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The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
PRESIDENTIAL INFLUENCE.
What History Tells of It's Eject
Upon Conventions.

Upon Conventions.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
In the past, at least. what Republican
Presidents said amounted TO little. com
pared with what they did, or allowed to
be done. with reference to the nomination
Of their successors.
Hayes, in 1880 peremptorily forbade Fed
eral ofiiceholders to work for any Presi-
Dental aspirant Yet. under Hayes. every
Federal ofnceholder sought 20 nominate
John Sherman.
Grant was frankly ard avowedlv FOR
Conkling IN 1876. but GRAMS of1cehoIders
let Conkling alone and ne had barely
enough votes in the convention TO attract
notice on a roll call.
Sherman was almost nominated. Conk-
ling never got within gunshot Of a noml-
nation Hayes prohibition OF interference
made his Of1ceholders a unit for the Sec
retary Of the Treasury. Grants known
preference did not save Conkling from
humiliation.
The present administration is known TO
prefer Mr.. Taft, though It has denied
interfering for him or against his rivals
The June convention will determine
whether the officeholders will defy or ig-
more tae Presidents preference.
Neith Grant nor Hayes was a weak
ling. Neither was insincere. The conven-
ton Of 76. however, ignored Grant and
the convention Of 1850 ignored Hayes. The
delegates were afraid OF neither. and
obeyed neither. eVo retiring President has
been an iltimidating or a persuasive in
fiuence with delegates who took their own
future and the party's chances in the fu-
ture into account
The June Republican convention VIII
show whether President Roosevelt can
influence IT, or whether II viii turn down
his wishes and his preference, in the in
terest Of the party in the future
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
FABLES ABOUT ROOSEVELT.
Wall streets Qseer idea that PresI-
dent Is a Mental Wreck.

Albert shaw. in the Americap Review Of Reviews
Those who live in distant parts Of the
country and have no direct means Of find
ing out Tor themselves would be aston
ished II they could but know the state Of
mind that has now for some time pre-
vailed IN the financial district OF New
York City President Roosevelt IS one
OF the most wholesome and normal per-
sonalities in public lie. He Is temperate
and abstemicus TO a marked degree.
With sound physical health and a clear
conscience, he never worries. he always
sleeps well. and he faces his days work
with a clear eye. an unexhausted fund Of
vitality, and a ready zest Yet Wall
street has persuaded itself that Mr..
Roosevelt, OF al men, IS an inebriate,
and that his messages and public ut
terances are inspired by alcoholic pota-
tons Furthermore, Wall street has cir
culated this story all over the country
The small fry in the financial district Of
New York, being OF limited mentality
and easily gullible-and also being emo
tiOnaI and mercurial. as belongs 20 the
speculative temperament-have been read
iy persuaded into believing that Mr..
Roosevelt is a drunkard. an insane man.
a victim of nervous prostratiOn. and a
malevolent demagogue. The New York
mood against Roosevelt is Ike nothing
except -cOpperhead" bitterness against
Lincoln in 1863 and 1854 There are many
excellent men IN New York business cir
cles who would Ike 20 be fair, and who
are much surprised 10 be informed that
Mr.. Roosevelt does not drink is not ner-
vous. and does not write his speeches
and messages in a spirit Of wFathful
ehullifion
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

star.ehamber Naval Methods.

Last June a number Of naval officers
were compulsorily transferred from the
active TO the retired list because they
we're regarded by a board OF rear ad-
mirals as unfit for further duty. The dis
ability was not physical or necessarily
professional or personal 1t was OF
subtler order. and had 70 do with the
psychology of unsuitability at once mys-
terious and weird. 1t was a system of
creating vacancies and helping promotion
which was eminently suited to those ia
vored with advancement. But 1t demor~
allied the personnel by the menace Of
fixing upon individuals a veritable blight
which respectable service and loyalty TO
duty did not by any means justify. The
whole idea prevailed with view 10 get
ting younger officers for command rank,
Notwithstanding that officers Of any
grade and any degree OF youth could be
assigned to command without resorting
10 measures which were unjust. as well
IS being a real punishment.
The Navy Department has now re-
ported upon the bills which were intro
duced to relieve two Of the officers who
We're thus summarily retired. These Of
ficers sought restoration TO active duty
by special legislation, and the Navy De-
pGrtment has declined 10 lend its ap-
prUval to the project on the ground that
the restoration OF these officers 10 duty
would defeat the objects Of the personnel
law, besides being Injurious to the serv-
Zee 10 restore officers 10 the active list
who have been selected for retirement by
the board of rear admirals." The Navy
Department could hardly be expected to
be found agreeing 10 the proposition so
much in favor Of officers whom II has
thus forced on the retired list. That
would hardly be consistent. It can. how
sver afford 10 lend its influence for a
change in the law which shall make It
impossible to retire naval officers by star
chamber proceedings without the oppor-
tunity OF the victims being heard in their
own behalf or having anything offered
for their protection against this violent
termination Of their careers. An insti-
tuition OF this sort is not in harmony with
that spirit Of justice which should pre-
vail IN military and naval administration
in time Of peace.
There is no need in either the army or
navy OF drastic measures to create va
csncies for the benefit Of promotion The
junior officer who thinks this is Justified
should not forget that some cay not far
distant. he viii be in the class Of those
who are about 70 be critically considered.
It won't be so much fun then.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
AbaS Harffet

