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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-03
Constitutional Amendment.

Patterson Bill Postponed.
 The house this morning postponed for 2 period of ten days any further consideration of the Patterson bill, providing for working convicts on the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-03
Bluff Trust Co.

r Main xnd Barraqus Strasts,
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
Edward and the Suffrnosttes.

King Edward is unfortunate nowadays.
we think. in not having a Secretary Loeb
attendant on the royal person.
The English suffragettes seem deter
mined to make his majesty's life as miser-
able as they possibly can. They are
eamped on his trail day and night. They
swear by the great horn spoon he shall
hear them for their cause. or they VIII
know why 10 their entire satisfaction. In
vain does the King suggest this. that. and
the other. The more the militant suf-
fragettes are denied, the more they fight.
The prime minister shows scant incIina-
ton 10 come 70 his majesty's assistance;
on the contrary. in fact. he seems rather
tc enjoy his sovereign's distress OF mind
and great discomfort
II the King had a Secretary Loeb handy,
he might enjoy some peace OF mind. The
suffragettes would meet a foeman more
than generously worthy Of their steel
Mr.. Loeb would stand them of" in great
shape. and the King would not know that
anything particular had been going on
until # was an over. including the
shouting
Mr.. Loeb-our own Mr Loeb. who may
never again be paralleled in this world.
more's the pity-was never seen to better
advantage than when handling obsreper-
Gus and insistent persons vociferousIy
bent on "butting in" where they were not
desired His superb handling OF the in
sistent Mrs. Ida Won Claussen will long
be remembered in Washington as one Of
the star acts of his conspicuously stellar
career. Mrs. Won CIaussen was as deter
mined to see the President Of the United
States as ever British suffragette was
determined TO see the King. She pro-
claimed her fell design from the house
tops. She came 10 Washington. but she
neither saw the President nor conquered
Mr.. Loeb. She did get 10 Mr.. Loeb's
oflce-but the rest OF that story Is
history.
Pity King Edward has not a secretary
built along Loebesque lines. He would
meet the suffragettes face 10 face and
they would be HIS They would parIey
while and then go their several ways IN
approximate peace. Perhaps they would
talk bit strenuously 10 an occasional
newspaper reporter thereafter. even as
sumo little mock Indignation But, on
the whole, they would subside and keep
quiet. The why's and where
fores Of this We essay not 70 illuminate.
It would be so, however-it always was
with Mr.. Loeb.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
PIANO-PLAYING AZ NIGHT.
Judge KimbaII's Ruling the Subject
of Editorial Comment.


FTom the Detroit Pee Pres
Judge Kinbau. Of Washington. holds
that piano playing and singing after 10
o'clock az night is disorderly conduct as
much as are cursing. swearing. and fight
inS.
He may be right He may have the
law on his side But why his failure 10
enunciate a general and sweeping princi-
ple2 There are monographs. hddles. ban
ios. and no end Of other musical insiru-
menrs. &c say nothing OF barking dogs,
yowling cats. and crying babies.
Now. Judge. isn't 10 ,. m. just a little
early for elapping On the hd7 The com
pany may not have gone. The innocent
gayeties Of the social function may be
still IN fun swing The piano and the
singers may be essential 10 the success
OF the event The neighbor annoyed may
be the next to annoy. These musical
breaks in quietude. II they are only occa-
sional and are not made a continuous
performance. have a claim 20 tolerance.
II not 20 sympathetic treatment
To close them while the saloons are
going full blast. while people IN The
street are using lung power ar VII. while
automobile horns and whistles and g0ngs
raise pandemOnium. seems ike unwar-
ranted discrimination against a compare
lively slight offender.
Either restore the curfew for all OF let
equity have a voice IN the matter.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
No ROYAL Road.

