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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
BUSY PLANNING FUND

NEW YORK, Aug. 14-Frequent
conferences on finances are keeping
the Democratic national committee
men busy at Wilson headquarters.
William G. McAdoo Is presiding in
the absence of william F. McCombs,
chairman, who is i'll. Mr.. McCombs
is chatting under his PHYSICIANS or
ders that he remain at home for at
least a week, and the committeeman
are expecting him to appear at head
quarters almost any day.
A flood of nickels and dimes has fol-
lowed the committees announcement
that small contributions are desired,
and every mail brings a substantial
increase to the pile Of small coins
that all but fills the offices.
"If this keeps up my Office will look
like a mint" said Henry Morgen-
THAI, chairman of the finance COM
mittee, as he looked at a pile of the
small coins on his desk.
Word has been received from Gov
ernor Harmon, of Ohio, that he will
take an active part In the compaign
when he returns from his vacation
two weeks hence. He will write on
various issues of the campaign as well
as make several speeches.
Willard Salisbury, member of the
campaign committee from Delaware,
has been placed in charge Of the spe-
cial bureau, one of the main objects
of which will be to devise ways and
lea to counterfeit the effect of the
circulation of the Governors writ
ten views on immigration and re-
ligion.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
NEW YoRk,s DEMOCRATIC TROUBLES.

ea HE Democratic party situation in New York is one that
has an ultimate connection with the national campaign.
New York is not an ordinary State and its politics are
interviewer with national politics. Both at Chicago and at
Baltimore the New York delegation and leaders were foremost
in action and fairly occupied the stage. Ordinarily there are
party factions in New York, but the strife that has arisen since
the Baltimore convention is more than fractional and it is ma
tional in character. A body of Democrats who claim to be de-
voted partisans of Governor Wilson has arisen with the demand
upon the present State leaders to retire from the party control.
These men antagonize the denomination of Governor Dix for the
reason that he is identified with the party leaders. This fight,
begun with the purpose of effacing the State leaders, is waged
in the name of Governor Wilson and avowedly in the interest of
his candidacy. A presidential candidate may well keep out of
a purely local party quarrel, but this is not a local factonal
quarrel. 1t is a revolt in the name of the presidential candi-
date against the organization leaders to drive them out of
power, and it has a vital bearing on national Democratic poll
tics. Inspiration for the revolt came from the Baltimore con-
vention and from Mr.. Bryan in his onslaught on the New York
delegation, and it's outcome is watched for in every State. In
an emergency of lesser national Importance in the Republican
party in New York Roosevelt unhesitatingly took a hand when
he had nothing personal at stake. New York State is of vast
Importance in the Democratic national campaign. Its fortyfve
electoral votes equal those of Indiana, Massachusetts and Min
nesota combined. 1t is a great pivotal State. It's party affairs
cannot well be ignored by a presidential candidate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
TELLS
WHY HE'S TAFT|TE
Believes G. o. P. Has Done Too
Much for Nation to Be
Destroyed.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-Although he
comedies that there was raw work In
the Republican national convention.
Governor Hadley, of Missouri. today is
in the lists for President Taft
He says that, even admitting MI.
Taft's nomination was 10 won hon.
estly, a national organization which
has accomplished for the people what
the Republican party has, should not
be destroyed.
The coming of direct primaries, SO
he believes, will put an end to all
discomfort at the action of conven-
tons.
In speaking of the Republican plat
form, he says:
81 have further felt that the plat
form adopted by the Republican con-
vention this yea shows that the Re-
publican party as it now exists Is not
a r~eactionary organization. While
there were a number of planks that
I should like to have seen adopted
particularly the plank declaring in
favor of direct primaries-which were
not adopted, the platform as a whole
Is the most progressive platform ever
adopted by our party"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
FOR WILSON

