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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
THE COST OF THE LEGISLATURE.

1t costs the State about 100000 for an annual
session of the Legislature. This is spent in
salaries and expenses But there Is a much larger
cost the people of the State when the Legislature
is derelict in its duty. The Legislature this
exceptionally costly in that respect
1t failed to pass the economy and efficiency bills,
which would have saved the State more than hun
dred thousand dollars law for State purchasing
department would have saved hundred and fifty
thousands II the fish conservation bill had been
enacted into law the State treasury would have
obtained income of half a million annually and
several millions would have been saved for consumers
1t Is not eXaggeraton to say that the legislative
session this year cost the State upwards of million
dollars
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23

The late Harry Pearson, who, al
though a Republican, was reappoint-
ed postmaster of New York city by
President Cleveland early in his first
administration, was once asked what
the salary of postmaster of New York
city was. He replied that it was
$4,000, and that if General Grant,
when President, could have had his
way, the salary would have been
fixed at $4,000.
Early In President Grants second
term, he asked Roscoe Conkling, then
United States senator from New York,
to call upon him at the White House.
He said to Conkling, when the sena-
tor was shown into the President s
office: Senator, I understand that a
bond of 100000 with sureties for
double that amount must be given
before a man can qualify as postmas-
ter of New York, and 1 find that the
salary of the Office is only $4,000. 1t
seems to me that this is a woeful
discrepancy. The government ought
not to place a man in an office and
require a bond of $1,200,000 and then
pay him only $4,000 salary"
Senator Conkling said that the
heavy bond was required because the
postmaster of New York was respon-
sible for a great deal of money.
'I am going to recommend to Con-
gress that it increase the pay of post
master of New York to 100000, ana
/ am going to recommend an increase
of the pay of postmasters in Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago and
ST. Louis. These postmasters are
not paid enough" declared the Pres
ident.
President Grant did make this rec
ornmendation, but Congress ignored
1t. Senator Conkling was anxious to
have the matter taken up again at
the next session of Congress. 1t was,
and, chiefly through his efforts. aid
ed by William S. Holman, then a
member of Congress from Indiana,
the salary of the New York postmas-
ter was raised to $4,000
Mr. Pearson said in further expla-
nation:
"You know that Congressman Hol-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How the New York Postmasters Salary Was Raised

man was often called the WATCHDOG
Of the treasury Many persons
thought of him as a cheese-pariihg
statesnnan. But Senator Conkllng
wou1d never permit any one to speaN
disparagingly of Judge Holman 10
him. For he was accustomed TO say
Judge Holman, to my persona 1
knowledge, is watchful only tnal no
NAV prevent wastefulness. L doh
believe that there is a mennpeI %
Congress on either side of the capltol
who would more gladly assent to ran
appropriation and fair payment LoE
services given by officers of the gov"
eminent than Judge Holman.
General Grant felt, and | felt also
that the government did not pay oile
postmaster at New York an adequate
salary. especially in view of the 1act
that a bond of $1,200.00O was exacted
of him. 1 was confident that coulu
persuade the Senate to increase llie
New York postmaster's pay 10 a.
least $S,000 but l was in some dount
about the ability to get that resoiu-
tion through the House. l Went lc
Judge Holman and said that l would
like to have a conference with hlm'
He was courteous enough to give me
all the time / asked. / showed MN
what the money responsibilities OF
the New York postmaster were ana
| observed his establishment when
told him that the government exacted
a bond of 100000 before man
could qualify as postmaster OF New
York Judge Holman instantly sa'n
that the salary was not such as the
government should pay to man OF
whom 1t exacted such great responsi-
bilities and of whom it demanded
bond of 81, 900. He said that the
government could not afford to be
unfair. He pledged himself to give
hearty support to the resolution to
increase the pay of the postmaster.
and he was faithful to that pledge;
without his aid the measure could
not have been adopted. Let no man
say sneeringly to me that Judge Hol.
man Is a "cheese-parlng statesman"
Copyright. 1914, by ]. E. Edwards
All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
HOW THE GUARD WILL GO TO WAR.

