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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28

Now that Roosevelt has got after Bryan there is no need of Taft on the stump. The republican manag- CTS might as well call home all the other speakers, too. The president s replies come so quickly and are so lengthy that the editors of the country are kept on the jump. Don't hurry this thing too much, Mir Pres ident, for there is four or six weeks yet in which to sing Taft's praises. The ink was hardly dry on Bryan's last reply when the president came back with another slap. If the revel- ations started last week are kep. up the poor, ordinary individual who has but one vote will be up in the air, and will feel like staying nome on election day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
coRKs HAVE DISEASES.
Caused by . Small Worm Which spolls
 tho Flavor of tho Best Wines.

Caused by . Small Worm Which Spolls
 tho Flavor of tho Best Wines.
 ITO the average person cork Is q cork" said well known restaurant man the other day. But smell this cordial. Would you believe it?" And he held up bottle supposed to have the bouquet of cherries all the way from the blossom to the pit. The odor was musty and altogether unpleasant in fact, 1t was decidedly bad. He con tinued:
 Now, the man paying 20 cents for his tiny glass of cordial after dinner is entitled to have 1t free from imper- fections. If he bought bottle of wine with that flavor, he would say the wine was bad, for ninety men out of a hundred know nothing about bad corks. He would want another bottle of wine or his money refunded, and he would be right.
 "The defect is in a tiny worm in the cork that is often invisible to the man cutting cerks and sometimes cannot be seen after the cork is drawn. A GUS toner will taste the wine and say, Bad wine.' You explain about the cork, and be will say: Impossible. That was a beautiful cork-beautiful! And yet we know that the contents of the bottle never could have that flavor under other conditions.
 T tell you there are millions of dol lars waiting for the man who can in- vent perfect cork that will stand the test of years for flavor and preserving qualities. If 1t could be proved that his invention was perfect, he would make millions in month. h."-New York HaralM
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28

Banker Henry Clews and the peo- pie he speaks for and associates with are not afraid of Bryan or of tariff revision. Here is an extract from his last letter: Fortunately, the country has been saved a crop scare, the worst calamity that could have happened, but the political scare came with unexpected sharpness. It is probable that the outlook is not so uncertain as just now appears, be- cause the issues at stake are clouded by campaign smoke and talk, which are always hottest in the six weeks preceding election. As a matter of fact, there are no critical issues be- fore the people which are seriously disputed. Both parties are singular ly alike in their appeals to the peo- pie, differing chiefly in the degrees and methods by which they would at- tain certain ends; and they might be more correctly classed as conserva- tives and radicals than republicans and democrats. To-day the issues are chiefly personal, and while they may easily precipitate the hottest sort of discussion they are less likely to exert any permanent disturbing eff feet than would the opening up of some great social or economic ques- tion. The tariff problem is of vastly more importance to the business pub lie than the personal differences be- tween the two candidates, and as both parties are pledged to revision the country must be prepared to face period of tariff agitation as soon as congress convenes. There is little probability, however, of any radical tariff changes, for neither party cares to incur the responsibility of prolong- ing business depression; yet the mere uncertainty as long as 1t lasts will be deterrent upon business, for no one will care to make new ventures until the outcome is settled. Our lawmak- CTS, therefore should be impressed with the idea that action should be prompt and calculated to give as much relief with as little derange- ment as possible.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28

But while forest preservation is the prime and durable water con- servator, the re-forestation of now wholly or partially denuded water sheds is the work of many years yes. of generations, and even the present forest area can be main tained only by the promptest and most vigorous preservation policy. says writer in the Engineering Magazine. The annual growth of timber is not sufficient to replenish what is consumed; it does not ex- ceed so board feet per acre or 36,
 O00, ,0O0. 900 feet from the entire area, while the lumber output alone exceeded this quantity in 1906; to this is to be added some 12,000,- GOO, 900 feet for shingles, cross ties, pulpwood, cooperage stock, mine timber. lath, veneering, poles. and for distillation. And this is o. ly the known consumption; there
 vet to be reckoned that for frewood. some 100, 100000 cords or 50,0o0,- 900 900 feet, and last but not least what is destroyed by forest fires. which has been estimated as high as 12. .000, 900 acres in one year. The total timber consumption therefore is nearly three times that of the an- nual new growth, and unless this
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28

