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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
The Hearst Recount Law.

Exactly what might have been
expected has happened in the matter
of the contest over the New York
mayoraIty. The recount act has
been declared unconstitutional by
the unanimous opinion of the court
of appeals, end it has been def
nitely pointed out that under the
quo warranto proceeding everything
can be done that was contemplated
by this act.
1t is not so important whether, at
this date, Mr., Mcclellan or Mr.
Hearst shall be given the mayors
chair. Mr.. Hearst, if he had a pro-
gram of effective character which
he hoped to carry out during his
term in Office. would be utterly I'M
able to accomplish anything worth
the while with il now. 1t is proba-
bly, best for the city that Mcclellan
should remain in the Office the rest
of the term, and the legal delays
thus far have so hindered efforts at
adjudication that it may fairly be
expected no conclusion can be
reached before the end of the pres
ent term.
But this whole affair has been dis
creditable to all concerned Mayor
Mcclellan has shown himself will
ing, even anxious, to retain an Of
fee to which many people believed
he was not elected, which a great
number of his constituents thought
was secured to him by fraud. On
the other hand, Mr.. Hearst has
seemed correspondingly willing to
substitute the benefits of martyr
dom for the responsibilities of Of
fee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
IDAHO FOR ROOSEVELT,
SENATOR BORAH SAYS

Senator William E. Borah of Idaho,
fresh from the triumph Of his vindiCa-
ton in his State courts in connection
with the land-fraud charges against him
in the West, has arrived in Washington.
where he will be until the adjournment
Of Congress.
Idaho is for. Roosevelt. II Roosevelt
wants another term" said the Senator.
You hear. sometimes. of people saying
the Presidents hold on the West is
weakening On the contrary. however,
It Is growing stronger all the time in
Idaho and the whole West. Roosevelt
is a wonderful man. and the way the
people love him and stick TO him is the
great tribute that has been eg rned by
Senator Borah. who is a strong Pro-
hibitionist, was asked what he thought
of the move to make Washington a pro-
hibition city.
Il am in favor Of prohibition. f" he said,
"but it Will take very hard fight, in
deed, to make this city a prohibition
town"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
The Way to Get 1t.

President Hill. of the Great North
ern. is again begging for the legis-
lative square deal" to great cor
porations, and pointing out that
their needs must be met if they are
TO keep up with the demands which
the nations growing business i'm
poses. Mr.. Hill is right. There
should be Federal incorporation and
exclusive Federal regulation of the
great interstate corporations, and
the way to get it is for men and
interests which spend their time in
senseless criticism of the President
TO join hands with him in the effort
TO secure laws they need and he
wants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
FINANCES OF NATION
IN BETTER CONDITION.
DESPITE COMPLAINTS

Money may be a. tribe tighter now
than it has always been for some Of US,
hut according TO the statistical record
OF the progress Of the United States
Just out, s2,773, OO0, 900 were in circulation
on July L II youn pardon the inquiry
and can answer without discriminating
yourself. how many Of those millions
have you cornered that the coin of the
realm should rival hens teeth for
scarcity2
This S2,773, Co, 900 may be an amount
al which you can afford to sneeze. but
is Sg7.OOO.OJ0 more than was in circula-
ton last year at the same time, and
almost double the amount that had
been let out ten years ago
Banks Richer.
There are just S13OOO.OOc 600 in all
the banks Of the country, against S1z,-
100000 last year, and but 2 measly
s., 900, 900. eco a decade ago. The public
debt. less cash in the Treasury, is
given at Ss7s. 900 this year. against
Se64. O00g00 twelve years ago, and that's
undertaking. a debt some. But let US
lot be too hasty. The statistical re-
mort shows that the per capita indebted
ness is S10.26 this year. That's SIS less
than you owed last year and S3-7S less
than your Indebtedness ten years ago.
In view OF these liberal reductions,
which sound like figures quoted in a
department store, don't you think 1t
would be doing the square thing to
come across with the dough" Maybe
YOU viii ask. What have I got to pay
$40 &c for? I never got anything from
the Government
Confdenuany, that's why you've got
to paw the S1O26. IN these days Of
wholesale grating. every man should
be fined S1O.26, or several times that
amount. If he does not succeed in max
ing a rich haul and a quick getaway.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

