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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13

Traction companies az a rule ire discardng the open troll
ley car, with its dangerous running board, and substituting the
closed and vesibuled car This is being done not entirely from
a humane motive, but, like most changes made by the trans
portaton companies, has its financial aspect. The companies
have found that the open car is a prolific source of damage
suits. While there is an initial saving in cost of the car as
compared with the larger and heavier closed type, in the course
of a few years the difference is made up several times over by
payment of damages chargeable to the open car. But without
consideration of the reasons prompting it, the change is to be
hailed with Joy by the public, if only for one. thing, which is
that it means the retirement of the end-seat hog. '-Camden
Post Telegram.
There's no mailing with joy in this part of the State.
Around the upper section of New Jersey the only complaint
heard during the warm weather is that there aren't enough
open cars. Possibly the fact that a closed car can be packed
more densely than an open one has something to do with the
predictions of the trolley managers.
AS to the 'end-seat hog it might be better, as the
Scotch say, to let that flee stick to the wa. The person who
goes out of his OF her way to get an end seat is surely en-
titled to keep it so long as every reasonable effort is made to
provide for the ingress and egress of other passengers.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13
GOVERNMENT AND THE TELEGRAPH

The labor trouble in the Geographic
service of the country brings up anew
the question Of government ownership
of the telegraph lines. This Is not a
socialistic proposition. 1t was favored
by John Wanamaker when he was
Postmaster General and it has received
favorable consideration from many
eminent public men and by many in
fiuential journals. 1t is held that the
telegraph is really an adjunct of the
postofice. Nobody would think of
turning over the postal service to a
private corporation, The department
is run with singular efficiency, and if
the income does not equal the receipts
it is not the fault of the department
but Of Congress. The constantly grow
ing needs of the country, necessitating
large increased expenditures also ac-
count for the deficit.
The telegraph system of the country
could be conducted by the government
in connection with the postal service
with equal efficiency. AS a matter of
national policy the telegraph should be
under Federal control. AS a matter
also of business policy it should be re
moved entirely from danger of inter-
ruption by labor strikes or other COM
mercial causes. A general strike of the
telegraphers of the United States
would do an incalculabie amount OF
mischief. 1t would completely democrat
ize business. interfere with railroad
transportation. cause shipwreck or
the ocean and place the government it.
tseif in danger.
The strike troubles in the telegraph
service are being watched with deer
concern by thoughtful people whc
lreaiizs tho periIs that are involved and
lwho-aEeoheang educated up to the idea
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that the telegraph should be an exclu-
sive government function.
THE ArToRNEY-GENERAL's HAND
IN IT.

The railroad lawyers who were dis
eomited in the Supreme Court in their
attempt to have the Perkins railroad
tax act of 1906 declared unconstitu-
tional n the old railroad tax exemp-
tons, based on the charters of New
Jersey roads. declared to be still in
force, are not likely to accept the
opinions of Justices Pitney and Fort
as final. Appeal will be taken to the
higher court, as has been anticipated
from the first. If the Supreme Court
had decided adversely to the State the
Attorney General would nave appealed.
In the general satisfaction over the
Supreme Court decision nothing has
beer said about the preparation of the
case by the States legal department
and the special counsel employed. The
completeness of the States victory
shows how well the case was prepared
and how effectively 1t was argued be-
fore the Supreme Court. Attorney
General McCarter has shown in this
litigation zeal as we'll as ability that
speak highly for his administration
The Acknowledgement and former JUS
tice Van Syekel are also engaged in the
litigation to determine the rights of
the State in the Morris Canal. That
case is now in the courts. and if the
outcome shall be as satisfactory as was
that of the railroad tax ease, due credit
will be given to the Attorney General.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13

Alexander R. -Fordyce, father of ex-Assemblyman Fordyce,
has written to the 'New Brunswick Home News some unkind
things about the various brands of Republican politicians in
Mddesex County. This paragraph gives a good idea of the
whole:
We have in Middlesex county a horde of impecunious Office
holders and ofhce-seekers that never did anything for the Repub-
lcan party, and they think the party has a right to provide
for them and that they are entitled to hold public office per-
petua1ly, whereas they have no lore right than hundreds of
Others perhaps more worthy and more competent in every par
licular. These public barnac1es should be laid upon the shelf;
lit is the new broom that sweeps clean.
Then we have another breed, the men who spouted from
the rostrum of the graft wagon last Fall with such a show of
honest zeal and great regularity. 1 mean those creatures who
aHerward conspired Il cut Dory Stong's head off, that beloved
leader they professed to love, honor and obey, and they stuck
Ito him like 1eeches as long IS there was any blood in him;
those things which he made, turned upon their friend, but by
$50 doing they slipped the moose about their own necks all ready
flor the hangman.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13

Two young men were having a
heated argument over a problem which
needed a great lea of mental calcula-
ton.
II tell you" said one, that you are
entirely wrong"
But I am not" said the other.
Didn't I go to school, stupid?' al
most roared his opponent.
yes" was the calm reply; land you
came back stupid"
That ended it.-Philadelphia INQUIRER.
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workingman wants Square Deal.

