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The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
BRYAN'S ADOPTED SON.
Young japanese Is Member of the
Family Circle.

From Muasays Magazine
The Bryan household Of late years
since the elder daughter, Ruth. was
married-has consisted of AIr. and Mn.
Bryan; the son, William J., jr., a daugh-
ter, Grace. and an adopted son from the
Fiowery Empire of the Mkado. The
last figure bears eloquent testimony not
merely to Mr. Bryau's cosmopolitan
fame, but to his gOod-humored phiIoso-
ply. It appears that in Japan an as
piring youth can adopt some man OF
eminence as his father. and immemoriaI
custom compels the person thus hon
ored 10 take and care for the found
ling, at least until he comes 10 the age
If self-sUpporL IN 1896 the fame OF
the Democratic candidate penetrated &c
the cherry groves Of Japan and fred the
ambition of young student
! have chosen you to be my father
he wrote in effect 10 the Nebraskan,
and will sail at once for the United
States"
The message aroused some natural
trepidati0n il the household at Lincoln
Fathers-in-Iaw are chosen often enough
without their knowledge and consent,
but 90 have the responsibilities Of
parentage suddenly thrust upon one by
an unknown youth of alien race is at
least discOncerting. Appeals TO the col
lectOr Of the port at san Francisco TO
avert the yellow Peril were unayailing
Japs may rush in where Chinese fear TO
tread. and 10 select an American poll
tician for a father does not seem TO
come within the purview Of the statute
which prohibits Iaborers under con
tract from entering our country. So
one morning Mr.. Bryan. answering in
person a ring at the docr-as is the
simple custom of the fsmily-was con-
fronted by a trim Japanese boy, who
remarked with simple directness:
I have come"
The statement was incontrovertibie:
the situation delicate. To repulse a
homeless alien. to cast off the father
less and oppressed, seemed impossible
50 the Lad was made welcome. and has
since been literally one of the family,
even adopting it's name He has re-
ceived the same education that Mr..
Bryan's own son has had. and viii re-
turn to Japan. not only equipped with
ali that our civilization can give. but
bearing also the story of the broad
human sympathies of an eminent Amer
lean household. With the pleasing in
ternational name of Yamachita Y Bry-
an, he has lately been travelling over
the United States as private secretary
to q member Of the Japanese ParIia-
me3t. who is here studying American
industries
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
AT THE HOTELS.

Ex-GoV. Winfield 7. Durbin. 0f Indiana.
is here to attend the annual meeting Of
the Society of the Seventh Army Corps.
of which he is president He is accom-
panied by a popular feuow-townsnan.
Postmaster Robert P. Grimes, Of Ander-
son. Ind.
Col. DuTbin. in conversation with friends
at the New Willard last night, expressed
the opinion that Theodore Roosevelt will
be his own successor.
Il have travelled recently in good
many States. both North and South. and 1
find that the people are with the Presi-
dent" said he. When 1 refer to the
people / mean the rank and file. Demo
Gratis IS well as Republicans. They be-
iieve that he is honest and sincere. and
they viii insist that he shall lead the
party in the next campaign. When the
strength Of this movement becomes ar-
parent 10 the President I do not believe
that he viii refuse TO run again
Ex-Gov. Durbin met number Of his
army comrades. and al had "a word 10
say about his splendid appearance. physi-
caily, indicating tip-t0p health. He is In
diana's only living ex-governor.
Hon. John H. McGraw. former governor
of the State OF Washington. after spend
ing several weeks at the New Willard.
leaves to-day for his home iu Seattle.
1T looks as though the Republican State
Organization OF Pennsylvania was some
what worried over the quo warranto pro
ceedings brought by the former senator
from Schuylkin County 10 test the right Of
the senator from Union County TO repre-
sent the Third district in the State legfs-
lature. said Mr. D. c Reitz, Of Phlladel-
phia. AT The Arlington.
''This is a challenge Of the constitution
atty Of the recent apportionment act. on
which Senator Penrose is largely banking
for his reelection If the apportionment
act IS held invalid it means the loss Of
their seats TO twenty-five hold-over Sena-
tors. and this viii be a serious blow 10 the
PeurOse cause. The ablest lawyer in
Pennsylvania, John G. Johnson, has been
hired TO defend the law. and the leglsfa-
ture voted $500 20 pay legal expenses IN
volved IN UNFOLDING the apportionment."
At a banquet in his city Of Waterbury
"a few nights since. The popular C0nnecti-
cut Representative, Hon. George +.
Lilly. was toasted as the future governor
Of the State
I expressed thanks for the compIi-
ment' said Mr.. Lilly. but went on 70
say that. although the newspapers had
mentioned a few names Of prominent
men favoring me for executive h9nors.
these. 10 use the language Of Uncle Joe
Cannon, were not a sufficient humber
That is what he said when the aye and
no vote was called on the bin % increase
the pay of Senators and members.
At the same time people who are well
informed as to the inner workings OF
politics in the Nutmeg State believe that
Mr. Lilly already has the nomination as
good as won.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
PENALIzING WIFE DISCRETION.
Stringent Measures Proposed 10 Pre-
vent q Widespread Evil.

