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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-28

Wt- pi YAH y ItC6 RNSt Nc would say
behind his back. rr u
A virginia Democrat in Washing
ton today recalled the. fact that one
Iof the finest tributes he had ever
heard paid any man was paid to Mr..
Bryan BY Senator Daniel before n
Rockingham county audience In the
campaign OF 1900.
Senator Daniel referred in his
|specch to village blacksmith whom
he had visited a few days. before. and
said that above the forge the smith
had a picture of Mr., Bryan. THAT
picture" said Senator Daniel. had
been hung there four years before,
land although IL has spent four years
jamid the smoke and crime. tho dust
land tho dirt Of n country blacksmith
shop It was yet as clear and MS un.
Isullled rs the day II was hung there.
And that, my fellow citizens, Is IS.
lpical of the peerless leader who IS
lat the helm of Democracy today. Al.
Though everything that could be said
against him In the most stirrlng po'
|litical campaign of recent years. and
although every effort has been made
Isince TO discredit him. William Jen-
Inings Bryan stands before the Amer.
lean people today as a leader worthy
|of the suffrage of every citizen as q
man worthy Of the high position to
which the Democratic party Is going
to elect him. He Ia worthy OF tina
best traditions of his country, and
nothing THAT can be said or done
against him will detract from the
|spiendor Of the man as clifton and
as atleader.' sns z .ts4i ~ sf m
= Senator Dahlel's Statement.
RICHMOND. VA, Nov. 27-The
Senator was seen today and was
shown a story regarding little ."spat''
with Colonel William Jennings Bryan
in the lobby of the Hotel Willard, ip
Washington. yesterday. He read IL
over carefully and Expressed some
surprise thatNa pleasant meeting had
been converted into an APPARENT es.
arrangement or had shown bitterness.
After the Senator had perused the
article with care, he Was asked no
garding the occurrence. and the al
legged passage at arms. The, Senator
replied:
sob, did not know that I had had
o sharp passage at arms with Colonel
Bryan. This Is the nrst. intiu,ation
have had of such a thing. There was
SOME little pleasant hadinage be
tween. usIabout some points on which
We differed. and It grew out OF long
acquaintance and easy terms upon
(which 1--WE care With each other. !
have time and again spoken with Mr.
Bryan and more than 100 timee for
him. Our personal. friendship has no,
changed, though differences exist be
tween us on several questions.
"f certainly had no idea that the
brief talk between Colonel Bryun anu
myself was anything more than q
personal interview between gentlemen
It occurred whensthe carriage was a,
the door door OF the hotel and was
near the exit to take tho train for
Richmond and Hus nothing moro
thantvan off hand sniutatIon and
swapping a few yiowe OF general mo
mcnt. 1 am surprised to know that
our friends of the press who were
standing around catching and noting
something of what passed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-28
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Hope to Get Even.

Little Mollie fwho often becomes
reflective at bedtimo. and has spent
tho whole day With her godmother)
do godparents get punished for
their godchildren's sins. mother?
Mother--Ns,. Mollic.
Mollie with profound sigh)--Oli.
what a pity! 1 felt so comfy about it.
Punch.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-28
Had Enouoh.

Dashaway--i want YOU to meet the
eldest Springer girl. She Is the most
Intelligent of the three of them.
Cleverton-No. thanks. I've learn.
ed more than ought to know from
the other two.-Life. AN.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-28
HAMPTON PflOEBUS AND OLD PONT-Continued.
Long life and happiness .. The

The bridal toilet. while 1t mad n
foundation OF whitet satin. was richly
trimmed with old and new lacea. the
former having family value anu the
latter acquiring Its future prestige by
Its uses today. Tho preents OF flowers
which arrived almost By the wagon
load today. contributed, all the extra
adornment tho house could possibly
hold t M 'H4Ah- Hc
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
THE GALVESTON METHOD.

