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The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
SENATORIAL EXTRAVAGANZA.
Upper Body's Habit of Increasing
appropriations Criticised.


one of the offsets to evil tendencies
fluenced as the United States Senate.
ought 10 be prudence in the matter Of
expenditures. The long terms Of Sena-
tors, the indirect manner of their election.
and their comparative independence Of
local and transitory demands Of public
sentiment should make it easy for them
% guard the Treasury well. Since many
Senator'S are themselves rich men. and
others are in close touch with the richest
individuals and corporations in the coun-
try. it might be supposed that the SEN
ate as a body would oppose unnecessary
or il-advised use OF the public funds.
The Senate ought TO have the taxpayers
point of view and sympathies
But the Senate fails even as to this i'm
portant duty. 1t IS nearly always more
eXtravagant than the House Of Represen-
tatves, Few appropriation bills get
through the Senate without being padded
and heightened. Sometimes measures
providing for heavy expenditures are so
weighted down with additions made there
that they are put in jeopardy by extreme
demands upon the public purse.
The river and haTbOr bill is a case in
point The Senate tackled on items
amounting 70 several millions. though il
carried a formidable total when it passed
the House, The friends Of great improve
ments in waterways which really count
were fearful for a time Of the effect of
the Senate's extravaganza upon the final
chances of measure of immense gen
cral Importance. Here, rs in much ma
tiOnal business. the Senate is worse than
useless If it cannot be counted upon to
stand firm against extravaganza, of what
service by the Senate is the country as
suTed?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

Harriman's achievements during the past
few years as a striking example of the
thought theory of the production OF
wealth The Wall street wizard could
have pointed out to the critic OF social
ism a substantial matter of $6l.0o0,0o0
created out of nothing by the power of
the mind and the aid of the printing
press. This is a method Of getting rich,
however, that will undoubtedly engage
the serious attention Of American law
makers before long. That It should be
within the power of a single man &c
float new issues Of railroad securities not
needed for actual working capital, and 10
use the proceeds OF such securities in
buying and selling the stocks and bonds
Of other railroads, is so monstTous a per-
version OF corporate authority that 1t
seems incredible that it should exist at
all. We have no idea that 1t will be
permitted to exist very long One OF the
reforms in railroad legislation that Is
bound TO come is that of a more stringent
control over the capitalization of rail-
road corporations. Whether the water
already existing can be squeezed out
without doing injury to innocent invest
ors is a serious question, but al all
events legislation can provide that no
more water shall be injected into railway
capitalization Mr.. Hartman should be
the last of his kind in this country.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
WHAT STATES HAVE DONE.
CURLING Syndicated Wealth Not n
New Thing I'm Legislation.
From the New York Globe.

From the New York Globe.
For thirty years or more the states
have been steadily at work curbing syndi-
Gated wealth along lines Of which the
President seems to assume he is the Co
lumbus As far back as the early seven
ties Wisconsin passed the famous Pot
ter law regulating railway rates. A ma
j0rity Of the States have rate-making
railway commissions possessing and exer-
cising the power last year conferred on
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
States have minute laws against trust or
CARNATIONS and conspiracies in restraint
of trade; States have laws against over
capitalizatlOn-even now Minnesota is
maintaining an action against the Great
Northern 10 eujoin the issue Of 100000
in stock on the claim that it is water;
States have graded Inheritance taxes and
some corporation income taxes, In addi-
ton. either directly or through dependent
municipalities. States are regulating the
price Of gas. water, electrical current, Ur-
ban transportation. and many other
things Tn the field Of prosecution it is
doubtful if any attorney general OF the
United States was ever as active as Mon
nett OF Ohio. or Hadley OF Missouri
It is not true that the States possess
40 power, or, possessing il, have not eX-
ereised o.. Most OF the effective work in
controlling greed has been done by the
States What has been achieved by the
States IS MANIFOLD more important than
what has been achieved by the nation.
President Roosevelt should recall the
Ford act before again saying that the
States are powerless TO curb syndicated
wealth. Compare the laws Of New York
and those of the District Of Columbia
for which Congress legislates in all
things, and YOU Will discover that New
York is more RoOseveltian. If the word
may be allowed, than the District Of Co
Igmbil
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
DISREGARD OF HUMAN LIFE.
Aroused Public Opinion, "A sort of
National Conversion Needed.

