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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

grace to the community and a source Of
shame to the government of the United
States.
The unanimity of sentiment in favor of
penitentiary in the District on the part
of those acquainted with the needs of the
situation should be effective as an argu-
ment for the enactment of the measure
when it is framed. Judges, District OFF,
Gals. officers of the Department of Justice
and the prison officials themselves agree
that until provision is made here for the
care of long-term prisoners the District
will suffer severely. both in purse and in
the matter of proper treatment of its
wards of court
AS long as the long-term prisoners are
sent away under the contract system
there can never be absolute assurance
that they are receiving the treatment
which should be given them, in consider
alton of their helplessness. 1t is no
longer regarded as proper to dole out
food to prisoners as to animals Or to de-
prive them of the necessities and decent
comforts of life. Imprisonment Is not
considered nowadays as failure if 1t is
humane. And there Is always a grave
danger that the men behind the bars may
be punished beyond the letter of their
sentences by inconsiderate wardens or
turkeys
In consequence of this possibility it be-
hooves every community to care for it's
own convicted malefactors. to make sure
that they are being impressed. not with
the harshneSs and the inequity of jail
life, but with the sincere desire of the
public that they reform and henceforth
walk in the straight path.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Take Plenty of Time to Catch Trains

Until in the fullness of time Congress
works out the tangle over the temporary
permanent trackage proposition and un-
til. months later, provision is made for
the rapid transit of passengers to and
from the Union station, 1T behooves all
travellers to take thought of the possibility
of missing their trains because there are
no cars to the station door. Those who
do not own private carriages or cannot
afford to hire cabs should give them
selves ample margin to make the distance
afoot between the cars and the great
terminal. 1t Is unsafe to allow less than
ten minutes from street car to train, for
even able bodied. briskly walking people,
while slower-footed ones will need fifteen.
For the journey is not ended when the
outer portals are reached. There is still
considerable space to cover between
them and the ticket Office and the train
gate.
There is something especially eXasperat-
ing about missing a train. Not only is
time wasted but often serious disarrange-
ment of affairs results. Short of a block
ade on car line or a smasl-up in the
streets there is no reason why anybody
who thinks out a practical problem in
plain terms should ever be late at the
station. While Congress is working tardi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
More Economical and Humane.

If economical motives inspire opposition
to the project of establishing a peniten-
.iary In this District for the care of all
local and federal prisoners of this juris-
diction, the figures printed in The Star
yesterday should make converts to the
plan. 1t is undeniable that the United
States and the District are caring for
their prisoners in the most expensive
manner, by sending them to the states
under contract The statistics prove a
heavy loss. calculated as the interest On
$4,000 a year.
a prison is not desirable adjunct to
any community. 1t is an absolute neces-
sity however. in our present stage of
social evolution, and the imperative duty
of each community is to evolve its place
of detention to as high point of eff
cheney. cleanliness and economy as posi-
BILE. Certainly at the seat of government
the prison institution should be model
OR all the country. Unfortunately it can
not be denied that the Jail. inadequate in
.ize and scope of accommodations, is dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Bradley Defeats Beckham.

