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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-18
Senator Bacon.s Currency plan

Senator Bacon Of Georgia, has intro
duced d financial measure intended to be
amendatory of the Aldrich bill that is
Of interest as revealing the views of a
conservative Southern statesman on the
currency question Mr.. Bacon is frankly
OF opinion that there is not enough money
in the country, and he has so little fear
of imitation that he would not tax any adj
ditional issue OF currency in order to
force its retirement Nor has he any
pTejudices against an issue Of paper cur
rency by the government. provided that
currency DE, secured by bonds and be
redeemsble in gold. He is not in favor
OF an irredeemable paper currency. but
would gladly see a large part Of the
Understanding debt of the country con-
verted into noninteTest- bearing notes"
In accordance with these principles. the
Senator proposes that the government
issue currency direct 10 every bank. ma
tional or State, and to every trust COM
pany, upon the deposit Of Federal. State,
county, or municipal bonds with the
Treasury, such currency to be issued to
the amount of 100 per cent of the par
value Of United States bonds. and TO Is
Per cent Of the market value Of other
bonds. No limit is placed on the volume
OF issue. nor is any provision made for
the retirement OF the notes. save on the
demand OF depOsit0rs Of bonds As a tax
Of only 1 per cent is imposed on the pro-
posed issues, the chances are that they
would remain in circulation and consti-
tute a more or less permanent addition
10 the money supply.
This measure reflects the idea prevalent
in the South that under the present cur
reacy system the banks there are unable
to obtain a sufficient supply of currency
for commercial needs The banks Of the
South, other than national, hold as in
vestments State. county, and municipal
bonds that would be available as Sc
curly for the notes Senator Bacon would
issue. and they would be able TO float
such notes in localities where they are
badly needed especially at crop-moving
time. There is also some feeling in the
South favorable TO a return 10 the old
State banking system-a feeling that
would be Modified by Senator Bacon's
proposal His measure is a curious ad
mixture of State bank issues with re-
deemable government notes and a oond-
secured currency. and is more valuable,
perhaps az an expression of the financial
needs Of a rapidly developing community
than as a practicable contribution to cur
rency legislation.
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What JEFF Davis didn't say IN the
speech that failed at Chicago he more
than said in Cooper Union. Chicago's loss
was Manhattan's gain Cocktails were
scarce, but trusts were plentiful and the
Arkansas trust-eater consumed at least
a dozen octopuses. Refrigeration held the
floor The ship of State drifted again.
and was snaked of the rocks amid up
roarious applause. The han resounded
with whaeks aad stiff punches admins
tered TO the money power Bully for
you. Jeffr' and Hit 'em again. came
back from his enthusiastic hearers. Sim
pie remedies for the trust evil were plain
~ and bluntly given, as became a simple.
honest soul Treat trust magnates as
you would a boss thief Take away their
charter rights; that's the way to handle
EN-" Then a dire threat to Senators
uniucky enough TO have had the jeff
Davis trust-destroyer referred TO their
committee:
I've got bill to that effect in the Senate. The
Judi ar Committee has got II il charge. and III
DO thorn in their side TIL they report ii out
Unhappy judiciary Committee! Be
tween the prohibition pitchfork and the
thorn Of Arkansas, its members can hard
~ expect to get of without a scratch.
Newspapers our limelight hero holds in
profound contempt Ninety per cent of
EN- have nothing TO say about what they
print. The trusts run most of 'em. ex-
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slang Inn Cnmes and Goen

From the Richmond Times Dispatch
+ Nothing about our speech Is more curl
Gus and in many ways more interesting
than the movement Of our so-called slang
words 4 new, strange word suddenly
appears from nowhere. or an old word
as suddenly hobs up in new guise. and
In the. next breath it is on everybody
lips. We hear it East. West. North.
South. on the streets, in the clubs. I'm the
drawing-rooms. even from the pulplts
It enjoys a mad and dizzy career Of popu-
larity, as marked as il is unexpected. and
then, all at once. It tumbles precipitately
into the obscurity whence it came. and
We never hear il again More rarely a
slang word sticks. Shorn by time Of its
charm for the "up-to-date" faddists. it
vet endures because of some real virtue
of apt and needed eXpressiveness: and
slowly it beats its way through the dis
approval Of the conservative guardians Of
language and lands safely between the
covers OF the dictionary
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Respectfully Submitted

