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noisy JCstriklng Ljkersas.
ee<4t you to photograph n.s "a I"
dking attitude"
DO you mean holding ont y"'.r hard
mig for money 2"~-NoW Xorh Press
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Another Richmond in the Field

Judge Frank L. Curry, OF Butts County.
Jawiaw. is another warrior bold with
spurs Of gold who swears by the nine
gods at once, and all in the same breath.
that the star-eyed Goddess OF Reform
shall not bite the dust in his bailiwick-
not il the court knows himself and "he
think he do"
Judge Curry. OF Butts. wants to go to
the State senate. Within his surging
bosom throbs the rapture of more high
resolves than you can shake a stick az. II
20 the State capitol his constituents will
send him, he promises 10 make a noise
that will be heard in thunder tones even
in far-off Washington itself Necessarily,
the judge is a "reformer"-an out-and-
out "reformer' and yet more so. Negro
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, prohibition. 2-cent pas
senger fares he indorses tumultuously-
his only objection to them being that
they do not go far enough.
He has other and more pUlsating issues.
too. Hear him:
1T makes my heart sick 10 see the disregard of
the rights Of the plain people on the part Of arro-
CANT. domineering, and predacious wealth Of the
land.
There IS some honest wealth which lives and acts
in accord with law. and it should receive and have
that same protection which Is due any law-abidins
citizen.
Ny heart burns with sympathy for the Farmers
Union. and whatever in their Judgment they can for
IN the way Of legislation. it win find in me cham
pion and friend who viii fsht for its passage.
4 favor an amendment 10 the State Constitution
which viii enable US 10 pass Law exemptng from
taxation all farm products long it remains the
property Of the one who produced it.
Il favor tax the gross sales By the rnanufac-
| ture. OF coco-eola and all such other deleterious
soft drinks.
Il favor a tax on the Goss sale Of theater tickets
- favor outlswing all contracts and notes given
for articles sold by trusts or combines. or money
loaned By trusts combines"
II the gentleman from Butts doesn't
get "'em a gwine and a comm" on that
platform. we should like to know what
the good of simon-pure, rock-ribbed. all
wool reform" ANYHOW >
Unless we mistake the temper of the
times in Jawjaw. it is all over bat the
shouting in re The Lion Of Butts VS.. The
/ Octopus! Observe; he sickens at the spec
tacle Of predatory wealth a-straddle the
neck of the plain people; his heart burns
| for the farmer; he favors tax on "sody
water"-a nefarious eoneoction compound
ed for city dudes eXclusively-and be
reaches out after theaters. though wisely
omitting any mention of circuses, Not
only these things-they are grand enough.
] to be sure-does he point to with the fin
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

ger Of undying hatred and adherence, but
he has, at the tail-end of his pronuncia-
mento, final bomb for ranging into line
every possible straggler; he favors 'out-
lawing all contracts and notes given for
articles sold by trusts or combines, or
money loaned by trusts OF combines"
What more can the common people"
demand OF The Lion OF Butts? Nothing.
say we, He grudgingly admits there is
some honest wealth" in the country. 20
be sure. but inasmuch as he automatically
intimates that that ''some" is precious
little. we must not regard the seeming
slip as of especial consequence. Again. in
his climax. he, strangely enough. reglects
to mention banks" specifically: but we
doubt not he is prepared to prove that
the outlawing OF notes and contracts IN
the hands of parties suggested really in
cludes notes and contracts in the hands
of any old party-banks and money
sharks" of whatever name or nature, or
under whatever disguise they may roam.
On the whole. we shall exoect 10 hear
much of Curry, of Butts. as the campaign
opens up and progresses. How the patri-
otic and liberty-loVing sons Of JawjaW
are going 10 avoid making his election
unanimous. we cannot see-nor do we
care TO, II there are any more money
makers in the Cracker State other than the
theaters and the coco-cola people. hit 'em.
too. judge WHAT'S the use reforming
unless we do il right-as the Lion Of Butts
will do IT. for instance?
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
SUNDAY. MARCH /. 1905,
A WeIcome for WI

