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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-01

You will not be sorry for hearing be-
fore Judging; for thinking before
speaking; for holding an angry tongue;
for stopping the ear to a tale bearer;
for disbelieying most of the i'll reports;
for being kind to the distressed; for
doing good to all men; for speaking
all; for subscribing for The Dawn for
one year; for bringing your job work
to The Dawn Office or getting our
prices on work before placing it else
where. If
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-10-01
Chas. A. Stevens & Bros.

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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

erty In New Jersey is owned Try the
foreign taxpayer-the railroad corpora
ton. The casuistry of the lawyer
has set up the claim that old charters
and laws confirm and perpetuate this
superior claim of the foreign owner of
taxable property. and it has gone so far
as to contend that in the cas- of n
railroad nc more tax can be collected
today than the nominal amount paid
half a century ago, regardless of all
the vast increase of this company's
property.
The pecuniary consideration involved
amounts to 49, 500, 900 annually. If the
State wins it's case this money will be
available for the use of the municipali-
ties. If the State shall lose it will lose
this great income and more in the
future. In effect the municipalities will
assume the railroad tax, and the heavy
annual burden will rest Upon the indi-
vidual taxpayers. So the November
term of the Court of Errors and APP
peals assumes a surprising interest.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

rFrom the Jersey City Journal, Rep.]
State Chairman Robert s. Hudspeth and
the Democratic State Committee are to
be congratulated upon the good sense they
displayed in rejecting the proposition to
demand a recount. They have refused to
take the short step which would have
led from the sublime to the ridiculous.
A canvass of the situation readily con-
WINGED them that there were no grounds
for a recount.
Katzenbach was beaten, and probably
beaten In Hudson County, but he was
beaten by voters, not by fraud. Judge
Fort was satisfactory to the people, and
they showed their satisfaction.
1t was a discriminating vote that elected
a Democratic Mayor in Jersey City While
giving Fort a vote that kept down Kat
.zenbach's total. The people voted an
eclectic ticket, and they did not favor the
Democratic nominee. Why they did not
like him is immaterial now.
Mr.. Katzenbach comes out of the or
deal with the respect of every fair-minded
man. He made a clean fight and accept
ed defeat without a whimper. To his
credit be 1t said that he did not favor the
idea of a recount. He made no charges
of fraud or treachery and did not look
with complacence upon those who did.
Had there been a ecount the result
could have but shown that the Democrats
are poor losers, and this would have been
a greater handicap in future elections
tina a mere normal shortage of votes.
The American people nave no patience
with a man or a political party that cries
fraud under fair defeat.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
UP TO THE ERRORS COURT.

The November term of the Court of
Errors and Appeals, which opens at
Trenton next Tuesday, will be of ex-
ceptional Importance by reason of the
railroad tax litigation which was rams
ferred on appeal from the Supreme
Court after that court had decided that
the Perkins railroad tax act of 1906
was constitutional. The higher court,
in a decision in a case bearing a close
analogy to the one now in litigation,
laid down principles that appear to
commit the court to a decision in the
present case favorable to the conten-
tions by the state. and such a decision
is confidently looked for.
The principle involved is whether the
foreign owner of property in New Jer-
sey shall continue to be assessed and
taxed only %one-fourth the amount that
the citizen OF the State is assessed and
taxed for on his property. The injus-
tice of such a system OF taxation Is
aceentuated by the fact that the most
valuable and best income-paying prop
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
WAR PROSPECTS BRING RECRUITS.

