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MONDAY, DEC. 26, 1904
THE NEW MORALITY
The country is indebted to the Re
publican party for the discovery of a
Hew moral code as related to the of
fense of bribery. An immediate appli
cation of it seema likely to be made
In our state. It has been commonly
agreed that the purchase and sale of
the vote of a man holding an office
of public trust is bribery of the most
flagrant and objectionable sort. This
was in the old days when a spade was
called a spade, and the devil was ex
actly as black as he was painted. We
are learning to draw new distinctions
i now, and the modern proposition is
that if John Smith, who has been elect
ed to some important office, takes
money for his vote or his influence
after he assumes the office it is brib
ery; but if the money is paid over and
the pledge given before he is actually
installed, it is not bribery. The of
fense attaches only to' transactions of
bargain and sale consummated after
the oath of office has been taken.
As we say, the country is indebted
for this advanced moral idea to the
Republican party. A member of the
United States senate was tried and
found guilty of the charge of improper
use of his official position. This would
have been sufficient to bar him finally
from public life. The Republican or
ganization, however, cannot afford to
lose active and industrious members
like this. It set up in his defense that
the charge was committed prior to his
induction to office. This high moral
example has been very effective. It is
now held, we understand, that all the
Republican members-elect of the com
ing legislature may, if they please, dis
pose of their service for a considera
tion; and if this is done before the leg
islature assembles and they take their
eeats, they will be held guiltless of
bribery.
We do not know that it Is particu
larly desirable to reach and remedy
this situation by any new laws. What
■we need more than anything else is a
public opinion and an individual moral
sense that may make these things im
possible. You cannot legislate bribery
out of existence, you cannot even
make it unpopular by statute, if the
people in general regard it as a venial
offense. Public opinion must come to
look upon the giving and taking of
money for improper purposes with as
much horror as it does upon murder
and kindred crimes. The men who
employ it and the party that profits by
it must be made to feel at once the
crushing weight of the people's wrath.
That is the way to put an end to
bribery. That being lacking, any na
tion must presently fall to the level of
China and other Oriental countries
Where the perquisites of office are the
main thing, and where no public act is
ever done except after proper lubrica
tion of the wheels of state.
Ii seems to us that the announcement
of a new moral code so shocking as
that involved in the interpretation now
placed upon bribery ought to startle the
nation. A people that can stop to argue
about the legal status of ; a: venal, man,
Who , can split iiaifs about th^ ■ flues-.
tion whether he gave or received a
bribe before or after a certain date
in the calendar, have lost the distinc
tion between right and wrong. Suppose
we call a bribe a bribe, and visit with
banishment from public life and with
utter social ostracism every man whose
fingers are defiled. The application of
this rule would do more for public
probity and legislative purity than all
the laws in existence or likely to be
passed.
Entries for the also-ran class in the
senatorial stakes may be made at any
time for the next ten days.
OUT FOR THE STUFF
The Republican party is on the
search for new subjects of taxation,
and our own Mr. Tawney is acting as
its able lieutenant. The people, not
being heavily enough taxed to meet
the expenditures that have grown like
weeds within recent years, Mr. Tawney
wants, to tax them some more. His
latest proposition is a bill to Impose
90 cents per gallon tax on crude wood
alcohol and 50 cents on the refined
product. The excuse for this is that
the commissioner of internal revenue
"wants the manufacture of the product
brought under government supervi
sion."
For some years past strenuous but
unavailing efforts have been made to
get rid of the tax now levied on alcohol
used in the arts and in manufacture.
This substance has become very im
portant in both its relations. There is
hardly a limit to its future usefulness.
The supply of alcohol that can be
drawn from natural sources is unlim
ited, and its production is all the time
cheapening. The possible applications
of it to useful industry are at the same
time widening and multiplying. It is
coming more and more into use as a
cheap fuel, and its position in the fu
ture of manufacturing is very im
portant.
No addition to national" resources, nc
aid to comfort or to wealth can escaye
in these days the lynx-eyed tax gath
erer. The government is out for the
stuff. It reminds one of the good old
feudal times, when the monarch had
his spies everywhere ready to report
to him any little spot where increased
prosperity seemed to flourish, in order
that more taxes might be thrown on
there for the benefit of the royal treas
ury. It is, indeed, exaotly the same
system. Money is not wasted upon
court shows and personal magnificence,
but it is distributed among court favor
ites just the same. A democratic gov
ernment can be very much more ex
pensive than an autocratic If it follows
lines of extravagance, because there
are so many more mouths to feed.
