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The Washington times., 1902-06-30
UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME.
Committee Clerk May Run for Congress

committee clerk may KUN 1ot congress
In their search for an available candi-
date for Congress the Republicans OF the
ly considering the nomination Of Mr.
William Tyler Page. who is at present
the clerk to the Committee on Accounts
OF tho House.
Mr.. Page is as popular in Baltimore as
he is in Washington. His candidacy
would bring to the support OF the ticket
a large number of independent as well
as Democratic voters who not only ad-
mire him personally but recognize his
particular abilities for membership in
the House.
Mr. Page has had an experience In
Congressional matters and legislation
far greater than the average Congress
man. In one capacity and another he
has been engaged at the Capitol for
nearly twenty years. and hence has gain
cd knowledge of affairs which would
be greatly to his advantage and those OF
his constituents should he be chosen.
1t is well known. and for obvious
reasons, that the man who knows the
Congressional routine is able to accom-
plish far more than the novice in Con-
gressional life.
The Second district is very close. Mr..
B1akeney, the present member, having
been elected by a majority OF less than
300 votes. Hence there is great anxiety
among the party leaders to nominate the
strongest man in order to save the dis
trict. Friends of Mr.. Page In Washing
ton hope to see him carry off the nom
ination. and they believe that it would
assure the holding of the district by the
Republicans.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Danish Minister May Wed.

Among the de. ar;a-es for Europe the
past week wsie those of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard H. Townsend and their daugh-
ter, Miss Mathilda Townsend, and VI.
Constantine Brun, Danish minister at
Washington. all of whom sailed on the
same ship. the st. Paul Mr.. and Mrs.
Townsend 90 direct to Paris to stay
few days before going to the German
spas Mr. Brun will be their guest at
different times in the summer
The story is revived that the Danish
minister. who was long a suitor for Mrs.
Townsend's hand, has transferred his de-
votion to her lovely young daughter. and
that an early marriage may be expected.
Mrs. Townsend As the daughter of the
late William L. Scott, of Erie, Pa. He
was one Of the early presidents of .he
Pennsylvania Railroad and left colos-
sal fortune to his two children. Mrs.
Townsend and Mrs. Strong, OF Erie.
Both ladies were educated abroad. where
Miss May Scott first met Mr.. Brun, then
young diplomat, just beginning his
career. He was devoted. but Mr. Scott
frowned on the suit, and his daughters
marriage TO Rlcnard H. IoWnSenu, Oh
Philadelphia, soon followed.
Mr.. Brun remained true to his first
love and never married. Seven years
ago, when he was made minister here,
he found his former sweetheart happily
married and residing quite near the
Danish Legation. He renewed the ae-
quaintance and soon became Interested
in the pretty little daughter. then about
twelve years of age. This increased as
Miss Mathilde advanced to womanhood-
Two years ago Mr.. Brun made formal
proposal for her hand. but Mr.. Town
send declined to contemplate this offer.
He stated that when his daughter had
made her debut and seen something OF
the world it would be time enough to
think of matrimonial proposals
Last winter Miss Mathilde was pre-
sented to society and was one OF the
nest admired young women at the de-
but ball of Miss Roosevelt. Miss Town
send will inherit fortune which brings
an income of over eco year.
Mr.. Brun is somewhat past forty, but
looks at least ten years younger. His
diplomatic career here has not been re-
markably brilliant, but 1t is stated that
he has recently sought a promotion by
asking for the Paris mission.
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lures, as sometimes occurs when appropriation
lapses at a given date or when further appropria-
tons by Congress depend the expenditure of prior
appropriations. The fund grows without regard to
expenditures and lapses.
very large and important responsibility de-
wolves upon the Secretary of the Interior in executing
the law, the success of the great system naugl -
ed depends upon administration. 1t would be most
unfortunate to begin The construction of any specific
work until after the thorough surveys, well
careful examination of all the facts and conditions
surrounding such project-legal. political and engi
neering; and it would be most unwse to undertake at
the beginning the construction of number of large
expensive propositions involving inviting serious
difficulties.
1t is my opinion that the first work undertaken
should be neither especially expensive difficult,
but rather projects which be entirely completed
within a cost of few hundred thousand dollars at
most, and within reasonably brief period of time,
that the settlement features of the law may be
speedily and fully tested.
l am confident the Secretary of the Interior will
administer this important law in fair, impartial and
conservative manner to the greatest bene
fits from the expenditures made.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
A Democratic Moses Needed.

