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millions The men who circulated such
stories had no facts, while the men with
the facts circulated no stories. Irrespon-
sible entertainment explained all specula-
ton of that character.
A like spirit shows itself in the matter OF
big fortunes, and big money enterprises,
and big winnings. All, in popular chatter,
are quoted away up yonder. Multi-million-
aires are thicker than blackberrfes. Few
enterprises worthy of line in the dis
patches carry less than a twenty million
dollar capitalization. And as for a success
full stock raid in Wall street, or fortunate
sitting at the card table, or a "killing" on
the race track, small figures are absolutely
barred. The rake-offs are always immense
in the reports.
1t is a good thing therefore for two rea-
sons to be able to get political campaign
figures from reliable source. Where they
are official they put the mere tattler out of
business, and at the same time they show
who interested themselves in the campaign.
The people prefer the truth, and the truth
probably Is that, while too much money
has of late years entered into our elections,
the enormous figures that have given spice
to speculation and comment have never ex-
listed except In the imagination. The cleo
torate has never been for sale. and has
have represented the biiousness of poor
losers, or the reckless rather than the
vicious play of lively fancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
The Caruso Trial.

New York is enjoying the Caruso trial
with its customary enthusiasm. 1t Is at
tending the court proceedings en- masse and
is listening eargerly to the salacious testi-
mony The news reports of the scene at
court yesterday are edifying. One of them
contains these sentences:
I'm the crowd was at least score of
women who fought for places where they
might hear every word. These women did
not heed the comments on their presence,
nor did they appear to he embarrassed
when cameras were turned In their direc
ton" -'-'
The desire for sensation will lead people
to extremes of conduct which fail to square
with their professions and ordinary ways of
life These were probably women of good
family, of eminent responsibility and re-
finement. Yet they fought for places in
order to hear the details of a particularly
sordid case. Doubtless the fact that the de-
PENDANT was a man conspicuous In the mu-
steal world, whose voice coins gold, whose
stage performances admired by the
higher world of society and wealth. con-
tributed chiefly to the attractiveness Of the
nasty exhibition.
The same thing happens in murder trials.
The more dreadful the details. the more
shocking the revelations, the more iercsly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
Rome and Roman WAYS.

In ancient chronicles occurs this passage:
st Augustine was in the habit of dining
upon Saturday as upon Sunday; but being
puzzled with the different practices then
prevailing (for they had begun to fast at
Rome on Saturday,. consulted Saint Am
brose on the subject Now at Milan they
did not fast on Saturday, and the answer
of the Milan saint was this: When / am
here / do not fast on Saturday; when at
Rome l do fast on Saturday."
This statement established the proverbial
admonition. when in Rome do as the Ro-
mans do" 1t Is a good rule. 1t saves
trouble. II prevents friction. The traveller
who observes it will save his face" and
usually his purse. He will at least run
upon no snags unnecessarily. Even more
requisite is observance of the rule on the
part of him who soiourns in Rome for a
considerable length of time, a possible per-
manent resident. There is nothing more
difficult than the reformation of a COM
munity by one man. who thinks it's way is
wrong and his way is right The path of
the reformer is strewn with thorns at best,
but the knight Grant who undertakes to
change the habits and forms of strangers
is booked for worse than pricks.
A traveller from Venice to Rome might
ter city, preferring water transport. But
a Venetian would scarcely undertake to In
troduce gondolas on the Appian Way. II
he did so he would probably be restrained
a lunatic.
There is local moral to this disserta-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
Campaign Expenses.

The republican campaign in New York this
year. IL we may believe official reports
was not extraordinarily expensive In New
York county only little over a hundred
thousand dollars was used. This is taken
from story giving some of the details:
The largest individual contributors were
James Il. Ford, Otto T. Barnard, and 'un-
known who gave $500 each John F.
Talmage gave 81 500, and Robert Toliver,
l,2J0 Those who gave $1,000 each were
Ebert II. Gary of the steel trust; George
w. Perkins, the partner of j.. Pierpont
Morgan. who was so mercilessly grilled by
Gov.-elect Hughes during the insurance in
vestigation; John S. Kennedy, NJ. Guggen-
helm Sons James Speyer. j. w. Seligman
& Co.. NJ r. Brown. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
T. NJ. T. Raborg. Charles II. Sherrill. La
denburg. Thalman x Co.. John Jacob AS
tor. j. Pierpont Morgan, and Brown Bros.
& Co. Morris K Jesup contributed S7OO,
and Jacob II. Schiff, who spent few I'M
happy hours on the witness stand in the
Insurance inquiry, gave 5000"
These are small sums compared with
those unofficialIy reported after former
campaigns Gossip has represented men of
this stamp going down into their pock-
cts for hundreds of thousands of dollars
when the political collector presented him
self They were ready for him. and willing
to see him even second time IL need be to
save the cause.
But, as stated. those reports were unof-
fetal, and represented at most but the tit
tle-tattle of the curbstone and the hotel
lobby. The public taste demanded big fig
ures. and this was industriously fed. as
when we were told that the first McKin-
ley campaign cost sixteen million dollars,
and the second ten million. while the
Roosevelt walk-over was estimated at five
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
The New British Ambassador.

