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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14

House annex viii be hurried TO com
Pietion. Secretary Hitchcock, who is
TO acquire the site by condemnation,
has already begun proceedings, and it
Is expected that the square chosen can
be cleared and the foundations of the
new building laid before the Fifty
eighth Congress meets. The first Sos
sion of the Fifty-ninth Congress
should see the House in full posses
sion of It's new Office uuartcrs-quar-
ters for lack of which 1t has suffered
untold diScOmforts and ineonven-
fences. and in which it will find facili-
ties and satisfactions 1t will soon be
wondering how it ever did without.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
IN THE COURTS AND CAPITALS OF THE OLD WORLD.
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partment at st. Petersburg. is the
brother of that Vera Zassoulitch. one OF
the leading feminine members OF the
nihilist party, and who IL 1878 FIRST at
tTaeted the attention OF all Europe to
this peculiarly Muscovite form Of an
arehism by shooting at and dangerous
" wounding the late General Trepon.
at that time chief OF the ST Petersburg
police. II was not so much the attempt
itself as the fact that she was acquitted
by the jury. on being brought for trial
before one OF the ordinary courts OF law
in the Russian capital. that created such
a sensation. and before the authorities
had time to recover their presence Of
mind. and 70 take steps 20 retain her in
custody she had managed to effect her
escape to Switzerland. where she lived
for many years at Geneva, playing
leading role in the nihiIist councils held
there, and being one Of the principal
organizers OF the plot which resulted in
the assassination OF Emperor AIexan-
der II.
Her knowledge OF the interior or Rus
sian prisons Is limited 10 the period
which size spent In custody during the
time that interviewed between her arrest
after the attempt on the life OF General
Trepoff, and her trial. and I am afraid
that the story which appeared some time
ago in the American press. giving what
purported TO be a most blood-cnrdiing
description OF her tortures endured in
the Schlusselburg prison from 1873 until
late in the SOS. was the work OF
imagination. as she was certainly at
Geneva in 1879. in 1880 and in 1881.
Prince Peter Krapotkin's relatives
have never been made TO suffer by the
Russian imperial family or by the Nus
covite government for his connection
with the nihilist cause. while Baron
Bakounine. who may be described as
having been the father OF nihilism. and
who commenced life as an imperial page.
was closely related 10 half OF the houses
OF the Muscovite aristocracy. notably to
the Moursvieffs. one OF whom is now
minister Of justice while the other died
a short time ago as the Cars minister
of foreign affairs.
MARQJISE DE FONTESOY-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
The House Annex.
An Admirable Site Chosen By the Can
non Commission.

CreGitable-we might almost say
remarkable - expedition has been
shown IL the choice Of site for the
projected annex TO tie House of
Representatives. Five days after it
organized, the site commission, with
Mr.. Cannon leading and squirting it
to action, lad bit upon tie ground it
wanted and ordered its condemnation.
Such a display of energy shows
that there are some pubic building
projects which even the most frugal
minded economist in Congress can
JOIN in railroading to a successful Is
sue. 1t also shows that the site Sc
leeteG must have been an unexcep-
tionable one. For In the prompt and
enthusiastic agreement reached by its
commission the House is made an as
tonisEed witness to the fact that the
lamb and the lion can sometimes lie
down amicably together-that the
Hon. Joseph G. Cannon aud the Hon.
William p. Hepburn can consider at
least one problem without reaching
conclusions as opposite as the poles.
There can be no doubt. in fact. that
the square chosen for the new build
ing is in every sense the most eligible
in the neighborhood Of the Capitol.
1t offers just the area needed and fits
aeceptably into the general plan al
ready matured for a final grouping
of Government buildings on Capitol
Hill The corresponding square on
the north side Of the Capitol grounds
can be taken for q similar Senate an
mex, and the squares still farther east,
and north of East Capitol Street. can
be devoted to a Supreme Court
building, balancing the splendid ii
brary of Congress. With the Capitol
itself these four structures will form
a harmonious and effective architec
tural uuit-the eastern link in the
chain 10 stretch ultimately the length
of Pennsylvania Avenue TO the Treas
my and the White House.
There is every prospect that the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
Tariff War to Be Renewed.

