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Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23

1t was proven that Senator Smoot
was not a polygamist; he owned al
legiance to no power higher than the
state and therefore had as much right
as any other man to sit In the senate.
II he is to be expelled because some
of the Mormons do wrong, then why
not expel a Christian Scientist, a
Catholic or a Protestant because 9TH
ers of those various sects do wrong?
Mormonism is something to be OPP
posed In every way possible, but 1t
should not be made a reason for keep
ing a man out of Congress. Our
forefathers were wise enough to
make the church and state absolutely
separate. Let us keep it so.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Better Than West Point.

A ISL Is known to us of a young
man, residing near an army post, who
had studied for the West Point ex-
animation, but failed of appointment
owing to adverse political influence
brought to bear on his congressman,
as he believed. Much depressed, he
told his troubles to the commandment
at Fort Thomas, who advised him to
enlist and fight his way up. His
father and older brother were clergy
men. another brother held Il good
place in the civil service, and all were
opposed to the suggestion. but he
persisted. Within a year he was a
corporal; a little skirmish in the
Philippines gave him another lift;
and he received his commission as
second lieutenant in less time than If
he had gone through West Point. OF
the forty-one men who were commits
stoned second ~lieutenants on January
81, after having risen from the ranks,
many might tell much the same
story. Such facts seem likely to
make the work of recruiting Off
GERS less Observation-Disclosures.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23

With a serious leak in the sixteen.
inch water main that will cost $175
to fix, with a "Y" broken near Run
yon and numerous other defects In
the water supply system for the city,
It would seem as If the water board
had plenty of ways for spending the
city's money without paying $500 an
acre for land at Runyon and hiring
high priced lawyers as special coun-
sci to fight the people when they OBJ
iect to such proceedings. 1t would
seem as If the water commissioners
might find something else to do with
out spending so much time trying to
swell Asbury Fountains bank ac-
count with the city's cash.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
Smash Uns and Excuses.

AS one smash-up follows another
the directors of the railways explain
and explain, and explain. Some
times they blame the engineer TO-
disregarding some regulation which
they have persistently forced him Il
disregard. ANY engineer who doesn't
take chances Is looked upon as {
grandmother" expresses the actua'
truth. Sometimes the directors speal
of INSTRUMENTATION and i%nefficiency o.
employes--an answer which must be
considered with our minds full O.
knowledge about what the directors
exact or expect of their employees ir
the way of hours of labor, manner
toward the public, and methods o.
making schedule time. Conspicuous
railway men have blamed the public
for desiring too much speed-ever
as the sellers of cocaine to shop-girl
allege that they are only giving wha'
the shop-girls want The railwa,
directors are not required to murder
so many passengers as they do on sc
fiimsy a preteXt as the desire of peo
pie to ride fast. After a recent acct
dent in Indiana, apparently caused b,
a mixture of ~recklessness and .avar
ice, a station-master testified that Ii
he had been provided with even E
stick of dynamite he could have made
a noise signal which would have
stopped the express in time. A spirit
of arrogance and contempt leaks
down fast from directors to every EN-
ploye on the road and finds expires
sion in the conduct of every detail Of
management. We feel safe in OBJ.
serving that the greatest number o,
accidents occur On those roads OF
which the directors are still most
deeply imbued with the noble ole
business principles that their bust
ness belongs to them, and that the
public is a species of merchandise
which has the i~nsolence to make o
trife more trouble than the hogs and
cattle make.-Collier's.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
Find the Answer.

If 2X-Y, do the railways extermin'
ate most by collisions, or by contain.
mated drinking water, lack of venti
~lation, aisles lined with tobacco anC
similarly expectorated substance, dry
sweeping, and plush upholstery? The
secretary of the Minnesota State
Board of Health announces calml,
that the frequency of deadly drink.
ing-water is well known. AS to ven
tilation. for which many lines rely or
windows, and some lack even tran.
SONS, DR.. Bracken praises the Penn.
sylvania for introducing fresh air I'm
der the seats. The Pennsylvania If
II of those strange roads, however
which believe in health and comfort
for the public. Speaking generally
the answers of the railways abouf
safety are very weak. Nearly ever!
argument. in the final analysis, comes
down to this: That our railways cal
not afford to do what the railways II
European countries do, and for this
there can be but one reason, and thai
aso is H2O.-Collier's.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
HOLIDAY

