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f. Bacon to whom to assign the crown.
In this case It would now be resting on
his head by almost common consent"
Walt whitman said, IT am firmly con-
WINGED that Shakspere of Stratford
could not have written tho plays"
The great commoner John Bright, said.
Amy man who believes that William
Ehskspere Of Etratford wrote Hamlet
and Lear Is q fool"
Professor Swing, one of Americas great
scholars, declared. III Shakspere wrote
the plays and poems attributed to him,
then nothing Is so useless as good ed
ucation-"
Professor Winchell, SO we'll known in
the scientific world. wrote. IT am be-
lever In the Baconian theory"
The Rev. Fl. r. Haweis theologian and
author, wrote that he had never met any
one who, having thoroughly investigated
tho matter, had come to a different con-
clusion" than that SHAKESPEARE did not
write shakespeare, but that Bacon did.
The American poet, John G. Whittier
said, whether Bacon wrote the won
derful plays or not, am quite sure that
the man Shakspere did not nor could
not"
Sir Joseph N. McKenna, member of the
English parliament expresses himself
thus, IT have no more doubt that Lord
Bacon was the author of all tho plays and
of tho poetry attributed to SHAKESPEARE
than have Of the fact that Pope wrote
the Essay On Man"
W. H. Edwards, tho author Of "Shak-
gpere, Not Shakespeare" Is an uncompro-
missing Baconian, and wants the flowers to
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K XR. HERBERT SPENCER, in his
mi remarkable essay on THE Data
1yX ~ Ethfcs has occaaiou to dis

x XR. HERBERT SPENCER, in his
MI remarkable essay on THE Data
i i of Ethics" has occasion to dis
cuss what the moral philosophers call
.the altrustio SYSTEM" and In showing
the dependence of q man on his FELLOW
men he points out the fact that the
mental as we'll as the bodily status OF our
neighbors are of great Importance to each
one of us, because our own personal en-
gagements and general well-being are In
numberless ways dependent upon the gen
raj intelligence Of tho community In which
we live. stupidity raises the cost OF
commodities" slovenly farming means
high prices for food. Manias and panlcs
readily seize upon the tgnorant, and then
comes a passage so fun of thought and
so intensely practical withal that we
must transcribe It:
''Closer and clearer Is the dependence of
his personal satisfactions on others mon
tai states which each experiences In his
household. Unpunctuality and want Of
system are perpetual sources of annoy
ance. The unskiilfulnsss of the cook
causes frequent vsxation and occasional
indigestion. Lack Of forsthouGht In tho
housemaid leads to = fall over . buelkst
in q dark passage; and inatteataon to 4
message or fengstfulness In Asiivsslag-
It. entails failure In an important engage
mont. Each therefore beneAtu eUo1tlc4Ny
by such altruism as aids in raising the
average intelligence. I DO not mean such
altruism as taxes ratepayers that chill
dren's minds may be filled with dates and
names, and gossip about kings, and mar
ratives of battles, and other useless in
formation. no amount Of which will make
them capable workers or good citizens;
but I mean such altruism as helps to
spread a knowledge Of the nature Of
things and to cultivate the power of ap-
plying that knowledge"
There is mine Of wisdom In that para
graph. Indeed, It 10 q condensed treatise
on Education" Certainly a good deal
or rather bad deal--of what we call
history Is little moro than gossip about
kings" and not 'infrequently they wsre
kings who were nt for nothing but to
DO gossiped about.
Much, too, OF what We call '1iterature''
u gossip about authors accounts Of the
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1875. 1884 and 1892 Indiana chose dem
ocrats to represent her In the electoral
college.
Thomas A. Hendricks must have been
a man of commanding force. for Voor-
hees, Mcdonald. English, Turpie. Kerr,
Niblack, and all the rest of the party
in Indiana recognized his primacy. And
yet Governor Hendricks, great man that
he certainly WAS, failed to see and to fol-
low the one road that would lead iSn
to the White House In this town. The re-
publican party stole the presidency in
1877, and their excuse for 1t was that 1t
was too much of a states rights party to
question the returns of the sovereign
state of Louisiana. and yet every sane
man In America knew that the great seal
OF Louisiana certified to lie on that oc-
casion. All Hendricks had to do to be
President was to insist on the nomination
of the old ticket in 1880 1t would have
swept tho country, Tilden would not
have lived six months after inaugura-
ton, and Hendricks would have come in
as had Tyler, Fillmore and johnson. But
he early announced that he would not
be again on the tail of the Tilden kite,
and yet four years later the party draft
ed him and made him tail of the Cleve-
land kite.
