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The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
Mistaken Advice.

'Tf you can't sing, whistle advises a
Pittsburg minister, in a worthy effort to
inject a spirit OF happiness and JOY into
his congregation. make some sort Of
noise join in the praise, whether you can
warble or not"
The motive behind this advice is most
admirable but the advice itself is very
bad! If you can't sing. keep your mouth
closed while the singing is going on.
Don't whistle; don't do anything but
listen. You may indeed should, join in
the praise mentally, but not otherwise.
It isn't your business to mar the efforts
of other people by bringing discord 10 dis
turb the harmony of sweet sounds well
blended and soothing to the ear. Not at
all! You must shut off your would-be
warble and your out-of-tune whistle. Don't
deluGe YOURSELF if you can't sing. you
can't whistle. and you merely make your
self ridiculous by trying.
A better plan IS to do we'll that which
you know you can do. II you are a good
singer, sing; If you are a good talker.
talk If you are a good writer, write; If
you are good anything, do that! But
shoemaker does well to stick TO his last
rather than attempt to run a locomotive.
He should. OF course. participate in every
thing that goes to make up the everyday
life Of his community but he should par
tioipate with discretion and according to
his talents and ability.
That's why we think this Pittsburg min
lister wrong Ia his advice, If you can't
sing whistle" Just one discordant voice
may ruin the singing Of a choir; the
sublimest Of music may be reduced 20 the
ridiculous in a dozen bars. One false note
may turn pathos into bathos So. what's
the user Why not let those who can't
sing simply keep quiet? They would
serve nobler purpose in that than in
whistlng, anyhow.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11

Congress Is not likely TO be profoundly
impressed with the proposition that there
shall be established a reserve list formed
of active commissioned officers Of the
United States navy. This means q list
which shall be distinct from the seagoing
officers and from the retired officers. COM
prising a species Of personnel which is
not available for duty at sea. but which
shall be continuously employed on shore
evidently 10 the exclusion Of that class
which Is described in the official refer
ences TO the plan as seagoing personnel.
This would seem, in the first instance. to
be a deprivation of shore duty for those
officers who are not OF the reserve list,
and TO impose upon them the inconveni-
ence and discomfort of protracted periods
OF duty asoat Il is claimed, however,
there Is enough shore duty for both, and
the officers who are Of the reserves are,
as a oOmpensattng factor. to be taken
out OF the line Of promotion after having
been once advanced on the reserve list
This is the Introduction into the naval
establishment of a means Of materially
increasing the commissioned personnel. a
section of which is to be limited TO shore
duty, in the performance of which #
would not seem necessary TO have exten-
siyely educated ara specially trained
naval officers. There Is no question that
the navy Is confronted with stagnation. a
situation which IS always demoralizlng
and is the surest contribution to inef-
ficiency; at the same time it is appre-
ciated that there viii always be a fiuc-
tuating amount OF promotion which may
not be controlled or regulated to any ex-
tent by legislation. Members of this re-
serve list have been aptly styled by one
Of the members Of the House Naval Com
mittee as ''sawdust men. and the use
lessness and extravaganza OF these in
eumbranoes are very well described In the
title.
stagnation in the navy should be
avoided by some method. but It is not fair
e furnish the service with a body Of
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
THE WATERING CONGRESS.

Congress getting ready to adjourn Washington Herald
your with yearnng ye
laHdy
WIN the people welcomed Your omOnv they
undeTsandY
your thers
W count think next slectons Don't think had
tetter bewaTef
talked and have tusdstl talking things you've
accomplished nil
win people satisfied with such bring
the milf
you win supemsy
Not unless sheep bed aud branded constituents
what meant
be ksd IT, and gather
fight anchou may pay for your
folly ia pain.
talkeis
behaved the bade the paths appointed
you're walked.
with brain
lead work fer the nation, for and fer plenty
And yet sory the world wiz wag but the sun
VII sns not brightly when the sixneh Congress
u II.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
k1ENRERG