We are wasting money everywhere.
Every section and every interest is
clamoring for its share in the stake,
and to keep everybody pleased and
satisfied federal authorities must fill
up the barrel as fast as it is emptied.
No wonder they are watching every lit
tle tender sprout of industry, that they
may lop it off as soon as it gets big
enough to eat. This is what Repub
licanism means; and what it will con
tinue to mean until the people get
ready to clean out the whole profligate
gang of tax inventors and tax eaters.
If Mr. Peary doesn't stop talking
about that dash for the pole we will
be compelled to classify him with Hob
son.
A PRIMROSE PATH FOR THE
TRANSGRESSOR
Comes now one Johnson—who com
bines in himself a devotion to social
ism, an affection for idealism in prac
tical life, and at the same time makes
his living as alderman of the city of
Chicago—with a proposition that the
way to reform the erring and the
criminal of petty degree is to place him
in beautiful surroundings, delight his
eyes with floral loveliness, tickle his
nostrils with the sweet perfume of
roses and appeal to his soul by per
mitting him to indulge in floriculture.
Johnson proposes to put his scheme
into effect at the Bridewell in Chicago.
If they will let him go he will substi
tute banks of asphodel for the rockpile,
replace the knitting machine with the
pruning knife and permit the ladies
and gentlemen who reside at the insti
tution to take their exercise under
vine covered arbors instead of between
bars in a flagged court.
To all of which we have no possible
objection on ideal grounds. We have
poetic warrant for the presumption
that when the gentlemanly burglar's
no,t a-burgling, he loves to lie a-bask
ing in the sun, and why should not the
drunk, the vagrant and the petty thief
who go into retirement at the Chi
cago Bridewell desire in their mo
ments of ease to'commune with nature?
Who knows but that love for a little
flower that grew under his patient
care might change the big mitt man's
passion for an adventurous life's, va
riety and impel him to apprentice him
self to a nursery man? Has it not been
shown in the experience of those viva
cious souls whose exuberant spirit has
compelled them to seek the sylvan
shades of the "works" at Como, that
they become attached to the surround-^
ings—and that in spite of the fact that
they have no part in creating or main
taining the scenic embellishments?
2£,%~"_ pcrer to Johnson. We could
wish that lie might change his politics
to the end tfeat he could properly pur
sue the simple life and extend his ben
efactions, even -to thos« dun- «vi w*-
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1904
thinking ones who plod in poverty, nor
seek to improve their condition by in
dulgence in cheap whisky, petty lar
ceny or the holdup game. Who shall
say that floriculture at the expense of
the public would not help the earth
worm who has neither the sense nor
disposition to get into the Bridewell to
look up and smile?
Mr. Johnson's plan may not be adopt
ed until the lake front has been sold
to the last surviving sucker, but if it is,
we shall look to see. those of the resi
dents of Chicago who have not quali
fied in the courts for the privilege of
living at the Brtdewell to scour up the
family jimmy and break into Johnson's
paradise with the strong arm.
Isn't it strange how little regard
some legislators pay to professional
ethics? The idea of not taking the
money and then talking about it.
THE ORGAN GRINDER AND THE
OPUS
" Let the composer of "Bedelia" look
to his royalties and enjoy their fruits
while he may. The organ grinders'
union of Philadelphia will institute a,
reform in street music; and the popu
lar, that is, the trivial and the evanes
cent, will -hereafter find no place in the
organ grinders' repertoire if the censor
who is to be appointed knows his busi
ness. Having experienced a "call" to
educate the masses, the union has an
nounced that it intends to be firm, and
there Is no reason to doubt that the
censor will reflect this attitude.
It may be that the little leaven repre
sented in the organ grinders' union of
Philadelphia will leaven the whole
lump of organ music in the country.
It may be that "Two Little Girls in
Blue," the piece de resistance in the
local repertoire if we may judge from
the number of times it is played, will
no longer wail forth from chilly street
corners; that opos 49 will take the
place of "When Mis' Angelina Johnsing
Comes Aswingin' Down the Line," and
that the tone poems of Richard Strauss
will be substituted for the latest mu
sical comedy medley. It may be, even,
that ragtime will be permanently cen
sored and that children's feet on early
spring afternoons will no longer be
able to keep time to the syncopated
measure as they trip merrily after the
elusive monkey.
