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TOIIN D. ROCKEFELLER, returning from his
' European journey to his home in Cleveland,
addressed his Sunday school, and, according to
a Cleveland dispatch, preached "loyalty to the
union." In his address Mr. Rockefeller said:
"This is a great and good country to live in. It
is a powerful country. It has grown to its pres- x
ont strength from the strength of a few Puritan
fathers, who first settled here. It was this de
sire for right living, which laid the massive
foundation of the United States. The Puritans
made the beginning what it was; we should keep
it as it was intended to he. That is why we
should love this country of ours; love her people,
her business, her institutions. We should sink
the smaller ' annoyances in the greater things;
we should remember that the events which seem
overwhelming now will be forgotten in a decade.
Through it all wo must show our love for our
fellow man. We are free in this country. We
can study the Bible, live in the truth and accom
plish great ends by our freedom. Over in
Europe they do not have the advantages we have.
I was surprised to find so few Sunday schools on
the continent. You know, I take a great interest
Jn Sunday schools. I think they are great insti
tutions. Our country is much better for its Sun
day schools. After I have seen how few Sunday
schools there are across the water I have decided
1 that this is a country of Sunday schools. Living
in the United States you have a heritage that is
most valuable."
THE CAMPAIGN IN Maine is, this 'year, at
tracting more than ordinary attention. A
heated contest on the county, state and national
issues is on, and in various sections of the state,
independent movements which make large drafts
upon the republican strength have been inaugu
rated. The labor organizations are taking part
in the campaign, particularly in Representative
LittJefiQld's district. Littlefield was renominated
after a hot fight and the democrats have present
ed as his opponent Daniel McGilllcuddy of Lewis
town. Many republicans have announced their
determination to support McGilllcuddy. -The labor
union men are supporting McGillicuddy also, and
they are making a systematic fight against Lit
tlefield. Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
, ican Federation of Labor, has taken the stump
against Littlefield.
MRS LAWSON, wife of Thomas W. Lawson,
died at the Boston financier's country
home in Massachusetts. A dispatch to the Chi
cago Record-Herald says: "At the bedside were
her husband, who during her recent illness scarce
ly left her Side in thrnA wpnlro nni n 1 1.11
dren except the oldest son, Arnold, who is away
on his honeymoon. Mrs. Lawson was a most pop
ular woman among the townspeople and was be
loved by her close friends. Mrs. Lawson, before
her marriage, was Jeannie Augusta Goodwillie.
She was born in Cambridge about forty-seven
years ago and was married in 1878. She was a
woman of exceedingly domestic tastes, her prefer
ence for a simple home life having been in
marked contrast with the strenuous public career
of her husband. She had been in somewhat deli
cate health for several years, owing to heart
trouble, and the thoughtful attention shown her
by her husband on all occasions when she aD-
S ? hlmv ln publlc was a touching testi
monial pf the affection of the millionaire for his
T T WAS FOR Mrs. Lawson's sake, according to
X this same dispatch, that in 1899, Mr Lawson
paid $30,000 for all the plants in existence of the
then newly cultivated flower, since known as the
Lawson carnation. This dispatch says: "Mr
nfZw d b?en accUBtmed to take bunches of
t em to Mrs. Lawson when she was confined to
the house by illness, and they had Riven her so
much pleasure that he determined to give her in
J5?iaf8VPSble degree the JPrtetorship of the
beautiful flower. Mrs. Lawson was esteemed as
one of the most kindly and genius of women
and jilmcwt without exception her benefac ions
were as unobtrusive as generous. It is said that
the worthy poor in the various towns where the
family has lived have had many a cause to bless
her name, and public charities have not been
overlooked. She was noted among her friends
for the possession of a cultivated mind, a keen
intelligence of practical bent and an unfailing -fund
of good humor. Six children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, and all of them are living.
Arnold, the eldest, is 27 years old. He was mar
ried in New York July 28 to Mrs. Lucie Mitchell,
and they are on a cruise in the yacht Cygnet.
The next oldest child is Mrs. Bben B. (Gladys)
Stanwood. She was 23 years old last Saturday.
Then come the unmarried daughters, Marion, aged
20, and Doris, aged 18, and the second son, Doug
las, 16. The youngest child, Jeanne Chandler
Lawson, is 9 years old, and is known to the house
hold as 'Bunny.' "
ENGLAND'S NEW premier, Campbell-Banner-man,
is winning great popularity. A Lon
don cablegram to the New ' York World says:
"When the ministry was forme'd he was spoken
of as a mere 'stopgap' to be sent to the house
of lords .at the end of the first session to make
way for Asquith's leadership. Today Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman has a power and a popular
ity in parliament unequalled since Gladstone's
rule. It is a triumph of character and ability
combined. He has managed the house of com
mons business cleverly, tactfully, has invariably
been honest, .straightforward and clear in expres
sing his own views, he is courteous to everybody,
accessible to his own followers, displays resource,
and whenever appropriate in parrying awkward
questions a humor far excelling in effectiveness
Balfour's achievements in the same line for Ban
nerman never quibbles nor prevaricates. In grant
ing a really free constitution to the Transvaal
and. trusting the Boers Bannerman has given an
other evidence of his consistency. Balfour at
tacked the constitution savagely, raking up afresh
the embers of race hatred, employing all his
ingenuity to destroy beforehand that spirit
of mutual confidence and of forgetful
ness of the haste which is essential to the
success of the scheme. The next day Balfour
discovered that he had made one of the biggest
blunders of his life in taking this course, for the
conservative papers accepted the constitution
more or less enthusiastically and the Morning
Post roundly denounced Balfour's action. In fact,
he found himself and ex-Colonial Secretary Lyt
telton absolutely isolated in denouncing the set
tlement. This, of course, was a great triumph
for Bannerman."
