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The Washington times., 1903-03-26

The Case of Consul Cole.
II the King OF Saxony withdraws the
exequatur Of Charles L. Cole. the Unit
cd States consul general at Dresden, it
is probable that there viii be another
loud outcry raised here over monarchical
tyranny. and advantage taken thereof
to stir up bad blood between this coun-
try and Germany. Yet. If any foreign
consul or diplomatic representative in
America were TO express himself about
the United States Government as Consul
General Cole has written about the
Saxon government in the public and Of
fetal letter. dated Dresden, February %,
1903. which he gave 10 DIT. Lewis Brian,
for thirteen years American dentist IN
practice at Dresden, the State Depart
ment and the President would make
short work OF him. and he would be
either given his passports OF deprived
Of his exequatur in the briefest possible
time. with the approval Of the Ameri-
can press OF every shade of political
opinion.
OF course. IT would be preferable for
the King OF Saxony to take no official
notice Of the letter But he has acted
throughout all the miserable scandal in
connection with his daughter-in-law
with such an absolute lack OF knowledge
Of the world. Of chivalry. and of com
mon sense. that there is no knowing
what foolish thing he may do next.
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OF the Presidents time and attention
were eight in number.
The most constant and mtiring of
all visitors were the three accom-
plished members of the Civil Service
Commission, John Il. Proctor, W. ID.
Foulke, and James Il. Garfield. Mr..
Garfield, though Junior In years,
took precedence In White House
visits. During February, according
to this reputed register, he pulled no
less than sixty-frve times at the Presi-
dents hospitable and dangling latch
string. Mr. Proctor was n close sec
ond with siXty-fow yisitations, while
Mr.. Foulke achieved only fifty
eight. Yet for a month of only
twenty-eight days, four of which
were Sundays and two Of which were
holidays, this remains a highly cred
liable record.
Of the other notable callers of the
month Gen Leonard Wood, the Presi-
dents companion at single-stick, foils.
craftsmanship, and various other
strenuous diversions, paid sixty-two
visits. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
Of Massachusetts, registered sixty
one; Senator Knute Nelson, of Min
nesota. sixty-two: Senator Thomas
c. Plat, Of New York, thirty-fvc,
and Frank p Sargent, Commission
er General of Immigration, forty.
This record abounds in genuine
surprises. For us, we confess, none
Is greater than the plethoric role
played in public administration by
the Civil Service Commission. Col
lectively, in a month with only TWEEN
ty-two working days, this energetic
body managed to make 187 calls on
the Chief Executive-an average of
over eight calls day
We DO not underestimate, nor Will
any refined judgment underestimate,
the value of these visits to the public
interest. We only record the fact for
the benefit of menightened scoffers
who imagine that the Civil Service
Commission broods apart and nre-
garded, viewing from an eminence
only the heat and rush Of our politi-
cal life
On the contrary, as the tabulation
we have followed clearly establishes,
this publie-spirited body stands ready
and eager at all times to guide and
counsel-to SAVIOR with the salt Of It's
supervision and wisdom the whole
inert and lifeless governmental mass.
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The Anti Splitting Law.
Nothing Substantial in thu Objections
Advanced Against 1t.


We cannot but think the protests
made at Tuesdays public hearing
against the enactment of an anti-spit-
ting law more captions than convine-
ing One and all, il seems to us, be
trayed a note of hippancy. The only
substantial argument urged by critics
OF the proposed reform was. appar-
emily, that the game was not worth
the candle.
This may or may not be true. Ger
tainly the crusade against expeetora-
ton IN the street cars has more than
justified the expectations of those who
started it. But why oppose an extern
sion of the prohibitions now happily
enforced in public conveyances on
such irrelevant grounds as that kiss
ing Is an invitation 10 eoutagion. or
that milk-drinking Is a prime factor
IN the spread of germ diseases? If
the opponents of the new ordinance
have nothing more serious to urge
against the restrictions contemplated.
their protestations can be lightly
brushed aside.
The arguments made for the enact
ment of an anti-spitting law were, on
the contrary, well-reasoned and effec-
tive. according to the testimony Of
DR.. George NJ. Sternberg, the former
Surgeon General of the Army. the
ravages Of consumption in this com
munity will be appreeiably checked
by the adoption OF the proposed ordi-
nance. This conclusion Is also ae-
cepted by Surgeon General Walter
Wyman, Of the Bureau of Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service.
DIR. Wyman, IN his letter to the Com
missioners, declared his conviction
that 'if indiscriminate splitting in
public places by those affected with
tuberculosis can be prevented. a very
efficient step will have been taken to
ward the elimination of this prevent
able disease
In addition to this weighty sanitary
argument, an appeal Is made for the
new law by business and other In
terests on the ground that IT will pro
mote the cleanliness and order of our
streets, and thus enhance the attrac-
tions Of Washington as a place of
residence The 7-osf1Itiucr IuDrnVp-
inent may be slight, yet every little
counts, and the passing Of one more
uncleanly popular habit is a eonsum-
nation not 20 be pooh-pOohed as triv-
la or inconsequenual
In the cause Of public health and
public comfort why should not the ex-
pertinent of az anti-spitting ordi-
nance be tried 1t can do no possible
harm. 1t seems sure TO do much posi-
tive good.
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The Kitchen Cabinet. ="
A Mystery in Current Politics Success
fully Solved.

