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The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

halls of legislation or the press of the country A return to the advo eacy of it, at a moment when there ls not the remotest chance of It's being approved, suggests political rather than a legislative end In view, and that ls far from agreeable Increased executive power is far from attrae- tive to the country at large and yet President Roosevelt insists upon 1t again, denying the courts of the coun- try constructive power which he would see freely exercised: There should he an efficient executive body created with power enough to cor rect abuses and scope enough to work out the complex problems that this great country has developed V The black list Is again condemned with the boycott, as 1t should be- and re- newed attention called to "my poll cies"
 It Is to be profoundly regretted that President Roosevelt should con slider himself thus charged with the task of moving congress to action when, in the judgment of that body, action should be delayed until pro- posed Improvements of q radical character can be submitted to popu- lar analysis and approval, He has done his full duty when he has given congress the benefit of his study and research. He begins to fail lament ably in his duty when he lrritates con gress by repeated bombardments up- on its integrity and intelligence. It Is because this is so that the adjourn ment of congress will be alike agree able to that body and the great bus
 mess world which has been preached
 at enough for a time.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
The CnII of the Rough.

Let me get away from the barney and the bluff To the life in the raw and the life m the rough,
 The life of men together In the open windy weather, Where you needn't wear a collar and may never see cuff. Let me get away from the nattery ana the guile, To 8 rugged reach of beauty. where tho lips of nature smile. And her hoyden cheeks are gleam- ing,
 And her hoyden ringlets stream ing, And you never meet Rrafter, though you travel many q mile. Let me get away from the dainty and the elvish, To the strong, and the salt, and the daring and the devilish; ro the great, broad, ample spaces, Where no sycophantic trace is, And the heart Is won to heaven by the rough life one embraces.
 Baltimore Sun.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
HOW DID WALTER TYLER HAPPEN.

There Is an old story about eau GUS in New York city In which man after man arose and demanded repre- senta,ion on the ticket for the Irish, the German, the Slav, the Austrian, the Hebrew, the Polish, the Greek, the Scandinavian and the French ele- ments of the district. Finally one man, who had been sitting Lonesome and overlooked in one corner, arose timIdly and said that If thore was a place on the ticket which nobody else cared for he would like to have 1t filled by an American. Thereupon in twelve languages and eighty dialects came a chorus tf indignant demand Throw the Know Nothing tyrant out of the house!"
 They have just had an election for town officers In Roosevelt, Wisconsin, and this was the successful ticket: Chairman, lgnntz Strzclewicz; super visor. Steve Pi-Stany Cichocki; clerk, Ignatz Szalaj: treasurer, Anton Zako- zewicz; assessor, William Swetlik; Justices. stany revlaw, John kedziors- Ri. stany Perzanowski; constables, Mike Orzechowski, Joseph Lemanski, John Kedziorski, Walter Tyler.
 How Walter Tyler got on the ticket and got elected isn't explained,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
Practice md prpochInC,

CFrom Address at Chattanooga by Am
 bassador James Bryce, of Great Brit
 ain)
 Is lt any wonder that the behavior of men who are nomlnally Christians Christians In profession, if not in practice has checked the spread of Christianity? The missionary comes preaching gospel of justice and lovo and peace, But when the natives see how men behave who profess the re- llgion which the missionary breaches the preachings lose their value, An Af- rican chief Is said to have described the process of the contact of civilized men with his people in these words; First the missionary, then trader then army" II is not too much to say that the lives of the men nominally Chris tians have been the greatest of all hin- drances to the spread of the gospel.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
NO REAL SETBACk.

Of course there are things that woman cannot do well, But they are so few that 1t is both surprising. and saddening to be reminded of any of them, But 1t appears that she is not regarded either In Paris or in Berlin as a success as cab-driyer. There was a long fight in the French capital over the question of granting women the cabmans license; the women who wanted to do 1t were sure they could drive cabs, but there was strong opposition to the idea. But at last the opposition was overcome, the licenses were granted, and Berlin equally liberal, gave women a chance to drive motor cabs. Tn both cases the work proved unsuited to the sex. The Parisan cabwomen found they could not endure the long hours and the exposure to rain and snow and cold. In Berlin the police found that women were not a success at driving motor cabs through thick traffic; they lacked the dexterity or else the nerve,
 We don't know how much fitness to drive cabs counts in the general sum of things Perhaps the real req son why women are not successful as cab-drivers is because they are super
 for to the business instead of not IT
 to it. If this plausible view of the
 case is the right one, woman has suf,
 fered no setback in the matter.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
The Point of Mir. Rockers Statement.

