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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-21
Good Advice.

Go on in all simplicity. Do not be co anxious to win . quiet mind, and 1t will be all the quieter. Do not ex. anime 50 closely into the progress Of your own soul. Do not crave 80 mucf, to be perfect. but let your spirituaI tife be formed by your duties and b, tho actions which are called forth by circumsta ances.-Frnnci de Sales.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-21

We should think that recent Tih- man-Rockefeller conference suffi- oient cause for another message to Congress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-21

In order to make Taft look the part of a G. o. P. elephant, cartoon ieits merely have to attach the trunk and Satchel.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-21
The Four of rhem.

Shit, Good morning, Jones. I heal Sou hare sno and heir. Jcnes-Yes. UT household now r~2sesents the . United Kingdom. I >n English, my s:fs's Irish, the nurse is Scotch, and As baby Liverpool Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-21

"Mr. Hughes will lose the bar ber vote," ventures the Columbia State. But If he gets the united whisker vote to make up for it, he won't lose anything in the aggre- gate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-21
The Soft Answer,

Mrs. Benham-You couldn't look me in the face when you came in last night Bsnham-That was because your beauty daEzIsd me. my dsar.- Nv Yoyb PYooA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-21
Advertising Rates Mado Known O.
 Application.
The Largest Bona Eide Circulation of any Pine 1luff Newspaper.

Taft ought to tackle man his size-if there is another one ln all Christendom.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-21

A lazy man goes far. and hs ahunS labor labors deubly. - PUrarh !; ,.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-21
His View of l<.

0tS V1eW 0r N.
 Bond-DoN't you realize that mer r1age broadens 8 man? Benedict-Oh yes. suppose 1t can be put that way, but ''hattens" is the word I've always
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-02-21

2atared at Postofllco at Pine Blu1. Ark., as second class mail matter
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Issues for the Democrats.

The Democrats IN Congress have done
little or nothing to give the 1enh anu
hle of their party issues on Whlch 10
ght in the coming campaign
So much from the Richmond News
Leader. Now. read this from the
New York Evening Post:
Mr. Williams not only is having a 10 LOT
of fun at the expense OF the hepuOH-
cans but is piling UP a lot OF eXcellent
.rsr11Dala-r material Another person VINO
is helping the Democrats mighuly is
Theo,Iore Roosevelt His repeated ap-
7eels to Congress TO obey his wishes
nt1t a powerful weapon into the hands
Of an Democratic stImp-speakers- why
return 70 power, thew will ask, party
which. with absolute control OF In ie
Government. IS at loggerheads Win us
Prssident. and does not do any one OF
flFtD, things that its leader declares alb
SoIutely essential to the welfare OF the
Republic?
Isn't IL curious that as old to the
business as TINS latter paper IS It
should vet so far overstate lis case?
OF course, the News Leader IS
wrong. The Democrats have all the
campaign material, all the direct
issues. any party could ask Bat
that does not mean that the Presi-
dent has asked fifty things Of Con
cress in vain, or that he has ever
stated that any one item of pro-
posed legislation was absolutely es-
sentiaI 10 the welfare of the Bepub-
Tic. or that if the Republicans win
AZ the polls in November the new
Congress must be n odds with the
new President
Indeed. il needs a divining rod TO
tell whether The President is help
ING the Democrats or the Democrats
are helping the President. There
are only two important issues on
which they disagree-State rights
and the tariff. AS to the first, the
country is likely to side with the
Republicans: as to the second, it is
likely to side with the Democrats.
The first is no issue to win on; the
second is an issue which sagacity
and forcefulness could develop into
a tower of Democratic strength
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CARE-CHARMER SLEEP.

