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The Matthews Controuersu
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TO the Editor of the Star:
1t has been my thought that it was
hardly worth while to pay serious at
but I must confess to having been
somewhat aroused at recent express
sions made by parties who seem over
much Jealous in attacking Professor
Mathews, and | write to express my
conviction that there is a purpose in
it all not expressed by them. They do
protest over-much. !,
First, there is an attempt to evade
entirely the real facts of the case and
to raise a great cry about the ques-
ton as put by one, whether a high
school professor may preside at a meet
ing composed principally of men who
teach doctrines subversive of the recog-
nized law and order of the community"
Now, l am not a Socialist, but l have
Socialist friends with whom l have dis
cussed freely their theories, and / find
them, upon acquaintance, 20 be most
estimable in character, mbued with an
unselfsh desire to bes helpful to their
fellow men, and these ~fulminations
against them l consider to be most I'M
just, cruel, malicious and false.
They are not anarchists; they believe
in a government which shall be OPP
Grated for the benefit of the masses,
not the few; they do not preach doc
trines ~"subyersive of law and order
but they do oppose he criminal and
murderous acts of tyrants; they do not
oppose any true %religionf but they do
deny that the Spanish type has a
monopoly of the gospel which Jesus
preached, and they refuse, with others
to consider any human personality in
fallible, as they decline to tolerate as
benefcent such a state religion as has
made Spain with its persecution,
treachery, rapine and murder possible
We respect fair-minded Catholics-not
the square head kind-and we must
not altogether forget the Montezumas
the Peruvians, the Filipinos and the
Cubans. Let us remember that the
speakers at the Mathews meeting were
protesting against murder, not advo-
eating tia murder committed in Spain
not under the Stars and Stripes.
l remember as q boy to nave hearc
some such words as these: Caesar hat
MS bIutuS, tHdilcS 4. In &ipib 49,
and George III. may profit by then
example, How anarchistic such words
must seem TO our frenZied friends WHIT
call for Professor Mathews's punish
ment. [ have a dim recollection d
having read that the 'shot fired a.
Lexington was heard around tn
world" but 1t never occurred to mi
that the author of those words wal
trying TO incite me to murder. Had
spoken. at the Ferrer meeting ] shoule
have uttered different sentiments from
those of Mr.. Fieldman, being of different
faith, but would Rave taken his hant
as a lover Of humanity on the question
Of the condemnation of the murder o
Francisco Ferrer.
The only REASON | can see for TIN
holy horror attitude of such ~
Father Quirk is that they recognize
that the King of Spain was not slon'
responsible for the outrage perpetrated
and so It "happens'' TO be a Romar
I Catholic priest who protests. mo re
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To the Editor of the Star:
1t is to be regretted that the
Mathews controversy stirred up such
a rabid racial religious bigot as your
correspondent who calls himself
George D%unning.' The Catholic
Church had as much to do with the
execution of Ferrer as Mr.. Dunning
had.
Mr.. Dunning opens. up the food
gates of vituperation on Catholic in
situations. He is, / presume, ignorant
of the fact that the first governor OF
the province of New York, Thomas
Dongan,' was a Catholic. 1t was he
who wrote the charter of Liberties and
Privileges which is a landmark in
the history of popular government in
America. / would also suggest to Mr..
Dunning to read Lord Macaulay's re-
view on "Ranke's History of the
Popes.' Nc more eloquent and strik-
ing recognition of the power and in
ffuence of the Catholic Church has W
appeared from the pen of a nom
Catholic. / give only a brief extract:
"She saw the of all
the governments and of all the &C.
clesiastical establishments that now
exist in the world; and we feel no
assurance that she is not destined to
see the end of them all.
"She was great n respected before
the Saxon had set his foot on Britain,
before the Frank had passed the Rhine,
when Grecian ~eloquence still flourished
in Anioch, when idols were still wor-
shipped in the temple of Mecca. And
she may still exist on undiminished
vigor when some traveller from New
Zealand shall. in the midst of a vast
solitude, take his stand on a broken
arch of London Bridge to sketch the
ruin of st. Paul"
He is a puny antagonist to strike at
the great CHRISTIAN Church of twenty
centuries. II we cannot agree on all
the complex problems of humanity let
us keep a fast hold ON charity, one
towards another, as side by side enemies
and friends we mount the great worlds
altar stairs.
C. o'coNoR IRWIN.
Arlington, N. j.
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IMPORT OF E
BROOKLYN SUBWAY

