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The morning times., 1895-07-14
SILENCE OF THE PoLITICIAN.

The end-1tthc century politician with
aspirations is # retiring disposition. Or
d.naray Er-garious, he has of late shown q
desire % shInthc haunts ofmen Naturally
d"lghtIng in the ''exuberance of his own
v"rbosuy." be now W raps himself in silence
His lips are sealed His hand-shake pre-
vailatt not. Ills MARKETABLE smile has been
withdrawn from circulation
Is The political world suffering from an
epidenaia of modcsty? Such a thing would
be- indeed startling.
IL NAV BE- that The politician is merely
thanking -tidek.ng that times have changed
thinning that old traps for vota-catchhpe
ar DO, latr. tEat we must have new lamps
foI tlasa OF ancient flicker.
Whatever D. lie reason. he has med him
s-li Tie woods, 30 t'ir mountains, to the
sal s1a waves or 60 Europc-far. far from
a.. ugezveaIsnt Interrogation point
IN ib- meantime The people themselves
ar thinking a> they never though, before.
auf it may r. than only honest bees VIII
sip the honey Of their thoaght Anyhow
II VIII bolh"r tie politician when he next
apn x rs upna The lustings.
For times have indeed changed. Old
iss,es are worn out. The paFsions dissection
BlisHl are 30 longer of use. Partisan Fpirit
mas been robbed of its teriors. Perroisal
popularity VIII not do without honesty or
purpose. The desire for elf-aggrandIzenlent
mast give way to The welfare Of the whole
people. IT is an age OF tEoUght-t1e verit-
able day Of tie campaign Of education.
The Issues row to he faoed-the real, live,
modern iSsues-Hre high and noble. They
are of great economical Portent- The future
welfare. prosperity and happiness OF the
masses OF the people depend upon them.
The politician knows this, and ne HES
himself away 10 think and to await develop
mrnts. His device is that OF the tricks ter,
not Of the statesman. The manly man wlo
speaks out. who shows be is with the pco-
pie. who faces the issues and stands or
fans by the result, viii at least win the
respect OF the country.
The morning times., 1895-07-14
HELP THE EL,rSDRY GIRL.

This fight against cut-ratc Chinese laun-
dries, and IA defense OF the poorly-paid
American working girl, is free from ALL
4 prejudice against The Chinese as u race.
4 There is no clap-tTap in ii.
] II il simply a question whether the
/ people VIII AID and abct a system by which
hundreds Of y0umg womenma Y BET brown out
OF employment, and deprived OF the means
OF Sustaining life
/ Tie -Chinaman can live on little because
/ the food he eats and the clothes ne wears
and his habits of life generally are in
/ keeping with his low plane of civilization.
All an nuxious 10 the American mind and
/ the American stomach He can cut rates
20 The lowest point and Stin live eomforta-
! bly,, according 10 his lights.
! Bu1 with the American gin it is diff
/ fcrent Her habits are clean, and her stom-
I ach Graves clean food If she descended
to the Chinese mode of living we would
/ promptly ostracisc her.
And yet she must either do that or starve,
II We are mean ealongh To take our laundry
trade from her and give il TO the ChiHaman
AT best her lot is not a happy one. She
is poorly paid VIII manly American nlrn
and wonlenly American women help TO
cut her wages
Leaving sentiment out OF the question,
her work is better 1t is certainly
cleaner. We have a guarantee that foul
diseases do not Iurk in the garments that
pass through her hands. We know that we
have not TINS guarantee with the goods that
come from ,he chinaman's shop.
We feel that attention has only TO be
called TO this condition Of thingS, to have
Tie remedy applied. Every man who wears
a shirt laundcred by Chinaman depriv-
ing au American girl OF bread and butter.
Every woman who deals with a Chinese
laundry is inJuring a struggling sister of
her own color and habits
support the American laundry girl
The morning times., 1895-07-14

