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FRIDAY. APRIL s. 1910.
Senate and House Committees.

John c. Calhoun was the last Vice
President to exercise the power Of ap-
pointing the standing and other COM
mitteeS of the Senate. In the latter part
OF the first session of the Nineteenth
Congress, the Adams men claimed that
he had SO formed the committees that
the Jackson element controlled all legis-
lation Therefore, the Senate took the
unusual step of deprlving the presiding
officer Of the power to name committees.
and 10 this day the body names them
itself
After all, however. does the Senatorial
system possess any marked advantage
over the House system? If so. why has
the House been so persistentIy reluctant
all these years to change?
The Senate is dominated primarily ny
party majority. which, in turn. is domi-
mated by majority power within that
party majority.
Is legislation more easily effected IN
the Senate than in the House? Most as
suredly, no, Having in mind the diff
ference between the two bodies, their
methods Of procedure. their makeup. the
processes through which they come INTO
existence. or continue in existence. and
their relative sizes, legislation is very
much more quickly effected in the House
than in the Senate. With all of its
faults which body IS more popular with
the people? Unquestionsbly. the House
Of Representatives! If the Senate were
in every essential detail an organization
parallel with the House, and yet op-
Grated under its present rules, It is safe
10 say that Congress would be in session
all the time; and that. even then. leg
islation would hang fire interminabIy!
Much stress is laid upon length of
service" in the Senate. in so far as Sen
atoriaI influence and power is concerned.
That does count heavily; but no more
so, proporuonately, than in the House,
The House is subject 10 complete change
three times to the Senate's once; and
yet. notwithstanding. the strong men of
the House are the veterans In point Of
service. This is a natural consequence,
and VIII necessarily attach TO any ra-
tional system that may be adopted by
either body.
John C. Calhoun. it seems, practiced
"Calhounism" in his day not wisely but
too we'll lie fixed up those Senatorial
committees after such fashion that the
Jackson element controlled the legisla-
ton. WhereUpon he was virtuously de-
posed In favor Of another controlling
power that put in vogue that which we
may call for want OF a better term,
New Englandism"
It is whispered now and then that
New Englandism" has been controlling
the Senate Of the United States ever
since
The moral. however. is clearly per
ceptible; also it is trite Fashioned into
words, it appears thus: Things may
not always be what they Scent"
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Naval Accounting Inconsistencies.

Certain naval officers are entertaining
q grievous apprehension, which appears
to be entirely justified. under the cir
cumstances, Of being called upon by the
accounting officers Of the Treasury De-
partment TO refund amounts received by
them in the way Of pay which. accord
ing 10 a ruling of the Auditor for the
Navy Department. is not authorized bv
law. Naval star officers and those line
officers who are carried as additional
numbers on the active Hst-the latter
being locally known as heroes" because
they received special promotion by act
Of Congress on account of gallant service
in the war with Spain and the Boxer
campaign in China-are advanced in
grade with so-called running mates" in
order to preserve a certain equality OF
promotion in the case of the staff officers.
The Auditor or his office, has decided
that the increased pay upon promotion
cannot begin until the Senate has con-
frmed the promotion, whereas hitherto
the increase Of pay has dated from the
time the officer was actually promoted.
sometimes several months in advance of
Senatorial action. The requirement that
the officers most directly concerned shall
return to the public Treasury the diff
ference in pay which is declared to be
Of Illegal disbursement operates as a
hardship. It amounts in some cases 10
S.O0o. and in the case OF rear admiral
who IS carried on the naval register as
an additional, and who. having an anon
alous relationship with the rest Of the
line is promoted with the Immediately
preceding officer. who is not an addi-
tional, the amount checked against him
will amount to much more than SlsO00.
One example is that Of an officer who
was lieutenant IN the war with Spain
when he was made an additional num-
her. He is now a rear admiral, and
nearly all of his promotions have oc-
CURED when the Senate was not In ses-
sion and when the confrmatory action
was IN some instances as much as six
months after he was actually advanced.
He loses the increased pay he has re-
oeived for the intervening period.
There is no question that some Of the
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TO-DAY IN HISTORY,
THE Puritan and the Black Lee"-April s.