was admitted 10 the bar and at once went
after political honors. He was delegate to
the Republican national convention held
in st. Louis In 1895, and was elected to
the Fifty-sixth Congress. President Nc
kinley appointed Afr. Rodenberg a MEM
Der OF the Civil Service Commission in
1901. The pace was too rapid for him. and
he lasted just one year.
Having strong desire to retire from
active public life. he again made the race
for Congress. and WAS elected TO the Fif-
ty-eighth and Fifty-ninth, and the easy
life still having its charms. he was re-
elected 20 the Sixtieth by ever 1000 votes.
Representative Rodenbesg must be of
a creative and~en artistic turn Of mind.
al least the Speaker must have thought
so, when he assigned him 70 Committees
on Industrial Arts and Expositions, F'hb-
lie Buildings and Grounds. and Levees
and improvements of the Mississippi
River
Representative Richmond Pearson Hob
son. in addition to his well-known pro
pensity for exploding belligerent talk in
public. much to the delight Of certain
portions Of the press. is a modest man.
Already has Mr. Hobson let his Ian
guage flow and beat about the House of
Representatives. let his undHuted rhetoric
shine forth in the Record. But upon that
the first occasion Of his speaking, he
GRATED not for long nor with that un-
restrained tongue which he sees TT 70
swing when in the real heat OF his
emotions.
Mr.. Hobson is very modest. He has
been bothered so often by newspaper
men within the last few weeks that
he has. at some trouble gene out Of
his clerks way TO obviate the worry
Mr.. Hobson has been asked by an sorts
Of people just when he is 10 speak upon
the naval appropriation blli. AT first
perhaps, such Interrogation was but the
tit and somewhat pleasing tribute in
which even a busy Representative might
al the passing moment take just pride
But when the list Of inquirers became
great and swelled iHte large proportions.
MT. H0bsOn drew the line. tie sat him
down before his clerk, dictated q brief
statement and sent it to the House press
gallery. where to-day il hangs in all its
modesty, unblemished, but net unseen.
Thereon it is inscribed IN the bold. blue
/ letters OF the familiar typewriter that
Mr. HobsOn viii speak upon the naval
appropriation bill at Il o'clock Saturday
Mr. HObSOn is indeed modest and careful
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
Injury to a washington rns,itutiOn.

An important institution in Washing
ton of international professional value
has received a serious blow al the hands
OF the Senate Military Committee in its
revision of the appropriations made by
the House Of Representatives. for the sup
port of the army during the coming hseal
year. It has been customary for many
years to appropriate annually the sum Of
$1,000 for the library OF the Surgeon
General Of the army. This is the biggest
and best medical library in the world,
and has a reputation among medical
pevple accordingly. AS the army bill has
gone to conference it contains the reduced
item of 5000 for the library the purpose
and need OF the House allotment being
evidently misunderstood in the Senate.
Of course. the item viii be restored to
It's usual amount, because it is absolutely
necessary in the interest of maintaining
the value of the library to have an un-
diminished appropriation. Otherwise. the
loss Of so great a fraction of the avail
able fund, even for a year, would deprive
the library of indispensable literature.
much of which could not. afterward be
obtainable and. naturally. would not be
provided for by any succeeding Congress
The incident of the reduction of the item
for this library is the more remarkable
because it is the only reduction made
by the Senate Military Committee in the
army bin as it had passed the House
The additions made TO the 5ill were
generous in a degree which led Senator
Hale. the next day. to file a vigorous
protest. Those additions amounted to
nearly sl5.O00,000. against which the single
reduction in the bill as 1t passed the
House was the paltry s5,o00 which was
Topped of the reasonable appropriation Of
$4,000 for the army medical library. There
is no benefit gained from this sort Of
economy.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
BY YE LOCAL SCRIBE.

Samuel g. Blythe b0aFdwaikei az
Atlantic City al last week.
Hon. William Howard Tafe Is
scheduled fog a esIl At the War De
paTtment tomorrow.
Genial Jim Watson is again onto
his job, whipping recalcitrant House
Republicans into line.
The yumor that the gas company
intends voluntarily 70 reduce the
price Of gas appears to be unauthori-
tatiFe.
Ernest g. Walker was called to
Boston this week to help keep the
peace between the Taftites and anti
Taftites.
Turner WickeFShsm dropped in at
the New Willard Thursday evening
and was cordially greeted hy his
mauy friends.
Chairman Gallinger Is for the
abolition Of raee-tyack gambling.
even If an extra session Of Congress
must be called.
Allen d. Albert. IT,. is pushing the
proposed merger Of the Board ol
Trade and Chamber Of Commerce
with all his might.
Arthur ". Dunn is making fine
headWay with his Country Club prof.
ect. and the charter membership roll
is now about completed.
Some folks We know are beginning
to fesF that the b. G. jumped from
the frying pan into the FIRE whsn it
lost llabcoeA and got Smith.
George B. Cox assures The Big
Stick By wire that he has the Ohio
situation well in hand. and that the
State is perfectly safe for Tart
The Hon. Phil Campbell has about
finished his report on the gas situa-
ton and will present the same to
the President on Tuesday next He
faTogs 72-eeut gas.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
LAST TUESDAYS ELECTIONS.
Interesting Local Issues in Various
Portions of the Country.


