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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
Baltimore Man Wanted.

At the same time 1t is animated that
Mr.. Rasin. who is supreme authority in
matters appertaining TO the Baltimore
city Democracy, does not look with Tn
qualified approval upon the candidacy
of Mr.. Warfeld. and it is probable that
he may soon bring forth a candidate
of his own and enter him in the race.
1t is quite clear 10 those who under
stand the peculiar and not altogether
unquestionable methods of the Rasin
machine that the leader desires the
nomination of a Baltimore city man
whom he will be able to manage alb
solutely and who viii dole out the
patronage so hat # will rebound to the
advantage OF the boys.
Kasin's hopes have been far from
fulfilled in Gov. John Walter Smith
who. as an Eastern Shore Marylander
has in the opinion of Rasin shown too
great favoritism TO that section and
ignored the Baltimore city Democrat.
in the distribution OF Offices IN the
fight which is almost certain to come
unless matters can be adjusted satisfac-
torily by Senator German. there is a
chance for the nomination Of dark
horse"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
Republicans Have Troubles.

While the Democrats are having theil
troubles the Republicans are not with
out difficulties OF their own. A few weeks
ago the nomination for governor was
politely handed to the Hon. Stevenson
A. Williams on a silver server. and he
was humbly beseeched to take H. After
thinking over the matter for week or
more. while the party managers waited
with anxiety and expectation. Mr.. VIII
.Iiams bowed with dignity. smiled. and
announced his pleasure AZ the honor
and distinction which II was sought TO
confer upon him, and said that II such
was the will of his party he would ac-
cept the nomination.
Republicans generally believed that
the matter Of the selection for governor
was settled by the action OF Mr.. Will
liams. Recently. however. he has in
timated that he may withdraw his tenta-
tive acceptance. In that event il Is not
improbable that the Republicans may re-
turn to ex-Gov. Lloyd Lowndes, who was
mentioned Ia connection with the nonIi-
nation some time ago. but who retired
from TIE held il favor CT AIT. Williams
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
Princess Del Drago's Death.

Princess Del Drago, mother OF that
Don Giovanni Del Drago who spends a
greater portion OF each year in this
country. and who Is familiar figure in
New York society, has Just died st
Rome. fact which will probably inter
Iere with the princes return to America
IS usual in the fall The princess had
royal blood in her veins. being a half
sister OF Queen Isabella OF Spain. AMI
daughter of the latter's mother. the
late Queen Christina, by her second and
morganatic husband. Munoz. Duke OF
Ri6nzares
Munoz, IL may be remembered. was
mere private In the Spanish army.
doing duty as sentinel at the entrance
Of the royal palace at Madrid when ne
first attracted the attention OF old Quesl
Christina, soon after the death of aer
first husband. King Ferdinand VII OF
Spain. She took him Unto her service
and rapidly promoted him to the rank
OF captain general of the army, besides
creating him Duke OF Rianzares. When
however. she announced her intention cf
intrusting him with the portfolio of a
cabinet minister, the people revolted
and drove her into exile with her NOR
ganade consort.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
A Matter for Criminal Courts.

cannot. however, recall in modern
times the committee having taken ac-
ton in such cases as these. and the
house Of lords SEEMS content to ignore
assumptions Of this kind. leaving the
criminal courts TO deal with them in
the event or unauthorized titles being
used for purposes Of fraud.
Let me add that the Earl OF MorIe5
is not the only nobleman who has pro-
tested against James Roe's use of the
title OF Lord de Morley. on account OF
the similarity OF the names and the
confusion arising therefrom. Lord de
Mauley a peer belonging To the we'll
known house OF Ponsonby. and who is
we'll known on this side OF the Allan
tic. has likewise cause for cosa-
plant. since. while the names are spell
ed differently. ii is almost impossible
in the course OF conversation to dis
tinguish between Lord de Morley" and
Lord de Mauley." both being pro-
nouuced alike Lord de Mauley was for
several years A. d. c. to the governs,
general at Ottawa as governor general
of Canada
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
Anxious to Be Set Right.