One hundred and seventy-fve
years ago yesterday the man who was
destined to make his country, Cherry
trees and hatchets famous. was bora.
No, Reginald, 1t Ii not true that
the Warren was built IN 1907, the
veal Fulton made his FIRST steamboat
voyage. The Warren was built only
half as long ago, in 1857,
SO the water department is going
to put the si~xteen-ineh main OF the
level in Marshy Point creek. That's
right, everything should be on the
level.
February 90 is one day in the year
when s%choolboys know their United
States history. Onlyathey don't have
to go to school.
Who said the Irish ENJOYS were
green? Nothing to 1t, for they're
very Well-read men.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
| Th5M Evil Of the
i Employment
| of Children.
:. By.
United States
Senator
A. J. BEvERIDGE
OF Indiana.
of Indiana.

v HE states, ACTING are not competent
a to stop the evil of the employment of children of tender
wears in factories-frst, because if one state passes a good
law and other states do not, the manufacturers in the good
state are at a business disadvantage with the manufacturers
of the bad state, for the latter can employ cheap child labor AND
THE FORMER CANNOT. The manufacturers in the good state
suffer because of the very righteousness of that states laws, and the
manufacturers of a bad state profit by the very ~wickedness of that
states laws.
Second.-H one state enacts and enforces good laws and other
states do not, the making of good citizens in the former state is neu-
trahzed by the making of bad citizens in the latter state. For these
latter are citizens not only of that state which permits their ruin, BUT
ALSO CITIZENS OF THE NATION: If New York produces
annually hundred thousand degenerates, they are not citizens of New
York exclusively, but of the republic also. They vote not only at state
elections, but at national elections, Also, they travel into other states
and there become the parents of bad citizens.
sas }t
Third-The states, acting separately, cannot pass a uniform law
which would be UNIFORMLY ENFORCED in all the states. That
never yet has been done in any matter where great business interests
were involved. n
Fourth-Even if it could be accomplished, it would take at least a
generation. But in the meanwhile this SYSTEMATIC MURDER
OF LITTLE and the systematic deterioration Of
American citizens would go on. Some say, "Iet us wait until the
states act" What say the American people, with countless child graves
before them, child murder this moment being done and human lives
daily being wrecked? What say tine American people to this counsel
of death and delay?
Fihh-The great manufacturing, mining and affiliated interests,
congested in certain states where this evil is worst, are so powerful
that they prevent the passage of child labor laws, and
if in a period Of excitement public opinion becomes SO strong as to pass
q child labor law these interests are SO powerful that 1T is NOT
EXECUTED. In either event the end desired is defeated.
It'll all a question of policy and not of power; Of the WISDOM
of the law and not of the consttuhonality of the law. But the wis
dom, nay, the NECESSITY Of the law, has been demonstrated by the
facts already given. r
HOW STRANGE THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS ALWAYS IN
voKED TO PREVENT EVERY REFORM HELPFUL TO HUMANITY
THAT THE CONSTITUTION is NEVER INVOKED AGAINST LEeIs.
LAToN ASKED BY RAILWAY AND MANUFACTURING lNTEREsTsl
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23

Condition of water supply is not
serious enough to aus housewives
to fill w%ashboilers, tubs and all other
available vessels in anticipation of a
famine.
Water department receives $4,000
for 4S6, 1000, 900 gallons which meters
measured, and only $4,000 for l.
900. 600 gallons not measured 10
meters. Funny, too.
j. G. Mccoy up in the air. But it
takes a balloon to accomplish such a
result.
State Labor Commissioner Bryant
thinks one Beveridge has soured on
New Jersey.
Teacher-"What holiday Is Febru-
airy 22?"
Johnny NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Washday."
Laugh and the world laughs with
you; snore and you sleep alone.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
Takes Pride
In Canada's Progress.
u ROOT Secretary Of State Of the United States.

