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Evening star., 1908-01-23
The German Socialists

Yesterdays scene in the German reich
stag disclosed the intensity of the feel
ings aroused by the recent court scandals
and the later street demonstrations of the
Prussians. The socialists have taken heart
and are vigorously prosecuting a cam
paign of questions. Chancellor Won Bue-
low was SO far carried out of his usual
calm yesterday that he not only broke his
rule to refrain from discussing Prussian
affairs in the imperial parliament, but he
clearly lost his temper. He threatened
that the instigators Of the recent demon
strations would be punished for their ac-
tivity, but this declaration was greeted
with outbursts of derisive laughter. Later
the scenes enacted became turbulent and
personal alterations marked the day. 1t
was altogether a brisk encounter between
the forces of the government and its
critics.
II would be wrong to argue that because
of this disturbance in the reichstag the
affairs of Germany are approaching a
crisis The immediate issue at stake at
present. that of the Prussian electoral
franchise. is susceptible of settlement
without disturbing the broader relations
between the government and the people.
lists to center their activities upon this
question, because the government is un-
doubtediy vulnerable at that point The
existing suffrage system in Prussia is out
OF harmony with the general political sys-
TEN in the empire. and its eventual
change Is inevitable.
If it were not the Prussian franchise it
would be the imperial budget over which
the socialists agitate. If it were neither
of these it would be the court of scandals.
II none of these answered the purpose IL
would be the colonial policy. The truth
IS that this party in the reichstag, which
mas grown remarkably of late years. IS
bent upon making as much trouble Tor
the government possible. and il ap-
pears 10 be succeeding in ample measure.
1T IS the party of progress lii Germany
and unquestionably stands there for the
forces that hold Germany back from the
autocratic reaction which has proved SO
disastrous in Russia.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
Parker's Attack on Brvan.

Judge Parker is ungrateful. Mr.. Bryan
did his best for the ticket in 1904, but
could not accomplish the impossible His
followers would not longer follow They
were advised of what his true feelings
were as respects the agencies which had
brought about Judge Parker's nomina-
ton. Months before the convention he
had declared himself publicly The Hearst
men wanted his support, and considered
that they had right to it, but he made
it known that his choice was Senator
Cockrell of Missouri. friend of silver and
a resident of a section remote from Wall
street. Judge Parker, fortunately for his
self-respect and peace of mind, will never
be able to see his candidacy as others see
1t. 1t was tainted with every absurdity
under the shining sun, and met the fate
1t richly deserved. The presidency was
as far beyond his reach in the circum-
stances that existed as the sun itself in
the sky.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

takers just now that there cannot pos
such long lapse at the beginning marked
by exceptional mildness The bad weather
may all come in rush. but there is not
much time left for its endurance. Pos
sibly the seasonal averages will be MAIN
tanned by extreme cold concentrated
within a few days or weeks.
Many people ascribe the unusual preVa-
lence of the grip to the mildness of the
winter. on the ground that the soft days
invite emergence from the house without
sufficient wrappings. This is perhaps
true in many cases. Indscretion Is un-
doubtedly at the bottom of much. per-
haps of most. OF the trouble 1t was noted
that Immediately following the Christmas
holidays there was Serious outbreak or
grip, with numerous deaths among the
elder people from pneumonia. Physl-
clans accounted for this by referring to
the unwise course pursued by many peo-
pie during their holiday shopping. They
moved thoughtlessly from store TO store.
often without sufficiently wrapping them
selves upon leaving one door to hurry to
another. The stores were kept warm and
temperature. Furthermore. the nervous
strain incident TO the Christmas prepara-
tions rendered the less sturdy susceptible
10 the attack OF the insidious disease
germ.
Tie fact that the thermometer is COM
paratively high does not warrant any
trifiing with the chances. Even il rain
bows and butterflies are being seen, COM
mon sense requires that the ordinary pre-
The body must be properly treated de-
spite the phenomena which tell OF an eX-
traordinarily open season.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
A Site for the Grant Monument.

