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The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
YiscoHnf Morley

"Brit0ns dearly love a lord" so the
saying gees, and We suppose 1t is true.
Certain it is that few Of them have the
courage TO refuse a title when rendered
them by the Crown. To be sure. a few
men Of the Gladstone stripe have put
aside the pronered coronet: but in the
majority OF cases, the temptation to
attach handle to Gnes name proves
too strong TO be overcome.
We do confess. however. that we hardly
expected Mr. John Morley. of all King
Edwards subjects, TO fail victim to the
title mania Long have We pictured him
as far removed from that sort Of thing;
as a man who figured in much finer
light as just plain John Morley than he
could ever hope TO figure as sir John"
or Lord Somebody" But It seems in
this We We're mistaken He is now Wis
count Morley. His title was offered by
the King technically, Of course-by the
ministry, IN reality-accepted and donned
almost before one had time TO realize
that the great cOmmoner was even con-
sidering it.
Doubtless the viseount had sufficient
reason for Withdrawing from the House
Of Commons 10 take a seat in the House
Of Lords. II is impossible TO suspect
him of any weak vanity or unworthy
motive But it viii not fail 10 Impress
she average observer of events and
things as rather a curious proceeding.
neverthelessi Incidentally, also. il will
further emphasize the futillty of the
weak-kneed fight against the lords to
which the Liberal party is pledged.
There is a tradition in the lords that
no new members Of the order become
eventually such sticklers for every dig
nifty. right. and glory attaching to coro-
nets as those Of erstwhile democratic and
even radical tendencies before their ele-
vation- Mr.. Morley's promotion can hard
ly be Teckoned as part and parcel OF a
plan 10 reform the lords from the inside;
whenever that method of reformation is
invoked. if il ever is. which is doubt
ful, peers will be created by the whole
sale, since It would require something like
800 Of Liberal faith TO bring results in
Br.tain's hereditary House.
Viscount Morley viii ornament the
House Of Lords just as he would orna-
ment any station. But-yiscount Morley!
It is hard TO realize that the high-sound-
Ing title is legally and irrevocably at
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
Public Building Needs.

Senator Scott's plain statement Of the
governments need Of building accommo-
dadons in Washington should carry con
viction 70 every member of Congress.
The Senator from West Virginia pre-
sented the case from a purely business
standpoint The operations of the Fed
eraI government are growing so rapidly
that new buildings must be rented yearly
90 furnish Office room In ten years the
sum annually expended for rentals has
more than doubled, amounting at the
present time TO over $4150OO. or 2 per cent
on more than S2O,000000. AS the govern
ment can borrow money at > per cent, it
would seem economical TO do so and in
vest it in the buildings actually required
for the decent and efficient conduct Of
the public business. But. of course, there
IS no need Of borrowing money for this
purpose. Tne price of the two battle
ships the President wants so badly would
pay for all the buildings the government
needs. and the money that has been
Wastefully squsndered Tor naval projects
IN various parts of the country and in
cur lnsular possessions would have built
FIVE times as many buildings as are re-
quired. The question is merely one OF
the disposition that shall be made of the
public revenues-whether they shall be
absorbed in continually increasing pro
portion for militarism. or whether they
shall be devoted TO domestic purposes.
The departments most in need OF suit
able accommodations are the State De-
psrtment and the Department of Justice
These have long been suppliants at the
feet Of Congress, Senator Scott has given
humiliating picture OF the conditions
with which the Secretary Of state has TO
deal-conditions which do US no credit
either in foreign or domestic relations.
The difficulties the Secretary has to sur
mount in receiving those who approach
him on matters Of public business are
suggestive Of the eontrivances resorted
to by the perplexed- housewife in enter
taining company in a twO-room fiat. On
a recent occasion Mr.. Root actually had
70 notify members of the diplomatic cOrps
Eot to come to the State Department IN
til he could dispose Of the delegates to
The Rio conference, who were occupving
NltS Aiifitiiiatli Hltt-fG0Ifi, international
commissions, arbitrators, and others hay
lng important business TO transact have
TO be accommodated at hotels or in pri-
vate buildings temporarily hired for the
purpose. The department is the Gus
todian Of archives of immense value
stored in cases and vaults that are not
fireproof It is cramped for quarters for
its clerical force, and the records cannot
be handled properly. The Department of
Justice is in almost as bad case.
We have mentioned these two DEPART
ments, not because there is nothing to
be said on behalf Of others. but because
they Illustrate Senator Scott's case most
admirably Any one who reads the Sen
ator's account Of the acute needs of the
various departments in the way Of space
for the transaction of business cannot
fa!l to come to the conclusion that the
government is pursuing a very poor
policy in renting inadequate quarters. in
e,oad Of housing all its employees in a
manner BETTING a great nation.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
Gamblers Die Hard
n the Richmond Tlmes-Dispateh.

