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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05
wArsoNs WEEKLY JEFFERsoNrAN.

"AOcAOI CoHIlOI1cu ny Individuals or
corporations, the creations Of the
Stateg The answer of even casual
student Of the constitution and the
conditionsg> surrounding it's maxim
must be in the negative.
"The attempts on the part of the
Federal Government to despoil the
States Of the powers and functions
belonging to them will not tend to
smoothness in the working Of our dual
scheme of government. Already it
has had its effect. The indignation
of the governing forces Of many Of
the States is already aroused. It is
shown in the Legislation of the year.
1t had not little to do in my iudg-
ment with the recent conflict of iu-
dicial authority in North Carolina. "
Hughes Hailed as Next President.
A big crowd gave Gov. Hughes a
warm welcome at the Washington
County Fair, at Glens Falls, N. Y.
At the fair grounds the Governor was
introduced as "The next President Of
the United States.' The crowd took
up the cry and became very demon
strative. The Governor dwelt on the
Importance of citizenship and the du-
ties OF government. He said in part:
"We have had legislation of great
importance during the session touch
ing the vital interests Of the people
of the State, believe that it would
be hard to find a session Of the Leg
islature in which so much general
legislation of great Importance has
been enacted. We have, for example,
the great question Of the control of
the operation Of our public service
corporations. It is question of
great Importance to all the people.
to the farmers, to those engaged in
manufacturing industries, to those en-
gagged in commerce of the great
questions of the day.
Now, I believe that the way to
deal with these matters is to under
stand them; to have the Government
and its administration supreme; to
show the people of the State that
there is no corporate power Or fnan-
cial power that has any strength to
defy the will OF the people; that they
are going to have fair understand
ing of the facts and compel a just
exercise of public franchises. That
is what we stand for. We want to
see great extension of our trans
portation facilities. We want bet
ter stations, we want more cars, we
want better power, we want to see
our goods moved. We are bound to
get it.
"We are not going to be- fooled
by any Of these people who tell us
that they can't do these things and
live, under fair regulation. On the
other hand we are not going to pre-
vent their doing these things by ab-
surd and impossible rules. The peo-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05

AeI me say LnlS IN conclusion:
You can't do anything by multiply
ing these efforts of the Administra
tion unless you can get the men 80
run the machinery who can be de
pended upon to take the State view
against their own interests. What
will you tolerate in public life?
Whom do you allow to represent the
peopleq
"Let us have it thoroughly under
stood that a man walks to his polit-
ical doom who thinks of anything
else but the public welfare in con
nection with public Office
900 Englishmen Coming to Cotton
Conference.
One hundred and seventy delegates
representing Lancashire spinning and
manufacturing companies have been
selected to attend the conference of
cotton growers and manufacturers at
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 70. It is expect
ed that the English delegation will
number more than two hundred.
Sixty Killed as st. Lawrence Bridge
Falls.
A section of the new bridge across.
the st. Lawrence River. five miles be-
low the city of Quebec, Canada, col
lapsed, carrying seores OF bridge
workers and mechanics into the wa
ter.
1t is estimated that the loss Of life
is at least sixty and may exceed that
number by twenty.
The bridge was about mile and
a half long, ard half of it, from tie
south shore to midstream, crunplcd
up and dropped into the water.
Ninety men were at work on this
section Of the structure and the
whistle had just been blown at $40
for the men to quit work for the day
when there came grinding sound
from the bridge at midstream.
The men turned to see what had
happened and an instant later the
cry went up:
"The bridge is falling!"
The men made a rush shoreward
but the distance was too great for
them to escape.
The fallen section of the bridge
dragged others after it, the swapping
girders and cables booming like
crash Of artillery.
Terror lent feetness to the feet of
the frightened workmen as they sped
shoreward, but only a few reached
safety before the last piece of iron
work on the south shore was dragged
into the river.
Near the shore the wreckage of the
bridge did not go below the surface
Of the water and eight workmen who
remained above water were rescued
and taken to the hospital at Lewis.
Georgia Central Bondholders Fight
Expressing Indignation at the ac-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-09-05

