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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Mans InhumanitY.

The sessions Of the International Con-
gress of Penologists that have just
closed are almost Immediately followed
by another congress in this city whose
work may be regarded as only an extern
sion OF the former. When all is summed
up. IL would seem that the opinion that
the penologists have to deal with a
better class OF man than have the hu.
name societies is quite justified For, as
a class. the criminal has sometimes the
courage 10 face his fellow-man upon
whom he preys or against whom he Of
tends. while he who 81 treats the animals
often wreaks a vengeance or gives vent
to his uncomfortable passion upon a de-
fenseless and inofensive dumb brute. Of
the two classes, the offender against man
has decidedly the better of the compari-
son.
The work of protection Of animals Is
now very well organized in nearly all Of
the cities OF the United States. and pub
lie sentiment in favor of the extension Of
simple justice TO animals operates almost
spontaneously TO check anything Ike
cruelty or neglect In that direction But
the great field that is hardly touched as
yet. and the one where the good Offices
OF the societies are most needed. is to a
large extent the country districts. Il
needs no careful study or compilation of
statistics to tell those whose experience
or observation has had TO do with the ru-
raj communities that within the barns
and along the lonely stretches Of the
roads. In parts OF the country, there are
often perpetrated crimes OF omission and
commission against the defenseless ami
mails TO an extent of which jewellers in
the city have little or no conception and
viii hardly credit.
The work Of education in this direction
throughout the nation is a hard task TO
face. The philanthropic spirit that has set
on foot and promotes this movement, and
such characters as Henry Bergh. whose
admirable zeal and dauntless courage
made him both feared and respected as
the animals friend in New York City
for nearly quarter Of a century, serve
70 inspire those whose self-imposed duty
it is 10 spread abroad a doctrine that
makes for manhood and refinement quite
as much as any other educational move
ment OF which this country boasts so
many sources.
The work OF these societies is indeed
arduous and at times dlscouragins. for
when self-interest. which James G.
Blaine so sweepingly declared us the
handspring Of all human action" Is pow
erless TO turn an owner aside from the
neglect and cruelty which depreeiates the
value and impairs the efficiency OF his
animals. there is little hope that moral
suasion and argument, however logical.
can do much. The great essential. how
ever, in campaigns of this nature. that
strike at the very root OF things, Is per-
sistence and sustained effort.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Old Parties in the Empire State.

No other State in the Union enjoys
equal distinction with New York in the
matter OF shading party politics and in
the fine distinctions that party dissen-
sions in the past have created. The full
list OF political sects which one NAV re-
call is q long OHe, and some Of them
have stood for much in political crises,
some have served very brief purpose
and passed out while others again are as
yet immature. Some have conferred
around men. others have stood for prin-
ciples. but nearly all represent a mar
shaling OF political forces in the State
which has had preponderaung infiu-
ence upon elections for many years.
Without regard 70 those divisions
which have been more or less nation
wide in their application and following.
one recalls the Bucktails Of 1915, who op-
posed the policy of Gov. Clinton; the
Anti-Masons Of 1896; the American Party.
afterward called the Know Nothings. Of
1885, and the LOco-Focos OF the same
year; the And-Renters, who. between 1889
and 1871, opposed the collection OF rents
from old PATRON tenants; the Barn Burn
ers, and their opponents. the Hunkers. of
1874 and after; the Half-breeds, who op-
posed the machine" under ConkIing. and
the Stalwarts. who supported It, between
1851 and lSS-these are among the more
conspicuous divisions Of the old parties
which both originated and ffourished as
New York State political IdiosynerasIes.
Whether one should include Tammany
among these dissenting parties is a mat
Ter Of great doubt. for the occasion upon
which that organization has Numbered
It's sOiled linen in public have been very
few. and dissensions such as there may
have been within its ranks have doubtless
formed part or the secret work Of the
order.
The campaign which is now on has
contributed no party names which are
peculiar 10 the State. yet the personality
81 the leaders OF progressives, Insurgents,
and standpatters contribute distinguish
ng marks which set these divisions in a
special class among the similar wide.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
A Yard of Pork.

From the Youngstown Telegram
Rev. Robert Humphreys tells the fol-
lowing story which is related Of Rev.
Griffith Jones. a noted Welsh humorist:
Rev. Mr., Jones was standing in the
door or a store which he conducted In
his home town when he was approached
by q resident who, knowing his fond
ness for a joke. asked:
can you sell me yard of pork to-
day.
Yes. sir" promptly answered Jones.
How much is it?'
Just six shilllngs."
Bent on carrying the joke TO its end,
the man paid over his six shillings.
The pastor-storekeeper went TO the in
side Of the store and soon returned with
three pigs feet There's one foot, and
there's two feet, and there's three feet, "
he counted. 'and anybody knows that
three feet make a yard"
The customer got more than his six
pence worth telling the joke to his
friends.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
POLITICAL COMMENT.


