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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
as recent history abundanty recalls, Gov


SO it was that the Smith family left its
home in Oliver Street the other day and
took the train to Albany and the Governors
mansion. All Of them-Mr. Smith, Mrs
Smith, the five little Smiths, and the big
Smith dog, who is really big, being of the
Great Dane persuasion. And also Mr..
Smiths mother. The East Side wished them
pleasant trip with all its sentimental
soul. Mrs. Smith smiled radiantly as
usual, the five little Smiths followed along
brlskly, and the big Smith dog ran into
cveryone's legs in exactly the way any we'll
regulated Great Dane would under the cir
cumstances.
AT the Capital the Smith children were
playing with tho other children Of the neigh
borhood inside of half an hour, while Mrs.
Smith was inside, presumably strai ghtening
up the house.
The next day at noon the state cannon on
the lawn of the Capitol at Albany was boom
ing out majestic salute, while inside the
Assembly Hall, of which he once was
Speaker, Alfred f. Smith, sometime East
Side boy, was being sworn in by the Ri.
Rev. Richard II. Nelson as Governor of New
York. To the left stood the two Mrs. Smiths
and the five little Smiths, as already re-
lated. When it was over the Bible on
which the oath had been taken was handed
to Mrs Alfred E. Smith But she didn't
take it. She handed it on to Governor
Smiths mother, who took it, and held it to
her breast during the remainder of the pro-
ceedings.
That was how Governor Smith was sworn
in, and it was exactly how his supporters
would have preferred it.
Exactly what sort of all executive officer
Governor Smith is going to make, the rather
mixed portrait which mast be drawn of him
fails to make clear. His record tells little.
This time he has voted for some intuition,
Tammany measure; the next, he has stood
out against one. He is a machine man. but
the machine fears many things about him.
He has exhibited decided reticence about
appointments and the rumor is that he is
making his own to a large extent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
In the Bosom
OF His Fan1il1

Undoubtedly, you reason, MIR. Smith must
have some bachelor moments There must
tie some time when Mrs Smith goes to the
club, when the five little Smiths 20 Off TO
school, and the big Smith dog goes out to
make the acquaintance of a less distin-
guished kindred. But you can't find them
1t is strange. If Mr.. Smith were Governor
of Nebraska, for instance, you would ex-
pect the remainder of the family to occupy
pretty prominent part in the proceedings
That would be in keeping with hearty and
unconventional life in the Middle West, as
you understand it. But Governor of New
York-New York, the reserved! New York,
the unemotional New York, the business
like! No, it doesn't seem in character.
SO you feel at first Then, as the big
Smith dog persistently butts about your legs
and the Smith children's voices ring in your
cars, new idea begins to penetrate. You
begin to feel that there may be q reason in
this persistent ubiquity of the Smiths.
There is unfolded, doubtfuly, vaguely.
New York you had only glimpsed once or
twice before, a New York Of crowded mill
IONS, reaching out desperately for tho warm
life OF tho emotions which the city is ALWAYS
trying to withdraw, New York which seizes
eagerly on Mrs. Smith and the fivs little
Smiths and the big Smith dog-Ah, how it
docs love that big Smith dogl---a New York
all at once grown weary and distrustful Of
principles as child grows weary Of les
sons; weary Of statesmen, however honor
able, conscientious, and independent they
may be; weary Of all the striving and rea-
sonlng and planning; only too glad to fall
back upon something which they can under
f'and-~somethng as substantial and init
mate, for instance, as the Smiths and the
big Smith dog.
fou realize great many things at that
moment. You realize why the great polit-
zeal organization Of which Governor Smith
IL member has been able to sin against
every law Of God and state, and still retain
its hold on the affections of the people, II
You are one Of the minority which Is given
TO principles. you will 90 a step farther and
think how particularly diabolical it Is that
this most sacred emotion of the people
should be the one through which they are
the most easily betrayed. And IL you are
not only principled but inclined to be rover
emit you will 20 yet an additional step. prob
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
By S. T. sterne

