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The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
CONTRAST IN STATESMEN.
Some Differences Between President
Roosevelt and Gov. Hughes.

hbBNfhtik Ana SEnfs EINEhtH.
From Life.
The people do not know Gov Hughes
as thoroughly as they know President
Roosevelt, but they know min well
enough TO think a good deal about him
in connection with the Presidency, and
so thinking about him they instinctiveIy
stand him Up alongside Of the eminent
public servant whom he may possibly
succeed
The two men are both effectuaI doers
of deeds. Roosevelt does them with the
ioudest whoop and the most terrifying
preliminary yell that Is compatible with
having enough wind left 70 accomplish
the job and holler some more. Hughes
does them with no more yociferation and
raising of dust than is indispensable to
the work IN hand
Roosevelt knows everything but law.
Hughes knows the law. No doubt he
knows much else. but he does not try to
hll all the positions in the field Of knowl-
edge
There IS a current newspaper story
about an army officer who came back 20
Washington from one Of our remote de-
Tendencies charged by his superior TO
explain orally TO the President the rights
OF a certain matter that could not well
be put into writing. He saw the Presi-
dent by appointment, spent three-quar-
ters Of an hour with him. and came
away loaded with interesting knowledge.
but he had not been able to get a chance
70 impart the information he had come
to disclose. Hence We see that a man
may have in him such a pressure Of
secreted knowledge that new facts or
ideas offered 20 him are blown away BY
the mighty current Of compressed infor-
nation that is struggling 20 escape. It
has not been suggested until now that
President Roosevelt would make a good
'sandh0g,' but it is obviously true that
the atmospheric pressure outward from
him is tremendous. and ought TO help a
lot IN keeping water out Of a tunnel lock
Said an acquaintance OF the President
10 another. DO you think that Prof
Blank Influenced Roosevelt when he was
in college, Influenced him. No, You
might as well try 10 influence a bottle of
champagne after the c0rks out"
So one very important point IN which
Gov Hughes seems 10 differ from the
President is In being so much less highly
charged with knowledge and settled con-
victi0ns on all subjects, You could prob
ably tell him something, Z you had Il to
rell and il might have an effect.
Another great difference between the
Two men is in their dealings with cor
rupt politicians. Gov. Hughes seems able
somehow not 70 have dealings with them
he IS "a wonder about that but then. to
be sure, be has not gone as far on the
political path as President Roosevelt has
Still another difference is thar the gov
ernor seems 10 understand and tolerate
the organic law of the country and 90 feel
it necessary that even good things should
be accomplished in accordance with its
provisions and spirit
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
The Navy TO Be pcrshinglzed ?

me navy TO DC feIShiuRlEcU
Naval officers may we'll view with posi-
tive alarm the prospect conveyed TO them
in the form of startling rumor that pro-
motion by selection Is 10 be recommended
70 Congress as cure for service ills.
Wel-wishers of the navy, 90 say moth
ing of those who are Of that distinguished
body, must deplore any tendency which
exists TO fasten upon the naval person
mel the dlsquietiag and demoralizing
blight Of advancement by selection. Naval
officers have before them the continuous
spectacle of an outraged army in this
selective idea. 1t is based on the amiable
fiction which sees the need OF younger
men everywhere. This desire to es-
tablish youthfulness, even at the sacri-
fee Of experience, may be carried so far
that army and navy officers stand a
chance of being retired before they reach
the age Of fifty years, in order that the
captains OF naval ships may be athletic
and the brigade commanders on shore
may be acrobatic.
Promotion by selection IS sustained only
in theory. The navy has been turned
topsy-turyy by all sorts Of fantastic
schemes for promotion but its officers
have been threatened with nothing nlore
disastrous than the present menace OF
promotion by selection.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
WIND SCENTS.

The songs that TIE wind has sung.
The scents that the wind has flung
From the fowCT-hearts where they chung
But yesterday
These are too sweet to !inser OF delay.
The Songs that haunt the past
The fraEIances too faint 10 last
WIZ they never come
YEARLY. happily home
To the flowers where they chung
To the heart Of the wind that has sung,
Forever 90 live in the air
Forever thereg
The dreams that are past and goneI
Is there not one
That shall ever come
YEARLY happily home?
Shall they forever fade
Into the passing shade
With all the passing fragrance that has chung
In long dead flowers
And with the diving hours
Die with the songs the dreaming wind has sungg
Charlotte Prentiss. in the Atlantic
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Painting the EiGeI Tower.