From the Detroit Free Press
Agitation for more stringent laws
against wife deserters and for the diver
sion Of the convicted husbands prison
earnings from the State to the deserted
family have not been lacking in Michi-
gan. but nothing tangible has yet been
accomplished. II the present movement,
headed by the county poor commission.
TO have such d law enacted during the
present session Of the legislature is final
~ given shape as an actualtty, something
notable will have been accomplished in
the interests Of women and children now
denied the protection OF the. law as well
as the fostering care Of the renegade
husband and father. President Postal
Of the poor commission proposes that de-
seruoH be made a felony. for the pun
ishment of which the complaint of the
wife viii not be necessary.
The most recent wife-desertion legisla-
tion aimed at bringing back from other
States husbands who tried by removal
from the State 10 avoid prosecution. But
experience has shown that when the rene
gade husband has been brought back by
the State the deserted wife is either so
overjoyed at the reunion. so fearful OF
hufbandly reprisals. or so DESTROYS Of see
ing her Enooh at liberty where he may
earn something in her support. that she
refuses to press the complaint The new
law viii Obviate all this The brunt OF
the prosecution viii be borne by the
county authorities. and on incarceration
for the ohense the husband viii D. IDS
enforced prison earnings be contributing
to the support Of the wife and children
dependent upon him.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

Prom the Rochester Herald
The Rev. Herbert \. NeiId, who IS in
charge Of the Eastbrook Hall, Wesleyan
Mission. at Bradford. tells of an anus
ing incident which gained him the ear
of woTkingmen at his services
Il was announced 10 speak on horse
racing from the title, 'What'u Win? In
the vestry 1 found a postal-card. which
read: Rev. your address ''Whatu VIM"
Hackers Pride is good business for the
CambudgeshiTe.
Anxious to see what proportion Of
betting men / had in the more than 2.0C0
men assembled, I read the card to the
crowd. The answering roar at the horses
name told me all I wished 10 know. and
for forty minutes ] had strained attention
as I showed that wOrkingmen were being
rogued and rocked wholesale by an or
ganized conspiracy on the part Of book
makers, touts, tipsters. and trainers.
THE sequel was astonishing. Hack
ler's Pride won the race the following
Wednesday. AS by magic it went through
the city, and particularly the workshops.
that the parson at Eastbrook had tipped
the winner for the Cambridgashire.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
CONTRASTS IN GOVERNMENT.
Is MaterIRIism Leading Us to the
Same End as MedIevnIism.


Henry Watterson. IN Louisville Courer-Jo Journal.
I came away from the EscoriaI with
q heavy heart, nowise edited, or elated,
or instructed
In contemplating the startling contrasts
between foreign life and foreign history,
with our own, I cannot help rejecting
upon the yet more startling contrasts Of
ancient and modern religion and govern
ment. 1 have been coming over here at
irregular intervals for more than forty
years. Always a devotee to American
institutions, l have been strengthened in
nay beliefs and in my sentiments by what
I have encountered in Europe
The tendency IN our country Is to BELT
tie things American The commercial
spirit in the United States, which affects
to he a nationalist, Is in reality a cosmo-
politan. Money being its God. French
money. English money, Spanish money, is
the same to it as American money. It has
no time to waste on theories. 10 think Of
generics. Put money in thy purse" has
become at once it's motto and the reason
Of its being The written organic law Of
the land is as Greek to it as are many
Of the accepted laws OF God. It is too
busy with its money-making 20 think, or
to feel. on any abstract question. That
which does not appeal TO il in the con-
crete is Of no interest 10 il at all. Just
as III the days Of Charles Y and Philip
IL all things yielded To the theologian' S
miscOnCeptiOh Of-the spiritual life, so in
these days Of the MOTgans and the Hills,
the Carnegics and the R0ckefeilers all
things spiritual and abstract must yield
to what they call the progress Of the uni
verse and the tendency Of the times
Under their rule We have had eXtraordl-
nary movement just as gnder the lords Of
the Palatnate and the EscOrial - the
union Of the devils Of bigotry and money
Europe, which was but another name
for Spain. had extraordinary movement
We know where IL ended with Spain.
Whittier is it leading u.s. Is Theodore
Roosevelt. with bUmptiOus acCOmpani-
ments. a modern edition Of Philip II? is
Elihu Root a reincarnatiOn OF Charles W
Let us hope not. Let US believe not
But. strolling along through the crypt OF
the Church Of the Escorial. ! could not
repress the idea OF a certain personal and
physical likeness between them and eff
gies in marble and bronze looking down
upon me whichever way ] turned and
seeming to say. My love TO the President
when you see him next" and Don't for
get 10 remember me kindly, please, TO the
Secretary Of Statei"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
ChiId labor and the Tariff.

