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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-06
Third Heat, First Race.


The third heat of the $1,000 stake
race resulted as follows: Billy Red
field first, Matagorda Chief second,
Foreign Prince third and Baron'5
Sister fourth. Time, 2:20.
Yesterdays races resulted as fol-
laws:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-09-06

The Greatest and Best In
claFksburg.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
oLp-FAsHIoNED BANKING.

Aftsr ell, is not old-fashioned banking
the best-the kind of banking that re-
CARDS a bank as a commrcial inst1tu-
ton intended 10 promote commerce. not
a finance company for the purpose OF
promoting private speculations or specu-
lative enterprises?
Is not that kind OF banking the best
which locks upon the banker as a MEM
her OF a profession. as the confidential
custodian OF steward OF other peoples
money? IS not that banking the best
which seeks 10 serve the public instead
OF the IndividuaIG Is not that banking
the best which Is the evolution from q
neighborhoo1 need for banking facilities
rather than an evolution from some in
dividGars desire to obtain the use OF
other peoples funds for his own pur-
poses whether they be benehcent or
mott
It does not follow because a man has
made 6 conspicuous success IN some line
Of enterprise and has amassed a great
fortune in It that he Is fitted to be the
head Of banking institution. Il fact.
his very success IN that particular line
| Of business may incapacitate him fn a
large degree for the duties OF a bank
president-Erom the Wall Street Jour
nal
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
The Value of State Training.

A lesson for certain candidates for
Presidential nominations lies in the
strength of Messrs. Hughes, John
son, La Toilette, and Folk. No one
of the four has an organized boom.
No one has been able so far TO play
large part IN the management of
national affairs. Yet there is a
great possibility, perhaps even q
probability, that the contestants,
the barrier bearers Of both the
great parties, win come from this
brief roll.
Why? Because they have been
doers of the word. not hearers (and
speakers) merely. Every one Of
those four mer has achieved results
Tor his State and so for his party.
/ Compare any of the four records
with that o. Mr.. Bryan, OF Mr.. Fair
banks, or IIr, Krox. Eyan Mr..
Cannon's remarkable personality
and almost exceptional service in
Congress do not give him the poten-
tial strength IN a national campaign
which Hughes and La Toilette,
johnson and Folk may be expected
| to have.
Mckinley was a national figure,
but Harrison lin spite of his one
term in the SenateI and Cleveland
were local figures. Garfield was
nominated as a dark horse, Hayes
was a choice to beat Blaine, and
Grant was both nominated and
elected on his war record That
takes us back to Lincoln, who was
almost unknown as far as his serv'
ice in the House was concerned, and
who came to the front by virtue OF
his leadership in Illinois, not in the
nation.
| Of course, tie nan seen by his
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
A Tariff "H."
measure

''No reduction of tariff schedules
until after the election"
That is to be the position of the
Republican pa-ty. 1t has been en-
phatically, though calmly, set forth
In the Presidents message, and we
may look TO see it rather more
sonorously and obscurely restated
in the platform to be nailed to-
gether in Chicago.
But will it get votes?
The Republicans realize as well as
anybody else that it is a poor thing
at best. They know that it offers
the man who pays the bills mighty
cold comfort. They realize that
after the election" means not be
fore the Congress which sits during
the winter of 1eos-9, and that the
bill can hardly be framed and
pushed through both houses b.
March 4, 1909, making 1910 about the
best that can be hoped for.
But the expectation IS that it vii
go, Gin view Of the inability of TIT
Democrats to 60 even that well i
they win at the polls"
The voter, we think, win analyz
that. He is likely TO argue that i
there is little hope in the even
that the Democrats succeed, ther
is none at all from a party dOmi
mated in Congress either by stand
patters or the high priests Of al
the duty the business viii bear
They are not likely TO forget tha
these men have not followed tn
lead IF their own chief, Mr.. McKir
ley, when they had ali the Powe
and no election imPended. If th
voters do remember and consider a,
this, and the Democrats are no
characteristically blind to the bes
issue they have, the Republican
may wake up to regret that declare
tioni
''No reduction Of tariff schedule
until after the election!"
Bat it is big 'if."
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
Substitution in the District.

