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The Washington times., 1903-11-14
William Jennings Bryan.
The Present, Past, and Future Of a
Democratic Leader.

DemOcIdIlC Leader.
The departure of our distinguished
citizen, William Jennings Bry-
an, for Europe day or two ago, has
excited wide comment throughout the
American press. If there is in Mr..
Bryan's mental and moral makeup
any craving for notoris-y, he must be
happy most of the time, for he has
the knack of keeping himself contin-
ually in the public eye. Nor do the
public seem to weary of reading about
him. a fact alone sufficient to consti-
tute him a historical figure of impor-
lance.
| When a man talks a great deal, and
is written and talked about by others,
necessarily for a time, there at last
arrives a moment when the public
feels that it has had enough of him.
The ancient Athenians drove Aris-
tides from their midst because they
could no longer endure to hear him
'ealled The Just, and all the succeeding
generations have sympathized with
them. The most remarkable feat of
Mr.. Bryan's career consists IN the
fact that he remains an interesting
personality long after his Presidential
aspirations have become an impOssi-
bility. There must be some reason for
this, some reason having deep and
abiding foundations. Shall we not
say that Mr. Bryan excited the pro-
found respect Of his Anglo-Saxon fel-
lcw-countrymen by the gallant man
ner IN which he led q forlorn hope
and defended a mistaken idea7 Save
for the fact that he was defeated,
overthrown, and his proud plumes
were trailed in the dust of failure.
there is something in his brillianey,
dash, tirelessness, and almost super
human energy to remind one Of the
impetuous Achilles, as described by
John Addington Symonds, IN one of
his admirable essays.
The weapon with which Achilles
slew Hector. of course, was a spear,
while that with which Mr.. Bryan at
tackled his men of straw was his
tongue. Whoever mas seen him step
upon stump or rostrum, fresh from a
night Of travel and half a dozen
speeches. delivered one upon the tail
Of the other; remove his hat, run his
fingers through his hair and declaim
brilliantly and speciously for an hour
o: more, making himself heard to the
farthest confines of a vast throng,
must confess that the man Is possessed
Of energy, and with courage little less
than heroic.
All this inspires respect; and IN adj
dition 10 the respect, another element
that keeps him in the public eve is
that Of uncertainty. Opinions as TO
his real Importance range between the
v idest extremes: from the idea that
he Is 2 mere innoeuous windbag 10 the
fear, or hope, according to your pOlit-
zeal affiliations, that he is still able to
dictate who shall be the next nominee
OF the Democratic party. And he says
that be intends TO keep fighting fol
the next twenty-five years" There Is
al implied confession in the threat
that he does not hope for victory for
his party within that time, for, after
victory, one ceases to fight; but evcH
so, will Mr. Bryan be able to keep
himself as shiningly in the public eye
as he is at present, for the next TWEEN
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Democrats and Panama.
Is There to Be a Repetition Of the
Hawaiian Incident?

Is There to Be Repetition Of the
Hawaiian Incident?
The Democratic party leaders may
be depended upon 10 let no opportunl-
" escape them for making blunders
II is sufficient to know that a Repub-
lican Administration is taking a Ger
tain cou1sS-the merits of that course
have no possible bearing in shaping
Democratic jcdgment-f for leaders Of
that hide-bound and reactionarv
party to array themselves in opposi-
ton. The time-honored formula, "the
business of the opposition is to OPP
pose" is a good one, but it has its linn
itations. To follow it bhndly on each
and every occasion is to invite ridicule
end disaster Yet the Democratic
party, throwing COMMON sense to the
winds, is preparing to court both
again IN the case Of Panama.
We are tod that whenever the ne
eotiations between this Government
and the new republic Of Panama reach
the stage Of treaty presented 10 the
Senate the Democrats will vigorously
oppose ratification Of the agreement.
The Democratic steering committee of
the Senate is said to favor strict ad
herence to the policy authorized by
she Spooner act which, though a
measure supported largely by Repub-
leans in the last Congress- is now to
be used as club II The minds of the
Democratic leaders to compel the Ad-
ministration to abandon the Panama
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Suicide Statistics.

