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The Washington times., 1907-03-11
TechnicalitieS and Our Schools.

A position in the teaching force
of the public schools is a position Of
trust for the children who attend
those schools Morally. no person
can of right hold such d position,
except his services operate to the
advantage of those children. By the
present school law, the superintend-
ent, in the first instance. and the
Board of Education, in the second.
are the sole judges of the labor per-
formed by members Of the teaching
corps.
In the case of Supervising Princi-
pal CardoZa, the superintendent and
the board have been TO much pains
to too much pains, indeed-to sat
isfy themselves that official did not
cooperate for the good OF the chill
dren. Finally, they have rendered
their finding with resolution Car
doza has been dismissed; and the
authorities ought TO be free to go
on with the work they have under
taken to do to improve the system.
The community hears with impa-
thence, therefore, of the plans of
CardoZa's counsel TO continue the
fight for a position which his supe-
riors in the school system think him
unworthy to fill. II has no interest
in what are called his rights" I'M
der the circumstances. No teacher
has any rights which are not de-
pendent upon the honest belief of
the superintendent and the mem
bers of the board that his employ
ment works for the advantage of the
children over whom he has charge.
That was the purpose of the present
law, as it is its manifest meaning.
Yet there viii be some consolation
in having every technicality ex-
hausted, unwilling as the people of
the District must be to see the
courts used TO interfere with the
businesslike administration of their
schools. That consolation is that
the text of the school law will then
have been thoroughly tested.
Either il will have been proven
wanting, in which event Congress
can be relied upon TO correct it; or
IT will establish the utter futility of
spending time and money on similar
technical eXpedients in future. In
any case, it is . be hoped the courts
will see their way clear TO probe
such pleas with the least possible
delay, and so contribute To the work
the Board of Education is doing to
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
Weakened Presidents Hold.

The Presid2nt sided with Mr. Pinchot.
ana found, when Congress met. that he
had arrayed almost the entire West
against him The Western Senators
opened n discussion that occupied nearly
two weeks, and before they had done
Senatorial opinion was 10 a great ex-
tent won 10 their side. The legislation
which followed seriously weakened the
Presidents power in public land mat
ters
President Roosevelt viii now begin
restoring TO the open public domain such
OF these lands as have no coal, and in
doing So will be guided. not By the for
est service. but by the scientific experts
The matter is already in the hands of
Secretary Garfield who is TO have lists
prepared that will classify these lands
according to their cOal-bearing posi-
bilities, and be made the basis OF an
order restoring part Of them TO the open
domain. Some will be restored, il is eN-
peCted, without reservation; others will
be left open To entry at a price Of prob
ably so per acre: and still others will
be held out entirely for the present
The President is determined to secure
more complete iDforma ton about the
coal lands. and to this the energies OF
the Geological Survey are expected to
be devoted during the coming summer
campaign
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
OPPOSES
DEATH PENALTY
Resuming the Fight Against
Capital Punishment in
New York.

ALBANY, y. Y. March 1.-THE fight
10 abolish capital punishment in this
State will begin in earnest tomorrow
when a delegation OF its opponents will
reach here and set about trying 10
create favorable sentiment for a new
bill making the punishment for murder
in the first degree Imprisonment for life,
instead OF death by electricity.
The recent executions IN S!ng Sing Of
young Furlong and Granger. both be-
low the age of twenty-one, has brought
many into line for the movement.
The bin prohibits pardon Of any muir
der prisoner. except the absolute rec
ommendatlon of the judge who pre-
sided, counsel for prosecution and de-
Tense. and all OF the jurymen who re-
turned the verdict OF conviction who
may be alive at the time the application
is made.
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
Fate of Fairbanks Boom
KnOWn Next December
Will Feel Country'S PuIse-Roose-
welt Said to Think His Policies Would
Suffer Neglect

