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The Washington times., 1909-06-08
COLUMBIANS WIN
IN ANNUAL DEBATE

Members OF the Columbian Debating
Society Of George Washington Univer-
sity are jubilant today over their VIC
tgry in the annual prize debate with
the NeeGham Society Of the same insti-
tuition
The debate held last night before a
laEse audience in University Hall vas
on the question: Resolved, That a Fed
erat income tax should be adopted at
once, constitutionaHty conceded" Abe
Cohen, of Wisconsin: z P. Gates.
Of Arkansas. and John Jensen, OF Utah.
were the affirmative team. r II.
Blakesley. Of California. oscar Thomp-
son or Wisconsin. and Frank Z. Edger-
ton, of Nebraska. were on the negative
side.
Although Jensen, one OF the affiruna-
tive debateFs, is a member of Needhsm
Society. the act that all those on the
negative side belong to rh8t orgauiza-
tior and the other two affirmative de-
baters to the Colum hian IS taken by the
friends ~ I've latter so indicate its su-
perior W4sdonl- Representatives Champ
Clark Of Missouri, ollie n. James of
Kentucky, and Justice Wendell P. Stat
ford, Of the District Supreme Court.
were the judges.
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IN SENATE'S CODE
OF ETHICS ARE OUTLINED BY
SENATOR BACON.

Wherein the Senate prides itself on
beins, different from and superior to any
other legislative body on earth was
outlined BY Senator Bacon in a recent
brief talk, apropos of a point of order
which was under discussion.
The Georgia Senator declared that IN
the upper house a peculiarly high stand
ard of what may be called parliamen-
tary ethics prevails; a standard which
requires that the word and the good
faith of the individual Senator must be
accepted without question: and which,
proceeding from this high recognition
of the Individual, involves also the &C
ceptance of the good faith Of party CT
ganiZation.
For example. Senator Bacon declared
that in his experience IN the Senate
there had never been a tine when a
minority, CHANGING by reason of the
large attendance OF its members and
the small attendance of those from the
ma iorftv side, to be in coRtrol. had
undertaken to assume control of Affairs
and put through any program Of prop
ositfop which would be Objectionable to
the majority The right Of the majority
to rule was recognized, whetheE at a
given time that majority was actually
The Washington times., 1909-06-08
Is THE WASHINGTON AUTO
CLUB ON THE JOB?

No longer Is the automobile the Jug
gernaut of our Washington highways.
1t is fast becoming a helpless victim of
the horse-drawn vehicle. If you don't
believe it go down to the Speedway
any dark night.
No lights guide the automobilist
there. No lights, that Is, save that
from his own oil lamps. 1t is not re-
garded as necessary to illuminate the
way Of vehicles on the drive most used
By them. And the car-owner has
found it not wise to use his own acety-
lin lamps because they blind the driver
of the ear coming from the other di-
reetion. So the automobiles feel their
way about And then-Bump.
What has happened: Why simply
that one Of them has caught his mud
guard on the wheel of some carriage.
Horse-drawn vehicles, you know. are
not required to carry lamps. So the
3. 600, OF 5000. OF 5000 car Is al
lowed 10 Pun into an obstacle that can
not Be seen twenty feet away and be
damaged BY another car that cost.
perhaps, $1,000 or $3.50, or So.
II Il not exactly an admirable ar
rangement. Yet it is to be duplicated
On any OF the drives in Rock Creek
Park any night the moon does not cast
her kindly and mellow light DER the
entire landscape.
What shall We do about it Why,
stop administering our laws as special
legislation. There Is only one way to
make the highways safe for every
body. That Is TO require that vehicles
Of every class shall carry front and
rear lamps. And then-enforee the
speed regulations If the Washington
Automobile Club Is on the job it viii
undertake to see that both these things
are done.
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AGAIN THE AXE FOR THE
CONSUMER.

