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The Washington times., 1903-10-03
Political Gossip
Here and There


just who is going to be the Demo-
cratic floor leader of the House is
question causing much speculation
among the members OF the party in
Washington. now that the candidate OF
the conservatives. Representative George
B. Mcclellan. has been nominated Cor
mayor Of New York, with a fair proba-
bility OF being elected II is said there
is no one among the conservative men
left who has sufficient power to defeat
the candidate of the more radical wing
Of the party This means most likely
that Representative John Sharp Will
Jams. OF Mississippi. is 70 receive the
caucus nomination.
Williams was the choice OF the ma
jority Of the party at the close of the
session of Congress. but in the summer
scheme developed which appeared
formidable enough to put an end to tho
aspirations Of the MIssissippian. AS he
represented the Eastern men, and the
faction OF the party which. II II did
not oppose Bryan openly. received him
only tentatively. Representative Nc
Clellan was selected as the best man to
make the contest against Williams. and
Representative James Hay, OF Virginia,
chairman OF the Democratic caucus
committee was put in charge Of the
campaign.
Just as the last OF the plans we're
completed and the contest was to open.
the New York Democrats nominated Nc
Clellan As the Democrats are more
united in the Empire City than the Flu
sionists and Republicans. it looks as II
he win be elected. Naturally, he will
cease to figure as possible floor leader.
and the campaign has ended Now the
conservatives are hunting around cor
another man to replace the New Yorker.
with small chance of getting one
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
Easily Found

The fact that America is q very big country
never strikes one forciby as when he has
travelled a couple Of thousand miles due west.
and still finds the prairie stretching out before
him. young member OF the British nobility
was over here last summer. accompanied by his
inevitable valet. James
They saw the seabcard cities, tarried for a
time in Pittsburg, IN Chicago, in St Louis. and
in Kansas City. and then struck out into the
great West Somewhere near the edge Of Colo
RADIO the train delayed at small station.
and the passengers got out to stretch their legs,
among them his lordship and James, who
seemed in a brown study.
What's the matter ~ asked his master.
CIV Just thinkin', my lord said James
shat Columbus didn't do such a mighty big
thing when e discovered this ere country
halter halls said and done. 'Ow could e 'elp
itg''
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
Bank Reserves.
Their True Functions Apparently Mis-
understood by Secretary Shaw.

understood by Secretary Shaw.
In his address before the recent con
vention Of Maryland and District Of
Columbia bankers, on the steamer
Norfolk, Secretary Shaw gave expires
sion to views which, if correctly re
ported, betray a strange misconcep-
ton, or a mental perversion on his
part, of the true functions of bank re-
serves. He was quoted as saying, in
substance, that the lawful reserves of
banking institutions should be made
available for circulation in times Of
emergency, and as making the conten-
ton that the statute legalizing such
reserves does not contemplate that
they should "be buried or locked up,
never to be touched"
1t should be borne in mind, at all
times, in the discussion Of this ques-
ton, that, in dealing with bank re-
serves, bankers are acting neither in
the capacity Of owners nor in that Of
managers, but purely in the capacity
Of trustees-trustees of moneys placed
in their hands by depositors for safe
keeping, and subject at all times to
withdrawal without notice.
1t has been shown by long ex-
perience that, Of a given amount of
deposits in the banks Of a community
a certain percentage wall lie uncalled
for in the banks. The ratio of this
percentage to the total deposit de-
ponds somewhat upon the character
Of the community and of the business
IN which il is engaged. But whatever
this ratio may De, 1t constitutes the
actual material reserve Of a bank, and
under normal conditions, will main
tain nearly uniform level. A bank
e; may justifiably loan the funds of
the depositors of his bank In excess of
this ratio, but to do more is to invite
disaster. 1t is for this reason that the
law comes in at this point and consti-
tntes this natural ratio q legal one
and safeguards the interests of depos-
itors by providing that the lawful re-
serves of a bank shall not be drawn
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
In the AdirondaCks,
History Repeats Itself in the Assassi-
nation of Dexter.

