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The Washington times., 1904-12-24
The Sun" Mods.

The editorial page Of the New
York Sun" rarely lacks for wit. Its
perception is usually as acute as that
OF the festive Joe Miller himself. 1t is
somewhat surprising, therefore, to
find the two leading editorials OF yes
terday, Bribery at Albany and Re
speet for a Great Office" printed with
out mark to label them as sarcasm.
First comes a citation OF the find
lngs OF the albany grand jury that
the Liquor Dealers Association had
maintained bribery fund, "and that
large part of that fund was expend-
ed upon various members of the as
sembly in an appalling and shocking
way, with the intention of infuenc-
ing such members of the then assem-
bly, and senate of the State of New
! York in the discharge of their official
duty as members of the assembly and
senate"
Then come these paragraphs under
the reassuring caption, Respect for a
Great Office"
Throughout the country the newspa-
pers show Il keen and an Intelligent in
terest in the election of Senator in
Congress from New York They dis
cuss the fitness of the candidates men
toned They look at the Office precise
iy in the right way, Who is the Re
publican worthy or worthiest to hold
it?
Interest in the fortunes of a boss.
Of q machine, the petty parochial view.
is expressed only by very few iour,
nails in this State.
The people. the mass of the Repub-
lican party, want II Senator who will
be an honor to the State They have
not learned TO admire the system &C re-
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
Together in Harmony.

Manufacturing concerns in Chicago
will distribute this season among
their employees at least $1,000 ,000 A
quarter Of this sum will be given by
single firm. Its custom is to de-
vote certain per cent of its profits
10 this purpose. Other firms pay
10 each employe certain per cent
Of the regular salary drawn by him,
this causing the operation to be equal
to substantial raise of pay. The
affair is devoid of an aspect of being
charity. The money is rendered and
accepted as between friends and CO.
workers.
It is cheerful sign that such con-
ditions exist It constitutes a real
relief from the theory continually
promulgated that capital and labor
are ever at war IN many lines they
are both beginning TO know that their
interests ara in common, and that to
dwell together in harmony is the
surest way to prosper
1He i6Cb A6S to De accepted Indl
not all can be capitalists From the
ranks of toll there are developed
often individuals who, by force of
mind and capacity for achievement,
become enrolled among capitalists.
The great army, however, by whose
hands, must be accomplished the
actual TASKS. remain wage-earners. So
that they get fair wages, and posi-
tons assured while they are compe-
tent, the conditions are not unen-
viable- They certainly are not hard
10 bear when mutual consideration is
shown and the employe made 70
know in practical way that he
shares in the benefits and that a
part Of the dividends belongs to him.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

the men kT1elt. bareheaded. bat eacf,
with his carDine between his knees
Service IN the Open.
The church accessories ray have
been poor and simple, hut the temple
was magnificent. 1t was Gods own
house. walled-in valley with green
hills rising on every side and. over all
rising a single peak that might have
been the spire OF this mighty cathedral
The service. simple but affecting, was
soon over The priest blessed the bodies
and the stretchers were raised shoulder
high and borne up the hill past the
nassed regiments and the band playing
a dead march.
MlsS shenko and fsss staff followed on
foot like the rest, and after the Cos
sacks had placed the bodies in the open
and each officer and man of the regi-
raent did likewise. Then the general
shock hands with the priest thanking
him for his attendance on the dead, and
also shook hands with and thanked the
four Cossacks who had stood IN the
grave TO receive the bodies
Reprisals Prohibited.
Before the assembly was dismissed
Mistchenko briefly addressed the Fen.
warning them under no circumstances
to commit any reprisal On the dead or
wounded japanese who should fall into
their hands
and. so far as / have heard this man
date has been obeyed. But before the
day was out we had another skirmisa
with the japanese and / heard that
every man cut cross on his cartridge
before firing
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
Fiat as Law.

