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The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
An Exaegernted statement

During the progress Of a trial in Cleve-
land, Ohio, recently, Judge Harvey
Keever gave voice TO the following some
what startling utterance:
'AH women are cats They viii turn suddenly
On their best friends. spit and cav and scratch
them"
We desire to fle a bill of exceptions to
this ruling. His honor is mistaken, gross
ly and wildly mistaken; the supreme
court of public opinion will reverse him.
All women are not as he describes them,
Only a small fraction Of the sex are TO
be justly indicted in such words.
The opinion handed down in this case
IS based entirely upon irresponsible 5vi-
cence HumOTists and near-hunorists
have elected to take that view Of the
matter for many years; the unworthy
sentiment has been repeated over and
over again. and, of course, many have
come to believe it. But 1t is an erroneous
idea; never did have anything beneath #
strong enough to prop it up when the
weight OF the entire truth was placed
upon H.
Some women are cats. we admit And
one catfish woman is capable of making
trouble enough 10 raise dark suspicious in
the neighborhood as to the feline qualities
of the entire lot. When one Of this per
suasion runs amuck. the entire settlement
hears from her somewhere along, the line.
She is not to be avoided OF escaped. There
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
pennsvlvania,s 2.eent Eares

Perhaps the most impressive lesson TO
be derived from the decision Of the Penn
sylvania Supreme Court affirming the un-
constitutionality Of the 2-cent fare law.
so far as 1t affects the Pennsylvania
Railroad is that of the futility of hasty
and arbitrary legislative reduction Of
railway charges. Gov. Hughes, In his
veto Of the New York 2-cent fare law,
argued lmpressively that the reduction Of
fares on all lines without any inquiry as
90 the necessity or the reasonableness Of
the reduction. or as to its effect on the
revenues OF the railroads, was an unjust
and an unfair method Of regulating rates
If the decision Of the Pennsylvania court
is a just one, il affords an excellent illus
tration OF the truth of Gov Hughes rea-
soning. For the Pennsylvania Legislature
in pursuance of a party pledge, jammed
through a 2-cent fare law. and left 10
the courts the duty Of inquiring into it's
justice This was done in most eX-
haustive manner. and upon the facts de-
veloped in the inquiry both the court OF
original jurisdiction and the appellate
court agree that the 2-cent rate is
unjust
1t should be observed. however. that
the opinion Of the higher court is based.
In part on proposition that is open to
some question namely that a railroad
company is entitled to a reasonable re-
uneration-reasonable being construed
to mean a 6 per cent return on its cap
ital employed in the transportation OF
passengers, not taking into account the
transportation of freight Before the
lower court an attempt was made 70 sep
arate the freight from the passenger
business, and TO estimate the respective
revenues and expenditures properly ap-
portionable to each. II was then calcu-
lated that a reduction Of fares would
yield only per cent on the capital iu-
vested I'm the passenger business. The
company. it was admitted, earned UH
per cent on its entire capitalization. and
one Of the dissenting judges held that If
the entire revenue of the company had
been taken into consideration the impair
ment of total revenues by reason OF a
reduction in fares would have been small.
and would not have prevented the earn
ing of a fair profit on the entire business.
But the majority of the court maintained
that the corporation is entitled 10 make
a fair profit on every branch Of its busi-
ness. subject to the limitation that its
corporate duties must be performed even
though at loss" A , per cent profit
the court considers insufficient.
So that q great deal depends. after ALL
on the point of view; and the PennsyI-
vania decision covers some very debat-
able ground, The whole subject Of rail-
way regulation. including the reduction of
fares, Will now De investigated by a State
railroad commission, as 1t should have
been in the first place
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
DATE OF INAUGURATION.
Dissenting view of Proposal to
Change Ii 10 April.

