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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06
LOVE ROOSEVELT FOR
FOES HE HAS MADE
Wall Street Journal Believes High Finance Opposition
Is Good Reason for Its Support of President

NEW YORK. Aug. 6.-The wall
Street Journal" IN an article under the
caption why We Support Roosevelt"
discusses from the " all Street point Of
view the records OF the opposing can
didates for the Presidency, and sums
up its points by saying:
I'm short, we find in the Presidents
enemies the strongest arguments for his
success"
The article is as follows:
The Journals" Reasons.
some Of our readers have asked Us
from time to time why we believe that
the election of President Roosevelt for
a second term would be a good thing,
and why we support him in the present
campaign.
The question is a fair one, and although
we might reasonably say that the col
umns Of this paper for the last eighteen
months have contained our reasons, eX-
pressed in great detail we are willing
20 state them once more. concisely, so
that our position may be understood.
AT the outset 1t may be stated that
the '.yYaH Street Journal is neither Re
publican nor Democratic, as such, nor
is 1t primarily a political paper 1t
some evil in both. It IS committed to
neither. and is free TO speak its mind
as TO either in the future, as 1t has done
in the past.
High Finances" Attitude.
Some eighteen months ago we com
menced publication OF the facts. with
respect TO the attitude of the high
finance toward President Roosevelt. We
pointed out that the high finance was
bitterly opposed to his election, becaJH-
1t found that he was not to
be controlled. and because II had
felt the weight of his hand in
the matter of enforcement Of the law
against the Northern Securities Com
pauy In the vital matter of publicity. AS
TAR back as February. 1908 we pointed
out that the most determined efforts
would be made to accomplish his de
feat and Furthermore, we stated that
Judge Parker had even then been picked
out as the man to be supported against
Mr. Roosevelt
Prom time to time we have explain
ed why and how the high finance hoped
10 defeat him. The main reason why we
favor the election Of Mr.. Roosevelt Is
TO be found in the main reason why the
high finance" desires his defeat: we be
lieVs II to be essential that the Presi-
dent Of the United States should not be
controlled. wholly or partially. directly
or indirectly, by any one class in the
community, and perhaps least Of all by
the high finance
Parker's Affiliations.
1T is not necessary TO assume that
Judge Parker Will be controlled by these
people. 1t Is sufficient that President
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Roosevelt has proved his freedom from
control, and that the people wEo sought
to control him are seeking TO elect
Judge Parker. For aught that anybody
knows 10 the contrary the judge may
be a man OF the highest character. al
though Il Is necessary to note that his
closest political Affiliations have beeu in
the past with representatives Of the
worst Democratic politics in the State OF
New York and that since mis- nominal
ton he has apparently been willing 10
accept the visits and the support Of the
most disreputable elements in New York
State and city politics.
Apart from all this, however. the
enc great fact is that the defeat ~
President Roosevelt is sought by certain
large financial interests for reasons
which are improper reasons. and this
fact Is, in our Judgment, sufficient rea-
son for President ROOsevelt's election
Character Of His Foes.
In short, we find in the Presidents
enemies the strongest arguments for his
success. II Is not for nothing that the
court circular journals, large and
small. are against him 1t is not for
nothing that corporation lawyers have
suddenly become gravely apprehensive
with respect to the Constitution.
We believe that the best interests Of
Wall Street-for the furtherance of
which The Wall Street Journal, IS nub-
hshed, VIII be served by the presenca
I'm the White House Of n man i'm vUbosa
eyes men are equal before the law. and
who keeps the back door locked and
bolted. Because Mr. Roosevelt is such
q man. we believe Il is best for Wall
SIIeSt anu Jhe Whole country that he
should be elected President We hold
that a man is bigger than n dollar or
a billion dollars, that, unlike a cor
porauon, he has rights that cannot be
taken away from him, and that Presi-
dent Roosevelt can be trusted to nro-
teCt those rights,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06
The Question Of Fairgrounds for Children

