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The Washington times., 1905-01-24
Idle Dreams of Peril.

Sometimes the fervid orator, TAX
ing, OF course, preliminary glimpse
at Carthage and Rome, proclaims
that this country cannot stand. But
it can. 1t can stand even the brand
of orator who is addicted to the sort
of thing mentioned
Folly of the prediction of a revolu-
ton could not be made more mani
fest than by comparison with the
conditions of Russia. There the peo-
pie have reached the limit of en-
durance. They had two courses open.
One was the supposed right OF petit
ton, which, upon essaying to utilize,
they found they did not possess. The
second was in open rebellion. They
had fallen to such state that they
know no condition could be worse,
and felt that death would be a bet
terment. So they rage against their
masters, and demonstrate their own
power TO get killed.
In the United States there is no per-
fection in the scheme Of goyernment,
but there is evident a desire for pro-
motion Of justice. The government
is by the people themselves, and it is
useless for the ma1contents to assert
the contrary. If bad men are in Office
the people pat them there, and If they
have tired OF the choice, they have the
ballot by which to put these men
out. If the people are corrupt; il
they permit wealth TO purchase them;
If they allow the building OF great
j political machines, they have 10 right
to grumble at what these machines
do to them. The remedy lies in their
own hands. and if they do not choose
TO apply it, good taste suggests thai
they growl IL tones rather subdued.
Great economic evils exist, bal
! there is a tendency to correct them
The movement to take away from the
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Significant Figures.

Recently there was an undertaking
TO construct two battleships at the
same time One was to be the product
of Government work and the other
of private yard. These ships are
the Connecticut and Louisiana In
the present stage of completion, ID
this respect the ships being equally
advanced, one has cost 50, ,234, ,937 .08
and the other S3,548, 8,250.66. This saw
ing of nearly a million and a quarter
is in favor of Government construc-
ton.
Owners of shipbuilding plants have
been free with the assurance that
they could do work at less cost than
it could be done by the Government.
They have appealed to the people OF
the country to uphold them in this
contention. They have pointed out
the Industrial advantage in the main
tenanee OF extensive private plants
The sentiment in favor of large
navy does not rest upon the belief
that it woald benefit the promoters OF
any particular industry There is q
friendly feeling toward shipbuilders
but there is not an extreme devotion
TO their welfare that would sanction
the letting Of contracts 10 them al
the ruinous disparity made manifest
in an actual test. II the Government,
can SO far outdo individual bidders
the conclusion cannot be avoided that
| these bidders, through a process
known as collusion, and not generally
approved. make the bids upon a basis
OF contemplated profit far greater
than would fairly represent a return
for their investment. The Govern
ment has not the slightest reason
after demonstration that it can do it
own work well and cheaply, to le
others do this work no better ane
| at cost much greater.
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In Our Midst.

From his beloved Delaware has
come the gentle Addicbs to solace
our midst by his presence. Per-
chance. he desires to learn the ways
of craftsmanship where statesman
ship is business, handled by ex-
perts. 1t may be that he wants
to gain inspiration by looking up to
Liberty-crowned dome under which
his ambition is to sit and save his
country.
No objection is heard\to the COM
ing of Addieks. His stay will be
brief and can be endured, for the sake
of that dear Delaware that has to
put up with it most of the time. OF
course, if he We're sent here In an Of
fetal capacity, with a permit to re-
main for series Of years, the feeling
would be different. In his present as
pect Addicks can be regarded as a
joke, but he could be transposed into
2 calamity.
In truth, and not in unkindness, this
country wants no mere of the Ad-
dicks type of Senator 1t will de-
cline to welcome to a place in national
halls the man who buys his seat Let
such a one buy seat at the opera
or on change, and keep out Of the
one in which he would be q gro
tesque misfit- The Senate wants men
Of brains and character, and it does
not want any other kind Nor does
it think that in these respects the per-
son from Delaware could qualify.
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Fiction of a Real Sort.

A Chicago writer whose name is
unknown to fame, and so far as we
are concerned, shall remain that way,
is engaged IL construction of story.
The story should be remarkable
product He has worked out each
situation psychologically, TO which
worthy purpose his wife has lent her
mind and person. Was there to be
portrayal of q love scene, the couple
worked themselves into frenzy of
affection, and then the author dashed
down an analysis of their emotions.
When hate projected itself into the
plot, they ragged at each other with
uncompromising fereeness, and reach
ed a climax only when the man had
to an artistic limit, and cast her upon
the floor. Then he could, of course,
let the reader know how he felt while
doing this, and the assistant, after
an application of arnica to her ply
steal bruises, could impart to him the
variety of surges of which her gentle
bosom had been conscious.
The plan has much in it that COM
mends itself to the judgment. In
erecting a realistic novel there is nc
excuse for working In secondhand
Mysteries. Before this one has been
completed there may be need of a
suicide episode. II is not too much
TO hope that the author will not de-
pend upon hearsay for his ability to
depict the mental parts Of the sui
eide. But then he could not kill him
self and afterward tell about it.
Surely not. In this simple circum-
stance lies the beauty of the plan.
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IntolerabIe Conditions.

