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THE HASSAU POST, FBEEPOBT, H. T., FBIBAT, ICAACE 31, 1916.
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FKIDAY. MARCH in. 1016.
A FALSE ISSUE.
The longer thn^gTsluture nunuius in seealon the more apparent is the purpose of tbe Democratic leaders to create an elnirely new issue in this state and one which Is well calcu¬ lated to mislead and deceive tiie Re- puhllcans all over the state and par¬ ticularly In the city of New York.
In the mind of every man is a love of fair play. No honest man desires to obtain what is not rightfully hie own. This is true as well of political power and advantage as it is of fin¬ ancial power and advantage.
The great increase in the voting strength in the city of New York In recent years Is recognized by Demo¬ cratic leaders in the legislature and the opportulty to use that increase to the advantage of the Democratic party has been seized upon greedily.
Not only has it been seized upon by Democratic leaders, but also by the Democratic pre.ss of New York City.
For weeks al least one greal New York dally paper has been preaching the doctrine of the city against the country, *i
The mayor of New York Cily has diligently exerted himself to accom¬ plish a combination of Democratic and Republican members of the leg¬ islature from Greater New York to operate together for the "protection of the city."
The mayor, himself a Democrat, posing as the champion of tho city's Interests, advocating measuros ol ad- Tantage to the Democratic party, has sought in season and out of season to induce Republican senators and as¬ semblymen to support his policies on the plea that the adoption of those policies would operate to reduce tax¬ ation in Greater New York and to that extent benellt the city as a whole.
This is only one of the purposes of the Democratic leaders who are seek¬ ing to create publlc sentiment in New York City against the state at large. No one should be misled by this at¬ tempt. Its purpose is political. There Is no good reason why such a division should be attempted. Republicans In New York City should remain Re¬ publicans, and Democrats up-state certainly should not be asked to be¬ come Republicans simply and solely for the reason that a division on sec¬ tional lines Is being attempted with¬ in the city.
vlnclng evidence of tbe futility of I^ronage for carrying an election. The knowledge la shared by the sup¬ porters of Both Osborn and Harris.
In 1913 two Democratic governors trying to run the State at the same time shattered the Democratic party. In 11114 tbe continuing struggle, to control the party patronage led Os¬ born to' resign. In 1916 almllar con¬ ditions seem likely to produce sim¬ ilar results. ,
Both the Osborn forces and the Harris forces have kept the peace thus far. How long th«y wlll con¬ tinue to do so remains to be seen, but tbe results of the spring elec¬ tions throughout the state do not in¬ dicate any great Democralic enthu¬ siasm.
SOUTH SIDE WATERWAY.
I Keprlnlc'l from New Vork Times..i
The real esiate Interests of Long Island were well represented at Al¬ bany last week at the hearing on the proposition to appropriate 1995,000 for the purchase of a right of way across Rockaway Peninsular, so that flr' P"'ederal (Jove; :r en can build a twelve-foot d^ep v ;.tr;-vr.y. three hundred feet wide, from Jamaica Bay easterly tlirough the confluent bays of the south side to Shinnecock Canal, a dl..tance<of sGvenfy-iivc miles.
Among those who urged lhe nieas¬ iire were .loseph Bailey of Patchogu6, Supervisor Hlrani R. Smith of Nas¬ sau County, Nelaon B. Kilmer and Henry A. .\leyer of Brooklyn, Fred B. nalzcll, vice-president of the New York Boat Owners' Association, and .Madison Wheller of thc Manufact¬ urers and Business Men's A.ssocia¬ tion.
Chauncey L. C. Ditmars said that if the waterway were built tbe slate would be more than compensated for the outlay hy increased atisessed valu¬ ations of shore front property. He cited as instances the increased valu¬ ations at Baldwin Harbor, Long Beach and Brightwaters, as a result of improving lateral waterways, thereby saving the Rovernnnni many thousands of dollars.
FIRM FOR FREE TRADE.
FALSE PBOMISES.
'They promised to lower the cost of living by tariff changes. It was a false promise when It was made and the cost of living Is higher than ever.
"They promised to put an end to Republican extravagance, and they have spent more money than was ever expended at any time un¬ der Republican rule.
