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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
The Object of Pensions

Editor The Washington Herald
If were a legislator would not reckon
pensions in money. would ask: Is the
petitioner for government aid entitled to
a Nving-square meals right along? Hav-
ing decided upon this point. would try
. 10 find out how much money il would re-
'quire to pay for suitable quantity OF
food and other necessaries. If Si2 a month
would not buy more than half decent
living 1 would place the figure at SEA or
$50 month.
This giving man so much money 10 live
on has been very erroneous. Prices fuc-
tuate so much that cost Of living varies
half. in circumstances and location. The
living is what the man wants. and money
should be issued him accordingly.
Now. either the veterans are deserving
Of full rations OF they are not. II they
are as deserving as they have been de-
clared over and over again to be. then
they are entitled to full meals, as. also.
by the way. is every other law-abiding
citizen Of this republic.
Money Is the common medium Of eX-
change. used as passport 10 food ana liv-
ing necessaries. and whether much or
little matters not, inasmuch as it goes
into and sweIis trade for the mutual bene-
fit OF all business concerns. and for the
general prosperity OF the country.
All citizens OF this republic should have
full meals. or course. It Is expected all
good citizens viii do their best TO deserve
a square deal The money amount is not
in the problem at all.
oRvILLE H. KINlBALIA
Soldiers Home Hsmrton Va
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
Light on Charity Figures.

Editor The Washington Herald:
As a reader Of your paper. l wish TO
ask Gin order to silence certain critics
who assail the Associated Charities as
being too expensive and indiscriminate in
dispensing the public's funds, &c) if
you can publish statement covering GER
tain matters relative to the Associated
Charities. II this criticism Is just. then
donations VIII be withheld; and II unjust.
the public should know it,
Can the public have the name, salary.
and duty Of each officer \and employee
connected with the association
The amount collected and received from
all sources for the past fiscal year.
. amount spent on charity, and in particu-
lar the proportion Of white to colored
indigentS.
These are vital questions and may set at
rest great deal of uncertainty, and may
notably increase funds for such purposes.
Why are there two associations to look
after the same duties?
L G NICHOLSON
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
Asks Probe in Post-ofice.

Editor The Washington Herald:
The investigation that has been
brought about largely through the
Efforts of your most excellent paper and
that is now going on at the Government
Printing Office calls TO mind the con-
ditiOn OF affairs In the delivery division
of the Washington City post-ohice un-
der the new superintendent.
Much has been printed from time to
time in the various newspapers OF this
city concerning that division and its
new superintendent, but stiu "the half
has never yet been told" Il is not the
writer's intention TO mention all the
things that have occurred there. as a
few only will suffice TO show that
other departments of the government
service under civil service" beside
the Government Printing once could
stand investigation.
Not more than n week ago, a man
who has been in the service a short
time, about six weeks, was promoted
ever the head Of capable clerks who
have been in the service FOR the mast
fifteen years. and this happens not
withstanding the rules OF the civil
service"
mere IS an unjust discrimination
shown the distributors in the division
and they are the men who do the hard
work Before the change Of superin-
tendents, they had been allowed as
much time OF as those clerks under the
immediate supervision Of the superin-
tendent and those in the other divisions
OF the Office. but since the change II
has been said that this practice was
Illegal in the delivery division. al
though the same practice still exists
In the mailing and registry divisions
petition. signed by the seventy-seven
clerks affected, calling attention TO
this discrimination, has never been
heard from.
II IS not necessary to state that il Is
impossible to get the best work out of
both clerks and carriers by such shabby
treatment as has been handed them
lately. Only an investigation can de-
termine the cause Of it all.
A w OLIVER
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
Takes Issue with Brewer

