenn" porary President of the Mutual Life insurance Company as the successor or Rjchard A. McCurdy has sent circu- lar letter to all the companys general agents in which he says:
 'The assets of the Mutual Life ln- surance Company are intact and l wlsh to impress upon every policyholder that the financial situation of the com nany is such that Its ability to meet all of its obligations is largely apoVe irs liabilities
 The letter urges the agents 10 re- new their efforts to preserve the conh- 5encs Of the po1icyholders Tn the com n5uv and assures them that everything possible is heinz done to reform ah2ses sauce expensef and inasnr"te eeo"'- .!es.
 u directs tte l0cafs go pFa-f' ri rrat rras w4 n-& a. '7t.iah7
 --.v.st fs.te*ns fg'f2
 .,- .tFs~ pa'ic.ss OF i.'ulf "t3
 r.. 4uc ssf5 tgs strongly H.7''a- {. iG - -ae ea-F-n4e. @aelF }i 't-
 .- uudel IAet p0telta fo ."Vs7 Nnt f,r tI.eir own purpose seeA 10 oD'~'" hem."J
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-05
THEE FIGHT FOR THE OPEN SHOP
A Reaume of the Results of the Work
 Tlwramr Ahe Passing Year.


 Tn the Worlds Work for December Isaac F Marcosson describes the bat lie for the open shop, and thus sums gp the results of the years Work or the lamentations of employers:
 The end of the year finds a bristlins hattie line between employer and em- pIoye extending to nearly every State The large results of the fight for the open shop are these: .ho
 First-.rhe employer has learned the value of organized opposition to excess sive union demands and is securing control of his shop or business.
 second--The power of the walking delegate as a disturber of peace ana industry Is passing. .,-. .,,,
 Third-The non -union worker now knows that he can be protected m ms constitutional right to work where nc Fsurth-organized labor is on the defensive instead of the offense.
 pifth--The labor agitator has heen taught to respect the law.
 ,rbe employers do not maintain nor xv,sh that labor unions should be de- stroyed; nor do they question the rirht of temperate and constructive fnnt destructive) organization: They have proved, too, that the union ana inc non-union man can work Tn peace side by side under free and fair con ditions. This is industrial democracy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-05
POPPED nILLs oN sUNDAr.
Negro Gave Satisfactory Excuse to the
 TRer0rder.

Ed Foster. the negro arrested by Police onicer Toe Sunday morning, charged with violating the Sunday laws of the city by posting bills In front of the Buou Theatre. was discharged hy Recorder Haber yesterday afternoon.
 Foster Is employed at the Bilou The- atre. and at the trial he admitted that he posted the bills on Sunday, but he said that he intended to do the post ing saturday night and the heavy rain prevented. He wAs therefore c0iupeil~ rd to leave the job over until sunday.
 On promise not to violate the Sune day laws again, the negro was allowed to go.