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in winning his way TO the hearts of the
baseball public. that which a simple.
plain Jack did
But it is not all with the immigrants
in this question of names. We have
some oddities ourselves. Why are the
Browns. Whites. Blacks. and Greens so
common, when one seldom hears of such
family names as Carmine. Yellow, Indigo,
or Blue? Why the discrimination? Isn't
one color OF the glorious rainbow as
beautiful as another?
Then we have Lions, Foxes, and Volts.
who cover pages in the directories Of
every city Why overlook the Elephant.
the ArmaGnlo, the Kangaroo, and other
Just as plentiful animals in the selection
Of cognomens?
We have our Anglo Saxon ancestors to
blame for these but why they played
favorites' is not apparent. The immi-
grant too, may cherish the names of
his ancestors and be 10th to part with
them as easily as he casts aside other
indigenous qualities.
A custom house for foreign names and
a clearing house for our own cognomens
is the answer.
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OVERRIDING CONSTITUTION.
Too Much Power 10 President Means
HeNOIuti0nfzing Present Form.

samuel j. kout4ussr. in North American Esglen.
II We foster this tendency of making
the President the dominant figure in the
government OF practically uniting in
him those functions Of government which
had been carefully divided among tie de-
parJments Il practice shall be permitted
10 forge this eXtra-constitltOual function
into an iuyeterate custom clothed with
IN. force OF law. then with the significant
feature Of our Constitution oyerriddeu.
with the hllwarks erected for its pro-
lection dismantled. the entire form Of our
government Is reyolutiOnlzed In the
apparent willingness on the part OF the
people that this occur, if only all OBJ
Sttrles. great or small standing in The
way OF their immediate desires be swept
aside lies the gravest cause for appre-
hcHsion. They applaud The exercise of
the veto power. they shrek with glee
when The big stick" Is welded on the
heads Of those whom they regard as their
misrepres they hair as their
champion the President Who urges their
views for the time being against the slow
hesitating resisting body charged with
the responsibility OF laWmak.ng II our
Presidents. one after the other. shall. IN
tl Ai.a t lAa i'h't't4cA- Ai- al SUI ia'
practices that viii satisfy Clamor. II they
use the tremendous prestige OF their Of
flee To COerce Congress. II members Op-
posing the Presidential viii shall be be
Titled and degraded before their con-
stituents as unfairhful TO their trust. il
hy such tactics Congress shall again and
again be beaten Into submission. VIII il
not follow. IN due course that. having
lost its power 70 resist rle Executive de-
paryment armed with the approval of Il
majority of the people, it VIII sink into
condition of helpless suhservienCy'
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Looking Backward to 1882.

Henry Watterson. in a characteristic
and Illuminating review of the New York
political situation in the Courier-J Journal
predicts a Democratic landslide akin TO
that of 1852 Recalling the memorable
contest of twenty-eight years ago, he
says:
The old guard of that DAY. led by
Conkling and Plat. hacked by Arthur.
had put up Judge Folger, then Secretary
Of the Treasury, FOR governor He was,
as Mr. Stimson, the present Republican
nominee. is. admittedly an able and pOpu-
Tar man. The half-bTeeds-that is the
Blaine-Garheld crowd-Swore. not loud
but deep, and TO the tune of al least
loo Coo stayed away from the polls
Cleveland carried the State by nearly
100000 Folger. a sensitive man. was so
Inundated that he took 10 his bed and
actually died of broken heart, his
friends declared. Two years later the
Democrats again carried New York
against Blaine, the Republican schism
having widened III both directions
Sweeping as it was. that contest. Mr..
Watterson tells US. lacked the resonancy
OF the revolt and outcry provoked by the
conduct, the methods, and the speeches
of MT Roosevelt" and if surface indi-
cations are 10 be accepted, this Is not an
overdrawn statement Of the case Ger
tainly, the signs all point TO a landslide
second only to that Of lSs2, if not as
overwhelming
But while the rout Of the Republicans In
lSS2 was followed two years later by an
other Democratic victory in New York
state. which enabled the party to gain
the Presidency. Nj. Wattersons memory
lapses "a trile when he says the Repub,
lican schism by 1854 had ''widened in both
directions" On the contrary. it had dis
appeared so rapidly in TWO years that
Cleveland's majority of $4,000 for gov
ernor was reduced 10 a bare plurality OF
1900 in his race for the Presidency. And
everybody knows that but for the Burch-
ard incident, which cost Blaine thousands
of votes. Cleveland would not have beer
elected President in 1854
1t is well. in considering history. not
TO overlook history. The political results
Of 1852 and 1884 teach us how In a short
space Of time New York may be moved
from an extreme back to its normal
state
We quite agree with Editor Wattersou
that a landslide is impending. The q. O.
P. has been persisteutIy inviting a re-
buke. It has done much TO deserve it,
But there will be less partisan signih-
canoe in the outcome OF next Tuesdays
voting than in any former election in
history and nobody can tell what mood
the now aroused ana independent Ameu.
can electorate may be in by 1872.
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Spread of Our Language,