Editor The Washington Herald:
/ was much interested in Mr.. Justice
Brewers Washington's Birthday lecture
in New York or the Quality and auan-
tity as displayed in the life Of the ma
ton" He asked his audience II he erred
when he said that size is one OF the OBJ
vious facts Of our material life The
question seem to answer itself in the al
Grmative. and I, for one. agree with him.
that quality is our great need: that a sat
isfaction and contentment with mere size
may be the means OF making US less alert,
and ore day Prove fatal.
He said that Greece Is not much larger
than a Western ranch, but she fills a
volume liz the worlds history, while al
Africa takes but a single page The COM
parison is apt. if by all Africa is meant
the land OF the Hottentots before it's set
Element by the Dutch and subsequent ap-
preparation by the English: otherwise.
what becomes of the LAND of Egypt. Gil
zeh, Memphis, Derr. the sacred isle of
Philae. Abu. Simble and Karnak; the
temple and tomb bOrdered Nile. about
which volumes innumerable have been
written. and which bear on their own
faces the records Of human achievement?
To be convinced that quality is better
than quantity, We have only 10 refer to
the history Of the insignificant territory
of ancient Greece, the heroism and genius
Of whose people has ever been the despair
Of the yastest empires.
That part of Mr.. Brewers lecture, how
ever, which refers to the brOgue of Denis
Kearney shows that If the justice is not
preJudiced against the Chinaman and
negro. he is so against the Irish
IL was my pleasure. several years ago,
to hear Kearney speak from the curb Of
Battle Monument. Baltimore, TO an audi
ence of several thousand men whose
fathers helped 10 build the foundations of
our national greatness. and who them
selves were among the upbuilders of the
nation. Their blood did not boil with in
dignation, though Mr.. Brewers does, at
even the thought OF such a man as Denis
Kearney. On the contrary. they agreed
with him on the Chinese question. and at
the conclusion Of his Grafton he was
borne TO his hotel on the shoulders of q
crowd Of his auditors.
The Chinese, Mr.. Kearney said, should
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
Onnoses lin Crow Cars.
~ ~ Wsshihgton Ed

Edltor The Washington Herald;
In The Herald of the 18th instant Mr.
McDermOtt suggests an expression OF SEN
timent concerning so-called jim crow
cars. I have been using the street cars
Of the District Of Columbia for seventeen
years. and have learned that, while the
colOred people occasionally act in an Of
fensive manner toward white passengers,
much more frequently the colcred pas
sengers suffer the indignity. This being
the case in a community in which we be-
lieve in majority rule. we should have
separate cars whenever a majority Of the
'Solored people. the aggrieved party. ask
for them. Until then let us save the ex-
pense Of operating separate cars and ap-
ply the funds toward the enlargement Of
the platforms Of some OF those we now
have. or in other Improvements which
the respective companies make from time
70 time.
Neither are Jim crow cars necessary in
the great State Of Maryland, into which
some Of our suburban lines and steam
roads extend. Far better would it be If
the extra expense of operating separate
rars were used in track improvement.
thus making travel safer for all, rich and
poor. black and white
In communities in the Southern States
where the colored people are numerous
and many OF them uncouth and untidy
this question is Of greater import. Even
there. it seems TO me, the separate car
system is not the best solution of the
problem.
II third-class car we're used, counting
1.-THE Pullman first class and ordinary
coaches second class. upon which some
what smaller charge per mile would be
made. the Objectionable element of ali
races would use them. and the self-re-
specting colored man and woman could
use the better car. if ne or she preferred
10 DO so. and not suffer the humiliation
Of class legislation, which is un-Christian
and un-Anerican- Let us have full and
free expression of opinion upon this ques-
ton of separate cars for the races. when
we can calmly consider the question with
out the influence Of political bias, in the
light Of the twentieth century and the
unselhsh spirit OF the Golden Rule.
j. X. HENCH.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
Disnppenripr TuIe Lake.

The wafer OF Tule Lake is rapidly fall
ing. and a tremendous whirlpool has
formed just of Scorpion Point. through
which the water is passing with a deaf
ening roar that can be heard great dis
lance. Below is apparently great chan
mel underground. through which the wa
ters find outlet beneath the Modoc lava
beds. and thence through the drainage Of
Fail River TO Pitt. and finally on to the
ocean through the Sacramento and San
Francisco Bay. says the klamath Falls.
correspondent IN the Portland Oregonian.
1t has long been held by biologists that
Tule Lake has an underground outlet
and that FAN River. which bursts from
gushing spring IN Modoc County, Cal,
IS the vent. Last spring the lake water
reached a higher level than has ever
been known since the country was set
tied, and bordering farms were mum
dated. For several days the water has
been receding. and investigation revealed
the new outlet Should the vent entirely
drain the body of the lake. it viii add
5000 acres of irrigable land TO the pro-
ject. and at saving Of hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars to the people on the
klamath Basin, as the Intended diversion
OF Lost River viii be rendered unneces-
sary.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
TO-morrow-Nationa Educations
Association.
A New Senator'S Humor.
on the Philadelphia Record.

