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The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Now that Racing Has STOPPED.

The wall Of the Coney Island Jockey
Club is really most pathetic. Since the
betting has been stopped the attendance
at the races has fallen of so greatly that
many Of the big purses have been called
of, and its leaders declare that the club
will lose over S25O,0OO during the fifteen
day meeting
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
IS a large amount 90 lose. isn't it? But
If it is lost. some one must find 1t. That
much money is not going 20 knock
around loose very long. Fortunately.
the law prohibits the bookmakers, the
men who have been finding most of this
comfortable sum, from searching for II
in the usual way. and so we must come
10 the conclusion that this s25O.OOO will be
found by the people who stay away from
the track
The clerk. the bookkeeper, the small
business men-these are the lucky finders
Of a quarter OF a million dollars that
otherwise would have gone TO swell the
purses Of the bookmakers Mrs. Clerk
and Mrs. Bookkeeper will. in all proba-
bility. now be able to afford those new
bonnets they have looked at lougingly.
and the clerks and the bookkeepers will
possibly find part Of that quarter of a
million going toward paying for a trip
10 the seashore for them.
Oh. no; the money is not lost. It is
saved II has not been taken from
business and fed 10 the gamblers. but Il
is there, just the same-not where It will
enable vice 20 haunt itself in silks and
satlns. but where It Will prove a fit en-
couragement 10 virtue and honest en-
deavOr.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
PEACE TO HIS ASHES.
Col. WattersOn's GrnvesIde Tribute
TO Cleveland.


to Cleveland.
From the Rochester Times
At the graveside. Col watterson again
brands as wholly and cruelty false those
stories OF personal reconsideration" once
current about Mr.. Cleveland, and claim
ing Watterson as sponsor. The Ken
tuclOian, who knew Mr.. Cleveland well.
adds to his portrait as "a rough, weather.
beaten, all-around man Of all work, self
willed. strong-minded. and conscien-
tious." another trait not so generally
known: in point OF fact. he was a
sympathetic, though not an emotional or
effusive man, and as sensitive as a wom-
an
Revelations by the few whom Mr..
thoughts inform us that he was cut 10
the quick by the alienation and revilings
Of his party because Of his stand for
honest money; and that for a time his
faith In Democracy itself was shaken.
But If this was HIS inner mood. little evi-
dence Of IL was permitted TO appear on
the surface. He kept still and took his
medicine heroically.
And finally the mood Of despair lifted
and he came to realize that the mistakes
OF Democracy are but as shadows cast
by clouds passing before the sun. For II
came to pass that many who once would
have stoned him returned 70 worship or
10 praise: and among all there was at
least free acknowledgment OF his good
motives and magnificent courage, the
memory Of which will constitute a per-
manent endowment Of high example
And so we take leave OF that which was
mortal OF Grover Cleveland.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Onght TO BE Kicked.

From the Grand Rapids Herald
Mayor Mcclellan, u New York. and
William Randolph Hearst ought by this
time TO feel Ike going out in the back
yard and requesting somebody 20 give
them a vigorous application OF shoe
leather-the first because he so long re-
sisted by every legal means in his power
a recount OF the mayOralty vote. and
the second because he has persisted IN
the demand for a recount until he got
IT, Mr.. Hearst's total gains in the Isl
boxes now reported are only 22S or only
little more than one-third Of a vote 20
a box-a ratio that will. IL continued,
make the total gain on the entire count
only 5S5. whereas the Mcclellan plurality
10 be overcome Is 3474
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
The Inf Cnhincr.

From the Providence Journal
One Of the entertaining pastimes OF
this hot weather season consists in nam
ing the members Of President Taft's
Cabinet. II Is a harmless amusement.
and affords ample play for anybody's gift
Of prophecy. 1t appears from one guess
er's list that Mr. Burton. Of Ohio, or Dr
David J. Hill, the Ambassador az Berlin,
IS 10 be Secretary of State; Postmaster
General Meyer is 10 be transferred 10 the
Treasury Department, and various other
interesting changes are 10 take place.
but Secretary Wilson Is 20 remain at the
head of the Department OF Agriculture
Some enterprising newspaper should now
offer a prize for the best guess. OF course
the choice will finally devolve on Mr.
Tan himself If he Is elected. hut that is
mere detail And. as a matter Of fact
Cabinets can usually be forecasted with
reasonable accuracy before the official
announcement.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Concerning Old Clothes.

