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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
THE LIQUOR PROBLEM A HARD ONE TO soLVE-R00sEVELT SEN
TLMENT IN THE NORTH.

Some Republicans in Trenton are talking about an alleged
plan to have the State Senate meet next week and pass a Lo-
cal Option Bill that will " settle the liquor question for twenty
years" The man able to plan such a measure as is likely to
pass both Houses will deserve well of the State and the inhabi'
tants thereof. It will require positive genius to do it, because
there is no other question now before the people of New Jersey
on which the feeling is more intense or on whiche we hd SO
little willingness to listen to the other side, let alone make con-
cesSons or compromises.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

Mr.. Bryan has not yet taken up Prohi-
bition. He has declared for nearly every
thing else supposed to be of a reform
character, but he has s~ide-stepped on Pro-
hibition. He will probably eventually seize
upon that. If he should do SO he would
probably not lose any more votes than he
would gain. His ardent blowers will
stand by him, no matter what he declares
for.
The vote for Prohibition candidates for
President In the last seventeen years. how
ever, has not been very encouraging. In
1892 Bidwer received 264, 1000 votes. In 1896
lowering received $4,000 votes out of about
14,0 OO.0 900. In 1900 old Brother Woolley re-
ceived 2OS, 900 votes, and in 1904 Mr.. Swal-
low received 25S,006. The Prohibition vote
for President three years ago was not as
large as it was seventeen years ago. The
sentiment in favor of local prohibition has
grown steadily. but 1t has shown little
strength nationally. If Mr.. Bryan should
become a Prohibition champion, however.
his chance of being elected President would
not be seriously MISUNDERSTANDING Ameri-
can.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

1t is well to recall that there is a Pro-
hibition candidate for Governor of New
Jersey in the field. He is the Rev. John
R. Mason. pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church at collingswood, a bor-
ough in Camden County,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
She Helped Him Along.

He had a serious Ease of hay fever,
but this did not weaker his determinaI
ton to propose.
And the girl intuitively realized that
the proposal was coming.
Miss PATTERSON" he began, and
sneezed thirteen times without stop
ping.
Before he could sneez the fourteenth
time the girl sal yes.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

The sentence of FIVE years impris-
onment for Louis Glass, vice-president
Of the Pacific states Telegraph and
Telephone Company, who was convict
ed on a charge Of bribery in order to
prevent a rival from getting a pub
lie franchise shows that the Grim
inal law in California Is being re-
lentlessly enforced against the bribers
as well as the bride takers, who have
made the municipal government OF
san Francisco a stencil in the nostriis
Of decent men everywhere Mayor
schmitz is a condemned felon, bis con-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

yes" said the Chicago girl, she's
pretty cultured and kind Of swell. She's
in right in our town"
But" said the Boston girl, disdain-
fully" her forefathers?"
20! don't make it worse than it
really is. She's only had three."-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
The ohio Point of View.

How big was Alexander, pa,
That people called him create"
Il really do not know, my boy
The papers fail to state
But 1 am very much convinced"
He paused and softly laughed,
THAT Alexander never was
: AS big as william Taft"
Cleveland Platn~Dealer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
STAR

Anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required for
publication, but as a guarantee Of good faith
s-Ed.I
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

prosperity, and he had many bitter
reflections on the lonely rock of ST.
Helena after his benefciaries had left
him naked to his enemies"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
announcement Enourh.

'I notice you're very attentive to
Miss Roxley Have you ever received
any encouragement"
81 should say so! I received author
itative information hat she's worth
nearly a million in her own right
philadelphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

Say, Maude!'
well, Ferdy?"
"Has somebody been sitting on your
hat. or is that squashed appearance the
style @'-Louisvine Eourier-Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
Counts Rapidly.

