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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Let Us Have Peacei

1t Is time to stop complaining about the
treatment Of the American athletes a,
the Olympic games at London Enough
has been said about the matter to express
fully the sentiment entertained in this
country regarding the alleged unfairness
Of the British management Of the games.
the discrimination against the Americans
and the so-called unsportsmanlike conduct
Of the public. Yesterday Mr.. James Sulli-
van. who went to London as the special
commissioner Of this country to represent
1t at the games, returned from England
and gave vent to his indignation in scath-
Ing terms. He had much to say about the
Marathon race. at the close of which Do
rando. the Italian, was helped over the
line by super-serv!ceable British track Of
dcials as soon as Hayes. American. came
Into sight as the second man. He also
spoke bitterly about the disqualification OF
Carpenter, who won the four-hundred-
meter race. but was ruled out for elbow
Ing Hallswelle. the crack English sprinter
Mr.. Sullivan declares that Carpenter ran
fair race, and that 1t was Hallswelle
IN fact. who left his course and went into
the Americana territory. Other items OF
alleged discrimination are charged against
II" British management.
Now let the subject drop. The American
comp -titors at London won enough first
and second and third places to give them
.rst honors in the score of points. They
were distinctly the champions of the meet.
Handicapped as they were by unfamiliar
conditions. by strange rules and by hostile
games officials and cold spectators, they
nevertheless gave an account of them-
selves of which the American people are
immensely proud. 1t will be difficult. per-
haps, for the homecoming athletes, as
they drift across steamer by steamer, to
restrain their natural feelings Of reminis-
cent Indignation, but 1t is to be hoped
that they will be encouraged to do so by
the enterprising newsgatherers who meet
them at the gang plank. The general
comment of these returning runners, shot
putters. discus-throwers, vaulters and 9TH
ers OF track and field Is that the English
men are hard losers. Let it go at that.
1t is Just possible that II we on this side
OF the water say much more about our
treatment In London we too will have
earned the reputation Of being hard losers.
We have done ourselves proud In the sta
dunn Let us now have peace!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Maine.

Maine will elect state officers In Septem-
Der. The republicans expect their usual
victory. and by large plurality. Twenty
thousand is the figure set by the republic
can chairman. comfortable feeling Is
indicated by the departure OF Senator
Hale for Europe He is power at home,
and, of course. would have remained 10
participate In the campaign had there
been any need Of his services. Still. work
has been cut out, and republican speakers
from a distance are to appear on the
stump.
Twenty eight years ago the Maine state
election. as was believed then. Influenced
the national election which followed two
months later. A fusion Of greenbackers
and democrats won. and the result caused
the business world to quake.
Until then the republican national cam
paign had languished. His party had not
enthused over Gen. Garfield. The
friends of Gen. Grant were sore over
his defeat for the nomination. while the
friends Of Mr.. Sherman were far from
satisfied with the way Gen. GARFIELD
had carried himself as a delegate at chi
cago.
But here. as appeared. was menace
Everything must give way before the
necessity of checking at the start what
night prove a tide of greenbackism. the
Grant men, with Gen. Grant and MI
Conkling at their head, fell In line. and
Mr. Conkling took the stump. while the
Sherman men. with Mr.. Sherman at their
head. warmed up. From that time re-
publican prospects frightened. Indiana.
then an October state, gave republican
ajority for governor. and In November
the republicans swept the country.
This year a democratic majority in
Maine next month would probably have
no such effect On the contrary. 1t might
foreshadow a democratic majority in the
country at large in November. It would
be construed as the turning of the tide.
and voters in a condition Of hesitation
would want to take tide likely to lead
On to fortune.
For this reason the republicans are be-
stirring themselves. Their leadership has
greatly changed in the past few years
Reed. Dngley. Boutelle and Milliken-
strong men all-are dead. Mr.. Littleield
IS on the eve of retirement from politics.
Mr.. Frye and Mr.. Hale remain, but are
veterans. and on that account not as
much in evidence on the stump as for
meriy. It is largely a case Of new men
In new day for an old party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Washington Not a Crime Center.