A surprisingly large number of the
best class of recruits for the navy are
presenting themselves at the naval
rendezvous for service on the ships
that are to go around the continent.
The prospect of active service in dis
tant waters, and perhaps of a war, is
the attraction that is filling the ships
of the squadron with good men, many
of whom otherwise would not have
had any inclination for the navy.
The average American youth does
not fancy soldering or sailoring in
time of peace, and hence the diff
Guilty of getting enlistments for army
and navy. But when there are rumors
of war, and when the nation is threat
ened, multitudes of young men are
eager for enlistment. The war with
Spain was the latest example. Unfor-
tunately soldiers and sailors are not
made in a day or month, but it may
be claimed for the average American
youth that he more quickly fits himself
for military or naval duty than the
average youth of any other country.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

is now inspecting and sealing gas
meters, and has found numerous irreg-
ularities that were to the detriment of
the consumer, and corrected them.
Contractors who block much-traveled
streets find they no longer own the
streets. The commission has brought
them up with a round turn.
That's the kind of a public utility
commission we want in this State. The
State Railroad Commission, with its
large salaries and impotence of au-
thority. is a mere travesty of a COM
mission. AS many wooden commission
ers would serve as good a purpose.
Nor can we, in this State, long con-
template the good work done by the
New York commission without deciding
that 1t is just what New Jersey wants
and what New Jersey is going to have
And then the Legislature win provide
that kind of a commission.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
FREEHoLDER NEGLECT OF DUTY.

Culpable indifference and neglect have
characterized the attitude of the Essex
and Hudson County boards of free
holders in the matter of the improve
ment Of the Plank road. So long a
time has elapsed since the plans and
specifications for the work were placed
on file that the general public has lost
sight of the projected improvement,
although our despairing manufacturers
who use the Plank road have not.
They have waited month after month
for the Freeholders to do something,
and the Freeholders have done nothing.
There is a dispute with the Public
Service Corporation, which runs it's cars
over the Plank road and therefore is
by far the largest user of the highway.
The corporation refuses to pay the
share Of the lost apportioned to it.
This refusal was announced long ago,
and If the two boards of freeholders
lldu ldhtn ltlO COi POIdllOu lHlO COui W
ascertain its legal rights a decision
would have been obtained by this time.
But the F~reeholders never made a
move, and the improvement plans have
been left undisturbed on file, while the
manufacturers have been put to con-
slant inconvenience and expense in
transporting their goods over the Plank
road.
The Board of Trade has now been
stirred up to action. What the negli-
gent county boards lave utterly neg
lected the board will undertake to do.
Counsel will be employed, and If pos
sible the legal phase of the matter will
cleared up to determine whether the
Service Corporation can shirk It's
just share of the expense of an i'm
provement that will be so largely for
its own benefit.
The incident should revive interest in
the question of taking advantage Of
the legislative act authorizing the
referendum for a smaller county board.
Newark has just abolished its School
Board of thirty-two commissioners and
adopted a board of nine commissioners,
and the county might profitably get rid
of it's present cumbrous and dilatory
government and install in it's
place a smaller or .anization composed
of men who will attend to the affairs
of the county with some degree Of in
terest and diligence.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
ELECTION AFTERMATH.


[From the Trenton True American, Dem.1
The Democratic State Committee has de-
cided not to try for a recount of the vote
for Governor. The resolution of the lead
ers'' who met in Newark Sunday is of
none effect. Mr.. Katzenbach sees no good
that can be accomplished by the action
proposed, and the item of expense deters
those who delight in rainbow chasing.
The Hudson leaders have gone before
the committee and explained how it hap
pened, and the committee and Mr.. Katzen-
bach were generous enough to accept the
explanation made.
Really, the course chosen is best. 1t is
not probable that there is any evidence
in the ballot-boxes that would change
the result. IL there was a deal between
Dickinson and Davis, the demonstration
of thai fact would not invalidate the cleo
ton. Such deals as alleged are not legal
crimes. though they, are unquestionably
immcralities.
As for Atlantic, Burlington, Camden,
Cumberland and Essex, whatever the Of
lenses committed in these counties may
have been, 1t is doubtful whether Toe
Fort ballots could be thrown out. MIR
over the Democratic gains in those com
ties are too notable to justify such 4sB
picions as are entertained with respe8
to Hudson.
Atlantic was Republican b. 3,64S in 1904b
by 1,460 in 1907; Burlington was Republica#
by 2,535 in 1906. by 1850 in 1907; Camdea4
was Republican by 1876 in 1906; by 6.120 IA
1907; Cumberland was Republican by 1,90l}
in 1906; by 1.420 in 1907.
1t Is true that Essex returned a Demo-'
cratic Assembly delegation in 1906 by $40,
and that K~atzenbach's plurality this year.
Is only 291, but the 9,729 Republicans who
voted the Independent Citizens ticket In
1906, voted their party ticket in 1907, so that
Katzenbach got 5000 more votes than we're
cast by Essex Democrats In 1903.
The truth is that in every county, except
Hudson, Mr.. Katzenbach ran ahead Of his
ticket, and he polled a larger vote than
did the Democratic ticket a year g
In every county, except Hudson and Pas
sale. ? I
With these facts before them, the people
of the State cannot but conclude that there
was something rotten in Hudson. How
ever, since Mr.. Katzenbach is willing to
forgive, 1t is best that the rank and file
of the party should do likewise.
Forget?
Well, that's another matter.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

