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The Detroit times., 1912-12-05
GREAT CAN OPENER;
MORE POWER TO LIGHT AND TRUTH

pleasure observe the energy shown by the New York
legislative factory investigating commission getting after the
abuses that have exposed in that state
There's no publicity The Times therefore congatulates
committee bringing ont its secret report and reading
that report the people Of the United States
The powerful canney lobby will not be able to
press this report nip reform the bud It has done
many time
The influence report made before the national child
The cannot continue to DOM
factory legislation having nine out Of thirteen canney town
memberss on the legislative committee of labor and industry they have
had in 1912
there viii hardly be decisions by an
by Judge Mayer in 1905 legaizing child labor
Senator Wagner public that the need Of reform
win be put squay legislature the first day Of its session
reher with resolution preparing calling for immediate abolition Of
working and vile sanitary conditions
In such big welfare there need be scrambing for
credit of the achievement
noting that the commissions hearings at Albany the last
days Of the usual probing sort The commission
these hearings gathering facts much relating facts
Senator Wagner merely called his employee investigators to tell
what they public instead Of combining to Obviously the
comssion unwilling appear that outside agencies had
tcipated its work.
Even commission has done this in sedense 1t to be
congratulated on the effectiveness OF its method for forming public
opinion viii make cannery reform laws imperative
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05
The Next President

When an election Is once over, ana
the results are ascertained. the Amer
lean people have happy fashion OF
laying aside all feeling Of -acrimony.
and OF reconciling themselves cheer
fully to the will of the majority. Dur
ing the campaigx. Gov. Wilson's po-
litical opponents naturally did their
best to find debating ground against
his views as expressed from time 10
time. But he kept an admirable poise
and temper, talked generalities In
charming, yet statesmanlike manner,
and found himself on good terms with
everybody at the end OF the campaign.
Men who have shown themselves MT
ted to serve In the presidency OF an
American university must possess ex-
ecutiye talent OF high order and ex-
perience OF a very wide range. The
business OF being a university presl-
dent requires great power OF decision
and develops marked personality. III
Gov. Wilson could also have served
In congress for term, he would per
haps have been by inst so much the
better fitted for headship OF the ma
tional government. But II Is the gem
eral belief that we are fortunate In
having a man of his great attachments
and high character to be our next
president, and his well-wishers are
millions strong.-From The Progress
of the World" In the American Re
view of Reviews for December.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

n. y. dec. 4.--old sam clifford Is
lsertenly wonder at keeping married
sam Is 50 years old. ne got into the
habit OF being married away back
when abraham linkon was president
and beefstake was 8 cents a pound.
his first wives lasted him 90
years. and when The I'd one died re "
days ago sam was pretty sad
she had been a good wife, and he
dident like to lose her, and also 1t
looked like It might nor be so easy 10
get anuther as Il was when sam was
80 or so yeres yunger.
after the funerel sam come home
feeling pretty dismel
he has q nice little place CT hts own
out In brooklyn, and he dident like
the idea OF living alono In II worth
cent.
well, he was walking up and down
IN front OF the house. thinking II al
over. when he sTubbed his toe on the
curbstone and foil into the gutter
the poor old teller got pretty hard
Jolt, and he was groaning about his
tough luck when he felt hisself being
lifted up by pair OF arms
they was lady's arms
the lady helped old sam up onto HIS
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05
DO YOU THINK
MOTHER COMPETENT TO VOTEf

There was time in the good old political debates and bolster
Gus town meetings grocery nucleus Of public
crinon and nobody dreamed Of women voting.
time when public school teachers were not
women therefore be to hiring nowf
The modern killed The political debate and broken
grocery by carrying tie discussion Of public issues directly
into the center Of womans phere-the home.
No longer uthfuy be said that lacks the to
inform herself questions the day Her interest in them growing
Shall be discouraged
duty that competent citizen the state By
exercise he grows into ADLER citizenship
Those who exercise their right Of suffrage hoaghessy enemies
o their countrys welfare.
who fail exercise at all much dead weight to be
that much then
abort of being representative
the suffrage not merely the granting of privilege to
another Chiefly representative
shall women "You shall not perform this
though you also i. is a means Of growth
Suppose Michigan made law saying that hereafter all
purest milk noung baby foods must be reserved
boys tie little girl babies get along best they mayi
criminal to womans for social service by
enforced lack Of exercised
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

