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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
HOSTILITY TO ROOSEVELT.
His Enemies Pursuing n Course
that Adds TO HIS Strength.


From the Chicago Record Herald
Western men who visit New York re-
turn with many stories OF the hostility
that is there manifested against the
President, and certain New York papers
keep up running fire upon him because
they represent interests that are bitterly
opposed to his policies.
The plan Of campaign has been an ex-
&c, dinghy stupid one from the beginning.
On the political side It has been directed
against Tart as well as against Roose-
welt. and il has left out OF account the
public sentiment Of much the greater part
Of the country. The stupidity Of the per-
sonal attacks is emphasized by the fact
that there is nothing on which to base
them.
As for the Hamilton article IN the
North American Review. we should sup
pose that any Intelligent reader would
consider II far-fetched and grotesque
piece Of work that could not do the Presi-
dent the slightest injury. 1t is sure 10
react against the author. who will have
hard time of it in the court Of public
| opinion.
Meantime the more Wall street and its
( followers rage the greater will the popu-
I larity OF the President become. His fool
/ ish enemies are pursuing the very course
/ that is certain 20 add 10 his political
strength and TO the good viii that Is felt
/ for him throughout the country.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
NOTES AND NOTIONS.
From the Baltimore American.
THE PRESIDENTIAL AMATEUR

From the Baltimore American
THE PRESIDENTIAL AMATEURS.
The "favorite sons keep coming.
To do their little stunt.
And 20 for the nomination
In little smart still hunt
They are waiting for the people
Just 20 give a pleasant look.
But the fear Is ever pending
They are going 10 get the hook
When the campaigns far and distant.
And the mentions" start 10 come.
Then ambitions IN all quarters
Think hard OF hustiing some;
And. algs. the frequent mention
Some early boomers took.
Now are laying by the wayside.
Dragged out by the cruel hook.
One by one the boOms are fading.
one by one ambitions fall,
BY a sad elimination.
And ilfe's hOney's turned TO gall.
sad for stunt that seems a winner
Each poor boomers brought 70 book
And the people howl in chorus.
When the next one gets the hook
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
A Serious Charge.

Commander w. S. Sims. U. S. N. in
his hearing before the Senate Naval Com
mittee on Monday. did not succeed In get
ting before the committee some OF the in
formation and opinions which that officer
possesses and which he believes are es-
sential in the accumulation of informa-
ton by Senator Hale and his associates
as an aid TO them In determining what
shall be done TO reform, If not 10 abolish.
naval bureaucracy" Commander Sims
was permitted. however. to file with the
committee the document which was in
tended as an introductory chapter in the
testimony OF that officer, but which he
was not allowed to follow in the state
ment he subsequently made. The COM
mittee ruled that he must confine him
self 10 statements respecting the naval
material as II existed to-day. This dimin-
ished Commander Sims testimony TO
some familiar criticism Of the armor belt
and the ammunition HOSTS.
The preliminary statement conveyed the
allegation that such officers as Rear Ad-
miral Converse and Chief Constructor
Caps have prepared statistics which
were misleading" and that in connec-
ton with the resistance" OF the bureaus
TO the recommendations Of sea-going Of
ficers. there were such circumstances as
'the disappearance Of official reports. "
The testimony OF the critical naval Off
GERS. as far as it has gone. has been I'M
productive of much that Is convincing TO
the nontechnicaI members OF the Senate
Naval Committee. for the reason that 1t is
made apparent 10 them by the cross-ex-
animation conducted by the chief con-
structor that there are two sides TO every
question. and that there Is as much TO be
said for as there is 10 be said against
any proposition which has to - with the
mechanism of war or the appliances for
safety on board naval ships.
1t Is quite evident that the really in
teresting part Of the committee hearings
viii come later. when viii be taken UP
the question OF personnel and when Com
mander Sims ought 10 be recalled to di-
vulge to the committee those ''unpIeas-
ant incidents, including apparent resist
ance TO criticisms and TO the femedylng
Of serious defects and the disappearance
OF official reports" which he promises in
the preliminary statement in the hearing
OF Monday Those who believe that there
IS inefficiency. and now apparently ir-
Irregularities Of a fragrant sort, in the
conduct OF the naval bureaus should have
the fullest opportunity 20 impart their
information Commander Sims has indi-
Gated 20 the Senate Naval COMMITTEES
that he is in a position 10 divulge some
startling statistics. and he should be al
lowed 20 discharge that interesting task
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
GROWING EXECUTIVE POWER
People Look TO President or Cow
ernOr for Legislation.

