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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-27

LOYAL TO UNCLE SAM.

dav or two ago French-Irish-
Canadian presented himself before the
clerk of the District Supreme Court for
the purpose Of declaring his intention
Of becoming an American citizen AZ
ter having answered several prelimi-
nary questions. the clerk requested him
to take off his nat and hold up his right
hand before taking the oath
Unfortunately the would-be American
misunderstood the request. and after
taking of his hat and placing it upon
me desk. he begun TO take of his over
coat The clerk saw that the applicant
Tor citizenship had misunderstood him.
and informed him il was not necessary
20 take of his coat in order TO take an
oath
''Oh. said the gOing-to-be-eitizen. I'D
rs soon take Off my coat now as ssYy
other time. for / will always be willing
20 take il off TO fight for Uncle Sam.
After this declaration She oath was
administered to the applicant, and soon
after he left the CITY Hall. proud of the
faet that in two years he would be a
full-aedged American citizen.
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sanitarim arrangement for the rich
and well-to-do who find it ineonven-
lent to be i'll in their own homes. The
number of pay patients occupying
beds or rooms in the hospital has
steadily increased of late years.
This development is not at all bad
one. Sentiment Is, of course, IN favor
Of home nursing. But in a large city
there are multitudes Of people who
have no homes, and they are entitled
to something better than boarding
house fare and amateur nursing IN
illness, if they are able to pay for it.
Moreover, however good may be the
will of the home nurse, IN critical
case of illness her care may not be
as good as that of the hospital nurse.
Ii is impossible for a delicate woman,
with the care OF two or three little
children on her hands, besides the care
of a household, to give as much at
tention to an invalid as the nurse II;
a hospital can give, when that is her
business and she is paid for spending
time on the ease. The old-fashioned
prejudice against hospitals may have
Lad some foundation when 1t began ;
but the hospital of today is, generally
speaking. q much better place for a
sick person than the average home.
OF course. there are cases in which.
the personal element in the care of
the home nurse is valuable enough tc
counterbaiarce the superior skill of
the trained nurse and the better apph-
anees of the hospital; but unless the
invalid can have the care of near
relative or close friend, or of one of
those born nurses who appear at rare
intervals, the hospital Is preferable to
the home
The pay patient, however, should
not be allowed to monopolize the hos
pital, and he is likely to do so unless
more room is made for him. The faeI
Is. the growth of any city means, IN
evitably, more hospital room, that al
the poor may be cared for, extraordIP.
airy emergencies met without delay
and the comfort and well-being OF the
entire community receive due atten
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-27
BURROWS MAKES HIT.

Senator julius Caesar Burrows OF
Michigan furnished his colleagues yes
terday with shining example of how
to seize time BY the foretoek-
The Senator mas not served In Con
gress for the last quartta' Of century
without learning to take advantage of
an opportunity when offered. He was
not apprised until late that the Michi-
gan Editorial Association was coming
AS soon as he heard OF IL, he began
sending out orders right and left Tor
a luncheon. to be served in his commit
tee room-that Of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections When the
Michigan party arrived all tired and
hungry, the members found "A most eN-
,,elIent luncheon ready for them and
the Senator in his most hospitable frame
OF mind Wherever the Wolverines went
the rest OF the day. they could BIZ heard
singing pIaises to Michigan's senior
Senator 1t is expected that the edl-
torial columns Of Michigan papers for
months To come will be frelghted WITH
commentator OF Mr. Burrows
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-27
IN MIKADo's FAVOR.

A Washington lawyer is dealing with
the delicate legal questions which have
been brought 10 the attention OF the
Japanese legation here by the critical
conditions in the Far East. He IS Dur
ham White Stevens. counselor OF the le-
CATION. and man who has done much
service for the AIikado. receiving the
decoration OF the Order Of the Rising
sun from the Emperor himself.
Mr.. Stevens connection with japanese
affairs commenced in 1873 when he was
appointed secretary OF the United States
legation at Tokyo BY President Grant
Mr. Stevens had an important part in
drawing up the present treaty between
Japan and the United States. and also
in negotiating Japan's treaty with Mex
leo For services during the war De-
tween Japan and China. Mr.. Stevens
received another decoration from the
Emperor Two years ago he was sent
20 Hawaii 10 assist IN settling the claims
5f Japanese subjects for losses Occa-
stoned By the destruction OF their prop
erty Oh account Of bubonic plague
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DISTRICTS CRACK SHOT.

