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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11

that newspaper was democratic rather than repub
can paper that year only because of the receipt OF check
from John e McGTaW, asprant to election as United
States senator said check probably being satisac
tory than the one offered the editor by the republican can
dae for United States senator Possibly the Registers
failure to comment explained by the fact that the Reg
lister accepted even larger checks from John u McGraW
checks SO large that the Registers support OF Clarence
Watson can only be explained upon the theory that even
larger checks were accepted from that overWorked cham
pon of the rights of the common people.
This, dear friends is politics But It IS poor pohtlcs
for Henry ken to open the bag and let the cat out
IT was but business proposition and Ziken, who is
business man, was only interested in finding out how
much it would ito keep the newspaper democratic
this year and whether not it would be worth the money
But IT is only with such Bingville Bugle the Pan
Handle News and such Hen Weathersby as Senator
ken that the curtain apt to be rent asunder and the
inouity exposed. Wheeling newspapers not apt to
bunder SO foolshy They will make the people believe
that their differences differences Of principle.
Yet Senator Scott has publicly declared that he spent
many thousands Of dollars to keep republican editorials
going into the homes of the sturdy mountaneers OF our
born state He succeeded well that he went to the
United States senate and thus got back in salary very
small part Of the money he had expended And Senator
Scott did not spend all his money outside of Wheeling
Now Senator Zillken is looking toward Washington,
and he quite naturally follows in the beaten path OF ask
ING the editor how much it will cost for them to think
that he is the best man for the office and
the democrat party the best party for the country
The Majority has said aforetme that politicians
bought the support of newspapers but the Majority was
accused Of being radical Now Senator ziliken has
admitted that this his regular method and as he prdes
himself upon his concervats perhaps his word will be
accepted with aacrity
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11

pressure Of natural gas it may be answered that they
probably would with the pressure left This is said
to be tremendous present But even at that the mains
have stood it. for the city officials have actually taken
natural gas and pumped it into the and sold it to
the poor deluded citizens as artificial gas and charged
them IS cents for it.
Il the mains have been able to hold natural gas at IS
cents they should surely be strong enough to hold the
same gas at 25 cents
But do you think that the city officials will do this
Goodness, MOI That would be REAL municipal owner
Ship the kind that wipes out private profits and if there
is one thing that reVerenced holy by the city officials
of Wheeling it is PRIVATE PROFITl
The people Of Wheeling will continue to be skinned by
me nn icy me ~ a aro ~ sl
And this time is SO tar off as some fat and con
tented folk think The noise hear in the distance
might be Wheeling Traction rolling up with another
year franchise and then again. it might be the Yo1
Popul driving Car Of Juggernaut.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11

confession Of his position Of no,,,,
action. In fact, it is rather . w,
against political action. He is i'm.
ested alone in seeing working 5o,a
mayors elected and in control Of ~
police in the interest of the WORK.
class. The election of Socialist las
makers and congressman intsroa'
him, on the other hand, much lo
than tn naming of Socialist to ~
superintendency of a factory.
That it is necessary sor the vo,.
ers to gain control of the uo,itioa,
power in order to use this power staS
by step in the interest of the works.
lcass against capitalists, Haywoos
does not seem to know.
And a revolutionary" who sim
lives in the Illusion that he can
throw the entire capitalist sociatr
overheard with one great gepers,
strike can assuredly place himsoI,
above such slow. petty program
He can afford to ridicule an old avo
pension of. 81 a week, for the gras.
hullaballoo which he and his friendc ;
will raise lifts him about such petty
questions and worries as to what hun.
dreds of thousands of old men and
women, who are no longer able IL
work, and have no place to lay tbe;,
head, that have nothing wherewitb IN
still their hunger, should do.
But, unfortunately, the history Of
humanity teaches that never vel
could step in human evolution bs
skipped; that the working class will
have to fight step by step, tirelessly
continually. Had Haywood taken
the time in the last few weeks to read
the newspapers, he would have no.
ticed the different stand which thu
Republicans and Democratic congress.
men are taking toward the eighthour
law, and he would have seen how
much influence the presence Of only
one Socialist congressman can exer.
else. And if Haywood, in his Euro.
pean travels. had spent more time in
the German conutries-in Scandinavia
and Germany-and there studied the
labor movement, he and the American
labor movement would have gained
much more than is, unfortunately, the
case now.
While we understood quite fully
that to an impulsive man like Hay
wood, the noisy tactics of the French
and italian syndicalists appeal and
promise more than the slow but
progress bringing methods of the In
ternationaI Social Democracy, We
must nevertheless emphasize the fac
that the old anarchistic tactics
clothed in the new dress of dyndical
list sabotage, etc., can have no place
among the weapons of the Socialis
party.
| He who recommends such weapons
in opposition to political action, hi
who advocates direct action" as tn
weapon of the evolutionary labo
movement, has no right and no CLAIM
to the name of scientific Socialist
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11
wellsburg, W. va. Jan. &, 1912.
J Here follows the communication to Mr.. Curtis:


Mr. George Curtis,
am
probable think it
the Brooke give for wishing to
in
Hancock county in the OF duties member
possible
Office
Without peimnares
offer to and that il did not with money the
told
district
$4,000 promised
1T This
considerable wranging
Republican Democratic
cratic md $4,000 delivered by to
thought best to find out in time what
wanted the Pan Handle News would be Demo
board put tie question to you plainly
as question II zlLLlFlGN
Welburg. January p 1912
The candor with which Senator Zilliken writes is
refreshing He does beat about the BUSH He does not
claim that he has been streated msjudged. He does
not pose as senatorial savior Of his country who
held up and shaken down by the venal minded There is
no effort on his part to make the other than he
honestly concieve it. He states simply and sincerely that
the editor Of the Pan Handle News won't stay bought
We have been sending Henry Zilliken down to
Charleston to the state senate to make laws for us Mean
spirited people who have limited that the Zken kind OF
senators did not enact the best laws may be brought
to the realization that Henry Ziken gives us the best
laws that money can buy.
It is also worthy of note that the Register published
the contribution without comment The article charges
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11

that does not show any conception of
class lines?
What has the class instinct Of the
McNamaras done for the working
class when compared with the class
conscious political and educational
work which the Socialist party of the
United States has rendered in the
past and will render in the future in
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11
HIS ILLUMINATING CONTRIBUTION is taken
from the Wheeling Register Of last Friday:

editor desired answer following
Curtis not n and Mr. Jesse Curtis his
published asked
About o'clock however article
his father
stated they would not publish II i was not asked him
The first mistake that Ohio Of
replied that did matter
before left the once account Ct the promise Of the MGIw
point used these words AS SOON As LEFT CALLED uP Mr.
MTTEE AND TOLD FIN THAT THE DEAL WAS OFF AND THEN
ATTORNEY WHO HAD THE CHECK AND THE AGREEMENT IN HIS
POSSESSION
positively publish
published in Welsburg but the Pan Handle News
zMIAKEN.
Welsburg, W. A, 1912 LII
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11
Reads Haywood
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CONTINUED FBOM 1ST PAGE.

even greater measure?
Not less anti-socialist is Haywood's
a tool against the Socialists? OF what
significance is a class consciousness
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-01-11
KE WILL NOW HAVE
"A eu, Remarks
Hat CUPIDTTY CAN THRIVE UPON STUP
By WALTER B. HILTON

All the energies Of al the members q the Board q
Control and Of all the city officials ana conclmen VINO
shouting Tor munclpa ownership q tne gas WORKS
concentrated upon forcing the 70 accept
poor gas at comparatively very hgh price, instead q
concentrating their energies toward securing Tor the et
zens the very best gas at the very lowest price mat e
where the stupidity comes ~ Inc cupldty actua1es
The Majority has repeatedly called attention to this
condition. and has urged the city officials to proceed to-
fhTm,o NUMERICALLY owned channels But the aforesaid
civ officials have not needed their voice crying Ia the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
THE THICKEMNG POLICE PLOT.