Will the gentlemen controlling the man
agemeut OF the building at the corner
of New York avenue and Fifteenth street
wherein is housed the National Savings
and Trust Company kindly have their
big clock started again? For three whole
days together now the hands have pointed
to the same hour. Not a chime from the
erstwhile Industrious bell has been heard
in all that time
When that clock gets out of gear, every
thing else In the neighborhood gets out
with it. Nobody is ever quite sure what
time it is any more True, watches are
plentiful about the places, and a few
well-meaning clocks adorn our walls. but
they don't answer the purpose. somehow.
Having become accustomed % hearing the
corner clock strike the hours, all those
IN hearing distance have long ago ceased
to depend upon watches and things to
keep them regulated as to time. The big
clock has come 10 he looked upon as
true friend and guide; those who work
about It have become much attached to IT,
When it isn't on the job and working
steadily. there is a vague feeling of I'm
easiness in every ones breast-a feeling
as IF things were all of schedule time
somehow.
Already well-intentioned husbands have
had all sorts of trouble with usually hap
py and coutented wives because that
clock is out of whack. and they. there
fore, mess up domestic arrangements by
getting in TO luncheon or dinner behind
time-and innocently, too. II 10 be ac-
cepted as the proper hour at which one
should proceed to lunch, at the stroke
Of y one departs. But If there is no
stroke where for a long time there has
been a stroke, one is apt to work along
until away after 12-and then there is a
difficult and distressing situation with
which TO deal The same is true OF the
dinner hour, and ali other hours of the
twenty-fdur marked for some specific and
particular purpose.
We long to see the clock fixed and at
tending to business as it has been ac-
customed to do. We feel sure this en-
tire section Of the city joins us in this
petition to the powers that be- We will
not be happy until we are restored to
comfort and regular habits again, and
we are confident we shall never be I'M
less that clock is fixed. VIII the gentle
men primarily addressed get busy and
have this job attended TO?
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WASHINGTON SCHOOLS.
Discharge Of Chancellor Does Not
Settle Controversy.

Prom The Outlook
The outlook has expressed no opinion.
and does not propose 10 express any opin-
ion, about the merits Of the long and
painful controversy which has been going
on concerning the administration OF pub
lie schools I'm Washington. but Il is due
10 the school system Of the Capital Of the
nation to say most cmphatically that the
matter cannot be settled by the discharge
Of Supt Chancellor. The controversy has
been in the last degree painful il has
been needlessly complicated by the most
intense personal feeling, and It has been
conducted in many cases with q show OF
passion and an apparent absence Of a
desire 20 get at the facts which were
peculiarly offensive ia "a controversy con-
Quoted by people interested in education,
and supposed. therefore, 10 set an exam
PIE to the community in which they live
Washington is. I'm q sense a strategical
point It's government is the national
government. and its affairs. therefore.
concern the whole country. What is need
Cd 20 pat a stop 20 a discussion which
has run to sCaudalous lengths. and has
not been free from scandalous impllca-
ton, IS thorough investigation by an
Independent committee. who VIII divest
the matters at issue of all personal rela-
lions
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FEDERAL MILITIA CONTROL.
Remarkable Proposal of the Ma
tiOBnl Guard Association.

