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Both are sroo". b"th s.r» pmctlejtte/ bert both are
dependent upon the busMatf and efficiency of the
administration that operates them. JTe «U Rf'eve
In a certHts amount of public .oiiirol \\e all be- [
lieve In tr*» polio© power of municipalities and In ,
th« supervision of the general Government. We a"
1-eliev* to a. certain extent In public ©wnersnip.
W> an belief. in public ownership of the paf »■" ana
the rch<»o2«i m*6 the water *up)>ly: In »' ubll ?.^' : ,
♦rshlp of, -the poFtoftlce. It Is merely the extent to
TThlch cu>llo eop.Tro! and public owners! >ip may ue
rarriMtaat Is in dispute, and that depend; upon
tiie charnrter end competence of your public on.
da 1«.
Mr. Heeßit then rel,ears«a his familiar charges
•f mlsmaatcMntnt against the Postofflce De
partment, i'^e charged once more that the defi
cit In the Apartment vras due as much to cor
ruption as tt« Inefficiency.
Then be wit on to charge George VT. Perkins
with having tflven MM of "the money of
«'idOTi-« end m-phans to George B. Cortelyou,
campaign collector of the Republican party."
"In 1905," he said. "Mr. Cortelyou, as Post
roaster General. r>aid back to Perkins the party
debt with public fund?. He awarded Perkins a
contract for his * camshlp line which pays him
1500,000 a year more than other steamship Unes
are paid for a similar eervice. This contract
extends over ten years, and will net Mr. Perkins
J5,000,000 above a legitimate profit. Mr. Per-
Mas ham returned ut<3"r the force of public ex
posure the BUM M ilch he appropriated from
the widows and orr>ha >£- But he Is still ahead
$4.9. r .0.0©0 on the t ™i isactlon. Mr. <'ort*lyou
has paid out 15,000,0!* 1 of th people's money
to {:-♦ fsluMt for the P. 4 publican campaign fund,
end has as yet shown a > disposition to return a
dollar."
Then, after walling *4 r applause, for which
to* cue apparmtly had , b^»n lost, Mr. Hearst
continued as foDows:
TM* kma of ptfnac owr^Wr disrredijs bothtb*
■\ciom and Hi' auvfrnm*x>i. But bo. also, does a
ffS of public control «bicl> is employed to
won rSipVlpn. contributions lrom the corpora-
Sons eubieot to it and to b;*piize in immunity the
clw'ddJw I belWe MrMlUr >" honest publlo
J^nTrot and? is you know. I introducrd »*>"»»
«'on-ress tcivinK the Interstate- Commerce tommU
«lon the power to flx ra!!rt»ad rates, which the
Swul'Scsn panv did me tha tumor to appropriate
5 br-llrve strong y in honest Fco!loF co!lo ownership, a id
J lrtrodticevl in Congress a hil.'« to acquiro the tele
irsphmhy pnr^h«.se and n;i.;r »i- tneanrte cornec
tlon with th« port office and p ty for them out of
vz ash-is Ssi F^rS
people whem tJiey • sent.
Then f§t. Cl*jarst recollect ed Bssi it was sup-
Independence l^««t«e dinner, and
harked hstpk to ihe >»— by ■*!■»:
our IndeJlendeSee T^apn<» party stands Th»for«
«le coamr- :o adtwart* bOIKWt inro«iref. honest
«. orennias our
„! »s until thers
snd a
fl'voted
fo the "r Kles l\ XtfflWl and TJCo-ln. l>< US
let US
-rtotic
purpnfes.
Tlien he fat Sown, nftcr rwsding this "mes
tsßf" from Tliorr.as Jefferson:
■'It is an onoou Vicrinp n!-*"-Yr'Jnii th»t no good
Tnersures v.-rrn r«rer proposed srhlds. If dtily
iwusunl. fiUed to prevail la th<» e»4i Bs sup
ptrfl by tho relitrioiis precept which says. ■&• ■
not wearied :ti \ve]f doinpr.' "
Clarence J. Phearn urp^d his hearers to press i
forward in the fight under the stinting and mili
tant leadership of 'William B. lliawsT
He said that the corporations rmtrolled th*
r«vernment throttgn ynty inachlß«y and that
the IndepeTidf-Tice League was orpan^zed to smash
thst corrupt and corrupting control.
