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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.

Gov. Hughes. in Lsslie'S
The great body Of our people are not
interested in political intrigue and are
not looking for something at the ex-
pense OF the state. They want their
government faithfully administered: they
desire representatives who are respon-
sive TO their constituency: they want
men in ONCE emancipated from selfish
control and placing their reliance upon
the intelligent opinion OF the community
They know that their force IS largely
wasted In the choice OF delegates and that
the present system is a continuance for
control by a few-not absolute. 10 be
sure, and very largely mitigated in ex-
ceptional cases by public opinion. but ex-
erted 10 the utmost so far as those VINO
have the power dare to exert Il. Our
people are essentially conservative. Bad
methods and patent abuses. with their
constant irritation Of the public mind.
are more dangerous than the free course
Of its opinion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
INSURGENT CLAIMS.

And the Actual Facts About the
Changes In the House Rules.
/ Ffxz the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Senator Bristow. Of Kansas, opened the
insurgent fight in the sunnower state last
Saturday at the Chautauqua at Winfield.
He made the usual insurgent speech
about the tariff and other things over
which the present Congress has fought,
and then he proclaimed:
The House progressives have made
great progress. They have practically
I pverthrown the dominion OF Cannon and
the coterie of men who surrounded him:
but the great work is but fairly begun. -
! Let Us not confuse the voters by raising
false issues at the outset or. II the ques-
tion OF House organization is TO be a
factor in the campaign, let US not open
the battle by a false statement as TO
facts
For the facts are these: After bitter
hght last March the insurgents, by
coalition with the Democrats in the
House, secured a change in the Com
mittee on Rules; but when the buster Of
the fighting was over they discovered that
all they had accomplished was 10 change
the total membership Of the COMMITTEES
from i've 10 ten, and instead sof a ma
jority OF three Cannon Republicans on
the committee against two Democrats
they had six Cannon Republicans on the
committee against four Democrats.
Not an insurgent was given a place on
the committee The Speaker was taken
from the committee. IT is true. but in his
place went such an overwhelming ma
jority Of HIS most intimate Ieutenants
that the triumph was but q hollow mock
cry for the insurgents.
AS a matter of fact, when the insur-
gents were IN a position TO accomplish
real results they turned tail and fed.
When they had voted the change in the
Rules Committee membership and the
motion 20 declare Speaker Cannon's place
vacant was up for action they ran from
their responsibility ike so many fright
ened sheep. and when they had scurried
to cover they found that the control of
the House had not been changed at ali.
They had talked volumes of language
about the czardom Of the Speaker. but
when 1t came to action they went the
way Of all noisy orators. And that was
all.
At the end y the session another
change was made in the House rules cur
failing the power of committees. and the
insurgents claim credit for this. AS a
matter of fact, only one vote was cast
against this amendment. and the thing
was done by the almost unanimous vote
Of regular Republicans, insurgents, and
Democrats alike.
As Senator Rristow says, the insurgents
may have great work to do" but thsc
nave not done any OF it in the House of
Representatives yet. They got ready TO
90 It. that is true. but then they quit.
They got in position TO DO #, and then
hinched from the issue.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Death of Cay Old Viscountess-July %

One OF the most remarkable and in
teresting Of all the court ladies of Eng
land was Chrlstobella, Yiscountess Say
and sele, who died on July o. 1859, at
the extreme age OF ninety-hve. she re-
eeived large fortune from her father,
Sir Thomas Tyrrell. and was married
three times, each of her husbands adding
considerably to her wealth. Her second
husband left her the fine estate. bod
dershall House, and here II was, that,
after the death of her third husband. when
she was at least eighty-six years old,
she frequently used TO entertain large
social parties. and her balls were the
gayest and pleasantest IN all England.
The vicountess was always the life of
her parties; she still loved the company
Of the young, and often seemed the
sprightliest amons them. Even when
past eighty she was passionately fond
Of dancing, and practiced 1t with grace
and elegance, even when many far her
juniors were sinking into the decrepti-
tude OF age. Men of fifty were mere
boys 10 Lady Say and sele, when she
gayiy tripped it ION the light fantastic
toe" In her own ball room at Dodders-
nall
An old cronicler says: 1T was truly
delicious to see her ladyship at eighty
one, and her youthful partner Of sixty
five. merrily leading the country dance.
or bounding away In the cotllon, or
gracefully figuring a fashionable min
yet"
When her ladyship was about ninety
she used to say that she had chosen
her first husband for love, her second for
riches. and her third for rank, and that
she had now some thoughts OF beginning
again in the same order" 81 have al
ways hitherto" she continued. been
able TO secure the best dancer IN
the neighborhood for my partner, by
sending him an annual present OF a
haunch or two OF venison: but latterIy.
I begin TO think he has shown a pref
erence for young ladies'; so, I suppose.
I must increase my bride, and send him
a whole buck at a time. instead OF a
hauneh.'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
A TROLLEY TO BEACH.