ing. These merry birds, whose carols are
heard where blossoms are sweetest and
where the foliage beckons The wa ayfarer
TO cool shade and comforting rest, are
among natures necessities.
There shnuId bc 10 argument reeded to
prevent the Killing of soIg birds. Not
only are they a musical adornment- but
also a necessity. Ia has been demonstrated
ihat one OF the causes of insect pests that
frequently devastate entire regions OF
vegetation is the absence or destruction
of bird life birds are yoracious drStroyers
ol insects, bags and parasites; they indus
trioIsly seek diem for daily food. and when
driven away or extermiuated the pests,
are 50 harmful 10 cultivated sections, soon
beaomenImerouscnou ushtodevourcropsand
desirable foliage.
Let all Interested in tEe preservation
of song birds exert their influence To Pro-
tecl the District Sunssters from further
destruction. They are both a necessity
and q pleasure, and il those engaged in kill
inS them for amusement can he persuaded
to seek some other less harmful enjoyment
we VIII again h. greeted with the innocent
songs OF our birds
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announced to take place this noon upon
| Boston's historic common
on that green vast assenlbIage, esti-
| mateda bet ween 40, 600 and go, 900 persons
| was ready at the noouday hour to begin
| What would have been the greatest reli =
eioiis gathering in the history OF tie world
The clear sky of the early fnorniug was
| already marred by ominous clouds aud
President Francis +. Clark glanced fear
fully skyward, but opened the services
at the appointed hour.
RAIN DIDN'T QUENCH ENTHUSIASM.
Then came the heavy rain, but the dis
comfort Of the thousands Of dripping
umbrellas did not prevent a mighty rendi-
ton OF Onward, Christian Soldiers"
DE s. F, Smith, author OF "Anierica," :"
was then introduced and the thousands
sang verse OF that hymn in compliment
10 its author. By this time the rain was fall
ing i'll torrents and President Clarke am
lounced an adjournment to the big tents
Endeavor ard Williston nearby. About
$4,000 found seats and the remaining
thousands went away.
In tent Williston Hon S. b. Capen, OF
Boston, first introduced Lieut.. Gov Vol
Cott, who spoke for Gov. Greenhalge. Gov.
WO!cott's remarks about the principles
OF the society as interviewer in the fabric
OF good citizenship" tie subject of all
to-day's large meetings. were most happy.
Rev. Donald McLanren. d. d of Chicago,
made the principal address of the afternoon,
taking up the theme of the day. The sery-
ices c.0sed with singing OF a special hymn
written by DR.. Smith.
AMERICAN CITIZ ENSHIP
In Tent Endeayor Rev. jeremiah Boynton,
OF Boston, presided Aftersong and prayer,
DR. Smith read an original poem and Mayo
Curtis, of Boston, followed with an address
OIL American Citizenship
In Mechanics Building, after the meet
ings OF the common had ended, the junior
rally was held. ThoUsan nds of little En-
deavOrerS and hundreds of bigger ones
attended this meeting which was one of the
most enthusiastic OF the week The pledge
exercise Of the juniors, in which the chill
dren all together recited the pledge, was "a
novel one
The State, Territory and provincial rallies,
held al the respective headquarters tonight,
were fully attended, and everywhere
rcsembIeda great family jubilee.
The morning times., 1895-07-14
ANOTHER POLITICAL SOMER.
SAVLT