(The Hartford Courant)
 The point of Mr. Rockers statement Is that it not only tells the truth but tells the whole truth, We venture b assert that nobody can show an in- stance when he put out money that ss not covered specifically In hls affidavit It Is given as d fact that In num- Der of cases men offered to work for hIm-men who are supposed to have "lnflooence" they were told that, If engaged, their names would appear in his sworn statement. that he was going to account for every dollar, The volunteers would then retire, saying they would not work for a man who gave them away and then they went to work against him and were not nam ed Nobody gave them away. Which method makes the cleaner statement? | If a candidate who makes an honest and complete statement of election ex- penses is to be pilloried for IL, what | lnducement for obeying the law? There are ways for getting around It. MT Hooker took the tralghtforward policy | Instead of criticsing him, those who want clean politics should commend his | honesty.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

take care of the EAed obligation im- posed upon IL, and tha, it purposes to continue the great Improvements which were caught half completed by the pan ic This again means Increased buying Of steel and other material, and half the $40,O00,000 is to come from abroad, where the bonds are being subscribed for many times over, Certain other railroad corporations are to follow the Pennsylvania example, with what sue cess remains to be seen, and this gives further assurance of improvement In the demand upon the iron and steel in- dustry and incidentally upon the copper and related industries
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
SAVINGS AND DOINGs.

Duchess Philip of Wurtembers has contrived bandage that Is so scien' tificaily constructed that manufacturers have taken out patents covering the right to make II in foreign countries, The duchess Is said to be the most pop ular of all the royal ladies of Germany and much of her popularity is due 10 her interest In the sick poor,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
DOOMED AGAIN.

For an animal that has been so much and so often doomed, the horse hangs on wonderfully well He is again doomed, this time by the president of motor company who perhaps feels confident that he can make motors that will not need the help of the horse to get anywhere or to get back
 He gives the horse about A generation more in which to become as rare an animal as the buffalo. In ten years
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Tie Pennsylvania Bond Issue.
tThe Springfield Republican,

T TTE
 Anyhow the Pennsylvania bond is- sue Is significant of an effort to arrest the processes of reaction at just this point and the great success of the sale is promising of more or less success in the staying effect It means that the corporation can see its way clear to
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

some two hundred unrecorded wills of old New Workers have been found in the New York surrogate's office by W. S. pelletreau, and abstracts Of them will be published by the New York Historical society. These wills illumin- ate the history of the city between 1870 and lT3O. They are written in Dutch French and English
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

A scientist announces that the dra gon-hy flaps It's wings twelve thou sand times a second Twelve thousand and one Is the record of the house-ay In the early morning hours,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

One of the market reports is that there is famine in prunes. This Is rather more serious than the usual talk about prunes.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

Mir Hobson says we should lose Ma nila in ninety days if 1t should be att tackled by land. Many have sadly set tied down In the belief that we can't lose 1t.
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would have cost had the lid been left off purposely and all hands invited to the trough,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

Women vote for the members of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Bohe- mia of which, of course, the Emperor of Austria Is King, as he is also King of Hungary At the late election the womens vote was unusually large, and although none of the several women nominated for Parliament was elected they received a considerable vote the first time such thing has happened In that part of Europe.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

Brass checks are going to be used for carfares in Cleveland. Brass Is more or less used in all cities for car fare,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

The uninstructed delegate will get instruction enough before he gets through with his job
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

At sn election meeting pr Macna- mara of the British Parliament was tackled by q woman, who inquired, Are you in favor of repeating the the doctor, "Im eolferl" Would you give every woman a vote?' asked an. other Every woman should have either a vote or voter" said pr, Mac namara. Which do you prefer?'
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

Lieutenant General Lord Grenfell commander inc chief of the British forces In Ireland, has issued an order in which he points out the injury which the increase in cigarette smoking |, doing to the health of the army. The order says in part, with a view tc helping men to overcome the habit, the commander of the forces directs thf smoking of cigarettes to be prohibited at certain times when, on the other hand, no similar restriction IS regards pipe smoking will be made. The smok- ing of cigarettes, therefore will not be permitted when the men are on fatigue or under arms on any occasion, includ
 ing feld operations and maneuvers
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-28

London's consumption of water for q year la .12524o,3t7 gallons This is only one of the many gigantic figures of London's water supply contained in the annual report of the Metropolitan water board for the year ending March 3l, 19O7 A staff of ID officials, receiv- ing bi,Ssl pounds in salaries, super intends the work of the board which is shown by the following totals: To- tai water supply, 2t25,2tO.34I gal. Ions; daily water supply. 22S ooO,OSS miles, population supplied, 6,s1b,oi5, daily average a head 32.Si gallons.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-04
QUESTIONABLE CAPITAL.

