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The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
The passine of coI. Rneey.

We mourn for the departure of our old
friend Col. Bogey. He was a genial and
persistent SOUL though ofttimes too elu-
slve. He camped upon the golf links, and
day by day through storm and sunny
weather, he remained a fixed and im-
perturbahle creature. Sand pits and bunk
ers had no terrors for him, and he
laughed to scorn the fooled drive. the
sliced brassy, and the mashie's ill-iudged
approach. He was always on the green
in the requisite number of strokes, and
never more than two puts were neces-
sary to drop the bail into the narrow
cup. For years and years he has MAIN
tanned his supremacy, and only by allow
ing his human opponent a liberal handi-
cap did he fail to record a glorious vic
tory.
And now our old friend Col. Bogey has
passed away. He has been supplanted by
an unbearable upstart named Par Golf.
We DO not know this gentleman. but we
will wager couple of golf balls against
a bottle of good old Scotch whisky that
he is an interloper and q tramp. lie has
neither lineage no. good red blood lie
is apparently one Of these goody- -goody
creatures who never does wrong, who
never wanders from the beaten path, and
who expects every one else 10 mark time
with him IN the same highway OF per-
fection. We will have none Of him. He
may be credited with never getting into "a
bunker and with always lying dead to the
hole, but none the less he is not Of our
sort. Col. Bogey was bad enough. but
the colonel was occasionally human. Par
Golf is not He belongs To the angel
winged class who are always perfect and
We loathe him in our souls.
We do not say good-by to Col. Bogey
without a tear. He has been with us and
he has been against as. Sometimes We
have conquered him, but still more fre-
quently he has Laid US low. Victor or van
quished. We loved him, and now. as he
passes away, we drink to his memory in
the brawniest Scotch that Glengarry ever
/ brewed.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
What Is the Frog. Anyhow

That the lot of Secretary of the
Treasury is not an easy one under the
dispensauon Of high protection is again
demonstrated by the latest decision as
TO the frog. We recall with pride the
manner in which the Hon. Leslie Morti-
mer Shaw, facing the stern responsibility
of protecting every infant industry in his
country, while at the head Of the Treas
ury reversed the findings of the zoolo-
gists and declared frog legs to be dressed
poultry. Since the ushering in of that
geological era we have cared not whether
the waiter has brought as chicken or
frog legs when we have ordered the lat
ter To some palates there is such SINH
larity of taste between the two that
Dullat legs can easily be palmed off as
frog legs And patriotism demands that
no question be asked. however dark may
be the suspicion created in the mind of
The epicure whose delicate taste detects
the deception; for he who would object
TO eating chicken after by Treasury ruI-
ing frog legs have been decreed a. dress
ed poultry would be put down i'm the
books as an enemy Of his country and
Of IFS most sacrosanct Institution. the
Dinsley BILL
But however hard we may strive to
respect and honor our rulers and their
decreos, we protest against the bur
den imposed upon patience by the fire.
quent change of Treasury policy toward
the frog. We had adjusted our geological
view. as we'll as our palate, TO the Shaw
decree. and blessed the wisdom and
benehcence Of a paternal government
which had adapted our appetite 10 the
needs Of the public revenues. But now
comes the Hon. George Bruce CorteIyou
and upsets us quite as TO the frog so
we must begin all over again in our
classification of the uluIating and tooth
some amphibian. 4 short time ago "A
Japanese firm in New York undertook
TO import a consignment OF frog skins
TO be made into purses Secretary Cor
telyou's vigilant guardians of Dingley-
ism at the pYt OF New York declared
they were iet her and ought to pay a
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
SONG GOOD Nav CONG Of 1t.

