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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS; WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1908.
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Parly Campaign lunds.
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Raising the money with which (o
finance the campaign is now the mat-
ter which most deeply concerns the
finance committee of the Democratic
National Committee.
Colonel Wetmore says: "If we can
get money enough to run a good cam-
paign Bryan will be elected,'' but ho
says that raiBing money is no easyv
task, as it must be got for the Demo-
cratic cause from those who have lit-
tle to spare and, therefore, a little at
a time.
Colonel Wetmore assumes that the
Republicans will get their campaign
fund from corporations, multimillion.
aires and Federal officeholders, and
the task will therefore be much easier
for the Republicans than for the
Democratic committee, but there are
restrictions as to campaign contribu-
tions to campaign funds which did
not exist in former Presidential years
and which may prove enfuarrassing to
the Republicans as well as to the
Democratic committee. Both parties
have announced that they will not ac-
cept contributions from corporations,
and that they will make public all do-
nations, especially such- as exceed
♦100. Apparently the Democrats do
not expect many large subscriptions,
though the treasurer, Governor Has-
kell, says ho has already received
about $19,000, which came unsolicit-
ed. The treasurer of the Republican
campaign committee announced some
time ago that liberal contributions
* were being received and, apparently,
there is no fear in that quarter of a
paucity of campaign funds.
It costs money to conduct a politi-
cal campaign, even for the legitimate
expenses, for headquarters must be
maintained, literature distributed and
many other expenses incurred which
must bo met from the campaign fund
provided for the purpose, .lust how
large a sum will be needed, Colonel
Wetmore says lie does not know. Per-
haps no one else does, unless it be
Mr. Cortelyou, or someone else who
has had experience in financing a
National campaign. Someone has
suggested half a million dollars, and
that looks like a large sum, but it was
popularly believed several years ago
that Mr. Wanamaker alone had
raised $4,000,000 to help a Republican
President, who showed his gratitude
by making Mr. Wanamaker Postmas-
ter General.
In Mr. McKinley's first campaign
for the Presidency Mr. Hanna was
popularly supposed to have distributed
several million dollars, freely contrib-
uted by those inte ests which were
specially solicitor for a high protec-
tive tariff and for the defeat of a
ticket which was in open hostility to
that and certain other interests which
the Republican party has always fos-
tered and fed upon.
There were certain other interests,
however, in that camppign that were
specially anxious for the success of
the ticket which stood for free and
unlimited coinage of silver aud which
carried practically all of the sliver
mining States by overwhelming ma-
jorities, as it is presumed that the
Democrats that year harf also a large
campaign fund. But publicity had not
then become a fixed policy, and so
only those on the inside-really knew
how much money was spent by cither
party in that or any other National
campaign. Perhaps the estimates
we nery much exaggerated, but the
facl remains that political campaigus
j are expensive, and loyal party men
must liberally contribute to the cam-
paign fund to insure the success of
-their party ticket.
The Trans-Mississippi Congress.
The ninth annual session of the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con-
gress will be held in San Francisco
the second week in October, and it Is
the reasonable expectation that Tex-
as will be well represented, for the
matters to be considered deeply con-
cern the people of this State.
Among the subjects upon which s
free and full discussion is invited are:
"Irrigation and Drainage," "River and
Harbor Improvement," "Leasing of
Public Lands," "Dairy Farming,"
"Parcels Post and P.ostal Banks,"
"Closer Relations With the Latin Re-
publics," "Public Ownership of the
Utilities," "Panama and the Canal. •
"Hawaii and the Philippines," "Immi-
gration," "Live Stock Industry," "Na-
tional and State Aid for Highways,"
"Sugar Beet Industry," "National Fi-
nances," "An Enlarged and Improved
Consular Service iu the Far Fast,"
"Interstate Commerce" and "The Pan
American Railroad."
