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The Teachers and the Law.

The most important item which the newly
designated legal adviser to the school board
will have to consider Is whether the school
teachers who were on the rolls at the time
of the passage OF the new statute June 20
were automatically continued In the service
into the new fiscal year and on to the OPEN
ing of the school year;-whether, in short
there was any necessity to 'reappoint the
teachers and whether the new board had
the right to refuse reappointments to any
of the old teachers without giving them an
opportunity to prove their fitness by exami-
nation.
There are at present some fifty or more
of the old teachers who have been omitted
from the list of so-called reappolntments
ordered by the board August IA. The sd
perintendent explains that these teachers
were held out on the score of their old
markings, as fair and poor" The
teachers who have been dropped believe
that they were given rights by the law
which the school authorities have ignored
They contend. with a strong show of reason,
that If reappointments were necessary for
any. all who were reappointed must be re-
garded as new teachers and therefore sub
ject to examination, and that there should
be no discrimination.
The law on this subject seems clear. 1t
specifically exempts from examination all
teachers on the rolls at the time of the
approval of the act. The spirit of the law
is equally plain, to ensure permanence in
the teaching staff, on the basis of the
stan as 1t then existed. Provision is made
for examinations to determine the fitness
OF individuals. There is no mention Of dis
missals or droppings on the score of old
markings. The new board of education Is
handed corps Of teachers and given the
means to ascertain later which of them
shall be retained. But 1t is difficult to
avoid the conclusion that Congress meant
that all who were on the rolls last June
should be permitted to start at work in
september. and all with Increased pay.
Running through the debates in Congress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31
Bryan and Tammany.

Not a word for Tammany last night, and
Tammany's leader was not present. When
Mr.. Bryan was running for President in
1900 he exclaimed on his visit to New
York, Great is Tammany, and Croker Is
its prophet" Croker is no longer prophet,
but is Tammany no longer great? Mr..
Bryan may take up the subject later. At
present Tammany is ''pisen." The peerless
leader must be wary. Wait until Mr.. Nc
Clellan and Mr.. Murphy have settled their
little differences at the primaries, and Mr..
Hearst and Mr.. Murphy have agreed to
agree, or disagree. publicly. Then we may
hear from Mr.. Bryan on an organization
which, whatever may be its reproach to the
democratic party, is yet one Of the party s
most valuable assets. locally and ma
tionally.
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dent OF trust company decided to sup
press the fact for few days IN order to
prevent . run on the concern. 1 thought II
there was anything wrong in Mr.. Hipple's
transactions the directors would have q
chance to make up whatever defects there
were"
did any of the directors of the bank or
members OF the family request that the
facts of the suicide be suppre ssed? was
asked.
mo. sir. they did not Any action taken
by me was voluntary" he replied. Several
men prominent in legal affairs told me to-
day that did right in suppressing the facts
until the directors Of the bank had q chance
to make an investigation"
This is not good business, good law or
good public policy. II a coroner can sup
press the fact OF suicide he can by q
slight stretch of his judgment suppress the
fact Of q homicide. II he has any rights In
the case at all, any reason for being, he IL
serving as an officer of the law. It Is his
duty to make the higher officials acquainted
without the least loss Of time with all the
facts Suppose Nipple had had an accom-
plice In his bank wrecking operation, and
this accomplice had managed to escape In
consequence Of the delay in proclaiming the
true circumstances Of Nipples death Where
would Mr.. Coroner have stood then? Tits
Is. a proposition that Philadelphia should
take under serious consideration.
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Philadelphia Methods.

They do some things very queeriy in
Philadelphia. They run their banks on a
happy -go-lucky basis, with the state ex-
aminers looking into the books and vaults
only once in two or three years and then
taking the word OF the officers for the state
Of affairs. Even their coroners are Affect
ed by the atmosphere created by this proc
ess Of letting things slide. Several days ago
the president OF q big financial institution
was found dead. The public was informed
that he died Of natural causes, ard was a
few days later astounded to find that his
bank had been looted and was on the verge
of ruin. Then came whispers OF suicide,
and. at last. yesterday the coroner ac-
knowledged that the nnancaer had slain
himself by shooting and that he knew this
to be the fact Immediately. Remarkable
acumen! Tho coroner defends his suppress
sion OF the truth In this language:
''On learning that Mr.. Nipple was presi-
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MI. Bryan's Keynote.