Mrs. Friend Wife came home the other
evening, radiant
1--WE didn't play bridge this afternoon
she announced in glow-tones. "Fact Is.
we are never going to play again. We
shall not gamble. We shall not waste our
time. Hcnceforth our lives are devoted
to tho New Usefulness-and yours too.
John"
Thus involved, inquired meeklv tho
cause Of this sudden and defnitive CON
version.
we listened to speech delivered bv
Mrs. Abigail SHUTS Smithereens. She is
an ardent exponent Of the New Socialism.
the Universal Brotherhood.
ITS wonderful John Tomorrow. and
all the morrows after that, thcre will be
no capital and labor. There will be no
plutocracy and proletariat Money cease.
to exist. Each takes the share he pro-
duces. The hateful non-productive mid
dleman--the economic parasites pone
forever. Woman becomes the full partner
of her man husband, the equal sharer Of
his burdens"
Splendid" said with enthusiasm
Three ford huzzahs. We join the New
Brotherhood forthwith, at once, now, i'm
mediately and instantcr. on with tho
oldi on with tho new"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
l. 0velyIdeal, ButItDidn'tW0rk

Il knew you would" said Mrs. Friend
Wife, proudly. 81 told nv ladv friends
that my clear-thinking husband would 500
the lightl"
Let us start at once. am a real .sto+.
broker AS such I am one of the middle
men parasites I renowned twentv-tbr..
years OF real estate broking and lower th.
single Of non-productiveness.
THAT being settled, we HE us r. N.
avenue, where | purchase a pair Of brown
overalls and tin pail Tomorrow On
IN search of productive employment If
the unions permit, can get to be n1un,h-
ing apprentice or factory hand at once
Ihink or 1t, my dear-three dollars evcrv
day!
with three dollars day much can h.
done Seventy-fve cents shall 20 for rent
one dollar for food. In tho meantime von
discharge Hlda, the cook. We can't c;vs
her forty out of my eighty That's where
you como in. AS my full-fedged economic
partner, you, dear wife, will cook the meals
wash the dishes, make the clothes. wash
them, mend them and build IN tba bor,a
generally. l don't know whore ono rot.
nat Tor twenty month, but dare saw wa
can get something nicc-possibly neo- IRONY
or early Yonkors."
But" Mrs. Friend Wife broke IN.
There are no butts my dear. hsys
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

only one regret in giving up my real estate
business. It's been very bad lately. This
week landed my first prospect His name
is Collingwood SHUTS Smithereens He has
just inherited a million. He is the husband
OF the brilliant Abigail who spoke at your
bridge club. was going to sell him
country house. If the deal closes there
Will be a commission in it for me amount
ing to fifteen hundred dollars l renounce
that gladly our first contribution to the
new cause"
Did Hllda go? Did we give up our cosev
slx-room- and three-baths? Did we don the
Overalls of Equality?
Listen, brother The very next week
a1ter the above took place Mrs. Friend
Wife came home radiant
"Was Abigail Scotch Smithereen there ?p
we inquired naively
"She was"
Did she make n speech"
She did--scveral of them She said mo-
trumper' four different times and was
doubled every time. She lost eleven dol
lars. Her husband is going to take that
new house, John. You know, dear. Won
promised me a mink stole out of YOUR very
next commission"
Moral; God bless EN-, anyway Locic
isn't the whole curriculum in the school
lifet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
Dir. Hearst Need
Not Apply

He has shown q consistent disinclination
to be run by the Hearst-Hylan crowd, and
las an unsullied record of straight Amer
icanism. Last summer he particularly dis
tngulshed himself when the Mayor, fitting
against his favorite expert" windmill tried
to break up the magnificent organization
known as the New York Board of Health.
Smith was out of town when the trouble
started, but returned before the attempt
had been successful A reporter asked him
what he thought about the situation.
Il don't know" he said, "but I'm going
over and ask Mcbride what the hell IT'S alb
aboutl"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

fairly monopolizes the somewhat commo-
deus Grand Central Station. You follow
Kim to Albany; he disappears behind the
big Smith dog. Desperately you pursue him
to the Inauguration chamber, only to behold
Mrs. Smith, the five little Smiths, and the
elder Mrs. Smith, still hale and hearty,
grouped on his left. Where the Smith dog
is you don't know, but conclude it has been
locked in the cellar somewhere, which later
proves to be the case. You try to watch Mr.
Smith as he takes the oath of Office, but In
stead your eyes are riveted by the radiant
happiness of the two Mrs Smiths and the
self~conscous pride Of the FIVE little Smiths.
And so it goes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
The Real Smith
Retinue