Has President RoOseveIts attitude
toward the Fairbanks Presidential
movement administered q fatal frost
10 that modest yet venturesome violet?
Or Is it possible that. as some Of the
Vice Presidents friends believe. the al
legged opposition Of Mr.. Roosevelt has
but served 10 endear the Indiana states
man 10 the powerful political interests
that had already been warming up 10
him?
These are two questions that Congress
sional politicians are taking home with
them for consideration. II would be
hard to tell Just why the impression
has become fixed during the last few
months that the President 10 unfriendly
TO the Fairbanks Presidential aspira-
lions. 1t is certain that that idea is
strongly entertained There has been no
breach between the President and the
Vice President. But II cannot be doubt
cd that the big Republican politicians
have come 10 feel that the President
does not believe his policies would be
in the most friendly hands II Mr. Fair
banks should become chief tenant at
the White House. So the politicians are
going home to see about H.
Sitting the Situation.
Mr. Fairbanks, undeniably. has a pow
erful following among the men who IN
past years have often been able 20 con-
troll delegations in national conventions.
True. these same men wanted II pre-
vent RoOsevelt's nomiation in 1904. and
failed. But they are not con ginced vet
that the President is strong enough to
say who shall or shall not be nominated,
aside from himself
The politicians went away from
Washington confident that the Presi-
Dental situation will be sifred down
during the summer, and that when they
get together again next December they
VIII be able to figure ont a plan Of
campaign They want to know, first
whether the President is out or II and
going 10 keep out If he isn't out for
good and ALL they want TO know
whether they can muster force enough
TO defeat him. II he is out. they want
10 know whether he can name his sue
cessor.
Has there been any significant revuI-
sion OF sentiment against the President
IN his own party? The politicians find
many evidences Of IL. But they never
signs. Third-term interviews have been
coming along lately with a regularity
that might be construed as indica ding
that Congress WAS really in favor Of
naming the President again. Your poll
tician is canny. II he goes home and
nnds that TO oppose the President would
endanger his own seat he will become
devout thlrd-termeF.
Not In a generation have so many fin
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
FINE STUDENT $40,
APPEAL COST 5000

NEW ORLEANS. March u.-PowelI
Crichton. of Minden, La, student at
Harvard University, has been fined $40.
with costs. totaling 500, for refusing
to work in the streets Of his home town,
the supreme court having dismissed his
apneal for lack OF jurisdiction.
Crichton recently returned home on a
vacation to find that an eTratic alder
man had obtained legislation forcing
every able bodied inhabitant to shovel
dirt and improve the streets of Minden
two days out of each month He re-
sisted this law on the ground that he
was a student temporarily absent from
college, and therefore came under the
provisions Of the act which exempts
teachers and pupils from road duty.
The case was decided against him in
the lower court and he met with no
better success in the supreme tribunal.
Crichton will have to pay fifty times
the amount OF the fine because of court
costs involved.
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
Plain Talks to Business Men
AS to The Times Policy

For permanent success, a newspaper must be
built on right lines.
Those lines include open, frank dealing with
its advertisers.
The Times holds fast to that policy.
It's rates are the same for all No merchant
has a lower rate than any other for the same
amount Of space.
As to circulation, not only are The Times cir
culation books open to any business man. but he is
invited and urged to inquire and investigate into
the quantity of circulation the means and methods
of its distribution and the character of the circu-
lation.
THE MORE YOU INQUIRE THE BETTER
WE'LL LIKE 1T AND THE BETTER YOU'LL
LIKE 1T.
Another point. No business institution can
long make profits unless its customers also make
profits.
That The Times meets this test is shown in
the fact that the advertisers who use its columns
use steadily increasing amount of space.
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
TWINS, AGED 40,
FOUND INSANE
Two Baltimore Brothers
Develop Similar
DeluSiOnS.