From the New York Times.
once every four years q proposition to
amend the United States Constitution 10
advance the date Of the inauguration be-
comes subject OF more or less spirited
discussion in Washington. The excuse
is that the weather is apt to be in
clement about March T. II is needless TO
say that good weather cannot be secured
by constitutional amendment. but the
Washington idea is that the weather by
tle latter part Of April is likely 10 be
pleasant in the Capital That would mean
larger crowds. The hotels and shops
would have larger profits.
The cold and rain on March have
often made the outdoor ceremonies or
the Inauguration discomfortinc and dam
gerous 20 health. But there is. no reason
why the President should not take the
oath Of Office in the room Of the Su-
preme Court There is is 10 reason why
le should stand bareheaded out Of doors
and make q speech which only few
persons in the many thousands about tha
Capitol can hear He could have his
military escort, as usual. To and from
the Capitol
March Z is the constitutional date OF
the Inauguration and there is no good
reason tgr prOIonging the term Of any
one President by changing it, There
would would be more dignity and good
sense ia the indoor Inauguration. II
Washington wants festival Of some sort
In the spring. and not even Paris in May
Is a more delightful place than our Cap
ital In late April, there is ingenuity
enough there TO devise one and money
enough to pay the preliminary expense.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
Party Differences.

From the New York Evening Post
The fact is that there Is a great deal
more difference between the parties than
can be put down In terms by platforms
or political orators. There are tempera-
mental and traditional differences so deep
that the man who declares that he be-
lieves in protection, Imperialism. and ship
subsidies, but still remains a Democrat.
is talking at least mitigated and not alb
solute nonsense. The two parties are not
interchangeable. owen Wister makes the
point in his new book, THE Seven Ages
Of Washington" that the everlasting
friction between British officials and CO.
lonial subjects, the irreconcilable differ
ences In their points of view, did far
more than any real tyranny or 'oppres-
SION 10 bring on the Revolution. Diff
ferences Of the same kind exist at the
bottom of our political cleavages. It is
this fact which brings 70 naught so many
bright hopes of new alignments
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
The Diversion of army Line Officers


The sentiment Of the infantry officers
as expressed in their Association Jour.
nal " published in Washington. appears Il
be distinctly in favor of continuing tho
system of detailing line officers for duty
IN the special staff corps Of the military
establishment This method has beer
criticised as making heavy drafts upon
the line, with the result that line officers
are separated from their proper com
mands in the infantry. cavalry. and ar
tillery; their training as line officers fs in.
terrupted, and the special staff corps dC
not obtain a permanent personnel.
This latter consideration has TO do also
with the prospect that in time of war the
officers on staff corps duty are certain "a
went TO return 10 their lire commands.
where there is greater opportunity for
distinction. It is for this reason. it was
foressen in the first instance when NIr
Root proposed the detail system, that II
had It's defects which would grow in pro-
portion TO the number of line officers en-
gagged on temporary stan corps duty.
The Infantry Journal has lately been
disputing this view and insisting that il
was entirely TO the advantage Of the
army to have line officers detailed for
duty in the staff corps and that the adj
v0ntage was much more than simpIv
creating vacancies In the line and helping
promotion in the various arms Infantry
officers who have held this optimistic
view viii be surprised to find that the
chief of star of the army. Mai Gen. ].
FTInklin Bell, in his annual report. makes
a significant admission. He says: BE
cause the law introducing the detail svs-
tenn into the staff corps has not worked
as efficiently as it was hoped it might. an
the staff corps To which this law applies
nov need reorganization, except the Ord
nance Corps which was reorEanized by
later law. This is i'm the line of the
comments which have been made by such
officers as Brig. Gen. T. II. Barry. in
command of the troops in Cuba. and all
Of the officers at the head Of the special
STAFF corps, notably Brig Gen. G.. G.. Sniff
fen, recently retired as Paymaster Cen
eral of the army.
IL Is only a question of time when the
special staff corps viii have % go back 10
something Ike d permanent personnel at
least in the grades above the junior posi-
tions. Otherwise, in time Of war. when
the staff corps are most needed, it will
be found difficult TO keep officers who are
detailed for duty in them and harder still
10 get officers of supposed past expert
ence to return to the corps. The situation
simply means in time OF war an extern
sion OF the scramble and the use of poll
ties. which is far from promoting the eff
cheney Of military administration
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
GOV. HUGHES SERVED PUNCH.
Doubt as TO It's Ingredients, but They
Were Exbiiurating.
From the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript
The people who wonder how Gov.
Hughes stands on the question Of his
nomination for the Presidency must be
more puzzled than ever since his reception
at the executive mansion Wednesday
night He seems TO reck none Of the
usual signs and warnings Even the
indianapolis cocktail incident has ap-
parently made only a slight impression
upon him. There were two punch bowls
In service at this function, according 10
the society reporter. One contained the
innocuous lemonade, but as yet there
has been no unanimous verdict as to
what the other did contain. There was
claret-and something else It was this
something else that supplied the mys-
terry Experts Of the sIdeboard went
their curiosity and satisfy their thirst,
with tactics like those OF Mr. Pickwick
and Ben Allen, on their famous ride 20
Birmingham, when Bob Sawyer from the
roof Of the post chaise in which they
were travelling. dangled before them a
case bottle 1T looks like milk punch.
said Mr. Pickwick. 1T tastes Ike milk
punch. and his companion agreed with
him. 1T. would serve him right Il VIC
drank the whole Of it." said Mr. Pick
wick, and this they proceeded TO do
But the governors guests. after getting
a view Of the angels face al the bot
tom. were still in doubt as 10 the in
gradients. Tie best they could do was
% give the brand a name. and they paid
it the compliment Gf calling II the
Hughes hummer" which indicated that
t recalled traditional features and as
sociatlons Of the social concOcti0n. Very
likely the governor saw no occasion 10
violate precedent I'm ministering to the
comfort OF his guests. nor give them a
chance to say as did Secretary Evarts
after one OF the White House dinners
during the HAYES regime: Water flowed
Ike champagne"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
Our Organized Militia.

