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The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-19
The Prospect.

The Pittsburg Dispatch takes cery
much to heart recent remark which
made TO newspaper correspondent,
giving 1t as my opinion that the Demo
Gratis would control the next house OF
representatives, and proceeds TO bella
Dor me In quite lengthy and bad tenn
pered editorial. The chances are that
it is the fear that my prediction may
prove true that Is worrying the as-
teemed Dispatch. 1t pOkes fun In an
elephantine sort of way at my sugges-
ton that exposures of thieYeIy in high
places will help the Democrats. Won
der IL the Dispatch has forgotten the
exposure of Belknap's corruption and
other exposures of the same sort and
that shortly thereafter the Democrats
elected Samuel Jones Tilden president
publican freeboOters robbed Tilden OF
the presidency, the greatest crime ever
committed against representative gov
ernment, but that does not change the
fact that he was elected. The Dispatch
sagely remarks: The voters are dis
eliminating. The old Idea of securing
reform by tlocking to the opposition
camp is exploded" Since when? Why,
bless its sleepy old soul the Dispatch
must be yeritable newspaper Rip
Van Winkle! Only last year the peo-
pie OF Pennsylvania secured reform by
tiocking TO the opposition camp and
electlng a Democratic state treasurer
by 100000 majority, thereby oyerturn-
Ing Republican majority OF over half
u million of the year before The yot-
ers Disseminated" that time sure as
you live. Even later than that-to wit,
in February of this year-the people OF
Plttsburg, right under the nose OF the
sOmnolent Dispatch, secured reform by
hOeking to the opposition camp and
eleetiDg Democratic mayor. The yot-
ers once more disseminated. Where
was the sapient Dispatch then, and
what has II done with its memoryf
The seven sleepers OF Greece rolled into
enc were not marker 70 the Dispatch.
The voters OF Ohio last year became
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-19
Champ Clark S
Concerning Free Denatured Al
AEFAE cohol-The Discriminating Vot
Y EHAH er- Why Republicans Trenlble
~ A Prophet From Missouri =
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weary of the corrupt gang which has
plundered the Buckeye State for years
and achieved reform by hocliing to the
opposition camp and elocting Il Demo
cratic governor by rousing majority
Notwithstanding the fact that Roose-
welt carried the state in 1904 by go,
600 majority. Truly the people dis
criminated" that time. An investigation
by Democratic senate into affairs in
Cincinnati brought TO light all sorts of
graft and corruption. This spring near
ly every big town in Maine elected II
Democratic mayor because the voters
in the effort to achieve reform flocked
to the opposition party. But the Dis
patch waves all these instances off with
Il lordly air of disdan. When Noah
was warning the antediuvians of the
impending fiood-even after the rain
had been pouring down for ten days
one doubling Thomas, shaking off the
water, remarked 1T isn't going TO be
much of shower after ALL" The
world knows the result The Dispatch
man must be lineal descendant Of
that. fellow.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-19
WhistIina In a Graveyard.

Will the omniscient Dispatch please
inform an eager and expectant world
why those ambitious and palpitating
patriots Messrs. Babcock of Wisconsin,
Hull Of Iowa and Overstreet of Indi-
ana have refused to officer the Repub
lican congressional committee this
year? For fear it will be too modest
and too sleepy to answer l will do so
myself. The Republicans have elected
six houses hand running while they
We're at the head of the committee. OF
course, as they had money to burn and
bought everybody that was for sale
the Republicans would have elected
those houses even if Babcock, Hull and
Overstreet had never been born; but
they We're in the imelight as chairman,
vice chairman and secretary and have
been accorded great honor for the
achievement. They are able men-wise
in their day and generation While
they know that they have received
more than their share of glory, they
do not propose to be shorn of ii by be-
ing at the head of the committee i'll
what they believe viii he a losing fight.
They know that the huge Republican
ma jority in the house will be greatly
reduced il not entirely wiped out, and
they do not intend TO be made scape-
goats. 1t may be that the Pttsburg
Dispatch knows more about the
chances of the campaign than such old
and skillful soldiers as Babcock, Hull
and Overstreet, but ii will have to
produce aftidavits TO prove it.
Here lately Mr.. Speaker Cannon has
in his offhand manner pronounced the
claims of Democrats of an approach
ing victory to be tommyrot, but Uncle
Joe was following an old example of
whistllng in graveyard to keep his
courage up, also the courage of his fol
lowers, many of whom are at the pres
ent writing suffering from a bad case
of the mullgrubs.
The Dispatch has read the history of
governments bottomed on suffrage to
little advantage II it has not learned
that all things human, particularly
things political, are very uncertain.
The fate of the British Tories at the
late elections should be enough to give
it the cold shivers, for the Tories of
Great Britain correspond to American
Republicans. Twelve months ago had
any one foretoId the overwhelming
rOut of the Tories he would have been
laughed to scorn, but they We're routed
nevertheless, horse, foot and dragons.
A year ago they had as big majority
in the house of commons AS our Re
publicans now have in the house of
representatives, but at present they
constitute pathetic minority.
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CEYL0N'S DEVIL BIRD.
II Gets Its Bad Name From Its APP
pallins Screams.