Congress will give immediate con
sideration to the bill to provide
street-car transportation to and
from the Union Station. That con-
Germs its members severally, and
seriously affects their personal COM
fort. But that is not the only legis-
latior for the District which is
needed urgently. Here are the sub
iects of some more:
l. A separation of the current
items from tho permanent items of
the District budget.
?. The 1essening of the death rate
through the reclamation of the Ana
costa flats.
3. The appropriation of money to
build schools for al the children
who will be ready when the con
struction is completed, not simply
those children who are ready today
and are crowded into converted
dwellings.
4. An amendment Of the act foI
the elimination of crooked alleys
and segregated negro communities
so that these by-ways may be
Strengthened whether the benefits
TO property values equal the dam
ages or not.
These needs are not so simple al
that for street car tracks across tht
station plaza. But they are quit
as pressing, and they require OF thu
District the same kind of substitu
ton, though in n vastly more costl!
measure.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
TAFT ON ATLANTIC
BOUND FOR HOME
Secretary Sails on Fast
Steamer-Sorry to Miss
Kaiser.

CUXHAVEN. Dec, T.-Secretary Tart.
the picture OF physical vigor, sailed at
noon today on tho President Grant for
New York, via Boulogne and Plymouth.
He expressed keen regret at being un-
able to meet the Kaiser, but said that
his mothers condition and the great
volume OF work awaiting him in Wash
ington made It impossible.
'The President thinks my presence Is
needed, and especially in connection
with questions relating 70 the canal.
army defense, and other matters under
ny 5UriEdiction,' said he
The Popular reception IN Japan was
less demCGstratiye than on our former
visit. b.lI va had the Presidents GaugIs-
ter wiLn US then. 1t seemed 20 me that
the people, as we'll as the authorities,
displayed an exceedingly friendly spirit.
whatever friction has arisen over tie
question OF immigration seems TO have
passed away or 10 be passing away.
II do not think there viii be any mis-
understanding OF our sending the feet
20 the Pacific. That really had its
genesis in the OregOn's trip, you know,
ard probably would have been Under
/ IA ZEN II Japan never had existed
The little party travelled inCognito o
/ from the Russian frontier,
The Washington times., 1907-12-08

The a1in. the moon, the stars, the seas
the hills. and the plains
Are not these. o Soul. the vision OF HIM
who reigns7
Ia not the Vision He. tho he Be not
that which He seemsf
Dreams are true while they last and
DO we not live In dreamsr
Earth. these solid stara. this weight Of
body and limb,
Are hey not sign and symbol or thy
division from HimI
Dark Is the world 20 thee; thyself art
For + He not all but that which has
power TO feel "I am i?
Glory about thee. without thee; and
thou fulhIlest thy doom,
Making Him broken CLEANS. ana SUI
fed splendor and gloom.
Sneak 10 Him thou for He hears. and
Spirit with Spirit can meet
Closer Is He than breathing, and nearer
than hands and feet.
God Is law, say the wise; o Soul, and
For If He thunder by law the thunder
IS yet His voice.
Law IS God, say some; no God ae al
says the fool:
For ali we have power 20 see IS {
straight stan bent In a pooli
And the ear of man cannot hear, ant
the eye Of man cannot see;
But II we could see and hear, the Visiol
Alfred Tennyson.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
The Presidents Part.

At last some one who can speak
with authority has given us an
analysis of the prevailing strin-
gency. It has come in the form of
an article in the North American
Review by A. d. Noyes, well known
as the financial editor OF the Forum
and a lecturer on finance in several
collegiate institutions
While the panic was related to
worldwide conditions, concludes
this authority, the cause of it's
amazing violence must be sought
at home. And the chief of them
was-what? The speeches Of the
PRESIDENT The puni ishment OF the
cheat and the thief? Not at all. It
was that the public confidence haa
been undermined by certain fnsn-
cial scandals, and that the trust
companies had passed into the gen.
eral deposit banking business with
! out being subject TO the legal safe
guards of depositors required Of the
banks"
Here, in one paragraph, Is his
view Of the Presidents connection
with lie trouble;
That President Roosevelrs policies o.
! speeches actually caused the nnancl :
callapae OF October is a stretch OF infer
ence comparable. in my judgment, q
! v,fu m
/ land the personal responsibility 70
! causing the panic OF 1893. With IN
! worldwide strain on caploll' Whlcl
| forced the Bank or England's s aDhorIns
6 per cent rate last year and whlcl
caused the financial collapse IN Hollan
and grave financial disorder az Berlin
before the New York crash; with IN
distrust instilled IN the public Inino y
revelations OF breach OF trust Dy man
ayers OF great corporauonsi and WI
the unsOund banking practices Whle
were the immediate cause for tne
breakdown Ia New York city ~
/ Roosevelt had no more 20 90 thAh aal
Cleveland had TO do with the failure Q
the rotten farm-mortgase companies
fourteen years ago, and the run OF os
Dositnrs on the Western chain c
r banks" That his very recent speeche
were fndiscreet. IN the sense thAt a
! needless agitation, at so critical june
ture, should have been avoided, al
pears TO me incontestaDie- But Ahe
did not cause the panic.
Yet there are nOvices in the SCI
ence of finance, politicians whose aC
uuaintance with the subject goe
little beyond impressive phrases
who have grown blue In the fac
with indignation at the Presiden
2 ~ +le author of all the trOubl,
They belong with that larger elias
which now cries out for Some fait
l in somebody" "a ray of optimisI
: for heavens sakel" and in altel
{ mating breaths deprecates the "d'
e structive journalism Of the irr'
: sponsible press"
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
HARD COAL CONTROL
PLAN OF CHICAGO GO.

