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the question. 1 had talked with the
Mutual Life. and Equitable people about
1t, but was not committed TO any par
tieular course, and had grave doubts as
10 whether IL was well to draw the line
on size instead of on conduct. l was
therefore very glad to see Perkins ana
get new point of view. l went over
the matter with a great deal Of care
and at considerable length. and after
We mad thrashed the matter out pretty
fully and Perkins had laid before me in
detail the methods employed by Aus
tria, Germany, Switzerland and other
European countries to handle their
large insurance companies / took the
position that there undoubtedly were
evils in the insurance business, but
that they did not consist in insuring
peoples lives. for that certainly was
not an evil; and l did not see how the
real evils could be eradicated by limit
Ing or suppressing a company's ability
10 protect an additional number or lives
with insurance. / therefore announced
that ! would not favor a bill that linn
tied volume of business, and would not
sign ii If il were passed; but that / ia
vored legislation that would make II
impossible to place, through agents pol
icies that were ambiguous and misieao-
ing, or 10 pay exorbitant prices 10
agents for business, or 20 invest policy
holders money in improper securities
or to give power TO officers to use the
company's funds for their own personal
profit In reaching this determination
! was helped by Mr.. Loeb. then merely
stenographer in my Office, but VINO
had already attracted my attention both
by his efficiency and by his loyalty TO
his former employers, who were for the
most part my political opponents MT.
Loeb gave me much Information ABOUT
various improper practices In the III
surance business. began to gather
data on the subject. with tho intention
Of bringing about corrective legislation
Tor at that time / expected to continue
In Office as Governor. But in a re"
weeks l was nominated as Vice-Presi-
cent and my successor did nothihb
about the matter.
So far as remember. this was the nrst
ume the question Of correcting evils ID
business by limiting the volume OF ousi-
Ness TO be done was ever presented 70 me-
aud my decision In the matter was on
all Tours with the position ] have always
since taken when any similar principle
was involved. At the time when ] made
my decision about the Limitation bill l
was ON friendly terms with the Mutual
ana Equitable people who were back of
!" whereas / did not know Mr.. Mccall
At an and Mr. Perkins only from hear
ing him discuss the bill
An interesting feature OF the matter de-
'eioped subsequently. Five years later,
n'er the Insurance Investigations took
pace the Mutual Life strongly urged the
passage OF a limitation bill, and because
:. me popular feeling developed by the
.Nfosure OF the improper practices OF the
o"panies this bill was generally APP
oeu. Governor Hughes adopted the
such O bill was passed by
legislature and Governor Hughes
1 ea " This bill caused the three great
az" FORK companies to reduce markedly
Fo'ume Of business they were doing
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"a Ia Silhouette" and the minister be-
came so unpopular that he speedily re-
signed.
after time" says Mr.. Vernay "when
France once more returned to her ex-
travagant ways. the expression a la Sill
houette' fell into disuse. but with one
notable exception. 1t was stu applied
to outline portraits. and continues to be
so applied to this Gay.
1.-THE silhouette will possibly now serve
for all time as memorial TO the eco
nomically disposed French minister
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26

