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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
The Hartman of Action.

II IS a pity Edward IL. Hartman holds
peculiar Views regarding the financing of
railroads. the rights Of minority stockhold-
crs and the relations OF corpora lions to the
government. Those views which have
caused Mr.. Hartman to be exploited
Throughout; the country as an undesirable
citizen" and which have largely contrib
Hted to the popular prejudice against mod
ern corporation methods are likely to be
accepted as the chief feature OF Mr.. Harri-
mans makeup and his main form OF ex-
preston. As matter OF fact. were It not
for these concepts OF corporation morality
entertained by Mr.. Hartman he would
doubtless be rated one OF the Industrial
giants of the period. He has talents for
mastering big things which approach the
realm of genius. He is problem solver on
big scale.
TWO achievements mark the career OF
Hartman sufficiently 10 set him apart from
his fellows even In this age OF great works
These are the Nsdging of Great Salt Lake
and the damming OF the Colorado river
One was constructive. the other a defen-
sive operation. Both were vastly expensive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
The Law and Its officers.

The Boston Transcript thus compliments
a presidential aspirant:
Gov. Johnson of Minnesota has not hurt
his presidential chances by the firm stand
which he has taken against disorder In the
northwest iron range. He told the strike
leader bluntly that he hoped there would
be no trouble, but that il there were trouble
and the local authorities could not sup
press 1t the state would take a hand and
see that peace was secured. This will make
some enemies. but more friends. for the
Stalwart governor.
Undoubtedly this Is true. An official who
neglects his duty Injuries himself and
everybody within the range of his author
ity. HIS commission testifleS above all
things to the confidence of the people in
his sincerity and courage, and his oath Of
office binds him in the premises. He must
see that the laws are obeyed and that life
and property protected. If he fail in
this for any reason. and particularly be-
cause of any political maneuver for his
own benefit. he Is certain to pay heavily
for it,
When riot begins all interests are men
aced Bounds cannot be set to the perform
ances OF men who have taken matters into
their own hands. They are as liable to
inJure friends enemies. Wild firing on
crowded street may, and often does. bring
down the innocent. When property is at
tackled. that of innocent people Is liable
to suffer along with that of those involved
in the controversy. The thing is to pre-
vent riot, and that may oniy be done by
moving in time in u way to impress those
predsposed to riot with the energy and
earnestness of the officers of the law.
The strongest man in public confidence
and respect III France today Is the minis
ter who. against the jeers of the reckless
and the revolutionary, stands up resoiutely
a varied and an exciting career. He has
at times been C.assed with the revolution
AIRY himself. But, in office charged with
responsibility to all the people. ana to labor
and capital alike. ne does not hesitate to
use all the power at his command to pro-
mote the public safety, and to impress
every body with his determination to exc
France the heart she is showing in the
work of the hour.
Organized labor is not demanding immu-
nifty for cxcesses Riot is the enemy of la
Dor. 1t is the common enemy. 1t is the
recourse of men with weak case and
bad hearts. who. though they may mas
querade as the champions of labor.
are not the promoters of any OF the pros
perity labor is now enjoying. The official,
high or low who should cater to them would
not only lose his play, but all the prestige
and respect he might previously have es-
tabIished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
Caleb Powers of Kentucky.