He attacked the Ilapid Transit Commissioners
and made this reference to the affairs of the
nation:
When we find corporations contributing vast
•urns of money to elect a Pr*f=id<\nt nn.l Tlepro
•enUtlven in « 'onieTeiir. we know they do so for
the purpose of control. When they succeed, as
Chey nav> for years, in electing men of their cho:c*
trhose nominations arm rasmalcns they have
ttacn^ed the. average practical American under
«tandf> that they have won the control that th«-y
Save rsld caiididaif> for Pre«l<3rnt. brenthlns: war-
When a candidate for Prertdent. brejthlnc war
far* upon corporaiions, rt-cretly sends for the very
Iwad devil sasoog the ptrates of corporation high
finance and commissions him to raise $250,000 to
carry a pivotal Ftßte. and then oonFults him about
what to put in a messase to Concreas. It does not
ased a eurslcal operation to «et th.j Idea Into tha
tiead cf the everj'<!ay citizen that these conditions
ca>ell ns-pocrlsy and humbug and mean secret cor.
3>oratloa control, no matter how- load the noise of
a sham battle.
The Public ITtllsflesI T tllsfles Mil was attacked by At
torney General Jackson, who BaM the measure
<was a movcaaent la favor of one-man power. He
characterized the purport which has been given
the measure as "the continually recurrent mani
I SPECIAL REMOVAL SALE I
« OF Si
§ WEBER PIANOS §
111 1 Prior to the — 1 1
Prior to the Closing of the pt?
I Old Weber Warerooms I
2 at Fifth Avc. and 16th St. ||j
% I — -J g
8 A Transfer of the Whole Weber j§
P • Piano Business to Aeolian Hall |
gj I /~"\N MONDAY, April 15th, all of the Pianos remaining in the l%k
"fe; \^/ former warerooms of the Weber Piano Company, at 108 Fifth |g
fAvc, placed on sale all of the Pianos remaining in the 5
\^J former warerooms of the Weber Piano Company, at 108 Fifth
Aye., will be placed on sale at material reductions from regular prices. \
The lea«e on these premises, which have been occupied d'=^
y«. by the Weber Company since 1868, expires on May 1. pp.
Since the identification of the / *j^
WEBER <PIANO WITH THE AEOLIAN COMPANY »
H in 1903, these warerooms have been separately &&
W, maintained pending the expiration of the lease. v^
§ While this sale includes a number of miscellaneous makes of pianos &,
taken in exchange, it consists principally of Weber Uprights and large g&
and small , Grands. Some of these have only been used in recital work £5*
5§ or loaned to artists; others arc slightly shop-worn, while a large number S-?
of uprights arc absolutely new instruments, but with style numbers which xg*
fi have been left out of the latest catalog. {■&
& * sS
■-,;', Among the many items of special interest are : v
e£ New Weber Upright, • - $385 $S
(Discontinued Style) p£}
% Used Weber Upright - - 265 J
*35 v Stein way Upright, ; - - - 240 £3
%-' (Exchanged for Pianola Piano) fe^
S|| And others as low as - 95 . fe
tic After May 1 the Famous Weber Piano Will Be Sold in Manhattan fe
I" -.' Only ** AEOLIAN HALL, the Piano Center of the Metropolis. %
3 THE WEBER PIANO CO., S.?KS'ftrffft. " v J
festations, on the one hand, of the taste of power
creating an appetite of political ambition or of
well intentioncd egotism, and. on the other band,
the fear and distrust which lead certain persons
and interests to turn toward any alternative
other than a direct expression of the popular
will."
