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when Innocent Men and Women Arc
Locked Up.

That many Of the older police sta.
lions In New York city are made
Quately equipped for the detention Of
prisoners and the housing Of the police
whose headquarters they are Is a no.
torious fact It 10 again brought to
the fore BY the reports Of the state
Prison Commissions inspectors con-
demnins q number Of houses, and the
new exposure Of discreditable cOndi.
lions, coming at a time when penal
methods are attracting unusual interest,
Is likely to attract wide attention.
In fairness to the city It should be
borne in mind that 1t has not been
blind to the situation. No complaint
Is made against the modern stations.
in which the proper facilities for ham
ding prisoners decently are provided
a. q matter Of course. Stations Of this
type are building in all parts OF the
city. and eventually the old and dis
cretiitable structures will be abandoned.
This will take time. however. and a
good many years must elapse before
these relics Of less enlightened or less
liberal day are all eliminated from all
the boroughA
As this delay Is inevitable II might
not he out Of place for the city to adopt
temporary expedients for the comfort
and well being Of station prisoners.
1t must be remembered that these
persons are In many cases innocent Of
wrongdolng or IRE minor misiemesA.
ants. In any event they are unconvicted.
They certainly deserve clean and com.
Portable lodging and decent treatment
from the authorities before conviction
as we'll as after condemnation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-16
Vhe suns Brief Against the Asso-
otated Press.

Oincs he first announcement that
WHE Sun had filed q complaint with
the Attorney General Of the United
States arraigning the Associated Press
% Q news monopoly and petitioning
for abatement Of the evil through &C.
zion in the courts, widespread interest
IN the proceeding hss been displayed by
the public and innumerable requests
have been made for copies Of the full
text Of the brief drawn by Messrs.
JAMES NJ. BECK and CLARENCE J. SHEARN.
TEE Suns counsel 1t Is not merely
In newspaper circles that curiosity and
sympathy have been manifested. From
lawyers and from men In many classes
Of business have come expressions Of
the hope that fuller view ~ the case
might be given TO the publ than was
afforded by the summary published at
the time Of the filing Of the papers.
In response to this general demand
we print In our news columns this
that. as is argued in the document It.
self, the matter OF freedom In the col
lection. distribution and publication Of
news is of the highest Importance not
merely To newspapers but TO the entire
public. who depend upon the free and
impartial reporting Of daily occurrences
for the intelligent performance Of the
duties Of citizenship.
An edition Of the brief. together with
the appended exhibits, is now in the
press, and II will be ready for distribu.
ton In pamphlet form In the course Of
two or three days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-16

