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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

The annual commencement exercises
of the Dutchtown High School were
held last night and proved exception
ally successful and enjoyable. Di-
plomas were presented to Misses Anna
Leblanc, Leila kaufman and May Cir
shefski, and an attractive program
was carried out in the presence OF a
large and appreciative audience.
The fair for the benefit of the Cath
Ollie church presbytery fund was
brought to close last Sunday night,
after having been in operation since
Saturday, May is. Despite the I'M
favorable weather which prev allied at
the outset OF the entertainment and
the financial stringency resulting from
last years panic and consequent bus
mess depression, the fair achieved a
gratifying success and will net APP
proximately $1,000.
Editors John B. Taylor of the La
fourche Comet, T. L. Knobloch of the
Thibodaux Commercial-Journ Ed
die Gianelloni of the Assumption Pho
neer and Joseph A. Price of the La
fourche Democrat passed through
Donaldsouville this week en- route to
and from Baton Rouge, where they at
tended the annual convention of the
Louisiana Press Assertion. Messrs.
Taylor and Gianelloni were aceompa-
MED by their attractive wives.
An enjoy able dance was given on
Thursday evening at the Armitage
cotton gin in Darrow, those taking
part being: Eve Marchand, Clara and
Lena Braud, Bertha Himel, Lillian
Esneault, Seine Serre and Molder
Rome; G. r. and Fulgence Crochet,
Alex Poirrier, Rene Serre, E. A. Ian.
dry, C. Fl. eros, A. and L. Bourgeois,
L. w. Armitage, Henry Many, Q. S.
Broussard, G. Blunt, J. W. Terrio, J
T. Michel and DR.. D. c. Brumfeld.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30
Respectfully yours,
CHAS. MAURIN, Mayor.
The chief of police submitted the following

The chief of police submitted the following
report, which was received and adopted:
Donaldsonyille La, May. q, 1908.
To the Town Council of Donaldsonville:
Gtentlemen-I beg leave to submit the follow
ing report of arrests made since Mar. II. 1905
BY Officer Ramirez: Eddie Gray, William Brown,
James Baptiste, Joe Lavigne. Calvin Joseph,
Victor Gagliano, Lucinda Hall. General Jeffer-
son, Melville Williams. Fannie Merritt, NAL
VIVA Rogers, Sarah Leblanc, Olivia Maunoir and
Joseph Sterken.
Total number of arrests, IA.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY SCHAFF, SR.,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-05-30

On motion of Alderman Israel, seconded by
Alderman Tobias, the following ordinance was
adopted and ordered published and posted in
accordance with law. roll-cal1 resulting as fol-
lows: Ayes-Israel, Tobias, Park, Blum; nays
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
Ground Going to Waste.

Vacant lots in Washington give
endless trouble. One of their worst
infections is the upspringing of nox-
ious and sometimes dangerous
weeds, which the Health Office is
compelled to cut down. Other cities
avoid the weeds, cure the most of
the other trouble Tin the form of
loafers and the ike), and do the
poor a fine service by making the
ground available for gardens
Now that the District Commits
sioners have certified tlat the law
VIII not permit such a use Of I'M
opened streets, there is special oc-
casion to use Wsshington's vacant
lots. Organization and energy are
the only prerequisites. Is there no
association devoted to civic i'm
provement which win meet these
needs?
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
Where the Bureau Belongs.

The Senate has passed an allow
ance of 5000 for an investigation
by the Geological Survey of the
causes of mining disasters The
House has under consideration a
bill TO create a Bureau of Mines. 1t
is now reported that serious di-
vision of opinion is arising as TO
the executive department under
which the new bureau shall be
placed. If this shall develop to be
the fact, so that the life of the bu-
reau Is threatened by a dispute be-
tween Congressman over non-es-
sential, those Congressman viii
bear a heavy responsibility indeed.
The bureau will belong, of course,
where it can do the most good. Its
work viii be purely scientific, and
of a nature correlated with that of
the Geological Survey. Logically, it
should be situated where it can
work conveniently with the Survey.
which would mean in the Depart
ment of the Interior. No one in
that department. however, is max
ing any fuss. On the contrary, the
officials of the Survey have indi-
Gated that they viii cheerfully ac-
quiesce If the new bureau shall be
put anywhere else. The fuss. like
most disturbances, has its rise in
politics-in the hope that if the bu-
reau is put in another department
then non-scientifc and politically
valuable men may be given higher
offices.
That is the choice. On the one
side, efficiency; on the other, poll
tics. The country viii note which
Congress elects. IF there shall be
danger to the whole projects
project demanded by the sacrifice
of $500 American citizens in a year
for the sake of politics, the cam
paign may be relied upon to reflect
the pu6lic's condemnation.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11