Talking further, he said:
Always there will be on one side a c la which
wishes to govern the people, aad on * h *^* elves
or better for hiac-jK Hut no mavtterwrh «"»«"« [^
a political pbllaat&nplat or a P o *"^ 1 - o^!**'-^
is actuated by dl^iist or fear of the p*o pie. a nd
bis doctoring is a menace to a republican form or
■TESTS?-** ,', E ..lute control 'public utility
corporations tor th.» -tate I am for equipping tr*e
government vv •: ., !:.« most sweeping powers over
them, but I am opposed to eaUisT ttaM^J«
powers into being and placing them an>wl.ere ex
cept under the direct control of the pe opie.
These officers should no more be made the "eat
nres of the Executive than should our legislators
judjres and other elective state officers. J here
should bo no Intermediary between the people and
fuch all powerful public servants.
Justice John Ford, In reply to the toast "The
Mission of the Independence League." began
with this praise of Mr. Hearst:
Few men of his years ever accomplished as
much for popular rights in this country us has Mr.
Hearst. For much that he has done credit la de
nied him. Not Infrequently the crop from the seed
he has sown Is garnered with glory by those who
did all they could to prevent the sowing. He will
scarcely live to see all the peed grow, or even to
know that it will crow. which be has done and
Bui the «Hlucatl<inal work which he has done .uid
is doing, reinforced by tho organization built up
by him 10 give vitality and effect to the principles
he stands for. will eventually result In abundant
harvest; if not In these, then in later tiroes. His
name will be rrmemlwred in benediction by genera
tions vet to come, when those who traduce him
will long be forgotten or remembered In contempt.
Then he paid that as the Democratic party
had ceased to be democratic tho crying: need of
the times was for a new party. The only im- !
portant principle that tho Democrats were
agreed on. lie said, was that every Republican
should be turned out of office. As for their op
ponents, there was only one Republican, he
argued, and he sat at Washington dictating the
principles and policies of his party.
So he would form a new national party and
laid down Its purposes thus:
I would have the league advocate a convention
to revise th« Constitution generally. so that that
ancient instrument may h« attuned to modem pov
ernmtntal needs and provisions, made, wherever
lacking, to enable the national government to ef
fect the following reforms: ...»
The election t>; I'nited States Senators by direct
Government ownership of Interstate transporta
tion facilities: also of interstate lines which form
parts <>f interstate systems.
Abolition of national bank currency and the
substitution of money issued exclusively ana con
trolled as to volume by the government.
In general the performance by tho national gov
ernment of ail those functions which pan best oe
performed by it. leaving all other functions to the
states and th*lr municipalities.
Notional ownership of all mines.
Such strlr.pcrt regulation and control of all in
dustries as would Insure reasonable prices to tno
people r>f all commodities and services
\n immediate revision of the tariff and the aboli
tion of every customs duty that im;><>s39 unnecea
sarv burdens on the consumer.
Election of I'nited States Judges by the people,
with a tenure of office of a term of rears only.
Abolition of government by Injunction.
Th» dinner was under the auspices of the
county committee of the league. Some four
hundred and twenty-five were present. John.
Temple Graves was scheduled to speak, but
was called home by a death in his family. John
]-: Koran, of Boston, the unsuccessful Hearst
candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, had a
bad cold and could not talk, but he attended Just
the same.
Mr. Hearst was eeated at the right of the
toasOnaster, Charles E. Gehrlng, who bad John
B. Moron. District Attorney of Suffolk Coun
ty, who ran for Governor of Massachusetts last
year, en his left. Among the others present
were Judge Otto A. Rosalsky, Justice Samuel
Seabiiry. State Treasurer Hauser, State Engi
neer Bkene, ex-Con pressman Magner. of Brook
lyn; William A, Brady, Colonel Alexander S.
Bacon. "Maxle" Ihinsert, Henry SJegel, William
N. Amory, Nathan Straus, Arthur Brisbane,
Francis E. Shober, Coroner Brewer, K. A- D«
Ford. Deputy Attorney General: Magistrate
Furlong, Melvin G. Pall!ser and Alfred J. Boul
ton. Among the labor leaders present were
William A. Coakley. president of the press
feeders; Michael A. Fitzgeraid. president of the
letter carriers; Timothy Ilealy and Joseph R.
Buchanan.
M'CARREN WON'T BE THERE.
