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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27
Presidents SpeeChmaking.
He Declines to Make Engagements to
Speak at a Distance From
Washington.

The decision of the President to de-
liver no addresses this year at any
distance from Washington is likely
10 prove a wise one. Of course, if he
had chosen TO follow the example of
other Presidents who have stood for
reelection, and make a limited num-
Der of speeches along a carefully
chosen route, to encourage his sup
porters, there would have been no
reasonable, grounds for finding fault;
but considering the circumstances,
his present course seems more wise.
1t is not necessary. Of course, to
consider this precedent. Men
placed in a similar position. in the
future, viii have to make their own
rules. II it seems best TO any Presi-
dent to lend the weight of his per-
sonality and oratorieal powers to the
fight which his supporters are max
ing for his election, there is no rea-
son why he should not do so. But in
this case, the strength of the candi-
date lies in a personality which is al
ready as well known TO the country
ar large as mass meetings could make
it His record as a President, the
knowledge which the country has of
his character, the convictions of his
party regarding his ability and dis
position to support its principles
these are the grounds on which the
fight will be made, and personal
speechmaking by the President would
affect it very little. In short, the
country knows what Mr.. Roosevelt is,
and there is no particular need for
him to so about explaining himself.
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TIE Druggists Status.

The heavy burdens of the national
lawmakers are tghtened somewhat by
the hopeful communications which
come TO Congress from all sections Of
the country One OF these which has
lately reached the Capitol was written
from the great Southwest last Septem-
Der and is on the subject OF legislation
Tor the druggists Of Indian Territory.
one OF the profession tells his story to
me President of the United States in
these words
Kind and Noble Sir: / write YOU in
beEalf OF the druggists of the Indian
Territory. All other States and Terri
tories Of this great Union except this
have laws of their own making. regu-
latng the practice OF pharmacy in their
limits. We have none. We are de-
pendent upon the Congress of the Unit
ed States for all legislation. We have
made several efforts to secure some
INNS, but so far have failed. Phar-
macy IS an honorable profession, and
VIC desire to raise the standard for 1t
IN this Indian Territory we realize
that largely the lives Of the people are
IN cur hands. Anyone can engage in
said business in our bounds. though
upon the whole those now so engaged
ore above the average business man.
lHclOse you . copy of a bin we had
Delofe congress last winter but il fail
ed 70 pass 4 see there is a probability
OF Your Honor converting Congress IN
November in special session. If YOU do,
may ! beg Your Honor to mention this
10 them IN your message. BY a perusal
or said bill Your Honor VIII see there
Is no expense TO the United States Gov
Crnment-nO friends to be favored or
Toes to be punished. Hoping YOU will
pardon my seeming presumption in thus
imposing on your valuable time and
hoplRg TO hear soon, / am, etc
ours, most obediently," as the
writer subscribed himself, will doubt
less be 'pardOned' by the President. as
requested, for the Seeming presurnp-
ton OF the act as President Roosc-
Welt has lived in the West and knows
how TO recognize neighbor who speaks
so frankly. The only difficulty not
guessed at by the writer is that the
President doesn't open all his mail with
his own hands.
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man familiar with the literature
and customs OF Japan tells the "PhiIa-
delphia Press" something about its
proverbs. I'VE all know" he said. the
proverb about more haste. less speed.
but the Japs put IT: IF in hurry. so
round We say. very crudely that .ac-
cidents Will happen in the best regulated
families, but the Japanese. with a view
to making the phrase more picturesque.
say; Even monkey sometimes falls
from tree The saying about edged
tools ard cut fingers the people of the
Flowery Kingdom vary 10: If one plays
with tigers one is likely TO have
trouble. while our oil and water won
mix they know as YOU cant rivet a
nail in a custard. Where We say our
of evil good may come they say 'thc
lOtos springs from the mud Mrs. Par
tington'S attempt is, in Japan, scatter
ing fog with a fan. building bridges to
the Clouds or dipping up the ocean
WIKI slsell' And when the person
making such attempt has failed the
japanese say that, after all. thine own
heart makes the world.
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''BUSHLDO," THE CODE
or MORALS IN JAPAN