AAsoi %. rarKer,-0I New York, pre-
sided. President Parker, in his an
nual address, said:
Nov, he who surveys the action
OF the legislative and executive de-
partments of the state governments
during the last few months cannot
with truth say that they have been
inactive during this period. Nor can
he say that the Federal Government
has been more active or more drastic
in its action than have the states.
But it can be said, and therefore it
should be said, that the Federal Gov
ernment began the crusade. There
in was to be found, it seems to me,
the sole basis for the assumption that
the Federal Government, had it pos
sessed the power, would have done
better than the states. That as
sumption, considered in the light of
the circumstances preceding and pos
sibly inducing it, presents but a fee
BILE argument in favor of taking away
any authority now enjoyed by the
States in order to confer it upon the
National Government.
"Oficials and others have suggest
ed various schemes having for their
object the bringing Of railroads, 9TH
er corporations and interests, under
the exclusive control of thee Federal
Government. To that end national
incorporation has been proposed, as
has also Federal license system.
"The object which their advocates
have in view is undoubtedly laudable
But that is not enough, if in the ex-
ecution Of their plans they violate the
Federal Constitution and directly
lead toward the destruction of our
dual government.
"Every power with which it was
deemed necessary to endow the Ma
tional Government was given to it
and in the exercise of these it was
made supreme. To prevent any pos
sible assertion by the National Gov
ernment of inherent powers, those as
signed to it were carefully and ex-
pressly enumerated.
"But to avoid even the possibility
of contrary claim, the constitution
was at once amended by the addition
Of ten articles one of which
operated as restraint upon the Ma
tional Government. The last one, es-
tablishing beyond even the possibil-
ity of cavil that the National Govern
ment is limited to the powers specified
in the constitution creating it, reads:
The powers not delegated to the IN
tied States by the constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively
or to the people,. Other powers have
since been granted, and in the fu-
ture still others may be given, but
the constitution as it now stands for
bids the exercise Of any powers 9TH
er than those granted by it. 1t leaves
M room FOR finding In the lanouaoe
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
SEEKS A LOAN.
East Orange Board of Education May
Use Building Fund.

There was an echo of the recent finan-
clal panic at the meeting of the East Or
ange Board of Education last night. when
it was announced that there might be some
difficulty in negotiating a loan Of $4,000.
This amount is required to cover salaries
ana expenses. and when the bills We're
read, Commissioner Cadmus, chairman
of the finance committee, suggested that
the money might be taken from the fund
in the bank which has been provided for
the erection of the Lincoln School in the
Ward.
Commissioner Shanks questioned the le-
gality of such an action and pointed out
tina money appropriated for building pur-
poses could not be used to pay n other
expenses. 1t was finally voted to endeavor
to get a loan, and II this is impossible to
draw on the Lincoln School funds.
Commissioner Robinson, chairman OF the
grounds committee, reported that the prin-
cipal of the Franklin School had installed
eleven swings in the rear of that school
without getting authority. The matter
was referred to the grounds committee
with power.
The board decided to petition the City
Council to extend the sewer on Central
avenue so that the Lincoln School can be
connected.
Miss Dorothy Leonard was appointed
Iidllhdl llulhlAl eS5nAohehhet 49, $1,000 ~S
Lull was employed to take the special aft
ernoon class in the'High School.
A resolution was adopted prohibiting
principals to send out circular letters to
the public without the consent of the
superintendent. Commissioner Shanks
stated that the principal Of the Stockton
School had sent out a printed letter ask
ing for funds for pictures.
Another resolution, introduced 'oy Com
missioner Eppstein. discouraged the hold
ing of dances or social Entertainment on
the evening of a school day, except on
Friday. The resolution was adopted.
A report on the cases of diphtheria that
occurred recently among pupils attending
the Elmwood Public School was made by
Vernon L. Davey, superintendent of
schools. Mr.. Davey also stated that the
entire school had been dislnfected on Sat
urday.
Three teachers OF the Franklin School
are now quarantined in their boarding
house, where a teacher in the West Orange
schools is suffering from diphtheria, and
they will be unable to teach for several
weeks.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
LAST CHANCE
ALL MUST BE REGISTERED
IN SUBURBS TODAY.
Those Who Are Not Barred from Polls
Republican County Chairman Says
He's Satisfied.