BALTIMORE. March 11.-Matthew F.
Dillon. a milkman, who, on February
10. shot his two horses, presumably
while In "A 1T OF rage, was removed
from jail, to which he had been sent
for the oftense, to Bayview Asylum to-
day, having been declared insane
James p. Dillon, the twin brother of
Matthew, Is likewise serving a term in
jail, and is also said by his relatives to
be the victim Of insane decisions. Eff
forts will be made to have him commit
ted TO BayVieW in the next few days
The twin brothers are forty years OF
age. Neither had shown any indica-
tons of insanity until lately. when both
developed decisions. Both are married
Neither rad shown signs of insanity
previously.
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
House Democrats Plan
Leadership Campaign
Attempt to Be Made to Curtail Committee
Appointing Power of Minority
Leader.

rule that will show how strongly we
ization-
In addition 10 this. we viii move
from the floor to amend the rules so
THAI il shall be a rule that any bill
which is favored by a majority Of the
membership u the House shall be al
lowed by the Speaker 20 come up for
consideration II 81 ems 10 us unfair
tGat the Speaker should nave the power
10 Kill any bill which he opposes when
d majority Of the House might want IL
passed The sentiment Of the House re-
garding any such measure might be as
certa1ned By signed statements or by
an Informal poll Of the House
"One way we shall employ 10 force
this on the majority viii be 10 put an
end 10 the unanimous consent prOpO-
sif-on- We will force the Republicans
10 live up 70 their own rules and viii
convince them that legislation should
be put through IN ways other than that
Of having 20 90 10 the Speakers room
and, after getting his consent for the
consideration Of a bill. put i through
under the absurd unanimous consent
method
Referring 20 the fight for the leader
ship between Judge De Almond and
John Sharp Williams as avowed candi-
Mr. Henry OF Texas. as probable can
didates, This Democrat said
I'VE are running De Almond because
he IS a national figure and because We
think he ought 10 have the place
while Mr. Williams friends claim
mat he has a majority for the leader
ship vote, we claim that there IS
majority against Mr. Williams. FOR
there are some who would support Nr.
M551 and some Mr.. Henry. IN sd-
dIJiCn % the following we have for M
De Almond The present indications
are that II viii be q pretty fight, with
DE Almond as the winner when the
final ballot is cast"
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
BOY ASPIRES
TO Be LITERARY
Bantam Hens the Subject
Of First Attempt at
Writing.

BRISTOL. Pa. March 1.-THE Bristol
literary boy in the hands of the
local descriptive writer. is entertaining
TO say the least Here is an example
OF the copartnership output:
Bristol has a Office Boy employed in
the Joseph H. GrUndy Mills. An his
htery aspiration is notice by his EN-
ployers- His name is Michael Larrisey.
His last writing seems TO be on a HUI
morous Nature Ike this:
Little Johnnie having in his Possion a
couple or Bantam Hens which laid very
small eggs, suddenly Hit upon a Plan
10 get bigger eggs from these hens
The next morning in going out to the
chicken House Johnnie Father was sur
prise to find an astrich Egg tied to one
OF the beams above the Bantam next.
and over IL card with these words:
Keep your Eye on this and do your
Best"
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
A Steel Mail car.

The first all-steel mail car, built
and run on the Pennsylvania road,
left New York yesterday for Wash
ington, to be inspected here today
by the Postmaster General. This
car is larger than the standard car
heretofore used, and contains moth
ing to burn. 1t will not telescope in
collisions. 1t will not be the means
of reasonably assuring the prompt
and horrible death of the postal
clerks whenever an accident occurs
The United States, approximately,
pays for each mail car In rentals, in
something less than two years, ac-
cording TO current statement of the
figures. IL ought, for such a rental,
get the best, end the all-steel car,
lighted with electricity, is the best
yet devised.
Somebody has figured that the
chances of violent death in the ser
vice of the United States were the
greatest in the railroad postal ser
vice, with the army and navy fol-
lowing. Perhaps it was an eSag-
geration, but it suggests emphatic
ally the grim fact that Uncle Sam
has given all too little thought To
the postal clerks, and that a corpo-
ration which. for profit, permitted
it's men to work under the condi-
tions that surround our postal
clerks would be eXecrated by the
whole nation,
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
STUDENTS GET MARRIED
AFTER AN ELOPEkENT

