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FBEEPOBT, H. T., FBIDAY, FEBBUABY 11, 1916.
OFFICIAL BEPUBLICAN EAPEB OF NASSAU COUNTY.
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Mineola Court Houee. February 10, 1916.
IfefS Inland editors of Nassau appear S9 k« stricken with something resem- kUaa Remorse, and Contrition wella «9 la tbeir latest Issues like tbe spout- iBjc trom long-pent up geysers, pre¬ pared to atone for the Inactivity ot Um waat. Brother Pearsall and others vke edit wltbln eight and sound of tbo iavigoratlng briny, leading lived of eternal purity, naturally bave no rack emotions. As for editors wbo llv* ky tbe brackish waters of the 8oaaA—well, there are none over tbat way to speak of, needed as they must bo.
Tkas, tbe editor of the Republican: "0*>'t ask us to suppress Important n«W8. We will be obliged to refuse tka request."
And thus tbe editor of the Inquirer: "A Ilttle seIf-«xamlnatlon wlll not feart any of us, and the Inquirer verl- Ubly believes that the county press «OQld make Itself felt much more strongly tban It does, If It exercised a Ilttle more originality and was a Ut¬ Ue more fearless In expressing Ita opiaion."
Th«e signs are healthy and most gratifying. But something more la needed If an Inland editor would be «tlmalated to talk out loud In meet¬ ing and do his stunt for the puhlic effectively. To reach the beatific kelgbt of Publlc Benefactor he should Im variously accomplished—able to administer treacle Judiciously, use the brad-awl without undue bru¬ tality, tap a sconce unconcernedly aere and there with his hammer, and be in a state of Preparedness with his klg stick eternally. None of theae aeeompllsbments. It Is true, are need¬ ed to convince that ninety per cenv. ef knman kind popularly'believed to be konest. They're for tbe other ten .ver eent, the pigs In the clover, where alga ought not to be. Chasln' pigs is a sport Ul-Bulted to the effeminate, and it la not patronized ae It should be by tka editors of Nassau county. Let us bope that the Hempstead brethren will rescue this sport of kings from tbe innocuous desuetude into which It appears to have fallen.
tlons are not beld. Local Issues are therefore unclouded, tbe vision of citi¬ zens Is much clearer, and above all, the opportunity is denied for those vicious political deals. Inevitable, as history has taught ua, when local. State and National candidates are bunched together in the running. This scheme of government worlcs well. Precisely tbe same scheme Is In operation when town elections are held In the spring and not muddled with elections In the fall. In Suf¬ folk the political ones are moving to hold them all in tbe fall, and clubs are falling In line with the watchword: "Economy and the Interest of the tax¬ payers at heart." Poor old taxpayer —his Interests enthusiastically espoused in public, and ruthlessly be trayed In private. He is taken up Into the mountain and ahown where he may save a nickel In the spring, never a word as to how he wlll be robbed of It by the various manipulations bound to occur between "Insiders" In the fall. Let's rob blm of everything; be hasn't tbe intelligence of a goat; he falla for anything labelled Econ¬ omy. Swat him again, Suffolk cun¬ ning onea.
be done witb 'em? Warden Thomas Mott Osborne being out bf business, there la no hope of his acquiring them and filling them with all tiie comforts of home. Perhapa Willetts might buy 'em as a sort of souvenir, but Ilttle bope is held out In that quarter. Per¬ haps a Municipal Research Bureau might offer a practical suggestion to our Town Board. Perhaps they could be sold as safety deposit vaults to tbe people over in Rockville Centre, who are ambitious to establish another bank. Perbap^ Brother Maddaus might like them for the rapidly ac¬ cumulating archives of the Nassau County Aasoclatlon. Perhaps tbe Democratic County Committee would ¦take them as a repository for its cam¬ paign funda. Perhaps-^well, let somebody elae do the gueaalng. They are still In the old Freeport court room, where sociologists,'speculators and others may Inspect 'em.
"Carley" Joe Cassidy told em at the dinner given to commemorate bia MlnMsulous deliverance froin Oreat Meadows that he had "always en¬ deavored to be upright and honest." Wasn't It Joh who lamented that "the aprlabt man is laughed to scorn?"
