Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-02
TO ERR INDEED HUMAN
PRESIDENT DOUBTLESS THINKS
KING CAN DO NO WRONG.

tfTOm our feRulhr cOrrtSpODuSHtJ
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. "a.
The President is taking revenge for
the taciturnity that conventionality
imposed during the campaign. With.
in four days he has made three public
addresses here, and, from a Democratic
point of view, (perhaps from other
points OF view also) be has made two
rather serious mistakes. But he will
get more discreet as his administration
gets older-perhaps.
On Saturday he accepted in behalf
of the country the bronze simulacrum
of Frederick the Great, presented by
the Emperor William through the
hand OF his Ambassador at this capital
The transfer of the statue to our pos.
session took place in the spacious
grounds OF the new War College on
the Potomac, in the presence Of vast
crowd of invited guests. The Presi.
dents speech was appropriate to the
occasion, and if there was mistake
made it was in the act of the head OF a
republic receiving with expressions OF
gratitude and eulogy the heroic like
ness of q conspicuous king, and setting
it up in q Federal reservation IS an
example to American youth. After
the Hessians had begun to arrive in
New York from Germany a statue OF
King George in Bowling Green was
torn down and moulded into bullets
by the American patriots. Would
they have treated a statue of Frederick
III any better?
The second address was delivered on
Sunday at the dedication of Catholic
church and parish school. The Presi-
dent was received with a perfect frenzy
of enthusiasm, in which Cardinal Glib
bons heartily joined waving bis scarlet
cap. DIR. Stafford Of st. Patrick's
church laid his hand affectionately on
the shoulder OF the distinguished guest.
declared that his presence was the
highest honor that had ever been paid
the church in this land, and called ior
"three mighty cheers" for the Presi-
dent OF the United States. They were
given unreservedly. In his responsive
address the President called upon
every auditor to edo something" and
repeated his declaration that this
country has no room TO" towards and
weaklings."
The third speech was delivered on
Tuesday afternoon in Lafayette Thea.
ter, introducing to an immense audi.
ence Rev. Chas. Wagner, the Alsatian
and author of "The Simple Life. -
There were some fifteen hundred peo-
pie present who cared not snap for
the Wagnsrian utterance, but were
induced to pay more than 81 600 to
hear the President OF the United States
Introduce stranger, according TO the
announcement. The President did
not disappoint them, but Charles Wag'
ner did if they had high expectations
He is evidently not AN orator in any
language and speaks English so badly
as to be incomprehensible even 10 the
most attentive listener. He probably
does not know thousand English
words. He gave no definition OF the
simple life excepting to say that it wss
just the same as the strenuous life
Two words that were very audible il
the melange were II" and "me," and
he probably repeated them five hun
bred times in the hour which he spent
in telling how he came to be an au
thor. The Presidents introduction
kept the audience from DESERVING the
lecturer and he presided at CONVEX
sazione in French held at the White
House in the evening. 1t is widely
aud deeply felt here that the President
made grave mistake in acting as the
chief usher for a man who was leclur
ing for pay before an audience induced
to pay down their money to hear ant
see the President, and not at all or
account Of the presence OF his foreign
friend. No such thing was ever seer
before in this country, and probably
such thing will never be seen again
1t is said that since the announcement
was made that the President would
introduce Wagner he has received
scores of applications for similar ser
vice from intimate and esteemed
friends who have served him in season
and out OF season and whom he cannot
afford to disoblige. 1t is this impor
tunity that caused him in opening hi
introduction to declare that it was the
only occasion of the kind in which be
should ever appear while President
He probably felt that it was an error
of judgment, but Mr.. Roosevelt il
young and lusty, and has shown him
self capable of surviving many errors.
Governor Cummins of Iowa is sche'
duled to arrive here next week. This
sets many tongues wagging, as he has
been mentioned in influential quarter.
for a Cabinet position. 1t is hardly
probable that Iowa would be allowed
three members of the Cabinet while
many large States have none at all
and the Governor alleges that he had
rather serve his two remaining years in
the executive chair OF his State. While
here he will probably meet Senator
Lodge in conversational discussion oil
the Iowa Idea" and give the whole
reciprocity question dressing down.
Other prominent Republican Con.
gressmen who are deeply interested in
establishing some kind of an entente
cordialc with Canada are also on the
books to arrive within three or four
days.
Consul General Evans of London
has sent home q box of essences
which are used in that city to make
whiskey. One is creosote, a pound OF
which will make q hundred gallons OF
Scotch whiskey when put into pure
alcohol, with burnt sugar to color it.
People in this city have asked the
Health Department to strictly prohibit
the sale of wood alcohol. The safest
way for human beings is to initiate the
inferior animals and let whiskey alone.
From reports of 1867 families an
interesting table has been prepared by
the Bureau of Labor, showing the
average expenditure per family in all
parts of the United States for the year
1901. Food and rent ara the most av.