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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
David B. Hill.

The death of Hugh Mclaughlin the ven
cradle leader of the Brooklyn democracy.
has started discussion in New York as to
the party's strong men in that state Pat
McCarren had already supplanted Mr. Nc
Laughin, and Charles F. Murphy Is filling.
after a fashion. the shoes of Richard
Croker. But these are men of only local
consequence. Neither has the capacity for
state leadership. Who is to step into the
breach when David B. Hill steps down and
out? He himself has fixed January 1 as the
day for his disappearing.
Really, now, should Mr.. Hill be held to
that promise? Consider the circumstances.
He had succeeded in writing a national
platform at st. Louis. and in nominating a
presidential ticket. Judge Parker and Mr..
Davis were both his men, and people were
saying that if the ticket won at the polls Its
creator would be the most powerful indi-
vidual in the country. The republicans in
New York began making use of the sugges-
ton. and Mr. Hill, to quiet feeling in circles
where he was unpopular, announced that
not only would he seek no office for him
self but on the first of the new year would
retire from the post of the democracy's New
York leader. 1t was his last full measure
of devotion to the Parker cause. The OBJ
ject was to bring everybody into line for the
ticket.
But nothing could elect the ticket. No
applications, no sacrifices for 1t could
induce the people to accept it. 1t was
so unpopular on other scores. which Mr..
Hill could not control. that his own per-
sonal unpopularity was lost in the shuttle.
Why, then. should a promise which was
obtained practically at the mouth of
pistol be kept? Why should Mr. HILL in
the full vigor of his sixty years. with
more ability and more experience than any
other New York democrat quit the scene
when his party stands SO sadly in need of
his services? Notwithstanding Judge Par
ker's overwhelming defeat, the New York
democracy still aspires to lead the party
In the nation, and therefore should itself be
well led. Mr.. Hill has made mistakes
But all active and aggressive men do that
He probably did as well at st. Louis as it
was possible for any democrat to do 1t
was not democratic year. No man. with
Mr. Bryan facing one way and Mr.. CIeve-
land facing another way, could have polled
democracy's strength had been polled 1t
would not have prevailed against Theodore
Roosevelt
MIR. Hill should reconsider a promise has
tily made under duress. He owes it both
to his party and to Journalism not to take
best newsmakers in America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Arbitration In the Air.


FROM the London chronicle
Arbitration is in the air. and it is snow
ing treaties. All thanks to white winged
peace for that blessing! The treaties in
question of limited scope; they deal
only with minor disputes and they provide
no absolute finality. But minor disputes
unless settled betimes grow sometimes
into larger; and it is a step gained, more
over, to bring the nations to the habit of
arbitration. The latest treaty of the kind
Is not the least acceptable; it Is the one
which will soon be signed at Washington
by Sir Mortimer Durand and Mr. Hay on
behalf of Great Britain and the United
States respectively. Mr.. Choate said the
other day that when he made the sugges-
ton at the foreign Office, Lord Lansdowne
replied that the concurrence of this coun-
try went without saying" IF course it
does. for in 1897 the British government ac-
cepted the treaty. signed by Lord Paunce-
fote and Mr.. Olney, which went infinitely
further than the present one. 1t was a
treaty to submit to arbitration "all uues-
tons in difference" between the two coun-
tries. Thus universal in it's scope arbitra-
ton was also. in the case of most disputes
to be final. But the American Senate would
not have It, We notice that at the dinner
of the chamber Of commerce in New York
at which Mr.. Morley was entertained the
other day, Mr.. Olney returned to the
charge and reafflrmed his plea for some
larger arbitration treaty. Meanwhile we
trust that. in the case of the present lin
tied treaty. the consent of the Senate Will
go without saying"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Sulzer.

