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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
A Modern Misgiving.

Old Sanity Claus is maxim such big presents
to some folks
That little things like books and sleds are
merely trifiing jokes
He's givin people minin' shares an banks
an railroad stocks;
don't suppose he'll stop to fool with toys
an buildin' blocks -.-.r -r..
don't suppose he'll come around in the
old-fashioned way,
With leather clothes an whiskers an some
reindeer an sleigh.
I guess he'll have full dress suit, driver
an a team.
An kind O. dodge the buildin's that amt
heated up by steam. -
He's gettin 'ristocratic, an I guess we'll
have to look
Fur news of him in Social Chat Std of
the picture book.
OF course. he's always Hberal-but I'm
fraid he will forget
The children that was once his friends but
now amt in his set
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
The Parker Boom.

Burton Smith, president of the Georgia
Bar Association. returns home after a visit
Sto Judse Parker and assures the people of
the south that the New York jurist will
cept the democratic presidential nomination
II 1t is rendered him Well. yes. That is
probably as safe statement as a man can
make. But as much may as safely be said
of Mr. Cleveland. Mr.. German. Mr.. Hill,
Mr.. Oiney, Mr. Bryan. and all the rest.
Why his huggermugger on that subject?
No intelligent person anywhere is in doubt
as to the ability of the democratic party TO
secure a candidate next year. Small forests
fof ligh' ming rods are up. and pierce the sky
line in every direction. Mr. Smith might
haVe sid more than he did. As he is,
Parker man he probably knows that
movement is on foot TO secure the nomna-
lion fer his favorite, and that 1t has the
hearty approval of many of Judge Parkcr's
most Intimate New York friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
The Kaiser in Voice Again.

Those who expected 10 find Kaiser William
sobered and rendered more conservative
and cautious in his outlook by the recent
threat of serious illness are likely to be
disappointed by his first public utterances
since his throat was operated upon. At the
banquet in honor of the HanOverian regi-
ments the Kaiser raised his glass ito the
health of the German Legion. which. in con-
junction with Blucher and the Prussians,
rescued the English army from destruction
at Waterloo. Immediately upon receipt
in England of the news of this toast the
London papers have voiced their great in
dignaton. The German emperor's claim.
they assert, is preposterous. Now We shall
have rehash of Waterloo history and the
German war lord will have a chance to
display his knowledge of the records of
Europe and its armies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
Gen. Woods Professional Equipment.

Secretary Roots letter to Senator Proctor
recalls a portion of the Wood case
which was completely subordinated during
the Senate committees NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
~dinated that is so far as the public was
concerned We heard next to nothing at
all about the charge of professional in
competency but were supplied daily with
columns rejecting upon Gen. Woods per-
sOnal character. Leaks from the commit
Tee room all took that form. The country
" as asked to consider not so much the
charge that Gen. Wood was approaching
The chief command of the army by the
path of political pub and personal favor
itism as the charge that he was corrupt
man who had disgraced himself in office in
Cuba. and should be stripped of his uni
form And to influence opinion In support
of this charge lying. as has plainly been
shown, was INDUCED in by wholesale. Wit
nesses of the highest character and stand
ing were represented as testifying to the
Very opposite of what they had revealed to
the committee.
We have in Mr. Roots letter a yindica-
ton both of Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Roose-
Welt in the matter OF the Wood promotions.
Ii is clearly shown that those promotions
rested upon good reasons: that Gen. Wood
stood Endorsed for professional competency
by soldiers of high reputation. who had
served with him and observed his quality
chat he had achievements to his credit
fully emitting him to consideration. and
that in the mans years, In his vigor, In
-his ambition and in his opportunities for
development the country has ample assur-
ance of services equal 10 the demands as
tie future may produce them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
Bourke Cochran for Congress.

