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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-04-05

Independent telephone companies
in New Jersey have combined to giye
long distance service. This will be
an advantage to the users of the
Hudson & Middlesex phone in this
city, who have been without outside
connections heretofore.
767S-4-5-1t*
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-04-05

Tonight every skater taught tho
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Tomorrow night, at Lyceum Rink,
five pieces music. Special.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-04-05

Opening Display Continued
This week at A. Salz & Company.
Read their announcement on page TO-.
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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-04-05
'SEWAREN WILL
|. FIGHT LICENSE.
Whole Village Is Aroused Over
The Application Made For
The SeWaren House.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ACTS.

Resolution Was Passed at the Meet
ing of the Committee Last Night
Protesting Against the License
Copy Will he Sent to Judge Boor-
aem-Fear for the Moral Tone of
Place--C.W. .Boynton Wrote Letter.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-04-05

''The Choir Singer at Wilder
theatre tonight.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-04-05

Tomorrow night at Lyceum Rink,
five pieces music. Special.
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Tonight every skater taught The
two step. Lyceum Rink.
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''GUS" GILMAN
Is MISSING.
Left Home In Newark Sunday
And All Trace OF Him Has
Been Lost.
RELATIVES ARE HEARTBR0KEN.

No Reasons for Suicide Known, but
ory--His Friends Have Slight
Hope That He May Have Decided
Suddenly to Visit California to See
His Aunt Newark is Aroused.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-04-05

''The Choir Singer" at Wilder
theatre tonight.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-04-05

"The Choir Singer" at Wilder
theatre tonight.
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An advertising campaign thai
grows all the time means store thai
keeps STEP"
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-04-05

Patronize advertisers.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-04-05

Little wonder-workS us EVENING
NEWS want ads.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
THE SHERIFF TO THE MAYOR.

Sheriff Sommer would probably have
done better If he had timed his letter to
the Mayor on the subject of excise vio-
lations to make it at an earlier or a
later date. to escape the imputation OF
politics. Without doubt Sheriff Som
mer never gave a thought to the pos
sible effect Of his letter upon the cleo
ion only about two weeks removed,
but there are many people who would
place that construction upon his official
act.
The back room has deservedly been
outlawed. 1t is a feature of the saloon
that every decent man and m
wants to see abolished. 1t is con-
demned by all reputable saloonkeepers.
If, as Sheriff Sommer asserts, there are
places in Newark where the back
room" is maintained in violation of the
law, he doubtless possesses the evidence
and can furnish it to the Newark police.
According to the latter. they have 40
knowledge of such places. With patrol
men covering every section of the city
and knowing the location of every sa-
loon, the police department has 10
excuse for any lack of information.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
A JONAH AT $4,000 A YEAR.

Secretary of State Dickinson is a
JONAH for the Republican State organ-
1zation, and if he can be persuaded or
jntimidated to step down and out OF
office there will be a great sigh of relief
In this State. 1t is unjust to the Re-
! publican candidate for Governor that
ne should be handicapped by such a
man. Politics makes strange bedfellows,
1T is true, but the active and prominent
participation OF a man of Diekinson's
character and record in the campaign of
q morally clean and honorable man goes
Beyond the limit.
~ Governor Stokes asked Dickinson to
sresign the secretaryship of State. and
a4he Senate. which had shared in his APP
fpointrnent, indorsed that request. Every
newspaper in the State supported the
Governors. action, and they reflected
The almost universal sentiment of the
ipeople OF the state. But, protected by
lhe fact that his office is constitutional.
Dickinson refused to resign. He had
abandoned his suit for libel against
Mayor Pagan with a statement that he
did so, for the sake of his party. He
would consent to stand in the public
pillory for the sake of his party. but he
would not resign Office for his party's
sake. He prefers to be a Jonah at
$4,000 a year.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
PAPERS ON CAMPAIGN
A Republican view of Fort.

