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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-03
LUKE B. WRIGHT.

questioned and whose courage, like his
convictions, was; never known to fall
ter, man in every way qualified for
the Office, and his name is Luke "a.
Wright s.. s5s
Became StancI Friends.
No sooner said than done. Luke
Wright was nominated and elected.
He was attorney general Of the Mem
phis criminal court for eight years.
BY virtue OF that title he has been
General Wright ever since. The vet
eran Galloway, still hurting editorial
phhippics in those fiery days when
carpetbaggism bossed the south. got
into trouble with the federal authori-
ties and was clapped into jail. Now
came to the rescue his one time chaI-
lenger, who after a fierce legal fight
secured the release Of Colonel Gallo
way. Until the colonel's death the two
men were stanch friends
Still another parallel is suggested
William H. Tafts father, like Wright's.
was noted jurist. The editor of a
scurrflous Sunday sheet in Cincinnati
attacked Judge Taft's character. aBig
BilP' didn't challenge the editor. he
lived north of the Ohio river, where
the code duello was not SO honored az
In sunny Tennessee. Bill Taft met the
editor on the street and thrasIed him
to knockout drop.
1t is Of curious interest that the sons
Of these jurist fathers, both OF whom
We're willing to risk life and limb in
defense Of their revered sires, have
become closely associated In admins.
trative affairs and that the one follows
the other into high place. Mr.. Wright
succeeded Mr.. Taft as civil governor
OF the Philippines when the Ohioan
went to the head Of the war DEPART
ment. Now the Tennesseean succeeds
Taft In that office. It is also worthy Of
note that neither Taft nor Wright has
been a politician in the ordinary sense.
The only Office for which Taft ever ran
was that of judge Of the superior court
In Ohio, and at that time he already
was Judge by appointment Wright
never has been candidate for any
elective Office save that OF prosecutor
In the Memphis court. The wider ca
reers OF both men have been based
upon successive appointments to office
because they made good.
Luke Wright returned to his law
practice after his eight years service
as prosecutor. His partners were HIS
father and Judge w g. Folks, who
had been on the state supreme bench.
At the death OF Judge Folks the va
cancy In the firm was filled by Thorn
as B. Turley When United States Sem
ator Isham q. Harris died, the gov
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-03
London,s One Horse Tram Car,

Bermondsey enjoys the distinction Of
possessing the last one horse tram car
in London. It Is curiosity which
should attract rubber neck'' sight
seers. From Old Kent road to ST
James church, Bermondsey, this, the
only car on the route, runs slowly
backward and forward all day long,
and the fare is only halfpenny. 1t
is a pantomimic looking vehicle, low
down on the ground and minus top
seats. London Tit Bits.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-03
MiIton,s COTTAGE.

In this year, the tercentenary OF
Milton's birth, 1t is interesting to note
that the only one OF the several houses
In which he Is known TO have lived
still exists. That lis the little cottage
at Chalfont st. Giles, where he resided
for q dime when the plague ragsd In
London In 1866 London Builder.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-03

Rybolt-What do you call good
weather, ANYWAY?
TightWad-The kind that makes a
mans wife prefer her own home to a.
trip DOWNTOWN Chicago News.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-03

Burlesque implements.
HE says the duel was burlesque."
what does he mean by that?''
II dunno. Maybe, instead Of swords,
they used slapsticks."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-03

The Man and His Job
By Herbert Hapgood Z
By Herbert Hapgood

The idea that salesman is little more than an tne-
book becoming obsolete The od-schooI
regarded his stock equally valuable
his samples and he figured that the Of little
without the other
Buyers, however, not placing orders with the man
tells the funniest yarns. What they want good
prices good joke will take the
place of poor line of samples.
salesman who to do vaudeville stunt for the
assistants better quit the
business and the stage. When man wants good
laugh goes the theater buys it, When he wants
spring line of however, he has too much
mind to laugh string of jokes most OF which
rescued from the flood by other than Noah.
The drummer who banks selling goods on the
strength little better thai the colored
supplement Of Sunday newspaper and his clothes
the colored effect to great degree of excel
His ashy tie and big checkered suit, not to
ton many hued hose rainbow hat band, render
total effect equal to hasty glance at the weekly funny
sheet And then the jokes-the talkatveness-and that
perpetual SMILE ALI this however is not sales
manship, buyer with modern ideas will have
book drummers obsolete. They have had
their day at last
~Hn}. Z~.@ = a~z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-03
Ambassadors to Japan.

