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The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
:. FeIlow-eitizens Of the Senate.

Let others snicker and make merry over
Senator Coe / Crawford's initial Senate
rial effort as they will as concerns that
part OF It wherein he addressed his col
leagues as ''fellow-citizens. but we shall
not Mr.. Crawford made q most excel
lent address. indeed. Il reads well in
the Record, and was evidently put to-
gsther carefully and with much thought
But by 20 manner OF means the least
interesting part of 1t was his eloquent
'feliow-citizens. addressed to his Sen
atorial associates and co-laborers.
There is something essentially demo
cratic about .'fello1-citizens It gets the
speaker and his audience on common
level, and it suggests a sort Of friendly
relation that is very pleasing We think
II an excellent idea to remind the various
Senator's occasionally that they are. after
all IS said and done. merely fellow
citizens" intrusted, temporarily. with the
nations affairs, and accountable finally
70 some other -'fellow-citizens" in the
ranks for an honest, impartial. and just
administration Of those afairs-a fact
that the Senate may sometimes overlook,
and. in the eyes Of a great many people.
does sometimes overlook
We have very high opinion of the
Senate Of the United States. It Is most
august and impressive body. We take
Il very seriously. If not quite so seriously
as il takes itself II we were disposed
70 pick flaws in the Senate. we might
ind numerous imperfections and faults
that we should like to see corrected: but
We are rot so disposed. We do think.
however. that the Senate inclines now
aHs then to hold itself aIoof from contact
with the plain, common, everyday folks
OF the land-and they constitute the vast
msjority-and work with its eyes a little
too lovingly fixed on the classes rather
tran the masses We are moi ever
so family inclined TO muck-rake the
Senate. or hold # Up 10 ridicule or harsh
criticism. but that it now and then gets
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
II Canada shou1d Retnliate.

From TIE Proyi5encs Journal
Is the fact that Senator HaIe's son Is a
director in paper company which owns
a thousand square miles OF timber land
IN Maine one reason why the Senator IN
sists upon keeping the duty on wood
pulp7 4 knowledge Of how tariffs are
made makes such questions inevitable.
The paper makers are running q great
risk in supporting this selfish policy. 1t
is stated that II the pulp and paper rates
OF the new tariff bin are not made sat
isfactory 10 Canada. the Province OF
Quebec may follow the example Of the
Province OF Ontario in prohibiting the
export Of wood pulp from the Crown
lands. and the stUmpage tax on the
exported pulp wood may be raised TO a
prohibitory figure Such a blow 10 the
American industry would be deeply felt:
already the attitude cf Ontario is forcing
Western mills 70 abandon newsprint man
ufactUre. The high prOtectiOuists have al
ways gone on the theory that the game
was In their own hands. and that other
nations could DO nothing a little retalia-
ton might bring them 70 their senses
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
Southern Appointments.

Prom the Charleston News and Cor-5e--
The next best thing to having the Of
fees filed with Democrats Of character.
OF course, IS 10 have them filed with
Republicans Of character Il would be q
sorry sort Of patriotism. indeed. that
would Go injury 10 the administration OF
the governments affairs because We and
those who agree with Us have not been
favored with government appointments.
There has been a great deal OF criticism
OF Mr. Hitchcock. but We have found him
a fairly reasonable sort OF young man.
There is certainly nothing for him 10
gain BY urging the continuance Of the old
trUe-blue Organization" Republicans IN
Office. We are not disturbed by the fire.
ouent threats that have been made OF
Mr.. Tsft's determination % build Up the
Republican party In the South. but we
shall welcome for the good Of the South
the appointment Of every decent and self
respecting and competent man Mr. Taft
shall be able 10 ind for the Federal Of
fees in this part OF the country
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Nimrods Nov snd Then.

Kermit got splendid shot a. close range while
the girass vas standing. and one bullet sussoed
to stretch It's long bcdy IN the ground. When Col.
Roosevelt found that Kermit had killed 4 giraffe.
be slapped the yognEstsr On the back and with
characteristics enthusiasm exclaimed. Good work.
ny boy
Many years ago. when Kentucky was
the dark and bloody frontier OF our
Westward. Hor' an English Nimrod
sought diversion from the effete civiliza-
ton Of the Old World by a sojourn among
the pioneers and Indians. firing of biz
game, he planned squirrel hunt, and a
sixteen-year-old boy was detailed as
guide. During the day the Englishman
asked the boy II ne could shoot a rife.
and gave him a chance. The boy shot
squirrel out OF the top OF big oak
tree. The Englishman was enthusiastic
In his praise. but when the boy picked up
the squirrel he burst into tears and told
the sstonished EnsILshmsn that HIS daddy
would give him h--l OF lickin' when
they got home; that he had shot the
squirrel in the head. but had missed the
eye.
The old Kentucky hunter was evidently
more particular than our colonel
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
Porto Rican. and others.