Benatsr Patrick tt. MeCarren anroun'-eci ytstsr
day that h<» would not he present at t!i« dinner to
be given to William 3. Bryan by the Brooklyn
ratlc Club at tho Assembly, Plerrepont nnd
Kui ton Htreets, Brooklyn, <>n Tuesday. The Senator
b was not aware that be was one of the
commit tjp<». The Brooklyn Democratla flub
Is fomi«)S''d of anti-MeCarrenites.
is^EW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. APRIL 14. 1907.
PRAISES MB. ROOSEVELT
SENATOR RATNER'S CREED
Fears Weak Successor, He Says at
Jefferson Dinner.
Democrats from the North, the Bouth, the
East and West, Democrats of the right and
of the left. Senators. Congressmen, judges.
l<ankprs», lawyers and fust Democrats to the
number of nearly five hundred celebrated Jef
forson Day last night at the dinner of the Na
tional Democratic Club et the "Waldorf. There
were present men of national prominence, others
n-ho were known only to the state, and more
still whose political activity In the furtherance
o" Jeffersonian principles is limited to this city.
The seating arrangement displayed a lipt of
names like the attendance at a Tammany con
vention. Charles F. Murphy and J. Sergeant
Cram sat close together at the principal table,
separated by Borough President Ahearn. Then
there was that true exponent of Democracy of
\he Jeffersonian type. Congressman William Sul
zer, not forgetting DeLancey NlcoU and John W.
Keller.
Ex-Justice Morgan J. O'Brien presided In place
of John Fox. president of the club, who was
absent because of sickness. The speakers
and toasts were Senator Isldor Rayner. of Mary
land. "What Should Be the Proper Policy of the
Democratic party and What 13 True Democ
racy?"; Colonel <;oorge B. M. Harvey, "A Lesson
from the Scripture"; Martin W. Littleton, "Look-
Ing Backward and Forward at Democracy."
SENATOR, RATNXRS SPEECH.
The feature, of course, was the speech of Sen
ator Rayner. and It was an eloquent and com
prehensive effort. Ho said that President
Roosevelt was as proixi a Democrat as he was a
Republican, but he feared that his successor
might drift away from hia plans and purposes.
The Senator arguod fcr states' rights and
against centralization by the federal govern
ment. Then he riddled the theory of William
J. Bryan on povernment ownership of railroads,
which he said had proved a failure, wherever
tried. The railroad presidents must be made to
understand, said Senator Rayner, that they are
the servants, not the masters, of the people, and
that they are the real agitators. He spoke
against further territorial expnnslon. and point
ed out tht? needs of thp Democracy. The latter,
ho said, must eliminate the customary Indict
ments against the opposite party for crimes they
have never committed.
Speaking of President Roosevelt, whom he has
opposed In political form and on the floor of the
Senate, tho speaker paid:
T have said over nnd ever npafn that I wngnlze
the groat and wonderful resources of the President,
his commanding ability, his intense and ardent pa
triotism. th» marvellous turrets of hIR undertak
ings, and his phenomenal popularity with th« peo
ple, but the fear that possesses in* Is that some
feeble successor !n either party who may have
lens ability and patriotism than he has may Jenor«
theso fundamental distinctions and attempt to di
vert out Institutions from the plans and purposes of
their creation.
Senator Rayner said In part:
Tn "Th* Merchant of Venice," lago (ste), In hl»
philosophical soliloquy nnnouii>-<»d, 'I am not what
I am." Democracy is not exactly what it pro
fesses to he.
I belong to a school that believes that the Demo
cratic party will always exist, regardless of dis
comfiture and defeat In fact, I think its exist
ence is absolutely essential for the perpetuity of
our Institutions
There are certain cardinal principles of irorern s
ni'»ntal policy which the Democratic party has ad
vocated from time Immemorial.
These principles tire essentially correct: and If
the party is to lose sight of them and adopt new
principles that have no connection with the old,
but re In conflict with them, then, In my judg
ment, then ought to he a new il«>nl. and those whs
■belong to tho tru«» and the old Democracy should
is tain Its name, and those who nave embraced the
new faith can call themselves "The »w Democ
racy.*" or whatever other name i- suitable to the
doctrines that they entertain.
