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The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
NATIONAL INCORPORATION.
Analogy of BooscvcItian Ideas with
Those of Editor HOsewater.

Analogy of BooscvcItiHn Ideas with
Those of Editor Hosewater.
From Che Omaha Bee
The policy outlined by the President
Is practically a repetition ana indorse-
ment OF the attitude OF the late Mr.
Edward Eosewateg in d series OF spe-
Cial articles published in the Bee and
the Twentieth Century Farmer in the
spring OF 1915. Iu those articles Mr..
RoseWatcr discussed all Of the phases
of the railway problem in the United
states and The abuses that grew out
of a lack Of proper control Of the in
terstate commerce roads. He called at
tcuti0n 70 the loose charters tha. had
been granted IN some States 20 eacour-
age railway extensions. the overcapital-
izatiOn and stock watering. the growth
Of rebates and rate Determinations. and
the evils that had arisen from railway
activity In State and national politics.
His conclusions, after thorough review
OF the situation. were that the problem
of fair rates and proper operation Of
railways could only come through the
naturalization of railways. the transfer
Of the control Of such questions from
the state to the national government.
The programme for this control. as out
lined by Mr.. Rosewater, was practically
identical with that now being urged by
President Roosevelt The developments
Of the last few years indicate the edu-
cation of the people 20 this view Of the
situation and hold a promise that IA
vorable Congressional action on the Pres
dents recommendations VIII be taken
al the coming session OF Congress. The
result Of such action VIII be 70 place IN
Federal control the most momentous
problem that has confronted the Ameri-
can people since the civil war.
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We recall reading. and commenting
upon. this statement some time ago:
Theodore Roosevelt is fortunate in the
enemies ne has made" 1t occurred TO
us at the time that this might be true
in q certain sense-provided it We're ad-
mitted that the making of an enemy
could ever be considered q fortunate cir
cumstauce
Certain it is that some one may be
depended upon, and. as a rule, at the
exact and psychological moment, 70
/ butt in" with some sort Of idiotic at
tack upon the President every now and
then, the outcome Of which invariably
/ leaves him higher in the public estima-
ti0n than before the episode At the
I present moment persons IN certain sec
! tons are threatening the President be-
/ cause Of the Incident of the now famous
Fairbanks cocktail luncheon a general
Outcry against the dispensation Of wines
at the White House has been started. and
It seems not altogether unlikely that the
/ agitation may gain some headway
Fortunately for the American people,
| they have a fine and abundant sense of
humor. They refused to take the Roose-
! Velt-Storer controversy In a serious man
ner. Notwithstanding the fact that II
might have been serious had II not been
! so conical! The cocktail incident was no
fault Of the President, and save for
| the laugh It brought forth, did not unset
| the national status of things to any
| great extent. Misguided ones who seek
| TO undermine The popularity Of Mr..
/ Roosevelt along the lines aforesaid are
( sure TO find themselves losers in the end
They viii not injure the President: on
the contrary. they viii but add one more
TO the list Of foolish rows kicked up with
intent to hurt him. but which resulted in
anything else.
We suppose the President would accent
a cocktail if the spirit moved him. We
doubt not that he serves wines upon oc-
casions demanded by national or interna-
tional courtesy. But he has impressed
/ himself, whatever may be the individual
estimate of him. upon the country as q
wholesome. clean American; a lover Of
the manly qualities in his fellow-citizens
and one Of whose domestic virtues moth
ing by way Of adverse comment may be
said
There are "A lot OF reform movements
now being carried on throughout this
land. Some are in the right direction and
others ill-directed. This we know. and do
not underestimate; but those who are seek
ing 20 build up opposition TO Mr.. Roosevelt
/ because he does not subscribe to all
their extreme views, or because they
seek some sort Of revenge upon him,
viii do well to pause before proceeding
further along the line herein indicated
He viii come out with all Of the glory
and all Of the hair that anybody pulls
II is the quality Of his luck" to have
some one furnish him an opportunity
such as this may prove.
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though Congress might add to the con-
stituuoDal enumeration OF Federal
powers. by these operations" said
jefferson, new channels Of commuuica-
ton viii be opened between the States,
the lines Of separation viii disappear,
their interests will be identified, and their
union be cemeuted by new and indiss0lu-
ble ties" John c. Calhoun held similar
views in his earlier career, before he
became obsessed by his extraordinary
idea Of State rights. And the results
which Jefferson and Calhoun hoped 10
accomplish by the development OF a ma
tienal spirit have come about. and were
admirably described by Secretary Root
in his famous Pennsylvania dinner
speech. Mr.. Britt notes the fact that
jefferson. IN 1906, and Root, in 1906, talked
OF vanishing State lines. not in a geo.
graphical sense. but in a commercial and
political sense. If Jefferson and Calhoun
were alive to-day. does any one suppose
they would favor the reduction or i'm
pairment of the functions Of the mighty
nation they helped to found?
Dr. Frederick Cook announces that he
has discovered "a new route TO the north
pole" Good, Who discovered the old
one?
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Panama and the Mi..I..ippI.