Upon being congratulated on the fact
that while Mr.. Roosevelt carried the dis
trict, he was returned to Congress by six
thousand majority. Mr.. Sulzer explained
how he turned the trick:
BY standing pat on my record as a
democrat. If some Of the others had also
followed Hannas advice they would also
have carried their districts
This explanation seems defective. Mr.
Suffers record as a democrat was IN hay
ing twice voted for Bryan. But in that
he had no advantage over Judge Parker
who had done the same thing. Why. by
the record. should he have been taken and
Judge Parker left? Mr.. Sulzer is too
modest. Evidently he is stronger than his
party. His people know a good man when
they see one. The Henry Clay wings we
may be sure, were out in force in that
district on election day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Freak Books.

THOICE assortment of
4 Unique Books, attractive
" in appearance and laugh
able in contents.
The Cynic's Calendar for
1904, 75c. volume.
The Cynic's Calendar for
1905, 75c. volume.
The Foolish Dictionary, Coo.
a volume.
Cynic's Meditations, Coo. a
volume.
Crankisms, Soc. a volume.
Brevities, Soc. volume.
Witticisms, Soc. volume.
Toasts Gin form of stein),
paper, 25c. a volume.
Toasts, chamois leather bind
ing, 75c.- volume.
Limerick Lyrics, $I.oo a vol
ume.
Limerick Books, up to date,
SI.OO a volume.
Bachelor Bigotries, SI.oo Il
volume.
Widows, Wise and Other
wise, $I.oo a volume.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Bibles and
Prayer Books.

TR|1 E always carry a
III NIU full stock of every
wv kind of Bible suit
able for Sunday
School Teachers and Scholars,
from $I.oo to $3.50 each.
Choice Bibles, in fine bind
ings, $500 to 5000.
Very Small Oxford Bibles,
large type, $2.oo to $500.
Revised American Bibles.
Revised Episcopal Church
Bibles.
The Temple Bibles and Mod
ern Readers Bibles, in parts.
Red Letter New Testaments.
Choice Lap Edge Bibles,
SIPS to $1,000.
Episcopal and Catholic
Prayer Books.
Catholic Bibles, Douay Edi-
ton.
Devotional Books, Daily
Readings, Year Books, Birth
day Books, Wedding Books,
Baby Books, etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Independence.

I don't need no Sanity Claus.
De 'possum's in de tree:
De moon is shinin' bright because
needs dat light to see.
De rabbits los his OIL gum shoes
A walkin' th'oo de snow.
1 takes de shotgun down an views
Dem signs wifi comfort, sho'.
White folks Is a helpless set
Dey's allus lookin' out
In hopes dat dey is gwine to get
Some good things passed about.
Dey's waitin' fob de Christmas tree
Trimmed up wifi gilt and gauze.
It's mighty fine. But folks like me
Don need no Sanity Claus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Union League on the Tariff.

The overwhelming vote of the Union
League Club in favor of investigation with
view to tariff revision Is highly Significant
OF public sentiment within the Republican,
party on this subject. The Union League is
an organization Of republicans MANY Of
It's members are manufacturers MANY
others are financiers with large investments
In the great corporations which are fire.
quently charged with being the exclusive
beneficiaries Of the tariff Yet, with few
dissenting voices. and those raised mostly
In criticism of the particular form and time
of the action. the club takes its stand for
progressive adaptation OF protection to the
conditions Of industry. This is In no sense
an anti-protective tendency. The Union
League is as firm In its devotion to the mol
Icy of protection as at any time in its long
history of thoroughgoing republicanism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
The Simple Life
From the Boston Transcript.

Do you know just how to take that fire.
quent remark of Pastor Wagners that
est to leading the simple life?' 1t can't
be irony. can it? He doesn't seem that
sort OF a man. And yet we have been
summed up and sized up so very dfffer-
emily by other foreigners who have come
over here to study US that his opinion
rather staggers us. For, whether we liked
1t or not, we had begun to accept the
as partly true at any rate and were pre-
pared to show lookers-on from every
where that whatever position we took we
could afford 1t. by lingo! And now comes
this man with his simple life" doctrine
and trying us by his standards praises us
right and left. To be perfectly honest
probably half of US don't know whether
to laugh or cry at his decision,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
SHOOTING STARS.
A Voice of Envy.

