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The Washington times., 1922-11-05
WILLIAM
BOSS
NwGEDH

An he had IN his pocket was two
dollars and fifty cents"
0ovsrnor T1lden had many fol-
lowers and friends whose admira-
ton for him amounted almost to
alteration. They believed him
capable Of everything. and they
were among the most intelligent
and able mon Of the country"
John Bigelow. journalist, author
and diplomat, was always sound
ing his greatness. both with
tongue and pen. Abram 8. Hewitt
was an equally enthusiastic
friend and admirer. Both Of these
gentlemen. the latter especially.
were. think. ADLER than Mr..
Tilden, but did not have his hyp-
motto power.
I was dining one night with Mr..
Hewitt, whose dinners were al.
ways events to be remembered,
when Mr.. Tilden became the sub
ject Of discussion. After incidents
illustrating his manifold distinc-
tions had been narrated, Mr.. Hew-
lit said that Mr.. Tilden was the
only one in America and outside
of royalties In Europe who had
some blue-labeled Johannisberger.
This famous wine from the vine-
yards Of Prince Metternich on the
Rhine was at that time reported.
to be absorbed by the royal fami-
lies Of Europe.
Our host said: THE bouquet of
this wonderful beverage is un.
usually penetrating and diffusing,
and q roof is that one night at
a dinner in the summer, with the
windows all open. the guests
noticed this peculiar aroma in the
air. I said to them that Governor
Tilden had opened a bottle Of his
Johannisberger."
The Governors residence was on
the other side of Gramercy Park
from Mr.. Hewitt's. The matter
was 80 extraordinary that every.
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Ntsd the attacks Of . rslsntless
and nnsrcfless opponent By every
Insult which would wound the
pride and indts the hatred Of the
man 90 r1diouied and abused. Mr..
10dsu II . great hwyer. He has
made . phenomenal success flnan-
oaaiiy. he has powerful associates
IN financial and business circles,
and u master Of his time Tor any
purpose 70 which he chooses to
Apply ~
Il was not hong before one Of
tie nsoSt Fsmaxirahle and exhaus-
tive iAvsstisations ever conducted
hv IN Individual into public rec
erds. books. ledssH bank-ao-
counts. and contracts. revealed to
the uuhf1e he whole systsem of
svvssnan6 he CITY. This master
mind sofved the pEoblems 20 that
thsy wsss plain b ths average
dtissa - he samuasst sum In
azftAmstio. O. thA4 two and two
maize four.
EwKKD'0 DOWNFALL
ne SesuRt wNs ths destruction
q - psw~ a 1wssd and his a.
sooiaessL q thstr prosecution and
eoav1u1un. and q ths elevation Of
Samuel J. T1ldan - Q State and
na<aouaa AsarS e he first impor-
tAooA As net eoiy became In the
yuha1s nalnd . leader Of reforms IN
oSvsrumsnt. municipal. STATE and
natssuai. but embodied In the pop-
u1aP Imagination rsnDrm itsslf.
No. N1l0sn carried this same
gufn6 b 80 Nh. Tfldsn."
nn Buckley could not persuads
him that his mission was nsxt to
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fore without a sustaining congrega-
ton. He went up to King George
and wrote out the resignation
which had already been handed
in, and the King summoned" A.
Bonar Law to form a ministry.
How mummeries and forms and
millinery do persist In the British
Government. King George sum
moned" Bonar Law and he "ac-
cepted" Lloyd Georges resigna-
ton, rendered when the Conserva-
tive party thought more Of their
party than they did of their
country. To Americans the farce
of King, who would lose his head
IL he attempted to govern, sum-
moning" the premier sounds like
child's play, and II Is. But the
British, not given to humor, take
It very seriously. So democratic
u man as Lloyd George accepts the
mummeries as IL they were real, or
he laughs behind his hand so no
body can see that he regards the
whole king business as Joke and
King George as conduit pipe
through which designations and
appointments come and go. To
Americans the process Is to laugh.
But the result gives majority rule
and gives It quickly.
WHAT WILL HE DO TO THEMs
Now that he Belongs to the army
of the unemployed, what will the
Conservatives do to him; or what
will he do to them? II has been All
open secret for long time that the
Conservatives do not like Lloyd
George now any better than they
did when he was execrated In every
drawing.room where inherited
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THE "

