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The Washington herald., 1907-02-04

A correspondent in The Washington
Herald objects TO the use of the word
Congressman" maintaining that there IS
no authority for such word. and that its
use ought to be discontinued. Con
gress," says our correspondent. lis not
composed Of the individual Senators and
Representatives. but of the two Houses
provided for. the one of which represents
the people directly. and the other the States
in their sovereign capacity. Nowhere In
the Constitution is there named such n
being. created in the last few years. as Il
Congressman Everywhere, when it is
necessary 10 mention them or any Of
them, the Constitution speaks of 'Sena-
tors and Representatives.
Perhaps this is technically correct but
it IS not for all of that of sufficient CON
clusiveuess to demand the abrupt drop
ping of the word discussed. In Webster
Dictionary, the word Congressman" IS
given, and IL IS stated TO mean "a mem
Der of either House of Congress. es-
peciaHy the lower branch That looks
as if it might be proper TO use the word
Congressman" without violating any of
the sensible proprieties of the language.
And this would still follow. to our way
Of thinking, even though the definition as
set down IN Webster's be so recorded as
an indication Of popular usage.
We do not believe that it is necessary
to carry TO an extreme "A search for the
ultimate niCcties of speech in ordinary.
matter-of-fact writing or speaking.
Slovenly English is inexcusable. but
/ strained and suited English is not the
only alternative. Words coined at certain
periOds-like the word trust" for in
stance-have become. by reason OF the
stamp Of popular approval, such words
as may be used in conversation and writ
/ ing with entire propriety. II may be q
grave crime against the English Ian
guage TO split iahnitives-iGdeed. it is. in
Bostou-but il is not worth while 10 spill;
4 hairs i'm arguing the case too far.
/ In conversation and in writing. it seems
| 60 us. an ordinarily conservative view OF
this question is the best The use Of The
word Congressman" may not be tech
/ niCaily correct. in the strict construction
/ of the term. but since it appears in
/ dictionaries Of repute and standing, and
/ has been sanctioned by years OF popular
/ usage we can see no possible objection
/ TO its employment
/ This is "a young. healthy country. with
/ good red blood in its veins. Tt grows
and its language grows with 81. Each
must have room To expand within lesid-
mate limitations. The final court of an
peal is the intelligent thought of the peo-
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
DISDAINS OLD MASTERS.
.'Narse" Henry Has Views of His
own on Art and Artists.

own on All anu AEtlAlA-
Henry Watterson. IN Louisville Courier-JournaL
Picture galleries. let me say at once
have never very much taken my fancy
I remember them for the most part by
the mile and rate them at their mar
ket value. Doubtless the "OId masters"
were on to their jobs. They drew
scientifically, / dare say. They had
made a close study Of nature and anat-
omy. They had learned the trick Of
color. There was time 20 throw 20 the
birds. and 10 hurry. Every now and
then there breaks out from their gtin
.cauvasses a beaming face or a flashing
thought But their subject-themes
mainly afrout and disgust me.
] do not Ike the naturalization Of
Heavenly things, the attempt at a Wis
ible presentment of the spiritual MurillO's
Virgin Mary is the loveliest portrait OF ii
shepherd girl TO my poor eyes-nOthing
more EelasqUeZ's "CTucifxiOn of Christ
most realistic and horrible. Alike in the
galleries Of the Uffizi at Florence. in the
Louvre at Paris, and here in the Real
Museo de Pinturas the endless Bible
pictures seem perfuuctOry, hard and cold,
as II made to the order Of some grim
TeCllSe or COgmatlC COutTOEeTElalISt. who
says believe as / do, or ! viii kill YOU
That kind Of religion, even that kind Of
politics, has never greatly appealed 20
me.
Il is easy 20 see that Michael Angelo
was a great man; that Rubens and
Claure Lorraine. MuriuO and Velasquez
were great artists. Bits of their work
are charming Many Of their conceptions
are appalling. All of their portraits
particularly those Of Raphael and Rem
brandt-are Hfe-like. Yet. do ! prefer
the modern. and would not swap a Turner
or "a Gerome for roomfuu Of GuidoS.
Titiaus. and TintorettOs The Germans
especially please me. To my mind. there
IS more good work In Munich than in
Madrid
know q modern Temptation Of St
Anthony hanging neglected in an atelier
az Florence. which is worth all the nude
creations Of these aucients. II is realism
incarnatc. 1t has drawing and cOlo.
But Mr.. Morgan sees IL not when he goes
there, and the agents Of Messrs. Midas.
Croesus x Co. pass it by. because. and
solely because, IL is not odd enough TO
vote"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
Rrxan,s ReaI sneeeh.

