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The Washington times., 1906-11-22
The Limit OF Horror.

BY the exploding of bomb in the
magnificent and thrice sanctified
cathedral of St. Peters at Rome,
anarchy has reached the utmost
limit of dastardly deeds. 1t is mis-
cradle business enough when an Oft
times unoffending monarch is made
the object of murderous attempt,
but when IL comes TO selecting as a
possible victim the present Pope, a
man of the greatest goodness of
character, and whose benevolent
words cannot sufficiently express
the indignant horror felt for the per-
petrators. This without considering
the terrible chance that hundreds Of
women and children would be injur-
ed or killed. either by the force of
the explosive or by the mad panic
that was almost certain 20 follow
What purpose upon the face of the
earth such outrages as these can
possibly be expected to accomplish
is beyond the comprehension of any
sane man. To terrorize a cathedral
where the worship of God is in prog
ress is surely a poor way to strike
fear TO tyranny or to bring about
respect for the cause, if there is any
cause. In such a case as this. il is
better, so far as the solution of the
puzzle is concerned. TO assume that
the scoundrels who disturbed the
peace of ST, Peters were maniacs.
The thing was SO useless, SO bound
to excite the sympathy Of the world
for Catholicism. and arouse its
united and increased hatred OF an
archy that on no other assumption,
save that the plotters were crazy,
can their deed be at all accounted
for.
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
MR.. wADSWoRTRS DEFEAT
DUE TO HIS COURAGE

The unexpected defeat Of Repre-
sentative James Wadsworth of New
York. has caused much comment in
the press ard called for varied ex-
plantations of the result. The Bos-
ton Transcript looks at it in this
light:
It ought to be remembered of James
W Wadsworth, of Geneseo. n. Y, who
was defeated last week for Congress,
after an election two years before by
Is, 900 plurality. following a long and
honorable record in the House, that he
dared to be unpopular. He represented
a farming constituency. He was him
self a scientific agriculturist and chair
man of the House Committee on Agri-
seed distribution, supposed to be a gra-
tuity for the farmers. He steadily OPP
posed the oleOmargarine legislation,
which was designed to protect the in
dustry of the dairyman against that of
the cattle raiser, at the expense of the
public. In both these things less cour-
ageous man would have said. while
these causes were right, IL was some
body else's business to fight for them.
He also dared TO take the unpopular
side on the pure food legislation, and to
respondence with President Roosevelt,
whom 1t is always risky to oppose.
What the country needs In Washington,
however, is men who, like Mr.. Wads-
worth, have opinions and individuality,
and above all the courage to stand for
what they think right, whether 1t Is
popular OK not
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
LAWYER AND ORATOR
NO LONGER A SYNONYM

In the old days-nOt very old,
either-the trial of a case in court
was a sure sign that eloquence and
oratory would be on tap. That is
all passed, or passing as Associate
Justice Brewer explains in the At
lantic Monthly:
Inspiration is a lost art in the court
room Nowadays no true lawyer ad-
Vises, prepares documents, or tries a
case without a careful preparation.
Forensic oratory has passed away No
longer does the crowd gather IN the
county court house to listen to and be
moved by the wit. pathOs, and elo-
0uence of the advocate as for hours or
days ne addresses the jury. The court
room may be filled, but 1t is largely
with the ubiquitous reporters, many of
whom are as destitute of tears as Sa-
hara Of water and as callous to emotion
as the mummied sleepers of Egypt. No
longer is ii true that weeping men and
women with handkerchiefs to their eyes
are moved by the eloquence CT counsel
Rather may il more truly be said that
distant Texas and the far Pacific Slope
hang breathlessly on the reporters
Imagination and manufactured elo-
Quence. Time is a pressing factor.
Facts rather than eloquence Is the de-
mand.
The Washington times., 1906-11-22

