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The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
THE SCHOOL FUND.

The death Of School Fund Commits
sioner Spencer has given Governor
Woodruff the opportunity he has want
ed to give a practical illustration OF
the business absurdity Of the state of
Connecticut maintaining separate
banking institution under the admins
tration Of specified commissioner. In
his inaugural message he recommend
the treasury department, the abolition
Of the commissionershlp the cashing In
Of the school securities and after suf-
hcient time the distribution Of the fund
among the towns of the state in proper
proportion, tho towns to agree TO re-
turn the money should tho state need
1t for emergency purposes. Until the
general assembly meets again the GUS
tody of the fund will be under the
charge Of the deputy state treasurer.
The school fund amounts to nearly
two millions and quarter and yields
an income In excess of one hundred
and six thousand dollars over a mil
! lion of the fund Is invested in Con-
necticut bonds and mortgages Consid,
cradle over half million is out in
Ohio and Indiana The rest Is invested
in the stock Of eleven banks, in real
estate, or awaiting investment. Tho
/ income Is distributed to the school dis
tricts Of the state. The main objection
to the continuance Of the fund Is thai
It keeps the state of Connecticut II
the banking business as a competition
Of It's own savings banks and Of othel
financial undertakings and institutions
The main objection to aholshlng tht
office of school fund commissioner is t
be found in the natural indisposltion o
the party in power to reduce the mum
her Of official appointments to he dis.
trlbuted by the governor.
1t Is evidently In Governor Wood.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

Washeleski was damnable culpable,
Theirs Is not reputation to be made
by the successful prosecution of this
one case, or to be lost by a failure, Not
often do they give positive statements
of this sort upon murder cases. When
they do so, their assertion that the
law has done its duty is not to be
lightly considered, even though the ac-
cused carried his case with utmost
stubbornness to the highest court Of
The state and maintained, even as the
ceath-cap was being placed over his
eyes, that he was innocent. While there
was life, there was hope. In the face
of insurmountable evidence presented
In the court against him, Washeleski
stuck to the assertion Of his innocence
with the characteristic persistence of
his race. Seldom has more destruc-
tive web of circumstantial evidence
been thrown about man than was
with him.
Nevertheless there are many, this pa
per among them. who fail to see the
wisdom of capital punishment, much
less that Of conviction merely upon the
basis Of circumstantial evidence.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
sightliness and the rights of other real
estate owners
Street Flushing.

bridgeport Telegram.)
1t Is to be hoped that the report that
the mayor and aldermen are about to
lend their powerful influence in favor
of flushing the streets will prove cor
rect Provided the work is done suf-
fciently early in the day, this Is the
only civilized method of cleansing as
phalt and block pavements. There Is
no need OF expensive machines for the
purpose. Long before flushing ma
chimes were invented, cities were eff
fectlvely cleaned with ordinary fire
hose and this still remains the accept
ed method In perhaps the major portion
OF them Neither should flushing the
streets involve any cost of extra as
slstance to the city. The street sweep
ers, could soon be taught to operate the
hose judiciously and they would proba-
bly, find the work pleasanter than ma
nipuating the broom II they began
work at daybreak, they could be able
to rest during the hottest portion of the
day and would also cease intensifying
the Affections of their fellow citizens
at this precise period II two or three
public spirited aldermen would push the
matter their efforts would be greatly
appreciated by the public, Cleaning the
streets at the hours at which that pas
time is now fashionable Is a relic oil
the dark ages. Summer and winter the
streets should be made ready at the
earliest possible moment for the people
who have to tread them. The idea OF
applying factory hours to such work Is
ridiculous.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
A SUCCESSFUL COMMISSION.