and Bushido shares its intimate ma
ture,'
The essential principles enunciated by
Rushido are few and simple. Foremost
on the list is rectitude. or justice. which
is ranked as the highest of all virtues.
FIlial piety and duty are mentioned
next. Thirdly we come to courage. and.
after courage, to benevolence and piety.
Rushi no nasake-the tenderness OF a
warrior-has always been considered
superior to ordinary tenderness or
mercy, since it implies mercy with a
duo regard for justice also. Politeness
and respect for the feelings of others
are insisted upon by all the followers OF
Bushido, as are also truthfulness, mag
nanimity, and patience. To this cata-
iogue of the virtues must be added one
more:
"Bushido had one point In its teach
ing for which no sacrifice was held too
dear. no life too precious: this was the
duty Of loyalty. which was as the key
stone of the arch of feudal virtues. The
feudal system has passed away from
Japan as it has from England, and yet
there Is no less reverence to the duty
OF loyalty in Japan today than long
ego AS Bushido holds that the inter-
ests OF the family and OF its members
are one and the same, so It should be
with the entire nation. There should be
no interests separately for the subjects.
or the rulers; all shoAld work for the
whole, and merge his OF her personal
interest in the interests of the whole
ration. Thus has Bushido made OF the
japanese the most patriotic race IN the
world"
Doubtless there are flaws to be found
in Bushido." says Mr.. Stead. in conclu-
sion. "since nothing is perfect; but
the great strength that it has to the
thinking mind is that it gets beneath
the various creeds and dogmas to the
fundamental truths necessary TO the
building up of fine characters.
Is It not reasonable to suggest. ne
adds, that the nations of the world
may look with more equanimity upon
he present struggle. knowing that since
one at least OF the combatants has been
reared in an atmosphere charged with
the moral ideas Of Bushldo. the hor-
rors of war will wherever possible be
mitigated2 Is such a nation so likely
to abuse the power she possesses as an
other nation without the same privi-
loges might be2'
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He Liked SUeftSer.

Representative Brownlow Of Tonnes
see. is responsible for a story which
runs TO the effect that a German who
had been in the United States only
few weeks and knew but little English
came to Washington and wandered
along Pennsylvania Avenue. He was
attracted by the drums and horns which
were playing i'm the Salvation Army han,
and entered to hear the music. He was
welcomed by soldiers who showed him
TO a seat near the front of the hall.
After a round of testimony an earn
est plea was extended 20 sinners who
desired 10 be saved, and a young woman
who wore sergeant's chevrons laid her
hand on the Germans arm and asked:
DO YOU love Jesus2'
The German was much embarrassed.
Finally he summoned up courage to
reply in broken English:
yah. I Ike sweitzer cheeses. but not
limburger cheeses."
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and would greatly impair its use as
business street.
What has detracted from the value OF
Pennsylvania Avenue as a business
street is the water which backs up in
the cellars during storm. One of the
largest sewers in the city IS known as
the 3 Street section It runs along
3 Street south Of the Center Market
Square to the river and not a great dis
lance from the washington Monument.
The sewer itself Is only a few feet be-
low the surface The water from the
high parts of the city north of Penn
sylvania Avenue. or at least a large
portion of it, empties into this sewer,
which so congests It that the water
backs up in the cellars
The sensible thing TO do would be
to cut the sewers in the upper part of
the city of from the Street section.
and let them deliver their products
through other sewers into the river.
either the Eastern Branch or the Po-
tomac or Rock Creek. The B Street
sewer would then be isolated from
the higher parts of the city and would
thus have very much less water to
carry of.
To still further promote the efficiency
OK this sewer and drain the cellars
along the Avenue. it would be quite an
easy matter TO excavate pond near
where the sewer empties into the Po-
tcmac, and build a dam. suffering the
water of the B Street sewer 20 deliver
Into this pond and then erect powerful
pumps to pump the water over the dam
into the river. This would drain all the
cellars along Pennsylvania Avenue
when that street would again become
the great business street OF the city.
and would greatly enhance the value
Of the property. There is no experiment
IT. this. II has been done I'm many citieS
in the world. Boston. for example, has
precisely such a sewer drainage. 1t
seems strange to US that the people OF
Washington have not adopted this
means before.
3. c. STEVENS.
Washington. March q.
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METEoRErEs, AFFINITY.

