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VISITING CIeroyman.

Father Eagle. Of williamsburg. and
Father Scable. Of Woods field. who
have been al Cleveland attending a
meeting OF the Catholic priests. ar
rived in the city yesterday on their
return hom1 They spent last even
ing az he home Of Father Whitman
and this morning will leave for their
respective homes
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Rellaira Eriafs

bard al the way. and dacing will
bc a feature II the outing.
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Funeral To-day.

Funeral services over the remains
OF Helen Branum Henderson will be
held this afternoon at . O'Clock from
the home Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Henderson. Rev. John W. Neil.
OF the Kirkwood Presbyterian church.
will officiate. lnterment will be made
in Greenwood cemetery.
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BRIDGEPORT
Funeral Yesterday.

Funeral services over Josie. two
year-old daughter OF Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Mitchell. OF Lansing. were held
yesterday afternoon from the late
home. A Greek priest from Toronto
oficiated. and interment was made in
st. Anthony's cemetery.
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M interesting same rf bau viii ~
l'"''d "r fr' U0tir4 field This morn
Inc whom Tho smplov,e p .he ft-eo
.'p'r While ~ fha sheet plant nnI Tho
Three lower ores VIII r'av ~ eco
vhi.n ar" me best wo~kr1cn Tho
mon bow" been rra~tirirr hard f,-
ih' como and VIII rc ir fhe mink ~
condition when no time comes 20
toontinusd on Fourteenth Paral
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toOntinu.d on Four,.,nth P.r.I
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Bridgeport Briefs.

The many friends ia this city Of
Jacob l.aucr. Of Tiitonvi'lc. will be
sorry 20 learn that he Is critically 81
at his home aud slight hopes are en-
tertained for his recovery.
Walters has returned from a BUSH
ness trip Co GAINESVILLE
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ton Standing tall and straight, he moved
the appointment OF committee to con-
slider how 10 do hitting honor To the man
who. as he phrascd II, Was FIRST IN war
first in peace and first In the hearts OF ms
country" This description OF Washing
ton was amplihed by Lee, another repre-
sentative. a few days afterward, into the
form by which 1t is known In every
American household to-day, the change
heinz. from country" 10 "countrymen.'
But our Judge could find other fgures'
and events upon which TO fix his magma
ton. Adams was inauguratcd in the
building, and on the rostrum beneath the
spread eagle painted on the ceiling the
tall bony, sandy-haired and carelessly
parbcd jefferson used To preside over the
Iucubrations OF the august and decorous
Senat,, when he became Vice-Presdent
There was "A small gallery on the north
side of the chamber. which has been re-
produced so far as the researches OF the
architects have brought TO light the de-
tails of the original. This gallery was not
a part OF the original plan of the build
ing. which was designed as "A courthouse,
but was put In when the apartment was
accepted by the Senate. 1t was very
close 10 the ceiling and was reached by
n special spiral staircase.
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after him. sentence by sentence. This nm
ishing the solemn ceremony, the Presi-
dent retired"
Still again the Imagination may be
asked TO tax itself in picturing Washing
ton speaking on the detested treaty made
by John Jay with Great Britain. Some OF
the odium had attached itself TO him.
on the occasion Of this visit 10 the lower
floor of the old building-it was on Deem
Der 5. 1898. when he came 10 deliver his
annual message-he devoted himself to an
explanation OF the treaty and was listened
to with composed dignity" and respect
full silence" This was the first time,
according to Goblet. "he had ever entered
the walls of Congress without a full as
surance Of meeting a welcome from every
heart When he came TO that part OF his
speech where he mentions the treaty with
his Britannia Majesty he cast his eyes
toward the gallery. II was not the look OF
Indignation and reproach, but OF injured
virtue which is ever ready 70 forgive.
One other scene in Washingtons con-
nection with the building remains Tor the
Imagination TO revisualize. II is the an
noIncement by the famous John Marshall.
an imposing man. six. feet high. with
black hair. and then "A Representative
from Virainia, of the death Of Washing
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GAINS MADE.

