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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13
A WELL MAN, AT 81.
The Interesting Experience Of an Old
Settler of Virginia.

Daniel S. Queen, Burrell Street.
Salem, Va, says: Years ago While
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13

In looking out for NO. Z "'O'
looks out for No. l..
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13

Actors who are egged off the stage
o,,aht 70 make a fresh start.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13

In planning to plant ornam ns al.
trees and shubs plant IN 81 Grass.
ways leaving an open space io'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13

Multiplying her words seldom aoo
n a woman's popularity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13

Dere iss always room al a Ge anu NIX
not D0 iss why de attig ISIS full OF cnunA
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13
,rc.usEs HEADACHE.

From October n 70 Ie mn LAXATIVE BRoM Hs
9%enNt TSqs removes cause. on OoAS''
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13

a Sore Throat or Cough
,f suffered to progress, may a ma, ens
,rnss browns Bronchial Irocnes
give immediate rellel.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13

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Children . issls pain wind collie c
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13

Malice supplies the want Oh ase
Latin.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13

PILES CURED IN ITO T. ia , paa any case
P Fl 1sChing, BIND Bleeding or f 5Ue.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-13

ONLY ONE "BRoMo 2 9y1SE. Look 70.
That Tn sna AHAo Of F. " GF0yB s Used the "0
the the, s ,9 Eure Cold in One Day |'o'
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
a Rooseveltiau Law AnnuIled.

No feature of the Presidents economic
programme has been more insistently ad-
vocated by him than the employers
liability law. Mr. Roosevelt regarded II
as but a stepping stone to a more COM
prehensive measure applying the prin-
ciple that employers should bear all the
risk attendant on the prosecution of their
business, thus assuring an injured en-
ploye definite compensation for any acct
dent received in the performance of duty.
irrespective of the question of negligence
He defended this proposal on both
economic and humanitarian grounds. al
though it was based on a practical re-
versal of the old legal maxim that an
employe should take upon himself the
ordinary risks of his occupation. In an
address at jamestown last summer, Mr.
Roosevelt criticised the policy OF the rail-
road companies in fighting the employers
liability law as unwise, and declared that
the measure was one that must be kept
on the statute books in drastic and thor
oughgoing form"
The Supreme Court, however. has
thrown the new law on the legislative
scrap-heap, and with it goes all hope Of
the adoption by Congress of the wider
principle of employers liability so ardent
" contended for by the President. Jus
tive Whites opinion. indeed, gives some
ground for belief that an amended bill,
restricting the operation of the law to
employees engaged solely in interstate
commerce, would be upheld by the court.
but If employers liability be a subject
not within the power of Congress to regu-
late commerce. then, OF course, the legis-
lstion in question is altogether forbidden
by the Constitution. Justice White and
his colleagues of the majority appear to
differ on this point. Aside from con
stitutional objection, the practical diff
Guilty in the way of legislation affecting
railway employees is well illustrated bv
the impossibility of distinguishing ac
curately between Federal and State iuris-
diction-a fact that may strengthen the
agitation for a more complete surrender
to the Federal government OF power over
the railroads through constitutional
amendment. A more accurate definition
Of the relative authority of the national
and State governments in this respect
must be regarded as an essential pre-
requisite to further economic legislation
of the Rooseveltian order. so far at least
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
Why Not I'm Camera" Here?

