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The Public Utilities Bill.

Mayor McClellans veto of the public
utilities bill recently passed by the New
York legislature at the instance of Gov.
Hughes will of course have no effect in
staying the progress of this reform The
bill will be passed over the MAYORS veto
by the majority vote which is alone neces-
sary to secure its submission to the gov
ernor for signature. There can be no pres
ent doubt of that result. All that the may
Or has accomplished, therefore by his veto
is to put himself on record as against this
measure in terms which may possibly serve
him In the eyes OF the corporations whose
interests are to be subjected to the scrutiny
and regulation Of the proposed commits
sIons
In his message of disapproval Mayor
Mcclellan employs the familiar arguments
against the concentration OF reguIatiye
power IN appointed bodies and talks of
home rule and the dangers to the local
liberties. He gets down to specific cases
however, in one paragraph which is worth
quotation. He says:
The power to regulate rates and fares
may be used to destroy. Under given
conditions when party feeling is intense
and the presidency and the governorship or
the legislature IS at stake, 1t will be used
10 influence, coerce and TO secure the money
with which to corrupt the electorate"
AS for the destructive power of the com
missions, it Is always to be remembered
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A Bad Example.

4 municipal government should stand he
fore the community as the highest possible
exponent Of the law. 1t should scrupu-
lousy obey its own regulations in the
smallest details Il should set standard
of obedience and observance which Will
inspire every citizen to keep his house
In the best of order. If il slaCkens in its
regard for its own rules it cannot expect
the people to hold up to the requirements
and even its compulsory methods lack the
moral force they would have if backed by
a good example
The District government has lately been
proved idmentably weak in this respect
Its own housekeeping is under severe Criti-
Cian today because it has been found out
in fragrant violations of the regulations
which it applies with more less rigidity
to private citizens
Take for instance the matter of the new
Police Court stairclses Despite the plain
letter of the building regulations in regard
to width, these passageWayS are too mar
row 10 accommodate the crowd of daily VS.
itors To the court. This new building was
erected under the eye of the municipal au-
thorit.es. and the permit for the building
was supposedly scrutiuizad by responsible
officials. Yet the structure stands today in
this respect in a manner TO have caused
Immediate Intervention by the District
government and the replacement of the Of
Tending staircascs by wider ones if the
building were privately owned.
Again. there now comes the case of the
wooden sheds erected by District officials
at the stable establishment on L street.
They are of frame construction, though
within the fire limits. They are insanitary
in their maintenance. They thus offend
1irf,-
ments of the building and health regula-
tons Yet they stand unnoted until atten-
ton is directed to them by private enter
prise Even when the conditions ex-
posed the best excuse that can be given
is that they are temporary.
1t - urged that the force OF District in
spectoTs is too small to permit the scrutiny
of the municipal equipment to prevent vio-
latons of the law. This is wretched ex-
cuse which refutes itself. Every District
official. whether policeman. or fireman. or
stableman, or driver, or janitor. should be
regarded inspector, alert to detect in
stances Of law violation on the official
premises. The municipal force of inspect
ors indeed, should be considered as being
as large as the entire personnel of the Dis
trict government. Otherwise will every
official, from the highest to the lowest, re-
gard himself as immune from crltcism until
detected by those particular agents of the
District government whose business it is to
spy out infractions of the rules or until
complaints are filed by citizens.
Far more inspiring OF good government
and good faith in the local administration
would be system of official housekeeping
which imposes upon every individual con-
nccted with the local administration the
imperative duty to keep the work up to the
highest standard. \ municipal system
which maintains a nuisance until compelled
by the courts on the complaints of citizens
to abate ii is not calculated to stand high
in the estimation of the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
The Iowa Senatorship.