Prom the Richmond Times Dispatch.
When number of men. by putting a
fence around a field and leveling off a
track, are able TO create a business that
win pay them hundreds of thousands of
dollars a year, they viii not readily give
up what they have acquired. Vested in
terests die hard and politicians of A
certain stripe can no more resist the call
Of the dough bag than sick fly can
Withstand the lure of split molasses.
Those who are fighting the gambling evil
are neither politicians nor easy marks.
but they have a moral priciple, and they
are sure to win.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
supreme Court Juri.dlction.

From the New York Sun.
Since the acquisition Of our insular pos
sessions and the temporary domination
Of our government over Cuba, the geo
graphical jurisdiction Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States has become
more extensive than that Of any other
tribunal except the judicial committee of
the privy council in England. Cases
which have arisen in remote corners of
the globe now frequently come to Wash
ington for final observation-disclosures, for ex-
ample from Hawaii the Philippine Is
lands. Cuba, and Porto Rico. At the
present term Of the Supreme Court judg-
ments have been reviewed involving the
hereditary rights of a titled Spanish lady
TO carry on the slaughter of cattle in the
city Of Havana in one case, and in another
case the right Of a Spanish lawyer to
practice his profession in the courts OF
the Philippine Islands.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
HOW BEEF TRUST WORKS.
Powerful Combination for Control
of the Meat supply.

From the New York Journal Of Commsroe.
Tie power Of the great packing
houses. working in concert. if not in ac-
tual combination, over the market for
live food animals and the market for
products. is too we'll known to admit of
denial Their agents calculate shrewdly
what the traffic will bear at both ends.
how much it will bear in pressing down
the price with Taisers OF the animals.
and how much it will bear in pushing
up the price with consumers of meat.
and the controlling consideration is profit
in the trade. But the process does not
stop with the packers OF with the whole
sale dealers. with whom their relations
are close. The spirit of cooperation for
mutual benefit extends to retailers, who
are included in the network Of close busi-
ness relations They are held IN the
leash Of nOncompetition by relations OF
credit and Of favorable or unfavorable
dealing with those who control the sup
ply, and, as some Of them admit. they
act practically as agents Of great com
bine." rather than independent traders
who can buy where they will at the best
prices they can make and sell at such
advantage as they may. When prices
push up behind them they advance fully
as much, II not more. and when they
recede tn the rear they are held up in
front or only allowed to sag. The market.
from the ranch to the butchers shop.
is largely an artificial one and. though
It cannot be handled al will as a m0nop-
oily, II can be controlled with q single
regard for the profits Of those engaged
in operating Il. Il is the modern "sys-
tenn for keeping prices as staple" as
possible. It is virtually the trust sys-
tenn superseding the system Of free
competition, and at the present time IT
is putting or keeping up the price of
meat whom II ought 10 cnrna dnun
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
BURTONS PEACE SPEECH.
1t Developed the Moral Principle
Underlying Foreign Policy.