The election of republican to tho
United States Senate by a legislature
whose majority is democratic is the star
Ting news from Kentucky. Startling
though such result had now and then
been suggested. The winner of the prize
had heartened his party friends all
through the long deadlock with the assur-
-ance that victory was possible and would
come in the end. STILL there were the
votes on the other side. there was the
democratic candidate holding his nominal
ton from a primary election, and there
was the appeal of Mr.. Bryan. addressed
by word of mouth to those in whose hands
the fate of the candidate rested. Startling.
them is not too strong a word in the
circumstances.
Senator-elect Bradley is a man of supe-
rior ability, and the most widely known of
kentucky republicans. y lawyer. an ora
tor, a most Industrious politician, he has
led his party for years in the Bluegrass
commonwealth in campaigns marked by
great strenuouSness. 1t was under his
leadership that the republicans in 1893
achieved their first triumph IN the state.
His administration was successful, and a
republican was chosen to succeed him as
governor. losing the Office. however. under
the bold and INSCRIPTIONS manipulation
of the situation by William Goebel the
defeated candidate.
In the Senate Gov. Bradley should take
high rank. He is ready, fluent. resource
full. and of popular address. His ac-
uuaintance with the national leaders of
his party is wide. and he is in thorough
sympathy with all his party's principal
purposes. At sixty he has the appear
ance and the viSor of man of forty, and
in a field lie long has sought will doubt
less contend with all the energy and pride
of his powers.
Does this mark the end of Gov. Beck
ham: Who shall say? He has run a
course unique in the state. Not the first
machine democrat in that bailiwick in
point of time. but easily the first in point
of talent and achievements, he has now
met his first serious check. For the mo-
ment his democratic enemies-the men he
has thwarted and punished-will enjoy
themselves. But, later, there may be a
different story to tell. AS the victim of
boilers, who turned down party instruc-
lions to get even, he will practice the pose
and indulge in the patter of martyr;
and all of his friends will of course ac-
cept him in that role. How we'll he can
play the part, and how much there may
A star performer should realize hand
somely on the opportunity, and it may be
that Gov. Beckham. who is accustomed
to playing star parts, will come again.
He is only in the early forties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Remembrance.

The world will be the same, they say,
When you and l and all have done
Our various tasks as best we may
And then departed. one by one.
The world will be the same. The sky
Now cleaning bright, then overcast;
And blossoms will delight the eye
Anew then wither in the blast.
The shout of hope. the moan Of fear,
The empty jest. the idle song.
The gentle word. the cynic sneer
Will still go echoing through the throng
And yet as the farewells are said
In voice, in silence or in tears,
subtle, saddening change Is spread
And faster speed the hurrying years.
The clasp of reassuring hands.
The sound Of familiar tone,
Far more than sky or poisoning lands
Make up the world that we have known
When only recollections fill
The haunts that loved ones have mad,
sweet,
1t is world Of beauty STILL
And yet transformed and incomplete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Edward F. Droop.

Washington's elder citizens are passing
this winter with distressing frequency.
Now the name of Edward F. Droop is
added to the roll of those claimed by
death. For more than fifty years resi-
dent of the capital. Mr.. Droop has grown
into it's affections as have few men, and
has contributed richly to it's prosperity
through his industry and his sagacity in
the management of affairs. His genial
personality endeared him to a wide circle.
He won admirers on all sides. and many
are the grateful memories of him in the
role of a friend in need. Although for
some time past his i'll health has necessi-
tated virtually a retirement from active
business life, yet Mr.. Droop refused en-
tirely to relinquish his grasp on affairs.
Such men as he add greatly to the
warmth of community life, as we'll as to
it's material welfare, and every city is
the better for possessing such citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Senator Davis and Duty.

The humoriStS must restrain themselves
on the subject of Senator Davis His visit
home does look a little-just a iittle-like
a desertion of his post Much is afoot In
Congress. Much more may be afoot this
time next week. Both parties are sauar-
ing off for the presidential mill, and all
the strong men should be in their places.
Mr.. Davis is one of the strong men on his
side. He himself is aware of the fact, and
has communicated it to his constituents.
They know from his own pen and lips,
as we'll as do the people in this town who
heard him, what a terror he caused in plu-
tocratic circles. north. south. east and
west, by his recent speech-in fact. his
only speech-in the Senate.
But there is important business afoot In
Arkansas. And Mr.. Davis is none the
less citizen of that state because OF be-
ing senator in the Congress of the
United States. And. moreover he still
feels himself responsible for the demo-
cratic party of Arkansas. He more than
any other man has put the party upon its
present plane there. AS it at present
stands it bears the stamp of his genius.
The day Of his election to the Senate he
might without exaggeration have said Of
the home organization: THE party? II
is t.
But things are uncertain in this world
things political in particular The glori-
fled of today are often the despised of to-
morrow. No sooner had Mr. Davis de-
parted for Washington than his enemies
plucked up heart and went to work to
undo him. They put a candidate in the
field for governor. and in effect challenged
him to battle Maybe they thought they
had him at a disadvantage; that he would
not dare leave his post in the Senate and
return home for a factional wrestle at
time when party maneuvering on national
issues was of prime Importance.
Little did they know the man. Mr..
Davis dares all things. His eye, In a fine
frenzy rolling, glances from Washington
to Arkansas and back again. He keeps
tab on developments at both ends of the
line, and, like the true general that he is,
gallops back and forth as his presence is
most needed. Just now, as he thinks. the
Arkansas end of the line is the more
important And so he is there. encourage
ing his men, strengthening his dispositions
and breathing defiance to the enemy.
Let us all be fair and admit that this
seems to be the correct view of the mat
ter. For what would it profit Mr.. Davis
to gain the whole Senate and lose his own
state?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Danger Of Organism