From the New YORK Tribune.
According TO reports now before the
delegates 20 the tenth annual convention
of the National Guard Association Of the
United States, the organized militia of
the country numbers 1G7.212 men. New
York, with 1850. stands at the head OF
the States for strength. with Pennsylva-
mia. with a roster Of 9.791. second. New
Mexico has the smallest organization
2l5-aud Oklahoma, with 7S5 in the Ma
tional Guard. is ahead Of Colorado. Del
aware. Idaho. Montana, North Da-
k0ta, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming
Illinois is credited with 6.717. and Ohio
with 6.3l4 men. The amount appropri-
ated last year by the various States for
the maintenance Of the organized militia
was &,S4l $50, toward which sum New
York was the largest contributor, with
$96o,000 and New Mexico. the smallest.
with 5000
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
JAPAN'S INTERNAL PROBLEMS.
Necessity for Retrenchment In Pub-
lie and Private Expenditure.

Necessity for Retrenchment in Pub-
lie and Private Expenditure.
From the New YORK Times
Whatever may be the inside influences
that have brought around the changes
in the ministry OF the Emperor Of Japan.
it is probable that these will lead to
somewhat more conservative and econom-
ical policy. especially with regard to
governmental ependitures tn industrial
enterprises.
1t was announced in the middle Of De
cember that a considerable retrenchment
had been decided on in military and
naval expenses. In order TO secure funds
for Industrial development. Retrenchment
in the latter direction also now seems TO
be demanded On the face Of the official
statements, the financial condition Of
japan does not seem unpromising. The
budget for the year 1gG7-S showed an
equality Of receipts and expenditures.
about S2500000l) each. with $4,000 600 for
interest and for reduction of debt. But
this amount Of revenue, regarded as the
product Of a population mostly agricul-
tural. rather densely gathered-the popu-
lation is 4S,00000o, with an average Of Sl7
10 the square mile, about twice that of
the State Of New York-is necessarily
burdeIsome. The cost Of the war with
Russia is estimated at about the present
amount Of the debt, 1910, 0000 900. and of this
debt rather more than one-half Is held
abroad. In face Of these facts conserva-
tive action if not now enforced is bound
soon to become imperative
It must be remembered that, apar1 from
the burden caused by the war. ard by
the maintenance Of the military and naval
establishment imposed by the position
and the ambitions Of the empire. japan
has on its hands the development of
Korea, the promotion Of its interests I'm
Manchuria, and the management Of For
mosa, each OF them a relatively novel
and exacting task. The problem for her
statesmen is the balance between projects
that promise TO be productive in the long
run, and the ability of her people to
supply the needed capital for these. and
the funds required for current expendi-
tUre This delicate and difficult work will
not be rendered easier by the natural
movements of opinion and sentiment
among population relatively unused 10
the exercise of political power, and
more or less excited by the experiences
of a heroic war and a tremendous vic
tory
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
The Worth Of Oratorr-