SEA GRIT, Aug. 14.-Governor Will
sons policy of keeping hands off
State affairs will receive a severe
test in the New York situation. Tam
many has issued notice that the
managers of the Democratic national
campaign must not interfere In the
fight for the governorship and that in
the opinion of the New York men
it will be necessary to renominate
Governor Dix.
1t is learned hat the Wilson lead
ers have indicated they would be
pleased If John fireman, of Ithaca, or
some other upstate Democrat would
be acceptable as nominee for Govern
or. They nave said Thai the nominee
must not bear the mark of Tam
many" and nave limited that Gov
ernor Dix does wear such a label.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
COPY ISN'T UNION

NEW YORK, Aug. 14-There vas
excitement at the publicity bureau
of the Democratic national commit
tee when a threat was made that pos
sibly nc more of the product would
get in type.
'Is this all union?" asked a man
of Josephus Daniels.
Certainly replied Mr.. Daniels.
I'VE have the union label on all the
printing"
But is the copy union?"
"Is the what u~nion?" asked Mr..
Hammond.
1.-THE copy" replied the man, as he
handed his card. 1t read: Heinrich
Charles, president of the New York
Newspaper Writer'S Union No. A." He
said all the foreign newspapers and
more than a hundred New York
newspaper writer's belong to the
union. Incidentally, he intimated
that unless the copy vas written by
union men 1t might be hard work
getting it in the papers.
81 know a lot of newspaper men,
but none who belong to the union"
said MI. Hammond. 80 I guess !
will 'scab' this job for a while"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
FINANCING THE CAMPAIGN.

oaHE question of finances for a political campaign is one that
has got to be met. Money makes the political mare 60
and it is vitality essential to the conduct of a campaign.
AS there is no public treasury to draw warrants upon and as
money cannot be evolved out of the air, private contributions
must be sought. And there's the rub. From whom shall they
be asked? There are many men in politics who habfually con-
tribute to campaign funds because of their interest in party
politics. Onceholders usually contribute or are assessed, but
the party out of power does not possess that resource. Taken
altogether, the money raised in these directions is not sufficient
for the actual expenses of a campaign and therefore contribu-
tions are sought elsewhere. In the past one fertile source was
the large corporations, but it has been fairly dried up by public
agitation and %prohibitive statutes. But money must be had,
and the ways and means is the problem for all the political
parties in the campaign now opening. And no doubt We shall
soon hear accusations and counter-accusatons as to the method
employed in getting the money.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
ScAREcRoWS FOR CONGRESS.

~NE of the tricks to scare Congress into surrender of the
NJ nations rights in the Panama canal is the sending of
dispatches from England and Canada and other coun-
tries telling of the intentions of their governments to abstain
from participating in the Panama Canal Exposition at San
Francisco because of the canal bill. There is neither authorize
ton nor truth in these fabricated dispatches and there is not
the slightest danger that any government, much less England,
would offer a deliberate afront to the United States. Those
people who, might be disposed to believe these triokster lies
have a poor idea of the republic and of its standing among the
nations. Nor have they any conception of the influence upon
the desfinies of other nations of the good or bad will of the
TInifed Etatas
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
DO YOU KNOW THAT

The greatest falls in the world are
the Victoria falls of Zambesi, in Rho
desia, which are 1856 feet high and
more than a mile wide, capable Of
generating $4,000, 900 horse power.
The second largest fall is a little
known fall of the Iguassu river, be-
tween Brazil and Argentina, with o
height of 213 feet, a width of nearly
two miles and a horse power esti-
mated at Il, 1000, 900.
The highest fall in the world is the
Yosemite Falls In California, with a
descent of $500 feet in three stages.
1t is estimated that 300,0 900 pianos
are manufactured every year in the
United States, which are valued at
$3.50, 900. 900.
More than a third of the new gold
now produced in this country goes
into the arts and manufactures.
For a white man to settle in the
Friendly Islands of the South Seas
meaps a deposit of $50 with the gov
eminent. If he remains a good citi-
zen the money will be returned to
him in two years. If he makes
trouble the money will be confiscated
and he deported.
1t is estimated in Europe that 1000
persons have attained their hum
dredth year. Bulgaria leads with
1888 centenarians. the last being
Denmark with two.
An acre of wheat in this country
produces an average crop of twelve
bushels, while in England an acre
produces twenty-seven bushels.
More matches are made in Britain
than In any other country in the
world.
A shepherd in Russia has 1900. 900
sheep. To look after and handle them
he has 80, 900 dogs. probably the Iara.
est pack in the world.
Japan has forty-five gas conpanieA
while five years ago there were only
seven.
Stems of bamboo sprout up fresh
and tender at the rate of a foot &
day.
The capitol in Washington il 1l0
years old. but is not yet finished ana
probably neve will be. /,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
POLISH VOTE FOR TAFT

