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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-11
Prison Account.

This entire amount will be repaid to the
The Washington times., 1908-08-07

situation practically impossible-be-
lieve that our salvation lies in the crea-
tion of single head in lieu of three
Commissioners. But if centered re-
spolsibility made good government, how
have New York and Philadelphia, Ser
via and Venezuela Jared so badly7
Such difficulties as are encountered
in the District government must be
studied seriously before they are
to be solved, As Mr.. Bonaparte says,
"The remedy (for bad municipal gov
ernment) is not to give its head a new
name, nor to put it in the hands of
three men instead of one, or vice versa.
1t is "to expose thoroughly its abuses,
to give support in the selection of the
best men available for its Offices, and
then to sustain those men in the fulfill
ment of their obligatio-.s whomever
they are forced to hold in line, indi-
vidual or corporation, tax thief or ava
riciOus gas company, as the case may
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Newport has another wrecked heme
TO account for.
Fashionable society must explain how
discord WAS allowed 20 creep into the
household OF Berkeley Collins and es-
TRANCE Carrie from her spouse TO such
an extent that she had him hailed be-
fore Judge Callan in the Juvenile Court
yesterday on the charge of non-support.
II was the old. old story about a
woman's way Of not being mans way,
Carrie being Of a light and frivolous
nature. longed for the festive sky line
of existauce and sought Newport that
her desire for friyolity and frolic might
be appeased.
Berkeley, a solemn. auburn complex
iOned negro. with a scraggy mustaehs
and a shy receding chin, promptly de-
cided that he had been deserted, and
consequently sold his furniture and re-
turned 10 mother and-well society ~
have to account for the wrecked hctne.
Couldn't Stand Washington Climate.
Carrie. dressed in a gown. the light
ness Of which accentuated her COM
pIexion 20 a degree positively painful.
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A Matter of Men.

IN an essay of singular directness and
force-republished on this page of The
Times several days ago-the learned
head of the Department of Justice ar
gued against the assumption that a
change in the form of government was
indispensable to improvement of that
government His attention was direct
ed mainly TO the management OF our
American cities, and It would seem to
have been fairly assumed by our news
columns that Mr.. Bonaparte had clear
" il his mind the present agitation for
the abolition of the Board of District
Commissioners. Said he:
The one thing indispensable, the one
thing without which good government
OF any kind or degree is impossible
and which under reasonable hmita-
tions takes the place and supplies the
want OF all others, is good men. If
you have as public officers men thor
OUghly honorable and conscientious
and also sufficiently intelligent and
sufficiently educated to understand and
discharge their duties, you VIII hive.
whatever the defects of the statutes
or customs, a good government
Of course, it is men, no. laws, which
make government. Otherwise how
could England have survived the curl
GUS mixture of modern law, ancient
custom, and medieval inheritance, which
now serves her as a constitution? How
could the republic" of Venezuela suf-
fer from an absOlutism more whimsi-
cal and more vicious than any monarchy
now in existence among civilized peo-
pleg These are extreme cases. But
they serve to sustain the observation
that here a government by a commits
sion, there a government by mayor and
city council, have alike proven good.
They ought, further, to prepare the
mind of the thoughtful man for the
discovery some day that either form
of government may be made bad
Undoubtedly the wording of the law
and the scheme of the government are
important. Neither should impose a
handicap on trustworthy and earnest
officials and neither shuld put avoid
able opportunity in the hands of the
unworthy But in the end it is the
men 10 whom the administration of
public affairs is intrusted who detel nine
the character of that administration,
not the form of the government un1er
winch those men serve.
The local application is manifest. We
are hearing at this midsummer season
a world of suggestions as changes
in the headship of the District govern
ment Every man interviewed has his
panscea. Most of them-under a proc
sss- ef selection which makes any other
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recognizing Congress.