The contract for repaintng the EiTeI
Tower at Paris has just been given out
again This is the fourth time since its
erection in 1889 that this huge mass Of
steel has had to De painted. The work
viii occupy forty painters for three
months, and the cost is estimated al
$4,000. The tower VIII once again change
its color. When first erected. it was
painted orange next time it was painted
red, and then yellow. This year il will
De parti-c0lored. Prom the third plat
form TO the summit 1t win be white and
the lower part yellow. The fact that so
much money is to be spent in painting
the tower would seem TO show that the
owners have no intention of pulling il
down. Last year IL was reported that
the tower had ceased TO be an attraction
TO the public, and that the shareholders
had decided 10 remove IL altogether. as
the cost of its Upkeep was so heavy A
syndicate Of amusement purveyors Of
Coney Island tried TO purchase it. but
failed
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

Two Phases Of Corporate Financiering
We reprint in juxtaposition two items
OF c1frent local news relating TO the af-
fairs OF the Washington GasIight Com
pany:
At a meeting Of the For the past sixteen
directors Of the Washing wears tho citizens of rha
lyA Dts-isht Company the northeast have been Try
t'EosIlloi4 Z" apply TO lng 10 get gas for domes-
the court for permission tic usr As Veu as f-r
20 increase us capital lighting their streets and
S.ltN was voted gu favor the officials Of the Wash
lbly. They may ask for. ingt0n Gas ComTauv have
an increase OF the capital. been ip,-rrr1ug o,r1-
i1"tI'h "l i.e cmIahE and late. hundreds Of
7. APPROXIMATELY cl3Un.- times both by private
"o oi h'e times the citizens and by commit
present capitalization On tees rer-e-aurir, This ter
tle present basis Of ;he Ht0y.
Iar value ot the shares The promises which
~ eecl. ms would en- have been made have
"O.e tAe shareholders Of been uniformly broken
record % receive five new and tAe little service that
s-.''.7 I" one Of the Old has been given has been
sIl---, ODD lh- btsis oi q gudglHgly bestowed, and
ui l-l cent DIVIDEND. only extends 90 very
".td tt s--aule F-iar small part 0f the terri
"a l-e.yi- tory above mentioned" "
What Justification has this company for
asking an increase in its capital stock
when it refuses 10 extend its mains so
as 70 afford the service demanded by a
growing population? Holding monopoly
OF the production and distribution of gas
II Is apparently unwilling 10 supply a rea-
sonable and profitable demand for its
product: paying dividends so large. as TO
warrant. in the Judgment of its directors
dve-foid Increase in its capital stock.
compulsion is invoked to secure the ex-
penditure of a few thousand dollars in
the extension Of its mains for the public
advantage. a sizable slice OF melon FOR
the stockholders. and a stable lemon for
the consumer and the would-be consumer
Of gas,
We fully approve the decision Of the
Commissioners TO test the extent of their
authority TO compel the extension Of
mains where such extension shall be
found reasonable and necessary. Should
that authority be found insufficient under
present statutes, then Congress should be
asked 20 confer the requisite power. It
is intolerable that a corporation enjoying
an exclusive monopoly in the production
of commodity of universal use should
be permitted to disregard the needs Of
the community Watering stock instead
Of investing legitimate capital in exten-
sions Of public service is one of those
corporate practices well calculated to ex-
cite popular Indignation and to strengthen
the movement for TcgUlauve legislation.
Incidentally. the President probably has
started a Dickens revival
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

