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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16
HERMIT OF HOGS BACK.
Ira Decker, of Hartland, Past 90, in Fairly Good Health and an In-
 vetcrate Tobacco Chewer.

Hartland, Dec. 16.-Living on Hogs back,' in this town, is Ira Decker, one of the oldest of recluscs in this corner of the state. Born in Colebrook more than ninety years ago, his health and appetite are still fairly good. He is. an inveterate to- bacco chewer, and he spends a good share of the money he gets from the town of Hartland to live on for plugs of the weed. His hair has not been cut in many years and hangs in curls on his shoulders, and .z other re- spects he is the picture or a typical hermit.
 Decker in years gone by was a we'll known salve peddler. His only enemy is the deer, which he says eat the frost-bitten apples on the ground near his home. Decker gets his groceries, meats and tobacco at Row iey's store in Riverton. His supplies for the eight months ended December 1 cost the town of Hartland trifle over STA.
 The Hogs back hermit. as he is called by some, exercises his right as a freeman on election days provided the campaign managers provide transportation for him to and from
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16
ATTORNERY GENERAL FINDS GROSS CORRUPTION
 AND MANY THIEVES IN UNITED STATES COURTS

from this system and from lack of su- pervision, is further increased by the safety from criminal prosecution af- forded by decision of the United States Supreme Court in United States vs. Mason t21s U. S., .517), where it was found that a clerk was not gull ty of embezzlement in appropriating fees:
 Because until he has stated is an- nual Or semi-annual account with the United States and that account has been settled so as to determine the ex- act amount due by him to the United use moneys of the United States" Here is record for inefficiency and crime that probably could not be equalled in any other department of government whatever, or in any private business. Nevertheless it is precisely what ought to have been expected under all the conditions. l 1t has been the custom to preach the sacredness of the courts. The idea that the courts can do no wrong has been as zealously touted as was few centuries ago the theory that the king could do no wrong Under pertain to them have been almost free
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16

The issue involved in the election n Arizona was the recall for judges. me Democrats won their sweeping and remarkable victory because they had pledged all Democratic candi- dates for the legislature to vote to re- store to the constitution the section which President Taft eliminated.
 The people of Arizona exercised their right to mako their own organ its law. ss Following the example of Oregon and other states they includ- ed a provision whereby upon petition Of some ten per cent. of the voters n election might be held to see whether or not an offending judicial officer should be discharged. Mighty Has the commotion in Congress 4rmong all sorts of reactionaries when fhis document arrived. Speeches were hurled at the recall until that Bower must have perished of sheer wsarinsss, had it been gifted with COTS.
 - Neverth eless a majority of both houses of Congress favored the Arizo- m Statehood bill, and it was left for President Taft to make a conditional veto, under which 1t was subsequent- ..ly provided that Arizona should not come into the union unless her peo- ple should repeal the recall provision. Thissthey agreed to do and this they will do. But the repeal of the pro- vision will be immediately followed, under the prpgram of the triumphant Democrats, with a constitutional amendment for the. recall which will be ad66tsd by The General Assemb
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16

the polls, The party that gets. him first on election day morning usually gets his vote. He. was never known to fool a politician.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16
LEGISLATORS SHOULD HAVE GAR FARE v.2ssi
 WHILE SALARIES REMAIN AT $500 THE TERM

to live in Hartford during their term,
 or, in the contrary, to pay their own railroad fares. would be to make 1t even more difficult than it now is for a poor man to sit in the General As sembly.
 The knot is not difficult to cut,
 however, and the General Assembly
 has the shears. It may make, if i' desires, d law like that existing in othor states, whereby the railroads
 will be required to assume the duty of carrying the law makers to and from their work, as an addition to the public burden imposed upon them. No man ought to be asked to do a legislators work for $500, and, pay for a large part of his necessary transportation out of this sum- If the General Assembly cares not
 to impose the cost of transportation upon the railroads, it should, as soon as may be, submit an amendment for the repeal of the restriction to which the attorney general has given new life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16

