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conspiracy upon them. If this IS to be the
defense at Boise the country will be treated
to a most astonishing series of statements
from the witness stand. and the issues may
perhaps resolve themselves into the ques-
ton of creduity between one set of VIII
ncsscs and another.
That Orchard planted bombs to destroy
non-union men at the behest of the mine
owners is difficult to conceive. That ne
killed the former governor of the state
upon orders from the same source Is IN
credible That at the instance of the capt
taIists he tried to kill judge whose de-
cisons had been favorable to them Is IN
thinkable. Any one of these hypotheses
is unrea sonable unless orchard was hlreu
by both sides and killed indifferentiy LOT
both the union leaders and the mine OWL
ers engaged in a competitive campaign OIL
crime to teTcoriZe and to destroy Inc
only thread of probability afforded to such
an assumption thus far by the testimony
he has given is supplied by the acknowl-
edgment that at one time he was Ill 'He
nay of one of the mine corporations as
spy.
The country is impatient to learn the full
depths of this mans depravity and TO lol-
low the lines of evidence that establish his
actual relations with those who planned the
outrages he committed. 1t will propaoiy
have to wait some time for satisfaction III
this respect for at the rate at when the
trial is proceeding it will be several weeks
before the stage of argument by the at1oi
ueys is reached. Orchards testimony COW
ers such a wide ground and Involves 50
many complex circumstances that he VIII
unuuestionaby be later confronted with a
cloud of witnesses summoned by the de-
Tense to meet his assertions. He has thus
| far proved himself a remarkable witness
apart from the nature of his disclosures
and the task of destroying the force Oh his
| evidence appears to be heavy one
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Conduit Road.

The efforts of certain interests to secure
the closure of the Conduit road as pubic
highway because Of the recent actions OF the
Glen Echo officials to enforce their local
speed rules along a part of that thorough
fare have reached the point of reference
Of the question to the Attorney General
The Judge advocate general Of the army
has already ruled that the Conduit road
is a public highway, basing his decision on
the acts of Congress which annually appro-
pirate for the repair and maintenance of
the road The chief law officer of the
government may of course override this
finding and crafty those who are forcing
the issue.
Whatever comes of the appeal from the
judge advocate generals decision, the move
strikes this community as a petty maneu-
YER very much of the og-in-the-manger
variety The whole trouble arises from a
perfectly sensible endeavor on the part of
certain Maryland authorities to safeguard
life on the main street of their town. In
this effort they have aroused the resent
ment of small percentage of the District
people who have acquired the habit Of
speeding their motor ears beyond the limits
set by the Glen Echo town council. Had
1t not been for the discontinue of the
diplomats who were overhauled in order to
he identified the matter would never have
come 10 a focus.
Conduit road has been a public highway
for many years. 1t has been used as such
not only by the local public in pursuit of
pleasure, but by a large number of people
living in Maryland, who have found it
their chief means of entrance into the Dis
trict. To close it now, after the long period
of its enjoyment under what has seemed to
be perpetual guarantee of continuance,
would impose a serious hardship upon thou
sands 1t may be questioned, without
trenching upon the Attorney General S
province in the matter. whether the United
States government by its maintenance of
the road has not created vested rights in
the enjoyment of the thOroughfare which
can not be destroyed at the within of federal
officials or at the beheSt of influential
friends Of the administration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
The Knox Boom.

