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Reaction in Russia.

Ever since the subsistence of riotng and
revolutionary manifestations in Russia
dispatches have been received from various
parts of that country indicating that the
government is taking ample precautions to
prevent the recurrence of conditions such
as those that led to the parliamentary re-
volt of last spring. One of these dispatches
has just come from Odessa, as follows:
'All the electoral committees in this city
and in the provinces have been suppressed
and their functions have been transferred
10 the town councils. The arrangements
made by these committees have been can
celed and their official posters have been
removed from the walls of Odessa by the
police. These measures, which are intend
ed to prevent the mass of the people from
taking part in the campaign for the cleo
ton of members to the lower house of
parliament. have produced painful i'm
preston here"
1t is plain to the world that Russia does
not propose to allow the people to exer-
else the franchise freely and to elect rep
resentatives who will speak the popular
will for reform If the governments plans
do not miscarry the new duma will COM
sist almost without exception of supporters
or the present regime. This will have been
the result of curtallments of the franchise
In districts notorious for their liberal ten
denotes. the direct Acknowledgement of GER
tain classes of the people, the intimidation
OF voters and the lavish bestowal of public
patronage. In short, the reactionary forces
control the machine and are evidently bent
upon employing IT ruthlessly to prevent a
free expression of the will of the people
These devices will not permanently solve
Russia's problems They will a. best insure
a period of comparative calm, unless the
suppressed resentment of the middle classes
and the peasants bursts forth In a ire
mendous revolutionary movement. That
the advocates of force are secretly at
work fomenting trouble for the government
is probable 1t would be absurd to expect
them to subside after coming so near to
victory in the resistance of a few months
ago. Just when and in what form their
outbreak will come can not be foretold
But the history of the past year or two In
Russia does not warrant the belief that the
virtual cancellation of the cars promise
of representative government will prevent
further disturbances. perhaps of a shocking
character.
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Post Office and Public Convenience.

There will be no objection on the part Of
the citizens of Washington If the govern
ment proceeds to establish near the new
station branch post office building for the
transfer of the mails to and from the
trains In order to facilitate their prompt
distribution and dispatch. But there Y III
undoubtedly be strong opposition to any
plan for the transfer of the entire local pos
tai headquarters to the neighborhood of the
terminal. Such move would be tanta-
mount to forcing the majority of Washing
tonians to rely for their principal postal IA
cilitie5 upon branches, condition decidedly
undesirable and not in keeping with the
Importance of this community.
The only plea advanced by those who ad-
vocate the establishment of the post o.ice
near the station is that time will be saved
in the transfer OF the mails to and from
the trains. In order to accomplish this the
time of virtually every post office user will
be wasted. Not only in the obtaining of the
mail from the boxes but In the transaction
Of the miscellaneous business with the pos
tai officials of this district, will the public
be Inconvenience. 1t is true that branch
offices may afford full facilities for the reg
istering of letters and the purchase of
money orders. etc, but in addition to these
features of the local postal work there are
numerous occasions for the patrons Of the
Office to consult with officials and to attend
to miscellaneous items of business requir-
ing personal calls at the post Office. For
these purposes the location of the office
near the railroad terminal will be highly
undesirable
The center of the business section of the
city is the proper place for the local post
the present building was established. and
Neutrality-suspicious. who had been inconven-
fenced for years by the inadequate facili-
ties afforded by the government thought
they had at last secured that to which they
had every reason to feel entitled, first
class postal equipment. AS soon, however
as the department pre-empted the bulk Of
the space in the building the fear arose that
1t would be only matter of time when the
larger establishment would crowd out the
smaller. especially as the larger practically
held the fate of the smaller in it's
hands. This fear now appears to be justified
by the proposition that the city Office be
moved.
The suggestion that the city will be bet
ter served by post Office near the station
must be regarded as In the nature of an
excuse for sending the local Office out of
the departmental building in order to gain
the room it now occupies If the post Office
department needs the room. and If the pub
lie business demands a separation. the prob
lem will be best and most justly solved by
constructing for Washington a new city
post office, planned for 1t alone and 80 To-
Gated as to meet most fully the require
ments of the business community. Such
location would not be in the vicinity Of the
railroad station, but at least a mile and
half to the west.
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In Old Kentucky.

