San Antonio Light and Gazette (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 316, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 4, 1909 Page: 4 of 10
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PUBLISHER'S NOTICS.
Oubaortbers to The Light and Oasattn are requatted ta yay
Money ta regular aothoriaed roneetorn only. De not yay ear*
Mero aa errors ars euro to result
Tbo Ugbt and Genette is on sale at botola and newo-etaydo
throughout the United Staton.
uhsi nciuiiffl ir iy rva n $» him
Wanted: A Kame For
Ballinger's Acts
Collier'a that he did not to President Taft charge Secretary
Ballinger (who seems crazy to have them patented) with
criminality nor does he so charge him now.
This is good. We hope Ballinger's acts will turn out inno-
cent and we have to see charges made recklessly.
John L. Matthews who has told in Hampton’s his story of
'Ballinger’s granting to Hill and Harriman 1000000 horse
power in the Des Chutes river canyon as well as of the other
power and eoal land graba says that he does not charge Bal
linger with corruption. TTiis. too. is good. Sueh charges ought j
not to be made lightly and will not be by good citizens or
decent publications.
However:
If Ballinger tried to get the Cunningham coal claims worth
more than can be even computed allowed by the land depart-
ment of which he was commissioner;
If Ballinger as such commissioner went to congress ask
ing a bill to be passed validating these claims when he knew
them to be syndicated contrary to law and fraudulent from
their inception;
If Ballinger while commissioner or secretary leaked de-
partment secrets to the claimants so that they could know
the government’s case and meet it;
If Ballinger resigned the commissionership nnder such cir-
eumstances and in spite of a law forbidding it. became attor-
ney for these fraudulent claims before the department in
whieh he had just now been a high officer presumably in
spite of what Mr. Taft says taking with him secrets of the
with reference to the frauds;
If after this during the campaign between Bryan and
Taft Frank Hitchcock promised the Ballinger crowd in Seat-
। tje that they could have a cabinet place if the states went
‘for Taft and he was elected;
’ If they then demanded the secretaryship of the interior
having charge of these fraudulent claims and thousands of
| others of coal of power of the riches of the public domain
• for thia attorney this oddly friendly commissioner this vio-
lator of the law as attorney of claimants Richard Achilles
Ballinger—and got the place for him;
And if.as soon as he came into office he began putting
the land Roosevelt had placed in “cold storage’’ back where
jthey could be grabbed and granted away the Des Chutes
t canyon sewed Glavis up in his efforts to save the eoal lands
finally had him discharged and generally opened the grab-
i bag of the nation's natural resources to his friends and clients
land others so larcenously like-minded—
If Ballinger did these things what are we to call his acts!
If they are not corrupt what shall we term them*
If they were done by a San Antonio aiderman with refer-
ence to parks and plaz.as of the city or city contracts or
any city affairs what would you call him. Come now! We
are interested in this English language which we have to use
day by day—and we want the word that will describe Bal-
linger’s acts if all these things with which he is charged are
true.
Now that Patten has a corner in cotton people are begin
ping to boll him out.again.
“The demagog we have always with us.’’—Joe Cannon.
Yes Joe they can’t see his faults in his home district.
Also do your Christmas remembering early.
Which Is
Worst?
—— n m ir u i miv— t u hn inv»riri a
whose agents prowled about the stricken town soliciting jobs
as attorneys for the wives and children and parents of those
lost in the mine.
They wanted to make contracts with the survivors while
the corpses were still in that awful hole while the issue of
life or death was still unsolved to bring suits for damages
on speculation and for contingent fees.
There was a time when no decent lawyer would take a cnee
on a contingent fee. There was a time when a lawyer doing
ao was subject to disbarment.
But at last it came to be seen that in many cases poor peo-
ple were without the power to litigate their cases unless al-
lowed to mortgage the only property they possessed perhaps
their claim for damages. Tn the interest of poor claimants
of just such people as those at Cherry the law and practice
was changed so as to allow cases to be taken on contingent
fees. The best and most reputable lawyers now take them.
It is a part of the universal practice and is a -necessary part
of our law. Without it the widows orphans and parents of
workmen wonhl have little protection iu case of injury or
death.
For we have no workingmen’s insurance law in this coun
try as other civilized nations have.
And we have that complement and mate of the ambulance
chasing lawyer the corporation claim agent. Not all claim
agents arc of the despicable sort here referred to. but most
of them by the very nature of their employment must tend
that wav just as the personal injury lawyer doing business
legitimately tends to become an ambulance chaser.
