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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
MINORITY RULES IN
STATE AND NATION
Majority Vote No Longer De-
cides Elections.

Since President Wilson endorsed
the principle of preferential voting
!. by putting the stamp of his approval
on the. plan. for allowing q second
choice vote IN the New Jersey pri-
maries, the question OF majority. non1i
nations and elections has received
a lot of attention in all parts Of the
country. The splitting up Of old par
ty lines last fall and the improbability
of soon restoring the old conditions
in WHICH election issues lay wholly
between two great parties has led to
situation which gives especial force
to the argument for changes In the
election laws which will require all
nominations and elections to be by
majority vote, says Herman B. Wal
ker.
Under the system of plurality vot-
ing, when there were only two big
parties, majority elections were the
rule. With the birth of the progress
sive party and the growth of the
socialist party conditions have so
changed that plurality elections have'
brought about minority rule.
Seventy-four Of the 1870 members Of
congress from districts not In the
South received a majority Of the
votes cast in the elections. The
other 116 represent less than half of
the voters who took part In the cleo
ton. In some instances the men who
hold the seats in congress were the
choice of less than a third of the
voters in their districts.
A comparison of the votes In these
1870 districts shows that forty demo
Gratis were the choice of a majority
of the voters In their districts, while
TIA democratic congressman were ele
ted by less than a majority of the
voters. Thirty republican members
had majority of the votes in their
districts, and thirty-five republicans
were chosen by d minority of the
voters, while of the zprogressives
whose votes are obtained for COM
parison, four were the choice of a
majority and seven were elected by
a minority of the voters in their dis
tricts.
Four out of the twelve congressman
from New Jersey received majority
of the votes In their districts. OF the
five democratic congressman from
Connecticut, not one was elected by.
a majority vote. The statesUf ArisI
zona, which has but one congressman
Is represented by a democratic men,
ber who polled little more than
third of the total vote.
The four and a half million votes
cast for Roosevelt and Johnson are
represented in congress by eighteen
progressive congressman, while the
three million republican voters of the
country have 126 congressman to
represent them, and the million So
cialists have no representation.
The manner in which the plurality
system is producing a minority rule
under present political conditions IS
well shown by existing conditions in
New Jersey. Here are the returns
from the congressional elections in
New Jersey last fall, showing the
votes by which sitting members were
elected, in comparison with The total
vote cast in opposition 10 them for
other candidates.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06

The Bar Association of Morris
county gave dinner to the county
at the Morris County Golf
club on Friday evening. The guests
of honor were Vice-Chancellor Fred.
eric w. Stevens, former Judge AL.
fred Elmer Mills, Judge Joshua r.
salmon, former Prosecutor Charles
A. Rathbun, Prosecutor Charlton A.
Reed and Judge Oliver X. Day. U.
s. District Attorney John B. Vree,
land, president Of the association
was toastmaster On the committee
of arrangements were Edward X
Mills, Elmer King, Lawrence Day
John H. Bonsall and Edgar F. Ran
doIph,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
FORD AVENUE CLOSED.
Work There on Street Depression
Begins-Bridge Iron Arrives.

Ford avenue has been closed to
vehicular traffic, a fence having been
built across the thoroughfare. The
Lackawanna will construct a gauntlet
track over which all the trains will
be run while the work of building
the bridge and evcavating the street
is under way. The iron work for
the bridge at Ford avenue has ar
rived and has received a coat of
paint.
A traction steam shovel has ar
rived and is being set up. 1t will
do the excavating for Lackawanna
avenue, the new street about the
station as well as the 9excAvating Of
Morris street and Ford avenue, iron
work is here for the Lackawanna av-
venue bridge and thisi TOO, has been
painted. Brick laying on the sta.
tion is progressing fast ~
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
The score by innings:-
r H e
LOSES TO PRINCETON At GOLF
Morris County Golf Club Players
Beaten by University Men.

A team from Princeton university
visited Morristown saturday after.
noon and defeated Morris County
Golf club team SIX to nothing. The
scoring was ny The Nassau system
The players AL their scores were. =
Princeton-Stearns and Washburn
%; Douglas and Donaldson, |: Roths-
child and Evans, .; Parsons and
Fay, 8; total, 6.
Morris County--Swords and Thomas
o.; Moore and McAlpin. 0; Freling
huysen and Smith, o; Garretson and
Richardson, 0; total, 0.
Saturday evening the players from
Princeton were entertained at dinner
at the club by John o. H. IItney
and Frederick H. Thomas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
Iunior Endeavorera Elect.