Can the republicans carry Kentucky next
year? They are going to try, and are heart
ened by a situation not without encourage
ment for them.
At the democratic primary held last
Tuesday Gov. Beckham was nominated for
the United States Senate, and Judge Hager
for governor. Both are accomplished poll
ticians, and the success of the former has
been extraordinary. At the early age of
thirty-six he stands completely the master
OF his party. The history of the state does
lot show more striking achievements Not
even Mr.. Clay In his day had greater infiu-
ence. Several years ago he vetoed the
proposition to make Henry Watterson gov
ernor, and stood for another term himself
Last year he directed the campaign that
resulted in the defeat of Mr.. Blackburn,
and now he has for his own benefit turned
down Mr. McCreary. The veterans have all
had to confess his power.
What explains it? The answer very gen.
orally is machine politics In a state where
popular oratory and eminence at the bar
have heretofore counted for so much in
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New JERSEY.

The republicans of New Jersey control
the legislature with forty-four votes on
joint ballot. A United States senator is to
be elected, and forty-one of those votes
are necessary to success. Mr.. Dryden is
a candidate to succeed himself but lacks
one vote of the necessary number. Can he
win? Or will the prize go to another?
There is probably nothing in the gossip
that Mr.. Cleveland may be chosen by a
combination of democrats and independent
republicans. The majority party has some
excellent men in its ranks and should
hold on to so important an off, Besides,
New Jersey is a protection state, and in
the coming six years the tariff is certain
to be revised. At that time New Jersey
will need her votes in the Senate In the
shaping of schedules In which she is vi
tally interested.
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public affairs a man without either has at
last appeared and bested veterans OF high
gifts all along the line. As q speaker he Is
wholly without rhetorical flourish or mag
netism. AS a lawyer he is without distinc-
ton. But as an organizer. with the capac-
ity to choose lieutenants and give them the
right assignment, and the judgment TO
read and guide by public opinion. he has
shown the gifts Of leadership, and is now
on the crest of high wave.
But his very success brings Gov Beckham
danger. Months ago Mr.. Blackburn was
quoted in this town as saying that IL the
machine made the next nominations they
would be defeated at the polls. In the face
of his prediction win Mr. Blackburn be of
much force on the stump, IL he takes the
stump. next year? May Mr.. Watterson's
brilliant pen be expected to move very eff
fectively in behalf Of a ticket OF which he
is known to hold poor opinion? And how
buoyantly and joyously may Mr.. McCreary
be expected to work for men who have just
bowled him over without ceremony? Gov.
Beckham has defeated these men singiy.
but can he win now against their combined
inactivity. or their combined lukewarmness?
But the republicans have a positive as
well as a negative encouragement They
are well led by men of ability and attract
iveness. John w. Yerkes would make an
excellent governor or senator. The same
may be said of Judge Walter Evans; of
George Du Relic, district attorney for the
western district of Kentucky: of David w.
Fairleigh. a leader of the Louisville bar, of
William o. Bradley. who has served in the
governors office with distinction, and of
William c. Owens, speaker of rare gifts.
And there are others, all to the manner
born, and all sincere in their convictions
and aggressive in their methods.
Keep your eyes on Kentucky. Next
years campaign there may be the liveliest
in the country.
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LOCALIZED Bossism.

Except that he asserts his entire serious
ness, Secretary Bonaparte might be sus-
pected of joking In proposing that political
bossism be legalized: that bosses be regu-
larry chosen and empowered to make party
nominations. He admits that the idea is
crude and needs development, but insists
that it contains the germ of good things
1t undoubtedly is crude. On it's face it is
more Napoleonic than American. With
apologies to Napoleon, and later to Roscoe
Conkling, and still later to Henry Cabot
Lodge, it may be said that In few years,
under the suggested system, all America
would cease to be republican and become
Cossack. After legalzing our boss, we
should have to resign ourselves to his whip.
and then make up our minds to be driven
about at his pleasure. That way lies dis
aster. on a greater scale than we have ever
known it,
Where should we turn for these paragons
of purity and patriotism and wisdom? There
are many good men in this country but
none is too good. We wisely provide checks
for all our officials. We are as careful as
possible to see that they are not unduly
subjected to temptation. The bossism
against which the people have recently re-
volted and to which they administered a
black eye was founded on the proposition
that the people did not have, or would not
take, time to attend to the political end of
their affairs. The people were themselves
responsible for all the ills they had suffered
Out of their Indifference and neglect had
grown the bosses.
The remedy for our troubles is not in re-
ducing the number of bosses, but in rally
ing the people to a higher sense Of their
public duty. If the pick of our citizenship
refuses, is reluctant to accept, Office,
and leaves the field clear to others, disaster
follows logically. Successful popular gov
eminent presupposes an active interest of
the people in public affairs. When Office
who live by It, and responsibility counts
for nothing how can the body polite be
sound and strong?
In this matter of nominations for Office
the primary system is working very great
good. 1t may be that in many cases the
best men do not offer for the honors, and
in other cases that the best men who do
offer are not chosen. Still the principe
upon which our institutions stand Is OBJ
served. What is done Is done In the open,
and done. not by man or two men in
corner. but by a majority of those who
subsequently are to express themselves at
the regular polls When the people get
ready to abdicate they should make the
job complete In that day one boss will
do. and he should run the whole govern
mental concern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12
Child Labor Reform.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

