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Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03
The Lyncbing Spirit

All lovers of law and order VIII up
Maud the determined efforts being
made by Governor Deneen Of Illinois
to punish the Springfield lynchers. In
nocent and guilty alike suffer the mo-
ment mob rule is established, as the
Springfield fatalities show. Lynching
brutalizes those who participate In 1t
and leads men to look elsewhere than
to the Law for the redress Of their
wrongs. Men, earnest, but misled, who
seek to visit swift justice upon some
particularly heinous offender are Joined
by scores Of criminals, who take ad-
vantage Of the confusion and the re-
moval of customary safeguards Of the
peace to rob, murder and burn. Law
and order are replaced by chaos.
Any sheriff or other officer who does
his duty, protects his prisoner. foils a
band of would be lynchers and up
holds the majesty Of the law deserves
the thanks Of his community while he
lives and niche In the Hall Of Fame
when he dies. The trouble with toe
many officers intrusted with the Gus
tody Of criminals is that they either
lack the courage or the disposition to
defend their prisoners when the lynch
ers are demanding adruittance. Three
or four well armed men backed by
the law have accomplished much at
times when they made It plainly mani
fest to the mob that they would dc
their duty or die.
All laws are not good, but while
they are In force they should receive
the support Of the community. II
they are wrong they should be prompt
ly repealed Beyond doubt bad laws
and a dflatory, ineffective enforcement,
Of good laws encourage the growth o.
the lynching spirit New Jersey gives
every criminal a fair trial. but she
deals so speedily with his case that
"Jersey justice" has become charac
ter1zation fraught with grim meaning
for the criminal classes.
Nearly every public man this coun
try has produced has at one time OF
another gone on record as being bitter
ly opposed to the SO called court o.
Judge Lynch Benjamin Harrison
once said, "a lynching Is a usurpation
a dethronement Of our constitutions
king, the law, and the crowning of 8
cruel and unbridled tyrant."
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03
Arbiters of War.

1t used to be said that no first class
European power could afford to go to
war without receiving the sanction Of
the Rothschilds. Today, according to
writer in the New York Journal Of
Commerce, It can be said that two
groups Of New York fnanciers yirtu-
ally dominate the larger financial af-
fairs Of this country. and woe betide
those who seek to Try conclusions with
them. ]. P. Morgan & Co and the
Standard On interests, including E.
h Hartman and Kuhn, Loeb s Co,
today occupy the same place IN the
United States that the Rothschids
haM and to a considerable extent still
hotd In Europe. The Goulds have
made stubborn fight to preserve their
Independence. but with disastrous con-
sequences, and as every fresh victory,
adds to the power of the dominating
combination the chances of successful
opposition diminish. "'Ts true it's
pity; pity 'tis tits true" There is not
an important railroad in the United
States that does not come under the
influence Of these financiers, and the
evidences are that the scope of this
community Of interest is steadily wild
euipg.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03
The American Woman.

According to the results Of the re-
searches Of Professor Baldwin of Bos-
ton. critics of the American woman
have been saying very unkind things
about her of late. The composite por-
trait Of her drawn by them looks
about like this to the professor:
The American woman Is an all round
failure both before and after marriage
She Is Idle" selfish ''extravagant,"
"cowardly," shrinking greedy" pam
pered," spoiled" parasitic capri
c.ous," 'Imperious," '.tyrannical" ..bra
GEN." aggressive loud voiced" hard
featured" "conscienceless." ''heartless."
without SEX and without humor."
This sweeping indictment may apply
60 an occasional American woman. but
not to the typical American woman
She is by no means idle" for she
works as hard at home running the
household and caring for the children
es her husband works at the Office or
In the fields She may be a trife
selfish" In common with other NOR
tails Of both sexes, but daily these
around her find her going without In
order that her loved ones may have
what they desire. Possibly she Is '4ex-
rayagant." but II her American hus-
band shows disposition to save
money she VIII do her share Of the
saving and more. If she be restless"
she but shares In the restlessness that
has made America the land Of prog
ress and .get there" She may be
'pampered." but she has never been
spoiled" She Is not 'cowardly." as
many a burglar has learned to his
cost. and as she Is always to be found
behind every movement for decency
and for the relief Of distress she can
hardly be charged justly with being
'heartless" and "conscienceless." If
she be bit 'tcapricious" and "imperi-
ous," these so called faults but add to
her charm, and, as for shrinking and
aggressive" how can she be both?
She IS neither ''brazen," @7oud voiced"
hard featured" nor parasitic" and
without sex" by no means applies to
her. She Is a genuine woman from
the tips of her toes to her tortoise shell
combs and the very best type of wo-
man the world has produced. To ac-
cuse her Of being without humor'' Is
to confess that one does not know her
In conclusion, the typical American
woman is just as good as the typical
American man-and little better.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03
Uncle Sans .Airshin.

