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The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
POPULAR ELECTIONS OF SENATORS.

The difficulty with the movement to have the United States senators elected by the people instead of by the legisla- lures Is that 1t Is not likely to succeed within the life of the youngest child in the community, nor probably within the life of the youngest child of the young est child now living, It Is inconceivable that all of the states of the union should at any one time agree upon such n radical amendment of the con- stltution. There would surely be one or two or three conservative states to register their objection,
 But what is unlikely to be brought about by the amendment of the con stitution Is altogether likely to be brought about by the direct primary principle. Already In most of the states of the south and west the people ballot directly for their choice for United States senator and as q rule the pop ular preference receives the office at the hands of the legislature. The state of oregon Is perhaps the most ad- vanced of all the states having di' rect primary method A primary has | just been held there, and the peof le have chosen as their choice for senh,or democrat though the general assem- bly, will be controlled by republicans. A candidate for the legislature Is obi,B- ed to state in advance of the election whether he will support the cnoIce ot the people for senator or not, an1 Il IS said that a majority of the republicans elected at the recent poll ag eel In ed vance to the first proposition. If this Is so and they find no honorable method of lodging their promise, the spectacle may be afforded the couhIry of gen eral assembly controlled by ore party electing to the senate a mar affiliated with the opposite parry
 It is possible for Il la,, slstlr1 for q time to resist the orders of the people but 1t Is not possible for them to dc so for long. The will of ,he people is a very insIstent thing when deliberately formulated, and q very revengefu thing when deliberately thwarted. But the more interesting point Is that way has been found to make the pop ular will count in the selection of sen ators without constitutional warrant Here in the state Of Connecticut where a direct primary bill is unde' discussion and is to be acted upon b, the next general assembly, 1t may bt possible for the people to shake off thu power of carefully organized machine legislature and elect whom they please to represent then In the upper hous' of congress That is surely something very much to be desired. Connection folks would then know what 1t Is C govern themselves and they would b' responsible for the kind of representa- tion they would have in both house of congress
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
THE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

There should be no undue excitement in considering the manner in which the members of the board of education are selected. It Is a question to be considered by itself without regard to whatever disappointing steps may have been taken from time to time, under the present manner of organizing that department of the city government. The present system is not the out growth of an impulse, 1t comes in re- sponse to the demands of experience.
 The original scheme of conducting the school affairs of the district was grounded on a popular basis. The school district was as independent as either town or the city in the admin istration of its business. It laid it's own taxes and was literally a law un- to sself. So strong was its power,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
lprovidence Lnllrnnll

If MT. Taft's critics think they can make any capital against him by using garbled or impartial account of what he said on Saturday they are welcome to try. When the speech Is read from beginning to end 1t is seen to be a nicely discriminating estimate. In which the praise is all the finer because Is not entitled to praise. One of the most distinguished of living Union generals, Oliver o. Howard, on beina asked for an expression of opinion re- garding the address, said: The mo. tive os Secretary Taft, was lntrlns- ioally noble It appears to me that after my own heart than MT. Taft
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

An aeronaut down In New Jersey succeeded in getting his airship to fly all of the distance of two feet and the event has been duly mentioned in the New York news columns. The inventor says he shaved the frame too closely With the weight removed back on the machine again he believes the affair will go longer distance. If persistence counts for anything, ;hese gentlemen of the air ought to accom- plish wonders.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Certain New York trolleys now have signs which read: Thou shalt not steal'--Every passenger who does not pay his fare--steals; every conductor who does not turn ir fares collected steals. They might also have added, in view of the recent actions against the New Haven road: Every govern ment that takes from a railroad com pany holdings that 1t has perfect right to--connscates.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
lNew York Tlmes.l

He took the facts of General Grants early life as he found them In the bi- ographies He mentioned his weakness, He looked upon the overcoming of that weakness as ''one of the great victories of Grants life" No one who has the slightest conception of what such d victory really costs, not in some sud- den burst of daring, but in the long, tedious, watchfu conflict, day by day and hour by hour, will dispute Mir, Taft's estimate.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
JUST JUNE.