out with their holiday display. and
when stocks of goods presented he best
opportunities for selection. This year
people generally have the money to
spend, and the outlook for the holiday
trade is brighter han in any previous
year. Business has been good. there
has been plenty of work at high wages.
and, though the cost of necessaries has
been high, nearly everybody can look
forward to a happy Christmas, as well
as a real Thanksgiving.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
Irrelevnnt.

At a term Of the Circuit Court in ONO
not so long ago a horse case" was on
trial, and a well-known "horseman" was
called as a witness.
well, sir, you saw this horseY asked
counsel for the defendant.
Yes, sir, l."
what did you do?"
1T Just opened his mouth to find out bow
old he was; an / says to him, l says, Olo
sport, 1 guess you're pretty good yet"
At this juncture counsel for the opposing
side entered a, violent objection. "Stop!
he cried. Your honor. 1 object to any
conversation carried on between the wit
ness and the horse when the plaintiff was
not presentr'-Harper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
A COMMISSION THAT DOES THINGS.

Governor Hughes knew what he
was doing when he selected the mem
bers of the Public Service Commission
for New York city. He knew the men,
and they have accomplished more in
the short time the commission has been
in existence than a commission of the
ordinary kind could rave lone in TWEEN
ty years. In fact. no ordinary commits
sion would have attempted or cared to
do what this commission has done so
resolutely and so well.
The commission took hold of the
rotten affairs of the marlborough
Metropolitan Company and turned them
up to the light. That expose is still in
progress. 1t showed that men high in
the confidence of the public had re-
morselessly looted their trusts. 1t part
ly revealed the secret of the extraor-
binary overcapitalizatlon Of the trac-
ton companies in New York and the
causes for the bad service Of their lines.
AS for substantial benefits, the com
mission has forced the PETERBOROUGH
to increase it's service 20 per cent, and
the Coney Island and Brooklyn Rail
road Company has been compelled to
pass two dividends in order to provide
needed equipment. In many ways the
commission has effected great improve
ments in transportation facilities, and
it has Investigated and attended to
numerous complaints. The commission
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

1t was a cold, dark night, but Sandy and
William were happy, because there sat
between them the most charming young
lady at Parsley. 1t was a spirited horse
they had hired, and the trap bowled
merrily along DER moor and fell
William held the reins, and as he could
dimly perceive, in spite Of the darkness,
that his side OF the lady's muff was UNI
occupied, he slipped his own d~isengaged
hand into 1t, and-well, two hands were
soon tenderly pressing each other. And
SO the happy moments fed, and the drive
home came almost to an end.
"When you gentlemen have done with
my num- said the young lady presently,
IT trust you will not fear to tell me,
as my hands are becoming quite numb
with cold"
Then dark suspicion fell upon her two
admirers. for things are not always what
they seem. And William n Sandy are
now sworn enemies.-Home Chat.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
Made the pays Long.

