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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
The Fourteenth Massachusetts,.

The Massachusetts, republicans should
take their medicine with better grace.
This effort to hold their candidate for Con-
gress in the fourteenth district personally
responsible for the partys defeat the
other day is not persuasive.
Any other man. we are told. would have
won. A number of good men were men,
toned for the nomination. Former Coy.
Long was among the number. The dis
trict Is full OF excellent congressional ma
terial Then. in the name of the sacred
Goldfish. why was Mr.. Buchanan chosen?
Was he not known before convention
day? Or did his unpopuIarity and un-
worthiness develop later?
1t cannot be pleaded that the republi-
cans of the district did not know the i'm
portance Of the election. Everybody
knew 1t. The first comment on Mr.. Low
ering's death called attention to the sub
tect. Here. It was stated, was an oppor-
tunity for Massachusetts, to express her
SELF as to the Payne law. Had she not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
"BUT NAMES WILL NEVER HURT NE. !"

The Secretary Of Agriculture has ruled that
it is unlawful TO sell Rocky Fords any
melons not grown in the Rocky Ford district
of Coloradol
The Scotch part OF woodeock is the himsiest
romance,
French pastry never the outer boundaries
OF France: 49,
Havana never could produce each guaranteed
cigar:
Nor Russia make all that is sold Russian"
caviar.
The German pancake fourishes In Fulton
street, New York,
And little Irish linen comes from Dublin.
Down Cork:
Dutch treats are not from Holland; and no
one of US regales
Himself with rarebits that have heard the
name of Wales.
Ne'er Turkey knew the Turkish bath; N
Egyptian cigarette -,
Came not from Egypt; Italy knows NOT llAL
spaghetti" -
So, Secretary Wilson, prithee, change that line
of dope,
Nor take away that primal fake, the X. =.
canteloupe. -,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
An Event Worth Remembrance.

An Event WORM hemem DranCe.
Up in the Legislature, where debate is
never still.
But restless as the shifting winds that
sweep across the hill,
They've tried most every kind Of speech
In hope to make a hit.
They gave US so much rhetoric that we
got used to 1t.
They spoke with tragic emphasis and In
pathetic vein:
They quoted from the poets in = highly
classic strain,
They took to metaphors and served them
either mixed or straight.
And toyed with the complexities Of slang,
quite up-to-date.
Long columns Of statistics they compiled
with patient care.
The erudition spread until it filed the
very air.
And then there came a peaceful citizen
from far away
Who modestly confessed he hadn't very
much to say.
But what he said was simple. clean and
from an honest heart.
We all sat UP and listened and applauded
from the start.
And fame awoke and seized her trump
and every soul was stirred.
Where others failed he conquered by a
frank and generous word!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
The Next House.

There is a comical old saying, that
you can't most always sometimes tell"
And, indeed, you can't.
The popular Interpretation of the re-
suit in the fourteenth Massachusetts dis
trict is that 1t foreshadows a democratic
House. Here, as the argument runs, Is
the first response to the challenge OF the
Payne law. from territory thought to
have been influential in the shaping of
the law. and 1t is rebuke. Can there be
a doubt as to what is to follow? Shall we
not see the country at large, and espe-
cially those sections not favored by the
law, rebuke its authors when their time
comes? Are not these March straws a
safe assurance as to the direction of the
wind next November?
They may be. But taking the direc-
ton Of the wind seven months in advance
is risky business. The wind has been
known to change in much less time.
Take bit of history Maine votes for
representatives in Congress in September
In that month in 1890 the Pine Tree
state Endorsed her four republican men,
bers of the House by electing them to
the next House. Speaker Reed received
an increased majority.
He and his friends were jubilant. There
had been q prediction that because of his
course in the matter Of the new rules he
had injured himself. and because Of the
Mckinley tariff bill-then pending in the
Senate with the Houses approval of tt
the republican party had injured itself,
Pointing to the House figures, Mr.. Reed
and his party supporters replied, Non
Ses,sAl The country is with us Maine
shows the way
But Maine did not show the way In
November the democrats carried every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
"The Washington View"