The Early OF Morley. chairman OF the
committee of the house OF lords. is ex-
tremeIy anxious that 1t should be known
on both sides of the Atlantic that he has
nothing In common with the London
fnancier who. under the name of Lord
de Morley" has come 10 the fore as
the manager OF a new AnglO-American
banking company On the banks of the
Thames. The Earl OF Morley's patro-
nymic is Parker and he was one OF tho
lords in waiting to the late Queen Vie
toria. his family being an old Devon
shire house. which was raised to the
peerage at the end of the eighteenth
century.
The pafronymic OF Lord de Morley"
is Roe, mis- Christian name being James
Thorne. Seine six or seven years ago
he laid claim to the Barony de Morley
which has long been extirct. His claiI.
was referred in the usual course 20 the
attorney general. Sir Richard Webster,
now lord chief justice. who reported so
strongly against it that it was never
carried TO the committee OF privileges
Of the house Of lords In spite OF this,
Mr.. hoe appeared before the court of
claims organized by the King. asserting
that as Lord dc Morley he was enti-
tied to figure in some hereditary posi-
ton at the coronation. But OF course
bis pretension was rejected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
Vatican Politics.
The Performance of Italian Cardinals
in the. Conclave.

The Performance of Italian Cardinals
in the. ConcIave.
Ii seems to be admitted generally
that the malady by which the Pope
was attacked was pleurisy and not
pneumonia Hence the case was
wrongly diagnosed by DIR. Lapponi.
the physician IN ordinary to the
Vatican. Whether a treatment diff
ferent from that followed IN the be-
ginning would have resulted IN pro
longing the Pope's life NAV well be
questioned The distinguished SUI
ferer was unable, at any rate, to
avail himself OF the services Of the
most eminent specialists in diseases
Of the heart and chest, because these
specialists happened to be identified
with the Italian government, one Of
them, DR.. Bsccelh, being a member
Of the ministry, and the other. DIR.
Carboreli, senator At this dis
tance such an attitude strikes one as
being ridiculous.
Yet, not a whit less ridiculous is
the etiquette which forbids a cardinal
t. start from his home before the
Pope's death, no matter how distant
may be his place Of residence from
Rome This rule, we fancy, has been
more often honored IN the breach
than in its observance. Ii certainly
does not seem to have been followed
BY Cardinal Gibbons, and that prel-
ate has, therefore, come In for a good
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
FORMER BRYAN LEADER
WILLING To Be RICH
L. J. McParlin, Now of Philadelphia,
Ready to Share Estate.

LoCKPORT. y. Y. July 24.-L. j. Nc
Parlin. once well-known labor party
leader. later secretary of the State
committee Of the Peoples party. and
who renowned Populism after william
j. Bryan's last defeat, says ne is now
willing to accept wealth. as it would be
in keeping with his recent afiIiation
with the Republicans.
Mr. McParlin received today a tele-
gram from Kansas city No. announcing
the death OF Ellen Hannah. his aunt.
leaving an estate said TO be worth more
than 100000. One-third of this will 90
TO brother. William Hannah; one
third to a sister. Winnie Fewer. both of
St Louis. Mo. and the remaining third
will be divided among the four children
OF the late Bridget McParlin. one Of
whom is Mr.. McParlin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
a bALLADE or BETTER DAYS.

How goes the world with you, old boyf
Has everything been breaking rights
or has that feeting phantom, JOY,
Danced nimbly just beyond your sightg
Think YOU IL is an uphill fight
The fight you wage for gold baysl
No mstter-bid your heart be light.
And sing a song 81 better days
What though associates enjoy
Tie pleasures Of the sybarite-
The sweets with which yoJ fain would cloy
Your seldom psmpered appetite:
Though d!s2PpOintments may invite
Your thoughts to grope in sorrows maze.
Look 10 the stars beyond the night.
And sing a sing a. better days
Dame For, une e .=etimes lovcl to t.
Ul.sses tau.ei long 80 Troy
Before IL yielded 10 his might
The path that leads 10 yonder height
Winds through forbidden, rOck-strewn ways,
But journey toward the summit white,
And sing song o. better days.
L'ENYOI
Laugh az the moFng cynic's fright.
Stand where the morning sunlight plays,
Pray that the future may be bright,
And sing a song OF better days
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24