AS governor general the Tennesscean
served two years until his selection
by the president to be the first Amer
lean ambassador to Japan. He served
q year as ambassador, then resigned
and returned to Memphis and his law
books. After only one years respite
he now takes up official duties again.
It has been popular since the presi-
dent announced Mr.. Wright's appoint
ment to call him a Democrat. AS
mentioned, he opposed Bryan in 1895
on the money question and voted
against him. In 1900 he was again in
opposition to the Democracy on what
was defined in the Kansas City plat
form as the paramount issue OF the
campaign Imperialism. Mr.. Wright,
as matter Of course, stood for the
Republican policy Of expansion, so far
as the Philippines are concerned, be-
ing member Of the administrators
commission to govern those islands.
Going much further back, it may be
recalled that In 1876 and In 1884 Mr..
Wright was delegate to the Demo
cratic national conventions. Thus he
helped to nominate the only two Dem
ocrats who have been elected to the
presidency since 1856 Tilden and
Cleveland. Tilden didn't serve. But
that's another narrative. Mr.. Wright
may be called a Cleveland Democrat,
having advocated In the main the poll.
cies favored by the illustrious citizen
who has but just passed away. But
there are Democrats who think that
Grover Cleveland died a Republican.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-03
back to that gun. I'll work this one, .

back to that gun. I'll work this one"
replied the surviving brother.
Me-. Wright was born In Tennessee
In ls47 and has lived there all his life,
excepting when absent on official duty.
His birthplace was Pulaski His home
Is In Memphis, a city which he is said
to have ruled In almost czarlike fash
ion, so large does he loom upon the
local horizon. In 1873, when yellow fe-
Yer scourged the city and about lis 200
persons died, Luke Wright was one Of
the men who remained In town. He
practically took charge OF affairs and
was firm when most OF the others
wavered. He Is still remembered In
Memphis as the hero OF 1873.
Secretary Wright Is undoubtedly q
true southerner. At an early age he
married Miss Kate Semmes, whose IA
Their was Admiral Raphael Semmes,
commander Of the Confederate priya-
teer Alabama, which was sunk by the
Kearsarge, under Captain Winslow, of
the coast of France In 1854. The
Wrights had three sons In active serv-
ice during the spanish-American war.
Nearly Fought a Duel.
Not long after the civil war the fu-
fure secretary challenged a fellow
southerner to mortal combat. The duel
was not fought and thereby hangs q
tale Of present interest. In those stold,
farof, unhappy times and battles long
ago. there was veteran, Colonel NJ.
@. Galloway, who edited a Memphis
paper. The colonel was something of q
fire eater He addressed his editorial
philippines chiefly against Judge Archi-
bald Wright, chief justice Of the Ten
nessee supreme court and father Of
Luke. Finally the younger Wright got
fighting mad at Galloway for attacks
on his father. Harvey M. Hill, who
studied law with Luke In the Office OF
Judge Wright, carried the sons ehal-
lenge to the colonel. OF course the colo
mel accepted it +
Seconds, weapons, surgeons, time and
place were chosen. Efforts were made
by friends Of both principals to avert
the impending conflict 1T was argued
that Colonel Galloway, being so much
older than his challenger, could refuse
TO meet the youth without dishonor,
but the doughty colonel scorned the
proposition to decline With noble chfv-
airy, however, he said:
81 viii do as did the immortal Clay
with Randolph receive the FIRE of my
young and impetuous adversary, then
discharge my weapon into the air.n
But, after all, only a few hours be-
fore the fatal meeting was to take
place an amicable and satisfactory adj
justment was made. 1t reminds one Of
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
THE CHURCH m PRACTICAL POLITICS.

