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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
THE SENATE INVESTIGATION.

The Senate committee OF investiga-
organization, has an indefinite quest to
enter upon. The House committee be-
gan witt knowledge of the corrupt con-
ditions existing in the department of
the Fish and Game Commission, for the
STAR had very fully shown up the
crookedness there. There was also
knowledge of Irregularities In the con-
struction work at Trenton, while the
uselessness of certain State commits
sions was a matter of common talk. 1t
is understood that part of the work to
be done by the Senate committee will
be to go over the ground Travelled by
the House committee and give accused
officials a chance to explain matters
u~npleasantiy aired by that committee.
The principal object of the investiga-
fion, however. is the ~uncovering of
svils and abuses believed to exist in
certain large counties and municipali-
ties that are or AVE been UNDER Demo
cratic control. Whether Essex and
Newark are to be taken in this dragnet
has not been declared, but if Hudson
and Jersey City and Passaic and Pater-
son are to be lexowed. why should
Essex and Newark be passed over?
Consistently they should be probed into.
Nor is there any reason. why some
other counties and cities should not be
Investigated. If the Senate committee
broadens its field of inquiry to include
Camden, Union and Mercer, the Assem-
bly, committee may not be tempted to
20 into these fields as an offset to the
Senate committees work.
Investigation this year will be a
costly item for the State, but investiga-
ton costs less than disagreement and
graft. If there can be q. general clean
ing up of State. county and municipal
government by the efforts of the WI
legislative committees. that result will
amply compensate for the most extrav-
agant cost of investigation. And as
the two committees are partisan and
Iave partisan objects. they will do
their work thoroughly and spare no.
body. That is the great merit of the
partisan investigation.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
JAN for baseball Rowdles.

A w~ell-known second baseman Of the
team h%arangued the umpire with
unnecessary vigor, and was highly sur
prised at being subsequently nabbed and
jailed by a constable. He was still more
painfully shocked when a justice of the
peace, instead of imposing the expected
nominal fine, sentenced him to fifteen days
in Jail. How amazingly pleasant it would
be to have a few OF those National League
rowdies treated after the Canadian man
ner. 1t would certainly be a. great boon
to professional baseball. Baseball players,
no less han other human beings. it is to
be supposed, find ia. life a bit irksome.
What an excellent method this must be of
impressing upon the mind of a popular
hero the necessity Of respect for con-
stituted MISUNDERSTANDING Plain Dealer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

To the Editor Of the Evening star:
Gould you please enlighten me as to
how it Is possible to tell the points of the
compass by holding a watch to the sun?
I have heard also that there was a way
of telling time by your watch in the dark
without lighting anything to look at 1t.
Is that possible? ]. c. q
ITO tell the points Of the compass by
your watch. divide by 2 the number OF
hours from midnight to the present time,
and point the hour Indicated by the
division) at the sun, so that the shadow
of a match or lead pencil falls directly
across the centre of the watch; - o'clock
will then be north, 6 south, 9 west and 3
east. As records your second problem, we
find a method suggested by the Philadel-
phia Inquirer, but we cannof vouchsfor its
pra~cticability. You are advised to notice
the time it is when you 90 to bed at
night and wind your watch fairly tight.
Suppose. for instance, 1t is midnight.
When you wake up and wish to know
the time, wind your watch again, but do
1T carefully enough this time to be able
to count the ticks made by the ratchet
as you wind 1t. You count, say, eighteen
ticks: multiply IS by 10 the latter being
the number Of minutes which ell2pse< at
one release of the ratchet as the watch
runs DOWN; this gives $50 seconds; and
II you divide this by 60 (the number of
minutes in an hour you will and the re-
suit to be three. Three hours have, there
fore, elapsed since you retired at mid
night, and it is consequently 3 o'clock
Nd
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

Robert L. Dunn, one of the cleverest newspaper photogra-
pliers, tells in the July Success a number of stories and Incl
dents connected with President Roosevelts trips over the coun-
try. AT least one of the stories is of questionable authenticity
and doubtful taste, but all are told in a interesting way. Here
is one of the best in the collection:
ally presented by some of the young ladies of the town; and
these offerings would finally pile up to such an extent that the
porter would be compelled to open the car window and throw
them out to make way for those of the next town. An anus
ing incident in this connection occurred in a little Kansas
town.
The Presidential train was just pulling out of the depot,
when through the crowd came a barefoot boy, running with all
Roosevelt saw him; so did the whole populace. WELL" said
the President, 81 can't run away like this and insult the boy"
so he pulled the belrope and brought the train to a stop.
The youngster came up ~breathless1y and delivered the roses.
Roosevelt smiled and handed him. a dollar, and the incident was
closed. Later, as the train was speeding on its way, his dee
lighted smile was a bit troubled, and he called in the porter.
Terry" he said, sit seems to me these flowers are
rather withered, aren't they ]? That boy must have had a hard
time getting through the crowd
well, they ought to be whhered, . was the answer. That
there bouquet has been IN this train for three days, and | just
threw it out of the window back at that town. There is a
boy somewhere in Kansas who will be a captain of industry
one of these days.
Dunn himself is a queer genius. As a news photographs
he has no superior in the country, his nerve is unlimited and
his luck prodigious. Through a combination of pluck and luck
he was the only photographer present at the opening sea battle
between Russia and Japan. OF course, he got into trouble,
occaionary-notably at the Mckinley funeral ceremonies in
Buffalo, when he was arrested for violating the regulations
but that's too long a story to tell here.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
HOW A CIVIL SERVICE LAW WOULD
WORK

