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Iurther dehnduencies of a similar char
acter. the offender gives aepromiSe not
10 attend three of the theaters in the
city during this term of probation. He
Is also prohibited from associating
with vicious companions. and promises
either to go to school or secure some
kind OF employment.
The board does not end its work by
securing these promises. but requires
that the child shall report at least
once month to the probation officer
Should he fail 20 carry out his promise
he is Immediately sought for by the
officer and if a persistentIy refractory
case Is found. the offender is again
brought before the Police Court and is
sent 70 the reformatory. The probation
period is not one in which there are no
DTIvatiOns, and the boy who deIudcs
himself by thinking so is soon made 10
recognize his mistake. L is a punlsb-
ment by means of which the saIutarv
corrective influence is felt. while at the
same time the child is not placed In
the CompaniOnship Of hardened Grim
inals.
The most important work of this
branch Of the District regulations.
however. is not the manner in wbicI
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= HoJV the Other Half LiUeS.

u was only after hard work that the
NOV ement 10 have a special daily ses-
sioE- OF the Police Court 10 try chill
dren was successful. The method OF
handling cases against minors today
should be OF interest to those who are
never brought before the depressing
bar Of Justice II is one of the incl
dents in the life drama OF How the
other half lives"
Every day at noon either Judge
IVORY G. Kimbau or Judge Alexander
r. Mullowny IS to be found presiding
at a special session OF the Police Court.
az which all recaIcitrant children are
made to appear. The case is heard in
the usual way. and II the charge is
proven a fine is fixed Should the boy
or girl be unable to pay the fine. as is
most frequently the case, for the ma
1ority OF youthful offenders come from
families who are not in a position to
meet the terms which the law REQUIRES
instead OF being sent to prison or to a
reformatory. the child is placed in the
custsdy Of Zed H Copp. the probation
ohlcer OF the Board Of ChiIdren's
Guardians This officer after privately
examining the child places him on .
six months probation term. Aside
from the promise which is demanded
to the effect that there shall be no
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OF the State Of New E.-e- E!s nation
al stTCrgtE is also per->ptisic. ard he
IS one of the fastest growing poll
ucians Of the day.
In Congress, New York city's dele
cation is powerful, both in Republican
and ia Democratic ranks. It's men fig
ure on such pre-eminently conspicuous
committees as Ways and Means, APP
propriations, District of Columbia, IN
dustrlaI Arts and Expositions, Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries, and Mill
tary Affairs They are hard workers.
both on the floor of the House and in
the sessions of committees. Fitzgerald.
Sulzer, and Olcott speak often in the
House, and their words are heard with
uncommon attention whenever they
claim the recognition of the Chair
In their occupations these men have
already made the mark of success.
The ten lawyers are Charles Tappan
Dunwell, Charles BIakeslee Law.
George Z. Waldo, John Joseph Fitz-
gerald, Henry NJ GoIdfogIe, William
Bourke Cochran, Herbert Parsons,
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JACOB VAN vECHTEN oLCoTT

gress again and again in spite Of all
the declarations OF the machine. and
all the attempts that might be made
10 dislodge him. He has that part of
New York along the East River. and
ms office, down near the river front. is
not merely an ofIice-it is a haven for
all the people of his district.
His constituents. men, women and
children, look UP to Billy Sulzer and
revere him They take their troubles
to his office and ask him for advice.
Their woes are explained to him. and
he is besought to point out to them
relief He meets all these demands in
royal style. No caller is ever turned
from his door. and the advice he has
given. with the help he has bestowed
from tha bottom OF his kindly heart.
has. as a wit once expressed it, put
that district. churches. votes. men. wo-
men and all, into Sulzer's vest pecket.' -
Another example of remarkable
power welded al home by a Congress
man IS that of Tim Sullivan. as fam
Gus as Tammany and as strong He
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JACOB RUPERT, jr.