of omniseience can decide between
them; and omniscience has thus far
been ehary of enlightening this
transportation problem.
Pre- sident Hill, of the Great North
ern System, declares that what this
country needs is more railroad mile
age, and It needs it as soon as pos
sible. He is suiting the deed TO The
word, and building as many of them
as possible.
President Hartman, co-vicegerent,
says the country doesn't need more
railroad mileage; what it needs is
better direction of those it already
has. And, adapting his action to
his policy. Mr.. Hartman is gather
ing in the railroads as fast as pos
sible in order TO give them the bene-
fit of the superior managerial talent
with which he has been divineIy en-
bowed.
Which is right? In the last seven
years the tonnage of this country
has doubled. There is every reason
to believe it will double again in the
next ten years. Who Is making ade-
quate preparation TO handle that in
creased volume? Is Mr.. Hartman,
by consolidating railroads, or Mr..
Hill, by building them? More cars
and engines represent Mr.. Harri-
mans solution. But is it practicable
to crowd more cars and engines
upon rails already so cOngested with
trains that last year $4,000 human
beings were killed or injured on
railroads? Or upon terminals SO
crowded that il is near to impos-
sib,e to get traffic through them?
1nere is the testimony of the
most far-seeing business men that
a crisis cannot long be prevented
unless adequate steps are taken To
make transportation keep step with
production. 1t is not doing so. The
greatest responsibility that ever
confronted the railroad managers il
now before them. Are they meet
ing it? If they do not meet it; if
the crisis widely feared is precipi-
tated-then there will surely be a
redoubling of the force of that not
inconsiderable body of opinion that
considers public ownership the final
solution.
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
La Belle OterO Dubious
As She Faces Wedding
Look You, Monsieur" She Queries, what
Have to Do With Respectable
MatronhoOd?"

looking very sorry. BE IT, and it win
But he too, make condition I'm to
be La Belle OteTO for him only. !
play, dance, sing henceforth for public
as Nine Webb, no, as Mistress WeDD-
how do you call il? As Ais-sis Webb,
QUIZ The dancer made a WY face.
Her Romance Past.
That's IT," she continues. Mis-sis
Webb. Ny life has been all so roman
tic. and now all romance is over. Rene
has forgiven me ali the little indiscFe-
tons OF the past, and I mean to do my
best. But it's a terrible prospect 10
have TO be always monoton0usly ma
iron l can't conceal from myselI tiiat
it's an experiment I'll do my best, but
if marriage is a failure. then 50 mnch
the worse"
Questioned about the details OF the
wedding, Otero dubbed out enthusiast
tically;
"Oh, certainly, the wedding VIII be az
the Church Of the Madslaine with fun
service. organs, candles and the pomP
of ducai nupuals. I'll take no less.
Where viii we liver Here in Paris OK
course. after our honeymoon tour IN
Italv and Spain. Rene Is furnishing a
palace here. It Will be almost worthy
of me" and with gay wave OF the
hand this perpleXingly frivolous nnanceS
stepped into a staruingly new brOugnaIns
fingfnE 10 the brilliantly liveried iackey
the address Of a Well-knoWn cluoS
which In reality Is an arisIocrauc gaIno-
ling dem
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
A Difference of Opinion.

Those distinguished gentlemen TO
whose control providence has en-
trusted the management of the big
gest railroad interests of this coun-
try, seem to have had a difference
of opinion. President Baer did not
give any formula for resolving such
situations, apparently having entire
confidence that the vicegerents of
omnipotence would make no mis-
takes. But here is a case in which
the two men who, apparently. ought
to be considered as standing closest
to providence-for they have been
entrusted with the two biggest
blocks of property-absolutely dis
agree. Obviously, no power this side
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
A Queen in Retirement.

Out on a fine farm under the
shadow of the beautiful Blue Hills
of Milton, in Norfolk county, Massa-
chusetts, there lives an eX-queen in
honored retirement. Although she
never governed a nation, nor signed
an act of parliament, she is as truly
a queen in retirement as a human
monarch could be. She is. in fact,
only a horse. but a horse whose
very name even now causes the
blood of all true lovers OF sport to
course along a little faster in their
veins, and whose record of great VIC
tories still brings up pictures of
splendid scenes and wild en-
thusiasm.
This horse upon whom such loving
care is lavished in her old age is
Nancy Hanks, the once undisputed
ruler of the trotting turf, the mare
whose record of a mile in two min
utes and four seconds once stood as
the proudest achievement that horse
flesh had yet accomplished. For two
years this remained as the low limit
to which a trOtting horse had attain
ed. and it was only when another
queen, Alix, came on in 1894 and
beat Nancy by a quarter of a second
that the great mares crown was
wrested from her. She is now
twenty years old, but those who
have seen her swing along her pad
dock out in Milton say that she
bears her age with extreme vivacity
and promises years more of splendid
motherhood.
The materialist and the man of
iron sense viii probably question
the utility of thus maintaining an
aged ex-monarch of the turf with
such tender solieitude and some
thing that almost approaches wor-
ship. But even the unitarian here
is cont unded, for ex-queen Nancy
as a mother of fast horses has been
for years and still is of wonderful
value. She has given to the turf
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
KANSAS PLAN TO MAKE
PROHIBITION EFFECTIVE