Pabllc service corporations In need <ot ear drivers, pole climbers and other arofeselonal talent are reminded that twenty-four medical students have ^t been dropped by the old New Terk University and are now at large.
Whoever would delve Into the mys¬ teries of our Federal Qovornment ma^ do so at tbe Farmingdale School of Agriculture, whose library has iJuat been dealgnated as a repository for all government publications. This wlll be a real boon to Long Islanders who have heretofore been compelled to joeraey to New York junk shops for their literary revels.
The Increaaed sale of cigarettes and «f probationary boards In this State euggests tbat the boys wbo aren't raised to be soldiers are being reared to hecome loafers.
In New York City the local elec¬ tions ere fixed for off years, that Is for yeam when State and National elec-
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Nassau county Is Contemplating doubling the salary of Its district at¬ torney to 15,000 and raising the aal- arles of Its county Judge and surro¬ gate to the same amount from |3,600. You can't get brain at brawn prices. —Amityvllle Sun.
Brawn Is "a cooked gelatine wax made from the boiling down of the head and bellyplece of a pig, with ox- feet someClmes added." It le said to have been found in a natural state In some Naasau noodles.—The Up-to- Date Encylopaedia.
As the Republican aiate now stAuda It reads thus: ^
For District Attorney—Charles R. Weeks, of Port Washington.
For Comptroller—Earl J. Bennett, of Rockville Centre.
For County Judge—Lewis J. Smith, of Hempstead.
For Sheriff—Phineas A. Seaman, of Glen Cove.
For Surrogate—Leonne D. Howell, of Mlueola.
For County pierk—Thomas S. Cheshire, of Woodmere.
For Superintendent of the Poor— Claude C. Van Duzen, of Rockville Centre.
For Keeper of the Dough Bag (Treasurer)—Some Unknown.
For Congressman—Fred. C. Hicks, of Port Washington.
For Assembly—T. A. McWhinney, of Lawrence.   Platform: I never sleep.
Candidates not on this list will now kindly repair to the woodshed and put away their hammers. In due season, it la confidently expected, the "Voice of the People wlll be heard vocifer¬ ously endorsing these selectlona. They will even go to the expenae of holding primaries to do it. Funny things, thoae primaries.
It Is a pleasure to note In the Rock¬ ville Centre Herald that "friends of Archer Wallace urge him to become a candidate for sheri;?." Why Archie should allow them to rush Into print while he Is a candidate for the seat of the Hon. Corodon Norton Is puz¬ zling. However, his friends appar¬ ently do not object to his holding both oBlces. His versatility la well-known and sociologists are agreed that that is what American ofllclaldom Is con¬ spicuously lacking. As Tax Collector of Freeport nothing Is so small as te escape his vigilant attention. As Publlc Announcer at Firemen's Con¬ ventions, he had never had an equal. Tbe picture In the Herald wherewith his friends pushed his candidacy into limited public view hardly does blm Justice. It is tbat of a gentleman well-equipped for Judicial rather tban shrievalty honora, plainly dresaed, dig¬ nified, and altogether attractive. That harvest of medals which he reaped In Cuba aud on many American fields wbere our devoted fire laddies fought with scaling ladders and wriggling hose Is conspicuous by its absence from his manly breast. This is per¬ fectly proper for a Judicial candidate, but a tactical error In a candidacy for the one profitable bone of contention In Nassau politics. However, Archie la responsible for none of this. It was all the doings ot bis friends—and somebody In a moment of warmth has ejaculated, "Ood save me from my friends."   Qood luck to Archie always.
When Phln. Seaman puts on his badge labelled "Sheriff," "Tot" Ray¬ nor (Walter R., of Baldwin,) will pin to his own lapel the silver medal en¬ graved "County Detective," which Is awarded for courage and heroic self- sacrifice, by, heck.