LONDON ADVICES say that at the next ses
sion of parliament, the Irish secretary,
Bryce, will introduce a bill extending the Irish lo
cal government staff at Dublin castle and doing
away with many of the forty boards that govern
Ireland, thus placing' the land under popular con
trol. According to the Dublin correspondent for
the New York World, Sir Anthony Macdonnell,
speaking at a recent dinner, foreshadowed certain
Irish reforms. He said: "My firm belief is that
the coming year, 1907, will see the fruition of
many hopes which the best Irishmen have for
many years entertained. It may not mean the
full fruition of all that many Irishmen .have hoped,
but it will mean so much that Irishmen, if they are
true to themselves, may make it the source from
which all their hopes may be fulfilled."
TTfHEN WILLIAM H. BELCHER, former
V V mayor of Paterson, N. J., was sentenced to
twelve years in the penitentiary, the officiating
judge was an old time and intimate friend of
the prisoner at the bar. Newspaper reports say
that the court room was crowded. Judge Scott,
who had been in Maine on a vacation, returned
to impose the sentence. "I have returned to ful
fil my duty as judge of this court," Judge Scott
said, "and it is the most painful one I have ever
been called upon to perform. .1 know how,
through poverty and toil, you have struggled up
to become a respected member of the bar and
the chief magistrate of this large and prosperous
city of Paterson. With hosts of friends and fol
lowers, your future gave even greater promise.
A year ago, while holding the office of mayor
your flight disclosed to the astonished public
those crimes so manifold, so grave and appar
ently so deliberate that our people stood aghast.
I shall not enter into the painful details. There
are many indictments for forgery, the greatest
of which was the use of the county clerk's stamp
which is barred by the statutes. We can not',
however, lose sight of these in dealing with the
indictments for embezzlement before the court
and to which you have pleaded. You have in
jured others, but none more than yourself. Your
return to be punished shows that you have suf
fered much, yet it is necessary to inflict the pun
ishment the law demands, particularly in this
case, as an example to others whose position and
power in the community may not be used to ob
tain from trusting people their hard-earned mon
ey. There seem to be no mitigating circum
stances and there seems to be no reason for les
sening the extreme penalty ex'cept that mercy
which is usually exercised to temper justice it
self." The court then pronounced sentence, which
is two years on each indictment. Only once dur
ing the mnpleasant ordeal did Belcher show signs
of breaking down, and that was when Lawyer
Barbour, his friend and counsel, was making a
plea for clemency. Tears streamed down his face
while the lawyer was pleading. He sat ' with
downcast eyes while Judge Scott was speaking.
THAT THE PEOPLE axe thoroughly aroused
on the subject of "graft" in all its phases
is abundantly borne out by reports coming every
day from all sections of the country. In Omaha
discovery has been made that a lot of scales in
grocery stores and meat markets weigh "short,"
and investigation revealed that one manufacturer
of "short" scales advertised that the retailer
could "sell goods at cost and make three per cent
profit." As a result of this disclosure two firms
manufacturing scales are engaged in a bitter per
sonal warfare, and the city inspector of weights
and measures has a choice collection of "short"
scales and measures in his office. From Provi
dence, R, I., comes the report that 60,000 glass
milk jars in use in that state are "short," and
the state sealer of weights and measures
charges that all the jars condemned as "short"
in Massachusetts during the last fifteen years
have been shipped into Rhode Island, the most
of them into Providence. "Pound" cans" of meats
usually weigh fourteen ounces, and the "three
pound" buckets of lard are usually "short" con
siderably more than enough to make up for the
cost of the tin bucket. Pint and quart bottles
of medicines, pickles, preserves, etc., will usu
ally be found considerably short of honest meas
ure. The revelations of these things, coming all
at once, clearly shows the temper of the people,
who have grown tired of continued imposition.
JUSTICE BREWER of the United States su
J preme court recently said that Secretary of
War Taft is Mr. Roosevelt's candidate for the
republican nomination in 1908 and now comes
the Washington correspondent for the Kansas
- City Journal, a republican paper and prints under
date of Washington, the following dispatch:
Secretary Taft is being boosted by President
Roosevelt for republican nomination for presi
dent. First comes trouble for Mr. Taft in Ohio.
A speech from the secretary defeated the repub
lican candidate for governor last fall. He was a
good man but had sinned by being a friend' of the
late Hanna for many years. So Taft made his
speech and it was boosted as a Roosevelt expres
sion, a sort of inspired affair. Trouble was on
hand and resulted in defeating the head of the
ticket. Now it happens that the president is try
ing to fix this up. Dick took lunch at Oyster Bay
and it was given out by the president that there
was "harmony in Ohio." The lack of 'harmony in
Ohio,' dated from the Taft speech.
Some are suspicious and see Taft boomed
for nomination and later Roosevelt put Taft
on the supreme bench and run for president him
self. But this theory is held only by thole who
fear the tricks of the past are to be repeated.
There is in fact plenty of reason to believe that
Roosevelt will not chase the nomination, openly
or secretly and this is ariother story. But if Taft
should slip and miss the nomination he will like
ly be cared for by Roosevelt. By this is meant
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