THE flood of criticism which welled
up from supposedly barren Democratic
districts when Grover Cleveland and
David B. Hill tried to do a party har-
mony duet at the Tilden Club the other
night, only emphasizes the fact that the
leader of the Democrats must be an un.
known parsonage" said Henry C. Bev-
ellie. Of Indiana, at the Riggs House
Yesterday.
THE aspect of Cleveland playing the
role OF surgeon in an attempt to sew
together the disjointed party is anus
ing. The spectacle of Hill. the leader
OF but faction, assisting him in the
bungling attempt at the operation 10
ludicrous, while the dog in the -manger
wall from Bryan is disgusting
He who leads the Democrats to VIC
tory must have been worker in the
ranks. He must have been one who is
in no wise responsible for the errors
made in the past by the Democratic
party. His condition must be one re-
ceptive to new ideas and policies. He
must be a man from whom none can turn
because he clung to Bryan or because
he repudiated the Kansas City plat
form.
Where this man is no one knows.
He will rise out of obscurity. for ev-
cry man of any prominence has been
weighed and found wanting by soma
branch of the party.
ITS doubtful If the Moses will como
by 1904. Even the most sanguine Of
Democrats can't hope for victory then.
But come he will. and come he must
by 1908. for that is the year that the
eagle bird of victory will ride the DEM
ocratic cause if the Democratic party 10
to live
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He Comes From Cleveland.

Prof. Elliott, an Ohio scientist. was
before the Ways and Means Committee
some time ago speaking upon the sub
ject of the preservation of the fur seals
of Alaska.
In the course of his statement Repre-
sentative Tawney asked the witness
what his business was
81 am a pomologist. horticnlturist,
viticulturist. an artist. and a NATURAL
ist," replied the professor.
The reply staggered the Minnesota
Representative for a moment, and then
he said, "Oh. / understand, you come
from Cleveland; that explains it."
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Huge Fob for One Committee.

Rochester Post Express-Until all the
appropriations are placed in the hands
OF one committee after the plan in
vogue in the British house of commons,
where the chancellor of the exchequer
is responsible for a balanced budget,
we shall not have observed in the House
OF Representatives the economy essen
tial to balance between income and ex-
penditures
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Mime. Cambon's Pretty Diplomacy.

New York World-Mme. Cambon, wife
Of the French ambassador. is something
of diplomatist herself. Parisienne
who compliments American ladies upon
their taste In dress and suggests that
French ladies' might well initiate them
proves herself the possessor of a pretty
faculty Of saying things that viii please.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
HdmliR Garland, Critic.