Isn't there some way OF suppressiEg
that impossible Pittsburg person. Hartje?
If so. will some one please step to the
front and reveal the plan?
For months his pernicious activity has
attracted the attention of the public
His persistent efforts 10 drag through
the mud the good name Of his wife-ap-
parently. at least. his assaults thus far
have not shaken 1t in the slightest de-
gree-have been chronicled by the yellow
press in detail In the name OF all that's
decent. the mans friends-if he has any
should take him in hand and shut him
up for safe-keeping and fumigation.
No wonder the Pittsburg papers grow
angry at the slurs cast upon its million
aire population. What. with Harry Thaw
and this Hartje party in the public eye
so persistently. IS Pittsburg to expect?
The better class of its wealthy pOpula-
tion-and II is not to be doubted that
is the greater parts not responsible
for this state OF affairs, but they must
bear the brunt OF ii. nevertheless. Thaw
is now, at least, IN an asylum, however
but Hartje still roams at large. And
then, too. Thaw has always been consid-
cred more or less OF an imbecile. and
eXcusable, perhaps, 20 some extent be-
cause OF that. Hartje however-well.
Hartje is the limit.
Surely. there must be some relief Prob
ably, il nothing else could be done. the
Pittsburg sanitary department might take
him under consideration. Surely. that
body is endowed with authority to dispose
Of filth summarily.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
WAY TO PREVENT PANICS.
Moderation in Life and Honesty IN
Business aE n Remedy.

From the Wan Street Journal.
Another way TO prevent panic is for all
of as to liTe moderate. sober. modest lives
in accordance with all the laws Of na-
tare. or economies and OF God There
would be no panics If everybody were
good: there would be no abuses OF credit
II nobody violated law. II there were no
.Vvereagerness 10 get rich quick by ques-
tionable methods and special privileges
and deceitfuI promotions. If there were no
manipulation OF the markets and cruel
methods OF competition which destroy the
equality Of opportunity, Il there were no
betrayal Of trusts By directors and no dis
honesty in the administration OF other
peoples money. This is so seIf-evident
th2t good many people who have been
hurt by seme or all OF the evils have be-
come Incorporate IN instituting reforms.
and are in danger OF working as much in
jury 20 the country as the very evils
against which they complain. We have
struck a deadly blow at the thieves and
scoundrels who have attempted % usurp
power over the highways OF commerce for
their own selfish aggrandizement ike the
robber barons ol Old. Let us be careful
now lest this work be Und0ne by the zeal
ots and demagOgUes who would destroy
the highways themselves and overturn
the principles upon which cur civilization
rests
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

Congratulations are due Mr.. Frank A.
Munsey upon coming into possession OF
so good a newspaper as the Baltimore
News. II Is in the foremost rank in the
evening field; a paper OF character and
influence that has attained q proud posi-
ton in newspaperdOm. thanks 20 the
genius and wisdom ard honesty OF its
management. Such a newspaper seldom
passes wholly out OF the hands Of it's
creator and builder This change is all
the more notable. in that IL involves the
retirement Of Mr. Charles II. Grasty. who
made the Baltimore News what Il IS to-
day; and it would be regrettable in more
than q local sense If IL were not incon-
ceivable that a man Of his mold and
talent could contemplate dIvorcing him
self permanently from the craft or pro-
fessiOn in which he has served with dis
tinct credit and renown.
Mr. Munsey IS an enterprising. re-
sourceful publisher of high aims and am
bitions. The Baltimore press is giving
him a cordial welcome. Washington
friends viii watch his advent into his
new and important field with the best of
good wishes.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
PLAGUE-INFECTED HOUSES.
Dark and Dirty Tenements RespOn-
sibIe for Much Tuberculosis,


