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The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
TUESDAY. MAY 26. 1908.
Two Hughes Vetoes.

Gov. Hughes has taken occasion, in
two veto messages. 10 lay down what
he conceives to be sound principles OF
governmental control OF public service
corporations. The legislature passed bills
reducing the fare 10 Coney Island 10 3
cents, and authorizing the grant Of ffty-
year franchises TO rapid transit COM
panIes IN New York. One Of these meas
ures is inimical TO a corporation that Is
an object or popular dislike, and the
other would have been highly favorable
to any corporation securing the grant
but inimIcal TO the public welfare. Both
were disapproved. although the governor
might have gained temporary applause
and superficial popularity by the con-
trary course. {.
In his veto Of the scent fare bill. Gov.
Hughes follows the principle enunciated
in his famous 2-cent fare veto-that a
legislative reduction OF fares should not
be undertaken without full and impair
tial inquiry into the necessity and the
possibility therefor. and that, the public
service commission having been given
power to make such inquiry and 10 act
upon Il. the business Of regulation should
be left 20 the commission. He declares
the bill ar attempt 70 impose an arbi-
trary maximum by legislative fat, which
could not be enforced. TT is idle" he
points out. ito suppose that the COM
panies can be compelled TO reduce their
fanes TO cents merely because the legls-
lature says so. Whether a scent fare
is a fair one depends upon facts, and
not upon sentiment. desire, or prejudice. "
The governor does not mean 20 say. Of
course, that the legislature has no power
to reduce fares. He means that the
legislature has no power TO take the
property Of corporation or Of a citizen
without due process OF law, nor 10 de-
prive either Of just return on their in
vestment. II the 5-cent fare did this. the
enactment would be null and void FOR
unconstitutionality, and would be so de-
clared by the courts.
Having prevented by one veto a pos
sible act Of injustice to a corporation.
Gov Hughes, by his other veto. pre-
serves the public from a sacrifice OF
rights that may be worth millions in
years TO come. He shows that no one
can estimate what fifty-year grant NAV
eventually be worth. and declares that
proper control over the highways and
public Improvements OF the city must be
reserved. not surrendered by grants
contrary to sound Judgment and wise
policy" In both these vetoes Gov.
Hughes displays the qualities Of a cour-
ageous and faithful servant Of the people
holding even scales as between public
and private rights.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
The LIherlan ExnerImenL

Secretary Taft in his speech at Brook
lyn the other day on Industrial educa-
tion and the negro said that plans had
been suggested for a migration Of the
colored brother 70 some other country
where he could live by himself or among
his brothers, organize his own society.
and create a nation for himself. He de-
clared that the scheme was chinrericaI.
because the negro has no desire to go.
and II he had the desire, would hardly
gain the consent OF the South to let
him go.
Liberia has long been waiting for the
American negro TO come and take ad-
vantage OF its negro republic. but the
colored man has shown no intense de-
sire to go to a country Of his kind.
A commission has Just come from Ii
IBERIA TO seek immigrants from among the
colOred folk OF this country One Of its
members is DR.. Garret w. Gibson. an
immigrant who was born in this country.
and who has been President of the Ii
berian republic. lie comes to tell the
colored man that what Liberia wants Is
intelligent negroes and the proper IA
cilities for marketing It's products. The
commission hopes that President Roose-
welt may be interested. and it hopes also
10 interest American capitalists with the
idea Of urging them to furnish money
with which railroads may be built in
Liberia and a line OF steamers estab-
lished between that country and the
United States.
That this Liberian commission is des-
tined TO achieve any large success in its
mission is extremely doubtful, though its
plan OF inviting immigration is vastly
different from some of the deportation
schemes that have been proposed. As Sec
retary Taft said, the milk in the cocoa
nut is that the negro does not want to
go. and Liberia has not sufficient in
ducement TO. offer him. It is true that
out there the privilege OF the franchise
belongs 20 the negro exclusively, but
then there are no white men that want
1t. and so. Of course the franchise hardly
seems worth having. The climate is ex-
cessively hot; the country is only par
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
TIMES GO BY TURNS.