Just at this time, when Washington
public schools are proposing 10 take up
the study of Spanish. with a view 70
helping 10 get in touch with the 5000 600
OF Spansh-speaking people to the south
OF Us, an equally earnest attempt Is
noticeable among many of these very
people 20 master our language for the like
purpose of getting In touch with US. This
is most conspicuous just now in the case
Of progressive little Paraguay, where the
authorities are going to make the study of
English compulsory in the lower grades
Of the public schools. Hitherto the in
terest there has been largely confined 20
the older pupils OF private schools and
TO business and professional men who
have been studying ii privately.
China, too. has made our language the
official court language; which action
must inevitably, in time, greatly facili-
tate our commercial and diplomatic in
tercourse. Japan is having her hngual
troubles: and a committee has explained
10 the world system which has been
devised 10 simplify the appalling intri-
cacies of the Japanese language, which
are almost beyond belief. She is not yet
quite ready to follow the example of her
near neighbor in the adoption of English
beyond the natural growth Of that Ian
guage within her borders as an accom-
plshment or as trade asset. because OF
the peculiar habit OF mind which betrays
itself in the grotesque attempts of the
japanese TO speak our language. still the
spread of English throughout Asia Is
now progressing so rapidly that many Of
the other nations of Europe are almost
inclined. in their disappointment. 10 re-
gard this extension as the greatest OF
yellow perils" 20 them.
Il is only natural that the United states
should view all Of this removal Of what
has been the greatest barrier 10 COM
mercial extension with great satisfaction
and as holding out rich promise for its
future commercial welfare.
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What's in a Name ?

Names are for the purpose Of Identified
ton. Without appellations to distinguish
one from another. we would be handi-
capped, and. in fact. the whole world
would be at a standstiIl. For conven-
fence, We number our Convicts. and in
large manufacturing establishments num-
bers are often used instead of names in
listing employees This is reducing the
matter 10 simplicity itself. such a per
feet system is not possible in the world
at large, but, nevertheless. the sugges-
ton is not lost The more directness
and the greater facility in use OF names.
the more readily we can transact business
and the more convenient will be social
intercourse.
When, after his arrival in America.
Giuseppe Neapolitani or Ivan Iskofski
does something 10 make his name i'm
mortal, 1t Is a credit TO himself and a
pleasure for us. America welcomes such
citizens as can be Of benefit TO the coun-
try. no matter whence they come or what
toiiib44loticA 81 itAttIS Sitlle lleI names
But with all due respect to these sup
posiuonsI immigrants. one might ask if
their careers would be in any way inn
paired had they dropped their native
cognomens. ss they dropped their native
costumes and customs, on coming TO this
country.
A custom-house for the prevention OF
smuggling of foreign names into Ameri-
can households might be suggested
Why Ivan, when plain. good old John
viii suffice? Why Giuseppe or Luigi.
when we have something just as
good in Joseph or Louis? What a boon
to the poor, overworked linotyper. if to
no one else, should Pietro simmer down
10 the everyday, recognizable Peter,
Suppose it had been Giovanni Crienessi.
instead of Jack Coombs. who had won
honors in the recent baseball champion
ship contests What struggle for the
umpires, team mates. scorers, and. last
Of ALL the urchins on the street Trying
their baseball uxtries" We do not be-
lieye Giovanni could have accompr shed.
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POLITICAL COMMENT.
Ont of Politics.