From the Dallas News
The colonel ought to be able to tell with
a fine degree OF precision. just how I'M
comfortable IL is 10 stand midway be-
tween the devil and the deep blue sea
with the intervening space too narrow
for anything like freedom OF action. At
all events, he Is being prodded on one
side by those reactionaries in New York
because of his tyranny al Saratoga. and
on the other by Western pTogressives
because OF his complaisance. In New
York he is being censured because he
won the power of dictator, and in the
West he is being censured because he
didn't exercise IL like a dictator. The
colonel seems not yet to have seen that
his party cannot be half progressive
and half TeactiOnary. that it cannot laud
the tariff bill in the East and denounee
II IN the West without exciting derision
in both sections and commanding respect
in neither Politics IS largely the art of
compromise. but there are occasions
when some one, TO use an expression OF
the coloners, ought to get licked TO a
fragile"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
AU TUM N.

It's all a myth that autumn grieTesl
For watch the rain amid the leaves;
With silver fingers dimly seen
Il makes each leaf a tambounne,
And swings and leaps with elm mirth
To kiss the brow Of Mother Earth;
Or laughing mid the trembling grass,
II mods greeting as you pass,
o hear the rain amid the leaves
It's all a myth that autumn g1eyes,
It's all a myth that autumn grieVes-
For list the wind among the sheaVes.
Far sweeter than the breath Of May
Or stored scents Of old Cathay.
IL blends the perfumes rare and good
OF spicy pine and hickory wood
And with a voice as gay as rhyme
1t prates Of rihed mint and thyme.
o scent the wind among the sheayes-
It's all q myth that autumn grieyesl
It's all q myth that autumn gleVes,
Behold the wondrous web she weayes
BY 7ieWless hands her thread IS spun
OF evening yapoTs shyly won.
Across the grass from side 10 side
A myriad unseen shuttles glide
Throughout the night I'LL on the hight
Aurora leads the laFgard light
Behold the wondrous web she weaves-
It's all q myth that autumn gTieyes
Samuel Minturn Peck
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

Fom the Ohio State Journal.
We must not worry SO much about
platforms. They don't make a party.
IL is the men in IL who make he party.
and they may disagree upon some points.
II We see a man whose main purpose IN
life is ours, too, We lock arms with him
and march TO that purpose. II he be-
Heyes IN the square deal and decent
politics and honest service. We keep step
With him, even Il he does or does not
believe In postal banks OF national irri-
politics
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Attacks Upon Roosevelt.

From the topeka Capital
Is # because Roosevelt seeks 10 destroy
Democracy that the oligarchy OF trusts
and unruly corporations which hold
themselves above the law. are offended
with him? Who IS II that Is attacking
Roosevelt? What is the motive? The
friends Of the former President who &C
cepted the challenge Of the bosses in
New York and the urgent invitation OF
Gov. Hughes, TO get back into the heat and
dust or political controversy, should
watch the development Of this campaign
OF SANDER II is aimed az what Roose-
Welt stands for. II is a rallying OF all
forces to set back the progressive reform
movement in politics and business by de-
stroylng the greatest leader the move
ment has developed
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Civil service PoStmnstera.

From the ST. Paul Dispatch.
We are growing away from. risins
above. let us hope. the theory that public
Office is a political asset We are getting
upon a business basis and arriving at
the belief that public business. Ike any
other business. must be transacted on q
business basis. We depart from that
theory il we do not approve plan that
viii make the postmaster independent Of
the whim Of his member Of Congress and
enable him 10 feel that he may hold
office as long as he administers It with
honesty and efficiency.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
A BIAS WILLIS L. MOORE.
Southern Contemporary Says His
Record Is banning One.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
While II IS true that the weather was
not made an issue in the primary cleo
tons, we suggest that voters everywhere
call on Congressman designated to pledge
themselves to fire Willis l.. Moore along
with Cannon. There Is nothing else TO
do. The man who stands by Moore puts
himself on record as being in favor Of
special privilege, as being for the trusts.
as being hostile to the farmer. The
tariff is a mere bagatelle compared TO
the question Of Moore.
What has he done? All, what has he
not done? Is he not the monster who
plagued as with a drought in the spring
simply because We had enangered him by
refusing to accept his thesis on the de-
STABILITY of deforestration? We OBJ
jected then, and for a time he acted
well enough. chiefly. we suppose, because
he realized the justice OF our cause. or
because Mr. Taft who Is no friend OF
bis, censured him severely. And now
fer a whole month. simply because we
said he was related 10 Aldrich, he has
been deluging US with rain. refusing TO
vCuchsafe US even rainbow, and render
ing II quite impossible 10 pick cotton or
make the plants act as they should
Not only so. but In his desire 10 punish
us he has been taking all the rain that
belonged TO Washington, Baltimore. and
Virginia and pouring il or our fields, with
the result that the Capital got no relief
whatever from heat and dust until Mr.
Roosevelt stopped there the other night
for five minutes, during which time he
ordered Moore TO bring rain. which he
did. but the fellow made the showers
cease the moment the great man steamed
cut Of the station. 1t was the same
everywhere. He gave rain while Mr.
Roosevelt was present, but stopped it
when he left, doubtless IN order to have
plenty left wherewith 10 complete our
discontinue.
Away with him, Send him TO Pata-
Gonia. Let him rusticate in Madagascar
Attach him to the suite = King Manuel,
who knows what a dangerous thing
reigning Is Do anything with him. but
get him out OF control OF the weather
Every Democrat should stand pledged to
the removal Of Moore. Let him be i'm
peached, imprisoned. indicted, over
thrown, smashed. beheaded garroted.
strangled. or sat on. The man has gone
too far. An indignant and outraged pub
lie demands that he be eliminated.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Had One SpOtted.