One of the brief dispatches from Lon-
don announcing the latest wreck on the
sea Of international matrimony was
worded thus:
The suit cf the Countess Of Yarmouth for the
annulment Of her marriage Is on the list Of de-
Tended eases set for hearing at the next sttings Of
tho Divorce Court II viii be heard IN camera"
On the same day the cable brought
from Berlin the news of the conviction
Of Editor Harden on the charge of libel
ing Count Huno Won Moltke, and in the
course Of the story of the case that has
stirred all Germany, this paragraph ap-
peared:
The latter part Of the Harden libel hearing was
held In camera, with the intention Of shielding the
public morals from the rpyolting and sensational
details"
The beginning Of the second trial of
Harry Thaw in New York this week
lends especial significance to two words
which appear in each of the extracts
quoted-"m camera" The titled sister
of the man charged with the murder of
Stanford White is to tell the story of
her LIES tragedy-which seemed 10 her
TO be anything but a tragedy, doubtless.
when she was so busily engaged in pur-
chasing the privilege of being called
countess-before a secret tribunal. The
evidence will be carefully guarded from
the press and public, not because of any
special consideration for the plaintin.
or any one else connected with the case.
but because a wise English law pro-
hibits the broadcast dissemination of such
statements as are expected to. be made
by medical men and others summoned
10 support the charges Of the woman
who was Alice Thaw. In Germany. too,
the authorites-nfiuenced to some ex-
tent, no doubt, by the rank and proximity
to the throne of some OF the principals
realized that it was not we'll 10 permit
the filthy and disgusting details OF the
trial of the courageous Harden TO be
placed unreservedly before the public.
Here in America, 1t is different. The
degree of publicity given a court pro-
ceeding Of the general nature of those
just referred to is governed by the num-
Der Of sensational developments and the
amount OF immoral or saIacious fact
testified TO by witnesses. One has only
to recall the first trial OF Harry Thaw
10 form an idea of how the yellow jour
nails of this country and their public
would have WalloWed in filth had the
Harden charges. for example. been aired
in an American court. Crowds flock 10
courtrooms here when such stories as
That told by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw are
scheduled. At the recent Bradley trial
in this city. the presiding judge, one day,
found il necessary to interrupt the pro-
ceedings long enough to direct the re-
noval OF a young girl who had been
brought in by an Older woman to hear
the most sensational part OF the defend
ants recital. North, South, East. and
West, it is the same. Too much pub
licity is permitted in such matters and
the effect on public morals cannot be
other than bad in the extreme If our
system were to be changed so as 10
follow the example Of foreign countries
and have such trials held in camera, q"
the country would be distinctly better
of.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
The spoil of office.

Following the recommendation in his
annual message that the fourth-cIass
postmasters be placed in the classified
service, President Roosevelt has sent a
rather vigorous communication TO Con-
gress urging that the temporary employees
of the Census Bureau be chosen under
civil service rules. Taken in connection
with the bill just introduced by Chairman
Smith, OF the House District Committee.
10 place the employees of the District un-
der the classified service. the Presidents s
recommendations serve to remind US how
large portion OF the government service
still suffers from the "taint OF the spotls
system"
Although a civil service reformer.
Mr.. Roosevelt sull recognizes one of the
worst features Of the spoils system when
he accepts the appointees Of Senators and
Representatives, and acquiesces in their
apportionment Of Federal patronage
among themselves, but he Gdheres to the
conviction that minor Federal employees. if
the efficiency of government service is to
be maintained, must be selected bv the
competitive method His brief message Of
Monday strikes hard at the idea that the
temporary employees Of the Census Bu-
reau should be parceled out as PATRONAGE.
There viii be about 1000 of these en-
ployes, and about 5000 enumerators in
the ZELDA fine lot OF patronage 10 fan
into the Congressional lap in close prox-
unity TO Presidential campaign. This
has not been overlooked In the BIN nro-
vidng for the next census. which pro-
vides noncompetitive examinations as a
requisite to appointment Such examina-
tons however, are no bar to the appor-
tionment OF the places as patronage. and
they give the successful applicants oppor-
tunity for transfer without further exam
ination TO the permanent force. Commits
sioneT Black, of the Civil Service Commits
sion, denounces the proposed legislation as
only slightly less vicious than previous
laws" Mr.. Roosevelt uses equally strong
language regarding former census legis-
latiOn, which is closely followed by the
new act he says that the examinations
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08

used in selecting the force employed in
the last two eensuses served only as a
cloak to hide the nakedness Of the spoils
system" They did not prevent the ap-
pointment OF the incompetent, and they
afforded no check on political appoint
ments. The majority OF the census en-
.ployes We're below the average of those
selected by competitive examinations for
Ike grades in other branches of the serv-
ice The talnt Of the spoils system, -
says the President. will not merely ham
per and delay the economical and efficient
taking OF the census, but viii impair the
belief of the public in its honesty"
The civil service reformers in both
branches Of Congress will have TO be up
and doing if they want to take the Cen
sus Bureau out of the hands of the
spoilsmen who are planning TO take pos
session of patronage it affords. only
the strongest pressure viii avail TO
secure such legislation as the President
ana Civil Service Commission have asked
for.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
10 dissolve a Hartman Merger.

