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Secretary Wilson.

Now that the fact has been established
that there has been a misuse of the sta
t!stcs Of the Department Of Agriculture
for purposes Of private speculation. de-
n1nd for the removal Of the head of that
department has been expressed by certain
men who are intimately connected with
ana are formally representative of the in
dustry affected by that improper procedure
1t is difficult to understand upon what
ground the resignation of Secretary Will
son could justly be asked by the President
either upon his own initiative or at the in
stance OF the cotton planters organization,
unless he is in possession of facts which
serve to show that the incumbent of the
office is Incapable of conducting so large
an establishment.
Secretary Wilson has scored remarka BILE
success in the course of his eight and a
half years OF duty at the head of the De-
partment of Agriculture. He has fostered
several of the most important developments
achieved by American farmers in recent
times. He has presided with rare intelli-
gence and ability over the activities of the
army of scientists who have conducted
special inquiries and important experiments.
He has been broadminded in his work. en-
ergetic in organizing new lines, and excep-
tiOnally constructive in the handling of
novel projects for the advantage or the in
formation of the farmer. 1t is safe to say
that Secretary Wilson's personal services
have been worth many millions to the
farmers of the United States during his
term of office, largely in consequence of his
peculiar fitness for the position.
1t now develops that while this great
work has been in progress. involving the
activities of hundreds of men in nearly a
score of directions, covering almost world
wide field In research and experimentation
and practical application. there has been
improperly in the conduct of one of the
bureaus of the office. that charged with the
collection of statistics of crops. a bureau
which has been under fire" from the be-
ginning. and which will necessarily BE SUBJ
iected to criticism, from the very nature
of It's work. to the end of the govern
ment's activities in this direction. Sec
rotary Wilson is criticised now for having
failed sooner to detect the irregularities il
that branch OF the work. for not suspectins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01
Mr.. Jerome's Plebiscite.

From the New York World.
Mr.. William Travers Jerome is going TO
ascertain for himself whether or not the
people of New York will refuse to elect to
office a man who has not first obtained
from Murphy or McCarren or Piatt or
Odeil permission to be a candidate. Sue
cess to him! Mr. Jeromes declaration of
independence ought to be an inspiration
not only to the friends of decent municipal
government in New York. but to the men
in every city of the country who have been
battling against the machine and the cor
rupt rule of the bosses. For years it has
been taken for granted that no candidate
who did not have the support of either the
Tammany machine or the republican ma
chine could be elected to office in this city.
Even the Citizens Union assumed that it
had to rely on the civic benevolence of
Plat for any hope of victory at the polls.
Mr.. Jerome Is going to the people them
selves, unaccompanied by any boss and un-
Endorsed by any machine. He calls 1t an
experiment" 1t is more than that. If he
is successful IT may be a municipal revo-
luton in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01
The Taft Party in Japan.

Here and there the observation is made
that the Japanese entertainment of Secre-
tary Taft and his party was a little too
elaborate. 1t suggests to some people that
Japan may be putting too strong an en-
phasis on the sympathy that has been ex-
pressed for her in this country in the strug-
gle with Russia Had we been her signed
ally, we are told. the honors awarded the
American party and the deiverances at the
public receptions would not have been
greater or heartler.
This criticism seems undeserved. 1t was
a very distinguished company that went
ashore from that American transport Sec
rotary Taft not only presides over one or
the most important of our departments, but
he Is one of the Presidents most trusted
advisers. Then there were number of SEN
ators and representatives in Congress, rep
resenting the law-making power of the gov
eminent. and who for the first time were
visiting Japan. And the presence of the
Presidents daughter lent Interest to the
visit On every account, therefore, the
Japanese cordiality was justified and de-
serves the highest appreciation in this coun-
try.
There is no danger that Japan will misun-
derstand our attitude toward her at this
with our history and our national purposes
;han are some of the European powers. She
has studied us to better advantage than
they have She knows that we make no
foreign alliances but committed to the
very opposite policy. She has probably been
heartened somewhat in her fight with Rus
STA by the applause received from this coun-
try, but she has never expected the support
TO go beyond that in any emergency.
Japan is all right. She has fought great
power to her knees. and won a series of
brilliant victories on land and sea. We are
proud of her acquaintance, and shall con-
tinue TO prize her friendship. Americans
have for many years been popular within
her borders. and that they are more popu-
lar now than ever there is explicab bic on
several grounds. Her reception of Secre-
tary Taft and his distinguished party was
a tribute to the United States and was
marked with soul and sincerity. They will
not forget it. nor will their countrymen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01
A Star-Lit NIGHT,

