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The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
The President and DIR. Long

Like some of the other controversies
in which Mr.. Roosevelt has engaged
since he became President, the one re-
sulting from his magazine interview on
nature takers" Is regrettable and unedi-
flying. From one standpoint it matters
little whether the President or DR.. Long
is right Even were the latter "the worst
Of the lot as Mr. Roosevelt declares
II is extremely doubtful if any useful re-
suit could logically be expected to follow
an attack on him by the President
through the medium of the magazine
press, or that the President was called on
10 make such an attack. 1t is suggested
that in such matters Roosevelt the man.
citizen and author should be differenti-
ated from Roosevelt the Chief Execu-
tive but that such a distinction is i'm
possible in cases like the one here re-
ferred to is, We think. quite obvious.
Granting that DR.. Longs nature stories
are not true, does It necessarily follow
that the youth Of the land is harmed bv
reading them? Do our boys and girls
become imbued with meretricious ideas
by perusal Of Aesop's fables or the mod
ern Uncle Remus" stories. for example?
These are frankly make believe" of
course, but is not the principle the same?
Is there not just as much danger of
the child being deleteri0usly affected
through growing up in the belief that ami
mails have human attributes, including
that Of speech. as that he will be injured
by accepting as true the remarkable per-
formances Of animals described by the
Connecticut author?
Dr. Long has now submitted testimony
as TO the accuracy OF certain Of his tales
which testimony the President said must
be forthcoming If they were to be be-
leved. He has shown that Caspar Whit
ney. who hastened 20 take the Presi-
dents side Of the controversy. was snx-
ious TO secure the literary services of
hr. Long only a short time before He
j. -nts ou. that the Presidents criticism
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
4 ASeIf.cnntradIetorv Maror.

Mayor Mcclellan has added nothing to
his reputation for political sagacity or
craftsmanship By his veto Of the public
utilities bill His reasons for the veto are
.inconclusive and unconvincing. They are
substantially two in number-first, that the
provisions Of the bill violate the principle
Of local self-gOvernment by empowering
the governor to appoint Il commission
whose salaries and expenses the munich
pality must pay; and, secondly, that tho
measure places in the hands Of a single
political party q tremendous and limit
less power which may be used for evil
purposes. Protesting himself in accord
with the general principles involved. the
mayor declares he would never give his
approval to a measure vesting such power
in A partisan commission as is conferred
by the utilities bill
The self-contradiction involved In the
mayors attitude toward this measure IS
obvious. No legislation for the control of
public utilities could have been devised
that would not be open TO the criticism
that Il conferred upon somebody power
that could be abused. Nor is it possible.
under our system Of party government to
establish any form OF governmental
mechanism that cannot be subverted 10
partisan purposes If those in possession
of power for the time being are so minded
A consistent application, therefore, Of the
principles on which Mayor Mcclellan s
veto is based would result in the COM
plete paralysis Of governmental action
respecting any matter of public concern,
for every conceivable exercise OF govern
mental authority may be employed by
the party in power for its own purposes.
Especially in this the case with reference
to legislation affecting corporate and mon
eyed interests. 1t is quite true, as Mayor
Mcclellan suggests, that a public utilities
commission might be used to coerce the
interests It was intended to regulate, and
might become an engine Of partisan cor
ruption. But so might any other agency
Of the government, and We see no choice
between paralysis Of government on the
one hand and trusting to the vigilance of
the electorate to correct and prevent pos
sible abuses Of power on the other.
Mayor McClellans objection to the pub
lie utilities bill on this ground becomes
positively grotesque when We reflect that
Il it had been framed according 70 the
home-rule principle, the appointment of
the commissioners would have become one
Of the perquisites of that patriotic and
unselfsh political organization known as
Tammany Hall. thus guaranteeing fully
the commissions incorruptibility and
freedom from partisan influences. 1t IS
just barely possible that in this specific
instance something has been gained for
good government by the violation of that
home-rule principle which Mayor MCClel-
Ian apparently holds dearer than the regu-
ladon Of public UTILITY corporations.
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member that competition In the oldest
inhGbitant' business was very keen. in
deed, in Methuselab's day. If one as
pired to establish high standing he
was necessarily forced not only to go
back in point Of time, but TO go way
back. Doubtless some youngish oldest
inhabitant' started trouble by claim
ing to remember a colder day in August
than some competitor. First, the date
was fixed. perhaps. a hundred or so
years in the past; then another came
on and added to that. and so on, until
Methuselah. in sheer defense Of his title
as champion oldest inhabtant,n was
finally compelled 10 go back nearly a
thousand years in order 10 establish a
stable record and one no rival would
dare question.
1t is neither good manners nor good
sense to dispute with an oldest inhabi-
tant." The world has wagged along for
a good many thousands OF years with
out doing so before Prof Starr came on
the scene. That gentleman is going to
receive scant sympathy in his warfare
on the reliability of the star oldest
inhabitant" of ell times. More In sor-
row than in anger We bid him desist and
leave Methuselah in peace
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30