Washington expects to be criticised for
any shortcomings which may appear In
Its municipal make 1t is a conspicuous
city. set On hill. so to speak before all
the world. Its unique administrative or
ganization renders it an object of curl
osity on the part of other city jewellers
AND its relations to the federal govern
II mt possibly engenders a feeling of envy
here aid there Consequently, whatever
happens here is noted promptly through
out Tie states. II a MURDER is committed
n Warrington it acquires a larger news
value /. al a similar crime elsewhere
List winter when there were many I'M
employed men in Washington. as in every
othe: city. petty crime was more frequent
than usual This took the form of the
snatching of pocketbooks from women in
the streets. Few Of them were hurt
Some of them. however. became hyster-
ical and undoubtedly exaggerated the cir
cumstances Unfortunately these hap
penings were exploited rather consp,cu-
ouely. with the result that q casual reader
OF the news columns might imagine that
Washington was in the grip OF . gang
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Mack's Millionaire Club.

Will the democratic party 60 hungry in
| the present campaign? Read the answer
| in the list Of the finance committee Chair
man Mack has just announced. Million
aires are thick. 1t is, indeed, sort Of
millionaires' club.
| Observe: Moses c. Wetmore Of Mis-
| souri, is chairman. He is very rich. and
| hunts and fishes on his own preserves.
Mr. Bryan is often his guest in the rod
and gun seasons. In the business world
Mr.. Wetmore has been a sort of feeder to
trusts. When they have proved too much
for him he has sold out to them at a
handsome figure.
w. A. Clark Of Montana is the former
senator, whose record as a spender in
politics was made In his first senatorial
race. AS the copper king he counts his
wealth in big figures. Just now he is out
Of office. but Bryan triumph might bring
him in again. He is not the sort of man
to invest money from pride or mere love
Of game.
Tom L. Johnson Of Ohio has millions to
the good and large credit in the business
world. He is a man Of ideas as well, and
owes his rise in politics more to his head
than to his purse. but he is never a
deadhead in any political enterprise. In
asking others to subscribe he will prob
ably show the way with q healthy sub
scription.
Senator Newlands Of Nevada possesses
| large fortune. and is a man Of much
party pride and influence. Mr. Campau
OF Michigan Is rich, and Lewis Nixon Of
New York stands near to capital in large
amounts.
These are samples showing Chairman
Mack's views of the situation, and his in
tentions toward meeting the emergency.
He goes upon the proposition that the
best way to raise the wind Is to employ
men familiar with bellows Men who
have done so much for themselves should
be able to do collectively a good deal for
the party. The reasoning Is sound
But may they not be obliged to do it
all? Mr.. Bryan is appealing to the plain
people for campaign funds. upon the al
legation that the sympathies and the ac-
tivities Of wealth are with the other side.
He wants the men of small holdings to
contribute Of their meager savings to help
rescue the government from the clutches
OF plutocracy. But when Chairman
Mack's arrangements are digested the
plain people may decide that democratic
wealth should pay its way. and is able
to pay the whole way. A hat-passer may
be too sleek and we'll kept for the cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Hughes !!
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post.
Investigating Hughes keeps Mr.. Hitch
cock busy. The stern. commanding eye
that marshaled southern delegates and
pierced the Vaccinations of the Chicago
allies Is now trained on the governor.
What has he? What lacks he? Will he
draw? Will he respond to the rein and
the bit? Upon Mr.. Hitchcock's answer
to the questions thus formulated by his
own conscience we are told that Gov
Hughes fate depends: For Hitchcock is
Tafts man and Taft is-well. anyhow
Hitchcock is to go down to Oyster Bay,
where the question will be settled. But
to the friends of Gov. Hughes the entire
process of examination for approval to
which he is being subjected carries with
it distinct sense of degradation. II Mr..
Hughes stands for anything he stands for
that ideal Of public office which recognizes
no responsibility but to the peoples judg-
ment and ones own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