a total of CT me5eorites was known
- to 1902. OF which there was Isl irons
and only "A stones in the Western Henri
sphere. and 80 stones ard only 70 irons
in the Eastern Hemisphere. The records
show only the tall OF so of these meteor
ties. dating back TO the fifteenth cen
fury. Prof BerweTth. of Vienna. de-
spite this small number OF known speci-
ments, calculates that 800 meteorites
must fall to the earth each year. not
counting shooting stars that disappear
in the atmosphere, and that 50 OF these
az least should come under observa lion.
prof BerwCrth finds that meteUrites
have been chiefly recorded in civilized
countries but that in many instances
they are more numerous in thirly set
tied districts and that they have an
especial affinity FOR mountainous ares.
-FhlIadelChla Record.
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Japan is a country of religious confu-
sion, and within its borders Buddhism,
Confucianism. Shintoism. and Christi
anity all struggle for supremacy. It
possesses, however, a bond of moral
unity in Bushido, the knightly code OF
japanese chivalry, which has existed
for hundreds of years.
'Bushido Is the Soul OF Japan " says
Alfred Stead a writer in the 'London
Monthly Review productive of and
animating all the forms and expressions
of japanese religions. Whatever be the
diversity of sect. a common meeting
ground is found in BushidO, since IT Is
simply the fundamental vitality, IN
trammeled by dogma. from which all
the moral part of religion. as distinct
from the belief in the divine. has
sprung" The same writer goes on to
cite the following description OF Bushido
from the pen Of Prof. Inazo Nitobe, a
well-known japanese scholar:
'Bushido is the code of moral prin-
ciples which the knights were required
or instructed to observe. It, is not a
written code; at best 1t consists of a
few maxims handed down from mouth
to mouth or coming from the pen Of
some well-known warrior or savant
More frequently It is a code unwritten
and unuttered, possessing all the more
the powerful sanction Of veritable deed,
and Of a law written on the fieshly
tablets Of the heart.
1t was founded, not on the creation
OF one brain. however able. nor on the
life Of single parsonage, however re-
nowned. 1t was an organic growth of
decades and centuries of military career.
1t, perhaps. fills the same position in
the history OF ethics that the English
constitution does in political history;
vet 1t has had nothing to compare with
the Magma Charta or the Habeas Cor
Pus act. True. early in the seventeenth
century military statutes Duke Hatto)
were promulgated but their thirteen
short articles were taken up mostly
with marriages. castles. leagues. etc.
and didactic regulations were but
meagerly touched upon.
We cannot, therefore. point out any
definite time and place and say. Here
is its fountain-head.' Only as it at
talns consciousness IN the feudal age.
its origin In respect to time, 1t may be
identified with feudalsm. But feudal-
ism itself is woven OF many threads.
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THE
PERSONAL
SIDE
Fu0nacioaS Mr.. Mann.

1t is not often that any Republican
member of the House dares to take is
sue with Representative Payne, the floor
leader, and talk back to him. Most of
the majority members stand in fear OF
the chairman of the Committee on Ad-
journment," and 'kow-tow'' every time
they come into his presence.
Not so. however, with the pugnacious
Mr. Mann OF Chicago. 1t makes no dif-
ference to the Representative from the
Windy City If Mr.. Payne is the Repub-
lican Eeader on the floor, he Will stand
no mora from him than from the most
inconspieuous member or the House. In
fact, the more prominent the adversary.
the more Mr.. Mann enjoys combat with
him.
Mr.. Payne, confident of his position,
delights in calling down" members who
essay to exercise their rights IN the
House. He tackles the wrong member,
however. when he runs amuck of the
gentleman from Chicago.
Yesterday Mr.. Payne had the floor, and
Mr.. Mann sought to ask a question. Mr..
Payne's answer was not entirely re
sponsive, and Mr.. Mann pressed still
further. when Mr.. Payne, with some
sarcasm, suggested thar Mr. Mann ere
strain his impetuousity."
This fred the member from Chicago
in an instant and he proceeded to say
with emphasis that Mr.. Payne. not
withstanding his position, could not
lecture" him as he sought to lee
tUre" other members OF the House who
dared 10 express their opinions. Mr..
Payne realized Immediately that IN seek
ing to repress Mr.. Mann ne had gone be
yond even his Limitations, and beat a
hasty retreat by aoologizing for his re-
mark about "impetuousity." Their col
lOquy would have made interesting read
ing. but It was all carefully edited from
the Congressional Record"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27
JAPAN-rHE HOPE OF ASIA.