Some time since a little girl was dues-
toned by her father as to what she had
learned at school that day, and she replied
that the teacher had been telling them
about heat and cold.
"She told u.s. continued the little girl,
that heat expands and cold contracts"
Very good" was the smiling response
of her fnther. Now then can you give
me an instance?"
Yes, SIR promptly answered the little
girl; ain hot weather the days are long
and In cold weather they are Short
PHILADELPHIA Telegraph.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
Seats and Fares in ersey CITY.

Two s~alutary and welcome principles
were clearly enunciated by Justice Pitney,
of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, on
Monday In his decision in a case relating
to Jersey City street railroads and a local
ordinance regulating their operation. The
ordinance required the railroads to put on
more cars, so as to give a seat for every
fare. The railroads objected that the ordi-
nance was unreasonable. and therefore
void, because 1t required the doing of some
thing which it was physically impossible to
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

9TH late Senator Pugh,' said a Mopne
man, Thought the charms of the country
overrated.
'He preferred the city to the country.
He used to tell how, one June day, he met
a friend who had taken a house for the
summer months outside New York some
where.
Z" I suppose you revel In fresh eggs ana
vegetables out there, eh? said Senator
Pugh.
Yes said the New York man, 'Wny'
would you believe 1t, we can get all those
things at Scraggs -Four Corners almost as
cheap as we did in town. Washington
Post.
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value of a Bold Front.

When Trubbel galloped down de line,
Away I flew;
An Trubbel follered on behine
A mile er two.
De way 1 run wuz a disgrace;
1 oughter showed de rogue nah face.
Mex day olde Trubbel wuz on hand
To hab his fun;
But in de road l took nah stand
An wouldn't run
An when he seen de jig wuz up
He sneaked by like a wufless pupil
Louisville Courler-Jo urnal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
FISH AND GAME COMMISSION "aA1Lp


The 'galf' of the expiring Fish Inc
Game Commission, exhibited in its re-
port to the Governor, is something
wonderful, although everybody who
has come in contact with its president,
secretary and treasurer will not be
surprised. The report reads like him.
Several years ago the Legislature
passed an act forbidding the shooting
of deer in the State. Some deer have
been shot in spite of the law, but the
species has had a chance to increase
n multiply, and consequently there
ore now more wild deer in New Jersey
than there were three years ago. The
commission says in its report, 1--WE
did it."
And there is quail. Considering what
is known about commission quail, 1t
might be expected that the writer of
the commission report would carefully
omit all mention of quail. But he
proudly refers to "our depleted coveys
OF quail quite restored to normal con-
ditions." Only that and nothing more
1t wouldn't do to get down to particu-
lars. More than t%wo-thirds of the last
commission purchase of quail had
'sour crop and died on the commits.
sion's hands, and of the balance thu
greater part were sent as presents tc
furnish the larders of otfice-holders
legislators and politicians
Then, again, there is trout. Th'
commission report tells of hundred
of streams which never before con
tanned trout now affording good spor
to the angler and food to the farmer.
Ecstatic vision of a State of trou'
streams full of jumping trout! But thu
last annual report by the commission
shows that there had been purchased
only $1,000 trout fry during the year
and this from one hatchery. AS thu
greater part of this small supply eithe
died or were eaten by the larger fish
the benefit to the angler was hardl!
perceptible, while, as to the farmer
he never sees a trout.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
Historical Evidence.

The late Richard Mansfield was a patient
sufferer in his last illness, and he retained
his good cheer to a marked degree. One
day he told his physician that he believed
he would not live many weeks longer.
"Boshi' said the physician. you are
good for n long time yet, Why, man alive,
did you ever hear of anybody near death
with legs and feet as warm as yours?"
Yes" replied Mr.. Mansfield, Tots OF
Their For instance, there was Joan of
Arc, and the Salem witches. "-Harper's
Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.
Looking Ahead.

Husband: l say. my dear. such luck. I've
engaged two maids for you today.
Wife: Whatever did you get two for?
We only want one.
Husband: All, that's just it. One is COM
ing tomorrow and the other in a weeks
time.-Simplicissimus
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
Merely Trying.

