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The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
The Frenzy of Caste.

Those who. noting the unrest through
out Hindoostan, have been quick TO at
1ribute Il 20 revolt against the government
OF the nation by an alien nation. Great
Britain. should BE- particularly interested
IN the latest dispatches from Calcutta
which tell OF the religious riots between
the Mohammedans and Hindoos, which
seem 10 threaten a religious war
Those who have not lived in India nor
have made a special study Of its unique
conditions can hardly understand the
differences and hareds that exist among
the different peoples. Between the Mus
sulman and the Hindoo, the Punjabi and
The BengaL the Sikh and the Brahmin.
and between many OF the smaller divi-
sions OF religion. race. and caste there
- no such thing as cohesion OF co-opera-
tion. and IT, 10 a small degree. The rigid
lines Of caste have been broken down here
and there so that labor and commerce IN
der modern conditions have been made
possible. it is due in no small degree TO
the efforts OF Great Britain.
II viii be remembered that the Sepoy
mutiny, that dreadful Indian uprising
that caught the British unprepared. and
which was unexampled in its frenzy and
cruelty was brought about. primarily. By
a question Of caste. II those DAYS breech-
loading cartridges had not been invented
and it was necessary for the soldiers to
bite or one end Of their paper cartridges
before putting them in the barrel OF the
rifles. When il was learned that the IA
per or these cartridges was creased with
tallow from animals which the religion
OF The soldiers taught them was unclean.
revolt was Inevitable. Since that tine
every effort has been made by the Brit
ish 20 respect the caste Of the natives.
and even in relief work during famine
tiRe this peculiar but powerful evidence
Of fanaticism has to be taken into ac-
count
If the only danger Of religious revolt
in India to-day lay in The violation Of the
various eastes by the British, it would be
small, but the danger lies, as at present,
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
cuhn,. Army of Pacinca,Ion.

From the New York Sun-
The army has not been idle Il has
reorganized and trained the Rural Guard;
il has mapped the island until every trail
is known: il has done sanitary work Of
the highest value tt the Cuban people;
Il has he'ped 10 give taem code Of laws
and has directed al assisted IN public
works In incalculE avs il has proved
its usefulness, Wa police force It
remained al0of, as done q work
for Cuba which Lays .,e people under a
great Of legation and should evoke their
appreciation. When we speak OF the
army " mean the officers Of al depart
ments and the enlisted men. They are
leaving Cuba in better health and in d
higher state Of efficiency than could be
claimed for them when the revolution OF
August. 1896. called them to the island.
The American people have good reason
to be proud OF The Army Of Pacifcation.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
AS TO A SECRET POLICE.
Congress should Not Be Subject TO
Its Surveillance.

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From The Charleston News and Courier
That secret police agents have a value
and a function. sometimes INDISPENSABLE.
no one VIII dispute. but they are a dan
EerOus Instrument and their nultipuca-
tion should be discouraged. Therefore. If
the Federal executive department must
have them. the laws should rigidly define
and confne their activities. II they are
10 be used for sUppressing couHterfeiting.
that should he explicitly said by act Of
Congress. and Congress. proceeding
warily. might wisely grant 20 the Execu-
tive the right and the means 20 employ
them 3n the enforcement of other laws.
but In every case the objects Of their
employment should be prescribed by
statute.
Congress should jeal1usly guard its own
members. in so far as their conduct is
even remotely Involved with their official
duties. from special police vigilance. II
a member Of Congress misUses his COM
mission from the people 90 practice
frauds. it IS the business Of Congress 10
expei him. and II the assumption te i'll
founded. that Congress IS capable of dis
.4lii-i--i-- Lt9 ll-tll--t-c l-tA ---E A-ehl- pl-
which Congress exists Is false. If the
help OF detectives he required 10 prevent
Representative and Senators from using
the power flowing from their official po-
sitions IN the doing Of crimes. those de-
Jectives should be the servants Of Con
gress itself. for II the time should come
that The majority OF the members Of
Congress are either corrupt or incapable
the salvation 81 the country viii he be
youd the strength Of an executive de-
partment with less than dictatorial
powers.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Government by Veto.

