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The Washington times., 1906-12-07
STREET CAR RULES OF RIO.

There are first and second class street
cars. writes Albert Hale in the Reader.
and L with a package in my arms. had
taken a fiTst-class bond. as a street car
is called in Rio de JaneirO Scarcely
had 1 done so when the conductor re-
Quested me to transfer TO q sec0nd-Clzs IS
car whenever il might come alOnS, be-
cause no one is allowed 10 carry any
thing greater than q lap satchel first
class. SO I humbly descended. and had
either 10 mix with market women and
sweaty laborers or to take tilbury.
A tilbury, named after the English
maker. who years ago introduced IL. Is
a curious twO-wheeled, lght-sprlnged
cab. like and Old-fashioned gig. and re-
sembles hanson without the attach
ment for the driver; he sits inside the
JilbuTy-
a person without a necktie is no more
allowed first class on the street cars
than was I with ny parcel. They are
decidedly particular In Brazil. and in
herit many fastidious ways from the
time Of the empire. when dress and
manners were the mark separating the
aTistoeracy from the working classes.
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
Represents in Congress
District Made Famous

George Coclman Sturgiss is the Re
publican Reprcsentatiye-elect from one
of the rlost famous districts in the
United States. It Is the Second West
Virginia. bat is better known in political
circles as the old William l.. Wilson
district. long represented by Wilson,
noted as free trade apostle and Dem
ocratic leader iu the House. a dUZen
years ago Wilson was FOR free coal tree
lumber free speech ana much else. This
did not appeal 10 West Virginia ana ne
was relieved in 1904 He Is sIEty-fOur
years old. was born ia Ohio. the boy
hood home Of William MCkInleyr and
they grew Up as school boys IN Jhe old
Ohio town.
Prior 90 the civil war StuTgiss moved
10 MorgautoWn, his present home,
taught school. read law, and COurtcd
Miss Sabra Vance, who became his wife
His war service was as clerk Co "A pay
master Then he was a school superin-
teudent r member OF the state Loglsla-
ture. pr0stcuA attorney. and in ls>0
the Republican nominee FOR governor.
West Virginia was then Democratic ana
he lost 10y "a small plurality. Under
President Harrison he was United States
attorney for West Virginia, then one
district. Since that service he has been
devoted 70 law and extensive invest
mturS.
There are fourteen counties in his
district. with combined population Of
-00.euI and h- was elected DE majority
of nearly 4.G1o-the largest majority ever
given in that district tC a candidate for
Congress uf any party.
Mr.. SturEiss VIII succeed Mai Thomas
Davis. the millionaire. who s. serving
the uneXpirod term of Judge Dayton. re-
signed
The Washington times., 1906-12-07

Letters ''touchin' on and appertainin'
to- almost everything from motor cars
and monuments 70 poetry and peanuts.
are sent 10 as. Some expect a reply,
some get one. The others are too deep
for us. but an effort viii bC made to
print the more interesting letters from
the 'peepul." provided they are limited
TO zoo words or less, on the Elbcrt Hub
bard plan that is, every little while.
Dear Mr. Editor: Police Chief Sylves-
ter has done lot toward making Wash
ingtOn cleaner and a safer city as
far as the streets go. OF course, he
has no jurisdiction over city hall But
while. the sidewalks are now almost
antisePtic. and while the streets are
clean. and while little boys are not en-
danspriug their lives stealing rides he
has. yet a great wrong 20 right / refer
TO the innumerable number OF goose
necked' individuals who stand on windy
corners and ogle us women. What with
damp sidewalks. long skirts, and high
winds. we cannot avoid a display of
hosiery. Don't you think Major Syives-
ter ought 10 stop it2
PRUDENCE AfcTHINN.
West Washington.
stop what, the display Of hosiery or
the high winds2
Surely Miss NCThnn, YOU cannot ex-
pcct Major Sylvester 10 extract the rub
ber from every citizens neck
Why don't you get the W. c. r L.
or the Society for the Prevention of
Blind Staggers 10 give every adult male
a pair of binders?
We will bet you tip the scales at about
elgntN-siN pounds.
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
TROOPS DISMISSAL
USED FOR THUNDER
Republicans in Close Dis
uicts Defending Col
Ored Men.

