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The Death Toll.

Yesterday a man shot Prosecutor Heney
in San Francisco courtroom because
heney few months ago disclosed in
public the fact that he had been convicted
Of crime. wealthy merchant was
shot to death in Jersey City railroad
station by man who had had business
trouble with his victim. In Waynesville,
n c., a travelling man was shot By a
young resident of that city as a result
of an alteration of a few days previous,
fer his part in which the wounded man
was attempting to apologize when he was
attacked.
Here are three more cases of personal
vengeance. in one at least of which death
has resulted. A close search Of the news
columns Will disclose a similar showing
OF murderous assaults nearly every day
The annual toll demanded by the human
passions is frishtfully large. 1t will con-
tlnue TO mount higher as long as it Is
possible for men to arm themselves with
out difficulty. In this age pistol Is about
as useless an article as can be imagined.
The prohibition of the manufacture OF
would impose no hardship upon the peo-
pie Until such remedy is devised there
should at least be an attempt to regulate
the traffic in deadly weapons so that it
will become difficult for man with a
grievance to procure the means of COM
hitting murder. AS long as life-taking
implements are displayed openly for
sale on all sides for all Corners to buy.
human lives will be sacrificed wantonly
and needlessly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
A Menaced Tradition.

The Washington base ball club may
not have won any pennants. but it has at
all events served a useful purpose in stim-
ulating the near-wits of the press through
out the country to the preparation OF
many jibes and jeers. The average para
grapher looks to the Nationals as a
never failing source Of inspiration For
instance, the other day the Cleveland
Leader had this gem Of thought:
The moundbuilders played baseball,
thus having much the better Of the Wash
ington team.
Far be it from Washington to insinuate
that this smacks of jealousy. Sternly
will the temptation be resisted to recall
how the Washington team last season
beat the Cleveland team TO a FRAGILE, TAX
ing fourteen games out of twenty-five,
and incidentally elbowing the Forest City
''larrupers" out of the league champion
ship. 'Twere a sorry retort to bring the
painful statistics back to mind. The pur-
pose Of this comment Is not to rub salt
warning.
The people of the District are not
selfish. They are perfectly willing to let
the world at large enjoy itself all ii
desires. But they do not feel in duty
bound to continue in the role Of tail
end town indefinitely in order that the
smile of a consistent loser may be per-
petuated. They have aspirations. if not
Immediately for the pennant at least foI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
The Oregon Senatorship.

A year ago the voters of Oregon. while
choosing "a republican for governor, in
structed for democrat for United States
senator. The time approaches for the
legislature to act, and a movement Is on
foot to reject the democrat instructed for
and elect republican to the Senate. The
promoters of the scheme say:
We are convinced that state which
gave Taft plurality of nearly 5000 does
not want democratic United States SEN
atOr'
Let us look into this reasoning a little.
Suppose the Oregon legislature had met
within two months after last years cleo
ton and carried out the instruction then
received. Would il be in order now to
demand the resignation of the democratic
senator then elected because at last
weeks election Judge Taft had by twenty
five thousand the best of the poll? The
proposition would be ridiculous. The
senator would serve the full six years.
although Oregon meanwhile should go re-
publican at every contest. Such instruc-
lions as those given last year carry no
time limit They are binding until re-
deemed. Ii is just much the duty of
the oregon Legislature to elect now the
man formally and legally named last
A4y a. it would have been to elect him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
The japanese Hobson.

