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The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
A CLEAN NATIONAL PRESS.
Newspapers Showing COmmendabIe
Reserve iu Reporting Thaw Case.

Newspapers Showing COmmendabIe
Reserve i'm Reporting Thaw Case.
From the Atlanta Constitution
Commenting on the isolated tendency Ia
.criticise the Presidents intervention in the
Thaw case as an attempt 10 muzzle the
press, The Washington Herald says:
II is not step toward the censorship Of news
II is simply step toward decency. The newspapers
that following the Thaw tial through all its
hideous details should be denied the mailing rriTi
lege. They ought 70 be conasczted for the public
good.
To which sentiment we append a hearty
Amen"
There is a vast difference between cen
sorship, such as that contemplated by the
recent report Of the postal commission.
and sitting the sort Of publicity" that
finds its chief vent in making newspapers
purveyors Of Iicenti0us suggestion.
And if The Herald has kept a careful
eve on representative American news
papers during the last few days, it will
have discovered that editors in every sec
ton are making this distinction with a
surprising uHanimity
The press of this country is conducted
on fairly sane and decent lines. despite
the occasional wall of the pessimist to
the contrary. In glazing and significant
contrast is the action Of the reputed staid
and immaculate journals Of England in
greedily printing every scrap of exag-
gerated or prurient news that bears on
this revolving case
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
Dean Of American Letters

On Friday of this week, March I. the
American literary world may Congratu-
late Mr.. William Dean HoweIIs on hay
ing reached the Scriptural age of three
score and ten. There are notable Ameri-
can men OF letters who are older than
Mr. Howells; Mark Twain is two years
and Edward Everett Hale is fifteen years
older, but for some years now Mr.. How
els has been accorded. by mutual agree
ment and popular approval the honored
position of Dean Of American Letters"
There was a time in the history of Ameri-
can letters when Mr. Henry James, six
years junior to Mr.. Howells. threatened
to wrest from him the leadership Of liter
allure in this country, but Mr.. James pre-
ferred England to his native land, and
Mr.. HoweIls has always been constant
It is a noble figure that Mr. HoweUs
makes in the world of letters and his
life Is fine inspiration to all literary
workers, especially those VINO graduate
into the more academic fields of literature
from the newspaper Office, The son of a
country editor, he learned his fathers pro-
fession, and wrote poetry in his odd mo-
ments. Serving as consul to Venice, he
took up the study of Italian language
ana literature, and at the conclusion of
his public service abroad returned to his
native land to devote himself to writing
and to the work of editing such publica-
tons as the Nation, the Atlantic Month
", Harpers. and others.
His has been a busy life, and its inau-
ence has been entirely for the good Al
ways his literary ideals have been the
highest, and by his writings and his ex-
ample he has done much to teach Amer
lea to know and appreciate the best in
letters. Something Of the nature Of
genial old Thackeray has been his: he
too, has mounted into the literary pulpit
and preached to his fellow-man, but. I'M
Ike ThackeTay's, the sermons OF Mr.
HOwells, which are to be found in his
delightful essays. have no sting Of satire
about then-they are sane. healthful. in
MIGRATING.
Ar. Howells is one of the notable
figures in the literary history of coun-
try which has had such leaders as Haw-
thorne, Lowell, and Irving; he ranks with
these and his measure Of honor viii be
as full as theirs. Too oft we wait until a
man is gone before "the kindly word
is said. The celebration of Mr.. HoweIls'
seventeen birthday should be the signal
and the opportunity for an outpouring of
love and respect for 4 man who. per
haps, more than any other has stood for
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
TEXAS STILL FOR BRYAN.
For CuIbersOn Only in Event OF Ne
bra-kan's DecIination,

