davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

sey the machines have been rejected after being used for some time, But New Jerseys testimony is far from conclusive, There Is good reason 10 suspect that it was tho political boss S, who are always the staunchest oppen- ents of the machines because they realize that the machines mean that they will lose all control of the vote, that brought about their abandon ment. Then, again, as the New York Evening Post has tritely put it "The all-prevailinR reason with the New Jersey voters has been an uncouquer- able prejudice in favor of being lbc to sec ones vote cast, to be able @ walk out of the polling place in the confident knowledge that ones vote was surely registered whether or not 1t was counted afterward Against this prejudice all the admitted advan- tages of the machine, such as ifs easy facility the rapidity and accuracy of its count, have availed nothing Ii Is reasonable to suppose, therefore, that this prejudice may he found quite as militant in other communities as in New Jersey"
 Another great objection raised mas been the argument that the machines are so complex as to bahle many y)t- CTS when they attempt to solve theh mysteries at voting time, As a matter of fact the old antiquated system oi voting. by means of pasted ballots now in use In New Haven and other districts of the state, Is about az com pleX and expensive as can be devised Again, we are told that the machine, do not insure the certain secrecy ~ the ballot. Yet fl ls a fact that wher this point was raised in Briigeport earlier In the yeaJ practical demon. stration before judge of thc superior court showed that no one could tell with any accuracy whether machin | was being adjusted for straight or splIt" ticket, try as they might
 We believe the adoption of the ma, chimes will come in New Haven anC are expectantly awaiting the testimony
 of Bridgeport as to their worth. A
 no time could they be put to betiH use in Now Haven than this very fall
 when there will be 60 many split bal
 lots cast for Mir Taft for presden
 and for Judge Robertson for governor
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
CONGRESSIONAL EXPERIMENTATION.

We print elsewhere In to-day's is- sue of the Journal-C Courier thought full letter from George L. Fox of this city pointing out the preposterous situation as 1t affects Connecticuts representation in congress as result of MT, Ltlley's failure to resign his Washington office the moment he was nominated for governor It serves further the inferentlal purpose of agaln emphasizing tho self-ceuterel character of the man.
 The candidate for congressman at large on the republican ticket and on the democratic ticket, too, should have been nominated for the unexpir- ed term of MT Iilleys congressional service and for the full term, which begins next Marcn No matter what becomes of Mir Lilley at the polls next month, unless he resigns at once
 
 and steps arc taken to place a man in nomination for the uuexpred term, one of two things will surely happen. either Connecticut will be deprived of one-fifth of Its representative right in the house of representatives or Con necticut will be put to the unnecessary expense of a special election
 It is ipconceivable that Mir. Lilley should he be defeated for governor would think of returning to Wash ington. He could not live in the att mosphere, which would al once be created by his presence among men who would frigidy decline to associate with him, Ills duty then Is perfectly clear. He should resign at once and both political parties, acting as we as sume they can through their state central committee should at once pre- sent candidates for the unexpired term
 There is perhaps good reason whl | MT. Lilley should not have reslgnet his office before he was nominated fol governor. To his sensitive nature f would have looked like retiring under fire. Now there is no conceivable req son why he should remain member of congress for a longer time thar Is required to write out hls resjgna ton.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
A. to "colon" Hercules.

CNew York Evening Postl
 Recent archaeological discoveries have thrown an entirely new light up- on the story of Hercules and the twelve famous abors, t would appear that Eurystheus hostility to Hercules really arose from the lattcr's refusal 10 resign his commission in the kings artillery before he had reached the retiring ago, Theeupon followed the imposition of the twelve labors. Hercules was order cd 10 deserted garrison post in Ari- zona which historians have confused with the islands of the Herperides Thence he was ordered to Florida and no sooner had he left his Pullman chair than he was ordered back 10 Arizona. This adventure appears disguised as the the staying of the hydra talligatorl In the Argolls swamps Everglades Instead of exposing Hercules 70 such minor perils Rs the capture of the three headed dog of Hell, the sla ying )f hrazcn peaked birds. and the tanning of wild hoars as we have hitherto read the story) lt would seem that King Eurystheus kept Hercules travelling on Southern and Western railway cars for months at a time. Rolled once more the King east aside all pretences, and ordering Col Hercules before board of army surgeons had them find him III with heart disease.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

