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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
1From the National capltaI.l

(From the National Cap1taI)
Charles McKlnleys political magazine of Washington, d c, in its cr
issue says
THE next senator from New Jersey will be a Democrat, hat Demo-
.cat will BET the same OLD fashioned Democrat who formerly represented that
state in the Senate of the United States. the Hon. James Smith, jr If
here we're doubt that Senator Smith would return to the Senate that
doubt ws dispned by the action of Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson in oom-
ing ot in a statement and meddhng in the affairs of the Legislature. upon
which the duty involves Of ehming a senator Senator Smiths answer to
Governor wilson's trade was a manly and a statesmanlke uterance. which
has convinced the people that Senator Smith is lot only the man for them
to send to the Senate, but prominently the best representative they could
have in that body. Senator Smith has been for years ne If the leading
men of the Estate of New Jersey and identified thoroughly with its best
hought and its most progressive citizenship He knows the needs of the
of the State better than n man in it, and, knowing those needs
is brave enough to stand up tor them regardless Of any thing or N party.
There is no man in that State who is so thoroughly representative of the
interests Of the people as Senator James Smith, jr To compare him with
the present senator from New Jersey, and the la whose place he viii take
Hon. John Kean. were like comparing he soar system with the feeble
cmuNations of a lightning bug Senator Kean is the representative of the
and the corporations. and Senator Smith will be the representative
of the people. 1t was a ran day for New Jersey when he got back into
the old road again, an I congratulate her people that they win one more
James Smith, 4tr
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
The People 5 Rostrum
F444s444Y4+4.H OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

curing one of his terms as State SEN
ator of New Jersey.
A man who is small enough to set
himself up against the verdict of every
io~yal-hearted American ought to hide
his identity from people in every walk
Of life," take q reef in his inflated ego
and study the Constitution of the
United States, especially article l..
section IL. House of Representatives"
The House of Representatives shall
be composed of members chosen every
second yea by the people of the sew
eral States and then section III,
"Senate-How Composed The SEN
ate Of the United States shall be COM
posed of two senators from each State,
chosen by the Legislature thereof"
Because II Mr.. Gebhardt and Mr.. Will
son, whose reflected light he now shines
In, elect their candidate before the
Legislature meets In joint session the
governor-elect and the senator-now
serving his third term-may be I'm
peached. RoPEWALK.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 4. 10
ALl77LE TINE FOR CONSIDERATION

n I is, perhaps, well that the pretensions of the Goyernorelect IN
regard to the election of United States senator should nave
been made at a time when the people of the State have oppor-
tunity to examine them and to comprehend their significance. Or.
Wilson in his campaign speeches made no avowal OF the purposes
that he is now committed to. Not a single voter in the State when
he went to the polls understood that when he voted for DIR. Wilson
for governor his vote meant that DR.. Wilson should choose the next
United States senator. Nothing was said to that effect in the cam,
paign speeches made by DR.. Wilson. The party platform did not
say so. and, as far as we can ascertain, none of the party campaign
speakers made the announcement. In his speeches Dr. wilson
made no reference to his candidate or to his present insistenee that
the so-called senatorial referendum, which had preceded the cleo
ton campaign, had imposed upon the party and the Legislature the
bounden obligation to choose his candidate for senator. All this
is new to the people since the election. 1t was entirely unsupported
before. There was a worthy candidate for governor on the Prohibl-
ton ticket three years ago who was more candid in his campaign
addresses. He promised, if elected, to stop the sale of liquor in New
Jersey forthwith. He was going to be a law unto himself. Not u
few simple folk believed that declaration, which, if spoken in igno-
rance, was made in good faith. 1t was laughed at. But is it any less
extravagant for a governor to assert the right to choose the United
States senator? How would such a claim have figured in the cleo
ton campaign? How does it figure now in the minds of people,
who know the A B G of constitutional law, after sober considera-
fon
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
A STRANGE BATTLE IN LONDON.