Gen. Torio-described as an elder states
man of Japan. standing very close to the
mika do-''goes'' Capt. Hobson several bet
ter ir forecasting the future of Japan
AMI America. Our younger statesman Is
certain that war between the two coun-
tries is inevitable. but he has not as yet
fixed the period for it's beginning, or the
length of the contest. He simply declares
that war is approaching and reminds US
of Japan's power, and prowess. and pre-
paredness. He wants us to get ready,
and thinks we have no time to lose. Sc
far, he has created no alarm-certainly
not at home. Everything between the
two governments is moving smoothly, and
the reception of the American fleet in
Japanese waters recently was hospitable
TO the point of enthusiasm.
Gen. Torio has worked out the prob
lem little more definitely. He divides
it into three propositions: % There will
be war. Both nations are great, both
game and powerful both with ambitions
in the same field. An armed clash must
come. Gu Asia is the field. and Asia is
not for the white man. America will
learn that at bloody cost. 81 The war
Will he record-breaker as to length.
y years Illdy IlOt see tIc Chu.
Certainly, Gen. Torio-as he is an elder
statesman-will not.
There appears no purpose in this to
ridicule Capt. Hobson. The elder states
mao seems as much in earnest as the
younger. Besides. Japanese humor does
MT take that form. Had the younger
statesman been Japanese and had he
spoken in his well known belligerent terms.
American joker might have taken him
or by drawing plans of campaign and
spreading the war over hundred years
1t would have been a tempting topic,
and several men of reputation in that
line might have seized it.
1t may be well that the two statesmen
are serious and in agreement Each, by
the extravaganza of his delverances will
have an influence on his countrymen con-
trary to the one designed. The Japanese
will see the absurdity of the war conten-
ton on their side. and on our side Capt
HObsOn is serving in that cause. His
words have created no anti-Japanese SEN
timent in Congress. and while his Chau-
tauaua lectures. dealing In part with
Japan, are popular, they draw more by
reason of their authors interesting part
in the war with Spain than anything
else. A gallant figure is always popular
in this country.
Pinpricks like these are not wholly to be
ignored. They are far from being desira-
BILE, even as matters of amusement
Friendly relations between two govern
ments should be promoted in every way
America has no aims in Asia that should
alarm anybody. Our presence in the
Philippines is we'll understood. ana calls
for no apology. On the contrary, we are
very welcome in that part of the world
All the nations, Japan included, wish us
well Of our obligations there. We are not
ambitious to become a power in Asia.
No more, we may all be sure, has
Japan any purpose in her development to
spread her influence in this hemisphere.
Her future is on that side Of the earth,
and 1t promises to be full of benefit to
prosperity and to civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

had that body met Immediately after the
instructions were issued. The majority
for Judge Taft has nothing to do with
the case, as Mr. w. 8. Gilbert would say.
Or let us consider the result just re-
corded in Missouri. Judge Taft carried
the state for President by six or eight
thousand and the republican candidate
for governor by some fifteen thousand.
And yet there is a democratic majority on
joint ballot in the legislature, and a demo-
crat will succeed himself in the Senate.
Shall Mr. Stone be barred. on the score
that state giving a majority to the re-
publican candidate for President and
larger majority for the republican candi-
date for governor docs not want DEM
ocratic United States senator?
Turn then to Indiana. Judge Taft car
ried the state by some twelve thousand
mia jority, while the democrats elected their
candidate for governor and small ma
jority on joint ballot of the legislature
The Taft vote has no bearing on anything
but the preference of the people for Presi-
dent. On that proposition they spoke for
the republicans; on the other two propo-
governorship and the senator
ship-they spoke for the democrats. And
while Judge Taft will be representing
Indiana In the White House, Mr.. Kern,
or some other democrat, will be represent
ing her in the United States Senate.
II the republicans of Oregon show bad
faith in this matter they will injure them
selves far more than the democrat re-
jected He will lose only the Office, but
they the confidence of the country. Be-
sides. they will SOW seeds Of distrust at
home which will yield abundantly and en-
barrass them in many ways. The people
can instruct at the polls. and the instruc-
lions are binding. No casuistry can alb
solve a legislator. or a presidential elector.
from carrying out the popular will as ex-
pressed by those from whom he has re-
ceived his commission. If he violates in
structions he commits dishonorable act
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

a higher position in the base ball race.
For some years they have been saying
wait till next season." saying it with
faith and hope. and they are saying II
now with more faith and more hope than
ever before. They really expect some
thing to happen in the local ball yard IN
1900. and If the Washington team climbs
up into the first division there will De
no tears shed for the disappointed
testers who have grown to expect MOTH
ing better from Washington than the
cellar championship. And when the day
comes of final emancipation from the
hoodoo that has kept the capital ball
tossers out of the running, Washington
D. c.. will be one of the most important
spots on the base ball map. so there!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
Inauguration.
DriDgficld ReDublican.

