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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL IB, 1909.
Qtyc Dails express.
Entered nt tli« Postofflce At San Anlonlo,
Texas, ns Seeond-Class Matter.
By The Express publishing Company-
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AQENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS:
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Street; John p. Smart, Manager.
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Room 45, Post Building.
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Monterey, Mexico—K. O. Alloc, 27 Calls
ZSragoza. Agent and Correspondent.
C. V. Holland, General Traveling Agent.
R. T. Gllddnn, W. H. Wentworth, J. C.
Oslln and Thomas Watson, Traveling
Agents.
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Publicity for Railway Accidents
The Southern Facific Railroad has
put ioto effect a new policy with re-
spect to giviDg out information in re-
gard to railroad wrecks and mishaps.
Heretofore it has always appeared
to be the policy of the railway man-
agers and employes to withhold from
the public as far as possible any tid-
ings concerning railway accidents,
and newspaper reporters have boon
compelled to seek information In other
channels than in taose from which
they properly should.
For years the newspapers have
condemned this mistaken policy, the
only effect of which waB to put them
to unnecessary trouble in procuriug
facts concerning a matter in which
the public Is always interested, and
about which It is entitled to know all
that la to be known. One effect, how-
ever. has been to cause exaggerated
reports to be sent out, for which the
railroads were more responsible than
were the reporters, who were unable
U> obtain accurate information from
authoritative sources.
Under the order of Julius Krutt-
•chnitt, director of operation and
maintenance of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, full publicity Is to be given
to all accidents and to the investiga-
tions conducted. A board of inquiry,
composed of three employes or offi-
cials of the road and one person not
in any way connected with the com-
pany, will investigate every accident
when it occurs, and newspaper men
will not only be permitted to attond
the sittings of the board, but will be
given notice of the time and place of
meeting in 6rder to secure their at
tendance.
In adopting such a policy Mr.
Kruttschifftt is not only showing a
proper consideration for the newspa-
pers and • for the public, but he is
promoting the interests of his rail-
road. Every one knows that accident
occur in the best regulated family and
on the best regulated railroads, that
even with the utmost precaution and
care they are not wholly avoidable.
|T«t in many, if not all serious rail-
way mishaps, somebody is to blame.
There has been negligence or lack of
caution or incompetency somewhere,
and it is only right and proper that
there should be a complete and satis-
fying investigation in justice to the
public a3 well as to the railroad, for
gome part of the public has been dam-
aged or distressed by the accident
Which has Involved some human sac-
rifice of life or limb.
An Investigation conducted in the
manner suggested will be almost cer-
tain to fix the responsibility for the
accident, and the publicity given it
by the newspapers will help rather
than hinder the purpose sought to be
/accomplished, for the newspapers will
disposed to help the railroads
When the railroads manifest a dispo-
altion to help them.
The Opportune Windfall.
The great State of Texas is joyful
in anticipation of the large sura of
money that is to be dropped into its
till as a result of the fina imposed
upon an offending corporation
The State Treasurer says the money
will come in very handy at Ibis time,
as the funds in the Treasury are be-
ginning to run low, and that this
money is needed In the general reve-
nue, but for which there would be a
deficit In the Treasury before n-skt
i-'eptember.
But, of course, it is not to be In-
ferred that it was because the State
neded this money in Its business that
the offending corporation was fined In
so large an amount, or fined at all.
It was to emphasise and uphold the
majesty of the law and to punish Its
violation that the proceedings were
taken which eventuated In the assess-
ment of fine and costs aggregating
eonalderable more than one and one-
telT million dollars. With its honor
■fpeased, Its dignity maintained and
tfc* ^offender banished from its con-
the State might remit the fine.
Mi the offender go and sin no more,
and prove to the world the high moral
ground It occupies—that it was not
afler the money of the corporation,
but merely sought to punish wrong-
doing.
Unfortunately, circumstances an
such tjiat the State could not exorcise
any such lofty and generous impulso
if it were so Inclined, because thero
are too many other fingers In the
pie, too many outsiders who have a
proprietary interest lu the Involuntary
atonement. And, besides, Texas noeds
the money, that Is, the percontage of
It that will belong to tbe Stato Treas-
ury after tho division is made, if It
should ever becorao available, as now
seams certain.
Some persons who occupy such
high moral ground that they will
never attempt to utilize for their own
personnl benefit money which they
have not eurncd or which has been
forcibly taken from some one else,
who yet have a legitimate and perfect
right to the spoil, have turned It. over
to some benovolent or philanthropies!
organization, or have devoted it to
tho cause of public education, or to
the alleviation of human misery.
