The Washington herald., 1908-02-11

THE WAsHINGTt
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live in dry communities, but we havei
no doubt the Georgian's readers are all
/ familiar with its meaning
The Treasury Department has decided
/ that an octopus is not dutiable, because
/ it cannot be ciassed as a fish. Had the
department decided the other way, we
might have anticipated some ante-election
tariff tinkering. after all.
A Boston professor proposes that all
prevaricatOrs be denied the ballot. That
! is rather sweeping, the Ananias Club has
come TO be pretty big institution in
this land Of the free and home of the
brave.
/ An Ohio man declares his past is
/ blank" No, he doesn't claim Cleveland
as one of his homes. and he hasn't any
/ thing TO do with the Standard oil Com
pany. and, therefore. isn't likely TO be
called as a witness in any cases affecting
/ it, In short, he isn't the sunshiny old
gentleman of whom you are thinking,
at all
/ Wanted. A Leader" says an editorial
/ headline in the Charlotte Observer Come
| to Washington; there are some forty
seven dozen of them out on Capitol Hill.
I
Another objection We have to the Para
graphers' Union: il won't let its members
abuse the weather man.
Our great difficulty in connection with
the proposed Wrz monument at Ander-
souville lies i'm the fact that so many people
who know nothing At all about the mat
ter one way or the other are "butting in
on the argument.
It's mighty poor candidate who hasn't
a few friends scattered about the coun-
try just now able 10 figure him into the
White House in a jiffy. even though they
may not be able 10 guarantee that the
figures will stay put
Tn New York fire department appears
90 have entertained quite Jerry Simpson
like regard for hose
The idea that those sofa contractors
who supplied the Pennsylvania capitol
charged so much per foot is all a mis-
take The size OF their bin vas meas
ured entirely by cheek and unmtigated
nerve
Who can doubt that Gentle Annie Is
about to make her debut; the baseball
teams are all hiking South for practice.
From fighting Japan to fighting Turkey
would look as IL Russia had struck a
dowr ward pace. sure enough; though the
latter country might claim that il would
/ be going from worse TO bad
Harry Thaw has not demanded" his
release from MatteaWan for several days
now; evidently realizing Eta a measure, at
least. that his day 60 demand" things
hasn't yet returned.
More United States Senators. get jabbed
with the Big Stick i'm Wonderful wash
iugtun every three days during The open
season than there axe Big Stick punches
in Mirthprovokins Manhattan and
Homely Houston together and singular.
with all the right members. and appuT-
teuauces thereunto belonging Cf in any
wise appertaining
"Unfriends" Of the President who are
forever digging up something he said
umpsteen years ago are not getting any
where Everybody who IS anybody has
a few skeletons of that kind concealed
in the closet Co exploit them merely wins
sympathy for the victim. A feIlow-feel-
ing makes Us Wondrous kind
"The message of the President was typ
icaliy RooseveItian," saws Congressman
Greene. of Massachusetts. which may or
may not mean what YOU think IL does
Nine. Sarah Berubardt viii tour this
country again; not that she needs the
money, we suspect but because she en-
joys being referred 10 occasionally as
Aunt Sally"
We fear the report that Wall street is
becoming reconcHed TO the Presidents
policies is calculated TO cool somewhat
the enthusiasm of Senator JEFF Davis.
a New York husband told so funny a
story 20 his wife that she dislocated her
jaw laughing az H." says the Baltimore
News. That man might soon become
millionaire by operating a mail order
house and selling that joke at 81 per Gus
toner.
The sprightly and sparkling London
Tribune has collapsed. After all. we fear
Ensishmen viii not accept newspaper
cake that isn't little heavy, if not ac-
tually sad.
An Iowa farmer claims % have hen
that laid an egg with the words, Taft is
the man." written on it. VIII the Presi-
dent pronounce this a nature fake2
The President SAYS he has appointed a
great many Democrats 10 office, which
should be of some assistance 10 the New
York World in solving its problem. What
is q Democrat"
FEAR HONEST ELECTIONS.
Sidelight on Democratic Politics in
state of Maryland.
From the Baltimore News.
II is suggested that the corrupt-prac-
tices bill should not be passed at this
session at all, because under a law safe
guarding the honesty Of the election the
amendment would run a risk Of being