Tammany continues to play good politics.
The decision to return Bourke Cochran to
Congress is highly creditable to Leader
Murphy's judgment. Mr. Cochran will
strengthen the minority in debate, and add
to popular interest In the House proceed
ings He is familiar with the field and will
be allie to plunge at once into his work
We may expect to hear from him very
promptly when the battle opens and the
big guns begin TO roar
Mr.. Cochran will hardly be leader in the
sense of shaping the minority's policy. He
does not CT B,Iland Public confidence to that
extent. His course has been a little too
worm-fency for that. He has wriggled in
and wriggled out too often TO entitle him
to place among men who survey fields and
plan campaigns. His place is elsewhere
He is distinctly and solely an orator, fervid
fluent and attractive. He may not always
He has the power to hold an audience, and
he knows how to exercise it. Give him a
topic-any topic-and liberal allowance of
time, and he will tickle the ears even of
men who are opposed 10 linn.
1t may be said, then. that Mr.. Cochran
Will be the Voice of the minority in the
of the majority for campaign purposes, but
will amplify and illustrate it with rich
vocabulary and large sweep of oratorical
action. He will make the Congressional
Record more in demand as a campaign
document. Leader Williams will give the
signal, and Orator Cochran will open on
the enemy. They should work very well
together, being rivals in nothing
With whom are the republicans of the
House to oppose this man? He will be
challenge to them. and will have to be met.
Is the champion in the ranks Of the vet
Grams, or does he await opportunity in the
ranks of the new recruits? Whoever he
may be- he ought to welcome the chance.
If he is equipped for such contest the
limelight will play upon him often and to
his hearts content. Every theme is polit-
zeal now, and all politics is of the presi-
Dental variety. The republicans are in
search of a vice presidential candidate,
and if Mr.. Roosevelt wins at the polls he
will have a number of choice places at his
disposal Now is the accepted time, there
FORE for some brilliant man among the re-
publicans in the House to make what in
the yernacular may be referred to as his
lack Honors await him where he is, and
even greater ones may be secured else
where.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
Mckinley.

The following is from the press report OF
the speech of Mr.. Pettus of Alabama, de-
livered In the Senate on Saturday, CRITICS
ing the administration for its part in the
Panama business: --s ~r.-4
, "Ie contended that the United States
should not be actuated by selfish motives
and urged that national honor should al
ways be consulted rather than commercial
success. After quoting General jackson IN
support of this theory he turned to some
utterances of President Mckinley, saying:
Whatever you may say of Jackson, have
never seen the bastard who could utter a
word against the honor of this great states
man. who has gone TO his reward
Nobody today is assailng the honor, the
patriotism or the sagacity of William Nc
kiney Partisan warfare over him was
closed at Buffalo. With all passions stilled.
with all wells lifted with no excuse left for
Misrepresentation, his countrymen now,
without decent exception. view the man as
he really was and praise him without meas
ure. They agree that he was patient, wise.
far-secing and au American to the core.
They glory in his fame, and believe that 1t
will increase in luster as the years go by.
Ills place is with Washington, Jefferson,
jackson and Lincoln in universal popular
admiration and affection.
But does not Mr.. Pettus know that it
WAS the death at Buffalo by violence that
suddenly revealed all this to some people?
Does he not recall the time. only few
years ago. when William Mckinley, In the
fury of partisan assault. charged with
indecision. duplicity and general unwOrthi-
ness? Was not Senior de LONE induced by
his American cronies to represent him to
the government at Madrid a trickster
and coward-a President without policy
Ill 49,, l,a, NOT
after that pilloried by some of his own
countrymen a tyrant,- who had bought
ten million human beings at two dollars
head. with the view of making them slaves?
Was it not Mr.. Hoar. who. in an outburst
about the Philippines. which gave his po-
liticaI opponents as much joy as his out
burst about Panama is now giving them.
dated the downfall of the republic from the
administration of William Mckinley and
then voted for four years more of its de-
moralizing influences? And when Mr.. Nc
kinley fell, did anybody speak more elo-
quently of the man and his labors than the
senior senator from Massachusetts,?
Mr. Mckinley is safe Detractfon halted
at the open grave and retired. The policy
which drove Spain out of Cuba Porto Rico
and the Philippines; which gave freedom to
Cuba and raised the Stars and Stripes over
Porto Rico and the Philippines stands APP
proved by the American people. But let us
not forget that while that policy was shap-
ing in the hands of those in authority, Mr..
Mckinley and his advisers were objects of
the fiercest denunciation and were accused
of tramplng the national honor under foot,
and of sacrificing for selfish political pur-
poses the lives of American soldiers and
sailors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
The Pay of Government Specialists

