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New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
GOVERNMENT
BY COMMLSSION.' .
WHAT HUGHES DID AND
CHANLER WOULD UNDO.
BARRED THE GLOVER PATCH"

Governor Hughes said in his speech of accept
ance: The question is, Shall the effort TO
maintain administration which shall place the
interests of the people above selfish advantage
be repudiated supported? Shall the effort to
correct abuses and TO regulate effectively our
public service corporations be condemned or
sustained" Mr.. Chanler in his speech Of ac
ceptance said: u favor TO the fullest extent
practically doing away with what is familiarly
known as government by commission"
Here is an illustration of the way the public
was sacrificed by the holding company device
before transit affairs were subjected to the
government by commission which Mr.. Chanler
would abolish. and of the way Governor Hughes
has safeguarded the public Glover patch from
that particular method of private foraging:
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
AFTER.

Not more than 10 per
cent of the stock of d
railroad or street railroad
can now be purchased Oh:
held by any corporation
other than railroads or
street railroads, and
these cannot acquire any
stock without the consent
of the commission. The
combining of companies
Is thus so limited that
the protection of the pub
lIlc is assured.
/ A few years ago the
Metropolitan bought all
Of the stock and bonds OF
the Wall & Cortlandt
( Streets Ferries Company
and paid 1865, 900 there
for. although the com
pany had no property
except its franchise. and
III was unCeV 4 pcTI'P llId
injunction not TO use the
franchise. After the
money was paid to Mr.
Brady he sent five checks
Iof $40. 900 each to Mr.
/ Ryan and four of his
comrades. If the Public
( Service Commission had
then been in existence T.
could have detected tn"
wrong TO the public when
the Metropolitan applied
for leave to ACQUIRE III"
stock Of the Wall &
lCortlandt Streets Ferries
Company Cor $165. 900.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
BEFORE

Holding com panIe S
could acquire any or all
OF the stock of com =
panles, and thus pyramid
control. The INTERIOR
ouqh- Metropolitan COM
pany, a holding company,
owns SIP, 794 400 OF the
S145 s47, 500 capital stock
OF the companies afford =
Ing transportation In
New York County. This
holding company has out
standing of its own S206, =
s27, 1872. The only prop
erty owned by this com =
pany is stock and bonds
In other companies. Did
your daily fare 90 TO sus =
tain this pilIn9 OF securi-
ties on securities?
AS an mple of how
control was pyramided
before the present disso 70
luton began. take the
case OF the Union Rail 70
way COMPANY. the entire
stock OF which was
owned by the Third Ave
nue. Railroad Company.
which was leased 70 the
Metropolitan Street Rail
way Company. which
was leased to the New
York City Railway Com o.
pnny. the stock Of which
was owned by the Met
ropoiitan Securities Com
pany. the stock Of which
was owned by the Inter
b rou e n metropolitan
company. II Is not sur
prisinE that in the maze
Of corporate ma Chinery
the managers forgot H.
repair their tracks and
cars. or TO furnish ade p
auate service to the pub
lie.
Mr.. Ryan may want I
vision Of railroads unde
so that ne may again be
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

WHERE TO TAKE LUNCH
nd drink the Highest Types of American Wines
y r Dewey & Sons Co., 1873 Fulton St. New York.
-Adyt
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

s'atlnued ON second page.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

1t Is the opinion of DR.. Hirsch that
children are entitled to fairy tales.
They are one of the pleasures of youth
which stern old people trying to raise
them by rules should not take from
them. The old people shouldn't be so
particular anyway. They like fairy
tales themselves. The young woman
who, firing of her joE of scrubbing the
back stairs, turns shoplifter and then
tells tale of millionaire papa, will
keep the grown-ups open-mouthed and
calling for more, until some one tele-
graphs the sad news to pa and finds
that he doesn't exist or that IL he does
he is paying teller in livery stable
and has lost interest in his charming
daughter since she ran away with the
actor man. Can you blame the little
children for crying for margels? Pa
wakes fat on them, taking them all
in and saying, What pity that one
so fair and well raised should have
come to this!"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
THE STORY.

