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The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
4 Greater Washington Thought.

In cities other than Washington. when
a resident resolves to build a house or
otherwise improve his property. when a
firm or institution decides to expand its
quarters. or perchanee erect a new and
larger home. there is lively cooperation
on the part of the authorities, and quick
realization of the meaning to the city Of
such Improvement
Is il 50 here at this Capital City? Ask
any man or corporation that has had ex-
perience, and you will promptly receive a
negative answer.
Here every step encounters Obsta-
cles that amount to positive hardships.
It may be the fault Of unwise laws or IL
considered regulations; it may be mer. lv
due to passing whims OF overvigilant OH
cials, large and small We do not know
But we do know that there IS a henming
in and a hemming about: a vigorously
applied rule for one case that is sub
bornly withheld In another case precisely
Similar; a permit readily granted Smith
that is peremptorily denied Brown; an
exercise Of arbitrary authority that only
judicial appeal can overcome: petty red
tape policies and entangled Ines IF
procedure that harass, delay. and ag-
gravate the would-be public-spi-ited c!ti-
zen until he is led 70 wonder what evil
spirit possessed him when he undertook
he task in hand.
This is no overdrawn statement OF the
case. Washington is full Of progressive
well-meaning citizens who can testify 10
it and more. They have gone through the
mill. 10 tteir infinite disgust.
While we are making Greater Washing
ton, is it not well to give heed 20 these
things? May not these obstacles-these
obs-ructionists-be brushed aside with
profit 10 the city2 The Washington Her
aid thinks so. It thinks so. decidedly.
The time for reform is now.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Bribery of Venal Voters

The Baltimore Sun has begun an agita-
ton against the venal use Of mo7ev n
carry elections III Maryland The Sun
asserts that IL requires more money every
year to conduct campaign in baltimore
and that it is growing more and moro
expensive to be a candidate for a1v
office. To make q winning fight for mavor
costs S21CCG, and the election of a Con.
gresham takes several thousand dollars
Some Of this money Is legitimateiv used
but the bulk Of it goes to the corrIptio,
Of voters Vote buying. the sun saws. IS
openly practiced on the Eastern Shore
and IN Baltimore. where the pr'ce Of 2
vote ranges from fifty cents to three dol
lars. In certain election districts a7v
candidate can be elected If enough money
IS forthcoming. Election judges are often
fixed for a money consideration.
Party leaders are aware Of these deplor
able conditions. but profess themselves
unable to offer any remedy. The caDdl.
dates are often men of the highest char
acter, who would scorn in private bust.
ness 10 resort to the nethods used bv
ward polit oi1ns, but they seem to con-
slider themselves helpless TO prevent cor.
ruption. But that they are not helpless
is shown by the experiment undergoing
trial in Cleveland. where one of the no
litical committees. with the sanction of \
candidate for Congress, has shut down
entirely on the use of money for oues-
douable purposes. Agreements between
candidates and political committees fof
the suppression Of corrupt uses of money
would be an effective means Of abolish
ing the venal vote. Candidates and poll
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Fram De Neu Vol H-ra1d.
CUsSING THE PRESIDENT.
Good Taste Forbids, bet We still
Have Right 10 Do II.

Have Right 30 Do II.
From the louisville Cosuilr75ourual.
Capt. Kraft Of the good ship Bessie
Smith. was sent to jail fer an hour for
obstructing a Federal officer. His offense
was not merely that be said. ITO HI
with the President" as appears from a
casual glance at the headlines. In addi-
ton to expressing a temporary and pure
ly emotional disregard for the Chief Mag
istraJe-which upyn reflection he repented
capt Kraft threatened 10 DO bodily harm
to United States Marshal Stone by pitch
ing him overheard. But for this threat
it Is not probable that the arrest would
have been made.
Here is an excellent chance for the
penny dreadfuls TO make "a good story
TO the effcct that imperialism has taken
such 2 firm root IN America that the hum
Die must "Hoch der Kaiser" or be quiet
when his name is mentioned Happily for
our liberty rather than for our manners
this is not true, and tie free American
who wishes TO express himself with regard
70 the President may co so. provided his
observations do not. per Sc, constitute dis
orderly conduct and render him Unable
upon th2y charge
No great number OF self-respecGng and
respectable citizens feel upon sober refec-
ton such a lack OF respect for the Presi-
dent OF the United States that they desire
20 avail themselves OF their faalienab bic
Eight TO express themselves profanely. but
any one may still do il If he has mind 10.
and It Is very good thing for the people
and TIE President that this is 50 II does
not hurt the President nearly 50 much as
would the parliamentary language Of an
injured or malignant citizen II his vocabu-
larry were limited By law. Somewhere in
Holy Writ we have it that only the man
himself is dehled by that which cometh
out OF his mouth.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
4 CnnInRaa-

