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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25
The Woman In Business.

She handed in a check payable to
susan H. Smith. The cashier. who was
a German, noticed that she had in
dorsed It Susan Smith and gave it back
with a polite "You haf forgotten the
H." Overcome with confusion, she
murmured, Excuse me-" and wrote
below the Endorsement, Age twenty
three U.s. I1fppihcott's. ='~7
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25

Stomach dosing can. not reach ca
tarrh germs in the nose. Breathe
Hyomei and you hit the right spot.
Complete outfit $500; money back
III not satisfactory. Anders Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25
ELLINGTON.
Crystal Lake.
rs. VIM. Kibbe has newly paint

Mrs. VIM. Kibbe has newly painted
her house.
Quite a delegation from Crystal
Lake attended the town fair In Filing
ton last Wednesday.
The series Of meetings being held by
Rev. J. e. Fischer will be continued
four evenings this week.
Mrs. Adelia Dimock of West Stat
ford has been spending the past week
with her sister, Mrs. L. A. Aborn.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25
A Clear Complexion and Bright Eye.

A Clear Complexion and Bright Eyes,
: In most cases sallow, blotched com.
plexion and dull heavy eyes are due to
poor digestion and an inactive liver. Or.
inO Laxative Fruit Syrup aids digestion
and stimulates the liver and bowels and
makes the complexion smooth and clear.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not
nau cate or grippe and Is mild and pleasant
to take. Refuse substitutes. Anders ia.
cobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25

II you are worrying over weak
stomach, use Mi-o-na and see how
soon you will be we'll. Anders
Jacobsen guarantees to refund the
money if Mi-o-na fails to cure.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25
A. ReproacIn,
mistress!

Cook = Lawks! Here's mistress!
Quick, into the clothes press!
Soldier Sweetheart-In the clothes
press and not in the larder? Nina,
and you say you love me.-Meggen-
dOrfer Batter.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25

Can make Lemon, Chocolate and Custard pies
better than the expert cook by using "OUR-
ready for immediate use. Each package, enough
for two large pies, 10 cents. Order today from
VOuF grocer
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25

DeW!tt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve
is good for boils, burns, cuts, scalds and
skin diseases. 1t is especially good for
piles. Sold by Anders Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25

Mother-in-LaW-Has the. young man
who saved my life yesterday called
upon you. yet? Son-in-Law-Yes. In
deed. He has already made hls apollo
gies.-Fliegende Batter. -.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25

NOW is the time to order your Fruit
In Trees, ornamental trees, towering shrubs
tulips, crocus, hyacinths, or anything In that
line for fall planting. Give your order 70 \.
II. CLARK for them.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-25
Lucky. Then.

Mrs. Benham-I got it for 10 cents a
yard. Benham-Isn't 13 an unluckS
NUMBER Mrs. Benham-Not when 1t
Is marked down from TO-.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
The Trend Toward nomnOrao-

Amid all the talk of Federalism and the
usurpation of power by the executive
branches of the government. there IS
one fact which looms with constantly in
.creasing impressiveness. It is the fact
that the power Of the people instead of
being upon the wane, is greater to-day
than ever before in our history.
An analysis of all the important legfs-
lation of the past ten years shows that
it has been enacted in response to a
popular demand. The pure-food law, the
railroad-rate law, the oleomargarine law.
and all the other statutes which have ap-
parently trenched upon the Jurisdiction
of tie States, have been passed because
the people wanted them. The trend to-
ward democracy-that is, democracy in
its real and not in its partisan sense-has
been most marked. 1t has been shown in
the numerous Federal and State laws
which have had for their object the plac-
ing of additional safeguards around the
ballot, which is the expression of the
popular voice. The universal adoption Of
the Australian ballot system was in itself
significant victory for the people in
litAA II dSSult4- 81 Tar as possible, an
honest record Of the popular desire. The
system OF fraud which was not only pos
sible but was so largely practiced under
the old form Of ballot is now about aboI-
ished- The new method gives to the
people an assurance that their decisions
cannot be changed or altered by un-
scrupulous and designing politicians.
1t is also noticeable that in recent years
there has been a tendency TO enlarge the
field of suffrage. Every one knows that
at the beginning of our government the
theory of the Declaration of Independ-
ence as TO the consent of the gov
eraed" was really very limited in its ac-
tual practice. As the years have passed,
the obstacles placed in the way of popu-
lar suffrage by our forefsthers, such as
property qualifications. &c. have been
very largely removed.
In Wyoming, Idaho. Utah. and Colo
RADIO the barrier Of sex has been taken
away. In many States the right Of ballot
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
JOSEPH G. CANNON.

