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The Washington times., 1904-02-02
GOVERNOR cuMM1Ns HORN.

governor Cummins' reunion in Wash
Ington last week with Lem Wiley, the
oandmaster. vino taught him TO play
the b fiat horn in Carmichael. Pa.
nearly forty years ago. has revived
echoes Of Mr. Cummins' horn playing in
Chicago.
After Mr.. Cummins was married he
moved 70 Chicago, where he lived for
several years. He carried his = fat
horn with him, and Mrs. Cummins had
an organ which she played with much
skill They were fond of playing to-
geiher. but their Chicago neighbors did
not take kindly . horn music. Unkind
remarks and hints on the part of Chi
cagoans whose nerves were not strung
properly did not prevent the young
Pennsylvanians from induIging I'm daily
concerts.
But when the houses in the neighbor-
hood began to empty Mr.. Cummins'
landlord called the horn playing on and
Iowa's future governor was compelled
to sell his 3 fat. and has never PLAYED
since that time.
The announcement OF Mr.. Cummins'
JOY at meeting with the old bandmaster
In Washington. and the further an
nouncement that Mr.. Wiley has been en-
gagged to visit Iowa this fall 10 assist
at political meetings by playing bugIe
calls and explaining their Significance
are causing some uneasiness in Des
Moires. Governor Cummins has a home
in West Grand Avenue. the most fash
ionable street in the Iowa capital. and
Representative Hull and other neizhbors
are wondering II he win again take to
brass music.
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
DISTINGUISHING CuLoMBIA.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
In the discussions in Congress and in
the press OF the Panama Canal treaty
and Of the little nation which was ush-
cred into the world by what might be
called the Caesarian operation. too little
consideration seems to be given TO the
ultimate effect OF the agency upon the
Monroe Doctrine.
We have not been growing in popu-
larity among South American States
and such a surgical operation as has
been performed upon Colombia, how
ever necessary II may be 20 US. cannot
be agreeable to her. nor reassuring 10
her sister republics.
OF course. we are told IN this instance
and Il Is intimated in the case Of the
other South American countries. that
they are not republics at ali, but dicta-
torships. despotisms. etc But let an
occasion arise for enunciating the Mon
roe Doctrine and we take a radically
different attitude. Then we extend the
aegis of our protection over these pure
specimens of self-governing countries
against the effete and tyrannical mon
arches of England, France. and Ger
manv.
1T is to laugh" an6 yet there is a good
deal OF solemnity about IT and a great
and unnecessary danger lurking some
where I'm the future for the country we
love so much s'-J whose interests we
so often misunderstood. A danger we
have created and which We keep alive
under conditions totally different, or
even quite reversed.
For while I'm 1924. the Holy Alliance
had reverted to the principles OF abso-
lutism prevailing in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, we were justified
and more than justified In assisting and
protecting the peoples % South Ameri-
ca 10 assert their Independence and es-
tablish what we hcpc4 Would prove re-
publics like our own. Aow the condi-
tons are practically reversed. Imagine
chnracterizing FraiIce, England. and
Germany as absolute monarchies and
their people AS Gowntrodaen subjects,
while Colombia and Venezuela are ex-
allied as typical republics. governed for
and by their people for fhe equal well
fare OF all
We were right Eighty wears ago to OBJ
ject 10 the European nations extending
their system of government TO South
America; but we ought to welcome such
extension row. G. NJ. w.
Washington. February l.
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FOR HEAVY STAKES.

Senator Hanna's recent remark about
the ace led Representative Sulzer OF
New York to recall last night a game
long ago. when money was not as pIen-
Jiful as il Is now, and when expecta-
lions figured largely in the assets Of the
then budding legislator and his asso-
GATES
There had been a game the night be-
fore, and young Mr.. Sulzer was in his
office awaiting reports concerning il.
Finally one OF his friends who attended
dropped in. 1T was greatT' explained
the friend. "and the stakes were high.
Why, I lost seventeen hundred dollars
myself"
Sulzer was beginning to wonder
whether the friend had robbed a bank.
or whether he had come suddenly into
legacy he had been expecting from
an aged aunt. The friend relieved his
anxiety. however. by concluding his re-
mark with:
And the worst part OF II is that fifty
cents was IN cash"
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
wRoNGFULLY ACCUSED.