Every Administration has its mys-
teries. Deepest and most carefully
treasured among these is the little
circle each President creates OF non
official, on extra-ogicial, adyisers-th
lheralded inner council to which
Il turns for intimate advice.
We sometimes hear the functions
of this second round table behttled
and derided. Those who sit around
ii are dismissed contemptuously as a
s'Kitchen Cabinet We have no part
in such a proclamation. To lis these
unofficial and unrecoguized minis
tiers of state play roles of uudisputed
potency. They are the Administra-
tion's eyes aud ears, though they may
never be its mouthpiece Though
not Its agents, they are still its
oracles
But who discharge these delicate
and intimate functions2 Who pos
sess these mysterious and persuasive
vOices3 An observer at the White
House with bent for statistics has
just completed some fluctuations
which partially answer this interest
ing question. lie has enumerated the
calls made on the President by GER
tain counselors Of pith and moment
outside the formal Cabinet circle.
We find from his figures that during
the month of February the callers
absorbing a more than normal share
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Loss to District.

Loss to District
Now that Mr. Babcock is to retire
from public life at the expiration OF
his present term. a decision which is
certain to cause genuine regret, he can
without fear or trepidation renew his
assaults u0on the tariff schedules, and
endeavor 20 bring them down to what
he in common with many other Repu-
licans of the West believes they should
be. He has already announced that he
will reintrOduce his bill readjusting the
steel and other allied schedules when
Congress conyenes in December. and as
ne Will doubtless again be a member
Of the Ways and Means Committee he
should be able to do something in the
way of tariff revision. Mr.. Babcock's
retirement from Congress will be a dis
tinct loss 70 the District of Columbia.
for his work as chairman OF the District
Committee Of the House has been dill
gent, earnest and praiseworthy il be-
half of Washington.
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Gillette a Candidate.

Col N. NJ Gillette of Newark. Ohio.
who is remembered in Washington from
the fact that several years ago he served
as clerk TO the Committee on Rivers
and Harbors OF the House. has an
nOunced that he will be a candidate this
fall for the Republican nomination for
auditor OF the State Colonel Gillette
is member of the governors stan. By
reason or which he acquires the title OF
colonel. which was not prefix TO his
name when he was in Washington. He
served in a New York regiment during
the war with Spain and was afterward
nominated for Congress in the Seven
teenth Ohio district. but declined 70 run
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Killed in It's Infancy.

Killed IN It's Infancy.
The Hon. Joseph Weeks Babcock has
startled the political world slightly by
announcing that he viii not be a candi-
date two years hence for the seat in the
Senate now held by the Hon. Joseph Very
Quarles- Coupled with this declaration.
and one which is even more to be re-
GREETED. is the statement from Mr.. Bah
cock that he will not be a candidate for
reelection TO the House. but that at
the end Of his present term he intends to
retire from public life. Mr.. Babcock's
ultimatum on the Senatorship was about
the first intimation which anyone. out
side of Wisconsin at least. had that he
had been considered as possible candi-
date for the Senate. but it is probable
that he simply intended to forestall any
possibility of a Senatorial toga being
forced upon him. II the consideration Of
Mr.. BabcOck's name for the Senate be-
gan where his Speakership candidacy
left or. It had not progressed far. and
it must have been comparat lively easy
for him 20 kill the boom in its infancy.
II viii be remembered that the astute
chairman of the Republican Congress
committee had a rather short
lived Speakership boom after Speaker
Henderson withdrew from the Congress
race. Like those OF DalzeU, Littlefeld.
Payne and the others. il was soon fiat
tened out by the weight OF the Cannon
band wagon which ran over it. Mr.. Bah
cocks chief claim to the honor, although
in justice TO him it must be admitted
that he did not assert it, was that he
had successfully piloted the Republicans
10 victory in Eve successive campaigns,
but this fact was not sufficient to elevate
him to the Speakers chair. and he
modestly withdrew almost as soon as
the preliminary contest began, and like
the others Joined the Cannon movement.
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A venomous Monarch