Voters in the municipalities outside OF
the city of Newark today have their last
chance to register, emitting them to vote
at the coming election.
Republican County Chairman Alfred N
Dalrymple, Surrogate George Z. Russell,
John 3. Woolston, candidate for County
Clerk; Austen Colgate, Assembly nomi-
nee, and Gardner Colby, the New Idea
county chairman, visited Association Hall,
in Caldwell, last night to impress upon
the voters of all the Caldwells. Verona,
Essex Fells and Livingston the necessity
of getting out a full registration today.
The committees OF those municipalities
were the only ones that had not been ad-
dressed by the leaders on the urgency of
a full registration. Last nights confer
ence completed the series that had been
held throughout the county during the
last three weeks.
County Chairman Dalrymple was enthu-
siastic over the meeting. He said today:
1--WE told them that we wanted a big sub
urban vote to help us next Tuesday, n
that the only way to do 1t was to get out
every Republican voter today. They prom
ised us their best endeavors. and a repeti-
ton of former successes.
= All the visiting party mades speeches out
lining the necessity of a full registration
and a heavy vote.
Austen CoiSate, csnuluate LOT ASSEMBLY,.
urged the people of Caldwell to work hard
to put New Jersey in the Republican col
umn. Mr.. Colgate said that the Demo-
Gratis were not capable of giving a good
administration and, in fact, that Demo-
cratic rule was the worst thing that ever
happeneu. He gave the people Of Cald-
well Judge Forts greetings.
Gardner Colby explained the New Idea
position this fall and declared that they
We're working hard for the success of
broad Republican principles and the Re-
publican ticket.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
TO SUE LACK. R. R.
M0NTCLAIR WILL ENFORCE
GRADE ABOLITION.
Bloomfield Avenue Crossing Must Go at
~Company's Expense-Such Is Town
Attorneys Contention.

Suit will be begun shortly in chancery by
the town of Montclair to compel the Lacka-
wanna Railroad Company to abolish its
dangerous grade crossing at Bloomfield
avenue. Montclair.
Town Attorney Robert M. Boyd. jr.,
asked the Council last night for permis-
sion to ommence the suit, and it was
granted. He will file the papers as soon
as he can prepare them, it was said today
at his office.
Mr.. Boyd explained~to the Council last
night that decisions had been given within
the last few days that made it reasonably
sure that the courts would compel the
company to abolish the crossing without
cost to the town,
Mayor Crawford asked Mr.. Boyd If 1t
was not the duty of the Board of Chosen
Freeholders to take the matter up, as
Bloomfield avenue is a county thorough
fare.
Mr.. Boyd replied that the county could
not be compelled to a k any action, and
that it was perfectly proper for the own
to commence proceedings. Mr.. Boyd was
then authorized to commence proceedings
at once.
The Bloomfield avenue grade crossing In
Montclair is considered one of the most
dangerous In The state. and many efforts
have beer made to abolish it. but without
success Everyone who has had occasion
to travel on the trolley cars or drive pc
tween Newark ana M0atclair realizes the
danger Of the crossing. There have been
many narrow escapes there.
Some months age negotiations were en-
tered into by the town, the county and Inc
Public Service Corporation to apportion Inc
expense of the abolition of the crossing
with the railroad, but the thing hung fire
and was lost sight of by the public. Moth
ing definite YVES ever done.
1t was said in Montclair today that the
proposed suit. If actually brought, will
hasten the contemplated adjustment Of the
Lackawanna tracks in Bloomfield. Glen
Ridge and Montclair. The Lackawanna
has submitted plans for elevation IN
Bloomfield to the Bloomfield Town Council,
and negotiations have progressed secretly.
1t is said by some that the recent decision
may now induce the Bloomfield people to
Insist hat the company proceed without
the tow paying as much as its officials
had about decided to do.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
MAY EXTEND ERIE
FROM WEST ORANGE To
MAPLEW00D.
Railroad Man Says Right of Way fol
Watching Branch Extension
Is Obtained.