Most people who have visited the
island Of Ceylon and penetrated into
its jungle businesses have heard the
cry of the devil bird. This awe in
spring sound resembles nothing so
much as the scream of a human be-
ing undergoing the most terrible
torture. Naturalists have identi-
fled it with the Syrnium indrani-a
brown wood owl found in Hindu
stan. But the devil bird, or "ula-
ma" as the Cingalese call it, is an
elusive creature, and no one has had
the good fortune to kill or catch
specimen. The Cingalese--natural-
ly Il superstitious race-regard the
cry of this bird with the utmost hor-
ror. They believe that its scream
heard at night presages the most
dire misfortune, and they are in the
habit of offering sacrifices to avert
the approaching disaster. The SUI
perstition is probably of very great
antiquity. But Robert Knox, who
was a prisoner in Ceylon for twen-
ty years about the middle of the
seventeenth century, gives an inter
esting account of it, although in
common with the natives ne be-
lieved the cry proceeded from the
devil himself.
"This | can confirm" he writes,
''that oftentimcs the devil doth cry
with audible voice in the night. 'Tis
very shrill, almost like the barking
of a dog. This | have often heard
myself. Only this observation the
inhabitants Of the land have made
of this voice, and | made it also that
either just before or very suddenly
after this voice always the king cuts
off people. To believe that this
is the voice of the devil these rea-
sons urge: Because there is no crea-
ture known to the inhabitants that
cries like it and because it will on u
sudden depart from one place and
make a noise in another quicker
than any fowl can fly and because
the very dogs will trcmble and shake
when they hear it,. and It's so ac-
counted by all the people"
A modern account, however, is
given by Mr.. Milford of the Ceylon
civil service, who affirmed that he
had often heard the cry while at
Kurunegala, where the bird haunted
the rocky hill behind the govern
ment house. lie had evidently
studied the mysterious bird with
great interest. Its ordinary note"
he writes, lis a magnificent, clear
shout, like that of human being,
which can be heard at a great dis
tanee, and has a fine effect in the
silence Of the closing night. But
the sounds which have earned for it
its bad name and which | have
heard but once to perfection are
indescribable, the most appalling
that can be imagined, and scarcely
to be heard without shuddering. !
can only compare it to IA boy in tor
ture, whose screams are being stop
ped by being strangled, Chicago
News.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-19

Already the effect of the elec,
tion of johnson is being discussed
and many are saying that his re,
lation to Judge Bradbury will
make his defeat at the polls al
most necessity. 1t is pointed
out that because of the near rela-
tionship, he will be debarred from
sitting in any case in which Brad
bury is disqualified because of an
interest as former attorney or
otherwise, and that the same con-
dition will exist in Gallo county
when Judge johnson is forced to
vacate the bench. Judge Brad
bury will not be permitted to sit
in cases in which his nephew has
an interest, any more than John
son can sit where his uncle is in
terested and the result will be that
Judge Martin will have practical
ly all the work in the district 10
do If 1T is done at all. The fact
that both were active practitioners
in their respective counties will
result in both being Ineligible to
sit in fully half the cases that are
before the courts.
To avoid this contingency, there
is a disposition to re.elect Judge
Reeves, that fine old turist and
polished gentleman, who for the
past six years has ornamented the
common pleas bench and reflected
credit upon the Judiciary of the
state. His nomination by the
Democrats is practically assured
and there seems to be a disposi-
tion to lay politics aside in this
matter and continue him on tht
bench in the interest of good
courts. And then there is no as
suranee that the Republicans can
carry the district next fall, even
If party lines are drawn tight, as
they usually are. Last fall Cover
nor Pattison carried the district
by something like 1900 majority,
which shows what the voters of
the five counties can do when they
really have che notion.
Hollis Johnson's connection
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Unexpected Honesty.

