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The Washington herald., 1907-09-22
CORPORATIONS IN POLITICS.
How the Democratic Campaign Fund
of 1904 Was Raised.
From the New York Mail.


Everybody knows that in the past cam
paigns have been conducted largely on
contributions from corporations or from
individuals conspicuously identified with
corporations. It is sheer hypocrisy 10
confine denunciation to either political
party. Both parties have been offenders,
and the degree Of their offending has
varied only in the opportunity each has
had in the different campaigns.
In 1904, for instance, Judge Parker's
nomination was secured by two men VINO
embody as no other two men do the cor
poration-in-polltics idea-1homas F. Ryan
and August Belmont They pledged their
candidate to the corporations in advance
OF his nomination as a safe and sane"
Democrat. and Mr. Bryan is authority
for the statement that the activities and
expenditures Of Ryan and Belmont made
Judge Parker the convention nominee.
The entire Parker campaign for cleo
ton was projected on the same basis,
and he was urged upon corporation man
ayers as their kind of a man. His ennis
saries followed the late Jnhn A Mccall
like his shadow" pleading for money;
Henry @. Davis, the candidate for Vice
President, visited the Standard Oil offices
personally al least twice. arguing on be-
half Of the safe and sane" ticket and
soliciting help. Messrs. Belmont and
Ryan haunted corporation offices person
ally when they found the financial burden
TOO heavy even for men OF their eX
pectatiou in case their candidate should
be elected If any corporation escaped
their opportunities its officers must have
taken themselves beyond the reach Of
visitors, cables or the mail
Thus the Ryan-Belm0nt campaign for
q second Cleveland" as they tried 10
make the country regard Parker, failed,
and failed miserably. The tremendous
campaign fund that Whitney and Brice
had collected from corporations 10 elect
Cleveland in 1S92-the largest sum ever
collected or eXpended-did not materialize.
and Judge Parker became as much OF an
anti-cOrpOratiOn candidate as he could be
with Ryan and Belmont as his sponsors.
Not a dollar Of corporation money that
could be secured or that was offered was
turned back by Mr.. Belmont, treasurer Of
the Parker campaign, nor did Mr. Bel
mont'S solicitors stop knocking at the
doors Of corporations after his candidate
broke out in denunciatiOn of corpora
-fou activities IN rlg'fffoe
The Washington herald., 1907-09-22

one day: you must come into town
with me" She pleaded with me not TO
ask her to come, but was insIstent To
my surprise she came downstairs heavily
yelled and wearing a loose cloak which
completely hid her superb figure. She
laughingly said she wished to guard
her complexion" All the time we were
In town she was most silent. and seemed
very nervous and when I wished TO go
to the New Willard for lunch she com
planned of Illness and asked me TO take
her home Shortly after this she return
ed TO New York and IN July had a hur-
rled note from her, which I have here.
in which she said she was leaving for
France. and did I not envy her. During
the eighteen months since that time
have had many little letters from her,
written from various parts OF Europe.
but for the last six months I have not
heard from her al all.
You may judge my grief and as
tonishment when I received to-day this
newspaper clipping from my cousin in
New York who had at first introduced
me to her. It seems unbelievable
with these words she handed me
clipping, which read as follows:
HOTEL CECIL SUICIDE A NIHILIsT.
London. Mag z5-TLe woman Who suicided In
the Hotel Cecil on the "a Of April and who was
at first supposed 70 be Mrs. Helen Cushman. Of
New York and later Miss Helen Campion. Of
london. both Of whom proved % be alive and
Indignantly repudiated the unenyiable uotoriety
they received. has finally been identified as
Helen De Crebel. noted woman Of the Russian
uihiiistic party. by an old Russian woman WHO
had been her nurse and never left through all
her life. A most thrilling, yet pathetic story.
was told by the old woman. who was deferred By
fear from coming forward sooner and who only
did so nov when the authorities were % send the
body 20 the dissectjng table before burial
Sh5 had been known as Helene Cenz At
the age of eighteen years this woman Of noble
The Washington herald., 1907-09-22
on ANY CAMPUS.

