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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-10

manse door. his hands thrust deep in the
pockets of his loose jacket, while he
turned the leaves of his prayer book
thoughtfully and wiped his glasses with
distraught air
After the door was closed a stealthy
foot slipped into the room, and with cau-
tious hand extinguished the light
.Fitzg1bbon fingered over his final lem
onade, when gentle voice tapped him on
the shoulder. and turning he beheld his
Old friend once again.
THE chariot Of revolution is rolling on
ward, crashing its teeth as 1t rolls
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You require premium I could furnish
$no. You do not mention Sundays
should have TO work that day?
Neither do you state whether the appli
cant must be clothed or not but 1 have
concluded that he must AT least wear
trousers. or he would be unable to carry
home his wages -
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Wouldn't we all rather

their drawbacks? Wouldn't we all rather
be small than big?
'On one of your surface trains the other
day Il very big. fat woman stood clnSlnS
To a strap. At last thin young man
rose and said in a loud voice:
II will be one of four 10 give this lady
seat a."
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TIE TlhAL @McEMTRk1lono Or liz
CATCH

Washington's Piscatorial
Pride, the Shad. May Be
come EXtinct-At Mouth
OF Potomac and at Every
Rivers Outlet Seines and
Nets Are Performing the
Work OF Depopulation,
While the Human Ape
tite for Shad Roe Adds to
the Grand Total-Govern-
ment Recognizes the Ne
cessity for Action and May
Take Immediate and Effec-
tive Preventive Measures
The Season for Spawn
ing Is Now Here and the
Fish That Escapes the
Shares Set for 1t Is For
tunate-One Roe and Its
Propagating Qualities.
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Government Takes Action.

channel Of the stream and never deviate
or he is lost.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
4 Need in the Nav.

The discovery has been made in the
Navy Department that there are not
enough junior lire officers 10 be SHARED
from duty on board ships OF var 10 con
tinue the detail Of such officers for in
struction in naval engineering. The naval
personnel act Of 1880 abolished the naval
engineer corps by merging its commits
stoned personnel OF specialists with the
line Il vas then fcresean that. sooner or
later. there wolhd be no engineer officers
in the sense Of personnel specially
trained IN the duties devoIviug upon an
engineer corps II was seriously proposed
TO establish a system of instruction bv
which every year a certasn number Of
junior line officers should be selected for
training IN naval engineering. The selec-
ton was 20 be guided by the inclinations
and adaptability of the officers. and trsy
were 20 be employed during the remain
der Of their active careers on engineer
duty, whether On shore or on shipboard
Fer several years no one paid any at
tention 70 this law. No officers we're
designated fer the special course. Dur
ing the last few years some attempt has
been made 10 carry out in good faith the
wise provision Again this year the plea
has been presented that officers cannot he
spared for the work They are needed on
board ship The prospect is. Therefore
that there VIII continue 10 be dependence
upon line officers for what they may pick
up in the way Of naval engineering. or
there VIII be more and more reliance
placed on the warrant machinists.
The time is coming when the navy will
need commissioned engineer officers. and
there IS service sentiment which seems
entitled 10 respect for the prophetic con-
servatisn that realizes the necessity
sooner CT later Of re-establishing the
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
OUR NAVAL BUREAUCRACY.
Behind Hand as Usual, in the Matter
of TorPedo-boat speed

Fron the New York Eseuirg Pest
Why should our navy always he behind
the times? The sun asks this question
again this morning in commenting On the
fact that Commander Poundstone drew
and submitted plans for DreadnouEht IN
1913. before the English were at work
on theirs. only TO have them meet the
usual fate Of all progressive ideas-a
Navy Department piEeon-hole- We not
only continue to build ships that are OBJ
solete when completed. but despite the
great conference Of experts At Newport
ard the haransue Of M Roosevelt, our
newest monsters are 10 differ but little
from the obsolete ones they are modelled
after The radically progressive element
within the service IS again defeated
When il was announced some time ago
that the Navy Department was planning
10 build torpedO-boat destroyers Of e11s
knots speed the Evening Post protested
against such stupidity when foreign ua-
tons were insisting on % and . knots
speed Our protest i We are correctly
informed w-s passed upon in the highest
quarters, but the low speed was adhered
10 on the ground that the fast foreign
boats only made their high speed AT
trials. whereas our new craft were 10 be
built so Vel as 20 maintain 2s1z knots at
all times. That is. they were 10 be dif-
ferent from most If not all of their pred
ecessors in cur navy. The gTatuitous
assumption of the inefhciency OF foreign
boats after being put in service vas
characteristic of the complete seif-satis-
faction IN Washington navy circles
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
UNGRATEFUL WISCONSIN.
Both Roosevelt and Ia Toilette
Turned Down by VOTERS.