These are topics in which Texas is
interested, and there are others which
may be Introduced with assurance of
respectful consideration, among them
Inland waterways improvement, which
must naturally -include th# Lakes-to-
the-Gulf enterprise and th»'intercoast
al canal from the Mississippi River to
the Rio Grande. It was the Trans
Mississippi Congress which gave vi-
tality several years ago to the scheme
for a Gulf port that has since more
than redeemed all that was claimed
for it. It was at a session of this con-
gress that tho intluenca of the West
was secured in the project which had
halted because of insufficient aid
from tho National Government to ac-
complish results.
The Trans - Mississippi Congress
brings together the best thought and
the highest patriotism of the vast
territory between tho Mississippi
Rivor and the Pacific seaboard, and
the effect of the sessions is to awak-
en interests and harmonize them for
the benefit of the whole section.
Delegates to the convention are se-
lected by the Governor of the State,
the .mayors of the cities, County
Judges and business organizations un-
der the limitations provided, and se-
lections of delegates should be made
from among those who will attend tho
session.
The Prohibition Issue.
"Submission is the proposal to
pledge the Democratic party, through
its plat-form, to enact at the coming
session of the Legislature a law em-
bodying a proposed amendment to the
State Constitution, imposing State-
wide prohibition of the liquor traffic,"
says the B1 Paso Herald.
Nothing of the sort. "Submission"
means merely, in its relation to the
State Democratic convention, a de-
mand that the Legislature permit tiio
people of the State at large to say
by their ballot whether or not they de-
sire to have the Constitution so
amended that the Legislature may
enact a measure prohibiting the man-
ufacture or sale of intoxicating bever-
ages within the borders of the State.
It does not follow that those who
voted for submission will voto for the
amendment or vice versa, and the vote
in the general election cannot be
predicated upon the vote in the Demo-
cratic primaries. Whether the amend-
ment would be adopted or defeated at
the polls in the event of submission
is purely conjectural and to a very
great extent contingent upon the ac-
tion of the brewers and liquor dealers
in the interval between the decision
to submit the amendment and the elec-
tion threoa. There has been much
complaint of the arrogance of the
liquor interests in their open and bold
defiance of the laws provided for the
regulation of their business and of
their apparent domination of the com-
munity in which the liquor laws ore
not enforced. The advocates of State-
wide prohibition are using with all
the force they can command the ar-
gument that "regulation does not reg-
ulate," just as the antis have argued
that "prohibition does not prohibit."
Many of the submissionists contend
that they would prefer regulation to
prohibition if convinced of the ef-
ficacy of regulation. Many of the
antis are saying that in their fight
against prohibition they aro more em-
barrassed by the conduct of tho law-
defying element of the liquor interests
than by all the arguments that can
be brought to bear on the score of
temperance or morality. The liquor
interests were forewarned of the im-
pending storm. Some of the more
astute saw tho handwriting on tho
wall and made some effort to avert
the danger, but it appears to have
been Ineffectual, it is "not yet too
late. The amendment will not be en-
dorsed at tlio polls if the law-defying
spirit be suppressed and the evils
which make for creation and enlarge-
ment of prohibition sentiment be cor-
rected in time.
Perhaps it would bo better for tho
State if wo could escape the heated
campaign and the political disturb-
ance which the prohibition issue
threatens, but the conflict is inevit-
able and the settlement must come
sooner or later. There is one way to
defeat the amendment, and that is by
accepting the antidote—regulation—in
tho spirit of cheerful acquiescence by
those who aro engaged in the sale of
intoxicating beverages, by obedience
to the laws.
No Quarantine Against Mexico.
There should bo nt) misapprehonsion
as to tho quarantine against certain
localities in Mexico alleged to be in-
fected with contagion.
'IThe localities referred to lie far
away from the Texas border and dan-
ger from the spread of infection, even
if there were an epidemic in progress
so far awuy, would be very remote.