At this writing there is nothing to
show whether the outburst of popu-
lar rage in Russia is to be more than
a symptom that intolerable conditions
have been recognized, or is to lead
to-an immediate effort to throw off
a burden too heavy to be borne.
Whether the present is to be the time
for definite action, matters little; for
that time cannot be far in the future.
That Russia can continue long as an
autocracy is a theory the judgment is
forced to reject.
There can be no doubt that at the
beginning OF the war with Japan the
United States had kindly feeling for
Russia. There existed traditional
friendship between the two countries,
based upon myth rather than upon
historical fact, and yet generals &C
cepted. With the revelation that Rus
sia was incompetent to carry out it's
plans, and that the plans were to the
utmost selfish, this feeling vanished.
The little OF it that remains is due
to the fact that the Russians are
white, that their diplomatic repre-
sentatives to this Government are
gentlemen distinguished for states
manship and courtesy, and perhaps a
lurking fear Of the yellow peril
Russia is vast in geographical ex-
tent and in numbers. The mass of
its people are not considered by the
dominant classes except as instru-
ments for carrying out the will of the
Car as interpreted by an unscrupu-
lous flock CT titled bureaucrats, who
make the Interpretation such as suits
them The people are taxed to the
limit, sent off to useless wars in which
they have no interest, kept in abjec,
ignorance, and expected always to
.asubmit to an unreasoning tyranny
and this the people will not do. The
little learning which is dangerous
thing has seeped into their ranks
They are beginning to think. Wher
they think in concert the end vii
be at hand.
The world is learning to abhol
bloodshed, and yet if the oppresse,
Russians shall make a deliberat,
choice to die rather than submit
longer to cruelty and wrong, sym
pathy will not be withheld. The Ca
has been proved incompetent, ant
chinery of government as known t,
the Russians is the instrument, not o
protection and betterment, but O
torture and crime. 1t does not deserv
to stand, and were it to fall, the ensu
ing chaos, and whatever might sprin
out of this, certainly could not b
worse.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24
TO STEVENSON.

Wanderer DER life's inhospitabie seas
With gaIleon sails TO watt thee unto
lands
OF old romance. where jocund fancy
stands,
Luring sad hearts to youth, where tropic
Rustic before the trade-wind's welcome
breeze,
And warm blue waves roll up on coral
strands,
Or. on the reef, with clapping of white
hands:
Teller of tales the world afar to please,
Thy caraveI sailed forth Ger chartless
waves,
But, ere it left. mighty far-off cry
Reached Ger the seattle tardy
worlds acclaim;
Hail and farewell 10 him who fearless
The uurestori7g deep with spirit nigh.
Beoueathing kindness. more priced
than fame
Charles keeler i'll Impressions Quar-
terly.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

are sorry, of course But if he is will
ing to espouse what they regard as
Democratic doctrine they are glad to
indorse the doctrine in spite OF the
source And so, if any legislation be
enacted for the supervision of rail-
road rates, the Democratic party will
share in the credit with the majority.
This is the prospect opened to tE1
view by last nights caucus
Truly, a CLEAN OF light has been
shed on the prospects of the Demo-
cratic party
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A Clean of Light.

