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' V , s ' • if**-- a wm-&& ^•vi--• • OO<SD\XLT VIEWS f f * - r i i W A D H 1 4 # ? ' t \ i * 1 / ^ * r i . Z. * ** ^ -*5e» cXXPm/C/rrBY W/l&irr£KSQtf I.WWH. I*^UW!4#W.?^ iMPHi tWr- Votes mtW p f r r n Sg^/IS S I 1 « » I 11 m m m m i.f lia WAATNOC ssvssss*** *77/c f/TZ/A? y. jj£ flfCALL THE MS GILBERT BILL AL80 CREATES COURT POSITION OPEN TO WOMAN. CHANGES PROPOSED Must Vote fop a Full NuriiL Judge* to . be Elected or His Ballot Will Be invalid. T HAS been told before this how the African treasures of the National Museum in Washington brought out of the dark continent by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmond Heller, Dr. Edgar A. Mearns and J. Alden Lorlng, are stored away in great chests and on shelves in by-rooms of the musei^n » building, and how the specimens of l\Jl tig game will not be mounted for general inspection until many months have passed. The treasures are all in the big building, however, and if one has in­ terest and patience one of the scientists will draw them forth from the?i recesses and give him a chance to study and to admire. It was my good luck not long a go to be in­ vited by Theodore Roosevelt to go through the National Museum with him on a tour of exam­ ination of the pelts of the big mammals, and the skins of the many colored birds and of the small * z.: '&• - *4 •k Springfield.--A recall on the judges," bailiff and chief clerk of the municipal court, the creation of masters of the court, such positions to be open to women; the establishment of a mas­ ters' fund and the formation of a stenographic department are among the sweeping changes in the municipal Colonel Roosevelt seemed to And special delight, court act contemplated In a bill draft- One can exhaust all the color adjectives in the ed by Hiram T. Gilbert of Chicago. English language and yet hardly do justice to The recall features for judges pro- the hues and combination of hues of the plum- vides that whenever 250 attorneys at ag© of the tropical birds which the expedition law in Cook county present to the su- brought back from Africa. Dr. Edward A. Mearns, preme court a petition, a referendum who is a F.urgeon of the United States army, but vote by mail shall be taken among now on the retired list, did most of the collect- the Cook county bar. If a majority Ing of feathered big game and small game. Dr. of the lawyers favor the proposition Mearns Is one of the world's foremost ornith- the election board shall then submit OJK-D/X AJY/s VvWH'h our r S\L. O * \\ o'logists. While he was stationed with the troops in the far west he made a special study of the birds of the sections in which he happened to be, and on several occasions he was authorized by Uncle Sam to Join scientific expeditions or­ ganized to make investigations and collections In new territories. It Is well known that In a general way the more soberly clad birds are the best songsters. For instance, take the hemlt thrush and the mocking bird of America. They are both dressed in homespun, but they have voices of the kind which people call "fortunes in themselves." There are some sober clad birds In the tropics and there as elsewhere they are the better singers. In America we have a bird called the shrike. SL£J '•$k f, mammal* of which hundreds and hundreds were brought to America to give the student an ade­ quate idea of the fauna of the African plains, mountains, valley and forests. It was Colonel Roosevelt's first glimpse of the African quarry since he sa^ it living in its na­ tive wilds. It was his desire to know hnw per­ fectly the specimens had been prepared and what deterioration, if any, the climatic conditions before shipment and after arrival had caused. Accompanying Mr. Roosevelt in his trip ^through the museum were Dr. C. Hart Merrlam, now the head of the Harriman Zoological Foun­ dation and former chief of the United States 'Biological Survey; Mr. Edmund Heller, who ac­ companied Mr. Roosevelt to Africa and who pre- fDarftd. most of the big game specimens for ship- fment; Edgar A. Mearns, the ornithologist, who accompanied the expedition and collected most of the birds; LouisAgasslz Fuertes, the mam­ mal and bird painter; John Snure, and myself. We had the huge rooms in which the Roosevelt collections are stored all to ourselves. Colonel Roosevelt 6poke freely about his trip and told many anecdotes in connection therewith which do not appear In his book and which he did not tell in his lecture before the National Geographic Society. Ij; is hard to describe adequately the enthu­ siasm of the Oyster'Bay hunter over the natural history treasures^ which his expedition had se­ cured for the National Museum and which, much to the Colonel's delight, had arrived in splendid condition, due largely to the hard, driving, pains­ taking work of Edmond Heller and J. Alden Lo- Ying and Dr. Mearns in preparing the specimens under the heat of