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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09

About forty years ago the news
papers were full of the sad affair OF
Abby Sage Richardson. Mrs. Rich
ardson, or Mrs. Mcfarland, as she
was then, was successful New YORK
newspaper writer. She had been mar
ried at twenty five to Mr.. Mcfarland,
who deserted her very soon after their
marriage In order to support her
self, she first taught school, then she
had given literary readings, and
finally she had gone on the stage
She had been especially successful as
Narissa in 1.-THE Merchant of Venice.
Still she felt that the dramatic life
was not congenial to her, and she
started to write for the New York
papers. Through this work she be-
came acquainted with Mr.. Richard
son. the editor of the New York
Tribune, who had been a famous
Civil War correspondent of the same
paper. Mrs Mcfarland had not been
living with her husband for five years
at the time, and, as her friendship
for Mr. Richardson grew, she sought
a divorce from her husband. Mr.
Mcfarland. There was little trouble
about gaining this divorce, and very
soon afterwards Mrs. Mcfarland an
nounced her engagement to MIR. Rich
ardson, who was q widower with q
family of young children. Then one
day when Mr. Richardson was work.
ing in his editorial Office of the New
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
4 SAD COMMENTARY.

This fellow Huerta may be booze fighter and
''chronie lush whatever these terms so frequently
used in Nezcan dispatches intended to describe or
EXPRESS g. id that the dictator is never in sober
state Of MUD that is apprehensiye and suspicious
40 suspicious of the treachery toward himself IN fact
that he transacts business in automobile escheWs
restaurants for meal purposes and will not even ee-
cent packages of candy mailed to him, fearing the
same may be poisoned.
He is pictured as hopeless helpless and ire
sponsible wretch.
Yet there is a growing ana well-grounded feeihg
that this drunken sot" and drunkenness is always
to be deplored is outgeneraling, outmaneuverng
and crcumventing the peerless one, the Honorable
William j. Bryan secretary Of state, IN the MeAl-
can controversy.
The indications all that way. Huerta is Iaaclng
this country on the defensive before the mediators
and forcing to apologize and explain too oten lot
comfort and peace of mind.
What sad commentary on the elevating and IN
spring ideas OF will be. if this Mexican devotee
of "puque' and "four-fnger tanglefoot continues
unrestrained to point in craftsmanship to the
apostle OF grape iuice'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
A HIGHLY UNPOPULAR STATESMAN.

The American people are getting revelations Of
the mental attitude of Secretary Bryan that have
made a complete change in their ideas Of the man.
The fierce resentment of the hundreds Of American
refugees at Tampico. deserted by their government
and compelled to rely for their lives upon German
and British sailors, is voiced throughout the
land but it only adds fuel the popular anger that
already existed
II is universally recognized that orders given TO
our warshps at Tampico were inspired by Mr.. Bryan,
as they we're entirely consistent with the scuttling
policy of statesman who negotiated the astounding
treaty with Colombia and has given his support TO
the equally dsgraceful surrender of our national
rights in the Panama. Canal to England
1t has been announced that Mr. Bryan will not
resign from the Cabinet in to current rumors
and indignant letters to Washington. He can't
be dismissed without stultiying the administration.
But Bainger, who only wanted to give away
Alaska, not the Panama Canal the national honor,
had to resign in spite of President Taft. Popular
sentiment compelled him. How long Mr.. Bryan
withstand that power?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
WHAT ESSEX GAVE TO THE COUNTRY.

The improved roads movement which began IN
Essex County with the improvement, at county ex-
pense of 120 miles OF roads has wonderfully ex-
tended throughout the country. Under its State aid
act of 1892 New Jersey has built more than 1888
miles of roads.
How other States have carried the movement
is shown in the figures of appropriations for the pres
emit year The total of about $62,00O,0oO, for only
twenty-sx States, is for single year New Jersey
total expenditures this year amount to about $3.50 900
Since the good roads movement had its origin in
Essex County an enormous improvement has been
made in the highways of the United States In 1892
a modern-built road hardly had existence. Dirt roads
were universal The benefit of the improvement to
the farming interests was immense and good roads
caused a vast migration OF city population to the
suburbs It was road improvement that built up the
beautiful and aourshing suburbs in Essex County
and in North and South Jersey.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
WHAT OUR PRISON RECORDS SHOW.