Whatever there may be In the Knox
boom, ii is entitled to consideration on its
merits and according to present-day condi-
tons. For this reason the fact need not
be dwclt upon that Pennsylvania has had
but one representative in the White House.
Why drag in Buchanan?
While Mr.. Buchanan was bred q lawyer,
ne was by nature a politician. He bal
aueed things after the fashion of poll
tCian. He shifted his position after that
fashion. He compromised. He delayed.
His brief experience a diplomat con-
tirrucd these bad habits.
rs result when as President he was
called upon to meet a supreme emergency
he was-not only unequal to it. but con-
t-hured by his indecisiOn TO the emharrass-
m"nts of the country. \ Jackson in the
White House between November 1860. and
March. 1861. would have been OF inestima-
bic value TO the whole land. Promptness
and resolution. instead of hesitation and
timidity. would have marked the policy of
the national administration. Men of the
south as well men of the north would
have picked their steps with care, for the
knowledge that there a man at the
helm who could neither be confused nor
intimidated as to his duty, and who. when
he moved. moved always with full courage.
But the man then in the White House
was first of all. and only. politician. drill
ed in the school of sCheming and personal
ambition. and such a slave to negotiation
and fine work that practically he was
without other means or spirit. So that
while he sat in his office. or at the cabinet
table musng about and discussing the
threats and the portends, able and angry
men elsewhere We're rapidly maturing the
plans which plunged the country into civil
war.
Mr.. Knox is in no part politician. His
appearance in the political field was in the
nature of an accident. He had prepared
himself for no such life. He had succeeded
at the bar and was content with his sue
cess there. Then came the invitation to en-
ter Mr.. McKineys cabinet, and marked
success there led to the Senate. Both as
cabinet officer and as senator Mr. Knox
has most favorably impressed the country,
and here now Is the formal Endorsement
OF him by his constituents for the presi-
denCy.
II may be that Mr.. Knox does not eX-
poet the nomination. 1t may be that we
have in the maneuver only another evil
dence that the republican situation is one
of unusual interest and difficulty. But we
may all believe that with Mr.. Knox in the
Presidents chair we should never witness
either the INDIGESTION or the helplessnesS
that marked Mr.. Buchanan's occupancy
of it.
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presidency depended on that dellVerance.
Mr.. Bryan knew better than that. Mr..
Watterson hectors a little. and Mr.. Bryan
will not stand that. Wall street true TO
its instinct, is building a fire in his rear
That will fail.
But why should the case be hopeless
Why not try to accomplish the end sought
by means taking into consideration Mr.
Bryan's power, his personal pecullarltles
and his surroundings? He still retains
great power, he is man of great pride,
and the west loves him in part for the
enemies he has made in the east. He
should not be asked, therefore, to throw
over the west for the east but simply to
consider some way of bringing the two
sections of his party together on platform
acceptable to both east and west.
Where is the committee on conferences
Who is the chairman? And why, with
democrats all over the country perspirins
with anxiety even in the most backward
spring weather in a generation, does he
not act?
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WHY Not q Conference?

Oh, well. as Mr.. Bryan cannot be induced
to withdraw, or be driven fromhs party's
leadership. why should not those democrats
by means of conference and persuasion :?
he listen. and does listen at times and
he might yield a point or two if properly
approached.
David B. Hill, it is true. adopted this
course in 1900, and failed. He Travelled TO
Lincoln, and urged Mr.. Bryan on the eve
of the Kansas City convention TO listen to
reason on the subject of silver. Why, Mr..
Hill asked, embarrass those eastern demo-
Gratis who were anxious to get into line by
repeating the silver plank OF The Chicago
platform?
But Mr.. Bryan was obdurate. He was in
the high tide of his self-coufidence, and he
had met with but one defeat His party
was at his mercy, and he thought the coun-
trv also was The convention must take
him or leave him as he stood. 1t took him.
and he went to defeat greater than that
he had sustained four years before.
Mr. Bryan is not a waverer. but his
eleven years of fruitless fighting must have
taught him something in the line of con-
citation He wants to be President, al
though it is to his honor that he does not
want TO win by indirection-
OF course attempts have been made to
| influence him as TO the present situation
But none has been OF a happy character
The men who sought to soften his Madi-
| son Square Garden speech put their case
| too strongly. They talked as II the next
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Orchards Testimony.

The country has scarcely recovered from
the shock II received when Harry Orchard
went on the stand at Boise Idaho. and
calmly told of his crimes in matter-of- fact
manner more suitable TO the dictation of
business letter than to the recounting of a
life of unparalleled fiendishness. The spec
tICle he presented last week as he detailed
his participation In one outrage after an
other. without hinching under the rigorous
examination to which he was later
subjected, was more amazing than anything
that has ever before been experienced by
tae people OF the United States in the
course OF It's entire history. 1t has given
psychologists and criminologists ample ma
terills for speculation and analysis. and
has confounded those who have endeavored
u rit the confession into the known facts
upon any other theory than the truth of the
witness statements.
Almost as remarkable as Orchards testi-
moEy. however. is the theory advanced by
- leading member of of the national
labor organizations, to the effect that Or
ard actually committed the crimes re-
lated by him as the paid agent, not of the
union leaders. but Of the mine owners, who
sought To create a sentiment against the
unions by throwing suspicion OF criminal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
Kentucky for Bryan.