Portions of the Country.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A few years ago the turning over Of
two such important municipalities as Kan
sas City and Milwaukee from the Repub-
leans to the Democrats in one day would
have been commented on as significant
OF a change OF political sentiment that
might have a vital effect in the national
campaign now about 10 open. Party lines,
however, have come to mean little or
nothing 10 the average city voter. and no
such lesson can be drawn from the elec-
tions OF Tuesday. The growing indepen J.
ence of party III local elections Is one of
the encouraging signs of the time. The
voters OF Kansas City, in placing Critten~
den in tho mayors chair, and those Of
Milwaukee IN similarly honoring the vet
eran Rose, were considering only local
issues. and probably had the November
election In mind no more than have the
rioting free men or Portugal
The Social Democrats Of Milwaukee
make an impressive show with their can
didate for mayor forcing the Republican
candidate into third place. While the
Social Democrats are not considered
straightout Socialists, their unexpected
strength viii give Socialists of ali brands
eneourag cement throughout the country.
Socialism, however IL may be decried by
the leaders Of the older parties, may be-
come a very live issue In certain re
speets the times are ripe Tor such a po-
ntieal development in America
Honors appear about even between the
liquor and temperance forces as a result
Of the elections ia Illinois and other Mid
die Western States While the larger
cities OF Cannon's State retain their sa-
looms twenty counties have been closed
absolutely 20 liquor selling; the temperance
forces gain IN Nebraska, but lose IN Wis
consin. Slowly but surely the saloon is
being forced from the rural sections and
from the smaller municipalities the wave
Of prohibition sentiment shows no signs
OF recession.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
MswEENs PHILOSOPHY.

Politics make strange bar-room
companions.
A plucked peacock is no prettier
than a barnyard rooster.
Women like much TO be respected.
but they love being loved.
You can't get any fun out Of
money unless you spend it.
Success sometimes comes with such
a rush it knocks a man down.
An old maid is as much use to
nature as a broken bani5 is 70 music.
There IS only one weapon against
which a woman has no defense-in-
dideEeneel
A man is not necessarily a gentle
man because he takes q cold tub
every nom.
Dishonesty IS q blundeF: ine0mpe-
tsnce Is a crime; lsziness is some
times a virtue.
Il Is net always a compliment to
a business man to have a race horse
named after him.
Bookmakers are not gamblers They
have a sure thing. Il is the sucker
who thinks he's gambling.
One Of the easiest things in the
world TO make. and the hardest TO
destroy. Is a bad reputation
The chum who always has a witty
story on tap is not at al the sort
Of man to tie to when trouble comes.
Because conYiCts are shorn is no
guarantee that long-haired men are
honest; some Of them are Musicians,
Yot can't count the number Of
your friends hy the number Of men
who are willing 70 take a drink
with you.
Life has its compensations. II you
have 10 shine your own shoes you
won't have 10 pay a doctor to cure
dyspepsia,
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: IF you see it in The Big
Stick. IL isn I neeessarily so.
HERE TO KILL SIMS BILL
Pat MeCarrsn Finds Situation Much
S.mnler Thsn AZ Alhanv.

Pat MeCarFsn kinds Situation Much
Simpler Than at Albany.
The Hon. Pat McCaren, Of Brock
lyn, who. with the help Of State
Senator Grady. throttled the anti
race-track gambling bill at Albany
on Wednesday. arrived in Washing
ton late last night
He came 10 look into the status Of
the Sims bin and Immediately went
into secret conference with a NUM-
Der OF prominent New York book
makers and other influential people.
Ways and means 70 kill the measure
were discussed at length. and a plan
Of action formulated.
At the close Of the conference Mr..
MeCauen said he had found the
situation BY no means threatening OF
difficult u deal with, but much sim
pier than that which had confronted
him at Albany. The fight. therefore.
should be all the easier 10 win.
BE wiz divide his time between
Albany and Washington. and stimuli
taneously direct the campaign at
both places for continued gambling.
He has chosen able lieutenants to
keep constantly on guard, ard as
Congress is Fastening adjournment
he feels that once the Sims bill gets
into conference the chance Of is
getting out win be extremely remote.
a Well-kEown broker assured Alr.
MeCarren that those backing the
Sims bill were "a 10. Of pikers. and
that all the real people at the capi-
tai favored public gambling as con-
dueiye 70 business interests and pro-
motive Of the public welfare.
Senator McCarTen left for New
York this morning.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
O'SWAT GIVES UP FIGHT
Cannon Boom Collapsss: Sche-
nectady Leader Goes Hons.
Uncle Joe" Though Down and Out.
VII Not Mithdrsw, bat Take the
Count. Says Fallen Leader.
- b - Bls -.