DR.. Wiley put aside his newly COM
pIeted four-act dramatization OF his ia
nous treatise, What Is Whisky" With
a fearful eye, ne watched thS gas flame
consume his epic poem on. Are Pre-
serves Preserved?" Weeping bitterly, he
tore to shreads a gentle little pastoral
he had written. entitled, rs Cornbread
Mostly Corn OF Bread?" Moaning in a
high staccato voice, he tossed into the
waste basket his quatrain On Why Is
Ice Cream a Frost?'
He did all these desperate things in
the desperate manner described. because
he needed more room on his desk. He
was conI- onted with tie most gigantic
task he had ever run against He fels
impelled to write philippe, a scorch-
er, a roast, a burner, a rfylned fame
on Don't SickCn Succotash.
To the task he summoned Gil the re-
sources of his brain. He thought with
intensity. He frowned with vlgor. He
exhausted the energies OF three private
secretaries, having them bring noun
tains Of shaTpened pencils to him. He
had Just been informed tina. a COM
mercial Yankee had soaked dried beans
IN water. mixed them with green corn,
and called the mixture succotasn. when,
as a matter of fact, suceotash cannot be
succotash unless the beans are green
The deception was. therefore, colossal.
The doctor saw t1at the pure food law
was having itself shot full of holes,
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TAFT BECAME TOO INFORMAL
AND IS RECALLED, IT'S SAID
Hints Circulated That He Has Been Dipomaically Inds-
Greet in Acceptance of Certain Royal
Invitations to Visit

tary. and these presently developed en-
baTrasslng aspects.
Exactly what these aspects were is
not definitely stated and very likely
never will be known. There Is no reason
to believe shat the Secretary was guilty
OF a serious faux pas: but get there is
more than inrlmatlOn that somehow or
other his arrangements for his tour
species Of iufOrmality and naivete which
gave concern 10 the Journalists OF the
home governments. II was allowed 70
be understood that the Secretary would
drop in on the Kaiser and pay call:
and then. iater. that ne would see King
Edward and pass the time OF day.
Then came reports that Paris didn't
fancy the eIuissary Of the great West
ern republic visiting all the crowned
heads, but overlooking the executive
OF the g.eat Old World democracy. So
there w..s impression that Paris must
be taken into the list. But this opened
way TO offenso against italy and AUS
tria and the rest OF the family. The
Secretary was away of on the other
side of the world, and communication
was difficult The whole situation final
" developed possibilities Of real embar-
rassment-
Invitations Chased Him.
Invitations were chasing Mr.. Taft
around the globe. From time TO time
they would reach him. maybe when the
Secretary was out Of hearing in such
case the good-natured announcement
that. having made appointments % see
the Kaiser and King Edward. he really
wouldn't nave time for the President
Of France would be most unfortunate
and untlmeIy.
Such az least IS the story which IS
passed about in a limited circle in
Washington. Along with it goes the
political explanation TO the effect that
the Secretary's boom IS not coming on
as Il should: that the President feels
that something must be done, but con
siders himself bound to stand by the
Taft movement at least till he shall
have had opportunity 10 canvass the
matter with the War Secretary, and there
shall have been agreement as TO the
further steps The President was left
in charge. as II were, Of the boom. and
IN a fashion feels that as trustee he
does not possess all the powers which
as a proprietor he would freely eXer-
else.
Anyhow. Mr.. Taft Is coming home
with as few delays and complications as
possible. That he has an important
message OF amity and good VIII %
bear from the japanese government is
now generally accepted. That his visit
has put an end 10 real danger OF phys
zeal clash = understood. But beyond
this the trip IS somehow regarded as
hardly a success either automatically
or politically.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
Asphalt or Macadam?

