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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

and that from the standpoint of practical politics,
WIS almost criminal. They warned him, but when
he didn't stop and went after the Crows Nest, a
row of tenements belonging to Abe Goldman, who
was way up among the mighty, then we could all
hear something drop
Old Dave wrote, "Son Wilbur, come and see
me-, and Son Wilbur beat it as swiftly downtown
as his benzne buggy would let him.
| was mighty close to Dave at the time, being
sort of private secretary without the writing,
and up in the club when the Kid waltZed in
to meet his father.
What's the matter with you?" asks Dave. HAS
that uptown air made you daffy? There amt
day don't hear about some new foolishness O.
your'n. What's eating you?"
The Kid goes off long speech about the
rights or his constituents and the pledges he
made.
The old man stopped him with: Now, listen to
me- I've been in politics long enough to know
what's good for us. / put you whore you are and
/ put you down, too. You got to learn that
ant in this business for health. Pm too
old to cut stone, and. l think, without me, you'd
be mighty bum lawyer. l gave you the chance
of your lifetime, and If you do what you're told
to do you're liable to to the United States Sen
ate, and, maybe, to the White House. But If you
don't get rid O. them daffy notions the Partyll
look after you, and they never let up"
But cant go back on my promises and
pledges" said the Kid
Don't be childish, said Dave. "1f there's a
fool that believes in pledges he ought to get stuck
You got nothing to do with that. When you're in
politics you got to do what your told to do BY
your masters and nothing else. To them that
don't obey, accidents is liable to happen. If you
fail me in this you not only ruin me but also your
months until election. That's enough to make
good in. and if you don't-we1l, you know the con-
sequences"
The Kid didn't go back half as fast as he'd come
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

y
down. The of politician he seemed to get
his liking for the game by Inheritance. But his
education made him wish for gentlemanly politics
AS IL such thing could be- Gentlemanly and
ward politics is the same stuff with different labels
that's ALL From what / learned after, I'm sure
If the Kids mother had been alive then he'd never
gone wrong. But there he was, acheing to ask
somebody's advice and too suspicious to trust any
body in politics. thinking all were crooks, In which.
Of course, he was dead wrong.yes. So he start
ed in to do his duty as the old man saw It,
As l saying, his constituents were mostly
dead swell bunch that lived according to the fash
ion. and just then it was the fashion for them to
make their sisters and aunts believe they the
real things in politics. They had nothing but mass
meetings that like regular tea-parties. with
the Gwendones and Gladyses splitting their dain-
ty gloves every time Archibald went to the bat to
tell them how bad they were in general and how
the country ought to be run And they all stood
pat for w. Westmeath Pearsall, late of Flanna-
gan's gin MILL
When 1t election day they were always alb
sent, they couldn't make any money in their
business on that day and went out of town the
night before to hit those little balls over fields and
bitches to jump over a couple fences and
they all registered faithfully, if they thought
1t more important to be at the Country Club on
election day instead of voting.
The Kid was next to this habit and used IL, Dut
there were few bitches.
For instance Mr.. Hamilton De Rensselaer,,
Wall Street banker residing on Fifth Avenue, was
challenged by opposite watcher, who thought
Ham looked little phony for capitalist. When
they took him to the station-house the capitalist
was hitting everybody for a chew o. tobacco ana
asking them to inform Barney Flynn, of the Bow
cry that his friend, Spike, was In trouble.
The thing worked all right otherwise and the
Kid carried the district.
In day or two those swells heard how they'd
been voting in sweaters and overalls and most o
them laughed-but few o. them got dead sore.
Before the Kid could get ahead o. them and stall
them they were down to the district attorney and
raising fine row. The Kid was arrested and put
under ten thousand bond. The bail was put up
and we thought that'd close the game. But 1t was
made an issue; they tried him before an unfriend-
ly Judge and the Kid was sentenced one year ana
a fine of one thousand dollars.
There was some talk of an appeal but the evil
dence was too clear So in the morning, the Kid
went over to the Island
That night saw Dave at the club
ssI was looking for you, he says. 81 got a
tough job before me- and want you to help me-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

