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The Washington herald., 1907-09-19
WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU.

So King Street
Alexandra Va. Sept 1S-A measure
designed to reduce the number Of bar
rooms in this city. by Increasing the
corporation license for the sale of liquor,
has been projected by temperance peo-
pie here. and viii probably be brought
10 The attention of the city council with
IN a short time after that body resumes
its regular meetings next month.
For some time the saloon question in
Alexandria has been giving much conf
Germ to the advocates Of temperance re
form. 1t is charged that the proportion
OF barrOoms to the population is un-
usually large and that the corporation
license Is unduly low. This is readily
shown. it is said, by a comparison in
this connection between Alexandria and
other towns and cities of the State.
In the opinion Of those actively in
terested in the matter. conditions in this
respect would De greatly improved by
the Increase in the tax imposed by the
city for the operation Of saloons. As
a result, it is figured, the low drinking
resorts would be forced out of business
The elimination Of the smaller grog
shops. il is ASSERTED. would aid ma
teriaIIy in the reduction OF the criminal
expenses Of the municipality.
It is proposed TO increase the corpora
ton license from 500 the present cost
80 $500. or $3.50. The State license now
paid by the dealers is $50
The Washington herald., 1907-09-19

THOMAS g. LEWIS.

Attorney and Counselor 1t Law.
LAIMS. COMMERCIAL LAW & COLLECTIONS
I5G5 Penn. Ave. y. W. Room o.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-19

DR.. CARLETON VAUGHN,
Reliable dentistry; reasonable prices.
Phone Main 2056. 1912 + ST. NV.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

In the present wild tumble over one
another in search of something to regu-
late, the London Lancet has hit upon
the sausage. While It admits that the
usual jokes about sausages being the
morgue for cats. dogs. ETC.. are gener-
ally baseless, and that there is nothing
in them usually worse than stale bread
fragments, instead of meat, 1t believes
that the Government should standard
lee" the sausage. and allow nothing to
be put on sale that does not comply with
the regulation. This L. not a matter
of extreme importance. any more than
Prof. Wiley's attempt to standardize
whisky. Everybody who buys sausage.
like every man who buys whisky, does
II at his own risk. He must know that
the makers are going to put in what
they can not sell as straight meat. and
should expect the sausage skin to cover
= multitude Of things that he would
- ct II presented ON thar inertia
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

We have the least use In the world
for that pestiferous demasos, John
Temple Graves. whose main stock In
trade seems to be the Indictment Of race
riots to the great detriment Of the busi-
ness of the South and injury to all
efforts of benevolent people to upiift
the negroes. Yet there appear to be even
worse men than John Temple Graves.
and In a recent alteration with one OF
these he has our sympathy. 1t seems
that another cowardly rascal named
CrutchfieId had gotten into trouble with
his wife and shot her so that she lost
her leg. This cowardice and brutality
appears to have been too much even for
Graves, and he denounced the mis-
creant. Crutchfield. who seems to be a
big, burly fellow with the large streak
of yellow In him that one would expect
from a man who would assault his wife.
was easily put to flight by one Of
Graves's friends.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

The Baltimore American is endeavor-
ing to rouse tho people Of that city to
hold a great Exposition in 1914. the
centenary Of the birth Of Keys 'tStar-
Spangled Banner" The American points
out that since the "Star-Spangied BAN
ner' was born the whole world. as well
as this country. has gone forward at a
remarkable pace. In 1914 Fulton made
the beginning of steam navigation. and
a host of other useful inventions date
from about that time. It Will also be
an appropriate celebration Of the War
Of 1912. which made the United States
a real Nation. united and seh-centered
against the world" In 1914 will be the
10th anniversary Of the Baltimore fire.
and the city will be able to make q
remarkable showing Of what 1t has ac-
compiished since that great catastrophe.
The canal connecting the Chesapeake
and Delaware will be probably finished.
and that great system OF internal trans
portation which unites the North and
the South will be in working order. The
American wants to name 1t ''the Banner
Exposition"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28
A SAFE RAILROAD,