Hail, New York city, Mr.. Cochran ad-
dressed the first public meeting in
favor Of this Governments Intervening
to check the atrocities then being per
petTated in Cuba. In January. 1899. al
the Academy of Music, in New York
he addressed in eloquent style the first
public meeting in opposition to the
forcible annexation or conquest of the
Philippine Islands by this country TTa
has always been prominent in national
affairs.
Mr.. Dunwell, who was at one time
comptroller Of the city Of BROOKLYN
takes a great interest in the welfare
or the District of Columbia, and he is
now the author Of the bill to esta blish
q gigantic public park at Fort Reno
10 commemorate the struggles Of the
Federals against the Confederates In
uetense of the National Capital, in the
war of the rebellion.
Another member Of the deIega ton
VINO IS close TO Washington affairs Is
Mr: OIcott- Not only is he a hard
trlct OF Columbia, but he is author of
nllI 70 reorSanize the school system OF
the District.
George. Henry Lindsay, Democrat. is
tne motel man of the group. Leaving
THIS business, he became a coroner,
ana Quilted that to take a job as as
slstant tax commissioner
Joseph A. GOulden, who served in the.
Navy in 1854 and 1855. is also author OF
a Dill TO reorganize the District public
school system.
As is always the case with a delega-
ton from such a. hotbed of politics as
New York city, the men it sends TO
Congress do not stay long. Their high
est average of service is three or four
Congresses. and a great many must he
satisfied with one or two This fs ex
planned by the fact that the cifv's
political machines change from The
hands OF one man to another with
great frequency. Each new sshosss'
has friends he wants to heIp along o,,
the road of political preferment which
is, at best, full of pitfalls and rather a
boggy and torturing way than a he'd
Of flowers
But there is no delegation which can
show from year TO year such uniform
ability and unchanging high STANDARDS
as those displayed by the New Yorlr-
erS. It is a swift game and a hot ona
In the great metropolis where the non
ulat1on is constantly Changing ana
where money is used in large sums in
politics. Only the best and the stron
gest can survive many Of the hars and
trying struggles.
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CHARLES TAPPAN DUNWELL.

Charles a. Towne, Jacob Van Vechten
Olcott. and William S. Bennett. Of this
group. all are known as highly sue
cessful practitioners, and Mr. Towne
has reputation for eloquence which
is eclipsed only by that Of Mr.. Cock
ran.
In addition to practising law. Mr..
Dunweu has been in the life insurance
business. Mr. GoldfogIe has been a
judge of the municipal court IN New
York. Mr.. Bennett has also been in the
newspaper business
William ". Cocks, Republican, de-
scribed himself as a farmer by occupa-
ton. and says in the Congressional
Directory that he lis a descendant OF
old colonial families, his ancestors hav-
ing settled on Long Island in the year
1872 IN the House he has the repu-
tation of being Immensely wealthy.
In this regard he is like Mr.. Cochran
and Mr.. Hearst.
There are in this delegation several
men who have educations OF which a.
college professor would be proud. Her
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HENRY NJ. GoLDFOGLE.

bert Parsons, Republican, got his
learning in the private schools OF New
York, St Pauls School, Concord, n.
H; Yale University, the University of
Berlin, Germany, and the Harvard
Law School. Charles Blakeslee Law.
Republican, was educated at Colgate
Academy, Hamilton, n. Y; Amherst
College, and the Cornell Law School
But, as he is the greatest orator in the
delegation, so is Bourke Cochran ad
mittedly the best informed man of the
delegation He is what might be called
an 1ncessant and a devourins reader.
He keeps up with ali the current sub
5ect3 under discussion, and his cIassi-
cal lore is stupendous IC has been
said that there is no subject too trivial
or too heavy for Mr. Cochran to dis
cuss and adorn. This is often shown
In his speeches. He is one of the few
men to whom is accorded the compIi-
ment of a crowded House while he
speaks. whatever the subject OF his
speech may be.
In November, 1896, at Chickering
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the probation period is enforced. but
the method OF investigating each case
that comes before the court in order
that the conditions which tend TO make
criminals Of children may be rectiied.
1t is here that the city not only profits
by betterment OF the moral tc32 OF
community. but by preventing the
growth of criminal instincts which
would inevitably lead to great loss on
the part of the city government in de-
tectinE and bringing TO Justice these
children who would develop into shrevyd
maIefactors If left TO themselves. sur
rounded by vicious companions and
with home Influences which could not
be other than detrimental TO the uIti-
mate good of the child.
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Eeared Home and Parenta.