The Topped tree in time may grow again.
Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower:
The sorriest wight may find release Of pain.
Tho driest soil suck in some moistening shower:
Times 60 by turns. and chances change by course,
From foul 10 fair. from better hap to worse.
The sea Of fortune doth not ever flow.
She draws her favoIs 20 the lowest ebb:
Her tides have equal times TO come and 60:
Her loom doth weave the fine and coarsest web
No JOY 50 great but runneth to an end.
No hap so hard but may IN fine amend.
Not always fall Of leaf ever spring;
Not endless pight. yet not eternal day:
The saddest birds a season find 20 sing.
The toughest storm a calm may soon allay.
Thus with succeeding turns. God tempereth all.
That man may hope TO rise. yet fear 10 fall
A chance may win that bY mischance was lost;
That net that holds no gseat. takes little fish:
In some things ALL in all things none are cross'd;
Few all they need. but none have all they wish
Unmingled joys here 10 no man bcfall;
Who least. hath some; who most hath never all.
Robert Southwen. Priest; martyred. in Elizabeth
reign
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
FOR THE COLORED BROTHER.
Ex-senator Chandler Loyal TO Fif-
teenth Amendment.

From the Springfield Republican.
No old-timer handed down 10 US. so to
speak. from the civil war era is more
devoted TO maintaining the political rights
Of the colored race, under the fifteenth
amendment than ex-senator William E
Chandler. Of New Hampshire. He fails
entirely 20 sympathize with the way in
which the Republican leaders OF the
House dealt with the campaign publicity
bin, for two reasons. First, he honestly
wants a publicity law: second, he re-
mains loyal 10 the fifteenth amendment
In another letter 10 Senator Burrows,
Mr.. Chandler argues the point, insisting
that Il Is a mistake to thrust TO the
front the fourteenth amendment, in
which the colored race has no political
interest, and thrust 10 the rear the IF
teenth amendment, in which they have a
vital interest. And he reminds Senator
Burrows. furthermore, that there are
also some old-fashioned anti-slavery Re
publicans who take an interest in the If
teenth amendment. which guaranteed
suffrage as the birthright OF every Amer
lean. without regard 20 color, who viii
not take kindly 10 the abandonment OF
that amendment even IN connection with
publicity bill" The truth IS. that even
the South, in a considerable degree at
least. would be reconcled 10 the reduc-
ton of its representation in Congress and
the electoral college, under the working
Of the fourteenth amendment, II such a
development would insure the annulment
OF the hfteenth, There is no reason to
question john Sharp Williams sincerity
when he declared In the House Friday
IF you want 10 ignore the fifteenth
amendment. If you want TO recognize the
fifteenth amendment as obsolete. II you
are willing 10 restore 10 Mississippi the
power she had in the old time frankly
TO put her suffrage on race lines, We are
ready for II. You can do whatever you
please. and as 10 the reduction OF our
representation. in Gods name take it,
and welcome to il, too"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
PAVING AND PROMOTION.
sideIights on Methods of Getting
Business with Cities.

business with Cities.
From the Chicago Record-HeraId.
A suit In Detroit has resulted in the
filing OF contract between a paving con-
Germ and one OF its agents by the terms
OF which the latter was 10 be allowed to
spend 20 cents per square yard on every
Job of paving 'for the promotion part OF
the business" Another provision was that
he might disburse as much as 5000 at
any time 'in promoting the interests Of
the company and charge It against this
20 cents per yard account
The dispatch which tells Of this contract
says that Il sheds some remarkable side
lights on the paving business The init
nation is, of course, that there IS rather
too much politics Of a certain kind IN
the business. and there have been other
indications that this was the fact. Prob
ably there is no city in the country that
has not suffered at one time or another
from the activity Of agents Of the COM
panies. Streets have been paved against
the just protests OF property owners. the
prices charged have been out OF reason,
the work done has been Of the poorest.
There was a time here in Chicago when
- N"S N'AAAAANAANAg sARNNNNA llAttA a paw
ment would 20 TO pieces shortly after II
was laid, and expectations were seldom
disappointed. More recently 1t was shown
that the prices charged were noticeably
high by comparison with the prices
charged in other cities. There was talk
OF combine OF stone men and OF the
consequent injustice from which the
property owner suffered.
History shows that for one reason and
another there is no branch Of city work
that has been subject 10 greater abuses
than that OF street paving and none that
calls for greater watchfulness on the part
Of city officials. Taxpayers are not likely
10 complain when they get their moneys
worth, but 10 revert 10 the Detroit case,
II Is quite evident that 20 cents per square
yard for promotion Is not likely to add
to the quality Of asphalt or any other
material
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Busy Days at Mint.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
These are busy days al the mint Tba-a
are no signs Of industrial depression in
the big government building at Seven
teenth and Spring Garden streets. The
activity in that magnificent structure Is
due to the unusual coinage Of gold. Since
the panic. the New York assay o.hce
has Sent over S5o,0OOOoO in gold bullion 10
the Philadelphia Mint TO be coined.
Since the first OF the current year the
inflow Of the glttering metal has been
so great that it forced the officials OF the
mint 20 add more than forty women ad-
Justers TO that department. The mint
turns out more than SSJ.9O0 daily, and
within the last four months more than
S70,000.000 has been coined. which exceeds
the amount coined all last year by $40
c0O,OOO
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Sidney BIeber. Capitalist.