A star-lit night whispering fragrance
starts
From yonder clover field. The fireiies
CLEAN;
The singers of the night with bursting
hearts
Pour forth their melodies. 'Tis like a
dream
OF something longed for in the dreary
hours
When all the world was chilled by win
. ter's blast;
A dream of peace afar amid the flowers
Where sorrow sleeps; dream come true
at last.
Such kind repose must surely be unknown
To those whom Envy bids us hold in awe.
Not to the tyrant trembling on his throne
Nor to the man whose gains defy the law
Can such slight things appeal-and yet far
Their fierce and fond endeavors must re-
quite
Than the sweet spell which banishes dis
tress
The benediction of star-lit night.
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his chief statistician and that officials as

sistant.
1t is fact that the cry of wolf, WOLF"
has often been raised, with this particular
bureau an object of attack. Such charges
have frequently been investigated in the
past several times by Secretary Wilson.
Twelve times year the crop bulletins have
charges. Department officials, who know
the situation. would have been, in truth,
suspicious If single crop bulletin had ever
been issued without causing an outbreak in
some quarter. At last, after many~false
alarms. the wolf did indeed come into the
flock and now the Secretary is accused OF
Incompetence by the very interests that
have contributed to the confusion of the
false alarms.
The head of n government department
must depend upon his bureau chiefs He
must rclegate many details to them, must
trust to their honesty to a very great ex-
tent and in scientific matters he must rely
upon their accuracy and fidelity. He has
virtually no means at hand to check their
work without disorganizing the entire de-
partment Perhaps If Secretary Wilson
had busted himself dsproving the thousand
and one unfounded rumors of departmental
improperly or serious wrong-doing which
have been more or less vaguely brought to
his attention during his eight and half
years of service he might have prevented
this cotton scandal or brought 1t to focus
earlier but the greater and more important
constructive work of his department would
have suffered.
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Office and It's Obligations.

District Attorney Jerome of New York
desires reelection but will not appeal to
either the republican or the democratic
party for nomination. He asks to be put
on the books by petition. and two thou
sand signatures are necessary for that pur-
pose Presumably they will be forthcom-
ing and them If they choose. both of the
two old parties may indorse him.
In his announcement Mr.. Jerome eX-
presses this opinion:
'It seems to me that one of the greatest
evils of the present time is that small
groups of men have. and not infrequentiy
a single man has, obtained control of the
executive machinery of party organ1za-
lions and nominating conventions, ana
stand between the public servant and the
voters.
THE result is that one in public office
has to choose between a termination of his
public career subserviency to such a
man or group of men. The public officer
as a consequence. frequently feels no re-
sponsibilty to the people, but only to those
who can secure for him return to office
or future promotion.
In the exercise of their power such men
and groups of men are wholly selfish, al
most entirely Irresponsible and not infre-
quently corrupt.
"a man who works with such a group
and receives favorS at their hands comes
under implicit obligations which cannot
honorably be dsregarded. He cannot
take Office by their favor and still be free
to deal with them and their demands as
obedience to his oath of office requires.
Mr., Cleveland after his second election
as President disregarded whatever obliga-
tons he incurred by soliciting and accept
ing the support of the silver men, who
constituted eight-tenths of his party. They
were assured that he would do 1.-The fair
thing by silver, and he cut up silver root
and branch The ras,Ilt IN nd bic
party's fortunes we all know.
Mr.. Folk was elected district attorney in
St Louis by the men whom he afterward
exposed and some of whom he jailed. They
assumed that in Office he would consult
their interests and bend to their wishes In
return for their support at the polls, but
he stood by the public rather, than by
them. The people Endorsed his course and
elected him governor of the state
Mayor Weaver was elected by the ma
chine he is now breaking up. For a time
1t claimed him, and the people had begun
to fear that the claim was good. At last
however, he found his nerve, and since
then has done excellent service toward rid
ding Philadelphia of graft and grafters
He is standing with the people rather than
with those who made him mayor, and there
is a suggestion that he may be promoted
10 the governorship of the state.
Still there is something fine and strong
in the position Mr.. Jerome takes If he
should work with Tammany he would in
cur obligations to Tammany; if with
Odel obligations TO him. He wants a.
nomination which if ratified at the polls
would make him bis own master. and free
in doing his duty tov the public from the
charge of ingratitude toward his creators
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more so. They are disorderly in the night
hours, when quiet is essential. They
prow1 about in forbidden places. They
carry disease They are nuisance in a
hundred ways. The comparatively few
that are truly domesticated, the family
pets. shut up at night and properly fed
and cared for, are tolerable as whole. al
though many people cordially hate them.
There Is no justice in raiding the dogs
and asphy xiating all that have no owners
or are not worth So a year to their owners,
while leaving wholly immune the thou
sands of cats that infest the city. 1t is
unfair to the stray dogs, to the public and
even to the stray cats. For it would be
merciful to the homeless wretches that
stink through the alleys and roost on the
back fences and subsist the yield of
the garbage cans to put them into the
long sleep by the way of the gas box.
What if they are hard to catch-harder
indeed, than the dogs? What If the post
of cat catcher would call for the services
of strategists. sprinters and climbers in
combination? The community's health and
peace and comfort and general appearance
demand this measure of housekeeping
and the need will soon evolve the neces-
sary skill if the enterprise is undertaken
A little organized effort on the part Of a
well-trained body of men would quickly
reduce the cat population by many per
cent. and perhaps their work would be eff
fectively supplemented by the enactment
Of a law Furnishing any person detected in
the act of distributing live kittens for the
sole purpose of getting rid of the re-
sponsibility of their care or suppression.
A mistaken idea of kindliness is doubtless
accountable for the annual preservation of
ten thousand young cat lives in this city
alone, and while Washington awaits a cat
law that will work the necessary reform,
wide field of public education is open to
the reformerS.
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Saratoga Wide Open.