named-because that was the way
to win.
In 1884 the convention gave way
to popular enthusiasm for a popu-
lar idol. and named him; and it
proved the way to defeat.
In 1883 a man of no national fame,
entering the convention with a
single State at his back, was nomi-
nated-because that was the way to
win. In 1892 that same man, re-
nominated by the offieeholders, lost.
In 1896 the politicians were turned
down, and a man who at the outset
had none of them with him was
named-because that was the way
to win.
The record of the past indicates
what may be expected of the future.
The Republican party is out to win.
In the last analysis it will do about
what is necessary to get the votes
1t makes few mistakes Of enthuSi-
asm and ardor. Right now its
coolest heads and most calculating
intellects are engaged in considera-
tion of the course necessary to win.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
It's All Over
But Shouting,
Say Taft Men

Because OF the political developments
OF the last two days. in New York
Massachusetts, and elsewhere, the Taft
leaders are IN a jubilant frame Of
mind They believe the Secretary Of
War has the nomination won. and they
are raising the cry. Its all over but
the shouting"
Some OF the developments that make
the Taft men happy and that are cal
culated TO cast gloom over the camp
- the allies are:
The splitting OF the New York dele
CATION as the result OF Thursdays
primaries
The laration OF the Massachusetts
convention that a majority OF the Mas
nation Of Taft
The sweeping OF Minnesota by the
Taft forces. insurinE a solid deIega-
ton Tor him from that State, despite
the efforts OF the La Toilette men.
Securing OF a solid delega ion cf
twenty-foUr for the Secretary OF War
from Virginia.
The strength shown by Taft in Wis
consin. where. without announcement
from Taft. his forces seem to have ca1-
tured one delegate from a Toilette and
prevented the Wisconsin znan getting
a solid delegation.
Scattering district conventions IN dig-
ferent sections OF the country. more
over. have in several cases been favor
able for Taft.
While there IS jubIlation about the
Taft headquarters here. there is quite
a distinct q manifestation OF JOYOUS
ness at the White House. The PresI-
dent has long believed Taft would be
nominated. He IS more sure OF Il now
Than ever, and he is not slow in letting
his callers know what he thinks about
It
Governor Hughes IS generally looked
on here as practically ont OF the run
ming. since a part Of the New York
delegation was split and given to Taft
by the efforts of William L Ward.
Barnes, IT., OF Albany, former ST, =
chairman. The failure Of the Hughes
movement 70 make Roadway in New
England. as shown IN the Massa chu-
sets result, Is accepted here as fur
tner evidence that the allies have
little TO hope from the Hughes move
ment-
Among the leaders Of the antf-Taf II
movement there has been a feeling OF
disgust over tie way the New York
governor has played politics, or rather
mas refused to play IL. making no sign
whatever that he wanted the nomina-
ton, and not entering into the cam
paign with the activity that has from
the outset characterized the Taft move
mC1t-
With Hughes hanging back IN The
traces. It has been uphill work for the
auti-Taft leaders to make progress with
the New York governors candidacy.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11

The English ignorance Of American
literature extends even more markedly
to other departments OF productive art
The ordinary educated and art-lovin9
Enghshman would be sore put to it 70
name any single American painter on
draughtsman, living or dead, except G..
u. Gibson Whistler, Abbey. and Sar-
gent. Of course. are not counted as
Americans writes II. Perry Robinsc 4
in Putnam's and the Reader for Apr--
There Is not a single American scull'-
tor whose name is known TO one IN I
hundred OF, again say. educnted and
art-loviEg EEsHshmen. though take II
to be indisputable that the United States
has produced more scuiptOrs Of indtyid-
ual genius in the last halt-century IMAM
Great Britain American architecture
conveys TO the educated and art-l0Vlng
EnglishmaD no other idea than that OF
LWenty-SIOTy 'Sky-SCra perS DullL OF steer
and glass. Richardson Is not even a
name to him. He knows nothing or an
the beauty and Virllity Of the Work IIlaI
has been done in the last thirty years
I'm the minor arts, ne may have Lear j
Of Lockwood pottery and have vague
notion that the Americans turn ouL
some quite original things IN SllFeT
work; but Of American stained Sldss-
Of Tiffany and la FarSe-he has never
heard II would d. England world OF
,.0od-it would do International relations
d world OF cOod-iI a Thoroughly repre-
sentative exhibition OF American pant
ing and sculpture could be made IN l-oit-
don
petcnt to handle e.; for Il would think
be rrcftabIe 10 its promoters II would
certainly be a revelation 70 Ehglls-l-
men,
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
Jack Loudon's back.
Who Was Sally Shape?