The Atlanta Constitution, in a political
obituary Of Secretary Hoke Smith, devel-
ops the fact that great men can. under
certain circumstances, either change their
opinions or adapt themselves to extraordi-
nary aud sometimes ridiculous conditions.
on the 18th or September, 1890, Secretary
Smith addressed a letter to Hon. ". L.
Peek, prominent Alliance leader. in which
he iudorscd the sub-treasury scheme. swore
by the free coinage OF silver. favored the
income tax, aud wallowcd, without griev-
ance, the greenback theory Of soft money
advocates
II must be admitted that this was done
before the cuckoo siren had chirped his
plaumdinous song, and also before the
chaotic opinion Of the Honorable Secretary
had been properly nodded under White
House influence. But in view OF his pres
ent tpolitical pos ition, it looks as if Secretary
Hoke had flip -flOpped from the pin
nacle Of the Populist craze and landed in the
mire OF cuckOoism, and it will require a
good many white washing explanations
20 again make him presentable TO a Georgia
audieuce.
I In concluding his Peek-a-boo letter,
Secretary Smith says: MY only spirit was
IN spirit of harmony TO aid Democratic
nominees and preserve Democratic organ
szation, and pass, by united effort, meas
ures OF practical benefit to the people"
Very naturally the people" viii want to
know why Secretary Smith is now stirring
up Democratic harmony by advocating the
%'gold bug doctrine, and also why his fond
dream OF subtreasury supremacy and green
back glory has given place to possession OF
an ordinary yellow hued policy. Perhapshe
VIII explain that gold is the cause OF his
change, and if SO, the people" VIII for
give him
The morning times., 1895-07-14
BOYS PLAY NEARLY FATAL
Ez-Commander Boyoe's Son Acct
dentallv Shot by a Comrade.
Giilium Robertson Was Carrying a
Pistol and 1t Exploded, the Ball
Enterin: His Friend' sA bdomen.

What might have been a fatal shooting
accident occurred about 3 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon ON Conduit road, about two
miles above Georgetown, James G. Boyce,
the seventeen -ycar-old son OF x-Commauder
Boyce. Of the Navy, being the victim.
a party OF boys. including young Boyce
Gillium Robertson, Bert Hart, Charles and
Arthur Noble. Joseph Hanlcy, Henry Boyle
and Carl Rickleduffer, all residing i'll the
vicinity of Sixteenth and L streets, went
out on the Conduit road To pick black
berries and sN i'm in the upper Potomac.
The Boyce boy had snail pearl handled
and silver-mountedd pistol, which he ex-
hIbited To his companions near the outskirts
OF Georgetown with the remark that he
had seen policeman and and wanted
Robertson To carry ii in his pocket as he
had a larger one than his.
The pistol was taken by the boy and
when out on the road some distance the
lads took their turn firing the weapon at
fence rails and birds
One OF the boys told Robertson to put the
revolver i nhis pocket as the firing had
unloaded it, and he was about TO place
the pistol in ali lne! coat pocket When ta6
hammer caught in seam in the coat or
button-hole and an unexploded cartridge
was dis charged.
Young Boyce, who was standing directly
infront o Robertson when the weapon went
off, staggered and fell in the arms of one
of the boys, with the remark
I'm killed. -
AS quickly a possible the boy was taken
to the house of Mr.. Hurst, which stood a
few yards up the road, and the Hart boy
ran to Georgetown for assistance.
The Seventh precinct patrol wagon was
dispatched 20 the scene as soon as word
was received and the wounded boy taken
To the Emergency Hospital
An examination by DTs. Kerr, Smith and
Furl0ng showed that the bullet had entered
the abdomen and DETECTED to the right.
After probing, the missile was found i'm
bndded in the flesh near a floating rib and
was extracted by a tedious and delicate
operation by Dr. Kerr.
James Robertson, who is the son OF A.
Robertson, clerk in the Pension Office,
was in the meantime locked up TO await
the result of the accidentally inflicted wound,
but was released later on $500 bonds, Sc
cured by the wounded boys brother.
The injured lad was last night removed
from the hospital to his home, where he is
resting easily, il was reported.
Those who witnessed the shooting all say
it was purely accidental, and even the BoyCe
boy says that the shot was an accident.
The wounded boy resides with his pa
rents at No. 2026 Sixteenth street north
west. Where he procured the pistol, his
mother said, is a mystery 10 her, His
father is now in Pennsylvania.
Robertson, who is but fifteen years of
age, lives with his parents at No. 1911
Caroline street northwest.
The morning times., 1895-07-14
STRONG GROUND FOR CLEMENCY.