There will be no necessity for calling an extra
session of the Legislature account of the emergency
in Mexico. The National Guard is now under the
authority of the federal government and the war
department will issue all the orders and provide the
necessaries and pay the bills,
In 1898 when the National Guard was called out
the enrolled in volunteer regiments, with
the same regimenta numbers, and prepared and
equipped at Sea Girt. Governor voorhees, then ap-
pointed the commissioned officers below the rank of
brlgader which a federal appointment This
year the National Guard regiments will go into service
organizations, and probably will be sent direct to
camps of mobilization in Texas to be fully equipped
and organized into divisions to be parts of
Regular troops will be mixed with the National Guard
in this organization for example, instruction and
steadiness. In New Jersey there will be summer
camp Seat Grit and the Governors cottage will lose
it's military aspects
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23

aroused will be brought heavily to bear upon the
pork-barrel-loving congressman for even they must
in the present situation the shadow of far more
serious emergency for the nation.
The national defenses are seriously impaired Con-
gress has stupidity refused to provide the money not
only for dreadnoughts but for all the smaller vessels
that are indispensable. We amentably short of
powder, torpedoes and submarines. We have neg
lected the aeroplane which is now one of the most
formidable engines of Even Mexico may boast a
better aeroplane service. Our maynard equipment
is deficient. In short, Congress has acted on the
theory that there never will be and the cheap
proposition has been favored to turn vessels
into merchant ships.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
Wearing the Trousers,

Ancient Britons We're among the
people whose = Naring of trousers
was noted by S.e more civilized an
clients who eschewed them. ''Braccae"
(breeches) seems to have impressed
the Roman mind very much as
Chinese pigtalls did the modern west.
Gaul, beyond the Alps, was at one
time known as Gallia Braccata-
Trouserland-and Cicero taunts a.
man with having sprung from
"trousered" ancestors. AS Roman
ways degenerated the use of trousers
began to creep in, and it is recorded
that Alexander Severus wore white
ones, previous emperors' trousers
having been crimson.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
The Fruit Of Folly.

VI EOtiy.
From the New York Produce Review.
Our Philadelphia neighbors are now
making a practical demonstration of
the absurdity of the cold storage law
that was foisted upon the Pennsylva-
MIA people last year. Butter stored
last June in that State must, ac-
cording to that law, be removed from
the warehouses before the same dates
n March. The Generalization in the
storage butter market is bad enough
at all points, heaven knows, and
stocks are being unloaded as fast as
possible at heavy losses; but to be
compelled under such circumstances,
to empty q whole States warehouses
in a given period by forced sales out
side of its borders Is certainly an
asinine proposition. This butter is,
of course, perfectly sound, perfectly
wholesome, and would remain so for
months longer if kept frozen, and II
will all ultimately he needed by the
Pennsylvania people at some price
| There is no possible way for the
| PENNSYLVANIA authorities to prevent
! the sale in that State of storage but
! ter shipped there from other sections
| even If il may have been carried
| longer than nine months, and Their,
! will doubtless be the anomaly OF
| Pennsylvania shipping carloads OF
their own needed supplies out of the
| state in order to market II unnatur.
| ally by reason OF a silly law. ant
| later bringing similar goods back
again for consumptive needs.
| IL anyone can imagine a more idi.
otto regulation of cold storage" thar
this it would be interesting to hear It
And the worst of it is that the fooc
regulators are doubtless beguilins
themselves into the belief that the
| law is responsible for the demoral-
| lied butter market and for the holy
| thumps that are being delivered to
| the nefarious butter spectators.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
The Expansion of England.
on, CnIIiorsp NVooirl,,