All doubt is now removed as TO our
ubiquitous and sdebonair young friend.
Sidney Bieber-ss TO his status in this
community, we mean.
Heretofore II has been difficult 10 ap-
praise him definitely. Try as We would,
we couldn't do IT. Even the luminous pic
ture Senator Carter drew OF him left us
still groping for llght-gfoping in the
dark.
Thanks 70 the young man, we are now
enabled 20 appraise him Alright. He has
led US out of the darkness and into the
light. We Erope no more Having en-
llghtened US, illuminated his personal
ity. appraised himself. we do not hesi-
tate 20 say his word goes with us-lt
goes every time.
Sidney Bieber is a capltallst-he admits
it-proclaims it--swears to it. So much do
we think of him. such Joy do VIC get
out OF him as we plod along or grope
through life. that we should have accept
ed his appraisement. even II he had not
made oath to IT, He has familiariEed
himself. The public knows him better.
Doubt no longer envelOps him. He looms
out. clear and strong
Turning to an old friend at our elbow
Webster Imperial edition)-he readily de-
fines Sidney for US, and thus the last
lingering vestige OF uncertainty vanishes
at once and forever:
Capitalist Cn)-A man who has capital, or stock
IN trade usually denoting a man Of large property
which is or may be employed in business"
There you have Sidney! There he is
defined authoritatively and photograph
icaIly.
What matters It whether he have capital
or stock in trade? It's the same thing. IS
It not? Webster tells us 50. Stock in
trade may be made up OF one thing or
many things. In SIdneys case one or
many may comprise II. More likely It IS
one. II we should be asked to hazard
guess 40 20 what actually constitutes
his capital or stock in trade, we should
make a stagger at ii and answer nerve
a colossal, capitalized NERVE, that
constantly fills US with both wonder and
admiration.
Communities crave capitalists. cultivate
them. and turn them to good account.
We have done nohe Of these things with
Sidney. We don't seem to be doing DO
now. Like Topsy. he "Jes growed E"
We've had him In our midst all these
years without knowing what he was.
Appraised by himself and defined by
Webster. his status now is fixed clearly
and unassaiIably. - prophet not with
out honor save in his own country" he
shall never be I'm days 20 eome-not ~ we
can help it. In the name OF Uncle sam
and an admiring nation and community,
therefore. we bid Sidney continue TO make
himself perfectly at home. Only a few
things have we 10 ask In return. Let
him, If he can. keep his eyes off the
water front. spare us the oppression OF
a paving trust. and. at his convenience.
strike his name from the list OF perma-
nently incapacitated pensioners OF the
District fire department.
Then he shall be our pride and Joy for
evermore. He shall indeedl
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Fit for FroIic or Fight.