The AIMING manifesto Issued by King
George OF Saxony last week volunteering
the information that the unfortunate
princess had been living a life Of sin"
long before the Giron episode tends 70
confirm belief in the reports current to
the effect that the monarch, not content
with the scandal with which his family
has been lately overwhelmed, Is about
TO envenOm il still more and 20 revive
it's memory BY forcing his son. when
the crown princess gives birth 10 her
child in Nay. to institute legal proceed
ings with view 10 disavowing his pa
ternity thereof. This can be done ac-
cording to the terms Of the German laws
Of divorce under certain circumstances,
which viii depend in a great measure
OF the date Of the unlucky infants ap-
pearance in the world
Every kind Of pressure is being
brought upon King George and upon the
crown prince 70 induce them 10 abstain
from taking any such steps. which viii
be disapproved not only by every court
in Europe, but by the Saxon people
themselves. among whom King George
is exceedingly unpopular. But he is ex-
tremely obstinate. is likely 10 have his
way. prompted as he is by his eldest
daughter. Princess Mathilde. a soured
spinster. who, deprived OF what lit
tie looks she had by a bad attack Of
smallpox, has always detested her SIS
ter-in-lav.
And in that event we shall be treated
10 another cause celebre" calculated 70
stfl further impair in the minds OF the
European masses the Illusion OF that
divinity which is supposed 70 hedge
round the throne.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY-
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Democrats Rejoice.

Missouri Democrats are rejoicing over
the fact that they have paid or The last
remaining bond and relieved the State
OF ali Indebtedness During recOnstruc-
tion days following the war. Missouris
debt reached more than $4,000. 00o. The
Democrats nave been in power for many
years and lave steadily been reducing
the amount Of the bonds. The final pay
ment. amounting 10 about S4s7 900, was
made recently and the bonds were
burned in the presence 90 a large crowd
Of people AZ the capital Speeches were
made BY Governor DOckery and other
leaders. and the abolition OF the debt
viii be used in the coming campaigns
for years 10 come as an argument for
contiD uing the Democrats in power IN
the State. and viii no doubt prove a sue
cessful one.
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DisfiguIing the Treasury.
The Primitive Manner of Lighting the
Outside Of the Building.


For twenty years and more there
have been dangling from the four cor
ners Of the Treasury electric lamps
which for primitiveness exceed any
thing we remember ever having seen
outside Of a Western mining camp.
The Treasury, architecturally
speaking, Is one of the most cOnspicu-
Gus ornaments of the city. 1t dates
from a period when jobbers and
philistines had not succeeded as yet TO
impose their will upon Congress. or
palm off as things Of beauty upon
their confding countrymen the archi-
tectural monstrosities that disfgure
the Capital today. The blight Of the
Supervising Architect had not yet
struck the land. We had plain, sub
stantial, and dignified order of archi-
lecture for our public buildings. 1t
was not an ideal one, perhaps, but it
was at any rate not grotesque. 1t was
certainly better than anything we
have had since.
Now, having a really fine building
like the Treasury, what do the au-
tAorities in whose charge it has been
placed do with it2 Preserve its beau
tiful outlines2 Add to its stateliness
by keeping it in intelligent repair2
Look to IT that vandals with vision Of
pelf do not disigure 1t by pretended
improvements! Not on your life,
On the contrary, they seem 10 be
bending their energies to show that IN
PhiEstia everything goes-See.
1t isn't 50 many weeks ago that we
drew attention TO the job of "clean-
ing" the eastern facade, which some
out-of-towu contractors owning a pat
ented 'sand-blast process" had Sc
cured. Our comment upon this piece
OF vandalism drew from interested
persons some very learned eommuni-
cations on the subject Of how the ian
clients kept their buildings clean.
Yet, though the necessity Of removing
the dirt was declared TO be urgent, we
notice that the sand-blast treatment
was confined to those portions Of the
building only where 1t could profta-
bly, be applied The granite part re
mains untouched and mdefled, for
which we should, indeed. be grateful.
About fifteen years ago the tele-
graph aud telephone companies began
their deadly and disfguring work
upon the building. The roof today IS
a network Of wires, and of poles and
frames 20 support them Absolutely
necessary, say the officials, for the
transaction Of business on modern
lines.
Rubbish and Poppyeoek The
White House was invaded by these
same vandals about the same time the
Treasury was. We remember hearing
the same excuses. But do wires dis
figure the house now? Everybody
with eyes to see knows that they
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Indiscreet at Least.