From the Camden POst-Telegram.1
Wherever he has thus far appeared upon
the stump in this campaign Judge Fort
has impressed his audience with his
sturdy, unequivocating honesty and the
sincerity of his purpose, if elected to the
G~overnorship. to administer that exacting
and responsible office with an eye single
not to The aggrandizement of his political
party, but to the welfare of the State and
its people. Everywhere his speeches have
impressed all who heard them with his
clear comprehension of the questions Of
State policy in which the people are most
vitality interested at this time, and his
cogent calculation of these p~erplexing
problems mas proved an enlightenment to
many and has unquestionably gained for
him a strong hold upon the popular re-
spect and confidence. His strong and
manifestly- sincere appeal for civic right
eousness has revealed the sterling con-
s-cientiousness innate in his character, and
has convinced all who ave heard him
perhaps ever many who were persuaded
against their will-that as the occupant of
the executive chair he will discharge his
duty as he sees it and without Difference
to partisan expediency. 4
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
ExEMprroN FOR HOTEL BARS.

A Lakewood paper, while supporting
the Bishops law, declares that "there is
one feature of the Bishops law which
is too severe. and IL it is to be modified
in any way, this should be attended to-"
The feature referred to is that which
prevents hotels selling to their guests
anything to drink on Sunday when it
is asked for with meals. There is no
excuse, for denying a person something
in a hotel which he could nave at his
own table il he wished it," says the
Lakewood editor, who manifestly talks
in behalf Of the Lakewood hotel pro-
prietor.
The idea here expressed is enter
tanned by a large number of well-to-
do people who can afford to stop at
Lakewood an4 Atlantic City hotels. 1t
is all well and proper to shut up the
places that the common run of men re-
sort to, but the hotel guests liberty
must not be infringed upon. andg more
over. the private club must not be un-
duly interfered with. Discrimination in
the administration of a Law especially
when it assumes a class aspect, is al
ways resented.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
ACTING

An anomaly of the State Constitution
IS the provision regarding the executive
branch of the government. When the
governor dies, or leaves the State, The
President Of the Senate, by virtue Of
his Office, is acting Governor, and fail
ing the Senate President. the Speaker
OF the House acts in that capacity
Thus, at a moment. a legislative officer
is translated into the chief executive
and stiIl retains his legislative office
and functions.
when Governor Griggs. resigned,
President Voorhees, of the Senate be-
came the acting Governor and served
more than a year. During the session
or the Legislature he was at once the
president of the Senate and the execu-
tive mead of the State government. If
he had chosen to he could have pre-
sided over the Senate. for the Constitu-
9tion lays no prohibition upon him. He
can, as President of the Senate. make
athe appointments of standing commit
tees and have control of legislative bills,
and he can vote for or against bills
1that are to come before him as Gov
;ernor for his signature or veto.
lsIn a proper scheme of legislative gov
The three branches-executive,
Legislative and judicial-are kept sepa-
rate and distinct. Under our constitu-
tional system the executive and legis-
s1ative are qaeerly jumbled together. A
fEenator is elected in a county as a
legislative officer, but an accident per-
mits him to assume for a year the high
est office OF The State, to which men are
elected only by a vote of all the people
of the State. 1t is a case of a Gov
ernor being forced on the people. who
nave no say whatever.
New York has followed the Federal
E system. There is a Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor. who presides over the Senate.
When the Governor dies he becomes
the executive, and he is acting Gov
ernor when the Governor leaves the
etate. Thus the Legislature is left in
TACT and there IS no mixing Of the two
branches by reason of the accident of
Governors disability. The PROPOSE
ton for the creation Of the Office of
L%ieutenant- Governor in New Jersey has
been favorably considered in public dis
cussion, but to the average legislator il
-daas seemed too radical to submit to
the people in the shape of a constitu-
..tjonal amendment. But in due time we
5 win get around to It.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

by tunnel to New York is now only a
question of a short time for Newark.
The effect IN the material welfare Of
our city can>ot be doubted.
The Hudson River ferries ',ave been
a serious bar against tr> coming of
population New Jersey from New
York. The tunnels will dispose Of that
obstruction. They win open wide the
way for the many thousands of people
who are herded in the flats In upper
Manhattan and longing for the oppor-
tunity to escape to places where they
can md r-ace and light and air and the
real enjoyments of home.
There is plenty of room in the metro
politan area of New Jersey for this pop
ulation. Those who want to establish
homesteads win find reasonably cheap
sites and thu demand for rentals will
stimulate building enterprise. with inn
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
TWo WEEKS TO ELECTION.