From the Knoxville Sentinel
Charles 5. Mellen, president OF the
Hartford, Boston and Maine Railways,
has told a gathering Of friends in his
boyhoOd town In New Hampshire that his
railroads will leave politics alone here
after. He said they would not try 10
influence elections. they would give no
brides, and they would abolish their lob
bies, reservirg merely the right TO send
counsel or experts 20 attend open hear
ings OF legislative committees and exec
utive commissions when their interests
may be thought 10 be at stake. Mr. Mel
len has since renewed this pledge in
newspaper communication. This is an
example for copying The Boston and
Maine, untN lately under other manage
ment. has been a particularly hardened
sinner. II has dominated the politics OF
New Hampshire, and IL has had a big
say in Maine. Maine has elected a
Democratic governor and is about to
elect a Democratic Senator The New
Hampshire Republican party is controlled
now by insurgents II was time for rail-
roads 10 fall In line
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who.

From the New York Sun.
In presenting the proposition that the
best way 10 prevent the nomination Of
Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 is 10 permit
him 10 consolidate his political power In
New York and the East In 1910, Senator
Root said
II u should bappen that the administration can't
hold ats own pari} together. the national convention
would b. quite likely 10 look for q Moses to lead
them out u the wilderness and they might 60 TO
MI Roosevelt or they might 90 20 one Of the far
more radical leaders who looming up the
political horizon Ia the North and Middle West
II would have added somewhat to the
interest in the warning and the alleged
prediCament if the Senator had named
few OF the possible Moseses now loom
ing up on the Western horizon who are
Far more radical" and dangerous than
Theodore Roosevelt
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Nnf Easily Deceived.

From the American Hebrew.
II is difficult TO arouse the enthusiasm
of Jews, but it Is still more difficult To
deceive them as a body They are an
eminently just people and appreciate in
tentiOn with a sure instinct. They mako
allowance for youthful errors, and not
withsJanding chickering's and jealousies.
recognize their true friends. both within
and without their ranks Thus, in reck-
onnE up the relative advantages and dis
advantages of this wide experience Of the
Jewish race. it is found that the advan-
tages far outweigh the defects consequent
on wide racial experience. And by the
nature OF the case. these advantages
should increase as the ages roll on.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-01
Paving the Piper. -

The outlook among our good neIghbors
in Maryland is anything hut promising
for either party week before election.
To a close observer Of Maryland politics
the cause is obvious The ballot-box
muddle in the Eastern Shore counties on
one hand and the Acknowledgement efforts
on the other have 80 Disguised the aver
age voter that he is impelled. 10 keep
away from registration and public meet
ings. The apathy in the State has never
been 80 APPALLING.
Why? In pushing tire negro disfran-
chisement amendment unremittingly the
Democrats have Overstepped the limit.
Let it be understood that this is not the
time or the place to talk about the
merits or dement's of that plan. but the
fact remains that the Democrats are
reaping what they have sown. Whether
they intended TO have the amendment re-
act upon their foreign population is not
the issue to-day. but these foreigners are
impressed with the belief that that Is the
case. And Maryland is the very last State
10 antagonize its foreign population: for
there is not a State in the Union where
the immigrants are of a higher standard.
While the tariff, in a half-hearted way.
became the issue, factional strife made
the house TO house canvass. to which can
didates had recourse as an ultima ratio. 4"
anything but pleasant. and the result
very problematical- It is safe 10 say that
any candidate elected will owe his success
10 his personality, not TO the burning
questions OF the day.
The emergency plan Of the Republicans
to push the campaign through district
committees seems to have this advantage
over that of the Democrats, who insist
that everything go through the headquar-
tiers of the State central committee-that
1t brings the voter into direct contact
with those 10 whom he is personally
known and those who know him, his de-
sires and affiliations. thoroughly.
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Like IA standard OmeIct.