Because John Randolph STYLED John
Quincy Adams and Henry Clay the Puri-
tan and the Backlog" Clay fought HIS
memorable, but bloodless. duel with Ran
dolph on April s. 1896. During the excit-
ing cempaign when John Quincy Adams
won the Presidency, the fight lay chiefly
between himself and his opponent. An
drew Jackson Henry Clay was at that
time an important figure In politics. Clay
was no friend OF Jackson nor OF Craw-
ford. another candidate, and even he and
Adams were not, and had never been,
close political friends. But when Clay
announced that he would vote for Adams,
his adherents followed his example, and
Adams won, receiving the votes OF thir-
teen states, while seven States voted for
Jackson and four for Crawford.
Adams made Clay Secretary Of State,
and the Jackson party raised the cry that
there has been q bargain, a corrupt bar
gain. between Adams and Clay. This cry
was kept up for four years. and 1t played
an important part in the next Presiden-
tial election. Clay got into trouble with
John Randolph about the matter. Ran
dolph was a remarkable man in many
ways. He had entered Congress In lIs9
when scarcely more than boy and had
soon attracted attention by his tall, awk-
ward appearance, his ungovernable tenn
per. his keen with, and biting sarcasm.
During his long career in Congress Ran
do1ph made many an enemy quail when
the object of his sarcasm was pointed out
by his long. bony fingers. As a wit he
has never been equaled on the floor of
Congress. He usually talked as he chose
about any one. and on one occasion re-
ferred to Adams and Clay as the Purl-
tan and BIaekleg" Clay was angry when
he heard this He had chafed restively
under public accusations. Now he could
contain himself no longer He challenged
Randolph to duel. The latter was not
angry with Clay. He had called him
blackleg, but he often used such terms
without expecting them to be taken too
seriously. But Clay was not to be APP
peased. and the two men met April on
the right bank of the Potomac River,
within the State Of Virginia, with loaded
pistols They each fired once without ef-
feet Clay fired again. the bullet passing
through his antagonists coat.
Randolph then fred into the air. threw
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08
Light on the Indian Problem.

Francis f. Leupp. journalist. Htterateur,
and formerly Commissioner of Indian Al
fairs, sheds strong light upon the
Indian Service in his book. THE Indian
and His Problem"
The book has the ring of authority, and
is therefore a conspicuous addition to
current history, besides dealing with
most important subject, and one which
is wholly American. Mr.. Leupp has
made the Indians the subject of the
study OF a lifetime. not only during his
tenure Of Office, but during many years
as a deliver for facts. No more unjust
charge could be imagined than that adj
vaneed that Mr., Leupp was theorlst.
He had been gathering information little
by little for years, and his labors bore
fruit when he received his appointment
at the hands of Theodore Roosevelt.
President who had the sublime faculty of
seeking out the right man for the right
place
Only a short time was necessary to
vindicate Mr. Leupp in the estimation
Of those who were closest 10 the Indian
Service. Heretofore the Office of Com
missioner had been one in which there
was a constant struggle to free the serv-
ice Of charges Of graft. incompetency. and
the kindred evils of the spells system.
By gradually roofing out the old regime
and calling for trained men to take
charge of the work at the various outposts,
Mr. Leupp was not l0i.g 'n getting order
out Of chaos. But it was an exhausung
and thankless task, and meant hghung
every inch Of the way. combating hide
bound customs and coping with a child
Ike and suspicious peopIe-a people who
had been rendered suspicious by the out
RACES perpetrated upon them by unscru-
pulous agents and land-grabbers and
every sort of large and petty thief and
scalawag
The Indian Service is clean to-day.
There is method and reason and absolute
probity in its dealings. The present Com
missioner, Mr.. Valentine, worked side by
side with Mr.. Leupp. and he Is now
holding the helm steady and administer
ing the affairs with the same answering
justice that marked the course Of his
predecessor.
All good Americans viii applaud what
has been accomplished in the past five
years by these two men. Mr.. Leupps
book tells all about it in a charmingly
straightforward manner. In modest and
unassuming way he tells of the diff
eulties encountered. the obstacles sur
mounted. and the needs that still require
patience and tact to accomplish.
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Origin of Common Law.