compilation recently made by P'of Bailey,
of the social science department at Yale, gives
for the first time correct figures on suicides 10
this country Ten thousand cases were examined
by Prof Bailey, who gives the following conciu-
sions:
Three and one-half males commit suicide to
every female. From thirty to forty is the
popular suicide age, and the married are more
apt to do away with themselves than the single.
Among the single the maximum uInber Of
cases is between twenty and thirty; alaong mar
ried persons between thirty and forry; among
vvidovers, between sixty and seventy. and among
divorced persons. the same In this country
shooting is the fayorite method Of suicide,
poisoning being a close second. Hanging Is more
popular IN northern Europe. and drownings In
southern countries. In Maine most Of the sui
cides hang themselves; in the cities they jump
from buildings or bridge. poison themselves,
or turn on the gas; IN the South they shoot
themselves
Women drown themselves. use poison and gas.
Women. as q rule, commit suicide in such a way
as TO avoid iniuring their features Young per
sons seem to prefer poison; the middle-aged
shoot themselves. and older people hang them
selves.
Dependency leads as the cause Of suicides in
America. Monday Is the day most popular with
suicides. with Sunday second. Prof Bailey says
marital troubles eliminate on Sunday, and, pay
day past. the possible suicide does not want to
face another week. From midnight to 8 a. m.
the number Of suicides increases, and # Is
greatest between a. m. and y noon Suicides
on account Of i'll health insanity come early
in the morning; for alcoholic excuses and cha
grin. in the forenoon: for dependency in the
afternoon. and for disappointment in love end
family troubles late in the evening Gas Is
used from p M TO 3 a. N. drowning ana
hanging are resorted 70 in the afternoon, and
poison il the evening
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Cailu Calendar of American History
November "a.

1S2O-Henly Clay resigned the Speaker
ship. John W. Taylor, of New
York, elected on the twenty-second
ballot by a majority of one vote.
1s40-Treaty OF commerce made between
Texas and Great Britain.
iS6S-Longstreet defeats Burnside. and
compels him 10 retire into Knox
Vile.
1S64-Atlanta, Ga. burned.
lSSl-Secretary OF Treasury Window re-
signed.
1SS1-Resignation OF Attorney General
MacNeagh accepted.
1SSl-Trial OF Charles J. Guiteau. for
murder OF President Garfield begun
at Washington.
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FolliculeS.
conclusion


It is all very well to love woman with your
heart. but remember that she likes 20 be loved
with yOu- arms also.
Dreaming is very harmless, pleasant, ana
restfuI occupation for the man who can reiy On
the alarm clock Of his practical sense
Humanity's faith in the significance Of noise
is appalling. / never saw the day when lungs
could not make the reason look like the cor
science Of ar usureE-
II you wore your opinion Of the men you kno"
Inscribed upon your forehead, your forehead
would soon resemble the target Of a shooting
booth
Some wornen's greatest grief is the lack Of
grievance.
The snddest thing about the average meio-
drama is that the villain does not succeed in
killing the hero by the end of the first act
Never curse a bin collector. Kill him. bu,
spare his feelings
Mister Modest Merit dessn't seem to open very
many bottles Of champagne.
You see. that old whale swallowed Jonah be
fore modern science had settled for good and
all the impossibility Of the performance.
woman's sobs may ring exceedingly true,
and yet be nickel-plated-
When Friendship knocks at the door. send
selhshness out Of the rooya.
You think that you are honest because you
never pay a compliment. and at the same time
you think your smooth acquaintance is hoTesi
because he pays you compliments continually.
The world has experienced the stone age, the
golden age, and the iron age. Win the period
Of time Of which this present is part be known
as the nickel-plated age in days 20 come?
New convictions are like new shoes They
creak, they assert themselves, continually,
noisily, until they have been worn while
Forgive me all my sins. 50 that may SIN
again with a clean conscience
Said the bind man; There are no stars in
the night. There is no sun in the day" For
be did not know he was blind
New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
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Popping the Question.

Miss oldgrl, have a very momentous ques-
ton 20 put 10 YOU
60 on. Mr.. Dashleigh-George-I-
"a question upon the answer to which de-
ponds my peace OF mind.
ooh, this is so-but go on, George. dear"
How old is Ann ?"-Houston Post
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Some Park Persiaase.