From editorial ia the Century.
When one reads the accounts constantly
appearing in the newspapers Of instances
Of the heroic saving Of human life. espe-
cially in FIRE and mine disasters. one is
impressed by the value put by all men
upon life. The rescues OF miners, con-
tinulng sometimes from day to day, have
the whole country. sometimes the whole
world for sympathetic audience The city
Of New York was thrilled lately by the
story Of the rescue Of a fireman, after
twenty-four hours Of exertion on the part
of his comrades the first hours OF which
were with the hope Of finding his dead
body only Incidents like these awaken
a passion Of tenderness. Of heroic strug-
gle. OF widespread sympathy. AS for fire.
men, they are pToverbiaI for reckless
courage in saving endangered lives. and
when it comes TO the rescue Of one OF
their own number they viii actually fight
for the privilege OF fiinging themselves
into positions of deadly peril in order TO
save a threatened cOmrade. There never
was a time. moreover. when such good
care was taken of the sick and afflicted.
or when so much time, money equipment,
and individual devotion were given TO the
discovery and application of remedies for
disease. and of means for the prolongation
of human existence.
Reading Of such things from day TO day.
and nothing else. one might. as we have
said, come TO the conclusion that In
America the sacredness of life is keenly
felt throughout the community. But as
"a matter OF TACT, the newspapers that give
us minute details, IN column upon column,
OF these heroic rescues, on the same page
chronicle events which bring the observer
10 the very opposite conclusion.
1t is an aroused public opinion that we
media sort Of national conversion There
is need to spread abroad new respect
for the human frame; a conviction that II
Is unneighborly, that IL is wrong; that II
is wicked: that it is uncomfortable; that
people should amuse themselves in way
that endangcrs the bodies and the very
existence Of their fellow citizens. Railroad
trains, electric trolies, and automobiles
are constantly put 20 a speed that i'm
plies an outrag eOus spirit Of recklessness
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
Wore Cigarettes Thnn Ever.

From the Louisville C0uricr-Journal.
For q number of years past we have
had violent popular agitation against
cigarettes, and many States have thought
it desirable to enact strenuous legislation
as 10 their manufacture, sale, and use.
How Intellectual all this has been may be
inferred from the report that the sale of
cigarettes in the United States in 1906 ex-
ceeded that Of the preceding year by
So. 000.G00 This makes a record in the
sale Of these articles. There was also an
increase Of about a million pounds in the
importations of Turkish tobacco, largely
used in cigarette making.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
CAPITOL GOSSIP.


II il were not for the peculiar banking
laws Of Nebraska. which prohibit the
organization OF trust companies in that
State, Secretary Shaw probably would
have gone 10 Omaha instead OF New
York to live when he retires from the
Treasury next week. He and Senator
Willard, whose term I'm the Senate ex-
pires spontaneously with the Secretary s
quitting office. are very close friends.
Several weeks ago the Senator asked Mr.,
Shaw what he was going 10 do when he
should leave the Treasury, and suggested
TO him that he 80 TO Omaha and enter
business there with him. Senator Willard
Is one Of the largest bankers la that part
of the country. and it was thought that
the legislature OF Nebraska this winter
would so amend the banking laws as to
permit the establishment of trust com
panies in his State Had that been done
Mr.. Willard would have organized a big
trust company, and Mr.. Shaw would have
been put at It's head
4 similar proposition was presented to
the Secretary by some big St. Louis nnan-
ciers. IL is known that Mr.. Shaw would
have preferred making mis- home IN either
| Omaha or St. Louis TO New York, but
neither Of the tentative propositions ne
received from those cities materialized,
and so he finally agreed to accept the
offer in New York
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
JUST FROM GEORGIA. -
From the Atlanta Constitution.
4 Welcome Visitor.