From the National Magazine.
It is said that civil lawyers were first
allowed in the Roman courts about three
centuries before the coming of Christ.
Originally the Interpretation Of the Ro-
man law was decided by certain learned
pontiffs of the College Of Priests. and
these decisions formed a body of unwrit-
ten law, which, to distinguish IT from the
written laws, was called the jus eivile, or
civil law" and in time became to Rome
what the common law has been 70 Eng
land and the great peoples descended
from her.
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The Hidden Wealth of Florida.

From the National Magazine.
Through December and into the early
spring the roses bloom all over this IA
vored land 1t is hard for the Northern
traveller 10 realize that It is the climate
and not the calendar that is reversed
when he visits Florida II Is not surpris-
ing 10 find scattered through these many
thriving towns along the Florida coast
thousands Of weIl-to-do retired merchants
and business men, who are spending the
sunset hours OF life in land OF unequaled
climate. There were some few travellers
who insisted that his."always afternoon"
and "lotus land" suggestion did not suit
them; they enjoyed their few weeks
sandwiched into busy November win
ter, but persisted in saying that they
preferred the snow banks and activities
OF the Northland. However, when asked.
Why do you not stay in the North If
you prefer it?' they seemed nonplussed
for an answer
Every side the trees were laden with
fruit and in some cases had been propped
up to enable them TO carry their heavy
load
In many places fertilizer has to be used,
but in Florida everything needed seems
to lie close at hand. and there are great
phosphate beds right IN the State. which
are formed by the bones Of mastodons
and other prehistoric creatures known TO
US by name only Florida might be called
the land OF hidden treasures" for here
49,
be developed into profitable soil. Appar-
emily every inch of Florida can be made
profitable II the worker knows how"
Even the turpentine forests are not a
small feature in the profitable industries.
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FAMOUS KIDNApp1NGS.
A Few of the More Prominent Cases
Furnished by the United states.


Furnished by the United States.
From the New YORK American.
Charlie Ross, four years old, stolen
from in front of his fathers residence. in
Germantown. Pa. July 1, 1874; $4,000 ran
som demanded; sum offered. but boy was
never returned: fate unknown. a
Gerald Lapiner. two years Oh. taken
from in front Of his parents home. at
1895 Prairie avenue, Chicago, May 30. 1893,
by Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Ingersol and
John c. Collins; recovered near Paines-
vile, Ohio. March q. 1899; abductors given
.indeterminate sentences In penitenfiary.
Baby Marion Clark Kidnapped in Cen
trail Park. May p, 1893, by George Bar
row and Addie Wilson. Found at SIoats-
burg. n. Y. June ]. 1899, and returned by
the New York Evening Journal George
Barrow and Addie Wilson were convicted.
Eddie Cudshy. fifteen years old, son of
Edward A. Cudahy. kidnapped In the
street near his fathers home, in Omaha,
Nebr.. December IS, 1900; returned on
second day upon payment Of $4,000 In
gold to Pat Grove and unknown accom-
plioe: kidnappers never punished
Lillian Wuln, eight years old. stolen
December 8, 1907, from in front OF her
fathers home, at 1851 Armour avenue.
Chicago. by William and Alzina Jones'
nOmads; no ransom demanded; girl re-
covered December IL in a gypsy camp
near Momence, Ill. man sentenced to
thirty-fve years IN prison and woman to
twenty-five.
William Whitla, eight years old, son OF
James p. Whitla. decoyed from school
at Sharon. Pa. March IS, 1909: recovered
in Cleveland Ohio. March p, on pay
ment Of $4,000 ransom; James r. Boyle
and Anna McDermott Boyle arrested and
s., $50 Of money recovered March o: Boyle
convicted at Mercer. Pa, May 6. of kid
mapping: Mrs. Boyle convicted May as
accessory; Boyle sentenced May 1 to i'm
prisonment for life. and Mrs. Boyle TO
twenty-five years in prison.
Freddie Muth, kidnapped June 70, 1905;
returned June Is, at Philadelphia, Pa,
by John Joseph Kean, who was sentenced
to twenty years
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08
DON'T DISTURB THEM.

