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The Washington times., 1902-01-19
'Persicum nahum.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS FRIDAY.
Committee Holds n second Executive
Session Yesterday.

The Democratic caucus comrIittee net
again yesterday ir the minority confer
ence room. but the session was not as
long as the day before.
All the matters before the committee
had been thoroughly threshed over, and
the meeting yesterday was chiefly to fix
day for holding a general caucus The
committee has agreed upon its report,
but declines to make it public at this
time.
The full caucus meeting will be held on
Friday evening. it is dogLtful, however.
in the opinion of many informed
members. If there is any business trans
acted at the caucus looking toward de-
finiDg the attitude OF the party iu Con-
greas during this session.
Whether the CON mitteo as agreed to
faborably report the Mcclellan rcsolg-
tions presented by the New York delcga-
tion, or the Ball substitute. embrac-
ing the Kansas City National platform,
there is almost certain to be a spirited
contest among the members. Consequent
ly the probabilities are that the entire
matter will be laid uron the table wnich
will preclude all opportunity for debate.
Mr. Richardson, the Democratic leader
favors a policy which will no: estrange
the members of the minority on any i'm
poTtant questions or break up The minor
ity into factions.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

The barren fields over which is still strewn
the carnage of war will be titled. In the cities
the chimneys of factories will reach far to the
sky line, and the smoke of industry will cast
feeting shadows ere it is waited seaward,
and the stiident voice of commerce will sing:
"'rhe South has risen again
When the civil war was over l had not
one penny to knock against another, and little
no education. My father, seven brothers,
and myself decided to manufacture tobacco,
We had no money, nor friends who could aid
us. a kitchen ta,,le, two knives, and very
small consignment of leaf tobacco constituted
our stock in trade at the outset. / was the
drummer for the manufactured product, and 1
pedded the small stock we had in towns and
counties in the immediate vicinity of Durham,
n. G. An old mule and sullsy was my means
of transportation.
AS our trade increased we made further
progress, and | went as far as Richmond,
Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, to
sell the result of my fathers and brothers hard
labor.
1 can tell YOU | saved every cent possible.
/ not only denied myself every comfort but
never went 10 hOtel. instead satlsneu my
self with 10-cent meals at lunch counters, and
Travelled from town to town by night, getting
my sleep curled up in the narrow seat of rail
way coach. 1t was not of a Pullman
sleeper for me i'll those days.
My father and brothers were equally as
economical as | was myself, and every year we
extended our operations, and bought larger
consignments of tobacco. until today we have
factories in every country where tobacco is
grown.
Why did we succeed? Because we worked
day and night, and did not waste our time sit
ting at some stove in a country store, indulg-
ing in trivial conversation and finding fault
with those who had not buried their talents.
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Intelligence and Progress,

In the upbuilding of the Capital
City there are two vital matters to
be seriously considered-rhe provi-
sion for immediate needs and the de-
velopment of the municipality along
ideal lines.
There is no good reason why Wash
ington should not proceed according
to Il programme that will sacrifice
neither the one nor the other.
1t should be the aim of all organi-
zations and individuals hereafter to
father improvements that Will be con-
sistent with the elaborate scheme
which contemplates the creation of
national centre that shall be rs nearly
perfect as the ideas and resources of
the people cam make it.
1t Will be absolute folly to do those
things which, in the light of the
knowledge of the present concerning
/ the possibilities of the future, will
/ have to be done over again next year
or the year after, or the year after
that.
The Washington of this day is suf-
j.. fering from the lack of foresight or
the tendency to temporize on the
part of past generations. 1t is ac-
kno:yledged that, had the original
scheme of the founders of the Capital
been religiously--ebssa1Ted, there
Would-be less occasion for wholesale
reconstruction than there is today.
1t behooves the Washingtonians OF
the year 1902 to bear this in mind
An intelligent public spirit can pro-
vide for immediate municipal needs
and at the same time contribute to
the city of the future which shall rise
| resplendent.
Washington is not an exhibition
| city where problems must be solved
| along purely economical and spec
| tacular lines and FOR immediate re-
suits only. The Capital is to be as
| enduring as the nation itself, and, on
/ this understanding. it will be wise for
/ those who are influential in the fight
| for its expansion to consider well the
! hopes of the future when they are
endeavoring to meet the demands of
! The hour.
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
FRANK A. MUNSEY

