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The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
MERRY WIDOW HATS AND SMOKING

I o the EdltOr or the Journal Courier
 understand that there have been some uncomplmentary remarks made about the Merry Widow hats at the Yale Princeton game of May 30 by some of the male sex who were present The writer thinks they were quito right in objecting to having their view cut off entirely after they had paid s1.50 for their seats But should like 10 ask those same gentlemen CD If they do not think the women may be allowed to object when they are made i'll by having men smoke in their faces
 The women have also paid for their seats and they cannot move out of the way of the smoke
 have noticed that the worst offend CTS are not students, but older men about town, men who call themselves gentlemen.
 should like to believe that they are only thoughtless and ignorant of the serious annoyance that they cause. If there must be smoking at the games why can it not be banlshed to "smok- ing bleacher," l.. r. E.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
As to Prohibition,
(New York Tribune, ]

The prohibltionists are confident that the program of the Milwaukee eonven- ton is q death-bed repentance, The Minnesota state convention of the no- license men grimly telegraphed It's condolences to the brewers the other day, Your ontposts are all taken the message read. and the end Is near. The marvellous spread of no license sen- tlment explains the cocksureness but 1t does not go bond for the prophecy. Were hundred of the largest brewers In America to combine, heart, soul and purse, In a war agalns dives and harm ful saloons, were they to strengthen their attack by securing effective leg
 islation against such establishments and were they prepared to continue this work Indefinitely. the prohibition move ment would inevitably lose consider able part of It's present impetus, But If the brewers resort only to half hearted measures and are unwilling to lose a part of their trade for the com mon good the telegram from Minne- apolis may prove safe prophecy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
Saturday, June 13, 1908.
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.

President Roosevelt is performing unconsciously a notable service in call ing indirectly emphatic attention to the office of vice-president. It Is generously said of him that he has been willing to let tho republican con- vention select the candidate for the second place on the ticket, conces- sion which in itself brings at once to the front the lamentable indifference shown by political parties to this very important office.
 It is true that most presidents live out their terms of office, and that in consequence no call Is made upon the services of the vice president to as- sumo the burdens of the major office. but 1t is also true that no guaran- tee of being able to complete term goes with the election. There Is no reason to believe that any one of the men, who have succeeded to the presi- dency because of the the death of their chief, would have been nominat- ed for vice-president had 1t been thought that he would succeed to the higher office. MT. Roosevelt pleaded with his friends not to nominate him for vice president at Philadelphia. un- derstanding as every one else did that the purpose of his nomination was to get rid of him politically. After he was nominated and elected he looked forward to his duties with increasing aversion and apprehension. Neither Mir. Johnson nor MT. Arthur were re- garded as first rate presidential tim Der.
 The nominee for vice president should be a man worthy to have his name associated with the presidency, not man of the littleness of such capable clerks as Secretary Cortelyou, for example. In order to bring this about steps must be taken to add to the dignity of the office, first by bring ing its occupant nearer to the respon- abilities of the administration, and second by offering salary consistent with this view. The suggestion has been made that he should be ex-officio a member of the cabinet. It is good suggestion, for then he would be a part of the administration and an in- telligent participant in Its policies, in- stead of as now an inactive and more or less bored presiding officer of the senate.
 Manifestly in some such way as this the imagination of the public can be fired as regards the dignity of the of- flee, and men of presidential size will gladly accept a nomination to 1t in- stead of shying at 1t as they do now, on the theory that 1t Is after all an empty honor which must go to man whose private fortune permits him to , indulge In such political luxuries.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
A NEW GOVERNOR.

The people of the state of Connecti- rut are not aware that after noon today they will have as their governor a man. who was never nominated in q popular convention for that office, and who nev- CT received a single vote inducting him Judson, Jr., of Stratford.
 The office devolves upon him as a consequence of the absence from the state of Governor Woodruff and Lieu tenant-Governor Lake Those gentle men leave today for Chicago to attend
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

tion and the laws of a state then ali forms of misconduct may exercise a right under that view of personal lib- erty to live their own lives in their own way, without regard to public decency or anything else. It is truc that millions of dollars have been in- vested In the turf business of New York, but those millions were invest ed when their possessors knew that the people of the state of New York had declared that race track gambl- Ing should not be permitted, The mistake these rich sports made was In assuming that they were greatc. than the constitution There are mill Hons invested in gay resorts in the state of New York and their proprie- tors know that they are likely at any moment to be ralded and arrested If the amount of money invested In a business Is the measure of It's legiti- tlmacy then all the proprietors of these bawdy places have to do Is to capitalize at a higher figure and when prosecuted plead tho wanton destru.- ton of money and the labor 1t hires.
 August Belmont, one of the race track kings, trips on the dollar sign and in addition says that the enforce ment of the constitution of Now Yorl, will cripple the breeding and i'm provement of thoroughbred horses
 It ls not the love of the noble animal which stimulates his breeding and improvement, but the love of the money which the noble brute can earn for his owner on the track between the purse offered, the bookmaker and the foolish public. It Is under these circumstances that we offer our con. dolences to the horse upon the view his most vociferous protectors take of his usefulness and to remind hin
 that in the days of Robert Bonner there were men who talked less oi their animal love but lived squarei, up 10 their love of the noble animal
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
THE RAILROAD MERGER.