The Rey. Mr. Scudder a political clergyman in Jersey City eXultanty
ellis a n interviewer that the churches are in politics., and assures him that
they will work wonders in New Jersey in practical politics. There are many
thousands IF church members who will Indignantly repudiate the utterances
Of Mr.. Srudder. who's penchant for politics is we'll known in Jersey City
The "wondrs" that Mr.. scudder expects to see worked by the pulpit in par
tknn politics will 10 materianze On the contrary, a political cause however
good it might be, that the pulpit is officially identified with, is bound Ito suffer.
We nrcan many instances Of clerical interference in politics in this State
that stirred the popular resentment and brought about the defeat of the
policy or measur advocated.
pulpits. nut the effect upon the minds of the voters n ven upon he male
of the congregations las usually been Insignificant. The thought OF
tho average man in such matters is that he takes his spiritual counsel from
his pastor and reserves the right OF judgment in temporal affairs, and
especially in politics Public questions are to be settled by denberative
thought and coo Judgment. 1t en readily be OWNED what would be the
fate of a political party organized on religious lines in this State. There
would not be a grease spot left of it N election day
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
REVISION OF THE CORPORATION LAWS.

There is enough in the report of tn commission to revise he corpora
ion laws of tn State submitted by 1.-THE Governor in a messag to ne Leels-
lature last night to occupy thu time OF the Legislature for at least two weeks
or even for the balance of the session. A revision of m orp%au laws
of New Jersey. az made by this commission, is a serious undertaking. For
years these la have been unde the fire O criticism. They AVE peen
talked bout and mathematical in the press, in the forum and n magazine
literature Ill over the United States and have been referred to sightingy even
in a presidential message. What all the world nows is this the great
trusts and combinations in trade have taken shelter under these avs, and
that the most widely condemned corporate enterprises work under New Jer
sy charters
When the Legislature last year authorized the appointment OF a commiS
sion to revise the corporation laws it acknowledged there was something wrong
in them, something that demanded reform. Governor Fort in his inaugural
made III same acknowledgment. While uphoIding the general integrity o.
the laws, n his recommendation for the creation of a commission N cor
porations 70 provide a proper supervisory power ovr the granting of cr
porate franchises and the issuance of stocks and bonds by corporations has
been adopted by the commission and included n its revision. IS to the gen
erl features of the changes proposed, better light will be afforded when the
Legislature shall take up the revision for discussion. 1t may be said, how
ever. that the commission has been conservative in its work. a nigh De
expmted. 1t has carefully kept in view the vst business interests that
exist under the State laws and has beer scrupuInus in avoidance u. radical
changes to iniure them or to destroy the great revenues the State derives
says safeguards
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
TRY TO SAVE YOUR WEAKER
SISTER WHO USES DRUGS!
Many Society Women Have Become Addicted to PerniCiouS Habi
That at First Brings Comfort, but Finally Skaters Womanhood.
BY ADALYNN.

n rs type Of woman either adds to or detracts ron the glory of a nation.
q The women of America have gained a world wide reputation for clever
= ness grace, briLiancy and goodness, and this reputation they have de-
served, for truly no other country could show more perfect specimens of
womankind.
Tut what would you say il you heard that the pedestal O. which the
American woman stands had begun to grow smaller; that it was liable to
shrink until she toppled ron it? Would yu believe it if some me told
women than right here, in our W country?
In New Jersey I'M New York alone it is claimed that the number If
women addicted to the drug habit is appalling Cocaine, morphine. choral and
3nfum are used to such an extent by women that if you knew you would hold
up your hands in horror.
Place the gentest, sweetest woman in the world under the influence of
a powerful, insdious drug and the result is awful to behold.
The drug craze is lot merely among the women of the so-caned lower
classes. Man a society woman, worn ut from the constant activity and late
hours Of a busys social season. finds sohce for her unbalanced, qutvering
nerves in the tiny bit of poison which seems to put new light into her
eyes new energy into her tagging footsteps. She knows in her heart
but doesn lot permit herself to realize it-that each day finds her more
helpless in Its grasp; that's om day her regard for appearances will have
disappeared, and she, too, will De added to the many wrecks adift in the
sea of despair.
Only too often are worn-out nervous systems the caus OF the forming OF.
one OF the most penicous habits known. Taken once. the drug soothes and
comforts Wearines is cast o like a cloak and troubles are replaced by the
lrosest o. hopes Taken a second time, and it is harder to make the dreams
seem cal After a while therea arc n o dreams; instead, the most ideous
nightmares hold the victim in their grasp.
If the women of this country are the greatest sufferers ron drugs the
women who have never been tempted are the ones who should rise a. m
strictly observed laws that this evil would be efectuaIy abated.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
WIVES, IF YOU LOVE YOUR
HUSBAND, YOU'LL FORGIVE
But Little Real Affection Has Ever Existed in Cases Where the
Woman Refuses to Pass Over Mans Trivial Shortcomings.