Senator Beverage brought out an inter-
esting fact during the course of his
child-abor speech when ne called the at
tention of the Senate TO the relation be-
tween child labor and the tariff, namely.
that the industries in which child labor
is most largely employed are heavily pro-
tected by duties on foreign imports. This
Is true of the cotton, wooden. silk. and
glass and a number of other smaller in
dUsuies. There are high tariff duties on
manufactures of cotton. silk. and glass,
and We are continually being told that
the tariff on these articles is levied for
The purpose, among other things, OF
maintaining the price Of American labor
and the standard Of American living.
But Senator Beverage asks, With what
grace can we so TO the country asking
that the tariff be continued on these
things when the industries IN these lines
are supported by child labOr?"
Children in cotton mills working twelve
hours a night for a daily pittance: chill
dren in glass factories from $50 D. m.
until $3.50 a. M. going home in the bleak
dawn 20 a restless siumber. for few
dollars week; from p. m. until a. m.
watching the maddeuing revolutions of
silk machinery, with half an hour at mid
night for a run I'm the fresh air to work
OF drowsiness; standing dripping wet for
hours il steaming fax mills: surely ii is
a CHASTITY joke 10 levy a protective tariff
ia order that the wages of these child
victims of a Commercialized civilization
may be prevented from falling to the level
of the wages of the pauper labor of
Europe!
Mr.. Beverage did well to remind the
Senate that humane people would have
little patience with those who insist on
maintaining high tariff on manufactures
Of cotton, and silk. and wool, and glass.
while refusing to abolish the child labor
out Of when the benehciaries Of pro-
teeted industries are making swollen
fortunes.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Mir. Madden-iicre and There.

Washington appears to like the Hon.
Martin 3. Madden-"Marty' Madden, he
Is afectionately called in Chicago. Our
citizens associations are wing with each
other TO do him honor out Mount Pleas
ant way he is the most popular man in
town. Residents on the heights are with
him heart and soul He is one of them.
He and they pack themselves into the
same street cars together. put their
money into the same Golfer; give vent to
their wrath on the same cold corners. and
altogether have much in common. Small
wonder It is. then, that when Tits occur
between the Hon. Martin B. Madden and
our virile and much-esteemed railway
magnate. Gen. George H. Harries. the
Mount Pleasant folks. not TO mention
others, take side with Madden 1t is
perfectly natural. He is their champion;
his the voice that proclaims their woes;
he the statesman TO redress their wrongs
their guide, philosopher. and friend.
If he has accomplished nothing else.
he has at least called attention to street
railway schedules disgracefuIly awry.
But the Hon Martin B. Madden seems
TO be needed at home-soTely needed. His
constituents are longing for him. They
are not as well off, when it comes to
street cars, as we are here in Washing
ton. not even excepting those Of us who
live out Mount Pleasant way We have
good ears; Chicagoans have not Wash
ington barring schedules. has an up-to-
date system; the best, taken as "a whole
in the country. Chicago has the worst
1t is true that Chicago is striving for
better things, but Chicago finds it hard
TO get them. Only the other night, for
example, a proposition in the common
council Git is evidently a very common
one) TO compel the Chicago street rail-
ways TO sell six tickets for a quarter. as
is done here in Washington. was over
whelmingly defeated. It got only four
votes out Of fifty Think Of that As
for anything in the line Of universal
transfers, the very suggestion was
laughed TO scorn.
These little episodes in Mr.. Madden's
town prompt this friendly observation
that he is needed at home-sorely needed.
But we cannot spare him: not now
not until after the 4th of March
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Another Reform Proposed.

