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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23
Prosecuting A senator.

The effrontery of those Texans who
have sought to bring about an investiga-
tion into the doings of Senator Joseph
Weldon Bailey is little short Of amazing.
We 30 not know why they should. per-
sist h. their unwarranted efforts. unless.
indeed. they are actuated by "a spirit of
pure perverseuess and seek simply to
annoy and enrage the peoples friend and
champion.
The motley array Of Witnesses called
into court TO give evidence against the
Senator are evidently a pack Of liars.
anyhow. The Senator says so. and that
ought to settle it. I'm am adr0it and
somewhat skillful manner his prosecutors
have managed to patch up "a plausible
story concerning his intimacy with the
Standard Oil octopus and his thriftiness
as a Senator. If these charges were
/ brought against some unspaakable states
IMAM. such as We have known I'm tine
past it would be different. hut il is cN-
tremeiy wearying to see public man
Of Bailey's standing thus maliciouslv
attacked. No investigation was neces-
sary. If it had been. it was out of an
/ reason TO summons a lot Of malconteuts
I 90 conduct IT,
The unparalleled audacity Of the prose
cutor - nay, prosecutor - Representative
Cooke. is astounding. He actually wanted
To cross-eXamine the Senator when he
took the stand to give evidence i'm his
OWN behalf, Think of il, A Senator of
the United States has some rights which
even Cooke should respect.
10 is time to have done with the Aus
tin Investigation" We have had too
much Of tbe whole mess. tt was novel
and perhaps. entertaining. after fash
ion, at first, but now it has begun 20
pail. Mr.. Bailey Is not guilty, SO what
is the use pursuing him further. The
committee should discharge Itself and
ga home. It is now only making itself
ridiculous. Already il has prevented Mir.
Bailey from voting 20 unseat Mr. SmOot.
and unless things are brought rapidly to
q climax it may for the rest Of this short
session deprive Congress of one of its
most patriotic and liberty loving sons.
The whole proceeding impresses us as
being unconstitutional. In the end. we
are sure. Texas VIII rise up and rebuka
the c0nspirators who have inspired it all.
Now that the Presidential boom for
Hoke Smith has really and truly been
launched, it looks as if il were all over
but the shouting
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23

over one million immigrants are now
annually added TO the population Of the
United States. During the six months
ended with January 81, last. 51,Hl new
Corners arrived in our ports of whom 6.6S7
were debarrcd for various reasons. Aside
from the exclusion Of the japanese. it is
not probable that the new immigration
law viii materially reduce the number of
incoming aliens, Notwithstanding IFS ex-
tension Of the excluded classes and it's
imposition of new regulations upon
steamship companies. We may. there
fore. look for continuation Of the
present volume of immigration until some
other means are taken of controlling the
tide of cis-Atlantic migration. Such means
are provided in the new law, which au-
thorizes the President TO call an inter
national conference for the purpose Of
regulating by international agreement or
otherwise the emigration Of aliens to the
United States There are reasons for be-
neving that such a conference viii be
welcomed by more than one European
country. for Italy Austria. and Greece
are concerned over the depopulation of
their dominions through emigration to the
New World, and England is deeply inter
ested in preventing the overcrowding of
her territory by arrivals from the CONT
nent. Such conference may lead to the
restriction Of emigration by foreign pow
ers through a passport system. following
the analogy Of the method adopted by
this country for the exclusion of Jap
anese laborers.
For many years the problem of immi-
grafton has engaged the attention Of
economists and statesmen, but without
practical effect in diminishing the stream
of incoming aliens, save in the case of
the Oriental races. Twenty years ago.
when the labor market was overfuI. the
problem was more acute than now, when
from every quarter of the land there
comes a steady demand for more laborers.
We are absorbing million year Of
workers from abroad without appreciate
economic disturbance or serious strain
upon our prosperity. The newcomers do
not crowd out the laborers already here
nor do they tax our charitable institu-
tions. They find ready employment and
make their own way with the aid of the
abundant opportunities which they find
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23
ROOSEVELT AND CLEVELAND.
Leading Southern Paper Points Out
Parallel Between the Two.