Ex-Secretary Root, in recent
speech, declared that on this CONT
nent the fiat of the United States
Government is law Here is one ex-
ample of absolute frankness. The fiat
OF this Government is law, and any
pretense TO rhe contrary an affecta-
ton.
Why should there be objection? Or
der is a necessity. The chaos that is
shaped into system does not reach a
stable growth excepting through the
operation of definite intelligence.
So the worlds move in august process
sion, each planet along certain path.
They are not the tokens of accidental
harmony among the atoms.
This Government is the most pow
erful, as it strives to be the most be-
nign, among the powers of the earth
It's destiny, unfolding through series
Of circumstances that make the pres
ent status bat the logical and ineyi-
table outcome, constitutes ii a guar
dian of ell whose interests may touch
its own. The impulse to hold up a
warning hand to the hot-blooded
neighbor need not be analyzed. 1t
may be good, 1t may be bad. We
think it is good If this civilization,
wrought with labor and striving, is
the highest expression of concerted
human endeayor, the duty OF preserv-
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
Phillips at His Best


The love scenes between Lisle and
Miriam in The Sin of David contain
some of the most beautifu. poetry yet
written by stephen Phillips, as when
when / spurred hither, al on fire for
Then d. gaIop into human flame.
Cold had lived, pure, narrow, temper.
A girded swordsman pressing to the
So rode de i through that gate. Thea sud
Thy bes1tf Beauty like tempest fen on me:
And in one moment was 1 rent and riven
Stunned is my life; 1 wander, and l
Ny Voice cee in the council falters; in mid
This it lifted arm fails at thy floating face:
They w2ver ike TO mist the ranks OF
They Waver and fade: ne fades, the
And sparrins armies in a vision clash
or w1uld / pray and upward aing my
To thee / pray. thee. thee, with cries
Thou DfssseHt:lI hast unlocked the loveliness of
Leading ME through thy beauty to al
Thou hast admitted me to mystery:
Taught me the different souls OF all the
Through thee have inherited this air,
Discovered sudden riches al my feet,
And now on eyes long blinded haE1ses the
Thou shattering n; storm. thou eve of after
Thou deIuge. and thou world from de-
luge risen.
Thou sudden death, and thou life aiter
death,
How have, [ walked in glory unaware!
And Miriam replies:
For thee alone came INTO TINS WorId'
For thee this very hair grew glorious.
Nv ewes are of this colour for thy sake
This moment is a deep inheritng,
And as the solemn coming 10 Kingdom
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PUZZLES FOR POETS.

Who can wonder, at this season.
If q poet lose his reason
Searching for rhyme to e Christmas p
Wouldn't that produce strabismus?
Though he nunI from pole TO isthrnus
He viii end by saying. This mus
Do / gGess.''
And then there's reindeer
How that strikes the poets panied eal
Really must net be explained here
When he gets around to Santa
He begins TO want to plant a
Kick in some ones ribs, so, nimbly,
He proceeds TO tackle -chimbIy."
Fooled again. he says. by Jim 'ny,'
Surely there's a rhyme for chimney.
Finds it net. and growls sub 1imine.
What the devil does ST. Nicholas
Who pretends to cheer and tickle us
Mean by making US ridieulous?"
Still. poet cannot please un-
Less he uses words in season..
New York Times.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
Herbert Spencer as He Lived

The personal habits OF philosophers
have always a quaint interest to less
extraordinary morta1s- Herbert Spen-
GERS secretary. James Collier, writing a
chapter OF personal reminiseence for
Prof. Josiah Royee's Herbert Spen-
GER" published by Fox, Dufheld & Co,
gives some piquant details
While debating. he says, Spencer al
WAYS smoked a cigar 10 promote the
flow of thcught-the cigar carefully cut
in two 10 avoid excess He tells US.
too. that Spencer's practice was TO
break into a little run whenever ne fell
into a train of thought
And. of course. the great philosopher
wore unconventional Clothes He would
not so to evening parties unless he
could wear what he Hked-and on re
ceiving permission to come in any garb
he chose. usually stayed home anyway.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
More Victor Hugo Letters.

