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ove- the speakership in the Forty eighth
Congress, when Mr.. Carlisle was chosen
over Mr.. Randall. The latter was the
stronger congressional personality and
one Of the strongest men in the country
He was not opposed to tariff revision
for the tariff law then on the books was
of republican origin. But he believed ir
the principle of protection, and wanted
that recognized in whatever might be
done. But the fact that he was from
Pennsylvania, where protection meant
only high protection, defeated him. Mr.
Carlisle was an easy winner.
Eight years later a similar battle was
fought, and protection virtually won.
Judge Crisp was of the Joe Brown school
of tariff reform, and that was the Georgia
branch Of the Randall school. Mr.. Mills
was of the free trade school, The
Georgian won. and was reelected Speak
er. and both the Springer "pop-gun"
tariff bills and the Wilson tariff bill, pre-
pared while Judge Crisp was in the chair,
recognized the principle Of protection
If Judge Crisp had been Pennsylvania
Mr.. Mills would have defeated him as
easily as Mr.. Carlisle had defeated Mr..
Randall, and for the same reason.
ton about the Chicago nomination, and
Pennsylvania instructed for him. He is
an able and attractive man. and on the
trust question and the sound money ques-
ton would have been strong as candi-
date. But the idea of nominating Penn
sylvanian with tariff revision as one OF
the leading issues was of course prepos-
ferrous; and Mr.. Knox at Chicago received
only a personal compliment from his con-
stituents. He was never in the running
for a moment.
Mr.. Dalzell is an able man, and knows
a good deal about the tariff. But he is a
Pennsylvania, and for long was a
standpatter. He would not be chosen
Speaker in a Congress called together in
extra session to revise the tariff. 1t is
but a campaign charge to say that the
protective interests will not permit re-
vision downward. They will have their
say, just as they had it when the demo-
Gratis revised the tariff, but they will not
control the action taken. Many of the
Dingley schedules are going to be lowered,
the former standpatters to the contrary
nOtWithSt anding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
COL. STEWART.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Col. Stewart will not have to endure
that walking test" They have railroad
ed him through.
From the Detroit Free Press.
1t looks very much as though Col. Stew
art would have to shoot the chute. 1t is
semi-officially reported that he has no
heart, no eyes and only one leg, while
the rest of him is seriously damaged.
From the Detroit News.
But being retired on $500 a month pay
should enable Col. Stewart to take treat
ment for his heart.
From the Birmingham Ledger.
The public insists on thinking that
however much of a nuisance Col. Stewart
was he has not had square deal
From the Memphis News Scimetar.
President Roosevelt has had his way
in the matter of Col. Stewart, who has
been retired against his own will.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
Col. Arizona Exile Stewart has been in
such, serious condition from valvular dis
ease of the heart for thirty-five years
that he has been unable to do anything
but ride thirty miles and walk fourteen
miles a day, rid the desert of rattle
snakes and fight the rest OF the army, in
Guiding the commanderin-chief. Poor
health is a great handicap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
THE SUFFRACETTES.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
The London Suffragette movement con-
tinues to be headed toward the Jail.
From the Baltimore American Star
The English suffragettes are growing
so excited they are twisting their name
into fussyettes.
From the Chicago News.
Now that the British parliament is
opened the members should be careful
about keeping their hair brushed and
their neckties arranged They never
known when they may have visit from
the suffragettes.
From the Columbia State
The English suffragettes rush in where
the policemen fear to tread.
From the Brooklyn Standard Union
OF course, if the suffragettes ever do
win the full chocolate cream box will
thereafter be the paramount issue.
From the indianapolis Star
The suffragette demonstration shows
that sometimes the staid centers of old
world population can give points on siren
uousneSS to even our western civilization
From the Boston Transcript.
Has beleaguered parliament thought of
mice?
From the Nashville Tennesseean.
The British suffragettes are devoting
themselves to the task of keeping the
members Of parliament awake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
The Safety of the Schools.