indefatisable industry and power
OF organization into q canvass for
governor. His agencies reached
not only the counties and towns.
but the election districts OF the
State. He called into existence a
new power In politics-the young
men. The old leaders were gener-
ally against him. but he discover
ed in every locality ambitious. re-
sourceful. and courageous young
sters and made them his lisuten-
ants. This unparalleled prepare.
ton made him the master Of his
party and the governor Of the
State
ALL HE HAD.
I love little incidents shout
great men. Mr.. Tilden was in
tsnssiy human and q great man.
Doctor Buckley. who was At the
head Of the Methodist Book Con-
oern in Now York. and one Of the
most delightful Of men. told me
that there came into his office one
day . Methodist preacher from
one Of the mining districts Of
Pennsyivania, who said to him:
my church burned down. We
had no insurance. We arc poor
people, and. therefore. I have
come to New York to raise money
to rebuild T."
The doctor told him that NV
York was overrun from al parts
Of the country with applicants for
help. and that he thought hs would
have great difficulty In his under
taking.
WELL" the preacher said. -Ism
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From the contsmptuous wv IN
which Senator Tweed treated M.
Tilden, secuted his plans. and x1dt
culed his propositions, II Wa ~
dent that the whole schens had
been staged as q Statewide spso
tacle to humiliats and end the
political career e6 Samuel J,
Tilden.
In answser - TD0sab Iroesst
against this treatment Twssd
loudly informed him that ~ rsprs-
sented no one but htnsstk. thaG hs
had neither inflae6os nor standing
in the city. that he vas q inter
meddlor with tntnss that did not
concern him. aaA . general
nuisance.
Mr.. Tndsn turned aah1 WAftA
and showed Sv1asnoss q guD-
pressed EaSs and vtndisftvensss
moro tutsnss than ] Svse soW in
any ons bsHuss. anA shsaUt1y IA
he hsax4n8.
] msW Ma xD0sa ~ W11
ana fsvm osukas4 w1tA Nm - Ss1h
FoAA ma1esss haA nssunsd . h4sA
sDAn1on q has ahmfy end aoGuAs-
menkn. Hs haA . Essa. ana2yt1s
mind tassssss in6nstzy, sad . DO
uity nss e1nr4fy4nS aiff1ouitass and
untsnG1fng sppassnt1y Anpsssh1s
yr0haesns - . degree tha4
amounted - gsnus.
A GREAT LAWN1
In rsfsrsnos - whaE - ~
DsnsA. ] sd - . fsisnA ~
Tweed muse - WI eo.fAdsm4 q
his posittsa and Of HI ssoos6 eor
hs has deliberately dsfisd md h
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but they wers 20 impressed by you
a. . great reformer that they all
voted for you in the last election
The governor said: Tell that story
again 30 I started again to tell
him about my church. but he in
terrupted me. saying: Not that.
but about the election So told
him again about their having. on
account of their admiration for
him a. q reformer, turned from the
Republican party and voted the
Democratic ticket. Then the gov
srnor said: Well. think you have
. most meritorious case. and so I
will give you all I have.'"
DR.. Buckley interrupted him has
tily. saying: Great heavens, are
you going to build a cathedral?"
mo-" answered tho clergyman;
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'ROSWELL.R.OCWERA

impossible. and % th1R1Uu3 0DHIy-
man started for 0ramaruy Park.
When he returned be told me doo-
tor Of his experience
Il rang the bell," he sa3d, and
whom the door was oper 81 I saw
Governor Tilden coming down the
stairs. rushed In and told him
hastily who I was before tho man
at the door could stop me, and he
invited me into his library. I
stated my mission. and he said he
was % overwhelmed with applica-
tons that he did not think he could
do anything. But govsrnor.' !
said, my case differs from al oth-
srs. My congregation IL composed
of miners. honest, hard.workiry
people. They have hitherto been
Republicans on the protection issue.
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Scientist Thinks
Earth is Older
than the Sun
LONDON, Nov, 4,