Come forth and behold him, the Grand Old stand
patter.
Whose mind is so fearfuIly plain.
Beside him all logic seems mad halter
And only the Tariff looks sane.
First reared on a farm. with an oid-fashioned no
tion
OF duty TO honor's last ditch.
He stands like a rock in his simple devotion,
\ stanoh, honest friend of the Rich,
When rural admirers grow genial and think oi
The Shore Acres cut Of his chin
They rashly compare him to Abraham Lincoln
And that's where delusoHs come in.
Enthusiasts laud him from belfry to steeple.
Forgetting the truth as they must
That statesmen are seldom 50 close to the people
As when they are hugsing some Trust.
So. when he's at rest from Congressional duties.
To greet him the populace flow;
Strong men from Frog Center and Kes County
beauties
And babies to kiss Uncle Joe.
With tosas Of homespun bis shoulders they kiver,
Which moves the ayuncular heart
So deeply and wen that he's forced 10 deliver
His faIorite Lecture on Art
The High Ant he says. both enlightens and
brUadens
Wherever the High Tariff whoops.
amt 80 dun stuck on that feer Saint-Gaudens
But SIS, I like Rogers groups!
And why to them forcign-made drawings and
sketchngs
Do free-bom Americans smirky
If Europe feels proud Of her paintings and etchngs
We're proud Of cur Burnt Leather Work.
Thus bigh-angle fire al the ramparts Of Beauty
The mouth Of the Cannon doth dart;
Though Ruskin, perhaps rested art upon Duty
j. q. puts a duty on Art.
Wallace Irwin, in Collier for March 2, lsJ7
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
TUESDAY, MARCH Z, 1907.
An III.starred Movement Killed.

The Washington Herald some time ago
took occasion 10 deprecate the proposed
race conference" 10 be held by delegates
appointed by fourteen governors Of certain
specified States of the South. We then
expressed the hopc-and the prediction
that the movement would not be pushed:
that it was iH-advised, useless, and likely
10 do vastly more harm than good.
It is gratifying to know that the matter
las not 0een pushed by those whose CO.
operation it was absolutely essential 10
gain in order 10 make possible the sug-
gesJed conference Out of the fourteen
governors approached. il is stated,
definitely. that eight have declined to have
anything TO do with it. OF the other six.
one agreed to appoint delegates, the re-
manning five being Indifferent and passive
in their attitudes
Gov. Swanson, of Virginia. perhaps.
sounded the death kneI TO the scheme in
"a particularly clear. iucisive, and clean-cut
letter Of declination. in which he very
poiutedly outlined the many objections 20
the scheme. He expressed the conviction
that the South has already suffered i'm
question. that any conclusion and advice
that the convention might give out would
not be binding upon any one, and that it
could not deal ina anything more than gen
cg3lities at best More than that. the
governor very sensibly contenGed that the
very meeting OF such a convention would
be signal for a fresh outburst of talk
and newspaper discussion which could re-
ssult in no good and bring about no de
sired result.
Various other governors seem to have
taken their cue from the chief executive
e the Old Dominion. and, i'm declining 10
participate iE the movement, have taken
essentially the same ground And this
attitude and decision of the governors is
TO he warmly commended. The less the
Incorporate citizens. the politicians. and
the agitators of various kinds have to say,
the better for the South and its perplex-
ing problem.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
- Inrancsc ScttIcmcnf I-nscttIcd


