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BRYAN and Smith.

Mr. BRYAN and Hoke Smith met in At
lanta and saluted most cordially Ihere
were reasons why they should:
%. Mr.. Smith was member or MT.
Clevelands cabinet when Mr. Bryan was
nominated at Chicago. and in full agree
ment with the Cleveland wing of the de-
mocracy on the money question But Geor-
gia was for Bryan and free silver. and MI.
Smith, who had though in opposition TO
silver participated in the state conVen-
ton. felt himself bound to abide by the
party's decision. Accordingly he resigned
his cabinet office, and gave his support to
his party's ticket. How he felt while MI
Bryan was lambasting his former chief as
a bunko steerer is a matter for the mag
nation But he said nothing. Now, at the
end of ten years, with ME Bryan's opinion
of the Cleveland outfit still unchanged, Mr..
Smith meets the peerless leader, and In
spirit of Christian forgiveness, If not parti-
san enthusiasm, expresses the hope of see
ing him President of the United States. Mr.
Bryan in his reply laughed. He has then.
after all, a sense of humor.
(2) Mr. Smith has been nominated Tor
governor of Georgia on platform declar-
ing for strict regulation of railroads by the
state He was described as the anti-rallroad
candidate. His Job is In line with Mr..
Bryan's views, although 1t does not as yet
reach state ownership. VIII Mr.. Bryan be
able to convince Mr.. Smith that all at
tempts at mere state regulation Will fall'
and that state ownership and operation for
state lines must come, and should be mas
tened? He has set out to make converts.
and Governor in-prospect Smith is the kind
of man for him TO labor with.
90 Mr.. Smith, upon taking the office of
governor. will ask the legislature Of Geor-
gia to disfranchise the negro voters In a
way If possible that will evade the penalty
imposed by the Constitution. The subject
is one in which Mr.. Bryan is very much in
terested and from which, as treated by
several other southern states, he has twice.
as his party's presidential candidate. prof
tied He is not enough of a lawyer to
make any suggestions Of value. but
word of encoura cement from him might
cheer Mr.. Smith on his way. Several very
prominent Georgia democrats warmly op-
pose the proposition, and will probably
exert themselves 10 defeat 1t when the
matter comes up for action. If Mr.. Smith
should need help, Mr.. Bryan will he the
man TO give it. He is not affirmatively on
record in the premises. but what he has ac-
cepted from Mississippi. Louisiana and
other states he certainly must approve Of
Bryan and Smith. Why, all things con-
sidered. they seem to meet their party's de-
mands for its next presidential ticket.
Would Mr. Smith. as the tail-ender, suffice
to bring Mr.. Cleveland around?
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THOUGHTS ON BRYAN.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Mr.. Bryan is not altogether gratified with
his description as the worlds greatest pri-
vate citizen" There Is a suggestion of
permanency about it.
From the Boston Transcript.
Mr.. Bryan in his tour through the south
is, as Senator Tillman remarks, "side-step-
ping" government ownership. Plainly he
wishes to divert public attention from it
and labors to galvanize free silver.
From the Newark News
When Mr.. Bryan suggests that the mere
throwing of a millionaire into Jail might
bust the trusts. does he have his eye on
Belmont Of New York. Guffy of Pennsyl-
vania or simply Tom Johnson Of the United
States?
From the Louisville Courfe1-Journal.
Government ownership is the merest fad
1t is as little likely to materialize as single
tax, abolishing property in land.
From the Newark Advertiser.
Oratory on the political stump has not
lost Its attraction for people. A man with
reputation as an orator can always draw
crowd, especially when no price for adj
mission Is charged. The individual who
may have no taste for oratorical display
may yet have curiosity to see the orator
he has heard or read about. Mr.. Bryan
wherever he went In 1895 and 1900 drew
immense crowds.
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Washington's Attractions.