Two weeks of the active campaign
remain for the two political party or
CARNATIONS. and they will be two
weeks of strenuous work by the or
sanitation leaders and workers and
candidates. Messrs Fors snd hatren-
bach have in their tours covered the
greater part q TIC state. ard when
they shah have completed their itin-
eraries they VII 50 ovsz ak&sn some
Of the principal greass ard visit anew
places where see party rercSs appear
to be endangered.
The real battle-ground i East Jer-
sey. It is here thai the two candidates
viii probably put in work during the
last week of the campaign. And the
most critical point IS Essex County.
The situation in Essex is keenly
watched by both sides. and every sign,
favorable and unfayorable. is noted.
The better organization of the Re
publicans in Essex gives the county
committee a closer tab on the situa-
ton, and presumably the same careful
canvassing as before is being done
The Democratic meetings. it is OBJ
served, are well attended, and evil
IDENTIFY the party leaders are relying
more on the spirit of the voters than
-, 4loi, ,oct,r ,,o.b;pa-u
Interest in results in Essex Is wide
spread in the State. 1t is felt thai the
issue of the election for Governor, as
well as the Assembly, lies in this
county. There is now little hope by
Republicans of carrying Hudson,
either for Governor or Legislature. so
that for the Assembly the Democrats
seem assured of fifteen Assemblymen
in Hudson, Hunterdon. Sussex and
Warren. The eleven of Essex would
give them twenty-six, with only five
to get to secure a majority. Passaic,
or Middlesex and Monmouth together,
would make a majority. 1t will be
more difficult for the Democratic cam
didate for Governor to win, since
Democratic majorities must be large
to overcome the heavy Republican
majorities in South and Middle Jersey.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
A HOUSE FOR THE GOVERNOR.

~ The New Jersey State building at the
jamestown Exposition is a beautiful
and substantial structure. The New
4 Jersey State building at st. Louis was
faken down and transported to Sea
Grit, where it was set up on abe lawn
fronting the spacious parade ground as
summer headquarters for the Gov
ernor and eommander-in-chief Of the
State Guard. The building is a hand
some adornment of the Sea Grit
grounds. as well as a necessary conven-
fence. What shall be done with the
New Jersey building at Jamestown
There is no mousse for the Governor at
~SFfenton. II a Governor is wealthy he
afford to rent and furnish a house
There, as Governor Murphy did. but as
Il rule New Jerseys Governors have not
bce wealthy men. In former years,
when the State was smaller in popula-
ton and its afiairr were of lees impor-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
TUNNEL N SOON.

According TO a statement Of the chief
engineer in charge of the McAdoo tun-
mel work under the Hudson between
Hoboken and Christopher street, the
tunnel will be opened for traffic early
next month. Car tracks have been laid
and before Christmas cars win be run
ming upon them. Next month. also,
trial runs win be made through the
McAdoo tunnels between Jersey City
and cortlandt street, and it will not be
long before the two sets of tunnels Will
be in regular operation.
The construction Of an electric rapid
transit line across the meadows from
Newark TO me with the tunnels is
proc ding at a satisfactory rate and
has progressed far enough to promise
early completion. Rapid electric transit
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

