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ask 'em to give him a chance to resign
so he could get a job as motorman?
: The Big Stick.
Il dubbed many tough that tried to
put it on me when 1 was humpin' beat.
it got EN- to guessin'-they guessed that
the next time they tried to nudge me over
the big divide they'd better get a gatlin'
gun. Oldtime cops didn't pound peoples
heads with their clubs because they en-
joyed it-they'd rather have been sittin'
In their shirt sleeves playiu' domnoes any
time. They dubbed the DULLES and the
pluguglies because they had to- and be-
cause that was the only way to drive the
grace o God and the fear o. the law into
the toughs
Il suppose the breed O. rough-neck cops
that I'm talkin about spent all of their
time just clubhin people. hey? You'd
think so. to hear these pluggers for the
soldier cops.
But they attended to other ends of il
besides clubbing. DO. They knew the
folks on their beat. and they didn't have
to be Buttinsks to do that. either. 1t
was a nod here and nod there. and the
holders knew that the cop was for them
if they behaved and gave him a chance to
he for them. He didn't pinch all Of the
'em home to slip their wages to their
wives. and they thought better of him for
that when they came out of 1t. and be-
haved better. too. when he'd staked 'em
to dose of straight talk about it.
He had an eye on the young fellows on
his beat that beered up and started in to
be bad actors because they doped it out
that that was the way to make hit.
and he hurled the right kind of spiel
into those pups that meant all right. but
fl,.nf Irif o-1 <Lx, ,a1ye ~
cause they didn't know any better He
was pals with these sooner boys that fig
ured that they had to grab leaf out of
the grown-ups' rummy book. and he shot
a lot of these whelps into the right
groove. so that they got next and made
something of themselves. He even had
his lamps out for jobs for them. took an
interest in EN-. treated 'em like men, not
maggots. He didn't try to drive 'em into
the ground. like woodchucks, the way
these soldier cops do.
General Utility Man.
HE could be talked to and asked about
things by women on his beat He'd locate
their men folks for 'em when the men
were ramblin', and. if it was in the cards,
he'd go snag the ramblers and run 'em
home, where they belonged. Do you see
women nowadays talking to these mill
tary. Johnny Darn cops? Not much. The
women nowadays are afraid of havin'
goo goo eyes made at 'em If they ask
cop about anythin'. and they back up.
stood on a corner the other afternoon and
watched one O. those wheel-on-his- arm
cops with the Howard Chandler Christy
dimple In his chin and the magazine cover
slanttng his wicks at every wom-
an under fifty that he helped across the
street. He'd lean over em and peek up
under their hats like as if he was tryin'
to find out if they had glass eye or had
used roseine on their cheeks, and then
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have nothing better to do. just follow this
advice. Look around you front and rear.
right and left. and at one of these points
of the compass. and. perhaps. at all of
them, you will see little groups of legiS-
lators engaged in earnest converse in
window recesses and corridor angles. You
will see flashing eyes and waving arms.
and you will hear If you thoughtlessly
approach too close. some highly ornate
and comprehensively profane language.
Don't you think for a minute that these
gentlemen are discussing matters of
state, the latest administrative aggres-
sion by the President the Brownsville
Affair or the contested delegations from
Florida and Tennessee. Just take my
word for it that if the arms wave very
wildly and the language smells of the
pit, it is Mr.. Lilley of Connecticut who is
on the pan.
Just a Polite Name.
Nathan Hale, who represents the Knox
vile, Tenn. district in the House, is a
calm and dispassionate soul. He is fam
Gus around the Capitol for wearing a
seventeen-inch collar around fourteen
inch neck. for chewing prime spruce gum
in unguessable quantities, and for other
wise COMFORTING himself with Tennessee
individuality. Also, it might be men
toned that rude and scathing remarks
hurled at him glance harmlessly and in
effectively from his hide.
