The National tribune., 1909-07-15

vironment for countless centuries has
been that of beast of the field. with
the passions of a beast and no knowl-
edge of anything better? If mothers
and fathers held a little tighter rein on
the roaming propensities of their young
daughters at all times those who prey
on the young and innocent would have
less opportunity to fill the pages of the
newspapers with tales of their filthy
lives and disgusting doings. Youth is
trusting, eoquettish, plant. unheeding,
thoughtiess. uninformed and uniformed.
Given a disposition like this and bring
in contact with the bestial influences in
any Chinatown" and You have the
start for serious trouble. After all. the
parents are to blame. Better kill your
children with severity and discipline
than let them run wild to have good
time" and die moral death.
a funny thing happened at the Capt.
tol the other day. In fact, if the in
cidents'' of the tariff debate could be
recorded, it wouldn't be so dry after
all Senator Taliaferro, of Florida,
wanted to make talk for a duty on
pineapples, or to have it increased. for
there is a duty now. and he distributed
a barrel or so of the delicious fruit to
the Senators present. One of the thrifty
ones-his name is withheld lest it be
detrimental to public business" to
make it known-thought it would be a
fine thing tc send the pineapple he got
home. He ordered his secretary to
frank it to the Senator's home. The
luscious pine got as far as the Wash
ington Post Office. and there It was
held up by a postal clerk who knows
the law. and quietly returned to the
United States Senator, who knows more
now.
Mrs. Taft's health is in so precarious
a condition that strict orders have been
given that she is not to see anyone at
the Summer home at Beverly, Mass,
except the warmest personal friends.
Several Secret Service men are set to
watch all possible approaches to the
Taft home to guard against surprise.
Mrs Taft is suffering from a severe
nervous breakdown. She entered upon
the duties of the Presidents wife with
too much ardor, and broke herself
down almost Immediately.
There are lot of people down Wash
ington way who are hoping that Gen.
Bingham, who was formerly Superin-
tendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds here. will win out in his fight
against Mcclellan in New York City.
Gen. Bingham was about the limit for
plain English as she is spoke in busi-
ness affairs, and it would be quite inn
possible to mistake his meaning at any
time, but that he was honest and his
motives above suspicion everybody
knew. He went into the cesspool of
political New York, and was selected
by Mayor Mcclellan to clean up the
Police Department as Police Commits
sioner. Gen. Bingham went at the job
with characteristic energy and single
ness of purpose. He began in the cor
iv6 n
plain view; then he began to sweep up
the filth. Patience. but it did stink to
high heaven! New York City was
brought into unenviable contrast with
every other city in the world, and not
to the credit of New York at all. Gen.
Bingham was criticized unsparingIy.
There were not lacking a great many
prophesies that he would not last a year
in his position But he did. 1t took
him a good while to get to Mayor Nc
C1ellan's pets, and all was smooth sail
ing between him and the Mayor. Final
ly, however, Gen. Bingham began to
get close to Tammany. Every little
while the old tiger felt a death clutch
at its throat. and while it could shake
it off each time Bingham took new
cinch, it got harder and harder to en-
dure. Finally Gen. Bingham got right
down into the Tammany vitals, and ii
was a question of which should go,
Gen. Bingham or Tammany. While
Bingham has made the reputation of
Mcclellan as Mayor of New York. Nc
Clellan felt that he could not break
with Tammany, so he preferred to
break with his lifelong friend, Gen.
Bingham. Bingham was dismissed. The
cause of dismissal was his disregard of
McClellan's orders to "let go" his grip
on Tammany interests. Bingham went.
Now the decent people of New York
ay ri RinOhan1 MaVnr
when McClellan's term is up. Bingham
says: "AIl right, il the people want me;
but they must remember that to elect
me means that they indorse what
have done as Police Commissioner"
And the people say: That's what we
want you for" The trouble Is that de-
cent people get tired very quick. They
start reforms. and get weary when they
can't accomplish things in minute,
and leave the reforms up in the air.
But. sayi Bingham as Mayor of New
York City! Oh, but it would be rich!
JULY FOURTH.
"Safe" Enough In This Berg, But Slow
for the Kids-SissOn Suddenly Pa
triotic-Many Side Celebrations, That
Children May Have Fireworks.
Washington had ge-e-l-o-rious
ftdSl IL Udu VI d
glorious Fourth as was possible under
safe and sane" methods. There was
no noise, not nearly as much as there
is on Sunday in the National Capital.
but If the song Every day will be
Sunday by-and-by," refers to Sundays
such as the Fourth of July here was,
why then we don't want any Sundays
in ours. One little boy howled to make
noise, and so his mother relented
and let him go to the basement, where
she permitted him to crack peanuts
A newspaper correspondent who has
son whose tiny fingers held Flag
on the day of his birth. and that was
| July Fourth, 1908, was taken by his
| father over the river to dear old Al
exandria," where he could buy and
| fire as many "shootin' crackers" as
he liked.
And so the day went-for the ar
dent
For quiet elderly people who like
| to take nap after dinner, and who
walk slowly, speak sedately, and take
their pleasures sadly, it was a soul
satisfying day.
The center Of gravity for the MORN
| ing was the grand stand erected for
the Stephenson Monument exercises
which were held on Saturday. This
stand was loaned for the Safe and
Sane Exercises to commemorate the
1920 birthday of the Union of States.
And all joking aside, the exercises
were delightful. The Marine Band
lent its always musical presence, led
| by Prof Santelmann. Commissioned
| NJ fnu ha.