No stronger argument in favor Of the
propriety Of exercising cIemency in the case
of the condemned wife murderer. Taylor,
could be brought forward than that con
tanned in the simple. unadorned statements
of the letter written by Dir. William A Ham
mond to the unfortunate mans attorneys
which was published yesterday in The
Times. Dr. Hammond occupies so high
rank in the medical profession, and his
reputation as an alienist is so firmly es-
tabiShed thai 1is opinion in any case carries.
unusual weight.
Dr. Hammond states four facts which
ought to bear most favorably on Taylor's
case. He says that from frequent pers onal
examinations he knows that Taylor bears
the marks of severe injury to his skull, has
the clinical history Of a sun stroke, has
suffered from repeated epileptic paroxysms
and his Intelligence is certainly below
normal. Dr. Hammond furthermore makes
the important assertion that Taylor's power
of self-control is weak ard he is extremely
liable to lose command of himself upon
slight proyOcation.
This testimony may be simply cumula-
tive, for other specialists have given opin-
ions to the same effect, but because of
that Very fact and on account OF the source
from which it proceeds, it is entitled TO
the most careful consideration. 1t should
not fail to influence materially the decision
OF the President when he is called upon for
the final action, which means life or death
to Taylor.
The morning times., 1895-07-14
SLIGHTLY PERSONAL.

man who compels employees to work
laborously and continuously for nRe
hours without opportunity to eat even
hasty lunch is an unfeellng brute This
assertion Is especially directed at Supt.
Sailer, OF the Washington and George
town Street Car Company. inasmuch as
he has said that it is nothing for men TO
undergo that privation, and has put his
sentiment in force by obliging the con
ductors and gripmen under his charge to
90 without food while on duty for that
length Of time
There is no good reason why Supt
Saner or any other street railway Off
cial should be harsh or unjust toward
employees. In fact. the trying duties of
/ conductors, Eripmcn, and drivers deserve
humane and merciruI treatment. They
are exposed to all kinds of weather, are
constantly on their feet, and, aside from
the hardship incidental TO such duties,
are subjected 10 the incesSant jar OF the
cars while in motion. There are many
people scarcely able to withstand the
noise and tremblo of cable cars for short
rides, and perhaps they can best realize
what torture it must be to endure nine
hours of such shaking without the stimu-
lus Of food.
There is no street railway company in
Washington that cannot and should not
give employees time to eat, and arrange
ments should be made TO stop cars for a
ten-minutes' lunch once during each tour
Of duty at some one of the different ter
miuals. Because men give their best
efforts to labor it should not be license
to make them slaves, and The Times again
asserts that men who treat employees
harshly, unjustly, and without humane
consideration are no better than unfeeitng
bTutes.
The morning times., 1895-07-14
SAVE TIE SONG BIRDS.

Information has reached The Times that
needless boys ana thoughtless men are
exterminating the song birds OF this vicinity
Cor no other purpose than brutal pleasure.
These little featbered creatures are the
living music whose notes give grace TO
natures prettiest setting, and heartless,
indeed, must be the person who would de-
Etroy them for selfish pastine. Their
CHEEKY warblings aud melodic roundelays
are sweet reminders OF things eternal and
nothing could be more innocent or better
adapted to awaken kindly feelings than the
songs OF our forest birds.
Many OF our States enforce stringent
laws 10 preserve these embellishments Of
song life, and in all communities kind
hearted people recognize the Importance
Of their protection. 1t should require nc
especial humane impulseorgeneroustb thought
60 quicken the conscience against this kill
The morning times., 1895-07-14
Gales depots is in violation OF the law, and
it should be enforced against auctioneers
as well as all others who infringe.
IT is TROLLEY POLES ANYWAY.

