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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
THE DEMoCRAr1c CANDIDATE.

The announcement by former Judge
Child that he is not a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor and cannot be the candidate,
should not cause much surprise. Per-
sonal friends of Mr.. Child have all
along doubted his willingness TO take a
Nomination and make a campaign. His
habits and tastes are contrary to the
settlements of politics inc the duties
that he would have 20 assume II elected
Governor.
With Mr.. Child retired the way seems
cleared for the nomination of former
Mayor Katzenbach. of Trenton. who
win go into the convention with a
strong and devoted following. and who
may get the nomination on the first
ballot. Mr.. Katzenbach is young, not
yet forty years old. has served two
terms as Mayor of Trenton and two
terms as president of its Common
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
THE EL1a1BIL1rY On JUDGES.

It is rather f~ar-fetched to assert that
when the friends of a member of the
judiciary shall choose to designate him
as their choice as a party candidate TOR
the g~overnorship he should Immediate
ly decline or resign from the bench.
The favor of friends or a popular de-
mand," when not c~rystallized into a
formal tender of a nomination, is mere
ly air, too unsubstantial to warrant a
man to act in his own behalf. The in
sistment is also new in politics, and
altogether pew this year, although can
didates have been under discussion ever
since the last election.
There are distinguished judicial prec-
edents. Justices Bedle, Dixon and
Werts, and Chancellor McGill. ell high
ly honored 1urists of his State, didn't
resign even after their formal nominal
tons, and their names and fame have
not suffered thereby. Chancellor Run
yon might have been nominated for
Governor If he had not been defeated
by Marcus L. Ward for that office be-
fore he became Chancellor. 1t is not
believed that Chancellor Runyon would
have resigned before the nominating
convention met.
1t is proper, notwithstanding good
precedent, that when a judge of the
courts accepts a nomination he should
resign the judicial office. 1t would be
unreasonable and farcical to look for
his resignation before the nominating
convention meets. Such a plea is itself
a reflection on the judiciary. All men,
including judges. have opinions in poll
tics. Inc the more intelligent and the
better educated they are the more de-
cided is their judgment in public af-
fairs. Nor does a man surrender the
right of private judgment in politics
when he assumes any Office or forfeit
the right of preferment by choice of
his fellow citizens.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
wHAr THE LAKE WOULD BE.

The Jersey City Journals idea of a
great storage reservoir at Little Falls
is that "the lake would attract a new
and wealthy population to what would
soon be the most popular suburb of
New York. The sale Of surplus water
to the municipalities would provide an
income that would amortize the bonds
required to cover cost and forever after
produce an income. In time this in
come would be enough TO run the State
government"
Brilliant prospects. indeed. A lake as
described would be quite pleasant to
sail on, but its waters would hardly
meet the requirements for potable pur-
poses. AS for the income, if the lake
water could be kept pure. the East
Jersey Water Company would get the
lions share of that. There would not
be enough left for the State to pay
interest and expenses.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
H STATE.

If a halt is not called upon the in
decent and suspicious haste with which
the State Riparian Commission is get
ting away with the State lands, there
will be precious little left of any value
for the State to own by the time an
other Legislature shall meet.
The legislative committee that IN
vestigated this commission last year
turned up enough rottenness to justify
the Immediate abolition of the commits
sion and the substitution of some more
trustworthy means Of administering the
riparian domain. BY trickery the re-
port of the committee recommending
the abolition of the commission was de-
layed too late for legislative action, and
the commission has been taking full
advantage ever rsnce to despoil the
States property.
The STAR has shown that within a
few months the State commission has
made thirty-six grants in fee. an un-
precedented number, and turned leases
Of valuable tracts into absolute grants.
And these acts have beer performed by
J commission recommended by a legis-
lative committee for dismissal. a COM
mission that was not abolished earlier
In the year simply because the Legis-
lature was not given the time to legls-
late it out of existence.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
sweet C~hildhood.

That dear. sweet angel child whose
grace
And beauty men so long have sung
/ met today-met face to face
His ball-bat nearly smashed my lung.
That infant cherub whose young SOU
I've heard described as, pure and
sweet
He let his soap-box swiftly roll
And nearly knocked me off my feet.
That innocent, delightful boy
So heralded as heavenly fair"
We met. Twas bliss without alloy
To hear this mothers darling swear.
Fond, loving 1ambsl Upon the street.
AS busy wayfarers pass by.
How joyous tits your flock to meet
And get a slung-shot in the eye!
Sweet childhood" You are raved about
In every and and every cline;
henceforth, when I hear your shout,
I'll leave the neighborhood each time
-Lurana w. Sheldon, in Judge.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 1s. 1907.
THE ARAMoU QUESTION.

