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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
The District Committees.

District affairs are In capable hands in
Congress at present. The committee just
named by Speaker Cannon to handle TINS
branch of legislation commends itself
to the Washingtonians as a body of men
qualified in every respect to deal with
important municipal questions Indeed,
it is stated to have been the Speakers
purpose in designating the new majority
members of the District committee to
pick men chiefly from large communities,
men with experience in municipal man
agement or a broad understanding OF
city requirements. Frequently in the past
the District has suffered from the atten-
tons of members, holding places on the
District committees, who have stood for
rural constituencies and who have lacked
appreciation of the necessities of a large
urban center.
Chairman Smith has been so long con-
nected with the District committee that
his promotion to the head of it comes
as a natural sequence to his service. He
is probably today as we'll posted on the
affairs of Washington as any man in
Congress. He is sympathetic with the
broad views of the capital builders. and
with the aspirations of the citizens who
District to its full possibilities as a seat
of government The people of Washington
having business with the House committee
will find it's chairman not only a courte-
Gus. pleasant man of affairs with a wide
acquaintance in this District, but with
a keen business view of all the ques-
tiens which annually arise in the conduct
of the committees affairs. Mr.. Smiths
election to head the committee is an as
surance that every District citizen will get
the square deal at that end of the line.
On the Senate side conditions remain
generally as they stood year ago. Sena-
tor Gallinge- is too thoroughly recognized
as progressive. sympathetic friend of
the Capital city to require introduction
or special comment. He lis virtually a
Washingtonian, through long residence
and close acquaintance with the local leg
islation He is surrounded by capable
men of both parties, who are students of
municipal affairs and have demonstrated
their keen interest in the welfare of the
District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
A Bit of Gotham LawIessness.

New Workers with the least degree OF
pride in their city must feel pretty cheap
today. as they contemplate the assortment
of men who stand as the municipal legis-
lature of that community. Here are men
of all shades of political opinion, Tam
manyite. municipal ownership and repub-
hcan. voting in combination to re-elect as
president of the borough of Manhattan
the man whom Gov. Hughes has Just
ousted from that office by formal action.
What can be expected of a city govern
ment so constituted? The governors re-
moval of Ahearn was based upon the
fundamental law of the great city and
after thorough review of the circum-
stances. There Is no provision in the law
for an appeal from his decision Yet the
aldermen of New York have set them
selves up as a repeating power, an appel
late court, and have restored the borough
president to his place as effectually, I'D to
this time. as though the highest court in
the state had ordered his rehabilitation
This is sheer lawlessness, without a re-
deeming feature, a brazeH defiance of the
statutes and the organized forms of gov
eminent. 1t is revolution. but it lacks the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
The Mill in the House,

The subject does not properly invite to
levity, and yet it may in truth be said
of yesterdays scrap that Mr.. De Almond
smelt trouble and Mr.. Williams came
promptly to the scratch. The mill was
too impromptu for display Of science.
1t was sudden to the point of shock. And
then fists are not the proper caper either
in Mississippi or Missouri Neither. po-
litically nor personally, therefore, will
either of the principals in yesterdays en-,
counter suffer in respect or popularity at
home. Both earned the praise contained
in the cowboys epitaph, and having done
their d-dest with the implements at hand
will be applauded by their constituents
There is food for thought and comfort in
the fact that there was no gun play"
Neither man reached for his weapon. IL
either, indeed. had a weapon We are
making progress. Fists themselves will
be furled in time. Arbitration moves
slowly, but is on the way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Useful Gifts.

