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The Washington times., 1904-01-28
Less Acceptable Place.

This, in all probability, would be less
acceptable to Mr.. Kayner than actual
membership i'm the Senate. Still, IL
called upon to take second place on the
ticket, it Is contended that he could not
refuse. Such proposition is. OF course
based upon the presumption that Sena-
tor German will not be a candidate for
the Presidential nomination before the
convention. But II any other candidate
than German is nominated it is pointed
out that no stronger man could be Sc
lected tor his running mate than the
Hon. Isidor Rayner.
Mr. Rayner served for several terms
In the House of Representatives, and
mas been attorney general OF the State
of Maryland for four years. He is a
millionaire, but always a consistent
Democrat. and is recognized as one OF
the ablest lawyers not only at the
Maryland bar, but in the country. His
friends. who are intimating that Il
would not be out OF place to start a
wee Presidential boom for him. in case
ne Is not elected to the Senate. are con-
hdent that he would be able TO make a
remarkable campaign. as he is a ready
huent, and eloquent speaker.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

reform cannot be ACCOMPLISHED by
legislation.
1t is neither practicable nor desira-
bic 10 kill all these people who are
roughly characterized as slum popula-
ton. That would be the only way Of
getting Immediately rid of them. Ii is
not possible to compel them TO work
eight hours a day so long as they
manage to get enough TO eat and \
place to sleep, by working, stealing,
or sponging on their neighbors.
Therefore, let us leave these chimeras
evolved by exasperated minds, and
consider that which can be done.
These people can be compelled, by
Legislation, 20 stop overcrowding
They can be furnished with decent
dwellings, supplied with water
which they do not have now. They
can be charged with vagraney and
made to work when they are proved
Migrants. And their children can oe
made to go to school, and in the
schools they can be taught trades.
None of these things has as yet been
done with any sort of system or Ell
fectiveness.
Do those who fippantly assert that
education does no good in the slums
know that until within a few years
thousands of children of this class
could not attend school because nc
school houses or teachers were pro-
vided for tLc.n2 Do they know that
in hundreds of these alleys the chill
dren have had no refuge but the
street, and have grown up in the midst
of moral and literal filth, because
nothing else could be had? Do they
know that it is fight with the respec-
table day laborer to keep his children
out of the slums- that he can scarcely
ind a decent dwelling in a decent
street if he tries? When boy grows
up in the alleys, seeing the authority
of the city only in the form of po-
hceman whom he is taught to regard
as his natural enemy, what kind of
citizen Fan he be expected to make
When we have cleared out all the In
eNcusable slums, and made cleanliness
possible, it will be time to abuse the
poor for The conditions in which they
live. To do so now is like blaming a
pig for being dirty when he is shut up
IL small sty which is cleaned semi
occasionally
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
HIS OFFICIAL CARD.

II the importance OF officials in Latin
American republics can be measured by
the size OF their business cards. Gen
Juan Francisco Sanchez. the DOmiaican
minister of foreign Affairs. now IN Wash
ington. must be man OF great note
The card the Dominican Official pre-
sents when on official calls looks so ne
thing like the cards used IN playing the
new game of pit but is slightly larger
In one corner is a large seal of SaniO
Domingo. and the minister's name 5
printed across II in large script as fol-
lows.
Gen. Juan Francisco Sanchez.
-Ministio de Relaciones Exteriores1
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
Barkis Not willing.

The Hon. David r. Francis, of Mis-
souri,. president of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition, has taken the trouble
10 formally announce that he is not a
candidate for the Democratic nominal
ton for President. 1t was not exactly
necessary for Mr.. Francis to make this
announcement, Tor the Democrats OF
the country had no intention of select
ing him as their standard bearer in the
forthcoming campaign. Notwithstand-
Ing, however, there has been from time
TO time mention of his name in con-
necuon with the Democratic nomina-
ton. but il has been more in a compH-
rnentary way than otherwise.
II all other things were favorable 10
the nomination of Mr.. Francis, which
they are rot, the fact that he was
member of President Clevelands last
Cabinet and bolted the regular ticket
in 1896, r not in 1900, and supported
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
Stun Problem in Washington
What Is to Be Done With the Stun
Population

