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The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
The Parcels Post.

Postmaster General Cortelyou's annual
report is most interesting document
from any point of view. and contains
many suggestions of Importance, though
it is not probable that # contains a single
item, of large or small degree, that will
meet with more general appreciation than
his suggestions as 10 the establishment Of
a limited parcels post.
Secretary COrtelyOU recommends that
provision be made for the carriage, by
rural mail delivery, at fair rate of post
age of small parcels on rural routes; such
privilege TO be restricted in each case to
the limit Of the particular route on which
the parcel originates, or, if found reason
able. TO all the routes emanating from q
given post-offiee.
This, which may be intended as the first
step toward an amplihed and extensive
operation of the parcels post, has already
attracted a large section Of the Southern
press, and viii undoubtedly be hailed with
delight in that section. The same is true
Of the far West and Middle West There
is no doubt that the rural delivery system
has proven to be a great boon to the
tied sections and districts throughout the
land. The countryman keeps in touch
with the city markets, for instance. in
this day ana time in a manner he never
dreamed Of ten years ago. Not only is
that true, but the rural delivery has been
the means of establishing close. personal
relations between neighboring farmers
and that has greatly helped them in
many ways. They are able TO keep abreast
Uf the times as never before, and any
extension of this service is sure to find
great favor in that direction.
In England and other foreign countries
the parcels post system has been in vogue
for many years. Everywhere it has been
tried ii has been warmly indorsed and
continued. The great barrier between this
splendid system and the people of this
country seems 10 be the big express
monopolies. If Secretary Cortelyou's rec
concentrations are accepted the first and
most important advance along this most
desirable pathway will have been taken.
and the extended parcels post will come
in time,
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
80 Commission Needed.

We approve the idea of Mr.. Campbell,
Of Kansas. that tariff revision should
be undertaken for economic and not
for political reasons. but we can
not commend his proposal that a
commission shall be appointed to in
quire into the necessity for tariff revision
and TO gather information relating to the
connection between the tariff and monop-
oily.
II Mr. Campbell will carefully peruse
the nineteen volumes Of the report of the
Industrial Commission appointed by
President Mckinley. he viii find that the
ground proposed to be covered by an
other inquiry was exhsustively gone over
by that commission. It Is true that the
former commission reported that. in the
judgment of its members, there was no
necessary relation between the tariff ana
the trusts, but the conclusion arrived
at was by no means in conformity TO the
facts developed by the hearings, at one
of which Mr. Havemeyer. of the Sugar
Trust. confessed TO the dependence of
the sugar Industry upon tariff legislation.
What assurance has Mr.. Campbell that
a second inquiry into the same subjects
would develop a different conclusion from
the same set Of facts? We have all the
facts now, and have had them for a
long time. No need of more commits
siOns to pile UP useless documents and
futile conclusions. What we want is
action, not a superfluous addition to our
already overstocked supply of informa-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
Secretary shaw's Power.

From the New York Herald
Mr. Shaw has gone far beyond any Of
his predecessors in the number and di-
versity Of the expedients he has adopted
and in the evasion or loose Interpretation
Of the laws 10 justify their adoption.
Setting aside charges that he has IA
vored certain banks or particular inter-
ests, the fact remains that this is too
great and dangerous a power to be exer-
cised by any government official It is a
situation fraught with perilOus possibili-
ties, and Congress could render no more
important service to the country than to
Immediately pass a bill directing that
Treasury funds be kept in the banks
This would remove all necessity and pre-
text for meddling and muddling and leave
the money markets Of the country to be
regulated by the banking and business
community and the automatic operation
of trade requirements.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
4 sIultirarti.an President.

From the Providence Journal.
The Populist party of Kansas is dead;
even its stalwart adherents admit the
fact and have called conference at
Topeka to disband the organization and
Join the Republican party" Chairman
Hanna says that President Roosevelt
is a good enough Populist for him: and
as the President has also been character
lied as more Of a Democrat than the
Democratic conservatives, it now remains
for the Prohibitionists to fall into line.
However. when the polls are opened these
persistent enthusiasts viii doubtless be
found doing business at the old stand
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Kentucky's New senator.