The announcement that John G. Carlisle
is preparing to return to Washington and
will reopen his house here is at once well
come news to his local friends and ad-
mirers- and an interesting suggestion as to
the tastes of some of our leading retired
politicians of national reputation.
We may easily imagine the reason for
this change. Mr.. Carlisle has probably not
found New York altogether to his liking.
He went there nine years ago upon his
retirement from politics to practice law.
An eminent man in his profession, he nat
urally thought of the metropolis as the best
field for his professional labors. Pre-
sumably it has been profitable one for
him. But Washington, where he had spent
so many years in office, retained its place in
his affections and now he is coming back.
Thomas 3. Reed, after quitting Congress,
took the same step, and for the same rea-
son. His long service in office had Melted
him nothing financially, and he repaired
to New York to practice law and make
some money. But, in less time than 1t has
taken Mr.. Carlisle, he tired of New York,
and was on the eve of returning to Wash
ington and setting up housekeeping when
he sickened and died. He had found it i'm
possible to wean himself from the attrac-
tons of this town.
David b. Henderson followed Mr.. Reed,
and joined a lawyers firm in New York
Not the equal of Mr.. Carlisle or Mr.. Reed
as a member of the profession, he was yet
a man OF national renown, and as such as
sured OF a good position at the bar of the
metropolis. But he remained only a short
time. New York did not agree with him at
all. personally or professionally. and he too
had returned to Washington to reside when
the disease seized him which forced him
away and afterward carried him off.
The truth is. illustrated in these cases,
long official residence in Washington
binds bright strongly to the town.
He finds here what he cannot find else
where. 1t is headquarters for big things.
Men Of great note, from the country wide
and from beyond the country, gather here
during the season" and great subjects
are discussed and projects formed. The life
is not all politics, nor yet all fashion and
diplomacy. 1t is an intellectual mixture of
what appeals to men and women of the
intellectual class, and holds them once they
feel its spell. with grip of steel. Indeed,
now that the subject is up and the whole
truth in order, why not say with all frank
ness. and but the slightest infraction of
modesty, that, for many Of the good
things. Washington is the best town on
earth.
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Fairbanks.

Speaking at Chicago Friday. Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks said on the subject OF MIR.
Bryans latest propositions:
ITO insist that governmental ownership is
necessary to guard against abuses is to
confess a degree of impotency which is
a libel on our form of government.
A good deal of sense is packed into that
one sentence. Nobody in the same space
has said more on the subject. When the
discussion warns up it will lead far, and
the issue may overshadow all others. Mr..
Bryan is not hedging, some people insist
and would like to believe, but is giving
signs of surprise that his proposition
should have doomed bigger than he had
supposed possible. He would do well to
brace himself for an onslaught such as he
has not before encountered. If he really
loves a fight his heart should now be glad
for one Is organizing which is likely to be
long and bitter.
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AN EXILE

Erwin Clarkson Garrett in Harper's Weekly.
He's looking out across the bay
Where the sunset fires fall
He's staring far behind the hills
Beyond the Outer Pale
He's put his world behind him in
The eastbound steamers trail
The fetid heat-the fetid life
The fetid fever, too
The long checked paddy stretches,
And the quiyering dome of blue
The creeping carabao sledge.
And the shacks Of split bamboo
He cannot tell the Occident
The Feeling Of the East.
BE can't describe the deathly calm
When every wind has ceased
And the lizards crawl through the nipa wall
To snatch their living feast.
He can't describe the stiffness
OF the endless tropic day.
He's most forgotten there's a land
Where people really pray.
He only knows the brazen heat
And the careless calm dismay.
The parrots mock him overhead
The lizards meath the
The fever calls him for her own
(She never will deceived
And the days are months and the months are years
That scorn the last reprieye.
Then-if thou have soul at all
And IL you ever Care
And IL you have a little time
(Which you can surely spare)-
For Gods sake drop q letter to
An exile over there.
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Greater Washington Trade Train.