FToua the Boston Head
The Porto Ricans appear to have been
apt students OF our politics-of our meth
DDS, II not Of our principles The dead
lock, the hold-up. the threat. and the
club are not unknown factors IN legisIs-
lures OF American States. or even IN the
Federal Congress. The President should
not chide the Porto Ricans too severely.
Nor should we be overandOus. Fortu-
nately there is a benevolent power, wise
and good, &c point the right way TO them
and with power TO make them walk IN
that path. II the politicians Of state and
national legislatures in this country were
similarly rebuked and corrected for their
offenses and errors. would the American
people regard themselves as unfortunate
or 10 be pitied? Fortunate Porto Rico.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
ROoseyeltiau Rome.

From the Rome tGsl TribuneHerald
Remarkable Rome is remarkable for
more than one thing Perhaps its most
remarkable, certainly its highest-prized
product, is its fine, happy, healthy chll-
dren. There was a splendid display OF
these at the public schools the other
morning.
My goodness, where DO all these chn-
dren come from" asked a stranger Of
a group composed Of Judge ". NJ Henry.
Judge John p Davis, DT. R Il Wicker,
and ". l. Daniel Whereup0n Judge
Henry acted as interlocutor. and said.
Judge Davis. how many children have
you?'' Fifteen" was the answer.
Or Wicker. how many children have
youz'' Fourteen, confessed the doc
tor.
Mr.. Daniel, how many children have
you9" Fourteen" came the renly-
That's the answer to the Quer--
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Tariff the Consumers Friend.

However mythical he may be, from GER
tain viewpoints. the consumer has enough
substance in him to be kicked and cuned
in Senatorial debate We have not yet
come 10 deal with the consumer" said
Senator Hale, on Wednesday. We are
dealing now with the building Up Of man
ufacturing industries as against foreign
competition With that, OF course, the
consumer. as such. has nothing 10 do
He does not buy from the manufacture.
nor yet from the importer. but from the
retailer. The last has been selected as
the scapegoat Of high prices.
Terrible tales we're told by Senators
OF the immense profits OF retailers. rang
ing all the way from g 70 500 per cent.
Manufactures. Il was asserted, were con
tent with a profit OF or S per cent on
the capital invested. Some Of them. like
the poor members Of the glass trust. lost
their money as II It had been laid down
al Monte Carlo The retailer got It all,
For the atrocities committed by the
retailer there IS no remedy. We have the
authority Of the Senator from Maine
for the statement that the retailers habit
Of depressing the consumer cannot be
iuterfered with. II would be paternalism
70 regulate prices. particularly the prices
paid by the ultimate consumer. PaternaI-
ism 10 protect the consumer against the
rapacity Of retailers. but not pa
ternaIsm 70 build up mauufactur-
ing industries which form combina-
tons and FIX prices to the retailer
and consumer both Thus does the
consumer stand at the bottom OF the heap.
L protection does not get him. the retail
e. does. and II the retailer does not. the
protected trust does the business. He IS
no myth to the seller Of goods Congress
may not have tine 10 get around TO him.
but he IS always on the job. and without
him protection itself would be myth He
asks IN vain for refuge from a paternalis-
tic government and from paternalistic
trusts To all his pleas. the tariff pund.ts
answer, Have il out with the retailer.
The protective tariff does not Increase
prices
At last substitute has been found
for that discarded economic notion 50 dear
to the standpatters Of an earlier day,
that the foreigner pays the tax. Il is
that the tariff Is the consumers friend
and the retailer his chief oppressor. 4
profound truth. worthy the genius who
lifted himself by his bootstraps- We may
yet hear that a revision upward would
put money into the consumers pocket.
IN stating that he remembers the time
when the Democratic party was IN 2
worse tx than IL is today. Senator Daniel
easily qualities. for the leadership OF the
Oldest inhabitant society.
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bic halls Of Congress OF not, and as there
is not student at Annapolis who did not
possess enough ''inauence" 70 secure his
appointment. Il Is only natural TO believe
that that same power behind the throne
VIII be interested in comparing the re-
suits Of the examination OF specialists
with that OF general surgeons, and may
even wonder. Il these minor points con-
tinue TO be made, Il the residuum Of the
survival OF the nttsst VIII be sufficient to
sail the 6cean blue and to man the ships
Of the Old navy, much less those Of the
new.
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RIGHT NOT TO SELL.
Its Limitation Suggested IN the Case
of n Monopoly.