Hicks-Did you ever succeed in per-
suading your wife when she gets angry
to count ten before she speaks?
Wicks-Yes, but she is a very rapid
counter-Somerville Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

A remark was once made by Cow
ernor Griggs to the effect that a Cow
ernor with patronage to bestow made
for every Office in his gift nine enemies
and n migrate. And there are expert
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
Prompt Pay, Too.

ST did think of ordering a suit from
that tailor of yours" said Brokeleigh,
but l couldn't get him to promise to
give 1t to me on time"
why" said Richley, he's usually
very prompt"
20! yes; but he wanted me to be
equally prompt."-Philadelphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

Mr.. Foggy LoRdon-What causes the
delightfully."- clear weather you have In
New York?
Mr.. Man Hattan-Skyscrapers, dear
boy.-Life.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
A Lemon for Him.

Didn't you win anything in your
suit for damages?"
mo"
why didn't you engage a brigh
lawyer to take your part?"
II did, but he took my all."-Phila-
delphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.
should SAY So.

Does Mr.. Jones appeal to me7!I
Well, does he?t! Sakes alive
There's scarce a day that passes but
He touches me for hveii
-Buffalo News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
A sameness of Contents.

The lads that crowd the magazines
And my attention claim,
I'm glad to find of every kind
Are nearly all the same.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
RIhlicnI Nrensnrements.

To the Editor CT the Evening Star:
We read in Revelations 81, 1911:
1. And the city lieth foursquare, and
the length is as large as the breadth; and
he measured the city with the need, twelve
thousand furlongs. The length and the
breadth and the height of it are equal.
2. And he measured the wall thereof,
an hundred and forty and four cubits."
How many squar miles does the city
contain? A READER.
twelve thousand furlonss are equal to
1900 miles. A place 1900 miles long and
1,500 miles squar would contain 2,s50,0W
square miles or 100000, 900 acres. A cubit
was a little less than twenty-one inches,
n 144 cubits would be about $50 feet.
-Fd.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
assions OF cofnpromlses.

MANY good citizens say, Let well enough alone. The
present laws are all right and they Ire being enforced fairly
we'll" That is an easy and lazy way of lodging the difficulty,
but it doesn't meet the situation squarely. Absolute Sunday
closing is not wanted in Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken, Pater
son or Atlantic City, and students of our political conditions
know that the law cannot be indefinitely enforced without a
supporting public sentiment. The inevitable result is bound to
be the election of Mayors and Sherihs who won't enforce the
law and that opens the way to all kinds of blackmail. The
saloon-keeper who does business in violation of the law is I'M
der the thumb of the dominant political organization, and the
resulting from such a condition don't stop at bribery and
corruption.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

There will be oo2 delegates, in the Republican National
Convention of 1908, with 4e7 votes necessary to a choice.
Of these -oo2 delegates 1872 will come from Southern States
where the Republican organization is in the hands of Federal
ofice-holders, rs will come from Territories where the Republican
organization is also in the hands of Federal ofhce-holders, I56
will come from States west of the Mississippi where Mr.. Roose-
lingo batueship demonstration is most popular. These three
groups will represent 5I4 votes in the conventions safe work
How easy it would be for Mr.. Roosevelt to control that
conventions How easy to renom1nate himself II that happened
Ito be his purpose
With the Southern, Western, and Territorial delegates sohd1y
behind him, MI. Roosevelt would not require the vote of a sH-
tary delegate from any State north of Mason and Dixon's line
and east of the Mississippi River The World.
Exactly what "The World . is trying to prove is a mat
ter of surmise. 1t has repeatedly attempted to show that
President Roosevelt will be renominated in spite of hinself-in
spite of his deliberate and wholly voluntary decafation against
another term. If he should become the candidate again it will
not be through any manipulation of delegates by Federal Office
holders, but rather because the predatory Trusts. had, by their
unrenitting abuse of him, convinced the public that he is the
only man that they are afraid of.
The New York newspapers are affected by the Wall Street
atnosnhere. They are out of touch with the sentiment through
out the country and cannot appreciate how strongly it is for
the Roosevelt policies. Possibly the anti Roosevelt magnates in
the metropolis could influence the election of a majority of dele
gates of their way of thinking to represent the Empire State in
next years Republican National Convention, but even that is
not probable. Outside of the area of their influence the feeling
men competent to speak with authority declare that Massachu-
sets. New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connections, Rhode
island and Pennsylvania are in the same category. These
States all stand for a continuation of the Roosevelt policies.
J. NJ.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
property Rights After Marriage.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Please decide this argument: II a man
property before marriage can he sell
this piece Of property after he marries
without the signature Of his wife?
FOUR STAR READERS.
mo. On marriage the wife acquires
right of dover and this right remains to
her In property unless she disposes of 1t,
she. does when she signs a deed.1.-Ed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

