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Prof. Burgess Explanation.
A Berlin cable says

prof Burgess denies that what he
said in his address at the univer-
sity, October 81. about the Monroe
doctrine and protection was in any way
meant to reflect the views of President
Roosevelt on those topics. He did not say
anything that could convey such an Inn
preston. On the contrary. he Geheved
that while the President was in favor OF a
holder of the Monroe doctrine, Though only
to the extent that no European power
should acquire new territory in the western
hemisphere.
Prof Burgess considers that protection
and the Monroe doctrine are antiquateo
doctrines and hopes that the expression
of his views will lead to the discussion OF
them by American politicians
Prof. Burgess should be careful. He can
not afford to become comic, and the idea
that American politicians need any incen-
tive to the discussion of either the tariff
question or the Monroe doctrine is danger
ously near that.
Why every American politician of any
note is on record on both propositions The
tariff has been discussed in every cam
paign congressional and presidential, for
nearly forty years, and is now under dis
cussion Germany knows, probably better
than any other foreign government, where
We stand, and why. We have discussed the
times little sharply. Protection an anti
quated doctrine? 1t may be so in the
opinion of Prof. Burgess, but New York
state cannot be carried In affirmation of
that opinion Prof. Sumner of Yale has
been writing In that strain for years, but
the state of Connecticut is today a protec-
ton stronghold.
AS for the Monroe doctrine instead of be-
ing antiauated when was it ever SO strong
as now? Mr. Cleveland sounded popular
sentiment on the subject only little over
ten years ago, and the response thrilled the
nation Both parties pledged him the full
est support in any steps that might be nee
essary to upheld the doctrine, and the spirit
Of the American contention prevailed
Later, in the case of Cuba we interviewed
by reason of the claim that We were the
only foreign power competent to take the
step Europe did not relish the idea, but
did not openly protest. We should have
interviewed in any event, and had we desired
could have annexed Cuba, but no other
country could have done SO. The bare
proposition would have been vetoed instant
~ and fatty by us. The result of the two
episodes has been to provoke the widest
discussion in years of the Monroe doctrine,
and to bring from foreign powers that
once were critical of it complete &C
quiescence in it.
Prof. Burgess should let his deliverance
go at its face value. 1t was Jolly not
in the best taste. and far from being dip
lomatic, but an expression of personal
opinion likely to attract attention to him
self and smooth the way for an agreeable
stay in Berlin not open to severe censure.
1t may set German politicians to talking,
but American politicians do not need TO
be set off. They talk without proddlng'
and rarely take their cues-though probably
they might sometimes do so to advantage
from the universities.
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A GLIMPSE Of Moran.

For the following little idyl of the Mas
sachusetts campaign the public is indebted
to the Springfield Republican:
.'They had both just concluded turn on
the stump. the governor at Newburyport and
the district attorney at Lynn. Mr.. Moran
boarded the train at Lynn, the governor
being in a forward coach. Neither knew
the other was aboard the train until Boston
was almost reached, and they did not meet
until they were outside the North station.
Mr. Moran walked over to the governor,
held out his hand. and said: Hello. gov
ernor Gov Guild grasped the extended
hand and answered, Hello, john Gov.
Guild continuing. said: The boys tell me
you had a big rally tonight, john Yes,
I did have good meeting. answered
Moran We are gallery people. We get
| what you don't get and you get what
don't get Gov. Guild seemed heartily
! pleased at the reply. Turning the subject,
Gov Guild said: How is the cold. john
Much better, thank YOU answered Mr..
Moran.
Mr. Moran here turned his attention to
the cab question. Not conveyance was in
sight and Gov Guild said: John. you had
better take this carriage. You are a sick
| man. l am not Moran. however. COM
promised by saying that he'would ride with
the governor as far as the Quincy House"
Unfortunately for the entertainment. and
probably the instruction. of the country.
the Bay state campaign this year has been
subordinated to the New York campaign
Mr. Hearst early took, and has monop-
| olized. the center of the stage. And yet it
| is certain that things in Massachusetts have
been very interesting. and ordinarily would
! have been chronicled for wide reading. The
| episode here given is probably only one of
many showing that brethren though differ.
ing in politics and opposing each other for
| office may dwell together in sweetness and
| light. Guild and Moran in the same car
riage-the former solicitous for the conn
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Regularity and a Time Limit.