The Hon. Joseph Weeks Babcock. who
has five times successfully piloted the
Republican party to success in Con
gressional campaigns. has announced
that he will renew his fight for re-
ductton upon certain tariff schedules
when the Fifty eighth Congress shall
convene. A year or more ago the ac-
tion OF Mr.. Babcock in introducing
bill removing the duty upon articles
in the steel schedule was the occasion
fer great deal OF talk among poll
ticians, but as the history Of the late
Congress shows nothing ever came of
the Babcock measure.
IL was printed and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means. OF which
Mr. BabcOck was a member. and there
it lay untouched and covered with dust
in one of the pigeonholes OF Chair
man PayRe's desk when the Speakers
gavel fell and the second session Of
the Fifty-seYenth Congress came 10 an
end The measure. however, had the
effect for time at least of causing
some CONSERVATION among the protect
ed interests, not alone the steel trust. but
other industries enjoying high protec-
ton which feared that II the duty was
removed from steel products that this
would be but the opening wedge for a
general upheaval OF the tariff.
They Immediately started out upon a
campaign to work up sentiment against
tariff tinkering," fearing that unless
this was done their own pet schedules
might be interfered with. and succeed
cd in killing off all effort 10 alter or
amend any portion of the sacred tariff
There was never a hearing upon the
Babcock bill and despite the fact that
all the Democrats favored it, and one
other member Of the Ways and Means
Committee, Mr.. Tawney OF Minnesota.
Endorsed it, the majority would not give
il consideration.
It was decided by the powers that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
An Old Question Revived.

Nearly every session Of the British
parliament witnesses the institution OF
a movement 10 secure legislation de-
barring ministers OF the crown and mem
bers OF the administration from holding
directorships in public companies. and
since the opening of the session the 9TH
er day the matter has once more been
brought 10 the fore. and large minority
vote cast in favor OF the project. But
IL is difhcult TO see how this idea can
ever be carried into practical effect. for
IL men on the board Of public company
are not TO be eligible for once IL is evil
dent that the heads of great commercial
and industrial firms should be likewise
roxclUded. and even landowners IN the
.pOssessiOn Of large estates Indeed. the
only way OF carrying this idea 20
logical conclusion would be to vest Of
fee exclusively in the hands OF the pro-
fessional politician. who has no other
business and no other calling than poll
tics.
Now the professional politician is not
a favorite with the general public in
England any more than be Is in this
country, or on the Continent Of Europe.
Tho people have less confidence in him
than in the successful man Of business.
and the very fact that statesmen have
furnished proof that they have man
aged their own affairs well. constitutes
a certain guarantee that they possess
ability TO minister the affairs OF the en-
pire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
Signs of Progress.
Postofice Reratings Point to a Healthy
Local Growth.

The growth Of a city can be fairly
judged in these days of universal
communication by the expansion of
It's postal business. Each wear the
Postottiec Department strikes bal
ance IN all its Presidential offices and
readjusts their salary lists in accord
anee with the gains or losses shown.
The 1903 rerating has just been bull
letined. and its figures may be used to
measure the relative progress made
within the year by Washington and
other cities.
From these figures no conclusions
can be drawn which are not highly
gratifying TO local sentiment. Under
the readjustment just effected the
Washington postotiice gets twenty
additional clerks. and 100 promotions
and increases of salary are provided
for.
Philadelphia, with population FIVE
times our own, gets only fifty addi-
tional elerks-two and a half times
the number authorized here. Six
hundred increases Of salary are or
dered in the Philadelphia Office only
three times the increases our more
rapidly growing postal business seems
10 demand.
COntrasted with Baltimore, our own
gam IS even more striking. Balti-
more Is now claiming a population
more than twice as great as Wash
ington's. Yet in this years readjust-
meut the Baltimore office gained only
twenty clerks-exaetly the same num-
Der we did-while the increases in sal
aries our neighbour earned numbered
only Is4, six short of the total author
lied here.
If the volume of our mail business
for 1902 may be taken as a true in
dex of local growth, we have every
reason 10 be gratified at the city's
present rate of progress. Certainly
the Postofiice Departments figures in
dictate that we are more than keeping
pace IN our expansion with our two
more distinctly manufacturing and
commercial neighbors, Baltimore and
Philadelphia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
"On Its UppeTS.
A Department On Which Congress Has
Imposed a Parsimonious Life.