A woman writing 10 one OF the cur
rent magazines. wants 20 know why
men love old clothes; why they part with
them so reluctantly, and pass them on
to the ragman. or the poorhouse as
the case may be, with such evident re-
gret?
Men love old clothes because they love
comfort, and there is much comfort in
! old togs. The affection that grows up
between man and a true and tried
coat for instance. is beautiful TO see.
He is never quite so much az ease as
he is when settled down to work or play
rigged in garments ancient but familiar
Old clothes are TO him like old friends;
the custodian Of his hearts secrets, and
| the father confessor Of his sins As time
goes by. his old wearing apparel grows
dearer and dearer. and clings closer as
the day Of ultimate exile or destruction
draws nearer and nearer. The approach
Of the hour Of permanent farewell brings
TO the man who adores his old clothes
a keener and ever-growing sorrow: the
parting Of the way looms on the horizon
Ike the menace Of some dreadful calam-
ity. impending and unavoidable
The man who revels in the luxurious
ness Of his all but worn-out finery is
never comfortable in evening dress. nor
even the frock coat his kind affect for
semi-formal occasions. Observe his face
when clad in his glad rags" and out
on social duty, or attendant on some
function where custom prescribes his
dressing Up. Try as he will 20 conceal
his feelings few Of his tribe are able
entirely to suppress their discomfort and
latent uneasiness upon such occasions.
Note this about the man who loves TO
smoke a ppe-and all good fellows. all
men who really get all the good that is
10 be had Of life. do smoke pipes. some
times. somewhere-and see If IL isn't true:
he never smokes a pipe save when he IS
clad in old clothes, To smoke a pipe in
new clothes, dressed up Immediately
and faultlessy. as those things go. is
an impossibility; something not to be
thought Of without a shudder.
To deprive a well-disposed man OF
the blessed privilege OF wearing his
old clothes upon approved occasions
would be cruel and inhuman. Well-regu-
lated wives understand the value Of this
doctrine, and invariably govern them
selves accordingly Some philosophers
claim that the way 10 a mans heart Is
through HIS stomach. Wise ones know
better. The way to his heart is through
his old clothes. II is when wearing them
that his view Of life is benign; It is then
that his vision is roseate; it is then that
he Is approximately at peace with all the
world! Blessings be upon the head of
the man who invented old clothes: he
shall come into great reward some day
If he hasn't already been ushered into
the realms of eternal bliss.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
white House Edition.

From the New York Times
The White House edition Of the Repub-
lican party platform declared that one Of
the fundamental differences" between
Democracy and Republicanism is that
the one stood for secession and the other
for the Union, one for slavery and the
other for freedom In the committee
room this was one Of the few passages
that were stricken out. Doubtless Il was
recalled that the President himself had
bOaSted OF the fact that a near relative
on his mothers side was a lieutenant on
the Alabama. and II may have been
known that the President was about 10
appoint 70 the War Department Gen
Wright, n former Confederate captain
whose wife Is the daughter Of Admiral
Semmes. Truly we are long way from
the waving of the bloody shirt" and 1t
is well that we are.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
IN DELAWARE BAY.

All, but the seas deceiver! Here in this Tranquil
bay
Her breast is inst rpplcd with brcezes she loves 10
cCIuC.te that way.
To smile in the aln-kssed morning. 10 lure Won
With sheer delight;
To lull you 70 sleep on her bosom in the shseh Of
the mconlit night.
The sea-you never can trust her. in bay or open
and free;
She may sheath her claws with velvet. but-the sea
is still the sea.
fou may love her as your dear mistress; you may
use her yow true wife:
She viii fawn. as false as Deah. in winning her
70 dole Of life.
Here. where the ripples laughing her voice all
beautiful seems:
But the ships she has mawed and snlintered she
mumbles them oer in her dreams;
And she hungcrs for farng seamen, who brave heP
through storm and stress;
She may clothe her deceits with smiling-there r.
death IN her false carcs& II H.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
standard OIL Literature

From the New York Post
With the splendid versatility OF a Gel
lima or Leonardo da Vinci. the hero OF
Standard OIL has turned TO literature.
We dislike to think that his book is
meant as first step toward the forma-
ton Of an autobiographicaI trust. and
the extinction Of small autObiographers.
We are informed in advance that II will
disclose the deep sense Of humor which
has accompanied Mr.. Rockefeller in all
the vicisSitudes Of his career. but which
is so subtle as 10 have escaped the
notice OF many. Probably the most be-
thumbed chapter in the entire memoirs
VIII be that in which he lifts his hand
20 silence the chorus Of acclamation
which is greeting his latter DAYS. and de-
clares with touching humility that he has
received much more credit than he de-
serves"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
POLICY OF THE TRUSTS.
Maintaining Prices, They Make
Progress impossible.