The Australian ballot was adopted In this
country because it offered the individual
voter a chance to register his wish secretly
and free from the influence or coercion of
political bosses. Many devices, however.
have been invented to defeat this OBJ
feet and to render the voter subject as In
the past to the will of the leaders the
ward captains and heelers executing the
orders of those higher up" Most of these
are clumsy schemes, which are easily de-
tected and often easily met. A chance
remark of a Tammany district co-leader
In New York city. commenting upon the
effect of the Croker cablegram to McCar-
rcn. has however. disclosed that there Is a
way of keeping tab on the voter which
does not depend upon mechanical checks.
The following paragraph was printed yes
terday in the course of the news of the
New York situations
Il was thunderstruck when I read Mr..
Cookers cable message" said Mr.. ScannelI.
'I have instructed my men to vote the
straight ticket. If man goes into a polling
place and remains there more than half a
minute | shall know what it means"
So. here we have the picture of the ward
leader standing outside of the voting place.
watch in hand. noting the flight of the Sec
onds and Judging the fidelity of his follower
according TO the lapse or time Inc spec
taclc Is Illuminating and suggestive. Make
your mark under the star" the boss has
commanded and then skip out and make
room for the next fellow 1t only takes a
jiffy to put a cross in the right circle. If
you stop to look over the names you run a
risk OF being suspected. If you take time to
pick out a candidate here and there who is
not of our own selection you will be spotted
to a certainty. You know what you get in
any case"
1t may be questioned whether there is any
certain remedy for this condition. The law
gives the voter all the time he needs to
mark his ballot. and it is unlikely that any
one would seriously propose that mini
mum slime limit be prescribed by statute
for each voter. keeping every man inside of
the booth at least certain number of
would remedy the evil is questionable. The
machine is so devised that the voter must
fake IA little longer TO register a split ticket
than straight ticket. Possibly after n lit
tie practice the average voter might be able
TO work the machine on a scratched bal
lot speedily that his leaders watch
would not register a tell-tale difference But
IN truth any intelligent voter should now
be- able to mark his Australian ballot indie
pendently of party lines inside OF the half
minute limit set by Leader Scannell as the
test of a mans regularity.
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Tariff Revision Gaining.