A dispatch from Des Moines, Iowa. says:
1T was announced today that Governor
Cumuius would be a candidate for the
United States Senate, subject to indOrse-
nent at next years primary election. Sen
ator William y. Allison is affected. Whether
Senator Allison will also be a candidate is
not definitely known"
This question should be answered wholly
in terms of Senator Allisou's health If
he is strong enough TO undertake another
term in the Senate he should, without a
doubt be his own sucCt ssor. His term
he viii be eighty years of age. He is,
however, not an old man. in the COM
monty accepted sense. His health of re-
cent years has not been of the best it is
true but during the late session he was
fully up to the mark of performance and
served with his wonted vgor and keenness
of perception both on the floor and in COM
mittee
1t Is to be hoped that Governor Cummins
is not speaking with private knowledge that
Senator Allison is intending to retire for
the disappearance of the veteran from Iowa
would be public loss, which men of all
parties would deplore. On the other hand
1t Is even more to be hoped that the gov
ernor Is not speaking without regard for
Senator Allsons wishes or intentions
a contest for his seat should have only
one ending. and the Iowa executive has
thus lar presented too attractive a figure
to engage In hopeless hustle for an office
50 capably filled already.
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that there is no power in a legislative or
an appointed body to impose confscatory
conditions upon any corporation. The
courts still exist in part for the purpose
of preventing this form of injustice. and
ii is not to be questioned for a moment
that the courts of New York state will
shortly be beset with suits and applications
for writs to test the powers of the pro-
jected commissions in advance of the en-
forcement of their mandates. Nothing is
more certain than that the corporations
will preserve intact all the rights that
belong to them, if there Is any virtue in the
judicial processes.
The mayors reference to the fund-SqueeZ-
ing powers of the commissions is not alto
gether happy. He gees beyond the range
of legitimate comment when he AYERS that
these bodies will be utilized for such I'M
proper purposes. He puts the corporations
themselves in an awkward light by intimat-
ing that they will lend themselves to such
an unholy process. Furthermore, his words
are calculated to suggest to some minds
the comment certain to be more or less
politely expressed, that the mayor is speak
ing out of the depths of his own experience
a member, once in the best standing, of
an organization which did nothing better
than the holding up of big companies for
contributions under threats Of Ieprisals.
Gov. Hughes public utilities bill is an
excellent measure as far its workings
can be anticipated. That it was conceived
In the best of faith and urged with an
eye single to the welfare of the common
wealth, none who has the least concep-
ton of the governors character can hon
esty doubt. 1t is true that much depends
upon the character of the men who are
named to do this work. But it must at the
same time be remembered that even more
depends upon the character of the man
whom the voters select to fill the executive
chair at the state capital. Thus the in
centivc TO elect the right man to be governor
is increased by this very legislation. which
puts a premium upon wisdom a. the prma-
rieS and the polls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

Presumably things in Mississippi are hum
ming AT any rate, they ought to be.
With two such men as John Sharp Williams
and Gov Nardaman running for the Senate
there is every reason for an exciting cam
paisn. primary will settle the matter.
and this will be held in August.
But the general public is not kept ad-
vised about progress. a curtain has fallen
on the scene, shutting out all but the peo-
pie of the state. So that if Gov. Nardaman
has advanced any new reasons for support
ing government ownership of railroads. or
Mr.. Williams any new reasons for support
ing Mr.. Bryan while opposing that policy,
the public al large has been denied the
illumination.
This campaign, pitched as it is in large
part on that question is really an impOr-
tant one. The south is expected to keep
government ownership out of the next dem
ocratic national platform. and here will be
the first formal expression 1t is true that
Mr.. Culberson, Mr.. Daniel, Mr.. Watterson
and other southern leaders are as much
opposed to Mr.. Bryan's hobby as Mr.. Will
liams. But neither Texas, Virginia nor
Kentucky will be called on for an ex-
preston this year. 1t is from this Missis-
sippi result that We should gather pointer
or two of value about that matter.
Gov. Vardaman, it is to be admitted, does
not rest his appel entirely on that issue.
He has some views about the race question
which he presents very aggressively. He
opposes education for the blacks and advo-
Gates the repeal of the fourteenth and fiji
teenth amendments to the Constitution. That
issue he promises. If elected to the Senate.
to keep before the country until some action
is taken. He will go Mr.. Tillman one better
in the effort to make the Senate sit up and
take notice about the past, present and flu
ture of the negro in America.
Still the practical or impractical question
of the moment is the railroad question.
What says the south to Mr.. Bryans propo-
stion, and how far may Mississippi at this
August primary be accepted as speaking
for the south about it? If Gov. Vardaman
wins. shall it be accounted first blood for
Mr.. Bryan and government ownership? If
Mr.. Williams wins, may We expect the cru
sade against Mr.. Bryan in the south
largely directed from New York-to be pros
ecuted with increased vigor? No dates for
Mr. Bryan are announced in the state, and
presumably he Will take no personal part
in the campaign. But the Bryan cause is
in Gov. Vardaman's hands.
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Loose Gas Jets.