Republican campaign provision cannot
safely stop with the democratic party S
defined strength or with count of the
states which Mr.. Bryan did not carry In
his two presidential efforts. This year
there is q difference which weakens the
force Of ole figuring. All the disconnected
elements. all the loosely attached ele-
ments and all the republican staN-at-
home elements are to be considered as
possible democrats. 1t is not to be for
gotten that each of the Bryan PROPOSE
tons. however chimerical 1t may be In the
Judgment Of the we'll informed. has a GER
tain attraction for voting masses, and has
been advanced with a not wholly illu-
stoned view to that practical. if tempo
rary, political effect. Popular faith in set
tied forms and principles Of government
is always shaken in times of sluggish
industry. No man is able to prophesy
how far even greenbackism will be ac-
cepted by the spirit of 'anything-fOr-
a-change' which will be present during
the coming campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Public Service Standards.

A high tribute to the integrity of the
government employees is paid by the state
ment of the commissioner of patents.
printed in yesterdays Star, in connection
with the arrest of one of his assistants
on a charge of improper practices. This
is the first instance. he says. in the 11S
years of the existence of the patent Of
flee that one of It's employees has been ac-
cused of participating in a fraud upon
the government or in any other manner
misusing his office for private gain.
Is there a business establishment with
so clean a record? Truly, the workers
in the government service in general have
written a high score of honesty and fidel-
ity. While possibly the patent Office may
have been exceptionally free of such trou-
bles, it remains true that a remarkably
small percentage of the public workers
have figured in unpleasant affairs of this
character. The standard of individual hon.
esty and of faithful discharge of trust
has been uniformly high.
Yet these workers are continually as
sailed, in Congress and out as parasites
upon the government. as pensioners, as
enjoying sinecures, as the recipients of
the public bounty. In truth. they are hard
WORKERS, true anu iHleLiSeilt, AediouS u
hold up the scale and interested in their
tasks. They regard their occupation as
a career, especially since the civil serv-
ice merit system was adopted and govern
ment place ceased to be used as spols of
office, in the degree that prevailed in the
past.
In the case of the patent Office exami-
ners it is just to say that they form a
corps of highly accomplished experts, men
of the finest training for their tasks, and
continually tempted to leave the public
service to enter that of private employ
ers 1t is remarkable that the government
is able to retain them for the compare
tive pittances paid to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
THE STAR has regular and perma-
nent Family Circulation much more
than the combined circulation Of the
other Washington dailies. As q News
and Advertising Medium It has no
competitor.

aN In order to avoid delays on account
OF personal absence letters to THE
STAR should not be Addressed to any
individual connected with the ONCE, but
simply to THE STAB, or to the Editorial
or Business Department, according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

Predictions that English will be the uni
versal language have long been offered.
But it is safe to say that every first-class
grand opera singer will insist on express
ing her tragic woes in German or Italian
to the end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

A town that furnishes as much tempta-
ton as Paris does to people with gold
bricks to sell should not be accepted as
absolute authority for news about inter-
national affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
A GLOOMY Assertion.