From the New Orleans Picayune-
The Panama Canal when completed will
be virtually a continuation OF the Missis-
sippi River. which viii thereby pour It's
commerce, if not its waters. into the Pa
ciic Ocean. The Mississippi River viii be,
by the same rule. a part Of the Panama
Canal, and it would be a great lack of
regard for the prosperity OF our country
to dig the canal and not improve the
channel of the Mississippi. 1t is a great
thing in its favor that the President takes
so large an interest in the grand enter
nrfSp
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
SUNDAY, OCTOBER G. 1g07
Speaking for the President.


Mr.. Roosevelt is stiu content 20 allow
other members of his administration TO
speak his mind on the subject of tariff
revision. Five speeches on all sorts OF
national topics, and not one word on the
tariff! II was left 20 Secretary Straus
10 supply the omission with his cautiously
worded admonition that if we raise the
tariff wall too high in this country We
encourage a similar policy abroad, and
so the bars are put up on both sides 10
the normal course of trade. President
Mckinley, as Mr.. Straus showed, after
years of battling for high protective
tariff, saw how pTOhibitive tariffs III home
and abroad operated % isolate us as a
nation and 10 restrict our commerce. 50
that the first thing requisite to our com
mcrcial expansion was a lowering Of the
tariff barriers to International trade
Reciprocity was the Mckinley method Of
reducing those barriers. though he sug-
gested in addition the lowering or removal
Of tariff duties no longer having any
protective value
Mr.. Straus' address 20 the cotton mill
men is one of a number Of signs that
reciprocity viii be once more brought
forward rs a palliative of some OF the
evils of a too high protective tariff. As
We have observed more than once, Mr.
Roosevelt may be dumb as an oyster on
the tariff, but his administration is doing
what il can in the direction of clearing
away the distractions 20 trade expan-
sion. If there were no other evidence Of
il. sufficient could be found in the viI1l-
lent criticism Of the German tariff agree
ment with which the stand-pat journals
abound That terrible bogey. the advers,.
balance Of trade. Is being exhibited in its
most hideOus aspect, and the frishtful
consequences Of buying more goods from
Germany than we sell 20 her are p0r-
traycd with tlOqucnCe ana fgrvCr. IF Mr..
Roosevelt were making daily tariff re-
vision speeches. he would hardly hear
more 20 his disadvantage than now ap-
pears regularly in the protectiouist or
gaus. He is there depicted as a usurper.
as a menace to prosperity. as working
u bunkO game on the American people.
The ieveling of pr0tectioHist guns at the
administration recalls the good old times
when the same armament was employed
in banging away NJ Grover Cleveland
Possibly our stand-pat friends may find
thar they are overriding the campaign
against reciprocity. The President enjoys
a fight as well as anybody, and no one
is reader to resist an open attack. II
be should become thoroughly aroused by
The criticism Of the stand-pat crowd there
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
BAsEBALL PEssIMIsT.

