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Josiah Flynt. t"

Some years ago a series of magazine ar
ticles on the tramp problem appeared and
attracted wide attention because OF their eyi.
dent accuracy. The author. who signed him
self Josiah Flynt. had personally Joined the
great army Of itinerants and had studied them
at hrst hand His disclosures of their ways
OF living. their philosophy and especially
the causes OF their adoption of the wan
dering life aroused keen interest on the
part of sociologists. who regard the tramp
problem as one of the most serious cues.
lions confronting the country. The writer s
real name was Josiah Fiynt Willard. He
had been well educated In this country and
i" Germany. his parents being refined peo-
pie Of means. but he was himself afflicted
long hold him to one place or occupation. He
MAS therefore in some degree Of sympa -
thy with the tramps with whom he lived
AID u whom he wrote so instructiyely.
Willard died on Sunday In Chicago. where
for some time ne had been studying cor
tain social questions, with especial refer
ence TO the gambling evil He was only
thirty-eight years of age. but during those
years he had practically tramped over the
world. and had encountered the Migrants
Ut every race and cline. He was proh
ally the best informed man of the period
On this peculiar phase of life, and il Is a
lity that he should have been taken al a
time when there Is need of serious worI,
IN the curing OF the evils which the great
army OF trampS represents. Had Willard
hved few years longer he might have
learned the value of his own information
and set TO work to build from it the meas
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ures of practica, reform which are so ur-

ures of practical reform which are so ur-
gently required.
This tramp problem stares US In the face
a. ono of the signs that our civilization
has fallen short Of the ideal In one OF Its
most important aspects. The country ID
clamoring more and more loudly each year
for workers. The mills. the mines and e.
pecially the farms need them. Each sea
son the farmers offer high wages and Sc
cure only inadequate service while their
crops waste for lack of harvesters. At the
same time thousands of able-bodied men
are ranging the highways and skulking In
the byways. begging. stealing and wrestling
a miserable existence from circumstances
They are an utter waste industrially and
q menace morally. If they could be turn
ed into the fields and put to work the
labor question would quickly be modified
If no. settled. There would be fewer pris-
oners in the jails and warehouses; and the
menace to life and property would be les
sened.
plished that result. even with many years
of life and health. but he could at least
have served the good purpose of keeping
the reform workers supplied with accurate
information as to the reasons for the con-
slant recruiting of the tramp army. Untii
Grants and the roads will be dotted with
the homeless unfortunates whose spirit has
been broken by failure.
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Railroad Laws, State and National

The ST. Louis Globe Democrat. noting the
activity in number of state legislatures
for control of railroads, suggests that las
we have just enacted pretty sweeping ma
tional law regulating the railroads, 1t seems
reasonable to say that we should walt
year or two to see how this operates before
we supplement it by still more restrictive
legislation by the lawmaking bodies of the
states
There Is something In this. The national
law was enacted after a hard fight. and
embodies the Views of statesmen and law
yers and railroad men. 1t Is not all that
was desired by those who inaugurated the
movement, but it is much. and weli-in-
formed men believe that If the law is faith
fully executed a great deal Of good will be
accomplished
In railroad circles there Is still some COM
plant, and the fear Is expressed that the law
Is too hard. This sort of talk will be GER
tain to Increase IL state enactments should
multiply. and especially If any Of them
should conflict with the national regulations.
Then the railroad men would declare that
they were between hawk and buzzard,
anxious to do the right thing. but unable
to decide what it might be. For this rea-
son it would be well. as suggested by the
GioDt-DeIHOCTdt, u Eolo tNe ldllloduS "
the national law now in force until such a
time as either its sufficiency or insufficiency
has been demonstrated. AS too many cooks
spoil the broth, too many laws on one sub
ject might make 1t impossible adequately
to administer any of them.
Is this activity BY the state authorities
attributable to Mr.. Roots New York
speech? Although that deliverance was at
first represented as shout Of triumph over
the states. and a warning that they must
take themselves out of the way permanent
ly and leave the field to the nation, closer
examination gave another meaning. 1t was
found to be really a call to the states to
be up and doing. and a suggestion that they
exercise some Of the power with which they
were invested. Mr.. Root seemed anxious
to hear from authorities that have been
silent too long.
If this is the explanation, the Secretary of
State passes from the list of Hamiltonians,
smoothing the way for extreme centraliza-
ton and then monarchy. to the LIST of JEFF
fersonans, holding out for the states with
in the sphere of their constitutional powers,
and for the national authority In only limit
ed measure He is proving to be one of
the most effective Jeffersonians of these
later days. The states not only hear him.
but are needing him. They are responding
ally the fear is expressed that they may
overdo matters in respect Of the important
problem OF regulating transportation.
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and who was prepared to attend to some
of his country's most important business.
Somehow democrats of the Wilson type
are not associated with the party now led
by Mr.. Bryan AgitatorS and machine
pofiticians-rnen who make 1t . point al
ways to be ''regular"-are the ones most In
the talk about ONCE when speculation gets
busy with the topic Of Mr.. Bryan In the
White House. They are picked for cabinet
places and other important posts. But Mr..
Bryan would have need of men like DR..
Wilson. and moreover they would appeal to
him on personal grounds. Many Of the
leading educators of the, country are his
friends. and would be welcome visitors to
his consultation room.
Senator Wilson We shall probably not see,
nor yet President Of the United States
Wilson But Ambassador Wilson might be
a safe guess. with the democratic party in
control.
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Local Pride.