DIT. O'Brian and his wife are. TO say
the least, indiscreet. Their reported ut
terances on their arrival here convey
some indication OF their very elementary
notions on the subject OF discretion al
Dresden, and inasnuch as the doctors
professional rivals viii have been only
too delighted for business reasons to ex-
aggerate every remark made by the
dentist and his wife. il is not astonish-
ing that they should have received an
intimation from the police authorities to
the effect that unless they were more
careful in their utterances about the
reigning family they would be expelled
rs undesirable aliens
It is on the strength OF this warning.
which has constituted a magnificent ad-
vertisement 70 DIT. O'Brian. that he has
LETT Saxony, and there is absolutely
nothing TO warrant the belief that the
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cal condition, and IT was recalled that
some years ago. prior to the birth OF one
OF her children, she had given signs OF
analogous mental responsibility. That
was the charitable view TO take OF IL.
and that was the view which everybody
was ready 10 accept. when the Querulous
old King Of Saxony-the antithesis IN
every respect Of his elder brother and
predecessor-cam out with this per-
fectiy superfuous manifesto, which
merely, Of course, served 10 stir up
fresh mud and TO bespatter Herewith
himself. his son. his grandchildren, and
his entire dynasty
With regard to DR.. O'Brian. he admits
himself that he has not been expelled
But il must be confessed that IL the
printed interviews in the New York
newspapers Of his utteranCes and those
OF his wife on their arrival from Europe
OF sunday. are TO be regarded as authen-
tic. the impression which they give Of
the peculiar ideas OF this interesting
couple on the subject Of discretion
renders it a matter for surprise why
they should not have been expelled from
Dresden long ago.
There is not a country of Continental
Europe which does not reserve to it
self the right OF expelling without
judicial decree and by means of mere
administrative protest any aliens whom
IL considers as undesirable. Several
American newspaper correspondents
have been expelled for their writings.
and about a year or so ago a weIl-known
American newspaper man, the cOrrespOn-
dent OF so conservative a newspaper as
the New York Evening Post" was
banished from Germany for insinuat-
ing that the Kaiser occasionally drank
more than was quite good for his health
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Printer Becomes Congressman.

Printer Becomes Congressman.
The Republicans OF the Twenty-sev-
enth district OF Pennsylvania have taken
a good printer and made a Congressman
out of him. and it remains TO be seen
whether or not they have acted wisely
IN the transformation. The man IS the
Hon William Orlando Smith. Of Punk
sutawney. Mr.. Smith was formerly q
compositor at the Government Printing
Office in Washington, and is well re-
membered by the older typos OF the big
print shop. For six years the Hon.
William Orlando Smith served at The
case setting" speeches delivered in
Congress, and little dreaming in those
days. now twenty years ago, that he
would some time be delivering speeches
or asking leave to print. in the halls
Of Congress and thus furnishing copy"
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THE FIELD OF POLITICS-GOSSlP VIEWS. AND INCIDENT
to PnnO cmgrM sPago Cuxnmn

for his feIIow-e ompositors who should
come after him But such has happened.
After leaving the Government service
at the beginning of the first Cleveland
administration he returned 70 Pennsyl-
vania. became an editor. then a member
of the Legislature and last fall the
voters OF his district thought he was
about the right sort OF a man 10 send
TO Congress and they elected him by
a majority Of more than 5000 over his
Democratic opponent
The Washington times., 1903-03-26
Her Beauty a Matter Of Record.

Mrs Julia O'Toolcs Of Boston, has the salts
faction OF knowing that her beauty is a matter
Of court record She has been awarded a verdict
Of $50, 900 against the Old Colony Street Railroad
Company on account Of injuries sustained. This
verdict was set aside on appeal. the supreme
cours holding that tho jury in the trial court
had been carried of their feet through their
admiration FOR the plaintiff. Mrs. O'Toole Will
carry the case Still higher.-Chicago Tribune.
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Entitled to Great Credit.