BY BLIHU ROOT. Secretary IF State of h United States n1
~ 1dcn
III BONE all things we see on the North American continent a
- people trained and training in the act of self government.
- That discussion and consideration of all public questions not
only in the high seats of government, but, in the farmhouse
and in the shop; that discussion which lies AT THE BASE OF
MODERN CIVILIZATION, that discussion which among the plain
people furnishes the basis for political and social systems, .difereniate
our latter day civilization from all the civilizations of the past and
must give to the civilization of our time a PERPETUITY that none
of the past has had.
/ speak the sentiment Of millions of nv own countrvmen in saving
that we look upon the great material and spirited progress of Canada
with no feelings of jealousy, but with admiration and with hope AND
WITH GRAIlFICAIlON. lcount myself happy to be one of those
who cannot be Indifferent to the gloies and achievements of the race
from which they sprang, and with my pride in my own land, with the
pride that it is part of my inheritance to take in England, is the pride
that I feel in the greR, hearty, vigorous SELF GOVERNING peo-
pie of Canada who love justice and liberty.
LET US SCHOOL OURSELVES AND rEAcH.o uR CHI nREN RI az.
LiEvE THAT WHATEVER DIFFERENCES MAY ARISE ARE DUE TO
THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, DIFFERENT POINTS
OF VIEW, RATHER THAN TO INTENTIONAL or CONSCIOUS uNEAip.
NEss-ARE,AT THE BEST, DIFFERENCES.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20.
JOHN

Poor John Weaver. The retiring
mayor of Philadelphia, for a briei
time only, sat upon the pinnacle Of
fame. Then he fell and he is soon
to pass into the great oblivion. He
Is a man who had his opportunity,
but could not take advantage of 1t.
He advanced beyond his abilities and
fell back to the level where he be-
longed. Repudiated both by the ma
chine men, whom he first deserted
and despised by the reformers whom
he threw down, he goes into retire
ment and will probably never be
heard of again. The New York Sun
sizes up his career as follows:
Where does the republican
c in the Philadelphia cleo
tion leave the n.John Weaver?
Is 1t to his profit or to his loss?
Or Is John Weaver so completely
and absolutely dead politically
that no combination of circum-
stances could reduce his conse-
quence or increase his impor-
tance?
"A couple of years ago Mayor
Weaver was q figure of consider
able dimensions. He had grown
fat at the machines table. He
quarreled with his party asso-
ciates and threw them over
board. Thus he earned much
praise. He became over night a
tremendous reformer, only a
mlllimetre or SO smaller than
Joe Folk, of Missouri. He was
hailed as the savior of his city.
He was praised, acclaimed,
toasted, admired; and then he
fought with his new friends, lost
their support, and faded in a
short time to a dim and indis-
tinct memory of his former
greatness.
Quite likely John Weaver
will never be heard of again. His
career has been a curious one,
and his passing raises regrets
that he was not able to hold the
place he occupied for a little
time"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23

The water board has passed its or
dinance for the $1,000 OO bond issue.
1t is now up to the Board of Alder
men. That body should investigate
carefully TO see whether any of 1t is
to be used for paying the special
counsel in the land deal matter. The
aldermen doubtless know that a city
attorney is already being paid to look
after the city's legal interests and
there. is no money to waste on special
counsel.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
SUNNY SIDE or LIFE.
oOCOOOOOOOoOOoNCOo OoNWNCOOOOOOOOOOOOO
TOLD WHAT 1T WAS.

Now, sir, | hope we shall have nj
difficulty in getting you to speak up
said the barrister, in a very loud, com
handing voice.
Il hope not, SIR shouted the wit
hess, at the top of his lungs.
How dare you speak to me in thai
way?' cried the lawyer.
Because | cant speak no louder
sir" said the ostler.
Have you been drinking?"
Yes, sir"
Il should infer SO from your con
duct. What have you been drinking?'
Coffee" hoarsely v~ociferated the
knight of the stable.
Something stronger than coffee
sir, you've been drinking! Don't look
at me like that, sir" furiously. Look
at the jury, sir! Did you have some
thing in your coffee, sir?"
Yes, sir
What was it?"
Sugar"
This a is no fool. my lord-he Is
worse!" stormed the counsel.
Now, sir"-turning to the witness
look at me. What beside sugar die
you take in your coffee this morning.
The ostler collected his forces, drew
a deep breath, and, in a voice that
could have been heard half a mile
away. beloved out:
"a spune! A spune, an nothing
else!"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
FIRE ALARM BOXES,