There is no restriction upon the free
transit of persons from a heRlthy lo-
cality, and the only requirement as to
others is that they shall not have been
in any infected territory within five
days preceding their crossing of the
Texas border. It is not required, as
In cases of rigid quarantine when
there is real danger, that the person
shall be provided with a health cer-
tificate. He need ouly make affidavit,
when required to do so, that he has
not been in an infected district in five
days. If he cannot do this he must
wait until the expiration of the five-
day period when he may have>proved
himself free of it.
Nowhere in Mexico, except on the
eastern coast, far to the southward, is
there any suspicion of infection and
consequently a general quarantine
against Mexico would be wholly 11-
logical and unnecessary. At the sanit
time it is well to have health inspec-
tors constantly on guard on the theory
that an ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure. Inspection and sani-
tary measures accomplish more than
quarantine.
News comes that a man who wa3
once Grover Cleveland's office boy
has been nominated by the Oklahoma
Republicans for the United States
senate. It is to be wagwed that the
man never had a grandmother die on
the afternoon that the home team
played on the local diamond.
And now Mllner turns from the de-
velopment of agriculture to the rais-
ing of blue-eyed Texas boys. An erst-
while editor believes in diversifica-
tion.
more careful about letting tho prison-
ers they see fit to confine in jail take
and keep thqir pistols with them
while so confined. Certainly! A man
might be so grieved at the disgrace
attendant upon confinement in a Dal-
las jail that he might do himself per-
sonal injury.
The Dallas Times-Herald notes that
the head of the Anti-Saloon League in
Oklahoma has resigned and will "gc/
to England to show John Bull how to
run a campaign." It would ba per-
haps more pertinent if he would show
John Bull how to run a Marathon
race.
The Fort Worth Record speaks of
a Chicago school teacher who served
a five-course lunch'to 425 school chil-
dren at 2 cents a plate. Now, thero
is a woman who should undoubtedly
be placed on the commission for the
conservation of resources.
The Waco Times-Herald is desir-
ous that someone should Blip a "rest
cure'' plank into tho San Antonio
platform. There are some eminently
respectable criminals, however, who
will remain in favor of an "arrest
cure" plank.
The news that apples are selling
for $1 a barrel in New York causes
no surprise in Saintly San Antonio,
where today lemons are being hand-
ed around indiscriminately for noth-
ing and are rather costly at that.
Now, if that Mexican revolutionist
had only termed us a "Nation of
beeves" instead of a "Nation of pigs,"
he might have been said to have
placed a high value upon tho Ameri-
can public.
The Fort Worth Record is bewail-
ing the failure of the sheath skirt to
appear upon the streets of that city.
As If it should not be satisfied with a
Republican convention only a few
miles away.
Tho Waco Times-Horald declares
that the San Antonio convention is
not worrying Colonel Julep. Of
course not, but the anti-delegates will
bo able to worry down a fow juleps
all right.
It is to bo -wagered that not a dele-
gate to the present convention has
read all seven of the National plat-
forms. However, why should they as
long as they have troubles of their
own?
A politician recently declared that
he could think of no reason why his
opponent should term him a trust em-
ploye unless It was that his opponent
was a corporation employe.
George Ade announces that ho in-
tends to write another comedy before
getting down to work as a Repub-
lican politician. Doubtless it will deal
with the tariff reform.
It will be natural, of course, if, when
convinced that they will have to rim
the chance of losing their liquor,
some of the delegates should prompt-
ly lose their heads.
Now that John Temple Graves has
been nominated for Vice President
and has lost his appendix, the next
thing one knows he will be leading a
cotillon.
To think of Tom I.awr.on advertis-
ing a scheme in Texas when the citi-
zens of this glorious Commonwealth
have two State conventions on their
hands.
Herodotus declared that a wise
man should not refuse a kindness. At
JJie same time, in accepting it, he
should be careful not to sign a re-
ceipt.