M@NE of the strangest spectacles in a modern city that the mind
WV can conceive of was the battle in the heart of the city of
London between two desperate burglars and murderers on
one side and fifteen hundred metropolitan police and one hundred
cracked soldiers on the other. For hours the two desperadoes, in
trenched in a tenement house, held this great force at bay, and
then, their fortress taking fire, persisted uncaptured in the flames.
In the sparsely settled sections OF the United States men of desper-
ate character, pursued by officers of the law, have intrenched them.
selves in buildings and kept up a long resistance. A case of the
kind recently occurred in the middle West. But there is no parallel
in American or British history for the strange battle in London
Yesterday. The question may be asked whether such an event could
occur in New York city. Think of fifteen hundred policemen and
one hundred picked regular soldiers besieging a house garrisoned
by Two men and successfully defended until the defenders finally
died in flames. The incident cannot fail to create a sense of inse
curity in London. If two men can hold the London police depart.
ment at bay for hours, what might not ten thousand men do? What
might not fifty thousand men do? There are more than fifty thou
sand men of desperate character in the city of London. There are
4 more than that number of men in London who are at war with
eociety and who would rejoice at the chance to give battle to the
police for the sake of footing the houses of the opulent. The scenes
al Yesterday were not to the credit of London police management,
we believe that in New York city the two desperadoes would have
been taken by half a dozen detectives and with very little fuss.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
Lauds Newark Firemen.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
The newspapers state hat the fire.
proof doors of the storage warehouse
in Arlington street were torn down by
,firemen, and that it was done against
the protest of the employees of the
storage company. II this be true the
guilty fremen should be made to an
swer Now, I do not wish to protest
to the public against the firemen in
this letter, but as an eyewitness at
the fire l want to mention one fire.
mans work which was surely worthy
of praise. / was standing on a small
roof in the rear of the Mulligan stables.
I heard a crash of glass. I looked and
saw a window In the factory adjoining
the burning building being broken
open. A lone fireman thrust his head
through the window, dragged a hose
nozzle through and poured a stream
directly into the burning building and
performed very good work. So while
the public might raise the cry against
the fire-f1ghters in regard to battering
down doors I will say that Newark
has some real fre-ighters, as the
work of this man proves.
EYEWITNESS.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04

Word About sThis Democrat"
To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
I read a headline in the Evening
News recently, mo Smith for This
Democrat"
This Democrat is State Senator
Gebhardt.
Now, I am not surprised. I know
the gentleman and his control Is the
personal pronoun 1. Read this state
ment of othe member of the Senate OF
N ]. who is now serving his third
term and note the Ego stick
ing out like quilts upon the fretful
~porcupine. and note the funny POM
mostly OF the whole outgiving of this
conceited mar
Who asked for any statement from
him? He asserts that those who are
alarmed about the election of Mr..
Smith need worry no longer because
there is not even a possibility of his
election"
That settles IT, Sepnarut nHs
spoke" Let people in all walks of
life" now go right on about their busi-
ness.
Sir Oracle Gebhardt makes me weary
really. He is the "bizzy bee" of Jersey
politics. He improves each shining
minute trying to shine in a reflected
light. He puts minarets on each shin
ing second, attempting to talk to all
Of the people, in all the walks Of life,
all the time. and inds out that nobody
is In favor of Mr.. Smith; therefore mo
Smith for This Democrat"
Now, l remember this Democrat is
the man who thought that Abraham
Lincoln was overrated and did nothing
sufficient to win that everlasting vene-
ration given to him by the American
people '1n every walk of life" except
our skeptical Mr.. Gebhardt, now serv-
ing his third term, etc. He made this
break about the most greatly be-
loved of Americans In our history
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04

lection for the factory workers hat is
so much needed. Thousands of these
people are cooped up all day in traps
from which they cannot escape in case
of a panic. Those who are to get busy
on this work cannot get busy too soon,
for almost n day Is liable to produce
another calamity of a like kind, maybe
worse. +
BY the way, have any of h readers
of the "Rostrum'' noticed hat any of
the notorious fre-traps within a stones
throw of that which has just passed
into local history have taken heed of
the awful lesson? There is a certain
building near the centre OF tho city
that needs looking after, gentlemen of
the Trades Council! 1t employs many
girls and is old enough to furnish a
harvest for death. There's not a fire.
escape on it, and it's conditions for a
panic r ripe. L. L.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
Raue rhi. MournfuI Monument.


To the EDITOR of the Evening Star:
1t is more than five weeks since the
High street fire horror shocked the com
munity. The "crowner's quest" has ap-
Piled the expected whitewash; h vic
Tins have long been laid to rest; the
contributions for the survivors are be-
ing distributed, but the mournful
to somebody's carelessness
is still standing on the site just as It
was the day after the disaster.
Why is not some move made to clear
away the ~hre-scarred and blood-stained
ruins? The heaps of black brick ana
burned timbers are stil1 spread across
the sid ewalk and much of the walls is
still standing. Why not remove these
evidences of official stupidity or gross
neglect?
In connection with this subject let me
wish all success to the plan Of the Es-
sex Trades Council to locate other fire.
traps; but that's the easiest part OF 1t.
Let us hope that the members of the
council will be able to secure the pro-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
THE EIREpPOoF STORAGE WAREHOUSE

cTo HE building of the Knickerbocker Storage Company, which
was destroyed by fire yesterday, wa supposed to be fire.
PROOF. The building was advertised as such to people who
stored their goods in ii. 1t is evident enough that the building was
not freproof, except, perhaps, the walls. No building is proof
against fire that has wood in it's construction, and no building can
be exempt from fire that contains goods of an indammable character.
There are many so-called freproof warehouses in the land. People
store their goods in these houses without insurance, to save the
cost of insuring the property, believing their goods are safe from
fire. Several years ago a large storage warehouse OF Washington
street was destroyed by fire. 1t also was "freproof" A number of
people who had placed their household goods in this, warehouse
without insurance, trusting to the freproof character Of the build
inc. lost their all When a building is advertised as freproof for
business purposes, should it not be the duty of the building inspec
atiop department to see whether that building is really freproof?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
1NlElcANcE or a sUPREME coURT DECISION