You run through his career as member
and Speaker OF the Legislature, meeting
Mrs. Smith and increasing and growing lit
lie Smiths at every turn until you arrive at
his election as sheriff In 1915. Behold Mrs.
Smith greeting you at the gate Of the Smith
home on Oliver Street, in the Far East, 30
% speak, Of the East Side, her eyes shining
with happiness, her words full Of confidence
in = wise electorate. You fly to his cam
paign for the goyernorship and discover
him using the characterization Of the fam
lily which includes them 80 aptly that II
forces It's own adoption. when Mrs. Smith
and and the five little Smiths and the big
Smith dog get IN Albany" he is saying, II
RIA going 10 be Governor" That is what he
IL saying, but you know he means "wo are
going TO be Governor"
yon observe his departure from New
York. Again, hs u in the relative back
ground, while shs ysmaindsr Of the family
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

Apparently McBride's answer didn't please
him, for that afternoon there was much
turmoil in the City Hall, and when it va.
all over the announcement was mads that
the Board of Health would remain intact
AS far as the legislative game Is cor
cerned, the new Governor knows IL thor.
cughly. For the present he is confronted
by Republican majority in both houses,
but those who know his skill in politics say
that, even against these odds, he is apt 70
make considerable progress if he takes
notion he wants anything particularly.
The Governor has shown signs alrea@
of sticking faithfully to the oncompromis
ing democracy which has characterized br
previous career. Shortly before his insu-
guration, he received an invitation from }
leader of Albany society, asking him and
his party to dine with her on his inaugu.
ration day. The Governor didn't even stop
to inquire whether 1t included the FIVE little
Smiths and the big Smith cog.
"Hum." he said 81 was in Albany twelve
years and that lady never asked ne to dins
with her before. I guess she can set slOng
without us this time" And she did.
Similarly he became quite indignant WITH
an old friend who persisted in ca ~, hin
Governor
Look here" he said. after 1t had harI
pened several times. Il may be Goserne
of New York officially, but I'm still 'Ar ~
my friends"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

ned the Smith family clearly with the East
Side. The popularity of the Smiths in
creased even as their progeny.
AZ for Al Smith, cx familia, tho same
things which had caught the interest NJ
Big Tom" caught the hearts of the people.
Probably his biggest asset was talent for
telling stories. He could spin out a simple
conversation between two East Side clo+b;na
merchants for an hour, and keep every audi
tor laughing throughout. He still can. as
far as that goes. A half dozen times ho re-
celved bona fde offers to 20 into vaude-
Vile, for men who can make q story out Of
a conversation are not so frequent as to be
overlooked. Again, the judgment Of big
ON was shown to be acute All had his
eye on bigger things He refused the offers
In 1915 the personal popularity which
Smith and the Smith family had been build
ing up Tor many years was tried and proved
equal to the test Over the opposition of
Charles F. Murphy he was selected by Tam
many Hall as the candidate for sheriff, and
was elected by the stable plurality of A.
0oo- Not even for Murphy was the East
Side going to see Mrs. Smith or the five
little Smiths disappointed
In 1917 the Tammany men wanted very
badly to make Mr.. Smith mayor, but we're
scared off by pressure from William r.
Hearst, with whom Mr.. Smith had never
taken the trouble of establishing amicabe
relations. SO they made him President Of
the Board Of Aldermen instead and then,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

llshlng Reputation during the tins as a
faithful Tammor wan but Tammany man
VINO was not 1911 now and then, to stand
out against ~ And all the time
he was IN tbo .,,rc he was strengthen
Hero ;power at home .e a.,
~ " eae, Is where the rest OF the Smith fam
NY comes in ao.;., A man may be ever so
efiiclent servant in the Legislature, but
unless he takes care of his popularity at
home it will boot him nothing. AL Smith
took care of his. He stayed in the neighbor-
hood where he started He took him wife
Ill that neighborhood, and she was q wife
who was not afraid to work for her bns-
band politically when the occasion offer.d
Gradually, under her guiding hand. the
Smith home on Oliver Street became snot
to which the increasing number of her hns-
bands friends naturally gravitated when
they had nothing else to do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
n Democrat Who Ia
Il Democrat

