The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 30, 1937, Page 2

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Ansociated Press “— Pr e«Insively entitled to use tor ‘blicu-ion o* alk news dispatches credited to OF Rot otherwis: credited in this paper and also the news pubiished here, 88 SCRIPTION RATES Une Toar $10.00 6. 2.56 35 Weekly 20 VERTISING RATES m application, 4PECIAL NOTICE an REE Pvtione, cards of sean, resolutions of Sry notices etc. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cent Netiows for entertainments by churches from which © revenue i ved are 5 cents a line, The Citizen is an open forum -nd invites discus- Hen of public issues and subjects of local or general pong but it will not publis!: anonymous communt- a line. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED ~Y THE CITIZEN Water and Sewera,-. Bridges to complete Road to Main land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion, Abport} Laud and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. ere 8 » Deus ex machina, but not trom the slots, The trouble with the prophets is that they do not agree. —— Life has many problems—you are probably one of them. Prosperity is the worse misfortune that can befall some families, Se Racing a train to a crossing is great fun if the race doesn’t end in a tie. Those who live above their circum- stances some day will surely live below them. Don't take the world too seriously— one of these days you will die and get away from it. Angry indignation seldom results in sane thinking, and sometimes has dis- astrous resulis, A bachelor leads a selfish existence, machinery of the election never givin, so.ae chance at alimony. The more abundant life includes the raising of intellectual and spiritual stand- ards just as much as material wealth. Dr. Flexner of Rockefeller Institute says people have too many ideas. For- tunately, most of the ideas won’t work. A Japanese statesrazn declares that war betweer. Japan aud the United States would be asurd. But so are all wars. This column has several times stated that the waging of war is the normal and natural condition of*mankind, and that the peace intervals are the breathing spe'ls in between. Insofar as histury can be cor- rect, there have been onl: 227 years of peace in the last 3,400 years. How __his- torians arrive at this figure is difficult to comprehend, because there is always war- fare somewhere on this earth of ours, Almost every invention . and __ institu- tign seems necessary; but only after it has come. eut the railroads, without without the telegraph, mobiles, without electricity, ice, paper, and a thousand things now considered ab- solutely necessary! Yet before they came into being the world got along without them, just as we are getting along without a lot of things that will be invented and which future generations will consider necessities. In the days of the town crier, before newspapers existed, people were just as happy if not happier than we are today In fact, the steamships, How could we get along now with- | without auto-} etch te tt oh en FOE OH HAYES-TILDEN CONTEST Sixty years ago, there occurred the most bitter and long drawn out political contest the United States has ever experi- | enced, when a dispute arose over counting jecond class matter/ and Samuel J. Tilden, deserving woman a| hands of the Republicans, they alone could j | } i i the electoral votes for Rutherford B. Hayes candidates for president. | i: : Tildeh, Democrat, had 184 undisputed electoral ‘yétes, while Hayes, Republican, | had 165. «But duplicate returns were made from Florida, South Carolina, Louis- 00: iana and Oregon, with 20 electoral votes certified by conflicting state authorities. | In order to win the election, Tilden needed only one of the disputed votes, while Hayes needed them all, 185 being neces- sary to a choice. : Finally, after much wrangling, gress passed a special act, creating electoral commission, composed of mem- bers of the Senate, House and the Su- Con- preme Court, 15 in all, to decide the is- | sue. By a strict party vote of 8 to 7, all 20 of the contested electoral votes were given to Hayes, and he was declared elected. Key West, Figrida, ,.and;, particularly the third: ward, playediamdmpertant part in 'this’elédtion. As a-thattér-¥f'fact if the third Ward" had ‘not *béen” thrown, out by the Republicanorefayning: beard at:Talla- hassee, Tilden instead6f" Haye’ would | have been named the “president United States, “*” i Hon. Jefferson B. Browne, in his book “Key West the Old and the New”, dilates on this interesting subject, and we quote: “In the presidential election of 1876 Monroe County was one of the determin- ing factors. The morning after the elec- tion the Republicans realized that Mr. Samuel J. Tilden had defeated the Repub- lican candidate, Mr. Hayes, by 33 electoral] votes, but that by fraudulently changing the result in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, they could elect Hayes by one majority. Instructions were sent to the Republican governors of these States to change the Democratic majorities into a majority for the Republican party, and men of great ability, although un- scrupulous. partisans, were sent to each of them to formulate a plan to carry out the proposed fraud. Monroe County (Key West), which had given a_ large cratic majority, was one of those selected