Like the famous King of France the merger and the anti-merger peo- pie in the commonwealth of Massa- chusetts appear to have marched ID the hill only to turn about and march down again. Each has proved to be strong enongh to defeat the other and to leave the issue involved just where 1t was at the outset There will be no remedial and corrective legislation this year. If anything is done it will be done through the courts.
 It is now more difficult than ever to understand the attitude of Massa- chusetts towards the proposed mer- ger of the Boston and Maine with the New Haven Railroad company When the control of the former rall- road came into the possession of the New Haven because if 1t had not gone there 1t would have gone somewhere else to the disadvantage of the Con nectlcut system and to the state of Massachusetts, the effect was to imme- diately disclose the wounded vanity of the people of the commonwealth. IL was too much for them to sec the last of their railroad properties pass Into nf hn Ia poratlon which had already shown It's heels upon more than one occasion to the slowly moving Massachusetts mass. Vanity closed their eyes to the march of the inevitable, provoked their opposition and finally led them into a condition of political coma. In other words, had the New Haven road introduced It's petition with an assurance that In event of favorable view being taken of the proposed mer. ger 1t intended to move its headauar- ters to the classic city of Boston, and that thereafter Boston would be the operating base for the entire system the matter would have been settled months ago
 No one cares to prophecy in this connection. With the department O, justice at Washington feeling It's oats and the anti-merger party of Massa. chusetts giving aid and comfort there Is nothing left for the New Haver Railroad company to do but abide itl time It at least has this much in its favor, It has It's clutches on the con. trolling stock of the Boston ant Mane, 1t has escaped being brough under a kind of Kansas supervision and has many speeds yet to try be fore being permanently busted iron it's. advantage. In the meantime there is a possibility that the people O Massachusetts will have recovered from the attack of wounded vanity and undertaken to study their owr welfare intelligently.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
A TRUE SON OF ELI.

The oldest member of Yale's grand army" for such the number of Yale's sons may well be called, has sung his last verse of "Amici" and told his last reminiscence of the old brick row Seventy-two years out of college, William Davis Ely, Ynle's loldest alumnus, has relinquished his right to that rare honor at the age of nlnety-three, Indeed there may we'll be a suspicion that his real sur name was Ell or. at least, that 1t was pronounced that way, for seldom has there been a son of old Eli whose family history has been so intimately connected with Yale. or whose every wish was more for Yales success than is the case with this man. whose distinction it was to be the oldest of those stalwart sons. William Ely his father, graduated in 17s7, and his fa- ther before him. Rev. Richard Ely, of Saybrook, was a member of the class of l754 The late Mir. Ely's son is a graduate of the Yale graduate school There are two Yale graduates that are older than Mir Ely was, but they both graduated after him.
 It has been he who has longest kept the faith of the Mother of Men" among the living; and nearly three quarters of q century of graduate life has not succeeded In lessenlng that enthusiasm for the old college that reared him. It has been said of him that he was tall and rather slight in build, with snow white hair in abun- dance and spotless. well kept beard. keen eyes of blue, verglng upon gray, he Is the very embodiment of the tra- dltional Yale spirlt--strong. alert, capable, even with the century mill stone in view"
 When John Heustis, of the class of '33, died and Mir Ely was informed that he was the oldest graduate of Yale, he replied: q can't say that 1t makes me feel any older to know that I am the oldest alumnus. I've known for some time that I am an old man, you know; but am sensible of the distinction which my years thus thrust upon me-" Many a man who has graduated from old Eli has felt that same spirit of perennial youth. that same enthusiasm for work, that same loyalty to their alma mater And one of the greatest assets that Yale has to-day is the fact that her grand army" whose oldest member has just passed into the Great Be- yond, Is unlike the Grand Army of the Republic in that it is securing fresh recruits every year, and that every one of them has the same wholesome affection for his alma mater, the same desire to accomplish much as graduate of Yale, as did those who joined the firing line of life upon graduation with William Davis Ely seventy years ago and more.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
Joe Cannon.