The murder Of Orlando p. Dexter
and the retreat of William Rockefel
lei from his Adirondaeks lodge re
veals a situation in which history is
repeating itself.
Guides and trappers who have been
accustomed 10 earn a livelihood in the
great forests of the Adirondaeks re-
sent the action Of millionaires who ac-
quire and fence in as private pre-.
serves the tracts of woodland which
formerly had been regarded as pub
hc property. The men who have
trained themselves 70 seek their living
in the forests are unable to under
stand how it has come to pass that
private individuals are permitted to
divide among themselves the wilder
nesses which for many generations
the sturdy woodsmen of the North
have been wont to regard as their
own.
The building Of private lodges IN
the mountains never has been resent
ed by the guides and trappers and
their owners always have been accord
ed the consideration that was their
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
After w. ]. Bryan.

Under the fight to be made against
Williams, 1t IS believed there was har-
bored a scheme TO discount William
Jennings Bryan's participation in the
next convention. The plan alleged was
70 push through the convention plat
form so radically different from the
Kansas City affair that Bryan would be
compelled TO bolt Mr. Williams. on the
other hand. was an enthusiastic sup
porter of Mr.. Bryan. and the platforms
in the campaigns Of 1896 and 1900. and
he was prepared to battle against the
scheme He participated in those two
fights with energy and activity. But
while this can be said to be true. Mr..
Williams may be classed at all times as
a strict party man. and his followers in
the House for the minority leadership
assert with positiveness that he is we'd
ded to no particular leader OF the party
and that he stands for what can best be
accomplished by the Democracy regard
less OF personalities.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
Surprised Olneyites.

The friends OF former Secretary of
State Olney, who was. up to the time OF
the State convention in Boston. a pos
sible candidate for the nomination for
the Presidency. are wondering Just what
has happened to his boom in New Eng
land. Conventions have been held all
around him. yet not one has mentioned
his name. The Democrats who had
been discussing the former Secretary as
a possibility put much emphasis on the
alleged fact that he had so much
strength in New England that he might
carry Massachusetts,, with many other
of the Eastern States. This talk caused
the leaders TO give heed TO the candi-
date Now. however, ii begins to look as
though a mistake had been made. The
State convention was held in Boston,
General Miles and other favorite sons
were eulogized. and some other things
were done. but not a word was said
about Olney. who should at least have
had fayorite son mention The same
happened in Rhode Island. which seems
TO effeetually remove the former Secre-
tarY from among the Presidential pos
sibilities.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
The Alleged Modern Woman
Where Do the Writers of Novels Get
Their Types?

The reader Of modern novels must
sometimes be moved to wonder where
the novelists get their idea of some Of
their heroines. The utter unreason Of
some danes and damsels whom one
meets in latter-day fiction is mar
velous. 1t is the day of the femme
incomprise," and some of the speci-
mems are too much for the compre-
hension even Of the feminine reader.
Some of these heroines, for exam
pie, are afflicted with what is called
artistic temperament, and when a
heroine has red hair and a bad fit of
the artistic temperament she Is a crea.
ture beside whom the Sphinx is COM
prehensible and a wildcat a boudoir
pet. She talks q lingo made up Of
phrases from the Rubaiyat, the Vedas.
and Thomas a Kempis, and she usual
ly has a vocation beside that of max
ing her husband miserable.
The foil to this type Of heroine is
the conventional woman, who is
stuffed with sawdust and has a bisque
head and jute hair. She never thinks
Of her husbands soul, but only of his
collars and cuffs and dinner. 1t is
doubtful whether the woman ever
lived who did not have at least a glim-
mering curiosity as to her husbands
soul, even if she happened to be mar
ried to a man without any fit to men,
ton. But one meets these meek crea-
lures in novels. There is also the
woman who is bundle of incompre-
hensibilities and inconsistencies, and
IS usually considered charming. The
innocent feminine reader may at
tempt to initiate this heroine. If she
does she will find that, contrary to the
novelists and the woman's page of the
papers, men expect even woman to
know that two and two make four.
Where do the novelists get their
types?
The Washington times., 1903-10-03

