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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16

ing that the discharge of this import
ant duty shall not be relegated to in
oivlduals with power to act to the det-
rlment OF the party and the public,
and to the advantage of the very ele-
ments from whose expressions the
American people are at this very mo-
ment turning.
1t is the province of every man with
In the party to aspire to the honors
which the party has to bestow, but 1t
Is the province of the party-and that
means the rank and flle-to shape the
party's course.
So far as the campaign of 1908 is
concerned, Mr.. Bryan has only said
that If democrats wanted him to be
the candidate he would accept the
nomination and do his duty.
Mr.. Bryan has said, however, just
as every tother democrat whose sole
interest is in the welfare of his party
and his country has said, that demo
Gratis should rule and that the malign
influence with which Mr.. Roosevelt
has contended all too unsuccessfully
in his party shall not fasten itself
upon the democratic party.
The New York World is not dem
ocratic paper. It's advice to democrats
nor its editors, has not the slightest
reason for personal unfriendliness to-
ward Mr.. Bryan. Their antipathy to
the editor of the Commoner lies deep
er than anything of a personal charac-
ter can go. The purpose of the World
and the men who follow it's leadership
is not to build up the democratic party
nor to advance the public interests.
1t is rather to see to it that as a re-
suit of the election of 1908 the demo
cratic party shall not become the me-
dunn through which a. Iong-Suffering
people shall find relief. Uninstructed
delegations is the purpose Of the World
and its coterie of corporation politi-
clans Trust your delegates" will be
the plea to the rank and file of dem
ocrats in various sections. Let your
delegates be free to do the best thing
for the party and for the country
Against this advice the Commoner
says to every democrat in every pre-
cinct in the United States of America:
See to 1t that your Of,tnion is regis
tered and that your sentiment finds
expression in the councils of the dem
ocratic party. See to it that the opin-
ion and the purpose of the majority
of democrats in every precinct is ex-
pressed in resolutions and given force
in explicit instructions to delegates
representing that precinct. Then let
the county conventions instruct their
delegates to the state convention and
let the state convention instruct its
delegates to the national convention.
Let the voice of democracy be heard
all along the line.oapd when the ma
jority shall rule, then the best results
for the party and the country will
have been accomplished.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16
The Child Who Works
(By George w. Goler, M. DE-

(Since DR.. Goler instituted the now
famous Rochester milk depots he has
become a national figure. When
through the eight years minisration
of these depots Rochester made a
striking reduction IN her infant death
rate new criterion for municipal and
public philanthropy was established.
DR.. Goler is now directing his atten-
ton to the peculiar phase of the child
labor problem, which he sets forth in
the following article.)
'MiSteri Kin i have a sustificat to
work." The chin of the boy who spoke
thus hardly projected above the coun-
ter at the health office when he adj
dressed these words to DR.. Samuel
McAuliffe, mercantile inspector Of the
Rochester health bureau. The boy was
four feet four inches high and weighed
50 pounds. He said he was Ia years
old, and despite his size and the fact
that he produced a baptismal record
showing that ne was born in 1893, he
looked older. He had been at school.
passed the sixth grade, and had as
the law provides, the requisite educa-
tion Cd in the rudiments of English,
including grammar and arithmetic
through fractions, but his conversation
showed that even the grammar of the
schools had not been able to over
come the example OF language in the
home. Nenrotic, restless, and lacking
in attention, he found amusement on
the street corners. in the penny pic
ture machine, and the fiye-cent the
atre. His face was set. Impressed up
On his forehead were four distinct
wrinkles, and at the corners of his
small red-lidded eyes, crows feet were
beginning to show. Beneath his eyes,
irregular cheeks met in sunken
bridged burl-like nose across which a
silvered coat sleeve was brushed with
Fery alternate shuttle.
This is a rough picture IN type of
one of many children who succeed in
securing certificates to work In facto-
ries and mercantile establishments
under a careless reading of the law
permitting children to work, and the
children presenting such appearances
may be found by the hundreds at work
in the stores and the factories of New
York state. The provisions of the
New York state factory and mercan-
tile law are as follows:
The child must be more than IA
years of age. Must present evidence
of age through birth certificate, pass
port, certificate of baptism or other
documentary evidence. must present a
school record showing ability to read
and write simple sentences in the
English language, a familiarity with
simple arithmetic through fractions,
must have attended school at least
$50 days since its thirteenth birthday,
and the child must be in good physi-
cal condition.
Notice that the words: good physi-
cal condition" appear in the statute.
and be assured that after such physi-
cal tests as ought to be applied, hard
ly more than one-foarth of the chill
dren presenting themselves Cor per.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16

