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The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30
Shaking the Old Plum Tree

resolution was offered which, II
adopted, would have been the death
blow Of the primary system, Now,
It was found that 1. vote were
taken and Capt. Sans voted all his
proxies It would be In his power to
carry or to defeat that resolution.
But, Bryan to the rescue! In a brief
but telling speech, Mr. Bryan appeal
ed to the holder OF those proxies 10
say II he had sufficient information
as to the wishes of the people who
had given them, to vote intelligently
on the Hooker resolution which was
entirely new to all Of them, had not
been discussed, had, indeed, not been
thought Of for one moment by the
people the proxies represented. And
Capt. Sans, remembering the fair
ness, the justice and the impartlality
Of Mr.. Bryan in former case in
which HE had been the person most
concerned, could not do less than
recognize the fairness Of the PROPOSE
ton Mr.. Bryan was then wrestling
with and-refused to vote his proxies
on the resolution.
Seldom has 1t fallen to the lot Of
scribe, whose mission 1t Is to record
things as they are, and who thereby
is often compelled to write unpleas-
ant things, to be able to record two
such instances Of fairness In two
men opposed politically.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30

sess, and his poverty might expose
lin too much to temptation; where
fore, 1t might be deduced that 1t Is a
good thing to place pecuniary pro-
hibition upon poor men. Now, this
Is not my argument, for I am poor
man myself and believe in giving the
poor man every possible chance, but
not at the expense of the State.
A serious objection to a free prl-
mary, expenses to be paid by the
State, is that 1t would bring out such
an overwhelming number of candi-
dates that no press In the State could
print the ticket, no voter mark It
property In an hour, and no board Of
managers hold the election In one
day.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30
"NO. 1928" From Worth, Found I'm
Junk Shop Never Paid for.

Paris.-The police submitted to
Worth, tho famous man milliner, an
old fashioned ball dress, half eaten
by moths, found among the posses
sions of dead junk dealer. It bore
the firms trade mark and the num-
bcr 1928. The police wanted to
know for whom the ball dress had
been made in order to find out
whether the Junk man came by It
honestly or not.
'It's very old Dress" said Worth,
"but the number will enable me TO
find out all about It.
The dress was made In 1869 for
the Marquise de Gallifet, Napoleon's
favorite general. 1T was one Of my
early triumphs," said Worth. "At
the time her Ladyship and Empress
Eugene were on the outs, hence she
ordered me to get up dress for the
Tuilerles ball that was sure to attract
universal attention. put my think
ing cap on and constructed this
then a veritable dream Of loneliness.
And really, the Empress was so
astonished and curious that she
broke the Ice and addressed the Mar
quise, said the first word, SO to speak.
1.-THE robe experienced several sim
liar triumphs that winter and / got
lot Of advertising out OF It when l
needed It most, but the war came
upon US and Number 1928 was
never paid for. Witness this blank
In the ledger of 1882"
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30
Shall the State Paw?
BY A. p. JORDAN.

Punta Gorda, Fla, June 25th, 1906.
To the Editor of the Sun:
Having recently had little exper-
fence in the matter of primary cleo
ton expenses, 1t may be supposed
that have acquired store of valua-
BILE advice to offer. But it grieves
me to say that I have not discovered
anything new relating to the prob
lens involved.
We all know that the present pri-
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30
Escambia County Census Returns.

The census returns from Escambia
have been received by the Commits
sioner of Agriculture. They contain
full and complete information.
From the returns Is taken the
following:
Population for the county, white,
1928, negroes, 14,l66, Chinese, 4.
Total, 32,3S8.
Pensacola, white, 1879, negroes,
1912, Chinese, 4. Total, q sos.
Increase in the county, outside the
city, 312. Increase In the city OF
Pensacola, 1892.
Total gain for the entire county,
4,O74. Increase for the county, 3
per cent, Pensacola, 21.2-10 per
cent. Total increase for the county,
14.4-10 per cent.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30

mary system, which places upon the
candidates the expense of holding
the elections, prevents many poor but
worthy and competent men from be-
coming candidates, and, for this rea-
son, 1t has been urged by some that
the State should pay the expense.
1t would be all right for the State
to do this, IL only the Democratic
party and no other would hold pr
maries and the possibility of second
primaries could be removed; other
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30