Underlying FOFelEn Policy.
From the Ohio State Journal
No man is nearer right on the great
political questions than Congressman Bur
ton. He does his own thinking. and is
equal to the job. We speak now with
particular reference TO the question of a
big navy. Burton is against it. He be-
lieves in nations settling their differences
just as civilized men do. by reference 10
arbitration or other tribunals.
He believes that fairness sympathy,
a sense of justice, and the worlds opin-
ion are mightler than the sword, and are
more likely to settle contentious justly.
The duty Of the day is TO get these
forces into action. and the first thing to
do is to stop building war ships. and
turn that blood money into the school
houses and good roads, or lower the cost
of living.
Mr. Burton spoke against the appropria-
tlon for four more battle ships. The com
mittee reported in favor of two; that was
quite sufficient for Burton. In this, he
differs with the President, and We are
glad of It. The President Is right in
his fight FOR the supremacy Of law, and
against the aggresslons OF organized
wealth. which constitutes the momentous
issue Of the day, and is greater than all
other issues combined; but upon the navy
question. he is wrong; as he is upon the
subsidy question; upon both Of which
questions. Congressman Burton is right
We Ike to see a statesman get down
beneath the material glory of a project
and see what moral principle there is
at the base of It, for In the end II is
the moral principle that will win: and
upon this one question. one greater than
all Presidents said: "An they that take
the sword shall perish with the sword /"
We may not be able to comprehend this
doctrine now, but By the exercise OF
sympathy. forbearance. and Justice. If
will come TO us afterwhile.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
GROWTH OF SOCIAL SENSE.
Involves Saner Relation of Individ-
uais tn Each other.


Prom the Kansas Cts star
Individually the average well-to-do man
is a kindly gentleman. Socially he Is q
very rude and selfish person. who
wouldn't shake hands with himself if. as
an individual, he should meet his corn-
munal entity. Why is there this dis
parity? Simply because he holds aloof
from fellowship with mankind
II a baby Of the poor were in this aver
age citizens house the citizen would not
think OF drinking the pure pasteurized
milk and passing over 10 the babv. some
dirty, germ-infested milk. There his in
dividual sense would assert itself. But
his social sense is SO little developed that
he does exactly that ungentiemanly.
cruel thing every day In the world
But, understand, this unsocial quality
is being cultivated into a really social
sense. Men and women are learning that
il really is not polite 10 be only polite to
ones own immediate associates. They
are learning that urbanity and civility in
the restricted practice can cover-or
rather, not cover-a multitude Of sins to
the helpless or weak ones of society.
They are not learning il fast enough: but
such knowledge as they have gained
grows with increasing momentum
It is not ''paternalism" 20 see that chill
dren are properly fed and housed, and
that they have Fairgrounds and that
their physical wants are looked after In
the schools as we'll as their mental re-
qUrements. Or II this is "paternalism"
what of it? Why is word or phrase re-
pToachful If 1t means a right thing?
The sane and reasonable view Of what
attitude individuals in society should take
to one another Is certain TO come il men
and women viii only heed the bitter
cry Of the children and the sad under
tone Of ali our humanity. Nature is on
the side of the child" says John spargo
truly. &en and women in the social or
der ought 10 be as kindly.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
HARTMAN AS A SAMARITAN.
His Charitable Nature Illustrated
by Chapter I'm Erie.

by Chapter In Erie.
From the Wan Street Journal.
Dr. Lyman Abbott, in a recent address.
said we should help the undeserving poor
as Well as the deserving poor. That was
the principle on which the Coed Samar-
itan acted, although It is not rule by
which some Of our organized charities are
governed. In the case of the poor old
Erie, there can be no doubt that its
reputation has not been Of the best. Us
poverty Is a legacy Of past debaucheries.
It's conduct has. indeed. been more seemly
in recent years. yet il has never been
able to outlive its old reputation or to
recover from the debiltating effects
Of It's own excesses. 1t is not surprising,
therefore. that poor old Erie has again
appeared in the market place, exhibiting
the usual evidences of distress and hold
ing out its hands in appeal for help.
It is not surprising. moreover. that most
people have passed by on the other side
Of the street and II any have looked at
the poor sJppliant il has been to suggest
that it really ought to be sent to some
asylum or home for the aged and INDECENT
railroads. Such relatives as have been
appealed to have said that they could not
extend aid unless Erie would undergo
such treatment as they should see fit 10
prescribe. and even Grandfather Morgan
is understood to have favored shutting
the poor suppliant up under the strenuous
guardianship Of receivers who would see
that II went on no mere financial spTees.
At this juncture Hartman came along,
ard seeing the deplorable plight in which
the sufferer was, has extended aid like a
Good Samaritan. and on. the principle an
nounced by Or. Abbott without requiring
a certificate Of past good character or
even a pledge OF future good conduct
And If as a result of his philanthropy II
should turn out that Erie was finally
adopted into BIr. Harrlmans already ex-
tended family OF railroads. who Is there
TO rise Up and utter an effective word Of
rfrofagfT
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
Pensions ,Round the world.