Prom the DAYTON Ohio News
The political situation AT the close Of
the last week but one before election.
is as easily understood as am omelet.
\ standard omelet consists OF three
eggs-a good one, a bad one. and "A
suspicious one-broken together. stirred.
Drowned on both sides and garnished with
anything az hand The good egg and
the bad egg and the suspicious egg are
no longer eggs. but omelet Instead OF
eggs, however we have Foraker and Car
neld and Roosevelt and the State RepubH-
can committee TO saw nothing 90 the Re
publican candidate for governor. who. in
this case, reminds one OF the garnish
for the omelet, for while the garnish
may improve the omelet. il cannot save
~, neither can the omelet save the
garnish.
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Votes AT Auction.

From The Ice Angeles Express
We have never read more astounding
political communication than that ad-
dressed by the "Bolo Club Of the state
of California. Incorporated August To-
1870 10 the chairman OF the Republican
State committee. In effect IL Is an offer
70 sell the votes Of some l0c0 war vet
Grams, who saw service during the Span
ish war. Their votes are as much offered
for sale 10 the highest bidder as II they
were put up on the auction block.
One B. 4. F0rsterer. the president Of
the state BOlo Club, offers 20 indorse the
Republican ticket provided the RepublI-
can nominee for governor first promises
10 bestow certain designated offices upon
such men as the Bolo Club shall in
dictate
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Mr.. sherman Sidetracked.

From the Norfolk Landmark.
His services ia New York State being
undesirable at this time. the Republican
Congressional campaign committee draft
ed Vice President sherman for speIIbind-
ing IN North Carolina. There is no love
between Mr.. Sherman and Nj Roosevelt
All or my policies are not sunny
Jim's.' and IL would have been newt
able that the boss and the beaming one
would have been preaching from differ
ent texts. That would never do. The
Big Stick again woulf have prevailed,
and the present exile would have gotten
of lightly with nothing more than initia-
ton into the Crook and Jackass Club.
recently started In INDIANAPOLIS
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Onr-nrmed Golfers.

From Baily's Magazine.
w Park. of Troon and j. Scott. Of
SiIloth both one-armed golfers, played
the second half of their 12-hole homeland
home match for E25 a side on the Snloth
links Park. who started with the lead Of
ten holes. which he gained at Troon.
eventually won by II up and II TO play.
u. r, Anderson recently made drive
of 800 yards AT the Joliet Country Club.
United States of America. Anderson is
one-armed and this shot is probably the
record distance for one-armed golfers.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE,
THE MAIN EXHIBIT.

In fall. these things are due,
And we. Of course,
Have shows devoted 10
The noble horse.
Ie horse Is on display
In many towns;
Likewise a brave array
Of winter gowns
The judge. serene and grave.
II he be wise.
VIII let the clothes horse rave
The major prize.
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POOR MARIA PA AN
ILL-FATED WOMAN

No other European country watches
the progress Of affairs in Portugal with
the same interest as does Italy. and the
cause is obvious The ousting OF the
house Of Braganza naturally is Of deep
import 10 the Savoy family The grand
mother Of the boy king Manuel Maria
Pia, Is a daughter Of Victor Emmanuel,
founder of the present dynasty and ex-
ceedingly popular among the Italian
masses. She was born IN lSi7, when Pic
Mono had occupied the chair OF St. Peter
only a year and was arouslng the en-
thusiasm of the liberals all over the
world by his sanctioning the revolution
airy movement IN Italy which resulted In
the overthrow Of !he BOnapartes and in
the uniication Of the land under the
Savoy rulers. whose soldiers were aided
by those Of the Vatican in the night to
Gust Austria from Northern Italy.
The Vatican and the house OF Savoy
thus being so very friendly. it is small
wonder that Victor Emmanuel, who had
not vet assembled the throne at Turin
nor shorn the Pope Of his territorial
powers. asked Plus 10 be sponsor for his
newborn baby girl. This the Pope did
with pleasure. even insisting that his god
child should be given his own name
changed 10 Mt a girl Hence her name
"Pia" How Victor Emmanuel later de-
liberately cut his friend in the Vatican.
took his worldly power from him, and in
Cured the unceasing enmity Of the
church is a matter Of history, but has
nothing 10 do with the present talk on
the "debacle" al Lisbon. only that PTin-
cess Maria Pia, when not quite fifteen
years old, was married to King Louis Of
Portugal
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so We DID.