After asking Congress for
$7,OOO,0OO bmlding-one calculated
10 dull the splendors of the over
splendid Library and to make the big
granite pile occupied by the State,
War and Navy Departments a gro
tesquc and faded architectural remi-
niscence- Secretary Cortelyou finds
himself actually doing business in a
single room somewhere In Thirteenth
Street The new Department Of
Commerce and Labor, whose only
home was for some weeks IN the See
retary's hat, has, according To report,
found quarters, which, if not as pala-
tial as the marble halls of Mr.. Cortel-
you's first dreams, at least furnish
II a visible habitation and a street
number TO stamp It's letterheads with.
If Mr.. Cannon and the other econ
.omists in Congress intended that the
infant department should be Graded
in truly Jeffersonian austerity, their
purpose seems to have been duly ac-
complished On the floor of the sin
gle room which Mr. Cortelvou's
forces are to occupy, there will be, we
learn, "no yielding Brussels carpet To
hush the tread of those who may have
business with the Secretary and his
subordinates." In lien of Brussels
mating will be used; and the new
departments furniture, we are told,
will be neither mahogany, nor wal
nut, nor oak, but Of some serviceable
material handsomely veneered."
What a pathetic picture of sim
pEcity and self-denial A Cabinet
officer sitting on q "veneered" chair
behind a 'veneered" desk is a specta-
ele moving enough 10 touch the heart
of tbs stoniest and most obdurate of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
Light Artillery

lie is a foul archer who dips in venom the
arrow Of his repartee-
OF course. you should have the courage q
your conviction, but not the foolhardiness
thereof
Against the weapons Of gentleman a muslin
shirtwaist offers more protection than a steel
coa- Of mail.
You do not believe me. good Strangely
" here. then. have met beioreg
Very many dogs show extreme tolerance by
associating with their masters.
Autornobiiotsness IS the disease that ahlicts
the poor chap who bcholds his sweetheart in
his wealthy rivals new rcd-whceled automo-
bile
Who values a title holds no title 70 value.
Whatever society may mean, IL has its use.
since II corrals human CALVES in its own pri-
vate pens and keeps them from believing along
the highrold
Conversation these days is made as hand-rne-
downs are turned ont in a sWeatshop-the vest
by one, the coat by another, the trousers by
third. II should be fashioned as a good tailor
made suit. by one great artist, while the ap-
prentices applaud--New Orleans Times Demo
c.a+.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
Dr.. CTum'S Nomination.
The President Entitled to a Vote, and
He VIII Get 1t, Too.

He VIII Get 1t, Too.
We have no desire TO discuss the
merits of DIR. Crum's nomination.
What we might say on that subject
would benefit no one, and hence had
better be left msaid. There Is one
thing. however. about the attitude of
the Senate with regard to this nomi-
nation which involves a little more
than the policy Of appointing negroes
TO Office. 1t IS the question whether
the Senate has the right, without as
suming responsibility for its course,
to decline diseharging its constitu-
tional duties.
Under the Constitution the Presi-
dent shall nominate and, by and
with the advice and consent Of the
Senate, shall appoint" The function
IS divided between the President and
the Senate. 1t Is mandatory upon
both. The initiative is the Presi-
dents, but TO make the act complete
the Senate's voice must be registered.
in other words, the President hav-
ing made the nomination ne is en-
Titled TO an opinion by the Senate
upon such nomination. The Senate
may approve or reject, but 1t must
act. To hold otherwise Is to invite n
deadlock in government.
In this particular case a majority
of the Commerce Committee. to whom
DR. Crum'S nomination to be collector
of the port at Charleston. 5. c., was
referred, IS known to be in favor of
confirmation. A few Democrats who
oppose DIR. Crum and know that the
Senate Is about 10 adjourn are 'hold-
ing up" the nomination in the expec-
tation that the President will not
have the sand" to appoint Dr. Crum
in the recess.
In this, we venture to say, they will
find themselves wcefully mistaken.
The President has all the grit neces-
Sary TO secure what he Is entitled to,
10 wit, a vote. If he doesn't get 1t at
this session, he will get II next. He
may have to wait, but he will get IT,
He will get II, too, aided by the moral
support Of right-thinking men.
If there is anything the country
has a contempt for it is this kind of
warfare in politics, which shirks the
open and adopts the methods of a
bravo. We repeat, we have no
opinion 10 offer regarding the wis
dom of DIR. Crum's appointment, ex-
cept, perhaps, TO say that it was
lacking in both taste and tact, but we
do contend that the President has the
right to expect the Senate to act like
body of men and not like a parcel
Of boys.
Quit this child's play, and let US
have a vote, gentlemen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
Advancement of Zassoulitch.