an African sun and with only natives to help them In their delicate and diffi­ cult task. The first visit of the colonel was paid to the part of the museum where the elephant, the irhlnoceros and the hippopotamus hides in their icrude form are stowed away awaiting the day |when they will be mounted and made to appear Bn natural form in the great exhibition hall. The ^colonel stopped before the skin of one gigantic lelephant. The hide had been placed on a huge kable which it covered completely while the "overflow" went to the floor and siretched out for some distance in every direction. "This," said ; jMr. Roosevelt; "ls an elephant which I had the i thardest kind of work to Bhoot. I labored for hours under the blistering sun to get within cer­ tain killing range, for the specimen was a fine ' one and I wanted to be sure that I could add it xJs-jtL/rjjcrto rxun jrti /wujjl VFJLT missyr to the museum's collection. Finally I got a shot and down went the monster. I turned with a shout of rejoicing to Heller, who was near me. Heller went over and examined the elephant and then turned to me with a grave face and said, 'Colonel this elephant died of apoplexy. You missed him a mile.' Heller keeps on telling that story and I am willing, for he gets lots of fun out of it. All I have to say is if the elephant dropped dead of apoplexy at the instant I fired it was the most considerate elephant that ever roamed Africa." In the African fields there are thirty or forty species of antelopes, one, the giant eland, ls big­ ger than an ox, and it inhabits a fever stricken territory In which only a few hunters and those of the hardiest kind will venture. The colonel is exceedingly proud of the giant elands which he secured and which are now in possession of the museum and in perfect condition for eventual mounting for Bhow purposes. One of the antelopes which the expedition se­ cured has a remarkable hide. Colonel Roosevelt spent a long time examining and admiring this specimen. The skin Is iridescent and as you turn it at different angles to the light It sent forth colors of blue, green, red and purple. It has a watered silk effect, but perhaps no watered silk that woman ever wore held such a marvel­ ous combination oi hues. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, who is now, as has been said, the head of the Harriman Zoological Foun­ dation, was the first man to suggest to Theodore Roosevelt that after he retired from the presi­ dency he ought to go to Africa to collect speci­ mens for the National Museum. Credit for the suggestion was given Dr Merriam by Mr. Roose velt In his lecture before the National Geographic Society. It Is probable that Dr. Merriam is the foremost authority in the United States on sev­ eral branches of natural science. He is particu­ larly interested in bears and it was by him that comparisons were made of bear skulls by which recently a separation of species was made where It was not known definitely that a difference existed. It must have been fully a century ago that an English scientist hunter who had secured a speci­ men of the cane brake bear declared that it was a species distinct from the ordinary black bear of the eastern United States, the bear known to every dweller in the eastern region remote from the populous centers. There was a dispute among scientist* about the matter and it never definitely was settled, the general opinion remaining that the cane brake bear was simply the ordinary black bear of the Alleghenles, the Adirondacks and the woods of Michigan, Wisconsin and Maine. When Colonel Roosevelt killed his specimens of the cane brake bear he examined them and came to the conclusion that the Englishman who had separated it as a species was right. The colonel to put the matter to the test sent the skulls of the bears he had killed to Dr. Merriam. who put in a lot of painstaking study comparing them with the skulls of the ordinary black bear and it was found the Englishman who had cdntended for separate species was right. If it had not been for the Roosevelt study and his determina­ tion to submit the matter to the test science probably would still be holding to the belief that the eastern United States Jj&ve only one species of the bruin tribe. In the bear room of the museum Mr. Roose­ velt saw the skulls of the species which he was Instrumental in giving a separate place to and he saw the skulls of every bear known to the world. To the 'lymen present these skulls were nothing but skulls and originally they might have formed the head bones of any kind of an animal, but scientists can pick up a bone of any kind and not only tell what it came from, but from it construct the entire naimal. In the room set aside (or the present as a storage place for the collection of African birds * which ls about the size of a red-winged black­ bird, the swamp blackbird known to every coun­ try boy. The shrike preys ,on smaller birds, on