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The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
For National Divorce Laws.

Public opinion Is a great and vital
force in the government Of the United
States, but sometimes. perhaps, fear Of IT,
goes so far as 20 prevent the enactment
Of laws which could not fail to be bene-
fetal to the social welfare Of the coun-
try. Particularly is this true in the case
Of the divorce laws Of the country. which.
owing 20 the multiplicity Of enactments
in various States. are I'm such an in
extricable tangle that the searchers after
genealogies. hundred years hence. are
likely to have more than q little diff
Guilty in tracing families back amid the
complicated branches Of the family tree.
Impetus TO the demand for uniform
divorce laws for the United States was
given by the recent conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, held in BAL
timore. The mere fact that so powerful
church body took up the question and
indorsed the demand is a guarantee that
public opinion on the question is becom-
ing crystalllzed. and there is hope that
before long the feeling will become so
strong as 70 compel action on the part OF
Congress and the several States to in
corporate in the Constitution the power
TO promulgate a national law regulating
marriage and divorce.
II is probable that such action would
have been taken a long time ago II pub
lie opinion had demanded II. But in
many States there is a body Of people
Who refusing 10 recognize the change
that has come over social ethics and So
cial expediency. are old-fashioned enough
to decry divorce at all. In some States
the laws are so lax as to invite those
complications which make divorce a
social evil and an aid 10 immortality
The evils of divorce come from the
differences OF laws in various States. and
the ease with which man. denied a d.
voroe in one place, can establish a resi-
dence in another and secure a divorce.
The result Of it all is that he may be
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
Mr.. Loeb and the Vice Presidency.

Although William Loeb. r.. has not been stead
iy boomed Vice Presidential candidate. friends
here ana thers suggesting his name there is a
strong tip to-day that he win be a member Of the
Taft Cabinet after next March If Secretary Taft Is
elected President. Evening Star.
Mr.. Loeb is not seeking the Vice Presi-
dency He is In no sense q candidate He
is not even in a receptive mood Unlike
other great statesmen Of his day and
generation, he does not appraise the
honor lightly. and there is not a doubt
in the world that ne would accept and
make the race, II nominated. But he
looks forward to the possibility Of no
such call from the Chicago convention.
He has no John Hays Hammond dreams.
II friends here and there suggesting his
name" be instrumental in putting him in
the Vice Presidential limelight. it is no
fault OF his, Not bit Of It. He is not
TO blame As matter Of fact. he is
playing close 10 base and attending
strictly to business, and we honor him
for IT,
This paper does not profess to be Mr..
Loeb's organ or his mouthpiece. but 1t
does feel that Il knows whereof it
speaks, and that this brief statement OF
the case may safely be accepted as au-
thentic and quite authoritative.
AS for his having a portfolio in Presi-
dent Taft's Cabinet-weI. We say right
now that nothing short OF such a reward
for him will satisfy US.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
HIS PROMISE GOOD.
Mr.. Roosevelt Wants His COnservn-
tion Commission.

From the Cleveland Leadc-
President Roosevelt does as he prom
ised the governors he would by appoint
ing a national conservation commission.
In one Of the formal addresses made
before the White House conference Of
State executives the President declared
his intention OF continuing the inland
waterways commission, whether Con-
gress authorized il or not" Congress
did not see Al 70 authorize the continu-
ance OF the organization. and now the
President makes good his threat The
question will arise as 10 whether the
President has authority 10 take the ac-
ton he has without Congressional ap-
proval That question he is probably con-
tent 10 let others decide Meanwhile,
those he has named 20 the new commits
sion will get promptly at work, outlin-
ing policy for the preservation and de-
velopment OF the national resources.
The practical wisdom OF the Presidents s
course few viii question: as 70 his aU-
thority for doing g. the lawyers and the
courts may have 70 decide His manner
OF speaking al the conference indicated
that the President himself then thought
the authority Of Congress was necessary.
else why did he mention the subject Of
Congressional authorization? Congress is
not likely, however, % attempt anything
Ike discipline for the Chief Executive.
His incumbency OF the White House IS
too brief. II no better reason existed.
At the head % the waterways division
Of the new commission the President
places Congressman Burton. OF Cleve-
land His long service as chairman of
the Rivers and Harbors Committee Of
the House and his experience al the head
OF the present waterways commission fits
him for the new work
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
CORTELYOU PROMOTED?
Springfield Republican Sees Effort
TO Force Him to Front.