CHICAGO. Dec. IA 100000 corpora
ton which viii control the hard coal
trade Of Chicago is in process OF launch
ing, according TO weu-authenticated re-
ports In the cool trade today.
1t Will be the largest retail coal cor
poratiOn IN the West.
Forty OF the most active coal yards in
Chicago are under option, and, with
yards, wagons, and improved methods
Of handling coal, the new corporation
viii control the wagon hard coal busl-
ness Of Chicago absolutely.
The following are named as members
Of the proposed combine: Francis S.
Peabody. Fred W. Upham, Peabody
| Coal Company George GOetz, Globe
/ Coal Company, Delaware and Lacka-
wanna interests, Williams & Peters, OF
| New York, largest hard coal operators
4 IN America
The Washington times., 1907-12-08

publiean's election, is talked with re-
nlarkable fraI ICness by men who are
e opposed TO know intimately what big
business IS likely 20 do. Since the first
rlonths OF his administration. when ne
suddenly and unexpectC dly was called
to the Executive chair, there has never
been a time when the big men OF SEN
ate and House-the old-tine leaders
spoke with SO much feRrlessness and
such frank contempt about the Presi-
dent and his policies as they do now.
Think His Power Broken.
They believe the Presidents power Is
broken. because OF the financial trou-
bles. They not only count him out OF
the Presidential troubles on his own
account, but they assume confidence
that they have wrested control OF the
situation from him. and will prevent
his dominating the ext convention
Certain II IS that since the beginning
Of this session the Big Stick has had
less terrors for statesmen than for sew
eral years before.
The change Of front Of the national
committee is illustrative AID suggestive
Last year, when Mr. Cortela'ou resigned
vice chairman, Mr.. New, 10 succeed
to the reins, there was a regular little
tempest IN teapot Of Senatorial op-
position to New getting the place A
movement was started among the Sen
atoriai members Of the national com
mittee to call that body together and
elect somebody else-prObably Senator
Scott, Of West Virginia
That movement lasted about thirty
six hours, and then died II was Ut
terIy impossible TO get strength enough
20 call a meeting OF the committee
Now, less than a year later the IA
tioral comnittee-composed Of the Same
mems commonly conceded 70 have
been taken over into the control o.
| the anti-Administraton forces. New
indeed, has been elected chairman; but
the issue has changed, and the anti
Administration forces are commonly
conceded TO be In control.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
AVERAGE SPEED OF BODIES.

A man walks. three miles per hour
Slow rivers fiow, three miles per hour
Rapid rivers flow, seven miles per
hour.
A horse trots. seven miles per hour
a moderate wind blows, seven miles
per hour
Sailing vessels run. ten miles per hour.
Steamboats, rum eighteen miles Ger
hour.
A horse runs, twenty miles per hour.
A storm moves, thirty-six miles per
hour.
A hurricane moves. eighty miles per
hoCr.
Sound moves, 14S miles per hour
\ rifle ball moves, 5000 miles per hour,
Light moves, 1872, 900 miles per second =
Electricity travels, $4,000 miles par
hour.-From an Exchange.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
WATERWAYS MEN
CERTAIN Of ISSUE.
Plan to Join Currency and
Improvement Movements
Gaining Favor.
Financial Authorities Say
New Scheme Would
Prove Successful.