Love is the grace Of unselfshness.
A mans faith and hope are, by
themselves, purely selfish. He oe-
lieves for himself, he hopes for him
self, and were these the only attri-
butes of his religion 1t would never
leave home. Love Is the spirit Of
service and once it becomes the rul-
ing passion Of ones lie then are his
faith and hope enlisted in behalf VT
God and man. The presence or alb
sence of love makes the missionary
non missionary among individuals,
churches or systems Of religion. The
paramount issue lii the Jewish faith
was obedienc. to the law. 1t had
table Of stone, and it's ten command
ments. When Christ assumed the
reins of government he took out the
word "Rest" and in its place wrote
Love" This was his new COM
mandment." Then the church Of
God leaped up from her slumbers,
went out from the Palace OF Rest to
return no more until man was re-
deemed. Let us cultivate this spirit
of love, the true spirit and genius
of the Masters teaching until all
men have seen the beautiful feet ION
the mountains" and heard the story
of the more abundant life.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30
Short Sermon for
N0n=Chmrch G0ers
THE GREAT ISSUE
by Rev. t. Henry Blemus, Pastor Church Street
Christian Church.

It is the custom of the national
conventions of the great political par
ties to point out something to their
adherents which they choose to call
the issue of paramount Importance.
They recognize the Importance Of
each of the propositions or "planks"
of their platform, but some one issue
is looked upon and considered Of so
much more moment than the others
that it is called the paramount Is
sue" and 1t is supposed that the
major part Of the political fight Will
be waged over the issue raised by
this paramount" plank. Sometimes
it Is money; sometimes it Is imperial
ism; sometimes 1t is tariff; some
times 1t Is one thing, and sometimes
another, but it is considered wise TO
have an important plank.
Fraternal organizations have GER
tain principle, or certain principles.
which they esteem to be Of para
mount Importance and around which
they rally. Such principles are often
made the subject of notices, badges,
distinguishing names, and cabalistic
lettering.
Has the religion Of the Nazarene,
the religion Of Christianity, the fast
becoming worldwide faith in Christ
a paramount issue? Is there plank
in the Christian platform Of such
transcendent Importance that 1t de-
serves special attention, special men
ton, and should be set aside and
made of constant and particular men
ton? Did Jesus Christ and his
Apostles lay particular stress on any
one principle Of the religion they
taught and insist on the battle OF hui
man life and activity being fought
along this line? 1t seems clear that
they did. Jesus himself said: "a
new commandment give ] unto you,
that you love one another" and
again, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God, with all thy soul, with all thy
mind, and with all thy strength" and
again, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thy SELF" On these hang all
the law and the prophets" "If ye
love me keep my commandments"
Faith has it's roots in the past.
Hope in the future, but love strikes
down in the soil of the present. Faith
looks back, Hope looks forward. but
Love looks about us and around.
Faith causes us to remember; Hope
to prophesy; Love to labor. Faith
and hope are just as shadowry and
unreal when compared with love as
the past and future are when compar-
ed with the present.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30
Successful German Books.

Rerlin.-Scheffe continues the
most popular German poet. His epic
poems, Ekkehard and the Trumpeter
of Saekkingen, were sold in 213 and
274 editions respectively. The pub
fishers issued $4,000 Ekkehards
and 325,200 Trumpeters so far and
the demand continues undated.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30