Charged with dynamite" is the way
"a good many members of Congress
express ;heiI view of the controv-
ersy that has arisen over the dis
charge OF the soldiers of the Twen-
ty-dfth Infantry for their conduct
AT Brownsville at the time of the riots.
So much politics is involved in the con-
trOyersy that most unexpected results
may spring from il.
Necessity for holding the colorea vote
in number Of Northern Congressional
districts is deply involved in the con-
sideratlon of the question in the Senate
nov. and VIII be involved in it's con-
sideration by the House later If that
body takes il up.
Feeling 3f this Sort on the part OF a
good many Representatives and some
Senators viii not only affect considera-
zion of the discharged companies of the
IWenty-hith. but other questions. Rep
resentative Slayden of Texas, Demo-
crat, has introduced a bill TO shut the
negro out OF the army. There is al
ready talk among Republicans OF coun-
terinE this by presenting q bill 10 in
crease The number OF negro troops and
pressing IL 10 i passage.
Not only Is there discussion of the
subject Of increasing the number of col
ored soldiers IN the army, but the ques-
ton OF cutting down Southern repre-
sentatiOn is being given attention. Cen
j. Warren keiteT, of Ohio. said several
days ago he was prepared to renew. his
efforts for legislation on this question.
il is true. of course, that II would be
impossible at the present short session
20 get a bill through Congress to cut
down Southern representation, but agi-
tatOn OF the subject would be OF value
in a political way in close Republican
districts.
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
Representative Elect
Here After Pointers

Representative Elect ". A Hubbard,
OF Wheeling. ". Va. is ia Washington.
His term does not begin Unit! March 4.
and ne may not De sworn in mul next
December. but he has thought iL wise
10 looks things over, and learn few
lessons in advance OF actual service 70
the state.
Chaperoned by the genial "Iady''
Games. long a member from tue Charles
ton district, Ir. Hubbard was iutrOduc-
ed on the moor of the House today and
accorded the privilege OF former MEM
OtIs and members-elecJ. The new
Wheeling member is IN Jne nfJies. and
IN appearance is best described by
the one word rugged"
Hubbard IS rated millionaire in his
State. He Is lawyer and il the great
industrial boom which has mace west
Virginia an EIdOradO he has. by invest
ment and practice of law amsssad q
fortune. He served 10 the state sem
ate, beginning as did his fell0W-JOWns-
man. United States Senator Scott. Sew
eral years ago Hubbard was tile nominee
Tor attorney general and lost Tie cleo
uon by about something IKE 90 votes,
His going into politics this year was
q surprise 10 his friends. as they thought
him loo much engrossed ia law and
finance. He chose 10 contest with ,.
i. DOVeuer for the Congressional honor.
Dovener has been a member twelve
years. and be did not wish 20 quit
There was spirited primary election.
and Hubbard won
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
Said and Done in Congress
Changes in Cabinet
To Date From Dec. 10

Nominations of all Cabinet officials
affected by the promotion OF Attorney
General Moody to the bench OF the
United States Supreme Court are ex-
pected To be confirmed the first thing
Monday. 1t Is expected that they VIII
become effective at once, and according
ly all the changes date from December
10.
The only doubt has been on the con-
frmatiOn Of Attorney General Moody
partly because he would be the second
member Of the Supreme Court from
Massachusetts. q was also believed al
first that the trusts would bring inhu-
ence 10 bear against the man who has
Deen so vigorously lighting them, but fl
Is now understood that not even the
supposed trust sympathizers on the Ju-
diclary Committee OF the Senate will
hesitate TO vote in favor OF confirmation
lnasmuch as Mr.. Moody will be barred
from voting on any cases that he has
prosecuted
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
AMERICANS BROKE IN PARIS.

An unprecedented number of Aneri-
cans are stranded in Paris this year. and
the American relief society here. as wei!
as all Americans within reach are be
ing overwhelmed with requests for as
slstanCe. There are many instances
where the penniless Americans are beg
ging IN the streets of the city.
Some of the appeals made to the
American Relief Society are pathetic,
others almost humorous and all OF
them difficult 10 cope with.
one of the recent appeals for assist
ance was from a man who came from
Texas 10 Paris early in the summer TO
make money by teaching the Parislans
how TO walk on stilts
In England where he promenaded the
streets OF several towns In a large SOM
brerO and trousers eleven feet long. he
created a sensation and earned a com
Portable living. But in Paris the police
cut his odyssey short, In the actual as
well as the metaphOrical sense of the
word. They took his stilts away from
him and refused TO allow him to use
them again.
The relief society has sent him. his
wife. and his child to London.
AS none of these American beggars
speak a word of any language except
their own. and as fares to the United
States are heavy, the American Relief
Society is dumping as many of the beg
gars as IL can into LOndoD.-London EX-
press,
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
Whose Ok Is GOred.

