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The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
MIMIC WAR.

New York State Is now deep in the | throes of war At the forts at the en- trance to the Narrows the boys in blue
 are succeeding in breaking windows and bringing down ceilings by the con cussion of their big guns quite as sue cessfully as they are hitting imaginary warships down the bay. Up at Pine camp, where our own Second Regiment will be shortly, the regulars and militia are contendins with wind and rain storms of such severity that their tents have been generally laid flat with the ground.
 If General Sherman's well-knovn re- mark which is seldom quoted in 'the best of regulated famiies,' but which is, nevertheless, as well known as 1t is expressive Is applicable to real war it is scarcely less appropriate when ap- piled to mimic war. At least our Un- cle Sam may be expected to think so when he comes to pay for the damage done by the guns of the harbor forts
 and for the devastation of crops by the soldier boys along the lines of march ID the State at Watertown, to say no- thing of the regular expenses he will have to bear in connection with carry ing out the two great war games.
 One New York paper estimates that the big guns at the entrance of New York harbor worked s20.0O0 worth of damage on Wednesday, Even in spite of the precaution the government asked of householders that they keep their windows open, thousands of panes of glass were broken, much crockery was demolished, ceilings were caused to fall and not the least, the Cunarder. I,us itania was forced aground under Fort
 WadsWorth in its endeavor to keen o,t of the rage of firing It may be seen that the amount of damage in a city done by it's harbor defense guns, in the event of a real attack by an enemy, would not be inconslderable, even did the guns of the enemy fail. As for the war game at Pine Camp some idea nf if may he gained fror,, tl,a ora Ca .. that for a month or more so many reg ular and state troops will be encamped there that the camp street will be all of seven miles in length.
 If real war is an expensive luxury
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

the practical politician kept his nn- gers out of it. All men, whether as- socIated or not, should have an equal chance before the courts of the land, That point admitted 1t is merely the work of legal phrase makers to draw law which will guarantee that assur- ance It is not for organized capital to have advantage over organized la Dor, or for organized labor to have an advantage over organized capital It Is imperative that all men shall enter the courts of the land with equal rights and privileges If this newly adopted philosophy of the republican convention will contribute to that de- sirable condition 1t has been intro- duced none too soon, and can we'll en- gage the interest of the convention to meet at Denver
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CROWD.

It took several elements to make up the remarkable demonstration in the republican convention over the name of Theodore Roosevelt. The words which introduced 1t bear all the marks of reconciliation on Senator Lodges part not for the purpose of forcing stampede in behalf of an additional term for the president but rather for the purpose of having the demonstra- ton and being through with It. They were these '"The president is the best abused and most popular man in the United States to-day" The storm hay ing spent itself, after an unprecedent- ed display of physical power, there followed the words of sober counsel, which told the delegates that no friend and well wisher of the presi- dent would mention his name in con nection with the nomination, much less support motion to that effect
 The accounts from the convention hall agree exactly with regard to the time consumed in the demonstration. They do not agree as to either the origin or the burden of the demonstra- ton. One correspondent writes that not more than a hundred delegates participated in the outburst. 1t is likely, however, that many more were finally drawn into the demonstration through the sheer force of the psych- ologica influence of the crowd In the democratic convention In 1892, when Bourke Cochran made his cele- brated speech against time in order to stave off the nomination of Mir. Cleveland to a time more convenient for the Hill people so cleverly did he bunch his hits and phrase his sent ences that he brought to their feet many of the ardent and reliable sup porters of MT. Cleveland In every convention there Is some one man who seizes upon the opportunity to try his skill as master of his audi ence. Senator Burrows received no response to his reference to MT. Roosevelt at the opening of the re- publican convention. The immense audience was not ready to express it. self nor was Senator Burrows the man. under all of the circumstances,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
Collegiate Punishment.
lNew York snn.N

NNeW lork sum-
 There used to be men with individu- allty and character In the Harvard fac ulty There are some now, but the average professor is, Envy says, Il fussy, slight, unmeritable man. "all prlg and hnf sissy" well meaning cul- tlvnted In hls speciality perhaps but above all subservient to the command Ing will of the president. Everybody appreciates MT, Eliot's great and va red services to tho university. but 1t Is singular that with all the liberal ideas which he has been protesting and put t- ting Into practice in the last forty years ho should remain in matters of discipline as narrow, provincial and petty as were the Harvard authorities Of two generations ago when a student was admonished publicly, if we tell the tale right, for whlstllng. putting his hands In hls pockets and having a jaunty air on his way to prayers.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
A WORD TO TWO MAYORS,