From the Houston Post
Il will marry you when you get a
hero medal
at will have it tomorrow night"
do you know of some deed of hero
Ism you can perform?"
mo; but I know hero that can
lfolr
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
The People Always Right.

From the Providence Journal.
But II Il be true that a perpetual Presi-
denCy or something OF that sort is in
prospect. with the consent Of the ma
Jority OF the voters. By a peaceful revo-
luton in our whole system OF govern
ment, II can only be said hat 40 warn
ings Will stay the inevitable result Any
people are bound to get in the long run
the kind Of government they want. II
the American people want this kind, they
Will presumably get it, But for the pres
ent il seems fantastic to assume that
Theodore Roosevelt or any other man
can work such a miracle in their whole
political and social consciousness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
A LITTLE NONSENSE,
A MEAN TRICK.

We waited for the bride and groom
To start their trip.
There was enough rice IN the room
To sink a ship.
Each fellow held a rusty shoe
Behind his back:
And there were ribbons, pink and blue.
Upon the hack
The bride and groom, they held aloof,
To our dismay;
Then took an airship from the roof
and got away.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Refnrt Cnurteous.

From Chicago-Record Herald.
Wadsworth tat the telephone)-"Hello.
Is this Main 3S57?'
Voice al the Other End-"Yes. Who do
you want 10 see?'
Wadsworth-'Is Mr., Hammersly there?"
Voice at the Other End-"Yes. Do you
want 10 talk 10 him2'
Wadsworth-"No. / want to kiss him. "
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Degrees of Pandemonium.

Here's SO When I finish my speech
I want your gang TO raise pandemonium "
Ten dollars won't hire hat ten men.
boss. You can't expect much pande-
monium from that many"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Honest Genius.

From the Cleveland Leader
The editor wrote: Dear Madam-ThC
verses entitled The Kiss are very
clever. Can you assure me that they
are orignal?"
The authoress answered: "Sir-Not
quite. The Kiss was a collaboration"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Grossly InAnItinE.

From the Buffalo Express.
THE way that man looked at me was
most insulting" she said.
Did he stare, asked her brother.
mo; he looked once. and then turned
away as though ! was not worth no.
ticing."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Playing the Market.

From Puck.
"Curbroke never pays for his meat unt,I
a month afterWard"
$50 I hear. Prices in the meantime 20
up, and he feels as though he'd made
something"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Col. RooseveIt's aNo..

Prom the Louisville Couaer-Jomual
Mayor Gaynor who is asked whether
he would run for the Presidency says
Never" Il looks as II when Theodore
Roosevelt said Never" he added under
his breath, '"WeH, hardly ever"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Al Ther Cnnlh Find

Whats all that noise in the next
room
MY wife and three Of her girl friends
are trying TO play whist with only forty
seven cards in the pack
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Our FooIish Women.

My wife has gotten into trouble try
ing TO smuggIe."
Mines IN bad, too. She went and
bought me a seat in the Senate as a
little surprise. and now she's been in
dicted for bribery"
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Evidently a Bride.

What's the trouble now?"
Lady wants 10 know II we'll take
seven silver-plated berry spoons IN ex-
change for tin coffee pot"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Help some.

What has a university education done
for your
well, 1t gives me an excuse to take
three months of every fall TO go and
coach my old college team"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
A shrewd Approach.