4 IL IROLLE1 IO1BES Il ~ w y :.
There seems to be confIi ction of
opinion as to the effect OF the appeal of
the lexington & Soldiers Home Rail
way Company from the decision Of Judge
Bingham. Prominent law yers claim that it
does not act Is u stay of the proceedings
and that the Ccmmi SIS iouers have full
power to remove the trolley poles without
further delay. This opinion would seem
to be partly sustained by the fact that
the court held that the Commissioners
were responsible should damage accrue
from the retention OF the overhead trolley
and Judge Bingham at the request Of
Attorney Thomas Campbell compelled the
company to deposit bond for 500 900 as
a protection to the Commissioners.
On the other hand, Commissioner Ross
and Attorney Thomas say the Commiss ion
ers would be IN contempt of court were
they TO take any further action until the
Court of Appeals has rendered decision
This view OF the situation Is almOst lament
able, because if Judge Bingham's S decision
is Sustained the company will carry the case
to the highest courts in the land aud no
matter which way ii is decided the trolley
poles viii stand for an indefinite time
The most serious phaee of this question
is the evident handiwork OF some unknown
Influence that is cooperating with the
Eckington Company, and giving valuable
assistance in pcstroning the enforcement
of the law, Also there is an apparent con-
nection with this attempt to maintain the
overhead trolley with a project To bring
a similar system into Washington from
Baltimore. Should the scheme prove sue
ceSSful, and a bin be lobbied through
Congress, the time is not for distant when
our STREETS Will be filled with troll
ley poles, and the same outcry made against
them that is heard in nearly ularge cities.
Another question that demands an an
Swer is whether Congress can pass an I'M
portant law that can be enforced in the
District against the VI i'll of street car COM
panies 1t is extremely doubtful
The morning times., 1895-07-14
An Eycellent Edittcn.
(From the Baltimore Telegram.

IF rom the BaIUfnore IeIeEram.I
The Washington Times of July 4th was
IN edition edited, managed, and controlled
by women In point OF number OF pages,
and excellence OF literary material, in
fact, ia its flawless completeness, this
number of The Times made a patriotic boom
which yibrated from Maine to California
Among the famous contributors is lady
well and favorahly known here n social
aud literary circles, Mrs. Amy darcy
Wetmore, whose article, 1.-TWO Sides to
the Qucs ton" has attracted no little
attention and praise. Its substance is
clubs for women, and sets forth in a bright
cha4y manner the advantages and dis
advantages of such a diversion for the
female sex. Mrs. Wetmore is graceful,
clever writer, and Two Sides to the
Question is a credit to her pen
The morning times., 1895-07-14
ENFORCE 1T AGAINST ALL

While vigorous war is being made on
the Louisiana avenue merchants for OBJ
strucung sidewalks, the fact should not
benotforgottenthatsom some of fourauctioneers
are equally culIable and deserve fully as
severe treatment. The walks and streets
in front of their places OF business are
frequently rendered almost impossible by
the sales of old furniture, vehicles aud
other junk.
No valid objection can be made TO the
use Of sidewalks upon which to tempo
rarially place goods for shipment or which
have just been received, but their use as
The morning times., 1895-07-14

The Alexander outlaw track feels the
influence of honest criticism, and in an
attempt To prevent their rascality from
being made public. the ma uagers yester-
day refused admission TO a Times reporter
defeat justice are beneath the notice of
a newspaper But as the kind of racing
conducted by the Alexander management
is fixed" to fleece the public it is the
duty OF an honest newspaper to show it
up in it's true light. Aud this The Times
VIII continue TO do
The morning times., 1895-07-14
TAKE THE TIMEs WITH YOU.

Summer Outings Wlll Not BE En-
loved Unless 1t Goes Along.
The summer tide of pleasure and
hcalt th-seekers bGs set in toward
mountains. springs and seashOre.
NO plans for the seasons outing viii
be complete unless The Times is I'M
cluded among the necessaries.
Men ANA women may go from town
10 leave care behind, but those who
would a, ep their finger on the pub
lie pal-se, or he abreast OF the world :
Ia pf:,'..t:igs, OF, indeed, who need "a
goIas-n E;lk between themselves ami
the vhi'ligig of time-these must
have Il,c Times sent daily 10 their
SYLVAN o- seaside retreat.
The morning times., 1895-07-14
The Difference.

