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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 180T,
THE T~W ICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
S
T ON HIS OWN PETARD;
TEDDY TWIIIE0 BY NOYES
PHILANDER C. KNOX
Written for The Telegraph by Savoyard . Johnson, of Philadelphia, on their staff.
I Something more than ten years ago | and they don’t need Knox, and it tvas
— -- ,. | the Democrats were separated i-ntoj a 5>ainst these Knox contended, fre-
Tbe TTaebingtor. Post pr!n;s a pretty lcleed by the press for his un-Ameri- ! jre™’bMeans'are^Vcorne^e parafed | fl uentl >' successfully contended, and
- i ,' nlo progressive and reactionaries, i tho dockets of Pennsylvania courts, su--
fall report of 'hat rather remarkable ! dan un-Chrlstian course. He hotl
■poeeh delivered at Jamestown hv Mr.
Crosby S. Noyes, the ,-dltor of the
Washington Star. Just following
President Roosevelt's gracious advice
and admonitions to the press. Editor
fOnyes' address Is replete with humor,
bright suggestion and sound sense.
John Smith and Roosevelt.
Mr. Noyes reviewed the career of
Cnpt. John Smith and lauded his deeds.
He continued:
"Capt. John Smith's achievements in
fhe way of planting and sustaining the
English col- i v under the :m--t for
midable difficulties were a» worthy of
glorification as tiie deeds of Theodore
Roosevelt, bu; be kicked the .-.hi of t!ie
newspaper press that has so greatly
helped the latter In his upward career.
The newpapers have given Mr. Roose
velt their vigorous support in his re
form politic!, e: have .•xpv.ire,] a i| his
saving and doings through the twen
ty-four hours of the day; glorified the
man and his work, art made his name
has meted out to them.
resented these censures e.nd sought to j president P.ooseveit is chief of the for- i perior and inferior, evidence it. There
punish the offending Journals by cut- : mr and t h e greatest politician of his j is not a hot-gospel orator in American
:lng off all access to news sources I K ~r;erat!on: but a single battle brought i politics who has done the corporations
at the White House and at the depart- to ' naught TIannfbal's hundred victories, a tithe of the injury Philander C. Knox
ments; but he did not succeed, and | and if a reactionary shall be nominated ' * ’ *■ *
Dsn I^mont his best friend and most - 0 _ p ro s!der.t bv the Republican na-
agaetous adviser was the first t> J t j ona j convention of 1908, failure will
l “ n ” H ‘ be writ against the name of Theodore
Roosevelt in the book of political des
tiny. Hence, we may ask: Will he
take It himself rather than go down In
(Weit before the cohorts of reaction?
adviser was th
re v Olt against Cleveland's order, and
he cave out all the news on hand with
s rlet impartiality to friend or foe of
the administration among tip- new--
Next to a capable and an honst ed
itor of a newspaper, a capable and an
honest lawyer is the most valuable cit
izen of an American community. Mr.
Knox was such a lawyer. He made his
way at the bar by intellectual force.
And it Is quite likely that it will come j by industry, and by capacity. He be-
to that. I came the president of the Pennsj*!vania
Never was there such a string 1 of j Bar Association and -that evidenced
candidates, avowed and receptive. ! esteem in which he was held by
NEW YORK HOUSEKEEPERS
FEAR VEGETABLE FAMINE
NEW YORK, June 15.—There is
hardly a single class of producers
throughout the country that does not
feel to a greater or less extent the at
traction of the New York market The
supplies which pour in from every di
rection must, first of all. keep alive
some four millions of people, and the
result is that the entire country must
be ransacked to meet the demand. This
year the. supply of fresh vegetables has
been unusually short owing to the un
seasonable weather which has pre
vailed all over the country during the
last six weeks, and dealers in and
around Washington market say that
New York is menaced -by a vegetable
famine in consequence. Many truck
farmers on Long Island and in other
territory tributary to New York are
plowing up the early crops which were
| from the time when he first entered
1 upon his reform crusade as Civil Ser-
a household word in every home in “the ! vlc ° Commission In Washington. But,
j ari(1 1 entering upon his second term, a little
"Mr. Roosevelt has seemad somewhat , perhaps, by his election by
Slow In acknowledging his Indebtedness “ uch on overwhelming majority, he
"Dan Lament had a mind of his own,
ind was not so subservient to Presi
dential dictation as some later cabinet
officers have been.
Roosevelt’s Attitude.
"Theodore Roosevelt daring his first
term was in very cordial relations with
the newspaper men, and expressed a tb" convention* prcgress~ and reaction | McKinley sought him out and brought
hearty appreciation of their services in I will be face to face. At present Mr. j him into the ^-Cabinet at Attorncy-Gen-
hia support all through his career. J Taft is the favorite of the progres- j ®ral °t. the United States in 1901. He
“ - sites and strongly backed by the Pres- continued in that office under Presi
dent. He may have to give place :o a dent Roosevelt until Pennsylvania sent |
Hughes, who may have to surrender j him to the Senate to fill the vacancy . hleh now. will go still higher, and the
the thing to the President himself to.! occasioned oy the death of Matthew unfortunate New Yorker who has
to the press, but perhaps he will think
of It some dnv when he Is not too busy.
Cnpt. J'hn Smith had no such news
paper aid. and
took on a somewhat dictatorial tone
| inward the press. He seemed to think,
and with some reason, that he had
thereby gono ‘unhonored and unsung.’
"Sad to say. there Is not in all Vir
ginia today a statute, portrtalt, bust
medallion, inscription, not even a sou
venir spoon, to be found to do honor to
, the brnve, sagacious man whose serv
ices were of such value on beha’f of
the infant colony that was the foun
dation of the grand Old Dominion.
Pavs Penalty of Honor.
