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Evening star., 1909-03-09
New York Republican Leadership.

Thomas C. Phtt halls Senator Root as
the new leader of the New York repub-
licans. Which is q confession that the old
order has passed. No two men could be
more unlike than Mr.. Root and Mr.. Plat.
and some years ago members OF the New
York legislature who would not support
Mr.. Platt for the Senate voted for Mr..
Root There is a disposition in certain
quarters TO array Mr.. Root and Gov.
Hughes against each other, but it ought
to fail. Both are big men. and working
in the main together should make their
party at home a winner for years to
come. Such a division as once rent the
party in twain there would now be mex
Cusahle.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

and ended by arresting both the perform
ers in the melodrama OF the eggs. They
vera hailed to court and in due season
tho oroblen.. with all its variations, was
spread before the learned justice there
presiding.
Unfortunately for the guidance Of
American women living outside Of Pitts
burg. who may at any time be compelled
by domestic exigencies to borrow eggs,
or by neigborhood ethics to return them.
the court did not rule upon the economic
question SO grayely involved. 1t adopted
the Solomonian device of binding both
women over to keep the peace, and SO
the moot point of when a dozen is not
a dozen remains unsolved, as great a
mystery as the original conundrum Of
the precedence of hen or egg.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
The Tariff Revision Procedure.

7, discussinc the subject the other
night with friend man exclaimed:
well. thank goodness, we shall all know
in a few days the text of the new tariH
law What his friend said set him to
thinking.
What we shall all know in a few days
is the text of the tariff bill the ways
and means committee of the last House
prepared to be introduced In the present
House. Then will begin tug of war.
The first step Will be the reference of
the bill to the new ways and means COM
rnittee. which will contain members who
did not serve on the old committee.
Whether these members will care to make
their points in committee, or reserve them
for the open House. cannot of course now
be stated. The bill may be reported back
promptly. and the battle begin in the
committee of the whole.
With the bill thus before the House it
will be subject to amendment and all
amendments entitled to debate. There
are three hundred and eighty odd men,
bers of the House, and every one of
them will be interested in the bill. Men
from the cotton goods section, others
from the metal goods section, others
from the wool sections. and SO on. will
want TO be heard, and will be entitled to
the floor Before it is put on its passage
the bill Will in some measure show the
results OF long discussions over this
schedule and that, and may be carrying
many changes from its original form, and
some new features.
When it leaves the House the bill goes
TO the Senate. and is there referred to the
finance committee. After examination It
is reported back to the Senate, and there
again is open to amendment. The Senate
may not originate a tariff bill. but it may
suggest changes in such q measure. and
it always does so. The Wilson bill of
1894 was SO radically changed by the
Senate that the House when the bill was
returned to it hardly knew its offspring
What the Senate will do this time is but
conjecture, but the conjecture is safe that
1t will amend the Houses work in some
particulars. There are republican sena-
tors recognized as authorities on the
tariff. and they will not let the oppor-
tunity to impress their views on the
measure go unimproved.
Then will come the conference between
the two houses with a view of adjusting
differences Each side will be expected to
make concessions, and both sides will.
And then, at the close. a measure. so
constructed, will be sent to the President
for his signature. If he likes 1t he signs
1t: II not he vetoes 1t, and If he returns it
with a veto, two-thirds vote in both
houses will be necessary to enact the
measure into law
So that today we are not SO close to the
new tariff Law. We are at least several
months distant; and what the law will
look like when it emerges from the hop
per into which the raw material is soon
10 be put is anybody's guess who chooses
to occupy himself with the subject.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
The "Buncombe Club"
From the Chicago Post.

If We must have a successor to the
"Ananias Club" the "Buncombe Club will
do as well as any and better than most
For IT has nothing OF bitterness in 1T. 1t
merely expresses half-humorous con-
tempt that was chara cteristic of the orig
1nal conception Of the word Bun
combe" goes back to 1921, when the de-
bates on the Missouri compromise were
holding the attention of Congress. At
that time the Hon. Felix Walker Of North
Carolina insisted upon speaking i'm about
the same style the Hon. Henry T.
Rainey of Illinois recently spoke. He
hailed from Buncombe county and when
his fellow congressman begged him. for
PHYS sake, to stop talking lie puffed
out his chest and thundered: Il must
speak for Buncomhc.' So was born the
srandiose term which the enemies Of
the Taft administration may make their
own
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Business at the Extra Session.