From the Springfield Republican.
Are we to have more promotion for
Secretary Cortelyou-not a leap to the
Presidential nomination. but an amble.
as il were, 10 second place on the Re
publican ticket? Suggestion OF a full
Cabinet ticket came from Washington
yesterday in the statement that Messrs.
Roosevelt and Taft were disposed to-
ward the ticket Of Taft and Cortelyou.
and that Louis A. Coolidge. one Of the
Assistant Secretaries Of the Treasury,
would start for Chicago to-day as the
advance guard of the new Cortelyou
movement. He might be joired at the
seat of war by Cornelius = Bliss and
others All friends Of the Secretary OF
the Treasury were 20 get busy. Mr. Cor
telyou, bound by the fact that New York
State has a candidate for FIRST place. In
the person Of Gov. Hughes could say
nothing for himself His friends. how
ever, We're both talking and acting II
looked al II the White House sun, once
angricd over by the presumption of Cor
telyOu's Presidential aspirations, might
full orbed shine on him again as OF yore
All Washington took notice. The admin
istration can do as 1t willard why not
CortelyOu, the New Yorker, as the COM
ing man for second placer
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
Routing the Raee.traek Gamblers.

The overthrow Of the race-track gam
bling business in New York. primarily
due 10 Gov. Hughes efforts alone, is a
victory for tho people who believe in ad-
herepce 70 the Constitution and who have
the moral welfare Of their State at heart.
II puts New York State in the roll Of de-
cency and honesty, a roll already bearing
the names OF the District of Columbia.
New Jersey, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois. and
to which soon viii be added Louisiana.
Already there is a lot OF talk about CON
nscatlon OF property. Racers Of horses
talk sadly. like injured men. about the
depreciation in value OF their breeding
farms in Kentucky and elsewhere. But
this sort OF complaint is entitled TO little
sympathy. There is, perhaps. small
amount Of truth in the. statement that
horse-racing has done something to i'm
prove the breed Of horses in America; but
II viii strike those who are clear-sighted
enough to choose between two evils that
the improvement Of horsehesh may be
much too dearly bought II II cannot be
accomplished without the deterioration Of
morals.
The proposition TO differentiate race
track gambling from any other form Of
gambling has failed wherever il has been
tested; and it was bound 70 fail. The ef-
feet of betting on the race track has been
as pernicious as II has been far-reaching
Some Of the most bitter critics OF Gov
Hughes declare that while betting will
have to stop at the New York tracks un-
til some way is found TO get around the
new law. betting in handbooks and in pool
rooms in and around New York City is
bound largely TO increase. This is buga-
boo Of which the decent people of New
York City have no cause TO be frightened
The question that remains Is, simply,
whether New York wants gambling on
the results Of the races 10 go on. II not,
It can stop it; and it is TO be hoped that
the officials Of the metropolis will have
courage and honesty enough to enforce
the existing laws, which are ample.
New York is heartily to be congratu-
lated on the great victory it has won.
The country at large can join New York
in rejoicing that when a battle for de-
cency was needed the State had so able
and determined leader TO sound the call
TO arms.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
PRESIDENTS MELANCHOLY.
Sometimes Operate CuriOusIy in HIS
Reasoning Powers.

hehsOn1nB FOWe"s.
From the St. Louis Post-Disratch.
The Presidents stories Of hears and
other big game he has hunted may be
classed as bully stories" This is a
Presidential description, and Il may
apply when they are being peddled out
or the cheap syndicate plan in compe-
tition with the unprotected labor OF those
who. when they write animal stories just
as bully" II not bullier. cannot mar
ket them against the prestige Of the
White House.
The question Of labor cost may enter
into this. but II IL more instructive al
present 10 listen 20 the President as he
tells how he shot the bull bison Just
as he had crept up on ;he unsuspecting
bull he was overcome by the half
melancholy feeling Of the necessity for
conserving our national resources. in
Guiding these last remnants Of a DOOM
ed and nearly vanished race"
As this half-melancholy feeling grew,
the power OF his intellect operated
through IL TO the logical conclusion that
he was IN the presence OF one Of the few
remaining chances for shooting a bison
bull Accordingly. he aimed low behind
the shoulder and pulled the trigger"
In the same way this week, IN con-
serving our national mineral resources,
he aimed low and pulled the trigger by
appointing the leading political repre-
sentative Of Pennsylvania coal monopoly
10 a leading place on the Conservation
Commission. In the same way his half
melancholy feeling viii continue to oper-
ate on his reasoning processes as these
result in his logical aims
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
IMMIGRATION CARES.
Canada Invites None but Desirable
Residents