The annual report Of the chief examiner
Of the Civil Service Commission. sum-
married today in the news columns. calls
attention to the fact that II is difficult for
the government to secure 'eligibles'' for
certain lines OF work, because of the low
salaries which are offered to beginners S.
This Is especially true. he says, in regard to
examinations for aid in the coast survey.
for civil engineer. craftsman. meat IN
spectoe and stenographer and typewriter.
L. fact 1t would seem that the men AMI
Ne,nen competent to engage in technical
ard scientific work shrink from the gov
eminent service. A few will undertake the
- sitions offered at meager wages" for
the sake of association with the bright men
at the head of the various scientific bu-
Xsaus. but they fully expect to sever their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
Christmas and the Trees.
From the Philadelphia Ledger,

Tue fIildutfphfa Icdger.
All the FIR trees devoted to the delight of
children at Christmas are insignificant in
numbers when compared with those daily
ground up in the pulp mills to make paper,
the most of which perdshes with the day on
which 1t has passed through the printing
machines But the newspaper has at least
served Its ephemeral use, and>in the sys-
tematic manufacture of pulp only the ma
turing trees are used without destroying
the new crop growing up to fill their places
The indiscriminate slaughter of young ever
greens at the Christmas season has already
become a matter of serious concern to those
who recognize the value and Importance of
our American forests. and now that the
business has reached such a point that
many thousands of the trees are not even
brought to market. but are ruthlessly burn
ed in order to enhance the price of the re-
mainder, some earnest protest must be en-
tered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
ssHon."
From the Springfield Republican.

from The EpfIHgHefu HePubIchh.
Sam Jones Of Toledo did a good thing
when. in the midst of talk with some Wis
itors In the mayors Office Friday, he arose
and cut out of chart on the wall the alb
breviation Hon. which was printed be-
fore his name, and threw the bit of paper
in the cuspidor. Newspapers that dispense
with friils have long since cut out Hon"
in their mention of senator's, representa-
lives and other officials. as piece of silli-
ness. The only effective place to use 1t Is
when quotation marks are placed on either
side as in the case of certain statesmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

shorter hours Anything more repulsive can
scarcely be imagined The city authorities
should have interviewed in this case imme-
diately upon the first assault upon a funeral
cortege. Chicago has shown itself woefully
derelict In It's official duty on so many occa-
sions during the past few years, however.
that 1t Is by no means surprising now to see
the situation develop as 1t has.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
An old-Fashioned Christmas.

What 1 want to see." remarked the dis
contented person. SIS good old-fashioned
Christmas, with snow on the ground"
YES" answered his wife, with uncon-
scious pathos, ut wouldn't seem like Christ
mas if you were not half dead with the
cold and giving your opinions on this
beaStly climate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
His Boyish Faith.

do you believe in Santa Claus?
Certainly" answered the little Boston
boy. "As an Incentive to correct behavior
on the part of the uniformed element OF
our juvenile population, / regard Santa
Claus as. highly serviceable as well as
picturesque myth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
~ -

Mr. J. p. Morgan is credited with $50
Oeo bid for an original copy of Paradise
Lost Some of the people who We're asso-
GATED with some OF his promotions will
wish that he would display much inter
est In some losses OF an entirely mundane
nature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

The donations of libraries and the fire.
aaency with which captains of industry
appear as subjects of magazine articles are
assurances that literature is not wholly
by the pursuit of wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

News Of a movement In Pennsylvania to
curtail the output of coal In order to main
tain prices comes along as usual in time to
prevent people from allowing their Christ
mas cheer to become wholly unrestrained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
Christmas Shoppers.