from oversight. +gy
 But courts are composed of men, and men are of the same flesh and human nature. Hence the same abu- ses have come into courts that would come into banks if there were no bank examiners.
 The condition is also largely due to the esprit du corps of lawyers, who as potent makers of Legislation, have ever kept a few soft spots for them selves
 Only in the atmosphere of the law does the fee system now draw the breath of life. It should be abol- ished. Lawyers in office should receive a stated compensation and no more. Fees should be turned into the Federal treasury.
 The gross corruption in the Fed eral courts should carry it's lesson to the courts of every state and to the people of every State. Judicial in- stitutions must not assume a sacred character which they do not possess. They must not be beyond the reach of public opinion, nor pretend that they are not subject to the sovereign will.
 Happily the courts of Connecticut, in, spite of eqtfal opportunity, are free from the looseness of management which has beeen found in the admin
 istration of the Federal courts, but they are not therefore altogether above reproach.
 The spirit of the situation is illus trated in the local agitation for an open coroner's court, instead of .se- cret coroner's court. Public policy and universal public opinion are against secrecy in this office. The office is a creature of the court Yet l the court looks on and is proud of being "undisturbed by public cla-
 mor," which is the name that privil- eged institutions frequently bestow
 upon public opinion.
 The country is indebted to Attor-
 ney General Wickershams for his ex- posture of wholesale inefficiehcy ant 1 corruption.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16
DEMOCRATS AS CHAMPIONS OF RECALL FOR 4
 JUDGES WIN VICTORY IN STATE OF ARIZONA

and submitted to the people, by whom it will be ratified, unless all signs fail.
 Thus do all things work for dem ocracy and the actuality of govern ment by the people. Prior to the Arizona veto the power of the re- call was not new. The people of all the far western states were con- sidering it, but the fact was not gen orally known to the country Pres ident Taft gave the recall wide un- derstanding and universal popularity.
 Almost upon the heels of his mes sage decrying the recall came the ac- ton of the people of California who, by an overwhelming vote, put the re- call for judges into their constitu- ton. Arizona now follows su.t. Again it must be asserted that the greatest obstacle in the way of MT. Taft's road to a second term is not his attitude on tariff and trust legis- lation, but his pronounced and incur able opposition to popular govern ment as exhibited in the powers of in itiative, referendum and recall.
 Taft lacks the versatility of Roose- welt, or at least his facility in getting the state of the public mind. Roose- welt, having denounced the people of Oklahoma for putting the initiative and referendum into their constitu- ton, recanted. There is now nc more ardent friend of those popular powers. in lip service at least, than he. And if he has not in set terms declared his allegiance to the recall for judges, he has asserted that there must be popular control ot jud dgessss ssAsNill Taft reeante
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16

The blessings of a. copper riveted constitution are coming home to the people of Connecticut with every de- cIsion of the attorney general. of this great and glorious state. who has now ascertained that members of the Gen eral Assembly are not entitled to car fare, going to and returning from the capitol. except once each way, at the rate of twenty five cents mile.
 This provision was well enough in ISIS, when it was made.s Railroads had not been developed except to a limited extent. A senator or repre- sentative went to Hartford, and re- mained there until his term was ov- q. or perhaps went back to his home rwo or three times during a session.
 In ISIS the rate of compensation paid to legislators was not as dispro- uortionate as it is now,s for $500 was Ehen quite sum of money and had q purchasing power in food and the necessities of life much greater than 1t enjoys to-day. % ---.-4-5es.
 The effect of compelling legislators
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16
LET PEOPLE INTERPRET

Governor Simeon E.. Baldwin but does his plain duty in giving effect to the constitutional provision relat- ing to travelling expense of members of the General Assembly. It is hLs business to take the constitution as he finds 1t. The constitution is an instrument that must be rigid to ev- cry public officer. It should be elas- tic to the people only. The trouble heretofore has been that the consti- tuition has been elastic for the bene- fit of privilege and rigid only to the people.
 The gordian knot may be cut in the present case by the. submission of an amendment to the voters in Novem- Der. .es ..'s .ssz4a.cs fe t If Governor Baldwin shall scaiT@ the General Assembly in extra session, this may be done soon enough to cover the next session of the legisla- ture
 The matter might be brought 70 the courts for adjudication. They could set the provision aside if they would. The process of reasoning re-. quired would be no more intricate, nor harder to follow. than that in the decision in which the constitu- tional provision relating to judges salaries was set aside
 Submission to the people is the pre- ferable method, favored by OH sense and reason. When there is a dispute as to the will of the sover- eign who can declare that will so we'll as the sovereign can?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16