Its Limitation Suggested IN the Case
of a Monopoly.
Fro-n The Nez Yo-k Globe
The decision OF the Court OF Appeals
that the American Tobacco Company may
sell 20 whom u pleases. and may refuse
70 sell 20 whom il does not please. should
not be allowed TO pass without word Of
warning The decision Is one tzst may
easily return 10 vex the State. We do
not now that the court could have
reached any other conclusion. but that Is
beside the point. We are concerned. not
with the legal reasoning involved. but
with the economic possibilities OF such a
ruling
one OF the most serious complaints that
can be urged against any concern that
has substantial monopoly IN its field is
indulgence in one or more Of the we'll
known forms OF cut-throat price manipu-
lst'on. 4 monopoly that undersells IN
certain places OF on certain articles. or
that refuses al all 20 sell TO certain per
sons. Is in q far different position from
a person or concern that. without enjoy
ing a monopoly. engages IN such practices
II IS worth considering whether We
should ass have a plain rule OF law IN
this State prohibiting such discriminative
selling when the seller controls a very
large part of the product, And this may
be suggested without any purpose but
that OF serving the very best interests OF
all cOnCerned-thOse OF the large sellers
as well as those Of the small buyers
Any one who would think the possible
effects OF a decision giving 20 a monopoly
some OF the prsrOgatives supposed to
sppertajn chiefly 20 political or com
mercial autocrac!es would be a poor
friend OF even the biggest sort OF bust
ness There are certain principles OF fair
dealing and fair business which this
country began 10 feel IN its bones long
ago. You cannot overcome them without
excsvsting the bones-vhich would not
be a particularly agreeable. or even a
safe undertaking
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
A RerersaI of Judgment.

From the Columbia Is. c. State
Mr.. Taft. Republican President Of the
United States. thinks that the Spanish
inhabitants Of Porto Rico. with some
hundreds Of years Of world-history behind
them. are unfit to rule themselves Forty
years ago-no more-another Republican
President and the people OF the United
States thought that the negro Inhabitants
of the South. with centuries OF savagery
behind them. were ft TO rule not only
themselves. but others. Yet II is the boast
OF the Republican party that il is the
party Of stability. in thought and in ac-
ton. The Democratic party has made no
such reversal OF opinion as Is indicated in
this porto Rican opinion extraordinary.
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SANITY IN THE JURY BOX.
Hains Verdict Raises Hope of Re-
TURNING Justice.

Prom the New York Evening Post
The jury which found Capt. Peter c
Hams jr.. guilty OF manslaughter has vim
dicated not only the defendants sanity.
but its own Here at last are twelve
men who. on entering the jury box. have
not wholly left behind them the princi-
pies Of common sense: the elementary
dictates Of morality, and the dimmest
regard for the law. Let US confess that
our satisfaction al the outcome Is all
the greater because the verdict was not
what was expected II seemed utterly
vain to hope that the spell which q
mavkish sentiment has cast over the
hearts and minds Of American turymen
could be broken and especially in the
present case. For all the elements nee
essary TO pevvert the ends Of justice
seemed combined in favor OF the de-
fendant. He had on his side that no
toriOus 'unwritten law" 20 which vs
have been blindly subscribing He was
q man OF sufficiently high social stand
ing TO infiict bitter shame and pain on
a father who had attained distinction
IN the service OF his country His fam
ily's deep anguish was splendidly pa
IaoeO Dy aStute counsel before the jury
II under such circumstances a verdict
OF guilty was found. Il raises the hope
that the reign Of the Iawlessness has been
definitely broken. Jurors are ordinary
men and have the ordinary mans small
allowance OF moral courage. They find
II easy 70 subscribe TO q prevailing sen
timent no matter how vicious its ef-
fects. Now that one jury has shown
the way, others may follow. We may
Yet see an end Of this whole farce Of
legalized murder. The defendant talnt-
ed with hereditary insanity, the expert
with his hypothetical question. and his
far from hypothetical fee. eloquent
counsel pleading for the ''unwritten
law" the yellow press judging and ac-
quitting on its own account, may soon
form useful procession toward the
limbo Of forgotten things.
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The NATInN,S CITY.