"I AM inclined to believe that
the earth Is much older tha n
the sun, and much older than tn,
present structure Of the uni.
verse;" said Prof, A. W, Bioker.
ton, In a lecture at the Royal Bo.
tanio Gardens.
'Pessimism," he declared. IN re
jectins the doctrine Of eternal
death, is not the message Of
science, It's message is an optimism
higher and finer than any super
stltious priestcraft or formal
dogma. II is the teaching Of the
inspired Peasant OF Nazareth. +"
Professor Bickerton deplored the
present.day lack OF interest IN
science among the general public.
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For the moment he became sill.
ent. seemingly absorbed by anx'
ious thoughts about these bills.
Then suddenly he exclaimed: "By
the way. Chauncey. you've done a
great deal of thinking in your
life. and never have done any
except on business. Does intense
thinking affect you as II does me.
by upsetting your stomach and
making you throw up?"
mo. governor" answered.
'if II did I fear I would be in a
chronic state OF indigestion"
STAGING A STAMPEDE.
While he was governor he can.
vassed the State In a private car
and made many speeches. In a
plain. homely man.to.man talk he
was very effective on the platform.
His train stopped at a station IN
a Republican community where
there were few Democrats, while
was addressing a Republican
meeting in the village. When
had finished my speech l said to
the crowd. which was a large one:
Governor Flower is at the sta
tion. and as I passed he had very
few people listening to him. Let
us all go over and give him an
audience"
The proposition was received
with cheers. went ahead, got in
at the other end of the governors
car from the one where he was
speaking from the platform. AS
this Republican crowd poured in
II was evident, as I stood behind
him without his knowing of my
presence. that he was highly de-
lighted. He shouted: Fellow citi.
zens. I told you they were coming.
They are coming from the noun
tains, from the hills and from the
valleys. It IL the stampede from
the Republican party and into our
ranks and for our ticket. This Is
the happiest evidence l have re-
ceived of the popularity of our
cause and the success Of our
ticket"
Standing behind him, made a
signal for three cheers, which was
heartily responded to, and the gov
ernor, turning around. saw the
joke. grasped me cordially by the
hand, and the whole crowd, in
Guiding the veteran and hardened
Democrats on the car. Joined in
the hilarity Of the occasion.
ASKED FOR A SPEECH.
He came to me when he was
running for the second time for
Congress, and said that some of
the people of his district were
anxious for me to deliver an ad-
dress for one of their pet chari.
ties, and that the meeting would
be held In Harlem, naming the
evening. l told him l would go.
He came for me in his carriage.
and said: Governor, please do
not talk to me on the way up.
was 80 busy that l have had no
time since left my office this
afternoon to prepare this address,
and / want every minute while
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Fought Him at First.
By CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.

BY CdAUNUEY M. UEfEW.
IN HERE In nothing interesting than to tho
beginning Of . controversy which makes history. It
IL my good fortune to have been either spectator
participant several occasions
William M Tweed at the height Of his, power. He
tho master Of New York city and controlled tho
legislature Of the State The rapid growth and expansion
Of New York city had necesstated charter very
radical improvements in the existing Tweed chair
man Of senate committee cities, had staged largo
and spectacular hearing tho State Capitol Albany
It attended By large body Of representative citizens
from tho metropolis Some spoke for ste and commercial
bodies and there also other prominent who
Interested Everybody Interested in public affairs Albany
at the time attended Not only hsrs largo gathering
Of LEGISLATOR but hers also the audience judges
lawyers and politicians from al parts Of the State
After hearing from the chamber Of and various
reform organizations, Samuel J. T1den oame forward
with complete charter It evident he was
better prepared and informed the subject than any one
He knew intimately tho weaknesses Of tho
charter and had thought with great and wisdom
what needed In legtslatou.
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we are riding to the meeting
The meeting was a large one.
The governor took the chair and
introduced me In this original
way: Ladies and gentlemen" he
said. II want to say about
Chauncey Depew, whom am
now going to introduce to you
as the lecturer OF the evening
that he is no Demosthe es, he.
cause he can beat Demosthenes
out of sight. He prepared his
speech in the carriage in which
I was bringing him up here, and
he don't have. like the old Greek.
to chew pebble. stones in order to
make a speech"
Governor Flower in conserva.
tive way was a successful raider
in the stock market VIII n he
felt he had sure point h" would
share il with few friends. He
took special delight in helping in
this way me7 who had little
means and no knowledSe Of the
art Of money making. There
were a great many benefited by
his bounty.
I was dining one night with The
Gridiron Club AT Washington. and
before me was a plate of radishes
The newspaper man next to me
asked IL I would object to having
the rad shes removed.
l said: There s no odor or
perfume from them. What is the
matter with the radishes?"
THE SUM GREW.
After they were taken away he
told me his story. Governor
Flower" he said, Twas very kind
to me, as he invariably was to all
newspaper men. He asked me one
day how much | had saved in my
twenty years in journalism. I
told him ten thousand dollars He
said: That is. not enough for 30
long a period. Let me have the
money So I handed over to him
my bank account. In a few weeks
he told me that my ten thousand
dollars had become twenty, and
could have them If / wished.
said: No. you are doing far bet
ter than / could. Keep it,
In about a month or more my
account had grown to thirty
thousand dollars. Then the gov
ernor on a very hot day went
fishing somewhere off the Long
Island coast. He was a very
large, heavy man, became over.
heated, and on his return drank
lot of ice water and ate a bunch
OF radishes. He died that after
noon. There was a panic in the
stocks which were his favorites
the next day, and they fell out q:
sight. The result was that los
my fortune of ten thousand dol.
lars and also my profit Of twenty
Since then the sight Of a radisf
makes me sick"
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JNCEY DEPEW TELL HOW SAMUEL ELJTLDENBROUGHTA j. ABOUT
WNFALL OF "BOSS" TWEED, WHO TRIED TO HUMILATE HIM

