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The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER p. 1907.
Mr. Harrlman,s Western Observations.

Mr.. HarTiman's Western Observations.
Mr. Harriman's remark that there is
more money in the country than we
realize seems 10 De justified by the ex-
traordinary demand for New York City
bonds bearing IL per cent interest.
An issue Of $40.oe0000 has been FIVE times
oversubscribed at a fair premium. and
the bidders expect to reap handsome
profits. The success Of the issue is good
evidence that there IS more or less idle
capital that has been frightened into
seciusion by distrust OF available in
vestments, the owners Of which welcome
an opportunity 10 buy sound securities.
Mr.. Hartman observed in the West
tendency among those who had money to
hold on to it because Of their apprehen-
siOns as 10 what might become of it if
they parted with it. Mr.. Hartman ought
70 know, If anybody. how well founded
those apprehensiOns are with respect TO
certain classes Of securities put forth
in the regions Of high finance, but such
apprehensions, of course, were altogether
lacking among the bidders for the New
York bond issue When ali securities
have as solid foundation as municipal
bonds, doubtless all apprehensions OF the
sort observed by Mr.. Hartman viii dlsap-
pear.
In spite OF the feeling Of apprehension
which Mr.. Hartman says exists through
out the Western country, he found no
depression in business, though there Is
some restriction Of the volume Of bust
ness. Mr.. Hartman saw no signs OF
panic, but everywhere evidences Of the
greatest prosperity. Banks and indi-
viduals have plenty Of money, and it will
not be long before they will be seeking
avenues Of investment
How different IS all this from the gloomy
predictions that were current about the
time Of the imposition of the Standard
oil fine!
Mr.. Rockefeller started the calamity
wall with talk about our drift toward
the rocks OF financial depression. Con
fdence was gone. said this prophet, and
with it the whole foundation of our na-
tional prosperity. His sympathies went
out to the widows and orphans in their
approaching hour OF tribulation. What
was about to happen Mr. Rockefeller
could hardly venture to say, but It would
be something awful.
Well. Mr Hartman has been from one
end Of the country to the other, and has
found no trace Of the terrible conditions
Mr.. Rockefeller was sure he deserted in
the distance. Nothing darkening the
horizon but a little apprehension. which
Mr.. Hartman does not expect will have
any serious consequences. 1t is evident
we have recovered from the fright that
was engineered, TO some extent, by Mr..
Rockefeller and others of his way of
thinking. The country is as sound as
dollar, in spite Of apprehensions aroused
by reckless fnanciering and equally reck-
less denunciation of efforts to correct
corporate abuses. and it will be sounder
than ever when our corporate houseclean-
ing is finished to the satisfaction Of hon
est people.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
One View of the Hartman Fund,
with Ailusions on the Side.


From the New York Sun.
We rather expected that the allegations
in respect OF the Roosevelt campaign fund
contributed by E. H. Hartman and his
bus mess associates in 1894 would wake 10
ecs asy the living Tyre OF every truly rev.
erent newspaper in the country Alto
ether. the finest specimen OF complete
and rounded exaltation that has come
within range of our vision is to be found
in the Monday morning edition of The
Washington Herald, which in effect takes
the position that Mr.. Roosevelt did a
noble and a cleanly thing in accepting the
alleged S260Oo0 fund from Hartman IN
October. 1904. and afterward proclaiming
his detestation OF predatory wealth by at
tacking nearly every corporation repre-
sented by the alleged subscribers 10 that
persistently alleged fund
If they hoped" says this fun thToated
cuckoo. ito further personal interests,
they have been grievously disappointed.
And again-may we say. Once more for
the cigars?-"The criticism of Mr.. Roose-
welt for tacitly consenting to tho expen1 IL
ture Of a large sum raised in his behalf
by a sort OF forced contribution fIom
few wealthy men is deprived Of m1cn OF
its weight by the fact that the contribp-
tors were not allowed to purchase favor
with the administration. and by the
further fact that the Presidents indie
pendent attitude toward the men from
whom the contributions were obtained
makes a repetition OF the contributions
impossible. In other words, the era Of
fat frying Is about over, and the Harri-
man fund episode has had its full share
in bringing It TO an end
Otherwise stated by an irreligious per-
son, there might be a somewhat different
story. It is conceivable. for instance. that
tie episode could be interpreted as an
Illustration OF the fence" Receivers OF
stolen goods are often innocent and vir-
tuous persons. We recall from the his
tory of criminal prosecution no finer dem
onstration Of righteousness than the de-
nunciation by the beneficiary of his be
trayers." The professional good man"
who gets buncOed is perhaps the most
violent and strenuous arraigner OF the
wicked
Hoping that the honest and harI-work-
ing harpist in this case VII get his we'll
earned pay, we pass along &c more whoIC-
somely redolent things
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
THE SIN OF THE STREETS.
Young Criminals In the Making and
the Court Where They Are Tried.