senator OWENS bill to regulate the
stock exchanges by an unhnllowed
abuse Of Federal power over the mails
has not Jared very well at the hear
ings held by the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee. Of which Mr..
OWEN Is chairman. As to the extent
OF Its popular support a large and
wholesome degree of doubt may be per-
mitted. Witnesses for the bill have
been wonderfully lacking, while an i'm
pressive body Of testimony against 1t
has been given by large number Of
substantial and Intelligent citizens.
Some Of the most effective OF them
have been members Of the Senate com.
mittee itself who, by their shrewd
questions and blunt statements. have
exposed the bills defects. 1t was in
deed precisely such interrOgatOry that
tore the mask of the measure on
Thursday and exposed 1t for what It
IL. . bill to coerce not the stock ex-
changes but the States.
The scheme to close the mails to the
transmission Of quotations made In es-
tablished stock markets. unless those
markets are conducted by Incorporated
exchanges, Is now explained as a plan
TO bring the stock exchanges under
regulation by the States. Possibly this
explanatiO ton Is refuge resorted to on
account Of the countrywide protest
against the erection Of the Post Office
Department into bureau Of oppres-
sion such as might be endured In Rus
sia but could never be tolerated In
America. Even 50 the retreat leaves
the advocacy OF the Owen bill In rather
worse shape than before the explana-
tlon was made.
No amount Of verbal juggling can al
ter the definite fact that even II the
object of the bill Is to bring about what
II called the reform Of the stock ex-
changes through State regulation its
proponents aim to attain this object
through subjecting State to Federal
coInpulsion to enact reformatory legis-
latlon by threatening to deprive any
pto'h tucTeIU oil
mail and telegraph facilities. II this
IL what the owen bill IL driving at
lis altogether autcratic and altogether
unlenocratlc purpose suggests the ex-
istence of political spirit at Washing
ton which deserves the political reibuke
from the people that 1t will undoubt-
eddy receive when the proper time
comes
While the country has been travel
ling pretty far along the road OF revo.
luton, there Is still a vast amount OF
popular veneratlon for the Institution,
Of republican government. Reform O,
the stock exchanges has long been de.
Oanded aud progress has been made
in that direction, but the reduction
OF States to Federal provinces would
be high price to pay for what further
stock exchange reforms may be neces
sary.
Nor would the status OF he Over
om - improved II It were altered d
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POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.
Mr.. Lincoin's Opposit hon to meir untrs.
ductiOu into Illinois.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Str: The
editorial article of February 10 entitled
The Alien Quest" says:
what welcome. what hospitality. what
place o. influence would there be for
Abraham Lincoln In this country that wor-
ships him for tho most part ignoruntly
He was doomed edroitly In Illinois and
nna,iy nominated In the Chicago national
convention Of 1850 by "dsais" promises.
the cisvsrest manipulating 10 he revisited
the slimpsss Of the moon he would and
Presidential primaries In the political incu.
bators, State conventions and national con-
ventions regarded a. evils TO be abolished
and instruments Of Satan.
The last sentence implies that Mr.. LIN
coin looked upon political conventions
with favor. II the Life Of Abraham
Lincoln" by Miss Ida NJ. Tarbeil 10 cor
rect upon this point your assumption 10
erroneous. This book states (voi. 4.
y. l2S):
The absorbinG topic Of the wiatsr (isSS-
sO. however. and the one IN which Lin.
sned naturalization Of the convention sys-
tenn In Illinois. Up TO this time candidates
for once In the United states had generally
nominated themselves a. We have ssen Lin.
coin doing. Along with the Pres-
identiai convention came the machine. aa
organization OF all those who belonged to Q
party. intended to secure unity Of effort
The whiss. Lincoln among them.
violently opposed the new scheme.
In March. 1892. Lincoln announced
himself A. a candidate for the General
Assembly Of Illinois. THE only pre-
llminary expected OF . candidate for the
Legislature of Illinois at that date" says
Miss Tarbell, was an announcement
stating his sentiments with regard to
local affairs" Lincoln made this an
nouncenent by means OF circular COM
posed Of about two thousand words.
Speaking OF the convention system, the
book quoted says:
The efiicacy OF the new method was 90
apparent. however. that. let the whiss
preach 40 they would. II was rapidly adopted
We have seen that the institution of
political conventions did not have Mr..
Lincoln's approval. but that this innova-
ton was adopted against his protest
Seeing what potent source of the
perpetuation OF corrupt power these con-
ventions have become since Lincoln's
public career began. have We any war
rant for believing that were he living
now the position he took In 1885 would
be altered? ELMER II. YouNoNAN.
New YoRx, February IL.
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THE RErORMER.
Somewhat violent wishes o. Q Friend
Of Dancing end Fun.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Siy: A re-
former Is one who. because he does not
care for dancing or any Of the other recre-
atoms most people enjoy. strives to pre-
vent others from enjoying themselves as
they see ~, and to ton :: all credence Is
given to these spineless imbeciles and peo-
pie really fear to do things they enjoy for
fear Of being censured.
What business IL II OF any ones II I
want TO dance or enjoy myself In any way
I see Mt? The reformer will say that he
In looking out for my welfare. both phys
ically and morally, but iot him not
worry and think OF others as long as his
own little narrow mind 10 at ease regard
Ing his own salvation.
! sigh with Nero. "Oh. II these reform
ers had but one neck" could throt-
tie them into perd!tion with one operation.
this country would really be the land Of
the free. NJ. r.
NEW York, February ~.
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Celebration Of the semi-centennial Of
the death OF STEPHEN Fosrm Ia certain
to revive the discussion as 10 the char
acter OF his songs. That they are not
really folk songs, though they have the
characteristics Of folk songs. has long
been the opinion OF authoritative writer's
on music, FOSTER invented his melodies
and from this viewpoint they are the
art songs Of composer who followed
the idioms Of part Of the population.
Yet many love to Insist that "Old
Black joe" "Massa's In de Cold, Cold
Ground" and other songs by the author
Of "'rhe Old Kentucky Home" are folk
songs because they represent the negro
musical idioms.
The most important characteristic Of
FosrnRs songs sssms to many 70 -
their stSopE national form. Net only
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-16