something for New Jersey. Brooklyn was enormously benefited by
the erection of the Brooklyn bridge and the bridges that have fol
lowed. 1t will be benefited as largely by the subway, which will
carry population TO now unimproved sections and cause them to
be quickly built up. Long Island is Manhattan's back door. The
East river conquered by tunnels emptying into subways for swift
transportation, population that drifed across the bridges will drift
in greater volume through the more convenient avenues of exit
Not as many will drift into New Jersey. There is room for mil
lions of population in the great outlying sections of Brooklyn
~sobably it won't be long before a tunnel will be built between
Manhattan and Staten Island, which would open up another large
territory for the surplus population that Manhattan constantly
throws out. New Jersey may we'll look to her interests.
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PATH TO III SENATE
BESET WITH DOUBT

avowed candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination, and
he was practically unopposed. He secured the caucus nomination
at Trenton. He was the party organization choice. And he was
defeated for reelection to the Senate. Next year a Legislature is
to be elected 10 elect Il United States senator to succeed John
Nean in 1911. \ clear majority of seven on joint ballot would
seem to be a safe one for the success of al organization candidate
Endorsed both by the party primaries and the legislative caucus
1t wasn't in 1907. If the Republicans shall carry the Legislature
of 1911, will there be any better assurance for the candidate who
may secure the party caucus Endorsement? Will the senatorial
candidates. be threshed out in the previous September primaries and
the result be acquiesced in both by the party caucus and the party
majority in the joint meeting? Party politics in New Jersey are
now 81 much mixed, thanks to the new primary law. that the out
come of any senatorial candidacy, no matter how well and strongly
Endorsed, is enyeloped in much doubt. There may be another dark
horse in waiting.
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A GREAT ECONOMY
IN PUBLIC

bureau the authority to contract and purchase for all departments.
Governor Fort has made the same recommendation to the Iegis-
lature for the State government. But the Memphis Bureau of
Research goes further. OF equal Importance, it says, is the super
vision exercised over all the work performed and the inspection
of supplies purchased. 1t is necessary, also, that supplies shall
be safeguarded in their keep and. distribution. Unless there is dis
honesty II wilful waste, a centralized system of purchase and
supervision makes for economy. Large quantities of goods can be
purchased at much lower prices per unit than smaller quantities.
Even the retailer will sell for less on a wholesale order. A capable
and Trustworthy State agent can not only get the lowest market
prices, but compel the delivery of goods of the quantity and quality
paid for, and can then guard the goods from pilfering and keep
such account of them that there can be no great waste in the de
partments or institutions. Market prices could be kept track of
and large quantities of supplies can be bought when the prices
are lowest. 1t is interesting to speculate on the total saving an
nually that would be effected in New Jersey if the State and all the
municipalities had centralized systems for the purchase of sup
niles. The economy for the State government lEs been estimated
1by the Governor at about S150000 annually. In State and munich
5Dalities the annual saving would exceed half a million dollars.
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Election here upon the true and pious
Catholic).
May l also protest against the threat
ening language used in the commu-.
nications toward the Board Of Educa-
ton. There seems to be an undue de-
sire to impress upon the board the
peril of fair dealing in this matter.
The fair-minded believe it is not the
concern of the board, even though Pro-
fessor Mathews had spoken unwisely,
wnichshe did not. At any rate let there
be no threats as to what may happen
should the board decide that Mr..
Mathews is as privileged to express his
social, economic and political views out
side of school hours as any individual.
Let us grant him the inherent right of
citizenship, nor subscribe to the doc
trine that a pastor, priest or professors
lips may be sealed by the taxpayer"
who calls himself master and at
tributes to the educator tire title of
servant" FAIR PLAY.
To the Editor of the Star:
In the Matthews controversy" now
going on in your paper, it seems to me
that Father Quirk has been accused of
saying some dreadful things about Pro-
fessor Mathews, the public school sys-
TEN, etc. Now, these things are not
apparent from the letter of tina clergy
man which was published in your ape
of October 26.
AS understand 1t, Father Quirk did
not say a word about anarchists or
Socialists, but did object to a public
school teacher presiding at a meeting
where the Bible was held up to ridi-
Guile, and where the policies of a
foreign government were attacked, and
where the Catholic Church was made
responsible for the death of a human
being. Father Quirk did say that if the
published reports of that meeting in
Wevers's Colosseum were true, and inn
piled that unless Professor Mathews
explained his presence at the meeting,
and his silence during and after the
attacks on the Bible made at the meet
ing, then the professor would be unfit
to continue in his position as a public
high school professor, because in such
a position he would be in contact with
children of Christian parents who re-
spect the Bible and who could not help
feeling that the influence of the pro-
f~essor's example would naturally pro-
duce an effect on the minds of their
children contrary to their own belief
and conviction. If, TOO, the professor
remained silent when a foreign govern
ment and its policies were condemned,
Is there not reason to suspect that Pro-
lessor Mathews might do likewise re-
garding the government n laws of
this country? In this controversy the
strangeSt feature to me Is the silence
of the ministers of the various non
Catholic churches. Are Drs. Chapman
and Osborne the only ministers in
Newark who believe the Bible?
The Y. NJ. c. A.. with its Bible classes
should in some ann go on record.
The Jr. o. u. A.. NJ. and the r. O. S.
Of n. cannot be true to their principles
by remaining silent when the Bible is
attacked. Some OF your correspondents
want to obscure the issue. That dear,
sweet high school s~uffrasette, Anna CT.
II your issue last night deliberately ac-
! cused Father Quirk pf charging Profess
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THE SMALL o
IN STATE POLITICS