upon amendments to the present tariff
law. or the enactment of a new measure
to meet changed conditions, TO remove
duties needless either for revenue or pro-
lection, and make such notifications as
experience may have shown TO be neces-
sary" As to reciprocity, the platform
simply says that the country may look
with confidence TO the Republican party
for future reciprocity treaties-a naive
promise. indeed in view Of the fate of the
Kasson convention. But the promise may
indicate, and we hope It does, that Sen
atoT Lodge, at all events. has seen new
light with respect TO reciprocity.
The Senator. however, in his speech be-
fore the convention, deprecated discussion
of the tariff in the election as Of no use,
Nothing we can do or say or vote for
in this election he said. will affect in
the slightest degree the action of Con-
gress in regard TO the tariff next winter
True enough, If the Republicans win, but
If the Democracy had united on a Wig
orous tarin platform Ike that Of the
Whitney faction and had carried the
State, we rather think it would have had
a powerful influence on the action of Con-
gress next winter. Mores the pity, then.
the Democrats have thrown away their
chance of striking an effective blow at the
Dingley tariff.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
A Plea for the Corporations.

From the New York Globe
We demand OF the big corporations,
not that they shall behave as well as
the average of us, but that they shall
behave better This demand is perhaps
justifable on the ground that to whom
much is given much Is required Of. but
We should base the demand on tenabla
ground. We don't make progress in clear
thinking when we start with seIf-decep-
uon-when We identify as exceptionally
wrongful conduct that which Is merely
average conduct written large. II we
nave set out 20 smash the big corpora
uons, and are firmly resolved not to be
diverted from our purpose, let's preserve
our intellectual seIf-Tespect and logical
comfort by putting forth a Justification
that the corporation miscreants cannot
easily riddle
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
How He Escaped.

The warden permitted the prisoner for
life to crafty his personal vanity by
wearing clean linen collars
The prisoner had determined 90 escape,
but the walls were very thick and the
bars were of tempered steel
Suddenly an idea came TO him. He
seized the package Of freshly laundered
collars that had just been tossed into the
cell Eagerly removing q ucCk-enCirCler
from the roll he hastily examined IT,
The collar had been 90 the laundry three
times. as its condition accurately testified
Then with It's saW-liEa edge he swiftly
sunderrd two Of the window bars and
CTaWIed forth 20 freedom.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
society woman Picks Cotton.

Women have done many things IN the
cause Of charity but no performance re-
ported recently equals that of Mrs. d II.
Holt. OF Houston, Tex, either In novelty
or the amount Of physical labor involved.
Mrs. Holt who IS "a woman Of regal
beauty and considerable wealth. is per
aaps the most prominent figure IN Hous-
ton society. She keeps In close touch
with local charities and devotes much
ot her time TO them Recently she asked
George II. McFadGeu Of the big cotton
firm Of McFadden Brothers. who makes
his winter headquarters 10 Houston. 10
contribute to a fund for a children's
home
Tell you what I'll do, said McFadGen,
hughingly; "Iu give you 800 II you'll
pick a hundred pounds Of cotton"
IN do H." said Mrs Holt A few days
later She went up to- Il plantation owned
hy her brother. la Burlesou County.
donned appropriate attire. secured "a cot
ton sack. ard in one day dlIed il with
one hundred pounds of the Heecv STAPLE.
as the market writer's down South call
IT, Hel soft, white hands were badly
scratched. and she was more weary than
any Of her balls OF receptions had ever
made her, but She was happy She had
earned Sl3U for her beloved charity.
Washington narrowly missed knowing
Mrs. Holt better. by the way Four years
ago her husband Col. O. r. Holt, "a prom
incnt attorney, was the candidate of one
Of the factions Of the Houston Democracy
% succeed former Representative Thomas
II. Ball who had retired. The other fac
ton of almost equal strength, was SO
bitter when its leaders found their can
didate could not secure the nomination
that IT threw It's support % one ot the
country candidates. John ~ Finckncy. who
secured the prize as "a result only q
Year OF two afterward Representative
PiHckney was assassiuCred az q meeting
held 20 discuss the liquor question at his
home town. Hampstead. Had Col Holt
been nominated-tLe nomination. OF
course. being equivalent To glaetl0u-he
would have been the most striking figure
I'm the House. He is as big as "Cy" Sui
i0way handsome of face and form. well
grOomed. and Of statesmanllke demeanor.
He served one or two terms as mayor Of
Houston. and was prominent in the Iitiga-
ton following the death Of ". NJ Rice.
the Texas millionaire. for whose murder
Albert r. Patrick Is now under death sem
tence az Sing Sing. It was a nephew OF
Rice. incidentally, who was mainly instru-
mental in preventing Holts nomination
for Congress
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
GOOD HUNTING.