From the New York Tribane
The example OF Paris seems 20 indi-
cate that types OF domiciies have much
10 Go with the pulmonary health OF the
people. Indeed, a government commits
sion which has been investigating the
subject does not hesitate 10 declare that
the appalling prevalence Of tuberculosis
in Paris is due chiefly 10 the general. oc-
cupancy Of flats and apartments. In
London, where the mortality from that
disease is not half as great. such tene-
ments are. little known. and cottage dwell
ings, with far more light and air. are the
rule. Moreover. in Paris. as in New
York, many houses seem to become in
fected with tubercular germs. so as 10
menace all their occupants. Thus in
Paris in 1896 there were s.57S deaths from
tuberculosis. Of which 7.S07 We're in houses
In which deaths from the same disease
had previously occurred. OF the latter
number 4S3S We're in houses in which
fewer and 1853 IN houses in which more
than five tubercular deaths each had oc-
CURED. The sanitary authorities reckon
that there are IN Paris 5363 '-Contami-
mated houses In which occur nearly 80
per cent OF the deaths Thus in one
group Of 81 houses IN twelve streets there
were in 1896 no fewer than ia deaths from
the disease, and in 1905 there were ia5 in
the same houses Under the public health
law OF 1902 about 90 "contaninated'
houses have been condemned and de-
stroyed, and that process viii be widely
extended. doubtless with Salutary results
1t is probable that similar work needs
20 be done in this and other American
and grossly infected tenements are verl-
table nurseries Of disease. As for other
methods of fighting the white plague -
they are many, and some Of them have
been attended with such success as wen
established their practical eflcacy.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
MR.. REUTERDAHL'S SERVICE.
Main Object OF His Mcclure Article
Has Been Attained.

From the indianapolis News
We think that Mr.. Reuterdahl, even
though it may be admitted that some Of
his criticisms are not justified, has per-
formed a very great public service. For
he has brought the whole subject into the
forum of public discussion, and has made
II possible and even necessary for the
officers OF the navy to say freely all that
they think We are told that we ought
20 be interested in the navy, as, of course.
we ought. But the moment that any one
manifests his interest in an effort to make
the navy all that II ought TO be he Is de-
nounced. We are to be interested when
It comes TO the matter of paving taxes
to be spent by the various bureaus, but
not, It would seem, when the question is
as to whether those taxes are properly
expended. Yet the navy is. OF course. the
peoples navy. and this being the case,
they are entitled TO the fullest informa-
ton about it. We trust. therefore. that
the investigation will be thorough. and
that all those officers who have been for
years talking "confidentially'' about the
matter will now have d chance.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

From the New York Journal Of Commerce.
A very simple and necessary measure OF
justice TO Cinnamon entitled to come here.
or actually residing here. was defeated
because Of its presumed effect on the DO
litical fortunes Of eight Republican Rep
resentatives from the State OF California.
1t seems rather ridiculous 10 be taking
long views OF national perspective in re-
gard 70 our destiny On the Pacific, and to
be sending battle-shlp neet to give them
concrete expressiSn, when the first requi-
sites Of Pacific pe'icy possessing at once
strength and dignity should be denied US
because Of the opposition of the ward
politicians OF San Francisco.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
A JOY FROM LITTLE THINGS.

To press iCy from little things
From feet that fan in time.
From daylOug silent fashiouings
OF sonle heart-hidden rhyme;
From shapes Of leaves and clouds and snow.
Prom others brighter eyes,
From thinning Il am dull. know.
But sonIe are glad and wise
From lore remembered. though too dim
For laughter or for tears.
One fragile fame. 50 pale and slin,
To CLEAN on grayer YEAR,
That Is one way Of JOY, I know.
Yet desire, desire,
To 20 the way a god might 20
Through Love and Life and Fire,
-Fannie Stearns Daytl. IN The Atlantis.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
OUR BIG GOLD STOCK.
NOt CredItabIe to the Nation. Ac-
eOrdinE 10 This Viewpoint.