The North has been mighty busy
for a number of years solving the
hegro problem for the benefit of
he South. The shelves of the Con-
! Bressional Library would not be
large enough TO hold the volumes
pf book and newspaper advice that
|has been offered on this proDosi-
ion by authors and editors north
Ipf Mason and DiXon's line. Some
recent Developments. however, have
FATHER changed the current of intel
gent thought on this subject and
here is in the North growing dis
position 70 allow the South to han
Pie the problem in her own way.
adjusting treatment to conditions.
|rhe Charleston News and Courier.
pm this subject, hands the North
his rather hard, if justified. knock:
Andrew Carnegie gives his millions 10
usheSee and tTumpets abroad that he
wears the shoes its students make bur
here isn't grit enough in the croD of the
sestoWer of hero medals To protect fifty
-t-N-s1A- .titlit --Ls4-1IlAsL negroes II0m
|oodily harm when they go to Pennsyl-
ania seeking work in a Carnegie foun-
FRY. Nor do we believe that were the
zVhole North 10 De raSed and sCTaped.
sVould courage enough be found to pro-
i 5ect the lives OF fifty TusEegee trained
+ hoemakers should they be introduced
b body into unionized New England
actory.
The lynching and burning %
|hegroes in Ohio and Indiana within
he year, the race riots on the East
'Side in New York, the Japanese
roubles in San Francisco, and the
horrors perpetrated IN Chicago on
,ccount of labor troubles, all tend
o show that each State and each
community is best able TO deal with
Is local problems. The solution of
apparently complex racial or other
8 luestions can be best furnished by
he persons who are. best informed
s IF the local conditions in the com
znunities where the evils exist. Bos-
on, for instance. would probably be
S much in the dark about the
proper disposition Of the japanese
uestion in San Francisco as about
Che Italian question in New Orleans,
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
FRIDAY. DECEMBER :. 1906.
TO Our City Council.

According To the St. Louis exposi-
tion the City Beautiful was not the
National Capital, but Minneapolis
st. Paul. Not population, or wealth,
or natural advantage was the expla-
nation. 1t was enterprise, operating
through the city councils of the two
municipalities,
Another exposition is about to be
held and at the very door of Wash
ington. The National Capital ought
surely to appear there dressed in
her best. But she cannot do
so without enterprise, operating
through her city council-which is
TO say, the two Congressional Com
mittees ON the District of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
Let the People Decide

BY one means or another Con
gress has been brought to consider
amendments to the Const stibuion to
effect the following:
\ change in the date of the in
auguratiOn ceremonies.
The election of Senators tby popu-
lar vote.
An increase in the term of office
for the President to six years.
The relegation to Congress- Of the
whole subject Of marriage and di-
vorce.
The establishment of an income
tax.
Never, except to adjust the Con-
stitution Immediately after its adop-
tion and at the close of war, has
Congress consented TO submit pro-
posed changes to the people. They
have been regularly suppressed in
the Senate.
Here are five proposed amend
ments, in several of which the ma
tion has great interest, The Senate
cannot suppress them permanently.
And it viii do itself no good TO make
the attempt
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
Weather Report an Aid
To Lands in Campaign

Representative Charles B. Lands OF
Indiana, chairman OF the House Print
ing Committee. and one Of the heavy
weights on the Republican side OF the
House, was asked yesterday II he re-
ceived any help during the campaign
from the Congressional committee.
Help" he echoed Help" he re-
peated- why. the only help / got was
a weather prediction the night before
election" Then the Hoosier statesman
paused for a moment as Representative
LOuden5lageT of New jersey. who was
secretary Of the Republican Congress
sionai Committee. passed down the cor
ridOr
And" Mr.. Lands continued. IT
was Loudenslager who wired me the
help IN shape OF q weather prediction.
He said You will have clear weather
tomorrow And ] wired promptly back
Am sorry 70 hear it, the farmers Will
an musk corn instead OF going TO the
polls to vote
1T turned out just that way. The
vote fell on more than 0ne-thlrd, and in
some townships the farmers remained
away from the polls That is the kind
or help / got from the Congressional
committee But 70 is all right, the dis
triCt IS safe in the Republican column. %
As one OF the Congressional committee
put 10 after hearing Mr.. Lands state
mcnt. why. you did not need any
helpi three speeches from YOU ia the
campaign solidihed your district. and
then we needed you TO campaign IN
some doubtful districts. And the com
mittee made no mistake in demanding
your services
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
Military Penury.