OF his work will naturally operate to de-
crease the demand for his writings. and
thus diminish his income. He employs
extreme and, perhaps, unwarranted Ian
guage in his request that the President
admit that the animadyersions in the
magazine interview are undeserved but
even that does not destroy him. It is
Mr.. Roosevelt's constant endeavor to be
scrupulously fair and just. and IL would
seem that the present situation is such
as TO call for a statement from him
which will counteract the effect of the one
which caused all the trouble.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
DECORATION DAY.

Green is the sod DER the soldiers to-day.
Soft is the sky;
Sacred the soil where the Blue and the
Gray
Silently lie
Healed are the scars in this country of
ours:
RanCOr has fed.
Let US together place beautiful flowers
Over the dead.
Still are the drums, and the bugles of war
No longer blow;
Furled are the flags that were carried
afar
Decades ago.
Hatred its course in this country OF ours
Long since has sped
Let us together place beautiful flowers
over our dead
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE.
Failure of ShIp-subsidy Bill Good
Thing for Republicans

From the indianapolis News
We do not think there would have been
much feeling against corporations and
trusts had IT not been for the weIl-found-
ed belief that they were getting advant-
ages under the law 10 which they were
not fairly entitled. Discriminating legis-
latlon favorirg franchises, tariff laws
dictated by those profting by them, polit-
ical control exerted by the trusts-al-
ways there has been this question Of the
perversi0n OF government 10 private ends
The remarkable thing is. not that the
people should have at last been reused.
nut that they should have been submits
sive so long. One narrow escape the Re
publican party has already had. If it had
answered the popular demand for lower
taxes by the enactment of a ship-subsidy
bill, imposing new and higher taxes. Il
would even now have been in serious
trouble But that peril was avoided. And
we imagine that many Of those who think
they are standpatters are to-day glad
that the ship-sUbsidy bill failed.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
SOME POLITE INQUIRIES.

Milwaukee Sentinel. To The Washington
Herald's query. What is the grippe?"
we will say that we viii answer the first
time cur boss goes out Of the city.
New York Mail: Why doesn't the straw
berry vauntng Houston Post tell the
shad-boasting Washington Herald that
its glorious fruit has no bones in IT,?
That's repartee, isn't It?
Houston Post: What is whisky?' asks
The Washington Herald That may be
the query in Washington, but in Sunday
ldded Houston we are to-day substltut-
ing where for what That's what
Kansas City Journal: What is whis-
ky?" asks The Washington Herald.
Whisky is that which will not do you
much harm II you and all your folks let
it alone. There are other definitions, but
this one is all right.
Springfield Union: Earth hath no fury
like a pudding scorned.' sings the Bentz-
town Bard in the Baltimore sun. And
naQes is paved WIZ pudulngS ScOrched,
adds The Washington Herald. Now how
did the Herald learn this?
Norfolk Landmark: "Can a pert para
grapher go to Leaven?" is a question put
to The Washington Herald by the At
lanta Georgian. Let us amend the ques-
tion so that 1t will be more artistic:
Can a paragrapher go to paradise?
Montgomery Advertiser: What is whis-
ky?" is the conundrum propounded by
The Washington Herald 1t might just as
well ask what is hash. ANY properly in
formed person can tell what WHISKY
should be, but the man who can tell
what the articles we buy for whisky is
may safely pose as a competent chemist.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
THURSDAY. MAY 80. 1907.
suffering from Bad legislation.