II is whispered around the halls Of Con-
gress that at the next session "a bill will be
introduced prescribing gaudy uniforms for
the diplomatic corps, and that the Hon
Won L. Meyer, who recently relinquished
the post of Ambassador at St Petersburg
at the behest Of the President to take the
Post-Office portfolio in Washington. will
present an argument in support of the
proposition. Il is expected, of course. that
the proposal will stir up a mighty rumpus
among the representatives Of the people.
and that as a result the bin Will DE de-
feated, but progress in a great reform
viii at least have been started.
1t is said that when Ambassador Reid
was here from the court of St. James dur
Ing the Christmas holidays ne quietly ex-
erted his influence upon both the PreSi-
dent and Secretary Root in favor OF the
proposed innovation. He pointed out that
every other country in the world except
ours permits its diplomatic representa-
tives to wear uniforms, more or less gayly
bedecked. and that because our regula-
tons forbid the donning of distinctive
habilaments by our diplomats when at
tending court functions and other cere-
mOnial affairs in Europe. we are the
laughing stock OF the Ola World The
conventional and solemn evening suit is
the only dress American diplomats are al
lowed TO wear at state and other public
functions, varied occasionally by knee
breeches which display just enough of the
ambasSadoTi9l legs 10 make this mighty
republic all the more ridiculous. It is sug-
gested that to save ourselves from being
laughed at the world round we must
either authorize a diplomatic uniform or
send to the courts of Europe diplomats
with underDinniag that is good TO look
uDOn.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Ending Jurv Dutr.

From CasSells journal.
Fertile must be- the imagination Of the
citizen who successfully evades doing
his duty on the jury. A man on one Oc-
casion appeared before the judge and
exclaimed, pleadingly:
Sir. if you can excuse me, pray dc I
don't know which will die first-my wife
or my daughter"
Dear me, that's sad. said the judge
Certainly, you are excused
The next day the man was met by one
of the jurors, who in a sympathetic
voice, asked:
"How's your wife,?
shes all right. Why do YOU ask?'
And your daughter"
shes all right. too Why do you
ask
why. yesterday you told the judge
that you did not know which would die
first.
Nor do L That is a question time
alone can answer"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
LONDON'S DEATH RATE.
That City Ranks Among the Most
HealthfuI in the World.

From che London Morning Post
London can claim To rank among
the most healthfuI towns OF the world.
Il appears from the bulky annual re-
port for 1905 Of the medical officer Of
health for the County of London,
that not only was the metropoli-
tan death rate Of Isl per thou
sand in 1895 less than ever before.
but that only three big towns-Bristol,
West Ham, and Leicester-could show
a better record. Moreover. it was less
than in any OF the great cities Of
Europe and America. except Brussels
and Amsterdam At the same time
the birth rate was less than ever be-
fore. At 27.1 per 1000 of the popula-
ton. il shows a decline of 08 on the
previous year, and Of 6.5 in fifty years
This decrease has not been equally con-
spicuous in all parts Of London. Dur
ing the decennium 1S91-1900 the brit
rate was greater In the registration
districts of WhitechapeI and St
George-in-th East than in 1S71-S0 a
result probably Indirectly due to alien
immigration. In all other registration
districts the birth rate has declined
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
ARTEMUS WARD.

is he gone TO the land os 40 laughter.
The man who made mirth for Us alIq
Proves death bat silent hereafter
From the sounds that delight and apuaIY
Once closed. have the eyes no more duty.
No more pleasure the exquisite ears?
Has the heart done o'erfowing with besutv
As the eyes have with tears!
Nay, II aUglt can be sure. what IS slrer
Than that earths good decays not with earthly
And Of all the hearts springs none are purer
Than the spring Of the fountain Of Inirtb
He that sounds it has pierced the hearts hellovs
The places where tears chose TO sleep.
For the foam-hskes that dance in life's shadows
Are wrung from iife's deep.
He came with a heart full Of ciadness
From the siad-hearted land Of tho West:
Won ON laughter. but not with mere madness
Spake and ioked with us not in mere Jest;
For the man in our heart fingered after
When the merriment died in our ears
And those who were loudest in laughter
are sileat il tears.
-AlgsrEon Swinburne.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Martyr.

