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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-07
Vice President Sherman.

James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice Pres
ident OF the United States, member Of the
vanquished Old Guard. and practical pol
itician, is not merely playing a part these
strenuous, abnormal times. lie is con-
Quoting himself with a natural, we'll
balanced. and becoming dignity which be-
fits his high office, and certainly commends
him 70 discriminating couatrymen now
watching the passing show. He is a Re-
publican-the same sort OF Republican he
has ever been since he entered public life.
Stalwart in his Republicanism, he is not
stalwart to the extent of denying the
right Of Republican disagreement or of
majority rule
AS a Republican, he upheld Roosevelt
and Roosevelts administration; as a
Republican. he upholds Taft aud Taft's
administration Believing in his party.
proud Of its past and confident Of its
future, he abiaes with il steadfastly.
A harmQny-loving. staiwart Republl-
can. he is ever an optimistic Republican.
When the old Guard met its Waterloo
at Saratoga. his philosophy was ex-
pressed in this apt paraphrase Of an ad-
age-"United we fell. divided we stand;''
and so, Loyalty he pursues the even tenor
OF his political way.
But it is as dignified. well-balanced.
controlled Vice President that he
challenges our admiration. and We here
record It,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-07
Sailors Who Cannot Swim.

Considerable surprise has been expressed
by the general public that IN the recent
accident where q boat containing sailors
was swamped, caused by oyercrowding. so
many of the sailors were drowned. Sue
cor came 10 the overturned boats so
rapidly that had the sailors been able
TO swim many OF them might have been
saved. IL would seem 10 be the general
opinion among landsmen that all sailors
are good swimmers. AS q matter or
fact. the contrary is the case. not only
in the navy. but among merchant sea-
men. Indeed, It is probable that the pro-
portion Of swimmers is greatest among
navy men, yet even IN the navy it is not
large An officer Of the battle ship New
Hampshire says that a test made when
that vessel was at Guantanamo showed
that out OF go men over 300 were unable
70 swim. and we suspect that this is a
pretty big proportion.
The reason for this apparently strange
condition is not far to seek. In the first
[4"Net eA4oAO - ucCAueu 4tt44AE among
merchant seamen, anyway, that a knowl-
edge Of swimming is not a desirable
thing for sailor. They argue, and with
what sense no one who has not been a
seaman can realize, that when a sailor
falls overheard it is most often during
a gale. when he is either blown from a
yard or washed over when the vessel
ships heavy sea- Under such condi-
tons there IL no possible chance that a
ship could even spare q thought for the
unfortunate. It would be impracticable
TO maneuver the ship impossible TO lower
a boat In the midst OF a swirl OF waters
the man overheard has no chance-not
one in a million. If he can swim, his con-
dition ia really much worse than if he
cannot. In the latter case the end Is
mercifully near; in the former he might
swim. buffet the waves. fight on for an
hour or more. tortured with his knowl-
edge OF the hopelessness Of the case. and
yet fighting by instinct, only 10 be over
come at last. You will often hear sailors
boast that they cannot swim and would
not learn If they could.
Then. too, seamen-strange as Il may
seem. as they spend their lives on the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-07
VIII the Lesson Go Homes