I do not accede to the view that the parties have
coalesced. On the contrary, I believe that they are
as widely opart as th*y nave ever been. Tho S'res
ld«nt will not have a permanent tenure of office.
One prediction ran be safely made, and that In,
when the Republican party has miother candidate
and It Is bound to have on" at some day or an
other, it will gradually drift away from a great
niany of his plans and purposes, hi: 1 It will resume
business at Its old land.
Then it will he necessary for us to rr.mr> back to
our old principles, unless In the mean time we
have so disfigured them that we will not be able to
recognize them or to rind them.
Now. have we any principles? I think we nave-
Has. the Republican party stolen them? I acquit
them of the charge. Is the President a Democrat
I most respectfully deny it. I will admit cheer
fully that he has upon frequent occasions subordi
nated the welfare of his party to the welfare of
his country. I am not willing, however, to ac
knowledge any Republican as the . spokesman of
th mli n I> th mO t t C p?ac r er-the Republican party 1. in
favor of federal centralisation, and we are opposed
to it— that is to say, we ought to be opposed to it.
I am In favor of exercising every governmental
power when the emergency or opportunity arises
for its exercise; and in the House of Representa
tives and in the Senate I have consistently voted
for every constitutional measure that was neces
sary to arrest the encroachments of monopoly, to
prohibit unlawful combinations of centralized
wealth from oppressing and plundering the pub
lic and to protect the people In the assertion of
their natural and Inherent rights. The President
cannot proceed any further than I would be will
ing to go upon this subject if he keeps within the
lounds of his lawful Jurisdiction.
STATES' RIGHTS.
Th" Democrat!? party, however, cannot stand
by and permit the powers of the Constitution to
be strained for the purpose of depriving the states
of their sovereign rights within their own borders.
We must not yield the slightest fraction of the
supremacy of the states over their own local and
domestic concerns. This is our heritage, and we
must not barter It for wealth, for progress, or
prosperity. Prosperity may be only temporary, but
the foundations of the Republic are perpetual.
The doctrine of states' rights now does not mean
what It did a half of a century ago. for tl.e simple
reason that sirjee that tim» new amendments hare
been added to tho Constitution of the United State •
and for the further reason thru, as the result of
the Civil War and of the adjudications of the Su
preme Court, a groat many of the rights that were
considered as belonging to the state's at that time
have passed into the realm of federal jurisdiction.
What* wo mean now by the rights of the states is
that tho federal government shall not legislate
upon matters purely of local and domestic concern
and by unlawful construction Interpolate such a
power into the provisions of the Constitution.
In the next place, we are opposed to govern
mental paternalism. It is a reproach to Jefferson
to claim that, if h» were living, lie would be in
favor of It. I predict, with great respect to others
who may differ with me. that the day will never
come when the government of the United States
will own and operate the railroads of the country.
We do not want to own them. We own enough
now. We had better sell some things we have
than enlarge our holdings.
Just imagine any executive of the country acting
as president of all tho railroads of the United
States?
There is one proposition, however, that the Dmo
cratic party must contend for in this connection,
and that la. it must demand a complete obedience
to the existing statute. Th* railroad presidents and
officers of our trunk lines must be made, once and.
forever, to realize that they are the servants, and
not the masters, of the people.
If they continue to labor under th* delusion that
these great enterprises, with their enormous grants
and privileges, exist solely for their personal ag
grandizement, they must be brought to terms at
the bar of public opinion.
Governmental ownership will never come to pass
unless they force the issue. They ore the real
agitator*, and I would kindly warn them to fur
ther desist from pursuing the tricks and mysteries
that have now been laid bare before the gaze of
the American people. In the Interest of their stock
holders and bondholders and patrons, if I were in
their place, I would call a halt, and rest content,
and not parade as open violators of the law and
force an economic Ftrifo that Is bound to submerge
them beneath the righteous indignation of an out*
raged people.
NO FURTHER EXPANSION.
