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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
OHIO SFEATORSHIP.
Democratic Possibility that Is
Not Altogether "a Joke.

From Tie Cleveland Leader.
Reports 10 Democratic papers which
come from Washington and apparently
have good authority behind them. say
that if tie Democrats elect a majority
Of the Ohio general assembly John r.
Mclean, Of Washington and Cincinnati.
viii be a candidate for the United States
Senate Il is stated. also. that he has
plans we'll advanced which are expected
% insure his election
Why nCt2 Is there anything in the his
tory OF Ohio politics TO indicate that
such a bidder would fail 10 buy the seat
in the Senate which he covets. IL his
party should be able 10 sell the place
OF power which he wants?
Of course, Mclean is not really a citi-
zen Of Ohio. He lives In Washington and
his connection with this state Is wholly
business and politics. He claims resi-
dence in Cincinnati when he wants to
vC-e or 10 be elected TO some great Of
fee. And il Is not recorded that Of late
years he has been in the habit OF letting
an ordinary election draw him to OHIO
10 cast his ballot
But Calvin Brlce was the same sort
q nonresident when the bought his seat
in the Senate. He lived in New York
and his claim 10 be a citizen Of Lima was
only for political purposes If he had
been poor and had been situated in all
other respects exactly as he was he
would have been ridiculed as an aspirant
for the Senate or any other Ohio office.
Mclean. also. would be a joke as an
aspirant for the Senate, II he were poor
As II is his candidacy = no jest. Far
from IL. as Ohio viii discover If this State
IS unWise enough 10 elect a Democratic
general ASSEMBLY,.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
French Marriage Laws.

From the Indianapolis News
some Of the reasons why q Frenchman
may not marry are given by a CORE
spondent of a Paris newspaper He has
been trying to get married for three
years and has not yet succeeded. French
marriage law IS a tricky thing to deal
with II the prospective bridegroom has
not lived more than six months at his
address ut the time OF the marriage ne
must get a certificate signed by the land
lord and concierge of every house where
he has lived previously till he gets back
to one where he did live for six months.
Both certificates are required and the
written consent Of parents
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
Hall of Fame.

The admission Of Poe 10 the Hall of
Fame. tardy though the recognition be,
reflects vastly more credit upon the cleo
toral college whose duty it is TO express
national opinion on the relative merits OF
Americas great than It brings anything
more OF fame or honor TO Poe.
His position in literature has always
| been secure. even at home, and il has
long been Il national shame that his
standing In France particularly should
have been SO much higher than among
his own people. But the surprising revui-
sion OF feeling in his favor as shown
by the large and sudden increase In the
vote that revoIses all former expressions
seems TO indicate that the voters are
yielding 20 the wishes Of their constitu-
ents and are rejecting popular opinion
rather than changing their own. Else
they would lie open 10 a suspicion Of
flckleness, or worse. qualities which do
not make either reliable critics or Just
arbiters.
II would appear also from a close study
of the votes polled in the recent election
that the standards, If any, which direct
and govern a decision are. in the case
OF the literary nominations, neither AGA
demie pronuneiamentos nor the dictates
OF a catholic taste There is nothing
more puzzling 10 a lover of Dickens. for
instance, than to hear one who is pre-
sumably Well read express distaste for
his works. The weu-known acrimonious
struggles between writers and critics. OF
which Byron is perhaps the most conspic-
uous example, also serve TO illustrate the
absence OF any standard OF criticism or
guidance even among those who are sap
posed 10 know best. II canno. be thought
that the relatively high position among
the recent selections that Harriet Beecher
Stowe occupies and the remarkably low
estimate put upon Parkman's achieve
ments are based upon literary merit alone.
and one can but feel that sentiment and
personal or popular predictions play a
lci sc part III TIE ueCislOns tuaI are reached.
The world has seen many iIustrious
men who. in the moment of defeat and
disappointment, have detained vehe-
mently against the 1ckIeness Of the world
It was Burke who wrote in his 'Ketter
TO a Noble Lord" that famous rebuke
for the Duke of Bedford's attack upon
the memory of Burkes dead son. Tn
deed my lord, greatly deceive myself
IL at this hard season OF the year would
give peck OF refuse wheat for all that
is called fame and honor in the world.
Disappointment over recognition comes
TO those who seek the bubble reputation.
bat such as those now being chosen 10
represent the best that the United States
has produced, those who, without thought
OF posteritys adulation, gave expression
TO the genius that impelled them, will
surely I'LL inches in the hearts of their
individual admirers without the Formally
Of official stamp or sanction.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
The Old Order Changeth.