, the people in mass were, under various
necessary cloaks, controlled by the lead
ers in the political and business worlds.
He wrote me a very strong letter Of pro-
test against my attitude, expressed In
dignifed. friendly and temperate Ian
guage, but using one word In curious
way. This was the word "altruistic.' he
stated I'm his letter that he had not OBJ
jected TO my being Independent In poll
tics, because he had been sure that had
the good of the party at heart, and meant
10 act fairly and honorably; but that he
had been warned, before l became a
candidate, by a number OF his business
friends that / was a dangerous man be-
cause was "altruistic." and that he now
feared that my conduct would Justify the
alarm thus expressed. | was interested
In this. not only because Senator Platt
was obviously sincere, but because OF the
way In which he used 'altruistic" as a
term OF reproach, as II II was COM
munistic or socialistic-the last being a
word he did use to me when, as now and
then happened, he thought that my pro-
posals warranted fairly reckless vltupera-
ton.
Senator Platts letter ran in part as
follows:
when the subject OF your nomination
was under consideration. there was one
matter that gave me real anxiety. /
think you will have no trouble In appre-
ciating the fact that It was not the mat
ter OF your independence. l think we
have got far enough along in our political
acquaintance for you to see that my sup
port in a convention does not imply sub
sequent demands nor any other relation
that may not reasonably exist for the
welfare of the party. The thing
that did bother me was this: had heard
from a good many sources that you were
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The case Of most importance In whlch
I clashed with Senator Platt related 10
a matter of fundamental governments
policy. and was the first step ever TOOK
toward bringing big corporations under
effective governmental control. In this
case / had to fight the Democratic ma
chine as well as the Republican machine
for Senator Hill and Senator Platt were
equally opposed 10 my action, ana the
big corporation men, the big business
men back of both Of them. took precisely
the same view Of these matters without
regard to their party feelings on other
points. What / did convulsed the peo-
pie at that time, and marked the De-
ginning of the effort at least IN the
Eastern States, to make the great corpo-
rations really responsible to popular
wish and governmental command. But
we have gone so far past the stage III
which we then were that now IL seems
well-nigh incredible that there SHOULD
have been any opposition at all to what
/ at that time proposed.
The substitution of electric power for
horse power in the streetcar lines OF New
York offered a fruitful chance Tor the
most noxious type OF dealing between
business men and politicians. The fran
chises granted by New York were granted
without any attempt TO secure from the
grantees returns. in the way OF taxation
or otherwise, for the value received. the
fact that they were thus granted by I'M
nroper fayoritism, q fayoritism which IN
many cases was unquestionaoly secureu
by downright bribery, led to all KINDS OF
trouble. In return for the continuance OF
these improper favors to the corporations
the politicians expected improper favors
in the way Of excessive campaign contri-
buttons. often contributed by the same
cornoration at the same time to two OPP
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posing parties. Before ! became Gov
ernor a bill had been introduced into the
New York Legislature TO tax the fran
chises Of these street railways. II affected
n large number OF corporations, but par
tIcularIy those in New York and Buffalo.
II had been suffered TO slumber undis-
turbed. as none Of the people In power
dreamed OF taking II seriously. and both
the Republican and Democratic machines
we're hostile to IL. Under the rules OF the
New York Legislature bill could always
be taken up out OF It's turn and passed
IL the Governor sent In speciai
emergency message on its behalf.
After was elected Governor j had my
attention directed to the franchise tax
matter. looked into the subject and came
TO the conclusion that II was matter or
plain decency and honesty that these
companies should pay a tax on their
franchises. inasmuch as they did nothing
that could be considered as service rem
dered the public in lieu Of a tax. This
seemed to me so evidently the common
sense and decent thing to do that ! was
hardly prepared for the storm of protest
and anger which my proposal aroused
Senator Plat and the other machine
leaders did everything to get me to aban-
don my intention. AS usual, l saw them,
talked the matter all over with them and
did my best to convert them to my way
OF thinking. Senator Plat, believe, was
quite sincere In his opposition. He did
not believe In popular rule. and he did
believe that the big business men were
entitled TO have things their way. He
profoundly distrusted the people-natu-
rally enough. for the kind Of human
nature with which boss comes in con-
tact Is not Of an exalted type. He felt
that anarchy would come II there was
any interference with a system by which
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a little loose on the relations of capital
and labor, on trusts and combinations.
and indeed, on those numerous questions
which have recently arisen in politics
affecting the security OF earnings and the
right of a man to run his own business In
his own way, with due respect OF course
to the Ten Commandments and the Penal
Code. Or, to get at II even more clearly
l understood from a number OF business
men. and among them many OF your own
personal friends. that you entertained
various altrustic ideas, all very well In
their way, but which before they could
safely be put into law needed very pro-
found consideration. You have just
adjourned a Legislature which created
good opinion throughout the state. l con-
graduate you heartily upon this fact be-
cause I sincerely believe. as everybody
else does, that this good impression exists
very largely as a result Of your personal
influence In the legislative chambers. But
AT the last moment and to my very great
surprise, you did thing which has
caused the business community Of New
York to wonder how far the notions OF
Popullsm, as laid down in Kansas and
Nebraska, have taken hold upon the Re-
publican party of the State Of New York
In my answer pointed out to the Sem
ator that / had as Governor unhesitating-
" acted at Buffalo and elsewhere. to put
down mobs, without regard TO the fact
that the professed leaders Of labor furi-
ously denounced me for so doing; but that
could no more tolerate wrong commit
ted In the name of property than wrong
committed against property. My letter
ran, In part, as follows II knew that you
had Just the feelings that you describe |;
that is, apart from my impulsiveness,
you felt that there was justiable anx-
iety among men Of means. and especially
men representing large corporate interests,
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Il threw a great many agents out or en-
ployment and materially curtailed the
foreign business Of the companies, which
business was bringing annually consid-
cradle sum Of money to this country for
investment. In short, the experiment
worked so badly that before Governor
Hughes went out Of office one of the very
last bills he signed was one that permit
ted the life insurance companies to In
crease their business each year by an
amount representing a certain percentage
Of the business they had previously done.
This in practice, within a few years, prac-
tically annulled the limitation bill that
had been previously passed. The expert
ment of limiting the size OF business, OF
legslating against it merely because 1t
was big, had been tried and it had failed
so completely that the authors OF the bill
had themselves in effect repealed It. My
action In refusing TO try the experiment
had been completely justified
AS a sequel to this incident I got Mr..
Perkins TO serve on the Palisade Park
Commission. At the time l was TAX
ing active part in the effort to save the
Palisades from vandalism and destruc-
ton by getting the states Of New York
and New Jersey Jointly to include them
in a public park. 1t is not easy to get
a responsible and capable man Of busi-
ness to undertake such a task. which Is
unpaid. which calls on his part for an
immense expenditure Of time. money
and energy, which offers no reward Of
4. Tot he rArfafntV
Of abuse and misrepresentation. Mr..
Perkins accepted the position, and has
filled 1t for the last thirteen years. do
ing as disinterested. efficient and useful
a bit of public service as any man in
the state has done throughout these thir-
teen years
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on thin black wood, which formed the
silhouette.
Often we find silhouettes painted on
china or glass. and there are examples
where colors were employed for the gar
ments and head dresses while the face
and neck themselves were left as black
as the ace of spades. Others were etched
on copper plates and printed in profusion.
1t is long cry from Foster, of Derby,
to the Baron De Meyer, Of London and
New York; likewise a broad jump from
5 shillings to s125 for a photograph.
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beside her bed. was the first object that
met his gaze. and suggested a means OF
obtaining n portrait to one unskilled TO
execute II according TO the rules OF ar"
But whatever its beginnings. the sil-
houette became speedily popular, and
there are many kinds OF shadow portraits
in existence. The Oldest, 1t is said, date
back TO about 100. They were remarka-
bic by reason OF their absence, as the
portraits were cut from piece Of white
paper and distracted like the centre OF
the doughnut. the outlines being pasted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
THE AMERICAN RAILWAY.