Mayor Schmitz Of San Francisco, has
published a version Of the japanese school
settlement. i'm which it is made TO appear
that President Roosevelt surrendered
every point in the controversy. and that
the people of California have gained
japanese exclusion by mere verbal
change i'm the segregation resolution Of
the San Francisco board Of education.
I'm return for the present exclusion law
SAYS Mayor Schmitz. "and for a solemn
promise Of the great aid of the President
for a more extensive exclusion law at the
EeNt session of Congress. we have simply
agreed 20 change the wording Of the Octo-
her resolution, but without changing its
effect The October resolution, whose
effect is avorred by Mayor Schmitz to be
unchanged by the new resolution. pro-
vided that all japanese children should
attend the Oriental school, along with
Chinese and Koreans In other words.
segregation is to be accomplished by indi-
rection as this paper pointed out several
weeks ago could be done under the terms
of the resolution submitted to the Presi-
dent by Mayor Schmitz and approved.
according to the mayor, by the admins
tration
Taking its cue from the San Francisco
plan of segregation by indirect means. the
California legislature is considering a
measure. which has passed the senate.
authorizing boards of education 10 estab-
lish separate schools for Japanese
Chinese. Indians. MongoIians. and others
and providing that no child of more than
ten shall be admitted to any primary
school without the consent of the school
authorities. The effect of this measure
would be, Of course, 10 deprive the Japa-
nese of all education save that which
they could obtain in separate schools
Moreover. the legislature has several
propositions before it, not likely to be
adopted. for the restriction of the rights
of japanese aliens in various WAYS, and
there is said TO be considerable sentiment
in California for the adoption OF a State
exclusion law. These indications of anti
japanese feeling are significant Of the
temper of the California people. which
seems not 20 have been mitigated by the
immense concession offered them by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in his conference with
Mayor Schmitz.
The attitude of California has naturally
had an adverse influence upon the nego-
tiations with Japan for new treaty.
Within the past week the japanese gov
ernment has given its adhesion TO the
tentative agreement already reached. and
has decreed that no passports shall here
after be issued emitting japanese labor
ers to depart for the United States. thus
carrying out its side Of the bargain. But
the feeling is strong in Japan that our
end Of the agreement is not 10 be ear
ried out in good Gath. an inference not
altogether unwarranted by Mayor
Schmitz's statement and the action Of the
California legislature
Niscount Hayashi, the japanese for
eign minister, was interpolatcd few
days ago in the lower House Of the Diet
his questioner alluding 10 the humiliation
which ne conceived the japanese 10 be
suffering at the hands Of Americans. In
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12

reply, Viscount Hayashi called attention
to the clause of the treaty between the
United States and japan IN which our
immigration laws were specifically ex-
empted from the stipulations of that con-
ventiOn. He said this provision had been
inserted to secure the ratification of the
treaty by the Senate. and that by ratlh-
cation the japanese got rid of the extra
territorial jurisdiction OF American diplo-
matte and consular officers. which juris-
diction was even more humiliating 70 na-
tional pride than restriction of japanese
emigration. He urged calm consideration
of the relations between the two nations,
and laid particular stress upon the indis-
putable good viii of President Roosevelt
toward Japan
1t is intimated that the President may
decline TO exercise the authority given
him under the japanese exclusion pro-
vision Of the new immigration law unless
assured that California will observe good
faith in the school matter; but as such a
course would tend to aggrayate the strong
anti-Japanese feeling rampant on the
Coast, It Is obvious that the situation
presents grave difficulties.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
Opportunity for the Big sick

