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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
The People 5 Rostrum


of public instruction, nominated DR..
Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of
the Chicago schools. In %seconding the
nomination of Mrs. Young DR.. A. e.
Winship, editor of the Journal of Eda-
cation, said in part: 1T rests with the
nominating committee whether this
meeting of the National Education AS
ISOLATION goes down into history as
an educational comic tragedy. For
fifty years the women have paid the
major portion Of the bills of this as
ISOLATION. OF the $4,000 in the famous
permanent fund, our women teachers
have paid more than $4,000. This year
nearly $4,000 is paid into the treasury.
and of this mere than 3 1000 is the
money of women teachers. and these
women have furnished the audiences,
SIT is the @proudest moment of my
life to record my admiration for a
woman of such supreme scholarly at
tainments as Dr.. Ella Flagg Young,
a woman who has not only been recog-
nized by educators, but by the admin
istration of the great city of Chicago,
which pays her a higher salary than
that received by n other member
of this association. Ella Flagg Young
as an administrator has made a record
brilliant beyond description. She is a
woman who would give us a wonderful
administration along new lines. If.
gentlemen. you can consummate her
defeat in this committee today the
women teachers in every city of our
country will organize against you, for
they now that from their organized
cohorts in Chicago, New York and Bos-
its fervid strength"
Notwithstanding the able work of
Mrs. Young's supporters, the ina
chine" won in the nominating commit
tee by giving Zacharius Xenophon
Snyder, superintendent of the Colorado
State Normal School, twenty-eight
votes against nineteen for Mrs. Young.
And here is where Miss Aliens plan
of a minority report did its fine work.
After Mr.. Snyder's name had been
presented Miss Katherine d. Blake, of
New York, in an eloquent speech, pre-
sented a minority report nominating
Mrs. Young for the presidency. The
widest excitement followed. This was,
indeed, "lese irajestel" Miss Blake
said In part:
Il understand the presentation of a
minority report is without precedent
in the annals of this association. 1 am
glad that this woman, who has been
breaking records ever since she start
ed, is breaking the record for this as
ISOLATION this after oon. / move the
substitution Of the minority for the
majority report"
Amid thunderous applause this mo-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
How Mrs. Young won Presidenc

How Mrs. Young Won Presidency.
To the Editor OF the Evening Star.
Now that the smoke of battle Gig
uratively speaking) has rolled away, it
Is interesting to look back upon one
of the most exciting conventions ever
held by our National Education Asso-
citation.
Last week Boston was the Mecca OF
most of the leading educators Of the
country. Honored by the President of
the United States and other distin-
guished guests, with over 10000 school
teachers from all parts Of the country
in attendance. the first general session
of the convention val held in the Har-
ward Stadium on the afternoon of the
Fourth of July. Patriotism was the
keynote of all the speeches. President
Taft's address was a justification of
h policy OF the United States with
regard to the Philippine Islands. which
he called a policy of education in
augurated by 1000 teachers sent from
the United States.
Interesting meetings of the various
departments of the association were
held duringstbe convention. The most
exciting day of all was Thursday. July
z, the day scheduled for the election of
officers of the association. The fight
for the presidency of the association
was between Right inc the "Educa-
tional machine.'' The public press Of
Boston was unanimous in declaring the
popular election Of Mrs. Young to be
the greatest blow that the ~so-called
machine" has ever received. Little
does the general public understand the
domination of cur public schools by
this machine"
1t was Miss Elizabeth A. Allen, Of
Hoboken, who had the honor of pro-
posingba and securing the acceptance of
the plan that won the day for Mrs.
Young. Miss Aliens plan was that
Mrs. Young's supporters In the nomi-
mating committee should make a min
Gritty report We believed that Mrs.
Young had the votes In the convention,
but we knew that the machine would
control the committee. II, however, we
could elect even one member OF the
nominating committee, that member
could make a minority report sub
shutting Mrs. Young for the nominee
of the majority. This plan worked out
as we expected, and to Miss Allen be-
longs the credit.
Stirring reports reached us from the
1 narn4-aAin- conservatives rb1-1 Trr,-1aio
O.. Blair, Illinois State superintendent
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
THE DAYS BEST STORIES

