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The Washington times., 1904-05-19
A Proper Nan.
Murray Crane, Who May Succeed
George B. Cortelyou.

] Az -Ae-l OGANNNN
George B. Cortelyou.
With George b. Cortelyou out of
the Cabinet and in the position OF
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, it is doubtful If the Pres
ident could find a more worthy sue
cessor to him as Secretary of Com
merce and Labor than Ex-Governor
Winthrop Murray Crane, of Massa-
chusetts, who has been mentioned for
the place.
Ex-Governor Crane is as fine a
type of the ideal man of business as
will be found anywhere in the coun-
try, and he has the remarkable dis
tinction Of being the head and front
OF a vast inherited enterprise, in
which never the suspicion of a labor
trouble has occurred.
Indeed, the relation of the Cranes
70 the town of Dalton, Mass, with it's
great paper mills, is not unlike that
Of the feudal barons of old to their
deBendencies-with modern improve
ments, of course. These consist of
absolutely square dealing between
employers and employees, the closest
Of mutual relations at all times, the
utmost confidence on one side and
the utmost loyalty on the other.
These conditions have been devel-
oped through several generations,
reaching their present notable culmi-
nation under the administration of
Murray Crane, who has accomplished
the feat of shifting from the old ways
of doing things TO the new without
friction or break of any sort.
1t need not be pointed out that to
do this required executive ability and
horse sense of a highly impressive
quality. Too many other men have
failed in the attempt to make success
anything short of remarkable.
Ex-Governor Cranes conduct of the
affairs of the State of Massachusetts,
was no less noteworthy. Succeeding
TO Office after two terms as lieutenant
governor under Roger Wolcott. ono
of the most popular of all the Bay
States executives, Mr.. Cranes task
was not an easy one.
He did not make much noise while
in Office, but he gave the State a
thoroughly business-lil5e administra-
ton, held the somewhat erratic Leg
islature comfortably in check, was
reelected with an increased plurali-
", and could have been reelected
again had he been willing to run.
AS far as looks go, Mr.. Crane
would never strike one as anything
more than an ordinary business man.
He has never been known TO make a
speech when he can possibly escape
it. In fact, anything of a ceremonial
nature embarrasses him. We have
seen him blush like a schoolboy while
receiving in an official capacity the
salutes of a body of the militia of the
State.
Modesty, however, does not prevent
him from doing right up to the han
die whatever work there is for him
to do. President Roosevelt has tried
before this to get him into the Cabi-I
net, and If he succeeds in landing him
as Secretary Of Commerce and Labor,
the Administration will be the gamer.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

EX-Secretary OF War Elihu Root,
Who came to Washington TO attend a
meeting Of the trustees Of the Car
negie Library, and has been spending
the last two days with the President.
says he thinks George B. CorteIyou is
all right for chairman Of the National
Republican Committee As about
everybody else thinks so, too, it looks
as if the little arrangement might be
considered fairly we'll fixed. Ex-Gov-
ernor Black has also been visiting the
President, and with him he brought
the substance Of the speech which he
IS going TO talk in the process of put
ting Theodore Roosevelt in nomina-
ton in Chicago. The President was
naturally interested in what Mr..
Black had TO say about Theodore.
Only few of us get the chance to
pass on our own eulogy.
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BOYD ELY AND H. F. DOSE
LEAD VAN TO PANAMA
Canal Commission Selects Well known
Engineers to Perfect Present
Survey Maps.

With a quorum present the Isthmian
Canal Commission met today u ar
range for the sending of the first en-
cheering parties TO the isthmus Two
members Of the commission. Mr. Pa
sons and Mr.. Hacker, are abroad, and
General Davis IS at Panama. Prof
Burr and Mr.. Grunsky met with Al
mrral Walker.
The commission. has selected Boyd
Ely and II. +. Dose. as engineers TO or
Canize the first working parties"
Messrs. Ely and Dose did important
evil engineering work Tor the old canal
surveys, and still other who served the
former commission VIII go TO Panama
IN the next few days. Ii is said tbs
their work Will consist in carrying out
the surveys more minutely.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

Every paragrapher in the country
has taken a fling at the boil weevil.
but the most recent report Of the De
partment Of Agriculture on that dis
tinguished fellow citizen shows that
he is far from being a joke for those
upon whom he bestows his courteous
consideration. Living inside the cot
ton plant, he is well protected from
poisOns. He develops from egg TO
adult in fourteen days, and the pro-
geny Of a single pair may reach 134.-
10000 individuals In a single season.
which comes pretty near beating the
anti-race suicide record. The pres
ence Of the boil weevil doubles the
area Of land required to raise a bale
OF cotton. and in consequence his eff
feet IN raising the price of cotton
throughout the world is in the aggre-
gate enormous. Altogether the boil
weevil IS in its way quite as much a
problem as any the country faces, for
he is one Of the quiet fellows. who
wastes no time talking, but works all
the time.
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THE RIDER.