occupant of the pri vate office,
who. with hat and cane balanced on knee,
was lolling back in one of the massive
chairs. 81 want you to know Mr..
Smith, confrere, who will take care of
whatever you may desire to place in his hands
am very sorry, but myself must be off at once
for Washington. You'll pardon me, I'm sure
And, noddng to the prospective client who ac-
knowledged both introduction and leave-taking by
a curt inclination of the head the senior partner
withdrew,
The junior partner surveyed the man before him
and mentally categorized him as a man about town
who would be very popular with other men about
town, and with women who do not know what the
average about town is.
~ "Well?'' said the junior partner. The pause
was beginning to be bit awkward
Mr.. Grierson fumbled with his cane and began
to trace an arabesque, azily upon the thick carpet
at his feet.
'Er-I have rather delicate matter to lay be-
fore you" he said. His voice was easy and deeply
musical.
"Yes?"
"Not an unusual case" smiled the junior part
"The trouble is that the woman love is the wife
Again, and unfortunately not unusual" COM
mented the junior partner lightly.
"And l want to see if there isn't some way in
which she secure divorce.
"The usual grounds for divorce in this state"
began the junior partner. But the other inter-
rupted.
''Are not applicable in this particular case, I'm
afraid" he said. Her husband, so far as / can
learn, behaves himself pretty well-too we'll He's
what we used to call at college a grind; pne Of
business that they have time for their wives.
He's lawyer too connected with some firm down
town. and understand he's very good one. And,
as say, he's all tied UP with his business. and he
negects his wife shamefully.
The junior partner shook his head. "Deplora-
BILE, of course he said, "but we don't handle cases
The other looked up mpatienty. 81 know-I
know he said curtly. But want good lawyers,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03


low was dressed he had a pair of skin
tights that kept him standing up all the time for
fear something should happen should he try to
SIT down Then ,1s pea,jacket ,e fried-egg SKY
and none o. the Sadies could resist him. But when
Wilbur Pearsall showed up it was all up in the
air with Fourth Ward fashions, and the fellows
went to hook their war-paint for whatever the
uncles would give.
Wilbur was Kept round the ward, was enrolled
a member of the organization, introduced to
everybody and used to trod along with the
old man. He did this up to election, when he
dropped his first vote. after which he disappeared
again. Two years later he came home, transform
ed by a Prince Albert. Sometimes he even wore
a silk hat
stoop-house from the old tenement shack, which
he had bought long ago. and one day there
little shngle stuck up in the parlor window, with
Wilbur Pearsall Attorney-at-law. on 1t. And
then we got wise to the proposition.
Almost before he had his shingle out, he was
made member of the law committee of the or
ganization and the tip went round that If you
were in for something small robbery, secondstory
work manslaughter, you had to have Wilbur
while his practice got big he'd only take first
class murder cases and defend the street car
company from the unjust claims of an indiscrimi-
mating and unreasonable public.
Old Dave certainly ambitious for the boy.
He thought there nothing like him in the
world. And the boy was no fool.
He had the education and the glad rags and
the first thing knew he was right in among the
swell voters. The way the Kid was framing up
the game thOSe SWellS never tnougnt IL possible
that his ancestor had dished out big scoops
o. Dutch disturbance and pig's-knuckle free lunch
at Mike Flannagans. And no wonder, for the
first thing he did to change his name from
.sWilbur Pearsall" to "W Westmeath Pearsall."
Everything looked lovely and old Dave
seeing pictures of the Kid being the real thing in
spectacular politics, with Bourke Cochran pining
away on the last bench in the rear o. the
hall And no use o. talking, the Kid certainly
was all to the mustard at the talkfests. He could
sling language to beat the band, and had learned
SO many tongues he could lie in more than
But In the long run he got faded by the slkstock-
ings and began neglecting his chances, which is
the prerogative of any practical politician. 1t
got to be case of all going out and nothing COM
ing in which is poor politics. Almost every day
he was to the front with some scheme to do some
thing for the common people; either he wanted
fre-escapes or an ordinance for better tenements;
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03


get home quick enough to sit by his hreside--
which was oil stove in this case-with his wife
and baby.
After the wife died, though Dave got his sister
to keep house for him and little Wilbur, his SON.
Then things got different. The truth is the sister
was little too fancifu for Dave. and used to make
whatrnots and other things out of empty soap
boxes. Too many cosy corners are liable to drive
a from home, and Dave got going round
the ward
1t wasn't more than couple OF years when Dave
gave up cutting stone and began tending bar for
Mike Flanagan, who then had the say in the
ward for his party. In a few more years, Flan-
nagan went TO the bad got defeated several times
and was dropped from the executive committee.
So when Dave saw how things stood with Fanna-
gan, he began pulling few wires, feeling himself
able to be leader. OF course, it took months
and years to do all this and all that time the son,
little Wilbur growing up.
Well. Dave got to be leader of the ward and
Noise In the district he cut loose from all saloon
Well. sir by the time the got to be about
wouldn't have swapped with the Car of Russia
so far as the steadness of the job was concerned.
And then Dave got to breaking Wilbur to regular
work.
The Kid hadn't been much to school round the
ward. Dave sent him up to boarding schools and
academies and when he came back home for good
everybody in the district turned out to feast their
eyes,
And it was worth 1t.
In those days down way when young fell
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
GrierSOnsS
Romance
BY
PORTER t.. BROWNE.