There was an affair Of much mo-
ment among the motor-boat euthu-
siasts on the Potomac on hide
pendenee Day. 1t seems that the
Bill, commanded By Commodore
Billy Wagner ard creTed By some
Of the near" sailors Of the regis
Try division Of The city post-oHice.
made q trip without being towesf
or otherwise assisted home. II is
said that the river folk were over
come 70 the extent that the result
Of the Jeffries-Johnson catastrophe
was not even needed.
Encouraged by their success on
that memorable occasion. they
started again last Saturday Tor
Colonial Beach. At Glym0nt. how
ever, the carburetor refused 10
"carburete," and there she stuck.
Commodore Billy" is seriously
contemplating applying for A fran
chise to put IN operation a trolley
line along the river and have the
oil" equipped with the necessary
pole. This plan is approved by
those who know Commodore Billy
and the Bill.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
Mr.. Bryan and Nebraska,

While Mr.. Bryan has, admittedly, been
decisively worsted in his attempt to COM
nit the Democracy of Nebraska squarely
10 the cause of local option in the mat
ter OF the sale OF intoxicants. we fail to
see that any particular national signif-
canoe necessarily attaches to the cir
cumstance.
The truth OF the matter is, local option
or home rule. is pretty fair Democratic
doctrine, we think; and Mr.. Bryan in
dulged in no remarkable performance
when he invoked it and indorsed it.
The mere fact that the Democracy Of
Nebraska has rejected it does not mean
that the Democracy OF the other States
viii do likewise. Time and again the
Democracy of Georgia has incorporated
local option In its platform; and the
Democracy of Alabama has only re-
Gently reaffirmed its allegiance 10 the
same. Purely on the point of orthodoxy.
the attitude OF Georgia and Alabama
would seem sufficient TO Offset Nebraska's
detection. So far as Democracy In its
national aspect is concerned. Mr.. Bryan's
recent stand for local option will as
likely strengthen him as weaken him,
TO say the least Of it. Indeed, it is con-
eeivable that Mr.. Bryan might be will
ing 10 sacrifice the good opinion Of Ne
braska-even his home Staten order
more surely 10 establish himself in
the good graces OF those rock-ribbed
States that cling to local option as the
truest of true Democracy.
Curiously enough. the Nebraska situa-
ton IS further complicated by the fact
that the Republicans will surely adopt
local option plank identical with that so
long held to be Democratic gospel in the
South and back TO which the prohibl-
ton South is surely swinging. But that
will not commit National Repubncanism
10 local option.
AS we have said, however, we do not
regard this Nebraska incident as any,
thing more than a Nebraska incident.
If Mr.. Bryan is disqualified for further
national leadership. it is not because OF
his stand on the local option issue in
Nebraska. His disqualification must have
been accomplished long before he as
sumed that position or undertook to
commit the Nebraska Democracy TO ii.
The Nebraska tail cannot wag the en-
tire Democratic dog-and a large portion
of that dog is of local option persuasion.
While the effort to ''get rid of Bryan"
Is in progress. it would be just as well,
perhaps, if it were conducted along
reasonably sensible lines.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
Naval photography Hampered.