Assessor Darneille is president of the
District branch OF the Joke Makers
Union. and is quick to take advantage
Of any opportunity to create a laugh.
as chairman OF tue Excise Board. when
held a prolonged session the other da y.
he is accused Of the following
The proprietor and barekeeper of a
saloon were before the board. to show
cause why the license of the saloon
should not be revoked. The charge was
permitting disorderly conduct.
The proprietor was placed on the stand
but in reply 10 every question, answered
In a low whisper. He said he was IN
able TO talk louder. Consequently, the
barekeeper was called. but he too was
suffering from loSs OF voice. He could
not articulate above a whisper.
Assessor Darneille stopped the pro-
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Elated over Decision.

The Democrats are feeling somewhat
elated over the decision of the supreme
court of Indiana holding that the Re-
publican "gerrymander' OF the State Is
unconstitutional. The redistricting bin
was passed by the Legislature with the
evident purpose of making that body
absolutely and certainly Republican as
the result Of the elections this fall. and
to insure the election OF a Republican
United States Senator The last Lesfs-
lature chosen was Republican on join;
ballot by fifty. but notwithstanding this
the Democrats are laboring under the
belief that they may overcome this lead.
with the new apportionment law abol-
ished
The apportionment Will fall back upon
a law passed a number OF years ago by
a Democratic Legislature, and which IL
far more favorable to that party. Dem
ocrats point to the evident unfairness
OF the 'gerrymanderr law BY calling
attention TO the fact that the decision
declaring IT unconstitutional was writ.
ten by Republican judge. who was
formerly speaker OF the Indiana House
Of Representatives
1t is not likely that the Democrats
will succeed in carrying the LEGISLATURE
and electing a Senator. but they will
come nearer TO it under the old appor-
tionment law than under the one which
has just been declared unconstitutional
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
The Everlasting Humbug.
A New Scheme for cOaxing the Dollars
Out of the Pockets of the People.

+ One OF the mysterious things about
this great and good-natured popula-
lion Of ours, as p. T. Barnum discov-
cred many years ago, Is its readiness
&c be humbugged. Twin mystery with
this is the Indignation it shows when
convinced of the humbng. A new
seheme for get-rieh-quick persons has
ccme 10 light of late.
Ii is said that a book will be pub
Eshed under the title. Zone Thousand
Representative Americans" These
Americans are to be selected mainly
from persons who are anxious enough
TO be considered representative TO be
willing TO part with sums ranging
from so upward. 1t is to be sup
posed that few persons so great that
they cannot be oyerlooked-th PresI-
dent, for instance, and his Cabinet.
end some of the members of the Sen
ate and the House viii be allowed 10
come in without paying anything, or
Saying anything, either. If they did
have anything to say about it they
would doubtless object to the com
pany in which they found themselves.
That there should be enough per
sons in this country willing to paw
subscription prices for such book, to
make it profitable to publish it, seems
almost incredible; yet sad experience
III the past indicates that the scheme
Is probably we'll planned and profit
able. There was once a man who
wagered 4 small sum that he could get
up book that would make a fortune
OF certain specified size, without
writing line of it, or employing
other labor than his own in the com
pilation. He got together lot of
quotation books and popular religious
works, a paste pot, pair Of scissors,
end some paper. He made several
handred clippings, which he classified
roughly under three heads. He then
had these quotations printed, and on
the cover Of the book he put, in great
fisring gold letters, the words,
Mother, Home. Heaven" He won
his wager.
That the quotations in this mans
book were probably for the most part
n.audlin or commonplace did not az
feet the sale of it in the least. There
was, perhaps, no reason why they
should. The book was bought, not to
be gead, but to be laid on center tables
Of the handicapped variety, the
owners Of which spent their leisure in
other ways than reading. Likewise,
IN the case of ''One Thousand Repre-
sentative Americans" the desire Of
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
HAS Mr.. ROOT MISSION
IN NEW YORK POLITICS?
Rumor Says He Is Expected to Overcome Wall Street An
tagonSm to Roosevelt