Washington is already beginning to take
thought of Mr.. Taft's Inauguration. The
first thing is the selection of some WASH
ington man as chairman of the Inaugural
fion committee. This is matter for Mr.
Hitchcock. chairman of the national COM
mittee. to decide. and it is expected that
he will name the man in few days and
that the committee will begin its work
about December I. 1t is to be presumed
that there will be the same old wrangle
in Congress over the use Of the pension
building for the inaugural ball and over
the interruption which is thus caused in
the work of the pension Office. But in the
end the matter will doubtless be COM
promised by permitting the ball to be
given lust once more in the big build
ing which in some ways is so admirably
suited to the event
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Frankness in tho Campaign.

The Outlook is Of the opinion that Judge
Tafts frank discussion Of the so-called
labor question before so-called labor au-
diences' was a strong influence In bring
ing about his election.
This judgment is well founded. We have
had no better exhibition of courage on
the part of candidate in American cam
paigning. At the outset the Chicago NOM
inee stood tagged by his opponents as
the injunction Judge. He was denounced
as the enemy Of labor, and decisions of
his while he was on the bench were
quoted to sustain the denunciation. Some
of the most powerful leaders of organized
labor made the cry their own, and on the
strength of it took the stump for Mr..
Bryan.
The question at once arose, How will
Judge Taft meet the charge? What will
he say. and how will he say It? 1t was
plain enough that he could not ignore It.
Too much was at stake for that. Too
cussion Of the subject to make silence on
his part toward his accusers thinlable.
Very properly, and after the fashion Of
the man. Judge Taft took the bull by the
horns. He made that question one Of his
Everywhere he spoke he asked the at
tention Of labor, and at some points he
addressed audiences composed exclusively
Of wage-earners.
At no point, in no presence, did he hem
or haw. There was not the slightest sug-
gestion of shuttle in anything he said. He
explained his decisions. asserting that, in
stead of being adverse, they were friendly
to the true interests Of labor, and clinched
his point by saying not in bravado, but
as a fact. that he would do it again
Labor could but respect a man OF such
caliber. Here was no trickster, trying to
play fast and loose for votes, but an hon.
est man asking to be judged by fair in
depreciation of his record. And undoubt-
eddy he won many labor votes by his
course.
On the other side, Mr.. Bryan, in the
closing days of the campaign, was caught
In corner on the labor question, and
failed to emerge from 1t. Senator Knox
asked for an Interpretation from the Dem
yer nominee Of the labor plank in the
Denver platform, at the same time giving
his own. He construed it to mean the
black list and the secondary boycott, and
a promise on Mr.. Bryan's part to help Sc
cure the necessary legislation.
Mr.. Bryan promised reply, and twice
1t was stated he was engaged on one.
But 1t never came. The subject was left
to Mr.. Gompers, who merely explained
what he himself desired. That, the coun-
try already knew. What was important
related to what Mr.. Bryan would do as
President to assist Mr.. Gompers in secur-
ing the legislation to which the latter
stood committed. but which republican
Congress had refused.
Mr.. Bryan's evasion injured him. About
other matters he had been very prompt
and frank. But here he fell between two
stools. Men opposed to the black list and
the secondary boycott construed his
silence as a confession of friendliness to-
ward such legislation. while those in
favor of the legislation thought he should
come out and advocate it II such was his
understanding with Mr.. Gompers about
the labor vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
The Shooting Of Honey.
From the Baltimore American.

An assistant public prosecutor shot down
in open court-a CHASTITY sequel to the
chapter of graft and corruption that CEN
Schmitz. the latter formerly mayor Of the
Golden Gate city. 1t needs no recapitula-
ton of the story of the orgies Of SUBJ
sidized vice fattening upon the vitals of
the stricken city to point the lesson of the
one of the most terrible incidents in the
story. Nor is it necessary to call up the
past record Of the prosecutor; to take
sides with or against those who would
portray him as being an adventurous
character with a record. The American
people are not SO much concerned with
the incidents in the lives of the principals
to the coast city tragedy as they are in
the fact that it follows a number of other
acts of personal vengeance and outlawry
that cannot but awaken profoundest So
licitude for the security of American Or
der.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
Golf Not q Rich Mans Game.
RON, tho Pbiladolnhia InOuirer