Corodon Norton has settled down to his Judicial duties in the new Free- port court room, and Justice tempered with mercy will continue to be dis¬ pensed as of yore. The horrible thought that Counsellor Mazaon's in¬ sistency upon changed quarters was dictated by the fiendish desire to aid in aome mysterious way a rival Juatlce In Hempstead no longer haunts his dreams and waking thoughts. His aw¬ ful comments thereon have ceased and the Jawbone ot an asa suggested thereby now disappears aa a flgure of speech. Meanwhile, tbe Town of Hempstead baa on its bands two old iron eells, msty with age and aiora or leas germy, and another great problem of government has ariaen, What ahall
What la all this fuaa concerning op¬ position to the nomination as'Asaocla- ate Juatlce of the United States of Louis D. Brandels becauae he ia a Jew? New York la much more liberal! Two of the Publlc Service Commissioners of New York, designated by Qovernor Wbitman, Oscar Straus and Travis H. Whitney are Jews and not a word In opposition has been heard or wlll be heard even though Straus Indorsed Whitney.—Coboes Republican.
BIRDSEYE VIEW OF HEMPSTEAD'S PUBUC PARK AT LONG BEACH
Secretary Daniels mlgiit enlarge hla Advlaory Board to include ex- Democratic Superviaora of Suffolk County. They could teach the army how to charge.—Amityvllle Sun.
The Democratic boya are hereby notified that the great Freeport Derby is all over, and Benson Smith Is the winner ot the honor plus the stakes, the latter no mean prize, known as the Freeport poetoffice. Benson Is young, handsome, a good bualnesa man and regarded aa a sound Demo¬ crat. His ia just the kind of a face to peer through the postofflce window and Impress upon tbe public the per- aplcuity of the Wilson administra¬ tion. Had he lived in New Jersey when the Wilson wedge was being driven Into rotten politics, he would no doubt havo been an ardent Wllaon lieutenant. Was he not an organizer of the Keystone Democracy of Nassau and was that not organized as a pro¬ test against a Boss and his sinful methods? Ask our Harry. They have their Jaegers over in Freeport, do these Freeport Democrats, aud these talk about the failure of the Senate to confirm Benson. Wlll the Senate refuse to confirm a Democrat who dreams the Wilsonian dream of Four, four, four years more for Wooa- row? Will a cat refuse cream, a duck water, a Democrat a job? Let the disappointed ones cheer up. Above all things don't let them head for the Prohibition camp.
Speaking of postofl'lces, there's one over in Rockville Centre, fliled by a chap named Brower, who was anotner Keystoner. The citizens gave him a dinner the other night at which near¬ ly two hundred men, of every shade of politics sat down. Curious how pub¬ lic ojjice has sought out so many of these Keystone Democrats. It must be that they really have an Intelli¬ gent knowledge of politics. Their recognition is a tribute to the acute- nese of observation of our foAner congressman, Lathrop Brown, and State Committeeman Gardner, both of whom are absorbed in the problem of *e-electlng their great and good friend at Washington, D. C.
There may be no primaries at all this spring, preferential or offlclal, thus relieving the good men of all po¬ litical parties of the necessity of run¬ ning around the county, getting all heated up and bathing in their owu perspiration. A bill to stand pat on all the committeemen until Septem¬ ber has been Introduced at Albany and is said to be In high favor. The conservation of party funds and polit¬ ical muscle would seem to be meri¬ torious.
Hempstead will never lift Itself over the fence by tugging at any auch boot straps as "Hempstead a hallowed haven of happy hearts and homes," commendable as are the efforts of one of Ite parsons to do some much-need¬ ed boosting for his village. Hemp¬ stead ie at the end of a streak of rail¬ road which atops short at a bumper, ai\^ all mankind knows that further progress in a vlllage thus hampered Is -impossible. Naturally spiritual progress is also blockaded. A haven is a place oif refuge, of aafety. a wel¬ come relief after a storm. Possibly a place which has a conspicuously let¬ tered door "Family Entrance" may be a haven, but Hempstead can never be BO fortunate. Hence "Hempstead a hallowed haven of happy hearts and homes" is a hodge-podge of h's harm¬ lessly harnessed, but hardly happily, hilarity hastening from Ita hiding and hinting that Hempstead is a hitching post only on the heated highway to hades; never, never a haven. That little character "h" is ttae most versa- the hactor in the Hengllsh language, especially If a writer bas the halUter- atlve blnstlnct. The Hempstead min¬ ister might work out a more happy slogan for his soul-stlrrlng activities.
