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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-28
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
FOR THE CITY OF HOPKNSvMLE KY.

1902 to january 1st 1908, Accompanied by Report
Furnished by the Office of the u s. Weather Bureau
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11

thinks that Taft is being pushed to-
much by Roosevelt and that Hughes |:
too lukewarm in his candidacy, 81
there ought TO be some chance for {
man who is running on his own fee
land who wants the job. Moreover
SHAW got his start I'm politics by an
swering Bryan. which ought TO be q
good omen if the Nebraskan is named
Ny the Democrats. What more logical
than that the Iowa man should be
given larger field in which to do bat.
tie with the peerIess?" Shaw can tell
stories almost as fast as Uncle Joe
Cannon and is full of epigramJ and
undelivered speeches. II any Repub-
liean candidate could keep in talking
distance Of the orator Of the Platte, II
fwould be Shaw
Since he resigned as president Of the
Carnegie Trust company it has been
announced not only that the former
secretary Of the treasury would run
for the presidency Of the United States,
but
That he would also run for the vice
presidency.
That he would become president Of
fhe KnickerbOcker Trust company.
That be would run for governor Of
New York
That he would take charge Of the
National Bank Of Commerce Of Kansas
City.
That he would reorganize and con-
solidate the United States Mortgage
and Trust company and the Windsor
and Empire Trust companies Of New
York.
Il have answered all these reports in
the affirmative. and I shall accept every
place laughingly remarked shaw 10
n group Of newspaper men.
Some years ago one Of the Des
Noines papers kept this standing line
at the top II its editorial columns:
Keep Your Eve on shaw
While this motto was sti1 being run
Mr.. shaw was made secretary Of TIE
treasury A vag suggested that the
editor ought % take the line down or
the public might e0ncFute that the new
head q the fuance portfolio needed
watching to keep him from making
away with the treasury surplus
II Speaker Cannon has been called
the David Harum Of poIftias.- shaw
was dubted the David Harun Of the
cabinet This desixnation Vas s1x-
Ge~snd By their quaint sayings and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11
By JAMES A. EDGERTON.

YOBODY has ever been able tt
I'M tell why former Secretary OF
il Y the Treasury Shaw, the latest
candidate for the presidency
was named Leslie. He certainly is moi
"a Leslie kind of man. The appella.
ton does not fit, but neither do his
clothes. There are those who intimate
that even his presidential aspirations
are several sizes too large COR him, init
mating that there is misfit all around.
In politics people are liable to say al
most anything. Politics is as conducive
ito libel as pink tea is to gossip.
The advent Of Shaw makes nine Re
publican entries for the nomination
Taft. Hughes, Cortelyou, Foraker,
knox, Fairbanks, Cannon and La Fol
llette being the other eight. Row many
Eof these will drop out before the con-
Iyention meets and how many new ones
will be added it remains for time and
the politicians to determine. Whoever
else is eliminated, it is safe to say that
Shaw will remain. He says he has re-
lceiyed four or five foolish letters ask.
ling him to run and such a demand is
mot to be ignored. Governor Cummins
WAS probably not one of these CORE
|spondents, but as Cumnins is running
for the senate he can be depended on
ITO keep hands off.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11

replied. well, I've pardoned lots worse
fellows than you in my time, and
presume It would be unjust to draw
the line here"
There were no more Interruptions.
When asked the difference between
a statesman and politician Mr.. Shaw
1efned it as the difference between a
young man seeking a position and a
boy looking for a job"
a reporter once asked Secretary Shaw
Il he intended investigating the Gus
toms frauds in New YSk.
II knew a fellow once" said Shaw.
who hunted foxes with q brass band.
"A long and embarrassing pause while
he went on signing bis MALL He
didn't get any foxes"
Wall street dubbed Shaw ''the farm
err" which is not at all a bad card
among the real farmers, whose feeling
for Wall street would sour fresh milk.
The friends Of the ex-secretary ought
TO use that. Shaw showed the high
fnanclers, however. that you cannot
always tell farmer by the cut Of his
clothes. When he first went to New
York they gathered around him TO
know what he intended TO do. In re-
ply be told n story. Out in Shaw's
town Of DenisOn n wealthy man once
announced that he intended putting up
n $4,000 building As he owned real
estate all over the place there was a
great deal Of excitement as to where
the towns BNygest structure was to he
located Finally curiosity reached
such a pitch that a committee waited
on the man and asked him point blank.
After an embarrassing pause he re-
piled. Wow. when anybody comes to
you to ask you where I am going to
put that $4,000 building you tel
him yOu have seen me. and then you
tel him that you don't know" The
fnanciers saw the point and dejectedly
weaded their way back to the Stock
Exchange.
Secretary shaw was seen one day
backed up against an iron stanchiOa in
front Of the Arlington.
The late Senator Platt Of Connecticut
happened By and hailed him
Hello. shawn said he. What are
yOu trying to do with that iron pOstY-
-Graf11g IN q backbone was the
quick reply This treasury business
l. a god deal tougher than log pol
tics-
When the treasury pxfolol vas q.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11