There will be contention in both of
the State nominating conventions at
Trenton this week on the excise ques-
ton. The trouble will begin in the COM
mittees on resolutions, and it is likely to
be taken to III convention floors. The
question is a sectional, rather than a
from interior counties like Sussex. Hun
terdon and Warren are no more in
accord with the sentiment of Essex and
Hudson Democrats than are the country
Republican delegates.
The excise plank adopted by the Es-
sex Republicans in their county con-
vention last week commits the Assem-
bly, candidates. How far the Essex
delegates to the convention feel bound
by 1t is yet to be seen. That plank
looks both ways. and takes a new, and,
what seems to many voters, a radical
ground. Sentiment In Essex County Is
measurably prepared for the compro-
mise proposed. The same is true of
Hudson County. But South Jersey and
middle Jersey and mountainous Jersey
are all to be reckoned with.
Tonight, on the eve of the Democratic
State convention, the Essex Democrats
will nominate an Assembly ticket and
adopt an excise plank, too. Its nature
may be ~conjecturedf 1t will be in the
line of the policy recommended by reso-
luton of the Newark Common Council.
There will be no optional prohibition in
1t. The Democratic plank will deal with
the excise question from the viewpoint
of the personal liberty of the citizen,
which precludes the idea of ordinances
to place a prohibition on his meat and
drink, .This will doubtless pref1gure the
plank that the resolutions committee of
the Democratic State convention at
Trenton will report on Tuesday.
But it is by agitation and contention
that vexed questions of public policy
are settled. The excise question and the
Sunday question, which mean practi-
cally the same, have been troublesome
problems in State politics for many
years, and they have done great injury
to the State by obscuring or compromis-
ing other questions of policy and in
fuencing wrong verdicts in elections.
The issue, made acute by the enactment
of the Bishops bill" will continue to
interfere with good government until 1t
shall be settled jim some way. and there
can b. no settlement on the basis of
prohibition, whether local or State.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16

All the old glories of Waverly State
Fair nave long been transferred to
Trenton, where the Interstate Fair
will open on September 80. Politicians
Day was a famous event at Waverly,
and the interest thereof is now concen-
trated in politicians day at the Inter
state Fair. This year the day will have
unusual interest by reason of the re-
juvenation of the Democratic party
organization and the uncertainty at
tending the coming State election.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
PRPReHENSIBMR sNoBBERY--ARR THERE NO Bro CORPORAL oNs
MANNED BY cRLMLNALs2

Randolph Guggenheimer began life as a newsboy and
when he died a few days ago he left several million dollars.
He acquired this fortune without injurng anybody. Hard
work, wel-directed energy and good judgment were the means.
He was proud of his success in law, politics and business and
served as an example to many a struggling boy. And he was
sympathetic and helpful, remembering his own early struggles.
Now that he is dead his snobbish relatives want to have all that
forgotten. In the obituary notice sent out by them they tried
to convey the idea that he. was born with the traditional silver
spoon in his mouth. For instance His father was a pros
porous planter. Randolph was in the first year of a course in
the University of Virginia when the family moved to New York
City. Randolph entered the New York Law School, from which
he was graduated in 1867
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Council. and therefore has had expe-
rience in public affairs. The Democratic
nomination should naturally have gone
to Essex this year as the pivotal coun-
ty, but it would be hard at this late
hour to make another selection of an
Essex candidate.
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simple Arithmetic.

Perhaps she read the statement MADE
by the Department of Agriculture n a
the value of h eggs laid by the mems
of the United States In a year would be
enough to pay off the national debt, or
maybe, she Just thought 1t up, out'
anyway, this pretty little Baltimore
girl was convinced that she had every
thing all fixed. She has been Engaged
to a very nice young fellow for some
time, but to most people the amount OF
his present salary would appear an IN
~surmountable obstacle to matrimony.
THIS was the view of her father. but
when expressed she met 1t with a happy
smile.
ooh. I have thought that all out"
she declared.
"You have, eh?' papa asked. knowing
something, of his daughters business
abilities.
"Yes. And it was so easy" she bub-
bled. 'T was passing the market the
other day, and / saw a dear little
polka-dotted hen for only sixty cents,
and bought her. 1 read in a poultry
pape that a hen Will raise twenty
chicks in a season. Well, next year
well have twenty-one hens. and so.
of course, there'll be 400 chicks the
next year, and S,400 the next, and 1885,
900 the next, and 3.360,000 the next.
And Just see what that noun To-
why, selling them at fifty cents each
would give us $500. 900 in five years,
and that won't be so long to walt for
that much. "-Harper's Weekly. i
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16