Just the other day Representative wal
ter Rrownlow of Tennessee, who hates
Hale as the honored parent OF evil Is re-
puted to dislike holy water. gave out a
brisk little interview III which he began
by calling his colleague a Venomous
snake and then branched out from that.
1t was published in due course, and bright
and early the next morning friend OF
Hale's. fearing that distinguished states
man. was contemplating violence upon the
person Of BrownloW and picturlng him In
the last stages of rage and 1ndlgnatlon,
dropped in to act as paclf1er.
Nathan" said he, nervously, did you
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RS. JOBSON wanted one OF those
MI Merry Widow hats. Not one OF
IVA those extreme Merry Widow mats
III. length of a section of stovepipe, out
something just sort OF betwixt ana De
chune She wanted one of these mats
pretty badly She could think OF put
on. way to bring Mr.. Jobson around
IN her view with respect to Merry Widow
hats.
So she began:
Have you noticed the hats for women
This springo" she asked him when they
we're taking walk along street after
offic. hours last week.
Mr.. Jobson glanced at her susplclousiv
ont of the corner of his eye. as II 10 de-
,errnine. by such glancing. which SIDE Oh
the fence she would take with respect
to the new spring hats for women so
that he could promptly take the other
side of the fence.
You bet I've noticed en-. he repiled
non-committally. Il suppose you re pull
ing that on me now because you are go
ing to work me presently for another
ha; Say, how many Ids have you got
kicking around the house now-most Oh
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4R1G BILLY DEVERY ON THE NEW GOTHAM COP

conversation, he speaks in keen, homely
metaphor 1t is very natural that he
should uphold the old-fashiOned type of
policeman He himself was Of that breed.
from patrolman to top cop Yet his ar
gument savOrs of complete fairness. He
says what he knows and what he thinks.
The ideas Of a man VINO wore police
uniform for more than third of CEN
fury are not likely to be put aside. Let 1t
be unders tood-leSt it be imagined that l
sacrifice truth to effect-that Big BIZ
Devery. as he used to be known. spoke
precisely as | here quote him. The pic
turesqueness of his patois does not neces-
sarily detract from, even If it spreads the
futtering veil of laughter over. the sim
cerity and the force of his argument.
First he expressed, in his sweeping, av-
alanchian way. his view of the freak,
Johnny Darn type of cop (gendarme.
doubtless, he meant who is supplanting
the old-fashioned. rough-and-ready police
man of the familiar type.
Handin' Out a Few.
They're the swell mob of ping-pong
players, eh?" he said. Sometimes
wonder if they wear those things that
Bony Castellane puts on to give him a
straight front. Great game. this thing
of pickin out Gibson men for cops. They
don't any of 'em look like they could
raise base ball mustache. at that. But
they make it up by Shawn a couple o.
times day and gettin' action with the
powder rag. When they're caught off
their beat dye know what they're doin'
sport? Gettin their. finger nails mani
cured., That's right. / see 'em buzzin
the manicure dolls In the barber shops
right .along. They'll be fallin for the
Marcel wave next, and when that comes
every citizen'l have to be his own cop
Ever notice how they try to get them
selves up to look like leadn' men on the
hankypank East Lynne circuit? They're
pretty, right enough-you've got to give
that to 'em. The ones on horseback re-
mind me of those coon-chasing soldiers
Chasseurs dAfriaueD at the Hippo
drome All of 'em. afoot and mounted
look like the pictures you see in these
best-sellin dollar-and- light cent novels
A lot of 'em know me. and wheDI meet
up with 'em they stake me to one O.
these No. guard mountin' military sa-
lutes. / can take joke. and so I hand
the salute back to 'em. AS long as they
don't pull fountain pen on me and pre-
sent arms with 1t. I'm not kickin'.
Its a wonder they're not made to
wear them flabby zou-ayve pants and
carry swords. That 'ud slap color on
the landscape and give the town a tone.