The great recommendation for carry
ing out the plan is l think. the argu-
ment that such action would put the
city's demands for the Fairgrounds in
better light before Congress at the
next session. II the grounds in all sec
lions OF the city and in easy reach n
thousands of children were secured this
summer, Congress would see that The
request for the needed money was
backed up by previous action on the
part OF the citizens.
In addition to these arguments. Il
would be of great advantage TO give
the little ones more Fairgrounds at once.
instead OF waiting until next summer
or the summer after that for the i'm
prOVement-
The thing can be done and will De
done under p-"1er guidance
y FATHER
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06
COMING HOME
FROM VACATIONS

The Rev. Thomas s. Chnds. rector of
All Saints Church, Chevy Chase, who
has been in Atlantic City for some time
Will return 70 Washington today.
Lieut.. James NJ. Loud. Twenty-eighth
Infantry. son Of Lieut. Col. John S.
Loud. u. S. A. is visiting his parents
at their home. 3309 Thirteenth Street
northwest
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Pierce and family
have returned home after spending sew
eral months I'm the White Mountains
New Hampshire. and Old Orchard. Ne.
William Hunter Collins, Of Montgom-
cry, Ala, Is q visitor In the city this
week. and called at the White House
10 pay his respects to President Roose-
Welt Mr.. Collins is a grandson Of Gov.
Thomas II. Watts, Alabama's war gov
ernOr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06
SATURDAY. AUGUST c, 1904.
The Model Saloon.

Bishop Potter stands sponsor for a
remarkable experiment in New York
city. This is an institution known as
The Subway Tavern" which is, in a
word, a model saloon, established by
a number of refOrmers, for the pur-
pose of serving pure liquor and food
at low prices under the best possible
moral conditions" Bishop Potter in
his address stated the case this way:
Il belong TO a dozen clubs. If
want to go out to dinner or a social
evening l can do so in any one of
these clubs. But what of the man
who lives in two rooms with five
small children? He has no club. To
get his glass of beer with his lunch
con he must go 10 the saloon. Are
you going 10 make the saloons so eX-
clusiYely bad that a man cannot go
into them without compromising his
character? This is the greatest social
movement New York has ever known.
1t is a movement every one Of you
must take into account if you would
save the Republic"
That the Bishops enthusiasm does
not, however. awaken a responsive
chord in the heart of every other re
former is shown by the remark Of
P A Baker. superintendent of the
National Anti-Saloon League:
There is no difference between a
place like that and the other saloons
OF the country except that it may be
more orderly than some of them. It
is just as harmful upon its patroniz-
ing public as the others"
The average citizen will probably
be duly respectful of the good bish-
ops views, but on the whole inclined
TO doubt the wisdom of his attempt to
reform the saloon evil by increasing
il and giving the saloon, in addition,
a striking proof Of its own strength.
The fundamental fault in the bishops
reasoning seems to find Judgement in
the theory that man can be re-
formed by changing his outward sur
roundings.
Yet, il is absolutely true that if the
bishop were challenged to produce a
single case Of reformation as the re-
suit merely of a change of outward
environment, he would have TO ac-
knowledge that he could not do it.
AS a matter Of fact, there never was a
reform accomplished that way in the
whole history of the world. Reform
follows a change in the thought, in
the views of life, Of the person re-
formed. This is accomplished re-
ligiOusly by elevating the mans
thought spiritually above his material
surroundings, and educatonally by so
training and instructing his thought
that the man becomes competent to
conquer his material surroundings, at
least TO a degree. In both cases the
routine Of squalor, poverty, and vice
becomes so repulsive that the indi-
vidual can only find peace in labor
mat cOnquerS Lnem-
If, by means Of his model saloon.
Bishop Potter is able, through the ex-
ample and precept Of good men, to
change the viewpoint of the men
who frequent the saloon and thus ele-
Vate their standard of living, the
model saloon may seem a reformatory
measure. But even then. this will be
only the seeming The reform will
actually be accomplished not by the
saloon, but by the men whose
humanity and love Of humanity thus
are proved strong enough to counter
balance the inherent evil Of the sa-
loon idea
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06
SMALL DINNER
At WHITE HOUSE
Cabinet 0fficersand Friends
Of President There.
LEAVE TOWN ON VACATIONS
Justice Barnard Guest of Mr. Clabaugh
at Taneytown-0ther Social
Matters.

