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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 2S, 1910.
A PRESIDENTIAL INCONSISTENCY.

sWANHEN the tariff bill was under debate in Congress President
NWW Taft held a1oof. He said that II was not proper 10 the
executive to interfere in the business OF the legislative
iaranc1. Speaker Cannon held the House in his grip. Senator
yAldrieh was supreme in the Senate. President TART piomised
che people before his election that the tariff would be revised down
gward to relieve them of unnecessary tariff taxes and to remove
kHfiff rates that sheltered the trusts. When 1t became evident n
kfdrich and Cannon were manipulating Congress to maintain ana
Even increase oppressive rates and were shaping a tariff to protect
the trusts loud protests were made and the President was appealed
TO. but he remained inactive. He would not interfere or even make
his wishes known. He was dumb. And he affixed his signature to a
tariff bill which he afterward declared was the best ever enacted
u tariff that has enormously increased the cost of living and Is
MTrobated by the whole American people. Now mark the difference
iH the demeanor of President Taft in respect TO the administration
railroad bill. which is denounced by the best trusted Republicans Ill
the Senate and House as one of the most Ubiquitous measures ever
introduced in Congress. The President, who would not say a word
or lift a finger to get Congress TO pass a tariff bill in the interest OF
the people. is now employing every means to force the railroad bill
gus features. Mr. Taft sends for the Ohio delegation and appeals to
nlem, he brings Influences to bear upon other individual members
His wishes are quoted in Congress. If it was wrong for the execu-
Hve even to signify to Congress at the special session what his de
Mres were in regard to a bill that so vitality affected the people. how
Nj the Presidents active interest in behalf of a bill plainly in the
interests of the railroads be justified?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
The smperciIiou. pepn.y.
SNHS
lie Editor OF the Evening Star:

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Why don't our city officials investi-
gate the conditions at the Pennsylvania
stations? I have read many complaints
in the columns of your Rostrum, and
being a commuter myself I know that
the writer's have cause to complain.
The gateman shuts the gates as soon
as. The crowd in the station boards the
outgoing trains and even il a man does
get to the gate before the scheduled
time he very often misses his train.
Another complaint is against keeping
passengers waiting in the station
twenty minutes or more and sending
trains of empty coaches on through to
New York.
The Pennsylvania has the patronage
of more N4warkers than any other road,
but can youch for a good many New
arkers when / say we are not willing
patrons. COMMUTER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
HE HATES THEM.

A Scranton man who was recently
in a great hurry TO telephone was
considerably put out when he found
that the only available wire in the
neighborhood was in use. He waited
a little while. but it remained in use
with ~maddening consistency.
The man may almost be pardoned
for the annoyance he showed, and
even for his language, when it is an
dcrstood his house was burning and
the only fire alarm box within .
mile of him was out of order. Be
ore the fremen arrived the flames
managed to get SUCH q start that
the house was consumed.
When the indignant owner went
to the phone to tell the manager .
few things, he found the wire still in
use. And when he finally learned
the cause ne desired to be set down
as a glazing exception to the pro-
nouncement: "All the world loves
a lover"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
Free educational Advantages,

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Opportunity almost clubs a young
man to death in Newark. Coming from
a section of the country where a young
man knows there are many opportunl-
ties about him and then spends half
his life getting a strange hold on one
or more of them, the conditions here
impressed me very much. When was
Il boy / suffered the bitter, bitter dis
appointment of trying to enter a min
| mining engineer. For years 1 had
saved sufficient to pay my way
through, and then was set back for not
having the necessary preliminary edu-
cation. | tried to go in for a course
in art and found it too expensive for
HE. Rates for tuition We're far beyond
my reach, and when the cost of ma
terials was added the cost was appall-
ing.
Now the young man in Newark can
AXE a course with the Newark Uni
versity Board and receive tuition at
next to no cost. while an absolutely
free course in drawing, architecture,
jewelry manufacturing or mechanical
drawing can be taken at the FaWcett
Drawing School or Newark Technical
School.
Does the young Newarker appreciate
the opportunities that are lying around
loose. not even taking time off to- knock
at young mems doors, but are chasing
around after him in such numbers that
he must be obsessed with them? Time
IS money To the young man, and IN
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
Bickering at Asylum.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
When is the hospital committee of
the freeholders and DR.. Daniel NJ. Dill
going to get through pickering? 1t
seems that it has been tacitly agreed
by the members of the committee to
drop the charges made against DIR.
Dill in connection with the skeleton
mystery" and other tangles in Over
brook affairs and allow him to fill out
the balance of his term, which expires
on December 81, 1911.
If this be true why keep up a per-
sistent fight on small matters and
hamper the working of the institution
by taking minor appointments, such as
that of telephone operator, away from
Or. Dill? 1t would seem in any event
that the power of appointment proper
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
COUNTY MLSMANAGEMENT.