OF the convcts in the State prison at the date of
the last annual report. 979 native born and 527
were foreign born considerable number of the
native born had foreign born parents the prison
population was about equally divided between the
foreign and native stock.
It is noteworthy that OF the 527 foreign born
convcts 245 or nearly one-half of Italian birth
The highest of other natonaities represented
was SO for Germany and the next highest was 4S
for Russian Poland Hungary came fourth with 81.
It is also of interest note that only 20 convicts
we're credited to Ireland
The great excess of Italian convicts, due to the
importation of many people of criminal instincts from
the cities of southern Italy and Sicily, shows the in
adequacy of our immigration laws But point may
be the prison reports that reute the theory Of
the relation of illiteracy to crime among immigrants
It is this Out of total prison population of 1906
no less than 189 could read and write and only PSI
iliterates As the prison contained 3S3 negroes
aud representatives of Asatic countries well as
native iliterates the percentage of iliteracy among
the Italian convicts must have been comparatively
small.
1t is the Italian illiterate who is criminal but
the ierate, and there in Congress who would
admit all the latter and exclude the terate who
comes honest labor and the benefits of country
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09

ernor Fielder did not exhibit the least
of the existence of that great State asset the coast
fisheries: did not know that 1t was wholly confronted
by foreign trust did know that this trust taxed
consumers six cents pound the fish they buy, and
did not know that by simply recovering possession OF
the fisheries and conserving them the State can put
$500 900 year in the and at the same time
make fish cheap for the people and preserve the fish
cries from impending destruction.
If New Jerseys Governor got hint of these pal
pable facts at the banquet in Atlantic City ne will
have gotten knowledge that he might have obtained
earlier at the hearing on fish bill Trenton last
winter And it may enIighten the Governor as his
duty at the next legislative session.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
4 NEW SPUR FOR FIRETRAP OWNERS.

Fire Commissioner Adamson, of New Y ork. is try
ing a novel plan to deal with lawdefying owners of
fretraps. He is suing corporation for the of
putting out fire its premises last January. Auto
matte sprinkers had been ordered by Mr.. Adamsons
predecessor fourteen months before, but heed
paid to the order The fire commissioners may
indicate that there is 10 be of the official
laxity which allows careless and greedy property
owners to trfe with human life by billing up excelsior
under staircases of lodging houses such caused
the loss of eleven lives few weeks And the pros
pect of having to pay damages to the city may as
spur where considerations fail.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
To the Editor of tho Evening star:

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
One. or perhaps several, of the con-
stitutional law editors, experts, etc,
on an evening newspaper with oftlces
In Market street. has dissected the
Hennessy preferential primary act,
and has apparently satisfied hlmsef,
il he has failed to satisfy anyone else,
that he knows something about II, or
all about it. 1t must be very nice to
feel that way.
The sensation of self-satisfa ction is
denied to so many that the one who
experiences 1t, and through his per-
sonaI eXertion and assumption Of
superior knowledge, is surely a NOR
tai 70 he both envied and conSratu-
lated
This erudite californian descants on
the beauties of majority rule and the
great privilege accorded men like him
and other men to make his vote cover
wider territory than under the plain,
old fashioned way of voting once for
certain candidate and letting that
one vote court fer it's full unit force.
He confesses to love for the vote
carly and often" policy, though under
pressure of y-by-the-week lnf1u-
ence. perhaps, he has deprecated the
practise.
AS an ordinary election officer. who
has applied some energy to solving
the preferential voting policy, I can
not possibly reconcile my practical
knowledge to the views Of the editor
man 7 will submit table, contain
ing names, just as tentative PROPOSE
ton, showing how a ballot might
look when removed from the box at
either the Orange or Irvington cleo
ton, provided, of course, that the
californian or other person similarly
disposed would exercise his full priv
ileges under the preferential voting
law. Here is the ticket or table. SO
YOU can pay your money and take
your choice:
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09