The Russian government never allows
the political offeDses Of a man or OF
woman to interfere with the prospects
and advancement OF the members of
their family. I am led 10 call attention
20 this by the appointment OF General
Zassoulitch 10 the command Of the Sec
ond Army Corps OF Siberia. with head
quarters at Chabarovsk. The general in
question. whose breast is covered with
well-earned orders and decorations and
who enjoys the utmost confidence on the
part OF the Car and OF the War De-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
Forgiving His Debtors.

Joseph Girouard. - Spencer. Mass. has grown
weary OF his debtors who cannot afford 20 pay
him what they owe, and the other day an
nounced that he would give receipts in full 10
all who applied, provided the debtors would
aver they iwcrc unable 10 meet their obliga-
tions. mo matter whether il is $40 OF 500
or $780, he declared ANY man who SAYS
he cannot pay i; shall have a receipt l want 70
feel kindly toward all the people and not have
them burdened with any debts TO me- Mr..
Girouard is n French Canadian who made a
fortune in the livery business and aftcrward
built up fine trade in importing Canadian
horses. bringing in about 10000 during his ca
reer in that line Chicago Chronicle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
Southwest Man in Favor.

The President has heretofore ex-
pressed himself as favoring the selec-
ton Of one commissioner from the
Southwest, and Arkansas is included in
that division OF the country. The Presi-
dents expression in favor Of a South
west man has. however, brought forth
several other candidates from that sec
ton besides Mr.. Jones, among them ex-
Governor Sayers Of Texas, ex-senator
Harris OF Kansas. and Henry G. Hester.
Of New Orleans.
Ex-Governor Sayers' friends profess 10
believe that he stands an exceptionally
good chance OF selection. while the ad-
mirers OF ex-senator Harris are urging
him strongly. and in reciting his
qualifications point to the fact that he
Is a civil engineer and as such his serv-
ices would be OF great value upon the
commission.
II may be that If two Democrats are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
Italy's Consular Service.

Italy's Consular Service
King Victor Emmanuel. who has at
heart the encouragement and develop
ment OF Italy's relations with this
country. is resolved upon a thorough
reorgan ization and increase OF his con-
sular service here. Among one OF the
first steps taken in this connection is
an order which may be commended 10
the attention of the State Department
10 the effect that all merchants and
others acting as Italian consular repre-
sentatives in this country or elsewhere.
who cannot pass an examination in the
italian language shall be superseded
without delay.
There are plenty Of foreigners acting
as consular agents and representatives
Of the United States abroad who are
unable to speak a word OF English.
II would be well IL they were in the
same way replaced by men acquainted
with the language OF this country. even
IL the change involved an additional
cost. II would be money well spent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14

there should be no tariff legislation, and
there was none Notwithstanding, the
sentiment for revision has gone on
steadily. and ii has a large following
among leading Republicans of the West
and Northwest. Mr. Babcock Is, OF
course. cOgnizant of the feeling. and ap-
preciates the fact that he has power
full backing 10 assist him in his under
taking in the coming Congress. He
looks forward 10 favorable consideration
of his bill next winter. ana II Il is not
forthcoming he viii force the lghtins
Before the Republican Congress com
mittee was selected last summer. there
was some suggestion that perhaps Mr.
Babcock was not the proper person to
conduct the campaign, because OF his
tariff revision ideas, but notwithstand-
ing. he was unanimously selected. and
the result showed the wisdom Of contin-
uing him at the head of the committee
He processes to be in earnest in regard
20 tariff revision. and purposes TO re-
introduce his bill next December.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
A Vigorous Octogenarian.

