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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-07-12
WILLING TO MAKE RACE
In Letter to Ex-Chairman Jones Bryan
Expresses Willingness to Run IT
Principles Will Be Advanced

si1ington-FG5f Former United States !
Senator James X. Jones of Arkansas,
who was chairman of the democratic
national committee when w. j. Bry.
an made his campaign for the presi-
dency in 1896 and 1900, has received
a letter from Mr.. Bryan in which he
announces that he will accept the NOM
nation for president for the third
time if it is rendered him. The letter
is dated June IS, at Stockholm, and
is as follows:
Il have been watching political de-
velopments and have noted with graft
fication the vindication of democratic
pronciples. You have correctly stated
my position AS | wrote to Colonel
Wetmore, shall do nothing to secure
another nomination, and do not want
one unless the conditions seem to de-
| mana it. may add that | ENJOY the
freedom of private life and feel that
| can do some good without holding
any office.
There are, however, certain re-
forms which | would like very much
to see accomplished, and to assist in
the accomplishment of these reforms
I am willing to become the party can
didate again if, when the time for
nomination arrives, the advocates OF
reform are in control of the party
and think that my candidacy will give
the best assurance of victory. If some
one else seems more available | shall
be even better pleased.
81 need not assure you / am more
interested in seeing our principles
! triumph than | am in the personnel
! of the ticket.
"The country needs to have Jeffer-
sonian democracy applied to all the
departments Of the government, state
and national and l am content to help
to make this application.
Yours truly
"W. J. BRYAN"
London, William J. Bryan and Mrs.
Bryan are spending the weekend as
the guests of Ambassador Whitelaw
Reid and Mrs Reid at Wrest Park. to
which place they rode in an automo-
bile this morning Among the guests
invited to meet Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
are Lord Goschen, Miss Goschen, Lady
Herbert, Lady Evelyn Ward and Lord
and Lady Monson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
The Washer.

Women should make prompt complaint TO
the police against men who annoy them on
the streets or in the parks. They should
not permit too delicate sense of modesty
to deter them from the performance of this
public duty. A woman should be safe from
wanton offense on any of the city's streets.
The man who leers and ogles and smikrs
should be suppressed. Any normal man
would take pleasure in knocking him down.
The following news item from New York
paper tells significant story:
'Tessie Hunt. an eighteen-year-old girl.
walked up to Madison Square after school
closed yesterday afternoon and sat down
on a bench to rest. In moment man,
who later said he was Ignaz Engei. sales
man, took seat beside her and began to
oge her. Miss Hunt moved to another
bench. So did Engel Then Miss Hunt
went to a drinking fountain, but Engel beat
her to it and offered her a drink. By this
time Miss Hunt had become annoyed with
Engels attentions and appealed to several
men in the park for protection. Some OF
them spoke to the would-be masher and
one called Policeman Greenberger, who ar
rested Engel. In the station house Miss
Hunt insisted on the prisoner being locked
up declaring that she would appear against
him in court this morning. Sergt. Nc
Carthy, when Engel cried real tears, told
the prisoner that he should have known
better and sent him downstairs to cell"
If every woman were a Tessie Hunt
the ''masher" would be exterminated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
WILLIAM ALSO-RAN-D0LPH HEARST

Willie a supplement which always beats the
news;
Willie runs for President. with nothing much to
lose
willfe's always running. whether by request not
Whenever there's vacancy it's Whle-on the -S0ot.
Frisky Willie, risky Willie. feverish for speed.
Prints a rapid journal, SO that he who runs Eiay
read.
wille's always playing tag-and yet he's never I'll
Willie runs the government Tor tries at any rate)
Willie looks on politics with serious intent.
AS sort of annex to his Comic Supplement
Willing WILLIE wanton Willie. can he. Will be
quitf -
wille's always playing tag-and yet he's never 1t!
Willie ran for mayor once. .but when he realized
In this land, which (Wile says by grafters Is ac-
Almost everybody has defeated Willie Hearst.
Dreaming Willie. scheming Willie. hitting OF the
He's one type of journalist-hs journals mostly
When he saw that Puddles were the topics Of the
hour
Willie got a Muck Rake of hundred-donsey
Started up geyser shrilly shriekinG all the time:
Don't you touch my mudl I've got scoop on ''iS
Frantic willie antic Willie. always on the jump,
willie found the Muck Rake slow. and SO lie
bought pump.
Birthstone is to Willie quite the mildest OF emil
bowie multiplied by fits and Lawson in cOn'ui-
Anv great calamity that comes the world to curse,
Read # in the "JournaP'-and you'll ind that II %
Bumptious Willie. gumptious Willie. running fQg
K.ens his circulation brisk by constant exercise
Wallace Irwin In Coilier's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