1n HE importance of the decision of the United States Supreme
Court affirming the constiutionality of the laws in Okla
homa. Kansas and Nebraska assessing bank deposits l per
cent. for a guarantee fund for the protection of the depositors of
all the banks in the State cannot be overrated. In the first place
the decision will revive in other States the popular interest in this
compulsory police plan of banking insurance. But the opinion of
the court lays down principles relating to the police power of States
that may have a vital bearing on the other questions not related
10 banking. The police power, the court holds, may be exercised in
aid of whatever is held to be greatly necessary to the public good.
NThe police power extends to all great public needs, and to that
extent is not limited by the Constitution. For an example, the
great public need in New Jersey is water supply and the conserva-
ton of the States water for future public supply That policy is
greatly necessary for the public good. A private commercial cor
poration is now appealing to the Federal courts against that policy
and in behalf of a private enterprise that threatens the public good.
III asks that the police power of the State be restrained by Federal
authority. There seems to be an assurance by this decision that if
the East Jersey Water Company gets it's case against the State as
far as the United States Supreme Court it will again be shown out
OF court.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
THEY'LL O DO 1T.

A woman who has reached the age
of 80 advises her less mature sisters
in order to enjoy longevity to swim
and avoid corsets.' The softer sex will
consent to swim or dive opportunity,
but as to avoiding corsets or being
out of fashion, it would not do that
even If 1t enabled them to attain the
age of lsO.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
NO WONDER THEY WIRED.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lawrence
and little girl F1ossie, Of Owooso.
Mich, came Saturday to spend q
week with their sister, Mrs. Her
nance and husband. but Sunday
they received a telegram, calling
them to the home of the formers
brother, who with his family were
struck by a Michigan Central train.
killing their son and injur1ng him
so that he will die, while his wife
has a broken leg.-Adr1an (Mich.)
Times.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
SOME MORE ANSWERS.

Dear On the Side:
Why isn't public indignation over
a preventable catastrophe, which
costs human life, the most ephem-
eral thing In the world? II doesn't
tarry long enough to get acquainted.
W. J. N.
Dear On the Side:
Nothing is more epbemeral and,
believe me I know what I am talk
ing about, than a mans conviction,
on his first voyage across, that he
is q good sailor" A. s.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04

Two bandits managed to hold fifteen
hundred policemen and a hundred SOL
diers at bay all day yesterday in the
heart OF London. In the end they
persisted in the building they a ig-
nited rather than surrender themselves
to their antagonists. 1t might be inter-
esting to speculate how long a half
dozen equally determined men could
have held the tenement-citadel had
they prepared themselves for a siege.
Undoubtedly the soldiers and police
men were restrained from rushing the
house wherein the desperadoes a
taken refuge by strict orders, the IDEA
being to avoid sacrifice Of life at all
hazards. Yet it is difficult to imagine
such a situation in New York or n
other large American city. Some ruse
must have put a period to such a siege
long before the day was ended.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04

WN:TM
ON ONE CONDITION.

ON OTNE IUTNUITIUN.
| sure would like TO win undyins
fame,
And feel convinced I would enjoy
the same:
But first ia want to have them
guarantee
No bum cigar should ever bear nv
name.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the pupnc anu
not more than one hundred words
treating of topics OF the hour
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04

Tie verdict of the jury trying James
j. Gallagher. who attempted to assas-
sinate Mayor Gaynor, as to his sanity,
was a popular one. Fifteen minutes
was sufficient for the jur ymen to rea en-
the conclusion that Gallagher was
sane.
While fair-minied people everywhere
want to see Justice done, there would
have been general disappointment had
Gallagher escaped trial on the ground
that he was insane. The defense Of
insanity is made so often when it isn't
justified hat it has come to be regard
ed as a subterfuge.
When a crime is conspicuous and I'M
provoked, as was Gallagher's, the pub
lie feels that the least the law can DO
is to take it's course. There Is little
likelihood that the prisoner could suf-
fer an injustice. since his condition,
even If the jurymen were mistaken In
it, may be observed throughout the
trial.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04
"a ~
THREE In oNR.

