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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
MASS MEETING
IN ARhORY
Continued From First Pase.)


men who touch liquor until they agree
to reform, and actually do stop their
drinking, then the fight for prohibition
in Pensacola viii be won.
One Woman's Influence.
Il want to say word 10 you people
Of Pensacola about a woman who has
had more to do with the prohibition
sentiment of the country than prob
ably any other during the early days
of the movement, and one who is very
seldom mentioned, and that is Lucy
Cobb Hayes, wife of ex-President
Rutherford Hayes. To this woman is
due in a large measure the temper
ance movement which is sweeping the
country today. BY establishing the
precedent of having no wine served
at any dinner served at the White
House in Washington, a rule which
she established upon the day of her
husbands Inauguration, TINS noble
woman gave great impetus to the
movement which has become so wide
spread in recent years
But One Black-slider.
of course, some Of the people in
your city are setting up the cry of in
jured business if prohibition is car
ried. Look at Live Oak for an exam
pie of what prohibition can accom-
piish. Look at any community in the
state that has tried both plans and
see for yourself which is the best. OF
the 46 counties in the state, all but
1S are prohibition, and only one OF
these has ever gone back 20 the
saloon.
From Both Sides
Does prohibition prohibit? 1 no.
tice that question raised frequently
in your daily newspaper discussions.
When I hear anyone making this old
argument, | ask him why he doesn' t
do away with every law that prohib-
It's. We have prohibition against
larceny, forgery. burglary and other
crimes, but do they entirely prohibit?
Why not repeal these prohibition laws
because they do not prohibit? In my
work as prosecuting attorney, l have
studied conditions carefully, and l
find that fully as many convictions are
found in wet counties against revenue
law violators as against blind tigers
in dry counties.
Don't See the Band Wagon.
You probably notice that prohibit
ton is becoming q factor in the pO-
lltical situation of Florida There are
not as yet many politicians on the
band wagon, but it is only because
they cannot see the wagon. When
they do, there will be a rush to get
aboard. The prohibition politicians
are going TO sweep the state in the
next election, and YOU good people of
Pensacola can rest assured that if
your local option law does not carry
On October /, the next legislature OF
Florida will give you that which YOU
so much need and desire But my
fOndest hope is that on the morning
IF October ? some kind friend will
send me telegram stating that Pen
sacola has gone dry by a large ma
erity."
Mr.. Robertson recited several good
anecdotes during the course of his
ak and held the closest attention of
he assembly. He closed his address
with a denunciation of the saloon
which The Journal reproduees
verbatim as feature" on page u.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
GIRL OPERATOR
ENDS HER LIFE
BY Hearst News Service.

London, Sept. 13.-The corOner's
physician stated at the inquest yester-
day on girl telegraphist named Ma
rian Gibbons. aged % years, that her
mind had been wrecked by the ner-
vous strain of continually operating a
telegraph key. The continual tick-tick
OF the instruments make great inroads
on the nervous system of women. The
doctor said such cases of suicide are
not uncommon among girl telegraph
lists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14

Diet. but he did NOT dare to repiv
otherwise some one might have sps'
pected that he was a cheap VarnIsh
ana a lew-down Cutter. He was ,
Feather Weight and an Invalid. but h.
wanted to be Came.
So he stood in Line with the copne,.
lined FOUNDERS who had Bull Mech.
and weighed about go on the Hoof
and made an awful Bluff at soiD.
along with them. He knew that IN
take Viehy would be a Misdemeanor
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14

o n c e
there was
e Rhine
stone Sport
" no ha d
an q % b l.
ton to be
called q
Good r e +
lew.
He had
q Co as In
] m W b o
was known
in b apfd
Circles as
a Prince,
so he de-
C J. d ed to
trail after
] N q n d
G e t / n
amOnO tho
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
By Associated Dress.

