Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-20
Strange Timidity. Falls Upon
Eastern Leaders Heretofore
Considered Warm
BRYAN BANQUET. WASHINGTON,
Invitations to Make Addresses Arc pc.
elinsd With Thanks Government to
Compile Hunting Accident Statistics
!. Bids to BE Opened for Supplying
I War Balloons.

Washington, Nov. 1s.-Bryan is to be
given a banquet when he comes to
washington late this month to attend
the annual convention of the Y. M. G.
"A. Of the country. The banquet will
be democratic affair, and for the
purpose OF showing that at least one
section Of the east is still loyal to the
.'peerless leader" The plan Of the
promoters Of the banquet to give It
particular political Significance, how.
ever, Is likely to fail. owing to nuner-
GUS letters Of declination from promt-
4nent eastern democrats, who were in
vited. These declinatioAs indicate that
there Is to be no outpouring of the
I eastern leaders in favor Of Bryan. and
that when it comes time to hunt for
delegates to the national convention
Bryan viii probably find very little
reimbursement in this section.
IN Among the significant destinations
is that from Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler.
d lieutenant governor Of New York. who
himself entertains presidential aspira-
lions, Another is from Senator Raynor
OF Maryland, who lives only an hours
ride by train from Washington. The
inability OF Tom T.. Johnson Of Cleve-
land to attend has also caused COM
6ment, altho he has long been known as
one OF Mr.. Bryan's political friends.
Neither Is there any assurance that
w. r. Hearst Is to be here.
1t was the intention to have the
great speech OF the evening outside
that of the guest Of honor delivered
by John Sharp Williams. leader Of the
minority in the house Of representa-
tives, but now there Is a panicky feel
ing over the failure 30 far to induce
Williams to say he will be on hand.
1T looks as IL the dinner will be some
distance from being the worldwide
laily cooler it was meant to be,
Some OF these bright days Uncle
Sam will write novel about the VIC
TINS Of hunting accidents. With the
help Of the biological survey, he Is
now gathering the data for this In
teresting story, and It is only matter
of time before all parts Of the coun-
try will know how they stand on the
kill Of human beings. The chief con-
Germ Of the book Will be to tell about
the persons who were mistaken for
deer and other game.
Only two stAtess In the union have
q closed season on the genus homo.
They are Michigan and Maine. and
the strange fact is that those two
states take the lead for the number of
shootings by mistake. They are
rivaled only by Wisconsin ,and It is
stated at the biological survey that
those three states will furnish Q very
large proportion Of the material for
Uncle Sans Forthcoming narrative.
The closed season on the genus
homo IN both Michigan and Maine IL
scoincident with the open season for
big game, and the laws in the state fix
precisely similar penalties--$1.00 900 fine
for killing human being by mistake,
or ten years In prison. The govern
nent officials consider It remarkable
that the two states which have legis-
lation Of this sort are cursed with such
aflarge proportion Of accidents OF the
country, while In other states the kill
ings are comparatively few.
Especially remarkable, say the ex-
perts OF the biological survey. is the
scarcity Of such accidents on Long
island. There hunting is allowed four
days IN November, and the New
\ Workers flock out by hundreds to shoot
at the few deer still remaining on the
island. The amount Of shooting dur
ing the four days Is astounding, and
vet the inhabitants, as well as the
hunters, suffer little. One explanation
offered by government expert is that
the residents Of Long island have
learned how to manage during the
annual onslaught, retiring to their
homes and remaining in seclusion un-
til the hunters have gone back to New
York
At the biological survey the officials
know q way to reduce the danger Of
mistakes, one Of which is In several re-
spects better than the method Of
Michigan and Maine. The principal
point is to require that hunters shall
KILT no deer whose horns are not of q
given length. Such a law is In force
I'M Vermont, and there hunting acci-
dents are few. OF course the hunter
must see his game well enough to be
sure that 1t has horns, and that neces-
sity has turned out to be q pretty good
guarantee that the genus homo, which
is hornless, shall be immune Incident
ally the Vermont law affords protection
to does and fawns.
Bids for the first two dirigible bal
looms Of the war departments Allan
tic fleet will be opened next month.
Brigadier General James Allen. chief of
the signal corps, has decided to use
funds from the signal corps annual
appropriation while awaiting for con-
gress to provide the 100000 promised
by Secretary Taft.
The dirigibles for which bids are to
be opened will be the latest model, al
tho they will be much smaller than the
balloons the signal corps will construct
when the money is available
"Au designers of airships will have
a chance to submit their ideas and the
signal corps will choose what it con-
siders the best Of the lot.
Mr.. Harry st. George Tucker, pres
ident Of the Jamestown exposition, is
in Washington and when it was asug-
gested to him that the exposition be
kept open until December 16;, when the !
fleet sails for the Pacific from Hamp- |
ton Roads, he said ne was delighted
with the idea and that the board of
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