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The Washington herald., 1908-02-03

curious but instructive phase OF the
railway rate situation in the South is to
be found in the proposed meeting Of the
atricaI managers in Atlanta soon. the
object of which is to petition the powers
that be for rational modification.
Under the old status of affairs theatrlca!
companies were transported through the
South at "a fiat rate of ? cents per mile
per person. not less than ten i'm q COM
pany. This. however. did not include the
advance agent. who was transported free
IN consideration Of the ten OF more 2-cent-
ner-nHle fares aforesaid. Under the new
order OF things. all companies. no matter
what their size. pay a fiat rate of 2I5
cents per mile per person, the advance
agent included The jumps in the South
are long as every theatrical man knows.
Moreover, many of them do not pay. but
are made merely in the hope that COM
panies may break even" on the long
jumps-that is, a jump from Montgomery
TO Atlanta might be broken at Opelika,
not I'm the expectation of making any
considerable amount of money AT Opelika.
but because the company might hope to
save something in the aggregate. not only
in physical comfort but in cash incident
10 an unbroken trip.
The newly inaugurated equalization OF
rates has hit the theatrical companies
hard in the matter of getting through
the South, the result being that great
complaint is coming TO the surface be-
cause of the small and cheap companies
now touring that section. Not only are
local managers distressed over this de
piorable situation but hotel keepers are
growing because much of their usual
theatrical income has been choked off
and, incidentally other enterprises. di-
rectly and indirectly connected with the
hotel business. are feeling the effects OF
it. too. from the butcher and the baker
all the way down to the candlestick-
maker
II is because Of this status of affairs
that the theatrical managers have been
summoned in common council and asked
TO organize in defense against a creature
of reform undreamed Of in their phi
losophy when the speIlbinders were .cuss-
ing the railroads from Hampton Roads
TO the Panhandle. If they succeed in
having theatrical companies removed
from beneath the ban OF equalization OF
rates. what VIII be the next business
enterprise 20 come into court and ask
relief? And If the thing becomes epi-
demic what becomes of reform" Re
formers cannot-or. at least. in fairness.
should not-blow hot and cold at the
same time; they should not prescribe one
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
THAW'S FORM OF MANIA.
Dangerous TO Society, VIII He Be
set Free again.

if'iE iH- NrH 1"fk Times
It is established by evidence accented
by the jury and by the court that Thaw
is a paranoiac. Re suffers from form
of insanity known as the maniac-depres-
sive. which is iucugable. lie had deusions
of persecution. imagining that his enemies
were seeking to do him harm, that they
had set detectives TO watch him and
that ne was i'm danger. His paranoia had
"refoTmatory' manifestations. He be
Heved il 20 be his duty TO bring to pun
ishment certain persons guilty Of offenses
he is presumed 10 have believed real. He
appealed to the district attorney and to
societies organized for the prevention of
vice and the protection of innocence.
Failing TO find evidence of the crimes
he declared had been committed these
persons could give him no help Then it
was that he imagined himself 10 be an
instrument of Providence for bringing the
guilty To punishment Possessed by that
delusiOn no killed stanford White.
According 10 the authorities and to ex-
perts of recognized standing, this act Of
Thaw was q typical paranoiac homicide,
his is q typical Gaze of paranoia. Judge
Dowling has the highest warrant for his
declaration that occurrences of these at
tacks are reasonably certain" Moreover.
a special probability Of further homicidal
attempts by this paranoiac is inferable
from the circumstance that other persons
now living We're included by him IN the
criminal charges he made against his
victim. To set him free again would be
in itself a moDstrous crime against So
ciety. The public safety demands that he
pass the remainder Of his worthless life
in an asylum for the criminal insane.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
Mr.. GarfieId,s Annual Renort

