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rHE 1N1ANp COAST WATERWAY.

Nov that Chairman Burton, OF the
House rivers and harbors committee,
has announced hat he will make no
objection to the passage of a bill pro-
viding for the necessary preliminary
surveys for the proposed Atlantic coast
inland waterway, the prospect of the
plan going through is encouraging.
Those responsible for the project have
made a study of the matter and are
well assured of its feasibility and that
the necessary connections with already
existing waterways on the route car
be made at a cost we'll within reason
and very moderate, considering the
tremendous advantages to be derived
from it. Doubtless the official survey
will CONFIRM this conviction. That the
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A senreless Filing at TIT.

The enemies of Judge Taft will convince
nobody by the charge that he is intended
only as a -chair-warmer, and if elected will
give way in 1912 for a return of Mr.. Roose-
welt. Nothing could be more absurd.
1t so happens that, with the exception of
Mr.. Cannon, all the aspirants for the Chi
cago nomination are young men, politically
considered. Judge Taft, Mr.. Fairbanks,
Governor Hughes, Mr.. La Toilette and Mr..
Knox should have many years before them,
and any OF them electVd President this year
would be reasonably certain of a renomi-
nation. Party usage and party necessity
control that matter. One good term, 1t
is insisted, deserves another. At any rate,
the party In power always insists that its
Presidents first term has been good, and
it puts him up on the record for another
Such undoubtedly would be the case with
Judge Taft. Failure is not associated with
his name, and If his success in the presi-
dency Appropriated the success he has
achieved elsewhere he not only would be
renominated, but very likely reelected. Ten
to one. therefor, Judge Taft, upon cross
ing its portals, would be good for eight
years in the White House.--Washlngton
Star,
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First Atlantic steamship.

To the Editor of the Evening Star;
What was the first steamship to cross
the Atlaptic? j. X. b.
1.-THE first steam vessel to cross was the
Savannah, a vessel of about $50 tons bur-
den, measuring 100 feet in length. She was
built in New York city by Francis Pickett
in 1918, and was a full-rigged ship, with
side paddle wheels that could be I'M
shipped and taken on deck In stormy
weather. Under the command of Captain
Stevens Rogers this vessel sailed from Sa-
vannah on May 20. 1919, but did not ven
ture on the high seas until the 18th of the
month. She reached Liverpool on june 20,
after an ocean voyage of twenty-six days,
during sixteen of which she used her pad
dies. OFF Cape Clear she was mistaken for
n ship on fire and WIS pursued by the
British cutter Kite. The Savannah after
ward visited st. Petersburg, Copenhagen,
Stockholm and other foreign ports. Cap
tain Rogers having failed to dispose OF
his vessel to the King Of Sweden, started
for home. and reached Savannah on No
vember 80, 1919. The engines and boiler
were afterward removed and the ship was
used as a sailing packet between New
York and Savannah. She was finally
wrecked off the south coast Of Long
1sland.-Ed.l
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IN HUMOROUS VEIN.
Ole Ole.on pernIexed.