tionnI Guard Association.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The National Guard Association. meet
ing this week tn Boston, asks Congress
to SO amend the Dick law as to make the
militia Of the several States an integral
part Of the regular army, under the CON
troll of the Federal government The law
promoted by the now junior Senator OF
Ohio and passed by the last Congress
went further in this direction than would
have been thought acceptable a few years
before. Now it IS the opinion Of the
officers Of the guard that the Dick meas
ure did not go far enough. its members
believing the efficiency Of their organiza-
ton would be increased by the change
proposed. The war with Spain showed
unsupported weaknesses in the militia or
ganization as IL then existed, and there
has been an almost constant effort since
then 10 strengthen it and make il a real
part Of the fighting machine Of the nation.
In the request Of the National Guards
men is seen one more Indication Of the
drift toward Capitalization IN government.
and if this point is raised in Congress.
the plan agreed on in the Boston con-
vention may be defeated The Senatorial
temper just now is against any further
act tending to take authority away from
the States and placing ii in the hands OF
the Federal government What win Sen
ator Dick, head of the miltiamen's or
ganization, do in the face Of such d.
lemma2
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puts it, raised cotton and practiced law
on the side. lie has represented his dis
triet since the Fifty-thlrd Congress, having
no opposition either for denomination or
election 70 the Sixtieth Twice he has
received the vote Of his party for Speaker
of the House but the Republicans being
in the majority. 1t was an empty honor.
After a stirring campaign with Gov.
Vardaman before the people of his State
he was chosen at the primary election TO
be the candidate for Senator to succeed
Hon. II. p. Money.
THE hardest fight / ever had" said Nj
Williams; 1T was nip and tuck, but
got there just the same. and just picture
your Uncle John Sharp in a Senatorial
toga"
John Sharp not J. Sharp-he won't
have II that way-is popular with the Re
publican side of the House, and be and
Uncle Joe Cannon are chums OF many
years standing 1t IS a common occur
renee 70 see them arm in arm walking
along the corridors, and they have been
known TO dance the cakewalk together.
Representative SABBATH, Of Illinois. had
visitor from his district yesterday. and
when the name OF the visitor became
known, there was much comment on the
floor Of the House The visitor was
J. NJ. Pray. With the combination
Of names. signifying worship. there was
much talk about other combinations Ia
nomenclature that have developed from
time 10 time One combination is that
OF Lamb. Hay, and Li;tledeld The FIRST
two are from Virginia and the last from
Maine Brick, Of Indiana. and Glass, Of
Virginia, are good friends. Other names
that mean more than family include
Wood, of New Jersey. and woodward. of
West Virginia. There is but one Young
in the House. and he comes from Michi-
gan. There are really two Birds-0ne Is
Bird MCGUIRE from Oklahoma. and the
other Is Judge Byrd. from Mississippi
There are three Coopcrs-oue from Penn
sylvania, one from Wisconsin, and one
from Texas. Mr.. BurIeigh does not come
from d tobacco district. but from Maine
instead ana from the tobacco State Of
Kentucky are two members named James.
Ollie NJ. and A. ID. James While there Is
a sergeaHt-at-arms III the House. there is
but one Marshall and he halls from
North Dakota
Cole Peter Hepburn wandered into the
minority cloBkTooms after adjournment
Uncle Pete" usually spends most OF his
time ia his committee-room. but occa-
sionally he likes TO get out He was To-
counting war tales 10 Judge Byrd. OF
Mississippi and oscar Gillespie, Of Texas.
The judge was interrupted by the arrival
OF his daughter, and the tale was con-
tinued. Then the colonel began talking
farm. and demonstrated that he knows
the difference between a pl0w and har-
vester.
But I'm getting too Fat to follow q fur
row any more" be said. and with the
colonel right there in evidence, he got
"A laugh.
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Buy GabfaSt Talking
Stock hOWi

Six months ago i advertised
That / was going % make a cam
paign in favor Of Bryan
That there would be a panic that
would make the administration can
didates seek refuge in silence
Silence has been the uatchword.
Il was in vain that / appealed 10
IS Broadway for permission 20 talk.
7. vho had pledged my word 10 the
people. was unable - keep Il. Talk
stock went down, aud people who
had followed my advice. buying az
Is. found themselves wiped out when
the stock touched g.
Il was a conspiracy.
But / have matured ny plans.
have secured nearly IS per cent Of
the entire Talk stock Of the country.
and az the coming meeting. il you
viii only trust me and send me your
proxies. We--the people-Can coEEer
the market
! know the facts.
Wall street would like me to con
ceal these facts was offered as
high as % for my holdings. in the
hopes that the offer would stop me.
In serving the people / am not 70
be stopped
| know that ere a month has
passed there VIII he a larger output
Of talk than ever before. have ex-
amined the ground personally, Even
if the administration maintains ST.
lence and Mr.. Loeb is still, I know
that Mr.. Taft may be relied upon 70
add enormously to he output. Sen
ator Foraker can at any time throw
columns Of talk on the market Vast
quantities Of talk-the very loudest
quality-is only waiting for a favor
able moment % be thrown On the
market by Philander Knox, Speaker
Cannon, Senator Beyeridge. Vice
President Fairbanks, Gov Hughes.
John Wesley Gaines. and others
II is these big names that I use To
back ms proposition.
! believe the day has arrived when
We may safely buy the stock Of the
Gabfest- Talking Company.
Il can be had to-day for g. Il
viii go to par within thirty days,
I uDqualifedly advise the purchase
Of Gahest-Talk up to SO share.
After that | win advise further.
I promise. First-Thst viii write
no more ads. unless my subscribers
lose enough money to me 10 pay for
them.
Seeond-That ] viii receive no sal
any from Gabfest-talk, unless they
are willing TO pay IT % me, and
Tiird-That ] viii not enter poll
ties.
send me your proxies now.
THOMAS ROT DAWSON.
Boston, January IS. 1903
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EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: II you see il in The Big
StiCk, Il ism Z necsssarily so.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH KANSAS !?
It's All Right, According to the
Hon. O'Digman Swat.
Cannon is the Idol of the Masses in the
GTasshoppsr State. Taft
Boom Waning.