Should the successor of Sir Mortimer
Durand be an eminent parsonage, or
trained diplomat? A man, to be sure, may
be both There are Englishmen eminent
solely because of their work in diplomacy.
But the Westminster Gazette advises the
British government to subordinate diplo-
macy in the selection of the new official
here and send a man who will command
wide attention on general grounds 1t
names no names. but already gossip pre-
sents several men of great distinction.
The suggestion is complimentary to this
post, and shows that great Britain wants
to continue to stand at her best with u.s.
We have the same ambition as respects
our place at the court of ST. James. NO
ordinary man is ever taken under consider
alton in connection with that billet; and
the list of our representatives. from the
earliest to the latest name on 1t, shows
talents of the highest American order.
Orators. authors. lawyers. Journalists and
business men of large investments have
served us we'll at that great capital.
Prof. James Bryce would be very well
come here. 1t is seldom the case that a
people is instructed about it's own institu-
lions by an outsider. But that achieve
ment belongs to this scholar and publicist.
gone to the root of our governmental VEN
ture. and given even the profoundest Ameri-
can student something to think about in
connection with it. And his work is not
only Illuminating but sympathetic. He
both understands and admres the republic
of America, and has himself numerous ad-
mrers among its citizens.
Lord Curzon is a younger, and, in some
respects. a more snowy man, and he,
too because of his talents and his social
connections would serve his country well
here. while Admiral Beresford, a thorough
sailor and man of experience in the world,
would undoubtedly increase the popularity
he already enjoys in the United States.
But. as The Star said the other day, the
relations between Great Britain and this
country are now cordial and rest upon
grounds so substantial, any Englishman
with a clear head and friendly spirit
should serve his government well in Wash
ington. The atmosphere is altogether en-
couraging for such a man No pioneering
is necessary. The road u straight and
wide. and all that is necessary - 10 keep
In the middle of it. A SNOWY man, or a
student and publicist. or valiant soldier
or sailor, would fill the bill, but so would
any one of half dozen capable diplomats
who might be named now in commission
and known only in connection with dipio
matte business. The Englishman who Is
not at home In America now is not at home
at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
"a Wooden, Stolid Look. "

Gen. Garlington's report on the Browns
vile riot and the attitude of the 18th In
fantry soldiers is not a particularly per-
suasive document. SO far as justifying the
final action of the department and the
President is concerned. The utmost of the
inspector generals discovery was that the
men did not disclose the identity of any
of the offenders. They admitted that the
alleged Determinations against the colored
soldiers had been discussed In the bar
racks, though without bitterness, but they
could or would throw no light upo-- the
mystery of the crime.
If, as the inspector general believed, the
soldiers of the battalion had agreed to
stand mute the subject of the identity
of the criminals they assuredly kept faith
with each other in a remarkable manner
Gen. Darlington says that one of the elder
men, with a record of twenty-six years Of
service. without blemish upon his good
name as soldier. went to him privately
and begged for consideration, declaring
that he could not find a single clue to the
identity of the offenders. If this man, a
first sergeant. intimately acquainted with
the men in the ranks. and of their own
race. could not obtain from his own mates
the slightest suggestion which would solve
the problem, the higher officer, with all
his authority and prestige, could not ex-
pect to persuade them to break faith, II
they had pledged themselves.
All the facts set forth in the report, in
deed, suggest that possibly Gen. CARING
ton was wrong in his deduction, and that
the men were perhaps in truth ignorant or
the facts The inspector general says that
when the subject of Brownsville was men
toned "the countenance of the individual
assumed a wooden. stolid look. and each
man positively denied any knowledge of the
circumstances connected with or individuals
conce ned In the affair" Reduced to Its
final analysis, the severe punishment OF
dismissal without honor was based for JUS
tification upon that wooden. stolid look.
This seems a very slight ground for
wholesale deprivation Of rights, privileges
and honors.
There is at least the reasonable doubt"
prescribed by the civil and criminal laws, In
favor of the accused men. There Is con-
siderable doubt indeed. whether every man
in that battalion. without exception, could
have held true to an agreement to stand
mute. under the threat of a punishment
which every soldier fears only less than
death. If the President. with his avoWed
love for fair play and even-handed Justice
for all men, had given those soldiers the
benefit of the doubt. he would more surely
have met the vital needs of the case. In
all truth, the publication of the CARING
ton report has not lessened public bellef
that the men have been sacrificed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
Hasty and 1nconsiderate Action.