The Junior Christian Endeavor
society of the First Baptist church
has elected these officers President
Miss Ethel Jones; vice-president, Miss
Ethel Gallagher; secretary, Miss
Hariett Boniface; treasurer, Miss
Thelma Bush; committee chairmen--
Prayer meeting, Miss Gladys Patrey;
lookout, Miss Alice Brown; birthday
Miss Emma DeGroot; social. Miss
Mabel Mack; sunshine, Griffith Vaug
han.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
Congregational Rally.

The annual congregational rally Of
the South Street Presbyterian church
takes place this evening. There will
be a brief message from the presi-
dent of each organization of the
church. Elders, deacons, and trustees
viii be elected and a. social time will
follow.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
REALTY AND BUILDING.


Charles D. M. Cole has given out
the general contract for extensive al
terations to his house, No. IA Frank
lin street, to Hosmer p. Smith, car
penter. Sub-contractors are Frederick
Pantaenius, painter; William A. Snud-
den, plumber Edward Fleming,
mason. Plans were prepared by Oscar
B. Smith, jr. The work will cost ST.
1874 and is to be completed by June
4th.
Es Frank A. Pierson has purchased a lot
on the Fort Nonsense tract. The plot
has a frontage of fifty feet on Wes-
tern avenue and fifty -four feet on
hillside road. Mr.. Pierson purposes
to erect lafe0 bungalow, for which
his uncle, Waiter B. Pierson, Is pre-
pairing the plans.
William HI. Galloway has sold his
bungalow on Speedwell avenue, Nor
ris.s Plains. to BENJAMIN Townsend,
driversof theeautomobile chemical en-
gine.
Collins B, Weir is preparing plans
for an eight-room dwelling for Harry
D. Bell to be erected on the latter's
lot at No. II Albeit avenue.
Lucian Vermulett has purchased of
A. G. Oxley bungalow on Keenan,
place, Morris Plains, and will remove
to his new home with his family.
Edward Smith has purchased of
Mrs. Mary Ryan the house and lot
No. 101 Maple avenue.
Judge Oliver X. Day is planning the
construction of bungalow at Brielle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
church chorus Five years old.

The chorus choir of the South
Street Presbyterian church celebrated
its fifth birthday ON Sunday. 1t re-
peated the music sung at its initial
appearance five years ago and the
sermon by the Rev.. Merle H. Ander-
son was In harmony with the ami
versary.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
Mr.. Jones' Estate.

Wallace S. Fraser. deputy state
controller of New York, has reported
the appraisal of the estate of S.
Minot Jones in New York to the sur
rogate. He found a total personal
estate worth $918,2S1.54. His net
New York estate is worth s24,52S.S0.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
New Bin In Congress.

Representative Donohoe, of Penn
sylvania, recently introduced a bill
in the house to prohibit the sale Of
Intoxicating liquors to minors within
the admiralty and maritime of the
United States. The bill was referred
to the judiciary committee.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
SUNDAY TROLLEY SERVICE.
Beginning Next Sunday VIII be Half,
Hourly Cars In Afternoons.

On Sunday afternoons between one
and six O'Clock the trolley service
will be half-hourly between Morris
town and Dover, The Morris Coun-
ty Traction company will inaugurate
this service beginning next Sunday
afternoon.
Three trolley cars drawn by a
locomotive and rolling over the rails
of the Lackawanna railroad was the
unusual sight Sunday. The trolley
company exchanged three of the
'310" type of cars in use on this
division for three of the $50" type
from the eastern division That are
in need of repairs The east err diyis
lon cars were brought to panferth
road and from there run qyer the
Lackawanna to Morris Piaips where
the new cars for the eastpru dlvis-
ion were waiting for the retdTn "trip.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
Mr. sturoes ls Archdeacon,

\ SBishop Edwin s. Lines, of the
Newark diocese of the Protestant
j Episcopal church, has appointed the
Rev. Philemon F. Sturges, rector of
st, Peters church, archdeacon OF Nor
ristown,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
Or. Leonard to Sneak.