Having earned fame by introducing the com
mission system of city government. the enter
priSng port of Texas has filed second claim
to the Progress Prize 10y inventinG Il new
method of receiving immigrants This mcth"d
sayors strongly of Colonial days, and is so de
iichtflIIly democratic that municipalities along
tho Atlantic seaboard will do we'll 10 consider
its adoption. Whether Intentionally or not
Galveston seems to have hit upon an idea
which. if consistently carried out, might
simplify to some extent the task OF making
immigrants good citizens.
The first consignment Of Russian Jewish I'M
migrants reached Galveston few days ago
They were met by Mayor Lands. who d'IlY-
cred an address of welcome and advice before
the party broke up. Ono Of the immigrants
said in reply to the Mayors kind words:
We are overwhelmed that the ruler of the city
should greet US. We have never been spoken |"
by the officials Of our country except III terms
Of harshness and. although we have heard or
tre great land Of freedom Il is very hard "a re-
aIfzo that we are permitted 10 grasp the hand OF
the great man. We will do all We can 20 make
good citizens
The callous American to whom official
speeches have beCOmc nore or jest probably
fails To see amy valuable idea in Mayor lands :
old fashioned address of welcome. Put there
is an idea in il. AMI ii might he used to all
are now Seeking to draw 10 themselves part Of
the immigrant food The spokesman OF the
Galveston party not guilty of eX3ggera-
ton wien he said that he and his fellow trav-
ellors were overwhelmed ny the official reccp-
ton. Tho memory Of having been welcomed
IL America by Mayor will lnger long and
may he powerful incentive to patriotism,
1t is q pity that New York, and probably
Boston too. long since passed the point where
formal welcomes We're possible. Fancy our
Mayor or Il standing immigration reception
committee taking up permanent residence at
Ellis Island or the Ba7tery and holding daily
ceremonies with the aid Of interpreters. But
the Southern coast towns could easily revive
the hosptable practice of the Colonial gov
ernorS and the town elders, who greeted every
worthy newcomer and advised him according
10 his wishes. Is Galveston going to keep up
the old new idea: We hope she will take
the trouble to prove the value Of teaching in
coming aliens what their new government new
fellow citizens and new civic duties are.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
this country. When one Of them has done So
the others are not likely TO wait long.
4RK4NSiS DIiMONDS.

There is a painful lack of unanlmlty Ill the
approval given to the adacc about the rose
smelling Just rs sweet with any otler hah'.
Too many people have read about the power "
s,I~rcstiou. too many have themselves been
consciously the victims of their own logically
Irrelevant thoughts. 1t may. therefore, 'e GA
nnc4.d that the announcement of the discovery
Of diamond fields in the hackWoods "t Al
kansas will not create as much enthusiasm out
side the small circle Of diamond traders aS II
ought to- According to the reports, field OF
some six hundred acres i'll Pike County, Ark.
is thickIv studded with sparkers. Inlet
tered rusficS are said to lie picking UP lar2"
stones of exceeding fneness as morning eA-
crcisc more than one hundred and thirty nav
ng already been gathered III. Nhelher ANY
of tho Arkansas women who are fond Of going
barefoot have set the fashion of wearing SOIL
taire rings on their toes the telegraph says hot'
hut the hour may he at hand when Pike county
"swells' who have diamond patches growing
in their back Yards will set the pace III Il paf-
barrie game For this reason. rs well as on ac-
co1Int of the painfully prosaic character of PIKE
County we fear that down here, where the
gorgeous East with richest hand showers on
her queens Kimberley Selects by the peck meas
ure the humble but worthy American gems
will make little impression. American buyers
want their diamonds and other precious stones
set in n halo of Oriental romance. for by the
old psychological Rule of Three. which states
the connection between distance, ignorance ana
enchantment. Asia and Africa alone are the
roetically proper mothers Of jewels. SO true Is
This that some Yankees doubt the superiority OF
Mexican fire opals over Old World varieties
But Arkansas diamond diggerS need not per
manenty despond. Luckily, the ordinary dla-
mond worshipper is totally unable to go back
of the salesmans tag. and we may soon see
ships sailing mp New York Bay bringing back
in foreign looking bags Pike County sparkiers
from Cape Town. even as the Bordeaux freleht-
ers bring us California wines via any oid
French bOttlin@ works. 1t is the poetry ot ua-
known lands that want, YOU know. and our
Arkansas miners must straddic Pegasus III or
der to Get to market. And let none reproach
Pike County if It slips its jewels over the
ladies fingers 10y ways as devious as the
African route from Pike County TO Fifth ave
nue., for the philosophy Of Dicbiang md Hdhr-
Hcit must govern the marketing OF all com
modities that are half geological and half senti-
mental
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
N TETRENiN.

