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New-York tribune., 1906-10-07

been nominated and elected Just the same even
if there had not been an Amen Corner.
well. here's another illustration said the
General" AT the head of the main staircase
of the hotel the Rev. Dr. Samuel Dickinson
Burchard. on October 20. 1884. toward the end
of the Blaine Cleveland campaign uttered three
words. with which a member of the Amen Cor
ner, believe. turned the election. Dr. Burch-
ard, as spokesman of a delegation of ministers
waited upon Mr.. Blaine here in the hotel, and
arter assuring him OF the support OF the clergy,
he characterized the Democratic party with the
unfortunate words. Rum. ROmanism and Re-
beliion. AT the time Or. Burchard was speak
ing, Arthur Pue German. who was in charge OF
Mr.. Clevelend's campaign, sitting here In
the Amen Corner. He no sooner heard OF tho
Three RS as they came TO be called, than
he held a conference then and these with some
other Democratic leaders. Other conferences
elsewhere were also held with all possible speed
and those three i'll spoken words were printed on
leaflets. bill heads. and circulars by the thou
sands and scattered broadcast among the voters
or the country. AS said before. know the
results"
The Democrat cleared his throat with such
q losg, rasping sound that it made the night
clerk look out Curiously; but instead of saying
anything the Amener lighted another cigar.
Another reason why the Amen Corner IS not
to be eradtcated easily said the General els
because its roots extend too widely and too
deeply It's members are TO be found all over
the world and I'm almost every station OF life
The King Of England was once an 'Amener.'
Prince OF Wales. he sat here and talked with
Mayor Wood He told him that Just before he
LANDED at the Battery woman came to him
ana told him to beware OF New York, that
attempt would be made upon his life. The
prince told of the incident as if IL were joke
and tho Mayor assured him that In New York
he would find Americans that he would be proud
TO nave as his own subjects. And the Mayor
was right. As You may remember. attempt
was made to kill Albert Edward. but the would
be assassin proved to be an Englishman.
"In the Amen Corner there have also sat Dom
Pedro Of Brazil, the Crown Prince of Siam, and
Prince Napoleon son Of PlOn Plon heir apparent
70 the French throne
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TRYING MOMENTS.

Many trying occasions confronted him at ens
last session. OF which, perhaps, the worst vaa
the all night debate which eventually resulted
IN the repeal OF the Mortgage Tax law and the
passage OF the Page Mortgage Tax bill IN it's
place All day the Lieutenant Governor had
listened to the debate. degenerating at times into
mere pickering and wransling. always palpa-
BILE fight against time. Night found him still
on duty, and on duty he remained all through
the long. weary session Quick as the snap OF a
whip came his rulings on every point which re-
quired his Intervention When finally ths dila-
tory tactics Of the obstructionists became al
most scandalous. he called the Senate to order
and announced decisfvely that any further 'tims
killing would not be permitted and that aryu-
ments, TO be heard. must be bona nds and per
ttnent to the bill under discussion.
Whereupon, up Jumped Senator Raines, one Of
the chief opponents Of the Page bin. and hurried
to the Lieutenant Governors desk Vigorously
he protested against the carrying out OF the pre-
siding officers ruling. But TO no purpose.
Lieutenant Governor Bruce calmly shook his
head and centred his attention on the debate.
Senator Raines his face white with passion.
Every we'll. il that's the game OF the presl-
dent, We'll make him face the music" he an
nounced in a tone loud enough to be heard half
round the Senate chamber.
Lieutenant Governor Bruce paid no attention
to the threat for at least two minutes Then,
calling messenger he said quietly TO hinn
"Tel Senator Raines that the Lieutenant
Governor likes music"
In that message, be IT understood, lay open de-
hance OF whatever the leader OF the majority IN
the Senate. veteran Of thirty years Legislative
experience and legislative wiles, unscrupulous In
battle, who was fighting with every resource at
his command. could do. For such things nis
friends love Mr.. Bruce and his few enemies re-
Spect him
Because OF the great amount OF work whna
piles up a Governor, and the III health Of
Governor Higgins. Lieutenant Governor Bruce
probably has been more closely identified with
the Governor than most Lieutenant Governors
with their chiefs. He has worked with him. 10
the Legislature and out; he has represented him
at gatherings political and social. Because OF
this intimate association his fine quality OF
mind caused him TO make q. rule TO take no &C.
ton, especially In a political sense whose ccnse-
quences could be deemed 1njudiciouS II attrib-
uted to the Governor with whom he was allied
so closely. When Lieutenant Governor Brucs
was being discussed as a candidate for the
Governorship nomination opposition to him de-
veloped among the New York delegation, on the
ground that he had not declared for Parsons n
the primary fights. The answer he sent through
his friends to this was typical OF him.
THE Governor, by virtue OF his position, could
not take sides in a primary fight any mOre than
a judge could properly mix in politics. fet
that I. because Of my association with the Gov
ernor, was properly debarTed from active
work in a primary contest
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PERSONAL APPEARANCE.