Victor Hugo is khe subject Of recent
interesting DISCOVERY in the literary
world MI Henry Wellington Week,
while in Guernsey collecting material
for an article on the exiled French poet,
Glanced upon q budget of letters writ
ten TO Hugo by Juiiette DroCet
As students of Victor Hugo know, MS
relation with MADAME Dr0uet made the
romance of Hugo's life. Mr. Wack,
realizing the Importance OF MS find Aas
written q book including the letters and
giving a sketch of Victor HugoS life at
Guernsey with many anecdotes and eX-
tracts from his corresP Pondenee, nluStra-
tive of his personality
This book viii be published by c. p
Putnam's Sons, probably with the title
The romance of Victor Hugo With
Letters TO Juliette Drouet. Hugo $
own letters to Juiiette were published
in France some time ago.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
After the Jury Goes Home.

That there was unusual interest III
the case of Nan Patterson is a plain
statement OF fact. While her trial
was in progress there was improperly
in any effort to conduct it in the
press. The trial is over. the weary
jurymen have gone home, and the
prisoner weeps in her cell. The ban
is lifted
To review the circumstances lead
ing up to a disagreement of the jury
and a fresh plunge Of the defendant
into uncertainty, would be nothing
but the citation of facts already famil-
lar A man was killed. Either he
shot himself or he was shot by Nan
Patterson. The trial was conducted
by able men, but upon this one essen
tial point no light was thrown. One
who carefully read the testimony
must conclude that no case was made
against the prisoner. That she had
procured the fatal pistol was not made
to appear other than as a possibility.
desired the man to live than die were
brought out. At least one witness
swore that he had seen the man shoot
himself, and the rejection of his word
seems to have been an arbitrary
course on the part of the jury. There
may have been reasons for doubling
him, but the shrewdness Of counsel
| was unequal to the task of making
the reasons plain.
The popular belief is that Nan Pat
| terson is innocent of murder. When
q woman is in deep trouble, sympathy
| for her, even to the extent of ignoring
palpable faults, is wholly natural
/ impulse. In some measure, this may
account for prevailing opinion. 1t
may be held by those fully cognizant
OF the low moral plane at which this
woman existed Her moral nature
had been dwarfed or perverted. She
led life of unblushing shame She
| to associate with a man upon whom
she could have no claim in deceney
TO wreck a family, and destroy the
/ happiness of wife With regard to
| the wronged wife she had no thought
AS to the man, ne was of sordid and
brutal fiber, stirred at times by passing
emotions of generosity and kindness
He was a gambler, not useful citi-
zen; a drunkard, not cIear-brainet
and clear-eyed factor in society So
nearly as one not actually criminal
may be, he was useless. His depar-
ture from the scene did not represent
a loss. These are matters apart from
the real question OF the method Of
departure
The man paid a severe penalty but
his sin had been black The young
woman is paying the penalty still. bur
the fault had been grievous. Perhaps
the experience she is undergoing may
be as publication by fire. She may
not have slain, but she was where
she had no right TO be; SO was the
victim; their offending was gross anC
habitual.
| The lesson, if not too late to b.
Of service, must be this in relation
TO other needless and erring. If the,
will think of the fate of the gamble
and his companion in vice, perhap
il would serve as a check.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
IN THE BOOK WORLD

Pauline Bradford Maclie This is the
maiden name OF Mrs Herbert NJ Hop
kins, whose husband IS professor Of
Latin in Trinity College at Hartford.
Both Prof Hopkins and his wife have
made places for themselves among ths
modern noyelists of America. The
Torch Prof. Hopkins book published
last year, attracted considerable atten-
ton as an incisive attack on CONNER
ciaI influences in university life
Mrs Hopkins has q long list OF stories
10 her credit. THE Washingtoniasas
and The Voice in the Desert being
perhaps the most important The Giri
and the Kaiser is noteworthy for its
intimate friendly and Guexaggerated
picture of Emperor William the Sudden
For the first time IN fiction We have q
portrait OF him, not a earleature
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
SECURED BIG BOOTY
IN STAGE HOLD-UP
Mexican Bandits Escape With $4,000
After Tying Driver and Pas
sengers to a Tree. /

