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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
The Presidential Prize.

And now some of Mayor Gaynor's
friends are dangling the presidency be-
fore his eyes. Who so fit for the demo-
cratic nomination two years Hence!
What New York democrat since Mr..
Cleveland's day has shown such strength
with the New York voters? What a
race he made last fall! What a tri-
umph was that over strong men like
Barnard and Hearst aided by practically
the whole daily press of the city! And
what q mayor he Is making. giving a
good administration, and doing 1t In de-
fiance OF political bosses and political
precedents! Let him look higher. Let
his friends get busy. Now is the time
for organization. Il
Nor is Mr. Clark of Missouri for gotten.
The congressional election in that state
the, other day has filled some of his
friends with hope. He spoke in the dis
trirt, and is thus associated with the
victory. The cry now Is, Clark for
Speaker next year and then for Presi-
dent the year after. Strike while the
IRONS hot
A little more than a year ago a similar
suggestion was made to both Gov. Har-
mon of Ohio and Gov. Marshall of In
diana. They had just been elected in
states which for years had been gfvin &
republican majorities. That argued a
turn in the tide. Let them take It, and
move on to higher things. In other days
both states figured prominently In DEM
ocratic national calculations. Indiana at
that time was a pivotal state, New York
being the other in presidential contests.
Why, by good management on the part
of the democrats there might it not
again be made SO? Gov. Marshalrs OPP.
portunity was unusual And so on:
No;one of this quartet, could make q
greater mistake than by carrying him
self in office SO as to conform to this
view of his opportunity. The moment he
began to play for the presidency he
would lose the bearings of his present
duties. He would be able to see nothing
but the great prize, and yet would see
that in a, distorted light. AS the result.
he would fall between two stools. He
would make a mess of his present COM
mission. and be certain to miss his
party's leadership in 1912.
The biblical adjuratiOn, Seek, and We
shall find" does not apply to the presi-
dency. Many have sought 1t, but few
with success. Hundreds Of efforts to
make q stepping-stone of q governorship,
a senatosship. the speakership, a cabinet
office, TO the presidency have failed. That
sort Of scheme Is full Of peril, in that Il
takes an officials mind OF present du-
ties, and induces him to convert official
Influence TO purposes not omprehendAd
in his election. The road to Dublin is not
more rocky than the road to the White
House.
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fAmhasters. Let the people be told by
entertaining men in witty and entertain
Ing terms that Mr.. Cannon and Mr..
Aldrich, strong and capable legislators
as they are. do not own and control the
republican party in Congress, and make
no such pretension.
But Is there time for this for effect on
the November result? Is not next sum-
mer to be a sort of closed season in the
entertainment world SO far as the politi-
clans are concerned? VIII any Of them OF
chautauqua size be able to make bookings
OF that kindf Congress win sit at least
until July: Men then will hurry home to
inspect their fences and shape their cam
paigns. A new House and third Of the
Senate are to be elected, and the man In
debatabls territory who knows just where
he is att today is making no proclama-
ton Of hts Information.
The stump proper is the caper this year.
Politicians with messages for the public.
relating either to their own records or to
their party's record, will probably save
themselves for the homo demands. 1t
wifi9be4 Important forathem not to scatter
or waste. their treasure. They will want
their constituents with votes to take all
they have to say straight from them. and
not get It indirectly by way Of the lecture
PLATFORM. They can afford to cut out the
gate receipts TOR one season when SO
much more is at stake. 60
VIII the amusement field suffer much by
reason of the absence of the politicians7
Should it not benefit? The real entertain
ers. having things all to themselves, will
take the greater pleasure In their oppor-
tunittes, and should give better shows
than. ever. People who care for politics
will not go hungry, with campaigns in
progtesss In every congressional district In
the country, and all newspapers carrying
full reports Of the debates. ~, - a. y.
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No More Militant Methods.