ITO what do you attribute your success
as a monarch?''
And after a moments thought the Euro
pean ruler replied:
Largely to bad craftsmanship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

ly over the trackage problem. and later
while the railroads are doing the work
that they should have been permitted to
start more than a year ago, it is incum-
bent upon every train-taker to beware of
delays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

Chances of discouraging pocket-book
snatchers might be greater If their oper-
atoms were large enough to warrant ref
erence to them as malefactors of great
wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

Senator Shoots address on the currency
bill is an assurance that he has at last
been allowed to get his mind off Utah's
matrimonial complications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

In a short time the annual argument
will occur as to whether it is proper to be-
lieve the climate or the almanac about the
arrival of spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

The result of the effort to assassinate
the Shah of Persia indicates that 1t is as
unsafe to be an innocent bystander in
Persia as anywhere else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Did Not Rume Him.

From the Baltimore Sun.
, District Attorney Jerome didn't even
remove his cigarette when that petition
asking for his removal was filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

Criticisms of banking methods as sharp
as those of w. ]. Bryan ought to divert
some of the fire of financial complaint
from the President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

Mr.. Bryan has never fiourished a big
stick but democracy recognizes him with
more or less reluctance as the man who
controls the 20. K" stamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

Use muscle as we'll as BRAIN is the adj
vice given to educators. That is what
Stuyvesant Fish thought, but it did not
work out satisfactorily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Right and Justice !

From the New York Sun.
Col. BRYAN is confident that right and
justice will win at Denver. unless right
and justice happen to be sold out by Col.
Bryan's devoted followers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

If Emma Goldman Is compelled to think
before she speaks. she may move out
of the country of her own accord.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
A Big Public Problem.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Forest preservation is about to become
one of the big public questions. Unless
the trees are looked after we shall become
short on timber and long on floods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
In Still Harder Luck.

From the Richmond News-Leader.
Bryan says the democratic party was
in hard luck before he took charge Of
it, but produces no evidence to prove
that it's luck has changed since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
From the Phila

Annoyances to which suffragettes are
subjected are only suggestions of the
discomforts of an actual day at the polls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
The Author No Exception.

Shakespeare is said to have been a bad
actor
II know that" answered Mr.. Storming-
ton Barnes. But 1 don't attach any
Importance to the assertion. Everybody
who plays Shakespeare is sure to be re-
ferred to by somebody as bad actor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Lazy Money.

From the PhlladeIphla inquirer.
There is now lying idle in the United
States Treasury a billion dollars in gold.
This is probably the biggest stocking de-
post" on record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Hartman Satisfied.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
And after all judicial approval of his
methods means vastly more to Mr.. Harri-
man than presidential denunciation of
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

Nothing sufficiently serious to prevent
the hope of many more brilliant inven-
tions is the matter with Thomas Edi-
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

Absolutely no interest is manifested as
to the prospect of E. H. Harriman's con-
tributing to anybody's campaign fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Worked to Death.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
It's news-to hear that Words fail
Chancellor Day" But think how he has
worked them overtime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Too Many to Count.

From the Chicago News.
Pause for an instant to notice how
many modern statesmen do not measure
up with Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Hard to Stir Him.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Hughes boom may in time succeed
in attracting the languid attention Of
Gov. Hughes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Inexorable Habit.

mountebank one day was moved to weep
For sorrow had o'ertaken all his chatting.
The crowd exclaimed in admiration deep:
Behold new and curious mode OF
laughing!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Keep to the Right.

From the Salt Lake Tribune.
You never have to go out of your way
to walk to the right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
The Problem

Literature is very difficult said one
authoress.
Yes" answered the other. THE prob
lem is to be financial success without
being q social failure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

Stoessel will continue to be regarded
by many as a good general, but a poor
politician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Polyglot Politics.


Gov. Hughes of New York has Welsh
Irish, Scotch. English and Dutch blood In
his veins. How does he propose to get
the German vote?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
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SHOOTING STARS.

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