The youth passed q ten dollar bill to the
Justice, who began to count out the
change. tho legal fee OF = Justice for
marrying being 81.
"Oh, never mind that" airily broke In
the young man. II work for FoRp."-
Despatch from Detroit.
What lesson In sociology have we
here! And better still. what q subject
for an idealistic painter: Thrift and
Philanthropy clasped hand In hand. but
Thrift Is tossing away ten dollar bills
with the OF hand. A penny saved IL q
penny earned. but ten dollar bill when
you work for FoRD"? Why. don't men,
ton II. Pooh. pooh! keep the change!
Uplift begins at home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-16
MEMORIAL TO7ITANIC'S DOCiof
Faad Raised by DR.. O'LsnEbi'n'
Friends Goes 10 Hospital

a memorial fund raised by friends
the late Or. William Francis Normal
OLaughlin, surgeon OF the Titanic ''
persisted with his snip, Will be preseNI'1
to-day to 81. Vincent's Hospital.
Dr. O'Laughlin was a frequent r''''o
at the hospital. where emergency Gases
from most OF the steamship lines -rH
taken.
The fund viii be used for remodcl!Ins
and eQuipping the emergency departing
where u tablet In memory OF ~
O'Lsughlin will be placed.
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From IRE Washington Star.
Fathers looking very solemn,
Puts down figures Ia u column;
Adds EN- up and tries again
As he wears q look OF pain
Everybody stands ana gases.
while his language oft smaxes,
A. he sadly plods along,
Getting every answer wrong
Hour by hour he keeps on trying,
All his brain and nerve applying
To the sums he has TO do
Tears EN- up and starts anew.
10 he worryingf Well, rsthsrl
DO not bother dear old father,
Leave him 10 his Income tsx.
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Comrades.

To THE EDITOR ov The suS--Sir. have
always supposed that cheese went all riEht
with any sort Of pie. but Deacon Todd Of
Middle haddsm tells me that the only pie
that cheeSe ought to be eaten with 10 appls.
Can that be correctf PiE LovER.
MIDDTETrvN. Conn, February IL
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TO THE EDITOR or THE suS--Siy: An edi.
toriai article In The Sun asks rs There Any
such Word as Ru:kus'f" ana brings in lie
cousins 'rumpus." ''ruetion" and NO forth
! send you this extract from II story In the
Saturday Evening Post OF February "a:
Anybody heard OF any ruckusS 1t seems
TO me done heard soma talk In town about
u Teller being cut up or something"
SCRANTON, Pa. February ~ j. &c
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souuet hing Light and Humorou.

To rHn EDITOR or THE sus-Sr. what
should be done to the man who on a day
when the thermometer IL IS degrees below
zero stops you to say Rather chilly to.
day. heyr Nrssr..
UTICA. February Il
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-16

The inmates Of the women's prison at
Auburn underwent their first instruc-
ton In the tango and other popular
dances on Saturday. Some OF them
were found to know nothing except the
waltz and the twostep. II is gratifying
to learn that the State does not intend
to turn these unfortunates loose utterly
unprepared for the battle Of life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-16

The King was In his counting house count.
Ing UP his money.
But I'll be hornswogsisd n can make
out my incems tag statement" he exclaimed,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-16

To rsE EDITOR or THr sus---sir: have
heard colored men In the South say ''rookus"
LOUISIANA.
WASHINGTON. d. q. February IL
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N our friends rho fago, US utfh rsowusertpfs and
opsssvasoas fev publication wtsh 10 hoss rsysessd
stsiss sssur~sd INV mvss N ~ cases NM sfowps
~ ~ DUyposs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-16

Mr.. BRYAN chose for his theme The
Writer With Message" In contradistinc-
ton TO the writer who writes for the
money. The comparison he drew was
mat there was no comparison.-Ners Of
tho dov.
Likewise the citixens OF LeesburE be-
heve that the orator Who talks Cor to be
more technical. lectures) for money u
Incompatible with q speaker with q
message +. O. D. (free on delivery.
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a Phsygiau Kicker.

