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The Washington times., 1905-01-22

needs, as though the constitution did
not grant the House the exclusive
right to originate Apr opriation bills.
The House will direct its conferees
to stand by the House figures. The
Senate will direct it,; conferees to
stand by its amendmen Is. The House
will yield. And the whole miserable
show will have been acted through
again. But the House Committee on
Appropriations will 7aase earned a
reputation for econoHly-without Of
Tending a single VOTER in single
Congressional district represented on
the committee
What a farce it all ifs. No wonder
the House is losing in fiuence and the
Senate is becoming the real legislative
power.
But it is wonder that the leaders
of the House cannot see what is clean
to all the rest Of the country-that
they are lessening the influence of the
House and sacrificing it's prerogatives
every year through their own mis-
takes. The Senate is losing none of
its exclusive power. 1t shares none
of its prerogatiyes " it'll the House.
But the House goes on, like the
Democratic party, determined to see
things in its own wa! and make just
as many mistakes as 1t pleases.
The truth Of the ma tier is that this
report is merely an incident to a
broad system, a system as unbusi-
nesslike and misguided as any ''sys-
tenn" which ever figured in magazine
disclosures. The House cuts the esti-
mates of all the departments of the
Government The Senate restores
them part way. And the authors of
the estimates make thm large enough
to stand the operation, The only de-
partment which really suffers is the
only department exclusively under the
control Of Congress. Every year sees
the estimates grow and the cuts grow.
and every year sees the system of ap-
preparations work further and further
away from the basis Of business honor
and traightforwardnsss
In the meantime, Il the House has
its way, the District cannot spend
even the whole sum OF it's revenues
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PRESIDENT WILL MAKE
TRIP To NEW YORK
Invited to Be Present at Several Meet
ings There on Lincoln Day."
February Is.

Details are being perfected for Presi-
dent Roosevelt's trip TO New York on
February Is, Lincoln Day
In the afternoon he VIII attend a re-
eeption at the clubhouse of the New
York Republican Club. and in the
evening he VIII be the guest OF the club
at the Lincoln banquet
w d. Murphey. of New York. was at
the White House yesterday with Sec
rotary Loeb. arranging the details for
the reception, and tomorrow the Re
publican Club Will send over some one
to perfect the arrangements for the
banquet
Lincoln was born February L. which
happens to fail on Sunday this year
Hence, the celebration will take place
on the following Monday.
Secretary Taft viii accompany the
President
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Avoiding Litigation.

A Chicago man has distributed a
million dollars among relatives, and
Is now engaged In doing the same
with a second million. He is In poor
health and realizes that he soon must
be separated from his fortune. He
proposes that 1t shall go where he
wants 1t to go, and that the disposi-
ton or IL shall not be marked by a
wrangle for the benefit of the lawyers
So be that the man retain enough
to last him to the end, he is showing
wisdom, Occasionally. people have
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Bryan Approves Some
OF the Presidents Views
Nebraskan Receives Hearty Welcome at the
White House and Praises Plan to
License the Trusts

