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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
The Political Boss.

Comment on Matthew Stanley Quay
has generally praised his private
character while condemning his pub
lie acts. He has been declared an ex-
emplary family man, a devoted
friend, and a public enemy.
Here abides a paradox. II is a fact
that nearly all the political bosses,
whose influence, like Quay's, has
been potent in the affairs of city,
State and nation, have been as pune
tilious in their private life as they
have been unprincipled in public life.
Reasoning apart from the facts.
one would naturally say that man
good to his family and good to his
friends would be good to the COM
munity. One would declare without
hesitation. if he were dealing exclu-
siyely with the abstract. that a good
husband would make good citizen.
So he would, If logic were not in
terrupted by three great controlling
forces in this world of ours, self-will,
seif-love, and self-justification
One has to know a mans motives
before he can reasonably estimate his
character. Lack Of wisdom sometimes
makes an act vicious, although the
man responsible may be well mean
ing, though a fool. Motive declares
what a man is. Acts declare his abil-
ity to become what he wishes TO be.
Probably the average political boss
begins life with an ideal, but without
grounded principle. He finds that the
ideal requires method for it's realiza-
ton, and being deficient in principle,
he adopts policy as his method. This
inevitably results in a lowering of the
ideal, for water always seeks its own
level.
When a man ceases working for his
ideal, he begins working for himself.
Now, self is curious. While ii stays
me" 10 the bitter end, it has a way
OF crediting itself with vast philan-
thropy by subdividing itself into
family and friends.
Thus many a man will do things
for his family and his friends that he
would not do directly for himself. not
realizing that in reality 1t is himself
whom he is gratifying, through the
benefits he bestows on family and
friends.
Not even a political boss is all
good and ali bad any more than are
other men. The boss knows as well
as others that he is a public calamity
at least, he would know it if he did
not deceive himself in believing that
his goodness TO his family and friends
warranted his badness TO the public.
Moreover, honesty is the best pol
icy even among thieves. 1t is a ques-
ton If any political boss would last
long If the integrity of his private
character did not inspire confidence
both IN the spokesman and in the UNI
analytical honest citizen.
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RIDERLESS.

Up the stiu streets Of the village he
dashes.
over the cobbIes he hammers ard flashes,
Starting the hounds all allowing and
Frighting the death-Watcher shuddering
and barking
Murs is the midnight-the corpse-candle
Down ride the dead through the dark
ness, she mutters-
over the meadows he skins like a swal-
High on the hillock and low in the hol-
low,
Smashing the gate that would turn Kim
or bind him,
Launching the loan. in his Iashings be-
Through the thin hedges. and topping
the railing.
IS falling
Lamed in the hole where the mole
blindly burrows.
LabOring on through the pIow-driven
Clogged by the clay in the stin stand
Fighting for life in his terror and
wearied and winded and wounded and
bleeding
Now he is near to the end Of his speed
ing.
Broken and bruised from the rocks and
the powders,
Whitened with foam from the TANKS to
the shoulders.
Soaked in his sweat, with his barrel a
heaying
Hanging his head like hound that is
grieving,
Leaving the line like a mar that is
drunken.
Dizzy and darkened and sickened and
Sunken.
Blinded his eyes. in his ears a dull roar
ing.
Blood from his scarIet-fIIed nostril-pits
pouring.
SWerNlnE aside. as his brain SWfmS and
blackens.
Keeling TO fail as his ganoping slackens,
Specter OF tragedy. doom and disaster,
He is dead at the door OF his master.
Bertrand ShadwelL
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Russia lat Hardin.

