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lie Natlonal Guard.

That the formation Of a National Guard
by the creation OF militia regiments
throughout the various States of the
Union IS a good thing no one will be
seriously disposed to deny. One OF the
prominent problems in regard to the
United States army and its mainte-
nance is that Of securing enough enlisted
men, the difficulty coming, for the most
part. through tie long term OF enlist
ment and the severe but necessary re-
strietions placed on the life of the soldier.
II Is doubtful if any man enlists In the
National Guard with any thought as to
the small pecuniary allowance provided
by the government. The principal motive
Is patriotism. and added TO this are the
love Of military life inherent In most
men and the desire TO be fitted for mill
tary duty in case the country should need
the services of soldiers additional to the
regular army. The men are enlisted for
three years and are trained in the use Of
armsand in drilling. while annual encamp-
ments give them some idea Of the life
and duties OF the field. Then the period
Of enlistment expires and the military
( training ceases, and with It, Of course
must cease much of the military ardor
and enthusiasm.
! There has been considerable discussion
as 20 the ACCESSIBILITY of some form Of
compulsory military duty in this country,
but such an idea. Of course, is repugnant
and Is not likely ever to be considered
seriously. There is another way 10 keep
up an adequate militia, but Il will re-
qEire the skill OF an able military man
20 arrange the details This Is the ere
alton Of a militia reserve. There is no
reason why the government should spend
vast sums Of money in training young
men 20 be soldiers and then, just about
the time they are beginning TO be useful
soldiers, dismiss them, and thus waste
the fruit Of three years labor. Why
should not the term OF enlistment in the
National Guard comprise three years with
the colors and another and longer term
in the reserve Men who make their
mark in the National Guard should be
entitled to be carried in the reserve, and
there should be some test as 20
knowledge Of arms. drill. and. above all.
craftsmanship. so as 70 insure that the
/ reserves would be useful and ready-made
soldiers in time Of emergency.
/ Such a reserve force in civilian life
could be called upon once a year 10 meet
/ in the annual encampments. being re-
/ lieved from the duty. which lies upon the
/ active members Of the National Guard. to
report az the local armories at stated
/ intervals for drill Such reserves would
/ be paid only for the few days each year
that they were called 20 camp, and yet
/ they would continue to feel that they
were an integral part OF the nations
/ defenses, would take a pride in keeping
up with their duties. and would furnish
/ a reserve force Of strength.
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-, Var on Tnhercnlosis.

With the growth Of medical science
within the past few years has come a
wider and closer q knowledge Of that
dread disease, consumption. and the
campaign against its ravages is being
carried on vigorously and intenigently in
most cities and States It is this knowl-
edge that has been responsible in most
municipalities for ordinances against pub
lie expectorati0n, and the campaign Of
education has been SC widespread that
most individuals have come TO feel their
responsibility in the matter.
But 1t has remained for the State of
Texas 10 take the most advanced step
in the war against the white plague 3"
State Health Officer Brumby has an
nOunced that the governor Of Texas will
soon issue q proclamation declaring tu-
bercUl0sis to be an infectious disease, and
prohibiting the railroads from bringing
into Texas any person afflicted with it..
Nor is this to be the full measure OF pre-
yenti0n, as We understand the matter.
All diseased persons are to be detained,
and, If found 10 be suffering from con-
sumption, are to be deported. Houses in
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-22
MARYLAND ELECTIONS.
Plea for Stringent Legislation to
Prevent Vote Buying.