=one of the little known activities 0 Attorney General George W. Wick ersham is the investigation of clerks offices in United States courts, some of the results of which are covered in his annual report.
 There were examined Ss clerks of- Aces.
 Gross irregularities were found in 1s of these offices. N s5
 In ten of these offices actual short ages were found. five of which were compromised and five of which were made the object of criminal prosecu- ton.
 Thus far only gross, or criminal, ir- reEuIarities have been considered. There were other offices which show cd poor records and minor shortages due largely to poor bookkeeping, which were made good by the offend ing clerks.
 --These irregularities are attributed by the attorney general to the fee system, under which the clerks arc corapensated out of fees collected in the exercise of their duties, maxi mum compensation being prescribed by law.
 The temptation to steal, arising
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16
LEFT s2oo,OOo ESTATE.
Dr. William c. Robinson. Former Professor in Yale Law School, Pro- yides for Catholic Charitable
 Institutions

pr. William c. Robinson, formerly professor in the Yale Law school and later dean of the law department of the Catholic university at Washing .on, left an estate valued at $200, 900. The will provides that the testator's body be inclosed in lead and placed on the shelf in the tomb between the caskets of "my two beloved wives" at Norwich, Conn.,, where Dr. Robinson was born in 1894.
 He left, rigid instructions that his children be trained in the Roman Catholic faith. He. says: 1T believe property of all kinds and ability 70 acnuire 1t are gifts of God" and there
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16
INFI4ANINfATORY RHEUMATISM :
 QUICKLY RELIEVED

Morton l.. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind, says: My wife had Inf1ammatory Rheumatism in every muscle and joint; her suffering was terrible and her body and face were swollen aI- most beyond recognition; had been in bed for six weeks and had eight physicians. but received no benefit until she tried Dr. Detchon's Relief for. Rheuma tism. It gave immediate relief and she was able to walk about in three days. I am sure it saved her life.'' Sold by Curtis Pharmacy, 1149 Main St., Cor. Elm.
 I 1S *6tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16
.Lite~Wate" Card Tables.

A Christmas Special in most convenient Card Table. In the homes where Bridge and other card games enjoyed such table necessity, and dur ing the long evenings to 1t will be in pretty steady Next summer it will give just good ser vice the veranda.
 With 3o" top in felt or imitation leather.
 S2l0, for Christmas. Worth regularly $4.oo.
 Furniture Store, fourth floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-16

fore directs that his six children con tribute to Catholic charitable institu- tions any money in excess of 'neces- sary amounts to support my children and their children
 He directs that the love letters between him and his two wives shall never be read except by his children.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
New York
Stock Market

New lork. March 30 some appear
ancc OF iirmncss was given TO the stock
market to-day By the fact that |, fow
issues nmdc good gains ana the gen
Graz movement although nniinportant
MAS inward until late in the dan Tho
4 Market developed no especial strength.
# however, AS IT Was one OF the smallest
~ me year, and the greatest gains
We're attained BY stocks which or,ii-
mar,iN 90 not figure as favorite
mediums OF speculation. Fluctuations
We're 50 narrow as TO afford fcw
trading opportunities. There was how
ever, a porceptihlc hardening OF the
weakened the market Yesterday. While
The demand was not heavy. il WAS
sufficient a. around established quota
tons to thwart efforts 10 dcpress
prices Offerings We're larger, toward
the close. and the Important stocks
lost their modest gains and Il trifle
Traders who, by their large opcr-
ations. are often credited with cxer-
cisins a predonnntins influence on tho
market apparently arc taking small
part III the day 10 day business at
present. Standard stocks were neglect
Cd much Of the time. and a large part
o. opera tons which apparently have
their genesis in pool manipulations. III
TINS connection. attention WAS drawn
to-day to the. ACTIVITY OF the local
utility issues. including gas stocks ana
fractions which were among the
strongest in the list,
factors in Missouri Pacific as a result;
Of Yesterdays election Of officers had
no apparent effect on the Gould stocks.
Missouri Pacific continued on It's
erratic course, establishing a gain carly
III the day. only TO fall about three
points above It's high range yester-
day. Tile money market was d,,ll. and
thcr" WAS still no intimatiuns Of II
bardcniHg tone on account Of the April
Interest and dividend disbursements
The returns 10 be paid OH railroad,
industrial and fractions securities IS
last year the amount was sl4l.9T1, 900.
Some further improvements in steel
and iron is noted in the weekly review
OF the trade. The United states Steel
0ornoratlon IS now reported to be
cap city, operations having been cH-
tended somewhat in the last week
Other news bearing on the general in
dnstriai situation was less favora Bile.
FAN River mills having reduced divi-
dends on account Of the continued un-
satSfac tory, state Of the cotton goods
par value. S2.471,oo0
United states government bonds were
unchanged on call.
Total sales Of stocks to-day were
New York, March eo.-Money on call
rate, = - closing bid, IL offered
at 3-S per cent. Time loans Very dull:
SIXTY days. el52I23-4 per cent;
months, 3d3 IA per cent Prime mer-
camille paper, to IL per cent.
Sterling exchange steady. with ca tual
business in bankers bills a S4.S42O for
siXty-day bills, and at S615 for de-
mand Commercial bills. s4.S3 81 Bar
= IoSt r., ~ 1ol I.,y
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COTTON MARKETS,