From tie Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A gentleman was visiting a friend in
Georgia last winter who employed a large
number OF negroes on his plantation. The
darHes were treated with great kind
ness by their employer. but this did not
prevent them from stealing
The visitor attended their Sunday serv-
ice and on leaving the church was asked
by the old negro preacher how ne nked
The sermon. The reply was complimentary
Then came the remark; If I were YOU
| should preach to your people on the
sinfulness Of theft"
The preacher rejOined: We'll. sab. /
has tried that style. but somehow or
other, it aIlus seemed TO throw a kind of
cOOlness Ober de meetiR,."
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
One ingredient Lacking.

From WoIans Home Conpanjou.
A prominent Southern physician. upon
reaching his Office one morning. found N
old negro who had been a servant n
his family, standing in the waiting room
The cid negro, after mentioning several
painful symptoms. related his usual hard
luck story, and begged the doctor 10 pre-
scribe.
Ine physician filled a small bottle and
said: Take a teaspoonfUl Of this. Nose.
after each meal. and come back in a day
or two If yOu don't feel better"
Mars John. I can't take that med =
cine" answered Nose
"Iou VIII have to take it il you want
10 get we'll
'How'm / gwine take it? Whar'm I
Swine get dc meals?"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
THE CONSTANT POET.

Once more, my muse, tbs time 20 he invoking
Tie Offices Of good ST. Valentino.
This gear It's PLY lis name that am yoking
n verse with mine
Last year il was a ballad to Miranda,
The year before a triolst to Dot:
No doubt 7 seem a ickle goose-or gander,
But ] am not.
/ hesitate to contemplate the number
OF FINALE naEcs I've fashioned 10 my rhyme.
Whcneer I rouse my weary muse from slumber
About this time.
I've breathed my love for Dolly, Grace, and Cora
In other years I've run to Nell and Belle.
How many times I've yeaTned for Bess and Dora
cannot tell
Nov in the charms Of Phyllis am hasking.
And all the love I bear her must be told,
Fer Il it's not ny Mary viii be asking
Il I've grown cold.
The secrets out The names imaginary.
I-neyer knew "Phyllis'' il my life.
AT names are m7Tely pscudonyEs FOR May
And she s ny wife.
Catholic Standard and Timaa
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
white as a Point of Interest.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
Franklin Matthews. telegraph editor OF
the New York sun. tells Of his first meet
ing with William Allen White. Of the EN-
p5ria Gazette. Mr.. Matthews vas doing
the West for a monthly magazine. Find
ing himself al Topeka. Kans. one Sunday
with nothing TO do. he decided 10 90 down
to Emporia TO meet the distinguished edi-
tor. He found Mr.. White at home. and
after telling him who he was. said that he
had come TO Emporia to see the town.
We'll, replied Mr.. White. there are
just three things in town 10 see. I'm one
Of them, and Mrs. Plumb's new house, and
Charley Cross Hereford bull are tho
other two. You can look me over. and
then we'n so and see Wild Tom and the
town mansion"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Of an undesirable member Of society ana
literally puts him out Of harms way. In
the case of a man who has murdered his
fellow or who has robbed a woman or
her honor there is a feeling that the
world can exist without him. and his de-
parture is not mixed with grief. II this
were not the case. the death penalty
would have been abolished long ago.
The success or failure of the policy now
adopted by the French government viii
be observed with great interest, and We
venture 10 predict. no matter what the re-
suit may be. that other countries viii
soon follow People talk about the pres
ent period as the material age. It may
be 50: but none tho less true is il that
there never was so much sentimentalism
as there is in the world to-day. The
abolition Of the death penalty is a mani
festauon OF this sentimentalism. which,
after all. so permeatCs society that the
rugged and stern virtues Of our aaces-
tors are almost atrophied. II we are not
factors, instead Of Furnishing them Our
hearts viii be so tender that We viii
have an excuse for every violator Of the
law.
It seems absurd 70 imagine a policeman
apologizing for making an arrest, but IN
less some OF our sentimentalists are
checked. We VIII reach the point where
even this exhibition OF soft-heartedness
viii be accepted as a matter Of course.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
lice REnEEMING FEATrRE.