NV EW YORK has been treated to a series Of sensations in
I'M the assassination of Gambler Herman Rosenthal and
the incidents that have followed the tragedy. The arrest
of Police Lieutenant Charles A. Becker as the principal in the
murder was a shock. And more is to come. The confessions
wrung from the imprisoned gamblers who arranged the assassi
nation did not impicate Becker alone, and the logic of the sit
nation points, as well as the statements of these gamblers,
straight to others high in police authority. 1t would not be
reasonable to believe that all the enormous graft obtained from
gambling went into the pockets of one man. Becker could not
hide his operations from his associate officers, and it was quite
notorious, anyhow, that Jack Rose was his collector. The dis
closure of the names of those who shared with Becker in the
proceeds of the graft will explain several things that have per
picked the public in connection with the murder. One is the
confusion of the mind of half a dozen policemen as to the right
number of the motor car used by the assassins. 1t was a by
stander who obtained the correct number, and he was locked
up for his knowledge. The evident lack of interest of certain
police officials in the investigation was unaccOuntable until the
arrest of Becker. And it is yet to be explained what orders
were given to the police of the vicinage, and by whom. Accord
ing to Rose, the annual graft collected by police officials from
gambling dens, brothels and other similar places has amounted
to two and a half millions. What wonder that the man who
'squealed" and exposed the ~grafters to ruin was marked for
the assassin's pistol.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
AGAIN

The late A. l.. Williams, of To-
peka, general attorney for the Union
Pacific, was once on a trip with a
party of friends in a private car.
While in Denver one of the party, a
man of cornwall habits, came in the
car late one night and found Mr..
Williams playing solitaire. The con-
vivial one was enough under the in
1uence of liquor to be laxative and
proceeded to tell Mr.. Williams a long
story of his domestic unhappiness.
The next morning, when sober, he
mentioned the fact that he had
talked too much the night before
and requested that anything he might
nave said would not be repeated. Mr..
Williams, in order to relieve the
mans embarrassment, said, That's
all right. 1 gel listened to you and
have no idea what you said"
That night the man returned in
the same condition. Looking sternly
at Mr.. Williams he said:
Nov, durn you, you said you
didn't listen to me last night, so I'm
going to tell you the whole story
again, and you've got to LISTEN
Kansas City Star. +
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
EXPRESSING AN OPINION

There is plenty of food for cynical
thoughts in the national capital, as is
shown by the following incident
which happened on a Washington
street car.
A worthy young man, prone to
criticise, was gazing at the advertise
ments which decorated he inerior of
the car. One advertised a new kind Of
collar for men. The dome of the
capitol was represented encircled by
n of the collars, and on the Senate
and House wings of the building were
placards giving prices and sizes. The
placard on the Senate end of the
capitol read: Quarter ~sizes,' and
that on the other end said: 1.-TWO for
a quarter"
The worldly cynical young man
turned to his companion. -
"That," he remarked, Just about
expresses my opinion of some of these
here congressman. Judge.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
COMMON MISTAKE

Things that we are accustomed W
speak of every day in this country
may be called differently in England.
For instance, the word fla is called
upper part or flower part" as the
case happens to be, and rooms are
known as chambers" An English
man not long in this country secured
a job in Newark. With not mucn
ready cash on hand, he accordingly
hunted for a room that would suit MS
means. Going into a boarding house
or Broad street, he asked to see the
landlady. When she appeared the
Englishman said:
II would like to e a chamber,
please"
Right this way said the woman
with a low bow, as she led the way to
the second floor front.
"A very nice room" said the Eng
lishman. "How much is the rentY'
Twelve dollars answered the
landlady.
I'm afraid the rent is a little more
than l can well afford" said the man
in dismay. my limit is six dollars.
Well" replied the landlady. what
you want is a room, not a chamber
Slowly they climbed the stairs to
the third floor rear. :
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
MONTICELLO A NATIONAL SHRINE.