The true story of William Jennings
Bryan's ACKNOWLEDGEMENT speech at
Madison Square Garden on his return
from a tour around the world last sum
meT has never been told fully in print.
It was related I'm the Democratic cloak
room of the Senate the other day by a
Senator who got the story direct from the
lips Of Bryan.
II was known before he left Europe
that the Nebraskan was going to adyo-
cate government ownership of railroads
in his Madison Square speech, and every
Democrat Of prominence then on the other
side OF the Atlantic fastened 70 seek him
out and earnestly plead with him not 10
do it. Among them was John Sharp VIII
Iiams. minority leader of the House In
Mr.. Bryan's party were Col. Moses c.
Wetmore, Of s.. Louis, one Of the Ne
braskan's stanchest and wealthiest sup
p0rteTs, and Homer Bassford a St Louis
newspaper man and personal friend of
long years standing. Melville Z. Stone.
general manager Of the Associated Press,
learned in London Of Mr.. Bryan's inten-
ton, and arranged with him to hand a
copy of the speech to a representative of
the Associated Press who would meet
him at the New York quarantine station.
Col WetmOre and Mr.. Bassford weT,
instrumental in getting Mr.. Bryan tC
tone down his speech 70 somewhat col
orless expression on government owner
ship after the Nebraskan had written
the speech in four different ways while
coming over on the steamship, and the
last copy was the one he had promised
them he would deliver at Madison Square
Garden. It's references to government own
ership We're not radical. and were Sc
phrased as to show that they contained
merely Mr. Bryan's individual views and
not his purpose or wish TO have them
adopted by his party. Pursuant to his
a agreement with Mr.. Stone, in London he
gave the only copy in his possession OF
/ the fourth and last speech he had writer
to q representative of the Associated
Press at the quarantine station. The night
/ before he was 10 speak he was besieget
by Senator Bailey. Of Texas. Trey Wood,
son, secretary of the Democratic National
| Committee and other leading Democrat.
with earnest pleas 10 omit all reference
TO government ownership. This so work
ed upon the Nebraskan's nerves that wher
he arose 10 speak the next day he forgo
the text of his written speech, and free
off pronUnciamento more radical thar
anything contained even in the first draf
of the speech he had written while or
| board ship.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
JAPAN's INTEREST IN PEACE.
some Reason for Thinking She Is
Not Anxious for War.

frum the New YORK Sun.
War over an implied reflection upon
Japan's hard won equality with the West
eTn nations does not apparently enter into
the speculations OF Viscount Hayashi
and when we remember the self-restraint
and sagacity with which Japan prolonged
her negotiations with China and Russia
before appealing 70 the arbltrament Of
war it is surely a libel on common sense
TO suspect Japan OF a ferocious impulse
TO spring at the throat Of her ancient
friend the United States I'm the present
dilemma, misnamed a crisis
There is probably no country in the
world more DESTROYS OF peace than Japan.
She is bending all her energies 10 recover
from the economic effects Of the conflict
with Russia and Is making immense
strides toward still greater triumph
the triumph Of Industrial independence.
Trade returns show almost incredible
progress. She wants 10 put money IN
her purse, and If any fear haunts her II
is that her Industrial development may
be interrupted by the necessity Of taking
up arms again. II is true that Japan is
enlisted for a war: but II is a commercial
war. a war of tariffs and bills Of lading
Diplomatic adjustment Of the San Fran
cisco school trouble II it should become
necessary, ought 70 be simple problem
for men of such intellectual grasp and
worldly experience as Secretary Root and
Viscount Hayashi
Il may be surmised that the yelled
threats Of a resumption Of hOstlties by
Russia at no distant day are giving japan
Il great deal more concern than the loose
talk Of some retired naval officers and
some Coast politicians who want 10 keel
on the active list.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
congressman Not Extravagant,

