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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19

The new railway-rate law has worked
one reform. at least. that ought to last
forever. This came through the provision
aboGshing the pass system. There has
been no phase Of railway life more pro-
ducGve of evil or promotive of abuse
Khan the prevalence Of the pass or dead
head system Honest people all over the
country have been the recipients Of such
favors without having their honesty i'm
paired; but the system, nevertheless, was
cOrrupting in its tendencies, and all con-
cerncd-from the Congressman with the
elastic conscience 10 the nI-paid pastor
of tho impecunlous flock, not TO mention
tne newspapers-are the better off with
cut it.
Chairman Knapp, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. very wisely re-
jected the appeal Of the Western Pub
fishers Association that an exception be
made Of the press. allowing the news
paper 10 exchange advertising space for
passes on the railroads. Now Senator
Stone, in the kindness of his heart, has
taken up the cause Of the association.
and proposes to restore it's dead-bead
privileges through an amendment to the
law. The Senate should be as firm as
Chairman Knapp Let the law stand as
It Is. and let IL be enforced TO the letter.
There is no real call for an exception
10 be made on behalf of the press In
tact, We have yet 10 hear common
sense argument in favor of making news
paper men a privileged class in any re-
sDect The press is beIittled by the sug-
gestion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19

fed beer. Technically. if not altogether
elegantly, he calls Il beer plug" and
he heralds it as the very thing the
world has needed for a thousand years. "
The beer plug is described as "a rectan-
gular solid, yellow, and compact mass, not
unlike plug OF tobacco in, appearance. -
All you have to do is to cut of a piece
about the size Of an ordinary "quid, drop
IT into quart of water, and in a moment
you have two schooners of foaming,
sparkling liquid joy that Is guaranteed
to delight the most thirsty and bring sur
cease Of sorrow to any tagged and
wearied soul To make assurance doubly
sure this product of Kansas prosperity
has had the decoction tested By the State
health officials, and they have officially
20. X. d" it and pronounced it the equal
of any beer found in kegs, GROWERS, 90
bottles. or buffets.
For the sake Of Maine and other local
tiles sadly in need of such a timely in
ventiOn, it is to be hoped that the said
rectangular solid, yellow, and compact
mass. not unlike a plug of tobacco in
appearance" is not a gold brick. The
description indicates that it may be.
though Kansas. wallowing in wealth and
rolling in lucre. would not in the nature
of things, perpetrate a joke at once so
cruel and SO unkind.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
A Kansas Discovery :

The great sovereign State Of Kansas.
once popularity supposed 70 be the habitat
of woe and the headquarters Of sorrow.
has been showing the world at large
some things in the line Of prosperity.
happiness, and JOY. But yesterday. and
none SO poor TO do bleeding Kansas"
reverence; to-day the land teens with
milk and honey, the "honk-honk' of the
automobile has superseded the gee
haw' of the OK cart, the hickory shirt
has departed into the land of memory,
and the brogan olodhopper is supplanted
by the toothpiek patent-leather shoe.
Prosperity is rampant in Kansas, and
every man is piutocTat.
Even the freaks in Kansas-and these
seem to flourish always-have assumed
new and attractive guises. The calamity
howlers bred their Carrie Nations and
their Mary Ellen Leases, but modern
Kansas breeds only cranks who dispense
unqualified joy and happiness galore.
Kansas latest bidder for fame is a man
who announces the discovery Of a deliQue-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Real camnnien in rexas.