Whether Congress shall consider more
than the tariff question at the special
session is for Congress to decide. Theae
will be time for other things. and several
things might with profit be taken up and
disposed of. But nothing should interfere
with thorough oyerhauling OF the tariff.
That has been promised. and that is i'm
perative. And when that has been at
tended to the way at the regular session
will stand cleared for the other things
that have merit and should as soon as
possible be put in the proper shape. For
the time the tariff overshadows all else.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
The Early Indication.

The punctual robin soon will sound
His yernal note so gay
And every hillside will be found
In blossoming array:
The wind will lightly drift along
Among the Weakening trees.
But ere we Join the welcoming song
Well pause awhile and sneeze.
The years that man goes ploddUng through
Compel him soon to learn
That ere the birds and blooms are due
The grip germ takes his turn.
And though the sky be dull and dreal
And chill the nuttering breeze,
The earliest sign Of spring is here
The universal SneeZe.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Booming His Paper

From the Columbus journal.
Editor Roosevelt's observations on the
mendacious, sensational. inane, SANDER
Gus and immoral character OF so many
Of the daily newspapers make 1t look as
if he took the view that. all things con-
sidered, it would be better for most of us
to subscribe to some good weekly, like
the Outlook for instance
Evening star., 1909-03-09
An Apprehensive Epicure.

DO you approve of these recent gas
tronomic fancies such as humming birds,
possum and alligator steaks?'
NO. In little while 1 won't be able
to read menu without wondering
whether ain attending a dinner or hav-
ing d nightmare
Evening star., 1909-03-09

That word "fiareback,' invented by the
weather experts, is likely to find its way
into debate when a member of Congress
desires to intimate that some one is max
ing himself 6isagreeabe.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
The Extra Session.

Though we were scored in heartles
style
The statesman bold delcared
We'll stay in town Il little while
To show we weren't scared
Evening star., 1909-03-09

A European war scare is easily disposed
Of The various countries glance at their
Iedgers and conclude that they cannot af-
ford a fight at present
Evening star., 1909-03-09
SI1 STAR has . regular ana perma-
neat xazaily cirsu1stien much more
than the combined circulation OF the
other Wsshington Aai1iss. A News
and Advsytisan6 Medium Il has no
competitor.

sxIu order 70 avoid delays on account
% personal absence IssseFs 70 11
grA1 should rot b sdaxssssd 20 any
tuaiv.aual connected with the once. but
u..nav to TIE STAB, or to the Editorial
or 1u.insss Departns1t, according 80
tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

Kaiser Wilhelm has subscribed for more
newspapers. German iails will doubtless
be expected to increase their acconlmoda-
tiOnS for editors.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

What gifts me all llncertained in my
mind bout deshere political Arguments,
said Uncle Eben, lis dat bein' a bad man
don't necessarily keep pusson fun bein
a mighty good talker-'
Evening star., 1909-03-09
The Way of Peace.

From the New York World
The best way for the United States to
promote peace is TO avoid entanglements
to attend strictly to it's own affairs and to
pursue justice and mercy at home as well
as abroad.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

A policeman charged with homicide is
likely TO be impressed with a belief that
the less he talks the less danger there is
of his being involved in third degree
complications.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Slip Covers to Order.
Third hoor, q st.

There possible question of the Slip Covers
upholstered furniture; they will their single
they protect furniture from Dirt fadns
Moreover they washable and well-tted Several
years we are showing extensive Slip
Cover abric including Cotton Stripes Linens Daas Foreign
and Domestic Cetonnes Estimates cheery furnished upon
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Tama Jim.