Mrs. John Love of Cherry whose husband and three broth-
ers-in-law were killed in the mine declared that her surviv-
ing brother-in-law and several other witnesses of the acci-
dent that killed three hundred men in the Cherry mine have
SATURDAY
Louis K. Glavis the land
entry inspector who was dis-
charged because he fought
against patenting away the
Alaska eoal land says in
People reading the awful
news of the Cherry mine hor-
ror were shocked by the ac-
counts of the lawyers of the
-I ambulance-ebasinrr varietv.
been Intimidated by the corporation claim agents talked t«h
ottered bribes and finally taken nut of town in automobile*.
This means if it ta true that the thing whieh makes the
ambulance ehaeer’a ghoulish profession almost a necessit .
is taking place at cherry. The widows and orphans and
cripples are being robbed by claim agents already at work
to defeat iiislict by tampering with the witnesaeu and warp
ing the evidence.
In the light of facts like tbMS if they are facta the am-
bulance chaser becomes a useful citizen and an admirable
pe>son in -oinpnrisou with the witness-chasing claim agent.
The former worms himself into the good graces of the sf
flirted jierbaps. and makes money through <Nmng<* suits.
But he dir idea the money with the needy onea. He protects
■to «omi extent at least the poor and suffering. Hut th-’
claim agent who runs off witnesses brings pressure to bear
lob employes to tell fnbehoods or suppress truth on the
I stand or inveigles mourners to give receipts in full for
wrong the extent of which they do not know is a reptile
slimier than the language of words to characterize. And the
[ officers of corponitiona who perpetuate the system nro as
1 slimy as he.
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Aetor Henry Miller calls the New theater a gilded in-j
. eubator. Yet it turns ont no broilers. Now docs it Hen!
•
They’ve brought over old Ramcwz who ruled Egypt .10001
.years ago to New York. Don't erowd heiresses don’t
crowd.
«
Great sociologist is Uncle Ham. Notice the neighborhood j
work he's doing in Central America.
Latin republics arc popularly supposed to be full of pep- •
pory people. They must be just the opposite to stand for what i
they do aa \>ng aa they do.
Wealthy California woman left $50000 to “a good belli
boy.’’ This may be a lesson to other bell boys and maybe
not.
» —
A lad 1.1. climbed into a window to rob a St. Louis bgnk.|
When ho grows older be will learn that the liest place to rob
a bank is behind the counter.
As Others View It
AN UNCONVINCING GHOST.
It is not all | lain sailing w'th the London spook bureau.
A hitch now and then occurs to show that there is a screw
loose somewhere. It is all very well dealing with the diaear-
nate spirit of a native Englishman; he is to the manner born
and -an be relied on so to control his utterances or to allow
them to be so controlled by the medium that no very bad
“break” will occur. Hut tackling the foreigner is a propo-
sition of n snmewhnt different order as appears from some
recent happenings.
The lately deceased Cesare Lombroso was well known to
have been much concerned with the subject of psychic re-
search. Ere shuffling off this mortal coil he made u prom-
ise to return ami t ’J! some of his friends about his experi-
ences in the after life. To get hold of the spirit of a man
like that would ie obviously good business for the London
spirit agency; h« would in nil probability be a willingly
communicative subject.
“Julia” accordingly got a commission to commandeer the
spirit of Lombroso from ike wanderings in infinite space end
presto! the thing was done. To guarantee genuineness and
to encourage the dead scientist by the presence of one of his
own countrymen the London correspondent of the Cortiero
dela Sera of Milan was asked to witness the demonstra-
tion.
The first shock enme when it was found that the spirit
was >n anything but an amiable mood; he was in fact de-
cidedly grumpv. The next was experienced when Lombroso
who in life could not speak English announced his presence
in English of a Cockney variety. Confusion was worse con-
founded when questioned in Italian by the correspondent
the great master of Italian seemed to have forgotten his
mother tongue.
Indeed his lapses of memory were lamentable. Asked the
name of his favorite little nephew Lombroso rudely replied
in English “Don't bother me with personal questions.” The
correspondent then asked the spirit the title of the last book
he wrote on a criminal trial to which he made answer. “Un-
able to sav at this moment.” That he should thus become
to forgetful™ss a prey was all the more strange because he
had written a book on the Olivo trial in which al) his pet
theories were set forth. The climax was reached when the
spirit made a request to have a telegram sent to his family
and gave Milan as their address the fact being that their
place of a'Jode is Turin.