Young Criminals iB the Making and
the Court Where They are Tried.
a day spent in New York's chill
dren's court win never be forgotten.
Here all the youthful offenders are tried.
Into this court crowds NOR Of human
interest than in any other court in the
world, says the September Delineator.
Before its bar is constantly passing a
great procession OF human incongruities,
scenes vibrant with psthos and humor.
For both pathos and humor consists in
the perception of incongruities. It Is the
sins of the parents and the sins OF the
living conditions that the OvercrOwded
city forces on its children that here stand
out most strikingly. The real culprit Is
more often the delinquent parent than
the delinquent child. The sight of a child
trotting to a saloon two or three times
daily, pail in hand, to procure the fam
lily supply Of beer-a familiar one in a
great city-impeaChes the parent for a
criminal Indifference Small wonder that
the child's moral perceptions are obliter-
ated. and his instincts perverted in such
surroundings It is in the streets, the
vice-sown streets. that the child learns to
gamble, TO swear, TO steal He cannot
help Il. he must employ the ways OF his
companions II he Is 10 survive among
them. And the ways Of his companions
lead oftenest to the children's court.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
MEN AND THINGS.
A FrienG of Lincoln.

At his eightieth birthday celebration, a
few days ago, Ira T. Haworth. Of 1z0
North Tenth street, West Side, Chicago.
received the congratulations and good
wishes of many of his friends. Mr.. Ha-
worth, who was a friend Of President
Lincoln, possesses a cane and gavel given
to him by Abraham Lincoln in 1860 These
were made from the wood OF a black wal
nut tree which was cut down by Lincoln
himself The cane was whitfield by Lin
coin, and bears around the top OF It a
band Of German silver bearing the in
scripton: '"To Ira Haworth from Abra-
ham Lincoln, 1850 Yes, Abe gave them
to me, said Mr.. Haworth 10 his friends
when I was chairman Of the township
committee in his home county. I used
them in the campaign Of 1850. When he
gave them to me he said: This gavel Is
to keep order. The cane is to use when
you get old. know you will live to be
old. because the good die young.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
LOCusts in the Philippines.

The natives of the Philippines are hav-
ing hard time trying to beat down the
plague Of locusts. In Panay tremendous
swarms Of these insects have come and
have denuded the rice fields. In the town
Of Balasan, according to a Manila news
paper, the natives have captured and de-
strOyed 1000 cavanes (the cavsne is a
measure equal to 2.47 cubic feeO of the In
sects. Miagao has also captured about
the same number The only time efforts
to catch locusts prove effective IS while
they are too young TO fly. The method
pursued is to dig a hole in the ground to
which boards lead. Along these the To-
Gusts can be driven, and once In the hole
are buried. This method has been In
limited use for some years, and is en-
couraged by the government.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

risk Of its property, the regulation at
tempted by the legislature must be ad-
judged to be unreasonable
In a word. a 8 per cent dividend on rail
way shares is constitutional in Pennsyl-
vania, and any regulation Of railway rates
that reduces the dividend so long as it is
not more than per cent, Is null and
void, because it deprives the stockhold-
ers Of their property without due process
or law. Application of this principle 10
rate cases pending in the Federal courts
would sound the knell Of every 2-cent
fare law in the country
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
st. Gaudens, Purltan statue.