So much has been said lately about the
conditions of the local public schools,
with regard to the safety of the children,
that the people of Washington have peeh
worked up 10 a pardOnable state Oh ap-
prehension, although. as far as the 1acts
are now known, without full jusuhcatloh.
In these circumstances Commissioner
MorrOWs recommendation, printed IN
yesterdays Star, that a commission Oh
expert citizens be named to examine the
schools is highly praiseworthy. 1t should
promptly be adopted. Thereby the public
may be informed of the precise situation
without prejudice or craftsmanship.
The District school buildings are not
models in all respects. For this condition
Congress is primarily to blame, as 1t has
persisted in granting appropriations in
inadequate sums and the constructions
have been skimped in consequence to
meet the requirements of the law. Owing
to the unwise policy of compelling the
District to pay on a cash basis for perma-
nent improvements the estimates for
schoolhouses have been Systematically
cut from year to year until there is a
very heavy arrearage of needs. Last
spring. for example, the Commissioners
and the board of education asked Con-
Eress for an appropriation of $4,000 for
repairs to put the schoolhouses in a
suitable condition. Congress appropriated
only $4,000.
In this whole matter the children in
the schools are first to be considered, and
for their sake the exact facts should
at once be ascertained. On the strength
of these facts, disclosing the precise needs
of the schools. the board and the Com
misSioners. waving for the time the
question of what official is to be held
responsible for this or that Shortcomings
can join in a demand upon Congress for
the necessary funds without unduly
alarming the public or further obscuring
the real issues.
This matter has no bearing upon the
form of the District government. The
question is solely of the best way to equip
the school system with buildings and to
operate them to the highest point of
safety and efficiency. All attempts to
utilize the discussion to the end of dis
creditinS the District Commissioners or
the school authorities, to put any one lin
hole" or to crafty personal malice are
to be deprecated as not only unwise but
unfair and calculated to do great injury
to the District.
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DEBS.

From the Houston Post.
Mr.. Debs says he is not fit by training
or temperament to be President of the
United States. Mr.. Debs knows Mr.. Debs
Just as we'll as anybody knows him.
From the Pittsburg Gazette-T Times.
Philadelphians expressed astonishment
at the splendor of Candidate DebS' special
train and private car. DebS is one So
cialist who wouldn't care to put the di-
viding-up theory into practice.
From the st. Louis Republic.
Sixteen members of the audience that
gathered in Philadelphia to hear Eugene
Debs were arrested, which is fairly toll
Grant for Philadelphia.
From the Newark Evening News.
Debs captured the entire woman vote
of the country by declaring himself IA
vorable to equal suffrage, but it Is too
much to hope that the suffra getteS will
go to campaigning for him.
From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
Crowds pay Debs to hear him speak
The old parties might learn something
here in the way of raising campaign
funds.
from the Boston Herald.
Al fresco entertainments have at last
oegun to tell on Debs' articulation. It's
cheaper to hire a hall in the long run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
The Road in Autumn.

