The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-04
POLITICAL PoTPoURRI.

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From the Richmond Times-Dispaseh.
Has anybody seen Garfield And what has BE-
come Of CLAWS and Kerbyf
From the New York Herald
II Mr. Roosevelt had not had so much to say BE-
fore election he might have moro to SAY now.
From the Springfield Republican
II Maine has been dry 70 degres. thu Demo
cratic purpose Is 10 make her drier than eset.
From the Boston Globe
One Of ths election expense returns includes an
Item Of s. for cigars. How many did that busf
From the Rochester Herald.
In going back TO Washington. the colonel probably
noticed that the Washington Monument was stin
in the same place
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tie one particularly noticeable fact about John
r. Mclean Is that he Is not the night man to be
United States Senator fron Ohio
From the 81. Louis ost-Dispateh
Further information IS 10 the effect that SIR. TAFT
viii not be any the worse Of If he hangs on TO
D~'t'AsSi enei tiso NHu VI AA7 e~AAAs
From the Des Moines Register.
Just 10 be on the safe side Mr.. Taft might pat
civil service rivets through few more Thousand
Offices before things 60 wrong in 1912
prum tho indianapolis sun.
II President Taft takes care Of ali the lame
ducks" that were crippled at the last election it viii
be tossup whether he should open hospital or
start poultry farm.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Gov Dix. Of New YORK. VIII have no hand in the
selection Of 3 United States Senator. Cor. FosS
d Massachusetts,. on the oonsrsry proposes to take
hand in the selection Of a successor to Senator
Lodge.
From the Hartford Courant
Col. Roosevelt has not bought e winter home in
Texas as Col. Bryan did. but he's going to pat in
several months there prssentlyhunting Wild beasts
and other materials for projected volumes Of original
research.
From the New YORK American.
Nobody wants the coming short session Of the
Sixty FIST Congress 10 rip up the tsrH laws from
end to end But everywhere the tenor Of public
comment runs in favor Of the immediate revision
Of the wool schedule.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Gov. Hamons Official plurality proves 70 be loo,-
1T, II is impressive until the returns are looked
into a little. Then the marvel Is that 50 great a
margin Of victory should 10 possible with little
enthusiasm behind ii.
From the Baltimore sun
candidate in New YORK includes cents for
one lemon IN his expense account, while another in
Boston states that he expended only hot air, B0s
ton and New YORK thus furnish the principal fea-
lures q American politics
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
With Mr. Bryan still plugging for it in the West.
Wan street s1erting its pub for 1t in the Feast
and the South keeIdng along just by force Of habit.
the Democratic party Is beginning % have some
confidence IN its future-outside Of Pennsylvania.
From the Boston Transcript.
Like all the scfseeksFs in politics. Mr. Bryan is
himself predatory interest. Il Is a part q the
game for such men 10 den5uBee As predatory any
political arrangement which does not in some way
bring grist to their mills. AIr. Bryan Is entirely
consistent.
From the Boston Traveller.
At any nate. the Wisest eourse seems to he this
Change no schedule hastily or Tindieti5ely: strength
en the tariff commission: make IL responsible 20
Congress and then LET Congress act on its advice
without the bias and log-roIliug that have mared
the past taFif bills u both parties
Fmm tbs Worcester Telegram
How The Democrats do throw cold water on the
project Of Everywhere Numerous Foss % 60 doSn
on the cape aud pound the political life out Of
Senator Lodsa They Fefuse to go with him. They
fail to see any Democratic cTanberies 70 PICK down
there. and that Is all they want Foss To-.
From the Ansonia Sentinel.
Connecticut Socialists nos demand third place In
the tsbulation of the report n the recent election.
In one way they are entitled 20 first place. and
that is in the amount Of money spent. According
10 their own statement. the several parties in Con
neoticut expended sums as follows. Socialists ss5
! Prohibitiouists, $3.50; Democrats. Ssss2i Repaid
hcans. S2B.sS
Frum the Springfield Union.
sen4t0rtObe John ". Kern. .; Indiana. hunly
refuses TO sacrifice his whlskes at the request Of
constituent who fears that these facial SdoFnments
viii be ont Of place in the United States Senate.
Mr. Kern Is well within his rights in this respect.
The place for Keru's Whiskss is on the face they
have smbeIlished 50 many years. and where Kern
goes there also his whiskers should 50.
From the New York Tribune.
For tie comfOrt Of those who think woman suffrage
/ IS not making progress and for explanation by
those who sure il is the following result Of four
successive votes upon it in the State Of Oregon Is
offered:
lso-Yes 8.s5i no. 24O2.