From far-off Oahu comes an outcry
against our restrictive and obstructive
navigation laws. That island and the
others OF its group are by enactment Of
the American Congress made "A part Of
the national coast line. so that ships ear
Tying foreign flags cannot engage in
trade between United States ports and
Honolulu. The result is. as in the case
OF the Philippines, TO which our coasting
laws were also applied but temporarily
suspended, that American shipping cannot
meet the demands of commerce. and Ha-
waiian interests suffer. The Honolulu
Bulletin which fdvors ship subsidies as
remedy for this situation. protests that
in the absence Of subsidies the applica-
ton OF American coasting laws 20 the
Territory practically holds il in bondage.
Congress. the Bulletin says should either
PASS a ship subsidy measure that will
be of real assistance TO the shipping of
the United States. or open the ports Of
noncO1ugUous territory to ships OF all
nations. If Honolulu cannot be. or is not
allowed to be. an American port. crowded
with American shipping. commanding the
commerce OF the Pacific, it should he al
lowed 10 take advantage Of the opportu-
nifty for becoming the great free port Of
the Pacific for the shippers and trades
men OF all nations"
What substantial reason can be offered
for refusing the Territory Of Hawaii this
boon? We know Of none. except that
rfE-w esa g
the artificial conditions Of trade and COM
merce they have created by our navi-
cation laws should be remedied by ar;if-
cial stimulation Of the shipping industry.
Instead of going 10 the root Of the trou-
bic, as the Bulletin has suggested in
spite Of its preference for ship subsidies.
they would rear still higher the artificial
structure OF obstructive protection in op-
position 20 the natural laws Of trade.
This doctrine. we regret TO say, is one
that has strong hold on the dominant
party, nor do We recall that II is specif-
ically denounced in any Of the tentative
platforms now being put forward by Dem
Ocratic statesmen and the Democrats
press. COincldentlv with reform Of the
tariff. there should be completely elfmi-
mated from our national policy, as incon-
sistent with that reform. the idea that
foreign commerce should he promoted by
lergesses from the public Treasury 10 the
shipping interests. As our navigation
laws are a burden upon the commerce Of
the Hawaiian Islands, so are they a bur
den upon the commerce Of the mainland.
and their deleterious influence should be
removed by modification or repeal. and
not by an attempt TO minimize their evil
effects by subsidies to shipping.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
Sam smnII,s Present Work.

Sam w Small, for several years CO.
worker with the late Sam Jones in evan
gelistic fields, is now firmly settled in At
lanta Ga, where he is a leading editorial
writer for Tom Watson's Jeffersonian
Weekly, and a regular contributor to
WatsOn's Magazine Besides this liter
ary work he has charge OF suburban
Methodist church, where his eloquence
draws large congregations every Sunday
Few men in American journalism to-day
possess a more bountful fund Of infor-
nation than does Sam Small His knowl-
edge Of the classics. the Bible Shakes
peare, and standard works generally is
said to be little short of mervelous.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
Lawson n Third-teriner.

Thomas W Lawson, who has been Wis
iting Europe for several weeks. is boom
ing the President over there for a third
term. Il has not been many months since
Boston's famous frenzied tinancier was
one Of the Presidents severest and most
outspOken critics II is related that twice
since Mr.. Roosevelt has been in his pres
ent Office Mr. Lawson had visited Wash
ington with the expectation of receiv-
ing a call 10 the White House, but in this
idea he was grievOusly disappointed. II
Is not even known that he has ever met
the President. 1t IS said, however, that
he has cause TO believe that the Chief
Magistrate does not approve either of the
Bostonians principles or methods, and
that Lawson has been plainly informed Of
Of this. II would appear, therefore, that
the personal equation does not enter into
LOwsOn's political calculations. and II is
believed that upon his return from Eu-
rope he will join the third-term forces and
work with them with characteristic vim
and energy.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
One of the Few.