The conclusion Of year Of success
full work by the public servlce commits
sion of New York state is an event of
great interest to those OF the Nutmeg
State in view Of the present agitation,
begun by Governor Woodruff and car
ried on by the far-slghted business man
OF the state, in favor OF the establish
ment of a similar commission here.
Says the New York Tribune, speak
ing Of the incident; "The creation Of
the Public Service Commission Is fully
Justified by It's frst year in office If
the state had undertaken the effective
regulation of public service companies
A decade or so earlier than It did, the
traction situation in New York would
not now be in the demoralized condi-
ton in which 1t is The commission
has put an end to the old abuses which
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

have brought about the present condi-
tons and has initiated reforms which
have already effected some ameliora-
ton, and which are sure to work out
substantial benefits to the public in
the end"
This may be taken as evidence Of the
entire satisfaction with which the com
mission has been received In the
Empire State, The argument Is: The
sooner the better for Connecticut. If
there have been shortcomings, they
have been due largely to the short time
the commission has been working
force. If similar commission is per-
fected here, as 1t may be hoped It will
be, then the best of results must not
be expected at once The critics. II
there are any must be charitable for 9
time and remember that the evils OF
years cannot we'll be eradicated in a
/ day.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
AND THE WORKER.

There are few men who have done
cause Of the workingmen than John +.
Gunshannan, of Hartford. 1t has been
mainly through his efforts that the
West Side Workingman club In that
city and the tuberculosis relief organ
izations among the workers In many Of
the cities of the state, have been per-
fected, Mr.. Gunshannan is striving for
the best interests of the laborng man
of the state along practical lines. 1t
makes little difference to him whether
man is a member Of labor union;
in either case he is workingman and
IMr. Gunshannan Is "out' for his in
terests. He is a great believer In get
ting capital and labor nearer together
for the mutual interests Of each At the
dinners and other events of the West
Side Workingman's Club will be found
unionsts and no-unlonists rubbing ell
bows with their moneyed employers, all
discussing freely the best ways and
means to better their relationship.
1t can be little other than mission
airy spirit that leads Mr.. Gunshannan
to COME to New Haven to establish a
tuberculosis Relief society among the
working people here. Because of his
immense success in this work else
where In the state. he has been asked
by number of influential people in
New Haven, who are interested In the
fight against tuberculosis, to come here
and he deserves the hearty support OF
all New Haveners, whether working
people or employers.
The scheme at present is to raise
funds by subscription. This system may
he perfected into something better In
the near future. The plan in Germany
is for the government to require the
employers to take out certain amount
of money from the wages OF each work.
er to be applied to such rellefs. The
recommendation OF the tuberculosis
commission OF this state Is that each
worker be asked TO allow the employer
to take certain small per cent. out
of his wages regularly; that the en-
ployer add an equal amount; and thai
the whole be applied to benefits and
rellefs OF this nature.
Mr.. Gunshannan's plan Is to get tho
mayor and the treasurer of the city In.
terested in the undertaking as temper.
airy officers until permanent oficial'
can be elected. This has been the plar
where the organization has been start
ed in Hartford. Waterbury, New Brit.
ain, Manchester. ana Meriden. II is e
be hoped that our city officials will rec
ognize the worth OF the movemen
enough to be willing 10 cooperate.
The plan Of Mr.. Gunshannan is eth
err to send the sick TO the Gaylord Farm
or TO treat them in their own homes
but such a plan is scarcely to be com
pared with the establishment, by en-
dowment, OF n number OF working
mems free beds at special hospital
which plan has worked 80 successful.
in Hartford.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
THE VOTING MACHINE.

Editor of the Journal Courier:
I am reluctant to trespass on your
columns in opposition to your views
with regard to the value Of the vot-
ing machine for election reform, but
beg leave to ask one question sug-
gested by your editorial of this morn
Ing. In which you say that one import
ant purpose Of the machine was to
eliminate an immense amount of
money from the control of elections"
Has the machine accomplished this
result in Hartford? Only a few
weeks ago the whole state was aghast
at the unprecedented expenditures Of
the candidates. as reported by them
selves, at the last Hartford city cleo
ton. II you can explain this lncreas-
ed cost of elections where the ma
chine has been in use for years. over
their cost in places where 1t is not in
use. consistently with the above eX-
pressed theory, the present time Is a
very good one to do so. II. 7. B.
New Haven, June 80, 1908.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

A correspondent Of this paper takes
exception with us for criticizing the
shooting of a national guardsman on
Plum Island the other night. He
shows how the man shot was culpa-
BILE and that it was only in the main
tenaEGe Of that discipline SO neces-
sary with the soldier that he was shot.
Still we fail to see why 1t was neces-
sary for the picket to carry loaded
cartridges, much less why he should
have used them. There are other
ways to deal with refractory soldiers
than to shoot them.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

lsnrlnEiield Renllhlicnn.