The kentucky democrats are declaring ZOE
Mr.. Bryan again unconditionally. Al COIL
vention the other day held for the pur-
pose of nominating a railroad commissioner
delegates from a large number of counties
were present, and resolution indorsing the
Nebraskan for leader next year was passed
with stirring show of enthusiasm. W all
street would labor in vain to wean the
bluegrass democracy from its devotion to
the Orator of the Platte.
And vet in 1896 Mr.. Bryan lost the state.
Twelve of the thirteen electoral votes or
Kentucky were cast for Mr.. Mckinley.
The year before the republicans for the first
time had elected their state ticket. Silver
had divided the democracy, the strongest
of the old-time leaders suking. or giving
support openly to the other side. These
same men rejected Mr.. Bryan, and his
defeat followed. He carried the state four
years later, but by a small majority. 1t
was still evident that it was no longer
possible to rally the rank and file with the
old cries.
During the time that Watterson, Carlisle.
Lindsay, Brown, Blackburn, Buckner,
Breckinridge and others worked together,
and were in agreement on the leading is
sues, Kentucky was not a debatable state.
The democrats carried all before them by
maiorities ranging from twenty to forty
thousand, according to the personal popu-
larity of candidates. Strong men secured
the top figure, but even weak men could not
lose.
But with the state campaign Of 1895, when
the Blackburn faction insisted on giving
silver Interpretation to the platform
adopted, things took on a new aspect and
a tremendous row followed. Mr.. Carlisle,
| who was the Secretary of the Treasury,
| would not swallow the dose prepared by
| Mr.. Blackburn and his candidate for gov
| ernor, Gen Hardin. and many others
| sulked. The next year Carlisle. Lindsay,
Buckner, Breckenridge and Watterson all
| rejected the Bryan nomination, and Gen.
| Buckner ran for Vice President on what
was called the gold democratic ticket. Mr..
Watterson returned to the party in time to
| support Mr.. Bryan in 1900 but did so under
| protest, and has not since been, and is
not now, in anything like agreement with
| his party's leadership He fights interest
! ingly at all times, but the fencer with his
| swerd arm disabled IS of course at a great
| disadvantage.
The mainstay of the Bryanites after the
| division of the party occurred was Mr..
! Blackburn. And now he is gone. Destroyed
| at last by the machine he had helped con-
! struct and had used, he accepted office at
| the hands of Mr.. Roosevelt and is now in
| Panama But Gov. Beckham, who is-the
| present head of the machine, is for Mr..
| Bryan, and that nsures the peerless leader
! the support of the Kentucky democracy
even as against the man Mr.. Watterson has
| in mind and refuses to name.
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Failure of Socialism.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


If Americans were not already persuaded
of the absolute necessity of good govern
ment, the existing paralysis of all city life
in San Francisco would be proof sufficient
Of the wisdom that advocates and dictates
a close adherence to definite system or
law and order The fate Of San Francisco
may be that of the whole country; and
while there are, as in the middle ages. two
schools of thought face to face, or, in other
words, theory against practice, 1t behooves
every American to realize that the cause of
civilization as it affects this country is now
being subjected to crucial test, and that 1t
is his duty, as a good citizen. to contribute
to it's maintenance. The question of politics
is not involved. But our national future de-
ponds for it's success or failure on whether
we copy the rest Of the world ana try to
find our way to a scientific form of civic
mechanism, or whether we listen to the
orists who preach doctrines suitable to an
ideal community. but which are not appli-
cable to a workaday world like ours.
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Power and Peace.


From the NASHVILLE Banner.
Rear Admiral Coghlan. as he retires from
active duty in the navy, says: Let us
keep peace while we have it. The only way
to do this is to keep building battleships
and adding to the numerical strength of our
navy" Some of the more sentimental and
theoretical apostles of peace resent the
proposition to perfect and maintain great
national ornaments as inconsistent with
the principle of peace, but Admiral Cogh-
Ian takes the practical view. Not until
men and nations have their natures
changed can we expect to maintain peace
without maintaining the power Of resist
ance.
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A Primitive Principle.

I'm looking for harmony. Bring me an ak
And a gun and couple Of knives
We want no more quarrels our patience to
tax;
No strife to embitter our lives.
l know there is just one reliable way
To stop the belligerents' fun,
And that's with ak, welded well in the
fray,
Or couple of knives, or a gun.
IT'S a very old plan and with primitive man
1t is rated especially high.
The cannibal chief loves to marshall his
clan
'Gainst other bold chieftains near by.
And after the fight in benevolent mirth
His people about him he'll call,
And placidly say, We've no foeman on
earth
Because we have eaten them all!''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

DIn order to avoid delays on account Of
personal absence letters to THE STAR
should not be addressed to any individual
connected with the Office. but simply to
THE STAE, or to the Editorial or Bust
ness Departments. according to tenor O.,
purpose.
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Lynching.
From the New York Sun.

Suit for damages has been brought by
the widow of man lynehed in Mississippi
against a railroad company which supplied
a special train to carry the lynchers to the
scene Of the crime. Damages are put at
100000. Recently several sheriffs who fail
ed to protect prisoners in their care have
been called to account In the civil courts.
The game of lynching may become an ex-
pensve sport instead of the cheapest of
pastimes. When it does there will be a
considerable decrease in the number Of its
victims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

Japan wishes that some of the cordiality
manifested toward its distinguished citizens
when they visit this country could be dis
tributed among the less exalted people 1t
sends over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

The manner in which Mr.. Hughes has
handled the New York state legislature
should be a guarantee to the administration
of what he could do with Congress should
occasion arise
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SHOOTING STARS.
A Great Opportunity.