quite as close a relationship with Moham-
med Reshad, the zsultan's~ eldest brother
and heir-apparent, as with the ruler him
self. Mohammed Reshad is only two years
younger than Abdul Hamid, and has been
regarded as true to the doctrines which
have animated the sultan. Otherwise his
life would probably have not been worth q
pinch of salt.
In Persia the succession passes usually
according to the law of primogeniture. al
though it Is within the power Of the mon
arch to alter or override the existing law
of succession. The heir-apparent Is the
shah's eldest son. Mohammed Ali MIRA.
thirty-four years Of age. Little is known OF
his predictions, but there have been whis-
pers of his affiliations with the reform ele-
ments. He has maintained discreet
course, as BELTS an exalted but powerless
parsonage in a Moslem country. The latest
dispatches state that there is no serious
apprehension of crisis following the shah
death. despite the disturbed condition OF
Persia and the rapid advancement of the
liberal forces to position Of dominance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

Every few months the question Of
whether the front gates of the street car
platforms shall be kept open Or closed
whether the passengers shall be permitted
or denied the privilege of entering and
leaving the cars by means of the front
DOORS is raised in this city. The last time
it was in evidence. in consequence of the
action of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company in ordering motormen
to keep all front vestibules tightly closed
to the public, the Inconvenience resulting
from the order was so great that at last
the corporation decided to yield to public
demand and reopen the front gates. The
care were held back many minutes on
each run and passengers were put to seri-
GUS inconvenience
The question has again become acute by
reason Of a similar order by the same
company, and the Commissioners are in
receipt Of letters from patrons of this cor
poration's various lines protesting against
the new rule. The complaints are now
under consideration.
The reason for the closed-gate order Is
obvious and in the main excellent While
the public Is permitted to use the front
doors the motormen are SO crowded at
times that they cannot properly work
their brakes and controllers. The public
is endangered thereby. Passengers are in
jured by cars starting and stopping i'm
properly. and pedestrians and vehicles are
struck when motormen find themselves
unable to work their cars with precision.
Equally plain is the remedy for this
condition. The front gates should be held
open to permit safe and easy and decent
entrance and egress, and passengers
should be prevented from standing upon
any portion Of the front platforms. Con-
ductors and motormen. 1t is urged, are
unable to force the people to go inside
the cars. Then the cars should be so con-
structed that the public could not dis
obey could not interfere with the motor
man. Such cars are in use on one OF the
local lines-that Is to say. halfway in
use, this line not being provided with
loops at both ends. SO that on alternate
trips the duplex platform which serves
to protect the motorman is on the wrong
end.
This matter should be taken up by the
Commissioners with the idea Of settling
1t for good and all. 1t affects the public
too seriously to be left to the whim of the
corporation or the weakness or brutality
of car crews. Street cars are made to ride
upon, and they cannot be used to advan-
tage If they are closed at one end. On
lines that are notorious for their great
and at times indecent and dangerous con-
gestion the new rule works serious disad-
vantage to every patron and ultimately
costs the corporation in lost traffic. If
the public cannot be managed in its use
of the car lines and educated up to a
standard of consideration for others, the
car companies should be required to meet
the Interchangeable conditions and provide
sufficient cars of such construction as to
cope with a travelling public that will al
WAYS be slow about obeying the COM
mand, Move forward"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02