From the Houston Post
That Senator Culberson measures. Up to
Presidential stature in all respects is well
recognized by Democrats everywhere.
Not one of our national leaders is his
superior. and if the conditions should be
propitiOus next year, Texas would esteem
it an honor TO present him to the country
as in all respects worthy Of its greatest
office
At the present moment, however, Il is
difficult TO tell what the situation VIII be
a year hence. A year ago the Democracy
Of practically every State in the Union,
Texas among others. declared for William
J. Bryan Mr.. Bryan has never said that
he would be willing 10 accept the nomi-
nation. OF. rather. he has neve- said that
he would not accept it Much depends
therefore, upon the attitude Of Mr. Bryan
when the time comes to select delegates
Texas would not desire, under the circum-
stances, 10 place her distinguished senior
Senator in the attitude of competitor with
Mr.. Bryan for the honor. nor would Seua-
tor CUlberson occupy such an attitude.
So far as the Post is concerned, il be
lieVes that if Mr. Bryan should decline to
lead the night next year the party viii be
compelled to select the candidate from
group OF Southern statesmen who now
stand at the head Of party affairs. In
that event the name of CulbersOn could
not be ignored. and Texas would probably
insist upon presenting his name to the
convention
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
CAPITOL GOSSIP
No Harmony There.


Obviously the Senate Democrats are
quite as much at sea over the election Of
a successor to Mr.. Blackburn as chair
man Of their caucus and floor leader Of
the minority as they have been from the
first. Efforts were made last week to
sound every Democratic Senator on his
choice. and the report is that hardly any
two Of them were In agreement. The re-
suit OF the existing situation will be that
the whole matter viii be postponed 70
the next meeting Of Congress. Meantime
they hope that political issues will so
shape themselves I'm the country that
their party can be harmonized and welded
together on at least one Of the great
questions that will figure in the next ma
tional campaign. and If that happy con-
dition shall be brought about it is be-
lieyed that aggressive leadership natur-
ally viii develop, 50 that there would
not have TO be struggle In the caucus
that probably would divide the minority
into warning factions. II cannot be said
that at present there is any factionalism
in the Senate minority. The condition is
peculiar when 1t is remembered that there
is no marked harmony Of view or pur-
pose among the Democratic Senators.
They seem 10 be content to await de-
velopments in the country before agree
ing upon an aggressive policy IN Con
gress, and one upon which they can all
unite.
Senator BacOn's known attitude toward
the leadership is believed to typify that
Of everybody else who has been mentioned
FOR the hard and thankless task The
Georgian has let It be known that he
would not accept the place unless it
mously.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25

From the Trades Unionst.
The daily newspaper is among the most
useful growths of modern civilization
but it sometimes sends forth odors toe
rank and pUngent for babes and suck
Hngs. The source OF news should. there
fore be selected with some reference to
its effect upon the minds of the young
Big red headlines and CHASTITY illustra-
tions of crime may be Of service 10 the
student of sociology, perhaps. but the i'm
pressions they make upon children may
do lasting harm. As for the Sunday
comic supplement, to use a slangy but ap-
propriate phrase, it should be cut out
Beyond "a doubt. as generally conceived
it is likely TO lower the mental. moral.
and artistic tone of the human mind. and
debase the sense OF humOr into fond
ness for hOrse-play.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
SPECIFIC APPROPRIATIONS.
How They May be Made In Case Of
Special Agents.

From the New York Journal q Commerce.
It is highly important that Congress
should act upon the information which
the Senate has ELECTED in its request for
information as to the number Of special
employees. It should extend the civil
service requirements as far as Is pos
sible. This can be done without trouble
IN the case Of the bulk Of the special
agents now in the service OF the Census
and Of many other offices. Further
than this. Congress should, in making
appropriations, require from the different
departments a specific detail OF the num-
Der and assignments Of the specials who
are TO be needed, and should appropriate
money for these and for these alone.
No lump sum appropriations are need
ed or should be tolerated. Where special
agents cannot positively and specifically
be named and their duties given, they
can al least be enumerated and their gen
eral line of work can be described. It
was doubtless unavoidable. in establish
ing some Of the new services. TO exempt
them from The operation Of civil service
rules, but there is now no reason why
such exemption should be continued. II
should be terminated and all the new en-
plOyes forced 20 conform TO the usual re-
QurcTeuts.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
DAWN.