body at the table went across the
park. and when they were admitted
they found the governor In his
library enjoying his bottle Of blue
labeled Johannisberger.
WHAT ARE YOU DRINKINGS"
When Mr.. Tilden was elected
governor, my friend. General
Hustled. was speaker OF the As.
sembly. which was largely Re
publican. The governor asked Gen.
Hustled TO come down in the even
ing, because he wanted TO consult
him about the Improvements and
alterations necessary for the Ex'
ecutive Mansion. and to have the
speaker secure the appropriation.
During the discussion. the gov
ernor placed before the speaker a
bottle of rare whiskey. with the
usual accompaniments. In front
of the governor was a bottle Of his
Johannisberger and small liqueur
glass. little larger than
thimble. from which the governor
would from time to time taste a
drop of this rare and exquisite
fluid The general. after a while.
could not restrain his curiosity any
longer and said: Governor, what
is that you are drinkingT
The governor explained its value
and the almost utter impossibility
Of securing any.
well. governor" said Speaker
Hustled. IT never saw any before
and I think / will try It," He
seized the bottle. emptied It into
his goblet and announced to the
astonished executive that he was
quite right in his estimate OF Its
excellence.
The governor lost q bottle OF
his most cherished treasure, but
received from tho Republican
legislature all the appropriation he
desired for the Executive Man.
sion.
EFFECTS OF THINKING.
Roswell P. Flower. after a sue
cessful career as a banker. devel-
oped political ambitions. He had
a faculty of making friends. and
had hosts Of them. He was con-
gressman and then governor.
While the Democratic organization
was hostile to him. he was OF the
Mark Hanna type and carried his
successful business methods into
tho canvass for the nomination
and the campaign for the election
and was successful.
Passing through Albany while
he was governor. I stopped over
to pay my respects. I was very
fond Of him personally. When l
rang tho doorbell Of the executive
mansion and inquired for the gov
ernor, the servant said: THE
governor Is very Ill and can see
nobody" Then I asked him to
tell the governor. when he was
able to receive q message, that
Chauncey Depew called and ex-
pressed his deep regret for his Ill
ness. Suddenly the governor pop
ped out from the parior and seized
me by the hand and said: "Chaun-
cey. como In. I was never so
glad to sec anybody in my life"
He told me the legislature had
adjourned and left on his hands
several thousands Of thirty-day
bills-that is. bills on which he
had thirty days to sign or veto.
or let them become laws by not
rejecting them. So he had to deny
himself to everybody to get the
leisure to read them over and form
decisions.
do you know, Chauncey." he
said, this is a new business to
me? Most Of these bills are on
subjects which I naver have ex-
amined. studied. or thought about.
1t Is very difficult to form a wise
Judgment, and I want to do in
each case just what Is right"
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LEADER OF REFORM
FIRST POLITICIAN
TO USE YOUNG MEN

Tildcn'S Unparalleled Campaign Made Him
Master Of the Democratic Party fin New York
State and the Governor-Bccame a National
Figure of the First importance OLD Political
Leaders Fought Him at First.
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HE GAVE MINISTER,
SEEKING FUNDS, ALL
THAT HE .HAD---$2.5O

The Governor Had Some Blue-Labecd johann
niSberger Famous Wine From Vineyards of
Prince Metternich ON the Rhine and ID Had a
Powerful Bouquet, But HE Was Sparing i'm
OFFERING Any of Id TO Guests.
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n aalrsd how II came about
that he % suddenly stepped from
the busiest and most powerful
post IN an Europe to q man
without q Job; II asked how It
came he was 80 summarily dis
missed, when yesterday his word
might have stood against the
world" the welshman's position
might have been illustrated by
that of colored preacher in the
South. He had been very puno-
tual in the discharge Of his
duties as pastor Of the leading
colored church in his community.
One Sunday morning at IL o'clock
the aforesaid preacher was OBJ
served walking down Main street
at the hour Of the morning serv.
ice. A gentleman approached
him and inquired:
rs this not the hour of the
II o'clock service in your church,
Uncle Ephraim?" In the South
white people call all respectable
old negroes "Uncle."O
Yes. sir, boss" replied Uncle
Ephraim with his most polite
salutation.
why are you not there
preaching the Word instead Of
walking the street," was the
inquiry.
You see. boss, It is this way:
My congregation met last
Wednesday night and handed in
my resignation"
CONDUIT PIPE METHOD.
The Lloyd George case is paral.
lei. His congregation met at Carl
ton House and handed in his
resignation" and he was there
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CONDUIT PIPE METHOD.