It was somewhat of a coincidence when the aldermen of this city and those of Bridgeport both decided fav- orably upon the voting machine ques- ton on the same evening; but 1t is. perhaps, more surprising that the mayors of both cities should both show signs of hesitation in signing the authorizations for the new bond ls- sues. It would be most unfortunate should Their Honors" take 1t into their heads to squelch the wise ac. ton Of the aldermen now. It has only been after the most careful and sober Judgment upon the part of the latter that a decision in the matter has been reached The advent of the voting machine In Connecticut has been accompanied with that conser- vatlsm for which the state Is noted The city fathers in Hartford, in Bridgeport and here have considered the matter carefully and for that reason, their final decision is of great CT value especially in view of It's unanimlty
 Mayor Lee of Bridgeport says he has heard that tho machines have not proved entirely satisfactory in Chicago and that he Intends to con slider well before he gives his sigma ture. We would advise Mayor Lee and Mayor Martin too. if, indeed that gentleman has any fears. rather to take their lead from the city of Hart ford, where the machines have been thoroughly successful, where condi- tions are far more similar than In Chi cago, and where proximity makes 1t possible to obtain information that is entirely first hand.
 It Is no easy task to convince A citv or the eihclencN Of new method of voting that is thoroughly revolu- tionary But, when two cities alder men are convinced that they are act ing for the best interests of their con stituents in voting to adopt new method. the mayors should think well before their decide 10 veto. If Mayors Lee and Martin cannot convince them selves, let them disown the responsi- bility and allow the bills 10 become laws by the lapsing of the time allow ed them for their consideration.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION.

The republican platform is a long document and will have to he studied piecemeal in order to be understood Taken at one gulp 1t might and prob ably would cause intellectual dyspep- sia. It is believed to be, on the whole. and with some slight modification in phraseology, a statement of policy which in the judgment of President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft typifies the new order of republican philoso- phy. Unlike any republican platform ever adopted before, 1t approaches nearer the political doctrine as for mulated in democratic instruments of thought. Its most significant plank deals with the issue of wrlts of iniunc- ton by the courts, and as finally reported to the convention is entitled to respectful consideration. The plank originally drawn was deceitful, so far as 1t undertook to consider the de- mands of organized labor, and insult ing so far as it undertook to consider the integrity of the courts. In it's present form 1t states without an ex- cess of political humbug a fair work ing plan for the consideration of acts of restraints relating to the conduct of parties to a trade disagreement. Either party to petition for a writ of injunction has a right to ask that 1t be not placed at clear disadvant- age at the outset, at least until the courts have given q hearing and learn ed of the merits of the case in dis pute. Both parties are entitled to A writ of injunction, if there Is good reason to believe that delay to ls- sue 1t would lead to the destruction of property or loss of life. This is practically the position taken by Sec retary Taft in discussion of the sub ject last January and substantially conforms to the law as 1t used to be. before, for reasons not given, addi- tiona starch was put into 1t from capitals point of view.
 It would appear to a layman that this controversy is altogether more than 1t need be, or than it could possibly have been made had
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
YALE HONORARY DEGREES.

The Journal-Courers exclusive an- nouncement that John Perpont Mor- gan Is to be given a doctor of laws
 degree at the coming Yale commence ment has been met with varied express sions of criticism and approval in the press of the country that have been interesting to read. Tnsinuations that
 the university had mercenary view point when 1t selected such a rich man as Mir, Morgan to be the recipient of the degree were expected The jealous feelings of Harvard were reflected in the Boston Globe, which asked why
 Yale should be giving Mir Morgan a degree, unless 1t wanted building or two from him, and added that if it were Harvard that were offering him the degree, 1t would be entirely differ lent. since Mir. Morgan has a son who ls a graduate of that institution.
 One matter of some note, however, develops out of the incident, namely
 the lack of appropriate degrees to be given to men of Mir. Morgan's stamp. Facetiously the Hartford Times sug- gests RR. D. (doctor of railroads), and the Wall Street Journal R. D. T. (doer of big things) The New York Evening Post elaborates the idea and suggests such degrees as L. II. n. (doc- tor of lighter hours) for John w. Gates. and D. n. (deegatorum dux) for Frank H Hitchcock Underneath all this fun there is a grain of sense. It | is not at all appropriate that men who have made their marks in many varied walks of life should all be given the same doctors degree. Are educators, railroad men, financiers, military men.
 ministers, scientists and a thousand others who are successful, all to be known as doctors of law? Doctors or experts they are. to be sure as 10 the laws of their own vacations but the
 laws" generally understood in the de- gree of doctor of laws are those of the
 courts.
 Would it not be appropriate for Yale to institute a custom of granting a de- gree to men for distinguished services in the cause of humanity which would
 be the highest honor conferred by the university and would show on the face of 1t that the recipient obtained 1t for brilllancy in the school of life rather than in the university class-roome To determine upon name for this purely honorary degree would be an easy mat
 ter. Could it not be H. M c. (honoris
 maxima causa). which would be the typical Yale honorary degree of the highest rank? Then in the future those who have been receiving honor ary master of arts degrees could be given H. C. (honoris csusa), the sec ondary Yale honorary degree.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