an alliance with the Power of the
Western Continent, an alliance of the
verbal sort, an alliance aimed to bring
about the harmonious progress of
the Kaiser's country and that of
Uncle Sam.
In the opinion Of those who com
prehcnd the subtcrrancan signifi-
cancc of international procedure. En-
peror William seized upon a happy
opportunity TO contradict by action
the ugly rumors that have grown out
of the Venezuelan affair. The pessi-
mist was bound to bring the United
States and Germany into collision.
The demand that Venezuela meet her
obligations seemed to the fault-find
ing class to mean an infringement
upon the Monroe Doctrine. and, with
its customary determination. that
element sought to bring about a
clash of authority.
The Kaiser's courtesy has silenccd
those who revel in international COM
plications. And he has been met half
way by the Executive of the United
States. The visit of Prince Henry will
tend to the elimination OF misunder-
standings, the harmonious alliance of
the nations in the name of progress.
and the friendship of America for
that sturdy land from which the New
! World Power has drawn much of its
stability and strength.
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princc UcnrN's NiNit.

Prince Henry's approaching visit TO
America has become n world topic.
Perhaps nothing has attracted more
attention in European councils for
some time than the Kaiser's action in
sending his brother hither in return
for President Roosevelt's courtesy in
allowing his daughter to clristen the
Emperor's new yacht.
Herr Won Holleben's expression in
today's issue of The Times will be
read with intense interest. The Ger
man Ambassador makes the broad
statement at the Teutonic Empire
seeks to draw more closely the ties
that bind the United States and the
fatherland. In other words, one of
the greatest of the European Powers
voluntarily seeks, in q certain sense,
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The principle laid down by the Nazarene
in his parable Of the talents is applicable to
the South today. Our Saviour gave to the
stewards five talents, two talents, and one tai
ent To the ones whom he gave the five talents
and the two talents. when he learned that they
had doubled them. he gave praise, but to the
one who had received but one, he referred to
him as q wicked and slohful steward, because
he dug a hole and buried his talent.
| have no use for the steward who ties
his talent in a rag and buries it This is what
the Young man of the South is doing. The
people of the South are dead commercially
they have been thus for the last half a century.
The rising generation Of the SOUTH are its stew
ards but they, like their forefathers, have
buried their talents and unless they wake up
and march to the strident hum of commerce.
they will not even have the talent to dig up
when Gabriel blows his trumpet on Judgment
Day.
Men who never lool, backward is what the
South needs. The typical Southern gentleman
who sat on his vine-shaded veranda in sum
Iner, and at the hearthstone in his club in the
winter, talking politics and race horses must
be relegated to the realms of memory.
Young men of the South, you must not be
afraid to work. One can work and vet be
gentleman.
The business men of the world who have
become great financicrs, and who control the
commercial Industries of this country have
risen from the lowiy walks of life. They are
men who have suffered the hardshps of power
" bov J.bo
The time is at hand when the young man of
the Southland must hold his head up and keep
his eyes to the front. When he has learned
this lesson, and when he has fallen into pro-
gressve stride, the South will bloom again
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
South American Sanity.