"The other day" said the club
man, II came across II case Of pure
honesty and downright conscien-
tiousness. One of the members OF
our club gave the janitor, eolored
youth Of about seventeen, a quarter
for some personal service and said,
Take this and 90 TO the theater.'
Next morning, to his great surprise,
the boy returned the money to him,
saying he had not been able to use
it. Pressed for an explanation, the
boy said he had asked his mother
about it, and she advised him not
to go to the theater, and as he had
not used the money for the purpose
il was given he felt that it did not
belong to him. do not know what
followed, but l am sure the boy
will lose nothing by his conduct
Washington Star.
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IN az delicate n manner as possible. AZ
any rate, he struck the nall on the head
in his second half Of his prophecy
"at least till she changes back"-which
will be on the first Tuesday after the
frst Monday in next November. Light
ming never strikes twice in the same
place. so 1t is said. The same Is true
about Missouri's going Republican. in
fit of mental alteration she did that
in 1894 and then gave rousing Demo
cratic majorities regularly till 1904.
when through concatenation OF
unfortunate circumstances enOuga
Democrats refused to vote to bring
about repetition of that unpleasant
performance. Safe to say, 1t will be
several years before such thing hap-
pens again. In the meantime General
Hadley takes his place among the in
genious If not the major prophets.
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have no less than ten votes and
Nollenweider not less than four
teen out of possible twenty-five
in the county, and the fact that
the former got what he wanted
and the latter fell short, showed
upon which side the fine Italian
hand was working.
When the committee met last
week, neither side was sure that
it was in the majority, although
it did look as though the Vollen-
weider forces were really the
stronger. They were not sure
enough of their ground to under
take to do the job in high-hand'
ed manner however, and had to
show some little consideration to
tie other side. That is why Dale
Roberts, who was notoriously in
favor of Bradbury and johnson,
was named as one of the commit
tee to select the delegates, along
with Worley Brown and John
Lindsay.
Brown was red hot for Vollen-
weider and his forces knew they
could trust him, and Lindsay also
claimed to be warm advocate of
the VintCn candidate. He spent
much of his time closeted with
Judge Bradbury, however, but
every time he parted with the
Judge, he gave the Vollenweider
forces to understand that he had
just finished laying down the law
to the big iurist, and kept insist
ing that Meigs county must keep
her political pledges. This is why
Senator Rathburn and the other
fellows, who were in earnest in
their support of Vollenweider, put
him on the committee.
When the list of delegates was
finally reported, it was found that
more than half Of them were Vol
lenweider shouters, while the
others were fellows who had taken
little or no interest in the affair.
The Vollenweider forces at once
that they were victors,
and moved the adoption of the re-
port and the antis, after receiving
a wink from Dale Roberts, who
was their trusted representative,
also voted for it and it carried un-
animously.
But gradually, it developed that
all the non-committal fellows were
in favor of johnson and then it
dawned upon the Vollenweider
forces that they had been double
crossed and that is why they are
crying vengeance.
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lPomeroy Democrat. |