With the first assurance that the
State would be enriched by something
like a million dollars through the suc-
cessful prosecution of a suit against
violation of its laws, it was suggested
that tho money should go to tho State
eleemosynary Institutions, some of
which are sadly In need of it, but it now
seems this Is not to be, because there
is a hole in the State's cash fund
which must bo chinked. Even with
tho commercialized labor of the con-
victs, the gross tax receipts and full
rendition tax provisions tho ordinary
revonues appear to be unequal to the
ordinary expenses, and but for the
occasional windfalls that come to the
rescue at opportune times tho Stato
might be in a bad way. Poor l'exas;
Abolish tbe Town Cow.
A matter that Is being considered
by members of tho City Council with
a view to remedying conditions Is the
town cow nuisance. Two wards of
San Antonio still -have the town cow.
It Is proposed to enact an ordinance
to abolish this nuisance. There Is
likely to be only one side to the ar-
gument. The town cow should be shut
out of all wards of the city. The stock
law should be enforced In the entire
corporate limits.
It is understood that the proposed
ordinance will Include all the corpo-
rate area of the city within the pound
limits. This should be done at once
for the general good of the city. The
most beautiful residences are in the
sections where the pound law does not
apply, and for this reason lawns have
to be fenced in or a chance is taken
on depredations that may in one night
spoil tho gardening effects of a sea-
son. The ordinance that is now pend-
ing in the City Council takes in a
good deal of territory that is not now
in the pound limits. It should be
amended to Include all the incorpo-
rated area of the city.
Alderman Braden has the right idea
in Insisting upon a strict ordinance
prohibiting the running at large of any
live stock within the city limits. He
appreciates the fact that there will be
some opposition, but ho is also aware
of the fact that the city will soon have
to enforce some restrictive measure of
the kind he advocates, and that it
might us well be done at this time as
later.
Pride in their homes will be in-
creased by aid of the law in protect-
ing residences of property owners and
tenants alike, and if the matter were
left to a vote of the people who live
In San Antonio the objection to a rigid
pound law here would be immaterial.
The Easiest Way of All.
stances find their enrichment to be a
source of demoralization.
To diminish to a prudent degree a
plethora of riches, to the benefit cf
the government and of tho people who
are now compelled to pay taxes on
tho necessaries of Ilfo, would act as a
double blessing. Where two birds can
thus bo brought down with one stone
the projectile should not be passed up
to misuse.
The very easiest tax to those called
upon to pay it is an inheritance tax,
and It would divert to the uses of
patriotism a vast volume of accumula-
tions by persons whoso sole idea of
patriotism is to depend upon the gov-
ernment to help them make money.
A source of evil which Is about as
fertile as any by which society is con-
fronted is sudden or "easy" money—
that Is, money that comes to persons
without the expenditure of the indus-
try or effort through which much the
larger volume of substance in this
country is accumulated.
The use or treatment of money is
remarkably dependent on the manner
in which it is gained, says the Kansas
City Star. "Gome easy, go easy," Is
a truism that we aeo verified with
sufficient frequency to give it the
standing of reasonably sound philoso-
phy.
It is proposed, with both justice and
propriety, to impose a tax on that sort
of money. I^ast year England from a
population not greatly in excess of
half of the population In this country
realized through inheritance • taxes
from $90,000,000 to 195,000,000. This
large revenue came to the government
without laying on anyone an appre-
ciable hardship, and It greatly les-
sened the burdens which would cer-
tainly have been incident to other
methods of taxation.
Dead people, of course, can find no
Source of complaint because of the
tribute levied upon possessions of
which they have no further need. The
tax is paid by persons who come into
property with aa much ease as the
man who picks up money in the street,
ud who in a large number of in-
Tbe Octopus in Louisiana.
The Standard Oil Company of
I/>ui*iana, a subsidiary of the New
Jersey corporation, has filed a charter
with the Secretary of State with a
capitalization of 15,000,000.
The Intention is said to be to erect
a $2,000,000 refinery In the City of
Baton Rouge, to put on the market
the product of oil mills in Southern
lxiuifiinna and of other fields in what
is designated as the Lower Middle
South.
So it would appear that while some
of the other States are taking vigor-
ous measures to expel the giant oc-
topus from their midst, Louisiana will
offer It asylum and fostering care. A
two-million dollnr Industrial plant,
with $3,000,000 more for operating and
general account, will be a valuable ac-
quisition to tho capital city of the
Pelican State from tho business stand-
point of those who are not afraid ot
tho trust monster, and who may be
of the opinion that what Is Indiana's
loss Is Louisiana's gain.
