THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. MARCH 12, 1908 J 1 Veteran Senator Whose Contest With Governor Cummins Is Attract. ing Much Attention—His Remarkable Career. lewa Statesman Has Served Thirty. five Years In the Upper Branch of Congress—His Strict Conservatism. dD lowa between 1) HE contest In Governor Albert and Senator William B. All son over the latter's seat in the apper branch of copgress Is attracting considerable attention. Both men are national figures and both have a fol lowing of devoted and trustworthy ad mirers. The adherents of the present senator claim that his splendid service during a period of g0 many years SENATOR ERNO} wi LIAM B. ALLISON AND GOV- ALBERT B. CUMMINS should entitle him to the tion of his seat as nay desire it The govern that Mr. A) lison ought to be content with the hon ors he h: had and give the blood a chance. Mr. Allison dean of the senate, which in March. 1873, having previously served in the house the Thirty eighth, Thirty-nin Fortieth and ty-fir r H sena ye rete r's friends say 18 younger is the For mi The mans pres for t for primary reform and tion of sens % and ell poration inl from politics mins has b senger, K was a candidate for the and was defeated through raliroad Influence Governor ( at the Republican national convention ia 1900 as the handsomest man on the platform. The first time he ran for governor of low § they called him “Handsome Albert” and “the Des Moines Apollo” in the notion that those were damning epithets, but he was nence en carpenter, express mos Hq IS civil engineer and lawyer senate In by three votes Huimnmins nominated, and the veriest hayseed In! the convention that named him sald, | “Well, our county wan't much for him, but when [| seen "lm up In "Is room he looked so much like a guv-ner that 1! concluded I'd vote for "im, anyhow.” Senator Alllson Is recognized as one of the foremost statesmen of his day He has been described as “the youngest old man in the senate” He has red <heehs and a handsome head of rum pled white hair. He Is polished, lel surely and courteous upon all ocean sions, was never known to be excited or angry and In the course of his thir tyfive years of service In the senate has accumulated a store of knowledge which has made Lim of great value as a legislator for the nation. He has oft on been talked of for president, but, as some one put It, “the hee of emulation was In his bonnet; the canker of dis appointment was never In his heart” Fils quiet, easy manner and his eau tiousness In taking a position on any question have led to many jokes among fils colleagues in the senate, with Cummins | Dangerous Pec ' by he entered | was pointed out | ®-= whom, however, he Is very The late Senator Vest once sald that he could walk over eggs without fractur- Ing a shell. that he walk with could hobnaliled shoes on plano keys frem Washington | to Dubuque and One of that of guardedness question. A correspondent in quired of him when he con gress would adjourn. “I can’t say.” the lowan replied. “But it will adjourn soon, won't it? “As to that,” the senator replied, “I am reminded of the story of the man who out riding and was caught In a rainstorm. He didn't know wheth er to go on or seek shelter, and he ap- plied to a farmer who lodding along the road ‘My he sald, ‘do you think ralning? ‘Well,’ alway Ji never strike a note In answering a once thought went was p good it Is man,’ likely to stop sald the farmer, s has A NOISELESS GUN. ssibilities of the Inven- tion of Hiram Percy Maxim. The t e po ties of the new | silent Percy the Max! espe The Hira: ated port As Max mat Bmok Ree! tion vent mal of th auton the valled allowed to « yenting t mosp the HIRAM PERCY MAXIM AND THE NOISELESS PISTOL years been terested In ture of automobile app mon wit} ) ers he | meat f1 ming engines, and It = he ran the Invention patented. In th of the aut he located it of the trouble In on of the engine, and the report ans wh he 1CTORS has just © Case Onoie the 84 } ne p ut rived at the ut idea 1 | kill n ahd application principle he had dis covered he could apply the same theory to weapous of war. Strangely enough like the wythical individual who open ed Pandora's box and let out the mis chief makers, Mr. Maxim once he had | Invented noiseless guns began to re gret it on account of the dangerous pos sibilities he had created “I am fully conscious.” sald he, “of the awful possibilities of this gun, and my conscience is not at all easy on the subject. If it could be taken hold of hy the government alone and its manufacture be restricted to the government, it might not be so bad It Is not a perfectly noiseless affair that Is to say, there Is a slight hissing sound, perceptible a few yards away perhaps. But in the open alr the rus titng of the leaves in the trees or the noise of passing wagons would com pletely drown the sound of the gun. You would not even know what had killed the victim until an examination was made» Mr. Maxim's fear is that foreign governments may learn the secret and arm their forces with noiseless guns or that the latter may get In the hands of the criminal classes, the Black Hand conspirators, for Instance. “Perhaps,” he says, “I'd better get to work right off and try to devise some. thing that will offer a means of pro tection against the gun” when ar m of the problem the nd that if he e by a8 his 1 in the of the ished a conl motor vehil« | with doors opening inward the author! | ly. | health popular. Another me@ber declared | , todd | he the senator's characteristics Is | in the ‘it | | Is worthy of note If only on ace - ar ater and Ith court supporters tnrougn FAULTY CONSTRUCTION. Other Communities Draw Lessons From Lakeview School Disaster, School authorities and fire hgrds all over the country have been »¥ red to Inquiry and In some cases to action by the burning of the Lakeview school at Collinwood, near Cleveland, resulting In the death of so many pupils. In cities where there are school bulldings ties in several cases have taken steps to change these conditions Immediate The secretary of the state board of of Illinols on learning of the | disaster sent out orders to all eity county and town officers to close all | schools, both public and private, not provided with doors opening outward | and with noncombustible fire escapes | and to keep them closed until changes | direction of safety are made. 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