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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
Korean Consul Quit In New York.

NEW YORK. December Ia-In accord,
ance with the terms Of the treaty between
Japan and Korea, under whicht the latter
country abandons its diplomatic and con-
sular service. w. III. Stevens, consul In this
city for Korea today turned over the
charge and records of the consulate TO Sad
azuchl Uchida, japanese consul general.
Mr.. Uchida besides his duties as the con-
suIar representative OF Japan In this city,
will hereafter have charge as wei of Ko-
rean affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
Minister Takahira Sails.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.-The steamer
Manchuria sailed this afternoon for Homo
lulu and the orient with passenger list
and a heavy cargo. Prominent among the
passefeers were r. Takahira, Japanese
minister to the United States. and George
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
TOLD IN BRIEF.

HELENA, Mont. December 16-Tster in
formation from Forsythe, Mont. where
John Hammond, wanted In Albany. n v
TO answer charge of wife murder. was
reported TO have been SEEM is that the sus-
pected man is another person. Hammond
was last heard of In Missoula
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
Lost Cash and Timepiece.

ID. C. Taylor, a railroad conductor. re-
ported 10 the police last night that he had
been robbed OF a gold watch and $50 IN
cash. lie said the timepece and money
were taken from his pocket Friday night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17
PORTSMOUTH. Engl,

PORTSMOUTH, England, December Ia
"A strike was inaugurated at the dock
yard here today among the men who are
building the battleShip Dreadnaught on
which work Is being pushed with all speed
though the real reason for the unusual
haste has not TRANSFERRED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17

NEW YORK. December 16.--At the an
nual meeting of the Arctic Club, held here
today. the following officers were elected !:
President. Prof. William Fl. Brewer, Yale
University; vice presidents. Col David L.
Brainerd. U. S. A; Langdon Gibson, Capt
Joseph r.. Bernier; secretary, Rudolph
kersting; treasurer. Ralph L. ShaiHwald,
tr.; executive committee B. s. Osborne, DR.
Frederick A. Cook, Albert Oporti, Anthony
Fall and Henry Beiderbeck. The annual
dinner and reunion of the club will take
place on Saturday. January 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-17

precinct station, where q charge Of disor-
derby conduct was preferred against him.
He deposited IS collateral and was released
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
Thu. Unenforced splitting Law.

The local authorities might profitably take
the hint afforded by raid that was MADE
last evening in New York upon the violatofs
of the anti-spitting ordinance. which has
not been enforced for many months. Sew
eraI dozen well-dressed men were taken
into custody and hailed to station houses,
where they deposited collateral or were
bailed out. In this city the regulation mas
never been enforced to degree to cause IT
TO make more than moral impression upon
the public mind. 1t has been long time
since an offender was taken to court on this
charge. and there is daily evidence that the
rule is violated extensively under the very
eyes of the policemen. The officers appear
to be waiting for instructions or for the
complaints Of citizens. 1t should not be
left to citizens who observe this offense to
take the initiative. There are assuredly
enough policemen in Washington to catch
an occasional offender, and 1t is morally
certain that if one of these were fined every
few days and the fact widely published the
filthy, careless habit would be materially
checked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
Porto Rico.

The San Juan newspaper which advises
the Porto Ricans not to bother at this
time about the question of statehood, but
to improve to the full the opportunities
which have come to them with American
sover eighty, as matters now stand, is
worthy of all attention. No better advice
could possibly be given. Reports from the
island as to progress are very encouraging
Much remains to be done, Of course, but
much has been done since the change Of
flags. The very Impotence felt in some
quarters for full fellowship in the Ameri-
can government Is in itself testimony go
ing to show how well the new order is
working in the island. In America here
we have great hopes Of Porto Rico. 1t Is a
beautiful and fertile spot, the people when
we found them had not been dashed into a
frenzy, as in Cuba, and there is no reason
why under American forms and care the
island should not speedily become the seat
OF all happiness and prosperity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
Civic Duty and Law

The contrast between the activity Of tba
householders this morning In cleaning or
their front walks and their inactivity a few
Gays ago. when the snow demanded removal
quite as urgently, affords a suggestive OBJ
9ect lesson in the compulsory power of the
threat of prosecution. There was no greater
requirement today as regards the public
comfort ana safety than on any previous
occasion TINS winter Despite the appeals
10 civic pride and the spirit of good citizen
snip II Is to be doubted if one-half as MANY
sidewalks would have been cleaned todav
mad 1t not been for the possibility of n visit
from a policeman. armed with the new man.
date OF the Commissioners
This should not be the case The house,
holder should not wait for the law to COM
pei before acting to discharge his plain re-
sponsibilities The good citizen, who takes
pride IN the appearance of his premises.
whether he owns his residence or not. does
not wait for a law to force him to cut his
lawn. He does not need a well-trimmed
parking as badly as he and his neighbors
need clean sidewalk in winter There is
no physical discomfort or danger in the I'M
kempt lawn, as there is In the snow or lee
covered pavement.
1t is pride that makes the average man
trim his grass and weed his garden and cul-
tiyate decorative vines. 1t is pride that
makes him dress himself neatly. and all the
members of his family. II Is pride that in
spires the good housewife to have the win
dows washed. These things are not re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
Cleaning Up Philadelphia.