We're Twin plain an simple down to Po-
hick on the Crick.
We amt a tryin' to keep movin' on the
double quick;
We're eatin' pretty regular an we're
workin' jes' enough
To feed like men an women an not arti-
fetal stun.
There amt no ottymobiles rushin' madly
through the scene.
There amt no fierce explosions nor no
smell of gasoline.
We don't have big receptions with their
finery an fuss.
Plain sociables an parties-they are fun
enough fur us.
From time to time some one lifts up his
voice around the place
An kind o. hints that Of Pohick amt
keepin' up the pace;
But better lead the simple life that's free
from grand desires
Than jump to fame with earthquakes an
with railroad wrecks an fires
An though for weeks the skies is dull an
gray instead OF blue.
When once the sun appears it gets a cor
dial ''how -dy do
It's easy to be happy: If you want to learn
the trick,
Jes' come an study us folks down to Po-
h:ck on the Crick
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DR., Wilson Of Princeton,

Against his wishes, DR.. Woodrow Wilson,
of Princeton University, appears in the
baliotlng at Trenton for United States SEN
aior He has no wish for the once. and.
although the republicans are divided over
Mr.. Dryden, there Is small II any room for
expecting q democrat to be the outcome.
STILL as the democrats of the legislature
must have q candidate. many OF them are
voting for DIR. Wilson. on the score that
he represents the best citizenship of the
state, and possesses talents which would
shine In the Senate. They feel that they
are honor!ng their party In honoring him.
and inviting the sympathy and respect OF
the country.
Undoubtedly a good service IL performed
by calling attention to this man, and II
there are many such in the democratic
party not now I'm office that organization
Is to be congratu lated. They might not
III in the Senate. They might fail outrigh.
In the House Their training might initiate
against them in a great legislative body
But there are fields in politics in which
they should serve well. and should the
democracy come into power two years
hence It's success with affairs would be all
the greater by the putting of such men
into commission.
For an instance, Dr. wilson would repre-
sent the country we'll abroad. There Is not
a single one of the high posts in the diplo-
matte service which he would not fill ad-
mirabiy. He would take something OF the
same rank in France or England that the
French ambassador takes, and that Prof.
Bryce will soon take. here. His scholarship
would recommend him to the world of let
ters. as his knowledge of general questions
would to the world of politics and diplo-
macy. He would be accepted as an excel
lent expression of the American of high
gifts who had improved his opportunities
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The Marines at Peking.
A cable from Picking says:

Some American marines OF the legation
guard smashed up a low Korean resort
here on January L. All the men of the
guard as a unit protest ignorance of the
affair. An investigation is IN progress
Never mind about the investigation. Dis
charge the whole squad. and make the
members prove their innocence afterward
In no other way can discipline be enforced.
:, ly should marines on foreign soil be
treated better than the regular soldiers on
native soil? Coddiing men In uniform has
gone on long enough. If you would strike
terror into the service-and isn't that the
latest thing out make all tenure as uncer-
tain and uncomfortable as possible.
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ROOT In CANADA.