you can just put 1t this way; meas
merits. no matter with what party they
originate or what party takes them up. %
This statement was made by William
j. Bryan yesterday on leaving the White
House after visit to President Roose-
Welt. This visit was primarily. Mr..
Bryan said. social in its nature, but
during the talk the Nebraskan inciden-
tally congratulated the President on Ger
tain views he holds in regard TO iupor-
tant pending legislation
You don't mean TO say that you in
dorse all the Presidents IDEAS some
one asked.
Endorses Good Views.
Il certainly do not" replied Mr.. Bry-
an Il indorse all his good views. I
think it is the duty of every citizen 10
work for good measures that will benefit
the country. II makes no difference
which party takes the lead.
Il thoroughly agree with President
Roosevelts ideas about the regula tioas
of freight rates. and I am highly pleas
ed with the suggestion made in the re-
port Of James A. Garfield, Commission
er of Corporations, that a tax or license
should be required Of corporations doing
All interstate commerce business
My cali on the President was simply
to pay my respects, but 1 did take oc-
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casier TO tell him that I indorsed these
two propositions
Mr. Bryan met with most cordial
reception at the White House. Even
before he entered the building he was
shaking hands and exchanging greet
irigs with personal and political friends
" hen he left there was the same hand
shaking Republicans and Democrats
alike greeted him warmly.
With Mr. Jones.
Former Senator Jones of Arkansas.
who is Mr. Bryan's personal friend and
was the manager Of his two campaigns.
accompanied The Peerless 20 the
White House
When Mr. Bryan was ushered into
the Cabinet room, which was filed with
visitors, both ladies and gentlemen. he
was not at first observed by the Presi-
dent, who was surrounded by group
of callers Mr. Bryan stood to one side
and conyersed with some Of his political
friends.
Soon President RooseveIt's attention
vas called TO the fact of MIR. BRYAN 8
presence He Immediately left the other
callers and escorted Mr. Bryan and Sen
ator Jones into his office There they
remained for about ten minutes
Mr. Bryan leaves for New York to-
night, where he has an engagement 10
De present at the Progress and Poverty
banquet and the dinner OF the Prfnceton
Cub.
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Russia's New Peril.

Russia is in such grave peril at
home that for the moment the war
takes asecondary place The symptoms
of disturbance are so marked that
there seems some foundation for be-
lief that revolution is near At best,
the industrial world OF Russia is in
a turmoil Discomfort born of oppres-
sien Is finding voice and weapons.
The most serious aspect from the
standpoint of the Gear, is that there
seems to be no class upon which he
can depend. To be sure. the intrigu-
ing dukes would stand by him, for
were he to fall the ruins would carry
them down, but they are not friendly
TO him save for their own purposes,
and in case of conflict there would be
in their adherence little element OF
strength for his cause. The hatred
OF the populace seems to be directed
more against these bureaucrats than
toward the man on the throne
The army is disaffected. Agents
of socialism and anarchy have even
followers in the ranks The recent
apparent attempt to kill the Gar
either was made by soldiers delibe-
rately, soldiers from a trusted regi-
ment at that, or it was a stupid
blunder, in itself reflection upon the
character of the troops upon which
the Gar must depend for protection.
But On every hand are enemies It
the bodyguard summoned to shield
from violence the sacred person of
the ruler. From any direction may
come a fatal thrust or a hurting
bomb.
For long tarm of years the upper
classes Of Russia have been growing
FESTIVE, and at every likelihood of out
break there has been the iron heel
of the Cossack cayalryman to trample
disorder into peaceful chaos. The
strength of the monarchy has been In
the blind devotion of the masses, in
whose eyes the Car was little less
than a god. Are these blind eyes be-
ing opened? II those masses rise
angered and terrible, what shall stay
the torrent Of their WRATH
Nothing could excel in pathos the
plea made by the Russians. They
ask the simple right to live and be
free men. They say they will have
new and better conditions, or welcome
death. Their mood is one of utmos,
desperation. If they cannot get some
reasonable part of that which they
demand, and they have to meet force
with force, the struggle will be ter
rife The Russian mind is awaken
ing The Russian hears of liberty, OF
justice. and the heart beating in the
bosom of serf aroused pulses higt
: with hope and anger.
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given all their possessions away, and
thereafter been carted over the hill
to the poorhouse; for gratitude is an
uncertain quality. The satisfaction
to be derived by the donor must be
in knowing that his will can't be
broken.
For fortune to be left to the
proper heirs and through the usual
process of probate get to them with
out dispute and pickering. is rare.
The man who is so thoughtful as to
attend to the matter for himself, must
have considerable satisfaction In
knowing that his will cannot be
broken when he himself acts as ad-
ministrator.
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MASONIC CHARITY
COMMITTEE MEETS

The charity committee, appointed for
the distribution of the funds from the
grand Masonic charity reception for the
b<nefit of the widows and orphans, met
in the reception rooms at Masonic Tenn
pie. Fifth and Virginia Avenue south
east. last night
Chairman Henry J. Davis spoke of the
suffering among the poor during this
very severe winter. and advised the
members of the committee in their dis
tribution OF the funds 10 remember that
every human being has Il claim upon
Masonic charity
The detailed reports made as TO the
number and class of people TO whom re-
lief had already been given was very
gratifying after the transaction OF much
routine business George w Webster
moved an appropriation OF $50 10 be plac-
ed i'll the hand Of John Joy Edison, treas
urer of the Associated Charities, which
was unanimously adopted
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A SiekenIna Farce.