Where ls the craze for Bahelic con-
structlor. TO stop? one Of the New York
building experts announces his belief
that the city is only Just entering upon
an era Of high construction. II build
lngs 700 to 900 feet high are only a
beginning, what Is to be the end? Low
er Manhattan In so high built now In
spots that as has been said, ir fire or
earthquake or Some other calamity
should befall and cause sudden emp
tying OF these sky scrapers, the ada
cent streets would be filled several per-
sons deep and loss OF life through
crushing would necessarily be enor-
nous Are they going to be allowed to
build so high that In cases Of calamity
the streets would be filed ten or TWEEN
ty persons deep, and given over to an
lntolerabe crushing every day after
business hours? It would seem "a
though ordinary considerations OF 40 fe
ty to human life would dictate a halt
in this upward construction, regardless
Of street widths, let alone eonsldera
lions Of public health and comfort and
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
A VARIATION.

Such q variation OF the old and
eternal triangle relationship OF hus-
band, wife and paramour Is the case OF
John Washeleski, who was hung at
States prison on Tuesday night, that
Il becomes far more interesting than
the usual run of killings with that
class of people. For centuries the
French drama has enacted the various
variations Of the triangle compica-
ton. but almost invariably 1t has been
the paramour that has had to pay the
penalty. not the husband, as was the
case with Peter Luckaswic2. The dra-
matic justice Of q drama requires very
mistakenly that at least shortly before
the final curtain the outsider, who has
come in and disturbed the tranquility
of the peaceable family relationship
shall pay dearly the penalty for his do
ings But, as Is only too often the case
the drama does not always depict real
life as It is. The Washeleskl case Is
an, instance. In real life there Is nc
fral denouement SO that the spectators
NAV leaves the theater and 30 home
content that Just punishment has beer
meted out and that Time, the slH
Judge, has sat IN judgment.
It is no ineonsiderable accusation
when the two prosecuting officers o.
New Haven county, both positively
rtate that II 10 their opinion tina
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

rufus mind that an object lesson such
as he has prepared by declining to APP
point new commission from outside
the treasurers office will awaken the
people OF the state to an affirmation OF
his original recommendation and thus
bring Connecticut into line with leglti-
mate governmental functions. The one
man to weep in this connection would
be the one man who could induce the
governor to appoint him to the office
Of commissioner which carries with II
salary of $500.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