MI ONTICELLO, the famous home of Thomas Jefferson, is
AVN now likely to be acquired by the government for preser-
walton as a national memorial. Thanks to the patriotic
exertions of a woman a congressional commission will be ap-
pointed to consider the question of acquiring the property for
ibe government. 1t was by the efforts of women that the great
shaft of the Washington Monument was erected at Washington.
5Jefersons tomb is at Monticello, as Washington's is at Mt.
Vernon. A pilgrimage to one should include the other. The
grave of the statesman and sage who wrote the immortal
Declaration of independence, fought for a republican Consti
tuition and gave to the nation the vast Louisiana Purchase should
be a shrine of the nation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
PAY FOR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN.

Tl URTHER progress in Matchmaking the citizen soldiery so
as to build up a second line of defense is indicated bv
the favorable report of the militia pay bill to the House
yesterday. The Federal government under the Dick law, passed
some years ago, has appropriated large sums for the equipment
on a regular army basis of the National Guard in those States
which accept the act. Now it is proposed to do something for
The Individual Citizen soldier. The pending bill provides com
rensaion for the time he gives to drills. This is only fair, and
1T will tend to attract a better class of men into the National
Guard and keep them there longer. The young man whose eve.
'nings are worth nothing to him is not ideal material for mill
tary service.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
WILL BE TWO BAT7LEsHIPs NOW.

ea HE battleship question raised by the action of the Demo
cratic House caucus at Washington in deciding against
the program of two battleships this year has temporarily
obscured all other national questions. The policy of our gov
eminent in respect to the navy was adopted several years ago
and met the emphatic approval of the people. For the national
instinct recognizes the danger of unpreparedness and sees in
the navy the bulwark of the republic. Our bodybuilding has
been exceedingly conservative. The naval program is the least
we should do to maintain a tenable position among the great
powers and fulfil our great obligations to the American cont
nent. We know from whence an afront or an attack may come
and we know also that our possible enemies are straning their
resources in battleship building, and if we falter will soon be
strong enough to challenge OUT national policies and threaten
bur welfare. But the protests that have poured into Washing
Jon have had their effect upon those obtuse men who look upon
1 postohice appropriation as something of greater moment than
The national defense, or who are infatuated with the hobby of a
peace. There is a salutary change of sentiment in the
caucus.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
PERsISTENCY IN AW.VoLAT1OM.

sTN EXISTENT and fragrant violations of the law bv large
liz corporations are frequent because they usually 90 un-
punished and even u%nrebuked. The use of soft coal is
one of these public ofenses. The Erie and West Shore rail.
roads in their suburban service in this State burn soft coal, and
pay no attention to law or ordinance. The nuisance constitutes
n serious grievance in Bergen and Hudson county communities
and among commuters. Household furnishings are ruined, the
paint on dwellings is injured and clothing is soied. The
authorities of the boroughs in Bergen have united against the
nuisance. In New York large manufacturing plants that violate
the law against the use of soft coal are being proceeded against.
In New jersey a more effective law is needed to bring yiolators
to terms.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
SUSPICIOUS

There were times when McFee
gloried in the fact that he was the
father of nine children, ever if they
were on the line of proverbial human
stepladder, but on the day when he
was taking them out for a walk he
felt chagrined.
He was walking along at a fairly
good gait when he was halted by a
policeman, who asked:
ST say, you, what you been doin'?'
Nothing" replied McFee. "Why?"
well, what's the crowd following
you for?"-Judge.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
UNEXPECTED

A teacher here in Boston was tell
ing the story of Red Riding Hood.
She had described the woods and the
wild animals that lived there, says
the Post.
Suddenly" she said, Little Red
Riding Hood heard a loud noise. She
turned around, and what do you sup
pose she saw standing there, looking
at her and showing all his sharp,
strong teeth?"
TEDDY Roosevelt" cried all the
boys in chorus.-Exchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
ALREADY so

Miss Plutus-But, Captain Hawley,
would you love me were l to grow
old and ugly?
The Captain (gallantly)-You may
grow older, my dear Miss Plutus, but
you can never grow ugly.
And as he went home he wondered
why she had rejected him.-Ex-
change.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
FOR THE CITY QUIET.