No better suggestion for the cmplace-
ment Of the Grant memorial has yet been
made than that advanced yesterday
through The Star by Mr.. William Bar
clay Parsons of New York. one of the
most eminent Of American civil engineers
Mr. Parsons proposes that this great
monument be placed in the center of the
plaza In front of the Union station where
ii will have a broad setting. and will.
moreover be within sight of the thou
sands who daily use the city's main gate
way. He will urge his views TO this ef-
feet upon the House committee on the Il
brary at the next meeting. and it is to he
hoped that he will sufficiently impress
that body with tho advantages Of tho
plaza site to cause it forthwith to report
a resolution for immediate consideration.
definitely locating the memorial on that
ground which is already owned by the
government. and for the Improvement of
which only tentative plans have been
drawn.
Thus far two sites have been suggested
for the Grant monument. the Botanic
Garden and the White Lot. Against each
of these there is objection. The Star has
sufficiently voiced the reasons operating
against the Botanic Garden site to render
1t unnecessary to repeat them here. AS
for the White Lot, it has been urged that
the location there of the monument would
interfere with the view from and to the
White House. This objection, whether
originating with the so-called. uncommis
stoned park commission or in the highest
official circles, appears to have sufficed
to render the White Lot site unavailable,
although it is difficult to see how the
Grant monument would. If placed there,
prevent the President from seeing the
Potomac flats or interfere with the view
of the White House now enjoyed by the
residents of the Potomac flats.
Here, then, is the situation. with the
government embarrassed by the pros
pective possession of a monument to one
of the greatest of American soldiers and
citizens. without a site chosen for it
against which there is not strenuous op-
position. The Union station site is prob
ably better than any other that could be
found 1t Is, indeed, the very best posi-
tion for the emplacement of a great me-
mortal. which in the nature of things
should always be easily within the sight
of men and so placed as to win the maxi
mum of attention.
The citys finest site and what promises
to he the city's finest monument should
fall in conjunction. There will be no up
roofing and transplanting of trees from
the plaza. There will be no removal Of
landmark buildings. There will be no
question of designs upon the capitals
park system by tree-butchers and straight
line landscape artists" For a back
ground the noble station edifice for an
immediate setting one of the most at
tractive and most frequented parks of the
city, such will be the environment of this
great tribute in stone and bronze to the
man whose work in war insured the sal
walton of the Union and the perpetuation
of the idea for which the city of WASH
ington stands.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
An Extraordinary January.

This is undoubtedly remarkable win
ter. The 23d of January has come. and
there has been practically no snow and
very little cold weather. Twice or three
times the skies have overcast during cold
snaps and there have been feeble imita-
tions of snowfalls but the white coat has
quickly melted and left the ground merely
damp. During the past week the sun
has melted the frost until the fields have
been continually wet. Today the air is
filled with flying fakes and for a novelty
the outlook is almost wintery.
Reports of unreasonable phenomena are
being received. The other day The Star
printed an account OF a rainbow wit
messed in early January A thunder
storm occurred recently. Today's issue
contains a letter from reader who tells
of seeing a large variegated butterfly
within the city limits yesterday.
il is commonly remarked by weather.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
Mr.. Kimball Divides the Honors.