1t is always a pleasure TO discuss
matter of concern with Mr.. Blake, who
brings to bear upon this view the loft
lest possible desire to benefit the peo-
pie, and not as is too often. the hidden
determination to be rid of substitute
for the prevailing election practices
at all costs We must remind him
that the amount Of money expended
In the preliminary contest for the
mayoralty nomination in the republic
can party OF Hartford had nothing
whatever to do with the use of the
voting machines, or Of any other form,
of formal balloting. The amount of
money TO which we refer as being
eliminated by the use Of the machine
at the elections is the immense
amount expended in the hiring of tic
ket peddlars and other ornamental
election officials, whose services would
not be needed II machines were used
to record the popular Will, and whose
services now relate almost exclusively
to the casting Of their votes to that
degree legitmatizing a specious form
Of bribery.
No voting method. which man can
devise, will ever reach the evil which
was disclosed in the preliminary
campaign for republican nomination
for mayor at the city OF Hartford, and
to which Mr.. Blake refers. The only
instrument which can reach that. is an
amended corrupt practices act limiting
the amount of money an aspirant for
either a nomination or an election can
expend in carrying his wares TO the
market. That was provided for in the
report made by the corrupt practices
commission but was eliminated by the
judiciary committee. 1t may be said
that II 1t had been the law at the re-
cent Hartford preliminary contest be-
tween State Senator McGovern and
Mayor Hooker, It would have been still
possible for others to subscribe the
amount needed, but 1t is not at all
likely that men who were not to enjoy
the rewards and honors Of the office
would have been willing to make the
sacrifice. As It is, It has been fully
explained that Mr.. Hooker was 'patri-
otic" In going down into his pocket
in order that Hartford might be
saved the administration of Nc.
Govern.
, The money which the use of the
voting machine would eliminate Is the
money which is extravagantly used tc
move the cumbersome processes Of
getting the vote out under prevailing
conditions. Each ward vote cost
: more than II should and adds to thu
l sum and total of campaign expenses
I until It is a byword that elections cos
t those Interested more money than car
be honestly expended or pocketed. Al
I step towards improving this condi
Q ton the voting machine would bt
s found to be Of value. Other necessar,
: steps would soon suggest themselves.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
Thursday, July 2, 1908.
SANITY AND PATRIOTISM.

The town Of Fairfield is one of the
Oldest and most attractive towns in
the Connecticut group of one hundred
and sixty eight towns For twelve
years 1t has been celebrating Indepen-
sane view of the significance of the
occasion with a patriotic estimate OF
its usefulness as an educational fac
tor to be periodically appealed to.
We are not surprised to learn that
the improvement in the annual cere-
monies was the result OF the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution TAX
ing unto themselves the formulation
of the program. 1t has been our OBJ
servation that whenever the Daugh-
tiers put their slender shoulders to the
wheel the wheel moves. Not only
that, but the wheel moves more at
tractively, each additional year as
SAPCiiChIo 10 PliCQ Oll
experience This year, for example.
there will be no patriotic speech deliv-
cred National hymns will be sung
and national tunes played by the
brass band. The reading Of the Dec
laratlon OF Independence will find its
appropriate place in the program.
Thus having saturated themselves
with the fine old spirit OF the found
ers. the lucky Inhabitants OF Fairfield
will have the rest OF the day in>which
to mediate upon American character
and American needs, each In hts own
way.
Too much stress cannot be laid up
on the practice OF singing patriotic
hymns and playing patriotic airs.
Aside from the possibility of the res
idents of Fairfield learning what so
few communities know. the words
which accompany patriotic music, II
is a good thing to feel ones way along
the highway of reliable citizenship
through the inspiration which flows
from common musical property. Re-
Gently the reading OF the Bible has
been urged by students of English lit
erature on the ground of Its cultivat-
inc and unliftinp Influence upon meth
DDS Of thought and systems OF express
sion. From another angle point the
reading OF. the Declaration OF Inde-
pandence on Independence Day is sure
to reveal its guiding and restraining
power. II one finds ones spirit 0!
democracy dropping. or ones faith In
the endurance OF free institutions fal.
tering, the vivid lines of the Declare
tion stlffens the one and revives the
other. Its impelling power Is tremen
dous.
And then what wisdom the Fair
field Daughters show In dispensing
with the traditional Independence Da!
speech. How well they appreciate thu
unreality OF the melodramatic phrase
maker and the hollowness of hi
empty mouthings. The world can wei
afford to follow the example set b.
the town of Fairfield.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
A Perpetual bond.
(IInrtford Cnmrnntl

NIIHTTTWTW IHHTHWIT
All the machinery o. the school fund
office Is supernuous 1t is not com
Portable sight to have the state fore
closing on citizens homes. 1t is not
regular state business to be a side part
ner In a bank. Governor Woodruff has
hit the situation exactly and II seems
as II the next Legislature would have
to accept his simple example and pro-
coed to readIust the relations OF the
fund The constitution provides that
the school fund shall remain per-
petual fund" always dedicated 10 COM
mon school uses. A perpetual bond for
the fund would I'LL the bill under the
constitution.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
The Mcneil Room.
lIIartford C,ourantN