Faulty gas jets are suspected of having
contributed to the death of two men in
this city the other day These tragedies call
attention once more to the fact that hui
man life depends upon very slight circum-
stances and also to the carelessness with
which these vitality important details are
considered The loosely-turning gas cock
at one time a regular feature in the
police reports from that part of the city
where the cheaper lodgings are located In
some of these houses, of an old construc-
ton, the jets were unprovided with safety
stops, SO that 1t was possible for the cock
to be turned off and on at the same time.
So numerous We're the cases of asphyxiation
that steps We're finally taken, some years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
Japan and United States.
From the Philadelphia Ledger


Well timed and much needed is Secre-
tary Roots admOnition that in our day it
is not governments but peoples that make
friendship or dislike, sympathy or discord,
peace or war. In our day, through the
myriad columns of the press and through
messages flashed over countless wires,
multitude calls to multitude across boun-
daries and oceans, in courtesy or insult,
in amity or in defiance. 1t is no longer
foreign Offices no longer ambassadors and
ministers, that keep or break international
peace. 1t is the people of a given country
who permit themselves to treat the people
of other countries with dscourtesy and in
suit that are sowing the wind to reap the
whirlwind, for world of sullen and re-
vengeful hatred will never be a world of
peace. Let us hope, then, as Mr.. Root be-
lieves. that the question whether the peo-
pie of the United States are about to sun
der their age-long friendship with the peo-
pie of Japan has been happily answered in
the negative.
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ago, to remove all fixtures of this charac-
ter. That there remain numbers of jets
which are dangerous to life, however, Is
attested by the frequency with which death
is caused by the plainly accidental opening
of the cocks. 1t is surely the part of COM
mon precaution for every householder pc
riodically to inspect the gas jets and to
make sure that there are no loose ones.
A few minutes work with a screwdriver
will tighten them all and render an acct
dental outflow of gas next to impossible.
The combination jets which supply both
light and heat call for special consdera-
ton. They should be so manufactured that
only through the grossest carelessness or
by design is it possible for the gas to be
turned into the room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
Natural History.

Dey's talkin' bout de animals. Dey is a
curious lot
A few O denis with shootin', but de mos O.
dem is not.
possum meat
Is put in raisn' hawks an crows dat ain
no good to eat
But all o dem is useful, so de chllun learns
at school,
Though mighty few kin git to be as useful
as mule.
But de strangest thing bout critters dat kin
swim or walk or climb
Is dis notion dat de ground-hog's took fob
workin' overtime.
He used to pay visit on a FEBRUARY day
To regulate de weather. Den he'd go to
sleep or play.
But now he keep so busy he kin sea sely
ketch his bref:
De OF thermometer keeps jumpin' like it's
scared to def.
One day he'll see his shadow; den it's cloudy
two or three.
Oar ain no grounding union; dat is mighty
plain to see.
He ought to be indicted, cause it's mighty
near crime,
Dis habit dat de groundhog's got of workin
overtime.
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SHOOTING STARS.
Trying to Cheer Up.