Plea for Stringent Legislation to
Prevent Vote Buying.
From the Baltimore sun
The general assembly Of Maryland has
been urged for many years 10 enact 4
proper corrupt practices act, and II this
New York act should prove effective. it
win make a good model upon which our
legislature can work next winter. Time
after time. while making protestations in
regard TO pure and free elections, the
legislature has failed to take any prac-
teal measures for purifying them. The
popular demand for decenCy cannot be
much longer denied with impunity. and
whichever party may be in power at
Annapolis next winter. it will make a
fatal blunder II a proper corrupt-practces
law is not enacted. The demand OF the
people is insistent, because the evil Of
v0te-buying in this State has spread and
increased TO such proportions that pop
Ular government is imperiled In many
Of the counties public officials are no
longer elected by the free votes Of the
majority, but by purchased and corrupt
votes. and the man who is elected may
l-Oe DO lNO 4N' ie'~0 "a N'O i-0'J0-1N' "a
the voters.
The evil is on the increase, and politics
is becoming more and more corrupt. Men
who, a few years ago would have re-
jected with indignation an offer of money
for their votes now eagerly put up their
manhood for sale to the highest bidder
They no longer have scruples, nor honor.
nor political principles. They vote fo-
one side as cheerfully as for the other
when the price is paid. They are simply
political prostitutes and have lost all
sense Of shame. To send q batch Of these
creatures, along with the men who have
bought their votes, to the penitentiary
and let them spend a term at hard labor
would have a most salutary effect
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From the Detroit Free Press.
in other days, American Ambassadors
were largely men Of letters. who shed
luster upon their native land, not by a
pre-eminent display Of wealth, which, in
deed, they did not possess, but by the
intrinsic qualities Of their character. Men
like George Bancroft, Washington Irv-
ing. John Lothrop Motley, and James
Russell Lowell made the real America,
the America we all love. honored and re-
spected abroad. It was not the America
Of the millionaire, but the America Of
the democratic idea that was represented.
We need to return TO the old condition.
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An American at seoul.

A Washingtonian. Mr. Durham Stevens,
for many years counselor Of the Japanese
Legation here. went to Seoul, Korea,
some two years ago to become the ad-
wiser Of the Emperor, who has just alb
dicated after a long reign. Mr.. Stevens.
although a full-nedged American, per
haps has a keener and more comprehen-
sive insight into affairs Of japan and
Korea than any other citizen of this
country. Letters received from him in
the past few months indicated that while
he l0nged for Washington and old friends
here, nevertheless he had found life at
Seoul interesting in the extreme. Whether
the changed conditions in affairs there
will affect his status and possibly bring
| him home is net known, although il is
| perfectly safe to say that Japan will
continue 60 utilize his services in an i'm
portant capacity for the rest OF his life.
1t is needless to add that the lingo talk
/ in this country and Japan has never
alarmed Mr.. Stevens in the least. lie
has seen no possibility at any time of a
| breach in the cordial relations existing
| between the two countries.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE
IN DEMAND.

See the actors on Broadway
This is better than q play.
Listen to the actors say;
"Frohman wants me.
Here we find an actor fat
Talking loudly through his hat.
He is telling people that:
'FrOhman wants me.
There we see a young soubrette,
quite unknown TO fame. and yet
This Is what from her We get;
"Frohman wants me.
Actors high and actors low,
Like a babbling brook they go.
Signed yet. BIH2" why, not yet, Joe
am holding back, you know
Everything is all right, though,
Frohman wants me-"
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Missionaries in China.

There has been much discussion as to
the value Of our vast missionary work in
China. Some people believe in it thor
oughly. Many missionaries are gener-
ously supported out there. and they claim
TO be doing good work. Commercial men
in China. as well as army and navy Off
GERS, express themselves as doubtful Of
the value of the missionary work. At the
recent congress Of missionaries in Shang-
hal, the voice Of the Chinese was heard
on the subject. The Taotai Tong, repre-
sentative Of the government, declared
that there were three disturbing elements
IN the foreign missionary work in China.
One was the lack Of social intercourse
between the natives and the missionaries:
another was the offensive assumption of
superiority Oh the part OF the foreigners,
and the third the lack of familiarity on
the part Of the missionaries with the Chi
nese classics. which makes them appear
quite ignorant to the natives.
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AMERICANS IN LONDON.
Forced 10 Live Apart by TnsuIarity
of the English.