mits to work would pass the exami-
nation.
Referring again to- the enid who
presented himself for a certificate, we
notice that he is badly nourished, be
low weight and under height, though
upon questioning him, the manner of
family living indicates that he doubt
less has sufficient coarse food Exam
nation, however, reveals the fact that
his teeth are in a wretched condition,
that his tonsils almost fill his throat
and his pharyngeal cavity is befouled
by adenoids.
Here, then, is the type of a child
who, though he has food, cannot eat
and digest as he ought, because of bad
teeth and sore gums, though he has
air he cannot breathe as ought be-
cause of an DISTRACTED nose and
throat. Is it wonderful, then, that the
nutrition of such a child is impaired
And we are going to take this child
in years, who never was a real child
in thought Or action, and make him
part of great commercial machine?
But this is not all thai we may dis
cover by even an ordinary inspection
of this child of stunted body and de-
formed face. His vision is reduced
and his hearing is reduced one-third. II
smell and taste were examined, they
would doubtless show under develop
ment, and judged from the way he
holds his hands, and his sloveniy bod
lily carriage, his sense of touch is be-
low normal.
1t may be said that such children
are uncommon specimens of American
boyhood and girlhood, but this unfor-
tunately is not so. The reports of the
examinations of the children in the
schools in some of the large American
cities show that a considerable mum
Der of American children are physical
ly, and therefore, mentally deficient
Of the children who leave the schools
early and go to work a large percent.
age show marked signs of physical
and mental inefficiency. In 1906, OF
1904 children who applied for certifi.
Gates to work, 215, or more than 13
per cent, were refused because they
showed very evident signs of lack OF
physical development. Seventy-five peg
cent. of these children would have
been prevented from going to work
under rigid system of physical and
mental examination.
What are we to do for the child
who works?
Not every child who presents him
self for certificate to work is found
in such bad physical or mental con
dition as the boy whose case has been
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16

Rochester Public Health association.
Primarily work for the physical bet
terment of the child, it has been found
means of mental and moral better
ment as well. Children who do not
chew well and breath well are stupid,
unable to learn, therefore backward in
school, and frequently lapse into con-
ditions that border on juvenile delin-
Quency. From the ranks of such nog
lected children Is enlisted the great
army of the dependent, the sick, the
criminal and the insane, and criminal
ity and insanity are only marked
forms of sickness II is therefore pos
sible to lessen the states machinery
the control and punishment of crime
if we early attend to the physical
conditions of the child. Finally those
children whose nutrition is high.
whose mouths, noses and threats are
clean less frequently contract the dis
eases OF childhood, such as scarlet
fever, diphtheria, measles and whoop-
ing cough. An attack of any one of
these diseases Is blow at the child's
physical development from which it
never entirely RECEIVERS. In the face
of all these reasons it would seem
that the taking up by the state of
the cause OF physical betterment in
children is movement most decided
ly worth while,
But now we deal with the child who
works. Three-fourths of these children
have gross physical defects which de-
amnd repair. He don work NIT his
teet," said one woman when shown
her boys mouth full of rotting snags
No, but his body depends for it's nu-
triton upon the use of sound teeth and
a clean mouth, and upon a clean nose
free to strain air through wide nos
trils, instead of little misshapen ones
due to the adenoids and tonsils behind
them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16
PENSIONS AND
SOUTHERN CLAIMS