NEW YORK. Aug. 14.-victor
Wilusz. publisher of the Glas Narodu
and the Unia Polska, Polish papers
of Jersey City, has informed Chair
man Hilles, of the Republican ma
tional committee. that both have in
dorsed President Taft for reelection,
"As a lifelong Democrat" he
wrote, "I regret that my people have
been so unjustly treated by Wood
row Wilson in his American history,
We hope you will convey to the
President that not only my papers
will support him. but that members
of the clubs and societies of which
am an officer will work hard for his
reelection"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
LET HIM TRY

The mar was one Of the sort that
women like because of their awk-
wardness, ugliness, m~asculinity, gau-
cherie and all that. His feet were
too big for his legs, though his legs
We're enormous. His chest was too
big for his head. though he wore a
and one-eighth size in hats.
He was like a st. Bernard pup,
but older than my young dog.
He a eve been at a regular
dance before. The girls looked like
delicate flowers to him and he hard
ly dared to touch one of them. He
looked to the girls like a new idea
and they hoped he'd arrived. He. did,
after a minute or two. He waddled
across the floor. made a stand in front
of the llttlest girl and said, more or
less ungrammatically: :
Can ! dance with your" q
She was ratified, but she answered
with a smile:
Il don't know, but I like you enough
to let you try."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
%UNPLED0ED, SAYS T. R.

OYSTER BAY, Aug. Al have
not promised any office to a single
human being declared Colonel
Roosevelt last night, land l have
not spoken to anyone on such a
subject, and no one has even indi-
rectly brought up the subject with
me-"
This declaration was the result of
a dispatch from Omaha to the eff
feet that, to win the support of
Governor Aldrich, of Nebraska, the
colonel had promised the Governor
a federal ~judgeship in the event of
election to the presidency. Colonel
Roosevelt said he had never heard of
this until he saw the dispatch in the
newspapers.
Colonel Roosevelt sat up late with
George w. Perkins, Senator Dixon,
Judge Ben Lindsey, Medill McCor-
mick, of Chicago; F. w. Bird and
o. K. Davis. He learned from them
what was done at the national COM
mittee meetings in Chicago after his
departure.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
THE ROMANCE OF THE GAMBLER.

eT1 HE romance with,which fiction has invested the gambler
of the professional type is dissipated by the demeanor
and conduct of the gamblers implicated in the Rosenthal
assassination. The professional gambler of fiction and tradition
is a man of steel nerves, cool and impressive in danger, true to
his word. having a strict code of honor in his dealings with his
brother gamblers, quick ON the trigger in selfdefense, but not
uuarrelsome and never inclined to murder. The characters
shown up in the Rosenthal case are of an entirely different de-
scription. Rosenthal himself was vicious in his relations with
the gambling fraternity, and the men who helped to put him out
of the way are of the lowest order. Each one is ready to sacri-
flee the others to save his own skin, and none is above the level
of a common thug. There is not the least suggestion of romance
in the appalling story of gambling, graft and murder that ap.
pears every day in the newspapers and will continue in daily
chapters for an indefinite time.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
STRONG
FOR WOOL BILL
Approves Action of House in
Passing 1t Over Presi-
dents Veto.