The inimitable DR.. WI Ting-fang is ex-
pected in Washington within d fortnight
as Chinese Minister to the United States.
lie added 10 the gayety Of nations, if
not TO the serenity OF the state Depart
ment. when previously here. and all who
love a dash OF color upon the somber
background Of statecraft will welcome the
picturesque and irrepressible mandarin.
II is likely, though. that Washington
VIII find Or. Wa different creature In
the interval. he has had chastening ex-
periences at the hands Of Pekin off,
cialdom-so chastening, indeed, that he
found 1t expedient to resign his posts in
order to visit the graves of his ancestors
which seemed to be inauspiciously placed.
A realization OF the vigilance and severity
Of the powers above him has come TO
this talented diplomat. Moreover. he
knows full we'll that China is now in her
hour Of crisis. and that strong. steady.
and sober head is needed on the shoulders
OF every one Of her foreign ministers.
With this realization. Minister WI will
we hope, prove TO be the man for the
place. He now knows his own land and
its present peculiar conditions lie also
knows. to rare degree, the genius Of
America. II he takes himself as seriously
as is now expected he will find himself
heartily welcomed by the American peo-
pie. That he brings With him a company
OF Chinese students 20 be educated here
augurs well for his sense of what China
most needs from America, and OF what
America can best do for China
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
BROWNSVILLE VERDICT.
An Interpretation Of the Action of
the senate Committee,


the Senate Committee,
From the New York Tribune
So many Brownsville resolutions we're
voted on last Tuesday by the Senate
Committee or Military Affairs that the
net result seems 10 have mystifed not a
few commentators. The main issue was
presented IN both its negative and posl-
tive forms, and the vote on one form Of
presentation differed widely from the
vote on another The most direct oppo-
sites were the resolutions offered by Mr..
Foraker and by Mr.. Lodge The Ohio
Senator submitted his contention that the
evidence proved that none of the sol
oiers Of the three companies stationed at
Brownsville had had hand in shooting
up the town. This was rejected by Il
votes 70 ,. Mr. Bulkeley voting with Mr..
Foraker. Mr.. Lodges resolution declar-
ing that the shooting was done by some
Of the soldiers belonging 10 the garrison
was adopted by s votes 10 T. Messrs. For
aller, Scott. Hemenway. and Bulkeley op-
posing il. Mr.. Du POnt. who withheld his
vote on this phase Of the question.
wanted TO have the declaration Of re-
three companies in the garrison. on the
generating Foraker resolution six Re
publican and five Democratic Senators
reoudiated the theory that the soldiers at
Brownsville We're not implicated in the
shooting. In the inculpating declaration
that certain unidentified members of the
garrison were implicated. I'VE Democratic
and four Republican Senator'S Joined
with four Republicans voting no.
In other words. the Senate committee
ignoring party lines. found by a large
majority that the exact state Of facts ex-
listed on which the War Department and
the President had been forced TO act II
iEdOrsed the practically unavoidable con
clUsion that the garrison as a whole
could not have played a passive and in
nOcent role in the transaction and that
the offenders 10 be dealt with, though
unidentified. were 10 be found in thf
ranks of the Twenty-fifth Infantry.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
serYiee PaY Increase.

What has become of the Dick-Capron
bill for the increase of pay of the COM
missioned personnel and enlisted force,
active and retired, OF the army. navy,
Marine Corps and Revenue Cutter Serv-
fee? That was the measure which was In
dorsed by the President upon the recon-
mendation OF a board representing the
three executive departments under which
serve the four branches destined for bene-
NJ. II was recognized as bill at once
Just. complete, and conservative. It was
introduced in the House by Representa-
tive Capron and in the Senate by Senator
Dick, among the first bills 10 be presented
at the beginning OF the SiXtieth Congress.
In the Senate il has been referred 10 the
Naval Committee OF that body: and an
other bill has been introduced by Senator
Warren. and is now before the Military
Committee, applying 10 the army the pro-
vision of increase OF pay, and only 20 the
other services by virtue of the existing
Law. which extends army pay" to the
Marine Corps Revenue Cutter Service.
and most Of the navy In the House the
Dick-Capron measure has been considered
within week IN the Naval Committee
There has been Incorporated in the army
appropriation bill a clause first ruled out
on a point OF order and since adopted
as an amendment. giving stipulated in
creases in pay TO most Of the enlisted men
Of the army on the active list
Thus has the Dick-Capron bill. regarded
as an administration measure and above
reproach and beyond Improvement. suf-
fered at the hands OF the legislators. No
one may safely predict what will come
of all the agitation. II IS quite evident
that IL viii. in the end, be a legislative
patchwork. more or less completely bene-
fetal. a part Of the confusion is due 10
the attempt made by certain army off,
GERS 10 adjust inequalities which ought
20 be corrected bun which may very we'll
be passed over IN a common necessity OF
relief. 1t TOO often occurs that legislation
greatly needed IS defeated by these service
squabbles and a desire 10 get more out OF
/ Congress when something less would be
sufficient. This condition has so often
blocked the way of legislation that Con
! gressmen have come habitually to say
to the applicants for legislation that when
/ the benefciaries are able 10 agree among
themselves upon what they want Con-
gress will act. If the pending service-pay
increase proposition has suffered on ac-
count Of any influence. it is the interfer-
/ ence with the cause by service people.
Aside from these untoward circum-
stances. the duty of Congress is still plain
Something should be done to increase the
pay Of officers and men Of the military
naval branches. and this upon some basis
which is equable. and which disregards
those features which. however meritOri-
Gus. are not strictly in the line OF a SIM
pie and sufficient increase Of pay.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Humorous side of Graft.