II IS one Of the maXims we learned out
Of our copy books that There is no royal
road to learning" but a close approach
to a royal road has been found for years
In Oxford University. It has stood for
centuries as a trainer OF the weii-born
England governed by the class rather
than by the mass. II has been Oxford that
has had the greatest share IN training
them for the work, and il has been from
the great university on the Isis that Eng
Iish public men. manners. customs. poll
tics. and even theology have received their
stamp
But it seems that the time has come for
a change, and Lord Curzon Of Kedleston.
one time viceroy Of India. now chancellor
Of Oxford University. has set himself the
task of re0rganizing this venerable seat
Of learning so that It shall be more IN
touch with the times and Of greater useful
ness, not TO the aristocratic class from
which It has always drawn its strength.
but TO the masses. to the whole people.
He thinks that oxford has been in a rut
too long. and declares that # is time TO
prove that the university is no Sleepy
Hollow" and that IT has other functions
than browsing on the memories OF the
past In a speech on the subject the
other day he took occasion to say:
Oxford is. indeed. part Of the life Of the m.
foa har -,
and every age. in turn has written its mark upon
her. Here statesmen have been nurtured. and per
haps good many who were not statesmen. Here
kings have rsigned, theologians and schoOlmen have
contended. reformers have even been burned at the
stake. and those great ideas have sprung into being
which, Tadating from this center, have gone abroad
and have shaken tho world"
We take it that the chancellor does
not propose to limit the usefulness Of OK
ford. but to increase It; TO make its whole
scheme Of education more popular. more
designed to the practical needs OF the
ege; less academic. The idea is revolu-
tionary. but, after all, universities no
more than individuals can be allowed TO
stand STILL Lord Curzon's first PROPOSE
ton looking to reform is that Greek be
no longer required as a subject for
matricuiation, and this, while not neces-
sarily lowering the standard for entrance.
viii. at least. invite candidates from the
less expensive and. therefore. less ex-
elusive public schools.
Much was accomplished in the wav OF
undermining Oxford when the Cecu
Rhodes beouest opened the doors Of the
university to students from the colonies
and from the United States, and Il has
been noted that the American leaven has
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
FALSE PATRIOTISM.
Bishop Williams RebuIze OF AmerI-
can People Commended.

Bishop williams Rebuke OF Ameri-
can People Commended.
From the New York Ans-ion
The Right Rev. Charles D. Williams.
Protestant Episcopal Bishop OF Michigan.
spoke in the manner OF an accusing He
brew prophet In his sermon al S.. Bar
tholOmew's Church on sunday yet nos
without light and grace
He rebuked the American people Gor be
iieving IN the inevitableness OF national
success and progress.
Said the bishop: 1T IS character that
determines the fate OF nations. as OF IN
dividuals. 4 false patriotism shuts its
eyes 70 that law and trusts. blindly anc
with stupid obstinacy. 10 manifest des-
tiny"
The point IS that people who suppose
themselves % be the favored children Of
fortune are likely 20 turn out worse than
those who understand that they have got
% work fOr what they get
Nothing paralyzes the viii Ike the
sense OF having a sure thing
To suppose that America is foreordained
% be the greatest and happiest country
in the world. whether Americans do any
thing 20 make IL 50 or not, IS 20 prepare
tho way for a stupendous national dis
aster.
The bishops preachment should help
% clear the mental confusion OF those
who confound faith with fataiism-
To have faith in America IS 20 be Will
Ing and ready 20 undergo labors. risks.
and losses for f.
To believe, on the other hand. that the
country IS fated % prosper Is 10 lose al
sense Of the need Of struggle and sac
Fihce.
There are Oriental nations that have
stagnated for forty centuries. simply be-
cause they are fatalist nations and do not
understand that great dezrinies are IN
store only f0r those who lclLeve them
against doubts and difficulties.
A WrerChed woman sank 10 hearr-break
and assassination IN Maryland the other
day because, as her poor. plagiarlzed.
sentimental letters showed. she was a
fatalist IN affairs OF the heart. and did
not understand thar happy and success
ful love is an act OF intelligent enterprise
AID a triumph OF the wiz.
Bishop Williams IS right
America is 70 be saved, not BY the sod
den optimism OF fataiists. but by the dar-
ing adventures OF the faithful
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
THE BLOOD THIRST.

The farmer his suspenders breaks aaughtering the harm
less snakes which never have by any chance hurt him. his cousins
or his aun The farmers precious little tOddng through
the woods with guns and when they bird they blow
the poor thing galley west The city dee dearest wish IS just
to Kill lot Of fish, and then stool and desk and reel off
stories picturesque And the health officials and urge
all to swat the flies and when we've slain these pesy critters we'll
all turn IN and kill mOiers; when we've annated these we'll
start holy feas, and in long descending scale well KILL
and kill, till victims fail Fair Science would the hemlock oua
because she lacks stuffed giraffe she also needs hppos frame
wahog and some other game and ner again viii Science smile
she can't have crocodile twohorned rino and boar
ringaied monkeys by the Oh rather than Science
weep we'll plunge into the unges deep, and all the woods with
wailings fill, and kll-and kil-and hr-and kill
ccggzsat by eaaEss Aaaual Walt Mason.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14