Senator Cullom. who is chairman Of the
Foreign Relations Committee. expresses
doubt as to the possibility Of securing the
ratification by the Senate Of "a genuine
reciprocity treaty such as is proposed be-
tween the United States and Germany.
He is quoted By the New York Journal
Of Commerce as saying:
a genuine reciprocity treaty has to be recip-
rocal 1t means the lowering Of duties on some
things which have TO sell. Just as soon as such
o treaty gets into the Senate. opposition at once
arises from the men who represent the sections
interested Il was so when tie Kasson treaties
were negotiated and laid before the senate
worked and worked 10 get something done az that
time couldn't hudge amy one. I doubt whether
conditions would De- any different now"
The Senator thought the solution Of
the trade differences with Germany and
France lay in the adoption Of maximum
and minimum tariff. with readjustment
OF the present schedules. He did not
think, as does Speaker Cannon. the pres
ent schedules would afford a proper
minimum. and that the maximum should
be higher than the existing Dingley rates.
But will there not arise the same op-
position TO a readjustment of the sched-
ules TO the requirements Of maximum
and minimum tariff that would mean
something and accomplish something that
has arisen in the past To the ratification
.of genuine reciprocity treaties. such as
were negotiated by Mr.. Kasson?
The fact is it viii require the vigorous
welding Of the big stick to bring about
any revision Of the tariff. even under the
name Of maximum and minimum tariff
Nothing else viii bulge the Senate. SHAH
we not hope for the strenuous word next
fall?
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
SENATOR CLARK'S LAND.
Didn't Know He Owned Parcel In
cIuded in Park Bill.

The retiring Senator from Montana,
Hon. William A. Clark. had mOrtify-
ing experience on nearly the last day
Of his service. but one TO which men so
rich that they cannot recall where all
their possessions are are liable While
the sundry civil appropriation bill was
under consideration in the House Mr.
Clark. of Florida. fought strenuously
against concurrence with the Senate's
amendment for the purchase OF certain
parcels of land for park purposes, par
ticulaTly one in AnacOstia in which il
appeared that Senator Clark, Of Mon
tana. had a half interest. Ia justice 10
him IL was explained that he had known
nothing about the park proposition. and
had demanded that it 80 out Of the
bill, on the same ground as that taken
by the gentleman from Florida. The
proposition went out and the incident
was closed.
Il had served the useful purpose.
however. Of teaching the necessity OF
even muiti-millionaire Senators know
ing where all their lands are IL they
would avoid legislative embarrassment
OF riches The Senator's annoyance
must have been intensified by Repre-
sentative Clarks description Of the land
as containing bitches so deep that YOU
could put the Capitol I'm one Of them
and hardly see the dome
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
Has No Handle,

It is an odd fact that the gavel used by
the presiding officer of the Senate has no
handle. like that used by the Speaker of
the House. 1t is an ivory contrivance,
lmodestly ornamented. Of cylindrical shape.
and about four inches long. IN welding it
the Vice President has to hold the gavel
in his hand as If it were a small hammer
without a handle How the custom orig
mated of providing the Vice President
with a handleless gavel is not known.
though the Oldest Senate attache cannot
remember when it was otherwise, just as
the oldest Senate attache cannot Temem-
Der when the gold snuff box that occupies
it's ancient niche at the right of the Vice
Presidents raised desk was not dutifully
filled every morning. although no states
man now patTOnizes that once popular box
for q gentle sneeze.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
Garfield and "the Boys"