He is the press and people.
 The Sultan who rules the Turks; He Is the bell in the steeple
 And he is the whole blamed works. He is the hill and valley
 The dawning, the dusk, the noon; He Is the large white alley,
 He Is the man in the moon. He Is the seething slumber.
 He is the soul awake He is the big cucumber
 That gives us the bellyache. He is the fire that quickens.
 The company that insures He is the i'll that sickens,
 And he is the sting that cures. He is the ruling Russian,
 And we are the groveling skates; He Is the Constitution.
 And he's the United States.
 Walt Mason in Emporia Gazette
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
Brother Beard fin Action.
(llartford Times.)


 The vicious attack which the Rev. G. II. Beard of Bridgeport made upon Sen ator Bulkeley before the General Asso- clatlon of Congregational churches in New Haven calls for no reply from us. Indeed, when a minister of the gospel begins to emit heat instead of light he becomes an object of pity rather than a subject of controversy. Mr. Beard's s present nrraignment, like his previous assaults on the conduct and character of the senior senator from Connecticut Is conceived in spirit of bitterness, Is rooted and grounded in prejudice, is in- discriminate and extreme Is given to assertion rather than proof, and Is blind to many elements of the situation. The Hartford Times holds no brief for Nor gan G. Bulkeley, but 1t does hold q brief for elementary fair play We have a pity for a Christian clergyman who Is so pltiless in his personal iudg ments,. charity for preacher who Is 30 uncharitable in his views, and tolerance toward "a pastor who Is SO lntolerant on occasion. Mir. Beard Is not too old to learn. With knowledge will come wisdom-and wisdom fingers.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
OUR ITALIAN CITIZENS.

It seems certain that, as time goes on, the Italian in New Haven and the Italian in the United States will play more and more prominent part This fact has been impressed upon New Haveners continually of late years. Not only in the heart of tho city have they made their presence felt but in tho suburbs, as well. The once fashionable East Chapel street section of New Haven Is today largely filled with prosperous and law-abiding Ital- ian families. One of the best schools in the city Is now being built for their children. It Is said that as much as 19 per cent. of the taxes on real estate in the city are paid by Italian owners which gives some idea of their thrift.
 There are classes among our immi- grants that come here 10 make tenn porary homes. These grow prosperous in America but eventually return, as rule, with what money they have made, to their own country. But a race, which like the Italians, buys real estate and property generally. may be depended upon as coming to stay per- manently and as wanting to become loyal Americans, casting their lot with us who preceded them. In the sub urbs about New Haven 1t Is this class that Is taking one after another of the abandoned farms.
 The statement of Rev. Donald Duncan Munro in an address to an audience of Italians in this city the other night, when he said that the Italians did not present us with so much of a problem as they present us with an opportun- ity; and the appointment of a bright young man of Italian percentage, Attor- ney Ierardi, to be assistant city attor- ney, are but contemporary instances of the advancement of the race.
 One of the things that the Italians are unjustly blamed for, to great extent, is for being unruly. That an archistic organization of the Black Hand society is always pointed to as an instance of this by those who do not like the race. But upon that sub ject Baron Planches, the Italian min ister, has just made an interesting statement in an interview. Says he. "The Black Hand society is by no means q powerful organization, as is imagined in some quarters. It seems to have originated in Sicily, and whenever one or two Sicilians desire to levy blackmail they write a letter and place upon 1t the insignia of the Black Hand. The criminals of other countries have taken advantage of tho dlscredit which this practice has thrown upon Italians generally and use the insignia in their communica- tions, thus evadng suspicion. You may be certain there is no large and powerful society. There are small groups of swindlers who should be caught and punished. A society known as the White Hand has just been formed in Chicago. It comprises Sicilians, and its purpose is to hunt down relentlessly all persons engag- ing In Black Hand work" II seems as If an unfair accusation has been made. The Italians are more and more proving themselves a desirable class and the sooner the country and New Haven realizes what they are capable of, the better.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
Put Him In the Cabinet.

wan street JOuTnhl)
 Something ought to be done to raise the standards of the vice presidential office The vice president ought to be something more than the mere presid- ing officer of the senate with no vote m that body, except in rare instances when there !s a tie, and with no power to appoint committees, and with no n- nuenee save that which he may for some personal reason be able to exert, Would 1t not be good idea to give the yice president, In addition to his present duties, a seat in the cabinet where he would at least have some real power in the government, and where he would be in constant training for the presidency by reason of close connec- ton with the daily business of the ad- ministration?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