II has been a long time since "a really
exciting political campaign in Texas has
contributed 10 the gayety Of the nation.
Last autumn lady was nominated for
Congress in the Fort Worth district AMI
ran on Roosevelt platform Although
the lady is as yet unmarried. even this
unique spectacle did not stir the mer-
curial Texans 10 frenzy. But an iu-
pOrtant part Of last autumns campaign
has TO be fought all over again. and it
is this which is arOusing the Texans To
fever heat. The Hon. Joseph Weldon
Bailey finds more or less stubborn. or nj
least clamorous, opposition 70 his Re
election 10 the Senate. His presence and
address. always inspiring, whether upon
the hustings in Texas or in the forum
at Washington, where he is regarded as
one Of the greatest parliamentary gladia-
tors of the age, have produced a state Of
things that to the outsider is thrilling.
but which 20 the Texan seems common
place enough, if we are to believe the
newspaper dispatches from the Lone Star
Commonwealth. We read that, fearing
assassination from desperate political
enemies Senator Bailey armed himself
with a pistol. which ne will carry during
the remainder of his campaign for the
Senate. We are further informed that
Senator Bailey says he was forced TO
draw his revolver last Saturday AT Tenn
pie, where he made a bitter attack upon
his enemies. Two men advanced toward
him in a threatening manner, but he
drew his revolver before either acted.
The incident passed"
It is possible, of course, that in the
enthusiasm produced by the Senator e
el0quence the two men who advanced to-
ward him" were merely drawn thither
by the magnetism Of his personality. Of
which the Senator has a superabundance,
and the power of his appeal Still. it is
well to be alert. If desperate political
enemies" are plotting against the Sena-
tors life, We approve his preparedness 10
meet and foil them. Texans are proven
bially quick on the trigger, and If deadly
weapons are a part of the equipment of
the Senator's opponents he must be
quicker on the trigger than they, or else
he would stand a mighty poor show OF
trumphing over them.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Within constitutional Limits.

We observe in President Roosevelt S
special message on the japanese question
significant modification Of the menacing
language used in his message of Deem
Der respecting the enforcement of the
treaty rights of aliens. language that was
wrongfully Interpreted by the people OF
san Francisco as implying a threat 20
use Federal troops to compel them to ad-
nit the children of japanese to public
schools attended by white children. In
the message of December the President
used these words:
In the matter now before me affecting the
japanese. everything that il is in nay power to do
VIII be done and al OF the forces. military and
civil, of the United States which 1 may lawfully
employ VIII be so employed"
In the special message just sent TO Con-
gress we find the following:
Il authorized and directed Secretary Nstcalf
10 sta. that If there was failure 20 protect per
sons and property. then the entire power Of the
Federal government within the limits Of the Con
stitution would be used promptly and vigorously
10 enforce the observance of our treats, the SUI
preme law of the land which treaty guaranteed
20 japanese residents everywhere in the Union
property, and to this end everything IN my power
would be done, and all the forces Of the United
States. both civil and military. which could law
fully employ would be employed.
Within the limits Of the Constitution -
California should rejoice over that saw
ing clause; its government, its laws. and
its Institutions are safe under the protect
ing folds of the Constitution, that guar
antor of the liberties of the people and
Of the sovereignty Of the States
To be sure, Secretary Metcalf warned
the mayor and the chief Of police of san
Francisco that if the local authorities of
that unfortunate town We're unable or
unwilling 10 afford protection TO the
persons and property Of japanese II would
be clearly the duty Of the Federal gov
eminent to afford such protection"
But as the President has voluntarily
confined the sphere Of his activities in
behalf OF the japanese within the limits
of the Constitution. and as the Con-
stituuon and the laws and treaties made
in pursuance thereof do not provide for
the sUpersession of the police powers be-
longing exclusively TO the States by TX
eeutive order, or for the use of Federal
troops in the enforcement of State laws
save on the request of the governor. we
Go not see that the rights of the SOW
ereign State of California are in immi-
nent jeopardy
All power to the President Of the United
States-within the limits of the Consutu-
ton
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
The Iapanese school Question.