He is the same Mr.. Bryan-only little
more so. He we'll described himself in Eu-
rope as being more radical than in 1875.
He has surrendered nothing, and what he
has taken on since then Is In line with his
earlier contentious. He remains bimetal-
list. and yields nothing to gold but the in
contestible fact of the recent large dis
coveries of that metal. He Is still a free
trader, as the term is used In the United
States, and would prevent IL he could the
levying of a dollar of taxation for the ex-
press purposes of protection. A tariff for
revenue only expresses his belief In both
the wisdom and the constitutionality OF the
national taxing power. And, like all sim
cere free traders, he holds that protection
is the mother of trusts. Destroy protection
and you draw the fangs of the trusts.
The income tax Is another proposition
taken from Mr.. Bryans first program He
helped as a member OF the House to vote
such tax into the German Wilson tariff
bill, and he returns to the subject with all
the more earnestness because of his inves-
legations abroad.
The great feature of last nights speech
is the advocacy of public ownership and
operation of railroads. Leading southern
democrats were represented as anxious on
the point. They wanted Mr.. Bryan either
to abandon or suppress that. Evidently
they failed to move him. Neither silence
nor suppression Is his strong suit. He will
not be censored. The Star on Wednesday
pointed out the difficulty, by quoting David
Il. Hills experience in 1900 at Lincoln,
whittier he had gone to induce Mr. Bryan
TO cut out silver for that campaign. Mr..
Bryan favors public ownership and opera
ton of railroads, and says SO in the plain
est terms. VIII the next democratic ma
tional platform advocate that policy? Why
not, with Mr. Bryan as the candidate? The
&. probability is that he will insist upon 1t.
And now about the protesting southern
democrats. What will they do? What can
they do? Fancy the plight of men who
would make national campaign on the
Jim Crow car! Besides, by proposing
state ownership of state roads, Mr. Bryan
cuts the ground from under the feet of
such men. The southern states-aIl OF
them under the control Of the democracy
can under the Bryan policy continue the
separation OF the races on railroads within
their own borders.
Mr.. Bryan has sounded his party's key
note. not only for this years campaigns,
but for the campaign of 1905. Can a ma
tional House be elected on his platform?
II. the effort fails. what attempt. II any
dental contest? Mr.. Bryan will make
none--can make none. He Is irrevocabry
committed.
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New York is vibrating with the keynote
Everybody Is talking about 1t. Every ed
ftor. or nearly every editor. Is writing about
1t. Editorial pens are working overtime
The words Bryan" Peerless Leader
''Conquering Hero Next President
Peoples Tribune" 'Oleaginous Dema-
gogue, ETC., etc. are splashed on every
page. 1t is the great news and editorial
subject of the morning.
The editorials in the New York American
this morning are on these subjects:
Drive Out These Insurance Crooks"
Seeing New York for New Workers."
Subway Air is as Foul as Ever"
Here is where the editor was asleep at the
switch.
Oh! the jealousy Of these rival candi-
dates!
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on the school bill are expressions indicative
that the legislators had no doubt on this
matter. In the Senate especially were
the remarks on this subject pointed.
For instance. on the first day of the Senate
discussion, June 8, Senator Burkett, In
charge of the bill, said:
THE recommendation of the committee
will not do away with anybody's job.
Every person who drew salary
last year will draw a larger salary this
year than ever before In the school system
under this BILL
And again, speaking particularly OF the
position of the assistant principals of build
ings. he said:
1--WE did not leave them without a job
They are all teaching school and drawing
salary, and they get little more for being
an assistant. They win have their jobs.
and by virtue of the fact that this bill
raises the salaries they will have their
salaries raised. I will guarantee the sena-
tor that there Is not a soul who loses his
Job by this BILL
= The next day. when the bill was passed.
the debate touched the question Of the
status of certain high, normal and manual
training teachers for whom Senator Carter
desired special promotion provision That
he regarded the old stan as legislated into
permanency subject to later examination
for promotion and retention was Indicated
by this remark:
TT would be manifestly improper to COM
pei these teachers, II order to evade the
law. to first resign their positions and then
get reappointed."
Later occurred this colloquy:
mr. Burkett OF course. a teacher who
has been in the schools five years ought
not to fall below this (standardo as a mat
ter of fact. A teacher with such qualifica-
lions can very easily take an examination
and come in as a new teacher in the high
school. 1t would not be a subterfuge. In
fact, the schools should welcome the propo-
sition to have the teachers on these low
salaries resign. and then only those could
get back who could pass the examination.
Mr.. Scott. That is exactly what we
want.
Mr. Burkett. That is exactly what we
are trying to do. We are trying to build
up the tone and standard of the schools
There seems to be little doubt Of the
meaning Of all this. 1t was Senator Bur-
kett's idea that the old teachers were to
be all continued, and the Senate did not
take issue with him. That was, in fact,
the broad foundation upon which the en-
tire system of automatic promotion was
based
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They Lose.