S AN illustration of the way m embers Of the House o Representatives
- sometimes sacrifice parliamentary courtesy o the force If their feel
4 \ ings. a writer in Popular Magazine gives the following dialogue be-
Shackleord, Democrat, of Missouri a s it occurred during the debate on
changing the membership of the committee m rules:
Mr. Payne-The gentleman from Missouri has given us the most unfounded
|harangue 1 ever listened to-.
Mr. Shackleord-I ask that
Mr.. Payne dnteruptng)-I hope the wind from the ave will cease and
let somebody 10 some talking
Mr. Shackhford-Mr. Speaker. a point
Mr. Payne (hoty)-I hope 2@
Mr. Shackeford Ghoutng)-Your hopes will never be realized! A point
of order, Mr. Speakeri
Mr.. Payne-You woudnt know a point of order from a hole in the groundt
At this stage he speaker found it necessary to restore order.
TX n AYoR BUssE, Of Chicago, told at lawyers dinner a lawyers, story.
mi "Panas Phelps" he sad, twas a weH-known character If III
- Chicago of the forties Palas wa a nondescnpt sorto of lawyer. He
got on somehow. Occasionally he plead and wn a case. But ne never
had a n office. Panas Phelpss lack Of a office was nj Of the standing
jokes OF III Chicago bar, says a exchange
There were 10 paved streets in the Chicago Of those lays, n me
morning, after a rainfall when hi roads were unusually filthy, Judge But
terrified and Panas Phelps met at a crossing
g morning, Panas' said the judge a he uptoed through thu black
mud You haven't swept yo Office this morning."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
LAddlNd MUNICIPAL DOCK IMPROVEMENT.

S1a RENTONs Common Council has appropriated $4,000 for the
ii initial expense of developing the Delaware river water front
and establishing a municipal dock system. Trentons bust
ness men are evidently thoroughly awakened to the Importance of
the contemplated improvement, and they will prod the city au
thorites if there is any tagging. The idea of municipal docks
originated in Newark, and two years ago in a general election the
people adopted it, and the Board of Works undertook to carry it
out. 1t would be mild to say that the board has Jagged in the
matter. 1t has been leadenheeled The Board of Trade, represent
ing the commercial and manufacturing interests that are so deeply
interested in dock improvement, has not done the prodding that the
Board of Works commissioners need. Mayor Haussing has given
several sharp reminders to that board with some effect. But at the
rate of progress made by Newark the city of Trenton will have it's
municipal dock system established before a beginning is made on
the Newark meadows, if there ever is to be one.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
THE S TROOP

cTo HE Essex Troop, now at the regular army instruction camp
IL at Gettysburg has earned an exceptional record as a mill
tary body, and is in excellent favor with regular officers for
the reason that the troop is organized on correct military princi
pies. The enlisted men are young and athletic; the discipline
maintained is strict, drills are regular and the troop is put through
cavalry exercises as severe as those of a regular troop. Every
Essex trooper is a trained horseman. The pronounced corps feeling
in the Essex Troop is also strongly conducive to efficiency. The
Essex Troop is yet to have its baptism of fire. 1t was no fault of
the troop that it did not have that experience in 1898. And the
troop will be equal to the test, as Jersey troops always have been.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
AN EARLY PAVING KICK.

Caesar was conducting the first
of his justly celebrated triumphal
marches through the streets of
Rome.
The tail of each chariot was pro-
fusely decorated with regal and
well-known captives whom the con-
queror had picked up in the course
of his travels.
Rome Gems to be q wideawaks
town." said prominent captive
king to a neighboring potentate in
chains, "but this granite block
pavement is awful hard on the
feet"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
ARE PRIMARIES GENERAL ELECTIONS?