SEA GIRT, Aug. AT am heart
lily in favor of the wool bill. / think
the action of the House was entirely
~justihable in passing the bill owe the
Presidents Veto" said Governor Will
son today, speaking of the action of
the House of Representatives yester-
day. 81 suppose the bill has little
chance in the Senate"
Pending public questions affecting
the welfare of the farmer, the tariff
and agricultural development, Gov
ernor Wilson announced today, will
be discussed in his speech before far
mers of Pennsylvania, Delaware and
New Jersey at the Farmers Day cell
ebration at Gloucester tomorrow.
The Governor today received a rep
resentation numbering 100 men and
women from a church in Allentown,
Pa.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
BULL MOOSE PICKS
FORT AS CHAIRMAN
Former Governor to Resign
from National Committee
to Lead in State.

Giving official approval to the
votes for women" agitation, the
State committee of the Bull Moose
party Yesterday selected former Coz
ernor j. Franklin Fort as it's CHAIR
man ard named Borden D. Whitins
to LII a vacancy as member OF the
national committee. With his chair
manship Mr.. Fort will resign as a
mesnle ell of the national committee
anc his place will be taken by Mr..
whiting.
Other officers OF the committee who
were selected yesterday were: Vice
chairman. Frank B. Jess, Camden;
secretary, Frank ]. Higgins. Jersey
City; treasurer, Irving G. Taylor, of
Essex. In addition to these the chair
man will appoint an executive COM
mittee of seven members.
Four women will be added to the
State committee, this being author
lied by a resolution adopted just be-
fore the close of the session. The
committee went on record also as
being in favor of placing congress
sional and legislative candidates in
the field all through the State by pc
tition. Whether city and county can
didates shall be nominated was left
entirely to the local organizations.
The committee was in session three
hours, but only a bare outline of what
had transpired vas given out, the
meeting having been held behind
closed doors.
Former Governor Fort was named
as member at large of the State COM
mittee, as was Everett Colby. of Es-
sex; Frank B. Jess, of Camden; John
E. Gill, of Mercer; Edgar B. Bacon,
Hudson; Harold ]. Rowland, Essex;
George w. V. Moy, Union; Henry M.
Bailey, Bergen; Henry c! Whitehead,
Passaic.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
HIDING THE GRAFT MONEY.

TIT DIV to deposit or invest the "swag' so that it may not be
I'LL made to serve as evidence of guilt evidently has been a
question with grating New York police officials. In
former years when captains and inspectors amassed fortunes on
moderate salaries and retired to inhabit mansions there was no
quest. Scandal was rife but nobody made any trouble. Lieu
tenant Becker on his modest salary has been found to have large
deposits in different banks, and the belief is that the total
amounts to more than a hundred thousand dollars. No better
evidence of graft could be had. The precaution taken in dis
tributing the graft money among different repositories is ad
ditional evidence; but to whom do these deposits belong? Ger
tainly not to Becker.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
SWINGS TO Will son

PORT JEFFERSON, L. l., Aug. IA.
Rev. DR.. John F. Carson, moderator
of the General Assembly and pastor
of the Central Presbyterian Church,
Brooklyn, who has supported the Re-
publican ticket many years, has come
out for Woodrow Wilson for Presi-
dent.
DIR. Carson is a member OF the
Union League Club, of Brooklyn, and
was a Taft adherent In the contro-
versy over the erection of a Taft and
Sherman sign on the roof of the club
house. AT that time DR.. Carson said
that as between Taft and Roosevelt
he preferred Taft, but he did not COM
NIT himself to support Taft for an
other term.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
DAVIS QUITS RACE

TRENTON, Aug. Ex-senator j.
Warren Davis, of Salem, has an
nounced that he will not be a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
of Congress from the First district.
He Has served only M veal of the
three for which he was elected, and
he feels it would be unjust to the
voters of the county to leave the
Senate at this time. His withdrawal
leaves the field to Colonel D. Stewart
Craven, of Salem, a member of the
State Board of Education of the gov
ernor's staff.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
A W%ELL-EARNED M E

DR.. Edwin A. Alderman, the presi-
dent of the University of Virginia,
tells this story, illustrating the im-
portance of being careful in criticism.
Il knew of a certain instructor in
rhetoric who always impressed upon
his students the necessity of clarity
In what they wrote. A young man
brought on one occasion a very care
fully prepared essay.
"A good piece of work." said the IN
structor, but, Mr.. Smith, you should
remember to write every sentence so
that the most ignorant person can un-
derstand every word you put down.
The young man looked worried and
asked a~nxiously:
What part of my essay was not
clear to you, professor Popular
Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
A WEIRD LYING IN STATE.