EfNEs me Nfn hord t-FesiiS feSf-
To a President OF governor all the peO-
PIE are coming 10 look increasingly. not
merely for administration, but FOR I'm
pulse and driving power in legislation.
They may be no wiser than the nominal
legislators, but they have a wider on
look, and they feel mightier impulses
from the whole citizenship pushing them
on Hence, it is no trouble for Democ-
racy to adjust itself TO the new practice.
Choosing the Executive directly, it choos-
es him now TO be the chief medium OF
progressive and refo-matory Iaw-malzing
II il gets its VIII done. IL cares little
about the instrument. After all" said
Mr. BaIfour. when defending lis plan
10 take power from the House for the
government. we are no longer fighting
the crown" And II American Con-
crosses and legislatures are leaving
Of fighting the Executive. IL is because
the Executive has come best 10 represent
the whole people
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
Whit Washington said.

Nothing delights us more than unravel-
ing perplexing problems for vexed and
fretted contemporaries. nor Is there any
thing 20 which we are more willing to
lend a hand than the pushing along Of
some uplifting truth OF assisting in the
furtherapee OF some meritorious reform
Hence. it is with peculiar pleasure we
make note Of the following inquiry from
the Montgomery Advertiser:
Suppose Mrs Washington had asked George If
he had ever loTed any woman but her, would he
have lied 10 her? What's the answeri"
There Is hardly any room for doubt as
to washington's answer in such a crisis.
He could not tell a short and ugly word
even though the cherry tree episode may
have been exploded as proof Of that.
George did Just exactly and precisely what
th4 Advertisers inquisitor did in like
emergency, or does, or will do, as the
case may be: he promptly, soothingly. gal
lantly, and generously answered. No"
And even the rankest pessimist must
admit that II in this he perjured himself,
at least ''he perjured himself like gen.
tleman."
AT worst II is justifable prevarication.
and the recording angel wastes not a
ledger line upon 1t. Any husband who
isn't prepared. and anxiously willing. 10
swear until he is black in the face that
his wife is the only woman he ever loved
is a poor specimen of the wise and diplo-
matte genus homo. and must have been
bum" proposition as a sweetheart.
And then. too. there is a less romantic
but intensely practical side to this question
that is worthy OF inspection. Even though a
man may be intending TO deceive in this
regard in the beginning. constant repeti-
ton Will eventually bring him 70 where
he believes it himself in spite Of himself.
not TO mention the fine effect such repe-
ton viii undoubtedly have upon the men
tai disposition OF his wife. So we lay
down the rule that It is no part OF cheat
ing and swindling for man TO tell his
wife he never loved any other woman so
much as he loves her-no matter what the
circumstances IN the case may really be,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

All of these things can be done without
ripping up the tariff. and if done. they
would convince the people that when the
job of revising the entire tariff was under
taken It would be entered upon In the
proper spirit.
But to admit, grudgingly. as do revi-
sionsts OF the Dalzell type, that public
sentiment forces them 10 revise the tariff
as a necessary evil" is 10 shake conf
dence in party professions; and TO propose
that revision shall be Matched up in secret
sessions of Congressional committees dur
ing the heat Of a campaign is 10 arouse
popular suspicion as TO party motives.
The whole business might as well be
turned over TO the Republican National
Committee with Instructions 10 work the
tariff racket for all there is in it,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
APEX OF A COLOSSAL MISTAKE
How Standard offs Counsel Stirred
Judge lands, Ire.

