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The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
SOUTHERN LEADERSHIP.
Home View of IL That Is Not Al
together Complimentary.


together Complimentary.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
The Lynchburg News thinks that the
time has come when the South should
move 10 the front as an active factor in
determining the principles and policies OF
the national Democratic party. For forty
years, we are 'admonished the solid vote
OF this section has been given in support
Of any leader and any platform that the
delegates from other localities seemed to
favor. with the result, as TIE News saws.
that the attitude Of the Southern De
mocracy toward the national political
situation became practically a voiceless il
not a spineless quantity"
The South has itself to blame. how
ever, for the situation described by our
Virginia contemporary. and speaking with
perfect frankness. the Southern Democ-
racy is certainly not now in position 70
lead the party. II has been a very active
factor in determining the principles and
policies OF the party In the last twelve
years, at least, and there has not been a
heresy or a fad during all this period to
which it has not given its allegiance. It
- 'NifANNu +44 '4te HoliIilldtiou OF Mr.
Bryan: II was fully represented on the
committee and platform in ali the Demo-
cratic conventions that have been held
since the war. It has voted solidly for
the candidates Of its own selection. and
1t is late IN the day to say now that il
must move to the front as an active fac
tor in determining the principles and
policies of the national Democratic party.
That is what IL has been doing all these
years. and with what result the country
Is well informed. The South must bear
Its full share OF blame for the failure of
the party to score IN national politics.
Certainly the South cannot hope to make
much of an impression upon the sober
sense OF the country by clinging to the
false gods which 1t has followed in the
past
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
MAKE ROOM.

They cumber the world with thsir foilies,
The idle, the thriftleSs the vain:
They SOW not, but reap; they toll not, but sleep;
Idlers Of body and brain.
Make rooml Make roomi
Speed on 70 your doom,
Or show your warrant 70 stay
BIZ deed OF worth
Fer the crowded earth
An you live you must surely pay.
There are millions Of unborn legi0ns
Awaiting a chance to tn;
From the outer spaces they seek your places;
Hasten you, then, and die
Make room Make rooml
Speed on 10 your doom,
Or yield up the sword OF pen,
OR your tools Of trade,
With nlst b'eriaid.
To men who viii work for men.
st Louis Globe Democrat
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
spain. Indebtedne.. TO Us.

From the New Orleans Picayune.
There can be no question but that
these territorial acquisitions that came
20 us ss a result OF the war with Spain
have been losing ventures. We are no
better able TO maintain order and con-
tentment in these outlying territories than
Spain was. Although defeated and hu-
inflated as a result OF the war, Spain
has actually prohted 10 the extent OF
being relieved Of the burden OF maintain
ing and governing colonies that were IN
chronic state of revolution and un-
rest.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
SUGGESTIONS for currency Reform.


The annual meetings of State bankers
associations are bringing forth the usual
crop of Suggestions for the reform of our
national currency system. United states
Treasurer Treat, speaking before the
Pennsylvania association at Pittsburg.
submitted plan for the issue of
emergency bank notes during the crop
moving season. TO be secured by State
or municipal bonds and redeemable fve.
six, and nine months from date Mr..
&. Treat argued that. as the government
now had a monopoly OF the currency is
sue, Il should provide means for its ex-
pansion TO meet temporary necessities
He thought his plan would safeguard the
market value OF United States bonds-a
matter Of Importance. owing to their ex-
tensive use for banking purposes-whjle
it would perform an inestimable service
to the people at time Of financial reed.
Dr. Edwin F. Meade. of the University
Of Pennsylvania, and a well-known finan-
ciai authority took the New York banks
to task for not making adequate pro-
vision for the financing Of the crop move
ment He asserted that the deposits of
country banks in New York were loaned
out to the limit and the surplus reserve
reduced 70 the narrowest margin, so that
when the demand for currency sets in, it
finds insufficient funds available, forcing
the calling in OF loans and an advance
in the interest rate. The annual recur-
renee Of this demand may be counted on
with as much regularity as the harvests,
but Il as regularly finds the banks unpre-
pared to meet it. DR. Meade was con-
vinced that reform OF this recurring
trouble could be accomplished by requir-
ing the metropolitan national banks to
carry, much larger reserve, say Of 50 or
3 40 per cent. upon which they should be
permitted to draw to meet the demands
OF their correspondents. He estimated
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

