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Civil Service Pensions.
From Putnam's Magazine.

The retirement or pension scheme is an
integral part OF the merit system which
lies at the foundation of governmental
employment. Experience has proved and
common sense teaches that the business
of the government can be effectually con-
Quoted only by adherence to general
standard of practical efficiency for its
employees. The maintenance of such a
standard involves the displacement by
young and active men of those who in
service become disabled or superannuated
From a humane and civilized view point
this can meansnothing less than adequate
provision. in some form of pension, par
ticuarly to relieve the distress of the
disabled or infirm. and in general to af-
ford the enjoyment of that leisure which
as the reward of faithful service. On
the purely practical side such a provision
is self-compansatory, so to speak, through
it's power to attract and retain the most
desirable classes of employees. And in
view of the mutually of these interests
il appears that the total cost of operating
a pension or retirement scheme, which
is the solution of the whole matter, may
be justly shared between the government
and its servants.
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world that know of. The consequence
is that in remote parts of the city peo-
pie who are dependent on an absolute
knowledge of accurate time TO meet
engagements at business. etc, nave 10
put their clocks somewhat in advance ol
the regular time in order to insure
themselves against being late.
The senator is under no especial dis-
advantage in the matter of the post
office clock. Every other resident or
Washington is in the same situation.
The post office clock has not only been
mute from birth, but its reputation Tor
veracity is low. Indeed. the post ONCE
clock has contributed more to the en-
tertainmcnt than the information OF
the community The sportively inclined
find it fair subject of wagers IL IS
good twO-to- one bet that the post once
clock is at least two minutes Off the
mark However. that is not the I'M
mediate question. The point is that the
vagaries Of this timepiece are at All
events silent and do not vaunt them
selves with dangerous tongue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
The Amendment Resolution.

The technical flaws in the joint resolu-
ton providing for a change of the in
augural date, which was returned to the
Judiciary committee the other day by the
House. are easily corrected. They bear
upon the question of the presidential
choice, the original resolution falling to
cover all the possibilities affected by the
proposed change. 1t has been further
more suggested that advantage be taken
OF the present opportunity to write a
fundamental law of presidential sue
cession, and also to provide for the con-
tingency of the death or disqualification
of both the President and Vice President
elect before the Inauguration. While the
risk of a double death or disqualification
Is remote. nevertheless the possibility re-
mains. and it is deemed wise to pi ovide
without further delay against such an
emergency as would in that event arise,
without any constitutional provision what
ever for meeting it
There is ample reason for bringing in
constitutional amendment for submits
sion to the states on this very point OF
the presidential succession. The fact that
the country has proceeded 123 years
without encountering this situation is no
guarantee that it will not occur Nor is
there any way to solve it short of extra
constitutional methods, the soundness of
which would probably be questioned and
the validity of the presidency rendered
doubtful, with infinitely disastrous conse-
auences. Here, in short is flaw in the
foundation structure, no less a potential
menace TO the stability of the govern
ment because it has never developed II
ID the course of wise craftsmanship. re-
CARELESS OF the inauguration date PROPOSE
ton. TO proceed with its cure.
Great surprise is being expressed
throughout the country at the failure of
the House to act. although it is recog-
nized that the reason for the recommitt a
was a sound one. On all sides is heard
demand for the prompt submission of
. second report, which will embrace all
the provisions deemed advisable and
place the change-ofdate proposition with
the incidental constitutional corrections.
in shape for immediate acceptance by the
necessary two-thrds of the House. Its
passage by the Senate will doubtless fol-
low without delay. and its ratification by
three-fourths of the states is only a aues
ton OF time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
Season of 1910
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
Driven From Home.