Now. another proposition: The Democratic party
sughl to oppose nny further expansion of our ter
ritorial possessions. We have committed on»
fata] blunder. Now do not let us add any more to
our unnecessary burdens. The Philippines— those
beautiful pearls of the Berv— l will guarantee would
not sell for a dollar and a half in the market overt
of the world.
There Is another proposition that the Demivratio
party must maintain unions it has drifted away
entirely from Its anchorage, and that Is that this
Is not an executive government; that the gov
: ernmental distribution of powers provided for in
I the Constitution must h a preserved, and that the
j President of tho United States, to whatever party
■ }»« may belong, must not exceed the functions of
j his office und encroach upon the remaining depart
j merits of the government.
Now, my friends, I have given you briefly the
: chnrnrter of platform thnt I would frame if I had
any hand In th^ construction of a Democratic plat-
I form. I would make It brief and pertinent. I
: would eliminate the customary and monotonous
! Indictments (i»:alnn» the oppcsltion for crimes that
they have never committed, and I would omit all
reference to the virtue* that we propone to prac
tise in the event of our success. 1 would give the
country something a llttlo new In the way cf a
j Democratic decelPgUS.
I would of course. Incorporate a plank for a
! low fnriff nr>.>l for commercial reciprocity with the
trading nattoris of the world.
TUB TEXT OF JEFFERSON.
If the Democratic partr will take a stand ft
Fiinclples substantially like the*«\ in my humble
! Jtidirment. and rid itself of the delusion that it can
j iittaln lucceea by pimply becoming an annex of the
! Republican party, then I believe there is a chance
for victory; and. If we are defeated again, then
at least « •■ will h«iv*> the comfort and the con
! solatlon of knowlrur that we went down fightlns
for •« principle; ana, bo far an I am concerned. 1
would rfithrr b" in the ramp of the vanquished, !n
I j>os«*s«!on of our birthrlKht. than In the camp of
the victor In possession of the spoils.
If wo. however, advocate princti leg that are n^t
Democratic, and fire sfaia defeated at the potts
; then If looks to me M if th#» hour of disintegra
tion was at hand, because the only thine that has
j kept ii!" sltv« through all the strange vicissitudes
of our fortune Is the fact that we have never vet
l wholly abandoned the historic traditions of our
j faith." and have never vet. upon all the pages of
our history. sounded a, final retreat.
LITTLETON ATTACKS TARIFF.
Mr. Littleton mode an attack on the protective
tariff.
In part ho pa!<l:
When this government first u.«e<l its power to
help the manufacturing Industries by protection. It
may have provided for an artificial and transitory
prosperity, but it laid broad and deep the founda
tions upon which rose th« scheme of populism and
upon which Is ruing gradually the structure of
socialism. #
The railroads, even with a bounty, were with
great difficulty constructed. When this work was
scarcely done »he««» same protected Industries drove
a bargain with th» railroad*.- As the government
had given to these industries the shelter of Its
power, the shelter of its protection, why should
th«-y not seek the favor and ulKcrimlnatlon of the
railroads
When those industries were thus secure they had
but one «»b«tncle left in the way of this undisputed
supremacy, and that was the competition remain
ing to annoy them. Plnc*> the government had
given protection In the Interest of business and
had given protection and bounty to the railroads
In the interest of that same business, why should
the government In the interest of the name busi
ness not allow them to combine, in order to cheapen
their products, reduce the cost of administration,
and improve tho quality of the article made and
sold?
Then the laborer followed the example of his
employer nnd organized for protection. He did not
secure the help of th»» government as had his em
ployer. The government did not put a per
capita tax on laborers coming from other lands. In
order to protect the labcrer of America, as It had
f>ut an ad valorem tax upon the products of other
and«. In order to protect the manufacturer of
America.
Half of the men who profess to be are not Re
publicans, and half of the men who profess to be
are not Democrats. They are following under the
attractions of Instinct or the allurements of gain.
The line of cleavage Is no longer between Demo
crats and Republicans— it is between conservatives
and radicals.
Colonel Harvey held up J. I*. Morgan and J. J.