If we can get the Legislature to turn the whole matter over
to the various municipalities we shall have reached an impreg-
nable position. Then any town might refuse to license saloons,
or provide when, where and under what regulations or restic-
tons liquor may be sold. The difficulty, of course, is with the
extremists on both sides. The Prohibiionists, intensely sincere,
regard the liquor traffic as a curse, and all who support or
encourage it as goddess persons, while all who are engaged in
the business honestly believe the other fellows to be fanatics of
the worst kind. Between them is the great body of citizens
mainly persons of temperate habits, who are chiefly concerned in
having the sale of liquor conducted in an orderly and Lawful
manner, without encouraging vice or tempting the young. How
TO provide a common meeting-ground for all three classes is the
conundrum to be solved.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

In a democracy such as ours, laws are worse than useles
if they do not reflect popular sentiment. On this parhcula
issue sentiment varies throughout the State. In the cities men
toned there is a strong trend towards liquor selling during Ger
tain hours on Sunday whereas, in the rural districts and resi-
dental towns, the feeling is very strong the other way. AM
some communities want to stop the traffic altogether. A HON
Rule Act, satisfactory all around, would let each community d.
as 1t pleased in the regulation of that business. Is there
reasonable prospect of any such legislation} Isn't it a fact tina
the u1tra-temperance people will oppose any brand OF local op
ton except their own-the kind that will give them a chanc
of eliminating the liquor traffic, but won't give the voters al
to pass on anything else And is it not a fac
that the liquor interests will oppose any kind of local ophor
that makes possible the closing>of saloons every day in the week
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05

To the Editor of the Evening Star; :
Please inform me If there Is any pre-
MUM on a ten-cent piece of 1890. On one
side is a head with fifteen stars around 1t,
n on the other side is an eagle with the
arrows at its feet; the sign, '1Oc." is
under 1t.
rThere is little or no premium on it,
Ed
To the Editor Of the Evening Star: +:
Has there ever been a twenty-fve-cent
gold piece issued by the United States
Government, and is there any premium on
one dated 1854? JOHN.
IWe can find no record of such a coin in
the catalogues.-Ed.]
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-01-11

In Pierce county it seems that
the county commissioners
have ordered that all printintf that
can be done in the county or by
home print shops shall be ordered
through local concerns Several
papers have taken the subject up
and urged counties generally to do
the same thing. This is now a
law on the statute books requiring
the work to be done in the counties
where it is possible or where the
Offices r equipped to do the work.
The Bismarck Tribune had this
law enacted years ago and it is the
duty of all county officers to have
the printing done within the coun-
ty when possible Bismarck Trib-
une.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-01-11

ton in 1905, of 2O,881, have l sen
ator and Representatives The re-
apportionment of the state may
decrease some of the representation
of the eastern districts. But what
if it does? Are not the people of
western end of the state, the COW
country, sometimes called, en-
titled to a just representation? This
should be considered from a nom
partisan standpoint. The consti-
tuition further provides that "the
Legislative assembly shall fix the
the number of senators and divide
the state into as many senatorial
districts as there are senators which
districts, as nearly as they may be,
shall be equal to each other in the
number of inhabitants" In de-
termining this matter a state CEN
sus was provided for in 1905. All
that the west is asking for, is a
fair and just representation at the
hands of the present legislative
assembly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-01-11