II has been suggested that mere
building laws and Legislation tendirg
70 remove Stun dwellings will be quite
Ineffective unless the Stun population
Is reformed There are said to be be-
tween ten and twenty thousand idle.
destitute and more or less vicious per
sons in this city, herded together in
alleys and shanty settlements. and it
Il asserted by some people that neither
education nor building laws will do
any good until this population has
been removed or reformed.
The flaw in this chain of reasoning
Is that it consists entirely of asser-
tons. OF course, 1t would be better
to reform the people of the Sums
than to remodel their dwellings. Just
as il would better if the capitalists
who own the dwellings could be given
rev hearts, so that they would want to
build decent tenements, instead Of be-
ing compelled to do SO. But character
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
PENNSYLVANIA WAKES up

Rumors that General Miles is to be a
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for President have awai-ened men
who have been dead 10 everything. but
political history Strange requests are
reaching the War Department almost
daily concerning General Miles
A Pennsylvania. who signed his name
-. 3. Care. wrote 10 the War De-
aaitment last week. He prefaced MS
letter with the announcement that he
had heard General Miles would b>a can
didate for President and announced HI.
desire 10 have complete biography u
the retired Lieutenant general.
RMS general request was followed BY .
number of specific questions which in.
eiuded the following:
Was General Miles ever in the reeu-
lar army2
Was he lieutenant general of voIun-
trOCzs2
Did he fight in the war with Spain -
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

MESSENGERS ON THE wArcB

n -
Souvenir hunters eae hard shedding NJ
the state Department The reception
room in which the portraits OF all zecre-
taries OF State are aung. and in 5hich
many celebrated treaties have been
signed. IS one Of the most popular
rooms in Washington with sightsee-s.
It's windows afford a beautiful view
of the Potomac ami brides and grooms
are especially given to tarrying there.
But visitors are seldom allowed to re-
main in the room long without Gov
eminent employe. Edward w. -avoy.
the faithful messenger who has b. en- II
The department for a quarter OF a IN
fury, frequently finds some exer.se for
entering the room when strangers are
inspecting the pictures. and other mes
sengers in the department take pains 70
open the door occasionally.
Vandalism in this room has taught the
messengers a lesson. Curtain ropes.
pieces OF the hardwood tables. samples
Of the curtains, and tassels from The
upholstered furniture have frequently
been taken by visitors. High hats an I
elegant clothes are no guarantee %
character with State Department mes
sengers. All strangers are IN the same
class. and few tourists remain for five
minutes in the room without seeing a
door open slightly or some other evil
defrce OF Watchful eyes.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
PRITcHARD IS ION.

Justice Pr'tchard. who is hearing the
Postoffice cases. is hurrying the trials
as much as possible. Sometimes the
chickering's of the attorneys on both
sides weary the honorable Judge. on
Monday HIS patience was tried soreIy.
and in his de ire TO restore peace ne
was led into a Clip Of the tongue. Said
he:
Il think that line of examination Is
entirely unnecessary at this stage Of the
game"
IN the vernacular.
This stage of the proceedings.
mean, explained the court
III bet the honorable Judge knows
all about what Senator Hanna meant
when ne spoke OF holding the ace"
remarked a spectator. under hss breath
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
QUARREL OVER A VERB.

New the general stan OF the army
must begin an exhaustive study OF die
tionaries.
William +. Baker. a clerk. at the
quartern:1ster's depot r. Chicago. and
Colonel Miller have fallen out over the
spelling of word and the general stan
has been called upon 10 act as referee
Route" is freely used as a verb by
army officers in speaking OF the des,g-
nation of certain lines over which goods
are 10 be shipped.
Baker had occasion TO write the made
tO-order verb in the participial form AMI
spelled Il routing Colonel Miller
maintaineJ that the word should b
spelled "roIteiug and insisted "rout-
ing" meant putting TO fight
Baker said ''routeing was an impos.
sible spelling. and was so emphatic In
his declarations that he WAS reported 10
the department for insolence and viii
probably be dismissed.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
WRONG CLASSIFICATION