"No hnble’. cities, town, or counties
have been named for him. per ap* be
cause he boro the commonplace, un-
poefic, monosyllable name of Smith,
which would no; fit In well with the
aristocratic, euphonious names of the
Washingtons. Jeffersons. Madisons.
Monroes. Berkley*, Masons. Randolphs,
and Pendletons. D’uhtless this dcs-
crndltnhle neglect of t v o State to do
honor to Cant. John Smith will he
remedied bv the patriotic and energetlo
ladles of the Association for the Pre
servation of Virginia Antlqultes, who
have a’readv nccomp’lshcd a great
work In that line at Jamestown Island
ard other historic places."
Mr. Noyes made an interesting com
parison of the newspapers of colonial j
da vs with- the press of todnv. He de
plored tho exl'tence of the yellow news- j
paper hut rejoic'd that thev "could be |
counted almost unin the fingers of one
hand, and that the clean, sane, and
great deeds have I been commissioned by the people to
j carry out. with autocratic powers, his
! grand schemes for the correction of
• great public abuses. He hod an in
tense desire to accomplish this her
culean-task in the briefest time possi
ble. and he was Impatient of any crit
icism or question of his infallibility as
; to the mannpr of bis going about tho
big job.
’’He has declared himself In favor of
These are Fairbanks. Cannon, Foraker, j *be bar of the State of Jeremiah S. nipped by the May frost, and are either
Shaw, Cummins, La Follette. Spooner, | Black. M illiam B. Reaa and tho great planting them anew or are devoting
Corteivou, Root, Hughes. Crane. Scott, Judge Gibson. He was actively en- their attention to other crops. Garden
Taft and Knox. There are others. In gaged in the practice when William products from New Jersev and Long
- | Island, which usually begin to coma in
by the last week in May. have not yet
appeared, and the prospects are that
they will not be seen until'the first of
July. Meanwhile prices, -which are
beat the mollycoddles.
Knox Is a mighty dangerous man.
For the first time in the history of the
Republican party Pennsylvania will
have a real favorite in a Republican
national convention. In which there is a
contest, when progressives and
poping columns in 1908. Pennsylvania
will have CS votes. . New England is a
reactionary, and New England will
have 82-votes. New Jersey Is another
reactionary, with 24 votes" in conven
tion. And there are others. The unit
rule does not prevail In Republican
reactionaries shall be lined up in op- met and ■overcame the strongest array
S. Quay. , .. „ 1 escaped from the clutches of the Coal
And. as Attorney- general. Philander j Trust will have to continue to work
C. Knox e-aincd the greatest triumph overtime in order to supply his table
in the Supreme Court that ever cume i . v im, warden truck
to any American lawyer. He busted j 5 ’
t.ie biggest trust ever organized to mo- I Every communitv has its character-
nopolize the business of transportation jatic industry—its factories, its flsh-
in the United States op elsewhere. Ho I —>— — ■ ~
of corporation lawyers ever brought to
gether to plead a single cause. ’ The
issue was more momentous than that
Involved the Dartmouth case, and. like
that, the judgment long wavered in the
balance. It was a divided court, and
the judgment was for the Government
election could have tickled Tammany
men more. At the Democratic Club It
was like election night. The American
flag was raised in honor of the event,
and another was draped around Mr,
Croker’s portrait. Yale blue. Croker’a
racing color, flutterced from the lapels
of hundreds of Tammany men, and un
limited bottles were opened in celebra
tion of the event which had won for
the ex-chief the height of his ambition
and a quarter of a million dollars be
side. Nor was the joy confined to the
big politicians and the few Insiders
who had found an opportunity to win
on the event. The small fry were Just
as elated, and from Fourteenth street
to the Battery the one best bet, ac
cording to a supporter of the former
leader, was that “If Mr. Croker could
hit New York any time within the
next month, Charlie Murphy would be
deposed and Dick Croker unanimously
elected to the leadership of the Wig
wam and everything else in sight con
trolled by Tammany.” In a word, no
honor was esteemed too great to be
stow upon the former chieftain. 'JBjg
Tim” Sullivan said': “Hurrah for Cro
ker! Same for Tammany! A thrill of
joy went through the town on the
morning when the good news came.
W6 rejoice that an American has won
the Derby.” But “Big Tim” had won
$3,750 on the race, and might have .been
considered unduly elated. 'Dey should
make Mm King of England,” say
Louis Congero. better known as “Louie
the Pug." "Nix on „dat line of gad,
eries. or its farming interests, but Co- Kid.” spoke up John McGonigle. other-
ney Island is unique in that it merely wise “The Stuff.” “Let dent make him
journal, but a Journal for circulation.
It soon became very popular, and was
taken all ovc;- the entire world by the
Chinese men of means,
were settled down in Am
up his position with the
and became superintend
Chinese Mission, of th
Church. South, then be.: ■
ly reinforced. He conct i
col!<
of an Anglo-Chine;
After things
a he gave
ivernmtnt,
t of the
Methodist
-ry large-
i the plan
clean, healthy newspapers with clean, I conventions, and that affords political j a ''? to ., of five to * our ' a , nd ,, on . c ’
- - - - - genius a grand opportunity. Every t ma Jority, so renort speaketh, inti-
healthy criticisms, which shall be fear
less and truthful;’ but when it comes
to the test, it Is seen that he does not
relish these ’fearless and truthful crit
icisms’ when thoy are exercised at hi*
expense. ,
"When tho newspapers have admon
ished him that if he would make a lit
tle i<»»- jp bin effieia! utterances
he would save himself from the com
mission of many Inconsiderate and tin
just acts.
Injustice in Haste.
“That his hasty approval of the bru
tal deeds of hi* subordinates at the
White House when thG ‘knock-down
drag-out’ outrage was committed upon
Mrs Minor Morris, a refined, cultured,
respectable Christian woman, was an
act of cruel heartless Injustice.