The recently concluded Thaw trial-per-
haps the blackest blot history has yet
recorded against the methods and prac-
tees Of the American bar-may, if moth
ing more may be said of it. serve 10
awaken the bar 10 the grave necessity
OF a speedy and radical change in many
of the rules of practice now obtaining. not
to mention a return TO the exact observ-
ance of such well-approved rules as are
already prescribed.
Apparently. ThaW's only possible plea in
defense of killing Stanford White was
emotional insanity. Indeed. Mr.. Gleason
distinctly stated i'm the beginning that
upon this defense alone would Thaw rest
1t must have been the deliberate decision
Of his attorneys, aster carefully weighing
every phase of the case. The evidence
Of Evelyn Nesbt Thaw was introduced
not as "a statement Of fact. but as a state
ment which. having been previously re-
lated to Thaw, might, whether true or
not still unsettle his mind 10 such an ex-
tent as TO render him impossible of realiz-
ing the moral and legal wrong in the
killing of his victim. A great many law
yers viii agree that the evidence of Mrs.
Thaw, even under this construction of the
admssibility of evidence, was barely ad-
missible, because her story was alleged
to have been related to Thaw more than
three years before the killing-a rather
slow method Of producing emotional in
sanity"
Be that as it may, however, the evil
dence having been 50 admitted. and per-
haps not improperly, it is hard to under
stand why the Thaw attorneys were not
required to stick to it. MI Delmas had
not been upon his feet for more than
thirty minutes before ne cast aside all
pretense and argued the case almost en-
tirely from the standpoint of the "uu-
written law" pleading a so-called de
mentia Americana" in Justification of his
clients act! Judge Fitzgerald might have
stopped this. of his own notwithstanding
that the rules of practice are the same
in New York in regard to this that they
are in the vast majority Of States. He
probably would have stopped II upon OBJ
lection from Mr.. Jerome. Why such OBJ
lection was not interposed is difficult to
understand. Mr. Delmas has defended
himself since the trial, so far as this is
concerned. by saying that he made his
plea along that line rather than along
strictly legal lines, because his client and
the influences surrounding him required
that he not emphasize the insanity idea
particularly is this said TO have been the
earnest desire of the Countess of Var
mouth That command reduced Mr. Del
mas to the absolute necessity of pleading
an unwritten sentiment rather than a
written law, This he did, and lost, as he
should have done.
The point is this: the defense should
have been forced 10 adhere to its an
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
GOV. JOHNSON'S CHANCES.
Il of the Kind That Is often Exalted
Over Mere Orators.

From the New York sun.
out ia Minnesota MIR. Bryan was a bad
second to John a. Johnson in a ballot
taken the other day TO determine the
choice Of Democrats in the legislature
for President: . out of "a preferred plain
Gov. Johnson 10 the Peerless.
In The American Commonwealth" Mr.
Bryce has dwelt on the fact that our
Presidents are not as rule men OF pow
erful intellect and dashing parts. but
plain. substantial plodding. safe and sane
individuals who might be called mediocre
without Oneuse. This may surprise the
casual alien who realizes how eloquent
and peripatetic our domestic statesmen
are most of them. some conspicuously
so. but Mr.. Bryce says:
After an. a President need not be a man Of bril-
liant and intellectual gifts His main duties b.
be urumr and frm 80 securing the due execution q
the laws and maintaining The public peace careful
and upright IN the choice Uf the executive officials
0rcrnled in all free countries. imagination pro
fuudIry II thought or extent II kncwiedges are all
in So far a gain go him that they make him hig
ger man. and help him 10 gain oTer the nation an
influence which # be b. true patriot be may use
for its good But they are not necessary for the
dine discharge n ordinary times * jbe duties q his
/ post. FiImnfss. common sense. and most q
an honesty aH honesty ab1Te an suspicion Cf PER
soual interest are the qualities which the country
lliehy needs IN its First Magistrate.
John A Johnson. whom the Democrats
+ of Minnesota prefer 10 the eloquent Mr.
Bryan as their choice for President
would doubtless strike Mr.. Bryce as a
man who might sit for the picture in his
book. and be an eligible and dangerous
candidate for the office which Mr. Bryan
wants. The son of a poor Swedish I'M
migrant and a woman who took I'm wash
ing. Injured in his youth 20 humble toll.
such as Lincoln knew, turning his hand
+ 70 all kinds of tasks 10 rise in the world.
/ gradually earning competence and al
ways having the respect OF his neighbors
/ "A solid sensible, patient. and kindly man.
not without natural sirewdness. but no
/ orator and certainly not accomplished
John A. Johnson. Democrat. became
governor OF Republican Minnesota. and
/ was reelected by q greatly increased
majority, because he was just the kind
/ OF man that IS often exalted to the presi-
dency over merely eloquent and brilliant
men.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
Buchanan,s Experience.

