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The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
4 SDitcful Oucry

The Atlanta Georgian propoUnds the
following query. directly and pointedly
to The Washington Herald:
a vagels that Washington viii make twice as
many runs as Chicago Ia purely slppsitire pr0po-
stionI. Washington scores one run, Chicago none
Who wins the bet: Is one run twice as many as no
runs: Il II should prove too much for you pass it
on 20 tie fountains Of knowledge and wisdom on
the Houston Post and the Charleston News ard
Cou7ier'
We would take positive delight in she'd
ding the rays Of our acknowledged superior
wisdom over even so triling a proposition
as this-so perpetualy in evidence is our
good nature and desire to please-were the
sinister design underlying it not so vivid
ly outlined 1t is not so much the
Georgians desire 70 increase its store
OF owledge-thOugh no one will dispute
that such an ambition on its part would
not only be praiseworthy but strikingly
unusual--as It is to take an underhand
jab at Washington's gentlemanly baseball
team. That is the malicious point of its
uttersnce, and the very pith of its hypo-
thetical question. We merely mention
this in passing in order that our consdtu-
ency may understand the animus Of the
Georgian beneath the cloak Of its appar-
emily well-bred inquiry.
AS TO the question-Of course. B wins
the bet Washington did not make twice
as many runs as Chicago in this particu-
lar instance-although we entertain no
doubt as to Washington's ability to do so,
conditions being favorable. One run is
not twice as many as no runs. One thing
can never be twice anything, unless that
particular anything be a half Of some
thing. And it does not appear here that
Chicago claims to have made a half run.
Two runs may be twice one run. but one
run is not twice no runs. However, had
Washington and Chicago scored no runs.
respectively. 4 would have won the bet.
for the very simple reason that no runs
IS twice as many runs as no runs.
The doubt Implied in the Georgian S
y as 10 our ability to solve its petty
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
Bryan's Relations with Hearst.

From the Chattanooga Times.
Mr.. Bryan has never submitted 10 any
kind Of discipline heretofore hut It would
seem that in view Of the treatment he has
been getting from Mr.. Hearst and the
Contemptuousuess with which his sug-
gested friendly alliance has been met. he
ought to be at least more careful cf the
company 10 which he consigns his party.
a few shoulder blows IN resentment Of
the Hearst fings and a self-respecting de-
Tense Of his party's integrity and claims
upon public confidence would go a good
way just now in helping on that harmony,
which. II Mr. Bryan is 70 be the leader
again, will be needed We take no stock in
the suggestion that Mr.. Bryan's meekness
Is due to financial obligations to Mr..
Hearst. but we are sure that Mr.. Bryan is
under great moral and personal obliga-
tions to the Democratic party.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
WHAT A FRANCHISE IS.
Legal Poiuts Raised by Decision in
the New York Gus Case.
From the New York World.

From the New York World
That the Supreme Court Of the United
States viii sustain Referee Masten's legal
proposition in the So-cent gas case is very
doubtful Badly expressed. he decides
that a public franchise becomes private
property when IN the possession Of a
corporation, and that the value Of the
capitalized profits cannot be diminished
by the legislature. In other words, that
the people once having granted a fran
chise are thereafter helpless 20 protect
themselves from extortion, once that ex-
t0rtion is capitalized
This legal conclusion rests on the
premises that a franchise IS an irrevocable
grant and that as soon as created il be
comes private property like house. or
machinery. or a pair of shoes.
Neither Of these propositions finds sus-
tenance or support in the decisions OF the
highest courts.
A franchise is a possession, not tangible
property. Il is no more property In the
sense that a gas tank is property than
is the penal code, or the civil code. or any
other act Of the legislature.
Gas is property, so are gas machinery.
gas tanks. gas mains. and gas fixtures.
The right to transport gas by horse and
wagon is not private property. Neither
is the right to transport gas in pipes
under the public streets private property.
The distinction between a franchise and
n license is this: 1t is essential to the
character Of a franchise that it should
be n grant from the sovereign authority. -
Obviously a grant Of sovereign power
cannot be irrevoCahly made To a corpora
ton unless the sovereignty OF a State is
diyisible. If a franchise grant is not rev.
Ocable the people can divest themselves
OF their sovereignty. and the moment that
any people has divested itself OF SOW
eceignty. either in whole or IN part that
people ceases to be free and independent
TO the extent that its sovereignty has been
parted with
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
The Acuuieseepee Of Queen Lii.