A man does not need an automobile to
be able to enjoy the beauties of the
country at this season. A street car will
take him well beyond the area of side
walks and asphalt pavements and brick
houses and enable him to rest his mind
in communion with the trees. These are
the days when he should take his fare
we'll look at the foliage out in the farther
stretches Of country. There is much to
reward him for an hours excursion. Be-
tween the closing of his desk and the call
to dinner he can see pictures that are not
to be duplicated in the greatest art gal
leries of the world. He has, in fact, but
to go over into the Mall to get glimpse
of what nature is doing for humanity
with her marvellous brush and palette.
"A country jaunt at this time of year
may not be quite as delightful as an eX-
cursion in early spring, when the trees
are just coming into leaf and the birds
are giving their early greetings to their
friends and all nature has assumed the
fresh, fair garb of the new year There
is promise IN the spring and only recol-
lection in the fall, but none the less the
autumn has its charms. The yellow and
red leaves OF the trees tell of work &C.
be brown and sere, but they, too, have
accomplished their end. They have
brought forth their fruits in abundance,
and now. as they lie ready for the snow.
they tell of productiveness and pros
perity.
He who walks abroad in the fall should
see with the eye of Interpretation. The pic
lures that pass before him should inspire
philosophical acceptance OF all the
circumstances of life. The man who goes
hurrying down the road with his eyes
on the dust does not appreciate his op-
portunities. He is the plodder, often the
pessimist. AT a slower pace behind him
may come the man to whom the road
means expansion, freedom. Every city
man should at least once in seven days
leave the town and give himself the
chance to breathe deeply of the air which
only comes through the trees. He needs
no objective. He may become tired in
half an hour, but he has nevertheless
accomplished his best object, that OF
changing the currents of his thought and
shifting his point of view, if ever so little.
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be allowed between the wires and the
propeller blades.
The Herring machine which is about to
be tested presents two new features. an
exceptionally light and powerful engine
and a device for the automatic balancing
Of the apparatus while in flight The sec
ond Of these Is by far the more impor-
tant, and If the test proves its efficacy
it may be possible to declare without
hesitation that the practicable airsh1p
has at last arrived The bird in flight
balances instinctively by the slight twist
ing of the body and lifting and lowering
of the wings. The buzzard while soaring
is perfect illustration of this capacity
to remain on an even keel. so to speak,
whatever the fluctuations Of the air cur
rents. In the Wright machine the opera
tor adjusts as he feels more or less re-
sstance and recognizes the necessity OF
shifting his planes. Mr.. Herring claims
that he has found a means for doing this
automatically by the adoption OF SIM
pie but trustworthy mechanism. II ne mas
accomplished this result he has done no
less than give his machine an instinct
equal to that of the bird; in other WORDS
he has Appropriated the infusion OF VI
tally into his apparatus.
Some time ago the worlds attention
was directed to the application OF the
gyroscope to single-rail cars. Tests IN
England demonstrated the posslblllty ol
maintaining vehicle, whether statloh-
airy or in motion, upon single line Oh
support by revolving a gyroscope at h'sn
speed in the center. At that time II was
suggested that possibly the problem OIL
aerial navigation would be solved by the
adoption of the gyroscope 1t remains
to be seen whether Mr.. Herring has ap-
Piled this principle or has found still an
other method for maintaining balance
He has been unusually secret1ve IN MS
experiments, and the public curiosity is
keenly whetted in anticipation OF his pup
lie demonstrations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
Taft's Southern Tour.

Judge Taft's receptions in the south
We're foreshadowed by his personality
and the character of the people 1t was
certain before he crossed the Ohio river
that large crowds would greet him, ana
give him at least a polite hearing. Even
more than this marked the line of his
itinerary. In the cities there were thronSs,
and not only polteness but enthusiasm
characterized their demeanor. Both
sides participated At every important
point democrats united with their repub-
lican friends in honoring the dlstin-
guished visitor. Quick to see this, the
candidate made felicitous acknowledge
ments of the courtesy, and keyed his ad-
dresses accordingly.
The appeal was to the business south
as distinguished from the political south
There is such a distinction, recognized
in that section itself. The business south
has never approved of Organism in any
Of its manifestations. 1t froWned upon
the fifty-cent dollar. It had no sympathy
with the policy of scuttle as respected
the Philippines. And it is stoutly OPP
posed to government ownership of rail-
roads, the initiative and referendum and
the wildcat scheme of guaranteeing bank
deposits. In a word, business sense is
business sense about leading business
propositions, whether found south or
north, east or west.
Mr.. German the most accomplished
southern politician of his day, encoun-
tered the business south in the CLOSING
years of his career, to his complete dis
comfiture. The business sense of the
democratic party of Maryland refused to
follow him into the Bryan camp both in
1896 and 1900. In the matter of the Paris
peace treaty, the confirmation of which
Mr.. German tried to defeat in the Senate
southern boards of trade and chambers
of commerce differed with him and ap-
proved of the taking over of the. Philip
pine archipelago. The same thing hap
pened in the case of the Panama canal
While Mr.. German and other southern
senators were trying to defeat Mr.. Roose-
velt representative commercial bodies
and prominent business men all over the
south were petitioning for the accept
ance of the Panama route.
But in the matter of state control, the
southern politicians in the lower section
have always been, and now are, supreme.
Such overturnS as Maryland, and Ken
lucky, and Delaware have witnessed
or Louisiana. or Texas. or Georgia. Bust
ness men have often disapproved of the
local leadership, but have never tried to
overthrow it. Had they done so they
would have failed. Political control was
in the hands of men with the power to
continue it. With the whole elections
machinery in their grasp and fashioned
for their purposes, they could not be de-
feated. The business mans vote in oppp-
sition to the machine would have counted
for as little as that of the most friendless
fellow.
Such Is the situation in the lower south
ern states today, and nothing that Judge
Taft has said. couched as it all has been
in friendly terms and good argument. will
count at the polls this year. Men will
vote for Mr.. Bryan, or will refrain from
voting for Judge Taft, who, politically
speaking, wish the peerless leader in
hades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
THE SUFFRACETTE.