Despite the fact that Speaker Can
non administered q severe jolt 10 the
hopes Of the internal waterways ad-
vOcates IN his address 20 their commit
tee. there is stu reason 70 believe the
waterways proposition may be Initiated
this session il effective fashion.
Speaker Cannon demanded 70 know if
big bond issue was wanted. He was
told that the resolutions didn't ask g..
but sentiment did. Then he replied that
1t was useless 20 consider such a plan;
Congressman wouldn't dare favor It be-
cause their constituents would defeat
them for 4. The Speaker. indeed, was
far from encouraging 20 the whole pro-
posal.
New Plar Found.
But II comes 70 pass tEat an entirely
different interest is taking hold OF this
! idea OF a half-bIIliOn-dollar bond iasus.
I On highest authority IL can be said that
one OF the schemes Of financial RELIEF
which have been given most serious
cor sheraton IS that authorizing a great
| bond issue IN order 10 Kill two birds
( with one Etonec primarily 20 raise
money for the waterways work, and
! second2rily, 20 expand the basis OF out
standing Government credit against
which circulation may Re issued.
| The secondary Nason becomes the prI-
mary one with the conservative fnan-
ciers, There IS e strong faction among
the men who control legislation on cur
rency, who csn see no hope OF expand
| ing circulation by any process which
shall much change present methods.
Present methods Of issue are pretty
sharply limited because OF the small
Government debt against which the
| banks may issue notes. The progressive
extinction Of the national debt would
make a national bank circulation i'm
POSSIBLE unless the law was changed,
Think Plan Best.
There IS a large class Of financial
authorities who think II IS better TO
have q Governmen debt against which
to issue circulation than 10 be out OF
debt and use some other and less sat
isfactory basis OF money.
These people are willing enough "a
see the waterways bond issue made SIM
ply because Il would put bonds On the
! market a proposition 10 initiate a
! great scheme OF internal Improvement
20 be paid for In bonds would mean a
| large Increase IN the bonded debt in the
| next few years. and this Is what many
J | financial authorities want in iieu OF
attempting a serious constructive effort
at revision OF the currency system from
the foundations.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
Representative MOORE
PLACED ON COMMITTEE

+ The statement in yesterdays Times
that Representative Rapden Of Texas
had been elected a member OF the
Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee was incorrect John NJ
Moore was chosen as the Texas men,
Der of the committee. Mr.. Randen was
unanimously indorsed BY his colleagues
for a place on the Ways and Means
Committee and will be recommended
hv John Sharp williams. which IS
equivalent to an appointment.
Mr.. Randeil was opposed Dy mr.
CooDer Of Texas. who had formerly
served on the Ways and Means Com
mIttea and who had the active back
ing Of Senator Bailey. When the Texas
delegation cauoused, Rardell defeated
Cooper by vote of 10 TO and his Sc
lection was unanimous
The Washington times., 1907-12-08

country1nen in the glare of national
politics may have a certain adyan-
tage. But is it to be relied upon
against the enormous availability OF
men like Harrison, Cleveland, and
Lincoln-strong men, not too well
known, proven faithful in the ad-
ministration of lesser jurisdiction,
and, above most else, men who have
achieved and not talked merely
This is the question prompted by
our experience since 1860, and II
points TO trouble for certain ma
tional candidates now looming iargt
in the public view.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
TAFT BOOM DYING,
ROOSEVELT GAINS,
DECLARES BOURNE
Western Senator Believes
RooSeveIt'S Nomination
Practically Certain.

senator Jonathan Bourne Of oregon,
the original thlrd-term advocate, has
issued declaration that The Taft
movement is in its dying gasDs. and
Will not last long after Tafts return
home.
There will be another month or two
NJ Nose day-to-day announcements
that the President positively Will not
again run. Infsrences viii De drawn
and gcattered abroad, TO this erect
from everything he says. But you no
tice that to date the President nas IS
sued no final and authoritative state
TneTt AN efforts &c force him 70 do
SO have failed. He Will not issue enc;
He does not want 20 be nomin-tsd
again: that Is absolutely true but n,5 nS
Is going TO be nominated, and ne VII
run and win
Irresistible Demand.
s.ThA, 7,ublic's confidence IN Roose-
Welt and his policies viii shape into an
Irresistible demand for another term OF
his poUcies and his administration.
There ara four men in the public MIND
now: Roosevelt Bryan. Hughes. and
I.aFoUette. Hughes as growing wltf
The public, ard Is q big and gooo man,
But the public mind regards these - -
men as IL one class mere AIe no Ot4A0le ~
80 Of r7Irnors nnd uncertainty, Dul
there Will be no conclusive sLSltehiSul
from the President which VIII put mn
out OF consideration Then the GER ll eIle
OF public opinion VIII Crystahze Las !
Sns the movement viii be irresistible
political aspects began 70 oeVeioI
s+ronEiv his morning. The TAFT boomers
are aRsiu accused OF grave 0ohtlcs
error. one which is declared by then
| opponents TO be fatal A., 80,
we're fnsistlng that Kansas CITY Wa
/ certain to be chosen as convention S;Cy
ard that IL would be a great ana teliinl
| Taft vi.toFy, because kansas Clty l.
| the capital OF the Taft sentiment eh'
| the atmosphere there would help MN
/ Thar began rejoicing too soon and to-
| loudly
Fight Kansas City Strength.
Arnuset by the premature enthusiasm
OF the TaTt folks, the friends OF a.
the other candidates got together In
determined effort to break down Kansa
City's strength. Even Secretary Cor
telvou. IL IS now declared, was repre-
sented IN this combination by one o
the strongest workers, Assistant Post
] master General Hitchcock, 10 Whom
attributed chief responsibility for turn
ing large force gs 96 SSIcaeen Sb,caSo 'ie'i''e'
| The Knox. Hughes, Foraker, and otne
fnIiowings lined 10 and some rapid an
essective manipulation changed the ma
jority TO Chicago,
IT'S simply in the lnIereEL cL
SQUARE deal for ALL" SAID a represents
tive OF the combination Of ano-Eai
! forces.
"It means determined effor 70 Gus
| The Administration from control or n
! committee and the pTcliTnlnarleS 10 u
| Convention - was the reply Of spoke:
, man OF the Taft interests. And ths
represents the two views.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
"ENAMELINE."

