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Honorary Degrees.
With scarcely an exception, those
who have received honorary degrees
from the colleges this summer deserve
(he distinction. The same was true
last year and th« year before; it is
true every year. Nor does the supply
of men worthy of scholastic distinc
tion grow less. Every year many men
who have been seriously devoting
themselves to their work are found to
have risen so far above the general
level of their fellows that a recognition
of their achievement is appropriate.
They may not have attained great
eminence, but they have distinguished
themselves, and have attracted atten
tion as men who have risen and are
rising. Recognition of their superiori
ty is gracious and encouraging. The
colleges perform a public Bervice in
decorating them with a doctorate of
laws, or philosophy, or science, or let
ters, or divinity. It may be urged that
the desire to be tagged as an honorary
"doctor" is unworthy. It may be ad
mitted that it is not so high a motive
as the desire to serve without regard
to praise or blame. Yet men are so
constructed that the most of them
need encouragement and the inspira
tion of appreciation to do their best
work. Therefore, the prospect of win
ning such distinction as will attract
Ihe attention of the degree-conferring
authorities must be included among
the incentives to endeavor. It takes
a heroic soul to do a great work in
secret, careless of praise or blame, and
few of us, remarks the Youth's Com
panion, have heroic souls. For those
who do not achieve the distinction of
honorary degrees there remains the
Teward of the appreciation of their
friends. The duty of the friends to
make that appreciation known is no
Jess than the duty of the colleges to
honor great achievement.
Brazil began to celebrate, on July 14,
the one hundredth anniversary of
King John's proclamation opening the
ports of the country to the world.
King John VI. of Portugal fled from
Europe to his South American prov
ince to escape Napoleon. Rio de Ja
neiro became and remained for a time
the Portuguese capital. Although
'Brazil is no longer a Portuguese pos
session, the anniversary of the procla
mation was selected as the date for
the opening of a great national exhibi
tion of the products of the country.
The only foreign nation invited to par
ticipate is Portugal. Don Carlos had
arranged to be present, but his assas
sination has so affected affairs that the
mother country will be represented by
special officers sent by King Manuel.
Each of the 20 states of Brazil has a
characteristic exhibit in the grounds of
the fair, and a suitable place has been
assigned to the Portuguese exhibit.
The pope is credited with the re
mark that if the Roman Catholic
church could be as highly respected
in other countries as in the
.United States he would be in
favor of the separation of church and
state everywhere. The church is re
spected here because communities of
the United States all began with a
policy of religious freedom, and have
never tolerated a state church. In the
other countries, where the supremacy
of one church was established by law,
it is not easy to hold respect when the
preference is withdrawn.
The London Lancet maintains that
a man who wears a colored shirt is a
sloven, for the reason that it means
he can carry dirt longer than if he
wore spotlessly white material. The
Lancet was formerly the leading
medical journal of the world instead
of a laundryman's and haberdasher's
oracle proclaiming a good deal of
solemn nonsense.
An eminent citizen of New York re
marks, apropos of the latest 62-story
fc-jitding proposition, that the metropo
lis is only just entering upon an era of
high construction. He is suspected of
being in the elevator business.
Every foreign observer believes that
the grand struggle between the
"'Haves" and the "Have-nots," which is
to mark this century will be fought
out first of all upon American soil.
THE DEMOCRATIC STRADDLE.
Radical William la Riding for a Fall.
IS NOT A "NEW ERA"
DEMOCRATIC CLAIM TO REFORM
EXPLODED.
By Act of a Republican Congress, Re
commended by a Republican Presi
dent, Corporate Contributions
Were Forbidden.
The effort to make a pivotal cam
paign issue out of campaign contri
butions goes on merrily. Let us be
fair and admit that Mr. Bryan and his
running mate seem to be looming
ahead by the proposition to exclude all
campaign contributions above SIO,OOO
and to publish all between that sum
and SIOO before election. Yet how
easily that extreme provision can be
evaded! Suppose that some fell pluto
crat wishes to enrich the Bryan cam
paign fund by $25,000. What is to
hinder him from ordering his clerks
to send it in five hundred parts with
names culled from the school enroll
ment or the voting lists?