Alice Rooseveit - LongTVorth has
called on Mary Harrluian. Poor T.
R.—if his explanations will only last
until the end of his term of office.
Tho Washington Post comments
Borowfully on the drowning of a man
named Zero in Pennsylvania. But
then that was nothing.
After all this controversy over
those West Point ants, it is, of course,
natural for someone to bo stung.
A political campaign at least,
teaches us just how difficult it some-
times is to say "yes."
"Just call me Bill," said Mr. Taft.
Doubtless he had confidence in his
hand.
The Austin Statesman thinks that
the Dallas constabulary should be
When tho Tide Is Low.
Some tlmo at eve, when the tide Is low,
I shall slip my mooilnRS anrl sail away)
With no response to a friendly hull
Of klndrtid eraft In a busv bay.
In the silent hush of tlia twllluht pal*.
When the night stoops «own to embrace
the day,
Anfl tho voIcpr call In the waters flew—
Some time al eve, when the tide is low,
i shall slip my moorings and sail away
I
Througly purple shadows that darkly
trail
O'er the ebbing tide of an unknown sea.
X shall faro me away, with a dip of sail
And a rl;iple of waters to tell the tala
Of a lonely voyage, sailing away
To mystic isles, where at anchor lay
Tha eraft of those who have sailed
before.
O'er tho unknown sea to the unknown
shore.
A few who have watched mo sail away
will miss my craft from the busy bay;
Some friendly barks that were anchored
near.
Some loving souls that my heart held
dear.
Tn silent sorrow will drop a tear:
But I shall have peacefully furled my
*n<l
In moorings sheltered from storm and
gale.
And greeted the friends who have sailed
before
O'er the unknown sea to the unknown
shore.
^Lizzie Clark Hardy.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
A woman ran forgive her husband for
anything If nobody else will.
An Impossible tiling for any man to do
is to toll the truth about how many
cigars he smokes a day.
Generally a man can support his fam-
ily fairly well if there is nobody who will
support him.
Th# only time a woman doesn't fret
over the gas bills Is when they're be-
cause her daughter is engaged.
The thing that lascinates a man about
a girl is the w£y she pretends to be
afraid he might kiss her, so ,as to re-
mind him.—New York Press.
WHAT STATE PAPERS SAY
In Case of Drought.
If Texas should go dry wouldn't there
be a hard time finding a suitable place
to hold one of those big political conven-
tions where it is necessary to got all
tlio boys whooped up in order to have a
rip roaring, liilariouh time?—Laredo
Times.
Possibly it is anticipation of such an
occurrence that certain delegates are de-
sirous of amending tho Constitution in
order to have a longer time elapse be-
tween conventions.
Evidently.
It is better never to speak of your
neighbor unless you can say some-
thing good of him.-~\Vest Times.
One naturally concludes that that
neighbor oi the Times must be a terror.
♦ ♦
7o Save Expenses.
A' leader of them, wants to hold a
"convention of criminals" in New York,
but the police won't stand for it. It ap-
pears to the rest of the country that
New York has its share all the time.—
Cuero Record.
The Record is of opinion that the
convention city was selected by a major-
ity vote. *
♦
Probably Has Forgotten.
"What is Democracy?" asks John
Temple Graves, who should write di-
rect to Governor Haakell of Oklahoma
instead of bothering busy folks.—Bell
County Democrat.
And yet John Temple ought to know
after the years during which he ex-
pounded the theory of Democracy before
deserting th© colors.
More Than Likely.
An antiseptic campaign fund Is all right
In its way, no doubt, but an ante-up
campaign is what both parties are look-
ing for.—Bell County Democrat.
In other words, the "call" of the
phonograph resounds throughout the
land In sweet harmony with that of the
peanut-vendor.
♦ ♦ ♦
So it Seems.
A life was lost at Dallas in a contro-
versy over a five-cent piece. But then
it always was less expensive to die in
Dallas.—Ran Antonio Express. That
should hold tho straight record keeper
•for a while.—El Paso Times.
