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a Hot Time at jackson.

The red-hot story that comes from Jack
son, Mich, about an angry encounter be-
tween Senators Dolliver and Tilman in
that town, the issue of a challenge by the
South Carolinian, it's decIination by the
lowan and the final departure of the latter
from Jackson attended by an excited mob
of Tlllman sympathizers, must be read
with some degree of consideration for the
hot weather and the general duilness of
the news field. Mr.. Tillman has been in a
heated mood before. but has never gone
so far at least in late years, as to chal-
lenge contestant to a personal encounter
according to the oldfashoned code duello
And it may be questioned, too, whether
Senator Dolliver, speaking in the same
town. Immediately after Tillman had ut
tered his conventional race-issue diatribe,
would think 1t necessary to reply In vio-
lent language to his senatorial colleague.
If this assumption is incorrect. and the
facts are as reported. both men will prob
ably ere now have regretted their haste of
speech and action. and will feel inclined to
apologize to each other and to the country
for unseemly display of temper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
A Hiatus.

Consideration for an over-worked piece Of
machinery and possibly for a crew of deli
cate laborers alone must have been respon-
sibe for the total suspension of work on
the resurfactng of Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween 10th and 18th streets during the
greater part of the present week. No other
explanation would appear to the average
man on the street as plausible. A machine
that seemed TO the untutored eye to be going
along fairly well was yanked out of place
''yanked." however, is scarcely the word for
so leisureiy process its removal, which
consumed nearly an entire day-and the
promise was given by somebody or other,
who seemed as II possibly he might know
what was going on in the asphalting world,
that another and faster and better machine
would be substituted for 1t. But up to this
afternoon this marvel OF machinery had not
been delivered and the work Jagged like q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Crowding "Fingy" Corners.

There Is talk of displacing Mr.. Corners
Mr.. "Fingy" Conners-as chairman OF the
democratic state committee OF New York
Particulars are scarce. The meaning OF the
movement Is left somewhat to speculation
OF course the McCarrenites are supposed
10 be behind II. The Connerites tried to
get rid OF Mr.. McCarren, and turn about
IS fair play.
Mr.. Corners. it will be recalled. was a
Hearst man last year First he assisted
IN carrying the democratic state conven-
ton for Mr.. Hearst, and then he managed
the candidates. campaign. He worked as a
democrat among democrats. and regretted
the failure 10 land Mr.. Hearst a winner.
lie Is still a democrat, or claims To be one,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

and Is not responsible for the fact that
Mr.. Hearst is now at the head of an anti
democratic organization. Put him out, !"
though. is the cry. and Mr.. Corners may
have to fight for his life.
Suppose the effort succeeds. Suppose Mr..
Corners Is put out. What about the sue
cession? Who would name the new man?
The Ryan Belmont crowd would try to do
So but If they succeeded the effect in other
states might be unfortunate for the demo-
Gratis. AS Wall street shows power the
Bryanites become more active. All over the
south the Wall street maneuver against Mr.
Bryan. instead of injuring is helping. him.
And then. what would be the course Of
MIR. Corners? Today. as already stated he
Is democrat, and the proprietor OF an
influential democratic newspaper. II. how
ever. he were branded no good, and
forced to retire from his present place of
leadership in the party. he might seek
new affiliations and land in the Independ
ence League. Mr.. Mcfarland of Massachu-
sets, an old-line democrat, has just trav-
eled that road. So why not Mr.. Corners
under pressure? Mr.. Hearst would greet
him with great warmth.
1t does not appear to be the best time for
democrats to draw lines too closely. Mr..
Corners probably has his weaknesses Mr..
Taggart has his, and is occasionally under
a hot fire. Others there who might
give greater strength to the party. But
war on these men, ending in their humilia-
ton, might act on their friends as well as
on themselves. and swell the ranks of the
third party There is place now for dis
gruntled democrats to go, and it is for the
democratic managers to say how populous
it shall become. Better not crowd Mr. Con-
ners and his kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
The Hubbell Theory.