Smith is back TO take course in AdenochirapsoIogy
Kicked a goal in practice twice on Tuesday after
noon:
johnson writes 70 say that he is coming back to col
lege; he
Hopes to be in perfect form for :ackling very
soon.
Robinson, the husky freshman, virtually promises
He viii choose this college and viii register this
fail
Reassure the graduates and other doubling Thomases
Perkins viii be back again to kick around the ball
'Beefest bunch We ever had" says Trainer Mori-
aFity
''Fr0thingham the quatrer back. is working on
his con;
I'VE nave got endurance, kicking, speed, and mus
cularity."
Hear EN- on the campusl Isn't Culture coming
On?
New York Mail.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-22
Corporntion Contributions.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Colleges may continue to accept tainted
money, but politicians have been getting
shy of having this sort of marked bills
found upon them. Mr.. Burton. who pro-
poses to evict Tom Johnson from the
Cleveland mayoralty. announces that he
will accept no campaign contributions
from any public service corporation, in
side of Cleveland or out Of II. The cor
poratlons will have to find some other
way OF contributing TO the defeat of the
9-cent fare mayor.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-22

From the Boston Transcript.
Henry Watterson has discovered a new
kind Of political lepers," to wit: Demo-
Gratis who seek votes upon the promise
Of sumptuary laws" There are many Of
them in the South Just now.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-22

From the Springfield Republican
"Straight-line Charley is the Presiden-
tial campaign nickname they are fasten-
ing upon Gov. Hughes in New York. It
ought to be as fetching as "Square-deal
Teddy"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-22
Embarrasslng the Pre.ident.

Embarrassing the President.
From the New York World
Republicans Of Oklahoma are confident
that Mr.. Roosevelt will not proclaim It a
State. Why? Because 1t went Demo-
cratic? Before election they were promis-
ing that it would become a State # II
went Republican. They are putting the
President in rather an embarrassing posi-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-22
Millions and MlIIionaires.
Frnm TnIfh

There are but two classes now in this
country, the millions and the millionaires.
The millions are altering the Constitution,
the millionaires the conscience.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-22
This One Can be Put Do,rn,

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Also. whisky is up cents a gallon. The
necessities Of life cannot be kept down.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-22

Yes, President of a Street Railway.
From the Springfield Union.
Loeb should not be blamed for refusing
TO bear the responsibility for those forty
cocktails. He probably cherishes an am
bition to be President himself some time.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-22

When two great armies of brave men
meet IN deadly conflict the issue is gen
spective commanders. but often the scale
is turned by some circumstances or sue
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
GOVERNOR HERE
 FRIDAY NIGHT Pindall Will Speak at For . est Park That Evening Under Auspices of Jeffer- son County Boosters Club A BIG OVATION Is in Store For Him-To Be Met at Union Station by Brass Band and Reception Committee-Umbrella For Boosters.
\ BIG OVATION

Governor X. O. Pindallu will ad- dress the Jefferson County Boost ers' Club at Forest Park Friday night. Information was received ill this city this morning to the effect that Governor Pndall had given out
 tie assurance that he would fill is engagement here on that night having been prevented from being
 the Boosters guest here Thursday
 night of last week, because of
 breakdown of the engine of his
 train at Little Rock.
 a. Governor Pindall will come to
 this city Friday night at o'clock
 on the Iron Mountain train. He will
 be met at the Union Station by a
 committee from the Boosters club which was named at the last meet
 ing of the Boosters which includes:
 Sam katzenstein, chairman, w.. J.
 Parkes, w. l.. Toney, Julius Leitner Adam Robinson H. Clifton Dreyfus,
 F. F. McNeny, Brunson Hammett, Abe Thalheimer, V. B. Alexander,
 c. H. Bolinger J. H. Ancrum Will
 liam Worthen M, D, McNeill. R. c.
 Prewitt, T. M Leibig and I. M. Cha
 ney. Mayor w. l.. Toney will vel
 come the chief executive at the park
 The Governor will be given bis ovation at Union Station upon his
 arrival here. He will be serenaded
 at Union Station and Hotel Jefferson by the Forest Park band, under the
 leadership of Bandmaster Smith,
 and the various officials of the Boosters club who will personally
 receive him at the latter place. Mey-
 r Solmson, one of the dirctors of the club, is having attractive Booster
 badges made for the Boostehs and they will be distributed that even
 ing.
 The Boosters Club continues to grow and it's membership is being
 enlarged daily. A handsome um-
 brella, donated by the Arkansas Good Roads Association, will be given the Booster securing the larg-
 est number of new members be-
 tween this day and Friday night. One member has secured twelve new I members and others are working hard for the prize.
 Governor Pindall will speak on good roads and road improvement. He will also review the Boosters Clubs accomplishments throughout the state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
PIANIST OF NOTE
 IN THE CITY