The chances of a fair trial for Caleb
Powers in Kentucky seem improved A
Special judge. in response to Il protest
against him alleging bias and partisan
ship. has vacated the bench. and a new
appointment must be made
This in itself is gain for Powers. His
three convictions have taken pace in
circumstances where craftsmanship was
alleged both in the rulings of the court
and the filing of the jury box. One Judge
against whom charges similar to those
just urged were made insisted on sitting
and democratic jury was every time Sc
lected. But now, as the bench shows
sensitiveness. maybe the shertlfs Office
will also. and the accused may come in
for a square deal.
In the second place. the court of ap-
peaIs, the highest court in the state. has
recently given first proof of its right to
public confidence. 1t reversed the three
convictions of Powers on grounds that
showed it's exacting standard of legal
procedure. and although. with but one
exception democratic in its present men,
bership. it has recently declared void an
election held in the city of Louisville and
the county of Jefferson where unlawful
practices had brought victory at the polls
to the democratic nominees. Evidently it
will stand for" nothing of unfair char
acter perpetrated in partisan behalf
which is brought before it for review.
The case of Powers is one that has
occasioned no end of speculation. He
asserts his innocence of any part or lot
in the assassination of William Goebel
and to connect him with 1t is to assume
many most unlikely things. He is a man
of education, of excellent character.
leader among his neighbors, and of ex-
perience in public affairs. How could
such a man have conspired for the killing
of the leader of the opposition, when the
merest tyro or dunderhead. with stake
in the game, would have known that
such an act would bring the fortunes of
his own side to wreck and ruin? And. as
a matter of fact, that very thing hap
pened. For although Goebel was engaged
in an effort to usurp power which the
people by their votes had denied him. his
death by violence cost those who had
triumphed at the polls the offices they
there had won.
Mr.. Powers has been in Jail over seven
years. with the authority of the state
not only in democratic hands. but in the
hands of men called Goebelites. All in
fuences of commanding political nature
have been against him He has borne
himself. however. with dignity and cour-
age through 1t all. and his political
friends and many democrats believe in
his protestations of innocence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

and of doubtful success. The Luc.r cut
or was Mr.. Harriman's own proposition,
to avoid the long. rough haul around the
northern end of the lake from Ogden. He
built a trestie straight across the inland
sea. with infinite difficulty. 1t seemed i'm
possible to find a bottom. The lake bed
absorbed the rocks and earth at a rate to
discourage the average engineer But Har-
riman Kept plugging away. spending mil
Hon after million. until at last he had
structure thirty miles in length that saved
fully one hundred miles. The Lucin cut
off, stands today as one of the great
achievements Of the period
The fight to impound the waters of the
vagrant Colorado river at the Salton
has been one of the most titanic struggles
of many decades. Time after time 1t ap-
peared though the task We're accom-
plshed. but repeatedly the embankment
gave way before the tremendous pressure
or the foundations were undermined and
the Maynard current flowed once more into
the basin which once had been we'll popu-
lated and was now waste of steadily ris
ing water. Last December the President
telegraphed to Mr.. Hartman expressing his
belief that 1t was the imperative duty of
the corporation responsible for the break
to repair 1t at once More money was
spent More tons of stone were quarr:ed
and an army of workmen was assembled
at the point. The best engineers were sum-
moned and a plan was devised. Finally
masonry wall sixty feet in thickness was
constructed. despite the greatest obstacles,
and now the Colorado has been at last
hemmed in within its original bounds and
the Salton sea is left to evaporate. or
possibly to remain at even level with a
regulated inflow from the main stream
Hartman is a railroad builder. a tun-
MEIER Of mountains, a straghtener Of lines.
a lOng-range economist. He loves to attack
a gigantic task. He would be an ideal man
to organize the Isthmian canal WORK. But
unfortunately he is not In such relations to
the administration that his services could
be secured. If he were willing to bend his
energies to this. the greatest constructive
work of the age. There must be moments
when he turns longing eye toward the
Gatun dam and wishes for chance to
demonstrate =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
"No Vacancy