Care-Charner Sleep. son Of the sable
Mig, T.
Brother % Death. in silent darkness
horn,
Relieve my iansuish. \and restore the
light.
With dark forgetting + my care re-
turn
And let the day be 4 ne enough 20
mourn
The sEip-wreek Of MS ilI-adyentured
youth;
let waking eyes suffice to wall their
Scorn.
NTUoat the torment OF the nights IN
truth.
Cease. dreams. the images u dsy-de-
SiTcs.
To model forth the passions OF the
morrow:
Never iet rising sur approve you liars.
To add more Srief tn JSgravate my
-0TTOW-
Still lct me sleep, embracing clouds in
ain,
And never wake 70 feel the days dis
Samuel Daniel.
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but are demanded urgently in the
interest. of the Republican party,
soon to ask the cOuntry's ndoTse-
ment in a national election. Cur
rency legislation is urgently need
ed; and the program of punching
them all together and passing them
ought 70 be forced through the con-
ference in which the opinion of the
body of Republicans will be tested.
President Roosevelt saved the day
for the Hepburn laws most import
ant and momentous provision, by
appearing in the open and taking an
active part to force past recalci-
trant House leadership the measure
which he knew the country and the
majority of Congress favored. If
now the President will take a like
interest, by insisting that the con-
ference of Tuesday evening shall
assure the House opportunity to
vote on the various measures which
he has named repeatedly in his mes
sages. there is small doubt of the
result.
The Republican party is fairly in
sight of opportunity to escape from
the difficulties and embarrassments
of the session. with credit and an
excellent record. II is for the
President and his friends TO keep
on fighting to the end. There is lit
tie doubt that they will do so
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03
TO CHECK AMERICAN USURPATION
BRITISH PEERESSES FORM
A SOCIETY CABAL
Duchess of Portland Heads
the Powerful Offensive
Alliance.
Meanwhile Englsnd's CAPT
tai Passes Under
Yankee Yoke"

LONDON. May "A cabaI OF Eng
lish duchesses and other influential and
Tilted women has been formed with the
avowed intention OF boycottlns; Ameri-
cans in London society.
At the head Of the cabaI is the
Duchess Of Portland, and about her she
has gathered into an offensive and de-
fensive alliance against Americans
such powerful women az Iad-y I,ans-
downe. wife Of the famous minister
OF foreign affairs in the last cabinet:
the Duchess OF 81. Adams. the Duchess
Of Rutland, the new Duchess Of Dev-
onshire, who IS Lady LausdoWne's
daughter; the Duchess Of Abercorn. who
was Reluctantly forced TO join. che pow
erfJ. and socially popuia~ Duchess IF
Westminster, whose rivalry with the
Duchess OF Marlborough made her at
once willing member, and other
women or equal social power 10 the
number Of forty
The formation Of this anti-Americsa
clique had its inception at the Ladies
Automobile Club. one Of the In,-t tx
elusive women's organizations IN the
world. which meets regularly ar Ga
ridges.
Dislike ii Americans among the Mira
Ensiish set has been developing for
years
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COL. STEWARDS EXILE
MAY BE INVESTIGATED

As a result OF the recent uuC0mfOrJ-
able experience of Col. William F.
Stewart. Coast Artillery. L. =. A., a
Conversational inquiry into his Treatment
may be held
When Colonel Stewart was sent 90
command The coast artillery at For
Grant. -Ariz-. where society of man Is
said 10 be as scarce as apple blossoms
Al the winter time. there was a rumor
that his detail was designed 10 mako
him resign from the service OF commit
some breach that would make him liable
10 cCurJ-Taartial. he was 50 unpleasant
10 get along with Colonel Stewart sur
yivcd the test.
Two weeks ago he was ordered to s.
Francis Barracks. Fla. without com
maud-- As ne was 20 be che only rep
rssentative Of the army there. II looked
Ike a lonesome job for the colonel.
His friends appealed TO Senators and
Representatives. Senator Rayuer and
the President had a conference on the
subject last week. the first time the
Senator has been at the White House
in two years
The Florida delegation Is pTOtestiuE
against Colonel Stewart being sent &C
the barracks. not because they dom
like the colonel. but because they want
the harrac- KS termed over to rne state
n the Var Department can patch Up
peace between the jarring fsctiou. u,
the lnteTregnuln given Tor that purpose,
an inquiry may not be demanded IN
Congress.
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A Few Questions.

As far as the House Of Repre-
.sntativps il concerned - which
means as far as legislation at this
session is concerned-its own mem
bers erred neither in Judgment nor
in morals in the Bieber land grants.
But is this to be the end of all the
fuss? Is the Senate content with
this answer 10 its charges? Is It TO
make no investigation of the right
or title by which Mr.. Bieber (and
others) now occupy lands along the
Anacostia river? Particularly, Is
the challenge as TO the use by the
Pennsylvania railroad of certain OF
that land to be ignored?
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INSURGENTS IN c. O.P.
TO FORCE ACTION
Call of House Members to
Be Issued for Tuesday
Evening.
Will Hold Currency Legis-
latlon as Hostage 10 Aid
Other Bills.