There's a moon not too obtruslve, Sort of misty and delusive, Frequently and opportunely hiding
 way beneath the clouds; And a maiden, sweet and pretty, Not too solemn or too witty. Down country lane a-walking, free
 from madding gadding crowds, With youth, in love aplenty, Probably some 1ve-and twenty. And a heart that's Hitting Sweet, oh
 l love your like tune. Well. the rest Is very simple. Just a sigh or two. dimple, And a kiss--ah, these things happen
 happen when the month Is June.
 -Woman's Home Companion.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
Baltimore Sun.)

To our minds It is clear that MT. Tafts purpose was to show that Gener- al Grant, as he stated, had risen above certain infrmitles which had mastered him In his early career as a soldier and achieved distinction as commander of the mightiest army the United States had ever placed in the field out of weakness came strength, with tho ob vious moral of MT, Taft The secre- tarys motive was, In the view of men of impartial minds, unlmpeachabe,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
(Roston Blobe.) !

From being an obscure, unsuccessful and dsheartened man he became, as Mir. Taft said, the nations chief in- strument in expressing the rebellion.
 And to that character the secretary did ample justice His picture of the great soldiers life and services is far more effective than 1t would have been if he had painted him as perfect man, with out temptation and without weakness.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Cherbourg, France, has the biggest submarine yet constructed, Its length Is POS feet. It's diameter Ia l-4 feet and its tonnage 625. Four electric machines of 2,000 Horsepower and two petrol mo- tors will drive tho screws. the average speed attained being l5 knots. The tor pedo tubes. all forward, are four in number. @ T4' Is the name of the submarine. gang of 56 men put its shell together fin 10 hours,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Two rich but eccentric New York of establishing in Mexico a new simple life colony where, as they express it. 'all the colonists will have to do is to laze around in the altogether and grow whiskers, The suggestion Is novel and startling, but perhaps it were better for the colonists and the rest of us, too, that they have select cd far-off Mexico, where they will be altogether" out of the way.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

The doctors in convention in Chi cago believe that new office should be created, that of secretary of the inet. What Is the need? Cannot matters of health be reasonably slven the secretary of the interior to look after? They are surely of the in- terior.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
fSnrinpfleld Irnion.N

Secretary Taft did not purpose to tell his audience any half truths about Grant. He wanted his hearers to un- erstand Grant as he was, not as he has been idealized. so described Grants ca reer step by step from It's beginning to its triumphant elimination. The result is a pen picture of the master genius Of the Civil war that has not been equaled for accuracy. If all our eulo- gies of great men were as truthful we should have better understanding of their real claims to greatness.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
(Springneld Republican,

Newspapers throughout the country mostly those which do not like Secre- tary Taft, are Interviewing Grand Army men for opinions about the indiscree' references made to General Grants ca reer at the Memorial day exercises al his tomb in New York city The oli soldiers criticised Mir. Taft, as nigh have been expected, but the fault wa' in tact and not in intent, and should not be made too much of
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
jNnw York press l

No doubt the opponents of the Secre- tary of War will do their utmost to distort this ipcidont into consequence of Taft His Own Burchard," but we think, 1t will be difficult for them to convince the American people that this is not a ridiculously far cry to real issue.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Oxygen injected into the lungs of a man a, the point of death will often save his life. An artificial respiration machine for giving this assistance has been invented by Professor George Poe. a Virginia scientist The instrument IS IS inches in height, consisting oft two cylinders eorresponding to the ventri- cles and auricles of the heart and the inlet and outlet valves. Double tubes enter the larynx and nostrils of the pa l. tient. one set drawing off the poisonous fluids and gases from the lungs while the other forces in the life giving oxy- gen Tried on "a hilarious inebrlate" the apparatus made a sober citizen of him in less than five minutes"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
New York Evening Mail)