Mechanical music's the craze out our
way,
There's melody rare in each fat
Eleven pianos are waiting to play
Each night at the drop of the hat.
There's Wagner and Verdi and others
who write
The ragtime at present admired
You can start the tune going and grind
it all night,
Provided your feet don't get tired.
There are talking machines and vocal
list, too,
Who MARBLES grand opera airs,
And a French horn performer whose
notes are quite blue
He lives up the first flight Of stairs.
know of place where big boilers are
made,
AS the hammer sends echoes deep,
And it's there in some corner of resonant
shade
That III go for a long peaceful sleep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
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secretly give q signal and take the
nomination himself Some of his friends
seemed to think him quite capable OF
such a performance, and hoped for his
domination of the convention in his own
behalf
Mr.. Lodges reference to Mr.. Roosevelt
in his mastery address as chairman put
a great strain on the convention. though
Mr.. Lodge was not playing the game OF
the woud-be stampeders. His tribute to
his friend was warm and eloquent. but
had no Interior object 1t led to loud
and prolonged cheering. and the third
termers labored hard to make Mr.. Roose-
welt the candidate But the great ma
jority of the convention was not so in
cIined, and Mr. Taft was nominated
Had Mr.. Roosevelt been nominated in
those circumstances the result would
have been disastrous both to him and to
his party. His acceptance would have put
the seal of proof on the impeachment of
the sincerity of his support Of Mr.. Taft,
while his declination would have cheap
ened the subsequent nomination. no mat
ter to whom it had gone. AS we all
know, Mr.. Roosevelt expressed great de-
light with the conventions action, and
gave the ticket all the support the re-
straints of hiA Office permitted.
Does this record encourage the back
from-Elba' movement? How so? What
has Mr.. Taft done since taking Office to
incur the hostility of Mr.. Roosevelt? AS
Mr.. Roosevelt let the tariff drift, who may
say what sort of tariff bill would have
met his approval? Is there anything anti
Roosevelt in Mr. Taft's attitude either
toward the trusts or the railroads? II
Mr. Roosevelt had a conservation plan
worked out he did not announce it. Who
may say. therefore, what his ideas will be
of Mr. Taft's plan after he has had OPP
portunity to examine it?
OF course Mr.. Taft must stand or fall
on his record Those who like 1t will
support him for a second term, While
those who condemn it will oppose him.
But if there is a single man anywhere of
whose support he should feel assured now,
by every consideration of square and sin
cere and manly dealing, that man Is
Theodore Roosevelt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
Taft and Roosevelt.

10 the ''back-from-Elba" program con.
ceiyed in the proper appreciation o.
Theodore Roosevelt's character? Is 1t
likely TO receive either his active or
passive encouragement? viii he cheer
its authors on. or remain silent while
they move on of their own accordc
We should not forget the mistake that
some of the friends and many OF his
enemies made respecting Mr.. Roosevelt
and his attitude toward the Chicago
nomination. He had early expressed a
preference for Mr.. Taft. In fact, so
plainly had he made his wishes known.
the other candidates resented what they
characterized as an unwarranted inter-
ference. Let the President keep out of
the contest, and the choice be made with
out pressure from the White house
And Yet Mr.. Roosevelts sincerity was
impugned. His enemies asserted that il
was all a BLUM: that Mr.. Roosevelt was
playing to keep the situation In his own
hands. and at the proper time would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
The Congressional Campaign.

II the republicans do not carry the next
House it will not be through lack OF In
tellgent organization for the fray. The
men selected to conduct the fight are COM
petent and experienced. and the selection
Of headquarters shows the proper ap-
praisement of the national situation.
Chicago is the town. 1t lies near the ter
ritory where most republican disaffection
exists. 1t is in the middle states and the
northwest that criticism of the Payne law
still fingers, and warfare on "Cannonism
fnds aggressive and open expression. To
be sure, there are insurgents in the east
several in New England. But no such
uneasiness prevails as to that quarter
that stirs the republican leaders as to
Indiana. Iowa, Wisconsin,. Minnesota,
Kansas and Nebraska. 1t is when those
leaders cast their eyes west of the Allie
ghenies that they PROFOUND to themselves
the searching question, What shall we
do to be saved?"
There is a good deal to be done All
the republican denunciation of the Payne
law poured out while that measure was
passing through Congress is to be met
All the republican assertion that Aldrich-
ism and Cannonism have taken the place
of republicanism, and must be eliminated
if the party is to deserve Endorsement this
year. must be refuted. There is a large
volume of this. In fact. democratic spell
binders will occupy their time largely
with reading from republican deliverances
about republican performances. They
need not prepare any lengthy discourses
of their own. Material in abundance has
been prepared for them, and they have
only to explode republican shells in re-
publican camps.
The question is asked, Will the COM
mittee assist insurgents who stand for
reelection? Is it not in the power of
those insurgents to determine that mat
ter themselves? The question grows out
of the suggestion made by Senator Gore
that the candidates. of such men he pro-
NOTED by the democrats of their dis
tricts; that if elected they will serve
good democratic purposes in the next
House. Mr.. Gore expressed merely an
opinion. lie did not assume, had no
authority, to speak for any of the men
in question.
1t is a plain proposition that the re-
publican committee will interest itself
only in the campaigns of republican can
didates. The effort will be to secure
republican control of the Sixty-second
House. All candidates, therefore, who
claim to be republicans. and pledge them
selves to act in Office with their party,
will be entitled to the very fullest aid
the committee can render. Who else
will be entitled to the committees aid +?
Should the committee waste its substance
on men who, If elected, will cooperate
with the democrats for the republican
party's embarrassment: In other words,
it will make all the difference in the
world whose republican is Gored
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
Patience in Politics.