From the New York Evening Post.
Nothing that Mr.. Roosevelt has ever done
has produced such solidarity of feeling
among the colored people as his treatment
of the 18th Infantry. If he had set out to
find way Of making them stand together
in self-defense, he could hardly have chosen
surer one. For ourselves, we rejoice in
this very manifestation of independence
and self-eonsciousness among the colored
people, who, as even their enemies must
admit have borne themselves with dignity
and courage, although firmly convinced
that their military representatives are the
victims of inexcusable injustice and dis
elimination. That the Presidents excellent
Intentions have led him so astray is due.
primarily, to his personally taking cog
nizance of routine War Department mat
ter, which, as the Army and Navy Journal
insists. should have been left to the War
Department itself. Furthermore, the haste
and lack of consideration for the law gov
erning the case. which he has often mani
tested previously, are also responsible for
the storm of criticism, which Is the more
unfortunate since 1t arose during his alb
Sence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
A Standpatter,

Don't much like the weather,
Cause it's actin mighty queer,
But 1 pull myself together
An I try to be Of cheer.
Cause the seasons keep a changin' an your
pretty sure to strike
At some point in the program jes' the ell
mate that you like.
So / jes' stand pat
An I let 1t go at that.
Don't much like the talkin'
That they're dom nowadays,
An my taste Is kind o. balkin'
At the fashions new displays.
But things Is always shiftin' in opinions
and in style,
An you'll get the kind you're after IL you'll
only wait awhile.
So jes' stand pat
An I let 1t go at that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
Philosophy and the "Isms."
From the Chicago Post.

The most striking characteristic of the
"Isimites Is that they take themselves too
seriously and are too readily aggrieved when
others take them lightly. They are not
philosophers nor have they a marked sense
of humor. Consequently the airy fabric of
their dreams, their desires and their theo-
ries, is punctured and rent In twain by the
wise sayings of the philosopher and the
sharp gfbes of the humorist. Conspicuous
just now among this family of deadly Sc
rious folk are the socliasts. Their ism Is
the only 'ism," the ne pius ultra of all the
''isms" Accept their economic doctrine and
be saved; reject 1t and be damned. There
Is no possible middle ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
An Issue That Will Not Do.
From the Baltimore Sun.

The suggestion made by the Hon. John T.
Morgan of Alabama that the negro should
be made the issue Of the next presidential
campaign, we believe to be ill-advised and
unwise. Mr.. Morgan favors plank in the
national democratic platform which will
force this issue to the front He is SO much
IN earnest for this policy that he would
favor the withdrawal of southern state
from the national convention in case such
plank should be presented by that state
and rejected by the convention. What Is
the south to gain by a contest upon any
such line? Not one northern state could be
carried on that issue. Why not let the
sleeping dog lie?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

do the people fight for admission to the
court room, and the more brazen are the
women In their defiance Of the rules Of good
taste. Such occasions lead to the belief that
public decency demands more privacy In
the hearing Of cases involving moral turpi-
tude. The facts should be printed, else the
punishment of detection and conviction is
not sufficiently guaranteed. Publicity is es-
sential. but 1t may be assured without PAN
dering to the public taste for personal par
ticipation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
A Normal DISADVANTAGE,

Why do reformers 50 often come to
grief?"
L have often asked the question:" an
sWered Senator Sorghum. II think it must
be because they take up politics as an in
cidental diversion instead Of a regular bust
ness. It's the difference between the anna
teur and the professional"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
SHOOTING STARS.
A Bankers Privilege.

What we want" said the financier, "is
an elastic currency
Yes answered the impecunious citizen.
You people can afford to be little more
choice and exacting than the rest of us
about the kind you want"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

Count Boni ought not to hesitate about
accepting that position as head waiter in
a New York restaurant. 1t would bring
him into personal relations with a lot of
people from whom it might be easy to
borrow money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

The question of whether a layer of odds
will remain to pay of after the last race
lends another element of uncertainty and
excitement to the sport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
Expense.

The race tracks kind of funny
If you've cash an time to kill,
But it costs a lot OF money
For a little bit of thrill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

Mayor Mcclellan cannot but feel that
Mr.. Hughes was lucky in finding Mr..
Hearst in more of a mood for conceding
things than usual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
Used to Him.

From the Toledo Blade.
People are getting so used to President
Roosevelt that they no longer suffer from
nervous fright when he breaks precedent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

The problem of "Shanghai-ing'' might
be more easily solved If the friends of
labor would interest themselves in the for
nation of an oyster dredgers' union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

In spite of all this energy in the revision
of the laws there will be the same old diff
ficu!ty in getting the snow cleaned of the
sidewalks next winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
Museum or Restaurant

From the Chicago ecOrd-Herald.
Count Boni has been offered job as head
waiter in a fashionable restaurant. In case
the count accepts, the caterer might make
another hit by getting the lady who wants
trial. marriages to accept a position as
cashier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

1t would be most unfortunate il the
plumbers should fail to have their grew
ances settled before the water pipes begin
IN freeze
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
VIII Keep Him Busy.