Society Is going to be a lot better.
albeit vastly more exclusive. when this
new view Of the consumer as a myth
and historic fake becomes q little bet
ter established. OF course, If the
people who have thought they were
consumers insist on being pig headed
about 1t, and decline to adopt a prop
sFiy modest and self effacing attitude.
it may take time TO get the new doe
tTine generally accepted. There are 80
many ignorant people who have hon
estly INDUCED the perverted notion
that they were consumers
But Senator Lodges dictum that
there are no consumers has now been
sustained by Senator Aldrieh whose
selueidation Of this-to automatic
proposition Is as clear as was his splen-
did demonstration that the cotton
schedule wasn't revised upward. All
the real authorities agree in the mat
ter; all the hearts which throb and
burn with fervid concern for the com
mum man al" nov WIZ AlilE III LIt
unison of gladstone acclaim that the
consumer, he is not.
And, as if there were danger tilai
the alleged consumer would still persist
in the notion Of his existence. the Iega
department Of the Government has
come to the rescue of The legislative
with a decision in the What il
whiskyfp cases, which is calculated t,
exterminate the consumer if perehanc,
he continues foolishly to think he ex
lists. For we have been assured tina
the Wiley views that whisky is whisky
are mistaken. Whisky is apparently
pretty much anything that has tn,
color Of weak tea and is called whisky
DR.. Wiley opined that whisky wa.
whisky. Starting with that axiom, la
next maintained that neutral spirit
Is not whisky. Seemingly logica
enough Next he proposed that TIVE
WHISTLES blended made blended whisky
yhieh likewise seemed, as a casual con
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ments, have been approaching the
Brooklyn man with the suggestion that
a kind word from him to the Speaker
would help them attain their ambitions
Mr.. Fitzgerald has been replying that
ne hasn't been asked for any advice.
that he isn't the minority leader and
mat Clark is the man to see. To which
the reJoinder is that Clark refuses 70
nave anything to do with committee
assignments Then Fitzgerald shrugs
MS shoulders and insists that there
nothing he can do about IT,
But the Impression prevails, notwith-
standlng, that Fitzgerald can do a
great deal more with tie Speaker than
can be accomplished by any other
Democrat. Gentlemen who would not
for the world be accused OF disloyaIty
TO the nominal leader, and who few
weeks ago were very angry over the
course Fitzgerald had taken in the
rules ngnt, are now taking opportunity
by the fOrelOck. and ifnDrovfug their
relations with Fitzgerald. on the theory
that if he's to be the Speakers Demo-
cratic adviser, why, it lust as well to
maintain amiable relations
There are all kinds OF opinions about
Mr.. Clark's course, but on the whole he
is strong with his party members. They
think that the sra Of good feeling be-
tween Williams and Cannon wasn't
very helpful 10 a militant Democracy
then would be helpful in impressinz on
the country that there are some real
differences between tue two parties,
May Name Soon
Speaker Cannon. according to present
report. is going to name the House
ccmmittees before the close of the pres
ent session. and it is expected that
there will be some decided reorganiza-
ton of the Democratic side TO them.
The Republican aspirants for good
things are especially active and con-
cerned. About the only people who are
giving themselves no concern whatever
are the Republican insurgents. They
know what they have coming, and are
sWeetly content.
THE only uncertainty in our minds.
explained one Of the rscalcitTants Is
that there aren't enough places on
Revolutionary Claims and Ventilation
and Acoustics to accommodate all OF
US But don't you worry about US; if
we all get crowded on those two com
mittees you'll see more revolutionary
claims and more ventilating of things
done here than you ever dTesme5 could
be possible. Ventilation and reyolu-
ton Why, say. those are the particular
two Things that are right in our line. /"
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sideration. to be reasonable. And final
ly. he set forth that neutral spirits
blended with whisky wasn't blended
whisky. 1t seems straight enough;
but the judicial arm of the Adninis-
tration finds that it's all wrong. There's
hitch in it. Neutral spirits of grain,
blended with whisky, becomes a blend
of WHISTLES.
We don't pretend to explain it. We
confess, in shame and sackcloth, that
we are of the unmannerly consumers
who can't fully realize that they are
not; and likewise, we halt and stumble
IN our mental processes, and can't quite
follow this whisky decision. But we
are wrong. Ultimate wisdom has de
cided.
Did you ever, gentle reader, have the
ague and therefore be compelled, at
sacrifice If an ingrained moral predju-
dice, to drink dram of blended whisky
which had been composed of thimble-
full of whisky and half-barrel of nice,
raw, neutral spirits? Yes? Then you
viii understand how far the whisky
decision has gone to make good the
proud boast of Senator Lodge that the
consumer doesn't exist. He can't ex-
ist for long, unless he takes to the
water wagon and CLUES himself to the
seat.
These are parlous days for the con
sumner. The tariff makers have abolish
ed him, and the whisky authorities
have laid a trap that will catch him if
he escapes through any chinks in the
tariff wall. He might just as well
come back to the reservation, give up
his arms, and promise to be q good
Indian.
But of course, he can't, because he
isn't.
And on the whole, if he has been
making any effort to figure out what
these new schedules are going to do to
him, he ought to be devoutly thankful
that he isn't.
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present and strong enough to control.
or not He said he vas assured that
there never had been a time when such
thing had been attempted in the SEN
ate by a minority; and he trusted that
ble high conception Of fairness and tue
dignity of the chamber which had made
such a record possible would continue.
Senator Bacon vas talking on DIS
cusSlen Of the rules. which proceeded
from Vice President Sherman's citation
of a ruling made a year ago. when SEN
ator La Toilette made his famous
speech against the Afdrich currency
bill. The Vice President had under
taken the serious proposition Of holding
the Senate up to the rules as then iH-
terpreted. The Senate didn't intend
that the presidents made that ntsbt
should be taken SO seriously. and in tbs
discussion 1t was agreed that some ex-
fremely revolutionary things were done
on that occasion which are likely one
day TO require settlement by the SEM
ate
The truth is that the Senate has
several times been confronted with the
rules it made for that occasion. ana
the warning given that night that the
tactics then employed would one day
pla que it They have done 50 repeated
" and 81 is understood that before thu
end Of this session SEINE Senator win
introduce resolution to define Sena-
torial practice and formally expunse
the sorry presidents then made
The Washington times., 1909-06-08
NEXT DEMOCRATIC HOUSE
LEADER; FITZGERALD
OR CLARK?