I have little doubt that Hendricks was
a greater man than Dan Voorhees, Ger
tainly o. P Morton was a greater man
than either of them, and certainly Ben
Harrison was tho most intellectual man
Indiana ever produced But of one thing
there is no question, and It is this: Dan
voorhees, was the best loved and the most
lovable son Indiana ever had, and I say
this mindful that 1 knew and loved Tom
Browne, with whom / have sat at the
meat that offends our brother and de-
lighted in his captivating fellowship.
Dan voorhees, was born in Butler coun-
ty Ohio, and of course he was bound to
be democrat, for In those days 1t was
an objectionable affront for a wing to
be born in that bailiwick AS l recol-
lect, old "Saddebags" was born in But
Ter, too. That was in 1927, when Voor-
hees was born, and In 1919 he was grad
uated from Asbury and began the study
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party gone to the country on that plat
form without returning victorious, and
never has it departed from the faith ex-
cept with disastrous result.
A real democrat, and I profess to be
one. is filled with disgust every time he
hears that nonsense about Teddy Rooss-
welt stealing democratic principles"
Theodore Roosevelt nor Abraham Lin
coin ever had a democratic idea or =
democratic impulse. But what is DEM
ecrat? I mean In the definition OF this
new evangel. There are a score of an
swers TO 1t, no two alike, and all abb
solutely correct. But, thank God there
are beginning to be some confusions OF
definitions OF What Is a republican,
But to get back. In 1876 Indiana was
an October state-that is, the election
for state officers was held about month
before the presidential election. The In
diana democrats nominated for governor
"Old Blue Jeans Williams" who immor-
TALKED himself the summer before when
as chairman Of the committee of accounts
In the Fortyfourth Congress he cut out
the appropriation for lemonade for men,
bers and employees on the House side,
and to this day to get a glass of free
lemonade congressman has to tramp
over to the Senate side
The old man was near four score and
far from robust. Voorhees, was in his
prime and went along to do the speak
ing, whereas Uncle blue Jeans" merely
showed himself in his home-spun to the
people. The republicans had nominated
Godieve A. Ortiz, a veteran politician,
for governor. 1t seems that he had been
minister to Venezuela. and some ugly
talk was had about an issue of bonds
down there, by operation of which the
Honorable Orth had lost no money, SO
the republicans took him down and put
up Ben Harrison-"Kid Glove Ben" the
democrats called him. Thus it wac blue
Jeans against broadcloth and the home
spun won. Williams was triumphantly
elected and the eloquence of Dan Voor-
bees valiantly contributed to tho re-
suit.
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''Six years." 'How many months of the
year does the blue Jay stay in Green
vflle?" IT don't know" "well, b." said
the doctor, who was also an ex-virginian,
you will be fooling away your money
to go to the Centennial" why do you
think scr" asked B. "well." replied his
teacher. you were reared In Virginia,
whore the blue jay is bird of passage
and Is seen only In the spring and fall
and now for six years you have been
living In Greenville, the only place you
ever saw where this bird lives all the
year round, and you had never found it
outl Don't waste your money on the
Centennial but open your eyes!"
l have frequently amused myself by
asking educated" people, What is the
difference between a walk and a run In a
human being7" and it Is marvellous to
think how seldom I get correct reply.
Nearly everybody answersi "a run Is
faster than walk; and when reply:
mo, the kuickness OF the motion has
nothing to do with it; I can run two
miles an hour and walk three, IL l
choose" the puzzled stare of my auditor
is highly entertaining.
Men who run, own, train, buy and sell
horses cannot tell what a horse does
when he PAGES. and wherein consists the
difference between q pace and trot.
highly educated men tho question, 'Why
is 1t easier to see a body In motion than
1t is to see the same body at rest7" and
I have never yet got correct answer.
Many people who have from their child
hood been accustomed to see tame pig
cons will be surprised to hear an observer
ask: What can be the reason why tame
pigeons SO seldom light on trees, while
the wild pigeon lives and feeds in trees?"
OF course there is a reason for this,
though do not know what 1t is; but the
strange thing is that SO many people
have never observed the fact.
