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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1908-06-03
Kronika Chicagoska
TEORYA OSLERA ZASTO-
SOWANA w PRAKTYCE.

w
Znana jest teorya prof. Oslsra
kt6ry swego czasu narobi} wiele
ha}asu, twierdzac, re cz}owiek ME
>powinien zyc dluzej, jak lat 70,
gdyz po 70tym roku zycia stale
sic juz tylko bezpozyteczna zawa-
d. dla miodszych cd siebie. Teo-
rya ia znalazia ostatnio zastosowa-
ME praktyczne, jake motyw samo-'
b6jstwa jednego bardzo nielicz-
nych zapewne zwolennik6w Oslo
ra, mianowicie samob6jstwa An
drzeja Bevins, kt6rego wczoraj
znaleziono martwego W jego mie-
szkaniu pm. 61SO Halsted str, W
pokoju nape}nionym gazem swietl-
nym, uchodzacym poodkrecanych
kurk6w cd przewod6w gazowych.
Samob6jca by} masonem niegdys
znanym adwokatem, nadto okolo
roku 1890 by} sekretarzem sedzie-
90 Freeman'a W New Yorku. Byi
on tn cz}owiekiem znanym i sza-
nowanym, pozostawif krewnych,
kt6rych zamierzonej i dokonanej
swej dobrowolnej smierci zawia-
domi1 W liscie, zaczynajacym sic
cd formulki liczbowej 3x20 10,
co macy wiasnie owych 20 lat
wieku, jake osiagnaf po kt6rych
- jak tl6maczy W liscie tym =
przezyciu odbierze sobie sam zy~
Gle, pod}ug zasad teoryi DIR. Os-
lera, kt6rego by} zawsze zwolenni-
kiem./
ZNAMIENNY WYROK.
Pred sadem apelacyjnym W,
Chicago odby}a Sic wczoraj niez-
wykla rozprawa, mianowicie rewi-
zya procesu wytoczonego przez
panne Katarzyne Naglc przeciwko
szynkarzowi p. L. Nc Carthy pm.
254 Halsted str, "a to re staf sic
on przyczyna ruiny i zgonu JeJ
brata, j. w. Nagle, kt6rego
wspomniany szynkarz rozpii kom-
plethie i kt6ry tez "a stycznia
1908 roku zmarl wskutek naduzy-
cia alkoholu, przepiwszy Gale mie-
ME swoje siostry j zostawiajsc
ia bez srodk6w do zycia. Parma
Nagle jest kaleka i sama pracowaS
ME moze, brat wiec utrzymywai
ja dop6ki ME sta} sic alkoholi-
kiem, czego znowu przyczyna byf
Mccarthy, W kt6rego szynku Ma
gle przepijai swoj caiy zarobek.
Kiedy brat zmarl, lekarze stwler
dzili, nmarl powodu naduzy-
cha alkoholu, panna Nagle zaskar-
zyla Nc Carthy'ego $4,000 od-.
szkodowania. Sad przyznai jej
$4,000, a gdy skazany apelowai
trybunal apelacyjny wczoraj spra-
we wyrok zatwierdzi} ma korzysc
skarzacej, motywujac swa decy-
Eye tenn, ze kaady, kt6ry wskutek
pijanstwa czyjegos poni6si szkode,
ma prawo do odszodowania t"
strony pijaka, ewentualnie =
strony;tego, 60 do pijahsswa pow
/ duie j nakiauis. Z =
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1908-06-03