Special 20 The Big Stick.
Chicago, April lo.-O'Digman Swat,
head and front Of the Cannon and
Hughes Presidential movement, to-
day gave up the fight, closed his
headquarters. and started for Sche-
neetady. n. y.
"I'm through and am going home,
said AIr. Swat. while waiting FOR a
cab at the Hotel Lakota. 4 sur
render, sir I throw up the sponge.
In the language Of nay Democratic
friend. Tom Tagsart, When In
done I'm did
I've fought a good fght and I've
lost That's tie long and the short
OF it Tie nomination for President
is not for your Uncle Jos'-not this
year. The ticket will not be Cannon
and Hughes.
"My prophecy fails-fsils. str, mis-
erably fails. I admit It. confess il,
sBn0unee Il to the world, I make
no further claim for H. Il is a tip
gone wrong, q bubble burst. a boom
collapsed. Tell The Big Stick this.
sir. Leave cut nothing. Say that
0'Dignan Swat says 1t. It's so.
I'm still a Republican good Re
publican. sir-but IN out Of the
fight and cut Of politics for the rest
Of the campaign. I'll lock horns
With this administration no mere
forever
Who. think you. Mr. O'sKat,
viii be nominatedf"
Swat. sir: not O'S9at. II you
please. / am 10 prophet or the son
Of a prophet. I'm cut Of the pre-
dieting business row-0ut Of Il. sir,
BGj IS 1t not clear-so clear that he
who runs may Tead-What the result
Of this bitter strife viii be? His
tory IS but repeating itself. Did
Harrison not have his way in 1897
has any human being or set Of
human beings ever successfully com
bated an administration In q contest
Ike thisY No sir-ueFeT.
And Cannon viii withdraw
withdraw exclaimed Air. Swat.
as he entered his cab. Neger! Not
on your life. He'll take the count.
sir; he'll take the count. 4"
And as the fallen sehenectady
leader vas Whirled away ne shouted
again through the cab window:
Uncle JOEL take the oeunt, sir;
mark my words, he'll take the
count
MF. swat's peremptoFy abandon
ment Of the Cannon boom is the
sensation Of the hoHr in Chicago.
and the Taft adheFenis are rejoicing
wildly. !. 0. n.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
REPUBLICANS ALARMED.
UneaSiness over Party Prospects fla
the Presidential Election.

the Presidential Election.
Washington Correspondents New YORK Eysning Post
Any account Of present political condi-
tons would be imperfect that did not
take into consideration the prevalent feel
/ ing of uneasiness. guinness. and dissatls-
faction which exists among Republicans
in Congress over the outlook for a vic
tory at the polls in November. Evidences
Of these feelings are not difficult To dis
cover. They reveal themselves in the
most casual conversation. Especially is
the uneasiness diseernible to those who
read between the lines OF the debates in
the two Houses. One of the Senators,
who Is at present actively engaged in a
managerial capacity in the bitterly con-
tested campaign being made for the Re-
publican Presidential nomination, said re
Gently:
Everything Is In a most unsatisfactory
condition. Unless I am greatly mistaken
we viii have bitter factional fights at the
Chicago convention. These will leave be-
hind them half-heaIed enmities and bad
blood, unless the utmost tact is employ
ed. Even if Mr.. Taft is nominated-and
! am not one of those who desire his
suceess-there viii be left q smoidering
resentment in the party against him. I
am at loss to know why a large part OF
the opposition to Mr.. Taft is not honestly
set forth. mean By this. the fear that
is entertained by so many Republicans of
consequence that if Mr. Taft is nomi-
mated, he cannot be elected I think we
are paying entirely too much attention 10
the outcome Of the nominating conven-
Gon and not enough TO the election.
The situation in the two Houses of
Congress is not simpiifed, as 1t might
have been. A mistake was made in fore
Ing upon the attention of Congress such
important legislation as the antitrust
bill. and the other recommendation of
the President, at this late stage Of the
session. The Democrats have been quick
10 take advantage Of this mistake. and
are daily engaged in making political
capital.
The flibuster now going on In the
House looks pueriIe proceeding to those
who sit in the gallery. but it is undenia-
bly, having its effect on the country at
large. 1t has frazzled the nerves Of the
Republican floor leaders: made them lose
their tempers, and given the Democrats q
strategic advantage. With commanding
Republican ma1orities in both branches
Of Congress, the winter programme OF
legislation has not been managed as COM
petently as it might have been"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11