Merely an Instance.
Scientists believe that eating apples
greatly benefits the body by increasing
animal eleotriclty.—Galveston Tribune.
The case of Adam and Eve, however,
presents a terrible exception to the rule.
4- ♦ ♦
Needful.
It' the moonshine in Tennessee is half
as oxhilarattng as the moonshine that
is now doing business at night in Fort
Worth, the Governnunt ought to be
stopped by a writ fcf injunction from
attempting to interfere with its making.—
Fort Worth Telegram.
Evidently It is high time for action
to be taken with regard to enforcement
of the Baskln-McGregor law in Fort
Worth.
♦ ♦ ♦
Cradle of Liberty.
Tho San Antonians have appointed a
reception committee to look after the
delegates to tho State convention. It
wil be up to that committee to prove
that they have as much personal liberty
over there as they say they have.—Hous-
ton Post.
Liberty? Why tho delegates have the
freedom of the whole city, including the
county jail, only the delegates are warn-
ed that they must not expect to stop at
the latter place, as it is strictly against
the rules to accommodate politicians.
( ♦♦ ♦
More to the Point.
The St. Louis Republic devotes half
a column to "What Women Are Do-
ing." It would bo impossible to find
space to devoto to "Whom Women Are
Doing."—San Antonio Express. Colonel,
you talk like a man who has been stung!
Was it in the name of charity, or just
a straight touch?—El Paso Times.
♦ ♦
Evidently.
At Fort Worth Rditor Johnston hand-
ed Editor McColluin a big, juicy lemon.
At San Antonio, unless all signs fail,
Editor McColluin wil hand Editor John-
son a whole box of acidulous fruit.—
Waco Times-Herald.
The Times-Herald seems persuaded in
advance that this convention will be a
fruitful one from a soft-drink stand-
point.
Following Suit. ^
According to the Dallas Times-Herald,
Judge Grubbs of Greenville is figuring
on making the race for Governor two
years from now. That is a long time
off. Why start anything of that kind
at this time.—Denison Daily Herald. Hu!
didn't you know that the early bird
catohes the Grubbs?—Dallas Times-Her-
ald.
Evidently the Times-Herald intends
to convey the impression that time has
wings.
♦ ♦ ♦ )
Getting Off Lightly.
Otto Evers, a farmer living? near New-
ton, N. J., says lie has pet earp that
sits In his lap and eats out of his hand.—
Houston Post.
How fortunate he is not to possess a
yellow elephant with pink wings and a
sheath skirt.
♦ ♦ ♦
So it Seems.
The Fort Smith Record-News has an
editorial on "Checking Extravagance."
We respectfully refer It to Hon. Martin
Dies of Texas, who beat Sam Cooper
for Congress by charging Cooper with
spending as much as twenty-five cents
a pair for socks, besides wearing under-
clothing.—Lake Charles Press.
Evidently Dies sides With the Chicago
judge who recently ruled that a night-
gown is a luxury and not a necessity.
♦ ♦ ♦
Not Surprising.
John K. McLean's Washington Post
is opposed to Bryan. John R. McLean's
Cincinnati Enquirer is for Bryan. That
ia what is called riding two horses In
opposite directions. Mr. McLean Is al-
ways sure of a welcome at theWhite
House.—Bell County Democrat.
The Democrat will find in time that
a man always behavos differently when
at Washington from tho manner to
which he is accustomed at home. It re-
minds one of a little incident which oc-
curred in New York several years ago.
The couple was from the West, and hub-
by was missing from the hotel, to the
anxiety of his wife. Another woman
stopping at the hotel reassured her by
remarking that probably he had taken
"a drop too much" and therefore had
not noted the flight of time.
"But he never does that," indignant-
ly walled tho young wife.
"Oh, you uever can tell about these
men when they hit Broadway," respond-
ed tho vendor of consolation, and moved
on.