When We called attention the othcT uaH |" th-
shadows descending over the pid hehOu'AH
Home we did not think that deSolalioh anu
de.adence were so importunatc and 50 near III
hand Colonel Watterson, as we noted ""9
convinced that KENTUCKY Is now the worst
GOVERNED state in the Union, But bad gov
ernmont may he outlived and political upSetS
like that which overlook the officeholders trust
in louisville may prove in the long run salutary
ovcn to natriots cruelty separated from emoi-
un,ents and patronage. A few bad 'refoflneTS
may vax and trouble the unteTihed d!sclVieS
of jefferson and lay rude hands on the TRADITION
that under long established democratic 'l'N
administration il is srInerfiuous 20 talk about
nroctisine- .Jefferson's dictum that government
sbouId exist by the consent Of the governed.
Turning 4 whole band of patriots ont of Office
in the dull summer season WAS bad enough. ana
Wbitecap night raids on tobacco fields were
also signs of evil days and the approach ol
npryerted political and social dispenSation. hul
y.o had never imagined that the old stalWart
and yirile spirit Of Kentucky had burned out
even in this era of Ku klUX economy and Local
onion Kentucky politics might have become
shiftv and selfish. but we had no suspicion 'lihI
Kantuckv character had So hopeessiy deteri-
GRATED Yet we find Colonel NaterSoh IN 4"
lament over the trihulations OF life IN Beck
hamized state and municipality asking this har-
rowing question;
Is there no such thing as eisonal integrity
md rolifical fidelity? Has perfidy become virtue
ma treacIerv one of the fine arts. to blur the
s,-ace of manhood and take the rose OF honor
frou the fair forehead of Kentucky and Denoc-
racv and set a blister there torpld IL SaIai''
for Goo in Heaven will wash His hahuS oL SUN
Democracy and such Reform,
Forbid it, all the powers of good or evil:
If the rose of honor is TO be taken from the falr
forehead of Kentucky, there Will he no more
hahn or solace in the home of the mint and the
bIllegrass The name Of Beckham will become
anathema and Kentucky will learn to plllofE
him as the misguided stranger of Jeffersonlah
homes and the ruthless banshcr of Jef1erSonlah
sunshine.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
PERSONAL.

The Rev Dr. John j. McCook professor 'I W
manic languages AZ Trinity college VINO mas 'r"
o,,f,.d tn his he'd at his summer home at NiaatIF'
Conn several days. is reported 10 De In'g, esy,r
II has hesn known for time tfiat -
Ncf'onk was in poor health. and a rev :.
tbe Trinifv authorities granted him n year ief'N
of absence.
George Horton the American Consul General Al
Athens is about take leave o. aoseiice .''''
come to the United States. where he is TO deii,S
n series of lectures dealing with hiS o'Sei N"'i'
and experiences in modern Greece
Mrs Rose Harriet Pastor Stokes wife OF d. '"
Phelps Stokes. has decided to return to the ''c' "a
Journalism. She has signed conlTdcC ,;nIn
Vorwaerts and in addition to writing an an, ,i taEe
or more every week on socialism Shs Nii. ,."et-
charge OF the column devoted 10 advice 10 s"e-'
hearts
The will of Phineas VI. Spencer. widely known
hanke- of cleveland .rho died last Tuesday. dis
poses OF an estate of nearly million ,Iso do.,sto
Among the requests are s22 90 70 mary to.,.e
his housekeeper: to another memoer OF hi9 "'A7o
hold staff. $4,000.
The oldest member OF the Institute or France -
NJ Rousse who Is in his ninety-frst year lie E;.S
collected statistics which appear to prove tnat resi-
dence in Paris Is more conducive TO longeVlty lIaI
residence in any other city IN the world Accordiue
10 N Rousse's figures there are 1883 octosela rtlI
Or esq to every 100 600 inhabtants-in the freltH
capital and $50 genarians, OF Wno1n NINETY =
nine are in their Tooth year
few DAYS ago Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker G y
s. L. c. B.. F. r. s. naturalist. traVeHer anu
author celebrated his nnetieth birthday NO othe7
F.nglishrnan says The London Graphic can pre-
sent a Iife's record rejecting such a orpiflatioi
of adventurous exploration Scfentnc service aiIr
administrative effort as appertains to the career N
Sir Joseph Hooker a record. moreover. aITea1y
dutituly gathered into 'histcrys golden urn
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
FOREIGN SH0KELESS POWDERS.