Next Sunday evening the Rev. A..
w. Leonard, d. D.. of Seattle, Wash,
will speak in the Methodist Episco-
pal church under the auspices of the
Womens Foreign Missionary society.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
Lewis j. Martin.

congressman Lewis j. Martin, oil
Newton, fell dead of apoplexy in the
Union station at Washington a few
minutes after he got off a train
which had brought him from his
home. He was on his way to a
telephone booth to ask whether he
was needed at the capitol to vote on
the tariff bill.
He was sixty-nine years old and
had been prominent in democratic
politics in New Jersey for Ihirty-five
years. He was serving his first
term in congress.
Representative Lewis ]. Martin
was the democratic leader of Sussex
county for more than forty years,
and was the son of the late James
j. Martin, county clerk of Sussex up
to the time of his DEATH
Judge Martin as he was familiarly
called was born near Sussex, or
February 30 1914. He studied law
after passing through the public
schools, and was admitted to the
bar in 1866. He practised for three
years in Branchville and Newton
Mr.. Martin, Sr.. died in 1869, and his
son was appointed by Governor Par
ker to fill the unexpired term of his
parent, which ran until November OF
the same year. In 1879 Mr.. Martin
was elected a member of the New
Jersey house of assembly and was
reelected for the terms of 1880 and
1881.
In April of the latter year Mr.. Mar.
tin was appointed law judge of Sus-
sex county for five wears, and was
reappointed twice, retiring from the
bench in 1896. In 1897 he was cleo
ted to the state senate, and in 1900
was reelected. He was minority
leader of the democrats on the floor
of the senate from 1899 to 1902. In
November, 1912, he was elected to
congress.
Mr.. Martin married on October IA,
1868, Miss Frances M. Shaw, who
survives him with four sons-Sayre
Martin, deputy surrogate of Newton;
George S. Martin, of Bronxville
Lewis ]. Martin. jr., of Factoryville
Pa, and Scott Martin, of Newton.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
STATE HOSPITAL F. c. WINS.
Randolph Military Academy Defeated
In Game MARRIED by Errors.

The State Hospital Field club de.
feated the Randolph Military eacad.
emy team Saturday afternoon at
Greystone Park thirteen to nine.
The. hospital team imported pitcher
from Dover named Malay for the
contest but the Randolphs touched
him up for nine hits. Major Ran
dolph went on the mound for his
boys but they rolled up sixteen miss
cues behind him, kicking the game
away. Major Randolph struck oui
five and passed one. Malay whitfield
eleven and walked two.
The score by innings
R H
Randolph 10010114-9 II
State Hospital 2112 x-13 6 :,
Batteries: Randolph, Robertson am
DeVeau; Malay and Richards.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
Extendlna Gas Mains.

The Public Service Gas company is
extending its mains on Albeit avenue
from the Whippany river bridge tc
Ridgedale avenue.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
ACADEMY WINS ANOTHER GAME
Defeats Frank MlIen's Strong Ag-
gregation on Saturday.

Eddie Welsh, pitching for Morris
academy, held the members of Frank
Millen's team at bay Saturday after
noon until the ninth inning when he
eased up and permitted the acad-
emy's contenders to tally. The acad-
emy won the contest by the score
of seven to two. Welsh famed
twelve, walked two and hit one bat
ter. Millen uncovered a dark horse
for the pitching assignment in Stew
art who halls from Morris Plains.
He pitched game that deserved
better support than his teammates
accorded him. He famed seven in
the seven innings he worked, and
walked five. ,a
The score by innings
~ ss RHE
Millen's Team. 002-2 6 A
Morris Academy l 10040x-7 Z q
Batteries:-Stewart, Swenson and
Norton: Welsh and Glanvile. a3t7 81
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06
OBITUARY..
DR.. Francis p. kinnicutt.