I've become convinced of the superiority
of woman over man." said the green goods
merchant to the bunco steerer
For what reaSon?
We've got to work hard to get few
hundred dollars from farmer. But wo-
man can walk into an Ohio bank and get
five hundred thousand dollars on any kind
Of a piece Of paper"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

If southern craftsmanship can advance
the prospect of good roads, it can afford to
forget many disappointments. Good roads
in numerous districts constitute as impor-
tant a question as irrigation in the west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

The. dispatch from St. Paul telling how a
bankruptcy referee resented a corrupt pro-
posal states that Mr.. Doran's visitor re-
turned later and handed him a roll of
money, whereupon the referee knocked him
down and kicked him out of the office" 1t
is really interesting, If not important to
know what became of the roll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Another Argument.

Don't you sometimes think that 1t would
be a good plan for this government to own
the railways?''
NO" answered the gloomy citizen. 1t
wouldn't do 1t would be unfair to the par
ty in power. Every time man missed a
train he'd be so indignant that he'd vote
to turn the administration OUT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Hardy Volume Books.

OH NAME given to certain
lMl series of Books, usu-
Nv ally the good books Of
olden times, including
Fiction, Poetry and Essays,
printed in plain type on good
paper and attractively bound in
cloth or leather-and yet very
inexpensive. H ii n d r e d S of
titles here to select from.
Cloth binding, gilt stamped,
red edge, 25c. volume.
Choice Cloth binding, in col
ors, gilt top, soc. a volume.
Flexible Leather, boxed,
6oc., Soc. and $I.oo a volume.
Stamped Leather, boxed;
very dainty; Soc. a volume.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
A Perverted Sense of Humor.

what are you laughing att" asked one
Russian naval officer
DO you remember the time we mistook
fishing fleet for the Japanese navy?' re-
sponded the other.
Yes"
"Well, 1 was just thinking what a good
joke it would be if we were to mistake the
Japanese navy for a fishing fleet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

The Russian government is one of the
few that could not depend on the strong
est popular sympathy with it's efforts to
punish a crime such as the assassination
of Won Plehve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

The predictions that the world was going
to have more gold than it knows what to do
with will not be realized before several more
Christmas shopping seasons have passed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Poetry.

NUN ORE than 500 differ
NHlM entvolumes of Poetry,
~ uuoV in about forty differ
ent styles of binding,
ranging from 25c. for the plain
cloth edition to $500 for the
superb morocco volume.
Standard Poets, I2mo, cloth
binding, 25c. volume.
French cloth binding, Soc,
75c. and 85c. a volume.
Limp leather binding, SOC,
6oc., 75c. and $I.oo a volume.
Half Morocco, Persian Mo-
rocco, Half Calf and Real Le-
want Morocco, $I.6o, $2.5o,
$500 and $500 a volume.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

Washington is always a city of cosmopoI-
itan contrasts. No sooner have the bolster
Gus race-trackers departed than the urbane
congressman puts in an appearance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

AS matter of business consumers Of
fuel should perceive that carbon is alto
gether too expensive to be wasted in
smoke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

Some of the Ohio bankers are taking
keen interest in the subject Of foolish
finance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

Fishing has been destroyed in Port Ar
thur harbor. There would not be much
chance to fish, anyhow, with the Baltic
squadron under way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
THE EVENING STAR has a regular ana
permanent Family Circulation much
more than the combined circulation Of
the other Washington dai1ies. As .
News and Advertising Medium It has
70 competitor.

TIN order to avoid delays Oh account Of
personal absence, letters to THE STAR
should not be addressed to any individual
connected with the ONCE, but simply to
THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Busi-
ness Departments. according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

Pension Commissioner Ware may audibly
congratulate his successor, but in his heart
there will be sympathy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
An impression.

The statesman's life is very gay.
His troubles are but few.
He seems to have a lot to say
And nothing much to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

The campaign contribution of Governor
elect Douglas amounted to something less
than $4,000. The democrats who oppose
the tariff ought to be little tender with
the shoe business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

Before jumping to any rash conclusions
concerning the sanity of Tom Lawson. his
income from his literary endeavors should
be ascertained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Religious Books.