Welcome Visitor.
Up there I see HMM the old mulberry
tree,
Last summers mockin'- bird-he's singin'
right al me,
think hear him sayin': "Oh, the spring
is goin' TO be,
Don't you see the sunshine on the
meadows
Up there I see him-he's lookin al his
best.
Bright eyes taldn' in the world from rosy
East to West.
Pretty soon you'H see him with the bios
SONS az his breast.
When springtime is sweet along the
meadows.
Lively Days in BiIIviIIe.
We've been having a hallelujah time. but
spring blowing viii make us lose all our
religion.
Two temperance conventions and six
mooushine distilIeries are in full blast
here.
JOY is playing the fiddle up this way.
and Trouble is dancing the fippity-f0p
shoes on his feet.
Where We Miss IL.
We're weepin' DER the sorrow-
Or still it leaves US dumb.
But we fail 70 count our blessings
When the
Good
Times
Come,
We waste ihe golden minutes
As our solemn MS we sum.
But We do not count the sunbcams
When the
Good
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
BUSINESS oFFECE VERSE.

A merchant had of goods a lot,
But no one came 10 buy.
One time an inch Of space he got
A little lad" to try.
His goods ne sold in half a day,
And ever since he cries
To every one who comes his way;
ut pays to ADVERTISE"
This verse is businesslike, 1 know,
And has no soulful throb,
But then the cashier it viii show
That l am on my job.
OF this he entertains no doubt,
At least I so suTmise,
But I viii grind my MARBLE out
II pays to advertise.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
THE ETERNAL FEMININE.

sing song of spinsters
My latchkev and my fat,
No brutal man 10 say 10 me:
What have you done with that
Last dollar I bestowed on you
4 month II 50 ag0t
I love my Independence; still.
When burns the freight low.
I feel quite lonesome and 80 small
Maybe III many. after all,
Sing song Of welded wivesi
Three meals 10 plan PER day.
a cook 10 keep and paeiiy.
A husband 20 0beyi
Hes very dear Of course, but when.
Both day and night he's buried
Up 20 his eyes in Wall street stocks.
it's strpd t. be married
And there are moments when I'd fsiu
Become d sVinster once agsin.
New York Times
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
Where We Wis Il.
Word from Br,er Williams.

you never kin tell bout de ways or
Providence said Brother Williams. de
harricane come long on blOwed my house
down. but split It into hrewood des de
right size fer de chimbly"
We believe that life is just as short as
Mr.. Rockefeller says it is. so we're going
TO whip up the horses and try 20 reach the
tank before lie raises the price Of OH
again
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
Dyer Gets Ludreshin.

The President sent To the Senate yes
terday the nomination Of Col. D. P. Dyer.
of St Louis. for judge Of the United
States District Court for the Eastern dis
riot of Missouri, to succeed Judge Fink
ienburg. resigned. Alr. Dyer for many
years has been one OF the leading figures
in the Republican politics of Missouri,
and until recently was district attorney
Of the court over which he Will now pre-
side. lie retired from this office when
his son was indicted on the charge OF
feloni0Usly abstracting $4,000 from the
vaults of the subtreasuTy in St. Louis,
in which young Dyer for years had been
a trusted employe The elder Dyer
would have had to prosecute anybody else
charged with the crime, but following the
dictates of "a fathers natural affection.
he resigned the district attorneyship and
took personal charge Of his sons defense.
succeeding. after a hard trial. in securing
his acQuittal
Col. Dyer takes the place on the bench
that has been vacated By resignation
twice within the past few years. Judge
Sam Preist, one of the leading corporation
lawyers of St. Louis, was appointed TO the
position by President Cleveland from the
legal department Of the Gould railroads,
and, after holding the Office only a year
or two he resigned because he found It
impracticable TO live upon its cOmpensa-
ton and provide for his family. Judge
FinklenbUrg resigned for the same. rea-
son
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
A Platform of Private Ecopomv

From Speech By Senator Culberson.
We ought 10 reduce our expenditures.
cut of our colonial expenses. cut down
the expenditures Of the army and navy.
keep the government OF the United States
within the bounds of the Constitution.
not encroach upon the powers and the
rights Of the people and the States. and
cease multiplying offices and increasing
salaries
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
Curse of Gold.

