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The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Oratory Saved Him.

Senator La Toilette is a graduate Of the
Wisconsin University, but he came peril
ousIy near not being. Although paiustak-
ing and earnest student. and enjoying the
respect alike of the faculty and the student
body. he never stood high in his classes.
on final examination he fell slightly below
the mark prescribed for graduation. Just
before this occurred he won chief h0nors
in an interstate collegiate ogatoriCal con-
test. thereby bringing glory and fcnown
to the great institution at Madison. At
that time the university had as lis presi-
dent John Bascom. than whom this cOun-
try has produced 10 more profound phi
l0sopher or broadly learned man generally.
President Bascom called the faculty to-
gether and made a fight for young La
Toilette. lie pointed out that while la
F0ilette's examination showed that he
was a little deficient in some branches of
the curriculum, and that thus his average
was not up 10 the arbitrary standard pre-
scTibed, he was still one of the hardest
working students ever at the university,
had reflected credit upon the institution
in the big oratorical contest, and would
continue 10 Go SO i'm after life. By a
narrow margin the faculty, by vote re-
versed its decision against La Toilette.
and granted him a diploma. In a sense.
therefore, Mr.. La Toilette has made no
speech in all his career that has won
him prize more highly valued At the
time than that in the interstate OratOrical
contest.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
SATURDAY. MAY IS, 1907.
Ruef and the Men Higher Up"

It appears that ABE" hueI uas uOW
reached the stage in his hysterical and
COWardly confession Of guilt. in order TO
save himself from the full punishment of
the law, where he is willing to inform on
the Tascals higher up" Such persons as
he are not the real menace. Sooner or
later. the law OveTtakes them. They not
the sewers Of dragon teeth. II Is the un-
considerable and greedy rich men who
employ the Ruefs 10 do their dirty work
who are the sources of public corruption.
Happily for this country and for the
world. that class constitutes a small
minority Of the men Of large wealth. IN
fortunately for the rich and for ordered
liberty. the scoundTels who heap up piles
Of dollars by hook or crook are all too
seldom fully exposed 10 the communities
they infest. Should they be, contumely
would be their lot. No honest man would
speak % them Their shame would follow
them 10 the utterm0st parts of the earth
if they should escape the punishment Of
the law. They would learn that there are
many things In this world their filthy
chasable things being the respect and
Companionship Of honest men and women.
rich and poor alike.
From the public aspect Of the case,
Ruefs confession. although only partial.
is one of the most hopeful signs Of the
times 1t was forced from him not by an
aroused public conscience, but by the
of a.r.fr4 Lr4-
educated % the evils which beset the
body polite The public conscience has
never been low or Indifferent Every COM
munity throughout the length and breadth
OF Christendom is sound at heart No
fostering sore corrupts it, The fault
has been. and still is, to a more or less
large extent, that the public mind. or that
manifestation of it called public opinion,
needed education. An untrammeled press
is rapidly educating public opinion in the
United States. More To this force than to
any other in our national life is due the
fact that public corruption and corrup-
ti0nists are being mercilcssly exposed and
that prison walls are Ccnfning the tools
Of public C0TrupuOniSts 10 the companion
StlH Il hti-fL f.ltlltlf~ bA SIAl-NN II VIII
not De a great while now unit, public
opinion will g0 a step further and send
the unconscioHable rich men to keep COM
pany in the penitendaries with their hired
tools
It is a glorious era in which we live.
The concession and probable punishment
Of so powerful and facile tool of the
criminal rich as Abe Ruef proves it.
Other cities in the country Will soon fol-
low San Fraucisco's example. OF this we
make no doubt. Then viii come publi.
scOrn and detestatiOu Of rich corruption
lists that will drive them from the society
Of decent people everywhere. The ostra-
CiSm of ancient Greece and the proscrip-
tiOn Of Rome in her better and finer days
will be adopted in this country. whose
government is really a government Of
public opinion. and whose laws are made
TO afford equal opportunity for every one
OF its citizens.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
SAVED AGAIN.

