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Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
G0MPERS IN THEORY
AND In PRACTICE

Political theorists in the train of
Bryan have an awful time applying
their theories to their own practical
affairs of life. They won't work,
somehow, and when the application
shows how untenable they are, the
advocates are driven into an awkward
plight. This is illustrated in the case
of Mr.. GOmpers, concerning which
the New York Globe takes occasion
to say editorially:
Gompers in theory is one person
and Gompers in practice is quite an
other. The chasm appears if one con-
trast what GOmpers is saying from
the platform with what Gompers has
just done before a Washington court
"On the platform Gompers con-
tends that to deny a trial by jury in
contempt cases is a subversion of a
primary rights so enraged at the
Republican candidate because he
stands by the law as it has been
handed down by unnumbered genera
tons that he demands his defeat.
This is Gompers in theory-a man
who is exploiting a proposal which he
does not understand, and of which his
hearers understand less.
"Gompers in practice in Washing
ton was before a court on charges
that he had shown contempt of court
by what he had said in the American
Federation concerning the Bucks
stove litigation. The circumstances
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

when he told them that with us the
church had nothing to do with the
State. The situation between the ma
tives and the friars had to be settled
and speedily. 1t appeared best that
the Philippine government purchase
outright the friars' lands, and resell
them to the tenants, or whatever pur-
chasers offered. But the consent of
the Vatican had to be procured. 1t
also was imperative that the friars be
deported, transferred to other fields,
and that priests strange to the Philip
pines be installed in their stead. So
long as the friaTs remained there was
certain to be friction and turmoil.
Neither Mr.. Taft nor any of those
associated with him had the most re-
mote thought of lessening the author
ity and spiritual power of the church
in the Philippines. The matter was
grounded upon expediency and was
gone into like any other piece of
diplomacy, craftsmanship,
it may be called, Mr.. Taft
visited the Vatican armed with au-
thority. to pay $7,00O,000 from the
Philippine treasury for the friars
lands. It was a good bargain for the
church. The offer was accepted, the
friars gradually were withdrawn and
so, with a minimum of friction, Mr..
Taft wrote Finished" at the end of
IN enterprise which by its delicacy
ested even his persuasive and diplo-
matte gifts.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Bryan to become Senator from Ne
braska. That the contribution was
given is admitted. although Mr..
Bryan claims that he did not see it.
Perhaps like the policeman at the
corner, when a saloon is open after
hours, he held his hand behind his
back and twiddled his fingers, and the
$4,000 landed where it would do
the most good.
1t is true that the individual who
gave the $4,000 to Bryan's cam
paign fund is a Democrat, and has
close relations with Tammany Hall,
which have enabled him to realize
enormous wealth out of the wreck
and ruin of what ought to be the
most profitable system of street car
lines on the globe. But nobody has
accused him of putting money where
it would yield no return 1t is fair
inference, therefore, that the New
York City railway magnate knew
why he wanted Bryan in the Senate.
There is another feature of Bryan's
New York political and financial asso-
Citations that is worth thinking about
by the audiences that listen to his
Tuning and ranting about what he
will do with the trusts. So far as the
DldAc Vi new AOIk - NohtGt MEu DI1 yam
is personally conducted" by Charley
Murphy, the Tammany boss, and
Fingy" Corners, of the State Demo-
cratic machine. The wreckers of the
New York City railway system were
and are so closely connected with
Tammany as to be a part of it. The
effect of that Tammany-railway COM
binatiOn has been the bankruptcy OF
the roads, and the partial withdrawal
of transfers from the public, thus inn
posing on workingmen and others an
additional charge of ten or twenty
cents a day for going about town.
When Bryan rants in New YORK
about what he will do with the trusts,
the New York Democratic politicians
responsible for what has been done
with the New York City railway trust
will sit on the platform and applaud
Perhaps. as they clap their hands they
will be thinking Of the opportunities
for graft that would be open TO them,
# with Bryans help they could get
nance to handle other trusts the
Tav they have handled and wrecked
he New York City railway system,
TitIl bullying pockets for themselves.
nd with the general public robbed
+ transfer privileges to make up for
he millions divided among Bryan's
riends.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
REFUSE TO FOLLOW Go,rpBRs.