The point might be made that other Cos,
ernors with pronounced democratic lssr
ings have been doing the same sort d
thing for years. That is true And. SIM
larly, the East Sides of the United Sssiss
have taken a notion every once in phis
for years TO elect such men 20 high ckts
The sophisticated may criticise il as ovsf.
naive, but it has its points. just IS 81
Mrs. Smiths and the little Smiths and To-
big Smith dog have theirs.
After all, too, thing which counts
the case of Governor Smith Is tha, he b.
come prettg near living ms democrntleallS
as he talks. The only big paving roliiieH
job he ever held was that Of sheriff. an
the rumor is that during his occupancy 81
that golden sinecure he made less for hin
self out of it than had any Of his prede
cessors.
Finally, there are the two Mrs. Smiths'
the five little Smiths-who really aren't -
little in view OF the fact that their sgs'
run from eight TO seventeen--and the hiS
Smith dog, who, 1t may be stated in elosing'
rejoices in the dramatically valid name q
Cesar. They have established themselves 81
Albany and they will stay there during ~
electoral term. And If by any chance thinfs
do not turn out as they should. II vail ess
tainly not be their fault-nor. if you stsf
to consider IL. so very much th> fault %
that vast and human portion of New YeFs
which, wearying now aud then of aeatrs''
lions In steel and brick and words. ms''
turn for awhile to something real iiks ~
Saith family.
4. =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

HEN you start to write some
IN thing about Alfred E. Smith,
the new Governor of New York
the first persons you encounter
are Mrs Smith, the five little Smiths and
the big Smith dog.
"Oh, yes" you say, using an infection
which is intended to convey just a proper
sense of the exigencies Of the moment, at
is very pleasant to meet you, indeed. Very
pleasant. Now, Mr.. Smith, as I was gay
ing"
That would be all right If the Smiths
we're the ordinary variety Of Governors
family. The remainder Of the Smiths, ip
Guiding the Smith dog, would promptly sub
aide to proper proportion. They would still
be there, reassuring to Mr. Smiths
qualifications to understand all the tribula-
lions Of the weary householder, but they
would not obtrude. You would feel con-
scious of their presence only in a hazy.
polite sort of way. They would be sort
of conventional background for Mr.. Smith,
\ silent and unobtrusive attestaton to his
moral qualities, tribute to his maturity
and dependability.
But that isn't what happens. You find
yourself shaking hands-still metaphorically
With Mrs Smith She greets you with
warm and hearty smile. The little Smiths
all cluster around and make remarks, after
the habit of children, as to your personal
appearance and your probable character.
The big Smith dog runs into your legs and
nearly knocks you over. And through it all
Governor Smith stands smiling cordially,
evidently convinced that you are having the
the OF your life.
You inspect Mr.. Smith in his early youth,
being under the impression that at such an
carly age you may find him comparatively
free from circumambent .domcsticity That
is your mistake. Mrs. Alfred f. Smith
'sn't there, to be sure, but Mr.. Smiths
mother is, along with several sisters, and
Mr. Smith, at the age Of 10, Is starting his
career by trying to wrest living for them
out OF the inimical East Side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
The G0Uermo7.'s
Typical Orqin

Governor Smith we. Dorm not far from
where he lives at present when he is in
New York, at 25 Oliver Street. This is in the
East Side of days now outgrown, almost in
tho shadow of the Manhattan side of the
Brooklyn Bridge.
HIS father was a drayman, but he died
when Governor Smith, who is now Is. wac
l3 years old, and his business died shortly
after him, prey to organized competition.
Governor Snith-and it may be as we'll to
call him now by the name which, of course.
has followed him through his career-Al
Smith, then, found himself with q mother
and two sisters to support The dray bust
ness being barred, he got job in the Fulton
Fish Market, and was working there az
clerk when the discriminating eye Of "Bip
Tom Foley detected political possibilities
hidden somewhere within him.
There followed succession of small citv
jobs and eventually election to the state 1,eg-
slature. He was in the Legislature contin-
uously' until 1915, and was Speaker of the
Assembly during his last two terms. estah-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
The East Side
Early 4pproUed