FROM ilc HlC1n0nd NeWs-lfadCT
Times have changed A few years ago
If Editor Lindsay. Of the Charlottesville
Progress, had editorialIy suggested in his
newspaper, as he does to-day. that the
Democrats nominate Mr.. Roosevelt as
their candidate for President In 1868, he
would have been bombarded with epithets
from one end Of the State and the South
TO the other. The need for intolerance
and the provocation for passion have
passed and the public is ready to con-
slider this or any other political proposi-
tion calmly and on its merits
One Of the most remarkable and en-
couraging facts in the history Of this
country is our ability 10 produce men
able 70 rise TO any occasion and 10 meet
any emergency. Mr.. Cleveland was elect
ed President twice as a Democrat. but
when his party became TOO violent and its
policies menaced the welfare Of the
country he tore away from his party and
went far In the direction of Republican
policies. He was right, and his courage
and independence averted disaster Mr..
Roosevelt was elected as "a Republican.
Finding his party sOdden with greed and
graft and the tool OF corporations. he has
torn away from his party and come far
toward the policies and doctrines Of the
Democratic party. He is right and has
averted disasters which would have been
far worse than that which threatened in
Mr. Cleveand's time, for a ruined and
impoverished people can be restored, but
a corrupted and cnslaved people is q de-
stroyed people Mr.. Cleveland commanded
vast following OF Republicans. mug
wumps. independent voters. and conserva-
tive Democrats. Mr.. Roosevelt has an
enormous following Of Democrats. mug
wumps, Independent voters and progress
sive and patriotic Republicans. The par
ailel between the two is impressive Both
men had the honesty and courage 20 dis
regard the customary trammels Of poll
tics and the dictates Of their own party
leaders and consequently have command
ed, as they deserved, the confidence OF
the country.
II We knew the Democratic party would
not poll "A million votes I'm the whole
Union we would urge that it make It's
own nomination, declare its own prin-
cipies, and 90 before the country with
them next year We repudiate the sug-
gestiOn that Mr. Bryan is the one avail
able or hopeful candidate for the Demo
cratic party 10 nominate. but we would
rather follow and support Mr.. Bryan than
10 have the Democratic party hand VI
its flag. ground its arms. and surrender
II is the conservative force and the real
hope Of the country.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23

Secretary Shaw continues to see through
a glass darkly. As the days of his official
power lessen. the eucircling gloom of early
retirement Expresses his spirit. He looks
ito see this century bring out the great
est conflict ever waged IN the world He
explains that lit VIII be a war for the
markets" He shudders thus: God grant
there may be no bloodshed," To which
al sood men and true say Amen,
Unfortunately for the United States and
all the world. there are in this country
too many men of Mr.. Shaw's great ability
and influence who cannot be persuaded to
adopt the only course that would be sure
40 avert the terrible struggle they see inn
peadiug, That course lies exactly in the
direction opposite 10 that which they are
pursuing. Il points to a broader field Of
economic and fiscal reform than they are
willing TO adventure upon. Every time
they cry out in warning they only empha-
size the argument for tariff reform, aud
show the actual dangers of standpatism.
ours is more distinctly "a commercial age
than the world has ever known before.
Meu's minds are enlightened and free
The world is shriveling up. Mankind's re-
iltions are becoming closer and more sym
pathetic The movement for freer COM
mcrce cannot indefinitely be checked by
statutes Even so myopic a standpatter
ais Secretary Shaw sees the fastening
change in our Industrial condition. for i'm
his Chicago speech Thursday evening.
from which We have quoted. he points out.
-.Tbe time Is coming vhcu manufactures win ont
Snow the country and men may Pc turned out Of the
factories. One at these dag, ut are going 10 have
on excess Of manufacture. and then the world viii
bot cme after them. The factories are multiplying
Wlr rapidly than our trade. and vc are going 90
have O. surplus shortly
So sacred "a thing Is ID set Of schedules
devised by their party that men like Mr.
Shaw rccoH in terror from any and all
suggestions to harmonic our tariff sys-
tenn with the movements of the worlds
trade. Instead, they seriously advocate
che utterly absurd proposition to establish
bonded warehouses for the storing of our
Surplus manufactures that are destined
for foreign markets at prices less than
they are sold in the home market!
The time is not only coming" as Score
ruy shaw says, but it is actually here
now. when our stupCndous productive en-
,rgics demand all the world for their play.
They are hampered and curbed by stat
Utcs that ought to Doe revised. our prod
rats VIII not find free or easy access to
tae worlds markets until we give the
worlds products frcer and easier access
to ours. The longer we postpone the liber-
aiizatiou of our commercial policy the
greater viii grow the friction from which
may come the terrible conflict that Mr.
Secretary shaw. chief OF the standpatters
Iruphesifs.
Tho way 90 revise is TO revise, The time
90 revise is now,
'yv Hughes turned down "a Presidential
recommendation "a few days since in true
EuuseyCltiau fashion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23