Most of the statues throughout this
country accredited to ST. Gaudens are en-
tirely his own. but that is not the case
with the statue OF Dean Chapin, on the
lawn of the Boston Public Library. Re-
garding this piece of St. Gaudens' work.
William u. Chase, the New York painter
says: When st. Gaudens was working
on the Chaplin statue he remarked to me
one day, Chase. I've got that statue
hnished except the hat. and I'm at a loss
for fitting design for Puritan hat +"
Mr.. Chase continued, Il attended a mask
ed ball In the garb Of a Puritan, designed
by myself throughout. The hat was
made with German thorcughness. of good.
heavy material, and I never parted with
1t. When st. Gaudens came to me in his
dilemma, / produced the masked-ball hat
Of which he made an exact reproduction
to adorn the brow of his Springfield
Puritan"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
Not Their Wan.

Now, we want nothing impolite," ex-
planned the examining committee. Nc
harsh asperitles at any time. you under
stand"
I am a preacher" responded the ap-
plicant and 7 am looking for work with
some church. You seem TO be running an
advanced vaudeville house"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
4 Discouraged Digger.

II see they say that when a diamond
passes a certain size it is worth no more
than a smaller one"
"Hows that7"
IF its too large It isn't marketable
Nobody wants 10 wear a diamond as
bulky as a glass door knob"
rs that so? Then it must be awfully
discouraging for man to dig up a
spaTkler as big as a football"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Mr.. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary Of
the Treasury, has been ordered to get OF
the grass at East Neck, L. l., where he
spends his summers. says the New York
World. The grass belongs to Mrs. Je-
vons, Of New York. who has been long
a summer resident Of the Bay Crest sec
ton. Mr.. Cortelyou was inspecting some
property adjoining that owned by Mr.
Jevons the other day, with view OF a
purchase. In leaving. he "cut corners on
the much-barbered lawn Hardly had his
foot fallen on the choice grass than a
voice high pitched with indignation or
dered him OF Mr C0rteyou blushed
stammered. raised his hat. and apollo
gized. Dr. Pierson. a Brooklyn physician,
witnessed the scene. and he ran to Mrs.
Jeyons. Madame" he cried, do you
know who that is? II is Mr.. CortelyOu,
the Secretary of the Treasury" Mrs. Je-
vons said that II Mr.. Cortelyou would
come back he might set up a tennis net
on her beloved swaTd.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

winning the record-the blue ribbon Of
the sea-remains 10 be seen. but SO keen
is the rivalry between the maritime na-
tions that even If Great Britain does win
in the present race against the record,
II is certain the wonderful development
and improvement in shipbuilding viii
not be allowed 70 stop there.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
Getting II straight.

DO you want really patriotic talk?''
inquired the militant Senator.
"Of course answered the Chautauqua
manager. But let me understand you,
please. Does that mean that you propose
70 defend or abuse the trusts?.'
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
IGNoRING A BELLE.

she went away
In later May.
She was, I thought, so fair.
1 liked her chin,
Her pretty skin,
Her lovely golden hair.
To-day / saw
A girl with raw
And leather-colored wings;
And hair the hue
Of mud which few
About In wispy strings.
I failed to bow
And, therefore, now
I'm covered DER with shame.
For now I see.
All, woe is me.
These maidens were the same!
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
Honano Trolley Cnr-

From tbs Boston Transcript.
It is not ., but g. that is Pittsheld's
hoodoo That Is the number of the car
that wrecked President Roosevelt's car
riage and killed one Of his after daats
A short time ago its motorman was Sc
verely burned by a short-circuiting Of
the controller box, and yesterday the
conductor was put out Of business by a
head-on collision with another car.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
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The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
There Arc Other Thinua.

Back in 1856 I wuz III Chicago" an
nounced the man with the red nose.
''and at that time ] could have bought
the present site Of the Brokers and
Stokers Bank fer four clam shells and a
jug OF rum"
And why didn't you?"
Il didn't have the rum fer one thing
And If I had, I dunno as I would have
traded. A man ought not TO think OF
nuthin' but money in THIS life"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
THINGs Jusr HAPPEN.