7 OBODY has ever been able to
. tell why former Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw, the latest
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11
Shaw, the Iowa Wit
Quaint Personality Of the Treasys Former Secretary Who
Aspres to the Presidency-Hard Worker, Cutter
of Red Tape and Ready Story Teller.

their stock of good stories rather than
by their ability as political horse trad
ers.
There are getting to be so many
David Harums OF this, that and the
other that they should organize them
selves into a political party. They
might not elect president but they
would at least make it exceedingly in
teresting for the other parties.
! This is something like the suggestion
that a johnson party be organized,
with John A. johnson of Minnesota for
president and Tom L. Johnson of Ohio
for vice president. Platform-Get all
you can for 3 cents. Keep 1t in the
family.
Samples of His Stories.
All the stories told by Mr.. Shaw are
not new, but he at least Is not such
an antiquarian research humorist as
Chauncey NJ. Depew.
Senator Depew, by the way, is the
man who convulsed London audience
by reciting poem written by Shaw:
Go ask papa" the maiden said.
He knew that her papa was dead
He also knew the life he'd led
And understood her when she said,
go ask papa"
Think of b Sunday school sunerin-
PENDENT like Secretary Shaw making a
girl tell her wooer to go to hades!
When he was governor of Iowa Mr..
Shaw was one day making a speech in
which he was frequently interrupted
by certain man. The fellow butted
In once too often. In an unhappy mo-
ment he broke in with Pardon me,
butt
Before he could finish the governor
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11

fered to Shaw his friends were in a
quandary whether or not he would &C.
cept. He resolved their doubts by q
story.
Two boys, Bill and Bob, were at the
dinner table. Some time before the
end of the meal the pie was passed
Bill declined to take any, saying he
was not ready for dessert. Bob helped
himself to the largest piece and, turn
ing to the other, remarked, "Bill, allus
take pie when pie is passin'."
Paid a Clerks Debt.
Mr.. Shaw found that one of the
treasury clerks was in arrears to the
doctor. Calling the man before him, he
asked kindly as to the reason for the
debt.
PAIRS" answered the clerk.
pairs Of what?
Twins. I kept my head above wa
ter when the first pair came, but when
the third pair arrived few weeks ago
just naturally ran behind"
Secretary Shaw looked his astonish-
ment, but asked how much the last set
cost. When the clerk had told him,
Shaw reached in his pocket and said
he would pay for that pair himself.
Like Russell Sage, Mr.. Shaw never
takes vacation. He tried 1t once and
went to the Yellowstone. Il didn't
like It," he said. II got to feeling
queer. Two days of it was enough"
A friend of the family spoke of the
kindness of Mrs. Shaw.
"Kind?" repeated her husband. Mrs.
Shaw would be kind to her own ex-
ecutioner"
While Shaw was governor, but tenn
porarlly away, a letter arrived at the
Des Moines postoffice addressed:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11
Full of Epigrams.

If Shaw should be elected president.
The would be the first secretary Of the
treasury to attain that distinction; also
the first man west Of the Mississippi.
Little things like these do not deter
man Of Shaw's makeup, however. He
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11
Cutter of Red Tape.