they are in an excellent position to ob- tain a true perspective of the situation since 1t Is not till hard times are well passed that people are willing or able to put their money in deposit
 New Haven can well test the pulse of returning business. The firearms made at the big plant famiiarly and 1ocundly known locally as Gun chester's Windshop" are, in large measure, luxurios. One can easily go a-hunting with his old model gun, if one cannot afford to get new one, or ono can easily refrain from hunt ing at all. if economy demands 1t, Yet Winchester's is to-day not only running full blast but overtime Another of our big manufactorles Sargent's, is not apt to be among the very first to feel the nood-tde oi prosperity. The hardware articles made there are largely for use in build | Ing operations and tho latter are moi numerous during hard times. The fact then, that Sargcnt's Is to-day running well is proof enough tnat substantially better times are already with us some of the manufactoric, over in the Fair Haven district, to h' sure, haven6t begun to look up' jus the way 1t might be most pleasing tc nave them, but still they are "gettlnt in line" with tolerable regularity.
 Business confidence is, at best : gossimer- thing, of most intangibl, proportions, most easily put askew Next month, with the elections out Q tho way, business confidence are cer tain 10 get a new lease on life. In th | meantime, those who study local con dltlons cannot complain that New Ha ven is not well up in the vanguar' with those cities which are expectnl and realizing better things
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
COLUMBUS DAY.

America is four hundred and sixteen years old today, It is now that num- Der of years since the intrepid Colum- bus reached our West Indian waters and planted the flag of Spain on Amer ican soil Since then changes have come such as that brave Italian, oven had he been another Jules Verne, could never have dreamed of. Today the world is concerned not SO much with Columbus, the indominable navigator who sailed under the Spanish flag as with Columbus, the Italian. Perhaps nowhere in the world is Italian infu- ence more felt today than in the United States and 1t is questionable whether there is city in tho country of It's size in which AmericaniSed Italians play q more admirable or important part than In New Haven. This city, then, has good reason to take a willing part in the celebration of the Landing of Columbus today, IL will be little matter, but a highly conslderate one, for all New Haveners no matter of
 what foreign extraction, to fling out
 their stars and Stripes on this twelfth
 of october in honor of that event,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
Abuse of q Generous Mnn, (Sprlngneld Repub lIcan,)

The attitude of the antl-Lilley repub- licnns in Connecticut toward Mir Tafts nyina trip through the state on the 18th depends, evidently upon the fact that Mir, Lilley Is to travel on the same train and get the benefit of all the Taft enthusiasm, Some of them lt is re- ported, have even written protests to MT. Taft their argument being that he Is sure of Connecticuts electoral vote and that he should keep out Of a state quarrel When the Taft tour of Connecticut was announced people wondered whether the republican na- tlonal leaders had come to regard the state as doubtful, but now the real cause of this extra demand upon MT Tatt's strength seems to be made clear The Conunectiout republican machine proposes to use the presidential candl. date to help pull Idlley through. II this is not sort of outrage upon ar oyerwOrked candidate, whose labors arc much more needed in other states, 1t 1! Impossible 10 define it.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

the hands of m arbitrary and coH meroal2ed political machine thia proc posed use of Alr Talt's personality odds the one touch that was needed to com plotely expose lho selfish character of the Fyor enterprise, The mochjuo permits nothing 10 stand in lhe way Of the achievements Of lla secret yearu- Iugs not even the innocence of Judge Taft, who has the right to believe and expect that his friends here will ut all times protect him against tho cum ning of others, since they dc not op- pear to have done so, he should recall his acceptance of a program which was never originated in hls behalf but witch was originated for tho purpose of imposing upon the people of Con- neetcut as governor q man, who would be overwhelmingly beaten were he t candidate In an off year.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
ONE YEAR LATER.