They eat OF trunk and they sit on box.
The floor Is all cluttered with nsh-nets and socks
They live spaghetti and red ink and cheese
And talk about Art with JUNCTION and
Their hairs trimmed and It's seldom they shave
AT puritan morals they sheer and they rave;
They not TO sweep to scrub or to dust,
They never pay bills till they find that they must
They SO in for fads In their manner OF dress.
They reyel in dirt and they're fond OF mess.
or "base money grubbers' they frequently rant
Referring TO artists who "sell"--which they can't!
Yet give them chance where the cash is the test,
They're just commercial all Of the rest
They strut and they they pose and they
And each has horn which he constantly blows,
Their minds and their with disorder rife
And they cali this Bohemian Lifel'
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05
The Two Tafts

The speeches which President Taft
has made since the election have
been praised, and deservedly praised,
for several good qualities For their
dignity, their sweetness and serenity,
for the pleasant humor which has rip
pied through the presidents refer
ences to mis- defeat. Who inspired
the president In these speeches? Who
helped him find just this hsppy tone?
We believe that nobody helped him.
that he planned and wrote these
speeches with his real selft. They
sound like him. In their pleasant
qualities. in their quiet fatnlism, and
In their sincere revelation Of failure
20 learn from experience they are
char acteristic OF William II. Taft
What we prefer to regard as the
presidents less characteristic self APP
pears In tho removals OF Bull Moose
federal ofioeholders These removals,
although they can now have no effect
uron Mr.. Taft's own political for
tunes, are signs OF considerable
political stupidity. We do not doubt
that good enough case can be made
out against some OF these ONCE
holders. We admit that they have
probably been guilty of "pcrnicious"
political activity. But no living by
SANDER IS innocent enough to ACCEPT
this explanation OF their removal.
They have been removed, and others
vii, be removed, because their per-
Diciousness was actively against Mr..
Taft and actively for Colonel Roose-
welt. Not a single offlce-holder has
been or will be removed for activity
On Mr.. .Tafts side.
Off course Mr.. Taft does not, In MS
talks with himself, seek to justify
taese removals by using such per-
sonal words. To himself he no doubt
looks like man who Is removing a
few enemies of constitutional govern
ment. To the public, which has no
such motive for self-deception,> Mr..
Taft looks like a president who has
for the moment refrigerated into a
spokesman and whose definition Of
'pernicious activity" is activity
against William II. Taft.
Our notion of Mr.. Taft Is that he
would not have made these removals
II somebody had not urged him to
make them--that some unwholesome
influence has been at work. II Is
OF the president to be
nj his best when he Is most thorough
" himself, az he Is in his recent
speeches, and to he less wise and less
dIgnified when he yields to the advice
OF other people Yet, in spite of this
obvious truth and the many times that
It has been brought to his attention,
Mr.. Taft keeps on yielding. from time
&c time, with strange Indifference TO
his name ard fame-New York Globe.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05
Now for Personal Guilt

Three years after Edward II. Harri-
mans death the United States su-
PRONE court pronounoes his most am
bilious achievement unlawful and or
ders the dissolution OF the Union
acific and Southern Pacific railway
merger.
When Mr.. Hartman defcd the law
| in this matter he did so with the
courts Interpretation Of II in the
Northern Securities case before him.
In that Judgment the court stood five
70 four. In the present instance there
| Is n unanimous opinion, one justice
not participating. Chief Justice White
and Justice Holmes, who dissented IL
the Northern Securities case, now
subscribe to the Interpretation OF tue
Antitrust act that was then made.
Thus IL Is no longer possible for
tation to base their prescriptions upon
the uncertainties Of divided court.
There was this pretense OF doubt In
the Hartman case, and there was th9
further Misrepresentation hat as the
lines merged were In some cases
th susand miles apart they were not
competitors. The summary manner
In which the court dismisses the
sophistry proves the strength OF The
law as well as the disposition OF lis
members to enforce IL.
AS In the Northern Securities,
Standard OF. and Tobacco proceed
ings, II this action had been under
the criminal sections of the Sherman
law there would have been an affirma-
tIon OF personal guilt ana somebody
would now be on his way to ting
penitentiary. How many warnings
like these must American business
men have before they refuse longer
to be misled by highly speculative
lawyers?
There will son be president who
Is pledged to the proposition that
Is not to be Irrigated for
ever with corporations, but Is to be
punished In the persons OF respond
BILE men. Who among our eminent
monopolists covets the distinction of
being the first to 60 to jailT-Nsw
York World
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05
Dollar Diplomacy