Neither the civil service bill intro
duced in the Senate by Mr.. Hillery nor
the civil service bill introduced by Sem
ator Colby is liked by Republican and
Democratic organization men. and it is
doubtful if either will be passed py the
Legislature. Both bills are drastic in
their provisions and would profoundly
affect political organization in New
Jersey.
They provide for a new State com
mission to control all appointments,
State and municipal, except such as
are named on an unclassifed list, which
includes Governors appointments APP
proved by the Senate. heads of depart
ments. elective officers, school superin-
tendents and teachers, law officers,
physicians and unskilled laborers. 1t
includes all c~ubordinates Of whatever
grade in ell Offices and departments of
the State and municipalities, and these
employees, whose appointment VIII be
wholly at the discretion of the commits
sion under the law. can retain their, po-
sitions if they do not give good cause
for dismissal under any and all admin
istrations. An employee can only sbe
suspended thirty days or until the State
commission shall have passed upon his
case.
The elective or appointive chief, when
he sun office, finds an irremovable
set of employees. He may appoint one
deputy and a secretary, and no more.
He can make no other changes and
cannot reduce the compensation of any
employee. The act practically retains in
Office all the present subordinates, State
and municipal, and assures the rerma-
nency thereof. except at the discretion
of the State commission. The ambition
to enter public life in some capacity is
the motive OF many men who engage
actively In politics, and 1t is not a dis
creditable one, either. The civil service
law would shut the door of preferment
to party service and take away the
great incentive to individual effort for
party. 1t would be a dampener for
both political organizations and replace
zeal with Indifference. That is the view
taken of the civil service bills by party
managers generally, and hat is why
the enactment of a bill by this Legis-
lature is very much in doubt.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
A BAD DEPARTMENTAL UNION.

Our Trenton contemporary, the
Times. disagrees with the State press
generally and with the Judgment of
men well Instructed in affairs connected
with the State labor departments on the
question of consolidating the work of
the Bureau OF Statistics and State
Labor Commissioner. The STAR has
pointed out cogent reasons why these
departments should be kept apart If
the work now done by them is to be
don effectively. The Times sets up
the assertion that the departments can
as well be operated under one head,
and Save at least $4,000 to $4,000 a
year"
We cannot see where the alleged
economy is to be made, but granting
that there can be such a saving. what
are departments established for? Not
merely for the sake Of the official
machinery. but for desired results. A
poorly effective department is dear at
n price. A department that does
things and does them right is worth
all it costs. Two departments that have
different and conflicting duties should
not be yoked together, for then the
work of both must be disabled, and If
a little money is saved by the opera
ton it is at the expense of the very
results the departments were created
for.
It stands to reason that the official
who Yields a club is not likely to OBJ
tain voluntary favors from those who
are threatened by his club. Quite the
contrary. The Bureau of Statistics re-
quests. TO obtain necessary data it
must be persuasive and c~onciliatory.
1t has no connection at present with
that other department of the State
that takes children out of factories,
gives mandatory orders about santa
%facturers into court to be fined. Com
bine the departments and the club will
be the sign manual of both, persuasion
and Cancellation will take flight and
the statistical clerk can whistle for his
data. 1t is true, as the Times says,
that the Assembly investigating COM
mittee agreed that the two depart
ments should be combined, but on Sec
ond thought the committee will not
press that point. All the rest of the
committees recommendations in re-
gard to commission consolidation are
unquestiortably correct.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

About 10 o'clock one morning two
men met and began threatening and
calling each other names. One finally
called the other a liar, and the two
men were about to grapple when a
woman opened the door and said:
Gentlemen, are you about to hght?"
I'VE arei" they answered together.
Then have the kindness to wait a
moment" she continued. My husband
has been sick for weeks, and is now
just able to sit up. He is very down
hearted his morning, and if you'll only
wait until I can draw him up to the
window, I know he'll be very grateful
to both of you"
She disappeared into the house, and
after one loo into each others faces,
the men smiled, shook hands and de-
parted together.-Weekly Telegraph.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Will you kindly state what the Constitu-
ton provides IN regard to the acceptance of
a title Of mobilize by a citizen Of the United
States from any foreign power. and obiige.
f. DECATUR.
[section TX, 8, Of the Constitution pro-
vides that mo title of nobility shall be
granted by the United States; and no per-
son holding any of e of profit or trust
under them shall, without the consent of
Congress, accept Of any present, emolu-
ment, office or title, OF any kidd whatever.
from any king. prince or foreign state"
Section K, /, further provides that no
State shall grant any title of nobility, and
any alien who bore a title Of nobility in his
own country must renounce the same be-
fore he can become a citizen of the United
States.-Ed.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
Johnnx was q sport.