The question of Democratic leadership
next session is promising 10 be right
interesting in the House.
The Democrats have designated the
Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri. as
their floor leader. Speaker Cannon has
designated the Hon. John J. Fitzgerald,
Of Brooklyn, as the Democratic leader
and there is some difference of opinion
whether the Speakers choice or the
Democratic caucus's man is going to do
the leading.
When John Sharp Williams was Dem
ocratic leader. he and Speaker Cannon
we're great friends. The Speaker. in
naming committees commissioned Will
liams to make all the minority desig-
nations. which was a great privilege
and great embarrassment to MIR. VIII
liams. good many Democrats never
liked the plan; they didn't care to be-
come partners in the Republican organ
ization and they don't entirely ap-
prove OF the chummy relations be-
tween Mr.. Williams and the chair. In
fact, Clark was rather the champion
of this sentiment, and when Williams
retired and he was elected leader it was
very well understood that a new regime
was to come IN.
Mr.. Clark early announced what had
been understood in advance. that he
would not undertake to name the
minority members of committees, and
the snub was handed back promptly
from the camp of the Speaker with the
suggestion that Mr. Clark needn't get
huffy; nobody had asked him to make
up the minority side Of the committees;
the Speaker was amply able 10 do it.
Chooses Fitzgerald.
So, pursuant - this program. the
Speaker named Mr.. Fitzgerald mem
Der of the Rules Committee, despite
that Fitzgerald was peculiarly objec-
tionable to Clark by reason of leading a
minority Of Democrats into the Cannon
camp during the great contest over
the rules at the opening Of the special
/ session This recognition designated
Fitzgerald as the Speakers favorite on
! the Democratic side. and recently am
bilious members of the minority. anx-
ious about their committee assign
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THE INQUIRY ABOUT THE
UNIVERSITIES.