Frank Danby's story OF a London
chorus girl, THE Heart OF a Child.
is reviewed in the Cleveland Leader by
a writer who evidently knows the ms
and outs Of theatrical life IN the Eng
Iish metropolis The quality in the
book that strikes this reviewer is its
Photographic veraCity as a picture OF
theatrical London. and he hints al the
originals OF more than one OF the por-
traits
with reference to Sally Shape her
self. he instances a number OF thea
trical favorites who have married titles,
including Connie GilchriSt. who is now
LADY Orkney; Rosie BoOte, whose mar
riage With the Marquis or Headfort
nearly led 20 his CisinheritaEce by
his father: and Belle Billion, who mar
ried Lord Clancarty. People who know
the personages- OF London stage life
might find amending amusement IN
guessing the originals OF Joe ATonsr
the theatrical agent; Tom Peters. the
great manager. and his satellite, Edgar
levi. Isaac Hynans and Job Afacher;
FIfrida CarIhew. Satly's song and
dance partner: Nj Perry. the genius
OF a fashionable dressmadnG estab-
Hshment: Lord hIdderminster, Colonel
FeIIowes, and Lady Dorothea Lytham-
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
TAFT FOLLOWERS
SCORN THIRD TERN
Ohioan Leaders Classify 1t
as Opponents Last
Gasp.

while the opponents Of Secretary Taft
having become discouraged by the pros
poets OF preventing the Ohio mans
nomination by any other means, are
turning TO the third-term movement
@ln are beginning 10 be the strongest
advocates of the denomination OF the
president. the Taft leaders are declar-
ing that the President viii not take an
otner nomination. In fact, they assert
ne would refuse to run II nominated.
An interesting version Of this phase
OF the matter is in circulation in poIiti-
cal quarters. It purports TO come from
sources close 10 the White House. and
naturally. II is not being discoura ged
by the friends Of Mr.. Taft. II is To the
en2ct that the President has made his
plans TO head on any stampede toward
himself at the Chicago convention. and
that the opponents OF Taft who are
trying 10 defeat him by talking of
stampeding the convention 10 Roosevelt
might as well give up any such propo-
sition.
The President Will be Ia touch with
the Chicago convention. He will have a
direct wire running from his Office 10
Chicago, and viii have trusted lieu
tenants there Doubtless Secretary .I,oeb
VIII De there and some Of The members
OF the Cabinet. In case Taft IS not nom
mated on the first ballot, and a serious
elort IS made TO throw powerful BODY
~ ueIesates TO the support OF the Presis
cent. then the President will speak out
MS mind through d Cabinet officer
de VIII serve notice on the couven-
non Jnat be viii not accept another
domination He will let il be known
IN emphatic language that II the con-
Eenton renominates him II will have 10
90 It's work all over again.
me President, SO some Of his close
friends say, Will not permit the allies"
10 carry out the plan they are talking
or, OF nominating him in order to beat
IaiL tie feels that 1t would put him
IN an indefensible position. and would
expose him to the charge Of having be-
uayed the Secretary of War.
Taft leaders say the talk that IS now
emanating from the allies OF renonnf-
mating Roosevelt Is the last Easp OF
their opponents, that the developr1e u Is
Of the last few weeks. Including what
has happened in New York and New
England. show that Taft cannot be
headed of. and that his opponents are
now resoTung TO the desperate ex-
Pedient OF prOClaiming that Taft cannot
be elected in last effort TO prevent the
convention from naming him.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
THE BROWSING GODS AsTIR.

RE sun has climbed the courtyard
walls;
= glimpse OF sky lifts far and free;
And through the strident city calls
Sound the low chimes OF Already.
Now from the roaring street upbornc
NAT strange, wild melody! o Harki
Diana winds her hunting horn
Her chase. unseen, sweeps thro' the
park.
again that cry so weirdly sweet
Some singing tramp or oTgan-man?
An. no, That is his sly deceit!
He blows the very pipes OF Pan
The Wild half-Eods awake today;
A fawn has tracked yOn square OF
green,
And in the tavern Ger the way.
Old BaccEus laughs behind the screen.
New Broadway Magazine
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
The New Third-Term Movement.