Under pressure from St. Peters
burg, General IKuropatkin is appar-
emily going to attempt the relief of
Port Arthur, though if he does. he
will move against his own better
judgment. Although Russia puts on
a bold front before the world, there is
little doubt th;gt privately she regards
the fall Of her stronghold as immi-
nent, unless -Kuropatl1in succeeds In
thwarting fate.
Japan's forces in the Liaotung Pen
insula are apparently much larger
than has generally been thought. and
her success in carrying on a secret
campaign audd all modern inventions
for the secu ring and transmission OF
exact inforr lation must be regarded
as one Of IN . remarkable feats of the
war.
Kuropatkin has declared from the
first that Port Arthur should be
abandoned land all the energies of
Russia BERT upon terrifying Hardin.
This view Of things was a direct
stab at Admiral AleMeff, to whom
can be treoed many of Russia's trou-
bles, including the war itself The
Car was sloth 10 believe that a re-
treat so isr north was necessary, but
events hsFve shown the sOundness OF
Kuropatk1n's estimate Of Russia's i'm
potence.
The necessity of preserving the
naval base and the loss of prestige
that would follow the fall of Port
Arthur are the reasons urged for
placing upon General Kuropatkin the
well-nilSh hopeless task of driving the
Japanesse from the Liaotung Peninsu-
Ia If ne does try it IL may be taken
for granted that he IS obeying the
command of the Car.
Har'1in. which Kuropatkin has Sc
lected as the scene of Russia's last
stand. 9is situated well toward the CEN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS
IN WORLD OF POLITICS

Democrats of Wyoming in State
convention yesterday instructed for
William r. Hearst.
Democrats of the Third Ohio dis
trict yesterday nominated Dr..
Charles W. Conley for Congress, to
succeed Representative Nevin. Re-
publican.
Negroes of the Third West Viz
ginia district have declared against
Representative Gaines, Republican
Prohibitionists of Michigan yes
terday nominated a State ticket
and chose sixty three delegates to
the national convention of their
party.
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FRIDAY. JUNE 3. 1904.
The Arbitration Movement.

The arbitration conference at Lake
Mohonk affords the usual exhibition
of shrewdness and foolIshness in the.
utterances of its speakers. NobodyF
can deny that arbitration, if it is ever
universally adopted, will be of as
great good to the world as the sub
stitution of law courts for privats
feuds, but to argue, as did Congress
man Baker of New York, that the
maintenance of an army and navy Is
ments, is as absurd as it would beafto
dismiss the police force and leave fhe
people to depend on mob law for THE
punishment of offenses. Judge Gray
declares the court of arbitration at
The Hague to be a monument toe the
glory of the Car, and ignores thesfact
that the Car and his adyisersf are
now refusing to submit their cause
to arbitration, in spite of the -coTtvic-
tion of a majority of the other ma
tons Of the earth that it would lbe the
wisest thing they could do. When
you want two men to arbitrata their
dispute and they refuse. what are you
going to do about it?
Suppose England, Germany. or ia
pan should attack this country and
refuse to consent to arbitratio of
some dispute which might come up,
would it be good for this ountry to
be utterly without defenses? I At pres
ent no such war is likely : to arise,
largely because our geograp hical posi-
ton and the reputation we won in the
war with Spain make it evident that
war with US would be expe nsive. But
European nations are not so protect
ed by geographical pOsitio q, and some
of them are obliged to maintain an
armament TO protect themselves from
possible attack To condemn them
for doing so is a good Cheal like OBJ
jecting to a mans keeping a gun in
the house if he lives in aEplace where
Indians are likely to goFon the war
path, and to argue that I'VE should do
without our own armyt and navy is
something like refusing TO come to
the help of that man when the In
dams are after him 1t is all very
well to talk about moral influence
but the diplomat withy the moral in
huence at the present Sstage of eivili-
cation is the diplomat with a gun;
not that he is likely to run amuck
with the gun, but that moral infu-
ence without it amounts to using
powder without bullets in fighting
sayages. Incidentally, it may be
mentioned that in parallel columns
with the reports Of the conference are
reports of affairs irsTangier, and that
IT would be wise for the conference
to discuss ways ofEetting Mr.. Perdi-
caris out Of his fix by strictly moral
suasion, if they want TO give the
world a practically example of their
wisdom.
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FOR PIERRE AND JEANNE.

The red doe found the place and bore
& broken branch from of its floor:
The hen-grOuse brushed II with h r
wing
Till its moss was fresh as I'm the spring:
A mother hare had so soft leap
Her little ones must be near and asleep:
She came rejoiced 10 do her part
CThe hare has ever a kindly hearD:
IIttering leaves she cleared away
TIN the bapk was smooth as in first
May,
TIL not a blot her eye discovers,
CThe hare has ever a liking for lovers.
SO doe and grouse and fo0t-sOft hare,
Wild servitOrs of Love. prepare
This place appointed for the tryst
or Pierre aud Jeanne-who met and
kissed
And lOitered there with loving words,
Phghting their troth like forest birds.
Francis Sterne Palmer IN the Outlook
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Red Ants and the Boil WeeVil.