There are railroads and railroads;
arrangements and managements. Presi-
dent Wilcox. Of the Delaware & Hudson,
strongly objects to his system sharing
in the man-killing reputation Of the
others. He gives figures to show that
In IL years the Delaware & Hudson has
had but one accident. in which three
persons were killed. During that time
Il has carried 100000 passengers
The Susquehanna Division has not had
a passenger killed for 80 years. Thi.
happy history. he claims. is the result,
of careful management. and he feels
sure that none Of the boosted railroads
of Europe can surpass 1t. even. If any
of them can equal 1t. This is Of inter
est to the veterans. as the Delaware 6
Hudson system IL the main highway to
Saratoga
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

An expedition from the Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology will soon leave
Boston for the Aleutian Islands. where
It Is expected that very valuable gold
mines will be discovered. 1t is known
that the mineral wealth of that archi-
pelago is very great. but 1t is to be
hoped that the Technologists will find
something else beside gold--platinum.
for instance. We are not In special
need of any more gold. as the world is
getting tolerably we'll supplied with
that metal. Platinum Is another thing.
1t Is now worth one and half times
gold, and promises to soon be worth
double. as the demand for 1t constantly
Increases while there Is no augmenta-
ton IN the supply.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

DIR. II. Spencer Lewis. President OF
the New York Institute for Physical
Research, whatever that may be, has
evidently noticed with envy the notori-
ETY. achieved by Virgins and other
prophets of disaster. and he is making
lively shy toward getting his own
name in the papers. There is no cheap
er and surer way OF getting talked
about than by putting up good, strong
calamity howl, and the sitter the yawp
the greater the notoriety. Therefore.
DR.. Lewis raises a wall such as has
not been heard since Ascensionist Mil
Ter frightened the souls Of our nervous
grandmOthers. He says that the stars
have given it to him straight that Aug.
81. 1915, at p. M, there will begin.
about so miles below Pittsburg, a SER
les Of terrible earthquakes, which will
sink Pittsburg $50 feet, Cincinnati 200
feet, Louisville about as low, and 75.-
O0o. 900. 100000 cubic feet of water will
rush in. making an immense lake, COW
ering the whole Ohio Valley. If this
sort Of stun comes from reading the
stars. we are glad that people are hav-
ing no better success In getting up wire
less telegraphy With Mars. ef'e'
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28
uNw1sE RETALIATION.

The campaign of retaliation upon the
gun in Indiana with a notification to the
G. A. r. Department officials that there
cannot be given the usual one-cent rate
to the Department Encampment at Fort
Wayne, on account Of the two-cent fare
law which will 60 into effect in April.
This is simply spite work. and will
have the usual result of spite work in
reacting upon its doors. There is no
State in the Union in which two-cent
law was more clearly indicated than In
diana. The population there is dense in
proportion to the railroad mileage. and
a two-cent rate cannot help being quite
remunerative to the railroads.
The campaign of retaliation will not
long continue. The hunger of the rail-
roads for business will bring 1t to an
end. After the rush of the Spring bust
ness is over the roads will have to re-
sort to their usual tactics to get Mid
summer business, and excursions will
be in order, with the customary reduc-
tons of fare.
The denial of the rate to the Grand
Army is intended for political effecs
more than anything else, az the Grand
Army is the most prominent and repre-
sentative of civic organizations likely to
apply for these reductions. 1t will have
a more serious effect upon the bnsi-
ness men OF Fort Wayne than on any
one else. It will not make a great deal
of difference to those who are delegates
to the Department Encampment wheth-
er they pay two cents a mile for the
short distances in Indiana OR one cent.
1t will. however, make a great deal of
difference to the business men of Fert
Wayne, who naturally expect that the
meeting Of the Department Encamp-
ment will bring great crowd Of visitors
who will be large purchasers and lib
eral spenders. We may expect the Fort
Wayne people to put up much more
vigorous complaint than the Grand
Army.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