Go to the leader of Tammany Hall,
thou impatient politician, and be wise.
Mayor Gaynor started off in a way new
to Tammany, and very trying. In other
days Richard Croker, after a successful
campaign, would take the mayor-elect
into his private Office in New York. or
off to Lakewood, in New Jersey, and ar
range the whole matter of patronage.
The trick was turned in no time. Mr..
Croker presented his little list, the may
or-elect looked it over, and saw that 1t
was good, and said, .'All right"
Mayor-elect Gaynor neither sent for
Charles f. Murphy. nor accompanied him
on a journey. After u little while Mr..
Murphy went to see the mayor-elect.
But he took no list of friends for plums.
nor brought away any promises Of plums
for friends. He enjoyed only such chat
as others did The mayor-elect gave
unmistakable signs of being his own
man in office.
After the installation of the new official,
Mr.. Murphy went to the city hall, along
with others, to pay his respects and
cast a look around. He took no list there,
and brought. away no appointments.
When asked how he liked things. Mr..
If he felt any Impotence he did not
show it. Those who expected him to
break out with complaints and threaten
destruction to the mayor marveled at
his self-command. They did not accept
his smile at its face value. and would
have rejoiced at some manifestation of
rebellion. but the Tammany chief disap-
pointed them. No word of criticism es-
capped his lips, and he was patience it
self
Now, in a measure, he has his reward
At last the mayor looks his way, and
remembers several of his friends. It is
not SO blue for Mr.. Murphy. He can
afford smile. His diplomacy in going
across to Brooklyn. and, later, to the
city hall and taking his place in line
with Tom, Dick and Harry awaiting the
announcement, The mayor will see you,''
begins TO work.
Many things. if not all things, come to
him who waits. In politics, particularly, a
man must have patience if he would
60 far. There are so many combinations
and complications respecting both pat
fonage and measures, haste and untima-
tums often work destruction. Crowding
an executive, be he mayor, or governor,
or President, is not the best way to Sc
cure or hold his attention. Because he
cannot do one thing is no reason for
an assumption that he will do nothing.
Because he does not look your way this
day is no sign that he does not intend
to turn his head in your direction at all.
Always give the man behind the Die
counter time, and greet him with smile.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
Special Sale of Mems
Night Shirts and Pajamas.

19>1 have just purchased and shall place sale Monday
morning large lot (about dozen of Mems Night
WV Shirts Paamas, being the cleanup of OF the
most prominent manufacturers in the east.
The goods purchased great concession which
ables offer them third half less than regular
About onehalf of them subject slight mperfecions
flaw the The other half perfect
cep bit mussed from being bundled instead of boxed
The materials plain and wled cotons, cambria
lied cloth and dome annsome with collars others without
A few neatly trimmed.
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Lot Might Shirts of plain white and good quality
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Special price, SOC for choice.
Lot Might Shirts of plain and wled Well made
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Qualities that sell regularly for 85c and $1.oo
Special price, SOC for choice.
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Special price, S5c for choice.
Pajamas.
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Special price, SOC for choice.
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Special price, 800 for choice.
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figured designs If the slight defects the making
they would sell for $500 and S.. so.
Special price, S1.50 for choice.
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MdlIy dlS III IiiS O''S -
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veil worth possessing.
Aphrodite, the Romance of Z
Sculptor's Masterpiece-Frank
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The Black Douglass. r. Crock.
EFT; tale of Scotland in the
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The Best Policy-Elliott Flower
twelve stories of the dramatic
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The Love That Prevailed-F
Frankfort Moore; love story
of England in the time of Johr
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Williamson.
Teddy Baird's Luck-Kate Dick.
inson Sweetser.
Welsh Rarebit Tales, by Harle
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VUlI announcements, Al
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Looking Far Ahead.

"Of course you will learn something
about that mans financial circumstances
before you consent to marry him." said
the solicitous friend.
"Oh, yes" replied the New York wom-
an. II shall go further than that and
ascertain just what his ideas are about
reasonable alimony allowance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22

If John ID. Rockefeller insists on walk
ing through the snow for exercise he can
find millions of people ready to donate
their share of raw material if he will ar
range to cart ii away.
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Expansion.

80 your wife is a suffragette?'
Yes" answered Mr.. Meekton.
why does she want to vote?"
II don't think Henrietta really desires
to vote. She's merely tired of talking to-.
me. She wants larger and more intel
ligent audience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22

Mr.. Roosevelt's disposition to regard the
Jeffries-Johnson affair as the one big
lighting event indicates rather super
fetal knowledge of the controversies that
have been in progress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
The Inestimable Egg.

so YOU think that this idea of the anti
meateaters is impractical?"
Yes answered Mr.. Bliggins. II don't
see where the economy comes in when
they advise eggs as substitute"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Pervasive Odor.

"What is the most expensive perfume
you know off,
And after moments thought Mr..
Chuggins replied, Gasoline
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-22

Figures submitted by the sugar people
to show what they have paid the govern
ment merely STIMULATE suspicion as to the
enormous size of the holdout.