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The Washington times., 1902-10-31
Clark Carrying Everything.

Reports from Montana Indicate that
the Hon. William A. Clark is sweeping
everything before him in that politically
storm-tossed State. The courts have
ruled that his ticket shall have the
preferred place on the official ballot,
and circuit judge is being sued for
libel for the alleged offense of stating
that the Senator's rival. the Hon. Au-
gustus Heinze. tried to bribe him. If
Senator Clark continues t. g--,,:i st-cz1-,i
he will elect all the judges nominated
by his conventions this fall, and Mr..
Heinze will have no judge upon the su-
preme court of the State. Why there
are such fierce struggles between Clark
and. -Heinze over these judgeships is
not understood in this part of the coun-
try, where it is supposed that Judges
upon the bench are too full of wise
saws and modern instances" to know
one party from another.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
Demanding Peace.

The President has perceived 1t to be
his duty to demand that an immediate
end be put to Republican quarrels every
where. He has even gone to the extent
OF threatening the factionists with his
displeasure. the meaning Of which seems
to be that no factionist need apply for
anything in the Presidents gift IL dis
aster awaits the party next week. 1t Is
believed that the Presidents warning
will have the desired effect in the cam
paign. At any rate, IL Is thought that
his words will serve the purpose OF re-
mindins the Republican workers that it
now behooves them to quit fighting
among themselves and turn upon the
common enemy until after the polls
close next Tuesday. II the Presidents S
command is needed there Is no question
that the Republicans will fare better In
half dozen States-particularlyi in Cal
ifornia, Washington, Wisconsin. Iowa
and New York. The result OF their sSt-
ting together in these States would. 1t
is believed, be half dozen or more seats
in the next House, which at this juno
ture seem more or less seriously
threatened.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
A New Morgan Rumor.

The Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff is. re-
sponsible for the statement that J. Pier
pont Morgan is exerting his full power
to compass the defeat Of Governor Odeil.
The reason Mr.. Woodruff assigns for the
great financier's opposition to the heat
of the Republican State ticket in New
York Is that Governor Odell helped
President Roosevelt to settle the an
thracite coal strike. This view of it
gives to the situation a new interest.
1t has been thought all along in Wash
ington that nobody but Mr.. Morgan
helped the President to settle the strike,
and that the banker was quite agreeable
to the Presidents proposition for a
speedy settlement in order to keep the
poor people in the cities from freezing
to death this winter. II was known here
that Governor Odell. in conjunction with
Senators Platt, Quay and Penrose, tried
to restore peace between the miners and
operators, but 1t was thought that their
efforts failed, and that after this the
President caused Mr.. Morgan TO force
the operators to terms. 1t is not doubted
however, that the Hon. Timothy L.
Woodruff's means of information on this
and other important public questions are
superior TO those of most other people,
and that, therefore, he probably has
made an interesting disclosure.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
The Kina's Courier.

Young Mr.. Borthwick, Of London,
who comes to this country as kings
courier. bearing dispatches from his
government to the British ambassa-
dor in Washington, may be contem-
plated as offering a picturesque illus
tration of the changes wrought by
time.
In the days when knighthood was
in flower, so to speak, Mr.. Borthwick
would have presented a spectacular
figure at the gates of the National
Capital. Wearing herald's tabard-
isn't inat what they used to call it?-
emblazoned with the royal arms, he
would have sounded a loud note from
his bugle horn to let us know he was
Johnny-on-the-spot. Then he would
have proclaimed at the top of his
voice that he represented his puissant
majesty, Edward VII, by the grace Of
God King of Great Britain and Ire
land. Emperor Of India and Defender
OF the Faith, and that he demanded to
be taken to his majesty's ambassador
forthwith. Which having been done,
the kings courier would have deliv-
cred his dispatches and a night of
wassail in the British embassy would
have followed.
Bnt now how prosaic is the proceed
ing. Mr.. Borthwick alights from the
train, and, desirous of stretching his
legs a bit. strolls alone to the hotel
where he has engaged lodging. There
he registers, and Immediately. in the
most obliging spirit. tells number of
newspaper men all about himself and
his business. Not note does he
wind on his bugle horn. II is to be
doubted if he has one or would know
how to wind note on it. His most
thrilling experience as kings oou-
rier to this far country, he lets us
know, is that he4ost his luggage soon
after his arrival.
The principal object of his mission.
he states. is to study newspaper meth
The Washington times., 1902-10-31