From the Boston Transcript
Probably few persons realize the extent
of the labor which the payment Of our
pension charges impose. To sixty-seyen
countries pension checks are sent. There
are pensioners IN Japan and Liberia and
even at St. Helena. OF the STA. 434 paid 20
pensioners resident in foreign countries
last year, more than one-half went to
Canada. but Germany drew Ss5,2lS: Ire
land, S6a,S76; England S53,s1S; Mexico,
S2S50S. st. Helma's portion was $50.
sum which, though small, must be ap-
preciated in~that island Of decadent for
tunes
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
PALM SUNDAY AND EASTER.

roadway earpeted with palms and flowers,
welcome shouted by tie eager thronF:
A thousand voices sing IN DaFds song
Messiah comes, the nations king and ours"
Shouts. soggs. and palmsl Yet as the week gees b.
The shouts arc silenced and the palms are dry,
TIL that. last day when blaekness shrouds the sky
And those who shouted then, to-day cry, Cruelty -
cold, dark morning, and 3 made tomb;
Three weeping women cropping through the gloom,
To dress corpse from which the life has gone
And who shall roll away for US the stonef"
Only one streak Of twilight cold and gray,
Whitens the east and giges a hope Of day;
But see, It mounts the heavensl "The Sun: the
SUM-"
See fer the world Eternal Life begun!
edward Everett HAle.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
An Optical BIunder.

The man from Mars wanted to see New
York from the most favorable point Of
view. So they took him up on the Singer
Building.
He looked about him with great inter
est Then he looked down.
1t seems to be raining in the streets
below" he said in purest Esperanto.
The man who understood the language
followed the stranger gaze
No he said, 'it isn't raining. Those
are not umbrellas that you see-they are
Merry Widow hatsi'
And the man from Mars made a note
of IT,
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

A number Of might riders" in a South
ern community rode up to q preachers s
home and informed him they We're with
him in his crusade against sin, after
which they quietly dispersed. or course,
if some people feel an Irresistible and
overwhelming desire to might ride this
variety of the pastime Is something of an
improvement over the burning and shoot
ing kind
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
G. o. P.,s Main Prons.

From the Dallas News
It is very evident that Republican Con-
gressmen viii do all in their power.
which Is quite enough. to prevent the
passage OF the law to make campaign
contributions matters of record and pub
lication. Such contributions have long
been one Of the main props of the Re-
publican party, and that party has no
idea of kicking down any Of its founda-
ton tlmbers.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

trolling this and that patronage and this
and that legislator or group of legls-
lators.
Thus the issle raised in New York
has become a broader one than that OF
the abolition OF race-track gambling. It
is fight for popular government. as well
as for good morals. What matters it if
the politicians have undermined the gov
ernor's Presidential opportunity If he
shall win this larger contest in his own
State against all the corrupt forces ar
rayed in Opposition2
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
The Liagerer.

She, getting boider-How late do you
usually stay?
He. obtuse-Stay?
She. patiently but hopeful-Go. If you
prefer it.
He cheerfully-But I don't prefer it.
She. not TO be cajoled-How late do you
usually stay or go?
He still obtuse-Either?
She, still more hopefully-Either.
Re. chuckling merrily-I always stay
till ! go; he-he-he.
She gives it up.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
PLAIN DEALS.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CASTRO.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CASTRO.
Who is so sassy and so peart?
It's Castro.
Who Is Il shows he isn't skeart?
It's Castro.
Who is II that our might defies
In Spanish words of shocking size.
And shows his tongue and sQuints his
eyes?
It's Castro.
Who is a problem tough though small?
It's Castro.
Who haTows Up cur statesmen all?
It's Castro.
Who scorns each diplomatic plan
And SCOTS at all the consul clan,
And acts as naughty as he can?
It's Castro
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
Ono PopuIist BoIter.