This month marks the first ami ycrsary of the now famous panic of 1907. For that reason it is interest ing at tAis time to take an account of the stock in the hold of tho good ship Business. and then 10 trim sails and get under way toward the hori- 2on Of certain prosperity,
 There may be those who at the be- ginning of the year, thought they saw good reason to expect a fuller measure of returning prosperity by the month of october, 1908, than the month has brought forth. Possibly at the time they made their prophecies they did not fully realize the extent of the de- precision which had come upon the country. Possibly they did not fully realize what a long and tedious pro- cess 1t is to recuperate a country which is financially convalescent. Or possibly they did not fully take into account tho peculiar commercial con- dtons, unfortunate as they may seem, which regularly accompany a presidential campaign in the United States, like some spectral ghost, which refuses to fit away until the vague uncertainties of Election day are all settled.
 Aside from all this, there Is the fact that other countries beside o'r own are at present enduring financial con ditions which are far from the best, and, in these days of close nterna- tional relations in the realms If com merce this Is fact of prime import ancc. Many writers have not hesitat- | ed to suggest that the whole world i this year has been undergoing q inan- l cial depression, If that ia the case, | then ultimate recovery cannot well be expected as a matter easy of accom- 1 plishment.
 Yet in spite of all, and even in spite l of the near approach of Election day 1t may be truthfully said that in nc section of the country to-day are healthier financial conditions to be found than in New England and ir New England scarcely any better thar in New Haven Reports of the treas. ury and agricultural departments a'
 Washington as to Connecticut condi tions have been of the most cheerinl nature, Connecticut banks are in tnC best of condition and Connection
 crops have been reported above tn, average an important consideration in the financial recuperation- process as a whole The savings banks al over the country, as well as those ir New Haven, are beginning to repor substantially better conditions anc
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
VOTING MACHINES.

Bridgeport is looking forward to a radical change in the means of re- cording its vote this fall. It had hecn hoped by many, the Journal Courier among them, that New Haven would enjoy similar experience on this third of November, but present iudi- cations seem to point otherwise. The voting machine is the coming method of baIIoting,
 In Bridgeport the idea of this in, novation was at first met with con siderable opposition in some quarters, but the intelligent citizenship is to- day being more and more persuad I of the great wisdom of the change nnl is looking forward with expectancy ;o great things next month. Says Thc Bridgeport Farmer. "There will be no scramble for ballots, no searching for pastors and no interference wha .- ever. Every means for the expression of his complete opinion will he square. ly in front of him. In voting upon questions the machine is especiall5 convenient While the machines may not present more advantages than the Australian ballot excepting that the returns are more quickly known, they are an enormous improvement on the barbarous system of ballotin'g which prevails in this state.
 There have been three great ob- iections to the introduction of the ma chimes in New Haven, First the fact has been pointed out that in New Jer.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
Bishop Tierncy's Funeral,

lIlHIl 1plldHlJ
 The impressive ceremonies connect ed with the burial of the beloved Bishop Tierney attracted very large number of people to the great cathedral yesterday, The governor and lleuten' ant-governor, the mayors of this city and New Britain, one of the United States senators, the postmaster and oth- CTS in office represented the authorities and there was gathering of t9e Prot estant clergy that would have been not able at funeral of one of their own number one of the most eminent ol these clerglmen made the remark thai he did not believe that go many had ever before attended the funeral of 2 Roman Catholic bishop. This is an evidence not only of the spread of 2 more liheral spirit but also of the af. fection and esteem in which the late bishop was held,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The list of contributors to the Demo. cratic campaign fund has been given to the country just as Mir Bryan promised to give some months ago. and t makes interesting reading There is now infinitely more charm in making campaign contributions when one can know his name win he published from Maine to California If the unexpected should happen and Mir Bryan should be elected, if that can be imagined he will be able to carry around VI, him ln his pocket q list of those who "chipped in' and of how much they "chipped."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
The CouraDt Tulks ot Itself,
CIlaTtfOrd Cnurqnt