"That, acting In haste, when some
callow youngster catches his capricious
fancy, he Jumps him into office high
reputable journals of the country mim- | over the heads of men of experience
her ' , o.ooo or’more” I and tested ability, he does grave in
The speaker devoted the rest of his justice to a set of meritorious officers
address to Provident Roosevelt and who are entitled by every considera-
somr of his predecessors. His analysis , tlon of right to promotion in regular
the chnrocter of the present occupant j order.
■ ■ — ■ — .... "That if he would stop to count
twenty-five fthe old admonition given
to hasty-tongued people) before yield"
Ing to the temptation to call reputa
ble citizens liars and horse thieves,
it might save him some violations of
good manners and pood taste and
would make him a better exemplar
to the youth or the country, who are
looking to him for guidance in the con'
■duct of life.
"That it would be advisable for
him to go a little slow when under
taking to concentrate all the powers
of government at the White House.
"These ape among the numerous
suggestions made by the press to the
President
Epithet Output Larger.
"But has he welcomed these ‘fear
less and truthful criticisms’ he has
Invited in the proper appreciative
Not a bit of it He goes
on in his od way. doing things in a
hasty, ill-considered manner, and his
output of vltuperous epithets is rather
larger than ever.
“Blit the newspaper men have no
quarrel with the President. There is
some friction between them, but no
rupture; and Secretary Loeb dis
penses the Whi'e House News with
tact and Intelligence.
’’And whether Mr. Roosevelt is
elected by acclamation for a third
term, or rules by deputy in the shape
of a President designated by him. or
whether, after an Interval of four
years he shall again take the Presi
dency, he Win receive the cordial sup
port of the press In all his great ef
forts for the public good and the Na
tional welfare. At the same time, the
press will leserve the right to ‘fear
lessly and truthfully’ criticise his acts
when they are inconsiderate and un-
Of the White Hon«o was original and
entertaining, winning for the speaker
the hearty nnnlause of his fellow-edi
tors. He said:
Steam Fnalne in Breeches.
“Daniel Wehster was once charac
terized ns 'a stenm-enejoe In breeches.’
This appellation fitn Theodore Roose
velt—(he Incarnation of restless er»r-
gv—much better than Webster, whoso
great powers of mind and body were
displayed with a statelv dignity that
did not comport with the driving pow-
ors of a steam engine.
Theodore Roosevelt is a steam en
gine working always under hleh pres
sure He works all- day under full
steam, and when he takes sn hour or
two In the evening for recreative exer
cise. he goes off like a steam engine.
If he starts out for a walk he rushes
at a pa -e that sr.-edHv pul* him out of
sight of the companion who has un- spirit,
warllv accepted an invltntion to nc-
romuniiv him. If on horseback, the
result is the same. Awnv he goes in
the lead, making desecrate jumps over
high fences and whlo water courses.
If he hunts hears, or play* golf or
football or lawn ternis. it i* ever In
like fashion: whether he hunts, rides,
walks, nr plavs. he always goes at it
in steam-engine style.
“With his remarkable equipment of
strength of mind and hodv and his ap
parently unlimited powers of endur
ance he scents qualified to continue
this hot pace Indefinitely. But very
few people aro built that wav. and it
1- not n wise thing to do to encourage
the unfit multitude to run their motors
at high speed when they have not the
strength or Intelligence to guide them
propprlv.
Preaches Gospel of Hurry.
"He preaches always the gospel of
Hurry. You must not be lazv and you
must do things always on the rush.
This impetuous hasto with which Mr.
Roosevelt does things Is the cause of
nianv of his error* of judgment
"Theodore Roosevelt Is a ulque spec
imen. Incapable of classification. H«
is n law to himself. His activities
range the colossal to the infinitesimal.
Rv a mastarly feat of statesmanship
>i,'. puts an end to a groat and appal
lingly destructive war between two
nations on the other side of the globe,
earning thereby trip Nohel prize and
the applause of the world. Then he
doors to a petty. fu«*v attempt to
prevent h!s cabinet officers and other
subordinates and visitors to the White
House from talking to the reporters. j
'President Roe -evelt has performed |
a wonderful work at the time when
it was most needed. His nnnonrnnce
in the field, hist when the Harrlmans
svil the Rockefeller' and the rest of
The grabber gang were in the act of
strangling nil individual enterprise and
effort, was as opportune as the ar
rival Of the Monitor at Fortress Mon
roe when the Ironclad Merrlmsc had
come out to finish up tlte work of de-
stroylrg all our wooden navy.
Presidents and the Press.
"Our rulers. StA*e or National, since
the days of Gov. Berkeley, have, with
two or three exceptions. been on
with the press. Andrew
‘out.’’ down South, will be a reaction
ary, and the "outs” down there out
number the "ins.” It will be as easy
as it is natural for ‘Knox to fall heir
to Fairbanks and to Cannon. The i
greatest man in Iowa Is George Per
kins. of 'the SIdux City Journal. He
will see to It that -Cummins does not
cast the solid vote of that Sfate to suit
himself. Taft may got the bulk of
Ohio: but the Senators can be de
pended orf to have several distr'ets.
There are reactionary districts In New
York, and the Japanese business may
defeat the President’s calculations in
California. TVe mav be sure that sev
eral Wisconsin districts are for
Snooner, and if the Sfate were solid for
him his chances would be as good as
anv man’s that could be named. Every
body recognizes his splendid abilities
and his lofty character, and the day is
not distant when the fact that a man
is a -great constitutional lawyer will
not render him ineligible to the office
of President of the United States.
It is easy to forecast the battle in the
next Republican national convention.