I'm livin' in a tail-end town: ours is a
hopeless case.
We'd think we'd won enough renown If
we got seventh place.
Some towns fer better luck next year de-
clare a chanst they see,
But We amt got no such idear; we're
anchored where We be.
Ye can't keep some folks sperrits down;
they scheme away an plan,
But ten years in a tail-end town viii sour
the finest man.
Let others loaf around an bet an hope
fer pennants still.
We've never won a pennant yet; I s'pose
we never win.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
AcceIerating Public opinion.

From the New YORK Evening Post
The cynicism OF Mr.. Quigg may prove
to have added a word TO our political vo-
cabulary. He describes his costly efforts
as designed to accelerate" public opin-
ion. This is an advance over the def
milton which the press agent of the Pan
anna Canal gave Of his functlons-namely,
TO keep public opinion normal" But
that was far too slow for the Metropoli-
tan. To suit It. public opinion had 10 hit
up the pace. and, Of course, it is money
that makes the mare go. Just at present,
however, all talk OF "accelerating'' speed
in connection with the Metropoltans af-
fairs will inevitably suggest. by associa-
ton OF ideas, the Rake's Progress, or the
rushing Of the Gadarene swine down a
steep place into the sea
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06

The troubles in Morocco have benefited
a portion Of the Maltese people in a Gu
rious sort of way, according TO the Man
chester Guardian. Cummin is grown to
a considerable extent in the island of
Malta, and during the years I9O5-1g07 the
cultivation of the plant has been in
creased by 456 acres, or so per cent. in an
ticipatiOn Of greater demand for this ar
ticle in consequence of the political trou-
bles in Morocco. Presumably, il is ex-
pected there will be a reduced export
from MOgador. which, with Malta. Sicily,
and India, is the source Of supply to the
worlds market. CUmmin is a dwarf UNI
belliferous plant grown IN the region of
the Levant for its fruit and its seed,
which have a bitteTish warm taste with
an aromatic flavor, and which are used
as are the seeds OF anise and CARA
way. Cummin is a constituent, too, Of
the famous Indian curry. English people
are most familiar with the name from
the reference in the Gospel of st. Mat
thew. where the Pharisees are rebuked
for 'omitting the weightier matters of
the law" while they pay 1.-THE Of mint
and anise and cummin.'
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
Rotation I'm Office

From the Charleston News and Courier
The general principle should be that the
onus should lie upon governors, Congress
men, and other oficeholders when they
seek reelection TO prove to the satisfac-
ton of the Commonwealth or district that
their retirement would cause positive loss
TO the public service. The idea of compli-
mentary second terms should not be toll
Grated in this democratic country Of ours.
and officehoIders should receive no re-
wards that they do not earn.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06

A paper read by James j. Britt, of
the Asheville u. c. bar. before the
Pen and Plate Club Of that city on the
growth of the Federal Constitution, ac-
Cepts frankly the doctrine of construc-
tive Interpretation OF that instrument as
a practical way Of adapting it 20 the
changing needs Of the country. The Con-
stitution. as he shows. has undergone a
process of development, so that the writ
ten instrument no longer expresses the
full scope Of national power. He sketches
rapidly the main lines Of this historical
development from MarshaU's great de-
cision sustaining the coustitutiOnality OF
a national bank 10 the insular decisions
upholding our right 10 hold distant col
Onies. and concludes that whatever the
nation finds il necessary to 90 II will
ind authority for doing" All this is
sufficiently familiar 70 the student Of
constitutional history, though II is often
forgotten by those who echo that mean
ingless cry, Back to the Constitution
as if the Constitution under which we
live were not a living organism. We
may stop the course of constitutional
development, but We cannot undo the
past
Mr.. Britt believes that in the vast
repositories Of implied powers contained
in various clauses Of the Constitution
ample authority can be found for Fed
eral legislation for The regulation Of in
dustrial and insurance corporations. for
enforcing the treaty rights of foreign
ers, for correcting the evils Of child
labor. and for a uniform marriage and
divorce law But when the nation has
done all this and more, cit is yet a
potent and interesting fact that 80 Per
cent Of all the laws. Of all the functions
Of control that touch the daily life of
the people is yet administered by the
States This Is the conclusive answer
10 those who fear that extension Of Fed
eTal power means the wiping out of
state boundaries and the obliteration of
the States Many matters of national
concern may pass to Federal control,
but, as Mr.. Britt truly says
The integrity Of the states VIII be preserved
their established constitutions and governments
viii stand; their lines and boundaries win not he
broken; their administrative functions nav be
changed but they win not be impaired; their In
tcrnal polic viii not be iHterfer5d with; the admin
iteration Of the great buik Of po7e law win be- as
new. in their hands; their schools their charities
their public institutions, their elections in short
those fundamentals OF sovereignty admittedly and
oonstitutionally theirs, viii remain l."
Mr.. Britt concludes with a strong plea
for the national spirit lie quotes, IN
sef-justihcation, the argument of Thomas
Jefferson. in one OF his messages to Con-
gress, in favor Of the use Of surplus ma
tional funds for public education and in
ternal Improvement, objects which he
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
why the Array Suffers.