A WORLD conquest! Why not?
"A King Solomon asked himself the
question. A vision of greatness and
power had come to him, vision of
one scepter over all the world and that
soepter his, vision of conquest of the
nations to the east and the west OF his
kingdom, and he the triumphant con-
queror.
Benaiah, the captain of the hosts of
Israel, had been the first to suggest
the thought to him when the former
had urged an expedition against
Recon, who was then ruling at Damas
Gus, and who was to be feared be-
cause of the enmity which he bore
King David. Solomon well remem.
bered the stirring campaign of his ia.
Their which had made of Recon an UNI
relenting enemy. The latter had been
one Of the chief warriors of Hada-
dezer, king of Zobah. and had escaped
with company of men when David
had conquered the land and had killed
Hadadezer. At that time Recon had
sworn to be revenged upon King
David. but the opportunity had not
come. and Benaiah, thinking that
Recon might plan an expedition
against the new king, Solomon, pro,
posed that the armies of Israel pro-
coed against him.
And as an outgrowth of the sug
gested campaign had come the broad
er vision of world conquest. Why
| stop at the conquest over Recon
| Why not extend the borders of Israel
| to the very ends of the earth? Why
not signalize the beginning of his
reign with brilliant series OF mill
tary expeditions, such as had marked
the first years rule of the kings o.
other lands in former ages?
King David, his father, had left hin
strong army, which was already
feared by all the nations about, and /
was but natural that he should be am
bilious to have its powers further ex
tended. And where was there a ma
ton that had such mighty warrior a.
was Benaiah? Had not the fame o
| his deeds gone abroad, so that It wa
known everywhere how he had me
in single-handed combat and had slaiI
two lion-like men of Moab? And wa
1t not also known how he had gon,
down in the time of snow and ha'
slain in its lair fierce lion. whicl
! had terrorized the entire courtr,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
American Progress.

The department OF commerce ana
labor has just issued publication en-.
titlod Statistical Record of the Prog.
ress of the United States, 1S00-1907,"
which furnishes a great deal of timely
and highly suggestive information. 1t
is shown in this work how the country
has advanced In material things, and
an especially interesting part of the
exhibit is that which relates to the
financial progress since 1897. 1t ap'
pears that on July !, 1907, there was
in circulation in the United States the
sum of $2,773,000,0O0, against $2,736,-
100000 in July, 1906, and $1,640, O0eyO00
in 1897. In total bank deposits the
showing was $4,000, 100000 in 1907
against $4,000 100000 in 1897. This is
y a presentation which proves how the
circulation and the bank deposits have
kept pace with the growing needs of
business and have illustrated the gen
eral prosperity of the country, says
the Troy IN W Times. And the
progress Is likely to be accelerated by
the steps recently taken to afford
needed financial facilities.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

Liberia has lately lost nominal con-
troll Of part Of the territory over which
the congress of the black republic was
supposed to exercise sovereignty. A
new treaty with France has been ne
gotlated, delimiting the boundaries of
the republics country to the advan-
tage of France. The French insist
that In view of the ignorance of the
natives in the interior of the existence
OF any independent government on the
coast, 1t is not encroachment on an in
dependent power for the French to
push their boundaries seward. AS
Liberia is an independent power, the
protection Of its territory is matter
for its government, and not for out.
siders. American friends of the coun.
try may regret that the experiment of
setting up negro republic has not
been more successful. but they must
face the facts.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
Prosperity and West Point.

The present shortage of 70 or more
in the authorized strength of the
cadet corps at West Point is not ex-
planned by the superintendent as due
entirely to the severity of the entrance
examinations. There has been in re-
cent years an increasing number of
appointees who have failed to report
at the academy for their examinations,
in this years new class the number
reaching 70. The average boys burn
ing desire to be soldier, particularly
an officer, appears to have been cor
rupted by the "commercialism' of our
times, according to the army view, for
the superintendent OF West Point re-
marks: 1T is believed that the more
lucrative pursuits and greater fields
for promotion of private life are d.
verting young men from these careers
of small pay and slow promotion in
our country's service" Thus pros
perity has hit both ends of the army
the academy and the recruiting of
flee.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
With Eczema-Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw-Thought Amputa-
ton Was Necessary-Believes
Life Saved by Cuticura.