Fr7T1 Lie
A veto. used in connection with public
acts. is a eupbemism for smother. squeich.
kill. &c. Owing to the elaborate system
Of vetoes which has been evolved during
long period of standing pat, our coun-
try may well be called the veto country -
II a member Of Congress wishes a bill
passed. 1t may be vetoed by the Speaker.
If the Speaker wishes II passed. it may
be vetoed BY committee
II the committee wishes il passed. il
may be vetoed by the House
If the House wishes it passed, it may be
vetoed By the Senate.
II the Senate wishes Il passed. il may
be vetoed BY t'.e President
II the President wishes II passed. II
may be vetoed by the Supreme Court.
II the supreme Court wishes il passed.
II may be ignored and thus vetoed by any
executive officer into whose hands II may
fail
If a bill succeeds in getting through all
these safely. it IS good bet that it Is
something the people do not want
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
The Civil Service Commission.

In the annual report Of the Civil
Service Commission it is stated that al
the end Of a quarter century Of the civil
service law. the merit system Of appoint
ment is firmly established and faith
fully supported. II is justified as d
practicable method OF obtaining economy
and efficiency in the service. and as a
remedy for many abuses" The plat
forms OF both political parties indorse it.
and six States and over one hundred
cities have adopted competitive systems
for civil appointments Since President
CleveIand's time the merit system has
had cordial administrative support. and it
has NOT been successfully attacked in
Congress, although the national Iegis-
Istare clings Jenaciously to every shred
OF patronage left
If there were no other reason for the
merit system, II would be necessary in
order 10 provide the government with the
annual number Of employees required 10 I'LL
vacancies. The Civil Service Commission
Is The great employment bureau Of the
government. through which application
must bs made and by which the fitness
o. The applicant is tested That the
mechanism established for this purpose is
indispensable should be obvious 10 every
one. when il is considered that the total
number Of applicants in 1913 was Is..ooo
and the total number Of appointments
s,ea The handbag Of this great mass
f applicants would be impossible without
some system Of segegating the IT from
? tie UNIT and the system is supplied by
the Civil Service Commission.
During the administration Of President
Roosevelt the number OF positions subject
% competitive examinations has grown
from 10000 10 e16Oo. both By the fnclu-
sion Of new classes Of employees in the
classified service and BY the actual
growth Of the service, the number Of
rural carriers. for example, having in
creased from $500 10 over SS,o00- Since
1901 Mr.. Roosevelt has placed the rural
carriers. the Philippine civil service, the
Panama Canal service, the Forest Service,
and some l50eo fourth-class postmasters
under the merit system. At the same
tine the power, responsibility. and busi-
ness Of the Civil Service Commission have
been greatly extended II should be gen
erousIy provided for in current appro-
priations. and its request for q fitting
home, in view Of the permanence and i'm
portance OF its work, should be given the
favorable consideration Of Congress.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Two and Two Make Four.

FTcm The Kansas City star
There may he some method in the
madness Of the lawyers ANY SL75 a
day man can say: Two and TWO are
four" But a pretty stiff fee could be
charged for fixing It ND like this: sub
ject TO the objection that it is incom-
petent and immateTial. Il is hereby and
herewith and hereunto affirmed, stipulated
and agreed. for the purposes Of. this
transaction only. that the number il the
Arabic enumeration commonly known as
two. when added affixed and conjoined
t. the exactly and precisely identical and
similar number IN said Arabic enUmera-
ton commonly known as TWO. as afO-e-
said. becomes through said process OF
addition. affiXiatDn. and conjunction the
higher numeraI in said Arabic scale %
numbers as aforesaid commonly known
as four
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
oDIors ANn onoRoUs-