Washburn merchants are pre-
pairing for the pure food law which
became effective Tuesday. Very
few. if any, object to the measure
in fact the large number believe
that it is one Of the best statutes
enacted in some years. After
January 1, dealers must not only
know the compounds of his goods,
but the consumer, Is we'll, and the
label must tell truthful story. A
thing must be sold for what it act
ually is and not what it is misrep-
resented to be by some unscrupul-
Gus merchants. If vanil extract
is sold it must be the pure COM
pound from the vanilla bean and
not a composition Of coal tar pro-
duct, colored and sweetened to ap-
pear like the genuine article. The
adulterated article is not always
necessarily harmful to the system,
but it cost less to compound it and
the consumer should not be re-
quired to pay as much for it as he
is required to for the pure article.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-01-11

There are a number of primary
election measures ready to be in.
tnoduced, making provisions fol
the nominations, by the primary
system, of U. S. Senators, con.
judicial, state, legisla.
tive and county. We have always
felt since the enactment of the
present primary law that if it was
good for the county, why not fol
the other elective officers of the
state. It might be we'll for those
who are in charge of the measure
to investigate the systems in
use in other states. The rights OF
franchise in the United States is
guaranteed to every citizen capable
Of exercising that right and no leg.
islature has the right to restrict O,
make laws that will in any manner
infringe on the rights Of franchise
We also believe that so long as 6
citizen is entitled to franchise. lust
SO long he is entitled to run TO,
any Office in the gift of the PEG.
pie without paying a certain per.
centage of the salary of that Office
What the people want lisa primary
law whereby the will of the PEG.
pie can be expressed in the most
simple manner possible.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-01-11
LEGISLATIVE
csnsrs.smen at Panama.

csneressmen at Panama.
During the holidays United States
Senator Flint of California, Represent
atives McKinlay and Knowlands Of the
same state, Representatives Fulkerson
Of Missouri, Dickerson, Rlves. McMin-
ney and Smith Of Illinois. Howell of
Utah, Kinkaid Of Nebraska and Stee-
nerson of Minnesota spent FIVE days on
the isthmus. They tried to find out
whether the canal should be built by
contract OF by the government.
New Banking Bill Ready.
The house committee on banking and
currency finally agreed upon the form
of a bill which is expected to provide
q satisfactory currency system. 1t is
based largely upon the recommenda-
tons Of the Bankers association. the
elasticity being provided by the issue
Of credit notes made under certain re-
strictions, including a tax Of 8 per
cent.
The bill provides that any national
banking association which has been in
business one year and has q surplus
fund equal to 20 per cent Of is capital
may take out for issue and circulation
without deposit Of government bonds
notes to be known as national bank
guaranteed credit notes." The amount
may be equal to 10 per cent of the
amount Of tn national bank notes ct
any time outstanding. but shall not
exceed Is per cent Of the banks cap.
ital.
Under the terms Of the bill national
hanks may take out q further amount
Of credit notes equal to 123A1 per cent
Of their capital, but shall pay an an
nual tax Of 8 per cent upon the aver.
aee amount Of such notes In eircula-
ton. The tax imposed 10 to be used
O. a guarantee fund to redeem the
notes Of failed banks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-01-11
Peace Conference Topics.