Henceforth readers of the news dis
patches from abroad will look in vain
for tidings of the militant activities OF
those English suffragettes who believe
that the way, to political equality lies
along the path of riotous conduct and
misdemeanor. No more will there ne de-
scriptions by cable OF bands OF deter
mined women storming the doors OF par
lament of martyrs claiming themselves
to the grille Of the house of commons,
of besiegers: f1ocking at the doors OF min
isterial residences, OF groups of shouting
women dragged through the streets to
gaol, there to languish foodless and pos
sibly without rainent In screaming pro-
test against tho barbarous system OF
law enforcement. Much. OF the pictur-
esqueness of the foreign news service Will
thus be lost, II the decision of the suf-
fragettes to abandon militant methods Is
carried into effect. It is now officially
announced that this policy Of agitation
and. advertising will not be resumed I'M
less the women are convinced that the
government will yield to no other form of
persuasion. Opposition to the govern
ment, however, will be continued and the
sufrragettes will take the field at bye
cl0CllOuS W IA &c LILO S~SSAS ~ $4,000 ---o
government candidates.
It will be interesting to ascertain how
far the suffragette movement contributed
in the recent elections In Great Britain
to the virtual defeat Of the liberal party.
That the women were factor In TINS
result must. be assumed. They declared
their intention at the outset to fight
every ministerial candidate. Women have
Of late years taken a largo part in cleo
tons In the British Isles, speaking in
public and hustling for votes for their
favorites and serving efficiently as poliu-
cal lieutelants in every campaign. II
H. plain that with this training the mill
tant suffragettes must have played
some part In the canvass Just closed. But
whether their contributions to the union
list cause win be recognized hereafter in
the event OF an overturning OF the gov
ernnAnt. in the form Of q unionist sup
port Of the suffrage proposition, remains
to be seen. Mr.. Balfour has been DIS
Greet in his expressions on the subject.
The militant methods adopted by the
suffragettes, whatever their dement's
from the American point Of view. had at
least the virtue Of attracting attention to
the fact that an organization Of women
existed for the purpose Of obtaining the
franchise for their sex. No matter what
may have been the extent Of reaction Of
sentiment. these pugnacious, self-sacrific-
ing women made 1t plain to all England
and indeed to all the world that they
stood for q definite cause. Many. indeed
most, OF their proceedings were shocking
to the ordinary conception Of the feminine
character and a definite distaste for the
word suffragerte was aroused in a great
number of people. It may be that the
advertising campaign could have been
conducted with equal success but at a
less, sacrifice of dignity. The decision
just announced to abstain, for the pres
ent at least. from militant methods is to
be welcomed as promising campaign
for equal rights on a higher plane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
THE BALLADE OF LONCWED.

There are some things I have to do
To keep my partner ever gay:
To neighbors every night or two
We go, game Of cards to play;
She's always bound to have her way,
I'm writing facts. and not romance;
Her every within / must obey.
Last night she dragged me to a dance.
I've eaten sanity oyster stew
The Ladies' Aid doled ont for pay:
At times I've occupied a pew
When I'd prefer to stay away.
To concerts now and then we stray
And down the aisle we proudly prancel
These are the debts all husbands pay,
Last night she dragged me to q dance.
She says her pleasures are but few,
Not always can she get away,
Not always are her dresses new,
Nor may she every night display
Her latest gown decollete,
And SO she win not miss q chance;
She does not see I'm growing gray, m.
Last night she dragged me to . dance.
L'ENvOL
Prince, IL yawn and stretch today,
And act like one who's In q trance,
At 3 Am. hit the hay,
Last night she dragged me to q dance.
Detroit Free Pres
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Campaign Money.

l. We'll. SIR said a pessimistic observer
I OF political matters II should like to
| know where the managing politicians are
going to get the coin for this years cam
| paigns. Certainly not from the trusts.
which fear Taft as much as they did
Roosevelt. And not from the railroads.
for they fear both sides. The manu-
facturers feel that. with a new tariff law
| In the books, they, sare out of it for
awhile.-.' AS for.the rank and file. where
with, food prices so high. are they to find
money; for anything else? tell you. sir
| this is certain to be a lean year for both
parties They must get along with wind,
| and the windbags must furnish their
commodity free"
!" This same note, for some of the same
| reasons. was sounded in the early part
! Of. 1904. Who would finance Mr.. Roose-
| velt' 3 Campo i'm, when all corporate in
t.terests ware' standing in awe Of him and
hated him? Z: He was certain to go hun
| gTy, and would be- defeated II the oppo-
sition nominated the right kind of man.
And yet. after the election, 1t was
charged that the republicans had broken
| the record in the size of their campaign
! fund. and Judge Parker accused them
| OF buying the presidency.
Again the same; alarm was. expressed
four years later, Who would put up"
for the Taft campaign, when the candi-
date stood pledged to the Roosevelt
policies? What had the big corporations
and men Of wealth to expect but opposi-
ton and worry from such a man in Of
fee? Let those who felt sure of the can
didate's friendship and assistance finance
the campaign. and, If possible. elect him.
And again, after the election, came the
charge that the republican managers had
| rolled in wealth, and spent money with
both hands.
There were exaggerations both before
and after those campaigns. Starvation
never for moment threatened either Mr..
Roosevelt or Mr.. Taft, and in neither year
was the election bought. No difficulty
was experienced by either party in col
lecting money enough for legitimate pur-
poses. Judge Parker, with many Wall
street men behind him, did not suffer. nor
Mr.. Bryan. four years later, with hosts
of personal admirers SOUTH and - west.
Neither failed because of a lack of funds
to present his case fully to the country.
This Is not going to be a lean year for
either republicans or democrats. The
stake is the House, and that is big
stake. After a dozen or more years the
democrats are sincerely hopeful and that
means strenuousness on their part. And
the more strenuous they are the more
strenuous will the republicans be- No
section Of the country will be Indifferent
to the result, but all will respond to
earnest appeals for aid to organize tor
victory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
The RETURN FROM ELBA