A representative of the Erie Railroad
Company who was in East Orange last
night on business before the City Council
! of that place, stated to a reporter that
the railroad officials had plans in view for
extending the Watching branch of the
Erie from the present terminal in West
Orange through to South Orange, and pos
sibly Maplewood.
The ompan has already, according to
the official, secured a right of way as far
as Maplewood, having purchased property
on the opposite side of the present termi-
nal point a long time ago.
To continue the branch beyond West
Orange the Erie would, according to pres
ent plans, elevate its tracks across Main
street in West Orange, and then would
meet the trolley tracks of the Public
Service Corporation, known as the
Swamp line," that passes along private
property through Orange Valley to South
Orange. Whether this trolley line will be
continued in case the Erie carries out it's
intentions is not known, ana It may be
this the Erie has secured this right of
way. Railroad tracks are used at present
by the trolley company along the Swamp
line"
The present idea Of the Erie officials is
to double-track its system along the
Watching branch. This plan was made
known to the East Orange City Council
some time ago, and In that city a section
of double tracks have already been COM
pleted.. Decidedly poor service is nov
being furnished patrons along the branch
at present, 1t is claimed, the greatest at
tention being given to the increased freight
work.
The condition of the money market is
responsible, say the Erie officials, for the
plans of this company not being carried
out for the Watching extension, and when
a normal condition is again obtained the
electrifcation of all the Erie lines will
be started, as the company does not in
tended to run locomotives over the new
extension.
Should this advance of the Erie be made
the company will offer real opposition 10
the Lackawanna Railroad, the lines OF
which pass through near where the Erie
intends to extend. The Erie at the present
time is giving the Lackawanna consider
able opposition in bidding for freight work
among business men of the Oranges.
For many weeks a rumor has been cur
rent in the Doddtown section of East Or
ange that the L~ackawanna had purchased
the Watching branch of the Erie. but this
was denied last night by Robert M. Clark
who is connected with the Erie.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
N%EIGHBORHOOD RALLIES.
Young Peoples Societies Get Together
at Hilton Church.

The Inauguration of n series OF quarterly
neighborhood rallies of the young peoples
societies of the Irvington, Hilton and
Unionville young peoples church societies
in the Hilton M. e. Church last night was
attended with a degree of enthusiasm that
deied the inclement elements. The audi
forum Of the Hilton church was crowded.
and It was necessary to throw open the
lecture room. The delegates came from
the Irvington Reformed, Episcopal, Chris
tian and Methodist churches, the Hilton
Christian and Methodist churches and the
Unionville Chapel. These separate delega-
tons were looked after by the various com
mittees of the Epworth League Society
of the Hilton Church.
Among the pastors present were the Rev.
William II. Haines, Of the First Christian
Church. and the Rev. DIR. John II. Egbert.
pastor of the Irvington M. E. Church, OF
Irvington; the Rev. r. Newton Salter, OF
the Unionville Chapel; the Rev. Henry Il.
Belcher. pastor of the Hilton Christian
Church and the Rev. William s., Coeyman,
of the entertaining church.
The principal speaker of the evening was
the Rev. DR.. II. futile, pastor of the Sum-
NIT Methodist Church. His theme was
fright Thinking" Summarized by the
speaker, the discourse was embodied IN
three werds-thought, character. destiny.
Prayer was offered by John Morse. presi-
dent of the Christian Endeavor Society OF
the First Reformed Church, and the lesson
was read by Roy Boycott, president of the
Christian Church.
Near the close of the services the Rev,
William s. Coeyman announced that the
gathering marked the t~wenty-frst ami
versary Of his marriage and that he had
endeavored to have the occasion marked
bv the beginning of a new era In the
sociaf3life of the local churches. President
Seymour Coeyman OF the Hilton Epworth
NIeague, closed the services with words OF
congratulaticn and an invitation to partake
of the hospitality dispensed in the lecture
room.
A part of the entertainment feature was
a piano solo by Miss Devices Smith and a
n'ano duet by Miss Smith and Miss Dor
Ofhy Hawkins
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
CALDWELL, VERONA AND
ESSEX FEELS.

A special meeting Of the Ladies' Aid So-
ciety of the Caldwell Presbyterian Church
will be held in the lecture room tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Final arrange
ments will be made for the annual ban
quet, which will be held in the Sunday
school room Tuesday evening, NoYem-
Der Il.
A meeting of the West Caldwell Clean
ing Circle will be held at the home of Mrs.
William Coleman, of Bloomfield avenue,
Verona. Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
The members will meet at the trolley
terminus in Caldwell at Q o'clock.
A Halloween masquerade dance, under
the auspices of the ways and means COM
mittee of the Caldwell Borough Improve
ment Association will be held in Assocla,
ton Hall Thursday night. Dancing VIII
begin at $3.50 o'clock. Mrs. May Palladlno
will preside at the piano. The patronesses
are: Mrs. John w Gosman, Mrs. Wilfred
f. Maxwell. Mrs. Edmund r. Laine, MISS
Frances Taylor. Mrs. William b. Speer
n Mrs. M ]. Price.
Invitations have been issued for a mas
querade dance to be held at Laurelhurst.
Roseland venue, Caldwell, the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. Wilfred Hunter, on
Thursday night.
Miss Ethel Harkey will have a party
Halloween at her home in Westvile ave-
nue.. Caldwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Waterman, of CALI
fon avenue. are visiting friends in VeronS
Township.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
MONTCLAIR WILL SUE LACKAWANMA TO COMPEL
ABOLITION OF DANGEROUS GRADE CROSSING,
ASHES Pile UP
NOT COLLECTED IN MONTHS
IN MONTCLAIR.
Condition So Bad Town Council May
Rescind S~cavenger's Contract Next
Monday Night.