Ihe Expansion OF England.
From Golfers Weekly.
1t is indeed pleasing to note
the admission of a few more Amer
lean writer's to that scant list whose
existence English critics, when in a
particularly English mood. feel COM
PEELED to admit. The English Satur-
day Review in an article written ap-
parently for the purpose of persuad-
ing Americans to give up the hopeless
quest of letters, declares that only
Emerson, Whitman, Hawthorne and
possibly Bret Harte and Bryant, can
be considered as great or whereabouts.
Pedestals for the new immortals! a
few years ago the list began and
ended with Poe. In few years more
1t will include Lowell who has been
dead almost long enough to become
great, and Mark Twain, whose earli-
est jokes are now being quite gener-
ally understood at the other end of
the Atlantic ferry.
Englishmen like their writers as
they do their game. Both must be
dead a long time to be fully appre-
ciated. Time has made old Ike Wal
ton SO great in England that they
are raising money to put him in a
stained-glass window among the
saints in Winchester Cathedral and
time has made marVels of
Bacon's Essays. the dullest and
hollowest collection of reVerber-
ating composites ever produced with
good ink Indeed. after reading some
not very obscure efforts of some very
famous English poets, we are in
clined to believe that II the Sweet
Singer of Michigan had lived about
one hundred years ago in the lake
region Of England, we might now
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
Warned off,.

During the long and recurring
periods of being without a maid, it
is the custom of my wife and myself,
writes q correspondent in the Man
chester Guardian, to get an additional
forty winks in the morning by PIN
ming to the front door overnight a
paper of orders for the early trades
men. The earliest and noisest ar.
rival is the milk cart. Through the
open bedroom window, one morning
this week, the following dialogue
penetrated:
Deep voice of milkman: what
does TIL paper say?"
Boy on doorstep with lingering
emphasis): at says. No Milk, No
Meat, No Fish, No Vegetables
Deep voice again with immeasurs
able contempD: "Humph!"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
WAR NEWS AND BASEBALL NEWS.

War news has not abated interest in baseball news,
which shows the powerful hold the national game has
the American public War has fairly sub
merged interest in everything else but baseball If
serious is developed In Mexico If the dispatches
tell of battles and great bloodshed and of the taking
of cities, If have repetition of the war news of
the Civil War period, the public may show less in
terest in baseball The buetin-boards will
then attract bigger crowds than those that give the
scores in championship games
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
OWL WAR IN COLORADO.

The attention of the public has been engrossed
by events at Washington and on the Mexican coast
that little heed given to the bloody drama being
enacted in the Trinidad coal fields in Colorado Nearly
two-score of dead is the gruesome record of in
dustria carried on in peaceful American State
This tragedy of the mining fields calls for thorough
investigation by Congress and if possible the condgn
punishment of those who are responsible for such
savagery.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23

Great Britain trade union congress
for 1914 Will begin on september in
| Portsmouth.
| Building trades laborers in Austria
liza have asked for the forty-four-
hour week.
Baltimore, Md, machinists are In
fair way to secure the eight-hour
day.
Quebec press feeders will receive
an increase of SO week and the as
sistants 81 week.
The Italian trade union congress
will take place early In May in Flor
ence.
Trenton New Jersey Moving Pic
ture Operators Union favors the
passage OF a State license law for
workers in this calling.
Three hundred and eighty five
strikes affecting 22,24S workers in !, 1853
works were conducted in 1913 in Hol-
land.
A rent strike by householders in
Edmonton and Tottenham, Canada,
is threatened against increases re-
Gently made in rents.
officers of the Grocery and Pro-
vision Clerks Union, OF Boston, an
nounce that many stores are agree
| ing to their shorter hour schedule.
The total capital funds of the
Northumberland (England) Miners
Association has been officially re-
turned at $17O,255.
Kansas City Carpenters District
Council has signed a two-year con-
tract with the master builders. The
minimum wage will be sixty cents an
hour for the first year and siXty-fiye
cents an hour beginning April l, 1915,
Unions of the Pacific District Coun.
ell of Electrical Workers have decided
to reafiiliate with the international
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
| affiliated with the American Fedora
! ton of Labor, from which they Sc
coded in September. 1908.
Homer ID. Call general secretary.
| treasurer of the Amalgamated Meat
| Cutters and Butcher Workmen, anC
| first vice-p president of the New York
| State Federation of Labor, was
elected State treasurer of the State OF
New York by the Legislature in join
session.
Representations of labor organlza.
tons in Boston and other Massachu
sets cities have requested, before the
committee on street railways, tha
the matter of public ownership and
operation of street railways in tn,
| commonwealth be submitted to tn,
voters of the State for decision.
The next congress of the German
| Federation of Tailors will be held IL
Nuremberg. August ID, and the days
following. The agenda includes: I'm.
enjoyment pay. report concerning
the preliminary preparations in con
nection with the federal tariff agree
ment and the apprentice system, etc
The International Union of Shingl,
Weavers. Sawmill Workers ant
Woodsmen has requested of the lum
Der manufacturers and logging CANT
operators of the Northwest an agree
ment for an eight-hour day, a mini
mum wage of SIPS a day and tim
and one-half for overtime.
The present department of labo
consists of four bureaus, formerly un
der the department of commerce an
labor namely, the bureau of labo
F statistics formerly called the burea
, of labor), the bureau of immigration
the bureau of naturalization (thes
two formerly one) and the children
bureau.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
The Argentine Army.
re Roosevelt, in the Outlook.