Perhaps the Louisiana concern may
be less objectionable than the parent
stem by reason of having its tentacles
gloved or clipped.
Of rourse a packing house plant In
San Antonio would pay. There is
every possible inducement for the lo-
cation of such ar. enterprise where
there are so many herds of cattle and
flocks of sheep and where hogs grow
spontaneously, and where there is
such a large scope of country remote
from any packing house and yet af-
fording so many consumers of packing
house products.
Editor R. M. Johnston of the Hous-
ton Post can hardly fall to appreciate
the many nice things that are being
said about him hy his esteemed con-
freres of the State press In connec-
tion with the gubernatorial succession,
but he probably would not regard .t
transfer from his present position as
the head of a great newspaper to a
political office aa in tho line cT pro-
motion.
Referring to what it. calls a disap-
pearing politician the New York Sun
suggests that "the final result may be
the elimination of this and peradven-
ture other mountebanks from the
equation of the people's re-established
F.anlty." The people have been sane all
the while. It was only a temporary
craze which affected some of them.
The difficulty in maintaining a
quorum plainly shows how weary of
the grind the legislators have become,
and it would not be surprising if after
patience ceases to be a virtue some of
them should finally conclude to go
home and stay there, regardless of
tine die adjournment.
Governor Campbell can never en-
force the law against lobbying and
lobbyists by railing at tbe Legislature.
If he knows what lie says he knows
he ought, to tell it to the Grand Jury,
which is in session at his place of
abode.
Tf Senator Thomas knows anything
that the Grand Jury ought to know,
should not be bnekward about coir>-
1 w forward with all the evidence at
hit command. He owes that, duty not
r^t's a lawmakei-but is a citizen.
As between "fewer and better laws"
and "mean and worse laws." the peo-
ple of Texas will applaud I he slogan
of the Commercial Secretaries
And Governor Campbell never one?
thought of appealing to the State
Rangers to squelch the Commercial
Secretaries!
The major leagues have now be-
taken themselves to the diamond, and
the baseball season Is In full blast.
The Trusting Little One.
Who is it frets bemuse ,the way is hard.
Who speaks of burdens he Is forced to
bear?
Who sighs because his path Is often
barred.
And longs for pleasures he may never
share?
No lbping child is glad to run
To meet him when the trying day Is don*.
Who mumbles purses at the rich and
rroud, •
And enviously craves what they
possess?
Who fretting mingles with tho busy
crowd,
K s'rnnger to good will and happiness?
No eager child with footsteps light
Runs forth to claim his dear caress at
night.
His task la never hard who thinks all day
Of gladness he Is able to provide;
He seldom sighs, however steep the way.
If love ha* made him strong and stirred
his pride—
If honestlv his best he done
Because of some dear, trusting little one.
—B.-E. Klser In Chicago Record-Herald.
Pointed Paragrahpa.
The glad hand grasps the Jackpot.
Honesty never has to crowd anybody In
order to make a living.
You can't tell which way a train has
gone bv the track It leaves.
Girls would rather sing soprano than
alto because it Is higher-toned.
A woman likes to go awav for the sum-
mer heenuse most of her friends can't.
The best mothers do not get their Ideas
on the child-raising subject from hooks.—
Chicago fiewa.
AMERICAN TOBACCO CULTURE.
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
HB tobacco growers of the United
* Htates aro entering upon their crop
season with cvory prospect that tho pro-
duction of th* weed this year will bo more
profitable than ever before. Competing
among themselves. In the light of tlx* best
sciontlflo knowledge, and with Federal
and State Government aid, there Is every
ruason why the American tobacco pro-
ducers should fuel satisfied with their lot,
even though the tariff bill may not alto-
gether suit them.
As is usually the case, the groweis of
cigar wrapper tobacco can look forward
to the largest returns from their labor,
albeit their Initial investment anil subse-
quent expenses may bo greater. Thj pro-
duction of wrapper tobacco has been most
successful In the Connecticut ltlver Val-
ley and In Florida. The product of thoso
districts has been pronounced equal to the
best Sumatra wrapper tobacco, and that
Is the world's standard of quality. It
seems strange that two climates so dif-
ferent as are those of New England and
the "Land of Flowers" should foster simi-
lar crops as well as the tropical islands
of Cuba and Sumatra do, but such is the
case.