Nl%T E give special atten-
III II Ii ton to Books on
WV Religious and
kindred h m s,
and our stock is strong on
those writer's who have en-
deared themselves to the read
ing public. We always keep on
hand the best of the old and
buy of the new sparingly.
The Twentieth Century Sum
day School, by Rev. S. H.
Greene, pastor OF Calvary Bap-
fist Church, 4oc. volume.
A Young Mans Makeup,
7Sc. volume.
Twentieth Century New
Testament, ST 90 a volume.
Finding the Way, by Rev. ].
r. Miller, 65c. a volume.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

Don't pine fob too much conspicuosity,
said Uncle Eben. It's de chicken OATS
jes' gwine to be kyahved dat attracts de
mos attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

Tammany politicians insist on trying to
explain democratic defeat, in defiance of
Judge Parker's efforts to forget the past
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

Mr. Carnegie Is not so careless with his
small change that $4,000 can get away
without his knowing anything about it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10

The question what is the matter with
Kansas" is obsolete, but bulletins as to
the symptoms of Colorado are issued
daily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Juvenile Books.

THE largest and best as
Il sortment of Books for
~ young readers ever
shown by us. The Ju-
venile room is stocked with the
best that the Book World at
fords. The old, of course, be-
cause they are all good. The
new, because we must have
them-good or otherwise.
Books for the youngest, illu-
minated in joyful colors, 25c.
to $3.50 a volume.
Books for the Little Ones,
I5c. to ST.. so volume.
Books for Children of all
ages, Ioc. to s. 90 a volume.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Snow and Charity.

The lamb who escapes the meat trust
finds his fate In Wall street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Standard Sets.

- HESE in lude every
\ famous author of both
~ England and America.
By common consent
Dickens leads.
Dickens Works, complete,
$500, $3.50, 5000, $3.50, $1,000
and $1,000 a set.
SCOTS Works, complete,
$500, $500, 5000, $500 and
5000 set.
Thackeray's Works, COM
plete, $500, $500, 5000 and
$500 a set.
Geo. Eliot's Works, COM
plete, $2.oo, $500 and $3.50 a
set.
Alex. Dumas Works, COM
plete, 81 90 and SI2.oo a set.
Bulwer -Lytton's Works,
complete, 5000 a set.
And many others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Choice Books
from Famous Presses.

- HESE include both the
4 new and the old; and
~ the true book lover has
warm place in his
heart for either. Specimens of
choice printings from the time
of Aldus, Elzevir and Plantin
down to the present time are
shoulder to shoulder with early
American books in shabby at
tire and rare books of days
gone by.
We have an assortment well
worth examining. Catalogue
sent on request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
Cards, Packages, Luncheon. etc.
Xmas Books for Everybody.

Xmas Books fof Everybody.
oS OOKS standard gifts always appropriate acceptable
INK and splendid collections of the
oy Tered for Xmas the Book Department
NJ y longer department, merely but
Perfect and Complete Book Store
equipped as few satisfactory service public
than volumes be found shelves
of literature the umbes booklet
and elaborate volumes of the the world
Our Book Store of that
without conflicting with the crowds of shoppers the Besides
the interior approaches there broad
books have been Systematically arranged
searching for special books will
Shelves clevery formed coves provide the separation
classes of books and scarcely volume mentioned that
found stock Our Book Department
and for the reliable information regard proper
lectons for gifts.
If filled with titles interesting and appropriate Christmas
books shouldn't nearly exhaust the possibilities splendid
lecton-so here suggestions:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-10
rative ART Objects and Bric=a=Brac for Xmas Gifts

dsB 70 deonanen ann OF Pror,H Halls
Regulators Ck Sets SIN
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a ding doMel hngG
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11
v OULD PROTECT
THE FISHERMEN