Further, the Bryan advance on this
point of the game is overshadowed by
a slip which that gentleman has madf
on the subject of campaign contribu
tions by corporations. In his speech
to the Nebraska delegation he claimed
that the Democratic platform opened
"a new era in politics" by declaring
against the system of enriching cam
paign funds from corporation treasur
ies. Democratic papers are taking up
this cry quite widely. An act of con
gress is more effective in opening a
new era than a platform profession;
and, therefore, the era must be credit
ed to the act of congress under date
of January 26, 1907, making campaign
subscriptions by corporations unlaw
ful under penalty of SI,OOO fine or a
year's imprisonment, or both.
A great many people seem to have
forgotten the enactment of this law.
Prom a reported declaration of Mr.
Sheldon, the treasurer of the Repub
lican National Committee, that he will
ask corporate contributions without
concealment, he seems to be among
those who failed to keep track of the
progress of events. But for Mr. Bryan
as a candidate, to extend this forget
fulness into his public utterances rises
to the degree of a serious blunder in
this respect: His declaration of a
great reform, the opening of a new
era, results in bringing to the public
notice that the reform and new era
were established nearly a year and a
half before the Democratic conven
tion by the act of a Republican con
gress in accordance with the recom
mendation of a Republican President.
Why Mr. Taft is Trusted.
Taft is taken to be a man of judicial
temper and fiber who will prosecute
the measures of his party without
creating conditions of undue excite
ment. There is really no necessity
to do so, in view of the fact that the
sra of divulbeinent of criminal opera
tions in high finance has gone by. The
searchlight of publicity has caused the
wrongdoers in high places to run to
cover. It is only necessary now to
bring about a condition of just and
satisfactory working of the business
wheels. This Mr. Taft can be counted
upon to accomplish in perfect accord
with the right-thinking element of the
industrial world. Therefore, he is
trusted and believed in by the men of
affairs as well as by the people. This
is really the situation in a nutshell.
Line Thinly Drawn.
Mr. Bryan says that the SSOO he re
ceived from two talking machine cor
porations was a purely commercial
transaction and not a campaign con
tribution, although he turned the
money over to the campaign fund.
But where is the line of demarcation
between a commercial and a moral
transaction in the contribution of cam
paign funds?
It is asserted of Bryan that he
"could stand on the Independence
platform with both feet." Certainly,
that is an easy matter for him. But
what he cannot do is to get the Inde
pendence vote, which makes the plat
form wholly useless for his purposes.
Objects to the Kicking.
Mr. Bryan would have less objection
to Tom Watson and Eugene Debs
running if they would kindly refrain
from kicking him on the shins. —Wash-
ington Post.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 1908.
COUNTRY NEEDB A REST.
Why Voters Should Support Mr. Taft
and His Policies.
Former Governor Smith of Mary
land. who was chairman of the state
Democratic committee in 1895, is mod
estly hopeful about Mr. Bryan's
chances. Gov. Smith Is worth quot
ing because, unlike the vociferous
optimists of his party, he is moderate
in his claims and offers a reason for
the glimmer of hope that is in him.
Mr. Taft's election is not, thinks
this cautious Democrat, "a foregone
conclusion," because of the business
situation. Here is about the way he
figures it out: Business and wages
have had a bad setback "as the result
of Mr, Roosevelt's activities as an agi
tator;" a season of depression at elec
tion time is always bad for the chances
of the party in power; therefore, Mr.
Smith concludes, "Many workers who
have been thrown out of employment
by Mr. Roosevelt's activities and
many manufacturers who have suffer
ed from the same cause will this year
forswear allegiance to the Republican
parrty and vote the Democratic tick
et."
It is not hard to find the flaw in
the Smith logic.