The House Committee on Appro-
priations has dc1e its best to mangle
the slf-eE get 1t has reported
=a l table of allowances
Js hs exclusively under
80 gress" which denies
accommodations for its growth
sacrifices permanent improvements of
pressing necessity. and in the face
of manifest need limits Its expendi-
lures to threefourths of a million dol
lars less than the expected revenues.
Such legislation would soon reduce
the Capital of the United States to
the level OF a boom town in the West.
II these allowances were to be made
1aw-and fortunately for the District
the bill is likely to be much
acknowledgements would cripple the
district of Columbia in every depart
~ sts government From the
a the sewers, everything
ss2s.1 b slaughtered. Permanent I'M
nts, like the new Municipal
- &, are allowed so little that
the work must be held practically at
standstiH- Yet, next year Congress
must either make the allowance the'
committee has just refused or the
whole outlay, including all the sums
carried In this bill, be lost. All In
all, over 100000 has been ,aken
from estimates prepared by the Com
missioners with conservatism and eau
ton. and every responsibility which
Congress bears toward Washington
has been disregarded.
The explanation is that the House
expects the Senate to increase its al
lowances. and, as those increases are
inevitable, the committee thought to
keep the ultimate allowances low by
keeping the first figures low. So the
teachers. who are doing $4,000 work
fo-- $3.50 or less; and the citizens, who
are waiting to build homes when sew
ers are built and streets extended.
and the Commissioners, who are re-
sponsible for the permanent improve
ments, and the community which de-
ponds upon these permanent improve
ments, have all been disregarded that
the House may play politics with the
Senate.
Inc Senate, when it gets the bill,
VIII go about readjusting 1t to meet
ats own construction of the Districts
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Safeguarding the Lands.

1t is natural that recent revelations
concerning thefts of public land
should teach the legislator and the
public caution The broad domain
still in the possession Of the Govern
ment would present a. hne field for the
unrestrained looter. To make more
generous the rules Under which the
piliaging instinct is encouraged would
be mistake. Hence, an unwonted
degree OF carefulness, and a tendency
on the part of the observer to be
suspicious
The circumstance that much Gov
eminent land has recently not been
going to people VINO we're govern
ed by good faith, but who were
the hired tools of SPECTATORS, comes
to mind. They were paid for the
trouble involved in perjury and forg-
cry. 1t has been their wont to swear
they were securing hand not for specu-
lative purposes. while they were mere
dummies, getting the land for specu-
lation, and for nothing else, and the
speculation Of Others; than themselves.
Through such methods syndicates or
individuals have obtained title. dirty
and crime-stained but sufficient, to
tracts Of thousands of acres.
Measures now pending before Con-
gress have the purpose of allowing
the settler to acquire $40 acres in
stead Of the former $50. in certain
sections of South Dakota, Montana,
and Colorado. AT once the con-
clusion is reached that this is a
scheme to make easy the way of the
transgressor- There are lobbyists on
hand to stimulate arrival at this con-
clusion; which, being arrived at. NAV
be found hasty and unjust The land
affected by the measure mentioned is
not arabic 1t could not be taken by
legitimate settlers in $50 acre lots.
In lots Of $40 acres 1t might be use
fui, for there would be some small
portion that could be cultivated, and
the rest would do for range, so the
settler might make living To per
feet title he would have to live ON
the land five years
The Kinkaid measure, after which
pending measures are fashioned, ap-
piled TO a certain part Of Nebraska,
largely desert in general character.
1t was land that nobody wanted I'M
der the homestead or presumption
acts The feeling inspiring the meas
ure was that If settlers could by the
Hoffer Of a section rather than a quar-
ter Or half section be induced to come
in. practical benefit would be
achieved. Already under the terms
Of the Kinkaid bill about 1900 900
acres have been taken up. If these
entries have been made in good faith
the bill has been vindicated, but until
a demonstration of this faith the bill
remains an experiment Therefore,
the tendency to take it as a model
may be regarded as premature.
1t is safer to wait and see who owns
the Nebraska lands a year or two
hence
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More About the Election.