At last the United States eoco,,
ment has been able to secure an j,
ship that promises to be Of ao+ns,
service. One of the three mach,ne-
built recently for the war departr,on.
has demonstrated that 1t meets tho -
quirements of its designers contrao.
with Uncle Sam. With two men ana
$50 pounds Of ballast Captain Tho7no,
s. Baldwin's dirigible balloon no,
proved that 1t can travel at a snao,,
Of twenty miles an hour for at leas.
five miles. A slightly lower spead
can be maintained for two hours .. !.
more, and obedience to the helm hoe
been shown to be possible. This air.
ship has kept itself right side IN DIM.
ing all the official trials, and that ia
big thing for an airship to accom-.
plish. Both Captain Baldwin and Tn.
Gle Sam are to be congratulated on,
its satisfactory performance. &
OF course the showing made by tbo
Baldwin airship is not quite as bril-.
liant as that afforded by the Won Zen
pelin aerial fier, which has outstrn.
ped anything ever recorded In the air
navigation line. Nevertheless It showa
progress, and American progress a.
that, which Is one Of the most graft.
tying features Of the whole business
This dirigible balloon may never .ha
employed for the purpose for which II
was intended grant that II
may not!-brt It will serve an end
quite as important. 1t VIII be used
for educational purposes. The chief
signal officer viii train soldiers In the
use of it, so that when the time Of
need arrives his aeronautic staff win
know how to handle it properly. In
the meantime 1t Is likely that other
and larger airships will be built for
the government, although it is the
present opinion Of experts that an air.
ship Of moderate size will be Of more
practical service than larger one.
The trial and acceptance Of the Bald.
win atrshfp do not mean that the busL
ness Of testing these aerial vehicles Is
over. There are still other airships to
be given an exhaustive trial at Fort
Myer, and their movements will be
followed with great interest by the
public. The Wright brothers of Ohio
viii be the next to show what they
have accomplished in the art of soar.
ing through the ether Mr.. Herring
was assigned the date now given to
the Dayton aeronauts, but he has
asked for an extension In order to per-
feet some point in his invention, and
the Wrights have been advanced to
his date. Within the next six or eight
weeks there are likely to occur some
remarkable feats in air navigation. 1t
will be exceedingly gratifying if some
one Of the contestants should succeed
In complying with the war depart
ment's demands a speed of
forty miles an hour, provide storage
for fuel for flight of 125 miles and
be able to ascend and descend at the'
Will of the operator.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03
Russia's Great Premier,