The whole aggregation OF grouches.
grumblings and grievances which have
been developed during this session OF
Congress is likely 10 be taken out and
aired on Tuesday evening. when the
long-advertised and oft-postpOned con
ference Of the House Republicans viii
be held-unless there is another post
pOnement- In all probability there viii
be none.
Announcement was made yesterday
afternoon that the en- viii be put in
circulation Monday among the House
Republicans, for = conference Tuesday
evening.
II will not be a caucus, fo1 various
reasons One is that there IS grave
doubt whether "a caucus could get much
attendance. Besides, there has not been
caucus OF House Republicans on z
proposition in legislation in ten years.
They don't often do things that Wsv
nowadays
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QuiZZing Taft.

Here Is summary of Mr. Taft's
position in regard to the most of
the prominent questions Of the
day:
MY policies Roose-
velt's policies have brought about a
great restraint of illegal trade.
Great combinations of capital which
conducted their business in viola
ton OF the antitrust law have
brought about great restraint of
legal trade.
The tariff favor revision, but
| want revision on the protective
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03
TWENlY-SEYEN PASS
ANNAPOLIS EXAMINATION

ANNAPOLIS. Nd May Twenty
seven candidates Tor the Naval Ac.d-
envy were notified today that they had
passed the mental examination recently
held under civil service regulations in
Washington. and were ordered 10 take
their physical examinations next week
The fun results Of the examinations
in different parts Of the country viii be
made public about May is. Those an
no 1901 today were in the case Of those
Wise physical examinations had been
U"C2 .heir request. set I'm advance of
H. "-hers. The list Of those who have
passed is:
g s Allen, Twenty-scCOnd New York
district; J 5. Abbott. Fifth Arkansas.
l. 3. Ard. Third Alabama. T. s. BOYD.
Twenty-irst Pennsylvania G. &. Bvrne.
at large. South Dakota; r T. Brown.
Sixth Tennessee. D. Boydcn. Second
Illinois; L. II. Black Thirty-fourth New,
York, G W ID. DashieIl. Senatorial
Maryland; u. Dctreville. Eighth TEXAS.
r = CRUDE. Sixth Wisconsin. r 4
Hall, Senatorial Nebraska. J. f. lack
ling. AT large Michigan: D. ". LOAN
son, Seventh Iowa; L. L. l.eabv. SOM
torial, Wisconsin; G. a Lockwood ir
Senatorial, Missouri; r. q. Miller
Twenty-secouG Wisconsin. C. N 1rc-
Nair. Second Georgia: Roy Psaf. Sec
ond Oklahoma; r r 3 Rice, Third Ne
brasAa; NJ. ) Tisdale, Second Mime
sofa; H. Weaver. Twenty-seventh Now
York; r Il. Wakemsn. First Kansas;
NJ zacharias. Senatorial. Florida: r. T.
Byrd. jr-, Seventh Virginia; d. W. Ham
ilton, at large. New Mexico. r A. Lou
den, Tenth Iowa
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End-Of-the-SeSSlOn Conference.

As usual with them. the Republic
ans are pulling themselves together
in the closing days of the session in
the determined effort TO frame a
legislative program on which they
can agree. and for which they can
claim full credit to their party.
They are getting ready to give the
President the lions share of the
policies for which he has been con-
tending so vigorously from the be-
ginning of the session.
The conference of House Republic
ans which will be held Tuesday
evening Will not be a caucus 1t
viii be an occasion for heart-tO-
heart exchanges of opinion, behind
closed doors; and 1t viii probably
mark the beginning. if not the con-
summation. of an arrangement coy
ering the essentials OF Legislative
proceeding for the rest of the ses-
sion.
The splendid fight which on
Thursday last resulted in upholding
the Presidents hands in the matter
OF the appropriation for the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
brought forth fruits most promptly.
That contest proved the real temper
IF the House. and, more important.
proved that there Is possibility of
winning in square fight for the
Presidents policies. 1t was pre-
dicted then by The Times that the
victory in that preliminary bout
would nerve the Presidents support
ers ND TO demand still more; and ii
is now certain that they arc going
to pEess their demands with great
earnestness in the conference
which viii mark the beginning OF
The end of the session.
The political necessities of the
situation have hardly been less pc,
tent that the moral force back OF
The demand for the enactment OF
such measures as the anti-injuuc
ton law. the amendment of the
sherman law to exempt labor
unions from the liabilities uneX-
pcctedly imposed on then. by the
supreme Court. and the campaign
fund publicity bill. All of these
measures not only ought TO pass fol-
sound ethical and economic reasons
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03
CRUEL RELIGIOUS CUSTOM