The sessions of the convention OF
the International Seamen's Union OF
America yesterday were largely de-
voted TO the considering of resolutions.
The cause of the fishermen was again
taken up and active legislation urged
for the protection of their interests.
In the future the fishermen will be in
cluded in all legislation looking toward
the betterment of the condition of sea-
men. The preservation of the salmon
fisheries is first to be considered.
The establishment of a marine hos
pital for sailors suffering with rheu-
matism will be urged at the next ses-
sion of Congress.
A resolution was adopted favoring
the passage of the Hearst bill, en-
powering the Interstate Commerce
Commission to fix reasonable rates
and establish an Interstate Commerce
Court to review such pleadings as shall
be appealed from the commission.
In the evening the delegates were
the guests of the unions of the Pacific
Coast at a banquet in a downtown
restaurant After the good things pro-
vided had been disposed of toasts were
responded to as follows: The Inter
national Seamen's Union William
Penje; Legislative Work of the
Union" Andrew Furuseth; Our Com
radeS on the Great Lakes, william h.
Jenkins: international Trade Union
] isrn," Edward Rosenberg; 'Our
| Comrades on the Atlantic Coast" Will
| liam II. Frazier; 1.-The Men in the
Fireroom," Daniel Sullivan; Our Own
Journal" Walter Macarthur; Future
of the Marine Cooks and Stewards, .
David English; The Good that Agen-
cies Can Do" H. Ohlsen; "Organiza-
| ticn Among Fishermen" I. N. Hylen;
'~rhe Bay and River Steamboat Men,
Miles F. Gaffney; The Need of a
Strong Treasury" Edward Anderson;
| what We Have Already Accom-
plished," James West; The Conven-
ticn as Seen From the Chair" c. j
| Harrington.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11
KEEPS THREE
AGENTS BUSY
Mrs. Potter Palmer's Search
for a House in London Is
Not Meeting With Success
ACTRESS HARD TO SUIT
Demands Accommodations
That Are Not Provided in
Houses for Rent in Capital
Special plspatch to The call.

LONDON, Dec. 1O.-"As soon as
Christmas is over" said a prominent
real estate agent to the writer yester-
day, I'VE expect to be kept busy finding
town houses for the number of Amert-
cans who are coming over to swell the
transatlantic colonies in Mayfair and
Belgravia."
Mrs. Potter Palmer il seems has COM
mlssioned not one, but three, of the
most fashionable Of the West End real
estate firms to secure her a house 1t
is said that her object in doing this is
to create competition among the agents
so that she may obtain the best value
Tor her money. She has already estab-
lished reputation for being one of the
shrewdest business women outside the
duchess OF ROXburghe who has had
any dealings with these agents. She
VIII not have a house already furnished
the furniture, she says, hides many
defects; she viii insist upon having
every nook and corner examined by
her own experts in building. construc-
ton and sanitation. The scheme of
decoration in the houses she has al
ready seen is not up to the standard
OF her tastes and requirements. They
are all too tinsel, she says. She wants
art com bined with solidity One firm
or agents thinks that she must have
house specially built before she can be
accommodated When she has found
the house she is going to do the fur
nlshing herself, and in this connection
she means TO have it principally In the
Partisan style. The heating apparatus
IN the principal London mansions she
does not like at all. She will have the
American system installed If she can
get her landlord to agree. The general
impression is that she cannot get a
season" house on her terms and that
in the end she viii be obliged to have
a permanent residence If she means to
put up in Mayfair or Belgravia.
Another American woman who means
TO set up a London establishment Is
Mrs. Bradley Martin Jr She and her
husband are looking out for house in
the neighborhOod Of Chesterfield Gar
dens, but at the moment 1t is doubtful
whether anything is likely to be vacant
TO suit them in this quarter. They
mean to make stir in London society
next year, and much of the entertain
ing that has hitherto devolved on her
mother-in-law will be taken over by
the young bride. 1t is feared that the
English climate will not suit her and
that she must perforce spend much Of
her time between New York and Paris.
She makes no secret of the fact that
she likes England, but she experienced
one or two fogs in London during Wis
its which she had paid before her mar
riage that caused her to form preju-
dices which 1t Will take some time to
remove.