From the Baltimore Star.
The Jealous Hudson hides her dead
and the flowers Of their fellows ride
above them 10 the sea. The man-o'-
warsmen's flags fly at half stan. and
sober faces and voices unconsciously
hushed rule aboard the ships. There are
two score homes scattered throughout
the land where. henceforth, there viii be
vacant chairs and hearts that chill at the
memory OF a name or TIE sight OF flow
ing waters. And yet the feet Of a ma
ton was not at war, but in port on a
holiday, when II lost ten times the num-
her Of men who were killed on American
war ships during the three months war
W71h Spain. VIII the lesson go home 70
the hearts Of the people? WIN that joke
Of the navy, now become a tragic one.
be banished by this fearful price for
learning that a sailorman should not
know how 10 use himself in the water as
we'll as behind a gun?
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From the Ohio State Journal.
Looking over a New York market re-
port and seeing tomatoes quoted at 10
cents a pound. sweet potatoes at 10
cents a quart, pumpkins al 10 cents a
pound and so on. then we behold how
the eornucopia OF 'life is beginning TO
shrivel UP. Potatoes by the quart and
pumpkins by the pound. Verify life IS
getting penned up in too narrow quarters
1t used 10 be potatoes by the busheI
and pumpkins by the size. as the fond
eye Views tt-but now We have fallen
upon evil times aud the goodness Of
this world Is split up into splinters. in
obedience 10 the facilitating influence
Of the commercial spirit After awhile
we fear we shall get 10 the beggarly
level OF the poor denizens of ST
Thomas, who sell their fuel BY the cents
worth and nibble about all day 10 get
a square meal. These are the days
for little things and big prices, and
they do not go well together.
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WHAT IS 4 DEM0CRATl
Much MoOted Question Answered to
the Queens Taste.

the Queens Taste.
Rev. Frank Crane. in Chicago Evening Posi-.
II is related that Richard Yates. ST..
was once asked BY his wife. Richard. I
hear you talking so much about Demo
racy; what is it?" To which he answered,
Why didn't you know? It's very plain.
Democracy is-DemOcraey is-why, dash
II, madam, Democracy is Democracy
And this Is to-day the generally accepted
definition.
However. there is a real difference be-
tween the meanings of Democrat and Re
publican. Will state IT, Not that any
body cares, but purely for the intellectual
amusement Of being accurate.
Our nation has a government by the
people. Now Republican believes in a
government and a Democrat believes in
the people. One emphasizes one end OF
the creed, and the other the other end.
For this reason the Republicans usually
control the government, and the Demo-
Gratis are the opposition.
The Republicans naturally gravitate to-
ward the wills OF trusts. bosses. and po-
litical machines-the end OF which is tyr
amy, or the elimination Of the people
from the creed. The Democrats Just as
naturally lean toward the opposite evils,
anarchy, turmoil, and lawlessness, or the
elimination Of the government from the
creed.
The average American is neither a
Democrat nor a Republican; for the rea-
son that he is both. When Democracy
goes so far as 10 allow a State to secede
and makes liberty mean the right OF a
man 10 make slave OF his brother. we
BECOME Republicans with trumpet and
drum. When Republicsnism blossoms out
into control Of the government by Aid
rich. Cannon, and Company, we insurge
toward Democracy. The saving element
Of the American is that he is essentially
both Democrat and Republican.
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Far-flung Navies.

A new chapter has opened in the
history OF the British empire with the
announcement that two torpedo boat de-
stroyeTs are on their way from England
10 Australia. They are TO form the
nucleus of the new navy which the
Australian commonwealth is to bring into
being. 10 be an integral part OF that gi-
gantic force already existing with which
Great Britain proudly boasts she rules
the wave. When. a year or two ago
apprehension was expressed at Germany's
enormous naval growth and it was felt
that Great Britain might be outstrippe6
in the race for naval power. New Zea-
sRnd came into the breach with the Offer
Of a Dreadnought as a gift TO the en-
pire This brought about a naval con-
ference between Great Britain and her
colonies: the OFFER OF New Zealand was
accepted, and Canada and Australia botf
agreed 10 build navies OF their own, that
should be at the service Of the empire in
times Of need.
Australia has made elaborate plans 70
carry out her part OF the agreement;
moved. doubtless. very largely by a feeling
OF loyalty 10 the mother country. and yet
az the same ttime fully aware that with
her trade o. SSo0OOO.oO0 year and her
population of 10000 she has an I'M
mense coast lire entirely unprotected ex-
cept by the grace Of Great Britain's navy.
Now she has determined 10 do something
for her own protection. For a beginning
Australia win have a Dreadnoughi
cruiser. three cruisers Of the Bristol type
the Bristol IS the cruiser that has re-
Gently attained a speed OF q knots an
hour-six destroyers. and three subma-
rines. Then. too. she is to establish q
naval college; and it is typical OF the
independent spirit OF the commonwealth
that Australia has determined that the
Australian navy shall be manned by
Australians.
In times Of peace it wiz be strictly
under the supervision OF the common
wealth, and viii be kept, as far as pos
sible. in Australian waters. In time OF
war it will be a valuable asset TO the
navy Of the British empire. ready. az
We're the colonlals in the South African
war, to come 10 the assistance OF the
mother land.
It is not novel for Australia to have
naval aspirations. Already she has a
large body Of trained men ready TO take
their places on Australian war vessels;
she has some Of the best seamen IN the
world. But the Australian navy must
not be regarded as a step toward mill
tarism on the part OF the commonwealth;
1t is simply a precautlon taken by a
growing and soon TO be powerful country
for protection In the arts OF peace.
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Part of a PoIicemnn's Duty.