Midas found all he touched turned TO gold.
why oeuldn't hsss been rsdisar -
,smDlainsl.
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abls 70 TuB SUN.
Published daily. including Sunday. by he Gun
Printing and Publishing Association 81 ITO Nassau
street. In the Borough Of Manhattan. New York.
President and Treasurer. william G. Reieh. 10
Nsssau street, vicc-Prcsident Edward p. Mitchell.
10 Nassau street: Secretary. Q. z. LuatOn. no
Nassau street.
London once. Ef,ngham House. 1 Arundel
street, Strand.
pNris once. Rue Dc u Miehodisrs, on Rec du
ovAUs Septembre.
wsshington once. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn once. 100 lun gston street.
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are they American in their thematic
material, but that their composer was
a native Of this country marks lis
tinguishing feature between them and
the popular songs OF the present time.
Few Of the men who are putting before
the public the successful and ephemeral
ditties Of the day are American by birth.
and Indeed few Of them have been here
more than year or more before they
begin to compose the one kind OF music
which II In possible TO make appealing
to the American public to-day. There
are Of course incalculable artistic dis
tances between tho compositions Of
FosruR and the so-called rags" that are
the single form In which the popular
American composer Of the day seeks to
express his musical talents. II 10 an
other popularity Of the songs Of FOSTER
that they were given to the world when
songs for Americans were written by
thor cornpatriots. That Ia not true to-
day; and II would be pleasant to be-
lieve that our national Taste In music
unalloyed Is better represented by the
negro melodies OF FosrEa than by their
modern substitutes.
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0ubeoreptloos ~ HAIL. Roetpaao.
DAILY. Per Mon h......................s % 70
DAILY. Fer Year ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. . %
SUNDAY. Per Month -
SUNDAY Ito Cansda). Per Month.."..... 80
SUNDAY. Per Year -
DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per Year. %
DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per Month";. -
FoaRIoS RATES.
DAILY. Ter Mon tn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ass
SUNDAY, Per Mont -
DAILY AND SUNDAY Per Mon u. ...... 4 %
THE EVENING SUN. Per Mont ........ -
THE EVENING SUN. Fer Year........... . 70
THE EVENING sun Foreisn) Per Month. I %
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-12-31
SAM P. GOTT,
Sec. Alliance.

METHODIST
Sunday School $50 a. m.
Preaching 10:45 a. m.
Junior League 2::30 p. m.
Senior League 900 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wed. 7 p. m.
Choir practice Saturday 7 p m.
The morning service is our regu
lar communion service / will fin
ish my theme, Christ in the Gar
den" or the The Church in a Crisis.
You who heard the other can judge
whether it is worth while, but you
should be in the service because of
the Lords Sacrament, so see that
you are present.
In the evening | expect to finish
the theme l used last Sunday even
ing: The Incarnation of Christ"
and The Divinity of Christ" You
heard one sermon hear the other.
Sunday we put on the organized
and graded work in the Sunday
School and we are expecting the
presence and cooperation of tie
school and church in this move
ment. The literature for the grad
ed work is on hand, and will be
used for the quarter.
Our work has-been growing in in
terest during the last four months:
our congregations have been large
at all services, for which we are
grateful, and as we enter the New
Year l hope the work will continue
to grow until the whole church is
put into action. ! realize we are
going through the most trying time
the church ever went through on
account,of the war in Europe, Mon
ey matters are close. and the ap.
peals for help are the most urgent
we have sever heard, but stand
firm, my friends.
HOY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-12-31
Lincoln.

Thomas Christian has written F.
H. Hagan that DR.. B. S. Lincoln
died on Dec. 20, at his home near
Carstairs, Alberta, Canada. DR..
Lincoln at one time was a practic-
ing physician here and made host
of friends. They went to Canada
about eight or ten years ago. For
some time his health has been poor
and he was preparing to start to
California on the 22nd. He was a
splendid gentleman.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-12-31
A Valuable Patent.

W. S. Corder of this city has a
patent on a glass burial vault
which is said by those competent
to know to be the best out. 1t is
hermetically sealed and prevents
the escape of all gases and germs.
1t also prevents any water getting
into the casket. Then it can be
made and sold at a low price or
can be so made as to sell at a high
er price. in either case the escape
or seeping of different elements is
the same. When put on the market it
will meet the demand for a recepta-
Gle to lay away the dead and keep
out the water from the bodies. Mr..
Corder has had many applications
from manufacturers who will pay
him royalty on every vault sold,
and the number sold will be large.
The greatest serial picture yet.
The TREY o. Hearts" at the Gem
friday, January 9th.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-12-31
MONROE CITY BANK
ANNOUNCEMENT

We, will, on Friday, January
first, 1915, move into our remod-
eled building at our old stand,
and be pleased to have our
patrons, friends and the general
public inspect the premises be-
tween the hours of 2 and 10 p. m.
We wish to thank our Gus
toners for the patronage given us
during the past year and we
trust that our present con-
veniences for serving our patrons
will, in a way, make up for the
many inconVeniences suffered by
them while we were in temporary
quarters.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-12-31
Critics for Lieutenant Governor.