From the Toronto Mail and Empire.
Perhaps 1t would be as well to detain
Secretary Root as hostage until the fear
of an American invasion provoked by the
Swettenham-Davis incident is past. There
is hardly another public man in the United
States who would be worth such ransom.
From the Buffalo Evening News
The Secretary of State of the United
States would not go into Canada to talk
politics seriously or to do business. He
has a business Office in Washington. But
it is natural to go to Canada for good
dinner.
From the Hartford Courant.
Secretary Root has been most eourteously
and Hospitality received by everybody and
everything in Canada except the weather.
That has been as rude as Swettenham.
From the Chicago News.
Doubtless timid Canadians are watching
Secretary Root to see that while he is
among them he does not draw a hook out
Of his sleeve and annex Canada.
From the Utica Observer.
Judging from accounts from Ottawa. Sec
rotary Root seems to have e taking way.
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SWETTEEHAM.
ON the Cleveland Leader.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Swettenhams position is now about as
shaky as his little two-by-four island
From the Chicago Tribune.
Presuming that Gov. swettenham has re-
covered from Whatever 1t was that allied
him, let the incident close az quickly and
ENTHUSIASTICALLY As possible.
From the Savannah News.
Jamaica has now become famous for two
things. her rum and her Swettenham II
may develop that the former has some
thing to do with the latter forgetting his
manners.
From the Kansas City Times.
But why fuss about anything either done
or said by person named Swettenham?
From the Newark Evening News.
Gov. Swettenham should have added burn
this"
From the Toronto Star.
If. however. Gov. swettenham was in the
habit Of writing letters like that, the cause
Of the earthquake is no longer mystery
From the Providence Evening Bulletin.
British opinion Of the governor-in-chief Of
Jamaica seems to be pretty unanimous that
he is cad. Let 1t go at that.
From the Indianapolis Star.
Nor is Gov Swettenham's general atti-
tude benefited much by his cynical obserya
ton that the dead died some days ago It
is excellent form for the cynic to disguise
his natural mood in the presence of death
and distress.
From the Boston Evening Transcript.
He ought to have seen that had we
wanted to steal his plaguey little island we
would have waited till 1t was repaired
From the Providence Tribune.
'Swettenham of Jamaica, an elderly and
hitherto hopelessly obscure official, was evil
IDENTIFY determined not to go to his grave
without making some effort to gain no.
toriety.
From the Pittsburg Press.
The most remarkable part of 1t Is that
Gov. Swettenham does not wear side whis-
kers.
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The senate's Minority Leader.

/ Isn't 1t a little early to be discussing a
successor to Mr.. Blackburn as democratic
leader in the Senate? His duties will not
begin until next December, and the situa-
ton in the party just now is such that a
postponement of speculation might be wise.
Mr.. Bailey, who is mentioned for the
place. has the knowledge Of parliamentary
practice and the debating power that 1t re-
quires. but 1t Is not clear as yet how ais
troubles at home vial affect him here even
if he succeeds In shaking of his enemies In
the Texas legislature. And then his temper
is high, as he himself confesses. 1t wrecked
his leadership in the House. and At might
embarrass him in the same Office in the
Senate He has many of the qualities Of a
leader. and even when not formally invested
with the power exercises 1t.
Mr.. Culberson has strength and charac-
ter. and lacks only length of service In
Washington. Mr.. Bacon Is good debater,
and is very prominent in the Senate's pro-
ceedings. Mr.. Martin has some OF the
qualities that made Mr.. German of great
value to his party-shrewdness. flashes OF
useful silence. and industry. Like Mr.. Cor
man, his gift for speech Is not conspicuous.
but. as his opponent in the recent senatorial
race in Virginia discovered. twill serve
He talks well enough when there is need.
Mr.. Stone Is both a good speaker and an
experienced politician. There il hopeful
material in the Senate on the minority side,
and the party need not be anxious on the
subject.
Would Mr.. Bryan care to be consulted?
1t is highly probable. He has a guardians
feeling toward me democracy, and 1t
grieves him to see it 60 wrong. Sometimes
he doesn't wait to &c consulted, Jut seeing,
the rescue buoyantly, and unlimited. Re-
member the speed he made to Washington
at the time the Paris peace treaty was before
the Senate and threatened with defeat by
democratic opposition. Although SO olu a
hand as Mr.. German was then on deck as
leader and fighting the treaty, Mr. Bryan
challenged the wisdom of his course and
asked for dem ocratic votes for the treaty
Will Mr.. Bryan be consulted? low that
is delicate question. He has no strong
hold on his party friends in the Senate
Mr.. Bailey doesn't love him at all. Indeed,
since the retirement of Mr.. Allen of Ne
braska from that body. no senator on the
| minority side has made speciality Of testi-
flying three times day to an unbOunded
affection and admiration for the peerless
one. But as the next Congress will be leg
islating on the eve of the presidential cleo
ton it might be well. if Mr.. Bryan is to
lead the party. to know his views about
how the party should be led in that branch
of the government
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COHGRBSSnEE'S PAY.
From the Omaha Bee.