Within a fortnight the third-term
movement has taken on new form,
and one which it is likely to develop
steadily. Today is presented the
anomaly OF the Presidents most ar
dent opponents appearing as the
sincere indorsers of the movement
TO renominate him
1t is useless TO enter denial of
this situation. These men are not
for Roosevelt becarse they like him.
but because they want Republican
victory. They are genuinely con-
cerned lest any other nomina ton
may bring disaster to the party.
Secretary Taft's campaign has de-
veloped a remarkable strength, and
n manifest weakness. Nobody has
less confidence in the staying quality
of his support than his own manc-
gers. knowing that most of his
backing is founded on the Roosevelt
policies and personality. every de-
1nand for the Presidents leadership
makes them fearful
Recently it has become apparent
as never before that the rank and
file of the party is, and has all
along, been for the PRESIDENT
nomination. The very lack of wig
orous interest in the preliminary
campaigning, especially throughout
the West, has been the result of a
quiet hut firm conviction that at the
right time the name of Roosevelt
would go before the convention,
and would win.
Thus there are lining up for the
President two very different ele-
ments in his party: the people who
want him because they like him,
and the people who want him be.
cause they feel that they must have
him TO win. The former is vastly
the larger clement, but the latter is
going to be an increasingly infiuen,
tial one from this time forward.
The Republican party is a wise
organization. 1t plays politics, not
favorites. 1t is out TO win, not to
compliment pleasant gentlemen
They are cold-blooded, calculating
body of men who make up a ma,
tional convention.
In 1876 they were heartless
enough to slaughter Blaine, the ia
vorite and name an unknown-be
cause that was the way TO win.
In 1880 Sherman was dropped, and
a man whom the convention had nc
right to imagine an aspirant was
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
Not All Can Be Deported.

Secretary Straus reports that the
deportstions Of undesirable aliens
were so per cent larger last year
than the year before.
81 feel able to promise" he adds,
''that the next annual report Of the
Commissioner of Immigration viii
show a remarkable percentage of
increase" He also says that he has
daily evidences of the failure of po-
lice and State officials to support
the crusade of the immigration de-
partment against aliens who ought
to be deported.
Police Commissioner Bingham, of
New York city, declares that this
work can't properly be done except
by a secret service force. The
point should be settled without any
more delay. If present methods
are not entirely sufficient they
should be made so.
Unfortunately, however. while it
is possible after time to reach the
men and women who preach vio-
lence, and, when they can. practice
It. IL Is much more difficult to deal
with the American citizens who in
the guise of social reformers go
about giving moral and financial
encouragement to the purblind and
brutalized immigrants who regard
the big cities of the United States
as duplicates of St. Petersburg.
These lopsided philosophers do as
much to foment social strife as the
Berkmans and the Goldmans.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
SPANK LITTLE CASTRO,
SENATOR CULLOH SAYS

Castro needs a spanking: he general
~. needs a spanking; but whether we'll
have time 10 give II TO him or not, re-
mains for the State Department TO de-
eide"
So remarked Senator Cullon. chair
man of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee OF the Senate. after 4 talk with che
President this morning. THE Senator
said that his committee mas not yet
taken up the Venezuelan asphalt trOu-
hles ye'.
I'VE haven't had the time TO do st.,
he added. "but I've read the literature
on the subject with a good deal OF
interest The more ] see Of that man
Castro, the more 1 am convinced that
somebody ought TO take him in charge
and teach him manner He Of course
presumes upon his insignifcence.
That's the reason he acts the way he
does"
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
Fairbanks Supporters
Strong in Kentucky

The contest between the Taft and
Fairbanks supporters IN Kentucky has
reached a point dangerously near the
var linz
The Fairbanks people. who were be-
lieved to be in a hopeless minority six
weeks ago. are today boastinE with
apparent reason that they viii have q
majority Of the delegates to the Re
publican National convention.
The contest has been prolific Of bad
feeling. and also has served to Increase
the stock G American literature. The
following re solution. adopted at an en-
thusiastic meeting of the Clark County
Fairbanks Club at a recent meeting.
has attracted attention throughout the
State, and there is some talk OF having
it adopted as the National platform OF
opposition - the Taft program:
BE it resolved. That in our humble
opinion T. Roosevelt is not the Consti-
tuition. Magma Charta. Bill Of Rights.
Articles of Confederation. Declaration
of Independence, Uncle Sam. In God
We Trust. Give Ne Liberty or Give
Ne Death, United We Stand, Divided
We Fall, star Spangled Banner. E.
Pluribus Un1m and Ram, Sockity Butt,
himself TO the contrary notwithstand-
ing"
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
PROFESSOR 0. |. TRIGGS
HEDS IN CALIFORNIA