Dispatches from the City of Mexico
to the effect that the Pan-American
delegates have reached an under
standing in the matter of arbitration
are accepted at their face value, al
though the explanation of what has
been accomplished is somewhat in
volved.
The quarrel over the arbitration
proposition has been more pic
turesque than satisfactory. The
South Americans employed the dis
cussion of the proposition as an op-
portunity for the airing of private
grievances and an exhibition of the
pettifoggery which seems INSOFAR
able from the Latin temperament.
Proposals and cCdnter proposals and
Withdrawals and arguments grew out
of the conference situation. But the
skill of Mr.. Buchanan, who repre-
scented the United States, seems to
have tided over the difficulty, and a
practically unanimous agreement on
the arbitration matter has been
brought about.
Accepting the statement -il3 TIE de
spatches as-arrr'15roximately correct, we
~e1nnot refrain from congratulating
the lesser nations 10 the south and
reading them a lesson from the de-
velopments.
If the Latin-American Republics
viii eXpcnd in national development
the money and the energy they have
wasted in internecine quarrels, they
viii be surprised by their progress.
The Soutl American revolution is one
OF the most wasteful enterprises of
The era. 1t is only carrying political
differences TO the point Of armed op-
position, Il recourse that is seldom
warranted, since this is not the feudal
age.
Whether The American nations be-
come a unity or not, they should de-
velop that community of interest
which will enable them to meet the
older half of the world in the great
peaceful war of competition and de-
velopmcnt which is to be the main
conflict of the twentieth century.
With a constant recurrence of petty
quarrels, there can be no such unity.
The obligations OF these countries
to the United States should also be
properly considered by their peoples.
1t is not only suicidal for them to
waste their strength and substance
in politico-military clashes, but it is
the height of ingratitude TO the
United States, which has stood be-
tween these weaker brothers and ELL
ropean encroachmcnt ir the hour
when that championship might have
provoked the worldwide conflict. If
the South and Central americans
have learned this lesson at the Mex
leo conference, that gathering will
have been invaluable 10 the future of
all America.
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WELCOME TO CHAUNCEY.


Neget quis carniina Callo?1Tenth Eclogue.
Ho! beat the drums, and rouse his chums
And turn his joke-book loose;
Let great and small go hire a hall
To welcome our Iepewse:
For. isonomio he.
And isonomie we:
He's Persicum," non-viridi--
Indeed, he's ripened bis.
Throw up your hat and skin the cat,
To manifest your joy:
Salute the Peach" with gentle -,t-ecn.
And say: Don't he 100 coy"
For, bonus puer est hon
bonus puer est hon
Est hOn-o-ri pa-rent-i-bus
(E-jus parent-i-bus).
No banshee ghost shall join the host
Which welcomes him our way:
To forecast wreck when he's on deck,
And darken Rapture's ray:
For, magnus vir in G.,
He's magnus vir in-ge-
Sum vir mag-nus nge-ni-um,
So-Erit pu-er-uIn.
-POSEY S WILSON.
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LIMESTONE LED IN INCREASE.
Pennsylvania Ranks First With
Product Over SS,OOo.OOO.

The Geological Survey reports that the
increase in the value of the stone product
in 1900 was general, but the greatest in
crease was in limestone.
In the order of production. Pennsyl-
vania ranks first, with a product of over
SS.0eO,0o0; then Vermont, with over ST.
100000; New York, with over 81, 900. .O0O
Ohio. with over $3,600, 900: Maine, with
over 81. 100000; Indiana, with over $780,
600: Massachusetts. with over S2,100. .000;
and California Georgia, Illinois, Mary
land Missouri. New Jersey, and Wiscon-
sin each produced more than $1,O00, 600
worth Of stone.
The value Of roofing slate increased
about $4,000, though the average price
per square decreased 1G cents. to $S, and
the export trade showed 4 decline of 50
per cent from 1890.
The value OF limestone burned also de-
creased nearly $200 GEO.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
Drawing the Line.
(StTay Stories.J

Among the best stories recorded by a
weIl-known angler is one about a Scot
tish laird who was one day relating to
his friends at the dinner table the story
Of fine fish he had caught.
Donald" said he to the servant be-
hind his chair, an old man but new
servant, How heavy was the fish
took yesterday"
Donald neither spoke nor moved. The
laird repeated the question.
"Weel," replied Donald, ''it was twai'
pund at breakfast, it had gotten to ach-
teen at dinner time, and it was sax-and-
twenty when ye sat down to supper wi
the captain"
Then, after pause, he added. I've
been tellin' lees a my life to please the
shooters, but I'll be blowed il I'm going
to tell lees moo in my old age. TO please
the fushers!"
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a Hanging Anyway.

81. Paul Dispatch-If that eX-captain in
Weyler's army, now herdng cattle on q
Nebraska ranch, tells the truth about his
blowing UP the Maine, then he should be
promptly arrested, tried for wholesale
murder and duly and eXpeditiously
hanged. II he is simply lying he should
be hanged anyway. And if-what is more
likely-some string flend is working his
Imagination, he. too, should be strung up.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
An Echo From Berlin.