The president knows that whatever
the president designate may think Of
dollar diplomacy" there are Demo-
ciats OF influence who have q very
poor opinion OF and who VIII do what
they can to reverse the Taft-Kpox
policies In short order. One OF the
most prominent and substantial sup.
Torters Of Mr.. Wilson In the campaign
was heard on election night to say
feelingly: We'll, this ends dollar
diplomacy, and II may be assumed.
at least In the event OF another sup
porter's. namely Mr.. Bryan's, selec-
ton as secretary OF state, that the
phrase II not the fact viii disappear.
The presidents elaborate discus
sion Of the results OF his administfa-
tion In the department OF foreign rela-
tons Is impressive and may very well
serve to brace the friends Of aggres-
sive policy against the coming a.
rerialists." Whatever good they may
inter with Its bones, the evil that Il
has done 10 not as yet very apparent.
Perhaps the Democrats. who are ac-
tive II not very effective investigators,
will disclose the deadly trail Of
Iplu;ocracy leading TO Mr.. Knox's
desk. It will be needed to convince
the average practical American thar
real help to lift the central Americans
from their immemorial bog of bullets
and bankruptcy must come by some
such development az dollar diplo-
macy"
/. OF course. the phrase was tactiess
and easily misconstrued. II may 20
into the lexicon Of political "dont's"
to which Mr.. Taxi and his admins
tration have added 80 literally. But
under q more fortunate title the policy
Itself Is likely TO reappear In our
foreign relations. IL n not 20 much
what II Ia as what II II feared II may
be or may become that condemns
dollar diplomacy" IN the minds Of
liberals and jealous antiimperialists.
And under happier auspices this fear
may disappear.
One passage in the message de-
serves especial emphasis aud the sup
port OF every American competent to
think. This 10 the appeal to raise our
foreign policy above psrtisanship.
Cur foreign relations are not 30
critical and poignant as England's,
whose political leaders set us an ex-
ample in this respect But sLe prin-
ciple Is the same, and points clearly
to the profit OF setting up tradition
Of dignity, breadth, and nonpartisan-
ship in all parliamentary discussion
OF our policy toward and our relations
with other nations.
Only by this can we maintain that
continuity Of principle and practice
which IL essential to winning the re-
spect and confidence Of other nations.
Only by this can we develop q con-
fistent statecraft In world politics.
Chicago Tribune
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05
NEW1oRK.
LETTER.Nsafsza1 a

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Here IL a
peep into the Offices OF ]. p. Morgan
& Co., the richest and most powerful
banking house In America
The furniture is heavy. handsome
and expensive. but plain. The rooms
are far less pretentious and ornate
than those OF many a firm which Nor
gan could buy and sell many times
over
Smoking Is allowed. Morgan him
self has a cigar gripped In his teeth
great deal OF the time, and on the
desk OF each of his associates who
smokes there Is match safe and ash
tray.
A porter makes periodical rounds
of the Offices. He carries matches
with which To replenish the match
safes, also tray on which there are
perhaps dozen glasses or water, and
one glass of milk. Upon Morgan s
desk and that OF each OF the partners
except one, he places a glass OF water,
taking away the glass that Is there.
whether Il be empty or not Nearly
all the members of the firm drink q
lot OF water. One prefers milk.
All the partners and most OF the
employees are we'll upholstered. Nor
gan does not like TO have men OF lean
and hungry appearance. about him.
Also, he likes TO see q mans chin.
and all the chins In the establishment
are visible. Growing beard would
be equivalent 70 a resignation,
Morgan has excellent eyesight for
a man OF his years. He holds a print
ed sheet about Is inches from his
eyes, without glasses, and skins
! through It easily. He sometimes
wears glasses, however.
For many years Morgan has had
the same stenographer. James Web
ster King. King is an Englishman,
about So years old, white-haired, and
very active In his movements. He
takes dictation standing, with his
book resting on the top OF the finan-
cier's desk And King has to be able
to go some, to keep up with that die
tation. Morgan tears along at a
speed OF about Is words a minute.
He Is never lost for a word or n
phrase.
When he talks. his whole face
works. The skin on his forehead
goes up and down. his cheeks pull
and stretch In all sorts of ways, his
mustache is In constant agitation.
When the great man leaves the OF
fee, the younger partners have way
OF heading him on, one at time. on
his way to the door, to ask questions.
II may take him Is or 20 minutes TO
get from his desk to his automobile.
There are no women employed In
the Morgan Offices.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05
OLD SAM CLIFFORD SURE DOES THRIVE ON
MATRNIONY, SAYS THE JUNIOR OFFS BOY

