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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-08
POLITICAL COMMENT.


From the Kansas Gifts Journal.
For a fine demonstration of the demor-
alization OF the Republican party by the
insurgents one has only TO look at the
political situation In the various states
where the insurgents have strongly rs
serted themselves, In Kansas Gov. stubbs
and his machine following have practi-
eaIly abandoned their platform and have
injected the liquor question into the cam
paign, although as everybody knows there
is no real liquor question IN Kansas
New York IS mixed. but the indications
are that the state will go Democratic
There the insurgents have set up a straw
dummy, Wall street. upon which they
are raining blows for the edification OF
tho public. while Col Roosevelt fits 10
and fro in frantic efforts to elect the
man he nominated for governor
When Senator Foraker was called 70
take the stump in Ohio for the candi-
date OF the party he said things about
Roosevelt Thereupon Garfield said mean
things about Foraker. The State chair
man requested Foraker 10 keep still. and
Foraker did so until there was a de-
mand from the rank and file 10 hear
more. Then the state chairman recalled
Foraker. and now Roosevelt is rushing
out to Ohio to rescue the badly used Mr,
Garfield
In Iowa the Republican party is facing
a crisis. The Democrats are In fair
way to elect four Congressman. and four
more districts out OF total OF eleven
are in doubt,
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Reconnaissance Of Guantanamo.

II is surprise 10 most people who have
been following the navy yard situation,
with any attempt to Identify a consistent
policy, to learn that the Secretary OF the
Navy has returned from his transcontl-
mental inspection trip--by way OF Ha-
vana and Guantanamo-wlth favorable
impression OF Guantanamo as a naval
base Some years ago conflicting naval
view was responsible for the Congress
sional attitude concerning Guantanamo
as the proper site for a naval repair sta
tion and war base. Provision was early
made for the construction OF a large dry
dock and the erection and equipment of
adequate shops The work was under
taken and a part of the dock site had
been excavated ana machinery had been
sent to Guantanamo.
The recommendations from official
sources relating 10 the difficulty OF de-
Tending the place against the attack of
an enemy led Congress TO discontinue
it's annual allotments, and the work was
accordingly suspended. The movable
tools which had been shipped TO Guanta-
namo have since been brought back TO
the United states and distributed among
the navy yards at home. The impression
prevailing in Congress is that il IS next
20 impossible TO give the Guantanamo
dock yard and repair station the proper
fortifcations without an expense which
is not justified. The place has been de
soribed as vulnerably exposed 10 the fire
OF the enemy's ships. and under the
conditions such a place for the restoration
OF our damaged vessels in time Of war
OF a contribution to naval efficiency.
It is assumed that Secretary Meyer has
looked into this aspect of the case, since
he must have been fully advised OF the
objections which have prevailed in Con-
gress against the continuation Of the APP
preparations. Congress has had one ex-
perence in fitting out at great cost a
dock yard and repair plant at Port Royal
S c.. which had TO be abandoned, with
utter loss of every dollar which was put
into the establishment. II was remark
able therefore. that any money was set
aside for Guantanamo until the situation
was thoroughly understood. The partial
appropriation which has been made is in
a good way 10 represent that much waste
OF the public funds. If there be need OF a
navy yard adjacent 10 the Canal Zone. It
would seem that such a plant might be
established in Panama, which Is to be
fortified in accordance with an approved
plan. The same Notifications which de-
fend the canal against seizure in time
Of war would serve the purpose in behalf
of navy yard. However. Mr. Meyer
willlprobably be able TO give some def
mite information on the subject. and il
would be only fair 10 the naval admins
tration to suspend judgment until the Sec
rotary of the Navy has an opportunity
TO impart the results 81 his personal OBJ
servation and judgment
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
WHEY WOMEN VOTE.

Election day The girls. forsooth.
Are mad enough to flop.
The men have put the voting booth
Inside a barber shop.
The girls are learning from the men
Next year will hustle more.
Well have to do our voting then
Within a candy store.
Election day, 1t is a treat
To see u dainty dear
Arresting buns who would repeat
Or cen electioneer.
Election day, The dusk comes down:
The twilight onward rolls;
And mother. in her hobble gown,
Is limping TO the polls.
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From the Buffalo Express.
Mr.. Dix has said a number of things
about Mr.. stimson, the truth of which
Mr.. Stimson has denied. particularly
with reference TO his fees as special
counsel. Mr.. Dix has continued to re-
peat his statements after he knew Mr.
Stimson had denied them. In this Mr.
Dix has acted much more Extensively,
much less gentlemanly. than did Mr.
Roosevelt IN the matter of the wall paper
trust. Mr.. Roosevelt acknowledged that
his first statement as TO the connection
Of Mr.. Dix with the Continental Com
pany was an error, but argued that his
connection with the magnates of the
Continental was SUFFICIENT TO prove the
point
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THE FADED FIELD.