And fezzes. with gilt tassels bobbin' in
front O. their eyes'-what ud be the mat
ter with fezzes? After that they ought
to be a wee-wee-er. I'm not sayin' that
they ought to have competitive exami-
nations doin' honiton lace workout
that'll come in time. without me suggest
in it. What we need is cultivated cops.
that read BrOwnin' and Omar KhazZim
and that know how to paint peoples on
china plaques. They ought to be there
with the elocution. tSo-'Asleep at the
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tvne of policeman say. and no doubt be-
iieve, that Officer Clubswing, the burly.
quick acting individualistic policeman OF
the older order was an officious meddl.nS.
staggering, head-cracking bully in uni
form
COMPARISONS Are Odious.
Was heo There are authorities who
deny 1t who maintain that. on the con-
trary, the old-fashioned policeman held
his beat In the hollow Of his hand. so
to say, as does a priest his parish; that
he was helper and counselor of the I'M
fortunate an adviser of the weak, the
prof1igate and the merely .erring, and
terror to the downright wicked; that he
was recognized parochial power for
good. intoxicating an ambition for decent
behavior. right living. in those within
his neutrality-suspicious.; that his aggressive
ness was usually tempered by considera-
ton; that he was a club wielder only In
the perilous moment of imminent neces
sity; that. in essence, he polced his
beat with the intimacy. the needful
curiosity, the keenly human interest and
the zeal of man who understood his
responsibilities and the extent of his dele
gated authority, and who enjoyed his
work.
Set over against this od-fashinned type
of "beat-pounder" (say the same author
ities) the modern, soldierized type of pO-
llceman. with his studied aloofness, his
chilling ciyility when civility is exacted.
his compulsorily acquired lack of individ-
nal initiative in big moments, his constant
dependence upon detailed instructions
from superiors. his intentional avoidance
OF nit nf h1 oil
ment of the personnel of his beat which
might we'll be looked after. his somewhat
overdone trigness of uniform and accou
terment and the attitudiniZing which nat
urally results from his consciousness of
the effect he imagines his military get-up
Is producing. Make a comparison of this
sort. contend the upholders of the passing
type of policeman. and you have an au-
tomaton, a string-pulled marionette,
standing blankly and helplessly alongside
of a living breathing. competent uni
formed man.
One of the Old School.
One of the main supporters of the old
fashioned as against the soldierized po-
liceman is former Chief of Police William
8. Devery of New York-.the best top cop
New York ever had" as his friends say
and. naturally enough. the worst. in the
opinion of his enemies, of whom, for his
lifelong aggressiveness, he has a-plenty
Devery is the man who put that jewel of
a word, "chesty." into the American Ian
guage He made the phrase 'bearin' on
an appertanin' to" an evocative of laugh
ter. He is gigantic, naturally violent
mar. with an outflow. at the opportune in
yitation. of the sunniest rough humor inn
aginable. In sargument he has blunt
Irish sardonic wit that numbs an oppo-
nent as might the blows of bludgeon.
Habitually, even in ordinary unmoved
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OF in many years has a member
~ l of the House of Representatives
~ been so thoroughly unpopular
u with his colleagues as is Repre-
sentative Lilley of Connecticut,
whose charges of graft and corruption in
connection with submarine boat legisla-
ton in Congress brought abou; the present
investigation by the Boutell special COM
mittee. And this is stated as a fact. and
not by way of criticism or disparagement
Mr.. Lilley knows 1t, too. and it seems
rather to please him than otherwise. At
least. so his friends have gathered from
his occasional references to the subject.
