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The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
A SENSIBLE VIEW.

Tn his first sermon after the vaca- tion season Rev. Dr. Isaiah W. Sheath, pastor of the Grand Avenue Congre- gatlonal church. took the opportunity to speak concerning the prejudice that has shown itself against Mir. Taft be- cause in his religious convictions he Is Unitarian. While oondemninR the narrow spirit which makes political capital of mans private religious views, Dr. Sheath rightly exalts char acter and Christian experience as something greater and more desirable than doctrinal theories. IL is hign character that the voters want. Some of the best men and truest Christians I have ever known" said Dr. Sheath have been Unitarans."
 It may not be known, as 1t should be, that from this small denomination have come men and women of letters
 
 and statesmen, including four presl- dents, who have had remarkable influence on the character of the Unit ed States and the life of lhe people generally The faith of this denonin- ton Is simple, practical and stands for progress The people are eener. ally broad minded and phllanthropi,. To foster and spread prejudice by mis- representation is to give evidence If spirit that would rob life of much that Is good. There is room for tho | good that larger spirits can contribute to human welfare. Indeed, there s positive need of it.
 There Is no more reason 70 oppose | Mr. Taft on the ground of the beliefs in which he was trained than to op- | pose Mir. Bryan because he s Pres I byterian. IL Is only the smallest Kind of mind that would think of doing anything of the sort. Happily, there need be no fear that this sectariar breeze can make the slightest differ. ence with the prospects of MT. Taft There are too many broad minded men in all other denominations, who like pr Sheath recognize the suprem acy of character and personal worth If Unitarian training has produce, this in Mir. Taft, 1t is not to be light ly considered and attacked On tn, contrary It gives added evidence O it's value to the country and provides a test of its worth in what # can ac complish. This campaign is one O l moral values It calls for sober, ser ous thought and action, such as onl, cultivated and earnest minds cal bring to bear. This must necessaril, exclude the petty attempts to invad the private domain of candidate religious beliefs.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
HOW THEY FORGET.

Sage of Nebraska. Peerless One, King of free silver, crafty Knight Who when his public life begun Reached out and took the widows $
 mite. Stlll there are those who love him yet How they forget. How they forget. A few years after ninety-three He talked and argued skllfully About a silver coinage free. Then turned and argued differently. Still you And those who praise him
 yet,
 How they forget How they forget, When first a candidate, save he, Defeat me, and panic's sure,' They did it, and prosperity Ensued, with everything secure. Stlll democrats swear by him yet How they forget. How they forget Twice has he tried for President. Ills efforts were In vain, Each time he rallied, asked consent, And changed his views again. Ills silver tongue Is busy yet, Lest we forget Lest we forget.
 Kansas City Journal.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

Itself for platform promises made two years ago
 The Journal-Courier knows where. of 1t speaks when lt asserts that from all over the state have come protests against the nomination of Mir, Liiley, from men conspicuous In the com mercial life of Connecticut. dstlng. uished at the bar and every day toil- CTS, who declare that they will neither support the party leaders or vote the party ticket should the machine in- spired program be carried out, II has not been a pleasant undertaking on the part of this newspaper to carry on this persistent campaign against MT. Lilley. It ls much more. agreeable to think and say nice things about people, But Mir, Lilley himself has left us no other alternative, which mos tlves of state pride have emphasized The manner in which he has com mended himself to the machine, the readiness he is willing to show to carry out Its wishes whatever they may transplre to be next winter, when the general assembly Is In session, the fearful blunder he made at Washing ton in impugning the honor of the most dignifed legislative body in the world and his failure to prove a sin- gle assertion, and finally his silence with regard to imputations which a sensitive man would at once And a way to meet stamp him as man m. fitted to wear the historic cocksde of the governor of the state of Connects cut.
 The lovers and supporters of good government everywhere, and in par. ticuar the friends of Judge Taft, hay, reason to urge the machine to nov. slowly in the enforcement Of its arbi. trary decrees today and .o-morrow As one of the correspondents of tht The Journal-Courier has put it. Can not the leaders see that a iew spir
 has overtaken the electorate and tha the plain people refuse longer to o' bought and sold 2" We are yet to b, convinced that the dominant party II Connecticut is blind to its own bes interests. If it is, then the ieluge.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
4 Tine for Renertion.


