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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
ART In FROZEN CREEK.

He was tourist. rich guess; an he stepped
down on tn train
Way out at tn town o Frozen Crick, in tn
Hi Cobb was there an wrynsck Potts an
Amos Drake an me;
I'VE allus lowed TO tend tn train to see what
He stepped up brisk to wryneek Potts an he
Have sa Ina 70 cot nun drug store handy bere: An
Wryneek Potts ne ran
An printed out til one We had an tn Tourist
IL il somebody was in straits an he had no
time spare
An wryneck Potts be told Hi Cobb from th'
fellers look Of pain
He thought his wife or child or KIN was dyin
An Cobb he turned to Amos Drake an Amos
But he didn't say he lowed on 1t, he said twas
An ! says: Cobb, 50 git Doc DUFF an brisg
While run up to III furder end an tell tn
engineer
So g he don't pull out"-'cuz we may be rough
But we got sight o sympathy IL there
anybody sick.
An Cobb he run an did l an Doc says:
lis she bad?'
'Cuz couple dozen quiniue pills was all Ri.
dope he had:
An he an Cobb come runnIn' back an he says
to. wryneck: Jump:
Go fetch me couple quarts OF rye an crutcn
an a stomach pump
.Cuz Doc he liked To be prepared; an then
across
To tn drug store where tn Teller an
says To him: ..Ur Hoss.
We've got tn doctor over there 'euz in sickness
we're all pards.
An he looked at me an says: '.0h, pshaw.
I'm buyin' postal cards..
We might a used tn Teller rough, but he run
back to tn train
An before tn word of 1t got out Id train was
An Wryneci Potts with crutch an pump an
his couple quarts q rye
For frst relief went back again 'cuz tn crisis
gone by.
An Cobb he says tn postal craze il setin
smeared on thick
When any one wants picture cards with scenes
O. Frozen Crick.
An Doc Dun says: "A call : Two piunks an
who's pay my fee
So Wryneck Potts Gays: step up. gents. tbs
time tn drink s me.
Foley n York Times
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the arrangements fer the inauguratioa
outside Of preparing fer the proper execu-
ton OF the program required by the UNI
broken customs Of more then century
II the people Of the country wish the
President to daliver his inaugural aa-
dress indoors. they have the right to so
express themselves. If the President
elect prefers 10 take the oath and deliver
his inaugural speech inside of the Capitol
building he can always effect the change
by expressing his wish In season There
is no Law on the subject. There 10 no
law. even, for his SONG TO the CANTOR
to be inaueurated. He can Us we'll drive
TO the White House from his place Of
residence. if a newcomer in
ONCE and there take the oath, and thsre
eithe. stand zilent or make speech
But the Inauguration custom is hxed
beyond the hope of change, il there were
any desire to change u. All the people
of Washington seek is 10 shift the date
to that originally chosen for the induction
of George Washington into offic4. In order
that the tens of thousands who will CON-
tinue to come here on that occasion. what
ever may be the program, may witness
the proceedings and participate Ia them
without risk to their li1s. 1t only be-
Titles the opposition to the changed
date proposition TO pitch.it in the key Of
criticism of the people Of Washington
They have played the unrcnunerative
par: OF host for the nation for many
years. and merely wish 10 have the great
festival. which will continue for
uneounted deca des to come. given an ap-
propriate setting of green trees and flow
ers and mild weather and other elem nts
OF happy time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
New Yerk's Fire Danger.

New York has something to think bout
in the charge that rotten hose has been
sold 10 the Are department through the
connivance OF politicians and that disci-
pline in the department Is undermined by
the political influences that encompass
every branch of the municipal adnin!stra-
ton. The burning OF the great Parker
building. wlth a loss OF about So LOo, 900
and several lives. gave keen edge TO the
issue which the underwriters organiza-
ton had been for some time trying to
bring sharply to public attention. So long
as the matter rested upon mere assertion
the people took no interest in it. But
when a giant structure blazed into q mass
Of worthless rubbish. in large part be-
cause the hose equipment of the fire de-
partment was too weak 10 Withstand the
water pressure. the pOpulace became
aware that the case spelled danger.
For some years the far-seeinS business
men Of the great town have feared a gen
eral conlssration. Boston, Chicago. Bal
tinore and San Francisco have suffered
from fires covering many acres and cost
Ing far into the millions. Why not New
York. with its dense congestion, its sky
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Reflections on Gossip.

