Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-05
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A new Jackpot" this time for the
purpose of financing several South and
Central American revolutions, and of
aiding the armed revolt against Diaz
in Mexico, is said to nave been I'M
earthed in Chicago.
As q result Of the investigation by
agents of the department of Justice,
several prominent financiers may be
arrested, 1t is said. Owners of silver
and copper mines In these Spanish
american countries which are down
with or threatened with revolutions are
peculiarly interested In the outcome Of
said revolutions, and are alleged to
gone so far as to contribute to the
Jackpot"
After all, what chance would
have In this purely industrial age wero
1t not for our little brother republics
to the South and their domestic
troubles? These same troubles have
furnished inspiration for a number of
writer's who might not have beer heard
from otherwise.
When 1t gets down to a question OF
for sympathizers Of one side or
another 1T is going q trifie too far.
When the trial of Mayor Gaynors
assailant finally did get under way
there was no occasion for the most
ardent admirer OF Jersey justice to
mourn the passing of the good old
From its beginning. to its end.
which fell in the same day, the trial
moved with a celebrity which astonished
those unfamiliar with the system in
this State. 1t was understood that
Gallagher would not be lightly dealt
with, yet When he received a sentence
of twelve years at hard labor. without
the major charge against him having
been pressed at all, the satisfaction
expressed at the verdict was general
and profound.
1t is a significant fact that, although
a number OF talesmen did not qualify
jurors for one reason or another. the
jury box was filed In Just ten minutes.
This chief source of delay in a trial of
the sort across the Hudson set one of
the records for speed during the trial.
Then, too, there were no omissions.
The testimony was varied and was
given in full, yet a day sufficed for
everything.
.
Mayor Haussling, IN his message to
the Council, places some of the respon-
for the High street factory hor-
where undoubtedly 1t belongs, with
the Newark public, and urges a civic
awakening, which shall preclude the
possibility of a repetition of the catas-
trophe or of anything like 1t. He says:
THE recent fire in a factory build
ing. which resulted in the death of
twenty-five human beings, should con-
vey an awful warning. Whether or not
there was official or individual neglect
of existing regulations. It is perhaps
too early to say but one fact seems
clear, we, as a community, have not
been as insistent as we should in the
OF protection against such dis
asters. We have been taking chances
with human life. " = Let us ear
nestly strive by securing the enactment
OF local ordinance or State law to make
such amendment as is in our power"
trust. and now openly so, says he IL
a conservative optirnist." A great
many men in his exalted position would
quite likely be radical optimists.
Judge Gary. however, coined his new
phrase In characterizing his attitude
toward the prospects of the country at
large.
Admitting that he sounded a note
of warning at the beginning OF 1910,
Judge Gary says he wishes to take is
sue with those who have been doing tho
same thing for the new yeaT.
From my lights he says, Il feel
SIS capable of expressing the conviction
that the outlook for the year is good
as they do of declaring to the contrary.
On the whole. conditions seem sound,
with nothing within my purview to
cause alarm. Why others are filling
the newspapers with pessimistic utter
ances | am unable to understand"
To a delegation which called at the
White House yesterday to protest
against hardships encountered by inn
migrants landing in this country, Pres
ident Taft admitted that he wasn't
very well acquainted with that partic-
ular subject.
One man cannot run the entire gov
eminent and 1t is very well he can
not" the President is quoted as Say
ing.
Such an admission indicates as moth
ing else could the wide gulf of differ
ences which separates the present
from an earlier administration, In
those happy. or whatever they may
have been, days one man not alone
could run the entire government, but he
had time for a vast array OF outside
interests