What does Mr.. Root purpose to do?
lhls question is now heard to some ex-
tent In political circles. and may con-
tinue unanswered until actual facts
give demonstration for an answer. The
question is not directed toward an in
qoiry TO ascertain what Mr. Root will
seek TO engage his time-it is well
known that he is to return TO his
lucrative law practice-but what is he
going to do I'm politics?
Mr.. Root, as he has always demon
strated since he has been before the
public eye. is man OF marked ability;
he is also man OF some means finan-
cially. and 1t is not absolutely necessary
that he should practice his chosen pro-
fession, highly remuncrative though IT
Dc. He would be pardoned for enter
tanning political ambition. although II
must be admitted that he has never.
hy word or act, indicated that he was
Or would become a candidate for po-
htical Office. In fact. for a long time
he has been anxious TO retire from pub
lie life, and return TO his law Office. His
salary as Cabinet officer was not
commensurate with the expense Of
maintaining his position in Washington,
yet he remained here through a sense
of duty, largely. and for the purpose
Of carrying out certain reforms and add
ministrative policies which. now that
they are in execution, have placed the
War Department in better shape. per-
haps, than il has ever been before.
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when they would not be willing to
part with them if there were any pos
sible risk Of ill-treatment involved.
Another factor in the situation i
the change in the life of the people Of
this country within two or three gen
erations. An insane person could be
cared for at home with comparative
ease.in days when most of the popu-
lStion lived in the country or in vii
lagos. 1t is much mora difficult to
handle such a problem Ia a city house
or apartment, especially when, a.
often happens among the poor, the
adult members of the family are
away from home. most of the day.
Still another thing which should be
taken into consideration is that in
great many cases insane people are
better off, and have more chance of
recovery, when separated from then
immediate relatives. If the cause of
insanity is anything connected with
family ife, the presence of the per-
sons concerned simply aggravates the
trouble, when, among strangers, moth
ing would happen to bring ii to mind.
and tranquility and final health might
result. 1t is manifestly absurd to in
sist that proper family feeling can
only be shown by caring for the pa
tient at home in such circumstances.
In short, the unreasonable preju-
dice which exists in the minds OF
many people against insane asylun.s
as refugees for the hopelessly insane,
is merely the remnant of a reasonable
prejudice due to the bad management
OF such Institutions in the past. The
thing to be considered is not whether
more insane people are now sent 10
such places instead of beng kept at
home, but whether it is better for
them that they should be so treated
Something is due to the children IN
families where one member has gone
crazy. There have been eases III
which the lives, reason, or normal de
velopment Of whole family of chill
dren were endangered b. the mistaken
conscientiousness or loyalty of the
parents in keep;ng an insane persoE
III the house. In many families, where
insanity exists in one ease, 1t means
predisposition to insanity IN the FAM
lily constitution. 1t Is certainly more
important to reduce this predisposi-
ton in the next generation than to IN
dulge family pride by refusing 10
send a hopelessly insane person away
from home. If the people who do not
believe in asylums are really so tender
of heart as they say, let them employ
their energies IN seeing to 1t that all
asylums are conducted just as they
should be, and that the friendless IN
sane are rot suffering in any way.
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intimated that in order 20 add strength
TO tie ticket and assist in pulling the
President through this fall in New York
State, thai perhaps Mr.. Root may be
put forward as candidate for governor.
OF course ms name is not now upon
Senator Platts slate. but the Senator
may fird it necessary To place it there
in order to prevent New York from
going over to the Democrats and elect
ing Democratic State executive
Election as governor this fan and re-
election two years hence would place
Mr.. Root in line for the Presidency in
1908. and IL is said by some that Mr.
Root is looking forward to that time,
although it must be admitted that he
has said nothing TO Indicate that he
thinks this way.
1t is said that the President desires
to have Mr.. Root selected to go TO the
Republican, national convention as ono
OF the big four from New York, 10
place his name I'm nomination for the
Presidency.
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"cLEAN THE RAscALs OUT

Shortly after l o'clock yesterday. as ex-
Secretary Root was leaving the White
House, having said good-by to the Presi-
dent. he and Secretary Taft had a
chance encounter Secretary Taft was
on his way 70 lunch. and was ascend
ing the steps leading to the White
House grounds on the War Department
side, when Mr.. Root was coming down
We'll. how are things going?'' asked
the ex-Secretary.
We've had s ruction and reform al
ready laughed secretary Taft.
That's right. clean the rascaIs ont .
said Root. There are lots OF reforms
needed over there. and III expect you TO
make a record.
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President's Representative?