 The severe arralgnment of MT. Lilley and analysis of his campaign for the republican nomination for governor of Connecticut, which Is printed In anoth- CT part ot this paper Is of particular Interest, coming as 1t does from dem ocratlc lawyer, as showing tho line of attack to which the nomination will expose the republican party in that state Mir. LIlleys nomination will be due to the machine. and the state rail- road commission Is no.orlously A part Of that machine Our correspondent calls attention to the fact that the next governor will have two appointments Of railroad commissioners to make. and the Inference he draws is that Mir. t.ll- lev. as governor. would be 30 far un- der obligations to the machine for seeing him through" that in making those appointments he would be utter ly subservient 10 the railroad influence II ls a situation still worth careful consideration. even in the day ar two before the republican state convention
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
Connecticut. Turn Lntcr.
Waterbury Amerlcan)

tWntefhury Amerlcan)
 The republicans are said to be get- ting anxious about Indiana. We should think they would be. The newspapers indicate very bitter feel Ing existing there, probably over the treatment ot Vice President Fairbanks. He himself keeps friendly front. and it Is said he will take the stump for Taft, But some of his friends, espe- eially the Indianapolis News. an lnde- pendent paper Of great ability and in- nuence. exhibits an intensely hostile spirit. We see no paper which turns everything, little and great. against the republican cause as the News does. The national committee. if is said. is going 10 pay more attentions to In- diana. lt Is much more likely to go republican than democratic, but It is weak spot that should be strengthen ed 1T IL can be
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

erins it ineffective by machine tactics, To say that the present cut and dried method of the Republican organization, by which candidate for governor Is selected two years In advance of the nominating convention, Is the voice of the people Is ridiculous, Az we are seen by other states We present sor-
 ry spectacle,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
THE NEGRO DIVISION.

A very sharp division of political sentiment is appearing among the negro population It is not alone the Brownsville affair that has caused It.. This incident simply served to crys- talize sentiment already in the mak- ing The present tendency toward in dependency in the negro vote and the raising of new phases of the racial problem would have appeared in due time were there no Brownsville affair at all.
 In the course of the educational
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by which the negro has been lifted to a higher plane, the van guard of the developing race has caught from the higher altitude q new vision Of the negroes rights, privileges and power, With them the racial consciousness is strong, If any portion suffers some unwarranted attack from the whites, all share in lt keenly, Many of their leaders of to-day were educated In northern universities and are even more sensitive to any repression of their fellows, These leaders are rals- Ing new questions concerning the op- portunities of their race,
 It has always been the natural ex- pectation, since the enfranchlsement of the negro, that he would vote the republican ticket from gratitude for what that party Is supposed to have done for him. But in this campaign it is noticed, as not before that some are not to vote from gratitude, but in way that will serve their inter- ests, as they believe Bishops Turner and Walters of the African Methodist church have decided to vote for Mir. Bryan. So also has Professor Du 'Blo- Is of Atlanta, who Is issuing a paper in which he Is urging his readers to do so, While thls splitting of the negro vote will affect very little this campaign, it Is the fact that an at- tempt has been made and may grow in significance in future years, that Is worthy of attention. A circular issued by the National Negro American Po- litcal league says, among other things: By being independent in pol itics and voting only for the best men and measures. the negro will win for himself the recognition of every po- litical party and the respect of all right thinking men" The circular further declares that the solution of the race problem Is in breaking up the solid democratic south and the solid republican north This seems to show something more in view than resentment Al the Brownsville trouble.
 Professor Du Blois, who may be said to be a negro leader Of the most progressive type, reveals other phases Of this beginning of political revolt. After the negro has received his edu- | cation. especially industrial training i he goes forth 10 labor and finds him. i self contending. AS does his fellow white laborer, with corporate wealth
 and the white employer class. and much handicapped. Professor Du Bloi. declares that the democratic party to-day stands for the strict regulation of corporate wealth." and further:
 Throughout the south great corpora. tions are moro and more srasping and grinding, and crushing negro labor ir mines, mills. lumber camps and brick yards" Thus it will be seen that Pro
 lessor Du Blois is arousing the con
 sideration of the economic probler
 and asserts that every move towart
 greater democratic freedom is "ar
 inevitable step toward the emancipa
 ton of black men as well as white.
 This Is certainly taking long rang,
 view. But may not this splitting O the negro vote with the hope Of break
 ing the solid south make it even nor,
 solid by adding part Of the nesr,
 vote 10 the white vote, already demo
 cratic? It is difficult to see how an,
 shift of the sort will help Professo
 Du Blois' problem.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
Mr. McIIcn's IiumOr.