"Adamw called Eve, why don't you
come in to dinner?
Don't interrupt me- was the answer. Il
want to enjoy myself cataloging and chris
tenlng all these animals before some one
comes along and calls me nature faker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

1t is not only impolite, but unreasona ble
for dancing pavilions to refuse a welcome
to men in the uniform OF the navy. Naval
men have a reputation the world over as
good dancers.
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Has Had Experience.

From the Chicago Journal.
A South Dakota man advertises for a
wife who is dumb. 1t were superfluous to
add that he Is a widower
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

1t is not absolutely necessary to go into
further particulars to convince the public
that Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gould entertain
very bad opinions of each other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
An AUGMENTED Vocabulary.

Jimmie" said one small boy to another,
do YOU know what a mollycoddle is?'
Sure. It's a new word you can use Ii
you want to start fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

If the legislatures had taken it into their
heads to call for 1-cent fares the railroads
would probably have made the poor COM
muters get out and walk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

Secretary Taft can go to the Philippines
in perfect confidence that his views on pub
lie policy will be adequately represented by
number of people in the discussion of
presidential possibilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

1t is desired that no more fancy dogs
shall be sent gifts to the White House
Mr.. Roosevelt Is not at present interested
in animals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

Eventually number of favorite sons
will necessarily be called on to amalga-
mate with other favorte sons in favor of
some individual.
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Hard to Identify,

De seasons, dey don seem de same;
De climate done disguise EN-.
1 knows de different months by name,
But l can't recognize EN-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

AS the summer begins to open up. motor
lists are earnestly cautioned to look out for
the locomotive, the trolley car and the dep
uty sheriff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

snubbing by the King of England might
help Richard Cookers aspirations for po-
litical popularity in Ireland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

outside OF st. Petersburg there is no OPP
position I" Harry Orchard as claimant of
the bad-man championship Of the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
A Severe Reformation.

Does your husband play the races as
much as he used to-"
NO" answered young Mrs. Torkfns: "he
hasn't as much money as he used to have. "
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The Whole Story.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
Il rarely meet any American gentle
man." says Count Boni. Never IL the
American gentleman can help it.
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Doubt,

lis he a well-informed mann
II doubt it. He qualities as juror too
frequently to be a man who keeps posted on
what is going on
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Already Lending It.

From the Birmingham News
The sweet girl graduate and the berib
boned essay will soon be along and lend
additional color to the season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

That the beef trust should consent to give
a reason for raising it's prices Is an unex-
pected courtesy.
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Outclassed.
yrom the Chicago Chroni

yrom the Chicago Chronicle.
Even Philadelphia must now pale its in
effectual fires before the brilliant rascality
OF the city by the Golden Gate.
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Need Battleship Names.

FROM the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Another reason for giving statehood to
Oklahoma has been discovered. We need
more states to name battleshps after.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

A few tips on Orby ought to have made
Richard Croker a lot OF friends among the
nobility
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10

THE STAR has a regular and permanent
Family Circulation much more than the
combined circulation of the other wash
ington dailies. As News and Adver-
Using Medium 1t has NO competitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-19
MUSIC LAST NIGHT.
Members Enjoy Pleasing Program and
Listen to Reading Of Reports.

1t was a slim audience which met the
singers last evening at Continental Me-
mortal Hall. There were dinners, recep-
tions committee meetings, caucuses and a
lot of the Daughters found it physically
impossible to attend another session of the
congress, being worn out with the rounds
of pleasure and Of business of the past
week.
The business of the evening was the re-
ports Of state regents, but several musical
numbers of rare merit were interspersed.
The numbers were as follows:
Hungarian Fantasia. ......................Ll List
Fraulein Marie Won Unschuld.
Stella, Concert Valse. .Faure
Miss Edith Pickering.
(a) Funeral March. Chopin
(b) Erlking .Schubert-LisZt
Fraulein Marie Won Unschuld.
Miss Martha Urness was the accompanist.
Miss Edith Pickering, who took an i'm
portant part in the musicale last evening,
IL descendant Of Gen. Robert Morris, one
Of the fnanciers of the revolution. She
now makes Washington her home She is
q soloist in Emmanuel p. E. Church of Bal
timore.
Report for District.
One of the most interesting of the state
regents reports was that of Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey of the District.
Mrs. Mussey's report in part is as fol-
lows:
Zone new chapter has been formed in
the District during the last year, making
the whole number twenty. This chapter is
named Emily Nelson. for the distinguished
grandmother of our beloved president gen.
| eral, and its regent Is Mrs. George G. Mar
| tin. We have promoted historical research