DR.. Francis Parker Kinnicutt, whose
summer home was on Sussex avenue,
died suddenly Friday evening in New
York after suffering a stroke of
apoplexy. He was sixty-seven years
old
DR.. Francis p. Kinnicutt was born
in Worcester, Mass, on July 13,
1886. He was graduated from Har-
ward in 1868, with the degree of
bachelor of arts, and two years later
received the degree of master OF
arts. In 1871 he was graduated froIz
the college Of physicians and sur
geons. 2
He was well known as physician
and had been professor of clinical
medicine in the college OF physicians
and surgeons. attending physician at
the Presbyterian hospital, consulting
physician at st. .Luke's hospital, hos
pital for ruptured and crippled,
Babies hospital, Woman's hospital,
Minturn hospital Morristown Memo
rial hospital, and vassar Brothers
hospital, of Poughkeepsie: member
advisory board of commissioner of
health, New York city; member adj
visory board of port officer, state Of
New York, and member of the
board of directors of the cancer hos
pital.
Since 1905 he had been joint editor
with DR.. N. B. Potter of "Sahil's
Clinical Diagnosis; president of the
Association of American Physicians,
1906-'07; member of the American
Medical Association of New York,
the New York Academy of Medicine,
the American Museum of Natural
history, and trustee of the Chill
dren's Aid society, besides being con-
nected with many other organiza-
tions.
DR.. Kinnicutt was a member of
The Century, the Harvard, the Uni
versity, the City and the Whippany
River clubs.
He married, in 1873, Eleanora Kis-
sci. There are two sons, Francis H.
and G. Hermann, of this town.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06

Lucian vermulett has purchased of
A. G. Oxley bungalow on keenan,
place, Morris Plains, and will remove
to his new home with his family.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-05-06

Judge Oliver X. Day Is planning II
construction of a bungalow at Briell
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-23
ELBERFELD'S FINE
DISDAIN. FOR THE
LEAGUES PITCHERS

Chattanooga, April 22.-Kid Elber-
field is gradually weaving himself from
his old devotion to the hit-and-run,
and plays his cherished major league
system now only on occasions when he
expects to take the enemy by surprise.
"The idea that we We're using, the hit
and-run over in Nashville was all
wrong" says the Kid. I'VE played
straight baseball, without any frills.
You can't play the hit-and-run with
pitchers who can't get the ball over
the plate
Il signaled the hit-and run once with
two balls and no strikes on the bat
ter. Now, everybody knows that a
real pitcher tries to get the ball over
with 'two-and dnone.' The Nashville
pitcher served one so wide that it
looked like a ptch-out The next time
came to bat I said to Eddie Noyes:
You're a nice catcher, you are, sig
mailing a pitch-out when the count is
two and nothing. Good Lord, | didn' [
ask for a pitch out said Eddie. The
pitcher just couldn't get them any
nearer the plate
"We are sacrificing right along now
OF course, we don't do the stereotyped
thing all along, but it's no use in try
ing to hit and run with pitchers, who
don't know where the plate is, and
there's a big crop of wild ones south
this spring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-23
CHAMPION DAY WILL
SHOOT IN ENSLEY
TOURNAMENT TODAY

James Day, champion shot of the
shoot of the Ensley Gun club today.
He has just returned from another
round of victories and long runs since
leaving here about four weeks ago.
Among his recent wonderful perform
ances was a run of $50 straight at
Longview, Tex. At the tournament Mt
San Antonio he lost but Ii out of $50
shots and a long run of 12S without
missing. At the New Orleans tourna-
ment last week he made a run of 104
without a miss.
1t will be remembered that James
Day aside from being the champion
shot of. the world, holds 16 worlds
records in shooting.
The Ensley Gun club will turn out
its full membership. Sandwiches and
cold drinks can be had on the grounds
and shooting will, continue throughout
the day, beginning at o'clock. All
shooters are invited to attend this
shoot.
Many men of the Birmingham Gun
club will be present.
The object of this shoot is to get the
members of the Ensley Gun club all
out at one time and have good So
cial time. The shooters Will bring
their families and all visiting shooters
are invited to bring their families and
join in having good time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-23
WALKER CITIZENS
DEFEND TOM LONG
Say O'NeaFs Assertions
Showed Disregard for the
Dignity of His Office