Policeman Spauow-'Tis the foine Frinch
nurse yer aithsr maxim Biddy.
Riddy Babyearriage- Frinch nurse. is IL
Frinch nurse? Oi'll give yez to understand that
I'm lust much 4 chauffeur tn openthor
uf any other horseless earTiage.-rhe Automc-
bile Magazine
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

Rural constituents of some of our law
makers may not know it, but when a
Congressman says "aunty' he may be
referring to anti-lmperialism, ante-bel-
lum prosperity, a poker game, or Sena-
tor George Frisbie Hoar. 1t all depends
upon what kind Of legislator he is.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
First Electric Car.

Where was the frs electric trolley car run
in America? PC.
or the many experimental vehicles ii
is utterly impossible to identify the very
first. but an early experiment of espec!et
promise was an exhibition line in Chit
cago in 1883
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Too Much for His Nerves.

Manager-Doctor, come into the store quick
NJ DIS IL a serious case
Nanager-Extremely 80. A woman bought
SO worth and didn't ask for a single SIMPLE.
and the clerk IS now a gbbering idiot-Butte
Inter Mountain
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Fulflls Religious Vow.

Prince Macmillan of Saxony is just
at the present moment an object OF
much curiosity and concern to the Otto
man authorities at Jerusalem. He Is in
the Holy City for the purpose of fulfill
ing a vow which ne made last year to
go on a pilgrimage to Palestine, and ar
rived at Jerusalem about two weeks
ago, without attendants and arrayed in
the unassuming garb OF a Roman Catho-
lie priest who journeys 10 the Holy
Land for the purpose, not of curiosity,
but OF fulfilling a vow.
Before he had been a few days in the
city the governor OF Jerusalem and the
other Turkish authorities were made
aware that the ascetic looking. unas-
Stunning pilgrim was the son OF the King
of Saxor.y. and, taking 1t for granted
that he lad merely adopted the costume
which be wore ard the role which he
had assSInsd by way Of disg Use. they
at once preceded to take all sorts of
measures for his safety and comfort at
the same time calling upon MIN with
much pOmp and ceremony, expressing
their anxiety to accord to him all the
honors due to his risk.
The prince. however. declined every
advance. refused all attentions showered
upon him. ana insisted that he was
nothing but a mere humble Dr.est en-
gagged in a pious pilgrimage. Tho Turk
ish authorities were compelled To defer
to his wishes. not. however, befSTe they
had consulted the Sultan by telegraph
and are now at a loss to understand
whether the prince is merely mentally
unbalanced, or whether he has somv
Interior purpose in persisting in his dis
guise For they viii not for one mo-
ment believe that a kings son can be a
bona fde priest.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

They have a new variety of excite
ment In Macon, Ca. A rich farmer put
up a monument 10 himself In the town
cemetery and the indignant population
turned out and lynched the monument.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Sentimental Speed.

NeFcastle-Was there any romance contested
with your engagement
ngerfeld-ROmanee2 l proposed 70 her at
s;f5 and she accepted me precisely at 0:I5.-
DeTOit Free Pres
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BlaCkmail and Gossip.
The Power of One Comes From the
Power of the Other.

An incident which came to hight IN
Boston the other day IS significant be
cause it is in a way typical. A ras-
cal who said he was a police inspector
went about threatening respectable
women with arraignment for evil-do-
ing unless they handed over to him
certain sums of money. The point of
the story is that in several cases he
got the money, though the women had
done nothing wrong. A cynic might
say that this proved the depths of
wrongdoing In the lives of appar-
emily innocent people 1t proved moth
ing of the kind. The victims of this
scoundrel knew that while their
friends would doubtless believe IN
their innocence, there would be plenty
of people ready to say that there must
have been something in the stories, or
stories would not have been told.
Sensible and intelligent persons can
do nothing more useful than to SCI
their faces against such gossip. Ii
could do no harm to establish IN
society. as has been established before
the law, the theory that man Cor
woman) is innocent until proved
guilty. The power of social black
mailers. only less vicious than tins
daring scamp, would thus be crippled.
This story Is a particularly striking
proof of the terror in which most
women rightfully hold the wrong
opinion of the world. No one would
have it otherwise. A woman who
cared nothing for the fact that evil
was being spoken of her would be alb
normal. But what is needed III soeie-
ty is more justice and less suspicion
more determination to know the truth
Of q thing before condemning people.
The world will be Just as moral II no.
BODY is sent to Coventry on mere sus-
melon. and it is not necessary to place
the proved evil-doer and the person
who. has merely done something 1T
tie unusual in the same class without
investigation. The disposition to dc
this was the factor in society on when
this blacknailer successfully counted
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
A Wager Lost.