Although foreign capital originally built
the railway, It passed into American
hands, and is known as the American
Railway. There have been numerous dis
putes and controversies with the govern
ment. These were to be submitted TO
arbitration. The Ecuadorian government
named its arbitrator. and one was named
by the State Department who was salts
factory to the railway company. When
the American arbitrator got on the ground
he found that the Ecuadorian govern
ment proposed to have the findings Of the
arbitrators reviewed by the local courts.
Then Mr.. Bryan became Secretary OF
State and he removed the arbitrator on
the ground that the railroad had had too
much to do with his selection. Incident
, ally. a place was provided for the con-
stituent of an influential administration
Senator, who was named as the new aroi-
| traitor. and since then not much prog,
ress has been noted with the aroitratoh-
| The Ecuadorian government has no rea-
son to be dissatisfied with the situation.
| The railway is not in so comfortable
position. After a time, possibly, the con-
troversy will be settled and an equitable
adjustment will be made Of the amount
claimed to be due from the government.
Former Congressman Charles S. Hart
man, of Montana, recently has gone up TO
Quito and presented his credentials as
minister. When he was Congressman
and left his party to follow Mr.. Bryan's
free silver banner, Mr.. Hartman was
forceful individual Notwithstanding his
lack OF diplomatic experience, he has the
qualities that are needed by an American
| minister TO Quito.
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which, perhaps. is some compensation for
what he very probably suffered during
his years Of financial reform. Yet Etienne
de Silhouette has other rights TO place
in history, for he was one Of the three
delegates chosen to demarcate the from
tiers between the English and French
territories in Acadia, In North America
during the year l749. He died In 1851
The origin Of the silhouette is wrapped
in considerable speculation. 1t Is written
that an Etruscan maid first imned her
lovers features on the marble wall OF
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her fathers house-rather dangerous
thing to do. according 10 modern Ideas
and the date OF this interesting occur
renee is given as that OF 776 b. c.
Another story In the same account
states that some one. returning after
long absence to his betrothed, came home
only to find her dead. His grief was in
creased by the knowledge that he pos
sessed no portrait or memorial OF her
When he came into the room where she
lay the outline shadow OF her face, pro-
iected on the wall by the taper burning
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PLAGUE SPOT
OF ECUADOR
Continued from third page.