From The Philadelphia Record
Farmers have had ten years OF good
crops and good prices. In most of the
years they have had both. Deficiencies
in one ecorn and one cotton crop were
more than made good to them by high
prices. Last year they took In more
money than ever before, and this year
they are likely 10 take in Si,e00000, 900
more than they did last year. They
will buy freely many sorts of merchan-
disc and they Will have money TO invest
Good business is about as certain as it
can be for another twelve months.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
Mr. Bryan Wants to Know.


With Aldrich and Foraker opposing
tariff revision In the Senate. Uncle Joe"
Cannon with his Ways and Means Com
mittee opposing tariff revision in the
House. and with the tariff benehciarles
providing the campaign fund for the Re-
publican party, does any one imagine
that the tariff will be revised after the
Presidential lection. In the event the
Republican parl. wins?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
secretarx Taft,s smile.

From the ST Louis Globe Democrat
Secretary Taft's travels represent no
policy OF encroachment or aggrandize-
nent at the expense of weaker races.
The war minister. who is also a circum-
navigator, is engaged only In friendly
missions. and his benevolent smile is not
one of the superf cial sort
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

From the brookIyn EagIe
Another covey Of rebaters has been
flushed in the Middle West The pointers
and settlers are on the qui vive with quiv-
ering nostrils The man behind the gun,
however, could hold a brimfuI glass Of
water in his right hand. without spilllng
a drop
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
ARE YOU GOING AWAY?

Subscribers who leave the city
temporarily should have The
Washington Herald mailed TO
them. Addresses will be changed
as often as requested. You can
not keep fully informed about
affairs in Washington unless
your paper follows you.
Before leaving. mail OF tele-
phone your address 10 this Of
fee.
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that purpose.
All Communications intended for this
newspaper. tUhether for The daiIy or the
Sunday issue. should be addressed 70
lTHE WASHINGTON HERALD.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
BREAKFAST TABLE CHAT.
From the Detroit Free Press.
GOING AWAY.

Al g. m. she reused US all,
Her train was due TO leave at 10;
She hurried up and down the hall,
Then down and up the hall again.
She'd pack her trunk and suit case. too,
She'd surely get an early start:
And then she learned what father knew,
That packing trunks is quite an art
Shirt waists pink and shirt waists white,
Shirt waists closed and peek-a- boo;
Trailing gowns 20 wear At tight,
Underwear and stockings, too;
Collar tops at least score.
Corset covers eight or ten:
Linen handkerChiefs galore
Packed and then unpacked again.
Fluster. bIuster, fret, and fume
Wouldn't take the time 20 eat;
Strewing things about the room,
Packing trunks is quite feat
All the time informing Dad
OF the chores that he must 90;
Hopes. Of course, he won't be bad,
Just because she's out Of view.
Great excitement seems to reign,
Mothers nerves are quite upset,
Hopes she will not miss the train,
Feels that something she'll forget.
All these preparations o'er,
Now a fond farewell we speak;
Going for two months or more?
No, she'll just be gone week.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
Editorial Innocence.

From the Nashville American.
According 10 official reports. this coun-
try consumed more whisky and tobacco
last year than ever before. Who the
dickens drinks the liquor?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Maryland farmer wandered about the
streets OF Baltimore the other day offer
ing p cents for a wife Except for the
fact that it is against the law TO sell
them. there isn't much doubt that he
would have been accommodated before
he had searched extensively.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

The temperature fell thiTty-six degrees
In Pennsylvania town recently, and thus
far as many as two or three newspapers
have manfully refTained from laying il on
AFr Fairbanks
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
Government Railroad Supervision.