The Naval Photographic Office has
been pretty hard hit by Congress In
having its commissioned personnel re-
strioted to two naval officers. Formerly
there were FIVE officers attached to that
! branch of the Navy Department, but
Congress. largely through the influence
Of Representative Tawney. prescribed in
legislation, embodied In one of the appro-
priahon acts. that there should be a limit
placed upon the number of officers de-
tailed for duty in the Photographic office,
and this in spite of the appeal for less
restriction, or for no restriction at all,
accompanied by a statement that there
was every reason why the Secretary Of
the Navy should be unhampered in this
administrative particular.
The incident is interesting. generally.
because Of the possibility that II estab-
fishes a precedent for Congress to stipu-
late how many officers of the military
naval establishment shall serve in
particular branch of the War or Navy
department. The proposition, as thus
set forth. presents a menace when It is
recalled that Congress is apt to be mis-
led by preiudioed information or actuated
by spasmodic reform TO interfere with
the administration of an executive
branch. It assuredly takes out of the
power OF the head OF a department the
privilege that official has hitherto exer-
cised in determining not only how many.
but who, shall discharge the duties Of
bureaus or branches under his super
vision
In the case OF the Photographic Office.
the limitation comes at a time when It
is destined seriously 10 interfere with the
important functions Of that branch Of the
Navy Department. Little enough progress
has been made toward the accumulation
Of charts used by vessels in foreign
waters and Indispensable in time OF war
when, also. the charts are not likely 20
be readily accessible. If obtainable at
ali. II is a mistaken restriction which
congress mas applied to the photographic
Office. and 1t is bound TO be of more
harm than benefit in the end. especially
when the officers in excess of two could
be detailed with no extra cost in the
conduct OF the Navy Department The
preparation OF charts is only a small
part Of the work devolving upon the
photographic Office. which has a variety
of duties. ali OF practical value to mari
ners, such as the regular bulletins re-
lating to navigation and the pilot charts.
Anything which hampers that very use
ful service Is a detriment to the Ameri-
can shipping interests. and Congress
should not persist in its unfriendly atti-
tude toward the Naval HydrographIe
Office.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
IRREGULARITIES OF JUSTICE.

From the World To-day.
Here are two cases from Alabama and
North Carolina which sound almost in
credible. Indeed. were they not matters
Of court record. the average American
citizen would dismiss them with a shrug
as sensational Journalism.
In the former State a man charged
with murder went free because the clerk
OF the courts IN writing the word NAL
Ice in the Indictment left out the let
ter 81" In North Carolina an enraged
citizen shot a neighbor through the
breast, infieting a wound which resulted
in the latter's death and his own arrest
for murder A short time later, how
ever, he was released from custody. IN
the indictment the clerk had spelled
breast ''b-r-e-s-t" The court held that
the misspelled indictment was not legal
and freed the prisoner.
These cases could be multiplied by the
dozen. Any lawyer will naTrste scores OF
similar stories 10 you. The examples
above OF the absurdity of our laws are
by no means Isolated instances.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
Origin of scot Your Coat

From the New Yozk Sun.
Sitting at a table In a Broadway cafe
a well-known turfman, g few nights ago.
told how the phrase Got your goat"
originated. He said II was borrowed
from the race track stable He said that
Il had been the custom of many trainers
TO place a goat with a thoroughbred in
training for a race. The diversion that
the goat furnished the horse was sup
posed TO play a great part in balancing
the animals temperament When the
time for the race was near at hand great
care was exercised 10 prevent the horses
friend from being stolen by hangers-on,
who figured thus to unnerve the racer.
The loss of the goat has been known to
worry a thoroughbred enough to make
him lose a race, and so It came TO be
said that when horse failed 10 perform
up 10 the expectations somebody had got
his goat.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
An Era of Thrift.