There were various measures to which
he gave a grudging and querulous assent
without any break being threatened. I
secured the re-enactment OF the civil
service law which under my predecessor
had very fooishly been repealed. l Sc
cured a mass Of labor legislation. includ-
ing the enactment OF laws TO increase the
number Of factory inspectors, to create a
tenement house commission twnose find
inps resulted in further and excellent leg
islation to improve housing conditions). u
regulate and improve sweatshop labor, TO
make the eight-hour and prevailing rate
Of wages law effective. to secure the
genuine enforcement Of the act relating TO
the hours of railway workers, to compel
railways to equip freight trains with air
brakes. TO regulate the working hours OF
women and protect both women and chill
dren from dangerous machinery. to en-
force good scaffolding provisions for
workmen on buildings, TO provide seats
for the use OF Mattresses In hotels and
restaurants, to reduce the hours OF labor
for drug store clerks and to provide for the
registration of laborers for municipal en-
nloym.nt. / tried hard but failed to Sc
cure an employers liability law and the
state control OF employment offices. There
was hard lighting over some of these
bills. and, what was much more seri-
ous. there was effort to get around the
law by trickery and by securing its inef-
fcient enforcement | was continually
helped by men with whom | had got
In touch while in the Police Department;
men such az James Bronson Reynolds.
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The e.oya h4s Ell EaS,s
ASsS chez Asn "At LernS ms 0~0'' '9"

One day two urchins round their way
10 the gallery and sat down to watch the
solemn deliberations OF the Senate. on
the rostrum stood the kindly Jefferson.
whether or not because the speeches In
the Senate were too dry Is not clear. but
they were the only spectators. Presently
the Vice President lifted his lanky inquire
TO its fun height and announced with due
Formally:
The Senate is about TO go into execu-
tive session. The gentlemen In the gal
lery will please withdraw"
The gentlemen" took the hint and their
hats and withdrew
There were other figures which the
Judge might be called upon TO conJure up
also. There was the Pennsylvania Dutch-
man and clergyman. Frederick Augustus
Conrad Muhlenberg, first Speaker OF the
House who called it to order when IL
met for the first time in Congress han
on Decembe. 6. 1870. His ''porty person
and handsome rotundity' literally hlied
the chair. His face was rubicund ana
oval and he wore hair fun powdered
tambored satin vest OF ample dimensions
and a dark blue coat with gilt buttons.
His voice was sonorous and was "exer-
cIsed by him without effort In putting
questions. and all correspondent In APP
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WHEN WASHINGTON SPOKE.

Tears gather i'm the eyes of his auditors
and now and again a suppressed sob
breaks the stiffness. John Adams, the
figure in bright drab seated in the leather
covered chair beside the commanding hg-
ure of the President, buries his face in
his hands. The tall figure in black is the
most composed one in the room. AS he
looks over the banked faces his glance
occasionally rising and passing over the
heads of his auditors rests upon the wall
of the State House close by or the green
cry of the State House yard, now snow
ing signs of fading, for the day Is on the
south SIDE of September Tears sufuse
all eyes as the closing words OF his fare
well address drop from the full lips OF
the republics first President Then even
the unmpassioned speaker shows signs
of breaking down and tear drops glitter
on his checks.
This was not the first visit which Wash
ington made to this building. He was
inaugurated for the second time as Presi-
dent with simple ceremonies in the small
room on the second floor. where the SEN
ate was accustomed to sit with such
prayer-meeting-like dignity that when
whisper set the placid atmosphere into
commotion Mr. Adams could secure again
the wonted decorum by means OF three
gentle taps on the desk with his slender
silver pencil. The ceremonies were simple
because Of criticism which had been
evoked by the gaudiness Of the first inau-
gural in New York. Their simplicity IS
indicated by the matter-of-fact account
contained in the sixth of a column In the
issue of "Claypool's Daily Advertiser OF
the following day. According TO this vera
cious account:
at u o'clock precisely the President
entered the hall. Mr. Langdon, President
pro tempore, then arose and said:
"'sir. one OF the Judges Of the Supreme
Court of the United States is now present
and ready to administer TO you the oath
required by the Constitution to be taken
by the President Of the United States
"The President, on this, addressed his
fellow citizens in a short but compre-
bensive speech Judge Gushing then read
the oath, which the President repeated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-19
"BREAKFASTlNG WITH PlATT."