Mas a suffrarette. an say,
She Is busy every day,
Not I'm sewing buttons on
Trousers owned by me- an John:
Not in patching trouSer seats.
Canning fruit or pickling beefs.
She's not darnin' socks an things
That Is work for underlinCs.
Mas out there in our hack yard,
Practfcin' an workin' hard,
THROWN bricks most every day,
Tryin' hard tn learn the way
Men throw things an hit the marx:
Then some evening after dark.
Ma says she will do her share
Helpin' them TO mob the mayor.
Mas suffragette. and she
Is busy as can be.
Srudyin' an readil', too;
Not the way 10 make a stew,
Not the latest recipes.
She's cut ont such things as these:
She's not learnin' how to make
Something new in layer cake
Or 70 keep a husband home
When at nights he wants to roam
Mas Just learnin' things to quote.
provin' she should have vote.
Ma expects 10 get job.
Leading on female mob.
Home ain't what Il used 70 be:
AIM the same t. John an me;
There's a sadness In the afr.
Ma aint in her rocking chair
Nights, the way she used TO be,
Glad 20 keep my company.
But she's meetin' round about
Learnin' how to screech an shout,
Got n notion she must vote
Or the ship Of state won't float:
Now an then get queer
Sort o scary feelin' here
That the news will come. some night,
Ma got mixed up in a fight,
An arrested: you can bet
Mas a scrappy suffragette.
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Lord Northcliffe's Scoop.

tion, should salute Lord Northcliffe. He
has scooped us all on MIR. ROOSEVELT
plans for visiting England and France,
and it was as we'll done as if he had
been brought up in the land of scoops
When he landed, his lordship stated In
an interview that his visit was partly
for business. but little did his interview
ers dream that his idea of business would
take the form Of a tussle with the Amer
lean newsgatherers on their native heath
He has come, and seen, and conquered.
If this is taste Of his true quality, his
string" of publications is well explained
a fair wonder is that he does not own
more.
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BY THE NAN AT THE DOOR.

Sure enough. I thought you'd gIiass t.
That my manner would express II.
I'm an agent. ! confess It.
Up 10 all the turns and crooks.
Send your dog back 10 his mangar
There IS not the slightest danger:
I'm quite decent. though n stranger
Though. you see, I'm selling books.
No improper life I'm leading
When i sell you what ynnr're needing.
Here's thing that's worth the reading
Indispensable 10 cooks.
Here's a line Of splendid fiction
Sound in morals. pure I'm diction
Take your time; there's restriction
When come TO sell You books.
Lady, for your b-oomstick lespIng,
Violence Is ont of keeping:
Brooms. you know. were made for sweeping
ont your Kitchens dusty hooks.
IT your nerves are on the rayel.
Guess I'd best lie scratching gravel.
Knowledge when it's time u travel
Quickly comes in selling books.
Chicago Newv
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Grinding Axes.

The man who has an ak to grind
Is studiously bland,
And willing. you will often find,
To lend helping hand.
His argument is, after all,
simple one. and strong;
To give and take some favOrs small
Helps push the world along.
The man who scorns to ask for aid,
And sneers at those who do,
Pales like some plant in lonely shade
With sunshine lost to view.
crouch is the habitual plan
To which he grows inclined
'Tis better far to greet the man
Who has an ak to grind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
WHEN We LOSE INTEREST.