is more nearly balanced very soon, water conservation by the aid of tho forests does not look very promising for the near future, that Is for 50 years or more to come. In the mean time the destruction and waste goes on unchecked; the floods will occur annually and will increase in vio- lence rather than diminish, the sometimes navigable channels will be choked up quite as regularly by the detritus washed down from the barred hill sides, and the water pow CTS of the stream, which alone might De of sufficient earning ca pacity to pay for all the reasonable and economically practicable flow control works, are hardly of any utility because of the uncertainty of the available flow. Prompt reliet can be had only from one pro- gramme, which comprises the stor- ing of the largest practicable flood run-off per cent, and the distribu- tion of this quantity during the dry season; in this manner only can flow control be had within reason able period of time, and some abate- ment of flood destruction and some betterment of power conditions will be realized from each effort.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
SEEING AND LISTENING.
Nearsishted Man Wears Glasses h
 Talking, but Not In Reading.


 Here's sort of queer thing" said a nearsighted man. T am very near sighted. Strong glasses are indispen- sable to me for ordinary, general see ing in my goings about, but when I sit down to read I take of my glasses and bring the print up to within the natural focus of the eye. It seems to me that reading with the natural eye read with more intimate and Q clearer understanding.
 "So much for my reading without spectacles, and now here Is the thing that is queer to me. If when I am reading thus. with my glasses otf, somebody comes along to speak to me, why. then, to get clear understanding of that question I must have on my spectacles.
 "So say. or would say if. this hap pened at home where know the peo- pie. Wait minute till get on my spectacles. and I would put them on and then say, Now go ahead and really. with my spectacles on. with my power of seeing at It's best. with the sharpest definition of things in general to the eye. I get the cIearest apprehension of things said to me.
 'So in reading I do best with my glasses of. butdn understanding things said to me. in listening. do best with my glasses on. There is one modlhca- ton to this-where there is no light. as in dark room. where I can't see I can understand equally well with or without glasses. ."--New York Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28

John Pierpont Morgan's steel trust has not been prosecuted by this ad- ministration. It is combination in restraint of trade. It is as truly such a com bination as Standard Oil. The antitrust law applies to it equally as to Standard Oil, to which it applies with no reservations. The two greatest monopolies of the coun- try are Standard Oil and the steel trust. The Standard Oil officers are anathema at the government offices in Washington, as they should be, The steel trust officials are well comed at the government offices in Washington, as they should not be. Why is this thusly?
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
Easy Money.

Theodore Hook was one of the Gar rick clubs most famous members. He generally arrived at the club late in the afternoon and never went home till morning." He had been told by the doctors, he said, to avoid the night air. A member of the club in Hooks time predicted the advent of the mill lennium at the end of three years. Al right" cried Hook. Give me a five pound note now, and will repay you f50 at the millennium"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
MR SHAW ON SOUP HOUSES
Points Out worEless Laborers and Engineless Cars - Former
 Secretary Talks.


 Former Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, in Michigan last spring, made interesting comment on panics as fol- lows:
 lover 100000 freight cars standing empty on the tracks; 5000 locomotives out of commission; one-quarter of the population of several large cities idle, and, for the first time in Republican administration, free soup houses"
 Hide Must Go With the Hair. In Secretary Shaw's case, the hide must go with the hair; that is, his comment on economic conditions must be taken len semble." as the theatri- cal critics say. His soundness on bank guarantee must accompany equally sound opinion on other mooted ques- tions. Now that Mir. Taft, against whom MT. Shaw labored, has been nominated, MT. Shaw might obtain leave to extend his remarks in the record" and embellish his terse state ment relative to soup houses.
 He will easily overcome Democratic objection, and perhaps can get unani- nous consent, under the rules.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
For Senators.
Sept. 28 In History.