Continued from Preceding Page,)
not the information necessary for
them to decide on so important a mat
ter as draining the Everglades but
that they seek information, and as
Governor Broward can now bunch
his hits" among the Al whom he has
to work on, these upcommitted men,
bers may rest their souls In peace
from the fear that they will not re-
ceive, in copious measure, the infor-
nation which they seek. And as Gov
ernor Broward demonstrated on the
stump that he Is a POWERFUL PUR-
SUADER the chances Of two-thirds
majority for drainage are bright.
There are other matters to be taken
up by the next Legislature, OF great
Importance. The one which seems to
have the brightest prospect Is that OF
State insurance. It Is quite certain
that this measure will be vigorously
fought for in the coming session and
as the attitude of the administration
Is well known, and as the friends OF
the measure were so powerful last
session that 1t took a strong fllibus'
ter to beat 1t, 1t seems that before the
summer of 1907 Is we'll under way the
State Of Florida will be in the insur-
ance business.
One of the most important happen
ings at the last meeting OF the DEM
ocratic State Executive Committee
the press has not touched on at all,
or but lightly. This was no less
than the rescue of the primary law
from death or strangulatlon. From
an analysis of the situation this is
the way 1t presents itself to my mind.
At the meeting of the Committee
Just after the first primary 1t was
called upon to decide two contests,
that of McG.ffen against Davis in
Nassau County, and that of Codring-
After some preliminary sparring a
ton against Sans In Volusia County
resolution, which prevailed, was In
troduced by w. J. Bryan, to the eff
feet that, since the Committee was
on record as to It's attitude in such
matters. the precedent already set
should be followed in the present In
stance, and these contests be sent
back to the county committees. but
that in future all such contests
should be decided by the State Com
mittee. Now the adoption OF this
resolution Of Mr.. Bryan's meant the
seating of Mr.. Davis. who belongs TO
the same faction that Bryan does.
from Nassau County, but 1t meant
also the seating of Capt. Sans OF Vo-
lusia County, who Is against Bryan's
faction; and It stamped Mr.. Bryan ~
eminently fair and impartial. And
this judgment OF Mr.. Bryan, think,
explains the sequel
At the meeting of the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee after the
SECOND primary Capt. Sans came
up with a pocket full of proxies. IT
was at this meeting that tue Hooker
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-30
Democratic Primary Symposium
Fifth Page

INC SVN mas invited the
Le0ato the
important Measure No
This Series ines Are No REGARDED asE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11

FEEDING HUNGRY CHILDREN AS A
SOLUTION OF SOCIOLOGICAL PROB
is abundant food for
thought and for hope in John Spargo's
The Bitter Cry OF the Children. Mr. Spar
go as a student Of sociological problems
was in the beginning a believer in the
theory of antenatal degeneration. But
investigation among physicians and 9TH
ers led to the conviction that "the Num-
Der of children born healthy and strong
IS not greater among the we'll to-do class
Jesv than among. the very poorest and
that, therefore, "the problem of ,arresting
and repairing the deterioration of the
race is made vastly easier. Where lay
the trouble, then? Mr. spargo says, in
the undertaking and malnutrftion Of poor
children One. Of the great remedies for
the horrible ills that grow out OF poverty,
then, is proper snourishment of poor chill
dren. It is. suggested by Robert Hunter
In an introduction to Mr. sSpargo,s book
that the time will come when the, cotnmu
nifty will insist that some provision be
made whereby every child born into the
world will receive sufficient food to en-
able him to possess enough vitality to
overcome unnecessary and preventable
disease and to grow to manhood physi-
'cally capable of satisfactorily competing
in industrial and. intellectual pursuits
After bread, education is the first need
rof q people" If this order Is true s(and
who is there to deny it?) it is surely a
mattersof first Importance to see that the
hungry children are fed, and. this is the
basal proposition in Mr.. Spargo's' book, a
book that demands reading by everyone
interested in helping solve the problems
that poverty offers.
The Macmillan company, New York.
49, $3.50 net.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11
PROTECTING THE RICH
Indianapolis News,

-'-'' Indianapolis News,
The report is that the steel trust. 9th.
erwise known as the United States Steel
corporation, IS proposing to take over
all the large iron and steel interests in
the country. and that the deal will in
volve property worth nearly $3.50 600, 900.
The new combination would own all the
great plants in the country. its own coal
and ore lands, its own steamers and rail-
ways. And this is the infant which We
are protecting by duty on steel rails.
ore, pig iron and all manufactures of iron
and steel.
And this same industry charges the
American railroads and the American
people who use them s2S a ton for steel
rails which it sells abroad. at a profit,
for from s1s to $40 ton. We have faith
tho 1t is not SO vigorous as 1t once was
that the American people will one day
wake to a sense OF their own Innocence
and folly. Men are today turning more
and more to socialisnn--which is the vain
est Of vain reliances., Why can mot the
people resolve that they will wipe out
this socialism of protecting the rich at
the expense Of the poor resolve that as
far as possible they will compel their
government to do equal and exact Justice
to all men7
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11
Foreign. Consular Service.