There is no vacancy" rings in the ears
of the applicants for employment on all
sides. From place to place they may go,
and hear the same refrain. No vacancy.
What is to be done? A man must have work.
Perhaps a family depends upon his wage
earning. Possibly his wife and children
are in distress because he cannot find work.
But business is business and charity Is dis
pensed through regularly established chan
neis. The man who asks for employment
IS not begging for aims He wants work,
and still he hears the answer. No yacan-
cy." What is to be done?
There is often an explanation Of the case
In the fact that the seeker can offer moth
ing in return for his wages. He has no
specific proposition. He merely submits
himself. as he stands. a physical entity.
with a presumably normal mental equip
ment What can you do?" the business
man may ask him. Anything" Is perhaps
the reply. Can you keep books?" mo.
but 1 can sell goods.S I'VE have all the
statesmen We need: can you push a truck?'
There Is where so many men fail to meet
their own requirements. The man who Is
really willing to do anything, as we'll as
capable OF doing It, has little or no trouble
about finding job. If he Is a clever sales
man he will not always remain a porter
He will probably get the next vacancy II
he does his trucn pushing promptly and
vigorously. The employer is not overlook
ing talents that he can use to advantage in
his business.
The trouble with many Of the unemployed
Is that they do not carry their goods to the
right market Or perhaps they have no
goods to offer If they are not specialists.
capable OF doing unusually we'll certain
things that a-e highly rated In the business
world. they are apt to drift around from
job to job because they grow dissatisfied or
because they do not do we'll the work that
Is assigned to them. The big successes are
achieved by those who work out new ideas
to practical en,- who devise improvements
In the ways of doing business, who can do
better than some others the work that is
to be oone by new methods or old.
There is work for everybody. What Is
chiefly needed Is adjustment, to distribute
tho work and the workers evenly. This ad
justment often takes the form Of reshapinR
the individuals Ideas Of his own worth and
his capacities Often the greatest failures
In life are men who Overrate themselves.
and often again they are scored by men
who do not sufficiently appreciate their
own abilities.
The best advice that can be given to
young man starting out in the world Of
affairs Is to aim high. but not too high.
to strike straight and to keep striking until
he reaches his right place. Then he should
make himself SO useful that his employer
cannot possibly ignore him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
Morbid Relic Hunters.

Paris cable dispatch brinlg j. word that
the tree against which Mr.. and Mrs. Fair
ran their motor few years ago in the
accident which cost them their lives is
being rapidly destroyed by American tour
lsts who cut pieces from 1t as souvenirs
OF that tragedy. A Chauffeur who pointed
out the elm to traveller recently declared
that 1t will soon be necessary to plant an
other tree to enable the Americans to cut
of the bark Putting aside the difficulty Of
persuading even gullible American tourists
that a planted sapling caused the death
of the victims of the Fair accident this
suggestion serves wei, to indicate the NOR
bid taste of many people in the matter of
collecting CHASTITY souvenirs. Whenever a
lynching occurs In certain sections of this
country the wires bring word of the search
OF members of the mob for relics of the
crime. Portions OF the body of the victim
are distributed among his slayers. When
the lynching goes to the extreme OF burn
ing the charred bones bring a premium in
the after rush for reminders of the horror
Fragments Of the rope with which other
wretched men are swung on are peddled
about Bullets taken from bodies of men
who have been executed by order of J1dge
Lynch are sold in all eager market. There
Is only polite. not real. difference be-
tween the horrible greed OF the mob for
such gruesOme souvenirs and the enterprise
OF tourists who strip bark off a tree that
caused tie death of two motorists The
same spirit anmates them. And these
tourists are in addition vanda.s. destroying
nature III their insensate search for
'curios 1t was long ago said that
there is no accounting for tastes. and the
more that Is heard of human activities the
more striking does this adage become
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
A NEWPORT DIVERSION.

From the Harrisburg Telegraph
The latest monkey dinner at Newport has
stirred up violent criticism throughout the
country. 1t is hardly a subject to treat Sc
riously, but 1t may be straw showing the
deca dence of the alleged aristocracy which
belittles the country and di5gusts sensible
people.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Consul, famous chimpanzee, has. &C
cordine to report. made his debut in New
mort society He will probably earn his
way by giving the social devotees lessons
in Similar etiquette.
From the Rochester Post Express.
Consul. the educated chimpanzee. seems
to be thoroughly at home in the Newport
smart set.
From the Chicago Tribune
In a spirit of candor and fairness Ii must
be admitted that none of the foolish
speeches at that Newport banquet was
made by the educated chlmpanzee in whose
honor 1t was given.
From the Scranton Tribune
Viewpoints fashionable set has decided to
frown on monkey parties In future. And
the simians are not making the slightest
protest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
The MURDER BUNDS,