4 visionary man has undertaken to
cultivate gossip Gossip Of the past and
present he believes. has been too wild,
rank and Careless. and he Is anxious that
it be pruned and trimmed. Cultivated
gossip will certainly not be as entertain
ing. spicy and palatable as the loose and
unnamed kind but it is believed that il
will do less harm to the neishbors.
There are those persons who feel that
cultivated gossip will be stale, fiat and
Improbable. Gossip. to be good gossip.
must have bite. tinxle and tang 10
1t. Gossip 10 be most interesting must
be injurious to somebody. The most pop
u!ar gossip must have plenty of scandal
In it, Ii scandal should be censored out
Of gossip. there would be no gossip. and
this would be an inconceivable conditio ion.
The following dispatch comes from
Utica:
The Rev. Henry McIlvray, an evangel-
ist who is conducting religious campaign
in Little Falls. has startled the people OF
that city, particularly the women, by an
nouncing that beginning this week and
continuing for the next month q circle
will meet each Wednesday afternoon
from ) to o'clock so that all the people
who have stories to tell about their neigh
bors and cannot refrain from uttermg
them may have opportunity to speak their
minds under circumstances where they
viii do no harm. He announced that he
would place his own ha chelor apartments
at the disposal OF the xossiping circle and
assured the audience that he vas never
more in earnest"
1t would appear 10 men whose pulses
temporarily keep time that this preacher
10 coddlins chimera. The normal woman
cannot get all the gossip out of her sys-
tenn in one hour a week. Again, women
cannot gossip their best when the crowd
IL too big.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

reaching structures, its narrow streets,
itA politiciaa-nanased municipal bureaus:
That New York has escaped devastation
by Are is to be accredited rather to good
luck than good management. and the
shrewd thinker in the business community
il reckoning upon how far good fortune
can carry the metropolis in these days Of
concentration
But there il at this time very little
hope that the fre-hghtins system will be
succored from political influences, or that
any absolutely certain means will be
found to safeguard 1t from the necessity
to manage with unreliable equipment As
long as the Tammany organisation holds,
az long as city politics il maintained upon
the present basis. as long as it is possible
for daring combination OF professionals
to manipulate the elections and by a dis
tribution OF patronage to maintain ma
chimes, there will be no permanent re-
form.
New York has been given many an OBJ
ject lesson in the danger of partisan adj
nauistratien. 1t knows today that its
taxes are higher by many per cent and
its administration Is less efficient by a
great marsin than though the municipal
management were non-poiitical. 1t has
been shown in dollars and cents just
where it loses and how the losses can be
prevented by the adoption o. radical
measures. And yet it postpenes the day
Of permanent reform. because 1t suits
first this and then that and then another
great business or professional interest to
dlckar with the dominant party for tenn
porary advantage.
Possibly the great confagration. IL it Is
to come. will be necessary TO demonstrate
beyond all possible doubt that 1t pays to
run a city a man would run his own
business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
The "TOLLABLE WELL" BROTHER.

II you're ''fcllable well'-thats a-doin'
Right good fer bli.zardy spell.
The country amt goin to ruin
With folks feelin "tollabre well.
There's cause fer the music
OF bugle an bell
When folks in the country
Are .'tollable well"
Don't ask bout the whyness q drynets.
Rains comm: you never can tell
The weather's afflicted with shyness.
But the rain-clouds feel ''tollable WE'LL"
One song fer the country
The chorus to swell:
We rise we're runnln'-
We're '.tollable WELL
The worl' wuzn't made in a secon
or Satan hit hard when he fell;
With Providence heloin', l reckon
We're all o. us 'tollable well"
So. keep up the chorus.
You never can tell
Bnt wen reach the bright hilltops-
All "tollsble well.''
Atlanta Constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
soNNfTs ON HOME.