Frame is certainly having hard luck Win hcr
naval powder. On tho occasion of the last
animal target practice it was noticed that III"
nroicctiirs We're too widely dispersed, III we"
af tho skill with which the guns were aimed.
Tho fault seemed to hetray t"ehlen"SS IN 'he
ammunition. resulting from Deterioration mat
,,..s mot tho worst of il. however. ON one bat
+lcsbin three premature explosions occurred
presumably in the guns: and on another no
fevcr Than eleven. one OF the COMMISSIONS
.u,,ointad 10 investigate the loss OF the Jena
which yas DESTROYED last March while i'll dry
dock at Toulon attributed the disaster 10 spoh-
taneous combustion i'm her magazines. althouGh
,bo latest tests Of her powder had led the in
snoctors To report that il would continue safe
for at least year longer
The mere loss of energy from age would
olono iustify a search for something better
Efficiency. if not the first consideration. ranks
next after safety in importance. The necessity
for discarding powder frequently involves
,,,a,, waste lmt if the powder threatens to do
os pp,5ch harm to friends 10 enemies the
prospect Is lamentable indeed 1t has been pro-
nose,I 10 supplement the existing system or III
eraction with the use of refrigcratin- machines.
Such anparatns might cost less than the am
munition. which. without this protection, world
he thrown away At frequent intervals. Never
,helass il may be questioned whether anything
short OF n radical change in the composition OF
;l,n Dowder itself will give entire satisfaction
According 10 Il special dispatch from Paris to
rI,.. Tribune printed yesterday, the superb
ority of fhe Ar:CTican powder is now reco@-
uized in Francs at least by experts. Under
tl.. circumstances il would not be surprising lf
a.. French government shonld determine tn
follow the example OF the United States in the
atoptIoh cf guncotion compound ii preference
l., one Of roglycerinc
France is not the only coultr;- which has had
trouble with its powder England and Ger
many have llnd fewer accidents. but have not
Lcpu altogether IMMUNE Some Improvement
Nyas made IN cCfdito. EngandS SmokeleSS
uow,ler Il f,N years ago. hut ii still belongs ia
th.. same class a. the powders OF the rest of
Europe. 1t * by means inlproba bic that
within the next five years every foreign naval
mower viii take the same step aS tIlat taken BY
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
MONEY AND RT SINESS.

Both as to volume OF business and average
price OF the sixty most active railway securi-
ties operations in Wall Street continue to make
most unfavorablo comparisons with the CORE
sponding date last year The decreased interest
by the general public is obvious explanation.
and it is also the fact that manipulation is al
most hopeless in the face of monetary condi-
tions To purchase stocks With borrowed
money. even at current attractive prices is
a proffta Bile undertaking unless prompt market
can he found since the best collateral does not
find long term loans available at much less than
the legal maximum rate OF 6 per cent There
were evidences of aggressive selling for the
short account Wednesday, when active spec
ulative stocks fell sharply, notably Union Pa
cifc Southern Pacific and Reading. Chiefly be-
cause of rumors that dividends would he in
creased these properties recently received most
support. so that it natural they should be
the objects of attack when manipulation down
ward was decided upon. Nothing had occurred
TO change the outlook for securities, prices hav
ing already declined more than enough to dis
count any reduction In commercial or industrial
plans on account OF the stringent money market.
Time loans for periods of six months or more
could not advance very well. having been at the
limit for some weeks but call money became
decidedly firIner last week, owing In part to the
resumption OF gold exports. This movement did
not attain expected dimensions however. chiefly
because iirmer call money started offerings or
finance bills in the exchange market, which dis
posed Of the small profit previously ohtainabe
OH extolts. There was also some transfer of
currency TO Canada. but this is seasonable.
whereas shipments to Europe at this time of the
wear are unusual. although not unprecedented.
While there is less than the customary lending
of money here by interior banks. substantial
balances are held by local correspondents that
viii soon be called back to the West and South.
Government expenditures during July did not
exceed receipts much as had been expected,
giving the money market less aid from this source
but there still remain many millions of matured
bonds that may be presented for redemption at
any time European conditions have not inn
moved there is Still desire the part of the
leading foreign eanAs to strengthen their re-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
TELEGRAPH POLES.