Mr. Bruce looks Ike his pictures. he has no
color In his round face. and there are no
wrinkles there, either. In his thick thatch of
chestnut brown hair there Is not silver thread
Tt Is a family trait His mother at seventy
seven, has a fine head OF brown hair. II tbs
lAeutenant Governor wanted TO dissemble he
could pass for youngster OF twenty-five. He's
1crty-six
On the night OF September "a Linn Bruce was
the leading candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for Governor. The upstate delegates,
who knew Of his winning powers campaign
speaker. regarded him q big brother. They all
liked him and trusted him. They wanted to
see him leading the charge The Lieutenant
Governor was not disappointed when the tide
turned toward Charles Z. Hughes, because he
was not a candidate for the nomination and
had gone 10 Saratoga in philosophical mood
The Rev. James A Bruce was pastor OF a
Presbyterian Church at MercersburS, Penn,
where Linn was born, on October 1, 1860. The
elder Bruce had gone there Two years before. AS
q baby Linn heard the artillery in the nearby
battle Of Antietam, in which two OF his fathers
brothers were Union soldiers. In 1864 the fam
fly moved TO Andes n. Y, which has been their
home ever since. DR.. Bruce has preached in one
pulpit in Andes for forty-three years.
Young Linn went TO school In the little old
red schoolhouse in the lower end Of the village.
There teacher and one hundred and
twenty-eight pupils. The teacher taught eyery-
thing, from the alphabet TO algebra. There was
one stove in the middle of the room. In mid
winter those nearest il We're roasted, while those
the rim Of the room were almost human
tcicles. When the boy Bruce got large enough
10 have mans appetite he had to do a mans
work. He did II, but he didn't like st. He took
his turn In the bayfield,, behind the plough in the
wood lot and at milking COWS, but he didn't like
farming. He admits that he was fearfully lazy
when a youth. He never MIXED fourteen COWS
night and morning when he could get hts lro+b
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.r. N IN n ff the trout were biting or II par
He owned a gun from the time he was able to
hold one up His first gun was an old smootn-
bore rife which he used as a shotgun as Wen
He loved il till it nearly kicked him into eter-
nifty One rainy day he was hunting wild pig
cons in a fallow. He was on a dried tree top
The old smoothbore had a weak hammer spring
It was necessary TO snap il on the percussion
cap two or three times before II went or
flock of pigeons came along. Bruce snapped
three times, the stock ali the time getting away
from his shoulder. The fourth time was sue
cess The butt of the stock kicked the hunter
in the Jaw, knocked him through the tree top
and the gun found ten feet away. Young
Bruce had literal big head for a ~Teek after
ward.
He was prepared for Rutgers College at the
Andes Academy, entering college with his broth
er in 1850. DR.. Jacob Cooper, Greek professor
at Rutgers, was a former schoolmate Of the
Rev. James Bruce The Lieutenant Governor
Joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity, Of which
Charles r. Hughes is a member. Bruce was
the valedictorian of his class and in his four
years at Rutgers took every first prize in rhetor-
ical and literary contests.
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voice;
- What we need is a war hero. man who can
ptins 10 the campaign the prestige or a wa
slctor; Name after name was considered. This
i ;tu tnat man was anaiyZed ana pulled 10
pieces At last the sitters sized up Roosevelt
Is the most available candidate. We all know
the results"
The Wall Street man began 10 argue with
great seriousness that Roosevelt would have
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HIS WORK AT ALBANY.