Since (we assume no responsibility
for the Smith view of Roosevelt) these
business men and workers out of em
ployment ascribe their troubles large
ly to Roosevelt agitation and fuss, it
seems to follow that they naturally
would want another type of man in
the White House. They would not
jump out of the frying pan into the
fire by exchanging one "agitator"
(Smith's epithet) for another.
They would turn for relief, not to
Agitator Bryan, but to Statesman Taft,
a strong, quiet, effctive man, who is
not all sail and no ballast; not like a
locomotive that is 50 per cent whistle;
and whose "judicial temperament" is
so often referred to and so hopefully
harped upon by all sorts and condi
tions of citizens as to form an excel
lent indication of the drift of popular
thought and preference in this cam
paign. The country needs a rest.
Bryan and the Middle West.
A dispatch to the Baltimore Ameri
can from Des Moines quotes Jerry B.
Sullivan, a prominent Western Demo-
I cratic politician, as declaring: The
i battleground of the presidential cam
paign will be in the Middle West this
! year, and 1 believe lowa will be in the
i Democratic column when it is all
! over."
That kind of easy prophecy is noth
ing new. It has always been a stock
in-trade argument of the Bryan ele
ment of the Democratic party that
! the Peerless One of Nebraska is ir
| resistible in the West. There wag a
! perfect deluge of this kind of talk
following the nomination of Bryan in
1896; and again in 1900 there was no
end of cheerful prophets of the Jerry
j Sullivan ty willing to risk the last
shred of their reputations, as prophets
; in statements that Bryan would carry
Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Michigan, Wis
consin, Nebraska and Kansas. This
delusion that Bryan is strong in the
Middle West is again being warmed
up and served out, notwithstanding
i i hut there have been two demonstra
j tions to the contrary, which should
have disillusioned the most ardent pro
pagandists of the theory.
Taft's Kind of Revision.
The tariff must be revised and ad
] justed to changed conditions. This
; may mean some reduction in the aver
age rates and it may not. It all de
pends on what rates will give the pro
tection needed to cover the difference
in the cost of production here and
abroad and give a reasonable profit
: to American industries. Judge Taft
i is of opinion that there are some
' schedules in which the tariff is not
sufficiently high to give the measure
of protection which should bo given
i Republican principles. These sched
i ules should be raised, while some
i others which are higher than neces
| sary for adequate protection should be
reduced.
This is Republican revision. It is
the way the tariff will be treated by
! the next congress if the Republicans
' remain in control, it is the kind oi
I revision that. Judge Taft believes in
' and advocates. It is the kind which
the country has approved and which
j we are confident it will decide to have
continued by its vote next November
j —Philadrt'rbia Press.
JOHNSON IS RENOMINATED
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS NAME A
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.
Convention at Minneapolis was Stam
peded and a Remarkable Dem
onstration Took Place.
Minneapolis, Minn. The Demo
cratic state convention on Wednesday
stampeded for Gov. John A. Johnson,
and nominated him for re-election with
a rush after a remarkable demonstra
tion. When the roll call of counties
was made for nomination, Aitkin
county yielded to Ramsey county (St.
Paul) and Mayor Daniel W. Lawler of
St. Paul took the platform and at the
conclusion of ten words he mentioned
the name of John A. Johnson.
One of the wildest demonstrations
ever seen in a Democratic state con
vention in Minnesota ensued. Henne
pin county (Minneapolis) tore up its
standard and started a wild march
about the hall. Everybody else joined
in.
The convention was wild for John
son. "Marching Through Georgia" and
"Cheer, Cheer, the Gang's All Here,"
were played in rapid succession by the
band, and still the crowd yelled. The
galleries, which were well filled, joined
in the demonstration. The result was
inevitable. Nothing could stay the
tide of enthusiasm and as soon as the
effervescence had subsided sufficiently,
Johnson was named unanimously for
governor.