A subtle. indescribable feeling of some
thing akin TO dissertation comes to one
on reading that telephones electric cars,
and electric lights are being introduced
into Lebanon and other parts OF the Holy
Land. A concession has Just been grant
ed to a company 70 develop these inno-
vations in a country that seems to have
awakened 10 a new lease OF life that is
wholly incongruous and inconsistent with
the pictures that the minds eye traces Of
the sacred life that once illuminated
that part OF the world
In Constantinople. too, contract has
just been let for lighting its narrow, dog
infested streets and alleys with electric
lights. These changes are doubtless con-
sequent upon the Young Turks move
ment and the accession of the new politl-
cal element 10 power. There seems to be
a letting in Of light. both nguratively and
literally. within all the bounds Of the
Sick Mans dominions that augurs well
for the carrying out OF the promised and
long-needed reforms I'm both European
and Asiatic Turkey.
Nor has classic Athens escaped the in
vasion OF the new civilization with all
modern improvements Within the last
few weeks a loan has been negotiated to
enable the authorities 70 asphalt the
streets OF that city and 20 introduce other
innovations that seem 10 harmonic but
poorly with the recollections OF old
time living Greece when Demosthenes
hurled his philippics against Macedon and
sage rulers sat In solemn session in the
AcropoHs
''Tempora mutantur. et nos mutamur."
Secretary Ballinger has survived a rail-
way wreck. a Congressional investiga-
ton. and several thousand resignation
rumors. And incidental TO his staying
qualities. the government at Washington
still lives
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
The Sufragette.

To certain extent we are In svn-
pathy with some of the arguments OF
the suffragettes. II they put their plea
on the ground of justice as between
man and woman. We believe it is prac-
tically unanswerable; when they attempt
to show that the granting of votes 10
women viii do them good, make them
better women, and this a better world
to live In, We beg leave TO doubt
Prominent among the suffragettes in
this country is Miss Ida Hustled Har-
per- undoubtedly a most capable woman.
best known perhaps. as the biographer
and long companion OF that grand old
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
Drifting Apart.
Richmond TimsDisratoh.

From the Richmond Tim Dispatch
The newspapers report that during his
two days stay In New York. with Oyster
Bay only thirty-three miles away. there
was no communication between the colo
mel and the President. The last meeting
between these eminent men was at New
Haven, and II would be just as well II
they should never meet again.
II the President had been Pinchot or
Garfield or Seth Bullock, or Abernethy.
the case would have been entirely diff
ferent. bat why should the colonel have
gone 10 New York 20 cali on old Taft ?
The colonel Is very busy these days, and
the President has nothing 10 do The peo-
pie Of the country have been making a
note OF e good many things OF late. and
they can't understand why it is that the
colonel should treat the President with
so much contempt Just the same. the
President IS plugging along In a very
satisfied state OF mind. confident. as he
must be- or the good opinion OF all his
self-respecting cOuntrymen.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
INC CooNbook CampnlRn.

