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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12
SENATORIAL FALSE MOVES.

The Senate has made some false
moves, prompted by bad advice. A
false move was made when the Senate
refused to join with h House in an
investigation of the State expenditures.
The b~lunderers thereby placed a club
in Democratic hands, n it has been
welded with bewildering effect. Then
the Senate made another. blunder. 1t
appointed an Investigating committee
with a rowing commission.
To the general public that looked like
political reprisal. Evidently doubtful
of this step. the committee remained
quiescent until encouraged to act by
the report of that useless State body,
the State Sewerage Commission, on the
alleged cause of the fatal typhoid cpl
demic in the Hospital for the Insane at
Trenton. The presumption was that
the Hahn committee had blundered,
but the subsequent proceedings of that
committee only made matters worse in
the hospital management and com-
PEELED the retirement of the warden.
The suggestion has been made that
the Senate committee go over the
ground of the Hahn committee, to give
the compromised officials a chance to
vindicate themselves. If this fool ad-
vice is acted on the Senate will have
fairly earned a cap and bells for monu-
mental folly and it will insure a Re-
publican defeat in November. The Re-
publican party MAXWELL protest against
a course by the Senate committee to
place the party in the position Of de-
Tending breaches of trust and graft,
other sins of management that cry
aloud for reforms.
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To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Are there any scientific means OF meas
urement by which molecules may Do
enumerated? ). .. =.
1.-THE statement has been made by FRO
feseor William Crookes, of London, thao
to count the molecules in a pfn-hean
space, at the rate of 100000 per second,
would require 10000 years. The smallest
particle that the eye can detect measures
about one-hundred thousandth OF an inch
on a side, and such a particle Is com
posed Of from 60,000,O0 to 1N,OOoyOOO or
molecules; one-hundredth of a cubic men
of gas contains $4,000, 0O0,0OO ,00, oOO.VO TO
{. Oe0, 900, 900, 900, 900, 000, 900 molecules. PROB
ably no microscope will ever be constructed
Of such high power that these particles
can be seen by its aid and as to the meas
urement of their actual size, 1t Is a PROD
lem that taxes to the utmost the resource
of investigators, the chief reliance at pres
ent being placed on the method which en-
ploys very fine films, these being made OF
soap solution, as in bubbles, of deposits
of metals, by electro-plating, or of olive
oil on water. the latter a favorite process.
The thickness of the films is measured IN
various ways, and the approximate slze
of the molecules then calculated.-Ed.l
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what cum Arabic Really Is.

Gum Arabic, which forms one of the
most important minor exports Of Egypt, Is
really the sap of a special kind of tree
which grows from three to five yards In
height, whole forests of which are found
in the Kordofan Province, and also near
Gedid. in the White Nile Province. me
natives are free to collect the gum. The
season during which the trees yield their
sap runs from December to May. Prior
to gathering the crop the natives prepare
the trees by slightly cutting the bark In
numerous places. The sap then exudes,
solidifes in the shape of large and small
Jumps and is afterward gathered by hand,
such gathering being done before the rainy
season commences. There are two main
classes of gum-amber-like and bleached.
In the latter the gum Is merely exposed to
the strong action of the s~un-generally in
Omdurman-while In the former instance it
is allowed to retain Its natural amber
color. The confectionery trade is perhaps
the principal purchaser of gum arabic,
though a very large number of other in
dustries-chemical works. printing and
dyeing mills, l~etterpress printers and so
on--are interested in this product OF the
Soudan.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN CAM
DIDATE.

VIII there be an independent Repub-
lican candidate for Governor? If the
councils of the radical element In the
New Idea organization prevail there
will be a third candidate, no matter
who may be nominated by the regular
organization, which, of course, will
control the primaries in the State and
wifi dictate the nomination.
Last fall the Independent Republican
Assembly ticket in Essex polled nearly
ten thousand votes. A large number
of these votes were cas- by Democrats,
who did not like their Assembly ticket.
Probably there were eight thousand
Republicans Who voted the Independent
ticket. viii these Republicans support
an independent candidate for Governor
this year in tbs face of the fact that
there will be no possibility of e~lecting
an Independent candidate?
The Republican party vote will de-
pend on the candidate. Names have
been mentioned for the nomination OF
several'men who, as candidates. would
repel a very considerable number OF
Republican voters. There are other
hat have met with favor and
would be entirely acceptable except tc
those irreconcilables who believe thai
no good can come from a regular nomi
nation anyhow. The Republican STATE
mag seem to be alive to the stu
alton and BEN upon the nomination o
a really popular man. If Judge Chill
shall be the Democratic nominee tbs
Republican candidate must needs be
popular mar to win. An Independent
Republican candidacy would fatal.
handicap the regular Republican candi
date otherwise. 1t would draw ava,
enough votes to elect Judge Child.
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MONDAY, AUGUST p, 1907.
A Wall FROM THE INVESTIGATED.

