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The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

o. the drastic effect CT legislation upon
railway revenues 1t is the remarkable
falling off in railway traffic that has ac-
centuated fhe real or prospective effect
Of rate reductions and public regulation
and that has brought into relief the
higher wages paid to railway employees.
We shall not see the railroad situation in
proper perspective until traffic has re-
sumed normal dimensions and activity.
when the actual influence OF adverse"
legislation upon railway income may be
more accurately measured, and the Wis
dom of that legislation imparually
judged.
Yet it may be safely asserted that the
known facts demonstrate the impolicy
OF striking at sources of income while
insisting that the railroads shall improve
and extend their service and maintain
existing rates of wages. Federal railway
regulation has carefully avoided this
mistaken course. and President Roose-
Welt Shas more than once said that the
demands now being made on our trans
portation systems could not be met out
of impoverished revenues. Some good
may come out of railroad adversity IL
it teaches this simple lesson.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
LEGISLATION and Railway Finances

President Milton II. Smith, OF the Louis
Vile and Nashville. cites among the
causes which he thinks Justify a reduc-
tion in the wages OF railway men ad-
verse business conditions and drastic
legislation affecting both the revenue and
the expenditure of railroad companies.
OF course he does not, as Mr. Roosevelt's
letter would appear 10 indicate. attribute
diminishing railway incomes wholly TO
legislation. for that would be absurd in
view of the industrial depression: but
he does maintain that legislation. both
national and State has caused and will
continue to cause loss OF revenue and
increased expense. There can he no aues-
ton that he is right iG this contention.
Although the Federal government has
not reduced railway rates-iHter state rates
on many commodities, in fact, having
been incressed-such legislation as the
coupler law has imposed heavy additional
expense on the railroads. and the recent
legislation reducing the hours of railway
employees will add an spprecIable sum
TO the cost of operation In a considerable
number of States serious reductions of
the earning power of railroads has been
decreed by legislative act or order OF com
mission. at the same time that the rail-
roads have been required to increase
their expenditure in various ways for
the accommodation of the public The re-
duction in passenger rates has been nonli-
naIly 80 per cent, and the reduction in
freight rates from 25 10 so per cent. The
Railway World quotes one railway execu-
tive as saying that Il cost his company
more 70 supply the information required
by the railway commissions than It did
to pay the salaries Of all the general
officers.
It does not follow. OF course. that all
this legislation is improper or even ad-
verse to the railroads. for, as an at
torney for Western road has lately
said. Whatever legislation is needed for
the better protection of human life or
for the upbuilding of the transportation
service is not, in a certain sense ad-
verse" yet it all costs a great deal of
money, which must be either earned or
borrowed. II there had been no check
to our extraordinary industrial and com
mercial development, however, we doubt
whether SO much would have been heard
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
THAT QUEER MAN HUGHES.
A Hopeless Case. According 10 the
Practical Politicians.
From ,de Buffalo Commercial

From sde Buffalo Commercial
The politicians Of this State have never
had such a public character as Gov.
Hughes 10 deal with and they have not
learned that there is but one key to the
mystery Of his "queerness." and that is
his sincerity. Literally. this man means
what he says. He knows little and cares
less about the management OF party poli-
tics He is no adept in political intrigue
and strategy. will listen to no suggestion
OF alliances. quiet Understandings. and
factional deals. Hughes Is hopeless. re-
Gently exclaimed politician who deplored
the governors lack Of political sense IN
forcing the Kelsey issue upon TIE Repub-
iican majority IN the senate at juncture
when his own Presidential candidacy
called for tactful nursing and harmony IN
the party. That Is practical view Of the
subject. but It betrays inability to under
stand the governors character and posi-
ton The Presidential affair may look
out for itself The duty confronting him
is to clean house in this State and that
task he is quietly but inexorabIy per-
forming.
the
governors idea is TO stop looking for the
mans ulterior purpOse-his ''game'-and
to accept his modest professions at their
face value. He VIII not lift a finger or
spend any time in promoting his .'5oom.'
That is now well known. The politicians
feel that no man can win party leader
snip In the nation with such absolute
lack Of initiative. Hughes should have
managers. agents. organs. and bureaus. as
Mckinley had aud as Taft has. The
Ohio idea is practical politics. Public
men don't get 'cs He'd to leadership in
this country. say the practical men: they
must go for il, in person. All OF which
may be the sagacious counsel and the ripe
iTuit Of experience, but II does not appeal
10 Charles Z. Hughes. The responsible
tiles Of the Presidency he breads rather
than covets. II his party and his country
need his services ne is at their command
and they know where to find him.
Whether this is the most efficient way
OF securing a Presidential nomination or
not is a question. 1t Is. at any rate.
Hughes way. And II is making a pro
found impression in some States where
the Republicans are readers and shrewd
judges Of character
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
Bishop SattcrIee.