All. home. sweet home Ny home Ii dear to net
1t is my kingdom: there am king.
There to the winds my troubles / may dtng
And feel from all dictation ! am free.
There none with my opisons disagree
Right from the moment my doorbeN ring
I can say what choose-yes, anything
Do what please. whatever IL may BE-.
There can be myself without disguise
Without restraint; the bonds that held ~
tight
Are loosed. For me home hasn't any tics:
I'm quite unfettered, which 10 only right.
1t wouldn't be home were IL otherwise.
At home do NOT have to be polite.
II. q
Away from home compelled to smile
Though in my heart is bitterness and gall.
BE nice TO people don't like at ell
And speak quite softly, though rage the while
At home freely manifest my bile.
IL things don't suit me you hear something fau
Yes. there they all come running when cali
And meekly listen If ! should revfe.
I'm boss-supreme. Who shall dispute my SWAY
Or talk back when upon some fault pick
When demand who dares TO say me nay:
I'D settle a rebellion mighty quick.
ALL home sweet home. ] love IT, ! must say.
It's just the one place where a man can kick.
Chicago News,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

An Indianapolis special to the Louisville
Courier Journal says that recruiting foi
the Independence League Is in progress
in Indiana and that more than score
of men are 50 employed. The democratic
leaders are exercised q, the subject
These are the particulars .given:
.of course the men that,are at the head
Of the movement have been and still
claim to be democratic. In this. the
democrats say. lies. the danger to thelr
organization. A man who joins the lnde'
pendence League 10 not asked TO give ur
his party or yield In any at his principles
The Hearst men tell him that he is all
risht In these rexards and that they want
to help him make them effective.
My Bryan. they say. cannot be elected
President, and though tho democrats VIII
nominate him and make another cam !,
paign in his behalf. League man assert IT
will prove a waste OF time and money and
accomplish nothing In the end the demo,
cratic party will have to turn to some
other leadership. and the INDEPENDENCE
League. with q bstter leadership and
larger public confidence, will become the
party OF tho people"
According 10 this story. Mr. Hearst will
make no campaign this year, but will
wait for another smashing defeat Of the
democracy. and then come forward with
the Independence League as the sole hope
Of the country against the eRcroachments
of plutoeracy. Not until 1872 will he ask
the men he is now .nlfstinE 10 grid up
their loins and do battle under his
standard.
Men of Hoosier, don't YOU believe ii. Mr.
Hearst is young. and as q man not espe-
cially impatient He has had. for his age
a good deal OF the lin1siiGht. and. while
he likes it. he need not he greedy fol
more Probably he is not On personal
grounds, he might be willing 10 postpone
another try for the proficiency until Mr.
Bryan has had his third. and lost
But Mr.. Hearst'z principal followers are
not so philosophical They want 10 be w
and at the enemy. For them. now IL tho
appointed tinae. They advocate ticket
for this year-with Mr.. Hearst, of course
as it's head--and n siashing campaign
rIshr and left Mr.. Bryan is as sbjec'
tionable TO them as Judge Taft. or Mr.
Fairbanks. or Mr.. Cannon, or Gov
Hughes. Did he not Throw them down
at St. Louis in 1894 for man wholly I'M
possible. and then take up Judge Parker
whose nomination he had said weuld cosl
the party the election?
Will MI Hearst be able 10 Withstand
these men when the time comes? If there
should be a convention Of popuiists or IN
dependence leaSuers, Or of both. before
the Denver coHpention-such step MAJ
been susgested-and Mr.. Hearst or some.
body else be nominated for President
would Mr.. Hearst indorse the action and
enter actively into u campaign? What
better way to hep put an end to the
democratic party. which. as 80 many
Hearstites believe. is doomed. and the
sooner finished the better: This Indiana
maneuyer Is a new wrinkle in the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Clocks That Need Watching.

The Baltimore American plains that
the city hall clock which once did reeu-
late the sun in that peaceful city has gone
wrong. II counts two hours when but one
has passed marks but one when two
have sped. Ii strikes noon at midnight,
and SAYS the sun is rising when that yel-
low orb is sinking in the west. The clock
has so confused tile good people of the old
town that they do not know whether they
are going TO work OF coming home. and
housewives get the supper and breakfast
dishes mixed,
However. all the crotchety and crafty
clocks do not swing their pendulums
among the monuments of Wsshington's
sister city. Washington has one il calls
tsown. Ii !s one OF those whimsical clocks
tnat would be a boon in a community Of
lotus-eaters where the ticking of the sec
ouds. the passing OF the hours and the
flight of time are all unheeded AZ a
business clock j; IS failure. IL is so
mate lis friends would hail il as a genius.
This clock. if a man were fain TO i'm
p,uge On the exclusive vocabulary Of high
places might be described by short and
ugly word. Though il works for the Post
Office Department no Official order. no
executive fiat. has ever had any effect on
At. Ii has idea of the value OF time
and no sense Of responsibility or punctu-
atty. There are many persons who have
the same shortcomings. but they do not
hold the high position OF this clock. Here
indeed would be chance for federal reg
Gation. Creduous persons who stroll
along the avenue and who look up into
The sickly pea green face by day or the
flushed countenance by night should be-
ware. That clock has as many tricks a.
ticks
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RETIRING BRYAN.
bsny Evening Journal.