But we doubt it, ami it is the monkey
that inspires the doubt. The red
jacketed little beast wouldn't be "in the
picture" at all if an opus were being
played. And what's a street organ
without a monkey? Would the organ
grinder man consent to banish the
monkey; could the dark skinned musi
cian with the inevitable earrings be
persuaded to get himself up in correct
afternoon attire for hi«_ matinee per
formances and in dress clothes in the
evening, there would be a certain ap
propriateness in his organ's reeling out
opuses by the yard. And doubtless
were he so garbed, his serious purpose
would be recognized and a representa
tive audience would gather on the curb
to hear him interpret.
But it is probable that the organ
grinder man himself has too much
sense to introduce so radical a depar
ture. He probably knows his place,
capabilities of his music box and
the attraction of the monkey. For
many a season yet to come, "Johnny
Jones and His Sister Sue," "After the
Ball," "My Gal Is a High Born Lady"
and similar catchy compositions will
continue to be included in the repertoire
of the street organ.
THE CHURCH MILITANT
An Indianapolis pastor was inter
rupted in the middle of a sermon the
other evening by an irate husband who
had entered the church for the pur
pose of finding and punishing his wife.
The minister hurried to the wife's res
cue and the bully invited him to come
outside and be pummeled. The invita
tion was promptly accepted. The di
vine stepped lightly and willingly to
ward the door, but by the time this
was reached the bully called the fight
off, whereupon the minister remounted
the pulpit and continued his discourse
exactly a.s though nothing had hap
pened to interrupt it.
The fact that his muscles are in gooi
condition and his fists ready to fight in
a. good cause, does not weaken a min
ister's standing «*vith his parishioners
nowadays. In fact the male members
of a congregation are so constituted
that their hearts are apt to warm to a
man who shows that he has good fight
ing blood in His veins. That the par
sons of the past did not think it meet
that they should keep themselves in the
pink of physical condition was perhaps
not so much due to an expressed prej
udice on the part of their congrega
tion as to an acknowledged sentiment
among themselves that it was just as
well to provide no alternative for the
turning of the other cheek standard of
conduct.
The.gymnasium and football of the
theological colleges have caused to van
ish the shy and shrinking divinity stu
dent with whom the past was familiar
enough. Such a student today is apt
to be captain of his college eleven
and to have a record for general work
in the gymnasium. And, naturally,
such a one develops into a divine of the
rugged type. Anaemia is frowned upon
in the church as well as out, and the
minister of tile rca cearptist*€« is the.
man who is rightly considered best
able to perform the work of the mili
tant church, today.
I Contemporary Comment
a , a
Economy Begins at Home
The president says that fully one
half the government's printing is un
necessary. He might begin the re
form by cutting his messages in two. —
Chicago Journal.
Is Giving the North a Run
The Newport News shipyard will
build two more monster warships.
What's that they say about the South
being solely an agricultural section.—
Baltimore Sun.
The Financial Article
It is amazing how much misinfor
mation and stupidity can be concen
trated in an "able article" on the pro
found subject of finance. —Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Mikado's Poems
The mikado seems to be rushing into
print with his poems, on the theory
that he can't possihly do any worse
than Alfred Austin.—Denver Repub
lican.
Is Head of the Anti-Race Suicide Club
Apostle Merrill with his nine wives
and forty-five children may not be the
father of" his country, but he has sec
ond place.—Detroit Tribune.
But the Miners Get No Salary
Anthracite coal miners are to take a
vacation from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2. The
miners are putting on congressional
airs.—Washington Post.
Wages and Lives
There is good reason to believe that
excessive attempts at economy in rail
road operation save wages and waste
lives.—Cleveland Leader.
Driven to Desperate Means
It is this having to buy seventeen
Christmas presents with available as
sets of $9.35 that mades Chadwicks.—
Portland Oregonian.
And the Ink Bottle
. Another deadly weapon that should
be sternly withheld from Mrs. Chad
wick is a steel pen.—Chicago Tribune.
What the Editors Say
Of course there's going to be another
attempt made during the coming legis
lative session to "emasculate" the
board of control. We await the result
of the bombardment with bated breath.
—Glenwood Gopher.
There is a general commendation of
the newly elected governor for his'ap
pointments thus far announced. It is
Been that his purpose is to name the
very best men possible for the various
positions which he has to fill.—Morris
Times.
The members of congress went home
yesterday to hang up their stockings,
says an exchange. It is now up to Old
Santa to put in one of their stockings
a new tariff bill.—Alexandria Post-
News.