Inc independent Is always lntei-
esting. If it does not rouse its read
ers to songs of joy it can at least
make them mad. In its current issue
it contributes to this latter result an
article on 1.-The Changing Character
of National Elections" The author
is William CARROT Brown, and Will
liam Garrett Brown, it appears, has
written two books-'"The Lower South
in American History" and THE Foe
of Compromise
AS a historian, William CARROT
Brown is not so much lens for his
readers as q magic mirror. This one
illustration Will suffice:
of the National Government is now far
less intimate than It was when the
country was smaller. In that way de-
mocracy in America has been weakened
by its success. Both the one-man power
and bureaucracy have gained at its ex-
pense. We are beginning to see-at least,
We ought to see-that there Is a certain
inevitable conflict between the ideal of
mere bigness and strength and numbers
and the ideal OF complete self-goyern-
ment.
IL ever there was an election which
resembled town meeting it was the
election of 1904. Mr. Roosevelt never
was the candidate of the politicians.
He was distinctly the candidate Of the
voter, and his policies as a candidate
had as full an Endorsement from the
body Of citizens as those of any Presi-
dent in our history His election was
conclusively defeat fer "organiza-
ton" 1t is impossible that 1.-The peo-
pies control could have been more
intimate"
Undoubtedly the government is be-
ing centralized Undoubtedly, there
is certain inevitable conflict between
the ideal OF mere bigness and the
ideal of complete self-government
But the Government is being CEN
tralized On men chosen by the indie
pendent voter, and the American peo-
pie are not now and never have been
tempted by the ideal Of mere bigness
Nor is this Capitalization on one
man new thing in our history An
Grew Jackson ruled Congress, com
manded the army and navy, held the
whole people In the palm of his hand
| and retired from Office only when he
felt he ought not hold it longer and
could name his own successor.
The change that has come over oul
/ national elections has not lain in the
growth of .'one-man power and bu-
reaucracy. 1t has lain in the rise OF
| political machines and the counter.
acting rise of the Independent voter
The machine will probably be witt
us always. But as the number of in
dependent voters increases the ma.
| chine will find their votes more ant
more indispensable, and will eonforr
more and more to their exactins
standards This was, at any rate, the
course adopted by Mr. Roosevelt's op
ponents in his own party, and the las
election, far from registering a declin.
| in the democracy of America, was
fine manifestation of the absoIut,
power exercised by TIE intelligent citi
]
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ONLY STYLE SHE KNEW.

'Madse isn't writing poetry any
more
why not, dear?''
'Oh. the editor said he didn't like her
style Madge thought he meant her
dress and said she'd never speak 10 the
horrid man again. Chicago News.
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A Profitable Trip.

An interesting view OF up-to-date
political ways has been discovered in
connection with the Snoot inquiry.
One of the witnesses has been Judge
James A Miner. of Salt Lake City, VINO
was duly summoned and gave testi-
mony, emitting him 70 receive from the
Government 1924 for witness fees
Being OF thoughtful disposition. the
witness arranged that his trip 20 Wash
ington to tell of the good points of Nor-
monism should coincide with the bear
ing hither CT the electoral vote Of his
State.
For this service the Government is
even more liberal, SO that Judge Miner
viii draw an additional warrant for
$685.
Workers at the Capitol are never sur
prised by the good treatment accorded
them by Uncle Sam in Washington. but
they consider they have been much out
done by the affabie witness from Utah.
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Good Stories Current
Around the Capitol
Lady Regrets She Did. Not Speak to Bryan.
Maddox Advocated Trust and Viii
Iiams Defended Soldier