l have to grind a poem out,
Unhappy dub,
But what on earth to write about!
There is the rub.
I'm fairly cornered for a theme
And woe is me.
A poets life is not a dream,
As you can see.
This time I'm put 10 utter rout.
1t comes 10 pass
l know not what to write about.
AlaCk. alas,
But stay. AS one who stOutly girds
His loins anew,
I'll write about a hundred words
And make 'em do,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
conducted for the defeat of the instru-

conducted for the defeat Of the instru-
ment
AS this campaign will fail, in all human
probability, Il has become necessary 10
enlist the aid of the President in the plan
to exclude the twin Territories from
Statehood. In his hands lies the eventual
fate Of the new constitution. But he
cannot dlsapprove without some weighty
reason. and this reason several Republi-
can leaders Of erhinence have been en-
deavoring TO supply him. They have
urged various objections to the cOnstitu-
ton. none Of which has impressed this
newspaper as at all adequate TO the
emergency. So that If no better reason
is offered than that the new State has
made some mistakes which meet with
popular approval at the moment. and
that these alleged errors have a Demo-
cratic flavor, we do not hesitate to say
that the President would be seriously
misled if he declined TO issue the procla-
nation admitting the new State. He
cannot become a censor Of the new con-
stitution, upon the showing so far made
as to its character, without incurring
suspicion Of Interior motives Of a frankly
partisan character and any action Of this
nature would do more damage TO his own
cause and the cause Of his party than
could be offset by the gain Of depriving
the opposite party Of seven electoral
votes on indefensible preteXts.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Good sundnr Ne,rsnnnern.

From the Punxsutsvney Pa Spirit.
We do not like 10 say anything 20 make
the other newspapers feel dissatisfied with
themselves. and hope they win pardon us
for mentioning the fact that, so far as
our observation goes. the sunday editions
Of the New York Sun. New York Times.
and The Washington Herald have the
other Sunday newspapers skinned a
block. They do not use the absurd Colorod
supplement. and they are not too big to
be handled without the use of hosting
machinery.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
AReeretted nmisslon.

Prof William Bailey not the Bill Bailey
who refused 20 come back, has made an
investigation into the occupation Of each
graduate Of the Yale classes from 1897 20
1872. lie finds, among other interesting
things. that out of the Zci3 graduates
= adopted journalism
This IS gratifying. Of course. but az the
same time it seems just a little disap-
pointing that ia the entire total there
wasn't a solitary newspaper man.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
An EarIr Fcmlnine Cu.tom.

Adam was securing a better grasp on
the language.
This" he explained TO our first mother.
as he gave his arm a comprehensive
sweep. "ls the book Of nature"
Eve looked around az the trees and the
shrgbh0ry and the tender grass.
II wonder where the last chapter is2"
she mUrmur5J. I'd Ike % see how the
story comes out"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Xot i'm Receipt Of Royalties.

Reference was made I'm this column a
few days ago to Gen. Anson Mills profits
out Of the cartridge belt now in use by
the armies Of this and other countries. 1t
was stated that he was in receipt Of large
royalties still as the result of his useful
invention. As a matter Of fact Gen.
Mills has had no interest in the output OF
these belts since September H. 1905. when
his interest was disposed Of 90 the com
pany operating at Worcester, Mass. The
factory was established just after the
Spanish war at the request OF the ord
nance department Il is said that the
government orders yielded little profit be-
yond the cost Of the factory. The belt is
sold to this government at S175. while
abroad its price is S265. As now manu-
factured it is quite different and more eX-
pensive than the belt originally devised.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
A Humane Plan.

From the Savannah News.
The New York legislature has passed a
bill providing that all old horses that
have worn themselves out in State or
municipal service shall become pensioners
Of the State or municipality, and not to
be sold in their declining years into drudg-
cry and hardship drawing hacks or
drays. The bill contemplates the turning
out Of the old horses to grass on farms
at the expense Of the corporation which
they formerly served. The idea is humane
and has public approval
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
MEN AND THINGS.
The Knox Increment.