Certainly, 1t isn't worrying him even
little bit. although the daily telepathic
uff1rmations from large percentage OF the
House membership would make a more
sensitively constituted and less thick
skinned individual do everything unfortu-
nate and distressing from cutting himself
while shaving to jumping out of his COM
mittee room window
''Waitin' at the Church"
y brilliant example of the coventresque
attitude of the House ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
lean and democratic-with reference to
Mr. Lilley was furnished during general
debate on the naval bill. Richmond Pear
son Hobson. once one of our leading oscu-
lators had turned loose line OF war
talk calculated to make the traditional
dove molt out OF season. and Theodore
Burton. the Cleveland student. had fol-
lowed with a peace pastoral of the mill
lennfum Then came MIR. I.illeyS turn to
howl Everybody under the dome knew
he was scheduled to speak and there were
as many rumors in the air as notes in
sunbeam concerning the sensational fea-
lures of his address, which, by the way.
did not materialize. But as soon as Mr..
I,illey secured the floor and started in
with the usual formal. "Mr. Chairman,
the couple of hundred of republicans and
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-07-17
WILLIAM J. BRYAN NAMED FOR PRESIDENT
: JOHN W. kern OF INDIANA FOR VICE President

the nominating of candidates. with the
the should be taken until after the adop
ton of the platform
When the called Alabama
Ignats began his nominating speech Il obey the
state solemn land the mandate of the
wholesome Democracy of the nation
When Mr. Dunn pronounced the of William Jennings Bryan
lasted in wild pandcmonu of yelling cheering
paradng with banners and standards
and
second in duration to Wednesday paudts
for Bryan that lasted an hour and twcnyseven minutes
would probably lasted much longer but
exerons of Chairman Clayton restore order
WEDNESDAYS BRYAN DEMONSTRATION.
Senator Gore the blind statesman from Oklahoma at Wednesday
session. Mr. Bryan the
widest enthusiastic oubuss of applause witnessed
political convention lie said:
II come to you Democracy
figure of Speech where the principles of cersOnian Democracy
been written into the fundamental law of the state
president Roosevelt said that his opinion of the constitution Of
fit publication That however true of
of the opinions of the President of this natiOn'
Shouts of laughter followed.
'The great secretary of t" Oklahoma and waged
constitution continued Senator Gore Ie asked to
right of liberty and self government But the greatest
apostle of human liberty down and advised us to accept it. and
by majority of 100000 Oklahoma rejected the advice of Taft
and accepted the advice of Bryan
the convention caught the Of Bryant at just 20
ouburst of cheering broke loose that lasted with
and joined parade of the hail. The band played snacs of
and flags waved in wild deirm of applause
NOMINATION OF VICE PRESIDENT
The convention nominated William Jennings Bryan for President
3O O'Clock the morning and at 40 O'Clock of the day it
John W. Kern of Indiana for his running The nomn
ton made by reclamation, the of all the other candidates
having been withdrawn.
John W. placed before by
Thomas r. Marshall. for governor of Alabama.
Charles s. Thomas of Colorado placed in nomination Charles s.
Connecticut presenting
Archibald Mcneil
j. r. Hill of Georgia placed nomination Clark Howell editor
represented Fred
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nominated for the third time Dem
presidency $40 O'Clock Friday morning
which chosen this Mr. Bryan s92 Gov
johnson, 46; Judge Gray 591a.
Instantly nomination of Mr. Bryan made un
animous.
the conclusion of night session
exactly eight hours.
follows Connecticut, 81 Georgia. =;
Maine Maryland 81 Minnesota 22 New Hampshire rennsy
Rhode Island, 3.
Gray-Deawar Georgia, 20; New jersey 24 Pennsyva
9H. . r. an A.,
other to Bryan.
the nomination aken pending
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Baby Had Severe Attack-Grandfather
Suffered Torments with IT.
Owe Recovery to Cutieura.

"In 1854 my grandson. a babe. had
an attack of eczema. and after trying
the doctors to the extent of heavy bills
and an increase of the disease and suf-
fcring. recommended Cutic and
in few weeks the child was well. He
is to-day a strong man and absolutely
free from the disease. a few years
ago I contracted eczema, and became
an intense sufferer. A whole winter
passed without once having on shoes.
nearly from the knees to the toes be-
ing covered with virulent sores. ltried
many doctors to no purpose. Then I
procured the Cuticura Remedies and
found immediate improvement and
final cure. NJ. W. LaRue, Si5 Seventh St.