'They have thrown away the best sources of national revenue and have Increased the burdens of the states by entering the fields of taxation which ought to be re¬ served to the states alone.
"It is a melancholy picture of broken promises and disastrous results."—United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge on tbe Wilion administration.
THE DEMOCRATIC CHAIR¬ MANSHIP.
There is material for some very Interesting speculation as to what Is going to happen In the Democratic State Committee and to the Demo¬ cratic party as the result of the ac¬ tivities of the supporters of State Chairman Wliliam Church Osborn and Edwin S. Harris.
Harris's friends regard liim as the real head of the state committee. Osborn's friends begin to suspect that there Is a movement to supplant Os¬ born with Harris.
Similar conditions drove Osborn from the chairmanship In 1914 and his departure did not help the party in its effort to return Glynn to tbe governorship. Olynn had all the pat¬ ronage and all the party machinery and It la within the memory of every voter that both were worked to the limit.
What the Glynn organization lacked was the confidence and sup¬ port of thousands of voters who were Democrats for principle rather tban for patronage. They failed to vote for Qlynn and be waa beaten by nearly 150,000. Whm Osborn got out of the state chairmanship In 1914 he said he had had no control of pat¬ ronage or of the state commlttoe.
There was no fight over patronage. There could not be; Oovernor Olynn and thc forces behind htm controlled it all. But tbe percentage of the total vote that can be controlled by pat¬ ronage la relatively small, although the state payroll attained magnlfl- otnt proportions during' the two yeara of Sulier and Olynn.
Ttw defeat of Olynn furnished con-
•I'resident Wilson h.is changed his mind so often within the past few- years on so many different subjects that It is dlfllcult to follow his light¬ ning about-faces which are attri¬ buted by courageous admirers to his willingness to learn a thing to two as he goes along, believing that great men change their views while fools never do. There is only one subject, however, to wblch Mr. Wil¬ .son has turned a deaf ear; he has re¬ fused to allow his one track mind to alter its violent antagonism to pro¬ tection for American Industries, al¬ though all Indications point to a greater necessity for It the day the peace treaty Is signed, than at almost any other period of our economic his¬ tory during the past half century. "- The Protectionist.
Attention has been calleu by Gov¬ ernor Whitman, Henry L. Stimson as chairman of the commltlee on state finances of the Constitutional Convention and more receutly by Senator Brown, to the Increa.se in the honded indebtedness of the state and of the municipalities, the total now- reaching a Ilttle more than ten per cent, of the total assessed valuation of the state. New York City already has had to ask for relief and the remedy now being tried Is thc pay¬ ment of all current expenses by a di¬ rect levy of taxes instead of meeting these expensee with a bond Issue. Tbe meeting of the general situation by legislation Is one of the problems of the nenr future.
One of the mistakes of the Wilson administration that Is distressingly apparent now Is the removal of the embargo on the shipment of arms and ammunition to the flghting factions in Mexico. When the embargo was on. Villa and Carranza were flghting Huerta and the embargo was removed tp permit munitions to go to Carran¬ za and Villa forces. Thousands of American rifles and tons of American cartridges have gone Into Mexico since the embargo was raised and now Villa, declared an outlaw and fleeing from a force of American sol¬ diers sent to capture him, wlll use these same American rifles and cart¬ ridges to kill some more American soldiers.
Those citizens who were sneered at as nervous and excited in Wash¬ ington a year ago when they urged an increase in the national defenses ¦can now welcome to their ranks the President. He Is Just as much for preparedness now as they were a year ago.
Within the next year. It is highly probable that President Wllaon will come to the conclusion that a pro¬ tective tariff Is absolutely necessary to the welfare of tbe eountry. The vote of his fellow cltisens in Novem¬ ber la likely ^o supply him with tbat conviction.
.N'o more money will be reciuired to complete the barge canal than al¬ ready has been provided. The $27,- 000,000 referendum approved by the voters last fall provided all the funds needed and the necessary bonds have been sold by the Comptroller and the money deposited with the State Treasurer. Of the total mileage of the barge canal, 400 miles Is now completed and the remainder is either under contract, has been ad¬ vertised, or Is being planned hy State Engineer Williams.