He fs coming back from Elba,
From that far-of tropic shore,
Where the lyre-bird is singing
And where only lions roar.
He went for big game only.
Where the forest monsters roam,
Yet at no time quite forgetting
There was bigger game at home.
Refrain.
He is coming back from Eiba,
With his sword and mouth and pen,
And. You bet, on his arrival,
There'll be something doing then.
There's q red fox In the Senate.
There's Q gray one In the House,
There's a porcupine In Kansas,
And a California mouse:
There's q wild cat in Wisconsin,
Indiana holds a jug
That is showing signs OF bursting
With a local option bug:
There's a rabbit in Kentucky,
In Ohio there are rats,
And the Illinois belfry
Is Overrun with bats:
There's q possum in the White House,
With q cat and dog all round,
And q democratic donkey
That Is paving up the ground.
Refrain.
He is coming back from Elba,
&C., &C., &C.. &C.. &C., &c, &C,
w. J. Hampton, in New York Times
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If | WERE BOSS ROUND HERE.

Thought out by the Office boy and Transcribed
by Joe Gomez
l wish / was the boss round here,
Things wouldn't be they are now;
I'd have q better atmosphere
Around the office. anyhow.
wouldn't have the bestdressed clerks
Come in most any time of day
And then the one who really works
Put in more hours at smaller pay.
wouldn't low the help to speak
About the owners they do,
And say the boss he is freak
I'd punch their noses black and blue.
I'd have two Office boys instead
OF one to do the work do;
And then he wouldn't be so dead
Before the long days work Is through.
wouldn't have each dopy guy
Maui our stenog the way they do;
But would let the office boy
Talk to her when he wanted to.
Perhaps will be boss some day,
II Just work and never shirk
And then I'd fire them clerks away,
And me and her will do the work.
Boston Herald
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FAT men GET ALL THE EASY SNAPS.

Fat men git all the easy snaps;
The hard works done by the little chaps.
There's our President, Big Bill Taft.
Coin round everywhere-what a graft!
Seventy-fve acknowledgements. too
Only has to spend 1t, nothin' else to do.
Little Joe Cannon has to run the shop,
Forty seven hours a day on the hop;
Has to fight dozen insurgents a day,
An measly twelve thousan' lis all his pay.
Look at the band when it's marchin' by
What's the very first thing you spy?
Little man luggin' the big bass drum,
Fat man poundin' it-ant that bum?
Fat man gifts a musicians pay;
Little man gifts about 50 cents q day.
Down at the seashore where they sit fresh an
Fat man ridin' In q boardwalk chair;
Little man pushin 1t all day long.
Fat man singin' a glad sweet song.
Little man dggin' in the ditch all day,
Fat man watchin him earn his pay:
Little man shovels till his bones all ache,
Fat old foreman can hardly keep awake,
Big fat gineral a-ridin' on a horse.
Happy and contented clam o co'rse:
But who does the fghtin'-makes the enemy
run?
Why the little man hikn in the broiin sun.
Oh the fat men git all the easy snaps,
An the hard works done by the little chaps.
Springfield Union
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HOW IT HAPPENED.

You've heard that ancient story:
The tortoise ran race
And grabbed lot OF glory,
A most unusual case.
The maddest hare halter
Has evidently guessed
That details of the matter
Were partially suppressed. -
The old yarn Is misleading.
Here's how the trick was done:
The hare was pinched for speeding
And SO the tortoise won.
Louisville Courier Journal.
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VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
The SPINELES CACTUS.

He was munching spneless cactus
When / met him by the way.
Its very good for food" he said.
Il MUNICH 1t every day.
It takes the place Of chop and steak.
OF liver and Of stew;
II has a lot OF goodness that
I recommend to you.
Its acid Is q soothing sort,
Its marrow, too Is fine:
The stem has sixteen virtues, and
The skin has twenty nine.
When mellowed with q dash OF cream
II has q strong appeal;
cactus and -a-half will make
A satisfying meal"
I watched him MUNICH the cactus With
jaw that couldn't tire.
felt II was q habit that
/ never might acquire.
said I'd think II over soon,
And wished the man good day:
He mumbled and he grumbled
And he slowly munched away.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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No Humor, But Abundant Sarcasm

"A woman hasn't any sense Of humor. "
said the cynic.
PERHAPS that is So" answered Miss
CAYENNE. 1.-The lack is probably what
keeps US from laughing at some mems
efforts to be serious"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
1.-THE COMING RACE. +"

