The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-25
POLITICAL NOTES.

His Is one OF tn bright political minds of
81. Paul and he said; There are SO many
political doctors prescribing for all ills just
now that one grows dizzy trying to decipher
the prescriptions. The individual should
get q move on. That would mean the simplest
and most lasting kline of reform after all,
for as the man improves so also will the con-
ditioDs which surround him. hat rule
applies to everything in life. even TO creating
q taste in bath tubs. 1t Is a sure sign OF weak
ness when a people shrek for more laws
to mako them behave"
The women Of Virginia are determine ed thu
a memorial shall be erected TO Pocahontas,
the first Virginian to speak English, and
known 800 years ago as the "SonpaTell OF
Virginia." According to Capt. John Smith,
the Old Dominion owes much to this re-
markable woman. for he wrote Of her:
Now, every once In four or five days,
Pocahontas. with her attendants, brought
so much provision that saved many lives,
that else for this all had starved with hun yer
When her father sought 10 surprise me. the
dark night could not alright her from coming
through the irksome woods and giving me
intellig nce to escape his fury. She. next
under God. for two or three years was still
the instrument TO preserve this colony from
death. famine and utter confusion. which
II in those times had once been dissolved,
Virginia might nave lain as it was at our
FIRST arrival to this day"
Bathh ouse John, the Bill Deyery Of Chicago.
says
There's no denying that a gents clothes
Is too plain nowadays"
Chinese politicians ask impertinent and
German politicians ask pertinent questions
Of Americans. The former. II you are Q
woman, want to know how old you are and
pry into delicate family matters, while ths
latter are keen to get in on the ground floor liz
financial matters. Prince Henry Of Prussia
suite while here pestered the captains Of
industry as to the probable course OF the
stock market, especially OF United States
Steel common and the first question the
Americans is:
Il suppose you're very rich? How did
you make your money"
Roman Catholics keenly appreciate the gra-
cious and manly act Of King Edward inprodhcs
ing the proofs W which after twenty-five years
establish the fact that a church marriage ex-
listed between George ". and Mrs. Fitzherbert,
Coincidentally, a discussion has broken out
in some quarters as to the character of George,
Mrs. Fitzherberts memorialist seems ia
think he was a fair specimen. but a victim OF
his environment and all that sort O. thing,
1t is commended, though, that Thackeray'e
estimate that George was a cad and a chung
and obtained a throne on false pretences
has not been shaken. Edward. 1t Is main
tanned, lied like a gentleman for a woman.
while George denied his two wives and lied
about them.
Joseph Medill Patterson. the swell youno
Socialist Of New York and Chicago without
apparent effort, says;
1T isn't fair that because my grandfather
worked hard and left money l should have
everything and so many people should have
nothing. Here ! am living at the Holland
House, going to the opera and the theatre
and with the facilities for doing generally
what | please. ] have a groom who touches
his hat to me and says Sir when he brings
my polo pony around. That groom knows
more about horses and more about polo than
/ do, and yet he cannot drive or ride or play
because he was born poor. That isn't as II
should be. All sources OF production should
be vested in the people"
This is a recent imperial decree from Chins't
Emperor:
"Liu Yung-ching, the provincial commander
in chief Of Kianpei, has memorialized the
Throne that the rivers in his jurisdiction
have kept quiet, and the Throne has felt
grateful for the peacefulness of the rivers
therefore,, the Throne dedicates five sticks OF
Tibetan incense each. through the said Liu
Yung-ching. to all the temples OF the god OF
rivers to thank them for their protection
and the rest of the memorial is ordered to be
carried out and to be taken note OF by the
board concerned"
They're already wearing a Hughes cam.
paiqn button In New York city that read
Charles E.. Hughes for Governor"
Peculiarities Of politics; Henry Clay has
for years been acclaimed by the Republicans
as the father OF the American Protective
Tariff" The first official political platform
Of any American party was that m which
Andrew jackson stood In the campaign OF
1892, wherein the Democrats made this dec
laration: "Resoirei. That an adequate pro.
lection to American industry Is indispensable
to the prosperity OF the country: and that ar
abandonment of the policy at this period
would be attended with consequences ruinout
to the best interests of the nation"
Clay. Jackson's defeated opponent, was
nominated by a convention which adopted
no platform whatever.
Twelve years later Clay was again nomi.
mated, this time against James X. Polk. Demo.
crat, on a platform which declared for "a
tariff for revenue to defray the necessary
expenses OF the government, ana ulscrlml'
mating with special reference TO the protection
Of the domestic labor Of the country"
The Polk Democratic tarin plank was al
most identical, saying that no moro revenue
ought to be raised than is required to defr8y
the necessary expenses Of the Government.
Tilden's Democratic taiin slogan in 1879 va,
"a tarin for revenue only
Many versions of "carpetba hav,
been printed. Here is the latest-a Southern
definition:
"A man who moves from one State to
another does not necessarily become a car
petbagger. He must have moved from
Northern or a Unionist State into aSoutherr
State for purposes of political and other
plumber. He must have been one whit
recognised In the helpless condition Of th'