Things just happen. whatever we do
It's all right brothers when hearts are true.
Wen walk through the shadow and sing through
the gloom
To the velvet rays Of violet bloom
When sunshine comes in the morning
Things Just happen the sane old way
It's all night. brothers, ven sing and uwav:
Through clouds and shadow and dreary night
Wen walk right into the rosy light
When sunshine comes Ia the morIringl
Baltimore Sun
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

That man Briscom Is the most un-
lucky chap 1 ever knew. He's been In the
doctors hands no end Of times. He must
have had pretty nearly everything that is
in the books
What's he got rOw?"
II understand he's threatened with an
affinity"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
Poor Democracy!

State in your own words, Bobby. what
Jack Horner said when he drew out the
plum"
''He said as how it pays to be a Re
publican"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
An Exciting Possibility.

From the Chicago Record-Hcraid.
Wouldn't it be exciting to have the gov
ernor and lieutenant governor Of New
York running against each other for the
Presidency?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
just Imagine 1t Doesn't Exist.

From the Atlanta Journal
Ex-Secretary Shaw says that it is a
psychological panic" IN that case, 1t
should yield 10 Christian Science treat
ment.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
Rather a Premature Questfon,

From the Louisville Courier-J0urnsl
If Congress legislates prohibition into
the District of Columbia. who VIII get
the franchise for a pipe line from the
Maryland distilleries TO the committee
rooms under the Capitol?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
In California.

The Easterner-Look, There Is a Japa-
nese spy hanging around your back yard.
The Natlve-Japanese spy Why. that's
my cook and table waiter
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

what is a criminal?" asks the Roches-
ter Herald. A lawbreaker who is unable
to hire a lawyer with an inexhaustible
supply Of technicalities.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
often Happens.

In town her curves were fine. indeed;
We all admitted that
But on the beach we noticed she'd
a different auat.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
And AIyrars Finds 1t.
FroIn the Hartford Times.


Apparently before retiring at night
Capt. Hobson looks under the bed to see
II a Japanese war against the United
States is concealed there.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
All Home Gone.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
Venezuela has withdrawn from The
Hague conference. so the rest may as
well quit. No hope for universal peace
now.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
AZ Tnfnrtnnnte InterrnntIon-

George was just going to propose to
me last night"
And what happened?
- tire blew up and then he couldn't
think of anything else. !"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Man" according 70 Adam Smith. els
the only animal that makes bargains
You never saw dogs swapping bones. =
No; but we have seen one dog steal a
bone from another-and that is some
thing Ike man.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Why should Col. John Temple Graves
grow pessimistie? There are yet some
three or four prominent Americans he has
not nominated for the Presidency.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
He Lost ont.

What has become Of that fellow who
foretold the Pelee Disaster"
"He couldn't let we'll enough alone.
Got to making rain predictions. You
know the rest"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

From the Charleston News and Courier
Were Henry Watterson President, the
thoroughbred would supplant the broncho
as the horse OF the administration.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
British Consul General.

Mr.. Alexander Finn becomes consul
general through the raising Of Chicago
by the British government to that rank.
He has represented his Britannia majesty
in the Windy City since August IS, 1904
He went 20 Chicago from Malaga, Spain.
where he had been consul. and where
during the Spanish war with America he
had charge Of the interests OF the United
States. Mr.. Finn was at one time at
tached to the legation at Teheran, Persia.
and ne also has seen service in British
India He is a fellow OF the Royal Geo
graphical Society. and holds membership
in the Asiatic Society.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

There are $1,000 people in jail in this
country. according to one OF those fellows
who figure out such things. And still
all those that ought to be are not in
yet.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Abdul Hamid has seventy-one titles. but
the number isn't marker to the collec-
ton Of ultimatums he has acquired dur
ing bis lifetime.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

The style In women's hats has not
changed in Japan for over 2,5o0 years.
However. it is not to be doubted that
the women over there object as cordially
as they do over here to wearing the pre-
vious seasons head dress.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Mr. John Brisben Walker SAYS that
Mr.. Roosevelt is scheming for war with
japan, that Mr. Cortelyou is hts real can
didate. and that he is friend Of the
trusts. A good many spooks to see in one
night
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
Too NInch nf a shock

James engagement is broken"
Jane didn't break It, did she7'
NO he broke It.
What was the tTOuble2"
Why, Jane was silly enough TO let him
see her when she had the mumps"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

The Nashville American is handing
forth long editorials about corn-dodger
spare-ribs. backbone, and cracking
bread. We believe that is just natural
born meanness IN the American!
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Delaware proposes to tax toTnbstones.
Surely we should be permitted to escape
the tax collector after we are dead and
gone.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12
Historic Hotel to Be Rnzed.