"Our signal system" declares Vice Pres-
dent Hubbell of the Falls Church electric
road, in effect, lis all il should he For
years 1t has worked perfectly. Our motor
men and conductors have served as agents
for the transmission of signs and warnings
and no collisions have resulted True, the
other day one Of the conductors forgot
orders and failed to tell another that a
work train was following him. and. there
was a bump. But that was the fault of
the man. and not of the system II the
man had done his duty there would have
been no bump. In view of the perfection
of the system itself. we DO not propose
to change it just because of this little
accident. As far as tho public is con-
cerned It Will remain precisely as it was
before the bump. But in order to protect
the company we propose hereafter to give
orders To the conductors in writing Instead
Of verbally. Whether that innovation will
make them more certain to remember or
not IS none of our business. 1t is UP to
them. for they are part of the system and
If they fall down it is their fault not our
own. And II they do fall down and an
other bump occurs, we can turn to the
written order-lf II has not been ground up
IN the smash-and prove that We did every
thing possible TO prevent trouble
Thus, Vice President Hubbeu as inter-
viewed in yesterdays Star. All OF which
should make interesting reading for the
members of the state railroad commission.
for the members Of the grand jury and
possibly for the members OF the state
legislature. Meanwhile the public must
pin It's faith upon the stmulative power of
the written order slips to cause conductors
TO remember their instructions. while other
lines. less Cleverly and economically man
aged. rely upon double tracks or upon auto
matic signal deyires -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Hearst Invades Kentucky.

The woes of. the Kentucky democrats in
crease. There are Beckham democrats. and
anti-Beckham democrats; prohibition demo-
Gratis. and anti-prohbition democrats; ma
chine democrats, and arti-machine demo-
Gratis. The old party which in the blue
grass state was once as solid as a rock is
now racked and weakened by divisions.
On the other side, the republicans are
fairly well united. They have put an ex-
cellent state ticket in the field, and are
preparing to give 1t a vigorous support.
1t would appear that they have learned a
lesson from their past fractional follies, and
going in both to win and to hold all
they may succeed in winning At any rate.
as they stand today. they worthy the
careful attention of their opponents.
At this juncture appears in the state an
organizing agent of the independence
League business bent He thinks Ken
lucky a good field for recruiting for the
party. and Is on hand to sign re-
cruits for the war. He talks in the strain
now familiar elsewhere. Both old parties,
he says in an interview. are corrupt and
the only hope for the people Is in a new
party. He recommends the one he repre-
sents. 1t is designed to redress all ills, and
restore the government to the people. If
you would smash predatory plutocracy. put
the Independence League in power.
Whatever response there may be to this
will come largely from the democratic
party. Populisn in It's day drew from that
party. and at one time populism exercised
something of an influence in several of the
Kentucky districts. In 1890 John G. Car
Isle, then the leading democrat of the
state, took the stump in response to I'M
easiness felt as to the fate of several demo-
cratic candidates for Congress. He saved
the day, but the populists polled heavy
vote
Can this old spirit of opposition be re-
vived to any extent? 1t grew originally,
as in Kansas. out Of hard times. The
farmers were low in purse and wanted a
raise, and fancied the remedy was in legis-
lation. The times now are good, and the
discomfort is in the cities and towns. a
great change has come over the party. The
old leaders are dead, or in retirement in
party, driven there by Organism and Goe-
belism. Young men are in charge, and
some of them are hard taskmasters Hence
the many varieties of democrats now in
the state.
Will the Hearst bait be taken by any CON
siderable number? In such a situation as
exists every vote may count. And the first
aim of the Hearstites is to injure the demo-
cratic party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
The Kaiser and Japan.

In a cable from Copenhagen, giving an
account of some of the kaiser's deliverances
there, appears this paragraph:
Some one happened to mention the Jap
anese nation. and the kaiser was I'M
mediately interested. entered into the sub
jeCt with the utmost animation, and the
whole party stopped to listen to the kaiser 5
obiteT dlCta on Japan. The Kaiser pointed
out that the greatest mistake ever made
by the white man was the Anglo-Japanese
alliance. - - ~.
most foolishly in allowing yellow race to
copy all their methods and learn all their
Secrets"
Great Britain renewed her alliance with
Japan in the face of much outspOken criti-
cism in Europe What the kaiser is quoted
now as saying was widely said at that time.
Great Britain was charged with playing the
yellow man against the Write man. and the
prediction made that in the end she would
lose by II. The charge, however coming
as ii did either from the enemies or the
lukewarm friends OF Great Britain, made
no impression. The alliance stood, and
stands, and its terms are plain
What the kaiser may mean by the phrase,
allowing a yellow race to copy all the
methods of the Europeans" Is not so clear
The japanese not only have the privileges of
travel. but their soldiers and sailors and
everywhere Likewise they have the courage
Of their curiosity. Their missions are frankly
confessed and thoroughly executed. The OBJ
ject is to study and to copy what is best
in all western progress. 1t is assumed that
a very great deal of what is good for the
white man may be made to serve the
purposes of the yellow man: and In the
half century which has elapsed since Amer
lea opened Japan's gates and quickened
Japans interest in real modern life much
has been accomplished of that kind.
The Japanese are not abroad by suffer
ance. Their liberty. their curiosity Their
ambition are their own, and the world must
reckon with nation alive to its interests
and possessed OF large power in promot-
ing Its purposes. THERE is not today, nor
need there be. any clash between the yellow
man and the white nan growing out of the
yellow mans laudable desire to rise in the
world. and bring himself up to date and
keep abreast of the procession. He should
man must be prepared to meet him as a
competitor in a contest for business which
is growing at a rate to promise conditions
the world hitherto has not known.
The yellow peril need not be warlike.
At any rate America has fear of it.
Russia met ii in that guise because she
deliberately challenged the right of Japan
II exist as a growing unit in the worlds
equation. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Sir Chentung's Departure.
From the Baltimore American.