From the Houston Post,
Whatever else may be said OF Mr.. Long
worth by way OF criticism, II might be
admitted that he has shown wonderful
lact in getting hold Of the public teat and
clinging onto II without aTOusing much
jealousy In the district represented by
him. But as this Is a Democratic year
il Is to be hoped that not even the cook
books he IS distributing so freely viii
save him from the wrath that is gather
ing against all Republicans
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
THE TALE OF 4 TRAMP

Let me SIT down a minute,
a stones got into my slice.
Don't y0U commence your cus in,
/ ANT done n0thm' 20 yCU.
Yes, IN q tram what Of II,
Folks say we slu't lao good
Tampa have s0t 10 live. / reckon.
Though people don't think we should.
Once ! was young AMI handsome.
Had plenty # cash and clothes
That was before ! got 70 tIpuliu'.
And gin got IN my nose.
Way down in the Lehigh Valley
Me and nv people grew;
! was a blacksmith. captain,
Yes. md good one, too.
Ne and nv WIFI and Nellie
Nellie was Just sixteen
And she was the pootiest cretur
The valley had ever seen.
Beaus! why she Lad q dozen;
Had EN- from near and fvr
But they was mostly farmers
None u them suited her.
But there was city chap.
Handsome youne and tsu.
All, curse him. / wish / had him
To strange against yonder wall
He was the man for Nellie
She didn't know no I'D
Mother. she tried 20 stop II
But you know y0Ing girls will.
Well. it's the same old story
Common enough. yCu say;
But he was q sCft-t0nguod devil.
And he got her 10 run away.
More han a month, OF later.
Ne heard from tie pooF young thing
He had run aWcy and left her
Without any weddin ring
Back 10 her home we brought her
Back 70 her mothers side
Filled with a ragin' fever,
She fell az nv feat and died.
Frantic with shame ard s0rrCW.
Her mother began TO sink,
Ard died IN less than a fortnight
That's when ! took to drink
Come. give ne a glags, row. colonel,
And III be on my way.
And I'll tramp til I eaton that sc1undrel
II It takes ull the judgment D1yl
w. fT.wf.T
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Encouraging the President.

Prom the New York sun.
So Mr.. Taft can congratulate himself
on much that has been done and on the
prospect Of what is 10 be done He can
attack the questions that require his
personal action with the consciousness
that his firm intent 10 conduct his office
in the interest Of the taxpayer and the
public Is generally recognized and heartily
applauded. Nor need he be worried about
the small annoyances 10 which he has
been subjected The campaign Of mis-
representation that has been waged
against him is collapsing and he is again
10 receive the respect that has always
been due 10 him
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
They're EnsiIy Wade.

W. D. Nesbit. in the Chicago Post.
Boot trees are expensive. You may
easily make them for yourself by serur-
ing a large piece OF mahogany and
whiting II 10 the shape of your shoe
Ii you have wooden leg. you may saw
of the foot and use this as a tree for
one Of your shoes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE ADMIRTNG WIFE.

He criticises things and men;
OF CAB he has a flow.
And WHEY murmurs now and then:
'Oh, hubby, Is that so?"
She listens 20 his talk absurd
Concerning things below,
And hangs upon his llghtest word:
oh, hubby. is that SOP
He prate5 of every phase Of life:
Observe him strut and crow;
And note his fond, admiring wife
"Oh, hubby. is that so?"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
Strange RedfrIIons.

From the Rochester Herald.
The coloners brOther-in-laW. Rear Al.
miral CoWles, was nominated for Congress
I in Connecticut last week. on the rear
admiral's ticket viii be found the name Of
a malefactor Of great wealth for gov
ernor. II IS true that politics makes
strange bedfelioWs
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

Taking candy from a baby,
fearful tot,
is an easy process-maybe:
Maybe not.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
Secretary Meyers Chance.

Prom the Kansas City Star
Secretary Meyer says there are twice
es many navy yards along the Atlantic
coast as are needed. But never mind
Senator Hale will retire on the 4th Of
next March.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
No Cause for Worry.

From the Ohio State Journal
Mr.. Frapk Hitchcocks resignation is
expected soon but We have almost no
fear for the perpetuity Of the republic.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

II the men OF the country were as en-
thusiastic over good government as they
appear 10 be over good baseball. it would
be extremely difficult for crooked poll
tician 10 make a hit
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
She Was a Bird!