Residents.
From tho Chicago Recorl-Herld
The Dominion OF Canada is stIu encour-
aging immigration, even paying a com
mission for each desirable alien induced 20
make his home within It's boundaries. But
It's desire for population is not so great
now as 20 lead It 10 welcome anybody
and everybody without question. on the
contrary. it has become decidedly par
ucular," and has initiated the United
States In adopting q series Of restrictive
measures designed to keep out. or TO de-
port, new arrivals Of certain Objectionable
classes.
A few weeks ago an order in council
was passed prohibiting the landing In
Canada OF any person whose passage
money has been paid wholly or In part
by any charitable organization. or from
any public treasury, unless a permit IN
writing has been obtained from the Do
minion immigration agents In London and
such permit has been acted upon within
sixty days
This action is due 10 the fact that dur
ing the year l917 Canada's immigration
authorities were Obliged 20 reject as un-
desirable 1H arrivals, and 20 deport over
three times that number. An investlCa-
tion had shown that certain philauthropic
societies In England We're inducing emil
grafton 10 Canada, under a mistaken
theory Of what the Dominion wanted
that they were cOnhning their operations
20 the unemployed. destitute. and In
cOmptent" Now. the Canadian govern
ment realizes that many Of the destitute
and unemployed may have good stun in
them. the making OF excellent citizens
under healthier and better industrial and
social conditions; still, il wants compe-
tent. ambitious. industrious. hopeful men
and women. not failures" from the
lowest strata Of the old worlds popula-
tiOn.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
OUR GOLD INDUSTRY.
The Magnitude of Our Production
of Wealth.

VI "NuAtn.
From Lesle's Weekly.
An eagle. a $40 gold piece. is Just about
one inch in diameter. Imagine a glitter
ing yellow ribbon OF $40 gold pieces lying
edge to edge, beginning 81 San Francisco
and extending eastward Through the Sac
ramento Valley of California. across the
lofty Sierra Nevada Mountains. spanning
the great American desert in Nevada and
Utah, over The prairies Of Wyoming and
Nebraska. across the green fields Of Iowa
and Illinois. over Indiana and Ohio,
through the hills OF New York and Mass
achusetts. and out into the Atlantic
Ocean. half way 20 the British Isles
imagine this continuous string Of golden
eagles edge TO edge. without break or
interruption, over this vast stretch OF
land and sea, distance which consumes
al least eight days In the swiftest ex-
press trains and ocean steamers-and you
will be able TO form som5 conception OF
the amount Of gold that has been pro-
duced In the United States.
II requires some such illustration as
this to grasp the immensity OF the gold
industry, 20 form some definite idea OF
the Importance and magnitude OF the gold
production OF the North American conti-
neut.
The profits from the gold industry are
magnificent. They are greater than IN
any other department OF commercial ac-
tvity. The figures Of the worlds pro-
duction are enormous. In 1907 the output
Of the gold mines Of the earth amounted
10 nearly half a billion dollars OF this
vast sum about one-half. or more than
100000, was net profit No other in
dustry can make such a showing as this
This gold was found in America, in Mex
leo, in South Africa. In Australia. and
elsewhere.
This huge sum Of profits. more than
/ &oO,CO0.0o0. was distributed TO scores OF
thousands OF people.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
BY YE LOCAL SCRIBE.