mice and on big insects which It empales on thorns after making a meal, in the case of birds and mice, of the brains of the quarry. The shrike ls dressed in soft grays and while Father a handsome bird it is 20 nwiaus of brilliant attire. The African shrikes which Dr. Mearns col­ lected and In which Theodore Roosevelt showed a marked interest on the day in which he went through the museum, aie perhaps among jphe most brilliant colored birds of the world. They are not unlike the American scarlet tanager only the scarlet is of the kind that seems to burn the sight. Colonel Roosevelt has been having a lit­ tle controversy with Scientist Abbott H. Thayer over the question of the protective coloration of birds and mammals. Mr. Thayer, in a general way. thinks that most animals have n. colnra- tion which protects them in a measure from discovery. It is known that this is perfectly true of some kinds of wild creatures, but Mr. Thayer thinks that even brilliantly plumaged birds are protected. Colonel Roosevelt 011 the day of his visit to the museum held up one of the shrikes in its scarlet attire and said ironically, "There's a fine example of protective coloration." Look­ ing at the bird one might readily believe that against a background of green leaves it would be the first object in the landscape to attract attention. There are storks in the African collection. I think that three species were included in the captures. Now It must be understood that when the expedition went Into Africa it was agreed that there should be no killing beyond the actual needs of science except of course when it was necessary to kill game to supply the game table with food. The rule was that when a certain number of mammals or birds of each kind had been killed the shooting must stop and the num­ ber fixed was very small, although of course this regulation did not apply t,e destructive animals like the beasts of prey, mice and other crop de­ stroying rodents. The rule which Mr. Roosevelt insisted upon and in which the others readily acquiesced was lived up to the letter. When Dr. Mearns had se­ cured a fixed number of storks he wanted to get one more because he thought there was some point which might be decided If he could add another stork to the collection. He told Colonel Roosevelt he was going to kill another stork. The colonel laughed and said, so It is reported: "Not on your life." Mr. Roosevelt's anti-race suicide pronouncement may account for his de­ votion to the interests of the stork. When we were ready to leave the museum Dr. C. Hart Merriam, who has made a careful study of the collection brought back from Africa, turn­ ed to Colonel Roosevelt and said: "There can be no possibility of mistake in saying that the expedition which you led was the means of giv­ ing to the National Museum the finest and most valuable collection of African animals which exists in the whole world. Science has profited immensely as the result of your labors." f®«ng Doctor's Too Only Made Matters Worse Ready Excuse frobably Taught Him a Lesson for the Future. 'That excuse only Increases the wlr* ardne«8 of the case," said Mayor ,ynor of a political fiasco. "That ex- e remind," me of young Doctor *,v .'A-?' •• ^8ts.rt. :,0;, * "Doctor Start, a ghort time after he ^ to practice, was summoned to attend a banker suffering from typhoid. Doctor Start pulled the banker through. Then, In taking leave for good, he congratulated his patient and himself, and said he would call Jnst once more Jn the oourse of the week, to make sure that no complications had set in. "He called live days later. The banker's brother met him at the dear with a very long face. " 'Poor George is dead/ he said sol­ emnly. "Doetor Start turned pale. 'How am I to get out of this?' he thought. 'I must exonerate myself somehow. What , negligence I have shown!' Then he said: " "Well, on the whole, I'm not sur­ prised. This Isn't the first fatal case of typhoid convalescence, nor will It be the last. A clot, it ls clear, formed kuddenly at the base of your brother's medulla, the diastole was disordered and the usual heart failure ensued.' A Dividend. Xt does all right To hop«. Wfe B&y, But one muit work. To make It par. "Doctor Start rattled on for several minutes In that strain, but at the end of a long and Involved sentenoe, when he paused to take breath, the dead man's brother said solemnly: " 'No, Doctor Start, you are wrong. That lsnt what killed John. He went bathing at Coney Island and was can ried out by the tide.' ** . to the voters at the next general elec­ tion a recall ballot. No recall shall be submitted until after a judge has served at least two years, and only one such vote shall be taken on any one Judge. The bail­ iff and chief clerk are subject to similar provisions. The bill allows the court to appoint Buch number of masters as it may deem necessary, not more than fifteen at a time. The masters are to be between