A great many people in this country
think that the whippoorwill and the
nighthawk Tor bullbaD are one and the
same bird. 1t ought not to be necessary
to consult Audubon In order to learn that
this view Is erroneous.
A great deal of real and valuable edu-
cation is to be got by opening your eyes.
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voorhees, preached the funeral Of liberty
In 1859
In 1875 the democratic party had lucid
interval and nominated for President
Samuel J. Tilden, this greatest and sanest
political philosopher this country has ever
produced, Thomas Jefferson excepted But
In another respect Tflden was greater
than Jefferson, for hew as a consummate
executive, the greatest reformsr Of his
age. AS governor he smote the canal
ring and 1t persisted. AS head of the
committee of 100 he dealt Tammany a
staggering blow, and bAnish>d from its
councils a score or more Of knaves, head
Of whom was William M. Tweed.
William Allen, the uncle of Allen g.
Thurman on the distaff side, had been
elected governor OF Ohio on the Democrat
10 ticket in 1878, the very first streak of
dawn that came to the democratic party
after the war. In 1876 he was renominat-
ed and r 3. Hayes was his republican
competitor. Had Allen been reelected he.
not Tilden, would have headed the dem
ocratic ticket Of 1874
-Four years before. In 1s72, Greeley lost
New York because he said In speaking
Of specie resumpttoni 1.-THE way to re-
sumo is to resume" The business inter-
ests'' at onoe got on the republican side
of the hedge. In 1875 Allen said the
resumption was "a damned barren IDEAL
ity." That lost him thousands OF Ger
man sound money democrR is. Hayes was
elected In 1867 he had beaten Thurman
for governor; subsequently he beat PEN
dleton for that office. and in 1877 he
was counted in over ridden. All these
were triumphs Of medioority. Hayes was
the arch mediocrity of our politics. as
Disraeli said of Lord Liverpool.
The defeat of Allen left the way clear
for the nomination of Tilden, who wrote
the platform that contained the four or
1--WE gospels OF democracy viz, home rule,
honest and frugal administration, sound
money and tariff for revenue only; that
Is, taxation for public purposes and moth
ing else. Never yet has tho dem ocratio
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A Candid Retrospect

From the Washington Star.
why are you in this prison. my
friendf" asked the philanthropist
''It was the result OF my own folly"
Tn what way were you foolishr'
Il didn't employ tho right kind Of Z
lawyer for my casa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-04-14
MINORITY LAYS OUT
CAMPAIGN ON TARIFF
MAY Line Up SoIidly for General Reduction in the
Schedules Democratic Senators Are
in Conference Today.
By JOHN SNURF.

osition for the reduction OF the tariH
on sugar by one-half.
One of the plans of most moment
which is being given consideration by
the Democrats is 10 line up solidly IN
favor of an amendment for q general
reduction OF the schedules of from 20
to - per cent Many of the Democrats
think an income tax bill should be
pushed. Senator Bailey has been de-
voting much time lately to the prep
araIiOn of an income YAK bill which he
VIII probably introduce Thursday. This
is one If the matters before the con-
ference today.
with perhaps fifteen Republicans
from the West and Middle West IN
favor of the income tax, and the Demo
Gratis sold for it. there is a prospeedf
also a prospect that it will pass the
Senate.
1t has long been apparent that the
Democrats as a whole would be unaole
to make effective opposition to the Dill
1t Is not expected that they viii ind II
possible to support heartily as a unit
any plan for sweeping horizontal re-
duction o. rates. This is for the reason
that many of the Southern Senators are
as ardent for high protection on the
particular industries in Whlcn IneiI
States are concerned as any OF the hlgh
tariff Republicans. For instance, II Is
the Finance Committee is friendly 10 a
high duty on lumber. and would vote
to restore II to the 81 rate.
Have Little Fear.
Such situation makes effective work
against the bill by the Democrats i'm
possible, and the Republican leaders
are fully aware they have little TO fear.
The truth is, the leaders are more wor-
ried over the attitude Of the insurgent
Republicans thar they are over the at
titude of the Csmocrats.
One of the questions before the con-
ference Is the length of the debate. The
Democrats are not disposed TO stretch
out the discussion unduiy, and II viii
be ascertained Today how many want
to engage in general debate. The open
ing Democratic speech viii come from
Senator Daniel of Virginia, ranking
Democratic member ~of the Senate
Finance Committee. next Monday.