A caravansary within easy hall
ing distance of that throbbing heart
of New Jerseys trolley system
the -Four Corners-recently adj
vertised for q porter. Many falt
they were called for the position,
but none were chosen. 40 In each
instance such references as the aD-
plicant was able 70 show hoksd
class and distinction. Indeed. m at
least two GASES It was stsonsiy ~
pected that the wUuld-bo porter had
lost his previous Job through IN IN
timed attempt 10 murdsr his en-.
ployer or burn the latter.s placs al
business or some other indisweeisa
Of like nature.
Finally, howevsr. b mAAs D shc4N
story long enough Scr this spmoA
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04

An Italian specialist, who has studied
nervous disorders for years. declares
that silence is the only cure for them.
He goes right on nd states an obvious
joke seriously, that is hal ONE have
little opportunity of curing themselves
of such ailments.
Nervous depression and neurasthe-
MIA are due to a tendency to talk too
much" says the expert. A great many
other ellis that flesh is heir to- are due
to this very same tendency, 1t is said
Now that there is at hand scientific
proof that the tendency is unhealthful,
perhaps the desirability of cultivating
silence Will be more generally under
stood.
Our critics have agreed that the
greatest trouble with America is its
case Of nerves" The italian specialist
makes no particular mention of us,
but, perhaps, after all, we might get
along with a little more silence, whether
or not we really need it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04

- =, =. - -4.1 -. .-l.- - L44 .-:-17 IT,
NE OF ue aug speo'"eioe IN :" hoein lily ina NV "nu th
N y can conceive of was the battle in the heart of the city of
London between two desperate burglars and murderers on r
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-04

The National Highways Protective
Society is seeking to safeguard the
streets of Greater New York against
the irresponsible drivers of trucks.
Heretofore most of the agitation for
highway protection has been directed
against the chauffeur. Statistics, how
ever, snow that in New York during
the past year many more persons were
killed by wagons than by automobiles.
Indeed, the wagon victims greatly out
number those who were struck down
and killed by trolley cars.
Officials OF the Protective Society de-
clare that this remarkable state of
affairs is due to the fact that the law
does not now restrain drivers as It
does chauffeurs. A chauffeur may be
fined for intoxication alone, while the
teamster gees free. II equal penalties
can be fixed for them 1t is believed
that deaths due to wagons will greatly
diminish.
Since children are almost invariably
the victims of the teamsters the Pro-
tective Society should have no difficulty
in arousing a sentiment favorable to
their crusade and strong enough to
make II effective.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-04

lH EpNAK-M6QEX
BrT SHE GOT .oNTO- HIM.

It was quite a bunch Of women
They were sewing for charity, or some
thing. and they were what we call
nice" women. Most of them were old
enough to have had some experience
of life and there was only one unmar-
ried woman in the lot.
They had been discussing a story
which had appeared in one Of the
papers that morning. The story dealt
with a couple who were about TO move
their household goods from one fiat 10
another Upon the day of moving, ear
ly in the morning, the husband receiv-
ed a telegram demanding his instant
presence in Cincinnati upon an urgent
business matter.
Said husband deplored the necessity
of fastening away when he was so
much needed at home, meanwhile
winking TO himself as he thought what
a very, very clever man he was to
think of having that telegram sS1t.
Said wife believed il the telegram
and the business, helped hustle him
down to his train. said she guessed
she could see 10 the moving without
him-and then sat down to think.
The result of the thinking was that
she countermanded the moving order
for that day, and when husband re-
turned two days later-eXpecting to
take up his residence in the new place,
he found the furniture still repOsing
at the old address.
Upon making manifest his surprise
and chagrin at This unexpected state
of affairs. wife calmly remarked to
him, It's your move now" Where
upon he ''tumbled,' and the next NOV
ing day found him on hand.
The consensus of opinion from the
women was expressed by bright
eyed old lady who had been a widow
for several years.
Yes" she sighed. men are liars.
and really accomplished excuse max
ers.
Now take my husband-God rest
his soul!-he was certainly a fine liar.
He was an expert. | didn't get on to
him for eight years. | used to believe
everything he told me- l thought ii
odd sometimes that he always had so
many handy reasons for not falling in
with my plans, or for getting out of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-04

Now that the Taft administration
has found itself in the middle of a
troubled political stream it proposes
to change horses. The tariff and reel
prOcity horse, as a means of carrying
Mr.. Taft into another term as pTesi-
dent. is TO be abandoned, and in its
place will be substituted the antitrust
horse. The Presidents friends, and
the president himself. are about ready
TO admit that the people will not en-
dorse his tariff program. so he plans
now to begin shouting at the trusts in
an effort TO divert attention from his
efforts as a tariff reformer.
That this change is TO be made in
policy is indicated by Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham, who has let it be
known that he intends to get alter
some OF the big corporations
That President Taft's opposition to
the trusts will be about as sincere as
his advocacy Of tariff revision down
ward is indicated by his Detroit
speech. in which he opposed amend
ment TO the antitrust law