To accomplish so much the Connecticut
and Florida growers have had to pass
through a struggle that was disheartening
at times. Through steadfH\t perseverance
the Connecticut growers have almost
reached the point where Connecticut's
tobacco is us well known us hor mythical
wooden nutmegs, or her clocks, which
tick around tho world. Twenty per cent
of Connecticut's population Is interested
llnanoially in her tobacco crop. Although
the acreage of that crop la only 2 per cent
of the total acreage of the American to-
bacco crop, It yields one-fifth of the gross
returns from the total tobacco production
of the United States. A few thousand
ucrcs In a little district In Connecticut
and Massachusetts have been producing
one of the most valuablo crops in the
oountry. Last year the production was
over 31,000,000 pounds, valued at more
than $5,000,000 on the farms, which value
was Increased greatly through the various
processes of curing, marketing and manu-
facturing. This value was greater than
that of the entire cotton crop In some
Southern States.
♦ ♦ ♦
To produce wrapper tobacco success-
fully In the Connecticut Valley requires
constant care from start to finish. First,
seed beds are prepared and sterilized with
steam, or are burned over, to kill fungi
which attack the roots of the young
plants. The field Is heavily fertilized,
sometimes at a cost of $200 per acre. The
seedlings are transplanted and cultivated
with great care. Probably the best re-
sults are obtained In producing wrapper
tobacco by the use of Havana seed which
has been acclimated In New England,
und Is grown under shade. This shade Is
usually a tent about nine feet high cov-
ering tin entire field. In Florida growing
under shade is also practiced, but Sumatra
seed Is said to do best. The smide In
Florida may bo obtained from lattice
work built over fields. The latter plan
Is not satisfactory In Connecticut bo-
cause the structure Is broken down oy tho
winter snow. The damnge to the crop
from hall stones Is sometimes great.
When ready for harvest Connecting
wrapper leaves are stripped from the
stalks, strung on strings and hung up In
barns to dry. The drying nnd curing
processes are most delicate, and many a
fine crop has been ruined because cli-
matic conditions have been unfavorable,
or the grower was Inexperienced. During
those processes an even temperature, good
ventilation, and a certain degree or moist-
ure are necessary. After the leaf Is dried
It can not be packed until damp weather
comes, so that it will not break when
handled. Then the leaves are tied Into
"hands" and ready for curing.
This latter process is said to be a sort
of fermentation. The tobacco Is arranged
In huge piles In ft warm, humid atmos-
phere. It sdon begins to heat and at
times reaches a temperature of 110 de-
grees. This is ascertained by a clever
arrangement whereby a thermometer is
lowered Into the center of the pile. When
a high temperature Is reached the pile Is
taken down and the tobacco carefully re-
arranged, with the outside "hands" on the
inside of the new pile, and vice versa.
This process may he repeated several
times, before the tobacco is ready for the
market.
♦ ♦ ♦
Good wrapper tobacco is being grown In
Hawaii without shade, the heavy fog blan-
ket hanging over certain portions of those
islands serving as a substitute for tents.
Tobacco is grown under shade In Porto
Itlco end Cuba. Of course, the cost of
this system of cultivation Is very heavy,
but the financial returns are compen-
satory. Some of the first shade-grown to.
bacco In Connecticut was sold for SI.fi5 a
pound, being a net profit of $1000 an acre.
The benefits conferred upon the tobacco
industry by the Department of Agricul-
ture are almost Incalculable. The depart-
ment carries on co-operative work with
the State Agricultural Colleges and ex-
periment stations In Connecticut. New
York. Ohio, Florida, Alabama, Texas.
Maryland. Virginia. Kentucky, North
Carolina and South Carolina.
This work Is most varied in character.
Government experts have made soli sur-
veys of the several tobacco districts and
determined what kinds of soil will produce
certain varieties of tobacco. Good tobacco
Kind must be rich In llino and potash.
Cigar wrapper tobacco requires a light
alluvial soil, such ns Is found alone the
hanks of tbe Connecticut and tho Susque-
hanna Rivers, In Pennsylvania, and In tho
Florida peninsula. Cigar binder and filler
tobacco grows best In sllty and loamy
soils In tbe Miami Valley, Ohio, and lu
certain parts of Wisconsin and Western
Florida. Sandy soil Is Ideal for the fa-
mous bright leaf, such as thrives In Vir-
ginia and the Carollnas and which !s used
in cigarettes and to wrap plug tobacco.
The limestone soli of the blue grass re-
gion Is best for Kentucky white hurley,
used In the manufacture of smoking and
chewing mixtures, while the heavy, dark
varieties of tobacco, for export purposes,
thrive only In tho sllty soils of Wostern
Kentucky and Tennessee. Perlque, a par-
ticularly strong tobacco, Is said to grow
only In Louisiana. Maryland tobacco Is
mostly made Into snuff.