This second nomination of Johnson,
after 64 minutes of spectacular demon
stration, was contrary to his wish. He
had repeatedly refused to be a candl
date and declared that if nominated
the campaign would be carried on
without a general. His secretary,
Frank A. Day, last night said he had
no knowledge of the governor's present
intention and refused to make a pre
diction as to what the governor's
course might be in the future. Gov.
Johnson refused to say whether he
would accept the action of the con
vention, as he had not officially been
advised of the nomination.
FLEET SYDNEV.
American Battleships are Welcomed
by Thousands of Australians.
Sydney, New South Wales.—Early
Wednesday morning a thin veil
of smoke on the horizon signalled
to the watchers on the coast the ap
proach of the American warships, and
at 5:35 official notification was sent
out that the fleet had been sighted. It
was yet 20 miles outside of Sydney
harbor, but this word, which had
been eagerly awaited by tens of thous
ands, stirred Australians like a call to
arms, and almost instantly those who
had not already left the city to take up
points of vantage along the bays were
moving in droves to line the quays,
the roof tops and other places on the
harbor front.
It is estimated that hardly less than
half a million peolpe assembled to give
the visitors a royal welcome. Sydney
harbor, with its innumerable bays,
coves and branches, never looked
more beautiful nor did the American
sailors ever witness a more inspiring
sight than that which met their eyes
as the white ships came through the
channel, past the great headlands into
Port Jackson.
Passing in through the Sydney
heads in double column, at intervals of
400 yards, the ships looked to have
a world of speed and power under
their glistening sides. The fleet was
attended by convoy steamers and was
greeted with a roar of salutes from the
forts, as it steamed slowly along. The
thousands ashore and afloat added
their cheers to swell the noisy wel
come and countless British and Ameri
can flags were flung to the breeze and
were still waving long after the
anchors had been swung from the
sides.
The American ships boomed forth a
salute to the port and as soon as they
were moored at their anchorage offi
cial visits were exchanged.
SOLDIERS RIOTED.
Troops en Route to the Pacific Coast
Start a Row in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga. —Police reserves were
called to Terminal station on Wed
nesday to quell a riot that broke
out among United States regulars
en route from Fort Slocum to
the Pacific coast. When the local po
lice officers were unable to curb the
soldiers a call was made upon Port
McPherson for troops and a company
of regulars responded hurriedly.
The trouble started when a number
of the soldiers broke out of their cars
which were on a sidetrack at the Ter
minal station and, it is said, began an
noying passengers entering trains. Of
ficer Hill of the local police force
knocked one of the soldiers down and
then the trouble became general.
During the fighting a soldier named
Frank Smith was seriously stabbed.
Joseph A. Bleak, another soldier, was
arrested.
College Treasurer Suicided.
TTtica, N. Y. —Rev. James Phelpa,
treasurer of Syracuse University,
shot himself in his room in the
Wurz hotel, this city, Tuesday Might
and was dead when his room was
forced open Wednesday.
A Doubly Fatal Collision.
Minneapolis, Minn. —John Glnek.,
a wealthy Minneapolis brewer, and his
wife were killed Wednesday at Lake
Ivlinnetonka, in a collision between
their automobile and a train on the
Minneapolis & St. Louis railway.
OCEAN GREYHOUND
LOWERS RECORD
THE LUSITANIA CROSSES THE AT
LANTIC IN FOUR DAYS
AND 15 HOURS.
THREE HOURS TO THE GOOD.
On One Day's Voyage from Queens
town to New York the Lusitania
Covered a Distance of
650 Knots.
New York City.—With the best
previous record for a trans-Atlantic
voyage lowered by more than three
hours, the Cunard turbine steamship
Lusitania arrived off Sandy Hook
lightship at 9:30 Thursday night,
having made the run across the Atlan
tic over the short course in four days,
15 hours. The Lusitania's former
record, which was also the ocean
record, was four days, 18 hours and 40
minutes, the steamer by her new per
formance lowering her former mark
and the record mark by three hours
and 40 minutes.
The Lusitania's previous best per
formance was made last November,
when the short course was still in use.