QZ1ey prZeWOd1nCLy1d ZIldlld llldh-
tropka lady H. Somerset najwy-
mowniejsze sufrazystki beda re-
ferentkami. Jezeli ten Srodek
fie pomoze, to partya obecnie
przy wiadzy bedaca bedzie miala
swe obrochunki pokrzywdzone-
mi w prawach politycznych ko-
bietami przy przyszlych wyborach
ogolnych.
Lipsk, 8 czerwca. = Trybunaa
pahstwowy uznai dziennikarza
Schiwara winnyn zdrady kraju i
sprzedazy wojskowych tajemnic
Francyi, "a co go skaza} ma II
lat wiezienia ma tax diugoletni
nadzor policyjny po odsiedzeniu
kary wieziennej.
Hamburg, 8 czerwca. - Przera-
zajaca wprost tragedya rodzinna
rozegrala sic tu, przyczem dokona-
no podwojnego mordu i PodwoJ-
nego samob6jstwa. Oto pewien "a
mozny kupiec tutejszy, nazwis-
klein Loebermann zaskarzyi swa
zone celem uzyskania separacyi
wzglednie rozwodu i juz sadowe
czynnosci byly W toku. Kiedy
Loebemann znajdowal sic juz w
sadie, czekajac ma wyrok sedzie-
60, iona jego, matka dwojga die
ci, tax sobie wzieia do serca me-
zowska skarge o rozwod, re zabra-
wszy ze soba dz;eci, utopia sic
wraz niemi. MAJ dowiedziawszy
sic o tym rozpaczliwym przera-
zajacym czynie, odebra} sobie TAX
re zycie przez powieszenie.
Berlin, 8 czerwca. = Cesarz
Wilhelm i jego malzonka otwo-
rzyli wczoraj W towarzystwie go
szczacej u mich szwedzkiej parry
krolewskiej niemiecka wystawe
budowy okretow. Przy tenn otwar-
ciu bylo obecne W komplecie cia-
10 dyplomatyczne i rozmaici alta
ches floty. Komendant podporucz-
mix R.. Belknap reprezentowaa A
meryke.
Wiedefi, 8 czerwca. = Hr. Ru-
dolf Ressengnier, pewien bogaty
| polski wiasciciel dobr, ktory przed
dziewieciu laty poSlubil panne
Hemingway, Angielke, zostai tu
wczoraj zabity bomba, ktora rzu-
Gil ma niego jakis nieznany mez-
czyzna. Zginai przytem takze je-
den siuzacy hrabiego. Pomimo
natychmiastowego scislego sledz-
twa ME udalo sic policyi znalezc
ami sladu po sprawcy zamachu.
Madryt, 8 czerwca. - Ze wzgle-
du no to, re polozenie sic znacznie
poprawilo, Rad hiszpahski zniosi
wczoraj dekret, ktory zawiesif
swego czasu prawa konstytucyj-
ne w Barcelona j Geronie. Dekret
6w byl wydany wskutek terory-
styczno anarchistycznych machi-
nacyj W grudniu rz.
Lizbona, 3 czerwca. = Tutej-
sza policya aresztowala wczofaJ
trzech anarchistow, ktorzy przy-
byli tn ma okrecie z Buenos Ay-
res. Aresztowanie nastapi}o, kiedy
oni wiasnie okret opuscili.
= Partya regeneratorow zawar-
Ia postepowcami uklad, ma mo-
cy ktorego postanowily tie dwie
partye popierac ma przyszlosc ga
binet Ferreiry.
Paryz, 8 czerwca. = w Przede-
dniu przeprowadzenia zwlok auto
ra najprzebrzydlejszych powiesci
Emilia Zoli do Panteonu, pulkoW-
mix du Patty de Clam publikuje O.
twarty list, W ktorym gwaltow-
ME atakuje Zole jemu giownie
'czyni zarzut podzegania >ogolu
przeciw armii. Wspomniany wy
aej pulkownik odgrywal jedna z
glowniejszych rol W siynnym pro-
cesie Dreyfusa.
! Rzym, 8 czerwca. = Ma zycze-
nie krola Wiktora Emanuela, ja-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1908-06-03
Telegramy krajowe.