Although he had men on hand to
work hard for him, President Com
1ers, of the American Federation of
Labor, failed to accomplish anything
for Bryan at the recent annual con-
ution of the Maryland State Fedora
Ion of Labor. The convention turned
th6 Gompers resolutions down fat.
~. lat it did, however, was to adopt
sfsresolution touching on the question
of injunction and the attitude of cap
ital toward labor, which concluded as
1. lows:
~ That it is the sense of the con-
Vention that we put aside, Sc far as
possible, all party feeling and seek to
elect to office, both National and
ate, only those persons in whom
can safely rely for fairness and
consideration.
What chance has Bryan for the
support of sane, clear-headed men
like those who made up the Maryland
convention?
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

of the alleged contempt were such as
to lay foundation for an application
for trial of the facts before a jury.
The court was about ready to author
ize steps leading up to an empanelling
of jury when GOmpers, through his
attorneys, withdrew his request for
trial by jury. He preferred to have
the judge hear and determine the
issues than to have them submitted
to twelve men good and true.
Screaming for trial by jury in all
contempt cases and declining to avail
himself of jury in his own case
nothing more is needed to expose the
hollowness of the propaganda in
which Gompers is engaged"
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

From Secretary Roots Saratoga
Speech-"Is there one who does not
believe in his heart of hearts that
the selection of Mr.. Taft by Mr..
Roosevelt as his candidate for the
Presidency at the very moment when
he himself was thrusting aside the
Presidency, was with the honest pur-
pose to secure the best possible ad-
ministrator of the great policies that
were dear to his hearth"
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

What Secretary Root Said at Sara
toga-"It was skilful of Mr.. Bryan to
say that he is bound by the omissions
of the Democratic platform as well as
by what it contains; but who dictated
the omissions as well as the platform?
Can an omission of to-day wipe out
public utteranees of the past?"
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

However, Mr.. Bryan will make
another serious mistake if he allows
himself to think he has the entire
labor vote of Chicago in his breeches
pocket" says the Chicago Tribune.
1t has got to a point in America
where organized labor is far too intel
ligent not to know the difference be-
tween promises and real performance.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Evidently one of Mr.. Bryan's chief
ambitions is to prove that Lincoln
didn't know what he was talking
about when he said: "You can fool
some of the people all the time and
all of the people some of the time,
but you cant fool all the people all
the time"
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Secretary Root on Government Ex-
penditures-@The expenditures of the
present Republican Administration
have been we'll within the means of
the country, and there remains to it
in the Treasury a surplus of revenues
collected during this Administration
over and above the expenditures.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Uncle Henry Watterson declared in
1896 that the three RS of Bryan's
campaign were Reputation, Riot and
Ruin. In those days Uncle Watterson
knew what he was talking about, but
now-well, don't ask foolish ques-
lions.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Bryan and his record are both in
the running this year, but at this dis
lance from the finish it looks as
though the record were bound to beat
the man who made it.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Richard Croker, once Tammany
boss, predicts a Bryan victory. If he
defers his long-promised visit to
America until that is accomplished
he will never make 1t.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

It must be about time for one of
those justly renowned bargain day
sales of convict labor in the good old
Bryanic State of Georgia.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Judge Parker says President
.Roosevelt's accomplished policies may
be a menace. They are-to Bryan's
success.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

There is talk of Republican apathy.
It will disappear as soon as Bryan
swings around the circle
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Some time when William J. Bryan
is in the vicinity of New York it
might be well for him to explain to
the public how it came about that the
chief actor in and beneficiary of the
wrecking of the New York City sur
face railway system contributed 500
600 to a fund intended to help Mr..
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
BRYAN, HIS FRIENDS AND
THEIR TRUST RECORD
Wrecker of New YOrk's Traction Sys-
TEN Thought 1t Worth $4,000 to
Have COmmoner in Senate.
TAMMANY'S AID EXPLAINED