Bay Yiminy, Ay'm glad to hear
Yon Yonson's in the race; 5
A son of Svaden, guide an dear,
Ay bat he'll vim the place.
Ay'd lax to see heem max a vim,
An at the White House visit;
The Svades will put Yon Yonson in,
But which Yon Y0nson is it?
Ay know Yon Yonson jumping logs,
Yon Yonson milking cows;
Ay know YOn Yonson training dogs,
Yon Yonson making house.
Ay know Yon Yonson, railroad yack,
On heem Ay max wan visit;
OF Yonsons Ay know was a big pack,
o, which Yon Yonson is 1t?
In Stockholm, Copenhagen, too,
Are Yonsons bay the score;
Bay Yiminy. Ay tai you true,
In Minnesota more.
Yon Yonsons, coppers on the beat,
Svade servant girls they visit;
So many Yonsons Ay have meet,
o, which Yon Yonson is it?
You bat Yon Yonson gat ma vote,
Ay know heem guide an true;
Yon Yonson deckhand on the boat,
Or capting Of the crew.
Yon Yonson, milking cows, maybe,
Ay don't care; Ay won't miss 1t;
1t makes no Difference to me,
Which Yonny Yonson is it.
Detroit Free Press.
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Secretary Taft's letter to Chairman
Parsons of the Republican State Com
mittee in New York. requesting Mr..
Parsons and others of his adherents In
New York not to divide in his interest,
but to adhere to Governor Hughes, nov
that the latter has announced his can
didacy, is both chivalrous and polite.
1t will ALLEVIATE hone of the secretary's
friends in New York, and it will
strengthen his candidacy here and else
where. Men like magnanimity, and
this was a magnanimous letter.
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To the Editor of the Evening Star:
What were the immigration records in
1907 and the amount of increase over
previous years? A. w. ID.
Immigration to America during the
year ended June 80, 1907, was vastly great
er than in any previous year. This fact
was revealed in the annual report of
Frank 7 Sargent, Commissioner-Genera
of immigration and Naturalization, made
public on December Is last. The immi-
grants admitted during the year numbered
1,2S5, 349, exceeding 1896 by 1S4,61i. The
aliens rejected numbered 1904. The tide
of immigration is Indicated by these fig
ures; Austria-Hungary, 1888, 452, increase
1884; Bulgaria, Servia and Montenegro,
Il, 1859, Increase 6,693; France, 9,731, increase
S45; German empire, S7,s07, increase 24S
Greece &c, $50, increase 1901; Italy, includ-
Ing Sicily and Sardinia, s ,731, increase
12,611; Russian empire and Finland, &S,
943, increase 3,278; Turkey, 20,767, increase
L, 257; England, sc, 1857, increase 7,146; Ire
land, 1850, decrease 465; Scotland, 1870
increase 1874; China, 961, decrease $50
Japan, &c., 2 increase 1891; British Nortl
America, 1928, increase 1855; West In
dies, 1889 increase 3,033. While the eX-
cluslon laws have rendered practically nj
the immigration from China, the immi-
grafton from Japan, although relatively
not great, has trebled in the last year
The total amount of money brought int
the country by arriving aliens was $25,
500, 1893, an average Of almost 500 per per.
son.-Ed.l
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COMPEL BOYS AND GIRLS TO
STUDY A TRADE-PROF. ELIOT

CHICAGO, Jan. 24-Dr. Charles w.
Eliot, president of Harvard University,
advocated laet night in a public adj
dress, that American boys and girls be
sorted OUT by agents of authority,
teachers, perhaps, and forced by law
to study trades assigned TO them. Dr..
Eliots ideas caused a sensation at the
banquet of the National Society for the
Promotion of Industrial Education held
at the auditorium. Here is what DIR.
Eliot saida .
II assert that it is perfectly proper
to enact laws which will give the
teachers the authority to sort out the
boys and girls, assign to each the trade
at which he or she seems best adapted,
and the law should then compel these
children to be trained for these trades.
This sentiment [ see has already
impressed some of you as being I'M
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Has Met Expectation.