There Is a cruel custom prevailing in
many parts Of the Telugu country in
India in connection with the worship of
the village deities- At the end of a
sacrifice small cart with four. five
or nine pointed stakes standing upright
at the corners and sides, is brought 10
the INA &C Pigs lambs, and fowls are
then impaled alive upon these stakes.
The cart Is dragged in a procession 10
the boundary Of the village The ami
mails die In agony on t.te way. end are
taken of the stakes when the cart
reaches its destination.
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SOME OF HIS MEAT.

+ 3. Currsn. formerly a member Of
parliament said that a South Sea is
lander whom a traveller had brought
none with him as a servant. in a lOca,
tavern was DraisinE up the British con
gti5utiOn when one OF his hearers said TO
him. What do YOU know about it2
You're not an EugliShman. You haven {
a drop Of English blood in your veins. "
"Hon't YOU be so sure about that re-
piled the black; my grandfather helped
to eat Captain Cook. Reynolds News
paper.
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theory. so that our prosperity may
continue"
Army and navy-In favor Of en-
largement so that when we take
part in the councils of the nations
or undertake TO discuss national
morality our word may be backed
up by sufficient force 10 make it
dignifed."
Child labor lGws-FayOrable, but
in doubt whether State or national
legislation is the more proper.
The unemployed-He would ia
cilitate in every possible way the
bringing together of the unemploy-
ed and those who are seeking
them"
Woman suffrage-Favorable. Has
been so since the age Of sixteen,
when he wrote an essay on the sub
iect. However, ''he doesn't think
that we ought 70 take such a radi-
cal step as general woman's suf-
frage without being certain first
that it would meet the approval of
all those TO whom the franchise
was to be extended"
The judieiary-Judges o. X, but
machinery cumbersome. Would lin
IL The right TO appeal in both civil
and criminal cases.
These views are culled from the
Secretary of Wars remarks before
the Civic Forum IN Ne,s York this
week. Such an audience j. often a
more effective medium Of publicity
than a partisan gathering eager to
cheer partisan statements.
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Clear Case of Boycott.

II was the Duchess OF Portland how
ever, who really brought matters 10 q
lead ny announcing that those English
iaoies who persistentiy received An-ri-
cans at their houses would no lolEe-
be considered 20 remain on her visiting
list The Duchess OF Abercorn. who
has for several seasons let her town
mansion Hampton House. 70 Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer was inclined 10 be con
oiliatory- but the fear OF practical ost-a-
Cism bv her sister nObIewomea com
PEELED her 70 Join with the znti-Amer.-
can cabaL
Lady Lansdowne and her extensive
and powerful family were delighted 10
accept the cause as their own. for IL IS
an unconcealed fact that during the
re cime Of her husband as f0reiGI- min
istcr she was UuspariuE I'm her COM
mentS on what she termed the toadvinE
or official and social Eagla-i 10 the
American plutocracy. At that time. De
iuS Ioval 10 her husbands political
policies. she could not With either grace
Or discretion show her real feelings. but
now that her husband is OFT OF Office
she has no reason 10 disguise her feel
irgs.
The reason OF tire Duchess or Port
lands eumity toward Americans has its
basis iu an otd-time feuI with Mrs..
CaVendish- Bentinck- who by reason Of
her relationship with Mrs Reid during
tne reign Of the present ambassador has
aroused the enmity OF a large section
Of her own cJUntry-women by assum-
.rg the role Of Ward McAllister OF
Who's Who Among Americans IL
o1f0r,
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Policy 20 Be Threshed.