The returns of the spring elections hold out no hope to the Democrats. In Glens Falls where the Republicans have heen out of power for six years they elected a Republican mayor by a majority greater than his opponent's entire vote and the resl of the Re¬ publican ticket went along with him. Similar result sare reported from Coliinibia, .Montgomery, Alhany and Groeuf counties and elsewhere. Fore¬ casts based on facts indicate a rising tide of Itepiihlicanisni.
GRAllD~lRl¥lOTES
It lias been suggested thai a fund he raised hy citizens for a snneral observance of .Memorial Day. Veter¬ ans of the Spanish-American War. Sons of Veterans and other palriolie bodies stand ready to assist the vet¬ erans in the proper observance of this sacred day. and the matter is under consideration by members of tlie Mott i'ost of this village.
A bill appropriating $l.'»U.O00 has been introduced In the l'nited Slates Senate for the purpose of purchasing Janies Walker's celebraleii painting, tbe "Battle of Gettysburg." The painting will be on exhibition for two weeks at the Capitol ,and will then be taken to New York lo be ex- hiblted to the school childicn of that city. If the painting becomes the properly of the United States it will be hung in the heautiful Lincoln Me¬ morial. This building is nearing completion and wlll cosl 12,000,000.
The fiftieth national encampment of the Grand Army of Ihe Republic will be held at Kansas City, the week beginning Tuesday, Aug. 29 and con¬ tinuing until Friday, Sept. 1.
During thc month nt January :i,H7,7, veterans of the Civil War died, and 2,104 widows of such veterans. In Febniary :!.;584 veterans died and 2,298 widows, a decreaiiC from the Jenslon rolls for the two months of 11,64 1. At this rato the riueatlon of Civil War pensions will not trouble his Nalion much longer.
Last Saturday evening Commander Patterson was again in the command¬ er's chair for the flrst time in several weeks, as he had been conflned to his home by severe throat trouble. Ev¬ ery member pre.sent expressed their joy at their commander's return to heallh and the duties of his ofllce. In this connection the National Trlhun«« of Washington, D. C. says:
"Commander Patterson has served the Post as commander for about 2<i year!«. and Adjutant Cornell for eight years, both most efflclentlv. The slo¬ gan of the Post Is "Patriotism and Preparedness," and a .series of visits to the public schools to talk on the subject has been arranged, much to the enjoyment of the children."
The Mott Post has accepted the In¬ vitation of tbe Methodist Episcopal Ch'irch Society of the vlllage to at¬ tend Memorial Day exercises to be held on the Sunday preceiling .Me¬ morial Day. Tbe Post values^ these marks of consideration and esteem coming from different organizations," and will do Its utmost to respond. Still. It must be remembered that these men average ahout 74 years of age and, therefore, cannot accom¬ plish all they might wish to do In the way of carrying forward the patriotic work of the village and the Nation.
On Friday next, at 2 o'clock p m the veterans will attend a meeting at the Archer streei school and address <he children.
A new Post roster has just been published, supervised by Comrade E B. Race of Baldwin. It gives the names of 36 veterans still on the roll Of this number only 12 to 18 members are able to attend the Post meetings Joeeph H. Wright and Leander Lasee are at the Soldiers' Home Balh New York.
SHITHTOlESO.liEWS
SAMUEL CHURCH BADLY INJUR¬ ED AT WOBK IN N, Y. CITT.
Mr. Samuel Church of Cleveland •treet. while at work in the city, had «n Iron door fall on his foot. He is in the hospital. It Is said that sev¬ eral small bones were broken.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Austin of Brooklyn visited their son on Butler street, Saturday and Sunday and en- Joyed two pleasant days in the county. Mr. D. B. Austin is paymaster for the Standard Oil Co. of New York,
IN THE ROTUNDA
Mineola Court House.
March 30. 1916.
The higher the cost of white paper soars the more frantically the pub¬ lisher rushes around for new sub- ¦icribers. Sort of paradoxical, such conduct.
It is undoubtedly a mallcinis lie 'hat Mac. out of respect to his friend •he Colonel, is about to change the name of his newspaper to the Rock¬ ville Centre Gaucharo. The Owl doesn't live in a cave, it doesn't eat nuts, it doesn't wear whiskers. It may occasionally like the gaucharo holler like the devil, but there, he insists, the parallel wholly ceases and determines.