equator No immigration movement can
he expected unless means of corlmunica-
ton be opened up from the coast and
Guayaquil is robbed OF its terrors as
pest hole. Its reputation is known In
Southern Europe, and immigrants cannot
be induced to pass through II. There are
other reasons why the sanitation OF
Guayaquil is a rather crucial question for
Ecuador at the present time, but they are
not necessary to enumerate.
1t has been claimed that the interest or
the United States in cleaning up the
plague port is a detriment because OF
the anti-American feeling prevalent In
Ecuador. Even If this were true II would
not be a sufficient reason for the admin
istration at Washington 10 neglect duty
which the Panama Canal has made i'm
perative. But the prospect Of sanitation
is not the cause of anti-American feel
ing, possibly because a large section OF
the Ecuadorian public does not take II
| very seriously.
A disturbing factor in the present situa-
ton is the controversy growing out OF the
| Guayaquil G. Quito Railway. Engineering
| construction of the road was the achieve
ment OF the late Major Hartman, but the
| financial genius who got 1t through was
| his brother, Archer Hartman, who was
| thrown from his horse and killed In VIZ
ginia two years ago. Archer Hartman was
| a remarkable man. He coaxed money
| from conservative Scotch and English
| financiers and from shrewd French finan-
ciers. He alternately cajoled and threat
ened President Eloy Alfaro, under whose
| administration the road was completed.
His methods aroused savage resentment
and at the time of his death 1t was feie
that this was perhaps fortunate Tor the
| future of the enterprise.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-03-19

Mrs J. N Marshall and son, Mas
ter Albert, spent Wednesday in Ocala.
Rev and Mrs. Ennis are enjoying a
visit from Rev. Ennis mother.
number of our young people at
tended the splash party at Lake Weir,
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Henry Clark is entertaining
her friend, Mrs. Bishop, from the
north.
Mrs E. G. Mckinley returned Thurs
day from a western visit to relatives
and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Holtzclaw and
baby have returned TO Jacksonville
after spending the week with Mrs
Belle Holtzclaw.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. n. Marshall and son
Albert, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Marshall in Dade City.
Mrs. Jones is entertaining her
nephew, Mr.. Boldgett, who has been
spending the winter at more southern
points.
Mrs. Goldsmith, Mrs. Mathews, Miss
Agnes Gibbs and Miss NJ. Halter ac-
companied by Dudley Gardiner, spent
Friday at Silver Springs.
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GAMBLER

Gambler, March 17.-Mrs. T. E. Prit-
chett and niece, Miss Vida West, Mrs.
Wood Mrs. Freeman and Miss Free
man were shopping in Ocala Monday.
Mr.. Grammar made a business trip
TO DunnelIon the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles TilIis have
sold their town lot and residence to
Mr. George MCGEE. who recently dis
posed of his property to Mrs. Freeman,
but decided that Gambler is good enough
for him.
Mr. T. E. Pritchett spent the week
end at his home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clarke and little
Miss Edna spent several days of the
past week with Mr.. and Mrs. Webster
at Lake Weir.
Mr. Robert Mathews was the guest
last week of his brother, Mr.. John
Mathews.
The T. C. members held a business
meeting Tuesday afternoon in the lee
ture room of the Presbyterian church
A number Of lovers of music pleas
antly spent Monday evening with Mrs
Mary Hiscock. Mrs. Clarke's solo was
a special feature of the evening that
was especially enjoyed
Mrs. and Miss Ellis accompanied by
Miss Elizabeth Rankin went to the
lake Tuesday for several days outing
Mr.. and Mrs. Halter are the latest oil
our winter visitors to leave for their
summer home in Beaver Falls, Pa.
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COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL

Judiciary-C. NJ. Livingston, chair
man; ]. H. Taylor, E. T. Helvenston.
Finance-G. A Carmichael, chair
man; E. T. Helyenston, B. A. Wealth
|ers.
Light and Water. H. Taylor
chairman: F. G. B. Weihe, B. A. Wealth
ers.
Street-B. A. Weathers, chairman
F. G. b. Weihe, E. c. Bennett.
FIRE.. G. B. Weihe, Chairman; E.
I. Helvenston, Walter Hood.
Polics-E. T. Helvenston, Chairman
G. B Weihe, T. C. Bennett.
Cemetery. .. ........, Chairman
F. G. B. Weihe, c. NJ. Livingston.
Marker-C. NJ Livingston, Chair
man; Walter Hood,
Sanitary-Walter Hood, Chairman
J. H. Taylor. G.. A. Carmichael
Building-E. c. Bennett, Chairman
Il. a. Carmichael. J. H. Taylor.
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A tight feeling In the chest acc,

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district No 5, $32s.45; Henry Gordon
and crew, $7S7O7; D. L. Priest and
crew, $642.20; incline No. 2 at lime pit
near Ocala, $215.29; Dunnellon half
road tax, $482.25; Citra half road. tax
S134.60 interest to bank, $44.91; treas
urer's commission, S63.6S.
On motion the board adjourned until
next regular meeting in April unless
sooner convened by the chairman.
c. Carmichael, Chairman.
P II. Nugent, Clerk.
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