New York, March a2.-Thc cotton market
VAS nervous and unsettled during ,o-tiay's
uaalng, prices working lower under sea ttcr
las liquidation. Wall Street selling and offer
iHes from local bears. who wers probably
sh ss, "a by further rains IN Inc south
vest. ferorts OF some unfavorahlc trade con-
Gitions and Tho failuN OF the recent ccusus
feport 70 stimulate fresh buying Tie close
was barely steady al a net decline nj a o
points The markct opened steady al an
advance OF ! point March hut GENERALLY
II ncints lover under overnigh, selling or.
GERS. which We're attributed TO tho on si.r
tong shown by tho local market late ycsier
DAY, LIVERPOOL cables We're relatively .te,dy.
however. and with the assistance of,a littIc
fupport from the bull leaders prices "a lli.d
10 net advance or 5Ti points during thc
early trading. Offerings became hea yic1,
around $50 for May and 1887 for July vim
Ing the middle Of the morning the inarkr,
became weak under iiquidatio by ,raiIiut.
lones alnd more aggressive selling By local
pears. STOP loss orders were uncovered
around ~ for May and peiow 1880 Tor JuIy
ana Will the bulls gave a little siIppor, an
scale down dosing prices were Al practi'
caliy the lowes, leyei Of tho a., 81 ~ u,
crop months. Beyond the reports ~ r,,r,hnr
iisht rams IL the Southwest and untayora bIa
counts On ne TRACE situation there seemed
70 be nothing IN the news 10 make bear
ish impression oil sentiment, and many v.r.
manned 10 Attribute the decline to iiouida
ton by tired longs and Wall stree, saIi;,ir
Inspired by an unfaVorabic Wen ~ M 49,
era situation, legisla;!tc uncertainties ma
kindred matters Frvatc wires renortcd IN.
-, 49, Z! a h"" totloH pest IN Texas IN
,iie snare OF warm which II is said Is 10
be investigated by tho Staic Dcpartinan, ),
iraeted comparatively little attention AMI
local traders were evidently inclined II, ,sla
a farorabe view OF the new crop prospec:s
Receipts Al the ports day ,vcrc ? $40
bales against SOC, last Week ana IL oi5 iast
year To-day's receipts at Sew orcan. 3.I..
bales against 5.2i last Year and n, JIou.,a,;
2s57 bales against 1886 last year.
Cotton futures opened steady and c{a.os
barely steady:
Open. High. Low Close
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
DRY GOODS MARKET.

~. Me" oFk, March 1.-THE dry goods mar
kets rule quiet. 4 very moderate business
10 being done on branded bleached cottons
iohowinI the revision. Tickngs arc not to
~ reVised at present. apd other lines aside
from gray goods arc holding fairly s,eadv
oht arc very quiet. Yarns arc asy Under.
wear and hosiery arc seasonsbly uuist in
primary circles "
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MARINE INrELL1GENcE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. MARCH 90
A

PORT OF RICHMOND. MARCH 81. 1911.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Berkeley shelly Norfolk. MGR.
chandfse and passengers. Old Dominion Line.
steamer Blanche. Furman. James River
landings and Petersburg. merchandise and
passengers. Furman Line.
SAILED
steamer Berkeley. Shelly Norfolk mer.
chandise and passengers. Old Dominion Line.
steamer Mohjack, Graves James River
landings and Norfolk, merchandise and
passengers. Virginia Navigation Company.
James River landings. merchandise and nas
sengcrs. Furman Line.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
NEw YORK pKODIcE MARKET.