But this was not the most pitiabje
feature Of the story. After careful
inquiry il was learned that the boy <
father daily made him buy a certain
number OF newspapers. II he should
happen TO have a hard run of luck
and get stuck ne was beaten upon
reaching home The child was only
eight years Of age, and the task set
for him was too much AS a cOuse-
quence, he frequently had papers left
over, and was. therefore. afraid to go
home, as he knew what awaited him.
he. therefore. preferred TO sleep on
the street. The child was, Of course,
taken from the father. and he is now
being given a good education and fair
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IS elected to Congress because he
wants the Job. and is moving serving
his second Congress. His exploits as
a Tammany worker, q past master in
the art of practical politics. and his
coCsummate knowledge Of luman na-
ture IS he sees it. have made MIN fam
Gus TIM Oughout his State and his Ia
ton. He has been identified with
municipal politics ever since early boy
hood, and those who know say now
that Tim loves the city work much
moro than he does the halls OF nation
al leC3src tiCn.
The third and last man OF the dele
cation Y hO IS tower of strength in
his district is William Randolph
Hears. remarkable newspaper man,
and now q national figure because Of
the phenomenaIly close run he gave
Mayor Mcclellan last fall fer the city
mayoralty. He spends money in poll
ties rs the same requires it, and he is
developing unexpected talent as an or
ganizer. Many look upon him as the
logical man for the next governorship
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treatment at tie Industrial school OF
the District.
Another pitiable case of q fourteen
year-old child arrested for a similar
ohense developed the fact upon inves-
tigation that the home surroundings
were unimagine bly, frightfuI. The
boy lived with his grandmother the
two sleeping and eating in one small
room.
The children of the District listen in
school with wide-eyed wonder at the
accounts which their teachers give Of
the filth ii which the poorer classes of
England were wont to live in the
days before the Norman conquest.
They shuddeT At the thought Of fam
lies living in the same house with the
pigs and horses. with only dirt floors.
no windows or other modern conven-
fences which We have come 10 take
as a matter Of course. Yet all the
responsiveness of these pictures of home
life in England during the eleventh
and twelfth centuries could not sur
pass and probably not equal the degra-
dation Of this family OF grandson and
grandmother living in the heart Of the
most beautiful city in the world. The
grandmother was almost totally blind.
and being stricken with a dropsical
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lie learns as many of the circum-
stances attending the arrest as possi-
bic. and then visits the home OF the
child to learn the conditions which
exist there. 1t is often at this point
that the whole story OF the trouble is
unfolded. Either there is a lack Of
care and interest in the child or the
home is made so unattractiye that the
streets are more inviting than his own
hrcside.
Many are the little tragedies which
the probation officer can relate con
cerning his visits on this mission The
fact that the gravity Of the offense
for which the child is held is seldom
Of any consequence does not lessen the
pathos Of the situations. Sometimes
the Indifferent manner with which
the parent learns from the probation
officer Of the arrest of the child. at
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the same time showing that the lat
ter's absence from home during the
night had not been deemed Of any
moment tells the whole pitiable story
Of neglect and lack Of that atmos-
pEere of love in which alone a child
can properly develop
One OF the most pathetic cases that
has ever been before the court was
that of an eight-year-oId Italian child
who was arrested for vagrancy. The
arrestinE officer stated that ne had
time and again found the boy sleep
ing IN doorways on Pennsylvania ave
nue., and had sent him home and that
finally he decided the best course
would be to arrest him. as the offense
was becoming habitual. The probation
cfficer upon investigation. found that
the chiid's parents lived in second
story fat in r. 3st undesirable and
uncleanly neighrrOThood. and that two
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WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.


p" He delegation representing
the city OF Greater New
York in the House Of Rep
resentatives is a Teproduc-
ton of the power, the Gus
toms and the people of this
queen of all American cities.
In the delegation of eighteen are
men who boast in the Congressional
Directory-and elsewhere-Of their
aristocratic lineage. and men who,
sprung from humble origin. remember
their ancestors are dead and bother
about them not at all There are poor
men and rich men. famous men. and
obscure men. some who are born or
aIoTs and others who never open their
months on the floor of the House
The group represents. in its mem
hers. the profession of law, Journalism.
life insurance and the business of
bUildiug hotel keeping. and farming.
One OF its members served two years
in the United States Navy. and Mr..
Calder saws he has built over LOCO
houses in the borough of Brooklyn.
There hail from New York city
William Bourke Cochran. admittedly
the greatest orator of this country to-
dav. William Randolph Hearst, the
leading exponent of his school OF jour
nalism: and Timothy D. Sullivan. one
Of the greatest practical politicians
News York. famous for her bosses. has
ever turned out. In all. there are ten
lawyers in the delegation. Many of
the members served a long apprentice
ship in ward politics" and are now
occupying seats in Congress as rewards
for their faithful services.
WITH few exceptions. they are in
Congress by the power and with the
permission of the Republican and
Democratic machines that hold New
York city in a grasp of iron with
fewer exceptions. none could return to
Congress at the next elections without
the permission of their respective par
" leaders in the city. They are. in
most Instances. the output of the CITY
machines IN politics. signs of machine
20 yer.
But, as is the case with most rules.
there are several glaring exceptions To
the rule Just laid down William
SulzeT holds his district in the hollow
.o1 his hand. he could return TO Con-
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Investigation Before the Trial.