Both Roosevelt and Ia Toilette
Turned Down by VOTERS.
Fron the New York sun
The Wisconsin direct primary law is
statute Of Robert Marion la FoIlet5e-s
own devising. Il was enacted through his
efforts. against the opposition OF the
Federal crowd" or ''sralwarts." whose
ascendency in the state he assauad and
whom he drove from power Now under
its operation Senator Isaac Stephenson.
opposed by Mr.. Ia Toilette has beaten
the La Toilette candidates AZ the polls.
To make the dose doubIy bitter neither
OF the la Toilette candidates who ran
got second place They ran third and
fourth That is one instance Of the lH-
gratitude Of Wisconsin
Still another exhibits itself in the pri-
mary returns. The Hon John !. jenkins.
chairman OF the House Judiciary Com
mittee. was defeated for denomination iu
the Eleventh district by J. l. Leuroot
Mr. Leur0ot is a Ia Toilette man. but
Mr.. jenkins had q certificate Of good
character from the Universal Boss which.
il was believed by his friends. would
soften the hearts of all good and true
men toward him. even 20 the extent of
overcoming the prejudices aroused by his
friendship for Joseph G. Cannon The
enmitv OF Ia Toilette and the approval
of Cannon were burdens too heavy 20 De-
lifted even by the Endorsement from
headquarters. and Mr. jenkins was de-
feated.
This VIII not salve the hurts Of Ir Ia
Toilette inflicted by the victorious Ste
phenson- How much better the old-fash-
ioned convention would have been for
Battle Bob
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Work vs. Crime-

Of ali the known agencies designed TO
stop criminal activity none has been dis
covered equal to that which turns the
criminal force into honest industrial ac-
tiviry. SocioIogists declare that of all
those engaged in criminal occupations.
particularly robbery. at least % per cent
have never been taught any useful trade
and have turned to crime because they
had no means or incentive toward earn
ing an honest living
Year by year, society at large is coming
70 regard its duty toward the criminal
classes IS grave and responsible. and
every effort that is made to turn men
toward an honest life is sure of a symPa-
thetic hearing and a generous measure
Of support from the public One OF the
Iatest-and one which promises 10 be most
e eficient-of these is a National Society
for the Promotion Of Industrial Educa-
ton Hon Carroll D. Wright, formerly
United States Commissioner Of Labor. Is
president. Its object is 10 provide for
every youth in the land such a measure
Of industrial education as shah enable
him 70 earn money at a useful and hon
orable trade It is argued that the GRIM
inal instinct IS hardly ever the dominant
one; that II a youth were given his choice
between earning a living at a trade OF
stealing, he would choose the honest
path
And yet governmental statistics show
that juvenile crime IS or the increase:
so much on the increase that we are now
spending more money for public prisons.
prosecutions. and police than we are for
public education. This IS taken. and
rightly. 10 mean that something serious
must be wrong with our educational sys-
TEN. and there wiI be widespread sym
pathy with any movement seeking 70 cor
rect the evil
Those who have made a study of the
matter are agreed that the best way to
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
CAMPAIGN FUNDS SCARCE.
Political Managers, However, Take
the latter Calmly.

Walter Wellnau. in the Chicago Record-Hersd.
There Is one good thing about the cam
paigu fund question as it presents itself
this year-both sides gree that they viii
have TO get along with relatively small
war chests. and they agree furthermore
that money cuts less and less figure IN
national elections as the years roll By.
Mark Hanna touched the hiEh-water
mark in 1896 in this business OF raising
and spending money" said one OF the Re
publican managers 60 me. He used 81
10000 in the first Mckinley campaign.
-Four years ago the national. committee
had only s209,0oQ. and this year we shall
be Iacly if we raise 100000. But I see
no reason why we should not get along
with that The old method Of sending
funds 10 doubtful States has played out.
and what we have 10 put out money for
Is the committee headquarters and staff.
printing and the expenses OF speakers.
Well, we can do a lot Of this sort Of
work with a million dollars Besides. II
we can't raise money, we can't spend it.
We must cut our garment according 20
the cloth II Taft IS 10 be elected, as We
believe he IS. a million dollars should pay
all our legitimate and necessary expenses
and no DLneT KING WDulQ % US any EGoG-
one of the Democratic rational mana
gers told me substantially the same story.
He said they were planning an ecOnomI-
cal campaign. and most OF their expendi-
lures would go for speakers md printing.
{ Wen be lucky if We get. ali told S509.-
o0e or $6lo,000. he added. But that should
carry US through. 7 have had some OK
perience in this practical work. and have
! lost faith IN the efficacy Of money They
had s1.I5ooo0 for Parker. and il they had
75o.o4o 90 they couldn't have elected him.
Z Iu one county Of this state. Erie. the
Democrats had 500 in a recent cam
paigns and lost the county by about 2.5j0
votes IN the next campaign 1874, they
had $500, $4,000 Of which was sent on BY
the national committee, and they lost the
county that time by 1900 votes Il takes
more than money 10 carry an election
II the tide is against you. al the money
il the country viii not avail. and II IL IS
with you little money Is needed We feel
that the ,Ide is with Bryan this year
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Respects 10 The speaker.