III II RBAN activities and prosperity mean noise, but a good
deal of it is unnecessary. According to DR.. Blake, pro
lessor of GEOLOGY in Harvard Medical School, the con
slant din of business and traffic is gradually making city
jewellers deaf, to say nothing of the destructive effect upon the
nerves of persons not overstrong. Physicians from many lands
riIl gather in Cambridge, Mass. next month to consider the
attainment of "the city quiet" They will find it a difficult
problem, but one noisemaking agency which they could very
well select for abolition is the factory whistle. 1t is q survival
of outworn conditions. In these days of dollar watches no
working man or woman needs summoning by the shrek of
steam.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
HARD LUCK

Maud-Beatrix has lost twenty
pounds lately, her new gowns are
perfect successes. her sweetheart pro-
posed to her last night, her rich uncle
died yesterday and left her a million,
n now she has to &c to his funeral
today and try to look sad.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
A CONFESSION

do you love me. Charles?" in
CURED the beautiful girl.
"Of course / do"
do you think only of me by day
and night2"
"Well, I'll he frank with YOU. Now
and then I think of baseball."-Wash-
ington Herald.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
TWO OF A KIND

Simple LITER (who is doing a walk
ing tour of the hills)-I don't expect
you see many strangers up here?
Old Shepherd (refiectively)-Weel,
there's yersel' the day and there was
anither tramp hereabouts last week.
Punch.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31
WHAT DID H MEAN2

Miss Bute-Id love to have a nice
little fox terrier.
MI. Snappy-Then would l were a
fox terrier.
Miss Bute-Oh, don't wish that Mr..
Snappy; I'd want one bright enough
to be taught ~something.-Boston
Transcript.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-31

are at Laurel Lake, Jacksonville, Vt,
where they are the guests of Miss
Dorothy Brown, daughter of School
Commissioner Edgar R. Brown, at
their summer home, 1.-THE Woodland"
Miss Isabelle Newhouse, of 434 Will
lam street, East Orange, has gone to
Spring Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Slater and
family, of 10 Chestnut street, East
Orange, will leave on Thursday for a
trip through parts of Canada, spend
ing some time at Muskoka Lake,
Ontario.
Mr.. and Mrs, william b. Newman.
of South Orange avenue South Or
ange. will spend this week at Atlantic
City.
A large number of residents of the
Oranges are planning to leave on
motor trips for weekend visits to
nearby resorts during August.
Among those who will enjoy this
pleasure will be MI. and Mrs. Fred
erick NJ. Shepard, jr., of South Mum
avenue, East Orange.
John w. C. Campbell, of 81 Chest
nut street, East Orange, is making
weekend trips to his country place
at East Alstead, N. H., where his
family is staying during the summer.
Mrs. Charles b. Yardley, of East
Orange, and Mrs. Alfred B. Jenkins,
of Llewellyn Park, West Orange,
have returned from their motor trip
to New England.
Mrs. J.. r. Hillyer, of william
street, East Orange, is at Bay Head
till August 10. She will be Joined
next Saturday by her son, H. STAN
ley Hillyer, who will spend his yaca-
ton there.
Miss Marion Couthouy Smith. of
William street, East Orange, will re-
turn from Atlantic City this week.
w. II. p. Walker and family, of
Glenwood avenue, East Orange, have
gone to Manomet, Mass. where they
will remain till September /.
The Rev. John Mcdonald, assistant
rector of the Church of Our Lady of
Sorrows, of South Orange, is visiting
at his former home in Elizabeth.
-
Mrs. H. 3. Whitcomb. of Orange.
who has been spending some time at
Belmar, is expected home this week.
Mrs. C. A. Smith, of East Orange.
who has been at the Cragsmoor Inn.
Ulster County, N. Y, will return this
week.
Charles X. Ensign and family, of
Ridge street, Orange, who have been
at Pen Yam. N. Y, during July, will
return this week.
M. r. Merwin, of Orange. who has
been summering at Dover, will return
this week.
Miss Elizabeth Brockett, of Pros
pect street, East Orange, is among
the summer visitors at Culver's Lake.
She has been entertaining a number
of friends during the past week or
two.
Miss Anita LETTERS, of North Grove
street, East Orange, is visiting Miss
Maude Stiger at her summer home in
Westport, Conn.