Boise, Idaho, Sept. 13.-George A.
Pettibone, charged with completely in
the murder of former Governor Steu-
nenberg, was taken to the hospital
today in a critical condition. An
operation is probably necessary.
There will be no further prosecution
of the case at present.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14

Wednesday the DeFuniak baseball
team went to Chipley and beat them
by the score of to 4.
The T. l. A. meet next Tuesday at
the l. D. o. F. hall for the election OF
officers and other business.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
YOUR GRANDMOTHER USED IT
But She Never Had Sulphur In Such Con.
Venient Form as This.
az Associated Press-

Your grandmother used SULPHUR as her
faNoScte household remedy, and so did her
grandmother. Sulphur has been curing
skin and blood diseases for q hundred
years
But in the old days they had to take
powdered sulphur. Now HANCOCK'S
LIQUID SULPHUR gives II to you in the
best possible form and you get the fun
benefit.
HANCOCK'S LIQUID SULPHUR and
OINTMENT. quickly cure Eczema. letter
Salt RaeUSp and all Skin Diseases II
cured, an ugly ulcer for Mrs. Ann W. WI
lett. OF Washington, ID. g. in three days.
len tI p1fi T enS oloSe
sells il.
Sulphur Booklet tree. il you write HAN
COCK, E1QB1D SULPHUR COMPANY,
1RniEnere.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14

W 18th the
Ante W q 8
because he
looked SO
Good to
them that
itAey want
ed TO keep
him in. 1t
was one Of
the Games
that begin
to get Ripe
about the
tim e the
c b u T c b
Bells re
ringing.
TheTrim-
ners' I'm
ion had no
" az Of
L n o wing
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
Not 4 pisheIiever.
cause 70 ReioIce.

Bardlets-Married life affords ne
10 inspiration for song. How do you
find it? Does it give you any impetus
n your work?
Rhymeit-I should bay so. My wife
makes IS a week doing washing
Chicago News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14

would ever get to him again, so they
decided to make one job OF It.
After Herbert had signed up all the
Checks and put a Cold Towel on his
Head, he began TO Roar somewhat and
talk about chopping on the all-night
Seauces.
You must not Beef" said Cousin
Jim. "a True Sport never lets on.
even when they unbutton his Shoes"
DO you know, sometimes suspect
that am not qualified to be a Hot
Dog" said Herbert. '"I find that be-
gin TO pass away about a. N. Per-
haps ii is owing 10 some Oversight in
my Early Training. but I notice that
after ! have taken thousand Drinks
cannot put the Red Ball into the Cor
ner Pocket. 1 have a Fimid Nature,
and somehow cannot learn 70 wheop
the Edge % a Pair of Mines. I'm
afraid that / drank too much Rain
Water in my Youth. And. besides,
got into the Habit OF going TO Bed.
It's great Blow to my Pride but
don't think 1 am gated 10 keep mp
with the Bellows. Ne back 10 tbs
Cheap Push at the Boarding House"
AoRAL: Many are Called but few
deliver the Goods
Not a DisteIiever.
Il suppose" remarked the dear g1rl,
that you do not believe IN love at FIRST
sight?"
oh, yes, / do rejoined the Ole
bachelor. IF men were gifted win
second sight they would never fall II
love Home Magazine.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
Fun in Prospect.

Fun in Prospect.
81 am encouraging my motherln-
law to write a nature story.
rs she a nature student2'
No, but I'm trying 10 get Roose-
welt to call her a liar.''-HoustOn Post.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14

u u u I U
duck alto
g e t b g Z
would be a
Crime and
N / g b t
block him
out Of the
Good-Fel-
low Diyi-
sion for
all time
to come.
CoRse-
g u . ntly
ne WOuio
8 t 1 C K,
with his
E re q St
b o n e
agains t
the Rail
Ing, and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
A Very OH Story.

Charlie. tell me ne old. old story"
Wei. ct was this way Our team
was doing inc until the seventh In
ming, and then cur fpitcher- exploded
-Pittsburg Post
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago 3, Cincinnati 2.
Boston s, Philadelphia 3. Ozark
ness.
Pfttsburg 4, st. Louis Q.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
DEATH OF
MRS. DOBBS

Continued From FRS. Page,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
GeorgeAdeFables
The Honest Effort to Go the
Distance and Then the
Melancholy Fluke.

Copyright 1862 1908, by Robert Howard
RUSSELL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-14
BASEBALL

Atlanta won again yesterday and
Memphis lost and there were hot
times among the fans in the Georgia
city last night. Atlanta has played a
remarkably successful season, both
financially and otherwise and the play
ers will finish the season today in
good spirits. On Monday local
benefit game is to be played in Atlanta
and then 1t will be a sad farewell to
baseball until the good old summer
time rolls round again.
The results of yesterdays games:
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Atlanta 8, Little Rock 3.
Montgomery 2, Memphis 1.
Nashville 8, New Orleans 5.
Birmingham 2, Shreveport 2. Ozark
neSs1.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 2, Washington 10.
Sc Louis 3, Chicago 0.
Philadelphia 6, boston 6. us in
nings).
Detroit Ito, Cleveland 40.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
wouId Mean No Conflict.