creased in both bills. No substantial
change occurs IN the sugar duties. a
merely farcical reduction has been made
in the lumber rates. as in the duties on
glassware, and the fax and silk sched-
ules show Increases. The Standard OIL
joker. toned down, reappears in the Sen
ate bill Even in the steel schedule.
the most thoroughly downward re-
vised schedule in the whole list. care has
been taken in the Senate TO increase
duties on about the only product Of the
steel manufacturers in which foreign
competition might appear-nameIy. struc-
tural steel.
Now. the best that can be done with
these two bills in conference. the adop-
ton. for instance. OF all the decreases
voted by either House, would fan far
short of such a revision as was
hoped for by the advocates Of a re-
vised tariff. The worst Of the Dingley
duties. save those in the steel schedule.
would remain. Nothing that VIII happen
in conference can change this outcome.
Mr.. Tafts utmost influence. should it
have the weight naturally anticipated,
can only save the bill from being worse
than it might be; it cannot prevent It
from being worse than Il should be. His
expectation that excessive Dingley duties
would be removed can be realized only IN
part. He VIII be lucky II he does not at
last feel bound to sign a bill containing
many Increases over the high rates Of
existing law.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
Where Revision Has Failed.

When nearly two years ago Mr.. Taft
detected the rise Of tariff revision senti-
ment within the Republican party ana
elected to join the ranks Of the revision
lists. there was no question as 10 what
revision meant II was universally agreed
by the proponents Of revision that the
Dingley duties were excessive: that they
had melted the imposition Of high tariffs
by foreign nations; that they had been
outgrown by economic conditions, revo-
lutionizing and cheapening processes OF
production; that they stood in the
way Of the extension Of our foreign trade.
and that. as President Mckinley had said
the time for a policy OF exclusion had
passed Under the stimulation Of the
high Dingiey duties. production had out
run domestic consumption, home compe-
tition had ended In the consolidation Of
great manufacturing plants and the en-
eOuragement Of manufacture and distribu-
ton on large scale through combina-
tons Of capitalistic enterprises. Many
manufacturers themselves recognized the
absurdity OF maintaining duties that
merely upheld monopoly and imposed un-
necessary burdens both upon consumer
and producer. The most active movers
for a revision OF the tarin were, IN point
OF fact. manufacturers. who felt that the
time had come for a broader national
policy. who demanded that the tariff be
put upon a scientific basis and revised
from time to time in accordance with the
recommendations Of experts. instead OF
being thrown into the vortex Of politics
every few years. to be made a subject Of
bargain and sale. Mr.. Taft. in various
public utterances prior 10 his nomination
for the Presidency. practically accepted
the views Of these Iiberal-minded manu-
facturers.
Having promised tariff revision, the Re-
publican party was intrusted with the
task. In spite Of the obvious fact that the
business Of changing the schedules would
be undertaken by avowed high tariff men.
There is now in conference the work OF
revision so far as accomplished by both
Houses. Marked differences appear in
the bills that passed Senate and House.
but both have this common defect
they fal conspieuously 70 correct all the
excessive duties Of the Dingley law. and
neither makes any concessions to the con-
sumer. Nearly all the important reduc-
tons in the Payne bill. many Of which
disappeared in the Senate. were conces-
sions TO manufacturers In the way Of raw
materials. all well enough in their way.
but necessarily OF more concern to the
maker OF things than 70 the final user OF
them. The important tariff schedules.
covering importations Of universal con-
sumption. show no effective decreases Of
duty In either measure. The outrageous
woolen schedule remains essentially IN
touched Duties on cotton goods are in
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
~Of Such Is the Kingdom"