From the Syracuse Post Standard.
Why wouldn't disarmament be a. good
thing for the Black Hand?
From the Boston Transcript.
Father Martogessian is suspected of be-
ing a spiritual adviser of the Father Gapon
type.
From the st. Louis Republic.
There are some solaces in poverty. For
Instance. the poor man never gets a
BLACK Hand" letter demanding $1,000 or
his life.
From the New York Evening Mail.
That patriotism is the last refuge OF
scoundrels seems to be just limited at In
the case of some Of our Armenian
patriots"
From the Providence Evening Bulletin.
The murder OF an Armenian millionaire
by Armenian patriots" because he would
not contribute to the revolutionary fund.
indicates that possibly Turkey has some
cause for strict measutes in Armenia.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Maybe the New Yorker who shot mill
lionaire Armenian rug importer Ito save
the country was not an anarchist. but
married man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
The SILENCE At OYSTER BAY.

From the Birmingham Age Herald.
President Roosevelt is surprising all by
his remarkable degree of silence.
From the Savannah News
No screams from the great American
eagle have been heard for some days. Can
1t be that those nature studies being pur-
sued around Sycamore Hill embrace plan
for keeping the bird quiet?
From the Houston Post
Everybody seems to be complaining at
the Oyster Bay silence except Mr.. Harri-
man.
From the Cumberland Evening Times.
About the only time the Oyster Bay date
line gets on the front page this summer Is
when the President goes to church.
From the Birmingham News.
The mystery Is how Oyster Bay remains
so quiet while the undesirables are not even
squelched by the continued hot SPELL
From the Charleston News and Courier.
1t begins to look as though Oyster Bay
would soothe anything
From the Omaha Bee
President Roosevelt Is surprising the
country again by proving that he knows
how to rest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
The POOR MAGNATE.

I would not be Railway Man
In this degenerate day,
When the pass has been abolished
And the editor must pay:
When every ink pot in the land
Is working overtime
To prove all railway presidents
Are STEPPED In fraud and crime
l would not be a Railway Man
In this exactiny age,
When the unions are demanding
Less hours and higher wage:
When every shipper on the line
Would put behind the bars
That iuckIess wight. the Railway Man.
Because there are no cars.
l would not be Railway Man
In this disturbing time,
When every hayseed statesman
Attemps his neck to climb;
With laws to cut down earnings,
And laws to tax them more.
With endless complications
And prosecutions sore.
I would not be q Railway Man
At this destructive date,
A target for the journals,
foot ball for the state
I'd let them take the railways
And run them as they'd like;
/ would not be u Railway Man,
I'd quit my job and strike.
The Bellman. in the Boston Transc. pt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
Picture Paper Folk.

Oh picture paper folk are strange;
They have such big. round eyes!
Somehow. their ages never change
AS time so swiftly flies.
They have peculiar twisty legs,
And feet of monstrous shape.
And fingers just like wooden pegs,
And hair that hangs like tape!
Or else the girls are weirdly fair,
OF wondrous tiny girth.
With Haunting. superintendent hair
Like creatures not Of earth.
And men OF geometric style
For poses primly strive.
Although they often make me smile.
I'm glad they're not alive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
AFL0AT AND AGROUND.

The summer sails that dot the lake
And skim along as wavelets break.
A feeling bring OF calm content.
Though ones vacations almost spent,
And holneward soon his way he'll take.
Forgotten for the time each ache,
And life Is lived for life's own sake.
When ones untroubled gaze Is bent
On summer sails.
But still one has to make q break,
And get back home so he can make
A lot of dough. None can prevent
Her spending every blessed cent
When she hears-although some are fake
or summer sales.
Indianapolis News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
THREATENING LETTERS.