A large. muscular looking statesman is
Kentucky's new SenatOT-elect. the Hon.
Thomas H. Paynter, who viii succeed
the Hon. J. c. 5. Blackburn next March.
Judge Paynter has been in Washington
several days, ard has been given the
privileges OF both floors Of Congress. He
is entitled to the privileges of the floor
of the House by virtue Of his having
served in that branch of the lawmaking
body several terms. He is watching
closely the proceedings Of the Senate.
and has already been presented to nearly
all the men who wear the tOga. He has
been a member OF the Kentucky Court
of Appeals, the highest judicial tribunal
in the Bluegrass State, since leaving Con-
gress eight or ten years ago, and ne has
been deeply impressed with the rapid
shifts made by the people in their repre-
sentatives in Washington, by reason of
the fact that so few men now in the
House were there when he was a MEM
ber He looks more like Secretary Taft
than any other national character,
though he is a little taller and is not
so amplitudinous in the midriff.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
Child Labor in Washington.

Few subjects call for more careful and
thorough discussion and understanding
than the question of child-labor IN the
District. In 1905 a committee was ap-
pointed at a citizens meeting to consider
the whole question. and a bill was subse-
quently drafted, passed the House, has
been amended and passed by the Senate,
and is now about to go TO conferences
The proposed law is rather a sweeping
one. on its face 1t seems TO be more rad
ical than any child-labOr law enacted by
any State. Forty-two States now have
such laws, most of which impose some
sort Of educational restrictions on child
labor. Seventeen States fix the age limit
at which children may be employed at
fourteen years. This is the age fixed in
the bill proposed for the District of Co
lumbia.
The gentlemen comprising the commit
tee having this legislation in charge are
finely representative of the best interests
Of Washington; citizens who may be inn
plicItly relied on to give any subject
they take up earnest and serious cOnsid-
Grafton. But. as the recent discussion in
the Senate plainly showed, there is more
than one side to this momentous queg-
zion. Senator Foraker bit one vital point
when ne declared that there are undoubt-
edly emplOyments that children should
not be allowed to be engaged in. He
would exclude, as do a majority of the
States, factories. mines. and workshops.
But he quoted those lines which have a
bearing on the other side of the question:
Satan finds some mischief stIn
For idle hands 70 DO.
That children should be saved from
degradation, whether Of employment or
Of condition, no civilized man viii contra
diet. but there is something in what Sen
atOr Piles. of Washington. advances TO
the effect that every boy should have
the right to fight his way in the world
and an opportunity to make a name for
himself"
The question is not to be settled by any
argument between greed on the one hand
and sentiment on the other. Some law
on the subject we must have, no doubt.
and it should be a model, as everything
In the District of Columbia, with its close
relation 10 the national government,
should be. But let US all bear I'm mind
that this is not a factory town. and that
conditions here are quite distinctive and
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
Uncle Sans Pa, Rolls Need Adjustment

IHGlS cdfn : ray hOliS NSS0 AGi iuSttnSlst-
A Berlin dispatch, printed in the sun
day issue of this paper, was of more than
passing interest. II stated that the
Reichstag had increased the salary Of
the German Ambassador here $1,000 per
annum. because Of the increased cost OF
living at the American capital" This
may be misleading, if il tends TO create
the Impression that it costs more 10 live
in Washington than in other large cities
New York or Chicago or Pittsburg, for
instance If the dispatch had said be
cause Of "the increased cost Of living in
America" it would have been entirely
truthful. However, that is a trifing mat
ter IN this connection. The Reichstag
merely took cognizance Of conditions IN
this country. The salary fixed when
the embassy was created in Washington
is not an adequate salary to-day. Things
have changed, and nobody will dispute
the fact.
This moves The Herald TO advise that
the Reichstag's action should be emulated
by the American Congress. There is
pressing call for it. A condition has been
recognized abroad which the statesmen
here at home seem studiousIy to ignore
We are not the least concerned about
the pay of Congressman. They are in
position to take care of themselves II
they think they are entitled to an in
crease-4Gd we believe they are-but have
not the courage 10 be placed on record
then let them go without it. The loss is
theirs. But there should be some interest
manifested at the Capitol in the great
army Of employees OF the government
now ill-paid. Their fate is in the hands
of Congress. Uncle Sans rolls are IN
need of adjustment. The pay OF depart
ment clerks, as a rule, is wholly made
quate to-day.
Mr. Livingston stated the other dag or
the floor Of the House that a special mes
sage is expected from the White House
during the present session recommending
a general increase Of salaries Of twenty
per cent. We trust he spoke advisedly.
Such a message would be most timely
Every toiler in the land-every household
or familiar with the increased cost of liv-
ing-would applaud the Presidents course.
But why should Congress wait to hear
from the White House? II is a simple
duty that ought 10 have been done be
fores
There are decidedly two sides to ques-
tons Of shorter hours, longer hours, OF
more holidays: but there is only one side
10 the proposition to give these employees
wages and salaries commensurate with
the present cost of living. If salaries now
prevailing were fair and equitable when
originally fixed, they are obviously in
adequate and inequltable under twentieth
century conditions. Who can question
this2
The German Reichstag has set an ex-
ample to the American Congress. Let it
be followed
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
senator Beveridge,s Retort.