Prom the Philadelphia Record
Senator Johnson. OF Alabama. owns a
beautiful home in Birmingham and takes
great delight in dOnning g pair Of overalls
and a split hickory hat and working in
the garden. One day shortly after the
expiration Of his last term as Governor a
fashionably dressed woman, who had re-
sided in Birmingham only a short time
and had never seen Johnson. called on
his wife. No one answered the bell. so
she walked out among the flower beds
where the Ex-Governor was hoeing some
geraniums. He bowed. and she asked him
how long he had worked for the John
sons.
"A good many years. madam" he re-
piled.
DO they pay you well?7
About ali I get cut Of it is my clothes
and keep"
why. come and work for me-" she
said. IN do that and pay you so much
9 month besides"
Il thank you. madam" he replied. bow
ing very low, but I signed up with Mrs.
Johnson for life"
why. no such contract Is binding That
is peonage"
Some may call it that, but have al
ways called It marriage"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
Specter Needlessly Alarming.

Editor The Washington Herald.
I desire to avail myself of the privilege
extended by your valuable paper 10 make
reply 10 the article Of one O. f. Cunning
ham, an advocate of Jim crow" cars.
The specter of negro domination and
social equality has long been the
ghost which has frightened the Southern
people into enacting infamous discrimi-
mating laws. and perhaps it is that Mr.
Cunningham has visions Of the possible
ascendency OF the negro in the District
of Columbia. where not even the suf-
frage is granted. In the event. however.
that neither one OF the above reasons
can be attributed TO him, we wonder
what reason he has. unless it be a nat
urai aversion to the negro.
n The right OF each person to enjoy
Equally with every other person the civil
and political rights of a government Is
co-extensive with his citizenship. and as
citizen Of this republic the negro is
entitled 70 every right. privilege. and
immunity granted to all other citizens.
Under the plea Of State rights many
laws have been placed upon the statute
books OF the Southern States which a
great many thoughtful and influential
people believe will not stand the test Of
= Supreme Court investigation. Admit
ting for the sake Of argument that con-
ditions exist In the South which some
what mitigate this highly uncOnstitu-
tional offense, We cannot advance that
same reason here
I'm the District OF Columbia reside 1O0-
0os colored people; in point of number
larger than that of any single city in
this country, and in point OF attachments
more uniformly intelligent and refined.
IL Mr. Cunningham has little knowledge
OF these facts, Il Is by no means an
argument In his favor, but rather one in
favor Of the contention that these col
ored people are unobtrusive and incon-
spicuous. who are little known because
seldom seen.
Ii cannot be denied that there are high
~ objectionable colored people; there are
also highly Objectionable white people
But must all be made to suffer for a few?
She argument that 20 per cent of the
population OF the District OF Columbia
ts white. and, therefore the greater num-
Der would be pleased with such legisla-
tion. is to reduce a question purely eth
Teal TO the standard OF party politics
Justice does not always follow maJorities.
She is supposed TO sit upon her throne
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
Ancient Shell Found.

From the New York Tribune
A five-inch steel shell. loaded and rusty.
weighing about forty pounds. which
rests on the desk of Col. William L. Mar
81 all. in the Army Building. has attract
cd much attention from visitors within
the last week. Col. Marshall az the
Corps OF Engineers. Is in charge OF the
dredging OF Ambrose channel. Several
weeks ago. while one Of the government
dredges was sucking up sand from a
point near the extreme easteriy end OF
the channel, there was a pounding heard
I'm the dredging tube. and the five-lnch
shell was thrown into the dredginRs.
Later a piece of twisted machinery found
its way through the tube and lodged IN
the sand bunkers- The shell is thought
TO have been fired from one of the light
batteries at Fort Hancock The fact
that the shell did not explode as 1t shot
through the tube is surprising.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
A Mathematical Query.