From the Pittsburg Post
The growing impulse toward closer gov
ernment supervision. even 10 the extent Of
government ownership or operation OF
railroads. will not be stayed until the
private management OF these enterprises
purges itself. Either the stockholders
and owners Of these deeply SHINING pub
lie service corporations will have TO. make
radical changes in the staff and adminis-
tration Of their lines, or events Will forcs
reaTrangements even more drastic.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

George Bernard Shaw says that no one
should eat as many as three meals a day.
Il is not probable he thought that way
about it when his annual income was 1851.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Prince Wilhelm of Sweden ate three
railroad doughnuts while in this country.
Evidently he understood that he was ex-
pected to do something strenuous.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
For Chief of the Creeks.

From the Boston Transcript.
The President win name a new chief
for the Creeks-presumably Big-Man-Not-
Afraid-os-a-F Five Million Dollar-C Conspiracy.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
Does Taft Hold the Royal FIushf

From the New York Herald
The Washington Herald intimates that
Mr.. Taft will face at least three Kings
during his trip around the world. Even
four can be beaten.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

It seems that The Washington Herald
was mistaken about Candidate Crabtree
Of Chattanooga, not having opposition for
the mayOralty. We trust. nevertheless.
that the forthcoming fight may not tend
10 sour that excellent gentleman's dis
position.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

The next scion of royalty who comes 10
visit this country would do well to bring
along a supply Of glass beads, brass neck
laces, jumping jacks, and toy balloons for
our fool souvenir hunters.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

There used TO be a standing row be-
tween the States of Tennessee and Georgia
as TO which owned CHATTANOOGA Now
that Chattanooga viii be the nearest oasis
after January !. Georgia has quit squab-
bling.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
DimcuIt to Imagine.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Still. it looks like a violent stretch Of
the Imagination TO conceive of Uncle Joe
Cannon as Waiting at the Church"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

There are several insurmountable OBJ
stacles in the way OF nominating Judge
Parker again" says a contemporary
The principal one Of which is the Dem
ocratic party
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Prince Arr Pal, who is to marry the ex-
Queen of Hawaii weighs 300 pounds. Still,
no one ever referred to the bride-to-be as
Airy Fairy Lillian
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

A Lowell (Mass) paper has discovered
that "an Englishman may now marry
hts widows sister" 1t would certainly
be a grave undertaking. however.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
-Four Apples for Rent.

In foreign countries II is not unusual
for people 10 hold land from the crown
under peculiar terms OF rental. such as
giving two swans a year to the royal
park. or furnishing a hogshead Of wine
for the royal cellars. but there is an
American who IS 10 get a peculiar rent
for HIS lard this year also. He Is George
ClaibOrn, Of lola, Kans. He owns a cider
and vinegar works, and is lamenting the
fact that he has TO shut down because OF
the lack OF fruit He also owns a farm in
Salem township. and under the terms by
which It is leased to a tenant he is 70
receive as rent one-half OF the apples
grown IN the orchard on the place. His
renter Informed him that Mr. Claiborn's
share this year will be just four apples.
and he inquired whether he wanted them
delivered in town or would call for them.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

sense Of discretion should PROMPT
Capt Hobson to reserve a reasonable
amount of belligerency and strategic
ability for operating against Uncle
joe Cannon next winter.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Gov. Vardsman turned down an offer
Of $3.50 per year to become the editor OF
a Mississippi paper. We presume no.
body viii ever again question the gov
ernor's nerve.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

This is the season OF talk" saws the
Jacksonville Tines-Union. It isn't a cir
cumstance to what it will be this time
next year,
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

A Southern editor wrote IL Ladies Es-
pecialy Welcome During Old Home
Week; Prof. Linotype sent It forth La
dies Especially Welcome During Old Hag
Week and now the whole thing is of!
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

II can trUthfully be said that prohI-
oiuon has not killed Kansas by a good
deal says the Birmingham News. But
IN reality, has Kansas ever had any
thing more than near-prohibition?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
SHIFT THE SCENES.