Prom the Philadelphia Record
Instead Of reducing the prices Of their
wares. In answer 20 diminished demand,
the policy Of the trusts has been 20 main
tain prices and curtail production.
Instead of reducing wages, and thus
keeping their whole working forces en-
ployed. they have maintained the rate Of
wages for limited number Of employees
and turned all others out TO Craze.
BY keeping up the prices Of the things
they produce. they make recupera ton
and resumption OF general business uncer-
tain or impossible. BY adding many
thousands 10 the ranks Of the unemploy-
ed, they enhance the misery they refuse
70 alleviate. and add 10 the burden there
by imposed on the savings of the thrifty
and the charity Of the mass. There can
be in the meantime no reduction in the
cost Of living corresponding 20 prostrated
trade and industry and decreased earn
ings
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Canndn's Civil service.

From the New York Times.
The American system of regulating APP
pointments TO the civil service by compet-
tive examinations conducted BY an indie
pendent commission. Is provided for in a
bill just introduced in the Canadian Par
lament by the government, and will
doubtless be adopted. The principle is ap-
piled 20 promotions also. The bin as in
troduced relates only 20 the departments
at Ottawa. but can be extended 10 the
outside service. which is much the larger.
at any time by an order in council The
system contemplated originated some
sixty years since in England, and passes
70 the chief daughter state" after adop-
tion by the United States II marks a
definite step forward in sound administra-
tiOn.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Ought TO De JniIed.

From the Pittsburg sun.
The citizen who comes around mopping
his face with a damp handkerchief and
between puffs that are painful tells YOU
how numerically hot it is ought to go 10
jail. The chances are that the man TO
whom he mentions the weather was fairly
comfortable a minute before the hot man
transmitted the suggestion OF excessive
heat, but at once he feels like a wilted
cabbage leaf. Why don't people keep
their hot weather thoughts 10 themselves ?
Possibly because misery loves company.
II is fine 10 ask and answer your own
questions-one can't quarrel with himself.
you know
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30

the officer. in the end. after this execu-
tion Of a maneuver in verbal technicali-
ties.
II would appear to have been quite
as easy 10 acquit this officer of a
charge which fitted him less than the
revised charge. for If he was not guilty
of drunkenness under one article OF
war. less severe in its punishment. he
was apt 70 be guiltess under another
article OF war where the same general
infraction was alleged.
Altogether, the case furnishes an ex-
ample of the mysterious workings OF mill
itary justice.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Duty of Friendrhin

From the Rome Tribune.
If you feel friendly and sympathetic TO-
ward a person. tell him so. and tell him
often. Do not let carelessness. difdence.
or anything else interfere with the ex-
precision Of that sympathetic. friendly in
terest. Whether a person is suffering
with broken heart. or merely an aching
brow, the word Of cheer will be welcome
and will do good There is nothing So
hard 10 forgive or forget as neglect or
slight from friend. There is nothing In
the world that can blow back the breath
Of faith into the dead fires Of a friendship
so wounded. Friends mean as much or
more than anything else in this world.
Don't neglect them
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Tnrin for Revenge.

From the Rochester Union.
The Democratic party has never objected 20 a
tariff that would give ample protection 10 American
workinmen. says the Union and Advertiser. IN
deed. What. then did the Denocratic party mean
when it demanded tariff for revenge ouIy?''
And what did It mean when it denounced protection
as robbery, Post Express.
A tariff FOR revenge only" can be. and
should be, so arranged as 10 give ample
protection TO American wOrkmen. A tariff
which permits American manufacturers to
exact from American consumers, Of which
American wOrkmen are a large element
a greater profit than they are willing 10
accept from foreign consumers, Is rob
berry pure and simple.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
WHATS THE DIFFERENCE?
Peace and Prosperity Ahead of Us.
Anyhow.
From Life