thirty-five and sixty years of age, with ten years' experience, and they must pass physical examinations. Their sal­ aries are $6,000 for the first ten years, $7,000 for the second ten and $8,000 a year after twenty years' service. When a master attains seventy years he or she shall be retired on a pen­ sion equal to $200 per annum for every year of service. Other changes proposed by the bill are: Municipal Judges to be elected on the third Tuesday in April Instead of November; clerk and bailiff to be elected in November. Civil service for all clerks, except three for each judge, three for the chief clerk and all bailiffs except three. A stenographic department, none to be picked for "political reasons." Em­ ployment of a business manager to run the department. A graded increase in salaries for judges until they get as much as cir­ cuit and superior court Judges. Voters must vote for a full number of judges to be elected or his ballot is invalid. Municipal judges may interchange with circuit and superior judges. Municipal court can take all cases originating by information or warrant, extending their jurisdiction in criminal cases. General Charges Barred. "The assembly knows where I stand," he said. "I do not intend to consider anything of the sort that may be introduced for the sole pur­ pose of raising a disturbance. To get consideration, any snch resolutions will have to be based upon definite and specific charges that would war­ rant my laying them before the house for action." As to the chances a blanket resolu­ tion would stand, the prospects affe that it would be opposed by every In­ terest and faction involved. Speaker Adkins spent the day at the state house working on his com­ mittee lists. Such a large portion of the old members have asked for new assignments and there are so many new members in the house that the speaker ls having troubles of his own. Rumors were afloat that in case B. M. Chlperfield ls not reappointed as head of the judiciary committee the post may go to William P. Holaday of Danville. Features of the Bill. Among its features are the follow­ ing: No political meetings to be held in barrooms or In halls connected with saloons. Candidates and political committees to file, within fifteen days after an election, a statement showing the amount of money spent and to whom. Candidates are limited in expendi­ tures to a total equal to 15 per cent, of a year's salary of the office sought. Expenditures of both candidates and committees are limited to the follow­ ing purposes: Printing, traveling, ad­ vertising, postage, stationery, ex- pressage, freight, telegraph and tele­ phone; giving of information to the public; political meetings; payment of speakers; rent and furnishing of of­ fices; payment of clerical force; em­ ployment of watchers at polls. Want $8,015,983 for State Charities. The sum of «S,015,983 is the amount estimated that will be needed for the maintenance of the state charitable In­ stitutions In 1911 and 1912. The amount represents a decrease of $821,- 110.58 from the amount which the heads and superintendents of the va> rious institutions estimated would take to operate the institutions of which they are in charge for the next two years. The estimates were sub­ mitted to Fiscal Agent Whipp, who cut down the estimate nearly $1,000,- 000. Nearly a million and a half ls re­ quired for the construction of new bulldingB for the housing of the state's wards. In general, the recommenda­ tions of Fiscal Agent Whlpp in asking for the legislative appropriation of the amount neccpsary for the maintenance of the institutions are divided for the following different purposes: For or­ dinary repairs and improvements, $553,- 900; for the care and Improvement of the grounds, $54,800; for new build lngs and additions, $1,078,645^ for steam heating and lighting plants, $69,950} for miscellaneous, $178,860. Curb for Corporations. Corporations are prohibited from contributing money; violation forfeit* charter or revokes license. No candidate can take oath of of­ fice until he make* hi* statement of expenses. •' 6 No state or city employe or any oth­ er official shall solicit In any way any contribution. No soliciting can be car­ ried on in any public building. It is made a felony to tamper with the ballot boxes or stuff them; to make fraudulent returns or to threat­ en or by corrupt means to influence a voter. It ls made a felony for any candi­ date for United States senator or his rriends to "give, loan or promise to give or loan any money or other thins to use his influence to further the candidacy of a United States senator,"" or for any candidate for the legisla­ ture to take or ask for money or prop­ erty In support of a candidate for sen­ ator. The Jones bill will be followed by the two bills"framed by the Peoria con­ ference committee of seven. One is sub­ stantially the Oregon law, the other the Minnesota act. Senator Pailey has al­ ready sent one in patterued upon the California statute. Seek to Open House Inquiry. Factional fires in the house minor­ ity have blazed forth with renewed heat and reports 'rom the inside are that the followers of George W. Eng­ lish will seek to open a house inquiry into the bribery scandals of last ses­ sion by asking for an investigation of the state administration. The Eng­ lish forces were told by Speaker Ad kins that he would not entertain a bribery resolution 011 the ground that the scandals are a closed incident so far as the present house is concerned, the Indicted legislators having been rejected. Information that leaked out indi­ cates that the English faction is con- Biueriiig a new line of tactics, and that within the next week or two it may introduce a resolution calling for an investigation not only of the last session but likewise of the state chari­ table institutions; the game depart­ ment, the factory Inspection depart­ ment and other branches of the state government. Bill Reading Bothers Senate. Another effort was made In the sen­ ate to shake off the irksome ruling by Lieutenant Governor Oglesby that all the bills should be read in full, but without success. Senator Jones made a motion that all bills be referred to committees without being read by the secretary. The lieutenant governor said he would willingly abide by the rules laid down by the Benate, but declared he would protect himself and direct that all bills be read in full in accordance with the constitution. Senator Brown presented a woman's suffrage bill, granting women the right to vote for members of the state board of equalization, members of the board of assessors, boards of review, sanitary district trustees and for all officers of cities, villages and town*, except police magistrates. Senator Jones' Cprrupt Practices Bill. Senator Walter Clyde Jones ls to in­ troduce a corrupt practices act that would put an end to conditions such as are now plunging Danville and Ver­ million county into a scandal. It is the administration's bill and It makes it a felony for any person to threate^ voters or to influence them by bribes or other corrupt means. The present general election law and primary law exempt the bribe givers and provide punishment for the bribe takers. The measure, which is said to em­ body the best features of the Cali­ fornia. Oregon and Minnesota laws, provides that only candidates and po­ litical committees can expend money for political purposes. Aim at Both Parties. In this way the resolution would be made more or less non-partisan, inas­ much as it would impinge upon the Deneen administration as well as upon the bipartisan combination of two years ago, which elected Senator Lori- mer. By giving it this scope the pro­ moters of the movement apparently figure that it would be given consid­ eration by Speaker Adkins and would get to the floor. The speaker declared that although he would give consideration to any resolutions bearing specific charges, he would not countenance anything in the nature of a blind Ashing expedi­ tion. Bank Guaran ty Fund . A bill embodying the Oklahoma idea of a bank depositors' guaranty fund, which former Governor Haskell and "Alfalfa Jim" Murray of Oklahoma nailed into the last Democratic na­ tional platform at Denver, was Intro­ duced in the house by John M. Raap of Fairfield. The measure, which ls al­ most identical with the law in opera­ tion in Oklahoma, provides for the es­ tablishment of a state banking board and the collection of an assessment of one per cent, of average daily deposits upon all state banks and trust compa­ nies. The assessment is to form a guaranty fund. "Frozen Falsehoods" Escape. "Frozen faibt-huouu " which rest in cold storage warehouses and whosA palatability as food is questioned, will not be compelled to go under oath before the Illinois senate and confess their age. By an overwhelming vote the senate refused to pass a Joint res­ olution requesting the house to Join in naming a commission to investigate the cold storage warehouses of the state. By a party vote of 30 to 12 the senators finally referred the resolution to the standing committee on live stock and dairying. DYSPEPTIC PHILIS0PHY. What the theater really needs 1* > Society far the Prevention of Cruelty to AudlengMa. Why *re we supposed to have more respect for (ray hair* than for a bald head? A man can face the world with • good heyt if he can also face it with a good liver. FYom a masculine point of view would It be heresy to question the sex of the devil? Some fat'men ere meaner than eth­ er men simply because there is more of them. Many » man who thinks he is in love lives to discover that second thoughts are best. Some men are born great, some ko quire greatness, and others have great­ ness thrust upon them, but it doesn't seem to take any of them long to set rid of it Scrupulous. "What did Mr. Hlbrow say when he found you standing under the mistl* toe?" askea Maude. "Ha said it was not genuine mistle­ toe," replied Maymie, "and that hi could not think of taking advantage of a botanical error." INSIDE HISTORY. Gome Seif-Explanatory Letters. Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 7, '11, Dr. E. H. Pratt, Suite 1202, 100 State St., Chicago, Illinois. My Dear Doctor: "Owing to some disagreement with • magazine several Seeks Endowment for Pupils. That the United States government appropriate one dollar a year for every schoolboy or girl In the state was sug­ gested In another resolution which | feels drawn to you by the kinship of years ago they have become quite vituperative* and of late have publicly charged m« with falsehoods in my statements that we have genuine testimonial let ters. "It ha* been our rule to refrain from publishing the names either ol laymen or physicians who have writ ten to us in a complimentary way, and we have declined to accede to ths demand of attorneys that we turn these letters over to them. "I am asking a few meft whom 1 deem to be friends to permit me to reproduce some of their letters ovei their signatures in order to refute lii< falsehoods. "We have hundreds of letters from physicians, but I esteem the one that you wrote to me in 1906 among the very best, particularly in view of the fact that i.t recognizes the work I have been trying to do partly through the little book, 'The Road to Wellville.' "I do not sell or attempt to sell the higher thought which is more impor­ tant than the kind of food, but I have taken considerable pains to extend to humanity such facts as may have come to me on this subject. "In order that your mind may be re­ freshed I am herewith enclosing a copy of your good letter, also a copy of the little book, and if you will give me the privilege of printing this over your signature 1 will accompany the printing with an explanation as to why you permitted its use in publi­ cation in order to refute falsehoods, and under that method of treatment 1 feel, so far as I know, there would b« no breach of the code of ethics. "I trust this winter weather is find­ ing you well, contented and enjoyinf the fruits that are yours by right. 4^'With all best wishes, I am," Yours very truly, C. W. POST. Dr. Pratt, who ls one of the most prominent and skillful surgeons in America, very kindly granted our re­ quest in the cause of truth and ju» tice. Chicago, Aug. 81, 1906. Mr. C. W Post. Battle Creek, Mich. My Dear Sir: "I write to expr#.** rny pergonal a*, preciation of one of your business methods, that of accompanying each package of your Grape-Nuts produc­ tion with that little booklet "The Road to Wellville," A more appro­ priate, clear headed and effective pre­ sentation of health-giving auto-sugges­ tions could scarcely bo penned. "Grape-Nuts is a goo 1 food in itself, but the food contained in this little article is still better stuff. I commend the practice because I know that the greed and strenuousnesB, the cons* quent graft and other types of thiev­ ery and malicious mischief generally can never be cured by legislative ac­ tion. "The only hope for the betterment of the race rests in individual soul culture. "In taking a step In this direction, your process has been so original and unique that it must set a pace for other concerns until finally the whole country gets flavored with genuine, practical Christianity. "I shall do all that lies in my . pow­ er to aid In the appreciation of Grape- Nuts, not so much for the sake of the food itself as for the accompanying suggestions. "Visiting Battle Creek the other day with a friend, Dr. Kelly of Evanston. Illinois, while I was consulting with Mr. Gregory, my friend visited you? factories apd came away greatly amazed, not only at the luxurious fur» nishings of the offices generally and the general equipment of the place, but with the sweet spirit of courtesy and kindness that seemed to fill the air with a spiritual ozone that was good to breathe. "The principle* expressed in the little booklet. 'The Road to Well- vllle,' I well know are practical and they work in business of all kinds, in­ cluding sanitariums, as will be fairly tested before time is done. "I know you will not regard this let­ ter of appreciation as aa intruding one. It ls simply the salutation of good fellowship to you from a man who. although he has never seen you. came before the house. It was intro­ duced by Representative Joseph Carter of Champaign and, after some debate, was adopted by acclamation. The res­ olution sets forth that the government, which once endowed the schools with land grants, should take a similar step In the present age by endowing the^ with cash. thought. "The only thing that makes a mam Hve forever in the hearts of his coun­ trymen and hi* race is the good that he does. Your position in this respect Is an enviable one and I wish to e»> lend my congratulations." < Tours respectfully, ^ B. H. PRATT.