It is beginning to be the belief of
Europe that at last Russia has a
prime minister whom everybody
trusts Under the circumstances that
is great good fortune for that rather
unfortunate country. Three years ago
the most dangerous symptom of the
Russian situation was that NOBODY
seemed to be able to trust anybody.
Any Russian In authority soon dem
onstrated that he was unworthy Of the
confidence of his fellows. Today NJ.
stolypin Is admitted universally to be
brave man and a gentleman. Even
the reactionaries find it difficult to say
worse Of him than that he is "a
man conscientiously devoted to false
IDEALS" and that isn't very terrible,
NJ Stolypin commands the confidence
Of the car, the support of the douma
and the respect and admiration of the
entire cabinet He Is q man without
nerves, endowed with a fine presence
and with great simplicity of manner
William T. Stead, who has been max
ing study Of him, declares that he Is
another Gladstone; that he has sue
ceeded In doing the two things indis-
pensable to the navigator-he has kept
deep water under his keel, and he is
making way steadily toward his de-
sired haven
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Every day except Sunday Judge
Taft engages in a spirited struggle
with his adversaries-the two co!onels.
Against Colonel Bryan he wages war
on the field of politics. Against 'Colo-
mel Bogey" he drives, approaches,
puts and occasionally foozles on the
golf links. Every one knows who
Colonel Bryan is Colonel Bogey" Is
less fortunate. He is the mythical
golfer who always plays each hole on
the links In exactly the number of
strokes that good player should use
Unlike other golfers, the colonel" is
never "of his game" He never "goes
up in the air" or "expiodes with a
loud report" on the next to the last
green by doing the seventeenth hole IN
ten strokes instead of four. He never
pulls shot, never slices drive, never
foozles his approach; also he never
uses unparliamentary language.
1t was recently reported at Hot
Springs that Judge Taft had played
eighteen holes there In eighty-eight
strokes. OF course he was playing
against the mythical colonel" for
that great exponent Of the royal and
ancient game never leaves the links
Colonel Bogey's" record for the links
was not revealed at the time Judge
Tafts score was given out but it
would be manifestly unfair to any
candidate for Office to contrast bis best
performance with that of a purely
mythical. ghostlike, uncanny golfer
who never makes a bad shot
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

a gas explosion In an English coal
mine recently killed seventy men. Had
a little more money been expended for
proper ventilation by the owners and a
little more care been exercised by the
men in using safety lamps these work
ers would be alive today. While bet
ter sanitation and hygienic knowledge
are diminishing the death rate from
disease, deaths from accidents In
crease Careless railroad operation
kills more men than a great battle
Negligent factory equipment mains
thousands. The work of caring for
babies lives Is commendable Should
not the lives Of the fathers and moth
ers be equally safeguarded?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

The recent suggestion of an alliance
between America and China seems to
meet with more favor in the latter
country than it does in this. The Chi
nese leaders express themselves as de
lighted with the idea, and the mere
suggestion has revived hope for a
thorough regeneration Of the empire
1t Is asserted freely by eminent Celes-
ttals that, with the moral support OF
America, China would succeed In
abohshing her political and CONNER
cial evils, reform her financial ar
rangements and establish a good gov
eminent
These oriental statesmen edmit that
China's worst foe up 30 date has been
China herself. Her weakness, due to
the hack Of aggressiveness and love of
peace of her people, has retarded her
progress. Her vastness Of territorJ
has prevented anything like good gov
eminent The richest virgin country
now remaining In the world, China
has been the magnet of all nations.
more especially of Japan That coun-
try has recently been making every
possible effort to secure q dominant
influence, taking advantage Of her al
lance with Great Britain.
Some Of the most progressive among
Chinese statesmen are Of the opinion
that the time has come when some
thing must be done to check the ad-
vance of the japanese ON the Asiatic
mainland An alliance with a first
class power would put the empire on
its feet and inspire its people with
new confidence in their ability to work
q great reform. China fears Japan
and distruss her professions of
friendship. She Is dismissing her jap
anese teachers and Is trying to boy
colt japanese goods. Trouble of a
serious nature IS almost certain to
come. Small wonder that the proposed
alliance with America is hailed with
enthusiasm in China Thus far on
this side Of the Pacific there has been
no scramble to get on the Chinese
American band wagon on the part of
either Mr.. Taft, Mr.. Bryan, Mr. Cha
fin, Mr.. Watson, Mr.. Hisgen or Mr..
Debs.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

John Dayton Of Greenwich, Conn, is
dead at the age of eighty years. Until
few days before his demise he was
at business every day, and his busi,
ness was that Of president Of savings
bank, vice president of a water com
pany and shoe dealer. We refer to
the case because ouR English friends
habitually represent American bust
ness men as '1iying the pace thai
kills." whereas the number of Amer
leans who have continued active IL
business up to the ages Of anywhere
from seventy-five to ninety is very
large.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03
The Dutch and Castro.