1.-The roast beef of old England" has
been these many years nothing but a
tradition. Forty years ago Germany
began sending its cattle to the Eng
lish markets. About twenty-five years
ago the United States swept down
upon the tight little isle and COM
PEELED Britons to take the meat of the
Western plains. nd now comes Rus
sia, by way of the Kiel canal. threat
ening to dump carcass after carcass of
fresh beef on Great Britain's shores.
Presently 'tSouthdown mutton" will
be nothing but delusion and snare.
AS a matter of fact, most of it is now
raised. we believe. in Kentucky.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

There is much to commend in the
action of Judge Kellogg, of Yonkers,
N. Y, in sentencing w. Bird Ray
mond. the New York automobilist
charged with responsibility for the
auto-trolley tragedy of last Sunday, to
six months Imprisonment in the
Kings county penitentiary. The pun
ishment thus meted out for reckless
automobile ''scorching" cannot but
have a deterrent effect upon other
chauffeurs, amateur and professional.
And that the time has come to check
the evil no one can doubt who has
kept abreast of the news of the day.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

Strikes, we regret to say, are COM
mon enough in the industrial world.
In the educational field, however, they
are a novelty. The West, which in
these days seems to have distanced
New England in the output of isms,
furnishes this new phase in strikes.
In Lansing, Mich, the agricultural
college students struck" because the
faculty had presumed to discipline
some youngsters who, contrary to or
ders, took part in sophomore-fresh-
men cane rush! AT. this distance it
looks as If some one should have been
spanked and put to bed.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

Boston seems in fair way to Sc
cure before November ] the pneu-
matte tube service which Congress
provided for at its last session. Chi
cago, Philadelphia. and New York
have had, or are about to have. this
service installed. Why is 1t that
Washington, the seat of the National
Government, is always compelled, on
such occasions, using sporting
phrase, ito take third money" or. in
deed, go empty-handed altogether?
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
Side Lights on National Politics.

against Bryan. They claim to have dis
covered that he put the coal mine owner
ship plank in the Saratoga plat
form for the distinct purpose of beating
the party in New York this year. The
fact that the Hon. James Mcguire. Of
Syracuse, an ardent and trusted Bryan
lite. claims credit for the authorship Of
the coal plank does not abash them .
bit Nor does Mr.. Coler's virtual repu-
diation OF the coal plank upset their view
Of things. They do not like Mr.. Hill. and
his friends say he has utterly despaired
OF doing anything to please the Bryan
ties. however much he would like to
make them happy.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
Freddie Was Too Candid.
rom The New York Tribune.

From Inc New 1orA IrlDUue
The class in reading in Brooklyn
SCHOOL had come to the phrase "a slen-
der birch tree" and the teacher, not
quite sure that the children fully COM
pretended the meaning of slender"
sought to develop it from familiar
words. You all know what stout
means, do you not?' she asked. Yes m"
Have you ever seen a stout woman"
"Oh. yesm: Mrs. Brown is very stout"
said one girl. Right said the teacher.
''Now look at me! l am not stout, am
II" "No'm,'' came the chorus OF voices.
We'll. IL 1 am not stout what am I?''
a perplexed look overspread the faces.
Finally one little fellow ventured TO
raise his hand. well. Freddie. do you
think I'm stout?" Nom well. then,
what would you call me?" skinny"
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
An Effective Trap.