Even so conservative . commercial
oaper as the New York Journal Of Com
picion that the panic On Wall Street
Nas aggravated II not actually instigat-
I'd as part Of the scheme for soaring the
country into letting up in its alleged
hostility to the railroads and stopping
the agitation for mora regulation" The
National Tribune is proud to be sup
ported by 80 able and influential . pa
per as the New York Journal Of Com.
xnerce In Its view Of the real inwardnesa
of the crisis. OF course. there were
other Influences at work. but these were
faken advantage Of In starting and
manipulating the panic.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

The Hawaiian newspapers admonish
us to receive with caution the reports
of the great mass meeting Of Japanese
In Hawaii to protest against the exclu-
sion of coolies from the mainland. The
papers say that this mass meeting waa
largely the work Of class Of japanese
hotel keepers, who are making money
On lifting out with American clothes and
etherwise the coolies who want ia, gain
access to the mainland and Its far high.
er wages. The better class Of Japsnsse
an Hawaii were not present ut the meet.
ing in any conspicuous number. and. had
nothing whatever to say about its pro.
ceedings.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

The States have always had unques-
toned power to regulate baaks-espec-
tally savings banks. where poor people
deposit their small accumulations. A
State Is severely blamed that docs not
take all reasonable measures to safe.
guard these. The railroads are be-
coming moro and moro the savings
banks OF the whole people. who are
Investing their surplus In their bonds
and stocks. Such forms Of investment
are constantly becoming moro necessary
as our people gather in cities, where
they cannot put their savings in farm
ing lands as their fathers and grand
fathers did. The railroads are not real
ly owned by the magnates who pose as
their proprietors. but by the common
people. 1t Is found, for example, that
more than 10000 women own Pennsyl-
vania Railroad stock. Men make pro.
vision for their old age, for their minor
children and widows. by investment In
railroad stocks. The most sacred o,
trust funds are SO invested. Conse.
quently 1t Is a solemn duty OF the Gov.
ernment-and one which can not b.
evaded-to inspect these Investments
supervise the management OF the prop
critics. and safeguard the people agains
loss by the acts Of greedy and unscrup
ulous men. This is what the President
proposes. and his policy has the sup
port Of reputable. conservative railroad
men. Only the gamblers and specula.
tors. who want to play slkittles with
other peoples property. are nghtinl
him
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

Since the japanese have not the
slightest intention Of getting out
Of Manchuria, we are glad thai
they are pinning down their new
Possession with American steel They
have recently ordered 100000 worth
Of locomotives, cars. rails and other
railroad supplies from this country. be;
sides s1Ss bridges. when Japan putt
al these things and much more into
NIancfiuria. her main anxiety for year.
win bs to keep Russia from getting
them, and meanwhile she WIZ avoid
any serious ENHANCEMENT with US.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28
The 65th III.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the S5th Iil.-Geo. T.
French. Augusta. Kan.
The 65th Ill. was organized at Camp
Douglas, Chicago, from March. 1852.
and was mustered out July 13. 1855.
It was commanded by Col. Daniel
Cameron, who resigned July 81. 1854.
Lieut.-Col. w. Scott Stewart, who was
promoted to Colonel June 20. 1855,
then took command. retaining the same
till the regiment was mustered out It
belonged to Cox's Division. Twenty.
third Corps. and lost 81 killed and -
from disease. etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

{ Mayor Weaver wants Philadelphia ia
20 into the banking business on hel
Dwn account. While undoubtedly busi-
ness In Philadelphia is generally con-
Quoted on somewhat safer and saner
grounds than can be found elsewhere
Banking seems most dangerous Ok.
pertinent even for conservative Quaker
City inanciers. Some years ago Phila.
nelphia had touch of ths municips
ownership fever. and went to making
her own gas, but the experiment dc
not result satisfactorily. and the city
sold out her plant to private owners
0oes banking look any more inviting
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