front porch, and asked him was he
all rite
he said yes, he was all rite. except
he dident have no wire
then the lady begun to sniff, and
she said she could simpathize with
him, because she dident have no hns.
band. him having died also
so they both smiled, and bimeby
old sam asked her who she was
she told him, ard she was a respeck.
table wilder that lived not far awsy,
and they had nice little talk
next morning they was looking for
minister
there Is more ministers In brooklyn
than anything else, 80 II wasent long
before sam was hack Ii double har-
ness and trotting along fine
well, there's an old sayin, what's
ore mans meat IL another mans pig
en-, some folks don't thrive on matrf.
mony, but sam sure does. johnny.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

The most perfect and best or
oil characters. In my estimation,
is his who IL as ready TO par
don the moral errors OF man
kind as II he we're every day
guilty OF some himself and at
the same time as cautious or
committing q fault as IL he
never forgave one.-Pliny.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

Windsor Lighting Plant n Nuisance.
Justice Latchford, In the non-jury
sittings In Sandwich, Wednesday, de-
cided that the Windsor electric light
plant. on Pelissier-st.. IL a nuisance,
and he granted an INJUNCTION. restrain
Ing the city from continuing II. He
stipulated. however. that the operation
six months. to give the city time "a I'm
prove conditions. The complairaants
set forth four objections - smoke,
steam. noise and vibration--and each
was upheld by the court. James Coul-
ter and Miss w. Bartlett. residents In
the neighborhood, brought the suit, and
testimony was given by upwards OF 40
witnesses. City Attorney A. 81. George
Ellis said that the city planned to IN
stall smoke consumer. condenser and
generator, which are calculated TO re-
move the objections.
United States cattle have de-
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

Over 100000 has been subscribed
In Philadelphia to provide new and
additional buildings for the Childen's
hospital.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

An investigation under the anti
trust laws might disclose an ugly odoI
connected with the cold storage egl
situation.-Omaha Bee.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

Little girl Of three In New York
got hold Of the family whisky bot
tie the other day. Drank q pint.
Dead.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

Pittsburgh claims TO consume more
fuel than any other city In the
world.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

Bridge, to cost $4,000. 900. may
soon be built, $50 feet high. over San
Francisco bay.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

Monument to Gen. Joseph r. john
ston has been unveiled In Dalton, Ga.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

Pittsburgh women are advocating
the opening OF "curbstone markets
10 cut the cost of living
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05
MR.. sKYGACK FROM MARS

He TAKES WIRELESS OBSERVATIONS IN HIS NOTE BOOK
ON EARTH CUSTOMS
The Detroit times., 1912-12-05

United States cattle have de-
creased 20 per cent In 8 years.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-12

finally determined to come to Putnam and establish his industry, which Is one of the very first importance in the town. It has grown from a modest beginning to it's present proportions, and, as was said about three years ago, at the thirtieth anniversary banquet to Senator Hammond in honor of the establishing of such a highly success full manufacturir- enterprise. he Is re- garded as the founder of the silk busi- ness in Putnam. known as a silk city.
 Aside from his business interests here, Senator Hammond has had much to do with the affairs of the city. Few have received more political honors from the town of Putnam than has been showered upon him. He has re- peatedly been a member of the lower house of the legislature, and during the last session was member of the senate. He is a member. as he has been for years, of the town school committed, and has given much time and thought to various matters that have been of lasting benefit to the city.
 Senator and Mrs. Hammond have a host of friends in Putnam as they have also throughout Connecticut They are in good health and are get ting the most out of life. enjoying their beautiful home, improving theil many opportunities for doing good sparing no means to make the mos of the sunset years of lives that have been of so great value.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-12
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
Of Senator and Mrs. George A. Ham.
 mond Being Spent in New York.