From the Albany Evening Journal.
Mr.. Bryan has made 1t known that he
will not get out Of the race because Of OPP
position In the eastern wing Of his party.
hut. really. such assurance was quite I'M
necessary.
From the Syracuse Herald.
Jones never asked Bryan 10 retire from
the presidency. it is now claimed. The
bewhiskered Arkansan came very near
getting the credit for sensible act
From the Kansas City Times.
Mr.. Bryan has decided to take this
years democratic presidential nominate ion.
Heretofore he has merely signified that he
would accept II.
From the Columbus Ohio sun.
Besides. Mr.. Bryan does not see why he
should withdraw in favor of somebody
who never voted for him.
From the Provlde Journal.
Mr. Bryan is reported as stoutly refus-
ing to name anybody to run as Vice Pres
dent with him. 1t seems shame to
stand out for putting the Denver conven-
ton to so much trouble.
From the Providence Tribune.
When it is suggested that if Mr. Bryan
will not retire of his own motion he should
be forced to withdraw every democrat in
sight puts OH his dressing gown and slip
psrs and complains of lame back
From the Detroit Journal
Mr. Bryan says that lit will be The pub
lie that decides whether he is to run
again" That's it-shirkins the respon-
sibility.
From the Chicago Journal
MI Bryan says he will stick in the race
for the presidency. but there are some
people down east that think he mistakes
the mode and will be stuck, instead.
From the Omaha Bee.
MIR. Bryan shows some Indignation in
declaring that he is not a gutter. He
would be more popular in some circles IL
he were.
From the Rocbester Post Express
Bryan says he won't get out" or
course not! Into the ditch once more.
He can't shake on the habit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

Speaking Of the perennial effort Of the
citizens OF Washington and the governors
AMI many citizens Of the states TO secure
an amendment TO the Constitution TO
effect d change in the date OF inaugura-
ton the New York Times remarks:
--i- is needless 10 say that good weather
cannot be secured by constitutions Al
anne ndment, but the Washington idea fs
thai the weather by the latter par of
April il likely 10 be pleasant in the zap
ital. That would mean larger crowds
Tae hotels and shops would have larger
profits. The cold and rain on March 4
have often made the outdoor ceremonies
"f ,the inauguration discomfortlng and
dangerous to health But there is no
reason why the President should not
taIc the oath az office in the room of
the Supreme Court. There is no reason
Why he should stand bareheaded out
~ doors and make speech which only
few persons in the many thousands
crowded abou- the Capitol can hear. He
could have MS military escort. as usual,
u and from the Capitol
March s tie constitutional date OF
th- inauguration and there is no good
reason for proionsins the term Of any
one President by changing X. There
woulo De more dignity and good sense in
the indoor Inauguration. Ii Washington
" 3rrts: festival of some sort in the
spring and not even Paris in May Is
:: more delightful place than our ca pitsl
in late April. there is ingenuity enough
thsft 10 devise one. and money enough
10 pay the preliminary expenses.
This puts the case. on an unjustly low
plane fhe people OF Washington are
ro' asking this a means to the end
~ making money They will always
hay all they can do TO take care OF the
Inauguration crowds whether the great
ceremonial occurs in carly March or in
Ia 70 April. The case is not in the hands
OF the people o. Washington, as regards
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WINTER NOTES.

