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The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

From The New York sun.
Every chance I get" said the opera
goer. II sneak Up behind some one who
is reading between the acts and try to
find out what ne is reading. Up in the
top gallery a lot of friendless folk read
between acts. They come alone and have
nobody TO talk 10. and as they don't care
to study the crowd they fall back on q
book or newspaper Newspapers pre-
dominate, but books hold their own pref
~ we'll. Librettos don't count Nobody
up in the top gallery needs q libretto.
Novels are popular. Every time Lucia
IS sung more than one person sneaks
The Bride of Lammermoor' out OF the
book case and takes it 10 the opera
'Orfeo' brings out numerous works on
mythology. One night peeped over the
shoulder Of young man who was study
ing algebra. But for pure cathoIicity of
taste commend me to the woman who
read Mr. Dooley' between acts of
'ParsifaI' I had always fiattered myself
that I possessed vide sympathies in mu-
sic and literature. 1ut after that exhibit
1 ton OF lberality skunk back into seat
reserved for ultra conservatives"
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Birthday of Americas Congress March

To-day is the birthday of the American
Congress. On March 4. 17Ss. the first ma
tionaI body Of legislators assembled in
the civ hall in New York. The Revolu-
.ionarv war was over, and the next step
was 10 properly form a government. The
Constitution had been ratified by eleven
NJ the States. all of the original thirteen
exeeutfng North Carolina and Rhode ISL
and These two States were treated as
foreign nations. but before this Congress
had ceased its operation these two States
were under the wing OF the Consttu-
ton.
The first duty Of this Congress was to
count the electoral vote and to declare
that the person receiving the highest
number of votes was to be President,
and the person receiving the next highest
m be Vice President. Unfortunately. there
was not a quorum present on March 1,
and It was fully four weeks before the
necessary thirty were gotten together TO
organize On April / the House of Repre-
sentatives was organized by electing
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg Speaker,
and FIVE days later the Senate.
After canvassing the vote Of the cleo
tors. on the 9Th of April, George Wash
ington was declared President and John
Adams Vice President Mr.. Adams was
sworn in at once, and messengers were
dispatched to Virginia to inform Gen.
Washington and request his attendance
at New York.
1t was a six days journey 70 Mount
Vernon at that period, and Washington
did not arrive in New York until April
30. on which day he was inaugurated
Congress was to impatient for Legislative
work to await his arrival. and almost
Immediately after they had assembled
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
THE BUGS VIEWPOINT.

Beyond the sleet-across the SHOWS
He did not see the budding rose
That waved its crimson welcome 20
An earth q green-a SKY Of blue
Nor yet the daffy daffodils
That crowned the valleys and the hills
Ths appls blossoms, pink and white,
That drifted into lanes Of light;
He did not hear the blue bird sing
Nor yet the south wind whispering
Ia murmur through the maple trees
That swsyed and slanted to the breeze
And harbred on each berding limb
The maker Of a woodland hymn
And yet like every living thing.
He. too. had drawn his dream Of spring.
He saw a gent arrsyed in blue
HeaTe boldly into public view.
And in a fog-horn tenor call
To thousands-" Batter up-Play ball.
He saw tall suy nod and beck
And then cut one around the neck.
While IN a france the slGggsr there
namely padded at the air;
He saw the shortstop leave his place
And Rag che back Of second base
And wing it swiftly on ahead
To where the dashing runner sped;
He saw, before MS flashing ere.
The keen outfeldeT fenoeward Ay
And NTH an effort lull
The drive down with the bases fuli
Hs heard onoe more the roCters CALI
The ringing clash Of bat and ball
The cry Il sfBelt it on tie snoat-
Don't try 70 bunt ;here; whale il outi'
The groans and euTses-cheers and jeers
Like music tinkled N his ears
The grand stand rocked and roered in strife
The bowling blea1nfrS leaped to life,
AS whooping. jeering. shnuting. cheering
Praying, c11rsing. pleading. fearing,
Stamping bowling. smiling. growing,
Laughing. weeping, snsriings Sowing,
Over city, field. and glen
The Buglsad Chorus rang again.
For he. like every other thing,
Had drawn his dream q golden spring.
.-Grantlaud Rice. Ia Nashville Tennssssas
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
The Eternal Feminine.