' The Lodge consular bill, shorn Of
most of it's civil service provisions, is
likely to become law. The most that
1T does is to abolish the fee system, put
all the consuls on salary basis and
grade the Offices according to the pay.
SsThe cutting off of the fees is a re-
form in itself. Whatever scandal has
arisen in the consular service has been
due to the workings of the fee system.
Where salaries have been paid the gov
eminent has had little or no trouble
with it's foreign representatives.
ssss4While American consuls have never
been credited with being very valu-
able arm Of the service, it is quite pos
4 sible that their value has heretofore
been underrated It is easy to find
fault. to say, that the service is honey
cumbed with politics. But on the whole
it is not denied that the presidents
have taken a pride in appointing men
Of genuine ability and probity to these
positions. .s.. q
The consular office is Of growing i'm
{ portance because Of the expanding
character Of American trade. The con
suls are called upon to keep In touch
with foreign markets., TO gather IN
formation how our manufacturers may
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11

service during the great battle. He
took part in sixty battles and skirm-
ishes and was twice wounded. At the
close Of the war he returned to Michi-
gan and made money, became governor
of his state and favorite-son candidate
for president. in the convention which
named General Harrison.
President Mckinley made him sec
rotary Of war, but no sooner did the
clouds Of the Spanish imbroglio descend
upon the country than it was seen that
a more vigorous hand was needed at
the helm. Secretary Alger was forced
out Of the cabinet by the almost unani-
nous demand Of the country, Infatuated
by the clogged situation in the war de-
:partment, Yet General Alger did not
create any Of these conditions. They
had been growing up in period Of
peace in which the army system had
been outgrown, The. negative merit Of
making army reform imperatively nee
essary is General Alger s. s5
When he retired from the cabinet it
was supposed Alger's political career
was at an end, but the state Of Michi-
gan was faithful to him and sent him
back to the senate as an effective reply
to his detractors in Washington.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP ARGUMENT

John Burns. the first representa- tive Of
labor. that has ever held an office in the
British cabinet, has written for the New
York Independent an interesting article
relating to municipal ownership Mr..
Burns says: Cheap, popular. publicly
owned rapid transit is the best way to
dispose of the ghettos of poverty, the
slums OF misery and the alsatias of vice"
He declares that municipal ownership az
tried in Great Britain is success; that
in that system there is no one to offer
bribes, because there is nothing to sell,
that the occupation Of the thief has gone
because the receiver has disappeared He
says that 1t is an incontestable fact that
under municipal ownership in Great
Britain roads are better, the staff more
loyal because more contented, and the
amazing eheapness of traction is proved
by the fact that the average fare of cleo
trio car passengers in London is under Z
cents, while more than $4,000, 900 Of people
ride as 1-cent passengers. He declares
THE effect on housing has been the dis
appearance in ten years of $4,000 one
room tenements, a corresponding increase
in larger tenements and diversion to
common parks and heaths of the women
and children, who by traction alone.
without injury to anyone. now secure, as
an everyday right, what. thru company
ownership and dear fares, was an occa-
sional and fatiguing privilege"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11
QUESTIONING THE SAVINGS BANKS
Nebraska State Journal.

-, Nebraska State Journal :,
Patrons Of the Massachusetts, and New
York. savings banks are beginning to
suspect that they are, assisting In piling
up surplus cash for somebody else to USE
as the policyholders in some Of the insur-
ance companies have been doing for
years, in a measure, under the system
that prevailed before the Investigation
began. These banks are cooperative
concerns, with no capital stock, and yet
all Of them have surplus and sinking
funds derived from the profits of the bus
mess. This money belongs to the depos-
itors III the banks. and yet when they
withdraw they receive nothing more than
the principal plus the agreed rate Of in
terest: The presence of the surplus not
only makes the bank more secure but
actually increases the amount of interest
1t is able to pay For this reason most
Of the depositors see the rise Of these
surplus funds without making any pro-
test: but when they reach such figure
that they enable banks to erect handsome
buildings and to make other costly in
vestments, the feeling begins to grow that
some limitation ought to be put upon the
amount that may be put aside from the
earnings os'swell these extra funds A
movement is now on in New York to ef-
fect some reasonable limitation. s-'7't
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11
Senator Ayers Career.