From the New York World.
Senator Piles. of Washington, said he
wanted TO introduce an amendment Il
the child labor bill. He thought the bill
was too sweeping.
rs it not fact" he asked, that
under the bill as it now stands I would
not be permitted to employ my own son
in my law Office if he were under four
teen years of age?'
Would you" Senator Beveridge IN
terrupted quickly. put a son under four
teen years of age at work in your office
II you desired to train him to be a law
yer?"
II went into my fathers Office" said
Senator Piles with dignity, "at the age
of thirteen"
did 1t help?" queried the Indiana Sena-
tor.
And there wasn't any answer.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
SENATOR BAILEY DEFENDED.
Houston Post Declares His Integrity
Has Not Been Challenged.
From the Houston Post

From the Houston Post
The three points which must never be
forgotten in any discussion Of the rela-
tions between Senator Bailey and Henry
Clay Pierce are: First, that absolutely
nothing has happened to impeach Senator
Bailey's integrity; sa,ond, that these
transactions. entirely personal. took place
at a time when Pierce stood before the
world as a man Of recognized probity;
third. that since these transactions. SEN
atOr Bailey has served almost a full term
IN the Senate with a record which gives
the lie 10 any suggestion that he has been
subjected to influences inimical to the
public welfare.
To assume that because a mans per-
sonal enemies slandeT him his influence
and usefulness are impaired is utterly Un-
warrantable.
When such an issue is raised, when
public servant is attacked the matter of
first Importance is. not that he has been
assailed, but whether he mas been truth
fully assailed. And in this instance, the
influence and usefulness OF Senator Bailey
do not depend upon the charges which
have been made against him, but upon
whether the challenge Of his integrity
can be sustained
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
Mosoow,s Old Drug Store.

From the London Globe
The greatest drug store in the world
will be found in one of the most back
ward countries of the world It exists
in Moscow and is 203 years old. It's title
is the Old Nikolska pharmacy. and since
1893 is has been in the family Of the pres
ent proprietor. It is a building of impos-
ing dimensions, with many departments.
including one Of professional educa-
tion for the staff. which numbers 200 per-
sons. They make up about 1900 prescrip-
tons a day and so perfect is the organ
ization that an error Is seldom recorded.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

unusual Such a law might easily be
made too drastic; so radical as to work
ill., The conferees should frame wise.
sane, conservative law-the result of ma
ture thought and careful deliberalon.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
Something Wrong.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
What are you farmers beefin' about?'
demanded the Republican statesman.
Amt you always prosperous under a
Republican administration"
Yes; but we amt no more prosperous
than the Demmycratc farmers doggedly
replied old Farmer Coboss.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
Cabinet Officers.