From the Amy and Navy Journal
The numerical strength and the efiicien-
cy Of the army cannot be maintained on
the present wage scale as compared with
wages In civil pursuits. At present a
soldier receives about $L43 a day, includ-
ing everything provided by the govern
ment For that he obligates himself foI
q period Of three years to go 70 any part
of the earth at a moments notice. en-.
dure all the privations and hardshlps and
face the dangers which characterize the
military profession. A mechanic, with nc
such obligations and at liberty 10 e
where he pleases, gets about Sc a day
The army suffers by the contrast and will
not be attractive until the inequality is
reduced
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
AGREEMENT WITH GERMANY.
Reasons for Thinking Tariff Pact
Favorable 10 This Country.

John B. Osborne in HaUeT's Weekly
No commercial arrangement between
the United States and foreign country
has ever been concluded that has, In
equal time excited wider interest and
more general discussion in the press and
among business men concerned with tariff
questions than the new commercial agree
ment with Germany. which Went into
effect on July / of this year by virtue OF
President Roosevelts proclamation issued
on June l. This agreement has aroused
no Sttle opposition on the part OF Ameri-
can manufacturers, who fear that the
notifications made In the United States
customs regulations as part Of the Ameri-
can concessions 10 Germany will imperil
their interests IN the home market.
From an economic, as we'll as fiscal,
point Of view. Il would seem that the new
agreement is more favorable to the Unit
ed States than to Germany-that IS. re-
gnrding It as a commercial bargain, and
that, after all, is precisely what every
arrangement Of commercial reciprocity
amounts TO. Treating the matter, then.
as a bargain" this Is what we find.
American goods representing 50 per cent
of our total expectation TO Germany con-
tinue 10 enjoy in that country the treat
ment Of the most favored nation, whether
this be free entry or the lowest rates Of
duty accorded to the like products of any
other country. On the other hand, the
German products that participate IN the
benefit of the reductions of duty granted
by the agreement amount TO only $1,S6l. 600,
or only IA per cent Of our total inaPorta-
ton from Germany in the fiscal year 1895.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
Alcoholism Among Women

From the New York Commercial
The increase Of alcoholism among
women in some Of the larger cities of
the world is one of the striking evils
Of the day, and one against which So
ciety and science must battle. It is as
serted by physicians that woman victims
Of alcohol are more difficult to cure than
men, ard that they are more likely TO
enter the class of incurables. It IS a
serious problem, growing more difficult
as the solution is deferred.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06


Here to begin again. 10 start all over and
swing
Into the circle Of do and dare, fresh as a
robin in spring
Yesterday dead with its night. shallow
and deep Of its tears,
Only a burden laid of In the burial
mound Of the years.
Here TO begin again, with morning upon
the hill.
Here, from a little sleep, 10 leap with a
newborn thrill
OF hope and glory and song and venture
and heart and dream
Into the splash Of the seas Of dust laved
in the dew and CLEAN,
Here to begin again. night and the past
a blur
Only the hills. with their bugle call and
myriad wings astir,
Oh, 20 begin, begin. Give me your hand,
and cling.
Morning and youth and hope. my dear:
love, and the bloom o spring.
There are more bones in the fish than
have ever been caught.
On 10 the pumpkin pie, let joy be uncon-
fined.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
Solomon and His Songs.