Whatever action the coming demo- cratic convention takes upon the re- cent death of Grover Cleveland, it is certain that it is a matter 10 be treat ed with the utmost delicacy. For any faction to try to make political capi- tai out of the memory of the great est leader the democratic party has produced in the last decade. If not in a longer period. shows the utmost dis Loyalty to the party colors, as we'll as to the man himself. Grover Cleve- landland remained true to the demo- cratic party---as true as any man has who will be at Denver; they all owe 1t to be true, in turn, to him. The tu- mutt of national convention is no very appropriate place for the sober contemplation of such. sacred mem ory as his should be.
 Colonel Watterson Is positive in his assertions that Judge Parker intends to make political capital of question: able nature out of this matter and, in his usual eloquent way, he proceeds to denounce the proposed action. It will be Judge Parker, who belongs to the old David Hill wing, which was an inveterate enemy of Mr. Cleveland, who will be put forward to deliver the final stroke of bravado, and, under the pretense of honoring the memory of Cleveland, to plunge a blade, rock l ing with poison, into. the heart of the democracy, he tells us,
 l But the warning against such a move need not be issued against Judge Parker only Every democratic fac. tion must guard itself well against this tendency which will Do quite a tempting one, to make political capita in this manner. As Colonel Waiter. son only too truly says: Standing about the open grave of Mir. Cleveland those of us who knew him but did no' always approve him, or agree wtf him. were not only willing that by. zones be bygones, but that the gooG alone should live after him. He 1. dead. He sleeps with those who wen before, from Jefferson to Lincoln, ant history can be trusted to do him nc injustice. Resurrected at Princeton and proclaimed at Denver, his name spells frebrand and only firebrand and frebrand is the sole initiative ant purpose of the body-snatchers whc propose to use it to coniure dissen sion, whilst they try to corrupt dele gates"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-04
INTERESTING OPINIONS.

The views of President Cyrus North rop of the University of Minnesota, concerning the presidential nominees and their prospects are for special req sons of greater interest and of more practical value than the general cur rent comment. He is a keen and care full observer of present day tendencies In social and political life. As a prom lnent citizen of the state of which John A. Johnson Is governor he speaks from direct knowledge in what he states of the qualifications of Governor Johnson and his prospects for the nomination for president by the democratic con vention to be held at Denver
 In an interview by The Journal Courier, President Northrop express ed himself in agreement with the general assertion that Mir. Bryan will receive the nomination. but he believes, whether MT. Bryan Is elected or defeated, that the trend of circumstances and with conditions of the same general character continuing, the nominee logically of the democratic party in 1912 will be Governor John son.
 President Northrop speaks enthusl- astically of the qualifications of Cover nor Johnson as an "evenly balanced" executive and prospective president of the United States, while at the same ! time in his analysis Q. the merits of candidates for the nomination he speaks in terms of high appreciation of MT. Bryan and then suggestively adds: T presume Mir Taft will be elected"
 The particular feature of President Northrop's views is this confirmation that the political battle must be fought between William Howard Taft and l William Jennings Bryan as the leaders of the two great parties, with opinion | inclning to MT. Taft's success. But whatever the views of the most astute observers may be, the months of con hict, with unforeseen contingencies ever likely, must intervene before the actual choice of either candidate is reached by the American citizen who is likely tt do unaccountable things.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-04
YALE BASEBALL.