Although the machinery of the Depart
ment Of Justice moves somewhat ponder
ously nowadays, decision appears to
have been arrived at to attempt dis
solution Of the community of interest be
/ between the Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific railroads, by means of which rail-
way competition in large section Of the
/ West has been eliminated. 1t will be al
IIeged by the department that the re-
lations between these roads constitute a
violation of the antitrust law closely re-
sembling that which was proved in the
/ Northern Securities case,
/ The Union Pacific owns 10S0, 600 shares of
the total Southern Pacific stock issue of
2,S741SG shares, or something less than
one-haf The Union Pacific, however.
votes a majority of the Southern Pacific
stock. and for a number of years the two
/ roads have had a number Of directors in
Icommon, while they have the same presi-
/ dent vice president, secretary. treasurer,
director of traffic, and so on, through
/ long list of officials. Thus there is no pre-
tense that the roads are operated as
/ separate and composing lines. Rates TO
common points are the same and In short,
according to the report of the Interstate
/ Commerce Commission, ''the effect of the
control of the Southern Pacific by the
/ Union Pacific has been to unity and ANAL
gamate the management of these two
railway companies and their steamship
/ lines, and to eliminate competition be-
tween them in transcontinental business
and in business TO and from Oriental
ports"
In seeking the dissolution Of this merger
the government will once more try to re-
store competitive conditions in the West
ern territory. II has been frequently said
that the only effect of the Northern Sc
curities decision was 10 compel a mOdifica-
ton Of the method by which the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern are oper-
ated under a common policy and for COM
mon ends. There is no more competition
now between those roads than there was
under the merger. VIII the present action
against the Hartman roads prove any
more successful in bringing about COM
petition? II may be doubted; and yet 50
long as. in the language OF the commerce
/ commission, competition between rail-
ways is the established policy of the ma
ton" the Department Of Justice has no
option but TO enforce the law. Moreover.
/ the enforcement Of the law vii tend TO
put a stop TO the stock jobbing opera
tions which are among the worst features
of railway mergers. It ought 70 be
made inp0esibla for any railroad corpSra-
ton 10 issue securities for the purpose of
buying control OF competing lines. If il
is necessary that there should be traffic
or other agreements between the rail
roads. as is pretty generally admitted.
such agreements should be permitted un-
der legal sanction and for specific pur-
poses. To that extent it Will probably be
safe TO allow the railroads 70 regulate
competition
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08

as it affects the relations Of transports
tion companies with their employees.
We judge that the reasoning of the ma
jority opinion VIII apply with equal force
TO the law passed at the last session of
Congress at the request of the President
regulating hours OF labor of railroad en-
ployes. AT all events, one of the objec-
tions raised TO that law while under dis
cussion in Congress was that it would
affect railroads engaged in intrastate
commerce equally with those engaged IN
interstate commerce. If this objection
prove valid. then that law also tends, to
quote Justice White. to 'obliterate all
the limitations of power imposed by the
Constitution" Will it be the next TO
fall under the guillotine Of the Supreme
Court?
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
A California Paper,

The Benicia New Era is a bright and
attractive California publication. of which
the editor and proprietor is Mrs C. Good
year Kirkman, who is well known IN
Washington. It is devoted largely TO the
news of Solano County, and its holiday
issue, with a most attractive colored
cover, indicates that the community Is
most progressive and up to date. 1t is
neatly printed, and, apart from the
chronicle Of happenings, contains some
excellent editorials and literary features
The success Of hrs. Kirkman in the field
of journalism Is most gratifying to her
friends at the Capital.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
Joking Over Naval Controversy.