Theodore Roosevelt in the Outlook.
Among the officers ! met sons of
Frenchmen. Englishmen, Irishmen,
italians and Germans, mixed with
the officers of either pure Spanish or
part Spanish and part Indian descent.
but they were all Argentines, and
nothing else.
In this respect, as in so many other
respects, they resembled our own
people. I visited the Military Club
at Buenos Ayres to present a bronze
replica of Borgium's statue of General
Sheridan. In speaking to the officers
] alluded to the fact that so many of
them were of foreign parentage, and
pointed out that the same thing was
true in our own country-that, for in
stance, our greatest admiral, Farra-
gut. was the son of a Spanish father;
that among the officers who served
under him and rose afterward to be
admirals, in addition to the many
men of old Revolutionary or native
American stock, there were the sons
OF German, English and Italian
fathers; that some of the most typical
Americans we ever had were descend
ants of Frenchmen; that the great
general who was commemorated by
the bronze j presented to them was OF
Irish parentage. and the sculptor or
the bronze was of scandinavian par
entage.
Altogether, was not only pleased
with, but impressed by what ] saw OF
the Argentine army. 1t Is Well
trained and gallant body of men, and
I have no doubt that on the field IT
would do first-class work. The OH
GERS, by the way. played polo TINS
year an Argentine rifle team came TO
the United States and won the
worlds championship. Some day
hope we shall see an Argentine ON
cers' team come to the United States
and play polo against some of oui
army teams.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
MAYBE A BETTER-ARNED NATION.

There hardly be doubt now that Congress
Will appropriation for at least two batteships
as well for the auxiliary vessels the navy needs to
make 1t effective National sentiment thoroughly
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
che Dansant

Before the back-log's leaping blaze
Fine danes of long ago
Sat late on winter afternoons
Within the roseate glow;
The kettle sang upon the hob,
The lid danced merrily,
And to these mild accompaniment
Mlady slipped her tea.
In softly lighted drawing-rooms
Fine ladies of today
Appear in stunning Paris gowns,
While, la cabaret,
The tango music floats about
insinuatingly,
And, 'twixt the pauses of the dance,
Milady sips her tea!
Ida Keck Virgins, in
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23

from Indiana, bought 1900 acres Of
waste swamp land in Illinois, re-
claimed it by an expenditure of $780,
900 on levees and drains, and on it
produced last season 200, 900 bushels
of corn, 5000 hogs, several thousand
cattle and gave employment to 200
persons. Before 1t was reclaimed the
land was marsh given over to ducks
and wild animals.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
If Hen Strays Into Your Yard and Lays
an Egg, It's Yours.

It
an Egg, It's Yours.
NEW YORK, April 23.-If a stray
hen struts into your back yard and
drops therein an egg, confiscate it!
1t belongs to you. even though the
hen belongs to another. Magistrate
Charles Dodd decided that important
question yesterday in the New Jer-
sey Avenue Court, Brooklyn.
Mrs. Margaret Hansen, of Ga At
kins avenue, East New York, made O
charge of larceny against Mrs. Annie
Backus. of 1874 Vienna street. Mrs.
Hansen said Mrs. Backus was with
holding two eggs laid in Mrs.
Backus's yard by a Hansen hen.
She demanded the eggs. 1T can't
be DONE" said Magistrate Dodd. For
findings is keepings."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
The Canal Zone, Too.