The untimeiy death Of Henry Yates Sat
figures of the Episcopal hierarchy-the
first bishop of the diocese of Washington
Having thrice refused episcopal honors,
Bishop Satterlee accepted the see of
Washington in the belief that he could
here enter upon a work OF large useful
ness TO church and nation In this he
was not disappointed. His pastoral labors
have borne fruit an hundredfold. Not
only in the upbuilding Of the ecclesiastical
organization with which he was identified.
but also in the moral and religious life OF
the community has his influence been
felt-sD influence that was welded for a
sincere and practical Christianity. His
preaching was direct and wholesome. con-
demning at times with the fervor OF an
apostle the shams and frivolities and by
pocrisies OF our modern society. HIS
churchmanship. as the phrase is. was ro-
bust and conservative. and his admins
tration of diocesan affairs had the har-
monious cooperation Of his clergy.
The memory of the departed bishop will
always be associated with the cathedral
project which he did so much to develop.
That work has so far progressed as to
constitute in itself a monument to his
character. To others will be committed
the duty of carrying forward to compile
tion the splendid edfce he had planned.
but 20 Bishop Satterlee belongs the glory
Of having initiated an undertaking that
viii eventually express in enduring form
the ideals of militant Christianity His
loss will be severely felt by the friends
OF that project. and mourned by the On.
tire community.
TO lose within q year from the re-
ligious world of Washington three such
men as Rev. Teunis s. Hamlin. d. D..
Rev. D. J. Stafford, d. D. and Bishop
Satterlee is an affiiction and bereavement
heavy indeed for the Capital City.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
Great Opportunity for Exports 90
Latin Republics.

Latin Hepubl1cs.
From Leslis's WeeklJ.
There is no doubt that Il has taken a
long time 10 win the confidence OF tie
South American people l was travelling
on the South Pacific Coast when Panama
seeded from the republic OF Colombia.
and the fact that the United States did
not delay It's recognition Of the new Re
public was bitterly criticised from one
end OF Latin America TO the other. Ono
OF my friends. who has been minister 10
the United States and vice president OF
his own country. said 10 me at the time
that our aid IN creating the new re-
public" as he put It. removed the little
doubt lse had OF the ambition OF the
United states for territorial aggrandize-
ment. But Secretary Roots mission OF
peace has removed this distrust. Our
aid in evolving a treaty OF peace out OF
the Central American snarl has also won
for Us friendly recognition from those
countries, and the reception OF the Ameri-
can feet in Southern waters Is further
evidence OF a growing feeling OF friend
ship toward Us in the Southern cOnti-
nent.
The natural riches OF the republics are
recognized BY everybody. Their popula-
ton IS growing every year. and their
needs are more than keeping pace with
the increased census returns. ] venture
the prediction thar the next twenty-five
years viii show a greater material de-
velopment in South and Central America
than in any other part OF the world VIII
the American business man. who Is now
suffering from a lean year in his home
trade. take advantage OF the opportunity
offered him 20 develop commercial rela-
tions with the other American republic
II our trade with South America had
been properly developed our warehouses
might not non be gorged with stocks
which the home market cannot absorb.
South America now buys about $500. 600
600 worth Of goods a year. and inside OF
ten years will be a customer for Il round
billion dollars worth. This Is n trade
worth going after. Our present share in
this magnificent market is about y per
cent
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
PORTUGAL'S PUBLIC DEBT.
One of fhe Causes of the AssassIna.
tIon Of King Carlos.