of the English.
Constance Smedley. In the Bookman-
The Americans In London are rather
driven on themselves by our extraordi-
nary lack OF knowledge Of American af-
fairs. Roosevelt Is a weIl-known name
here. but beyond him our acquaintance
with American politicians ceases ALSO
lutely. We know none Of them by name.
We take absolutely no interest in Ameri-
can society, save when the report Of
some freak dinner is cabled. when we
shrug our shoulders as at the pranks of
children. We attach no Importance to
the American stage, nor, indeed, to its
art Of any kind. save, perhaps, literature.
We feel vague and sketchy interest
in the doings OF the trusts and the negro
question, but we know very little about
them, and our knowledge Of American
history is nil; It is not taught in our
schools
one another for the more intimate COM
partnership, which. owing to our igno-
rance. we fail to give them, and this keeps
up IN them patriotic sentiment which
otherwise they might we'll lose. Their
patriotism, however, principally mani
tests Itself lin the observance Of the
Fourth OF July and Thanksgiving Day.
These are never forgotten, however long
they may have lived here, and many pub
lie dinners. attended exclusively by
Americans. are held on these occasions
They cling. indeed, most tenaciously 70
their native diet, so tenaciously that
American bars and restaurants to hotels
Which serve American dishes have sprung
up all over the city IN response to their
demand; while in American households
the menus remain rigidly American and
the various big stores have been forced
also to import the various goods indigo
nous to American soil
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swEETHEARTs CANOEING.

written for The Washington HeTald.i
On, the charm there IS in lolling in
Drifting light canoe,
Accompanied By the damsel fair that
You've begun 70 WOO,
While in the woods. along the stream,
Dove lovers call and COO.
Padding gently. barely moving. verdant
Walls on either side;
Talking. laughing, singing, grooming, as
A-down the stream you glide.
Past ssgcd rocks and powders,
Where the water-nynphs hide.
Now the WIFI p0orwill's wheeling note marks
The setting Of the sun;
Then a star comes cut and wrinkles, as q
Sign the dag IS doEe;
And you hurry By the glen where stands
The wood-denons Won
With the softly-mcving paddles dipping
Time TO your Groom.
And the Tasping notes II insects mingiiug
With the CHEEKY tune
Oh, the charm there IS in gliding meath
The stars and moonl
JOHN ANsCHUTZ
loos PARK road northwest,
Washington. D. c.
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OH on Mexican Locomotives.

Railroad men in the United States note
with interest the announcement contained
IN a recent report from Philip c. Hanna,
our consul general at Monterey, that,
according 10 the newspapers Of the
nelghboring republic, fuel oil is coming
into general use on the railroads there.
The Mexican Central is taking 1000 bar
rels Of fuel oil per day from one COM
pany, the price paid averaging SI.10 a
barrel, or a total OF S4,4J9 day. This
railroad is steadily adding to the number
OF oil burning locomotives IN use on its
lines. and within the next few months
win largely increase its consumption OF
the liquid fuel al the new engines IT
buys are equipped with oil burners. and
old engines are constantly being re
modelled in the shops at Aguascalentes.
When the Southern Pacific first COM
menced the use of oil as fuel shortly af-
Ter the strikes of FIVE years ago in Texas,
Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, the Indian
Territory. and California. grave doubts
were expressed by experts as 10 the
success Of the experiment. But satisfac-
tory results were az once in evidence,
and soon other roads commenced the
use OF the new fuel. II was much
cheaper than coal. 10 did away with Gin
ders and heavy smoke, thus making trav-
cling much more pleasant, especially in
the summer. and 10 made the work OF
locomotive hremeu much easier. AT FIRST
the opinion was expressed that IL would
be folly to equip all locomotives with oil
burners because Of the uncertainty as 10
the peTmanence OF the supply Of oil. bu,
the continual opening of new fields has
dispelled ali apprehension on that score
Railroads In the East and North pToha-
bly, would find the use of oil improbable
because of the heavy freight rates from
the Southwestern fields, but the utility
Of the liquid fuel IN a general way does
not seem 70 De questioned IN any quar-
ter now.
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Unavoidable Hnrfnre.