President Wilson, of Princeton. hav-
ing voiced lament for the decadence OF
the old Eastern universities. President
Schurman, of Cornell. comes along with
a sane and cheerful reply which, how
ever, viii be more pleasing to people
in general than to the aristocratic old
universities around which so much of
tradition clings In substance, DR..
Schurman says that nobody need much
worry if the ancient institutions have
grown messy IN more than their arehi-
lecture; the higher educational inter
ests of the nation are safe in the keep.
ing of the newer, more vigorous, more
democratic, and more practical institu-
tions which, from Ithaca to California.
ara doing after all most of the work
OF higher education, and which are in
the fun vigor of definite purpose and
high ideals. He observes that the
growth OF these universities of the PEG
pie is one OF the great phenomena of
the last twenty years in this country.
DR.. Schurman Is correct. Cornell.
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Ne
braska-these universities nav not en-
Joy the social standing Of the noble old
Institutions Of New England. but by
the same token they do not attract the
class Of men who 90 90 college foT
social purposes more than for intellec-
tuaL There Is being done, in these
newer institutions, a vast amount of
the most serious and useful research
work. They are originating. They are
winning recognition, too, for Just what
they sre. II Is no longer considered
nseessary for parents. If they are able
TO send sons OF the West 10 the far East
ern schools in order to be sure they
viii enjoy the very best educational
facilities. The trans-Appalachian en-
pire has grown up 20 the point where
It understands that its educational in
stitutions require no apology. 1t Is
proud Of them, proud TO patronize and
utilize them; proud TO support them
By taxation rather than 10 trust Ia
gifts Of the philanthropic rich; proud
70 believe that, thus maintained. they
viii in the end reflect the best Ameri
can ideals ia education and culture.
The Washington times., 1909-06-08
BRITAIN TO FURTHER
CONTEST GERMANY

LONDON. June s.-The admiralty
gave further evidence today of its de-
termination to contest with Germany
the supremacy in Dreadnought con-
struction by drafting specifications for
three additional repairing docks on the
east and south coasts
These docks. for which bids will be
asked within the next month, win be
huiIr especially for the repair of Dread
0oughts. and will quadruple the present
capacity for work Of this sort.
The repair facilities Of the admiralty
have been its weakest point for yeaPs.
and the opponents Of the bigger navy
craze have urged the impOssibility Of
caring for ships or this class as an
argument against their further con-
struction.
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today on the KronpTinz Wilhelu for
London, r.here hey viii spend two
weeks sight seeing. They viii return
tc THIS country within a month and
VIII 60 TO their country home, Valley
Forge.
General Davis and Miss Davis viii
close Their apartment in the Connect
cut on Friday and go to New Canaan,
Conn, for the summer months.
=
Mr. and M Ernest KubeI entertain
ed small psIty at euchre last evening
IN theil home on Massachusetts ave-
nue. in celebration Of their fifteenth
wedding anniversary.
-.
The Italian Ambassador and Baroness
Mayor des Flanches entertained a
party Informally at dinner last evening
At the embassy.
The Secretary CT War. who spent
the weekend in Chicago, returned to
Washington yesterday morning Mrs.
Dickinson also returned 10 Washing
ton yesterday. She has been spending
a few days in New York.
Mr. Justice Brewer and Mrs. Brewer
are spending few days in Atlantic
City before going to Massachusetts for
the summer.
Sail For Europe
Mrs. Victor Hartmann and her son,
Philip c. Kaunmann, sailed today from
New York to Europe. where they will
remain until September.
Mr.. and Mrs. w J. Boardman and
Miss Boardman viii close their Wash
ington residence FriCay and go TO
Manchester, Mass, for the surn=sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Legare will sail
from New York on Wednesday COR Eu-
rope.
Mrs. A. c. Barney is preparing TO
/ close her Washington residence and 90
to Bar Harbor for the summer
Mrs. Nicholas Anderson will leave
| Washington shortly for Bar Harbor.
Major and Mrs. Duncan c. Phillips
are spending some time at Warm
! Springs, Va
Mrs. Ethan Allen Hitchcock and her
J daughter, Miss Margaret D. Hitchcock,
are at I.enOX, Mass, where thRy have
taken the Tanner cottage.
MI and Mrs. J. b. Henderson viii
| leeuo Washington today for Ear Har-
Dor, where they viii spend the summer.
The Washington times., 1909-06-08
DIR. BISCHOFF'S WILL.