proper he had a hearty admiration and
very high qualifications. In all matters
requiring information and reflection he
was most dangerous antagonist.
Such man was bound to become a
leader in the Senate He kept the body
informed on the most important SUBJ
jects. He wasted no time. He had no
pose. He was a partisan without mar
rowness or intolerance. He was at once
a pacemaker for business and a peace
maker when the pace got hot and ex-
citable men got angry.
There are some able men among the
Iowa republicans. but the ablest could
not hope to fill the place in the Senate
that death has just made vacant. And
the fight is SO warm that maybe the
ablest will not win. In any event. Iowa
in the Senate loses heavily by the de-
parture of her veteran statesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Taft and Laws Delay,
From the New York Times.

If one examines these propositions as a
whole one can see that the underlying
thought in the mind Of the speaker was
the practicability of SO changing the law
and the practice of the law as to make
greater dispatch more feasible for It'll
giants who cannot afford delay. and delay
less easy and profitable for litigants who
seek it. The aim IS simple-the means
are difficult and complex. In the long
run the change must be brought about
by the education of public opinion, and
especially by the education Of the opinion
of the bar. Such associations as that
which Mr. Taft addressed might have
much influence in this direction II their
own sentiment demanded it. Without the
positive pressure of the bar little can be
done Fortunately the tendency in the
bar Is distinctly progressive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
This Is It!

Know'st thou the place where all Is still
BY night, yet radiant by day;
Where knowledge. industry and skill
Combine to chase the germs away:
Where soda fountains hold no threat
Upon the map there's only one
Community wherein Is met
Such sweet relief: tbs Washington!
This is the spot where food is pure.
And where tits almost worth your life
With china cracked and insecure
To serve; or eat things with your knife.
When you decided, Mr.. WI,
Your life 200 years should run,
You really knew a thing or two;
You came to live in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

TIN order to avoid delays on account
Of personal absence letters 70 TIKI
STAR should not b Addressed TO any
individual connected with tho once. but
simply to TIE Star. or 70 the Editorial
or Business Department. according 10
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

With the remark that the farmers
would get most of the profits from crops
this year. Stuyvesant Fish relapsed into
silence. Mr.. Fish would possibly be
willing to sacrifice some dividends on his
own account for the sake Of seeing them
diverted from his enemies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Financial Relationship.

YES" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax. III !
keep on multiplying my enormous inter
ests shall have every citizen practically
paying me interest on my invested
money"
And you will have good security, Of
course?" said Miss Cayenne.
''Of course
Then you do not seek to be the father
of your country. You merely want to
be its uncle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

Students at West Point and Annapolis
must be little disappointed because
Mr.. Roosevelt did not insist on some
sort OF boys will be boys" plank In
the Chicago platform
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

No method Of calculation presents itself
for ascertaining how much trenchant
epigram the world is missing because Mr..
Hearst and Mr.. Bryan when in each
others vicinity deny themselves the
pleasure of speech.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Loves the Stump.

From the Springfield Republican.
1t is to be as we expected. Mr. Bryan
is not content with front-yard campaign,
but will make great many speeches. We
are told that he proposes to confine him.
self to the large cities. but there is hope
for everybody. The democratic candidate
loves the stump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
The Primary idea.

From the Boston Transcript
The growth of the direct primary idea
continues one of the sensational develop
ments Of the times. Kansas. Missouri and
Oklahoma. all within two days. send out
the results Of such contests as fina titles
How long will 1t be before the presidential
choice will be determined in a similar
way?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

Campaign funds are expected to be
something like the immortal Topsy in
having no history excepting the fact that
they "jes growed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Congratulations, Count!

r
That sturdy old optimist Count Zeppelin
is to be congratulated upon the generous
financial help which his fellow country
men are giving him in the hour of dis
aster. 1t is money that makes the air.
ship 60.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Couldn't See Them.