A mystery these times unfold;
IT'S hard 20 comprehend it.
Men fight with all their might for gold,
And fight as hard to spend 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

There are people in Maryland who de-
cline TO believe that Mr.. German refuses
TO apply to his operations in local politics
the same ethical ideals that he ms ST.; upon
in connection with the Panama IT, ,nsac-
,tan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21
SHOOTING STARS.
rha Wall of the Victim.

'You can't get something for nothing,
said the man who affects proverbs.
NO" answered the easy man; Il can't
But the people with whom I do business
seem to manage it every now and then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

I'm examining the geographical fashion
plates. Panama Is glad to observe that
slim wasted countries are very much In
style in this hemisphere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

friends ralIying to sympathize with the Co
fombians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

st. Louis will be glad to have the grand
jury step down and give the worlds fair
managers chance to monopollze interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

Senator Hoar can always be depended on
for speech that will give the Congress
sional Record good feature article.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

People who fear for the Monroe doctrine
should reflect that an interoceanic canal
might sometime operate in Its interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

DE moral poverty of human nature
said Uncle Eben, lis showh by de number
of folks dis season dat Is gwinter have to
git along wifi deir las seasons New Year s
resolutions made over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

Cuba will start the year 1904 with a clear
track and chance to make a record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

The litigation over Wagnerian music
threatens to become as hard to understand
as the music itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-21

kunsas mayor refused bride of 5000.
New York always did think that Kansas
was queer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-09-02

DIR. WALLACE. pendently of each
other half n century ago.
The famous old scientists new the
DRY is that the earth is exactly Mt the
center of the universe. and that the
whole scheme of creation was evident.
~ planned for the purpose of produc.
ing man. Some of the old theologians
have always maintained this. but DR..
Wallace arrived Mt the idea quite in
dependently of theology. AS was nat.
ural to suppose, many persons secuted
his idea. But he sticks to his guns
and asserts that he has not only been
able to meet every argument that has
been brought against him, but that he
has found many new proofs of the
truth Of his discovery which lie will be
ready to lay before the world in a
month or two.
If the new doctrine should prove
sound, it will throw great flood of
light on some of the dark problems of
creation, and will probably be ranked
in Importance with the law of grayita-
ton and the law of the survival of the
f1ttest.
DR.. Wallace, who is now, at the age
of 80, setting forth OH one Of the
greatest scientific battles of his life,
has always been tremendous worker.
He began to earn living at the age
of 25 as n land surveyor, but soon
turned his attention to natural history,
setting forth to the Amazon on n sci
entific expedition, and going later to
the Malay archipelago, where he was
when he hit upon Darwin's great idea.
He lectured in America II years ago,
and Inns written many books that take
high rink in scientific research.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-09-02

toll of vengeance in some part of the
body SO remote that the layman would
never think Of putting the two togeth-
er as cause and effect. Little defects
of the eye-not diseases, but simply
mal-adJustments of the delicate parts
may give no trouble at all IL a mans
employments are so varied that he
does not hold his eyes steadily to one
task. But If lie must work all day
with books and papers, If he must
watch the same series of movements
over and over III Il machine, If he must
work with bad light or for an exces-
sive length of time in day, then tho
trouble begins. Herbert Spencer's
case, instanccd by an oculist, has been
peculiarly unfortunate one. He
could never work for more than n
few hours Mt stretch, and he has
suffered from insomnia and headaches
all his life long. The whole trouble is
laid to his eyes. Browning, Darwin.
Carlyle, Huxley aud De Quincy are
instanced rs other sufferers. When a
man does not know what ails him" he
will do well to consider his eyes. If
he finds there the source of the trou-
Bile he may get aid from spectacles, or
he may learn that change of en-
ployment is essential to his physical
well-being. Whether lie can avail him
self Of the remedy or not, he will at
least be able to save himself part Of
the strain and perhaps quiet some fear
he may have as to the underlying
cause of his sufferings.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-09-02
Uncle SANS Negroes.

