The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
The Life-Savers

rress for some practical recognition OF the
service done to mankind by the hfe-
saving crews will strike a sympathetic
chord in the hearts of thousands OF ms
countrymen. The surfmen are employed
in service which requires of them In times
of emergency the highest heroism. and the
failure of the country to organize their
work on q basis which shall assure to the
men an adequate return and a security
for their families in case OF disaster OF
disablement is one OF those ~inexphcaple
Illustrations Of pound wise and penny
foolish" practise which sometimes eharac-
terize the doings of rational men. 1T the
military branches OF the public service
Justify a liberal pension system, the life
savers are still more entitled to the pater-
nal care Of the nation. Their lives are
rlsked for the public good far more IRE,
quently than the men of the army anu
navy, and the results OF their daily lapoFs
are far more tangible. 1t is to be hoped
that the recommendations of the President
will be acted upon promptly and gener-
ously.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Our Bill Poster Censorship.
AS a righteous, sober and godly town,
Newark. N. j., has set about eensoring
theatrical posters. Aldermen and clergy
men sitting in joint conclave agree at
every point. All pictures displaying the
operation of the lynch law. all scenes IN
which mob violence is enacted, all froitc-
some. short-skirted gaiety girls, will cease
to greet the vision of the Newark young.
The protesting theatrical men received the
reply that Newark had now become IL
strictly moral city, end there was nothing
for it but to abandon some of their most
alluring and seductive bills, notably those
depicting determined ladies assisting at the
escape of cOnYicts and annililating the
prison guard. The aldermen and elergymen
object to such scenes as infamins the
imaginations of youth. 1t may, be q Wise
but the committee fOrgets That
the ethical Significance, il any, of such
posters, is the last thing to occur TO the
youth who study them with such %rapturous
Interest. They stand for a show, ana
nothing eIse.-Boston Transcript.
Prohibitions Balance of Power.
The Prohibition National Convention,
which meets in Columbus in the middle of
July, will need to be watched by the Re-
publican and Democratic politicians. As a
political party the Prohibitionists have had
a longer career than any other three of
the minor parties which the United States
has seen. In 1872 they put the first
Presidential ticket in the field. and they
have had one in every Presidential CAM
paign since then. The 5000 votes which
their candidate, ST. John, polled in New
York in 1884, three-fourths of which were
drawn from the Republicans, defeated
Blaine and gave Cleveland the lV4I piu-
ralIty In that decisive State which made
him President. st. Johns aggregate vote
in the country at large was l51,Ooo. Bid
wells 900 votes in 1892 was the largest
poll ever made by the Prohibitionists
Swallow, in 1904, received 2SS,0O0. The
marvellous expansion which they have
made since 1904, however, as shown by the
| territory which they have put on the
dry list, makes it exceedingly probable
that the ticket to be nominated at Colum-
bus will poll at least 1000, 600 votes. As al
ready mentioned. st. John defeated Blaine
for President twenty-four years ago, and
broke the spell of the Republicans imag-
that the Prohibitionists may hold the bal
ance in 1908 in several States. and turn
the scale one way or the other In the cleo
toral college.-Leslie's Weekly.