Dawn. everlasting and almighty Dawn
hailcd b. ten Thousand names Of death and birth
Who. chiefly By thy name If sorrow scents
To halt the world a sunset, Gods great Dawn
Fair light Of all eaTths partings tin we meet
Where Dawn and sunset. mingling East and West
shall make in some deep Orient # the soul
One radiant Rose Of Love for evemore:
Teach me- Oh. teach me TO bear thy broadening
light
Thy deepening wonder. lest as old dreams fade
With loves unfaith. like wasted hours Of youth
And dim illusions vanish in thy beam
Their rapture and their anguish break NV heart
Which loved them. and must love for ever now.
Let thy great sphere Of splendor. ring by ring
For ever widening. draw new seas new skies
Within my KEN yet, as I stin mist bear
This love- help me 20 grow in spirit with thee
Dawn my song which tTembles like a cloud
Pierced with thy beauty. Rise, shine SIS OF Old
Across the wondering ocean In the sight
OF those merchandising mariners, when earth
Rolled fat mp 20 the Gates Of Paradise
and each slow mist that cUrled its gold away
From each they fuTrowed into pear
Might bring before their blinded mortal eyes
God and the Glory.
Alfred Noyes.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
A Testimonial.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
There is a clever and gallant young
fellow attached TO the British Embassy at
Washington, who since his advent into
the official set at the National Capital
has achieved quite reputation as a wit.
one afternoon the clever attache was
receiving the finishing touches at the
hands Of q pretty manicurist on Connecti-
cut avenue, when. with limpid eyes. she
looked at him and said:
We are 50 grateful for any testimonials
from our patrons. Do you mind -
"On the contrary, I should be delight
ed, responded the BTiton. Then, taking
card. he wrote thereon the following.
and handed It TO her:
There's a divinity that shapes our
ends"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
OUR DOMESTIC PROBLEMS.
Absurdity Of Regarding Them as in
Any Sense 'TParochIaI."

From the Baltimore News.
The great economic. political. moral,
and social problems that have come to
the front in the past half dozen years
are Of a magnitude and a difficulty that
would make the use Of the word pa
rochiar' to designate them a palpable alb
surdity The problems presented by the
modern concentration of ownership and
control OF capital. difficult as they are in
themselves, are complicated in our case
by the question Of the limits Of Federal
power OF the one hand and State author
ity on the other. The question Of honest
and efficient enforcement of existing laws
as well as that Of the enactment OF new
laws 20 meet new conditions, has en-
gagged the attention of the country as
perhaps never before. Alongside Of al
this we have here, as IN other countries,
a rising tide of socialistlc opinion to be
reckoned with, and 10 be taken into ac-
count both in the world OF thought and
IN the world OF political action.
II is evident 10 everybody that there
Is matter in the situation sufficient TO en-
gage the best energies OF our best and
wisest and most patriotic men-that We
shan have our hands full for the next
decade or two al least. graphing with
our own great domestic problems, and
have no need to assume tasks 20 which
the spirit of our institutions is alien for
the mere sake OF doing work that IS
worthy Of our giant minds. The pa
rOchial' view is certainly uppermost now
adays, only nobody thinks OF applying
that adjective 20 it. And in working %
solve the railroad problem. to adjust the
limits OF Federal power 70 determine the
attitude OF the nation IN the face Of the
sociahstic prOpa ganda-in short. as the
Constitution has IL, 20 establish justice.
insure domestic tranquility. provide for
the common defense. promote the general
welfare. and secure the blessings Of lio-
eTty to ourselves and our posterity 1.-The
best minds and hearts OF the nation viii
hnd as grand and noble a field Of en-
deavor as has ever engaged the energies
Of great people.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
TAMPERING WITH TRIPLES.

From the Houston Post.
Excuses Great Deal.
It's exaggerated ego
II you shoot some fellow dead:
It's exaggerated ego
If YOU ill your tank and spread
Red paint over all creation
And put peace upon the blink;
It's exaggerated ego
II you get liz up on drink.
It is brain storm If you carry
a big. hefty forty-four:
II is brain storm" if you romp home
And raise hob and smash a door;
II is brain storm If you threaten
Everybody peace and life;
It Is brain storm If you gamble
And fight booze and beat your wife.
Those are things the doctors say
That Inaw has-peThaps tbs so;
Doctors are expert IN some things
Others don't pretend to know;
II he's got these things he's got EN-,
And we recken it's all right;
He got one thing. though. were glad Of
We're glad ne got Stamford White.
Better Yet.
Now I'm going to introduce you to the
girl you ought to spruce up to and
marry"
Wealthy
she spends a fortune on her clothes"
Cant you introduce me to her dress
maker?'
Not at the Rink, However.
Il think the man who spends all his
time at the rink when his wife is away
from home Is setting a very bad exam
pie"
so do I: don't approve Of Kinks any
how"
And yet Mrs. Jones says her husband
told her YOU had your skates on all the
while ] was al mothers"
Times Don't Change.
They had just the same trouble in an
cient times as we have now
"How's that?"
Il have just read that Constantine had
a thousand cooks, and we've had about
that many ourselves"
Already Taxed.
They're going 20 tax bachelors
Let married men stand pat.
The law need put no tax on them
Their wives attend 10 that
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
President and Tariff.