IT'S great thing 10 carry SEN
atorial district In Bridgeport; but It
does not develop off hand n national
reputation. II Is something to have the
personal acquaintance Of Mr. Bryan, but
thousands have that privilege; and II
that were the ground for selection, TN
Gle Alexander Troup would take what
ever was coming to Connecticut Po-
litlcally we do not look for results
from the Mcneil boom, but artstcally
It may accomplish something with It's
good looking picture and periodically
il may do good through the fine life
which lts accompanying text so faith
fully portrays.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
Prohibition n Local Issue.
fprovl1ence JonrnalD

IfTUNIHtIIVt JVUTUHTT
Few persons would believe that the
democratic party was advocating pro-
hibition sincerely, or with any other
purpose than to attract some stray
votes From that point OF View Of NOR
ais, rather than of expediency, the ex-
pertinent would be a mistake. The sale
OF liquors Is a local issue and II should
be left to local decision. II national
prohibition laws could be passed. they
certainly could not be enforced.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

The report from Washington is that
the members of the G.. A. r. are dying
at the rate of ninety day. That may
be taken as all the more reason to az
cord every honor to the ever decreas-
ing number of them that still remains
with us among the living.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

lNnm Ynrk Mnrldl

Now YORK WorId)
Following the new thought in lofty
construction, the Equitable edihce viii
have It's browning columnar sections
superimposed upon n main building
thirty-four stories high. Hero will he
a tower OF towers. even In comparison
with the slightly taller but skeletonic
monument to the Eiftel genius nj Parts
But for how long shall a mere 900 foot
point be permitted to mark the high
est up for New York.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

Another unstoried hero has just
died. He was Albert Gallaher, the
faithful secret service man who
wrenched the revolver from Czolgocz's
hand the second after he had shot
President Mckinley. Gallaher was at
first mistaken for the assassin and
was set upon by the crowd and beat
en-. 1t was as result of that beating,
so the doctors say. that his death
came.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
SAYINGS AND DoINGs.

where are you going my pretty
maid?' will be asked no longer when
farmers adopt the milking machine
which milks six cows al time, At the
vention, operated by two boys, milked
seventyfive cows in an hour and thir-
ty-flve minutes
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02
The Baby.

A little stranger lately came
Straight from the fields Elysian;
Behold him In his helplessness
An object OF derision.
A football is to him unknown,
A tennis ball puzzle,
He cannot kick his fellow man
Nor punch him on the muzzle.
He cannot use the single stick
Upon the right OCCASION;
He does not enter into sport
For physical abrasion.
And yet no mollycoddle he,
For listen: When he bellows
He does his yelling for himself
And not for other fellows.
New York Sun
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

Perhaps after all the political bar
gain struck two years ago will fall or
its own weight. So many cooks are at
the oven that the broth looks scady
Serenity will be found in the old town
Of Guilford. No sleep being lost there
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

Mayor Mcclellan of New York as
serts that his fight of the Hearst re-
count cost him $4,000, exclusive Of
counsel fees yet to be paid. 1t is.
indeed, an expensive luxury sometimes
to be a servant OF the people. Few
men can afford II.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

Bacillus subtilis, bacillus coli, staphy-
lococci, and streptocooci are the formid-
able names Of formidable, disease pro-
ducing micro organisms which have
been discovered In commercial brands
of absorbent cotton marked 'aseptic
and 'sterilzed at 100 degrees cent?
grade" The application OF such cot
tons TO raw wounds and inflamed sur
faces OF the skin is both unsafe and
dangerous.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

The oyster men are now planting
oyster shells, preparatory to the COM
ing season, according to news reports.
Even they have to shell out during
these hard times.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-07-02

1t was Private Citizen William II.
Taft yesterday for the first time in
some years. The all important ques-
ton now is: How long will he remain
private citizen?
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OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
No College Hacking.

waterbury Republican,
Though Mr.. Bryan has no Yale or
Harvard backing he is quite hopeful OF
lining up the electoral college right.