Over 100000 black skinned people
are now living in the United States.
They have about doubled In numbers
since Abraham Lincoln signed the
emancipation proclamation Count
ing in the dark-skinned Inhabitants Of
Uncle SANS insular possessions, 49,
100000 colored people are living UNI
der the Stars and Stripes.
The negro population of the United
States own more property than is gen.
orally supposed. Nearly four per cent
Of the total assessable property of Vir-
ginia belongs 10 them. In Georgia
alone they are assessed on SIS, OOO, 900
worth Of property. OF the 100000
heads of colored families in the entire
country in 1900, 264.OOO. or nearly one
fifth Of them all. own the homes and
farms on which they live, where forty
years ago they did not own even their
own persons.
In forty years more, If they go on
increasing rs they have done since
1868. there will be about 10000, 900
of colored people in the United States,
not counting those ON the islands.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-09-02

III I1HRS :. efnE, REOI1 .

distributed to relieve any spot from suffering
the full fury of the elements Such committee could ALSO
as far possible prevent the bad weather. IL must
have any, from coming all in bunch 1t could also proper
ton the downpour of rain in locality to the needs
of the soil and the carrying capacity of the rivers
guard against runous foods and insure the crops All
of waters could be directed oceanward could
be shifted by the help of the winds to the desert of Sahara
thus giving to the elements opportunity to express
themselves freely and fully without however, doing any
damage.
This committee could also, without greatly disturbing
the of nature, make all Sundays holy days
fair and pleasant conining at the time far
practicable all rainfals and wind and dust the
night hourssay from - o'clock midnight in
Ing This committee also could eliminate all uncertainty
from the weather-that is to say looks like rain
let 1t rain, and when looks like let be fair This
would make the weather reliable than it is and
thus do away with so cent of sappontmens as
well as save all wastage due to the uncertainty
the weather. Another thing such committee could do
would be to make the seasonabe March
be like March, and May be like May By arranging against
the sudden changes of temperature the committee would
greatly increase the comfort and shorten catalogue Of
the maladies of the human race.
The day succeed in morazing the weather the gold
en- age of the world will be NIGH Nney-nne per cent Of
the misery and crminaly in society to the un
considerable weather Let the climate be endowed with
conscience and our earth will be paradise
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-09-02

enAhlfh "hA.oN sherln presen.eN
double lyncn,ng. CRIME la ~ a. 10y
peen committed py 'ne lnoot Mnoso
oHense Wouid nave peei masn ~
nad II Deen pernntteu ~ ca.ls W. 40 -
purpose. IT'S Original 'li.ei.'on was "
30 10 the county Jan, secure posse'slon
OF the person OF James Wiisoi,' neslo
assalant OF mrs. bureess, anu isne ,
MN. ~ numbered severai huhurt y.
on the way negro named Me.ca a4,
became involved IN quarrel WIN
some OF the party ana Mortaily Moun L'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-09-02

The completion of the last link in
the cable from San Francisco to the
Philippine Islands is an epoch-making
event in the history Of the Pacific.
Whether we view 1t from political, a
commercial, an educational or mill
tary point of view, 1t is an event Of
far-reac ching Importance. For nearly
forty years we have had cable COM
munications with our neighbors across
the Atlantic, but the spanning of the
Pacific was much larger problem and
the prospect Of returns much less en-
couraging. It is true that more than
thirty years ago Cyrus w. Field pro-
posed doing for the Pacific what he
had already done for the Atlantic, but
the government did not see fit to I'M
dertake the task and private capital
could not at that time afford it. 1t Is
as the herald of our commercial con-
quest Of the Orient that the cable has
Its greatest significance. 1t comes at
an opportune time when the, nations Of
she Orient look with favor upon Amer
lea and American goods.