The appeal of former Police Commits sioner sullivan has been decided by the superior court and Mayor Martins ac- ton is said to be neither arbitrary, un- fair or corrupt. There need be less sur prise at that conclusion than in the fact that conclusion was reached at all The matter has hung on in the courts so long that 1t seemed as if 1t never would be settled for good and all The mayor deserves to be congrat- ulated upon his patience and conh- dence.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

The Chinese board of education is go- ing to establish shihfan Hsuehtang or civil normal college. in Pekin for training teachers for service In the va rious civil schools and colleges through out tho empire. In addition to Chinese classics, English, French, German, Russian and Japanese will be taught In the proposed college, under the in- struction of experienced teachers The college will be established in the Chin csc city in the course of the present year.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
Tnft, Tnft, Taft.

What Is 1t that the birdies swinging Upon the leafy bows are singing? What Is it that the chimes are ringing?
 Taft Taft. Taft" What are the newsboys who are hieing Out with the late editions crying? What Is it that the chimes are ringing?
 Taft, Taft, Taft" What is the cheerful salutation To each incoming delegation That gets of at the crwded station?
 Taft Taft, Taft" What word ls on the banners swaying? What are the groups of statesmen say
 Ing?
 What Is 1t that the bands are playing?
 Taft, Taft Taft" What sets SO many hearts a-hutter? What means the shout the people utter? What do the allies sadly mutter?
 Taft Taft, TaftH
 Chicago Record Herald
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

(Waterbury Republican,
 A newspaper picture of the exploding Of q torpedo against the United States monitor shows the warshp with her eolors flying, Either this is a fake pie ture or the naval authorities have com hlltted gross breach of-etiquette IS not the word--in firing on the Ameri. can flag,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
Princeton's Prayers.

For God, for country and for Yale, A combine hard to beat, No wonder droops the Tigers tail At many a sad defeat But when the gods sidestep away And leave an open game, Princeton may not know how to pray But she plays ball just the same.
 New York Sun.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

in these days mimic war is scarcely less SO and that fact cannot be better
 used than as one of the many convinc- Ing arguments advanced in favor of the establishment of a world peace and worldwide disarmament by the na- tions.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

The class of 7S, long may 1t prosper. which is Secretary Tafts own class, Is the first to make it's return apparent. May 1t give its famous member a re- ception next week that will be a true commencement toward the White house
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

The cartoonists are producing some queer looking pictures of Taft these days They are so used to the we'll known Roosevelt dee lighted" smile that they apply 1t to his successor as we'll This paper has enough conviction as to Taft's abilities to believe that he is capable of producing a smile that is characteristic of him alone and that before March fourth next the cartoon ists will have discovered 1t.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

The American minister to Spain. when war was declared between this country and Spain in 1898, was Stewart l.. Woodford. Pleasant relations were restored the following April and Bella my Storer was appointed minister.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

Professor Julius Kikendorfer, who is said 10 be member of many European scientific and geological societies, says he will lay before the king of Italy plans for the extinction of Vesurius by gigantic tunnels bored below the sea level from the Mediterranean to the crater
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

You believe in the greatest good for the greatest number do you not?' said the altrust. Yes" answered MT. Dust In Stax. But this is a mercenary age The greatest number doesn't count un- less 1t has dollar mark in front of it." Washington Star
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
SAYINGS AND ODINGs.

Enos E, Hoops, of Milltown, Pa, a successful grower of asparagus, has Just received s25 for big bunch of fine quality l. measured twenty inches In length and weighed fifty-four pounds.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

A French journal announces the dis covery of new method of preserving eggs. It consists in covering them (not too thickly) with lard. This stops up the pores, prevents evaporation and keeps out the air.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

Say Mike queried Plodding Pete, who was looking at the piece of Sun day school paper that had come with a hando 'wot does 1t mean bout be- in between de devil an de deep sea?" It's de same as ben' told t take yer choice between goin ( work an takin' bath explained Meandering Mike Chicago Daily News.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
Strninlng nt n Gnnt.
lRnstnn Glnhn

To the mere outsider the punishment visited by the Harvard authorities on oarsmnn Fish of the varsity crew looks Nke stralnlng at gnat, However, academic discipline. dignity and decor um must and shall be preserved at Harvard, even if Yale Is thereby per mitted to win.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

Some of our hardest battles are fought out of court How can that be?' For instance, explained the law yer Fin case the heirs to an estate want to come to an agreement Louis vile Courier Journal
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

No adequate reason can be ascribe,1 for the change in the line of march of the circus parade yesterday, unless the effort was to bring all the noise and hubbub nearer the hospital on Con- gress avenue, where, of all places, 1t Is least welcome
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
r, R, on the Wire.

tBoston Globe.) The New York Tribunes fine picture Of Senator Lodge yesterday appropri- ately showed telephone in the back ground
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Beep Boomed for Vice rre,,oeut.

