The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-04
VIEWS OF EDITORS.
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What a contrast to a Congressional GAL
lery Of years agoi Time was when entirely
bare faces were a small minority, and
when only the most daring would have ven
tured to display merely a mustache, but
when the average chin wore a flowing
growth below a clean shaven upper lip.
At other times probably a preponderanee
of faces were free as q Nazarites neau
from the touch of either razor or shears,
while yet again at times smooth shaven
chins were flanked with all manner OF
lateral adornments, from mutton chops
and "Burnsides'' to ''Dundrearies." Yet
they say men care not for these things,
confront not the mirror, and are not the
blind followers of fashion that their better
halves are. Can it be that there is indeed
some profound esoteric significance in these
things? Does the change from full whis-
kers to smooth faces, and from SIDE
whiskers to mustaches, denote some new
evolution Of craftsmanship, the rise of a
new era upon the world? Truly, there 10
occasion for the coming of the latter DAY
Sage of Weissnichtwo.-New York Tribune.
"A New Independent Partisan.
The ranks of the independent partisans
are recruited from the most unexpected
sources. Nobody has ever accused ex-
Senator John G. Spooner of being an lnde-
pendent partisan. In the Senate he was a
partisan OF partisans in the narroWest
sense of the word. That is, Spooner al
ways acted as If he thought he served MS
country best who served his party best-to
give a twist to the famous words OF Pres
ident Hayes. But a very few months
away from the Senatorial atmosphere mas
done wonders even for John c.. Spooner, as
witness his address at the National Found
ers' Association In New York city re-
Gently, which has accustomed much COM
ment in Washington. Mr.. Spooner dld
not exactly throw caution to the winds NO
one who knows the brilliant gentleman
from Wisconsin could conceive of him do
ing that. He did inquire whether all the
men had gone And then he
said to diners: Let us be a little free with
ourselves. Let us have a little heart-to-
heart talk And in brief. this is waht ex-
Senator Spooner, despite reported reporto-
rial absence, is quoted as having said, and
1t has not been denied:
There is entirely too much of this CEN
tralization of power in Washington. You
know where the power is and who the
power is. 1t is not necessary to mention
What is this present government
of ours coming to, anyhow? 1t is Federal
control of this and Federal control of that
and all the time making Federal control
around the executive head. that he
nave The ilbhl = MANI SUN
as he thinks best. = . l do not believe
in the original States rights proposition,
l do know there are many things that
States can aud should control"
This sounds more like LaFollette than
Spooner, and more like Bryan than either.
1t is a striking evidence of the rise of inde-
partisanship.-Buffalo Times.
Good PaternaIissn.
1a- rt-.--.. - s..-A 1lrzl
the country, or tried to, and the Agricul-
tural Department is also helping the coun-
try. One Of the fruits of its work Is a
crop of durum wheat this year which is
worth $50, 900, 900. Only a few years ago
this kind of wheat was brought TO this
by the Department of Agriculture
from Russia and Africa. and it has turned
well. The cost Of introducing II was
$4,000. Millions Of bushels of 1t are
exported and used at home for
and kindred products, for break
fast foods and to mix with other wheat
for flour-making.
Such p%aSernalism as shows itself in
durum wheat is all right. The Agricui-
tural Department is a busy one, and
though it may do some fantastic things 1t
does things that are Of great value to the
country. 1t used to be shifted at as not
practical" but in recent years 1t has
shown enough practically to much modify
the ~snifing.-New Haven Journal-Courier-
The Foraker Letter.
IT will take more thar a Foraker letter
in which, by the way, there is no harsh
word about him PERSONAL---VERY. Jar" Will
lam II. Taft. He is not timorous and po-
utical trades are wholly out OF his line.
is q restrained ugliness in the sen
ator's illusions to his differences with the
President and the ~latter's assumed desire
to punish him therefor. The bids in the
letter for railroad support and stand-pat
support are as palpable as the bid for
negro support.
We shall see what he gains by them.
He processes O desire to have the delegates
to the Ohio State convention-which will
elect the delegates-at-large to the national
convention-chosen directly by the Re-
voters in their primaries. Judge
friends in the State will meet him
more than halfway on that. A free, au-
thoritative expression of Ohio sentiment is
what they have desired all along.-Hart-
ford Courant.
sons and the servant Question.
When John Aston Moorhead, Of Pitts
burg, eloped with his mothers French
maid, his father disowned him. When the
football team of the Western University
of Pennsylvania closed a brilliant season
with a victory on Thanksgiving Day be-
cause of Moorhead's work as q salaried
coach, the father took back his son.
This outcome is less to the glory Of foot
ball than to the credit Of a wife who, be-
sides being pretty, inspires a husband to
plucky endeavor.
When P. j. Hollis, jr., of Brockton,
Mass, eloped with Ellen O'Donnen, the
Hollis cook, there might have been a serial
story Of family discord. Instead there
promises to be a happy ever after. The
bride has proved to be a Wellesley grad
uate who went working OUT in order to
pursue her studies in sociology. Her in
yestigations closed when she took her day
off for her wedding day.
Where the problem of domestic service
seems to tangle itself unnecessarily with
the intimate relations of the household 1t
Is sometimes best to watch n wait for
the extenuating circumstances.-New YORK
World.