RI JUDGE HUNT, Of Sussex county, has discovered a new OBJ.
III stace in the holding of a special election to get rid of voting
machines. The act of 1908 provides that "such election
shall not be held within sixty days prior to any general election
in said municipality" The Legislature clearly meant the general
election in November. Judge Hunt holds that the September pri-
mary is a general election and that, therefore, the election ordered
in Sussex borough on August 2 is within the sixty days of a
general election and will, therefore, be illegal. 1t is not credible
that the courts would sustain such view of the law. Sussex
borough should disregard this judicial opinion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20

ton was, seconded by Miss Grace c..
Strachan, of New York, of ''equal-pay-
for-equal-service'' fame and president
of the marlborough Association of
Women Teachers. Then followed a par
~liamentary tangle, in which motions
to lay ON the table. motions to substi-
tute, motions to adopt and motions for
the previous question became so badly
mixed that an hour passed without
anything being done. During this time
President Joyner showed his ability to
cope with a difficult problem. BY his
firmness. his strict impartiality. his
courtesy and his skill at repartee he
saved the situation. and the minority
report was adopted by a vote Of 617
to 1916. The New Jersey delegation was
glad to see the president of u State
Teachers Association vote for Mrs.
Young.
In conclusion, I cannot forbear draw
ing a comparison between our New
Jersey headquarters and those of other
States. In the headquarters Of the
other States I'll was activity and
sociability, while during the first half
of our convention visitors to our New
Jersey headquarters were greeted by a
locked door. EMMA A. Mccoy,
President Middlesex County Women
Teachers Association.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
COMMON SENSE IN AUTOMOBILE LAWS.

XIV EW JERSEYS automobile law has provoked retaliation. by
HAN ~neighboring States. The New Jersey motorist must now
take out a full license in New York and Pennsylvania in
order to motor in those States. In Pennsylvania the auto law is
specially enforced against New Jersey motor cars. This is retail
alton, but New Jersey has provoked it, and the remedy is not
for this State to retaliate against retaliation. The suggestion made
that New Jersey should deny licenses to Pennsylvania motorists
until Pennsylvania modifes its regulations is vicious. 1t would be
idiotic to adopt any course to keep visitors out Of New Jersey. We
want them from every section of the country; we want them to
motor over our roads from city to city and town to town to see
for themselves the advantages of our State for residence, business
and manufacture. If our improved roads are a loadstone to at
tract visitors, could the State have a better advertising medium at
any price? And the automobile is building up our seashore places
and our suburbs. The way to keep good relations with our neigh
Dor States is to adopt a law that shall be fair to the stranger as
we'll as to the resident. Revenue should be a secondary considera.
ton in the matter of the control and regulation of the State
highways.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20

m OMMUTERS in all the metropolitan area of New Jersey are
" today subjected to the largely increased rates by the rail-
road companies. Protest, agitation, organization, appeals
and appearances at Trenton and Washington have failed OF any
effect. The commuter and his brother, the single-tcket buyer, are
beaten and have to submit. What's the use now of railing against
the Legislature that deliberately exposed the people to TINS I'M
considerable extortion? Why denounce the Governor, whose kn0wI
edge of the Legislature forbade him to call it into special session!
His term ends next January. And as for looking to anything the
State Utilities Commission may do or anything chat may be done
by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the commuter may as
we'll dismiss the subject from his mind. Nothing will be done of a
character to relieve the commuter from the disagreeable necessity
of paying the increase every time he goes to the railroad ticket
Office. But the commuter can at least do a lot of thinking. That's
his privilege now.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
A Why to win Out.