From the Buffalo Express
You were no spring chicken when ]
married your shouted the husband
Mo- but I was a goose" she an
sWered. dlsAainfullY.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
Going I'm for Art

You. violinist, going in for aero
batic work."
It's this way explained the vaudeville
actor. As a violinist, I get $40 per week
But the manager offers me $500 II I'll
learn 10 play the fiddle standing on my
head"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

The fact that Dr. Cook wrote a better
series Of articles than Commander Peary
only goes 10 show that the truth is some
times duller than fiction.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
Young Love.

ION what evenings does he call?"
He calls on Sunday, Tuesday, and Fri
day evenings. On Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday evenings he sort
OF drops around"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

The Philadelphia Inquirer says the idle
poor are just AS bad as the idle rich. Yes;
but the trouble is there are so many more
Of them.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
A Big Success.

From the Detroit Free Press
"Was Mabels first public musicale a
success?"
Yes, indeed. She received four punches
OF roses"
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A Practical Girl.

Would you be satisfied with life in a
cottage?"
Sure. What We save on the house we
can put into the automobile"
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His View.

This little girl won't have a doll.
Wants a toy dog"
Looks Ike the true society mother in
stinct, suggested the other half of the
sketch
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

Cuba is bound 10 keep IN The public
prints somehow, II il can't start revo-
luton. it has a hurricane.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
Packed Close.

TT was brother against brother in my
early days"
in war times, eh?''
"Oh, 10. l mean that when we were
kids We slept four IN a bed"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
Even Worse.

MY wife says she could have married
several finer men than me"
My wife says she did marry EN-. Tn
her fourth, you know"
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Paving on a GrudRc.

why are you so anxious TO go 10 the
wedding?
An enemy Of mine is 10 be best man.
and, under gu!se of an accident, I may
get a chance to soak him with an old
shoe"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

Yes: history repeats itself Sarah Bern
hardt is 10 give another farewell tour.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

The Evansville Courier-Journal asks:
DO you enjoy life In Evansville?' Never
tried IT,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

The Pittsburs Post wants TO know the
best way 10 keep sweet cider. Put 1t in a
burglar-proof safe.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

Now that there Is some talk OF Ohio
being hopelessly Democratic. they are
talking about putting up Jim Garfield
as a candidate for the Senate.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

In other words, Walter Wellman was
hobbled all the time he was up.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
A TrIhute 10 Roosevelt.

From the New York Mail
They are going 10 down Roosevelt
the gentlemen Of Wall street. They are
so sure Of 1t that they have begun 10
jubilate over their victory, TO advance
stock prices. to induce heads of large cor
porations 10 give out heavy orders for
supplies and betterments-in every way
that occurs TO their desperately resource
full minds 10 show their detestatlon Of the
man who more conspicuously than any
other, stands for a nationwide struggle
against the cOrrupting influence Of bust
ness in politics and politics I'm business.
IL is great tribute TO Theodore Roose-
Welt that the leadership of this stock
market iollihcation over HIS anticipated
defeat IS the same leadership that manlp-
ulated the $4,000 pool with which 10
bride legislators 20 vote against the race
track gambling bin, the same leadership
that looted and bankrupted his associate
for his own profit IN the Hooking Coal
and Iron pool a year ago. the same lead
ership that has been identified with every
wash sales" swind'e perpetrated on the
stock exchange for a generation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

Prof Woodrow Wilson is showing them
In New jersey that truth is preferable 10
fiction. even in politics.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

The trouble seems TO be that the good
airship America was built 10 guard
against cold, and not wind.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