Tell me. mother, IL It really
True, as jokers love to state,
That when you were young IS am
You had meat to masticate?
People tell such funny stories,
Things that cannot be, you know,
So thought I'd ask you. mother,
II this fairy tale were so.
Tell me, mother. are they joking
When these foolish people say
You had butter on the table,
Sometimes even twice a day?
Eggs, know. were once quite common,
This learn from books l read
But that you ate meat and butter
Seems incredible, indeed!
William Wallace, In New York Sun.
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Heartless Enmity,

He did not libel me. nor laugh,
Nor sheer. his hate to show.
He just displayed photograph
They took long years ago,
When trousers tight and coats so queer
And headgear small and fiat
Made me a gibbering freak appear
I'll ne'er forgive him that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
Words.

When we would draw distinctions small
Expressions short and strong,
We shun and either speak OF scrawl
Words difficult and long.
The twists that to a noun we give
Are sometimes very sad.
To make it diminutive
More syllables we add.
So 1t has been for many day;
In vain does reason balk;
The less q person has to say
The larger is his talk.
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Economy Required.

my doctor told me / would have to
quit eating so much meat"
Did you laugh him to scorn?"
Il did at first. But when he sent in
his bill found he was right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Polar dashes with airships and sub
marine boats are planned. But the dog
and sIedge, like the horse and wagon,
will probably refuse to be put out of busi-
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Some advisers say people will become
mollycoddles Ii they subsist on vege-
tables. and others declare that those who
do not boycott the beef trust are already
mollycoddles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
Getting Back.

"There isn't an original line in any of
your plays said the critic.
well" answered the patient author,
that remark Of yours isn't very origi-
nal, either"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

1t is probable that Zelaya will go to
Paris or some other European city where
nobody thinks of asking man where he
got his money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Too many Southern American presi-
dents get away with a feeling that even
though they are artistic failures they are
financial successes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Copenhagen scientists can rest assured
that their researches will not hereafter
be disturbed by explorers who want them
to examine, proofs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Experiments have been made in Kansas
to produce something like whisky from
sunflowers. The idea suggests vividly
nicturesoue form Of intoxication.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

The woman who gets $4,000 a year
alimony must regard marriage as the
sort of failure that brings profit in a
roundabout way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

| Ambassador Reid has managed to en-
terrain expensively in England without
being classified merely as zone of those
rich Americans"
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A wireless lamp is added to the list OF
things Nikola Tesla intends to invent
Tesla has SO many good ideas that they
get in one another's way. e -
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SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHILANDER JOHNSON
Saving the Wrong Thing.

"Those people who joke about suf-
fragettes." said Mr.. Meekton's wife,
.don't know what they are talking
about"
'SThat's right" answered her husband.
ANYBODY with real suffragette in the
family knows It's no joke"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Judge Lands cannot guarantee a col
lection of fines, but he is ready at any
time to administer a good verbal troun.
sing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

A number Of people seem inclined to
take up the task of worrying Mr.. Haskell
Of Oklahoma where Mr.. Hearst left II OH.
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ed through the Russian charge d'affaires
from the Emperor Ii. The Japanese
government may desire to disclose such
things in order to justify its own ad-
ministration of Korea and to show to
the world that it did not make the
situation that has resulted, but inherited
it. 1t is understood that the disorders
primarily were inspired by the encroach-
ment of foreigners in the acquisition Of
land, the exploitation and digging up Of
which was an offense to Heaven-that is
to say, to the Korean god, the Good
Dragon"
The japanese Year Book may show that
this money was not only applied to the
maintenance of the righteous army but
also to the maintenance of corps Of
kept on his civil list in former days.
Aside from Korean affairs in which the
United States might be represented. by a
consular agent only, the United States
should direct the same energies which
she has wasted In Korea to China, q
greater and worthier field for her capt.
talists and industrials. To China the
United States should go with capitalists
and industrials hand in hand in order
to properly and effectually exploit and
develop that priceless field, and this same
suggestion was recently emphasized by q
number of speakers at a banquet in Chi
cago to the consular corps of that city,
1t is fitting therefore in conclusion to
cite the formula used in the ancient
Roman senate. "Caveant consues," or,
Let the consuls be on their guard
CHI. CHAILLE-LONC3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Foreign capital invested in Japan is
more largely taken up in the form of
purchases of bonds than
Foreign in direct interest in In
Capital. form however it should
be carefully noted. that invitation to
foreign capital is solicited. Galleries,
cotton mills. street railways. hydro
electric plants. gas plants. beer breweries.
spinning, dry docks, glass manufacture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

The commerce of Korea Is stagnant
and nil, and 1t is certain that Japan, SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Japan, indeed. should take care In the
interests of her own dignity and good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06

Japan in order to strengthen her hold
upon Korea has organized there a COM