1T happened in Sunday school. None
of the children had studied their les
sons, apparently, and as for Johnny. the
new boy, he wasn't supposed to know
much about 1T, anyhow.
Now, Willie" said the teacher, who
was it swallowed Jonah?"
Il dunno" giggled Willie.
"Bobbie, can you tell me who swal-
lowed Jonah?' continued the teacher.
you can search me-" said Bobbie.
Tommy, who swallowed JONAH"
asked the teacher, a little severely this
time.
please. ma'am," ~whimpered Tommy,
1T wasn't me"
WELL, 1 d~eclare.' calculated the
teacher. Then turning to the new boy,
she asked, Johnny, who swallowed
Jonah?'
'Ill bite said Johnny. whats the
answer?"-Harper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
VIEWS OF EDITORS.
selling cocaine to children.

Newark, NJ. j., is the latest city to begin
warfare against the menacing cocaine
evil. through a sudden discovery that
certain depraved persons were selling the
drug to school children. No fight more
needs waging, not only in Newark, but
generally. In Massachusetts the State
Board of Health has gone a long way in
the right direction by forbidding the sale
of certain medicines which were used
chiefly for the cocaine they contained
Boston Advertiser.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Can YOU tell an old reader the names OF
some good magazine articles on municipal
ownership? z H. p. w.
fFor years the vafious magazines ave
been filed with ARTICLES for and against
municipal ownership and control. A com
tribution entitled 1Public Ownership Of
Street Railways w b. o. Flower. APP
peared in the Arena. October, 1904. An
other. entitled Municipal Ownership vs..
Private Ownership appeared in the Arena
in the May. 1904, number. Public Con-
troll Of Natural Monobolies.f by r. 4. Ely,
Cosmopolitan. March,. 1901. Failure of
Municipal Ownership by II. II. Vreeland.
Independent. May III 1900. Consult Poole's
Index for further and more recent articles.
l-Ed.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

Judge Brewer cites a striking ex-
ample of the sort of spoke which the
trickster "a surreptitiously insert in
the wheels of justice. A witness testi-
fed in a certain case that a person
named Mary was present when a par
ticular conversation took place, and the
question was asked, ''What did Mary
say?" h was objected to, and after
some discussion the Judge ruled out the
question. An exception" to this de-
cision was Immediately taken and on
appeal the higher court reversed the
verdict and ordered a new trial on the
ground that the question should have
been answered. AT the second trial the
same inquiry was ~propounded and
e~licitedethe information that Mary said
nothingEPutnam's Magazine.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

The sick babies of New York city,
those tina do not get proper attention
in their homes, viii have a chance to
get well in an open-air camp hospital,
which was opened today at the expense
Of John d. Rockefeller. The old Scher-
merhorn mansion on the East River,
built in 1747, will be used as a waiting
place. and the children will be cared
for in tents Nurses will visit poor
families and give advice and instrue-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
reach chlldren to Swim.

Hundreds of lives might be saved, and
the boys would surely be healthier n
happier IL their parents would cooperate
with them in teaching them to win 1t
is impossible to begin too soon. Babies
can almost be taught to swim in the bath
tub. At least, they can be taught conf
dence. They can learn in infancy that the
water Is friendly. and will not hurt them,
and that 1t is a very simple matter to keep
a1oat. Then there would be no spasms of
terror. no choking and smothering, If
they happened to tumble in. 1t Is a lesson
that boys and girls alike should learn. 1t
is just as important a part OF a child's
education as spelling and geography
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

ton. and, where necessary. aid. The
Board Of Education is cooperating IN
this blessed work. Last year the nj
torium sheltered three thousand chill
dren, and this year about $4,000 will be
provided for. This is real philanthropy
and it is the kind that does not ten to
encourage pauperism, as some of the
worlds charities do.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

: Upon the police devolves the duty
Of preventing the use Of explosives up
to the hour of midnight next Wednes-
day, and by proper exertions and by
the summary arrest and inins of Of
tenders the thing a be lone. The
preservation of quiet and peace in our
city imposes a test upon the police de-
partment that it should prove fully
equal to. 1t will be necessary for
patrolmen to make special use of their
eyes and ears and to march TO the
sound of the guns" as every good SOL
der and policeman should do, when the
guns and other explosive articles are
making a noise.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
Hard Time. tor MiIlionalres.

