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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-01-06
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
THE
PERSONAL
SIDE
Hoods "A Black Job. "

Notwithstanding Congress has adj
journed. the esteemed contemporary.
the Congressional Record" appeared
yesterday morning with a few leftover
speeches. Among them was one which
was actually delivered.
The Hon. Charles L. Bartlett of Geor-
gia spoke upon the negro question in
answer to some remarks aDpertaining
to the colored man delivered by Mr..
Gillett of Massachusetts. At the con-
clusion Of his speech Mr.. Bartlett in
serted a poem by Thomas Hood entitled
"A Black Job. which Mr.. Bartlett
commenced to the negro-loving mem
bers from MASSACHUSETTS and elsewhere.
The poem tells of the efforts of Phi
lanthropic Society" to take the negroes
and wash and whiten en- by
Sensing each sooty frame from heels TO head
With stiff, strong saponaceOus lather,
And pals OF Water-hottish rather,
But net so boiling as TO turn 'em redi
The poem recites the vision Of
its glorious consnmation
The broorns and mops.
The tubs and Stops,
The baths and brushes in full operationl
To sec each Crow, or Jim, OF John,
10 in raven and come out swan.
" hlie lair as OaVendlsheS, aneS. ana hsSeelS,
Black Venus rises from the soapy surge,
And all the little nigEerlings emerge
As lily white as mussels.
But the society needed money. Those
who could not give money contributed
as follows:
Elisha Brettel.
An iron kettle;
The Dowager Lady Scanned
piece OF flannel;
Rehecca Pope,
4 bar Of soap:
The Misses Howeis,
Halt a dozen towels;
The Master Rushs,
Two scrubbing brushes;
Mr.. + Groom,
A stable broom;
And Mrs. Grub,
A tab.
Great were the sums collected,
And great results in consequence expected
After much washing and scrubbing,
which is told OF in rhyme
The piaguy negroes and their pickaninnies
We're still the color Of the bird that caws-
Only some very aged souls,
Showing little gray upon their polls,
Like davis
Thirty thousand pounds were expend-
ed and ''the Blackamores had still been
washed in vain
There was an appeal for more money,
against which protest was made be-
cause the Job had not been successful.
TO this the chairman of the Philan-
thropic Society replied, concluding the
poem:
why" said the chairman with an accent bland
And gentle waving Of his dexter hand,
why must we have more dross and dirt and
dust
More filthy lucre, in word more goldf''
The why, sir, very easily is told,
Because humanity declares We must
We've scrubbed the negroes till we've nearly
killed en-
And finding that cannot wash them white,
But still their ingritude ofends the sight,
We mean tC gid EN-"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
Outright Ship Subsidy
Or DifferentiaI Tariff ?
Interview With Senator GaIIinQer Indicates
That Former Plan, as Urged by Senator
Hanna, May be Adopted

Shall Congress approve a ship subsidy
law, as urged by Senator Hanna, or
enact a differential tariff to stimulate
the American merchant marine?
This is the subject with which five
distinguished Senators and an equal
number of prominent Representatives.
composing the Merchant Marine Com
mission of Congress. will tussie through
out the coming summer and autumn. in
order that Congress, on assembling next
December. may have sufficient data TO
act promptly with full understanding of
the existing conditions.
The plan of the commission was out
lined yesterday by Senator Galiinger of
New Hampshire who. in spite Of his
arduous duties as chairman Of the SEN
ate District of Columbia Committee Inv
the session just ended, has been given a
hard summers work, in addition. on a
topic far removed from District affairs.
The Craftsmanship of the Merchant Ma
rine Commission would undoubtedly
have been filed by Senator Hanna had
ne lived. and the selection OF Senator
Gallinger for the place is regarded not
only as indicative of the confidence
placed in his judgment by his colleagues.
but as tribute to his unusual knowl-
edge of business necessities and political
conditions.
In speaking of the commissions plans.
Mr.. Galllnger said yesterday:
1T is. of course. too early to predict
much as to what the Merchant Marine
Commission will do. but IL will un-
doubtedly have a busy summer The
first meeting of the commission will be
held in New York on May %. at the
Chamber of Commerce. To this meet
ing will be invited representative men
in maritime matters in Philadelphia and
Boston. as well as in Kew YORK, in order
that the sentiment Of business interests
may be gagged at the very beginning
of the work. Later the subcommittee Of
the commission wilH get TO work to
study the needs OF the various divisions
of the coast line of the United States.
These subcommittee arc three In
number For the North Atlantic Coast
the members are Senators Lodge. Pen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
His Means of Tavel.