The victor at Vicksburg and Appo- mattox had also been victor over him self. and as the Scriptural text has it, tho latter was the greater victory. Mir. Taft had no other object than to make this point
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
yiralase eiona

Wireless signals at noon and mld- night Greenwich tlme) 10 every ship in the world fitted with wireless appar- atus Is the proposal of M, de To Cove. whose scheme ls Co be examined by the Paris Academy of Sciences The plan involves wireless telegraph station erected on the highest point of Tene- rife, where it would have within It's ra = dius the greater part of the earths sur face
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
(Boston IIerald.l

Secretary Taft meant to show that out of the moral defeats of Grants earlier life there came ultimate victory and character, all the more admirable because set over against the foll of the forgiven and surrendered but unforget- table past
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

''Tachographs,' invented to act as a check 70 the tendency to take curves al too great a speed, are 10 be carried on all main line locomotives in France Each instrument has a dial, and records on a chart the speed of the engine, as determined by the rotary speed of its driving wheels.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
(philadelnhta Inouirer I

It Is easy to belle that in what he said about General Grant Secretary Taft meant no disrespect to the memory of the famous man whom he was en- gagged in eulogizing His thought rath- CT was that the latter part of Grant 8
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
cphilade,nhla Public Ledger. ,

What there is in Taft's address that can wound sound American passes belief Grants story is wonderful and fascinating, and more delectable than the finest fairy tale,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
(Bostnn Globe.)

IL is difficult for the impartial reader to discover in Secretary Taft's Memo. rial day address anything that may be construed as an attack upon the mem ory of General Grant.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
(Broolslyn Eagle }

We advise those who have criticised Secretary Taft on this head, in the words of $. S. Cox, Thoroughly and speedily to reverse themselves" If not, they will have occasion sorely to re- gret they did not do so.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

extraordinary career derived an added lustre and significance from It's amaz- Ing contrast from It's earlier years. IL was contrast full of credit to Grant himself and rich in encouragement for others
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
oUR CONTEMPORARIES.
An Au,i-Tpft Boomerang.
New York Wolrd)

To touch In proper spirit upon the early failures of Grant Is essential to any intelligent appreciation of his lat CT career.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Well. you are no longer poor and struggling
 You're only half right. We are rich, but still struggling My wife has the society craze"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

Farmer-Son, what did them fellers do down at Washington?
 Son--They put the motto Tn God we trust" back on the coin, and then spent the coin.--Was ashngton Herald.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

'Brudder Ambone, I see my claim dis mawnln' dat dc end ob de world am ap prochn' impressed you.'
 Yes, indeed, parson. l wuz afraid 1t would ketch us befo' you got froo"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

You want girls portrait to boost your ad."
 "Yes I know" said the manufaotur- CT Now, what type of girl do you think would go nicely with brand of axle Grease?"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

"A fly in the ointment isn't so bad" Say the rest of lt"
 Its the fly on the strawberry jam that provokes."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04
NONSENSE AND FUN.

Whats the Chautauqua salute?' q think it's gngerly kiss-one that won't disarrange or break the eye glasses
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-04

William J. Bryan riding about Me- braska in a big automobile does not exactly suggest "the great com moner."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
DAWES FOR GUARANTEE
Comptroller oi Currency Under Me-
- kinley Favored Insurance Of
Bnnk Deposits.