From CeIisr-s Weekly
The greatest force for Bourbonism, the
bulwark Of private snaps, the strongest
obstacle 10 needed reform in al this
broad land. IS not Senator Aldrich. it IS
not F. II. Hartman OF John p. R0cke-
felIer: il IS Joseph g. Cannon. Of Illinois
WELDING a power second only TO the
Presidents. he uses that power always 10
defend whatever is intrenched. He hates
all that is progressive. from pUrer food
70 safer forests. from railway regulation
70 Improvement OF the tariff lie IS the
kind OF force which. by opposing change
when change Is right. encourages social
ism and revolution He poses as a far
Uer. but IS 20 the very tip of every
finger exclGsively-a politician Therefore
his hold upon his district is strong. He
knows how. 10y securing local favors. TO
iutreuCh himself wiJh aStuteness- He ap-
peaIs 90 local seIf-interest- No part OF
The United States has before Il the Op-
portunity 10 deserve such glory ss voters
OF the DauviIIe district could obtain by
riddinC the nation Of Joseph Cannon.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06

prevent youth from indulging his erin
mai tendencies is TO keep him busy
prohtably busy: for ii is as true now as
it ever was that Satan finds some mis-
chief stiH for idle hands to do In this
connection the words Of Mr. Thomas
Speed Moody. pardon attorney 70 the
governor OF Missouri. are entitled to great
consideration. He says:
We are stls to estimate the direct cost of crime:
but who can estimate the terrible cost Of that vide
srread industrial insfciency which could be So easily
rpnsetied ly youthful trsiniug in manual agricul-
.uTul and trade presses. 1 would not decry the
belle>ett-es. believe in ;lie humanities- revere
the classics. and wopd by no means exclude them
from the c1rTcsla of our schools and coIlezes- But
may ee not blend the PRACTICAL with the idealg
An hours handNvoTk day in every sehoolroosn in
the land. r,lus.ing tlroueh an the Eades FROM the
kiude1carten to and including the hiyh school would
give % every man. woman. and child o. The rising
guerafiou al leazt the rridments Of an honest.
ful and profitable occupation; voFld give to al vino
wanted IL a trade. and world make of the next
Eeuerati1n O. American the most Troi1cyve and the
most iniustrially eascient race the world has ever
seen Is II worth the experiment. think IL Is
No rich mans son would be poorer. while ere-y po7r
rusu= aon would be incidentally richer. ui-h the
zl-aledge that this heur would give The c7st q
school equipment would of course, be great; bat IL
uoula ue snail in comparison with The beneHts 70
be derived And believe that every crinainolosdst
zia agree Ei.h me when say thst for every dollar
30 expended two dollars VIII be saved in the lessned
cost q crime
The object Of the new movement is TO
spread a measure of Industrial educa-
ton throughout the land so that no Amer
ican youth may grow up without know
ing that in the skin Of his hands and
brain lies his own salvation. II is the un-
trained man that is oftenest out Of work
and made fit subject for treasons.
stra5agems. and spofls.'' The man who
has learned that by virtue Of the power
that is in himself by his own skill. his
own effort. he can keep the wolf from the
door and start right along the road that
leads 10 independence. is in a fair way
10 appreciate truly the value OF honesty
and 10 see ahead of him the goal Of high
American citizenship.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
ArouSen.eut

Frcm the New York Times.
The old preachers used to say Pray as
if everything depended on yourself" Il
might be said to the Republican eIector:
Talk as If everything depended on the
ticket; work as If everything depended
On your support Of the ticket
The silent majority is all right if II
gets 70 the polls. but If IT neither talks
nor votes it is useless for practical pur-
poses. The issue 70 be determined at the
polls is between common sense and non
sense; it is an issue that is decided not
BY what ought TO :ae. but by the number
Of men who are willing to take the trou-
bic to get into line and be counted.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Reform in LeEaI Process.