The approaching retirement Of SEN
ator Russell A. Alger serves to recall
the fact that General Alger is one. of
the men who have made name and a
fortune for themselves in this country
OF opportunity. Alger is most keenly
remembered for his: fortunate conduct
OF the war department. at the beginning
OF the Spanish American war and in
connection with the Dooley letters. Yet
decades before Dooley was heard Of.
Alger had made rame as a soldier. q,
business man, an executive and had
come near winning the republican nomi-
nation for president: l:#s.s
One Of the millionaire lumbermen IF
N Michigan, Mr.. Alger. started in life !
boy without advantages Of family or
capital and fought his way to fortune.
AT the beginning Of the civil war he an
listed as private and rose during the
war to the rank.of major general thru
merit. His regiment was the first ia
reach Gettysburg and rendered efficient
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11

Kansas City tried to regulate the bill
board nuisance by passing an ordinance
providing that nos billboard should ex-
coed ten feet In height, or be set more
than two feet above the ground, or stand
less than twelve feet back from the line
OF the sidewalk. The object Of these pro-
visions was to prevent falling billboards
from killing pedestrians in wind storms,
as as. has frequently. happened. The bill
board boa people took the ordinance to the
circuit court and It: has been declared
invalid on the ground that it is "unrea-
sonable and oppressive" It is: pretty
difficult for the lay mind to see wherein
the ordinance is as unreasonable and OPP
pressiVe as the billboard. s.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11
Longer Voting Hours.

The Pioneer Press, in commenting
upon the difference between the regis
tration and the vote at elections, makes
the suggestion that the polls be kept
open until 9 o CLOCK because it is notice.
able that the heaviest registration is
during the, evening hours. Arguing
from this that the heaviest vote would
also be cast late, it advocates Ion ger
hours for voting on election day.
Pr The Pioneer perhaps misses the point
that there is reason for the heavy
registration, particularly. of working
men, in the evenings which does not
apply to election day. The registration
days are not holidays, while the cleo,
ton day is. There is, therefore cause
for the heavy evening registration
which does not necessarily apply to a
heavy vote in the evening of election
day. Under the law, every man work
ing for corporation or a company is
entitled to his time off to vote without
loss Of pay. This is generally under
stood and acquiesced in by employers.
There is no. attempt made to discour-
age the voter by refusing him his time
or discriminating against him. The
laboring man is free, therefore, to vote
on the time Of his employer, while he
is compelled to register on his own
time. -"
The advantages to be gained by long
er hours upon election day are to be
weighed against their disadvantages.
1t is, generally speaking, true that it
IS wise to get all the voting done BY
good daylight. Fraud would prefer the
darkness, just, as thieves prefer it. ! It
would be impossible to equip the hastily
hired polling places with adequate
light for the transaction Of the impor.
tant business. of. the election. There
would, therefore, be danger in the night
voting, if not of fraud, still of larger
percentage of mistakes, l5
The tendency of the present time il
to shorten rather than lengthen tile
voting hours, and to Introduce, as soon
as practicable, machines which will at
once record the vote and declare the
result: This is the ideal system. The
sieng-drawn-!out election day has mo ad.
vantages which would compensate fol-
the risks taken. - ::..-.. :,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-11

The president is said to be at work on
a speech which will "burn up the TO-
cent magazine reformers from David
Graham Phillips to-: our. old and valued
friend, "Link'' steftens. The business 81
batting the pirates Of finance is neither
original nor Of a very high order, nor is
the business Of batting the baiters orig
inal or of a. very high. order. The facts
are that some abuses are known to exist
and that these abuses cannot make them
selves manifest without the advent Of
human agencies. The magazine reform
ers are going after the individuals by
whom the abuses come. This is scrip
tural The Bible says woe is due these
persons and the magazine writers are
seeing that they get it. - = -.