Meigs county has maintained
her reputation! Her honor has
been somewhat sullied, but her
reputation for pledging support to
one candidate and delivering it to
another, stands unimpeached.
Hereafter the Republican candi-
date who has the pledge of the
Republican leaders that they will
support him, first, last and all the
time, need make no calculation on
winning in the convention. When
they say they are for him they
mean that they are against him,
and he will be wise if he governs
himself accordingly. i will save
him u lot of worry and needless
expense also.
Meigs county first instituted the
rule of contrary when it pledged
its support to Gen. Grosvenor and
then delivered it to Albert Doug
las, and reiterated it's adherence
to the rule when the vote was in
dtvidually and collectively pledged
to Otto Vollenweider and then de.
livered solldly to Hollis Johnson.
Queer ducks, those Republicans !
The convention Wednesday re-
suited Just as most people thought
it would, in the selection of Judge
Bradbury's nephew. 1t was a
little surprising that the full vote
of Meigs county was delivered to
him on the final ballot, after the
loud protestations of the Vollen-
weider forces, but it was known
all along that sufficient number
was ready to be won over to land
the Gallia man. The others evil
IDENTIFY came over just to keep up
the reputation of the county.
When the convention met We'd
nesday morning, surprise Was
sprung, by the presentation of a
dark horse candidate in the per-
son of Ed. Ricketts, of Hooking
county. Just why Ricketts, was
pulled into the affair is somewhat
clouded, but it is believed that it
was for the purpose of muddling
up things, so as to give Johnson
chance TO clinch few more votes
in the several counties. They
were afraid that if there were but
two candidates, Vollenweider
might land the job on the first
ballot, before Johnson had gotten
his machine in good rum. lg order.
The meeting was called to order
at ten O'Clock by Hon. Ira Gra-
ham, and A. p. Miller was made
temporary chairman and Geo.
Steinman, of Fairfield, temporary
secretary. They continued to
serve throughout the convention,
but without the formality of be.
ing made permanent officers.
On the roll call the following
were named as members Of judi
cial committee:
Fairfeld--C. f. Wyatt.
Hoeking-H. f. Ambrose.
Gallia-M. +. Beeman.
Meigs-E. r. Titus.
Vinton-Henry Sockel.
When the roll of counties was
called for nomination Evan Davis
took the floor and spoke for John
son, presenting him in we'll
worded little speech of five min
utes.
When Hooking was called, an
ex-demoerat, named Petit, spoke
for the Hooking candidate, but
could not remember his name and
had TO content himself with de-
scribing him as a "falrly success
ful practitioner and one of the
best known men in the district"
When he had taken his seat and
there was demand to know who
the candidate was, another dele
gate said it was Ed. Ricketts,.
A. B. kirkendall, probate judge
OF vinton county, neued Vollen-
weidsr. II
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A Good Double Team.

Thomas William Hardwick of Geor-
gia is a very young man who looks
even younger than he is, but recently
he made the eyes of the old congress
sional stagers pop open like morning
glores and demonstrated to everybody
that If he remains in congress he Ii liza.
BILE, indeed likely, to go far. Hard
wiclI's spring into the llmelight and on
to the center of the stage was as sud
den as SauPs conversion as he Jour-
neyed from Jerusalem to Damascus.
There is IA rule of the house that new
legislation shall not be fastened RS a
rider on to appropriation bills, whole
some rule, but the appropriation COM
mittee, regardless of that rule, brought
In the legislative, executive and judi
cial BILL with hundreds OF bits of new
legislation scattered through it, gener-
ally to create new office or TO raise
an old salary. Hardwick Is opposed to
unreasonable increases OF salaries and
to the crea tion of unnecessary offices;
consequently he and Mr.. Prince or I'LL
nois double teamed hunted out every
violation of the rule and raised the
point of order against every one. They
punched the bill so full OF holes that 1t
looked like sieve. aud at last the ap-
preparations committee I'm despair ap-
piled TO the committee on rules for 4
special rule making the things which
were not in order under the general
rule in order. 1t was great triumph
for Hardwick and his co-worker, Prince.
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with the Legislature, which ripped
up the judicial subdivision for
the sole purpose of shelving Judge
Reeves and Judge Wright, for no
other reason than that they were
democrats, and the desire of John
son, Judge Russell and other mem
bers of the Legislature to have
their jobs, is also being revived.
No more outrageous measure was
ever put through the Legislature
and the voters are in just about
the humor to resent it at the polls.
Mr.. johnson has the nomination
all right, but. he is not yet out of
the woods by any means.
Already movement is on foot
to have the coming Democratic
judicial convention held In this
city, as an object lesson to the
citizens of Pomeroy and Meigs Co.
A convention of representative
democrats of the district meeting
in sober and dignifed convention,
with no scheming, bribing or bull
doing, would be in such striking
contrast to Wednesdays meeting
that the voters would certainly en-
dorse it.
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Republican Harmony-always spelled
with II big HIS a mystery. II IL GER
tainly a queer brand of harmony. TO
illustrate, the Massachusetts Republic
an congressional contingent, headed by
Hon, Samuel w. Mccall, were so dis
pleased with Hon. Serene II. Payne's
ukase to the effect that there shall be
no tariff tinkerlng at this session or
congress that they are doing their level
best to secure slgners enough to pc,
titlon TO call Republican caucus TO
consider their grievances Colonel VIII
liam Peters Hepburn of Iowa Is chair
man OF the Republican caucus. and he
is even worse stand patter than Hon.
Serene. So the Massachusetts, brethren
are likely to have head-on collision
with Colonel Pete and their last eondl-
tion viii be worse than the first.
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IspecIal washington Letter. !