die nadeszlej til kablowej depeszy,-
oba parowce turbinowe Lusitania
Mauretania linii Cunard zdoby-
ly dla siebie roczna subwencye W
sumie $4,000, przez niezwykia
szybkosc ostatnich swoich podro-
zy. Rad brytyjski oznajmii wczo-
raj w parlamencie, IL okrety te
wypelniiy warunki przez Rad po-
dane, pod ktorymi subwencya 20
stanie udzielona. Do tych warun-
kow nalezaio, by oba Parowce do
konaly podrozy tam i napowrot
| przecietna chyzoscia S4H we
zlow ma godzine.
Atlanta, Ca, 8 czerwca.-Wczo-
raj popoludniu rozpoczal sic tn
straik personalow kolei Western
and Atlanta juz 44oo ludzi ode
szlo cd piracy. Kolej ia tworzy
ealaz kolei Louisville and Nash
Vile. Powodem strajku jest podo-
bno, re kompania wydalila re slu-
zby mnostwo unionistow.
Washington, 8 czerwca. = Sc
kretarz organizacyi Chicago Fe-
deration of Labor, Nockels, O.
swiadczyl wczoraj W SVEN prze-
mowieniu ma Central Labor Con-
vention", re ma sesyi konwencyl
! Illinois State Federation, ktora
sic odbedzie IA czerwca w Spring
fieldzie, John Mitchell, byiy pre-
zydent United Mine Workers OF
America" oswiadczy urzedowo,
czyli chce wystapic jake kandydat
ma gubernatora re strony robotnl-
kow zorganizowanych. Nockels
zapewnial, IL skoroby Mitchell
przyjal kandydature, to niezawo-
dnie zostaiby obrany.
Detroit, Mich, 8 czerwca. -
Wczoraj rozpoczely sic tu sesye
Is rocznej konwencyi miedzyna-
rodowego zwiazku szefow policyj-
rych. Zebraio sic ma te konwen-
eye oko}o loo szefow roznych
stron kraju zagranicy. Panowie
ci naradzat sic beda szczegolniej
mad kwestya zwalczania ,,Czarnej
Reki" anarchistow.
Clear Lake, S. D., 8 czerwca. -
Olbrzymi balon Chicago, ktory
w swej podrozy Quincy, Ill.
napotkal gwaitowna ulewe i via
try przeciwne, szczesliwie dosta}
sic ma ziemie W miejscu polozo-
nem 8 mil ma poinocny zachod
stad wczoraj rano o godz. 6. By}
przeto 1s godzin W podrozy, w
tym przecisgu czasu niezawodnie
przebyl droge okolo 500 milowa:
wprawdzie miejsce,: ma ktorem
wyladowal, znajduje sic W prostej
linii W odlegiosci $50 mil Cd Quin-
cy, ale W czasie podrozy bardzo
czesto z drogi zbaczano i W roz-
nych kierunkach piynieto. Co do
swej wytrwalosci chyzosci( balon
spelnial wszelkie oczekiwania, po-
mimo niesprzyjajacych okolicz-
nosci uszkodziI sic bardzo ma}o,
podrozni tylko przemokli, a ere
szta zadnej ME poniesli szkody
obecnie balon wysle sic do Spring
fieldu do naprawy.
Balon ten, jak Juz donoszono,
obejmuje 10000 stop szczescien-
nych gazu jest najwiekszym te-
go rodzaju balonem dotychczas
zbudowanym. Ksztalt jego ME jest
gruszkowy, tylko kulisty; sredni-
ca jego wynosi 60 stop. Cd dna
,gondoli zwieszajacej sic balo-
nu do wierzchoika balonu wynosi
112 stop. Uniesc W powietrze mo-
re ten balon razem 5000 funtow,
oprocz wagi wiasnej. w Condo
Ii moze sic pomiescica 10 osob.
Gondola zrobiona jest trzciny o.
bitei poduszkami. Okolo 40 lin
iaczy gondole wlasciwym balo-
nem. Koszta budowy balonu wraz
kosztami wzlotu wynosily 4 tys.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1908-06-03