One of fhe Causes of the AssassIna-
tiOn Of King Carlos.
From the New York Evening Post.
To a greater extent than most people
are aware, the tragedy or Lisbon was a
result OF Portuguese finances. Portugal
alone. among Western European states.
has initiated tho practices Of the Spanish
American states IN its treatment Of the
public debt The sequel Of It's reputation
policy-collapse OF credit. Generalization
OF government, deadlock between ruler
and legislature establishment Of dictator
ship and finally assassination of the head
Of state by his opponents-is what hzs be-
come familiar in Central and South
America
Crushed with debt-Portugai even now
owes nearly $50 for each inhsbitant.
where even Russia owes only $50 per cap-
ita-the government in 1892 and 1885 cut
down the annual interest rate on it's un-
matured bonds from 3 TO l per cent. Ten
years later, after the price Of these not
very desirable bonds had gone down 70
ls1z. the principal was reduced and new
per cent loan given to the old investors
The nation had gone through dishonor-
able bankruptcy. and when. after 1902 the
court resumed its former extravassncr
and the legislature its former graft. thev
found the money markets shut 10 them
The dictatorship. which has been ended
by assassination. wes a wild attempt 10
set things in some sort OF order
Such chapters in the history OF other
nations throw interesting light on An
drew JohnsoRs Presidential message or
1868. advising that. since holders OF United
states bonds had. I'm his Judgment. al
ready been overpaid for their loan OF
money. the per cent interest ought here
after TO be applied TO reduction Of the
principal in semi-annual instalments.v
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

mind The Constitution, he once wrote. II
it's friends wish il 10 be immortal. should
be made by amendments to keep pace
with the advance of the age in science
and experience" 1t may well be ques-
toned whether. under present conditions.
the maximum Of liberty can be main-
tanned with minimum OF government.
Would Jefferson have thought it possible
70 preserve the liberty OF the weak
against the despotism OF the strong with
out strengthening the government. pari
passu. with the development Of insidious
forms OF encroachment upon popular
rights? Liberty is an Idle word IL govern
ments have not the means Of preserving
1t, and to do that nowadays requires
agencies that were not at all essential in
the simpler age of our forefathers.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
REGULATION OF WAGES.
Is that One OF the Objects of Mr,
ROOReVeIt's Policies.
FTom he New Y0Tk Times


From the New York Times
Where II all leads is plain enough. Mr.
Roosevelt insists that Federal control
must be extended beyond the railroads to
all the corporations engaged in interstate
business. category which he avows
would include ali great corporations. II
he can concern himself with the wages Of
carriers. naturally the wages paid by pro-
ducing corporations contributing 10 inter
state commerce would also come within
his field Of regulation. That Is an exten-
sion of the Federal power from which
even Mr. TAFT. judging from his Concord
speech. might shrink. When labor the
country over understands that Presidents
end administrations stand behind II I'm
resisting wage reductions. the new eco
ROmic principle viii have been established
that while the pay OF labor may be in
creased. it must never be reduced. At
least. every attempt al reduction wifi
produce "A strike with resulting disturb
ances OF civil order. Strikes can be es-
capped only through the bankruptcy OF
employers. But the President SAYS that
the protection OF life and property. when
thus endangered. becomes the first plain
duty" That means that a large standing
army must be maintained. The tactics 10
which he has now resorted. the course
upon which he has entered. whether or
not from political motives. is the straight
and short course 20 labor troubles that
could never be checked or controlled by
so small Federal army as we now main
tain.
In respect to the theory OF the Presi-
dents letter as a measure Of public pol
icy and in respect 10 its practical ef-
feet. il is one OF the most gravely mo-
mentous OF his public utterances.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
AULD LANG sYNE.

II singeth low in every heart.
We hear it each and all
\ song OF those who answer not.
hoWtTCr we may call.
They throng the silence OF the breast.
We see them as Of yore-
The kind, the true. the brave. the sweet
Who walk with US no more.
lis bard TO take the burden up
When these have laid il down:
Thes frightened all the JOY OF life.
They softered every frowu.
But. oh. It's good 10 think Of them
When we are troubled sore;
Thanks be 10 God that such have been.
Although they are no mere!
More homelibe seems the vast unknown.
Since they have entered there.
To follow them we're not 50 hard.
Wherever they may fare.
They cannot be where God is not.
On any sea or shors:
Nhste'er betides. Thy love abides.
Our God forevermo-e
John White Chadwick
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
A SUNDAY TALK.