From the Kansas City Times.
Mr. Taft has truly said in a very recent
speech that fundamentally the most i'm
portant duty before the American people
IS to expedite the processes Of the law
courts, so that the powerful corporation
or other rich litigant cannot Cypress and
wear out the resources Of the poorer con-
testaut- The present exasperatiRg con-
ditiou Of justice causes the lawyers 10
be- or permits them to be, a parasitic
class upon q wealth-producing people.
For this condition the lawyers them
selves are responsible They can make
their professional ethics genuine and
applied confession Of faith if they VIII
aid M Taft n striking at the basic evil
Of the lawyers relation 10 society.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
The Deadly Doughnuf-

We have long known that a little
Goughnut IS a dangerous thing. especially
II il be Of the -si1ker'- persuasion and
bent On trouble along The line Of ones
aIiaenJary canal. This Is so well ostab-
Eshed. as a matter Of fact, that We take
II no one who has ever partaken Of this
variety Of food VIII care TO dispute il IN
The slightest
With al its faults. however, we have
never noticed anything in connection
with the Goughnuts pernicious activities
that led Us TO believe ii a hostile agent
while operating outside ones anatomy
until the sad case Of a Youngstown
COhio} woman recently feu beneath our
eye This victim Of one of the dough
nuts deadly habits now lies IN a hos
p-5aI uangled and bruised. as the result
Of -'sinker'' exploding a few days ago.
which unhappy and disastrous event took
place just as the unfortunate woman was
preparing TO carry q plate Of them in
for her family supper. We 90 not know
wnat caused the doughnut 10 blow up.
but blow up il did. and nearly killed the
good housewife in consequence
We think we shah have 70 class the
6oughnut as strictly " c. Why one
should ever be called into existence is
hard fer right-thinking people TO under
stand Not only are they dangerous 20
eat but they even explode On occasions
and in5ict serious and ruraerited damage
on innocent bysrsnders of benign and
friendly inclination The only thing about
one o. these melancholy connections that
may be guaranteed not 10 cause trouble
IS the hole CuquestionabIy. Il IS the
most nutritious and least terrifying factor
nuts were nothing but holes, they would
be all right As IT Is. however. ths- are
misdts in the world. and ought 70 he
abolished
We incline 10 thiuk the railroad res
taurant keepers and the quick lunch pro
prieto-s are going 10 be called 10 1udg-
Hent some day on account Of the dough
nut No telling how many high crimes
and m5sdemeanors may be traced TO this
unassiuils5ls compound with which i'm
patient and unthinking customers are
wont 10 satisfy hunger, But when they
get 10 exploding and raaltreatinE inno-
cent bystauders. IL Is high time TO call
halt, and either its nature be reformed
or the d0ughnut cut out zItogether-
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
ResponsibiIity for Socialism.

From the NorfoIk Virg4uian-PiIot
Ny Taft processes TO fear an expansion
Of socialism in the United States in the
event Of Bryan's election The chief in
centve TO socialism in this country is the
policy Of special privileges. for which Mr..
Taft and his party staud-the depreda-
tons of predatory interests and the law
1essness of Illegal combinations The cure
for It lies in a return 10 the Democratic
principle and a policy OF equal rights 10
all and special privileges TO none Il is
Taft's. not Bryan'S election that would
make for the spread Of socialism
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
TO SUBSCRIBERS

That vacation OF yours viii be
Incomplete unlesa The Washing
ton Herald follows you-
II viii be like a daily letter
from home.
Wherever you are, it viii reach
you regularly, and the address
viii be changed as often as de-
sired
each case the length OF time you
desire paper sent 10 new address.
Daily, 30 cents z naenths daily
and SuEdyas 80 cents. Postage
prepaid
Telephone Masa $500.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
MR.. BRYAN as HE IS.
Col WHtterSon Tells How an Ad-
verse Opinion Was Changed.