Following out this idea. therefore.
one Of the duties Of the probation
officer is TO investigate every case be-
fore II comes to trial. His first duty
in the morning is to learn from the
House Of Detention the cases that
have come under police surveillance
during the past twenty-four hours.
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II = OW city shall deal with
s. its ci.ild criminals has al
3 ways been one OF the
most serious problems to
Isl 81 confront the makers of
municipal laws 1t is a
question with which every city is con-
froEted. ana one which has never been
solved to the entire satisfaction of
philanthropists. but that great strides
dition of the youthful offenders in the
sight of the law and in shielding them
from unnecessary contamination with
hardened criminals is nowhere 5emon-
strated more fully than in Washington.
For FIVE years the Board of Children's
Guardians has had a general super
vision Of the children who have been
brought before the citv Police Court on
various charges. That their work has
been q vast Improvement over the
former methods Of handling these child
delinduents-they cannot properly be
called criminals-has been demonstrat-
ed In many cases, and those who have
watched the work or the board are
much gratifed at the determination to
still further extend the power and use
fulness Of the work along this line
The system under which the children
are now made TO realize the gravity OF
their onenses against the laws of the
District Is one which has been in oper-
alton in several other cities which have
conducted -heir criminal courts for
IonEeT period than Washington.
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Continued on Page 10. this section.)
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-17
A GOOD WORD
FOR PASTOR CARROLL

The following is from Rev. Edwards,
managing editor Of the Southern Wit
ness at DeLand. Fla:
The writer spent last Sunday very
pleasantly with Pastor Carroll at
Ocala, preaching in the morning and
doing some work for the Witness. We
found the work under Brother Car
rolls strong and wise direction stead
lily growing. Congregations are in
creasing all the time, and there are
constant additions to the church. We
heard many good things said about
Brother G. by the members Of his
church, all Of whom hold him in high
esteem. 1t was here that the writer,
together with Brothers y. B. Plum
mer. E. y. Bell and T. ]. Porter, was
set apart TO the gospel ministry. The
ordaining council was composed Of L.
D. Geiger. y. A. Bailey. D. B. Farm
er, J. c. Porter and ]. H. WelbOrn. y.
A. Bailey preached the ordination SER
monas only y. A Bailey could do it,
That was a day fraught with exceed
ing great seriousness, and a Sence Of
tremendous obligations. But after a
lapse Of more than ten years it is
great pleasure TO come back to the
same place and try to preach to some
Of the same auditors who were present
on the former occasion"
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THE LAUGH IN CHURCH

She sat on the sliding cushion,
The dear. wee woman of four;
Her feet in their shiny slippers
Hung dangling over the floor.
She meant TO be good; she had prom
Used;
And so, with her big. brown eyes
She stared at the meeting house win
dows,
And counted the crawling flies.
She looked far up at the preacher,
But she thought of the honey bees,
Droning away at the blossoms
That whitened the cherry trees.
She thought Of a broken basket,
Where, curled in a dusky heap.
Three sleek, round puppies, with firing
ing ears,
Lay Struggled and fast asleep.
Such soft, warm bodies to cuddle.
Such queer little hearts to beat,
Such swift, round tongues to kiss with,
Such spraying. cushiony feet:
She could feel in her clasping fingers,
The touch Of the satiny skin,
And a cold, wet nose exploring
The dimples under her chin.
Then a sudden ripple of laughter
Ran over the parted lips,
So quick that she could not catch it
With her rosy finger tips.
The people whispered, BLESS the
child"
AS each one walked from a nap,
But the dear, wee woman hid her face
For shame in her mothers lap.
-Selected
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LA GRIPPE AND PNEUMONIA

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Sold by the Postoffice Drugstore.
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fTCH-RINGMoRM

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April 25. 1902: For 10 10 u years I
had been afflicted with a malady
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HEALTH

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-02-17
INSURANCE INVESTIGATION
Report, If Adopted, viii RevoIutionize
the Methods of Old Line
COMPANIES

New York. Feb. lit is learned
that the report Of the Armstrong in
surance investigating committee
which viii be presented to the legisla-
ture next week, is ready for adoption
by the committee today.
II adopted, the report will mean a
startling revolution in the laws gov
erning life insurance in this state. II
limits the salaries Of presidents TO $50
600 per annum, makes the maximum
amount Of new business for each year
$3.50 00O 600, and cuts of all renewal
commissions 10 agencies, and practi-
cally puts them out Of business. for
bids the chartering Of fraternal socie-
ties and recommends other startling
reforms which will. in the end, benefit
pOlicyhOlders.