The pure-food law Is striking in most
unexpected directions. The creamery
managers are startled at the discovery
that ii their butter is found to have
more than 1s per cent Of water they
ere liable to a tax Of 10 cents pound
Imposed upon all adulterated butter
and that the internal-revenue agents
are showing a disposition to take ad-
vantage of this fact to swell the reve-
aues OF the Government.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

Missouri is going to try the expert
ment of aoolishing capital punishment.
The new law gives the juries the power
to assess the death penalty with the ex-
pectation that it will be rarely if ever
inflicted This expectation may be dis
appointed. Juries are men, the. same
as Judges. with the same ideas of pub
lie responsibility. and when they shall
be stirred by some particularly fiagi-
tious crime. will be quite likely to send
the scoundrel to the gallows.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28
SENATOR FROM IOWA.

The pleasant intellige ace comes from
Iowa that the cards are being set mp to
elect Ma. -Gen. Grenviilo n. Dodge as
successor to Senator Allison upon the
latter's retirement. which he has de-
cided upon. 1t will be greatly to the
credit of Iowa to be represented in the
Senate of the United States by one Of
the four men yet alive who commanded
corps in the war of the rebellion. While
Iowa sent many distinguished officers
and military leaders to the army, and
everywhere Iowa men upheld the credit
Of the State most CALAMITY. no Iowa
man rendered more distinguished SER
vices than Gen. Dodge. He took a splen-
did regiment into the field from Iowa
the 4th-and its career was superbly
illustrative Of the instruction and disci-
pine he gave. The young Iowa Colonel
showed himself from the first so good
soldier that he rose rapidly to the
command Of brigade. then Of divi-
sion and finally Of what used to be
laughingly called ''the greatest corps in
the army" That is, It was the grsstsst
because of the amount Of territory that
1t covered and the widely separated
fields upon which 1t fought At one
time the Sixteenth Corps extended from
st. Paul. MIMI. to Atlanta, Ca, and
then had a wing over on the Red River.
Gen. Dodge himself commanded the two
center divisions. and took most dis
tinguished part in the Atlanta cam
paign. receiving unusual thanks from
Sherman. In civil life he won more
than National reputation as the build
er Of the Union Pacific Railroad. Alto
gether 1t would seem eminently fitting
that Iowa should crown the career Of
one Of her most distinguished sons by
q seat in the United States Senate.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28
san rnAxcIsco.s SHAME.

II is to be hoped for the sake of com.
mon decency that the revelations in re-
gard to the political conditions in San
francisco will be shown to be grossly
exaggerated. Unless they are. the con-
ditions there are worse than the most
infamous corruption in Russia. We
can hardly expect very much from
semi-barbarians, as most of the Rus
slams are. and who are dominated by
centuries behind their time; but in the
enlightened and Christian city of San
Francisco it is simply monstrous that
out of s250.000 in gold hurried forward
to the relief of the stricken people
$225.000 went for graft. leaving but $25.-
900 for the starving and homeless
earthquake sufferers. Fortunately. there
has been nothing like this heretofore
developed in American politics. Where
ever graft has been uncovered there
has been some sort of an excuse made
for it-that 1t was money taken away
from the grasping and INSCRIPTIONS
rich by others of the common people
who were forcing a division. There
cannot be even this poor defense made
for the San Francisco shame 1t Is
charged, and the charge is supported
by confessions from men hitherto held
entirely credible. that this money went
to Mayor Schmitz. Abe Ruef and other
political leaders. who have been waited
into power by the labor agitation and
their insistent cry that they were the
peculiar and particular friends Of the
workingman and the laborer. Even
this infamy is added to by their not
being true to their purchasers. but sell
ing themselves out again to others who
offered them more. Should these ale
cations be sustained. we had better at
once recall our missionaries from dark
est Africa and heather Hindustan and
set them hard at work among our own
people. to arouse a sense of honesty
and decency. of which our own leaders
seem to be more destitute than
THE heathen who in his blindness
Bows down to wood and stone"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