President ROOsevelt's special message
on the japanese question, so far as it re-
lates to the exclusion Of japanese children
from San Francisco schools. displays a
tone Of Cancellation and compromise in
marked contrast with the slashing con-
demnation meted out to the Californians
in his earlier communication to Congress.
He now agrees that there would be no OBJ
lection 10 excluding japanese from the
schools on the ground of age. but as the
number Of young japanese children at
tending school is very small, he hopes
that as a matter of comfy the people of
San Francisco will permit the education
of these children at the white schools.
We find nothing in the message about
the so-called treaty rights Of the Japanese
TO education in the common schools of the
States That is a matter which will be
determined by the courts when the con
stitutionality of the California act pro-
viding for the segregation Of Asiatic chill
dren IS called in question through legal
proceedings The President would fain
avoid the initiation Of such a suit, hoping
that the privilege Of co-education with the
whites may be granted voluntarily by the
San Francisco board Of education. The
state Of public feeling in that city. as rep
resented by Secretary Metcalf, gives lit
tie ground for belief that the hope Of the
President will be realized. and the solution
Of the whole matter rests with the courts.
Mr.. Metcalfs report shows that the
total number OF Japanese children attend
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Good Measure Was Dangerous.

From the Philadelphia Record
A well-to-do elderly gentleman living IN
one OF the suburbs Of Philadelphia is
known In the nelghbOrhoOd as something
of a miser and has made himself ex-
tremely unpopular with local tradesmen
by always pleading for good measure"
and his slowness in settling his bills
Quite recently he was feeling III and
consulted a physician. who wrote him "A
prescription. which he took to drug
store near his home 10 have filed BE
sure and let me have good measure,
won't you, Mr. Blank?' said he, with his
customary smirk, and broad smile came
over the face OF the druggist as he read
the prescription. For once he replied.
4 would he glad 10 do #. if ] dared to.
for If I put in one more grain than this
prescription calls for you would be dead
in five minutes
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Discriminating Against the Ash Man.

DISCRIMINATING Against inc ASH Wan.
A humble citizen of the District Of Co
lumbia who used to collect ashes has
been dismissed from his place upon the
ash wagon because he minated that a
tip" would be acceptable. Upon the
complaint Of the person who was about
to be victimized, the District Commits
sioners swung the official ak The ash
man Is now out of a job.
There is no doubt that the ash man has
paid the proper penalty for his would-be
extortion. We feel, however, that he
suffers through unjust discrimination
Why should he be singled out for swift
and effective punishment when thou
sand and one of his class continue by day
and night to ply their solicitations? The
walters in the restaurants, the belIboys I'm
the hotels, the man who handles baggage,
the boy who runs an errand-aH these,
and more, are everlastinEly confronting
the public with outstretched hands. Il is
almost impossible to pass along a public
thorOughfare without having a greet
ing thrust before you. while other
methods Of getting something for nothing
are as numerous as the leaves in Naliom-
brosa-
What a pity that the authority of the
District Commissioners Is limited only to
the ash man. An anti-tipping regulation,
making It a penalty 10 give as well as TO
receive, would be a blessing TO the com
munity. It would. at least, cali a halt
upon the growth Of begging as a national
habit
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
THE LIGHTS o. HOME.

It's odd 10 me that sails the sea
To think of all the lights
That glow an glare an fash an fare
Along the shore at night
There's little lamps for ocean tr8mps
That stagger through the foam.
There's fires that shine below the line
They're all the lights O. home.
All round the sea on spit ard key
From old Bombay TO Nome
Through all the nights there blaze the
lights
The welcome lights o. home.
Wy sometimes I may chance to spy
light so dim an far
II seems to rise when daylight dies
just Ike IL was a star.
But from the shore / hear the roar
Where broken pillows comb,
An then 7 know that far-off glow
Is some ones light O home.
They bound the sea from Barbary.
Set on some temples dome
Or On a door swung 10 the shore
The welcome lights o. home.
Al night they stand on every land
Like lines made on a map.
An every light on every night
Is hailed by some poor chap
That piles on sail an rides the gale
An breathes the fyin' foam
Until he twines his harbOr lines
Close 10 the lights o. home.
All round the sea ablaze they be
Wherever sailors roam.
Through all the nights out blaze the
lights
The welcome lights o. home
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
wars of the LordIx SEX.