any degree of conspicuousness in the activities next fall In his
scrutiny of the political horizon the philosopher fails to notice the
cloud, "no bigger than a mans hand that has arisen in Hudson
county. a New Ideaist' Independent nomination for Governor in
1910. with Assemblyman William =. Martin. of Essex, as the can
didate. Now, as to conspicuousness, Assenblyman Martins can
didacy leaves no manner Of doubt. He was not born to hide his
light under a bushel His natural element is the Iimelight. If
Trenton's amiabIe philosopher had a better knowledge of affairs
and conditions at this end of the State he would know that the
party sentiment that William 7. Martin represents in Essex, Hud
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Fl F.FTF9t9sF9.Efs
ONE WAY OF KEEPING PEACE.

What do you suppose the people in
the fiat above invited us t. their party
for? We hardly know thefH.
II don't know unless it is - D. sure
we won't get sore at the noise they're
going to make ."-Detroit Free Press.
@votes for women.' shrieked the suf-
fragette. That's what we want, In
Europe today women are harnessed to
plows, Votes for women."
"Why not oats for women" sug-
gested the mere male creature.-Puek.
Binks Gin 1910-What kind of a flu
neral did Howard have?
Jinks-A mile of aeroplanes.-Ally
Sloper's.
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Construction of a new sub.
way, six miles in length, for
Brooklyn is about to be be-
gun, and it means much for
that borough. 1t also means
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To the satisfied gaze of the
philosopher of the Trenton
State Gazette "there is moth
ing to Indicate that the New
Ideaists' will appear with
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Newark, N. J., Nov. 10. 1901

Newark, ". j., Nov. 10. 1909.
To the Editor of tho Star:
America is the land of paradoxes. We
pride ourselves on our freedom but 1t
is only an excuse for suppressing in
dividualism; we boast of our morality
but it is only an excuse for sitting un-
conventionality; We parade our religion
but it is only an excuse for intiInidat-
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In Ripping Good Hunor
BOTH BACK NUMBERS.

BOTH BACK NUMBERS.
Barnes Tormer-In n piece we play
tonight the scene is laid about the time
of the Spanish War.
Hiram Subbubs-Yes; and the eggs
the boys have been buying up were laid
about the same time.
rs she happily married."
II guess so. She hasn't Joined a card
club yet."-Detroit Free Press.
Rcdrick-If / started out to explore
the polar regions l would teach the
Esquimos baseball, SO we could get
up a nine and pass the time away.
Van Albert-Yes. it certainly you'd
be a fine place to slide for home.-Chi-
cage News.
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Among recommendations
by the Bureau of Municipal
Research at Memphis for
changes in the city govern
ment is centralizing in one
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-11

The Legislature of 1907
had a Republican majority
of seven on joint ballot. In
the party primaries in 1906
Senator Dryden was the
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-11
THAT BAD BOY.