The victory will incline to the side
that is the more skillfully led. Fair
banks may get It: Knox may get it:
Spooner maj- get it; Cannon may get
it. These gentlemen are natural.allies;
but they will be like Dumas’ immortal
four, “All for one. and one for all.”
mated that ho could not be depended
has its amusements, and its inhabitants
are supported by them. Yet Coney
Island Is a city In itself and a wealthy
city at that. The "season” begins offi
cially on Decoration Day and Is in full
swing about fifteen weeks. Sunday, of
course, is the big day. outside of the
occasional holiday, while Saturday af
ternoon and evening bring out the
wage earners with money to spend If
an alderman—dere’s more money in it.
See?”
In -Spite of the pessimism induced in
some quarters by unseasonable weather
and the walla -of the misguided few
who missed the last turn In Wall street,
there are abundant sings that General
Prosperity is still on the job and feel
ing fine. Among the most significant
ern Railroad. Philander C.--Knox be
came Presidential timber, and observ
ing men have never left him out of the
calcu’atlon when eontemplafng the
Presidential succession of 1908.
Pennsylvania has voted for more
successful candidates for President
than any other State. In 1796 she gave
one vote for Adams and fourteen votes
for Jefferson. ' Four years iater she
gave Jefferson eight votes and Adams
seven. In 1*24 she lost Jackson, who
Whan John Sherman made the anti
trust law he declared that it was all
the Constitution would stand. At that
time most Democrats fhoueht.it was
more than the Constitution would
stand. A quarter of a century ago a
search warrant would not have dis
covered a single Democrat who would
have pronounced the thing constitu-
tlonal. The three Democratic Judges
on the Supreme bench decided against
the contention cf Knox when the judg
ment was made. It is the most radi
cal sort of "government by construc-
winners at the race tracks, some of
whom will spend ten or twentv dollars,
others ten or twenty, cents. The aver
age expenditure, taking Into account
young and old. rich and poor, certainly
averages not Ie-s than two dollars a
person. Thus, if there be only 200.000
people at the Island, it would mean an
Income of at least $400,000. On a fine,
warm Sunday there may be 300,000
visitors, and there are likely to be ten
good. $400,000 Sundays in the season,
resulting in the receipt of $4 000.000.
A good week might easily equal two or
three hlg Sundays, and even if it bring
no more than $800,000, ten of them
would make $8 000.000 and bring the
total up to $12 000.000 for a moderately
good season. Sometime’ tho season is
New York for the month of May; 1907,
as contrasted with those for the same
month of last year. One of the most
important items on this report are
jewels and precious stones, which
showed a falling off in value from
$4,021,455 in May. 1906. to S2.9S1435
last month. One hundred and twenty
automobiles, of the total value of $409,-
926.29 were imported during May of
this year, as against 134 cars valued at
$466,230.06 in the same month of last
year. General merchandise, however,
showed an increase over May, 1906, of
approximately $10,000 000. or 17 per
cent, in a total appraised value of $72.-
789,337.50. Inasmuch as practically
two-thirds of the import duties of the
entire country hire collected at the
id suc-
<•<>— i: uc in .-s'. .’ 'ishiug i:. H>* became
deeply concern ■ 1 for the young women
of the higher classes in China, and de-;
sired a female college for thei oilua-
tion. and it was organized With Miss
Laura Haygood. ns Us fi.-'t president.
He then in connection with other mis
sionaries formed tho ‘ Society for the
Diffusion of Knowledge" which h is
published thousands of books, and us
editor in chief for many jv->rs. He has
written many books, which have had
an immense circulation. He has con
ducted his famous Review of the
Times and reached all classes of Chi
nese and has been perhaps the most
influential foreigner in China, fmong
th» higher classes.
He has visited his native State a
number of times, and once enter
tained the thought of returning her?
to die and bought a home in Atlanta,
but he could not tear himself away
from his adopted land and last sum
mer returned there to work till the
end came. Although he was 71 in Feb
ruary he seemed so vigorous, that wo
had fondly hoped he would reach his
fdur score, but alas our hopes were
blasted.
Ho was a man of very imposing and
attractive presence. Of tho widest
culture, of the strongest'' common
sense, of truest piety and most genial
spirit. He would not spare himself,
but worked untiring, and perhaps
overworked himself.
When we had the reunion my daugh
ter sent for a photographer, and had a
group picture taken. There was .Vi
len. -born February, 1S36, Simmons.
May. 1836 Smith. December, 1836. and
Judge Little, 1888, who formed the
froup for the photographer of four aid
boys who I hope will meet again be
yond the stars. The loss' of this friend
of fifty years means to me more than
any other man on earth, Is to me irre
parable, but he kept the .faith, and
exiled as he wgs from Ills native
shores he finished the course working
for other men’s weal.
Georgia has done much for China in
giving her Allen, and Chino appre
ciated the grand unselfish life so nobly
offered for her.
I have no particulars, a few week's
since I sent him an account of his
ancestral here going back near 3f0
years, but little dreamed that befo; i-
I* reached him he would be beyond the
stars. f
He was. I think, permitted and called
by Providence to do the most far-
reaching work of any man whom Geor
gia has sent, forth in a century and nil
the honors which could be showered
upon him was truly paid.
ough» to leave at least
the Island.
$20,000,000 at
had a plurality In the electoral college. I ruubd Randolph; Thcnhllus Parsons.
Fourteen times In succes’ion, J82S- John 'Breckinridge. William PinVnev.
William Wirt. Rover B. Taney. Felix
Grundy. John J. Crittenden. Nathan
Clifford. Reverdy Johnson. Caleb Cush
ing Jeromiah S. Black. Edward Bates,
tlon.” and if persisted In and carried i ness men. who are always praying for
to its logical conclusion it is but a ! fine weather, say that a good season
question of time when the reserved
sovereignty of the State will be utter
ly annlh'Inted. But it Is the only wear
now, and the leaders of the two par
ties—Roosevelt and Bryan—are con
vinced that it is not ai all drastic
enough.