"Was Christ mistaken?" in.julres the South Side Observer. What can have occurred In Rockville Centre to have so rudely shaken the faith of l'ncle George Wallace?
Constituent.-—Congress has no reg¬ ular meal hours, and it is difficult to tell what would be the best time for you to drop In on your representative with the certainty of being cordially invited to pull up and have a bite. Some representatives simply "blow" and having pointed their constituent in the direction of that most interest¬ ing pile, the Washington monument, and fervently invited him to come again, they disappear. Urgent Duty calls tbem hurriedly to the House. It is not good form for a constituent to treat his representative as a free lunch counter. .Never in any circum¬ stances ask for a second helping of pie. should your representative so far forget liimself as lo invite you to have a siiuare meal. A true congress- can lives for Ills constituents hnt that does nol mean that you should borrow money of him. Above all things do not lend hitn nioney, he has a comfortalile salary of his own. History is filled with instances of thrifty congro'^sinen who have saved every penny of it!
"Courtesy ' is the title of an at¬ tiaelive little cintain lecture ju.st de¬ livered by President MacDonald lo all the employes of lhe .\. and S. L. C. it this is followed up by an allnciitirin lo tliat corporeal entity known as tho collar meter upon the vice of lyinK, all will he well that is, as well as can h, e.xpected willi pnn at the lordly liKiire of $ 1..MI per.
Whatever property Gaynor owned was accumulated hefore he became .Mavor. Brooklvn Kagle.
So? 'Tis well.
the "Liberty of C^lzensbip" [Yale Press], Samuel W. McCall, Governor of Massachusetts, thus describes this historic incident:
An experiment in Socialism coulJ not have been tried to better advant¬ age unless in a community of arch¬ angels. There never was a more ser¬ ious or public-minded body of men. They were face to face witb great common perils and privations. Their characler and the circumstances ny which tbey were surrounded worked together strongly In the direction of producing an Identity between each man's Interest and tliat of the State. Their enterprise In socialism did away with private property In corn, whicii was their chief article of food, and they raised It In common. The result was that ihey were constantly in want.
Their historian, Governor Brad¬ ford, narrates that "ye yong men that were mont able and Htte for labor and i-orvice did repine that they sliould spend their time and straingth to worke for other men's wives and chil¬ dren, withoui any recompense. The strong, or man of parts, had no more in division of victalls and cloafhs tban he that was weakc and not able to doe a riuarter ye olher could; this was thought injustice. * • » Let none objecte this is nien's corruption, and nothing to ye course it .selfe. i answer, seeing all men have this cor- niption in them, Ood in his wl:sdome saw another course liter for them."
They took council together "that they might not still thus languish in mlserie." rney determined to invoke again the ancient alternative be¬ tween work and starvation. They restored private properly in corn and decided that each man should have what he raised. ""This."' (iovernor l^radford records, "had very good suc¬ cess; for il made all hands very in¬ dustrious. " Thereafter there was no scarcity of com in the little Stale.
Three health inspectors dropped and nine men in a license bureau un¬ der charges and recelvini; lioariiigs "hohind closed doors" is tiie rc^cord of the Mitchel Adniinistration for one brief fortniglil and all for srafiing: .Mac.Aiieany saw enough and dro;ipod onl. Briiere sees llie writiiiK on llie wal), and In'11 quit nc\i inonlli. The pood ship Municipal Rofoiin .-ceins lo he nearing the rocks.
.self into the open air. where Mrs. Mil- i ler's best Is sure of an even break.— i Wall Street correspondence of John j .Marthol |W. F. Clark I.
Immortality.—So. looking calmly, I yet humbly, for that close of my mor¬ tal career wblch cannot be far dis¬ tant, I reverently thank God for the blessings vouchsafed me In the past; and, with an awe thai is not fear and a conscioiiness of demerit which does nol exclude liope, await the opening before my steps of the Gates of the {Eternal World- Horace Greeley.