popieranie handlu pomiedzy Chi
nami Stanami Zjednoczonymi.
Portland, Oregon, 8 czerwca.
= w nadzwyczaj oryginalnem
polozeniu znajdzie sic legislature
Stanu Oregon W roku biezacym.
Jak sic okazuje Z wyniku wybo-
row onegdajszych, ogolne gioso-
wanie wypadlo ma korzysc guber-
natora Chamberlaina jako kan
dydata ma senatora Stanow Zjed-
noczony9h, demokraty, ktory po-
biz swego republikahskiego pre-
ciwnika prze:zlo tysiacem g}osow.
Natomiast obrano prawie samych
repubkkahskich czionkow legi-
slatury, re ci wybieraja senate
ra przeto zachodzi wielka kwe-
stya, czyli zastosuja sic do zycze-
MIA wiekszosoi wynorcow. Po-
miedzy republikahskimi czlonka-
mi legislatury So tacy, ktorzy 20
bowiazali sic zastosowac przy
wyborze senatora do zyczenla wy
razonego przez wiekszosc wybor-.
cow i tacy, ktorzy ME zlozyli ia
kiego przyrzeczenia. Podobno 40
czlonk6w legislatury zlozylo to
przyrzeczenie, podczas gdy co wy
boru senatora potrzeba tylko As
glosow. Ale wielka jest kwestya,
czyli wszyscy trzymac sic bedq
swego zobowiazania, zwlaszcza,
re wlasciwe wybory odbeda sic
dopiero "a Z miesiecy i do tego
czasu jeszcze wiele moze sic
zmienic. Stan Oregon jest W O.
gromnej wick. yepublikahskim;
w czasie ostatnich wyborow pre-
zydenta, Roosevelt -otrzyiaal tam
49,434 glosow wiekszosci. Cham
berlain zawdziecza tylko swym O.
sobistym przymiotom tax powsze-
chine zaufanie, re nitylko dwukro-
tnie juz zostal obrany gubernato-
rem, ale takze zwyciezyl teraz,
gdy chodzilo referendum w
sprawie wyboru kandydata ma Sc
natora.
Cleveland, O., 8 czerwca. -
Piecset rozdraznionych Wlochow
usilowalo wczoraj wylamac drzwi
banku prywatnego Gaetana Lot
ty przy Orange str, kiedy ich ME
otworzono w czasie oznaczonym.
Tylko szybka interwencya policyi
przeszkodziia wykonaniu zama-
chu. Liotta znikl bez wiesci. De-
pozyta tego banku wynosza ra-
zem $50, 900.
Nowy York, 8 czerwca. = L
tobofkami ma plecach i szczupiym
zasobem pieniedzy wystarcza]a-
Gym ma pokrycie tylko najkoniecz-
niejszych kosztow, pewien profe-
sor Kollegium dziecieciu studen-
tow wybieraja sic dzisiaj W mig
dzypokladzie parowca Alice do E
uropy. Ma czele wyprawy stoi
professor Edward A. Steiner u
niwersytetu Stanu Iowa. Studenci
pochodza z roznych uniwersyte-
tow i kollegiow Zachodu i zgiosill
sic jako ochotnicy. Jest to podroz
naukowa, celem zapoznana sic
z jezykiem, zwyczajami obycza-
iami narodow emigrujacych mai
licznicj do Stanow Zjednoczonych.
Srodki pieniezne zyskano ma to
re skiadek.
Paterson, N. J., 8 czerwca. =
Kiedy onegdaj wieczorem sedzla
policyjny James Carroll szedl do
| domu, zasadzki wyskoczyiy
| dwie kobiety, anarchistki usiao-
waly go zamordowac sztyletami
Carroll jednakowoz silnym jest
mezczyzna i nietylko sic obronii'
ale takze przyaresztowaf obie ma
pastniczki. Wczoraj staneiy pred
MIN jako oskarzone ion sam ska
zal je obydwie ma dluzsze VIE
zienie. Me chciaiy podae powod1'
swej napasci; podaly zas nazwl-
NJ C,.,....+, C;,,caDniro a
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1908-06-03

namyslet czy naizehstwo corka
milionera amerykahskiego przy-
niesie mu pozadane szczeScie...
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1908-06-03
R01ae notatki te|agIaticznee.

q Texarlana, Ark. donosza 0
strasznych szkodach zrxadzonych
przez pow6dzs Rzeka Czerwona Wy
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1908-06-03
KokuveE lyey soble zeagnat Sl0O0OO,0OO palyezk'
Trudnosci W utwOrzeniu gabinetudlaFin
Sufrazystki lOndyhskie ME spOczywaja.+ TaJemnl
morderstWo przez rzucenie bomby we Wiedniu.
SubWeucya s75O,0eO dIa dwoch naisVbszych par,
MITCHELL KANDYDATEM Ma GUBERNAT

KOnwencya szefow polyL Fo-
yslna podr6a Originality wynik wyborow
szczegona wyprawa naukowa do EurOpy
auarchstek ma pOicyjnego.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-02-01
The Postmaster General,
Big NeU Man of the Cabinet

Mr.. Meyer, would naturally have been
placed for safety in the POSTAL savings
banks. In fact, it has been brought
to my attention that money of the
immigrants, on account of it's possess
ors being ignorant of our language and
suspicious of our private institutions,
is being sent home in order that it may
be placed in the postal savings banks
of their native countries. It is believed
that this would not be the case in
many instances if we had postal saw
ings banks in the United States.' He
recommends that the postmaster gen
eral be given authority to designate all
money order postoffices and such other
postomces as may be deemed necessary
to receive deposits of money for saw
tngs, such deposits to be made in even
dollars, with 81 as minimum In
such case postmasters would receipt
for deposits in the pass books of the
depositors and make daily reports to
the, postmaster general. It is suggested
that deposits by any one person be
limited to $500, that interest at the
rate of 2 per cent be paid on them and
that the government reimburse itself
for: this payment Of interest by lend
ing the money to the national banks.
1t is the idea that the young should
be encouraged to make deposits, but
children under the age of ten, thinks
Mr.. Meyer, should not be allowed to
withdraw money, and their accounts
should be in the names Of guardians.
AS noted by Postmaster General
Meyer in his annual report, the postal
savings bank system has been tried in
Canada and found successful there and
is a part of the accepted order of
things in several countries of Europe.
The government agents abroad have
been instructed to gather complete
data as to the operation of the system
in Europe for the information of the
postmaster general and members of
congress. The English system makes
the shilling the minimum deposit and
provides for penny savings through a
stamp and card plan. The system in
the United Kingdom is especially de-
signed to encourage habits of thrift
among the young, and postal savings
cards are issued on which any person,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-02-01
Car and Locomotive BuiIdinu.