What is this washington view" OF
which many newspapers are speaking
eome with a sort of pity. others Win
6erisiou? Is it true that person hvlns
IN this town lives in ignorance or puphc
sentiment in the United States? Are we
unable here to note or appralSe tnlnss
of a political character In their natlonai
bearings and applications? Are we shut
out from light that shines far and vice
elsewhere? Why SO?
Why is not Washington the best town
In the country for the gathering or news
and the forming of views respecting po-
bitical questions? Is it not headquarters:
Congress sits here. and In the two
branches there are nearly five hundred
members-au men of consequence at
home. and constantly in touch with home.
las they speak and vote, and interview
for the press we may follow the In
terests and feelings of their constituents.
AS rule they are well advised about
home matters. and attend to them closely
where there is connection between them
and Congress What is there In this
for nv people," is a common and most
Creditable question.
Then there are the visitors who come
in LARGE numbers while Congress is sit
ting. many of them for the purpose OF
comforting with senators and representa-
tives about home subjects. All sections
and many interests are In action. Inese
visitors as a rule are men of high INTEL
l-ence and substance. prominent ana IN
Huentfal among their neighbors. While
in town they talk of the affairs or the
states in which they live. and If they
have a good report to make, make 1t with
illuminating details. AS everybody else
here does. they talk politics, but do not
confine themselves to that topic.
Not know what is going on in the
country at large? Not able to digest in
formation on the subject when gathered?
why the Washingtonian whose duty 1t is
to know the men responsible for public
business here, and to send his reports
away by wire or mail, or print them
here has exceptional opportunities for
discharging his commission. Officials are
glad to cooperate with him. They ben
eft by his labors And in order that he
may succeed the better they are at pains
to explain TO him the rise and fall of
local opinions here, there and every
where in the country.
Let the newspapers which are shaking
hands with themselves and thanking their
stars they are not as the poor, benighted
washingtonians are. guess again. and the
next time with less of comical seif-as-
eurance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
A Floating Court.

Gov. Clark Of Alaska believes in IA
cilitating the course of justice. He has
been assigned to duty in wide terri
tory, characterized by an almost total
lack of transportation facilities. The
people are scattered. All the equipment
of administration Is necessarily some
what crude. and the conditions favor q
slackness in the ordinary judicial pro-
cesses which in a more highly organized
community are brought into close rela-
tons with the people. Gov. Clark's idea
is to take the law to the settlements
instead of making the residents go to the
law. He will pun the federal court OF
the territory on a revenue cutter at the
beginning of summer and will send it
along the entire coast line from Seward
around to the mouth of the Yukon. BY
this means he will insure the trial dur
ing the season of all the cases OF law
lessness that have accumulated during
the winter. The Judge will carry with
him on the steamer deputy marshal,
deputy United States attorney and a
grand and a petit jury, the whole ma
chinery for finding indictments and de-
termining guilt AS fast as convictions
are found the prisoners will be cared
for by the deputy marshal on board the
cutter, which will thus become both q
floating courthouse and a movable Jail.
At the end of the season this combina-
ton palace OF justice and penitentiary
will move back south and discharge its
human cargo at some central point o!
detention.
This experiment is in line with the
whole course of justice at the preSen!
time. The tendency Of the period Is TIC
shorten the processes of inquiry. trial
and appeal, and to lessen the chances OF
the defeat of justice. Probably the per-
tpatetic Alaskan court will, in proportion
render more prompt service than the
average court In any eastern city. OW.
ing to the length to which trials are ex-
tended, partly through the license grant
ed attorneys In the examination anc
cross-examination Of witnesses, and the
failure to find a means to reduce tria
issues to concrete points and concen'
trate upon them, the calendars OF the
congestion, so that ordinarily between
the commission of the crime and the frs
trial there is lapse OF from three te
six months, and often much longer. The
Alaskan court will. doubtless, make shor1
work Of its cases. without doing injustice
It will be interesting to compare the
records of this judicial cruise with the
work of an ordinary city court during
the corresponding period OF time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
HAT PINS.

From the Memphis Conmercial-Appeal
II hat pins are tabooed, milady will
have to go back to that charming old
style Of tying her bonnet under her
chin"
From the Rochester Herald
The Chicago council passed the hat min
ordinance. and a woman who wears a
hat pin the point Of which projects more
than half an inch may be fined. We
said may" be fined.
From the Salt Lake Tribune.
Women declare that their wearing or
the long hat pin Is none of mans husi
ness. But sometimes the business end of
the thing is.
From the Cumberland Times
Send the hat pin disarmament to The
Hague, Or
From the Buffalo Express
There may be considerable point To
that Chicago hat pin ordinance. Some
one may want job as inspector Of the
deadly weapons.
From the Providence Evening Bulletin.
That women do not need the ballot may
be seen win painful clearness In the
success Of the Omaha ladies who killed
the proposed hat pin" ordinance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
Country Lore.