to be contested. The third ward at the | time was almost solidly Democratic, Mr. John T. Barker's family being the only Republicans living therein. The vote of the third ward was 457 for the Democratic electors and three for the Republican. “The returning board at Tallahassee eliminated the vote of the third ward on account of alleged fraud, although the being the of the in | have perpetrated the irregularity. Never- theless, the third ward was thrown out and the State given to the Republican party by a majority /less.than the Demo- | cratic majority Methiewwandy? os © Party (tee a rai, th i a even threats. of another civil war inheard, but calmer counsel prevailed, Tilden him- self advising his ‘adtherént& 46 Miecept the | finding of ‘the commission): which was approved by Congress in a joint session on March 2, 1877, and Hayes became presi- dent. | People took their politics seriousiy 60 years ago. Campaign rallies were marked \ by monster torchlight parades, with many bands and uniformed marchers, and men frequently fought and sometimes died through zeal for their favorite candidates. Now it is hard to get fifty per cent of them out to vote. CLASSIFYING MOTORISTS Among the measures designed to re- duce automobile accidents, a new Con- necticut law will be watched with inter- est. It provides different insurance rates for various classes of motorists. Those: whose driving records indicate them to be especially competent and care- ful are granted a reduction from the reg- ular insurance rates; the next class pay | the standard insurance fee; those found to | have been involved in minor accidents and | slight violations of traffic rules must pay j a premium of 10 per cent; those who have’ had serious accidents are penalized 25 per cent; while those who are shown to be at fault in highly serious and flagrantly avoidable accidents must pay an addi | | \ } i { i | | anj Demo- ;|° {Weather tonight and Sunday, with | f 50 per cent for their in- | Eo oe oe ! | | “You and;You, Why Is » By ERNEST: MINOR ‘PATTERSON ; Pr | The subject of r yt | the public mind and ny irrespon- |" | sible and ignorant sta’ its are be- ; ing made concerning it. Regardless of wha + a be a ny, peopl ve in mind, the thing we all have to dread is a sharp rise i» prices. A moderate rise over many years is bad enough but a rapid rise pro- duces so many dislocations as to cause great hardship. To prevent such an advance oum Treasury and banking } authorities have taken several steps. | Last August the required reserves of our banks were raised fifty per cent and there is talk of another increase of a like amount. The Secretary of the Treasury has also announced that he plans to purchase large amounts of imported gold, ‘getting “the funds by | the sale of government short time promises to. Lua The gold thus pur- % chased would be segregated and not allowed to get'into the hands of the banks where i+ would enlarge their reserves and permit an expansion of bank credit. trol by us will be cures. The.need for opening of international United States and tor doing These efforts are mentioned with- | out critical analysis. In any case they cannot be expected to reach our basic difficulty which is due to the continu- ing flow of funds to the United tates. This flow is embarrassing partly because much of it comes in the form of guld which may easily creas? the possibility of a serious prices end partly because some of the furds may at a later te be suddenly withdrawn at a time and in a way that would disturb our markets. The popular expres- Americans do not yet seer our most basic problems. THE WEATHER Normal Mean” ‘70. York City, 30.5 i Helena, Mont., and Nation’s’ Affairs There “Hot Money”? | also moderately low.over the mi dle Pacific coast, San Francisco. ; Calif., 2986 inches; while @ecoccce ' pressure areas, crested: over north- ches, illiston, N. T. Ins. |D., 30.34 inches, Precgpitation has .06 Ins, ! occurred since yesterday morning ~~ investment than other countries. Heavy taxation, strict control over all financial matters in such countries as Italy and Germany and the constant fear of war are the leading considera- | tions. In spite of many adverse in- fluences here, the United States is | viewed as a safer place for funds. ' It follows that any attempts at en There is little sign of an important growth of international trade in the world, although there are some a joann ep ld Ce OI OPAL OOO only will menely be palliativer rather ered up the trade per- wise there is still need for allowing; jareer imports into the and everything that will lessen the strain in cther parts of the world. To recite these fundamentals is ly to relax materially the restrictions on imports, There is growing uncertainty in many parts of the’globe. In many places there is actual military conflict and in many others a deep fear that it will begin. We are invan extremely difficult period and as yet we do not agree sufficiently on the answers to | day. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) high and Temperatures* teastern districts aid the northern {| Highest 84 Rocaies, overspread most of the Lowest -73 remainder ef the country, East- Mean .78 port, Me., Boston. Mass, and New KEY WEST IN [Today's Birthe ‘The Florida East Coast Railway! Dr, Harvey J. company will make no effort to; Louis, noted keep Trumbo Island out of the/ at Churchville, N. ¥., city. Vague rumors: .that th’s ago, would be attempted by the officials of the road have been Hoan ae money.” |by the positive dec’ President W. R. Kenan, who has written The Cit'zen to the effect that the original agreement and contract which provides for the incorporation of the one-time is-| composer and land into the city: is satisfactory Germany, 76 to the railroad. So far as can be learned no official of the railroad has ever intimated that the road was unwilling to abide agreements entered into between the city and the officials of the | line. \ persistent rumors which are hap- ipily put to rest by the announce- ment of President Kenan, York, who passed through the city, yesterday when en route to Ha-,born 43 years vana, stated that he hopes ini for Ré/Westiwhen the highway is completed. +, resident but for many years op- Featan of a large cigar factory his home there Thursday, He was! number of seizures made buried in the home town yester-: time to time by local officers. j2 Key West. B. A. Baker, Jr., and Wi | ha is also his brother. Lemuel Baker was also his brot! er. Coast Guard station and total dis-| tribution this month will be about $8,000. Of this amount goes to the clerical force and working out from the station. The | business, which is more than some other $2,000 is paid to the men of | business men have learned to do. the Coast Guard Cutter Saukee | _____ + President velt, born at 55 years ago. Here Just 10 Years Ago Todsy As Taken From D. Hyde Park, N. | York, famed psychologist, born in | Poland, 74 years ago. Gelett ty thel sae Dspite this there have been Mayor James Wa‘ker of New King Boris, 1 ago. = f Key West and a is and spent a me ain sete anor ol Le PRET great ° future i : i sik ite ! : ; Oliver Baker, former Key West| house this morning, supervision of L. | deputy collector in charge at Rockville. New York, ded at} West. The liquor comprised Tee ¢ # t2 Mr. Baker has two broters! Monroe county and bridge bonds — Baker. Carl Baker of Tam- presented ! their bids but the highest, a bid of 95, was made by R. M. Grant and Company, of New York and was ae Today is pay day at the loc: Editorial comment: jgroundhog comes out on February men’ 2 and advertises he is ready for 6,000 perio/ from the Lake Superior region|. > é ti morning. :southwestward over Oklahoma, aad alates the maintenance “f the in portions of the central and 34 - M- northern Rocky Mountain <aue “We will have our two projects | Pp. M. Plateau States, the amounts being a of let | P- m.!light to moderate. There hax also| Of the Oversea Highway complet: | I Cale testerame Se ond to Moon set: She 9:58 a. m. been light to moderate rain in eee hae yesterday. Mr. ox. 8 on te | Tomorrow's Tides | southeastern Florida; on the Texas Groves i anmeed anh a ‘Shipping Service Grestuer, P.M.‘ coast, and on the coast of Califor-|~ ig High 12:48 ee nia, Temperatures are ge 216 Baremeter 7:30 A. M. today: Sea level, 30.05, Low WEARER FOREEAST ‘readings 2 to 22 degrees (Ti! 7:30 p, m., Sunday) * M Key West and Vicinity: Partly this morning. cloudy tonight and Sunday; temperature ;_ not} “ much change — in nera! 6:56 above normal from the Miss’ssipy:i ‘zero in the Dakotas and Montana S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. | moderate northeast to east winds. | | Florida: Mostly cloudy, possibly 6 6 TABLETS onville:to Florida Straits! ; Valley eastward, and ni Oklahoma | Chal and the West Gulf States, and are | | be'ow over western sections, with: below | aqganaaassasen | 1 eR Bod DOOR MATS: Cocoa, 17”x27", IRONING TABLES: 12” wide, eiauonal laine dese cneenetat for each ........ $1.40 48” long, 33° high, each $1.75 | et reabe po Pe? COLDS GALVANIZED, 19"x30", at IRONING CUSHION PADS: Full southeast coast tonight; somewhat! Liauid-Tablets and | each .... $1.60 size, guaranteed, each 40 | warmer in extreme north and west-{__ Salve-Nose HEADACHES’ — central portions tonight, | Drops Price 25¢ | : Gulf: Moderate nort st winds, and partly ove: ‘ast ast —American Plan— 200 Delightful Rooms, With Private Bath occasional rain over extreme north | poition, i WEATHER CONDITIONS §; Evening Dinner Luncheon A shallow trough of low 1 sure extends this morning the extreme upper M Valley southward over Te: a slight disturbance 0: southern Plains States, Oklahoma City, 29.86 inches, and pr pres- from Afternoon Tea - Peter Schutt, Manage: CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST as at the close of business December 31, 1936, Comptroller’s Call RESOURCES Loans and Investments . $ 275,660.47 Ove ts CAA Bhs 7.87 Banking House; Furniture and Fixtar 30,920.76 Other Bonds and § ties <2:3 q - 171,800.16 Stock of the Federal Re- serve Bank - 4,500.00 Temporary Federal De- posit Insurance Fund 591.84 United States Govern- ment Obligations di- rect andor fully guaranteed +. $612,571.98 9799051.38 $1,462,532.48 Cash and due from Banks LIABILITIES Capital ..$ 100,000.00 Surplus, 64,053.31 Deposits + 1,298,479.17 "$1,462,532.48 Member of Federal Reserve System | Member of Federal Denosit Insurance Corporation £5 \ 2; ' Palm Shaded Beach with Casino : ‘ CASA MARINA Key West’s Hotel DeLuxe Each $2.00 50 -50 Masseur in Attendance Florida East Coast Hotel Co. r ~e TOILET SEATS: White celluloid - $3.25 CIRCULAR MIRRORS: 14” dia 69 DESK LAMPS: Stands 11" high, dark green or mahogany finished. 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