The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-26


The John X. Mclean boom Yer United states
senator iu Ohio Is almost as warm as the blizzard.
From the Boston Trausci1t.
Chief Justice White. Of the United States s1-
DreUs C1gr-. appears 20 ua Pleasant jlIlier. One
would think flan bis letter 90 his honor the mayor
IF Boston that while the latter was a Congressman
De ana the justices played nHochle togslhsr every
Afternoon.
Fr1m the Atlanta Constitution.
The Dsnorate PARTY ia Congress VIII make a
poor start toward ius-iiyiHg resent egdenos Of pub
lie confidence if 1t aJEs itself % be drawn into the
petty scheme Of Representative Eziney to halt former
President Roosevelt n the matter Of his travelling
expense ac1uult while IN oGca the whole UT0-
cedure is a cheap maueuler for partisan capital 40
O time when the nation Is cut Of patience wl-h pet
uiosEinE tactics.
Frdsa ths New York TrJaue,
&c SEEMS doubtfll If Mr. FOs' olrnralgn has cre
atei any sentiment against Senator Lodge OK
strengthened The opposition 90 hna in the leglsla-
ture. To judge frum the Ma-sEralnstJs neaETnpers.
interest has largely died uut AMI - far as causing
any public excitement is ounorned the gorsrnur
elects zIeacles have been a failure.
From the Louisville CosrierJournaI
The War Department has I'D inte--losa Of abandon
ing Port Thumas The remaining ,roJrs nos Tiers
To BE- sent 10 ths Philippine bit the buildIugs
arr to remain In charge OF 4 clre-aEs-. The s-g-
gesiul % convert the fort into q military training
school doe not lnd favor al Washington The See
Rotary Of Var explains that should il t-7s,us nee
essary It any time 20 withdraw portion O, the
army from hs iusliar POSSESSIONS or ~ Increase the
mobile army in the Uuited States" he bui.dugs
,.jl he usedasL
Prom tie New York Tn5une.
Now that greater el--11rcy- is getting - 10 =
HaIc-sord or cltchwoul. in the worlds OF business
ard politics. why Doesn't Congress Try TO put ITSELF
in better condition b do its regular gork by ab,5-
ishins the useless holiday recszsg The two houses
adj0uncd on Dooanbar q, 20 meet aglin on jam
uary s. IgL thus taking fourteen DAYS cut o. =
shrEt session which by laE en- lalt only ninety days
all told.
Prom the Columbia State.
The Asiatc Exclusion League Of Calif1ruia seems
10 fear that some Asat-z. particularly Of the Mon
goli4n or yellow rs1lI' tyIe. may sneak into hat
State ia Ire guise q "AugloSaxons," Il has
therefore declared. 1t a meeting in san Fran zsco
that tle real Auglo-Sazous were destroyed b. Wiu-
lam the Couquer0r at the battle Of Hastings; that
this country is Ie5nLed by Celia Teuions. scandi-
uaIiznz. and latina and that hereafter the surd
''Aug5-saE1a7 VIII not be USED By the hague, BAT
American substituted for it,
From the Clegelaud Leader.
President Taft. probably moe than any Of his
Iretecszkars realizes what immense and compl-
Gated business the government of the United States
is And ne has adopted the zane attitude toward
IT he would take If il belonged 10 a great corrura-
ton Mr. Taft IS finding out where the imlnelae
SIMS q money required for government Iurposss 60
and whether d proper equivalent is ottainod b. tie
oIuutry. The work Of departments and bureaus
which have run az for yg-rs without challenge is
being examined.
Frorn the Newark Evening ssaz.
But hoW, IN the light Of the constitutional safe
gaauds against executive enzoacalments Can we re-
gard The s1mmouing OF legislators TO the presence
Of the gogurnaTelec1 to take orders in 8 matter OF
legislative duty that belongs to the legislature alone
aud from which the governor is by the Fe5e7aI and
State constitutions entirely ezela5ed}
From The New YORK Sun.
The pan Of taking away from the speaker Of the
House the naming Of the committees and cze.4tilig
manipulated COMMITTEES b make the selections IS
vigorously orIrsed rs Co. Henry Wattarson, who
declares hat TO adopt it would b. sending "the
House % in an open boat without rudder or
compass a pilot. manned by God knows whom
The matter, however. seems to Re decided in spite
Of sober counsel and the gayest nissiyiugs
Prom the Dayton NeUs.
The proposition TO investigate the expenditures Of
Roosevelt while be was President was probably in
tended only to tease Teddy. Certainly no one sen
oszly contemplates that We shall have an inYesti-
eating committee rryng into the expenditures, with
a possible scandal resulting.
From the st. Paul Dispatch.
The Constitution TEesCibes the method By winch
the legislatures Of the several States shall elect
Omitted States Senators, bot it is silent upon the
sahect Of instructions by voters through primary
elections Oregon has set the example Of Obedience
snd Nevada is expected to follow IT, though lis