490 B. C.-Decisive battle of Mara thon; victory of 10000 Greeks over more than ten times as many Per sian invaders.
 1S9S-Hon. Thomas Francis Bayard, secretary of state and ambassador to Great Britain under Cleveland's s administration, died; born 1928. 1904-Lafcadio Hearn, American jour- nalist and author, died at Yokoha- ma, Japan; born 1850.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
An Idea of Business,

Docs your titled son-ln-law know anything about business?'
 Well" answered MT. Cumrox doubtfully, he has had lot of ex. perience with promissory notes. and he knows how to get check raised."- Washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 5:44, rises $50; moon sets 7:34 p. m.; moons age days; planet Mercury visible after sunset.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
Danuerous.

Giles-How's your son gettin' on up in Lunnon? Garge-very well. He tells me he's got job partly behind the counter and partly out O doors. Giles--And what 'appens when the door slams?-London Telegraph.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
Unavoidable.

DO you think man ought to be greater than his partyT'
 Well" answered Senator Sorghum. it isn't desirable. But sometimes you can't prevent mans party from shrinkipE"-washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
Makes cowards of U. All.

There is nothing from which even the bravest man shrink3 so pitifully as the lancet of the surgeon. even when it is wieIded by the most shllful # his craft..-I.ondon Sketch
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
UnruMed.

Master-Mary, wish you would be more careful. I'm sorry to hear my wife has to scold you so often. Mary Oh, its all right, sir. I seldom takes any notice of her.-London Telegraph.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28

Bryan campaign Gompers anihiIation powerful foes of labor led Cannon against and the American Federation openly plan strike unionsm-Buf. falo Republic
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28

Black care sits behind the rich man on observation-disclosures
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
MONDAY, SEPT 2s, 1908.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For President, WILLIAM J. BRYAN,
 of Nebraska. For Vice-President, JOHN W. KERN, of Indiana.
 For Governor, A. HEATON ROBERTSON, of New Haven. For Lieutenant Governor, ROLLIN U. TYLER,
 of Haddam. For Secretary of State, ANDREW J. BROUGHEL, of Hartford. For State Treasurer, GEORGE MISCHLER,
 of Meriden. For State Comptroller, JOHN M. BRADY, of New Britain. FGr Congressman-at-Large, CHRISTOPHER AVERY,
 of Groton.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
Presidential Electors.

Presidential Electors. Louis Schmidt of Southington. Samuel l.. Bronson of New Haven. Tryon E. Robertson of Montville. Melbert E. Cary of Ridgefield. s. M. Chapin of New Hartford. George Leonard of Middletown. Oscar o. Tanner of Willimantic.
 For Senators. S-Thomas J. Gibbons, New Haven. F. Shanley, New Haven.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
ITS 4 GOOD BACKING

for fellow on the road, whether for business or pleasure. to have a good, strongly built TRUNK to carry his clothes and outfit. Commodious and compact and made of the best and stoutest materials, strengthened where the greatest resistance is need ed, are special features of our Trunks. A full line of UMBRELLAS, BAGS and SUIT CASES to select from at low prices, at
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-28
TEAS, COFFEES AND GROCERIES
Discount .15

Si00 These goods you could not buy elsewhere for almost double.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-04
Personal NOTES.