SHIFT THE StEAbSs
Apples mellow,
Golden sheaves;
Red and yellow
Autumn leaves.
Hustle out the autumn props.
Hoist away those summer drops.
Harvest frolic,
County fair;
Joys bucoiic
Everywhere.
Hunters moon. and quail that call.
Time TO set the stage for fail.
The Poetry Boom.
'How's the market to-day?o inquired
Byron Boggs.
"Sonnets steady" replied swinburne
Snooks. and triolets firm. Magazine
quatrains bullish; l05 offered, u2 asked.
Couplets in great demand
Those Foolish Questions.
Hello. old man. Back In town again %
mo. I am out on the ocean, sailing my
boat. Look out now, I'm going 10 jibe. 4"
More Trouble.
'Baer is saying things about the Pres
ident"
Get the wheelbarrow, Loeb!''
The Press HumOrist.
Poor Pegasus in harness
Must do his daily bit;
And plod. / ween,
Hitched up between
The shafts Of alleged wit
Filler.
rs the legitimate actor to go?"
Not yet" answered Yorick Hamm.
They still need US to hold the stage
while the star changes her gowns"
Almanac.
What is the Almanach de Gotha?"
"A sort Of ducal joke-book."
Plenty of Material.
Don't you at times get hard pressed
for a topic?"
"Oh. no." responded the press humor-
ist.
But what have you 10 depend on?'
We'll, there's spring. summer. autumn.
and winter"
Yes"
And Roosevelt. What more does a
man want?"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Fires may come and fires may go, but
Marse Henry stays put,
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

From the Dallas News.
He that rocks boat and survives will
blow into loaded gun some day.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
Bows md the Farm.

One of the men who views with disap-
proval the steady movement of the lads
from the farm toward the cities is A p
Grout. of Bloomington, H.. one Of the
best known scientic farmers and stock
men In Illinois. He has inaugurated a
movement to cOunteract Jne tendency to
leave the rural districts and has opened
on his farm, in Scott County. what he
terms a farm encampment and school for
boys. Here lads are given one week of
practical instruction, supplemented with
open air lectures by men who are posted
on stock raising and scientific farming.
The sons Of farmers are taking a great
interest in the movement, 1t is said.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
Gold in Quantity.

The richest gold mines IN the world are
the Witwatersrand mines. in the Trans
vaal. South Africa. But the conglomerate
here runs only the Insignificant amount
Of ten pennyweights 10 the ton. Il re
quired new process to extract this gold.
but science and invention supplied that
The gold-bearing reef is forty miles In
length, twenty miles In width. and bor-
ings to depth Of $500 feet show gold in
undiminished quantities. To get this gold
out IS only question of machinery and
labor. The annual production OF Trans
vaal gold now exceeds 800. 600 0@0, and the
record is broken every month. Scientists
siy that this rock can be worked for cen
turies without making a serious impress
sion on its vast extent
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

The most lying Of all mendacious prov
erbs is that which affirms that two heads
is better than one says the Norfolk Vir-
ginian-Pilot. Rather Ungrammatical old
proverb. too.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Why should the scientists worry them
selves about an earthquake they cannot
locate? Surely we have trouble enough
with those we can.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

The Columbia River salmon catch is
said 10 be unusually small this season.
Unless the minced crab artists 20 slow
on the catfish supply this may complicate
the salmon situation later on
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Don't be conspicuous" says Beatrice
Fairfax. Beatrice you know. is one Of
those shy, shrinking young things who
believe In giving advice not taking II
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Denison Tex woman recently
whipped a wildcat Bet &.15 we can tell
who gets up and lights the kitchen FIRE
in that house every morning,
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
Uneasy.

What makes Mr.. Rich so uneasy at
the table? never saw him that way be-
fore"
Why don't you know? He's eating
corn on the cob aad he's afraid some
ena's watching him"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

First female strap hanger-Are you go
ing out TO the State fair?
Second female strap hanger Cooking
at the men occupying the seatsl-I
should think not You can see enough
pigs on a street car for a nickel without
going out 10 the state fair. and paying
30 cents TO see them
Whereupon did the man in the nearest
seat offer her his place? He did not. He
simply gszed ar the lady and grunted
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
postponenent Hes Lookinr For.

From the Baltimore sun
Maybe Col. Bryan thinks Secretary Taft
will postpone licking him for President
in 1908.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
Railways in China.