It has only four pages but these contain actual news and matters ot interesi. It is not printed on roofing paper. It is not printed with ink cost¬ ing only a penny a pound. Its typo¬ graphical appearance is attractive and reminds yon of the other weeklies of .N'assau because it is so different. .N'ot very much can be printed In its limited compass, but tbat little Is in¬ teresting and informative. Such is the Nassau Event, of Floral Park. Without doubt it is a welcome weekly visitor to the village in which it Is published.
Clericus. The Insl for incrc
among members of your clolh is. in¬ deed, lamentable. The struggles of Dr. Hillis and Dr. Parkhurst with .Mammon were heroic even if unsuc¬ cessful. "It does not follow that they were guilty of spiritual laches tliey simply neglected ttf take tbe medi¬ cine they so generously minister to their own flocks. However, the habit of speculative enterprise is not ex¬ actly good clerical form. A clergy¬ man may till the soil aud derogate his liigh calling not tbe least. He rnay be a carpenter, even, or a tlsher- inan. Indeed. Holy Writ is replete with instances of men who fished, cut bait aud communed witb their fellows In matters spiritual quite suc¬ cessfully. But somehow there ap¬ pears to he an impa.ssable gulf when it conies lo financiering, into whose depths are plunged those parsons who seek lo bridge it. Parsons in flnanc** mid politics are not liighly respected. True, as you say. men of genius like those two financial sports, .arc gener¬ ally high strung and rc(|iiire some forni of worldly recreation. There are, of coiir.se. rouge et iioir. baccarat iMid even fly loo. but lure again the realm of speculation is presented. Besides, tbeir excitement is said to ho abnormal and unhealthy. Upon the whole. If 1 weie you. I would ¦lick to your high calling like the shoemaker to his last, 'even if wax were necessary to cement the union. I think fhis answers your inquiries.
The British War Ollice Is most chiv¬ alrous toward those oflicers It bas destined for the discard. As in the case of Gen. Sir J. .Maxwell al fhe Egyptian front, the Censor is permit¬ ted lo announce that he "has left for England."
The prevalent opinion of .MacWhin- ney's bill to exterminate mosiiuitoes. aniong the South Shore haymen. is tliat Mac Is about to provide that they shall go out and shoot 'em. on some such basis as a coniinission or i)#r- dlem compensation.
Rocket.---Since you sliamelessly ad¬ mit that you are "open to conviction" and that the Man If the thing, not I'rinclples, you might flx your eye on Delaware and get In touch with Gen. Coleman duPont. The factories which furnish boiler plate to the country prese are beginning to exploit liim as a presidential candidale. They even indicate in black headlines that the "General" is a sort of "dark horse who may win the G. O P. race against Wilson." The Oeneral has a heavy feed bag all his own and he can af¬ ford the expense. By all means seek out his leg, and pull it. He is enam¬ ored of Business Pylnciples and such will constitute the Platform on which he Is to be presented to the conven¬ tion. Politics must be purified and gentlemen who possess an unusual quantity of the long green are the ones to accomplish If Better inter¬ view him Immediately while hla boom Is being boomed. Several Croesuses have sought In our political history to seize the Presidency but none of them successfully. The General may prove the shining exception. By all means get aboard before the duPont boom bursts. You'll get a free ride, a short distance, anyway.
The flrst experiment in Socialism In this country was thoroughly tried out by the Pilgrim Fathers. The com¬ munal system of raising and disposing of BO simple a thing as corn, the chief food of the colony, disclosed the fact that human natur' would be human natur' atill in spite of all precepts. In Ills lecture at Yale University upon
.\Ir. Taggart [speaking of Tom, ot Injianay] stands for ideals that arc loo low foi- modern taste. Ho may not be untrue to tho President, hul he will never be a congenial party a.ssociate of Woojlrow Wilson. Drooklyn
Eagle.
The Eagle lias bolted Democratic candidates so often Uiat it may be pardoned for being not exactly in touch with lho real spirit of Democ¬ racy now pervading the While Hou.se and percolating the rank and file. This is a presidential year, neighbor, and with the Democracy It's Pike's Peak or Bust. There's going to be no hindcrmost for the devil to catch. If forced marches by tbe President and his followers can prevent it. .Iust how lo accomplish il will he the subject o£ endless disciis'-ion in and out of the Presidential nian.sc. and tlio predic¬ tion is herowith made that Tom will eat pie therein within thirty days. This isn't a case of the Puritan and tbo Blackleg it's iho boss of the Presbytery consorting with its elders. Taggart's all right so is the Ind-a-ia delegation!