She wasn't sweet.
Nor very neat,
Yet let this much be said:
When with q broom
She sought a room,
She swept beneath the bed,
she wasn't worth.
4 pleasant berth.
She never could be led.
She wasn't cheap,
But she would sweep
Each time beneath the bed.
She wasn't smart.
Things flew apart
And shattered OF her tread.
But 1 wiz say,
That every day,
She swept beneath the bed.
So when this maid
Away is laid,
III carve above her head
These words of cheer:
One lieIh here
Who swept beneath the bed"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Way Win at Last.

The Democrats Of the Kansas City (Mo)
district nave placed upon the Hon. W H.
Wallace the responsibility Of reclaiming
that district this year. II was lost in the
Roosevelt landslide two years ago, even
though at that time It was represented
by the Hon. W. II. Cowherd, one OF the
ablest members of the Missouri deiega-
tion, and who was chairman Of the Dem
ocratlc Congressional Committee IN the
campaign Of 1904 AIr Wallace has had
a tempestuOus political career. Two or
three, times he has made a close and
spectacular contest for the nomination
and been defeated. once or twice he won
the nomination. only to fail Of election al
the polls. He belongs 10 the old school
Of horid OratOry. and If he wins the cleo
ton next week the SiXtieth Congress will
be treated To exhibitions OF eioquence
such as II has not heard since Col. ". G.
p Breckinridge. Of Kentucky. dropped out
OF public life.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
4 Business Man.

From the Syracuse Herald.
William z. Hearst is the only candi.
date who ever succeeded in selling his
campaign literature
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Putting a MuzzIe on TiIfmau.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When senator TIllman OF South Caro-
Una was requested 10 speak in this city
next December before the teachers IN
sutute the invitation was coupled with the
stipulation that in case Of his acceptance
ne should indulge in no discussion of or
reference 20 the race question Should
the Senator consent to speak here it
thus seems probable that he will he ef-
tectually muzzled. though the difficulty
Of keeping him muzzled is only too well
known
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
They Knew Their Doom.

The death IN Washington the other day
OF Judge J. .. Yeomaus. former member
Of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
reminded a large circle Of friends Of a
pathetic incident in the life Of Judge Yeo-
mans and one Of his closest chums. the
late Col. Samuel Donaldson. Col. Donald
son died only q few weeks before Judge
Yeomans. and the cause in each case
was heart disease. About year ago the
two friends met 80 the lobby % their
favorite hotel for a chat before beginning
the days work as was their daily Gus
tom. Each looked strangely sad. Col
Donaldson asked Judge Ycomans what il
vas that was depressing his spirits. The
question was evsded for the time, and IN
little while Judge Yeomans inquired
as 10 the cause Of Col Donaldson's OBJ
viOus depression. The latter refused for
the moment 20 tell Thew sat ia silence
for several minutes. Then Judge Yeomans
related how he had just come from his
physicians Office. and that he had been
informed hat he had q dangerous fOrm
of heart disease. Tears gIshed from the
eyes Of Col. Donaldson. and be exclaimed
Il, too. have just come from my doctor.
who told me that I was liable 20 die AZ
any minute Of heart disease" The
friends clasped hands. and parted in
silence. They abandoned their daily meet
iEgs. and it was only 10y chance after
that that they were brought together.
Each was OF unusual physique and an
paTently In robust health.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Needn,t settIe ThIs strl,..

From The Houston Post.
Three hundred chauffeurs arc on q
strike in New York, and pedestrians ara
hoping that the differences between t5e
strikers and their employers may never
be Feconciled
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Separation of Races.

From the Lynohburg News.
We maintain the United States cannot
err in providing for separation of whites
ard Japa~ese on the soil Of her Western
shores, and as far as IS possible under the
limitations Of the Federal Constitution.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
some Work Being Done.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One Of the late reports concerning the
progress Of the Panama Canal brings the
information that baseball is played there
in defiance of the hard work It necesSi-
tates.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

since Cain. Judas Iscariot and Benedict
Arnold have managed TO get into the
game. we infer that the Pennsylvania
campaign is finally well under way.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
LendinE onesfion.