one Of the few surviving negroes who
represented Southern districts in Con-
Eress is George W. Murray, who now lives
IN Chicago. He was elected 20 the House
from South Carolina. and with the wan
ing OF his political power in the Palmetto
state troubles Of various kinds fell upon
him thick and fast. For some o1ense
that does not appear clearly he was con-
victed by a jury at Sumter. s. c., and
given a sentence Of a year I'm Jail which
he does not seem to have served News
papers in that part OF South Carolina are
now stirring up discussion Of the Murray
case. and insisting that the sheriff secure
the necessary requisition papers and ar
rest Murray in Chicago, convey him back
10 the State. and place him in Jail. 1t is
said that Murray is a power in Chicago
politics. and IT is probable that should an
attempt be made 10 get him back to South
Carolina IL would meet with failure
The last negro member Of the House Is
named George II. White. lie represented
a North Carolina district in the Fifty
fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses. and cut
a respectable figure in that body. He Is
at present living in Philadelphia whore
he is practicing law and doing very well.
He was never a violent agitator. and was
respected by the white people Of his dis
trict
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
Qualifications for the Presidency.

From the Columbia State.
II Is Of much more concern for the peo-
pie that live in the Southern States that
the man who presides over the govern
ment OF this country should be a man
of high qualities, who is fair minded and
honest, than II is 10 have one who
chances to have been born in the South
There are many Southern men whom we
should very much dislike 10 see President.
just as there are many Northern men
whom we should equally dislike 10 see
occupy that position.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
Nonpartisan Tariff Reform.

From the New York Tribune.
The time is now ripper and more oppor-
tune for a revision than IL was in 1eo4.
For in the interval the country set itself
to solving the more urgent problem Of
regulating the operation Of our vast in
dustrial and transportation forces. and in
that effort the old sectional jealousies and
prejudices associated with tariff warfare
were largely snuffed out. Hence the work
can be done at the first suitable oppor-
tunity in a more rational, impartial. and
nonpartisan spirit than would have been
possible three years ago.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
A Consnienons Omission

There is much speculation among naval
officers concerning the continued failure
Of the Navy Department 10 provide for
the trial trip Of the L. S. 5. Connecticut
That ship has now been in commission
several months-long enough to sustain
an accident in service and lose her
first commanding officer by court-martlal
suspension. The Connecticut is the sister
ship of the Louisiana, identical IN dlmen-
sions and equipment the former having
been built by the government az a navy
yard, and the latter at a private plant
under contract. There was much discus
sion while the ships were being built con
corning the relative advantages and the
comparative economy Of the two systems
of battle-ship construction. and nothing I'm
the way of statistics presented by the
Navy Department has changed the posi-
ton Of the advocates Of the respective
methods. IL might or il might not be H.
Eliminating to have a trial trip for the
Connecticut and probably Il is too much
TO expect that anything would convince
those who believe in contract building
that the construction Of war ships by the
government is the proper thing. or vice
versa.
At the same time, it is appreciated. in
the service. at least. that trial trip is
a demonstration Of the efficiency Of a
war ship in many particulars. II shows
the official speed, the maneuyering quail
fcations, the efficiency Of the armament
and the general adherence to specifca-
tOns Of the chief and minor Characters
tics Of a vessel constructed under de
partmental plans. The Louisiana and all
other ships in commission have had their
trial trips. and such a test always has
been considered an Indispensable part OF
the early career Of a vessel of the navy.
It does not appear in any explanation
vouchsafed by the Navy Department why
the Connecticut should he distinguished
by this omission. The delay only serves
to add to the occasion Of a Congressional
investigation of the negligence Of the
Navy Department in the premises.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
HIND on Her RImhf-

Perhaps said Dudley. during the
waltz. "you don't like my style Of dane
ing"
We'll" said she, in evident distress.
",here IS rather too much sameness about
IT,"
"Eg-how may I vary ~"
Suppose you tread on my left foot
once IN a while"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
The Hand Weighed In.

Some groCers" remarked the custom
er, have an off-hand way OF measuring
sugar, but I notice you're not one Of
them"
"Of-hand way? How do you mean?'
asked the grocer.
Il noticed YOU kept your hand on the
scales just now while you measured out
that five pounds for me"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
nerrinr on

Say, old man." said Dumley you'd
better take something for that cold.
Now"
Don't offer me any more. please I've
taken too much already" replied Wise
man.
Too much what?'
Advice"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30

Just at the time when somebody pro-
fessed to discover that whisky was an ad-
mirabie remedy for neuralgia, the cost Of
the liquid advanced in price" SAYS the
Cleveland Plain Dealer. It is pretty hard
when the cost of living advances to the
point where a man cannot even enjoy a
spell Of neuralgia in peace.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
Charm of Novelty.