Mr.. Root has left the Cabinet with
the most cordial relations existing be-
tween him and his former chief, the
President 1t has never been even init
mated that there was a rupture be-
tween them. and it Is well known that
1t is not because of any difference OF
opinion regarding politics or policy
which has caused him to leave the Cab
met. Therefore Mr.. Root returns to
New York as President Roosevelt S
friend and well wisher: perhaps more
than that-perhaps his personal repre-
sentative and manager I'm New York
That is just what Is being talked about
The President feels, or at least fears.
that New York may be slipping away
from him, and he wants some one to
stay the trend of sentiment which is
going against him. He distrusts Senator
Platt. and is not entirely confident of
Odeil. wLS Is looking after his own
fences, and is at odds with the easy
boss Mr.. Root is looked up 20, re-
spected and admired by all factions of
the Republican party in New York Be
sides, he is especially strong with the
business element and with Wall Street.
where the President is weak. Hence il
is that the story is circulated that Mr..
Root returns to New York as a political
move to aid the President
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
Taft, Secretary of War.
An Appointment With Nothing What
ever Against 1t.

! ever Against IL.
The appointment of Judge Taft
four years ago to the chairmanship of
the Philippines Commission proved
the sagaeity of President Mckinley in
finding the right place for a good
man. The appointment of Governor
Taft as Secretary of War, to succeed
so able man as Mr.. Root, is not only
proof of President Roosevelts WIS
Gem in selecting the right man for the
place, but it is something of tribute
to Governor Taft himself.
This appointment has been, from
the time 1t was mentioned, peculiar in
this: nobody had any fault to find
with 1t, nobody, that is, whose opin-
ion was WORTH considering, and ever
the professional fault finders had not
much to say. There are men in the
Philippines who do not like Secretary
Taft, who are, perhaps, sorry that he
has been singled oui for further hon
ors by the Administration, but it is
not improbable that they are glad his
eye Is no longer to be directly upon
them. They are the men who went TO
the islands in the same spirit in which
ghouls seurry TO the scene of a great
disaster, in the hope of picking up
something of value. Naturally these
people do not like the policeman who
prevents their designs from being car
ried out.
Secretary Root has done great
and necessary work in the reorganiza-
ton of the War Department. He has
welded out things which had been
there from time immemorial; he has
cut red tape and tied up loose ends,
and put the department through
general house-eleaning such as does
not need TO be done more than once
IN generation. The qualification I'M
peratively needed in his successor is,
OF course, knowledge of the Philip
pines, the greatest problem which the
department now has on its hands; and
this knowledge Secretary Taft pos
sesses In thoroughness. He has made
ii his business TO know all about the
islands and their people, or rather
peoples, so far as one man can In a
brief term of four years; and though
1t may take more than one generation
t. make these colonial possessions
what, as Americans, we are bound t.
hope they will become, Secretary Taft
knows at least as much about the
problem as any other American.
Secretary Taft is, moreover, a
thorough constitutional lawyer, and
can attack legislative problems which
may arise in the work of the depart
ment with as much confidence as he
can the administrative problems with
which he has had 10 struggle while
governor of the Philippines. One
need only look back over the line of
Secretaries Of War who have man
aged and mismanaged the depart
ment, and left each his rubbish there
in the way of unwieldy precedent, IN
competent appOintees, or unaecoD-
plished work, TO see That two such men
as Taft and Root are rather excer-
ticnal in its history. That Root
should find so competent a successor
Is a piece Of good fortune such as
does not come to every man who has
done a good bit of work and knows it.
Secretary Taft enters upon his new
task with the good wishes Of all who
know him.
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
HARD on THE COURTHOUSE.

Representative John Jay Mccarthy Of
Nebraska was an interested spectator
at the trial of Mschen and others at
the City Hall today
After emerging from the courtroom he
said: Wen. that's the hardest place 10
get into and out OF that 1 ever visited
In my life. / had trouble getting IN. and
more OF il getting out II is evident
TO me that when people go TO that sriai
they 90 to spend the day I would have
stayed longer II ! did not have an en-
gagemenr az the Capitol
The Washington times., 1904-02-02

the purchaser will be to get the most
for his money, in bulk, that Is, not in
quality. But it is really difficult TO
see how anybody can regard a collee
ton Of Americans as representative,
and be proud of his country, when
most of the people in the collection
have paid to get in.
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
PICTURES OF JUSTICES
NOW ARE COMPLETED

The oil painting OF Edward F. BinE-
ham, chief justice OF the District Su-
preme Court, retired. has been placed
IN the justices consultation room at the
city Han It has not yet ben decided
where the painting will be hung.
The life size oil painting OF Justice A
y. Hagner. retired. and former Justice
James, which were placed I'm the consul
taton room last week, have not yet been
placed In position.
II IS expected that the places for the
paintings will be agreed upon BY the
members OF the District bench within
the next few days.
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
An Apparent Evil.
Alleged Readiness of the Young to Get
Rid of Aged Relatives.