You have done your best to enforce the
blue laws?" said one official
Yes answered the other. But the
police were color blind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

The marks of esteem exchanged be-
tween the sultan and his subjects are re-
garded with more mutual suspicion than
ever since the attempted assassination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

II really serious Don't Worry" club
should be organized, Secretary Loeb
ought to be its president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

few years ago any one who predicted
fine large flock Of flying machines
would have been accused Of nature
taxing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHII4ANDER JOHNSON.
Even a Presidential Tickle,

Even a Presidential Ticket,
'Ill be glad when election time rolls
around again." said Mr.. Woody Grafton.
You like Excitement"
mot exactly. But I'll welcome the man
who passes a ballot to me at the polls.
The railways and theaters have been
getting closer every year. It'll be a COM
fort to get some kind of ticket free"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

The hour-and-a-half convention shouters
are supposed to have recovered their
voices sufficiently to give the campaign
orators proper applause
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

Extremes seem to meet when the
African elephant hunter Is asked to in
terest himself in the West Point ant
chaser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

E. H. Hartman has mis- busy day sign
out, but may take it down before the
collector OF campaign funds gets around
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

Mr.. Gompers has had too much expert
ence with unions to venture the assump
ton that any man can control them as
unit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

The man who takes his vacation early
RECEIVERS from sunburn and fatigue In
time to enjoy the magnificent autumn
weather for which Washington is famous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

Count Zeppelin's experience is a re-
minder that he airship Is still a long
way from being a safe mode Of transpor-
tation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08

The monarch who is obliged by political
conditions to keep on steel underwear is
particularly an object of sympathy this
sort Of weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
The Mental Reservation.

my good right arm will always be
ready at the call Of patriotic duty" said
Mr.. Swellington Bragg.
Then, of course. you can sign a check
for our campaign fund.- said the col
lector. producing fountain pen.
Il said my right arm. You have neg
lected to observe that am left-handed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Undeterred.

The trust has flown: the mergers dead
Alas! what is there in a name?
The wicked railways. so tits said.
Go on combining just the same!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
On the Boards.

From the Birmingham Age-Herald.
The show-Bills: Bryan and Taft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
At Reduced Prices.

FRENCH f1dnQ-indQe Gowns, or
fine nainsook; slip-over style low
round neck; three-quarter
sleeves; hand-embroidered front
neck and sleeves finished with
scalloped edge and eyelets run
with pink or blue ribbon.
$3.50 each. Were $500.
French Handmade Gowns, of
very fine nainsook: high, low or
V neck; long or short sleeves;
deliberately trimmed with hand
embroidery, laces, beading and
ribbon.
$1,000 to $500 each.
Were $500 to $500.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-16
LAUNDRY BAG FOR MEN.

white bias binding one-half inch wide.
Cut a four inch strip from the entire
length of the material. Now cut two
pieces twenty-three inches long and
twenty-five inches wide. Round the
corners on the lower edges. Divide
the featherbone in halves and stitch it
on the underside of each piece ten
inches from the top, as represented by
dotted lines in the illustration. From
the ends of the featherbone shape to a
point in the middle of the top. Care
must be taken to match the pattern
when the large pocket is stitched on
the outside. Join the two pieces to-
gether by stitching each to the four
inch strip Of cloth. with the seams OH
the outside. Find first the seams and
last the upper edges. Sew the rings to
the points at the top.
A bag expressly for tablecloths and
napkins may be made In the same way
from white linen or any other suitable
material, and a large embroidered or
outlined initial or monogram takes the
place of the pocket.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-16
BABY RATTlESNAkES.