Japan IS making the last stand Of
Asia II II fails. Asia ceases to be a
separate integer in human development.
and becomes an aPpanage of Europe. II
Japan wins. II has wrestled well and
overthroWn more than its enemies. It
will become the teacher, first Of China
and then OF a wider Asia. japanese edu-
cation wisely retains Chinese as SIS
classic tongue. playing the part in the
training which Greek and Latin play.
or did play, IN our own scheme Of lib
eral study It's administrators and Of
ficers are alone in knowing both Chi
nese classics and modern science. They
are ready for their task. hey have
alresay begun it. The prest ge OF vic
tory will give them authority and sc-
ceptance in remodeling China Japan,
after all. is alone in raising an Asiatic
state TO free self-government Its insti-
tutions are less like ours thar they seem
on the surface Prescription plays the
prodigiOus part It always has IN Asiatic
society. The sense of personal loyalty
TO the Emperor is strong to degree no
European, much less an American. can
appreciate or understand. That singular
attitude OF mind which permits what to
US seems abasement IN attitude, cere-
mOny. and action. and yet preserves
complete self-Tespect. is retained by the
japanese They vote they have parties,
they practice an amazing freedom Of
speech in Japan: but al the final limit
political action is bounded and con-
troIled by influences and principles un-
known and alien TO the West. but per-
fectly comprehensive TO the Asiatic,
who never fOrgets that the state and its
supreme head is greater than himself.
his party. or his policy. Japan has the
secret Of using European science With
out casing 10 be Asiatic. II is a shallow
view Of the japanese nation which re-
CARDS il as Europeanized. IL remains
at the core Asiatic- What il has bor-
rowed is small BY the side OF what 1t
has retained. The prospect. strong
twenty years ago. that its upper and
INTEL. gem ciasse would adopt Chris
tianity, has vanished. There has come
Instead renaissance of Shinto faith. u
revival of Buddhisrn-just as islam
grows stronger in every Adoslem coun-
try-and a widespread desire % pre-
serve the japanese attitude in fiith. in
morals. and in social life. The japanese
soldier and saiIor-in arms. armament.
uniform. organization. discipline. and
drills Eul ogean. but he addresses HIM
self TO his task with a reckless dis
ro gard OF lie. a secrecy. "A subordina-
ton. and a freedom from personal am
bition which recall Asiatic rather than
European tradition TaIcott Williams,
IN BOokiovers Magazine.
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Warning 10 the Wicked.
The New York Building Inspector Stops
the Building of a New Theater.

The New York Building Inspector Stops
the Building of a New Theater.
After the recent Darlington Hotel
collapse in New York the superintend-
ent of the Building Bureau; one MIR.
Hopper, said that he had no power to
prevent such catastrophes. as he
could not enforce the regulations; he
could only warn the constructors that
they were breaking the law. OF course,
the public could see that his warn
ings, unbacked by cOercive power,
would be about as much regarded as
mosquito bites by a rhinoceros, but
what they wanted to know was, if
he had not the power to enforce the
law, who had?
Mr.. Hopper seems to have taken
these things to heart. He found a
theater building in process of con-
structiOn by Klaw & Erlanger-the
same, by the way, who owned part
of the Iroquois Theater and were in
terviewed with telling effect after the
catastrophe-and he found that wood
was being used where it should not
have been used. He notified the con-
tractors that they would have to take
down all that part of the structure
which had been erected contrary to
the provisions of the building code
A policeman went with the notifica-
ton, and the work paused. At last
accounts the pause was unbroken.
Now we shall see just what New
York's state of mind on the subject
of the building regulations is. If
the public really supports Mr.. Hop
per, it will keep track of this case,
and that building will be properly put
up or not put up at all. If it acts as
it has acted at one time or another
in the past, there will be a little
fuss, somebody in authority will be
Squared a few fragrant mistakes
viii be avoided, but the building will
go up very much as it was originally
intended to be- Lincoln Steffens and
Josiah Flynt, and other social stu
dents who know New York as she is,
will do well to keep their eyes on the
building. 1t is a test case.
1t is a good test case. New York
can get along for some time without
another theater, indeed, if the reports
OF detected theatrical men are true.
it is hard 10 ill all the theaters there
are in that city now. Nobody is suf-
fering for lack of shelter or food. or
ventilation, or any other necessary
thing. for lack of that theater. It can
stay unbuiIt until it is built right. and
not cause an hour Of sorrow to any
body but the men Immediately con-
cerned in the building. Moreover it
is built at the expense and for the
profit of men who can stand the loss
incident to it's honest construction,
and who have as much power as any
body has TO compel the authorities TO
allow them to break the law The
Building Bureau of New York is on
trial. If New York has the grit, and
the enterprise, and the public feeling,
to stand by Mr.. Hopper in his coura-
geous, if desperate, attempt TO do his
duty, if It can compel Klaw & Err
LANCER to obey the building reguia-
tions absolutely when they did not
plan so to do. the chances are that
New York lcan have safe buildings
everywhere if she wants them.
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Literary SaCrileae.
The Extravagant Enterprise of Certain
Bibliophiles.