In making Christmas gifts try to pick
out useful things for the people who can
use them. This is one of the crying needs
/0f the period. Christmas giving has de-
Nialoped to the point at which some sort
Il restraint must be put upon the free
AM untramrheled liberty of the individual
TO Meet whatever catches the eye or the
FANCY. A Vast amount of money is spent
on 9tally worthless stuff that only lurs-
-@oers up the house and makes life bur
den after the novelty has faded. The
same aIount of money spent on useful
articlss/ is better invested and the gifts
remain longer as reminders of their
donors.
There is no end to the list of useful
Eifts. Every shop contains them in
abundance. The advertising columns of
The Star are filled with suggestions. No
body need lack for ideas on this subject.
few minutes spent in reading the bust
ness announcements, followed by a couple
of hours or so in the stores. will yield a
sufficient variety of possibilities to suit
alltastes and purses.
Xrhey is easily wasted on cheap and
per1shable trifies for the children which
might better be expended in more sub
stantial goods. Fewer gifts of solid worth
are infinitely better than large assert
ment of stun that Will be in a wrecked
state two days after Christmas. The
substantial toy given this year to a child
will probably survive the strain of a
twelvemonth and be suitable for transfer
to some little hospital patient a year
hence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
The Hughes Boom.

The action of the New York county re-
publican committee last night on the SUD-
ject of the Hughes boom is interpretable
in several ways. But so is nearly every
political action taken in that county or
state. New York politics is mixed poll
tics, and things are seldom what they
seem.
The anti-Hughes men will undoubtedly
feel heartened. and, among themselves at
least, claim a victory. They Will try to
control the situation at the January meet
ing of the committee, and II they do con-
troll it the Hughes boom will be severely
injured. If New York decides not to
present the name of Gov. Hughes to the
republican national convention only q
tidal wave of Hughes sentiment elsewhere
will avail to control the convention in
the governors favor.
But the Hughes men are not disheart-
ened, nor should they be. Much may be
accomplished between now and the COM
mittee's next meeting. That Hughes SEN
timent is strong in New York state is un-
mistakable 1t is growing. too. else
where. The record of the Governor of
New York is we'll known now all over the
country. and wherever known is Endorsed
Men of both parties recognize an execu-
tive of unusual ability in the present &C.
cupant of the chair at Albany, and should
he be made his partys national leader
next year he will conduct d great cam
paign.
There should be no hesitation about in
dorsing the Presidents policies. In fact,
that should be done with enthusiasm
The national convention will indorse
them, no matter what its course may be
as to the candidate. Clearly therefore,
the Hughes boom has nothing to lose but
everything to gain from intimate asso-
citation with the record upon which the
party is to so into action. That Wall
street does not indorse the President is
SO much in his favor. And. at heart
Wall street does not indorse Gov. Hughes
Any play for the favor of Wall street.
either in New York or at Chicago, would
be fatuous to the last degree.
If the Hughes boom carries the day in
New York county next month that will
be in good time. The campaign every
where is opening early, but no definite
instructions have as yet been voted. In
diana is for Mr.. Fairbanks, and Illinois
for Mr.. Cannon, but conventions have not
been held. In Ohio the Foraker forces
and the Taft forces are urging an early
expression of the people, but that may
not be obtained for at least a couple of
months. So that. all things considered.
the Hughes men in New York have time
enough in\ which to put their favorite in
the field II the state is behind him in
the race .---
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
The Mine-Horror Evil.

Our national wastefulness of human
life is recently demonstrating in a new
form. Railroad operatives We're slain by
the national government interfered and
required the transportation companies to
equip their freight trains with hand-holds
and airbrakes Now we are permitting
the mine owners of the country TO destroy
their workmen by wholesale. The federal
government has no direct jurisdiction over
this matter, the mines being exclusively
under state control. Nevertheless an i'm
perative duty confronts the United States
In the premises. accented by each new ad-
dition to the appalling record of under
ground disasters. 1t must conduct a
searching investigation into the causes
and circumstances of these catastrophes
beneath the surface. in order to point out
the remedy. IL such can be found. That
the remedy. thus discovered. will be applied
promptly by the state governments may
be assumed. Public sentiment is too thor
oughly aroused on the subject to permit
any suggestions which may be offered by
q federal administrative commission of
inquiry or legislative enactment to pass
without application in the states through
their legislatures. No corporation interest
can possibly withstand the onset of this
sentiment which will not be denied.
The latest mine horror occurred in
Pennsylvania, already this season the
scene of numerous shocking accidents of
the same character. The reports INDICATE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Speed.