Miss Minnie Lazarus, of Camden, one of the most talented young ladies in Arkansas, arrived in the city this afternoon to visit friends for 1ew weeks. Miss Lazarus re- gently graduated with honors from NConrath's Conservatory in St. Louf. At the graduating exercises held at the -Odeon there, Miss Laz- arus acquitted herself most ad- mirably, according to the St. Louis critics. She is pianist of no slight ability and an effort is being made to have her take a class of pupils here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
KEPT STORES OPEN s AND ARE FINED Police Enforcing Sunday Closing Law-Big Docket Before Judge Stewart This Morning.
 AFTER ALL VIOLATORS Police Chief Says He Will Arrest Them Al1-How One Man Got Into Trouble Keeping Meats on Ice For His Customers-The Offenders.
AFTER ALL VIOLATORS
The docket in the city police court

The docket in the city police court this morning was the largest for several months and Judge Stewart was kept in the court room, for some time disposirg of them The num- Der of cases was thirty three, and the charges ranged from drunk and down to sabbath breaking There were three offenders charged with violating the Sunday law and one of them vas finei the regular amount, $25. Another ease was con- tinued until this afternoon and another diss.!ssca The total of the fines amounted to $136 very neat sum D curn over :o the :sels,!rer | The grocerymen of the city who
 sist in keeping open their places E business on Sunday are being ar Vsted by the local police, and Chief Stewart intends to have every one of them brought up and made to pay the penalty. For several weeks severy Monday morning in police court there have been a number of Sunday violaters, who have been made to answer for their misde- meanors. Chief of Police Al Stewart has determined to put stop to this practice, ana says that he will keep after them.
 The names of the three charged with the violation of the Sunday law are A. J. Henderson, H. H Woodward and John Smith. Smith and Woodward have grocery stores on Missouri street between Third and Fourth avenues, Smith being negro. A. J. Henderson has tsora on the corner of Sixth and Missouri but Patrolman E. c. Stanley, who arrested him, allowed him to go on his promise to report to police court this morning, and he did not show up. The case was continued until this afternoon. H. H. Wood- ward was the one fined, pleading guilty to the charge. However after tn trial he explained that he sold meat to customers on Saturday and Kept it in ms ice box for them until Sunday, but as the law reads that the entrance to these places of busi- ness shall not be open on the Sab bath day, the excuse was not deem { ed good one. Smith was discharg- ed. Patrolman Stanley made the ! arrests in all the cases.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
ACTRESSES IN JUSTICE COURT Fort Smith Judge Dis charges All the Fair Maidens in the Began Prince Company
HOLDS THEIR BOSSES
Allowed Chautauqua to Charge Ad- mission on Sabbath Day and Little Value Is Given Present Charge Against Summer Theater People.

For a time yesterday the office of Justice Fishback resembled a dress making parlor, says the Ft. Smith Southwest American.
 Organdies vied with cool muslins for prominence and the dresses were crowned with pretty faces that regarded the suave dispenser of mercy and fines with belligerent eyes.
 Justice Fishback made himself chief master of ceremonies, and hustled chairs for his fair visitors He did everything that was possible to restore the peace and succeeded in time ill preventing an outbreak of feminine tongue-lashing.
 The occasion was the arraignment of the members of the Beggar Prince Opera Company on a charge oi working on Sunday contrary to the State law. It will be remembered that the company played to big houses the last two Sundays, giving the proceeds over and above expenses to St. Edwards Jnfirmary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

When the cases were called Jus tice lFishback made ffhse]f solid with the members Of the company by discharging the entire personnel of actors and actresses and holding General Manager Gillette and Amusement Manager Carl Berry to answer to the charge of keeping the theater open.
 The cases against the two men will be called possibly this week and will be contested to She end. It is not believed that Prosecuting Attorney Mcdonald can secure a conviction of the park managers as he allowed the Chautauqua to charge admissions on Sunday and sanctioned the ar- engagement
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
RAGLAND NOT A
 FIT CHARACTER Governor X. 0. Pindall Re fuses to Restore Citizen ship to Former Pine Bluff Negro
WRITES HIS REASONS
Governor Defended the Negrs at Dumas Before He Was in EXecu. tiye's Chair-Says the Negro Is Impertinent in His Request.