Charles G. Dawes was comptroller
OF the currency under Mr.. Mckinley.
Since 1892 he has been president OF
the Central Trust company nj Chi
(ago Writing in The Public. Louis
n. POST calls attention to the fact that
several years ago Mr.. Dawes wrote
book entitled ''The Banking System
of the United states" 'rhe following
is taken from Mr. F0sts article:
In describing in that book the pres
ent need of our national banking sys-
tenn" Mr.. Dawes distinctly argues for
the Insurance idea that Bryan advO-
Gated in congress and upon which his
campaign is now advancing in the
west Referring TO a proposed law,
advocated by Bryan In congress.
which would have levied a tax upon
national banks for the purpose Of ere
at.Dg fund for the insurance Of de
posts. MIR. Dawes wrote:
National banking statistics show
SHAT fund o. the necessary amount
would soon he created by a compare.
small tax upon each national
bank.
- II must certainly be adj
lnitted that ID" establishment OF such
a fund wonid Lave tendency TO IRE
vent The mad rushes OF small and
large depositors during times OF panic.
for money which they hoard away In
safety deposit boxes or other hiding
places.
~ II the effect OF such a
law would be to render hank deposits
iaore. stable under all conditions. as in
our Judgment would be the ease. NO
law could be OF more vaue and Inn
fortapce to the debtor, or to the cred
it0r, or 20 the community at large,
- : Besides the great Importance
OF the law. as related 10 the general
,prosperlty OF the country. II is meri-
: t0rl0us as preventing the keen suffer.
I ing IN those localities where bank fall
ures occur, and where the haul earned
Savings OF the community, under our
pfesent laws. are often swept away.
by such law, losses are distributed
As by Insurance. the beneficial effects
OF which need no argument. TO the
pnssage Of such law Ia proper form,
wa trust the efforts OF congress will
DO direeted.r
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
TWO PRACTICAL MEN
The whitencss OF the Pot aud the
Blackncss of the Kettles"


tFrom Theodore Rooseyelrs letter or
Oct 4, 1901, 10 Edward IL. Harr-
man.
Now, my dear sir you and are
{ practical men. and you are ou the
! ground and know the conditions bet
Ter than ! do. II you think there is
any danger OF your visit To me cauS-
ing trouble or If You think there is
nothing special ! should bc Informed
about, or no matter iu which could
give you aid. why, Of course give up
The visit for the time being. and then
q Few weeks hence before ! write my
message. shall get yon TO come down
TO discuss certain government matters
not connected with the campaign.
From Edward II. Harriman's coIIlidcn-
tal statement to Sidney Webster.
About a week before the election in
the autumn of 1891, wien il looked
certain that the state ticket would 90
Democratic aud was doubtful as TO
Roosevelt himself, he. the president,
sent nae a request TO 90 To- Washing
ton 10 confer upon the political cOndi.
lions in New York state. ! complied,
and he told me he understood the cam
palgn could not he successfully carried
on without sufficient money and asked
if / could help them In raising the
necessary funds as the national cone
mittee, under control of Chairman Cor
telyou, had utterly failed OF obtaining
them, ana there WIS a large amount
due from them 10 the New York state
committee. We talked over what could
he done for Dcpcw, and iiually lc
agreed that IL found necessary he
would appoint him as ambassador TO
Paris.
With full belief that he. the prcsi-
dent, would keep his agreement.
came back TO New York. sent for
Treasurer Bliss. who told mc that |
was their last hope and that they had
exhausted every other resource. In
his presence | called up an intimate
friend Of senator Dcpcw, told him that
= IL was necessary In order TO carry New
York state that 100000 should be
raised at once. and if he would help
/ would subscribe $4,000. After n
few words over the telephone the
gentleman said he would let me know.
which he did probably in three or four
hours. with the result that the whole
amount. including my subscription,
had been raised.
: The checks were given 10 Treasurer
Bliss, who took Them 10 Chairman Cor
tclyOu. If there were any among
them OF life insurance companies, or
r. any other like organizations. of
course Corielyou must have Informed
The president. ] do not know who
the subscribers were, other than the
friend OF Depew who was an lndi-
vidnal. This amount enabled the New
York state committee to continue It's
work. with the result that nj least 80.
900 votes were turned In the city OF
New York alone. making Il difference
d OF 100000 votes in the general result
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
Bacteria in House Drain Plpes.I

