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WILL DON GORMAN'S TOGA
John Walter Smith, the man who ns&eered
the campaign that brought about the Democratic
sweep in Maryland and put himself in line for
United States senator, was an almost unknown
man in politics six months ago. He had been gov
ernor of his state and on retiring had been prom
ised election as United States senator, but the
leaders of the party turned him down and gave
the coveted seat to Isldor Rayner. Smith took it
to heart, but made no complaint and remained in
the party. He quietly made his arrangements and
at the Democratic state convention when all the
delegates were at sea as to the best material for
a slate, he stepped in and nominated the whole
slate himself, from governor down. He had been
credited with ten votes in the convention, but he
soon developed a strength of 114.
Having nominated the slate, it was up to Smith to elect them, and he
carried 90 out of 128 seats in the legislative assembly. He put Judge Crothers
into the governor's chair and made himself safe for United States senator,
the height of his ambition. One of his lieutenants will contest the other seat
with Senator Rayner when his term expires and Smith will be the dictator
of Maryland with none to say him nay. Never before has a man emerged
from comparative obscurity and reached such a commanding position in so
short a timo. And it was all his own work, moreover. He had determined to
get both his revenge and the seat he was after, and he gets them both as e
result of quiet working and scheming.
Smith is a self-made man in every respect, in business as in politics. He
has made millions in lumber and other large commercial interests, and ir
prominent in financial circles, being director of several banks. Politics is
with him merely a hobby, for he has no material ends to serve. On the other
hand, it costs him immense sums, for no one has contributed to the Demo
cratic funds more liberally than he. He was born in 1845 and his father died
in I860, leaving his estate so involved that it scarcely served to pay the debts,
, and Smith and his mother were plunged from affluence into poverty in an in
stant. He has risen from a penniless orphan to one of the greatest capitalists
of his native state and one of its greatest politicians. .
NEW CINCINNATI MAYOR
Leopold Markbreit, who has Just been elected
mayor of Cincinnati, is a soldier, a lawyer and a
newspaper editor, besides being one of the most
popular men in his town. He was law partner of
Rutherford B. Hayes when the civil war broke out,
and It was agreed between them that Hayes was
to go to the war and Markbreit was to stay be
hind to attend to the office. Hayes was in com
mand of a regiment at the battle of Carnifex
Ferry, and was in a very tight position when he
saw a new force debouching from the woods on his
flank. He was about to order his men to turn
their guns on this new enemy when he recognized
their leader as Markbreit, whom he believed to
be practicing law in Cincinnati. Markbreit was
coming up to reinforce him, but the greeting he
received was gruff: "What are you doing here?
Why aren't you attending to the office?" But in the heat of the battle
Hayes forgot his wrath and made no further objection to Markbreit remain
ing with the army.
Markbreit was wounded and had to return home, for his legs had become
paralyzed and he was forced to drag himself along with the aid of crutches.
His misfortune served only to endear him with the people. Although crippled
he is still an active man and has been for years editor and principal owner of
the Cincinnati Volksblatt, one of the leading German papers in the country.
Markbreit Is about 65, was born in Germany and came here as a boy. He
has a sunny, genial disposition, with a kind word for everybody. In his
youth he was an ideal soldier, a man whose commanding presence attracted
the attention of the late William McKlnley, even on the field of battle. Now
he will have to be carried from his carriage into the mayor's office.
HAS FOUND 15 ASTEROIDS
One of the most successful discoveries of as
teroids in America is a young astronomer who has
graduated but eight years ago from Amherst col
lege, and is now instructor and serving astron
omer of Princeton university. He is Raymond
Smith Dugan, of Montague, Mass., ' who has the
fame of finding no less than 15 asteroids.
Most people would imagine that this infers
principally good eyesight and ability to sit out in
cold observatories on dark nights, in ambush for
any hapless asteroids that might be incautiously
loafing about. '
But as such work is so largely done by photog
raphy, the , successful asteroid pursuer wins
through patience and a good head for mathematics.
It is a matter of patient setting of photographic
traps to catch unwonted visitors among the
heavenly company, and a long search through these pictures after any in
truders that may have wandered in.
Then there comes the interminable calculation of orbits to determine
whether the new-comer is some previous acquaintance or an untagged
stranger, though this may not be done by the observer.
Mr. Dugan took a B. A. at Amherst college in 1899, an M. A. at the same
institution in 1902, and from 1899 to 1902 he was acting director of the ob
servatory at the Syrian Protestant college at Beirut, Syria." He then became
first assistant astronomer at the grand ducal astro-physical observatory at
Konigstuhl, Heidelberg, taking the degree of Ph. D. at Heidelberg university"
In 1905. Mr. Dugan .was also in charge of the photograph work for the Lick
eclipse expedition to' Spain in 1905.
The name Montague, given the asteroid for Mr. Dugan's home, has re
cently been submitted to the Rechinstitut in Berlin, where the very laborious
asteroid computations are largely done, and has passed without objection.
The celestial Montague is about 15 miles in diameter, and its force of gravity,
as Mr. Dugan remarks, is not sufficient for the inhabitants to feel sure of
staying on the ground if a slight breeze is blowing.