The appellate division of the supreme
court of New York yesterday denied the ap-
plication for a mandamus requiring Super
intendent Kelsey of the state insurance de-
partment to remove from the administra-
ton ticket for trustees of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company the names Of four
members of the International policyholders'
committee
Nearly all the newspapers have headed
this item .'Policyholders Lose.,s There is a
lack of originality in this headline. 1t has
been used so often before! Some time some
body may write the headline "PoHcyholders
Win" but it will probably appear over the
obituary column.
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The House.

In their calculations about the next
House, even the most enthusiastic repub-
licans do not expect to see the figures of the
present House maintained. They represent
a condition that no longer exists. The
campaign of 1904 was a walk-over for the
victors. Judge Parkers nomination was
almost an abandonment of the race on
the part of the democrats. The Bryanites,
although their favorite accepted it. re-
sented it as a trick. and tens of thousands
of them cut the nominee at the polls. Nor
did their displeasure stop there. 1t ex-
tended to candidates for Congress. Acting
upon the homely old suggestion that it Is
best to let the tail go with the hide, the
democrats who cut Judge Parker cut also
other candidates OF their party, and SO
assisted in a result which when first an
nounced almost took the country's breath
away.
This year the presidency is not In the
scale. Mr.. Roosevelt's name Is there, but
not in way to work the spell of two
years ago, Neither is the Parker hoodoo
in evidence. The democracy has swung
back to Mr.. Bryan. and a southern man, in
sympathy with the anti-eastern ideas of the
party. is chairman Of the democratic con-
gressional committee Moreover, there Is
much pickering in republican circles, and
this will tell to some extent In November.
Democratic prospects therefore ara not so
dismal as in 1904. By comparison they
look bright.
Let US suppose the present republican ma
jority reduced one-half. That would give
tha party a majority of fifty-odd in the
new House. Or II 1t were brought down to
twenty-five or thirty there would be force
for important legislation on republican
lines. And that is the point The record for
1908, with another republican House, will
constitute the presidential appeal Of that
year rather than the record made this year
by the present House. With Mr.. Cannon
again in the chair there will be some work
done Of an effective character upon clever
lines.
- On the other hand, if the democrats carry
the House the victory will possess a tre-
mendous significance. Should they do no
more than reduce the figures they will crow,
and crow loudly. Some striking juggling in
the way of claims and explanations will be
executed. But a positive victory, in the
shape of a majority. viii be hailed as a
turn of the tide and Mr. Bryan be at once
acclaimed as the successor of Theodore
Roosevelt.
The stake is worth all the effort that will
be put forth to capture 1t, and may the
fight increase In warmth as the days go by.
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Chance Games in Wall Street.

From the New York Times.
1t has been many years since the Wall
street district has been so overrun with
gamblers and criminals as now There was
a time when the Wall street police had a
dead line beyond which no known crook
was allowed to pass, but it seems to nave
gradually disappeared. Gambling in divers
degrees. distinct from stock exchange spec
ulation and petty graft and a myriad form
Of low finance flourish in an amazing
measure in the financial district and its
purlieus. Small bucket shops are numerous.
At a place on Broad street a faro bank is
running full blast. 1t Is usually filed with
brokers clerks. eff these young fellows
cannot get away at any other time OF the
day." said former detective, "they come
here at their luncheon hour. The pro-
prietor furnishes them with an elegant free
luncheon from noon until o'clock and
they drop q few dollars on the game
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Detraction.

IT'S useless to attempt to please
The universal throng:
Though piaudits are attained with ease
Some censure goes along
When people hear in accents grim
The voice of some disgruntIed one,
Il don't think much Of him."
The favorite author OF the day
Evokes some critics ire;
The actor, struggle as he may.
q Finds folks who won't admire.
And cen the bridegroom who draws near
The altar, pale and slim.
In whispers on each side will hear,
Il don't think much Of MINI
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Heroic Stuff in the Immigrant.

