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The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

ly convinced that the orders which have been issued, were anything more than the expression of yellow press demand for the coddling of the ca dets they would see to t that | pub He sentiment was deyelop'd among tho youngsters which woIid forever abolish haaing.
 The fact ia that the atmosphere of the two institutions Is su}h that the cadets there can better be trusted to take care of the traditions and not abuse them than war department can, which Is necessarily sensitive to public criticism. The Jourlal-Courier has only frierdly sympathy for these eight suspended young Jolders, who arc made the victims of q tradition founded generations before they were born and which they are unquestion- ably made to feel must be maintained for the good of the service.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
Further investigation Necessary.
Providence JournaL)


 What is wanted Is information as 10 the exact cause of the acldent, and the company of course, Is as deeply in- terested as the public, The coroner states that the ties were new and sound, This effectually dlsposes of the rotten tie story so widely circulated, He also says that the jury has been unable to obtain direct and convinc- Ing testimony as told the first cause of the spreading Of the rails;" 1t may have been extraordinary pressure of tho motors or the dropping of brake, or other object This indicates that the coroner ls unable to say what made the rails spread. and In attributing tha spreading to lack of tie plating the jury. may or may not have guessed cor rectly. Further investigation Is neces- sary
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
More Discipline for state Police.
(New Britain Herald)

A.NNN P'iihhll
 Now that Chief Egan Is back there will probably be more discipline in the state police department The fact that one member of the force was bound over at West Haven yesterday for as- sault with Intent to kill Is not cal. oulated to elevate the department in the eyes of the state Assuming that the states side of the case Is upheld In the superior court, 1t will mean severe punishment, but If the evil denco should be in favor of the police, scandal concerning the disclosures Of the raid at the Rock may be the re- suit. The state police Is not a popula, organization, and by reason of the character of It's work 1t can hardly bs expected to be. Turning from accusers 10 being the accused Is not going to improve It. and a conviction in cour' VIII precipitate a contest for its abol. lshmeHt.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

that, should this sidc sway synohron- i2e in two locomotives whose com hIned weight Is nearly 900 tons, the side thrust might easily overcome the holding strength of snglc-spiiied rails lcid on sort-wood ties"
 Do that and run the locomotives slngiy, as thls paper has contended they should be, Increasing their pow CT. if need be, and tho future of elee- trlcal rnllroa4ng on the New Haven will be moro certain matter. The change may cost n mllor aal huff, out t must be had,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
aRInGGponr's WISE MOVE.

At a cost of Sl9,SO0, the officials of the city of Bridgeport have signed an order for thirty-thrce voting machines, The now method of voting in that city will be Instituted In the fall, The motion of those who acted for Mayor Lee, who vetoed the voting machine bill, asking for an injunction restraining the city from ordering the machines on the ground that they are unconstitutional In that they did not insure the secrecy of the ballot, has been denied. Brldge- port has taken wise step and New Haven could not do better than to fol- low in It's and Hartford'e footsteps.
 In reviewing the matter, the Bridge port Farmer publishes a comprehensive article, looking forward, with feeling of pleasure, to the time when the ma chimes will be Installed, :" Black Eye for the Republican Machine the arti- cle Is headed. Whether the Republicans of the city of Bridgeport have been honest in their fight against the voting machines, believing their installation would not be for the best interests of the city, Is not the question. They may have been perfectly honest, though, tha Enrtnar doac not caat,, tn thinl co but says the Republicans preferred the older method of paper ballots with its great possibilities for crookedness, for vote-buying. for stuffling of ballot box es and for counting out candidate" The Farmer Is far better situated to judge of the situation on those grounds than are we. eighteen miles away.
 What this paper does object to re- peatedly Is that either party. Demo- cratic or Republican, should oppose the voting machines en masse. The voting machine question Is not a proper mat ter for party-s splitting. IL Is an oppor- tunity for both parties to unite and show themselves thoroughly in accord with a method which must mean cleaner elections and better city poli- ties. We believe that the action of Bridgeport should do much to bring about the purchase of the required number of voting machines in this city. We believe that the people want them. or that. fin case they do not. it ls be- cause they have not been schooled in the many advantages of the machines. Says the Farmer upon this point In reference to Bridgeport: The state ment that the majority of the people of the city of Bridgeport do not wan, voting machines, is either incorrect or else the theory of the government b, representatives chosen by the people Is entirely falacious; for certainly nc representatives can stand closer to the
 people than the board of aldermen
 elected from the various districts afte
 nominations by methods which com'
 the closest to a popular selection O any plan of primary nominations ye
 devised"
 New Haven has had many an occa
 sion to "sit up and take notice" of th,
 many efforts made by the Factory Cit 10 the west of it 10 outdo 1t in popula
 ton, commercial interests, number 0 dwellings, wealth and q score of othe matters. Bridgeport has gone us on better" on the voting machines, but " need feel no humiliation in gettin , into line. There is no glory in allowin 7, Bridgeport to make permanent this ad | vantage, simply because it took th first step, Come, the voting machine , aldermen!
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
WALKERS SENTENCE.