Talk about your autos and the way they
burn the air
The speed that they are making doesn't
really compare
With the swiftness that's expected from
the average citizen
Who gets into the hustle nd the hustle,
now and then.
He's got to keep on lodging to the left or
to the right;
He longs to teach his muscles the rapidity
of. light.
If you feel yourself unwilling to be cut
down like flower,
You've got to side-step at the rate Of
sixty miles an hour.
Dodging wagons as they whirl in strange.
delirious glee;
Dodging grafters all alert wherever you
may be;
Dodging consequences when some foolish
thing is said;
Dodging some debater who decides to
punch your head:
No wonder men get nervous as the days
go rushing by.
The nation's indigestion isn't wholly C:e
to pie.
This life's a constant study to develop
speed AMI power
When you must side-step at the rate of
sixty miles an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

excuse Of a good cause. And this is the
mechanism OF government which Is in
trusted with the welfare Of the millions
of people who constitute the greatest city
of the United States. guardian over BILL
lions of dollars worth Of property. Such
spectacles as this drive home the convic-
ton that our American municipal system
is either very raw or very decadent. Look
ing far to the west and surveying San
Francisco as 1t was short time ago. and
then to the east and noting New York as
it Is, the average American Is likely.
If he carries such a thing as conscience
about with him, to wonder whether In
some respects the old medieval system of
management was not superior to the mod
ern, process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
An Grafton Spoiled.

You have a mortgage en- your farm,
have YOU not?" asked the politician.
Yes" answered Farmer Corntossel,
"but-"
And it has been there for years?'
Ever since kin remember; but
Behold hoy you are downtrodden. See
how the earnings Of your honest toll are
filched from you by the usurer's hand. A
lifetime of honest, manly struggle, and
your reward Is the shackles of deDl-
Hold on stranger. l hate to interrupt
you, but you've got it figured all wrong.
I've had the money to pay off the mort
gage three or four times over, but the
way things was sellin, it was better in
vestment to put it into more land"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
BY Way Of Warning.

"Why are some prominent men repre-
sented with cigars in their mouths?" in
quired young Mrs. Torkins.
Possibly" replied her husband eau
tiously, Its to warn well-meaning
friends that they have plenty of their own
selection and don't want any for Christ
mas"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

An extra appropriation for seed distri-
button guarantees the country that the
hollyhock and the rnarigold are to flourish
in undiminished luxuriance, whate YER may
happen to the forests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Walk and Reduce the Death Rat

From the New York Herald.
Dr. Evans, Chicago's health commits
sioner, finds cause for alarm in the rapid
increase in pneumonia and consumption
in his city, and has issued bulletin N
which it is stated tnat walking Is almost
a specific against them
He recommends that every person liv-
ing within two miles of his work should
walk the distance twice daily instead of
riding in the cars.
To New Workers., who are obliged to suf-
fer the torture of overcrowded cars twice
each day, the walking cure Is attractive
In this city as we'll as in Chicago pneu-
monia and consumption are the most
prevalent of all diseases. and physicians
generally agree that poisonous air in
street cars, homes and offices IS he main
cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

NI2 order to avoid delays on account
CT personal absence letters to THE
STAR should not be addressed to any
individual connected with the ONCE, but
simply to TIE STAR, or to the Editorial
or Business Department, according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
The Gold Standard.
From the Portland oregonian.