From the Duluth Herald.
Inaugura tions and Presidents are only
Incidents in the life of the Secretary Of
Agriculture.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

Many editors are harshly criticising Mr.
Roosevelt's literary efforts. But they art
unable as yet to find any grounds for libe
suits.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

A golf cabinet should be more effective
than a tennis cabinet in that one game
permits far more conversation than the
other.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Special Value i'm
Cross=Stripe Portieres.

We have just received and offer as q
special value L lot of Cross-stripe Sum
mer Portieres, in rich shades Of brown
yellow, pink, red and green. Very de
sirable for dining rooms and bedrooms.
Special price, SI.oo a pair.
Others from $I.5o to $500.
Fourth foor G st.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

Mr. Bryan will doubtless take some in
terest In these preparations to select a
pleasant day for the presidential inau-
guration.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

Londons suffrasettes are having as
much excitement as if circumstances
permitted them to participate in election
riots.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

A lot of Plain White Enameled Beds,
with 1-nch continuous posts ana 0-lo
filters. All sizes.
Special price, $500 each.
lot Of White Enameed Beds. with
1-inch posts trimmed with brass knobs.
All sizes.
Special price, $500 each.
lot of Plain White Enameled Beds.
with 1A-inch continuous posts and n
inch filters. All sizes.
$500 each. Value, $1,000.
lot of Heavy White Enameled Beds.
with 1A-inch posts and sa-inch hllers;
trimmed with brass rods and knobs. All
sizes.
Special price, $11.oo each.
A lot Of Very Heavy White Enameled
Beds, with 1A-inch posts and z-inch
filters: trimmed with large. brass RODS
and heavy brass vases and mounts. All
sizes.
Special price, $14.oo each.
Second floor. st.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

Mr. Bonaparte's jocular mood at de-
parture suggests that lie, too. had cork
ing good time.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

Fortunately the unreliable grounding is
not permitted to figure in prophecies con-
cerninS the base ball pennant.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

A lot Of Plain White Enameled Cribs.
with heavy continuous posts and filters.
Special price, $3.50 each.
lot Of Good Quality Hair Mattresses.
covered with high-grade ticking.
Single Bed Size-$1o.oo each.
Double Bed Size-S2o.oo each.
Other sizes in proportion.
A lot OF Good Quality Cotton Felt Mat
uesses; our own make.
Single Bed Size-$7.5o each.
Double Bed Size-$1o.oo each.
Other sises in proportion.
Upholstered Box Springs. made in orr
factory: your own selection Of covering.
All sizes.
$12.5o, $500 and $500 each.
A lot Of Pillows. filled with good oual-
ity goose feathers and covered with Ger
man linen ticking.
Special price, $2.oo each.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

The next great day Of celebration will
be the 18th instant.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

The evidence in the Cooper case is all
n, and it is all kinds of evidence.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Natural Curiosity.

"Why do you think you would like to
vote?''
Il don't know that | should like X"
answered the determined woman. II
merely desire the opportunity of finding
out for myself
Evening star., 1909-03-09

1t is impossible for Thomas Platt to
get over the habit of taking an interest
in politics.
Evening star., 1909-03-09

New
Cushions.

Also showing an attractive line Of Cow
cred Cushions. suitable for the bedroom,
parlor and veranda. They are filled with
good cotton and covered with washable
cotton fabrics, in rich effects.
S1.5o and SI.75 each.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Popular Phrase.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Oh, TO read for once of a cross-eXam
ination that was not searching.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
An Absence.

From the Jacksonville Times Union.
How the Washington correspondents
will miss him! 1
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Special Showing of Towels
at 25c and SOC Each.

o6 ESDES special showing this is also special sale be-
lDE every towel is special vauemarked below the
WY regular price
WI Included towels for i'll the bedroom and bath
Special kinds and sizes for special hotels boarding
and public and residences variety of diff
qualities made of fine quality Huckabac Damask Crash
Among others mention the following items
COX inci.
25c each soc EACH
isome all
each with designs around the edge; fine
Towels
25c EACH Huclaback Towels with scalopd
each soc each
second floor Ee@enhs ST.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Special Sale of
White Beds and Bedding.