n
in spite of his being eighty-thrce
years OF age the sturdy old regent OF
Bavaria, who is marveIousIy well pre-
served and vigorous for his time OF life.
has as usual every winter been devOt-
ing himself 10 has favorite pastime OF
tObogganiag at Berchtesgaden. down the
side Of the hills and mountains that
surround the Konigsee and the Hinter-
see. His face, which is furrowed all
over by rugged lines, gives him the look
of an old man. But this Is bclied ~
the elasticity Of his gait. and by his in
sensibility 10 fatigue. Indeed, his pow
ers Of endurance are astonishing. aud
on par with those OF old SIR Harry
Verney. the brother in-Iaw OF Florence
Nightingale, who when well on toward
his niRetieth year. would hunt three
days a week over most difficult coun-
try, taking hedges and bitches as II he
were half a century younger.
There is no truth. / may add. in tho
story published in this country TO the
effect that Prince Rupert OF Bavaria
had left his wife. and Il is difficult 10
know how il can have originated For
not only are they a singularly devoted
and Well-matched couple. but, moreover,
thew are at the present moment traT-
cling in the far Orient. having Just
completed a most successful and pleas
sut tour OF Java. and being now on their
way 20 the Philippines and Japan, from
whence they are returning home via
China and the Trans-Siberian Railroad
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
No Evidence of Race Suicide.

There are no apparent evidences OF
race suicide down in Texas, but on the
contrary there are indications that the
sturdy citizens of the Lone Star State
are busy following the ScripturaI in
junction to multiply and replenish the
earth. This is at least true so far as
the Legislature OF the state is con-
cerned. A member OF that always in
teresting body. the Hon. j. c. Roberts.
OF Crowell. Ford county. while busiIy
engaged at his duties in attending 10
the affairs of state was notified recent
~ By telegram from his home o. the
birth OF his twenty-first child and ninth
son
The incident did not interfere with his
legislative functions. for he knew that
the other big and little Robertses. OF
whom there are thirteen living, would be
able TO look after and attend TO the lat
est arrival without the assistance OF
their father
Mr.. Roberts has been twice married
His first wife bore him ten children.
twice in groups of two. while the sec
ond and present Mrs Roberts has just
eclipsed the record OF her predecessor
and presented her husband with her
eleventh and his twenty baby
Should such a law as has been pre-
posed by a Pennsylvania legislator TO
award various premiums and medals TO
the mothers. OF three. four. FIVE. six.
and seven children be enacted in Tex
as. II would not require many such pro-
genitors as the Hon. J. C. Roberts 20
bankrupt the great State. with all OF its
seemingly exhRustless resources.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
Emperor Williams New Project.

Emperor William has new project.
II relates to the ThierEarten al Berlin
which he wishes TO convert into the
most attractive public park in the world
from an artistic and ornamental point
OF view. He proposes TO transform at
public expense the so-Called Great
Star" division in the center of the
Thiergarten. according to designs drawn
UP by himself. The center is TO be or
namented with a colossal fountain.
illustrating TIC old legend OF ST. HUI
bert. On all sides there are 10 be
semi circular marble benches. and the
entire square is 10 be surrounded by
statues dedicated TO the worlds OF ami
mails and sports. There are TO be mon
uments illustrating episodes from his
torical hunting scenes and depicting the
methods Of huhting employed at various
ages All are TO be Of the finest Carrara
marble, and the artists employed in the
work include Begas, FelderhOff. Won
Uechtritz, Baumbach, and others, who
together with some OF the leading land
scape experts in Germany spent an en-
tire recent Sunday afternoon in confer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-14
Protection for the Public.

Il would be only fair TO the general public.
in the event that another anthracite coal
miners strike cannot be avcrted. 10 stock the
market sufficiently So that the consumer will
have little more than a passing interest ia the
contest. The general pubic should hc
asked very soon again 70 pay for all the losses
on both sides Of controversy OF this kind
Chicago Inter Ocean.