Careful search is being made Of Senate
records from the foundation Of the gov
ernment by various members Of that
body TO ascertain if a Cabinet nomina-
ton was ever rejected. Thus far no case
OF rejection has been found. II is known
that frequently tenders of Cabinet port
foiios have been made by Presidents and
then either declined or withdrawn afte.
IL was made manifest that the Senate
would not confirm. But these cases are
not matters of official record. It has
been the rule all along 20 regard Cabi-
net positions as appendages of the Ex-
ecutive office, and as such the selections
made by the Presidents have been gva
orally confirmed by the Senate. although
confirmation has not been unanimous in
every instance. Il is not unusual
for the Senate TO hesitate d longer or
shorter time before confirming Cabinet
appointments. but as q rule this hesita-
ton has been caused by partisan political
considerations In the matter Of the
appointment Of justices of the Supreme
Court the case IS different. The Senate
has rejected numbers Of these nOmina-
tiOns. Even so great a lawyer as Caleb
Gushing was refused confirmation by the
Senate after he had been nominated for
the Supreme Court by President Grant.
Two of President Cleveiands selections
for the Supreme COUrt-W. II. Horn
blower and Wheeler II. Peckham-were
rejected by the Senate under the inspira-
ton of David Bennett Hill.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
Avoiding Trouble.

From the Houston Post.
Those candidates are telling some ter
rible lies about one another"
Yes; but you see it would mean shoot
ing on sight If they were TO tell the
truth about one another
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
with n Splendid Record.

From the New York World.
Without spectacular accompaniments
Secretary Hitchcock has been instrument
al in performing a great service to the
whole country. Of which the East in par
ticular has taken too little account. He
will retire from office with a long record
of faithful work thoroughly performed.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
NEEDED.

guess we need more people who
Are living for the others.
And mere who have a notion that
All sorts Of men are brothers.
I guess we need more simple hearts,
More courage and right living,
More modest generosity
Less noisy ways Of giving
guess We need more cheerful chaps
With dispositions sunny,
But most Of all a substitute
To take the place Of money.
Birmingham Age-Herald
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
No Pressure Yet.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The men who dread the imposition Of
an income tax need not be alarmed by
anything the President has to say on
the subject. He does not press Con-
gress to enact an income tax law as he
did a railroad rate law
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

We regret to inform the ladies' that
there are only a few days left IN which
TO put off their Christmas shopping.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
UnsimpIiRed Spelling.

From the Smart Set
Five girls in a fashionable boarding
school have formed a society to protest
earnestly against the new spelling. They
sign themselves Alysse, Mayme, Grayce.
Kathryne, and Carrye.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
Two presidential Phrases.

From the Boston Herald
Wonder if peculiar peridy'' will go
into the list of familiar quotations with
''pernicious activity" They both have
the White House imprimatur.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

The Herald inadvertently credited an
editorial paragraph 10 the Hartford Post
the other day. when It should have been
the Houston Post. As the paragraph has
gone the rounds Of the press. the Texas
paper has the satisfaction of knowing
that It was a rafting good one. at all
events
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

This idea of shooting galleries for
schools depends very much upon the
schools themselves. Now, if some uni
versities we know OF should adopt the
idea and use its professors for targets, it
might be a good thing
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
Boss of the Missouri Body.

Col. William II. Phelps. of Missouri
they call him "BlH" out in his county
when his back is turned-gazed with in
terest from the galleries yesterday on
both sides Of lawmakers at the Capitol
For twenty years or more Col. Phelps
has been the undisputed boss Of the lobby
at Jefferson City. and one year a re-
former from Kansas City. after vainly
endeavoring through nearly the en-
tire session OF the legislature to engraft
some Of his ideas upon the statutes, in
troduced a resolution 20 the following
effect:
Resolved. That a committee OF three
be appointed 70 ascertain from the Hon.
William II. Phelps If he has any more
business for the consideration Of this leg
islature
BE it further resolved. That If the
said Hon. William II. Phelps has nothing
more TO present for our consideration.
that this legislature forthwith adjourn"
Col. Phelps has been conspIcuously
identified with the Gould interests in
Missouri for many years. He does not
often come to WashingtOn-not as fre-
quently as do the representatives Of cor
whenever he does come here. Il is strictly
on pleasure. He is a supporter OF Gov.
Joseph w. Folk for the next Democratic
Presidential nomination. Col Phelps has
been a member Of the Missouri delegation
10 nearly every Democratic National Con
vention for a generation.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
AbIe and Exhnustinr.