Never be peace disturbsr for amusement Of your
own:
Do not aggrAyste bulldog that is craving at
bone
Don't disturb mule 10 witness how HIS hind feet
may BE- shown
They live longest who are willing to let wen enough
alone.
Don't disturb ihem don't disturb them,
II they do not bother yel.
But peacefully continue your way:
Never start out hunting trouble.
You sin find It Il sou DO
There always Is a painful prics to pay
For gstting gay
II your wife is calmly sleeping when you stumble
home az night
Don't disturb her by commanding her to rise and
strike light;
Let her sleep away serenely while you Try with All
To get into your pajamas and creep softly cut Of
sight
Don't disturb her, ,lon't disturb her,
II she's not disturbing you.
But silently tiptoe yourself away;
Never start o,lt hunting trouble.
You will find it il you do
There always is a painful price to pay
Fer getting gay.
Don't disturb the busy burglar who Is rlmmaging
around;
II he asks you tell him kindly where the silver may
be found;
Do not fooshy endeavor To b on him at q bound.
he would probably resent It if You made wsrlike
sound.
Don't disturb him. don't disturb him,
II he's not disturbing you
Pull the blankets up ard try 20 fade away;
Never start ont hunting trouble.
You iii find il I yon do.
There always IS a painful price 70 pay
Fol getting gag.
- E Kissz. IN Chicago Record-HszAld
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

From the Boston Transcript
The Maryland Democrats are not receiving com
piments from Northern or Southern Democrats.
Neither wishes to see the issue that Maryland has
presented now raised. Northern Democrats have no
sympathy with disfraneaisement and Southern Dem.
ocrats have no Ammunition for bunEers That the
Maryland DISTINGUISHES hase buugled they must
realize now for should their constitutional amend.
ment be adopted it would impose property qualincs-
tons en- the voters Of one race only and would.
therefore, stiI Do repugnant TO the Constitution Of
the United StatsA
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
STRAIGHT GOODS.

STRAIGHT GOODS.
1t pays to advertise. 1 say
The theme is trlte,
Yet makes a good one any day.
claim it pays to advertise.
The theme is sere:
But makes hit, as / surmise,
With the cashier
1t pays to advertise, my friend,
So take your cue.
This cllim 7 never shall amend,
For il is true.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

A scientist says "Halley's comet may
dzzle out before it becomes visible to the
naked eye" Nothing especially novel
about that stunt. Mr.. Nicholas Long
worth's boom for governor of Ohio did
that some time ago.
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Senator Simmons is 10 be congratu-
lated on his success in securing the ap-
preparation for begins the Charlotte
Chronicle. The remainder OF the SEN
tence hardly matters. Senator is TO
be Congratulated" on his success in
securing an appropriation for any old
thing, of course.
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Warning to Spring Cleaners.

From the Louisville CourierJcurnal.
A North Carolinian cleaning out a
spring fell in and was drowned. Owing
to the inertia supeTinduced by the ethe-
real mildness that has come. It is con-
venient TO regard this as a terrible warn
ing against spring cleaning.
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Our GuiIeIess correspondents.

From The Dallas News
Some Of the Washington correspondents go 50 far
as 70 hint that some legislation may be passed
without receiving the impnmatnr Of Speaker Can
non. Whoever would have believed that that great
man could have been so humboldt But maybe it
is a mistake. Washington correspondents are a
rather guileless lcs-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

The Montgomery Advertiser thinks Mr..
Roosevelt made q great blunder'' in the
Eternal City. Perhaps. And yet Mr..
Roosevelt has waxed exceeding strong
politically on just such plumbers"
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Not the Only One.