From the BALTIMORE American.
China has been well served by her retiring
ambassador. Sir Chentung. He has been a
friendly and dependable diplomat, with
whom the country could feel at case. There
has never been a doubt to the sincerity
Of his admiration for the United States and
Returning to enter the foreign office of his
country. he will be placed where he can en-
plOy to good advantage the Impressions and
informa ton cleaned as to this country, its
real attitude toward China its trade plans
and its open door insistence.
1t is gratifying to have Sir Chentung in
dorse as emphatically as he does the policy
that is linked with the name OF the late
Secretary Hay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Carelessness About Postage.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer

men in forwarding letters to foreign coun-
tries has become decided nuisance, SO that
the British government has been called
upon to protest against the number of let
tiers which arrive in that country INSULT
GENTLY stamped The penalty is double
postage, but many persons refuse to make
the payment. so the letters are returned and
great Inconvenience arises. The fault seems
to lie with the carelessness of business men
In allowing postage stamps to be affixed by
office boys There are few men who attend
to this duty themselves or take the trouble
to see that the duty has been properly per-
formed Thousands of letters for foreign
cities are mailed with only two-cent stamp
affixed. Others weighing more than one
half ounce carry only five cents. The office
boy is apt to be in a hurry at the end Of
the day, and he affixes stamps with a reck-
lessness which brings trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
The Midsummer War,
From the New York Times.

This war with Japan, in which it is con-
Jectured, or hoped, or believed, that we are
ABOUT to engage, represents a very unfair
distribution of anxiety and effort. The
anxiety aroused is the exclusive portion Of
those who do not want a war Hostilities
may seem to them altogether unlikely, they
see no occasion for war, and regard talk Of
1t as absurd, nevertheless a good many
among them cannot altogether rid them
selves of apprehension. The light hearted
and imaginative promoters of the war feel
no anxiety. though the toll they impose
upon themselves is prodigious-so very
strenuous, indeed. that the labors of Her.
cules seem by comparison like an idle sum-
mer afternoon in a hammock. The current
OF probability and of events runs swiftly
against them. Nevertheless. in things
done, or things not done, they continue to
portents of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
SHOOTING STARS.
The Quest Of a Discovers

Managers declare that they have dis
covered some great actors and some re-
markable plays
Actors and plays" replied Mr.: Storm
ington Barnes, ARE always in evidence.
What 1 want to find is some man who can
be relied on for the discovery of audiences. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

gang Of stevedores between boats. There Is
some hope ON the part Of the business men
who occupy the blighted section that next
week will witness the resumption Of opera
lions and possibly their release from vir-
tual Imprisonment. Meanwhile the fervent
prayer of these unfortunates is that nothing
happens to the substitute concrete mixer in
its mad rush from one of the local frontiers
to the scene Of erstwhile activity on the
uvenue
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Wistfulness,

Robin singin' on de limbi
How l wishes l was him!
Jes' as happy as kin be
Livin' in de cherry tree
No policeman hangin' round
Askin' whereabouts he found
All de good things dat he eats.
OATS de kind O. luck dat beats
Anything l ever had
Envy sho'ly makes me sad
Wish I was a robin bird
Wish my singin might be heard;
Wish l prospered at my ease:
Wish dat chickens growed on trees,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Eighty Cents High Enough.
from the Hartford Times.

Boston has the best behaved gas monop-
DIV In the country. Four times has this
particular octopus reduced the price Of gas
w.,hin two years. and now the price Is
down to 50 cents per .0c0 feet. which is as
low as the rate in any large city in the
country. Eighty cents Is likely to be the
prevailing rate for gas In all our large
cities within a few years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
A Harsh Reminder.

''Of course" said the serene statesman
Il am the logical candidate"
Perhaps" answered Senator Sorghum
But you want to remember that when ii
comes to tallying up votes it's mathematic
and not logic that counts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
A Shrewd Suggestion.