Whittier. whittier dost thou ride,
JOcelyn, Jocelyn,
Through the morning moadOW-tide.
Hawthorn-foamed on either side?
Whittier. whittier dOst thou ride?
81 know not where-the morn is wide.
Whittier, whittier dost thou ride.
Jocelyn, Jocelyn,
Up the barren mountain side,
Bathed in mondays burning tide?
Whittier. whittier dOst thou ride?
81 know not where-the noon Is wide.
Whittier. whittier dost thou ride,
JOcelyn, Jocelyn.
Down the darkling valley side.
Through the surging shadow tide?
Whittier. whittier dost thou ride?
81 know not where-the night is wide
w. w. Gibson. in London Outlook
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
Who Hit on Hitt?.
Pulsating Inquiries Regarding the
Original Hit Man.

EuiSdLAnS inquiries Regarding the
Original Hit Man.
Ever since the mantle Of sharing
with Theodore Roosevelt the honor
of upholding the banner of the Grand
Old Party during the coming political
campaign fell on the willing shoulders
of Hon. Robert Roberts Hit, OF Illi-
nois. a wild inquiry has been sounded
by the newspaper correspondents,
hard up for news in the off season,
regarding the original Hit man.
Although this is strihngly sugges-
tive Of that never answered question
as to who hit Billy Patterson, it ap-
pears to have been seriously received
at least by those who consider
themselves available for the credit.
Hon. 'HOd" Taylor, of Wisconsin.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
no sooner got the word than he leaped
upon the battlements TO assert his
claim. He mOdestly declines the
credit for first thinking of Hit, but
he does defy the earth 10 prove that
he was not the first man to make
public suggestion Of the manifold
merits of Hit.
Perhaps Mr. Taylor's voice pene-
trated the sacred confines of the Of
fetal annex 70 the White House. for
reliable witnesses claim that there
came therefrom the assertion that
regardless of whatever "Hod" TAYLOR
said in public, the President was the
fellow who did the heavy thinking in
private.
According to Senator DoIIiyer. who
only escaped being a candidate him
self by some rapid cross country
sprinting when he saw the boom com
ing up the street one morning Just
before breakfast, the President put
Shaw up to bringing out Hit"
On one point all may agree.
"Hod" Taylor did it all by
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
Musical New York.
Watch for the Quick Disappearance of
Strauss Reputation.

DR.. Richard Strauss, the composer
and conductor, got to Berlin in time
to be interviewed. and the effect of
his words is likely to cause pleasant
self-satisfaction in Boston. a genuine
case Of swell head in Chicago, and
the solid conviction in New York
that Strauss is tremendously over
rated anyhow.
This Is what the doctor said:
'Musically speaking. l liked Bos-
ton best, but Chicago was a close sec
ond. | vastly prefer the music life of
Chicago to that of New York. where
the craze for sensations too often
smothers real merit"
Listen for the howl from Manhat-
tan when the full import of that mes
sage gets noised about! Manhattan,
where everything happens that is
worth happening, where everything
comes that is worth coming, outside
of which is a vast artistic wilderness,
inside of which is the glorifed wor-
snip of the good, the true, and the
beautiful
Poor old New York, the most pro-
vincial city in the country! The only
city in the country that really believes
it is the whole country, the one city
that is positively devoid of the saw
ing grace Of an abiding sense of
humOri
Farewell, thou Straussl Strauss? ?
Strauss? Who ever heard of Strauss?
Who ever heard Of anybody who
thought Chicago was better than New
York in anything?
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
PROF. STARR ADVOCATES
RETURN TO THE WILD"
Advises Mothers to Strap Infants to
Boards Like Indian Papooses to
Avoid Round Shoulders.