When a Krocer opens nusiness he stocks up with groceries; a lawyer with books and a shingle, a doctor with an aiitomohilo, a druggist with tinctnres and a Pliaeinacoppia. So it runs, each employing those devices best adapted lo his calling. This would .seem to indicate that .Vature has imiilanted in most men's minds Ihe need ol" recognizing the fltness of things. Brains would therefore nat¬ urally ho .suggested wherewith to stock up a newspaper, but how often are the iirintors' types utilized as a substitute, thereby violating one of the firsl of .Nature's laws and rosulf- ing in the average newspaper. Re- floctionsof an Exchange Editor. '
They are lolling in Wall .Sire.rl a good story of President Tmesdale of the Delaware and Lackawanna Rail¬ road. Recently he was making a 'our of the yards, and be began ex¬ ploring a building In which a large amount of gasoline and crude oil were stored. On all sides he .saw the Im¬ pressive sign, ".Vo smoking." On his way out he almost stumbled over a wee bit of a man puffing an old clav pipe and blowing fumes of Mrs. Mil¬ ler's he.-i in lho most peaceful and contented way.
"Don't you .see that sign?" asked the president, pointing to the '.Vo smoking' warning.
"Sure, I see it. I've been watching If for thirty years."
"Are you nol afraid von will he caught by some of the ofllcials?" ask¬ ed Mr. Truesdale, beginning to .see some humor in tlie siluation.
"Oh, I'm too smart for thiin." was the laconic reply.
"What do you do here?" inquired the president.
"I'm the watchman, and now who the divvie be you?" was the reply.
"Well. I just happen to be Tmes¬ dale, the president of the road": and the president thought he was going to see the son of Erin crumple up,
"The saints be praised, and how long have you been the head of this great company. " asked the watchman, as he dumped the dead ashes of hie pipe Into his hand and slipacd pipe and ashes Into his pocket.
'Seven or eight yeara or more." the president replied.
"Faith, me good man, 'tis proud I am to'mest you. You ;;ave a folne job. Listen to a veteran railroader: 'Take good care of it..' "
Visitors who call at Preeldent Truesdale's office love to pass a gray vlsaged Ilttle wisp of a rnan, neatly clad In a suit of blue. He hasn't any particular designation on the pay roll; but he is a hot favorite with the president and all the directors. The only office regulation he ie required to reapect Is wben he feels a longing for his old dudeen, he must hie hlm-
Tbe .Vew England Sabbatli of hal¬ lowed memory gets a Willard right in thc solar plexus, iu the memoirs of that lamented publicist. Charles Francis .\dams. List to ills awful liinguagc Just published by the Houghton .Mifflin oCmpany:
.My father had the old New Eng¬ land sense of duty in religious observ¬ ances. Tho Sabhaili and church-go¬ ing were institutions. .Ml fbi-oiigh my childluxid how I disliked Sunday' I was glad when .Monday came; for llio it wasn't ""black .Monday. " for it was si.x days hoforo anotlier .Sunday, i vemeinher now the silence, the som¬ bre idleness, the sanciilied atmos¬ phere of rosiraint of those dliys, with Iheir chnreli belh.;. their seijato walk iind tlu'ir special duiies. We children Iiad to be brought up in the way we shtnild go: fov Ihen wo would not de¬ part rroni it "hen we were old' Woiildn'l we! The rer-illeci ion of Ihose .Sundays haunts nie now. We always had a late breakfast every one did; and we dined early roast lioef iilways for dinner; ;ind I i;ot a dislike f'or roast heef wliich lasted al¬ niosi tc, manhood, because I tiius bad Io o:il it evoiy Sundiiy i'.l 1 ::ii iifier a lireiikfasi at !i.
Then came the Sunihiy hair coiiih- iilg and dressing. After which Bible leading, four chajiters, oach of us four versos in rotation. Thon a Sunday lesson, coniinitting some verses from tbe Bible or a religious poem to nicm- '¦¦y. * " Then came tlie Koiiig
to chnreli. Lord! That going to church: Twice a day. rain or shine, siiniiner and winter. * * > Those .Vew England Sabbaths actually em- bittoroil my youth. It required the drastic war education to emancipate IllO from them.