As the season advanced the great lin
ers began using the southern or long
course to avoid danger from icebergs.
Both the Lusitania and her sister ship,
the Mauretania, then began a series
of record-breaking performances over
the long route, which continued until
recently, when the vessels again
sought the short course for the fall
and winter seaosn.
Tuned up by many fast trips in
spring and summer, the Lusitania be
gan speeding for a record-breaking run
immediately on leaving Queenstown
Sunday morning. She passed Daunt's
Rock, from which her leaving time is
taken, at 11:30 that forenoon and up
to noon had traveled at the rate of
22.91 knots an hour. When fairly out,
however ,she struck up a still smarter
pace and in the next 2$ hours up to
noon on Monday, the 17th, had logged
the record to 650 knots, seven knots
more than the previous best record for
a day's run, made by her on July 6.
In doing this she had made an aven
age speed for the 24 hours of 25.66
knots.
MOB LEADERS ARE INDICTED
Grand Jury at Springfield, 111., Returns
Bills Against Two Persons.
Springfield, 111. —Ten indictments
against two of the alleged mob
leaders were returned by the special
grand jury of Sangamon county late
Thursday. Six of these are against
Abraham Raymor and four are against
Kate Howard. Raymor is charged
•with murder, four cases of malicious
mischief and one of riot. The charges
against Mrs. Howard are for malicious
mischief and are identical with those
against Raymor on these counts.
The murder charge against Raymor
is based on his alleged participation
in the lynching of William Donigan,
a negro who fell a victim to the mob's
fury Saturday night. Considerable evi
dence upon which this was voted was
procured by a military court of in
quiry which had been sitting under
the direction of Col. Chipperfield of
the First cavalry, and which turned
over to the state's attorney the result
of its investigations.
"We procured enough evidence to in
dict 40 or 50 participants in last
week's rioting," said Col. Chipperfield.
"We have a complete confession from
Raymor and we have also discovered
convincing evidence of arson on the
part of a former police officer of
Springfield. The evidence is not only
available for grand jury work, but it
is of such a character that convictions
are almost bound to follow its presen
tation in court."
The indictments charge both Ray
mor and Mrs. Howard with participa
tion in the looting of the Loper res
taurant and also with aiding in the
wrecking of the building.
Hughes' Candidacy Is Approved.
New York City. A conference
was held Thursday at President Roose
velt's home in Oyster Bay between the
president, Chairman Hitchcock of the
Republican national committee, James
S. Sherman, candidate for vice presi
dent, and several other prominent Re
publicans, in regard to the situation in
New York state, and it. is given out
that Gov. Hughes' candidacy for an
other term as governor was approved.
Drouth Compels Mines to Close.
Irwin, Pa. —The drouth being ex
perienced in this district, which
has caused the suspension of many
mines, thereby throwing over 2,000
men out of employment, shea's no sign
of abatement and two other mines, em
ploying over 300 men, were closed
Thursday.
Six Children Burned to Death.
Colfax, Wash. —Six children are
dead and two others a»e burned so
seriously that recovery is doubtful at
the H. W. Schultz ranch, between Col
fax and Palouse, resulting from a fire
that destroyed the home Wednesday
night.
Johnson Accepts the Nomination.
St. Paul, Minn. Gov. Johnson
announced Thursday that he would
accept the nomination for governor
tendered to him by the state Demo
cratic convention.
IN HONOR OF NAVAL HEROES:
FIVE TORPEDO BOAT DESTROY
ERS WILL BE NAMED.
Officers Who Were Killed in Battle
and the Captain of a Privateer
are in the List.
Washington, D. C. —By authority
of the president the torpedo boat de
stroyers under construction have been
assigned the following names:
Torpedo boat destroyer No. 17,
Joseph B. Smith. Lieut. Smith com
manded the Congress when she was
sunk by the Merrimac on March 18,
1862, in Hampton Roads. He' was
killed in this engagement.