I. was interesting, almost amusing, to read the various headlines of the papers throughout the state printed over their respective stories of the sentencing of Walker at Hartford Sat urday morning. The whole trouble, if trouble 1t was, arose out of the fact that the sentence Judge Shumway imposed was really of the indetermin- ate variety, such as the best legal au- thorities have long contended is best in nine out of ten cases that come up be- fore the bar of justice. The newspa- per men did not quite seem to apprec- fate this fact, and for hat reason. the headlines presented wide range of selection. Walker gets 16 to 20 years" was the guess of the New Brit ain Record and 1t ought to have the truth of the matter inasmuch as Walk CT was felow-citizen with the mem bers of It's staff. "Walker gets twen- ty years" said our good friend, the Ansonia Sentinel "One 70 five years, ' was the comment of the Bridgeport Farmer. Walkers maximum in prison to be twenty years chimed in the New London Day, thus making the publc's uncertainty even more pro- nounced.
 As a matter of fact Judge Shumway gave the noted embezzler tn indeter- minate sentence of not less than one year, with a maximum limit of twenty years. On the first count, which was that charging him with taking proper ty, funds and railroad bonds belong ing to the bank to the value of s260, 1 GOO, he was sentenced to states prison for not less than one or more than i five" on the other three counts he was sentenced to ''not more than five years" each term to begin on the expiration of the prior onc whenever that should be. There were nine oth- CT counts of embezzlement and forgery that were not pressed against him.
 Thus 1t may be possi ,le, though highly improbable, that Wflker may again be at liberty at the expiration ot but single year at Wetharsneld. But be the term single year or twenty years, 1t must not be forgotten tha
 the punishment for the SfisVous mis
 deeds will not by any mea IS end witt the granting of bodily liberty, if tha
 comes before death Walkers Tiff
 has been wrecked. No man would ever trust him again. But that is no
 all. The wife and the family vii
 have suffered equal disgrace. At best
 the money loss of the bank will no
 have been made up. If the Wake
 case teaches any lesson, lt is ono tha
 the thinking hnanclal men or our az
 are more and more unanimous upon'--
 namely that no man, no matter Whc should be too strongly tempted j.
 money matters. A financial institu ton really has not the right to plac atupendous amounts of money in tn sole keeping of ono man, and then nc watch him continuously. No ma can Fay "Jiad been in Walkers place
 ] know l would not have conc as h did.' No man knows himself unt , tho temptation has come and he ha , overrilden 1t. The embazzler urde [ provocation is far from being the ma who tg criminal cmhe1sler 7 nature
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
Another Roose, cit Day.
wv tSprlngileld Republican,)