s'That The Washington Herald VIII
stand for the best interests of Wash
inEtOn needs not the saying. Ii viii
ever keep in mind, however, that
this il a national city-the nations
city-and that its present greatness
and future pre-euinence have as n
basis its national character.'@From
editorial foreword in the first issue OF
this paper, October s. 1896
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

Some fconoclast has attacked the au-
thenticity CT the yarn about Sergt. Jasper
jumping over the parspet at Fort Moul-
the long years ego and restoring the
American flag to its place after it had
been shot away by the enemy. The
Charleston News and Courier defends the
truth OF the story with g degree OF enthu-
sissm quite equaling that It displays In
denouncing North Carouna's pet fiction,
the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ,
ence- But the laugh is on the y. and c.,
nevertheless.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
ISSUE IN PORTO RICO.

It's Bearing on Our Theory and Rep
resenfative Government.
Fron the Pittsb1rz Dispatoh.
We can readily accept the Presidents $
views that the measures which the popu-
la branch Is trying TO force by this
means are not essential 20 the weli-beiag
OF Porto Rico. and may easily he IN
several instances mischievious, and IN
spired by personal ambition. But that
fact Is not so vital as the historical one
that the power which Il Is proposed 70
take away IS the foundation OF all cOnsti-
tutional governments. Il was by that
power that English liberties were eStab-
lished. II was the denial OF that right
thai caused the Revolution which created
this nation II is solely BY that right IN
the most arbitrary government OF Europe
that the Russian Duua Is able % main
tain IN check an autocracy. Il would Ger
tainly put the United States in a para
doxical attitude after II had granted the
constitutional right 10 q dependency 70
revoke Il because the right is used with
poor judgment
No doubt II IS vexatious 10 have the
Porto RicaR politicians use the legislative
power indiscreetly. and probably selfish
ly. But politicians IN other countries and
states than Porto Rico have passed foolish
bills FOR unworthy motives. Il is Ger
tainly worth considering whether the
United States cannot better sffOrd 70 let
Porto Rico bear the penalty Of the mis-
deeds OF her representatives than 20 as
sumo the responsibility Of abrogating the
vital principle OF representative govern
ment
The situation eminently illustrates how
the colonisi policy leads a republic into
courses neE.ectful Of the fundamental
doctrines on which our constitutional lib
critics are founded We clearly recognize
President Taft as the most liberal and
progressive exponent OF that policy. But
for the sake OF the United States, rather
than OF Porto Rico. his recommendation
is one TO be considered with the greatest
care before adoption
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a trihe too high and mighty for comfort,
We respectfully submit. And then. II Il
did not. the mere fact that # might would
be worth considering
And so We DO not think Senator Crsv-
ford did the Senate any unkindness when
he addressed IL as 'fellow-citizenS.' how
ever much he may have staggered its
dignity or Jared its sense OF calm
'FeIlow-citizens' IS a good, unctuous.
generic. mouth-hlIing. sonOTous American
form Of address. and It's application 20
the Senate OF the United States now and
then nav serve TO remind it Of a very
wholesome and pregnant truth-that il
Is. with all Of It's awe-.nspiring attributes,
but an aggregation OF '-fellow-citizens-
Only that. and nothing more.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
a FriendIr Rerfser.

From the Hartford Courant-
NJ. Simon Guggenheim OF Colorado
two years ago q member Of the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining Company's
executive Notwithstanding Senatoria
approval upon Mr. Aldrichs lead SEIZED
ule is another interesting and not incon-
spicuous object III the tariff revision land
scape.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

The lower house OF the Florida legisIs-
ture has finally killed the bill which pro-
posed % disfranchise the negroes OF that
State on racial grounds, alone and spe-
cihcally- Congratulations TO one-half OF
the Florida legislature are eminently in
order: and also, we think. to the Jackson
vile TiEles-Union. the newspaper respon-
sible for the bills death, in all prob
ability
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

An Indiana minister says the women Of
his congregation must remove their hats
and the women say they viii not Right
here is where this minister has TO choose
between changing the subject and taking
TO the woods
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

Senator Bristow Is said TO harbor an
ward. and az this session OF Congress
regardless of all appearances TO the con-
Tary now existing. The Senator may be
right. but We fear he is destined 20 a sad
sad awakening
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
Mr. Taft and washinrton

Frun the Boston Herald.
It begins TO be said that no Presi-
dent in recent years has shown so much
interest in the welfare OF Washington
as has President Taft. And the local
papers reflect public appreciation. It's a
case where a close view isn't a narrow
one
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
Annther PoliticnI auestion.