From Harpsr's Magazine.
Queen Elizabeth. in a characteristic
rage. had proclaimed the doom OF the
courtier. "Of with his head"
The culprit courtier was heard to NUT
ter something 10 himself
What said the catlIf?" demanded
Elizabeth.
May it please your majesty" rsitered
one OF the guards. his words were:
Pretty rough. 1t is becoming
The virgin queen plumed herself: her
eyes sought her mirror.
''Ha! Pretty ruff! Truly. the fellow
hath good taste. and It were pity
Let sentence be suspended. We have
need OF men Of good judgment and
sound discretion about u.s. I will hear
further what he may have to say
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
WANTS GoRDoN's SPEECH.
Connecticut Man Believes II would
Have Prevented civil War.

Connecticut Man Believes IL would
Nave Prevented Civil War.
The following letter was sent 10 Senator
Gordon from Connecticut, and echoes the
sentiments of thousands;
Had the speech which you delivered in
the Senate been delivered fifty years ago.
it would have prevented the civil war,
and. l may say. that is the unanimous
sentiment north OF Mason and Dixon's
line to-day The heart OF our loyal peo-
pie has never beer so generally touched.
and why did you wait all thess long
years before you expressed such beauti-
full sentiments?
why l am writing you this letter is
because I want every word Of that speech
printed. so that we can circulate it East.
West. North. and South. that our chill
dren may speak it in the public schools,
that our orators may repeat it at cur
Memorial Day exercises with Lineoln'H
speech at Gettysburg. And what a re
spouse would come from an American
audience who would hear these two ad
dresses delivered from the same plat
form!
you have rolled sixty years Of servic'
into sixty days. and have crowned rec
ord not equaled by any Senator from th'
South In a hundred years.
GEORGE P. FARLEY.
s.rridre+,r-4 forr -
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
THE POETS COMBINE.
Many Delightful Benefits POssibl
from Union Of Bards.

Many Delightful Benefits Possible
from Union Of Bards.
Fruan the Chicago Examiner.
Why should not the poets organize
themselves into union. as suggested by
a pleasing item Of intelligence from New
York; In union there is strength. and
that Is much more than can be said OF
most Of the poems that appear in maya
zines and newspapers.
Heaven forbid that one should attempt
to name the number OF poets and verse
makers In these sovereign States. And
yet, II a union is attempted, IL should
not be confined TO New York. where
poetry is published rather than created.
and which in Itself is bad atmosphere
for the poet, save as he represents one
who goes 10 market.
Exactly what poets expect TO promote
by their union has not been set forth.
Possibly further privileges OF copyright,
possibly extension OF poetic license, per-
haps adoption OF rhyming regulations or
simplihed spelling. Possibly-but improb-
ahly-the ordering that no poem shall be
foisted on the public until II bears the
union label OF propriety and grade re-
quirements.
Whatever the purpose. the fact re-
mains that poetry cannot be lowered by
a projected union. and very likely may
be advanced. Another fact is that mem
| hers Of the union may buy poems OF one
another at union rates. thereby assuring
a moderate sale where one may not have
existed heretofore. In short such q unior
/ or consolidation does not involve dis
tress TO the consumer. even II it becomes
a monopoly. II a dozen poets eventually
absorb all the rest of the poets, poetry
| does not necessarily suffer and the world
| does not suffer Certainly not Most as
| suredly never
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
INCONSISTENT FATHER.

INCONSISTENT FATHER.
He always told his son to take
A woman's part
And never let a villain break
A loving heart.
Yet now he carries on like sin
Because they say
His sons to take a girls part in
A college play.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
ONE YEAR OF TAFT.

year ago to-day William Howard
Taft became President of these United
States. This anniversary of that tenn
pestuous Inauguration Day when martial
music was silenced by the cold. whis-
Sing wind; when the elements ragged
nereilessly, and the Capital City. humbled
by the sad havoc made Of its gala at
tire. was cut of from communication
with the expectant outside world by a
bowling. shrieking blizzard-this ami
versary OF that memorable Fourth of
March is a timely occasion for a summing
up. a reflection and retrospection.
How quickly the first year of the new
administration has passed! II seems but
yesterday that Roosevelt took belated
leave Of this storm-gripped city when
Taft, his chosen successor. was indicted
into Office That hearty hand-grasp in
the Senate chamber between the out
going and incoming President, with the
fervent God bless your accompany
ing it, is well to remember now. To
those who fully appreciated its mean.
ing then, to those who really know its
meaning now, what arrant nonsense
these Back from Elba" runners Of Do
htcal plot do appear.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