Although the history OF the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel embraces a period Of but fifty
years. yet this familiar structure in New
York City, which Is 20 close It's doors on
the last day Of next May to make way for
a modern Office building, which IS 20 be
reared on its site, has sheltered during
its existence every President Of our cOun-
try as well as all the surviving ex-Presi-
dents. Of whom at its opening there were
four living. The Missouri Compromise
bin was written under the roof OF this
hotel. Lincoln drafted his proclamation
OF emancipation In one OF its bedrooms
Grant signed the freedman's bureau bill
there. Buringame and Lord Elgin drew
up the precis Of the treaty dealing with
the Northwest in one OF its parlors. II
would indeed be a long list that mention
ed merely the official acts that were per
formed in this building and longer one
that recited the social functions held
within its doors, the politics that were
planned there. And yet it socn viii be
no more. The Fifth Avenue Hotel surely
came nearer 10 being the nations Capital
than any other outside OF Washington
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Hon. Gas" AddIcks has declared in
favor Of the Cortelyou boom. Doubtless
this viii entirely asphyxiate It.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

From the Cleveland Leader.
Intimate relations between the north
pole and Walter Wellman are not yet
established.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

The Rev Dr. Charles J. Jones. who
died this week in Philadelphia, was for
thirty years chaplain emeritus OF Sailors
Island retiring from this position in 1893
Well remembered is the man and his
work DR. Jones' life reads like a ro-
nance. He was born in Kent. England
in 1873 and while In his teens he
ran away 10 sea and followed the life OF
a foremast hand for ten or twelve years.
lie treasured the Bible which was given
him by his father long before. and the
reading OF the Scriptures awakened in
him a realization of the careless life that
he and his shipmates and most sailors
were living. This determined him TO de-
vote his life 10 ministering 10 the needs
OF seafaring men. He came 20 this coun-
try IN 1872 and began to prepare for col
lege. So well grounded was he and such
was his diligence that he entered Lafay-
cite College in the fail Of the same year.
and was gradSated therefrom in 1876 He
then studied for two years at Princeton.
\. J.. and received his license 10 preach
in 1878 His first work as missionary 10
Sailors was performed In st. Louis. Here
he organized the First Boatmen's Church
in the year lS0 Some years afterward
he went TO New York 10 take charge Of
the Mariners Church, and there re-
mained until 1863. when he received his
final appointment at Sailors Snug Har-
Dor. Retiring from this position in 1893.
he went 10 live in Philadelphia. He was
a frequent contributor to the periodical
press, and wrote an autobiography en-
titled, From the Foremost to the Pull
pft -"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Since Mr.. Jimmie Britt has broken his
arm. we presume he will devote the re-
mainder OF his days strictly to elevating
the stage
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

A Michigan may says a wife should
get one-half Of her husbands salary A
number OF married men would be glad 10
comprOmise with her Oh that amount.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

The Georgia legislature put itself to
considerable unnecessary trouble passing
an anti-Sunday fishing law Who wants
70 go fishing in Georgia now?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

It beats the world the way they go af-
ter our money these days. Already they
are talking OF a turkey famine in No
vember. and consequent higher price for
the t0othsone fowls.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

There may be, as Mr. Taft says. too
many milliOnaires in this country, but
precious few OF the inhabitants are so pa
triotic the.t they wouldn't be willing to
swell the list a little
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

There will be no panic." says Mr..
Hartman. This is probably the last pre-
cinct to hear from, and it makes the
opinion unanimous.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

A Kansas City man has been sent TO jail
for hitting an umpire. Reform is going
entirely too far in this country Of ours.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

II Mayor Tom johnson is defeated, he
can at least claim that It took the entire
fire department to do II.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Banker Stensland begs for a pardon.
pleading that he can and will pay his
debts within three years. Under the cir
cumstances, it would appear the better
part OF valOr to keep him locked Up.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Capt Hobson keeps himself modified
for every emergency.