II have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five years for a bad case Of
eczema on my leg. They did their best,
but failed to cure it. My doctor had
advised me to have my leg cut off. At
this time my leg was peeled from the
knee, my foot was like piece Of raw
flesh, and l had to walk on crutches.
/ bought q set of Cuticura Remedies.
After the first two treatments the
swelling went down, and in two
months my leg was cured and the new
skin came on. The doctor was sur
prised and said that he would use
Cuticura for his own patients. Ihave
now been cured over seven years, and
but for the Cuticura Remedies
might have lost my life. Mrs. j. B.
Remand, 277 Montana ST., Montreal,
Que. Feb. 20, 1907"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMA.
Getting Punctuation Mark In Wrong
Place May Cause Trouble.

"Some lawsuits of the highest inn
portance have hinged upon the right
placing of a comma" said Judge F. G.
Downing of st. Louis.
when / first started to practice
law a Missouri editor came to me in
a peck Of trouble to defend him
against a threatened libel suit grow
ing out of faulty punctuation. He
had not meant to give some innocent
young woman the slightest offense
when he wrote a story about two
young men who went with their girls
to attend lecture and after they left,
tho girls got drunk Putting that mis-
cradle little comma out Of it's right
place did the work, as it made the
girls the ones who became inebriated
instead of their escorts. / managed
by proper diplomacy and the publica-
ton of neat apology to stave off
the damage suits, and afterward my
editorial friend became an expert on
punctuation"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
~ 2S
| AWiseChoice
One Of the Twelve Stories Of Solomon
BY THE HIGHWAY AND BYWAY'
PREACHER
ssR -
fCopvriQht 1907. BY tho Author. w. a. Edeon.l
sERMoNETTE.

THE Tear OF the Lord 10 the
beginning of WISDOM.
Sacred and profane history
can produce examples which alb
! soluteIy prove the truth of this
declaration.
I The fear OF God Is the open
door to the sure, safe pathway of
! God-gIven wisdom which leads
unerrinely through the maze of
human life and conditions and
lands the soul at last on the COM
handing heights of Gods GER
talnty.
Human wisdom at best is but
j partial wisdom.
II has it's limitations inflexibly
determined by the finite.
II can but partially grasp and
! understand the complex circum-
stances and conditions Of the
: present, and as for the future,
what can man do but guess?
How pltiabIy cIrcumscribed Is
the life which has only human
( wisdom on which to rely.
But il Is not 80 where the wis.
dom of God unltes with the wis
dom of man, for the wisdom of
Got not only understands all the
I mysteries and perpIexities of the
life Of the present, but II sees
with unerring vision into the
future and knows the end from
s the beginning. Hence 1t Is that
Z the one who walks In the wis
s dom of God shall not err In WIS.,
y Ion or stumble In Judgment.
Solomon was richly endowed
Y with human wisdom. Naturally
: he had a keen and discerning
Y mind, and trained, as undoubted-
ly he had been, In all the learn
Y ing of the east, he was splendid
: Iy equipped from the human
Y point of view to direct wisely
= and we'll the affairs OF king.
z dom, but all this did not blind
= his heart to the fact that he
= needed God more than anything
= else.
4 We know this because Scrip
= ture tells US that Solomon loved
4 the Lord, walking In the statutes
Of David his father" Here,
4 then, we discover the secret Of
2 Solomon's wisdom and great
4 ness and power. He loved God
= and go feared God, for this sec
4 ond condition Is but the corol.
= larry of the first. Love of God
= Inevitably leads to Cody fear.
Z The one finds It's expression and
= lite complement In the other.
Z Fear of God then was the begin
y ming of Solomon's wisdom.
= There Is no more beautiful
y picture In all the Bible than this
4 one of the fair young king hum
= bly, bowling before God, and ask
4 ing for divine help In directing
N the affairs of the kingdom. Read
Z II. Solomon's prayer and Gods an
= swer are sermon In themselves.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
oOHN D. LO7NG, RREcGZZZ1YT ZOZl7L
H8SZzZVE1yC,E cgOCZETy (aP

