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SATURDAY. DECEMBER IB, 1?0C.
EMPIRE STATE'S DISGRACE.
Tho people of New York state
aro becoming thoroughly aroused
over the fact that Iholr common?
wealth, the greatest commercially
and In population In tho Union, Is
being represented ? In tho United
Stnles Senate by men utterly dis?
credited, and even disgraced.
Tho feeling Is becoming so Intense
that It would not be at all sur?
prising If the state legislature, which
convenes early next month, would
take some drastic action In the
matter. The legislature can not com
pel tho men to resign but a two
Lit Ion asking for their resignation
would undoubtedly go a hm& way
toward securing the desired ond.
Last winter one of tho stato senators
"^Irflflffllfflf-a resolution asking De
pew to resign, but It was not adopt?
ed. It Is likely howevr, that a slin
liar resolution at the coming session
will recelvo inoro favorable con?
sideration.
The New York Sun, which never
fours to sponk tho truth In such
mutlors, rocently said editorially:
"It Is a long, long time slneo tho
people of the state of Now York
have been able to point to a chair
in tho Senate at Washington and
Bay: 'Wo sent that man thither
and wo are proud of it.' Did tho
poople send Platt to tho Senate?
Did they send De pew? Have they
?sent any one to the Senate la a
quarter of a century? Roscoe Conk
ling? Not a hit of It; and he, at
best, was only a shallow Intellectual
Impostor whose memory Is negligible.
Do the people euro a six-pence
who it Is that represents this great
state In the Senate? If they really
did care, would tho effrontery and
the moral Insensibility of Plntt suf
flee to withstand public opinion?
Would the intellectual anesthosla
of Depew be complete enough to
sustain him? Tho public that can
contemplate unmoved tho preten?
sions of a man of Woodruff's char?
acter can tolerate both Depew and
Platt and be unconscious of Its
own shame. As to Fassett, his me?
diocrity and intellectual Insignifi?
cance aro his best credentials to a
putative respectability while we Und
It Impossible to pay him the compli?
ment of believing that ho does not
look on Plait's preforance as an
honor. Is the man of repute and
accomplishment, tho man of clvc
prhlo and patriotic spirit, the gentle?
man and the scholar, to bo debarr<
for ever from serving this people
1n the senate of the United States?
Has it finally come to pass that the
eeats of Clinton and -Marcy shall
bo filled only by mountebanks and
bawds?"
.Thto quoted words aro harsh but
.to a\ great extent are truthful.
f Tho Sun never did like David B.
Hill, but tho fact stands out, never?
theless that he was an able repre?
sentative, and his Influence, while
not as powerful as some of his
cbllegues, was ever present and he
- commanded universal uespect for
his Integrity.
It Is said that President Roose?
velt is aware of the fact that It v/ill
take almost a revolution on tlx* part
of the respectable element of the
|. republican party to change exist
Aing conditions, henco It is very
generally understood thut tho confer
once held In Washington with
Govornor-IClect Hughes and others
wuh for the purpose of shaping such
/political notion us will rid the
Senate of Platt and Depew, nnd In?
sure the election of two senators
who by reason of Ihclr probity and
character will command the respect
of the public and the body of which
they are members.
VOTE THE GRAFTERS OUT
Only one week more is left to the
pollcyholders of the New York hlfe
and Mutual hlfe Insurance compa?
nies to vote for directors and trus?
tees. The election closes on Dec. 18.
On that date the vote cast for trus?
tees and directors of a billion dollars
of trust funds will he received and
counted und It will then be known
whether the obi unfaithful custodians
that robbed the pollcyholders or
new managements, pledged to com?
pel restitution, administer punish?
ment and enforce economy, have
been elected.
Kor tho first, lime the pollcyhold?
ers uro really given an opportunity
to determine whether I hey will con
duet their own business In their
own Interest or whether they will
leave It In the hands of Wall street,
ir they fall to take advantage of the
opportunity now, the ?much-desired
principle of the control of mutual
companies by those who really own
them will have miserably failed
ICvory pollcyholder ought to vole
for the ticket put up by the Inter?
national Committee, and they ought
to do It now._
Mall your ballot at once to Rich?
ard Olney, No, :<0 Broadway, Now
York City, nn<| It will be cast "or
you on election day. If you bnvo
no printed ballot write In Mr. Olney
at the above address anil one will
be sent to you at once. In the
Minimi hlfe, do not vote tho Admin?
istration ticket, lm not vote the
Selected Fusion ticket. Hut bo sure
that you vote the United Committee"*
ticket. In, the New York hlfe, do
not vote , the Administration ticket;
I volo tfco International commlt'Y'o
ticket Vote the grnflers out.
"ri was quite natural thai from the
Sroleh Presbyterians of Mecklenburg.
TO., should come the first demand
fro Independence," said Andrew Car
1 negle at (ho Wilson memorial ser?
vices In Philadelphia yesterday. As
Homer nodded, it may be permitted
the founder of many libraries not to
know common facts, but the some?
what disputed Mecklenburg declara?
tion hailed from the county of tha<
name In North Cntolrna.?New York:
twlorid.