XIV EW YORK yesterday had a spectacle weird even for that
AN city of grotesque sights, the corpses of five murderers,
brought from the death chair at Sing Sing, where they
had been executed In one day, exposed to public view in a little
undertaking shop, with a constant stream of friends and rela-
ziyes, and morbid gazers, too, dropping coins into plates to pay
tho cost of the obsequies; but why should the law permit such a
spectaolef 1t forbids public executions and discourages sensa-
nonal publication. Why should not the bodies of executed
czminals be Inferred privately and without such a scene as that
OF ysstsrday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
TO GET NAMES FOR T. R.

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 14.-Leaders
of the Progressive party here expect
to have their State organization COM
pleted by the time Colonel Roosevelt
arrives in New Orleans, probably
about September 20. Efforts will be
made at once to get the necessary
1000 signatures to the petition to
have the names Of the Progressive
candidates upon the official ballot
at the November election.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
THEORY NJ

"Have another begged the news
hot afternoon.
Nope" said the newspaper man
firmly. I've got to get back to the
office and write an editorial headed,
Avoid the Use Of Cooling Drinks
I'll be back in hour, though, If you'll
wait."-Puck.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
TO NAME TAFT MEN ONLY

COLUMBUS, Aug. 14.-Beecher w.
Waltermeier, a lawyer of Findley,
has been named as the Republican
candidate for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, TO
take the place of General r. b.
Brown. who was promoted to the
head of the ticket.
1t is reported that the officers of
the recent Republican State conven-
ton will refuse to certify to the Sec
rotary of state the Of the
Roosevelt men placed on the State
ticket unless they declare for Taft
for President.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
MISS WILSON A VISITOR

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-Miss Mar
garet Woodrow Wilson, eldest daugh-
ter Of Governor Wilson, who called at
headquarters OF the Democratic ma
tional committee with Mrs. Dudley
Field Malone. is the first member of
the family to visit the headquarters.
She went through the several
bureaus, and said she did not think
running a campaign was at all like
what 1t is.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
DEFINES PROGRESSIVE

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 14.-William
Finn today was asked to define a
Progressive congressman.
"a Progressive congressman" said
Finn, "is a congressman opposed to
the special interests that are repre-
sented by Penrose and Oliver in the
United States Senate"
Talking of the tariff ideas held by
Colonel Roosevelt Finn said:
Everybody knows that Colonel
Roosevelt is for a protective tariff
but protection for the farmer and the
working man, and not for the big in
~terests only"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
ALASKA MOOSE WINS

JUNEAU. Alaska, Aug. 14.-Early
returns indicate that James Wick
ersham, Progressive, has been re-
elected delegate to Congress. Wick
ersham probably will have 200 plu-
rality in the first division, where 1t
was expected that he would have the
strongest opposition.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
FULL TICKET IN OHIO

COLUMBUS, Aug. Thames R.
Garfield, close friend of Colonel
Roosevelt and provisional State chair
man Of the Progressive party, has is
sued a call for a meeting of the State
committee of the party in Cleveland
tomorrow. The meeting is to put
a full State and electoral ticket in
the field.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
TO HANDLE N. j. FUND

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-Henry Nor
genthau. in charge of the Wilson gem
eral finance committee, has an
nounced that a committee consisting
cI Congressman Thomas j.. Scully.
Melville A. Rice, a close friend II
Governor Wilson; William L. 5aun-
ders, ex-Mayor Of PIainfeld. and Jo-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-14
TAFT Is ENDORSED

TRENTON, Aug. 14.-At a meeting
of the Mercer County Republican
committee, at which nearly all the
members were present, a resolution
was adopted last night indorsing the
candidacy of President Taft for a
second term, his administration and
the platform decided upon by the Re-
publican national convention.