Have you a burglar-alar on your
house?"
mo; but we've got a burglar-tra In
the dining-room.
whats that?"
why, when we get through playing
ping-pong we leave the set right there
on the dining-room table, and II any
burglars came they'd get so interested
they wouldn't go away
Ordinary Prudence.
II some OF the people who are trying
to live by the philosophy of Omar Khay
yam only knew what he meant, 1t would
simplify matters.
The Higher Criticism.
And So" concluded the mission
teacher. 1.-The ark landed at last on
Mount Ararat.''
Say, lady," piped up small voice.
I'd they git out extra?"
"N-no. I suppose not"
Nor no circus bills and posters?"
NO"
Gee! some folks is so slow dey move
backwards
Inertia.
There's a man who has lived among
his books for the last forty years: nevar
goes out, sees no visitors, and
How old is he?"
About eighty, 1 believe"
Perhaps he died several years ago.
and doesn't kn2y it yet"
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Need of Consecrated Teachers.

RICHMOND TIMES-We do not mean
to cast stones at the consecrated teach
ers of the day. But we do mean to say
that there is urgent need Of more con-
secrated teachers, of men and women
who make teaching the serious business
Of life and not a makeshift, or the means
oIlly,of earning livelihood.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
Combating Intemperance.

INDIANAPOLIS NEWS-When the ar
teries take on the ossified character the
end is at hand. Now. modern science
says that frequent indulgence in alcohol
tends to produce arterial ossihcation.
So both business" and science agree
in an inhibition that while not defined as
total abstinence. amounts TO that as
practical everyday affair. and thus these
great forces are making against the
drink evil.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
Harrington Improves.

Cheering reports of the oratorical
progress of the Hon. Booth Harrington,
one of the literary glories and political
hopes of Indiana, are now coming from
that state. II will he recalled that when
last week he undertook to make his
Legislature. Mr.. Harrington, in spite of
the careful coaching of his famous men
tor. the Hon. A. j. Beveridge, was
overcome by stage fright and fell
down." But he is getting along all right
now 1t is told with pride by the In
dianapolis papers how Mr.. Harrington
has rallied and is making from two to
a half dozen speeches night.
The keynote of all his speeches is
get out the vote" Although he was
mistaken for the Hon. Jesse Overstreet
at meeting in what is called "a shoe
shop" by the Hoosier reporters. Mr..
Harrington, nothing daunted. proceeded
to illustrate his point with u little
story with which it is believed Noah
cheered the spirits of his small com
pany in the ark AS the story runs. an
old negro jumped into swirling
stream to save his son. After a hard
struggle the son was rescued. and an
eye witness said this to the father:
You had a hard time saving him. He
must be pretty good boy" Quoth the
aged Senegambian: Most no count.
wuthless niggah in de worl'.' Said the
eye witness: We'll. what made you work
so hard to rescue him." Then the negro
replied: Why. cause he had de bait.
1t appears from the newspaper reports
that the easy-tempered Hoosiers laugh
every time Mr.. Harrington
tells this story.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

Mrs. Anna Thornton, Of Louisville.
draws four pensions, having been law
fully married to four Union soldiers in
succession. 1t is fortunate for the coun-
try that more women have not acquired
Mrs. Thornton's matrimonial habit.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
The Panama Canal.

PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLE-
TIN-Secretary Hay should let II be
known Enthusiastically that the United
States. while willing to hand over
fair amount in return for the required
concessions. will! not submit to anything
that sayors OF blackmail.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
In THE PUBLIC EYE.

Bronson Howard, the dramatist, said
at dinner given by the American
Dramatists' Club in New York in his
honor: THE stage should be as broad
as the morals of the people. You must
leave 1t to the people whether they
shall reform 1t or not"
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
When Homer Mods.