TO shut japanese children out of the pub
Die schools is "a wicked absurdity" said
President Roosevelt last December: il is
gu accomplished fact under the new regu-
atous Of the san Francisco board OF
education, which regulations are now
thought 60 bo i'm consonance with the
japanese treaty. An examination of the
list OF japanese children attending the
public schools of san Francisco before
the order Of segregation went into effect
shows that out of uiuety-thrce pupils.
fory-nine would bc admitted and forty
four excluded under the age restrictions.
OF those entitled To admission as of the
proper age all may De excluded if their
attachments i'm English are not satisfac-
tory 20 the school authorities II will not
Doe difficult. under this requirement TO
keep practically all the japanese out Of
The white schools. The new method OF
segregation is practically the same as
that in vogue in Hawaii, where there are
1900 japanese children attending school.
40 also resembles the method employed
in New York City, where the children Of
aliens, who must be taught the English
ttt'te7 A'a7'r eti' etH't-liiNi'l III tld5St@ bA
themselves regardless of nationality or
race. II is d method of segregation to
which Japan can raise no objection on
the score of discrimination against her
citizens. as it applies in appearance at
least, TO the citizens of all countries.
1t remains TO be seen whether the ex-
clusion Of japanese immigrants by means
of Presidential edict will prove effective.
There is ground for suspicion that oppor-
tunities for evasion viii present them
selves, and it is by no means clear by what
agencies it is proposed to enforce the
Presidential refusal to permit Japanese
having passports from Hawaii and other
countries To enter the continental terri
tory of the United States. The exclu-
sion clause Of the immigration bin can
hardly be regarded as any other than a
temporary arrangement, for its logical
outcome is the exclusion of japanese
labor altogether. either by treaty or by
law. and TO this, as we have said. the
administration is fully committed. if the
statement Of Mayor Schmitz accurately
reflects the Executive mind
No more suggestive incident has &C.
CURED in late years than this japanese
affair, which began with a violent asser-
lion Of the rights Of the japanese in this
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23
DELAYS OF THE LAW.
Failure of Justice one of the Causes
of LynchinE.

Prom tHe New Orleans Pc Frzuo.
Lynchins has grown up out of the
common experience that the delays and
uncertainties where criminal cases are
left 10 the machinery of the law operate
so generally in the interest OF the escape
OF the criminal and of the defrauding of
Justice. that i'm cases which are especially
atrocioUs and have aroused extreme in
digHatiol the people of a community
are not willing TO take such risks and
they make haste 20 perform judgment
and execution upon the guilty or those
believed to be SO.
Much Of the failure Of justice is due to
tie fact that mere tecnnicalities are al
lowed too much Importance and influence
IT, criminal trials In the course of most
criminal trials, where the case is evil
IDENTIFY more or less desperate as far as
the defendant IS concerned, his counsel
relies on delay and every eXpedicnt known
To the practice is used 10 secure il, and
should he be successful the case may
remain without final disposition until
years have elapsed and the witnesses
have died or public interest has been
lost.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23
THE STORM.