The next king will have ten or a dozen
different Names said one Spanish courtier.
Yes" answered the other But 1 see
nothing very practical in the idea. 1t would
be more confusing to the aim of terrorists
to have one name and ten or a dozen diff
ferent people,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

John ID. Rockefeller probably found
enough human society To satisfy his yearn-
irgs today when he stood up in a crowded
court room and faced multitude of curl
oslty seekers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

The man who counts up the Independence
day casualties doubtless feels that the
signers of the Declaration could have had
no conception of the possibilities of fire.
works when they dipped their quilts in
the ink. or they might never have put
their names to the document
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

Oyster Bay hackmen are declaring that
the President has ruined their business by
his policy of exclusiveness this summer.
Have they no compassion for even the
strenuous nature when 1t grows weary?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

According to some trolley line officials a
signal system that works for years without
failure Is perfect even though it finally
fails. This is good doctrine from the treas
ury point OF view. but it hardly satisfies
the man on the running board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
The Explorers Assistants.

Your discovery of America has proved a
great disappointment to you. has it not?
said the sympathizing friend.
Yes, answered Columbus owing to
the fact that the typewriter and the maya
zine have not yet been invented l have
been unable to make anything out of 1t
worth mentioning"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

1t appears 10 require a great amount Of
demonstration TO persuade some trolley
managers that they positively cannot run
two trains on the same track in opposite
directions .,.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

The one-fnger method of notifying trolley
car conductors that there is an obstacle on
the track does not commend itself as the
acme of safety and certainty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

If reports from jackson. Michigan. are
correct, senatorial courtesy will be some
what strained next winter when Senators
Dolliver and Tillman manage to get into the
same debate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
.FtEs'T
How to Study History.
From the Outlook.

The pleasantest way to study history is
on the spot; and one of the very pleasantest
spots to study it on Is Virginia. To be per-
sonally conducted. in Virginia. is the best
part of It, too, for Virginia gentlemen, Vir-
ginia pretty girls and Virginia hospitality
are proverbially delightful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

AS far as the Panama canal Is concerned
It does not require the dispatching Of sixteen
batleships to the Pacific by way OF Cape
Horn to demonstrate the necessity OF an
early completion. "g,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

Belgium now subscribes to the doctrine of
the unwritten law. The United States has
set numerous fashions in other lines in the
past OF which it Is more proud
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Hartman Finance.

From the Detroit Free Press.
II Hartman has really discovered the
way of making a debt an asset he can
make the aggregate wealth of the world SO
great that ready money would not be
worth cent on the dollar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

Avenue merchants are beginning to feel
confident that they can resume the full
swing of business in front of their stores by
next Independence day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

Airships that have to wait for favoring
breeze before performing are not likely to
prove dangerous rivals to the railroads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Gastronomic Nonsense.

Oh waffle. with your checkered stripe,
So comfortably hot,
You look like a piece of tripe.
Thank heaven, you are not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06

TIN order to avoid delays on accom-. o.
personal absence letters to THE STAE
should not be addressed so any individual
connected with the once. but simply to
THE STAI., or 70 the Editorial or Busi-
ness Dspartmeut.. according to tenor o.
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Perish the Thought.
From the New York Herald.

Can there be any connection between the
revival of the craze for pedestrianism out
west and the refusal Of the railroads to
grant free transportation?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
Denies and Amrms.

From the New York Sun
The accomplished Mr.. Loeb talks like the
chairman of a board OF strategy.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-19
SCHOOL BOARD CHARGED
WITH EKTRAVAGANCE
Principal Makes Ugly Accu-
sations in Injunction
Suit

A temporary order restraining the
board of education from paying bills
for merchandise out OF the fund set
apart by law for teachers salaries was
granted by Judge Afurasky yesterday.
This action was brought about by a
suit filed by Attorney Stephen V. Co.'S
tello in the name Of Joseph O'Connor.
principal OF the Mission high school.
Professor O'Connor alleges that the
board OF education has contracted bills
for merchandise amounting to sos. 600.
and that II IT is not restrained it will
resort to the teachers fund, in which
there is now 100000 to pay the SAL
aries for June, to pay it's Indebtedness
TO merchants.
o'Connor charges that the board of
education has been guilty Of extrava-
gance. His specific allegations on that
point refer to the fitting up of tenn
porary quarters at Pine and Larkin
streets These quarters, particularly
the private Offices of members of the
board and officials, have been luxuri-
ously furnished. it is alleged. and are
altogether too elegant for servants of
q city that needs money 10 repair
streets, construct new sewers and re-
store public buildings destroyed in the
calamity Of April, 1906.
No date for hearing OF the suit has
yet been set, but Judge Murasky will
soon summon the board of education TO
appear before him and show cause why
the temporary restraining order should
not be made permanent.