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. A-Tis
steamer San Jose brings a story Of q
hoId-up Of a Mexican stage While the
San Jose was at Masatlan news came
that the CuIiaean stage had been held
I'D by bandits a short distance out OF
town and that s16,Gt0 in treasure was
taken
The passengers in the stage were
Mexican woman and child and with a
driver they were tied 10 a tree The
bandits took the horses and left the
victims of the hold-up in a helpless con-
dition Hours later they were found.
The woman and child were completely
exhausted.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
MAJOR M'CAWLEY TO BE
DISBURSlNG OFFICER

into effect Major Charles McCaWley.
assistant quartermaster United States
Marine Corps, viii hereafter act as dis
bursting officer of the Quartermaster'
department at the headquarters OF his
corps
This relieves the quartermaster of the
Marine Corps. Col. Frank l. Denny, OF
the routine work OF placing his sigma
ture daily upon the great number OF
Treasury drafts which are issued from
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
WANTS APPROPRIATION
FOR ARMS IN TIE NAVY

The Navy Department has asked for
an appropriation OF $900000 TO equip the
navy with rifles. rapid fire guns and
small arms which Will be uniform with
the.new styles adopted by the army and
which viii use the same ammunition.
officers Of the department are con-
fident that the appropriation will be
made and work Will begin Immediately
thereafter on the new arms.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
POSTOFFlCE APPOINTMENT
HIS CHRISTMAS PRESENT

Postmaster Merritt has presented
George NJ. Steele witfs q Christmas pres
ent n the shape of an appointment as
registry clerk in the city postoffiee.
Yesterday Charles w Schroeder, who
formerly held the position, handed IN
his resignation Steele was q slbsti-
tute clerk with no salary
His appointment takes effect Christ
mas Day He Will receive p salary Of
$60o per annum
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
Mrs. Logan's Winter Home.

Mrs John \. Logan is spending the
winter at her country place. Holly Hill,
Avenel. Md. She has heard recently
from her daughter, Mrs William F.
Tucker, who accompanied her husband
to Manila in the fall and they are
charmingly situated there
Their youngest son, Master George
Lemon Tucker. is with them. Their
eldest son, Logan Tucker. is a business
man in Chicago
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

There was an armistice between the
armies of the Far East while the two
forces mingled in pursuit of a pig The
rig got away Perhaps it was spared
so as to continue of use as Il peace
promoter
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
WOMAN SENDS PRESENTS
TO CHILDREN AT COAL MINES

HAZLETON, Pa, Dec. 24.-Twenty- six
hundred children of the miners in the
employ of Coke Bros. & Co. received
Christmas presents this afternoon from
Mrs. Sophia c. Coke, widow of z. B.
Coke. who spent more than 5000 for
their gifts
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
STRONG.

What 90 you think of ,he proposition
to call natives OF the United States
Uson:ans2'' +?
Dent approve of it; the funny men
would refer 10 us as Us Onions -
Houston Post
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

The Municipal Art Society of New
York is always scoring something, but
IN knocking advertisements off the park
fences Il has scored a triumph
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

OF a mess of whitecappers caught in
mississippi. one got a life sentence five
were rewarded by fifty years each, and
one comparatively mild offender drew
only twenty-five If any inference is to
be drawn. it is that whitecapping is not
liked IN Mississippi
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
Points in Paragraphs.

Medical authorities are puzzled over a
soldier who has the sleeping sickness.
Imagines he is New York policeman,
perhaps.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

If all Government officials Were shut
off from political activity III the man
ner letter carriers are, more time wol.ld
be devoted to business.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

Raisui is coming up in the social scale.
His name is now written Rails Til All
he needs to get right into the swim is
q hyphen.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

Mrs. Richard Townsend and Miss
Townsend have been placed in mourning
by the death of an aunt of the 'ormer.
and consequently Will not entertain or
be entertained during the holiday sea-
son.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

Governor Vardaman, having pardoned
q double murderer, may be in a humor TO
take up the case of the President
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

Naturally the American journalist ex-
PEELED from Venezuela is indignant
Think of being bounced by such a ply
sical and intellectual runt as Castro,
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

Race suicide is now charged with
causing falling off in Sunday school
attendance. The gang that goes swim
ming or skating Sunday keeps up 10
the old figure
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

recently deported family had ar
rived in this country with 81, and they
departed with all of it. Honor at Ellis
Island? Well. We guess
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

An Indianapolis woman is such a man
hater that she stipulates that her grave
must be dug by female labor Yet men
would gladly undertake the work
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
The Harlan Reception.