From the Omaha Bee.
Congressman who voted to increase their
own salaries will now have to demonstrate
that they are worth the money. Actions
speak louder than words.
From the Pittsburg Gazette Times.
After thinking 1t over, the United States
Senate decided also to take the cash and
let the credit go.
From the Leayenworth Times.
But, with congressman to come at
somewhat higher price, the people may,
and fairly, demand little better quality.
From the indianapolis News.
But II our prominent senator's are going
to spend such large portion of their ses-
sions In personal wranglng. will they be
worth 81 800 year?
FROM the Worcester Evening Gazette.
Most people are of the opinion that con-
gressmen need that extra 81 500 year to
help them explain how 1t was that they
decided not to increase salaries when peo-
pie were looking and then sneaked In the
Increase by the backdoor route.
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JAMAICA'S TRIBUTE TO SWETTENHAM

Now glory to the governor who sneered at Uncle
Sam g..
Now let there be the merry sound of tom-tom.
And let the world be plainly told how Davis had to
scoot 49,,
The icoters biitie,y rob the dead. unchecked, and
The wounded cry In anguish and the starving call
But Engisnd:s nag's the only flag that hu:ters
Hurrsh! Our honor is uostained! sd1aam. there
Resore our snIendId governor the valiant Swetten-
ham.
oh. how our pride wounded when upon that
Those puny warships came along and anchored Ia
With their Contemplate marines arr.yed in hateful
And their detested stars and stripes dung out he
There boldly looming up they rode. our sncient
Presenting to lend aid to US, the masters of tAs
And as We looked them we thought once NOR
And wondered IL they did not know that we re-
They came among Us Offering their beef and bread
Blu. IN that shameful hour uDrose our valiant
Swettenham.
Our Gallant governor called out: What b. my
IN give these raysbonds q dose they'll never want
He looked upon the Yankees and his glance was
He stamped bis isft foot on the ground and nercels
.Avaunt.s he thundered In his pride. I'VE spun
Haul down yss hateful nag or we will spit upon
Far better death In any guise than shamefuiiy TO
Actnosieasnx your mercy and the 'ueoOr yoa
And then with folded arms he stood silent as a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

Having raised the wages OF his Lake
wood employees. Mr.. Rockefeller may now
be expected TO look the situation over to
see whether the price of oil will star an
other lift
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

Governor Swettenham is probably pre-
pared to indorse Senator Tillman's conclu-
sion that II is not always wise to be as
funny as you can.
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Tina and Downs.

THE public is tickle" said one hero.
Yes" answered the other, people look
I'D to you for awhile and then they get
tired and call you down."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

W. r. Hearst does not feel espe' ally
called on to take sides In cly differences
between Charles E. Hughes and the ma
chine politicians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

Bridge whist is said to have crowded the
afternoon tea out of popularity. Society
IS. as ever, inclined to favor the most ex-
pensIye form of amusement it can find.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

MIR Shonts is now in a position to claim a
great deal of oreLit II the canal is promptly
completed and dodge a great deal of blame
IL il Is not.
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OYER THE REGISTER.