Governor Fort has met expectation In
New Jersey by giving in his message prec-
edence to the subject of a public utilities
commission, with duties and powers to
meet the demands Of the most advanced
thought upon governmental regulation OF
public utility corporations" He recon-
mend a single commission for railroads
and all other utility companies, and a
change from the present ridiculous method
of enforcing orders to one which will make
an order operative. under penalty, until set
aside by a court of review. The Governor
speaks earnestly and will evidently use his
best efforts to secure legislation, the first
steps toward which have already been
taken. The New Jersey system of super
Vising corporations of this class Is reason
ably sure Of Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.h
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supreme Court Judges.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Who are the present members of the
United States Supreme Court? What SAL
aries do they receive? S. S.
1.-THE chief justice is Melville W. Fuller,
OIL Illinois, born 1888, appointed 1855. The
associate justices are: John M. Harlan,
Kentucky, born 1888, appointed 1877; David
j, Brewer, Kansas, born 1897, appointed
1883; Edward d. White, Louisiana. born
1876, appointed 1894; Rufus w. Peckhan,
New York. born 1885, appointed 1856;
Joseph McKenna, California. born 1913, ap-
pointed 1898; Oliver w. Holmes, Massachu-
sets, born 1874. appointed 1902; William r..
Day, Ohio, born 1s49. appointed 1903; Will
'am III. Moody, Massachusetts, born 1868;
appointed 1906. The salary of the chief
Justice is $1S. 5000; that of each associate
justice, $12, 5OO.S I'D
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With distinguished guests invited, a fare
well banquet to Sir Thomas Fuller, tic re-
firing Cape agent general, has been ar
ralgned for Tuesday, January 2s, at, the
Whitehall rooms, in London.
Mrs. Carl Muck, wife of the new di-
rector of the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
is so fond of America that she says she
has no desire TO return TO Berlin. She
eontemplates taking several courses AZ Rad
ellffe in the near future, andAf her hus-
band remains here, may 20 IN fer a de-
gree.
Sir Alfred Wills has been elected presi-
dent of Hartley University College, South
ampton, England, to succeed in that Office
the Duke of Wellington.
Beerbohm Tree. the English actor-man-
ager, received recently the following LETT
ter: "Venered Sir-I wish TO 90 on the
stage and l should like to join your valuable
theatre. I have been a bricklayer for five
years, but having failed in this branch l
have decided to take on acting-lt being
easier work. am not young, but l am
left without any boots"
Mrs. Louisa Morse, probably the Oldest
active player since the death of Mrs. Gill
bert, has the distinction of having played
one part, that of Aunt Matilda in '"The Old
Homestead for twenty-five years, a part
which she created when the play first was
produced. Other women players, like Mrs.
Gilbert, and several more famed in the
profession, have played many varying char
%acters, as did Mrs. Morse before tnking up
that of Aunt Matilda, yet probably no
other actress has played one part continu-
ously for more than a score of years, with
no other part during that long time. Mrs,
Morse, who Is now in her seventy-eighth
year and in excellent health, was horn In
Providence, r. L., and before going on the
stage was a dressmaker; She has been an
actress for fifty-seven years. Louisa Morse
was her maiden name. aud after the death
of her husband, an actor, who lived only a
year, she retained her W name for pro-
f~esslonal purposes. In her experience she
has played in support of the elder John
Drew, with Edwin Booths father end also
the son; also Forrest, MeCulloch, Charlotte
Cushman, Mrs. John Drew. Charles Fecht-
er, e. L. Davenport and the elder Sothern,
and was with Minnie Palmer just previous
to Joining the ''Old Homestead company
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Metz.
Metz.
Did Metz formerly belong to Fra

Did Metz formerly belong to France?
N. S. b.
Ives. Metz appears to have been known
10 the Romans as "Divadurune,' and was
afterward called Mettis CORRUPTED from
Medlomatrice the name of the people,,
hence the present form. Under the Franks
1t was the capital of Austrasia, and in $40
passed to the empire; 1t was afterwards
made a free city Of the empire. In 1862
It was treacherously taken possession Of
by the French, and although Charles V.
oesieged the place from October, 1862, to
January, 1858, they kept it till it was for
maly coded to them in 1913. The forth
hcations, already strong, were completely
reconstructed by Vauban in 1914; they
We're added to at various dates, and, after
1880, thoroughly restored. Metz is now
the strongest fortress of German Lor-
ralne (before 1871 the principal bulwark of
the northeastern frontier of France, and
capital of the Department of Moselle). 1t
stands on the River Moselle at the influx
of the Seille, ZIG miles east of Paris. The
strength of the place consists in its ex-
terior defences, of which the principal is
a Gordon of forts, some greatly strength
ened and improved since the German an
~nexation, and some entirely new. In Au-
gust, 1870 Bazalne was compelled to re-
tire with his army into Metz, which, after
a long seige, was taken by tho Germans,
and by the Treaty of Frankfort it was an
neXed to G~ermany.-Ed.]
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Secretary Taft's imposing PERSONAL
ity will be in evidence in East Orange
tonight on the occasion of the banquet
of the Yale Alumni Association, and as
a grad of Yale he will receive the
honors due to a distinguished product
of the ancient university. AS presi-
Dental candidate, also, Secretary Taft
divorce sven a college jollifcation from
politics in a presidential year.
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Charles C. Black, who was appointed
by Governor Fort to the Circuit Court
bench, had no idea of his appointment
until it was announced. Assemblyman
Charles E. Hendrickson, appointed to
the State Board of Assessors, was like
wise oblivious until his appointment.
1t appears that there was neither
solicitation nor expectation in either
case. Verify. the office should seek the
man and moi the man the Office.
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Sarcasm.

