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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
BAD TREATMENT OF
OUR BLUEJACKETS

should. You will be told that he gets
drunk. becomes abusive and uses coarse
and vulgar language. This Is a most IL
logical reason to say the least There are,
alas, too many people that would have to
be debarred. Consider for moment how
the university students act. They actually
take possession OF a town. They consider
alter. and by their college yelis and cat
calls make 1t impossible for the actors to
continue the performance. Are they re-
fused admittance on that account2 Go into
the smoking car where a crowd of drum
mers are. and on account OF the position
of your seat be obliged TO listen to the vile
stories that pile out of their mouths one
after another. Are they debarred from
first-class accommodations? Not much
K
To return to the university students,
gentlemen told me some time ago that he
was in the lobby of a frst-class hotel just
when they were congregating there after
great foot ball game, and the language that
came from that crowd OF so-called gentle
men was the worst that he had ever
heard in his life from any one. Not only
were they not excluded, but not word was
said to them.
No, that reason of the managers aud
other officials is not logical and 1t Is not
valid. If they started to debar men who
may get drunk or who may use profane
language from the hotels, the theaters and
the steamboat and railroad companies first
class accommodations, they would come
very near the necessity OF shutting Zip
shop.
can only speak for the men of the navy,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10

A WELL known chaplain Of the
"a United States navy has written,
with the consent OF the Navy De-
Il Apartment. the following article
which will be read with interest by
all those who have the welfare OF uhcle
sans bluejackets at heart;
Many instances have come up OF tate thae
s,,ou, that the bluejacket is Disseminated
.s,ainst in this democratic country. FIRST
and even second-c class hotels debar hlrh'
6rst-class theaters refuse him admission
some steamboat and railroad lines. after
contracting 10 give him first-class passage
tell him that he cannot eat with the rest
Of the messengers but must wait until they
have all been served or take his meals IN
some separate and generally anything but
pleasant place.
1 could name many instances OF such
treatment that has been handed out TO the
bluejacket. 1 could give names, dates and
places. That is not necessary for the pres
eut Suffice 1t to say that this state of af-
fairs exists, and all who have knowledge
OF the comings and go!ngs of the enlisted
man know that it exists.
Now why is II that the bluejacket has to
be treated differently from other men?
Why 1t is that he is ostraclZed and dis
eliminated against? Why Is il that he cam
not be treated as any other American eiti-
zen?
II you inquire You will be told by the
managers and other officials that the blue
Jacket does not behave himself as he
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from five to fifteen Of the passengers in
company with them enjoying the relation
OF OF their experiences on the Asiatic sta
ton. They were a fine body of man-o3
WarSmen and pride to the nation
nave seen time and time again hum
dreds OF men ashore in different ports of
the world, and whereas here and there an
individual or few individuals together
were boisterous and disorderly, the vast
majority invariably acted in a perfectly
respectable and orderly manner. AS a
whole they have always behaved as any
other large crowd of men who may be off
for days outing. Certainly no worse
probably very much better. I am convinced
that If I were to take 800 bluejackets to a
strange place and later on the same num-
Der of civilians to the same place, the
bue1ackets would behave better and be
guilty of less disorder and less drunken
ness.
I have attended several balls and enter
tafnments given by the bluejackets and all
visitors were obliged to remark some with
establishment. how well they all behaved
and what an air of responsibility pervaded
the whole affair. Any man or woman that
dared act in any but a becoming manner
would have been promptly escorted TO the
door
The sheriff of Norfolk, where hundreds
of men spend the night on liberty. the pur-
ser of the Ocean View, a steamer that car
ries thousands of men from the fleet when
lying In Hampton Roads, en- route to Nor
folk and return, and other officials whom
could name and who have the opportunity
to see and know, will testify to the gentle
manly behavior of the bluejacket.
1t is not because the bluejacket today does
not behave himself as he should in public
that he is Disseminated against: no, 1t is
simply and solely because he wears the
uniform. 1t is the uniform that is the OBJ
ject OF this discrimination. What parody
on the grand old democratic principles OF
our American republic. What an Insult to
the dag. What an outrage to the man
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as it is only with them that I have had
experience, After several years of close
communication with them l can say with
truth that as a rule they are not drunk
ards they are not abusive and disorderly,
they not given to profane and vulgar
language in public. I can say that In
dividually they will act as well as any
other Individual citizen. i can say that
as a whole they are Just as respectable,
just as considerable Of other people rights,
just as respectful in the presence of
ladies and gentlemen as any other class
of citizens in any part of our country.
great many instances could be adduced
to prove this assertion, but few Will suf-
flee:
Some weeks ago a gentleman and his
daughter found themselves seated in the
midst of some blGeJackets in parlor car.
They Immediately had their seats changed.
AS the train sped along the gentleman no.
ticed how Ngell-behaved all the men We're
and after time he went to them and told
them that he had come TO apologize for
changing the seats. He declared that he
was under the impression that the blue
jackets were q lot of roughs,~but that now,
having learned differently, he was glad to
apologize even for the thought
The following quotation speaks for It,
self:
I'm coming from Chicago to New York
last week my attention was attracted to
VI yOuiS Ai4eil foANN AAo'As SS%A'
Francisco to New York in charge of Chief
Gunner's Mate Samuel P. Peters. U.S.N /
would like to state that the manner In
which those young men conducted them
selves is worthy OF the highest eommenda-
ton, rejecting credit upon the cloth they
wear. The courtesy shown the passen-
gers by these young sailors was often re-
marked upon by all on board the train. and
many compliments were bestowed at the
stations along the route.
I'm walking back to the three special
Pullman cars which the young men occu-
pied you could at any hour OF the day see
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The Most Difhcult Profession.
saturday Review