From the Ns~ Yozk World.
The World IS stiI waiting for an answer
10 rs question. What is a Democrat
Meantime it is interesting to note that
the tariff discussion in the Senate ha:
started new query, ''WhaI is Repub-
lican?"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

Philadelphia prefers paying rs good
money for shoe leather rather than being
held up for It by the street car compa-
nies-and We see where Philadelphia is
right
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po~t.aa In. Then Doun.

Fron the Arkansas GsSstts.
Although the duty on lead in the new
tariff bill viii be the same as the duty in
the present law. you mist nevertheless
understand that the lead tariff has hsen
revised.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
MultinIr AZ Rir Nni.e.

From the Chicago Record Herald
Strange nobody has suggested attach
ing a tl0,ooo.ooo megaphone to Congress
as another means TO signaling to Mars.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
Why Is ThiSF

"All the worlds stage"
But you never see a crowd OF girls
hanging around a boiler factory 10 watch
the matinee idols pass out
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
Lest We Forget.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Recurring 10 the subject Of peace con-
crosses, DO you remember that only five
years ego Russia and japan were trying
to wipe each other on the mapZ
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

The statement that there are two John
d RockefeHers in this country does not
seem TO have excited anybody in par
ticular. Doubtless the idea is that two
could not possibly be worse than one.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
Timrr Change

It's a golf cabinet these days"
What has become Of the former tennis
cabinet2"
7 s'pose they're glad 20 act as caddies
now"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

King Edward has three suits ofsclothes
fOT every day in the year" says London
paper Many people have even less.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

complains In court that her son thinks he
is engaged 70 fourteen different women.
Maybe he is: possibly II runs in the fam
iiv
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

The rhinoceros fell at the first shot
says a news story from the jungle. Good
old rhino, He saw his duty and did it
nObly.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
inder Sn.nicinn
From the osr,sand Lezae-.

From the CeEsisnd Lez6e.
Dr. Wiley SAYS that 90 per cent Of the
liquor that is sold as whisky Is fraud
some suspect the other 10 per cent.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14
Some Few.

Some people Ike 10 tell an alleged
funny story, but won't listen to one Of
yours"
Quite So And some people Ike 70 offer
friendly sdvice. but won't take any
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

In these days OF aviation. Get or the
earth" is something more than the mere
expression OF an abstract idea.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

Rameses II was the greatest advertiser
Egypt ever saw" says the Omaha Bee.
Vel, there is 8 gentleman in Africa just
now that probably would not have asked
any handicap Of Rameses.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

And so the ultimate consumer is a
myth?7 The general idea heretofore has
been that he is the goat.
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Corporate Re.ponsibility

Fro1n he Chic7g0 NeEs
Just now the sugar trust officials in
their turn are recognizing the supreme
convenience OF having a responsible head
who IS dead
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

A certain Georgia contemporary AYERS
that the Cracker State Is about 20 swap
''Hoke ache" for Brown bread" which
Is such bad Joke L Is almost good.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

number OF people are heginning to
love the Weather Bureau for the enemies
Il has made.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

T stands for Tillman and also for tea,
and tea needs protection down in old S c
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

II you have any doubt that spring is
really and truly on the job strenuously.
ask the hokey-poksy ice cream man.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

Are we living longer?' asks the Baiti-
more American. Every day, II we are
living at all
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

Mr.. Roosevelt will get back with moth
ing worse than an impaired liver" says
Rudyard Kipling- He could not, very
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

Nothing in this country needs TO mend
its weighs so much as the sugar trust
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

No man who has ever raised chickens
for the markets can be convinced that
figures do not Iie-and outrageously at
tines too
The Washington herald., 1909-05-14

Old Sol will be the party TO move sue
cessfuily that the present session OF Con
gTess do now adjourn"