"In tho beginning God created the heaven and
the earth il
About the mysteries of cosmogony the
self. and il is the part of wisdom that
this should be so. The story OF the ere
ation-a story OF the Ininite-is quite be-
yond the mental grasp of finite beings.
We must recognize that with all OF the
fine intellectual power OF man we can
not quite conceive OF a time where there
was void and nothing of power except
that great and wonderful energy which
we call God.
Evolution appeals to the intellect. and
comes forward with its proofs. but it can
not reach back, in spite of science. 10
the primordial atom Biologists tell us
how this world was prepared for the
coming of man; tell us why it was that
the mastodons and the strange creatures
that once inhabited the earth passed
away. History tells US OF mans ad-
vancement step by step up 10 an intel
lectural plane which ena ables him 20 grasp
somewhat the significance Of the science
Of growth and evolution. Systems OF re-
ligiOn have come and gone. and systems
Of philosophy have been evolved. de-
signed 10 meet the intellectual needs Of
mankind, and yet after all, the only
point to which we have arrived adown
the path of the centuries is that where
the intellect fails and cannot reach, faith
must help US on.
Faith is strong
Only when we are strong shrinks when we shrink
Il comes when music stirs rs and the chords
Moving on some grand climax shake our souls
With influx new that makes energies
IL comes in swelling OF the heart. and tears
That Tise a. noble and at gentle deeds
Al abors Of the master artists hand.
Which. trembling, touches % finer end,
Trembling before an image seen within
Il eomes IN moments Of heroic love.
bnlealcus JOY. Ia JOY not made for
IN conscious triumph Of the good within
Making us worship goodness that rcbOkes.
we have come 70 learn that there is a
point where knowledge can no farther go;
where. ;:Ee children. We have 10 trust
ourselves to the care of a power We com
prehend but dimly. We read. In the be-
ginning God created the heaven and the
earth, and there We have 10 stop, Be
yond that our minds refuse TO gO-the
rest is chaos And the future, too, we
cannot see.
All that Is needed. therefore is that
trusting faith which the Christian re-
ligion teaches us; a faith that allows US
10 cast ourselves upon the mercy and
love OF God the Eternal Father. and 10
trlst Him absolutely. What We have 10
do is not worry about the past or the
future. but to live in the present, and
so 20 live that each day. each hour. our
lives may add 20 the glory OF God; may
better the world: may help our fellow
men. Speculation and guessing and dis
cussion about how the world began or
how it is 70 end VIII not help US. This Is
"a workaday world and our duties lie
plain before Us. Let US about them.
then. with eager hearts. and resolve 10 CO
cur best: 10 serve God not only with our
lips, but with our hands and brains:
having full confidence and faith that in
His own good time the reward which we
have earned shall come TO us.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE.


A lot Of earnest friends he had, and these
had friends galore:
And every friends friend had squad OF
forty friends or more.
And ali these friends passed out the word,
together merged their cries
And swore he was. with one accord, the
Presidential size.
He got elected in due tine and duly took
the chair
his friends. the subject OF our rhyme. and
friends friends friends were there.
Their yells for jobs Evere shriIl and clear
and nearly pierced the skies;
And now II makes one sad 10 hear the
Presidential sighs,
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

From the New York Journal Ct Commerce.
Hard times have come upon the rail-
roads, and their employees, or favored
part Of them. cannot expect TO escape all
the consequences at the expense Of an
other part and OF ell others concerned. II
there is 10 be official intervention II
should be IN behalf of the public and or
justice 10 all interests. ard not In behalf
OF one side 10 a controversy.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

young man In the
Senate was an excep-
tion. In the present
b o d : there are
twenty-five Senators
fifty years old or
younger. the young
est. Senator Bryan.
being only thirty
two. Two OF the
twenty-five are fifty
years old. the rest
under that age. One
Of the youngest of
the young is Sena-
tor William Edgar
Borah, Of Idaho,
only forty-three.
His education was
received in his ma
tive State, Illinois.
in the common
schools and the
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

From Puck.
II Secretary Taft wants really ef-
fective campaign cry. let him tear leaf
from his own -Fsilippine notebook and
promise the Anne can people "self-gov-
ernment when thek are fitted fer it.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
AnlinhIe nInsIonr