T0AC0 SOOIo oNCo UCPIC8s
In. accepting the tentative pro-
gramme suggested by the Russian gov
eminent for the second peace confer
enc at The Hague the United States
government has stipulated that it shall
have the right to propose for discus
sion the question of the Limitation of
armament by the powers and the mat
ter Of the Drago doctrine. 1t was ex-
pected that this country wvald take
the initiative with regard to the Drago
doctrine, which involves the right to
collect debts by force, but it has not
been known that the American gov
eminent intended to bring up the mat
ter of disarmament. On the contrary,
it was believed that this momentous
question would be left to some of the
European powers, which are more vi
ally interested than the United States.
Cruiser South Dakota o. X.
In a straightaway run Of four hours
in an endurance test the new armored
cruiser South Dakota averaged 1924
knots an hour.
Postal Reform Plans.
Some of the postal improvements ad-
vocated in Cortelyou's annual report
are the parcels post, postal savings
bank, postal telegraph and telephone.
abolition OF railway speed subsidies,
additional subsidies to South Ameri-
can and Australian steamers, low rate
postal notes and the creation Of u new
office, that of deputy postmaster gen
eral, with permanent tenure. who
would act as a sort of business man
ager for the entire service. besides GER
tain reforms in salaries and accounts.
The postmaster general takes the
high ground that rpostmasters should
not be appointed as rewards for polit-
ical activity. As to the deficit he says
he is less concerned about that than
about efficiency Of administration and
thinks 1t unreasonable to charge any
one branch Of the service with respon-
sibility for the deficit.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-01-11
HANSBR0UGH ON
HOMESTEAD BILL
His New Bill Will Relieve the Technical
Defects of the Present LaW-WiIl
Help Many Who Have Lost
Their Claims.

Senator Henry G. Hansbrough
of North Dakota, is preparing
a relief measure for the benefit Of
those persons whose application
for Communication of entry on home.
steads on public lands, has been
rejected, because of the ruling Of
the interior department of Feb. q
1906. in the Katie F.. Brecht case.
The ruling is that anyone who
failed tc live on the land for eight
months continuously, after the
constructive period of six months
must begin residence anew and
live continuously on his claim for
fourteen months, in order to avoid
the necessity Of making the full
term of five years residence for a
homestead and to get the land at
$1.25 an acre.
Prior to this ruling an absence
of a few weeks or such matter on
business was not held to vitiate
the residence, Under the ruling,
however, no absence was allowed,
whether for business reasons OF
VI. rE +s. 1. .reLrN - t.'
otherwise. Absolutely continuous
residence was insisted on. The
special bill Of Senator Hansbrough
will affect all cases of date prior to
the Brecht decision, and. if the bill
passes, all such persons will be
permitted to prove up under the
old rulings. It is understood,
however, that the rule will remain
in force as to all others.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-01-11
20
Visit 81 ! Gypsy Evangelist.

Visit Of : Gypsy Evangelist.
The man who Is regarded in England
AZ the foremost evangelist Of the fed.
Grated free churches and who is known
rs Gypsy Smith because he is the child
Of gypsy parents and born in a tent,
has recently begun a five months re-
vival tour in the United States under
the auspices Of the Congregationalists.
The meetings are also participated in
by Baptists. Methodists and Presbyte.
Rams Smith was formerly a follower
Of the Salvation Army In the London
slums. The secret Of his power. says
the Outlook, Is not a theology or a
aoctrinal formula, but . genuine sense
q personal experience with a great
Companion and Captain.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-01-11


suppression of these disorders, instead
Of leaving the task to the native Cuban
rurales. In some quarters this is re-
garded as an indication of the inabil-
ity of the Cuban civil authorities per-
manently to maintain peace in the
island.
Bryce Refuses a Peerage.
The London Telegraph reported that
James Bryce had declined a peerage
and would go to the United States as
British ambassador without changing
his name and thus be the first plain
citizen to represent his country at
Washington. And, says the Chronicle,
Americans who know and honor him
rs James Bryce will esteem him all the
more because he declined q title"
Sir Mortimer Durand has presented
his letters Of recall to President Roose-
kelt.
Appointed Slams Adviser.
Edward H. Strobel. professor of in
ternational law at Harvard, has re-
signed to become general adviser Of
the government Of Siam. He was for
merly in the diplomatic service.