The sad conclusion arrived at by Signor Emmanuel the
Corriere correspondent was that Mr. Stead was being badly
taken in by hie clairaudient's spiritual stenographer anl
other persons attached to the bureau.
Mr Stead should have stuck to British spooks.—Washing-
ton Post.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND
THE HALL ROOM BOYS.’ ‘
ALL SORTS
By NEWTON WWrKtIUL
Josh wiae Uya;
“Whan all ara in a
lurry someone must
walk”
By Nawtan Mawkirk.
BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
Shnkspere. and Tennyson and Eddie
Pope
Have raved about the “Beautiful
Snow”;
Their minstral raptures chain not me—
I il sing in quite another key.
“No cloud almve. no enrth below”
Whittier sang some years ago;
Who cares a hang for a pleasant da*
In the clouds when we're not going
that way!
Bill Shakspere's pen and Raphael’s
brush
Touch not the realms of mud and slush;
With spirits light and fnncy-free
Thev ranted sentitncntallv.
As they sal liefore a fire so snug.
They dreamed not of the |>oor cold
“mug”
Who wielded the shovel not the pen
Twelve hours a dny for a dollar ten.
They recked not of the sloppy street
for’thev had rubbers on their feet;
Hut now they've crossed the Sabh
Shore.
On Angel's wing there lot them soar.
L ENVOI.
Ye songsters all who feel possessed
Of Muses' powers and a strong chest.
Bing praise of snow but. I'll be blest
If I’ll join in;—mid that's no jest.
Lexington. D. M. F.
Monologue Wanted!
Pear Newt —Will yon kindly dash
off for mo a monologue which woult
run about 1-1 or 20 minutes! I am t«
appear in an amateur vaudeville on
tertainment and have b"en asked to
give a monologue on “Old Mnids. It
would have to contain some good jokes
and gHg* about old maids. Will you ।
write me this kind of a monologue anl
what would you charge! .
Whitman. H. A. W.
My Dear Sir—You are evidently seri-
ous and have written the above in
good faith because you have signed
your name and address although yon
did forgot to inclose a stamp for reply
so in order to save you 2 cents I will
answer yon in this column.
Instead of “dashing off” the mono
logne yon ask for about “Old Maids
would you mind if I hand you a few
words of advice for which I will make
no charge! Advice is one thing in this
world which mav be had in carload lota
f. o- b. for nothing. We all have more
advice than we can use in our business
and we are. therefore always glad to j
pass along the surplus to our neighbors:
who can take it or let it alone as thex
see fit. The market is glutted with ad-
vice good bad and indifferent.
My advice to you would be not tq.
give the monologue you have iu mind j
at this amateur vaudeville entertain-1
ment. Give a monologue if yon want
to. but not a monologue about “Old I
Maids.” If you will pardon me there]
is no such thing nowadays ns an “Old
Maid” —the name has been changed to
“Maiden Lady.” which sounds much
more gentle and courteous. The time
is fart passing away when folks longer
poke fun at the spinster and unless
von wish to bn regarded ns a back
number you will select some other
topic for your monologue than ths
“Old Maid.” It is not only ungal-
lant and unchivalrotm for any man to
GAZETTE
Observant Citizen
“Is this Iha NnuthwMtern Insane
siylum!”
The above question was propounded
over the telephone yesterday by the Ob
servant ('Hiwa who deairad some infor-
mation from the officials of that insti-
tution. A few moments after the re
reiver had been taken down at the oth
er end and the question had been asked
O. C. was nearly jarred from his sett
hy the following response which came
over the wire in n vary gruff'lono of
voice;
“No but I expert that it will bo in
the cottree of time!”
The telephone operator had connected
up with the wrong number nnd it is up
to the readers of The Light and Ga-
zette to aolve the true meaning of th*
n •■aver.
As Observant Citizen approached the
corner of Areeniega nnd South Press
streets this morning at 6 o'clock he no-
ticed two small hoys in the middle of
the street both down on their knrrs
nnd playing marbles under the arc
light on that corner. The scene ns
presented brought back memories of the
cbildhood dnyw of O. C. and he stopped
jnst long enough to ponder over the
problem that should the two Ixoys at
play one hour before daylight be ask-
ed hy their mothers to run an errand
or-<hop some wood. Would they do
it I
Observant Citizen was attracted to ft
bi’kerv on South Alamo street yosterdnv
in front of which stood a mother with
an infant in a bahv carriage an Italian
organ grinder and a monkey which was
soliciting alma from the people who
had gathered to watch the antics of the
animal. Suddenly the monk spied the
little girl eating a piece of sponge enke
nnd hopping up in the vehicle he ma-le
a grab for the cake. The youngster
held on to the dainty and for a few
seconds it was a tug of war between
his monkship and the haby for th*
prize amidst cries and screams. The
two were finally separated and nfter
the cake had been equally divided
pence was agnin restored.