q q o q q q . q = q q = = = =
We venture to say that congress
Will not adjourn without making am
pie appropriation covering the pen
sion roll. This debt the administer
ton takes jolly good care to meet
promptly every year; yet 1t is one o.
generosity as much as one of justice.
The old adage says BE just before
you are generous" The nation, how
ever, has not practiced this CON-
mendable principle. It allows ac-
knowledged debts due few South
ern citizens, because of the war, TO
remain unpaid; but give lavishly
to the Northern citizen because Of
this same war.
There is neither justice nor equity
in this discrimination, and we feel
confident that the Union soldier r.
ceiving the pension would be the
first to condemn the administration
for its unworthy delay in paying these
Southern claims, especially should he
be advised Of the fact that loyalty IS
condition precedent to any and all
federal consideration of these claims
1t is shameful, however, that any
such sectional spirit should hover
over these findings of the court OF
claims. The United States, through
its own court, has declared that it
owes these several amounts TO Cit
Zens. The money belongs to these
citizens, and it. is simply outrageous
to deprive them of their just dues,
thus playing fast and loose with the
integrity and good faith of the nation
for most paltry political effect.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16
PENSACOLA FLORIDA THURSDAY MORNING JANUARY

has hacked it enough to show that
its substance is what, in American
vernacular, might be termed unmiti-
gated brass, with gall and wormwot {
for its blood
Judge Parker offers no solution for
the evils he attributes to Roosevelt,
except to say, in effect, that the rem
edy does not lie in a continuance in
power of "our present ruler, or of
any one like him" The inference to
be drawn is
But the presidential vote of 1904
answers the Inference as well as any
argument could.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16
To Accentuate Demand
for Better WATERWAYS.

That improvement of the water
ways and harbors of the country is
demanded by every possible and reas-
merce is no longer debatable. The
question is now in stage where the
railway interests frankly confess
their inability to keep pace with the
tremendous volume of freight offer
ings. 1t may be that the eyes of the
management of the railways have
been opened to the fact that unless
inland waterways are improved to
navigable stages sufficient to bear
their just proportion of freight offer
ings, the manufacturing, commercial
and agricultural interests of the coun-
try would be injured to a degree that
would render practically valueless
the investments in railway enter
prises. Be that as it may, the rail-
roads want the rivers improved, and
the people want it done, and their
combined influence on congress ought
to be irresistible.
The guiding powers in the national
rivers and harbors congress, which is
working strenuously to have congress
adopt the policy of continuous appro-
priations of the maximum practicable
size for internal waterway and har-
Dor improvement, make the very
timely uggestion-easy of execution
and doubtlessly efficacious if applied
that every merchant, every manu-
facturer, every mine operator, every
farmer, every shipper and receiver af-
fected by freight rates Or by freight
congestiOns, and every public spirited
citizen, should in writing urge upon
his immediate representative the de-
mand embodied in public sentiment
for the adoption of fixed policy of
annual appropriations for waterway
improvements in sums completely
adequate to the great work.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16
How is Your Digestion.

Mrs Mary Bowling, of No. 22S sth
Ave, San Francisco, recommends a
remedy for stomach trouble. She
says: Gratitude for the wonderful
effect OF Electric Bitters in a case of
acute Indigestion, prompts this testi-
monial. 1 am fully convinced that
for stomach and liver troubles Elec-
trio Bitters is the best remedy on
the market today" This great tonic
and alternative medicine invigorates
the system, purtfies the blood and is
especially helpful In ali forms of fe-
male weakness. SOC at all druggists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16

Does the Chattahoochee river along
the boundary line between Alabama
and Georgia belong to the state of
Georgia exclusively? The Columbus
Ledger says it does, and els as much
part Of Georgia as any other part
of this state" To prove its conten-
ton, the Ledger declares that 1.-The
law fixing the boundary line between
Georgia and Alabama from a certain
point north of Columbus states very
clearly that it is high-water mark .
Now, though the law may state
clearly that the boundary is. at high
water mark, it would seem important
that it should state clearly which
bank of the river the mark is on. In
any event, with boundary line so
designated, one or the other state
must have quite considerable strip
of territory on the other side of the
river during low stage of water.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16
A lot of old newspapers
tied up IN neat bundles for
sale, SC a bundle, at The Jour
nal office.