To the Editor of the Evening Star:
l have the solution to the fight be-
tween the rapacious railroads and the
defenseless commuters. Of course, like
all fights. it will cos money and nerve,
but the commuters are bound to win in
the end. l will give the readers of the
STAR the benefit Of my suggestion and
hope that the Commuters League will
v the good sense to get busy on it.
This is 1t: Instead of standing for the
fleece by buying tickets, let each and
every one Of the commuters just put his
cash in his pocket and insist upon pay
ment for the ride on the train. The
conductor Is bound to accept the legal
tender, the company is bound to return
the excess cash charges for such pay
ments, and there will be one of the
neatest little ticket boycotts you ever
saw. By the time the average train
gets to its destination, the burdened
conductor will have about half-fnished
his job and the company will have lost
more money, many times over, than it
seeks to get by raising the rates. with
in a week the commuters will have won
out. ANTI-TICKET.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
EVEN THOUGH AN ADVANCED, ONE.

The prominent member Of the
Commuters League was furious.
The respite being up today, he was
forced to buy his communication
ticket at the higher figures.
This is rank extortion," he de-
clared. 1T is highway robbery. II
there was any way out of it, I
wouldn't be the goat. I'll do as III
tie travelling as possible. but since
my work is in New York, l must
&c there at any rate"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
MILITARY EDUCATION NEGLECTED..

The most promising candidate for
the highest honor in the United
States army had passed his exami-
nation before the war college with
flying colors.
And now let me see your medical
diplomat" asked of the exami-
ners.
why live never studied medi-
cine" stammered the officer.
Next" shouted the examiner
without wasting words.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
c AT

oTa HE dual plan of management at Overlook recently adopted
as a panacea for the notorious ills of the county hospital
has proved abortiye in its inception. The medical director,
shofn of business authority by the creation of the Office of warden,
is at daggers' points with the warden, and there are daggers drawn
among the medical staff. Freebooter management has been sub
jected to fierce criticism of late; but it doesn't improve, because it
is incapable of Improvement. The sooner the great institution is
divorced from the imbecle control Of the county political board
the better for the army of patients and for the taxpayers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
NO

John. with grip in hand. was about to
depart for a weeks stay in the coun-
try.
Now, do promise me, dear, you won't
drink a single drop while you are away
from me-"
II PROMISE" answered John, as he
went down the steps. You see. I won't
have cause t~o!'-Young's Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
u%NMISTAKABLE G

Skidders-I noticed today that Nc
Pneumatic, whose creditors forced him
to sell his touring car. is on his feet
again.
Sparks-How do you know he's on his
feet?
Skidder-How? Why, I saw him rid
ing In his new $1,000 auto.-Exchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
A PROMOTER OF COMMENT.

bridge whist spoils conversation"
said the woman who doesn't care for
cards.
"Oniy temporarily" replied Miss
Cayenne. you ought to hear the re-
marks It inspires after the game
breaks up."-Washington Star.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
PREVENTION.

Sometimes you have to hit a man to
make him keep quiet, so that you can
save him from drowning"
YES" replied the abrupt person;
land the time to do 1t is when he first
begins to rock the boat."-Washington
Star.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
LIKE THE CAT. Non IrFFRIES.

|At leash, "a can't shay" NUT
tered the belated householder, as
he took OFF his shoes and mufied
the latch key. Eat l couldn' come
back"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20

worried, for fear they'll get me this
time" he could have gone a long
way further toward relieving the
anxiety of the public than by most
any other statement.
Americans. in their political life,
demand a personal devil. and,
Uncle Joe" happens to be ut"
Ascribing the ills which beset the
republic. like a swarm Of "exter-
minated mosquitoes. to Uncle Joe
has become a pleasant habit In this
country, and it's next to impossible
to break the general public Of it.
II zones rather hard. this thing
OF being the political goat of 81 ,0OO,-
900 people, but there seems to be q
general feeling that Uncle Joe has
earned the position.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20

WkEArs
VERYSAn fNDHEn

In campaign years the A~utun,rve4s
the Book
OF Seasons, is the "Falr' forthose
who look.
At all their rosy-tinted hopas
And aspirations as they get tlss
hook.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
THERE'S A yoWFL-LEss REAsm.