Out of a practical struggle with
IT. the chief Of staff has recon-
mended to the Secretary of War a
general increase in the pay of the
army.
General Bell was a lieutenant from
his graduation in lS7S-eight years
after the present scale was ordered
TO lo9S. He knows well the diff
Guilty of buying 1000 worth of uni
forms and equipment and living the
first year on S1,4OO. He knows also
that the advance to a first lieuten-
ancy and $500 does not allow very
generously for g wife and family.
And he had plenty of time to OBJ
serve while i'm close touch with his
'eiisted men that Sl3 a month for
The priyates and not over $40 a
month for the best non-commission-
ed officers is even worse.
Since 1870 the cost of living has
|increased-in the army as elsewhere.
The pay, always too low. has stood
still. The army has not suffered
for capable subaItern officers on this
account It has been the officers
who have suffered.
But the army has lacked for cap
|able enlisted men. It has more
than once lost 1000 in a year
Through desertions- The material
the army needs is driven to il only
|in times of financial depression
when work is hard to get elsewhere.
When civilian employment offers,
this material deserts.
In the navy corresponding disad-
lvantages exist for the same causes.
The captains and admirals, like the
IcolOnels and generals, are fairly weu
provided for. But the lieuteuants,
|ensigns, paymasters. and seamen
.are mighty poorly off. There is
strong disposition in Con gress to
anan the American navy wi n Ameri-
scans exclusively. That can never be
|done-and it is weIl-while the pav
is SO negligible and the task so
enormous as now.
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
For That DrooDU Feeling

Which bank" qucried Desk Ser
geant Shane at use phone, just as the
cub reporter came In
The cub stood with open mouth ap-
parently 70 assist his ears in listening
Got aii they was IN tn bank. heyl
Wen. I'll send a couple av tn boys out
from here and Sergeant Shane hung
Up the receiver and turned in time 10
see the cub reporter dancing up and
down in his chserness to ask questions.
Sergeant Shame frOwued an instant
when he saw the young man, but, with
"a wise glance at Assistant Duggin, he
said:
"Weu?"
'Oh, you needn't try To fool me thl.
time. I'm on. 1 heard about the bank
robbery. Where is it?''
As long as ye heard, / suppose tn
secret is out, but keep It quiet; don't
tell the others. 'Tis bank robbery
down on Steenth street TIL"
The cub reporter waited 10 hear no
more, but was already On his way.
I might have mentioned 10 tn lad
that twas from sand bank down
where they'Ie repairing IN track. an
that IN Watchmau an his gang cleaned
out about $40 worth av shoviis an other
tools that were Sucilin' iu IN bank. "
Emo Sergeant Shane found another cigar
In mis- desk.
Before he could hight his cigar he vaa
disturbed by loud weeping outside the
door. Assistant DuEPan opened the
door aId an officer came ia. dragging a
paIe-faced man with yellow side wlis-
kers. he man Was weeping copiOUsly
and trying 10 embrace the officer
w herc'd Vet get Mr.. Pinkfringc2 2''
SnOrted Sergeant Shane
Down IA street. sDr. he's a ray
former and the officer gTinned,
'Disturniu' tn peace the officer con
tinued- "fie was h6ldin' everybody up
an tellin' EN- how easy mis- method
was OF rayformin' politics
Sergeant Shane sat up and took con-
siderable notice
'Rayformin' politics is it?~ he asked
yves. sir" sOhHed the pale-whis-
kcTed individual. 81 was asked 10 ad-
dress the Ward Seventeen Purity Not-
ing Guild, and ] t-t-told them how 10
politics. / told them 10 make offenders
hold p-p-poliucal 1ob-b-b-s. s-s-s-scnt-
euce them t1 s-S-s-S aEFe. and the better
work they d-d-do the s-s-sh0TteT term
they'd have 20 serve. there be!nE no
monet t-t1rE recon com - cpmDcnse-
They ch-ch-chcere0 me and made me
drink some lemonade. and lt has made
me v-v-yery iH." and the weeping in
dividual sat down suddenly Ia "a cor
ner and went 70 sleep.
-Rayform politics hy slutincln' cr.-nl-
nils teg hold olifce-ieT Lh. love aV
hevin.' eXclaimeG Sergeant shane.
Take tn poor guy over 70 Ia near
est cab an git hin home he ordered.
and for fifteen minutes he neglected 10
light hi~ cigar
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
SWITzERLAND'S ARMY.

Practically all Swiss serve from the
age Of twenty 10 fifty in the militia
and reserves. The raw recruits 20 into
schools. the infantry for forty-fiye days,
the cavalry for eighty days
After this the cavalry serves sixteen
davs each year and the infantry and
artillery fourteen days each every other
year. The reserves serve only five or six
days every four years. The officers, OF
course. are carefully trained in good
schools for a period Of years.
This short service would be INSULT
cient were il not preceded and supple
mented by military training for boys in
school and rife practice every year by
practically all Swiss citizens.
Target shooting is the national sport
and in accordance with the law a place
for target practice must be supplied by
every town in the country. As an en-
cOuragement, prizes of all sorts are Of
fered by the national government
This little Switzerland, with a popu-
Iatlon of less than 3.000.o00 Of people,
has an army OF 337 coo of the NEST mar
tifi soldiers OF Europe-armed, equipped
and ready to take the field at a mo-
ment's nOtice.-The Arena.
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
TE KAN NOT SCARED
BY MANY THREATS
Slayden Still Working to
Exclude COlOred Man
From Army.