That the Dutch are slow to engage
In quarrel is made evident in the
present disagreement which threatens
to send the pick among Queen Will
helmina's plucky little navy to Ven
eZuelan waters. For the past two
months President Castro has forbid
den all communication between the
Dutch West Indies and hts republic
This has caused great hardship to Gu
racao. which subsists on commerce
with neighboring ports The lower
classes in that city and IN Dutch Gu-
ana generally are In state of great
destitution. Industries of every de-
scription are practically at a stand
still, for the raw material Is wanting
and nothing can be done. President
Castro sent the Dutch minister out ot
Venezuela some time ago and seens
to be trying to starve the colonis.s
into subjection to his demands. Tn
der the most trivial pretext the auto
crat has detained Dutch ships and
ransacked their cargoes and has done
various other things to drive the Meth
erlanders to desperation. All this time
the Dutch have been expostulating po-
Htely, but have not shown a marked
disposition to resort to arms until re-
Gently. Now the foreign minister Of
the Netherlands declares that If force
be required In dealing with Venezuela
It VIII certainly be employed.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Long ago the duel was prohibited by
law, and the world was well rid Of 1t
In its stead, in certain cases all too
common, we have today an appeal to
the unwritten law. The newcomer
seems fully as Objectionable as its pred
ecessor, more so in certain instances,
In the old days when the duel was a
popular method of settling affairs OF
honor a jealous husband could chal-
lenge the man he believed had VIC
lated his home and seek revenge at
the pistols point His enemy, guilty
or guiltless Of the ofense charged
then had at least chance for his life
The unwrftten law method is far
safer for the husband who is actually
aggneved or who merely fancies he is.
By an appeal to the unwritten law a
man may make sure that his honor
VIII be satisfied without even a sug,
gestion of peril to himself. All that it
is necessary for him to do is to pro
cure pistol and. after testing it
thoroughly, find his intended victim
under Circumstances precluding either
explanation or resistance. One or
more shots VIII then meet the require
menB Of the case.
In New York recently two brothers
one Of them an army officer, the other
a novelist who had already killed his
man, hunted up the alleged yiolator of
the officers home. The brothers were
well armed, and one Of them had come
to slay. The victim was unarned, de
fenseless, unsuspecting. He was mur
dered in sight of his wife and friends
who were as powerless to aid him as
he was to aid himself
Now the unwritten law, aided by q
plea Of insanity, viii be invoked By
the murderer in order to escape the
electric chair. Harry &. Thaw sue
cessfully invoked it VIII Captain
Peter c. Hams, Jr, q. S. A, be equal
" successful?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Now that the Netherlands has been
given permission to so ahead and
spank Castro 1t is not at all unlikely
that the autocrat viii recede from his
high and lofty position with as much
grace as he may be able to assume.
Castro is no ignoramus. and be cannot
but realize that the Dutch hand is pc
culiarly adapted to the operation of
spanking.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

IT have no kick coming" said John
J. Hayes, winner Of the Marathon race.
when he was carried ashore by enthu-
siastic New York admirers. Some
hard knocks have been given British
fair play In connection with the Olym-
pic games, but Hayes won the Mara
tton race and was officially declared
the winner. He has good 'thorse
sense" as well as speed He has mo
kick coming"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

The three volume novel, once so
popular, Is now two volumes too long
to suit the popular taste. But the
trend of today is not altogether to-
ward brevity. When first nominated
for the presidency Lineoln's speech of
acceptance to the notification commit
tee contained 139 words, and in his
formal letter Of acceptance there were
but 134 words.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Khe autonobile scorcher and his vic
tina are CERTAIN to meet under present
cond5nons, and the only way to avoid
the meeting is to abolish the scorcher.
b B. Thomas, turfman and inancier,
who srece9tly killed two horses and
narrowly escaped killing several peo-'
pie while arriving a 12o horsepower
machine at qSspeed of seventy miles
an hour, has Aost his New Jersey u
cense. a taiks kssentence is the only
thing that win carb> the scorching pro-
cHvities Of reckless motorists.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

It Is said that the condition Of King
Leopold Of Belgium. despite rumors to
the contrary, is not such as to cause
serious alarm. In which connection II
may be recalled that whom the, gods
love die young. and his Belgian majes
ty has never displayed virtue to any
threatening fatal extent
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