VNTTTHhNVIU NVVHUITVHHI
 Tho stock market experienced anoth- CT old-tlme Roosevelt day" yesterday ---prlces falling with considerable vio- fence on the presidents outburst against the standard on decision of tho United States circuit court. The mar ket wns being overboomed, anyway, but It was really ungrateful to the gentry In charge for the president to let himself loose again after the fa- milinr manner of pre-pnnic times. They have been boosting stocks to help elect MT Roosevolts candidate. and this ls what they got for their pains. Moan times much anxiety Is felt concerning the attitude MT Taft will take toward the courts In general, and this case in particular, In his notification speech of next Tuesdny
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

The bone frame of the average whale weighs about forty-fve tons.
 Sign in Stone street, New York Panama hats, bay rum and shovels." A Harlem New York, shop has this over the doorway: Buildings Con structod, Torn Down and Removed In Short Order"
 Germany publishes every year nearly twice as many new books as France The number of new German books in 1907 was 3O,0i3
 In the French schools in Algiers and Tunis the Arabic boys sit with the French in school, but out of school they do not mix much.
 An oldfashoned blow on the side walk in front of store in Dey street, New York, attracted q crowd One man asked how 1t was used Sign on the window of an East Side New York bakery: Look Out for the Dog Underneath, which waR wrote in chalk: And Don't Get the Rabbls." | On the wall of an entrance to an old tenement house in Washington street, New York, are written these words in | charchoal; "Buttcnholes Made and Floors scrubbed, Upstairs to You're ! Right"
 The Amazon stone found in small | quantities near Colorado Springs, Col, | Is greatly in demand firm in Ger many ordered all that could be procur- ed. The stone Is green In color and 1 hard as flint
 There Is never part of the year when Pike's Peak Is entirely without snow, In the hottest July and Aur- ust weather snow is to be found even at considerable distance from the top of the mountain.
 Twenty-Five men interested in the navigation of the air, have formed the Aero club of California at Los Angeles The purpose of the club is to form suit able grounds for experimental accents and maintain repair and construction shops,
 A residence of at least five years is required to qualify as alien for natur- allzatlon, No matter how long a man may have been in the United States two years must elapse between the date Of his declaration of intention and his admlttance to full citizenship
 
 To meet the deficit in the budget the French minister of 1nancc suogas+e the doubling of the licensing fees of vendors of abslnthe. This taxing of the green. peril will, 1t is thought be popular; the minister anticipates tha, 1t will bring him in s2)0o,00o
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
Summer Sale.

Si.b0, s2 and aa.5O kusiish Gloy~s
 tbrOken l0ts) x1. ~ and S5 Autompbile Gioves, sc. ks md H.t5 Automobile COntS, Hah Prize %2O md Sa5 Rnincoats up to size 10.
 unlf Price, s5. sT,So, slo and saS Hath wraps hali sao Imported Dressing Gowns, Hnl' Gnyot suspendcrs. Half Price. Broken Lots of S3.55 per dozen colinras Si.50 dozen. M fancy border English Linen Hands
 kerchiefs, 50c. each. VI, x5, @.50, afO nnd af5 Automobile Lnp Robes, Half Price. *,7o and S2.5o French Half Hose VI Broken Lots of shaker Knit Sweaters. IInlf Price.
 Light and medium weight underwears
 Half price. " English Belts, Half Price. VI tc F3.50 Sc1rf Pins, a0c. 35c. per crkc French soap made by
 "vioict," 17c. Also sc,nc fine Canes md Umbrellas,
 Huff Price. We hnvc T small assortment of St
 shirts and 17c. Half Hose. Store Closes smturdny ut 1 D. m. Other days ut | ?. m.
 CHASE !HL4!!!',!:. & S. co. (!Qg
 oUTFITTERs FOR MEN.
 1913 and 1920 Chapel Street.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

When Richard Croker says King Ed ward Is the worlds most popular man, It may be accounted for by his present transferred allegiance across the water His dislike for President Roosevelt Is explained by his former intimacy with Tammany Hall and the democratic party But when he says Governor Hughes, of New York, should he in the Salvation Army. he loses the respect of honest men, for he Is making fun of the sincere efforts of q man who has done almost as much good for New York state as Croker did bad for New York city Certain 1t is that the ex- Tammany chief could not be accorded place in the Salvation Army, if that organization Is to keep up It's record of uprightness.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

any more than the man who would turn drunkard, if surrounded by liquor sopped companions, is the same man who takes to drink naturally because of his hcrcdlty, one Is a ease of en- ylronment; the other Is Il question of anatomical makeup.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
The Notification Committee.