'LldIlIoIN ADUFAnt)
 The Couraut in its Bridge edition of last Tuesday was the largest paper in this state, and probably the largest in circulation, In all 62,OoO copies were printed and they are practically all sold now. With the continuing demand and the very limited supply on hand, ft looks as f there would be shortage II took 3 barrel of Ink and about thirty tons of paper tQ make up this lssne If the paper had been in ono continuous roll, il would have reached about 2jy
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Whom everybody had supposed that willie" Hearst has dlsgorged himself of all his Standard 0l letters, he now comes forward in San Francisco with q fresh batch of them. showing how the Standard oil played is part in the gov ernment We should say Willie has an cye open for the main chance" He believes in the maxim the advertising solicitors exploit Continuity gets the hest results By the way, we haven't heard of any publisher who Is going to get the letters ont in book form Af- ter this serial method of giving them 10 tho public, such book would surely be classed among the "best sellers"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
The Pnrtics' Cbnngrs.

lNeW York Evening Post)
 Republicans may turn lmpcrlallsts, democrats lapse into socialism. prohl. hitlonlsts Indulge in orgies of puritan. ism, and populists become unpopular, but the Independence league remains true to It's name through thick ana thin and hstcuffs.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
miles or practically from here to New York and bnok
Not Iloo.eycItlop
Indianapolis News

'ihNlhilNPbllH NoNhj
 And vet in the closing days Of thu struggle we arc calmly Informed that Taft lS so unlike Roosevelt that the best way to get rid of Roosevelt for all tlmo s to vote for Tart, In spite of the Posts assertion lhnt thls ls no paradox we think that It will strike the average, straight thinking man as very like one, Surely lt ls not unrea sonahle to ask tho candidate to elect which rolc he VIII ass'rSpc II in hard ly square deal' to ask the people of the west to vote for him on the theory that he s Il replirn Of the president, and then to ask votes for him in tho east on the theory that his election would mean the end of Roosevelt,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
MMKglc Him.

IWHT0TNUrN DomOcrafO
 The republican campaign publicity bureau had better take Congressman Lilley off the stump or muzzle him, There's three weeks or more of cam paignmg yet and if he makes one or two more breaks like his Meriden speech Robertsons election viii he clinched and Traits chances in Con- necticut will be not worth betting on.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
Dcbs in Connections.
Bridgeport PostJ

TEfldRNpNrt P0etD
 MT behs compliments Connecticut on turning out the best audiences since he left the west. This would indicate that some of the voters of the state are really interested in his campaign.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
Hohs0u's Own Why,

tSpringfeld Republican)
 Congressman Hohson's only souvenir of his recent invasion of Boston ts a suit for islander which he has brougat against Congressman Kelther. If Hob son cannot have a big navy, he can have q big war on his own account in the courts. Mir Hellher Is something Of a' iightpr.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
OuH CONTEMPORARIES,
Ik MnrNrl md NnIc.
LRoatnn rranscrlni

THOFTOn TransorIpt)
 Donald q. Mitchell is the oldest grad. uale of Yale now living in New Ha- yen. Ills is a serene old age. iull of the enjoyment of Dream bife.d
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
MR. LILLEY RENIGS.
His Inconsistency Shown in Startling Manner
 at Merden and Elsewhere.
ln sMheenncnl lnterNIew.