-OR something like ten years
- there have been pending in con
gress sundry bills to take the
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-07

NOTICE TO COAL DEALERS.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday July 3oth, 1906 at o'clock p NJ. in
FURNISHING AMID DELIVERING ABOUT
500 TONS OF ANTHRACITE CHESTNUT
COAL AT HIGH SERVICE PUMPING STA
TON, SUMMIT AVENUE, JERSEY CITY
file in the office of the Clerk of said Board
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
ties must be obtained at the office of the Chief
Engineer. n City Hall, Jersey City. N. J.
the Wyoming or Wilkesbarre mines
The Board will exercise its right to DE the
sole Judge of what constitutes the best coal
FOR Its purpose, and reserves the privilege of
submitted, or of rejecting any or all proposals
II 1t considers that the best interests Of the
CITY can be conserved thereby.
The bonds required to be furnished on pro-
some surety company authorized to do business
In the State OF New Jersey.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envel-
opes endorsed, Proposals for Coal" directed
Committee Pumping and Reservoirs and
handed to tho Clerk of the Board in open meet
ing when called for in the order of business
relating to sealed proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section n, Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891
under the terms whereof contract shall he
Dlndfng upon the city, become effective or
operative until the bonds offered by the con-
this Board and as to form by the CORPORATION
counsel the President of this Board having
under oath,
By order of the Board of street and Wafer
Commissioners.
GEO. t. BoUToN.
Dated Jersey City. July "a 1906
The Jersey City news., 1906-08-07
CORPORATION NOTICE.

CORPORATION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that on the 3Oth day
OF April 1906, application was made to ths
Board of Street and Water Commissioners by
Charles and Mary Edwards and others for
CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER IN WARNER
STREET.
from point los feet east of Hudson Boulevard
to and connecting with sewer at Warner street
and Rutgers avenue.
Said sewer to be built conformably to the
provisions Of Chapter 217, of the Laws of 1885,
and in accordance with the established plan
of sewerage. together with all the necessary
manhoes receiving basins and appu rtenances
Notice is also given that the 9th day of
June, 1906. the Commissioners of Assessment
filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board
OF Street and Water Commissioners their pre-
liniinary map for said Improvement showing
the probable total cost OF the contemplated i'm
provement and the probable amount to be
assessed on property specially benefited there
by, and the same is now open to public in
spection in the office of the Clerk of said
Board
And notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections there
WARNER STREET.
on the east side from point about SO feet
south of Hudson Boulevard to a point III 20
feet north of Rutgers avenue; on the west
side from a point SO feet south of Hudson
Boulevard to Rutgers avenue.
Said map also shows that property which in
the foregoing description Is Immediately bene-
fitted, and that which is prospectively benefited
by said improvement, the latter being colored
yellow on said preliminary map: and the as
sessnent thereon shown will become IL lien
and due and payable when lateral sewers are
constructed
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act above cited the 10th day of July
1905, at o'clock P. M, and the Assembly
Chamber Of the City Hall are hereby fixed as
the time and place when and where the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners win rneet
to hear all parties interested In said applica
tion and al remonstrances against the saiG
proposed Improvement that may be presented
In writing.
By order of t,'s Board Of Street aaa Water
Commissioners
GEO. T. BoUToN.
Clerk.