SANANTONIO2IYEARSAGO
(From The Light. December I. IS*M
At a meeting of the board of trade
last evening the following board of
directors was elected: Hon. E. H. Ter-
rell V'. Heuermann Sr. Gen. G. W.
Russ. A. C. Schrvver. Henrv Elmendorf
L. Orvnski W. H. Weiss C. C. Cresson
J. S. Alexander Sol Halff C. F. Guen-
ther. P. D. Kampmann and A. B.
Frank.
The election of officers of the San
Antonio club for the ensuing year was
held last night by the newly-elected di-
rectors and resuited os follows: Presi-
dent. E. D. L. Wickes; vice president.
Judge T. L. Devine: secretary C. C.
Cresson; treasurer Col. John Withers.
The first reception of the season will
take place December 19.
The Belknap Rifles held a meeting
at their armory last night and elect* 1
the following officers: Captain R. B.
Green; first lieutenant E. W. Richard-
son: treasurer C. P. Smith. A plume
drill and hop 'will take place at the
armory next Tuesday night.
The following gentlemen are prom-
inently mentioned as probable candi-
dates for the mayoralty at the next
city election: James H. French Au-
gustus Belknap. H. B. Andrews. Henry
Elmendorf and C. K. Brenneman.
make fun of a woman who is fighting
her way through life alone but it is
also cowardly and it is th* general
opinion among gentlemen that no gen-
tleman will do it.
I hope you will forgive me if I de-
cline to w-rite a monologue about “Old
Maids.” It is not a subject wiiic!
lends itself readily to my pen. and
you could not nfford to pay me as mueh
as I would ask you to write a mono-
logue on this subject even though you
have much money.
Texas Talk
NUTB.
While yau are seriously talking
over the' subject of diversifying
how does this recent item of news
regarding tbo value of pecans im-
press yottt
Texas produces more then one-
half the peeaoa grown in Ike Unit-
ed Rtates and has within ita bor
dera more wild trees than nil the
bnlanee of the e<*ntry. Ihiving the
last ten years Ihe price of nuts in-
creased coneiderablv because the
supply does not nearly equal the de-
mand. New York olone eould cosily
absorb the entire Tcxns crop. Thou-
sands of mature pecan trees hnve
wantonly been eut down to pre-
l»are lend for eotton. Pecan trees
if well eared for will produce
to $lOOO per aero. More than 21*
000000 pounds of nuts were raised
in 190 S and in order to antisfy the
demand 24.000000 pounds were im-
ported.—Lnredo Times.
All of which bucks up our long drawn
out nnd oft repeated cry “plant pe-
cans.” It ia nuta for Texaa to supply
the world.
LOOU FINB—FDTBI
Attorney General Davidson an-
nounced liis intention of resigning
on Jun. 1 in order to begin an ac-
tive campaign for the governorship
because he does not think it right
to draw a salary from the people in
one office while he uses the time
the people pay him for in running
for nnother. Mr. Davidson’s eonrae
is eminently proper. Judge Parker
resigned when he ran for the preai-
deney. There is high democratic
precedent.—Houston Chronicle.
It’s good campaign material anyway
an<l makes a fine high minded appear-
ance.
FUSSY.
The Waco Times-Herald does not
seem to be able to bring itself to
look with favor on any of tlio
avdwed candidates for the guber-
natorial nomination. According to
its analysis they do not measure
np to the requirements. Texss has
had many examples of thia.—Deni-
son Herald.
If the W. T. H. cannot be satisfied
out of the fine bunch of men and plat-
forms “we.have with us today gentle-
men” there's no hope.
ROADS.
Macadamized roads help to de-
velop the country through whieh
they run. They attract new people
and’ they help’to enhance the value
of the property abutting them.
Texas ought to have thousands of
miles of sueh roads for the com-
parative expense of building them
* is light.—Denison Herald.
And the country through which they
run help to develo'p macadamized roads.
It all depends on the character of the
people whether they have good roads or
bad ones. We’ve' got ’em in Bexar
county.
TURKEY AND CUBRO.
