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The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
The Passing of Raisuii.

II is hard for US to realize that our old
friend Raisuli, the only real man who
has bobbed up in Morocco in MANY
moons, despite his brigandish proclivitles,
is dead. This picturesque old outlaw Oc-
cupied very warm spot in our hearts.
We hate like everything to give him up.
When you look over the recent history
Of Morocco. what do you see worth while
except Raisuli? Nothing; absolutely
nothing. There never was a royal molly
cOddle in all this earth more Of a weak
ling than his technical sovereign. the Sui
tan. Mulai Hand, that potentate's rival
and kinsman, does not appear to be much
better. The entire royal outfit OF Morocco
Is enough to bring the blush Of shame TO
any human being in the world engaged.
even on the smallest scale, in the more
or less honorable king business. The head
Of the Moroccan state can't do anything
worth while it seems, He can't fight; he
is no statesman; he is the poorest excuse
extant in diplomacy. The only thing he
can do IS 10 play a Photographs; and even
tlat all but plays itself. His courtiers
and favorites are of the same stripe. The
amalgamated lineup isn't worth the
powder and lead it would take to kill it.
But Raisun? That's another story!
Such as his business was, he made a
most conspicuous success Of It! Age
could not wither him nor custom stale his
Infinite variety. On the Moroccan stage.
where comedy alone. as a rule. prevails.
he played "heavies;" and he was the hest
thing in the show. Indeed, he was pretty
much the whole show, If II hadn't been
for Raisuli the audiences never would
have obtained their moneys worth
Doubtless the aggregation would have
been pelted out Of existence with ancient
hen fruit too long ago to mention but for
the amazing stunts he did
Raisulfs memory shall ever be kept
green with us. lie was the saving grace
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Senator Knox on the Tariff.

VIII Pennsylvania protectionists write
the tariff plank OF the Republican national
platform? That is the impression Senator
Knox's friends seek to convey, even go
ing so far as to assert that the Senator s
tariff views have the fun approval Of
President Roosevelt. The Knox plan Of
tariff revision was promulgated by the
Senator in a speech at Philadelphia Sat
urday night, preparatory to the Republi-
can State convention, which meets to-day
at Harrisburg. According to the present
programme, the Knox tariff idea is to be
incorporated in the State platform, and
thence transferred to the national plat
form. Mr. Knox, while admitting the
necessity Of tariff revision, remains an
uncompromising protectionist. He warns
Republicans not TO be misled by the de-
mand for tariff revision, and regards the
.denunciation Of protection as robbery a
radical misconception Of the teachings Of
economic experience. "A re-examination
Of tariff schedules 10 adjust them to
modern conditions" says the Senator, ITO
correct them where economic changes in
dicate they are either too high to be Just
or too low 10 encourage industry. is well
enough and should be promptly under
taken" Further expanding the principle
Of revision Just indicated, Mr.. Knox said
This work, however, should be done by men
wise enough te distinguish between revision and
ruin: By men who realize and fully appreciate that
commercial prosperity depends upon the profitable
employment Of capital and the liberal remunera-
ton Of labor that the further diyeTsfcaion Of our
industries depends upon encouragement to the peo-
pie TO enter new fields Of sndeavor; that remuneTa-
tive prices for agricultural and other home products
depend upon the pennanency Of all these conditions
and that in reconstTucting schedules to remove all
inequties and excssses the work can and should be
done without impairing the living and benefcent
purposes Of the policy o protection through yielding
to the ipsistenes Of any msre dogmstie demand"
These expressions make IL sufficiently
clear that the Knox idea Of tariff revision
Is to extend the protective principle In
every possible direction. increasing in
stead Of diminishing the number Of tarifI
bsneficiaries. and enlaTging the boundaries
Of business obligation TO the Republican
party. To the vast and powerful interests
now enjoying protection the Senator says:
The duties on the products Of your for
eign competitors viii not be reduced lower
than is just to you, or sufficiently to inn
pair your monopoly Of the home market
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Dana gine the Scenery.