From the Springfield Republican.
The controversy between the line Off
GERS of the navy and the medical staff
is still the standing joke of Washington.
1t is considered piece Of bright witt
cism when telephoning to your doctor in
the city TO begin: "Doctor-oh, beg your
par6on-of course. 1 mean admiral" The
army officers are particularly gleeful at
the expense of their brothers in the navy.
but the remarks take on a sympathetic
tinge when they observe: I'VE have had
our experience with army surgeons made
generals-think of Leonard Woodland
now you are going through the same
thing" The half-humorous. half-lugubri-
Gus conclusion of both services is that
the best way 10 become a general or an
admiral is to take course In giving
pills and setting bones.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
stand-nat Niew of Rrran.

From the American Economist.
Nothing can beat Bryan-for the nomi-
nation. Bryan will be the Democratic
nominee upon a platform sufficiently
loyal to free trade and hostile to pro-
lection. And Bryan will. as usual, be
beaten at the polls, unless, perchance
the Republicans make the fatal mistake
of nominating some man like Taft, who
viii try to meet Bryan half way on the
tariff question In that event, Bryan will
be elected, and he ought TO be elected.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08

OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH.
Presidential Use of Federal Patron
age Condemned by Roosevelt.


age Condemned by Roosevelt.
From the New York Evening Post
Twice since the passing Of the "Vir-
ginia dynasty has a President Of the
United StzJes undertaken 10 name his
successor. Singularly enough. the prin-
cipal in the second attempt has been a
thoughtful. critic Of the first. Theodore
Roosevelt wrote in his Life Of Benton:
The Iacks1nian Democracy was already completely
ruled by machine. of which the most important
coss were tle countless 0-tceh0ldeEs whom the
splls system had already converted into a hand q
political ueTC5naTeS. Besides this such an
orgauizati9n reluiTes 90 have as lis leader
and hCIuEead a man Uho really has a great hold
ca the people az large and who yet can b. man
aged rs such politicians as possess the requisite
ad-uitucSs. Jackson liked Van Buren, be-
cause the latter had served him both personally and
paliucaly-lndeed, jackson was incapable Il dis
tlDgulslius between a political and personal seFT-
ice THE members a the kitchen cabinCtI
used his name and enormous influence with the
masses, coupled with thei- Own mastery Of ma
chine methods. 70 bring about the New Yorker's
nomination.
Who could have believed that these
lines would one day apply with hardly
more than a change Of names 10 the
ardent civil service reiormer who pen
ned them in 1886? If the Federal office
holders We're countless then. what is
TO be said OF their number to-day. when.
despite the extensions Of civil service
rules, nearly 150000 still remain outside
the classified service? Washington gos-
sip concerns itself just now with the
prospect of having the First Assistant
Postmaster General. an Official Of the de-
partment charged with the destinies Of
$1,000 fourth class pOstmasters, conduct
the Taft campaign without giving up
his post To all appearances, Federal
patronage is everywhere to be employed
for the securing of Taft delegates. OF
all sad ends to the Roosevelt administra-
tion, surely the saddest would be Con-
gressionaI inquiry into the ''pernicious
political activity at the other end Of
the avenue.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08

from tha Boston Journal
Joe Cannon smokes and sWears; Charley
Fairbanks takes an appetizer; Bill Taft
sits on the lid when requested to; Knox
has a penchant for fast horses; Hughes
consumes half dozen fat, black 25-cent
cigars a day, and scales MatteFhOrns and
Mont Blancs to pass the time away in
the summer; Bryan can take hand at
anything from old maid to bridge whist,
and-well. our leading politicians are
lively galaxy, no mistake.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
BREAKFAST TABLE CHAT.
From the Detroit Free Press
SECRETARY TA1rT,S SPEECH.

trom the Detroit Free Press.
SECRETARY TAFT's SPEECH.
This nation IS a great success,
And needs no condemnation:
And also, / would here express,
Is our administration.
This land Of ours IS safe and sound,
A cause for exultation;
And likewise, ! would here PROFOUND,
Is our administration.
THE ship of state IS riding well,
Triumphant navigation
And s0-it pleases me TO tell,
Is our administration
I'VE fly 10 signals Of distress.
For noble is our station;
Also, this is no idle guess,
Is our administration.
Then let us all uphold our land,
Though trusts are a vsxatiou,
support It's laws, you understand.
And our administration"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
The Emnfv Honse.