lieutenant Governor Bruce unquestionably Is
the finest presiding officer we ever have had at
Albany" declared Speaker Wadsworth to a
friend at the Republican State Convention, when
the Lieutenant Governor was being considered
for the place at the head of the ticket. And In
expressing thus his regard for Lieutenant Gov
New-York tribune., 1906-10-07
FIRST TASTE OF POLITICS.

| He was studying law in Andes in 1888 when ne
got HIS first taste of real politics. It was in the
Harrison and Morton campaign, and Lafayette
| B. Gleason, OF Delhi, secretary of the Republi-
can State Committee. chairman of the
county committee. Gleason telegraphed Bruce
that a certain Colonel Campbell, billed to speak
at townsville, had missed his train and he
i asked Bruce to go and make a speech.
Bruce never had made a political speech, but
he had had many q set-to with his political
thusiast. Bruce knew about protection and the
protective tariff believed in 1t. and resolved to
give the townsville people plenty Of it. AS he
drove the eighteen miles to townsville he got
nervous over his self-imposed task. 1t was
Democratic town. and the Republicans had
gagged Campbell in the hope of making some i'm
preston on the Democrats there. Bruce hoped
that the wagon would break down so he could
have an excuse to sneak out Of his engagement.
The wagon held together. AS he neared the
place he prayed for an accident to happen so
that he would not have to face the music. DR..
Montgomery chairman Of the meeting. met him.
He begged the doctor to call of the meeting
We've advertised this meeting for weeks"
said the doctor, but as you never made speech
guess we'd better postpone it,
The younger Republicans in the village
gritty and would not listen. The Democrats
chuckIed. and derisively asked:
"Who IN thunder IS Bruce2"
What! Dominic Bruce's son from Andes2
Why, he never made a speechi Haw. haw.
hawl"
All the Democrats were out and they held the
"Amen Corner seats DR.. Montgomery tried to
Introduce the trembling young speaker and
broke down. Bruce looked down at the snicker-
ing Democrats. His Scotch blood tingled, and
he sailed in" He knew about the tariff. and
after he was once started his self-control was
manifest. The scoffers kept quiet The Re-
pubicans cheered. He held every one there for
an hour and three-quarters. and still was urged
to go
At the close old ABE Northrop rose and said;
'Feller citizens, I move that II is the sense
Of this meeting that we're gol burned glad that
Colonel Campbell didn't come, for we've had the
aff,,rv ali tv1 ic
The motion was carried with a whoop of Joy
from the Republicans, who danced around the
speaker.
The stars fairly sang to young Bruce that
night as he went to bed at the village hotel just
over the barroom. Down below the Democrats
were swearing mad, declaring that 1t was all a
put-up job: that there wasn't any Colonel Camp
bell, and that old Dr. Bruce had written the
speech for the youngster. Along about midnight
half dozen men entered Bruce's bedroom and
walked him.
SAY young feller." said the spokesman,
We've got bet on that you amt a voter yet,
and we want you 10 settle It."
Bruce told them his age, and they went down
stairs and held another session of debate Bruce
was invited TO return and make the next Fourth
Of July speech, and he never has missed speak
ing IN townsville since 1888.
WHEN HE CAME TO GOTHAM.
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ment store And that day. hope, shall never
live to see."
This might have ended the discussion had not
Sitter No. 3, a well known local Democratic
leader, renewed the strife by this declaration;
It's my opinion that the Amen Corner, If Il
Is not entirely down and out. will lose its old
time prestige"
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WHEN HE CAME TO GOTHAM.

When Mr.. Bruce came TO New York he board
ed with his brother William, minister. in Jer-
sey City. It was the year Of the fight against
the Democratic bosses, Davis and Mclaughlin,
who had run the politics of Hudson County for
years. Colonel Wanser was the candidate for
Mayor of Jersey City. Bruce attended a meet
ing where the speaker failed to keep his appoint
ment. friend knew that he could make
campaign speech and called on him He took
the platform and denounced In unsparing terms
the gang that ruled Hudson County. The New
Jersey papers rang with his praises next morn
ing. Bruce spoke every night Of the campaign
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OTHER IILUsTRoUs "AMENERs."