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TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Opportunity to Do Something.
The militant Democracy of Texas is Just
assembling at San Antonio as we write
this on Tuesday. What the State conven-
tion will do and say will not be known un-
til at least twenty-four hours after this
edition of the Tribune has gone to press.
Two elements, antagonistic in spirit and
purpose, are facing each other and a
clash is certain and then victory for one
or the other. While they may wrangle and
contend on "submission" or "no submis-
sion," they ought to be able to unite when
that issue is fought out and do any say
something for Texas.
As to the "submission" issue, just a few
words. The Tribune joined in good con-
science with those who opposed submis-
sion, in the hope that an emphatic adverse
decision on July 25 would give Texas
quiet and a settled order of things for
many years. But the verdict was for
submission—no| what we hoped or desired
- -and it ought be respected and obeyed.
If it is not an indignant people will in
due time be heard from.
It is a curious and complex situation. If
by reason of technicalities and hair-split-
ting a State vote on prohibition is denied
and prevented the "anti" cause will sure-
ly reap punishment and justly. It is
criminal to defeat and negate the popular
will. If the submissionists, on the other
hand, use the power they have in the
coiwentton and will have later in the leg-
islature and force a State non-partisan
vote on prohibition defeat is likely to
come to them. A majority of the Texas
voters are opposed to State prohibition.
If the "anti" element is disposed to
be just it will not oppose submission. If
it is wise it will expedite a State-wide
vote on prohibition, for the Georgia-Ala-
bama spirit does not prevail here. Call
the voters of all parties in Texas to the
polls and they will refuse State prohibi-
tion. It is not a pleasant prospect, such
a contest, but if It must come the sooner
the better. The antis are shunning the
nettle. Danger. If they are wise they
may pluck the flower Safety, and Demo-
cratic prestige and ascendency will not be
feazed, either.
Both elements ought to agree for the
stern struggle of 1909. Instruct the Legis-
lature to submit the amendment and then
join hands as Texans to do and say some-
thing for Texas. "What can they do for
Texas In a political convention of any
party?" will be asked. They ran do real
and immense service for th$ir State. The
platform adopted ought to proclaim some
things to the outside world. It ought to
say—we simply tender the Idea, better
words can be found—something like this:
"Texas has framed laws which her peo-
ple believe are wholesome and just, that
will insure the happiness and material
welfare of all who dwell within her bor-
ders. Her people can be relied on to cor-
rect laws that do not prove their justice
and value. She expects all who come to
respect and accept her laws in good faith
and she has the power to compel obedi-
ence when not cheerfully rendered. The
charge that her laws or her people are
unfriendly to capital or to corporate en»
terprise legitimately operated, is not true
and slanders Texas.
"Texas needs and Invites hither capital,
enterprise, skill and industry. Nowhere
else on the continent are the opportuni-
ties for Investment, enterprise and effort
as real, as rjch, as extensive as In Texas.
She invites capital, in all legitimate
forms, for honest investment. She will
welcome and pledge It protection and en-
couragement."
A declaration of such nature in the
Democratic platform on which Governor
Campbell will be nominated today will be
timely, patriotic and wise, l't will place
this State and people in true aspect before
the world. It will dispej misapprehension
and distrust: it will inspire confidence in
Texas, her institutions and her purpose^.
Tt will appeal to capital and bring us tKe
millions of chenp money we nc*d to help
develop this empire State, the added will-
ing hands and brains we n^ed.
It is a golden opportunity the con-
vention at San Antonio has to do some-
thing for Texas. God knows this prohibi-
tion Issu^Is a problem intricate and even
deplorable. If the fight must go on to a
finish, so be it. The convention ought to
dp its duty in that matter. But it ought
also to do all it can In compensatory way
for Texas, and when "the cruel war is
over"—even if a year hence—If we can1
induce the outside world and capital to
realize what is here the ultimate will be
progress and prosperity beyond anything
the State we all love so has ever known.