The discussion Of the surprising charac-
ter OF the Presidents reply 10 the me
mortal from Massachusetts for immediate
tariff revision, has produced from a high
source an explanation Of Mr.. RooseveIts
attitude on this question that viii inter
est the whole country. The Republican
leaders In Congress heard the semi
authoritative explanation last week and
accepted it at its fun value.
II is related upon the authority OF a
member Of the Cabinet. that the President
frankly Acknowledges, as Grover Cleve-
land did soon after he entered the White
House. that he knows little about the
tariff" and for that reason he has reso-
lutely declined TO recommend revision TO
Congress. It is known that I'm the autumn
of 1902, Mr.. Roosevelt prepared a speech
favoring tariff revision, which he was TO
deliver in Indiana, but just before the
date set for its delivery he was compelled
10 return 70 Washington 10 have treated
the wound to one Of his legs inflicted in
the trolley car accident IN Massachusetts
a short time previously. When he arrived
i'm Washington. he had 10 take I'D imme-
diately the settlement Of the anthracite
coal strike. and this so absorbed his
thought that ne forgot all about his tariff
reform speech. When, a few weeks later.
he read over the speech he called TO his
side several Of the greatest tariff experts
in the country. and it was then that ne
learned for the first time that the tariff
was much more involved and intricate
question than he had realized il 10 be-
From that moment he let ii be known
that until he had thoroughly mastered the
subject in his own way and in detail he
would not undertake the herculean task
of forcing revision upon Congress. Since
then he has been preOccupied with ques-
tons Of corporation control and regula-
ton, and until ne has accomplished some
of the larger undertakings in this line he
he viii not take UP counectedly the study
Of a winning policy for tariff reform
1t is stated on the same authority here
quoted that the President may postpone
altogether any agitation for tariff reform
until he leaves the White House. and
that then-perhaps from his seat in the
Senate-he viii lead the fight for revi-
sion. However should the exigencies Of
his party demand his denomination next
year, he would probably make tariff re-
vision the paramount issue Of the cam
paisn.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25

Down I'm Virginia a son has Just had his
father arrested, fined, ana perpetually en-
Joined from repeating the offense of ad-
ministering parental chastisement via the
hickory-sWitch route. The successful an
peal to the courts followed an unusually
severe, not TO say strenuous. interview
between father and son in the woodshed.
The honored ruling. Spare the rod and
spoil the child" has been reviewed and
reversed by the courts of the Common
wealth. and another ancient terror fg re-
moved from out the path of the rising
generation.
1t is well We 90 not believe much in
these old-fashioned "whalings." More
harm has bee; done than good by the
everlasting appeal to the rod. We do not
believe anything was ever thrashed into
a boy in the form Of decency and upright
way Of living that might not have been
landed there quicker and more surely
through kindness and humane treatment
solomon was a very wise man and knew
a. lot Of things, but he was not the finest
authority on boys this world ever saw.
by sood deal
solomon doubtless did raise one or two
children who made good through main
strength and awkwardness, but the ma
jority of the Solomon family seem to have
been swallowed UP in oblivion so COM
pletely that not the faintest track or
trace Of them can anywhere be found
As long as solomon stuck to building
temples and the contracting business. he
was all right; bat when he undertook 70
advise other people how TO rear their
children he fell into the same trouble
some attitude that thousands Of lesser
lights of wisdom also have fallen into.
Why should Solomon's word be taken
without question anent the subject OF
youthful discipline? About the only thing
upon which hangs the stories we hear
about the many brilliant attachments of
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
These HustIing Americans,