The Congress Of the United States would
in no wise be disturbed in its normal
work as marked out for 1t by the Consti-
tuition by the institution of the house OF
governors. There need be 10 conflict be-
tween Congress and the new house. for
the States, quietly working out their own
problems by the light OF their united
wisdom, could not trespass on the specific
legislation left by the Constitution 10 the
sole and absolute charge OF the Federal
government
The house Of governors. even IL II were
merely meeting place for the heads Of
our State governments, would be of value.
but with regular conferences on the
broad basis OF mutual helpfulness in the
unifying of our laws and of combined
action in staying the insidious invasion of
centralized government. with the SYM
pathy and cooperation Of the people Of
the country and with the lawmaking
powers of the State legislatures led into
harmony. shamed into activity, or forced
10 do sne peoples WILL the house of gov
eTnOrs. II would seem, should become in
few years a mighty force in the Ameri-
can government. 1t should give the peo-
pie greater power. strengthen the States
by granting them fuller liberty, unite and
unity them more perfectly and make the
united States more truly the United
States
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31

wise the terms to the two roads were ex-
actly similar. The selling agencies Of
all three roads were consolidated. and
this. Mcleod said would effect enormous
economies.
IN the fight against Mcleod which fol-
lowed the collapse suits we're brought 10
dissolve both leases The lease of the
Jersey Central was decided invalid by the
courts but the Lehigh lease stood the
court test It was terminated a few
months after McLeods downfall, how
ever. on the ground that It had been
automatically broke when Reading failed.
as it did, 10 pay the guaranteed 5 per
cent-August S. 1898, being the exact date
OF the dissolution
It was the Lehigh people who ordered
the dissolution at a directors meeting,
Their action came 10 the financial world
as a stunning surprise. Dissatisfaction
among the stockholders of both roads was
known TO exist. but it was believed that
1t would be left 20 the courts TO cut the
bonds shat bound the roads together.
Since McbeOd's Day.
BY 1895 the Reading plan now being sue
cessfully worked out was well under way.
Most Of the supposed profits under Nc
Leods management, as under Gowen's
and Keims, were demonstrated to be
bookkeeping figures. and the company
was shown to have a floating debt Of
from $l50O0.OOO to S20O00.O00. An attempt
was made 10 readjust the company's af-
fairs by floating a collateral trust loan,
but this was impracticable, and J. p.
Morgan & Co. were asked to plan another
reorganization. This involved assess
ments enough to cancel the floating in
debtedness. Just after one assessment OF
SIC had been paid the stock sold at s6.s719.
The rise in Reading since then has been
at the rate OF 1900 or 1900 per cent, its
high recorC last year being 16i, AID its
low 1l2
George +. Daer, who has been president
of the Reading since 1886. and now is the
recognized leader of the hard-coal inter
ests. both in times OF strikes and financial
stress, was Readings attorney before and
during McLeOd's best years. Baer has
agreed generally with Morgan. and the
two have played The game in harmony
All through Baers presidency. Like Nc
Leod, Baer is q self-made man. A farmer
boy. he fought In the civil war. studied
law. and got the attention OF the Read
ing by clean-cut work at the bar.
The dominating corporation Of the Read
ing system to-day-which now includes
the Jersey Central, as In McLeod's day,
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31