Official reports from car and loco.
motive builders of the United States
and Canada show large increase in
the output for 1907 over that of 1906,
which up to that time was the record
year. There was, however, heavy
falling of in orders, much of the out.
put Of the past year having been or.
dered during 1906.
The total number of railroad cars
built during 1907 was 2S9,645, an in.
crease of 10 per cent. over 1906, &C.
cording to figures gathered by the
Railroad Gazette. OF the total mum.
Der of cars built by manufacturers,
284,1S8 were for freight service and
5,457 for passenger service; 2S0,216
were for domestic use and 9,429 for
export. The number of passenger
cars built during the year shows an
increase of more than 70 per cent.
over the previous years output.
A smaller increase over last year is
shown in the locomotive output. The
~ builders in the United States and
Canada built 1852 locomotives during
the year, Of which 1854 were for do.
nestle use and 789 for export. This
is an increase of six. per cent. In the
total output. The export output in.
creased II per cent. as against five
per cent. for the domestic output.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-02-01
GORGE Won MEYER POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED

child or adult, may build up shilling
deposit, penny at a time, by affix-
ing stamps. Interest at 21h per cent is
paid under the British system, which
is a more liberal rate Of interest than
is suggested by Mr.. Meyer There are
also some features of the English sys-
tenn, such as annuities and life insur-
ance, which he considers of too pa
ternal a character for application in
this country.
When Mr.. Meyer came from st. Pc
tersburg, where he had filled with not
able success the post of American am
bassador, and took up the duties Of
postmaster general, it was predicted by
many that he would be an ornamental
rather than an especially useful mem
Der of the administration. It was con-
ceded that he would make a valuabl
member of the tennis cabinet" for he
is an adept at tennis and many other
open air sports, and it was admitted
that with his large means and his
charming wife and daughters he would
perhaps become the social leader Of
the administration. That he would
become one OF the first men of the
presidents board of advisers when real
business was on hand was scarcely
credited at first. But the fact that Mr..
Meyer has been consulted by the pres
ident in respect to the problems of the
financial situation, and that his advice
has been given weight along with that
of Secretary Cortelyou and Secretary
Root, and the further fact that the new
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-02-01

glars and sneak thieves lately because
so many persons have been keeping
their money in places where the light
fingered gentry could easily find it. It
is related of one timOrous depositor, a
resident of New Jersey, that he with
drew 5000 from savings bank, receiv-
ing it in thirty crisp $40 bills, which to
conceal from inquisitive members of
the family he stuffed between the at
tic roof and the rafters Of the same.
When he went to get his money he
found that some pet squirrels had in
telligently appropriated she currency,
thus proving how knowing animals
have become since they have been
written about. so much They had
gnawed the bills in pieces and used
them for lining for their nests. Proba-
bly, the squirrels would never have
taken the money had this country pos
sessed postal savings bank system.
II it were not for the money now in
boarding it is estimated that there
would be no financial stringency. Mr..
Meyer In urging the adoption Of the
postal savings bank plan in his last
annual report cites some striking sta
tistics bearing on the habits OF immi-
grants. More than seven millions of
immigrants had landed in this coun-
try in the past ten years, and they
have sent back to the old country i'm
mense sums Of money. The figures are
shown In the reports of money orders
issued for foreign countries. 'sThis
money while it was acumulating," says
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-02-01