Broad bars Of sunset-slsnted gold
Ape laid along the isld. and here
The silence sings as if some old
Refrain that once tang lcEg ana clear
Came softly. stealing to the ear
Without the aid u sound. The riil
Is yo.ceiess and the grass i seTe.
But beautys soul abideth still.
Tanceiike. the mellow air doth hold
The sorrow Of the passing year;
The heart Of nature groweth cold.
Tie time Of falling snow is near
On phantom feet. which none may hear,
CreeIs-wiih the shadow Of the hill
The semblaRce Of departed cheer
Bat beanty's soul abideth SIN.
The dead gray-cnstered weeds enfold
The weli-knOWn summer path and drtaf
The drRkiug hills. like pillows rolled
Against the distant SKY. appear
From lonely haunts. where Night and Fear
Keep ghostly tryst. when mists are chill
The dark pine lifts a jagged spear,
But beautys soul sbideth still.
ENvOI.
Dear love. the DAYS oDce were dFear
Mas come no more life mas tnlnli
Her feeting dreams With mzny tear
But beautys soul abideth still
Robert Burns Wilson
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No Remedy.

See here. vender, there's a worm in
this chestnut"
"Well. sir. we can't indict Mother Ma
ture under the pure food law"
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states Debt TO Roosevelt.

From the New York Evening Mail
If those Republicans who are talking
of boiling the Stimson ticket because
Roosevelt was active in naming it had. in
sufficient numbers, taken the same tack
in 1906 and F0S, the State would not have
had the Hu shes reforms and the Hughes
example. 4 would have elected Hearst
in 1906 and Chanler In 1903
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Casey ut the jet.

From Everybodys
What's this I hea. about Casey?''
asked MeGinnis.
He's been trying to asrhyxiate him
SELF said OReilly.
"G'wan! What did he dor
HE lit every gas-jet In the house and
sit down and waited"
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but by the one quality in which he out
shohe ali his rlyals--by his uncomfortable
eadaesty." Ferrero tries to fool US by
saving that he IS writing about the EN-
neror flandin-
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senator Dicks Version.
-om the Cleveland Flsin Dealer.

From the Cleveland Flsin Dealer.
II was impossible TO keep Senator Dick
off the stump. He is making speeches,
ostensibly for Harding. and declaring
that graft" is not an issue in the State
campaign. The real issue, he says, is
the tariff. Dick is speaking only in the
smaller towns To his small audiences
he is addressing a defense of the Payne
AIdrich law, which he supported as Sem
ator. OF course. Dick Is not in this way
Offering any proof why Harding should
be elected governor of Ohio. But he is
adding TO the large mass of proof why
Dick Should not be returned 10 the United
States Senate.
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Evidently Not.

"Have you forgotten that s. you owe
me?"
Not at ali. Didn't you see ME try 10
dodge into that doorway
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Chicago judge has pronounced. the
new statute prohibiting billhoards 'front.'
ing on the boulevard or on parks ille-
gal. This blow TO the city beautifur'
plans Is based on the theory that the
State has mo right to interfere with
property rights on mere aesthetic
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-08
The Limit.

From Life
Maud-she acts as though she owned
her husband.
Beatriee-Sure she does. She thinks
she owns him as much as she does the
book she borFows.
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way the Law Works.

Judge. ] admit I was exceeding the
speed law by about two miles an hour.
But that isn't speeding.
You are not charged with speeding,
my good man. You are charged with OBJ
structing traffic"
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To onset Registry Frauds.

From the Newark Evening Star.
Right on the eve of the election in 1905
raids were made by county deputies on
the cheap lodging-houses in the Fourth
ward for fraudulent voters. and more
than a score Of the dodgers were rounded
ur and IN default OF bail sent 10 jail.
where they were kept until after the
election. Some time after the election
they were Internationally discharged,
there being no evidence against them.
This year the main object Is offsetting
the effect OF the exposure OF Republican
registry Afrauds in Camden and Atlantic
City. which have excited horror. In
both counties a comparison of the reg
istry with population shows that sthe
registry Ia Camden City represents
voter for every 800 of population. ano In
Atlantic City voter for every $50 OF
population. This percentage Is far above
ali other cities and towns Of the State.
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Election Day,

Have things all gone to pot?
Are prospects bright?
Wen know. as like as not.
BY tonight.
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The old. Old story.

Daughter, has the duke told you the
old. old story as yet"
Yes: he says he owes about two hun
dred thousand plunks."
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One candidate has been eating in bean
cries for the past six weeks, so as TO
avoid any references 20 feasts of Bel
shazzaT.
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The UnknovvabIe.