The Stars Greater Washington special
train lives up to expectations. The expec-
tations OF persons interested in the Greater
Washington awakening were high, but they
have been met by the results so far achieved
by the train and Its company. Reports
from every stop along the way show that
the Greater Washington boomers are con-
Quoting their commercial invasion Of the
south-or their campaign of education-or
their trade conauest-or whatever one may
prefer to call this business expedition-with
credit and profit to all concerned.
The reports from the special train show
many things. The first of these is that
trade to be obtained must be sought. Com
petition is so intense that 1t will not do to
sit on the doorstep and walt for customers
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doors for their convenience They slept in
the softest Of beds and were washed and
developed in Pinkey, and today 1t was de-
cided by the trustees that death would %
a mercy. Blackfe. feeble and lonely, has
now all the attention.
No doubt these cats got It into theil
heads that because they tapped Pasteur.zed
milk that hadn't been skinned. ate brotied
sparrow on toast, roast rat and selected
fish heads and chicken feet they were bet
ter than other cats. No doubt gone I'M
happy cat would look at these rich cats
as they drove by and would think. Gee
whiz! what snap those cats have" NO
doubt some other poor cat would say: II
1 had all the money those cats have I'd
do some good with it. by feeding straw cats.
building homes where they might sleep
during the day, and putting UP Libraries
where they could read 'Puss in Boots IT,
their hearts content" Perhaps these rich
cats used to say the same things before
they got their money.
But these rich cats were not fortunate.
They could not unbend and be natnal cats
without loss Of dignity. Cat society de-
manded of them a certain amount OF POM
posity Even the eyes of their servant
cats were always on them. Being II the
nmelight Of cat society, all the Old cats
were looking for their faults-lnd Ena'ng
them They could not enjoy the back-ience
musicales and the pre-dawn- pro.nenades
like common cats. Chasing a mouse was
as much beneath their dignity as carrying
a parcel or a market basket. SRarrcWs
would twitter and dogs would Lax at
them as they went by. If they should IN
dulge In the delectable and exhiiarating
pastime of chasing their tails ether cas-
would laugh at them.
These poor-rich cats could never get
away from the claws Of mean-spirltsd oats.
The sycophant cat AID the ha1terer Cat
were always upon them. Let them :eu
hoary chestnut and the sycophant cate
would laugh; let them commit most
atrocious wrong and the sycophant cats
were there not only to approve the act'
but to find constitutional warrant and prec-
edent for it. All the hired cats bored those
other cats to death by "hoping they'd en-
10y themselves when they went away. and
again "hoping they'd had good Tune
when they got back
And in spite of all their riches death
came to one Of these great cats, and ne
made no bigger hole in the ground !hah
any other kind of a cat. and he Will stay
dead just as long.
If this great fortune shall be DIVIDED De-
tween the heirs Of these cats there Will
probably be no danger of the concentration
of wealth in few paws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
NEW YORK POLITICS.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Some very able, honest and ordinarily in
telligent republicans are on the judiciary
ticket Of the So-called Independence League.
From the Boston Transcript.
An exchange of condolences between
Bulkeley and Odell would now seem to be
the appropriate thing.
From the Kansas City Journal.
From his foundations Of "crazy social
ism" we infer that Mr.. Jerome of New
York will not be invited to take the stump
for his party In Kansas.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
New York Democrats talk of nominating
Adam for governor. They must be going
back to first principles.
From the New York News.
That kissing noise is the gas escaping
from a large. ragged puncture In the
Hearst boom.
From the Boston Globe.
Secretary Cortelyou says that he Is not
candidate for any Office. It is comforting
to know of at least one public man who
isn't.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Mr. Hearst will not run for governor of
New York on democratic platform, but
on q colored supplement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
POLITICS