From the Cleveland Leader.
The snow shovel, gilded and with blue
ribbon around the handle. will be just the
thing for the hall corner alongside the
spinning wheel and the warming pan.
From the Portland Oregonian.
Received and read here in balmy midwin-
ter. the reports OF the eastern blizzard
sound like news from another world.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
The winter Thunderstorm at Chattanoo-
ga was doubtless due to a low whisky
area. produced by incessant drains from
Georgia
From the Sioux City Tribune
That buebird which reported in sioux
City Saturday was q day too soon. How
ever. IS spring six weeks Off as runs
the ma kim?
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
This winter is mild just in spots. as Rev
Peter Cartwright once said about sancti-
hcaticn
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The winter has been SO mild that farm
ers have kept at work. but il seems that
they And it difficult to get help. though
the cities report an unusual number Of un-
employed persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
A Neglected Opportunity.

In a communication TO the New York
Sun. Henry Watterson expresses he opin-
on that if he had been properly support
ed last summer when he proposed Gov.
Johnson for President the Bryan cam
paign would have been checkmated. In
stead of that. his suggestion. he COM
plains. was either put aside. or else made
a subject of Jest. with the result today
that Mr.. Bryan is stronger than ever.
Mr. Watterson is probably mist AIKEN. He
does not go back far enough. The psy-
geological moment was earlier than that.
Some men perceived it. Some advised
that it be seized. But it was not seized,
and since then Mr.. Bryan has steadily
gained in his reasserti ion of control over
his party.
The speech al the Madison Square Gar
den IN which the government ownership
and operation of railroads was advocated
afforded the anti-Bryan democrats their
best weapon. In that Mr.. Bryan swung
entirely clear of democracy. and became
populist of populists That. to employ
An everyday phrase. was the limit. In
nothing he had previously said in his
whole career as national leader had he
put so wide gulf between himself and
The recognized principles of the demo-
cratic party.
II was widely and bitterly resented. ana
by nobody more bitterly than by MT.
Watterson who declared that the pFopO-
sition was undemocratic and would never
be anirmed by the national democracy
John Sharp Williams. getting tip OF what
was coming hurried out of New YORK
10 avoid the meeting. Mr.. Bailey. with
information in advance, iabored with Dir.
Bryan 10 induce him not TO so declare
himself. but labored in vain
Bat. while many protested. nobody dld
more Had Mr.. Watterson and those who
held with him on that subject said frankly
To Air. Bryan that he must either recede
from that position. or prepare TO neht Tor
his calm TO be democrat and that they
would follow on such man, there would
have been a vigorous response from many
sources For days some OF Mr. Bryan
watmest friends were stunned and als-
pleas by his deiverance. But the mere
protest enabled Mr.. Bryan TO shift his
ground slightly. and to come again In
one of his adroit moods.
He Is today master OF the democratic
situation Those who do not like him at
alt and would rejoice TO see him over
after the Denver convention will be urG-
ing his election with all the influence they
possess And yet he is as much in favor
now of government ownership and ePer-
alton of railroads as when he spoke to
that multitude of New York eighteen
months ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

From the Columbus Dispatch.
PENNSYLVANIA now puts upon the boards
the trial Of the capitol-building graft
Unpleasant as il is. we shall all want to
see a little of it and have II all exposed
and punished as warning to others who
may be tempted to betray their public
trust.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
The PENNSYLVANIA capitol grafters have
SO much state pride that they have every
condolences in the ability Of their courts to
do fully as we'll by them as CALIFORNIA;
did by an amateur like Schmitz.
From the Cumberland Times.
If tine capitol grafters are not all to
hang together the public has hopes that
they may yet be hing up singly.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The suspicion that somebody is going
to expose the inside OF the whole CAPT.
toll johbery appears to have caused the
greatest alarm among those VINO have
been insisting there was nothing TO ex-
pose.
From the Cleveland Leader.
The trial Of fhe capitol xrafters AT Har-
risburg proce eds with all the vim and sin
cerity the Pennsylvania legislature put
into passing an Unconstitutional railroad
bill.
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DR.. Jim"

DR.. Jameson OF Cape Colony was not
successful as a raider and now has
failed as a stalesman. His resignation
as premier for the Colony has just been
handed in. Still. a most in Csrs sting man,
ani bens only ffty-hye. he may pick his
flint and try again. The ibare fact that he
possessed the confidence OF Cecil Rhodes
is proof that he is man OF parts.
Rhodes was himself the most extraordi-
nary man England I'D produced of that
type since Warren Hastings. His own
plans sometimes failed hut in the main
he made IA great impression South
Africa and on the wo-ld, and his work
will be the basis OF the biggest things
that quarter of the globe will have to
show in the future.