The Hon. Gustav Kustermann, Repre-
sentative in Congress from the Ninth
/ Wisconsin district. should not under
estimate the worth of the Hon. John
Wesley Gaines. We are moved to this
cautionary observation by the perusaI of
certain calculation made by the Wis
consin statesman as to the drain upon
the public Treasury involved in the Com
gTessiOnaI OTatoTy OF the gentleman from
Tennessee, The cost of running Congress
was the point in issue Il took the
trouble 10 figure out said Mr.. Kuster-
mann, who is one Of the solid merchants
of Green Bay, Wis, and familiar
with accounting, "and find that it costs
Sl50 minute So far the gentleman has
been an expense Of S4,500." But the Ten
nessee orator had not at the moment Of
that calculation used up all his time, and
the case is considerably better. or worse
than Mr. Kustermann makes it. We
have it on the authority of Mr. Mann,
as reported in the Congressional Record.
that Mr. Gaines Consumed about an
hour and a half in complaining to the
House that it did not do business, talking
upon a subject entirely irrelevant to the
subject before the House" Ninety min
utes at $50 a minute cost $l3,5OO. \
$4,000 speech, but worth millions in wise
instruction and sage counsel. 1t will
never do to allege that John Wesley
Gaines is too expensive a public institu-
tion. He is a gilt-edged investment and
pays tremendous dividends. He can
never be overcapitalized.
We fear the statesman from Green Bay.
who is serving his first term. has not
correctly gauged the worth Of the famous
Tennesseean. Mr.. Kustermann is a man
of few words and perhaps undertakes
an inexhaustible flow Of language His
maiden speech is comprised in ten lines
of the Record, including the words
laughter and applause" once repeated,
and not inserted by himself What he
said was sensible and to the point Hav-
ing listened for some hours to an arid
legal splitting of hairs. lie rose TO remark
that there were too many lawyers on the
floor for the expeditions transaction of
BUSINESSMAN observation that needed no
windy elaboration. no f1orid argument or
citation of authorities in proof. II cost
less than $50. By that token, it was not
oratory-at least, not Tennessee oratory.
1t may have been sense, but it was not
talk. 1t may have carried conviction to
those who heard il, but ii was defective
for lack Of veTbosity. We trust our good
friend from Wisconsin will not permit
himself to be misled by false oratorical
models. Brevity is the soul of dullness.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
The Incuhus of Jen nnris.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Neither the Democracy nor Mr.. Bryan
has ever demanded the absolute de-
struction of aggregations of capital.
They have sought and they will continue
to insist upon laws which VIII prevent
oppression of the people by these pri-
vate interests, and they propose to see
TO il that these laws are obeyed Mr..
Davis cries aloud for annihilauon. In
that he is not only undemOcratic, but in
seeking TO saddle his own extremism upon
Mr.. Bryan he is weighing Democracy
and its candidate down with a load
which il never has proposed to carry
and viii not now
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
His Rival.

What do you think Of il? Hard hit. and
me going on fifty-fye,
I'm dead in love with pretty girl, as
sure as you're alive
I Ike 10 stand and watch her go a-trip,
ping sweetly by
Oh, the way she looks. and the way she
smiles and the lovc-light i'm htr ez=,
No doubt You think me foolish and you'll
say I stand no show.
Het out. YOU SNUG young rascal. why that
proves how much you know,
She's all in love with me-what's more
she says so every day,
And every glorious time she does a kiss
she has to paw
All, ha, that makes you think a bit-I
knew Il would. egad,
But don't despair-she's fathers girl and
I'm her dear old dad"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
seIuvn rs nm Indian.

Mention Of Robert Edeson recalls to
mind Edgar Selwyn, the formers sue
cessor in the title role Of "Strongheart" {"
He relates this incident:
IN the Office of Allentown's leading ho-
tel he had settled himself comfortably in
a chair for a brief doze, after the matinee
performance, when a stranger accosted
him.
Il suppose YOU are with this here
'Strongheart' troupe?' said the stranger
Yep" replied SelWyn drowsly.
"Well, / saw the troupe this afternoon.
continued the other. "and 7 tell you
was mighty interested in that Indian.
Suongheart Where'd you get him? I
knew that Indian schools turned out good
football players, but I didn't know We
could educate EN- TO act
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
WILL IT BE ROOSEVELT?
New York Paper Thinks Him Only
Alternative To Taft.