CHICAGO. May IA partial return
to the wild" is advocated by Prof Fred
ericR Starr. Indian expert Of the Uni
versity OF Chicago. He said:
If white people would adopt the meth
cd Of the Indians strapping their babies
10 cradle boards. we should see fewer
round-shouldered people.
Il have learned that this has been
done by few persons in Boston ard
other Eastern cities II is a good meth
Cd Of keeping the backs of infants
straight. and the babies don't cry half
as much as they do when given more
liberty"
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
BARONESS SICK;
SUFFERS GREATLY

Baroness Hengelmuller. who has been
in a most serious state Of health, is not
yet pronounced critically i'll by the three
physicians, but her condition Is quite
grave. with a report of no change for
the better up 20 noon today.
The baroness IS suffering from inflam-
nation arising from acute Indigestion,
and her suffering is such that she is
kept under the influence Of narcotics
almost all the time. turn in affairs
for the better Is hoped for by her ply
sicians within the next few hours
TIL ecounselor of the French embassy.
NJ. Des Portes de la FOsse. who has been
seriously i'll, has so far recovered that
an operation, which a few days ago
seemed imperative, VII not be per
formed.
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men have been working hard In the
State for several months. but they failed
10 enlist the support Of Senator TIL
man, who continues TO dominate politi-
cal affairs IN the Palmetto State
Not much work has been done by any
OF the Parker followers or the support
ers of any other candidates. A reso-
luton was offered indorsing Judge Par
ker for President, but il was unfavor-
ably acted upon by the convention. the
general sentiment being in favor OF an
uninstTucted delegation, which viii be
controlled by Senator TiIiman, and will
vote as a unit.
In so far as preventing instructions for
Parker are concerned the Hearst work.
ers were successful. Although it was
not all they had hoped for, IL was as
much as they really expected Had
instructions for Parker been voted ii
would, doubtless. have been taken "a
an Indication that South Carolina was
setting the pace for the Southern States
in the matter of helping along the Par
ker boom.
Common Ground in Ohio.
The Republicans in Ohio have held
their State convention without serious
difficulties despite the rivalry which
continues TO exist between Senators
Foraker and Dick. The followers OF
each found common ground upon which
10 unite. and compromised by the Sc
lection Of both Sena tors, Governor Her
rick and George Cox. the Cincinnati
boss" as the big four to the Chi
cagO convention.
The anti-third term precedent was
broken by the nomination Of the Hon.
l. g. Laylin for secretary OF state Tor
Il third time.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

After what had all the appearances
Of bluff move on Tuesday, the West
ern Union Telegraph Company on
Wednesday actu-lly did cut off its
horse race poolroom service. not only
IN New York, but also throughout the
whole country. The telephones and
the uekers have also declared their
purpose Ct following suit. The pool
room people say that they shall eyade
the boycott by using the telegraph as
a common carrier, fling messages in
the regular way before and after each
race, There may be the chances, too,
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
GUILTY OF VAGRANcY.

Charles r. Belts and Michael Garvey.
two old Police Court customers. were
back In the dock again today and plead
ed guilty TO charges Of vagrancy. Judge
scott imposed penalty of $40 or $50
Gays IN JAIL upon Garvey, and $50 or
sixty days upon Belts
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
QUEEN LII GOING HOME

SAN FRANCISCO, May 10. - Former
Queen Liiuokalani Of Hawaii, accom-
panied by Prince and Princess Kalan-
!anaole and several other companions.
has. arrived here from the st. Louis Elk
position. They Will sail for Honolulu
May 26.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
HAvERFoRD IN AN ACCIDENT.

LIVERPOOL, May l9.-The Red Star
Line steamship Eyaverford. bound from
this port for Philadelphia. While leav-
ing her dock. was blown against the
pier head wall and subsequently came
TO anchor in midstream. 1t is not known
what damage she sustained
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
CHIEF JUSTICES
DINNER PARTY
Brilliant Gathering in the
Fuller Mansion.
CAPT. F0URNlER'S LUNCHEON
commander de Faramond Guest of
Honor-Lodges at White House.
Other Social Matters.

Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
and Mrs, Fuller entertained a Supreme
court dinner party at their + Street
residence last evening. The wives of
the Justices of the court were also
guests
Mrs. Fuller is making arrangements
Tor an early departure from Washin. :
ton, and with her family. will leave
some time next week for their summer
home at Sorrento.
The residence of the Chief Justice is
orc of the most charming old houses,
In the old part of Washington, and has
fine garden connected with it on one
side, In which are many rare flowers,
trees, and shrubs. Just now the resi-
dence is barren of draperies and bric-a-
bfac, and the furniture is covered III
summer slips, and the dinner last
night is probably the last function at
which all Of the Supreme Court viii
meet until next fall.
Captain Fourier. military attache of
the French Embassy. gave a stag lunch
con yesterday in honor Of Lieutenant
Commander de Faramond. whose mar
riage to Miss Ivy Langham is the lead
ing event Of next week.
Captain Fourier had among his other
guests, Prince Bearn and ViscOunt de
Chambrun, Of the French embassy.
Commander Boutakoff, naval attache Of
the Russian embassy, and Herr Won
Verdy and Major Won Etzel. OF the Ger
man embassy.
man Embassy.
Senator and Mrs. Lodge will leave
Washington for their home at Nahant
In June. On pleasant days Mrs. Lodge
nearly always goes for a walk or drive
with Mrs. Roosevelt, or for a uuiet Gun
Of tea, and Senator and Mrs. Lodge are
seIcom absent from the Sunday night
DINNER al the White House with the
Presidents family.
Mrs Clayton. wife Of the American
Ambassador to Mexico and mother Of
Baroness Moncheur. wife of the Belgian
Minister. is expected TO arrive at the
legation Sunday or Monday. She vii. be
tie guest Of her daughter for some
weeks.
Miss, Clayton. the younger daughter
of the Ambassador and Mrs. Clayton.
has been the guest OF her sister al the
legation for some weeks.
The Belgian Minister will probably
take house In Virginia or Maryland
mer.
Mrs. Eddy, Of Chicago. mother of
Spencer Eddy, well-known in society
here, is spending the month of May at
StOneleigh Court.
George E BOOs. former SuDerinten-
dent Of Printing in the Census Bureau.
recently Of the Pacific Coast, is In the
city, stopping al the Colonial Hotel.
Mrs. Orville II. Allen and her sister.
Miss Jennie Franklin. OF Fall River,
Mass, are In Washington as the guests
OF Mrs. Frank c. and Miss Mabel Al
thea Jones, 3l2 l. Street northeast
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
AUToFAGAsrA IN PLAQUES GRIP

VALPARAISO. Chile, via Galveston,
Texas. May 19--Eighteen new cases OF
bubOnic plague have Teen reported in
Autofagasta IN the last two days. Five
.haeV proved fatal There are fifty-seven
plague patients IN tie lazaretto.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
WRECKS ORE MISTAKEN pn1Nr

ST JOHNS. N, F., May ls.-The Brit
ish bark Isabel, Captain Laurie, laden
with molasses. and the schooner Pansy.
salt laden. are complete wrecks off Mis-
taken Point, near Cape Rice. The crews
were saved.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

The Gar IS reported to have n great
desire TO 90 TO the front. If he is pa
tent and waits. the front may be
somewhere near his front door in course
Of time
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

IF they taught husbandry at girls col
leges perhaps there would be no need
Of all this discussion Of the question of
the marriage Of college girls.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

There is good roads convention going
on at st. Louis. It would be more to
the point Just now If they We're 70 have
a good hotels convention.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

his lonesome, or whether he was in
spired by Shaw, who was inspired as
Dolliver says he was inspired, the re-
suit has been a Hit, a very palpable
Hit.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
TRAVEL, VISITS

William Barrett Rldgely accompanied
by his two daughters, Miss Katherine
Cullom Ridgely and Miss Eleanor Gull
lom Ridgely viii leave Washington for
st. Louis, where they will spend ten
days. The Misses Ridgely will then visit
their fathers mother at Springfield. lat
er going TO Chicago and Lake Forest.
and returning East for a midsummer
visit TO some resort
Capt. John F. Parker. L. S. N. and
Mrs. Parker are visiting Mrs. Parker
sister. Mrs, Benjamin Harrison, at The
latter,s home IN Indianapolis. where
captain Parker has been seriously i'll
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Gray sailed
Tor England on the Cedric yesterday.
Major and Mrs John s. Loud are the
guests Of Col. +. b. Townsend at Prov!-
dence Forge. New Kent county. Va.
June.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis P. Shoemaker VIII
be at home 20 their friends this after
noon from to o'clock.
Mrs. Silver. I'LL New Hampshire Ave
nue., Will be at home to her friends to-
day.
Mr. Bobrof, attache Of the Russian
embassy, is the guest at the banquet to-
day Of the Slavic Association, of New
York.
The charge d'anaires Of the Italian
embassy and Countess dt Cellere will en-
tertain a dinner party tonight compl!-
mentary to Sonora Martinez de Hoz, sis
ter OF the latter, who sails for Europe
May 25
The French Ambassador and Nine
Jusserand return TO Washington today
from st. Louis, where they went 10 be
present at the opening OF the French
exhibit. The Ambassador and Nine
Jusserand viii entertain their country
man, Captain -Champosay, OF
ShOrcham
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