'How's your golf club coming on?"
IT'S doomed Another victim OF the
money curse"
'How's that?"
We'll, my man was champion. He
could beat any other fellahs man. We
let in millionaire and now he's hired
my man away from me-"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
All Interested.

Il hate to print this New York stuff.
Still. it makes things a bit easier for d
country editor"
How SOP
Haven't had a threat 20 stop the
paper since the trial started"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

Secretary Shaw says it is an insult 10
a waiter 10 offer him a tip. Perhaps it
is; but we have noticed that the most
highly insulting gentleman in the dining
room always gets the best that is going,
and gets 1t first
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
MOrtgagins the Nations Future

From the Chicago Record Herald
Mr.. Cleveland has faith in the nation.
future. So have we all The grea
trouble is that we have a good many so
called statesmen who want to deal in tn,
nations future for their own profit or fol
that Of their friends
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
HvstericaI Reform NIorement-.

From the Rochester Herald
The collapse of the opposition to Sena-
tor Smoot very well illustrates the hys-
terical nature of great many of our re-
form movements. BY playing for time
and postponing action on important Ques-
tions, opposition is pretty certain 10 die
out In that respect our people seem to be
as volatile as the French
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

Somebody will be telling the first
robin of spring story shortly. After that
the peach crop will be frozen to death
as usual. Then the dandelions viii bloom
through the FROST notes the Detroit
News And then it viii be nearly time for
the gentleman who fries eggs on the as
phalt TO come out OF his lair.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
The Rnnnuetinr Board

the earth is a banqueting board
Which an 81 US vel can afford.
Each moment life gives MS of breath
We quaf Of a liquor called Death"
And then. when we've taken too much.
We stammcr, We reel, and VIC clutch,
Sit up INST as long as we're able
And fall down TO sleep meath the table,
New Orleans Times Democrat
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
Tariff Arguments Astounding.

from me IToYldence J0urn3I-
If the Democrats were well led in these
days they would JUMP at the tariff issue
with alacrity. The very arguments ad-
vanced by the high pTOtectionists could
BE- used by tham with daadIN effecL
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

Perhaps Mrs. Cats idea that a husband
ought 10 be treated Ike a mule might
work out all right were IL not for the
fact that most husbands are already
enough like a mule to kick
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
Mayor schmitz's Homecoming.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
The report that Schmitz on his return
% San Francisco is to be met by bad
eggs may be an indmation that Ruef and
his gang will be at the ferry.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

According TO Col Bryan, a man with
brains enough TO run a newspaper rarely
has money enough for the experiment
That Is very curious. too. when Won re-
member that everybody else on earth
seems to know more about running the
paper than the fellow who is making a
bluff at IT,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

In reply to a query as to whether wo-
men would throw mud if they were per
mltted TO participate in political cam
pdigns the Cleveland Leader thinks il
doesn't matter, as they would not hit
anything. Does the Leader consider the
innocent bystanders nothing?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
Only Indirect EVIDENCE of That.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
50 far the only thing proved by the
Senatorial investigation of tbs Browns
Vile affair is that none OF the negro sol
diers committed suicide.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

The gentleman who relieved the Chicago
subtTeasury of $4,000 must have been
reading about our two-bilion-dollar Con-
gress. He probably concluded that the
small amount he stole would never be
missed at all
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

According to a cable from Djibouti, the
Negus Of Abyssinia is sending a royal
order to Mr.. Roosevelt" Ever notice
that nobody ever gives orders to Mr..
Roosevelt in person?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

There is no Unwritten law" says an
authority. so-called. Go slow. go slow
how about the many things men do with
impunity that women would not dare do
at ali?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

Whether a man is suffering from Tex
aggerated ego" and brain storm or IS
simply a victim OF bats in his beifry.
depends entirely upon the size of his
wad.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

And now Mr.. Stevens has joined the
Ancient and Honorable Society Of ex-
Panama Canal Chiefs.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

Music hath charms to fill the Golfers
Of the grand opera managers remarks
the wise old Baltimore American. How
ever, the managers do not depend upon
the music nearly so much as they do
upon the clothes and jewelry worn by the
box occupants
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