AS a whole, the award is as satisfactory as
could have becen looked for The commissioners
evidently sought 20 do justice 20 all concerned,
which includes not only the mine owners and
mine workers. but the general pnbhc. every
member OF which is affected 10y the fuel qucs-
tiou. The problem was "a very difficult one. and
the commissioners are entitled 20 great credit
for the manner in which they have dealt with
it.-Clcyclsnd Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1903-03-26
Some HuXleyisms.

Here are some characteristic expressions #
view from Prof. Huzley, the great English
scientist
It is an excellent rule always 70 erase any
thing that strikes one as particularly smart
when writing
Only one absolute certainty is possible TO
man, namely. that at any given moment the
feeling which he has exists
y a man is no fool IL does him ua harus TO
be believed one. II he really Is a fool it does
not matter.
Men are very queer animals, mixture Of
horse nervousness, ass-stubbornness, and camel
malice. with an angel hobhing about uneN-
pectedly. like the apple in the posset-
The longer live the more obvious 10 is to
me that the most sacred act of O mans life is
to say and Co feel that Il believe such and
such 70 DC true" All the greatest rewards and
all the heaviest penalties Of existence cling
about that act.
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- Inevitable Hazing.

The new reporter handed in a two-coluzn &C
Coun- u 5000 Gre.
THAT viii d. well enough" commented the
city editor. looking il over and drawing his
pencil through nine-,Cnths 81 IT, '''vhen you
have licked il into shape"
How ana 7 going 90 lick il into shape nowl'
Easped the new reporter.
You might use some q those tongues II
flame you have scattered al throJgh it," s-g-
gested the editor-Chicago Tribune.
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For His Own Advantage.

II is idle 20 speculate without knowledge
Of all the facts, but it is safe % assume that
In what he IS doing President Castro is seeking
his own personal advantage. In precisely what
direction that advantage is To- be realized must
be- left 20 the determination % the future II
may bc that what he is after is "a vote Of conf
dcncc. Possibly De is convinced that his race
IS run, and is preparing 20 follow the gold
which he is reported 90 have sent o. Paris. Time
VIII soon show.-Philsdclphia Inquirer.
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Disguised His Subjects

His proclamation issued last week TO
mis- people giving the perfectly gratui-
tous and wholly unnecessary piece Of in
formation 70 the effect that the ex-
crown princess had been guilty Of mis-
conduct long previous TO the Giron cpl
sode. paints the man as spiteful ana
narrow minded old fellow, possessed OF
q dose OF feminine vindictiveness, and has
called for-h nothing but disgust and
arnazement. even among his own people.
IL had been generally agreed that the
Giron episode should be regarded IN the
light Of an act Of dementia on the part
OF the crown princess due 10 her physi-
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Time a Wonder Worker.

Mr. ChambcrIain's triumphal entry into Lon
don, the chief stronghold Of British Conserva-
tisIn, and his elusive reception by the prime
minister indicate the truth Of the statement
chat the colonial secretary is the chief asset
OF the ministry. What a wuuder-worzer is
Time. that lac could make the former Bjruing-
ham Radical the mainstay and prop o. Toryian!
Philadelphia Record.
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SHAFTS OF WIT AND HUN0R
Reflections of a Bachelor.

-t~IiILLINlIo q q L'l-llllVLs
You can never make woman see that il "a
DE Just the same il Il sounds well 20 tell
The things that bachelor does not know
about married women they viii manage TO
teach him.
Il is hard 20 tell from the motions she goes
through whether woman Is dressing or I'M
dressing.
Do makes a married nan feel awfuliv foolish
90 think how curious he used u be about things
that don't interest him any more.
When a woman gets out Of bed on a frcczinE
night IA shut the window. il takes a husband
u snore loudly when he IS 50 cold he hasn't
been able 10 sleep.-New York Press
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The whims Of collectors have excited
wonder for years. We all have read of
collectors Of halters hats. boots OF
celebrities. etc. RosaIEe Mason. the
novelist, and youngest daughter Of Prof.
Mason. collected kisses from famous
men and women when she was a young
girl. Among the most priced kisses in
her collection are those Of Carlyle
Browning. and Modjeska. Youth is the
time for collecting. But youth is reck-
less and does not always inquire into
the celebrity Of the one kissing OF
kissed.