Verify. the world do move. Only a few
months ago Queen" Lilluokalani was
still ardently engaged in her attempt TO
obtain from the United States a quid pro
quo for the throne she lost when this
government annexed the Hawaiian Is
lands and made them a Territory. That
attempt failed. as all Of us remember.
some with sincere sympathy for the erst-
while dusly ruler Of the halfway house
Of the Pacific, and some, perhaps, with
only amusement
Now apparently. the former Queen has
and 10 the new order Of things in the
verdant and seductive islands where once
her word was law. In 4 recent issue OF
the Honolulu Bulletin we read Of a lunch
con az which she was the nominal hostess
and her guests the members Of the fourth
legislature of the Territory Of Hawaii
The scene was her home on beautiful
Waikiki beach Illness prevented the
presence Of the deposed Queen herself.
and her hospitality was dispensed by
Prince Cupid" otherwise Jonah Kalan-
ianiole, Territorial Delegate In Congress.
and Princess" Kalanianiole After the
sharp edge Of hunger had been dulled. %
to quote the Bulletins reporter. who is
obviously an American product. there was
speechmaking Of the kind inevitable to
such occasions. Speaker HoIsteln pre-
sided. and a. s Kaleiopu. ". o. Smith.
Rev. Stephen Desha. Delegate KaIanianl-
ole. and others responded to toasts. The
health Of the Queen was drunk. the work
Of the legislature and Of Delegate Kalan-
ioninle, was praised. and Representative
Pail delivered one Of his characteristic
speeches. in which he declared that Maui
is the flower Of the Territory. and he is
the chief poi-eater Of Maui"
Thus the event passed into history.
Could anything Indicate more strikingly
the satisfactory conditions existing in the
islands. the cordial relations between the
native Hawaiians and the Americans who
have found new homes there. and the
former Queens acceptance Of the situation
brought about by their presence. and by
self-government as a Territory Of the
United States? The picture is so pleas
ing. indeed, that We are constrained 10
wish similar one could be presented in
those other insular possessions of ours
which lie in the great ocean to the west.
Gen KurOki has refused three offers
for a magazine article. so it Is said. The
more we hear Of this gentleman, the bet
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
Problem of Commercial Pence.

From the Chicago Chronicle
The problem Of keeping commercial
peace among nations is a difficult one,
and it viii be as long as all nations, with
lusion that they would be irretrievably
ruined If they did not restrict trade with
one another by fines and penalties and
various other distractions. So long as
this delusion Of barbarism persists the
maximum and minimum device for being
ever ready for a tariff fight may be the
best means Of minimizing commercial war.
just as enormous armaments are by many
supposed TO be the best means of pre-
venting the blOOdier wars which are liable
20 grow out OF tariff wars
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
A Democratic Platform.

Apropos of the nomination by the able
editors of the Louisville Courier-Journal
and the Charleston News and Courier of
Democratic candidates for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency whose identity Is
carefully concealed within the editorial
mind. We beg leave 90 suggest a Demo-
cratic platform suitable 70 those and TO
all other Democratic candidates who have
been or may hereafter be named-a plat
form broad and comprehensive enough to
satisfy Democrats Of every shade and
variety Of opinion. Such declaration Of
principles, We Judge, would read about as
follows:
We adhers with 1nn conviction to the principles
Of the Democratic party as enunciated BY --!
We resiirm unqualified allegiance TO the time
worn Democratic doctrine that -
We view with alarm -?
We point with Tqids to -?
We denounce trusts as ndefensible and intolerable
and favor --?
We demand a revision OF the tsrid along the
lines Of --!
We are unalterabIy opbosed % --!
We stand with unvaYering feet up0n The C0nsti
tuition Of The United States as interpreted BY -?
We hold sacred the ancient dogma Of state rights
as modified by -
We .re profoundly convinced that the suerss Of
the Democrats party is essential to -!
Confident Il the wisdom Of the people, we present
our candidates to the mighty American electorate,
in the dcep-rootcd belief that thy win be -?
For obvious reasons We must decline to
supply the interrogatory omissions newt
able in a tentative Offering Of this sort
at least until our contemporaries consent
10 reveal the secrets they are so tantaliz-
ingly Withholding from our knowledge.
Name your men. and We will undertake
20 clothe our skeleton platform with be-
coming verbal garments.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
SATURDAY. MAY %, 1907.
Grounds for National OPTIMISM.