Ihat the Knox movement is serious is
now for the first time generally accepted
by the politicians in Washington. The
ringing Endorsement given to it by George
T. Oliver, through his influential newspa
per- the Pittsburg Gazette-Times. has re-
moved all doubt here as to the Pennsyl-
vania Senator's willingness 20 enter the
lists for the great prize to be fought fer in
next years Republican national conven-
tion. Mr.. Oliver is a power in Pennsyl-
vania politics. He belongs TO the family
Of steel kings, whose fortune is enormous.
their two newspapers at Pittsburg being
among their smallest assets both finan-
cially and politically. At the last Repub-
lican State convention, at Harrisburg. Mr..
Oliver was chairman Of the committee on
resolutions, and he put in the platform
plank bestowing unusual praise upon Sen
ator Knox. Senator Penrosc, as Quay's
residuary legatee, was supposed to be the
boss Of the convention, but Mr. Oliver. a
quiet, unostentatious man, sat Ike a
spider behind the altitudinous Senator and
-gun the web which caught and strangled
every fly of the opposition. The reform
element, or, at least, the opposition to the
old Quay regime, was strong and lusty at
the convention, but it was unable 10 make
head against the organization, which had
the Endorsement Of the administration at
Washington
II Is assumed that the Knox boom Will
be managed personally by Mr.. Oliver here
after and IT is expected that o good deal
will be heard Of 1t from now on. The
Senator's standing at the White House is
hieh-so high that the President insisted
upon Mr.. Knox accepting appointment 20
the Supreme Court to succeed Associate
Justice Brown. Not until after the Penn
sylvanian declined did the President make
proffer Of this place 20 Secretary Taft,
whom he urged not 10 accept II because
he desired TO have the Ohioan succeed 10
the Presidency.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
MIR. Taft and the Tariff.

When the candidacy Of Secretary Taft
for the Presidency was proposed, about
the last thing anybody thought Of was to
inquire whether he were sound in the
prOteCtiOnist faith. IL was well known
that he had committed himself openly TO
tariff revision and that he had labored
increasingly in behalf Of free trade with
the Philippines. No one, outside a small
cabal of protected interests, thought the
worse Of him on this account II has
remained for the chief organ OF the
standpatters to open campaign against
him on the ground that his attitude to-
ward the tariff Is not sufficiently protec-
ZIONIST, and that his election 10 the Pres
idency would portend dire disaster 10 the
country. The next nominee of the Re
publican party for President Of the
United States" says this organ, 'is going
10 be a protectionist." BY that it means
that he is going to be a standpatter,
pledged 10 uphold the sacred Dingley tar
if and to withdraw the tariff concessions
made by the administration 10 Germany
and likely to be offered also TO France
and possibly other countries.
This bOurbOnistic pronunCiamento will
excite A broad smile wherever il is read.
Nothing could be more ridiculous than
the assumption that the next Republican
Presidential candidate must. from the
necessity Of the case, place himself on
the stand-pat platform, All the signs Of
the times point % reylsionist pIanks in
both party platforms. Even the Protec-
tive Tariff League is committed TO a dual
tariff, and that means revision Of some
sort, which will have 20 be downward II
We are to escape tariff wars with some
Of our most important foreign customers.
The administration, because Of its Yield
ing 10 Germany, IS practically committed
20 a lowering Of duties IN order 70 gain
reciprocal advantages. Is it likely that
any Republican candidate for the Presi-
dency would win favor on "a platform re-
pudiatinE the administration tariff CON
cessiOns2
Notwithstanding stand-pat protestati0ns,
this is not a stand-pat year, nor is 1865
likely to be- The question most likely to
be asked Of prospective Republican Pres
idential candidates is not whether they
are going 20 stand pat. but whether they
are in favor of a revision Of the tariff.
and a relaxation Of some Of the absurd
restrictions imposed on foreign trade. We
rather guess Mr.. Taft can answer these
questions 20 the satisfaction Of large
majority of hls party, If not, indeed. of
a good many voters in the other party.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Such n PITY!

Say it must be a great joke for the
fish that gets away when he hears him
self described as the biggest that ever
was"
NO, it's all lost on him"
How do you k10w?"
Scientific experiments prove that fish
do not hear"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
ARE YOU GOING AWAY &?

Subscribers who leave the city tempo
rarily should hare The Washington Herald
mailed 20 them. Addresses will be changed
as often as requested. You cannot keep
fully informed about affairs in Washington
unless your paper follows you.
Before leaving. mail or telephone your
address to this Office.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Against the Peoples VIII.

From the Rochester Herald.
The Republicans are going to hold up
Oklahomas Statehood ambitions until
after the Presidential election next year,
If they can. Have they so soon forgot
ten the results Of carpetbagism and other
schemes for governing the people against
their will a generation ago?
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Would Save Stamps.