Tie fruit man on the corner.
In shouting ''Goot banan'."
Sounds painfully Respondent
Because ''Da Blacka Han"
Has written him: '9iuseppe,
Place on da railroad track
At midnight seven dollars
Or-jagger In da back"
The grocer on the corner
Is In fearful state.
For he has been receiving
Terrific notes Of late:
"Giye up two hundred cl0theapins
Ten cans Of kerosene,
And fifty pounds Of butter,
Or-nitrO-glycerine!"
The tailor on the corner
Is dunning me again.
Conformity with the florist
And haberdasher men.
All. shall I up and write them:
Deliver Z. ID. y.
Your total bills-receipted!
Or-dynamite for you!''
New York Time,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
Evidence Of Experience.

do you think he is perfectly candid when
he says 1 am the only woman to whom he
ever made love-
II don't know" answered Miss Cayenne
He displays a rather compromising famil-
larity with Omar Khayyam's quatrains and
Mrs. Brownings sonnets."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
Have The Star Follow You.

Readers Of The Star may have The Even
Ing and Sunday editions mailed to them In
any part of the country at the rate Of eoc
per month. or The Evening Star only Soc
per month. The address may be changed
as frequently as desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
CHLOROfORM EN-.

Doc Osler leaves the aged men
To live. and wars soup;
Now which way will Doc Osler go
When next he flies the coop7
Perhaps IL he keeps on and on.
And On and on. eftsOOns
He'll win our approba ton by
A swift attack prunes.
Houston Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

Much interest is shown in H. H. Rogers
generosity to his boyhood friends. 1t is
doubtful. however. whether Mr. Rogers
would let sentiment intervene If boy
hood friend should come up as an antag-
onist in a Wall street mix-up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
In a Rad Wav.

Bacon was hard up much of the time"
remarked the student of literature
Yes" replied the d.sbelever In Shakes
peare Bacon had hard work getting credit
for anything: even his own writings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

Roosevelt's popularity in New York is in
no likelihood of becoming great enough to
warrant his inviting any chowder parties
over to Oyster Bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
SHOOTING STARS.
RECOGNIZED the Name.

Il shall never forget my excitement sad
Mr. Stormington Barnes, 1.-The first time l
played Laertes.
Dear me-" replied young Mrs Torkins,
did you play Laerf es too? You must be
almost as unlucky with the horses as Char
ley isl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

II the custom of removing the insignia
of office is to prevail as police punishment
In New York the precaution should be
taken to have uniforms made with de-
tachable buttons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
JULY'S RECORD.

July has been corker: we're glad to say farewell.
1t certainly held the record for real hot spell
With murders fires. suicides since the last Of June
The people and thermometers have kept In merry
tune.
brooklyn Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

''Favorite sons" are so numerous that
Bryan may be willing to tolerate Ne
braskas lack of enthus assn for the sake
Of being little bit different
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

The airship may be important fea-
ture Of warfare. but there Is. unfortuna tely,
no guarantee that hostilities will be sus-
pended until the new craft can be put into
reliable shape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
It Sometimes Happens

If uttered IN the Statesman's key.
Where eager auditors saiaam.
A commonplace remark may be
Accepted as an epigram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

By some oversight the triumphant re-
turn of Jay Gould, the tennis champion.
was not made the subject of any especial
demonstration at Oyster Bay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

Photographs have been transmitted by
wire for a considerable distance in Ger
many. The invention is likely to prove
useful. in spite of It's tendency to aggravate
the camera habit among statesmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

Some men," said Uncle Eben. takes
credit fob bein' patient an. hopeful. when
dey is simply loafin' aroun' lookin foh an
easy job
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

Some Of Harrimaus railway associates
are tempted 10 go so far to agree with
the President opinion of him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

1t is going to be hard for any college
professor to evolve an epigram sufficiently
startling to convince John D. Rockefeller
that he Is getting his moneys worth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

Castro ha ing had a long and expensive
sick spell. is more than ever Inclined to be
economical about paying out Venezuelan
funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

The diplomatic dinner party abroad is
liable to be source of as much disturbance
as the political banquet at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

No other pugilist has had John l.. Sui
lvan's success in captaliZng a reputation
as an ex-hero.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

Ii il doubtful whether the kaiser will be
nearly much amused by King Edwards
visit as lac was BY Harry Lehrs