From Life
We like TO believe. however that 1t is
not going 10 make vital difference TO
the country whether the Republicans or
the Democrats win this year. Whoever
is President and whatever he attempts TO
do, what we have ahead OF us seems 20
be period OF comparative repose and re-
adjustment. The tariff must be revised.
the currency system so tinkered OF recast
as 20 satisfy the experts, and those are
serious duties. But for the rest we seem
10 have in store more trying out Of ex-
periments now in progress than concoct-
ing Of new ones The people seem some
what tired OF ripping one another u1; less
disposed than they have been Of late 10
the inspection OF the entrails Of tie dis
emboweIed. and more disposed toward the
bestowal OF attention upon feats OF per
sonal digestion. They have come 10 a
different temper. Hear Mr. Lincoln Stef-
fens. we Americans" he says. have
been out on a man hunt. We are crying
to have somebody put in Jail; 10 make
some individual suffer; and we may. mob
like. catch some victim some day. and We
may wreak upon him our hate. I hate
this hate and this hunt l have bayed
my bay In H. and ] am sick Of Il. I am
convinced that II I should follow far
enough the human trail was on I should
catch myself" The feelings that the
eminent muclraker thus expresses are
spread wide abroad In the land. II is not
that we are tired OF being good and want
TO be wicked again. but that we want 10
have more peace In our lives. and spend
a little more OF our strength IN the prof
table pursuit of honest industry, and not
quite so large share OF it in tumult and
prosecution.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Georgia's Speed.

Prom the Savannah News.
The battle ship Georgia Is entitled to
carry a broom at the highest point on
her maSts, since she sweeps the seas"
for speed and is the fastest craft in
the battle-ship fleet now in the Pacific.
Nineteen and half knots an hour IL
her record down the coast from Brem-
erton to San Francisco. which an
proximates twepty-one land miles per
hour Georgians very naturally feel pride
In the snip that bears the name Of their
State, and they will be particularly
pleased in knowing that she is the
swiftiest of all her sister ships.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
CharIotte's Sex

From the Charlotte News.
The esteemed Daily Reflector IS
troubled over the sex Of Charlotte. The
cause OF its perpleXity is the fact tha,
the cartoonisJ Of the News-thoughtless
creature-has pictured the city arrayed
both in trousers and skirts.
For the purpose Of relieving the ten.
sion Of doubt we cannot refrain from
quoting from our friend Of footlight
fame. who gave US the formula for dis
tinguishing between the sex OF fowls.
as follows:
II yCu wish 70 know II fowl is a he or SIZE.
Just take a nut. you see.
And II he eats H. he's a ne
And If she cats H. she's a she.
Glad to help you, brother. Call on
us often
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Politics and Business.

Prom the Chicago Tribune
The Presidential campaign will have its
retarding effects upon business condi-
tions. Full restoration of prosperity may
not come until after the votes are count
ed out in November. But the tremen-
dous crops are sure 10 bring more con-
tentment. more movement Of cars. more
income 10 the railroads. more business
for the merchant. more settlement of
mortgage Indebtedness, and an easier con-
dition Of affairs generally. For these
reasons the farmers are not the only
ones 10 be congratulated.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
ANOTHER DEAD ONE.
The Wild West of Future Must BE
Made 10 Order.

From the Columbia State.
The Wild West OF the future will be
made to order The Wild West Of the
present is a manufactured article Skill
I'D showmen who wear patent-leather
shoes and high hats in winter, exploit
ing Shakespeare and the latest London
plays, buy sombreros and red flannel
shirts in April for a campaign under
canvas. Cowboys leave their town haunts
and Indians leave the vaudeville circuits
and the government reservations for the
annual tour. The advance agent is
mightier than the six-shooter.
The Wild West is dead. Red Dog and
Woifvilie exist only IN the books OF Al
fred Henry Lewis and others OF mis- ilk.
Even the Yukon country is no longer
wild. The Canadian Northwest will have
typewrters and pianos and telephones
as soon as the Grand Trunk Pacific road
gets It's line through 10 Port Simpson
The old days are dead.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
In His Own Defense.