SYRACUSE. March 11.-Henry Hack
EFT Downes. a Cornell junior. and Miss
Mary e l. BOyeTs, a freshman at Sy-
racuse University, ran away and were
secretly married at Baldwinsville on
Thursday. the news just being made
known here
Downes, WHO comes from Denton, Md.
fell in love with the girl at her home
ut InterIaker., n. Y, last summer, and
has since been a frequent visitor at
Haven Hall, where she lived. The couple
did not tell their parents for fear that
the latter would object on account of
their ages. Downes will continue his
college course. while his wife will re-
turn TO Inter!aken.
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
VETERAN JUDGE FREES
AGED VETERAN DRUNK

ORANGE, y. J., March u.-Heury
Bergman, seYenty-one years old. who
said he had no home. was arraigned be-
fore Justice Joseph B. Bray in the Or
ange police court on charge OF being
drunk and disOrderly. He said that he
was veteran OF the civil war
II was severely wounded in the right
leg at the battle Of Cedar Creek" he
said, after which 1 was honorably dis
charged"
When was that battle?'' asked Jus
tice Brady.
October 10. 1864" replied Bergman.
That's right; l was in that battle. too
but ! didn't see you" said his honor.
Il saw you" said Bergman, with
laugh
Justice Brady then read the veteran
a lecture on the evils OF intemperance,
and discharged him.
The Washington times., 1907-03-11

An echo from the troubles which the
Democrats Of the House had IN the
Congress just closed concerning the
minority leadership comes IN the shape
of an authoritative staten ri that a
large percentage OF the mil. .rity mem
bers VIII attempt aext December TO put
through the Democratic caucus rule
abolishing the one-man power exercised
by the minority leader IN appointing
members Of committees.
in place Of this custom which has
been a privilege vested in the minority
leader by the Speaker of the House,
these gentlemen propose that the ques-
ton Of minority committee appointments
De settled by a steering committee OF
nlne members, whose recommendations
shaH determine what Democrats shall
serve on the various committees
Although this suggestion emanates
now from the supporters Of Judge De
Almond Of Missouri. who IS a candi-
date for the minority leadership over
John Sharp Williams Of Mississippi. It
viii be remembered that more than a
month ago Mr.. Burleson of Texas. q
friend OF Mr. Williams. suggested that
the steering committee would be a good
thing.
In speaking Of the situa ton today a
prominent Democrat who is a supporter
Of Judge De Almond said before leav-
ing the city:
1T seems Undoubted that the Demo-
Gratis will be more active in the next
Congress than they have been for many
years.
'Of course, we cannot disturb the
brennan sovereignty among the Re
publicans- but we can at least adopt
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
CHEF IS POISONED
BY HIS OWN SALAD

NEW YORK, March 11.-Frank Luter
Chick, his wife Meta. and Mary Kov-
OLGA, are in Bellevue Hospital suffering
from ptomanic poisoning.
Chick, who is a chef by occupation.
invited several neighbors into dinner. He
prepared chicken salad. using olive oil
bought at a near by delicatessen store,
and he believes the oil was bad.
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
WEARS HIS KNEEBONE
FOR A WATCH CHARM

SIOUX CITY, March 1L-Claire J.
WestcOtt. captain Of Morningside Cal
lege'S crack basketball team, wears his
kneebone on his watch fob, where l.
won't set hurt.
This unique souvenir has Just come
10 Mr. WesJCOJt. After an injury in
q game about Christmas he submitted 20
an operation On his knee and noticed
that the knCeboue. removed. mySter-
iOusly disappeared. but gave IL only
passing thought. From his friend, Judge
Gary of Westfeld. Iowa, he has just
received the missing knecbOne, hand
somely sold mounted
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
AGED MUSICIAN ENDS LIFE
IN SIGHT OF PASSERS-BY

CHICAGO. March lin the street.
almost AT the door Of his residence on
Fletcher street. Wenzel Stromske, six
ty-nine years Old, a musician, committed
suicide last night, by shooting himself
in the heart
Many persons who were in The street,
saw the shooting and several men ran
10 the man as he feil and carried him
into the Office Of a physician. The
doctor said that death was instanJa-
neous.
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
Pointing the Way Out.