tWaterbury RepubIican)
 President Mellen has the gift of hu- nor. In making an address at the opening of the trolley to Woodbury yesterday he said, artlstically q am naturally a monopolist, but l don't want to monopollze your time. "-Hartford Times
 President Mollen said something fun nler than that when he gravely ad- vlsed tho small towns to hold on 10 their right of representation In the Legislature, What have they been do- Ing for tho last seventy-1ve years?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
vernon, No Political Barometer,

INNW UTK SUF,I
 We are told that MT, Bryan Is doriv- ing considerable comfort from the out come of the Vermont election because the plurality for the republican noml- nee for governor was only about 2s,0o0, Instead of the Sl,b67 given to the re- publican candidate for the same office In September, la0t. If Mir, Bryan can extract my encouragement from those figures Judge Taft will not grudge IL to him.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

At a cornerstone laying of a Baptist church In Pittsburg, the pastor sug gested that as there had for a long time been an absence of rain there might be special prayer offered for rain, in connection with the laying of the cornerstone. They asked for a speedy coming of rain and they got 1t. For a few minutes it raned copi- orely on the good church gowns and Interrupted the cornerstone laying for q time
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
said IL All In Washington,
IIVnterhurv AmerIcnnl

INHTHTHNTN NHFTIVHHT
 Not once has MT, Llllcy paid any att tentlon to the Insult and abuse of his assallants, or retorted in kind, or shown anything but courteous re- spect for others Talking is waste of breath for a man who Is saving wood,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

The petroleum deposits of India, in- ouding Burma, have scarcely been dis turbcd.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

Consul General Miller of Yokohama reports that thirty Japanese banks with total capital of $3S, 100000 sus- pended last year.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

Still another trouble looms before us. The cranberry growers have had a con- vention and report falling off of thousands of barrels of cranberries, However, by Thanksgiving day all forebodings will disappear and the cranberry be as prominent as ever
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

Motors of five-horse pawer are being installed at the lock gates of the We'll and canal
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

In all probability the roulette wheel as we moderns know 1t came from Japan
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

Railroad transportation in the United States was substantially seventy-five years old In 1907.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

Mark Twain bcomes again citizen of Connecticut. New York city was not just the sort of place, with It's many public functions, for our genial humorist to live. The quiet of his new home at Bedding will be more conducive for improvement in health.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

Just now it is the dolngs of the great baseball leagues that hold the front of the stage. AS the end of the season draws near the fans are getting into a fever of excitement.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

succeeded In finding serum which cures ptomaine poisoning.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
SAYINGS AND DoINGs.

Germanys medical students number 73i5
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Japan's revenue for the last fiscal year tto March 31) exceeded the esti- mates by $31,000,0oO.
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to remain in the halls of legislation at WAshneton the people of the First district will keep him there,
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Me beau is great poet" boaste,s Shantv Sue. Why, In his last love he spoke of de pipe of de blue bird
 Gee whiz," laughed Tommy Turf Oats de limit I never knew dat
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
FUN FOR ALL.