From the Saturday ReveW
OF all professions in the world, that OF
principal basso is the most difficult and ths
least remunerative. His voice requires the
most careful training; there are SO many
passable BASES that engagements are difn-
cult to ffnd and as consequence, when
the engagements are found, they are badly
paid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10

would further be instructed to prevent In
their districts the fitting out of privateers,
the purchase of coal or supplies or other
infractions of the neutrality laws. Could
even a naturaliZed German-Amercan thus
serve against the land of his birth in
whole-hearted manner? We haven't thought
very deeply over this matter hitherto.
It has been largely a question of dollars
and cents instead. We have employed for
eigners where Americans could not afford
to live upon the emolpments of the office.
We have fifty-eight posts where the consul
lar officers receive so little that they are
allowed to engage in business in order to
exc out a livelihood. They receive no sal
airy, but are allowed such official fees I'M
der 81. $50 q year as they may collect from
shippers. These conditions virtually shut
out the enterprising American, who does
not care to venture into a foreign land on
risk basis. The arrangement is one of
economy whose falsity Congress will be
asked to consider. If the foreign consular
officer is to be ousted, the pay will have
to be made worthy of the American. At
Riga, Russia, the unnaturalized Dane who
serves us as consul receives 81 coo year
in salary and less than 500 in fees. He is
one of those allowed to engage in bust
ness upon the side. There are six posts
where this arrangement obtains Other
consuls are allowed all of the official fees
otherwise turned into the government, as
well as their own notarial fees, and per-
mitted 70 set up private business establish
ments at their posts. For example, at Ho-
bart, Tasmania, the unnaturalized English
man who has served US thirty years as
consul receives less than 500 a year from
his post. His consulate is within the build
ing occupied by the firm of which he Is
senior partner.
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charges from So to Is cents. A half CEN
fury ago the gorgeous consular uniform
was abolished and practically all posts were
placed on salary basis, only these notarial
fees being allowed, SO that today the vast
consular service is not only self-supporting,
but turns into the treasury a balance of
something like $15oooo per annum.
- * X
Not even the notarial fees are to be al
lowed, if the proposed reforms go through.
These emoluments have led to all sorts of
friction and raft and all parties concern
ed will undoubtedly fare better If salaries
are increased all along the line, all fees
of whatever sort being turned into the
treasury. Under the fee system consuls
are always on the qui vive, are. uncertain.
disquieted and often embarrassed by toe
great expectations. At Liverpool, for ex-
ample, the private fees which the consul
pocketed amounted until recently to more
than his salary They were derived chiefly
from manifests for the hundreds of thou
sands of immigrants embarking thence for
the United States. Lately then came the new
immigration law, removing the fee for the
signing of these immigrant manifests. So
last year the consul's extras" dropped to
$2,173. In 1902 they were $500.
Many consuls exact fees never reported
to the State Department. These are charged
for such services to American citizens as
the settlement of estates, taking of dep
ositions, giving of legal advice and assist
ing IN law suits. A consul is permitted to
engage in such private work so long as
it does not interfere with his official du-
ties. Naturally the drumming up of such
trade leaves Uncle Sans business sadly
neglected in many cases. Moreover, COM
petition gets to such a high tension that
neis'hboring consuls are often at logger
heads, each claiming that certain territory
lies within his and not the others dis
trict.
A great deal of grating, too, results. An
American resident or sojourner calls at a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10