The proposed State OF Arizona en-
braces a lot Of territory, but even at that
Il is a mighty small place within which to
conflne a budding Frank Hitchcock Sen
atorial boom, Of course.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

The suggestion that Mr.. James Wilson
is about to retire from the Cabinet" vii
not attract any particular attention
throughout this country. however. until
it comes directly from Mr.. James Wilson.
The Wilson retirement rumor has just
about run its legs of.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

No official residences for our dipIo-
mats abroad viii be purchased this year
Not that the scheme was not a good one
and all OF that. OF course, but on &C
count OF the high cost Of living, and SC
on.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
unnIensnnt Prospects.

From London Opinion.
Irate Creditor-I shall call every week
until you pay this account
Debtor-Really. Then there seems
every probability Of our acquaintance
ripening into friendship.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

A number OF Alabama people seem TO
think Mr.. Bankhead may not be returned
to the Senate, but asaong them is not
Mr. Bankhead. And. in our humble opin-
ion, that latter circumstance counts
some
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

A New York contemporary refers to him
as col. F. Hop Smith" That is cutie
sufficient to cinch his assumption that
New York is the worst hammered city
in the world" we should think.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
He Knew.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Reporter-Ssy. do you know what be-
comes Of Office boys who use such terri
bic language?
Office Boy-Sure. Dey grows up ter be
CITY editors,
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

he can't be going Tar wrong
At the end Of his first year as Presi-
dent of the United States. we venture to
predict that by the time another March 4
has rolled around the American peo-
pie will have come to know William
Howard Taft better than they know
him now-to understand him more thor
oughly Their present disposition to be-
Iieve him earnest and sincere viii have
.deepened into a conviction that he is gen.
orally right and always fair.
Looking back over the administrations
first year-the preliminary and introduce
tory season. as it were-we agree with
the Houston Post and the Cleveland
Leader that Mr. Taft has ~msde
good" At any rate. he has done his
best" Every honest man and every
honest newspaper viii wish him we'll to-
day--wish him mighty well. as he enters
upon the second year Of his administra-
ton He is the whole countrys Presi-
dent-a red-bloode5. broad-minded. patri-
Otto. nation-loving President-and still
William Howard Taft, the man.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

they adopted a tariff bill It was short,
only containing sixty-six words. and It
was approved as a law on July 1. 1888
James Madison, who became known as
the Father Of the Constitution" made
the first tariff speech. He represented the
Democratic views, and his chief opponent
on the opposite side was Elias Boudinet,
Of New Jersey.
In this first Congress 1t was the usual
thing for President Washington to visit
the Senate and actually discuss executive
matters. appointments, and treaties, with
that body This he usually did twice a
week. and he always made a speech
Although washington was not inaugu-
rated until April 80 the term Of his Office
had actually begun on March 4, accord
| ing to the decree Of Congress, and ever
since the Presidential Office has existed
March 4 has been the date of the Undue
ton Of the Chief Executive This has
been irregular in the following instances;
James Monroe began his second term on
March 5. John Tyler on April 6. Zachary
Taylor on March 8 Millard Fillmore on
July TO- Andrew Jackson on April Is
Rutherford B. Hayes on March 8. Ches-
ter A. Arthur on September 90 and
Theodore Roosevelt on September "A.
On March 4. 1919. Cortez began the
conquest of Mexico; on that date in lSsl
William Penn received the grant OF
Pennsylvania; in 1887 Chicago was in,
corporated as a city. It is the birthday
of Rebecca Gratz. the Philadelphia beau,
ty who was the heroine Of Scott's Ivan
hoe d7s1). Of Robert Emmett the Irisl
patriot d70; casimir Pulaski. the Polisl
patriot GAS; Admiral Sir A. K. Wilson
GS42), and Don Pedro, Of Portugal IL
1884
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

The governor OF Mississippi recently
discovered a lot of empty bottles around
and about the capitol. and now he wants
a legislative committee ito look into the
matter" Hum! Look into a lot Of
empty bottles, governor?
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
A Similar Case.