Louisville. KY. Apr. 23 and May II. 'O7."
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Advice to the LoveIorn.

An Albany politician was discussing
the heart troubles that ofttimes draw
famous men unwillingly into court.
IF these men," said he, would
paste in their hats poor expatriated
Abe Hummel's advice, they'd have no
difficulty whatever.
"Abe's advice, which he necessarily
repeated to his clients, was:
".Nevcr make love to a woman
through an ink bottle"
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Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Doan's Kidney Pills
cured him after he
had doctored and
had been in two diff
ferent hospitals for
eighteen m on t b S !,
suffering in t 9 n s Q
pain in the back,
lameness, twinges
when stoOping or
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the speaker progressed he grad
his remarks and stating that Mitchell de-
ce permit the Of his closed by econdng the noma
of the Hoosier ---a-.s-r-
read from George Gray of Delaware saying:
under allow be presented
the presidential nomination for would under circumstances
accept, if received the nomination" " -
nomination of Mr. Kern that it
would be choice of the convention and th
Withdraw
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report the resolutions committee. it being resolved to proceed
while awaiting the of the committee The
enthusiasm for Nebraska the home
and after state the to the other
hearing best oaory the convention afforded
placed minutes past clock by
The seconded first by Senator
and then by Governor Glenn of North Carolina
Kentucky and Augustus Thomas
from Missouri made electrifying talks and the
convention urged them proceed despite the hour which was then
nearing o'clock e.
of Governor A. johnson of Minnesota by W. s
of George Gray of Delaware by Irving L. Handy
started Minnesota the yelling
kept during which Chairman Clayton
dspeasue with what seemed to be attempt to
convention Delaware coming LATER
of brief duration
made by acclamation fol-
thirds call of the the johnson and Gray men
delegates and pledged their support TO Dem
ocracy's leaders .L sFL s.I.s-N 90
had been expressed earlier in the
Murphy its chief who rising to his feet when
the called announced that New York
sened candidate New York solid cast for the conf
following the nomination by
claation joined other delegates vocing voferous
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hours of arduous labor punctuaed only by time
and sleep the resolutions committee Thursday night
completed the preparation Of the platform upon which William Jen-
the presidential candidate OF the Demo-
cratic party platform which satisfies the radicals and the labor
think does offend the conservatives
the committee unanimous and had the full sane
stanrdbearer who chosen within lew
hours of the adoption of the platform. -. --- .a, ,
Every platform had not been approved
him the telephone
Changes leader where the phraseolosy of the
with his approval the many OF
the drafted by the committee after the report
of committees received early in the day
The by the convention set forth
the pay position important question
advocated by the he first came INTO the
public eye ou,,,,,, INV, ~ VIZ, :, ,>c DEE
The leading the nominating speech
made of routine character The proceedings were be-
platform and the
time was filed with echmakng when decided to ss
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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05

ness. Mr.. OMailia had lived in Denver
nearly all his life and belonged to a
family long prominent in the political
history of the state, OF late years he
had been engaged in contracting. The
funeral was held from Holy Family
church Saturday afternoon. Burial was
in Mount Olivet cemetery.
K X X
John Hlavacell passed away on Fri
day Nov. p, at the Oakes home for
eOnsumptives. He had come west in
search of health, but too late. The fu-
neral took place Thursday, Dec. 8,
with requiem mass at Sacred Heart
church Interment was in Mount Oil
vet cemetery. Mr.. Hlayacek is sur
vived by widow.
X *
Mrs. William Kocher of 245 Inca
street died on Sunday and was buried
Tuesday morning, Dec l, from St Jo-
sephs church. Interment was in
Mount Oliyet cemetery. The Married
Ladies sodality, of which Mrs. Kocher
was member, attended in a body.