Col WHtterSOn Tells How an Ad-
verse Opinion Was Changed.
Hes'ry Watters1a. IN The New YORK Tslesram
Mr. Bryan. upon acquaintance, proved
different from my preconception Of him.
! met not a visionary orator. but a man
OF sense. in deadly earnest, direct and
candid Coming 20 know him better. sec
ing him in his home. 7 found a man abIe
and sincere. devoted and devout. having
a chiidlike faith n the people. IA God
and truth / changed my opinion alto
sether- I felt that had done him injus-
tice- 7 would as soon trust him IN she
White House as George Cray or Richard
Oluey, and ] believe that when he gets
there the militant Democracy of the
school Of Jefferson. and Jackson. and
TiGen VIII renew IT'S youth and vig0r.
leading the way TO such reforms in the
National House and Senate as viii re-
store them their legislative functions and
give che people assurance OF real and
lasting good
Taft means either -Four years more Of
Theodore" or q new lease for AIdricI.
Cannon. and company Bryan means. u
nothing else. the new broom that sweep
eth clean. upon floors that are admittedly
foul There must be an occasional change
OF parties il We are 60 have decent ad-
miuisJrstion- One-party government is
only a degree less objectionable than the
oua-uan power
Mr. Bryan has suffered from Overpraise
aS much as from overabuse- Yet never
an abusive word that IS said of Mr..
Bryan but was said OF M Jefferson.
One need only turn hack 20 the Re7ubli-
can newspapers of $50 20 learn what a
peril 10 patriotism and property Ar TIL
den was. No honest interest has any
more fear from the Democratic party to-
day. led by 8I-- Bryan. than il had 70
fear when the party was led by M Til
den and by NJ Cleveland. each of whom
encountered the same line Of arg7Ifcation
which is now used by Republicans 10 de-
r.-L --a .--r-----s Of naarIE fl-E Eaars
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
slxepticnI a. TO revision.

From the St Paul Pioneer Press.
We all know how soon the tariff viii
be revised II Taft IS elected. He viii call
an extra session Of Congress 20 do the
job as soon as he shah have been in
stalled in the White House. But how
socn would revision be accomplished with
Bryan as President, with a Republican
Senate. and probably a Republican
HOUse2 Agreement upon the terms OF
revision between Congress and the Ex-
ecutive would be practically impossible.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Filling the Democratic Barrel,

Prom the Boston Herald
On the Dakota fair grounds. where Mr..
Bryan held forth, there was "A big red bar
rel with a funnel on top. Three bari1ers,
one Of them humping the barrel with a
big stick, called on the crowd for con-
tributfons 10 the Democratic campaign
fund. There was a constant rattle OF sill
yer dollars. halves, and quarters as the
crowd walked past. til the barrel con-
tained more than a half-bushel of coin.
At this rate, the Democratic bar'I ought
20 be full and running over shortly. It
yields rather better returns than the
newspaper- collections up to date.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Hitchcock and Crane.

From the Boston Record.
Every local newspaper man at the
Touraine Monday chuekled TO himself
when Chairman Hitchcock, Of the Repub-
lican National Committee said he would
bring Senator Crane out 10 do the talking.
If he can bring Crane 10 talking he
can move mountains remarked one soto
voce, and the skeptic vas justified The
Massachusetts national committeeman
said less than q dozen words
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
THE MOOR GRAVE.

! lie out here Under heather sod.
A moor-stone At ny bead; the moo--wi1Ss play
above
lie out herein graveysrds Of their Cod
They would not bury desperate ne who died for
love
he out here under the sIn and moon:
Across ne BEARDED ponies stride the cTrieTs cTy
have no little tombstone screed- no '-Soon
To gory shall he risel'-but deathless peace have
John GslsnOrthy, II the Losdon Natioa-
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
SELDOM sOOTHEs.

While mother sings a lullaby,
The baby strikes a minor key
And squalls.
And soon his effort louder bOOms
Until IL fairly nils the rooms
And halls
The baby h0Wls while mother sings,
From which a deliver into things
May cuil
This gem OF thought-a lullaby
VIII do most anything, you see,
But lull.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Wherr HIsuen Wina-

From the OnEahs Bee
Anyway, Candidate Hisgen has the con-
ISOLATION Of knowing that the owners OF
the other band wagons have TO use his
axle grease
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Eorernmenfs Dcfned.

From the Dallas News
There are three sorts Of free government
representative government. misrepre-
sentative government, and that free and
easy kind that takes what it wants and
does as it pleases.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06

Democrats and Republicans alike. are
pleased with the Vermont results: or. at
least, claim 70 be. which viii do Just as
well. perhaps. for campaign purposes.
The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
Paving Stones

From the Boston Transcript.
Secretary Root says there never was
and never can be a great people main
tanned on paving stones" Yet the great
est countries are those that have the most
of them