In each case / did my best to persuade
Mr.. Plat not to oppose me. / endeavored
TO make II clear TO him that | was not
trying to wrest the organization from
him: and I always gave him in detail the
reasons why | felt | had to take the po-
sition I intended to adopt. 1t was only
after | had exhausted all the resources
OF my patience that would finally, IL he
still proved obstinate, tell him that M
tended 10 make the fight anyhow. As
have said, the Senator was an old ana
feeble man i'm physique, and 1t was possi-
bile for him to go about very little. Until
Friday evening he would be kept at his
duties at Washington, while ! was IN
Albany. If | wished TO see him it gem
orally had 10 be at his hotel in New York
on Saturday, and usually | would go there
70 breakfast with him. The one thing l
would not permit was anything In the
nature of a secret or clandestine meeting
I ALWAYS insisted on gong openly. Sol
emn reformers of the tom-fool variety
who. according to their custom, pald
attention TO the name and not the thing
were much exercised over my break
"a s,irg with Plat" Whenever | break
tasted with him they became sure that
the fact carried with 1t some sinister sig
nifcance. The worthy creatures never
took the trouble to follow the sequence
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plish anything positive for good. My
fayorite quotation from Josh BILLINGS
again applies: 1T is so much easier "
be a harmless dove than wise serpent,
My duty was to combine both ideahsrh
and efficiency. At that time the pupIlc
conscience was still dormant as regards
many species Of political and business
misconduct. as to which during the next
decade II became sensitive. / had to work
with The tools at hand and to take mo
account the feeling OF the people which
| have already described. Ny aim was
persistently to refuse to be put in posi-
tion where what did would seem to be
a mere faction struggle against Senator
Platt. My aim was to make night only
when | could so manage 1t that there
could be no question In the minds OF hon
est men that my prime purpose was not
To attack Mr.. Plat or any one else except
as a necessary incident to securing clean
and efficient government.
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NJ what he had said, because I had not
understood that the Speaker VINO APP
nointed the committees. had himself been
agreed upon by The memDers-eieo''
ooh" responded the Senator, with 'oi-
Grant smile. 'Ae has not been chosen YET
but, Of course, whoever we choose no
SNEAKER will agree beforehand to make
the appointments we wish mace
mental note TO the effect that IL they at
tenpted the Same process with the GOV
o,nor-eIect they would find themselves
mistaken.
In a few days the opportunity 10
nrove this arrived. Under the preced-
ing administration there had been grave
scandals about the Erie Canal. th'
translate canal, and these scahoas
had been one of the chief issues in tne
campaign for the Governorship. inc
construction of this work was under
the control of the Superintendent OF
Public Works In the actual state Oh
affairs his Office was by far the most
imnortant office under me, and i IN
tended to appoint to ii some man OF
high character and capacity who couid
he trusted to do the work not merely
honestly and efficiently, but without re-
gard 10 politics a week or so atter
the Speakership incident Senator Plat'
asked me to come and see him Che was
an old and physically feeble man. able
IN move about only with extreme DIM
culty).
ON arrival found the Lieutenant
co,.ernor elect, Mr.. Woodruff VINO had
also been asked to come The senator
Informed me that he was GLAD 10 say
that would have most admlraDie
man as Superintendent of Public Worhs'
az he had just received telegram from
;, certain gentleman. whom he named
aa, inc that ne would accept the posi-
ton, He handed me the telegram
Tbo man in question was a man iikeu'
,ater appointed him to an Important
ONCE. In which he did well but ne
Game from a city along the line OF the
ooral go that / did not THINK IL pes'
that he should be appointed anyhow
and moreover. what was iar more i'n,
Intent Il was necessary to nave IL
understood at the very outset ,ha' '"e
Reconsideration was my adn'i'iistra'io"
80 ,nos ma one else's but mine. so
told the Senator very POTTERY tna'
was sorry. but that j couid not appoN''
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Restored z7sse.-u~7 che Ss0see Chamber