Marked evidence is coming to hand that
the people of the country at large are
taking healthy interest in the postal
savings bank law passed by the last ses-
sion Of Congress. Very interesting let
ters are being received at the Post-ofice
Department from postmasters who want
their offices designated as branch banks.
and there will probably be a great many
more such applications before the board
Of trustees, composed of Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock, Secretary MacVeagh. and
Attorney General wIckersham. are ready
10 create the banks in fact.
The principal thing about the interest
that is being taken is that the postmas-
ters who have written 20 the department
have been moved thereto by the pleas of
local patrons Of the post-ofices. and the
pleas come most largely from those com
munities where the population is com
posed of wage-earners. foreigners, or
people in moderate circumstances. The
postmaster at Pueblo. Colo. for instance
points out that from his Office there has
been sent abroad in foreign postal orders
IN the last five years more than 8, 900. COO
and he believes that when a branch bank
is established in his Office this money, or
the greater part of it, will remain at
home. From the lumber-dealing COM
munities of the far West. from the cot
ton-factory communities of Massachu-
sets, from the farming districts Of Ne
braska, from the cities Of the South, the
postmasteTs are informing the depart
ment that their patrons are DESTROYS of
depositing their savings. although in
many OF these places there are already
established savings hanks. It is to the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
EVERY SATURDAY.
Cur Motto: Ifyou zee it in The Big
Stick. il ian t necessarily 50.
TO OUR VAcATIoNISTS.

You are gone % hills on shore.
where the oombiDg bilIows
roar.
You have left Us here TO toll.
With the outlook TO the street in
the torrid city's heat.
Where we burn the midnight oil.
But we shall not crouch at the
Joys you know;
CIR envy has naught OF pain
You have heard our cry-Good-byl
Good-byi
Here's luck til you come againl
On, the Tipples oversize as you
float upon tho tide.
And thu pennant flies from TIE
mast.
We are with you as you creep, foot
BY foot, across the deep
Where the summer squalls are
past.
May your craft run swift and true.
dear friends.
Through sunshins and through
rain.
You have heard our eTy-Good-hyl
Good-byi
Here's luck tin you cuns againi
It's North you may be. IL the ice-
clad mountains lee,
Or Solth, where the flying fishes
play;
Or West to the reach Of old Coro-
nsdo Beach.
Or East. where the tourists stray.
But wherever you are we are with
you all at heart,
AS In body to be with you We srs
fsin.
You have heard our Ey-Good-by,
Good-byl
Here's luck till you come againI
There's a whisper comes ct eve. as
the musty desk we leave,
And VIC lock the Office door,
Singing by sea or campire's en-
Der. be sure your friends re.
member
And love you as Of yore.
Enjoy your songs Of the mountain
breeze,
The beauties Of hill and plain.
You have heard our cry-tSood-b
Good-byi
Here's luck TIL you come againl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
A PRIZE cALooT.

There are not many men / hate,
For I'm a hopeful fellow;
But there is one would reviie
In language fierce and yellowl
Ten thousand plaques upon the
freak
Gee Whit be makes me sorsl
Whose cheerful talks confined to
this:
Eve heard that tale beforela
JESSE CARMICHAEL
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
UNCLE 81 TALKS OFF OPTIMISM.

Optimism Is & word
Lots Of folks are usin'.
StTangest word I ever heard
Likewise most amnsin'.
Wife IS laid up with the grip,
Daughters got Theumatics,
Chickens all have got the pip,
Son has got sciaticS.
Horse Is Wrastlfn' with the hives,
All the sheep near sheaun',
MeDdin' needed on the caves
Pump Is out o gearin.
Bookin' on the brightest side
Strikes me sorter funny.
Just last night the watchdog died
Wuth lot o. money
Sister Jane has took 70 bed.
Aim in her liver
NeiehboF Jones is lyin' dead
Pizened by a silver.
Crops a-Fottin' in the sun.
Everything s-sp'ilin'-
Spose I'd oFter see the fun
An keep on a-smilin.
Optimism is A thing
| can't seem to swsllerl
When bad luck once takes 70 wing
Lots Of scrrers foller.
There amt ncthin' on the farm
But has goue 10 ruin
sence fell an broke ms arm
An lay here a stewin'.
Any enc can grin as may
Over sech disaster
! can't draw 8 smile to-day
With mustard plaster.
--LTsn W. Sheldon. 10 New York ThAez
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
SATURDAY. JULY %, 1910.
Home News Away from Home

Washingtonians who leave the
city. either for a short or long
stay-whether they go to mountain
or eeashore, or even across the sea
should not fail to order The
Washington Herald sent to them
by mail. 1t viii come regularly.
and the addresses Will be changed
as often as desired. II is the home
news you viii want while away
from home. Telephone Main $500.
giving old ard new address.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
, OUR FASHION LETTER.
(By ]. stoddard Taylor. manager
Of the Relasr.ol