but by purchase. Baer being the presi-
dent Of both roads-is the Reading C6sn-
pany Through stock ownership, Il coll
trols more than seventy-fiye transporta-
ton, bridge, terminal, selling, and mining
corporations. including the Reading and
Jersey Central ra I7oads. the Reading Coal
and Iron Company, and the Lehigh and
WIikesbarre Coal Company.
The Lehigh University, next to the Le-
high Valley Railroad, old asa Packer 8
greatest pet, was almost ruined by the
st0ppage Of the bulk OF its income after
the Readings failure TO meet its guaran-
teed payments of per cent on Lehighs
stock IN 1888. The institution had al
rady been greatly embarrassed. its con-
dition now became desperate, and In ls99-
six years after the cOllapse-the stock
given to It by Packer was sold. Since
then the university has been on the up
ward way again, and. from being as It
was at its beginning a local and personal
enterprise, It has achieved national rep
utation as a gret technical school, and
has attracted to itself the support Of
MANY friends. During the past year Mr..
Carnegie has given 10000 to the uni
versity for dormitories, which now are
being built
The Lehigh Valley Railroad was re-
financed In 1897, through a collateral trust
mortgage which tided II over. and was
cancelled three years go The line is
sometimes spoken OF as a member OF the
alleged coal combine" but under the
presidency OF Z. 3. Thomas it really is
operated as independently as any road in
the country. The "interlocking owner
ship principle has been adopted in its
case. however, as in the case Of many
other roads. outside as well as In the coal
regions, and il is hardly likely that It
will ever again be used as a pawn in "a
big game with railroads as the stakes
Mcleod died some years ago. Had he
restricted Readings operations mainly to
the hard-eoal field he probably would
have won out His plan, if successful.
would have taken from the New York,
New Haven and Hartford most of its
hard-coal tonnage and those who OBJ
jected TO this We're too strong for him.
That was the milk in the c0c0anut; under
other auspices and somewhat modified,
practically all the measures for the more
direct transportation of passengers and
coal between the East and West past
New York are now being worked out.
Some say Mcleod was simply a man
twenty years ahead Of his times. but they
add that man ahead OF the times IS as
likely 10 be unfortunate as one behind
them
Copyright 1907. by Dexter Marshalll
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
Meetings at State Capitals.

II may be objected that the governors
could not spare time away from their Of
fetal duties 70 attend sessions Of the
house, but as their bodily presence at
home is not necessary, except when the
legislature meets this objection is more
theoretical than real, and the State could
for a term of two or three weeks be left
to the lieutenant governor or to the secre-
tary Of state as acting governor.
The place of meeting of. the house of
governors should not be In Washington
D. c. except. possibly, its first session..
but successfully in State capitals selected
by vote of the house or by the decision
OF a committee. and giving the honor Of
the session successfully to States in rota-
ton on a general plan Of choice, selecting
for the first, year, perhaps. an Eastern
State. the following year a Western State.
then a Northern, then a Southern, and
last a Central State. repeating the order
OF choice till the forty-five (Oklahoma,
the forty-sixth not having been officially
admitted 10 the Union at this writing)
shall have been recognized.
The date of the session should be at a
season that would avoid the time Of the
sitting OF the state legislatures and the
months directl' preceding the November
elections. The cost of the meetings of the
house OF governors should be little more
to each State than the travelling and
other necessary personal expenses of its
governor for the brief period of the ses-
sion. Any State selected for an annual
meeting would gladly provide its legisla-
tive assembly room for the meetings Of
the house, with accommodations therein
for visitors perhaps by invitation) and
press representatives at the daily ses-
sions. The force of doOrkeepers, pages.
stenographers. and others needed for the
brief term should be but slight tax on
the hospitality of the State.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
No Opportunity for Graft.


The house OF governors seems to offer
no chance for graft. collisions eombina-
tions. pairing OF, the working of private
interests. bribery. jobbery, corruption. or
any OF the other diseases to which legis-
lative bodies are liable. This immunity
arises from the non-lawmaking character
Of the house. it is said TO be easier to
buy State legislatures than TO purchase
Federal action or Federal inactivity. The
house would thus have the dignity. char
acter and poise 0f the Federal govern
ment. The governors here would be sub
ject TO no pressure; they would not be
likely To be carried off their feet by a
whirlwlnd Of eloquepce Of one of their
members advocating some Utopian scheme
or some trust measure masquerading as
a plan of public benev0lence. But even
If temporarily captivated they would
probably cool on reflection, and there Is
no chance for the gold-brick fallacy pro-
posed being able 20 stand the acid test Of
wide public discussion by press and peo-
pie. and 10 pass the safeguarding process
Of forty-fye legislators.
1t seems advisable that the meetings Of
the house Of governors should be annual.
though the sessions Of State legislatures
are annual i'm only six of the States.
while quadriennial in one and biennial in
thirty-eight In 1907 only six States have
legislative sessions. but in 1908 foriy-one
states-or all but Alabama. oregon, Vir-
ginia. and Wyoming-hold sessions. Were
the house of governors 10 meet during the
present year a splendid test OF the value
Of their session could be made In Janu-
AIRY. 1903. ali the forty-one State legisla-
ture-then meeting, except Florida (ApriD.
Louisiana May, Georgia (Junel and
Vermont tOctOber)
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
Programme in Advance.