What are those. Loud I asked
I saw you stand r1p on the floor OF
this House and advocate the formation
OF a trust and heard John Sharp VIII
hams put up an eloquent plea in behalf
of General Miles. 1 thought It was a
dream
II had to confess said Mr.. Maddox,
1.-The laugh was on U.S.
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New York thieves now enter by day-
light at the front door, hold up the
family with pistols. and depart leisurely.
The old method OF breaking In after
dark Is out of date. and besides it in
teiferes with the burglars social en-
ga&ements.
The Washington times., 1905-01-22

After issuing stock to the extent OF
SS.oo0.0 900. Connecticut concern is try
Ing 10 realize $500 on ITSELF, with no
takers. Connecticut is not noted for
hnanciers, either.
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For killing a woman I'm the streets OF
New York a chaui.eur has been held In
$500 bail Gradually such acts on the
part OF the flying motor expert are
getting to be recognized as offensive
The Washington times., 1905-01-22

Governor Folk. Of Missouri, believes
that in a heart-to-hear talk with a
lobbyist he would be able to make that
person utilize the return portion of his
railroad ticket
The Washington times., 1905-01-22

John Sharp Williams. leader of for
lorn hope. should not be discouraged
at the time 1t seems more than usually
forlorn.
The Washington times., 1905-01-22
Points in Paragraphs.

A German officer ordered his men out
of bed and into an ice bath They went.
and most of them are in the hospital.
The officer himself belongs IN a retreat
for drunken idiots
The Washington times., 1905-01-22

A New York cook was fatally pinched
by a lobster. Still. the lobster about
10 enter boiling pot cannot be blamed
for protesting as best il can.
The Washington times., 1905-01-22

And Minister Bowen once had the pc
culiar experience Of being friendly to
Castro
The Washington times., 1905-01-22

Even Mr.. Schwab has his troubles.
Some indignant mechanic has pIastered
the $4,000. 900 schwab mansion with a s37
lien
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Venezuela does not need a whack from
any big stick. but just a distinct
glimpse OF the stick
The Washington times., 1905-01-22

People who reply TO Lawson prove
that they have d little frenzy OF their
own.
The Washington times., 1905-01-22

The Baltic feet needs a secure harbor
in which to go out Of commission.
The Washington times., 1905-01-22

No governor leans much on his staff
anyhow.
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Bar Backbiting.

Chaplain Couden- in his prayer, when
the House convened yesterday, said:
There is Sc much that IS bad IN the
best of US. and so much good in the
worst of US. that It hardly behooves any
of US TO talk about the rest of u.s.
The Washington times., 1905-01-22

William Jennings Bryan rode down
from the Capitol yesterday on an Ave
nue. car He was accompanied by one
OF his former colleagues III the House.
with whom he chatted in animated fash
ion until the car reached a point oppo-
site the Metropolitan Hotel
Here, with a nod and a smile. and a
last cheery word of good-by. Mr.. Bryan
swung himself off into the street.
A pretty little woman on the other
SIDE OF the car gazed with eager anxiety
at the broad shoulders of the vanishing
Nebraka statesman. Then she leaned
lmpulsiveiy across the aisle and spoke
to the friend Mr.. Bryan had left on
the car
Pardon me-" she said. but was not
that William ]. Bryan.
Yes" said the friend; Mr. Bryan. OF
Nebraska -
am so disappointed" said the pretty
httie woman, rather meurnfuIly. Had
been certain I would have asked the
privilege OF shaking his hand"
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Loud Surprised.

Representative Maddox of Georgia is
telling a good story.
advocated in the House the other
day, he says, "a proposition TO form
the cotton growers of the country into
a combination to control production and
prevent overproduction. When I took
my seat Loud of California came over
and sat down beside me-
Maddox he said. L know we live
IN rapid age and 1t is very seldom I
permit myself to be surprised at any
thing that happens. but must confess
two things I have witnessed here this
week have startled me-