The defeat Of Senator Long, coming
atop the retirement of Kittredge, Full
ton, Dryden, S9ooner, and Others, and
almost at the same time as the death
of Senator Allison, has attracted sud
den attention to the tendency to re-
organization of the Senate.
The Senate is undergoing reorganiza-
tion both as TO its personnel and as TO
its traditions. 1t doesn't need TeOr-
ganization OF it's rules.
On the other hand the House, as to
personnel and traditions, would do
very well. What it needs is to have
its rules made over.
This country spent a decade or more
diligently undertaking the Senate. 1t
didn't realize how much its effort has
accomplished, till very recently But
the truth is that the Senate Is beeo ne
vastly more responsive to public de-
mands than it has been in many years,
and far more than the House is, or is
sble to be, under its present rules.
By courtesy and tradition the Senate
has placed control of its affairs in the
hands of little group of men whose
chief claim to that power Is seniority
in service. Seniority has been so potent
in the Senate that it alone has too
much dominated, as against merits and
principles. No law is SO hard to repeal
as the law of long-established and
revered custom That is the law which
has held the Senate in its grasp.
The country has made splendid prog
ress toward reforming the Senate That
bo.y, indeed, may now fairly be relied
upon to give a reasonably accurate re-
fex of the operations of the national
mind. 1t IS the House which needs
attention. The House rules are iron
clad. They bestow power on feE
which, in such body, should never be
so conferred. They should be maL1
over, and the time is not far of when
they viii be.
The new progressive sentiment has
established itself firmly in the Senate
It will make itself felt in the next re-
organization of the committees Of that
BODY. The number of Senators who
have met defeat lately because they
were out Of harmony with their con-
stiUuencies is not only in itself sig
nifcant but in the moral effect it will
have on other Senators it will be yet
more important.
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Mr. Taft on the Laws Delay,

Is the Republican candidate making
full use of his opportunities when, in
making an address on such subject
as DELAYS On the Administration OF
the Laws" and at such a time as this,
he gives a talk which the press report
says was devoid of any semblance OF
partisanship and surprising in its can
dor and breadth of view!" We do not
know anything that would lend itself
to sizzling denunciation-the sort that
would sound well to people who wish
to reform the world in a day-than
DELAYS in the administrations the laws.
Nobody approves of them except few
lawyers who profit by them, and Mr..
Taft might have Unlimbered himself N
perfect confidence that a red-hot talk
could not do him any harm. The occa-
sion might easily have been turned into
a rousing old harangue.
True, nothing worth while would
have been accomplished. Mr.. Taft
could not very well advocate tearing
up our system of Jurisprudence root
and branch without suggesting some
sensible substitute for it. 1t is also
true that being a lawyer, and a good
one, and having enjoyed an experience
Of eight years on the bench, he is in
possession to know what are the worst
defects in the administration of Justice
and to understand the difficulties in
the way Of remedying them Possibly,
too, Mr.. Taft may think that his eX-
perience and his knowledge and the i'm
portance of the subject make it incuE-
bent upon him TO speak words of sober
ness and truth.
But has noblesse oblige any place II
q political campaign. and are we not to
hear any hot stuff" from the candi-
date because he does not happen to
believe in that sort of thing? VIII
"candor and breadth of view" supplant
fustian and rant? We think we know
a candidate who, with such a subject,
would have made Rome howl.
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went 70 Rome with the draft of the con-
stitution to be submitted to the Pope for
his approval In 1857 the university was
canonically approved By Pope Leo XIII,
and endowed with all 1he prerogatives
of a pOntiiCal institution. The same
year Il was Incorporated under the laws
of the District Of Columbia.
The cornerstone of the first building.
named Caldwell Hail, in honor of the
foundress of the university, was laid by
Cardinal Gibbons. May T. 1888. IN the
presence of a notable gathering. which
included President Cleveland and the
members OF his Cabinet The building
was dedicated IN May. 1889, at which
ceremony President Harrison and Arch
bishop Satolis representative OF the
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timore in 1854. that the first step was
taken.
1T was encouraged to do this by the
munificent gift of $4,000 from Miss
Mary Gwendoline Caldwell, now the
Mfrquise des Monsters de MeriHville
Under the presidency of the Archbishop
of Baltimore the university was imme-
diately formed The committee Of or
ganizatiOn selected Washington as the
site Of the university, and purchased
the Middleton estate which is before
YOU. Beyond you see the Soldiers Home
The estate includes seventy acres Of
land
The Rt- Rev. John J. Keane, D. D.,
bishop of Richmond, Va, was chosen
rector, and with Archbishop Ireland.
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Bryan Clubs VIII Take Polls
In Hunt for the Weak Places
Senator Taylor, Whose Plan Is Adopted Claims Indiana
for Democrats-Plan to Guarantee Bank De
poSits Popular in West

LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. IA plan
brought TO Fairview by Senator Tay-
lor, of Tennessee, will be put at once
into action through the Democratic ma
tional committee. The scheme provides
for the organization or a national Dem
ocratic club. with headquarters at some
central point In each State a state
club Is 10 be organized, responsible 10
the central club. In each city, county
and ward similar clubs are to be formed.
Each of the local clubs is TO keep
polling its own commuaity throughout
the campaign. The bad news is TO be
reported even more faithfully than the
good. In this way the national club
will have throughout the entire cam
paign a reasonably correct knowledge
OF the weak spots and the strong
places in the Democratic fight and can
at any time advise the national com
mittee of the places where work should
be done.
Taylor Claims Indiana.
Mr.. Taylor, who has been in Mis-
souri,. Indiana, and Kansas, said;
''i was surprised at the number OF
Republicans IA Kansas who came To
me and told me that trey were going 20
vote for Bryan. think we shall carry
Indiana"
From August % TO August "A there
Will De a three-day conference Of the
national leaders at Chicago, at which
the plans for the campaign viii be ar
ranged. MT. Bryan viii he there with
the national committee and the various
State chairmen. The campaign is 10
open about the first Of September and
this conference viii define its lines.
The pressure on Mr.. Bryan for
speeches is very strong. In view OF his
visit to Chicago Mr.. Bryan has made
another change in his speaking dates
and will stop of at Des Moines to de-
liver a speech on the tarin on August 2ll
on his way 20 Chicago. Originally he
had intended 10 let the tariff wait un-
MI he went into Wisconsin TO address
the farmers at Madison. Every change
I'm his program has been more ana more
In the direction Of bringing him into
an active campaign such as he used "a
make and further and further from this
own preference for a front porch cam
paign at Fairview, and each has been
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enabled 10 erect and equip the building
which bears his name, a beautiful
granite building go feet in length.
The university has a very valuable
library. in which you may find rare
theological and historical works The
theological library alone has 10000 vol
umes. The university has been fortunate
in having friends whose generous dona-
tions have enabled it to erect and equip
its buildings and endow many professor
ships and scholarships. The trust funds
amount to over a million. and the build
ings represent fully a million and a
quarter 1t has the distinction Of being
the only university in the country doing
,purely postgraduate work, as 1t has no
collegiate departments"
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RAILROADS REFUSE
A SPECIAL RATE
Lincoln, Neb., Commercial Club
Wanted Concession for Bryan
Notification, August II.

LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. The western
Passenger Association has refused 10
Grant q special rate for the Bryan noti-
6carIon on August i. Secretary Whit
+a, oF the Lincoln Commercial Club
who received the ultimatum or the as
sociation yesterday, has wired C!ialI
man Mack, OF the Democratic Nallohai
Committee, and other leading Demo
Gratis, urging them 10 protest against
the decision. Special rates were grant
A5 for the Taft notification, Secretary
Mhitten declares.
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TO ATTEND
ALLISON FUNERAL
Says That the Present Is No Time
for a Political Scram-
HE -

DES MONIES. Iowa. Aug Gov
ernOr Cummins and other officers OF
the state viii leave this morning TO
attend the funeral OF Senator Allison,
and there Will be outlined no specific
plan Of campaign for the Allison sue
cesion until the return OF the governor
to Des AIOines.
A consultation Of the friends OF the
governor viii be held early next week.
Governor Cummins says this is no time
for a political scramble.
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HARTMAN NEUTRAL
IN POLITICAL VIEWS
Both Parties, He Says, Stand the
Same on Prosecution OF
the Railroads.

SALT LAKE CITY. Aug. 7.-E- II.
ET.,rriman. who, in 1901. supplied 500
o., which he declared had swung "Joo-
votes TO Roosevelt. IS not picking be-
tween Taft and Bryan Mr.. Hartman
today is on his way 10 his oregon sum
mer home. but before leaving her he
said;
The election Of Mr. Taft or NJ
y7r,-an would not in the least affect The
"a fjToads of the country, because the
nolicies Of the Republican ana lJslilo1 -
Ts5Iroads which violate the law are
Identical"
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Seeing Washington With The Times Guide
No. LXX-CATHOuC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

Pope. were present.
Caldwell Hall con-
sists Of a central
building with two
wings, giving a to-
tai frontage OF 266
feet. The entire edi-
fee is OF modernized
ROmanesQue style,
built OF Georgetown
blue gneiss rock.
In 1891 the board
OF trustees received
from the Very Rev.
James Mcmahon, of
New York. the mag
nificent gift Of his
New York Pre- per
ties. and were fhus
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DISTRICT DEMOCRATS
LISTEN TO SPEECHES
Secretary Mattingly Presides in
Place Of President Edwin f..
Newman-New Members.