Copyright 1908 by Thomas H. Nc Kee.
go HE senior partner rose as the junior
member of tne firm, in response to his
request entered the room
"Mr Grierson," he said to the third
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Copyright 1908 by Thomas H. Nc Koe

copyrgnt lOo Dy Thomas II. NC kee
A long as his wife was alive Dave
~ Pearsall wasn't much different
"A from anybody else. He worked
4 n steadily at his trade OF stone,cut.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-09-17
DenuDCiaS contra
Estrada Cabrera


Ninguno de los funcionarios
del Departament0 de Estado Sc
aventura q disCutir una deCla
raci6n publicada en- Ia ciudad
de Mexico con la trma del doc
tor Herman Prove, antique
vecinO de Guatemala, en- que Sc
hace el cargo De que el Presiden.
te Cabrera contribuy0 para los
fondos de la campana republi
cana de 1904, y de que Cabrera
esta favOreCiendo 4 los recientes
americanos con perjuicio de los
de otras nacionalidades. Los
1uncionarlOs Sc resisten d tomar
el aSuntO en- serio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-09-17
Los lNFDs ' los COnults
Continda la lucha

La Camara de los Lores aprob6
una disposition respecto del proyecto
sobre pension 4 los viejos servidores
pdblicos que la pondran en- violento
y alberto conf1icto con la mayoria de
la CAmara de los Comunes.
Este proyecto Sc considera como
question fiscal, y es principle consti-
tucional que la Camara baja es la que
fiene ell supreme control de los gas
~tos de la nacion. Cuando la Camara
de los Comunes pasa Tin proyecto So
bre Hacienda Ia de los Lores, es
costumbre que esta 10 apruebe 6 10
rechace en- su totalidad.
Las primeras enmiendas Introduce.
'das por Lord Gromer al proyecto fue-
ron Siete, sobre limitaci6n del tempo
de la vigencia de las pensones sic
te afios. FL Lord Canciller hizo pre-
Sente a los Pares que no debfan tocar
el asunto monetario, por cuanto esas
enmiendas ser1an inmediatamente to-
madas como lesivas de los privilegios
de la Camara de los Comunes.
Lord Roseberry reiter6 su conde-
naci6n de los principles socialistas del
proyecto.
Lord Landsdowne, sin atcnder la
advertencia del Canciller, declare que
era question de opiniones la extension
que Sc lie quisiera dar al derecho de
la Camara de los Lores para enmen.
dar proyectos hscales; que ella no
solo debfa tener en- cuenta los ptivi-
1egios de la otra Camara sinO tambien
sus propios derechos, y asf fue que
pidi6 la Camara que aprobara las
enmiend S y que dejara Ia otra la
sponsabilidad de rechazarlas.
Las enmiendas fueron siempre
sdoptadas en- votaciou de u contra
I45.
Todos opinan que Ell gobierno hsra
que la Camara de los Comunes desco-
nozcs las enmiendas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-09-17
Socci6n RcigiiOya
Santos para mafiana Is.

La Virgen de Ca'des Santos De
siderio, Eubulo y Metodio obs. Fe-
>Ereol Raimundo arcediano mrs.
Tomas de Villanueva arr. de VaIen-
cia Eumeno, Eustorgio Sinerio obs.
Jose de Cupertino Franciscano San
tas Irene y Sofa mrs, tTemporas)
(Ayuno).
SQLEMNES CULTOS I'm HONOR
DE SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS
Siguen con gran pompa asisten-
.cia de heles. estos solemnes cultos en-
d4a capil1a de Ia ". O T. Franciscana
Estos sole mnes cultos, terminan ell
dia 2I q las siete media de la ma
mana con una Misa de Requiem por
: los hermanos de la orden funtos.
MISAS.
Catedral Dias laborab bles: ?. z.o3
y 8. 8.3o.-Festivos: s, 7, s, 9yr.
San Francisco = Dias laborables
Festivos go, 7y7.3o
San Jose Dias laborables: 2 y ?
g. .-Festtyos: & 80. z y y7.3o.
Santa Ans Dias laborables: 80
Festivos. 8 10.
puerta ~ Tteira.-Martes DO
minga. 81
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-09-17