Prom the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Few persons would suppose that graft
has a humorous side. but it certainly has
in Boston. except for the taxpayers. and
they were never given credit for having a
very highly developed sense Of humor.
The new mayor Of New Eagland's capi-
tai has been conducting a municipal house
cleaning with results that have proved
startling. An investigation Of the city
pay roll has disclosed the presence Of
tree climbers in the sewer department.
"boatmen and swimmers in the school
department. and sailors calkers and
shipwrights" in the street cleaning de-
partment. Chicago was cOnvulsed last
summer to find that men were being car
ried on the city pay roll Ostensibly as
'snow shovelers." but not even munioi-
pal corruption in Chicago ever produced
anything ike "boatmen" in the school
department. Beside such sinecures as
these the inspector OF cuspidors'' in a
Western city was a much overworkei
man.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

that is true, mental disorder has contrib
uted NIGHTLY to the making OF history
and the onward march of civilization
But it will not do TO take Lombros0 and
his school too seriously. nor to imagine
that an expert alienist, ready to appear
on either side Of a difficult case, voices
the sober conclusions Of science in a
realm where exactitude is impossible.
Even the layman may note that every
characteristic DR.. Hamilton adduces as
evidence of a mind diseased is exhibited
by thousands of perfectly sane and nor
NAL persons AS 10 the mental soundness
Of these persons. the popular judgment is
quite as accurate as that of any expert;
and We have mo idea. judging from the
current reputation of insanity experts.
that the American people are yet in need
Of their services TO aid in the selection Of
executive officers.
The nation which raised 10 the Chief
Magistracy the brave but suspicious and
choleric jackson and the mystic and mel
aneholy Lincoln committed no blunder
when it chose for a great work the inn
passioned crusader Roosevelt. The ver-
dict of history upon that work and his
manner of doing II Will not be pro-
nounced by alienists.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A nfARCH IDYL.

Oh, she was young and she was fair,
Was pretty Rose;
And she possessed a dainty pair
OF azure hose.
Shed often look them fondly o'er
And often say:
Tis my intent TO save them for
rainy day
But March came in and March was dry
As It did hap
No moisture fell from out the sky
Upon our map.
Whereat fair Rose was heard to say.
The foxy belle.
Il rather think windy day
VIII do as well"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

Noting the fact that South Carolina
viii probably adopt law prohibiting the
manufacture and sale Of the friction
match. the Cleveland Plain Dealer in
dorses the idea and says: Fire under
writer's have long agreed that one Of the
chief causes Of the great annual loss
by fire has been the friction match
All. then. it will be interesting to watch
the benevolent Southeastern Tariff AS
sociation advocating the reduction of fire
insurance premiums in South Carolina
when that State shall have abolished the
said match
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Highly Practical.

Your business college for young ladies'
seem 10 be all right"
IT is all right"
DO you give the girls a good. practical
business training"
In reply TO that question can only
say that 50 per cert OF our graduates
marry their employers the FIRST year"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Physical valuation of Railroads.