From the Wall Street Journal.
Samuel GompeTs has filed a complaint against the
United States Steel Corporation. One IS reminded
Of the story Of the terrier who chased after an ex
press train and imagined he had made It nun.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
In the paddock.

From Bon WANT
Have you lost any morey on the races
today"
mo. not a SOU
HIN. you're lucky"
Not at all. I had my purse stolen on
the way here"
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

In the light Of Dir. Rockefeller's latest
proposed gigantic benevolence. even the
most intrepid hammer-wieIder will have
to pause a while and think 1t over before
getting busy again.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

The Roosevelt policies? A work Of con-
struction has gone steadily along. Things
that Taft has said and done would have
been accounted the extreme OF radical
ism on the part Of his predecessor. There
have been no Monday morning preach
ments accompanying them; no epigcam-
matte charges and counter charges fol-
lowing them-simply a calm. judicial
pushing ahead
But the East resents to-day what Taft
Is doing, and proposes TO do, while the
West, unresentful, but with waning faith,
perhaps. frets over the delays and would
have these reforms accomplished ali at
once.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

From the Indianapolis News.
Another complete reversal Of form is shown By the
fact that Congress is considering what It Will do with
Cannon, instead Of Cannon considering what he will
do with Congress,
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
Heading Him OF.

.Cholly. why aren't you calling on Miss
Gotrox any more?"
''Her father objected"
But faint heart never won fair lady :"
81 know all that; but the heartless
wretch got out an injunction"
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

a lot Of George Cohanish people ex-
pected the former President to return
from Elba with bells on" of course,
but precious few expected TO see him
come marching home with whiskers on.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

A contemporary points out that the
man who ordered the sunset gun restored
at the Norfolk Navy Yard is a captain
IN the navy. and not rear admiral That
is all right. We hereby promote him to
the higher rank.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

Women in all ages have tried to i'm
prove on nature" observes the Charles
ton News and Courier. Not that so much,
probably, as that they have tried to vary
II promiscuously.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

THE speech of that departing Senator
is said to have been unique, almost I'M
paralleled in the annals of the Senate
Il heard it, remarked Senator Wom-
bat at was unique. He didn't want
ANYTHING"
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
Before and After,

Prom the Austin Statesman.
The statesmen who spent last summer framing up
the tariff are destined to spend the coming season
explaining 1t.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

Ex-Gov. Vardaman says he will not be
"a closed incident" two years hence.
Well. let US indulge the hope, at least.
that Mississippi viii see to Il that he IS
continued as a confined incident.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

Uncle Joe" says he once had aspIra-
tons TO be a reformer." That was
when they beat him for Congress once
upon a time, presumably.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
Courtship a Ia Mode,

zone more question, dear
Angel face. am listening"
''Will you love me when I'm old?'
''Well, I'll tell you. This Is a practical
age. I'll see that you get adequate all
mony."
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Ambassador Bryce has protested to the government
about something. Without regard to the subject OF
the merits of the case it may be accepted that when
Mr.. Bryce protests there win be lot OF respectful
listening.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
But the summing up:

DNN tiLS summing up
II has not been stormy year. nor yet
& tranquil year. In contrast, It has been
one of striking tranquility. In the main.
It has been a period Of walting-wal,ing
upon Congress to pass the tariff bill
waiting for the enactment Of the ad-
ministration's constructive policies into
law. waiting for things that are bound
to come. but that cannot come all at
once. All of this has involved patience.
patience. patience. and then more pa-
thence. on the part of the Executive.
Job was man of sublime. ever-endur-
ing patience, according to Biblical lnfor-
nation; but Job. as the President OBJ
served recently. never had 20 90 through
the first year Of a Presidential term OF
a great republic. Aye. therein inevita-
bly, came the rub-the rub for any Job
that followed Roosevelt in the White
House
But waiting. coupled with patience. in
the end leads only to compromise. The
country's history IS a history Of COM
promises Conditions force compromises.
Compromises come out OF conditions.
Life il made up Of compromises. So II
has been from the beginning, and so il
will be to the end. William Howard
Taft's administration. like all administra-
tons that have preceded 1t. is but en-
phasizing that unvarying rule and will
emphasize It to the close.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