The Indianapolis News. in declaring that
as the campaign has progressed the repuo-
licans have moderated their standpatisfn as
to the tariff says:
with the sagacity that has guided them
In the past, they are getting in line to move
on this great abuse. They will move just us
soon as they convinced that 1t means
their dismissal If they do not move. and
they have the practical grasp or affairs 10
sense that.
There is good reason for this view of the
case Tariff revision has undoubtedly gained
IN the past few months. The speech of Sec
rotary Taft alone-though it does not stand
alone on the subject-has heartened the re-
visionists all over the country. He is a man
of much influence and presidential guam
tity of general interest. and he gives his
vote on the stump for revision or the
Dingley schedules which will remedy the
Inequalities produced by nearly ten years OF
phenomenal prosperity. He wants. as many
other republicans do, a tariff law framed
for the existing business situation.
Party leaders do not always lead. 1t is
often the case that they have to be threat
ened with defeat before they can be brought
to move Therein lies the value of intel!i-
gent agitation by an active press The poll
tician in office is anxious to remain there.
takes few risks. But he is good judge of
public sentiment, and when that is ex-
pressed with force he knows what to do.
This battle for tariff revision that has
been fought and is still under way in the re-
publican party has called for staying quail
ties. The opposition has exerted itself to
befog and misrepresent the issue. A favor
tie charge has been that the revision move
ment but thinly disguised an attack on the
policy of protection.
Republican revislonists have been de-
scribed as only stool pigeons of the free
traders. Governor Cummins of Iowa has
been tagged In this way, and if his majority
on Tuesday is reduced below the figure
which his ability as a man and his merit
as an official call for it will be because of
the wide circulation of this baseless accu-
sation.
But nothing has awaited to silence or turn
back the men with faces set revisonward
and confident of ultimate success. They
have pressed on in spite of abuse and dis
couragement and have steadily made prog
ress. What they have been striving for ap-
proaches. The fight is not yet won. There
Is much still to be done. But the future
even the early future-is bright. and the re-
lance is on men who having done much
are ready and eager to do what may still
be necessary to insure victory for the cause.
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upon the battle for ballots. Clever takers
are ringing the changes on the sour fruit
They talk about Hearst lemonade ard
Hughes lemon peel" The humor OF the
thing has appealed to the crowd and no
fambeau-i llumined spellbinder considers
that he has done his full duty unless he
gets his hearers roaring over an aliusion TO
the citreous product in scathing appi'ea-
ton to a hated member Of the opposition.
This slang like most of our pavement
talk. Is of obscure origin 1t seems to have
no definite parentaee. Like the twenty
three" slang, its beginning Is variously ac-
counted for. but without authority. the
most expert opinion obtainable. however, Is
that It simply grew into being. and is an
evolution from the old familiar expression
that this man or that suggestion was
tart proposition.' From time immemoriai
the idea of sourness has been associated
with things unpleasant unwelcome A
disagreed BILE chap is called a sour fellow.
1t was naturally that the siang-makeTs.
who find their vogue chiefly on the theat-
rical stage and at the race tracks, should
elaborate this idea of sourness. And 1t
was quite as natural that when the phrase
makers of the varieties began to produce
combinations in terms of acidity they
should choose as the symbol Of extreme
unpleasantness the lemon, which is perhaps
the sourest sour that nature yields
This is the course of most slang. 1t is
subject to no laws and knows no limita-
lions. Where one phrase or word acquires
currency a thousand or more that are pro-
posed for sidewalk honOrs are rejected,
forgotten. They simply do not catch the
fancy The lemon has been adopted and
it will probably run its course for few
into he
and oblivion of other favorites of fancy
sDeech.
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Lemons.

Whatever else may result from the Hearst
Campaign for the New York governorship,
IL has gwen wide currency to the lemon
slang. 1t has enriched, or soured our
language. by the addition of a line of talk
y crisply expressive of disappointment, de-
feat and duplicity. The question now up
permost in the minds of most of the voters
of the metropolis is not. who will be de-
feated?" but who Is going to get the
lemon?" The question that is being asked
by campaign speakers smarting under the
sting of the process of coalition between
Hearst and Tammany which has forced
them out of the race is Who handed me
this lemon?"
II is verify lemon" campaign, and the
language of IL is tinctured with acid.
lemons have taken a conspicuous part in
the cartoons and placards. They punctuate
the addresses of cart-tail orators They
have appeared even in the form of me-
chanical toys with inscriptions bearing
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AN IDEAL.

II could choose the manner Of my death
That happy evening OF lfes feyerish day
Not suddenly lit were dIscourteous TO haste
From pleasant company would pass away;
Surrounded by my friends and all ] love
In ftful. CHEEKY converse 10 the last;
Speaking of pleasant things: of books. OF life.
OF common joys and labors OF the past.
1t should be spring; the wondrous vernal miracle
Teaching OF resurrection from all earthly dooms;
Low minor winds should sing; colored and sweet
With falling petals of pink apple blooms.
Beside an open window. looking forth
Upon the radiance of the festnl earth.
Clad In her bridal rament, would pass
To gain my last-spent breath its full. rich WORTH
And somewhere softened by distance. but not far,
Fair soulful hands should harp the Spring
Song" slow,
And voices would be hushed and that tide
OF matchless melody. my faring soul should go
Into deep OF unknown realms.
Adyenturing. fearing naught; serene and bold
So could | choose the manner Of my death. I'd
choose
But l would be about one hundred and ten years
old.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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lockwood Hoar.