Walls and Wings and Woes whiri past
The frightened shore; ships plungs and sink
Loves wryckage washes and I and a drifting form
At this wave-wOTn brink.
Poor little Hope the Sphinx softly said
''You may hold her and kiss her now she Is dead
The pitiless passion-winds toss her hair.
Fierce frenzies beat on her quiet face:
Soul Of my sOul-and her lips 20 my lips chill
God grant us qacei
What tho calm seas sigh penitenceg
What tho glad skies, new shores there be
What Oh m0cking fate, when Hope Is dead
Are these 10 me-
Poor little Hope the Sphinx softly said
You may hold her and kiss her now she is dead
-GeTtrude McGifert, in the Metropolitan.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23
WILL IT COME TO THIS /:

He criticised the Show Trust. and
He could not go 20 81 VS.;
The Clothing Trust dlsihed him, it
Would sell to him no clothes;
He found fault with the Food TUlst, which
Cut Of his food supply;
And as be bucked the railroads, they
Forced him to walk or fly.
In Billingsgatc be sought to air
His sad and WretChed lot.
But 10 his sorrow Lawson had
Just c0rnercd TCnmy-rot
The Whisky Trust had felt his taunts.
He could not bay a drink;
But as no Trust had c0rnered brains
He stiu was free to think.
This man then thought unto himself:
IN hang me 10 a limb.
The sympathetic Burial Trust
Refused 10 bury him.
Glenn Whistler, in the Bohemia
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23
Congress- and the Gas Comnauv

For years. as every body knows, the in
tcrests of the Washington Gaslight Com
pany have been zealously protected at the
Capitol Our other public utilities cor
porations, with obvious propriety long
ago were required 10 submit annual state
ments to Congress. We say required, %
though that word perhaps, does not fit
their case, for, SO far as we know, they did
not resist a thing so manifestly in order
But the gas company has always re-
sisted il persistently and stubbornly
and, thanks to some good friend, usually
in the Senate. TO this day has never been
required-It seems. never could be re-
quired-to make a statement. When the
subject has been preached. in committee
o. on the floor OF the Senate somebody
has ever been ready with the most anna
BILE reassurauceS why. OF course. there
Is uo objection in the world" But these
reassurauces have meant nothing-abso-
Wtely nothing. There is and has been the
stubbornest sort of resistance. and from
the very sources from which the reassur-
ances came.
There is resistance now. adding to the
scandal of past years.
There is no honest reason why an am
nuJl statement should not bc made; no
honest basis for resisting the amendment
now i'm conference; 10 legitimate. honest
explanation Of the pending effort 10 en-
able the company 20 evade its public duty
and thwart the viii of Congress.
However We can conceive of nothing
Mr. Madden when he roHews his fight for
cheaper gas next session than the sue
cess of these very tactics.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23
A SnrrN Prnsnrcf-

From the W5mans Home Companion.
Dupre had been rather a naughty boy
on the street car and after they reached
home his mother corrected him in the
good oid-fashioned way, though not any
thing like SO severely as he imagined.
Now, Dupre." she said. Il hope Won
will remember what happens when bows
do not obey their mothers. and next time
we are on the cars that YOU will sit
quietly. as mother tells you"
Yes, m-m-mother.' he sobbed. 81 w
will If / am e-e-evcr able to s-s-sit down
anywhere a-a-again."
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From The indianapolis News.
We feel that it would have been better
to stop Japanese immigration outright if
it was thought wei to stop 10 ~ ALL Why
should we bc SO ingenious in trying to
stop II without appearing 20 do SO? If it
WAS that direct action might have Of
Tended Japan the answer is that she
would have had no right 90 be offended
as long as We kept within the limits of
our treaty with her We DO not think
that such considerations should drive us
20 such doubtful expedients. The only
way To- exclude the japanese from the
United States is first TO keep them out
OF Hawaii Are the sugar planters 50
powerful that we dare not offend them
The proceeding from the very beginning
strikes us as most extraordinary.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23

Fr"n, the Springfield Republican.
The tariff continues TO be the one sub
ject in the wide world upon which the
President has no opinion to express pub
Ucly. You cannot whisper any other topic
within earshot of Mr. Roosevelt without
bringing forth a decided and extended
opinion one way or the other. whether it
is requested or not. But mention the
tariff and he becomes at once judicially
discreet and gravely reserved and silently
dignitied and ponderOusly reflective
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A QUEER QUEsTIoN.

Tariff rates with utmost care,
So the lumber people say,
Must be dallied with. lest their
Profits get a jolt some day.
OIL folks want the ticklish task
Left unto their ieeGl lights.
WhereupOn we rise to ask:
Have cOnsuIIers any rights?
Steel folks have q lot at stake.
With solicitude they thr0b;
state they'll gladly undertake
To relieve as of the job
No trusts fears take we amiss;
We are looking for no fights.
All we want 60 know is this:
Have consumers any rights?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23
Lonely.