Some speak you nice and ask advice;
You give the same.
And then they bone you for a loan
A scurvy game.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

Hazing again at the Naval Academy,
Is Annapolis jealous of West Point get
ting so much publicity through its "si-
ience?"
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No Chance TO GIont.

st wasn't seasick."
Then why this peevlshness% -
"Oh, we had a disgustingly smooth
voyage. Nobody was seasick."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

The Northwest does not seem 10 have
learned much from previous forest fires.
No other nation in the world would toll
crate such a waste of lives and forests.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
wiscousin Insurgencv.

From the Portland lOregl Telegram.
When IL comes 10 Simon-pure insur-
gency, the Wisconsin brand makes all
others in the market look like they were
violations Of the pure food law.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Describing a Progressive.

From the Ohio State Journal.
We notice that all political orators,
when they endeavor 10 describe what a
progressive IS. always DO it in g manner
that includes themselves within the term.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Doned Ont.

From the Buffalo Express
Don't you think Grace is foolish 10
marry an ayiator?"
''oh, you know, black is very. becoming
to her."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

The Kaiser is said TO talk fluently In
five languages. We have big folks who
can talk fuently five different ways in
one language.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

When the dispatches say that the old
Brownlow machine was smashed in Ten
nessee, they do not refer at all 10 an
aeToplane
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

spread national divisions. and give TO
them a peculiar significance in the pres
ent-day political struggles OF the Empire
state.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

The course taken by the people of
Rockville is designed TO prove the old
adage that the course of true love never
does run smooth.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12
Earning HIS SALARY.

From TIE Dallas News
Nobody can deny that the colonel is
advertising his paper successfully.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

If Mr.. Jack A. Chaloner nee CHAMBER
really rejoices in his brother Bob's dis
comfture. why insult Prince Dolgorouki
for helping 10 turn the trick?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

Real conservation Is embraced in the
calling of of the Grand Prix automo-
bile race on account OF the Vanderbilt
Cup casualties
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

once more the divine right OF the peo-
pie to rule themselves has busted" the
doctrine of the divine right of kings.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

In Washington neighbors are real neigh
borly. They covered up that marble
statue on the lawn OF a society womans
house
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

II DR.. Wilson can really teach New
Jersey how 10 manage IT'S corporations.
he will advance several more degrees in
public estimation The next thing ia
order viii be to teach the rest of tho
country how 20 keep the New Jersey
corporations from managing them.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

Is 1t not curious how. with the first
chill Of fall weather. you notice the
aroma-of moth balls in the air?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

Law as she is administered is a beau
tifully consistent thing. A man in Chi
eago got ten years for stealing two
bananas and one who swindled banks out
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

Aviators evidently do not believe that
II is better 10 suffer the Ills we have
than fly to others we know not of.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

II has been discovered from an old di-
Teetory that once on time rum was
sold at No. 26 Broadway Another retro
active sin OF the Standard OH.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

Prof, Harry Thurston Peek and King
Manuel are both out Of Jobs.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

II a syndicate is really running the In
surgents and the system the standpatters,
what IN the world are the people running?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

Having found the job Of being mayor
sufileiently dangerous. Judge Gaynor nat
urally does not want TO be President.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

II Is said that a gambling episode was
responsible for the invention Of sand
witches. and a hazard is stiI involved in
eating them.
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The Boston divine who defends the
hobble skirt perhaps has some kicking
members in his congregation
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

II seems almost as easy to purchase
perjurers as voters in Illinois.
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Happiness.



Happiness would seem to consist Of
not longing for the things that would
make US happy.
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And now Wisconsin is the theater of
guerrilla warfare
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-12

SO Mr.. Taft has at last discovered
where the shoe pinches.
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OF 10000 got three years. Let us re-
spect the law
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NJ. Nelidoff was born at Smolensk, in
Siberia, In 1885, where his father at the
time was governor. After a course at
the Petersburg University he entered
the diplomatic service I'm 1850, beginning
with posts as attache at Athens, Munich,
and Vienna. During the Russo-Turkish
war OF 1877 he was a leading spir5J in the
Russian general staff, directing the ad-
vance Of the army on Ottoman territory.
His services then We're considered of so
much value that he was one of the plen-
ipotentiaries at the protocol for the
treaty OF San Stefano. which he signed as
the second envoy OF the Gear. After
peace was established, Alexander III
sent Nelidoff on a secret mission TO the
sublime porte in 1852. which ne executed
with so much tact that he was sent as
ambassador 10 Constantinople.
The post Of Russian plenipotentiary to
Turkey is a difficult job; no doubt OF
that And yet de Nelidon remained there
fourteen years. In 1887 he was sent to
Rome. and since 1903 he was in Paris.
NJ de Nelldoff married the Princess
Olga Kilkoff. His collection or rare
Greek and Byzantine coins is said to be
the finest In the world. F.ANFUR,
Copyright. 1910. by Mcclure Newspaper syDdicate)