L'lllvT lnt NaSnllSiOL hcfail.
The theory OF probabilities, though not
a department Of exact mathematics. is
none the less held 70 be true IN its gen
eral conclusions Within limits, the
theory certainly is practical and its re-
suits valid but are there not limits be-
yond which its formulas are invalid and
even prepostero6s?
According TO the theory OF probabilities,
a normal coin tossed a great number of
times, say ten thousand. will fall about
5000 times heads and about 5000 times
tails.
The theory Of probabilities inStructs US.
TOO, that In the long run certain number
of tossings will bring a sequence Of
eight fifteen. twenty. fifty-a hundred
heads or tails, Using the formula Of the
theory, a mathematician will tell you that
once to every SO many tossings heads
or tails would come a thousand, or a
million, or any number of times I'm Sc
quence in uninterrupted succession.
Would they?
If / were consigned 10 purgatory and
told, You will be sent I'D 90 Heaven
when you have tossed heads or tails a
hundred times running" my reply would
be, Il don't think I'll try. I guess I'll
make myself as comfortable as possible
and call 1t hell" J. J. DooLING.
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be excluded because. among other rea-
sons they had no desire 20 become citi-
gems, and wera brought into unfair COM
petition with the dominant race here, who
build their homes and desire TO remain.
He carried conviction by the self-evident
truths which he uttered. without denying
that the Chinese are civilized and virtuous
people.
The builders OF the Tartar wall. the
inventors OF gunpowder. the makers Of
the finest silks and ea-thenware. need
10 commlseration or help from this coun-
try or the Caucasian race. Let MS take
care of ourselves. Our aid is not wanted
in the administration of the affairs OF
the Celestial Empire. The intercourse
between both nations should begin and
end with the carrying on OF a peaceful
commerce. We cannot help the Chinese
morally. but we can and have injured
them In that Objection by the Introduction
OF opium. whisky, tobacco, and snuff
According to the imperial Chinese edict,
the Christian missionary was the cause
of the recent uprisings and bloodshed IN
their country.
The teachings of Christ and those OF
Confucius are not so different that any
better morals would result from the intro
duction OF Christianity: and the fact
that Christian missionaries have been at
work in China since the eighth century.
making no practical progress, should be
a lesson and a warning TO those who con-
template doing the same work in the
twentieth century.
The existence OF the Chinese as people
and a nation FOR so many thousand years
is evidence, II not positive pfoof that all
the other nations have much TO learn
from them.
Let us look well 10 our own quality. lest
our own subjugation BIZ some wiser and
more powerful foe be the last recorded
event in the nations history.
r. " FARRFIJY
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
VIEWS OF PEOPLE ON MANY TOPICS
YOU THINK ABOUT IT?

and balance the scales evenly. and in
this case nothing is supposed to be done
Inconsistent with the Declaration OF In
dependence and the Constitution of the
United States.
washington as the nations Capital can
Aot consistently enact 'jim crow" legis-
lation without forsaking the very prin-
ciples upon which this government is
founded. 1t would then be- giving ma
tional sanction to injustice and a
remuneration before all the world Of her
belief in the equality of all men before
the law.
IL is pity that in great government
like this there should reside men whose
views are so ininaical 20 her highest well
fare. who seem prone TO throttle her
very life by the tyranny Of diabolieal
policies. who would carry her back TO
the period before the war, and whose
judgment seems so warped by the fury
Of their unreasonable prejudices.
" c. DRAPER
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24

From the Philadelphia Record
Mrs Jenkins had missed Mrs. Brady
from her accustomed haunts and hearing
several startling rumOrs concerning her.
went in search of her old friend.
They tell me you're workin' ard night
an day. Sarah Ann?" she queried.
Yes returned Mrs. Brady, I'm under
bonds TO keep the peace for pullin' the
whiskers out OF that old scoundrel OF a
husban' OF mine, and the Magistrate said
that If I come afore i'm ag'in. or laid me
'ands on the old man, he'd fine me 40
shillin'si'
And so you're workin' ard TO keep
out OF mischief"
I'm what? Not much. I'm workin'
ard TO save I'D the tneg'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24
LiYinE Do 70 HIr Nnme.

From Youths Companion
A teacher in a mission school in Boston
had among her pupils a colored boy
named Ralph Waldo Emerson LongfeIlow.
AS ne was absent one Sunday she asked
the class If any one knew the reason for
his absence.
L reckon I do said one small serious
looking boy.
What is the reason, JOhnnie7"
Z guess he's home writing poetry, -
responded the boy, with a delighted
chuckIe
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-24