The stern and rigorous tone of Mr.
Hitchcock's references in his last annual
report to the perpetrators of land frauds
is conspieuously lacking in the first report
of the present Secretary of the Interior
There has been no let-up, however, in the
efforts OF the department to enforce the
land laws. Notwithstanding the difficulties
arising out OF the inapplicabiIity Of some
of our land legislation 10 existing condi-
ti0ns. 1Ir Garfield recommends a complete
revision of this legislation. a recommended
tion that is likely to fall on deaf ears.
The rigid enforcement Of the law begun
under the administration of Mr.. Hitchcock
has produced a gratifying influence on pub
lie sentiment in the West respecting the
necessity of preserving the public domain
and the conservation of natural resources.
Mr. Garfield notes that there is a growing
sentiment for the enforcement of the law.
Popular recognition Of the fact that
these resources are not iuexhaustihle. he
says "has created the public opinion
which now demands the enforcement Of
the land laws. the prevention of waste.
and the recovery Of lands which are
now Illegally held" AS one of the prime
obstacles to the enforcement of law hith-
erto has been the existence of an adverse
local sentiment, the growth of the more
favorable opinion noted by Mr. Garfield
promises much for the successful develop
ment of the departments policy OF CON
serving the public domain.
Mr.. Garfield recommends that the gov
eTnment retain title to the extensive coal
lands in the West and in Alaska which
are still within the public domain. and
that their development be permitted under
leases, as is the practice In Australia. in
some Of the Western States, and in the
East. where the coal lands are owned by
private individuals. This plan is part of
the great general policy of the conServa-
ton Of national resources of forest. mine.
waterways and water power that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is endeavoring to devalon
along systematic lines. II would be
serious blunder as our experience with
the anthracite and bituminous coal fields
proves, to permit the mOnopolization of
the Western coal fields Yet the prospect
is that the blundeT will be committed, un-
less Mr.. Roosevelt or his immediate sue
cessor can force the appropriate legislation
from al- unwilling Congress.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03

sauce for the goose and another for the
gander. If theatrical companies are not
required to pay full fare, why should
political delegations. social clubs and
what not? II the lid is 10 be tilted even
a little bit, why not kick it off?"
The trouble will be not 80 much in
convincing the powers at the head of
affairs that the demand is a just one
as TO convince them that it may not be
an entering wedge calculated to open
eventually the way 10 reaction" all
along the line. Every business man is
apt to want to be on the list Of excep-
tlons headed by the theatrical compa-
MES The latter can hardly be Classed
as less than luxuries. and If "reformers"
permit discrimination in favor of luxuries.
why won't the common people have a
kick coming?
All Of which shows that the way of the
'reformer" is hard. He promises much
but he delivers little that is nourishing
10 famished souls. His campaign thunder
enthuses the average voter. and that
party recks not of his pocketbook or his
stomach just then. 1t is only when the
pangs Of indigestion seize him that he
begins to sit up and speculate concerning
what sort Of rubbish he has been feeding
upon.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
The Assassination Of King carlos.