President Roosevelt entertained at din
ner last evening Secretary Hay, Secre-
tary Taft, Secretary Morton, Commits
sioner Cooley, Of the Civil Service. and
SHas -AIcBee, Of New York, Of the
"Churchman
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06
EVENING MUSIC
AT CHEVY CHASE

A musicale at Chevy Chase Inn this
evening at $50 VIII be attended by a
number OF Washington people. who are
detained in the city. and are glad OF
diversion. especially when II includes
long trolley ride
Mrs. Suzanne Oldberg viii have charge
Of the musical program
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

Andre Bobroff, second secretary of the
RUSSIAN embassy. gave a ball at the
Swimming Club at Bar Harbor last
night.
The dance was preceded by dinner
party. when his guests were Count Cas-
sinL the Russian ambassador; the Am
oassador and Baroness Hengelmuller,
Jonkheer r de Marees van Swinderen.
the Netherlands minister; the Secretary
OF the Swedish legation and Mrs. Hange:
Mr.. Brun, the Danish minister; Coun-
tess Cassini, Capt Joe Wheeler; the
portuguese minister, Mr.. and Mrs Louis
Won Gaertner. Major Hayes. and Miss
Ruth Snyder, niece of Cbarlemagne
Tower. and Count Camille de Borchgrave
d Athena, who ere engaged and to be
married at Bar HarbOr September Il
Mrs. Townsend will be hostess at a
large dinner tonight at Bar Harbor. hav-
Ing number Of diplomatists among her
guests.
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at the Chatham.
Joseph D. Mcclure, who has been in
Washington since the sudden death of
his wife, at Blowing Rock, y. c, on July
&c, has again closed his residence, 1924
Sixteenth Street. and gone with his
daughter to the Mononotto Inn, Fishers
Island. y. y.
Miss Annie E. Burke. Of 621 Sixth
Street. left last week on an extended
tour through the West, as far as Pixies
Peak. Col. She will be gone for the
month of August. and on her return trip
win stop at the Worlds Fair. St Louis.
Mrs. Charles DiedeI and children have
gone to the mountains OF Virginia for
the rest OF the summer.
Maurice Lewis is spending a week Of
his vacation at St. Louis. From there
he will go 70 Thousand Islands by way
Of Chicago, where he viii spend three
weeks.
Mrs. Nellie Gertrude Stagge. of the
Northern. I'm 1 Street northwest, left for
the Fair at St Louis this week. and viii
there join friends and spend some weeks
in the mountains Of Colorado
Mrs. Frances Gineue. Of 1900 Eighth
Street northwest, together with her
daughter and grandson, Mrs. Grace Cole
and Master Francis Ginelle Cole, left
Thursday morning to spend the month
of August at Buena Vista Springs, Pa
Mrs. J. F. Stewart and children have
gone TO Chicago 10 Join Mr.. Stewart
The family will return to Washington
about the LIST Of September.
Senior Federico Elmore. nephew Of the
charge d afaires Of Peru and the repre-
sentative Of his country TO the St
Louis Exposition, is sick at the Airing
ton Hotel with typhoid fever. DR.. J. II.
Heller. his physician, says his con0i-
ton Is very satisfactory. and he IL pro
crossing nicely" Senior ElmOre's father
has Just recently been appointed min
lister Of foreign affairs at Peru.
Miss Annie McRae, Of the stanhope,
Is spending the month OF August with
friends at the Fair, at St Louis, and in
the mountains Of Colorado.
Miss MacVeagh has gone to Der Har-
Dor as the guest OF Mrs. Nicholas An
dersOn-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06
MISS ROOSEVELT
IN BATHING SUIT
Much Fun in Swimming
Pool at Bar HarbOr.
ANDRE BOBROFF'S DINNER
Mrs. Townsend Will Be Host Tonight.
MacVeaghs Reach the Maine
Resort.