Although one of the oldest rten IN ne
District militia, Lieut.. w. Milton Far
row. inspector OF rifle practice, IS one
Of the best rifemeu in the organization.
The younger men are good shtts and
are improving every year. but IAeuten-
ant Farrow keeps pace with the b,st II
them.
Lieutenant Farrow is a chip from an
old block. his father having served with
distinction in the war Of 1872 and his
grandfather in the Revolutionary war.
The latter was Present al the surrender
Of CORVALLIS.
The veteran District rifeman was
born In Maine. and after winning Ri-
meroUs prizes IN private compehtioa ~
in those parts ne journeyed 10 England.
He won the Albert Prize valued at eIgs.
and the Wimbledon Cup. worth the
same. He also won the Seyres Vase.
given by President Grevy. and the
Bronze Statue Victory" BY NJ. lie
Compile vendeuvre. while in France
At Creedmore. in 1878 ne won the
Champions Match. and earned the title
OF champion OF the United States The
Wimbledon cup mach was won BY MIN
in Creedmoor in $50. and the Military
CHI mpions Matca was CAPTURED ~
Lie itenant Farr0w in 1852
These are but a few Of his Important
winnings twenty and thirty years ago.
LIEUTENANT FarTDw Al the tiTue NJ won
those prizes WIS considered the best
shot IN America
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would simply be read as an elocution-
any exercise. But the trustees did not
consider such a proceeding suitable
to a Methodist school.
In this, it must be admitted, they
we're entirely right. The rules of the
Methodist discipline are distinctly OPP
posed to plays in any fonnAnd to
allow these young people 10 slip
around the corner into the forbidden
ground would have meant a juggling
with the creed which would have hurt
them more than the play would have
helped them. TIA creed means any
thing. it means what it says. If the
trustees believe Shakespeare 10 be rep
rehensible in his influence, they should
not allow any deelaiming of his plays
III their jurisdiction They were per-
fectly consistent. and in this age of
shilly-shallying evasion of the letter
OF the law, their consistency is to be
commended.
From the artistic point of view,
though they could not have seen 1t IL
that way, their action is also com
n endable. Shakespeare wrote his
plays to be acted, not to be read aloud.
Their infinite value to the human race
lies in their dramatic as well as then
poetic beauty. The plays should be
read, If they are read, as dramas, with
full sense of their actable quality,
and each should be read as whole,
not in the form of extracts made up
/ like pills-so much sentiment, 50 much
description. so much hmor, so much
motion. A performance" of Shake
lspeare by a literature class, as an elo-
dictionary exercise, IN which no eos
tunes should be used. and all sugees
ton of the theater should be carefully
avoided, would be a melancholy am,
ludicrous farce. The play is thu
thing.
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A Case of JekuII aud Hude.
Senator A. P. German in Annapolis and
in Washington.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Baltimore Sum-" has referred to that
willy politician, l. Freeman Rasin,
known in Maryland as Free" Rasin,
IS the BLACK Beast" of Baltimore
politics, and as the side partner Of
Senator German. Rasin recently
took possession of several rooms in
tie state house at Annapolis and or
dered his detectives and strikers to let
no one pass without the countersign.
The result was that several senator's
ard delegates were somewhat ruthless
" tossed about, and told to "move on
or they would be "fred" Free"
Rasin Is the last survivor but one Of
that once famous, if not notorious,
quartet of which he was the head
genius, the others having been the i'm
mortal Gene Higgins, Sonny" Ma
hon, and Morris Thomas Higgins, ii
will be remembered, was appointment
clerk Of the Treasury during the first
Cleveland Administration, and -four
ished until Mr.. Fairchild became Sec
retary, when he gave Gene his exeat-
While IT is apparent that the choice
of the Democratic voters of Maryland
for United States Senator is Isidoi
Rayner, the "ring" is against him. As
long as the vote has been taken IN
open session the managers have had
little chance Their hope has been to
defeat Rayner III secret caucus, and
although Mr.. Gorman, according &c
the Sun" has, from the outset, want
ed a secret caucus at annapolis, he
has been insisting, here In Washing
ton, week after week, IN his assaults
upon the Panama treaty, that the
President did things in the dark; that
the country wanted "more hight y tina.
justice always worked IN daylight
and so, with his monastic eountenance
raised TO heaven and with uplifted
hands, he denounced the AdmiDistra.
ton for not dealing frankly and
openly with the American people. il
would seem from this that Senator
German would naturally favor til,
daylight process in tbI election of :
Senator at Annapolis.
1t will also be remembered that Mr.
German, in no uncertain language
assailed President Roosevelt for ''mix
in,% in Maryland politics, the Jffens,
of the President being that he sent fol
a number Of Republican leaders ano
counseled harmony and an adjust
nent of party differences.
Evidently Mr.. German is for day.
light in Washington and for darkness
ct Annapolisl
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mo ONE MAN CAN MAKE
A PI,ATFORM'---WlLLlAMS
House Minority Leader Also Says That the Silver Question
Has Been RELOCATED to the Rear.