From the Columbus TO- Dispatch.
There is one thing sure. If man stays
long enough In the cabinet, the President
will give him enough different things to do
to make him an all-round public servant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

France persistently refuses to allow these
controversies between church and state to
become ancient history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

1t may be that Poultney Bigelow will
have the temerity to criticise the Presi-
| dents report on the canal as prejudiced
and superficial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

The 25th Infantry is not in a frame Of
mind to admire the military precision with
which the President moves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

1t Is hoped that it will not be necessary
to move the Allegheny mountains in order
to secure accuracy in the weather predic-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
Avoid the Holiday Rush.

From the Detroit Journal.
A Christmas gift purchased in time saves
something like nine corns contracted In the
headlong rush of the belated shopping days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

The reticence about talking that is be-
coming in cabinet officer is not always
approved in company of soldiers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

After looking the map over with care,
Japan Is willing to forget that there Is any
such place as San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
The Big Pick.

From the Cleveland Leader.
For the time being the big pick has been
substituted for the big stick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
The DISCHARGED Soldiers,

From the New York World.
The whole affair from start to finish
would appear a series of ridiculous blum
ders If 1t were not deliberate miscarriage
Of justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

Senator Plat may resign, but he will dc
so in strictly his own way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

This is one occasion whe.- Caruso does
not particularly care for the center Of the
stage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
A Practical Demonstration.

How agreeable it would be-" said the
gentle person, ''if we could live in an at
mosphere of quietude where there were nc
unkind words spoken"
Il don't know" answered Miss Cayenne
Il lived in deaf mute asylum once and
didn't care for 1t at ALL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, when a
man spreads hisse'f in a love letter, he
'magines he's writin' real poetry when he
ain dom muffin but pilin' up evidence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22

TIN order to avoid delays on account OF
personal absence, letters to THE STAB
should not be addressed to any individual
connected with the ONCE, but simply to
THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Bush
ness Departments, according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-22
Black Goods Specials.

Coo. BLACK GOODS, 4oc.
44-inch all-wool black Cheviot and
Storm Serge; 3S-inch all-wool Alba
tross; 5O-inch Mohair Brilliantine with a
beautiful luster; soc. values. For Am~ .
Friday, yard. u>$s
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-09
TAYLOR FAMlLVs SORROW.
Three Deaths OF Near Relatives De-
CURED Within q Few Weeks.

The friends ot A, W, Taylor
aud family are sympAthiting with
them Ia succession vt cad bereAve'
meuta which have bctallcn them ~
the death " near relatives within the
pA.t few weeks. Less than two months
ago Mrs. TNylnt's s,a'rr, MF'. Fatt1r,
died In Vireinia On WednepdAy ~
last week he received the sad no,,h
cation Of the death ot his uirce, Mites
Lilly Weller, which occurred IN S'aun'
ton. Miss Weller WAS ~ her twenty
third year. graduate ot Mary h"ld
win Summary, aud young lady oi M
unusually amiAblr, sweet dispnsttion'
who nunhcTrd her trends aud admit
rrs only 10y tn" extent " her NcpnA'hl'
ancr She wrs y Teacher Ivy probes
SION. aud last Nrar WAS a member ~
the faculty ~ Nounp's fcmHl" C1l'
lrke NJ Thomasyillr. one Oi the lead
,ue educational institutions IN urnt'
gin President I CochrAne Hunt ol
that institution has written Mr.. Iay'
Tors Ions letter " sympathy over the
death ~ the young lady, which con'
tanned beautiful rulogy at her ld,
and character ~ he had Known her
Nt,, Weller visited Mr. Taylor and
tmdy N this city only about $50
week. ago. NJ witch time 'he m"
many ~ the young people here. ans
p.pplat AmOug them all
Co. aid w her sorrow, Ms IaI ln
r,,rt,cl "A Telegram Ihur'day an
b n,.ur.,u tn. death ~ hrr brother
vr.,h uccI,ttcd IL Virginia t,r PIE
.c,.u. % tht C.l. john \ V'hsn'
v. h,. Iam,. aud be- vas srVoptY.'~,
.y,af.uia.. Ito NN'A gallant Con
. e. rate .uid,,f. colonel ~ ih" topt
t,.. th V,uuum Cavalry during ~
.C.y.I w. MAKING tn" 'e~oti "
+, v..al.o scuo.Atly aud Ihu'''an go
! tl,m.u. ,ud u4mb"f,d Hs friends l.
the score
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-09
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