Teaeher-How many zones are
there, Bobbie?
Bobbie-Oh. whole lot There s
one torrid, two temperate, two frigid
and a whole lot of postal zones. -
Boston Transcript.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23

be studying her works in our public
schools. Time works more wonders
abroad than money does in this
country.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
Bunker of Plate Glass Gets Counts
Golf Drive and sI65 Bill Follows.

OIdHH VCNB 3
Golf Drive and s165 Bill Follows.
NEW YORK, April 23.-Foozling a
drive, as We all know, usually only
sets the unfortunate back a stroke.
But when the Comte Charles de la
Toure of the Paris Jackey Club, a
member of the Societe de Golf de
Paris, who is now at the RitzCarl-
ton, did that same little foozle, 1t
made him liable for lot more than
the common penalty.
In fact, the counts foozle may cost
him $165, the price of a plate glass
window at the Indoor Golf Academy
of Dunn & Lewis at 81 East Forty
second street, through which the
count drove not only a ball, but
club, while practising the Glengarry
drive.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
PROFITS in swamp Land.

Washington (Ind) Herald.
Charles w Fairbanks, former Vice
President and United States senator
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
ODDITIES IN
TODAY'S NE WIS

Kiss on Hand of Woman Costs the
WOOer $50.
PITTSBURGH, April 23.-Because
he kissed the hand of Mrs. Theresa
Duranda yesterday, Louis Hohos, of
Tarentum, was taken before Magis-
trate Bell, severely admonished,
forced to settle with Mrs. Duranda
and pay the costs. The total bill was
S25
Hohos paid the bill without a MUIR
muir. When asked by Magistrate
Bell why he kissed Mrs. Duranda's
hand he said: 81 thought to win her
by my galantry, and l made mis-
take"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23
LABOR NOTES

Great Britain trade union congress
for 1914 will begin on september in
Portsmouth.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23

The present department of labor
consists of four bureaus, formerly I'M
der the department of commerce and
labor, namely, the bureau of labor
statistics formerly called the bureau
of labor, the bureau of immigration,
the bureau of naturalization (these
two formerly one) and the chlldren's
hurp1II
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-23

Quebec press feeders will receive
an increase of So a week and the as
sistants 81 a week.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-12-02
ASKS AID FOR THE BELGIANs
Appeal Issued by Minnesota Relief
Committee.

Appeal Issued by Minnesota Relief
Committee.
The Minnesota Belgian relief COM
mittee has issued the following appeal
to the people of this state:
1T is earnestly hoped that every
citizen Of this state, without regard
to creed or nationality, will generously
contribute toward the relief of the un-
fortunate people of Belgium who have
been rendered destitute by the war.
Tn the rfgors of the ensuing winter
these people of all classes must en-
dure unspeakable suffering. The food
supply of these seven million souls
has been exhausted and they are on
the very verge of starvation. The
greater part of the burden of relieving
this frightful distress necessarily falls
upon our country.
Consider this request and send
your contribution to the nearest bank,
which will in turn forward it to the
Minnesota Belgion Relief Fund. All
funds will go for the purchase of Min
nesota flour, which will be forwarded
at the earliest possible moment"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-12-02
KILLS BRIDE; WOUNDS SELF
Jealousy Probable Cause Of Tragedy
in Minneapolis.

Apparently deranged by jealousy,
Frank Brown, travelling salesman
of Minneapolis, murdered his bride of
seven weeks and fatally wounded him
self. The couple had resided in the
Mill City about q month.
When the police were called to the
scene of the tragedy they found Mrs.
Brown dead in chair at the table,
Brown lay wounded on the floor be-
side her. The couple had apparent
ly just finished lunch.
Blood stains on the bed clothes in
Dictated that she first was fired on as
she lay on the bed. The, woman is
believed to have jumped up from the
bed and seated herself at the table
nursing the wound. Three more shots
We're then fred at her, two taking ef-
feet in the chest and one passing
through the heart.
Brown himself is wounded in the
chest.