would again refer to the subject In his
public utterances."
This East Indian was dead in earnest, ana
Mr.. Bryan received the salutation in like
spirit. And yet how absurd it all sounds!
Mr.. Bryan was in India but a short time,
and on a travellers jump the whole time
What opportunities had he for making "a
thorough investigation" of the political con-
ditions of the country, and what are recon-
mendations worth founded on mere glance
at things? The probability is that Mr..
Bryan took to India the opinion he now
expresses. and trained his observations
while there upon things that appeared to
support them. Fancy the qualifications OF
a man for passing upon Great Britains
Indian problem who has studied 1t from a
car window and a ships deck, with the aid
of lively Imagination and Il political pur-
pose at home!
For what Mr.. Bryan has in view in his
remarks about India is to drive home here
his contentious about the Philippines. AS
he insists, in the one case as in the other
the dominant power Is exercised against
the true interests OF the people Great
Britain should get out of India, and the
United States out of the Philippines. Let
the natives conduct their own affairs in
their own way.
The admirers of Mr.. Bryan dwell upon
his travels, and assert that he has greatly
profited by them. To a certain extent he
must have profited. But to the extent of
being able now to unsettle and re-settle
great questions which have for years occu-
pied the attention Of great men, and which
in their present state represent the best de-
alterations of trained statesmen working
Pnr tha To OF oil kol
that a man riding around the world. now
on shipboard, now on railroad train, now
donkey back. now camel back, now afoot,
here today and there tomorrow. making
speeches. writing syndicate letters. holding
receptions. gossiping with other travellers
and with officials, has brought home
store of wisdom beyond compare, and en-
abling him to teach his countrymen in
valuable lessons? In the name OF the
prophet figs
STILL we are in the midst of Bryan
revival. and while it lasts we may expect
the tide of adulation to rise high.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
SPELLING REFORM.

From the Chicago Tribune.
It must not be overlooked, however, that
those 300 words form only a small portion
of the vocabulary at Mr.. Roosevelt's COM
mand.
From the Providence Evening Tribune.
Thus far. at least. the worst consequences
of the Presidents spelling order are the
Jokes that have been made about It.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Curious what q man'll do rather than
admit that he can't spell.
From the Hartford Times.
President Roosevelt has begun to employ
the new-fangled orthography In his CORE
spondence, but when he calls anybody IAN
unqualified liar over the telephone he viii
use the old style Of spelling.
From the Syracuse Herald.
However, we notice that very conservative
publication, the Edinburgh Review, spells
It tho Notwithstanding the British deciara-
ton that It viii never. never. never drop its
oughs.
From the Omaha Bee.
And now we are assured that President
Roosevelts Endorsement of the simplified
spelling system Is but another evidence of
his desire to make 1t easier for the average
man to write as well as to do right
From the Detroit News
And. so far as White House documents
go. there Is no referendum for the Presi-
dents initiative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
The PAULT-PINDING NAN.

O. the man that finds fault is the gloomiest man.
There 10 never a good thing comes UNDER hs $500 h;
He is sneering and snarling by day ana W igSt
At the things and the people that come in.o =,
And he frowns and he scowls at eAcn pro'ee' VI
He's q sour old persimmon. the fauit-hnding man.
He Will erowl at the sunshine and fret In the
He will sneer at the loveliest day ever made,
He will worry and weepingly groan ana compislh
OF the clash OF the hues In the bow atter ram
He will make you unhappy as well. III ne can
He's a grouchy old bother, the fault finding man.
He Ia soured on the world. he Is soured on himself
he will scold at the poor and the people Win pen
m Won paiEt on q picture with all OF your art
ua vju sna ont n comment to sink In your heart;
IF you sing then your song will come under mis-
He's = grumblins old pest. is the fault-nndins
II you write anything be Will yell Of it's flaws;
And he's happiest when he complains without
II Won work II you loaf. II you ride. II you walk.
II You cit and keep silence. II gayly you talk.
He will toss you about in his bot roasting pan
He's q dreary companion. the fault nnding man.
WV. at Paradise gate there Is one Of bis breed.
And ne sits there and sulks ell the time; yes.
indeed.
And he WIN not 70 In for q gold harp and crown.
And he long ago said they should not send him
h., seen full of his frets since creation began.
And the devils afraid of the fault-ADdinG man.
wilbur Neshat In the Chicago Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
MI. Bryan as Traveller.