II. y. Casson in Mex Broadway AIasazine
Judge Lands listened with a look OF
grim satisfaction in bis eye. Now that
he knew what the profits We're. he could
make the punishment fit the criminal-not
the crime. Yet even here he gave Miller
and RosenthaI che last chance 70 abandon
their policy Of secrecy and evasion Be
fore preparing his sentence he asked them
formally if they wished 10 submit any
evidence as TO the general good character
and honest intentions OF Standard OIL
At this point there was a clash among
the oil kings themselves. John d. Arch
bold was in favor Of publicity. Others
said: NO let US stick 10 the old Standard
OH pOlicy-'say nothing and saw wood 20
The noes won; and Moritz Rosenthal
sent a scOrching, stirging answer 10
Judge lands. He sai6-'This court. in
the absence Of anything in the record 10
the contrary. paying no attention 10 the
gossip OF the street or the charges OF
the mob, and guided by the fundamental
law Of the land. must certainly persume
the innocence Of this defendant Of any
prior violations Of the interstate com
merce law. and fix its penalty. if any.
solely upon record IN this case"
THE gossip Of the street or the charges
Of the mObr' This sheer, coming from
the most unpopular Of all the trusts, was
the climax Of a serio-cOmedy OF errors.
Il was undoubtedly the final cause OF the
big fine. II was the apex OF a S2s.ooo.oo-
blundcr-
Several weeks later, Judge Lands read
his sentence. The judge was pale and
tense. This was the most dramatic mo-
ment Of his life. and he knew it, IN a
tone that was as cold as the ice caves
OF the arctic, he referred TO the studied
insolence" Of the Standard Oil attorneys
I can only leave 10 the discretion OF
the Standard ClI Company" he said. 'the
wisdom and propriety Of a 81 loo.oo0 cor
poration gratuitOusly inaUguTating agita-
lion abOur The mob 90
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
Intellectual Improvement

Elsie says she Is going TO improve her
mind and Join a Browning class"
What on earth made her think OF
that7'
she has 20 make some sacrifices. you
know. this Lent and Il was either join
ing the Browning class or giving up chloe
olate caramels. and she wasn't really
equal 10 that"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
SPRING MILLINERY.

A maiden drew iron its big white box
Her last years best straw bonnet
She twisted and turned it. but oh dear mel
Ii had has been writ upon IL
So she vented her rage on the innocent thing
Poked dents in its year-old crown.
And then 10 complete the destruction quite
On its brim danced vicious breakdown
The sorry chapeau remained where it fell,
For several days IN a corner.
When the maiden. for want Of something to do,
Pulled It out. like a female j. Homer
And found that because Of the twists and the dents
The creation" once perched her pate
Presented style very chic Of It's own.
And now wore shape up-to-date.
From this vii be seen that Dame Fashion DEGREES
No style IS TOO queer or bizarre.
And 'tis comfort 20 know when outlandlsh you look
Just that much more nodish You are.
New York Times
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

From the Rochester Herald.
Hawaii must be fortified. and the argu-
ments which apply illustrate the need
of many of the Philippines, Panama,
Porto Rico. and our other colonies for
like treatment. The millions this work
will require are beyond computation, and,
apparently, it doesn't concern the tax
payers any more than the demand of a
child for cents with which TO buy gum.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
rhi. Hnppened in Kansas.

From the New York Evening Post
In Kansas City the police even arrest
on Sunday musicians who give concerts.
But" says the marshal TO the grand
jury, several persons who participated
in philharmonic Orchestra's concert this
week got away. We were unable to catch
Beethoven, Rossini. MendelSsOhn, Chopin,
and R. Wagner. whose names appeared
upon the programme. I would suggest
that warrants be issued for them
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