RrOrrRs ANrrNCrADoo
Vapor espahol Martin Saenx. Sa-
lid de Canarias Ell Is del corriente
para San Juan, Ponce, Santiago de-
Cuba. Habana Matanzas.
quierdo & Co.
Goleta amer. Augusta w. Snow.
oallo dc New York el 4 del corrien->
te directamenie para este puerto.
quIaga'
oo'1'a a'neF. "ahiear 6iack. km-
pe1o e4rgar en- Ne" York para
oniaoa
Vapor espaf1ol Mioue1 Ca,,ar+ S.t
dr6 de Barcelona el . de- Octnhr@ co,>
Cuba.
Consignatarios, Sobrino7 de Iz-
quierdo X Co.
Esta Ia earka en- Barcelona para sa~
lir el "A del corriente con 0estino i
Canarias Puerto Rico Y Cuba.
Consign4tarios, Sotrinos de Iz-
qnierdo & Co.
Fapor fraae4s Montreal De nm
m0ruanro i or.r, rA~al .,-4 a,, ,,i,. 80, 900
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-05
FIRE AT MILTON, FLA.
The Reaidenee of Edward FIeminE is
 Destroyed.

The Reaidenee of Edward FIeminx is Destroyed. Milton, Fla. March 4.--(Epeciai. )-- The residence owned and ocupied by Edward Fleming and family was burn ed to the ground Monday, from q blaze which originated on the kitchen roof. An attempt was made to burn the residence owned and ocupied by Will l Ham Ates and family early this morn ing. the kerosene and infiammable ma terial being found at the source of the blaze.
 Mrs. L. L. Aymand. Mrs. [. P. Campbell and Mrs. Mccoy have gone | to De Funiak. pr. and Mrs. A. H. Smith were re- cent visitors to PensacoIa. Mrs. R. T. Allen and Miss Mamie Watson are visiting friends in Pensa- cola.
 pr. and Mrs. ". A. Miiis have gone to spend a few days with relatives in Pensacola.
 George l.. Abbott has gone to Mobile where Mrs. Abbott underwent a sue- cessful operation for appendicitis. Miss Callie Gentry is visiting rela- tives in Pensacola.
 Dr. c. O. Chunn is visiting his fam fly in New Orleans. Capt. Fred Diden is on a brief buai- ness visit to Mobile.
 MT. and Mrs. Wade O. JernaEan and Miss Lula Allen went to Pensa- cola yesterday morning to be guests of Mir. and Mrs. c. H, Jernagan for a few days.
 Miss Louise Roberts Is at home from Montgomery.
 Misses Rstura Hayes. Stella Penton and Minnie Burleson were among the attendants at the Chautauuua Satur. day.
 Miss Annie McDaniel is visiting rei- atives in Mobile. George Allen, who is attending . lNcommercial college in Montgomery, is home for a few days.
 pr. J. Claude WinEo has returned from a pleasure trip to Tampa. pr. J. N. Hawkins was called to Nanafaiia. Ala. by the serious illness of his father.
 The announcement of John H. Col. lins it is said. for Sheriff of this coun- ty will appear in the local papers this week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-05
The Grand Saturday Might, HILBERT HUBBARD.
GLEE CLUB AT GREENsBoRo.
College Men Given Ovation In HaIe'a
 Capital. e.


 College Men Given Ovation In HaIe's
 Capital. .. Greensboro, March 4.-(Special. .)--- Tom Garner presented the University of Alabama Glee Club at the opera house here last night, which made the hit of the season.
 A full house accorded the singers generous applause and gnuinely sppre- ciated the excellent program.
 The Glee Club shows wonderful lm- provement since appearing here last year, and shows what training under an excellent director can accomplish. The principal part of the program was rendered by the club in chorus, but there were several solos and quar- tettes.
 "Estridiantina," by Lacome ana the Soldiers Chorus" from Faust" were among the best numbers.
 The quartette composed of Chapman, Parks, Peebles and Cabaniss, deserve special mention, as all of their songs were most pleasing.
 Among the soloists Bestor Ward was most complimented, which was natural. as he was among his own people. He Is possessed of an exceptionally sweet tenor.
 Messrs. Chapman, Hobbs. Peebles and Mareohal alsV gave solos. whi0ii were good.
 Some whlstling sogns by Graham elicited several encores and deservedly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-05
TYSON'S REPLY TO GUNTER
 DIGNLFIED IMPEACHMENT.
Mr. Tyson's Platform.