How should candidate behave When patriots come with accents grave To tell him publicly that he Is now the party's nominee? should he endeavor 10 conceal Ills lack of interest in their zeal, And say, with solemn. upturned eyes, This is Indeed a sweet surprise." Or should he cut the formal knot And get 10 business on the spot, Upsetting speeches we'll rehearsed By saying, Boys. knew it first"
 Washington Star.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

The late Bishop Potter of New York has been succeeded by Right Reverend David II. Greer by succession of office from bishop coadjutor, as Is provided for by the regulations of the church. The whole country welcomes him to this important office in the Episcopal church and wishes him we'll But no one more than he must realize the diff iicut tasks he must soon meet in ill- ing the position of him whose success ful labors were so many and so im- portant ae were those of his predeces-
 sor.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
tIIartford Post.)

Probably MT, Rudds usefulness as c member of the state police Is at an end, Chief Egnn Is again al home, and some thing may be doing in the line of weed- Ing out the undesirable from the force and placing lt on q plane correspond Ing lo the high character of It's mls- glOn
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
oUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Waterbury Argument.
CWaterbury American ]

The New Haven Journal Courier com plains that some of Its esteemed con temporaries have been smiling at it. Thoy are certainly ungrateful The Journal Courier Is something like the Winsted nature fakir It furnishes
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
JUST FOlt A LAUGH.

"A long distance call? Who is 1t from, Loeb?"
 Africa wants you, Mir President"-- Birmingham Age Herald.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

You confess that Two won you heart?"
 Yes"
 And your hand?' Not yet"
 What more?' You'll have to win fathers ear,"- Cleveland Leader,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Mrs Rorer of cook book fame tells of seeing a maid drop and brebk q beautiful platter at q dinner recently, The host did not permit triae like this to rune him in the least,
 "Thcse little accidents happen most every day he snid alphabetically, You sec, she Isn't a trained waitress, She was dairymaid originally, but she had to abandon that occupation on account of her inability 10 handle the cows without breaking their horns, IT.. Everybody's Magazine,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

The way 10 get away with anything in this world, my boy is to stick to it--stick to it,"
 Yep, that's the way the cat got away with the fly paper just new."- Houston Post,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

I've Just been thinking, mother, what a lucky thing 1t was for Jonah that the whale had never been taught to chew his food, The Circle,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

X population of something over l3S 900! That is something to be proud of Bridgeport will have to hustle to catch up to that. It may have got ahead of us on the voting machine question. but New Haven will finish right up with the leaders there, too, when the time comes.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27
Now Egnn's Hack.

about the only interesting political stuff there Is, when there Isn't any,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Mir. willie Hearst, of the Independ- ence League and the New York Jour nal, in increasing ratio of importance, modestly says he will not accept q presidential nomination. Probably he wants to be campaign manager, to say nothing about campaign treasurer Willie, you can be all three. You are the whole League anyway. but that's not saying much, except from news paper advertising standpoint.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Restaurant Keeper (to new waiter)--- Always pick out the toughest cut for that man; he finds fault anyway.--Flle- gcnde Blatter.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Clara--I dread to think of my thir. tletl birthday
 stella-Why, did something unpleas- ant happen then?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Way, my boy! did you fall in that open coal hole 2"
 "No; of course not. I wuz in here, an they built q pavement over me. Illus tratcd Bits.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