William T. Buchanan. one Of the dele
gates appointed by President Roosevelt
20 The Hague Peace Congress iu June
has served the government in similarly
important capacities under three admin
istrations. la the last Cleveland admin
istration. when Mr. Buchanan was q
Democrat. he was Minister 20 the Argeu-
tine Republic and was continued IN the
diplomatic service until the organization
Of the Buffalo Pan-Americau Exposition.
when ne resigned from the service 10
accept the presidency of that concern.
soon after the close of she Buffalo EX-
position. he was sent 10y President Ruose-
welt as the first United States Minister
10 the republic of Panama He Quit that
post TO join the forces Of the ST Louis
Worlds Fair, and was connected with
tnat enterprise several months after the
FORMAL close of the exposition. Last SUM
mer he was made chairman of the United
States delegation to the Pan-American
Congress - Rio de Janeiro Mr Buch-
anan was originally appointed to the dip
lomatic service by President Cleveland
from Iowa. H. now makes his home at
Buffalo. lie is regarded as one of the
most tactfui men ever In the diplomatic
service of the government. and il is ex-
pected that he VIII take prominent
part IN tho proceedings at The Hague
this summer
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
WIN Not Accept a Thin Taft.

From the Savannah News
The Washington Herald is endeavoring
TO set the world right with respect to Sec
retary Taft. 1t declares that he isn't a
roly-poly, with marvellous abdominal de
velopment and cushions OF fat about the
neck, but is d l-proportioned man in
the midTid and elsewhere. During the
past twelve months the Secretary has
taken off 100 pounds of weight, but has
done this without sacrifice of strength OF
requirement of wrinkles. The cart0Onists
however. viii have TO go right on making
the Secretary a fat man in their pictures
The public wouldn't recognize him In any
other shape To show them a thin Taft
would be almost as ridiculous as TO show
them a rotund Fairbanks
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17

duty OF 20 per cent. The importers in
sisted that they were fish skins. but
Mr. Cortelyou was obdurate and de-
manded that the importation be taxed
under the leather schedule. And what
he said went
Thus when in future the American
citizen orders frog legs, the waiter viii be
entirely within his constitutional rights If
he shall bring him beefsteak. for leather
is the fabrication of the beers integu-
ment. Uncle Jim Wilson's spectacled
scientists in the Agricultural Department
will please take notice that they are ex-
pected to trace the line of ascent of the
COW up from the tadpole through the
avicular domain and along through the
domestic fowl family to its present proud
and utilltarian position in the animal
kingdom. In some parts OF the Mississippi
Valley the bullfrog is called a moehlg
bird but we know of no section of our
country in which he is yet called steer.
However. we have no doubt that Uncle
Jim Wilson's scientists viii discover and
define the relation between the frog and
the COW. Secretary Cortelyou's rubric
must be sustained. or the entire fabric Of
Dngleyism viii be endangered.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
~ InexnIicahIc Russlan.

People with the inclination 10 establish
accurate relations Of cause and effect in
military problems nave awaited with con-
siderable eagerness the report OF the
American army officer who served as an
observer during the operations between
the Russians and Japanese in Manchuria,
and who was expected 10 know most. of
all the foreign experts on the ground, OF
the fall of Port Arthur There has al
ways been more or less mystery concern
ing the capitulatiOn of that fortress, and
IN the official report of Mai. j. r. Kuhn,
of the Corps Of Engineers Of the United
States army, now available, the contribu-
ton to the fund Of knowledge is nothing
but perplexing. 1t leaves unanswered the
question of why the Russians gave in as
soon as they did. unless il is 10 answer
ii altogether unfav0rably to Russian mill
tary sagacity. It seems 10 leave them
without the ordinary stock OF common
sense, TO say nothing about the quality
Of strategy.
II was believed. even 10y the japanese
probably because the information came
from the Russians themselves-that there
we're not more than 1000 men IN the be-
sieged place, and il is a surprise TO learn
that there were not less than 5000 "ef~
fectives" who marched out to give way
to the japanese. They We're "a hardy lot
of men, who bad fed we'll and were in all
respects in good condition. The provi-
sions on hand. such as they were, would
have sustained the garrison for at least
a month longer: and Mai, Kuhn adds:
That the pinch Of hunger had not yet been felt
bv the garrison was evident from the chunks OF
black and brogn bread found thrown away all along
the Russian trenches. There also appears TO have
been an abundance OF drink for the gF0und about
the trenches and the honhpTuofs was Uttered with
vodka. u.m and wine bottles. prominent mer-
chant stated that, so isg as drink was concerned
the town So wen stocked it could have held out
for another year.
Il is an alluring invitation 10 con-
lecture, therefore. what would have hap
pened had the Russians resisted and kept
Nogis army away from Mukden until a
scant fornghts delay would have made
it impossible to fight on the marshy ter
rain Of the Mukden plain"
Maj. Kuhn. in the general conclusions
of his admirable report of his observations
with the japanese forces before Port
/ Arthur. points out the value of that place
/ 70 the Russians. who were able TO neutral-
+ ize for five months four out of thirteen
( japanese line divisions, TO engage the
attention of the entire japanese fleet for
more than ten months, leaving Vladi-
vostok an open port for the Russians, and
/ to afford time for Russian concentration
/ and opposition TO the Japanese defenses
at Mukden. Had the Russians conducted
a defense a little more energeucaly, 'the
+ hnal results" i'm the opinion of Mai.
/ Kuhn, would have been materially diff
/ fereut"
! The surrender Of such a Russian point
! of advantage as was Port Arthur passes
/ into history as a veritable military mys-
/ tory.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
WEDNESDAY. APRIL Il. 1901
No Ruler" in the United States