Opportunity and Dutv knock at the dooi
of the convention in San Antonio.—Waco
Tribune.
Independents and Taft.
Tho mloslng paragraph of Candidate
Taft's judicial speech of acceptance con-
tained a mild appeal to the independent
Democrats and to "mugwumps." The
speech itself, by its tone and character,
was an appeal to independents of all
shades. Since it was made observers have
been watching for signs and straws from
the independents.
It will be recognized as Significant that
the able and staunch organ of the anti-
imperialists, the Springfield (Mass.) Re-
publican. which supported Bryan in 1900
on the Philippine issue, has just declared
itself a Taft adherent. In a very Ion* and
balanced editorial, in which Mr. Bryan is
c redited with attractive qualifications and
brilliant gifts, the Republican explains
that Taft Is undoubte^y committed to
progressive and reformatory policies, that
his personal platform is better and
stronger than that with which the con-
vention had provided him, that his sincer-
ity and earnestness are unquestioned and
unquestionable, and that the friends of
"essential democracy," tho opponents of
illegitimate privilege and abuse of political
or industrial power, have every reason for
confidence in Tart's leadership. Our con-
temporary prefers Taft to Bryan because
tho former, if a little less "radical," is
more deliberate, more experienced, oetter
poised and more "capable of handling
large things." especially "things of a deli-
cate nature."
On the Philippine question the Taft
position is not nuke what our contem-
porary wchild wish it to be, but it recog-
nizes that that question is not really a
present issue. On trusts, railroad con-
trol, the tariff, social reform and foreign
policy the Taft record and platform are
declared to be such as to satisfy evolu-
tionists and constructive reformers.
This is an interesting development, and
it will doubtless stimulate activity in oth-
er independent find "doubtful" circles.—
Chicago Record-Herald.
Competition of Seaports.
New York is feeling tho effect of the
competition of other ports in securing
the grain export trade, especially that
offered by Montreal, which is the pres-
ent loader in the trade, next in order
being Baltimore. Philadelphia and New
York. Complaint is made of the dif-
ferential established by the Trunk Line
Association, which, it is said, favors Mon-
treal. a foreign port; but there are other
obstacles, which Albert E. Henschal Indi-
cates in his proposal of what should be
done to recover the lost trade, to wit, to
Improve New York's terminal facilities for
the cheap and convenient handling, stor-
age and trans-shipment of freight, to re-
duce the port charges to a minimum, re-
move exactions and annoyances and gen-
erally to put the city and State in a posi-
tion where they may be on a parity with
other communities in tho competition for
the world's commerce.
The means for the economical inter-
change of traffic between rail and water
are lacking, and the charges for dockage,
wharfage, elevator service and storage are
said to be exorbitant; also, the compul-
sory pilotage charges. New York has
proceeded on The. theory of making money
out of the ships instead of being content
with the ordinary profits on commercial
transactions. The result is that other
ports more liberal in their treatment, are
getting a large part of the business. Tn
these days a port cannot depend altogeth-
er upon natural ad/antages. It Is like a
merchant and mu/t compete bv doing
business on the narrowest margin con-
sistent with safety.—Mobile Register.
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Iron Frog Inside of Snake.
John Wax. residing on a farm adjoin
ing Newport. Perry County, had a largs
castiron metal frog, weighing about four
pounds, painted green, which he used in
his house to hold the door open. Monday
the frog disappeared and he chastised
his grandson for throwing it in the well,
whicli the little fellow indignantly de-
nied.
Yesterday James Bistline, the Repub-
lican boss of Oliver township, was plow-
ing In a field adjacent to Wax's farm,
when he discovered a blacksnake, seven
feet long, alongside the fence.
He killed the snake with a jockey stick,
and noticing it to be abnormal about the
hodv. held a postmortem, resulting in
finding two half grown rabbits and Mr.