From the Boston Herald
Why are the so-called safes Of about
all the country post-of1ices such easy
marks for burglars when they undertake
to crack them? Postmaster General Meyer
might take up that question for consider
alton whom he gets around to it. Il would
save postage stamps.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
CuIIom and Cannon.

Illinois tw0-a4uncular statesmen. Uncle
shelby CuIom and Uncle Joe Cannon.
are at least in thorough accord as 10
that States favorite son for ls>. II Is
Uncle Joe. For years Senator Cuiiom was
looked upon as Illinois most likely favor
ite son. The Presidential fever ragged
within him with more or less fury from
the time Black Jack Logan died until
Mark Hanna bounded suddenly into the
ring and taught an of the Old-time Prcsi-
dent-makeTs new tricks in that business.
After that Senator Culloms fever sub
sided. and e-er since he has been content
70 continue his faithful service In the
Senate. Right under the roof Of the
Executive Offices the other day he an
nounred boldly that Speaker Cannon was
the Illinois candidate. bar none. lie had
just come from a conference with the
President. and il is presumed he Informed
that saEari0us politician that all other
booms must be kept out Of Illinois.
In mental and physical makeup there
are many points Of resemblance between
Senator CUliom and Mr. Cannon. Each
is typicaily Western I'm looks and
methods Each has the peculiar drawi OF
speech characteristic Of his part of the
country. Both are notably democratic in
bearing and association. and both look
enough like Abraham Lincoln % cause
comment The Senator is only seven
years older than the Speaker. and has
Just been reelected.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
FInhherrnated Pm.

'Ah. pater. I am no end glad to be
home from college"
What's that?"
II am jolly we'll pleased, y'knaw."
Hank. clean out the old stall. There's
a new critter on the place
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
EninentIy So.

81 say that a million dollars is a very
respectable fortune"
Say on"
mo matter how II was gotten"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Hard TO satisfy.

We didn't like the snow.
We didn't like the sleet;
And now to work we 50
And eKeCrate the heat.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Ono ExnInnatlnn.

The anger Of a Montana editor over the
eXtermiuating Of the Florida alligators
forcibly suggests that he may have IN
tended taking his mother-in-iaw down
there for a brief pleasure trip.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

If. as Senator Platt says. he made
Roosevelt" and is himself "a self-made
man" it demonstrates that he is the most
versatile individual in the manufacture
Of statesmen this world ever knew.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Arms and the Man.

From the New York Herald
Uncle Shelby" CulIom, of Illinois. says
Uncle Joe" Cannon is not "a reaction
ary." In other words, an up-to-date rife
gun instead OF an old-fashioned smooth
bOrp
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
The Only One Who Knows.

From the Philadelphia Press.
All those asking who is to be the next
Democratic candidate for President are
referred to Col. Henry Watterson. He is
the only one who knows
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
H. IIIerII,In Nnmn-

1T is stated here that Bjorustierne
Bjorusen writes so badly that an HIS
manuscripts have TO be copied before being
sent to tho printer"
no doubt it was writing his own
name that discouraged him."
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
A Possible Discovery.

From the Omaha Bee.
The immigration commission has gone
to Europe to study the immigration qUes-
ton, II may find that the question has
removed to the United States.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

Naturally. the statement made by 4
Johns Hopkins University professor that
there existed a fish i'm the Mediterranean
Sea capable of swallowing Jonah is not
attracting very much attention Relying
on the word Of the Houston Post no one
doubts that a Texas black bass might
swallow d couple of Jonahs and hardly
notice il at all
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

President Diaz was a trihe precipitata
I'm denying that the idea of a United
States-MeXico protectorate over those
fussy little Central American republics
originated with him \ great number OF
people and newspapers think it a first
rate suggestion.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
shonId Chnnge His Nnme-

From the Norfolk yirgirian-Pilot
II dollars are only dross." as Mr. Car
negie asserts, then he should lose no time
in changing his name to Andrew Dross-
man.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
All Trusts Do II.

From the Birmingham Age Herald.
The watch trust has been caught selling
watches abroad at lower rates than at
home. But all the trusts do that, and
their name is legion.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Railroads Not Rnined Yet.

From the Portland Oreg0nian.
Only $22.90o0o0 surplus will the Union
Pacific have this year. Who was it said
Roosevelts enforcement Of the law would
ruin the railroads?
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
4 Staggering Suggestion.