That Is a mere matter of detail,
dear contemporary, and no rensonablc
person would expect the man who
gives millions of dollars worth of In?
formal ion each year to bother with
such small affairs.
Mrs. .1. G. Phelps Stokes, once a
cigar maker In New York city, but
now the wife of n prominent million
alro settlement worker, recently de?
livered a lecture beforo a New
Century club, In which she attacked
the "Idle rich," declaring that they
were responsible for most of the
social evils. With equal trust and
justice she might have attacked the
"Idle poor" as being responsible for
most of the other evils In the world.
Senator Rnlley comes to the front
with a 17,000 word explanation.
Which recalls tho fact that Glllotte's
counsel took over Ove hours to show
that the prisoner was guilty. The
more desperate the case the more
lengthy the explanation seems to
have been tho principle applied In
connection with each incident.
A guarantee noes with the state?
ment that it will be many along
day before any other American rep?
resent 11ve In foreign courts will get
letters from the President addressed
"My dear Maria."
Don't forget to drop something in
In the kettles and boxes that the men
and women in blue uniforms with
red stripes, are holding beforo the
people In the streets and stores. The
Salvation army will use your contri?
butions where they will do the most
good.
It should be a source of intense
pride to every resident of Newport
News that the city is able to boast of
being the birthplace, so to speak, of
such a great fighting machine as the
Montana. May the launching and her
career be one of great success.
The beautiful calendars which wo
used to get about this time o' year do
not seem to be overcrowding tho
malls this season.
That manufacturer of tabasco sauce
who has just taken his place on tho
Civil Service Commission ought to be
able to make it hot for the spoils?
man.
You Will do Well
by getting in line with
the numerous shoppers
here, and do your
Christinas 15 u y ing.
The stocks are complete
and embraces tho best in
Overcoats Suits,
Bath Robes,
House Coats,
Neckwear,
Fancy Suspenders
Slippers, Gloves,
All Moderately Priced
2715 Washington Ave.
I 1 ?'
WITH THE PARAGRAPHERS.
iThe firs! crop of American tea
grown on a commercial scale ha?
been marketed in South Carolina.
Are you going to he patriotic, or do
you like Japanese oolong too well
tO change?? lloslon Globe.
In his romnrka on coast defenses
Secretary Taft declares that, the
ChcsepohkO is the most Important
place to protect. His argument Is
formed by the historic fact that
tin; only "time this country wan
Kucccssfully invaded was by way of
the Chosepoake,?Baltimore News.
Anotlier bad boy has been mndc
good as the result of u surgical op?
eration. Why not try It on politi?
cians and legislators??New York
Herald.
How big a battleship- does Secre?
tary Bonaparte figure it would take
to protect tho navy against "sensn
tlonnllsm in journalism"??Detroit
Journal.
From day to day we are Informed
by experts that the days of pollt
icnl bosslsm are over, but. ns yet
no one has heard of any political
boss applying for a Job at real
work.?Indianapolis News.
Tho two-pound lemon that was ex?
hibited at the Florida State Fair is
just, about the size of the one Bell?
amy Storer has received with the
compliments of the White House,
occupant.??Washington Post.
When Mr. Roosevelt displays such
heat and Impetuosity as to spell
correctly, which he does in his letter
to Secretary Hoot, It should be a
sign to him that he is running past
his signals. ?'New York Sun.
"Please send us to Madrid as
special envoys," wrote Maria to
Theodore, She was sent. But still
there nre people who keep prating
of woman's rights.?Philadelphia
North American.
It probably will be noticed that
there nre no samples of ?'simplified
spoiling!' In the very Interesting
correspondence which has just been
made public. ?Now York Herald.
According to popular view, San
Francisco has had about enough
hard luck without gottlng struct:
by a gale.?Philadelphia Ledger.
. The Shah is reported as suffering
rrom fainting fits Mr. Storer is
suffering from misfits.?New York
World .
If you don't know how long It Is
to Christmas ask your boy.?Philadel?
phia Inquirer.
DEPTH OF INFAMY
An old negro prenchor of Southern
Georgia had been given a fine, fat
'possum by some of his admirers
and he was keening It In a barre;
feeding it heavily, to still further
Increase Its weight, says tho New
York Herald. He had decided to
have it killed the next day, when to
his rage. It was stolen in the night.
Shortly afterward a revival meet?
ing was being held, and among those
who went up to the mourner's bench
was a certain very black Jim, nnd
his grief seemed inconsolable.
"Dat's all right, mah brtidder." (he
old man shouted. "Don' matter
what you done, the good Lord gwine
forglho you!"
"But Ah's been powerful mean,"
Jim declared weeping.
"Is you stole chickens?" the old
man demnnded.
"Oh, wusB en dat."
. ""Good 1-awd; He'p dls poor nig
gor!" the old negro preacher entreat?
ed. "Is yo used a razor?" \
"Wuss. dan dat.!"
"Is yoii?you ain't done killed jjno
body?"
"Wuss dan dnt!"
"Don here's whar we tangle!" the
old man shouted, throwing aside
hlc coat.