That there is q great and profitable field
for the development OF railways in China
Is shown from the success which the
Germans are having with the Shantung
Railway Company. which runs in Using
tau. the German leased territory. In its
report for 1906 It shows that $4,000 pas
sengers and S6S.000 tons of freight were
carried over the line. This is daily
average Of 2.26O passengers and over 1000
tons of freight At Choutsun and Wei
hsien the congestion Of passenger traf-
ie has been so great that the waiting
rooms have had to be given up 70 the
general public. Complaints are rife
among the Chinese as to their inability
to secure tickets in time, and this will
Recessitate an extension of facilities. 1t
is expected that a dividend OF ! per cent
will be given to shareholders for the
years business. A list of goods aud the
quantities hauled by the railroad is an
excellent index Of the foreign business
done in Shantung province, and American
business men might do worse than study
it for opportunities.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
The song OF the shirt Nesded.

That the condition of the British sewing
woman has not been bettered since the
days when Thomas Hood wrote his Song
of the Shirt is seen by testimony re-
Gently taken by the select committee of
the House Of Commons. The president
Of the Womans Trade Union League said
that the home workers were too poor TO
help themselves. She told Of one woman
who could earn only 70 cents week by
shirtmalsing. She told OF other shirt
makers who received 81 cents a dozen for
making shirts. She showed the commit
tee blue cotton shirts which were made
for l3 cents a dozen. and she declared
that without charitable subsidies or poor
law relief the persons who accepted these
low wages could not exist
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Why should people. when seeking to be
emphatic. persistently speak Of the truth
as solemn" Why not the cheerful
truth" occasionally?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Nothing resembling perpetual motion
has vet been discovered" 4" SAYS scientific
magazine. What about George Fred VIII
liams Jaw?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
Often.

did your wife write to you otter while
she was sway?"
7 should say So Every time she
needed money"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

Life is a great expense account,
A ceaseless round of toll:
No sooner is the iceman paid
Than We have TO order coal.
The HumOrists' Primer.
See the big man.
The big man is laughing
What makes the big man laugh so
heartily?
Has he just heard a funny story?
No, he has just told one
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
South Manchurian Railway.

The South Manchurian Railway Is trans
ferring its head Office from Tokyo TO
Dalny, Manchuria. retaining only branch
office at Tokyo. This company is endeav-
oring 10 raise a loan Of S4O.0O0.o00 in Lon
don, but so far without success. The
whole gauge Of the road has to be
changed. and expensive grading and fill
ing has to be done before the road can
come to its greatest usefulness. II taps
a rich country, however, and is bound 10
do much for the development Of the agri-
cultural resources of the country through
which It runs. Baron Goto is president
Of the company. and he has been empow-
cred 10 fix the rate OF interest for the new
loan, part Of which is to be used for
eapitalizing the coal mines along the
route, buying lands. and extending the
warehouses
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08
MEN AND THINGS.


In the United states there are abouc
50o0o0 Greek Catholics. They are prin-
cipslly from Austria-Hungary. They
must not be confounded with the Greek
Orthodox churchmen. who come from Rus
sia and Greece. The Greek Catholics are
those of the Eastern Greek Church, who
are in full communion with the Roman
Catholics, and who acknowledge the Pope
as the chief bishop and head of the
church Most OF the Greek Catholics in
this country are by nationality Ruthen-
ians or little Russians" Roumanians.
Italians, and syrians. The Ruthenians
come from Galatia and the Carpathian
Mountains. the Roumarians from Eastern
Hungary, the Italians from Calabria and
Sicily. and the Syrians from various parts
Of Turkey. They have prospered greatly
IN the United States, and are settled
mostly IN Pennsylvania They have al
present over l00 churches, about 4t
schools, and eS priests.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

The new city directory OF Chicago shows
an increase not only in the population OF
the Windy City but IN the freak names
Of some Of its citizens. There is one man
named Elk, another Elk. and there are two
Amens. One man is named Mud, and
there is also Clay. Gravel, Sand, and one
Cement. Queer American names are
Szyszklawick and Cyzsz. There are 6549
Johnsons and ASH Smiths The nature
takers are well represented for there is
one Cat. five Liens. two Elks, five Moose,
and any number of Foxes.