The angel of peace would have to
grab Japan and Russia by the scruff
of the neck before her gentle tones
could get a hearing. As it happens
the lady never speaks until she is
spoken to. —Red Wingr Daily News.
For howling' humorosity, profound
prevarication, marvelous misrepresen
tation, the expense accounts filed by the
candidates take the bakery, in fact
they capture the entire cracker trust.—
Sauk Center Herald.
The head of the letter carriers' asso
ciation got fired for mixing in politics,
but the cabinet officers are still on
deck.—Little Falls Herald.
T Among the Merrymakers
Snide Lights on Literature
Gray had just written the "Elegy" and
was showing the MS. to Scott.
"There's only one objection," comment
ed Sir Walter. "You speak of 'the noise
less tenor of their way.' There is no such
thing as a noiseless tenor."
But Gray let the lines stand as written.
Aristophanes had just completed his
comedy. "The Birds."
"After this," he said, "the chorus girls
will be known as 'squabs' or 'broilers.' "
Which, forsooth, was a marvelous
prophecy. —New York Mail.
Promising Chip
His Mother (suddenly entering the chil
dren's room—Why, Tommy, you ought to
be ashamed to have so untidy a desk! And
why have you scattered these scraps ,of
paper all over the floor?
Tommy (with a pencil behind each ear)
—I'm playing I'm carryin' on a real es
tate business, same as papa does. —Chica-
go Tribune.
A Source of Amusement
When on the slippery street you set
Your feet and get a twist.
Think of what fun the others get.
Be a philanthropist.
—Washington Star.
And Treats Him
Smithey—Poor old Boosely! He is his
own worst enemy.
Jonesy—Yes, and he loves his enemy as
he loves himself.—Chicago News.
TODAY'S WEATHER
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 25.—Fore
cast for Monday arid Tuesday:
Minnesota —Snow and much colder Mon
day; Tuesday fair in west, snow in east
portion; fresh northeast to north winds.
North Dakota—Fair Monday and Tues
day; warmer Tuesday.
South Dakota—Fair Monday and Tues
day; colder Monday in east portion; warm
er Tuesday in west portion.
Upper Michigan and Wisconsin—Snow
Monday and Tuesday; fresh east to north
east winds.
lowa —Snow and colder Monday; • cold
Wave in west portion; Tuesday fair.
Montana —Fair Monday and Tuesday;
warmer Tuesday.
St. Paul — Yesterday's observations,
taken by the United States weather bu
reau, St. Paul, W. E. Oliver, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock
last night—Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevation. Barometer, 30.10;
relative humidity. SO; weather, cloudy;
maximum temperature, 27; minimum
temperature, 20; daily range. 7; mean tem
perature, 24; 7 p. m. temperature, 27; wind
at 7 p. m. ( east; precipitation, trape.
Yesterday's Temperatures—
*BpmHigh| *BpmHigh
Alpena 24 24jjacksonville ...64 76
Battleford ...-18 -16|Los Angeles. ...56 62
Bismarck 2 B:Marquette 20 24
Buffalo -i 24jMemphis 66 68
Boston 18 ISiMedicine Hat.-12 -4
Chicago 30 30|Milwaukee ....30 30
Cincinnati ....42 46IMinnedosa .... -2 f>
Cleveland 24 30|Montreal -4 -4
Denver 32 50|Moorhead 20 26
Detroit 26 26jNew Orleans...6B 78
Duluth 22 22|New York.' 24 24
El Paso 60 66|Omaha 32 32
Edmonton ...-16 -HjPittsburg 40 44
E=canaba 22 22|St. Louis 38 "38
Galveston 64 66: San Francisco.s2 54
Grand Rapids.26 26ISaIt Lake 24 30
Green Bay 24 26 San Ant0ni0...66 68
Havre -12 -4 8. Ste. Marie...l 616
Helena -2 6 Washington ...26 26
Huron 26 2SjWinnipeg -9 0
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
-Below zero.
So Interested
Tcss —Oh. yes. Im so interested in
i-oott>;in: I '■>-.v. .-.. "ov. h1". you know,
who is on the varsity team.
Jess—Yes! What does he play?
Tess —Well, I forgot just now whether
he's a touchdown or a punt.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
At St. Paul Theaters
Just an episode in American army
life, appropriately entitled "Ranson's
Folly," a dramatization of his own
story by Richard Harding Davis, in
troducing Robert Edeson in the role
of Lieut. Ranson, was the offering at
the Metropolitan last evening. And it
was a most agreeable offering.