It Is an opinion frequently expressed
that American children as type" are
impertinent lacking in. respect for their
elders. and IN ssasof discipline. An in
vestigatlon beeags upon this subject has
been made IN 1000 public schools scat
tered throughout the United States. and
some Of its results have been reported
70 the National Educational Association.
Many teachers. in making reports. criti-
else severely the home and social life Of
families in their relation TO the training
OF children. Il seems superauous to
point out that homes where profanity.
drunkenness. and vice prevail act against
every good influence Of the school
But simultaneously It IS made to ap-
pear that the homes even OF the pros
porous and the refined are not always
conducive TO the formation OF strong
character. Il is asserted that IN such
homes discipline is lax and that children
place themselves on the same level with
their parents" This is one Of those at
tempts at criticising domesticity that are
characteristic Of amateur sociology. What
qualifications for passing judgment upon
the influences Of the family circle thrown
around the developing mental and moral
elements OF youth has a school-teacher
presumably unmarried? But aside from
that question. is it TO be assumed that a
heritage OF i'll IS to follow the phenome-
non Of children who attain 10 the level
that permits familiar and confidential as
sociation with their fathers and mothers7
II seems q doctrine both radical and re-
pulsive that aspiring youth should be de-
MED the advantage Of afecuonate and IN
telectuaI converse with the elders, whose
agreeable duty il should be 70 contribute
every social encouragement and personal
stimulus TO the development Of charac-
ter. Sad, indeed. would be the home
whose children we're treated systemat-
icaIy as inferior beings, unqualified to
share in the unaffected charms Of the
family circle. In such a relation the
fault Of impertlnenee could fnd no place.
1t would seem that these froward critics
have attacked characteristic OF Amer
lean home life that in reality merits
praise and encouragement. They may
recall that adult Teacher who saw in as
ISOLATION with children a glimpse Of the
Kingdom Of Heaven"
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
PUT A BAN ON COCAINE.
Easiest Drug TO Use and Most DAN
EerOus fn Effects.


gerOus in Effects.
From the PhiadelpAia North American.
OF al the vicious, habit-fOrning. char
acter and health-wrecking drugs. cocaine
IS the easiest drug OF al 20 use. Il IS
bought as a solid, white substance Il is
then crushed. with pencil usually. then
taken upon the thumb and snined into
the nose. precisely Ike snuff. It is one
Of the most exhilarating OF all drugs
Later there are terrible reactions, until
the ''hend" has TO use the drug constantly
10 be even decently comfortable. Finally
there are complications and he dies.
Statistics concerning the results OF CO.
caine are lacking But II has been IN
every city as IL has been IN Philadelphia.
where Z was proved in open court that
scores Of boys and girls In this city are
addicted 10 the cocaine habit; that pur-
veyors OF the drug have even approached
the pupils or the public schools. and that
the Opiate can be obtained IN almost any
part OF the Tenderloin.
Police officials have had good cause 10
learn that one result OF the use OF the
drug is 10 breed in the "fend' the desire
70 make converts 20 its use. And in
most cases the choice falls upon children
OF tender years. The schools for thieves,
the colleges Of crime Of the modern Fa-
gins that exist in every large city, ind
cocaine the most potent OF the corrupting
influences necessary for the education Of
the juvenile pickpocket and sneak thief
For the sake Of that whole race, for the
sake OF the children forced daily into con-
tact with evil in congested city districts.
for the sake Of the humanitsrianlsm that
- r,rr
the curse OF opium from China, let US look
al home and force Congress 70 take the
first step toward casting out the devil OF
cocaine
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
DOMESTIC UNHAPPrNESS.
Abuse of the Divorce the Crying
Evil of the Times.

ADuSS OF tAc DANorec Ane OEyAn8
Evil Of the Times.
From The Sayannah News
II is the abuse Of the divorce and not
the divorce itself that has become a cry
ing evil IN the country.
II all husbands and all wives were ideal
IN their department then every household
would be filed always with happiness and
divorces would be unnecessary. Indeed.
with such perfect people there would be
no need Tor courts OF any sort. and the
jails and penitenuaries- could all be aboi-
ished- Unfortunately. however. human
nature Is far short OF perfect. so that
lawyers will continue to thrive and sheriTs
20 have work 20 do FOR ages 10 come. It
IS in the domestic life that human per-
vcrseness is accentuated- The woman and
the man never know each other until they
have been married long enough for the
novelty 20 wear OF: and then they may
find the companionship intolerable. The
story OF domestic unhappiness is an old
and familiar one
Said Judge Brown: "A proper regard
for the interests Of the state as well as
the preservation OF domestic happiness
would seem 10 require that when the
whole object OF the matrimonial compact
had been defeated by the habitual. per
sistent. and uncomfortable conduct OF
either party, and that relation which
should present the acme OF human happi-
ness is made 70 stand cor all that is most
repugrant % our desires and antlcIpa-
tons. severance Of the ties should be
permitted %
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
Victim of Stage Fright.