Miss Roosevelt was the chief attrac-
uon at the swimming pool, the fashion
aole meeting place for Bar Harbor So
clety' yesterday morning, and was ac-
companied By her Washington chum,
Countess Cassfni.
Mrs Henry Knowlton entertained a
party at luncheon IN her honor yester-
day. and last night Senator Eugene Hale
had her as guest of honor at a dinner
at Ellsworth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

A Washington man. who Is earning
81 800 a year in one OF the departments.
writes 70 the Sun" to ask II he has
made a success Of his life. The en-
thusiasm with which he is assured that
he has may possibly be due to the fact
that the man happened 10 mention that
he has been a constant reader Of the
sun" since he was twelve years old.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

Justice Barnard, Of the District Su-
preme Court, will spend Sunday with
Chief Justice Clabaugh. at his summer
home at Taneytown. Carroll county, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

Mormonism would never have got any
hold on the people Of Utah IL Brigham
Young had had TO send all his daughters
TO the seashore for the summer cam
Daign
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

Directors to Mr.. Kipling's latest poem
say that you cannot write poetry on the
tRriff. Perhaps Mr.. KipHng did not in
tend that II should be poetry. but only
that It should be read.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

The neighbors OF woman who keeps
a cat asylum IN New York urge as an
objection 10 the cats that one Of them
jumped suddenly on a porch where a
girl was sitting and frightened her inro
hysteria. For an inhabitant OF New
York the damseTs nerves seem to have
been touchv.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

II would conduce greatly 10 the public
peace If the people who do not under
stand Mr.. Kipling's story entitled
They would stop trying to prove that
nobody can understand IT,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

Some Of the silly season people are
exercising themselves about the reason
FOR the buttons on the back OF a mans
coat. They are a survival-same as
brains IN people who don't use them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

The New York American" warns
Roosevelt that he viii have to bump
the bumps Of his record. He can stand
II, if Judge Parker can manage to loop
the loon of his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

By diligent study OF ancient history
the Democrats may be able 10 find some
expression of Judge Parker's opinions.
but since he expressed these opinions
there has been a period Of insanity and
uusafety
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

The War Department has ordered .ts
clerks who are officers TO wear civilian
dress In Office hours. This will be dis
app Jinting to the Democrats. IL would
have been such good campaign material
II they had all been required TO go about
in gold lace and epaulets
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

Russia sagely observes that the adj
vance Of the Japanese forces favOrs
Russian concentration. So does the ad-
vance Of the broom concentrate dust in
the dustpan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

The objection most prevalent 10 Bisnop
Potter's saloon dedication is that ne has
thereby made drinking respectable. But
really, there are lot Of people in this
country who would feel better not to
have il disreputabIe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

There are so many things that the
Democratic party is obliged TO view
with alarm just now that II presents the
appearance OF a man with the jims- Jams
who sees snakes and tarantulas all over
thu room.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

The New York Herald" argues that
Candidate Davis IS In the colt class be-
cause a man Is as old as he feels. Won
der now that rule would work II the
President chose some oId-feeling college
boy to run a department?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

Professor Pickering of Harvard says
that the moon is full of flowers This
doubtless accounts for the flowery
speeches one hears on moonlight nights
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06
Points in Paragraphs.

Hogg. Of Texas, has come out against
Parker. II Mr. Hill could get at the
governor there might be a barbecue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-06

Gen. W. f. Spurgin and family have
left for Atlantic City, and are stopping
at the Chatham
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Parker's Affiliations.

1T is not necessary TO assume that
Judge Parker will be controlled by these
people. II Is sufficient that President
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-02-01

at is not due the preacher so much
as it is respect for his white collar and
black coat. Society takes long time
to understand this thing.
There is no large payroll in Spo-
kane; no big laboring interests. The
none. comes largely from transients;
tronsients of the genuine northwestern
flavor, tastes and desires. 1t is too
much to think that the average
preacher will take tins into considera-
ton. The thing called Crusade is
very easily started in Spokane. Like
the measles it comes Internationally. 1t
has to be faced. The preachers wish
everyone to be what they call good
but the transients do not wish to be
good
The preachers then begin using the
vulgar word "crib,' generally reserved
for the talk of thieves. Crib is
current coin in many Spokane pulpits.
The children are told about the
Cribs" The painted doves of SPOKANE
whose actual numbers no man knows,
are analysed, explained, studied, dig
nifed, and made an object of wonder.
1t is as though doctor talked at the
dinner table about the horrors Of the
dissecting table, and then marveled il
guests became nauseated. Taking the
cue from the preachers, who are re-
garded as great authority, average men
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-02-01