The Government experts say the Amer-
ican tobacco crop can be Increased won-
derfully In acreage, yield per acre, qual-
ity and value. By tho judicious use nf
fertilizers bad soil can be made rich.
Crop rotation helps greatly In this con-
nection. Seed selection offers a wlds field
for Improvement. Under the department's
advice the best tobacco plants In a field
have paper bags tied over their flowers.
The self-fertilized seed thus obtained Is
put through a machine Invented by a
Government expert, which fans out the
lighter seed, leaving only the heaviest,
which Is best for planting.
♦ ♦ ♦
Cuban seed has been acclimated In
Texas and is yielding 800 pounds to the
aer6, good Havana wrapper and filler.
Tho Government Is encouraging the grow-
ing of tobacco from Cuban seed In Ala-
bama and Is meeting with success. It Is
believed tho yield of fire-cured Virginia
tobacco can be doubled by Intensive cul-
tivation. In Ohio tho Agricultural De-
partment has been carrying on tobacco
Investigations for a number of years, and
good fillers and wrappers from Havana
seed are being grown. Recently the de-
partment has been testing a batch of 1000
cigars made from its Ohio-grown tobacco.
One cigar Is made from each plant und
carefully marked. A corps of youn;; men,
who are willing to take the risk, like, Dr.
Wiley's celebrated "poison squad," are
given all the "smokes" they want, to
pass Judgment upon the flavor and aroma.
The burning qualities are tested in a
smoking machine. Tbe cigars averaging
the best are traced hack to the plants that
bore them, tho seed of which are to be
planted next year. Thus the strain Is Im-
proved.
♦ ♦ ♦
Somo of the worst enemies the tobacco
grower has to combat ure destructive In-
sects. These Include the flea-beetle,
which attacks the lower leaves of the
plant; the horn worm or "hornhlower,"
with which the farmer's children become
familiar in the "worming" process; the
bud worm, the name of which describes
it; the suck fly, which draws the Juice
from the leaves: the split worm, which
burrows Inside the leaf; the cut worm,
which attacks the roots; tobacco thrlps^
tree crlckcts, plant lice, slugs and others.
The weed Is liable to insect attack after
being dried. Somo persons prefer ciear-
ettes that are infested with the elg.irette
beetle, because that little beast Imparts a
distinctive flavor to the cigarette. This
Is admitted to be an acquired taste. With
the help of the Government experts these,
insect pests are being overcome with poi-
sons and other agencies.
The department has invented a system
of fegulatlnct moisture in tnhacco estab-
lishments. By means of certain solutions
the atmospheric condition Is controlled
automatically.
It is a far cry from the first cigars
peddled bv Mrs. Prout of Windsor, Conn.,
more than a century ago. to the enormous
tobacco manufacturing industry of today,
which embraces 25.000 cigar factories.
Pennsylvania leads In tis ^procV^iion of
cigars. The United States consumes al-
most half a billion pounds of tobacco. In
all forms, annually, or more than Ger-
many, France and Great Britain com-
bined. Tax Is paid on seven billion cigars
here every year, compared to which the
150.000.000 cigars which it Is proposed lo
admit to th» Fnitod States from the Phil-
ippines without paying a duty seems
scarcely a drop In tho bucket. It Ik not
known whether the proposed Importations
will Include some of the famous brand
known as "tabuco jtrande," three feet In
length, which are the favorites of tho
du«ky Filipino maidens.
Paper is belli;* made of tobacco stems.
The French government has succeeded In
producing a so-called Nicotlneless tobacco.
The poisonous element of the weed Is
partly washed out with water. The Ideal
tobacco plant, It Is said, would be one
that would combine the excellent ouall-
tles of Sumatra and Havana leaf. Fash-
Ions In tobacco change and the grower
and manufacturer must keep up with the
style. ^
(Copyright, 1900, by Fredcrlc J. Haskln.)
Tomorrow: "Useful Weeds."
8TATE PRESS MU3ING3.
Cuero is going to have free mall deliv-
ery, and it will not be so long, and we
should have other things that we can have
with a little effort. Artesian water and
sewerage are two of them.—Cuero Record.
♦ ♦
Beaumont has two miles of water front
ot which boats may tie up, but the num-
ber of boats that are tying up is not com-
mensurate with the opportunities that are
afforded by the river.—Beaumont Journal.
♦ ♦ ♦
Denlson continues to build street cross-
ings. Last month, according to the report
of Commissioner Suggs, there were twen-
ty-four constructed and tlu'y bear every
appearance of being put In for all time
to come.—Denlson Herald.
