The Washington herald., 1906-12-03

Among the Things Tor which Washing
tonians may be thankful Is the removal from CIR
parks Of the msislty lion posts and chains which
have so long marked the boundaries Of the public
reservations. These are being rapidly replaced by
neat eopines Of cement The improvement Is no.
ticeable and ccmmendable.
Some Of the streets Of the Capital are
not only in 81 condition as regards dirt but soEey
in need of repairs The condition is chronic. +
the appropriation running short again. or have the
Commissioners we;shty things 90 engage their
attention! Then the street lighting IS bad-Wrgtch-
Cdiy deficient as whole. Is it the SISTER?
The Senate can i'll afford to lose the
Hon. Joseph ". Bailey. He is the peer Of any
man in that august body. He has grown trs-
neado5sy IN recent years. No one questions his
t7anscendent ability. These who know him best
are firm in the conviction that he IS an honest man
honest 20 the heart. They expect him to prove
IT, Al nope So. The South has not produced
Bailoys superior in two decades
Upon the very threshold Of things Con-
gressionsl It Is disquietng 20 see signs Of rivalry
between Senators Lodge and Bereridge-or Bcv-
eridge and Lodge-for first honors in The movement
fer an anti-chid labor enactment. Why not split
the honor even? In the words Of the immortal
Schley there's "glory enough for all'-for both in
deed. Why not call it the Lodge-Beveridgs act or
the Beveridga-Lodge act? This is too righteous a
cause for hard feeling. smother the rilue IN its
incpiency. Silence the iarring note Start the
session of right. Let Us have peace
10. the lame duck! See him come limp
ing in. The dsy is cid; the night was dark His
Prince Albert 10 longer hulges out as once It did
His voice lacks that stentorian ring when it an
swers roll-calL His sun has descended. But he
has kind friend at court. The newspaper CORE
spondent is for him. If there is an Office in the
whole category that has not been picked ont for one
Of these lame Congressional ducks it has escaped
the correspondents attention Newspaper Row is
fun Of big-heaTted red-blOoded fellows. They lend
8 helping hand to the lame duck every tins.
A new sensation must have been felt by
iaded New Workers when Seth Low turned into the
city treasury something 81 600 in taxes which
he regarded Que account Of a mortgage he had
failed 70 include IN bis return Of taxable property
through Misunderstanding Of the law. In the
midst ot She almost daily revelations Of financial
turpitgde with which the metropolis has RECALLED the
country for some time past this honest action of a
noble man is refreshing and exhilarating affecting
the moral system like tonic. Something Of the
kind was needed to convince us that the uurk-
rskers have not told the whole truth about the de-
moTalizing influence Of wealth.
A close examination of the new law
regulating employment agencies. which has been so
s9ective as to close number Of questionable con
Germs conynces the Commissioners that It does not
prohibit agencies from furnishing help TO hotels or
other respectable places where liquor IS handled
The aim. obviously was to prevent agencies being
conducted IN questionable places literal IN
depreciation might give Of the provisions far
reaching and unusual power, but this was not
sought BY the coed people who had the act framed
az r-Hrr
served Commcndation for the excellent service they
have rendered to the community.