In comment on the Hahn committee
investigation and its disclosures, the
Herald's New Jersey correspondent ex-
presses the sentiment Of the entire
ofice-holding class to which he belongs
in this p%laintive protest;
The yellow press magnihes, for sem
sational purposes, the disclosures that
are made. 1t suppresses and distorts
the testimony to make points in sup
port of its contentious. Scandal-mon-
gering tongues are loosened, and repu-
t~ations, more precious to the owners
than the rarest jewels, are defaced or
ruined. Conclusions are hastily reached
on insufficient evidence and grave in
justice is sometimes done. 1t might be
better, thinking people say, if these
Investigations were hereafter conducted
under the rules and regulations that
govern a trial before a court of justice
the accused officials to have counsel,
with the right to cross-eXamine, sum-
mon their own witnesses, object to i'm
proper testimony, etc.
Imagine the length of such an in
vestigation and also the results. 1t
would take three years to reach a
final result in the case of the Hospital
for the Insane, and her the delin-
quents would go scot free, for the mat
tiers investigated would drop complete
ly out of public sight. The investiga-
ton would be merely a battle of law
yers, and the peoples representatives
in the Legislature, who want to get
at the facts and l~egislate thereon,
wouldn't even play second fiddle
But nearly all the disclosures brought
out by Inquisitor Backes in the COM
mittee investigation consist of the
acknowledgements of the parties under
Investigation. They were given every
opportunity to clear themselves. The
have reported the investi-
cations exactly as they occurred, and
in point of fact they have been re-
markably conservative in their re-
ports. No "scandal-mongering report"
could exagserate the shocking condi-
lions in the Trenton hospital, where
n deaths from typhoid and at
least one case of manslaughter attest
the character of the management.
In the other departments investigated
the evidence of graft, of misuse of
public funds, of gross neglect of Off
cial duties, has all been furnished by
the officials investigated. 1t is natural
for those who are smarting under the
probe to squeal, but in the present case
the ~sduealing is without avail. The
Legislature is a power unto itself, and
has not yet delegated its authority to
lawyers. The courts are open to all
aggrieved persons and every State Off
cial, and 1t is not unlikely some of
them will get there after the investiga-
ton ends.
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jackass

extreme enforcer of the old blue laws,
which is absurdly untrue. But 1t is
understood that even the versatile
George L. Record possesses the idea
that an Endorsement of Somme for
Governor by the Pagan men in Hudson
would imperil the chances of Pagan.
The relations of the New Idea in Essex
and Hudson have been SO harmonious
that it is a pity to note these signs of
discordance.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12
Labor Day Parade

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Will you kindly correct a report that
appeared in your paper on Saturday that
the unions affiliated with the Essex Trades
Council and the Building Trades League
were compelled to parade on Labor Day
under a penalty of a fine on individual
members. Such is not the case, as the
only action taken in a majority OF in
stances is that all members be requested
to parade, so that the day shall be appro-
priately celebrated, and as large a turnout
as possible be made.
RICHARD ARMSTRONG,
Delegate from Typographical Union, NO.
1903, to Essex Trades Council.
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NO GOVERNOR THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

Singular that in all the gubernatorial
messages in many years there was not
a single suggestion as to reform of the
methods of finance in practise by
State departments, commissions and
institutions. Evidently no Governor
gave the subject any examination. BY
giving the appropriations in bulk, to be
expended by departmental officers or
commissions at will, the law stripped
the State treasury of every safeguard.
To be sure, a State Auditor was Gre
ated a few years ago, but If he has
done any auditing of accounts other
than those that are paid on the war;
rant of the Comptroller it is not in
evidence.
The State expenditures have enor-
mously increased in the last twenty
years and much of the increase wa:
unnecessary. There has been extrava-
gance, waste and graft. The State has
paid for services not rendered, it has
contributed to the payment of private
expenses, it has been cheated in con
tracts and supplies and suffered heavy
losses in other ways. In one institution
alone, the State Hospital for the insane
at Trenton, many thousands of dollars
have been swallowed ur in various
ways without benefit to the institution
or it's inmates The expenditure o
nearly $4,000 a year by the State Fisl
and Game Commission was PRACTICAL.
? all waste.
, 1t perhaps needed the disclosures b,
the Hahn committee to bring about
reform that should have been effecte
years ago. Governors usually stud
the finances of the State government
n are solicitous to keep down eS
penditures. 1t seems strange that n
: Governor perceived and commente
! upon the loose system of finance tha
has prevailed in so many department.
commissions and boards in the State.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12

Adherents of Mayor Pagan in Jersey
City are impressed with the idea that
the candidacy of Sheriff sommer, of
Essex, by the New Idea men for Cow
ernor would hurt the chances of Pagan
for election for Mayor. Jersey City
isn't Newark 'by a jugful." and a
Sheriff like Sommer would be held in
poor regard by the great majority in
Jersey City. The doings of sommer in
Essex are also greatly magnihed in the
Jersey City mind. He is held up as an
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12
Lobby Lesson i'm massachusetts.