From the Norfolk yirginian- Pilot.
The country press continues to describe
the Presidents message as an able and
exhaustiRg document.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
up until some real nation accommodates

Judge Parker, Henry c. Whitney, Bel
lamy Storer, and the other seven or nine
dozen might form Mutual Admiration
Society
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

Another Russian mine has blown up
q war ship at VladivostOk. This story will
be considered a fake, until particulars
are forthcoming as TO where Russia got
the war ship.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

That Democratic statesman who said
he would favor Mr.. Bryan for the Presi-
dency, provided Mr. Bryan would adopt
a new set OF principles, has hedged
against the Bryan end OF it to a finish.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

A magazine writer says 50 bill will
last sixteen months. and a $40 bill will
last three years. That's the trouble with
those magazine writers; they will write
such transparently false stories.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
CAPITOL GOSSIP.
HarpinE on spelling Reform.

Spelling reform continues to occupy the
time Of the Houre to the exclusion Of al
most everything else. 1t is an interesting
fact Of possibly great significance that
every statesman at the south end of the
Capitol who speaks his mind plainly
against Carnegieizing the language IS
listened 70 with the most respectful at
tention, whereas those who support the
phoneticists, either are not listened to
at all. or are hazed. The Hon john A.
Sullivan, Democrat, Of Boston, took a
vicious whack at the movement yester-
day. and submitted some rather warm
remarks on the subject Of Executive
usurpation. When he sat down he was
warmly appauded by the Republicans,
and Speaker Cannon had to give admoni-
tory raps to prevent the applause from
growing into an ovation. No feature Of
the legislative, executive. and judicial
appropriation bill appears 10 have
aroused any interest whatever, except
the Carnegie spelling reform inhibition.
1t is believed that when the bill gets
over to the Senate, that staid and digni-
fed body will go after the spelling re-
formers even more hot-fOot than has been
done by the House Some rare speeches
are expected on the subject in the Upper
Chamber, and the philolOgists may look
for a good deal Of new light to be shed
on their fad by such eminent scholars
as Senator Foraker, Senator Hale, and
Senator Morgan, all Of whom, 1t is said.
are preparing to yentiate the subject or
spelling reform very thoroughly, while
it is believed that Senator'S Lodge and
Beveridge will support the Carnegie in
novation. Senator Teller has some Origi-
nal ideas on pronunciation, which he may
exploit before the debate closes. For
example, the veteran Colorado statesman,
who was born In Cuba, n. Y, in
sists upon pronoUncing the name Of that
town as II the final vowel were ~
instead Of "a" He always says "Cuby.
When asked one day why he gave the
word this pronunciation he somewhat in
dignantly replied: Il was born and raised
in Cuby. New York. and I guess 1 ought
10 know how to pronounce It"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

Unless the Senate hastens Mr.. Cortel-
you's confirmation as Secretary Of the
Treasury, he may be obliged to move
along to the next portfolio without Sena-
tOrial consent
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

And now 1t seems that. Japan is spelling
for a fight with France. 1t is just barely
possible that Japan may keep the thing
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

Notwithstanding Chicago's opinion
about Adonis' whiskers, we decline TO
believe that he was the original Pop
ulist
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13
From the New York Times

What the public will feel in this matter
is not so much. however the punishment
administered TO an unfaithful friend and
official as the evidence that the Presi-
dent has from the first taken a course
consistent with his position. and one in
all essential ways proper 1t is plain that
after he became even remotely connected
with the national administration, he not
only ceased to express any interest in
the matter OF the cardinalship, bat he
took pains 70 make it clear to the
Storers" why he ceased to do so, and the
principle that must necessarily guide his
conduct
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

John D. Rockefeller's income is s1i4 a
minute. II is hard to see how a man
could use that sort of an income more
than fifteen or twenty minutes and not
wake up.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

They are an obstinate lot of Texans
who cannot see the difference between
borrowed tainted money and earned
tainted money.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

one or two more messages from the
President and Mr.. Bryan will probably
conclude that his only protection from
the political frosts will be removal to a
warmer climate.