known TO fame outside of his jurisdic-
ton ia Alabama had il not been for the
fact that I'm 1900, when everybody was
talking of renomnating Bryan, and il
was "a foresone conclusion that the Ne
braskau had "A walkoveT for the nomina-
tion he journeyed all the way 10 the
metropolis, carrying with him the ma
terial for Van Wyck boom which ne
sought 60 launch.
Wrecked in the Launching.
Two years before Justice Van wyclx, not
the mayor of Greater New YQcS, out his
brother. had come within 1900 Of de-
feating Theodore. Roosevelt for governor
Of New York. and being opposed to Mr.
Bryan. Judge wilett thought the coca
sion propitious 70 spring another candi-
late. He selected Judge Van Wyck. hut
ais boom was wrecked in the launchinE
and the Alabama jurist returned TO his
bench. from which he quietly watched
the nomination and defeat OF Bryan
with "I-told-you-so'' complacency
Now the Alabama promoter Of candi-
dates has pick ed another New Yorker.
and although ne may not have any bet
ter success in advancing the saase OF
candidacy OF Van Wyck. his chances are
at least better. In 1900 he was the sole
friend of the Van Wyck boom, but in
the case Of Mcclellan he has many sym
pathizers In fact. Il is said that there
IL "A growing sentiment towa,d ireater
New York's popular mayor in the South.
especially since it has been demonstrat-
ed that he stands as good a chance OF
! carrying the Empire stat, as any man
yet mentioned for the nomination.
Senator Daniels Reelection.
The Legislature Of Virginia has done
itself and the State an honor IN the re-
election OF the Hon. John Warwick
/ Daniel to succeed himself in the United
States Senate 1t might have done bet
ter had the minority members of that
/ body Joined with the Democrats, as they
/ were expected TO do. TO make the cleo
ton of Senator Daniel unanimous. as
was the case when he was last elected
The Republicans. however. did not see
! tit 20 do so this time, and named Rep
resentative Slemp, the lone Republican
member o. the House from the Old
! Dominion, as their candidate.
| Senator Daniel has served the State
and the nation Wen. and - deserving OF
the distinction which is again conferred
upon him. There Is no more courteous
gentleman in national politics than the
| senior Senator from Virginia, and as
such he stands equally high in the es-
! teem OF his political opponents as in the
/ regard of his political friends. Senator
J Daniel is one of the strong men Of tho
minority side in the Senate. and his as
! sociates VIII welcome the Taet that he il
I to be returned for fourth term, as was
decided upon by the Democrats of Vir-
ginia nearly year ago. when no other
candidate announced himself az an as
pirant for the seat which he holds. and
/ the State convention declared unani-
mously Tor him. Senator Daniels pres.
ent term expires in March OF next year
and his reelection means that he viii
! be continued in that body until 1911
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Following closely upon Mr. Bryan's
recent declarations that the principles
enunciated in the Kansas City platform.
including. OF course. free silver at lG
10 /. must be reafirmed. comes this
statement by the Hon: John Sharp VIII
Jams of Mississippi. the Democratic
leader in the House of Representatives.
that 1T is not left for any one man
to'make political platform. Time and
circumstances have made conditions
such. that the silver question has been
relegated to the rear"
This statement was made in the HouSe
Of Representatives in the course Of 3
political speech. and in response to .
question proDOunded by a Republican
Mr. Boutel of Illinois-as to where tn
minority leader stood upon the issue OF
silver The loud applause which th,
Democrats gave the utterance init
Gated without doubt that the party in
the House is determined 10 follow the
leadership Of Mr. Williams I'm this. as
in other matters. rather than stand By
Mr. ETyan in his demand.
Shared His Views
Mr.. williams asserted that ne made
the statement. speaking for himself
alone. as the representative Of the
Eighth district of Mississippi. and not
upon behalf Of anyone else. but the
manner in which it was received by his
part, associates was clearly evident Of
the Tact that they shared his views
and heartily indorsed his sentiment.
The remark. therefore. has great signif'-
canoe as pointing cut distinctly that the
| party will not. il Those Democrats have
anything TO say abeat platform-mak-
/ ing. reinsert in it's declaration Of prin-
| ciples at st. Louis demand for tree
silver. In the lfngUage OF Mr.. VIZ
! liams It will be 'l'elegated 10 the rear
This may not be cheering news to Mr.
Bryan. but it is glNd tidings TO millions
of other Democrats who are entertain
! ing hopes of victory next fan. The in
dorsement of Mr. Williams view which
1 he insists is personal one. is In direct
( line with the expressions which haV.
been heard from Democrats in Congress
for the past two or three years. and
more especially since Mr.. Bryan's re-
turn from Europe, and his declaration
| that the Chicago and Kansas City plat
forms must be indOrsed at the St. Louis
/ gathering Further explaining his re;'-
son for this stand which he has taken
Mr. Williams called attention TO tbs
fact that I'm 1898 when he was for free
silver the output Of gold was only
/ S1G3. 900, 600. whereas last year IL was
S840. 900. 0O0-a circumstance which Mr.
Bryan has seemingly overlooked
willett's New Boom
Judge Willett. the Alabama jurist and
politician. who has habit Of breaking
into quasi-national prominence now and
Fthen with some unique proposition is
just now endeavoring to direct atten-
ton TO himself. and also TO boom for
Mayor George 3. Mcclellan as the nomi-
nee Of the forthcoming Democratic ma
tional convention
Judge WiHett might never have been
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-27
Beauty in New York.
Mr.. Shepard Condemns the Terminals
of the Brooklyn Bridge.