To the Editor OF The Washington Times:
Your reference in today's issue under the
heading of Mighty Interesting Reading" TO
the committee which has been designated to
look into the affairs Of the District. is timely.
The President should be advised to call
halt on this farcical investigation and appoint
board OF three or Ave OF the most able and
competent men in the country. with unlimited
powers TO go through every branch Of this most
loosely conducted city government in the coun-
try.
1t is true that enough has already been I'M
earthed to justify the immediate reorganization
OF the board. As yet only the surface has been
scratched and the most important branch Of
the service, the Engineers. has been very much
sighted. This branch is almost wholly under
the control Of the lately so-ealled Computing
Engineer, now working under a more high
sounding title. This man has more autocratic
power than any individual city official in the
country. He can alter grade of street or a
road and has done 80 on many occasions to suit
the wishes Of those whom he wished to please,
regardless Of the interests Of majorities. lie
has illegally ordered fencing down and permit
ted in other cases the construction of same He
has expended public moneys for the removal OF
grass and weeds on roads in the suburban sec
lions, while the vacant grounds fronting the
north side Of the Treasury on Pennsylvania Ave
nue. and around the Sherman monument have
overgrown with thistles. Thousands OF dollars
have been improperly paid for labor and ma
terial never furnished. The conditions under
the old Board of Public Works could not be
distorted into anything like those of the present.
! In short. the whole fabric is rotten and should
be torn down and rebuilt under the supervision
of honest and competent and placed under
the charge OF real engineers and business PEG.
| pie. TAXPAYER.
/ Washington, October q
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
The Song of the Pavement.

They took a little gravel,
And they took a little tar,
With various ingredients
Imported from afar.
They hammered 1t and rolled II,
And when they went away
They said they had a pavement
That would last for many a day.
But they came with picks and smote it
To lay water main;
And then they called the workmen
To put II back again.
To run a railway cable
They took 1t up some more;
And then they put IL back again
Just where it was before.
They took IL up for conduits
To run the telephone,
And then they put It back again
As hard as any stone.
They took il up for wires
To feed the 'lectric light
And then they put it back again.
Which was no more than right.
Oh. the pavement's full of furrows:
There are patches everywhere;
You'd like TO ride upon It,
But it's seldom that you dare
It's a very handsome pavement
credit TO the town;
They're always diggin' of il up
Or putin Of il down.
ID. 7. l., in Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
In a Lighter Vein.
"Forget It"

If you go out to the races, where they set the
rapid PAGES,
With ten dollars in your jeans,
And you bet it
II you lose it. don't you below, like some
weak kneed fellow
Who is running short Of means
just forget it.
When you go home late at night, feeling full
and out Of sight,
And YOU tumble with the lock,
Thinking it's the eight-day clock,
And try to set il.
You will hear awful rumble
When your wife begins 10 grumble;
The chairs and things will tumble
Don't you dare TO even inumble-
just forget it.
When you eat lobster lunch, mix it with a
ton O. punch,
You'll regret it
Kinder gouging in your craw.
It's to hum and haw,
You up against the law
Just forget IT,
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
By THE MARQUIsE DE FoNrENoY.
Addition to Her Fortune.

Princess Guy de Lucinge Faucigny.
through the death of her stepmother,
Sibyl Sanderson, the operate singer. &C
quires a considerable addition to the al
ready large fortune left TO her by her
father, the late Antonio Terry, of New
York and Havana. For Sybil Sanderson
had a life interest in a sum of about
100000 francs. which at her death was,
according TO the terms Of Antonio Ter
rvs viii, 10 go to his daughter by his
first wife, who was a Miss Grace Secor.
Of New York. Francis Egerton Webb
and Henry L. Sprague. of New York. are
the trustees of the will, and have now
turned the money in question over to
the young princess, who was only mar
ried about year ago.
The prince, her husband, has little or
no money but is rich in ancestry and in
illustrious connections. He is descend
ed from one of the oldest houses of the
nobility of Savoy, and his family tree
shows many matrimonial alliances with
the now reigning dynasty of Italy. The
original name was "Fuciniaci," which
has been gallicized into "Faucigny." and
the name Of "LucInge" came to 1t 300
years ago through marriage. The
princely title is in reality one OF Sarain-
Ian origin. and it was only in 1928 tina
the members of this house received tho
right of styling themselves princes il
France by decree of King Charles X.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03