tIA-I ANAlAIe ||llI AlAlAt.N
topeka. Kans.. Jan. H.-ODig-
man Swat. Of Schenectady. y. Y.
who is leading the movement TO
nominate Cannon, q Illinois, for
President. and Hughes. Of New
York. for Vice President. started
East tonight. I had an hours talk
with him Just before his departure
He imprssses me most favorsbly As
q spacious. aggressive. resoWCefui
campaigner. Without violating any
confidence. | can assure The Big
Sticks army Of readers that he set
the ball rolling here in tine style.
and there can be little doubt Of the
outcome
Kansas IS for Taft. William Allen
White, Cy Leland, Mr. Bristolv, Mr..
Ware. the poet. and other Of the
President Great aud Good friends
are Whoopiug it up for the 0hiOan
all along the line. enthusiastically
experimenting the vigorous work Of
the Kansas City star. the tariff
reform organ Of this section. whose
first choice is Taft and second choice
Johnson, Of Minnesota. White.
through the Emporia Gazette, is
sounding daily slogans; Bristow is
prepared to take the stump; Ware
is at work on an ode 10 Taft, while
LELAND, acting under direction of
Hitchcock. o; Washington. IS organ
ling the fourth-class pOstmasteFs.
But Uncle Joe" Cannon is the
acknowledged idol Of the rank and
file. PIN Campbell is devoted to
him. Charley Curtis regards him as
a second Lincoln. Senator Long is
standing pat for him. ard so 1t is Of
the entire Kansas delegation in Con
eress- On the surface they are for
TAFT; actually they are for Cannon.
he has inherited almost the whole
Of the Roosevelt strength.
Il IS significant that Mr.. Swat
came armed with letters from the
Capitol and kept in Geographic com
munication with Hon. William Nc
kinlay. Hon. Frank o. Lowden. and
Hon. l.. White Busbey. He knew
the people he wanted to see. and ne
saw them. he went through the
State ike whirlwind. I tried IN
vain 10 keep up with him. As lie
boarded his train tonight. he said
triumphantly; It's all night. ms
boy; all right Cannon and Hughes
vii be nominated. It's a ground
swell already Tie ticket VIII sweep
this blessed land Of 0urs-sWeep it
from Maine 20 California; from Du-
nth to Pass Christian"
! am 10 join Mr.. Swat in Wiscon-
sin next week. \. O. NJ.
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room FOR OLD BOREAs:

The winter might be working but it won't.
It might be cold enough to make YOU faint:
The rivers might be freezing but they don't:
The weather might be icy, but it amt
So fig for every calendar that hangs unoa the wall
And a pish for every almanac there Is;
So a hal for every winter time that never came at
all
And a hoot fer every pond that never friz.
Il might have been near zero. but il wasn't.
The sn0Wfakns might be falling but tbev aren't.
The ice-skate might be working but il doesn't:
Toboggans might be flying. but they cant
SO a snort for all the wcathermen that cannot make
IL cold.
And sneer for all the weathemen that don't,
And I wish this pone might sting en- into JAM
ing il more bold
But I'm hers to Tisk silver that it won't
~Ricnmond Times Dispatch.
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BaIlGd ofthe Union Station

One moment. bid the street car
wait.
That train Of ours don't start till
three;
Nine men are stationed at the gate.
Our railroad tickets they must see.
What if thirst take YOU suddenly.
There Is no bar in the station
waste:
Our journey starts of dry, you see.
Let's take nip, and then make
haste.
The men Of high renown and great
Commissioners the mighty three
They all decree cafe an lat
Is strong enough for you and me.
Farewell. cocktails and ginrick-ee.
That down our threats so oft have
chased;
Dry-throated start eff perrily.
For here, at train.time, not a
taste.
LEnv0i.
Masters. We hail sou with all state.
The license granted Thanks TO
thea
Once more We'll hnger at the gate,
The voyage begins with booze and
glee
Rattle the glasses all csre-free.
There's booze in bulk and booze
that's cased.
Come. take railroad trip with me.
Ere train-time. now. we may have
q taste.
FRANK +. MORGAN.
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CERTAIN MAXIMs OF HAFIZ.