From the Indianapolis Sun.
The imagination staggers at the sug-
gestioE that Billy Bounce Taft is the
bone of contention" in Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Prccnutinn.

''Dinghat has gone into trade"
Wen have 20 cut him.
quite so.
But, hold, Is he making money!
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
AIgx's NIefhnd.

"Yaas; I stick TO me system"
after you win a certain amount each
day, you quit?"
"Aftah l lose a certain amount doah
boy"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Good weather Now.

What's all this rejoicing about?"
You know Uncle Goshall Hemlock?'
"Of course"
"He says the backbone Of spring is
broken"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
Gov. Hughes Enemies.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Gov. Hughes, of New York. has a few
enemies, but they are the kind that help
a man about as much as his friends.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

of government. In this country the power
Of the Executive is so tremendous that a
change in that Office might lead TO very
important notifications of national policy
TO which the assent Of Congress would
not be essential. A Democratic Executive
might be unable TO get his cherished legis-
lative measures through Congress, but
he could infuse a very different spirit into
the administration. We see no reason,
therefore, why a Democratic President
should be condemned in advance to i'm
potence. Confronted by an unsympa-
thetic Senate. he would. in fact, be forced
10 make the best use possible Of the i'm
mense power Of his great Office.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

A Pennsylvania died Of laughter a few
days ago. Perhaps the story about Mr..
Cortelyou being a reactionary' dark
horse candidate for the Presidency has
reached that locality.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

So FAR, the Russian Douma has passed
one bill. and the Council Of the Empire
promptly killed that. Evidently. the
Cars idea is that the Douma is to be
strictly ornamental
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
THE OPTIMIST.

That is a curious notion OF some peo-
plea great majority, unfortunately-that
it is difficult for one to be optimistic as
the years grow on. It seems to be the
thought that the more experience Of real
life-which, in SOME aspects, is rather
sordid-a man has, the less he should
believe in human nature. l rather think
that the melancholy Romeo with his sen
tentlous-
He jests az scsrs who never felt wound
is IN some way responsible for this. Il is
a quotation very well known, and per-
haps it colors many minds and lends al
excuse for shallow pessimism-for pessi-
mism is always shallow.
For my part. like TO believe that;
Men may rise on stepping stones
Of their dead selves 10 higher things.
That is what experience is for-to soften
a man and make him fit this relentless
mould Of earth with less resistance; not
70 harden him.
1t may require earnest effort TO raise
oneself above experience; it is very
necessary that ripe age and old age, too,
should make the struggle to get back 10
the happy and Illuminating ignorance Of
youth. Humanity is not bad individuals
are bad, as some trees are gnarled, but
what we have 10 do is so 70 live as II we
had 10 do with an ideal humanity.
Experience is the only road % the
truth. but il is for us TO listen only TO
the experience that urges us forward and
upward; it is always higher than the
experience which throws US back. Life
is always eager to reconstruct; and IL
We use our experience wisely we shall
find ourselves impatient az the foolish
delay we have made-hurrying eagerly
toward the goal But experience will
help US TO be patient so that we may
know that.
+h7~~- arc rsazzTDg
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18
PLAIN DEALS.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The ScapcEOnt.

Along the road 10 punishment
There's many a legal hitch,
For the latest railway accident
They blame a defective switch.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

why monkey with the tarif?' asks a
North Carolina contemporary Well, so
far as we can see, no one is monkeying
with it,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

The Republican party in Tennessee is
composed Of the ins and the outs" saws
the Nashville American. The outs"
however, are in the majority.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

A Nebraska woman captured q burglar
and married him. OF course. there is
such a thing as terroriz.ng the burglars
into better ways Of making living.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

Mr.. "Fingy' Connors, Of Buffalo, y. Y.
threatens to call national conference 10
consider the Presidential situation. We
do not anticipate any serious overcrowd-
ing Of the passenger trains by the dele
gates thereto.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

I never was a Roosevelt man." says
Senator Platt Certainly not. Every one
understands the quality OF Roosevelt
luck
The Washington herald., 1907-05-18

Mr.. Thomas ". Lawson writes home
that the Pope is "a very good man" Mr..
Lawson is mellOYing wonderfully with
added age. a-..-~