Now, just let me see.
Seems 70 me that twas she
Objected to something
That he did: OF be
Objected 70 her having
Some one to tea
No! Now, isn't that queer.
/ know / did hear
Just the way that IL was,
But it's left me, / fear!
Mo- II comes to me now.
1t seems this was the how
OF IL: Something he did
That she wouldn't allow
Or was il her old folks
That started the row?
Mo- Now that isn't right.
i know that's not quite
The way that Miss Gsdaround
Told me last night.
All, now recall
The gossip and all;
II seems that one night
When he went there to call
Twas last spring. ! think,
Or was il this fall?
Oh. well. anyway,
What / started 20 say
Was that she--welll
Ny memory'S awful today,
Now, how did she tell
Ne that7 Well. well, we'll, WELT
You know she got her story
Right straight from Nell,
But l can't just recall now
just what she did tell
Ne last night. Anyway,
Whichever it may
Be, the wedding is of. as
started to say,
Bismarck On. d. Tribunl
The Washington times., 1903-10-03

The Rev. Robert Collyer believes the
country should be congratulated because
"millionaires are learning how TO give
away money" That is all right, as far
as II goes. But 1t is a selfish world, and
the public at large would be more
grateful II philanthropic millionaires
would give us some really practical in
formation concerning the manner in
which large fortunes may be acquired in
the month of October, 1903.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
The Kings Position.

If the verdict is in favor of the lat
ter view. the King will merely revive
the Barony OF Coroghmore, taking the
ground that it has been In allegiance
since the battle of the Boyne, and that
Count de La Poer not being in any
way a descendant o. the attainted peer.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03

In a Jersey court which recently
awarded a widow 81 damages for the
death of her husband. plaintiff has re-
covered $500 for the loss of a finger
joint. And thus again has Jersey JUS
tice" demonstrated that. so far as the
human body is concerned, there is no
truth in the axiom of Calculus that 1.-The
whole is greater than any of its parts
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
The Drift of Public Opinion.

Buffalo Express: II the President is looking
for an Indiana for his running mate he
might do worse than to choose his friend Rep
rescntative Crumpacker. who Is 4 man s0me-
what % the Roosevelt type in that he is not
afraid to do his own thinking and to say and do
what he believes is right
Kansas City Journal: Let President Roosevelt
take his choice. He must either open .negotia-
tions with Nicaragua without delay or incur the
disapprobation Of the Hon. John r. Norga1i
Charlotte News: The New York iusiOniSts
may play Low, but it looks from this distance
as il Tammany viii succeed in making hishs
Jack, and the game.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Mr. Bryan's suggestion
Of pennies campaign for Indiana IS re-
ceived with the Comment that Indiana IS a
State in which a penniless campaign IS likely
10 end in a vOtelesS election
ST. Louis Globe Democrat: Nobody knows how
many friends Grover Cleveland has made by de-
clining 10 overtop them in their fishing stories.
Kansas City Times: A year ago Governor
Cumrnins. OF Iowa. was right; but this year he
is running for Office on the Republican ticket
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
What Is a Loafer?

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
noticed recently one Of your correspondents
suggested that the city parks be kept free from
loafers. Will you tell me how "loafer'' in this
sense should be deined9 Also are the benches
In the parks 70 serve no more useful purpose
than the trees and the shrubbery?
BENCH WARNER.
Washington October !
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
Seeks Revival of Barony.


King Edward has just referred to the
committee of privileges Of the house Of
lords petition presented to him by
Count Edmund James de La Poer, Of
Gurteen lie Poer. County Waterford, re-
questing him to revive the Irish barony
OF Coroghmore. a peerage which has
been in allegiance since the battle of the
Boyne, when it was attained owing to
the fact that its holder. John Power, re-
NAMED loyal to the Stuart, King James
ii, and had fought on his side against
William III at the battle of the Boyne
This last Lord Coroghmore had son,
who died without issue. and then the
peerage, had IL not been subjected to an
act of attainder. should have gone to
James Fitz Edmund Power, a cousin,
who was descended from the first Lord
Coroghmore. who died as far back as
1852, and who Is an ancestor OF the
present claimant
There is no question as to the un-
broken line of descent of Count Ed
mund de La Poer, the claimant, from
the first Lord Coroghmore, although
the committee of privileges of the house
of lords has. of course. got to pass
thereon and TO give its verdict to the
effect that there is no flaw therein. But
the question which more especially will
engage the attention of the committee
on privileges and upon which the King
desires the advice Of that body. is as
TO whether the attainder affects the
peerage itself. or only debars from its
possession the descendants of the peer
for whose offenses IL was attained.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
When Contradictions Abound.