Monopoly is odious. s.-WashIngton Post
Especially a gas monopoly that is
charging too much for poisonous gas and
trying 10 conceal its enormous profits by
al imitation OF It's capital stock.
A Hughes. or Heany. or a Folk
would know how 10 deal with this par
ticulariy edious monopoly.
Why not call into service such a man.
Mr. President in the interest Of this COM
munIty. pending Congressional acton?
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

political situation. The politicians cannot
resist the economic influences at work fer
natienaI solidarity any more than they
could before the war resist the economic
influences making for sectionalism- Oc-
casionally some old-school southerner In
weighs against the industrial invasion.
and sighs for the golden days when
plutocrats were less regarded than polit!-
cal theorists But the politics Of those
days were wholly dominated by the
economic fact of slavery: why should
there be any degradation in the thought
that the politics Of to-day are dominated
by the economic conditions of to-day?
So We feel that DR.. Taylor and men OF
his way of thinking are on solid ground
when they urge that the South should
support policies OF vital material concern
10 her people. and that she should give
over mere lip adherence to traditional
political theory. II the South is ever to
regain. says Dr. Taylor, "the vantage
ground which she occupied az the begin
ming Of our national life. il must be
through such a development OF her ma
teriaI resources as viii multiply her
wealth and population" Free exercise
OF political opinion is one Of the prere-
quisites to growth in population. and 70
that end the Southern awakening tends.
But the thoughtful Southerner may well
ask himself IL there Is political or
economic wisdom in throwing the political
influence OF the rapidly growing South
athwart the advance Of the nation. There
are plentiful signs that thousands have
already answered this question in the
negative
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

in the violation Of the HindOc's caste by
The Mohammedan, which stirs up a re-
iigious frenzy that takes but small ae-
count Of the law or OF the British power.
The Hindoos have attacked and defled a
Mohammedan mosque at Titaghur and in
retaliation the Mohammedans would ex-
terminate the Hiudoos il they could. Were
1t not Tor the strong arm Of the governing
natiOn-gOverning the country By force
for the eountry's good-there can be
little doubt but that from such slight
causes as the deflement Of q mosque the
fame OF religious frenzy would extend
throughout Hindostan with the result of
enormous destruction OF property and
great loss Of life.
But IS is here that the British have
70 intervene. ana even though the Hin
docs have done wrong. they have had to
prevent the Mohammedans from wreaking
vengeance upon them The Mohammedans
say they have no quarrel with the Brit
sb. and that is true, but neither have the
Hindoos. yet both races win be forced
to keep the peace. even at the bayonets
point
Fortunately for India and for the world
at large Great Britain has an efficient
and a sufficient force 10 keep the peace.
The number OF British soldiery on the
ground is not large. but the rulers Of
India have learned the trick OF using
the natives to keep the natives in order.
and there need be little apprehension that
the religious riots. even though they taxa
place simultaneously in many Indian
cities, viii be allowed TO develop into
{vfnruacfDa war
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simple Life in a City.

From the Springfield Republican.
Is there not just a touch Of irony in the
circumstance that since the reclame start
ed by The Simple Life" good Pastor
Wagner has had a church IN Paris in
stead Of IN a village? II is reported that
city life has led 10 a broadening of his
views which viii be reflected in his next
book Here is a theme for a pleasing
conte by that master OF irony, Anatole
France
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

gufhced 20 tell
about him the last
session. Part Of
four is now re-
quired. made neces-
sary by his Te-elec-
ton 70 the Sixty
first Congress
Though little Is
said about him.
and though he IS
a small man in
statue. Robert
Bruce gets there.
and che does not
need a step ladder
or Stiits. He Is d
lawyer. and a right
good lawyer is he.
His ability Wa
recognized By the
Speaker when he
WAS assigned 10
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Such Is Life

'Sim. you recoliect the early SOS.
There Wuz giants IN them DAYS"
SO we think now. Peleg. But nobody
seemed 10 believe 10 then
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Fly 10 Europe.