Our principal fear concerning this pro-
posed black rose is that the last one Of
summer may eventually be set 10 rag
time music.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

I'VE once heard OF a man who could
live comfortably on s. per week" says
the Birmingham Age-Herald But you
have not heard Of him lately, have you?
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

On this March 4, "farebacks" will
kindly keep their distance.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

The new tariff law was a compromise.
When was a tariff law ever enacted that
was not compromise? This particular
tariff fell short Of the counry's expec-
tations. It reduced the taxes on the
neoessaries Of life by some 100000, and
increased the taxes on luxuries by some
sl1. 100000 ESTIMATED upon the tariff reye-
nues Of 1900. but the country wanted
more Il has never been satisfied with
any tariff bill and probably never win be-
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

The act bearing McKinley's name cost
him his seat in Congress. only to make
him President at a later day.
But the brunt of dissatisfaction caused
BY tho tariff legislation has fallen nat
urany upon the administrauon-and in
this it's first year. Taft did not make this
tariff. The legislation was not his. He
favored a further revision downward. It
fell short of his hopes and expectations
because It was a compromise, an in
evitable compromise. ss all tariff laws
have TO be. He did not accept 1t and sign
it as a perfect bill, or as a measure cal
oulated fully to meet the eountry's needs.
but approved it as the best compromise
legislation that could come out of the
unusual situation then existing. Should
he have vetoed It? No; the most radical
tariff reforner, alert to our material in
terests, never counseled or would have
assented to such veto. And so the
new law, passed after months of waiting.
was incorporated in the statutes. Time
alone can determine its merits and de-
fects; its practical operations must dem
onstrate its value to the country.
Cannonism. so called, has become, dur
ing Tafts first year. a sort OF paramount
issue within the party. It affects the ad-
ministration. What is Cannonism? II
has 10 do with the conduct and govern
ment Of the National House Of Represent
atives. under rules adopted by the Reed
Congress, perpetuated by the Democratic
majority under Crisp. and maintained by
the House to the present day. A rising
protest against these rules-a protest
against Cannonism-came coincidentally
with the enactment of the new tariff.
The country did not know. does not
know to-day, that the Speaker. the sub
ject proper of this public and press on
slaught, was the last TO yield to the
tariff compromise, and yielded only with
a deadlock the alternative And a Con-
gressional deadlock would have beer
quite as impossible and demoralizing tC
business as a Presidential veto.
Wholly irresponsible for II. not re-
motely connected with It. whatever #
is. the administration, nevertheless. ha:
borne the burden OF Cannonism through,
out the year.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
Nothing serious.

why does your husband continually
mutter 10 himself Of late2"
ITS all right. He isn't dippy- He's
got a part to learn in his lodge
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

Il have written my Congressman for
some free garden seeds"
rs that so? I believe I'll ask for a
rubber plant"
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

From the Chicago Journal
The deliberate farce Of appointing a COMMITTEES Of
high tariff champions 10 make report that ths
Aldrich-Taft law is national blessing would be In
possible elsewhere than IN the United States Senate
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
Doesn't Touch Our Record.

From the St. Louis Star
A dispatch from Honduras says Congress has been
IN session month and a half and has done nothing
They shouldn't worTy. We beat them By whole
month.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

AS the City Of Washington was the
storm center a year ago. so the Interior
Department has been the storm center
OF the new administration. This storm
Is unabating. Seeming 10 involve the
cause of conservation, IT involves, in
reality, men, methods, and detail-nothing
more. Certainly It puts in jeopardy no
Rooseveltian policy. On the contrary.
the rule of doing things within the law"
cannot but serve 70 strengthen any cause.
Under no other rule. indeed, can any
cause endure. Therefore. national con
servation is secure under Taft. regardless
OF the final verdict as to men. methods,
and details.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
A Recent EnIsode.

1t CHANGED to be. for funny folks,
a rather happy vein.
We printed 100000 jokes
on dear Paree IN Seine.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
Another Queer Duck.

How did you get the reputation of be-
ing taciturn2'
Possibly because I only discuss mat
tiers that I am familiar with
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
Mr.. sherman ON the Insurgents.

From tbs St Paul Dispatch
Vics President Sherman says the insurgents IN
Congress are simply men who want to please their
constituents All Of which shows that a man mas
be Vice President and stin have lucid intervals.