The Poet--I know my verse has been rejected, but l have not lost hops. Wouldn't you like to see me carve my name, my dear?'
 His Wife--Yes, Omar, but I'd also like to see you carve a roast of beef. metimes--Chicago News
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The Transvaal produces 100000 ounces of gold every month.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
bluebirds smoked pipes before,'--chl' cago News

eyes Of a beast" chuckled the low comedian.
 What" snapped the leading lady, flushing red with anger, T shall use a hntpIn on him before sundown,'
 "Oh, don't get excited, He merely said you were ox-eyed d'--Chlcago News
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08

There was . slight commotlon under lhe sofa The pretty girl and her hancv peeped under and were startled to see Brother Tommy's toes protrudlng.
 You Tommy" said his sister With much emphasis, "what are you doing under there--watchlng usT' watching you"
 Then what are you dolng?"
 Why, I am playing that am mend Ing an tomoblle-thet's what."-chi- cago News
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

The Home View.
 Rockville Journal) As long IS Congressman Henry wants
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-07
Watterson on Sheath Skirt,

NarSe Henry Watterson is unique
and interesting whether he dips his
pen to write of politics or even of
fashions. But the editor of the
Courier-Journal does not fear the eff
fects of extremes in the styles of
women's dress. And therefore Marse
Henry says:
Generally speaking, the abbrevia-
tons in. costume Which awaken pro-
tests from the pulpit are those gross
ly exaggerated by the press. Just as
the cartoonist makes Merry
Widow hat nine yards wide, instead
of nine and a half feet-the exact
measurement = the humorist's pen
punches a great many extra air holes
in the peek-a-boo shirt waist and
reams out the same until the garment
appears. in print, shockingly immo
dest The mind of the habitua
kicker gradually absorbing carica
ture rather than truth, becomes pos
sessed of the idea that the peek-a-boC
shirt waist constitutes nationa
scandal in summer as great as tina
in winter by the ball gown that is
cut few degrees lower by the hu
morist than it is by the modiste. The
world will not be sent helter-skeltel
| TO the devil by the change of the Gu
lof a skirt. or the fabric of a shir
| waist"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-07
Striking Indian Nomenclature.

"Muskoka," Clear Sky Land; Mag
netewan," Smooth Flowing Water;
'Kawartha," Brigth Water and Happy
Lands; "Temagami," Deep Water;
"Wawa," the flying goose, are Indian
words that fittingly describe some OF
the most delightful spots for a sum
mer outing on the American cont
nent. All reached at special low round
trip fares via the Grand Trunk Rail
way system. Double track from Chi
cago to Montreal and Niagara Falls.
Particulars of fares, descriptive lit
erature, time tables, etc. will be mail
ed free on application to George w
Vaux, A. G. p. G T. A., 135 Adams
street, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-07

rights can neither be protected nor
invaded by injunction without substi-
tuting judge-made law for the law of
the land. A second point raised ny
this judicial novelty called govern
men, by Injunction is the question
of legislation. 1t is for the legisla-
ture, not for the courts, TO prescribe
what shall be lawful and what not.
Yet labor injunctions deliberately de-
fine offenses unrecognized by the
statutes. actions that no legislature
would dare 10 prohibit in statutory
FORM and forbid them under penalty
of punishment for contempt of court
The third point relates to the method
and effect of the proceedings for vio-
lation of labor injunctions. Evidence
|of guilt is upon afiidavits prepared
and sworn to in the Offices of the law
yers for the party obtaining the in
junction There is no opportunity ac-
corded the persons prosecuted to con-
front or cross examine the witnesses
as matter of right. The hearing 5
before a Judge without jury. The
penalty is in the discretion of the
Judge. If the act charged be crime.
the conviction. however unjust, is no
bar to a criminal prosecution. Nor
does the penalty. however harsh, pre-
vent the imposition of second pen
atty for the same offense upon Grim
inal conviction. The question of no
tice of hearing is indeed important
iEjunctions without notice are not
only prejudgments. but in labor cases
they are practically conclusive in their
effect. Yet the question of notice is
comparatively minor one. The real
question raised by labor iniunctions
| are those noted above All the safe
guards of the law for the protection
of innocence with reference to accu
sations of crime are violated; the
judiciary not only adjudicates, but leg
islates; and the emergent process OF
injunction is extended from the pro
lection of property rights to the reg
C;ation of personal rights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-07
Government by Injunction.