President-elect Taft announced that he
hopes to make golf popular in the next
few years and wants people to know that
1t is not simply a rich mans game nor
one for youth and old people exclusively.
Golf has not been an institution in the
United States much more than twenty
years, but it is already so popular that
there are more than a thousand links in
the country and they are growing rapidly
in favor, and deservedly so. There Is no
better game for all ages. none which bet
ter combines all the elements of health
full sport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
Parents and Children.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

1t is very evident these days that the
problem of how to bring up ones parents
properly is giving concern to a number
of the children Of our best families. There
seems to be a growing inclination on the
part Of parents to assert themselves un-
duly, to regulate the hours and occupa-
tons of their offspring. to prescribe the
regimen of their lives. even to select their
friends and acquaintance and dictate
their choice of amusements. If some
thing is not done about 1t shortly the rod
of power will pass from the hand of the
child to the parent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
Tyranny

De clock it keep a-tickin'
An a-markin' of de time;
De hands a-slidin' down awhile,
Den startin' in to climb.
An bringin' roun' de settin' sun
Befo' my work is through;
l wish she'd take it easy
An lay off an hour or two.
She plays a march time fob de hours,
OATS why dey pass SO soon;
Yves skase got over sunrise till
We hits de afternoon;
She's got me steppin' lively to
Dat clickin'. clackin' song;
wisht she'd mind her business an
Stop shown me along.
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5yIn order to avoid delays on account
Of personal absence letters 70 111
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individual connected with the oaaoe, but
simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial
or Business Department. according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

Advice" said Uncle Eben. would be
mo- acceptable as food fob thought If dar
was only some 'rangement under de pure
food law to guarantee its hahmlessness."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Working Both WAYS.

$50 you think it is an advantage to
man to go to Congress for a while?'
YES" answered Senator Sorghum. ut
gives the people in his own town a chance
to think he is a great man in Washing
ton, and the people in Washington
chance to think he is a great man in his
own town
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

Portraits of the Chinese emperor look
like the same picture of any Asiatic
celebrity that we used to see In the back
numbers of magazines when we were
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

1t is reported that H. H. Rogers private
secretary receives $4,000 a year. Some
people would be willing to work for Moth
ing for the sake of the inside information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

4 Chicago professor has announced that
the mound builders played foot ball. This
is the least picturesque effort to be SEN
sational that any Chicago professor has
yet INDUCED in.
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As Far as He Got.

Were you upheld in your business pol
icies by the recent election?"
NO" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax; II
wasn't upheld by the election. but l was
held up by a campaign collector
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
The Hard Part.

'Tis easy to find friends who will
Show where you failed with Jealous skill
But friends are very rare, indeed,
Who tell you how you may succeed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

Some doubt exists as to who Senator
Platt's successor shall be, but the belief
that he is to have a successor seems
unanimous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

If the Outlook is really a Standard Oil
publication. Mr.. Rockefeller. as a member
Of the paragraphers union, ought to be
turning In a column or so of real humor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

Naturally a man of Uncle Joe Cannon's
experience does not insist on standing pat
just at moment when a new deal is be-
ing discussed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

1t remains to be seen whether Hearst
and Haskell will take any interest in
keeping p the fight, now that the audience
has gone home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

Once more the glad season when tur.
key can be mentioned without starting
discussion of International politics is at
hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

Hartman is acquiring large interests in
Mexico but he will probably venture no
interference with any program President
Diaz may outline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
CONSPICUOUS.

Never mind" said the persistent poll
still be in the public eye
Perhaps answered the heartless
critic. But the same might be said of
the cinder you encounter in railway
train"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
Everything.
From the Boston Trans

From the Boston Transcript.
Sir Harry Johnston found the Presi-
dent more familiar with Africa than he
himself" IT was ever thus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14
Maryland's Splitting Habit.

From the Chicago Record-HenId.
Maryland's chronic practice of dividing
its electoral votes between the candidates
indicates either deep design in playing
safe for patronage or weird intelligence
in the matter of splitting ballot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

1t Is estimated that Mr.. Bryan's tele-
gram of congratulations was harder to
write than several dozen speeches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

Nebraska must be credited with having
done nobly i'm getting up a little Bryan
landslide of it's own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-14

As starter for prosperity there was
an enormous boom in the hat trade i'm
msGiately after the election.
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strating the unfortunate laxity of law
in regulating the weapon-carrying habit.
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