From tine Boston Transcripts.
The country appears TO accept very
quietly the increase Of salary which Con-
gress has given itself. The advance viii
take 100000 more from the taxpayers,
but in these times when S1000.0J0 is voted
for one battle ship the plain man who
contributes 90 the revenues of the govern
ment has become hardened 10 a sum that
IS relatively small That Congressman
do not as a class live eXtTavagantly is
evidenced by the fact that Of ninety Sen
NtorS. forty-eight reside in hotels or
apartment houses and one in q club OF
$50 Representatives, 2G0 report their resi-
dences as hotels or apartment houses and
two have their Washington domiCiles in
clubs. OF the rest. probably one-half
dwell in boarding houses. BY the unwrit-
ten law Of the Capital a Senator or Rep
Tesentauve who dwells in a hotel OF
boarding house is exempt from enter
taining" in the social sense Of the term,
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
Good and Bad Corporations.

From the Wan Street Journal
Let us put an end 10 the senseless cru
sadie against corporations as SUCH At
the same time let Us not permit the cor
porltiOns 10 usuTp the powers OF govern
ment and to destroy individual liberty.
The people as a whole must be greater
than any corporation, the state must
be more powerful than any of its crea-
lures. Under a proper system Of govern
ment supervision and publicity there is
no need 10 feel any alarm by reason OF
the multiplication Of corporate or in
crease in their size. But without such
regulation and publicity the growth OF
the corporation under a mistaken notion
that capital has a divine commission to
rule would be dangerous indeed.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1907.
The Tyranny of a Phrase.

There's magic in a name, and there is
also subtle power IN a phrase to affect
mems imaginati0ns and influence their
opinions We have become so accus-
toned to hearing OF such things as the
mastery of the Pacific" and com
mercial supremacy and the key to
the Orient" that many people have come
TO believe that these phrases have some
significance Senator Perkins. for eX-
ample, talks with JUNCTION about our COM
mercial primacy on the Pacific he tells
us we have laid the foundation of COM
merciaI supremacy on the Pacific Coast.
and somehow or other a conflict is bound
TO come with Japan, in his opinion, aris-
ing out Of Oriental disputatlon of this
supremacy. 1T is useless TO speculate. 4"
the Senator admits, "as TO what the oc-
CasiOn or the excuse for this conflict
may be-" OF course. il is useless to spec
ulate: then why indulge IN prediction
based on speculation
We may observe in all the talk about
our situation in the Orient d curious con-
fusion Of military and commercial terms.
We speak of commercial supremacy as
If il meant naval or military predOmi-
nance. It is something quite different
II Is nothing more than sellin6 more
goods than our rivals do in the same
market or enjoying a larger foreign COM
merce in certain regions than they do.
In the present status of international re-
latiOns. the markets of the world are open
TO all nations on practically even terms.
Fleets and armies are no longer required
to enforce commercial freedom. Com
merce may grow nowadays, as our OH
entail commerce has grown, without the
assertion of sovereignty over trade routes
or the marts of traffic. Wcdlth-lader
argosies traverse the oceans without fear
Of pirates or privateers. The seas are
the highways of all the nations.
Whoever speaks of the commercial
supremacy" of the Atlantic? Or the
keys" 10 the markets of Britain and
Germany? or of a clash OF interests be
tween those two commercial rivals. point
ing 10 an inevitable conflict of arms
over trade with the United states2 OF
of "a war between the United States and
Germany over trade with South America
or over trade with China? To apply tc
the Atlantic and the countries front
ing upon it the phrases which are habitu-
ally used when writing or speaking OF the
Pacific and its coast line is quickly seer
L. be ridiculous and meaningless. Mas
terry Of the Pacific" is an expression Dor
rowed from the jargon Of naval strate-
gists and trade theorists which has fast
ened itself upon the popular imagina-
it is a mere phrase, exercising the tyr
amy of a mumbO-jumbo over the mind.
Of the thOUghtless. a play upon words
let US hope, shall never become cause
of war.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
on Came the Iats.