♦ ♦
But wasn't that special message that
Governor Tom blew In at the last moment
of the existence of the first called session
of the Legislature a regular scorcher for
those worn-out legislative boys?—Laredo
Times.
♦ ♦ ♦
To save the cupless child from the hu-
miliation of borrowing a cup or drinking
from the hydrant, the San Antonio School
Board has very wisely recalled the order
requiring the use of individual drinking
cups In all of the city public schools.—El
Paso Times.
♦ ♦ ♦
On Easter Sunday Texas lawmakers
worked the entire day. And yet there are
men In the Senate and House who cla
niored for the blanket Sunday bill and
passage.
Senator Welnert
Its Immediate „
rang the hell when, he said that the Sen-
ators should have Observed the Sabbath
or else repealed all the Sunday laws.—
Dallas Times-Herald.
♦ ♦ ♦
The San Saba Star, recently sold by Its
former proprietor, ts now edited and man-
aged hy H. W. Qaston, an experienced
newspaper man, and Is receiving a JPlen-
dld patronage from the people of San
Saba and adjoining counties. The Star Is
one of the best weekly papers In the State
and the growing circulation all over the
country indicates that Its present man-
nger is determined to plaoe It In the fore-
front of journalism.
♦ ♦ ♦
A number of politicians have been meet-
ing at Dallaa, we are told, and engaging
In the work of •Hmlnatlng gubernatorial
possibilities, and from the reports they
have done a very thorough Job. getting
them down to about three In a hill. If
the performance affords any pleasure to
the politicians why by all means lat tkaa
have their pleasure, but we surmise that
when the time rolls around the candidates
will use their own good pleasure In com-
ing out and making the race. The more
the merrier. And the people need the
merriment that goes with a well-orderod
election.—Palestine Herald.
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TREASURES FROM AMERICA.
Mrs. Wade Chance's London Home At-
tracts Many Admirers.
London—Mrs. Wade Chance, a grand-
niece of Washington Irving, and who, a*
Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger, was one of
the beauties In New York society, has
made her Impress on Ix>ndon ns a very
gracious, handsome woman, with a won-
derful charm of manner and a brilliant
conversationalist.
Her pretty house in London Is filled
with treasures brought over from her
home in Washington, which dates back to
179S, one of the oldest and quaintest man-
sions in that city. Some of these treas-
ures were collected from various parts of
ths world. In the dining room are a pair
of unique colored enamel brackets which
came originally from a Persian templa
and are very valuable and beautiful sped,
mens. The room is furnished entirely In
carved oak furniture, some of the few
treasures saved from the disastrous fire
at her Long Island home, Idlesse, which
was burned to the ground with most of Its
valuable contents. The drawing room,
hung in silk brocadcs, is, like the whole
house lighted mainly by wax randies, and
contains a collection of valuable prints,
among them the first Impressions ot
Raphael Morgan's works.
Mrs. Chance's collection of old glass and
china Is famous, and on the mantelpiece
ot the drawing room Is some exquisite
blue china, bought at the French exhi-
bition, and some vases one® the property
of Marie Antoinette.
In another room, filled with treasures
gleaned In Rome and other Italian towns,
fs a rather unique ourio, a beautifully
painted sacristy bo*, and again somo
paintings of Mrs. Clifford Darnev, a well
known American.—New York World.
ov
Tha Irrelevance of Prut,
He came at eight, he stayed till nine:
At ten he stilt was there;
And he was talking fit and fine
When midnight chilled the air.
Yet he can't get It through his head.
Nor comprehend today
What Prue referred to when she said,
"We move the first of MayV'
. Harper's Weekly.
THE SENATE: NOW JUST WATCH ME
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
THE PRESS AND THE GOVERNOR
The San Antonio platform meant to
pledge the party against 2-cent fares.
Mr. Campbell has been laboring lor a
reversal of that decision, and yet he talks
about fidelity to party commands.—Waco
Times-Horald.
♦ ♦ ♦
Governor Campbell remarked to tho
Senate committee yesterday that he had
"other messages to communicate to the
Legislature." And now the Senators are
expecting unother shower of bricks.—Dal-
las Times-Herald.
» ♦ ♦
Governor Campbell will need rest after
the close of his present term, and will
sarely take time to "meditate" before ho
"runs again" for Governor or enters tho
race for a seat In the United States Sen-
ate.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
♦ ♦ ♦
From his latest message the Governor
evidently believes that Texas, like Gaul,
Is divided into three parts—classes,
masses and asses. The lobbyists are the
classes, he himself Is the masses and tho
legislators and the rest of us scoundrels
who oppose the masses as exemplified by
the Governor are tho asses.—Denton Rec-
ord-Chronicle.