\ protest has been fled with the
District Commissioners by the East
Washington Citizens Association
against the maeadamizing of South
Carolina avenue beyond Thirteenth
street. The people Of that district
prefer asphalt. In answer, the En-
gineer Commissioner informs the
committee that the $4,000 available
viii not provide any pavement more
costly.than maeadam.
If the people of the entire District
of Columbia, particularly those liv-
ing in South Carolina avenue, will
profit by the experience of other
cities, they viii not incline so
strongly toward asphalt Vastly
better roadgays are being buildedan
over the United States. They are.
roughly, simply macadan drives
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

Pay Up the s10.2s. and thank the powers
that be that IL is ten years later than
1897 and you can AFFORD 10 squeeze that
other g = which you had 10 shell out
then. The report SAYS the interest charge
per capita is . cents, so you can readily
appreciate the fact that the longer you
let the bill run the more Il Increases
Who do you pay2 Wei, you won't have
any trouble finding somebody 10 take
your $l0l6- II is a fact. however. &C
cording TO statistics, that it's an honest
debt. and II the first man you offer Il
to doesn't take Il. extend IL 10 another,
after having the first one committed.
Figures Encouraging.
This statistical record gives figures
from 1900 70 1907. It shows encouraging
records Of the production Of the eoun-
Try stating that the pig iron produc-
tons for 1906 vas more than 5000 COZ
tons against s, 3s3 223 a decade since. Ten
years ago there were $3.50 COO cotton
spindles in operation in the Northern
States. Today there are more than Is
66e. $50.
Manufacturing shows an oppreciable
increase during the decade Just past.
This Is gagged by the importation Of
crude material used. Sevsnty-s mil
lion pounds Of crude runbet were used
in 1906. while only haIr that amount
was needed TO supply our wants in
1885 Nineteen million pounds OF raw
silk were imported, while many other
articles used in manufacturing show
material gains over the imports Of last
year and large increases when com
pared to those Of q decade earlier.
Mexico took 65-9 per cent OF her I'M
TcrtatiOns from the United States. Costa
Rfca SIS per cent. Nicara qua IS per cent.
Cuba ass per cent, sending S4.S per cent
Of her exports TO US; Brazil took ia per
cent OF her imports from the United
States, japan 1851 per cent, the United
kingdom, the largest importing e0un-
try in the world, took I.6 per cent Ger
many received 1879 per cent of her i'm
Forts from the United States
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covered with oil or tar. Their sue
cess has been so marked as 10 cast
considerable doubt on the blessing
of living where all OF nearly all the
streets are asphalted.
Pavings of solid stone add enor-
mously to the discomforts of heat
and dust. The sun strikes the row
of houses on one side, is reflected
down to the street, and then against
the brick walls of the other side,
emphasizing rather than diminish
ing any discomfort the summers
day may bring. The wind sweeps
the asphalt clean at every blow
not the litter and paper only, but
every specl1 of dust that lies on it's
hard, clear surface. With a mac
adam roadway, coated either with
oil or tar, heat and dust are both
absorbed, noise is lessened. and the
householder has his home in dis
trict suggesting the cool and open
country, instead of the finty and
superheated city.
The new districts Of Chicago, St.
Louis, Philadelphia, New York, and
Detroit are all free of asphalt save
on business thorOughfares. 1t is to
be hoped the judgment of the Capitol
may not, by reinforcing that of the
East Washington Citizens Associa-
ton, make more difficult than need
be Washington's progress along the
same lines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
BRITISH PLAY-GENSOR
AGAIN FACES STORM

LONDON, Nov ga second petition
for the abolition OF the Office Of ex-
uminer of plays. now held BY George
Alexander BEDFORD, has given the cam
paign against this unpopular official re-
newed impetus.
Mr. BEDFORD has the reputation Of be-
iEg the most passiOnately denounced
man in England, and his sole effort in
gaining this distinction wEs the sup
preston Of several plays, No stage
play can be Produced IN England With
out the approval Of the examiner. The
petition protesting against the official
has been signed by George Bernard
Shaw, George Meredith, a. ". PinerO.
and all the leading novelists and dram8t-
lists of England.
The stand taken By Mr.. BEDFORD has
convinced many that the government IS
equally determined to keep the censor
OF PLAYS in his present position. The
affair mas started a general campaign,
and both sides are confident Of win
ming
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In lonely ways of dim forgotten lands.
All. do you not recall how once We
went:
Did ye not gaze, and hold each others
hands,
In utter ecstacy Of sheer content?
As for what we said-we said but moth
ing;
The naked truth was ours. that needs
no clothing
Strange flowers were near us-nameles1
TO me now
And strange old citles-were they
quick or dead?
We met-we tWo--the when or Why or
Matters no more. That golden hour
is fed.
But ineffaceabIe its glory fingers.
AS melodies survive their primal singers
And you? The moment eyes encountered
eyes,
Yours were allght with memories ana
with dreams.
You are mine, all mine; you know IL.
o, be wise,
Ere over ali our Past and Present
And snaps our secret chains of Joy and
And whelms. and whirls US. imDotent,
asunder.
Listen! In visions I will come tonleNt
And seek with you those old mysterl-
Gus lands,
And we shall see in the gray, uncertain
light,
DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the temple
STANDS,
The desoIate temple OF some faith IN
known
The sunset fading on its solemn stone.
And we shall never leave those lands
again.
But all that should have been for Us,
shall be
Reality foregone. dreams shall remain,
And sweet oblivion cover you end me-
Dare all. renounCe aIi-cCmei g. do
not dOutt you
who have waited centuries without
Won Pail Mall Gazette.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
AMERICAN FISHING BOATS
SEIZED BY CANADIANS

PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio, Nov. 20.-Ameri-
can fishermen in Lake Erie are today
keeping a sharp lookout for the Can
adam patrol boat, the Vigilant The
Vigilant made a raid late yesterday
and promised a return engagement to-
day.
The Vigilant seized two fishing boats,
one gasolene launch. a lot of nets. and
four men near Old Hen Island. the
outfit belonging TO r. Redfield OF North
Bass Island. and Emil Rush. of Put-in-
Bay. The captain claimed the fisher
men we're in Canadian waters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
HOME BAND
WILL PLAY FRIDAY

The Soldiers Home Band viii resume
its weekly concerts next Friday evening
at 7:30 o'clock at Stanley Han, Soldiers
Home. The concert is free, and the
public is cordially invited. John S. NJ.
Zimmerman is the bandmaster. The
program Is as follows:
Grand march, Swedish Coronation
SVendsen
Overture. saul ...-...-..-....--... Bazzini
NOcturne from Midsummer Nights
Dream .....-...........Me ndelssohn
Grand selection, -tHansel and Gretei,"
HumpCrdinck
Entr' Act. "A Quotation" ...--...... Sousa
The King of France, with 10000
men marched Up the hill, and then
marched down again
Waltz Mexicana, " buth Fancies,
Deli ORC
Excerpts from The Grand MoguI,'
Luders
Finale, THE Gladiator --------.-. Sousa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
DISCUSS ENGLISH NOUN.

DR.. James c. Fernald viii lecture on
The English Noun" at the Young
Mems Christian Association building
tais evening at o'clock This is one of
the series on English prose style which
he is giving under the direction OF the
association institute The wealth OF
nouns in the English language makes it
ono Of the most completely equipped
thought-sxpressing armories possible.
The simplicity OF the English noun and
the unique power which our speech
gains by its peculiar handling viii be
the theme OF the lecture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
It's Vegetable Suicide
To Sicken SuccotaSh,
DR.. Wiley

with beans as the destroying shell and
shrapnel He thought day and half.
He cogitated th,oHgh the hours. Sud
denly the inspiration hit rIm- 1t hit him
with cooling, refreshing tEud, like a
handful Of food Of purest ray serene
He grasped his pencils. The fatefuI
moment had come. He vas about to
write about succotash.
With tremulous hand and whirling
brain. he wrote:
IT'S monstrous. It's vegetable sui
eide"
Having accomplished this parody on
race suicide, the doctor broke his
fast with a can Of Oh cago beef.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

