The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-08

is peryading peace and wondrous
calm in this metropolis. The election
is over The pavements no longer re-
sound TO the tramp, tramp, tramp of
marching thousands, and the cheers
of the admirers of Taft or Bryan or
Debs no more awake the echoes. The
welkin, which has had a steady job
of ringing for the last six weeks, is
| taking a needed rest. / repeat the
election is over. The country is saved,
God reigns and the government at %
Broadway still lives.
The Horse Show.
Next week comes the horse show,
Madison Square Garden is today be-
| ing transformed into a mammoth
stable, where the equine aristocrats of
the land will have their quarters dur
ing the six days beginning Monday
In the tan-bark arena the thorough
breds will show their graces, while in
the boxes above the display of MILL
merry and rnodiste's creations will be
seen. The twenty-fourrh National
| Horse Show, like its predecessors,
will mark the opening of the metro
politan social season, as well as being
the most important exhibition OF
| hOrSefieSh in America. -
The coming show will be really In
|
eign horses now in this country will
| be shown, and Canada will be repre-
sented by large string. The num-
| Der of classes has been reduced from
| 132 to 125, four competitions having
been eliminated from the hackney di-
| vision and three from the class for
trotters.
AS usual, the competition for the
| Forest King Challenge Cup has pro-
| voked the most interest. This trophy,
valued at $3.50, was donated by w. H.
Moore, and has take the place former
| ly occupied by the Waldorf Cup for
gig horses, which was won finally two
years ago by Forest King. ]. w. Har-
riman's Nala was last years winner,
but the cup must be won three times
TO become the permanent property of
the winner. Brilliant entries have also
been made for the English Hackney
Challenge Cup and the National Horse
Show Challenge Cup for the best pair
| TO demi-mail or Stanhope pfaeton.
Old "BilP', of the delivery wagon.
| viii also have a chance 10 show him.
self on in the contest for the special
cup offered by Alfred G. Vanderbilt.
F. Ambrose Clark has offered a hand
some special prize for thoroughbreds
suitable to become hunters.
The Hams Case
Anyone who imagined that the Thav
trial reached the limit of pornographic
1ndency, in its revelations of the de-
prayity existing in our best society"
Will probably have reason TO change
such an opinion when the details of
| the coming Hams trial begin to de-
Telop- In the maze of vile insinua-
Mons that hangs over The principals
IN this tragedy can be perceived an
or l. l..
lei III a tenth of the charges and
countercharges that have been made
are based on fact. the Hams trial will
depict condition of affairs that will
shock the country, The yiIest deui-
zens of the ,TenderIoin would bl1sh
With shame II accused of habits ann
practices such as are attributed 70
some of those involved in this wretch
ed drama of army life.
In the outlines of this tragedy there
IS nothing new. An outraged husba nd.
naddened oy the wrongs he had suf-
iered; Killed the man whom he be-
Iieved guilty OF leading his wife
astray. Husbands have yrreakeJ ver.
seance in this manner since marriage
became an institution, and have often
beer upheld by their fellows. Put
Mrs Rains alleges that the acclrsa.
lions are false, and that her confess
sion was wrung from her by compuI.
sion, and hints darkIy that her f1us-
band was a degenerate of the most
loathsome kind. There are stories
ahoat Of wild midnight orgies. ami
drunken men and women engaged in
shameful revels-all the aboninations
OF vice existing in society that poses
as pious and respectable.
When the Hams trial is finished we
may look upon Harry Thaw as a gen
tleman and a scholar. Stanford White
as guilty only OF minor pecadilIoes.
and EVELYN Thaw real angel chilli
unspotJed of the world.