on American poets. If the lecturers
of that institution had their way
there would be no American poetry
at all; especially If they had to write
it. Mr.. Hamlin Garland has recently
Joined the band of critics In question,
and is said to be very proud of the
fact that he is the only one of them
without university training. But II
MIR. Garland had been through seven
universities he probably could not
have entered more enthusiastically
into the work of teaching the Ameri-
can people that they had no poets be-
fore the war.
In his first lecture he disposed of
Longfellow, Whittier and Emerson,
which is pretty good for one days
work. He said that Whittier was a
township balladist, neither scholar,
an artist nor great poet; that Long
fellows poetry was fit only for women
and children. and that the masculine
intellect left Emerson's writings to
dreamers Mr.. Garland is presumably
the masculine intellect which is to be-
come the arbiter of taste.
OF course, Whittier and Longfel-
I
low. the latter particularly, have for
many years labored under the disad-
vantage of being represented i'll the
school reading books, which is war
ranted to destroy all holy associa-
tions with any sort of poetry. We are
apt to forget that Longfellow wrote
anything but "A Psalm of Life" and
Lextraets from "EvangeIine,' and that
the poems of Whittier include some
thing besides "Snowbound," and "The
Barefoot Boy" But after all, 1t Is
something to have gained so secure u
place in the hearts of ones fellow
countrymen that for twenty-five years
they insist on teaching ones poems to
their children broadcast in that way.
Mr.. Hamlin Garland has been writ
ing poetry for some years, and none
of it ever got into the reading books !;
what is more, it is doubtful if one
person in five hundred out of the
reading public can mention the title
of single poem that he has written.
But. for an up-tO-date author, Mr..
Garland is singularly oblivious to one
fact, and that is, that i'll these days
the reading public is more than half
| feminine, and that most men have
come to the conclusion that it is
worth while to cater to the feminine
brain, if, indeed, it requires food 50
very different from that of the mas
culine brain. Mr.. Garland has not got
so far as to explain who our great
American poet is, but it is safe to
wager that, when he does, there will
be at least as many women as there
are men among the devotees of that
poet.
Moreover, from the atmosphere of
his latest book it would seem that
Mr.. Garland himself has some ambi-
tions in the direction of being con-
sidered woman's author, for if
there ever was a hero carefully con-
structed on the ultra-perfect lines
laid down by the second-rate lady
novelist, it is the cavalry captain in
that novel. He is precisely the sort of
man whom girls of the bread and but
ter age will declare to be perfectly
lovely. and whom men of discernment
will ardently desire TO kick.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Leaped Before They Looked.

Buffalo Express-The dyers' helpers In
Paterson have discovered that they
might have got higher wages by asking
for them before striking. The losses
to the companies through the strike
have made increases impossible. This
should be 4 warning TO other unions not
to strike without comforting with en-
plrycrs
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
A RUSSIAN MOT.

A French writer travelling in Russia
sends home a clever mot Of Russian
official. The writer was complaining of
remarkable and suspicious delay in
his mail. letter sent by him had
taken five days to reach Paris! The off,
cial said: THE delay is deplorable. 1t
is with the police as with the stomach
when one is aware OF 1t 1t Is working
BADLY
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Tucked Away in a Pigeon Hole.

Philadelphia Bulletin--Congressio
adjournment is near at hand. and the
little bill TO abolish the twin bars in
the Capitol is slumbering just as peace
fully as its authors hoped IL would.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Wilson, Parker.

The wedding of Miss Charlotte
Lansing Parker and Mr.. Francis Cush-
man Wilson is announced to take place
at st Paurs P E. Church Wednesday.
July 2 The bride-to-be is charming
daughter of the Eastern Shore OF Vir-
ginia where her fathers family has long
been prominent. Mr.. Wilson Is native
OF Massachusetts, and graduate CT Har-
ward, leaving that institution to enlist
for the Spanish-American war
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Take Road Horses With Them.

Rear Admiral Bartlett J. Cromwell
and wife have gone to Bedford Springs.
They took with them their team of
road horses and intend taking advan-
tage of the exceptionally good drives
about the springs.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Inside and Outside.

Philadelphia Bulletin7.Attorney Cen
eral Knox's contention seems to be that
q Filipino is too much inside the fence
to be naturalized as an American citizen
and not far enough outside to be en-
titled to naturalization as foreigner.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
TOWN POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID
suBscRIpTIoN RATE, TO our OF

Any person who buy the Morning Afternoon Sunday
edition of The Times any stand Washington suburban
railroad elsewhere will confer favor by
notifying Publisher The Tenth and Sts.
Washington, D. c.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Senator Mason's Prospects.