deal of criticism on the part of his
Italian colleagues. 1t is, of course,
only the Italian members of the
Sacred College who insist that the
foreign cardinals ought not to leave
their homes until the breath is actu-
ally ont of the Pope's body The
fewer foreign cardinals take part IN
a conclave the better their Italian
colleagues are pleased.
The election, indeed. of a Pope is.
with rare exceptions, always settled
by clique of Italian cardinals,
Neither Leo NH nor Plus TX would
have become Pope had the Austrian
cardinals arrived in time TO exercise
Austria's right of vote in the con
clave If the Spanish cardinals
could have been prevented from en-
tering the conclave in 1881, and
there exercising SPANS right of ex-
clusion. Cardinal Giustiniani would
have been chosen Pope; for, whel,
the vote was announced, he had al
ready received twenty-one out of the
twenty-nine votes needed to complete
the two-thirds requisite for election
No wonder, then, that participation
III conclave by foreigners Is made
difficult rather than easy by the
Italian cardinals. They wish to per-
petuate the power in the hands of
their friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
Charles Hedges.
His Attitude Illustrates the Low Morale
of the Postal Service.

The low moral tone pervading
some branches of the postal service
Is strikingly illustrated in the atti-
tude of Charles Hedges, until few
days ago superintendent of city de-
livery, and at one time Machen's
rlght-hand man.
This man Hedges was discovered
III the commonest kind of pilfering.
Worse, in order to pilfer from the
Government he was obliged to com
NIT perjury. This he did. we might
almost say, "con amore.r He would
claim per diem pay for services per
formed in one place, when, as mat
ter of fact. he was hundred mile,
away. On October %, 1900. he
stated under oath that he was at
Joplin. No., on extension of free
delivery service" when. in fact. he
was at Mansfield, Ohio, attending
the funeral Of ex-Secretary John
Sherman. On December Z. 1899. he
reported himself at San Antonio,
Texas, Investigating carriers serv-
lee" while, in fact, he was in Mexico
examining mining property. And
ON.
When confronted with these facts
Hedges had nothing TO say except to
declare that there are twenty-five
men IN the department today who
have done just such things" and to
exelaim Indignantly that the whole
thing had been given away by a
former secretary of his. whom he
once befriended but who now was
sore" because he (Hedges) had not
promoted him. Not a single sign OF
remorse for having committed tho
double crime of peculation and per.
jury, but simply an outbreak of pas
sionate anger at having been found
out and at having been betrayed BY
one who for three years had been his
confidential clerk
Surely, nothing could illustrate
more foreibly than does Mr. Hedges
present frame of mind the low
moral tone into which, under the
regime of Maehen. Beavers, Tyner
and others Of the ring, these branches
Of the postal service had fallen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
Venture Must Succeed.

It is TO be hoped that the new banking
venture with which the soi-disant Lord
de Morley" has become connected will
prove a success. For while IL may safe
" be assumed that the law authorities
in England Will ignore for the present
James Roes unwarranted assumption
OF the dignity and title OF a peer OF the
realm. the soi-disant nobleman VIII get
into very serious trouble should the
financial enterprise with which he is
Identified come TO grief. For in that
case the investors would be in a position
TO proceed against him Tor obtaining
money under false pretenses, since they
could argue with justice that they had
been induced to embark In the venture
through the presence at the head of the
affair Of name and title which they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
North Carolina Modesty.

The Washington Times has taken -
approvingly the suggestion OF SherarI
and Aycock as the Democratic ticket AMI
the Brooklyn Eagle also comments WITH
favor. while other papers Of lesser fam.
look kinds upon the suggestion All u
this is quite pleasing to the stat"
since il was a year ago or more that this
newspaper first of all suggested Governor
AycOck for the Vice Presidential noml-
nation and about six months ago that IL
presented an editorial. why Not Ed
ward NJ. Shepard?" IL is gratifying that
both suggestions have taken so we'll but
we DO not intend 10 let the States"
priority in the matter be forgotten II
Shepard ana Aycock are our next Presi-
dent and Vice President the State" win
expect st least doorkespsTship Of ths
White House. for We would rather os
docTkeepsr n Democratic Administra-
ton than TO dwell n the tents OF Re-
punlicanisn. -Coiumbis IS. c. State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
This Duke Total Abstainer.