Prom the Hartford COurant-
It's nothing new for a President OF the
United States to be lied about. George
Washington had that experience; so did
Jefferson, Jackson. Lincoln. Grant and
Grover Cleveland The tongue OF ealunanv
wagged against them as Il is now waE-
ging against Theodore Roosevelt. It is
10 be said. though. that some OF the at
t2cks upon the President now in the
White House certainly plumb the depths
OF meanness and spitefeulness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

law az the Uni
versity. was adj
mltted 10 practice.
&c" He is not a
lawyer, but a real
newspaper man, the
publisher Of the
Kennebec Journal,
daily and weekly.
He was State land
agent for two years.
and State treasurer
for three years. Mr..
Burleigh has also
served his state as
its governor. His
first Congress was
the hfty-hfth. and
he has been selected
10 succeed himself
ever since. Repre-
sentative RnrlelCh
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
Doing His Best.

See here" said the proprietor. you
seem 10 be driving away trade. Are you
polite"
Polite, I'm ELUSIVE" declared the new
clerk Every man who comes in I call
brother. professor. OK beau"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

well. boy. what do you know? Can
you write a letter? Can you do sums2"
please, sir; we didn't pay much atten-
ton to those studies at our school. But
I'm fine on beadwork or perforated
SQUARES"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

1T may be that James Hamilton Lewis
wishes 10 run for governor OF Illinois
merely for the purpose OF being able
10 go down 90 defeat in a blaze OF glory"
says the Chicago Record Herald Hardly
that, we think Unless the colonel has
shaved OF late. he must still be in that
same old blaze
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
geological Mention.

From The Kansas CITY Star.
The New York society woman who
posed with a fourteen-foot snake in the
living pictures for charity is entitled to
an honorable mention in the next volume
of Who's Zoo.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
Wafer

translation by Arthur Lloyd in February hide
rendent.l
Water so soft that Il viii take the shape
OF goblet. bowl or cup, 70 suit the taste
OF every hand that Iours Il yet. Withal
Mighty 20 percoiats the close grained Rock
That makes the framework Of the Eternal Hills.
-Mutsuhito. Emperor Of japan
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

From the Arkansas Gazette.
But nobody can accuse Senator Fora
ker OF being in conspiracy OF silence"
in regard 10 that Brownsville affair
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
ParadoxicaI, bud True.

You mustn't mind what Capt Tack
EN- says. Sophia. He's a regular rough
old salt
He may be. but he's too fresh"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
The Prnner WAY.

How can you take the measure OF a
man like that great fnanCierT"
4 don't know myself. but some people
seem TO think it ought 10 be taken by
the BertiIlOn system"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

I suppose the old joke will make its
annual appearance about the umbrellas
/ keeping Lent"
We'll, can you wonder AT an umbrella
! jokes having such a long reign?"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

If the report that another American
heiress is going 10 marry the Earl of
Yarmouth prove true. we shall never
doubt anything else we may hear until
we have seen all the papers in the case
and pondered them deeply.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

The Atlanta Journal has discovered a
conspiracy OF discomfort in Georgia. and
tells about Il in a two-column editorial
set two columns wide. That is enough
to start something of a conspiracy OF dis
content among The Journals numerous
readers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

Pause an instant 70 notice how many
modern statesmen do not measure UP
with Washington" admOnlshes the Chi
cago News But could you possibly
notice all OF them in en- Instant
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
March e..

Just one year hence arriveth. boys.
The fateful day.
But who will be the Great Big Noise?
Can any say
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

The Chattanooga Times persists IN
speaking of Col. John A. Joyce. 'of
Louisville as the author OF Laugh,
and the world laughs with you" We en-
phatically, decidedly. and vehemently OBJ
feet TO the of Louisville" No matter
what the sins Of the colonel's past may
have been IN this regard, he is now of
Washington
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

president Diaz positively declines to
run for a sixteenth term says the Bal
timore Sun. Perhaps he doesn't want
20 raise anything like a l6 10 ! issue in
pea ceful Mexico.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

The Shahs idea OF putting a bunch
of his loyal subjects in the royal car
riage while he rides in some obscure
vehicle in the prade is a fine idea--for the
Shah. II IS a trifle rough on the parties
of the first part. however
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
Here's a Sample.