Nothing reused the wrath and dlsdain
of the late Congressman Jerry Simpson
more han Dragging about affluence and
luxurious living. One day a rich Senator
remarked unnecessarily; 81 was obliged to
discharge my second coachman last week.
Though he was in many ways an invalu-
able fellow, he was continually hanging
around one of the prettier under house,
maids.'' ''Ah," said Mr.. Simpson, gravely,
II can sympathfze with you. | have just
been obliged to discharge my third groom.
He was always loafing in the servants
billiard room."-Chicago News.
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Argentina is preparing to Hospitality
entertain our battleship fleet. Buneos
Ayres is preparing Inequalities for the
torpedo boat squadron, due there
on January 20. On the Pacific coast
Chile and Peru are making due prepa-
rations. The progress of u warships
is<6ne of peace and goodwill with the
South American states, Who shall say
that in its effect upon our relations
with Latin America the trip is not
worth all that it cost, and more?
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VIEWS OF EDITOR 5.
Brxnn ANA Wall strcet.

The more active Wall Street becomes
against Mr.. Bryan the better for him. IL
thrives ON the faet that he has never been
and is not now. acceptable to the street
1t made him, and keeps him, the darling o
the constituency he calls his own. The true
Bryanites love him for that enemy. Were
a truce to be declared between Mr.. Bryan
and his leading New York opponents in the
Democratic party his warmest supporters
would grow suspicious. and probably cool
toward him.
Wal Street will not name either candidate
this year, nor will its support In the cam
paign to follow be openly solicited in be-
half of either. 1t war never so unpopular,
taking the country by and large, as it is to-
day.-Washington Star.
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democratic. 7 think that 1t is no so.
Democracy is based on a theory that
all men are equal. All men are not
equal, and never al be. Men of prac-
tical minds have long set aside that
platitude for what 1t is worth.
"And as men are not equal, so are
children yet less equal. We see how
in a single family, with the same hered-
ity, the same environment, the same
opportunities, brothers and sisters enter
widely divergent strata of society by
natural difference.
THUS find that nature often con-
1icts with what idealists regard as
d~emocracy's principles, and when ma
ture and democracy clash, democracy
Is the loser" 5
DR.. Eliot added that what industrial
conditions require is more workrhen
skilled as ~journeymen, not more able
foremen and superintendent.
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How Enther Knew.

That father can say a bunch of mean
things occasionally was proven by an Incl
dent that Occurred a few days ago. The
parent in question on digging down into
his jeans found that some one had gone
through his clothes and promptly accused
his little son Of appropriating the coin. At
this WHEY butted into the game.
at isn't right to charge Freddie with
having taken money out of your pocket!'
she Indignantly cried in defense of the
~youngster. ''Why don't you accuse me the
same as you always do?"
Because, madame" was the sarcastic
response of the old man, at wasn't all
Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.
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Xeneunela,n RAILROADS.

Venezuela has thirteen railroads, the
longest Ill miles long, and no other as
much as fifty. They are for the most part
ines which climb the hills from the sea
toward the interior, and have steep gradi-
ents. On one line for two and a half
miles there is a grade of 449 feet per mile,
worked by the cog-wheel system, and
there are other grades Of 2l3 aeet, 1856 feet
and 15S feet. Few of the lines connect
with others. and there is q number OF
different gauges. About half the mileage
is of .f-orty-two-inch gauge, nearly a quar-
Ter of 36-inch, a fifth of 24-inch and a little
of meter gauge and one of 25-inch. [The
longest live is a German enterprise. AL
most all the rolling stock was built in the
United States. The aggregate length June
90. 1905, was 523 miles.
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To the Editor of the Evening Star:
What is meant by the terms "hotsam
and jetsam?" IGNORANT.
[Flotsam and jetsam are law terms re-
ferring to goods lost in the wrecking OIL
sinking of a ship through accident. Flot-
sam refers to the goods that float or swim
on the surface of the water; jetsam to
those that fall into the sea and sink
This last term is often COMPOUNDED with
j~ettison, a law term used to signify the
throwing overheard of goods to lighter
the ship in a storm, or when pursued by
pirates, or for other good reasons. The
one word refers to the act of throwing
overheard, the other to the goods that arr
thrown.-Ed.J
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THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.