Nothing suited old Abe Jenkins Cor.
Uncle Abe, as we boys called him) bet
ter,after his days work, than to sit In
his ozy nook by the kitchen fire and
smoke his old corn-cob. His wife, on
the other hand. liked excitement, and
would taxi in anything and everything
from a funeral to a patent medicine
show on the street corner. On one oc-
casion, however, the old lady succeeded
in persuading Uncle Abe to GO with her
to see a phrenologist, whose clever adj
vertising even interested old Abe a lit
tie. The old couple, arriving a little
late, were ushered up into the front
row. Much to the amusement of the
crowd, and especially Mrs. jenkins,
Uncle Abe was chosen as a subject for
the professor to experiment on.
And now" said the phrenologist.
Mr.. Jenkins. among many physical
discomforts, you are troubled with cold
feet Also
"Yes!' yelled Uncle Abe. looking
toward the front row; but they are
not my own."-Judge's Library.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
A Democratic View of Fort.

lfron the Long Brdncn Record.l
Readers of Forts campaign speeches
must nave observed that nearly everyone
contains some such statement as this:
Il believe in the Republican party, in
the party of Lincoln, in the party of Gar
field, In the party of Mckinley, in the
party of Roosevelt
Sounds nice. But in the name of COM
nonsense, what has Lincoln, or Garfield,
or Mckinley, or Roosevelt, to do with the
present State campaign? Where do they
come in? i.
Why talk about them instead of county
tax boards, public utilities regulations,
separate elections, voting machines and
other live issues?
Why this rally round the flag boys
fight, instead Of a quiet, sober discussion
of issues unless 1t Is the object of Fort
to make the voters forget the real ques-
lions involved?
Why this attempt to confuse national
with State issues?
but it is not the manly course to seek TO
dodge and deceive. There is such a thing
as playing too shrewd politics.
The independent voters--who decide all
elections ~today-think for themselves.
They must now be asking themselves why
Fort doesn't come TO earth" discuss real
issues and explain the disbarment and
Amboy bridge scandal charges, according
to promise.
The candidate should bear this in mind
and remember that politicians who try to
fool che people are often like men who
dye their hair and whiskers in that they
succeed in fooling 10 one except them
selves.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

lance, the place of residence of the
Governor made little difference. The
Governor could attend to State affairs
by visiting Trenton a few hours in a
week. But the duties of the guberna-
torial office are becoming more and
more exacting. Governor Stokes spends
nearly all his time at the State capital,
and multiplying work and duties will
keep future Governors there. The
jamestown building would. with some
additions. make a very acceptable Gov
ernor's house al Trenton. The sugges-
ton is certainly not unworthy of con-
s~ideration.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

There are interruptions interests in
New York city that would go to the
length of provoking a war with Japan
for the sake of diverting the attention
and energies of the Federal government
from the prosecution of its inquiries
into the criminal acts Of men in control
of great corporate enterprises. And
that is tho simple explanation Of the
reckless articles that have lately ap-.
peared in the New York Sun. which are
condemned ever BY The New York
Times as "dsngerouas and as "unpro-
pitious and inext, sable"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
The CumbcrIand CAN.

IA AnAhNA oNP
To the Editor Of the Evening Star;
You will confer a favor upon an old
reader by describing and giving a his
tory of what Is known as the "Cumber-
land Gap?" CHI y
rThe Cumberland Gap is a pass through
the Cumberland Mountains on the State
line between kentucky and Tennessee. at
the southwestern end of Virginia. 1t IS a
notch about 500 feet deep and in some
plas , so narrow rs merely to allow room
for a oadway. The road between Vir-
ginia and Kentucky. laid out by Daniel
Boone in 1863, passed through Cumberland
Gap. and over this road journeyed most
of the early emigrants to Kentucky. Dur
ing the Civil War the Gap was of great
strategic importance, constituting as It,
did \ kind of passage way between central
Kentucky and eastern and central Tennes-
see. 1t was occupied by the Confederate
but on June II, 1862. the Confederates
withdrew on the approach of a superior
Federal force under General G. w. Nor
gan, who took possession on the following
day and Immediately began to strengthen
the fortificatlons. Various minor 'skirm-
ishes occurred in the vicinity. in the most
important of which, that of August Z, the
ConfederateS lost 125 men in killed and
wounded. the Federals 6S in killed, wound
ed and missing. On the night of Septem-
Der II, Morgan secretly evacuated the
place. destroyed the Notifications and the
war material, and by q skillful retreat
saved his command from capture at the
hands of the superior Confederate forces
in the vicinity. On October %. General
Bragg occupied the Gap. On September s,
1863. the place again passed into the hands
of the Federals, under General Shacl<el-
ford. the Confederate general, Frazer,
surrenaering WITHOUT resistance. 2.o0O men
April %, 1865. 1000 Confederates surren-
dered and were paroled.-Ed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
Everybody scribbling.