A CLEAN of light is shed on the
the House caucus held last night At
the suggestion of Mr.. Bryan and
Leader Williams that body agreed,
by vote OF II to s, TO support the
President whenever his views coin
cided with the views of the Democ-
racy. To the outsider this viii be
merely a sign of horse sense. To the
Washingtonian who has followed the
proceedings of the minority in Con-
gress these past eight years, Il will
be conversion of the party's soul.
The custom has been TO make
Democratic allegiance an invaFiable
stumbling block to legislation of all
sorts Even the isthmian canal was
not exempt. Men thought TO be as
tute, like Senator German, pushed
the donkey across the road, and then
expressed surprise that their fellow
partisans joined the Republicans in
kicking the beast out of the road.
Ii seems incredible, but it is true, that
those leaders thought to gain in the
public confidence merely by getting
il the way
What the minority might have ac-
complished by uniting with the Re
publicans on creditable Philippine
policy. az aggressive campaign for
the canal, measures for the relief OF
Porto Rico. and dozen other I'M
portant policies, no one can say now
But it would then have had some
ground to stand on when it put forth
its candidate at the last election 1t
would then have had an effective an
swer to the charge OF unproductiye
obstruction. 1t would then have COM
mended itself to the confidence of ali
the people interested in the projects
which obtained its votes instead OF in
curing the antagonism of all those
people.
But it did none of these things. II
the Republican leaders had labeled
the Ten Commandments good Repub-
lican doctrine" the minority would
have voted against them. Mr.. Cor
man and his followers seemed benz
On biting off their noses to spite ar
opposition which laughed at the oper-
alton until its sides ached. And the
result was that the minority lost al
value TO the country and itsell.
Mr.. Williams and his associates ot
the House are able to see further. L
the President is not Democrat, they
The Washington times., 1905-01-24
SURGEON GENERAL PLANS
AUTOMOBILE AMBULANCE
Drawings to Be Submitted TO Manu-
facturers, Who VIII Pass Upon
Praetica bility-

Plans hare been prepared in the office
of the surgeon general for an autonlo-
bile ambulance
II these designs can be carried out by
automobile manufacturers il seems hhe-
iy that steam carriages fitted Up with
ambulance facilities VIII take the place
oS The nreseat srvIe of vehicles drawn
py horses .
with a view to thoroughly testing this
scheme the War Department has order
efI cart clyde s Ford. assistant sur
seon. 10 Ormond, Fla, TO hold a con-
ference there with the automobile manu-
f;scturers wko are gathered at that point
in attendance on the big racing meet
captain Ford is charged with inves-
tigating all details of the project. and
he will make report TO the War De-
rartment on It's feasibility
The Washington times., 1905-01-24
MANY RECEPTIONS
SET FOR TO-DAY

Mrs. Gillespie will be at home at ~
Rhode Island Avenue this afternoon foE
the last time She will have assisting
her Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant. who i
the guest Of Mrs. John r Mclean Mr.
Giuespie'S January dEn wing rooms Rave
teen among the most delightful! ans
popular of this season il Washington.
Representative and Mrs.. Henry 2
Gibson are spending the winter with
their daughter. MRS. Waiter y: Wells
and will be at home at lslo Sixteenth
Street tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs Henry A. Pressey, 1881 Vermont
Avenue will be at home tomorrow ano
the Wednesdays in February
Mrs. James D. YeoEnaas. of the Cum
berland. viii not receive tomorrow. bRJ
will be at home the Wednesdays il:
February.
Mrs. III. L. Tinker and daughter, Mrs
Daniel Whiting Edelin. will be at hon,
informally to their friends on WedneS
days during the season. at their new
home. $50 Whitney Avenue CoiuI-in.'
Heights.
The Congressional women at til
Dewey will not be at home tomorrow
but will be at home January 81, fro:
5 10 O'Clock.
Mrs. ChaTee. who Is s;lll indsposel
VIII hot be a home 20 visitors today
The house of the Lieutenant GeEvr;t
and Mrs ChafHee Is & YeTttGhie show
place OF treac cures gathered from al
over the world and with these inter
esting things as topic, combined Will
The Washington times., 1905-01-24
REPRESENTATIVE PEARRE
MUCH BETTER TODAY

It was announced this morning that
Representative Pearre. who was sudden
ly taken i'll while IN the House yester-
day. is much improved
At an early nour this morning Repre-
sentative Pearre was hard at work with
his secretary and said he never felt
better in his life.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24
STATEMENT ISSUED
REGARDING MRS. STONE

