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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
BAD REPUBLICAN YEAR.
Col WattersOn's Paper Sees Hope
Ahead for the Democracy.

Col Watterson's Paper Sees Hope
Ahead for the Democracy.
From the Louisville Courier-JoUrnal
Mr. Roosevelt is a man OF ability Of
integrity. and Of patriotic intention. He
is loyal 20 his party and TO his friend.
He knows. and everybody else knows
whose opinion is worth anything. that
without infamy and ruin he could not ac-
cept nomination over the head OF judge
Taft; that. II Fairbanks. Hughes or
Cannon should be nominated-or threat
ened with nOmination-and he allowed his
own name 20 be interposed, he would not
only split the Republican party wide
open, but would consign himself to Ger
tain and ignominiOus defeat and an i'm
mortality Of disgrace. He has no thought
of such a thing Nor have his real
friends
II looks 10 the Courier-Journal as
though this is going 10 be a bad year for
the Republicans. Since they are likely to
be beaten anyhow by the hard times
ahead. which no party in power can or
ever could resist. they had better LEI
ROOseveltism slide. and stick 10 their Re
puhlicanism. In the long run defeat IN
der the leadership OF Fairbanks. or
Hughes. OF Cannon, would be better than
victory under Roosevelt and Taft.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
MENACE TO THE SOUTH.
One Paper that Takes the Ohio Plat
form Seriously.

From the Norfolk NirgiIisn-Pilot
The menace OF a loss Of voting power
to the South In Congress and the cleo
toral college is serious. so far as the
absence Of any substantial legal OBJ
stacle is concerned. II the Republican
party should adopt that feature OF the
Ohio platform. and retain control
through the ensuing elections Of the ex-
ecutive and legislative branches OF the
government and should decide 10 follow
that method of insuring future supremacy
in Federal affairs, the South mas no
ground for hope in the Intervention OF the
judiciary
That door is closed by the simplicity
Of the terms and the absolute nature OF
the charter giving Jurisdiction TO Con
gress. Assuming. as we have the right
that the movement is an earnest one
that Roosevelt and Taft are behind il.
as they must be or Ohio would not have
sounded the signal, then the only appeal
the South has Is 20 the people of the
country at the ballot box; and. il that
fails, the only giimmer OF solution will be
In the chance that. after winning a con-
tinuance IN power. the Republican leader
ship will find il cheaper 10 forget their
ante-election promises than TO pursue 10
the end policy so purely vengeful and
partisan as certain TO bring savage re-
prisals from the whirligtg OF Time.
The Ohio declaration is war cry: and
II pressed, II must be met In battle array.
not by a lawsuit.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
NOT A HoRsEIEsS AGE.
Number of Animals Increasing, as
Well as Their Quality

Prom the Boston Transcript
The horseless age that has been so
persistentiy predicted is not merely slow
in coming: the facts indicate that it is
farther away than ever, and perhaps
may never come. We hope 1t win not.
while al the same time welcoming all
the new aids 10 rapid and untrammeIed
transportation People must be riding a
great deal more than they ever rode be-
fore. The automobile industry in tnis
country has qUadrupled In vale in the
last three years, and has developed at
even greater rate IN the number Of
machines manufactured. But the stalls
tics Of horsefesh keep on expanding.
There were more than 100000 horses
in this country in 1897. but according 10
the figures for the year Just closed there
are 19,746,000 horses in the United States
at the present time. This is a gain az
nearly 20 per cent In a decade. a much
larger one than the human element can
show. in spite Of our large and continu-
Gus lnportations. Not only are there
more horses. but evidently they are bet
ter ones, striking triumph for the
science OF eugenics, since the value has
Increased about fourfold, and increasing
prices OF feed would not account for all
the difference The horse cannot be put
down or relegated 20 obscurity He sur
wives the withdrawal Of the stimulus of
race gambling In Missouri. and comes out
in falrer proportion than ever. As ne
chanical rivals multiply he rises IN the
scale OF dignifed personality The very
TACT OF the high cost Of the power ma
chimes increases his value. just as we
nave 70 pay more for ccrned beef when
Dorterhouse steaks go up. The last horse
VIII probably take his leave at about
the same time as the last man.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
CONVICTIONS A SURPRISE.
Influence Of Public Opinion on Har-
risburg Grnff CRses.