The Chinese, with Their pigtails. are
5000 years behind the times
"Oh, no, Just 100 years. We wore EN-
ourselves up to that time
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Mother Goose Revised.

There was a young couple
Who lived in a fat
They had but one child. and
The management kindly overlooked
that
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Cummins "a Disappointment.

From the Arkansas Democrat.
The acknowledged leader Of the insur-
gents, Senator Cummins, has been hailed
by the Democrats az one Of the wisest
and best men I'm the country. They
stupidity misunderstood the meaning Of
insurgency. They thought its purpose
was 70 destroy the Republican party.
whereas It's whole aim was 10 accom-
phsh certain reforms within the party.
and IL IS "a fact that. whatever the result
Of this falls Congressional elections may
be, the Republican party has been made
stronger by insurgency directed against
the Cannon-Aldrich machine Senator
Cummins took pains al Chicago the other
day 10 state his views Of the duty Of
Republicans. and there Is no comfort in
these views for our Democratic friends
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The Light that Failed.

From Cassell's.
Uncle. will YOU please pick the wick
off this candle?'
Certainly. But why such a strange re-
quest?'
"'Cos I heard dad say We should get a
fortune when YOU snuff It,"
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style and Surgery.

Shall 7 pierce the baby's ears, so she
can wear earrings
Yes, and while you are about IL. kind
~ remove one leg. Then she can wear a
super-hObble. if she likes
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Nothing More.

Il hear YOU are expending huge sums
on that Panama Canal"
Nothing to II. We are simply irving
10 make both ends meet"
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No Going Back.

You say the elopement was sort Of
forced upon you2"
Yes; after she came down the rope
ladder, her dad pulled it up"
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Dr. Woodrow Wilson says that his
election as governor viii not bring about
the --lllennium. II he were an ordinary
politician, he would guarantee that his
election would bring about any old thing
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-01

The divine Sarah. on her arrival in this
country. denied to her sister suffragettes
the story that on the present "trip she
carried her coffin with her. Pointing to
her jewel case, in which she said she
carried $1,000 worth of jewels. she
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His Viewpoint.

BE careful chauffeur Don't run over
any babies
'T won't, sir Them nursing bottles
plays hob with tires"
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An UnsnINed Problem.

From the Dallas News.
Percy Noodles declared that he has lain
awake half the nights for a week trying
10 imagine how girl in hobble skirt
would ride a bicycle.
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Not Alarm cd.

What's this? a Black Hand letter."
Yes; a pleasant relief I feared my
tailor was dunning me again.
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The contrast between the swift and
orderly process OF the British criminal
law in the Crippen case. as compared
with what we are accustomed IN similar
trials in this country at last is arousing
attention
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Arrangements for the coronation now
may proceed. King George has been
adopted by the Boston Ancient and
Honorah les I"
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Senator Bristow says that Kansas is
unanimous IN sentiment. in other words.
they are so prosperous out there they
have no time for politics.
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And now the Purity League reports that
New Orleans is one of the wickedest
cities in America Probably another
boost for the Panama Canal exposition.
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The Chicago young man who spent
100000 in two years is now perfectly
qualified to act as mayor OF any mu-
nicpalty
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II is said that Japan is planning to
spend 100000 on her navy. And neither
Hobson nor Fighting Bob" has said
word
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The Chinese Senate, only three weeks
old. is crying for reform They must
have muck-rakers over there, too.
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Americans want nothing cheap. This
is not a cheap country" was what Vice
President Sherman among other things.
said the other day In his speech At
Raleigh. \. C. Well, that is one view OF
the high cost of living. but how about
the housewife, the mother with lot of
little ones 10 feed? No doubt she and
hers are as good Americans as the rest
Of us-and yet and yet