Senator and Mrs. George A. Ham,
 mond are in New York today (Satur-
 day). the golden anniversary of their
 wedding. which occurred in Wauregan
 Oct. 12, 1862. Their trip to New York
 for a sight of the greatest American
 fleet ever assembled is the only ar-
 rangement that they have contem-
 plated in passing an anniversary that
 is allotted to only a very few mar
 ried couples.
 Both were in fine health and spirits when leaving here on the afternoon express.
 Mrs. Hammond was Miss Jane Crandall of the town of Plainfield. Senator Hammonds boyhood home was in Hampton. Their marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. MT. Fellows, who was for so many years pastor of the Congregational church at Wauregan and who is held in loving memory throughout the county. Senator and Mrs. Hammond have been residents of Putnam for many years, the senator having established the business of the Hammond & Knowlton company, silk manufactur- CTS, about 94 years ago. Before com Ing to Putnam they had lived in Will limantic. and when considering a change of location had considered New Haven and other places, but, as Sen ator Hammond frequently relates. he could In those long distant days see
 the bright future of this city and
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-12
DIVORCE FOR MRS. VIM. J. ASHER.
Alimony of s26.ooo Granted, After Court Hears Testimony of Neiehbors and Detective Burke.

The October term of the superior court was opened in this city at 1915 o'clock Friday morning, Judge Will liam l.. Bennett on the bench. The short calendar was first disposed of and then an uncontested divorce case was heard.
 In the action of Faith Rawson vs. May Rawson, a divorce case, $33 was allowed for the defense. The case of Eleanor Goodrich Campbell vs. Doug las Campbell, in which a motion was made to have the case referred to a committee, was postponed for one week On the trial list to the jury the case of Eugene Fortune vs. Karoline Hansen was postponed to Oct. IS for assignment, as was the case of Nathan E. Douglas vs William N. Herrendeen. These cases were assigned for trial to the court on Wednesday, Oct Is: The Whitehouse Sales Co. vs. Louis Feiner, and the American Purchasing Co. vs. Louis Feiner.
 The first and only actual case taken up and disposed of was the action of Nellie E. Asher vs. William J. Asher, an uncontested divorce. The complaint set out that the parties were married on March 21, 1891, at Trenton, N. J., and the ground for divorce was adult cry on divers occasions between 1899 and 1912. The complaint further set forth that the couple had a daughter,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-12
Stevens-6urs
FUNERAL.
Mrs. Frank Johnson.

Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie Johnson, wife of Frank Johnson, were held here Friday, burial being in Grove street cemetery. Mrs. Johnson died in Lakeville, Mass.
 Daniel F. x. McAvoy, who has been having serious trouble with his eyes, is gradually improving.
 There are six candidates for repre- sentatives in the town of Putnam this fall. The town will have two repre- sentatives in the legislature.
 Mrs. Helen Coyne of Worcester has been the guest of w. E. Davison and family.
 It is understood that Killingly High school will challenge Putnam High school for a fall track meet to be held at an early date.
 State Central Committeeman John O. Fox of this city has asked the chair men of the democratic town commit tees in the 18th district to meet him in Putnam this (Saturdav) afternoon.
 Assessors Warning.
 Walter s. Carpenter, Allan w. Bowen and Hector Duvert, assessors for the town of Putnam, have issued the usual notifications relative to the handing in of tax lists.
 McDermott Having Time of His Life, Cards received here from Thomas McDermott, winner of the worlds se- ries contest conducted by a Boston paper, indicate that he is having a royal time at the games being played in Boston and New York. The large number of out of town pupils in Putnam High school this year indicates that the receipts from tuition will be greater than has been the case in past years.
 The city officials are making care ful inspection of the manner in which house connections are being made with the sewer system, insisting that the rules laid down shall be followed Rally Day Services.
 Tomorrow (Sunday) is to be Rally day in the Sunday school of the Meth odist church. Committees who have been in charge of the arrangements have given the programme a grea deal of time and attention. Rev. Alex Braisland of Arena, N. Y. | is to be the preacher at the services tC be held at the Adventist church to- morrow morning and evening. Two new members have recently been re. | ceived into this church.