Hartford Courant - Those cheers that
startled the decorous echoes of the House
of Lords recently. when King Edward
spoke of the humanity of the British sol
dier, were heard in every capital in Eu-
rope. They were particularly audible in
the capital on the Spree. 1t will not sur
prise us greatly if William II, field mar
shal in the British army, is moved to say
4 few words himself.
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CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL.
Representative Kuhn Yesterday In
troduced the Measure in the House

Representative Kahn yesterday intro
duccd in the House the Chinese exclusion
bill. which the coast and Western mem
bers have agreed urcn as the best to
meet The problem which confronts them
in dealing with subjects OF the Dowagcr
Empress.
The substance OF the measure has
heretofore been made public. 1t is more
drastic than the present Gcary act. and
provides for a stricter enforcement of ex-
clusion.
The measure has been referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 1near-
ing: will begin this week.
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Why Not:

These are the days of Congresses.
At the slightest excuse a Congress is
held. We have had Mothers Con
crosses and Daughters Congresses;
Farmers Congresses and Lawyers
Congresses. We have had Pan-Amer-
lean Congresses, Arbitration Con
crosses, Pure Food Congresses. and
Sanitary Science Congresses; Con
crosses of Poets and Congresses of
Musicians: Congresses of Clergymen
and Congresses of Agnostics.
The era of Congresses is upon us
in good earnest. Truly, there is no es-
cape.
Now comes Prince Henry of Prus-
sia to be the guest of our nation. Let
us give him "a good time while he
is here. but when he goes home let us
send him back with his pockets full
of invitations to the Royalties of Eu-
rope to attend Congress of Crowned
Heads, to meet on American soil in
the shadow of our National Capitol
and be presided over by the First
Gentleman of this Land of Freedom
Theodore Roosevelt.
This is the sort of Congress we
next want here in Washington. Why
shouldn't we have it? 1t would do
more good to the great cause of in
ternational amity than any or all the
arbitration treaties ever devised. 1t
would be a glorious conclave of twen-
tieth century rulers-not one of
whom would return home without
having been baptized in the Jordan
of Liberty.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

New Jersey has donned armor and
begun war for the determination of
the voracious mosquito. 1t will be in
tercsting to learn what New Jersey
is to do for fame after the mosquito
has become extinct.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

The worriment over what Mr.. Reid
viii wear at the coronation of King
Edward is entirely uncalled for. We
venture to believe that he will he ap-
propriately garbed and that, although
Stripes, everybody will know that he
represents America.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
A Soldier. Not a Machine.

Pittsburg Chroniclc-Telegraph for
cisner does not seem to comprehend that
because of the independence Of character
of the American soldier he is SO excellent
4 fighter. He IS a soldier, not a ma
chine.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

1t might seem that the Congress
sfonal outcry against anarchy has
died out-but the anarchists know
better. They are sneal1ing around
very quietly these days, and the voice
of the fire-eater is not heard through
the land.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
Grn mDinr and Logic.
CTit-Bits.)

Recently public school teacher wrote
the sentence, Them boys are sliding
down hill" and requested some one in
the school to correct and why" One
bright younSster held up his hand and,
on being asked said: "Correction-Those
boys are sliding down hill. Why-Decause
they cant slide up"
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

The eXcitable newspapers may as
well get over their hysteria. Uncle
Sam, who fought for the reconcen-
trado, is not in the least likely to let
Cuba starye
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licient Cause.
(pucl;,l

"The extras about some society dude,
boss" what did he do?" y dunno; but
he did something! That's why they got
out the eAtran'
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

International courtesy, as cNemrli-
fed by the Kaiser and the President,
needs no interpreter. Ii is the one
touch OF nature again.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
Triumnh of EininmncN

st. Louis Globe e-DemOcrat-Mrs. Nation
has beer invited to visit England There
IS suspicion. however. that the invita-
tion vas worked up through diplomatic
circles at home.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
A Georgia Philosopher.

ATLANTA ConStitution0
A Georgia philosopher is written Of as
follows:
He broke his leg
In the railroad wreck,
And thanked the Lord
That 1t wasn't his neck"
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
A Hint for Director ,Ierrinm.