THE late Gen. William H Payne who
died in Washington a few days ago, saw
four years Brilliant service in the Con-
federate Army. and then returned to
his home in Warrenton. Va, at the
close of the civil war TO take up the
practice Of law" said Senator Daniel,
who was an intimate friend of General
Payne.
General Payne made quite a name
for himself as a skillful handler OF
these touchy brethren-virginia noun
taineers-and was quite famous for his
easy method of gentling them along.
and getting what he wanted out
of them. On one occasion, how
ever he struck a tartar in the shape OF
an old mountaineer, and the result OF
the tilt between them maddened Gener-
al Payne to the point of explosion and
upset the rest'of the courtroom. so that
it was half an hour before the Judge
could restore order
AT that time General Payne was
prosecuting attorney and was trying a
murder case. The mountaineer in cues
ton came down to testify, he having
been a witness to the shooting, which
occurred near his home. about fifteen
miles from Warrenton.
You say you came down from your
home this morning7" suggested Gener-
al Payne, when the witness took the
stand
a. Yes. sir
You rode down horseback. sup
poser
" No. sir
4" You drove DOWN.
No, sir
You walked down. them?
" No. sir
Then you came down on the train,
suggested General Payne, who was
growing irritated at the litter that had
followed each laconic negative from
the mountaineer
No. sir. l didn't come on no kyars.
"'Well then. sir. exclaimed the irate
lawyer. If you neither rode horseback,
nor drove. nor walked. nor came on the
cars. would you kindly tell the judge
and jury how you did come?
- L rid one OF Bill Furns' old mules.
was the solemn reply which was drown
ed by the shouts of laughter from all
present but General Payne and the wit
ness"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
THE KELTIc KRAzE.

Have We noticed yet. mavOurneen, who's
the poet o. the day?
IT'S the wild and mystic Irishman thaS
pipes the Kettle lay
CT the thin white soul with the red, red
hair
That sings in the twilight dim
Osh. Moira
Fiona,
And the Kelt is in the swim.
There is aye the cold old mother see.
the ocean dread and vast;
There's the faery this and the faery
that. and the wind that blows
from the Past:
There is aye A Voice Iia bracketsl
speaks,
And a green-clad child slim
An, Norah,
Gobragh Yeats.
And the Kelt is in the swim.
There1l be poethry yet. ma colleen. in
the diggin' o the spuds:
Sure, now. an theren be pOethry in
the washin' of the buds;
The shilaIy Will be swung about
AS the staunch old Kettle limb
Arrah. now
Bejabbersl
And the Kelt is in the swim.
III. Lyon, In the May Critic
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
England and It's Aliens.
Exclusion of Undesirable Immigrants
by a New Law.