a statement was issued at the White
House yesterday in regard TO the NOM
nation OF Mrs. Mary C. Stone 20 be
postrllistress at Iuka. Miss.
Mrs. Stone is the widow of the late
Gov. j. NJ Stone. OF Mississippi. Gov
ernor Stene was instrumental in putting
down many riots and ca one occasion
offered Il reward OF 3. coo for the cap
ture of miscreants who fired into rail-
way postal car
Governor Stone was z sold Democrat.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Quite brilliant was the tea and musi-
Gale IN the ball rooms OF the New. Vii
lard yesterday afternoon given for the
benefit of the House of Mercy. About
six hundred guests listened 10 the musi-
cal program rendered by Mrs Kitty
Chea than Thompson, assisted by Luz
clan II. Coenen, who gave a violin re-
citaL
Following the musical program re-
freshments were served in the red bali
room where Mrs Gordon Cummings
and Mrs MuIligan poured chocolate and
Mrs Sargent and Mrs Bradley tea. the
Marine Band playing from to S o'clock.
The patroneSSes OF the afternoon. al or
whom were present, were Mrs Mclean.
Mrs Wadswortf. Mrs Slater. Mrs
Lodge Mrs Anderson, Mrs. Eikins,
Mrs Kean, Mrs. Davis, Mrs William
Slater. Mrs Townsend. Mrs Draper.
Mrs Longworth. Mrs Hay. Mrs Hitch
cock, Miss Cannon. and Mrs Rey-burn-
In addition TO the tea chocolate. sand
wiches and cake, which were iaclGded
in the ticket of admission there was
sale of large cakes under the auspices
of Mrs. George Howard and Mrs Board
man that added considerably 10 the rev
enue OF the afternoon. thes1ast fEalf hetr
of which was enlivened by q cake auc-
ton. with Mrs. Herbert Wadswerth as
the auctioneer-
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Ex-senator and Mrs. John B. Hender-
son will entertain dinner party, and
Representative Henry Kirk Porter has
invited the entire Pennsylvania delega-
lion IN the House to meet Senator Pen
rose and Senator Knox. His only addi-
Uonal guest will be Major Alexander
Mcdowell
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

The annual charity ball of the South
ern Relief Society will take place this
evening at the New Willard, with the
United States Marine Band TO furnish
the music. and with q buffet supper
served in the pink ballroom. Included in
the ticket of admission
The guests will be received by Mrs.
LomaX, wife of Gen. LIdsay Lomax,
the president of the society; Miss Vir-
ginia Miller, and Mrs. Rcsaiie Bocock.
Other ladies of the executive commit
tee are Mrs. Covington, Mrs. Callahan,
Mrs. c. Smith, and Miss Fauntleroy.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24
IS WILL GIVE
CABINET DINNER
President and Wife VIII
Be Guests of Honor.
THE ANNUAL CHARITY BALL
Attorney General VIII Entertain in
Honor of Chief Justices and
Associates o. Bench.

Secretary OF War and Mrs. Taft are
chief of the dinner hosts tonight. this
being the date of their function In hoaor
of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
and the first they have given since COM
ing into the Cabinet family.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Mrs. George W. Prince will receive to-
day at 31l3 Thirteenth Street northwest.
assisted by Mrs Livingston Mrs. Crook,
Mrs. Dale. of Oklahoma; Miss Nc
IaugbIin, and Miss Townsend, Of Gales
burg Ill
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Mrs. Francois Berger Moran ard Mrs.
John Melton Hudgins viii be at home
this afternoon for the last time during
the present month. but will receive
again during February
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Representative and Mrs. Richard
Wayne Parker. whose hospitality is al
ways of the most delightful nature. will
give a theater party tonight in Compli-
ment to Miss Corinne Douglas Robin
son, who Is staving.at the White Hosise.
The play viii be followed by supper,
Miss Roosevelt being a guest for both.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

The Congressional women al the Eb-
bitt will receive today from to G. They
are Mrs Caldwell and daughter, Mrs
Turner, of Illinois; Mrs Pierce, or Ten
Virginia: Mrs. Jackson and daughter, of
Ohio, and Mrs. Robinson. of Arkansas
Mrs Pierce will be assisted by Miss
Mackaye. OF Washington, and Miss Byrd.
of Missouri
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

The enterprise of the Pennsylvania in
planting trees is worthy of imitation.
Railroads generally have seemed to go
on the theory that the timber supply
would last until the final trump.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

No reason for surprise exists in the
opposition of the railroads TO the plan
OF Federal regulation. Indeed. II cas-
ily might be taken as an argument in
favor OF the proposed measure.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24
WASHINGTON GIRL
TO WE'D SOLDIER

The marriage of Miss Miriam Ballin-
ger TO Lieut. Francois Hiddinga, of Hol-
land, will take place on Tuesday. Janu-
airy 81, at noon. The brides attendants
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Mrs. Arsene P. Pujo, wife of Represen-
tative Pujo of Louisiana, viii not be at
home until Tuesday. February 9.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

The fellow who demands that a GER
tain actress marry him may not be a
lunatic after all. Before judging this
one would have to know what dicker
had been made with the woman's press
agent
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

The Secretary Of Agriculture. Mr.. VIII
son, has issued Invitations 10 his an
nuai dinner in honor of the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt which will take
place Tuesday, February IS, and will be
given as last year. in the Presidential
suite at the New Willard.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Nine. Ricardo de Diaz-Albertini is the
guest of Miss Wells. 1863 Connecticut
Avenue. and will receive with her on
Saturdays during the season.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