Be that as It may. history records
that John Sherman and Philander C.
Knox are our greatest trust-busters.
Sherman made the gun. Knox loaded
and fired it and put J. Pierpont Mor
gan and James J. Hill In his game
hag. Look at this partial list of Mr.
Knox’s predecessor’ as the head of *he
law department of the Union: Ed-
longer than fifteen weeks, and ever} J port of New York, it Is evident that
week a prosperous one. Coney’s bus!- the genera! public. In spite of the cry
of “hard times ahead ” have had at
1880. both inclusive, Pennsylvania
picked the winner. If we shall sn class
Hayes. Since 1880 Pennsylvania has
lost but twice out of a possible six
times. And yet. powerful, populous
and opulent as Pennsvlvanla Is and
has been, she has furnished the Union
but one Pres'dent and one Vive-Presi-
dent. though It has been a saying since
Jackson's time. "As goes Pennsylvania,
so goes the Union.”
And so. In a -practical sense. Penn
sylvania Is the best politician in the
Union. Republican Pennsylvania goes
to the convention and observe and con-
der. When she has settled on the
winner she springs like a tiger and
holds on like a bulldog, though it is my
recollection that her vote was cast for
Blaine on the final ballot at Cincinnati
in 1876. but there is nothing more cer
tain than that Pennsylvania defea*ed
his nomination then by withholding
her sunport until what is called the
psychological moment was past.
Henry Stanberrv. William M. Evarts,
Fhenezer R. Hoar. AInhonso Taft.
Wayne MacVeagh. Benjamin H. Brew
ster. Augustus H. Garland, Richard
O'ncv and Judson Harmon. Not one
of the»e ever mnducted so important a
case as did Knox, and not one ever
achieved so great a legal triumph.
On the eve of her departure for Eu
rope, Mme. Lillian Nordica, the prima
donna, announced to her friends in the
musical world her intention to devote
a. large share of the great fortune
which she has made with her voice to
the founding of an institution for the 9 — IB
perpetuation of opera in America, j cratic sway at an end. at least so far
which will follow closely the lines ‘ as the American Trading Company is
taken by Richard Wagner in founding ooncerned, where five of his kind have
the great operatic institution at Be’- | just made for girls and twenty-five
rent'’. For this purpose she has aircaflv i more are scheduled to walk the plank,
purchased a twenty-acre tract of land | unless the .five girls disappoint the ex-
lcast $16,000,000 more to spend for Im
ported luxuries in a single month titan
during the same time last year. The
falling off of considerably over a mil
lion dollars in the exclusive luxuries of
the rich, however, indicates where the
blow has fallen, if it has fallen at all.
The manifold sins of the office boy
have -found him out at last. Hence
forth his doom is sealed and his auto
overlooking the Hud'on river and con
venient to New York, on which will
be erected during the next year an op
eratic institution which is expected to
take Its place as one of the greatest in
the world. According to the prelimi
nary plans the buildings of the insti
tute Will cover fully four acres, outside
of what is to be called the Lillian Nor
dica Festival House, where the great
est artl’ts in the world will produce
the wagner operas during the summer.
It is the intention that this theatre
shall be in every way an exact repro
duction of the theatre erected by Ricji*-
ard Wagner and now maintained kfy
his widow. Besides the production of
opera, the institution will be the home
of a musical college of the first rank.
The decision in the merger case vi-
tilized the anti-trust law and aug
mented the power of the Federal es
tablishment. Mr. Knox put the ma
chinery in motion in numerous cir- j Here aspirants for operatic honors may : time in fixing their hair and adjusting
cnits. and the octopus was chased from devote their time to the study of music • their collars than the boys were in the
pectations of every one concerned. Only
those will find salvation who are
needed to catch steamers. Here the
girls rebel and it is admitted that such
an assault upon the venerable Institu
tions as the spectacle of a young lady
HEAD AND RoT
SAN ANTONIO, June 15.—Charged
with assaulting and robbing M rs - Salli6
Gibson, of Columbia, S. C., of $61,000,
Rufus Williamrf. iast night confessed the
crime in the county jail.
Ho was caught yesterday on an east
bound Southern passenger train on hit
way to New Orleans. Mrs. Gibson and
Williams arrived In the city from the
East, the former coming for the purpose
or investing in Texas lands. She had on
her person $51,000 bills, and the remain
der in gold coin. Williams obtained a ve
hicle from A local livery and suggested
a drive into the woods. Mrs. Gibson was
struck on the head, and an attempt was
made to drown her. Williams said he
took her money and fled back to thia
city.'
COLUMBLV. E. C., June 15—Mrs. Sallie
_ JB _ H. Gibson, of this city, whom Rufus Wil-
tearing down Wall street with a letter hams confessed to having assaulted and
for a steamer scheduled to sail In five robbed of $61,000 at San Antonio. Texas,
minutes, would be as likely to create a
panic in that center of delicately bal
anced emotions as an anti-railroad
speech by President Roosevelt. The
girls were first tried in the filing de
partment, where the work had formerly
been done by boys, and were such a
success that the head of the mailing
department, who happens to be a wo
man, said she -wanted to try girls, too.
It is true that they spent a little more
lust.
* •‘T’l
The newspapers have nothing to
ask . of him but fair treatment. They
will not be unduly elated if he pats
them on the back, and their equanim
ity will not be greatly disturbed should
ho give them the cold shoulder. They
hold themselves to be ordained preach
ers. as well as Mr. Roosevelt, and
they will keen their pulpits for all
time: for Presidents may come and
Preslden** may go. but the press, like
Tennvson’s brook, goes on forever.