philadelphia Is profoundly stirred by
movement for the betterment of con-
ditions there. A sort of blanket indictment
has been drawn by responsible men. and
the authorities are asked to take action.
Some of the counts are appalling, and yet
the worst of them are supported by par
ticulars Churchmen and laymen unite in
a demand that evil so varied and wide
spread shall be tackled and extirpated
There are promises that this will be DONE
and there are expectations of lively turn
over in town.
There is something grave in this. We are
all accustomed 10 hearing New YORK ana
Chicago so accused and are fairly well
prepared to believe nearly anything Oh
those strenuous and wide-open COM
munities But Philadelphia has enjoyed
another kind of reputation. She has al
wavs been known as the city of brotherly
love. And that title has carried with it
the suggestion of something fair and clean.
Even the old joke of her being slow
coach. sleepy and deliberate, has operated
in her favor and conveyed the impression
of uprightness and character To be told,
therefore that here also, as in New York
and Chicago vice is rampant and enjoys In
a measure official protection is nothing less
than shocking.
Cleaning up so big town when it has
been neglected is a colossal task, and time
anu patience and energy will be required
to accomplish It. 1t Is hardly necessary to
add that everybody must help. Every man
and woman with the towns welfare at
heart must give support to those who are
leading the crusade Committees and reso-
buttons are of small consequence unless
they represent an aroused public sentiment
ready to go all legitimate lengths in behalf
of the cause And everybody must enlist
for the war. No short or spasmodic serv
ice will answer. When crooks and drabs
and gamblers establish themselves in a
community and make terms with the po
lice. they are not easily dslodged They
are always on the alert. and disappear and
reappear in the most bewildering way.
Life in a city Of so much wealth and
culture and historic association should not
be befouled by rings and grafters. 1t
should reflect our best endeavors in mu-
hicipal rule and opportunity, and serve as
an example to the younger cities laying
foundations under circumstances less ia
yorable than those that have surrounded
the beautiful and attractive metropolis Of
PENNSYLVANIA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
Return Tickets or Money!"

Regardless of the particular circum-
stances and the objects of the worthy
charity involved in the case, there will
be a widespread approval on general
principles of Senator Cockrelrs action in
casting away certain tickets which were
sent to him with a request to send back
to the committee either the tickets them
selves or the money equivalent. In this
case Mr.. Cockren tossed the offending
tickets into the fire and paid no heed to
the request. Many men do the same, but
there are others who, inspired by a sense
of responsibility, take the pains to return
the tickets when feeling of sympathy
with the object of the charity does not
appeal to their purse. Yet they do this
grudgingly, feeling that they are being
imposed upon and that the practice Is a
nuisance
There is much of this every winter here
in Washington, and the custom has grown
to proportions calling for an emphatic
protest Public men and women prom
inent in the social world are being con-
stantly importuned by entire strangers
Tor this or that cause. Many of these OBJ
Jects are estimable and worthy, but many
others are not. Under the virtual ano-
nymity of the mails petty frauds are prac-
ticed, and even when the charity Is genu-
lnely deserving of support the method
employed is obnoxious
There are hundreds of Washingtonians
who, If directly appealed to in the regu-
lar manner, would gladly loosen their
purse strings and give generous sums for
charitable objects which they are now
inclined to ignore Indignantly when they
are approached thus with a bunch of
tickets and more or less peremptory
command to buy. They do not believe
that their time and attention should be
occupied by these matters. even when
they are willing to give hearings to plead
ers for this or that charity cause in per-
son
1t is the insinuation of an obligation to
return money for the tickets that the
average man or woman resents. There is
of course, no way to stop the practice
save by a general following of Mr.
CockreIs courageous example. If all
who now object to the ticket-by-maiI en-
terprise would meet the case as souareIv
as he did there would be fewer annov-
ances of this kind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
The Formal Election.

Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fair
banks were yesterday elected President and
Vice President of the United States, when
the votes cast by the members Of the cleo
toral college were opened in the presence
of the two houses of Congress and counted,
showing 336 for them against 40 for Alton
B. Parker and Henry G. Davis. The in
terest which the public has taken in this
proceeding at the Capitol is of the mildest
sort. There has. been no excitement, no
suspense, no doubt of the outcome. The
ceremony of finally recording the verdict
of the people rendered in November is re-
garded merely as a form of law.
This public indifference to the count of
the electoral vote is a tribute to the sta
bility of the system and the character of
the men named by their parties to repre-
sent the opposing sides in the great battle
OF the ballots. Not one of these men wav-
cred from his responsibility. Yet the Con-
stitution in theory gives to the electoral
college the right to vote as it pleases. A
majority might in law have been cast by
the electors of the states for Parker and
Davis. or for Watson and Tibbles, or for
Smith and Jones, and the Congress would
have been required to record the vote and
declare the men SO named to be elected
to the presidential and vice presidential
offices.
OF course life would not have been worth
living for any man who thus repudiated
his obligations and cast ballot against
the commands oHhis party. Even the vir-
ginia elector who publicly deplored his In
ability to vote for MIR. Roosevelt. after be-
ing commissioned to vote for Judge Par
ker. has suffered in general esteem. among
republicans as well as democrats. The sys-
tenn is absolutely established.
1t has remained In its present relation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09