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the assessment rolls and fixing their compensation therefor." "Yes," said the other, "that's the law and the su¬ pervisors are following it. It's the system Mr. Simple should criticize, not the supervisors; the law, not those who observe It. There are some peo¬ ple In this world who are eternally criticizing things." His next remark confirmed It: "Condemn a county that can't keep thla rotunda hot In cold weather." • '>
If what I hear is true, the Demo¬ cratic candidate for Governor next fall is very likely to be Judge Samuel Seabury, of the Court of Appeals, "Keep a good man on the bench" was so distasteful' to the Nassau Demo¬ crats last fall that out of sheer con¬ trariness they will doubtless welcome the judge's candidacy. In a way. Judge Seabury will be a Naasau cau- didate, for as a boy he lived down on Atlantic avenue, Bast Rockaway, his father being a preacher In that sec¬ tion. Two facts seem to be recognized by the Democrats—the judge haa al¬ ways been a strong vote-getter when a candidate, and his ability as a 'jur¬ ist is unquestioned. More of Judge Seabury will undoubtedly be heard later.
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Assemblyman McWhinney's  Bill Pro¬ vides CivilService Benefits for Veterans
I couldn't help bearing Jacob Sim¬ ple and tbe Inquirer discussed, and their "lamentable unfamlllarlty" with tbe law. "Why," said one man as he leaned over me almost affec¬ tionately, "any supervisor who won't observe the law should go to lall. The law was passed in 1914. -waen Martin Olynn, the most careful flnan- clor In the State waa Oovernor. direct¬ ing the supervlsora to make coplea of
Some day when Martin Littleton gets time, he proposes to start a newb- paper in Nassau county which will print nothing but FACTS. Whether the Nassau editors have been printing too many facts or too few to suit Mar¬ tin is not known. It appears to be a fact, however, that "writing maketh an exact man," and the practice of the law doea not. At leaat, I never heard of any two lawyers who took exactly the same view of anything un¬ der the sun. How Martin wlll recon¬ cile things In his paper cannot be forecasted. But it la a safe predic¬ tion tbat If he ever edits a paper he wlll be eternally bubbling and boil¬ ing over, for a bright mind, he would flnd, cannot deal patiently for any great length of time with such dull things as facts; for facts are notor¬ iously frappee, as all newspaper men know. Better stick to the law, Mar¬ tin, there's no room for a bright editor in  dear old Nassau.
"Barnes Begins to Shell T. R." says a newspaper headline. Wblch should not be construed as an Insinuation that our versatile ex-President is a nut.—Amityvllle Sun.
Another batch of Long Island bills made their appearauce iu tiie Senale and Assembly last week. Senator G. L. Thompson of Klnga Park and As¬ semblyman McWhinney Introducing bills to authorize Nassau county to issue bonds to pay the proportion ot the bonded indebtedness of Queens county which Nassau was ordered to assume by the Supreme Court in 1900.
Senator Thompson oflered a bill changing the boundaries of the terri¬ tory near Montauk Point within which lobsters may be taken by non¬ residents holding licenses.
Assemblyman McWhinney intro¬ duced a bill to direct the supervisors of the towns of Oyster Bay and North Hempstead, Nassau county, to insert in their annual towu budgets, and pay over to the trustees of the Jones Fund for the support of the poor, an amount sutticient to pay the expenses of op¬ erating and maintaining the joint almshouse of such towns.
McWhinney also Introduced the promised  bill to give veteran volun¬
teer flremen and Spanish War veter¬ ans preference in the civil service. It would amend the civil service law to provide that "Civil War veterans, Spanish-American War veterans and former members of volunteer flre com¬ panies shall, in the order mentioned, liave preference in retention and pro¬ motion, and shall not be removed ex¬ cept for Incompetency and misconduct proven on a hearing upon etated charges."