From the Baltimore Sun.
No railroad company will End it profit
able to engage in warfare with the state
which created it and the people who sup
port It. However much the State may be
restrained by the Federal authority from
making rates. it can still injure any rail-
road company within its boundaries by
the use of the police power and by tbs
hostility Of jurors,
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Were Political Expsdisncx.

From the New York American.
The deferring OF tariff revision until
after the election OF the next President
places the matter purely on the basis OF
political expedlency, and not on that OF
business requirements, where it rightfuliy
belongs. If the country needs tariff re-
vision. as Senator Hopkins confessedly
inspired interview admits that it does.
it needs it now. To delay action places
the needs of the Republican party above
those Of the nation.
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rwo eminent Lererronian..

From the New York Tribune.
Senator Foraker said on Friday at the
Miami Valley Chautauqua; Il believe that
the country which Is least governed is
best governed. This utterance, taken
with his vote on the railroad rate bill. puts
him in line to challenge the Hon. Samuel
w McCall's title as the only simon pure
Jeffersonlan in present day politics
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Training the Young.

From The New York Times
The parents Of to-day have more dr.
fcult work in the up-brInging OF their
brood than their own parents had, and
they do it not nearly so well. The dis
cipline Of the rod has been forgotten. 1t
was a relic Of barbarism, and its disuss
is not TO be deplored. but experience
shows that without it the training Of the
young is doubly difficult
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The Ernrt Rrnsnn.

why do girls marry notorious drunk
ards and scoundreis7"
Because the party OF the second part
ask 'em to, Harold ANY time you want
to know anything. come to me-"
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sub,cripdon Rate, BY Mail.
ARE YOU GOING AWAY?

Subscribers who leave the city
temporarily should have The
Washington Herald mailed 70
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 or tele-
phone your address 10 this Of
fee.
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No nonht.

THE theatrical people are forming a
world trust
And nov, 1 presume. the pauper Jokes
Of Europe will crowd the home product
from the comic opera field"
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ACQUIRING Ideas.

THE minister Is going to preach next
time on original sin"
y think" declared Mrs smartset, Eve
all ought 70 60"
''Why?"
Because sin nowadays is SO unorlgi-
nal"
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Lame

"The railroad wants TO dig a cut right
through our suburb"
And do they offer no excuse?''
''Oh. they say divided outskirts VIII be
more modish.
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UPON HER KNEE.

Upon her knee he rides to-day.
Ny baby boy. who loves 70 play.
"Banbpry Cross is bis delight,
He is a happy little wight
And rides from care away,
And when tired out, he yawns she'll pray,
And Nov I las me- he win say.
A kiss. the sweetest. and good night"
Upon her knee.
But. OH the very deuce 70 pay
When he can't have bic little wsyl
THINGS aren't 50 happy sweet. and bright,
I refuge take in speedy fight.
Face downward he must howl away
Upon her kneel
New York Times.
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Keep an Eye on Dewey.

Admiral Dewey is chairman of the gen
eral board of the navy. a body whose
amiable function 1t is to wage naval war
fare-on paper-with every naval power
on the face Of the globe. In his bosom,
therefore. repose the secrets Of war and
peace, or at least such seems to be the
opinion Of the war correspondents who
invade Riohheld Springs, y. Y. He knows
where the next scrap will break out and
just who Will win il. But the Admiral
must be discreet; he doesn't want to en-
barrass the administration, and therefore
his words are few but significant. So
are his mods, smiles, shoulder shrugs. and
even his silence, as viii be seen from this
veracious account OF a journalistic ad-
Venture at the AdmiraPs summer retreat:
when asked fatty Il be didn't think that the
next great war would rise from the conflict in the
business Of merchant marine on the Pacific he con-
tT0lIed his feeling about IL in short. desperate
silence and then admitted il did, aud repeated the
admission with Unsurpassed certainty Of opinion
LOT course it viii. Of course 1t wilL' he re-
itersted
He has a most deceptive smile, has this hero
Of Manila II luIls you into a most genial and
gracious frame Of mind. II dsarms caution. Il is
the smile Of peace in the Pacific ~
4 desperate silence" a deceptive
SMILE" an Unsurpassed opinion" and
that means war with Japan is sure to
come. according to journalistic interpre-
tation! Pacific war must come" is the
way the staid Philadelphia Ledger reads
the signs of the Admiral
We perceive that the Admiral is a man
who must be watched closely for symp-
toms Of trouble We have, therefore, dis
patched an able correspondent to the
scene Of action, with instructions 70 re-
port Immediately by telegraph the first
symptoms of a froWn on the Dewey coun-
tenance, and all subsequent facial devel-
opments Of a warlike nature.
II there is to be war. we are determined
our readers shall be the first TO know IT,
Look out for news of the Dewey frown!
h. Cfuro Of u1orfdo
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Diplomatic.