Nz-Rnritan Copper Works.
H4-High and Lewis streets.
Madison avenue and Patterson street
NJ and First streets.
46-Smitb n High streets
He-NeW Brunswick ave. and New st.
E7-lState and Smith streets.
24-Buckingham ave. and Hartford sG
zk-Commerc and Front streets.
e7--High and Washington streets.
B4-State ct. and Buckingham ava
B6--Hall avenue and Charles street.
H1-State and Wayne streets.
28--Near United Lead Works.
N1-Washington and First streets.
H4--Smith street and Watson avenUa.
N2--Front and Smith streets.
Hd-Rater and Gordon streets.
1z-Kearny avenue and Gordon street.
e2-Smith and Herbert streets:
99-Woodbridge road and Washington. ut
avenue and Stanford street.
sb--Near City Hospital.
84-Maurer.
To send in an alarm, open the door OF
the box an pull down the lever and let
80 oN6e only. Stay at box unui hremeD
SPECIAL t.
\ tAp--Break In circuit. taps-Drtn
and IRE alarm test. 8 taps-Fire out. 3
kaps-Police call. 13-Call for Wash
lngton Hose. 14-Call for Mcclellan
Engine Company. 15-Call for Pro
kection Hook n Ladder. 16-Call for
@agle Hose Company. 22-Call for
Lincoln Engine Company.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23

Ponce de Leon, in search of the
fountai of youth. paused at a clear.
ing in the woods and examined the
ground, and gave a low cry of Joy.
AT last, at last. The gods have
been good. Here are relics OF a pic.
mic. The fountain of youth shall be
mine" &,
Following the trail OF corks. he ar
rived at the brewery.--Milwaukee Sen.
tinel.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
REW YORK HERALD WEATHER
FORECAST.

In the middle states and New Eng
land today fair and colder weather
will prevail, with fresh and light wes-
terly to northwesterly winds. follow
ed In this section by slowly rising
temperature, followed by cloudiness
in the southern districts. On Sun
day fair to partly overcast weather
and slowly rising temperature will
prevail, with light northerly to north
easterly winds, followed by increas-
ing cloudiness and probably by snow
in this section, and on Monday over-
cast and milder weather, with snow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23

1t seems that America is not the
only place where they have boats that
are evidently unfit for service. When
a steamer win break in two and sink
within a few minutes carrying lao
people to the bottom, simply by
humping against a jetty. the craft
must have been exceedingly frail.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
Sure ENOUGH.

Parson Bagster (dogmaticaIly)-Dar
amt no use Misrepresentation and polly;
foxin' bout desc yuh fyin' machines!
Dey won't work. and dey isn't. ever
gwine to, needer.-de Lawd never in.
tended de air TO be circumambulated.
Brother Snike-Yassah. but femme
ak yo': How you spect weS uh.
gwine t git to heaven-ge 'ropnd?-
Puck.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
CHURCH N A

Reed smoot, the Utah senator over
whom such a time has been made be-
eause he is a Mormon apostle, will
remain in the senate. 1t is difficult
to understand how the decision could
have been otherwise If we are to keep
religion and state entirely separate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
Money In the Universities

b JosEF PAIIHKsON, Socialist Millionaire of chicaao.
I is a sad but indisputable fact that luxury and social distinction
AS THE RESULT OF MONEY are growing more and
-1 more apparent at Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Columbia uni
versities every year.
The wealth and social position of the families of the leading men
at Yale and other big eastern universities are generally WELL
KNOWN to the student bodies.
All OF the big eastern universities are becoming less and less dem
ocratic.
THIS TENDENCY IS BOUND TO CONTINUE uNcHAs,Ne, ' ! : I, ONO
AS AecREeATIoNs OF GREAT WEALTH IN THE HANDS OF The FEW
CONTINUE.
Ii college le Is to be q preparation for life beyond college, these
FALSE SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS. due to the possession of wealth
and family prominence, should be wiped out, for if young men were
taught in their college that merit counted for their standing in the
world, they would get a rdculously false idea Of what thew are ooinv
up against AFTER GRADUATION.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23

Willie walled and Winnie wheezed,
while wintry winds whined weirdly.
Willie wriggled while Winnie wheez-
cd wretchedly. Wisdom whispers,
winter winds work wheezes. Where
fore we write. Use Kennedy's Laxa-
tive Cough Syrup" Nothing else so
good. Sold by G. A. Sexton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
The Way to Riches.

Believe me, friends said the mil
llonaire. earnestly, there is no great
ar happiness than in earning ones
bread by the sweat of other peoples
brows.'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23

With plenty of work in your mind
md love in your heart, there won't
,e house room for worries or I'M
,leasantnesses.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
Isn't it inconvenient?"