Atlantic City has placed a girl in jail for
flirting. The unsophlsticated American
male must be protected.
Corn King Patten has given the North
western university $4,000 of his winnings.
The money may be tainted, but the institu-
ton seems willing to take n chance.
Thu late valerian Gribayedoff was one
of the first American newspaper sketch ar
lists. AS Gribayedoff said himself. his
fame was due not to his great artistic
skill, but to his luck in coming first. And
he added with a laugh that 1t was always
lucky to come early and avoid the rush.
Easy going, happy-go-lucky Judge Will
liam Charles Adamson is a son of Georgia.
His early days were spent in working on a
farm and in hauling goods and cotton be-
tween Atlanta and Bowdon He after
ward took a course at Bowdon college,
graduating with the degree of A. B. in
1874.
John r. Finerty, one Of Chicago's fore
most Irish-American citizens, is danger
ously i'll. He has been confined to his resi-
dence since December OF last year. Mr..
Finerty is G. years old. In 1882 he was
elected to congress from Chicago. He saw
service not only in the civil war, but In
two Fenian raids in Canada. and was a
newspaper correspondent with General
Crook and General Miles in the campaign
against the Sioux Indians In 1876 and 1877.
The death of General Stephen D. Lee
leaves only two surviving lieutenant gen.
erals Of the confederate army. They are
General A. P. Stewart. ranking lieutenant
general OF the confederacy of Biloxi, Miss,
and General Simon Bolivar Buckner Of
Kentucky. General Stewart celebrated his
seth birthday anniversary on October Z last.
General Buckner was a candidate for vice
president on the national democratic ticket
with Palmer in 1896. He was IS years old
on April l last.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-04
oREeoNs Political JUNBEE.


Voters in oregon have faced at the
polls a test the like OF which was
never Imposed in any other state, and
the results must be set down as most
confusing. While only meager re-
turns have thus far been received on
the vote on the many different proposi-
tions submitted under the initiative
and referendum plan. It is certain that
Governor Chamberlain, democrat, has
received a majority of the votes for
United States senator and Is therefore
under the Oregon law, slated for cleo
ton by the legislature unanimously
republican.
This paradoxical result is due to the
operation of a double-barrelled pri-
mary law by which the members of the
legislature are pledged to support for
senator the candidate getting the
largest popular vote at the polls.
When the legislature of Oregon, sol
idly republican, shall have carried out
this mandate, a democrat will be sent
to represent republican Oregon in the
United States senate. Should his vote
ever by chance be the deciding one in
that body, we might see congressional
legislation in support of a rabid demo-
cratic policy enacted by the vote of a
senator whose constituency is in thor
ough sympathy with republican poll
H. ,-I 1An,tnaNnd In oil nNnorffuo
and legislative branches by republi-
cans
The charge Is made by republican
leaders in Oregon that the peculiar
result is due to the fact that the dem
ocrats of the state. registering as re-
publicans in the first primary election,
forced the nomination of the repub-
lican candidate, and then turned in to
defeat him at the polls. The Portland
Orego1ian, discussing the registration
feature of the fight, recently said:
II is known that the registration is a
colossal lie, a perjuTed lie, invited by r
primary law conceived in folly and used
by electors for -deceptlon, and for fraudu-
lent partisan ends. II is abetted by men
of both parties. 1t marks the greatest dis
honesty of politics, under present leader
ship, and OF legislation under 1.-THE new
system" The system makes a Jest, a
farce. a lie, OF the highest duty of citizen
ship.
The Oregon result is a perversion of
the principle back of the state primary
laws adopted in most states. The pur-
pose of these laws is to enable the indi-
vidual voters in each party to indicate
the candidate to be voted for by the
legislature, in case of party victory. 1t
contravenes all previous practice to
force a Legislature of one party to elect
the senatorial candidate of another
party.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-04
THE GRAND JURY RE poRrs.