NO. said Miss Passay, with a sniff,
IL don't like him. He accused me og
giving the Impression that 1 was younger
than 1 really am"
''Oh, he's got more sense than that" re-
marked Miss Pepprey, The merely ac-
cused of trying to give that impression"
Philadelphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER IA, 1907.
THE BAY BRIDGE DESTRUCTION.

The Newark Bay bridge of the Cen
trail Railroad Company, so long an OBJ
struction to navigation, was alleged to
be a temporary affair when 1t was built,
but 1t has stood for upwards of half a
century, and as the of New
ark has increased 1t has become more
and more an injury TO our business and
river transportation interests. To
bolster up the bridge against the force
Of the tide and ice, there has been piling
done in violation of the law, but the
company has not been called to any
ccoun Railroad corporations pay
little attention to the law when they
have their ends to serve. And the
promise given half a century ago was
never meant to be kept. The bridge
was put up as a permanent fixture.
But with agitation ju~diciously d.
rected the railroad company can be
compelled either to build a new bridge
that shall not be an obstruction in the
bay, or to tunnel the bay. The Federal
government is, at a large expense,
deepening the channel of the bay and
river, for the purpose of removing one
obstruction, the shallow depth, and 1t
cannot consent to see a private cor
poration maintain an erection across
the bay to create conditions in winter
that make a complete blockade for
navigation. To procure all the facili-
ties that Newark needs and that are
to be extensively paid for, the present
railroad bridge will have to be removed
and he channel left free for the accu-
mutations of ice to be floated out of the
bay. The Board of Trade should not
appeal in vain to the Secretary of War
to cause this obstruction to be removed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

The holiday season is near at hand
and the holiday trade win soon set in
in earnest. OF late years many people
have begun to make their holiday pur-
chases early, and the trade has begun
Immediately after Thanksgiving, when
the retail store windows had burgeoned
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

Governor-elect Fort will be inaugu-
rated on January 81, one week after the
Legislature shall meet, hat body con-
vening on January II. Governor
stokes's time will, therefore, be pro-
longed to January 21.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

Nothing the Davis letters may contain, by the way, can be
stranger than the recently authenticated fact that the United
States Government thought seriously in 1861 of offering the
command of its army to Garibaldi.-New York Times.
There's no evidence whatever to show that the United
States Government ever thought seriously of offering the COM
mand of the army to Garibaldi. What the evidence does show
is that the Government did think seriously of offering him a
Major Generalship, but Garibaldi declined. to consider anything
less than the Office of General in Command.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-14

The fact in regard to Mr.. Bryan is that
the American people like to listen to him
better than they like to vote for him. His
popularity indisputable, but it is not OF
the kind that makes Presidents. If he
wants his party's nomination again he can
probably secure it, but he has ample rea-
son to know that a Democratic Presidential
nomination is not equivalent to an cleo
ion.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Makes n difference.

'If a man loses his pocketbook,' said
the moralizer, "he thinks the chap who
fnds it is no better than a thief If he
doesn't return it."
Yes rejoined the demoralizer, but If
he finds some other fellows pocketbook-
well, 1t comes like pulling teeth to give
1t up."-chicago News.
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VIEWS OF EDITORS.
"words, words. words,

Quite a number of very earnest people
are troubled because the words, in God
we trust will not be stamped on the
new so and $50 gold pieces, for which
Saint Gaudens supplied the design. A
great many people trust in God who do
not have the words saying that they do
pricked on the back of their hands in
India ink. Trust or faith is better shown
than shouted, better lived thar engraved,
BROOKLYN Eagle.
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Her Opposite.

Don't you think people should marry
their opposites?' querled the fair maid.
II think it advisable in most cases" re-
piled the wise youth, but most assuredly
not in yours
why not?' she asked. /.
Just think what an ugly, sour creature
he'd be-" answered the W. y.-Chlcago
News.