Because Representative Slayden OF
Texas Is tall, broad, and deep, he IS
not terrified by the anonymous letters
he has received Tebuking and threaten
ing him for introducing his bill pr0vid-
ing that no colOred men shall serve in
the army of the United States
other members of Congress have re-
Celycd similar letters.
one of the enistles to Mr. Slayden
declared. in somewhat badly spelled
terms. that he would be hit with a
black shot
Mr. Slayden is a prominent member
of the House Committee on Military Al
fairs, and ne viii use all his influence
in the committee 20 have the bin pass
ed. lie has not yet reached the point
where he feels constrained 20 ask for
the protection of special detail of
Major SylVesJeTs men. nor does he go
about the corridors OF the Capitol cast
ing furtiVe glances about in search Of
hidden enemies.
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
Lamar's Little Handout
To Littleield of Maine

Mr. Lamar Of Florida was speaking
against the Litueheld bill to abolish
the compulsory pilotage laws in the
ccastwise trade This is the bill, which
has also been fought hard by organized
labor. Remembering the fight the labor
men made on AIr. Littlefield last sum
mer Mr.. Lamar handed him this In the
debate on the floor of the House:
While I would not by any means
even insnuate that the sWiftness and
suddenness with which this bill has
been precipitated upon this floor come
from the fact that the gentleman from
Maine (AIr Littlefield) had a tilt with
organized labor, j viii suggest that his
advocacy OF IL may be somewhat aC-
.centuated by his scars from the recent
conflict"
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
THE REAL MOTIVE.

The United States did not intervene
in Cuba in 1898 for the purpose Of re-
storing orderly government. The spec
tacle was before the American people
of great power bulldozing and per
scouting a weak people under its domin-
ion. The motive YEAS precisely the same
that actuates the school hero 20 inter-
fere in behalf of the small boy who is
being oppressed by the school bully
IL was tins, story OF Tom Browns
fight with "Slogcer WilIiams' i'm Dr.
Arnold's story OF Rugby life over
and over again. Who believes that
the United States would have molested
Cu0l eight years ago if the CUhuns
had been free to fight. scuffle. or toTaa-
hawk each other. To burn each others
plantations and to rip each other open
with their machetes Charleston News
and Courier
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
ONE OF DUBLIN'S GLoRIES.

The old Irish parliament house, which.
according to rumor may be occupied by
a national council under a devolutIon
scheme ere long. is one OF the architec-
tural giOries of Dublin. In its exterior
aspect IL remains the same as it was
when in the possession of the lords and
commons Of Ireland. but internally it
has been knocked about to meet the re-
quirements of the Bank of Ireland into
whose hands il passed after the act OF
union. The legislative hall Of the COM
mons. which once resounded with the
elOquence of GTattan, CurTan Piunket
and Flood. has been practically destroy
ed and the present public banking cham
Der occupies part Of its site. But the
house of lords remains intact just as fl
WIS at the time of the union. and Is the
most interesting and attractive part Of
the building to visitOrs.-London Chron-
icle.
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
Wharton's Striped Vest
The Envy of Members

Representative Wharton of Chicago
was defeated for reelection last month.
but the blow has. apparently. had no
effect on his youthful spirits. He ap-
i'm 81 striped vest that would make
Tim Woodruff green with envy while
he lmelt down and begged Mr.. Wharton
10 tell MIN where such things could ba
bought
When Mr.. Wharton sticks his thumbs
in the armhOleS OF that striped vest no
one would think he had lost his Con-
Eressional job
The Washington times., 1906-12-07

or the negro troubles in Atlanta
General theories are often, nearly
always, lame and impotent in the
face of specific local conditions.
The trait of refusing to meddle in
other folks business is as desirable
in State or . section as il is in an
individual. The South, so long as
be allowed 10 handle her local prob
lens in her own way.
The Washington times., 1906-12-07
Date on Meat Labels
Demand Of BeVeridge

Senator Beveridge Of Indiana has in
troduced n bin TO amend the meat in
spection law of the last session by in
cooperating into IL the requirement that
the date oe placed on the label on in
speCted meat and also requiring that
packers pay the expense Of inspection.