James Rudolph Garfield. the new Sec
retary Of the Interior. seems 10 be making
himself unpopular with the newspaper
correspondents because thus far he has
not had time to receive them as freely as
do most other Cabinet officers. and "the
boys are retaliating either by avowed
determination to ignore him or 20 subject
him TO the roasting process whenever oc-
casion arises 20 write about him. That
comparatively limited circle Of persons
who know Mr. Garfield intimately under
stand why he appears 10 hold himself
aloof from newspaper men. It is not be-
cause he mistrusts them or that he does
not know how TO help them In their work
as nearly all other members Of the Cabf-
net cheerfullv do. Il is due. primarily. to
the young Secretary's veritable passion
for work. and, secondarily. TO a tempera-
mental difHdenCe and mOdesty that are
not characteristic Of public men. A news
paper man who worked under Nj Gar
fields directions in the Bureau Of Corpora
tions says that never in his experience
with men Of affairs has he known any
body to labor so assiduOusly and so many
hours a day as he. The same statement is
made by gentleman who served with
Mr.. Garfield on the Civil Service Commis-
sion before the President transferred him
to the Bureau of Corporations. When he
is in his Office he seems literally TO forget
all about the outside world and applies
himself 10 his work with vehement en-
ergy that is not surpassed by even that of
the President himself He loves work so
much that he seldom goes into society.
and il is said that but for his wife he soon
would become a TecIuse. Ofice-seekers
and politicians generally complain Of his
.inaccessibility just as the newspaper men
are now doing.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
influential n Ever.

From the Providence Journal
Mr Roosevelt is a far-seeing statesman
and he has convinced himself that the
voters Of America desire the cuTbing OF
the trusts and the elimination OF graft
and discrimination from the management
of those corporations that have an i'm
portant connection with the public vel
fare When on Monday he signed the
bill to limit the working hours of railway
employees, he said to one Of the labor rep
resentatves, who stood near by: You
know the President only gets a percent
age Of what he wants, but his own per
centage has been considerably in excess
of that of some former Presidents. The
adjournment Of Congress shows him as
influential as ever in the process Of law
enactment.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-12
CONSTITUTION STRETCHED.
Tendency of Congress to Become a
Parrot of the White House.

Prom lecture by Mayor Mcclellan at Princeton
University. March s
The doctrine Of the gutts-percha Con-
stitution. elastic enough TO cover a multi
tude of sins. is the growth of recent time
and the necessary coroIlary of opportun-
ism run mad. In the aeous of the past.
as we measure political history nowadays.
government officials first made sure that
they were consututionally right and then
went ahead. Now they first go ahead.
leaving IL TO the Attorney General 20
adapt the Constitution 10 their con-
sciences.
During the last few years Congress has
been but little more than a register Of
the Presidential wishes. II has only been
necessary for the Executive TO express its
desires to have Congress Immediately
carry them into effect. The majority Of
both Houses has been loath 10 inaugu-
rate any policy whatsoever without Pres
idential permission. The minority. on the
other hand. with an opportunity such as
mas seldom been presented 10 act as
great restraining and conservative force,
10 build up q healthy public opinion in
favor of the maintenance of the law. has
oscillated between a policy Of senseless
unreasOning opposition when il thought
that opposition would be popular, and q
feverish haste 10 outdo the majority in
supporting the Executive: in other words.
in trying TO get on the band wagon when
il thought that popularity was on the
box seat.
Strict cOnstructionist has joined with
loose cOnstTuctionist, Democrat with Re
publican. in trying to apply the interstate
commerce clause Of the Constitution in
way 10 make the fathers turn in their
graves. With the Louisiana lottery cases
and the Addyston Pipe case as their
authority. they have assumed that the
power to regulate commerce between the
States carried with il the power TO reg
ulate commercial and all other activity
within the States, and virtually to wipe
out all State lines whatsoever. Surely the
makers of the Constitution did not intend
to confer so broad a power upon Con-
gress.
We cannot prepare for our future by
forgetting our past. If the Constitution
has outlived its usefulness, let US do
away with il; If ii has fallen short in any
particular, let Us amend il. If new con-
ditiOns have arisen, conditions not antiCi-
pated by the fathers. let us add TO it, II
we are TO alter 1t, let US do so in a cool
and legal manner; in the manner, in
short provided by the Constitution But
as long as the Constitution remains as il
is, the fundamental law of the land let
us obey IL and reverence e.