Whatever may have been his mood,
Representative Kimball made some nomi-
nations in the House yesterday which in
the main square with popular expectation.
An objection may lie to the assignment
OF Mr. Natterson to the Treasury De-
partment. That was hasty. The State
Department is the proper one. For that
post Mr.. Watterson has equipment and
IN 1t would serve we'll, recalling the DAYS
OF John Hay. who showed that journal
ism is an excellent training school for the
higher. duties of diplomacy. But the other
assignments were fit. and full of meaning.
Mr.. Bryan. of course, for the presi-
dency. All democrats not reactlonary are
agreed about that. The reactionaries but
make the nomination more certain AS
rule they are Wall street men. and,
remembering 1904. the great majority of
democrats have no stomach for Wall
street this year.
But an eastern man. from the debatable
territory, should be Mr.. Bryan's running
mate, and it might be we'll to take him
from New York. Several good men with
qualifications are available, and one has
barrel. and is supposed to know how
to tap it in season
MIR. Clark for Speaker of the House
would be acceptable to democratic
House, and to Mr.. Bryan. whose admirer
the Missourian is. Mr. Williams goes to
the Senate, and Mr.. Clark is next best on
that side of the chamber. Mr. De Ar
mond for leader of the House would ap-
propriateiy follow. He has had the nee.
essary legislative experience and would
work we'll in harness with his colleague.
The fact that the two men are from the
same state is answered by the appoint
ment OF Mr.. Dingley as leader of the
Fifty-fourth House by Speaker Reed.
Here. then, is a geographical division
silencing all fair criticism. The west gets
the presidency, the east the vice pres-
dency, and the south the, speakershp and
the leadership of the House. 1t is true
that the lower southern states do not
recognize, Missouri as member of the
southern family. They class her as more
of a western state, with interests and al
liances more in the direction of the
Rockies than in that of the Gulf of
Mexico. But Missouri considers herself
southern, and her democracy in times past
has been as aggressively for free silver
and free trade as that of Mississippi or
Texas.
Will the country ratify Mr. Kimballs
nominations? That is the point. 1t is time,
We are told, for the south, which is the
mainstay of the democracy, to come into
her own. Well, with the speakership and
the leadership of the House in her
clutches, she would have come into a
good deal. The one is the second office
in power under the government, and the
other is second only to that in the House.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
team comes the following dispatch from

team comes the following dispatch from
New York:
'Columbia's debating team. which is
scheduled 10 meet a team representing
Cornell at Ithaca February IS appa rently
got a bad attack OF nerves when the
announcement came from the upstate
college that 4 coed in the Cornell school,
OF law had been selected a member OF
the team to debate against them. A
letter of vigorous protest was drawn up
and sent to Cornell. In substance the
letter said that the selection OF the lady
was looked upon in no favorable light by
the Columbia iebaters. and they requested
that she be barred from the Cornell team.
1t is plain to experienced persons that
even these young college men are wise
and are indisposcd to being mangled by
Cornells coed.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
Takes the Back Track.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
According to an announcement by the
Secretary of War, the President has de-
cided to modify his riding test SO far
as to exempt permanent staff officers en-
gagged in purely civil duties. who are by
rank and age not likely to be called upon
for field operations" from the necessity
of proving their agility and endurance in
the saddle. The propriety of this exemp-
ton is SO obvious as to cause wonder
that it did not occur to the President
earlier. This is one of very numerous
instances in which an executive order has
been issued first and considered afterward
"a practice which has caused the Presi-
dent much unnecessary embarrassment.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
Nine Millions Dry.

From the New York Independent.
Why not abolish the saloon from the
United States? At the beginning of 1907
there were three prohibition states
Maine. Kansas and North Dakota. With
1908 there are six. for to the three must
be added Alabama Georgia and Okla
homa with a total population of over
nine millions.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
"In Time Of Peace" Etc.
From the phflade lphia Indufrer

The demand of the army for immense
additions to equipment and war material
may seem very sensational to some per-
sons. as If it fore Joded a coming conflict
There is mot even a suspicion of war In
sight. but on general considerations we
may not hope to escape trouble at some
time and it is wise to be prepared, since
in these days the enemy usually won
wait long enough to let the other fellow
get ready. Wars are now sharp and gem
orally short.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
The Goodbye Number.

l see upon the calendar
The figure '.23.'
1t hath a very strange and grim
Significance to me.
l think on January 1.
Tie days so swiftly fade;
How easily upon that date
Were resolutions made!
Ah, they were very welcome then,
And yet, beyond a doubt,
The very welcomest of friends
May wear his welcome out.
! look these resolutions e'er
No more with kindly glee.
/ see upon the calendar
The figure ''23!'
Evening star., 1908-01-23

grin order TO avoid delays on account
Of personal absence letters to TAE
STAR should not be addressed to any
individual connected with the ONCE, but
simply TO THE STAR. or to the Editorial
or Business Department, according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
Race Track Gambling Must Go.