Many Pine Bluff citizens will re-
 member some five or six years ago a colored man by the name of Levi Ragland, who conducted 8 barbe. shop in Dumas, and formerly lived here. He attempted to rob the post
 office one night. He was indicted, tried and convicted and sentenced to
 a term in the penitentiary. Having
 served his term he applied to Acting Governor Pindall, his former attoc- ney, to grant him a pardon that he might be restored to the rights of cit izenship. We reprint Acting Cover nor Pindan's response, because 1t
 covers Ragland's case fully:
 June 29 1907
 Levi Ragland, Dermott, Ark:
 Sir-I have your letter asking that I grant you pardon to restore your citizenship and alluding to the fact that l had defended you and was your attorney and you think that as I have the power, and as you have served |your sentence, that your citizenship should be restored. However, I do not agree with you ill either condition. Having been employed by your moth CT 1 defended you in the circuit court and succeeded in having the jury give you the lowest sentence un- der the law for the crime of burglary, with which you were charged. Hav- ing summed up the law as applied in your case, 1 appealed your case to the supreme court and briefed the
 case there. That tribunal held against
 me and you served your sentence. consider, therefore, that I have dis
 charged my duty as your attorney and believe that that was all that was
 incumbent upon me. You now apply
 to me as governor to restore your cit izenship. Aside from the fact that it would be inethical in me to exercise this power as governor after I had
 been paid by you and your mother
 for my services as your attorney in court, I say frankly to you that I do
 not believe you to be a fit character
 to enjoy the rights and privileges of
 a citizen, and l therefore deny your request. My defense of you in the
 courts was the defense upon the law
 and depending upon what I consid-
 cred fatal weaknesses in the states
 proof, but these facts do not prove that you are entitled to be restored
 to citizenship after the courts have
 passed upon your case. If you are
 ever made a citizen again it would
 have to be after you have lived cer-
 tain time in a community and estab- lished a reputation or a character. Your suggestions as to what you considered to be my course in your case, I consider, to say the least of them, that they are impertinent and out of place. Very truly,
 X. o. PINDALL, Acting Governor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
GAMBLERS UP
 FOR DISCUSSION T. Havis Nixon's Speech Brings Forth Investiga- tions by Mayor Toney and Sheriff Philpot.
NIXON WAS IN RAIDS
Says Chief Stewart, When His Men Raided Gambling HOuses-Toney Wants to Know Where the Gam hlers Are-PhilpOt Also Active.

In the speech of T. Havis Nixon, who is in the race for prosecuting attorney, at the Jefferson county court house Saturday night, he charged that gambling was going on in this city ] nightly. that gambling houses were open on every side, and that the officers were not performing their du- 1 ty in this direction.
 AS soon as he concluded his speech Mayor w. L. Toney went to him and asked him as favor to give him the l name of an one man who had been seen in gambling house in this city Nixon declined to do so. Mayo. Toney informed him that he would consider it a great favor if he would inform him of the whereabouts of these alleged poker games Or gam bling Of any kind. He declared that his officers would have them unde. arrest immediately after the informa 1 tion was secured. Nixon still declin- ed to give out any information re-
 garding the gambling houses, not Withstanding the fact >that, in his speech, he said he knew every gam bling house that existed here and that only a few nights before he had "tacked'' his cards on their walls lover crap tables while the boys were shooting craps.'
 l In discussing the matter this
 morning Mayor Toney said that as far
 as he has been aD1e to learn, there is not one gambling house open in Pine Bluff, nor has there been for some weeks. He declared that the police were doing their duty, that they had raided gambling houses every time they opened their doors 1 and made arrests on more than 1 one occasion. eff they give me the 1 names of gambling houses operat- ing, will have the police raid them
 as fast as they open" he said. '"rhe chief and every one of his men have
 positive instructions to raid gamb- ling houses and they had better not
 be caught negligent in the matter" Sheriff Philpot also took a hand ill the gambling matter Saturday
 night after the speaking. His work was also reflected on in speeches that were made. He went to Chief
 of Police Stewart and told him that in a way he had been depending on
 the police to enforce the gaming laws in this city; that that has al- 1 ways been the custom in view of the fact that weekly fine had been accepted by the district attorney. He asked Chief Stewart if he knew of any gambling houses in operation here. Chief Stewart told him that there were none running here tt this time. as charged by Nixon. The Chief salo that he had raided the gambling houses many times and that | in almost every case that raids were
 made, T. Havis Nixon, who made | the charge, was found there.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
PICNIC AT ATKINS
 LAKE YESTERDAY