Table-leg Jungle is dark and still.
There's snakes in the CARPET Glade,
And lions and tigers on Sofa HiI.
But I'm never a bit afraid
Ny dog. / know. is "a trusty brute.
And ye got gun that u really shoot.
Once there Was Indians under the bed.
But / hunted en- an away;
There's elephants hiding there now instead
They're perfectly safe to-day.
'Cause I'm near the cavern Of Easy Chair,
AID | scent the nack Of a Teddy Beer
Il / was like nurse q like baby Sis.
What never has fred a gun.
/ gIcss ! wouldn't be brave as this,
They'd both Of EN- cTy and run.
But I II stalk him down and IN shoot him through
And II make him into a Teddy stew
~Burges johnson, IN EVerybOdy's s
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
New Stnfr Rights Iden

From the New York Eyeniug Post
The States rights sentiment Of TODAY
has little In common with its ante-belium
namesake. That it can take first. or even
second place, IS a campaign issue next
year. Is very much to be doubted But
the States are sensitive in a peculiar way.
Interference with their local affairs is ir-
ritating. And from the Democratic point
Of view the issue has a peculiar piquancy
from the fact that most Of the State Off
cials who have resented the friction are
themselves Republicans.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

Emma Goldman. whose hate for the
United States Is professedly as high as
the sky and as broad as the ocean, will
not be able to get back TO this country.
1t seems, unless present plans and deter
mination are changed. She has been per
mitted TO go where she pleased hereto
fore. Notwithstanding her admittedly
dangerous intellectual qualities and her
vicious and bloody advice 20 the dcluded
ones who follow her teachings; but now
that she is out of the country, she may
not be permitted to return.
Every half way decent American must
hope in his or her heart that this is
true, and. that the government is pre-
pared to stand firm, and with legal right.
upon its decision. That she was al least
indirectly responsible for the fanatical act
Of Czolgosz is hardly TO be doubted
Whether she was or not, however. she
has Travelled this country around glo-
rifying that cruel and iuhuman deed. and
holding its perpctrator up before her
duil-witted and generally vicious au-
di-nces as a martyr
She is q daugerJus-an extremely dan
gerous-woman. She has the fire Of a
great orator the skill Of a pracuced
demagogue, the love Of notoriety fully de-
veloped, and the determination Of a
crafty and powerful leader. She is not
wanted in this land; il is no place for
her. What she has done cannot be re-
called. But she can be prevented from
doing further damage-and 1T is our hope
that she viii be. Keep her out.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Gothnm HIN Finnnce-

From the New York World.
A little thing like paying 100000 for a
/ franchise" for a street railway which viii
never be built was nothing TO a traction
company that could bond the same road
twice for electric cars and forget to put
them on, work a $4,000 streak of rust for
millions of profits and draw a S5000.0 900
check against hot air.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

From the st. louis post-Dispatch.
Here In St Louis, in the twentieth CEN
tury and IN the year Of the I'D the third.
there are policemen who are marveling
because a man fun OF cider purchased on
Sunday under their eyes walks on all
fours attempts TO set his watch by a fire
alarm box. or puts his umbrella TO bed
and hangs himself up on the hatTack.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Can He be ConyincedF

From the Omaha Bee.
Secretary Taft has convinced Japan that
there is no danger of war between that
country and the United States. All that
will be necessary now to restore pro-
found peace viii be for some one to con.
vince Richmond Pearson HObsOn that IL
viii be safe for him to remove his side
arms.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Proseeutions Asked Fnr.

From the Baltimore sun
II righteousness cannot bring the wicked
to justice, why not try common sense
The President ought not to say another
word about the punishment Of lawbreak-
ers in the future until he has vindicated
the power Of mis- official righteousness
through prosecutions Of present offenders.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Homeless Cnsa

From the New York sun.
The prospect for a Democratic victory
IN Massachusetts has become hopeless.
We should like TO see a mystery of the
preliminary canvass cleared up: who
financed the determined Bartlett purpose
TO defeat Whitney for the nomination?
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Overlooked an Essential PoInt

From the indianapolis News
The idea Of those Cuban conspirators
holding a Presidential election on the
quiet seems to show an additional lack
Of capacity for self-government No
really capable people hold an election
nowadays without a big noise
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
A LITTLE NONSENSE
IDLE FANcIEs.