Tho good people of the Empire state who look with displeasure on betting, will be pleased at the success of Gov ernor Hughes bills at Albany, Those who keep secret gambling places may rejoice too, for there arc those who must bet and, if they cannot do 1t at the track, they will behind the closed blinds In joint" Which Is better?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

simon Lake has worked out on pa per an airship which he Is sure will solve the problem of flying. He says he has no time to construct the ship but offers prize of s5,O00 to the man who constructs such ship and flies 100 miles In 1t. Why not? It would be worth millions to know that the lnven- tion is practical. If not practical, Mir, Lake will have saved the cost of construction.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

Now that the city fathers have before them the matter of the voting machine they should realize the difference be- tween 1t and the machine vote They arc by no means synonymous. Tho first makes the second as impossible as any method to date
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

The convention has not yet seen him but Charles Hopkins Clark, editor of the Hartford Courant, has been includ- cd in the list of vice. presidential pos abilities. Should he be nominated and elected the senate of the United States would become popular place of re- sort
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

They have a drastic way of curing carelessness on the part of railway em- ployes in France. Last August child of nine, Emile Remilly, travelling in a train with his parents, fell from the coach the door of which had not been properly shut at the last station, St, Cyr, and lost both his legs The St. Cyr statlonmaster has been sentenced to two months Imprisonment, and the Western railway will have 10 pay S3,00o damages as well as an annuity of Sl,200 to the boy. u
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Good Advertisement.
lIIartford Timea.l

Although Actor Raymond Hitchcock didn't really need the advertisement it will doubtless help the box office re- ceipts for a while
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

Taxicabs in London, as in New York are marked success, and the hanson is being crowded out, reports say AL though scarcely year has passed since these swift moving carriages appeared, the capital aiready invested in London taxlcabs is Sl0,000,000. There are 75S taxlcnbs on the streets, 2,600 taxicabs on order and 1,700 licensed drivers. There are eight London taxicab compa- nies, the average days earnings of q cab being sll20. The average cost is S1,703.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
How About New Haven't
lBoston Globe

Lowell Courler-Citizen; Boston s to have D. m. mail delivery. Lowell con tinues to get her letters at n. m. and is then free to go to bed with the hens.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

calls the fact that within the space of a few years this snug state has been the home of the oldest living gradu- ates of Harvard. Yale and Amherst.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
College Men in Rhode IsIand

lPrOVidence JOurnal) The death in Providence yesterday of the oldest living graduate" of Yale re-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

"Sir," said the mendicant my wife fig literally starving"
 Reason with her" advised the portly citizen. Tell her that this no curve fad Is bound to pass
 q was foolish to tell him I'd rather dance than eat"
 Why so?"
 "He waltzed me out of that fashion, able restaurant in a jiffy."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

An old time spelling bee was held at the Carnegie hall, in Bryan, Tex, be- tween the Ladies Aid society of the Baptist church and the Home Mission society of the Methodist church. Mrs J. Webb Howell was captain of the Baptist side. There were about twen- ty-flve contestants to each side. The Methodist ladies won the contest hav- ing two spoilers up when all the Bap- lists went out and down.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13
JUST FOR FUN.

'It's bound to come" What's bound to come?' "The statue of some modern hero in an automobile"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

"Cholly and his father have had more than one falling out on account of Cholly's attire.
 '"T'oo bad"
 Yes, and Cholly keeps on widening the brooches
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

'srhe race for an office Is like a street car"
 How SO?
 "Always room for one more." Tt also has the pay you enter feature"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

Insomnia is not the uncommon fate of the brain worker who, after years of continuous mental strain, retires from active life. The reason is that the men tai activity demands a large supply of blood for the brain, and the blood ves- sells gradually accommodate themselves to this large supply. But, when the hard work Is over, the brain does not always realize that 1t needs less nour- ishment, and hence the condition of excessive mental activity which is what insomnia is.--London Mail
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

"A girl with two beaux had to listen to deal of bloodthirsty talk
 That's right
 And she takes 1t seriously even when neither of them weighs more than ninety pounds
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-13

Judge Alum, of one of Havanas cor rectlonal courts, fined the management of the Albisu theater $30 q few days ago for violating the ordinance against the playing of the Marcha de Cadiz (Cadiz March). There Is peculiar but reasonable prejudice in Cuba against this Spanish march. It was to that tune in the days when Spain ruled the island, that the Cuban patri- cts marched to their execution. So, when the independent government was established, six years ago, a ban was placed on the march, and 1t has seldom been heard since then. Senor Valdes, manager of the Albisu theater explain ed that the large Spanish element in the house demanded the playing of the CadIz march, and he compiled to avoid trouble.