The play is not a pretentious af
fair, suggesting problems, or placing
any woman's character under a "pos
sible, probable shadow of doubt what
ever." Only the hero's honesty is as
sailed, but as he, conscious of his in
nocence, makes comedy of it all, there
are no depressing moments permitted
to creep into the play. Indeed the first
two acts are almost trivial, notwith
standing the climax of the second, in
which Lieut. Ranson is charged with
holding up the army paymaster and
shooting a colonel. But the third act.
which is the last, affords a vigorous
contrast in point of stirring scenes be
tween "Jeff" Cahill, the post trader,
and his daughter Mary, and subse
quently between him and Lieut. Ran
son, her sweetheart.
Brisk and breezy dialogue charac
terizes the whole play. With the in
stinct for writing narrative, rather
than soliloquy, suggesting action
rather than psychological meditation,
the author has abbreviated the con
versation allotted to each character,
distributing it in such brief portions
as to guard against anybody becoming
a bore. This is a welcome relief from
the didactic style that has spoiled
many otherwise clever creations.
Lieut. Ranson, in a jesting spirit of
bravado, has wagered with a brother
officer at the festive board of the post
trader that he will hold up the pay
master's stage with a pair of shears.
He accomplishes the. feat without
bloodshed, but unfortunately for him
the vehicle that, contains the money
and the army officer, is, a few mo
ments later, actually robbed by the
real Fra Diavolo and the colonel se
riously wounded. Lieut. Ranson is ar
rested soon after noon on complaint
of Jeff Cahill, his sweetheart's father.
The resulting situation affords the
dramatic situations that ensue in act 3.
Mr. Edeson, who makes his first ap
pearance on the local boards in a
stellar capacity, is to be commended
for his spontaneity. He has acquired
the pleasing accomplishment of speak
ing his speeches "trippingly on the
tongue," without the affectation that
makes them seem studied. His appre
ciation of humor is evidently keen, his
comedy correspondingly natural and
unforced, his action and bearing easy,
graceful and free from unpleasant
mannerisms. He manifests a reserve
that proves effective in that last act,
when the lieutenant prevents the
father of Mary from taking his own
life. The role is not one to test great
histrionic power in any line of en
deavor. It is sufficient that Mr.
Edeson is always adequate to its de
mands.
Conspicuous for the manifestation of
rare sincerity was a beautiful bit of
acting on the part of Percita West, in
the scene between Mary Cahill and her
father, in which the girl tells him of
her love for Lieut. Ranson. Without
the faintest touch of theatric artifice in
voice or expression, yet in accent and
manner vibrant with the eloquence of
a maiden's heart revealed, this young
actress confessed her undying affec
tion for the lieutenant. It was unde
niably strong in its appeal to the heart
and the head alike, the real dramatic
climax of the play. Miss West is
young, but her aptitude for ingenue
roles unquestionable.
Edmund Breese contributed a cred
itable portrayal of "Jeff" Cahill, the post
trader, who would commit crime to
provide for the future of his daughter,
and Frazer Coulter was thoroughly
spontaneous in the role of Capt Chase.
Lawrence Sheehan gave a commend
able character sketch of Sergeant
Clancy.
The supper scene in the first act, in
which Lieut. Ranson wagers he will
hold up the paymaster's stage coach,
was acted with capital relish by Mr.
Edeson, Richard Sterling, Taylor
Holmes, Sydney Ainaworth and Mr.
Coulter.
The other characters are mere fillers,
and their interpreters of average qual
ity.
Mr. Edeson was obliged to deliver a
curtain speech at the close of the sec
ond act. —F. G. H.
"The Street Singer" at the Grand
A combination of tragedy, melodrama
and comedy, with appropriate music for
each, was the novel entertainment of
fered at the Grand yesterday afternoon
and keenly enjoyed by both audiences,
especially the one that filled the the
ater in the evening. "The Street
Singer" is the title of the creation, for
which the fecund Hal Reid supplied the
plot. It serves to exploit in the chief
role Miss Florence Bindley, a petite
player with a sweet voice, an attractive
personality and undeniable histrionic
talent.