Not at the present time is there
any member of the United States
Senate who was colleague of the
late William w. Eaton, of Conecti-
cut, in that body. Former Senator
Eugene Hale, of Maine, entered the
Senate about the time of Senator
Eaton's retirement. Ex-senator
Henry Gassaway Davis, who repre-
scented West Virginia in the Senate
when Senator Eaton was a member
of that body and who afterward was
the Democratic candidate for Vice
President, is probably the only living
ex-senator who was associated with
Mr.. Eaton as a colleague in the Fed
eral Senate.
Senator Eaton was for many years
the idol of the Democatic party in
Connecticut. Aside from his service
in the Connecticut Legislature, he held
no public office until 1875, when, with
the Democratic party in control of
the Connecticut Legislature. he was
supported with substantial unanimity
by the Democratic members of that
body and thus elected a United
States senator.
In the Senate chamber, Senator
Eaton made little or no public i'm
preston. But he gained many warm
friendships which were not confined
to his own side of the chamber. He
was for several years the most init
mate personal and Senatorial friend
that Senator Conkling had. The two
men We're utterly unlike, both physi-
cally and from the point of view of
intellect and temperament, and that
may have been one of the reasons
why they found congenial com
partnership one with the other.
asked Senior Eaton, whom 1 had
known in Hartford. il he would give
to me his estimate Of Roscoe Conk-
ling. I put that question to Senator
Eaton a few days before his senate
rial term ended. He was to be sue
ceeded in the Senate by General Jo-
seph r. Hawley.
q suppose there were no members
of the Senate" said the senator in
reply, who differed so greatly upon
political questions as did Senator
Conkling and myself? He was a Re-
publican of Republicans. I was an
old-fashioned States rights, Jeffer-
sonian Democrat. Both of us had
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09

From the Phlladelpnla record.
When the ordinary deyotee Of peace
at any price attributes war to blood
thirsty individuals who wish to go
forth and kill somebody it is hardly
worth while to criticize his form of
expression, because most people are
Ia the habit of talking rather loosely
But when the president emeritus OF
Harvard University uses such Ian
guage it is time to challenge his loose
talking or his superficial thinking. In
a recent address he said:
1.-The Christian nations started
fighting in the Balkans, and we are
a Christian nation, and so is Mexico.
But still there are Christian men who
want 70 fight. want TO destroy fellow
beings. want to spill blood. Christian
nations ana churches are not trying
20 prevent war, but rather they eXult
IN war and give thanks for victories.
We do not suppose that even villa
wishes to destroy fellow beings or "a
spill blood. He would greatly prefer
to have Huerta leave the country, and
10 encounter no resistance in his efforl
Ia set I'D q different sort of govern
nent Huerta doesn't wish to destroy
any fellow beings or to Spill anS
blood, but earnestly wishes the Unitet
states would withdraw its forces ant
villa would lay down his arms. H'
only fights because he has got t(
fight or flee. .-...,
Christian nations started fghtina
In the Balkans. But will DR.. Charlie,
Eliot stand up before a civilized
audience and say II is better to leave
Turkish rule indefinitely untouchet
than to overthrow it? For thirty-hV'
years the Balkan States and Euro
pean nations had been trying to driv'
the Turkish government to redress
the grievances Of the Christian popu
lation OF Macedonia and adjacent dis
tricts, and since the Young Turi
party got control the lot OF IN
Moslens Of Albania has been hardil
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
SIGNATURES AS PROOF.