In the absence Of President Edwin =.
Newman. Secretary Robert Z. Mating
ly presided at the regular meeting Of
the District OF Columbia Democratic
Association. held last evening at the
headquarters Of the association in The
MUnsey building.
Addresses were made by Mr.. Mating
~ Col William c. Mcintyre. William
p. Ryan, OF New York; William Mex.
Clayton, George 5. Benson, and others.
a number OF new members 5oined tbe
association.
The Washington times., 1908-08-07
OUR BELOVED SMITH
TURNS SUFFRAGETTE
Mayor Thomas w. Gives
EN- Down in Maryland
Viliagette.

Thomas ". Smith. pubIIe-spIrited
WashingtOnian. lumber dealer, and one
OF our leading and most conservative
citizens, has allied himself with the suf-
fragettes. Yep, II seems So Ry their
fruits ye shall know them. or words TO
that effect.
Know all men, and women, too, that
Mr. Smith has recently been elected
mayor Of -the-Bay. Anne
Arundel county, Maryland That didn't
create any great excitement, as mayors
have been elected before. But like a
mushroom, even like Mrs. Borrman
Wells, who has led a rather spicy exist
ence while pleading the cause in dear
old England, Mayor Smith sprang into
his OWL within a night. It has all
leaked out, the election was held IN
the Smith Bailiwick and women voted
just the same as men. Read this:
There will be an election held at
Arundel-on-the-Bay. Nd. on Saturday,
July .. between the hours OF and s
c-aiocI1 p. M. Each resident or property
owner. male or female, has right 10
vote. Come and enjoy the privileges
Of American citizens. II you desire
TO stay over Sunday, write 70 Mrs.
George y. Tyler. asking her whether she
can furnish you with bed and board at
the hotel"
Edict Received With Joy.
with a grace and a flourish that
would have become the Sultan OF Tur-
key. Mayor Smith caused that edict TO
be promulgated. Lusty benchmen spread
the joyful tidings; there was Joy upon
the hOUss tops and wireless dispatches
state there was a demonstration at the
palace Women, waving the edict OF
suffrage in their hands. are understood
10 have walked the streets with that
same eclat with which our less enlight-
ened Turkish sisters Haunted the wells
recently torn from their faces by royal
mandate
Il was a great occasion. The prosaic
name OF smith assumed beauteous. pro-
portions that made II sound ike Prince
Connaught de Wilhelm The avenger
OF women's rights. the newly crowned
suffragette king. stood smilingly by and
watched the ease and grace with which
the scheme worked.
The commissioners Snd other Office 5,
having been elected By the aid of fe-
male votes. viii, OF course, enter upOn
their duties with feelings Of grave re-
SpOnsiDlillty. II viii be q constant ca Sc
Of 1--WE point with pride to the fact
that they We're elected by the elite.
Want Smith Mayor Forever.
And Mayor smith. There is but one
complication 10 the whole matter. Some
OF the citizens OF ATundeI-On-the-Bay
believe that his job should be made per
petual, and that he should have the
right 10 name the heir-appaTent 9th
ers. unselhshly, say that the mayor is
much TOO big a man for his job. that MS
suffragette proclamation has shown
such to be the case, and that If ne so de
sires he may be relinquished If at any
time Washington shall decide to install
a One-man government.
Who knows that IL may not be the
turning point in the career of Mayor
Smith, and that, swept by an avalanche
of women's votes, he may yet land in
the Presidential chair.
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Sic Shneks a Horror.
HOW HE iUGGED IT.

A mOtorist in happy possession OF his
hrst car had pulled up outside the vii
lage inn. A crowd of natives gathered
round, and one, bOlder than the rest.
ventured to remark:
That be a foine car, master"
Yes" said the gratlf1ed owner.
And 'er be mighty powerful, I reckin-
A hundred 'orsepoWer at least 'er be-"
It's only N-horsepower. A 100-hOrs6
car would be ever so much larger"
oh Oi weren't Roin' by the slza
master; were goin' BY the smell!'-s
Tit-Bitzr
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To BEAT UP Washers
IS OBJECT OF CLUB
Minneapolis Young Men Band 10
gether to Curb an Epi-
demic of Flirting.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Aug 7.-The
poosavaIt Club, an organization active
a., former campaigns, has been reorgan-
tzad here But not for politics. It's
members are 10 curb an epidemic OF
..,,,asbing" which is on here and they
,,fu incidentally. beat up the captured
masheTs.
In their former activities the Roose-
v..I+ C1,b men became proficient In TAX
ing women's parts in amateurs theatri-
oa5s Now they are 10 parade the
st-aets in won ans garb at night ana
an arrest and incidentally, apply their
"big stick" treatment to all men VINO VINO
approach them. Mayor haynes mas u
X q" the plan
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is HOME
FROM TRIP ABROAD

NEW YORK, Aug. david Belasco
today gave out the plans for the COM
ing season Of David WarfeId his star
who has just returned from his first
European vacation. "AIr. Warfield will
play only in houses Independent Of the
theatrical trust" said Mr.. Belasco."
His tour viii open in the far West
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A COMMON REGRET.