A long era of public and private cor
rupuon, governmental ineficiency, and
ill-cOnsidered methods of repressing pop
ular discomfort have eliminated in POr-
tugal in one of those shocking crimes
so unhappily familiar in modern history.
Though King Carlos was regarded by
many of his subjects as a usurper. and
by others as an incapable and dishonest
ruler, there appears 10 have been little
ground for any Of these accusations,
which We're doubtless inspired by politi-
cal intrigue. Those VINO demanded his
abdication so that a republic might be
established could see nothing good in his
character, but the testimony of capable
observers is that he was "a monarch of
excellent qualities. Of broad-minded and
liberal ideas, whose only fault was that
he did not. IN fact. attempt to rule the
country, leaving the actual business Of
government too much 10 selfish, in
competent and tyrannical politicians.
The King personality probably had lit
tie 10 do with his murder, for reglcidss
strike at the office, not the man-the
symbol OF authority, the embodiment of
ruling power. 1t is notable that no mod
ern ruler who has perished by the hand
of an assassin mas been q willful tyraut
OF heartless desp0t while some of them
have represented Il high type of states
manship. They have perished simply be-
cause they We're the heads Of the state.
and so typical of the power it was sought
10 destroy. The best sentiment Of the
day strongly condemns such crimes as
the murder of sovereign for political
reasons. Nothing has been accomplished
for the public good in modern times by
regicide, for no ruler nowadays holds
within his hands the fate OF a whole
people. Wilkes Booth. after he shot Abra-
ham Lincoln, maTvelcd that ne was
hunted down ike an outlaw, with every
mans hand against him. for an act like
that which, in the time Of Caesar. had
won honor for a Rrutus But the age
of Lincoln is not that Of Caesar. and no
modern assassination of the head of a
state has seemed 10 enlightened judgment
in the remotest degree justihable. More
over. such crimes have failed of their
purpose, even when that purpose had
some color of right and some favor Of
Justice. Not by striking at the person of
the sovereign, but by the pressure of a
Nell-directed and righteously inspired
public opinion. may the reform OF gov
ernmental abuses be accomplished under
modern conditions. The safety of the
people demands the stability Of govern
ments, though their policies may be al
tered as eXigencies require. 50 we may
deplOre the senseless murder of King
and his son as an objectionable crime. the
poorest of substitutes for the peaceful
mode of revolution by which great re-
forms are brought about i'm these days
mode that ought not 10 be impossible
OF application even in a corrupt and
decadent monarchy. where az least the
form Of constitutional government has
existed for some time past
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
ROOSEVELT'S GOOD WORK
MARRIED by an Excess of InfIamma-
tory Denunciation.

from the Springfield Republican.
There is developing in the country a
crisis which forebOdes serious conflict be-
tween social and industrial classes. We
have Jagged behind even monarchical couu-
tries in tempering new industrial condi-
tions to the weaker members Of society.
we have fallen too far under the power
Of the dead hand of the past, as exempli-
fed in our constitutional system. In Eng
land such a decision as that which last
came from the United states Supreme
Court respecting labor unions would OF
might be met by an act Of Parliament,
which no court would dare TO overrule or
underrule. But here il can only be over
come by a constitutional amendment,
which is akin 10 impossible undertakings.
We stand sorely ia need of a larger and
more progressive liberalism but II it is
not 10 90 10 pieces through its own ex-
cesses it must have wise and temperate
leadership in administrative office Wealth
and privilege are not going 10 give up
their peculiar advantages without a strug-
gle, but the stress Of their opposition viii
find no abatement in inhammatory denun-
citation from high official position.
Possibly Mr. Roosevelt might moderate
has Language and manner without greatly
modifying effect upon those classes. for
they look upon him as traitor 10 his own
class which is Of their own-One who by
accident got into a place they had de-
signed should be held by more COmplacent
persons. and then turned against them
II was fuTthest from their calculations
that one of their own number, the pam
pered child OF an aristOcracy like theirs
should appear. as he does now, the
wrothfui leader OF "a flaming crusade
against their cherished privilege And how
strange that he who was quoted years
ago as saying that Gov. Altgeld should
be put against "A wall and shot, should
now have raging against him the same
interests that crucifed or sought TO
cruelty Atgeld'
Bu. SO it is. Mr. Roosevelt has done a
good work I'm waking up the country, as
no leader OF the opposition party could
have done, 10 the great abuses Of corpo-
rate wealth and privilege. To have kept
the stream of popular discomfort further
damned up through several more COM
placent administrations like that which
preceded the Roosevelt regime would
have been TO invite al last the break and
torrent Of revolution. But the worthy
ends that are being sought cannot be
best achieved through an angry con-
fusion.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
THE NEW SURGERY.

I'm short time, according to a prominent sur
geou, 1t viii be a common thing 20 transplant
with succcss, the vital organs Of lower animals 10
mans hodT.l
Bin Smith vas in railroad wreck-tbe cars were
ground 20 matchos-
Aud when the surgeons got TO him. Bin Smith vas
mostly patches
But soon With PAR Of rabbits ears Bill Smith was
keenly barking
While lungs from out setter dog had set Bin
Smith a-barling
The doctors solved most capably the missing stomach
question;
Two stomachs from muey COW built up Bill
Smiths digestion;
And when horse contributed with no thanks to
the giverl
Bill smith world not have taken back bis ancient.
faulty liver.
\ pair Of cats eyes tckled Bill and fixed him up
completely
And he could see in blacsest night and lodged his
Esht bills neatly;
And when folks asked if he pleased with all
his borrowed tackle
Bill Smith would just throw back his head and
give an old hens caCkle
Denver Republican.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
THE SCHOOL CONTROVERSY.
QuarreIing mn Apparently Necessary
Function OF the Board.