The activity of the lobbyists In, this
State has been the source of no little
anxiety on the part of the friends of good
government. as was well brought out In
a recent message of Governor Stokes. But
1t Is doubtful after all whether any law
can be drawn which will meet the situa-
ton satisfactorily. The real remedy is the
election Of legislators who are i~ncorruptible
and who can be relied upon to work for
the interests of their constituents all the
time. There is a personal element in
volved which no law can overcome. This
would seem to be the lesson of the Massa-
cLnsetts Observation-Disclosures journal.
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tains. We may change the personnel
of q board or commission under the
existing plan and the same evils Will
crop up anew. The trouble should be
dealt with at it's roots.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12
An Ant Quotation.

Representative John Sharp Williams
tells of an old darby whom he once en-
countered in a railroad station at
Charleston, and whom the Congress-
man, expecting to remain in town but
a. few minutes, desired to take a note
to a friend in the city.
Are you sure you know where the
house tsp anxiously inquired Mr.. Will
Jams. II want my friend to get the
note at once"
We'll, sah," answered the negro, with
a roll of his eyes, 81 on'y wisht l had
as many dollars as 1 knows where dat
house Is, sahl'-The Circle.
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Dead.

'silas Kidder has just answered my
letter." said the country editors as
sistant. you know, I wrote to him
and told him his subscription had ex-
PRED"
what does he say?' asked the editor.
"Dumbed If I know. He just sent my
letter back with some italian words
scrawled on the bottom of it. Looks
like 'requiescat in pace.'"-Catholic
Standard and Times.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12

The irate housewife found the tramp
stretched out in her new
you miserable hobo" she snapped
reaching for the sprinkhng can, you
inst wait until my husband comes
home. He will bring you to your
senses"
The tramp blew a pun of smoke at a
butterfly.
MADAM" he yawned. will you do
me one favor?'
"What?"
yes, a favor. Instead OF
me to my senses tell him to bring my
senses to me. 1 feel so tired."-Chi-
cage News.
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ue,d Failed So oftA.

"Mr. Timmid has asked If he might
call tonight. I think he wants to tell
me that he loves me- a Miss Yerner.
"oi' replied her sister. that goes
without saying"
Eyes, and I'm afraid that he will, too
philadelphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12

Prospective Father-in-Law-By mar
rying my daughter you will get a noble.
lar~ge-hearted and generous wife.
Prospective Son-in-Law with one
eye on the dowry)-I know, and l hope
she inherits these qualities from her
father.-Meggendorfer Blatter.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12

An exchange in speaking of a de-
ceased citizen said: w knew him as
old Ten Per Cent-the more he had the
less he spent-the more he got the less
he lent-he's dead-we don't know
where he wento-but If his soul to
heaven is sent-hell own the harps and
charge 'em rent."-Southwesterner's
Book.
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New whiskey Cure.

"Moikel"
what is 1t, Pat?"
%"Shposin' OF was to nave a ft?"
"Yis."
And yez had a pint of whiskey?"
'fYis."
Would yez kneel down and put the
bottle to me lips?"
"Oi would not"
"Yez wouldn't?'
mo. OF could bring yez to yer fate
quicker by shtandin' up in front of yez
and dhrinkin' it meself. "-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
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Japan is not to have her unobstructed
way in Korea. The deposition Of the
Emperor and the setting up of a puppet
was an act easy of accomplishment, but
Japan now faces the aroused Korean
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Bautru, having a grievance against
the DUO d'Espernon. published a BOOK
with the title. The Fine Characters.
tics of M de Duc d'Epernon.' The rest
of the book was blank."-Pele Mele,
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circumstances" exclaimed the sum-
mer boarder. That is certainly a
queer name for a mule"
"Oh, 1 dunno" rejoined the old
farmer. Didn't yew never heer NV
circumstances over which a Teller amt
got no control?"-Chicago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12

Following the Hahn committee in
vestigation a commission should be APP
pointed to make a general inquiry into
the whole system Of State board and
commission Arrangements and report tc
the next Legislature a plan for a bet
ter system than that which now OBJ
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12
VIEWS OF EDITORS.
The New jerseys silver Service.

The first thing you know somebody Will
rise to remark hat presenting that silver
service to the batttleship New Jersey IN
New York waters is unconstitutional
Trenton State Gazette.
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politics in ocean County.