While one does not need a knowledge
OF botany or acquaintance with the
varieties and the habits Of birds and
insects to enjoy the country in the
spring, some familiarity with those
subjects adds greatly to the pleasure
derived from communion with. nature
at this season Of the year. 1t is pos
sible with very little study to get to
know most Of the commoner birds and
many Of the insects so as to be able
to identify them and to observe their
pecultarities of marking and Of move
ment. There are many books on such
subjects as birds and bugs and trees
and wild flowers that will in few
hours give one at least rudimentary
knowledge of the broad differences.
Some Of these books are compact. fit
ting pockets easily. SO that they can
be consulted on the road and in the
fields.
Nature study should be looked upon
as a friendly guide to the readily
available mysteries Of the road and by
paths. In a surprisingly short time
the person who goes forth intent upon
such observations acquires taste for
Information directly secured at first
hand. Many a botanist and ornitholo-
gist has been made from just such be-
ginnings. And there is no more de-
lightful line Of research than inquiry
into the growing things and the
creatures of the air and earth.
Delightful 'companionships are en-
gendered by a mutually of interest in
such matters. Pedestrianism for the
sheer sake Of covering ground is not
nearly SO beneficial to thet bound
man as walking for the sake Of widen
ing the acquaintance with nature.
especially with congenial association.
The world holds pleasures for those
who appreciate this line of activity far
beyond the concept of others. who look
upon the country as something dusty,
something dull. and. possibly, some
thing tiresome and inconvenient.
There is a zoo to be found in any
direction round Washington, not zoo
Of cages and corrals, but Zoo Of free
things, of birds, unfettered and insects
Of an amazing variety. and from the
viewpoint Of the nature student there
Is no dull place anywhere beyond the
realm Of bricks and mortar and asphalt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
Washington and the Fairs.

Washington fully realizes that in the
| matter of the canal exposition. planned
for 1915 to commemorate the opening OF
the interoceanic waterway. 1t is In dan
ger OF suffering the same sort Of disap-
pointment which IT was forced to endure
about twenty years ago. when. after orig
mating the idea Of celebrating the quadro-
centennial of the discovery of America
and formulating a plan for a. great in
ternational fair. it witnessed the selection
of another city as a result OF superior
commercial pull and political influence.
What happened in the case Of the Column
bian exposition Is apt to happen in the
case Of the canal celebration. unless the
matter is treated upon a higher and
more patriotic plane.
The argument in favor Of Washington
was Irresistible. Here could an In
ternational fair concentrating the dis
covery of the western world be most ap-
propriately held. There was no other
city in the United States logically suited
for this use. Everybody acknowledged
this fact. and yet the larger cities. New
York, Chicago, st. Louis, Boston, Phila-
delphia and others promptly proceeded
to take advantage Of the interest aroused
by Washingtons proposition and organ
ICED campaigns to secure the honor for
themselves. lists well known how COM
binations were formed, with business
and political influences combining even
tually to throw the decision to Chicago.
without regard for historical or geograph-
ical suitability.
In the matter Of the proposed canal ex-
position doubtless the same sequence OF
events will he developed. Washington
desire to be chosen as the scene OF the
International celebration Is already shared
by several other communities, all of
which state their claims for consideration
In terms OF their own present or pro-
spective commercial Importance. 1t Is
right that they should hold canal open
ing fairs If they desire. The event Of the
canals dedication to commerce will be
big enough and significant enough to war
rant its being marked by a series OF ex-
positions. on the Pacific and the Atlantic
and the gulf coasts. but the national.
which is to say the international, cele-
bration should be held here.
It will be for Congress to determine
whether the mistake that was made in
be repeated. Representatives Of foreign
nations have been invited on numerous
occasions In the past thirty-five years to
participate in American fairs and ex-
positions commemorative Of one and an
other important historical events. Not
one Of these has been held in Washing
ton, the seat of government, the federal
center. the political metropolis Chicago.
ST. Louis. Buffalo. Philadelphia and other
cities have been thus designated. to the
pointed exclusion OF the capital. 1t
would seem to be time at last to recog-
rize the fact that an international exposi-
ton held at Washington. particularly to
commemorate an event Of universal sig
nificance. would have the greatest posi-
BILE meaning in the eyes OF the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
AT THE BRIDGE WHIST CLUB.