21~
BY BARBARA KENT.

w. minstero Of his congregation recently OF course there are many
y answers to that question, but n Of the first thai would suggest
ITSELF is that perhaps there las lever been veym much love between the hus-
band and wife who seek divorce.
can forget n forgive. III if there is 10 love then there is n o place for
charity. n
The woman who will not forgive her husband for a trivial Shortcomings
should be very sure that she cannot be accused Of my shortcomings herseIH
and that she is always amiabk, sweets and reasonable. Forgive u oYr
hespasses a we forgive those that trespass against us" should be yoar
prayer when things g o wrong.
A wife must forgive much, and so must the husband. This question OF
how much we should excuse las often wrecked homes and seems to be ne
which plays qune a role in he home Of today. Your grandnothers and great
grandmothers eve had this to consider. Modern conditions have altered.
There's are two sides even to the righteousness of forgiveness. There is nc
doubt that a mans morals would be greatly strengthened if he knew that
he could expect asl little grace from his wife as the fallen wife would hope
to receive from him under similar circumstances But it vas always wonans
duty to forgive. I'M 1 suppose 81 it will be forever. OF course, it is unfair
Any man outside If an insane asylum should be able to control his
temper and his tongue. Some mn who nag his wife into nervous prostra-
ton "a often be as smiling as a basket Of chips in public. We all know
men VIII are brutal o their wives on day and generous and indugent the
next And this shows that it merely a question of the woman. What a
wife will stand for she will get What II will put up with she will have
to put u p with. She who las a forgving disposition will have to keep o
forgWng. But herein the trouble lies. The woman who does lot love her
husband will not forgive him for anything, be the shortconing most trivial
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
VALUE OF COINS.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Kindly let me know the value oil
these old coins and where to sell them:
% Large penny of years 1918, 1873, 1871,
1927. (2) White enc cent with eagle on
face, 1857. $50 One cent with shield en-
back and the words Union Forever. :
() One cent with no reading on either
side for the year 1858 (5) T%en-cent
piece with flying eagle on back and
head of liberty, 1884. go Three-cent
piece with six-cornered star on face,
1851. READER.
II. We find in the coin catalogues
little or no premium. upon these coins.
The copper cent of 1917, with fifteen
stars and a head of liberty, is worth
five cents. 2. A copper cent of 1857
is worth ten cents. A nickel cent of
that year bears no premium. 3. We
cannot locate this coin. 4. No prem
ium. 5. Little or no premium. 6. Little
or no premium. You might take your
coins to a dealer. We cannot, how
ever. give business addresses in this
column.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
Size FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS.

Some time since. according to a story
recently told by an a~fter-dinner speaker,
an old lady was taking her first ride on
a railroad train when She noticed the
cord of the emergency brake and asked
a boy what ii was for. The boy unhes-
itatingly said that it was the signal rope
to the dining car. and that if she
wanted anything to eat she would have
to pull. Finally, getting hungry, the
old lady pulled the rope, and the train
stopped with much ~suddenness.
who pulled that roper cried the
conductor, rushing into the car.
Il did" answered h old lady. -
What did you do it for?" peevishly
demanded the conductor.
Don't ask so many foolish questions
returned the aged one. Bring me a
ham sandwich and a cup of coffee and
forget t.''-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
THE MERRIMAC.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Kindly publish as 500 as possible
who built the Merrimac and for whom
it was originally built, the North or
the South. BY doing SO you will de-
eide a bet and greatly oblige,
CONSTANT READER.
1.-THE Confederates. shortly after
hostilities began, seized the navy yard
at Norfolk, in the harbor of which the
wooden frigate Merrimac, a Northern
ship, had been scuttled and sunk. They
raised her. cut down her sides and
converted her into an ~iron-clad ram.
which they called the Virginia.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
4 HEARING FOR THE FOWLER CURRENCY BILL.