NNVHY it is necessary that the business affairs of a county
WW should be conducted by a large body of men elected in
8 separate constituencies and without any reference to their
$ knowledge of such affairs or their capability is a conundrum for
. intelligent men. Surely the results obtained have not justified the
retention of such a county system. 1t is hard TO find in the past
ANYTHING done by the Essex County Board of FreehOlders that was
well done from the business point of view. while the garing errors
and faults of the board are always in evidence. The worst species
Of mismana cement is now under investigation at Overlook, and
while this is going on it is found that the costly house of detention
Yrecently finished is totally unfit for the purposes intended, and was
aponstructed without much reference to those purposes. The Newark
City Charter Commission favors the abolition of the Common Coun-
ell and the concentration of municipal government in a few respon-
sibIe hands. Much greater is the need for the same change in the
county government. City affairs are vastly better managed than
county affairs. the mismanagement of which has become a byword.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
Attention. Mr.. MnIoney.
Editor Of the Evening Star:

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Where's the smoke inspector? Can't
he see or smell the job that is looking
for him in one of the big factories Just
west of beautiful Branch Brook Park,
near Bloomfield avenue? This factory
emits regularly great volumes of the
blacklist of smoke. 1t is particularly
painful to see it during this most glori-
Gus time of the year, when the still ten
der trees and flowers are seeking the
sunlight.
AS a matter of fact. the smoke is a
first-class nuisance, mars and jars the
landscape that nature, aided by art, has
made so beautiful Smoke up, Mr.. In
spector. and get busy with this particu-
lar factory BRANCH BROOK.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
JERSEY CITY's TENEMENT DEATH TRAPS.

ID RosEcuToR GARy VI Of f nudso" - county "a15 .,o who did ids such oh
equally good service by an investigation of the operation
Sin Hudson county of the tenementhouse inspection law. The recent
fatal tenementhouse fire in jersey City, in which people We're
trapped because there was no freescape on the building, as required
by the law. furnishes Il case for the prosecutor. 1t is stated that
there are at least $50 tenements in Jersey City that are not equipped
with freescapes. What their sanitary conditions are can only be
conjectured. The results of an investigation in Hudson county will
be instructive of conditions in other cities in the State.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
SOOTH!NG A Fan.

80 you think a change of scene
would improve your husbands DISPOSE
TOM
Yes replied the patient wife. 81
think We will locate elsewhere"
"Have you decided on N placer"
"Not yet. But the dear mans getting
SO irritable that We've got to do some
thing. I'm reading the sport page to
see if we can't find some town where
the home team always wins.-Wash
ington Star.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
A PARALLEL CASE.

s m FORMER mayor of Paterson While in office enjoyed the ut
1F\ most confidence of the public and his friends. He preached
and was believed to exemplfy integrity in public life. He
was admringly spoken of abroad as one of the best types of public
'aoffcials. People in Paterson went to bed at night with the comfort
& able feeling that the affairs of their town were in safe hands. This
mayor was also the custodian of private trusts. He possessed con
siderable means of his own. Suddenly he disappeared, and there
was an Investigation. 1t was found that he had foulIy violated his
trusts and robbed those who had trusted him. The local newspapers
-conspired to conceal his crimTnality and said nothing until the scan
sala1 was brought out in New York newspapers. The fugitive mayor
ESCAPED justice for about a year and then gave himself up to criminal
Justice. This case parallels that of City Auditor Forman. In 1908
Forman sought election for mayor. Had he been nominated and
elected the parallel would be complete. For the reasons that i'm
PEELED bis fight from the auditors Office would have been operative
if he had occupied the Office of mayor. L
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
SHORT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

l1TTe HE testimony given to the House compittee on the District
of Columbia at Washington Tuesday by Colonel Gaskel,
superintendent of weights and measures of the district, that
short weight packages and secret agreements between wholesalers
and retailers are partly responsible for the increased cost of living
sis absolutely true. Colonel Gaskell asserts that all the 100000
barrels of -four sold in the district annually are short of weight,
amounting in the aggregate to 100000 pounds; that every grocery
package sold is under weight. and that liquids are not full measure.
The statement also shows a lamentable laxny Of official Inspection,
i neglect too common in all cities.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
Jury CORRUPTION AT pITTsBURG.