The time now comes when politics
EngrosseS our attention
And rival candidates will be
Embroiled In fierce dissension.
Wen learn that William Henry Jones
Who sat next to in school,
Is by opponents held TO be
An unmitigated fool.
And what we thought were Williams brains
Wen hear are fabby tissues;
He'll be declared incompetent
To talk about the issues.
His honesty will be assaied
Without regret feeling.
He'll be accused OF grating tricks,
Perhaps of downright stealing.
But william needs no sympathy,
1t will presently be seen
That his opinion isn't much
OF his rival Peter Green.
The things he'll say of Peter Green
Would make any mortal squirm,
And long for the obscurity
OF a lOwly, humble worm.
But thus Ii goes In politics,
It's the way they play the game;
You're branded a rascal, and
Your opponent Is the same.
indianapolis Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
INFERNO

I want to wind up with a tire my coiIxr.
To face a repair bill that takes my last dollar;
want to go smash in the smashest Of smashes-
To end In the worst of all dea tn daring dashes:
To fly In the air and down in the stubble.
Comminged with all Of my automobubbe
Mixed up and mixed In and securely entangled
With all the machinery hopelessly mangled.
The Gabriel horn in 4 twist beyond footing.
The wheels past all chances of skidding scootng
Oh let go out in my automobobble,
Ny automobubblet y-wibblety- wobble,
With honkety -honkety -honkety bang.
And sizzlety -fzzlety -whzzlety -whangl
Ny automobipper-
Ny automOzipper-
ker-smashi
st. Louis Republic.
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BETRAYED

She would not let you near the door
OF her sweet mouth, SO grave and still.
All, wicked, wee conspira tor.
You feigned submission TO her VIII
Imagine her dismayed surprise
Had she once dreamed how. all the while.
From the clear window of her eyes
1 saw you peeping, little smile!
Puck.
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OUTBREAK In CUBA.

From the Butte Inter- Mountain.
It is still an open question whether Cuba
is fit for either self-government or annexa-
ton.
From the New York Mail.
Whenever this country wants any diff
cult and delicate job undertaken and 1t is
not possible or proper for Theodore Roose-
welt to do. it himself. "Big Bill" Taft Is
called upon.
From the Birmingham News.
President Palma no doubt feels like a
man hanging on the ragged edge of sus-
pense.
From the Chicago Post.
Annexation NIX!
From the Tacoma Ledger.
Uncle Sans advice, through President
Roosevelt, should make Cuba thoughtful.
No more horseplay with republican institu-
lions will be tolerated at our doors. II
Cuba cannot govern herself. the United
States will show her how.
From the Baltimore Sun.
whenever there is need of the heavy
artillery, send Taft.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Secretary Taft would feel as IL his USE
fulness had departed II he were not asked
70 handle crisis now and then. =
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Autumn,

The melancholy days are here,
They trouble US a lot.
Instead Of being chill and drear,
They're too Internal hot!
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WHERE THE GOOD TIMES STAY

I knows de place
Whar de good times stay:
Look out, Trouble.
Better git out de way!
Oar de winter bloom
LAX de rose in May;
Look out. Trouble!
Better git out de way!
Hear de trumpet blow?
Hear de brass BAN play?
Good bye. TROUBLED
Better git out de way!
Atlanta constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
The Ex-Boss.


His coat is of sack cloth, though cut la
mode:
His hair Is with ashes DER spread.
He stealthily creeps where SO proudly he
STROBE.
There's penitent droop to his head.
IT'S sad to behold such a contrast complete
To the man who of yore seemed to toss
The world like ball in a game at his feet.
He was once political boss.
That's the picture we draw when reform
hits the place
picture that pleases US all
But that person arranging his bets on a
race
Or deftly approaching ball
Where the links are so green and the air
Is so brisk
AS It sweeps the broad country across
Seemly removed from all danger and risk
Where he dweus-thoush no longer . boss.
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SHOOTING STARS.
Explained.

Miss Waspie says she wonders why she
has to meet SO many disagreeable people,"
That's easily explained answered Miss
Cayenne. It's hard for anybody not to be
in Miss Waspies company"
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Preference.