McWhinney and Senator Patten of¬ fered In their respective houses a bill Io provide that when no claim of an inheritance by a non-resident alien, heir or next of kin of a resident of the State who has died Intestate has rifeeu made within a period of seven years after the death of the reaident, it ehall heasaumed that the non-resident waa (lead Intestate or without isaue at the time of the death of the resident. It i-hall then be presumed that there are no unknown heirs o rnnxt of kin liv¬ ing at the time of the death of the person from whom the inheritance came."
As the county treasurer passed me in the rotunda one of those recent cold mornings, ho caught the county clerk peeping at rae most curiously.
"What's there, Tom, a rat?" he ftwlrftrt-
"Oh, no, nothing much. I was only curious to know whether that cuss in the Nassau Poat was really doing bis writing under
THB RADIATOR."
TBAIN KILLS BAHKEB mOBIE.
Fire Chief Pettit of Babylon Died With Him in Crossing Accident John RoberU Htgbie, 30 years old, so not the late State Senator Hlgble and prealdent of tlie Bank of Baby¬ lon, L. I., waa Instantly killed Satur¬ day morning when the 7.20 o'clock train from Patchogue on the Long Isl¬ and Railroad crashed into a new motor chemical fire engine on which be was seated at the Deer Park cross¬ ing of ttae Long Island Raliroad. Leon Pettit, chief of the Baylon volunteer flra department, aaated beside Mr. Hikbie, was crushed ao badly that ha died m a few moaMnta.
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Justice    Benedict   Cleans   Supreme Court Cases in Becord Time.
Seventeen cases, the majority of which were heard by a Jury, were disposed of at Mineola last week In Part II of the Supreme Court, pre¬ sided over by Supreme court Justke Russell Benedict. Justice Benedict came here to assist Justice Charles H. I^elby In clearing up tbe December and January calendars, juatlce Kelby extending his term here one week.
The wheels of Justice revolved so rapidly In Juatlce Benedlcta Court that lawyers whose cases were at one time near the end of the calendar found their actions rising rapidly to the top, and were forced to scurry about to get their witnesses together. Several motions were also heard by Justice Benedict.
The next trial term of the Supreme Court will be held here In April, with Justice Townsend Scudder presiding.
Master Cuthbert Entertained.
Master Thomas J. Cuthbert of Bay- view avenue and Pine street. Free- port, entertained a number of his friends at a masquerade surprise partj- on Saturday, Jan. 29. The guests were:
MlBS Ower.delyn Hornbeck. Miss Mar¬ lon Lo«ee. MlBS Myrtle Shea. Ml»8 Ger¬ trude Pw-ynoldg. MUs Alma Smith. Mls» Jessie Oo^it». Miss Vera Raynor, Mias Diana Peroni, Miss Viola Eckhart. Miss Isabelle Donnelly. Miss Dorothy Porter. Miss Ruth Mack, Miss Lottie Bedell, MlBS AmIa Mattheas, John Kidder. LeiKh Lake. Clifford Bedell. Arthur Jen¬ kins. PhUlp Loux. George Bedell, Harry Matthias, Lester Bsaep. Raymond Tay¬ lor. Albert Sealey. Harry! RURKe. Clif¬ ton Smith. Cbarles BueenU, Lawrenee Schloss, WaUer Stevenson. Bdward Jen¬ kins. Mr. and Mrs. Joaeph Bedell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cntkbert. Mrs. Sarah Sheffield. Thomas Jaekson Cuthbert. Sd.
DAYISON WILL FILED
East Bockaway Man Left Estate of Over $100,000 to Kin.
The will ot Oliver Davidson, of Eaat Koekaway, who died there Jan. 22 last, was flled for probate In the Sur¬ rogate's Court Monday at Mineola, and disposes of an eatate of more than $100,000. All the personal property is left to Mr. Davidson's three daugu- ters, Amelia Davidson, Susan J. Dav¬ idson and Irene C. Davidson, all ot East Rockaway. Any advancement of money or property he had made to his son, Oliver S. Davidson, Phoenix, Ariz., was to be taken from the son's share of the estate.