King Edwards soR-in-law, the Duke OF
Fife. during the course of speech the
other day at the opening of a charitable
institution in the neighborhood Of Lon
don. incidentally remarked that he mad
been total abstainer for the past ave
years He did not expatiate on The prin-
ciples OF the temperance movement. but
merely remarked that he had given up
the use OF stimulsnts OF every kind be-
cause he thought that II was best for
me to do So"
This announcement becoming known
simultaneously with the intil1ation by
the King that he felt quite as much hon
ored 10 have his health drunk with water
as with wine in the army and navy. has
given great satisfaction to all those
who have the cause OF temperance at
heart IN Great Britain. At all he
officers messes in the army and in the
navy. ii is tradition and etiquette that
the sovereign's health should be drunk
every day at dinner.
II has likewise been construed as On
offense to the crown for anyone to alb
stain from drinking the toast in wine.
and this Of course has rendered matters
extremely difficult for men who. eth n
for the sake OF principle or on the
ground OF health. had. abandoned the use
OF stimulants. To them King Edward 5
announcements announcement in
keeping with all that he had done as
Prince OF Wales and King to discourage
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES as weIcome
boon. MARQUISE DE FONTENOY-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
Cardinal Del Drago.

Cardinal del Drago's mother was a
member of the Industrious Barberini fam
lily, 20 which Urban VIII and other
Roman Pontiffs have belonged. He form
cd part of the household OF Plus TX. but
was relegated TO the background by go
XIII as soon as he assembled the throne.
Nor is it likely that he would have been
promoted to the rank OF cardinal had Il
not been for the Influence exercised IN
his behalf by the patrician houses Of
Rome. which until his elevation TO the
purple we're without representation ia
the Sacred College. He IS very rich. and
alone among the prelates of his rank
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
AN AMERICAN WHO MARRIED
THE NIECE OF POPE LEO
A Scion of the Famous Middleton Fam
lily of South Carolina Now
Count of BentivogIio.

Few Americans are aware OF the fact
that an American family. who were a
very conspicuous factor in the formation
Of this Republic. is closely connected
by marriage with the family Of Pope
Leo XIII. says the Boston Herald
This is the Middleton family of South
Carolina. OF which Ralph l. Middleton.
Of Pond Avenue. Brookline. is de-
seendant. They are descended from .hs
Middletons Of StoekelI. England. where
they were noted for distinguished acts OF
public service and the prominent social
position they occupied several hundred
years before the Revolution The Mid
dieton families are among the few Amer
lean families to be found in Burkes
Peerage
Henry Middleton was president OF the
Continental Congress and Arthur Md
dletoE was a signer OF the Declaration
OF Independence.
The present head OF the Middleton
family is Henry BentivogliC Van Ness
Middleton Count OF BentIvogliol. who
in 1859 married the beautiful Beatrice.
Countess Clint OF Rome The countess
was member Of one or tae Oldest and
proudest families Of Rome and a niece
OF Pope LsC XIII. The family lives in
/ Rome. where the Count of Bentivoqlto
has always been In close touch with
leading Italian families. having the re-
spect and esteem OF the whole people.
The father OF the present Count OF
Bentivoglio also married for his second
rrsfr oil
sketch OF MIN follows.
Arthur Middleton. charge d'anaires Of
the United States at Madrid. WAS born
at Clifton. Gloucester. October Is. 1875.
and was graduated at Harvard Univer-
sity IN 1914. He became a member ot
the bar in 1923 He lived much Of his
time abroad. especially in Paris. and
was in 1881 secretary OF the United States
/ legation and charge d'affaires At Madrid
for eight years. He married al Rome
in 1871. Paulina, Countess of Bentivoglio.
daughter OF General Count Bentivoglio.
at one time governor OF the castle OF
san Angelo
Arthur Middleton died at Naples June
/ Z. 1883. and was succeeded by his only
son. the present head OF the Middleton
family. who received his early educa-
( ton at the South Carolina Military
Academy at Charleston. s c.. and in
Paris. When the civil war broke out
he served with distinction as a lieu
tenant in the Confederate army, having
returned to Rome in 1866. where he re-
ceived the commission Of captain in the
I Papal Zouaves, subsequently becoming
an officer at the court OF the King OF
/ Italy.
II was upon his return TO Rome at
the close of the civil war that Mr..
Middleton met and married he Pope's
niece. Beatrice. Countess Cini Theirs
was love match at first sight The
countess met hef future husband while
Mr. Miea,efon was attached 10 thu
I Pope household. Tie issue OF this
I union IS as follows:
GuilO Arturo Middleton born and ed
ucated in Rome. at present an offer -
/ the Italian navy. ConstanZa MARRIED n
7 1895 John Browning Sperce. the then
British consul at MADEIRA. and Virginia
married in 1896 Count Masetti OF Flor
ence
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
GOLD BASIS FOR CHINA
FIXED BY COMMISSIONS

BERLIN. July 24.-The American and
Mexican monetary commissions ended
their conferences with the German REP
resentatives yesterday and will proceed
10 st. Petersburg on Sunday. A unani
nous agreement on a series of resolu
tions was reached regarding a uniform
monetary system for China on gold
basis with a silver circulation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
The Field of Politics
German in Demand.