DADi4O Pu&ASS.
1t is.reported that special edition
Of Dickens works is to be printed.
only ten sets in the edition, for the
Libraries of certain men rich enough
TO afford extravagantly bound books.
The cost of each set will be $3.50. 600;
the paper used viii be parchment of
a kind which has not been used for
400 years, and the Illustrations
shade of Cruikshank the immortal
viii be the work Of French and Ital-
ian artists
1t is possible that the cost of this
extraordinary undertaking may have
been exaggerated; let US hope it is, for
the sake Of the credit of the country.
Imagine what the pen of Labouchere,
Kpling, or Zangwill might do with
such an instance Of American extrav-
agance and tasteIessness! In the first
place, if there is any author in the
whole range of the worlds literature
peculiarly unsuited to reprinting IN
editions de luxe, it is Dickens. He
was the militant apostle of the poor,
the enemy of the idle rich He put
in his whole life fighting NONSENSE
cal sham culture of one sort or an
other. the wasteful expenditure of
money on trifes while poor people
died for the lack of the bare neces-
saries Of life. If it was thought fit
10 make set of classics into such
gorgeous baubles-a
thing which the real book lover would
abhor-at least some less "grotesque
object for the sacrifice could have
been obtained. To reprint the stories
Of Oliver Twist and the Warehouses
and Old Scrooge on parchment, with
French and Italian pictures-the pub
fishers and the purchasers ought to
wake up in the night and find ghosts
sitting on their stomachs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-27
LONGEVITY IN CHARLESTON.

Probably there are more old persons
living in Charleston. or rather more
old persons die in Charleston. than in
aTy other city of like size and condi
lions in this country, a great mary
statistics bearing upon this point have
Leen printed I'm the Charleston year
book Mayor Courtenay having collect
ed from year 70 year during his admin
istration of the affairs OF the city some
very interesting and important facts
bearing upon the subject. The present
large mortality In Charleston is due not
TO any fault in the climate, or in the
way the people generally live, but large
~ TO the great number of thriftless ne
grOes who live here. and who no longer
have cruel masters TO make them take
care of themselves as in former DAYS
a very large proportion of those who
have lived In Charleston beyond the
allotted span OF human life have been
Courier
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Would Habe It "SchLep. :,

AT the meeting OF Burnside Post Of
the g. A. r. a few nights ago an old
revenue officer made the post a present
Of gavel, part OF which was from
the hull Of eae Of the vessels destroyed
by the ironclad Merrimac in the civil
war and part from the sunken Spanish
ship, the Reina Mercedes. one Of the
defeated squadron at Santiago. In pre-
senting the gift. the donor made a short
speech, alluding to the Spanish feet
which was destroyed by Sampson.
Schley, Schleyi" resounded from
every part Of the hall. Twice more the
officer attempted this reference to Sanp-
son, but the old veterans would not
have II that way, and for the rest Of his
remarks the giver Of the gavel dex-
terously avoided the subject of con-
troversy