A picnic was enjoyed by a party of young people yesterday at Atkins Lake A number of out-of-town boys and girls were the guests of honor. They were chaperoned by Mrs. Soko- losky of Little Rock, and MT. and Mrs. Al Hirschler of this city. In the party were: Helen and Eva Sokn. .losky and Zillah Kasselberg of Little Rock, Beulah Kahn of Memphis, Ida land Brunette Silbernagle, Florence
 Malachowsky, Rosa Sonnenschein, Amy Johnson, Clarence Pfeifer, Angie Joseph, Roy Levy and Mike Tout, Lit tie Rock; Dan Silbernagle, Dave Kaufman, Charley Malachowsky, Joe and Morris Gottlieb and Arthur John son.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
FLORIDA RIFLE
 MATCH

St. Augustine, Fla, July 15.-Na- tional guardsmen from all over Flor i,SaL are in camp here to take part in II annual state rifle competition wEich opened today on the local range under the auspices of the Flor. ida board for the promotion of rifle practice. Taliaferro trophy match is the opening feature and is open to teams of five men each, representing each company of the Florida state troops. Individual matches will be held On the succeeding days of the tournament, which will last fou! dhys.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

Too early to have a bank account Of your own whatever your age may be!
 The younger you begin to save and deposit with our Savings Department, the brighter your chances for the fu- ture --- 4,~, r.e~ saa "
 Don't be satisfied to always work for someone else-aim to have bus- mess of your own.
 Saving steadily with the 3 per cent interest we allow, will accomplish this aim.
 Four per cent interest paid on Time Deposits of one year.
 THE BANK OF PINE BLUFF.
 Capital and Profits, $lS3,00O.0O. '
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15
w. D. JONES
 ISSUES STATEMENT
Says That Wrong Impression Was Obtained From His Speech Sat urday Night-No Reflection
 on Judge Gould.

To the Editor of tho Graphic:
 am told that the impression ob- tained from the speech made by me at the CourL House Saturday night. that a statement made by me with regard to five grand jurors summon ed ill the Ladd case has been con- strued by some ersons to be re- tlection upon MT. James Gould. the sheriff at that time.
 1 do not remember my exact Ian guage, but desire to say that meant nothing that be could be con strued to reflect upon MT. Gould, either as a private citizen or as an official. w. D. JONES.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

Baby won't suffer five minutes with
 croup if you apply Dr. Thomas Ec- lectric Oil at once. It acts like magic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

MT. and Mrs. s. c. Cross are spend ing several weeks in Mineral Wells Texas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-07-15

l.. M. Webb, of Philadelphia. was a visitor in Pine Bluff Sunday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
WILDWOOD.

Especial TO The Times Dspatch)
WILDWOOD, VA, January ga hand
some New Years Eve entertainment was
given by Mrs. Ben O'Fallan at her beau
titul home. RED Gates" where the fur
nture and appointments are perhaps the
handsomest in the county. Especially to
be noted is the splendid library OF rare
and costly books.
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs
George Fl. Burwell. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
M. Nelson, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Multi
kin, Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Randolph,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Bevens. Mrs. Henry
#. Watkins and Miss Kathleen Watkins,
DR.. and Mrs. Robert C. Randolph. Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Gay Butler, Misses
Agness. Mary and Susan Page, Miss
Mary Whiting. Miss Ads Meade, Miss
Mamie Nelson. Miss Dorothy Glpin,
Misses Sybil and Marguerite Burwell,
Mrs. Dorothy Henderson. Messrs. Wood
ward and Howe, Mr.. Graham Il. Bandy,
Mr.. Edward Peace, Mr. r. IT. Lee, Jr,
Mr.. Richard Whiting, Mr.. Willie Meade,
Jr., Mr.. George Page. Mr. Lewis Meade,
Mr.. Hugh M Nelson, Jr., Mr.. George Fl.
Burwell, Jr,, Messrs. Donald and Kenneth
Gilpin, and Mr.. Archie Randolph
Mr.. and Mrs. George ri. Burwe!l gave
dinner on Tuesday at Mount Airy, and
Mr.. ]. Townsend Burwell an entertain-
ment on Wednesday. Both were largely
attended and much enjoyed
Mr.. John G. Page. of Bcrryvlle with
his two granddaughter, tho children OF
Mr.. PENN Page, of st, Louis. dined on
"Wednesday with Misses Mary and Jane
Page, Mt Breyton.
A number OF both large and small en-
tertainments have been given this week
and last. Two drags largely attended,
We're mach enjoyed by the members of
the Blue Ridge Hunt Club and visiting
friends S
Miss Dorothy Gilpin leaves to-day for
Baltimore. and Miss Margaret Rurwell
has returned to the Hannah Moore Acad-
envy, near Baltimore.