From the Ohio State Journal
When Mayor Gaynor was leaving his
office. In his automobile the other day, a
policeman called out roughly 10 a crowd
looking on: Get out of the way. there.
Then the mayor had the auto stop. and
speaking 10 the policeman. said:
Sir. do not speak to people like that Address
them politely They are not in my way and 4
they were, they would get out Of the way. YoC
must learn 10 he polite TO the people Of the city
You have right TO speak Ike that.
The policeman meant well. but he
went at It" wrong. He had gotten
hold of the idea. in some way, that pub
lie authority had to talk roughly; that
it would lose its effect unless it barked
out like dog. 1t should not be so. The
true officer is quiet and polite. That Il
the lesson the mayor taught
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-07

From the Detroit News
Now and then a complaint comes 10
the effect that all proportion is destroyed
In this beautiful autumn by a disposition
on the part OF newspapers TO give their
readers too much politics. Here and
there the science Of aviation gets atten-
ton, baseball is always with US. and the
struggle Is always TO get as much non
political news IL the paper as possible.
But the average citizen anG reader I'M
derstands this year, If never before, that
national and local politics IS something
that cannot be ASSOCIATED from his
everyday activities.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
ApARTMENT HOUSE NAMES.

We lived once IN the Gwendolyn,
\ house that wasn't bad,
The Ethelhurst, the Wienerwurst,
Were other homes we've had.
We spent year In Daphne court,
Where people held aloof.
The Geraldine, the Josephine,
Have given US a roof.
We fit about from place to place
Like blithe and busy gnats.
And as We so, I murmur low, =
who christens all the hats?'
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water-have scant or no opportunity TO
learn to swim. II Is the country boy
with the handy creek and swimming
hole" that can learn. But the man who
follows the sea usually begins his ca
reer as a lad. Once at sea, his ship sails
on. and there Is never a chance for the
men 10 go oversize. Arrived at foreign
ports. they are either anchored out in
roadstead. where the water is fathoms
deep. Or are tied up to wharf or dock.
where swimming is equally impossible.
But though these are the facts. there
seems to be little excuse for the sailors
in the United States navy not being
able To swim. We instruct the men in
many things that make them more serv-
iceable 10 the government, and swimming
might well be made a compulsory study.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-07

From the Charleston News and Courier.
Not many years ago the farmer took
poverty as one OF his inheritances. He did
not object 10 scanty yields. He was not
looked down on If ne failed TO keep pace
with modern development To-day the
farmer who does not raise his bale OF
cotton or his thirty-fve bushels OF corn
TO the acre is ashamed of himself. His
neighbors look down on him In other
words, a spirit OF emulation. OF pride.
an esprit de corps. as IL were, has arisen
among the agriculturists They are get
ting to be the most enterprising and ca
pable people OF the world. Science has
converted farming into a profession.
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De. Roat,s Attitnde.

From the Kansas City Times
Not dhe least astonishing OF the recent
events In New York was the appearance
OF Elihu Root as the progressive chair
man OF a Republican convention. To
the wondering delegates Mr.. Root ex-
pressed his belief that the demand for
the initiative and referendum, the re-
call. and the direct primary indicated
that the people were dissatisfied with
the existing means for expressing their
political viii. Elihu Root Is an exceed
ingly able lawyer for whichever side
he Is led 10 espouse. When he is within
hundred miles Of Theodore Roosevelt he
is a great progressive.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-07
REVOLUTION.