Queer coincidence, isn't it, how many persons suddenly be-
come sick when they are needed to testify in some important
matter that they'd rather say nothing aboutr H. H. Rogers,
of the Standard Oil Company, is one of the latest victims of
this peculiar disease.
Those who pretend to know declare that Rogers is the
most remorseless man on that colossal aggregation. He doesn't
waste much time on par1eying where a competitor refuses to
alternative.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Has there ever been a book written on
the Broom and giving its origin?
s. CURIOUS.
1.-THE only book we know of is the
abridgment of specifications relating to
sweeping published by the Patent ONCE
some years ago. Besoms. or brooms, are
mentioned by such ancient writer's as
Homer, Sophocies and Euripides. Perhaps
the earliest mention is the fguratiye
bosom of destruction of Isaiah xiv, %.
The broom and ,ts ancestors are such
ancient instruments that practically moth
ing is known of their origin. They are
found in some form among various savage
tribes.-Ed.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16

Poor Andrew Carnegiel The Tax Assessors in Manhattan
are irving to push along his plan not to die rich by assessing
his property at what they believe to be its true value. But
Mr.. Carnegie doesn't appreciate their we1-meant efforts. On
the contrary, he is protesting loudly at what he terms injustice.
He has a number of acquaintance who can give him first
hand information IS to the surest and most scientific method
of tax-dodging.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
American

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
VIII you please print a list of the best
American essayists and oblige. I. G.. j.
TIT is all a matter of opinion as to the
"best" writer's in any branch of literature,
but we will submit a list of essayists who
will undoubtedly be conceded among the
most prominent in this country:
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Henry d.
Thoreau, James Russell Lowell. Oliver
Wendall Holmes, George William Curtis,
Sidney Lanier, Charles Dudley Warner,
Benjamin De Casseres, Edmund Clarence
Stedman, John Burroughs, Agnes Repplier.
William Dean Howells. Henry James,
Lafcadis Hearn, Hamilton Mabie. Henry
Van Dyke, Brander Matthews, William
ALLEN White, Donald J. Mitchell, Edward
s.. Martin, Edgar Saltus, Henry Thurston
Peck, e. P. Whipple.-Ed.I
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16

Why should Randolph Guggenheimer's kin be ashamed of
his early privatons and his successful struggle to overcome the
disadvantages under which he entered the world to earn a
livelihood The story is one wholly creditable to him and en-
coura ging to others. If fairly and properly told it should be a
stimulus to thousands of lads who r tempted to become dis
couraged because OF a lack of pull and necessity of starting
in at the very bottom of the ladder. But, no. Snobbery has
printed a different cause.
This disposition to conceal the fact that a man has begun
his career under all kinds of handcaps is a contemplate one.
And it is a fact that women are the greatest sinners in this
respect, though m might expect that the sentimental side of
victories over great odds would appeal more strongly to them
than to men.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16

The session of the Legislature will
tomorrow amid political alarms
and clamors not conducive to that
calm and deliberative frame of mind
necessary for good law-making.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
A ran Opinion.

1T Is my opinion remarked the OBJ
server of Events iand Things, "if a fell
low could see the girl when she comes
out in the early morning with her hair
up in curl papers to get the milk,
there'd be fewer divorces.
Statesman.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
One Honest Church.

A certain young hayseed from the
country, visiting Paris. left his UNI
brella In one of the churches one day.
He went back into all of them again.
searching for it, and at last, in the
fifth, he found 1t.
"Ah,% he said to the verger who gave
it to him, they are evidently more
honest at this church than in the
others."-American nlustre.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16

Isn't that Standard Oil crowd a fine bunch of malodorous
citizensl For the poor devil who is struggling to make a bare
Livelihood we haye only plying contempt when he is discovered
trying by Misrepresentation to get, his friends and acquaintance
into O rotten business. But those Standard Oil people will
gorge their best friends cheerfully by unloading on them stocks
which they know are bound to fall in price. Witness their absolute
falsehoods about the demand for copper metal far exceeding the
supply Ito sell Ama1gamated stock), when they were simply
glutted with the metal. And yet such carbon call themselves
" gentlemen l'
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16

William B. Gourley has returned
from Europe to be a looker-on upon a
scene in which he for years played
a leading role.
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STAR READERS

Anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required for
publication. but as a guarantee of good faith.
-Ed1
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Cheating the FIies.