Prom the Philadelphia ledger
The Senator whose party had dropped
him paused at the gates of Oblivion.
NO loafing here" remarked the guard
ian. "Whatre you lettering for. any
how p
oh don't worry said the Senator
III go in fast enough, but I'd like 10
wait here until Plat and Dspew come
along.
Realizing that this would not involve
much delay, the guardian yielded the
point
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23
Constitutional Government.

From the Pttshmg Dispatch
Night session of the Senate, Wednesd-
day, February Is Fairbanks presiding
McCumber the only Senator present
Nine hundred and ninety-one special pen
sion bills passed a majority of the
members of each Gfouse) shall constitute
"a quorum to do business. United States
Constitution. And this is regarded as
constitutional government
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23

An unexpected calm has settled down on
the Wisconsin contingent within the past
few DAYS. one does not now near Badger
State folks in Washington discussing with
more OF less heat the exciting question OF
debate 90 Wisconsin as 10 who is the big
ger man, Sp0Ouor or la Toilette. Wis
.consiUites here appear TO have come TO the
conclusion that it is tie between their
Senators on the point Of comparative
greatness m statecraft and influence at
home.
The reason of tho change IS understood
10 Dee that the situation iu Wisconsin now
looks SO favorable FOR the return of Mr.
Spo0ucr To- the Senate that there is a
strong disposition iu both factions To- for
set old scores and come together against
the common enemy the Democrats. Under
the new primary election Law Of Wiscon-
sin, u is said that the distinguished SeuJ-
tor could not Doe defeated for denomination
even should Mr. Ia Toilette take the
stump against him. which, Dc is asserted.
he is not ar all likely lo do. AS nothing
less than la Follette's active and deter
mined opposition could endanger Mr.
Spo0ner's hold ou the respect and pride
OF his constituents, It is generally be-
lieved that he will have IN easy victory ia
the primary election next summer.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23

From the Baltimore sun.
The Democratic tariff reformers Will
doubtless welcome Massachusetts to a
place on their tariff plank-provided the
President does not add it 10 his present
large stock of Democratic doctrines
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23

awaiting them here. But the favorable
conditions now existing for the absorp-
ton of the millions who are seeking
homes and occupation in the United
States may not continue indefinitely and
this consideration amply justifes the pro-
posed International conference for the
regulation of migrations from one cOun-
try TO another immigration. In the view
of President Roosevelt and of some Old
World statesmen, has become a world
problem. It concerns not only the ma
ton TO whose territory emigration is di-
rected, but also the nation from whose
population the emigrant comes. Secre-
tary Hay took this view when he remon-
strated with Russia for driving the Jews
from her territory; and the exclusion Of
japanese from our mainland, with the
consent and approval of Japan, is an ex-
ample of the international regulation of
population movements.
We cannot be said 10 have done our
whole duty BY immigrants to our shores
when we inspect them and send them
adrift. The administration is said to rec
ognize the desirabllity OF a larger control
over the distribution Of immigrants
throughout the country. and 10 favor
some plan whereby they may be directed
TO the South and Southwest. where labor
is needed and where land awaits settle
ment. Tt has been suggested that the
passport system may be utilized to secure
the diversion Of immigration 20 Southern
ports. and it is hoped that by interna-
tional agreement foreign governments
may consent TO issue fewer passports for
New York and Boston. and more for
ports on the South Atlantic and Gulf
coasts. The question of distribution is
really more important. the present,
than any other phase Of immigration
question.
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Duty of the Editor.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
What Cod allows to occur may be pub
Hshed, but the publishers duty is to so
publish il that the moral effect of pub
Lefty will not be sUbOrdinated to the i'm
moral effect of pandering.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-23

Can you tell me just what the rules OF
evidence debar2"
In New York;"
YES"
Anything tending to throw any light
on the case"
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country, and ended with an agreement
TO exclude most of them from it and TO
let California do as she pleased about
educating those who remain here If she
will only segregate ali aliens