The red ant is said to be putting
an end to the boil weevil in some
Texan fields, to the great hope of the
planters who raise cotton. But other
people, not in the cotton business, are
wondering what will happen if some
of the ants happen to be left over
after the boil weevil is exterminated,
and whether the Agricultural Depart
ment will then have to import ant
eaters to rid us of the plague Of red
ants.
The nuisance about all created evils
seems to be that the remedy is likely
TO be worse than the disease. New
York imported English sparrOws to
eat grubs in the parks, and the spar
rows have become a pest. The mon
goose was imported into the West
Indies to kill snakes, and became
itself a nuisance. Paris green will
kill potato-bugs, but if any of the
stuff happens to get on your lettuce
bed it will kill you, too. The city
fathers are going to kill off stray cats,
and then we shall be wondering what
to do with the rats and mice. And
go it goes.
That is what comes of disturbing
the balance of power in the animal
kingdom. Originally. no doubt, each
nuisance had its own appointed po-
lice, which kept down the too numer-
GUS progeny to the endurable point.
Then civilization stepped in and killed
off the police. and now we have the
nuisance by itself and have 10 do the
policing without the practice.
1t is now urged that the modest
brown quail be protected, since Bob
White" may be trusted TO eat up the
seeds of noxious plants and the grubs
of noxious insects. The farmers
wheat fields were protected by him
until the epicure began 10 eat him.
Perhaps, one of these days, we shall
have a protective tariff on birds and
animals which will work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
CLOUDBURSTS LEAVE
RUIN IN THEIR WAKE

SHARON. Pa. June 3.-ClOudbursts
at GreenvilIe and Mercer caused dam
age exceeding $4,000,
In Mercer county the heaviest losers
are the railroad companies, whose
tracks were washed out and two bridges
carried away.
The Bessemer Company's business is
suspended on account of numerous
washouts. and no trains reached Mer-
Ger yesterday. The heavy rains have
caused the Shenango River 10 overflow
its banks, and numerous manufacturing
plants in South Sharon and at Green
VILE are :dIe.
The United Coke and Gas Company $
works. damaged by the January flood
10 the extent of $780, 600 are again
threatened with partial destruction. The
water is still rising, and the damaSe
along the valley VIII be great.
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With riderless saddle. reins broken and
hanging.
stirrup irons jerking and beating and
changing,
Hoofs striking sparks from the rocks in
his going.
Fear in his eyes. with the wild whites
Back BY the road they had ganoped in
Horneward he flies through -he night in
his madness.
SIN from the ambush he hears the shots
ringing,
Sees the dim forms from the dark gully
Still from The saddle he hears the voice
calling,
Feels the dead rider stIn swaying and
falling.
Gone is the hand that should check him
or guide him,
Hounded by fears, and with horror
astride him.
Down the black gorge. with the wild
Thrice to the ring Of the iron replying,
Frighted yet desperate. coward but dar-
Facing the fathomless deeps without
Tripped by his bride. he stumbles and
blunders,
Up like a stag again. downward he
thunders.
Through the deep woods a dark shadow
he passes,
RoJsing the wolves in the brakes and
the grasses.
Flame in their eyes. like the wind the
pack find him.
Swift as the whirlwind, he filings them
behind him.
What thing of speed. in his terror. shall
match him?
Howl. We lean wolves, for ye never shall
catch him.
Forth from the fringe of the forest he
Down TO the~depths of the valley ne
plunges.
Hoofs on the hill drumming faster and
faster.
Mumed and dull in the lush Of the
pasture,
Starting aside where the cattle are lying.
I Reaching the river and taking il flying,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
ENGLAND WOULD NOT
ENJOY C0NSCRlPTIOM

LONDON. June S-Following the
storm of popular protest over the rec
ommendation OF royal commission
that consCription be employed TO pro-
vide a defensive army for England in
ease OF war. the question has been put
SQuarely In the house OF commons.
win Great Britain adopt this drastic
mcaSuTe2
Replying to the query. War Secre-
tary Arnol6-FOrster said.
The government has no intention of
proposing 10 parliament the introduc-
uoU of a system Of CONSUMPTION. as
recommended by the royal commission
on the volunteer and militia forces"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
POPE GIVES DECORATION
TO HASKELL COFFIN

PARIS, June 3-W. Haskell Coffin has
received from Pope Plus Y the order
Of advocate Of St. Peter for pictures
which he exhibited at the Paris salon
this year. Mr.. Coffin is a son of the
Deputy Comptroller Of the Currency
under the Administration of President
Cleveland
The Pope only decorated Mr. Coffin.
a Frenchman. an Austrian, and a Bel
gan exhibitor out OF 200 names pre-
sEmtel 10 bis hoNness-
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Danger of Floating Mines.