The dellar-a-plate banquet is no,
making progress in New York in the way
that Mr.. Bryan would like. The cheap
est dinner 50 far given by the Jefer-
sonian Club has been 50 plate, and al
q banquet now In anticipation for the
timer circle of Democratic leaders, so
be given at the Waldorf, with Judge
Parker as the chief speaker, the price
of plates will be $40 per.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

It looks very much as IL there is a
condition Of civil war in Kentucky when
a Judge refuses to go to his post of
duty unless accompanied by a heavy
guard of soldiers. Judge William
Carnes, Of Williamson, KY, says that
his attempt to hold court in jackson
County for the trial Of James Hargis
will, unless done under the protection
of militia, start battle in which he
fears he will be the first man killed. 1t
Is up to the Governor of Kentucky to
use the rod pretty vigorously upon the
people of Jackson County.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28
WASHINGTON. D. c. MAR. 90. 1907

The latest Socialistic fad comes from
Wisconsin. 1t is that when any public
utility does not pay expenses. anu De-
comes bankrupt, the Government
should take it over and operate IT,
Whatever is to become Of the poor tax
payer with these schemes?
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28
LEES INVASION OF PENNsYLvANIA


wa assIsr n!ts rIsus esi r!S S sns
there is an ayticle by Col. Alexander X.
Mcclure. headedgs"My Recollections of
Alexander n. Stephens" He said in
this article that. HAD Lee succeeded
at Gettysburg and reached Baltimore
OF Washington there is little doubt that
England and France would have recog-
nized the Confederacy. and thus made
eminent imppssihle." Will you please
explain thru The National Tribune in
what way their, recognition of the
Southern Confederacy could have
wrought such a change in the prosecu-
ton of the -wart-D. L. Glenn. SD
Ind. Ashland. ore.
Mr.. A. H. Stephens was correct in his
assumptions, and the great hope Of the
Southern Confederacy was to win VIC
tory on Northern soil, which It felt GER
tain would give It the desired recogni-
ton of France and England. France
and England had been hesitating to rec
ognize the Southern Confederacy until
it gave more certainty OF success than
had SO far been shown. The year 1862
had ended sorrowfully for the Union
side with the terrible slaughter at Fred
ericksburg, the defeat of Sherman at
Chickasaw Bayou and the bloody drawn
battle Of Stone River. This was fol-
lowed by the defeat at Charlottesville,
when the fortunes Of the Southern Con-
federacy reached their brightest point.
1t was felt that nothing further was
needed but victory obtained ON North
ern soil to bring about the burningly-
desired recognition by France and Eng
land. This was the reason for Lees
invasion of Pennsylvania. He hoped
by prompt, swift movements, threaten
ing various points to draw the Army of
the Potomac north of the Potomac and
by confusing it as to the points he pro-
posed striking achieve victory over
some portion of 1t which lie would fol-
low up by an aggressive march against
Washington, Baltimore or Philadelphia.
and terminate the war by bringing
President Lincoln's Administration to
terms.
land would have given the Southern
Confederacy status as an Independent
Nation and changed the character of
the war wholly from an attempt to sup
press a rebellion to war between two
Nations. The moral effect would have
been very great in promoting the cause
Of Southern Independence. and might
have brought about an alliance between
France and England and the Southern
Confederacy which would have SO dis
couraged the North that peace would
have had to come. This was the hope
Of the, Confederates. but many people
in the North felt that the recognition of
the Southern Confederacy would have
brought into dhe dAeld many Democrats
who were opposed to the war as con-
Quoted. and thus would have made the
country even amofe united than It had
previously besn,ro, So,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

The people OF Norfolk expect to get
s100.0O0,O00 out of the visitors to the
jamestown Exposition. II the Norfolk
people will only be as liberal in their
provisions as they are in their expecta-
tons they will make the Exposition
wonderful success.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

ambassador Bryce gets salary equal
to our Presidents. We do not begrudse
anything to a man who has written so
wisely and so appreciatively of our Gov
eminent and institutions. He has done
very much to Americanize the world
by showing how admirably our fathers
planned and how well we have execut-