The announcement that Mr.. John d.
Rockefeller. the silent one. has at last
consented TO write the story OF his life
has been heralded far and wide. His
story is TO be published in a magazine.
and probably thereafter in a book. and
It is the irony Of economies that his
royalties from the book telling the people
how he has them in his plutocratic grasp
will probably amount to a good-sized
fortune.
We have not the slightest anarchists
tendency or Jealousy because Mr.. Rookie
feller's hourly income exceeds the amount
that the average newspaper man can
earn in year. nor that his daily income
probably exceeds largely the amount that
the ordinary worker can amass In life
time. II is not. we recognize. Mr. Rookie
feller's fault. He is the richest man in
the republic but very far from the
brainiest; very far from the happiest He
has had the excitement Of pillng up
millions. and may have found some pleas
ure in that, but there are thousands Of
humble men in his employ who have got
more out Of life than he. with all his
millions. can buy.
We hardly think it likely that Mr. Rookie
feller's story will be highly interesting.
1t is apt to be too carefully edited. And
even II he would, il is doubtful If he
could tell the public the true story OF
how he acquired his wealth. There is a
tradition-he started II himself some
years ago-that he made his first money
wedding an onion bed but he would sure
ly be the first to laugh at that as a
recipe for becoming a Standard Oil mag
nate. We can all hoe onion beds.
II has not been so long ago that a pop
ular magazine published Miss Ida Tar
bells arraignment Of the Standard oil
Company and its methods. This was in
the height OF the undertaking days.
which seem to be toning down a little.
To that arraignment Standard Oil has
made no answer. and we shall not believe
until We see il that the series Of articles
announced from Mr. ROckefeller's pen is
meant 70 be such an answer. His life"
will probably consist Of platitudes and
moral aphorisms. for John d. is a great
moralist, with all his millions.
The truth about Mr. Rockefeller that
We shall probably be forced to recognize
is that he is-intrenched behind his for
tGne-but a product OF his times. He is
an outgrowth Of the enormous Industrial
boom that has been covered by the span
of his life, and he has been luclIer than
most II may very well be true that dur
ing his business career he has never in
dulged in Illegal practices. personally.
The methods employed to amass his
money were the methods Of the ''sys-
tem.' and the ages TO come are not like
ly to condemn him. any more than the
present age condemns Drake. Don John
Of Austria, or the other noted buccaneers
OF the elder day. who. while filing their
own purses did their country's work.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
A Mean Trick.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Tim Woodruff was an awful disappoint-
ment. Many person came all the way
10 Chicago 70 see his famous waistcoat.
He has been featured as the man behind
the ten-blow vest. People expected him
TO appear with a connagration raging
about his middle. They looked for a
Scotch plaid affair in the vest line that
rioted and ragged and dynamited the Do
lice. They were prepared for a perfect
raiment jag. But not 50. Tim just teased
the audience by keeping his coat but
toned up. A thin line OF white appeared
around the edges Of his coat lapels. There
was no bird Of paradise effect to him.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
THE AGE OF WATER.
Never Before Could 1t SO Easily BE
Changed 20 Gold.

From the St Louis Post Dispatch
Junk IS junk. but the man with a water
pot hath an alchemy whereby he may
convert dollars worth Of junk into
purest securities worth 100000 in gold
If sold before the buyers wake Up.
The hermetic philosophers knew not this
trick. They thought mercury was the
universal solvent, and talked OF salts as
Of the ingredients OF the metal that came
from the Queen Of Shebas mines. Their
modern successors are wiser. because
more simple and direct. Their sacred SYM
Dol Is H2O and they keep their retorts
full Of il. and hot
There vas the age Of gold and OF silver
and OF iron. But ours Is the age Of water.
which introduces once more the age OF
gold.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

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Incomplete unless The washing
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The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
How Do You Say Itf

From ont West
Il is a disgrace and a shar1e that in a
city Ike Los Angeles. populated by 500. 600
educated Americans. the very name OF
the town they live in and are proud Of
and have helped 10 make should be wife
beaten al their daily hands Even II late
II is time now 10 make a crusade for the
official pronunciation which will be fol-
lowed by every self-respecting person
with the fear Of God and love of Cali
fornia before his eyes. And that's easy
TO set and easy 10 get-LOce Ang-el-ess.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-30
Cannon Likes Him

From the Rochester Herald.
Speaker Cannons heart beats for
Smooth jim Sherman, for the reason
that Sherman is one Of the Rules Com
mittee which has given Cannon absolute
domination over popular legislation at
Washington. Sherman is opposed 20 the
notion that Congress can be trusted to
legislate for the interests OF the people