What did you say was the name
of the latest suspect to be arrested
in the Father Ansion murder cassg"
81 didn't say, and. furthermore, I
don't intend to say"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
WHAT THE LAW ALLOWED.

Tattered T~er-y-There goes a kind
man. The last time / went to him l
didn't have a cent. and he gave me all
he could.
Weary Walter-What was that?
Tattered Terry-Thirty days.-Puck.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20
his PLACE.

Uncle Joe Cannon, in the speeches
he is making throughout the West.
urges the public not to worry. He
says they can't drive him out Of
public life.
But that's what the public is wor-
rying about. 1t Is afraid they can't
drive him out. II he had said. Pm
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20

Mr.. Edison says hat the man who
starts out in the country in an auto
mobile equipped with of his new
storage batteries can come back In a
trial trip yesterday one OF the machines
SO equipped ran 150 miles before 1t was
necessary to recharge the battery. This
long-awaited invention should go far to
make the auto, like the bicycle, the
poor mans friend. What more delight
full Sunday outing for the family thar
a 1oo-mile spin In the country could be
imagined
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20

The STAR extends the privilege
OF these columns to the public and
invites signed communications of
not more than one hundred words
treating of topics of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20

At the mosquito convention soon
to be called, ways and means are to be
discussed whereby the festive mosquito
may be exterminated. The fact that
the need for such a convention is 0 n
ceded is a healthful one. It indicates
that the exterminators have been
forced to the conviction that the
mosquito is not already DIFFERENTIATED"
AS a matter Of fact. mosquito conven
lions are being held in Newark every
night IN are being participated in by
hundreds of thousands of the swamp
birds themselves. Perhaps this other
proposed assemblage should be called
an anti-mosquito convention.
No Romancer with a penchant for
detective stories ever imagined a more
absorbing tale thar that of the sixteen
months search by local detectives for
the slayers of Father Ansion. It was
necessary to force the doors of formid-
able foreign secret societies: to infiu-
ence the jealousy of foreign political
faction against faction; to examine ex-
haustively and in turn the members OF
a murderous gang Of hold-up men. If
the suspect. now under arrest. O
to be. indeed, one of the three murder
ers OF the Polish priest, the final chap
ter of this real life detective" story is
all but complete.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20

New Jerseys new marriage license
law may be a n bit of legislative
work, but a number of persons haven't
discovered that fact yet. Many dis
gruntled ones, who have been victims
of it's workings, might go SO far as to
insist that the law seemed to have been
aimed against marriage rather than to
have been framed in the interest of the
institution. Possibly, though, 1t may
reduce the number of divorces in this
State through making matrimony so
difficult hat it will be the more highly
priced.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-20

Scotland Yard, the most famous II
not the most effective of the detective
organizations of the world, has re-
ceived a black eye through the Crippen
murder Ease. So widespread is the
criticism of police methods in this
case that they may be voiced in the
House of Commons. 1t is said that DR..
Crippen was "shadowed" nine days
after the English detectives had cause
for suspicion. He managed to elude
the vigilance of his watchers. II this
was fiction Sherlock Holmes might be
brought to the rescue.
La Junta tribune., 1910-07-23
Sugar Beet Prospect

Said an official OF the American
Beet Sugar Company this week.
THE beet crop will be consider.
ably smaller this season than usual
That condition has been brought abou,
by many Of the farmers rotating
their crops this year. and also be-
caus. Of the splendid price hay il
bringing. Next year the beet crop
will proba, ly be larger than this
Unless ~e experience back.set by
rain or insects. tn. beet hAryes, viii
probably commence abou, the middle
OF September. Our contracted acre.
az. will be handled by the factory
At Rocky Ford this season. the fac.
tories at Lamar and Las Animas mo-,
running. The Rocky Ford factory
will probably BE- KEEP, busy until tn.
middle Of February"