The near-triumph Of the Demo
Gratis in the Kansas election has
started an agitation for a resubmis-
sion of the prohibition amendment.
To head off this action, George J.
Barker, ex-sPeaker of the Kansas
house, proposes this plan for enforc-
ing the existing law:
81 would amend the prohibitory law
so as TO make the party who leases
q building. knowing that IL is TO be
used for immoral o. Illegal purposes.
for instance. the selling of intoxicating
liquors without license. Liable as prin-
Cipal. would charge him as principal,
try him as principal and convict him
as principal. ! would make the same
rule applicable 70 any person who al
lows his premises TO be used for such
purposes after having due notice and
for such unlawful purposes
II would clothe the governor with
plenary power 10 carry out the obli-
cations cast upon him by Article I, sec
ton g. OF the Constitution, which SAYS:
The supreme executive OF the State
shall be vested in a governor. who shall
see that the laws are faithfully exc
cuted.' l would do this by giving him
power TO suspend, on petition and aft
d4vit, any officer charged with non
performance Of duty. and that during
be suspended, and with power to ap-
point for the period Of suspension an
appointee to perform all the duties OF
the Office"
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER %. 1906.
Gloomy Outlook in Cuba.

Making proper and due allowance
for the element of exaggeration in
the press reports, it must be gen
orally conceded that the situation
in Cuba is far from encouraging,
either to the Cubans or to the rep
resentatives of the United States
who are charged with the solution
of what is now admitted to be a
complex problem. Some of the abler
men in Cuba are now asserting that
the United States gave the island
her independence too soon and
there are strong indications that
this may be true. That action, how
ever, was only the fuIfillment of
the pledge contained in the Teller
amendment, even if it was hurried
by popular political clamor at
home. and it is now too late 70
worry over it. The milk has been
spilled and it is a condition. not a
theory, that confronts this Admins
tration.
Secretary Taft has practically
pledged the United States Govern
ment to withdraw from the island
as soon as the local government has
been recognized, and plans are al
ready being pushed for a reasonably
early election of officials who shall
be placed in possession of the au-
thority held by the Palma admins
tration, 1t is clearly obvious. how
ever. that even if that is done, the
withdrawal of the United States au-
Ehority viii simply serve as a signal
for a renewal of the domestic
troubles, and resort 70 new revolu-
tons.
Able men in the islands, both ma
tives and American residents, are
urging annexation or at least an
American protectorate extending
over an indefinite period, with an.
nexation as the inevitable result
Those most familiar with the Cuban
and with Cuban conditions refuse to
consider the Cuban republic as q
permanent affair, and insist that de
lay will only serve to add to anC
aggravate the existiE difficulties.
The situation is most complex
SOber-minded citizens will hesitate
TO add Cuba. with her race prob.
lens, TO issues which are demanding
settlement and adjustment at the
hands of the Congress, but il is
clear that action viii have TO be
taken, and that promptly, to relieve
the present situation. The solution
appears to lie in annexation, anC
that is one of the questions that
will have to receive serious consid
Grafton by Congress, possibly at the
coming session. certainly not later
than another year.
The Washington times., 1906-11-22

PARIS, Nov. 22.-La Belle Otero does
not know whether 70 laugh or cry On
the eve OF her marriage 20 Rene Webb,
the enormously wealthy Englishman.
She says so herself. The spectacle Of
herself as a respectable British matron
disconcerts her.
In her broken French. with a charm
ing play OF infantile pout, she described
her emotions, sensations. doubts and
fears.
''LOok you. monsieur" she protested.
II am not willing this wedding. What
has La Belle Otero 20 do with respec-
table matroahood? 1 don't see how I
am TO go through It. II is ali Rene's
fault lie insists. and he's really 90
charming I can't refuse.
Loves Like a Spaniard.
irene has spent fortune on me al
ready IN jewels, assistance to my fam
fly. contributions TO my favorite chart
ties-and then love. Oh. you have no
idea what a love II is 10 make me see
Spain again the way he loved me.
az told him, Friend, you mistake
but he viii. and what I do? l never
very strong to say no. Only one thing
I hold him TO. and 1 make him agree
not for all the Webbs in the world l
renounce the theater. play lights. storms
OF applause. This no. And he says,
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
SideLightS on People
And Events of Today
HORSES AND cows TRADED
FOR VOTES IN MARYLAND