Pom l. Amour.
Young men of to-day don't under
stand women's hearts
No; they don't even understand their
milliners' bills
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a Pennsylvania man has bought Il
wife for SIS That is another instance of
the high cost Of living. In the old days
a few pounds of tobacco was the regu-
lar price
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succeeding neautifuIIy.

Frc1n the Detroit Efee Press.
How Is your wife getting on with her
social settlement work."
Great She's had her picture IN the
paper twice this month"
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The Rome (Ga.) Tribune says that Mr..
E. II. southern" is to popularize Shakes
peare. We did not know before, Jimmy.
that SOthern had those Southern affilia-
TONS
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-08

Lower prices confidently can be ex-
pected this winter. OF all the crops, corn
is the most influential on the prosperity
Of the country, and this years is the
largest ever reaped. amounting 10 more
than 3.000.000.,,O bushels. or 10 ser cent
larger than last years, which also was a
banner crop, Plenty OF corn means that
pork and all pork products viii be lower
Hogs are fed on corn, and when corn is
cheap the cost Of raising them Is less
A little later, therefore, pork, ham, bacon,
and lard viii be lower. Cattle also are
corn led, and the same good result will
apply to beef. And it is the same with
poultry, which largely is corn fed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-08

The italian historian. Ferrero, writes:
The youngest recruit in the ranks of
the pToletariat. who knew neither fear
nor scrpples, and combined the violence
OF the demagogue with tie self-assnraRce
OF the aristocrat. he was prepared to
assert his claim 10 dominate the COM
munity-not so much by MS intellect.
which vas. indeed. 81 no way responsible,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-08

The Cleveland Leader says: Mime
Melba has come and gone and we don't
know ~ how TO pronounce Puccini."
You do not? Why, the second sc" Is ST.
lent, as in "hsh."
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A London scientist announces that he
has discovered sure cure for cold,
but according TO that formula every man
you meet nowadays is a London scientist
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wife and Daughter.

Going to exhibit at the horse show
this year2''
Yes; I've entered a couple of gowns. 3"
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Statistics show that only one woman
in hundred reaches the age OF sixty
but this IS not surprising considering
how many years it takes for the average
woman 70 get out of her teens.
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Nature is always kind. She has sent
rs a few tastes Of frost so that Tuesdays
chill OF defeat may not seem too severe
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Tomorrow viii clearly indicate to the
country whether the Ohio voters like
cabinet nndding.
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Chinese statesmen either have TO give
up 'heir queues or their jobs. Like Ameri-
lean politicians would do If confronted
with similar alternative. they are get
ting their hair cut
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When Il was announced that Quincy.
H., has grown only l per cent In ten
years. We do not know whether Quincy
is just truthful or merely conservative.
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Which is il that the magazines will cur
tail II Mr.. Hitchcoek's plan natures
reading matter or advertisements?
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A modern definition Of a perfect opti-
mist IS the man who has to hustle to get
rs street ear fare and yet ends delight
In reading automobile advertisements
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Gov. stuart's aFrost.D

From the PittsbuTg Post.
Thus far no explanation is vouchssfed
by any Penrose organ OF the neglect Of
Gov. Stuart at the loudly heralded Re-
publican rally IN the East End TO otter
one word in commentator of Mr.. Tener.
Did Genial Ed" forget his eue2 He is
an old bachelor. but not subject 70 stage
fright, and among the ladies IS said 20 be
as debonair and gallant as any knight
of old But he was advertised TO be com
ing into town. and that calumniatovs OF
Mr. Tener had better watch out.
The governors memory served him ex-
celleNtly In recalling the usual list Of
Republican worthless. starting with Lin
eOln and be was effusive in praising
John Dalzell. though he was speaking IN
Afr Burkes district But he had no frank
Endorsement OF Tener TO utter. and the
omission must be taken as significant.
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Just to show how little modern names
mean. two more "hreproof buildings"
have burned IN Philadelphia.
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China may realize. now that we have
lent her s50.0O0,00e, that her integrity Is
pinned on a good deal safer than it was
before.
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A writer III the Florida Times-Union
says that babies should be kissed on the
top of the head Not the kind OF babies
we have In Washington.
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nlrect Leglslation the Issue.