woman" Susan B. Anthony. She is at
present the chief press agent OF the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association. and
she recently declared that the suffra-
gist is the most truly feminine of all
women
oncA more we dissent. II is hard. 10
our mind, 70 associate the suffrage and
femininity It may be old-fashIoned pref
udice. but We can see nothing truly
womanly In competing with men; II may
be brave and idealistic. but hardly wom-
anly Joan OF Arc was heroic figure;
so was Queen Elizabeth and Boadleea,
but femininlty was not one of the quail
tiles for which they were famous
Is not the most truly feminine woman the
one who ignores the turmoIls and strifes
of the outside world and who devotes
herself TO her home. who does her work
in the WORLD by being companion to
her husband. tender and loving mother
to her children. q good housewife?
1t is. we firmly believe. wrong educa-
ton and a false standard OF ideals that
has led women to the mistaken idea
that II is q fine and glorious thing for
them TO assert their independence, TO put
forth the claim that they have as much
right as men 10 take part in the govern
ment OF the city or the State On the
broad grounds OF justice, no true man
would deny that right" that some
women claim. Miss Harper among them
She has as much right TO the rough work
of politics as she has 10 the rough work
that men DO In building roads or bridg-
ing fords. but IL is a right that we Amer
leans would leave 10 the poor women OF
Holland, who draw carts like horses, or
the women or France, whose right en-
ables them TO work beside their men,
folks in the fields.
That woman is best respected. best en-
titled 10 respect. who does the work that
her nature and instinct prompt her 20
do. and Is content 10 do il well. That
work. of home making. OF rearing chill
dren, Of having ready sympathy for the
men who have 20 go out and fight in
the forefront OF lfe's battle. is a work
that should be done well, work that the
true woman can learn TO do better every
day. and b. doing It better she can make
the world a happier and sweeter place
TO live in. What the world needs is more
real and genuine femininity.
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POLITICAL COMMENT.
Improvement in Politics.

From the Ohis State Journal
There has been a great change In politi-
cal spirit since the SOS and sos of the
eighteenth century In those days the
Federalists accused the Jeffersonians OF
atheism, anarchy, and blasphemy," and
the Anti-Federalists retorted With equal
bitterness.
But observe the condition to-day. There
are Roosevelt. representing the old Fed
eralism with his New Naionalism, and
his chief opponent on the other side Col.
Bryan, uphoding the cause OF Jefferson
ianism, so 10 speak, not revil!ng each
other with bitter epithets, but the latter
accusing the former OF appropriating his
doctrine and trying to palm II off as his
own.
This circustance Is most beautiful 90 the
contemplation. man is no longer an
atheist. an anarchist or a blasphemer
because he does not accord with the
other fellow in political conviction. Time
has smoothed down the asperities OF
party dogma and a Democrat is as good
as anybody If he behaves himself. and so
is Republican.
This is great Improvement. The party
divergence Is natural and psychological.
and one likes his own party best, but the
man, intrusted with public duty makes
the party all right. II he is ali right, and
all wrong II he is all wrong
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II there is any firing TO be done, our
bet is that the colonel viii fire the Out
look.
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The drawing card does not always win
the game.
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There are many high fiiers whose equi-
librators do not work well
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watered stocks naturally cause nQul-
dalton.
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Speaking Of English and American
women. James I. Pointer, of Pittsburg.
who spends par of his time in England.
and is here on a visit to friends. said
last night al the Arlington that English
women want sharpening up. and By mix
ing with American women viii get It.
while Americans will obtain the touing
down they very much need
Under the influence Of an American
woman" said Mr.. Pointer "an English
woman smartens up wonderfully. She
becomes quicker. brighter and more VI
vacious Once she develops these quail
ties, she retains them. She will also try
to beat an American woman at her own
game Of making an impression.
by her social intercourse with an
English woman" continued Mr.. Pointer,
IAN American woman benefits quite as
much I'm another way. Before coming 70
ENGLAND she is crude and so restless that
her desire for action might almost be de-
scribed as a nervous disease. After u
few weeks In England she loses her
rawness and becomes gentler. The aver
age American girl that goes TO England
now needs charm badly, She Is disre-
spectful and irreverent. As a combina-
ton, the two women are perfect. The
American girl gets the ideas of the Eng
fish girl and carries them out. The for
mer is more enthusiastic over anything
new, but flags quicker. while the English
girl is more tenacious If the women OF
the two nations were 10 see more o.
each other / think q great change IN
both would follow"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23

The Virginia machine is still a trife
out Of gear in the Norfolk district.