-
W0rking1man Wants Square Deal.
To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Permit me through you Bright Little
Paper: to say a few words for the work.
ing People: those DOR Benighted Work
ingmen: who II we must Believe the
Ministers. Priests and Politicians, have
not sufficient Brains to think for Them
selves: and so must let these gentlemen
think For them. Those Poor Workingmen
who have had their Rents Raised this past
year all the way from one Dollar to Five.
Per Month. My Landlord did not wait
till the first of the yea But raised 1t In
November. / suppose that Is a sample
of the good Mr.. Colby e. his reformers
VIII do for the Working People. they all
ways have to Pay the Bills. I suppose
they closed the Saloons on Sunday so as
to give the Poor People a chance to give
to the Ladlords what they otherwise
would use to Enjoy themselves with. Now
as the Primarys Draw near the Politicians
of Both Partys are Between the Devil &
the Deep Sea. they Do not know what to
say about the Sunday Law. Known a. the
Bishops Law. That Abortion of a a
that takes away the only real Privilege
the Working man has the Liberty to En-
Joy himself on Sunday as he Chooses.
That Tyrannical Law. that says to one
man you shall not sell a glass of Beer on
Sunday Because you Pay A License to Do
so. But your next Door Neighbor Can
sell any thing ne wishes to. soda water.
Ice Cream, Dry goods, Hardware. in fact
Everything But Beer & rum. Because he
Pays Nothing In the way Of License to
the City: or State. Truly This Is A Most
Righteous Law. a Law that makes a
Poor man a criminal If he buys a glass of
Beer on Sunday But which allows the
rich mans Clubs to use all they want.
Our holy sheril and his Diciples 1 mean
his Deputies know this as well as any
one. But you never hear of him or his
aides raiding any rich mans Place 1t Is
always some Poor Devil of a saloon
keeper that has all he can do to make a
Living that they Visit. Truly it is a
most Holy Calling. Mr.. Editor the People
when 1 say the People I mean the Pro-
ducers. the men who are the Back Bone
& the foundation of this great republic,
registered a Protest against the Sunday
Law Last November & there will Be a
stronger Protest registered this Coming
Election the Churches have forced the
saloon into Politics & it will Be a fight to
a finish 1 have no use for Beer or Liquor
myself But 1 would not vote for a mar or
any set of men who favored a Law like
the Bishop Law 1 Believe in a Square
Deal for all 10TH WARDER-
VpseU at Cifv
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
What is the origin of the expression,
What will Mrs. Grundy say?'
CURIOUS.
1.-THE phrase has its origin in Tom Nor
tons drama, Speed the Plough In the
first scene Mrs. Ashfield displays a most
emazing Jealousy of neighbor Grundy, AMI
finally Farmer Ashfeld disgustedly cries:
BE quiet, will We? Always ding dinging
Dame Grundy into my ears. What will
Mrs. Grundy say? What will Mrs. Grundy
think % Mrs. Grundy" has been an i'm
~portart social parsonage ever since.-Ed.l
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Never Touched Him.

IT have brought back the lawn mower
I bought of you last week." said the
man with the side whiskers. "You said
you woul return my If it
wasn't satisfactory"
Yes, that's what I said" replied the
dealer, blu 1 assure you the money
was perfectly satisfactory in every re-
spect."-Chicago News.
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Might As Well.

II pen my store tomorrow. How
would you start Off"
You to advertise, of course?'
Oh, no.
Then l advise you to start with a
closing-out sale."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13

Aunty-Wfllie, an angel brought your
mamma such a nice new brother for
you last night. Wouldn't you * TO
see the dear little baby?
Willie-No; but I'd like to see the
angel.-Punch.
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shifting the ResuonslbiIity.

Mrs. Tellit-Tm going to meet my
husband at two o'clock today to select
the paper for the dining room.
Mrs. Askit-What do you want him
along for?
Mrs. Tellit-If 1t don't look all right,
then l can say it is his fault.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
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How He Got the idea.

yes, dearest; what is it2" F.
Did you get my baby sister at the
grocery"
'of course not. What ever put such
an idea in your head?'
TT says on the grocer's wagon, Fam
lilies supplied Judge.
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He knew Inhez.

yes, I have a boy sighed the old
farmer. HE went away"
But he may come back any day
now
Not Jabez. He won't come back un-
til after the harvest is over."-Bouis-
vile Courier-Journal.
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Baby,s Excuse for Laughing.