There is some truth in the reproach
that sane politics departed from the
Democratic party in 1896. at Chicago.
n has not returned to the party
partnership with Populism in the presi-
Dental election. In 1892 Weaver, tho
Populist candidate. had polled LOSS, 81
votes, and four years later his vote
went to Bryan, who was defeated by
a plurality of 613, 752 for Mckinley.
Again in 1900 Mr.. Bryan received the
Populist vote, and again he was de-
feated, by $50. 1914. In 1900 Populism, SO
called, died. Good crops in the West
killed 1t. But the spirit of Populism
remained in the Democratic party, and
it is strong today.
In 1904 the rational thought of the
democratic party procured the nomi-
nation of Judge Alton b. Parker, of
New York. But he was up against the
picturesque and popular personality OF
Theodore Roosevelt, which appealed SO
powerfully to the Imagination of the
voters, and, handicapped as he was by
the party record of the previous two
election campaigns, he suffered a dis
astrous defeat. TIL Democratic party
Is now at the parting of the ways, and
the two elements that were in conflict
in 1S9S and 1900 and again in 1904 are
struggling anew for control of the
Democratic national convention.
Mr.. Bryan is a declared candidate
for a third nomination, and, as a host
of Democrats believe, for a third de-
feat. These Democrats ask wonder
ingly, Why should a political party
deliberately march to defeat? Why
pursue a policy that leads inevitably
to party overthrow at the polls? Why
not nominate a candidate who will
have some chance of success. a candi-
date who will attract from the Repub-
iican party the large number of voters
who are evidently prepared to support
a proper Democratic candidate? There
Is no answer to these questions.
But the questions will be made promi-
nent at the ~assemblage of representa-
tive Democrats in Newark next Thurs
day night, and the candidacy of Wood
row Wilson, of Princeton, will be
brought forward. A week later Mr..
Bryan himself will visit Newark and
be received with every courtesy by the
Democratic county organization and
leaders. The party primaries to elect
delegates to the Democratic convention
are not far off, and the question
of how the New Jersey Democracy
shall stand as between a new candi-
date and a candidate twice defeated,
between a New Jersey candidate and
a Nebraska candidate, between a
candidacy predestined to defeat and
one that at least would make
pear doubtful-that question must be
decided by New Jersey Democrats, and
may be decided by the two coming
vents that have begun to awaken
Democratic interest throughout the
State. The attitude to be taken by
New Jersey will indeed have it's inlu-
ence upon Democratic thought in other
States, for it will have its important
meaning.
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1t is plainly apparent that the great ma
jority of Nebraska Republicans are for Taft
and will send a Taft delegation to repre-
sent them in the national convention at
Chicago. The desire of the Republicans OF
this State to make Mr.. Taft the nominee
being assumed, it devolves upon them to
chose national convention delegates who Will
not only answer right on ~roll-call, but will
be potential factors in bringing about the
desired result and give Nebraska the weight
and influence it is entitled to in the ma
tional councils of the party,-Omaha Bee.
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The late Judge Pettingill, of the Maiden
District Court, concealed under an APP
parently stern exterior a kind heart, and
nothing touched him so quickly as an un
intentionals witticism, especially If 1t were
at the expense of the court.
One day q prisoner, a%rraigned before
him for drunkenness and still under the
influence of liquor, pleaded as hard as he
could to be placed on probation.
"Why should l place, % on probation? =
said the judge, sternly, why, you're
drunk now"
mo. I'm not, your honor" said the
poor prisoner, earnestly. I'm as sober
as a judge"
He was placed on probation
Herald.
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Carnegie Hero Fund.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
How is the Carnegie hero fund awarded
and who makes the award? 1, X. Q.
Tin April, 1904, Andrew Carnegie placed
In the hands of a commission the sum of
100000 to be known as THE Hero Fund"
Its purpose is to reward with medals and
money the men and women who perform
heroic deeds, or In case they lose their
lives TO care for those dependent upon
them. Only such as follow peaceful voca-
tions on sea Or land in the United States
and Canada are eligible to become bene-
~ficiarles of the fund. The headquarters of
the commission is in Pittsburg, Pa, and
f. M. Wilmot Is the secretary.-Ed.1
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before us, but, Judging from present
day conditions of progress in civiliza-
ton, its realization is likely to be at
tended with a good many centuries of
difficulty.