♦
On one proposition alone Torn Campbell
must forever stand condemned In the
eyes of those who believe in constitutional
government, towlt; Ills request of the
Legislature to create courts that would be
under his control; nothing more mon-
strous has ever emanated from an execu-
tive office In this or any other land.—
Waco Times-Herald.
♦ ♦ ♦
Some of the chesty little newspapers of
Texas are Intimating that it Is not Gov-
ernor Campbell's province to say what
constitutes a platform demand, but that
it should be left to the Legislature. Gov-
ernor Campbell has already unloaded from
his bosom an opinion or two regarding
the State press and we are liable to hear
more from him on the subject. Tho Idea
of such effrontery! Kven Hec McKachln
would know better.—Lufkln News.
♦ ♦ ♦
The situation that has evolved at Austin
Is of grave character and Is well calcu-
lated to compel public Interest. That the
executive had no alternative than to con-
vene the law-makers again Is manifest.
That the criticism he has for policies of
delay and obstruction Is in largo measure
justified bv what has occurred will also be
conceded, it inav be believed, by the calm
and impartial judgment of the people of
Texas.—Waco Tribune.
Governor Campbell landed on tha Leg-
islature good und strong in a special mes-
sage Sunday, and from the noise his re-
marks occasioned he must have hit some-
where pretty near home. Tho Senate an-
swered the Governor's message by llrmly
telling him to mind his own business. The
situation at Austin is one to be deplored,
and from such a condition little good can
result to the people of the State.-—Pales-
tine Herald.
■» ♦ ♦
Governor Campbell told the Legislature
that they could have dono all "Kiat has
been done so far In ten days. And he Is
right. The blame of the long session
should be placed where it belongs. There
has been too much filibustering and cx-
curting over the State, too much wftujf
jamming and general cussedncss, If noth-
ing worse. The poker playing part could
have been omitted to tho advantage of the
reputation of the Legislature, also.—Cuero
Record.
♦ ♦ ♦
"Probably the boldest, the most nrro-
gant and the most formidable lobby, made
up of the combined selfish Interests, that
has over assembled at the Capital, gath-
ered here upon the assembling of the
Thirty-first Legislature to pester you and
to hinder and defeat the popular will."
Is the above an extract from a speech or
a press Interview of Senator Thomas, ex-
pelled for uttering such charges? No,
Dear "Peepul," It is an extract from the
message of Governor Thomas Campbell,
In his call for a second special session of
the Legislature.—Temple Telegram.
♦ ♦ ♦
Allow Governor Campbell credit for sin-
cerity of purpose in seeking to have these
demands passed, give the legislators al-
lowance for believing that these promises
are Inimical to the best Interests of the
people, and it is no difficult task to under-
stand why differences of opinion should
exist with reference to their adoption. If
tho platform promises are what the peo-
ple desire, their postponement for a few
months or even a few years will not re-
sult In any serious harm to the Common-
wealth and tf these measures are sincere-
; ly desired the people will make the fact
known In unmistakable tones.—Galveston
Tribune. , .
♦ ♦ ♦
As tho Post views It, there was neither
necessity nor Justification for the Inci-
dents which brought to public attention
the lack of harmony between the Gov-
ernor and the Senate. Primarily and es-
•entlallv. the responsibility for legislation
rests with the legislative branch of the
government, tn Its sphere, the Legisla-
ture Is supreme, ft is not a subordinate
branch of the government to be dominated
and dictated to. and It owes to tha people
Its best wisdom In the formulation of
laws. It Is not the province of the execu-
tive or judicial departments to asperse th«
legislative body because It falls to meet
what one or the other deema to be a pub-
lic demand.—Houston Post.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Democrat believes the Governor
has stood by the party mandate all along
and that there are men In the Legisla-
ture who vote tbe ticket but care little
about the wUl and desire of the people
of this State. These have managed to
prolong the work and lock the wheels of
tbe party «htah
Jorlty of our population. Tho Governor
has sent a broadside Into this element and
it deserves to be called down. There aro
many members who have been faithful
and will so continue. Our Legislature
should get down to business, stop run-
ning around over tho Stnte on excursions
and get through as quickly as possible.—
Sheriffs n Democrat.
♦ ♦ ♦
Giving to the Bank Commissioner such
large powers, useful In political emer-
gencies, the Governor has had his heart
set oil this bank measure, Jicluding It in
Ills call for the second special session of
the Legislature. But there are other
things which have gone to make fretful
this Governor ef ours. He has wanted to
repudiate tho San Antonio platform, for
which he pCofesses such great concern,
by cutting down the revenues of the rail-
roads ono-thlrd as to passenger business.