In the treasury department he was
noted for his long hours, hard work,
common sense, humor and the cutting
Of red tape.
He takes little recreation, but Is a
skillful horseman, as a number Of
Washington officials found to their dis
comfture. The Washington men, like
those OF Wall street, took the secretary
for a farmer and therefore determined
to show him some tricks in riding. II
was a case OF the bitter bitten, for the
Iowa man led his would be instructors
such a merry chase over steep bride
paths and other steep places where
there were no paths at all that they
never repeated the experiment
From several Of his public utterances
Mr.. Shaw has made 1t plain that he Is
not in entire accord with all the Roose-
welt policies and therefore is usually re-
garded as an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. can
didate. One phase Of his political phi
losophy is summed up in this sentence,
delivered to a Methodist conference:
Il am an organization politician. A
machine politician Is not as great a
nuisance as q fool reformer."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11

would yo1 Dc without what you
want when q 7sc I'd might get fty
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11
The Best Woman In the World
Des Moines
To

'The letter." said Mrs. Shaw in de
light, was delivered to me without
question, as the postmaster knew the
writing"
Mrs. Shaw herself is not without q
well developed sense of humor, as the
following retort shows:
A friend propounded the query:
what could be more dreadful than
! for a woman after mending her hus-
bands coat to find in one Of the peck
cts love letter from another woman?'
Fortunately said Mrs. Shaw, that
could never happen. The woman would
find the letter first, and then she would
not mend the coat"
When Secretary Shaw reached Deni-
son late one night he found the driver
of the only carriage asleep inside.
Rather than awake the man, whom he
knew well, the cabinet officer climbed
on the seat and drove himself. When
he reached his destination he aroused
the astonished jehu and gave him his
fare with an extra tip.
Leslie Mortier Shaw was born in
Vermont sixty years ago. He worked
his way through a college at Mount
Vernon, Ia, by saving wood and sell
ing fruit trees. He took a course in
the Iowa College of Law and began
practice at Denison. In 1877 he mar
ried Miss Alice Crawshaw of Clinton
In In fa
an extent that he organized a bank
and afterward added a branch. He
was prominent in the Methodist
church, a delegate to its general con-
ference and for years superintendent
of its local Sunday school.
Mr.. Shaw became politically promi-
nent in 1896 by answering a speech
made by Hon. William J. Bryan. He
afterward campaigned all over Iowa
and was so effective that the next year
he was elected governor. Two years
later he was reelected by an increased
majority and was forced to decline
third term. In 1902 he was made Sec
rotary Of the treasury, which he re-
signed about a year ago to become
president Of the Carnegie TruSt COM
pany Of New York.
Shaw's associates in the Carnegie
Trust recently announced his resigna-
ton and said he made the move to
give him time to nurse his presidential
boom. The ex-secretary's business
shrewdness was shown by the fact
that he cleaned up $4,000 in the deal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11

system Is one OF those propositions
which every Congress buzzes about IN
a moro or less solemn manner and no
Congress tackles. The American SER
vice has been called without contra
diction, the worst service in the world.
1t badly, needs to be remodeled on n
strictly competitive basis, with merit
as the one standard for admission and
promotion. Probably everybody In the
country understands this. not excluding
Congress; but doubtless 1t is idle to cx-
pect public spirit from n Congressman
who has once scented the soothing
glories of superintendent at the pie
counter.
The superfluous consulatos are an
admirable case in point. The total
revenues from all our consulates &c
nearly equal the expense OF supporting
them that the saving of some $4,000 to
100000 annually would make the sys-
TEN self-sustaining. The discontinue
ance Of all useless stations would &C
complish this saving. But why
shouldn't Woodworking Congressman
have something good to pass on to the
folks back home, when 1t is only easy
old Uncle Sam who is paying the
freight?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11
Rhymes for To-Day /,
TuE rrI,sTFLowR,R.

CWEEr as a cooling young turtle
~ pure as the waters abou,
Hoboltus--
Ooh, by the by, | am speaking now OF
The crocus) - H
Bright as when stars from heaven peer
out,
Yellow. but free from all hocus-
tThis poem, III say. is wholly about
The crocus)--
Pretty and fresh as the buds long gone
Dear as old thoughts that arise to
choke us--
Come, MuseY. I'm trying to sic you or
The crocus)--
Tender and green in its frail young
stem,
Pleasing to all near Its vernal focus
q said. believe, that mean--ahem-
The crocus)-
fragrant and soft as .lnaiden.s kiss
Flashing with color the dull gray
locus
(That last is some Latin---it suits, wis
The crocus)--
Gladstone and gorgeous as anys ole
thing,
Better by far than a diplodocus-
Hall to you, guerdon of on-comine
spring!
(Viz, crocus). III. S. III.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11
Better Than Much of the Magazine
PnctrY. Thinks ThiA Papcr.