What's the "dlff" whether yfui'io at' the head or the tail of a Big Four to a .National Convention? Vou've koI only one vote anyway.
If Cassidy would really popularize hini.self with his political associates, r.l- would move fnr tho abolition of the prisons altogether. Ahridgeniont of the terms of lirst nffenders is only a half reform anyway.
Public Service Commissioner Her¬ vey's term of iniprisoninont in New York is only until Dec. ;{I next. After thai he will return to .Va-saii and possibly to private life.
A Jess Willard school may now with perfeci propriety he added to their list by .Mr. Wilcox and his New York Bnard of Education.
If .Mr. Shonts had known that he u;is to bo favored with an introduc¬ tion tn Frank .Moss, ho would douht- le.'^^s have insisted upon a bonus of S:',iiil.OIIII and a couple of commit¬ ments as coinpensation for the stress to which his incmory has been sub¬ jected.
Over iu St. James, Mirabcau's chum had tho reputation of being a better judge of the quantity than of Ihe c'KiIity of amber likker.
Gate receipts . . New York Statt
( 7 >/fe I
percentage
$l.'il,2.'ii I 1.719
I'lirse guaranteed:
Wlllard $-l7,i-.i)ti
Moran 23,T.'iO
$1.19,.¦)?,,-.
71,2.'".0
Tex RIckard, manager $1)8,28.")
Thus showing that the flghting In¬ stinct in .New Yorkers still exists and can be stimulateil .ipon occasion. .Mollycoddles don't pay out any such money to see two gentlemen pummel one another.
It Is with genuine pleasure that we welcome back our distinguished uighbor from his wanderings In the T;;nldad caves and among the palms of the coral reefs. On Saturday he arrived bringing with him his famous Guachuro bird and what Is even more appreciated hereabouts (for we have a bird of our own. the rjuawTT, which Is sufflciently dreadful), the Gentle Spring. Than the latter no stork was ever more welcome on this filament of sand which bas been pounded by ocean's fiercest storms and swept by blizzard blasts, for months that seem¬ ed Interminable. In a day. in the twinkling of an eye, even, all Is changed. Our good friend smiles with us once more, we smile with him. Na¬ ture smiles on all of us. Nassau coun¬ ty Is on the map again.
Some things have happened In his absence that were unavoidable. The Cocks and the O'Keefe clans have fall¬ en out again and Dizzy has sprinkled joh type all over the front page of his Guardian and the elevations and depressions of Oyster Bay which are many have resounded with the echoes of the fray. Hezekiah Crown down at the inlet threatens to paint bis boat house a cerulean blue and the yacht club had had a spasm at sueh a display of unaesthetic taste. Morally, Oyster Bay has backslid a fe winches, perhaps, but it's nothing
serious. Over in North Hempstead the conflict between natives and iiltlanders over fell and fen and boggy bayou and submerged lands still rages. Hempetead vlllage, after scouring the earth, has landed a shirt¬ waist manufacturing concern and an Irruption of three hundred ladiea skilled in this industry is threatened. Over on the South Shore population Is growing, though no symptoms of great men are noticeable on the horizon. Things generally, in a wont, are normal, though John Lyon saya the country Is going to the devil. John was ever pessimistic. However, If he's right, he's traveling along In pretty good company.
Politically, the situation is about like this: Wilbur Doughty has a Nel¬ son half hitch on the G. O .P., and will represent the county at the Chi¬ cago convention. The boys are all for Whitman for anything he wants. Tha date of adjournment has been fixed by the Assembly at April H. but the Senate will doubtless make it about the 20tb. For thirty days there¬ after everybody will be good, so It can ho safely .said that the Governor will have a lusty lol of friends till about Juno 1 possihly longer; but no man can fortell the events of the coming summer solstice. Indeed, the astron¬ omers are uncertain whether there will be one this leap year. As for tbe polilical prophets they have wrapped their robes about tbem and gone Into gloomy retirement.