From the New York Tribune.
1t is enlightening. in regard. to the at
titude with which the currency question
is approached. to observe that an infuen-
tiAl group proposes 10 eomplicate so vital
a matter with so disputatious a topic as
the physical valuation Of railroads. The
sooner Congress learns to treat the cur
rency by itself. and not as one to be IN
volved with measures adapted 20 improve
the market for railroad bonds OF 10 the
carrying out of separate projects. the bet
ter II viii be for the country. In no other
nation would currency reform be entan-
gled with an utterly unrelated economic
reform Of uncertain value.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
RepuhIican Divisions

From the Springfield Republican
The severest attack upon the Aldrich
currency bin comes from the Republican
side Of the Senate chamber-from Mr.
Nelson, OF Minnesota On the day that
he exhibited a sharp party division over
the currency and banking question. Mr.
Dalzen in the House admitted a sharp
party division over the tariff question.
These divisions are additional TO the great
division over Roosevelt and his policies.
It is quite an unusual situation for the
grand old party right on the eve Of a
Presidential election.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
STORM AND CALM.

Not always for me the calm.
And the breath OF balm
Blue skies over the vale.
And the nightingale
Singing its silyery psalm,
Rather. 20 pitch my blood
To the flow OF flood.
The Wild wind-welter and strain
or the driven rain.
And the thundeT's clash and thudl
Without sOr1e tang of strife.
With ferTOr rife.
Tame indeed is the taste
Good brew gone 10 wssteD
OF .he wine in The cup Of Iifel
Clinton Scollard, In Smart Get.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
THE WORD.

To-day, whatever may annoy.
The word for me is Joy. tlSt simply jos:
The Joy Of life:
The JOY Of children and wife;
The JOY Of bright blue skies:
The JOY Of rain; the glad surprise
OF tWlnkling stars that shine az night;
The Joy q winged things upon their tight;
The soy q MONDAY. and the tred
Tf7;e 5oycusness q eyenside:
The Joy q labor and Of mirtb;
The joy Of air, ard see, and earth
The e0untless JOYS that ever Sow fscm Hin
Whose vast benefeence doth dim
The iuStrous light Of day.
Apd lavish gifts upon our way.
Whafe'er there be Of Sorrow
IN put Of til Tomorrow,
And when Tomorrow comes, Why then
Twill be To-day and Joy again,
--John Kendrick Bangs IN the Atlantic Monthly.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

An uptown doctor who IS noted for
incisiveness Of language was sitting in
his ofiiee the other day when the tele-
phone bell rang.
Hello" answered the doctor.
Hello came voice. rs this the
undertaker's Officer"
NO replied the doctor. you've miss
ed II q little, and hung up the phone.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
speakIng from Experience.

From the Chicago Daily News
I hope. bruddah." said the parson.
gravely. that yO' always says Get be-
hind me, Satan -
The old COlOred man rubbed his bandag-
ed knee ard looked wistful
I might say dat TO Satan. parson." he
replied slowly. but I wouldn't say et 70
none OBJ desc heah red debbEs Fl one
OBJ dem gifts behind yo' why yo' am liable
70 go to de hospital for six months
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
North Carolina Product,.

From the Providence Bulletin.
North Carolina. says one of its proud
sons, has produced three Presidents. pen
nuts. indigestion. and Hoke Smith," Also
Speaker Cannon, whose native county of
Guilford Is indorsing his candidacy for
old sake'S sake
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

tsNerts AnSOu 6ayeS,
Of San Jose.
He is a son of the
Badger state. being
born at Waterloo,
jefferson County,
and received his
early education in
the schools of that
city. He entered
the University OF
Wisconsin in 1913
and graduated from
both tn e literary
and law d e p ar L
ments OF that in
stitution, receiving
the degrees OF b. l..
and LII. b.
Mr.. Hayes began
the practice Of his
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
TaaRe of LnnEnnge.

And. speaking Of politics. the contest
seems 10 have narrowed down 20 Taft?"
Narrowed DOWN Widened out, YOU
mean
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

rs acting degenerating murmured
the citizen who worries about everything.
I dunno responded the practical per
son. rs hod-carryin' and cab-driTin' all
that It wuz?"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

That German lottery agent who was
sentenced to pay fine Of 100000 and
serve I.4O0 years in jail must feel as II
the Judge were seeking to hand him the
capital prize on the wrong side Of the
ledger
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

Who can doubt that hard times are
upon US when the wife of a waiter IN
a well-known New York restaurant com
plains that she is having 10 practice the
most rigid economy in order 20 keep
clothes2
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

Now il is Senator owen. OF Oklahoma.
who butts through the antiquated custom
OF our House OF Lords and delivers a
long speech before his seat has become
warm by occupancy" notes the Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot- But with this marked
and not always accompanying addition
he said something worth while when he
did butt throughl'
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Incredible Storr.