A THOROUGH housekeeping in the
"a consular service is one of the first
IA enterprises of Elihu Root, new Sec
fetary of State, who has also
framed important new legislation
for the reform of that corps.
The last official consular list shows a
majority of our consular officers to be of
foreign birth. the proportion being 419
native Americans to 5S1 born abroad. Only
liz of the latter are naturalized citizens of
Our fair land, while ago are utter aliens.
very few of whom have probably had so
much as a glimpse Of our shores Since his
incumbenoy Secretary Root has refused to
appoint another foreigner to the service.
He wishes to put none but Americans on
guard over our foreign commerce and our
citizens sojourning abroad.
The Yankee consul is the commander of
the Yankee commercial invasion in his par
ticular territory, find, by scanning the last
consular list. that no less than seventeen
gentlemen Of German birth are representing
US, in consular capacity. in Latin-America.
In the German empire We have on guard.
and generating the American commercial
war against Germany. no less than forty
natives of the Fatherland. only fourteen of
them naturalized Americans. Similarly. in
guardians are native Britishers, and so it
goes in practically all foreign lands. Less
than one out of five of these foreign gen
erals of our army Of commercial invasion
have taken out naturalization papers. Prob
ably half have never seen America. One
OF the arguments for ship subsidy has
been that we cannot depend upon foreign
bottoms to properly deliver our goods to
our patrons beyond the seas. While masu-
eating this fact we have not yet bitten into
this one, more salient-that a majority OF
our commercial promoters are foreigners
whose loyalty 1t might not be safe TO put
TO the test IN time of strained relations with
the land OF their birth.
X
X II
In case OF war with Germany. for exam
pie. our scores of German consular officers
scattered around the world would be in
structed-along with those of other nation
alIties in our empioy-to exert an espionage
over the movements OF the kaiser's ships
and report their movements in the State
Departments secret Geographic code. They
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On the other hand. 2s6 of our consular
officers receive regular salaries varying
from 81 600 to 5000 annually and are al
lowed in addition to keep their 'notarial'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10

THOROUGH housekeeping in the
consular service is one of the first
enterprises of Elihu Root, new Sec
=, fetary of State, who has also
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-31
Prohibition Caucus.

The prohibition CAUCUS which met
in Columbia last week passed reso-
1utions against making nominations
for state Offices in the campaign next
year. 1t is just as well.
The prohibitionists seem to be
somewhat divided but if they could
centre on some strong man for gov
ernor and let the balance of the state
ticket take care of itself they would
make a stronger fight. 1t is likely
some man will be decided upon to
make the fight for the state dlspen-
sarv system andthen the issue would be
:clear cut between these two PROPOSE
tions.
If some good clean man who IS
strong would take up the fight against
the dispensary as a state institution
and make the county the unit and pre-
sent the matter in that light he would
clean 'em all up.
In some counties it would bebetter
to have a license system, while IN 9TH
ers the dispensary under county con-,
troll would be the best solution and
in a majority of them in this state we
believe the county system would re-
duce the evils from the use of wh1skey
to the minimum, while there may be a
few counties where prohibition might
work. Still let the people of each
county regulate this question for
themselves and enforce whatever plan
they adopt.
The prohibitionists will make the
fight for the legislature and by that
we presume the intention is to capture
the legislature and pass state pro-,
hibition law. That is the way to Sc
cure prohibition by statute.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-31
Fit Men For Office.