eOrdinE 10 This Viewpoint.
Prom the New York Times
Financial development is shown. not
by the amassing OF bullion. but by the
use OF credit. In the clearing house
the passing OF slips or paper serves as
we'll as the manual exchange Of tons OF
gold. Il is in the putting OF gold be-
hind the paper that we are deficient.
Moreover IL IS not surprising that a
nation Of nearly 90o00.OO0 population
should have more gold than nations
OF half that size, and OF comparable
quality. Per capita, Great Britain holds
SlLoS Of gold against 1885 for the
United States But England-s smaller
amount sustains a more complex and
larger commercial volume This is a
more proper cause OF congratuIation. for
the economy IN metal has an important
effect in cheapening every process Of pro
ducuon and distribution. Nearly all our
national bank capital and surplus Is inl
vested in securities The situation would
be whOlesOmer II they held the gold in
the Treasury and commercial securities
Fixed investments are not good for q
bank TO hold IN period OF reaction.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
THE BUNGLER.

made man out Of ny oxn sTeas need
| took the body q one re.dy-fcrmed
II Natures workshop bat its blood I warned
With my own FIRE Half 0f ny soul freed
To animate the formi he dream. the deed
That makes s0dlike. theze frai The great voia
cunjurcd and my temple vei destroyed
That he might see the Image burn and bleed
But when I questioned this created thing.
There WIS no vuice 20 answer. for the breath
Divine I bad nos giFen-could not give.
COMPOUNDED before God I only hring
Into Cfeations hall this maEsUe oi death
That wears the mold q life. bet does not live.
Elsa Barker. IL Smart Set
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

Frum the Brooklyn Times.
J. Pierpont Morgan has sailed for Eu-
rope to show some Of the rare art treas
ures he has stored il his London home TO
Queen Alexandra A somewhat absurd
duty on art which is more for sentiment
than protection, prevents him from exhib-
iung them to his couatrymen IN the
United States.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

From The Arkansas Gazette.
Senator JEFF Davis IS too busy Just now
20 worry with a little thing Ike the
United States Senate. And W. can tell
The Washington Herald eonhdeniiaIy
that Senator JEFF Davis is much buster in
Arkansas Just now than he ever thought
he would be-
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

From the Boston Journal
Congressman Gillett says that Taft is
opposed by those who are hostile to the
Roosevelt policies. But 70 wnorn will
these people turn? To Hughes or to
Bryan? 'Tis to be a narrowing year for
Standpatters
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

For making such bold fight for the
abolition of the House Of Lords, Premier
Campbell-Bannerman is TO be given
peerage and elevated" to the upper
chamber And yet there are people on
this side the Atlantic who persist in say
ing our English cousins have no sense of
humor
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

81 have no rev speech to write; no new
song to sing" said Representative Dalzell,
in an address before the House recently.
Certainly not; the gentleman's stand-pat
proclivities are too well known for any
one 10 suspect such things.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TINES.
Prom the Birmingham Age-Hcraid
ERE LONG.

aN.-A NAN hlAu--AAAtAAA Aet-AAAAA---
ERE LONG.
Ere long we'll see the pitcher step
Upon the sodded field
And twist his mighty arm so twin
The greatest service yield.
The bold umpire win take his stand,
The players all about.
And r0Oters packed along the line
VIII raise a lusty shout
The happy baseball days are near,
The dream OF ONCE boys.
They bring the peanut vender and
A host OF other joys.
With coat on arm and steamy face
Wen blithely scan the game
And laugh a lot, though nearly broke
And quite unknown TO fame.
The fair. sweet girl Will be on hand
To look the tOssers DER.
And point out 70 her listless beau
The ones she'd fain adore
The grey-haired man. the six-year-old,
Fanatics large and small.
VIII set the welkin ringing when
The umpire says PLAY ball
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
No Possible Excuse.