Poetry. Thinks This Paper.
1t almost seems pity that Of so
much really clever newspaper verse
written in this country so large a part
of 1T necessarily goes to waste. II Is u
fact that the great bulk of the higher
class matter of this kind Is found. not
in the magazines or Kindred publica--
lions. but In the columns of the every
day press.
The catchiest and most meritorous
work done by such writer's as Frank
Stanton Will Griffin. Judd Lewis, S.
p. Kiser. Wilbur Nesbit, Frank Adams,
Henry Sydnor Harrison. and Baltl.
more's own Bentztown Bard FOR in-
stance. is not found in the monthly
newspapers Very little of this work
rises to the dignity of poetry-the
world has produced few poets--and
much of it is written for the moment
only: but 1t is top-notch verse of its
kind and it serves to point many a.
for the last. 1T leaves a good taste in
the mouth; If taken IN advance Of the
more solid food for thought 1t whets
the appetite for that which Is come,
And, after all, perhaps it is wrong
to say that any great part OF, 1t goes
to waste" A pebble thrown into the
water causes series of .rippling cir
scientific gentlemen tell us; and
smile or a sentiment produced by "A
clover pleasing and rhythmicaf Offering
may exert an Influence the cessation
of which is not to be recl1oned. Al
all events. the men behind the cur
Itant and most delightful part in thu
makeup of modern newspaper. We
should hate to be compelled to glve
them Jlp.--Washingt Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11
AN ANALYSIS.

In Sundays issue we drew parallel
between the strength of Bryan and
Johnson as presidential candidates.
The New York World is up to the
same trick, and it does not make out
for the Minnesota man as strong a
case as he Is entitled to. The World
points out that there are 4S3 votes in
the electoral college, 242 being nee
essary to elect President. In 1900
Mr.. Bryan had 155 electoral votes. A
successful Democratic candidate for
President must therefore have at least
81 more electoral votes than Mr.. Bryan
received in 1900,
The World concurs in the opinion of
Johnson's friends in Minnesota that he
could carry that State and both tho
Dakotas. These three States have IS
electoral votes, which, added to Bry-
ans vote in 1900, would leave John
son only 6s short.
There are three other States" con-
tinues the World, which Governor
| Jchnson's nomination would make de.
batable--New York, New Jersey and
| Illinois. These three States have Is
electoral votes, The six States ir
question have 81 electoral yotes-ter
more than the necessary s7---for which
the Democratic party might have ;
i lighting chance II John A. Johnso,
We're its candidate for President"
But in 1890 Bryan lost both Yves
Virginia and Maryland, and thes
would be reasonably safe for johnson
\ 1T is also reasonable to suppose tina
, Johnson would carry Oklahoma. Blu
If Johnson can carry Minnesota, ca,
!; he not also carry Wisconsin,, whic
: Cleveland carried in 1922? Thes
States, with the vote OF Bryan in 100
2 would give Johnson 200 votes OF tn
= 242 necessary to choice In tina
:. event the vote In New York would de
e eide the contest.
n Now according to this analyst
: which is the stronger candidate. John
son or Bryant In studying these fig
'SlpSes. however, the student muse TAX
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11
TROUBLES OF THE TAFT PRESS
nUI(IJAU.