Urged to action by hundreds of COM
plants from citizens regarding the lack
of proper service fro=1 the town scaven-
gers and then men, the Montclair Town
Council last night took steps toward re-
scinding the s~cavenger's contract. AT
some homes the garbage collectors have
not called for refuse and ashes in two or
three months. The conditions are very
bad.
The matter came up last night as abe
Mayor was putting a motion to adjourn,
when Councilman Brown said: Hold on,
Mr.. Mayor. I stayed away from a Ma
sonic dinner tonight at The Montclair'
because / thought the garbage question
was to come up tonight for final settle
ment. and / am now prepared to vote to
rescind the contract. 1t seems to me tnat
the more leniency we show the contractors
the worse service is beng given. Inc mat
Ter should be ended and it should be done
Councilman MacNaughten said he also
understood that the matter was TO come
up tonight for settlement.
Councilman Wilson. chairman oil the
road and sewer committee, asked to have
the matter put off until next month";, hui
Councilmen Grant and S~choonnlakef potn
said that the service was abomlnable ana
that the question should be decided one
way or the other at once.
Mayo Crawford said he was prepared
to vote to rescind the contract. -.
''If we don't do something pretty soon,
SAID MIR. Brown. every one OF US Will get
into trouble"
Town Attorney Boyd said that the con-
tract could only be cancelled according
to the terms of the contract, and that 1t
required a certificate signed by all the
members OF tn roads and sewers commit
tee. AS all member were not present at
the meeting no legal action could be taken.
ON motion CT MIR. Brown it was ordered
that the committee meet next Saturday
night and prepare such a eertlhcate, ana
present the same TO the Council at a spe-
cial meeting, to be held next Monday
night. It will then be decided whether or
not to abrogate the contract.
The contract vas made last January
with William Alworth e. Son, of that town
for one year at about $15, 900.
The clerk read \ number of complaints
from householders about the neglect OK
the collectors to remove garbage ana
ashes. One of the complainants, George
8. Simpson. said hat about eight weeks
ago the collectors called at his home and
removed n collection of ashes, and at the
same time removed every bottle of beer
he mad in the cellar. There are now ten
barrels of ashes accumulated. but as. the
weather is cold the celler door is kept
closed, and as there is no chance to get
at the case of beer. he presumes that ac-
counts for the collectors neglecting him,
He aid that he paid over $500 taxes year
ly to the town government and he thought
he was deserving of better treatment. He
asked that the contractors be compelled
to remove the ashes from. his premises.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-29
BELLEVILLE.

Miss Agnes Clark, of New Rochelle, NJ
Y, has returned home from a visit to rela-
tives in Academy street.
An entertainment, consisting of boxing
bouts and vaudeville acts, will be given in
Belleville Hall Friday evening; under the
auspices of Joseph Bateman's Boxing
Academy.
The nineteenth annual reception and
ball of the Eastwood Hose and Truck Com
pany will be held in Belleville Hall Mon
day night. The committee in charge In
cludes James H. Donahue, chairman; Will
lam Gilmore, John j. Westlake, Herman
Solky and William Lister.
Lucien G. Fischesser, the chauffeur for
William S. Feudlander, Of 2S5 Lexington
avenue, Passaic, who was arrested Sunday
by Bicycle Chanceman Charles Winski for
exceeding the speed limit in an automobile,
was lined $40 and costs yesterday afternoon
by Police Justice Connell
State Senator Thomas ]. Hillery was
unable to be present at the meeting OF
Belleville Council, knights of Columbus,
last night. He will deliver an address be-
fore the council next month.