1t is over seventy years since Captain
Cook was written up to date-that is,
from the latest information. The Muir
rays of London have in press the life
and Adventures" of this picturesque
ana daring navigator.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Rear Admiral Sperry's feet includes
the Glacier, otherwise known as the
floating pantry" the hospital ship
Relief and a number Of Golfers. If
any more live bears, dingoes, mon
keys, parrots and kangaroos are pre-
sented to officers and men as mascots.
Sperry will think he has Noak's ark
with him.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

~Three Weeks" as novel was gen
erally considered warm" PROPOSE
ton, but as a play It was ''frost'' in
London. The critics agreed that II II
held the boards as long as its name II
would be doing very we'll
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

How varied and unequal are the pa
cuniary rewards Of authorship, Pres
dent Roosevelt is to receive s. pei
word as hunter of big game, while
Richard Harding Davis gets only S1.47
per day as Westchester county
On. ~ deputy sheriff.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Uncle Sam extends his hand in con-
graduation to the American athletes
who won honors at the Olympic games
In England. He is mighty proud OF
the doings Of his husky boys In the
old world
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Kermit Roosevelt Is to be official
photographer Of the presidents Wild
animal hunt in Africa In other
words, while his father does the shoot
ing he win do the snapshooting.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Miss Annie Peck.s adventures in the
Andes and her climbing of high peaks
show that there is more than one kind
of summer girl. She is enamored of Q
more strenuous life than that Of the
sweet miss who finds her chief delight
In cotillons and board walk firtations,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Certain members of the Newport set
are going In for politics. That Is bet
ter than giving monkey parties, and
II q reform wave should strike the city
Of the Four Hundred 1t might not be
a bad thing for the country.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Enough automobile fatalities have
been recorded recently to prevent the
flying machines from monopolizing the
news columns
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

The troubles of q Turkish statesman
are many. Jzzet Pasha has not only
been dismissed from his high Office by
the sultan, but he has fourteen wives,
and they are all looking for him
Ixset fed so hastily that he forgot to
stp at the gas Office and pay the
hasem gas bin.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Another man has discovered sys-
TEN with which, he says, be can beat
the races. The only way to beat the
races is to keep away from them.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

1t was a "brain storm" In Harry K.
Thaw's case and double emotional
insanity" In the case Of the Hains
brothers. "a mad world, my mas
tersn-unhl after acquittal!
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Now that the Isle Of Pines has been
officially declared Cuban territory,
those uneasy American settlers will
have to rebel as often as once a week
In order to feel at home.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

The eseasiest way for the sultan OF
Turkeyto induce the, women to begin.
wearing The veil again is to supply
thssp wiMsautomobiles.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

There would be fewer murders II
theae were more convictions upon the
fact instead of acquittals upon tech
nicalties or because of the laws de-
LAYS.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

This is certainly an era Of reform
Even China. Persia and Tarl1ey have
Joined the procession.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-09-03

Is poker, the great game of bluff.
President Castro's favorite, or does
be prefer solitaire?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-01
He ADproved That Plan.


1t was said in the Norton family
that Uncle Hiram had no ear for mu-
sic, as he failed to appreciate the vo-
cal efforts of his niece Margaret. But
Il his ears were defective his pocket
book left nothing to be desired.
''We've been talking over Margarefs
voice." said a dauntless and tactful
relative who had been delegated to ap-
proach Uncle Hiram on the subject.
ct really seems as if she ought to take
lessons and practice regularly. Her
mother talks Of selling a little Of her
mining stock for Margaret's sake"
Uncle Hiram's keen old face wore a
mutinous expression.
'Have to practice two, three hours
a day, 1 suppose?" he said duly.
ooh, yes" said the venturesome rel
alive. Then she had a sudden inspira-
ton.
''It would be best Of all if she could
go abroad for two or three years." she
murmured thoughtfully, "but of course
that is out of the question, the ex-
pense-"
"Never you mind about the ex-
pense - broke in Uncle Hiram joyful
~. eff she can go abroad-a good
long ways abroad-to take her lessons
and do her practicing I'll foot the ex-
pense. youths Companion.