Just back from your vacation?"
Yes"
How was it2'
Fine. I haven't but one regret"
What's that2"
'I wish 7 had waited until next
month to take it."
''NFhy9"
so I could have IT TO take"-Ex-
change.
The Washington times., 1908-08-07

To illustrate the moral revival afOot
all over the Middle West. It is noted
that leading papers are seriously advis-
ing their popUlace that mobbing, batting,
and abuse Of the umpire are bad form
and bad taste, ard unworthy OF "our
beautiful city,
The Washington times., 1908-08-07

Persons leaving the city for
short or long period during the sum
mer may nave The Times mailed
to them at the following rates:
Daily, 8 cents a week. daily and
Sunday, IL cents a week. All mall
subscriptions are payable strictly in
advance
The Washington times., 1908-08-07

The French president is reported TO
have declined to see Emperor William.
In the great continental poker game,
this looks like a confession that Frances
hand IS regarded as weak.
The Washington times., 1908-08-07

as the price OF entire confidence in Alb
Ham. that he dismiss some hundreds Of
his wives and live in future with only
one. Seems as if a man would jump
at such a chance to divest himself OF
two kinds Of troubles at once.
The Washington times., 1908-08-07
MR.. AND MRS. A. C.. MOSES
TOURING NEW ENGLAND
Couple Were Married About
Month Ago in Wash
ington.
Capt. and Mrs. ]. P. S. Lau-
renee Go TO Atlantic
City.

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur c. Mcknight
Moses. the latter formerly Miss Lillian
Howenstein. whose marriage took place
in washington wednesday afternoon,
July IS. are spending their honeymoon
touring the New England States In
their motor car. They made stops in
New York, New Hampshire, and Yer
mont, and are now IN Maine.
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Mequporf Wrecks Happy Home
Of Hon. Berkeley Collins

marched upon the stand and ia sad.
soft voice explained how the best in
tentiOns Of men and women are mis-
understood She was IL. she declared,
and couldn't stand the washington
climate.
Judge All thought All wouldn't mex
NAH husban' suppo't me wen All had
to go away" she murmured in a re-
proachfuI voice AN All got a lob at
Newpo't as lady's maid"
This was indeed a happy picture The
sick wife saving her husbands money
by working at a summer resort that
she might improve her health touched
the court until IL looked as though
Berkeley was going 10 be touched also
without further ado But Berkeley was
plainly unmGged.
TEL dat jedge 'bouten yuh light
skinned culluG man.. he commanded Of
his wife as she was about to leave the
stand.
Carries Store FTutless.
Carrie gave him the frosty stare which
in polite Society is guaranteed to con-
geaI the object Of the look in thirty
seconds. Berkeley evidently was not
used tc polite stares indicative Of su-
preme contempt
'Dey amt no use yuah lookin' ike
a sick COW" he admonished his wife.
unmin6ful Of her fixed and CLASSY gaze.
''Yuh might as well stop tryin' dat fool
business an tell de cote wat All done
asked yuh."
''Mistah MetZeTon JACKSON is a pus-
sonal fren' OF mine" responded Carrie
with an icy sniff, If he's de gemman
yOus alludin' to-"
Oats de gingah colored stiff" cried
Berkeley exultantly Carrie jumped.
"Ah done toll YOU he's a gemman."
she said Indignantly.
Yah. fine gemman he is. Done come
up 10 nah house drunk"
She Shrieks In Horror.
Carrie let out little polite shrek Of
horror
"Yessuh." continued the relentless
husband. drunk
Another and louder Shrek.
Drunk as -"
At this point the court raised a finger
THE testimony in this case is so
diversified and contradictory that I
must needs drop the whole matter"
said Judge Callan, ''tt seems to me-
The Judge spoke TO empty air. Carrie
arose with that same belOW-zero look
and after first UnsUccessfully trying 10
freeze her husband, marched haughtiiy
out Of the room.
"Yessuh yes-SUH, "murmured Ber-
kelley pensively, drunk"
And he followed his wife into the
outer air.
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Why wouldn't # be a great and hu-
name scheme to have the nations Of
the world, instead Of trying 10 abolish
armaments, agree that hereafter wars
shall be strictly for points. rather than
for blood. like the maneuvers now go
ing on along the Potomac approaches
10 washington? The side getting the
most points to receive the decision.