From the Louisville Courier7Journal
In Atlanta the Gloucester telegram stat
ing that nine men abandoned a schooner
is considered another discoursging evi-
dence Of the tendency of the news writer
to sacrifice truth In the interest of space
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

From the Boston Transcript.
The President has met Gov. Fort, OF
New Jersey. and pronounces him a
'corker." He once applied the same term
TO Gov. Crane. of Massachusetts.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

Another plot against the King OF Spain
has been discovered. Perhaps after all.
the Gar Is not far wrong in believing he
may as well take chances on being killed
for an autocrat as a moIlycoddle.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Conundrum.

From the Atlanta Georgian.
Why is it that all the big fights on the
ice trust take place in the winter and
the fights on the coal trust in the sum-
mer?
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

Speaking Of prohibition. how many are
there in Augusta who want drink and
cannot get it?" inquiries the Augusta
(Ga.) Chronicle. Speaking Of prohibi-
ton in this connection, speak easy. -
eh?
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Not Much of a Revisioni,t.

From the Ohio State Journal.
Still. we hardly think Mr.. Dalzeli ought
TO be commissioned to write the revision
plank in the platform.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Spring Approaches.

The buds viii soon be out.
The gay lamb chop
Ere long will frisk about
The butcher shop
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

4 quail a day, so poets say,
Is not so hard
4 chunk OF verse is really worse
Declares a bard.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

You appear 10 be busy
7 am busy" declared the hack writer.
What at2"
Fixing up the Roosevelt anecdotes 10
fit Taft
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

In Ohio they punish a man for taking
a drink on a train. unless the doors Of the
coach are shut. Evidently. Ohio sets
great store by the eleventh command
ment. Thou shalt not get caught"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

Don BustiIlo has been appointed finance
minister Of Spain. The question is. VIII
Bustillo pose as an octopus annihilator
or a treasury depleteT?
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

From the Baltimore Sun.
Seeing real snakes must be q novelty in
the New York hotel set
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

Senator JEFF" Davis. evidently believ-
ing it Senator's highest calling 10 regu-
late the politics Of his home State, merely
gives an occasional war whoop in the
Senate TO keep the octopus scared.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

A St Louis drummer clans 10 have
sold fifty carloads Of soothing syrup in
Texas since January l. Perhaps that ac-
counts for the surprising quiet Of the
Houston Post OF hate
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

"Radicalism is not and never can be
Democracy" says the Jacksonville Times
Union. Perhaps not; but 1t appears TO be
pretty good pieocraCy. and that counts
for a great deal these days
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

That New York man who divides the
world into two elasses-the caught" and
the suspected ed'-dOubtless refers TO his
own particular world only.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

A chorus girl was arrested in St. Louis
recently for wearing too many clothes.
In the name OF Florenz Ziegfeld, what
does 81. Louis want in that line OF
diversion?
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

The governor of Kentucky Is going 70
issue proclamation against the night
riders. That's a good scheme-provided
the night riders can be induced 20 pay
any attention TO It.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

What is the feminine Of Carrie Ma
tionT' asks the New York Mail Oh. we
don't know-Mr. Carrie Nation. probably;
he seems 10 be ''the weaker vessel
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01

1t is claimed that the price Of food has
gone up in China because Of the advance
OF Christianity" says the Chattanooga
Star HINT That must be what some
Buddhist editor SAYS about II.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
No Nature Faker

The fox looked longingly at the grapes.
but they were out OF his reach.
why not climb for themg. suggested
a sarcastic snail.
"And discredit the administration?
Never"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

The Fifth district Of California, which
includes Santa Clara, San Mateo. and
part Of San Francisco. is represented In
the House of Representatives by the Hon
The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
Obscure.

The period OF bargain sales
Full Oft incites joke.
But our keen sense OF hUnlOr fails
Where they have left US broke.
Although no one has predicted a de-
crease in the cost OF living for some time
now. it doesn't seem TO be materially
higher.