From the Boston Herald
The New York Tribune now allows that
tariff revision about 1909 viii be time
enough. This is truly loyal and am
bassadorial.
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There is no danger in Senator Fora
ker visiting Brownsville" says Lone
Star State exchange. There probably Is
no danger Of any one visiting il, unless
he is compelled to 90 so.
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The Racers.

From the Rochester Herald
While Mr.. Bryan always sees it first,
it is noticeable that Mr.. Roosevelt al
ways beats him TO it.
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Anxious Inquiry.

From the Louisville COurier-Journal
Has anybody seen anything Of the Les
lie NJ Shaw boom lately?
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Booker T. Washington Is spending the
summer within three miles Of MI Roose-
welt That Is quite close enough TO
permit the borrowing Of a cup of -four or
a turn Of wood occasionally.
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Somebody had remarked that the rain
was coming down ln sheets.
Distant thunder rolled in melody ma
jestic.
Might call that sheet music" com
mented a ribald person.
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The solicitude of the army surgeons on
the Ayres retiring board for the health
of Col Charles 9. Ayres is one of those
touching incidents that makes all the
world kin.
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To Keep Cool.

Spend in a tub these humid days;
Forego the mart.
Arrange for juleps IN relays
Not lar apart
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A Tolerant Lot.

There is no prejudice IN the United
States against an American OF good char
acter"
What do you mean?"
Just what I say. SO long as he be-
HAYES himself. the Czechs, Greeks. Firms.
Croatians, and other citizens VIII all stand
for him. F."
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It seems that something like $4,000 of
the $4,000 appropriated for Presidential
travelling expenses was unexpended at the
end Of the fiscal year This is likely to
cause Mr.. Roosevelt to be considered more
radical than ever.
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a New York woman IS said to be able
to carry on four conversations at the
same time She must enjoy herself I'M
mensely at the club meetings or during
a game Of whist
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Scimita- If they are not getting better
you must admit that this indicates that
they are becoming funnler.
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Made Good.

There was little news on the reporters
regular run.
I've got 70 turn IN something to make
good" he unused.
After a moments thought he elected
another successor to Corey.
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DR. Wiley says man should 1--we to be a
hundred. DR.. Osler says sixty is the
limit, The average man will be glad
enOGgh TO compromise upon middle
ground
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The Paramount Issue.

From the New York Herald
The supreme or paramount issue. Just
now, to revert to a Organism. is to
keep eooL"
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Becoming written Law.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The 2-cent rate law is rapidly emerging
from the unwritten class.
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Those Georgians who presented Mr..
Roosevelt with "a solid gold plate" as
the press dispatches have it, probably
die so with a reservation that he should
not allow Booker T. TO eat lunch from it.
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Ardent spirits have advanced an average
of cents gallon. And that is curious
too. when so much Of the stuff is con
tinually going down
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a New Jersey doctor prescribes "a
sanitary gargle after kissing" Evidently
these doctors are determined that We
shall not kiss IL this world without hav-
ing uneasy thoughts concerning the next.