Jasper. April 22.-0Special) MANY OF the
Jasper and Walker county citizens have
espoused the cause Of T. L, Long with
reference to the recent public criticism
of Mr.. Long by Governor O'Neal. 1t is
their opinion that the criticism of the
governor was unworthy Of a man holding
his office and that there was no reason
able excuse for his attempt to tarnish
the character of Mr.. Long.
To show their attitude towards the
aotion OF the governor, the following
paper was circulated and freely signed
by many of the leading citizens of Jas
per and Walker county with a view to
showing the public how those who know
afr. Long best feel about the recent at
tack of the governor Of the state.
we, the citizens of Jasper, Ala. de-
string to resent and refute the statements
made by Governor Emmett O'Neal in his
letter TO the press in reference to Thomas
L. Long of Jasper, make the following
assertions:
''The statement by Governor O'Neal
that on the commission he (N1r Long)
would have been the servi1e representa-
tive of special interests, and would have
betrayed without a culver of conscience
the state which he represented, has no
foundation in fact
ssMr. Long has been resident of Wal
ker county almost continuously for the
past 40 years. He has held many posi-
tons of trust, and has never been false
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-23

same glory, honor and Immortality.
These brethren are required to pass
through similar experiences to those OF
their elder brother, Jesus. Their expert
ences, therefore, are Illustrated in Jo-
sephs experiences. They are not on an
equality with their elder brother. He is
designated their head, Their chief, the
captain of their alvatlon.-I1ebrews 2:10.
Does not this account for the trying ex-
periences of the church during the past
nineteen centuries? The apostle John
declares, ''As He was, SO are we in this
world" and again, THE world knoweth
us not, because 1t knew Him not" As
Josephs brethren were blind to the fact
that their brethren were blind to the
fact that their brother would be their
savior from famine, as well as the sa-
vior of the Egyptians, so the world falls
to realize that only through the Messiah
will any have eternal life.
In the very connection In which Jesus
mentions that He was hated without a
cause, He plainly forewarns all of His
elect followers to expect TO be hated un-
justly. We read. IF the world hate you,
remember that it hated Me before 1t hat
ed you. Ii we were of the world, the
world would love its own; but because ye
are not of the world, but | have chosen
you out of the world therefore the world
haeth you. But this cometh to
pass that the word might be fulfilled that
is written in their law, they hated Me
without a cause. John 15:1S-25.
The Philosophy of the Facts
We have considered the facts-that Je-
sus- and all of His followers, according to
divine intention, have suffered shame
and contempt We perceive that, in the
case of Jesus and the early church, per-
secution came from their brethren ac-
cording to the flesh--the Jews. Through
out the gospel age, persecution of the
brethren of Jesus has come from their
brethren, too-not Jews. but Christians.
This persecution has come upon faith
full souls of nearly every denomination.
Sad to say, II has come from unfaithful
souls of nearly every denomination. In
nearly every case the profession has been
made that the prosecuting was done for
the glory of God. as the prophet fore
told.-Isaiah 66;5
In Jesus experience, the Father tested
His love and loyalty. TO demonstrate His
obedience, before exalting Him very
highly Similarly, the church must be
proven loyal, even unto DEATH
There is a difference. however. The
Master was perfect. Her followers still
have imperfections of the flesh of hered-
ity. But they are judged according to
the love and zeal of their hearts. This
loving zeal is witnessed to by their en-
deavors to walk faithfully lin His steps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-23

to any of the obligations placed upon
him thereby
In his business and personal relations.
Mr.. Long has always been the soul OF
honor and integrity, and it i'll becomes
the governor of this state to SO forget
his high office as to stoop to such SLAM
der as his language in regard to Mr..
Long conveys.
I'VE further assert that the following
language of Governor O'Neal in the same
communication is slanderous and untrue
I declined to put Mr.. Long on this
board because I did not intend that the
states interest should be confided to
treacherous or unworthy hands, Mr..
Long is incapable of treachery.
I've further resent the high and mighty
attitude of superiority shown by Gov
ernor O'Neal in the communication re-
ferred to, which was published In The
Age Herald and other daily newspapers
of April 10, wherein he refers to the coun-
try people of Alabama who elected him
as, Gaping Rustics.' and otherwise shows
a disregard for the dignity of his high
office by course, brutal and vulgar lam
guage.
I'VE, the undersigned, further state that
we are not related to Tom L. Long by
blood or marriage, and that this state
ment is made without his suggestion;
our purpose being, regardless of past
political differences, to correct the unjust
and false statements made by Governor
ONeal in regard to an honored citizen
Of Jasper"
Tho communication is signed by large
array of the most prominent citizens of
Jasper and Walker county.