The following Is taken from the press re-
port of the Bryan ceremonies in New York
yesterday:
Among the callers was a delegation Of
natives of India, headed by Pundlt Prof.
Mohammed Darahatullah. They presented
an address to Mr.. Bryan in which they
thanked him for his reference in his speech
last night to British rule In India Mr.
Barakatullah In his address to Mr. BRYAN
said We. the children of Hindustan re-
siding in New York. respectfully approach
your noble presence to offer our sincere
and hearty thanks on behalf of 300 600 900
OF India for the great service you have
rendered to that country by exposing the
falsehood and hypocrisy which character
tied the British rule In the Indian empire
That you took the trouble of paying visit
10 our afflicted fatherland. made q thorough
Investigation of the causes of poverty,
famine and plague-the normal conditions
OF the present India-on the spot made
genuine efforts to penetrate the surface of
outward glamour of British administration
in India. broke the veil of well organized
system of subtle tyranny, rapine and plum
der. and having discovered the truth about
the ingenious methods of British bureaucra-
cy at Calcutta. gave II out with impartial
ity to the world at large, has greatly touch
ed all the Indians In this country and
millions at home, across the continents and
oceans
Mr.. Bryan thanked the committee and
said that at another time he probably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
The Cause of Better Spelling.

Among the recent converts to rational
spelling is William H. Maxwell. superin-
tendent of the public schools of New York
city. The school board Of that city has re-
ferred to the committee on studies the ques-
ton of the adoption OF reform spelling in
the New York schools, and q decision Is ex-
pected before the opening of the school
tenn. And thus progress continues to pro-
gress 1t makes little difference whether the
decision of the committee on studies be for
or against reform spelling. Agitation of the
question makes converts to the cause.
1t is only proposed that the New York
schools approve the spelling of the three
hundred words recommended by the simpli-
fed spelling board. and the English-speak-
ing world is rapidly forming the habit of
spelling those words as recommended. Sim
pllfed spelling is taught in the schools of
Duluth and progressive cities of the north
west.
The reform urged by the simplihed SPELL
ing board is very gentle when compared
with that advocated in 1886 by the Ameri-
can Pathological Association and the Philo-
logical Society OF England. Those societies
advocated the adoption of the following
spelling rules
e-Drop silent when "fonetically'' USE
less and use err instead of re: singl for sin
gle. liv. hav. eatn. raind. theater.
ea-Drop from such words as feather
leather: deth death, helth.
o-Substitute for having the sound Of
u; abuv for above. tung for tongue
ou-Drop from GU in trouble (trubD,
rough (ruD. etc. and use or for our in
honor.
and ue-Drop silent after g before a
and in nativ English words and drop final
ue; gard (guard), CESS tguess). catalog.
Double consonants ar to be simplifed
when "fonetically" useless: Bail (battie),
writn twritten); but not in the word hail.
d-Change d and ed final to t unless the
Affects a preceding sound: Lookt klst
pusht chafed.
gh, ph-Change gh and phi to f when so
sounded: Enuf (enough. laf Qaugh). TO-
netc.
s-Change to when so sounded: Abuze.
advertize.
t-Drop in tch: each (catch). pich
(p!tch).
The proposal to adopt these rules of SPELL
Ing was not met with more hostile criticism
In some quarters than has greeted the ex-
tremely moderate and conservative rcom-
mendation of the simplified spelling board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
Ohio.

The republican state convention IN Ohio
this year promises entertainment for the
country. No cut-and-dried program will be
allowed. What Is done will be the re-
suit of discussion in the open. The two
senators want this, and their leading
critic, Representative Burton. expresses
himself to the same effect. Good news.
Conventions, county. state and national
have for too long been bossed to the public
injury. The boodlers and the wire-pullers
have done all the business under the table.
Delegates have simply responded when
strings were pulled. Give us. If only for
a change, convention where matters are
debated in the hearing of all. and where
men responded with an aye or no as II
they understood the Importance of the vote
being taken. An Embossed convention will
be something Of a novelty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
Here's Your jackson!