(By J. stoddard Taylor. manager
Of the Belasco.)
I have inst returned from looking
over the autumn styles for men Of
fashion. and there is going 10 be
something doing this year. Evening
clothes Of dark blue are TO be quite
en- regle this year. and I have or
dered two suits-cne for the theatsr
and enc for rainy days. In bust
ness suits the material VIII be cut
on the bias a good deal. the stripes
running in circular form, Not so
much passementerie win he used as
In former seasons. and embroidered
butt0nhoies are quite cut Of date.
Gentlemen who play cards a good
deal viii wear pOlkad0t neckties.
with socks to match, while for
newspaper men a new shifting with
typewriter effects is likely TO be
very popular.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
A RECIPE.

Take a spoonful Of September
And pound on so Of May
Mix them thoroughly together;
Add Of March a little, say;
Have a peck Of early Junetime
In the big pot standing by;
Let them simmer-just 4 tTifie
That's my latest style Julyl
WILLIS MOORE.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
POLITICAL NOTE

The Hon, Jim Statesman is back
in our midst from Bolivia, where
for some time hs talents have
been hid. BE says that 10 man
with as much Hoosier blood in his
veins as he has could keep away
from Indiana when there is a pO-
liticzl pot a-b0iling.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

A sight that makes the farmers
grin
Is Jim Henry pitching hay;
he bitsters his hands and breaks
his back
And eats ten meals a day.
J. P. NJ
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
Seeking sIuEEers.

From the Detroit Free Press
Professor Babe, OF the University of
California, announces an expedition to
Asia Minor to dig in the cities Of the
Hittites. Probably he's acting as scout
for major league baseball team in
search Of a second Ty Cobb OF Hans
Wagner
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

Now that the colonel is going to visit
Arkansas, what are the vacation plans of
the Hon. JEFF. Davis?" inquiries the Baiti-
more Star. That is hard to say, perhaps;
but 1t does seem as if it would be a good
idea for the Hon. JEFF" to vacate.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
Modern HnckIeberryinr.

From the Philsdelphia Record.
Jefferson County huekleberry pickers go
after the mountain fruit in auto parties
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

Writing OF a Southern girl. Samuel
Minturn Peck says: Beyond a poets
faneies. though the muse had kissed his
glanees, is her dimple when it dances in
a SMILE" The muse might kiss a poets
chances, but we defy any human being
TO do II
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
SOCIETY NOTE

Mr.. Harry Cunningham. NJ. A.
and member Of the Royal Acad.
envy. who has been suffering Sc
verely from insomnia the last few
weeks. has gene to Philadelphia,
where he hopes TO Be able to
sleep.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

It is somewhat astonishing to learn
from the Atlanta Georgian that the
States ''lunatic asylum is crowded to the
limit" This, however, may account for
the unusually polite and pleasant guber-
Material campaign now on In Georgia.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

This country spent sS6.OOO.OOO for pea
nuts last year" says the Memphis Com
mercial-AppeaL If it were not for the
circuses. that much money would buy
twice as many peanuts, moreover.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

In view of the fact that every caller at
Sycamore Hin goes away wearing a
broad and happy smile. we infer that up
TO this time, anyway, all politicians look
alike to the colonel.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
The Unntness of Things.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Her Naked Sour is the title of
book that has been written by woman.
1t is beautifully bound in silk, without
even being cut low in the back.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

And If the ice cream cone eventually
does become merely a memory and
song. we know any number of people
who viii not grieve themselves TO death
because OF IT,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

The present legislative session is not
yet half over" says a Cracker contem-
porary. Yes: but why rub it in?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

As long as those Vermont Democrats
contiHue TO nominate people for Office,
optimism will never die in this land of
the free and home Of the brave.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

We hardly imagine the Republican
party will enthuse over the suggestion
that Mr.. Bryan may join It. The Re-
publican party has found Mr.. Bryan
pretty useful where he is.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

Baseball costs this country si5.oOO,coo per
year. Nobody disputes that we get fine
run for our money, however,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23

From the Boston Transzipt.
Peck-Why do you raise objections 10
your wife going 10 the seashore this
summer?
Beck-S-sh! I object because want
her 10 go.