After viewing the District aprropria-
ton bill in its nutilated state 1t Is not
too much TO assert that Congress is
ful! of prunes.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24
ITALIAN EMBASSY
SCENE Of GAY[TY
Dinner Party Followed by
a Reception.
SEVERAL OTHER GATHERINGS
Tea and Musicale for House of Mercy
Proved 10 Be a Brilliant
Affair

The Italian ambassador and Baron
ess Mayor des Planches entertained ex-
tensiveiy last night, first by a dinner
party followed by an evening reception,
at which the younger members OF
society danced Those dining witt,
them we're the French ambassador and
Nine Jusserand. Senator and Mrs De.
pew, Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Board.
man. Ex-Governor ana Mrs William r.
Merriam, Miss Parsons, Mr. Parsons.
Miss Guynn, Baron Giskra, Mr.. Pol Le
Teller, attache OF the Belgian legation.
and Prince de BeaTn, of the French en-
bassy staff
At the reception which followed MISC
Roosevelt and her house guests were
among the visitors. and the Chinese
minister. Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng,
All the diplomats and guests from
dinner parties went to the Italian en-
basSy- Baroness Mayor des Plancnes
had TO assist her the Misses LobeI OF
made the evening brilliant one.
though the guests were more limited
in number than at some former recep-
tions-
General and Mrs. Gillespie enter.
tanned al dinner last night Secretary OF
the Trea sury and Mrs Shaw, Senator
and Mrs Dryden. Senator and Mrs Al
ger, Admiral and Mrs McGowan. Mr..
and Mrs. Edison Bradley Mr. and Mrs.
Gaff, and Mr.. and Mrs De keveE.
General and Mrs Frederick Dent
Grant were the guests Of honor al a
dinner last night with Senator and
Mrs Stephen 3. EIkins as hosts. The
Secretary of War and Mrs Taft Sec
retary OF the Navy and Mrs. Morton,
and others TO the number Of twenty
two were present
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Miss Louise Kaufman will not re-
ceive today. but viii be at home Tues
day, January 81.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Mrs. Reyt and Miss Eleanor Hoyt will
not receive today. having gone 10 New
Haven to attend the Junior Prom
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

The Misses Curry. of 1910 Ninth Street.
have as a guest Miss Flora G. Kendall, OF
Oakland Cal. who viii receive with
them tomorrow. Miss Kendall is fine
pianist, having been long connected with
the most notable musical circles of the
Coast
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Poland and Finland are beginning to
wonder il the experience Of being
crushed is necessarily final.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

There is mention of the possibility
that Senator Mitchell may not be tried
for a year. In this instance the old
rule Of better late than never should be
suspended
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Editor Hearst describes the sort OF
man whom he would have for Demo-
cratic leader. but does not name him.
are we to construe This as modesty2
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Mrs. Henry Bird Cassen and the
Misses CasselI will be at home this af-
ternoon at the Shoreiiam from 10
O. clock
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will be Miss Dorothy Ciliey, Miss
Meriel Diu1ick, daughter and niece Of
DR.. o. C. Cilley, of Boston; Miss Nan
ME Getty, niece of the late General
Getty. L S. A. and Miss Elizabeth
Fleming daughter of ex-Gov- Francis
P. Fleming OF Florida
The groom VIII be attended by
Adrian Gips. of Holland; Robert Grant
Walker, OF New York, and Philippe
Fazio Ballinger. brother cf the bride
Lieutenant Hiddinga comes of an old
Friesiand family He is a grandson Of
Commodore WisseI, of the royal navy,
and a nephew of Colonel Wissel, OF the
royal artillery He received his eduea-
tion in Brussels. and at the Naval
Academy of Seenawarden. and speaks
with fuency six languages.
The bride is of the Washington and
Lewis families, of Virginia, and is a
Ballinger, OF Kentucky While being
married TO a foreigner. she has not cast
her lot among strangers. having many
relatives abroad. She is lineal de-
seenGant of Dorothy Vernon OF Haddon
Hall. and John Manners. first Earl of
of Giapwen Manor, Derbyshire- a gift
of the conQueror, and where thirty-fve
generations of her family have been
born.
Admiral Ha1!owes. Of the royal navy:
Mai Gen Henry Jardine Hallowes, mill
tary governor Of Jamaica: Col Frank
Lewis, knight of the Bath, and aide-de-
camp to the King, who was second 20
Lord Kitchener IN the Soudan, are her
cousins, and entertained her both in
Cairo and in London during q recent
trip abroad.
The Washington times., 1905-01-24

Mrs. Cnaffee's unvarying hospitality and
tact in putting every one at their ease.
this home has been one of the most in
teresting in Washington this winter