The real estate is to be sold and the proceeds divided into five equal parts. Three parts are to go to tue daughters In equal parte, out of tbe next one-fifth, tho son, Frank David¬ son, of Hempstead, Is to receive $10,- 000. The rest of the one-fifth Is to be invested and the son Frank Is to receive the Interest therefrom, and at his death it is to go to his children. Tho same bequest ia made lo the son, Oliver S. Davidson. The will was signed Sept. 8, 1911.
AT   THB   I'LAZA.
Week of Keb. 14.—Monday, Ethel Grey Terry and Frederick Lewis In "Bought," a Shubert feature, In flve acts. Tues¬ day, Harry MlUarde and Alloe Holllster in "The Money Gulf," three acts. Wed¬ nesday, Emily Stevens In "The House of Tears." In flve acts. Thursday. Louise Glaum In "The Forbidden Adventure," In fii'e acts. Friday, Elisabeth Bur- bridge In "The House of Revelation," In three acts: Maurice Costello In "A Ques¬ tion of Right and Wrong," In two acts. Saturday, Jack Pickford. with the won¬ derful collie. "Smudva" In "Why Love Is Blind." in three acts.—Adv.
Completion of Survey by Birdsall Jackson Reported to Town Board at Regular Meeting Some Time Past
We reprint herewith a reproduc¬ tion of the map recently made by Civil Engineer Birdsall Jackaon of Wan¬ tagh showing the exact location of tbo town of Hempstead's public park at Long Beach. Under the direction of the town board, Mr. Jackson has been engaged in the survey and laying ouv of this park for some little time past. It is through the courtesy of Mr. Jack¬ son that we are able to print tho map.
It will be recalled that the deed of conveyance to the Estates of Long Beach, approved by the people at a special election held on Nov. 2, 1909, was subject to a covenant tbat part of the lands conveyed by tbe town of Hempstead, should forever remain open as a public park or common, from the ocean to the waterway, for free public use and tho enjoyment Ihereof and that the laud so reserved for Diiblic use, should contain 37 acres, more or less.
The editor of The Nassau Post has liad many inquiries from time to timo relative to thia park and Its status and we are glad to be able to give this doflnlto information. The-park haa been properly menu men ted and is easily acceaelble.
HICKS WIUITSL0N6 UDERJTO WRITE
IN COMMUNICATION TO CONSTIT¬ UENTS HE SOLICITS THEIB COUNSEL. AND ADVICE—WELL SUPPLY BULLETINS, ETC.
The following Is a copy of the let¬ ter Congressman Hicks is sending to all his constitutents on Long Island:
•'The Court of Appeals, the high¬ est court in the State, having dec;ared me to be duly elected and entitled to my seat in Congress, 1 take pleasure in writing you to ascertain in what man¬ ner 1 may be of assistance to you. My delay in communicating with you has beeu due to legal proceedings which prevented hy obtaining, at an earlier date, the scat to which 1 bad been elected.
"As it is my purpose to give my en¬ tire time to the duties of tbe oflloe and my determination to serve the district to the fullest extent of my ability, 1 will consider it a favor to hear from you on any legislation or matters in which you are concerned, for I hold myself at all times ready to perform any service within my power to promote your Interests and tho In¬ terests of the citizens of Long Islana. All augegstlona or recommendations will receive prompt and careful con- eideration.
"There are many pamphlets, docu¬ ments, seeds, booka, etc.. furnisbed by the government, a limited number of which are at my disposal for distri¬ bution. If you will kindly advise me as to those desired, I wlll endeavor to obtain them for you.
"I enclose a liet of bulletins pub¬ lished by the Department of Agricul¬ ture, some of which I hope may be ot Interest to you. Should you desiro any seeds I will be glad to supply them.
"Wlll yuu please use tbe blank at the bottom of this letter In naming your selections, mentioning by num< ber the bulletins desired,
"My offlce wlll at all times bo open to you personally and I hope during the season to have the pleasure of seeing you In Washington. Trusting that 1 may have the honor of bearing from you, with personal regards anA beat wishes. I am
Cordially, FREDERICK C. HICKS.
FOR SALE
Plot 75x120, north side Lillian Avenae (one block from Seamaa Aveaae), 800 feet eait of Oiaf- flag plaoe. Price, $800 euh fer the three loti; no broken.
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324 FULTON STB^BSr
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