An effort is being made by the
many friends of Joseph j. Critics of
Rolla. Mo-. to get him to enter the
race for the nomination onthe dem
ocratic ticket as Lieutenant Gov
ernor. Mr.. Critics has a wide and
favorable acquaintance in the state,
He is a successful and able lawyer.
and has for the last few years been
a law partner of Judge Bland,
former Judge of the St. Louis Court
of Appeals. Should Mr.. Critics en-
ter the race there is strong proba-
bility that he would have no oppo-
sition.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-12-31
w. D. CAVE, Pastor.
FIRST BAPTIST

Our Sunday School averaged 1O2
for each Sunday in 1914. That is
Fl better each Sunday than in 1918
Let US do our best to make it still
better In 1915.
Our regular services next Sunday
Sunday School is at 9:45 a. m. and
the hours for preaching are II a.
IN, and 7 p. m. The B. Y. P. u.
meets at $50 p. m.
We shall observe the Lords Sup
per next Sunday morning. Every
member of the church should try to
be present. Get the church going
habit right in the beginning of 1915
We give the public most cor
dial invitation to worship with us.
SAM P. GOTT, Pastor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-12-31
CHRISTIAN

Bible School 9;45 a. m. Preach
ing at II a. m. and 7;S0 p. m. Boys
Club $50 p. m, Prayer meeting
Wednesday 700 p. m.
Inasmuch as the Christmas vaca-
ton has passed we are anxious
that all shall rally to our work. We
are planning for forward move in
the Bible School. The attendance
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-12-31
Fire Alarm.

Christmas morning the fire whis-
tie was blown vigorously. The Gem
Theater was reported ablaze. A
fire had been made to warm the
house for the afternoon show and
the ceiling near the stove pipe
caught fire but timely discovery
and chemical fire extinguishers
soon put it out.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-12-31
Silver Lining.
Monroe County Infirmary.
r. 90 1n1x


Dec. 28, 1914.
Editor Monroe City Democrat:
Xmas in the Infirmary caused one
to think of the song, Wait Till the
Clouds Roll BY Jennie" and they
rolled.
The ideal MANAGERS of the In-
firmary, Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Major
made things as pleasant for the
Boarders" as it was possible for
them to do under the circumstances
When some as or so went to
breakfast they found everything as
nice as in the average Missouri
family Butter from Jersey cream,
the very best of smoked sausage,
biscuit, coffee and milk and beside
each plate was a bag of good candy.
Generally the dining room is as
quiet as mice but that morning
pandemOnium broke lose and every
one was stricken with the Xmas
spirit. Of the twenty-five women
and children none of them laughed
more and enjoyed it more than Mrs
Major who was once again a girl
and with as much unalloyed pleas.
ure as any of the unfortunates.
Probably it would be better to say
the "Fortunates" for this is a home
for most of the inmates, a
home that is far better than three
fourths of them had when out in
the world. a home that is kept
clean. home where there is plenty
of good wholesome food, home
where one is. treated kindly if they
obey few simple rules that any
gentleman would obey instinctively.
And the dinner, yes'em. Turkey
with trimmings and plenty of it. in
fact one would think to see some of
them eat it that they would not
want to look at another bird for
year to come.
AS for the building, it is of first
class material, hard wood floors.
steam heat, lavratories, bath rooms,
etc. 1t is situated on pretty
hill from which one can look over
the wooded hills of the Middle Fork
of "Old Salty" for 5 miles and over
the hills of The Elk Ford for about
the same distance. A pretty view
in warm weather and when it is all
wrapped in snow causes one to
think of Nearer My God to Thee"
Those who come and leave will al
ways bear a kind remembrance of
Mr. and Mrs. j. C. Major. for they
do what they can for the unfortu-
nate. One-of-Them.