Are you a Taft bandwagonerY
Sidney Bieber's in Chicago's midst.
No new theater project this week.
To-day's the day you stand and
deliver.
Why not Frank II. Hitchcock for
Vice PRESIDENT
Who said that Delegate Father
was a Forakerite?
Few baseball tidings Of comfort
and joy these DAYS
Lonesome days So many Of our
friends In Chicago.
Guy Standing called at our sane
tum Tuesday Call again. Guy.
Ben Minor reports that Passapa-
tanzy stood pat in the late prima-
ries.
Same old story at the District
building Of locking the door after
the horse is stolen.
Every other man vou meet has the
suburban fever. No wonder. with
Washington's pretty environment.
Al least one Of our leading citizens
is nursing a District Commissioner
ship boom. Good quarters in the
new building.
Chaplin Brown has taken his auto
mobile out Of cold storage and is
having the time Of his life acting as
his own chauffeur.
The Big Sticks no knocker. Il Ne
lievcs in standing MP for It's own.
But truth compals the admission
that all the municipal virtue Of the
universe IL not oorralled and con
ccntrated in this town That isn't
a knock. It's a cold fact.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
His Third Reply.

From the New York Time.
On the eve OF the Republican conven-
tion, when talk of forcing his nomina-
ton is still in the air. and a Few busy
bodies are arranging 70 have 100000
letters Ohey need not be counted) sent
20 him urging him TO run again for the
Presidency. Mr.. Roosevelt formally an
nounces his Intention 10 start for Africa
on a big game hunt early IN April. 1902
This is his third reply TO the agltators
who would force him 10 seek a re-elec-
tion, his third definite statement 10 the
people Of the United States that he in
tends 10 be out Of politics and public ife
for time az least after March 4 next
year. The sincerity of the President in
this matter is not To be lightly ques-
toned.
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authors of this Story.

The light Of victory was Ia her eyes
as she won 30 cents from a schC7l-
boy and dared a Philadelphia coun-
Gilman 10 bet her "A $ bill which
be held uneas.ly.
I stepped into the breach.
] passed around behind her and
she slipped me $50. and then, max
ing nv way through the crowd l
waited until she winked az me, and
then ! bet the entire sum. while the
gaping yokels looked eagerly on.
They even laughed az my country
appearance and scornfully listened 10
my moist breathiug-ihe water was
not yet all gone.
] picked up the shell she iud.-
Gated.
The pea was not there!
I paid over the money ! had lost.
and with an faith in human nature
gone. I staggered across the street.
was psnniless and she had de-
ccived mc.
But even as / rallied az fate and
at the falsity Of all womankind. I
felt her touch upon my arm and
looked up into her face. She was
smiling.
do. not doubt me. dear friend. 3"
she said, Did you not seef"
Il see that you've got my fifty. -
| replied.
Yes. she answered. 1T was
ncce ssary. Listen. Just as YOU
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
Are Mr.. Hepburn's Charles True ?

Our old and esteemed friend, Uncle
Peter Hepburn. lawmaker from Iowa, is
not always inclined, we fear, to do this
community full and generous Justice We
have known him TO say the most un-
pleasant things about fittings that
Jared our sensibi!ites and troubled US.
His harshness in this respect appears 20
be a sort Of fixed habit-so chronic with
him. indeed. that the reading Of the
Congressional Record is robbed Of half
its JOY. at least. and rendered obnoxious
to a clientele predispOsed To swear by H.
But sometimes our Uncle Peter" even
when Earring us sets US to thinking and
moves US TO wonder whether such things
as he AYERS can really be. For example,
glance at his latest gems Of thought.
taken from a current interview apropos
OF disclosures bearing upon our District
governments alleged shortcomings:
In the city which should be the most
beautiful IN the country we have pave
ments which are a disgrace. There Is
not a half mile of good pavement in
Washington.
THE inspectors have been doing moth
ing but loafng around and looking for
ward 70 the time when they can draw
their pay.
THE same attitude is true IN regard
to gas; and because the inspection is lax.
the people Of Washington are paying for
something far below the standard re-
quired by the statutes"
Here are charges made not in heat Of
debate. but coolly and deliberately given
out in an interview by a reputable men,
Der Of Congress. Are they true?
Is it possible that the Commissioners OF
this boasted municipality Of ours. this
ideally governed city, so long held up
as a model, have complacentIy allowed
such abuses to grow and spread?
The inspectors are fairly hayed alive by
the brusque Iowa statesman. He calls
them a worthless lot Of loafers. and
worse. Now II such a castigation be
merited-and we cannot help but ques-
tion whether it is-what shall be said
OF those higher up. responsible for the
inspectors and the inspection?
In our opinion Uncle Peter Hepburn's
savage arraignment really reaches the
Board Of Commissioners. They owe (,
to themselves, therefore. 10 probe deeply
and heroically. Their vindication can only
rectIon Of all abuses brought 70 light.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13
Roofs Good work.