"You appear to have quite a bad
cold, Mr.. Stinjay," said the hostess
sympathetically.
Yes replied the guest; ''it's settled
in my chest, and it's exceedingly tight
"Oh, yes. pa was tellin' us about it,"
broke in the hostess's little boy. HE
said you were awful 'tight-chested.'"
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THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER Il, 1909.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-03-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME
Digest of the News Worth Telling Com
densed for the Busy
Reader.
AT THE CAPITAL.

President Taft has accepted an in
Ritation to attend the annual spring
dinner of the Gridiron club in Wash
ington, to be held April II.
The state department has issued a
cali to the American consuls in
France to report as to whether for
eign exporters sell cheaper abroad
than at home.
Judge G. M. Dallas of the United
States circuit court for the Third ju'
dicial circuit has sent his resignation
to President Taft. Under the law he
was eligible to retire, but the an
nouncement of his retirement was un'
expected.
Maj. Guy Eide of the United States
army medical department, who &C
companied Mr.. Taft around the world
on his now famous tour, is to be the
presidents family physician, accord
ing to a we'll founded rumor. He will
replace Rear Admiral P. M. Rixey.
North Dakota and South Dakota
have been set apart into Office field di-
visions of the land Office. North Da-
kota will be known as No. Is, with
headquarters at Fargo, in charge OF
W. S. Wade. South Dakota will be
known as No. 16, with headquarters
In Huron. in charge Of Henry G. Gull
lom.
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NEW TARIFF BILL
READ IN CONGRESS
Burden Is Saddled on Luxuries
in Measure Presented by
Chairman Payne.
ADDS $5o,oo0,Ooo TO REVENUE
Inheritance Tax and Treasury Certif.
Gates Provided-COffee Free,
Tea Taxed.

Washington, March 18-The long
expected tariff bill was presented to
the house of representatives yester-
day by Chairman Payne of the COM
mittee on ways and means and re-
ferred. Until it is reported out of
committee, which Mr. Payne said he
hoped would be at an early day, the
measure will not become official Ac-
cording to a statement made by him
upon the floor, he did not anticipate
any committee changes. The Repub-
1icans manifested their pleasure at
the introduction of the bill by vigor-
ously applauding.
Yield $50,oo0,o00 New Revenue.
Downward revision, maximum and
minimum provisions which impose an
average maximum duty of 20 per cent
in excess of the present tariff, and nu-
merous provisions by which it is esti-
mated that the revenue to the gov
eminent will be increased from $40,-
100000 to $50,00O,000, are the salient
features of the new tariff bill. The
bill, it is estimated, will produce $780,
100000 revenue from customs.
The recommendations made by
President Taft that an inheritance tax
be provided and that a limited amount
of tobacco and sugar be admitted free
from the Philippines are included in
the bill.
The principal features of the bill
prp.
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BATTLE FOR COUNTY OPTION
Bill Proposed in Wisconsin Is Opposed
by the Business Mems
Associations.

Madison, Wis, March 24.-The bat
tie for county option in Wisconsin at
tracted such large number of on
lockers that it was necessary to give
up the assembly chamber to the
hearing. Many addresses, both for
and against the measure, were given,
including officials and attorneys for
the Anti-saloon league, for the bill,
and those against included represent
atives of the State Liberty league,
the Milwaukee Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association, which includes
hundreds of business men in all lines
of business, and the State Job
bers and Manufacturers association.
Supt U. G. Humphrey of the State
Anti-salOOn league was the chief
speaker for the bill, while Probate
Judge Paul D. Carpenter of Milwau-
kee appeared against it as the repre-
sentative of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association, declaring the
bill confiscatory.
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ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS.

