The Washington herald., 1907-04-15


men OF affairs, who may safely be count
ed upon TO act with wisdom and absolute
fairness. Labor asks no more than this,
we are sure. and so the movement prom
ises well for the general good of the com
munity.
A Philadelphia paper has instituted
graft editor. We know who he is he
the fellow who swpes all the baseball
passes.
Mr.. Roosevelt seems disposed TO grow
quite as I0quaci0us concerning the sugges-
ton that Mr. Bryan nominate him for
President as he Is concerning the subject
of tariff revision
The Augusta Chronicle comes nobly TO
the defense Of the woman at the bargain
counter Our observation, however, leads
us TO think that she is perfectly able 10
fight her own battles.
"An Ohio fat janitor has been elected
president of a bank says a contem-
porary. It is very seldom that you see
fiat ianitor with "a fiat pocketbook; which
doesn't mean. however that a fiat Jani-
tor may not be an upright man.
Former Secretary Shaw is getting up
I'm the world He now makes his resi-
dence on the eighth floor of an apartment
house. Strange that the wide-awake
Gotham Weekly Gazette should have
overlooked this news item
A Mr.. Coop also ran" for mayor Of
Chicago. when, by rights, he should have
flew
zone always feels a bit chcsty when
our mayor is introduced, says the Chat
tanooga Star. Evidently the star is solid
with the administration.
The esteemed Atlanta Georgian evil
dences "a desire 20 get in on the joint dis
pute between The Washington Herald
and the Houston Post anent the subject
Of Strawberries Us. shad roe. That's
right; il is great deal better fun than
trying 10 persuade Mr.. Bryan 10 nomi-
nate Mr.. Roosevelt for President.
"The human race is getting thinner. 20
says an authority. Another result Of the
Increased cost of living"
Edwin Anthony says 1t is possible to
make the FIRST ten moves in game of
chess in 1695IS. SO 100, ,54 different ways.
We have seen people play chess who un-
doubtedly carefully considered every one
Of them before finally plunging.
An esteemed contemporary in copying
a paragraph about Mr. Taft being called
the jolly man" by the Cubans got it
'Jelly man The mistake goes. how
ever!
How sharper than a serpents tooth it
/ is to have a thankIess stenographer.
John Wesley Gaines demanded that
William J. Bryan place Theodore Roose-
welt in nomination for President" says
! the Newark Star. We do not believe II,
Mr., Theodore Roosevelt has carried Col
John Temple Graves unanimously.
Summing up the different jefferson Day
addresses. the conclusion is inevitable
/ that he was the most versatile man in
/ political thought that this country ever
/ produced
/ Judge Parker thinks Woodrow Wilson
an ideal candidate for President, which is
exactly what Woodrow Wilson thought
about Judge Parker some three years ago.
An authority says that bolivar. a
drink served in the Panama Canal Zone
/ is the fiercest liquor known" Either Poult-
ney Bigelow or Congressman Rainey was
/ the probable authority"
/ The man who fred the first gun at Fort
/ Sumter has bobbed up again The first
gun at Fort Sumter was certainly a most
/ tremendous vOlIey.
| April half gone, aud not a shower. Is
/ the May flower crop doomed 10 be q
/ failure?
| A lady has gone crazy because she
! couldn't get into Missouri high society
! She is now properly qualified for Pitts
/ burg's.
/ Illinois famous Justice Of the peacess
VIII not employ the word ''obey" in her
/ marriage ceremonies She probably has
strict ideas about lie truth.
]
J The Nashville American laments that
/ beans sell for FIVE dollars a bushel The
/ American can surely arrange with the
/ Houston Post to get them at Eve cents
a bushel.
! Even a Potomac minnow will take all
/ the shine off a Houston strawberry