Secretary Root essayed the role Of pO-
litical optlmist in his final lecture at Yale
on the responsi ibilities Of citizenship. His
conclusion is that the past few decades
have marked great gains for liberty,
justice, and righteousness among all civil
llzed peoples In our own country he
finds that the standards Of public morality
and governmental justice are measur-
ably higher than they were In the earlier
days Of the republic. or even forty
years ago The Credit Mobilier scandal,
the whisky frauds Of Grants admins
tration. he thinks would be impossible
to-day. because the official atmosphere
then prevailing IN Washington no longer
exists, and because there is a better
recognized standard Of official morality.
Public condemnation Of railroad and
corporation practices, that few years
ago were common in the business world,
MIR. Root regards as evidence that we
are growing better, instead OF worse. 1T
is perfectly safe to assert" he says, that
the standard Of prObity and fidelity among
the corporation managers of the country
is higher now than II ever has been
before; and vet there Is more complaint
now than there ever has been before,
because our people demand that a more
rigid rule of morality shalt be applied
by statute. and by the courts, and In
administrative supervision than they
formerly considered necessary" Not only
has the standard Of corporate morals been
elevated. but the whole system OF the
Federal government has been lifted up TO
q higher plane of clearer moral vision,
just as the whole system of British
administration has been lifted up since
the corrupt days Of WalpOle."
Mr. Roots view is fattering to our
national spirit, which IS nothing if not
optimistic, or at any rate fatalistic as
Mr. Bryce would prefer to call it. We
are accustomed to the belief that things
will somehow come out all right if We
give them time enough, and Mr. Root S
account Of our moral progress supplies
substantial foundation for that article
Of our national faith. No doubt there has
been a real uplift Of the national con-
science since the demoraIizing days sue
Ceeding the civil war. an Uplift reflected
in the higher standard Of public morals
and in newer ideals Of public service. Yet
there have been. and are likely 10 be
lsmentable lapses. the obvious lesson OF
which is that public morals need con-
tinual braCing up Just as private virtue
requires the incessant promptings OF the
conscience to preserve the narrow way
To keep what We have gained in the
moral order We shall have to pay the price
Of eternal vigilance.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE nVuVICH

One of us lives as a magnats grand; one
OF us leads as a chieftain bold.
One Of us begs with a palsied hand; one
Of Us deals in gems and gold.
One Of us thinks this life game; one Of
US tolls for wages low,
But in the end IT is all the same; into the
dustman's bin we go.
One OF us heads and rules the state; one
of us creeps from deor TO door.
One Of us fawns among the great; one Of
as delves in ancient lore.
One Of us climbs TO heights Of fame; one
Of us sinks to depths OF woe.
But in the end II is all the same; into the
0ustman's bin We 90.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
Enforcement the Important Matter.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The victory won by the governor at Al
bany is more than personal 1t is public,
but fruits remain to be gathered. The
insurance laws Of the State are all right.
Had they been enforced with intelligence
and some sense of official obligation, the
shores would not have been strewn with
wrecks. Law is one thing; enforcement,
another. The public utilities bill trans
lated into law, is an epochal enactment.
In the hands Of the commissioners who
are sluggish, or Indifferent, or lncompe-
tent. 1t will prove to be a boomerang.
In the hands Of men who are not easily
HOODWINKED, who have courage and
energy and determination, who can dis
tinguish between the use Of power and
the abuse thereof, results will accrue.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
High Telegraph Tolls.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The natural consequences Of the extor-
tionate Charges now made by the COM
panies will be, first. a falling off in bust
ness, and, second, an act Of Congress reg
ulating the rates Of the companies and
reducing them to a point below that
which they were at the beginning Of the
year. That would be just, for the COM
panies can afford to do business Tor much
less than the rates which they are now
charging. Their capital stock is enor-
mously inflated They do not represent
the hundred millions Of dollars at which
their stock is valued in any present value.
Whatever their plants may have cost,
they have deprecated.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
Scientific Agriculture,