Saratoga, n. Y, is just at present the
mecca of the flash sports of the east, the
gamblers of all grades, the race-track
wager-layers, the devotees of the roulette
table and the faro bank the dcers and
card sharps. The lid is off with a ven
seance. Everything Is wide open and it is
possible to lose ones money in twenty diff
ferent ways in the name of sport The
professionals are fattening their rolls and
making the most OF the golden opportu-
nifty
This sudden outbreak of gambling is the
result of q decision by the village fathers
that Saratoga has been good long enough,
and that it is time to return to the rare
Old days of free and easy living. when every
mans pocket was open to the hand of the
sharper and the veil of convenience was
drawn over the scale of morality. So with
the advent of the ponies for the grand
circuit meet the dives have been refur-
bshed. There are half dozen gided re-
sorts. elegantly furnished club rooms and
cafes. working night and day to facilitate
the divorce of the fool and his money, and
many less pretentious establishments of
the same character.
The governor of the state has taken no
lice. He says that IL the lid is in fact off at
Saratoga 1t must be clapped down hard
tie is contemplating the issuance of strict
orders to the sheriff of the county. and
there may be a merry war between the
county and state officials on the one side
and the complaisant village authorities as
the mandate of the governor is put into
execution. There is no Jerome on hand to
make a short cut through opposition, but
perhaps the man of might will arise in the
hour of need and give the Saratoga touts
and sharpers and their victims good run
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01
President and Peace.
From Current Literature.

Four times has the President interviewed
in the last few years in the general inter-
ests of peace and humanity: first in having
given actual life to the moribund Hague
first case-the dispute between Mexico and
this country over the Pious fund: second.
in obliging Europe to settle peacefully the
Venezuelan affair: third. In proposing
second peace conference at The Hague:
fourth. In now Intervening to bring about
negotiations tor peace.
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The Best of the Argument,

so your officials were investigated by the
grand jury?"
Yes answered Mr.. Dustin Stax, "but
we had the best of the argument from the
very start. We could afford to lose the
time better than the members of the grand
jury. and were also in a position to make
up any losses by advancing prices
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A Revised Opinion.

"a man is pretty sure to revise his ideas
of great many things as he advances In
years." said Col Stilwell of Kentucky
Have you been changing your views?"
Eyes, sir. l never realized the importance
of a water supply until the boys made me
head of the fire department"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01

The book agent, who for so many
generations the subject of feeble and per-
functory jest. has been unfortunate in the
manner in which society has at last taken
him seriously
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Chicago voters rather expected that by
this time Mayor Dunno would be describ-
ing how municipal ownership was attained
instead of lecturng on how it was to be
attained
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SHOOTING STARS.
A Condition Approved.