A few years ago the rummage sale was the most paying charitable affair being held, Today It Is the tag day. They have been held all over the coun- try. Merlden is planning one now for the benefit of its fight against tuber- culosls. Connecticut may well feel proud Of the extensive operations 1t Is conducting simultaneously in so many Of It's cities against the great white plague.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Mir. Taft has hurried back west to be notified Talk about the artifciality of politics, the man 10 be notified" about something he Is not supposed to know, works for weeks on q speech of accept ance and then goes to meet the notifi- cation committee. instead of 1t seeking him out!
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Rose Pastor Stokes is to stump for her husband as "wagon-tail' orator York state next fall. All these social ists are takers, whether men or won- en. They must remember. though, that the Prohibitionists have first call on the women's suffrage plank
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

To meet the deficit in the budget the French minister of finance suggests the doubling of the licensing fees of vendors of absinthe. This taxing of the green peril" will, 1t is thought. be popular; the minister anticipates that 1t will bring him in s2, 100000.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

A residence of at least five years is required to qualify as alien for natur- allzaton, No matter how long a man may have been in the United States two years must elapse between the date Of his declaration of intention and his admlttance to full citizenship.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Twenty-Five men interested in the navigation of the air, have formed the Aero club of California at Los Angeles The purpose of the club is to form suit able grounds for experimental accents and maintain repair and construction shops
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

The bone frame of the average whale weighs about forty-fve tons.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

There is never a part of the year when Pikes Peak Is entirely without snow, In the hottest July and Aug ust weather snow is to be found even at considerable distance from the top of the mountain.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

A Harlem. New York, shop has this over the doorway Buildings Con structed. Torn Down and Removed in Short Order"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Germany publishes every year nearly twice as many new books as France. The number of new German books in 1907 was 30,0i3
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

Sign in Stone street, New York. Panama hats, bay rum and shovels."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

The Amazon stone, found in small quantities near Colorado Springs, Col. is greatly in demand. A firm in Ger many ordered all that could be procur- ed. The stone Is green In color and hard as flint
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

On the wall of an entrance to an old tenement house in Washington street, New York, are written these words in charchoal; 'Buttcnholes Made and Floors Scrubbed, Upstairs to You're RIght.N
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-27

In the French schools in Algiers and TunIs the Arabic boys sit with the French in school but out of school they do not mix much.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

great things of us; He only requires that we i'm
prove the opportunities that are presented, and l
shall be glad to improve the opportunities for SER
vice presented by private life"
His defeat was no doubt the saddest blow to his
ambitions that Mr.. Bryan ever received, but there
IS spirit Of steadfastness and high courage in his
words His sole ambition is to do his duty he
sees It, Here again is shown the high character of
the man. He sought great honor at the hands of
the people, but was defeated The people honor
him no less for he has been true to his ideals and
MS example Is an inspiring to every citizen of
our glorious country, irrespective of political par
tlsanshlp religious creed. Not only do the peo-
pie OF the country honor him, but he honors the
country, for he brings to the fore the realization
that every man and every woman, and every boy
and every girl within the confines of the United
States can be true to the ideals which early train
ing has implanted and can follow those ideals to
the end. In this regard, the life of William Jen
nings Bryan of Nebraska is an inspiration to all
and will continue for many generations.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-11-28

but in his own language. He will learn TO Know
On the other hand the child who reads many BOOKS
without digesting the contents, will wind up WIN
a smattering of everything and no solid foundation
(which to base an education in any line.
A story is told of Lincoln being called upon TO
take charge of a very complicated case when an
other lawyer was compelled to abandon ON account
of sickness In only few hours, and with oniy
one reading of the papers in the case, 1t Is sald
he had mastered its every detail and won the case
much to the chagrin of the opposition attorneys
This result was only to be accomplished because
Lincoln had learned the art of reading under
standngly He had no schoolmaster to whom ne
could go for advice and instruction; he was MS
own teacher and he taught himself so well that III
the after years of his life down to the very day
when he met with his tragic end, he was teacher
of the whole American people. 1t is possible TO
produce other Lneolns but not by superhclally
skimming over wide range of subjects. by all
means, let us encourage reading, but let US insist
that the reading be confined to studious reading
for therein lies the secret of power. Books are
useless if they do not train the reader IN the arts
of thinking and understanding.