From the Reed City Mimi Clarion.
A farmer has made a discovery that
will be of vast importance to farmers
during a dry season. He has found that
by planting onions and potatoes in the
same field in alternate rows the onions.
being so strong. bring tears to the eyes Of
the potatoes in such volumes that the
roots Of the vines are kept moist, and a
big crop is raised in spite of the drought
It is time 10 commence putting out your
onion sets now.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
Mrs. Mckinley and Her Husband.

No man in the public life Of this gem
Grafton Of Americans was so marked in
his attentions to his wife as was Presi-
dent Mckinley His helpmate was an in
valid during most Of their married life,
and this circumstance plainly accentuated
the tenderness Of the husband. lie never
made a long trip without being accom-
panied by her, and he watched over her
constantly, with an affecUonate soIicitude
that was as genuine as il was touching
When travelling in a private car, Mrs
Mckinley took advantage OF every oppOr-
tunity 20 have her illustrious husband ex-
clusively 10 herself. and seemed perfect
ly happy only when he was holding her
hand caressing her brow, or manifesting
other evidences of his abiding love. As
tsnderly as "a mother with her first born,
Mr.. Mckinley always treated his wife
and so wholly did she lean upon his
love that when the anarchists bullet
laid the President low al Buffalo it was
the general belief Of those who knew how
much she depended upon him that she
soon would follow him 90 the great be
yond Never a day passed at Canton since
the husband remains were inferred there
amid the pomp and circumstance Of the
worlds homage that the widow did not
seek his tomb and lay upon IL flowers
moisteDed and hallowed by the tears Of
her cruel affection The Mckinley regime
In Washington was not a brilliant social
success. although the formal functions Of
the White House were kept up during the
occupancy Of that impressive old mansion
10y the MCEinicys. Mrs Mckinley's health
forbade her pal tiCipati0n In the usual way
in White House social events. though she
managed % be by her husbands side at
the great public receptions OF the winter
season
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
Spring NorcItle. in Humor.

The boy had a bent pin.
The man had an expensive outfit COM
prising rods, reels, lines, spoons, nets,
and flies.
Nevertheless. the man caught all the
fish
The Second NJ. z. Church, Of Skaggs
Corners, gave its annual picnic last week.
None Of the boys got stung by hornets.
and the lemon pie was not sat in.
1t didn't rain.
The city man moved 10 the country and
planted $50 varieties Of garden seeds.
They all came up
His garden looks fine and he Will have
lots Of vegetables soon.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
MEN AND THINGS.
On Decoration Dny.


At indianapolis, May 80, the President
will deliver what Is expected 10 be his
most important and significant speech Of
the year. II is given out tentatively that
he will utilize the opportunity to an
nounCe his matured attitude toward the
growing anti-corporation movement.
While reiterating firmly his weli-known
position on the phases of the subject
with which he has dealt in his messages
70 Congress, and in other ways, II Is
said that he will specialize to the extent
Of defining more accurately than he has
thus far done she difference between him
self and certain Republican governors
and others on the question OF legislation
affecting public utilities. 1t is believed
that he will particularize as 10 the La
Toilette proposition for valuation Of
railroad property, and also as to some Of
the more radical features Of Gov. Hughes
public utilities bill in New York II is
understood that he viii let ii be known
that while le is not opposed TO the gem
cr.l principles involved in the valuation
proposition. he will argue for valuation
that would in no way injuriously affect
present railroad securities. Should he do
this. he would not only take sharp issue
with Senator La Toilette. but also with
Gov. Hughes. and thus mark out the lines
Of the campaign for the Presidential nom
ination 20 considerable extent. Follow
ing closely upon the Presidents enuncia-
tions along this line, Secretary Taft WILL
II is stated take ~ the subjects in the
same way when he starts on his swing
around the circle, first in the Southwest,
and then in the Northwest, II is known
that some Of the great financial interests
in New York are manifesting unusual
concern over the speech to be made al
fndianapolis
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
lIr. Tnft'S Double.