Pete" said Meandering Mike, don't you
wisht you was one O. desc trust fellers?'
NO" answered Flooding Pete, I'D
sooner take me chances wit police judge
any day dan wit grand jury
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

This Greater Washington movement will
cause Alexandria to look back with pride
on the day when it was the metropolis of
this section. There is no doubt about its
being a good neighborhood for a metropolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

The regular railway men are wondering
whether Mr.. Cockrell can take up the bust
ness and show them any new ideas about
systems of accounts and the like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Chinese laborers at Panama will re-
member conditions at home and regard
anything less than twenty hours a day of
work as easy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

With J. Pierpont Morgan interested In
art. Mr.. Carnegie an enthusiast in letters
and John D. Rockefeller absorbed in golf,
it looks as IL there were a disposition to
let H. H. Rogers do all the work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

The weather desperation has become such
that there would be little objection if the
equinoctial storm swere to break all records
and make it a snow storm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

There is more reticence about accepting
nominations than there was in the days
when party machines were in a position to
guarantee results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
A SUSPICION,

"That is the most avaricious man I ever
saw" remarked one business man.
YES" answered the other. Il some
times suspect that his ambition. to get to
heaven is due to the fact that he had heard
the streets are of gold. He thinks he may
get q paving contract"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Palma's experience leaves Castro more
convinced than ever that he has the right
idea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Spain refuses to be at all surprised at
preparations to send another army into
Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

The astronomers may call 1t autumn. but
the unfortunate layman is compelled to go
by the thermometer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Count Boni Castellane is very careless
about money except when 1t comes to get
ting 1t from his wife's relations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Many Of Mr.. Bryan's friends wish he
would tell about his travels and keep away
from government ownership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Hard as it is to reform a big city, it Is
harder yet to make it stay reformed.
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Punctuality.

Never put off till tomorrow what you
can do today" said the man who quotes
proverbs when he ought to be at work.
That's right" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax, "you can never be sure that the grand
jury isn't going to get to work tomorrow
and spoil the whole scheme"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Housewife-Where is the best place to put
away jellies and preserves for the winter?
A-Our observation leads US to believe
that the average piano can be made into
an excellent jelly closet by removing the
works and putting I'm shelves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

1nnocence-A friend wants to sell mo
some mining stock. Do you think IT
crime to get rich quick? Arrest easy;
you are in no danger Of committing this
crime. We have had the same kind OF
friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Holiness-Are not good principles the real
test OF true manhood? Alt listens well,
but most men have good principles. It's
their practices that seI-L hnrL L.. .L-.--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Gotham-I have made a bet that William
Randolph Hearst is the strongest democrat
In New York. A.-You lose. unless all the
others have suddenly been taken sick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

Whelks-What is the best way to rid my
bed chamber of mosquitoes? A.-Light the
feather bed. let the lamp smoke, take a few
puffs Of a Turkish cigarette and fry some
onions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-21

you closely, and this is what | saw:
Whenever you started to bet on a
good hand you picked up your stack OF
blues between n thumb and fore6ngsr
and dropped the chips into the pot with
out counting them. Then you poked them
over and called the size OF your bet.'
But when you were out on a blun you
picked them up between your thumb and
middle finger, ran the tip Of your forefnger
along the edges Of the chips, evidently
counting them, announced how much you
were betting, aud then-and not until
then-dropped the chips into the pot.
That's all; but it gave away your hand
every time
why. I'd no idea I did any such fool
thing exclaimed Latham.
"'Of course not l replied. Nobody
ever has. The ordinary player prefers TO
cuss his luck instead Of his want Of poker
sense
well, the memory Of that game wa
too vivid for me ever to risk a cent gambling
as long as l was handling other folks money.
During the five years thereafter that | re-
NAMED with the Silver Cord Company l
didn't touch a card or bet a cent on any
kline Of a game.
And yet added the Cripple Creek man q,
~ he waved to the waiter, some people
consider poker a game Of cards"