From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Among the most interesting bits Of no.
litlcal gossip elected during the progress
OF the capitol-conspiracy trial is the ad-
vice the late Senator Quay is said TO
have given 20 his lntimates in the Or
ganization in the very last years OF his
life; Don't touch the State capitol game:
It is going to be Jail job
The cases viii be appealed and fought
TO the last ditch, no doubt. but the YER
dict in the court OF first Jurisdiction is
the most surprising thing that has hap
pened in Pennsylvania within twenty
years. When the jury Of hard-beaded
unsentimental. thrifty Pennsylvania '.yeo-
men" from the interior districts was
chosen the general belief expressed BY
shrewd observers and old hands in Jury
management was that II the state can
make up any sort of case. these Jury
men will certainly convict"
The basis Of the judgment was that
these men. who would have considered
the expenditure OF $500 for the furnish
ing Of house extravagant. would hasten
10 condemn the waste OF thousands of
dollars on bootblaek stands and barber
racks, and would send any body OF men
TO jail for life for squandering millions
Of the public money
When. however. the State had disclosed
its case. the opinion was very widely
and generally expressed that the Jury
would not bring in a verdict of guilty
under the laws and decisions IN tails
Commonwealth relating TO conspiracy.
II is here suggested that these men
are not guilty. II is a certainty that
millions OF money was wasted that San
derson received an outrageous profit. and
that the whole operation was a nauseat
ing piece of jcbhery: but 1t is to be re-
membered that there is not the slightest
evidence in all this wonderful display
OF testimony that traces a single dollar.
directly or indirectly. to the hands of any
OF the four men convicted. except to
SandersOn. the contractor who was paid
tremendous prices for work and material.
Did Mathues. Snyder. and Shumakev
conspire frandulently and for their own
profit to mulct the State, or did they
jpt go along" as most State officials
nave been going along for a generation
with every job? The just citizen need
nave no qualms of conscience as to the
convicted men, There were irregularities
OF a gross kind; the officials were neg
lectful; they were guilty of rnisfeasance
OF nonfeasance in office. they permitted
the State treasury to be looted; they were
not watchdogs and caretakers, but were
at the very least acquiescent and com
PLEASANT during period of wild profiigacy
and waste, but II is not extravagant to
say that ten years ago they could nof
have been convicted in Pennsylvania
courts of conspiracy to defraud on the
evidence submitted in this case. The
change is perhaps due to a change of
public sentiment which subtly influences
judges and turies
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
POWER OF THE SPEAKER.
Protest Against His Arbitrary Domi-
nation of Legislation.

Prom the Kansas City Star.
The Speaker has for many years had
too much power. but under the present
rules. and IN pursuance of Speaker Can
mons proclivities TO Official despotisu. that
power has become even greater than II
was under the Reed dominion. What is
still more vexatious. this authority is
used by the Speaker to obstruct lepisla-
ton recommended by the President and
desired by the people. and to advance
bills that do not meet with popular an
proval. but are demanded by the Special
Interests.
Speaker Cannon has been especially ar
bitrary this session. II was observed
when his committees were appointed that
he had organized them with especial ref
erence to proposed or probable bills. II
was said at once that with those commit
tees he could, If he would. almost com
pletely block the Presidents programme
And so far he has done that thing. This
action is all the more significant in view
Of the political aspects Of the situation
in view of the fact that Speaker Cannon.
as a Presidential candidate of the Special
Interests. is doing his utmost to discredit
and hamper the administration.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
MONDAY. MARCH 1s. 1908.
Congress and Race.traek Gambling.