/ played on tho bridge ut midnight.
Though my bank account ran low.
And a warning voice within ne
Said I'd better quit and 20.
moments calm reflection
Might have saved me from such fate.
But the lust Of bridge had Sripped n,
And, alas, II WAS too late.
And ever the cards before me
Seemed Turing me on to play.
And the currency. cleaning and going,
Seemed to lift and bear me away.
And bridgad when might have bid,
And only the god of the foolish
Knows the mad, sad things ! did.
And ever the play went wilder,
And the cards still wilder went,
And the widest Of any
For I rlsked my last red cent.
How often, oh, how often.
In the good old days long past.
had played on at bridge at mfdnigns'
And raked in the pile at last.
How often. oh. how often.
i prayed in a tense aside.
might bear away In my pocket
That pile SO deep and wide.
But the game was dead against me.
I'd lost my luck at the play,
And the debts there laid upon me
Seemed greater than l could pss.
With my coin all fallen from me.
I left in the cold gray dawn.
Deep cursing the bridge at midnight,
Judges horaS'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
PlrrSBURC GRAFT.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Think of the innocent, church-going
bankers Of PittsburG. whom the awful
councilmen corrupted by taking brides
from. II these politicians are left at
large our purest financial concerns will
be contaminated.
From the Rochester Herald.
The Pittsburg grafters who have con-
fessed to receiving money should have
explained that they spent It for the
good of the G. o. p. That entities them
to halo.
From the Pittsbwg Gazette-Times.
If these confessions ever get into book
form they viii leap into the best sellers
class at the outset.
FROM the Newark News.
It is reasonable to suppose, neverthe-
less, that there are a few Pittsburg
grafters who haven't found time to con-
fess.
From the Savannah News.
One lesson to be learned from the
Pittsburg graft scandals Is never to
give a receipt for bride money.
From the Newark Star.
Despite doubtful early spring weather
in Pittsburg. immunity bathing season is
at it's height.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
SPRING IN TOWN.

The little girls are jumping rope.
Inc little boys are playing oAiI,
card 10 Let is ou the house,
And total strangers call.
The man next door mas raked his lawn:
The furnace hrc nas inriSe gone out;
The sarsapariIla almanacs
Are scattered ala ABOUT.
From such convincing signs as thess,
10 q discerning nilnd It's clear
That winter uroo Il mas skipped tne town
And yerdant spring is here.
Newark SsUV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
The CENSUS.

Are you ready for the census?
Have you read the almanac?
Have you studied your ancestors
For a dozen cycles back?
Have you counted up your frcckles-
For you know you'll have TO tell
When Martens and his census men beRfa.
Have you added up your childrenf
Have you figured up your cash?
Did you ever find button
In dish OF corned beef hash?
Are you deaf or blind or ugly?
DO you toe out or toe in?
All Of this you'll have to answer
When Martens and his census men begin.
Do you lisp or squint or stammer:
Ever have the whOoping cough?
Are you handy with the hammer?
Ever fall and break your shin?
DO you swear, you'll have TO tell il.
When Martens and his census men begtA
Ever wear porous plaster:
Was 1t hard TO get IL loose?
Are you fond Of picked onions?
Do you smoke, or chew, swear!
Have you any ,corns or bunions?
What's the size Of shoes YOU wears
Oh, you might as well look pleasant.
II your hat Is dented in,
For you must confess to Martens
When his census men begin
Rochester HeraA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
The INSURGENTS CHARGE.

Insurgents to right of him,
Insurgents to left or him,
INSURGENTS In front of him
Volleyed and Numbered:
Still In his seat he SAT,
Still Uncle Joe stood pat.
Saving not this not that
While the world wondered.
There ut his lofty post
Like some gray voiceiess gnoe''
While half that rabid host
Rose to defy him.
All of the long night through
There he sat-grim TO view
Watching the faithful rev
Who still stood by him.
Stormed at by shot and she'll
Unmoved he let them yeli,
Hearing his own deatn-knei
Many times sounded.
His not to reason why,
His but to sit on high.
Viewing the battle nigh
Quite unastounded.
Deep in his heart he knew
Aldrich would see him through
Payne would be faithful, TOO.
Whoever blundered.
So he Just sat there dump'
Waiting for help to come,
Possibly thinking some,
While the world wondered- rranscgf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27
The CAPE COD FLOP.

One Cape Cod district.
That Ia all.
Hailed as Handwriting
On the WALL
BY ev'ry solid
Democrat,
And no one can blame
Them for that.
It doesn't mean, this
Big reverse,
That Denis will get the
Universe.
Still, it behooves the
G. q. +
To do some thinking
Seriously.
The lines of party,
All can see,
Are not strong as they
Used 10 be.
To hold the voters
As IL should.
A party must make
Very good.
brooklyn Tinaa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27

st. Louis man whose wife refused
to speak to him for five years applied
for a divorce. 1t may be assumed thai
he has at last succeeded In starting q
conversation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27

The charge that the votes of a Pitts
burg councilman could be bought for a
paltry $50 contradicts the popular impress
sion Of that citys afiuence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27

New York restaurants have arranged
for a 10 per cent increase in the price OF
all meat dishes. Apparently the Depart
ment of Agriculture's cook book has not
reached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27

The intercollegiate foot ball rules COM
mittee had to adjourn without making
important changes. It lacked the stimu-
lating presence of a few insurgents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-27

Interesting as Africa may have been,
Mr.. Roosevelt will find that he turned
his back on the real excitement that the
world had to offer