Yale has such past record in aquat- les that she is able to endure with some equanimity an out-and-out de- feat on the Thames. It ie the uninter- rupted series of unsuccessful baseball seasons that gals the graduate body far more. Although this is not the most opportune time to call for re- form, when the season Is ended, still 1t is the usual time that Yale most seriously awakens to her baseball de- fciencies and firmly resolves that she will not be caught mapping another season.
 It would be no easy task to discover with perfect certainty just what is "rotten in Denmark" But it is worthy of no small effort to try to find it. It would mean much Co the graduate and undergraduate sons of Old Eli, could their alma mater show such prowess on the diamond as she does on the gridiron. Not even successful deba. ,ng could bring greater or more last Ing smiles of satisfaction to their faces.
 Jn the first place. 1t will not do to say that Yale baseball teams do not have the material That ie not so. It s not to be supposed that all the good baseball material goes to colleges other Ian yais. Coed baseball men are
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the community when it invited a prominent sanitary engineer up from New York and arranged for a meeting with the aldermanlc committee to dis cuss the proposed investigation In its general phases.
 We do not know Engineer Fuller, but we are sure that, when two such public spirited citizens as Mir. seran- ton and Mir Warden of the Associat- ed Civic societies recommend him, he can i'll the bill successfully If sat- lsfactory terms can be arranged, the committee should avail itself of his services. It would be taking no mis- step.
 Inclneration and reduction plants are of so many varieties, as construct cd to meet various garbage conditions, that 1t would be no easy matter to decide upon the right course for New Haven 10 pursue. For instance, there Is every reason to believe that the sys- tenn used g the private concern in Bridgeport that made the offer to take care of New Ravens garbage, Is not the ideal kind of plant either for Bridgeport or New Haven. Again, the kind of plant that would do for Atlanta would not do for New Haven lnasmuch as the garbage of the far south Is not of the same character as that here. A plant that would do for New York might not he economical here, inasmuch as the quantity to be disposed of would be far less. IL is to he question of economy and effic. iency and nobody but q nantary en. gineer is capable of deciding the mat. ter In the last analysis. We hope tho committee will sec clearly the wisdom of the move.
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we'll verified, The young women did not know that the acquaintances who in- vited them for q social ride to the shore were state policemen. Not until they were taken to a place where wine was ordered were their suspicious aroused.
 To say the least t was petty business fin the name of law and order and be- littles the dignity which Is supposed to belong to a representative of the law An officer who uses any form of decep- ton of the kind said to be employed by these state policemen certainly has It. | tie appreciation of the fitness of things and does not care to use such straight forward methods as the spirit of the law enjoins
 J The opinion Of a citizen who express cd himself with posltlveness in the matter Is doubtless the view of many others: When the regulations of our respectable young women are viciously jeopardized as In this case. to catch two or thre saloonkeepers selling beer on a Sunday. then 1t Is about time to call q halt, or make an lnvestgation.'
 Conduct of this sort becomes a pub He irritant, As long. as the state police attend to their legitimate duties and by conservative methods 1t Is not likely that they will be lnterfered with. All good citizens who believe in the en- forcement of the laws of the state vii support them, but when such unwar. ranted means are employed as those just disclosed, there need be no sur prise expressed when the public, con tinuously irrltatei shall demand an ln- vestigation and overhauling of the whole system of state police.
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more nearly born than made, yet many a small college finds within It's num- bers men enough and to spare, who have been born to the stick and the glove, and produces teams that are able to make Yale look sorry, No, tho material Is at hand and the problem is in making use of it,
 Somebody wrote what sounded like a clever remark in one of the New York papers just after the recent Har- ward game, He said: When Yale football team Is five yards from the goal you may expect touchdown; but, when a Yale baseball team has three bases full and a man at bat. you are not justified in expecting a run The fact Is more or less true. but the comparison Is not quite a fair one. Football is a game where unified work counts; baseball Is a game of indlvid- ual plays. It has long been Yale's characteristic to paroduce a unified student body. Yale men select type and then all live as near to that type as Is, possible. But 1t has been Har- yards ideal to produce individual stars, here and there in different lines of work. There the whole gives way for the perfection of the one. Neither plan is an ideal one for university but the explanation may suggest one reason why Yale teams succeed when working as a whole in football and fall so often when working as individuals in baseball If Harvard could ngrain some of Yale's ideas, she might suc- ceed more consistently with her foot ball teams; and, if Yale could combine her plan with Harvards. perhaps Yale could produce better baseball teams.
 It was thought this year that the in- troducton of graduate system of baseball coaching. as opposed to a pro- fessional system, would bring good re- suits It should have. The change was a good one. If it had no other good point. it was pralseworthy In that 1t fell in line with the general movement to put collegiate athletics on an en- tirely amateur basis. IL has been in the working out of a graduate eoach- ing system that the trouble has come The graduates have not come back to New Haven, for the most part At least, they have shown no such interest as do the football graduates Most of the work was left to Captain Jones He proved himself efficient, but 1t was too great responsibility for an under
 graduate When the graduates did come back, they worked the men to death until they lost much of that con- fldence that Is so essential to success ful baseball playing. What has been needed has been competent graduate head coach who shall supervise the general policies as with the football team.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-04
THE DAY OF DREAMS.
(July the Fourth, 1a0s) By REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN.

This is visions, day of the fearless few, When the hope weak dared speak, when the mighty
 dream true! "A child waing. laughed But the child in hour and the batte-song And the dreamers woke to i wherever dreamer led Till the kings had ceased laughter dreamers
 red; Till there thing scorn And sired by high Ideal, Nor ver There the
 to do;
 And the Fathers Sons busy Till the last Rose-Dawn shall flower and
 sword
 From the Virginia valleys the Klondkes the puse-beats of people vision And stained toilers From the godenshored Pacific the In the srk of the locomotive the In the million mills the fruitful hills ong
 Ing No muscle strains without 1t, labor O mean: We waiting the last nighwhsle keeping
 
 And as of old we labor the that few the deepeyed
 
 When Real and Ideal welded then. In the last RoseDawn full flower pay
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