II was at one time an exclamation OF
,,anv democrats .'If we only had Jack
sonl What the party needs Is leaoer-a
man who knows what he wants and has the
nerve to demand It. With such leader we
should soon be in power. and shaping the
destinies of this country.
Well. gentlemen here is your Jackson
If Mr.. Bryan. in the matter or nerve ana
resolution. Is not OF the Old Hickory klnd'
where may such g. man be found! he
leads. He lays down the law. He has
mind of his own. and the courage TO speak
It. II you don't like him you may lump
him. That is his attitude.
Take the case of Roger Sullivan. He is
a shrewd Sucker politician. The Sucker
state has no shrewder. He has following.
and both financial and political credit. AS
q member OF the democratic national COM
mittee he possesses no little influence. And
yet Mr. Bryan, who denounced him two
years ago as a highwayman, calls for Mr..
6ullivan's scalp. Time has not lessened
his objection to the man and what he rep
resents. and. putting aside all advice to
the contrary. he takes his stand. That Is
Jacksonian-distinctly Jacksonian.
Take the case of his advocacy of govern
ment ownership of railroads. The south,
in numbers and eminence. had focked to
New York to greet him. The democratic
pick of that whole section filled the hotels.
and all were shouting for him for Presi-
dent. They had but one request to make
and that related to the railroad question
Would he please reserve the point of gov
eminent ownership until another time?
They were opposed to 1t and wanted to
discuss it with him. Not man of them
was invited to conference about the
speech the night before 1t was delivered
The leaders of the coterie thus honored
were Tom Johnson. Henry George fad
dist, a Jersey politician named Bob Davis,
and Lewis Nixon, a New York shipbuilder
with Tammany connections! And the strik-
ing feature of the speech as delivered was
the advocacy of government ownership Of
railroads. In the assertion of independence,
Jacksonian-dstinctly Jacksonian.
We shall see now how the spirit of Jack
son fts these times and Jackson's old party.
There were some strong democrats in Jack
sons day who opposed him. but he over
bore them all. He made his will the party
law. Can Mr.. Bryan do that? What say
Henry watterson. and Joseph w. Bailey.
and many other democrats. very much alive
and kicking? Mr.. Bryan has spoken. VIII
they yield7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
CAHHoE'S BOON.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
It is credibly reported that Mr.. Fairbanks
Laughed" over the Cannon boom. Well,
after all. he can laugh.
From the Rochester Post-Express.
Uncle Joe Cannon buttons are on the
market but nomination Ia not always at
tracted by buttons.
From the Concord Evening Monitor.
The Cannon Roosevelt story Is denied BY
both parties and as q result several thOu-
sand Cannon campaign buttons are now .
dreg on the market.
From the Los Angeles Express.
Those who think that Uncle Joe Cannon ID
pushing his boom too early should remem-
Der that he has a mighty long way to push
1t.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Uncle Joe Cannon evidently does not share
Bryan's aversion to sitting on q stool and
looking pretty for two years. But then
Uncle Joe's beauty is of a style which does
not tarnish.
From the Atlanta Journal.
The Cannon buttons are now being press
ed. but the people to do the rest have not
yet been found
From the Birmingham News.
Il Cannon buttons are being distributed
They. should have mammoth cigar some
where in the background
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
SULLIVAN OF ILLINOIS.

From the Buffalo Express.s ti-0 ~1if
The proposition to make Roger Sullivan
of Illinois chairman of the democratic ma
some one who wanted to see what Bryan
would do II he should become thoroughly
mad.
From the Anaconda Standard
AZ organs Bad Boy" however. Mr.. Sui
livan's capacity for mischief WIN be limited
to q state almost Invariably republican. any
way.
From the Salt Lake Herald. ailll ai
The Illinois democratic convention sus-
tanned both Sullivan and Bryan. tho differ
ence being that Mr.. Bryan was Endorsed
against his viii.
From the Memphis Hsws-Scimata1.
It will not do to consider that Sullivan
episode closed incident, since Mr.. Bryan
has never figured In . closed incident
From the Springfield Union.
The reception committee could have made
bigger thing out of It by working Uncle
Toms Cabin advertising methods and hav-
ing two organs and q whole pack of Roger
Sullivans
From the Providence Morning Tribune.
No ordinary piazza thermometer can reg
lister the temperature Of the handshake
which Mr.. Bryan will exchange with Mr..
Roger C. Sullivan when the latter steps up
at the head Of that committee OF Chicago
democrats to welcome him 10 his native
shore.