From HaTers Weekly
At a recent gathering I'm Baltimore two
men from different sections of the coun-
try We're discussing the capabilities Of
nervous, restless Americans for being
most slow and deliberate The Mary
lander claimed the palm for slowness for
the inhabitants Of the Eastern Shore Of
his state
1T is a saying hereabouts," said he.
that If oysters had been created with
legs, the people of the Eastern Shore
would all have starved TO death"
The folks around Mount Monadnock
have a saying that beats yours" re-
marked a Vermont man. of one man
up there it used TO be observed that if
you We're to give Hiram Higgins forty
yards start, stock-still would catch himr'
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
This japanese business has been
mixture of buneombe and buster. and its
present termination seems likely to be
characteristic. The compromise reached
may suit the present executives Of the
United States and San Francisco But
how about their successors? Would it not
have been better to have had a straight
decision from the Supreme Court, inter
preting the point of constitutional law in
volved. and settling the matter for ali
time one WaY or the other2
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
The Tnauiet Stairs.

From Harpers Weekly
In a recent suit in a Cincinnati court a
lawyer was cross-examining a German.
the point under inquiry being the relative
position of the doors. windows. and so
forth, in a house in which a certain
transaction was alleged to have occurred.
And now my good man." the lawyer
said. will you be good enough to tell
the court how the stairs run in your
house"
The German looked dazed for a mo-
ment- How do they run?' he repeated.
Yes; how do the stairs run?"
Veil continued the witness, wen I
am oop-stairs dey run down. and ven I
am downstairs dey run oop."
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25

From the New York Sun
Political writers and others familiar
with the ways and words of politicians
remark that it is the politician who
shrieks the loudest against newspapers
who is out Of bed at sunrise to see il his
name is printed in connection with any
sort of political function It Is the testi-
mOny of most newspaper Offices in the
country that many politicians rival clergy
men of 2 certain class and vaudeville
actors and actresses of all classes In their
eagerness and vanity to see their names
in print.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25

this man is the story about his settling 8
dispute between two ladies over the
ownership of a youngster-and then he
had to threaten to kill the little one be-
fore he was able to give a decision. The
man appears to have been naturally OF a
violent disposition when anything con-
corning children was mentioned 10 him.
II is well 10 have done with SolomOnism,
so far as the proper rearing of children
is concerned. It has had its day; but 1t
is relic OF the olden time. when might
and not right. ruled, and when religion.
politics, and education were administered
TO unwilling patients with red-hot pixies,
pInchIng ARRANGEMENTS. and boiling oil.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
AI,rnNs q PnIlticinn-

Representative Charles A. Towne's an
nOuneed determination permanently 10 re-
IRE from politics with the expiration Of
this Congress is not accepted at its full
value by persons who are intimately ac-
quainted with him. They say that ne be-
longs to that numerous class Of Americans.
Of which President Roosevelt is the most
conspicuous example, who take TO politics
and seek it's rewards with the same ardor
and energy as men Of business do in their
various avOcatiOns. il is an interesting
fact in our politics that when a man
once becomes bitten OF Il he rarely ever
retires to private life. The late Russell
Sage started as a politician. but quit and
devoted himself with marvellous success
to money-making So did the present
chief counsel of the Standard Oil Com
pany. Mr.. Elliot, who, Ike Sage. served
a term or two in Congress after he had
held minor Offices in Pennsylvania. But
the list Of this class Of men is not a long
one
Apropos OF Mr.. Towne's declaration 81
his intention TO wholly retire from poll
tics. Willis J. Abbott. the newspaper man,
says that when he entered the University
Of Michigan Mr.. Towne, who was then al
junior iu that great Institution Of learn
ing, was pointed out 70 him the first day
as the best politician in school"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
Ifn NInidrn Nnmc



Look here" demanded the drummer
who had just descended from the train
At LobstoclSville, what is that hotel you
are calling? I never heard Of il before.
why. boss, replied the colOred porter
dis am de new name for de old house
Hotel Hungerford, nee Occidental, 20
know, sah."
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25
Taft a Logical Candidate.

IRON the Ohio state journal.
Roosevelt is with the people He has
been a faithful tribune. but he will soon
relinquish the leadership. To whom is
the most important question that has
come before the people since 1861. There
is no man standing so close to where
Roosevelt stands as Judge Taft, and
there Is no man that Roosevelt would
rather see succeed him than Judge Taft.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-25

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The learned district attorney has the
misfortune not to know anything of the
Law"
THE learned counsel labOrs under the
handicap of being an ignoramus."
"Sirr'
''Siri to you"
Then the wheels of justice resume their
grinding.