Wax's castiron frog door stop.—Harris-
burg Dispatch to Philadelphia Record.
GARDEN VIEW WITH PEACOCK.
Novel Landscape Scene Is Glasswork
for Library Window.
Glasswork in tho form of a large stair-
case window in landscape with peacock,
to be placed in the residence of Mrs. E.
P. Leary, in Seattle, Wash., recently has
been executed under the direction of
Louis 0.. Tiffany.
Tho design is a landscape effect. The
central portion shows a garden scene
with a vine-covered pergola on the edge
of a lake and a range of hills beyond.
The foreground is filled with masses of
hollyhocks and azaleas in full bloom and
luxuriant foliage and t«rees. The design
is noticeable for its detail throughout,
but the most conspicuous feature of the
composition is the figure of the peacock
in the foreground and the manner in
which this difficult element has been
treated, the deep toned plumage being
perfectly reproduced in its natural col-
oring and changing irridescence.
No surface paints or pigments have
been used and all the efects of light and
shade and gradation of color have been
obtained wholly in the glass, with the re-
sult that the full qualities of the depth
a net brilliancy of the material have been
preserved.—New York Herald.
THE GIRL WITHOUT A HAT.
Fashion Is Welcomed Since It Threat-
ens Reign of Merry Widow.
We do not know—we almost fear to hope
—whether it is the setting in of a new
fashion, this charming custom of girls
going about hatless, but, If it Is, let us
welcomo it with exceeding joy. She is
becoming ubiquitous, this girl without a
hat, and in the street or on the street
car, in the parks, wherever she may be,
<5he adds beauty to tho landscape and pic-
turesqueness to tho view.
More welcome, too, will the new-old
custom of the fair sex be if one of its
results is the dethroning of that awful
monstrosity, tho "Merry Widow" hat,
that dire shape of straw that mows a
swath of discomfort through our thor-
oughfares and which has added to the
burdens of a torrid summer. Let us hope
that the new style of feminine bare-head-
edness has come about through female
recognition of the eternal verity of tho
poet who declared that the crowning
glory of a woman is her hair.
It may be that the girls who are brav-
ing convention, declaring their freedom
from the thralls of the milliner, and mak-
ing life more beautiful by discarding
their hats, need encouragement. For
heaven's sake, let us all get together and
praise the sex for Its good sense. We
should say, at a rough estimate, that the
matrimonial chances of the girl without
y hat. as against the girl with a "tylerry
Widow," were at least a hundred to one,
and that should help some, if its truth
can be proved. All hall to the sensible
American girl and her crown of glorious
hair.—Washington Herald.
Sucker Gulped Down Diamond.
Miss Marie A. Gross, a student of the
Herron Art Institute, in Indianapolis, lost
a valuable diamond ring Saturday, and
its disappearance and return are remark-
able.
She was a guest at the Hanly cottage
at Pottawatomie Toint, on the Wabash
River, east of town, and with some other
girls attired in bathlnsr suits, rowed to
the middle of the river to bathe. A friend
suggested that she remove the diamond
ring which she wore, stating that it
might slip (rff In the water. She re-
moved the ring and having no other place
to put it she tied it to a piece of flshllne
and fastened the other end to the J*at.
Then she jumped Into the water, when
thev rowed back to shore Miss Gross
could find neither string nor ring.
Yesterday while Frank Hanly was out
in the boat he saw a string running
through a crack In the rear board of the
craft. He began to draw in the string
and there was the answering tug. He ,
pulled hard and up out of the water
came a pound and a half sucker. Hanly
had forgotten about the ring and sought
the hook in the sucker's mouth.
"Swallowed the darned thing!" was his
disgusted ejaculation.
He cut the line and threw the fish In
the bottom of the boat. Later when
'•leaning the fish he was surprised to
find the missing ring inside the sucker —
Logansport Dispatch to Indianapolis
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