From the New York World
why American Mothers FaiI' is the
title of an article by Anna A Rogers in
the Atlantic Monthly There is no excuse
for their falling. On az least twenty DIFF
ferent occasions Mr.. Roosevelt has told
them just what to do.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
WHY Not Abolish the Gunf

From the New York Herald
II the inventor Of the noiseless gun
will only perfect a harmless bullet the
world will rest a bit easier. They would
form a beautiful combination in the
hands of the iawless
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

From the Springfield Republican.
Who knows what Hearst intends to do
after the Republican and Democratic con-
ventions have acted2 He Is at present
the mystery Of the Presidential year.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

Kansas. He firSt saw
the light IN Nova
Scotia, but left there
with his parents when
only four years old.
going 70 Kansas. and
residing there ever
since.
He graduated from
Baker University. re-
ceiving the degree of
A. B. While living
with his parents on
their farm. young
Campbell spent his
leisure moments reSd-
ing law. and was ad-
mitted TO the bar in
1889. He served in the
Fifty-eighth, Fifty
ninth and WAS re-
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

From the Louisville Courier-Jo1rnal.
The Washington Herald is dangerously
near the White House, and should have
thought twice Of the probability of attack
by a night rider before saying the eoun-
try is safe, no matter who wins -
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

a contemporary gravely says the bomb
failed TO kill the Shah. because Il was
thrown at a carriage in which his mai
esty was not riding" Is that why IL
also failed to kill the Gar and King
EdWaTd7
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

The Presidents successful insistence
that his policies are the things the peo-
pie want suggests the idea OF his heading
some big life Insurance company when he
retires from Office.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

Mrs. Hetty Green says her daughter
shall never marry a foreign nObleman or
any other sort of foreigner; and there is
an inclination throughout this country
TO believe that what Mrs Green says
about her varied interests goes
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

Mr.. John Hayes Hammond has resigned
a Job paying S250,O00 year. Evidently.
Mr. Hammond suspected he might not be
able TO weather the great wave Of ''re-
form now progressing throughout the
land
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
TScd To.

''Sir. I want to marry your daughter"
Can you support her in the style she's
used tor
Living in. or reading about IN trashy
books?"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
THE DREAM OF THE YEARS,

Through all the years
OF smiles and tears,
Through happiness and sorrow
The mortal wight
Counts trouble light
Who dreams about tomorrow,
Though dark the day.
And cold and gray.
His fire OF hope is burning.
And none the less
To fair success
His heart is ever turning
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

A Detroit woman is suing for $4,000 as
compensation for stolen kiss. The only
stolen kiss possibly worth $4,000 is the
one TO which the owner attaches value
not to be reckoned in dollars and cents.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
FAIRIES.

When gentle spring Is here to stay
Then we can seek the forests gray.
Adown the grove
Well gnyly rove
And watch the fairies at their play.
But now two plunks I'd rather pay;
I think It Is the better way.
The canvas grove
Is green above
The merry fairies at the play.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

As for that, this country has always
had an inferior navy; but we can't
recall the war in which its navy failed
70 give a good account OF itself
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

A scientist wants to organize a COM
pany for extracting silver from sea water
declaring that the oceans Of the earth
contain not less than 100000 tons. As a
highly wateTed financial proposition, this
one is UNIQUE.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
Real Drama

why are you clapping your hands. me
good man?" asked the cook
Il was trying. madam" answered Yor-
ick Handout, 10 give that cup OF cawfee
an encore"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

The more the jingoes talk war. the
more Japan gets busy with that forth
coming exposition at Tokyo. This IS a
gentle and diplomatic way Of letting US
know there is nothing in the chatter.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

Nobody expected Senator Foraker 20
abandon the Brownsville incident" says
the Columbia state. No. indeed: It Is
pretty well recognized that the Senator is
one CT the most aggravating nonqIitters
in the whole country.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
A MID Yearn.

Understand" concluded the struggling
young lawyer. II hold no brief for the
trusts"
And then he added softly: 81 wish I
did"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

after the man died; at which time there
IS very little difference between any Of
them. to be sure
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

AS we understand the situation. there is
TO be no general cut in wages throughout
the country. The workmen are merely TO
be allowed little more time for recrea-
ton and sleep.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

Perhaps 'smokeless powder" "noiseless
rifles" and invisible uniforms" may re-
suit in ''fghtless wars that would be
something worth while
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

Some men are TO be respected for the
wives they have" says the Macon (Ga.)
Telegraph. The respectability OF some
men Is directly and entirely traeeable 20
their wives
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

"why should Russia fortify viadivos-
tok2" asks the Terra Haute Tribune. Be
cause some Russian grand duke needs the
money, OF course.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

Senator JEFF Davis has Just given an
other demonstration of his undying
hatred for the octopus by asking for
three round-trip railroad passes from
Little Rock to St. Louis.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-02
Afraid of ,En

You ask what is woman's sphere
Let this suffice.
In Just a word we'll make II clear:
Mice.