Friend-I am afraid your husband
has a very bad cold; he's continually
sneezing. It's quite painful to hear
him. Why don't you ask a doctor to
see him?
Matron-Well, I'm waiting just a few
days because 1t amuses baby so to see
his father sneeze.-Life.
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GANG In Handy.

Tell me, sir" said the self-made
man, did you yer find any practical
use for what you learned at collegeo"
Sure, l did" replied the college grad
uate. lone time when burglars got
into the house I scared them off with
a college yell."-Chicago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13

The Colbyites in Jersey City are determined to re-elect Mark
M. Pagan as Mayor of that municipality. IT'S a worthy deter
minaton and one deserving of encouragement.
They also want to put on the retired list Colonel Sam Dick
inson. This, too, is a laudable desire, though not of major
public importance.
One may pardon them for utilizing every Legitimate means
in their power to accomplish these purposes, but they are in
junng themselves and damaging their prospects by a lack of
frankness. They want Senator Colby for Governor, though they
know that he won't run. They obiect. to Sheriff Sonmer as a
candidate because he has been enforcing the laws, especially
the socaned Bishops law. Senator Colby voted for these laws
and their enactment left no choice with officials but to enforce
them or violate their oaths of Office.
If the Jersey City reformers think that 1t is going to help
them by tying up to one of the regular candidates for Governor,
why not say so in a straightforward manner?
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TUESDAY. AUGUST 10, 1907.
JUDICIARY REFORM AS AN ISSUE.

AS the Legislature has shown no dis
position TO pass the constitutional
amendments prepared with so much
care by the able commission which sat
last year.. and as the next Legislature
may pass again the amendment for
Assembly districts, thus shutting out
judicial reform for another five years.
the question may properly be taken up
In the election campaign in the fall.
There is nothing picturesque in a
constitutional amendment. 1t doesn't
appeal to the mass for that reason.
And yet it may and often does contain
more substance for the people than
most of the questions that are fiercely
fought over. The administration of
civil justice in New Jersey is certainly
a subject of paramount importance.
n judicial reform stands first among
all proposed reforms. 1t is the essence
of all reform in a State.
New Jerseys system of Jurisprudence
is universally acknowledged to be
clumsy, antique and expensive. Tit
State employs more judges than would
be necessary under a modern system,
and is constantly increasing their num-
Der. The processes of the law are cum
brous, slow and costly to litigants. The
longest purse has the advantage in our
civil courts, and hence the corporation,
with it's corps of retained lawyers and
its large treasury, always has an unfair
advantage of the individual. The big
corporation, therefore, does not want
judicial reform, to expedite the proc
esses of justice.
About a month hence the two State
party conventions will adopt platforms
and make bids therein for the popular
vote. If there has beer no wide public
agitation for judicial reform, there is at
the same time a well-settled conviction
of the necessity for it. There is also
the conviction that reform is blocked in
the Legislature NV powerful influences
that do not appear or the surface. 1t
is well known that members of the
Judiciary who are comfortably ixed are
selfshly averse to a change, but it is
not so we'll known tbSt corporate in
terests are as s~elfsnly opposed and
that they interfered at the Legislative
session this year to prevent the COM
mission amendments from being con-
sidered by the Legislature.
VIII the Republican State convention
give any recognition to the question of
judicial reform? VIII the Democratic
State convention have anything to say
on the subject? The Legislature will
probably have its final session before
the two State conventions shall meet.
Does the Legislature propose that the
constitutional amendments shall be
carried into politics and made an issue
Of in November? And should not the
question of judicial reform be settled
In some way before the session of the
next Legislature and before reform can
be shelved by that body by the passage
Of the Assembly district amendment?
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The Exact Reason.

"Why do girls marry notorious drunk
ards and scoundrels?
Because the parties of the second
part ask 'em to, Harold. Any time you
want to know anything, come to me-"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Identified.

Uncle Cat an art gallery, to his little
niece. standing before a picture OF
Adam and Eve)-Do you know who
those two people are, Else?
Niece-Oh, yes; that is a papa n
a mamma who are trying the fruit
cure. taking a sun bath.-Fliegende
Batter.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13

The recent decisions by the Supreme
Court and Court of Errors and Appeals
in the railroad taxes establish one fact
there is now no danger of a State tax.
Not only has this bugaboo been removed,
but there will be paid back to the various
taxing districts a sum that will practically
wipe out the taxes imposed for the sup
port of the public schools. The legisla-
ton of 1895 and 1906. popularity known as
the Duffield and the Perkins acts. settles
the railroad tax question for many wears
to come. lust as the Griggs act of 1884 re-
moved the subject as a political issue Tor
nearly a score of years.-Trenton Times.
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IN HUMoRoUs VEIN.
Lucky ESCAPE.