1Ta HE dismissal of the entire panel of jurors called to try the
Doodle aldermen and their bribers at Pittsbug confirms the
reports that influences We're at work to corrupt the jurymen.
: at has been known that a large corruption fund was raised for the
purpose. The gangrene of corruption has gone in deep in a city
In which nearly all the members of the Council have been indicted
for bribery or have made public confession. 1t is noteworthy, TOO,
alat in the elections for the Council the very men who were upright
among a crew of bribe-takers were defeated for reelection.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
DISSOLUTE.

Considering the fact that Mr..
Halley's comet has come from such
a distance and is to be with us SO
short a time, the least we can do il
to mention it every day or SO.
We have nothing In particular to
say today, excepting that the comet
would have a much larger following,
including ourselves, if it kept better
hours.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
PROFITABLE p~oLITENEsS.

Courtesy, f%rankness and their kith
and kin among the virtues usually
pay in the long run, If the man EN-
ploying them is sufficiently prac-
tised in their use to cen at his
ease.
A Newarker recently furnished
striking proof of this statement, II
any PROOF is needed, as, indeed, it is
not.
This man was awakened at the
dead of night, and saw in his bed
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
NO ESCAPE.

when you stop to think of it.
isn't it remarkable that barking
dogs never bite?'
MAY be remarkable, but it is inn
possible to squeeze much comfort
out of that fact when you remember
their bark is worse than their bite"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
The People s Rostrum
s4g4*

ly belongs to the warden. who will
take hold Of his Mties on May 1.
Unless a strict set of Instructions is
given as to the respective duties of DIR.
Dill and the new warden, Charles A.
Steadnan, the public can look for many
more clashes in authority at the asylum
of the same kind that have done so
much in he past six months to give a
bad name to the institution.
TAXPAYER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
THE WISE COURSE.

Apparently that Manhattan
woman who moved to Brooklyn and
who sleeps six days and six nights
every week, awakening only to clean
up her house, has solved the prob
lem of life in the City, of Churches.
Learned physicians agree that the
ailment of the sleeper baf1es them,
but it seems to us to be nothing
more or less than a case of adjust
ing ones self to ones environment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
Daddy;s Good Night Stories
THE LADY BUGS DINNER.
BY FARMER SMITH.

BY FARMER SMITH.

Z = OF didn't tell me what the Lady Bug had for din
y ner the night DR.. Beetle was there, said Ethel
to her father latst night.
Well, began Ethel's father, if there is one thing of
which DR.. Beetle is very, very fond of eating it is hsn
eggs.
IT wonder" said the Lady Bug to herself, the day be-
fore she had the dinner, Il wonder how l am going to get
some fish eggs. l cannot swim, so / would be afraid to
go into the water for them myself
IT will have some rose leaves for dessert; I think il
will be very pretty to have all colors-white, pink, yell
low, and some beautiful dark red leaves / am SO fond of
rose leaves; but how am ] to get the fish eggs she
thought.
Inst then LadN Bug heard Tho EIng EnXs-IEhA and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

stead of spending it %frivolously under
the brilliant electric lights, why does
he not invest it in that most priceless
of commodities-knowledge?
PRAIRIE DAWG
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

The representative of a pocket Dor
ough State is master of the Senate OF
the United states. The senators from
the great States of New York. Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Illinois do his VIII,
and he has a dominating influence at
the White House. senator Aldrich
could not secure election in any largely
populated State. He is sure OF cleo
ton in Rhode Island because the vot-
ing population is SO small II pow
erful private influences can prevail
with the majority. We see he opera
ton of the same rule in this State
Men are elected to the Legislature in
the small counties of New Jersey who
could never be elected in he largely
populated counties. Senator Hand, OF
Cape May. for example, would be an
impossible senatorial candidate in Es-
sex,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

Jl-and Little Willie Treetoad playing out tin the road.
ooh, lack n Jill Frog, cor here a minute she called.
Jack ndJ nFrog with little Willie Treetoad following, can up to the
Lady Bugs door and took off their little caps.
what is it you want, Lady Bug they asked politely
81 wonder if you boys could get me some nice fish eggs for dinner o.
night" said the Lady Bug
1--WE will try" said Jack and Jill. 70 fNH
ooh, thank you" smiled the Lady Bug
"Can | go too%' asked little WnneTreetoad
"Of coursey can" said JacR, "bt you cannot swim
well, maybe I can't SWIM, said Willie, "but / may be able % help you
get the fish eggs just the same"
Albright" said Jack, lets hurry sal#N
"Good-by, Lady Bug they sad rs they started off
.Go6d-b ), desrs" said the Lady Bug sveeny
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

The STAR extends the privt-
lege of these columns TO the
public and invites signed COM
municatfons 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, 1910-04-28

The military held at Vim
cennes yesterday for the delectation of
Roosevelt We're perhaps appreciated by
him more tina any of the other sights
and experiences he has been favored
with, and there is more of that kind of
entertainment in reserve for him! En-
peror William will surely order out
some of his crack battaljons to show
how fields are won.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