1t was at the Cabinet meeting. The
members had completed the considera-
ton OF the Panama question and fin
ished weighing the Far Eastern prob
lem and other liSht matters and had
come TO the real work of the day-the
question of the use OF horses and car
riages Of the Government by officials
for social purposes.
Some one took advantage OF an oppor-
tunity 10 joke Secretary MOODY.
The NAVY Department has long been
using carriages and horses" he said
but they have been carried along under
the head of stationery
They should have been classified as
moVabies, vas the quick rejoinder OF
Secretary Root
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
Another Major General 2
The Scheme Providing for a Military
Seeretary's Department.

From assistant surgeon, with the
rank of captain in 1856, to major gen
eral in 1904, is a pretty big lift for
the chief of the Record and Pension
Office of the War Department.
General Ainsworth. it is true, mas
done good work in bringing up the
business of his office, which was
about six years behind when Secretary
Endicott put him in charge. He has
made friends in both houses of Con-
gress, and deseryedly so. Senator
Coekrell has taken great interest in
him and pushed along his promotions
from captain to colonel, and then to
brigadier general. So have Senator
Proctor and Chairman Hull of the
House Military Committee
And vet we think that General
Grosvenor did a good service to the
cause of justice, and to the public
treasury as well, in making a. point
of order against the paragraph Of the
army appropriation bill providing for
military seeretary's department:
with General Ainsworth at its head as
major general. While no name was
mentioned in the proposed paragraph,
its ultimate purpose was well under
stood.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
The Case of Bryan.
Democratic Leaders in a Condition of
Unjustified Amusement.

1t is rather funny, to the unpreju-
diced eye of the outsider, this condi-
ton of dismayed establishment which
seems TO be prevailing in the Demo-
elatic party since the return of Will
Lam j. Bryan. He has been making
speeches ever since he landed on the
shores OF free America, and affirming
things IN every speech. Some of the
things are true, and some are not. and
some sound as if they might be true.
and apparently nobody in the party
has at present sufficient breath TO re-
Ply to Mr.. Bryan.
But, after all, what was TO be ex-
PeetedG Was it to be supposed that
Bryan, not having lost the use of any
OF his vocal organs, holding precisely
the same convictions which he held In
the great free silver versus sound
money campaign, believing now. as he
did then, that these convictions are
shared by large part of the Ameri-
can people-was it, to be supposed
that he would keep stilll 1t would be
just as reasonable to expect bird to
stop singing in the spring, or an auto
mobile drive TO cease footing his horn
Iii the street.
There is no doubt that the element
which first supported Bryan would
support him now. His power was
augmented, at the time of his first
candidacy, by a large accession of dis
eontented people who wanted a
change, no matter what kind of
change. This accession could hardly
be hoped for under present conditions.
But Mr.. Bryan does not see that, and.
IL any event, would not consider it in
connection with any question of
speaking or not speaking. He speaks
because he believes certain things and
enjoys talking about them. II is con
eeivable that he would discuss these
things with himself if he had no aud
fence at all. Why, then, should the
h'sders of the Democratic party be
surprised or frightened when he joy
fully proclaims these principles of his,
unaltered, unalterable, and uneom-
romising, TO the possible voters OF
this year of grace 1904l What did
they expect he was going to do7
If they expected that he was going
to turn around and come out in favor
o. the gold standard, they were about
as badly mistaken as they would be in
suppOsing that beaver could turn
INTO a bird. There is an animal IN
Australia which apparently tried some
such experiment once upon a time
and it turned out AN ornithorhynchus
but that happened in the bygone ages
when things were different. If theS
expected that he would give up talk
ing entirely, because it might be I'M
profitable, they made as great mis-
take in another direction. He did not
talk for profit eight years ago, and
lie does not talk for profit now. He
talks because he is made for that pur-
pose. The thing, therefore, for these
perplexed leaders to do is to stop be.
ing surprised and cope with the sit
uation. No doubt they will, when they
get over the first shock Of finding Bry-
or still clinging to 10 to l, with tn,
rapt expression Of a Rock of Age:
chrome and the determined hold of Q
Erapping turtle which has caught il:
DIey.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
Wall Street and the President
What Is the Weight OF the Opposition
of the Street?