"After all Theodore Roosevelt is a
good d»al of a boy yet. a* well as a
most masterful President!"
RAIL SIONES WENT
But Pennsvlvanla is going to the
next Republican national convention
with a candidate a favorite son. and
no second choice. Philander C. Knox
is among the leading lawyers of the | of that year, and his term will expire
American bar, and, like all great law-
Dan to Beersheba. •■Every conviction
s'nce the merger decl’lon Is to the
credit -of Knox, who made the thing
pos’ible by bis splendid management
of the Great Northern Securities case.
When Matt Quay died. Pennsylvania
hunted around for a real statesman to
represent her in the Senate, and she
chose Knox, who had resigned from
the Cabinet in 1904 to accept the Sena-
torship. He took his seat December
yers, he is necessarily a conservative,
a term that is now become) confounded
with reactionary and mollycoddle. No
man can bo a great lawyer who does
in 1911.
When Congress assembled in De
cember. 1905. the President Insisted on
a chase of the railroad octopus, and
the rate Ml! was fetched into the
under the greatest voice masters to be
found in the world, who will be paid
more for their services than they caii
hope to earn abroad.
That Richard Croker Is still the Idol
of Tammanv Hal! was unmistakably
demonstrated by the genera! rejoicing
among his’ former subordinates over
the news that his American horse
Orbv. with an American jockey in the
saddle, had won the great English
Derby. Nothing short of carrving an
habit of doing, but that kind of idling
does not disturb a whole office.,the
way a boy's time-killing devices do.
and it was found that they were willing
to stay in their places for a while j.nd
didn’t demand a raise every six
months. Of course what one institu
tion may do is only a straw in a gale
of wind, so to speak, but the deposed
boys are inclined to regard this par
ticular move as a serious blow at the
very foundations of masculine sunerm-
acy. LONGA CRE.
not reverence the law, and here is all j House of Representatives and jammed
that law is—-fidelity to obligation. This ; through that body without anybody
great Government at Washington is a j knowing or caring what it was. The
MILLEX. Ga.. June 15.—A terrific hail
storm, tiic path of which was four miles
wide and ten miles long, has wroug.it
havoc with growing crops in Jenkins
County. The 10-horse farm of E. Daniel
was completely destroyed, and a seven-
horse farm of the Daniel Son & Palmer
Co. is practically a total loss.
The hailstones killed grown chickens
in many places and went entirely through
watermelons.
party to a contract expressed In the
Constitution of the United States, and
things never get out of joint in a po
litical way except when the Govern
ment defaults and repudiates its cov
enant.
Philander C. Knox was born In
Pennsylvania in 1853 and is only a few
months older than the Republican par
ty that was chr'srtened at Pittsburg In
1854. He was the son -of a substantial
citizen, who gave hi’ boy every ad
vantage and started him in life at the
age of 19 with a classical education.
He became a student in the office of a
leading lawyer of Pittsburg and came
to the bar in 1875. He was assistant
United States distr'et attorney in 1876,
and subsequently his general practice
was extensive and remunerative.
Senate took it up and the rnuntrv was
in hot water for weeks. Then it was
that the Republicans senarateed into
progressives and mollycoddles. The
Demnoj-ats. under the’ lead of Ba'ley
and Tillman, went to the rescue of the
President. Indeed. Tillman was In
charge of the chase. There was a great
debate the greate’t the Senate had
heard in years Perhaps Bailey’s speech
has not been equalled as'a’constitution]
argument since Calhoun and "Webster.
Spooner was a foeman worthy his steel
and Foraker put the countrv in mind
of tho Senate’ of our golden age of
forensic eloquence, and Daniel did as
well.
After months of debate it became
apparent that no bill could pass that
Senator Aldrich found fault with. Now
PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO
A GREAT GEORGIAN
last night, is said to have possessed con
siderable money which she had hoarded
up. Not many months ago she depos
ited in a. bank here about $40 000, most
of which was in gold coin, green with
age. It is thought here that Williams
and Mrs. Gibson are married. Williams
was Mrs. . Glh- on's bulsness manager.
Lately Mrs. Gibson disposed of all her
property here. Williams Is a livery man.
About six months ago. Mrs. Gibson was
assaulted or. the street in this city, the
motive being robbery.
SOME OF STATE TROOPS
WILL CAMP AT SEASHORF
By George B. Smith.
ATLANTA. June 15—A portion of
the State troops will this year be given
a taste of camp life at a seashore
post. Fort Screven on the northern end
of Tybee Island, near Savannah. The
encampment this year was necessarily
limited to a small portion of the
troops and those designated by Gov.
Terrell to take part in It are the First
Battalion Heavy Artillery, of Savan
nah. under command of Maj. W. B.
Stephens, and four composite compa
nies of the Fourth Regiment Infantry,
commanded by Col. R. L. TVylly. ns
follows: Company C.' Columbus. Com
pany K. Thomasville; Company L,
j Amerlcus and Company M. Fitzgerald.
The encampment will take place
; from July 10 to 24, Inclusive giving
J the troops two weeks tour at the fort.
, The three batteries of United States
j Heavy Artillery stationed there^wiil
„ , , . , I, . „ „ 'remain there during the encampment.