~ EVERAL EXCELLENT values iii White Enamcled Beds
N and Cribs Mattresses Box Springs and Pillows The Beds
~ and Cribs this seasons goods and the products of lead
ing manufacturers the Box Springs and Mattresses
made i'll factory which OF their superior
and the Pillows filled with good goose
feathers and covered with German linen ticking.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Words and Deeds.

You have said some remarkably sensi-
BILE things remarked the encouraging
friend
Evening star., 1909-03-09

Yes" answered the youthful states
man. its easy to say 'em. but / don't
always manage to do en-
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Good Value i'm
Baking Dishes.

A lot of Blue Decorated .Tapa-
nese China Baking Dishes, in the
convenient 7-inch size.
eoc each.
Fifth floor. Eleventh 81.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Cake Plate

A lot of French. German ai1d
Austrian China Cake Plates. i'll
several choice decorations. gold
traced and gold stippled. Special
price,
75c each.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Ramekin and Plate

Special.
A lot OF One-of-a-kind Imported
Decorated Ramekins, with plates,
in number of choice decorations.
Special price,
35c each. Values, soc and 75c.
Evening star., 1909-03-09
Values i'm JardiniereS.

A lot of Imported Daii1tily Dec
grated and Gold Stippled Choeo-
late Sets offered at the special
price,
7; = :. SIeo the set.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
MAY FINE 4BSENTEES.
Cannon Considering Drastic Meas
ures to Maintain Quorum.
frrnm nc Trihpn. Rurnau. ]

Washington, June 4.-Speaker Cannon ana MS
neutenants have decided that unless a quorum or
the House has returned TO Washington by the mid
die OF next week they will take vigorous measures
TO compel attendance The Speaker will wait until
Monday before taking any action, but II quorum
IS not present then he will dictate q scorchns let
ter TO every absent Representative, and insist on
his presence until the end Of the session.
Unless these letters bring immediate response
the leaders are determined invoke the rules of
absentees Two courses have been suggested to
the Speaker The first is that the salaries of all
members who have absented themselves from the
House without permission be withheld, and that
they lose all remuneration until they return 70
Washington. This is permitted under the rules or
the House and. although II is considered q strfn-
gent method. there is ample precedent for II. The
second course is TO place in the Record the names
Of members absent without leave. that trusting
constituents may how they are being misrepre-
sented in Washington
The Speaker is desirous OF passing the Porto
Rican bill and the appropriation bill as soon
as possible so that when the conference report on
the tariff bill is adopted the House adjourn
sine die.
In the SD Congress the Democratic Speaker. Mr.
Crisp, invoked the rule which gives the Speaker
power to fine absentees. and he found that such
course had a most salutary effect. In the 54th
Congress Speaker Reed continued the practice in
fragrant cases, but Speaker Cannon has not yet
found II necessary. He is bent however. on having
the full membership of the House present from
on. except when the House grants specific leave OF
absence 10 d Representative.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05

by American manufacturers. II Is also asserted
that only about hundred persons are employed
In this industry in the United states whicn state
ment the New Jersey Senators say. is untrue as
there than two hundred employed IN this
industry in New Jersey alone.
Testimony given before the House con1rnittee oS
Mr.. Burgess an American manufacturer OF CHINA
and porcelain, Is criticised and termed Inaccurate
by German manufacturers The statement Ol d
Mr.. Kurth regarding labor cost In the manufacture
OF clay pipes TO the House committee Is cnarac-
terized in memorial OF the Chamber OF Commerce
at Idnburs as incorrect" statement by an
American manufacturer OF coal tar dyes Is de-
clared not prove anything
Similar criticisms made in answer TO stale-
nents by the Corset Manufacturers Association or
the United States, by ex-Congressman LittaueT
concerning the manufacture OF gloves, by pro-
ducers Of hops and by manufacturers of gold lear
jewelry knit goods Autographs. musical instru-
ments, optical Instruments all kinds Of paper pen
ellis, pottery and large number OF other arllcleS
The report denies that German exporters under-
value their goods. In numbers OF cases the IAN
guage OF the criticisms made by German chambers
OF commerce is identical, and the expression Is IRE
quently used that the chamber challenges the
truth OF the statement
Concerning figures given by George E Boyden' an
American manufacturer Of knit goods memorial
of the Chamber OF Commerce of Chemnitz asserts
that rates OF wages quoted for -Saxoay are TO
tally false
Arguments are used by the various chambers TO
show that in spite of the cheaper labor in Ger
many the low cost of manufacture there Is onset
in the United States by the fact that coal is
cheaper and water power in many instances ls
available
Referring 10 a statement by the Augsburg Cham
Der Of Commerce that the lower cost OF living in
Germany ar offset to lower wages there SEN
ator Smith Of Michigan, declared that the oferirS
of such an argument was 'fmpertnence lie
insisted that the style of living Of the workmen IN
the two countries had nothing TO do with tariff
legislation
The Senate to-day adopted Mr.. La Follettes reso-
luton calling the President for the correspond
erce between the State Department and the Ger
man government or its representatives relating 10
the wage report
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05
APPEALS TO RAILROAD PRESIDENTS.
Clifford Pinchot Urges Them to Practise Forest
Conservation