"De Lawd kin 'forgibe you if |he
wants tor, but AVs gwlne skin lou
alive! Yo's do/ varmint dnt stole
mnh 'possum. /
/
"A GOOD LOOKER.,,, I
Aupvurunce Have Much c> Do Wltb
Miin'm 111 UuxIucmn.
"Send die u good looker. 1 don't
menu pretty, you kuow, hut one who
knows how lo dress--the tullor made
kluil who visits the hairdresser und
the manicure. Of course I know It
costs, but we are willing to pay for It."
This was a telephone message received
by a large employment agency from a
business man who required the serv?
ices of a young woman bookkeeper and
general oltice assistant.
A shabby necktie or soiled linen or a
cheap, well worn hut may cost you
very dear, for It may be a turning
point In some one's mind who has been
thinking of patronizing you. Business
men are keen eyed, very sharp and
often inlluenced by little things.
Many a worthy youth lias been sent
away when applying for a situation
because of some telltale in his dress or
milliner which made a bad Impression.
Young men may so far cmphuslKO
the matter of dress that their good ap?
pearance Is about all there Is to them.
At the same time appearances have
much to do with one's advancement,
especially In large cities. In New York
It Is almost impossible for young men
lo not a start who are obliged lo over?
come the handicap of an Unfavorable
impression. It seems as though New
Yorkers would forgive anything quick?
er (ban a slovenly for a poverty strick
[en appearance.?Success Magazine.
STREETS IN A BIG STORE.
Ttic t'llen ?>r Uervbliudlaa Ar? Num?
bered I.H.I- HuilM-H.
I In a large wholesale grocery bouse In
Kansas City the lanes that Intersect
; the great idles of merchandise have
been named as streets, and the stacks
of boxed, bags and packages have each
been marked with a number, as the
houses upon city streets are numbered.
The other day a member of the firm
gave the following order to a trucker:
"lio over to Easy street, get that
hunch of swells and take I hem to
parlor S."
I A stranger In the big store would not
' have known what that order meant.
The trucker knew.
All canned goods that swell from the
formation of gases Inside are called
"swells" in the grocery trade. In this
house all "swells" are kept lu a room
upstairs called "parlor S." "Easy
I street" Is a lane Unit leads down to
I "Fairyland," the big room where many
girls work putting up packages.
I "Clabber alley"' is the lane which
passes through the great slacks of
condensed milk. "Coriicnke laue" goes
through the cnmineal packages and
barrels.
The system of naming the streets
mid dividing the different brands of
goods into numbers facilitates the busl
. ness of order (Illing to the extent that
I almost twice the work can be done
now by the same number of order till?
ers Mint could be done a few years
ago.?Kiinsus City Star.
I Tlie Free I.anee'n I'nruillxe.
The literary freu lance Is bred natu?
rally In New York and thrives In its at?
mosphere because the market for his
wares ? is stable and Infinitely varied.
The very life of metropolitan publish?
ing lies In the search for new men and
I variety. Publishers spend great sums
I upon the winnowing machinery that
ihrashes over what conies to their edl
? tors' desks, and no editor in the me?
tropolis grudges the time necessary to
talk with those who call In person and
? have Ideas goad enough to carry them
past bis assistant*. Publicly the edito?
rial tribe may lament the many hours
spent yearly lu this winnowing process.
, Yet every experienced editor In New
York has his own story uf tbestrauger.
uncouth, unpromising, unready of
speech, who stole In late one afternoon
nnd secmoil to have utmost nothing lu
him, yet /who afterward became the
1 prolific scribbler or the great D'Auber.
J. Hi Collins in Atlantic.
What n Jubilee I*.
Sdmo years ngo, before Queen Victo?
ria's death and about the time that the
queen's Jubilee was to be celebrated,
the /.'ollowing conversation between
I two/old Scotchwomen was overheard
one/day on a street corner lu London:
"f.hn ye tell me, wummnn, what Is It
I .they call a jubilee?"
I /'Well, it's this." said her neighbor.
"ftVbeii folk has been married twenty
live years, that's a silver wuddln', and
nvhon they have been married fifty
years that's a golden wuddln', but If
the men's dead then It's a Jubilee."?
Harper's Weekly,
Arnold and Hin ('Iren?.
Matthew Arnold used to travel In
company with Mrs. Arnold, bis two
daughters nnd the agent, whom he ele?
gantly called his "impresario." They
usually bad railway passes given to
them, and on several occasions, when
presenting ttie.se to the conductor, bo
remarked in a condescending tone,
"Oh. the Arnold troop, I suppose!"
"Just as If we were a traveling cir?
cus." said Mr. Arnold, with a hearty
laugh.
The liest Ileturn.
After all, it Isn't the way we live or
the work we do that matters, but the
ideal we put Into it. Is there any
work too sordid, too prosaic, to yield a
return of beauty??Ellen Glasgow.
Xotblnjr to Steal.
Minister's Wife?Wake up! There pre
burglars In the house, John. Minister
Well, what of It? Let them find out
their mistake themselves.?Christian
Register.
Don't speak too plainly. If a man
were to set out by calling everything
j by Its right name, he would be knock
ed down before he got to the corner of
the street ? Exchdnge.
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