.'It is my opinion. based on informa-
tion received from all sections OF the
State. that Senator Mason will be re-
turned to the United States Senate for
another six years." remarked Mr.. W. ID.
Preston, a prominent business man OF
Chicago. at the Raleigh last night.
"The people OF Cook county. the intel
ligent people. are heartily sick oil the
string of politicians who have controlled
the machine, and the time is ripe for
revolt. The business men Of Illinois.
and mean the business element In the
Republican party, are tired OF the
methods employed by the Cook county
bosses, and 1t will be no surprise If the
Cook county ticket is defeated.
There Is n feeling through the State
that a Democratic victory this fan
would be preferable to a further con-
tinuance of the present crowd In con-
troll.
When Yates was elected governor
there was a belief that he would show
some Of his fathers ability, but in this
he has been a sad disappointment. He
has catered to the bosses, and has pros
tituted his office to build up personal
machine at the expense Of the party,
and he has not lived up to his pledges
while Mr. Hopkins stands well be-
fore the people. the fact that he Is the
machine candidate will operate against
him. The business men of Chicago and
throughout the State have confidence in
Senator Mason's ability and honesty of
purpose. While they have not always
agreed with him on some questions of
public policy, they have been with him
In the main. and they feel the interest OF
the party and the State VIII be sub
served by his reelection"
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Dinner to Miss Foster.

Miss Edith Foster. who is visiting Miss
Florence Woolford, of Baltimore, was
the guest of honor at dinner given
Thursday evening by Mr.. Richard Lee
at Mount Holly Inn.
Other guests present were Miss Wool
ford. Miss Eugenia Woolford. and Mr..
E. F. Milholland. Miss Lee win leave
today for her summer hoIne at Laurel,
Md.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
And Laws Lots of Eggs.

Boston 'Journal-Paderewsh is report
ed TO have purchased 5000 shares in the
Polish bank of Posen. Undoubtedly that
act OF patriotism did not entail any
sacrifice on his part. Paderewskis gold
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
lust to Be in Fashion.

Providence Journal-It is pretty in
significant volcano that is not attract
ing notice just now. Kilauea in Hawaii
is the latest one to resume business at
the old stand.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
At Camp Quiet.

Messrs. Charles Noble and F. Barbour
Kitch are at Camp Quiet on the Chesa-
peake shore at Arundel
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
children's Carnival at Ocean City.

Miss Eva Moore. the kindergarten
teacher, is training a hundred children
at Ocean City for carnival to be held
at the resort In August.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Mrs. Buckler's Return.

Mrs. 2. S. Buckler has returned from
visit to her brother, Mr.. James Z.
Mckinley, of Roland Park. Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Colonel Taylor and Family.

Col. John Taylor and family will go
in day or two to Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs for the season.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Visiting in This City.

Messrs- Homer and Paul Miller. oi
Hagerstown, Nd. are making a visit tC
this city
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Visiting in Hagerstown.

Mr.. Ralpn Gamble, of this city. is Wis
iting Mr.. George W. EyerIey, OF Hagers-
town.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
At Atlantic City.

Representative and Mrs. Chaplin are
at the Scarborough. Atlantic City.
Rear Admiral Hichborn and wife,
who are also at Atlantic City. are spend
ing the entire summer at the Traymore
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
|DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Wife and Daughter of General Miles to Go to Hot Springs
at the End of the Week
Miss Foster Guest Honor Dinner Given Mr. Richard
Mount Holy-Chidrens Carnival Ocean City Planned Ad
miral and Mrs Dewey May Go to Manhattan Beach.
To Go to Hot Springs.

Mrs. Miles and Mrs. Reber, wife and
daughter of Gen. Nelson A. Miles, will
go to Hot Springs. Va. the latter part
OF this week
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Nav Go to Manhattan Beach.

Admiral and Mrs. Dewey may go latel
on to Manhattan Beach.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Worse Than a Surgical Operation.

Philadelphia Inqurer-The chances are
that If King Edward can survive Alfred
Austins latest ode he will somehow
manage to get well.
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
On Visit to Son.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. Yingling spent a
portion of last week with their son.
Mr.. Samuel Yingling, at Reisterstown.
Nd
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
At Richfield Country Home.

Mrs. George W. Childs Is at her coun-
try place at Richfield. and Is entertain
ing her niece and her husband. Colonel
and Mrs. J. ]. Hunker. OF 1921 X Street
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Pittsburg Preparing for the President.