DO you think your mining stock will
pay dividends?''
L m afraid not answered the optimist.
But do not regard the money as wholly
lost 1 have had several thousand dollars
worth of pleasurabe anticipation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
AppreheusiVe.

HAS your boy made any progress in his
studies?"
Yes, answered Farmer Corntossel; hes
dom SO we'll in his studies that I'm kind of
afraid he's neglectin his tennis an hols Sc
back ridin'.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

eTIn order TO avoid delays on account OF
person2i absence letters to THE STAR
should not be addressed to any individual
connected with the Office. but eimply to
THE STkF., to the Editorial or Bust
ness Departments. according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
Liked the Heavyweights.
n the Detroit Free Press.


The president of the Nickel Plate rail-
road, who compared Roosevelt to julius
Caesar, is partly right. Keeping in mind
the Presidents partially to Taft we recall
it was Caesar who said: Let me have
men about me that are fat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

Bryan cannot be surprised to see the re-
publican party taking an interest in tariff
reform. Possibly years hence. when he has
lost interest in government ownership, his
opponents will take that up also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
Model Tenements Paw.

From the New York World.
Model tenements do pay They yield a
fair return to investors, they afford pleas
ure and comfort to tenants. they exert an
influence elevating to the moral and physi-
cal average of the community. Why do
not more rich men build them?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
Advantages of Poverty.
From the Hartford Courant

IF there is anything to learn from
Corey's case remarks philosophic con-
temporary. 1.-The student may gain a new
impression of the sagacity of Providence
in keeping most men poor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

Precautions should be taken to prevent
Abe Hummel's book from being one of those
publications occasionally seen in New York
the revenues from which depend chiefly on
the names that are left out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
The Scapegoat,

The poor commuter with despair
Observes the railways tricks
He's merely fined an extra fare
When anybody kicks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

The weather that has prevailed makes
the efforts of summer resorts to prevent
people from wearing bathing suits in the
streets seem rather farcical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

Kuroki can do some valuable work ex-
planning to his countrymen that California;
methods are not necessarily those of the
American nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
Courteous Consideration.

DO you ever talk back to your wife,
asked the solicitous friend.
Sometimes" answered Mr.. Meekton; "a
very little just to show her that l have not
gone to Sleep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

The threats directed against Hartman
are calculated to convince ]. ]. Hill that
he displayed wisdom in curbing his active
ambitions In current finance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

The drop in stock quotations has not oc-
casioned as much general discomfort as the
drop in temperature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

Naturalists pursue their customary quar-
rels In defiance of the late Alexander Pores
admonition that the proper study of man
kind Is man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
Contribution.

DO you expect to contribute to science
by your arctic investigations?'
Perhaps not to science" answered the
explorer but certainly to literature
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Force of abit.
From the Birmingham News.

According to reports Mr.. E. H Hartman
has resumed activity the general man
ager of the sprinkling cart and is freely
frrigating some more railroad stocks. al
though he does not really need the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

When the administration speaks affection
ate!y of Uncle joe it is understood with
out second thought. that Joseph Benson
Foraker Is not meant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

prominent democrats have a clear idea OF
the Kind of man they want for a presi-
dental candidate, and that is something
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

Distinguished visitors may find it desra-
bic to bring along a lot of inexpensive junk
to satisfy the souvenir hunters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

An arrangement by which Japan would
take China in hand and compel it to behave
would be valuable to civilization in general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

Any political orator can just now be sure
of three cheers by mentioning Roosevelt
for another term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

Some of Santo Domingos financiers are
strongly suspected of belonging to the I'M
desirable citizen class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

1t begins to look if Henry Wattersons
paper were not on Editor Bryan's exchange
list.
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Awful,
From the New York Herald.