Dy new Law.
England has already followed the
example of the United States closely
in its scheme for army reform. Now
II is copying with some notifications
the policy which the United States
has adopted with reference to immi-
grafton.
Undesirable immigrants do not fig
ure so largely among British prob
lens of administration as with US,
because there is no such magnet to
draw aliens TO England as is found in
the vast resources and opportunities
OF the United States. But the indus
trial centers of England and its great
metropolis are suffering from an In
fux Of undesirable immigrants, and
II is to check this movement that the
government has introduced the So
called aliens bill.
This bill proposes to empower the
proper officials to require detailed re-
turns from all masters Of ships bring
ing aliens to England with regard TO
their passengers, and TO secure a
careful inspection of such aliens be-
fore they are allowed to land. Immi-
grants will he required to give to the
inspectors information as to their
character and antecedents, as to their
Identification and their proposed
place Of residence; and the inspectors
viii be empowered at their discretion
to stop the landing Of persons who,
within five years. have been convicted
anywhere of ''extradition" crimes, or
who are leading an abandoned life,
or who are likely TO become a charge
upon the public funds as having no
visible or probable means OF support,
or who are of VIGOROUSLY bad char
acter. or are suffering from any in
fictitious disease. The bill also pro-
poses that aliens convicted in the
British criminal courts and sentenced
10 any substantial term Of imprison-
ment may as a part Of their sentence
be ordered upon their release to quit
the country.
These are the essential outlines of
the bill There seems TO be no Sc
rious criticism anywhere of these
provisions The question OF the ex-
clusion of political offenders cannot
arise under it, as their offenses do
not come within the scope Of extradi-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

rose. and myself, and Representative
McDermott of New Jersey We will
hold sessions from time to time in the
New England and Middle States, and try
to get the widest view of the public
sentiment existing there In respect to
rejuvenating the merchant marine.
There can be no doubt rs to the neces-
sity of doing something: the only oues-
tion is just how to do it
General Grosvenor will undoubtedly
go to the Pacific Coast to study the
needs and views there. He is the head
of the subcommittee for the Pacific
Coast and the Great Lakes. and has as
his colleagues Representatives Minor of
Wisconsin, Humphrey of Washington.
and Spight or Mississippi From the
Pacific they will visit the lakes and see
what is needed there
"On the South Atlantic Coast and
Gulf ports, Senators Martin of Virginia
and Mallory of Florida will be engage ed
with Representatives Minor and Spight
They will have great many important
subjects TO consider. All the subcOm-
mittees, in fact, will have as much as
they can well attend to and report upon
by next December.
whether a ship subsidy or differ
sntial tariff shall be agreed upon as the
solution of this question cannot be de-
cided right now. That is the work for
which the commission has been named
When the maritime business interests OF
the country have presented their views
il will be possible to weigh all the argu-
ments and decide which is best
Although Chairman Gallinger would
rot commit himself on the differential
tariff view. IL is believed there would
be some sharp debate In Congress be-
fore such a plan could be gotten through
IL recommended at all 1t would Sc
riousiy disturb treaty relations with
twenty countries. 1t Is asserted. II such
a plan were attempted.
Apart from uncertainty as to what
sentiment there might be In it's favor.
there is known to be opposition from al
members of Congress of the stand pat
school They fear that II one subject
should be selected by the United States
to withdraw from a treaty and abrogate
It's provisions. II would open the door 10
clancr fer other changes. and this
Government might get the worst Of the
bargain in the end.
Any kind of ''tinkering with treaties
will be opposed as strongly. IL Is thought,
on general principle. as have any at
tempts at changing the general tariff
schedules.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
An "IHegibIe' Candidate.

Senator Burnham of New Hampshire,
who is chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on Industrial Expositions, got away
from Washington just in time TO be
saved a painful surprise. In a communi-
cation from one of his constituents
way down East"
In the closing days of the session the
New Hampshire Senator presented a
favorable report on the 81. Louis fair
trip for a commission TO represent Con-
gress, and an amendment was put into
the general deficiency bill 20 pay the
expenses Of the commission. As Senator
Burnham was named by the Chair as
one of the members. and is now In ST.
Louis, he missed the surprise that his
secretary found in yesterday mail.
Ii came from a New Hampshire school
teacher, a man of wide local fame as
an educator. who regretted that the close
of the school year would see his income
shut of He inquired about the eligi-
bility rules of the Government depart
ments here. and added the query:
Now, don't you think 1 would be
illegible for some placer"
The school teacher will probably get a
most courteous reply from ts4 Sena-
tors affatle secretary. who Is living in
fear that Senator Burnham will have
another fond ideal shattered If he hears
such things are possible in any part OF
cultured New England
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