Tho Taft press bureau at Columbus,
o.. Is an alert, vigorous and argus
eyed bureau, genuinely anxious to earn
It's wages. It's simple functions are to
prepare and disseminate printed mat
ter demonstrating that the Taft boom
is superior to all other booms now In
wiling the attention of the public. AT
the head of 1t stands Mr.. Arthur /.
vorys. Taft's campaign manager. and
presumably good man and true. How
ever, Mr.. Vorys cannot be in the bureau
all day: occasionally he has to step
out to catch car let us say, or pur-
chase stogie. During one of his alb
sences the other day. it seems. an
other and lesser bureaucrat, now de-
scribcd, with kindly anonymity, as
conc of our men," prepared and sent
out some literature which has set all
Washington to talking. For this liter
aturc indicated, with great clearness,
that Taft, If elected president, would
not feel himself committed too ire
vocably to the Roosevelt politics.
Now the purpose of this literature
was obvious enough Taft has worn a
halo all along in this campaign, and
that halo is inscribed. in incandescent
letters: "My Policies" A frontlet OF
this sort means votes from all those
who love these policies. At the same
time, It has meant certain trouble from
those of very dinerent point of view.
Obviously the young and indiscreet
bureaucrat wanted to mollify these lat
ter by suhtly suggesting to them that
Taft, 1t might be, was a Roosevelt dis
ciple for publication only. He appar-
emily failed to see that this sugEes-
ton might cut both ways. Mr.. Taft.
however. lives much nearer the White
House than Columbus o. He perceived
the possibilities at once. A brief time
after the story of his apparent dis
arrangement of the President appeared
! in the Washington papers, he sum
moned Mr.. Vorys on the long distance
telephone. Later Mr.. vorys issued a
reputation stating, as one headline
rather strikingly put it: Taft Denies
That If Elected President He VIII Be
| independent" At first, this repudia-
tion was flatfooted, denying all
| knowledge of the circumstances. AZ
| forwards came an admission that the
| literature had been sent out but that
/ this was done without voryss knowl-
edge by merely zone of our men,
Tho incident thus ends in smiles and
nothing more. The alert press bureau
however, has plenty of troubles still
ahead. From now until November &c
next it will have to face perpetually
this question OF Taft's attitude =
Roosevelt. For all this time 1t will
have to be determining for itself, anc
driving home to others, the exact de.
gree OF Taft's independence Of my
Policies" For all this time 1t viii
have to be striking the balance be
tween the Roosevelt lovers and tn.
Roosevelt haters. This is grave prob
lem for a press bureau, however ca
pablo. Upon the solution of it ma,
hang the identity of the next Presiden
of the United States
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11
Indorses Our Position.
Of The Times-Dispatch

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-The incorporate assault made
on your editorial,by the Hewlett corre-
spondent impels me to give an illus
thoroughly. On the morning after. the
battle of Malvern Hill we We're thor
oughly drencheu, by the, heavy rain
fall that set in about o'clock. follow
ing US to be chilled to the marrow.
Our commissary issued gill Of whis-
key to all who would take 1t. had
never before swallowed a straight
drink of liquor, yet my physical condi-
system without the slightest intoxica-
ton.
l am now In my sixties. and have
never been under the influence OF IL
quor OF any kind. Occasionally ! take
weather. AS for cocaine. have never
seen It, and would not know it from
boraX.
A good old Baptist minister. who
knew the benefit of an occasional dram
once heard TRADE OF abuse from a
very Incorporate temperance" speak
err At It's conclusion he arose. stating
that he had read the Scriptures from
Genesis to Revelation. and only In
one Instance had he found that water
was recommended in place Of wine
and that was Dives In hi, whore he
belonged.
quite agree with you in saying;
There would be no drink demon but
for tho Incorporate use OF liquor"
Y Mr.. McSparran's mind has been forced
to a false point OF view, and from q
false point OF view the truth itself
always looks false. The fault Is not
abuses which apil1 are tho fruitage Of mora
delinquency in personal character,
Co. G, Twelfth Va. Infantry,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

~ ~EruRNs ana departures are
1 , somewhat balanced N inc
TX charming debutante group that
Il y. held the centre OF lms s'u' o.
stage during the past winter IN
Richmond Miss Elizabeth 1onllsto',
Ia at home again, after SIX WeeNs s !',.,t
In tho Bermudas and ten Gays ,,, s'I'e
to her friend. Miss Bradroru, =. IN, IN, ),
delphia. AS q most popntat nra,aIlv
weleomeS hack to richmond by her
young companions. ndtb her
Miss Elizabeth Kent king. WIN a t,n :
aunt. MIRA JpntuA Morr,Ss - eQoanN'ps
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11
Voice Of the People.

The Timcs-Dispntch will print
signed letters on all questions which
relate to the public welfare. Such
articles should not exceed In length
$50 words, except under exceptional
circumstances, should be signed
with the full name Of the writer.
and should benr his or her address.
withheld IL desired.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11

Southern visitors in our delightful
city have not failed to draw, us aside
and confess with tears in their eyes
that the frstrobins of Richmond are
infinitely more vernal and robinesque
than the boorish and feeble-witted
frstrobins OF Charleston. Nashville and
Atlanta.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-11

Harry 'Thaw is at least sufficiently
sound in mind to see what a fool of
himself he made when he shot Stan
ford White Of account of the little
vixen who had played fast and loose
with them both. But when pretty
woman casts spell over weak man
It takes hard jolts to open his eyes.