1t is far cry from present conditions of
the child labor problem to the days when
the British parliament. more than a CEN
fury ago. passed the first factory act for
the protection Of the little ones who were
transferred from the warehouses; to the mill
barracks, and worked from twelve to four
has advanced along humanitarian lines a
long distance since the times when it was
common to find nine-year-old boys and
girls delving in the mines, and when the
mill and mine owners resisted with all the
influence at their command the meager re-
strictive legislation which was attempted
to meet and correct these conditions Yet
the fact that great states of the American
Union today have been willing to go no
further than to fix the age limit for mill
labor at twelve and thirteen years, and the
existence of great industries which con-
tinue to employ children on the pretense Of
economic necessity. furnish irrefutable JUS
LITIGATION for the movement which the ma
tional child labor committee represents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12
A Panied Genius.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
Mr.. Gorky took back to Europe with him
some Impressions" II reports be true,
they were all he took back with him from
this country, and if there had been a
freight rate upon impressions the noted
revoiutionist might have felt constrained to
leave them behind. Naturally they were
most painful Impressions. Mr.. Gorky's ca
pacity for being panied is exceptional any
way and his opportunities while in this
country for INDUCING it were rare. He has
put his pain on paper, and from the cabled
accounts of it the author must have been
glad that he got away from here alive. We
are too. We should have been sorry If
tyrant-hating soul.
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Eastern Populism.
From the Chicago Chronicle

The returns of the election in New York
disclose the prevalence In that state to a
surprising extent of what DR.. Mitchell, of
the railway surgeons calls epidemic hys-
terra or what is otherwise called popular
craze They disclose the prevalence of a
popular impulse which cannot be accounted
for upon the assumption of normal mental
activity. The impulse in its irrational char
acter resembles that which sent men in
swarms to take part in the crusades, or
that which produced the tulipomania in
Holland, or that which gave US populism in
our western states.
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A Dyspeptic's Confession.

Used to heave happy sigh
When they mentioned pumpkin pie;
Used to kind of warm with pride
AS 1 watched the turkeys stride;
Tain't SO long a period since
liked pastry-mostly mince.
Things is changin'. pears to me,
Nothin's like 1t used to be.
Though the trusts depress me soma
An the railroads make me glum;
Kind O. think I'd feel all right
With my old-time appetite.
This here tyranny of wealth
Wouldn't fret me if my health
Caused my dinners to agree
An seem like they used to be.
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Addicks.

Mr.. Addicks is again dead. 1t may be said
of him that he is the dyingeSt politician
in America. Why he refuses to stay dead
Is his own secret, as Is also his method of
resurrection. But In some way and for
his own purposes he reappears. and makes
1t necessary to keep on killing him. Still
the number of his lives must be limited
He cannot have greatly the advantage of
a cat whose limit is nine. In the interest
of good government and clean politics, let
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the good work go on until Mr.. Addicks'
limit is reached and he is forced to remain
defunct- Meanwhile. Addicks or no Ad-
dicks. Delaware owes herself and the coun-
try the best possible utilization of Tues
days victory. and senator whose work
will command attention 1t Is getting to be
far cry to Bayard and Salisbury and
Gray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12
Sympathy.

I'VE didn't seem to win the sympathy of
our auditors tonight" said the leading man
mo" answered Mr.. Stormington Barnes,
'but we might easily have gotten 1t by
telling them what the box-office receipts
amounted to-
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SHOOTING STARS.
A Fear.

What is your opinion of the faith cure?"
Il am beginning to fear answered the
skeptical person, that it requires hope and
charity more than it does faith"
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Mr.. Hearst's modesty prevents him from
publishing list Of the men whose great
ness has been recognized despite the fact
that they We're defeated at the polls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

The suit against the beef trust to recover
damages for ptomaine poisoning may lead
to other things. There may be efforts to
hold vendors OF illuminants responsible for
failing eyes and even to compel telephone
companies to assume some degree Of la
bility for the nervous prostration that
threatens to become epidemic in America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12
Sure.