Senator Germans European trip has
been suddenly curtailed. and he has been
called home unexpectedly to assist in
extricating the Maryland Democracy
from the ENHANCEMENT in which 1t is in
volved over the nomination for governor.
Until few weeks ago &c was generally
believed that the Hon. Edwin Warfield,
who has been grooming for the nomina-
tor for governor for years, would this
year have a clear field. little or no op-
position within his party, and rather
more than a fairly good chance OF cleo
ton.
Thinking that Maryland politics would
run along smoothly this summer. or else
seeking to avoid any complications
Senator German took advantage of the
lull to make his first trans Atlantic voy-
age. No sooner had the Senator set foot
aboard ship and the machine felt the
release OF his firm grasp than ii became
clogged and is now in bad working or
der. German is to return for the puE-
pose of Strengthening things. and setting
affairs in order
Just how the present trouble started
II would be difficult to tell. but 1t APP
pears that the leaders in Baltimore city
the followers of Rasin, and the leaders
outside of the city. have not been work
ing in harmony. At least one candidate
has come forth to challenge the right
of Mr.. Warfeld to the nomination. He
is the Hon. Spencer Jones. of Mont
gomery county. and it is understood
that he has the support Of the State
machine as opposed to the city machine
managed. supported and conducted by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-24
The immigration Problem.
No Danger of Not Assimilating the
Present Influx of Aliens.

The Commissioner General of I'M
migration, Frank p. Sargent, de-
elares IN his recent annual report that
an influx of aliens such as the last
twelve months have witnessed consti-
tutes a genuine peril 10 national in
terests. Most of the immigrants are
ignorant and illiterate, indifferent to
government and alien to our civiliza-
ton and customs. Instead of going
into the country they insist upon set
ting IN dirty, close and squalid quar-
ters in our cities and adding to their
filth. sickness, misery, and want.
The year ended June 80 last was,
indeed, record breaking one in the
history of immigration. No less than
92l 900 aliens applied for admission
10 our ports, and only S,769 of them
were rejected. OF this vast lI1ny of
'undigested" citizens Austria Hun
gary furnished III $50, Italy lis, 375,
and Russia 107, 347. Ireland sent only
29.13s, England 1875, Germany
2S,304, and Sweden and Norway
4S,37S. Certainly on this showing
some basis can be found for the sug-
gestion that "the United States is be
! ing deluged with "a horde of Italian
irushcart showers and organ grinders,
with an army of ignorant, unskilled,
and degraded humanity from Aus
tria-Hungary, and with band equal
ly as large and as undesirable from
the Russian empire"
Yet, after all is said that can be said
regarding the undesirability of this
class of immigration, the fact re-
mains that we shall presently assimi-
late all these barbarians, as we have
done in the past, and as we shall con-
tinue to do IN the future
1t Is argued that these immigrants
have acquired anarchistic notions.
and that they have an uncomfortable
way of installing liberty for license.
That. we think, Is rubbish The real
| " dangerous anarchists-those we
should nab and return to Europe in
double-quiek time travel nowadays
III the first cabin, and put up, as like
" as not. at the Waldorf Astoria.
The vulgar eutthroats and assassins-
the tools Of designing anarchists
travel in the steerage, II is true, but
they are, as anarchists, comparatively
harmless AT any rate, they would be
criminals even if they were not an
archlsts.
II is well enough 10 keep anarch-
Iyts from landing here, if we can,
along with the paupers, the infirm,
aud the diseased. but to fear that we
are unable to convert sooner CT later
the peasantry of Southeastern Eu-
rope into iaw-abiding American citi-
zens is to borrow trouble needlessly.
/ The lawlessness Of the Huns and
Poles in the mining regions today is
no worse than were the riots Of the
| Molly Maguires Of an earlier genera
ton. We have assimilated our Irish
! friends since then, and We shall. nc
doubt, sssimilste IA due time THEN
successors. But re must have pa
tience