The word n a politician: a gas bin
3 medical adj.
Which Of these three can you trust
IN a world whore most things
are bad
If you play Bridge ia the nighttime
for shekels Of silver and gold.
Look not too long on the highball-
seductive and sparkling and
cold.
If she has written a letter. answer
il not till next morn:
Love letters written in haste bring
many a man to scGn.
Put her letter away. where no other
eye may see.
She has written other letters besides
that she has written to thee
If there be trouble to Herward-
Trouble % beat the band.
Take the first train from the city
bewanng the witness stand
If We fan in the race and awake.
our eyes blurred with aching
head,
Remember, Rem0rse Is a blessing:
drink Bromo and Settler in
stead.
As the gold Of the STANDARD OIL
Company is given byyou and I.
It's funny what little happiness John
u. and his friends can bug.
This last I would have you remem-
Der Lend not your cash to
y0uF friend,
For q friendship broken by borrow
ing-is broken too deep to
mend. 5. &. B.
Hibb5 Building. Jan. 10, 1893.
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BY YE LOCAL SCRIBE

Samuel G.. Blythe. Of here. is back
in town.
Hon. e. c. Carlin between trained
at the Metropolitan yesterday
Loeb won't he TO blame if he
doesn't get that stTeet-railway presi-
dency.
Hon. Charles b. lands Is reduc-
ing his weight by taking daily horse
back rides.
Who is the Silver-t0nEued Orator
OF the Potomacl Why. Dan J. Cal
iahan, Of course.
Rumor reaches US that the Gotham
Weekly Gazette is getting ready 20
bolt Taft-agsin. Now leans toward
Hughes,
VIII Guide and Arthur Moses are
the most popular members Of our
Chamber q Commerce. Look at the
recent vote.
Cuno II. Rudolph. assisted by
George II, Harries, viii entertain "a
number Of his business friends at
Eauscher's next Wednesday evening.
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OULAHAN'S OUIPS.

When there's VIII a woman
usually has It.
Few tenors' voices are what they're
cracked up TO be.
4 burst OF tears is a womsnis
method Of swearing.
1t is always the other woman that
haS the perfect husband.
Nothing in this life IS sure. unless
it has already happened.
4 chap who follows his natural
bent may be straight after ali.
A girl can usually make a good
match If she has money 70 burn.
No msn is wise enough TO know
all that the fool thinks he knows.
The music that is always cheerful
is when a man blows his owu horn.
Some people can't stand prosper
ity. and others can't understand il.
There are some men, the more YOU
think OF them the less you think OF
them.
The road leading downward from
success is paved with good inten-
tons.
kissing 4 cold storage woman Is
about as bad as eating a cold-stor-
age egg.
In following the dictates Of con-
science don't be too. far behind the
procession.
Perhaps there is no such thing IS
platonic love, but a poor excuse is
better than none.
The man who wears shoes too tight
for him seldom ieaYes footprints in
the sands Of time.
Read Bingyille Bugle tomorrow.
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Shakespeare Notwithstanding.

Is there anything in a name?'' in
quired the man with mouse-colored
whiskers. you can bet there u.s. Name
a boy Stuyvesant or Van Rensselaer, or
Governor. and he'll never hold anything
but first-class job. Nobody will ever
dare ask him TO swab windows or mop
floors. And by the time he's forty he'll
be head OF "A trust company and director
In twenty-seven prominent concerns. on.
yes. there's a heap in q name. femme tell
YOU"
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From the Kansas City Star
The sale of the London Times last week
aroused considerable interest among the
Kansas editors. The Hutchinson News
expresses the belief that "a good county
seat newspaper ike the London Times
ought to be a gold mine.
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Three Times and Ont.

From the PittsburE Disnatch
Mr.. Bryan probably thinks that Mr..
Cleveland, having enjoyed the experience
Of being three times d candidate and
twice winner should be willing to let
him have the pleasure of the three candi-
dacies on the faint hope of getting one
winning out Of il.
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threatened with cap
tuTe by the Federal
troops his ia mfiy
moved to Yazoo. Af-
ter finishing his stud
les In a private school
he went to- the Ken
lucky Military Instl-
tute, the University of
the South. the Uni
versity of Virginia.
ard the University OF
Heidelberg. in Baden,
Germany.
Representative Will
liams first practiced
law in Tennessee. but
in 1873 he resumed his
residence in Yazoo.
and began the prac-
tice OF his profession
there, raising cotton
%. Al. -sI.. go H.