of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Edward NJ. Shepard made an adj
dress the other day in which he spoke
severely of the lack OF beauty IN the
terminals of the Brooklyn Bridge. He
said that when the bridge was con-
structed the terminals should have
been made beautiful, like the gates Of
Rome or Berlin, and that for the lack
of this beauty the vilue Of property
at the Brooklyn end Is S50,OO0,0OO
less than II would have been if the
city authorities had had the artistic
temperament.
This will be a severe blow to those
utilitarian souls who have contendcd
that the bridge, merely from It's size
end workmanship, is enough to en-
nance the value Of any property 1t
Is true that any piece of work that is
done thoroughly, and suited to lis sur
romdings. has a beauty of It's OWN,
and the huge towers and spider-like
lines of the bridge have from the first
appealed to artists as well as to en-
gineers. But think how much more
beautiful the bridge would have APP
peared if the approaches had also
been made artistic. And how much
more valuable the property in that
neighborhood would have beenl
If the powers that be, III New York,
can only grasp that last idea. the ar
tistic development of the city is a GER
tainty. Already some of them are
cropping vaguely after beauty, now
that they know it has a market value.
Ii they can once understand that by
making New York the most beautiful
city IN the world, instead of one OF
the biggest. most squahd, and iaost
variegated in design, they will ind
profit in dollars and eents-we shall
see such tearing down and building
up as has not been seen in the his
tory of the world 1t Is ali matter
Of dollars.
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The ATmu Surgeon.
Representative Palmer Wants the
Medical Force Reduced.