The director of the Tientsin mint
will establish an industrial institute
in that city with capial of 100000
taels (s15S. 1000 to be supplied by the
mint without outside assistance. The
institute will manufacture towels,
handkerchiefs. buttons, cotton thread
and various articles in demand among
the Chinese
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16

A news special from Chicago says
that Chicago society is going to pose
for a series Of living pictures" in a
charitable cause. We are glad that
society in Chicago. which has been
posing for long time. has evolved
good reason for doing so.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16
why Suffer from Rheumatism?

Do you know that rheumatic pains
can be relieved? If you doubt this
just try one application OF Chamber
lain's Pain Palm. 1t will make rest
and sleep possible, and that certainly
means a great deal to any one afflict-
ed with rheumatism. For sale by all
druggists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16

The entering Of Judge Laney into
the race for seat in congress will
certainly add to the gayety of the po-
litical campaign in Florida next sum
mer. He's a good campaigner, and
interesting.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16

The bitterness of the Kentucky
senatorial campaign will result in a
strong combination of Bourbon pride
and rye faces.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16
HOOSIER FARMERS
HUNTING A TIGER
AZ Associated Press

Petersburg, Ind, Jan. 15--Over -u'
farmers of this and adjoining coua.
ties today are engaged in q use.
chase. A large Bengal tiger nso
been seen in the country for w.
weeks. Attached to its neck Is eo-
lar with three links Of chain: -
eral head of stock have been KllIea.
and people have feared TO IeA''
their homes at night.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-16

A lot of old newspapers.
tied up in neat bundles for
sale, sc a bundle, at The Jour
nal office.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-06-27
CAPITALISTS SECURE OPTION ON
JUAN JOSE L0BA7O LAND GRANT

has been secured by party Of Colorado Springs and cao
Skinner Colorado
Grant Rio Arriba county The transaction between
Mr. Hill Howard
of the
fftwo thousand involved in the
well figures The
small fortune slight hitch has arisen in the proceed
had other than
be reached his
vast amount Of valuable timber is under
that the has been thoroughly ued by expert timber
land On this
there Is
probability but what the sale will be carried through.
the this
especially valuable because of the pine and timber
the chief value lies the agricultural land The
flowing easter through
make irrigation and
tcabe.
purchasers install large works system for irr
numbering deeds
settle
fixed inherent rights
will hinder the developments proposed by the
purchasers
consumated
Sunshine Territory Mr. Skinner OF Colorado Springs
optional privileges with Mr.
which evidence
interested for than for speculation
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-06-27
HONORS REQUISlTlON
FOR OKLAHOMAN
Man Arrested at Estancia Must Re-
turn and Answer Serious
Charge.

Governor George Curry this morn
ing honored requisition issued by
Governor G. N. Haskell of Oklahoma,
for Charles Jenlink, reported to be in
Jail at Estancia, held for Sheriff ID. A.
Hughey. of Cherokee, Alfalfa county,
Oklahoma, and wanted at the latter
place to answer to an indictment
found by a grand jury in which Jen-
link is charged with incest, Miss Lena
Jenlink. his own daughter being the
alleged outraged person.
Sheriff Hughey arrived in Santa Fe
last night and this morning appeared
Tat the sa,&tol with the requisition 1t
was honored at once by Governor
Curry. Attached to the requisition is-
sued by the governor of Oklahoma
was a copy Of the indictment as found
by the grand jury of Alfalfa county
land endorsed by each of the jurors,
the county attorney of that county
and the county clerk.
Sheriff Hughey left this afternoon
for Estancia to take charge of the
|prisoner. 1t is reported that the sher.
| iff is extremely anxious concerning
the safety of his prisoner should be
undertake to return to Cherokee with
him as feeling there against the un.
natural father Is very intense.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-06-27
SUBCOMMITTEE
ARRANGES DETAILS
Thousands Will At.
tend Denver Con.
vention
PICK TEMPORARY OFFICERS
Lively Scramble for These
Honors- Johnson Men More
Confident Than Ever.