The tidal wave is sweeping on.
The people clamor fur their own,
And IN that clamor there is heard
The menace OF an angry tone.
The men who gasped the right 20 rule.
And used il for their selfish ends,
Ignoring al the public good.
are learning where such action tends
The shaking thrones Of Europe tell
How tired Of burdens are the mass.
The burdens borne for others ease,
Exemptions Of the ruling class
So has a long endurance ceased,
So angry threats replace meek groanA
And everywhere the people rise,
While kings are shaking on their throns&
Ye, not alone the kings who're crowned
Upon their waning power quake;
The rising gainst selfish rule
VIII held Of uncrowned m0uarchs shake
The men who seek 10 be the state
Ard public conscience Try to fool
Tkey. too. viii sink beneath the tide
Taat sweeps in with the peoples rule.
josh Wink. IN the BaltimcEe ~.e1cal
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Gen. Wood Is Wrong.

from me BaItlInure AlaeTican-
The proposal of Gen Wood to institute
compulsory military education for all
boys of the country of thirteen and over
viii meet with energetic protest from
the peace societies and the various or
CARNATIONS which deprecate any step to-
ward the predominance of the military
spirit in our government II is the idea
of a soldier, who naturally sees his own
profession out OF all proportion 10 the
general scheme. of our social order.
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From the Kansas City Times
THE boss drives. said Mr.. Roosevelt
ar Saratoga, while the leader leads. q"
At Saratoga Mr.. Roosevelt appealed fer
Stimson's nomination for governor on the
ground that he was a man of ''truculent
honesty and a progressive. At Roehes-
ter c. F. Murphy, Tammany's head, said:
II said 7 would give them an upstate
candidate and I've done g."
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Wnh street.s nIstre,..

From the Portland OEegouiau.
Wall street as the financial nerve
center Of the United States. naturally
feels the effect OF the political ghost
dancing more than II is felt elsewhere
While It Is gradually getting accustom-
ed 20 the resurrection Of Bryan plati-
tudes two 10 ten years old, It IS impos-
sihle TO awaken any life IN the market
This Is a situation that ought 10 be
self-adjusting the law OF supply and de-
mand affects stockholders as well as
men OF other callings. Wall street should
not. however. get the impression that II
Is up TO all the rest Of the country to
sneeze when Wall street takes snuff.
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nooseNelt Foreveri

From the Louisville COuhsr-J Journal
Maybe representative government is
failure after all Maybe we do need
a Hercules at washington 10 take the
bulls OF wickedness by the jaws and rend
them? II so. T. r. was made for the
Job. But-this In our shy and shrinking
WAVELET there be no mistake about the
commission We are 10 issue him: It will
life-tenure: the need" CT 1912, Will be
the "exigenCy" or 1916: and when truth
and Righteousness are the issues. let
there be no double-dealing, OF equivoca-
ton
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A wealthy Cabinet.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
Mayor Gaynors cabinet includes more
rich men than ever before have been in
any previous administration. II would be
no exaggeratlon TO say that half a dozen
of his .appointees together could more
than pay the city budget for next year,
which VIII be not less than S65,O00,0O0.
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A RECONSTRUCTED Congress.

From the Detroit News
A new deal is assured al Washington.
whether the next Congress is 10 be Dem
ocratic or insurgent Republican. In the
old deal the cards were stacked against
the public At least, we cannot fare
worse next year. The power Of Payne,
DalzeI. Mckinley. Tawney, Cannon, and
Fordney Is broken The alignment Of
the committees on Appropriations,
Finance, and Ways and Means will suf-
fer a radical shake up in any case.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-07
Honors Are Even.