AY of the "Drys,"
indeed! We are
not going to try to
explain the re-
markable wave Of
temperance which
Is sweeping the
country; we are
not going to try
and point out the
individuals or the
societies to whom
credit is due for
the victories over
X n g Alcohol;
neither are we go
ing to attempt to
predict where the
reform movement
will stop nor how
lasting its effect
will be. We are
just simply going
to present some
Of the remark
able facts as they
actually exist, and
~
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

story as is possible concerning the
present conditions of this temperance
movement. AS the temperance work
erss would put it, they are cleaning
up the map of the United States and
making it look white. There are five
great big white spots which stand out
like beacon lights. North Dakota,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Georgia and Maine
are wholly within the prohibition
camp, and all the rest of the states
except western tier-Montana on the
north and Arizona and New Mexico on
the south, with Idaho and Wyoming,
Nevada, Utah and Colorado sand
wiched in between-are marching I'M
der some form of local option banner
which means that these states are
more or less dry, in many cases more
rather than less. In fact, in the south,
the local option standard means prac-
tically prohibition in most of the
states.
In the south, where prohibition has
spread like a tidal wave, the chief
reason has been the determination of
the whites to suppress negro lawless-
ness. A majority of the crimes of
violence which have resulted in lynch
ings have been induced by drink, and
it was argued that If liquor be placed
beyond the reach of the negro 1t would
be more effective way of restraining
his brutal and criminal instincts than
any number of lynchings.
There are now five prohibition
states-Maine, Georgia, North Dakota,
Kansas and Oklahoma. In eight states
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Idaho, wy
oming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Ari-
IONA and New Mexico-saloons are IL
censed with virtually no restrictions,
although some of these have recently
passed Sunday closing laws. In all the
other states there is some form of
local option. In nearly all these local
| option states the dry" territory has
been steadily increasing for the last
| ten years. In the south as a whole 1t
In Kentucky it has spread so widely
| that the prediction is confidently made
| that within three years the state will
| take it's place beside Georgia in the
prohibition column. To-day 81 out of
the 119 counties of Kentucky are
wholly dry" and Of the remainder
only four are wholly wet" This
seems an extraordinary condition for
Kentucky, the home of bluegrass
whisky, the state in which $100,000,0 0C
is invested in distilleries.
| Stepping over the border into Ten
nessee you cannot get a drink any
where except in the cities of Memphis
Nashville and. Chattanooga, and Il
looks as if Tennessee would race Ken
lucky to get into the ranks of prohi
bition states.
Georgia became a prohibition state
on New Years day, and the Law
is so drastic that wine cannot be uset
at communion services in churches
nor can druggists sell any form o
liquor except pure alcohol.
In Alabama rs per cent, of the stat
is dry under a county option law.
In Mississippi 6S out of 70 countie
are already dry, and a state prob
bition campaign is being waged wit
every prospect of success.
Florida has "a out Of its AZ countie
dry, and Gov Broward is actively leaC
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09


Here comes correspondent who
undertakes to show that DIR. Holmes
didn't originate the title OF the At
lantic Monthly, but that 1t was Dor
rowed from another magazine which
bore that name a quarter of cen
fury earlier. and which lived and died
in New York. Whether DR.. Holmes
originated the name or not, there is
not much doubt, says the Boston Her
aid, that he selected it for the Boston
publication and that his selection was
duly acknowledged by the proprietors
of the magazine. Besides, 1t furnished
the occasion for the preparation of
one of DR.. Holmes best puns. No
rude iconoclast can deprive his mem
DRY Of that proud distinction.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
succeeds Carl sohurz.

II. w. Putnam. of the Harvard class
of 1869, was elected president of the
Germanic Museum association of Har-
ward at a recent meeting of the as.
ISOLATION, in place OF Carl .Schurz, de.
ceased.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

was impaired and the kidney secre-
lions were badly disordered. l was
completely worn out and discouraged
when l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills, but they went right to the cause
of the trouble and did their work well.
/ have been feeling well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

To the chronic investor in wildcat
mining schemes who expects 20 per
cent, on his money every other week
the three per cent. year offered by
Uncle Sam looks small That hopeful
being wonders why Morgan and the
French bankers snap at lean bait OF
this sort.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

The Bell has apparently struck one
for aerial navigation, but 1t is to be
hoped that 1t will be long before we
have AIRY navies battling in the cen.
trail blue"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