The well-authenticated story that
the Russian tactics include the use Of
floating mines has stirred up more of
a commotion than anything else in
the history of the war thus far, but
the ways IN which it is discussed by
some papers are a trifie funny. One
journal, for example, grayely treats
the matter as If it affected England
more than any other country, since
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
HARVARD WILL SEE
"HOT DOG MAN" WED

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. June will
lam Roland Walker, known TO Harvard
graduates as Butler. the hot dog
man. Inserted a wedding invitation in
the columns of the Daily Crimson. :"
inviting the entire student body to his
marriage June 30 to Miss May Teresa
Deland of Boston.
Invitations also have been sent TO all
the famous graduates now living in
Guiding President Roosevelt The pair
is already fairly buried under gifts
fIOm alumni
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FouR MoNTHs I'M A BUGGY.

HUNTINGTON. W. va. June g.
George II. Berlin. of Philadelphia. has
arrived here, having driven all the way
II a buggy. He started ON February 10
ana has been on the road continuously
pursuing his journey leisurely and by a
roundabout route.
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COULDN'T RIDE; ENDED LIFE.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, June S-Wnliam
l. Curtis, park policeman, shot him
self yesterday and later died at "a hos
pltal Curtis was recently assigned 10
the police bicycle squad He could not
ride wheel. and, it is supposed. fsar-
ing that ne would lose MS position
committed suicide.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
TO ALLOWANCE FOR NEVADA.

Judge AdVOCate General Davis has de-
cided that Nevada IS not entitled To al
lowance under the militia law. because
the State has not maintained Il military
organization which meets The require
ments OF the law 4 military organiza-
ton having at least 100 men for each
Senator and Representative is required.
Nevada will forfeit 81 900 which viii
revert 10 the Treasury.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
CONNECTS FIGHT DUFL.

TITTSBURG, Pa. June 3.-Quarreling
over a base ball bet. two negro convicts
IN the Western penitentiary seized
knives and fought sr-bloody duel One,
his jUgular vein severed. is dying
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
Looked Ahead for Son.

The late Senator intended several
years ago that his son Richard should
succeed him in the Senate. as he wanted
the toga to remain in the Quay family.
but it Is said that the young man did
not display great aptitude for politics,
at least not the aptitude necessary 10
boss the State. and elected 20 enter
business. In doing SO he has made
fortune much in excess of that which
his father left. George T. Oliver.
Pittsburg millionaire. is said to stand
well with the local boss Of Philadelphia
Mr. Durham.
Other candidates in the field are state
Senator William Finn, of Pittsburg,
for a long time an anti-Quay Repub-
lican; H c. Prick, another Pittsburg
millionaire. Mr.. Prick has recently de-
clared, however, that he has not con-
sidered himself a candidate. Repre-
sentative Joseph Q. Sibley and ex-Sena-
tor Don Cameron are also among those
mentioned as the possible successor to
Senator Quay. Representative Sibley
ever since he executed his remarka BILE
political flop" from the Democratic
springboard and landed sQuarely in the
Republican blanket, has had his eye
upon the governOrship. but has been
held OF because OF the fact that he IS
too recent a recruit. II he could get
the SenatOrsElp. however. he would
cheerfuly abandon his ambition 10 b.
governor OF Pennsylvania.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
BULL FIGHT FOR 81. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. June 3-The first
genuine bull fight ever held in the
United States will be held here On sun
day. The arena is provided with seats
FOR 1890 persons. and bull fighters from
Madrid Will combat with the beasts
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03