Detroit Free Press-A redistribution Of
the jobs might enable the Michigan dele
CATION to rearrange its opinions Of per-
manent Census Bureau.
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The why nna the wherefore,

(Pittsburg ChronieleTelegraph)
Mrs Green-Evcry dog has his day.
Mrs Brown-Yas, indeed; an dat's why
Jeens gifts his chickens in dc night time
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

The old maxim to the effect that
things come to him who waits needs
twentieth century reyision, signifying
that most things conte to him who
goes after them.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
No Kiss for Christening Hands.

indianapolis News-The Chinese Court
is said to be hostile to foreigners There
is nothing strange about this. 1t would
be strange. indeed, if it had any love for
them at all.
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EyDcD.iye imuscmcnt,

Boston notwithstanding TO his
own confession, Mr.. Perry Belmont paid
more than a dollar apiece for votes
enough to defeat him and send him back
to his Babylonish captivity.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
Liberty of Conscience.

(Puck.)
First Native-The missionaries would
like to stop cannibalism.
Second Native-They would? don't see
why man shouldn't eat according to the
dictates of his conscience.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
The Fitness of Things.

Peoria Herald Transcript - Captain
Clark should be permitted to take the
Oregon over to England with him when he
goes to attend the coronation ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

1t seems that the yellow press
will never quite forgive Mr.. Roose-
welt for not consulting them before
he made his Cabinet selections.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19
HARRIET LANE JOHNSTON.
Niece of President buchanan Once
Mistress at White HOuse

Niece of President buchanan Once
Mistress at White House.
When Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston paid
her respects to the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt at the last reception it sent
one's mind trundling back to the days
when that gracious gent..ewoman, as Har-
riet Lane. did the lionors of the White
House for her uncle, President Buchanan
Amateur photography and newspa per
cuts were undiscovered powers in those
days. so that the beauty of ''the first lady
of the land was not as familiar to the
world and his wife as are the charms Of
! the social bellies of today.
For all that, however, there were few
residents Of the Capital who did not
know, either by seeing or at second hand,
that the Presidents niece had chestnut
hair that flashed gold in the sunlight.
glorious dark eyes, and a complexion of
pink and white carnations.
She was gracefully tall and slender, and
| one of her sirlish whims in dress, despite
the decollete fashion that went with
hoops. was nearly always TO wear bodices
| cut nigh.
raik about riding. Harriet Lane used
to sallop like the wind, her horse often
taking the direction of tho Georgetown
Convent to see the sisters and students,
among whom she had many friends.
Sometimes in the party OF fearless horse
women was another rider, the beautiful
young wife of Stephen y. Douglas, who
afterward married General Williams, and
VINO died about two years ago.
Even in England, when Mr.. Buchanan
was the United States Minister to the
Court of st. James. Miss Lane was noted
for her beauty and the social chronicles
of the time declared that it was not the
fault Of certain stately British peer
that she did not Wear a coronet
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

English Journals are drawing pic
turcsque conclusions from che Prince
Henry incident. That is probably the
only comfort they can get out of it.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

After all, the Pan-American con-
ference may prove to have been an
agency for the free distribution of
common -SeDSp
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

However, there is little danger that
the police Will be asked to interfere
in the New Jersey Senatorial fight.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

1t Is still apparent tlNt the only
obstacle to peace in SoutI Africa Is
the Boer.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

AS a matter of fact, the American
eagle is becoming very popular in in
ternational social circles.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

The improvement of the Capital is
not matter of choice; it is matter
of du1v.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

Perhaps the Indian might propiti-
ate the powers that be by painting
himself red, white, and blue.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

Mrs. Andrews has arranged to have an
exhibition OF water colors by Miss Pcrrie.
at her residence, in the near future. Miss
Ferries york is always interesting. and
We trust this exhibition may meet with
the success that it deserves. n.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

There are plenty of isthns ian canal
rumors. but if win Ina NOT Feed that
there is no rumor that we nall not
have a canal.
The Washington times., 1902-01-19

Signor Marconi may congrafl ~
himself that it is not neccsSl
secure air franchisesS