The chef has quit his pots and pans
And ceased to cook.
HI while the ways and means he plans
To write a book.
The shepherd lets his charges stray.
FoIgets his crook.
He wants to be in style, they say,
And write a book.
The farmer and his hired man seek
A sheltered nook.
They hope to grind out in a week
A timely book.
The smith, the carpenter. the clerk,
Where'er we look,
Have dropped all else and gone to worl
Upon a book.
I'll not be left alone Of men
Like this, ~gadzooki
Ho, varlet, fetch me ink and pen
I'll write a book.
Louisville Courier-Journal
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

An Irishman who had Just united
with the Catholic church in a small
town was careless enough to let the
priest catch him coming out OF a saloon
with a jug under his arm. The priest
waited for him to come by and said:
PA what Is 1t you have in that
jug?"
"Whiskex. sor." answered Pat.
Whom does it belong TOT? asked the
good man.
ITO me and me brudder Moike, sir"
well say Pat, pour yours out, and
be a good man"
II can't, sor; mines on the bottom"
answered Pat.-Judge.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

Yes" admitted a heartless legis-
lator, II accompanied the deputation as
desired, and found the conditions exist
ing in the Sums deplorable-simply de-
plorable."
They are, my dear SIR said the ex-
pectant missionary; and what do you
er-propose to do about these deplor-
able conditions?"
"Deplore them, my friend-deplore
them!" was the calm rejoinder.---Judy.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

The Wall Street pirates tried hard to bring on a panic with
the same end in view. But the process of squeezing water out
of stocks and the impoverishment of numerous gamblers did not
Interfere with the general prosperity, although the slack market
for municipal and other gilt edged bonds and the difficulty ex-
perenced in borrowing money, even on hrst-class security, has
hindered improvements and embarrassed many concerns. But,
withal, trade continued good. crops hne, industry booming and
the people still stood by Roosevelt.
Now another plan has been devised. Every Trust and cor
poraion hostile to the President is to drop as many men as can
be spared without actually Gripping the business. For instance,
the railroads are to lay off all the track repairers and laborers
so far as they dare without inviting accidents, and SOME of them
even take chances on that
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

THROWING MEN our OF WORK TO MAKR ANTx-R00SEVHLT
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES WILL SURELY SPEAK UP ETcp HTc
Evidence is accommodating of a general intention on the part
of many big corporations to squeeze their employees this Winter
lby laying off as many men as possible. Of course it would
never do to call this a plot or conspiracy, even though it IN
wolves untold hardships to thousands of women and children.
Oh, no, it is merely an understanding among our great copo-
rate geniuses. From their point of view it is high time to bring
the common people to their senses and to knock into their silly.
heads the fact that they are worse than foolish in supporting
President Roosevelt and his policies.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

proved transportation facilities the met
ropolitan area can be extended so that
population viii pour into the large un-
improved tracts in the Orange moun7
tains and create new and beautiful
suburbs there.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
rhe WAS Yon Saw It.

Does the razor hurt, sir?' inquired
the barber, ~anxiously.
Cant say" replied the victim, testify,
but my face does."-Harper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
Sarcasm.

"Thankee, sir" said a cabman to an
elderly gentleman who had paid the
exact fare. Best go in quietly. sir,
in case the old woman wakes up and
ears me drivin' away. She might stop
the rest of your pocket money for this
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
Beating the Railways.

TITS sweet to read astronomy =
And think how earth speeds on
through space.
It's rather pleasant. now, you see,
TO get free rides to any place.
Washington Star.