''she's treacherOus thing asserted the girl
in blue
How is thatT' asked the girl in gray.
why, we fixed it up between US that she
70 refuse him if he proposed. and then I
made BET with him that she would.
''wen."
well she didn't Chicago PosG
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
By THE MARQUIsE DE FoNTENOY.
Beaconsfeld,s Letters.

0~+SSAS-lNA4 AEANGAo-
Lord Rowtons death last Monday
cannot fail to give rise to some ques-
ton as TO the disposition Of the vast
collection of the papers, diaries. and
letters of his famous chief. Lord
Beaconsfie.d. According to the terms of
the latter's will these documents were
- pA..s at the death of Lord Rowton
to the great Tory statesman nephew
and heir, Coningsby Disraeli. NJ. P. the
present owner of Hughenden Manor.
which he has leased to Lord and Lady
Cheylesmore, the latter sister of Mrs.
Alfred Vanderbilt. Coningsby Disraeli
is anxious that the Life and Core
spOndence" Of his uncle should appear,
and during the lifetime OF Lord Row
ton did his utmost to bring about their
publication. but without avail and
should the papers come into his hands
now II may safely be assumed that
they will be given to the public as soon
as they can be edited. For young Dis
raeli is, thanks 10 his wife, rich and
thoroughly independent, and moreover
embittered against the Conservative
leaders in not conceding 10 him any
office at home or abroad, and against
the reigning house for refusing TO in
vest him with his uncles honors-sthat
is to say, the Earldom of Beaconsfeld.
An impression, however. prevails TO
the effect that Lord Rowton. on the
strength Of the clause in Lord Beacons-
fields will directing him TO "serupu-
lousy respect every confidence reposed
in me. and to allow nothing to be pub
lished calculated to do injury to the
public service or to infict needless pain
OF the living or on the families of the
dead. and that no portion of my CORE
spondence with her majesty Queen Vic
toria shall be published or made known
until the said Lord Rowton shall have
accertained that no objection is enter
tanned TO such use Of the correspond
cnce on the part OF her majesty during
her life or on the part Of her heir after
her death" has turned over the entire
correspondence to the royal family. and
that Il Is preserved in the Royal Lii
brary at Windsor Castle along with
other payers of the same kind, beyond
the reach of Coningsby Disraen.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

It is said that the Navy Department
may request Admiral Evans to sand
paper his language before using 1t on
Aavy officers In future. but in that case
II is to be hoped that the department
will supply the sandpaper.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Four Courts in s.. louis.

What is meant by the Four Courts. as FIRE
quently referred to in St LOUISE 3. e. d.
A public building designed after the
Louvre, in Paris. and containing Grim
inal court records, police headquarters,
and police station.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Horace ereeley and New YOrk.

Did Horace Greeley carry the State Of New
York when he ran. for President in 1877
HARRY.
He did not the Grant electors having
majority over his of So, i65 in a total
OF about $4,000 votes
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
It Makes a Difference.

II friend is poor Il never bars him from BE-
ing asked u serve pallbeaTer. but no poor
friend is ever requested to take part in a we'd
ding procession Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

A disconnected American in Manila
reports that there is nothing to do in
that place but eat and drink. But let
him reflect on the discomfort Of his
state II he could do everything but eat
and drink.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
In a Lighter Vein.
NextI

There was a young fellow named Cain,
Who was wicked like Mary MacLane,
With the leg Of a table
He slugged brother Abel,
And shouted Remember the Mainen'
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Not Too Rare.

The day vas raw; but patiently
He stayed cill set Of sun,
And then he liked IL better, for
At last the day was done
Ohio State Journal.
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Licenses in Akron.