II familiarity only did hreed contempt. as
the adage falsely says il docs. that unloveiy
American institution. the telegraph pole. would
long ago have been consigned to the w0odpile
nifere it belongs. For every American is fami-
far from childhood with the long ranks OF skele-
tons or trees that make hideous tic country
roads the village lanes and the crowded city
streets i'm every part Of America. Every Ameri-
can is familiar with the ruthless and often Grim
snal destruction OF grand old clIns and naples
Icy electrical companies and also with the
great danger and hndrance that wires strung
OF poles offer To fire fighters The uclincss
rastefuness. expense and general absurdity of
the pole system have led many large cities TO
bansh tho pests beyond their boundaries. But
the smaller towns and the countryside have
thus far dore little or nothing 10 project frees
and highways from the IiDemen. The Ameri-
can Civic Association has collected photo
graphs showing the ruin and distinctions
wrought by poles and wires in rural and sub
urban districts If only half the scenes these
pictures show were from real lfe--or real
deaih-the deeds Of the electrical companies
wcud call for short shrift. 1t is no wonder
that large group of national, state and civic
societies have banded together in an effort To
the passage Of bill ut Albany com
le.ing all New FORK State companies now using
ose-i3ead wires 70 bury the latter in conduiis
We hope fhe Legislature will lit 10 pass
som" measure WHICH VIII eyentually Danish
poles f~on: every piece where coEduits
physically and commercially practicable. But
are no; sure tii..t the proposal az the Soce-
lies - iaak,- tiIv- companies bury absolutely
all wire. ald la 90 shiI. moreover. Within h"e
wears. is ra;iona and just The societies. ia
f;i~ir missionary literature. say: Bury all
wires" But do The. sobrfiy mean 20 include
nider this order ali nter;irban wires: And il
do they believe that the right "a citizens -
tn5cy fine shade tree; and unobStructed streets
j. =, paramount that whCa il j. asserted, The
fhDusaiais of small stockholders ia telegraph.
telephone. sfrrcicar. street lighting and power
companies must hunl,ly abstain from asking
fer ihe privilege of extending the process of
:aisc,isi.igg poles ever period of ten years We
believe that tie refrriacis will gain most by
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
CH4FRWtN STEVENS on THE "NEW ERA.

Chairman Stevens Of the upstate Public Scr
vice Commission. in his Chautauqua address,
predicts that state regulation of public serVlc"
corporations will introduce 4 new era. Inc
interest Of the public i'll railway operation -
comrrehcnded under these general heads. says
Mr.. stevens:
Safety of operation
Convenience and comfort OF ule pupllc-
Efficiency of service
Cheapness of service
Fairness Of service and rates
To bring about some Of these results VIII III
volve cutting Of grades. Strengthening ol
curves doubling OF tracks. multiplication OF
switches, more engines. more cars more en-
"nIoyes' Their accomplishment VIII comPel
the expenditure of large sums OF money ny
the railroads" To the bringing about of these
reforms the upstate Public Service ooihiio
will Immediately address itself
Mr. Stevens is entirely right in asking for the
suunort of public opinion in the carrying out
of the state regulative policy. but 1t must pe
4 reasonable public opinion. These Things can
not be accomplished. as Mr.. stevens says. oH
a wave Of the hand" They VIII take 'iine'
Nanv of them will have to 20 through 'ht
courts and the slow process of litigation VIII
have 10 be patiently endured The people mus
not demand too much. The era Wheh puol'
service corporations will have TO cease con
give the public reasonable service ana inc
ubIic in return must permit them rcasonaple
nrofits When YOU limit too greatly the pfoltS
in public service enterprises you limit deFcioP
ment along those lines. Regulation mas Heeh
carried 10 an extreme i'll some respects III Eng
land with the result that lis smaller cities nave
not. for instance. developed the el, = nc hght-
inc facilities that cities Of the same SIZE nave
over here If the returns from public service
undertakings are unduiy restricted calhta VIII
sa,l- investment in other lines where the pros
nects of profit are Setter. So that the ola SES-
TEN of permitting capital perfect freedom 10
make what profits IT could 10 cut mciohs
aS often is il liked. With all lis abuses had Ger
tain advantages 1t stimulated development.
Therefore in tho new era while adequac!
of tho service must he looked after. the ade
uuacv of the profits must by no means escape
consideration. We have confidence IN lhc com
mission. but the temper of the people n'euN
-.reculation' as much rs the service OF 'he
CorDoTdt ions.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-05

Has the Society for the Prevention OF CrneItE
TO Animals no feeling for the picturesque; IL
has served notice the metropolitan street
Railway Company that It's hOrseCar line from
RartnW to city Island will he tied up at once
unless the aged and decrepit horses now doing
service are instantly relieved by young and
sturdy nags But would il not he raspngy in
congruous to use sound !imhed steeds on that
glorious monument OF decadence, neglect and
useIessness. the city Island "bobtail' line Do
not it's vahbIy. wiggling. rocking rails. its d.
lapidated smelly, creaking carlets and its semi
annual service demand. by all that is artistic. the
pftiful. manned animals now being slowly worn
TO death over its course? We commend this at
tack Of the Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
TO Animals npon aesthetic consistency to the Mu-
nicipal Art Commission, which is famous for It's
stern logic