In the reforms which are being made in
municipal government there ought TO be
some authority exercised IN the matter of
dead-wall and allied methods of advertis-
ing. The dead-wall or board-fence pla-
carding should be restricted to forms
which do not deface. even when they do
not succeed in dlsgracing. a neighbor-
hood, and this control should be extended
TO those outlying sections OF city where
the absence Of the high board fence is
met by the use of the trees.
People who have had occasion during
the past week or two 10 walk or drive
over the roads bordering upon Rock
Greek Park have been impressed with the
veritabIe saerilege Of the scenery. Al
most every tree Of q size to permit 1t has
been rendered obnoxious 10 the view by
lurid signs, tackled firmly into the wood.
of a patent nostrum. It is not a question
Of the merits of that concocuon which
need concern the behoIder who encoun-
ters this affront on the suburban roads at
this time Of year. Any sign thus con-
spicuously displayed would be the occa-
sion Of the same regret and protest
There is no reason why this free adver-
tising should be permitted under any cir
cumstanees, and there is still less defense
of ii when it is made 10 intrude unpleas-
antly upon the scenery.
There is a great need Of some regula-
ton Of this offensive form Of publicity
especially in the suburbs.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Southern Democracy,

From the Mobile Register
It IS our opinion that there is abso-
lutely nothing in this plea that the white
men OF the South are kept in the Demo-
Garlic party by the existence Of the negro
question. The fact is THAI the Southern
whites are Democrats because they be-
lieve in Democratic doctrine; and they
viii continue so to believe because they
are convinced that observance Of Demo
cratic doctrine is best not only for the
South, bat for the republic. Mr.. Roose-
velt has done more than any other Presi-
dent to emphasize the necessity OF Demo-
Gratis remaining true 10 the old faith. A
Southern man who does not recognize
this and who is impressed by the glamour
of Mr.. Roosevelt's briiliancy, is not and
probably never has been a Democrat at
bottom, and, perhaps, does not know
what Democracy stands for. We are
never more Democratic than when we
see Republican President advocating
government by construction. We know
that that way lies the ruin Of the re-
public,
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Raee.traek Gambling and politics

Gov. Hughes In his crusade against race
track gambling. is delivering sledgeham-
mer blows at the boss system. Concerning
his own relations with the legislature. he
says that he has not tried to bribe its MEM
bers, or threatened them, or endeavored 20
seduce them with promises of patronage.
I All that has been done by forces exteT-
nal to the legislature and external to the
/ constitutional forms OF state govern
ment, by perscns who ''seek TO usurp the
powers of Office" Everybody knows that
certain State senator voted under in
structions from Washington, that now
turns out to be, or is alleged to be. fraudu
/ lent; and how another senator was forced
to change his vote by an Albany boss
whom Gov. Hughes correctly describes as
! belonging to a class of political parasites
seeking Ito convert cur politics into a
feudal system. with its petty tyrann.as,
and find their chief delight in exercising
authority over elected officers"
Why should the people of New York.
or Of any American Commonwealth, sub
NIT to that sort of interference with the
functions OF popularity chosen officials?
They do So Gov. Hughes thinks. because
they are so busy with their own concerns
that they leave the direction of political
matters 10 others. What the people neg
leet to do the boss undertakes TO accom-
plish. but wholly in his own interest But
the people have a way Of repudlating the
boss when sufficiently aroused to the evils
Of the boss system, and that is what the
governor is relying on in his anti-gam-
bling campaign Corrupt politicians alone
stand between the voters and the express
sion Of their viii in legislation. and Mr.
Hughes sees clearly that his attack must
be concentrated on the system by which
the bosses maintain and exercise Their ex-
/ tra-offieial power. 1t is a contest that
ought TO have but one ending and that
the complete triumph Of the governor.
And. by the way what has become OF
the bill to abolish race-track gambling
in the District of Columbia? Are any OF
the sinister influences which wrought the
defeat OF Gov. Hughes measures at work
in the Capitol? Does anybody IN author
ity there imagine that 1t would be bad
politics to pass the Sims BILL or good
politics TO pigeon-hole #? Is there a
statesman in Washington so foolish as to
believe the Republican party will be ben
efited by playing into the hands Of race
track gamblers, here or elsewhere?
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
NATIONALIzING TRAFFIC.
How Railroads and Courts may Null
IIfy state Authority.