In no quarter is there any claim that
Gov. Hughes is wrong in his position re-
garding gambling at race tracks. The
state constitution expressly prohibits
gambling in any form. and yet under a
legislative enactment gambling is permit
ted to flourish at race meetings.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
Perils Of the Fleet.

From the Newark News.
Having escaped the anarchists at Rio.
our fleet has now only to dodge those Jap
mines that the French newspaper have
scattered in the Straits of Magellan.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.
Nh Credit.

THAT Millionaire seems willing to do
something for humanity"
yes" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax. But
he is always true to his business princi-
Piles. He took good care to make human
ity pay him in advance"
Evening star., 1908-01-23

Poverty" said Uncle Eben. ain no dis
grace, 'ceppin' when you reaches 1t b,
foolin' wifi green goods or git-rich-quicl
schemes"
Evening star., 1908-01-23

The news that one of the Gould family
has leased 18th avenue property 70 a
tradesman will no doubt be terrible
shock TO Count Boni's ancestral pride.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

II Mr. Bryan can quiet the Kentucky
politicians he should by all means be
persuaded To try his hand with the night
riders
Evening star., 1908-01-23

Jacob Riis suggests that President
Roosevelt would be good man for mayor
of New York. Such an arrangement could
scarcely be regarded as in the nature of
promotion.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

When talk of replanting forests is en-
gagged in. there can be no doubt that it is
high time to take care of the trees now
standing
Evening star., 1908-01-23

Senator Bourne is evidently determined
that Tom Lawson's prestige as a Roose-
Welt re-electionist shall not go unchal
lenged
Evening star., 1908-01-23

blessings brighten as they take their
flight. No one suspected that time
might come when the old unsightly but
convenient railway stations would be
yearned for in vain.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

A great deal of Mr.. Bryans popularity
lies in the hope that he will yet get up
another speech as thrilling the cross
of gold Grafton.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

Naturally. many yellow peril agitators
will be surprised to find that Japanese
warships have not been lying in wait off
the east coast OF South America.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

Thoughtful Cubans are naturally reluc-
tant to welcome any condition Of affairs
that may invite reversion to the revolu-
tion habit.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
Where Pa Is.
From the Atlanta Georgian.

From the Atlanta Georgian.
What has become of the old-fashoned
father?'' asks writer. He's hustling at
the same old stand trying to make ends
meet for his new-fashioned wife, daugh-
terS and sons.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

The fact that Gov. Hughes consents TO
recognize it is OF itself an assurance that
Il is a boom Of consequence.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

A southern republicans influence may
not b. great in presidential election. but
IT can surely help some in nomination.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
An Achievement.

And you dare to criticise the financial
ability of the government" exclaimed the
energetic citizen.
I'm not criticising. But l fail to see
any extraordinary brilliancy."
THAT shows how unappreciative some
people can be. What other government
has turned out twenty-dollar gold pieces
whose value went up to thirty dollars in
side of month";"
Evening star., 1908-01-23
Only One Season.

From the Columbia State.
To the genuine base ball fan there is
but one season in the year. All the other
months are merely so much weather.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

Reports of a cheapenins of food come
just in time to give the dollar dinner a
new impetus.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

Il appears ttat Mr.. Bryans caree" has
been, far a financial ii not, from the
practical politicians viewpoint. an ar
tistic success
Evening star., 1908-01-23
SHOOTING STARS.

Most of the Japancse-American war
news continues to bear the Paris label.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
Spring.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From The EaItInlOre Sun.
Only a few more weeks and we will be.
gin to beat carpet.
Evening star., 1908-01-23

THE STAR has regular and perma-
aen. Family Circulation much moro
than the combined circulation Of the
other Washington dailies. As News
and Advertising Medium It has no
competitor.
Evening star., 1908-01-23
Conflicting Emotion

did you have good time at your
musicale?'
No" answered Mr.. Cumrox. 'every
time the band played anything I enjoyed
1 got worried for fear it wasn't classical
enough to be the moneys worth"
Evening star., 1908-01-23
The Congressional Record.