fences and bits of sentences for par
tisan purposes is another matter.
What are some of Mr.. Patterson's
grievances against the President?
That he described the Mexican war
as Folks bloody and unrighteous
war;" that he described President
Pierce as "a small politician of low
capacity and mean surroundings;
that he spoke of Buchanan as that
shifty and selfish politician" that he
described Tyler as "a politician of
monumental littleness;;" and that he
even characterized Jefferson's views
as those of a si1ifty dOctrinaire.
Well, what of it? These are opin-
ions which are very generally enter
tanned of the politicians and states
men referred to. Some of them come
pretty close to expressing the final
verdict of impartial history. Others
may be more or less debatable. But
does Representative Patterson seri-
ously suppose that he is going to in
jure President Roosevelt with the
American people by digging up bits
of opinion and criticism from Mr..
Roosevelt's literary and historical es-
says? Does he imagine that what
Mr.. Roosevelt thinks of Jefferson or
Tyler or Buchanan can be galvanized
into a campaign issue for 1904?
If Mr.. Patterson were really wise,
he would not be at such pains to ad-
vertise the paucity of Democratic
campaign issues.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
PiCayune Personalities
Representative Patterson's Attack on
the President.

Representative Patterson's Attack On
the President.
The straits to which the Democrats
are reduced for campaign material
were clearly disclosed the other day
when the Democrats in the House put
forward Representative Patterson of
Tennessee TO make an attack upon
the President, based on scraps from
his published historical writings.
Mr.. Roosevelt's books contain much
that is fresh and stimulating. and if
Representative Patterson or any
other Democrat were to read them
with an open mind he would find in
them a great deal to his advantage.
Mr. Patterson certainly could broad
en- his knowledge of American his
tory and greatly improve his own lit
erary style by faithful perusal of
the Presidents writings. But going
to them to pick out detached SEN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

The intention of the President to
retain the postal inquiry in his own
hands is one with which no sensible
person can find fault. OF course, it
will prevent the Democrats from
making campaign material out>of the
affair, but there is no earthly reason
why they should. The investigation
was not got up for the benefit of the
Democratic party, or of any party
and the only possible motive for car
rying it on lies in determination to
clear out the rascals and make the
service what it ought to be. The
President has made it obvious enough
that that is his intention, and for
him to mix the whole business III
with politics would be a somewhat
absurd and quite unnecessary pro-
ceeding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
NEARLY SAD.

a newspaper in a small country town
not far from New York employees a re-
porter whose knowledge OF English
idioms is somewhat uncertain. He was
assigned 10 report the sudden death of
an important local citizen, and after
the circumstances leading up
TO il, referred 10 the sadness of the be-
reavement sustained by the family.
THE widow" he concluded, lis al
most grief-stricken." Harper Weekly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

The German Emperor has made a
speech which seems TO have a sting
in its tail for his neighbors. 1t is not
the first time he has stirred up their
apprehensions and caused them to
wonder what on earth he meant. He
casually observes that the time may
come when Germany viii have to in
terfere in ''Weltpolitik. Conse-
quently, at least three European gov
ernments are musing over the ques-
ton, Does that mean us?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

China has decided to keep out OF
the Oriental complication-if she can.
Russia has issued a general warning
to all other countries to keep out,
whether they think they can or not.
Incidentally, it may he remembered
that America began this isolation
policy by suggesting the desirsb ability
of quarantining the war within its
present boundaries. 1t is a remark
able unanimity of opinion, this, but
there is still some doubt as to the
possibility Of keeping hands of
should the provocation become ex-
IRENE for one country or another.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
A Frugal Reformer.
Edward Atkins5l on the United States
in the Ph:ippines.