How Railroads and Courts may Null
Iify state Authority.
From the Omaha Bee.
The recent refusal Of the Federal Cir
cult Court Of Appeals 10 order the issue
OF the writ Of injunction asked for by
the railroads to prevent the Nebraska
State commission from taking up the
matter Of grain rate reduction involves
point OF great Importance. which has
thus far escaped public attention. The
court refused the writ for the reason that
the action was prematurely brought
In that case the attorneys for the rail-
roads had set up the claim that an grain
rates between intrastate points are az
matter Of fact. but proportional parts
or the through rates and that any at
tempt 70 tx maximum schedule of
intrastate rates necessarily affected all
through rates, and would. therefore. con-
stituJe an interference with interstate
commerce quite beyond the authority Of
/ the State. Had they been able 10 make
good this contention, their suit could not
have been dismissed with the brief ex-
planation that It was prematurely
brought, because they would have been
entitled to some kind Of relief against
the invasion by the States Of the ex-
elusive rate-making field Of Congress and
the national government
The limitless possibilities OF the railroad
argument is made apparent when an at
/ tempt IS made 10 draw the line between
local rates that are proportional parts
Of other rates and local rates that stand
by themselves. Successful establishment
Of the contention that grain rates are on
this account immune from regulation by
the State railway commission would be
quickly followed up by evidence to show
that large part Of the railroad rates
for other articles transported are SINH
/ larly proportional parts OF through rates
and the extent Of State jurisdiction in
matters Of rate regulation would be i'm
menssly contracted, If not wholly eliHi-
mated. It is conceivably possible that the
tariff sheets could be completely recon-
structed so that every local rate would
be a proportional part Of a through rate
and the authority Of the States thus
completely wiped out and all regulation
Of traffic nationalized as effectively as
It could be by specific amendment u the
Constitution
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Asia and the Golden Rule.

Ex-SecTetsry OF State Richard Olney.
The Western powers have insisted on
equality for all missionaries and others
who may go 70 China. Yet they claim
the right to bar all Orientals at pleas
ure. This attitude prevails everywhere.
II is illogical, unfair, and opposed to in
ternational law and comfy It is up to
the Western nations 10 follow the Golden
Rule in their treatment of and attitude
toward Orientals. II they persist moth
ing but brute force can make their posi-
ton respected or respectable And II
persisted in the inevitable war viii come.
The theory of an iriterminable conflict
between the West and the East savors
Of pessimism and the doctrinaire. The
inevitable increase In intercourse between
the nations Will cause them 10 be more
tolerant and they will grow 20 realize
that there is room enough in the world
for everybody, and that war produces Ills
infinitely greater than those designed to
be cured.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
NOT AT THIS SESSION.
Presidents Programme Too ImpOr-
tant for Party Consideration,

Presidents Programme Too Impor-
tant for Party Consideration,
From the New York Tribune.
IN what the President SAYS about anti
junction legislation and legislation modi-
tying the Sherman antitrust law he is
laying a basis for action at the next ses-
sion or in the next Congress. rather than
insisting on a duty Of the movement. It
is evident that these measures viii have
TO be thoroughly considered, and that
Congress Is not now in the proper mood
to consider them. It is generally recog-
nized that the use Of the injunction should
be better guarded, and the Senate recent
~ passed, by a unanimous vote, a bill
regulating more strictly the issue OF in
functions suspending State laws The
power Of injunction should not be brought
into contempt or disfavOr by arbitrary
or eXtravagant use, and the President Is
right In urging Congress to throw safe
guards around this judicial process He is
also right in desiring TO make the Sher-
man antitrust law more OF a help and
less Of hindTance IN the regulation <of
competition among the instrumentalities
OF interstate commerce. The Sherman law
was drawn at a time when the subject
matter with which it dealt had not been
thoroughly explored and was not well un-
derstood. and It has hindered as we'll as
promoted, the true aims Of regulation.
1t should be- and no doubt will be, mod
ernized. the Presidents wise proviso that
we should sanction neither a boycott
nor blacklist which would be illegal at
common law being always kept in mind
But that task Is one which this Congress
IS not inclined 10 undertake, and which il
can, perhaps, leave with advantage to a
more confident and competent successor.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
BUYING FOREST RESERVES.
jenkins view of the Constitution
Difficult to Understand