Congress and RRce-track Gambling.
Congress should feel in duty bound to
act speedily on the race-track gambling
question
II ought TO pass law without delay
that will prevent further farcical hair
splitting IL the courts and wipe out for
ever the evil which disgraees the National
Capital There is no occasion for hear
ings, no excuse for postponement, but
there is a pressing necessity for imme-
date action. If Congress is fully alive TO
its duty. If it appreciates. as it should,
the demoralizing conditions which bring
shame and reproaeh upon this community
and in the responsibility for which Con-
gress Of necessity shares-if these things
are in the minds OF the law-making bodies.
action will not be deferred. This is no
mooted question. There is but one side
to it. Considered from the viewpoint OF
business or of morals, the public gam
bling at Benning in the spring and autumn
is damaging to the city. Everybody ad-
nits it and deplores and condemns the
evil-everybody but the gamblers them
selves and their allies. the race-track
owners
Washington approves clean, honest sport.
This is sport-loving city. But the racing
at Benning with It's gambling attach
ment, is not clean or an honest sport.
When its promoters admit that without
the New York blacklegs, with the touts
and pickpockets and other undesirables
that follow in the bookmakers' train. the
Benning meetings cannot be maintained.
then it is self-evident that the whole bust
ness ought to be outlawed. and outlayed
at once.
These sO-called boo1makers, the brazen
gamblers who swoop down upon the Can
ital twice year and preside over dis
graceful orgies. and for whose benefit the
authorities have been splitting hairs all
these years, have trifled with the law too
long 1t is now incumbent upon Congress
10 enact plain and stringent law, such
as the District Commissioners ask. that
Will permit of no more evasions and no
more ridiculous hair-splitting-a law that
viii not make of those who attempt TO
enforce and interpret It the laughing
stock Of those who defy it,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16

John Sharp Williams. IN New York World.
The best thing that the Democratic
party can do is to emphasize the Issues
that have been naturally evolved In the
life OF the nation, and met in more or
less efficient way upon the floor OF the
Senate and Of the House. The worst
that it can do is to indulge in the knight
errantry OF roaming around seeking
to discover new issues or sitting in a
closet striving 10 invent them. The is
sues which have been naturally evolved
and which ought most to be emphasized
are revision Of the tariff looking toward
tariff with a view OF revenue only:
laws depriving corporations OF special
privilege or the power Of extending spe-
cial privilege. without which trusts can
not exist; cessation Of Federal usurpa-
ton OF authority; clean and pure cleo
ton. and Justice to the iaboring man.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16

The Presidents New Trust Programme
The programme OF legislation now nm
dergoing formulation at the White House
the transmission of which in a special
message Congress awaits with mingled
feelings of apprehension, dismay. and in
subordination-is Of an important and
far-reaching character. For several years
President Roosevelt has been telling Con
gress and the country that the Sherman
antitrust law should be amended so as
10 permit reasonable combinations and
agreements among the agencies Of COM
merce, manufacture, and Transportation
To these agencies must now be added
another-combinatons of labor tho
status of which, under the recent opinion
of the Supreme Court in the Danburv
case, seems rather equivocaI. Amend
ment Of the Sherman act so as to ieEalize
the combinations that modern conditions
o. Industry and commerce apparently
make indispensable involves a serious de-
parture from the principles which have
heretofore governed the attitude of our
statesmen toward such combinations. II
is improbable therefore, that the COM
plete programme outlined in recent news
paper reports as having been substan-
tally agreed on at White House confer
ences can be carried out at the present
session, though some features of II NAV
be.
The Sherman antitrust law is a very
simple measure. enacting the principles
OF the common law concerning monop-
olies and combinations in restraint pro
viding machinery Cor its enforcement and
penalties for its violation. II is a pro-
hibitive measure. and entirely in har-
mony with the destructive antitrust leg
islation that cumbers the statute books
of practically every State in the Union.
Most Of this legislation has proved a
complete failure. The concentration.
combination, and coordination of indus
try, commerce. and transportation has
proceeded at an accelerated pace since
its enactment, until contracts. agree
ments. and regulation OF human activity
by voluntary associations, all tending
toward the restraint OF trade, or at least
toward the restriction of that perfect
freedom OF action which is the laissez-
fare ideal. have become the rule instead
or the exception in every department OF
human enterprise. Capitalization of in
dustry. the consolidation of railway sys-
TENS, and the organization of great
bodies Of skilled workmen are among
the most conspicuous phenomena Of the
economic order. That control by man
over the artificial processes through
which his material wants are supplied.
which is the dream Of the evolutionary
socialist is being realized by some OF our
vast industrial organizations, like the
Standard OIL Company and the steel
trust. So inevitably does this concentra-
.tion of industry develop. that antago-
nistic legislation, the fruit Of over two
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
DEPORTATION OF CRIMINALS.
Belief Among Foreigners that We
DO NOT Dare Enforce Law.