Property valued at $4,000 was de-
Btroyed and five f1remen and student
were injured by falling walls in a fire
at Sparstansburg, S. G.
Fire at Baltimore did damage esti-
mated at $4,000 to the warehouse
and contents of the New York and
Baltimore Transportation company.
An explosion at the Washington Gas
Light company's plant in Washington
resulted in the burning Of three men
30 severely it is not thought they will
survive.
One man was killed and seven in
sured as the result of an explosion
of a metal pot in the iron mill of the
American Steel and Wire company at
Cleveland.
One hundred feet of the cornice Of
the Dreher opera house at Nora
Springs. Iowa, fell to the street, in
stantly killing Anton Jensen, who was
passing along the street.
A fast passenger train on the At
Iantic Coast line jumped the track at
Pikeville, N. c., shortly after mid
night, killing the engineer and fire.
man and Brakeman Offert. Conductor
Newell and several passengers were
seriously injured.
In the midst of merrymong A. B.
Gebhart accidentally shot and killed
John Maxwell at Pensacola, Fla. Geb-
hart was host of an entertainment
and was giving an imitation of how
he would defend himself from the at
tack of a highwayman, using Maxwell
as the supposed highwayman.
Col A. P Hunter, a mine owner Of
Albuquerque, N. M; his daughter
Miss Mildred Hunter, and Miss Ray
Phillips, who lives at the Martha
Washington hotel in New York, were
painfully injured when the automo-
bile in which the party were riding
collided with a trolley car in Brook
Ign. Others in the party were not
badly hurt.
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FOREIGN.

Madrid has been visited by an cpl
demic Of typhoid fever.
Gen. Slavinsky, chief of the prison
at Minsk, Russia, was killed in the
vicinity of the prison by an unidenti-
fed man.
Reports received from Fee say that
the forces Of the pretender Reghi,
which are advancing On that city,
have defeated the government forces.
The st. Petersburg newspaper Russ
was confscated for publishing ex-
tracts from Count Leo Tolstoy's last
work, christianity and the Death
Penalty"
Out Of forty-two members Of the
municipal council of Copenhagen just
elected, seven are women. Seven per
cent of the candidates elected in the
provinces are women.
Eugene Brioux, the dramatist, and
Raymond Poincare, former minister
of finance, have been elected to the
French academy to succeed Ludovic
Halvey and Nicholas Gebhardt, re-
spectively.
AS finally agreed upon by the coun-
Gil of ministers, the French naval es-
innate provides for the expenditure Of
$150,O00,000. With the formal accept
ance of this naval program the cabi-
net crisis has completely passed.
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prevail in Northern Guatemala. Hun
dreds of villages along the Mexican
frontier are affected and 5000 persons
have been vaccinated within the last
week in an effort to check the dis
ease.
Fifteen thousand square miles of
territory has been added to the Brit
ish empire by the treaty signed at
Bangkok, Siam, under the terms of
which Siam cedes to Great Britain the
States of Kalantan, Tringan and Ke-
dab which hereafter will be admins
tered with the Malay federated states
The Paris police have seized thirty
paintings which bore the alleged forg-
ed signatures of Jean jacques Henner.
Narcisse Diaz, Gustave Courbet and
Felix Ziem, all noted French artists.
The paintings were destined for sale
in New York.
The control of the Japanese army
has been transferred from the general
staff to the war Office. The change
was made during the revision Of the
official organization of the army based
on the lessons of the war with Russia
when the general staff had complete
control.
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Northwest News
BATTLE FOR COUNTY OPTION
Bill Proposed in Wisconsin Is Opposed
by the Business Mems
Associations.

Madison, Wis, March 25.-The bat
tie for county option in Wisconsin at
tracted such large number of on
lockers that it was necessary to give
up the assembly chamber to the
hearing. Many addresses both for
and against the measure, were given,
including officials and attorneys for
the Anti-saloon league, for the bill,
and those against included represent
atives of the State Liberty league,
the Milwaukee Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association, which includes
hundreds of business men in all lines
of business, and the State job
bers and Manufacturers association.
Supt. U. G. Humphrey of the State
Anti-saloon league was the chief
speaker for the bill, while Probate
Judge Paul D. Carpenter of Milwau-
kee appeared against it as the repre-
sentative of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association declaring the
bill confiscatory.