From the Kansas City star.
1t isn't hard TO persuade women 10 re-
move their hats lin meetin'," when you
know how TO go about it. Harry X
Shields, the singer, who assists the Rev.
r. H. Crossfeld. the evangelist. in his re-
vival meetings. knows how. This is the
way he did il NJ the First Christian
Church. Eleventh and Locust streets.
I'VE want Il good song service this aft
eruOOn," De said, but before beginning ]
want 90 ask the women in the audience 10
join with me In q breathing exercise. You
know 90 sing well you must breathe Well
First III ask you 90 raise your right arm
and take a fun breath Then put your
hand on the back of your hat andre
move one hat pin. then the second
'Ah. I see you're taking them of. Now
let's sing the first verse Of No. --'
And the women didn't mind it a bit
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04

Il is noteworthy that eleven of the
twelve men selected from venjres Of hun
dreds 10 try Harry Thaw are married,
and that all have reached middle age.
The only unmarried man acceptable 10
both sides is Southerner, and less than
forty years old.
Obviously there has been method in the
tedious process of selecting Thaws Jurors
that was out of the beaten path. The as
sumption of the lawyers on both sides
seems 10 be that a married man is a safer
juror In such a case than an unmarried
man Students of such not wholly unin-
teresting questions may find subject
here that viii enlist their interest to the
close Of the trial In all criminal causes,
the lawyers for the defense necessarily
adopt the "argumentum ad homiuem7
principle IN making their appeals 10
juries. and in the case Of Thaw it appears
that his great array OF legal talent have
no other recourse TO fan back upon.
1t is so hard for one human being to
put himself in anothers place that 1t is
impossible TO prescribe a rule Of conduct,
or predict individual action, when the
''unwritten law is invoked. as evidently
it is 10 be in behalf of Thaw. Most men,
happily for the social order, have Illusions
about women, and, thrice happily for the
married state, these illusions are not often
dissipated by that intimate union brought
about by marriage. Il can be asserted,
as a rule, that the married man feels
more keenly than does the unmarried
man the respect due to women and the
duty 10 shield and protect them from all
forms of danger and insult. If, there
fore. Tnaw's defense is 10 be based upon
the "unwritten law" the effort of his
lawyers viii be to convince the jurors
that their client did only what any Of
them would have done under the same cir
cumstances. This line Of defense would
be extremely dangerous to Thaw unless
the evidence should establish beyond a
reasonable doubt that he acted from
motives that actuate men who feel that
women whom they have sworn to protect
deserve protection, The unmarried man
cannot have this feeling in it's fullness.
Evidently, the prosecution relies foT
conviction upon another and subtler phase
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
A DEAL IN SHOES.
How 4 Salesman sold Goods and
Pleased Customers.

Pleased Customers.
Prom Tie Tittsbarg Telegraph.
Dropping into a shoe store the other
day began the observer, Il saw a sales
man do something that aroused my ad-
miration. As / sat down to be fitted /
noticed man close by with what seemed
to be dozen pairs OF shoes scattered
around him. He had been inspecting and
trying them on and although De had
been satisfactorily fitted several times he
was unable 10 make q choice 7 can't
decide which pair TO take, he said to the
salesman who was attending him.
The salesman picked up d pair OF
hiuche-s, "a pair Of button shoes. and q
pair of another style, placed them tn front
of the customer and said: All Of these
shoes dJ you. and III you well Ny advice
IS that you take all three pairs
But I came in to get only one pair
protested the customer.
That is mo- reason for not taking all
Of them, responded the seller. BY taking
these three pairs you viii save money.
YOU VIII Doe able % alternate and make
them last longer, and you viii az all times
have the satisfaction that comes from
having comfortable shoes on your feet
WeU.' said the convinced customer.
Il never did such thing before in my
life. but I'm take you advice and do 1t
now. Wrap them all up.
"a few moments later the man who
came in for one pair OF shoes walked out
OF the store with three pairs. That's what
aroused my admiration and opened my
eyes 90 the fact that there are statesmen
and statesmen"
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A GREAT COUNTRY.

In my own land the things are high;
They want a price for what you buy
I'm Adland they
Give things away
And seem 10 hate To ask for pay.
Pirate not Of elimes across the deep!
IT'S Adland where the things are cheap
In my own land they know deal
OF aniliBes and cochineal.
Where Adlands trees
Nod in the breeze
They never heard of things like these.
On, Adland is the land. be sure,
The happy land where things are pure
In my own land the drugs and pills
Oft leave me with the same old Ills.
On Adiands shore
You pay the score,
And ills depart. TO come no more
Oh Adlanc is that land of fame
Where everything is what they claiCl!
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04