II YOU were but a woman
Just think what you could savei
You'd never need g barber
You'd never have TO shave!
But, come to think about Il,
ia rather have a beard
Than pay the beauty doctor
To have my face veneeredi
Buffalo News.
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
THE WASHINGTON TINES. SUNDAY DECEMBER g. 1907.

able to take this course Imitation schemes off color
nowadays Congress isn't going to permit them. The
Washington Gas Monopoly longer sacred 1t is going
to get some Straightforward treatment Now is the time for
to take account of stock ard figure whether it can't best
afford TO make concessions and friends
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
Thirty Republican Senators
WouldHe1pB Bryan, Says Member

A most interesting story is going the
rounds about q political discussion al
legged 10 have taken place in the Se=.ate
smoking room the other day, which Is
regarded as characteristic OF the pres
ent political differences in high places.
''The fact is," Raid ono speaker,
man than whom very few are better
informed upon such matters as he was
discussing, that Wall Street-big busi-
ness-in this country is getting lined
up for Mr.. Bryan. They have it figured
out over there that with the Senate Sc
curely Republican until 1912, there could
DO no damage to their interests il
Bryan's election. Nothing radical would
be done. because the Senate wouldn't
permit.
Tho Roosevelt policies would end,
and Bryan policies couldn't be substi-
tuted. Business is liable 60 do what
II did when Cleveland was elected
Blaine didn't satisfy business OF the
Wall Street sort. because he was con-
sidsred too independent in some views.
especially tarin- So he was defeated by
the big money interests and Cleveland
became President They are getting
ready to do that next year, unless The
Republicans line Up for distinctly con-
servative measures and uen."
Senate Not So "Safe."
To which another Republican, a West
ern Senator. according to the story, re-
piled:
''You mistake the disposition OF the
country nowadays. That scheme would
be good If people were doing business
| along thc old lines. They aren't. The
| truth is ihRt there are something like
! thirty Republican Senators who would,
with entire satisfaction, fall IN with the
Senate Democrats to carry out, under
Mr.. Bryan, the policies OF progress and
/ accomplishment. The country Nants
the results, and the day Is past whsn
partiBanship viii be permitted to de-
feat the things the country demands. "
This story. that big business. will cast
lts weight into the Bryan scale II neo-
essary TO prevent a Rooseveltian Ae
The Washington times., 1907-12-08
Tapped the FUND.-

The fact that IN most instances these
efforts have IA led does not lessen the
belief OF the Presidents friends that the
moneyed interests have tapped the fund
which was raised nearly a year ago to
bring about the downfall Of Roosevelt.
That they have failed merely goes to
show that the President Is as strong
in the hearts OF the people as he ever
was, and they believe that II win take
more than al or the rusoored S5,000,O 900
TO accomplish the end The conspirators
are striving to att~ln-
Holding this belief, It VIII not be at
all remarkable IL the Administration
followers make political capital out of
the attack on their own account. They
will bring copies OF Theodore Roose-
velt-Destroyer'' TO the light and use
them as campaign documents to prove
the existence OF the year-old conspiracy,
and demand that the Presidents friends
rally TO his support to defeat the object
OF those who have taken such means OF
attacking his record