Washington, June 4.-The presidents OF the prin-
cipa railroads Of the country have received let
ter from Clifford Pinchot. United States Forester.
calling them practise forest conservation and
better utilization of timber. Mr. Pinchot says. in
part:
Since the railroads among the largest con-
sumers OF wood they will suffer heavily from the
much higher prices and the actual scarcity of tim
Der which will occur II our forests are not con-
served. Railroad companies can most advantage
ously undertake both the growing of timber and the
economical utilization Of the product.
There are certain lines of general policy which
be proftably adopted by many roads. They
The use Of chemically treated ties wherever pos
sibie.
The use of so-called inferior woods, as, for ex-
ample black gum and loblolly pine. for ties which
will reduce the drain on white oak. and which Is
entirei- practicable If the ties treated.
The purchase and management of land bearing
mature timber which be used immedia tely, and
of second growth timber which viii meet the needs
OF the future
The planting of trees upon non agricultural land
owned by the company, which does not now contain
sufficient young growth TO produce a timber crop.
standard specifications for ties and timber and for
the treatment of them. Cooperation with timber
land owners and the states in fire prevention. and
I'm bringing about conditions which will make the
practice Of forestry profitable.
The adoption of these recommendations and the
appointment of technical men TO carry them out
will, IL to me, be wise action for any rail-
road. The influence of their general adoption would
be far reaching and most beneficial.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-05

Of Japanese in decorative work. He predicted
however, that the United States would become
the greatest producer and manufacturer OF cot
tcr goods in the world Il its interests were prop
erly protected.
He reviewed the progress OF the Southern
states IN the manufacture OF cotton goods. de-
claring that South Carolina has become second
only to Massachusetts. that North Carolina is
third and Georgia fourth.
APPEAL TO SOUTHERN SENATORS. .
TT is not for me to say how the Senators
from the South shall vote on this schedule" said
Mr Altrich. He declared that the stake Of tho
South was greater than that OF the North. and
predicted that when another bill should he
drafted the South would have three-fourths Of
the cotton mills. Indicating that he was as
vitally interested in the prosperity OF the South
in the progress Of his own section Mr. Aldrich
appealed directly 10 the Southern Senators TO
meet the question fairly. He said:
--I appeal 10 you directly-not TO vote for this
bill for know that this you Will not do while
/ am in the Senate-to look at this question as
affecting the prosperity Of your section the
time will come when the South will be found
standing shoulder to shoulder with the North
IN effort to perpetuate this great industry
Mr. AIdrich said that the time was near when
the industry would be far more important to
the South than It is to the North. and declared
that the New England Senators had proved
themselves TO be the best friends of the South
That Mr. Aldrich had made good his promise
TO demonstrate that the committee had not
asked any increase of the rates above the Ding
ley law. that IN most instances 1T had recon-
mended a decrease from the intent of the Ding
ley law and that the cotton schedule as re-
ported by the committee provided for only rea-
sonable duties. was the opinion Of many sena-
tors whsn he had finished his remarks.