Newspapers and individuals who took
seriously the recent performance Of Mr..
J. T. Graves at Chattanooga, and who
saw much political significance in what
the Georgian said. are now finding even
more pOrtentous meaning in a statement
attributed TO Gov Glenn, Of North Caro-
lima. The governor delivered speech Of
welcome 10 an educational conference at
Pinehurst a few days ago. and, accord
Ing 30 reports published in many news
PAPERS, he made this statement I'm the
course Of his remarks
The southern people to-day consider President
Roosevelt the greatest ruler the world has ever
known.
The esteemed Springfield Republican
points 20 this in answer TO Mr.. George
Harvey's question as 10 whether North
eru Democrats could not join hands with
the conservative South" in order 'to
blaze the way for the entrance of living
truth and real sincerity TO supplant the
hollow sham and glaring hypocrisy before
which We in shame now bow our
heads"
Now. all this is interesting. especially
when considered in connection with the
Graves incident; bat in common justice 90
Gov. Glenn 1t should be said that he en-
phatieally repudiates the somewhat start
ling declaration aseribed TO him. He ex-
plains the matter as follows. according
20 the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
In the course of my remarks at Pinehurst
said that ] regarded the President of the United
States whether Dem0eEat or Republican. as the
+7.-
Sir. Roosevelt any President hy name as
was speaking not Of an individual but Of the power
and greatness of the position"
Thus the North Carolina executive rem
ders himself immune against criticism
from those Southerners and Democrats
whose admiration for Mr.. Roosevelt is
less ardent than, for example. that of the
sweet-singing editor Of the Atlanta Geor-
giau. on the other hand. however. he
Uses the word ruler in a way which,
We think, viii be approved by no good
American
Tho President of the United States is
not a ruler" He is merely the princi-
pal executive officer of the government.
selected by the people. through the cleo
tOral college, TO administer the laws and
submit recommendations as to now legis-
latiOu. The office is one of enormous
power ana great dignity, of course, and
In thar respect which probably was al
that Gov. Glenn had in mind, It undoubt-
edly ranks with any corresponding post
in the world
But the idea Of being ruled is repugnant
to the American people. Neither the
greatness of any man who may occupy
the White House nor the greatness OF
the office affects that feeling in the slight
est degree. A matter of a century and q
quarter ago this country fought because
II objected to being ruled, and the popu-
lar view in the premises has not changed
since tnen. There is no ruler in the
United States, for the very simple rea.
son that, leaving the Constitution and
the statutes out Of the question, the peo-
pie would not tolerate one.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
A NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY.
Advice from New York as tO What
Bryan Should Have Done.
- ~ - - 81.