In order that the members of the house
Of governors should be fully Informed in
advance of the topics to be discussed and
TO save valuable time for the session. it
is suggested that it shall be the duty of
the chairman of the house or of the com
mittee appointed therefor to invite the
members, say four months before the
session, to send In lists of suggestions of
vital topics for consideration. These lists
when received from all governors would
be tabulated in the order of their isaeor-
tance and submitted as candidates Of
topics The governors would then mark
a given number of subjects, number in
excess of those likely TO be covered during
the session, and from these lists Of prefer
ences returned 20 the chairman, or com
mittee, the resultant official list of elected
subjects would then be sent to each mem
Der, thus giving hi1 time for thoughtful
prepa ration for the session
Among the subjects OF vital interest to
the entire country and on which free
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
Less Party, More Pntriotis,n-

We need in our country to-day less poll
tics and more craftsmanship, less party
and more patriotism. We need an awak-
ening TO higher ideals. We need higher
conception Of Americas place and destiny
in the evolution of the world We need
something nobler as a purpose than our
self-satisf1ed cOmplacency at the material
prosperity of the nation, for there Is a
moral and ethical success that Is never
rung up on cash-register We need the
seourging of the money changers cut of
the temple Of legislation-Stat and ma
tional. We need a purifying and ennobling
of the body polite. We need the clear
clarion voice of a great inspiration to
rouse the States to their duty-nOt the
gilded phrases Of mere rhetoric, but the
honest eloquence of a high and exalted
purpose like that ringing speech Of Pat
rick Henrys a century and a quarter
ago, which breathes the very spirit Of the
present hour OF need. when 1t is said that
the States are too weak to do their duty
and must surrender to government cen
tralization-
They tell US that we are weak, unable
to cope with so formidable an adversary
But when will we be stronger? VIII ii be
the next week or the next yearY Shall We
gatheF strength by lrreSoIutlOn and mac
ton? Shall We acquire the means of ef-
fectual resistance by lying sup.nely on our
backs and hugging the delusive phantom
Of hope until our enemies shall have
Douad US hand and foot? Sir, we are not
weak II we make a proper use of those
means which the God of nature has put
into our power"
Whatever tends to lessen the right Of
the American people to be absolutely self
governing. whatever tends to take from
eighty million people their privileges and
TO hypothecate them in the hands Of a
few, is a menace in principle. hazardous
IN what it portends. and makes possible.
Tie plan of the house of governors is
simple. seemingly feasible. cannot possibly
do harm, and may have within it the germ
Of great good. Is it worth a triai2
lCopgrght. 1907. By William George JoFdsnl
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
A CONGRESS OF GOVERNORS

discussion tending toward uniform Iegisla-
tion is desirable. may be named. Mar
riage and divorce. rights OF married
women, corporations and trusts. insur-
ance. child labor. capital punishment,
direct primaries. convict labor, prison re-
form. contracts. uniform system OF con
veyanclng. Inheritance tax, income tax.
mortgages. referendum, election reforms,
and similar topics The house Of gov
ernors might have a consulting board Of
legal advisers, specialists in constitutional
law. and Federal and State legislation, II
such counsel were needed.
ON every important question brought
before the house IL would be found that
some one or two States had progressed
farther than others IN some direction.
Each state working out its own problem
has TO degree specialized. as Oregon
with its referendum. by which the people
direct their legislators and by which party
machines have been abolished Those
States that have partially solved great
problems IN self government have valua-
bic material IN the form Of documents,
reports. discussions. blue books, records.
&c, giving in concrete form the results
OF their experiments and experiences which
would be inspiring 20 governors desiring
TO look into those questions with the full
est light possible
We have. annually. conventions of edu-
Gators, OF lawyers Of ministers, Of doc
tors, of scientists. and Of members Of
every profession. trade. and industry.
meeting TO become acquainted, TO confer
on matters OF common interest, and to
strike the fire Of new wisdom or inspira-
uon from mutual contact, yet two State
governors may never meet except aeei-
dentally or incidentally at some dinner or
political gathering The newspapers re-
port even these meetings only because
of the opportunity they afford 20 spring
again on the public a worn out epigram-
matte collOquy between two Southern gov
ernOrs on the subject of thirst