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various members of the palace faction
and the installation of officials dictated
by the successful insurgents. Since the
first days of It's success the course OF
the Committee of Union and Progress
has been dictatoriai. and the political
activities of the young Turks. particu-
larry in the direction of administrative
control. have aroused a, counter politi-
cal sentiment which has crystallized the
opposition OF the liberals.
The present grand vizier of Turkey is
Hilmi Pacha, who was appointed Feb
ruary "A in succession to Kiamil Pacha-
Hilmi Pacha was formerly minister of
the interior, and before that served as
inspector general of. Macedonia. All
Ria Pacha is Hilmi Pacha's minister
OF war. He holds also the marine port
folio and is grand master OF artillery.
These and the other changes In the
cabinet which took place in February,
showed the control by the young Turks,
which virtually imposed on the Sultan
a ministry of its own nominees.
Crisis For Government
The young Turks. on February ii.
publicly repudiated any intention to
overthrow the Sultan or to install a
military dictatorship. but the crisis and
its outcome were then regarded as not
promising well for the stability Of the
throne or the success of the parlia-
mentary government. The Committee
Of Union and Progress consistently
opposed Kiamil Pacha, Hilmi Pacha' s
predecessor. 1t suspected him of being
too considerate OF palace influences,
and complained of his slowness in con-
Quoting the negotiations with Austria
Hungary and Bulgaria.
On April 3, kiamii Sacha issued a
statement in which he denounced the
/ Committee Of Union and Progress, to
whose Vaccinations he attributed the
/ vote Of censure in the Turkish parlia-
ment and the consequent downfall of
/ his cabinet The irresponsible inter-
| ferences OF this committee. KiamiI
| Pacha declared, had neutralized the
/ efforts of the government, and II per-
mitted 10 continue would seriously en-
danger the future Of the country.
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Senate Democrats are meeting today
in the minority conference room at
the Capitol 10 decide upon their stand
on the tariff bill.
One attack which they will make on
the Aldrich measure is that tbs BILL
as 1t comes from the Finance Commit
tee. does not make any reductions OF
schedules which are calculated TO nit
the trusts. Some of the Democratic
Senators are already getting material
together for speeches on this subject
II will be pointed out that the Sugar
trust, the Lumber trust, and the Steel
trust. along with numerous other trusts
are not made 10 suffer from the changes
in schedules
The Standard oil monopoly Is gener-
ally regarded as an exception to this,
provided oil is kept on the free list
along with oil products, though the con-
tention is frequently heard that the
Standard Oil Company will be hurt less
than the indepei 3ent oil men. AS to
the reductions in the steel schedules,
IL is declared that they will not affect
the profits Of the United States Steel
Corporation.
Won't Bring Revenue.
The measure viii also be attacked on
the charge that it will fail to produce
the necessary revenue, and that il does
not accomplish genuine revision down
ward. Senator Rayner OF Maryland is
one of the Senators who are convinced
it will not raise enough money to run
the Government and to prevent a deficit
He declares the bill as It stands would
leave the Government Sl60000000 short.
and declares that It is not a measure
fer raising revenue with incidental pro-
lection, but is one for protection with
little attention given to revenue.
Important amendments to the bill are
being discussed in the conference this
afternoon. The minority will not at
tempt to frame a substitute Instead
of doing this, certain amendments will
be offered. These will be numerous
and Will relate to a large number of
schedules. Senator Clay Of Georgia.
for instance, has an important prop
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YOUNG TURKS FORCE
A RADICAL PROGRAM

Turkey is at the beginning of her
first serious attempt at popular gov
eminent. A constitution was granted
the country July "A, 1905, by the Sultan,
under the terms Of which elections for
parliament were held. The new leg
islature was inaugura-ed December II.
since which time the empire has been
under constitutional administration.
The hand OF the Sultan was forced
and he was obliged 20 give the coun-
Try constitution by the young Turks,
who had been particularly active IN
der the leadership of the Committee OF
Union and Progress since 1908. The CO.
operation OF the army was obtained BY
means OF a successful secret propa-
ganda, and had not the Sultan given
way when he did two army corps
nople.
Young Turks DictatoriaI.
The granting Of the constitution was
followed by the dismissal or flight OF
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tricts of Constantinople The latter
which were chiefly artillerymen and
cavalrymen. were massed at :he war
ministry.