M. Smi,horsr
''WeI Johnny?'
When you were q little boy an feliers
come 10 see your sister, did they ever
give YOU a quarter 10 90 out an play9"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
ROOTS GREAT SPEECH
Views of the Press on the secretary's
Remarkable Utteranee at Utica.

Frua the New York san
No episode ia our history can compare
With it. The President Of the United
States IS sDeaI1irg He is doing so IN no
individual or personal caFacity. but as
the nations head. clothed with the ira
ditional power Of his exalted Office. He
has chosen the Secretary OF State, one Of
the most honored and iIlustriols figures
in our public life. as his mouthpiece; but
it is his utterance; and Of the fact there
is no disguise.
Read in his light. and there is none
othcr in which Il can be read, 1t has no
place In the polemics Of political cam
p1isn Il IS something wholly apart
from the heat and passion OF contests,
"a note Of warning so impressive and
startling that il must cali a halt In the
progress Of mems minds not only here
but Throughout the whole country
When il has been read and poldeTed,
and FOR long thereafter, all thoughtful
men will wonder what sinister and bale
ful influence s. is that has brought about
that grave and lameatable condition of
ire public mind which has made Hearst
even d passing possibility. nay, an ac-
tual and potential menace.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
The MaIeoufeuts

What DO they want?"
Laws that allow anything"
And require nothing, / s'Dose?''
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
The Age We Live In.

''Yaas, I was at the opera lawst night"
Much attcudance2'
Not much. TWO millions Ia one box
and n paltry hawif-milllon ln another
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Not Fiction. Honerer

From the Pittshurg Dispatch
The testimony before the Interstate
Commerce Commission on the discriinina-
tons in grain Is developing into an inter-
esting cereal story.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
: rnrrihIn I,rnmnIe

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
Perhaps It is the echoes from the New
York campaign that have led the Car
10 postpone those Russian elections. !
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
JuxfLiI.e n Woman.

"she doesn't repiae at their present cir
cumstaaces."
why is that2"
Il Go not know. unless it is because they
are greatly reduced 90
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Mr.. Bryan SAYS th7t government owner
ship will be the leading Democratic issue
in 1893, after all" II that is true. we hard
ly think the scenery aIcng the way will
prove especially entertaining for the De
mocracv.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

A geoioeist who hqs Just discovered an
elephants tooth I20fo years CID. out in
Texas. thinks this evidence that the e!e-
plant once inhabited that State. And.
then again, IL may have been left there
by some prehistoric greatest show on
earth"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Sure Thing.

| tried 10 speak about my dough
Leave tfat to me-" my lawyer said.
/ less 1 might as well ] know
He's bound 70 get IL when I'm dead.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Don't Blow Out the Cork.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
japanese spirit viii lose a few of its
American admirers if it insists on fer
menting and blowing OUT the cork,
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

ticians are very much to blame in this
matter. They have the remedy practically
IN their own hands.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Prof Kl7atsch claims that he has found
the missing link. Mr.. Hughes may be re-
lied upon 60 express some surprise at the
news that the Independence League had
lost f.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
PEOPLE OF NOTE.
Lccturinr Ir PrnntnhIe.

Senator Tillman probably earns more
money every year on the lecture platform
than any other American who talks 20 the
public for pay, not even excepting William
Jennings Bryan. From an authoritative
Isouree the statement comes that the South
lCaroiinian's net proceeds thus far th.s year
from his lecture tour are &z5.C00. II is as
serted that Mr. Bryan has never made
that much In any org year as a lecturer
Senator TI!man is paid from $3.50 TO $500 a
lecture. and lie is constantly In demand.
HIS season is not confined 20 the summer
Chautauqua course. and he fills nearly rs
many dates in the winter as at any other
time Of the year. In the pas four years
il is said that he has laid aside over
SGat09 from his lecture receipts. Col
Henry WattersOn perhaps comes next in
the matter Of earnings or the platform.
Champ Clark. Of Missouri, ranks high as
popular fav0ri c, and makes about twice
as much IS Ices urcr as his C5ngress ion
ri salary. The Missouri Congressman also
writes Il weekly letter for small newsD1-
pers, which brings him IN a hlnds1me
amount every year. Hon. Charles GT0s-
venor and Senator Deliver are two OF or
Statesmen who cke cut their Congressional
salaries with lecture honorariums-
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Hurrnht