What is the amount required for a license
to run livery stable in Akron, Ohio?
c. K l.
Write to Charles IsbelI. city clerk,
Akron, Ohio
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

The people Of Allentown, Pa, are con-
templating making a curfew law 20
avert more tragedies. which is some
thing like that old expedient OF shut
ting the stable door when the horse is
gone
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

Colombia wasn't sweet with US.
SO Panama. she fought her way
To liberty. 10 treat with us
About that iittIe waterway.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
The Sultan's Family.

The name OF the child of the Turkish
Sultan. who died he other day. as an
nounced in the dispatches, viii not be-
found in the Almanach de Gotha, or in
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
A Business View.

he goes to church regularly now, under
stand"
Yes
"And he never used to go beforeY'
@No"
What's the reasonf''
In generous moment he was induced TO
subscribe TO the church fund. and his business
training teaches him to always get the worth
Of his money. II they'd got a hundred dollars
more from him he'd go 10 both morning and
evening services. Chicago Post.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

The King OF Spain has started on his
travels. and II ne is not frightened away
by the reports of the Roxburghe we'd
ding ne may visit New York
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

We are now told that hardly any
bricks were imported from England in
colonial days, and that the houses sup
posed to have been built in that way all
along the Atlantic seaboard were really
Indigenous. This does not, however,
change the fact that a good many Of
the old bricks who fought in the Revo-
luton came over from England
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
Birthplace of Maude Adams.

VIII you kindly tell me where Maude Adams
was born. and where she spent her early lifef
4. H. d.
Maude Adams was born in Salt Lake
City and spent her early life there.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
An OPAQUE Ghost.

Vest Baiirnorean-And die you understand
the Spiritualists' seance last hiyhtl
Cantonite-Welh with one ezception-yes; but
couldn't see through the ghc~t--Baltimore
News.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14
OHeStz0ns andAmSzOe1S
Ageaof George B. McClellan.

What is the age Of George B. Mcclellan, who
was elected mayor Of New York in the recent
slection2 A SUBSCRIBER.
Colonel Mcclellan was born November
%, 1865.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

Il is rot true, as reported. that the
age OF Ann has been dramatized and is
to go on the road this season The
drama is Merely Mary Ann"
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

The dirigible balloon is said to be an
accomplished fact: and now, Sc some Of
the people who are desired to get OF the
earth can be persuaded to try a balloon
voyage for their health, people viii
really come to see some good in sci
entihc experiment. e.
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ty-five years7 If so. history will hand
him down to posterity as one of the
most remarkable men that ever lived.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
Pride is first cousin 70 Jealousy.


Pride is first cousin 70 Jealousy.
widows are not 50 gloomy as they are dressed.
woman can even take pride in the size Of
her doctors bills.
Tie man TO a wqman's apron strings and he
viii hang himself on chem.
The opinion that commands respect is the
one that can be backed urs with check book.
New York Press.
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Mr. Bristows report is said to have
been cut down from 25.OOO words to about
6.O0O. and it remains to be seen whether
that is because he IS addicted TO tautol-
Ogy or not
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

Our fellow-citizen. Joseph hidwell.
hitherto unknown TO fame, deserves 10
leap into sudden prominence as the in
augurator OF a new era In domestic life,
the violator Of an ancient and hitherto
respected precedent. During a heated
family discussion he seized the broom
and beat his wife over the head with t.
Is there not something significant. al
most historic. in his act? Is 1t not the
first time I'm the annals Of the human
race that man has wrested woman
historic weapon from her hand and has
used il with success7 Old Van TromD
nailed a broom TO his masthead. we
know. and sailed up and down bawlins 3.
with a broom I'll sweep the sea" bat
he paid dearly for his presumption.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

Humanity's faith in the significance Of noise
is appalling. / never saw the day when lungs
could not make the reason look like the oon-
science Of ar tsureE
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

It is all very we'll TO love woman Win youi
heart but remember that she likes 20 De io'eu
with yOu- arms also.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

Dreaming IS a very harmless, pleasant, ana
restful occupation for the man VINO can reiy On
the alarm clock Of his practical sense.
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

II you wore your opinion Of the men you know
inscribed upon your forehead, your forehead
would soon resemble the target Of shooting
The Washington times., 1903-11-14

Some women's greatest grief is the lack Of
grievance.
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