1t has been often said within the
lest few months that Wall Street Is
"afraid of President Roosevelt" that
it believes him to be unsafe" This
is perhaps as good time as any to
find out just how much there is to this
rather vague accusation.
On the face of it, such a phrase i'm
plies, to the average mind, something
like this: that the solid business inter
ests Of the country are afraid that
Roosevelt, if elected to a second term,
in which he will not be restrained by
the pledge TO carry out the Mckinley
policy, will upset the commercial egg
basket and wreck the banks, or some
thing of that sort Like many vague
accusations, this one appears rather
small when analysed.
In a general way, President Roose-
welt has carried ont the intentions of
President Mckinley, so far as they
were known, but it would be foolish
TO suppose that he has acted in all
cases as Mr.. Mckinley would have
acted. To do that he would have had
to make over his mind, his tempera-
ment and his whole career There Is
nc reason 10 believe that he has been
restrained by any pledge which inter
fered with his own convictions, how
ever, and his actions in the past may
safely be taken as indication of his
behavior in the future.
Can il be truthfully said that any
action of Mr.. Roosevelt thus far has
disturbed the sOlid business interests
Of the country Influence Oh Wall
Street some of his actions have I'm
doubtedly had. The stock market IS
Eysterical, and mere rumor is enough
to send it into spasms. Moreover,
conditions not of the making of the
Administration have kept Wall Street
uneasy. So long as affairs are un-
settled in the Orient, Wall Street will
be more or less unsettled, but the
United States Government has notll-
ing to do with that.
The solid business interests of the
country are too solid TO be upset by
every wind that blows. Moreover,
Wall Street is not the whole country.
The business interests of the United
States rest on thousands and hundreds
Of thousands of small concerns in
every one of the States, as well as ON
the great commercial enterprises
which center in the big cities. We can
afford 10 be more independent in our
foreign policy than we could if we
we're dependent, as England is, for
our very bread and butter upon im-
ports from over seas. Our national
life does not rest upon the mainten-
ance of navy, though our national
honor may. Fortunes are made and
wrecked in Wall Street, but net al
ways through action of the Admins
tration or Of Congress. When, as in
the past six or seven years, hundreds
OF schemes have been hoated, hun
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

Il Is said that IL Whitaker Wright
had lived in this country he would now
be loose en- free which is comfort
ing tor our Whitaker Wrights but dis
quieting to the public.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

The Bible Society is said to be short OF
funds. 1t is fortunate that the efforts
Of the society do not extend TO COM
polling people TO read the Bible. or it
might be altogether bankrupt.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

a clerk in the quartermaster's office in
Chicago has been discharged for main
tainirg his own standard in spelling.
with the present tendencies toward
spelling reform it is necessary for the
Government to be careful.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

william Winter says that there are
over forty theaters in New York in
which people are merely saving wood.
Further offense against the laws for the
projections of the audience.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

A civil engineer in New York has
made the statement that one-third Of
the theaters which are built are burn
ed within five years after building.
which ought TO cause the insurance
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

The failure of New York firm caused
three thousand barrels of beer to be put
in the North River; and several hun
dred old New York topers are cursing
the luck that this thing happened when
the river was too cold for bathing pUr-
poses
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

A member Of Congress has been over
hauling the War Department library
and is Mortified TO find novels therein
Members OF Congress never read tbs
novels in the Congressional Library.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
TOO TALL FOR HIM .