Deputies were escorted to the cham
Der in order that they might vote on
the question Of forming a new cabinet
and appointing new president, but
owing to the Easter holidays IL was i'm
possible to form quorum.
Deputy Emir Arsiam was killed on
his way 10 the house in mistake for
Husselin Jahid. Reports of the killed
place the wounded at thirty or more.
The Sultan's principal secretary read
TO the chamber an trade announcing
that his majesty had accepted the cab
tnets resignation and that a new min
tstry was in process of formation.
Measures had been taken, the trade con-
tinued, TO preserve order throughout the
country. II announced that the mutt
nous troops had been pardoned ana
that they could return TO their par
racks and the people TO their occupa-
tons. The trade was received with en-
thusiastic cheers for the Sultan.
Editors Death Climax.
The situation has been extremely
strained for several weeks owing to
the great bitterness between the Com
mittee of Union and Progress and the
liberals, the liberals resenting the at
tempts OF the committee to control pub
lie affairs.
The murder of Hassan Echmi Effendi,
editor Of the liberal newspaper Serbesti.
on April is thought here to have
been the climax of this political feud.
The editor was shot and killed by an
unidentified man as he was entering
his office. A government official ac-
company1ng him was wounded. The
Serbesti had been carrying on a cam
paign against the Committee of Union
and Progress, or the young Turks
group
Violent demonstrations, both inside
parliament and in the streets adjacent.
Followed the killing of the editor. The
grand vizier and the president Of the
chamber were obliged to harangue the
crowds and assure them that justice
would be done. The chamber accepted
an Interpolation denOunCing the crime
as a political murder ard calling upon
the government 10 take the necessary
steps to apprehend the assassins-
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SHAH Is ENTRUSTED
With YANKEE LIVES

American missionaries have decided TO
remain within the revolutionary danger
zone in Persia in preference to desert
ing their posts. according to a dispatch
received today at the State Department
from Minister Jackson at Teheran.
The minister has informed the Persian
government that the United States pro-
posed to hold it responsible for the
lives and safety Of the missionaries and
has undertaken to send provisions to
Tabriz for the use Of the missionaries
ard their employees
The American missionary, Basker-
vile, who Is reported 10 have aided the
revOlutionisJs near TabriZ, has resigned
from the mission. This takes him out
Of the sphere of the State Department.
supervision and If he chooses to become
a soldier Of fortune he does so on his
own responsibility. II is assumed that
he will remain TO continue his activity
with the revolutionists.
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THINKS TIME RIPE
TO STRIKE TURKEY

SOFIA. April 1.-THE Bulgarian
cabinet is holding a special session to-
day TO consider the question Of again
rnobnizing an army to force from Tur-
key a recognition of Bulgarian indie
pendence.
The overthrow Of Kilmi P5sha, grand
vizier Of Turkey. indicates a propitious
time, in the opinion Of the cabinet
leaders, TO attempt 20 wrest from the
new ministry the recognition that has
been so long delayed
There is a strong sentiment in favor
of a hostile move against Turkey if
she delays longer.
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The Vital Records.
Births.

Births.
Bert T. and Alberta NJ HOLSTER, girl.
James A. and Elizabeth Callan. girl.
John T. and Rose z. Kenny, boy.
Karl p. and Labette Reichel. boz.
Joseph o. and Mary J. knight. boy.
Henry NJ. and Della Hagemann, girl.
Edward and Laura Taylor, girl.
James ". and Gertrude 3. Willard,
girl.
Joseph T. and Ella X Weeks. girl.
James T. and Viola Faulkner, boy.
Joseph p. and Lulu z. Ehrmantraut,
girl.
Milton II. and Catherine Crandall. girl.
Jacob G. and Catherine Wiener, boy.
James and Eva g. Laurie girl.
John II. and Ethel Buckley, boy
Edgar E and Pearl E Beach. girl.
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DYNAMITE VICTIM
SERIOUSLY HURT
Italian Blown Into Air by EXplo-
sion, May Lose His
Siubf

Hurled twenty feet in the air by an
explosion of dynamite at the Smith
stone quarry, near the Chain bridge.
Joseph Steracie, an Italian, thirty-ons
years old, is in a critical condition to-
DAY IN the Georgetown University Hos
pl'aL The mans left leg was shat
tered, his hands and face badly cut,
ana II he RECEIVERS he viii probably lose
ms slsht. He was placed or the Operat-
above the knee Immediately after he
reached the hospital