From the FOrtIanu OreBOHIdH.
Somebody. who doesn't sign his name.
asks In a letter to the Oregonian If there
can't be IAN honest difference of opinion
about the gold standard There can be
no honest difference of opinion where
one of the parties knows nothing of what
he Is talking about. There may be hon.
est ignorance But 1t is entitled to no
opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Candidates Merry Christmas.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Perhaps the President thought another
decla ration on the third term question
would enable several gentlemen to have
a merrier Christmas than they could have
had If he had maintained silence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Out Of Obscurity.

"Hew do you like the committee to
which you were assigned?" asked one
member Of the House Of Representatives.
II suppose I ought to feel fiattered,'
answered the other. Il never heard of 1t
before 1t seems to have teen discovered
for my personal benefit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

If W. \. Clark can settle disputes be-
tween the warning elements in Montana
he Will be one Of the men who manage
to get more fame out of their work as
private citizens than senatorial prestige
can afford them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

1t is expertly testified that Mr.. Cortel-
you is suffering solely from an attack of
grip. and that his illness is not in any
way due to the operation for the removal
of the Post Office Departments political
appendix.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
A Uniform Result.

Some say that "Yuletide" is its name;
Some write 1t Xmas some do not.
Whate'er the title, just the same
It's sure to cost you all you've got.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

Even if Senator Culberson should man.
age to learn all about the recent panic
the ways of Wall street are so devious
that another would no doubt be attribute
Bile to entirely different causes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

For the sake of dignity it would be as
we'll to remind communities on the route
of the fleet that "A Hot Time in the Old
Town is not our national anthem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

Gen. Stoessel must feel a certain envy
for people who are permitted to take
themselves off to Siberia and have no
more said about it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

1t is not announced whether Mr.. De
Almond has decided to start out as
sub-mlnority leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

One of the .strangest things about that
$4,000 diamond theft is that no actress
seems to be getting any advertisement
out of it..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

The return of Mr.. WI started right by
antagonizing Speaker Cannon's prejudices
in receiving a lot of bouquets as he was
departing for this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHrLANDER JOHNSON.
Catching the Fine Points.

'In order to clearly understand proceed
ings in Congress would you advise me to
study some sIch writer as Gushing or
Roberts?'
NO" answered the new member.
Study the marquis Of Queensberry.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

Some of our national legislators may
not have as much money as those In the
Fish Hartman contest. but they are
quite as bellicose. >-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

The Panama canal will probably be COM
pleted in time to make this the last chance
Patagonia will have to look at real
fleet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Keeps Him Moving.
rom the Omaha Bee

From the Omaha Bee.
Secretary Taft doubtless wishes the
President would allow him to remain in
Washington long enough to become &C
ouainted with the chief clerks in the
War Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Washington Rumors.

From the Nashville Tennessean.
Rumors from Washington are at present
numerous. sensational, picturesque, inter-
esting, signihcant-and mostly false.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

The prospect of war on the floor of the
House of Representatives was overlooked
in the prophesies of Hobson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

Mr.. Williams and Mr.. De Almond are too
athletic to please even the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

If Mr.. Bryan undertakes to referee all
the differences in his own party he Is
assuredly entitled to great recognition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Which Is the Jonahf

From the Dayton News.
We rather believe that Bryan could
prove an alibi in the Jonah matter and
put il on the democratic party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20
Quiet.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The camarilla in Washington finds the
present a time for maintaining a quiet
that Is Impressive and educational.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-20

Umbrellas. S1.0O to $1,000.
Refers. $1.2J to $500.
Underwear, soc up to the silk at
$500 a garment.
Laundered Shirts, $1.O0 to $3.50.
Full Dress Shirts. $1.00 to $50.
Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, 121ec
to S1.5O.
Initial Linen Handkerchiefs, 25c
to J0c.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-12
BASEBALL CAME
ENDS IN t LIGHT
a. and NJ. Victory Over George
Washington Marrcd by
Rough Work.