The East Side, which had known both Mrs.
Smith and her husband when they were
quite young, followed their progress with
friendly interest. 1t was pleased when the
'h''u chllo was born and more pleased when
'he fourth and fifth were added. Who can
tell! II there had only been one or two.
the history of the Smith family might have
neen much differentiated not genealogisallv.
But there were five. That was good num.
Der for a rising young politician. r. identi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

ably, and pray that the latest Tammany man
to be elected Governor will be the exception
to the all too established rule.
Then you will go on and write what you
were going to about Governor Smith
without trying to omit the little Smiths and
the big Smith dog.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-17

With our man power practically in
tact, with our towns and factories anu
farms undamaged should we be cowed
by a monetary obligation lighter far
than the one France faces unafraid?
1t is incomprehensible to me that any
Of the men who gave their sons so
gladly and so proudly to their country
in its hour Of peril should turn SO
quickly to cold and calculating con-
temptation of the dollar.
[ do not believe that the plain people
of America either are fearful OF the
future or distrustful of their govern
ment When tho next lean is offered
I have every confidence they will I'M
derstand its necessity and will gladly
meet it's requirements.
Plain. fathers and mothers through
out the land have not so soon ceased
to be thankful that the ending of the
war has restored their -sony to them.
Sight never should be lost of the fact
that Americas war debt is substan-
tally all owed to the American people
Money to<1neet the interest charges on
it and eventually to pay off the prir.ci
pal will now back to the sources
whence it came. A national debt Of
this character is not a burden to Grip
pie future business.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-17
VICTORY LOAN IS TRULY A THANKSGIVING LOAN
by Carter Glass, Secretary of the Treasury

The coming issue Of government
securities has been called the Victory
Liberty Loan. 1t seems to me it might
well be termed the Thanksgiving
Loan, for if ever a people had cause
for Thanksgiving we are that people.
Consider if the war had lasted an
other year what would have been our
state. Instead Of SO, 900 dead we likely
would have had hundreds of thou
sands. In time we might have equaled
the record of France, with her two
million slain. And yet some of us
grumble because the government must
spend further money to maintain the
comfort and bring home in safety
those boys whose lives were spared.
Congress is writing off the books
SIS, 900, 100000 expenditure Of which
had been authorized and which would
have had to be expended with bill
lions of ot her dol la la rs, fhsad tle4war gene
on another year. We all are glad of
course, that it is not necessary to
spend these additional billions, but
had it been necessary tbo sper;1ing OF
them still would net have brought the
nation down to ruin.
We stillWould have been far behind
France in the amount of oar debt,
compared to wealth and population.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-17
INCOME TAX PAYERS
Places and Dates Of Deputy Collector
For Assisting in Filling Out
Returns

Thomas McCary, deputy collector,
will be at the following places On
dates mentioned for the purpose of
assisting income taxpayers in filing
their returns under the Federal law.
The new income tax law affects 1918
incomes and is different from the
1917 act in many respects, so that
many will find it advantageous to
interview one Of the deputy collectors
working in their particular section.
The itinerary of the above named
deputy collector will be as follows:
st. Johnsbury, Pythian Building,
March II and 18; South Ryegate,
post office, March 19; Barnet, post
Office, March 20; Lyndonville, post
Office, March q and II; West Burke,
postofice, March "a; Hardwick, post
office, March 25 and 26; Danville,
postofice, March 27; st. Johnsbury,
postohice, March % and 20.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-17
COTTIN MUST DIE
Attempted Murderer of Clemenceau
Is Given the Death
Sentence

PARIS, March 17-Emile Coffin,
the anarchist who recently made an
attempt upon the life of Premier
Clemenceau, was Friday sentenced to
death by the court-martial which was
trying him. The verdict of the court
martial was unanimous.
Coffin first conceived the idea Of
shooting the premier in May, 1918,
according to an official record read at
the trial which opened today. In
May, 1918, the employees of aviation
factories were on strike and Coffin
practiced shooting after that, it was
said.
When the court-martial opened the
clerk read the report describing the
attempt on. the premier. The report
showed that Coffin fired twice with
out moving and then fired five times
while running behind the automobile
to which he was so close that one
witness believed he had jumped on
the rear of the car. 1t was shown
that Coffin aimed at the seat in which
Premier Clemenceau was sitting
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