Senator GaIlinger and Captain
Oyster differ as TO what's the matter
with Washington in only one inn
portant matter. As to the city's
health, the need for united action on
the part of its citizens, supervision
over District public service corpora
lions, the participation of its people
in its public affairs, and the re-estab-
iishment of suffrage, their opinions,
expressed in The Times of yester-
day, are surprisingly alike.
Their disagreement arises over the
subject of trade for the Capital
Senator Gallinger thinks the city's
future secure as the political, So
cial, and artistic center of the
nation; and he would not have
that prospect disturbed by a move
ment to give ii more commerce.
Captain Oyster thinks the interest
of every citizen requires that its
trade, not particularly its manufac-
turing trade, shall be expanded.
Perhaps even here the two men
are not far apart.
The chairman of the Senate Dis
trict Committee would hardly OPP
pose the establishment of more
large retail stores for Washington,
10 give all classes of citizens resi-
dents, the richest as well as those
not so well able TO buy, the widest
range of selection. He would hardly
oppose even the development of
wholesale trade which would stop
the tribute Washington now pays to
cities in every direction of the COM
pass. His objection stands against
that kind OF trade which would fill
the air with smoke, cover rolling
hills with factories and operatives
houses, convert the drives which
Congress is building into channels
of truck-carried merchandise.
Yet, from the attitude revealed by
the rest of Captain Oysters state
ment. the president or our Business
Mems Association would probably
be entirely satisfied with the same
trade extension and without the de-
velopment of industrial Washington.
In which event. even here the two
men, representing widely different
points of view, stand upon approx
mately the same ground.
Readers of the two interviews
were probably most impressed by
this apparent difference of opinion
as to trade. But they could not fail
to note with thoughtful attention
the Importance of their agreement
upon these other subjects:
That Washington's municipal i'll
health is a problem to be grarpled
resolutely and overcome, not sup
pressed from all discussion.
That its citizens need cooperation
and must cooperate, and do so
thoughtfully, if they are to advance
their own interests.
That the establishment of super
vision over the street railways and
public lighting companies is an ex-
tremely difficult thing to accomplish
without injustice.
That suffrage. if provided for the
purpose of giving the District rep
resentatiOn in Congress, must be
qualified by educational and prop
erty tests both.
And the readers of Washington
newspapers will not miss the signif-
canoe Of 4 statement from the chair
man of the Senate Committee on the
District of Columbia that, in his
Judgment, the District would be bet
ter served if it had at the Capital
man whose only business it was to
inform Congress on District affairs.
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
CRITIC EDITOR SHOT
IS DEAD OF WOUNDS

MISSOURI VALLEY. Iowa. March IL
M. S Brundridge, who was shot last
Monday by a II. Sniff. editor OF the
Harrison County News, following
quarrel over story published in his
paper. died yesterday. Sniff. in a last
issue of his paper, said he regretted the
necessity for shooting. but said that no
editor with self-respect could have done
otherwise,
The Washington times., 1907-03-11
THREE MET TRAGIC FATE
AT A RAILROAD CROSSING

BUFFALO. n. Y. March u.-Michael
Bower, a well-to-do farmer, and his ten
year-old daughter, Isabel, were instant
ly killed on a crossing of the Erie rail-
road at Lancaster Bowers thirteen
year-old daughter, Rosie, died an hour
later Of her injuries.