IRON The ST. Louis Republic
How far Missouri has gone in the adop-
ton of the method of direct legislation
is net generally realized, but it ought to
come home to every voter in ST. Louis
next Tuesday. With eleven constitution
al amendments requiring careful study.
the Missouri voter has q serious legisla-
tive duty TO perform.
1t will not compare, however. with the
task imposed on the voter in Oregon.
In that state no less than thirty-two
constitutional amendments, submitted
under the initiative and referendum law,
will tax the intelligence of its voters
next Tuesday in a degree unmatched by
any previous precedent In that or any
other State.
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No doubt the bureau of explanations of
the Republican party is already getting
INTO shape TO show how ii all happened.
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II you are an admirer of magazine
poetry, It may interest you to know that
a recent poetical contest held by a mag
azine was ven by an insane woman.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-08

That woman who holds the feminine
record for throwing a baseball 262 feet
was probably on top of the Metropolitan
Life Building In New York.
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The "Difference in Cost" FaIincy.

From the Providence az. H. Journal.
Do the Democratic candidates in this
State who have declared themselves IN
favor OF a revision of the tariff, so that
If will represent only the difference. OF
wage cost Of production between the
United States and foreign countries.
know that If such a revision should be
eHade II would paraiyze manufacturing
and bankrupt the national Treasury?
The average wage cost of manufac-
lures IN this country in 800 was less than
Is per cent. and an average customs
duty of 10 per cent would probably be
sufficient. SO far as the protection OF
American labor is concerned. But sud
den drop OF duties from % TO 10 per cent
would cause widespread disaster in nearly
every branch OF manufacture. and would
reduce the receipts OF the national Treas
ury nearly 80 per cent.
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1t was perhaps little too close to
election day to announce the discovery
that the high cost OF living was due
solely 70 the Russo-Japanese war.
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The Man for Detroit.

Prom the DetrCit News.
II the tariff is a local question. then
the man who has the best tariff ideas
for his community Is the man that com
munity ought 10 tie 10 There is one
important development OF the tariff con-
trover6y OF especial Importance to De-
troit-reciprocity with Csnada-and of the
two Congressional candidates the one
who has addueed the weightiest argu-
ments for il is Mr.. Doremus. In the
catalogue Of Mr.. Denbys beliefs the mat
ter OF reciprocity with Canada is not even
mentioned, 1t is not among Mr.. Den
by's interests. His speciality is consular
laws. which is a splendid thing Tor the
consular service, but it does not yield
any direct service to the First Congress
sional district OF Michigan.
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grounds. There are worse things than
bin boards in chicago to nullify city
beautiful' efforts.
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Hope for a Democratic House.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wall street stiH smarts from the Roose-
welt whip and is not pleased with the
attitude of the Taft administration. There
fore the interests" viii not be grieyed by
Republican defeats this fall. II is more
than likely that they hope the next Lower
House Of Congress viii be Democratic.
Not that they wish TO see the Democratic
party in control OF Congress. That would
lift them out Of the frying pan only to
throw them into the fire. But greatly do
they desire the blocking Of the Republi-
can programme which aims 20 deprive
them of unfair privileges and place them
under control. And they have every rea-
son to think that a Democratic House OF
Representative would produce that ef-
feet, for two years at least.
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NJ. BRAND has been a sore disappoint-
ment to the French socialists. who had
come to look upon him as radical
OF radicals, and expected him In high
Office TO exemplify all their doctrines 20
which he had assented, When the rail-
road strike assumed a dangerous phase
and agitators were trying to fan il into
a rebellion, the premier developed con-
sentative and patriotic sentiment, with
the result that his restrictive measures
saved the country from an upheaval.
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A pupil in an indianapolis high school
in an essay on cotton wrote that it was
used chiefly 10 manufacture wooden
goods. That shows the advantage of
bringing our youth up on tariff schedules.
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Activity at the "Poles. y

To all loyal Washingtonians; Go earl
to the polls and do your duty,
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The new King visited the United States
in 1902 He is a man OF education, re-
finement, and energy. He was born in
1881. The poor fellow has but one mother.
but. alas for his youth. l49 stepmothers.
Il may be added that the new monarch
does not believe in polygamy. Why
should he. after such an experience at
the home where ne was brought up? His
next Oldest brother is the son of another
wife; besides. he has some nineteen other
brothers. and "a few" sisters In 1895.
when his older brother died. the Zena-
bodice. or crown council, declared him
the crown prince. He was sent to Eng
land for his schooling in 1898. After the
necessary preliminaries he entered the
military academy AT Sandhurst, the West
Point of Great Britain. After graduation
he served as an officer with the Durham
Light Infantry His soldering done. he
entered Christ Church College, Oxford
Later he went to France, learning the
language OF that country. which he now
speaks fiuently also. His vacation time
as student he spent in travelling in
other European countries, seeing, learn
ing, and broadening his views.
The royal family Of Siam are Buddhists.
and both the dead King and the present
king for some time had to be Buddhist
priests, as is the custom with all men in
Siam. FLANEUR.
Copyright, 1910 BY Mcclure NewspapeE syndicate.l