COngressman-elect Jackson's adj
mission that he had to put up
coin or collateral to secure votes
In Maryland has started Eastern
Shore politicians to TELLING their
experiences. The Baltimore Sun
quotes them:
The price Of a vote in some Of the
lower counties. II is said. has sometimes
reached as high as 500. This was. OF
course. In a hot and close Tight and late
IN the afternoon Of election day. When
every vote counted
When the money ran out, * is said.
almost anything has been given to get
the votes. Horses and cows have fire.
uuCnty been given to men In The dis
trict to vote. and an incident in Queen
AnnC's county was told of a piano be
ing given out Of parlor as brioe 70 a
man to vote There have also been
times when clothes on the clothes line.
bags of flour, and sets Of harness have
been dealt out in lieu OF money.
In a big fight. when some man s
political scalp Is IN danger, II IS de-
clared, almost anything would be sac
ridced to get the votes. When oil the
money was expended other things
would he offered. The voters could not
be gotten 10 the polls unless, as AIr-
Jackson said, some 'tndUcement was
offered them.
There have been fights in some Of the
counties where one side had money and
the other side had none Then all the
''loaters.' OF course. fOcked to the side
with the money. and the price of a vote
was cheap, sometimes going down as
low as 81.
The bribery has been so general and
has been looked upon so much as a
matter of course that the men n the
district who did not sell their votes be-
came hardened to the practice and
looked with leniency upon these meth
DDS
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
Railroads and "SaSSiety. "

How sad and far-reaching are the
results of great financial opera
tions! No tremendous Overturn in
corporate management is without
its personal and tragic element. For
instance, the great fight pulled off in
the directorate of the Illinois Cen
trail not long ago, in the course of
which Mr.. Z. Ii. Hartman produced
his carving knife and inserted it
deity under the fifth rib of Presi-
dent Stuyvesant Fish. now finds its
echoes in society life at Newport.
II is a gloomy outlook for the peace
of that high-class watering village,
and to think that the approaching
rumpus has all been brought about
by the little differences of opinion
as to the presidency of a great rail
road.
But those who know whereof
they speak announce that the holy
calm of the rich at Newport is about
to be disturbed, solely and singly on
account of the scaling of Mr.. Fish.
1t IS whispered in fearful tones that
the great ones there are to be di-
vided next summer, and perhaps for
years 10 come, exactly as the Hill
nois Central directorate was split.
There will be Mr.. and Mrs. Stuy-
vesant Fish, aided by Mrs. Herman
oelrichs and Mrs. Oliver Belmont,
on the one side. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Col. and Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, and Robert w.
Goelet, on the other. A ponderous
and richly gilded list of eminent
names.
ut is believed" says one breath
less reporter of the great, that the
result of the fight for the control
of the railroad means that Mrs.
John Jacob Astor win succeed her
mother-in-law as leader of society,
and that Mrs. Fish is eliminated as
possibility in this respect"
''Sic transit gloria mundi." If you
are wife of a defeated railroad
president. you reap the whirlwind
in your social aspirations. just as
Mrs. Fish was arrivingsat the pin
nacle OF greatness, a blast from a
low person named Hartman takes
her off her elevation and deposits
her in the dust heap. Even a
Harry Lehr. great genius though
he be, has to suffer vicariously for
his acts as cotillon lacl1ey for the
woman who has been deposed. 1t
a sad state of affairs altogether,
and almost arouses the conviction
that high finance is as wicked as the
agitators declare it to be.
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
National-Third Elmendorf Lecture.