Quired by law, and their neglect imposes no
physical suffering upon the occupants OF
the house in question or upon others. Yet
the man or woman who, with time and
means to attend to these details of life. neg
lects them Is rated little lower socially
and suffers accordingly in the esteem of
others.
Yet because once it was the province of
the law to hold over the heads Of house.
holders the threat of fine for neglect of
the sidewalks In winter. and that law was
nullified by the courts the pride of the cti-
zen in his premises and his spirit of civic
responsibility took tumble from which it
was rescued only by the devising of a new
form of law-threat.
There Is no law to require a man to vote
or to attend the primaries. But the great
majority of men do so because they feel I'M
der an obligation to perform their funda-
mental duty as citizens. When they neg
lect this duty, because Of the difficulty or
embarrassment or distasteful associations
or alleged lack Of time. they contribute d.
rectly to the unwhoIesome conditions into
which so many American cities and states
have fallen. They are adding to their own
tax burdens and the corruption of their gov
ernments. And when the harm is done and
.iio Soh'ioi VI tne poAiticdl machine mas
passed into other hands, they cry aloud in
execration Of the shameless rascals who
have stolen away their liberties and given
their community bad name.
This little matter of attending to the side
walk in winter as well as to the lawn in
summer is akin to the greater duty Of vot-
ing for the sake Of good government Every
man does his share, and if any man neg
lects his responsibilities. law or no law. he
contributes to decentralization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
The Worm Turns.

From the Gallatin Qn) Democrat.
Doesn't it make you weary to read the
rot Of those rattle Drained idiots of the
Chicago press who are repeatedly ridi-
culing the country papers on their locals?
These two-by-four lunch counter f1ends
think it awful funny when some country
newspaper says Hiram Slocum has sold
his Holstein cow to Ed Childress" But
of course, 1t is just the proper caper when
they say Mrs. Franklin Oliver Lowden
has just returned from the Epson Lori
mer kennels" Oh. that's great! That bull
pup would bring about 80 cents in the
dog pound, while Slocum's COW would
sell for $50 in the dark. Because Gussie
Davis was over at Guards Point Sunday
to see his best girl they throw a Shoe
but If William Henry Harrison Pook. the
society leader, was in Milwaukee last
Saturday to see Miss Gertie Pabst they
would slobber over half a column and
have three pictures of Gertie and WILL
lam Henry on the front page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
A Charge Upon the Capitol.

Ihat was strenuous half hour two sena-
ators experienced Tuesday night. Let it
not be forgotten. 1t really should be ceIe-
DRAFTED, and it will be If the poets are not
TOO busy polishing up their odes to spring.
The senators in question, after a long
days hard work, had gone home. Each as
he thought and had right to think, had
made his record on the statehood bill.
They were on opposing sides. At home,
after the battle, they were not slow, We
may be sure in getting into the comfort of
smoking jacket and slippers. Good, easy
men, they didn't know that the engagement
had broken out afresh after their departure
from the Senate, and now was raging more
fiercely than ever. But they soon knew 1t,
for to each senator's door came a mes
senger hot foot with the news of the turn
things had taken. and summons to return
and save the day. In each case a carriage
waiting.
A senator is a soldier, and both senators
responded. Smoking jackets were peeled
in a jiffy. Slippers took wings across the
ROOM Muff1ed to their ears and ready for
the fray again. the senators sprang into the
waiting vehicles and were whirled away.
1t was not race. for one senator was half
a mile nearer the Capitol than the other,
both been at the same place! If it had been
a contest between horses and drivers!
What race that would have been! What
a smashing Of records for hack horses!
What smashing of records for jehu objur-
cations! What busy half hour for the
recording angel. who would probably have
felt like blotting out as fast as he wrote
down!
Not the least interesting feature of the
story is the fact that one of the senators is
eighty years old, and the other seventy-odd.
But both are as diligent in their duties as
the youngest of their colleagues, and took
the field on this Indictment night without a
moments hesitation. Veterans like John T.
Morgan and Thomas c. Plat are the sort
to tie to. Their colleagues ought to enter
tain them at dinner in honor of their spirit.
Tuesday nights episode should live in gas
tronomy as well in verse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
Saluting the Flag.
From the Pittsburg Gazette.

From the Pittsburg Gazette.
None of those who advocate the mill
tary salutation seems to realize how lit
tie that form is used by civilians. The
average man would be more likely to re-
move his hat and possibly add a bow to
his greeting to the flag than to attempt
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would seem the most appropriate to ex-
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ought to be invoked when the flag is dis
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natural act for the man is to remove his
hat and for the woman to bow, courtesy
or wave her handkerchief, according to
her choice, the main thing being the
tribute of respect, and not the form of
the salute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-09
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