DtGf1cuft TO nOGrAtanu.
From the Boston Commercial Bulletin
It is not often that a bin before Con-
gress attracts so much attention from
so many people as that relating to the
preservation OF forests on the Southern
Appalachians and White mountains. The
manufacturers, merchants, and farmers
OF the States directly interested are as
a unit in its favor and hosts OF intelli-
gent observers at a distance, anxious for
the welfare Of the industries OF the cOun-
try as a whole. are eager for its pas
sage. The action, therefore. Of the chair
man Of the House Judiciary Committee IN
casting doubt upon the cOnstitutionality
OF the bin is the cause Of q widespread dis
appointment. There is comfort to be de-
rived from the fact that Judge Jenkins
view OF the law may not be final and
that his report when submitted 10 the
House and there weighed IN the balances
may be found wanting To some shrewd
observers II looks as II his wishes in the
matter had unconsciously. Of course IN
fluenced his opinion and that It Will not
be difficult to prove that his Interpretation
OF the word invasion is strained. The
average Iayman certainly finds It difficult
to understand how the United States can
be said to invade the property Of States
by simply accepting from them the right
to enter upon land for a specific purpose
that viii inure 10 the benefit OF al con-
cerned. II is greatly 10 be hoped that
the New England members will continue
10 exert the utmost energy in season and
out Of season TO impress upon their feI-
low-legislatOr the importance attached by
every one in this section OF the country
to the measure and how great will be the
chagrin should it fail to pass.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Mlght ouote a little Further.

From the Columbia Is. C.i State.
Mr.. Roosevelt is fond Of quoting Wash
ington's platitude about being prepared
for war is one Of the most effectual
means OF preserving peace" but always
omits quoting the words of profounder
wisdom in the Farewell Address" In
that famous utterance Washington re-
ferred to the chickering's of Europe, and
said: "Our detached and distant situa-
ton invites and enables us 10 pursue a
different course" The utmost that
Washington advised was to take care
ito keep ourselves. by suitable establish
ments, on respectable defensive
posture"-not to try to attain to the po-
sition where we could dictate the peace
Of the world
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Americanfzed Aliens

From the Century Magazine
Among immigrants the process Of Amer.
icanization IS extraordinarily swift. Wher
the late Prof. Boyeson went to Minnesota
he was surprised to find that his fellow.
Scandinavians preferred 10 speak Eng.
lish to him, and it was explained that
the use Of their native tongue would re-
veal their peasant origin, and thus tes-
tify TO their social inferiority to a gentle
man who had been graduated from thu
University Of Upsa1a, whereas the us,
of English lifted them all to the lofty
tableland of American citizenship.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29

And to all infant industries he holds out
the prospect that their claims for con-
sideration at the hands of a beneicent
and paternal government viii be sympa-
theticaiiy received and generously acted
upon. In what respect Is this attitude
different from that OF protectionists gen.
orally, past and present? It seems to us
TO mark no advance whatever over Nc
Kinleyism or Dingleyism at their worst.
There is observable. with the approach
Of the Presidential campaign. progress
sive degeneration Of Republican tariff re-
vision sentiment. Everybody now declares
for revision. bat not for the sort of revi-
sion that was originally demanded by the
tariff-reduction wing of the party. Each
State platform gets farther and farther
away from the tariff reform idea. and
bolder and bolder in advocacy of a bald
and naked proteetionism until In the
Pennsylvania document is promised the
true and unadulterated gospel of stand
patism. If the Pennsylvania delegation
forces from the national convention the
privilege Of debating the Republican tariff
plank, what encouragement will that
plank afford TO the large number of in
dependent Republicans who believe that
the protective system contains some hoary
wrongs that ought to be righted?
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Foreign Markets Needed.

From the Charlotte n. c. Observer
While the decision Of numerous Of the
Carolina cloth mills represented at Spar
tanburg Saturday to close down indef-
nitely on July I, or earlier, was inn
PEELED by a feeling Of hard necessity,
1t none the less gives the operatives a
bad prospect. Such situations pathetical-
ly Illustrate the great need Of seeking
foreign markets TO serve as safety
valve for the constantly multiplying pro-
ductive power of the country
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29

in an otherwise utterly hopeless situa-
ton. With his passing passes also every
thing in his land calculated to interest or
attract attention. He never fell down on
his part in the Moroccan performance,
and he never messed up a situation.
Peace to his ashesl He knew how to
make good, and he made good
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Japanese ON ROLLER skates.