In Subsequent Interview. 'Tho document had refer ence to in my speech wa8 c draft of a bll'
 Tho draft is supposed Co em- body the general Ideas of the members"
 "Tho draft is not completed" It "is not in shape for presenta- ton"
 Nor can it be called the com mission 8 report" |" It is simply a draft that l saw"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
In Mcrldcn speech,

"Tho bill ls drawn"
 The hlll ia ready for preeen- latlon
 "I have been privileged to see it."
 The htll fills more than eighty typewritten pages"
 The bill shows a most eX- haustive, painataking study of the question,
 Tt justihos all the faith We have been able to put in the commission, ,"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The English city of Huddersield has municipal ownership of tramways Last year there was net surplus of $3l, . roo The population of the city is about loo, ,000.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Anxious Mother--How is my boy get ting along at school'
 1eacher-He's slow and sure,
 Anxious Mother--Beg pardon?
 Teacher--I5e is slow to learn and sure to forget--Chicago News.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Spa In exports at least S3,N0o,000 worth of olive oil year, and in years of large crops twice that amount
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

out of every 100 recruits in Bosnia siXty-two have hattened skulls, tho outcome, apparently, of the very tight dressing of the babys head in It's first months of life,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Wheat rust ls limited to no section or grade of grain but is encountered all lhn world over.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Tn Australian cities the police are now empowered to enter private dwell ings in which they suspect gambling.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
FOR THE BREANFAsT TABLE

"Ah see you are married" ex- claimed the merchant, position. q got this scar in a railroad accident The Bohemian,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

The worlds wood record is held bl Australia, with Argentine second ano the United States third.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Uncle HncuIcating altrnism) )-~And if you are kind and polite to your play mates what will be the result?
 Master Horace-Theyn think they can lick me,--London opinion.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12
SAVINGS AND DoINGs.

The postal business of the world s increasing per cent per annum,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-12

Why are you so vexed Irma?"
 T am so exaspernted, attended the meeting of the Social Equality league, and uF parlor-maid presided and had the audacity to call me to order three times. --FIlegende Blatter.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-02-11
MRS. j. 3. FINLEY TAKEN
BY PNEUMONIA FEVER.

Mrs. John B. Finley died this NOR
ming at 11:30 at her home on South
Hill after an illness of fourteen days
of pneumonia and a complication of
diseases. She was thirty years old the
seventh of last month and leaves a
husband, a little soa and a small
daughter. The deceased was a native
of Uvalde county, Texas, where her
father still resides She also leaves
several sisters in Texas and Califor-
mia, but none of them will be able
to come to the funeral. which is to
be held tomorrow morning at eleven
O'Clock from the home, Elder c. G.
Hill officiating. Burial will be made
in the South Side cemetery. Mrs. Fin
ley was a devout and working mem
Der of the Christian church and
Christian of the highest and mobiles
type. A great many friends mourn
her loss.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-02-11
PLAN
IS BUSTED

A recent Washington special to the
ST. Louis Republic says:
Speaker Cannon, in the House, aad
the controlling senators in the senate
have blocked, for the session at least,
any legislation looking to the placing
of the public range under Federal
control
This is one of the reforms % pro
posed by President Roosevelt. But it
is opposed by large cattle and sheep
raising interests in the Far Western
states. 1t was put up to Mr. Cannon
and the senators that the adoption of
such a law would cost the Republic
cans several members Of the senate
and a corresponding batch of house
members
s. II. COwan, attorney for the Texas
Cattlemen, who, unlike the Far West,
ern people, favors the measure, was
told that neither the house or senate
on public lands would
grant hearings upon it.
It has been decided that it will not
pay to further stir up Far Western
to the Administration
President Roosevelt would place the
public range used for cattle and
sheep under a system Of government
such as. prevail in all for
est reserves.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-02-11
RAILROAD
LOSES OUT

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 11.-That
the control of the California Devel-
opment Company, which originated
and constructed the great irrigation
system by which water is taken from
the Colorado river and applied to over
500 900 acres in the SaltoR basin dis
trict of Imperial county, must be re-
stored from the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company to the hands of the
original stockholders and sharehold-
ers of the California Development
Company, is the substance of a de-
cision handed down by Judge Nor
row in the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals today, ending tne
litigation that has tied up the canal
system since the river went on a
rampage il September, 1904, and
threatened to submerge all the great
Salton sink.