From the Kansas City Journal
One policy at least OF the Roosevelt ad-
ministration seems destined 70 achieve
permanent good results-thaJ Is, the ef-
forts OF Secretary of State Root 10 cul-
tivate closer and more friendly relations
with the Latin republics Of Central and
South America. More has been accom-
plished in this direction during Mr.. Roots
term Of Office than In all the previous ad-
min!strations Of the American govern
ment. Although IL is impossible al this
time 10 estimate in exact measure the
good fruits that Will follow Mr.. Root s
work, it is certain that IN the years 20
come the harvest will be of incalculable
value 10 the people Of this country, both
in commercial and in a political sense
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13


You see. she said. in dulcct
tones. L move this shell here; that
one therC-assure YOU honestly that
the Quicimcss Of the hand dcceives
the e,e-and now, gentlemen, that
everything is plain before YOU III
bet i've, ten, fifteen. or twenty that
you can't find the little pea under
the shell this time.
All. but my heart ached 10 see
her. as disguised as a countpman
from Smokers Gap l stood on the
outskirts Of the crowd aud watched
my fair companion trying 10 bunko
the populacc.
Il was Philadelphia on Tag Day.
and indeed the sleepy inhabitants
were easy marks They had but 90
gaze into the liquid eyes Of my dear
one 10 bite at the bait she offered.
and though we had started the game
with one torn Confederate bill
which had purloincd from a butch
er's shop. she had already done so
dcftly that her tarercd fingers now
inclosCd a wad OF genuine green
backs that. % use the parlancc OF
the race track. would have chokcd a
horse.
Indeed. I was sore 10 think that
she had been reduced 70 this. but
there was no help for il. For when
in response 20 my frantic appeals
for help an ambulance had come up
10 attend 10 the stricken dwarf, II
had been discovered that he had
not been shot al all. but was merely
suffering from indigestion.
You can imagine how keea was
my disappointment.
When. tOnderly. she had broken
the news 20 me that we were not
yet safe from Our enemies. had
fallen in a swocn. and the doctors.
disappointed over the dwarf had
eagerly swoopcd down on my uncon-
scious form. determined 70 set me
10 rights.
Trembling. she-thc lady whom
loved and for whom I Lad riskCd so
much-waited for their verdict. and
when I came 70 myself. after forty
eight hours Of anaesthesia. | could
read in her eyes something OF the
horrible truth.
| had been in the water too long.
| had water on the lungs.
! was all for having my lady-love
leave me ind save herself. but she
would not hear Of H.
You ruined your lungs for me: Il
Is my turn TO make sacrifices" she
said.
And so. after much suffering and
pain. she had hit upon this plan.
and now we were working the Phila.
dclphians 10 get the necessary money
10 pay ny hospital dues, after which
We would pursue our quest
Indeed. 1t was a marvel % note
how dCftly she handled the Pea and
iuggled il from one shell 20 another.
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Counting Delegates.

If0m Tie Buffalo EYpress.
Florida. Louisiana. Mississippi and
South Carolina combined cast 1924 votes
for Roosevelt four years ago. yet they
VIII have eighty-two delegates at the ma
tlonal convention. The eighty-two dele
gates OF Pennsylvania and Connecticut
combined represent q Republican vote IN
1904 Of 95203S This is what makes Il
Terllous for a candidate 10 be nominated
by the Southern delegates when opposed
bv the North.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-13

legally married In one State and single
In another. In one State he may be a
bigamist; In another he may be married
to one wife. and II he were an adroit
student Of the peculiar laws he might
still be free in a third State.
1t is against such complications as
these that a national divorce law is
needed. and the moral need of such legis-
lation is so patent that 1t should not be
hard 70 overcome opposition.