Dwight EImendorf viii again lecture
at the new National Theater next Mon
day afternoon at 4:3O. The subject
chosen for the third Of the series is
Switzerland. the High Alps, and VIII
be delivered win the added feature OF
varf-colOred views and moving pic
lures Mr.. EImendOrf is said 10 have
spent four seasons in Iramping through
the Alps with his camera on his back.
eschewing the fashionable hotels and
carriage roads. preferring TO dwell in
the Alpine Club huts and the chalets
OF the lowJy peasants, climbing over the
tops OF the high Alps, rather than
through the tunnels and paths. thereby
gaining an intimate acquaintance with
the majestic beauties of the higher
peaks. as well as with the people them
selves.
Finally. after climbing many noun
tains. the ascent OF the Jungfrau is
made from the club hut 10 the sum
nit, over IA 600 feet above the level OF
the sea. In making the ascent Mr.
EImendorf uses the moving picture ma
chine. thereby causing the climb TO be
almost as realistic TO the audience as TO
those who actually accomplish the feat.
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
PYTHIANS ENTERTAIN
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Mt. Vernon Lodge, Knights OF Pythias.
which has the distinction OF being next
10 the oldest Pythian lodge in the world.
entertained the officers Of the Grand
Lodge, X. OF p. OF the District in
grand visitation at Pythian Temple. last
evening.
After making a careful examination OF
the affairs OF the AIt. Vernon Lodge the
grand officers reported everything in a
flourishing condition After the inspeo-
ton the castle hall doors were thrown
Open. and the members Of the lodge, the
grand officers, and a number OF invited
guests took part in a most ENJOYABLE
smoker. During the evening brief adj
dresses were made by Past Chancellor
Robbins. who presided and 7. Burton
DOYLE. also a past chancellor. T. II.
Maxwell added greatly to the pleasure
of the evening with songs.
The Washington times., 1906-11-22

Admiral Dewey, 2:04&; Lord
Robert, 2:e7A; Msrkala, 2:1sA, and
Vanitza, 2:2915. She has now a
beautiful FLY colt, of which great
things are expected in the matter
of speed. In these respects, Nancy
Hanks has been a remarkable excep-
ton, for no other trotting queen of
this country has ever been able TO
produce speedy colts when retired
to the stock farm.
The Washington times., 1906-11-22

Dear Mr.. Editor-I know II isn't spring.
but il is such a joyous day, and tomor-
row may be fierce, so l write "A few lines
OF poetic poetry on the occasion. which
/ know you will fully appreciate.
CLEMINTINA CISINKEh-
80 LOVELY DAY"
o lovely day
With beautiful sunshine
Shining through the sky
Just Ike the SprtngUme.
Unstockinged limbs OF trees
Thy leaves have fell.
And birds carol no more.
But il Is well
Methinks another day
Like this and / would sing
Forever and Il day
OF beautiful spring!
We knew It would come.
We knew a couple Of days or sun
shine and warm weather would start
out the spring poets afresh, and We
have dreaded the possibility,
Clemintina there's nice padded cell
for you over in the incurable ward at
st. Elizabeth's.
Dear Mr.. Editor-I~just know this aw-
fully delightful weather fills your po-
etic soul with longings 20 soar away on
clouds OF imagination and / send you
some verses that the spring-like weather
has inspired me TO write solely for YOU.
GUSSIE GUSH.
JUST LIKE SPRING"
The English sparrows peep,
The cloudlets float
How could a person weepf
10 Is 70 gloat
For I would sing Of spring
Although it's fall
Oh yes. of spring I'd sing.
And that Is all
The turquoise sky Is blue
The clouds are white,
The world IS fair and true
And out of sight,
Oh my. how fine the day,
What JOY 20 bring,
And so in verse ! say
ITS just like spring."
Help, Help!
Two spring poems in a bunch is too
much.
Gussie. how dare you imagine I have
a poetic soul2
And. Gussle how can a man with
eleven children and furnace TO take
care Of help but long TO soar away
Way write joyous verse on the warm
weather when some poor man may have
Just got hts ulster out of hoCk2
Why write at all. Gussie, when you
can get a job as dish-washer some
where?
If you ever dare send me another
will have you locked up as a dangerous
person.
The Washington times., 1906-11-22
chase's-valene Bergere and Vaudeville

For Thanksgiving week at Chase's
the bin will be headed by Valerie
Bergere and her company in "a Bowery
Camille" IN which Miss Bergere is said
TO have the most powerful role ever
intrusted to her. Cliff Gordon will be
a laughter magnet with his comic COM
ment as the German politician. An ex-
ouisite Japanese production entitled
1.-THE Geisha's Dream" will be made
by o Hama san and a company OF i'm
ported Geisha girls direct from he
dainty tea houses Other features in
ciude Sam Watson's Farmyard Circus:
duo; Polk. Rollins and the Carmen sis
ters. instrumentalists: Bertha and
Brockway. the acrobatic dancers; and
the motion pictures OF ''Mother-in-law. -