''Brevity''-
''Yes2'
''Brevity"-
You said that"
''Brevity Is the soul OF wit"
True" responded the press humorist
but some days fellow Is so shy on ma
terial that he simply has 10 pad
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
Huges ana MS Boom.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
The Hughes boom may in time succeed
in attracting the lansuid attention Of Gov.
Hughes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

You must now say valet not val
ay,'" says the one-who-knows. It will
surprise q good many psople to learn
that one was ever expected to say any
thing other than valet"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

The Columbia State refers 10 the PTesi-
dents sOn-in-law as Dick Longworth.'
We suppose Mr.. Longworth Will kick
good and hard, however. II Il ever comes
TO Foraker LongwOrth.'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
He Agrees.

Seems to me I've filed I'D quite
bunch OF you" complained the candidate.
quite so" assented the leader. MANY
tanks"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

Now that the pipe Of peace has been
passed around among our Indian Sena-
tors, Senator Aldrich once more recon-
mends to the Senate's attention his IA
nous financial-relief pipe"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

Mr.. Eddie FOy's manager says his star
Is perfectly capable OF playing Hamlet"
Sure he Is. As Mr.. George NJ. Cohan would
say. his Hamlet would be a perfect
scream
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
al Hnlr-rnirIng One.

"Jinks told me he felt sometimes Ike
chastising his wife by pulling her hair"
''Then he would get rats. q"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
Sure:

Prom tie Omaha Bee
President Roosevelt has decided not TO
reappoint Public Printer Stillings. His
successor has not been selected, but he
IS sure 70 be an Improvement.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

The anarchists OF Europe are merely
strengthening and perpetuating the King
business at the sacrifice of few Kings
here and there
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

From the Louisville CourieT. Journal
Who cares whether the English gov
eminent passes the bill that viii cause
Engiishmen 20 walk six miles for drink
on Sunday The Briton IS fond Of both.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

If The Washington Heraid's J. c.
Hemphili boom lands that splendid South
Carolinian in the Senate, we shall feel
that we have not lived these seventeen
months IN vain.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

There is no argument in calling your
opponent ugly Names" says Gov. Varda-
mans paper. the Issue. Evidently the
governors experience has taught him
much
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Representative Edwin c. Burleigh, Of
Maine, is one OF the few members OF the
House Of Representatives. whose biOgra-
ply oraits the familiar sentence, STUDIED
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
JocuIar Marriages

From the Baltimore American.
New York lawyers say Joke" mar
riases are real. It does not require legal
authority to declare that some real mar
riages are jokes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

From the diversity of opinion among
our contemporaries. we can but conclude
that March really came in like a zoo.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

There are no lawyers in China. but Mr..
WI Is the worlds greatest cross-exam-
liner, nevertheless.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

Why VIII people waste their time in
venting noiSelesS guns when the strap
less street car is still an unsolved prob
lem?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04
MutunI Reuufrement.-

Bridget. can ye make good bread?"
Sure. Dinnis. Can you supply the
dough-"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

A. SwigEer has been arrested IN Atlanta
for violating the prohibition laws Nat
urally, he was one OF the early victims
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

1t becomes more and more evident every
day that that Pennsylvania capitol job
was capital job-of grating.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

A counterfeit twenty-dollar gold piece
has been discovered bearing the motto,
In God we trust" Vice often masquer-
AIDES in virtues Sunday best. however.
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Priceless,

I'VE have some valuable heirlooms-
1907"
Yes; we have q peck of real coal and
some old point beefstead. both Of which
have been IN the family for years"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

a somewhat excited Indiana contempt
rary exclaims: In case Of trouble in the
Pacific. our feet would march straight
to victory. as usual" Our contemporary
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

Senator "Jeff'' Davis bureau of expla-
nation is working overtime and violating
al union rules out In Arkansas Just now
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-04

United States Judge Emory Speer seems
10 think that locker club" and liquor
club are Synonymous terms.