From the Cleveland Leader.
"sir, heard you using the word Jack
ass Did you apply it to me?''
NO. sir Do you think you are the only
Jackass in the world?'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

We note an account OF the wedding OF
Mr.. Lawrence Swift and Miss Elizabeth
Hurry in New York recently In the
way of headline, Swift-Hurry was go
ing some. sJrelvl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

~ St Louis minister SAYS there are
fourteen roads to hell" notes the Los
Angeles Express. Nine out of ten men
who get there. moreover, viii imagine
they surely came by road No. r.
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travel over the Rockies TO attain that
freedom. The only solution apparently
is IN national divorce law.
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Cannon, Longworth. and Hobson are
the three stars of the House" says the
st. Louis Post-Dlspatch. The remainder
is nothing more than a sort Of Congress
sional Milky WaY Ell?
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Canadian Tribute to Taft.

From the Toronto Globe.
President Taft strikes you from the very first as
being straightforward, sincere. and transparently
honest, Your impulse is TO trust him.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

When the Irresistible big hat finally
meets the immoYable side walls OF the
street. however, We frankly confess we
have no idea what viii happen.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

The colonel is the shrewdest poll
tiean that ever came down the pike
A." thoroughbred donkey. in our
opinion" SAYS the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch, referring 10 the recent Roosevelt
Vatican incident Your opinions seem 10
be somewhat contradictory.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

THE best tariff law the country ever
had" seems likely 70 meet the fate Of
some otheh good things of which we
have heard. Evidently. 1t is going to die
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

Mr.. Serene Payne says he believes he
can convince the American people that
they have a good tarifr law. Fine field
for standpat missionary endeavor out in
Indiana, Mr.. Payne.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

If the Interstate Commerce Commission
does insist that the Pullman company
reduce the price Of itss upper berths. it
should simultaneously prescribe that
neither the supply of bed clothing nor
the thickness Of the mattress be reduced
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

Uncle Andy says Uncle Joe" re-
minds him more and more every day OF
Lincoln. Uncle Joe" will lie awake
several nights before thinking up the
retort sufficiently and entirely courteous.
we imagine
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In order TO show its unwillineness 20
take advantage of its historic adversary.
the Democratic party in Tennessee has
split as hopeIessly SIS the Republican
party in Indiana.
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Civic Pride.

Refuse me, and I go far away"
'Ill be engaged to you until after the
census is taken" said the girl, I want
orr town to show Up well"
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Congress and the Tourists.

From the St Louis Post Dispatch
Cannon, LougWorth. and Hobson are the three
members Of the House whom tourists ask the guides
to point out 10 them. They are stars. The rest
Of the House IS just a nebuous mass of gaseous
stuff.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-08

Mr.. Taft may wish secretly that he
might appoint himself to that Supreme
Court vacancy.
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The Senatorial committee to investigate
the high cost Of living is not having
much 10 say. On account of the in
creased cost Of white paper, perhaps.
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In the Year 1000.

ANY of your ancestors come over in
the Mayhower?'
No: we don't date that far back But
I am descended from one of the men that
went over 10 meet Roosevelt"
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THAT that that that man used is an
adjective" Can you parse that sentence?
Never mind. however; never mind. Even
il You can. keep It dark
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Mt Taft believes. long service makes
good Congressman. Is Mr.. Taft court
ing popularity in Congressional circles?
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satisfnctory SO Far.

Last year we censured earnestly
Our almost-spring.
But this years sample seems TO be
Tho real thing.
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Quite So.

she COMPLAINS that her husband is al
ways rubbering at the pretty girls"
Il see her point. II men would wear
binders, they would trot better in dou-
bic harness"
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Just between ourselves: Do you think
T. R. is "out Of politics%' Do you,
really?
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The Proner Gamer.

The Iong-haired critics say the new
play just produced in London, which was
written by a barber. should ba cut
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From the Boston Transcript.
The international Congress to meet in Washington
next October for the study of crime might find
more raw material % work upon by transferring TO
Pittsbure
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The Hon. Albert jeremiah Beverage
got fine, large rise out Of the Hon.
John DalZell. II was more than a lucky
cast the Senator made; Il was a shrewd
one