FRIEND OF THE SIRLOIN
ssii. Timoi rvtrhtnn Browne, whose recent vig-
orous onslaught on vegetarianism ana sturay ae
fense of the mutton chop .and sirloin of beef has
aroused the ire pf the London food faddists, is
the "Teddy Roosevelt" of the British medical
profession. He is always going for something
and he goes for it as hard as he knows how. In
consequence he gets an amount of free advertising
which the old fogey doctors regard as downright
scandalous and opposed to the most sacred ethics
of the medical profession.
But Sir James does not care for tjieir criti
cism any more than the president does for the
threats of the trust magnates. He delights in a
nnirnt.rotsii shindvi He savs things with the
deliberate purpose of provoking folk into hitting I
DaCK. THUS, iur iranmc, ov
ists that instead of being health, reformers they were merely "cultivating in
anities on lentils and distilled water," he calculated on making the vegetarians
angry.
He is a man who would have made a name in any profession had not
medicine, and especially the study of lunacy, claimed his Energies and tal
ents at an early age. He was born in Edinburgh in 1840, and was the son
of Dr. W. A. P. Browne, who was the royal commissioner in lunacy for Scot
land, so that it has been said Jestingly that Sir James has Insanity in his
family. He to-day is one of the greatest English specialists on mental and
nervous diseases. In addition to being an M. D., he is an LL. D., a fellow of
the Royal society, a fellow of the Royal Society of Engineers, and of many
other learned societies, so that it will be seen that his attainments are de
cidedly Catholic. He holds so many honorary professorshipsthat he probably
would be stumped if called on to name them off-hand. '
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THIS READS GOOD.
Pretty Story of Complete Accord Be
tween Employer and Employees.
Henry G. Dawson of Chicago is one
of the largest manufacturers of man
tels in the country. More than that,
he employs union labor and maintains
friendly relations with his employes.
When the Chicago banks suspended
specie payments Mr. Dawson found
himself in a bad way financially, be
ing unable to secure ready money to
meet his pay roll and pay immediate
obligations. ; But his trouble did not
last long. His employes heard about
it and held an informal meeting. Tha
a committee waited upon Mr. Daw
son and tendered him enough ready
money to meet the pay roll for two
weeks and care for his pressing cash
obligations. More than that, the men
informed Mr. Dawson that he need
not worry about cash money to meet
the pay roll they would take care of
that part of it, knowing that Mr. Daw
son was as good as gold in the pocket.
Every man in the factory agreed to
hustle out and get all the currency pos
sible on checks and turn it over to
Mr. Dawson as long as , he' needed
their assistance.
Of course this doesn't amount to
much, but it shows that it pays to be
fair. It reminds one of what James
A. Garfield called "flowers that bloom
over the garden wall of party politics."
WARNS AGAINST REDUCTION.
There Is No Need to Cut the Pay of
Workers.
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, has is
sued this statement: ;
"Of course all realize that there is a
stringency of the circuating medium
money. That is, there is an insuf
ficient amount of currency to carry
on the enormousy increased produc
tion of the past year, and the means
for its genera distribution. This con
dition has been manipuated by the so
called financiers. They have taken
advantage of it regardless upon whom
the harm may fall. Indeed, the entire
financial flurry of the past two weeks
is nothing more or les than a gam
bler's panic. v ,
"It is urged upon all employers of
labor not to attempt the false measure
of supposed relief of the present situ
ation by wage reduction. In similar
financial situations In the past such
policy has simply .resulted in making
conditions worse and more acute and
prolonging them. . , ,
"In any event, the working people of
our country'" have resolved to resist,'
and will resist any attempt to reduce
their wages. There is neither neces
sity nor wisdom in reducing wages as
a way out of the situation. Moreover
labor will not tolerate It." .
SEVEN-FOR-A-QUARTER.
The Citizens' Railway Co. will hold
its annual meeting on January '7, and
niot until that time will consideration
be given to the matter, of selling seven
tickets for a quarter. A man promin
ent in the company's affairs in author
ity for the statement that the com
pany can sell seven tickets for a"
quarter and still pay good interest on
the investment . The matter will be
given full consideration at the annual
meeting.
SO DO WE. . ;
George'. Manly, as president of the
Citizens' Alliance at (Denver, Col., has
sent out a circular to- all merchants
asking cooperation. The circular
bears the following headline: "Print
ed in an open shop.". "Indispensable"
is , spelled , 'indispens-i-'ble," and
"thoughtless"; with one "s." We take
his word for it. Clothing, Trades Bulletin.
AS TO LABOR PAPERS.
If any one kind of paper particu
larly class papers the class benefitted
by their publication gives to them all
the advertising support ' possible. Not
so with a labor paper. If a union gives
a ball or other entertainment out of
which it seks to make money it takes
its advertisement, and a complimen
tary ticket to the editor of the papers
that abuse unionism 365 times a year.
Then they "roast" the editor of their
labor paper because he didn't pungle
up the coin for a ticket and give the
affair , a "writenip." . Consistency is a
jewel that organized labor ought to
wear. Seattle Union. Record. -
ITS SETTLED POLICY.
. We have seen nothing in the papers
about the presentation of Samuel Gom
pers, by Washington delegates to the
convention now in session, of a" mag
nificent set of elk's horns. To give '
the incident publicity would be against
the policy of the Associated Press to
say nothing that would ' show Mr.
Gompers has the respect and confi
dence of organized labor. Seattle Un
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