Where are you going with that
LADDER"
why, Pm counting Miss Monkey
on-a-stick, and I want 20 whisper in
her ear
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

We are told by some designing per-
son that an issue is a way out and that
Mr.. Bryan ought 10 find one. Some peo-
pie think MIR. Bryan Is away out as IL is.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

Another mine explosion is sl'Dposed TO
have been caused by the careless
miners habits with matches. The aver
age American takes risks as an Eng
lishman takes drinks. to keep his spirits
good
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

Cleveland says that as Bryan has the
stage he should be allowed to hang on
to it, If ne had said hang from Il
some of the leaders would have been
more comforted.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

II something Is not done about the
snow cleaning cases they viii conflict
with the drunk and disorderly cases the
morning after the Fourth o. July.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

Minister Allen told the American ma
rines that Korea IS not the Philippines
Did these marines never study geog-
raphy, or did they not know it when
they met It In the read?
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

A hat of the new fashion saved its
owners skull from being era cked the
other day. and now all the women will
demand new hats as life-p-eservers.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

IL the Job of guardian carried with 1t
all the patronage of the State, Senate,
Foraker couldn't be more eager to make
President Roosevelt his special ward in
Ohio
The Washington times., 1904-01-28
WAS QUEEN y1cToRIA,s FRIEND

MoRRISTOWN, \. j., Jan. 2S.-Mrs.
Mary Tredway. friend and companion
OF the late Queen Victoria. is dead at
her home In Chester. y. J. She was
ninety-four years old. Her maiden
name was Mary Williamson. and her
father was royal physician TO the fam
lily of George ~ and to Queen Vic
toria.
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

To hear Morgan and Stone talk. one
would think that the Isthmus of Pan
anna might be a lady who had tried
TO firt with our President
The Washington times., 1904-01-28

1t gets tiresome to have railroad and
ferry managers keep on saying they are
"doing their best" when their best is
so bad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-08
Financial Meetings.

WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY.
ANNUAL MEETING or STOCKHOLDERS
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders OF the WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILWAY
COMPANY Will be held. pursuant OF the BYLAWS Of
said Company al the general oces Of the Company, in
the Colby & Abbot Building. in the City OF Milwaukee
In the State OF Wisconsin. the second Tuesday
wit: the eleventh Gay OF October A d. 1904 al the
hour OF o'clock A. M. for the election three
rectors and for the transaction OF all
may come before said meeting
The transfer books Of the Company the transfer
Stock will be closed at II O'Clock. noon September
10TH and reopened the morning 18th
CHARLES NJ. MORRIS, Secretary
Dated Milwaukee. Wisconsin, September lst 1904
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-08

nishest was IL U1s. the lowest 81 051s. May closed
at 81 os7s' nc under the high price OF the day.
corn started strong and little higher due in
part TO the local receipts being only 7sS cars
whereas LIS had been expected Firmness of wheat
also had its usual sympathetic effect. and the
shipments hence were $4,000 bushels. which tends
to prevent accumulation here that might have a
bearish effect. The large shipments do not repre-
sent actual Eastern demand but are almost entire
ly preparation for demand as it may develop and
TO do the moving East in liberal volume so long
as lake freight can be secured at its current low
rate Contract stocks were reduced 5000 bushels
last week. ard now amount to 1.SS5OoO bushels
and that falling OFF from the recent average had
stifenlng erect on the price After selling as
nigh 54Ac, September closed at $780, the lowest
was 6Ssse. May sold from $3.50 TO $685. closing
at 50lsc.
The oats market active and for the most
part firm. though there considerable selling OF
influential kind that kept down bullish enthusl-
aSIr and IN the course of the forenoon wore GOWN
q moderate advance early in the session TO a slght
decline. Local receipts were 304 cars. OF Which
siXty-nine were contract and 5000 bushels OF tno
latter were transferred from private houses Sl Mp
menfs from Chicago were 100000 bushels. Inc
estimate OF to-morrOw's receipts was 100 cars inc
quantity Of contract oats in Chicago regular eIe,
Vators increased 422000 bushels last week, ana
at the bottom. 8lkc The highest was 3l7s After
selling as high as S5asc May closed at the oottoH'
The provision market was practically featureless.
nights. The probability of a settlement of the
stOckyards strike has resulted In the eXpecteu
Improvement on the general market; september
pork opened AT SIC r. rising to $40 So OCTOBER
was at $40 90. gradually going &c hlgner, Oct0uef
lard was around s. TO- and ribs held fairly well al
s. 30 and s. IS for october.