The Democrats are a trifie exuber¬ ant, not so much over their President. perhaps ,as tho unconsidered trifles which Biiile.son has tossed their way. .¦\1I the Federal olhcos are filled save one. a postoflice away down on tho flats somewhere near /acli's Inlet. It is surrounded b> water and pays only lifly per year. Perhaps it is tho sal¬ ary, perhaps a i-onstltiitional objeo tion to water, perhaps it's hoth that liivo to dato prevented a self-respect¬ ing Democrat from taking it.
.\s fiu- the l-ie>;iessives of tlio coun¬ ly. a sad word is to ho said. It Isn't iiuitc so sad as the dog liiai whirls round and loiiiid a-biting at some¬ thing uhich ho knows is mi ihe end of M- tail, hut which ho can't soe; but 'i'n .-ad enoiigli. There's two or three i'rn-^r. ssivos lift, though they're .sol- lori seen iind nevi r heard of except by accideni,
I merest iti,u. uu douln. as this liiid- n-i of home news i>. iliat of Colonel I'd 1: ins will be fiir greater. It Is said Iiliil Ills nliins are all lixoil to ihrottle one national convention al Clilcago and then rape thc other.
All in all, there's no question tliat .Na.ssau will honcoforlh be clearly In tho .Nation's eye. Political ennui "now perishoH within ils beloved borders.
THE RADIATOR
8ALDWINJENTI0N
MUSIC LOVERS SOCIETY ENTER¬ TAINS IN M. E. CHAPEL
.Mrs. V'alontiiK. .Soble entertained the ineinlnrs of the Ladies' Aid So¬ ciety of the .M. E. church at her home on lliirrison avenue, Tuesday. .March L'I.
'I'd coiitrihiite loward (ho churcii tiudget. the same ainount as last year. was voted upon and carried out. Mrs. Whealey and Mrs. Smllh were apolnt- od a nominating committee a" the election of olficers will he beld April I I In the chapel.
St. Peter's Evangelical Liilhoran Church. Baldwin, nieets In the fire hall on Grant avenue. Rev. William Sleiulilcker Is the pastor In charge. The Bible Scbool. which hf-'late has enjoyed an encouraging growtb. nieets every Sunday at II.'iO p. ni. The next evening service will be held on Sunday, April ninth, at 7.4.'. p. in. Everyone Is sincerely welcomed.
Libby Blondelle, who has been en- ¦joying a holiday with her mother, .Mrs. .Mary C. Arnold, at their beau¬ tiful cottage on McKinley street, has returned to Detroit. Michigan, where she will begin a new engagement at thc Folly Theatre to morrow night.
Miss Blondell Is one of the most widely and favorably known ladles of the day In her profession.
Frohman said of her not long be- forc his death that sbe was a natural born burlesque artist with whom nothing was Impossible by reason of her perfect figure, rare beauty and oxcellent good taste and judgment.
Miss Kate .M. Carl Is quite III at her home on upper Grand avenue.
Miss Elizabeth Guenther of Mer¬ rick road, who had been recovering from a recent Illness, has had a re¬ lapse and Is <iulle 111 again.
Mrs. Amos Brubaker of Mountain View, N. J., bas been visiting frienda in town this week.
Topic of Epworth League meeting In the M. E. church next Sunday evi-ning will be "Outgrowing Home Religion." Raymond Smith, leader.
On Wednesday evening of next week the Epworth League will give a play in Southard's hall, entitled "Daddy.' There wlll be music be¬ tween the acts. The entertainment is In cliarge of MUs Ruth Austin.
The last regular meeting of tbe Epworth League Mission Study class was held at the home of Mtss Elsa Papp on Harrison avenue on Tueaday evening. This completes a very pleas¬ ant and profitable season for the class. A closing reception wlll be held In the chapel of the M. E. church on Tuesday evening, April 11.
The Milburn Literary Sociely wlll be entertained by Miss Phebe T Pow¬ ers next Tuesday evening.
tend* Wilson M Cants far a Diver**. Washington. — President Wilson re¬ ceived a plea from a citisen of fJeorgi* asking for a divorce. A money ordei for 80 cents as a fee or for expenses was IncloMd In tbe letter. The Oeor gian explained that be bad been deaert- cd by hto wife. "We did not fait oat," ht wrote: "ahe stepped out"