He bus wanted to drag a freo citizenship
to the State Capital to answer for sundry
crimes and misdemeanors. Ho has want-
ed to create a State board of health with
Czar-like powers and an Innumerable pie
counter brigade. He has wanted to create
criminal courts, with the appointive power
in his hands, so that he might terrorise
a freo people, hacked by his special police
force.—Waco Times-Herald.
Tho constitution makes It the duty of
tho Governor to suggest subjects of leg-
islation. It nowhere authorizes him to
hurl phllllplcs. That prerogative. If ho
have It at all, Is in virtue of his citizen-
ship. His Easter Sunday effort, there-
fore, should have been addressed to tho
people rather than to tha Legislature. Wo
put no great stress on this point. His
course in this respect Is perhaps at worst
only a display of had taste. Tha more
serious matter is tho lndlctmcnt Itself.
This, the Nows Is sure, Is exaggerative.
The lobby Is hardly so potential as Gov-
ernor Campbell asserts. Besides, tho
farmers and laboring men, as well as the
commorlcttl and corporate Interests, have
had their lobbies at Austin. Even If it
be conceded that lobbying per se 1s as
Iniquitous as It Is linaclned by some, wo
can not differentiate it by a rule which
would call bad those lobbyists who oppose
our measures and good those who favor
them. To cry lobby at all who do not
agree with us is the despotism of bigotry.
—Dallas News.
The Governor's message, to treat it
seriously, is entitled to be considered a
classic In the literature of demagogii^ry.
None of the buncombe dispensers who
have been elevated to position In the
public service of Texas have over ap-
proached to within a stone's throw of It,
and 1t Is to he hoped for tho honor and
dignity of tills great State that It will
never have dangerous competition for
first place. In fewer words his excel-
lency might have named tho members ot
the Infamous lobby and pointed at some
of their work. Lobbying is a crime In
Texas and there Is no danger of running
Into a libel suit by exposing those who
are violating the laws of the state—if you
can produce tho evidence. Xs near as the
Governor comes in naming any of these
lobbyists is to say that the Commercial
Secretaries Association Is the nucleus
around which ull other lobbies are gath-
ered and that the Commercial Secretaries
lobby is supported by funds gathered from
sources unknown to himself or the people
of Texas. Of course, tho Governor not
being identified with any organization de-
voted to promoting the prosperity of the
State, knows nothing of the sources of
Income of this organization. If he be-
longed to a commercial club and contrib-
uted to the expense of Inducing factories
nnd railroads to come to Texas he would
know. Instead of this he uses the power
entrusted to him by a misled electorate
to assault and batter every movement
started bv the men who have made Texas
great and who are trying to make It
greater.—Denlson Herald.
GO NAKED AND GET WELL.
Brooklyn Doctor Has "Nature Camp"
for Nerve Disease.
All of the women school teachers of
Brooklyn received Wednesday a circular
announcing that the Summer Nature
Camp for women and girls at Sunrise
Park, near Rldeefield, Conn., will open
June 1. Dr. A. Sidney Higglns, of II
Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, who man-
ages it, alms to'eure nerve and stomach
disorders. The rulo of the camp is that
the campers shall wear no clothing, ex-
cept in bad or cool weather, and shall
live upon fresh milk and cereals.
Dr. Higglns said yesterday that there
are no maladies of the kind referred to
that can not be cured by exposing the
naked body to sunshine and air, dieting
as he prescribes, and taking required
rest.
Sunrise Park consists of IfiOO acres in
an Isolated section of Connecticut, four
miles from a railroad. In a heavily wood-
ed region. The doctor occupies a house
and the campers live In tents at some
distance from It. They are required to
go to bed at dusk.
The tents are furnished with beds and
cots, but some of the campers prefer to
sleep in hammocks suspended from the
trees. Others sleep on the ground. Their
recreations are archery, tennis, quoits and
swimming. For those Inclined to stren-
uous exercise a woodpile and a buck
saw are provided. Long walks are
taken. On these occasions tho campers
wear bathing or a short single garment.
They wear clothing nlso when they visit
the doctor. The camp has a matron,
but no cook.
The nature camp waa established three
years ago. It opens every year on June
1, and ends on September SO. Dr. Higglns
la a son of A.-S. Higglns Sr.. who was
connected with the Brooklyn puhllo
schools all the active years of his life.
The doctor abandoned the uae of drugs
five years ago.
'The medical profession Is fbpheavy
with theories," he said. " 'Back to na-
ture and first principles,' la my motte."~
Maw York World.
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