Johann-You very nearly got engaged
while you were on your tour in the
mountains, I hear.
Michael-Precious near. But, FORUM
ately, just at the last moment, l fell
down a precipice.-F1iegende Batter.
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president ROOSEVELT NOT TO NTERFERE-JERSEY CITY COLBY
TIES NOT FRANK. ETC, ETC

Attempts have been made to coax President Roosevelt to
take a hand in the Republican Gubernatorial contest in New
Jersey. They are as futile as they are senseess. The Presi-
dent won't lift a fnger-at least until after the Republican
State Convention. Conditions are conceivable under which he
might aid the nominee of that Convention, but even that is not
likely as matters stand now.
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Worse Than One coward.

The inhuman brutality that is horrify-
ing the world, in the horrible butchery
of children and women in New York, and
which the police are powerless to prevent,
is better calculated to give Commissioner
Bingham good cause to shed tears than
the discovery that one of the policemen
in his department was a coward.-Hart-
ford Post.
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VIEWS OF EDITORS.
Related RESERVATIONS.

Are moi the designations of members of
the board of managers of the State Hos
pital for Insane at Trenton somewhat be-
lated? If Hayes and Ward are guilty,
what excuse has Judge Vroom and his
associates to offer for their weak-kneed
policy?-Plsinfield Courier-News
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13

Anyway, as long as Sam Dickinson
had to be in the party which presents the
States silver service to the battleship New
Jersey, we are just as well pleased that
the ceremony is not to take place here
Perth Amboy News.
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The mad dog may be a myth, as some
Of the scientists hold, but there doesn't
seem to be any perceptible falling off in
the number of cases of rabies that the
good old summer time ordinarily pro-
duces.-Jersey City Journal.
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The Living Proof.

Hyker-Browning's wife must be an
intellectual woman.
Pyker-Why do you think so?
Hyker-I notice he seldom has any
buttons on his clothes.-Chicago News.
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Escaped.

How did you like that new tragedy
In the theatre? Someone got killed in
the end, didn't they?'
"Oh, no; the audience clamored> for
the author; but he had the sense not to
show himself."-Rire.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13

rs John Jones one of those men who
think every Jack must have his JIM?
He's one of those men who thinks
every Jack must have his pint."-Ally
Sloper.
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A BOLD SHOWING OF HANDS.

The Philadelphia Ledger is n of the
principal ~spape hat have come
under control of the railroad interests,
and it has waged a consistent war on
Roosevelt ever since a change was
made recently in its management. The
Ledger in it's issue Sunday made this
bold and surprising statement:
The railroads of the country are in
the hands of so few men that it will be
an easy matter to arrange a policy re-
garding nominations and whom they
shall support for President, and there
is no especial hurry about the matter.
There are indications both in the East
and in the West that the railroad man
ayers will endeavor to defeat for nomi-
nation sure. and perhaps election, any
man whom President Roosevelt selects
as his legatee. They have had all they
want of the Roosevelt policy The
question of what shall be done has been
discussed in high financial circles"
1t has beenano secret for some time
that a combination of great railroad
and financial interests was forming to
procure the election of a President next
year who would reverse the policies of
President Roosevelt, but this is the
first open declaration of hat purpose
and it shows a confidence that, in view
of the sentiment and temper of the
people, is hard to understand. An at
tempt to nominate and elect a railroad
and trust candidate for President by
appealing to the sentiment of The peo-
pie would be farcical and evidently the
idea is that by putting out millions ano
buying up election officers as well as
voters the trick can be turned. Me-
may be good railroad managers but
poor politicians. The men in high
financial circles nave a lesson to learn
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Lost Opportunity.

Mr.. Gallaghan (who has seen Pat
come out of the village inn)-So you're
not a teetotaler. Pat. Now, look at me;
I've never tasted strong drink, and I'm
eighty.
Pat-Be hivin. If ye'd taken a dhrap
like the rest o. us, We might "a been a
hundred be now!-The Sketch.
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If a dog would only put the energy
that he devotes to wagging his tail
into turning the ice cream freezer, only
think how useful he might be!-Somer-
Vile Journal.
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There is a law of the State that pro-
hibits non-residents from fishing with
net or seine in the waters of this State,
The law has never been enforced by
the State Fish and Game Commission.
The fishing smacks from Fulton Mar
ket constantly visit the bays and flats
of our coast and take large catches of
fish. many tons in a year, and the fish
goes to the fish trust, which controls
this industry. The fish trust : 'on-
trolls pound net fishing on &,
and the pound nets are r
by non-residents. contra
The recent arrest of a err
seymen for fishing for clam. tiers
claimed by New York, in violas 4 of a
New York State law, shows how diff
ferently the fishing laws r enforced
in the two StateS