What makes you so sure that man is
not qualified to be successful arctic ex-
plorer?''
He couldn't write a readable magazine
article to save his life"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

If Pullman cars are hotels on wheels,
their regulation by governmental authority
may lead to some steps in reforming the
stationary taverns that regard the traveller
as a natural prey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

When 1t comes to q question of elastic
currency the bankers might consult some Of
the high financiers who know how to make
a few hundred thousand dollars cover so
many investments.
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ElectionS

Results depend. as in the past,
When figures swift have mounted,
Sometimes on how the votes are cast;
Sometimes on how they're counted.
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Blockheads.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
A chair of numbering is to be established
in a northern university. Possibly this will
be construed as a tardy recognition Of the
wooden-headed student.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

Mr.. Bryan does not admit that he has
repudiated silver, but he must confess that
silver has not stood by him as its might
have done.
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All Do It.

From the Newark News.
It's a mighty poor Washington corre-
spondent who cannot now tell US exactly
what the President is going to say in the
Forthcoming message.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

Some of the people who are disappointed
In the recent election win suspect that the
trusts are now raising wages as a matter
of mere spite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

The only objection to unwritten laws is
that so many people feel competent to
make them for themselves
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More Interesting.

"Bliggins says he always counts a hun
dred when he is in doubt about what to
say"
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne. land 1t
would usually be more interesting IL he
counted aloud and buried his remarks in
silence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

In lieu of other present occupation, Mr..
Hearst Is expected to resume his customary
activity In running for mayor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

1t is but human nature for every editor
who gets defeated In an election to regard
himself as another Horace Greedy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

Naturally James ]. Hill thinks a rail-
road knows more about running a govern
ment than government knows about run
ming railroad.
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Hearst's Enemies.

From the Toledo Blade.
When it Is remembered how many New
York men were called vile names by Hearst
1t seems that Hughes plurality should have
been much larger.
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Tiger Judges.

From the Lewiston Journal
The most humiliating feature of the late
elections is the election of the striped ju-
dietary ticket in Greater New York city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

It may be necessary to stick to old
fashioned speech for some time 80 that
the spelling reformers can agree as to Just
what they want
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No More Work.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Latest from Panama Is that Engineer
Stevens and the rest Of 'em have caught
the base ball fever. Goodby to the canal!
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The Prayed Collar.

From the Buffalo Express.
New York publication tells How Col
lar Is Made. To see how 1t is worn out
look In the side window of a laundry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

Life insurance has not received such a
setback as to prevent a scramble for the
control Of big companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

1t may be assumed that Count Boni is
not as much worried by his loss Of reputa-
ton as by his loss of credit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

Germany is sure the Monroe doctrine will
sooner or later be a dead letter, but can
not help manifesting a certain impatience
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12

newspaper does not look natural unless
1t announces that somebody by the name of
Thaw is in trouble
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- In order 10 avoid delays On account 81
personal absence. letters 10 xEE STAB
should not b addrssssA to any Individual
connected with the once. but simply TO
THE STA1, or 10 the Editorial or DuSi.
ness Dspsxtmsnts. according to tenor OF
purpose.
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PLEASED WITH
LABOR'S SHOWING
c. F. NeSbit Talks in Park
of Initiative and Refer
endum
Mr.. HAHN NOT PRESENT

President Behan OF the Central La
Dor Union acted as presiding officer Of
the labor meeting at KirlSwood Park.
and after oongratuiating the members
Of the organization who turned out in
such goodly numbers declared that the
time had come for the dropping OF the
petty jealousies which have interfered
with the labor movement and the ex-
Ipulslon Of the elements which tend to
disruption. He then introduced c. f..
Nesbit Of Washington, d. C.. as the
FIRST speaker Mr.. Nesbit delivered a
powerful address on the Initiative and
Referendum. A synopsis of this viii
be printed in The Evening Journal to-
morrow.
Ex- x-Representntive Willard S. Mere
dith also made an address on Labor
Unions.
Mr. Hahn. Of Philadelphia, district
organizer Of the American Federation
of Labor, did not appear.
Evening journal., 1906-09-03
BLACK HAND
KILLS FOUR
Pennsylvania State Police
Shot Down in Midnight
Ride With Italians

BY Our Own Wire. Publishers Press.
PUNsUTAWNAY. Pa, Sept. 3.-The
bloodiest fight in which the state
constabulary has thus far engaged
came TO an end at four o'clock this
morning when a stronghold in which
Italian members of the supposed
'Black Hand" had taken refuge was
dynamited and then burned to tho
ground. But before this dramatic
chapter a tragedy at Florence, a min
ing town several miles from here, was
enacted in which three lives were shot
out and fourth was hanging in the
balance. The dead are
Private John Henry, aged 26. Of
Philadelphia. shot through the heart
Private Francis zehringer, aged 30,
of Conshohocken, body riddled with
bullets and rescued just before the
house fort was destroyed.
Unindentihed italian, shot through
the heart
The seriously injured:
Private Homer c. Chambers, Of
Rochester. Pa. shot through the head
and body. having i've wounds. mostly
buckshet