THE people of Pittsburg are on tip
toe In expectation of President Roose-
velt's visit to the Smoky City on the
Fourth of July" said Henry c. Ather-
ton. Of Louisville, a commercial trav-
eler. ut the National Hotel yesterday.
TT has long been the custom In the
metropolis OF Western Pennsylvania to
hold an fashioned independence Day
celebration in Shenley Park. But never
before has a President of the United
States been present at this great festi-
val. Consequently the fact that Mr..
Roosevelt win make an address there
on Thursday has sent the affairs pop
ularity a-soaring.
"All roads will lead to Shenley Park.
and Attorney General Knox. who secur-
ed the Presidents acceptance of an in
vitation to go to Pittsburg. is thanked
ION every side. His popularity Is great
er than ever before, and that's saying
a great deal"
The Washington times., 1902-06-30
Bay.

Mr.. Harry Gould is among the guests
OF Mrs. A. F. Medford at her cottage
at Arundel -the-Bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-01

equally between Scott Dickens and Track
cray TO my mind 1vanhoe' he once
sdia, Is the greatest novel in our language
If no. .he one mat VIII live the longest; but
1t mas formidable rival in Vanity Fair
ana perhaps in David Copperfeidr and
Martin ChuzZlewit'
me late Sir Walter Besant always found
fresh charm in Lorna Doone." which he
considered quite the best novel of his time
ne i, mad also great admiration for Hardy's
less or the DUrbervilles" and Mereditb's
erce endnn feveTel; indeed. with the single
, IKE SO many excellent judges, held that
t MIieredlth Is head and shoulders greater
nan Mn any other recent writer of fiction
MT meredith. however, while aduiriue
Sir Walter Besant's books, awards the nain1
among his rivals to Thomas Hardy many
OF whose books, such Far from the
Madding Crowd and Under the Green
wood Tree he finds unfailinglv deIiehffui
Of the giants who are gone he holds Scott.
Thackeray and Dickens unapproa chable
WI. u. A Henty, the author of so many
charming stories for old and young admits
that among all the books of modern writers
that have given him pleasure he is most in
aepted to Lorna Doone." Mr. Rider Hag-
more than Mr., Stanley Weyman, whose
gentleman of France" he considers mas
terpfece of fiction. He is also great adj
mirer OF Conan Doyle, and considers that
that clever and popular story teller has
never written anything to equal "The
White Company" verdict which Sir Ar
thur himself Endorses.
Miss Marie Corelli confesses a liking for
Marion Crawfords Italian stories She
places the author of Doctor Claudius" at
the head of present-day story tellers: but
her real heroes in fiction are George Eliot
and Charlotte Bronte, Scott and Dickens
Edna Lyall has similar affection for
Dickens, whose David Copperfield" she
knows from cover to cover. Scotts novels
she loves, especially Rob Roy" and among
the other books which hold high place In
her regard are "Silas Mariner" "Esmond"
and Mrs. GaskelPs Crawford"
Mr. Christie Murray says he has spent
his happiest reading hours with Charles
Reade's ''Cloister and the HEARTH" but In
very lose rivalry he places David Copper
tefo end "1vanhoe," while he pleads guilty
:. a,.ection for tom Jones'" Mr.. Geo.
Gissing's favorite authors are Charlotte
Bronte, Meredith, and Thomas Hardy. In the
order named; and of all their works he
loves best "Villette." Richard Feverer'
and THE Return of the Native" and the
late Mr.. r. l.. Stevenson, whose taste in
fiction was as indisputable as his gift of
writing it, placed Scott at the head of his
favorite novelfsts, with Guy Mannering"
Red Gauntlet" and Rob Roy as his best
stories, and Of later works of fiction he had
the highest opinion of Thackeray's "Es-
mond' and George Meredith's "Rfchard
Feverel." .-. g. 81
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FAMOUS NovELIsTs' TASTES.
How They Admire the Work Of Other
Authors.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Is generous and
candid enough to declare that he finds al
most as much pleasure in reading a good
novel as in writing one, and his taste lies
chiefly in the direction of fiction of past
generations. IF you ask me to name the
novel which In my opinion is without a
rival" he says, al should without hesita-
ton say The Cloister and the Hearth
story which, long as 1t Is, has genius on
every page Of it. The second place should
award to Scott, his Ivanhoe' for choice;
books have given me most pleasure"
OF the last generation OF story-writers
there waa perhaps, no better critic than
James Payn. who divided his allegiance