We called attention the other day
to one of those inevitable slips in cal
culation with which even the most
gifted of political prophets must now
and then be charged. The Hon.
James NJ. Griggs, the chairman of the
Democratic Congress committee, in
one of his most conscientious efforts
to pencil up Democratic majority in
the next House of Representatives,
was trapped last week into carrying
two Congress districts in Pennsyl-
vania uncharted on any known po-
litical map.
1t turned out that this little exhibi-
ton of Observation-Disclosures on Chair
man Griggs' part was traceable to a
too unquestioning dependence upon
an obsolete Congressional Directory"
The Democratic campaign manager
ingenuously assumed that party vic
tory was assured in two Pennsylvania
districts-the present Eighth and
Ninth-which have been overwhelm-
ingly Democratic from time imme-
mortal. Then he set out to carry five
more districts-the Twelfth, the Thir-
teenth, the Nineteenth, the Twenty
sixth. and the Twenty-eighth-from
which reports more or less rose-col-
ored had been recently reaching the
committees headquarters here
Unfortunately the Pennsylvania
Legislature reapportioned its repre-
sentation in Congress last winter. and
as the State was cut into thirty-two
constituencies instead of twenty
eight, many of the district boundaries
were changed, and certain districts,
left unaltered, received new numbers
In this way the old Eighth became the
new Twenty-sixth, and the old Ninth
the new Thirteenth. And Chairman
Griggs ingenicusly achieved gain of
two seats by carrying them under
both the old and the new designa-
uons.
But Mr.. Griggs is not the only
Homer among latter-day statesmen to
be caught nodding. Even greater au-
thorities than he get their Congress
district lines muddled. In New York
the other day a Democratic candidate
for Congress received this message of
cheer and comfort from Princeton,
N. j.:
Every patriotic emotion and senti-
ment Of love and loyalty for Democratic
principles arouses my ardent desire and
hope for the success of the noble young
candidate in the Nineteenth district.
The sender of the telegram was
Grover Cleveland. The only noble
young candidate In the Nineteenth
New York district" of Mr.. Cleveland's
party faith is the Hon. Cornelius A.
Pugsley. Of Peekskill, born on July
II. 1850. and. though properly, no
doubt, to be tag-marked as noble"
hardly to be identified. except in
as young"
Fortunately, however, the telegram
was delivered to and receipted for by
Burton N. Harrison, who is making
lively fight for election as Democrat
in the Madison Square district of
New York city, numbered the Thfr-
teenth under last winters apportid4-
ment act. - ~ 1
Whether Mr. Cleveland and Mr..
Griggs use the same Anticipated pol
litical handbook we have nd means1
of knowing. But it is evident that |
until our political leaders anil
prophets supply themselves with up-I
to-date campaign guides they will, in
these minor matters Of provision and
continue to browse and nod. |
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

MILWAUKEE SENTINEL-Her death
should bring to the women of the United
States a keen realization of what one
life, inspired by sincere, all-consuming
ambition to do good, can accomplish in
its influence upon contemporary thought.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

Miss Jane Adams, the head OF Hull
ago, What is the matter with Chi
cago?' She replied without hesitation
that the people had not enough respect
for the law. There is" she said. "a
sort of good-Iatured, happy go-lucky
evasion on the one side and liberation
on the other" Chicago is not exactly
unique in this respect.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
COURTS AND CAPITALS
OF THE OLD WORLD
Monarchs WHO Have Smelt Powder
Buckinghamshire and Lord Roths-
child-The English Jockey Club
and Its Functions.

King Edwards expression of regret In
the address which he delivered to the
Brigade Guards last Monday, in Lon
don, on its return from Africa, to the
effect that he never had the opportu-
nifty of seeing active service'-that Is to
say, of taking part in a war-serves to
call attention to the remarkably small
number of the present occupants OF Old
World thrones who have smelt powder
on the battlefield.
Indeed. the only ones still living are
King George of Saxony, who command
ed a division of troops in the Franco
German war of 1870; Emperor Francis
Joseph, who took the field against the
combined forces of France and Italy in
1859; King Charles, who exercised the
actual command, and directed with Sig
nal success the operations of his fine
Roumanian army in the war between
Russia and Turkey in 1877; the Grand
Duke of Baden, and the King of Wurt-
temburg, both Of whom wear the Iron
Cross for services in the Franco German
wa.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

ministration of all the important British
race courses. A jockey who has his
license withdrawn by the English Jockey
Club is to all intents and purposes
barred from riding anywhere, while
man who has been warned off, the
heath at Newmarket by the club is
branded with worldwide infamy and is
doomed to an ostracism far more severe
than IL he had been guilty of a crime
and served term In prison.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
An Ideal President,

BUTTE INTER ER-MOUNTAIN-In Theo-
dore Roosevelt the people of the United
STATES have President who comes near
er representing the ideal American than
any other executive who has ever pre-
sided over the destiny of the nation.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
Bryanites Accuse Hill.