From the London Saturday Review.
The ordinary man would still much
rather glorify women and set them on &
mock throne. whence he can depose them
at will. than have TO acknowledge in them
real title to regard. 1t is difficult for
a man to overcome his essential self-im-
pOrtance. Most OF as. perhaps, prefer
10 have interiors round us-an abject trait
of character. but natural. And only very
slowly have we men been getting to pre-
fer our womankind as friends and equals
rather than as queens and pets. ruling US
as a baby or spoiled dog does.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Plenty of Room I'm Texas.

From he ST. Louis Republic
The news that Texas will sell another
100000 acres Of her public land is apt to
raise the question whether the land sup
ply of Texas is inexhaustibie. But il is
not. The State has already parted with
most of its good farming land and the
acres that are now going under the ham
mer are mostly semi-aTid grazing lands
But the experience Of Southwest Texas
has recently proven that the discovery Of
artesian wells and other unexpected
means Of irrigation is capable of making
the arid regions to blossom Ike the rose.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
CURRENT SAYINGS.

Il CESS that | am thru,
Roosevelt said.
My spelling vii not du,
Roosevelt said.
Tho why ms skeme to spell
Shud haY rased such marry hullabaloo,
Is mere than ] can til,
Roosevelt said.
Our salary We II raise, -
Congress said
Until the business pays.
Congress said
But when they'd thought it DER
They left It as before.
And yet we yesm for more
Congress said
Permit me 70 remark
Root, he said
That you are in the dark"
Root, he sid
If you reckon that a State
Is a thing TO be held great.
We've wiped it Of the slate"
Root. he said
Philadelphia Ledger
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Froude,s Description of Cato.

From the Macon Telegraph
The New York Evening Post is Of the
opinion that Fr0ude's description Of the
younger Cato will Mt President Roosevelt
The passage from Froude follows: NO
one ever suspected him Of dishonesty or
corruption But his eXcellences were not
Of the retiring sort He carried them
written upon him in letters for all to
read. as a testimony to a wicked genera
ton. And no one was permitted
to differ from him without being guilty
rather Of crime than Of mistake.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Looking Toward Higher Salaries.

From the Springfield Republican.
There is bound TO be a strong move
ment in Congress this winter toward the
lifting Of official salaries. Even wages in
the outside world which are being in
creased do not rise prOpOTtiOnately with
the advance in the cost of living, and Of
fetal salaries in the Federal service have
not been increased at all, as a rule. dur
ing all the years of these boom times
It Is hard for the taxpayer 10 think of,
but It seems TO be inevitable as matters
are going that the public service will
claim and secure more paN.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
What the Girl Preferred.

From the New York Globe
If you marry John" said the worlan
John is a farmer, "you'n have to get up
at 4 o'clock Of mornings and milk about
seventeen COWS"
I'd rather get IN and milk a hundred
cows" the girl declared, than hang out
of the window of some New York fiat till
o'clock in the morning waiting for my
husband to come home to me-"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
SONG or THE HAPPY SHEPHERD.

The woods Of Already are dead.
And over is their antique JOY;
OF old the world on dreaming fed;
Gray Truth is now her painted toy
Yet still she turns her restless head;
But Oh. sick children Of the world,
OF all the many changing things
In dreary dancing past us Ehirled
To the cracked tune that Chronos sings,
Words alone ara certain good.
Where are nov the warning kings.
Word be-mockers by the Rood
Where are now the warning kings!
An IDLE word is now their glory,
By the stammeriag schoolboy said.
Reading some entangled story;
The kings Of the old tine are fed.
The wandering earth herself may be
Only a sudden flaming word.
IN changing space a moment heard.
Troubling the endless rtveTie.
~. B. Yeats.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Hard Boz 10 Please.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
Mother-Tommy, what's your little
brother crying about?
TOmmy-'Ca Cause I'm eatin' my cake an
won't give him any.
Mother-Is his own cake finished?
Tommy-Yes' m; and he cried while l
was eatln' that. too
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Rrnd the Constitution.