From the 81. Louis Times
While critics of the navy are finding
fault with arTnor belts. hoists. and other
matters OF detail that will receive atten-
tion in due course, the navy is setting
new peace marks. which. in very def
mite way. speak for new marks in general
efficiency for any occasion. 1t may be
that there are weak points here and
there in the American navy. but the fleets
that now float under the bars and
Stripes are At for fight or frolie, per-
haps a bit more fit for such occasions
than any other navy in the world not
even excepting that of England, where
accidents are entirely too numerous TO
inspire complete confidence, either at
home or abroad.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

TALLY improved. and though it is said
70 be very rich In natural resources. espe-
cislIy forests, It lacks the capital to de-
velop these.
II is true that the influx OF body or
the better class OF American negroes
might add much to the progress OF Ii
IBERIA, but the difficult thing will be TO
show the negro how he himself is to be
advantaged by exile to country where
the delights he has known in the United
States are quite denied.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Municipal ornershin.

From the Grand Rapids Herald
The determination Of Chicago to here
after buy its electric power for its light
ing service, together with the demoraliza-
tion and dissatisfaction for the past week
reigning in Cleveland as the result OF
Mayor Tom Johnson's Scent street car
system, are causing the advocates Of mu-
nicipal ownership TO DO some serious
thinking. p
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
The Way of the world.

The Sign Board has nothing back of
him but a vacant lot" sneered the Side
walk TO the Bank Wall, but doesn't he
put on airs?'
"Oh." responded the Wall. that is
because a lot of poster girls are stuck
on him"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

A Chicago man has been acquitted OF
burglary on the ground that he Is sub
ject to fits We suppose it was easy for
him to prove that he is on familiar terms
with the 'jimmies," which is no more
far-fetched than some technlcalties we
have heard of.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
The Panic Is Passing.

From the Omaha Bee.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie road, one
OF the big coal-carrying lines. has placed
a rush order for 1000 steel coal cars, and
declares that the greatest rush known to
business in years will be on before the
cars can be placed on the rails The
panic is becoming q reminiscence.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

Jesse Overstreet. He
can hold his own
with any Of them,
not excepting James
Mann. of Illinois.
and that Is saying a
great deal. Mr.. Over
street has not as yet
reached the half cen
tury mark. and is
classed with the
younger statesmen
in the House. His
education was re-
ceived both In the
common schools and
college. Taking up
law as a profession.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

A japanese poet has written poem 10
Mr.. Roosevelt beginning thus; "Amana-
gawa ihoekakarita, kawa nj muki-te."
This should interest Ar. Hartmann It
looks like something pretty hercel
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Germ of the Nerrywid.

From the Ohio State Journal.
II the new-made widow stops to look
in the glass to see how she looks in
black, there is hope that she will not
always refuse TO be comforted.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

Disfranchisement OF the negro is to be
passed upon by the people OF Georgia this
year AS the watermelon season looms
large on the horizon, however. the col
Ored brother probably isn't as much in
ttrested in the proposed constitutional
amendment as you might imagine.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

The whip-poor-wills are singing" says
the Anderson (S. c. Mail. This Is the
first direct testimony we have seen in
corroboration Of Senator Bob" TayIors
theory that a whip-poOr- sings.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

Mr.. Hobson predicts that this country
will be at war with Japan inside Of five
years. Well. If the 1912 Hobson Presi-
Dental boom isn't left waiting at the
church, the country will be safe. won't
ft7
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

Roumania says the Standard Oil Com
pany shall not do business in that land.
II Roumania isn't careful. Mr.. Rookie
felIer will buy it and fence it OF for a
horse lot.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

A scientific fellow has figured that we
would all be a great deal happier II the
sun were blue He Will doubtless get
pretty blue trying 10 figure a way to
make il so however
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Stin n Few Left

From tho Chicago News.
Gov. Hughes viii not accept second
place nor will President Roosevelt accept
first place. Still. it will be possible to-
make up ticket.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

Perhaps Mr.. Tom Watson would like it
better If few moro bricks were thrown
in his direction. The present situation
must make him feel more or less unim-
portant.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Planning the House.

Whene'er a young pair halts before
The windows of carpet store,
You may surmise
The whats and why's.
l think l need say nothing more.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
A Paradox.