From the New York ETeniug Post
Washington schools are still i'm a tur-
moil William r. Chancellor the re-
Gently removed superintendent. continues
10 breathe fire and slaughter against the
school board, and there are two bills in
Congress which aim at the removal OF
that body. Senator Delivers bill, which
has been favorably reported by the sub
committee on schools Of the Senate COM
mittee on the District Of Columbia. calls
for the complete reorganization Of the
schools, the appointment Of a director in
place OF the board Of education. and
places the whole system under a Federal
official, the Commissioner Of Education.
He now sUpervises the schools i'm the
Territories. and is obviously the official
best fitted to take charge OF those of
the District. If this step be necessary.
Upon this point there is much difference
Of opinion The teachers are in the
main satisfied and all want to be left
alone for a while.
So bitter have been the controversies
Of the last two years. and so uncertain
have many Of the teachers felt about
their tenure Of office, that their work has
inevitably suffered. They plead for rest
and quiet, and are particularly averse to
the wiping out of the supervising prin-
cipals or assistant supeTintendeuts, whom
the bin would abolish. Should the board
Of education be supplantcd. one of the
last signs Of democracy would disappear
from the District even though it's mem
bers are no longer elected. And if there
has been much quarreling i'm the board.
NO
judging by New YorI's experience. this
is almost as necessary a function of
school board as is its devotion TO the
dead languages
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
A SOUTHERN SUGGESTION.
New Orleans Paper NomiHates Ed
itOr Grasty for President.

tt0r Grasty for President.
From the New Orleans Item.
While nominations are in order for the
Democratic national ticket and others
have felt al liberty 10 present candidates.
We feel that there is one modest gentle
man who has been overlooked. He ought
20 b. put in nomination by his State for
place on the ticket He Is Mr. Charles II.
GTasty. publisher Of the Baltimore News.
the foremost citizen in point of public
service in the State OF Maryland lie is
the man who has done most toward max
ing the greater and better Baltimore.
whose splendid credit model municipal
government and sane governmental sue
cess is now Acknowledged the country
over. Wherever large newspapers are
published in America the men responsi-
bic for them are acquainted with the
genius of a man, VINO. from small be-
g.nuIngs, has built up the dominant news
paper property Of one Of the greatest
cities OF America,
Politically he should be strong. and If
nominated for the Vice Presidency. he
would be strong. He Is a Virginian by
birth, started his career in the Southern
State of Missouri and went to the South
ern State of Maryland over fifteen years
ago. practically to found the Baltimore
News He has the youth and strength.
the personality. ability and eligibility, 20
command political strength, for he would
be a real Southern man Of the right stripe
for the Democratic ticket He would not
only carry the .Semi-SOutEern. q" doubtful.
border States. but would command
Southern men could command For every
newspaper publisher Of Importance in
America knows that the gentleman from
Maryland is an al-TOuHd man with q
record for clean newspaper performance
and plenty biz enough. strong enough.
and safe enough 10 hold any position that
may come his wav
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
Progress of Forestry.