La
From sDesch By Rep Bonnet. Of New Yo-s.
The foreien-born themselves want to
get rid Of these criminals. Now. will
say TO the whole House. as A result OF
three and a half months in Eurone FOR
the Immigration Commission - talking
with the chiefs OF police. governors OF
provinces, talking with the plain.
common people. talking with anybody
that l thought knew anything about i'm
nligration-that the worst effect on the
foreign criminal himself Is produced by
the impression that in this country. where
we have very largely manhood suffrage
We are so afraiG OF the forelgn-born voter
that We viii stand up for the foreign
born criminal because We are towards
That is the impression they have abroad
OF US want 20 say that the vote OF
TINS House on Monday, when II gets over
70 Italy and TO Turkey and to Austria.
Dy wire or by newspaper. viii confirm
mat impression In the mind Of every
Cammortsta in Naples, every MafaIst in
Messina- every Black Hand in Palermo.
and every Hunchakist in ConstantinopIe.
That is what they believe OF this coun-
try They believe that we cannot enforce
the law. and do not dare 10 enforce the
law. have had an Italian in Calabria
which IS said 70 contain the most dan
gerous criminals. although I venture TO
doubt II. shake his finger across the table.
IN the council room Of his city hall and
tell me about man that came back
from village in the State OF New York.
a man who had been a carpenter earn.
ing day, and had felt his life 10
be unsafe in the State Of New York:
had gone back to Italy and worked for
50 cents day because he felt safer in
Caiabria, Italy, than IN the state Of New
York in country village.
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Hughes opinion of HI, Halo.

From the Boston Herald.
Gov. Hughes habitral reserve and
modesty makes all the more significant
the occasional disclosures of his state Of
mind toward himself and his tasks. In
his fraternal talk with fellow-Brunonlans
he said that the halo Of fame and of
power was a little hot. so hot that at
times he would like 20 take it off to rest
his head. He also said that the great
satisfaction Of high Office was the work
ii permitted one 20 do. its distinctions of
rank and form being but nfockery. This
variant Of the old saying. Uneasy lies
the head that wears a crown" has its
note OF pathos and of gentle scorn for
those foolish mortals who think that to
become famous or all powerful in affairs
OF state is 10 be set free from care.
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ALTERNATING CURRENTS.
From the Chicago Record Herald
SIGNS OF SPRING.

When your shoes begin 10 pinch.
When your toes begin 10 burn,
When your undertaking sticks,
And you yeaTn and yearn and yearn
For the right 10 travel far
From the Job to which you cling.
There can be no further doubt
You may know that II is spring.
When al night you find the house
Uttered up with strips and shreds;
When you find the fashion books
And the patterns on the beds;
When your wife complains that life
Is a dreary. dismal thing.
Just because her waist won't III,
You may know that ii is spring.
When the cab horse trOtting BY
SpiasheS mud across your nose:
When your hat rolls through the street.
While the west wind wildly blows:
When your neighbor's toothless boy
Breaks your windows with his sling
And the cellars flooded, you
May be sure that II is spring
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16

decades OF incessant and imbittered sgi-
tation, has had not the smallest effect
upon IT,
President Roosevelt proposes to recog-
nize the inevitable fact OF the economic
order by repeating the statutory prohi-
bition of combinations and by expressly
sanctioning all such agreements. con-
tracts. and combinations as may be
shown to have no injurious effect upon
the public interest. In other words, the
trust, instead OF being an outlaw. Will
become, in the new order Of things, a
legitimate organization. and restraint Of
trade, whenever it can be shown that it
has reason for being, will not be fought
in the courts. AS the elimination OF a
long-continued trust-bustlng campaign,
these proposals may seem startling and
revolutionary. but they have been long
IL the mind of the President. and the ex-
perience OF Federal officials in enforcing
the law and the information gathered by
government investigators show that
there is a benehcent side of industrial
organization. which. If properly directed,
may be brought to subserve the common
good. Constructive and supervisory legis-
lation is the need OF the present, instead
Of the destructive. prohibItory and
largely nugatory legislation OF the past
The Presidents programme may be in
advance of public sentiment-doubtless IL
is long way In advance OF Congress
sional opinion; but there is strong feel
ing among many people that the corpora
ton problem should be dealt with along
broader lines. We may not be able TO
crush out the trusts. but we can compel
them 20 serve the public fairly and with
out extortion or oppression.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
Nobility.