Really, unless the weather men do some
thing our June brides will go to the altar
muffied up in sealskins and furs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
A Fake Spring.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
BY the way. what do the nature takers
know about this kind of a spring?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

THE STAR has q regular and permanent.
Family Circulation much more than tho
comb Fed circulation of the other Wash
iagtou daNes. As News and hdve--
using Medium 1t has no competitor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-22

Col. Perry. the auctioneer, lived
near Urbana when he was a Young
man, and he was paying attention to
two sisters who lived on the adjoin-
ing farm. He liked them both, and
could see little difference between
them.
At the proper time he asked the
father for the hand OF one he thought
ne admired most, giving the name, of
course. The father did not object,
ard as an accommodation he prom
ised to secure the necessary marriage
license when he went to urbana the
next time.
When the father returned with 1t,
the young bridegroom found to his
establishment that It was made OFT in
the name Of the other sister.
How much will II cost to change
it," asked the Colonel.
About rs cents" replied the
father.
After meditating a few minutes,
the Colonel answered (he saysD;
We'll. | can't see the difference.
I'll Just take her." and so he did, and
he's perfectly satisfied. explaining his
position in this manner:
Il wouldn't take 100000 for
her. nor would I give a dollar for
one just like her"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-22

the assessment Of the said special
taxes and the collection of the same.
Section "a All ordinances and
parts Of ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed; and this
ordinance shall take effect ana be In
force from and after It's passage and
approval.
Adopted May M. Al. y. 1907,
Approved May. rs, 1907.
GEORGE PARSONS.
M Mayor
Attest: ROBERT Az HATCHER,
City Clerk
Published in the Cairo Bulletin May
22, 1907.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-22
GETTING EVEN WITH LAWYERS.
Where the Overshrewd Have Fallen
Into Traps or Their Own Making.

Where the Ovcrshrewd Have Fallen
Into Traps OF Their Own Making.
| Overshrewd lawyers often furnish
their adversaries with weapons. did
you see this tree that has been men
toned by the roadside?" an advocate
inquired.
Yes. sir. | saw 1t very plainly"
1T was conspicuous, them"
The witness seemed puzzled by the
new word. He repeated his former
assertion.
Whats the difference" sneered
the lawyer. between plain and con-
spicuous?"
But he was hoist with his own
petard The witness innocently an
swered:
II can see you plainly, sir. among
the other lawyers, though you are
not bit conspicuous.
In another witness blow directed
against the character of a witness
forcibly recoiIed.
You were In the company Of these
people?" he was asked.
"Of two friends, sir,
Friends; two thieves, 7 suppose
You mean"
THAT may be true. was the dry
retort; they are both lawyers"
The blow that destroys the effect
OF an adverse examination is occa-
sionally more the result OF accident
than of conscious effort. In a trial
not long ago very simple witness
was In the box. and after going
through his ordeal was ready to re-
tire One question remained.
Now. Mr. , has not an att
tempt been made to induce you to
tell the Court a different story?"
A different story to what | have
told. sir?n
Eyes. Is 1t not so?"
Eyes, sir
Upon your oath, / demand to
know who the persons are who have
attempted this"
Well. sir, you've tried as hard as
any OF EN-" was the unexpected an.
swer.
1t ended the examination.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-22

ADMINISTRATORS NoTICE-Iss-
tate II Richard Jonns. deceased. The
undersigned. having been appointed
administrator OF the estate of Richard
Jon s. late of the county of Alexan-
der and state of Illinois, deceased
hereby gives notice that he will appear
before the county court of Alexander
county. at the court house in Cairo at
the July term. on M first Monday in
July next, at which time all persons
having claims against said estate are
notified and requested to attend for
the purpose Of having the same adj
jasted. All persons indebted TO said
estate are required to make imme-
date payment 20 the undersigned.
Dated this 14th day of May. A. D.,
1907.
JAMES MCCORMICK,
Administrator