What a fiat situation that new house
has which Mr. Plunglt. the bold specu-
lator, is building for himself?"
Yes. it is fiat. and yet he built it on
q bluff" 4"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

Just as the season comes when we can
laugh at the coal trust" begins the
Baltimore Sun. But the season never
comes when We can do more than muster
siCkly smile when the coal trust is men,
toned
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

"a New York man named Smith hear
Ing a burglar In the house smashed his
head with a flat-iron." says a contem-
porary. SuIl. we don't see why he didn't
smash tie burglars head.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

"A correspondent asks us to name the
autocratic powers. Well; czars. emper-
ors. kings. shahs. and janitors." says
the Atlanta Georgian. Why, you have
left out the greatest OF the lot-bables!
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
A Bromide Shattered.

doc, I s'pose a spring cold is bound to
hang on all summer"
mo, sir responded the physician "A
spring cold is quite as easy TO cure as
any other kind
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Not That.

From the Toledo Blade.
President Roosevelt has made enemies
as matter Of course. but they have not
had the nerve to suggest him as a candl-
date for Vice President.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

necessary for brakemen who call out the
stations along the lines 70 explain them
selves pretty regularly.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

Although Judge Alton B. Parker will
be delegate-at-large 10 the Denver con-
vention, he will not loom quito so large
as he did at St Louis four years ago.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

A preacher Of the affinity idea has
been landed in jail in Chicago That's the
idea; nothing we know Of is more surely
calculated to put a crimp in the affinity"
business
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

Those Guatemalans might make life
much more pleasant for innocent by
ISLANDERS II they would throw rocks at
their President, instead Of shooting at
him.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

A man was killed in Texas the other
day while fishing. during thunderstorm.
They have the meanest lightning in the
world in Texas
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
He WonIdn,t 90.

Can't you give that young man a
hint?' inquired the mother at il:45.
What can I say TO him, MAJ"
Mention TO him that our lease expires
In June"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

II Affinity Earle ever carries out his
threat to lecture on MY Ideas of Matri-
mony,' he is more than apt 10 gather a
few emphatic expressions of popular
opinion concerning "afnnities" as he goes
along
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

Nothing pays better dividends than
little common sense" says the Chicago
News. Naturally; It is a rather scarce
article
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

/, You can count on the fingers Of your
two hands the Iie:nhers Of the House
who do the talking. Among that number
you find a Republican from Indiana. one
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
IndustrinI warfare.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
How heroic to die in the trenches. and
how unheroic TO fall in these railroad
retrenchesi
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Unconscious Consistency.

Il see where Blinks is stin in har-
ness"
Yes, and in a good. stable business"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

''MMNfx4$S&hh mmmummmum." says
the Atlanta Georgian. Still. you might
say it, too, If you had a legislature head
ed for your midst, as Atlanta has.
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seems WnntefuI.

$50. you don't like the modern star
system?"
mot altogether" answered the man
ager. Il hate to back up a monologue
with three carloads of scenery"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
The Other Way.

80 old Skinfiint is seriously III. Is it
true that his family fear the worst?"
mo; they are hoping for H."
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

A scientist says the lion is more docile
than the baboon. Not the social lion.
however AS a rule he is very OBJ
streperous animal.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
When the Owner RIden.

I see you often in ar auto these days"
Yes; my present chauffeur is just
landed, and hasn't made any friends as
yet"
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

As it appears that Harry Thaw stln
has several hundred thousand dollars to
his credit. we presume he will not be
satisfied until he has balanced it off with
few additional things TO his discredit.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

Mr.. FrieZe Quick. who is running for
Office in Pennsylvania, ought to be
popular summer candidate. at all events
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26

A number Of railways are issuing orders
against profanity among employees. This
is right. of course; only it will make it
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Vow CompIete.

He had an eye on the stage"
"Wen?"
$50 he went there and got the hook.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE FISHING TRIP.

Ah6 II IAohAN0 ~s
'Tis now that you wish for a spot by a,
pool
Where the FISH
Gayly swish
In the depths clear and cool.
SO you take a day of, and you 90 to a
nook
Where the flies
Supervise,
And you simmer and cook.
Then you yearn for a place by a rotary
fan
And skidoo
Hitherto
Just as fast as you can.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-26
Playing Safe.

''Iye gotten a great deal OF pleasure
from anticipating the trip"
More, possibly, than you'll get from
the trip itself?"
That's what / think. SO I've decided
70 stay home and save the money"