In the death of lockwood Hoar Massa-
chusetts loses a man of good parts and the
representative of family of much distinc-
ton. Both his father and his father s
brother. were men of large ability, and
served the state in national life with
great credit. George F. Hoar. indeed. will
rank in history as one of the strongest
of the New Englanders who appeared In
our. affairs in the latter half of the last
century. His son has gone all too soon
and just as he had begun to try his hand
in larger field. But as he had acquitted
himself well in a more limited field we
may be sure that he would have earned
credit, In Congress, and come to share In
the transac citing of the important and prac-
teal business of that body. An honored
name, well worn.4 thus disappears, for a
time at least, from the political rolls Of the
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04

: The interparliamentary union at London.
on the proposition of a member adopted
unanimously the following resolution:
THAT the nterparliamentary conference.
considering that the increase of naval and
military expense, which weighs upon the
world, is universally recognized as intoler-
able expresses the hope that the limitation
of ornaments may be inscribed on the pro-
gram of the next conference of The
Hague"
i cable of the I'd instant announces trou-
,les over the application of the funds con-
tributed by Mr.. Andrew Carnegie for the
construction of the Peace Palace. Another
cable Of the same date reports a serious
dispute between Sweden and Norway over
the ownership of the Island of Spitzbergen:
Norway would submit the question to The
Hague tribunal, but Sweden will not. Ger
many is backing Sweden, England is sup
porting Norway Where arbitration mani
testify fails recourse may be had to the
Battle of the Thirty, suggested. Some
Chevalier de Beaumanoir may stand for
Sweden, some Knight de scarborough for
Norway. Thus would be obtained an imme-
date and practical demonstration of the
limitation of ornaments.
CHI. CHAILLE-LONG.
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THOSE TROUBLESOME UTES.

From the Grand Rapids Herald.
The Ute Indians have jumped their reser-
walton. They do not propose to let the Gu
bans get ahead of them as trouble makers
From the Indianapolis News.
From the statement of those dissatisfied
Utes in Wyoming 1t would seemfth our
unparalleled prosperity had been overlook
ing some of the nations wards.
From the Sioux City Tribune.
The Utes who promised to give a few
regulars taste of old-t.me border warfare,
have found that talkfest is more to their
taste.
From the Cleveland Leader
The latest from the scene of the Indian
outbreak is that the IItes aroused ghe war
spirit of the Cheyennes by inducing Scam
dinavian immigrant to play Cheyenne" to
them on concertina.
From the Springfield Union.
The renegade Indians declare that they
VIII not live in Utah and the War Depart
ment ought to send out to command the ex-
pedit on officers who are good at making
apologies.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The news that the Ctes are in camp at
Powder river probably will be followed by
the report of an explosion.
From the St Louis Republic
Sixteen troops of cavalry are to oyerawe
the wandering ties and force them back
to their reservation II the homeseekers
haven't started few towns there in the
meant me.
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The Leaves Under Foot.

While dey was a-growin'
Up dar In de tree,
When de wind was BLOWN
Dey used ID sing to me.
Dey sang song o. gladness
When de sky was bright and clear;
Dey didn't know de sadness
Like what's comm to 'em here.
Now dey's all allyn
Scattered everywhere;
Yet dey seems a tryin'
To sing of days so fair.
When de wind comes bustlin'
Colby, once agin,
Dey stahts in a-rustlin':
Does de bes dey kin.
De old jubilation
Can't return no mo-,
Yet my admiration
Goes to EN-. fob sho'.
Oar Is sadness ringin
In echoes of de past.
But dey keeps on singin':
: -Singsn to- the last ---- - -
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SAID The AUTOMOBILE.

~ think" said the automobile.
The country's not treatin' me fair
Sometimes, at a pitch.
Don't / run down the rich.
An kill of a poor millionaire?
Its true that I'm climbin' the trees,
An playin leap frog with the wall
Round a church, holdin' meetin'
Red-hot, an still heatin.
Oh. take in the sinners and all!
Its sad" said the automobile.
The way they berate me around!
They curse me to kill
But I'm filiin' the BILL
An I certainly cover the ground
Atlanta Constitution
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CUNNING JOHNNY.