81 am convinced" said the reformer,
chat the golden rule should guide US in
politics the same as elsewhere"
so am t. answered the kansan. 'To
tell you the truth, l never did take SO very
much stock in those silver speeches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01

Secretary Wilson may feel that if the
Equitable Company can be reformed
the Agricultural Department. statistical
branch will present a comparatively easy
task
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The car says he will never conclude
shameful peace. He is possibly laboring
under the impression that the is some
thing to be proud of.
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Some of the trust magnates ought TO be
able to evolve a scheme by which China
may be punished for its protests by being
compelled to pay an additional profit
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Another Definition.

pessimist?
"A pessimist, my son, is man who be-
lieves everything he reads in the maya
zines"
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Mr.. Paul Morton and Mr.. James H. Hyde
were both dinner party guests in Newport
recently Worry does not always impair
the digestion.
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The kaiser is watching the deal with the
utmost care. When hands are shown in
European affairs he will not be found UNI
fortified.
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Saratoga is again wide OPEN Washing
tons suburb Jackson City is admittedly
pale and Intellectual by comparison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01

4 minister plenipotentiary is occasionally
distinguished by the scant discretionary
latitude accorded him by his government
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Saratoga may be known as a health re-
sort. but the bookmakers frankly admit
they are not there for their health.
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Mr.. Carnegie can point with pride to the
fact that none of his libraries went down
on the list for copy of Fads and Fancies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01

Russia's reform will not find a practical
footing until the country realizes the need
OF school houses and newspapers.
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The interpreter will be one of the OBJ
scure but highly important functionares at
the peace conference
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Remembering the experiences of Stoessel,
the future of Linevitch does not seem hope
full.
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A Proper Humility.

The taunts which today round the billion
aire fall
The most of us ne'er could endure.
1t may become needful the fact to recall
That We mustn't be proud cause were
poor.
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Choice of drop stiff handles.
VIII not rust cOrrode. Popular Size-No. Z.
It's chance to show whether you a judge OF
good values not. VIII you buy?
Won't have more than enough for days selling
Third Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-01

Inventory showed too many of this one kind.
They - by 90 inches unbleached. Limited guam
tity, you had better hurry.
First Floor-Domestic Section.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-07
BUSINESS MEET
OF CONFERENCE
Important Session of Third Annual
Episcopal District Conference.
RESOLUTIONS ARE PASSED
BISHOP LEoNARD'S GRAVE TO BE
VISITED THIS AFTERNOON.

The business session Of the third an
nual conference of the seventh Episco-
pal missionary district was held yes
terday morning, beginning at 10 o'clock.
Bishop W. II. MoTeland of Sacramento
presided. Among the matters taken up
by the clergy were ways and means
of raising money for church purposes
Delegates representing all parts of the
seventh district were heard on this sub
ject
This was followed by the adoption Of
q number of resolutions, as follows
Sustaining the Pacific Churchmau,"
CRev. n b W. GaUwey. EDITOR. as the
official organ for the Seventh district:
thanking Colonel and Mrs Edwin F.
Holmes for the courtesy extended the
delegates in inviting them to inspect the
Amelia art collection; thanking the
resident bishop IRt. Rev. Franklin =.
SpaIding) and the clergy and local lay
men for the hospitality shown the Wis
iting ministers thanking the local
press. expressing regret at the inability
of Rt- Rev James b Funston. bishop
of Boise, to attend because Of sickness.
Tribute 10 Bishop Leonard.
Tt was decided to visit the grave Of
the late Bishop Leonard i'm a body at
o'clock this afternoon Floral tTib-
Utes of the esteem in which ne was
held in this missionary district Will be
made There viii be short prayer
service.
The following executive committee
was announced Ri Rev. William +.
Nichols. n. D. bishop of California &:
Rev DIT Hudson of Tacoma. and Judge
Morris L. Ritchie Of salt Lake. The
above committee viii have power to act
In the matter Of choosing the next con-
ference spot Contrary to expectations
the next meeting place was not an
uounCed yesterday
Previous TO the business session a
morning communion service was held
& St PaUIs at 80 o'clock
The afternoon was spent by the visit
ing CleTSymeu at Saltair. The party
left at p. IN. for the resort. returning
after several hours sightseeing.
Today programme includes a chill
drens mass meeting at p. IN. at St
Mark =, when Ri Rev. F s. SpaIding.
bishop of Salt Lake. viii make the
opening address The other speakers
viii be Rev N J. Hersey. missionary
10 the Indians, UinJah reservation. Rev.
j H HcUghtou, St Marks. Denver.
The conference concludes with a mass
meeting at the salt Lake theatre to-
night