From the 81 Louis Post Dispatch.
The Constitution OF the United States is
the greatest document in the history of
government on earth Perhaps hundreds
OF intelligent and well-educated people
have not read it. or even consulted il this
year. There is still time to read 1t twice
or three times over. Time cannot be bet
ter employed
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19

ing the public schools at the time the ex-
clusion order went into effect was ninety
three. of whom but two were twenty
years old. These two were in the sixth
and eighth grades. The ages of japanese
children in the primary grade ranged
from six to eleven, and most of the
older pupils whose presence in the schools
has been objected to were in the higher
grades. 1t is evident, therefore, that the
exclusion from the primary grades of
Japanese above a certain age would only
partially solve the problem, inasmuch as
the older pupils form a very small pro-
portion of the Japanese attending primary
classes.
We are forced TO the conclusion, on
reading Mr. MetcaIf's report of the San
Francisco situation. that there is on the
Pacific Slope a racial feeling against
Asiatics. including the japanese and the
Koreans. that it will be difficult If not
dangerous TO attempt to cure by legisla-
ton or by overt Executive action adverse
20 local public sentiment
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Saves Much Trouble.

FTOm IUCh-
Agent-This is the automobile you want.
Never have to crawl under it to fix it.
Sparker-You don't?
Agent-No. If the slightest thing goes
wrong with the mechanism II instantly
turns bottom side I'D.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
Strange Indeed.


nom Judge
Hear about the queer accident at
the Robinses' house? Little 4-year-old
Willie took an old shotgun down from
the wall, pOked the muZZle in the baby's
face. and pulled the trigger"
TOO bad, Same old story-didnC
know il was loaded
1T wasn't loaded
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
stole the Wrong Thing.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Washington Herald asserts that
a man has just been sent to Jail for
stefiine, 4 cents worth of sugar Had
the foolish fellow stolen the sugar trust
Ee night have been elected 10 the Senate.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19

Yes, we viii take our bridal trip in a
balloon says the prospective bride
groom.
Isn't that trile unconventional"
asks the friend. II might even be called
freaksh."
4 don't care how II looks. I'm going
10 escape the deIuge Of old shoes and the
practical jokes Of fool friends II possible"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Perhaps the President will profit bv the
fact that it was letters that caused both
the Bellamy Storer unpieasantness and
the simplifed spelling setback.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19

Unquestlonably Senator Elkins, Of West
Virginia, is the busiest member of the
Senate. This is occasioned by reason Of
the fact that the committee Of which he
is chairman, that Of Interstate Commerce,
is now one Of the most important com
mittees Of the Senate. Every movement
originating In any part of the country for
the extension OF the power Of the Fed
eraI government over trade and commerce
puts additional work upon the Committee
on Interstate Commerce Every petition
memorial, and bill that passes through
the Senate on this subject is referred to
Senator Elkins' committee for considera-
ton. Now mat nearly every community
in the whole country seems 10 have its
own ideas as 10 how these questions
should be dealt with by Congress, the
West Virginian's committee is fairly
swamped every day with new business
The result is that Senator Elkins Is kept
almost constantly Ia his committee room,
either considering papers of various de
scriptions or receiving delegations from
divers parts OF the country For this
reason he has little time to occupy his
seat in the Senate, and also for this
reason he is one of the hardest men in
public life TO see.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19

From the Augusta Chronicle.
These days with the "unwritten law"
getting so strong. and the other ones
getting SO weak. it might be a good plan
to unwrite the written ones.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19
- - - nisnstch-

The problems confronting the Federal
government to-day are largely due 10 the
failure OF the States 20 recognize their
responsibility as members OF the Union.
Unless the States take hold OF the sub
ject with an eye to their national rela-
tions il Is becoming evident that public
opinion viii do just what Mr.. Root pre-
dicts-ignore the rights the States have
neglected to exercise, aud turn to the
Federal government for the relief that
they must and mean TO have.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19

Ladies who have persistently declined
to take well-meant newspaper advice and
shop early viii have an excellent oppor-
tunity for the balance of the week to find
out how it feels TO be center rush in a
football game
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-19

4 New York woman declares that
many useless noises would be done away
with # mothers only spanked their babies
more frequently" That womans ideas Of
the way to suppress noise are certainly
the queeTest ever.