When the Democratic Candidate
Rants About What He VIII Do
the Trusts His Political Al
lies in New York GIeefully APP
plaud as They Think of the OPP
portunities For Graft That May
Come With His Help If a Past
Example Presages Correctly.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Free trade, free silver coinage and
free -Bryanism-that all, or
nearly all.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Expense Which the Bryan Platform
Calls Unnecessary and Waste
full Consists in Large Part of
Money Used in Research at
Home and Abroad For the Farm
cr's Benefit-Taft i'm Favor of
This Policy and Will Maintain 1t
in Its Present Efficiency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News of Mont
gomery County, Md.
,pecial Correspondence of The Star.


ROCKVILLE, Nd, June %. 1903.
Miss Katherine Leggett Brooke. daugh-
ter of Mr. Walter H. Brooke Of Sandy
Spring. and Edward Carleton Stone of
Boston were married at $50 o'clock Sat
urday evening at the home of the bride.
Plans had been made for an elaborate
wedding, but. owing to illness of the
brides mother, the invitations were re-
called and the ceremony was performed
in the presence of only members of the
families of the young couple. The off,
ciating minister was Rev. DR.. Lafferty,
rector of the Episcopal Church at Olney
The bride was given in marriage by her
brother, Walter II. Brooke. She was at
tended by Miss Marian Manson of Bos-
ton and her bridesmaids were Misses Hell
en- l.. Thomas of Sandy Spring. Ethel
Thompson of Baltimore. Ethel Bowman
of Boston and Charlotte Keesey of
York. Mr.. Arthur D. Stone. brother of
the bridegroom, was best man. The bride
wore princess gown Of chiffon satin and
old lace and an old lace veil, an heirloom
of the family.
held at the home of Joseph L. Moore, I'M
Gle OF the bride. Mr.. and Mrs. Stone de-
parting later in the evening for an ex-
tended trip.
Rev. A. w. Shaw of Lumber HILL
Y. c.. has accepted the call recently eX-
tended to him to become the pastor of
the Rockville Presbyterian Church. He
will, it is understood. assume charge at
once and act as supply pastor until the
presbytery meets in the fall. The church
has been without regular pastor since
the resignation of Rev Robert l.. McNair
several years ago.
Emory Grove camp meeting will begin
August II and continue three weeks
Frank 7. Duvall is chairman of the COM
mittee of arrangements.
Mrs. T. Richard Falvey of New Orleans
is visiting her father Col. Spencer c.
Jones. and expects to spend the remain
der OF the summer in Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The local market today was dull. re-
sembling in that particular the condition
OF the general market. There was a
good attendance Of brokers at the meet
ing. and in that respect there was no
indication that the close of the first
month of the summer was at hand. The
usual summer vacation period for the
brokers has hardly begun, and while
some are absent from the city, the great
proportion are still in their places, at
tending to the usual round of their
duties.
The attendance at the daily sessions.
however. does not create business, and
SO the call is not very often productive
&c the execution of many orders. How
ever. while the market is stagnant 1t is
not regarded as in n hopeless condition.
but, on the contrary, all estimates and
summaries lead to the conclusion that
business ought TO be good, even If 1t Is
NOT.
Some of the elements that constitute the
market conditions are specified as an
abundance of money in the banks, low
interest rates, excellent prospects for the
crops and an improvement noted in COM
though not great in volume, is still re-
garded indicative Of a healthy re-
covery from the late panic.
The fact that this is the year for the
great quadrennial presidential contest,
with its usual disturbing and unsettling
rumors and uncertainties, is looked upon
as the only unfavorable phase of the en-
tire situation. In the opinion Of some
market observers. the doubt as to the
outcome OF the election is not likely to be
as continuous or perhaps as widespread
as has usually proved to be the case. II
that forecast should be correct the eff
feet on the market OF the election will
not last through the campaign.
The local market may not wait on the
same course OF events, as it seems likely
the general market is shaping to do. But,
beyond that, 1t is difficult for any one to
map out program. and there does not
seem to be any great inclination to make
the attempt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
SOLDIERS RECORD MARCH.
Covered Forty-Mile Tramp With No
Food But Meat Pills.