From the Tacoma Ledger.
One vote in the Populist national con-
vention at St. Louis was 462 ayes to s07
noes. There were lots Of proxy ayes and
proxy noes. The Minnesota delegation
which bolted when il found Bryan would
be nominated, consisted CT one man-T.
B. Weighan, It requires courage for one
man, single-handed. to carry out a bolt
for a whole State delegation.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

There are evidently some good fish-story
tellers on both the prohibition and anti
prohibition sides out in Illinois. The
"prohibs" claim that the recent cleo
ton will put 2,0o9 saloons out of business.
while the "antis" produce figures TO show
that less than 900 viii be affected In any
way.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

taciled to the name Of this man. His
acceptance Of a peerage is one OF those
queer and unexpected things that hap
pen every lttle bit; perhaps it isn't al
together possible to tell why.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

Senator from that
State. He was born
in Wisconsin. and
received his educa-
ton in the public
schools. When he
was but twenty-five
years old. he enlist
ed in the Thirty
third Wisconsin, and
S e r we'd throughout
the civil war. When
mustered out he had
reached the rank OF
major in the Forty
fourth Wisconsin,
At the close of the
war he moved to
Kansas City Mo-
and has praeticed
law there ever since,
rnn ,,nnrr latnr he
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

1T is feared that Count Boni de Cas-
tellane may make serious trouble for his
cousin. the Prince de Sagan, when that
gentleman returns TO France" says
cable story. We presume this means that
Prince Helie may as well prepare once
more TO enact the role Of human Gus
pf5Or
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
Hanging on Rrranis FIanIs.

Frem the Chicago Inter Ocean
1t seems to be the ambition of Mr..
Watson to be a candidate for the PreSi-
dency just as often as Mr. Bryan
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

mo man was ever elected President
of she United States with a prefix Of
Ia says the Boston Herald. Oh. well:
just before McKinley's election it was
pointed out that no man with prefix of
Nc" had ever been elected; but the
hoodoo didn't work
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

American girls are going some In the
matter of titles From mere peeresses. we
are travelling toward serene highnesses
and royal highnesses." F." Likely as not, We
shall have d ma jesty' before great
many years have elapsed Won't that
be ilFst lovely2
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
Gotham's Anti-RooseveItism.

From the New York Journal of Commerce.
An uptown merchant told President
Roosevelt the other day that the anti
Roosevelt sentiment IN New York was
confined below Maiden Lane. The Presi-
dent was inclined 10 concur IN this view
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
HIs ProfessIonnI Hnhit

7 wonder why that man walking ahead
OF US continues to look down at the
pavement as he moves along9"
Don't you know him? That's Blither-
ton, the professional aeronaut.'
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

There isn't a war cloud on the horizon
as big as mans hand says the Savan-
nah News. The News should send a man
TO Washington to hear Capt Hobson tell
about one as big as the whole horizon.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

Between the White House big stick
and Mississippi's John Sharp stick, per
haps the elephant may yet be prodded
into doing something before the end of
the session.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

rs there any pleasure in a lieadaehe?''
inquiries the Los Angeles Express. Only
the pleasure that comes of resolving that
you Will never. never, never do IL again.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
side Lines.

Must a poet ever starve?"
Byron was able to sell his verse"
But he could swim the Hellespont and
do other stunts TO startle the public"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
TrreconcliIable.

"Oh. now. just because they belong to
different political parties"
Hold on They belong TO different fac
tons OF the same party"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
The Nie,rnninf

Our firmness, tt may well befall,
And we confess
Another citizen may call
Pigheadedness
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

4 New York actress disloeated her jaw
in yawning Hereafter when she notes a
disposition upon the part Of her audience
to yawn. she should be prepared to Hven
things up bit Immediately.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
Hcrr,s n snrrenfinn.

I suppose the next viii be Merry
Widow cigar?''
NO doubt. Such weeds would, indeed,
be appropriate"
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

It is unusual 10 have a Republican
United States Senator accredited to Mis-
souri,, but at present such Is the fact,
Senator William Warner being the junior
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

Mr. Beach Hargis has been refused
bail We think the court sized up the
situation correctly. Beach" Is rather
ornamental TO a jail. We suspect
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
A Victim of the Beef Trust.

From The Ohio State Journal
The price Of meat is so high that we
are suffering from a case Of exaggeFated
egg-oism at our house. -
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ono to onset the Other.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
If some Hobson would arise in Japan
and warn the people Of danger OF war
with Uncle Sam, peace would be assured.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

It is reported that Harry Thaw has
agreed calmly to stay insane until Evelyn
Nesbit Thsw gets the marriage knot un-
tied