Prom the Chicago News.
The mUltimillionaire was in great
agony when he found he would probably
be compelled to die rich.
Money, he exclaimed, piteously;
nothing but money, Is it not punish
ment?"
Yes replied the beggar at the gate,
and I call it capital punishment. Sup
pose you give me your wealth and die a
happy MANI"
But the mulGelilliOnaire shook his head
No, he answered dolefully. when a
man is condemned 70 capital punishment
he generally deserves it. so l shall take
my medicine like a man
And then he called out his $4,000 bull
dogs and drove the beggar off the prem
ises
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
His Gentle Hint.

From Smiles
The train was crowded. In one COM
partment a dignified, middle-aged gen.
teman was trying to read Among the
passengers was lady with a very
sprightly little girl who had blue eyes.
a head of glistening gold, and an inquisi-
t0rial tongue She asked the dignifled
gentleman innumeTable questions and
played with his watch chain.
The mother fairly beamed upon him He
was becoming nervous, and turning to
the lady said:
Madame, what do you call this sweet
chiId?"
The mother smiled, and replied:
Ethel"
please call her. then"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

in q temporary lull Of the proceedings
in the House yesterday, Mr.. Sibley. of
Pennsylvania, entered and. looking over
the "beggarly array of empty benches. %
turned to a colleague and inquired:
What is going on? Eulogies?"
And when, at that moment, Mr.. Lamar.
of Florida, rose to occupy the floor for
an hour to discuss what he termed the
gross defects Of the Hepburn railway
rate regulation law" it seemed that Mr.
Sibley's inquiry must be answered in the
affirmative.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Clever Advertising.

From the Florida Times Union.
Eager-How did you create such a de-
mand for your patent incidence
Quack-Just advertising sufficiently.
Eager-But didn't it cost almost d for
tune 10 advertise?
Quack-Oh. no, 1 just got the police to
order the drug stores not 70 sell il on
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Relics Arnde to Order.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Yes, sir, this is the place where the
battle was fought.
Have you any relics of it?'
Yes, sir. John, mold the gentleman
about twenty bullets an tell the black
smith to hammer out a bayonet-Quick,"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
4 Wrong System.


Il don't know what's to be done with
that boy of NINE" remarked Mr. Wal
ker, the other day. Il declare he viii do
nothing but lessons / must send him
to one of the big public schools to learn
football and other games, Il he is not to
be spoiled altogether"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
In Doubt.
st and Stream

From Forest and Stream
On a famous rife range there was an
important team match one day, and the
men were firing in pairs. one for each
team, side by side. The best shot on
the home team was given 10 aiming so
long that bets were made on whether or
not he had gone to sleep at the firing
point. Presently he Withdrew his head
from the stock of his rife. lowered the
barrel and asked his opponent. in low
voice:
Did I fire or did vou2~
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Consideration.

From Fly Leaves
What are you in such a great hurry
for2"
Il am going to the funeral Of my chief.
and there is nothing he hates like unpunc-
tuaiity!'
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Another.
Her Rrnsnn-

Pretty Peggy Ias "a habit
On which .finic folk might frown-
Never Will she stick stamp on
Otherwise than upside down.
Once / asked her why. She answered,
Giving me the slightest glance
what girl viii not turn mans head
Every time she gets the CHANGER"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Too Busy RubberinE.

From the New York Mail
Now. then" admonishes the sulphitic
paragrapher Of The Washington Herald,
after the Thaw trial Is concluded, viii
everybody please be good. at least for a
while?' Sure. but while It is in progress
nobody has time to be anything else.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Id - Laid PIans. &c.

II would have married her and been
fixed for life II the family hadn't opposed
il"
You shouldn't have minded that II the
girl was willing"
There goa have it-you see she was
one OF the family"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
Bouquets Enough for All

From the Minneapolis journal.
The incident is closed with letter from
Admiral Evans commencing Admiral
Davis. letter from Secretary Metcalf
commenting Evans for commencing
Davis, and a letter from the President
commencing Metcalf for commencing
Evans for commencing Davis.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09

7 TON oInUt5.
Old Gent-And what's your fathers
business, my boy?
Boy-'E amt got er business.
Old Gent-Well. what does he work at?
Boyle don't work, 'e's a pleeceman!
The Washington herald., 1907-02-09
4 sum in Ethics.

Mater-Tom and Belle fight so. I real
~ don't think they should marry
Pater-Thats exactly why they should.
MdteT-What do YOU mean7
Pater-Ir is plain enough: If fl takes
two 20 make a quarrel. making the two
one viii prevent quarrelng, won't It?