DENVER. Col. June 29.-Returning yes
terday from a forty-mile march, which
occupied two days, and being fed on moth
ing during that time but two condensed
meat pills each, the members of the Sd
Battalion OF the 21st Infantry, stationed
at Fort Logan, seem to be in almost as
good condition as If they had had the
regular marching rations, according to
the post surgeons. Friday morning the
battalion was ordered without warning on
the march. Maj. Burlington was in COM
mand. Wagons and cooks We're left be-
hind and each man was given capsule
cont tanning the condensed food.
Here are your rations for today" said
the major. and tomorrow you'll get an
other one. You can drink all the water
you want. but get no other food
The men returned to the fort none the
worse for their unique diet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Wholesale MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS - Nearby fresh Virginia. TIA
IS; west Virginia and southwest Vir-
gin1a. 1871; Tennessee, 16.
BUTTER. - Creamery. fancy. 25a26
Western frsts. 23h a24h: seconds. ola
p. Process. fancy. 21a22: fair to good.
2Oa21. Store-packed. fresh. 15a16.
CHEESE. - New York state factory.
new. large. 161sa17.
POULTRY.-Chickens spring. per h..
2Oa23; hens. per h.. 12h; ROSTERS. per
h.. Z: keats. per lb, 10; turkeys. hens
per lb, 13a14: turkeys. toms, per h.. Il
ducks. per h.. Call.
DRESSED POULTRY.-Bens. choice
per h., Halls; ROSTERS. per h., 9; chick
ems. per h., 2Oa21; ducks, per h.. 11a13:
turkeys, hens. per h.. 10; turkeys. toms
per h.. i4ai5.
VEGETABLES. - Potatoes. new, pei
bbl No. 1. 2.5Oa3. 90: No. ., per Dbl. sc
a2.OO; cucumbers, per basket, 5Oa1.OO
onions. Bermuda seed Texas. per bu
crate, 1.25a1.5 so; peppers. per carrier loo
al so: cabbage. Early York, per Dbl, 40a
so: kale. per bbl., 6Oa73: spinach. per
Dbl. 5oa75: eggplant. per crate, 1.25a
LIS: squash. bbl.. 1.OOa1.5O snap beans
per basket, IS; bbl, LOCAL. %: new beets
per bunch. 2a3; lettuce. per bbl 20
okra, per carrier. 1.25a2 90: brussels
sprouts. per Of, 6a1O; tomatoes. per box
paragus, per doZ. punches, 1.OOa2.30
radishes, per 100. 1.OOa1.23: green corn
N. G.. per crate. 1.O0a1.30.
GREEN FRUITS. - Apples, per Dbl
2.5Oa4 90; early June apples, per bu. bas s.
ket. 50a7o; oranges, California. per box
8OOa4.OO: grape fruit, per crate. 3.OOa
400; pineapples. Fla. per crate. 2.75a
800: Ga peaches. per crate. 1.5Oa225
strawberries. per at. 5a12,s; biackber-
ries. per OF, sa1o; cantaloupes. pei
crate, 1.e5a2.25; plums. per crate, IL,
200; watermelons, Fla, each, oOa3O
raspberries. per qt.. 1Oa12?a.
HAY AND STRAW. u Hay, western
No. 1, 1850; No. 2. 14.50a15.O0; mixed
13.50a14.50. Straw, rye, bundle. 14.5Oa
1900: rye. machine thrash. 10.0Oa105O
wheat 6.5oaIoo; oat straw. Fer ton
5.5Oa6.O0; medium per cwt, 4.5Oa5. 90
ordinary, per cwt., 3.OOa4 90; l. -gs, Del
cwt.. gross. 5.5Oa5.75. Sheep, per H., 30
3H; spring lambs. choice. per lb., 61h
medium. per h.. 6a6A. Calves, choice
per h.. ia; medium. per h.. Z.
BEEF CUTS.-Ribs. No 1, per h., 16
No. 2. IA; No. 8. II: Rounds. No. 1. pei
per h.. Is; No. 2. ID; No. 5. H. Chucks
No. 1. per h.. 10: No. Q. 8: No. 3. Z.
WOOL AND HIDES.-Wool. washed
free of burrs. per lb.. 19a21; unwashed
per h., 20. Hides, green, per H.. g
dry, per lb.. 7a9. Sheepskins. green
each. 5Oa75: dry. each. "5a8O Calfskins
green. each. 1.ooa1.25; dry flint hides
per h.. o; dry sailed hides. per h., S.
shelled. new. s5aDO: ear, o.75a4.Oy. Oats
western white. No: 2, per bu.. 6Oa85
mixed. 59a63. Bran per ton. 80. GOA 80 co.
Middlings. per ton. 3OOOa32.OO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
HEAVIEST SINCE CIVIL war
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES FOR
THE PAST FISCAL YEAR.
Deficit Will Be About $50, OOO, 600.
Receipts Show Great
Decrease.