Hher I entered the sophomore cla.?* in Meriwether, a Miss Mary Houstoun, ■ an(1 wi] j at - s ( C j- j n the instruction of
and they had plighted troth while j the State militia,
they were almost children. He went to
Emory and Oxibrdun Virginia,and final-
in Emory College in 18q5 I found
among mv classmates Andrew Young
John William Allen. He was nearly a
year older than myself: was then in his j ly to Oxford where he graduated. H
0th year; a -handsome young fallow
with a rich flowing black beard. He
was a member of the ume fraternity
and of the same" church with me and
like myself, was looking towards the
ministry, but unlike myself had deter
mined even then to go as a missionary
to a foreign field. We became very
intimate and when, after a brief stay
friendly term*
Jackson owed the success -of his ad- Gate City Mother* Alarmed,
ministration next to hi* own vigorous ATLANTA. June 15—Several At-
personallty, <o the services of the able jama mothers who have bc'ome un-
ncwsrrtper men he had around him: easy about the health of their sons
who supported his policies cudgeled who are with the Fifth Infantry Regi-
h'< enemies, and licked his crude hut mc -nt at Jamestown, have wired them
fercefn! utterances into shape- while j lo come home at once. The report
h,- hi l capable men for his official j reached Atlanta that the Fifth was
odvlsers he rdiel upon his "Kitchen • encamped on a deserted Island, not
CnM'iet’—Bh’lr. Kendall. HU1 and | being permitted to remain within the
Nonh—for his effective support. j ..gpcsition grounds on account of ob-
‘T.nter t v "'n Jackson. Abraham Lin- j Sections from those having the restau-
,-r.in and William McKinley, the kind- i ,- ant privileges, because the Georgia
P.--I and rno'i tn. tful of our Frost- . ron p S proposed to do their own eook-
derts. w*-e the most eor.s.dern.o in , j-g According to the stories sent
their treat-per t of the pr-’s. ^ j • rlome t he boys wore having a time of
".Tames Bu.-hanan. w,' i character- j it jjghting mosquitoes and sandflies,
istic iraptnes’. rot into coihmon^ wttn j nn( j keeping the tides out of their
, in college. I left my class, a corres-
i it was that Knox took the floor and I pondence began between us which has
There is a popular belief that Knox I made a speech that was only curnula- j been unintermitting for over 5 years.
Is a “coroporatlon lawyer.” I do not j tlvc testimony of his great capacity as | if America has produced a greater man
suppose he would be any the worse if t a constitutional lawyer: but he did ! in tills era, a man who has done more
it were true. W? have established a ! more. He saved the bill and rendered j for the world than he has done, I do
standard of patriotism and of morals incalculable service to the Republican
this country that" reads out of re
spectable r-3litlca! society any lawyer
who ever held a brief In a court of Jus
tice with a corporation for a client.
Corporations are artificial persons cre
ated by the law. They have rights as
well as duties, and one of their rights
is to employ legal counsel. An honest
party.
Knox was the real author of the AI
li’en paner that brought Roosevelt out
of the Democratic camp and put him
at the head of the Republican chasers.
Bafiev and Tillman were enraged. One
would have thought that red-hot.
corporation lawyer is a public bene- j jumping critters, diamond-back rat-
factor if he have canacitv to see the ! rie’nakes, brass-head snapping turtles
The
tr-ti
•nke
press
’rv ear
b
in h:
• tho
ppri no m*
if his life when he
that very '-hie
’Tl'kl’n. John \V. F(
Resented By Cleveland.
"Grover Cle- . land during hil
term was complaisant to th?
though never v. -v cordial. . ut
: -e'-or'1 term. Ir,Bated w..h the :
his own greatness, he fast ’>
,, condescending, and then a
,v,>.rd the press.
ur.dertno. to ehamri.-
Q-ieen !-•! w-»o insisted
II the missionaries v»a
and r
made
at I: -
chnracter-
irion with
t adminis-
prtru mis-
undertook
journalist
rney. who
first
press.
?r, his
hH of
"jmed
niep-
Ther.
the
u non
. f *d
tenrs,
Nathan Woodall Hanged.
MILTON. Ola.. June 15.—Nathan
Woodall, a young negro, was hanged
here today for the- murder of Waiter
Nowling, last January. He confessed
his crime on the gallows and spoke for
an hour, advising the people if hl3
race to lead het'er lives. He was per
fectly calm and assisted the sheriff i.i
adjusting the noose. His neck was
broken.
law as It Is and the courage to ex
pound it as ho sees it. Cheap, low and
disgusting demagogy has created a
popular prejudice against corporation
lawyers and there is no easier way to
kill off an aspiring politician than to
cal! him a corporation lawyer. Unfor
tunately some corporation lawyers
have prostituted thel’ learning and
their skill to ensh’e dishonest corpora-
•inns to evade the law to shirk their
duties a "d fo oppress the public: but
it is as fooii’h to judge all corporation
lawyers bv the conduct of these rascals
as it would be to condemn all minis
ters of the Gospel for the conduct
alve« in sheep’s clothes who get publican majority
that Is history.
hie'
t, v .„ part :r. r.er d.. .-shier, 'r-m the
Hawaiian thro ve, he was sharply crlt-
In;o the church.
But Mr Knox Is not a corjviratiop
iawver. though no doubt he is pro-
foundlv learned in cnrp-rnfioa law ns
is evemr other successful lsv-or of *his
i era. The truth is t u nt Mr. Knox made
I his tr*v In the profession and gain
Olympic Theater Destroyed. j 1 hl? reputation el the bar through his
CHICAGO June 15.—Fir? tonirh' de- 'earning and sMi! in th e conduct of
si roved the Oivntplc Theater. Randolph ' f«* Individuals egai"st cornora-
s-s'nark street*, causing a loss of ; rlons The enroorar'ons of Fenr.sylva-
*100/00. I nia bad Wateon, of Pittsburg and
sod sich had heen turned loose on th
Democratic side, while a chapter of the
Knights of Ananias wan ha«tlly con
voked at thp White House nnd a hunch
of new cardid’tes invested with the
badge -of that order—all because the
Republicans got their President back
ags'n.