Hill as greater benefactors to mankind than
either the President or Mr. Bryan. Ho said In
part:
"Woe to thee. O land, when thy king Is a child.
. . . The beginning of the words or his mouth
Is foolishness, nnd the end of his talk is mis
chievous madness."
The preacher had In mind a ruler, not necessarily
young in years, but boyish in mind. In tempera
ment, in Impetuosity, in love of excitement. In pas
sion for notoriety, in needless disregard of con
siderations born of sobriety and calmness; a dar
ing leader, though an unsafe guide; a possessor of
talents, but not of knowledge; noisy, confused, con
tradictory, inconsistent, illogical, irrational, yet so
emphatic and insistent in expression as in effect to
poßu as the discoverer of all truths, while, in fact,
only an enunciator of the principles or fallacies of
others; maintaining each tenet with uncompromis
ing arrogance until compelled to abandon it. and
then (thru tiding retreat in Impregnable ambiguity;
a constructive statesman by profession, a destruct
ive politician in practice; in seeming, a chlvalrlc
Orlando; in fact, a Bombastes Kurioso!
Such a king whom the preacher depleted as likely
to bring woe upon tho land, whose talk beginning
In foolishness ends in mischievous madness! Lest
there arise any misunderstanding as to the per
tinence of the present application, let us admit at
the outset that such also is the ruler under whom
we now live nnd have the remnants of our moral
and political being.
We ate told that a President chosen by the peo
ple Is Immune from criticism, that he is a thing
apart, not a mere executive officer, but a tribune
enveloped In the odor of sanctity which safe
guarded the kings of old. It is a new Idea. Criti
cism of official conduct has ever been a prerogative
of the people. Not so now! The heavy hand of
fear rests upon the land.
80, too, with the representatives of the party
founded by Thomas Jefferson! With substantial
unanimity the Democratic Senators and Repre
sentatives eat the crumbs of patronage from the
hand that smote them, and lick the boot whose
Impact they have felt, while simultaneously their
undisputed. if not. in fact, peerless leader, hobbles
like a cripple in the wake of his successful rival,
gathering as he goes the few scraps that are left
of his own fallacies.
Primarily we are informed with much blare of
trumpets that at last we have an honest Presi
dent. But t.A we ever have a dishonest President?
In a land where for more than a hundred yearn
no blot has stained the personal escutcheon of its
Chief Magistrate, Is there bo great occasion for
boasting now? Or may the undue emphasis placid
on honesty be, perchance, the outcome of essential
cunning akin to that of the cuttlefish?
When Colonel Harvey referred to "two false
prophets." Charles F. Murphy leaned over to John
F. Ahearn and asked:
"Who does he- mean?" To which the. Borough
President rolled, aotto yoesi
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the teeth, and purifies the breath.
In dainty blue enameled box with patent
measuring tuba, Camanient for tourists
COTAMJBHID MM •»
"*f \N T with the dance; let joy be un
fc I confined." A home dancing
party, informally impromptu,
and, therefore, all the more enjoyable,
can be pulled off so easily with the Edison
Phonograph.. The other alternatives arc
hiring a small orchestra with expense and
bother and taking up the room, or some
girl tied down to the piano to grind out
waltzes and two-steps.
But the Edison Phonograph likes to play dance music. It never gets
tfred. It gives you the music of a brass band or a stringed orchestra, as you
like. Just go to that music store where they sell Edison Phonographs and
hear the Edison Phonograph play a good swinging two-step.
National Phonograph Company
76 Lakeside Avenue. Orange. N. J.
Dealers with established stores wasted to sell Edisoa Phonographs in
•very town not covered.
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"I guess he- means Bryan or Hearst."
Bx-Jußtire O'Brien's speech was brief. He m
tolled the patriotism of Jefferson ami his Democ
racy. The party founded by him. h« said, was
not a sectional party, but ■ national party.
At the speakers' table were aionsig^ior I^aveUe.