Outside the blizzard fierce may bios
And Ill the air with driving snow.
Till wailing winds seem. In their wo
A tortured soul.
We. nathless. snugly housed wlf1h.
May take our ease. and even grin,
As long rs we know that the bin
10 full Of coal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

Even a salary of $500 a year will not
enable a member of Congress to live in the
gilded magniicence that some Of his con-
stituents imagine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

Real Russian caviar costs $40 a pound
Fortunately. ii great many people have no
more need OF real caviar than they have
for real radium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

1t looks as if the race question would be
less likely to cause trouble IL it could be
confined to the lecture platform and kept
out of politics.
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Unrepentant.

There was once political CRATER
Who met all rebuke with great laughter;
At grand juries he sneered
And In sin persevered.
Just as il there were not hereafter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

Secretary Root is accommodating an
amount Of: personal popularity in Canada
and South America which Is fiattering. but
not practically available for campaign pur-
poses.
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new book inquiries Ibid Daniel write
DanieI-" 1t ought at least to be relief
from the Shakespeare-BacOn discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

Senator Bailey Is now engaged on some
OF the most abstruse and important Ques-
lions he ever tried to explain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

With ex-senator Billy Mason preparing to
re-enter politics the hilarity of nations may
be expected to take on renewed activity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

The German emperor sometimes finds Ii
necessary to take his mind OF world pol ties
In order to attend to local elections
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SHOOTING STARS
Defined.

Has that novel a piot?'
mo" answered the man with an unlOve-
" d,snosition. 1T Is merely another de-
,ca to get money from a careless public.
1t isn't a plot. It's a conspiracy
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President as Art Critic.
From the Ness York Sun

From the NeW ofk sun.
Henceforth freedom will shrek and Kos
c!usko fall according to the specifications of
Mr.. Roosevelt.
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Philosophy INDICATED.

Money doesn't always bring happiness
and peace of mind.
"You are right there" answered the man
with An anxious look. Sometimes It
tempts YOU to buy automobiles"
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DE man dats continuously kickn'." said
Uncle Eben. GENERALLY soun's like he was
apoiogixin' in his own special way fob not
hayin' had better sense"
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changed in the selfish policy of EnGiand
and Russia toward Persia. policy of
collaboration has superseded that of pin
pricks inspired by jealousy.
NJ. Jules Claretie mentions the death of
Muzaffar Ed Din in his "chroniQue
Parisienne" in LIE Temps:
II am not that traveller who said to the
pope at the close of an audience: Rome is
superb but 1t lacks life; would like to see
a conclave.' / wou d like to be at Teheran
to see the funeral of the Shah of Persia. In
the decorations dear to the painter Pasint,
the funeral pomp will be picturesque. and
the orgy Of color on the popular mourning
may excite the fancy of the orientalist
Teheran Is too ( r and Paris restraints me:
Paris. that Muzaffar loved and desired to
revisit. besiLes, there was reciprocal SYM
pathy between shah and the pOpulace. who
acclaimed him in the streets and at the the
ater where he was welcomed by Pers!a's
national hymn. The aigrette of diamonds
In his astrakhan cap constituted Muzaffar.
for the Partisan. q spectacle more curious
than another. The aigrette quickly became
legendary in the Parisian's colored mag
ination-a treasure from the Thousand and
One Nights.
In conclusion, the GermanO-Turkish Bag
dad railway is a grave menace to Anglo
Russian interests in .-sia and to the inde-
pendence and autonomy Of civilized aud
progressive Persia. rapprochement and
cordial entente between England and Rus
STA is thus both imminent and urgent.
CHI. CHAILLE-I.ONG.
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Muzaffar Ed Din. Shah Of Persia, died on
the 9th instant and was succeeded by his
eldest son, Mohammed Ali
Persia's Mira. Mohammed Ali Shah
Ruler. Is the 9th sovereign of the
dynasty of the Radius He