Cuero did its best to uphold the
reputation of Texas by shipping
25000 turkeys last week and tur-
keys can be raised in East Texas
as soil. —Beaumont Enterprise.
And also to fill up the population of
Texas.
FIGURES AND PROSPERITY.
The American people are the
only ones that figure that the more
they spend the greater the prosper-
ity.—Beaumont Enterprise.
The more they figure the greater the
prosperity.
DECEMBER 4 1009.
Little Stories
ME HAO LEARNED IT.
WHHc flva years old was In B
father's other one afternoon wafM
to go home With him. Mr. 8 was vl
much occupied—ln fact so much tM
he had quite forgotten that his youl
son was sitting behind him. At lengU
the telephone rang and Mr. 8. was tol
that there was a long-distance call to
him. He called "Hello!’’ a number of
tlmea nnd juat when hie patience had
about given out central rang vigorous-
ly while the receiver was atlll at hit
ear. At this Mr. 8. uttered a terrible
and forbidden word.
The words were no sooner out of
his mouth than he remembered that
his eon was but a few fret from him.
Wheeling about In his chair he said
with humility:
’’That waa very wrong of father to
aay those naughty words Willie. I
hope” be added "that my little boy
wilt never use such dreadful lan-
* "f—l won't never say It papa." re-
pllvd the child with a jnlschlevoua
twinkle In hla eye "but I I—learned it
all the same!'' —Harper's Magazine.
INCORRIGIBLE.
He asked so many questions that
day that he finally wore out his moth-
er's patience.
"Robert'' she cried "If you ask me
another question I shall put you to
bed without your supper!”
Robert promptly asked another and
was imeked off to bed. Later his
er repented. After all asking ques-
tions was the only way he could ac-
quire knowledge so she tiptoed up-
stairs knelt beside Robert's bed and
told him she was sorry.
"Now dear” she said "if you want
to ask one more question before you
go to sleep ask it now and 1 will try
to answer.”
Robert thought for a moment then
said. "Mother how far can a cat spit!"
—Success.
LAWYER IN MANY ROLES.
A Martinique barrister has estab-
lished a singular record by figuring as
prisoner magistrate and advocate
within the space of five hours.
He opened this eventful session by
taking his place In the dock of the
Fort de France police court to meet
a charge of assault and having suc-
ceeded in proving considerable provo-
cation escaped with a slight fine.
While the next case was being heard
one of the magistrates was seized with
indisposition.
The only available substitute was
the belligerent barrister who thereup-
on took his seat on the bench and
helped to try several cases. In the
course of the afternoon the victim of
indisposition recovered and the tem-
porary magistrate resigned his func-
tions in time to plead for a client who
had engaged hla services some days
previously.—London Chronicle.
RURAL INNOCENCE.
After showing the old farmer around
the college grounda they rested awhile
on the campus.
"And now” drawled the old man
slowly "I’d like to see the cattle pen ”
"Cattle pen?” asked the guide in as-
tonishment. “Whoever gave you the
idea that there was a cattle pen con-
nected with this- college?”
“Why my son Ezra. He wrote that
al! the boys up here were buying Bos-
ton bulls.”—Chicago News.
KNEW HIS ZOOLOGY.
"Little boy” asks the well-meaning
reformer "is that your mamma over
yonder with the beautiful set of furs?”
"Yes. sir.” answers the bright lad.
“Well do you know what poor ani-
mal it is that had to suffer in order
that your mamma might have the furs
with which she adorns herself so
proudly?"
"Yes sir. My papa.”—Chicago Eve-
ning Post.
POINTED
FABAGRAPHS.
Many a thing that
is done well isu’t
worth doing.
When some men
eat pork they must
feel like cannibals.
Some men find it
easier to open a jack-
pot than a can of
beans.
Many a man fails
to arrive because he
started with cold
feet.
If a man does
wrong he thinks he's
doing right to keep it
a secret.
Don’t let the bad-
ness of your neigh-
bors worry you; they
might do worse.
“Try try again”
is the motto of many
an actress who finds
matriage a failure. —
Chicago News.
REFLECTIONS OF
A BACHELOR.
A man with a pret-
ty wife wants to take
nil the credit of it
for himself.
When a man puts
on a loud necktie it’s
a sign he would be
a gay dog if he knew
how.
Sometimes a man
can trust a woman
with very blond hair
not to I>A so deceit-
ful about all things.
A man's idea of
goo<] housekeeping is
when there's the de-
vil to )>ay in the
kitchen but his wife
keeps him from fimU
ing it out. — New
York I'reaa.
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