The story, of the play is that of a
singing girl, who, finding her father un
justly accused, decides to wed a super
annuated old millionaire to save her :
own father from prison. Her affianced
lover, Billy, remains true to her, and
after numerous /■■:'< complications and
thrilling situations, the. ■ villains are
foiled and all wrongs are righted.
The play runs the gamut from
scenes of tragic Intensity to merry
farce, in which songs and choruses' are
interspersed with pleasing . liberality. ~
Miss Bindley in her songs is aided
by a sextette of girls. They sing sev
eral pretty numbers, the catchiest of
which is "Billy."
■' Among Miss Bindley's accomplish
ments is her I proficiency on the xylo
phone, which she played with excep
tional skill. She also * introduced her
vaudeville act, which earned her the
sobriquet, "The Girl With the Diamond 1
Dress." §j In ! this I specialty J Miss Bind
ley appears in a black" costume literally
studded with countless * glittering:
gems, and handles with infinite witch
ery a baton, the - ball of < which is " a
globule; of v sparkling stones. '
:~_- Meritorious support was afforded by
George Pauncefort as- the doddering
old millionaire, - Bigelow Cooper as
Lawrence Winfield, Guy Lewis as Wil
liam van Voort, Anna Leonard as
Madge Westervelt;" the adventuress-;;
Katherine Dooling as Kathleen Burns
and Robert Me Wade as John Vodray. '
The scenic features were commenda
ble. ■■'--: -' ■■ - ' - - "-'■ ' ■ '"'-'*■ ;'--'-- ';'
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iEnglish Folly Company at the Star
A clever show of its kind is the Rose
Hill 1 English Folly - company, which
opened a : week's • engagement at I' the
! Star ■ last . night. ; The olio /is especially;
strong, i containing ;a ; number of ; artists.
Miss Blanche Newcombe, ; in a novel
ty entitled 'Buster Brown," v made a
decided; hit and Tis ' a"• very interesting
performer. The buck and wing dancing
of Kathryn Palmer was of whirl
wind; order and was ,well | received, as
were the Van Brothers, comedians. The
skit, "A Terrible; Night," by John Cain,
Harry Evans s and .- Henrietta Wheeler, ;
was really funny and kept the house
in a roar. ' .
-. "Knights of the Red: Garter" and "A
Senator i for an - Hour," = two ; burlesques, \
in which fa? number of . pretty costumes ,
and ' catchy songs were - introduced, ran:
off ' with ' :a*. dash that *■ : was refreshing.
The chorus 1 made; a good v appearance
and is evidently well trained.\ • .;.-■•. ■
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Two Trainmen Killed
CHARLESTON, 111., Dec. 25.—Coiw;
ductor Lee ■ and : Brakeman Hobbles •
killed tonight In ? a head-on col
lision between ti lirrs on
the i Clover Leaf ,railway. ';■ The > colli
sion occurred twenty miles west lof
herev^i^KtfSS^^^Saß^'- ' *r ,- ■;-"%" ;
CITIZENS OPPOSE
REPUBLICAN PLAN
Both Parties in Colorado Ob
ject to Moves of Peabody
Leaders
DENVER, Col., Dec. 25.—The man
agers of the Republican post-election
campaign maintain that with the
fraudulent vote of Denver eliminated
Gov. Peabody will have at least 7,000
plurality in this county and 2,000 in the
state. This claim is. made despite the
fact that Alva Adams has still nearly
10,000 plurality since the votes of five
Denver precincts were thrown out bod
ily by order of the supreme court in
consequence of frauds developed in
court proceedings against election offi
cers.
In the fifteenth general assembly of
Denver, which convenes Jan. 4, there
will be a Republican majority of at
least three. This assembly will canvass
the vote for state officers. It is pro
posed that the assembly appoint a spe
cial contest committee of nine to
twelve members, to which will be sub
mitted all evidence of Denver and oth
er counties which Republican commit
tees have collected since the election.
It is understood that the plan out
lined by the Republicans is to throw
out about 1,800 Democratic precincts
on the ground of alleged fraud and to
count Republican precincts. They as
sert the supreme court has establish
ed a precedent for procedure. This
programme is opposed by- some Re
publican leaders, including Judge Wal
ter Dixon, of Pueblo, and Dr. John
Grass, of Trinidad.
The Democratic leaders are prepar
ing to contest vigorously the attempt
to reseat Peabody. Bi-partisan mass
meetings are to be held in Denver,
Pueblo and other cities to' protest
against the line of aqt^pn mapped out
for the legislature by the Republican
leaders.