How changed the house is when no love is therel
Your deep eyes vex me ike some magic book
cannot ponder and I viii not brook
The WesrineSs Of your too golden hair
Hushi Was not that the Cfeaking Of a stair7
Is il his football, OF the wind'sf ] look
In vain for him in every hidden nook
There is no sound Of laughter anywhere.
All sweet, be has forsaken us; not base,
But needless, boyish-and the world is widei
He sees not now your soTTow haunted face,
Or feels that dagger that has pierced my side
And now all joy is vanished from the place
As from a house in which a child has died
-George S. YieTeek, in Town Topics.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
ANOTHER VICTIM.

The panic bOthers US no more;
I'm sure of that
And yet / cannot seem to soar.
I'm feeling fat.
The world outside Is very fair
And once I sang.
But now / do not seem to care
A single hang.
My head is hot; I cannot see;
My poor eyes drip.
| reckon ] have got-kerchee!-
The pesky grip.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
DIR. BedIoe In Egxpt.

From the Egyptian Gazette, December 20
DR.. Edward Bedloe, of Washington.
D. c., returned from America to Egypt
on Monday last by the North German
Lloyd steamer Hohenzollern, and will
spend the holidays in Alexandria with his
old college classmate, DR.. Love, after
which they will make the tour Of the
Nile and Sudan.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08

The esteemed Atlanta Constitution calls
for SANITY. Justice and Moderation" in
the South. Yes. indeed; but couldn't the
Constitution call for it III something
smaller than twenty-four-pOint type set
four columns wide2
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
Centenaries in Prospect,

From the ST. Louis Globe-DCmoeTat
One Of the duties of 1908 VIII be to get
ready for the centennial anniversaries
next year. Abraham Lincoln and Charles
Darwin were born on the same day in
1909. and in the some year occurred the
birth Of Tennyson, Mendelssohn, Poe, and
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08

Many physicians agree that it is more
or less dangerous to stop heavy drinking
too abruptly. Anyhow, prohibition is less
than two weeks old in Georgia. and al
ready a man in Gainesville reports "an
alligatOr-shaped creature. striped with
many colors, that fell from the clouds on
last Thursday"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
Went Too Far.

Being apparently above the law was
my und0ing"
AS u how
Relying on my elevated coign Of van
tage, l tried 70 kick the law in the face" ="
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08

term, he will have
been a Senator for
thirty years, near
ly one-half his life.
Senator Hale Is a
native Of Maine,
and at the age OF
only twenty began
the practice of
law. He has re-
fused TO accept
IN ore pTOffered
b o n Ors by his
party than any
man in public life.
Twice he refused
a Cabinet position,
pFeferring 10 serve
his people in the
Senate. Besides his
service IN the SEN
ate, he served ten
years in the House
and three in She
Maine legislature,
thus rounding out
a legislative career
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08

During the holidays, the New York
pOst-office sold about one hundred thou
sand dollars worth of 1-cent stamps. pre-
sumably for mailing souvenir postal
cards. So far as Uncle Sam" is con-
cerned, this appears to be one fad well
worth while,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
PFecatfffOu.

In casting bread on waters wide
II is no sin
To wait until you're sure the tide
Is coming in.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
VIII She DO Thiss

Father said the thirty-two-year-ol
camsel, blushIUg, II am thinking Of pro
posing TO George. Have you any objec-
tion to him as your son-in-law?'
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08
nernIate the Snusnre,

From the Philadelphia Record
The people out West have borne the
watering of stocks with a good deal Of
patience. but when it comes to watering
sausages in accordance with the recipe
of the beef trust there is a limit to popu-
lar endurance.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-08

What is the phOnOgraph2" asks the
Albany Times-UniOn. Our contemporary
viii be warned; this paper once inquired,
What is the grip?' We had many rea-
sons for not printing all of the replies; a
wholesome regard for the postal regula-
tiOns being the chief one.