At least in rear elevation, so to speak
Secretary Taft has a double right here in
Washington. in the person of Capt.
George Uhler. the veteran Supervising In
spector General Of the Steamboat Inspec-
tion Service. Capt Uhler is built on the
same general plans and specifications
which resulted in Secretary Tafts archi-
tectural design. is about the same height.
has the same breadth, and when walking
in front Of the average person IS fire.
quently mistaken for the War Minister.
There used to be a journalist In this town
who not infrequently was mistaken for
the Secretary by the messengers in the
dimly lighted corridors of the War De-
partment. and was accordingly given
many a fine military salute and other evil
dence of distinguished consideration on
the part OF the s1lulers, but that person
has reduced his girth and stature general
ly within the past six months. until now.
when he strides through the aforemeu-
toned corridors, he receives nothing but
a naughty stare from the messengers. But
not so Capt Uhler for even yet the War
Department messengers take him for the
Secretary, when they get glimpse Of
only the captains back In the corridors.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25

problems is, we trust, now at rest. We
are glad TO be Of benefit TO a contempo-
rary at sea on any point We trust that
never again will our Atlanta friend sug-
gest that we pass along" anything TO
other members Of the information bureau.
Anyhow. it ought to know. II It doesn't
that the Charleston News and Courier
and the Houston Post are bound 10 butt
in. somewhere along the line, whether in
vited or not
Now, then, ask US something hard.
Georgian.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25
4 Political Attack Expected.

Reports have reached Washington that
vigorous attack is soon 70 be made on
some Republican Presidential possibility,
other than Secretary Taft. in the form
OF charges that he bears the corporation
tag and is the candidate Of the trusts.
Republicans who have heard the story
say that the charges, il they are submit
ted, viii emanate from Democratic
sources and have for their purpose the
creation Of dissensious In the Republican
ranks. Just who IS 10 be singled out is
not known. II may be either Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks. Representative Cannon.
or Senator Knox Il is known that
prominent weekly publication is preparing
% start a crusade against the Vice Presi-
dent and this circumstance leads those
who have heard the other story 10 believe
that the movement which they are cx-
pectng VIII be directed against either
the IIiin0isan or the Pennsylvania.
Friends OF Secretary Taft in general. and.
Of course, President Roosevelt and the
Secretary himself are ahsolvcd from any
connection whatever with the prospective
attempt 20 brand some one. presumably
the opponent OF Mr.. Taft. who Is sup
posed to be strongest with the trust mark.
Even II the President were not incapable
Of participating In such a movement.
those who have heard the report say.
such participation would be wholly in
compatible with his recent action in Civ
ing clean bills Of health, politically speak
ing % both Senator Knox and Uncle Joe
Friends Of both these gentlemen and OF
Vice President Fairbanks are preparing
10 deal with any hostile demonstration
which may develop. The understanding
is that the charges against whoever IS
selected for attack Will be based on an
alleged meeting OF trust magnates held
in New York for the purpose Of agreeing
on whom 10 support for the nomination
next year.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-25

The Punxsutawuey Spirit does not Ike
It because the old blacksnake-milking-
COW tale is making its annual spring pill
grimage Still. We would miss these old
stories should they forsake US alto
gether What would life be worth TO "a
newspape' reader, for instance. If some
calf didn't swallow a can Of dynamite
and get blown up about once every six
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