There is intimation IN high quarters
that Secretary Taft has committed some
sort Of a breach of the diplomatic pro-
prietIes in the course Of his visit in the
Orient and that the possibility OF his
adding 20 the embarrassment Of the
Government by carrying out his original
program OF visiting various selected
crowned heads OF Europe Is chiefly re-
sponsible for me announced change Of
plans By which ne will hurry home.
The Secretary is a delightful man,
with too much good sense TO take him
self TOO seriously. Consequently as
gentleman in high position pointed out.
ne apparently did not realize the sig
niIicance that. in the European mind,
would attach to his junket from capital
to capital. That sort OF thing Is ex-
ceedingly meanful to the diplomats Of
European courts. The etiquette which
governs II Is a rigid and unbencing one.
Every move, suggestion, and uttered
syllable OF a man in Secretary Taft's
position Is weighed and STUDIED and
assigned a place and Importance IN the
consideration OF the international mean
ing Of his tour The business IS a deli
cate and uncomfortable one, in which
the EZllu Id e anu lfEI 1V4tt1A
ness of such man as Secretary Taft
needs 10 be supplemented-and at times
curbed-by the ceremonial correctness
OF a trained and cold-blooded social sec
rotary with diplomatic training. Accord
ing 10 report. the present glObe-circling
tour has lacked such a steadying hand
at the helm.
Original Plan Of Tour.
So far does the iutimation sc, IN fact
that it is suggested in some quarters
that the State Departments concern
over the Secretary's travelings in Europe
had much to do with the revision OF his
route and arrangements. When he went
away. the understanding was that the
Secretary would go 70 the Philippines
and Japan and then come home BY way
OF Siberia and St Petersburg, paying a
call on the Gar so that, as between
the two antagonists IN the late war,
there might be no jealoUsies and no evil
dence OF partially on the part of this
Government. This program. It is said,
might have been carried out without
mum trouble. had not the other European
courts promptly seized upon the occa-
sion with the very kindly purpose of
paying their compliments also 10 the
emissary Of the American President.
Invitations were extended TO the Secre-
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LOVE- FOR EVANGELIST
CAUSE OF THE SUICIDE

CHICAGO. Nov. 20 Dependency
over the failure of an evangelist preach
er to reeiprocate an attachment which
She had formed for him WIS given at
the inquest yesterday as the cause of
fhirtv-fyyo years old, who shot herself
in CLEARING, III. Charles II. Faveriy, the
husband. testified that his wife had
been suffering from a slight mental de-
ranrement brought on by illness and
fancied herself in love with the evan
gelist, who left Clearing several months
ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
N EENzIE GIRL HELD,
WANTED AS WITNESS

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Claiming nat
she was wanted as a material and
necessary witness, detectives last night
arrested Belle Mckenzie, who has fig
ured In the coElpls ints against Ray
mGnd Hitchcock, the actor She was
arrested in the lobby of the Grand
Opera House. where Hitchcock Is now
playing. At police headquarters she
gave her age = eighteen and said that
size was a salesiady.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

In
Who the mysterious Dan for whom the
viii
its
its
grown up from Illus
traitor by John J. McCutcheon)
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a Of
wrinkles schoolgirls mouth
and IL
longer The
anal andl by
wrinkles forehead
81 and
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If this prohibition movement gains
much more ground the governor OF
North Carolina and the governor OF
south Carolina viii 90 tongi.c-tied
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

James NJ. Guffey. Democratic State
leader OF Pennsylvania, is going TO come
out against Bryan's nomination by the
Democrats. Mr.. Guffey will be identined
with ease by the number of millions
ne has about his person. representing
profit 5n selling oil TO the Standard OH
Company
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

Glen Echo thinks that Maryland cir
cult court an Old-style, single-cylinder
of the model Of about 1884, and Is willing
70 meet it for speed, easy riding. or en-
durance on any appellate track in the
State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

The whole Harvard team is said to
have come TO Presidents Eliot's way
OF thinking on football
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

Tom Watson and the "peepurs party
have reached the state Of coma and in
terrogation point
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

Entries for the Republican steeple-
chase are coming dangerously near TO
the number g
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20
RFINCAPNATInN

We would Ike 10 see the Big Stick
beat the Paper trust into a pulp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

Hard luck story incident TO the panic:
John d. Rockefeller hasn't even $780,
00O, 600 Of Government bonds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

Educators I'm Unison" says head
Tine, That's good, that's good-too good
10 be true
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

The waterways advocates need now to
use care in order 70 avoid development
of antagonism between different sections
of the country. The Philadelphia con-
vention wants waterways parallel 70
the Atlantic coast and east of the Allie
ghanies. The Middle Westerners want
the lakes -to-gulf route opened. IL the
two projects ever get into artagonism.
there Will be no results at all; and an
tagonism is already threatened. Each
section of the country must be big
enough TO understand the needs and
rights Of every other
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ordinarily
In off
enes the Vice Presidency Every he bank Each
he puts OF o
Washington
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

The Chandler aspiration seems tC
have permanently settled In Atlanta
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Speaker
hand He is
by viii
swolen ass for Us hgste smpI ty