Vicar Genvral Leo S. Overman, of North Carolina;
Asbury C. Latitner, of South Carolina; James
Smith. Jr.. of New Jersey; John R. Bland, of Mary
land: ex-Just i. Augustus C. Van Wyck. Ferry
Krtmont. Herman Milder and Patrick F. Me-
Oowan. President of the. Hoard of Aldermen.
Others present were Sheriff Nicholas J. Hayes.
Justice M. ■\Varlf.v Platsek. Randolph Gugjsen
helmer. Autruyt Belmont. Congressman Charles V.
Feraes, Timothy P. Sullivan. E. C. Benedict. Jus
tice Theodore Connoly, Andrew Fre»>ilman. Henry
\V. Unger. Antonio Zucca. Payne Whitney, John
J. Scanned. John F. Molntyre. Robert De Witt.
Otis K. Dlmock. Peter Do Lacy and Charlie White,
the well known referee of prizefights, also "a mem
ber of the club."
This Is what the Democrats got for their CO:
MENU.
Qraves Suptrl'ur. Famyteinniwse.
•Amontillado I'un:i.i.>. !'<.■. ic- a la Veloutlne.
Radts. Olives. < V-lorl. Amandcs aulPos.
Itferatelner. Trait • ile ii\ i.r.» a la M«unler«.
romm-9 da t*rr«\
St. Eateph*. nis do \>au. a la Henrietta.
Champagne.
tfols*tt*s A'Airneau tin i»r!nt crops. Sauce Oporto.
Pommcs d. terre. llollandulsr.
Pvtrta rots a Is, Franca!**.
Sorbet 6» Fantalalf.
Plfeonnenux rods au cresaon.
t.i-ju.bm. Salad* a la Waldorf.
Glace* aisortls. • Petlts four*. Fruits.
ApolUnarla.' Caf«.
KAISER DECORATES M. MASSENET.
Gifts and Orders to Members of Monte Carlo
Opera Company.
Berlin. April IS.— The Monte Carlo Opera. Com
pany save a farewell performance In the Royal
Opera House to-day, which waa attended by the
imperial family. This company, which waa brought
here by the Prince of Monaco, has given a aeries
of performances the entire proceeds of whkjh ax*
to be devoted to charity. Emperor William show
ered honor* upon the members of the company.
He conferred on M. Massenet, the French com
poser, the Star of the Order of the Red Kagle. and
on other members of the company the Royal Order
of the Crown- M. Salnt-Saeas, the composer, also
received Emperor William's photograph with his
The Pure Food Law
became effect*** Jin. Ist. The
New York Bottling Co/s
tt.CDIN-RAYN*E«-BOLEN A BTRNK)
' Ginger Alt and Carbonated Beverage*
Are Always Pure
Made from Gum Sag * Exclusively.
Without ptrsrrvatrvn of any kind.
Pins fxom Anfflae Colon or Saccharin.
The Kind that's Fit to Drink *
ARTISTIC HAW GOODS. ORNAMENTS.
J. ANDRE. HAIR SPECIALIST,
13 West a a tl» St. near Broadway.
Branch. 140 W. 44th St.. near B'way Marcel **•*"*
hcJrtfr«ising. shaca^ooiaT, manicuring, scalp treatitM»*
PITTSBURG i BINY.KAMIOX HAIIED-
President Resigns and Operation* Saajaaa»
ob Proposed Hew Eastern Bead.
Pittsburs; April 13.— P. Sawyer, of this dry.
resigned to-day as president of the Ptttsburaj
Binshamton & Eastern Railroad Company. *»■
operations on the proposed line between ci ""
field and Binshamton. N. T.. have praetlcaw
been suspended. __. mm
Th« resignation of President Sawyer cam***
a complete surprise to local railroad men awg
capitalists, as it was generally believed »«■»
was to be rushed during the summer «oswaw.
It Is said another president will be selects* •*•
the work resumed shortly. - # *v,
A report la current here to-night «"**Jst
Vanderbllt Interests will take an Important pa
in the development of the road, which It » ; ai &
can easily be connected with the Pl"s™l^?.-
.''•"■'• " Railroad, givlns them a '.vjtanos
, between FlTtsour* and New York. The fil"*^ 0 " ,
be about 460 mllea,