EQWard AtklnS0l on the United States
in the Ph.Eppines.
Mr.. Edward kt.:ir son, of Brookline,
is an indefatigable Ind inextinguish-
able reformer He never retires at
night without carrying a reform to
bed with him. Some people rid
themselves of insomnia by drawing
deep breaths and laboriously count
ing them. or by imagining endless
professions of sheep leaping over a
stone wall; but Mr. Atkinson is not
forced to such puerile expedients He
merely thinks about his reform, and
traces on the Counterpart giant ia
bles of statistics in support of it. 1t
is not always the same reform
Sometimes it is the Aladdin oven.
Sometimes it is the substitution of
baked mud for coal as fuel. More
often it is the Philippines.
Mr.. Atkinson has ransacked his
tory in vain for a parallel to what,
In his mildest moments. ne describes
as ~the criminal aggression" of the
United States in the Philippines. He
can find nothing in the Dark Ages to
hold candle to it. Nothing in the
record of Nero or Caligula or the
other Roman gentlemen whom we
used to read about in our youth is in
the same class with 1t. Sometimes
Mr.. Atkinson views the question from
philanthropic, sometimes from po-
litieal, sometimes from a financial
standpoint, but whatever his point of
view he never fails to stand aghast at
what he sees.
OF late he has busted himself with
financial estimates of the cost of war
and warfare" to the United States.
We have not space 10 follow his rea-
soning processes, still less to repro
duce his tables, but we gather from a
cursory survey of his statement that
he thinks our criminal aggression has
cost us already a round 81 ,0000 900, 900
of good money, and what is worse, the
cost is, he assures us, increasing
from year to year. He computes that
the thing is costing every mother S
son and daughter of us 81 annually.
1t is probably because he feels this
81 annual imposition more than the
rest of Us that he has resorted TO a
somewhat peculiar method of eircu-
lating his statistics. He is not print
ing or mailing them at his own ex-
pense. Not at all. He persuaded
Senator Carmack of Tennessee the
other day to offer his statement as an
appendix TO his own remarks. BY
this clever device he got his state
ment printed in the Record" Mr..
Carmack Is also lending him his
frank. Consequently we have Mr.. At
kinsons statement, filling eight close
ly printed pages, circulating TO the
extent Of a million copies more or
less, entirely at the expense of the
United States Government Neither
for printing nor distribution is Mr..
Atkinson poorer by single sou.
Here is frugality for you. Not only
so. Mr.. Atkinson's personal economy
gives him a chance TO strengthen his
argument. The next time he tabu-
lates the cost of criminal aggression
in the Philippines he must include
the cost of printing and distributing
his pamphlet, for if there had been
no criminal aggression his pamphlet
would not have been written.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

There may be foolishness in the
University OF Chicago, but President
Harper generally talks sense. He has
now made a speech on the usefulness
OF taste of business for college boys.
II Is his opinion that many boys
would be the better for leaving col
lege for time and going into bust
ness, since that experience would
show them why they were studying
and what they ought to study. This
is eminently sensible advice. To &c
through school with no idea of the
use which is TO be made of the edu,
cation when il is obtained is reaIIy
about as sensible as it would be to
go into a shop and buy a lot of rem
nants without any particular plan:
for making them into garments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

ton. 1t appears to be generally con-
ceded that some such measure as this
is necessary 10 the public protection,
and that the government bill is mod
erately drawn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
CAPITAL TEAR scHwENKsYILLE,

HARRISBURG, Pa, April So.-Gov-
ernor and Mrs. Pennypacker left today
for Pennypacker's Mills to take posses
sion OF their country home for the sum-
mer. The governor viii spend Saturday
and Sunday at the Mills during the hot
months. and will occupy the executive
mansion the balance OF the week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

The perplexing thing about our Amer
lean society is that the best people" are
not copyrig-.,ed or trade-marked. They
may be found in whitecap mob or a
palace; II all depends on nerve.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

A burglar I'm New York broke into a
bank with a can-opener. IL is hard 10
say whether the bank officials or the
burglar should be considered least scien-
tific
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

A man in Schenectady writes a prose
poem with the refrain. There's magic
In the flag" Some people seem to think
there is, and that it's a sort of magic
cleaning-rag which will eradicate spots.
, 1904-12-21
GONE TO

DENVER FOR VISIT.
Dispatcher William Daley IN wife
left this morning for a few days visit
with friends in Denver, says the Chey-
enne Tribune.