The Lloyd George case is paral.
lei. His congregation met at Carl
ton House and handed in his
resignation" and he was there
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Copyright, 1922, by Charles Serb.
ner's Sons. Published by Ar
rangement With the Wheel.
el Syndicate, Inc.
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IN HT army a tbs unsmpsuyed
has recently received largs
Il acquisitions IN quality and
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-12
Jazz Here to Stay

"Jazz reeng of crime and sexual appeal rapidly be-
coming the national anthem of America declares noted
New York musician "a nation is great its music
and heaven pity if her standards of art and morals
are to judged by the werd sncopaas of present popu
lar taste" he continues.
Yet jazz music seems to be the favore music-if it
only music publishers who making any money said
to be those featuring werdest and widest varieties OF jazz
Given any gathering of young people and the phonograph
is started off on jazz and kept there.
When any quetonable resort wants crowd 1t adVer-
hses Jazz music and jazz dancing and gets it. All the
haunts of vice crime specialize in jazz But you find
azz ruling favorite not only with those the shady
side of life but also with those basking in the sunlight OF
fortune appeal to be universal to youth OF today
though repellant to elder generations.
Experiments conducted with delinquency and insanity
and criminaty show that jazz brings out the worst
in neope and therefore be tolerated in welfare in
stituons while high grade compositions bring out the
best Jazz Is throwback to the primitive music OF the
Jungle an appeal to the Of dscordant but ryhmc
camor From its there is nothing enobng or ee-
vang about it. indicates retrogression rather than pro-
gress Muscay and mentally the popularity OF Jazz must
be considered as indicating decadence.
1t was thought that the jazz would soon wear IT.
self out especially since there has been organized effort
to suppress it. jazz to be fully to the intel
ctua level its devoees and hence be considered as
here to stay along with other accomplishments OF the me
having firmly ntrenced itself in the hearts of our worldly
wise Young fapper and her base cigarette nhaing COM
panion.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-12
NEGRO MURDER
SUSPECT HELD

Jackson, Mich. June IL. - A
iegro taken from a box car at
Kalamazoo a short distance east
Of here late Saturday is held by
local police for examination in
connection with the Staying here
Thursday night Of Miss Alice NAL
let, matron Of the Crittenden
home for girls.
The prisoner, who gave his
name as Freeman Hackett. was
unable to give a satisfactory ac-
count of his movements since
Thursday, according to the police.
The cuffs of his shirt were blood
stained and his right wrist was
bruised.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-12
SMALL GERMAN LOAN /
APPROVED BY BANKERS

Paris, June 12-(By Associated
Press. AN important conclusion
arrived at by the international
committee of bankers. as set forth
today in their final report to the
allied reparations commission, is
that although large information
al loan to Germany cannot be
recommended at the present time,
the subject can be taken up later
and that meanwhile a relatively
small loan, to prevent a financi al
collapse in Germany might be ar
ranged If necessities should re-
quire it.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-12
JONES APPOINTMENT
APPROVED BY BOARD

Washington, June 12-Approv-
al was given by the shipping
board here to the appointment
by the Oregon state board of con-
ciliation of Lieutenant Harold c.
Jones of the sea service bureau
of the emergency fleet to serve
on sthe neutral bureau committee
formed to handle labor mattrs In
connection with steyedoring trou-
bles at Portland, Or.
Commissioners O'Connor and
Chamberlain wired the shipping
boards representatives at Port
land today that the board hoped
this appointment satisfactorily
ended the matter"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-06-12
NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM
MAY PLAY ON COAST

Annapolis. Md, June 12.-That
he would give careful considera-
tion to the proposition OF having
the navy football team visit the
Pacific coast on Christmas day for
a game with the University OF
California or some other strong
western college eleven, when
brought before him in a formal
way. was the comment OF Rear Ad-
miral Henry B. Wilson, superin-
tendent OF the naval academy to-
day, when informed that such a
plan was being fostered by the
chamber of commerce OF San
Diego and that Secretary OF the
Navy DENLY had given It his
hearty approval.