The statement Of the government re-
ceipts and expenditures for the fiscal year
ending tomorrow will show a marked
falling off in the receipts as compared
with the last fiscal year. and a large in
crease in the expenditures. The excess
of expenditures over receipts for the
year will approximate 500, O00, OO0 which
has been exceeded only twice since the
civil war.
In 1894 there was a deficit Of $69. sos 600,
and in 1899 there was another Of a little
over $S9.OO0.OOO, and in each Of the four
intervening years the receipts fell con-
siderably below the disbursements. Again
in 1904 and in 1905 there were shortages
of $41, TO 900 and $23.OOO.0 900. respectively.
The total receipts this year will be
shown to have been about $685.. 900 600.
or $64.OOO,O0O less than for the fiscal
year 1907. Customs receipts will be
shown to have fallen off about $40. OOO. 900
from those Of 1907, and the receipts from
internal revenue will be short nearly
$19.O0O,O0O. Miscellaneous receipts will
show a slight gain.
Heaviest Expenses Since the War.
The disbursements for the year will be
shown to have aggregated about $685.
100000, or $SO.OOO,O 900 more than for 1907
and $54.OOO.O 600 more than for any other
year since 1855. not excepting the Span
ish war period. Although these increased
disbursements very general and are
shown In nearly every account except
that Of interest on the public debt, some
of the heaviest of them were for i'm
portant permanent improvements
The Panama canal during the closing
year will have cost the government S3S.-
100000, as against $27OOO,OOO for the
year 1907. and the work this year in con-
nection with the reclamation of the pub
lie lands will be shown TO have cost
about $13.O0O,OOO, which is not far from
last years figures.
Postal Deficit.
The deficiency in the postal revenues
for the present year will probably reach
$13,5OO,OOO. as against $500 600 for 1907
making a difference of S6.JOO,OOO This
is the largest postal deficiency in the his
tory of the government except in 1905,
when it reached nearly sl5OOOOcO. The
records show that there has been a pos
tai deficiency every year since the estab-
lishment of the service, with the excep-
tiOn of twelve. when small SURPRISES
were shown. The expense Of the rural
free mail delivery this year is not ex-
pected to fall below 2oO0O.OOO
The decrease in the amount of the re-
ceipts of $64 coo, 900 and the increased eX-
penditures of $SO.OOOOOO make a differ
ence against the Treasury for the fiscal
year of S144.OOO.OO0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO, June 29.-Wheat was easy
at the start today on profit taking. July
opened u lower to 4 higher at S5H to
S55s. and sold off to S5h.
July corn opened Aass lower at 67ss to
67N. and sold at 50.
July oats opened 4 lower at Az. Sep
TENDER started shade to SAN lower at
3Sss to 38A, and held within that range.
September pork opened 71sai2!5 higher
at 14.971 to 15O2k; lard opened "
higher at 9.371a, and ribs opened ~
higher at s.521a.
All wheat deliveries developed consider
able firmness later on buying by some Of
the leading bulls. From s. July advanced
to s-34, and September sold to S634. The
market closed firm with July Il higher.
at Sjss, and September Is higher, at S6Aa
$685.
Corn sentiment became strong during
the last half of the session on demand,
stimulated by damage reports from Iowa
and Nebrask July advanced to 90 and
September to 6374a637s. The close was
strong and almost at the top, July being
up 1. at 60, and September 7sa1 higher.
at G9ssa69sz.
Close: Wheat-June $751;; July. SIS.
September, S614as63s; December. S7%.
Corn-July, 50; September 69%sa60s4; De-
cember, :9A.
Oats-July. 44ls: July old. ~; Septem-
Der. 1884,: December. :s9A: May, AK.
Pork-July. 14.70; September, 14.9o; Oc-
Ribs-July. s.s2,s; September. $50; oc-
tober. 500
Rye-Cash, 76.
Barley-Cash. 64a65.
Glover and timothy nominal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Closing Quotations.