Have you noticed the suits OF armor
which we have in the hall?" asked Mrs.
Gottit Lately
Yes. replied her neighbor. Where
did you get them?T
They We're all handed down 10 US.
Every one OF them was worn by my an
cestors or my husbands in the Revolu-
tionaTy war
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16

During the eonsid-
GRAFTON OF the post
Office appropriation
biz, and by permits
sion Of Representative
Overstreet. r epre-
sentative Hamilton
took occasion TO get
in a political speech.
reciting what the Re
publican party has
done. is doing, and
what II viii do. The
speech was replete
with choice epigrams,
which kept the House
in good humor the
whole time he had
the floor.
Mr.. Hamilton is a
native Of Niles, the
city he still claims as
his home.
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Mr.. Foraker and BrownsvirIe.
From the Boston Herald.

ItlIII tIlU lIelUI IItIAlI-
Senator Foraker's opposition 70 the
President is not captious nor partisan.
He is fighting for principle. just as he
was in his attitude upon the railroad
rate bill As long as ne Is convinced that
he has principle and the facts behind
him he win continue 10 fight. whatever
the consequences may be 70 him.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16

The st. Louis Times thinks $1,000 a
measiy price TO pay Evelyn Thaw along
with the annulment Of that marriage, in
view Of the fact that she saved the hide
Of Harry Thaw." Still, the Thaw for
tune is surely entitled to some rebate for
the things she did 70 Harry previous to
the said hide-saving.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16

Mr.. Reuterdahl thinks our ships wear
their armor plate In the wrong place.
What does he know about it2 He's no
doctor. Doubtless the man would ad-
wise human being 10 wear a porous
plaster on the top of his head. Let us
hear from Admiral Rixey as to the fit
and proper place for battle ship TO
wear its armOr plate,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
AS THINGS LOOK TO THEM.

Pa says that things look very dark.
But ma keeps hopeful right along.
She says there's no use feelin' blue,
For right will triumph over wrong.
Mas got lot Of fine new clos.
And all her words are fun Of cheer.
/ guess that pa will have 10 wear
The spring suit which he got last yea
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Willing

I have spring poem here" said the
young man with the long hair. that 1
would like TO read"
Very well, replied the busy editor;
III it's short enough you can do 1t as YOU
go down in the elevator"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
In Georgia.

Hitch up the old mare John. ard put
the demijohn in the wagon"
'Old mares dead. paw
We'll, I'll walk the forty miles TO the
State line"
The bridge is down. Youn halter swim
the river
"oh, WELL rum amt sot no holt on me.
l kin take 10 or leave II alone"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16

Connecticut town is offering marriage
licenses to men at one-half the price
charged women. II would be much more
stimulating 10 the marriage market In
that town TO reverse the rule and tender
the bargain end OF II 20 the women.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
wasted English Waterways,

From Country Life.
The Germans are aware OF the fact
which for some time has been suspected
in Overwhelmingly, that when railways
We're introduced the country was too
hasty in arriving at the conclusion that
they would altogether supplant the water
ways
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16
All Alone.

Il see you have spear OF grass" re-
marked the sarcastic citizen.
Yes" responded the man who was try
ms 20 raise lawn. but 1t seems to be
one OF those spears that knows no
brother"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-16

The Augusta (Ga) Chronicle thinks
baseball language should be given prefer
ence over Esperanto in our pubic schools
Pshaw, Does the Chronicle imagine there
is a ten-year-old boy in that town who
isn't already perfectly familiar with base
bah lingo?