From the Springfield Republican.
The new element of interest is the ap-
pearance on skates OF a number of un-
steady but stoieal Japanese, who seem
to have taken TO the task of learning
Western ways with grim determination.
Al all events, they have been discovered
night after night skating along semi
deserted sidewalks, as If the fate of the
empire depended upon their learning the
honorable pastinle Of the honorable youth
Of Washington. But things are going
better now. At least one of the Japanese
had an inspiration. He was discovered
two or three nights ago skating along
hand-in-hand with an American girl as
his instructor. and somehow OF other the
honorable pastime seemed less Of a task.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29

Of the battle ships in
committee and on the
floor of the House,
the members of the
C o m m lite G have
worked zealously for
the report as deter
mined upon a n d
passed. Now that is
over, the duties Of
the committee are
not quite so arduous,
and the members can
watch others work.
T e n c SIS c c has d
member Of the Naval
Affairs Committee. in
the person OF one
Lemuel Phillips Pad
gett, from the Sew
enth district. He was
born in Columbia,
and has been identified
--rFsE 81 - -..-..
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
PIea for Economy.

From the New York Press.
The absolutely necessary expenses for g
family Of 100000 are heavier than FOR
a family OF 100000. It viii be wise for
the voters, therefore, to. take pains In
the forthcoming election to impress upon
the candidates for the new House OF
Representatives that what IS wanted by
the public is a Congress. not of good
spenders," but of careful spenders.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Genuine.

Last year we did abuse with glee
The almost-spTing.
But this years sample seems 10 be
The real thing.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Happy Kansas.

From the Kansas City Journal
out Of the 105 counties which the State
of Kansas has within its domains. at
least fifty have no paupers. One-haIf
the county poor farms are empty, save
for the keeper, who draws his salary and
waits for patronage.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
sPnING STYLES

You see in print about the eroeus
A lot just now and that's no hocus
The daffOdill
Is on the bill:
It's habits, habitat or locus.
The poet has survived the panic
And now he wakes aldermanic.
For every bard
Can sell a yard
Or 50 each day of verse botanic.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29

Now we are informed that no report
viii be made in the matter of investi-
eating the wood-pulp situation until
after the election" We certainly are
going to have the time OF our lives in
this country If all the good things sched-
uled to happen after the election" ever
really happen
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29

A contemporary notes that both Mr..
Taft and Bfr. Bryan are growing stouter.
Their respective booms appear abundantly
blessed with the same complaint.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
secure in Possession.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Having lost one Amen Corner" Piatt
seems to have nailed down the one he
occupies in the Senate
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29

Now the Portuguese court is agitated
because the late King Carlos sold S7j0. go
worth OF the Crown jewels. Things must
be getting in pretty good shape over
there if that's the worst thing the court
has TO worry over these days!
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Fine Big stick Record.

rom Inc chicago Record- -HeTaId.
hfr. Hans Wagner. the Pittsburg ball
player, viii receive $4,000 for playing
this summer. Mr.. Wagner is one of the
eminent gentlemen who have succeeded
BY carrying big sticks.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
An ArtfuI nodeer.

From the Providence Journal
A parry there is for every thrust,
guard for every blow; and Congress,
with a little practice, expects to demon
strate that for every stroke Of the Big
Stick there is a~d0dge
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Usually Is.

What do they mean by the bitter
end2"
"The last half-inch Of a cigar"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
lnrrerI.

What's a palctte?'
Part of the anatomy"
mo; this has something to do with an
artist"
Il know. It's what he sleeps on.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29

Another thing that should console those
advocates of four-battle-ship proposi-
ton Is this. Mr.. Henry Reuterdahl will
have only half as much TO talk about
when the authorized two are finished
The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
Women Learn, Too.

"A man lives and learns" remarked
the husband with some bitterness.
We'll the school of experience doesn't I
bar CO-eds. TetOTted his wife.