doorways on either side OF the brick bay
on the south end of Congress Hall, would
be able to stretch their Imagination TO the
Point of picturing this soft retreat and
pouring out blessings upon the genius
who formed for lovers this suspicious
grove" The peace and quiet Of this green
retreat for lovers was somewhat disturbed
I'm 1857, when gangs of ex-convicts, called
"wheelbarrowmen," started work on the
cellar of building which was designed TO
serve as a district courthouse. For two
years the work dragged along, and then,
in 1889. Robert Morris, having persuaded
Congress to move to Philadelphia while
buildings were being prepared in the Dis
trict of Columbia for the permanent home
of the government, the use of the build
ing was offered to Congress. Under the
direction of Major rEnfant the interior
was remodelled for the purpose.
While on the second floor there were
rooms for the use OF the Vice-Presideht
and the Senate. the members of the House
were not provided with quarters for DIS
cussions of public questions when the
House was not in session. There was no
office building.
Even now the sages, when the land con-
VeneS
To nix her empire and prescribe her
laws,
While pensive wandering through these
rural scenes
Nav frame their counsels for worlds
applause"
II was very convenient for the mem
bers when tired Of the debate TO wander
out through the two doors at the south
end of the building. or through that one
on the east side, into the romantic retreat
to think over the problems of state and
prepare the epoch making speeches win
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of facts and events for themselves III
they had done so they would have seen
that any series of breakfasts with Platt
ALWAYS meant that | was going to do
something he did not like, and that was
trying. courteously and frankly, to recon-
Gle him to IT, Ny object was to make IT
as easy as possible for him 10 come with
me. As long as there was no clash be-
tween us there was no object in my see
ing him; II was only when the clash came
mr. was imminent that l had to see him.
, series Of breakfasts was always the
prelude to some active warfare.
In every instance / substantially carried
my point. although in some cases not In
exactly the way in which l had originally
hoped
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ton. was OF a type open to satire. lie
came from New Jersey and was tall and
rawboned being in this respect the OPP
posite OF the former occupant Of the
voluminous chair The centre was all he
required for seat but what he lacked
In beam he compensated for In other re-
spects His aspect could become ter
rife" When excited his voice was COM
parable to thunder. Evidently the House
was less decorous than the Senate, which
could be controlled by the tapping OF
silver pencil The House would open with
prayer by Bishop White.
THE clock has just struck, the doors
The priest to his pulpit had sravely
! assembled.
Devoutly he prayed, for devoutly he
| should
Solicit for wicked as well as for good.
4, He prayed for the Gentle, for TURK ana
| for Jew,
And he hoped they'd shun folly and wis
dom pursue,
! For all absent members-as some nave
To dispense with his formal and pious
This duty performed, without hesitation,
| He left to their wisdom the charge Oh the
| nation.
When the parson retired some members
sat musing,
! Whilst others were letters and papers
perusing: -
Some apples were munching, some laugh-
ing and Joking,
| Some shutting. some chewing, but none
were a-smokng;
Some warming their faces, etc
suddenly when the hutbub among the
members, some in their seats with their
ample cooked hats placed fore and aft
on their heads and legs thrown over
the little desks in front of them, had
reached its height, the Speaker would
mop up from his leathern chair, glance
dercely around and utter the words, or
der order without the BARI i'm tone 50
/ startling as 10 produce the effect of a
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those responsible for II (who were out or
ofice), but that there was no ground TOT
criminal prosecution. ! laid their report
before the Legislature with message, In
which | said: There is probably no
lawyer OF high standing in the state who.
after studying the report OF counsel IN
this case and the testimony taken by the
investigating commission. would disagree
with them as 10 the impracticability OF n
successful prosecution. Under such cir
cumstances the one remedy was thor
ough change in the methods and man
agement This change has been made.
When my successor In the Governorshlp
took office, Colonl Partridge retired, end
Elon Hooker, finding that he could no
longer act with entire disregard OF poll
tics and with an eye single to the effi-
cheney OF the work, also left. dozen
years later-having in the mean Time
made a marked success In business
career-he became the treasurer or the
National Progressive party.
BITS OF TROUBLE.
NV action in regard to the canals ana
tho MANAGEMENT of his office. the most
important ONCE under me. by ColoneI
Partridge. established my relations WIN
Mr. Plat from the outset on pretty near
~ the rlaht basis. But, besides various
small difficulties, We had one or TWO
serious bits OF trouble before my duties
AZ Governor ceased. IL must be remem-
bered that Mr.. Plat was to all inteh's
and purposes. a large part OF. and some
times a majority OF, the Legislature
There were Jew entirely independent
r,.n. such as Nathaniel Elsberg' Regis
POST and Afford Cooley, In each OF the
two houses; the remainder were under the
control Of the Republican and Democratic
bosses hut could also be more or less IN
ouepced by an aroused public opinion
The two machines were apt to make com
mon cause II their vital interests were
touched II was my business to devise
methods by which either the TWO ma
chimes could be kept apart or else over
thrown II they came together
NJ aesire was 10 achieve results. and
not merely TO issue manifestoes OF virtue.
II IL very easy to be efficient II the EN-
cheney is based on unscrupulousness, and
{, 10 still easier to be virtuous II one Is
content with the purely negative virtue
which consists In not doing anything
wrong, but being wholly unable to accom-
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PHILADELPHIA nas soda clerks 50
- slow that it takes them five min