Closing Quotations.
At the close of the stock exchange the
Following stocks had changed In price
change In balance Of the closing prices:
Amalgamated Copper, 66ss.
American Can Co, pfd. 81
American Cotton Oil Co., 3Os1.
American Smelling, 76A.
American Tobacco, pfd., SsI1.
Anaconda A.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. s2Is.
canadian Pacific. 1901.
Chesapeake & Ohio 39sI
Chicago Mil. & st. Paul 1341s.
Erie. common, 1917
Great Northern Ore, 59A.
Illinois Central, 1884
International Paper. 1911.
NJ. s. P. and S. S. NJ. 1nSis
New York Airbrake, 66x III
\. Y. Ontario and Western 4OE.
Norfolk and Western. 6744
Reading, 112;s
Republic Iron and Steel, IS.
Republic Iron and Steel, pfd, CO..
Rock Island, CON-. 1J;s.
Rock Island. pfd.. 3Oss
Sloss-Sheffield Steel, 51a..
S. l.. & San Fran. I'd pfd, 24l..
Southern Pacific, 817s.
Southern Pacific. pfd.. 120
Union Pacific. 14Jk.
Union Pacific. pfd., S27..
Il. s. Steel. 3S
L. S. Steel. pfd.. 1921.
Wooden Goods. "a.
BONDS.
Amin Tob. 6's, los.
United States Steel SIS. 96ss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
THE BALTIMORE MARKETS.
ecisl Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. June 2-WHEAT-Firmef:
spot contract. sSasS1s: spot No. red western.
30: June. sSass1.; July. sass: August, S71sa
IS: September. ssassi.: steamer No. RED.
>4as4n; receipts. 4l.437 bushels; southern ly
sample 1SaS5: southern grade, S3hsSTh.
C0RN-very dull: spot mixed. 1914; No. Q
white. 1sis: July. I5!s asked; septemn"o ISL
asked: receipts. S.l57 bushels: exports, $50 bush
els: southern white corn S0aS1.
OATS-Firm: No. white. 53a5sia: No.
white. 51l2a5a; No. mixed, 5iao'la; receipts.
5.S19 bushels
RYE-Stesdr: No. western export, SsaS9;
No. western domestic, SSaS9-
HAY-Sfeady; No l timothy, II. 50a Is. 90; No.
clover mixed. I0.UHal050.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Very dull steam to Liv-
crpool per hushel. I'd July; Cork for orders, per
quarter IS July. . -