From tie Sew York World
Some of Mr.. Bryan's friends cherish the
delusion that the Republican national
convention may nominate a reactiOnary
candidate and that this would make the
election of even Mr.. Bryan possible. The
Chicago convention viii do nothing OF
the kind. If the reacUouary elements in
the Republican party succeed in prevent
ing Secretary Taft's nomination. they Will
get Theodore Roosevelt Let there be no
misunderstanding about that.
No matter how many official statements
Mr.. Roosevelt may issue declining a third
term, he VIII seize the Republican nomi-
nation himself rather than permit il TO go
10 any man who does not represent the
Roosevelt policies and who is not in sym
pathy withtthe Roosevelt administration.
That is the situation which the Demo
cratic party must face. and there is moth
ing TO be gained by imagining In the Re
publican party a state OF affairs that is
not going 10 exist.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TINES.
From The birmingham Age Herald
FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS

IlolA lhe birmingham Age-H Herald
FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS.
They II gather round when fortune smile
And call you Dear old fellow"
Your stock Of cash is what beguiles
Those chaps and makes them mellow.
But just you lose your grip some day,
Let sorrows hand bereave you,
And then, as spies who sneak away.
Your whilom friends VIII leave you.
When sunshine plays about your head,
The wise old world applauding,
They'll hlNhely come and eat your bread
Your princely manners laudiug.
Declare you're great and good and kind
a man they Ike 90 follow.
But swift reverse viii quickly find
Their protestauons hollow.
Disgusting types-fair weather friends
Who pirouettc TO fortune.
Who worship him who Longest spends
And stili lis gold impOrtune.
True friends are Tsre-a few We know
Whom selhshuess can't ferter.
No matter how the wind may blow,
They'll love you all the better.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22

is no heading her off. The damage she
does often takes years to live down. That
is an old story; everybody knows it to
be true. Nevertheless and notwithstand-
ing, 1t does not justify sweeping de-
nunoiati0n of the entire feminine lineup,
for all that, 1t is like judging the bird
kingdom by the chatter of one magple,
or the world of flowers by one cactus
blossom or a thistle rose.
Man needs 10 climb down from his high
horse occasionally and survey things on
a level with those to whom he is ofttimes
pleased to refer as the weaker vessel 8"
There are number OF catfish men in
this world, If they only knew II. Their
yoWi is audible around public places fire.
quently. They know all about things, and
al about everybody. Smiths failure as
a business man. and Jones beats his
wife; johnson bores folks TO death talk
ing about his children at home. and
Tompkins is a crook. You know them;
don't you? Have listened TO their cat
tish talk often. OF course. you have.
All women are cats" indeed. Rats,
Sometimes the men make US very tired
The Secretary of the Navy says the
sailors may play baseball on Sunday. but
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
Hone for the Democracv.

From the Dallas News
The warfare which the administration
is now waging in favor Of Secretary Taft
may do most 10 defeat him. At all events.
such warfare and the dissensions and
feuds in the Republican party that are
quite sure to come Of it are promising
signs of the times for the Democratic
party, and for the nation as a whole
which sorely needs a change Of admin
istration to enable the people to hold in
check the party which now threatens
more and more to become their merciless
master
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22

A "weli-known aIienist" now comes 10
the front and says. Insane murderers
never experience more than one impulse
to kill. after one outbreak. they may be
regarded as harmless" We supposed such
an opinion az this would crop out some
where about this time Now to make the
Thaw jury swallow il.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
ImneriaItsm Bred in Them

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
When the provisional governor of Cuba
was holding his New Years reception
at Havana the adulatory Cubans could
not be prevented from going down on
their knees to him. It was not his fault.
but it illustrates the difficulty of Seal
ing with people who are disposed to he
more imperlalist than the imperialists.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22
wait for the Back Talk.

From the Baltimore American.
A justice Of the Supreme Court Of New
York declares that the bad cooking of
American women is driving the men n
drink The law seems coming in violent
conflict with the lady just at present
But the lady has not begun to taIk
back yet When she does the law and
the lady viii reverse the order of prec-
edence.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-22

From the New York sun.
So far as we have observed, Gov
Hughes is the only candidate, If he is a
candidate. who is supported by an euthu-
siastic race feeling The Welsh. nu-
merous and influential tribe, are for him.
or at least admire him as man of
Welsh ancestry, and the Republican
welsh vote is at his service.