City Clerk Connolly, who is to officially receive
and file the petitions for special election under the
Walsh act, learn what his duty in the matter is
the revelations of the in election districts
Manhattan in the recent special election for
stitutonal convention
Investigation of the books OF registered voters has
shown that the signatures inscribed therein are
wholly different from the signatures of the men who
voted in the election In New York there to be
way to right this wrong. In New Jersey it is in
the power of municipal clerks to prevent wrong of
similar character
If the signatures of voters in the New York cleo
ton had been critically compared with the registra-
ton signatures there would have been honest cleo
ton The duty of City Clerk Connolly is to make sure
that special election in Newark is honestly called
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
Little Editorials
by the People
FIRE PROTECTION FOR OLD BUILD.
INGS

INGs
To the Editor Of the Evening star:
sir-Recent fires in New York, Bos-
ton and elsewhere suggest the fol-
lowing:
No building, with persons sleeping
above the third floor, should be built
without an inclosed fireproof stair
case from the lowest basement floor
All old buildings SO occupied should
have the stairways fireproofed and
inclosed. This applies to hotels, lodg
ing houses, apartments or tenements.
Il can be done gradually, but all
should be SO equipped by specified
time
Various firms, selling hollow tile.
asbestos sheets and gypsum products
stand ready to do this work at a
moderate price.
No fire escapes should be placed
where flames or smoke, from win
dows, render them useless when most
needed.
Factories, where employees are
working above the third floor, should
also have inclosed fireproof exits. If
above the fifth floor, the building
shrould be flreproof. The same rule
as to fire escapes should also apply.
The average fire escape" is a
tragic irony. They should be built in
front of the party wall, not in front
of the windows. To insist on one for
each building is foolish the size and
location are more important than the
number
Automatic fire alarms are inexpen-
sive, and should be placed wherever
life is at risk from fire. Respectfully,
JOSEPH d. HOLMES.
New York, May s. 1914.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Secret of a Strange Senatorial Championship

been stanch in our loyalty to our po-
litical principles. But In all my
warm intercourse with Senator Conk-
ling [ heard no word from him in
antagonism to my political views and,
of course, / refrained from attacking
his.
IT think l understood Senator Conk-
ling better than some of his senate
rial associates have done, and l know
that l was utterly free from the faint
of jealousy--which explains, to some
extent, the strained relations that
were maintained between Conkling
and some of the other Republican
senators.
1--WE often talked about men in
public life, but never from the point
OF view of politics. Senator Conkling
had a singularly accurate judgment
of the intellectual qualifications of
some of the senator's who had gained
distinction. | think he was disposed
to regard Senator Thurman, of Ohio,
on the whole, as the ablest intellect
in the Senate. He had a very high
opinion Of Senator Thurman as a
man of integrity and of honor. 1
know he once spoke of Thurman as
a fine illustration of the complete
mastery of the great body of the
English common law, the world 8
most copious font of Jurisprudence.
There were one or two senators on
the Democratic side for whom he did
not care. Senator Bayard, of Della
ware, was one of these, although he
had the highest respect for the lat
ter's personal character. From
something he once said 1 suspected
that he looked upon Senator David
Davis as out of place In the Senate
chamber, although he admitted
Judge Davis's qualifications for the
seat he long occupied as justice of
the Supreme Court
I'VE agreed so thoroughly in our
estimate of the intellectual and per-
sonal character of our colleagues in
the Senate that l presume in that
common opinion is to be discovered
the secret, If there be any, of what
have heard many persons regard
as a queer companionship established
between Senator Conkling and my
self"
Copyright, 1914, by E. j. Edwards
All rights reserved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
PREFERENTIAL VOTING
Election Officer Points Out Market Street
the Disappointing Results That May Follow Full Exercise
of the Privilege Under the "Hennessy" Act