A charge which would be very Sc
rious, if it were true, has been made
against the people Of certain States,
10 the effect that young people, and
those in middle life, are increasingly
eager to get rid Of their aged parents
by sending them to insane asylums.
1T this is true, it is not only most
q uesome development in our Amer
lean life, but it indicates a ceItan
amount of corruption or of ignorance
among the authorities in charge OF
such institutions. No insane asylum
should be allowed TO exist in which
persons in full possession Of their
senses are imprisoned on the pretext
of insanity.
There Is reason to suppose, how
ever, that this is another of those sta
tistical evils which loom so large in
theory and are so very different from
the facts. IT should be remembered,
al the start Of any argument on this
subject, that insane asylums are, gen
orally speaking, much better managed
and more scientific in their treatment
of patients than they were fifty or
seventy-fye years ago, and that pub
lie confidence in them has justly IN
creased on that account. There are,
many good and worthy peo-
pie who would be willing to send in
sane relatives TO such institutions,
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
BY COMMON SENSE

Recently in the House. during one Of
the almost daily tariff talks. Mr.. Wat
son asked John Sharp Williams. tn
minority leader. what he would Do with
the tariff II he had his way and fu.r
opportunity-throw away all the duties2
Wait a minute" retorted Mr. VIII
liams. IF 1 had an old house 70 take
down, and wanted 10 build new one
in its place. ! am not fool enough 10
blow il up by dynamite. ] would begin
at the roof and take 1t out that way
/ am net fool enough, either. TO get un>
der the house, pull out the pillars, ana
let il fall on me. Common sense is the
attribute OF ordinary citizens. much less
statesmen like you and me-.
At which the Congressional Record"
says there WAS laughter"
The Washington times., 1904-02-02

The Electrical Review" publishes a
statement to the effect that the cleo
tricity generated by a woman combing
her hair. or cat in squeezing through
a hole. might set a ship on fire If the
cargo happened TO be volatile oils The
next thing we hear will probably be
that the warmth Of the flirtations on
some OF the P. and o. steamers has
caused a confiagration there
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
/HE...
PERSONAL S/DE.

ceecings. and turning to the policeman
who was there as a witness. said: or
hcer' what Is the charge against these
persons?''
Permitting disorderly conduct. sir. :"
was the reply.
Trims you have made grave mis-
take, retor;ed the Assessor. the charge
should have been operating a speak
easy
~ Is understood that one OF the men,
oers Of the Excise Board is laughing
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
To Treat With Street?

Mr.. Root, according to the story, is
TO treat with Wall Street; that is. to the
extent OF inducing the financial and
commercial interests TO have no fear of
the President, 70 reconcile them and
keep them in line with the party for the
election Of his former chief. Ii is even
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
EMPTY HONOR.

Though with the poet we agree.
Truth crushed to earth will rise again
We note sometimes It's not before
The referee has counted ten.-Puck.
The Washington times., 1904-02-02

One thing is certain: whoever is
President next year. it VIII not be one
Of these candidates whose booms are
raised in incubators.
The Washington times., 1904-02-02
ADMIRAL LAMBERroN ARRIVES.

Admiral Lamberton. who gave I'D the
command OF the South Atlantic .,tation
because OF defective eyesight, arrived
in New York yesterday on the steamer
Caracas from La Guayra.
The Washington times., 1904-02-02

1t is rare indeed to find an appoint
ment so thoroughly satisfactory to
everybody in sight as the Taft appoint
ment
The Washington times., 1904-02-02

Mrs. Newwife-You have the au-
dacity 10 tell me this hair found on
your coat is mine? Why, it's light
hair
Mr.. N.-Yes, but your hair was light
the last time l wore this coat.