From the Youths Companion
John Bright once described the va
riety OF stage fright with which he was
familiar with telling and quotable point.
He was discussing public speaking with
George Dawson. an eminent Englishman
OF his day. when. according TO a para
graph IN the late David Christie Murray's
'RecOllectiOns." he said:
Tell me. friend George, you have
suppose, as large az experience in pub
lie speaking as any man In England.
Have you any acquaintance with the old
nervous tremOr?"
mo" Dawson replied. ''or. II I have
u is G mere momentary qualm. which is
gone before can realize II"
Now. for my part" said the great
tribune, II have had practice enough,
but have never risen TO address an
audience. large or small. without expert
encing a shaking at the knees and a
sense Of a scientific vacuum behind the
waistcoat"
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
SPARE THE GROUND HOG.
Illinois Legislators Err in Making
War on Little Animal.


War on Little Animal.
From the Chicaso Ereuiug Post
The ground hog OF ullneis and the
West generally Is the woodchuck OF the
Eastern States Il is charged against
him that IN digging his home ne throws
gravel Up over the surface OF the ground
70 an extent that Injuries the farmers
prospects OF raising crops. The ground
hog also IS accused OF being a prowIer
IN the vegetable garden, and 10 Is said
that the early cabbage that should 20 10
the farmers table IS sacrificed % the ap-
petite Of the unbidden guest in the Aeld
out in Kansas q few years ago the
Western red-tailed hawk was abundant
About once every six months the red
tail would pick up a chicken. aad the
act aroused the owner Of the chicken 70
anger. The lawmakers Of Kansas de-
clared the red-tail an outlaw ana put a
price on his head There were 50 many
red-tailed hawks killed that the count
was lost. COincident with the killing OF
the birds, the plague of prairie dogs IN
creased and menaced the very means OF
livelihood Of the majority OF the Kansas
dweliers- They called on the BioIogicaI
Survey Of Washington 70 help them out
OF their trouble. The scientists sent this
Repeal the law placing
bounty on hawks This was done and
since that time nature has kept the bal
ance even.
All this perhaps has comparatively lit
tie 10 DO with the ground hog OF III
nois. but it may be said that the legisla-
tors who would pass laws intended 20 in
terfere with the workings Of Mother Ma
ture are taking great chances. Confess
edly, IL is not known just what place the
ground hos, or the woodchUck. as YOU
viii holds in natures. system OF economy.
but that IL holds a place IS well assured.
Il IS more than possible that the propa-
Sanda for the preservation OF the natural
resources Of the country includes the
ground hOE
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
Avoiraupots and Art.

II was a bold and imaginative stage
minstrel who essayed the task Of making
an airy, fairy Saiome dancer out OF n
professional fortune teller weighing 80
pounds. But his Imagination had its prac-
teal side. All he wanted IN return for
his GENERALIZATION Of her too solid flesh
was that the prophecies should back HIS
show with real money In other words,
he wanted the material seeress 70 be his
angel She consented. but when the COM
pany went on tour in the Businesses OF
New Jersey the unresponsive public re-
fused 20 flock 20 the box Office. The re-
suit was that the substantial Salone grew
weary Of her contract She refused both
10 dance and TO pay the piper. The result
was lawsuit, on the ground that il must
have been a false representation that in
duced a lady OF so much avoirdupois 70
believe that she could be airy, fairy. light,
or fantastic. The court was perplexed.
but decided TO permit the minstrel 10
wander in freedom. The moral OF which
IS that II is easier 10 part with dollars
than with flesh. or else that the ambitious
aspirant mistOOk her role and should
have taken up the vocation of a profes-
sional tat lady.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
sOciaIiStic Music.

An Englishman walking IN Manchester
was handed a circular. which read. n
part: Under socialism we should have
twelve bands of music playing six hours
day ln g city Ike Manchester. VS.
should only have 10 work seven hours n
day and have a whole weeks holiday
once every two mcnths. Every house
hold would have goods, not money, 10 the
present value Of "a week income. more
or less, IN proportion 10 family We
should have q foretaste OF heaven hence
and now" Most OF the literature Of So
cialism Is designed 20 foment discomfort
and 70 Offer an alleged remedy. Bur there
IS something frightful about the threat
OF twelve bands OF music - municipal
music AT thaJ-playing six hours q day
within tie limits Of one city. Surely that
would be the extreme antithesis Of heaven
on earth