Much has been said Of the reckless waste
of human life In the steel mills Of Pitts
burg. which largely employ immigrant la
borers At least one foreign consul has
been moved to enter a protest. The acct
dent in Pittsburg mill on Monday, when
a workman was overcome by burning gas
ahead OF them, with the result that the en-
tire fourteen were overcome, three fatally,
proves that there is heroic stunin these
new Americans with foreign names. They
deserve every precaution for their safety
that can be devised.
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How Not to Advertise.
rrom the Boston Globe.

The farmers of northern Indiana and
southern Michigan have come to realize
that advertising signboards mar the
beauty Of the country and that the adj
vertisers in placing them ruin young
trees and break their fences; and they
have effected an organization to see that
every sign Is removed from their prem
Uses and to prosecute merchants who in
the future trespass on their property.
The advertising signboard in the country
everywhere IL a blemish and a blot, be-
sides being one Of the least profitable and
effective modes of advertising.
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Trustfulness!
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Ch1cHx0 CHoHleie
No psychologist ever has arisen to ex-
plain why 1t Is that man who would
not trust his own brother with q Scent
piece will amiably turn over several hun-
dreds of his dollars to some glarinG raS-
cal who advertises to pay prodigious div
idends from q sugar mine In the noun
tatns Of the moon. The success of these
schemes OF finance 10 enough to make
Hungry joe" and all the other old-tine
bunko men turn In their graves. II IL
80 simple that no rascal can afford to be
broke"
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Not EXPRESSING Himself.

What do you think of your motor car
how?' said the inconsiderate person.
You must excuse me from replying" an
swered the man with a desperate look in
his eye. st have been arrested once for
speeding. There is no use in getting ar
rested again for profanity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

Coal operators say that the price Of coal
will not go as high as has been predicted.
This is the first comfor ting remark that
has been heard from the coal operators for
a long time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31
An Ovation,

A great man came to call one day.
He was the nations pride.
We said 'Hooray" and went away,
And all were satisfied.
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It is said that Mr.. Cortelyou's call at
Oyster Bay related to the appointment of
postmasters-and the disappointment >ef
would-be postmasters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

President Roosevelt is SO situated as to
be able to smile Alf-approvingiy IL any one
of several distinguished republicans is nom
mated for the presidency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

The policy OF the Russian terrorists is ev-
identity to keep unpopular officials in a con-
slant state of nervous suspense by slaugh-
tering the surrounding populace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

II all the distinguished American travel
ers are welcomed home as Bryan was New
York will be in state of perpetual holiday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

The story Of each bank defalcation reads
exactly like its predecessors, with implicit
trust and secret speculation as the chief
items.
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Uninteresting.

'1ou say 1t was not au interesting ora
ton"
mot very interesting. The crowd was so
orderly and did SO little cheering that you
could hear every word Of the speech
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

Scotty, the cowboy miner, has the special
train habit, which, after all, may be no
more dangerous or expensive than the au-
tomobile habit.
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st. Paul, Mimi, has had $4,000 fire.
The amount is not so large as to cause fear
that the experience San Francisco had with
the Insurance company will be repeated.
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Talking Shop,

sit took you years to learn all about the
business in which you were SO successful"
Yes" answered Mr.. Cumrox, land
mother and the girls say 1t Is going to take
me years more to forget about it"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

The title "autocrat of all the Russias" is
proving itself one of the most notable
examples of grim humor on record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

Presidential booms will be at much
greater premium in a year from now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

The average school boy regards himself
as a natural born spelling reformer who Is
being coerced by useless traditions.
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SHOOTING STARS.
knowledge.

'Yod say your physician knows great
deal?'
Il should say SO. He knows how to pro-
nounce the name of what ails me, and that's
a lot in ITSELF
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New South Wales has inaugurated
brand new set Of anti-gambhng laws and
intends to see If it can be any more sue
cessful than Saratoga in keeping the lid on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

~ In order 30 avoid delays On account Of
personal absence, letters TO TIE STA1
should not be addressed TO any individual
connected with the onos. but slnaply 70
TIE STAR, or to the Editorial or Bush
ness Department.. according to tenor o.
purpose.
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1t looks as if Miss Pickett had found
few minor opportunities which Cassie Chad
wick overlooked.
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In the matter of bomb explosions Russian
history repeats itself with disquieting
rapidity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-31

Frem the New York Herald.
.vsni vidir-(1,o be continued when the
votes are counted.
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