John d. Rockefeller pursued by sub
poena-servers while a federal court awaits
his response in order to ask him where
he got his cash! e. H. Hartman under
arrest and in danger of losing his license
to run a boat anywhere on American
watersl Truly, these are hard days for
the once high and mighty. the rich and
erstwhile immune.-Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
Two Journeys.

G507.)
"Avaunti'
Marry come up"
odds splutter my nails. have at
thee!'
ION. ~gadzooks"
Queer English, Ell?
(1907.)
sFa-a-a-akei"
Soak de empirei"
Paste de bloomin' geezer in de slats."
Cheese it; de copsi'
Queer English, eh?-Louisville cou-
rier-Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
IA as,s..l MAN.

Nathar straus $ as useful in his way as
his brother Oscar is in HIS, the latter ham
ding the affairs Of the Commerce and
Labor Department. NatlNan's speciality is
he has supplied to the pooc in New York
city. He starts the fifteenth year with
seventeen depots for distribution. and from
them gives away many thousands Of bottles
every summer. This is practical benevo-
lence, and no one can tell the extent of its
favorable influence on the tables Of infant
mortality in the big city. There Is no
doubt that it has brought thousands of
little ones through the perilous time OF
their early years and prepared them to
fight the battle for existence later on
Lowell Courier Citizen.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

Mother" said little Elsie. Mrs.
Roosevelt is the first lady in the land
isn't sheY'
Yes, dear" whispered her mother,
but, for goodness sake, don't let
Bridget hear you say it."-Philadelphia
Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
FROM STAR READERS

anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names OF correspondents are not required for
publication. but IS a guarantee Of good faith.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
ONO MANI. Loss Another,. cain

\ He (desperately)-But l cannot live
without ou. darling.
She (coldly)-That will be delightful
news for the >undertaker.-ChicagQ
News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

"One o. de drawbacks of dishere
life" said Uncle Eben, lis de fact dat
de call of duty dom very often sound
near as loud as de Inner bell."-Wash-
ington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

Some fifteen years ago there was a discussion in the New
Jersey House of Assembly about the numerous and varied
efforts made to deplete the bank account of candidates for pub
lie Office. The Assemblymen waxed facetious and told about
all the clubs and associations which bombarded them with ap-
peals, Or demands to buy tickets for this, that and the other
thing. Put all together it made a narrowing tale of woe and,
incidentally, it created so much feeling against some of the
members that they were not reelected. This was in the days
when Assemblymen were elected by districts.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.


II you talk about your troubles
And tell them Ger and Ger.
The world will think you like 'em
And proceed to give you more.
Chicago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01
7ossfP OF 4 MORE or LESS McoNsEoUENTAL CHARACTER.

New Jersey politicians are having a hard time these days
to know where they are at. The fellows who used to ride in
the band wagons find difficulty in keeping up with the tail
end of the procession.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

What an easy time the professional politician had in ths
good old days when there was nothing but partisan news
papers Then the sca1awags on "our side and the vicious
acts of our Legislators were painted in beautiful .coors
while the enemy and all his dongs, good, bad or Indifferent
had to be 1ambasted to the limit.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

Governor Stokes seems to have quite a parhality for the
Bergen Senator Still that is hardly to be wondered at, consid-
erng the fact that the latter is an idealist OF lofty altitude who
knows nothing Of the low-down tricks of politics. He isn't the
kind of man to "crook the pregnant hinges of the knee that
thrift may follow fawning"-of course notl
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

Colonel Sam Dickinson's refusal to give up his job is es-
pecially irritating to the numerous candidates who n already
figuring on what they'll do with the salary and emoluments of
the ohce-if there re any.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

James J. Hill thinks, or rather says, that the time may
come when Uncle Sam must take over the railroads. Possibly
Most thinking people hope not, but if they are ever driven to
the railroad companies themselves and not the dena gogues
will be responsible.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

lis better late than never for the wise men in Trenton to
get it through their heads that the people are not easily fooled
nowadays.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-01

In Great Britain candidates for Parliamentary honors have
much more to complain of. To begin with they must pay the
election expenses. including the salaries of election officers.
And Members of Parliament get no salaries or emoluments what
ever. What is expected of them by their constituents is told
by one of the sufferers. Within twenty-four hours after he was
invited to become a candidate he was visited by a clergyman
who relieved him of twelve guineas which was needed for some
urgent church work, Every club, association and organization
in the constituency went after him and they have kept going.
it will cost him, in this way, about $4,000 a year. He gives
up not because he wants to, but because he dare not refuse.
OF course, that polite blackmal is not to be compared
with the crude forms of corruption found in some of our con
stituencies JIM.