Life is to be fortified with many
friendships. To love and to be loved
is the greatest happiness Of existence.
Sydney Smith.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

i've months Ill q nos
pital / was dis
charged as incurable,
and given only six
months to live. My
heart was affected, l
had 8 m o t n e r | n g
spells, and some
times fell uncon-
scious. / got SO l
couldn't use my
arms, my eyesight
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

man?
Tommy-Solomon
Governess-And who was the wisest
woman?
Tommy-Well-er- either you
or ma, l can't make up my mind
which.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

There is no need to hunt for trouble;
everything comes to those who wait.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
Good Idea in Berlin.

Houses in Berlin are numbered In
luminous paint.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

MOUSE Has ohoTt Lie.
A mouse seldom lives longer than
three years.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09

Stop That Cough
before it becomes chronic. Get
Browns Bronchial Troches, the best
preparation known for coughs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors Could Not
Cure.

Levi p. Brockway, s. Second Ave.,
Anoka, Mimi, says: after lying fol
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-09
Where China Is First.

China has the lowest tax rate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16

out of the library tile past year. The
officers are Mrs. II. &. Groom. president .
Judge f.. :. Turner. vice president: Mrs
= =. Appleton. second vice president, and
e T.. Tiffany. treasurer.
Mrs Edward Jenkins and daughter. who
spent the summer at the home of Mr..
Garter III Warrcnton. departed today for
Annapolis, whore they will make their
future home.
Miss Eliza beth Gaines of Warrenton is
the guest OF Miss Ellen Witt. Richmond,
Va.
Miss Tinker of, New York is the guest
Of Mrs Day of Warrenton.
Mrs Edward Turner. nee Miss Jones, is
the guest Of her husbands parents at
PlouShlands. Broad Run. She will sail
Tor Panama January l. Miss May Bever-
ly of Broad Run Will remain In Panama
until May.
Rev. y. Y. ColSton is conducting mis-
sion at the Episcopal Church, Upperville.
Mrs James w. Costello. seventy-tive
years, OF age, died at her Upperville home
last week
The Orange Hunt Club of Orange. n.
Y. has 4 number of its members visiting
In IpperVille and vicinity who take part
in the drass Among them is Mrs. Doro-
thy Henderson, who is stopping at The
Plains
Miss Mary Hoge of Washington is visit
ing friends in Warrenton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-16
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY,
,ccial CORRESPONDENCE of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, November IL,

ROCKVILLE Md, November IT, 1908.
The following recent transfers of real,
estate in Montgomery county are record
ed: Margaret f.. Nj. Janney to
Guion Miller forty-three acres, near
Sandy Spring: S34Up; Andrew NJ
Curry to Brainard H. Warner
sixty-three acres; Ruth G. Bielaski to
George f. Mikelson. lot at Chevy Chase
81 600; William l.. f. King to Jessie II.
Van Alstyne, six lots at Woodside Chevy
Chase Land Company to Clarence A.
AspinalI. land at Chevy Chase; $500;
Chevy Chase Land Company to Ruth NJ.
Meigs lot AT Chevy Chase: S1,614; Frank
lin S Gladhill to William IL. Broadhurst
nine acres near Bethesda: Mary \. Carr
To Robert Atcheson, 12O acres, $4.l2j;
Robert -. CumminS 10 George p. Hender-
son, lot in Rockville.
Richard II. Cssell county commissioner
is reported seriously i'll at his home at
Jamestown. The trouble Is said to be
appendicitis.
Bernard S. Kelchner of Rockville died
last Saturday in a Baltimore hospital.
where he had been under treatment for
a complication of troubles. He was Il son
of Mrs Martha Kelchner and the late
John H. kelchner, was about twenty
eight years of age and unmarried. His
remains have been brought to Rockville
for burial.
Shaw Henley. whose home is near Rock
VILE sustained Il fracture of the collar
bone painful cuts and bruises about the
face and head. and was otherwise injured
BY beng struck by an electric car while
at Offutt's station, four miles east of
here shortly after 1. O'Clock Saturday
night He was brought to Rockville for
treatment and was later removed to a
Washington hospital. 1t is understood
his condition is not regarded as serious.