From the PHILADELPHIA Press.
William Randolph Hearst bolts the
nomination Of John Adams Dix as Dem
ooratic candidate for governor of New
York. This makes things even-John
Adams Dix bolted the nomination Of
William Randolph Hearst as the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor OF New
York nalf a dozen years ago.
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PERFECTLY at Home.

rs your wife backward with your peo-
ple?"
Not bit She has already begun TO
teach sister how TO look stylish and
mother how TO cook"
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4 looked for your advertisement yes
terday but couldn't find it."
Il only insert it in the paper once In
awhile"
You ought TO run your advertisement
my friend"
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From the youngstown Telegram.
skunk furs are going to be all the
rage. this fashion journal says"
Huh! If the automobile craze keeps
on growing some people will be using
gasoline for toilet water"
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POLITICAL COMMENT.
Deserving of Contempt.

fsem the Springfield Union.
| On more than one occasion we have
said, and we stand by 1t, that Repub-
liean Congressman. who. returning from
Washington to their constituents. hasten
ed TO repudiate Mr.. Cannon. We're guilty
| OF a cowardly. and selfish act. They
made the declaration not because they
We're really opposed TO Cannon. but be-
cause they considered that step neees-
sary to their own nomination and cleo
ton. Cannon suited them all right when
they were sitting in the Capitol. and they
had only supreme contempt for those in
surgents that stood up and fought him,
But when they got back home. and
found that anti-Cannon sentiment was
not myth, but an influence TO be reek-
oned with, they lost no time In putting
on the cloak or insurgency. We do not
believe that their masquerading in this
guise has fooled many of their consti-
tuents; certainly, We hope It has not.
They deserve the contempt OF both the
regulars and the progressives.
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Ought TO Suit.

Il want picture for a patent medicine
ad"
~ would suggest this picture of health
that we hear so much about
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Sixteen hundred physicians are holding
a convention in Pittsburg. II they would
only regard Pittsburg as the patient and
call II consultation, the rest Of the
country would be grateful.
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From Week to Week.

How many magazines does your
daughter read?"
six. doctor"
Just as I thought. Her trouble is
brain fag. caused by carrying TOO many
continued stories IN her head"
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A Mixed Poem.

In summer time we shovel grass.
When rail- doth onward bob,
We NOW the snow. We seem, alas,
To always have a Job.
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y man IN New York named Julian
SxyszlInowski has been arrested for forg-
ing another mans name TO check. And
yet he is hardly to be blamed for not
writing hts own
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West Suspicious of the Colonel.

Prom the Baltimore Sun
The colonel has difficult role 10 play.
He is a great broncho buster. but can he
ride two bronehos at one time? Would
he not have been a wiser general II he
had kept out OF the New York cam
paign? The West is beginning to suspect
the colonel. And very justly, for, how
ever sincere he may be as a preacher. he
is just as practical as a politician and it
is becoming more evident every day that
the contributing editors mission In the
West was 10 win the confidence of the
Western insurgents so that he might de-
liver them to the grand old party In the
East. Roosevelts victory In the New
York convention viii be worth many
thousand Democratic votes at the West
ern polls in November.
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Bnng!

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The man who wears straw hat In
October has the courage of his con-
victons. n. B. It may also be true that
he hasn't the price of another hat.
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The dispatches say: "Dr, Cook is In
London" "Dr. Cook is in Munich" 'Dr.
Cook is found in Chile" Really, TOO
many Cooks spoil the broth.
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A Montana woman sued for divorce be-
cause her husband took his stenographer
to the matinee. And then the stenogra-
pher turned out 10 be a man.
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Virginia convict wants a pardon be-
cause he is the father OF ffty-six chill
dren. He probably wishes that the
colonel had the pardoning power.
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Has the doctor a large practiceT
so large that when people have moth
ing the matter with them, he tells them
So"
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President Taft says that making pris-
ons too comfortable encourages crime.
Cold comfort Tor the reformers.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox says: There is
much that makes me weary as journey
down LIES way" But Ella Wheeler
often talks with nothing much 10 say.
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An Estimate.

''She seems 10 have wealth OF hair"
"Oh, don't know. You can get those
puffs for about S29s."
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The Columbia State asks. do colleges
teach?'' or course: they hire football
coach each year.
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That man in Chicago who says he vii
sell himself To the highest bidder would
probably prove dear at any price