Patience-And you say he is a de-
ceitful man?
Patrice-Well, I should say so! Why,
he had a cap made out of sticky ny
paper to his bald headl-Yonkers
Statesman.
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The only Time He would Quit.

your husband tells me he has quit
playing the races"
Dear mel" exclaimed young Mrs.
Torkins. I'm so sorry to hear thatF'
Don't you think it indicates a good
intention on his part?" F
No; 1t indicates that he has no
money left."-Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16
RnIIwax Phnosophy.

Each his way ordained by fate
Ones course he cannot pick;
So every time we make a rate
The public makes a kick.
Washington Star.
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with two political conventions. New
ark viii have a plenitude of politics
tonight
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A Change of Face.

AS the Pratts dog was at last de-
tached from the trousers leg of the
new milkman by Mr.. Pratt's vigorous
efforts, the victim of the onslaught be-
gan to express his min with consider
able freedom.
IT wouldn't Keep a dog like that" he
said. Indignantly, but Mr.. Pratt broke
in before he had time to say more.
Hes only playful, that's ALL" he in
sisted, and at the same time he pressed
something into the new milkman's
hand.
The man glanced at the wad of green
and then. as he transferred 1t to a SAFE
pocket, his expression changed.
II guess 1 can take a little fun as
well as anybody" he said. dryly. But
till you explained it, l had a notion
that dog was in earnest when he bit
that piece out of my trousers."-Youth's
Companion.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16

> Senator Foraker is kept busy explaining accusations that
he protected various Trusts while pretending to be favorable to
acts regulating them. He was s. accused of helping the
Whiskey Trust and now he is engaged in endeavoring to prove
that he wasn't an ally of the Watch Trust. He never made
any bones about his hostility to the legislation regulating the
railroads and the Beef Trust.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-16

"I take no stock in the idea that great organizations of
capital re manned by bands of criminals. 1 believe that with
but few exceptions their executive officers are loyal citizens
who Ire anxious to correct mistakes in methods and to do
what is right and obey the laws. 1 believe that today the
desire is to live up to the views of a reasonable public and to
its interests honestly and faithfully. So why is it not
possible, now that the readjustment of conditions and methods
has come, to take this new start, to exercise a proper for
eiveness, and to work together for the larger good of all the
people ?"-Edwin War6ed, Governor of Maryland
Governor Warheld is just as accurate as those demagogues
who seek to persuade the people that all great organizations of
capital are manned by bands of criminals-that is, if he would
have us believe that there are no great organizations of capital
manned by bands of criminals.
That there have been, and still are, great organizations of
capital directed and manipulated by criminals is too notorious
to admit of any doubt. How about the insurance thieves ?
Or the mn who have been lootng the stockholders of rail
roads and the general pub1ic2 Or the men who have been
burning their books so as to conceal dishonesty from which the
public suffered Or those responsible for all the crimes
brought home to the door of the Standard Oil Companyl
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IN HUMOROUS VEIN.
Compulsory candOr.

THAT candidate is not what you
might call a brilliant man, but he
never deceived anybody"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum;
"he never deceived anybody, but that
is as much due to the alertness of pop
ular perception as to frankness on his
part."-Washington Star.
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To the Editor of the Evening Star:
VIII YOU kindly state what was the
origin of the Red Cross Society and the
significance of its emblem? w. A. j.
1.-THE Red Cross Society is the result of
an agitation begun by M. Jean Henri
Durant. a philanthropic citizen Of Geneva,
Switzerland. In October. 1863, an internal
tional conference was held at Geneva. at
which the society was organized. The
American society was formed in 1881. The
cross Is a sign Of Christianity, and the Rec
Cross. being a Christian movement, the
sign was adopted as being particularly APP
propr1ate at the Geneva conference. Ed
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The great body of our people believe that most big corpo-
rations are managed by honest men, but they also know that
not many of these men have rendered the slightest aid whatever
in bringing about a cessation of the evils complained of. And the
nublic is reasonable. 1t is willing to go more than half way
in meeting the wishes of all who come with clean hands and
prove that they want to be honest and fair in their methods.
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49, lur.

''Nuritch seems to enjoy classical
music"
lust a bluff"
mo, sir; he actually seems to enjoy
it,"
well. nownlet's see. Come to think
of it, he wa3 a boilermaker in early
ife."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
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AS to forgiveness of the culpits who have caused all the
trouble 1t will be time enough to consider that when they ask
for it. Up TO date, however, instead of showing signs of
penitence or a desire to reform they are engaged in blatant
denunciaion of ali who have been either instrumental in
exposing their misdeeds or prominent in devising remedies to
prevent a recurrence Of then J. NJ.