Now noted actress IS going TO pub
lish all the love letters she has ever re-
ceived
We'll. this publication Of correspond
ence. remarked transportation official,
'all helps the steamship business.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

Senator Tillman SAYS: Taft will never
break the solid South " However, there
may be a lot Of people in that section
nowadays who are not so hard TO con-
vince against their wills as is Senator
riII-non
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Marketing in Ban PLAYERS,

From the Detroit Free Press
Because OF al the sales and trades that
are going on in the baseball world
wouldn't it be a good thing TO have the
dealing done in some central market2
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
vhere Doe. II Abide

From the Detroit News.
The question IS not. Does the consutu-
ton follow the flag? But. Does the con-
stitution even stay at home with the
fag2
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
A Family Jar.

You were crazy 10 marry me, boasted
she.
II realize that now" he admitted
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Profitable Emulation.

why should our telegraph company
subsidize a Marathon race"
You ought 10 cough up a thousand as
a business proposition. boss Look how
il stimulates the messenger boys
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Yisitinr VEnrrinr.

From the BTcoslyn Stzndard-Uuicn.
Again Cuba is to be evacuated. TIE
United States army is not q permanent
tenant; only a regular visitor.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

Yuan Shi Kai dismissed for having
rheumatism in his leg" is said to ap-
pTeciate his governments Clemency. The
usual penalty for his peculiar variety OF
rheumatism in the leg" Is decapitation.
II seems
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

The Houston Post is in error. We do
not desire 10 abolish the letter x" The
only good We can see. indeed, in its
abolition is that We should thereby be
relieved from hearing so much about
TeNas
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Nof PopuIar.

From the Houston Post
II is pretty safe TO predict that no
chauffeur viii ever hold an important cleo
tive Office in this country.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
The Annual Crop.

"Did the advent OF the New Year see
fun return Of prosperity
Il think So l got about the usual
number Of calendars and blotters.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

Mr Abe" Ruef is stiH Of the opinion
that the courts Of California have not
given him Justice" Perhaps not but
the fourteen years they did give him was
z move in the right direction.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Thcr.re C,rffinr Whifr.

From the Charleston News ard Courier.
President Roosevelt VIII have no diff
Guilty in shooting a white rhinocerOs i'm
South Africa We are informed that the
rhinOceros tribe is even now turning pale
with fear.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
4 Common AiIment.

From the Omaha Pee
Col. GoethaTs reports that the GatUn
dam is all right again. having fully re-
covered from its recent sinking spell.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Quitr So.

How does a kiss taste2'
Depends altogether on the powder the
girl affects.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
A Caustic Adjective.

know not why. but always when
We would be withering,
We speak Of diotic men
As blithering.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

For a man with a worldwide reputation
for 'impulsiveness. Mr.. Roosevelt has
most remarkable prediction for saving
ample ammunition for a second shot.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

II Robert Bruce Macon. Of Arkansas,
stays IN Congress long enough he may
perhaps have a fair sized biography IN
the Congressional Directory. Three lines
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

A Baltimore paper says: san Francis
co alone is worse than Pittsburg.
Neither ci5y. we suspect, viii ever for
give Baltimore for that Unkind remark.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
Democratic Revision

From the Ncrfo.k Landmark
There appears TO be more Democratic
interest in Republican tariff revision
than in Democratic tariff revision
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

Did you ever stop 10 think that it took
about twenty-four hours 10 ring out the
old year and ring in the new from one
end OF Uncle Sans" domains 10 the
nfher2
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
To THE sEERS.

10 The SEEHST
This ought 10 be
A year OF years.
/ say 10 ye
Prophetic seeTs.
PTate OF no loss by food OF FIRE,
Nor teal US Of disasters dire.
But sing OF hope
And goOdly cheer;
That IS the dope
For a New Year.
Predict big crops and fortunes fine,
And lots Of Joy for 1873.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

Every committee in Congress will prob
ably be able 10 dig Up some imperative
reason for visiting the isthmus sooner
or later Looks as If there will be plenty
OF time. too.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

The standard oil Company is still
-dazed and staggered" according 10 the
Kansas City Star But not from fear
that It viii ever have to pay that 90. 30,
CO fne.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