A slnecure in the present campaign
the position of Judge Parker's type
writer
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

The terrible destruction inflicted by
uodcrn guns in naval combat is in
dicated by the report Of the medical
officer Of the Nicksburg. just received.
lie cared for the Russian wounded on
the Var.ag after her fight with the
japanese, and his conclusions are
that the medical force on vessels and
tee accommodation os the sick bay
must be largely Increased Il anything
is 20 be done for the wounded during a
battle. We ere inclined to think that
after a few years the world will come
10 the conclusion that even a better
way is to have no battles. War is not
inevitable.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19
South Cardinals Course.

The first Southern Democratic con-
ventiOn OF this year occurred yesterday
in South Carolina. with the result that
an uninstructed delegation Was chosen to
the ST Louis convention. The Hearst
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

Mrs Eddy, Of Chicago. mother OF
Spencer Eddy, well-known IN society
here, is spending the month of May al
StOneleigh Court.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

Mr. Bobroff, attache Of the Russian
embassy, is the guest al the banquet to-
day of the Slavic Association, of New
York
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

George Z. BOos. former SuDerinten-
dent Of Printing in the Census Bureau.
recently Of the Pacific Coast, Is I'm the
city, stopping at the Colonial Hotel
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

Mrs. Orville II. Allen and her sister.
Miss Jennie Franklin. OF Fall River,
Mass, are in Washington as the guests
or Mrs Frank G. and Miss Mabel Al
thea Jones, 3l2 Z Street northeast.
The Washington times., 1904-05-19

Mr. and Mrs. L. @. Adler announce
the engagement Of their daughter. Ger
trude Harper, 10 William w. Hyams. Of
Muscogee. l. T. The marriage will occur
in the early fall
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-19

THE latest proposition for aid of a
charitable work, comes from Bond
county, Illinois, where it has been
agreed that the party campaign shall
be opened with ten minute speeches
OF both Democrats and Republicans,
in cemetery. The event will take
place, on Saturday, the 9th inst, at
McKendree's Chapel, in Tamnlco
township. 1t appears that the trus-
tees OF the cemetery have been sorely
tried 10 raise money for making much
needed repairs on the cemetery, and
finally hit upon the scheme of having
a picnic, the chief attraction OF which
will be the orations OF the county can
candidates. Several of the candidates
are orators, and others have never
made speech in their lives, but all
have accepted the invitation, and the
success of the scheme is assured. The
cemetery association will sell ice cream
and lemonade to refresh the audience
after each speech. Much may depend
upon the tone and temper of the dis
cussion, in judging of the prophecies
of the plan, but, on second thought, it
may possibly come under that long
list of acts of somewhat shady repute
in which the claim is made that the
end attained justifies the means.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-19
The Defunct Financier for Roosevelt.


Nobody feels surprised that J. Pier
pont Morgan is for Roosevelt. In fact
one would feel that the natural order
OF things had gone awry if the deposed
king OF finance did not cordially ap-
prove the methods by which the Adj
ministration hopes to attain absolute
commercial supremacy, the worst form
OF tyranny known when pursued to its
natural results.
But Morgan's conversion from a de-
cided antipathy to the President for
having allowed the merger case to
come to trial, has been a matter Of
just as logical calculation. 1t has
been the task OF George Perkins, of the
Morgan firm, and Elihu Root, who is
now Morgan's representative in man.
agement of what is left of that famous
suit, and the President and his fac
totum, or man-Friday, Cortelyou. 1t
required much labor and persuasion
TO induce the change, and it is now
noted that the Morgan firm have made
$500, 900 out of the $4O,OOO,OOO Pan
anna transfer, and Panama has al. o
paid commission TO that firm, since it
has been designated as the govern
ment agent.
But then, what better can be ex-
pected OF man who has played every
questionable card in the deck to count
game; who has torn down race parti-
tions TO control the negro vote !;
enacted law to extend the pension list,
and bought and sold everything cor
ruptible to advance his personal am
bition? He found Morgan in mid.
ocean on sinking wreck, and what
is more natural than for him to res
cue such valuable material for COM
mand of his buccaneer crew and place
him in command of the forecastlef
Dire necessity justifies resort some
times to desperate remedies. but to
make them effective they should al.
ways conform to law and reason.