The New York Bryanites are still sus-
picious of the Hon. David Bennett Hill.
They accuse him of all sorts Of plotting
against the Nebraskan. Their principal
charge is that he is scheming to defeat
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

A thief near Utica. n. Y. stole a
the only reasonable supposition is that
he gave it honorable burial near the
scene of his crime.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

A moose head has been presented to
President Roosevelt. and some of his
opponents are beginning to feel as If
cabbage heads were appropriate presents
for them.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

A New Jersey youth tried to cure an
anarchist by giving him q thrashing
The mistake he made lay in using club
instead of a scrubbing brush
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

President Schurman contemplates the
erection of a new hall of the Hberal arts
at Cornell. and suggests that it be
named after Goldwin Smith, whom he
calls 1.-The most illustrious exponent of
liberal culture who ever sat in the Cor
nell faculty."
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

The Sultan of Turkey has issued an
edict forbidding the publication of
books In his realm. The reason is said
to be that he is going to publish
book himself and wants clear field
for 1t.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31
"UNCONSIDERED TRIPLES"
A Possible Explanation.

Mrs Flickers never gives her guests
anything much to eat"
II know why. She's afraid they won't
have time to study her hand-painted
china"
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

A Missouri man found a live alligator
nine feet underground SO he says. In
various parts of the country men have
been known to see snakes nine feet up
in the air.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

Postmaster General Payne Is consid-
ering the idea of placing portraits of the
late DR.. Charles F. Mcdonald on money
order blanks. DR.. Mcdonald was the
first head of the money order service
and in the main its originator. He left
by will $1,000 to the Postoffice Depart
ment, to be used in any way which might
improve the service.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

hausted the trust question. If Congress
should try, 1t might resemble the ex-
pertinent of the man who tried to tame
a bear by firing the animal out.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

John W. Gates says that Pierpont
Morgan does not really care for money,
which is fortunate. since he might starve
IL he really had an appetite for II.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

1t looks as If at some future time the
saying might run: How doth the little
busy bee and Mr.. Wiggins.''
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

big Bill" Devery's in the limeligbt
again-but. thank goodness. the stage
will be darkened next week.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

The Empress Dowager of China in
tends to establish a girls school in
the palace at Pekin. Her motives are
not entirely altruistic. She needs in
terpreters when entertaining the
wives Of foreign ministers.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

Neither King Edward nor the Emper-
ors of Germany and Russia. nor yet the
Kings of Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bel
gium, Denmark, Norway. Sweden. Ser
via, and Greece have seen what is
known as active service" or are ac-
quainted with war, save from hearsay.
or in its mimic aspects.
A very different condition of affairs
prevailed fifteen, twenty. thirty. and
fifty years ago. The two German EN-
perors who preceded the present Kaiser,
as we'll as all of their predecessors on
the throne OF Prussia, took part in
sanguinary campaigns, and figured on
battlefields. The same may be said Of
the late Gear of Russia and of the four
Emperors who Immediately preceded
him. The late King of Spain was in the
field against Don Carlos shortly after
his accession to the throne, and while
mere boy. The father, grandfather and
reat-grandfather Of the present King
Of Italy were soldiers who saw much
active service. In fact, the late King
Humbert carried to his grave the scar
Of wound inflicted at the battle of
Custozza, when leading forlorn hope
in desperate effort to retrieve the for
tunes of the day.
The late King Of Servia took part in
several wars, but without distinction,
while the late Emperor Napoleon III is
on record as the only modern sovereign
taken prisoner in battle and sent into
captivity.
The Washington times., 1902-10-31

Sorne persons are saying in disap-
pointed way that Congress has not ex-