BY a second will of the late DR.. John
". bischoff. the musician and composer.
filed for probate yesterday, Mrs. Elise
BEND Bischoh, the second wife, Is left
$4,000 IN insurance policies an equity
i'm the BisChoff home in Fourteenth
street and other valuable real estate.
The Washington times., 1909-06-08
MARINE BAND CONCERT ON
POTOMAC DRIVE
THIS AFTERNOON AT O'CLOCK.
William H. Santelmann, Leader.
PROGRAM

March "Gilmore's TriumphsI"
Brooks
Overture La Dana Blanche"
Boieldieu
Characteristic Dance "On Tip
toe. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS HOsmer
Selection Algeria" .......-... Herbert
waltz Jolly Girls. ........V ollstedt
Patrol Marching Through
Georgia" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES S1usa
Music d Ballet Excelsior
Marenco
THE Star-Spangled Banner
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Disliking 20 strike an inharmOnious
note, the fact remains that we don't re-
gard the average graduate as either a
fool or a uincOmpOOp. AS he steps out
Of college about this time of year he is
commonly a badly scared young person
anxious 70 get a Job and try 10 make
good at it. lie is exceedingly apt not to
have the sWeIIed head He is libeled in
a good-natured but entirely excuseIess
way by the jibes that greet him as he
stems down into the world Why not
give him a fair cHauce2
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Byrnes-Parnelle.

DytiC-~A cAhCAaC'
Miss Margaret Rose Byrnes. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. j NJ. Keim, was mar
rled to James T.. Psrnelle. ormerly OF
Savannah. o., last evening In tho
parsonage Of ST. Stephens Church the
Rev. Thomas q. Smyth officiating
Owing 10 the recent illness Of the bride
the ceremony was witnessed by only the
members OF the families.
The bride, who was attended by her
sister, Miss Susie Byrnes. IS maid or
bonor. wore a beautiful gown of white
messaIine silk, with trimmings OF SILK
annli0ue on tt.e bodice. She wore a large
white chin hat trimmed with willow
pIunes and carried shower bouquet
81 Bride roses. Miss susie ByTnes wore
a dainty white organdie dress, trimmed
with valcnciennes lace, leghorn hat
trimmed with pink roses and carried
q cluster Of Bridesmaid roses.
Alfred r. Pronaugh was best man Tor
Mr. PaTnelle.
After June Is MI and Mrs. Parnelle
viii be at home at 800 5 street north
west.
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PROGRAM

March. Revelation ........ Chambers
Ovesture. ''Rakoczy' ..... keleC Be1a
IdyI. "The Glow Worm" ........ Linke'
Es.hoss from the Metropolitan
Opera House,. ....-. Noses Tobant
Waltz, Danube " yes ...Juanovici
Selection, Three Twins" .Hoschna
Chuan Dance. "Monans" Missud
~ Day at West Point" CDescrip-
tive Fantasia .....-- ........-. Bendre
"Thc star pangl6d Banner"
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Tt turns out that the minority stock
holders iu the Sugar trust are about as
mad as anybody else about the way II
is being run. They want their share of
the fine swag. and claim they aren't
GETTING Il.
The Washington times., 1909-06-08