From the Philadelphia Ledger,
Members Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission were in consultation.
They had discovered many violations
of the law and seemed to be at loss.
Suddenly the face of one Of them
bright,aed as with an inspiration.
Suppose we punish some of the Of
tenders" he suggested.
The idea impressed by its very novelty
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
His IittIe rinse

Adolphus Rhymster was a bard who
couldn't sell his verse. His lot I'm life was
very hard and went from bad 20 worse,
On 20 paltry cents day this enterprising
gent could get along, but sad 10 say,
he couldn't get the twent. But finally he
struck a scheme and now he lives in bliss
and peddles poetry by the ream disguised
as prose, Ike this.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
4 Now Third PnrfN.

From the Ohio State Journal.
Though millionaire, the new Senator
from Wisconsin, to succeed Spooner, Is a
close friend of La Toilette. SO there viii
now be three parties in the Senate-the
Republican, the Democratic, and the Sen
atoTs from Wisconsin.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
Plot.

You seemed anxious to pick a quarrel
with him." said Knox.
Yes" replied Fox. hes to be mar
ried next month, and"
'Ah' ! see. Cut you out eh7"
Not az all; but / want him 90 cut me
out Of his list Of friends. 1 want 10 save
the price OF a present"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
ARE YOU GOING AWAY?

Subscribers who leave the city tempe
rarilv should have The Washington Herald
mailed 70 them. Addresses VIII be changed
as eiten az requested. You cannot Keep
fully informed about Affairs in Washington
unless your paper follows you,
Before leaving. mail OF telephone your
address 20 this Office.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
Lodges Former Secretary.

Robert g. Proctor, who for several
years was Senator lodges private sec
retary. and in the full enjoyment Of the
Senator's confidence, failed 10 put in ap-
pearance at court in Boston the other
DAY, when his case was called. and his
bail bond was forfeited. Il will be re-
membered that last winter Proctor was
indicted and prosecuted on the charge
of applying 70 his own use the sum Of
500 which had been entrusted 70 him by
a prominent Massachusetts, Republican
as a contribution 20 the campaign fund
The Jury found him guilty as charged
and his punishment was assessed at ten
months penal servitude. He appealed
the case, and the higher court confirmed
the sentence the other day, but Proctor
was not present 10 surrender himself
The young man was very well and favor
ably known IN Washington. where he
had for some time been associated with
Senator Lodge In the important capacity
mentioned. The Senator discharged him
as soon as the facts in the case were
developed. The Senator now has his
son. George Cabot Lodge. acting as his
nominal private secretary. Young Lodge
IS Of a decided poetic temperament and
has written some verse that has the
genuine favor Of poetry.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30

A man just returned from Panama says
he saw sixteen idle steam shovels and
only one at work Some sort Of sixteen
to-one issue may get into the next Presi-
dental campaign after all.
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sticks TO One Old Way.

From the Boston Transcript
Automobiles may come and automobiles
may go, but for short distances the Presi-
dent prefers the method Of transportation
that George Washington used in his more
active DAYS
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
TnLe Cnre-

What's this you have here, Ethel?'
That Is Bloom OF Youth.
Look out Do you want TO get your
self called a nature faker?"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
Throwing Away an Issue.

From the New York Evening Post
All this mealy-mouthed talk about the
tariff simply shows how the Democratic
leaders have lost their fire and initiative
and are content to throw away their one
great issue. The Republicans will have
it picked up before they know it,
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30

Senator Daniel says the Democratic
platform should be confined to those
things upon which Democrats are gener-
ally agreed. This has a slight appearance
Of being artful, or, at least, artistic.
sidestepping.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30

Mr.. Richard Croker has donated 2O0O 70
the cause Of Irish home rule. And 10
show Just how solid he is with his neigh
bors on the other side Of the pond. no
one has asked him, Where did you get
it2f
The Washington herald., 1907-05-30
Not Ashamed of Them.

20, yes he's been in Jail half a dozen
times, and he doesn't hesitate 20 admit
it,"
You don't say? Has the courage Of
his convictions, eh2"