The grand jury has labored for
nearly five weeks and has brought
forth two reports. Both the majority
and minority reports are prolific of
advice as to the future management of
police affairs we'll calculated to divert
attention from the paucity of true
bills found.
1t is a well defined rumor that the
greater part of the sessions Of the
grand jury were devoted to a search
ing inquiry into the red light district
and to pointed examination of its dem
liens to uncover, if possible, some in
formation to bolster up the oft-ped-
died tales Of police protection, but
without finding anything savoring of
police corruption or ma~lfeasance.
The indictment of a few specially
selected offenders in the social evil
business may serve as object lessons
or scapegoats, but it is manifest that
every one of these cases could just as
easily have been prosecuted through
the county attorneys office without
putting the taxpayers to the expense
Of a costly grand jury right on the
heels of the former grand jury that
had been equally barren of results.
AS to the recommendations of the
grand jury embodied in the dual re-
ports, the members of the police board
will surely give them due considera-
ton. For the most part they simply
endorse and approve the policies al
ready put into effect by the present
police board, although the n recon-
mendation In the nature Of a new de-
parture, namely, that of official med
ical c%ertiication of women of the
town, presents a very doubtful propo-
sition.
The grand jury Is right in saying
that it reflects public sentiment IN de-
handing a reasonable rather than a
technical. enforcement of the so-called
blue laws and is to, be commended
for refusing to load up our criminal
dockets with indictments Of all classes
of citizens for trivial violations of
dead letter statutes.
The suggestion that a later grand
jury see that its recommendations are
put into effect may be taken to fore
shadow still another grand jury for
the fall term.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-04

May was in excess OF 1900. In the
first four months of this year 239,010
laborers returned to Europe, compared
with 96,731 for the same period Of
last year. In addition to this drain on
the labor supply. the number of i'm
migrants who arrived in this country
in the first four months of this year
was but ~124,3s2. as compared with
404.332 who landed in this country
between January 1 and June 1 of last
year. The net loss to the labor supply
for the four months was 114,61S,
while the loss since last October will
be in excess of $50, 900.
The condition might be serious II
there were my prospects of it being
long continued. The working army Of
Europe, however, is quick to learn of
improved conditions, and it may be ex-
pected that the return tide Of immi-
grafton will soon set in toward this
country. Thousands Of thrifty for
eigners who went home when the bust
ness depression set in last fall will be
prompt to return when they learn that
employment awaits them in America.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-04
PRESIDENT AND RAILWAY WAGES,

Apparently determined to continue
it's warfare against President Roose-
welt, the New York Sun has resorted
to far-fetched misrepresentation to
make it appear that the president has
exceeded his authority and violated
the law in order to cause trouble for
railway corporations. In the course
of a recent editorial attacking the
president the Sun said:
Mr.. Roosevelt annulled the law which
provided that in cases of wage controver-
sizes the parties involved might apply TO
the Interstate Commerce commission for
arbitration. The railroads, under the pres
sure OF vanished earnings, proposed to
apply, but were met with the Information
that adverse arbitration had been ordered
in anticipation.
Democratic papers. following this
lead, have been quick to accept this
statement as correct and are using it
as the basis of assaults upon the presi-
dent for "usurping all the functions
of government" when a look at the
facts, which are of recent date and a
matter of record, will change the
whole aspect.
When certain railway managers met
in conference and declared a reduction
of wages for railway employees neces-
sary because earnings had been re-
duced by hostile federal and state
laws" President Roosevelt sent a let
ter to the Interstate Commerce com
mission suggesting an investiga-
ton to determine the accuracy of the
railway ~pretensions. 1t was impor-
tant, he said, that the public should
know whether or not railway
had been reduced and railway proper
ties damaged by either federal or state
laws.
The president annulled no law, nor
did he take any action to prevent arbi-
tration between employers and en-
ployed. The record shows that in no
instance during the period covered did
a single interstate railroad have any
trouble with its employees that reached
a form calling for arbitration. The
president did not forbid reduction of
wages, but he insisted that the public
be informed as to the exact facts be-
fore any radical action should be
taken affecting the wage of thou
sands of men, which, however, had the
effect OF preventing threatened reduc-
tions. It is also a matter of record
that the railway managers soon aban-
doned their talk of wage reduction
and it has been pretty definitely es-
tablished that their original threats
were for political rather than business
purposes.
The democratic organs viii be well
come to all the political capital they