Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-09


Japanese with misdemeanors which
they are not committing and to insist
that they are trying to discover what
the American navy is enGeavoring to
Go, to get reports concerning its target
practice and in general to make up
serious reports of what is being done
In naval circles of the United States.
Few people believe this, and certainly
I for one do not.
Mayor DahIman's Interview.
There has come from the White
House no denial Of the presidents
statement to Mayor Dahlman of Oma-
ba that he did not regret being instru-
mental in bringing on the recent panic
! in Wall street. Two New York news
papers denounced the president bitter
| ly-the World and the Sun-but all
! that Mr.. Roosevelt said was-or all
| that he was quoted as saying-that If
the conditions in Wall street were as
rotten as they appeared to be he had
no apology to make for having exposed
them. A Nebraska man who is not at
all friendly. politically speaking. either
! to Mr.. Bryan or TO Mayor Dahlman
was present when the president made
his statement and stands ready to in
dorse all that the mayor Of Omaha
has said on the subject 1t is possible.
of course, that Mr.. Dahlman will have
his name added to the long list Of
members Of the Ananias club; but, aft
er all, there seems to be no reason why
Mr. Roosevelt should take such action.
Mr. Bryan has been saying that the
| Wall street panic was not due to any
thing said or done by the president,
but rather to the methods Of financiers
controlling insurance and railroad COM
panies which had aroused general pub
lie suspicion Of the integrity Of the big
figures in the street. If Mr.. Roosevelt
can say that he exposed these methods,
one sees no reason why he should not
boast of it. The only attacks made up
on him are made by the we'll recog-
nized organs of high finance in New
| York. These attacks will not hurt
What might hurt would be his talking
in one way in private and another In
| public. There will be rather a close
watch kept to discover whether he Is
| going to rcpudiate the Dahlman inter-
view or not. 1t would he unwise for
him to do It, as It expresses a some
what notorious truth.
| The Political Game Of Chance.
Only few weeks ago the more
| righteous people Of the land were re-
buking the president for permitting
the senators from South Dakota to
cast lots for the selection of certain
public officials whose appointments
We're in the hands Of the president 1t
happened that the two senators were
not on the very best terms Of friend
ship, and it is hard to discover what
better method the president could have
| adopted to make fair division Of
| spoils between them. OF course 1t
doesn't sound like the earlier Theodore
| Roosevelt, the famous civil service re-
former, the member Of the civil service
commission. But with advancing years
he has become. like his friend Mr.. Har-
riman, a practical man, and the mere
| question of fitness for Office seems not
to appeal to him quite as much as the
long or the short straw held in the
| fist of senator trying to take care Of
| a constituent.
But, after all, there seems to be no
| reason why members either Of the
house or the senate can properly pro-
test. Recently they conducted quite Il
considerable lottery. Their new Office
building, which is fitted up with the
gorgeousness Of New York club, will
be ready for occupancy when they re-
turn after the holidays. The rooms
We're assigned purely by chance.
The new Office building is going to
be Of great assistance to the work Of
congress. Possibly it is a little over
gorgeous, all the furniture being solid
mahogany and there being swimming
baths, Turkish baths, magnificent
restaurant and all the appointments Of
a club. But to the people who have
business to do with their representa-
| tives the convenience will be worth the
price. Instead of having to pursue
members Of congress to this and that
| hotel or to distant committee rooms in
| the cellars of the capitol. they can be
| found hereafter in their own offices
furnished by the nation. If they can
not be found there, it is fair indica-
| ton that they are not attending to the
business for which they We're sent to
| Washington.
Prohibition In the District.
| One of the first measures to be press
| ed after congress reconvenes in Jan
nary will he the one providing to make
| the District of Columbia dry" 1t
| is going to have some strength. 1t will
be opposed by the District commission
ers and by most of the property own
ers u Washington. Today the Capital
| City eXacts from its liquor dealers the
| heaviest license tax of any city outside
| of Boston. 1t has within the borders
of the District three extensive prohi-
bition territories. No liquor is sold at
| the capitol nor at any point facing the
| capitol park. But the demands of the
extremists for complete prohibition is
! influencing many members of con-
gress. The argument does not seem
| logical, because the man from North
| ~