lie call viii Indicate that j. is desi Sn-
cd 10 consider the pa tvs policy in the
matter OF currency legislation. There
has been some discussion as 10 whether.
once IN session. It Will be AZ liberty 10
consider anything else. T. this the
answer is voiced by the late iusurgent
element OF RepublicaGs-the gentlemen
who added 10000 20 the appropriation
for the Interstate Commerce CJmmis-
siOn-that it will consider other matters.
and that anybody %ho suesses it. VIII
not has another guess coming
Fifty Signatures are necessary TO
make the call. Jim Watson. whip OF
the House. is having the call printed,
ana the business OF getting Signatures
will be taken up bright end cary Non
day morning There Is IUIc doubt. ap-
parently. Of getting the necessary sig
natures
When the sigaatUr-s are secured the
call viii be handed 10 Rcprescu alive
Hepburn, chairman Of the Republican
caucLs- Re VIII approve aui pass 1t on
20 Secretary I.DUdeuslsser, who vi'l is-
sue The formal call.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-03

IT may be worth while TO mention
right here. for the benefit OF the navy r
critics. that during the very months
when the American fleet has been max
iUS aC unprecedented tour OF the world
fraught with dangers and uncertainty
and breaking all records IN hitting the
things Il shot at, IL has suffered fewer
accidents than almost any other navy
IN the world. the others being al home
al tending 10 ordinary routine
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Americauization Goes On.

Undaunted BY tho duchess cabaI. An
giO-American nobility and its relatives
viii make a determined effort to dom
mate society this coming season. which
at present gives every promise OF being
the most brilliant in the reign Of King
Edward VII.
The American nobility, with its
wealth and beauty and the tact Of its
women, its daring and briIHancy OF en-
tertainment. has every prospect Of sue
cess.
In particular. the Vanderbilt family
and Cts vamificatiOns viii be 10 the fore.
and viii endeavor TO occupy as much
Of the social limelignt as is possible.
II Is openly understood that Alfred @.
Vanderbilt. with his huge fortune and
the magnificent fat which he has taken
I'm PiccadiIly. viii begin there series
of entertainments of high society and
senteel Bohemianism. II is here that
Mr. Vanderbilt viii receive his sister,
the Countess SzecEenyi, and her Hun
garian lord and husband, who are soon
TO arrive in London
Before visiting Mr.. Vanderbilt, the
Szechenvis will he the guests OF Am
bassador and Mrs whiteiaw Reid, at
Dorchester House in PARK Lane. The
countess viii be one of the chief pre-
sentees at the Court OF 81. James, but
the question as to who shall have the
honor" OF presenting her vas not yet
been determined.
A round of entertainment is in store
for the countess. One lavish function
will be a party in her honor given at
that magnificent show place on the nv
or. Clivedeu. once the property oil the
Duke OF Westminster. but now owned
bv AIr. and Mrs. Waldorf Aston, IT.
Mrs. Astor. formerly Mamie Langhorne
Shaw. has brought her sister. Mrs
Reginald Brooks, over froms Paris to
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Americans Called Parvenus.

These women. all members IF the Old
est families, have Tor years resented
The increasing power Of the ''parvenus.
as they call them. from the United
States. They honestly fear in thcir
hearts that unless strong steps are
taken At once, London viii not be the
home OF English but or American So
ciety.
The system OF buying introdUctions
into English society, which Las grown
up during the last few years. has par
ticUlarly aroused their anger. and they
have not hesitated 10 show this feel
ing. even while knowing that in certain
cases the introdUcers were intimates
Of royalty itself
Whils the cabai OF duchesses will IN
doubtedly be powerful enough TO limit
the number Of houses 20 which Ameri-
cans viii be welcomed. London society
is so vast that the opposition viii by
no means mark the exclusion Of social
aspirants from the United States from
notable social attention.
Il viii be interesting 20 observe the
effect OF this war against Americans,
as the cabal will lose no opportunity 10
make its opposition felt. one OF the first
things to be done. il is understood. viii
be TO exert influence upon King Ed
ward 70 bring the allotment Of invita-
tons TO Americans al Ascot and similar
ROYAL and semi-royal functions down a.
the number allotted 10 other foreigner 5
in England.
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Ths statements from The rival press
bureaus agree al last tnat the fre-con-
vention Republican fight is over. II Is
r7grettable that they cont agree which
wa IL f. decided