CHICAGO, April u-Oscar Lowell
Triggs. Y no once declared that Rocke-
teller was q greater genius than Shake
speare. that LongSelow was a c0pyisr.
and tl1ar "1ir. DOoley'' was q better
humorisC than Mark Twain; who DC
clared that hymns were worse Htera-
ture than dime novels: and that cOlless
graduates were unfit for practical work:
who lost the protezsorship OF English
literature at the University Of Chicago
because OF his extreme teachings, and
who was divorced from his wife upon
CHARGES mentioning 9Iinnette Pagan
and other women, has taken another
chance 81 ulatrimony.
NO new wife IS Ada Real Cox OF
S,a1fo- Ohio. g former studs Mt of Pro-
lessor Triggs at the University Of Chi
100 Thev were married last Tuesday
~ q rauch near TurlOCk. Cal. and
H. T,srriace was announced yesterday
Nv the brides mother, Mrs. Ada c Cox.
81 canton. the widow Of a once wealthy
manufacturer.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
M'CREARY MUCH BETTER;
JAWS NOT QUITE RELAXED

The condition Of Thomas McCreary
the New York hOrseman. who has been
suffering with 1oclkjaw, resumably as
the result of his having been accident
ally shot by Representative Helm two
weeks ago. is reported as considerably
improved today.
McCreary IS still at the George Wash
fngton University Hospital Although il
was said by the attendants there today
that the wounded mans jaws had not
completely relaxed. ne is now regarded
as out Of danger. He will continue 10
receive treatment for several days.
The wound in the calf OF the Lex, in
ficted during Mr. Helm encounter
with a negro on a Pennsylvania avenue
street car, has itself not given Mr. Nc
Crearv so much trouble Of late as the
tetanus which developed suddenly a
week ago.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
Race Tracks and Politics.

Keep yonr eye on that fight over
the race tracks of New York. There
may easily be the making of a Pres
ident in it. Just now the theory is
that '.the eight Republican senators
who voted against the race track
bills saved the Republicans from
humiliating defeat in November"
They didn't The man who has done
most 10 save that party from such
punishment is the man who is fore
ing those measures by every legiti-
mate means at his hand.
As the New York Evening Post
puts 1t. those who build much on
the political influence of the gam
bling interests have short memories.
Here are a few incidents which the
Post remembers:
Missouri and Ohio have given some
useful teaching on this subject, bat the
great sChoolmiStTeSs is New Jersey.
About fifteen years ago that State was
shaken by the issue Of licensed gam
bling at race tracks. The scandals OF
the air, and led 20 a widespread moral
agitation. The Democratic party was
then in power. and openly allied Itself
with the gamblers Its very speaker OF
the Assembly was known as a starter
The party brazenly dehed the decent
sentiment OF the state But the speedy
result was that the Democrats We're
Overwhelmingly beaten. They lost ooth
houses Of the Legislature, and have
been in a pitiful minority ever since.
Other things contributed, no doubt. 10
their humiliating defeat. but its trst
and most powerful cause was the fact
that they had uublushingly identified
themselves with the Tace-track gam
blers-
Does anyone doubt that # the
people of New York once get the
chance to choose between a candi-
date wearing a race badge and one
in earnest to put down gambling,
how they viii vote? Does anyone
doubt what the majority of the
voters will think of their governor
for continuing this fight? Suppose
he wins. and does so before June
10. would it not be the most natural
thing in the world for the mass OF
Americans TO compare this new
governor with two of his predeces-
sors who have lately held the Office
of President?
Race-track gambling is not the
worst thing in the world. But its
best friends cannot deny that it has
bred and viii always breed crooked
sport, idleness, moral weakness, en-
bezzlement, and ruin. 1t has done
so in the District of Columbia. 1t
is doing so yet-here, today, and in
New York.
We have reasonable hope for pro-
hibitive legislation in the Capital
New York has no hope that does
not center on Governor Hughes
In the light of the fact that the