Several weeks ago the Hera'i noted
the change of public feeling in the
matter of voting for men for certain
Offices. "Fit men, will be the motto
and it is the duty Of the press to keep
this fact before the people. There
should be no ties, no obligations III
voting for man for Office other than
merit and capability. There are GER
tain Offices that above all others de-
mand capable, trained men. These
men can be secured by popular vote.
It is not necessary to have recourse to
appointment, but the voters must BE-
made to see that it is absolutely n :es-
sary that such men should be selected.
In many counties these Offices are
already filled by the most capable
men it would be possible to secure
but in other counties such is not tn:
case and unfortunate conditions have
arisen as result.-Spartanburg Her
aid.
Fit men" for office should always
be the motto of the elector when he
goes to cast his ballot.
And yet we all know that this is
in many instances the last considera-
ton with the voter Personal likes
and dislikes usually govern and the
voter TOO rarely stops to consider the
more important question Of fitness
and capacity to fill the office with
credit to those. who are electing the
candidate or to the honor Of the candi-
date himself.
Merit is not considered as often as
it should be and we frequently find it
the case that the man who is best fit
ted by his training and education
and experience to fill particular Of
flee to which he aspires is the one who
receives the smallest vote.
We hope the time has already come
when fitness for office will be the
main consideration with the voters
and that fit men will be placed in all
positions of honor and trust whether
the positions be those of an executive,
administrative or legislative character.
Fit men for office should be the
slogan of every voter whether the
position be municipal, county OF state.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-31
Funny" Postal Cards.

Some Of the souvenir postal cards
have become so manifestly improper
that the postohice department has TAX
en- the matter up and promulgated a
ruling on it. The following paragraph
from the Postal Guide is intended to
stop the sending of those which are
suggestive of evil.
"All matter which is manifestly OBJ
scene, lewd or lascivious x * will
when deposited in a postohce, be
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-31
withdrawn from the mails and sent tc
the dead letter Office"

W1l110t q w IL IL oAiA sAA> NNNN-N0
the dead letter Office"
The ruling should go further than
this and the young men who send
some that we have seen, while they
NAV mean it as little fun, should be
dealt with very severely. The trouble
is they rarely sign their names but
they could be identified and they
should be taught some lessons for
which they stand in great need. In
the olden days some of these cards
we have seen if directed to young la
dies the sender would have been
forced to meet some male relative OF
the young lady on the field OF honor.
And even now if the male relative has
not the courage to take the matter up
the law should do it.
In fact the printing of them should
be stopped AS we said they may be
intended as funny but such fun
should not be tolerated.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-31

Fifty-cent cotton umbrellas will
never become popular so long as a
man can borrow a 81 silk one for
nothing.
Don't overlook the smallest oppor-
tunity 1t will grow.
Bv this time the ice cream freezer
has departed for the cellar on pro-
longed vacation.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-31

Col. Andrews is deserved and we are
glad to add Our endorsement and to
add the names of the other officials
Of the Southern who are also southern
men and ably aiding their superior Of
ficers in the good work they are do
ing
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-31
NOTICE OF DRAWING JURY.

Notice is hereby given that we, the
undersigned, Jury Commissioners for
Newberry County, S. c., will on the
1th day Of November, 1905, at nine
o'clock a. m, in the office of the Clerk
for said County and State publicly
draw thirty-six Jurors to serve as petit
jurymen for the Court of Common
Pleas for Newberry County, S. c., be-
ginning November 27, 1905, and con-
tinuing for one week.
October 80, 1905.
John L. Epps,
VIM w. Cromer,
Jno. C. Goggans,
Jury Commissioners.
Las Nuevas de la Estancia. (Estancia, Nuevo MeÌjico) 1904-1908, 1905-03-10