Charge for the guns.' commanded the
captain.
OF Industry.
Who was In the steel business.
And his bookkeepers did so with a vim
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Mr.. Hearst declares that the people
ought TO love him for the enemies he
h7s made. Perhaps they might. if that
theory did not also involve them in the
necessity of not loving him for some ne
has not made.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

King Hammur, a gentleman Of some
what hazy memory, is said TO have been
the first to uncover graft thous s3nds Of
years ago. We presume the plutocrauc
press Of his time designated him as a
knocker.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

II the Pullman Car Company is simply
running hotel on wheels. the sky par
Tor boarders would Ike to know why
they are not getting a better rate.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
Mr.. Loeb Left Ont

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Up in Washing, on, everypody's getting
raise but Loeb.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Those Washington burglars who stole a
ton Of coal probably thought It not
worth while 10 waste their talents on
small institution ike the Treasury build
inc
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

The Car Of Russia has postponed the
elections. 1t is presumed the Gar thought
It Impossible 70 give attention % anything
else until after the New York campaign
Is ended
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Gen. Gr0svenor saws he scents 4 Re-
publican victory in the South. but II is
PROBABLY Just one Of those sweet scented
zephyrs from the land Of flowers and
orange blossoms that the general smells.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

New York surgeon has just removed
"a solid and perfect iron bolt from a pa
tents appendix" This is a solemn warn
ing to chew your iron bolts properly be-
fore swallowing.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Mr.. Croker. Mr.. McCarren. and Mr..
Root! Mr.. Hearst, Mr.. Murphy. and Mr..
Van Wyck. Il is 20 laugh!
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

The New Orleans States proposes a feI-
low-citizen by the name Of Guzzlemucb for
membership in Dr. Wiley alcohol
squad There is undoubtedly much in
the suggeslon.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Perhaps Mr.. Roosevelt looks upon Pine
Knot IS a sort OF happy substitute for
the Don't Worry Club.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Eight members OF the new French eahi-
net are newspaper men. IN some respects
the French are the greatest cabinet
makers in the world.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
virginians in the Medical Corps.

Surg. Gen. giAey, Uf the navy. who is
accompanying President Roosevelt on his
outing in Virginia, Is one Of several score
Of Virginians who are IN the medical
corps Of the army and navy. The LIST is
a long one. How OF Why Il has hap
pened that the Old Dominion has contrib
uted so many men 20 this branch Of the
national military service Is an interesting
question. The rosters Of the services
show that no half dozen other States
have as many Representatives in the
medical corps. Most Of them, too. are
graduates Of Virginia medical schools
though many Of them took special
courses at other schools after getting
diplomas from their home Institutions
one explanation suggested is the DICK
unity Of Washington 10 Virginia. but If
that we're the cFief cause Maryland a-so
would be largely represented in the same
way. and Maryland has fewer doctors IN
the army and navy than other States
from which Washington is far removed
Gen. RiXey was the family physician al
the White House through the Mckinley
administration, and has been continued
in that capacity by the RoOsevelts. Il
was his skill and intimate knowledge Of
her malady that saved the life Of Mrs
Mckinley when she fell so desperately
III in San Francisco a short time before
the President was assassinated al Buf-
falo.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Il is understood that the BARRIERS
unions viii vote soIidly for Hearst. Nat
uraliy they viii seek 10 trim the bewhis-
keTed AIr Hughes.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

As between pointing with pride and
viewing with alarm. Mr.. Griggs seems to
have a few points the better Of Mr..
Sherman.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Poor little Cupid He certainly seems
TO have hard time giving these American
heiresses a run for their money.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-03

Mr.. II. 3. Mitchell, Of Atlanta. who is
at the Shoreham with a beautiful young
bride. said 10 q reporter OF The Herald:
'One Of the best signs Of the develop
ment OF the trans-P0tOnac country is the
double-tracking Of the Southern Railway
a work which I am engaged upon between
the towns OF Lyuchburg and Danville.
II Is a task Of no easy sort. involving the
abolition Of curves and heavy grade cut
ting. This particular section will be CON-
pleted in about eighteen months, and at
no distant day the road viii have two
tracks al the way to Allan a. The South
ern is the first big trunk line to take this
progressive step. which. though II involves
the expenditure Of much money, will ulu-
mately result In enormous beneft 20 all
the States traversed by it. and. OF course.
to the road in the way OF enhanced reve-
nues. The Southern Railway, indeed. has
already been the largest single factor IN
the Development Of our section"