The Greater New York PhfaBthropic
Society has appealed for more public
aid 70 its project OF feeding the unem-
plOyed. Really, with the tariff bin so
far toward passage, 1t would seem as If
any hungry person ought 10 be able to
hold out TIL 1t is law and plenty once
more abounds.
The Washington times., 1909-06-08

land Park. have gone to St. Louis. where
|, they VIII spend several weeks 1hey
will also spend some time in Kansas,
the guests of Mr. Athey's parents, be-
fore returning TO Washington.
Mrs. Robert Christy and Miss Kathar-
inc Beall Christy have returned from
visit to Maryland.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Clifford Stuart
entertained small company Informally
at dinner last evening at their residence
on Connecticut avenue.
The young officers on the Dolphin en-
tertained a small gathering of young
people at tea on board ship yesterday
afternoon at 5 O'Clock, at the Navy
Yard.
Miss Laura Wells, who spent the last
few weeks in Atlantic City, viii return
to Washington tins evening.
=
Mrs Chatard, who spent last week in
Baltimore, has returned TO Washington
Mrs Chatard will close her residence
here at the end of the month and go TO
her cottage at the White sulphur
Springs of Virginia fer the sumner sea
SON
i
Mrs Z. H. C. Slater closed her Wash
ingtOn residence Saturday and has
I
| for the summer.
Miss Eleanor CulIom RidgeIy, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Barrett Ridgely,
left Washington this morning for
Springfield Mass. where she viii be
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps
Brown until Saturday, when she will
sail for Europe with her amt, Mrs. Vim
cent, of Chicago.
Mrs Merritt Hostess
Mrs Wesley Merritt entertained. a
small party at dinner last evening at
the Country Club.
/ Mrs Merritt is closing her Washing
1 ton residence this week and will join
General Merritt at Natural Bridge, Va,
where they will spend a portion of the
summer Mrs. Merritt will probably go
abroad with her mother late in the
/ season.
The Minister from Ecuador and Nine.
/ Carlo accompanied by their family,
/ have gone to Monterey, Pa, whore they
have taken a cottage for the season.
/ Mrs Knox Sails Today.
+ The Secretary of state and Mrs. Knox.
| accompanied by their son. Hugh :.
| Knox. went over to New York yester-
day Mrs. Knox and her son will sail
The Washington times., 1909-06-08

Report comes from New York that the
lambs are steadfasuy refraining from
coming into the market 10 be sh0rn.
Certainly waiting TO see what the Sem
ate win do about the duty on their
heeces.
The Washington times., 1909-06-08

There is accommodating evidence that
a lot Of folk who thought Mr.. Taft
didn't mean it are going 10 suffer an
awful shock when he does It.
The Washington times., 1909-06-08

Speaker Cannon still insists that he is
merely the servant OF the House His
critics admit fl, but think he acts too
much like the cook.
The Washington times., 1909-06-08

NO wonder Senators Aldrich and
Smith lost their high tariff tempers on
Monday, considering the straight tip
that had been handed 10 them by Secre-
tarv MacNeagh a. 10 the probability of
President Taft's disapproyal Of their
tariff bill.
The Washington times., 1909-06-08

Canada's proposal to build q new gov
eminent cable across the Atlantic In
order TO force cheaper tolls. suggests
that the wireless transatlantic service
has hardly been perfected as yet.
The Washington times., 1909-06-08

The New York Times is looking up the
genealogy. habits, and habitats Of the
gyascutus. Isn't the Times in error, and
doesn't il want TO know about the
gyasticutus?
The Washington times., 1909-06-08

Persons Ie'avfnE the city for "A
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