Beauty lies within ourselves,
After all, they say;
And, be sure, the happy heart
Makes tie happy day.
In a cool and shady garden
Phyllis sat. The roses scent
Famed a lace whereon were written
Restlessness and discomfort.
Lilies nodded, bluebe!ls tinkled,
Birds sung sweetly in the trees;
Merry talk and joyous laughter
Sounded on the summer breeze,
Oh" sighed Phyllis, Il am stifiing,"
And she raised her pretty head.
II am sure It's going to shower
What horrid Gay!" she said.
In a warm ard dusty city
Janey, pinched and wan and white,
Leaned against heated building,
Longing for the cool of night,
Suddenly she spied Il tloweret,
Pale and slender, at her feet.
,"Oh," she cried, and stopped to pluck it;
Looking up III rapture sweet
Through the crowded housetops, Janey
Caught a glimpse of blue o'crhead;
And she kissed the little posy-
what lovely dayi" she said.
Beauty lies within ourselves.
After all, they say;
And the glad and happy heart
Makes the happy day.
Gertrude NJ. Cannon, in st. Nicholas
The morning times., 1895-07-14
25 to 40c Ribbon. &c.
then thts peculiar warfare of soapsuds

then this peculiar warfare Of soa psuds
aud maugles begins
WORKING GIRLS ARE SAFE
The working girls appear 10 be perfectly
safe while the competition and slashing
are g0iag on These Iaundries at high
rates and low rates have 10 idea of going
out OF the business Some OF the managers
think that the Chinese viii hart tEe trade
materially, aad others think otherwise.
The Chinese iron q way and say nothing.
although they are well organized
One effect Of the internal dissensions
in the business is that Won can now pay
your money and take your choIce-of the
one-Ccnt or twO-CcUt rates For collars,
great many Of which come back terribly
mangled. not 10 say scaTified, out OF all
kinds of lauudries
The collar and cuff war may now he
said 10 be a triangular contest, with the
Chinese cutting against the white Iaun-
dries and the latter cutting against each
other
NO SIGNS OF YIELDING
How long the non-cutting Iaundries VIII
hold out is q question. but they are appar-
emily determined TO stand the siege.
MF. Dexter, or the laundry OF nat name,
said TO The Times last night taat ne
was heartily in favor OF the laundry girls
union and he would encourage the girls in
his employment in their desire 10 20 into
the union He was glad to see that the
Knights OF Labor had taken an interest in
the movement.
He proposes 10 have all the Young ladies
in his establishment photographed IL a
group Tomorrow morning and then a group
OF Cinnamon. The idea IN This i>
whom VIII You Support-the Chinese
cheap labor or the girls wdo are making a
living III the IauEdrieS9"
The morning times., 1895-07-14

The brotherhood of New York Tailors
proposes TO stop the sweating system by
refusing 10 work for any employer who con-
tracts with the sweat shops. Inasmuch as
the brotherhood embraces nearly all the
joumeyman tuiiors in the city the plan
should be effective, and a least materially
lessen the abuse OF grinding the life out OF
TO long hours OF work at starvation pay.
The morning times., 1895-07-14
ARDoR UNcH1LLED BY RAIN.

Sixty Thousand Persons on Boston
Common-Gr reat Gatherings.
Boston, July 13.-Tlie weather man, after
besto wing Upon the Christian Endeavor
convention. since Wednesday, when the
convention opened, his finest weather.
to-day sought TO serve Satan by destroying
the ardor Of the Endeavor army by sending
upon it a dclnge of rain just as the assault
upon Mammou was about to eliminate in
the great outdoor religious gathering