The caIamities That Do Not Happen.
Lord Beaconsield once said that
he worst evil one has to endure is
he a~nticipations Of the calamities
hat do not happen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
"A drop Of water nollows a.st0ne

not by its power, force. or weight,
but by the frequency Of it's falling;
and this principle underlies All good
store advertisers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
piamond.worklno Industry.

The diamond working industry in
the United States had its real begin
ming in 1893, and 1t he's steadily In
creased since that year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23
Good Graft.

You have lived way out in the
suburbs yer since | have known
YOU"
Yes
Isn't it inconvenient?"
Quite the opposite; you have no
idea how many Gus a suburbanite
can find for getting home late."-Hons.
ton Post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-23

Advertising In the NEWS brings
coed results.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31
FOR ONE LONELY VOTER.
Remarkable Election Held In a Dis
triet in France.

curious election took place at Lea
Sablcs. in the department OF tho Var.
recently when a single elector drew
ap the whole iis OF candidates AMI
va the only one to vote. He naar.
ally voted for his whole list. himself
included. The commune contains
about 500 inhabitants. Some ,fne
ago the municipal council resigned.
Elections we're held on November IS
last. when only four men came to vote.
There was 10 be a second election last
Sunday. The whole day passed and
not n solitary voter appeared A
quarter Of an hour before the ic-ai
limit Of time elapsed a benevolent citl-
zen at last appeared. drew up a list OF
ten candidates. including himself. al.
voted. A quarter OF an hour later tho
election was declared legally valid.
and the other nine candidates were
duly notified OF their election They
have since decliGvdSu body to be
elected by n single vote. The good
natured citizen. therefore, who alone
voted now constitutes by himself tho
stranger still is that he may invoke
precedent. In fact. on a previous oc-
casion. another citizen was also the
sole voter at an election and voted
for himself remaining legally in otfice
for ten years. This would Indicate
that political activity Is at a low ebb
in the Var. and yet the French prime
mil futA
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31
ASHAMED OF THEIR GOVERNOR.
Kingston Newspaper Says the People
Are Tired Of Him.

Kingston. Jamaica-The Daily Tele.
graph, in an editorial article, ar.
raigns Gov. Swettenham as follows:
we would be unfaithful to our du.
ties as exponents Of public opinion II
we failed to call attention to the extra.
ordinary conduct OF his excellency
In the present crisis. His general be.
hayior at moment OF great peril and
difficulty was unworthy a responsible
British official. and even a cultured
English gentleman. His letter to Rear
Admiral Davis was a production of
which he ought to be ashamed, q
Of which the Jamaicans are ashamed.
The United States is a friendly ma On.
their bone is British bone. and their
flesh is British flesh. and no one but
blinded bigot would have refused
to admit American landing parties.
The men from the American war.
ships did magnificent work In re-
moving the debris and recovering
bodies, and the naval surgeons per.
formed an equally splendid service.
The action OF the governor was abso-
lutely reprehensible. We want a man
who does not spend his time riding
about the city cursing officials who
are endeavoring to work loyalty. Peo-
pie of this community have lost con.
fidence in his power Of guidance, and
are indignant at his autocratic. bully
ing and insulting manner"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-01-31

II was an awkward dilemma IN
which minister found himself day
or so ago. He had accepted an invita-.
tion TO dine with a member OF his
church. and rack his brain as he
might he could not FIX the identity OF
the prospective hostess At last. after
much mental exercise. he concluded
that the most likely person was Mrs.
A. and at the proper hour he touch
ed the bell button at her door. was
admitted. and hung up his hat. not
daring to ask II that was the house to
which he had been invited. Dinner
was announced in due time and was
heartily enjoyed by the minister. who,
after a couple of hours spent In con.
versation. departed for his home,
chuckling over his success In so hap
PLY solving the dinner problem. Tho
next afternoon the minister chanced
to meet Mrs. A and Mrs. B., an
other of his parishioners. while taking
a stroll.
What happened to You last even
ing?" inquired Mrs. B.. We kept the
dinner waiting for you an hour be-
yond the usual time. but you did not
appear"
Then and there the light broke in
upon the minister He had been in
vited by Mrs. B., but had dined with
Mrs. A. He made complete confess
sion, then an apology. and promised
that hereafter he will make every din
ner invitation a matter of record.