The American Forestry Association has
at last succeeded in breaking down the
opposition of Speaker Cannon to the
proposition TO establish great forest re-
serves in the Appalachian and White
mountains. 1t now remains TO secure the
consent Of Congress to the expenditure OF
$O00O0c for this purpose. which may be
impossible at this session because of the
necessity Of curbing appropriations. The
sum required is half the cost of a battle
ship, and is about equal to the annual
expense of maintaining the national lux
ury of exploiting our superabundant al
truism in the Philippines. Yet the forest
reserves would at least pay their own
expenses, and possibly also, in course Of
time, the capital expenditure.
An important consideration in this prof.
ect is that it would initiate in the East
and South the great. policy OF forest
preservation that has been SO success
fully put into operation in the West un-
der the administration Of Chief Forester
Pinchot. There are now l50. .O00005 acres
in national forests. and this imperial do
main has been made 20 yield a revenue
equivalent to the cost Of maintenance
properly chargeable 10 that revenue. In
course Of time it may be made to yield
a great deal more, so that eventually We
may derive a considerable income from
the national forests. A certain proper
ton Of this income is now returned to the
local governments of the states where
forest reserves are situated ia order
that they may not dc deprived of ordI-
nary sources of revenue.
No development of the Federal govern
ment is so promising as that which has
for its object the conservation or our
timber resources. 1t is a great work, the
outcome of which in future years viii
stand as an enduring monument to the
energy and foresight of the President and
his chief Forester
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
Senatorial Fussinc.s-

From the Norfolk Landmark
1t is not surprising that Senator TIL
man made a fuss because the Secretary
OF the Treasury furnished information 10
the Senate in printed form. but we had
thought better of Senator Cumbersome
critical faculties It is a pity to see the
time Of the Senate wasted in petty sduab-
bles over a matter Of that sort. when i'm
portant issues require to be seriously ap-
preached, A printed answer to a Senate
inquiry ought to be more satisfactory
than any other kind. because more easily
read and digested. The question OF
whether or not the answer is complete is
quite different
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
BEYOND HER YEARS.

BEYOND HER YEARS.
/ wooed maid
And she WAS fair.
She wore braid
OF golden hair
Adown her back it showed its sheen
For she was barely just sixteen.
To me she said
Twas not her plan
To ever wed
A poet man.
And as | think it DER. / ween
Ihat she was wise, for just sixteen.
Quite a Feat.
Yes; my views shocked the civilized
world"
You seem elated."
why not? 1t takes good bit to
shock the civilized world these days"
Heading Him on.
This is the biggest Senate we have
ever had"
why. began the oldest inhabitant,
when Dan'l Webster wuz alive
Numerically, Uncle Josh, numerically"
Among Girls.
He says my eyes are like stars. I
wonder what he means by that2"
4 wonder. stars TO me look little and
red
Alike.
Tempus travels
on the fly
life is short and
So am l.
Appropriate.
Been to Washington
yep"
What's the latest9"
We'll, they're aludjng 70 Pennsylvania
avenue as the grest whitewashed way.
DOinss His share,
Il don't mind making you a cup Of
coffee on the gas range said the cook
I'm willin to work fer il, lady" de-
olared Tired Tifus Permit me to turn
on de gas"
Strictly Biz.
Mr.. HoDtoad. I have married your
daughter"
"WcHg''
We want YOUR forgiveness"
Take it an welcome bur 10 you Xpect
To board here, the terms VIII be cash,
100 per cent i'm advance"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
Did Not Mention College FPaternltIes.
E.lit.r T.a LNashingtnn Hold.

The Washington newspapers on Satur-
day. February ]. published in their col
umns a notice of the dinner given by the
University Of Chicago Alumni Club of
Washington in honor of President Harry
Pratt Juds0n, Of the University Of Chi
cag0. in which it was made to appear
that President Judson, in a speech at the
dinner. had condemned the influences Of
college fraternities. President Judson
not only did not mention college fraterui-
ties in his speech before the Washington
alumni club, but I am personally aware
that he entertains no such views with
regard 20 college fraternities as was set
forth in these publications.
LEROY T. VERNON
President University Of Chicago Alumni Club Of
Washington
The Washington herald., 1908-02-03
Smoking Fewer Cigars.

From the New YORK World
Figures compiled by the United States
Tobacco Journal make an interesting
showing of the panic effect on smokers
The cigar production for October last
was 723,54i, $50. It fell to 76,95O.550 in No
vember and to ass. 42S.370 in December. The
cigarette industry showed a similar de-
cline. In hard times it must be through
the humble pipe of brier or clay that one
puffs dull care away