How welcome should your pages be!
Although complaints are far from rare,
We know at least that we shall see
No naughty novels printed there.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-14
RAILROAD Uotes

Big Four fast passenger No. %,
while advancing three miles east OF
Crestline Sunday, shortly after noon
struck an unknown traveller who
happened to be along the tracks and
Instantly killed him. A number OF
section men discovered the dead
body after the passenger had passed
body was found lying in the middle
of the West bound track and was
badly mutilated. The officials of the
train did not know of the accident
and no attention was paid but the
Italian section laborers summoned
others and a number gathered and
the body was transferred to Crest
line.
The officials we're unable to find
out anything concerning the man. It
iG not believed that he was a tramp
hut appeared as though farmer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-14
WILL INSPECT
ALL CHURCHES
Buildings Must in Some In-
stances be Changed.
The DOORS SWING IN
And Must be Made to Swing
Out.
Az Soon as School Buildings are In
Proper Shape, the Work will be
Begun on Churches.

The churches of Marion will be
subject To an inspection by state
Building Factory Inspector Morgan,
or one of ms deputies, within the
near future, according to the state
ment of the inspector. AS soon as he
is done with the school matters,
which are Weighing heavily upon
him, he declares that he will issue
an order which win make every
church over the state in the cities
and in the country subject to a
rigid Inspection. This will be with
regard to the doors, many of which
open inward instead OF outward.
Marion has quite a number OF
churches whose doors open inward
and 1t is probable that much money
for repairs will have TO be spent
by the churches soon in order TO
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-14

comply with the demands of the
inspector even as was done by The
various boards OF education over
the state The outside rloors in near
ly all CT the Marion churches open
outward, being constructed in that
manner owing TO beauty of archi-
lecture more than anything else.
However, there are number of in
side doors which open into the
various church rooms and these will
have to be changed. For the most
part, however, IL is believed that the
inspector will find but few of Mar
ions churches, which will not COM
ply with the state law, concerning
the matter. In this regard the jani-
tors of the churches have power to
change the motion of the doors and
1t IS probaple dnat this Will be done
in many cases before the inspector
ras an opportunit to condemn.
The inspector expects to send out
his deputies on this mission as
soon as the conditions in the school
buildings are in proper shape.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-14
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion OF
the ear. There is only one way TO
cure deafness, and that Is by con-
stitutlonal remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition Of
the mucous lining of the Eustach
ian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have a rumbllng sound
or imperfect hearing, and when II
is entirely closed, Deafness is the re-
suit. and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which Is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lars for any case OF Deafness
(caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars free.
r. j. CHENEY & CO., Toedo, o,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family puls for con-
stipation.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-14
Your Stationery Fs2ss5' Soar business 6ss shs :

jails, forty-two counties with no
prosecutions on hand, twenty-five that
have no poor houses and forty cCun-
ties have no paupers supported by
the state. Does 1t pay there do you
think?"
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
nights OF this week, there will be
stereopticon views at the tent while q
number of meetings have been planned
for the county.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-14
Money Loaned

AT rates that will fit your pocket.book.
Hot weather necessities that call Tor
an extra expenditure Of money will
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You need not deny yourself or your
family Tor the need Of a few dollars
when we actually make it a pleasure
for you to obtain loan from us on
your personal property.
You can borrow from US immediately
and pay it back in installments large or
small TO suit you.
Low rates-absolute privacy.
Marion Chattei Loan Go.
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Phone $50.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-14

The Erie railroad has issued an
order by Superintendent G. A. Allen
to the effect that water should be
used very sparingly by the employees
on the engnes and that only a lin
tied amount may be taken from any
one point for use on the road. The
supply at Caledonia, Gallon and
Sterling is almost exhausted and wat
er must in the future be taken at
Barberton, Mansfield and Marion
Only so much as Isl needed will be
taken.
Baggagemaster lScoyille atithe I'm.