There is to be considerable said and
written about government by injunc-
ton during the presidential campaign.
II is a very important consideration
at Denver.
Republicans are trying to misrepre-
sent the position of the democracy on
this subject. Just now republicans are
trying to involve the Denver conven-
ton in a tangle over the issue, but if
we miss not our guess the Denver con-
vention viii be democratic on this
matter by inserting; plank in the
platform en- the subject providing pro-
lection against the tyranny of govern
ment by injunction, yet not curtailing
the fair, square and just use of the
injunction in labor disputes.
The democratic platform will pro
vide no. against the use of the in
junction, but against it's abuse.
Republicans are making strenuous
effort to have it appear that opposi
tion to government by injunction ant
opposition to the abuses of the in
junction constitute an assault upor
luHCIfOHo nlo II
ridiculous. Republicans are making ;
poor excuse for their own "straddle'
at Chicago in misrepresentation of the
position of Bryan and his friends, wht
favor the establishment of projection
against Injunction abuses.
Louis F. Post, in writing on thi
subject, says there are three differen
POINTS involved in the issue. One. h
says relates to the injunctiye funt
ton. Legitimate injunctions are sole
ly for the protection of rights in pror
city. But they have been perverte
by the courts to the purpose of reg
u,ating personal conduct with refer
ence TO bargaining for the hiring 0
, workers. Inasmuch as there has bee
no legal property right in workers il
this country since the 18th amend
ment, there can be no basis for ir
functions of that kind. Persona
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-07
PERSONAL POINTS.

Dan Brennan left this morning to
spend the summer in southern Iowa
Mrs. John Scherer of 1925 Sixth
avenue left this morning for Chicago
to visit her daughter, Mrs. NJ NJ.
Pierce.
The Misses Florence Andrews and
Charlotte F'ickenscher left yesterday
Normal.
Miss Mabel Harley of Homer, Neb
is visiting her cousins, the Misses
kemper, Twenty-ninth street and
Eighth avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Golf returned
yesterday on the steamer Quincy
from their honeymoon which they
spent at Hannibal, Mo.
(. L. Stafford. who was injured in
fall from Watch Tower car Sun
| day evening, is still unconscious and
there is but slight hope of his re
ccvery.
Mr.. and Mrs H. B. Keys of S22
Fifteenth street left this morning fol
a six weeks trip through the south
They will visit with their son William
at Fayetteville, Ark
| Dean J. j. Quinn of st. Joseph's
parish left today for Chebanse, III.
where he officiates and breaches a
the laying of the cornerstone of the
lnew Roman Catholic church there
which was Dean Quinn's first charge
g years ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-07
The Modern songster.

In days of old. when mothers voice
Was faard at eventime
To MARBLE forth. before those days
That singing was 4 crime,
But melody we get today
Is seldom of that kind.
We simply oil the photograph
And let the music grind.
At evening as the summer sun
Toboggans toward the west
Jemima gets the photograph
And let's it do the rest.
She puts the latest record on
And gives the crank a turn,
And very soon the neishborhood
Has melody to burn.
The man with music in his soul
Can sit and soak up tunes
AS one by one the latest songs
The mechanism -croonS.
And if he hasn't got enough
tYou know there are some men
Who never can be satisfied
He runs them through again.
No need to pay good money out
Our girls to educate
When we can buy the music canned
And strictly up to date.
So give the human voice a rest
And out the records bring
And sandwich with the new the song
Our mothers used to sing.