Congressman Fowler, If New Jersey, has achieved an unexpected success
in getting the banking and currency committee of the House. of which he is
chairman. TO reporth his currency bill 10 the House. The bill provides for a
permanent currency system, but thu plan proposed is revolutionary, a s it
would 10 away altogether with the present bond secured currency and sub
aran If bank deposits. At any time of financial stress the banks
will have the right, subject TO restrictions, to take out a additional
roun of notes to equal their capital MIR. Fowlers bill in its present
lacks som of its original provisions. National banks cannot accept
ank accounts But the bill seems oredoomed to defeat. The Senate
viii pass the Abdnch currency BILL an emergency measure, this week, and
the House in all probability viii pass IT. too. The President is also avowedy
in avo Of this bill
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
For EouR

The President proposes to step into the breach in favor Of provision for
four batteships in the naval appropriations, as asked Tor by the depart
nent estimates The House naval committee cut the number down o two
and there is danger that the representatives from the interior, who would
sacrifice the navy inc coast defense to their demands for Federal appropri-
atons for their sections, will ut Ill the bauleships u IF te naval appro-
prfauon bill The opposition to naval increase is at once sectional selfish
and stupid. The Middle West has a great a stake in the national defense
as the Atlantic n Pacific States. 1t is o the ocean frontiers that We
must bear the brunt If attack, but the whole country will feel the shock,
and must bear the loss and the possible humiliation if v ire unprepareal
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
TIME NOW FOR LEGISLATIVE WORK.

Now that the local opuontt minority in the State has mustered It's forces
at Trenton and shown its strength and expended it's loquence the Legisla-
ture should proceed with the transaction Of the large amount of business it
has o hand. This is the eighth week of the session and all the important
affairs are in embryo The bills that have been enacted and sent o the Gov
Is still beforeth the Legislature or is held in committee The average session is
abou twelve weeks and Of that period two-thrds viii be gone when the ses
sion adjourns this week. Governor Fort in his inaugural spoke for a short
session, but he did not count upon legislative business being as backward
a it is after the lapse of seven weeks and a day.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
QUESTION OF RELATIONSHIP.

To tho Editor of the Evening Star:
An uncle and nephew marry two sis
tiers. Both have two children. Please
inform me what relation the children
are to one another and what relation
the uncle is to the nephew by mar
riage? CONSTANT READER.
1.-THE children are first cousins and
the uncle and nephew are brothers-in-
law.-Ed.j
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
REGULATION OF CONVENTION PRIMARIES.

If the bill providing for this years primary elections for delegates to the
two great national conventions which Governor Fort sent To- the Senate last
night shall be- enacted into a law. the delegates chosen will con much nearer
the real party choice than did convention delegates elected in the past The
bin may be described as a preliminary measure and urgency is pleaded for
it, since the date for the primaries is not far off and early action is neces-
sary. The primaries are to be conducted the sal as the regular primaries
fr the nomination of candidates for office and therefore there an be d
free expression Of the party will
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
SURE!

Effie-Do you think my papa will go
to heaven, Miss Hart?
Sunday School Teacher-Oh, yes, in
deed, Fife.
Efie-Well. if he doesn't have his
own way there he won't stay long.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-03
PLAYING SAFE.

'You have heard about the gentle
man who is called the father of lies.
HE is no gentleman"
81 know he isn't, but / thought he
might be a friend of yours, n
wanted to let him down easy
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GOES WITH THE JURY.

"she is going to sue him for breach
of promise"
But he has no case"
mo, but she has a face
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HAD HIS nnnBTS.

"a half loaf is better than no bread
81 don't know about that" cautious
~ exclaimed the bridegroom who had
just been sampling his wife's first
efforts in that direction.