No. 18, Roswell H. Lamson. Lieut.
Lamson participated in the battle of
Port Royal and the capture of Fort
Walker and was commended by Rear
Admiral Dupont for bravery.
No. 19, Samuel W. Preston. Lieut.
Preston was killed in the assault on
Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865.
No. 20, Charles W. Flusser. Com
mander Flusser was killed in action on
the Miami during an engagement with
the Confederate ram Albemarle, near
Plymouth, N. C., April 19, 1864.
No. 21, Samuel C. Reid. Capt. Reid
commander the privateer General
Armstrong. He was attacked in the
harbor of Fayal September 26, 1814, by
boats from three British men-of-war-
Capt. Reid drove them off, killing and
wounding 135 officers and men. The
frigate Rota compelled him to run his
ship ashore and destroy her before
capture. He received the commenda
tion of congress and a sword from the
state of New York.
THE TREND OF TRADE.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of
Business Conditions.
New York City.—R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Trade and industrial activities con
tinue to expand, improvement being
of a conservative nature that promises
permanency. There is little disposi
tion to anticipate the future, but cur
rent distribution is larger and mer
cantile collections are more prompt.
There is some complaint among whole
sale dry goods jobbers that the big
auction sales detracted from regular
business, but the general situation was
greatly improved by the distribution
of those accumulations, and many re
tailers have remained to supplement
their purchases.
In manufacturing lines, the iron and
steel industry is steadily adding to out
put, and shoo shops are receiving sub
stantial contracts, although producers
are handicapped by the persistent
strength of hides and leather.
A few special sales of pig Iron have
been made at concessions from former
quotations, some merchant furnaces
seeking all the business offered, but
the general level of prices is not ma
terially altered and there is a distinct
improvement in demand.
Footwear factories in New Engand
report a steadily improving demand
from western wholesalers, although
contracts are chiefly for prompt de
livery and buyers are disposed to oper
ate conservatively. Low stocks In the
hands of jobbers are indicated by ur
gent requests for quick shipment.
INDICTMENTS FOR SIX.
Grand Jury at Springfield, 111., Returns
Bills Against Mob Leaders.
Springfield, 111. —Six more alleged
riot leaders have been caught ire
the grand jury net here. The in
quisitorial body on Friday night re
turned indictments against six persons,
the documents charging 20 separate
offenses. All were based upon the
trouble at Loper's restaurant and were
identical with those charged against
Kate Howard in the indictments re
turned Thursday.
The small towns of the county con
tinue to be danger spots. At Buffalo,
a village 15 miles from here, the fol
lowing notice has been posted at the
lnterurban trolley line station:
"All niggers wanted out of town by
Monday, 12 a. m. sharp." It was signed
by "Buffalo Sharpshooters."
Complaints also filter in daily from
the mining camps, coming from whites
and negroes alike. Each race seems
distrustful of the other.
The city was guarded last night by
deputy sheriffs and police, with the
Seventh infantry held in reserve.
There was a decrease in the number of
refugees at the arsenal.
Asks for Rehearing of Rebate Case.
Chicago, 111. —The government sete
up the claim that the action of the
United States court of appeals in set
ting aside the $29,240,000 fine of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana nulli
fies the interstate commerce and rebat
ing laws, in its petition for rehearing
of the case, filed Friday through the
office of United States District Attor
ney Sims. Judge Landis, who imposed
the fine last year and was severeh
criticised by the appellate court, is /
vigorously defended in the petition.
Mr. Earl Is a Lucky Man.
Washington, D. C. —Of SIO,OOO ii>
dec-ayed greenbacks sent to the treas
ury department for redemption by O
D. Earl of Morillton, Ark., all but
have been identified and on Friday
check for $9,975 was mailed fc> him.
Women Plan a Balloon Voyage.
New York City.—ln an effort to
make a record aerial trip, four women
well known in New York and Philadel
phia will start In a balloon from t!:<
shores of Huntington Bay, Long
on August 2"