A-story from Europe says; Castro will
probably settle down 20 the simple life
in Berlin Venezuela doubtless has
abandoned hope that he will ever settle
Up for the strenuous life down there.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

Mr. Taft should know, also, that the
chndlIke and bland smile ever 10 be Do;ed
on the face Of a 'possum is one Of the
things that especially endears it TO
Ge0rEiaBs
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

In the nature OF things. the water
wagons should be literally equipped with
springs, Il seems
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

Yesterday was one Of those January
days that compel forgiveness for days
Ike the one before.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

II the President should encounter an
African lion with a "tawRy" name. We
suspect he would reach for his biggest
gun Immediately.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

The vsrden OF the iowa State peniten-
tiary recommends taiioT-made suits.
laundered shirts, and patent leather shoes
for all prisoners. He must expect some
interesting developments in the Secret
Service nuddIe
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

The Montgomery Advertiser IS interest
ing itself in spirit mediums" Prohibit
tion evidently put II 10 thinking along
strenuous lines indeed,
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

Congress gave the Presidents Secret
Service message Of recent date the 'ha.
ha." perhaps. but not altogether the
merry Ia. ha." for ali that
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07
An UnpIeaSnnt Eminence.c

From TIRE Bostou Journal.
Italy stiH leads the world in the pro-
Suetion OF earthquakes.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

Always get Up from the table hungry
says an Indiana octogenarian. II Is prob
ably the only sure way 10 get ahead OF
the beef trust
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

The 'possum feast TO be given Mr.
Taft down South viii cost SO per plate
And time was not so long ago when the
marsupiaI was not even in the sl-a-plate
class Of banQuets.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

-Hades IS no worse than Chicago 80
SAYS the Rev Mr Billy Sunday.
That however. is no great recommended
tion for Hades-
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

1t was time. too. that some one was
coming to the rescue Of the good old
name Of Burton in the United States
Senate
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

From North Carolina, through Georgia
and Alabama. TO the western side Of
Mississippi the most popular poem just
now is. Drink 10 me only with thine
eyes.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

And our feet was right where it could
take a hand in the relief work in Sicily
ahead II every other nation on earth
More Roosevelt luck" eh2
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

Much viii De forgiven the bOisterous
Balkans when ii : remembered that
Queen Helena Of Italy IS native Of
Montenegro
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

book on Philanthropy Does he con-
sider that phnaEthropic?
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

IF it were T R. we suspect those
Cracker 'possums would be ciamoring for
the great honor Of dying for their country.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

If "the devil Is a blond" he must be
one Of the peroxide kind.
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

earthquakes VIII be restored. It is mans
way
The Washington herald., 1909-01-07

the Committee on Revision Of the Laws
Representative Macon has been here since
the Fifty-eighth Congress, and If the size
Of his plurality Is any criterion. he can
continue 10 represent the First district
Of Arkansas for some time. Naturally
he IS interested I'm the Mississippi River.
and his interest is manifested in the
Committee on Levees and Improvements
of the Mississippi River Pension also
claims his attention. Nobody knows how
old he IS. he will not tell but he has
seen service with Father Time
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-07-08

denounce the Jefersonians do not read some
OF the books and some of the Governmental
Reports which show the fearful conditions
that exist In the United States Nobody OBJ
Jects to the proclaiming of the Gospel to all
nations: what is objected to is the taking
upon ourselves of the gigantic burden of Civ
ing such things as secular education to all
heathendom,-wh the governments of those
countries have educational systems of their
own, and when SO many millions of our own
boys and girls are in need of what we are
giving to India, China and Japan.
The rich Northern philanthropists are MAX
ing speciality of educating the negroes for
industrial, political and social equality. The
fanatics of foreign missions are equally in
tense in their determination to fit the yellow,
brown and black races of the Orient for in
dustrial and social equality. Isn't it time in
Jesus name that we began to make a spe-
cialty of the up-lift of our own flesh and
blood the white children of this country