From tie New York sun.
The Hon John Temple Graves, that
thrice piumsged songbird OF the south,
has once more perched and swelled his
throat and liberated such floods Of melody
as must have made the nightingale
ashamed. This occurred in Chattanooga
last Wednesday.
Mr. Graves warble has lost nothing
since 1904. when he sang TO US Of William
r. Hearst, his virtues and his gifts Of
leadership He pipes and twitters just
as sweetly now. He smacks his Tyre with
unabated mastery. again he smothers
US with halcyon revelation. From the
epic 10 the sonnet, from the harsh war
song to the epithaiamium. from the elegy
/ to the serenade. he bounds with equal
I ease. Time has not diminished nor use
impaired his infinite variety. He winds
/ the horn heroic from the distant hills.
and within ten winks Of the very dullest
bedpost strums the light guitar and
shakes The circumambient air with love
and adulation. There never was but one
John Temple Graves, nor shall be till our
/ summers are deceased.
/ We do not share the reseutful opinion
/ Of those who would disparase the Georgia
minstrel because ne has transferred his
raptures from William r. Hearst 70
/ Theodore Roosevelt. The commentator
owes a debt 10 justice and To history
Three years may seem "A narrow span in
+ The philosophy Of benighted Smith OF
plodding Jones. TO genius that interval
accounts for untold cycles and innumeT-
able transformations AS genius sees t.
( Roosevelt iB 1857 is the incarnation o.
/ every human hope and uplift that Hearst
/ represented in 1904. And the cult and in
/ sight of innumerable centuries are con
! centrated in the message Of John Temple
/ Graves. He has adumbrated the peri
helion OF the two astounding and majestic
( orbits. He can flute beneath the caves Of
I either when t0ther dear charmers away
1 Barring Hearst. his poets soul goes out
I 10 Roosevelt.
The one perplexity confronting US Is
the Hon. William Jennings Bryan's fail
ure 70 respond with instant fervor TO th'
/ Georgia statesman's overture. That cir
/ cumstance inspires the apprehension o
/ discord in freak circles According 10 al
. reason and logic. Mr.. Bryan should have
taken the Hon John Temple Graves Op
perfume suggestion TO his heaving breast
1t offered him the opportunity Of a dra
matte and sublime rennciatlOn.
Why didn't he2
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17

nounced plea and held within strictly
legal rules Of practice, regardless Of the
desires" the requests. or anything else
from either side of the case. The law
cannot AFFORD to allow an illegal plea pre-
sented to jury because the Countess of
Somebody does not want a taint Of in
sanity ascribed 20 g family when some
one member of that family is urging upon
the jury that very insanity as his only
possible legal plea IN defense of murder,
The bar seems, at last, awakening to the
necessity for a reform in its methods OF
practice. In order that such disgrace as
the Thaw trial has east upon It may not
come again. And this is something 10 be
thankful for. even though there Is so
much in the entire nasty mess that is
repulsive and disecuraging.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
RoMANCE GoNE wRoNG.

Bill Trueheart was an honest lad, a
farmer and a trappeT.
Fred Fourfiush was a gambler bad, but
very smart and dapper.
Kate Spearnint was a rustic lass, with
tresses bright and sunny.
You guess a romance came 20 pass. and
YOU are right, my honey.
BilIs principles were pure and good
FFed's ways We're ever shady.
But Katie made it understood she wished
70 be a lady.
When Fred proposed. she said Il WILL
nor did she stop TO dicker.
But gave the laugh to hapless BIZ, who
straightway took TO likker.
Sweet Kate and Fred are welded now;
they married last October.
They scrap, but Jolt along somehow. Poor
Bii is seldom sober.
Bill should have had her for his wife; he
was a worthy feller
But pshaw! this ali occurred in life, not
IN a six-best-seller.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
Thomnson.s Trcnties

There is now in the consular service at
least one man who is convinced that in
no circumstances can the President be in
duced TO again accept a nomination. His
name is Robert ]. Thompson. and he halls
from Chicago. Thompson was unknown
personally TO the President until 1905. In
that, year Mr.. Roosevelt called him to
Washington and had him appointed to the
consular service in recognition of the
Presidents appreciation of a little bro
chure published by Thompson in the cam
paign of 1904 The title OF this campaign
document was: a Square Deal for Every
Man. OF What Theodore Roosevelt Stands
For. The contents Of the booklet con-
sisted almost wholly of excerpts from the
Presidents speeches. extolllng the value
of keeping promises. One of these eX-
cerpts eonspiculously displayed is;
Il do not think as far as I know, that
u have ever promised beforehand any
thing l did not make a strong effort to
make good
The Washington herald., 1907-04-17
Haa NothIng % Do wlth u.

The friends of Mr.. Thomas Nelson
Page the author. regret very much that
his name has become linked with the
gossip concerning the reported with
drawsl of the Hon. Perry Belmonts pro-
possl for membership in the Chevy Chase
Club. The relations between Messrs.
Page and Belmont are cordial. but those
who know the novelist assert that even
if their relations We're otherwise. Nlr.
Page would not have participated in any
attempt TO cause Nr. Belmont and the
New Workers friends enbarra ssment
While a member of all of Washington S
first class clubs, Mr. Page is too broad
and catholic i'm his views of the social
amenities 10 exert his influence in the
manner indicated by the groundless re-
port connecting his name with the incl
dent referred 10. Besides. he Is too busy
with his literary work, his charities and
his church duties TO engage even in the
small beer talk that occupies So large a
place in the discussion in clubdom.