New York March 22.-Flour-Stcady with
a fair local trade. Rye Flour strong. Buck :
wheat-tluie, Cornmcal-.steady;k kiln dried
s".55. Ryc-Nominal. Barley Firm Wheat
spo, firm: No. red ai7ic elevator and o67sc.
{. o. b. afoa.. Futures nc higher. May.
aiisc.; July, 95isc. COrn-Spot easy: No. >.
5lH.c {. o, anoat. Futures lac. higher. May,
a6isc tnts-Spot steady. Futures nominal
Gu; Meats---s,eady. l.ard-Ehsy; Middle
West, sS"0N 800 refined steady: compound
qutt. Pctrolouin---Ste Woo-Quie,
Rosin--Steady. rurpentinc-Eirm; machne
barrels. $lG. Enthusiastically. Rice-Quict.
sugar-Raw. hrm refined, quiet. Coffee
Futures steady; spot. steady: Rio No. I,
e9sc: Santos 40. I. la7.c. mild quiet; Cor
dova l3M a 15a4c. Buttcr-Stcndy. Cheese
Quiet Eggs Weak; fresh gathered, l6,: n
i7c. Potatoes Firm: Florida. new. per crate
sl.5o0 .Oo: Maine. per bag. $llod $50; State
81 n $50: Jersey sweets. per basket, FAC a
sl.75: Eastern shore. per barrel. sl5OG 200.
Cabhagcs Irregular: Southern, per crate 81
Gil.it FTcights Unchanged.
CottonSccd oil was firm for spot on de-
nlArd from shorts. while futures suffered a
decline under "a sier crude markets. selling
Tor account Of reincrs ard scattered liQudu-
ton Futures closed 3n 10 points ne, lower
May. 6aom $50 April. G.53G 6.57; May 6.5ap
s6n; .Iune, G.s0nG.7o; July. G,G9Gsil: prime
crude. 5.,Gm5.id; do. summer yellow. 5000
n.G9; prize winter yellow 6.60I7oo prime
summer white. 6.5OI7o
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Crude urpcntine-Firm a, $50 SIS and se.cs:
receipts 5 barrels
savannah Ga. March c2-Turpentine-
Firm at s1o4@1.os: sales 60 casks: receipts
lo6 casks shipments 2s5 ca sks: stock lolo
casks Rosln--Firm; sales 6o4 barrels; re.
ceipts a64 barrels: shipments $50 barrels:
stock 5I1i2 barrels. QUOTE: B s1.15
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
RICHMOND nay M.RKEr

fSIChMono, Va, March %, 1911
ABOUT the same conditions prevail here as
last week. Low grades Of mixed and clover
very dull and can only be moved at conce,
s!ons.
Receipts for this week. s5s tons; receipt.
70. .on Ldst Week, so tons: same week last year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS

american Tel. and Tel conv. 4s...... los
American Tobacco Observation-Disclosures. -. 81
american Tobacco Observation-Disclosures. lo7i.
Atchison conv. is..,................... ioa2s
Atchison conv, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Ill
Atlantic Coast Line ist 4s............... ?iis
brooklyn Transit conr. 4s................ Sit
Central Of GeoiEiu 5s tbid) ............. los
Chesapeake and Ohio i1as.. .........,.... 1908.
Chesapeake and Ohio conv. ii:E (bidl. e6i /.
chicago. 3. and Quincy Joint 4s........ o5::
chicago. r. and Quincy gen. Is (bid) -. ?5s,
chicago, Mil. and 81. +. deb, ls tbid>, ?sit
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago. Ill. March 2?.-EXccssivc dryncs,
IN tho Northwest breaking tho record OF
thirty sears. gave the wheat market here
M upward turn to-day closing isGtc. 10
. M&4c higher than last night Later tho
trading lett and oats either unchanged
81! Within fraction. Hog products finished
al the way from yesterdays level 20 9.i.c.
decline
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y: New York March q. Bceves- Receipts
RICHMOND TOBACCO MAnkrr

KIchInohd, Va March 90 1911
hrights-Market continues firm with iirht
receipts Dark Fired Receipts light, SIM.
cured-Receipts lighter: market fairly ar-
tive at quotations. Dark Stcmmins--Receint,
nshtcr; demand food a quotat iona Brown
Shipping Receipts lighter: demand good a.
quotations. eoou al
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

500 bushels; oats o11oc0 bushels Shipments
Wheat, 1900 bushels; corn l55.Goo bushels !:
oats. .5tI0 bushels
CASH grain closed Wheat--No . red. Sal
q :pac. No. ; red SsMSa.c. 30. . hard. S3i:.
Waol2c.. No. hard. $50 acc. 30. northern
$50 q slol: No. northern. CSC. a 81: No 2
northern. q q aac. No. . spring, GOA CSC. No
: spring 'on Soc; velvet cbaK s2g,9ic: du.
rum, sdd $50 Corn-So. and No. . white
10 i,i,c; No. yellow. ~. a. 7isc.: No g.
and No white, Az n i5c: No. 2 yellow. $50
i9+c.; no, & i2i.n i5c,; No white. 4oa. (