The spectacle of the Common Pleas
Judge Of a county accepting a position
as attorney to a bunch Of township COM
mitteemen who will not obey the law Is
edifying to say the least.-Lakewood Times
and Journal
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Clara-You may o believe 1t. but ]
said NO" to seven different men dur
ing the last winter.
Maude=What trere they selling7-
Pick-Me-Up.
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I'D like to see the cashier" said the
bank depositor.
so would t. replied the president of
the bank, but he's out of town."
All! Gone for a rest. 1 presume?"
said the b. d.
NO" answered the b. D. HE went
to avoid arrest.'-Chicago News.
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c.essea Right the First Time.

Harduppe-Hello, Wigwag, !
you can't lent me $40, can you!
MISUNDERSTANDING. you are one OF
the most accurate supposers I know
Philadelphia Record.
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A little girl who had listened to a
discussion of the nature fakirs in liter
allure, when asked to define the human
and animal families replied:
"A brute is an imperfect beast; man
is a perfect beast."-Judge.
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IN HUMOROUS VEIN.
just Too Late.

Maude's Mama-Aren't you ashamed
of yourself to let that Gun man kiss
you?
Maude-But mother. I was just gong
to tell him he couldn't when he lid
philadelphia Record.
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population and she will have her hands
full in suppressing the discomfort that
has cropped out all owe Korea.
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Got Mixed.

Got Mixed.
Alice-She's angry.
Kate-Why?
Alice-He asked her for a lock of her
hair.
Kate-Well?
Alice-Then, a~fterward, she asked
him to send it back to her.
Kate-Well?
Alice-And he sent her a lock that
wasn't the right color. = Somerville
Journal.
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FROM STAR

Anonymous communication cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
publication, but as a guarantee OF good faith.
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"There will be no attempt to collect the hne"-the only fine
in the world which does not need to be ident6ed-"untl after
the final decision, {" say some of the comment makers. What
citizen of the United States does not feel his blood boil as he
reads this intelligence, so insulting to the majesty of the Federal
law? If the President is as vigilsnt in protecting the Federal
laws against notification as are the Governors of the Southern
States in insisting upon the majesty of State law, there will issue
General Orders No. I, HEADQUARTERS of the Campaign Against
Prosperity. directing a squad of regulars to collect the line from
No. 20 before nightfall. Why leave anything to the courts,
when a n Executive Order will settle things SO much more
swiftly New York Times.
There you have the answer of the System to the attempt
to enforce the law against the Standard Oil Company. To
punish that company for violating the law is an attack on
Prosperity To put the Rockefelers, Rogerses and the Harri
mans on an equality with other lawbreakers will destroy conf
dence and bring on a Panic. Therefore, if we want goo
times to continue we must reverse the Roosevelt policy and g
back to the good old style of letting our gentemanly pirates b
their own judges as to what is good or bad or right or wrong
Wouldn't that bring tears Of laughter even from an Irisf
ljackassf M.
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Degeneracy seems to be the motive
power back of the wave of crime that is
sweeping through the city of New York
and tapping other towns in the country.
In most OF the cases of assault reported
by the newspapers little children are the
victims of brutal men who, judging from
the published accounts of their actions,
appear to be actuated by an overwhelming
lustful mania. We are inclined to the
opinion that publicity in some instances
may act as a deterrent to crime, but we
believe that the newspapers ought to be
careful to avoid the publication of any
thing that is calculated to infiame the
mind of passionate men and women to
such a degree that they become blind to
their moral responsibilities Trenton State
Gazette.
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Little Willie-Say, pa, what is thai
old saying about a fool and his money
PA wise man and a fools none
are soon united, my son.-Philadelphis
inquirer.
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He wouldn't,

Wouldn't o marry your first wife's
sister,"
NO"
why not?"
S h vas an only child.%-chicago
Reeord-Hera1d.
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Atlantic City, Asbury Park and Ocean Grove are bothered
by itinerant photographers who run around and hold people UP
to be photographed and then make them buy copies. And we
are gravely told that the authorities can find no remedy. They
are mistaken. If either the victims or the police will smash
few cameras the nuisance won't continue.
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rna pooR VERSUS THe RlcH-THg "sYsTRMTs" ANsWER. &c. &c

THE POOR VERSUS the RcH-1HB "sysTEms' ANSWER. ETC. ETC
lis amusing sometimes to listen to ignorant, wel-to-do folks
discussing social and economic questions. If they have Travelled
abroad. they speak enthusiastically of the humility and obsequious
ness of servants in Europe, and lament the independence OF all
classes of employees here. They are ingenuousy frank in de-
.claring that people like themselves are entitled to special con-
sderation everywhere and can't understand why-in court, for
instance-their word isn't taken without question, without giving
common, ordinary people an opportunity to contradict and make
prevarcators out of them. That the rabble should be taught
how to keep their place is a constant prayer.