Playful little Johnny. once on Halloween.
Shot his uncle's eye out with a little bean!
Pshaw He didn't mean IL: beans were made TO
Wasn't Johnny cute?
Playful little Johnny stole the widows gate;
Broke a dozen windows, boldly tempted fate:
From the doctors buggy ripped the upper part
Wasn't Johnny SMART
Playful little Johnny wrecked the preachers fence,
Which had Just been finished at a large expense;
Scared Miss Oldun she nearly had a fit
Wasn't Johnny ''It'l
Playful little Johnny rang the deacon's bell
When the door opened on the deacon fell
Twenty soft tomatoes-spoiied his Sunday suit
Wasn't Johnny cute:
Playful little Johnny tackled the wrong place:
Some who waiting caught him face to
face:
Johnny went home bowling: Oh the wets he had
Wasn't IL too badf
q. =. kiser, In the Chicago Record Herald.
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SHOOTING STARS.
Caught Mapping

9Affaye you seen what the opposition is
calling your
Yes answered the candidate. land I
am. very much irritated. l ought to have
thought of some of those uncomplimentary
epithets before they did
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Not So Good.

"a young mans chances for making q
great fortune are not good as they were
generation ago."
Not quite" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax
That's the fault of the people who have
insisted on exposing the tricks of high
finance
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Truth and Politics.

How much better 1t would be If political
candidates told only the truth about one
another said the ideahst
My dear SIR" rejoined the practical citi-
zen. ''you don't consider what a desperate
state of affairs 1t would be If half the
things they tell about one another were
true
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04

Mr.. Roosevelt has his cabinet so We'll Or
ganized that he can go hunting at almost
any time with perfect confidence that all
political emergencies which may arise VIII
be properly attended to.
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Satisfactory.

Summer doesn't claim my yearnin',
Though 1 miss the sun lot;
But there amt no way Of turnin'
Sunshine off when it's too hot.
When the Steamboat gets together,
Sizzlin' in contented glee.
Tain't exactly summer weather,
But it's near enough for me,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04

The people who make the betting odds
evidently do not believe that Hearst viii
not come as near being governor as he did
to being mayor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04

One of the numerous interesting ques-
lions the New York election will decide
Is that of whether or not Richard Croker
is a political has-been.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04

Political aphorisms become more or less
tiresome But this campaign has demon
strated that the epigram is to be pre-
ferred TO the epithet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04

Some OF the people concerned in the chan
deliers lin Pennsylvania's capitol building
object to the suddenness with which the
light is being turned on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04

Mr. Croker may yet regain his interest in
New York politics to such an extent that
he will come over and become voter.
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JAPAN is to begin work on a record beat
ing battleship, but it is not understood
that San Francisco has anything to do with
the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04

Mr.. Peary's latest expedition adds another
to the north poles long list of hair-breadth
escapes from being discovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04

MIR. Rockefeller cannot cut down his do
nations on the plea that he has been put
to heavy expense by fines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04

The economists are pretty generally
agreed that trusts would be all right if they
would only behave themselves.
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NO RHYME, But REASON.

Little drops OF Brisbane.
Little grains OF Shearn.
Make the mighty Ioinal
And the pleasant Hoist.
New York Times.
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Count Boni almost tempts casual OBJ
server to suggest that that whipping post
idea might at least be tried in France.
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UP TO THE GAMER.

Jack Spratt would eat no fat
His wife would eat no lean,
Unless the label on the can
Could be distinctly seen.
st. Joseph tMo.l Star
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AS an organizer Mr.. Hartman appears to
be beginning where J. Pierpont Morgan left
off.
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Ii Is almost tragedy when poseur
ike Boni Castellane is shown up to be an
unmitigated cad.
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4. F. GIVE cannot answer all of your
query. as the libel laws in the District are
very strict. We can say. however. that he
objected to the stripes on general grounds
Those New Workers are sure sentimental.