Temprano ell sabado los nu-
bes Sc abrieron y ell sol brio
brlllante EN- Washington, dan
do aprobacion al acto que iva
a acurir en- ell Inauguration
del Coronel Teodoro Roose-
velt, ell hombre del pueblo.
Mucho antes del hora para
las ceremonias, la gente empe-
saba a colectar y tomando
sus lugares tan cerca como
possible al punto cual ha veni-
da hacer sagrada por la repe-
ticion en- cual los Amer
icanos confan, ell lugar de fel
cuidadania, era la una cuando
las parties ofciales parecieron
y por algunos minutes, ell gen.
tic estaban grltando y salu-
tando hasta que Sc hicieron
roncas.
Ell juez supiri6r Fuller es-
cort6 al presidente electo,
(como 81 havia hecho en- tres
ocasioues antes,) por todo la
isleta hasta la plataforma. Ell
escribano de la corte supirior
Sc rimo con una BibIia Ell su
mano. Cuando la mano de-
recho del presidente fu6 leban-
tado, ell gentio Sc aquiet6 ime-
diatamente. Asi que su jura-
mento para soportar la consti-
Las Nuevas de la Estancia. (Estancia, Nuevo MeÌjico) 1904-1908, 1905-03-10

Por estas aviso da que ell dia
90 de Noviembre de 1904 Gallo
a mi rancho cerca de Pinos
Wells, un caballo alasan chapo
con un tastan blanco en- la
frente, con estas marcas OF
en- la espadilla isquierda y esta
II en- la pierna isquierda. El
dueno puede tenerlo pagando
las costas y este aviso.
ENRIQUE SABEDRA,
81 Pinos Wills, NM.
Las Nuevas de la Estancia. (Estancia, Nuevo MeÌjico) 1904-1908, 1905-03-10
Recibio Instrucciones.

Lantry Brothers, contratis-
tas del ferrocarril han recibido
va instrucciones para que pri-
ncipien ell trabajo de construc-
cion de la via directa del San
ia Fe, entire Belen, N. NJ, y la
LIMA de Texas. Sc dice que no
dilataran mucho tempo en- dar
principle al trabajo.
Las Nuevas de la Estancia. (Estancia, Nuevo MeÌjico) 1904-1908, 1905-03-10
La Ley de
Estado Muere.

Los despachos ell sabado dlt-
mo anunciron ell hecho espera.
do de que la ley de estdo habia
perecido en- poder del comit6 de
cOnferencio cOnstit uido de vo-
Gales en- la camara y del sena.
do. Esta ocurrio a las $50 de la
noche despues de junta acrim.
oniosa EN- que los oponentes
hubieron de decirse expression
es POGO placenteras. Cuando
va la comision VIC que no po-
dia acordar en- un arreglo det-
ermino separase siendo va i'm.
possible otra reunion porque el
congreso IS juntamente con
todos los proyectos no conclui.
dos, expiraba a las doce de la
noche del tres de Mario.
Dicese queel presidente con-
vocara una session. extraordina-
ria del congreso nuevo y
que en- tai eventualidad, SO
iniciara de nuevo la ley de es-
tado bajo diferente forma. Esta
vez sera ell nuevo delegado Mr..
Andrews quien luchara por ell
estado, ,habiendo Mr.. Rodey que
dado cesante ell dia cuatro de
Mario. Este no volvera mas a
Washington porque no tiene
a que. Veremos 10 que hace ell
Sr. Andrews.
Las Nuevas de la Estancia. (Estancia, Nuevo MeÌjico) 1904-1908, 1905-03-10


Sr. Editor de Las Nuevas del La Estan-
cia.
Estancia. N. Mex.
Estimado Sr. y. Amigo
Permitame un pequeHo espacio en- su
apreciable Semanario, para oexpresarles
mis- mas sinsera5 gracias los Sres. Drs.
J. NJ. Diaz de Santa Fe, al Dr.. j. L.
Norris d9 la Estancia, p0r la Cual le an
ticipo Vd. mis- mas sinseras gracias.
Por mas que un a1io consecutive estava
padeciende, sin haber podido con seguir
ningun aIivio, con ninguna medecina de
ouantas habia tornado, o hacerme tratar
por otros me licam ento3; Y 20 antes de
este, tenia miedo a que me hisieran ope-
racion, crevend0, que tai vez serian pc
ligrosas, pero direm)s como dice ell dicho
que hasta en- ell conner hay peligro, (cuan
do no Sc come con cuidado) haee tambien
los operaciones son peligrosas, cuando
uno SO hace tratar por personas que no
saben hacerlas.
Fl Or. Diaz de Santa Fo acompaHadO
del Dr.. Norris-por la gran volutad de
Dios, salierou con buen eXitO en- unB