It was IN 1911 that Josiah Quincy ex-
pressed great indignation when some one
dared suggest that there might some day
be as many as six states west OF the Mis-
sissippi River. He was opposing the adj
mission of louisiana then and was as
earnest in his protest against any belief
in Western growth as was Benjamin
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-03-14
ARGUMENT AGAINST
THE FISH WHEEL" BILL
lower Columbia fisherman Insist that fishing MaS' S'Oppeo
Over ihe Head Of the Tide

wheelownera' bin desire is OK
pressed To save our salmon
But true 60 the methods of trick
cry. section the main question
Il not taken up hrst. Instead, sec
tlons : aud are defended aud sec
ton the biggest nigger Ia this
legislative wood plle--is sandwlched
IN between sections 2 and 3.
THAT trick. however, Is very
clumsy ana can be easily exposed
section 1 OF the nshwheei owners
bal provides tha, no hshing AZ
nights can be carried on in the chan
ue's used Tor commercial nav'sa-
tlou.
That means that the f0oe slllnet
fishermen OF the Columbia, With an
Investment Of about st,Soo.ooo. tn
boats and nets must quit the Co
iumhla II the iaw passes. The nsh
wheel owners and Webster know this
fun we'll, hence they tried 10 hide
this section In their argument. hop
Ina 10 thus fool the voters Of the
state.
To explain, hshw hoels OF hsh
traps are located on the banks or al
falls. where they presumably 40 not
interierer with navigation Wheels
and traps are stationary applianee'
and before they can be erected mosl
secure permit from the war de
parlmeni. In charge OF naNlgaiio'
f. ol 0nr rivers Thsis under this see
, ti0n traps and wheels could nsh IN
, entire "a hours Traps aud wheel
are built more 0F less upon ,ae prin
, elple Of cattle corral, the nsh s'rlk
F. ing the tenees or leads proleetlnl
lnlo the river follow them aud az
, led into The tunnel Of the trap an'
then lat0 The pot fsom which the
/ eanEol eseape The fence of lsai
) OF ghe ash~heel leeas the ash ipt
I the mouth ~ the wheel. ~hen lh
wheel oeaselsssly turning With a.
! aid oi the aovlns stream, pumps a.
; samon lnto box for the owaef 9
: take sway once "a ever, "a hours
The slllnets. however. axAin'
1 whleA this seesioa = direeted. a.
: aslnias beta. On : Submerged sAad
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-03-14

ascent close 10 the Washington
shore. where the wheels aud seines
owned by the same men who own
ing for silver salmon on the Oregon
shore would catch the fish. This sec
ton Is rather clever trick on the
part OF the hshwheel owners. Fish
ink for silver salmon on the oregon
side would be stopped. where the
river is from four 10 six miles wide
and when the FISH have a fair show
10 get To the narrows and falls, the
places OF ascent on the Oregon side
would be barred by the leads OF
the wheels and a rich harvest reaped
on the Washington side by the wheel
owners
The most destructive hshwheels
are on the Oregon side OF the upper
Columbia. stoppage Of hshlng from
the mouth OF the Sandy and up
would abolish these wheels. Then
Washington would follow with like
legislation.
Section 8 provides that ali nshing
for salmon shall absolutely stop be-
low a line drawn from smiths Point
across the Columbia river. that i
hshing with gillnets must stop from
= Astoria 10 the sea. i2 miles from
J the bar, where. the rivers Is from
four 20 sin miles vide, where hshins
with these nets only averages from
so to sc hours on Of the les hour
3 In each week; where about rs pc
r cent OF the ain net fishermen adrif
with their nets. because In the Co
4 lumbia from Astoria and up the nsl
r traps have driveR the glll netteri
from their old-tlme drifting ground
b Another trick 10 give the salmon 4
the rich tgapmen and wheelmen.
/, Some men. noting that year-
< somo fishermen were drowned az AM
5 outside the mouth Of the Columbla
have declared out OF misplaced SYM
r. pathy With the fishermen that gill
D. net hshlng should stop al a lin
4 crossing the river az Cape Disap
Is polntment. The hshwheelmen hav
3 Ia section advanced this line nln
l. mlles up the river 20 smith Poin
q The almost absurd triekery her
- again Is plain.
e Section a. by limiting length q
p nets is another Intended hnmbu
. on the voters Tue hshwheels coai
J. continue serealy setilag as thsy no
n are 90 catch every salmon ge,ting I
&, the upper Columbia and the 81
q netters. the poor men. would te !
II regulated that they would have
q quit the columbia.
y SectioR 6. providing tOg weekl
y 2t-h01r closed seAsOa woala Be I