HILADELPHIA nas soda clerks SO
- slow that il takes them five min
l. utes to serve chocolate and malt
ed milk with only enc customer at the
bar. but the policeman standing at the
corner Of Market and 18TH can instantly
reel of, zone block over to Chestnut
and six TO the left" with a jerk Of his
thumb down 18th in answer TO the ques-
ton. How do you get to Independence
HALF" Every visitor to Philadelphia
does homage at the shrine of liberty. II
YOU should ask him why President VIII
son. Vice President Marshall and many
other figures in national life should make
a special trip from Washington on Octo-
Der % TO attend exercises in the modest
looking red brick building. with white
cupola standing at the west end of In
dependence Hall, perhaps he could make
no better answer than could the Phila-
delphia Judge who asked if those planning
the rededcation of the building were not
overriding IL a little when they invited
the President to be present And the
Judge had sat upon the bench i'm the
court mat once had It's home in the build
Ing! II is once more called Congress
Hall. for the builcing for ten years served
the country as its capitol. fact that
apparently has been forgotten by many.
Within its walls the destinies Of the young
republic at critical period were shaped.
It's rededication is due TO the fact that
after much research by architects and
others it has been carefully restored to
look as 1t did in those momentous years
when the voices of Washington and
Adams and jefferson and Marshall were
heard within its walls.
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floor Then. CARRIED in black from the
military hat with its black cockade TO the
stockings and shoes, he enters the House
of Representatives on the ground floor
amid an awesome silence. The sombre-
ness of his entry is unrelieved by the gilt
tering pomp OF military aids. Not
sound breaks the stiffness of the room as
with slow and dignifled motion he mounts
the three steps to the platform on the
west side of the auditorium and turns
about to face the company gathered there
to listen to what he shall say.