'But don't need to go outside the United
States TO get u list OF illustrious 'sltters' who
IL they were all here. would I'LL this great hotel
Mr.. Roosevelt. when Police Commissioner. used
to drop in here many night. Mayor Mcclellan
used to sit here almost every evening when he
was a newspaper reporter. ]. p. Morgan when
his family Is away from town. has frequently
made his home here. and should there be no
newspaper men in the corner. he takes
seat here and talks high finance with other
captains OF industry. l could name many more.
Senators Platt and Depew. veteran members OF
tho corner: ex-Governors Odeu. Black and Nor
ton. Archbishop ireland, the Rev. n. J. LaysllA
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rAeutenant Goveyrlor Matthew Linn Bruce
who tz q candidate for reelection is tne KIM
of q nan -uu would Ike TO go fishing with'
Even if che nsh did not bite. you would feei
art.rwsrd that you had had Bruce and on the
ho4nsxpanr you would resolve that iire was weii
worth the living.
Tn linn Bruoe's close corporation there is no
room at the cfreotors table for the pessirnist'
The shades are up and the doors open. There
are flowers on the table. the robins are caroning
.ust outside the window. and the dividends are
as regular and as warm the sun. There is
xholesomeness about Bruce. He makes new
friends week by week. and never seems to lose
any old ones.
The elder Bennett. so the story goes. censured
one OF his staff for eulogizing citizen
Gordon" said ne, Eye haven't the idee. -fe
say that Jones is a fine mon. Jones is the only
one that viii reed 81. II We said Jones was
scoundrel every would read it
The Gordon OF to-day could only say good
things OF Bruce.
Bruce comes from the soil When he Is on the
rostruru with his penetrating voice going, the
urtener II his frnag1nation IS In working order,
osn see the old red schoolhouse, the village
homestead under the NAPLES. hear the yap OF
the shepherd dog on the sioehnl pasture LOT ana
see a suubonneted girl Of six swinging on the
gate He grew up IN Andes Delaware County
about ten fifteen miles from the nearest raii-
road. where Scotch Presbyterians raise biooded
COWS. keep the Commandments. vote the Repub-
iioan ticRet and sometimes inculoate in the
minds OF youth old fashioned piety at the end
Of bdroh switch.
Bruce is part OF beautiful living picture. In
Andes lives the elder Bruce. pastor OF the United
Presbyterian Church, hale old man Of seventy
sx filling his pulpit once week The mother
Of the Lieutensnt Governor also is at the old
home. rssding ehs papers about her boy, watch
ting for his rrequent visits. and always on the
doorstep with open arms when the carriage
brings him home. On Thanksgiving morn
lngs Ave stalwart brothers. with their fam
lilies, ana two sisters gather at the old home
with the venerable parson and his wife. the old
Bible is lifted of the table and placed in the
lap OF the head of the clan. tba inspiration that
nerved the Bruoes IN the Scottish Highlands
pervades the room. II is g royal American
fsulslyi The friends Of the Lieutenant Governor
do not wonder that he likes 10 get away from
the city and take his place in the picture.
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William A Brady, the theatrical manager; BiIr
Leary, founder Of the Society for the Suppress
sion of Peace; Job E Hedges and Simeon Ford
And by the way, do you remember Ford's de-
scription Of the Amen Corner, az our annual
dinner year or ago2
The bon mot boniface or the Grand Union
said the Corner was place to get in out Of tns
Wet where men might lOu free from care and ex-
pense on comfortable cushions. happy IN the
feeling that for the time at least they were on
velvet The Corner. he said lay between the
office and the bar, the settling and the unsettrng
place"
But I still maintain" said the broker, -that
the uptown tendency OF everything makes AID
ST. and Broadway a better night rendezvous
than 23d ST. and Broadway. Why It Is almost
like going from noon to evening to walk down
here from 42d st There's moro light and hhs up
there"
Intellectual briIliancy shows or best when not
too near the glare OF artificial light" responded
the man with black beard. "You could never
get the wit and humor that have enanated from
this corner in the glitter Of upper Broadway.
Even Abe Gruber would fail 20 effervesce there
as he does here. Abe IS never as good when on
this red plush And. by the way. did you hear
the story he got of to-night2'
Didn't hear that" said the others IN chorus
We'll. 1t was typical or Abe" continued the
black bearded sitter" He had been arguing
that Cuba would never have peace until the Jews
settled there. Somebody took him I'D on thar
So Gruber said:
THE Hebrews used 70 be prophets. Now they
get them. And how9 Because they don't waste
time killing one another. They know they can't
fght. and so they don't try. For example. at the
time of the Spanish-American War they tried 70
organize Jewish regiment on the East SIDE.
Everything went fine at first. Then came ths
day OF departure. and valiant and strong me
volunteers started FOR the front They took tne
ferry for HOboken. and were waiting there ror
the train. when drunken Irishman charged on
tho regiment and drove ttsright on the dock in1o
boys made money out of the deal They a..
picked Up bargains at the bottom or the river
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FUN IN THE CORNER.