RALEIGH, N, c., April 11,--A. and
NJ. defeated George washington in
rather slow bali game thS afternoon,
tho score being 4 to 8.
Some excitement was added in tho
eighth innii/ when Captain Thomp-
son, of A. and NJ, took exception to
Il ruling by Umpire Noble and struck
him, Friends rushed between them
and prevented n fight. Thompson was
put out of the game, being succeeded
as catch by Cote. Earlier in the game
two A. and NJ, cadets revived an old
srudgc while sitting on tho scorers
bench. and the fato of a broken nosc
and other facial dishgurements befell
Cadet Carpenter, Tho namo OF his
assailant ocud not be nscertnined.F
some features OF tho playing was a
home run by Thompson and a two
base hit by Temple, fora, and NJ.
Harris, for A. and M. on third base,
saved tho day for tho winners Mt a
number Of critical points. For Wash
ington the work Of Hester, pitcher
and Stevenson, catcher was very good
| The score by innings; r. II. lo
A. and .20O 0 1000 s
Wash. x Lee, o oo2oo1oo--a q
Batterlcs--A, and NJ: Temple and
Thompson and Cote; George Washing
ton: Hester and Stcyenson Struck
out--Temple, q; Hestt', Q. Base or
balis-romplc, 9; Hester, 2, lit by
pitched ball--Temple. 4 BIZ Hester, !.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-12
YALE MAY GIVE UP TRIP.
Easter Baseball Practice in South
Not So Beneficial.

NEW HAVEN. CONN, April Ii
Now Yale Is talking Of very radical
change concerning the annual Eater
vacation trip OF the VARSITY nine to
the South and substituting therefor a
series of games during the Easter va
cation with Princeton. One of the Yale
officials who accompanied the Varsity
plan tonight as follows:
.tNow that the trip Is over It's value
to the ball-players is again pretty serl-
ously in question here. and it seems
unlikely that Yale will take another
Easter trip Of the character Of this last
one. The idea of this vacation trip is,
of course, to give practice with mines
which are supposed to be further along
(. in development than mines of the North.
To reach these mines 1t Is necessary to
go well into the South and the amount
of travelling has been an objection in
the past. as It tired out
"a plan for Easter vacation practice
which would be a good one for prnc-
tical results would be to have the Yale
and Princeton players meot at some
point no further North than Washing
ton, and preferably even further South,
where warm weather could be reason
ably counted on, and play a series OF
daily matches with each other. There
would be no attempt at the establish
I1ent Of supremacy in these matches
of one nine over the other, but there
would be rivalry enough to make the
games interesting.
besides giving each other good
| practice, a preliminary season Of the
J. kind suggested would tend to make thr
! championship series a better ono anC
much more likely to be decided on tho
| merits of the teams"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-12
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Allguhtn. Al Macon ]

AUGUSTA. GA. April 1i.-Inability
TO hit Holmes and Helms upward light
In the NTH lost to-day'B game for Ma
con, Two base hits by Stinson and
Holmes and three base hits by Stlnson
were features.
Macon .-..o o oooo1 o OIL
I'atteries-lielm. Tribble and Robin
so SON Holmes and .Eyers. Umplres.
Charleston. 10, Jacksonville, 8.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. April IL
The feature of to-day's game was the
home-rnn drive over the centre- field
fence of johnson in the NTH inning,
The, home pitchers yielded eight bhsns
on balls.
| Score: R.II. %.
lackvnle ..oo1Oo o o o. IL =: >
| Charlestn 4 3ooa 2 o 0 0--1O IN /
batteries Savidge, Evans and Fuller;
Johnson and Relslnger, Time $50, I'm
/ pire, Fitzsimmons.
| Columbia, 2, Savannah, l..
| SAVANNAH, GA, April 1.-THE CO.
lumbia team showed FAR grcater
strength than the Savannah public OK.
pecteal after three stlnights that jack
ssonyille had from the South Caro-.
Score: n RI n
Columbia 90 o o 4 o--2 .
Batter1es--Dea and Kahikoff; Nc
"A pire, Davis. ~