Denver, June 27-Two important
meetings are on the program today
FOR the subcommittee of the Demo
cratic National Committee. The first
session was held early in day and on
ly matters of routine business in con.
nection with the convention were tax.
en- up. The members of the committee
visited the auditorium and discussed
Ithe details in connection with hand.
ling the great crowds that are expect
led. The distribution Of tickets proms
ies to develop into a serious problem
as there is a tremendous demand and
every mail adds to the pressure.
All But Two Members Present
All members of the subcommittee
with the exception of McGraw, OF
West Virginia and Howell of Georgia,
were present at the meetings today
Both of these members were repre-
sented by proxy. Those participating
| in the two conferences were Chair
man Taggart, Secretary Woodson.
Roger Sullivan, of Illinois, r. NJ
Johnson, of Texas; James G.. Dahl
man, O. Nebraska, Norman c. Mack.
Of New York, and John G. Osborne, OF
Wyoming.
Will Chose Temporary Officers.
The chief matter slated for consid-
Grafton at this afternoons conference
was the selection of officers OF the
convention. No preliminary confer
ences have been held with regard to
this subject, but gossip early today
concerned chiefly for temporary chair
man the names of Theodore Bell. OF
California; H. D. Clayton of Alabama;
Governor Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri
and Judson Harmon, of Ohio. The
friends Of Bell outside the committe
seemed confident that he would BE-
named. but all the others have strong
backing.
johnson Men Still Hopeful.
Such Johnson men as are here pro
lfess to be greatly cheered by the re-
ports they have received from the
East that Bryan could not be named
on the first ballot. The Bryan men
laugh at this assertion and say all
the opposition to Bryan will not total
1875 votes.
DahIman confers With Bryan.
Mayor James C. Dahlman OF Omaha,
arrived this morning after a con
ference with Bryan at Lincoln. 1t IS
reported Dahlman brought the plat
form with him but this he denied. Il
discussed the platform with Bryan,
he said, but did not bring 1t with me.
| believe the public generally already
has fair comprehension of about
, what its provisions will be-" When
asked concerning the probable selec-
ton of the temporary and permanent
, chairmen he said he could not tell just
; what the committee will do as no
! slate had been arranged.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-06-27
THAW MAY YET
REGAIN LIBERTY
Sues Out New Writ Of Habeas Corpus
Preventing His Return to Mat
teawan Asylum.

Poughkeepsie. N. Y, June 81
Harry Kendall Thaw has obtained a
new writ of habeas corpus returnablo
before Justice Mills of White Plains.
The writ was obtained in anticipation
of Judge Morsaucher's signing an or,
der at II o'clock this morning recon-
Thaw to Matteawan Asylum.
The anticipation by Thaw and his
attorneys proved correct. District At.
torney Mack presented to the court
this morning the formal order of re-
commitment to Matteawan which
Justice Morschauser promptly signed
He would have returned Thaw to the
asylum at once had not habeas cor
pus proceedings been taken.
Thaw is delighted at this turn OF al.
fairs and he now believes if he can
get his case before jury it will de-
clare him sane.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-06-27
UNUSUAL MEAL PUTS
MEEK EYED COW TO BAD

w. II. Goebel, who has his family
in camp above Monument Rock in
Santa Fe canon, reports peculiar in
cident which resulted fatally for a
milch COW belonging to farmer
named Gonzales. The cow broke in
to the camp of Wallace Fiske and the
Smythe brothers eating all the grub
at hand also cake Of soap and
finished her diet with two boxes Of
matches. The unusual meal proved
to be more than the digestive parts Of
the animal could handle so she wan
dered off short distance and went
to sleep for aye. Mr.. Goebel says
that the owner of the cow is consid-
ering suit to recover damages but is
undecided whether the boys, the
manufacturers of the matches or the
soap people are to blame