You may be right" interrupted the Tammany
man. "As you say. there's lot or fun IN the
Amen Corner. I get so many laughs out or ths
annual Amen Corner dinners that they carry me
through the year.
The Democrat then related with great gee
what he could remember OF one dinner now
Carrie Nation" appeared with her hatehet anu
tried 20 smash all the wine bottles, and anothsr
intruder in the guise OF a Bowery vagaoonu
rushed up TO Mayor Mcclellan at the guest Cs1l'
and demanded that he should "lift the Id NC
Clellan was elected. the bum said because peO-
pie wanted wide open town.
The speaker might have recalled many mofe
"reminiscences OF that dinner had not a page ap-
peared and announced that somebody wahtea
hin on tha telephone MY wtrel" gasped 10
"Amsuer." And the session WA &c An and -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-25
TEAM OWNERS FIGURE
ON NEXT YEARS SCALE
Decision Is Reached to Advance Rates
=. in 1907 and to Serve Notice, Now So
Provisions Can Be Made. " '2S-

At meeting of the Minneapolis
Team Owners union last evening it
was decided to raise the scale for teams
for the year 1907. The rates will be
800 per month for sprinkling carts and
garbage wagons and so cents an hour
for day work. - -
The debate was spirited one. Many
of the members wanted the proposed
scale to- be put into effect this year
but the veterans who had had dealings
with the aldermen in the past explained
that the movement would fail, as the
appropriations for ward work and gar,
bage hauling and the assessments fol-
sprinkling had been based on the pres
ent rates of 500 per month and 45 cents
an hour, and that the city council would
not allow the increase unless the de-
mand was made in time to bring the
estimates before the board of tax levy
A committee was appointed to pre-
| pare resolutions to be presented to The
city council and to present them il
| plenty Of time so that the aldermen
could not again make the excuse thai
the demand came too late.
A half score Of new members were
admitted to membership last night ant
the union is one Of the most prosperous
in the city. =.t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-25
SPEED TO BE TESTED
Minneapolis and st. Paul Bank Clerks
Contest for Prizes.

On the bloodless field of battle the
Minneapolis bank clerks will meet the
ST. Paul bank clerks Thursday night at
St. Paul. The friendly contest will con-
sist in tests of skill in machine listing
and adding, mental listing and adding,
and in counting money. Splendid prizes
Cotton, for the Burroughs Adding Ma,
chine company. The Minneapolis men
will go down in a special electric car
leaving Washington and First avenue s
at 7:30~p.m.
The Joint meeting will be held il
Knights Of Columbus hall, Cedar, be
tween Sixth and Seventh streets. Sew
eral bank officers are expected to show
interest by accompanying the clerks
and acting as judges for Minneapolis
The first prize for the machine adding
event will be a gold watch, and the sec
ond valuable stick pin. Prizes il
other events will be in keeping, From
twenty to twenty-five entries in eacl
contest are expected from each chapter
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-25
STEALS FROM EMPLOYER
Lad of Sixteen Owns to Series o
TheftS.

J. L. kaufman, 16 years DID, was
locked up at central station last night
charged with grand larceny, it being
alleged that he stole. articles valued at
5000 from G. A. Hoffman, optician at
625 Nicollet avenue.
The boy had been in the employ of
Mr.. Hoffman for some time and until
short time ago was thought to be
thoroly trustworthy. At that time the
some of them were found in the pawn
shops. The pawnbrokers were notified
to look out for the young man and yes
terday sufficient evidence was obtained
to warrant his arrest.
He was put thru a rigid examination
and finally admitted that he had stolen
the articles and would help the police
to recover them. Because Of his age
he will be tried in the juvenile court.