The bill passed. Every Ro”ublic-j,n
voted for it but Foraker. and every
Democrat'hut Morgan and P^ftus. The
octont’s chase was concluded. 53=-"itor
Aldrich went to Eumne. the Prc’ldent
to Oyster iBav. Mr Bryan came home,
sue-gested Governmental ownership,
and the counwv responded with a Re
in Congress. But
not know his name. He was born aft
er his father's death and never knew
his mother, for she too died in six
months after her husband. The fami-
lip’ from which ^he sprung, on both
sides, were among the oldest in Ameriv
cs. His father lin" going back to
Thomas Allen in 1635, and his mother .... _
to the Wootens who came even before There were two of our missionaries
that. His parents were people of con
siderable means and he was a young
fellow of liberal fortune. Hf was
adopted bv a si’ter of his mother, a
most excellent woman, who had mar
ried a planter named Hutchings. He
did not know till he was 15 years old
wag not brilliant, but he was most stu
dious and persistent, and took a high
stand in a large class. During the last
year at the commencement in Macon,
Dr. Allen. Rev. John W. Simmons,
and Judge Frank Little, all from that
class of 1858 in Emory, met at my
house in Vineville for our last reun
ion. He was highly respected and
greatly beloved while a student. He
graduated In the summer of 1858
dropped two initials from his name,
and was thenceforth Young J. Allen.
He entered the conference in the win
ter of 1858. He married as soon as
he gradur.ted and was appointed mis
sionary to China and in 1859 he took
shipping -on a Chinaman from New
York, to Shanghai. It was a long voy
age by sailing vessel and when he
landed at Shanghai with his wife and
fi'st child the prospect of accomplish-
any great work was a dre:
CONSUL ASKS FOR PROTECTION
FOR EIGHT ITALIAN PRISONERS
NEW ORLEANS. La., June 15.—
Italian Consul Seles 1 today appealed to
Governor Blanchard for protection to
eight Italians arrested as suspects and
confined in the Third precinct e.ation
he use. which it was raid couli not be
guarded against mob attacks.
The city police later transferred the
Italians to a safer jail. No progress
toward recovering the lost boy wqs re
ported during the day.
Another case of attempted blackmail
turned up in a letter to an Italian
grocer, demanding S5 0 9. under threat!’
of kidnaping his children.
K'?“t> an eve on Knur and keep an
eve on Penns’-Vanla. If R' K er* tv.
Mackev ard William H. Kemble were
but alive to take emerge of th» Knox
d I forces there 1* nothing that rh»re V
dot'M more lively than that RM’ander
C. Knox would he th» Republican nom
inee for President of the United States
In 1908.
(Copyrighted by E. W. Newman.)
that his name was Allen and by the
people among whom they lived ]>» was
called Young Hutchings. Mr. Hutch
ings moved from Burke County with
several of his neighbors to the west
n f gieorgia, when Alien was a child.and
settled in Meriwether Countv. in a
most excellent neighborhood. Here the
hoy grew up. until he was old enough
for classical studies. He was then sent
to Rugby sc-ool of Georcia. taught by
Dr.- Otis Smith at Brownwood. near
La Grange. There he met 'ome of his
cousins from Burke and learned his
name was not Hutchings, and there
we met for the first time- I was a
•'lerk in a book store, a lad of 15, and
he was a nunll at Brownwood. He
went from Prowui-oad to a school at
^tarrsvil’e !n Newton COuntv. Here
he was converted and joined the Meth
od! at church, and here he resolved to
be a missionary. He had formed a
boyish attachment to a beautiful girl
CONFERENCE ON CHARITIES
AMD CORRECTIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. June 15 —
Today's sessi m of -.he conference on
charities and corrections, i-ygar with a
meeting of the section committee on
! State supervision, at wh’eh the quest-
• i"ii - f vagrjtncv w.-i< ••.•uss-d follow
ing a paper by O. F. Lewis, of New
York In th- -i-i’iii.n of th" commiiies
{ on needy families, ;he question of or-
i ganized chsriti'-s was taken up. Tho
then there, one of whom was to return
at once to America., and there had
come with him a young colleague, and
the great empire of China was before
the three. He went bravely to work
to master the language, and had been . . , . ...
but a year in China, when the war be- g" 1161 " 3 - a - - n op •• ■■ • 1 " > '
tween the Stares began in America. ( re d
The Southern missionaries were en- Hines.
luents. OS as. P.
y, N. Y., read a
tlrely cut off from their resou-ces, and
for five long years Dr. Allen did not
hear a word directly from Georgia.
The missionaries of other churches re
alized his circumstances and offered
him work in th"ir field, but he would
not abandon the Southern Church.
Then a work was offered him which
h”d told on Chinese elevation as noth
ing else could have done. He was of
fered a position in an Anglo-Chineae
school connected with the Chinese
University, just established, and em
ployed to translate English books into
Chinese. In this way he wsh breuglH
into contact with the highest etas’ of
Chinese. He filled Ills place so well,
that the Government gave him Its
highest literary degree with that of
Mandarin. While he was in this work
he saw the need of a Chinese review,
not exclusively or chiefly & religious
paper on this subject.
NO NECESSITY FOR ISSUE
OF PANAMA BONDS AT PRESENT
WASHINGTON. June 15.—Secretary
Cortelyoil announced today that there is
at prevent no necessity for an issue of
Panama bond’- Th.- $36 0-10.0h0 4 per
cent bonds which will mature July 2 next
will be redeemed i*i full on and after that
date the $30,Of > 000 Government deposits
which wer- called from the National
depository hanks- last Wednesday being
us"d for that purpose.
CREDIT MEN'S ASSOCIATION
ADDRESSED BY SPEAKER CANNON
CHICAGO. June 14.—Th'
Association ended a Ihre--
tion with a banquet tonlg!
torium a f which Speaker .
the House of
Credit Men’s
days’ coaver.-
it at tho audi-
05?. G Cannon.
and
\
Judge "Peter s - Grosacup were the prin
cipal speakers.
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