The Spokane Art league has moved
from the old quarters in the Hyde
block to rooms on the fourth floor
of the city hall. 1t is the intention
of the members to make the new
studio an attractive art center in
Spokane. The league is now well
equipped with casts and studio prop
critics. The rooms are well adapted
to exhibitions. Miss Helen Rhodes.
the gifted artist who has recently
taken charge of the school, comes
from Wisconsin, where she has been
for Ave years connected with the art
department Of Grafton hall. a we'll
known school. Miss Rhodes receiv-
ed her training for art work at the
Cowles school, in Boston. and at the
National academy and Woman's Art
school. New York city. She has also
studied illustrating under Lyendecker
at the School OF Illustration. Chica-
go. The league gave an exhibition of
Miss Rhodes work at the Hyde block
last Monday and Tuesday and the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-02-01
Newspapers Preachers and Politicians Bring on Social
, Mania for Reform Widest Theories Exploited as
Gospel Truth--From Pu|pts to Tea Table Talk

and women are overheard discussing
"cribs." This, chances on street cor
ner, at dinner. everywhere.
"Do you think the "cribs" should be
closed?" asks a man at Davenports.
"They should be moved, not closed
is the sage reply. True" is the re-
tort, "but what of this or that?' you
are wrong; you are right And so
it goes. Children and women listen to
this talk begun by the preachers.
Tie little boys on the street talk about
cribs" Many parent is embarras-
sed by questionings from his growing
girl. High society, even, has its jokes
about "cribbage" parties at home.
For these beautiful things blame
falls on the preachers.
yet there is no effort to reach the
root of the evil. AS matter of fact,
men of the highest church standing own
downtown property in which immoral
women are herded; arrests are made
there, as shown by the police records;
but the preachers are hypocrites and
pass this by in silence, oevoting their
attention to the more miserable, the
lower degraded women, with whom
Spokane is overwhelmed. 1t is redic-
ulous that these sensation-mongers, the
preachers, wish to "help" the so-called
fallen women.
"The preachers haven't shown the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-02-01
POLITICAL WORKERS
BUSY THESE DAYS

after branch out. and, with the bold
and energetic Wallace carrying the
banner, they will make an effort to
butt In at the conventions. Mod
ern methods" seem to have gone upon
the pulpit. and with DR.. Wallace as
the first disciple Is gathering alleged
strength.
A Chinaman had a dream the other
night. AS he slowly cooked his little
opium pill he saw in the stick steam
what appeared to be one OF his
''washy" constituents. Then he put
his little pill on the bowl Of his pipe
and drew the fumes deep into his
pipes. Down they went clear to the
soles Of his feet. This was not the
first pill for Mr.. Chinaman. he had
already got rid Of enough to make
him "ses things" He saw the min.
listers swoop down upon his poor pa
gan head, saw the mighty Joss de-
molished. cut in twain, severed limb
from limb and then beheaded. The
Joss was the tenderloin.
Even the Cinnamon are talking
about the preachers crusade.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-02-01
Naval Force
for Display

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The adj
ministration has decided to send a
largely increased naval force to Euro
pean waters after the winer maneu-
vers in the Caribbean sea. The pres
ent European squadron will be recall
ed to attend the maneuvers, after
which n strongly reinforced squadron
will return. Mobilizing in the vicin-
ity of the Balkans. the demonstration
will be sufficiently great to impress
not only Turkey. but all Europe. with
the power Of the United States and
its purpose to protect American in
terests in that quarter Of the world.
The squadron is now located as fol-
lows: Brooklyn at Alexandria. San
Francisco at Beirut, Machias at Port
Said.