A contemporary advises us TO take the
weather as it comes It is wholesome
advice. too. because it is distressing to
think what would happen should we de-
eide not 10 take it that way.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

An Italian court has decided that any
man with two hearts may have two wives
A sort Of f0ur-hearts-that-b eat-as-one
arrangement.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

If Richard III had only thought to de-
mand an automobile instead of horse.
the bloody record Of Bosworth Field
might have been a different story.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

AS we understand Secretary Shaw, II is
useless 10 try to dodge Presidential light
ming, besides being extremely impolte.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

The Atlanta Constitution says Thaw is
writing a book. So the worst is yet 30
come,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

John Penn. who died in 17S4. was re-
Gently summon5ed to court in Philadel-
phia. John IS fine machine Republican
and hasn't missed voting with the boys
in over a hundred years.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
A CroD Failure.

81 certainly sowed the wind"
"Weil?"
How is il that I now have such a
hard time raising it?"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

The Texas senate seems 20 have dis
charged the Bailey committee without
honor. by a vote Of IL 10 10, before II
even had chance 10 file d report. It
would take "a highly exaggerated brand
Of stIenuosity TO beat that.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

A Kansas judge has refused TO enjoin
donkey from braying. Thus is the
liberty Of the yellow press again saved
from the perils of government by in
junction
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

A -egg-thrower" has bobbed
up in a Connecticut town Evidently
another millionaire suffering from brain
storm"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

This newfangled Bill Club isn't so
many. Uncle Joe Cannon has "A bin club
that he uses with great effectiveness at
times.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28
Whnt,r the rnef

Now Hartman has said his say.
| waded through IT,
But althO' he has shown the way,
/ couldn't do u.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

'Geniuses are eccentric Some OF them
touch every post or tree they run across. %
Most Of 'em touch every friend they
run across, or almighty try TO-"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

Let us have peace, said Gen. Grant
both of them
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

sir. Cleveland was right to denounce
bachelors. But does he think d man
should wait as long rs he did before
taking unto himself a better half?
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

[ STONE = Lunch EaFAes
The principal of one OF the fashionable
seminaries for young ladies near Wash
ingtOn ehapeT9ned over 100 OF his pupils
90 the Capitol few days ago in order
that they might see the wheels OF ma
tonaI legislation go round. In the party
was the daughter OF an old friend Of
Senator stone, OF Missouri. Young Miss
Missouri espied from the gallery the
friend Of her father on the floor below.
and would not be pacifed until the
teacher agreed 10 go down with her 10
the Marble Room. where she might meet
and make herself known to the Senator
There is no potter statesman in Con-
gress than Senator Stone. and as it was
the luncheon hour. he invited the young
lady and her friends" to have lunch
with him in the Senate restaurant. The
Senator had gathered that the daughter
Of his friend and constituent had been
accompanied TO the Capitol by only three
or four Of her college mates She promptly
accepted the invitation, remarking with
glee: How jolly it VIII be for an Of US
to lunch with you in the Senate restau-
rant at the same time. I'll 20 right UP
{
while you are gone" said the Sena-
tor. I'll go down 10 the restaurant and
reserve "a table for US. BY the way, how
many friends came with you2"
only H." naively replied the gIeefuI
schoolgirl
The Missouri statesman said ''Cmphr'
Then q gUrgIing sound in his throat
seemed TO aruculate the exclamation
| oh After that he was speechless for
fully a minute Suddenly he remembered
that he was scheduled for an important
committee meeting al that very minute.
and this would keep him busy until late
in the afternoon. Would the daughter
Of his Missouri friend and constituent.
therefore mind postponing the lunch en-
gagement 20 q future date 20 be named
by the Senator? She would not mind, Of
course, since she did not desire to inter
fere with the conduct of national affairs
The Senator escaped and was seen in the
chamber no more that day.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

ragua war is that it was all over before
anybody found out what il was about.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

Next i'm interest TO the Thaw trial are
the things Mr.. Hartman is not saying
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

''Mollycoddle" sounds like a pretty good
name for ambassadoresses.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-28

Italy has made February - a legal holi-
day. Georgia Washa vera fina man. lie
no chopa da tree. he no telIa da lie.