/ And now comes Prof Haupt, Of Johns
Hopkins University, who deposes and
says that the Songs Of solomon" were
not written by Solomon at all. but, as a
matter of fact, were written at least 600
years after his reign-long after he was
dead and gone The professor supports
/ his cOntentiOn-as these icouoclasts al
ways do-with much plausible reasoning
and apparently authentic data
/ Right now, and with emphasis, we wish
[ 70 say that we hope TO see some scholas-
/ tic wonder speedily smash the Haupt
idea into smithereens and restore Solo
mon. unanimously TO that high estate
wherein We have been used 20 contem-
plating him, and from which it is now
sought 10 drag him down.
We gave up Rameses II, not without a
struggle we admit. to the gluttony OF the
idol smashers; we saw the greatness Of
King Hotep III belittled and bedraggIed by
overca ptious criticisms; but it is not our
purpose tamely TO submit to the degrad-
ing OF Solomon. the one man in all the
world universally conceded heretofore 10
know it all.
II solomon, the erstwhile fountain-head
Of all wisdom. is demonstrated to have
achieved things only in fancy. what Is %
become Of the glory hereafter attaching
10 any mans name? Shall We all have
Prof Haupts camping on our trails a
thousand years hence seeking 90 snatch
tLe laurels from our long since cmbalmed
and unonending heads? Are We 20 give
aid and comfort 10 this sort Of thing now.
20 our own undoing in the dim and dis
tant future? II we do not fT0wn down
these people at this time, how can we ex-
pect that some champion win arise in
after years and hold fast the hal0s about
our own Eeads2
I'm this emergency we call upon all Ma
sons. of high ard low degree, 20 rally to
the standard of Solomon. If solomon
was an imp0stor what about that Won
deTful temple. Hiram of Tyree. and all
the rest OF IL? solomon is the one great
and specific hero Of the order; shall he be
relegated to the rear. after all these years
of honorable standing? Is not this the
proper Masonic hour TO arise and defend
the keystone of the arch supporting so
many Of Masoury's most cherished tTadi-
tiOns?
We believe that it is, and we feel that
this bugle call Will not 90 unheeded
Solomon must be preserved in all his
glory, and in due and ancient form.
Once more the President ruthlessly runs
over the Constitution. He proposes TO
force all army officers TO Indulge IN a
ffteen-mile horseback ride; and the Con-
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
Tvvo-ecnt Fnre Test.

From the Springfield Republican.
one interesting fact brought out in the
annual report of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Is that the
reduction Of fares over the whole system
20 cents a mile resulted in an in
crease in passenger revenue, where a de-
crease, as President Melen says, had
been expected for a time at least Just
where the maximum Of revenue viii be
found in rates and charges IS a ques-
tiOn which can never be settled except
on the basis Of experience, but It is
certainly not to be found or the high
price side Of any possible dividing line.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
Ieft-bHuded welcome.

From the Louisville COUrieT-Juu-nal
Nlr Bryan viii DO well In his Ken
lucky speeches to omit all reference 70
government ownership and 10 let the initi-
ative and referendum severely alone
The Democrats have troubles of their
own, without any special importations
from Nebraska. Within this Limitation,
the Courler-JouTnal welcomes Mr.. Bryan
heartily
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
Dropped One Ism.

From the New YORK Gclbe.
BY basing his present plan for Federal
control on the commerce clause, the
President practically repudiates post
Toadism. Indeed. at St Louis he ex-
pressly said The nation has no direct
power over intrastate commerce, even
where it is conducted by the same
agencies which conduct interstate com
merCc."