The Democratic ' leaders claim there
is a monstrous conspiracy behind the
evidence of fraud shown in - the con
tempt proceedings in thee supreme
court. : They assert the bunches of
spurious ballots, all in-one handwrit
ing, found 1n different .precinct ballot
boxes couifcl not have been placed in
the boxes-©**- one*-*ty*without being
observed by the watchers, and charge
the boxes have been tampered with
since election, legal, votes > being ab
stracted and^ spurious substi
tuted iHerefoVr No" proof in support
of these assertions has been furnish
ed, but it is pointed out,that the boxes
were left' unwalchedifor two days aft
er being delivered to the election com
mission and that for another day were
in charge vof * "only two Republican
watchers.
GUARD FOR DODGE
Witness in Perjury Case
-WatctietHiy detectives
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Charles E.
Dodge, who was brought back to this
city from Tearaa- on- Friday to stand
trial on a charge of perjury in connec
tion with the Morse-Dodge tangle, and
who was released on his own recogni
zance yesterday at the request of Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, was guarded
today by several members of the de
tective staff attached to the office of
the district attorney.' He received no
visitors and did not leave his hotel.
His counsel, former District Attorney
Osborn, safd that "Whatever had been
done by Mr, Jerome in, providing suit
able guards for Dodge had been whol
ly acquiesced in by Dodge.
"I'm not going further in the case
until Mr. Jerome takes up the matter,
probably on Wednesday," said Mr. Os
born. "I have not seen Dodge since
yesterday. I don't think he objects at
all to the guard placed over him. In
fact I know Mr. Jerome was aware be
fore the detectives were detailed to
keep Dodge in sight that Dodge ac
quiesced in the matter."
It is said there will be no move made
in the case until Dodge goes before
the grand jury, probably on Wednes
day, and that he will remain under
guard until the district attorney no
longer needs him as a witness.
District Attorney Jerome said today
he had not called on the bar associa
tion to take action in certain matteis
in the Dodge-Morse case.
JAIL FOR OFFICIALS
—*
Haitiens Draw Severe Penal
ties In Fraudulent Bond Case
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Dec. 25.—
In accordance with the verdict of the
jury in the trial of the alleged fraudu
lent bond case, the court has pro
nounced judgment as follows: It ac
quits Hebard Roy, former minister of
finance, and two high officials; con
demns VillbTun Guillaume. former
minister of war, to penal servitude for
life; the high officials of the National
Bank of Haiti are sentenced to four
years' imprisonment, and two sons of
former President Sam, M. Gedeon, a
former minister, and Saint Victor, for
mer minister of foreign affairs, to
three years' imprisonment. Judgment
against those persons who are in con
tumacy will be produced later.
The action against the above men
tioned persons grew out of an act of
the Haitien congress of 1902, author
izing the consolidation of "the national
debt in a bond issue of about $6,000,
--000, and an additional $213,282 to be
paid the bank for financing the deal.
Before the transaction was completed
the government of President Nord
came into power. The bank officials
were imprisoned a year ago on the !
charge of conspiring with the secre- j
tary of the treasury in fraudulently is
suing from $290,000 to $850,000 in
bonds, and of alleged bribery.
The trial began Nov. 28, and of the
thirty-three persons accused, among
whom were ex-President Sam, thirteen
were present, the others having fled.
:i.-.ila-^T I^Tridb) like Geraldine's ■ com
ing out gown? ;.".';;• ~-r.-y^-----^-'^^^-—^--.r.-~
-. pa—Well, , I ' wish * she. didn t-; come ; out
Quite. so . far.—Philadelphia Ledger.
CALIFORNIA AIRSHIP
TRAVELS IN CLOUDS
Craft Maneuvers on High In
dependent of the
Wind
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 25.—
Capt. Baldwin's airship, California Ar
row, driven by Roy Knabenshue, who
made several successful flights in the
same machine from the world's fair
grounds at St. Louis, was given his
first trial in California today and was
successful, with the single exception
of its failing to land at the starting
place.
A landing was effected half a mile
away without damajre to the machine,
and it was. safely towed back to its
anchorage.