There is mich suspicioh Of the
sanitary condition OF house drains
and the result of some experiments
TO determine whether disease germs
may be present In them arc valuable
as showing what CONDITIONS producc
danger and what produce sanitary
safety. The experiments were
made by MAJOR w. II. Horrocbs,
an English engineer, and are reported
in the current number OF the Munici-
pal Engineering Magazine. He first
tried agitation OF sewage I'm closed
Jar and found no -contam' nation OF
the afr in the jar by the bacterial and
disease germs in the sewage, but
when the experiment was made IN
ventilating trap with a current OffPir
up through The pipe from tic surface
OF the agltated sewage the air Was
found to be contaminated at least
nine feet above the water. The air
IN ventilated eesspOol likewise con-
tains sewage bacteria. When niater-
ial containing certain baeteria4'w was
dried on the inside surface OF the
drain pipes a current Of air through
the vertical line OF pipes was Con
taminated by them, even when thie
current was produced only by The
flow of sewage through HORIZONTAL
pipe at the bottom of the line
Sewage flowing In ordinary sowet
pipes laid in the ordinary way but
without trap was found TO contami-
nate the air in the vertical vcntilat.
Ing pipes even when the how OF sew
age was as slow as three feet sec.
ond.
Experiments made with specially
prepared house drainage systems and
also with actual House drainage sy@
tens in regular operation, having
efficient traps to stop the flow of atr
from the sewer into the pines In the
house. showed that the air In the
voriilating pipe on the house side Of
the trap was not contaminated by
the bacteria, bat If there was also a
ventilating pipe on the sewer side OF
the trap the air in thepipe was con-
iamnatCd If the trap was removed
the air in poth ventilating pipes was
contaminated. These experiments
3how the great valuc of efficient traps
jetwoen the sewer and the system OF
iotse drAirs M
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
His Sacrifice.

He was good little boy and very
thoughtful. He had heard about the
great scarcity OF water throughout tho
country, and his little heart was touch
ed.
He came to his mother and slipped
his hand into hers.
Mamma" he said. sis II true that in
some places the llti'e boys and girls
have scarcely enough water 10 drink
That Is what the papers say, my
dear" ti'"
He was silent for moment.
Mamma" he presently said. "Pd Ike
TO give up somethin' for those poor IT.
tie boys and girls"
His mother gave him fond look.
"Yes, dear. And what would you like
20 give mp?
He came n little closer.
Mamma" he said In his earnest
way. las long ms the water is so very,
very scarce think ! ought to give up
bein' washed"-Cleveland Plain Deal
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
Lunl, Of Eirs. Baby In Town.

IL must be q nice thing TO be the
first baby in a new town and start life
With fstful OF stocke and bonds.
That was the good fortune OF Wagner
William Norton, who was born Aug.
81 IN Mildred, cement" town In Al
len county, Kan. Mildred Wagner, aft
er whom the town was named, gave
the baby a gold spoon, and j. W. Wag-
per OF Kansas City, after whom the
baby was, named, gave the child a solid
silver cup. And the manager OF the
cement plant at Mildred was so grati-
fed at the increase of population In
the little town that he gave the infant
a share OF preferred stock in the com
pany.
The residents of the town are now
predicting an neutrality-suspicious. OF
settlers, but II is not unlikely that the
next baby will be lucky II 1t gets a
rubber doll.--Kansas City Star.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-15
T,. k;lt in csin.

According 10 all accounts. the arrival
OF the Cameron highlanders In Pekin
TO replace the Middlesex regiment as
legation guards created something OF a
sensation among the Inhabitants. The
Kilt is a source Of great wonderment.
The China Times asserts that the ma
tlves are hard at work trying to asslln-
Hate the Scotch language. They are
reported as already making favorable
progress. Instead OF their favorlte ex-
preston. "Me no savvy," they now
employ II dinna KEN" and they greet
the foreigner with "Guid marnln'w
with an excellent Auchtermuchty ac-
cent. IL IS added that some Chinese
compradores. who are men OF lnquisi-
tive turn OF mind, want to know
"what for new soldier man catchee
clothes alice same missis;" which re-
calls the story OF the Russian Crinean
veteran who declared that the best
fighters in the British army we're the
womenl t' N'l