Fron tne BufaIo LxpTCss.
Let us not ridicule the report that an
Illinois farmer is baling snow for next
summers use. If people will try to blow
out electric lights and mail letters in
hre-alarm boxes. why should they not
bale snow for summer use?
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
The Ncrt onr.fInn

Mrs. Tenmore called on me this after
noon"
We'll Whose husband has been acting
shamefully now"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
Prey of the Dishonest

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
II is asserted by the New York Times
that the immense majority OF the Amer
lean people are still honest and law
abiding. Certainly. II they weren't
where would the rest find a field OF en-
ternrise2
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
Quite So.

- declared the heroine in Act II.
shall sink through the floor with shame
And she did.
dramatist can get some very novel
effects by means OF a trap.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
A washington Wall.

You are mentioning my name for the
Presidency"
That's what 7 am"
Can't you mention II 10 a few people
who are not broke2'
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
AppIrinr a Nerr RuIe.

From The New YORK Commercial
In St Louis a jury acquitted a citizen
who killed a burglar and then bought
him a gold medal This is a pleasing re-
versal OF the rule for the burglar 20 kl&
the citizen and then buy up the jury.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
An AmbItIou. MusIcIaD

From the indianapolis News.
Reports OF the Kaiser's great love of
music are not surprising. He has alsays
been ambitious 20 play first violin in the
concert of Europe.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
Nor Husbands. bur TitIe..

Fnlm the Chicago Rocord-HsTald
An Englishman says American men
make ideal husbands. But ideal l.sE-
bands are not what American heires-es
are looking for.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
II Is.

Every onct in a while, remarked the
Pohick philosopher, "somebuddy busts
into a lot Of "reminiscences and regrets
about the passing OF the old-time
gamblers. Never hear anything about
the olctime preachers And yit preachers
make jist as useful citizens as gamblers.
Queer amt it,
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

1T Is little annoying 20 a punster 10
have 70 wait until late in February 10
casually remark that HIS town is ice-o-
lated" says the Omaha Bee. Welcome TO
the Ininitive SplitIers' Union. contem-
poTary.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

The captain Of the Salt River boat
might begin 10 look around and see II he
has stateroom that viii accommodate a
gentleman Weighing about 800 pounds. q"
says the Bristol Herald-Courier. That IS
an extremely conservative paragraph: 4:
rather snug NJ for either Mr.. Taft OF Mr.
Bryan, as the case NAV be
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

From the Philadelphia North American.
Sweet are the uses OF ad~ersity. The
immigration TO the United States in jan
uary was only half what It was a year
ago
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23
simple Enough.

There's a man who buys champagne
on a beer income"
How can he do it2'
Hes a brewer"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

Senator Stone thinks 1t is time for
Democrats 10 get together; and especially
in Missouri, we suppose. and for Senator
Stones return to the Senate
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

One of our gun squads on the MARYLAND
broke the worlds record at q certain kind
of target practice recently Let Mr.. Reu-
terdahl put that in his pipe and smoke it,
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

Nevertheless. Mr Hartman appears as
good as ever at landing Fish. which is I'm
keeping with the usual attributes OF emf
nent Ananiases
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

DR. Parkhurst says the Recording An
gel is myth" II will be extremely con-
venient for a number of people to believe
this important-if-true statement.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

The New York World now suggests to
Mr. Bryan the mame Of Theodore Roose-
welt as a fit and proper Democratic nOmi-
nee next time. Mr. John Temple Graves.
however. beat the World to that sugges-
ton by about twelve months
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

Many successful man with reputs-
ton for wisdom owes all he has 20 taking
advantage Of c:her mems mistakes" SAYS
the Boston Traveller. That being the
case. his reputation is well deserved:
there is no greater wisdom than that
which shows man how and when TO
take advantage of other mems mistakes
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

From the Chicago Post
Thomas F. Ryan's gas company is said
to have cheated August Belmont. When
Greek meters Greek!
The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

"A Georgia poet assures US the mock
ing-bird is singing down the vale. Doesn't
the poor thing know enough 10 get in
out Of the Storm inquiries the Chicago
Record-Herald. Don't you worry about
that: no Georgia mOcking-bird ever got
caught in a storm.