Ascum-That man seems fond Of declaring that
"life is full of contradictions" What does he
mean by that, anyway
Henpeck-I suppose he means to say merely
that he is married. Philadelphia Press
The Washington times., 1903-10-03

We are told that the fact that Tillmnn
was known 10 be carrying a revolver
two days before he killed Gonzales is a
sort of mitigation OF his offense. Com
Portable country 1t must be. where the
fact that a man advertises the fact that
he is going TO shoot you is considered
the only necessary formality.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
Encouraging.

Doctor" said the sick man. 81 guess I
ought 10 be thinking of paying at least a part
Of your bill"
ooh. don't let that worry YOU" replied DR..
Price Price.
But don't you think you'd better send
Il inT'
"oh, no. ri send it to your executor in
good Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
"Be Up and Doing"

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
II your hckers' column will receive it !
should like to register a kick against the kick
ers. Why don't they hustle around to correct
the grievances they point out instead OF putting
it on The Times9 Let Us all be up and doing
a. o. L.
Washington, October 2.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
Cailu Calendar of American History
October 3.

1s62-Battie of Corinth. Miss.
1S64-General Price invaded Missouri.
1S67-Gold discovered in wyoming
Elias Howe, inventor. born 1873.
died In Brooklyn, n. Y.
1S73-Evangelical alliance of the world
met in New York city.
INSTRUMENTATION Bimetallic conven-
tion met in St. Louis.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03

President Roosevelt says that If Alice
and Ball do not stop fussing and agree
on candidate, he will appoint some
body not agreeable to either of them.
Now Will they be good?
The Washington times., 1903-10-03

Kipling's new volume of poems is GER
tainly orthodox. The number of occa-
sions in which Kipling uses the word
damn are reYerently abundant.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03

The Democratic watchwords are get
ting numerous enough to be indexed and
kept on file.
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
FolliculeS.


However much bigger he be, young rat may
learn of an old MOUSE.
Enjoy your troubles while you can Some
day you may not be able to afford troubles
am inclined TO wonder whether the oyster
enjoys its undoubted universal popularity.
Say what you VIII but it is a layman, Dir.
Stomach. who breaches the most eloquent
sermons.
II doesn't take bit more time. trouble. or
space to raise roses than 10 raise weeds.
Tho her repentance may be absolutely sin
oere, woman will scarcely put on sackeioth
and ashes unless she knows they'll prove be-
coming.
Smile, grin, sueer-that is the unfortunate
progression in which ones sense Of hunOr
Is liable TO develop.
Beware of lettersi First correspondent, then CO.
respondent.
Friendship is much only when it is not many.
Misunderstanding may be a transient, but
Diefr,rSf ic alvvay-a a star harder
The Washington times., 1903-10-03
Title From the Pope.

Title From the Pope.
Raphael Cahen was one of the earliest
OF Partisan Hebrew bankers to secure a
title of count from the Pope. and, hail
ing originally from Antwerp. had added
the name Of that great seaport to that
OF Cahen in order to distinguish him
from others possessing the same patro-
nymic. Sometimes he would forget TO
use the name OF Cahen and would de-
scribe himself as the Count c. DAN
vers" tAnvers being the French render
ing of the Flemish word Antwerp. 1t
is said that the late Baron Oppenheim,
the great Cologne banker. arriving one
day at a hotel at Baden and finding
that Raphael Cahen had signed his
name in the hotel register as Count C.
D'Anvers," wrote his own name imme-
diately underneath as Baron o. de
Cologne"