The most interesting event TO take
place in the Supreme Court circle in
a long tine was the reception yesterday
afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock. at the
home of Justice ana Mrs John Marshall
Harlan, when they celebrated their
forty-eighth wedding anniversary They
received the congratula tions OF fully five
hundred friends.
There were flowers enough in evidence
to mislead one into believing 4 debu-
tante launched into the world of so
ciety instead Of a wedding celebrated
for the forty-eighth time. Most promi-
nently placed was q handsome basket
of orchids sent oy Mrs Roosevelt
! Judge and Nrs. Harlan We're married
December 23. 1896. ils Evansville, Ind,
Mrs Harlan having been formerly Miss
Shanklin of that city. They were not
afternoon. for Mr. and Mrs John NJ
Harlan, lr-- of Chicago. cannot reach
| here until Christmas Day. In the re-
eeiVing part however, We're the Rev.
| Dr.. and Mrs Richard d. Harlan, the
! former the president OF Lake Forest
Seminary. of Chicago; Mr.. ard Mrs.
/ James S. Harlan, the Misses Edith and
Ruth Harlan. and Miss Child, y grand
| daughter. who came down from her
music studies in Boston for the holi-
days and the celebration.
| Count Iimburg Stirum was the guest
| of honor at a dinner party last evening
| with Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald de Koven
as hosts. The other guests Were:
/ Miss Morton, Miss Mary Switzerland
i de la Fosse. Miss de Koven, Count
| Chambrpn. Mr. Longworth. Jerome
| Bona parTe. Signor Roberto Centaro, and
Rinaldc de Lima Silva.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

Out in San Francisco a prizefghter
complains that he has been robbed 'of
his money. But he still has his homer.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

When broker is so bad that he has
to be expelled from the New York stock
exchange, he must be very bad indeed
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

The President of Paraguay seeks con-
cord there Strange place to look for it
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

The delegate from New Mexico lost
his certificate, and the loss of his tenn
per naturally followed.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
a Literary Partnership.

The title page of --The Girl and the
Kaiser recently issued by the Bobbs-
Merrill Company, shows the author as
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

| Plans are proposed by which the Gov
ernment might save sS00oo0 yearly or
| armor plate. But who'd get it?
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

The SevastepoI is said 10 be beyond
repair, which. for a vessel that has been
shattered and sunk daily for long
time is not unreasonable
The Washington times., 1904-12-24
CHRIST MAS BALL
IN N'[EAN HOME
Merry Time Expected There
This Evening.
CADETS MUCH IN EVIDENCE
Several From West Point Are Spending
the Holidays in the City.
House Parties.

Christmas Eve has its piece de re-
slstance for the social world the dance
al the home OF Mr. and Mrs. John r.
mclean, when the young friends OF
Ned Mclean will make the ushering in
or Christmas Day right merry
Ihls afternoon Nine des Portes de Ia
Fosse VIII hold a reception and dance
at her home in Connecticut Avenue
when Mile. des Portes will meet the
young members of the social world
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

More of the Port Arthur destroyers
have run the blockade Russia must
have had about a thousand of this type
of craft there
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

Mr.. Garfield invited criticism of his
plan Apparently the invitation has been
accepted.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

Secretary Shaw writes of quite a
| large number o. cities \ query arises
as to how large large number must
| be 10 be quite
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

1t is said that the assassin of Plehve
escaped He would be glad to believe it,
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

Explorers Of Greenland bring back a
story of discovering race of giants
there But they did not bring back
any giants.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

However the really earnest young
man does not need any mistIetoe to en-
courage him.
The Washington times., 1904-12-24

1t is still possible to temper with q
quotation mark the latest report of {
massacre in the Philippines.