Representative Palmer of Pennsyl-
wanna looks with suspicion upon the
medical department of the United
States Army He says:
Il think that somehow or other, or
some time or other, this force of doe
tcrssought 10 be reduced to correspond
lii some degree with the present size
OF the army"
Whenever a Representative wants
tc ret up a reputation for being eco
nonneal without hitting any of the
voteIs, he Is likely to suggest 'ecouomy
IN tie army. This time it is the medi-
cal staff which is to be cut down. But
lei rs consider a bit
Al the time Of the war with Spain
IA war for which the whole country
rcse up and shouted after the destruc-
tiongof the Maine-a war which has
raised Us in the estimation of some
European powers more than anybody
supposed It would at the outset
there Was medical staff eommensur-
ate with the size Of the army, if not
larger than was required by the reg
uIars The first battle IN Cuba proved
tilat this medical staff was too small
and too inadequately supplied with
money and appliances 10 take care of
the wounded. Ii does not take much
Of medical department TO attend to
ali army when there is no fighting to
be done. But if we should have an
other war there would be 4 louder
howl about the inadequacy of that
staff than there is now about It's su-
perhuity.
There are some people who wouio
Ike TO have the army abolished alto
gether, on the ground that 50 long as
We have an army we are likely to have
a war. II is true that 50 long a. thers
Is likely to be war We shall probably
have an army, but all rules so not
work both ways. A properly equipped
army and navy Is not provocative of
war. any more than a strong, able
bodied man with a walking-stick
necessarily provokes fight. There
are times when such man is very
handy to have about.
War is not likely, but it Is, and viii
be for some generations, a remote pos
sibiiity. In The event of war the army
surgeon would be quite as necessary
as the guns Army surgeons eanno
b. made in day. 1t Is much bettel
to have them and not need.them, as the
old army nurse said of her packet OF
medicines, than to want them wheT
you get there and not have them
Suppose there should be a war, arc
the sons of these economical Repre-
s,ntatives should be in it, how would
they feel on learning that their boy
lad suffered for want of medical at
Tendance because the size Of the med
zeal department was inadequate TO TIN
reeds Of the serviee2
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THE POINT OF VIEW.

What's the matter with Rodenberg.
It's we don't hear from him. asked
member.
why. what about Rodenb4rg2 IN
ql.ss-,ss.-sis colleague in response.
II haven't hear>s MIN SAY a word in
regard 10 the item in this bin FOR The
maintenance Of the Civil Service Com
mission.
1t was the legislative appropriation
lin which was under consideration liz
the House and the fact was recalled
that in the Fifty-sixth Coz gEgess The
Representative from the present Twen-
ty-second district OF Illinois was one OF
those who led the fight in opposition 10
the provision for the Civil Service Com
mission favored striking il out and r.
turning TO the old spoils system. Then
il was recalled that Mr.. Rodenberg WAS
defeated for reelection TO the Fifty
seventh Congress by the Hon. Fred
Kern. not because he had opposed an
appropriation for the Civil Ser yice Com
mission. but for other causes.
Then, TO che surprise Of many, when Il
was found that Mr. Rodenberg was out
of a job. and there was a vacancy in
the commission. the President app0int-
ed him 10 the position He held IL for
two years and then the Legislature OF
Illinois. in redistricting the State. gave
Mr. Rodenbergs district few additional
Republican counties and subtracted one
or two Democratic counties. enabling
him 10 defeat Mr.. Kern for re-eIectioa
To the r-fffv-ciehth Congress- Ih-n AZ.
ROdenberg resigned from the cOmE1&
sion and took his seat in The House
When the provision Tor the malntc-
nance Of the commission came Up Mr.
Rodenberg saiC not word but he voted
TO continue the appropriation. The log
icaI conclusion which his associates have
drawn from this Is that two years ser
sssce IN the commission mas made Mr..
Iitdenberg convert TO the civil ser
N1ee system
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Hospital Accommodations.
New York Hospitals overcrowded and
Turning Away Patients.

The physicians IN charge of the
New York hospitals have given notice
that they will not receive any more
patients, except, it may be supposed,
III cases of extraordinary necessity.
They say that their wards are already
oyererowded, with patients lying on
cots and even on the floor, owing to
pneumonia and other diseases caused
BY the cold wave. This condition of
things is causing serious reflection
among the thoughtful people of TIE
city.
II is, IN a measure, true that New
York leads the country in civilization.
Evils due TO overcoming and city
life in general attack that city before
they attack any other, owing TO It's
great size and immense population
and philanthropists and city officials
ere therefore obliged TO grapple with
these problems before they have com
PEELED the attention Of the people of
other cities. The conditions IN the New
York hospitals are likely to be repro
duced in many other cities before
many years. They are possible in any
town with growing population, es-
pecially if tins population IS housed
IN hotels and apartments.
Physicians in New York point out
the fact that hospitals are not only a
piAce of refuge for the poor who can
not command proper comforts al
home IN case Of illness, but sort OF
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Russia's magnanimity in concedmg
that the rights acquired by foreign
powers. such as the United States in
China are inviolable is the more ex-
traordinary because il is several months
since she admitted that China is a vas
sal state Her diplomats memories are
not always 50 long.