Even the californian on the Market
street newspaper must vote five first
choices, as there are five offices to be-
filled. IF he doesn't vote five first
choices his ballot will be nil. II he
votes more than five, his ballot will
share the same fate. 1t won't be
counted. He needn't vote second,
third or fourth choice, IL he doesn't
care to. He cannot vote more than
one choice for any candidate.
But the majority rule loving editor
man, judging from the way he puts
his feelings in print, will, to be con-
sistent, take in the whole bill of fare.
And, in covering the entire route, he
may defeat his own aims and desires,
and this is what the full exercise OF
preferential voting privileges affords:
the opportunity for the defeat of q
voters first choice, by the self same
voter expressing other choices. An
accumulation of second choices may
overcome the first choice, and the
most worthy candidate be defeated
thereby.
For instance. there have been, say,
seventy-two votes cast in a municipal
election. l place the figure at sew
enty-two for easy calculation. This
would mean, under the law. that
successful candidate must receive
thirty-seven votes, or majority OF
seYenty-two.
Mr.. californian has voted five first
choices, as he must do. OF the five + .
was particularly enamored of Frank
Carr. To his mind Carr. of all the
candidates, was best qualified to dis
charge the duties of the office. "A
for Henry Poe, he was of no conse-
auence. Lacked ability and even han
a nerve to run.
Yet. as the solicitation of some
friends. Mr.. californian, just as
favor to these friends. marks Henry
Poe as a second choice.
The votes are counted. Four men
are elected by overwhelming hgures
and there is a tie between Carr ana
Poe at thirty-seven each. In order TO
determine which wins, recourse Is hao
to the second choice votes. 1t Is
found that Carr had received no Sc.
ond choice credits, but that Poe had
secured one second choice marx, tnab
of the californian, who detested roc,
admired Carr and loved majority ruie.
Result, Poe gets the office, Carr
doesn't. and tire californian goes
nome IN u1SSueSt, hlchS IiiiS
around his hired backyard, soaks his
head and asks himself what - fool
subject he will take up next for eoi-
torial operation. He will wonder, no
doubt. what sense was displayed by
him in voting for second or third
choices, when he had voted for first
choice, and what Hennessy could pos
sibly have been driving at when he
put through such an outlandish law
Respectfully yours.
ELECTION OFFICER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
MAY g
Abby Sage Richardson
ny MARY MARSHALL.

York Tribune Mr.. Mcfarland, who
had heard of the engagement, called
upon him and shot him. Mr.. Richard
son was mortally wounded, but he
was carried to q hotel, where he lived
for a few days.
In the meantime Mrs. Mcfarland
had hurried to his side, and, after a
pathetic interview. they decided, In
spite of Mr.. Richardson's approach.
ing death, to be married. The eere-
mony was performed by Henry Ward
Reecher on Mr.. Richardson's death
bed a short time before his death
Through this ceremony Mrs. Richard
son was able TO bear the name of the
man she loved and to have the legal
right to be the guardian of his chill
dren.
Mr.. McFarland's trial was enc of
great interest throughout the United
States. He was finally, after a long
trial. acquitted, on the ground of
emotional insanity. In spite of this
frightful tragedy, Mrs. Richardson
pulled her forces together and went
to her writing with renewed en-.
tbusiasm. She was especially sue
cessful in her adaptations of French
Dlavs to the American stage. She
compiled an interesting collection into
q little book called "Old Love Let
ters," and she was part author OF
the popular historical novel, "The
Pride OF Jennico."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09

has made no official decision as vet
owing to the fact that there has been
no declaration of war"
This decision is a credit TO Japan
csc wisdom. In the first place it will
have some tendency to soften the
United States in regard to the dis
cussion concerning the rights of
Asiatics in general and the japanese
in particular in this country. That
would only be natural, for in the
event of this country going to war
with Mexico there is no room for
doubt that any simultaneous attack
by the little brown men would compIi-
cate the situation, and it would be
some years before the trouble could
be Strengthened out.
The United States has two things
to count on as preventives against a
war with Japan. One is the old time
friendship between the two nations,
which is based on solid foundations.
But, of course, even such foundati tons
may be overturned IN time of ma
tional excitement. This leads to the
] second reason. and that is that Japan
knows well the power of this great
country and knows that it could never
really win in struggle with the
I Stars and Stripes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-09

At the quarterly meeting OF the
New York Bible Society the general
secretary, DIR. George William Carter,
reported a distribution of the scrip
lures during the three months end
ing March 81 as 1851 volumes, and
over 1856, 900 volumes were distributed
during the last six months. The So
ciety is distributing the scriptures in
fifty-three languages In the city and
harbor of New York.
The society maintains a large work
in Bible distribution at Ellis island,
where each immigrant may, If he de-
sires, obtain a copy of the scriptures
in his own language. During the
past three months nearly $4,000 vol
umes were distributed among the inn
migrants. The society has main
tanned this work among the immi-
grants for more than eighty years.
A missionary of the society has visit