When Brown talked politics he'd shout
TIL you could hear him blocks about.
He'd saw the air and cuss and plead
For help TO curb the magnates' greed
He'd walk all day: he Il talk all night;
With vim and vigor and delight,
In any argument he'd mix
If you bur mentioned politics.
One day fellow came along
When Brown was going fast and strong
And 10 our wonder in he went
And tackled Brown In argument.
Brown just shut up and went away;
He had no heart 10 talk that day.
party chief tho stranger was
And asked dollar for the canse
Peoria Herald -Transcrip
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FRENzIED FIGURING.

The voter sat at eventide within his easy chair.
And pondered the election claims he'd noticed
here and there.
He copied OF the estimates that be had read
heard.
And then began TO calculate results Novembee
third:
II Hearst cut down the socialists and lost the
pops in turn.
And the Johnny Rehs all went for Debs; II
Vermont should plump for Kern;
Should Chain get Milwaukee yet and Watson
win in Maine:
IL Preston halved the vote for Taft-what states
would Bryan gain?
He figured on election dope from early eve
till late.
He took the last ten years returns from
county, ward and state;
But he ciphered more and more he sank
And as the strain wore on his brain began 10
tear his hair:
II Oklahoma split fits vote and gave to Tafo
a share:
II Minnesota turned its coat. ali. what woal1
Delaware?
If every, man who's fool enough to figure day
and night
Should he a goat-forget to vote-who'd see -
nation right?
Brooklyn Standard Unino.
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r.+ to dine with him and his
family only. In a friend
ly conversation Prince Bismarck said
some hard things against the Russians
''They should have chosen" said Bis
marck. "either to go to the end of their
route ConNantinople-for they could have
done so during eight days-or not exact
so much of the porte, and thus avoid the
intervention of Europe. There is but one
moment in events; it is necessary to seize
it."
This was an arrow shot at Gortschakof
whom Bismarck cordially detested. When
the plenpotentiaries arrived. dressed in
brilliant uniforms. blazing with decora-
tons. they were conducted by NJ de
Radowitz to Prince Bismarck, who re-
ceived them at the entrance of the salon,
whence the prince led them to the meet
ing hall.
Prince Bismarck. standing. opened the
congress by a short address of welcome
and then read the following remarkable
political orthodoxy:
1.-The treaty of San Stefano. being on
several points of a nature to modify the
state of things fixed by anterior Euro
pean conventions. should be submitted to
the free discussion of the signatory cab
inets of the acts of 1856 and 1871. to as
sure in common accord and on the basis
of new guarantees. the peace of which
Europe has so much want
THAT affirmation" remarks NJ de
Mouy. "of the right Of the powers to eX-
anime all notifications of treaties signed
by them was without doubt excellent and
perfectly in place; but it may seem
strange that it was announced as an alb
solute truth and with SO much apparent
conviction by the same man who without
consulting any one had successfully
changed the situation assured to Den
mark by the treaty of London to the
German confederation, to Austria and to
France by the treaties of Vienna"
field fired the first shot by demanding
that the Russian army
First camped near the Bosphorus
cl. should be urgently ordered
to depart. Gortschakof. shak-
ing with ill-concealed rage, resented the
attack in the name of the car. Prince
Bismarck met the explosion promptly
and cut short the dangerous collOquy be-
tween the giants by few timely words
Lord Beaconsfeld did not insist.
1t was assumed that the rude and
naughty character of the chancellor I'M
fitted him for the delicate mission of
presidential functions. The above Incl
dent proved the contrary The chancel-
knew whom to kick. when one asks me
for something" said Prince Bismarck one
day to Count de Mouy, Il look to see
first what he is Offering me in exchange"
And the prince illustrated his meaning
by extending his hands. 7 Inns upward,
as balance scales.
CHI. CHAILLE-LONG.
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EMPEROR WILLIAM.
Whenever any trouble starts

Whenever any trouble starts
Or anybody makes a row
In Europe or I'm foreign parts.
They put the blame on him, somehow.
II Francis Joseph stubs his toe.
Or good King Edward falls downstairs
Its up 10 German Bill 10 show
He didn't cause those sad Affairs.
II Frenchmen catch n new disease.
Or Russia's pushed against the wall.
Some London correspondent sees
How William slyly planned IL all.
He says he looks on war with hate,
But every time a begins
They all declare. as sure as fate.
Its one OF Williams shameful sins.
$. f.. kiser in Chicago Record Herald