Gouisville Courier Journal) The common greeting in Chicago is Good morning Have you been boom ed for vice president?"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

The chamber of deputies of Greece has passed law by which. for the first time in modern Greece, women are ad : mitted 10 the public service. In accord ance with this law the director of posts and telegraphs Is authorized to employ fifty women, to be used mainly in the telephone service They are to be be- tween twenty-one and thirty five years old, and are to receive seventy drach- mas tabout sl3.50) month, for six hours work q day
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

There Is an Englishman in the Au ditorium Annex who Is friend of one Of the Hughes delegates. The two were standing together in the lobby last night when the orchestra played America"
 An. said the Englishman. beaming "What7 asked the delegate.
 You hear what they're playing?
 Yes, My Country, Iris of Thee"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

The shortest time around the world is claimed to have been made by Lieu tenant Colonel Burnley Campbell, who left Liverpool on May 8. 1907. and on hls return landed at Dover on June l3, 1907. covering the circuit in forty days and nineteen and one-half hours. If he had caught the St Petersburg express at Berlin he would have reduced this time by several hours.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

For some reason or other Mir. VII liam Randolph Hearst cannot now pose SO well as a martyr as he could before the recount began, If the present de- velopments continue, he had better change the 't" in his name to "e," If he wants to be appropriate in all things It's his funeral, not McClellans
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

Just word of "free-for nothing" ad- vice to the advance man who arranges the circus dates: Next time either come little earlier, when the undergrad uates of old Eli will be in town, or a little later, when the graduates are here. Twill mean money in thy purse.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
After Chicago, Nhntf

(New London Telegraph)
 With Chicago reoeding 10 the back ground the pertinent question Is, Has
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
JUST TO LAUGH.

How are you going to spend your vacation this year?' Catching min nows for my friends to go fishing with. "--Detroit Free Press.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

The unsuspectng man who admires the wealth of hair beneath the Merry Widow hats this season may not real ize that most of the rats" and puffs and curls are made from Chinamens S pgtails. A ton of these from the heads of dead Chinamen has just arrived in Boston to be made up.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

Expectant Heir--"Oh doctor Is there any hope for us?' Cynical Doctor Which? Of your uncle's recovery, or his money? y?'-Baltimore American.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19
Disrespect for the Flag.

Harvard got the steam to down Yale on
 the Thames?" V''
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

The Rev Angus Bethune, vicar of seaham, England, who has died at the age of ninety discharged hls clerical duties to the last He was six ty-seven years a clergyman Tn the dio- cese of Durham and forty-nine years an incumbent of one parish, and had served under seven bishops of Durham.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

There are 3o,ooO religious persons in the United States giving their lives to teaching The pay of these should av- craze $500 year. making at total of Slb,OO0,0)0 a year. Now this sum rep resents, at only per cent interest, a capital of sS00.0oo,00 which the teach Ing orders of the church give 10 Cath ollie ducation.-Catholic Columbian Record
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-21

Der, 1866. but his residence is now in
Somerset. Ky. whence he was appointed
to a clerkship in the patent Office in 1898.
He was transferred to the Post Office De-
partment the following year. entering the
Office of the fourth assistant as stenogra-
pher and soon after becoming private sec
rotary. He has held the ONCE OF. chief
clerk since 1901. Mr. Conrard accompa-
MED Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow to Cuba and assisted in the in
vestigation there in 1903. and in the later
investigation he had charge oH the copy
ing and arranging Of the exhibits.
After President Mckinley had been shot
he was summoned to Buffalo by Mr., Cor
teyou and was official stenographer at
the autopsy.
District Man Promoted.
Robert III. Prender is a native of Wash
was educated in the public schools of the
District. of Columbia, and upon leaving
school became teIegraphe-. being en-
ployed by the Postal Telegraph Com
pany. In 1893 he entered the. service of
the United Press as telegrapher. in which
capacity he was assigned to the force
which covered the presidential conven-
lions in 1896 After theS dissolution o.
the United Press Mr.. Prender took up
the study of stenography and worked as
stenographe- and telegrapher for a stock
exchange firm in New York city -
Returning TO Washington. Mr. Prender
was employed by the Associated Press
until his appointment to the government
service as stenosraphe- in 1902. He was
appointed stenOgrapher to Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General DEG -aw in July,
1902 and in 1907 was promoted to the
position of assistant superintendent of the
division of supplies.