Miss Cora L. Eaton and Benjamin p.
Nneatley We're married last night. The
ceremony took place at the rectory of
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church.
and was witnessed by a number OF
friends OF the couple.
The Rev. w j. Morton said the words
which made them man and wife. After
he ceremony they left on q bridal trip.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03
TWO WEDDINGS
IN ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June S.-Wubert
G. Baggett, popular Alexandrian. was
last night married To Edith Smith,
daughter Of Capt. William II. Smith.
The marriage ceremony was performed
in the DarlOrs at the home of the bride.
IN North Alfred Street. which were pref
THY decorated with palms, etc. for
In, occasion. The Rev. J. Z. Stump.
castor Of the Southern Methodist
Church. OBLIGATED, after which the COu-
PIE left on a wedding trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baggett Will reside in
this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03

superintendent Stutler says II would
take more than 1900 men to keep the
snow of the sidewalks in this city. II
conditions are any worse next winter
than they We're last, and the police
vii. keen their ears closed. perhaps the
citizens viii all stand out on the side
walks and enter into a grand cussfest
and melt IL off.
Speaker Cannon's attempt to end the
Illinois Republican deadlock by reso-
luton releasing all delegates from their
pledges failed. The resolution was
promptly passed and completely ig-
nored. Cannon may know what the
Illinois delegates should do. and if he
was a whole battery. he might make
them do It.
The Sultan Of Morocco will implore
RaisuH TO give up Perdicaris and Var
ley and save the country from an in
yasion By infdels. He might add as a
sweetener that an invasion by inhdels
would likely result in Raisulfs severing
his connection with his head
Russell Sage says he has never taken
a vacation .,Ad doesn't believe in pay
iug clerks for two weeks work which
favor Of vacations that II We never
took one we might some day grow 70
he like Russell Sage.
The police Of Newport News are look
ing for q man who terrified three tele-
phone girls by fourishing a pistol Per
naps he was a new subscriber. and had
not become accustomed TO the service
Skrydlof's feet IS reported to be bot
tied up by means Of mines, which dims
the glory Of Hobson. lie never thought
OF corking up the Harbor Of Santiago
with a chunk Of dynamite.
Judge Brewer says that good char
acter is as important a qualification O.
a lawyer as Of a minister. 1t may be,
but many good lawyers would go broke
If they had to prove IT,
II something is not done about Perdi-
caris. the Sultan OF Morocco is liable
TO an attack of perIcarditis.
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Delaware Democrats Like Gray.
An effort is being made by Democrats
in Delaware to procure Instructions
from the State convention for Ex-Sena-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-03

The police Of Newport News are look
ing for q man who terrified three tele-
phone girls by fOurishing a pistol Per-
naps he was a new subscriber. and had
not become accustomed TO the service
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Skrydloff-s feet IS reported to be bot
tied up by means Of mines, which dims
the glory Of Hobson. He never thought
OF corking up the Harbor Of Santiago
with a chunk Of dynamite.
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Judge Brewer says that good char
acter is as important a qualification C'
a lawyer as Of a minister 1t may be
but many good lawyers would go broke
II they. had to prove 10.
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Mrs. Charles f. Vreeland has gone TO
Annapolis to join her husband, Com
mander Charles +. Nreeland. in com
mand of the monitor Arkansas.
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Miss Hitchcock entertained at lunch
con yesterday the Misses Ripley, Of
New York. who are the guests of Mrs.
Churchill Candee
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II something IS not done about Perdi-
carts. the Sultan OF Morocco Is liable
to an attack of pericarditis.
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He is dead at the door OF his master.
Bertrand ShadwelL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-13
BASEBALL NOTES.

In a game between the Little Tigers of
Pleasant Plains and the Mohawk baseball
team of Tottenville yesterday morning,
the Little Tigers won by a score of 5 to 3.
The game was played On the Atlantic
Terra Gotta Works diamond.
This afternoon u large crowd of people
are at Pleasant Plains watching the base
ball game between the crack Brooklyn A.
C. baseball team, and the Excelsiors OF
Pleasant Plains. The Excnlsiors have
been playing great ball this year and
they expect to win the game.
AT 3 O'Clock this afternoon the Kreis-
cherville baseball team, and the Excel
siors of Perth Amboy, will cross bats on
the diamond at K~reischerville.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 O'Clock,
two rivnl teams from Mt. Loretta, will.
clahs in a ball game.