The city gives a valuable franchise
to a telephone company to lay conduits
in it's streets, conditional only that the
city itself may also use the conduits
for its wires. When the city proposes
to run supply electric wires through
the conduits. I'D steps a representa-
tive of the telephone company With Il
| declaration that the city has no such
right. A pretty how-de-do. But it is
always that way.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

Grand opera in New York will prob
ably be dearer to the opera-goer by
reason Of the retirement of Hammer
stein from the field, giving a monopoly
to the Metropolitan Opera Company.
That company is not in he opera bust
ness for profit, but. at the same time,
its stockholders do not relish large
losses. They are well enough satisfied
to make both ends meet. AS the sole
occupant of the grand opera field in New
York, Philadelphia. Chicago and other
cities, the Metropolitan will have COM
mand of the best lyric talent of the
world, and, moreover, viii not be obliged
to pay the extrayagant salaries to for
eign artists that a been paid.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

The most congenial occupation for
public boards seems to be that of boost
ing salaries of employees. The Legis-
lature sets the example by constantly
increasing judicial and other salaries.
Boards of treeholders and common
councils join in the fun. The taxpayer
pays the freight. Essex and Hudson
~freeholders yesterday INDUCED in this
agreeable diversion with a general 10
per cent. increase for fifty Passaic and
Hsckensack bridge employees.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

room a stranger, whom he could not
but suspect had visited him for no
good purpose. But he did not get
excited and lose his manners. He
said, politely:
Are you a burglar"
Eyes, sir answered the intruder.
Have you a revolver"'
Yes, sir"
Then the master of the house got
up and took the revolver from the
burglar and asked him il he minded
waiting until the police could be
summoned. Since the revolver had
changed hands, the burglar did not.
Now, in reality, it was the citi-
zen's courtesy to the poor, friend
less robber which had disarmed this
housebreaker eve before the ques-
ton of the gun came. UP.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

Democrats in New Jersey are doing a
lot of dining these days. More, in
fact, than they ever did in their lives.
There have been no political cakes and
ale for them for time out of mind, and
perhaps that is why they are so inordi-
nately fond of the banquet board.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
* The EVENING STARS TWO PAGE MAGAZINE <
Wh:EN

FROM LIZA.
Please don't harry with wild
schemes Of reform.
These days of unconcern;
Cherish them as the luii before the
storm,
Remember that RETURN"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

This automobile game is a fail
ure. so far as courtship Is con-
cerned.'
b. ''Why?."
with the goggles he wears a
girl can't look the man in the eye
to see whether he is in dead earnest
or not
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

England has caught the airship
craze. Germany lost it's head over the
big dirigible. England takes to the
~aeroplane, as france did. The craze
is yet to reach the United States.
When it does Congress will nave to do
something.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28

Maude-My husband doesn't
drink, smoke or gamble.
Mabel-That's awful. Hasn't he
a single bad habit you ear nag
him about?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-01
NeighbOrS HELPED.

The loss in the Walker fire,
mention of which was made in
last weeks News, was 500, 900
with an insurance coverlng$4, 800.
1t was one of the finest set of
farm buildings In Franklin coun-
ty, and the devastation was com.
plete, not only of the buildings
but of their contents as well.
Mondays Valley Spirit, Cham.
bersburg) says that last Satur.
day, the neighbors of Thomas w.
Walker gathered and with sleds
hauled away the dead animals
that were burned to death last
week. They were slxty.seven
IN number and they were taken
to field and placed on heap and
covered with lime. This week
the neighbors and friends will
bring teams and clean away the
debris about the house and barn.
Both buildings will be rebuilt on
their present sites. The house
walls are good, but two of the
walls OF the barn must be torn
down. A remarkable feature
about the house is that it will be
practically only necessary to fill
IN the walls with lum Der, 1t being
burnt out so that there is moth.
ing left of the wood work.
The small brick house near the
main building was saved. This
house stands on the foundation
where the Wilson log house stood
before 1t was burnt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walker have taken up their
residence in this building.
There were several hundred
visitors to the scene of the fire
last Sunday. There were about
one hundred teams hltched about
the scenes of the fire during the
day.
All the stock saved out of the
confagratlon was one horse, six
young steers, fourteen chickens,
and a number of turkeys. Some
of the turkeys became so much
confused the night of the fire that
they flew right into the burning
barn."
Mrs. Walker (Scott Sloan, lost
all her silverware, about half her
wardrobe, her wedding ring.
most of her wedding presents,
and the Thousand and one" little
pieces of bricabrac, that are valu
able on account of their assocla-
| tlonS,