politics and the essentially religious
nature Of it's fight prevented it from
making any serious advances in half
a century Of effort.
But now almost overnight the whole
nature of the fight has been changed,
and the movement has assumed a giant
form. No longer does the Prohibition
list aim to advance his cause exclusive
ly through the agitation of his party.
Now he has dropped the sentimental
arguments. He has turned to the prac-
tical side of the question.
He contends that -tenths of the
worlds crime is committed under the
influence of liquor. He tells statesmen
that by abolishing the traffic in liquor
they cap eventually cut down, almost
abandon, the present expensive system
Of police guardianship for the, commu-
nifty.
The advocate for temperance went
into the Southern stare, and told the
people that the curse of the South, it's
greatest menace, was the drunken me-
gro. The negro sober could be con-
trolled but the black man drunk was
grave peril. The South believed. It
knew that he was right. It followed
Z has les g. sSr5-s4
The country Of colonels that knew
no hospitality unless it came from the
rare old Bourbon of home production,
abandoned it's time"honored indulgence
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-02-01

on a hunt with the king of Italy while
he was ambassador at Rome.
Mr.. Meyer might be said to have
spent a fortune in the service of city
state and nation. He was born to
wealth and has always had it, His
first public service was in the Boston
common council. Next he went to the
state legislature and for two years
was speaker of the Massachusetts,
house Of representatives The massive
carved desk which he used in this po-
sition was recently sent to Washing
ton for the postmaster generals pri-
vate Office. Mr.. Meyer was chairman
of the Massachusetts commission to
the Paris exposition Of 1900, and in the
same year President Mckinley APP
pointed him ambassador to Italy.
President Roosevelt promoted him to
the embassy at st. Petersburg, where
he served during a part of the event
full period Of the Russo Japanese war,
a time in which it was often neces-
sary for the American representative
at the court Of the car to observe the
utmost circumspection. During all
these years Of public servnce Mr.. Mey-
er probably spent much more than his
salary, and he has labored for honors
rather than for dollars.
This was especially so during his
diplomatic career. In maintaining large
Establishments at Rome and st. Peters,
burg he spent quite small fortuHs
over and above the amount he received
az salary from Uncle Sam. s 5
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fic in this country, that the establish
ing of a respectable saloon is not rec
ognized as progress, and that not until
the sale of spirituous liquors of every
kind is made crime against the law
will it regard its work as finished.
To large extent the anti-liquor pro-
paganda has undergone change.
Formerly it had it's existence mainly
in the enthusiasm of supporters of
the Prohibition party, which year after
year went to the polls to register only
an infinitesinal proportion of the tota!
vote cast. The arguments advanced
against the liquor traffic were mainly
sentimental and religious in character.
Occasionally it pleased one of the
country's dominant parties to throw a
bone to the Prohibition party in order
to gain it's support in some close fight.
But the appearance of the party in
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postmaster general has graSped the
needs of his own special department
and come to the front at once with
Ideas as to its betterment, SOW, his
friends believe, that he is not going to
be mere hgurehead. He wants the
postofdce placed on an up to date bust
ness basis, he wants a parcels post
system established, and he wants the
postal savings banks. Another Of his
plans relates to giving the public bet
ter service in the matter Of purchase
of postage. It often happens that a
person who wishes to mail letter or
buy postal card finds himself out Of
postage and at a distance from post
Office. The usual course in such cases
is to apply at a drug store, but there
is very little for the druggist in deal
ing in postage, and many have ceased
to handle this line of goods. Even if
the druggist to whom application is
made does happen to be one of those
who keep postage his clerks may all be
busy, and it is a severe test of pa
thence to wait until half dozen pre-
scriptions are filled just to get one q
cent stamp. The postmaster general
proposes to save stamp purchasers this
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not actual profanity, by placing stamps
and postal cards on sale in slot ma
chimes. If congress gives his plan
effective support it will soon be as easy
to buy postage stamps as to buy chew
ing gum, and the sonorous sounding
name of George Won Lengerke Meyer
will be placed on the honor roll Of true
benefactors of the public.
Mr.. Meyer is a man after the presi-
dents own heart in personality and
achievements. He is strenuous phys
ically, and few athletic stunts are too
difficult for him. He is Harvard man.
and he has all the polish and social
graces that education wealth, travel
and association with leaders in the
public life of two hemispheres could
give. Though in his fiftieth year, he is
a young man in appearance and does
things which only young blood usually
attempts. In riding to the hounds he
thinks nothing Of jumping his horse
over a fve-barred gate, and, as for
tennis, they say that he can give the
president or any member of the ten
mis- cabinet as hard work to hold the
pace as the bishop of London did in
the now historic international match
on the White House courts. He is a
crack shot and in the matter Of hunt
ing has had experiences that even Mr..
Roosevelt might envy. One Of his ex-
ploits was shooting a wild boar when