to use every effort in my power. if elected Mayor. to enforce-ail laws with out fear or fevor.
 While I did not favor prohibition. for economic reasons, realize that 1t will be the law of this State after January 1. 1909. If am elected Mayor, it will and must be sustained: 1t will and must be enforced and I will use all the power conferred upon me as Mayor to defeat all attempts to evade 1t or any other law.
 While I believe that the provisions of the municipal code requiring a uni. form license tax on all businesses throughout the city. is unfair and un- wise, l win be compelled. under my oath to enforce 1t: but will use all my influence with the next Legislature to have 1t and other unwise provisions of the municipal code repealed.
 The public schoofsro of the city will always have the fostering care of my administration. shall demand for them the utmost efficiency. and lib- eral expenditure. with. no limit so long as honesty and business methods cover all their works. The education of the children Is the great ark of safety of republican liberty. believe with our should be made for . department of manual training and Industrial train ing in our public schools. and I shall so recommend this provision to the City Council.
 All have Is invested in Montgomery. and it's growth and prosperity means my growth and prosperity; what is good for her, is good for me. shall. therefore, do all in my power to pro- mote the highest social, moral, commer- cial and political well-being of our beloved city, and not retard in the least its development and prosperity.
 To all this pledge my best endeay. ora.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-05
States Facts Forgotten by Mcintyre.
Plstform Strong Document is wAiei' , Candidate Pledges Himself to
 City's Intsrest and Declares
 He win Enforce the Laws.

The members of the Tyson Club were last night treated to the reply of MT. J e. Tyson candidate for Mayor. tu the speech of last Saturday night made by city Attorney c. P. MyIntyre at the meeting of the Club supporting MT
 The reply of Mir. Tyson met with . responaiva chord at last nights Tally of his numerous Followers and un- bounded applause punctuated his every declaration His words in full are as
 It Is not my purpose. to take up In detail the attack made on me In this mornings Advertiser. by the City At torney of Montgomery. He places his support of my opponent upon two grounds: Personal preference for the man and his duty to the community. I do not intend to be unkind when suggest two more reasons: poiticai gratitude to my opponent for eiecting him to his present well paid ofnce and hope of future political reward
 His long speech before a gathering of good citizens of Montgomery, gath cred together in the interest of my op- ponent Is aimed at my record as member of the City Council of Mont gomery. He, however. mas made not s single positive charge against me or my record. All his charges are mega tive charges, and in their last analysis he brings nothing against me except that I have been present at Council meetings and have failed to vote on certain minor matters that l knew would pass. as a matter of course do not care to stoop to personalities There are issues to be met and deai' with.
 Every man who has had any experi- ence in any legislative body in the world knows that no member of Una! kind of body votes every time the roll Is called. He may be present In the body but might be engaged in con versation with another member Of the body or might be called from the Chauaber by some of his constituents and be busi1y engaged with him while a roll is being called. And there are various things that come up in the body to attract his attention from the suhiect under immediate consideration No one knows this better than the City Attorney who served in the City Coun. . ell of Montgomery. Every citizen ol Montgomery who is well informed on the workings of the City Councii Knowp that during the term of two years for which an alderman is elected the roll of that body Is called some e00 times.
 Since reading his noble effort this morning, I have taken the trouble 70 look a little into the record of my op- IDonent, and find that during the first fhirty-four or thirty-six months of his career as an alderman he was present
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-05
ecemman.ea..a.,

In announcing my candidacy TOT Mayor, I felt the great responsibility that would devolve upon me in the event that I am nominated and elected to that high office. The great magni- tude and Importance of the ofiice cam not be overrated
 feel the necessity of timely action on the part of the good citizens of Montgomery to preserve her good credit and to keep her from defaulting on any of her obligations. and to a. mintsh, but not to increase. the deficit that has been growing each year.
 It is, therefore fitting and proper that I should set forth to you my position on all public matters In which you are personally and vftally interested, and deem to be cardinal principles by the Influence of which our city can advance with unparalleled rapidity to power and greatness.
 believe in the principles of democ- racy which were proclaimed by the immortal Jefferson. sustained and en- forced by the illustrious Jackson and which have been adhered to by the friends of liberty and humanity to the present day believe in public Improvements consistent with the development. growth and progress of the city, but am unalterably opposed to the City Council overriding the protest of a majority of the citizens on any public street. against paving or Improvements thereon.
 believe in the rigid accountability in all the departments of the city gov ernments. and am opposed to the crea- ton of all useless offices.
 favor as low rate of taxation as is consistent with the needs ct the city.
 pledge the people of Montgomery