commissioned officers who are not IN line
Of promotion and who are available for
a restricted class of duty. 1t would be
much better TO limit the number OF ap-
pointments made from among the Naval
Academy graduates 10 the position Of en-
sign. That would keep down the number
Of officers who now seem TO be in each
others way. It must be remarked by OBJ
servers of the naval situation that we are
no sooner hearing from the Navy De-
partment of the lack of commissioned Of
feeFs for duty on ships of war than we
learn from the same quarter, with equal
fervor and emphasis. that there are alto
gether too many officers for the good of
the sarvica
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
Campaign Contributions.

Prom the Boston He.ald
Oh, yes, Congress Is for the publicity Of
campaign contributions. but it isn't en-
Enthusiastically III favor OF any legislation
on the subject The no-quorum habit in
the committee rooms when the subject
comes up for consideration reveals the
prevailing hypocrisy In relation thereto.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
COZ. Hughes, sLake-nn.

Prom he MesIcan HeraId
Gov. Hughes has Welsh. Irish. Scotch.
English. and Dutch blood in his veins
but makes no claim on the German vote
His Celtic strains give him rOmanticism,
which he hides, and his English and
Dutch blood practieality, which is In evi-
dence all the time
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11

with Foraker on the Taft band wagon,
where will the resentful brother in black
appear?'' inquiries the Nashville American.
When that happy time arrives. II It ever
does there win hardly be any ''resentful
brother in black" to appear anywhere.
He and his kind viii all have disappeared.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
JapaB's Military Expenditure.
From the springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
Some American writer's lately have
been busy studying Japan's military ex-
penditures, and they think il positively
alarming because, according 20 their
analysis, % per cent Of japanese revenues
are applied 10 armameBts and military
contingencies. As a matter Of fact japan
is spending but 20 per cent OF her totai
estimated revenue for the current Iseal
year on the army and navy, The total
for both services being but the amount
the United States Congress has just ap-
pTcpriated for itz army alone.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
IN OUR SET.

Mr. james W. Pearcy. late Of In
diananolis. was in our midst on
Wednesday.
TIE Hen, joe Rhinock and Col.
jack Chinn took cab out to the
races the other day.
There's going to be a lot Of fun
when the chorus girls Of The
Prince Of Parehessi'' company come
70 town.
Mr, Jack Sieberf has gone down
20 his fara in Virginia. where be
win spend the summer learning to
Play the violin.
The newly-wed Mr.. and Mrs. Phi
lander c. johnson win sail FOR Eu-
rope on the White star Line. Watch
for shooting stars.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11

ence Is aged. His
one years service on
the United S ia t e s
Civil Service Com
mission a d d e d at
least ten years to his
otherwise young and
innocent life. He
was educated in the
public schools. and
graduated from Cen
tral Wesleyan Col
lege. Warrenton. No.
For seven years he
taught school with
success, and history
will tel whether he
started in the right
way any future
Presidents. He at
tended the St. Louis
Law School. II I S
bio g raphy doesn't
say how long he
studied law. but he
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
In . CIass by HimseIf.

From the Los Angeles Times
We are somewhat surprised that the
clerk Of the United States Senate is so far
behind as TO put Senator La Toilette down
as Republican on the roll calls.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11
Tn-AmerIcnn ninlect.

From the Richmond TimesDispaieh.
Uncle Joe Cannon would be an easier
man for Plainly-edueated people to under
stand II he did not insist on talking that
queer Republican standpatois.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11

Detectives Jail Quarry"
Tired Tifhns read this headline with in
terest.
well. well. /" said he, they'll be loekin'
up a railroad next"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11

1T takes a good man TO run VI a g.
tailor bill," says Mr.. Shonts, speaking Of
a little account recently presented the
Due de Chaulnes. II likewise takes a
smart man to pick out a good-natured
fathcr-in-law.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-11

Senator Dick. of Ohio. should have
changed cars before he got 20 the termi-
nus of the wrong line" says the Chicago
News. But how was he 10 change. with
the cars going sixty miles an hour all the
time7