II Chaucer ran this column, each day
you'd get a screed
Chockfule Of stoute olde witte. no
doubte. butt rather harde to reede.
If Browning were the iestsmith, the pa
per. / surmise.
To all the folks who saw the jokes would
give a puzzle prize
With Ibsen as the author. we'd get some
items grand
And then zone class could scOrn the mass
who did not understand
But | am quite presumptuOus 10 pirate
Of poets high.
For each could run this bunch Of fun in
better shape than
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Energy Going to WASTE.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
There is too much lost energy In the
world. If the force expended by college
students in rushes. class fights. and foot
ball games were haTnessed and properly
applied, il would serve TO light and heat
the college buildings.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Must Consult Consumers.

From the Rochester Union and Advertiser
The Canadian manufacturers are con-
vinced that Canada needs q tariff wall so
high that the Yankees cannot climb over
it. But they viii have to see the Canadian
consumers about Il.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Cnnse md Ennnt-

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Mr. Rockefeller's doctor says that the
Americans are perpendicular drinkers. He
does not suggest, however, that perpen-
diculaT drinking will make a perpendicu-
lar drunkaTd
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
A stirkIrr

Jacques said the actor who goes in
for realism, "Iet it happen again and
dischar-r-rge YOU"
What's wrong. sir2"
Last night you omitted the speck OF
dust which I am supposed to flick from
my boot"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Nough said.

You can fool an Of the people some of
the time and some Of the people ali of
the time But"
why go farther?' interrupted Senator
SRinkUs The two classes you have
named constitute safe working ma
jority"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Country Is safe.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
The President and Wall street may and
probably do act and react violently upon
each other, but the United States Is not
unhinged.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Hope

We care not Ga our sulle1 woe
How swiftly speed the hours.
Next year viii come and then we know
The peuuant must be OUTS.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
FuU og Then,

"Why do they say the cup that
cheers2"
"Aw. a drunken man will hurrah for
anything"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
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Sounds Good. Anyway.

From the Baltimore News.
The price of cement has been cut in the
West Sounds pleasant to hear of some
thing going down in price, even if you
can't eat it
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
We Are Thorough.

I'm America. as I understand it, a
man is presumed to be innocent until he
has been proven guilty?"
six 20 eight times
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
a WeII-kno.,n Instance.

I'VE are getting Up a society for In
suppression Of useless noise"
Does noise really hurt a tOwn?'
"Well. IL killed Jericho"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
More Material.

The stylish girl this year, they claim,
must slender be and wholly hipless
Oh. Fashion is "a fine old dame. She
never leaves MS testers QuiDless-
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

when Shakespeare wrote Music hath
power 20 soOthe the savage breast he
hadn't heard the phonograph." says the
New Haven Journal and Courier. Nor
had he heard OF William Congreve. who
happened along later and wrote the same
thing. except that the latter put it 'hath
charms instead of hath power"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

DO the trusts really want a President
who would let them do exactly as they
pleased?"
Nav. They wouldn't make no more
money, and they'd have considerable less
fun
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Prrhnns.

Those Swedish yachtsmen win not take
the Americas cup from us until 1909
'Ah, yes, in the Swede by-aud-by."
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

The only trouble about that pretty Irish
girls face on the new ten-dollar gold
piece is that 1t will SO often be necessary
TO break IT,
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

From the Louisville C01uier-Journal.
After Washington is made dry will
mineral water Congress ever be billion
dollar CongTess?
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

Perhaps the New York Herald may de-
vel0p philanthropic streak and pur-
chase the Philippines itself.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
Need EN- All.

From the Ohio State Journal
Mr. Root also appears to be a secretary
OF peace. o well, we can't have too many.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

1t may help some for Mr. Bryan to
make note Of the fact that the cost Of
a dollar dinner to-day is 70 the cost
Of a dollar dinner ten years ago about
as Is is to ], If given along equally as
elaborate lines.