The Arrow started from Schute's
park baseball grounds, in the south
eastern part of-the city, at 3:30, sail
ed with the wind northeastward for a
distance of between eight and ten
miles, then eastward for five miles and
returned in the face of a twelve-mile
gale to a point directly above the
starting point, but owing to the sup
ply of gasoline running short, was un
able to effect a landing at exactly the
desired spot. From the time the air
ship arose from the baseball grounds
it was in flight an hour and thirteen
minutes,, and in that time sailed a dis
tance of probably twenty miles. When
flying with the wind the Arrow trav
eled at a speed of twenty miles an
hour, and in returning directly in the
face of the southeastern gale was able
to make a rate of speed reckoned at
between six and eight miles an hour.
The airship was maneuvered by
Knabenshue in every direction, re
sponding readily to its rudder, circling
and turning in any direction, sailing
directly in the face of the wind or at
any angle, and rising and dipping as
the operator directed. The Arrow rose
at times to a height of probably 3,000
feet or more, with Knabenshue regu
lating the height by shifting his
weight for raising or lowering the bow
of the craft as he desired to ascend
or descend.
MANY IN FIRE PERIL
Four Suffocated and Eight Are
Rescued
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 25.—
Four men were suffocated and eight
other persons were rescued from fire in
three different parts of the city early
today. At a boarding house in. Wood
street, Charles McCusker, aged forty
four years; James Merry, forty-eight
years, and Joseph McGill, thirty-four
years, died in a trap made by them
selves. Against the wishes of their
boarding house keeper the three men
took a quantity of whisky up to their
room. They placed one of the two beds
in the apartment against the door to
prevent interference by the boarding
house keepei*. After the men had re
tired a lighted candle fell from a mantel
on the greasy woolen clothes of one
of the boarders. The clothing was
ignited and the room was soon filled
with thick smoke. McGill was awaken
ed by the smoke, but was unable to
move the bed from the door and fell
to the floor unconscious. The boarding
house keeper discovered the smoke and
when the room was broken into McCus
ker and McGill and Merry were found
dead.
At 1136 Fairmont avenue Edward
Rathline, aged twenty-five years, was
also suffocated. It is believed he set
the bed clothes on fire with a lighted
cigar and in trj^ng to leave the room
crawled into a closet by mistake, where
he was found dead.
CHURCH IS SCENE OF
FATAL FIGHT OF BOYS
One Lad Beaten to Death With Club at
Christmas Exercises
COLUMBUS, Mo., Dec. 25.—During
Christmas exercises at the village
church tonight, a quarrel sprung up
between several of the boys which re
sulted in the death of Herbert Martin.
Martin was killed with a club, and
Hiram Hyatt is held charged with the
crime. Hyatt lives with his parents at
the farm where Mary Anderson was
slain a few years ago, resulting in a
celebrated man hunt for "Bossie" Fran
cis, a negro, who was charged with the
murder.
FINDS AGED FATHER
DEAD IN HIS BED
William Christoff, Eighty-four Years
Old, Dies Suddenly Christmas
William Christoff, aged eighty-four,
an old resident of the city, was found
dead in bed yesterday morning. Coro
ner Miller was called and decided that
death was due to oud age.
Christmas eve the old man was feel
ing as well as usual and was greatly
interested in the Christmas doings. He
retired apparently in good health and
in a happy state of mind. Christmas
morning his daughter went cautiously
upstairs and entering his room crept
softly to the bed and placed a number
of gifts near her father's head. She
was about to leave when something un
usual in his appearance caused her to
try to awaken him. When she dis
covered her father was dead.
The funeral will take place Tuesday
from the residence, 1427 Rice street.
Services will be held at the German
Lutheran church.
DISTRIBUTES GIFTS
AND SUDDENLY DIES
The Christmas ch?er at the home of E.
G. Chappie, 879 Oakdale avenue, was sud
denly dispelled when Mrs. John Flamm,
475 Belvidere street, mother of Mra.
Chappie, died there Saturday evening.
Mrs. Flamm, with her husband, went to
visit at the home of her daughter, in
tending to remain there over Christmas.
After distributing the gifts she had
brought, she sat down in a chair ex
hausted, and died within a few minutes.
Dr. V. J. Hawkins was called and he
said death was due to heart disease. Sha
was forty-nine years old.
. Christmas Tree Spreads Fire
Flames from a candle set fire to the
trimmings of a Christinas tree at the home
of Joseph ; Ritter, 6 ; Reed's court, last
night. - The blaze devoured the decora
£ir,r.<» and ' spread \to , some of •» the furniture
:in - the room uelOTe^-iTr w»= ySttesafcg»£ss _.
The ' damage.ampunted; to ;$25.~;-;-.., : -;: v ;■-'