Frsm the Moment of birth They
Take Care 81 Themselves.
The fallacies surrounding the rattle
snake begin with the very coming of
the reptile. Many suppose that, like
the garter snake, the bull snake, the
members of the racer" family and
our other nonpoisonous snakes, the rat
tlesnake Ia hatched in broods number
ing from forty to eighty. Not SO. Rat
tlesnakes are born into the world, as
are all members Of the viperoid fami-
", in filters numbering from seven to
twelve.
Between the middle Of July and the
middle of August the babies appear
Lively, self reliant, dangerous little
fellows they are, fourteen inches long
no thicker than a lead pencil, marked
like the adult snakes and provided
with a single button at the end Of the
tail, the first link in the series Of rat.
ties to be developed, ring by ring,
with each shedding Of the skin.
Motionless. eyes cleaning, the Ions
mother lies extended across the back
Of a sand hummock beneath the fan
like leaf of dwarf palmetto, glaring
coldly at her active, squirming ba.
bies. For brief half hour she tar.
ries; then she drags herself away, for
from the first moment q young RATHER
enters the world he is independent of
his mother and eminently able to shift
Tor himself. Each young snake IL q
full fiedged RATHER, ready to hunt and
ready to defend himself with the sting
of death. Each fat, triangular little
head is provided with the long. sharp
poison fangs containing the identical
venom of the mother snake.-Pearson's
MAGAZINE
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-16
AGED CAMBRIDGE
RESIDENT DEAD
William Doney Was One of
Best Known Men in West
ern Wayne County.
ONE OF OLDEST RESIDENTS
ALWAYS IDENTIFIED WITH THE
PROGRESSIVE INTERESTS OF
THE ciTY-ENoAoEo IN CIGAR
MANUFACTURING BUSINESS.

Cambridge City. Ind. Dec. l6.-Wil-
liam Doney. one of the Oldest and most
respected citizens of this place and
western Wayne county, died yesterday
at the home OF his son George. at the
advanced age of SO years. Mr.. Do
ney had been a resident OF Cambridge
City since 1871 and was always engag-
ed in the cigar business as cigar max
er and at different times has held
stock in various manufacturing con-
Germs. He was always an active work
er in the interests of the city. He was
well liked by all those who knew him
Mr.. Doney was born on December 10.
1S22, being the son of MIR. and Mrs.
Philip Doney of Lehigh county. Penn
sylvania. He was the second young
est son in the family of four sons and
five daughters When twenty-four
years old, with his parents. In compa-
ny with a family by the name of Sor-
der, emigrated to Butler county, Ohio.
This was the starting OF a romance
between young William and Eliza Ann,
a member of the Sorder family, which
eliminated in the marriage of the two
soon after arriving In the Buckeye
state.
To this union there were five sons
reared, Jonathan T., George "A. James
j., Charles G.. William H.
In 1871 William Doney. with his
family. came-to Cambridge City, where
they have since lived. Ins1SSS Mrs.
Doney died, being survived by.hcr nus
band and four sons, James having
died In 1866.
The funeral VIII take place Thursday
afternoon from the Presbyterian
church. The Revs. Hawley, OF the
Presbyterian, and Walter, ofsthe Meth
odist churches. will officiate. The
burial will be in-Riversidc.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-16
THREE GREAT AMERICANS.
A Glimpse of Emerson. Thsreau and
Hawthorne.

A Glimpse of Emerson. Thereau and
Hawthorne.
Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis says In
her Bits of Gossip" that Emerson as
she met him in Concord In 1862 was
typical Yankee in appearance: THE
tall. gaunt man with the watchful, pa
tent face and slightly dazed eyes, his
hands clasped behind his back, that
came slowly down the shady village
street toward the Wayside that sum
mer day was Uncle Sam himself in Ill
fitting brown clothes. / have often
wondered that none Of bis biographers
have noticed the likeness"
Emerson said to Mrs. Davis: II wish
Thoreau had not died before you came.
He was an interesting study" She
asked why, and after moment he re-
piled: Henry often reminded me OF
an animal In human form. He had the
eve Of bird, the scent of dog, the
most acute, delicate intelligence. but
no soul No." he repeated. shaking
his head with decision. Henry could
not have had a human soul"
Mrs. Davis remarks on Hawthorne's
shyness and on his love of seclusion,
which indeed was family trait: Per
sonally he was rather short, power
fully built man, gentle and low voiced,
with a sly. elusive humor cleaning
sometimes in his watchful gray eyes
The portrait with which we are all ia
miliar, a curled barber shop head,
gives no idea of the singular, melan-
choly charm of his face. There was a
mysterious power in 1t which / have
never seen elsewhere in picture, statue
or human being"