Senator BeveTidge's speech in advocacy
Of his chiId-labor bin beat all records for
years in point OF length. He consumed
the greater part OF four legislative days
Of the Senate IN its delivery and when
printed it wiz fin about so pages of the
Congressional Record. It's unusual yolUm-
inousness is due almost entirely 10 the
great number of extracts from statistical
and other data on the subject OF child
labor with which the HOosier Senator
butUessod mis- argument The most of
these ne labori0usly read during the
course of his speech. though numerous of
them were submitted without reading and
viii appear in their proper places in the
printed speech The young Indiana
statesman showed neither physical nor
mental fatigue after be had finished his
remarkably long oratoricaI effort.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04

of the 'unwritten law than that upon
which the defense proceeded in asserting
to the selection of the jurors, and that
is that some women are not deserving or
the extreme sacrifice Thaw haZarded
when he slew Stanford White. II this
were not the theory OF Mr. Jerome and
his assistants. they doubtless would have
insisted upon the trial of Thaw in an
other tribunal than that of criminal
court. or they might have prevented the
defense from getting a jury Of married
men. That other tribunal is the one in
which the insanity of Thaw would have
been declared.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04

A careful computation Of the age aver
age OF the present Congress shows that
OF the Senate 60 bee sixty-two years
and of the House forty-nine years.
Twenty years ago the figures were nifty
five years for the Senate and forty-six
for the House. II is thus shown that the
age average Of the members Of Congress
has increased during the life of ten Con-
crosses. Computation also shows that the
service-tenure OF the TWO Houses Is.
Senate, eight years, House. three years.
II is believed that the age average Of the
Senate in the next Congress viii be
slightly reduced by the succession or
Mcssrs. Dixon. of Montana. Brown of
Nebraska, and Guggenheim, of Colorado,
% seats now held by men considerably
beyond the middle span Of life bat this
reduction viii not exceed a year.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
ReaI Issuc of the Dav.

From the Ohio State Journal
The thought of this country is not to
be directed from a Senatorial desk II
has shown itself to be not the standpoint
of the people. The problem goes deeper
than personal or partisan definition The
issue IS greater than slavery, greater
than secessiOn-it is simply whether
privilege. caste, and special interest shall
push the people aside and control this
government or not And that was the
issue these financial autocracies saw back
Of the Brownsville incident.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
70 Avail DeveIopments.

The fox wished 10 enter the henroost,
but the fowls were Of the opinion that
his character should first be investigated.
Admit me now" suggested the fox,
"and investigate afteTward.'
And. after much sQuawking, Il was so
ordered.
Moral. There is none rs Yet. Remem-
Der. the fox has just been admitted.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
Prussin,s Income Tx.

From the Baltimore News.
Prussian incOme-tax returns for 1So
show the largest increase in any Of tn,
last thirteen years. The tax applies 10 al
incomes Of S21S or over, and since it frs
went into operation, fourteen years ago
the number of persons taxed has in
creased from ., 10000 10 4,6S5,00), and theil
aggregate income from $l,445, 10000 to 81
Cos $4,000. II is manifest that the law has
not depressed industrial activity.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04

The Chicago Evening Post says the
only possible or logical successor 30
Theodore Roosevelt Is Albert J. Bevar-
idge. 1t is to be hoped that Mr. Bryan
viii now properly appreciate the gravity
of the undertaking upon which he and
the Indianian are about to embark.
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
LET'S SttcI, 10 the Lorern.

From the Omaha Bee.
The National Co-Operator declares that
There would be more RockefelIers in the
world if the young men would devote as
much time to money-making as they do
10 love-making." Prehaps. but is any
body clamOring for any more Rockefel-
IprS2
The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
KEEP STEPPING.

Keep stepping. Joe" was the telegram sent BY
Mrs Cans TO her SON. the coored puglist. before h
New Years Day battle
It's mighty good advice for all
Keep stepping;
II holds IN l0yel OF IN hail.
ON this old rushing frcDzed ball;
So pay attention 70 this cali
Keep stcppng
Don't daily Oh the primrose way
Keep stepping
Count not single wasted day,
just think what Mrs Cans would say,
And let this b0 yUW joyous lay
Keep Stepping
If parson CT # uucilst.
Keep stepping
II using brains or heels OF fist
Don't let another set the uist
Or By the world you'll neer be missed
Keep stepping.
II Fate Oh you the cards has stacked,
Keep stopping;
There's no use crying. that's a fact
So. If both pedals sou have lacked,
Just do q lcgless wonder act
Keep stopping.
Denver Republican.