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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Senator Lorimer's Course.

Several opinions are advanced about
what Senator Lorimer should do. One
is that he should resign and quit the
scene. Another is that he should place
his resignation in the hands Of Gov. De-
neen subject to the result of the investi-
cation Of the charges affecting the in
tegrity of his commission. A third holds
that if he absents himself from the SEN
ate until the matter has been cleared I'D
he will do all that is necessary in the
premises.
Undoubtedly. the filing OF such charges
as stand against Mr.. Lorimer is in
furious to a senator. They impair his
usefulness. They make his relations,
personal and official. with his colleagues
unpleasant, both for him and them. The
world, and particularly the political
world, is suspicious and censorious.
At the same time. q man cannot af-
ford to retreat in the mere face of
charges. That would invite charges. A
mans enemies believing he would run
away would be encouraged to attack him.
They might upon a false or very slender
foundation proceed against him either
in the hope of running him politically. or
with the object of levying blackmail.
Had a too great sensitiveness been
shown by Mr.. ingalls, Of Kansas the
country would have lost the services in
the Senate Of that brilliant and useful
man. Charges against the manner of
his election were made, and his enc
mics followed him here. But he stood
his ground. asked for an investigation
and was vindicated. He served three
terms, with great credit to himself and
his state. and fell, not before calumny,
but fanaticism.
Twenty-odd years later. Mr.. Hanna
had an embarrassing experience re-
specting his commission. Charges were
made that improper influences had pre-
vailed in his election to the Senate. He
was a shining mark at the time. AS
the personal friend and political adviser
of President Mckinley. he had the eye
and ear Of the country, and his down
fall would have been heavy. But he
stood up to his accusers, and triumphed
over them.
Mr.. Lorimer has asked the Senate to
investigate the charges in his case. and
has gone home. where he is engaged
with his private affairs. That seems
all that is necessary at this time. II
the charges are sustained, either in the
courts procedure in Illinois. or in the
findings of Senate committee, Mr..
Lorimer must, Of course, retire. If the
charges fail he may be expected to
serve out his term, however little good
he may be able in the circumstances to
render his constituents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Roosevelt and the Big Stick.

Mr. Roosevelt explained to company
of journalists in London recently his
famous quotation. Walk softly, and
carry a big stick" The public, 1t seems,
fastened on only the latter half OF the
admiration. His intention was to en-
phasize the first half.
Mr. Roosevelt owes the public. 1t did
him a service. 1t picked out the proper
sign for him, and in that sign-the big
stick-he has conquered. So long as any
memory of him remains, the big SUCK
will share his glory. 1t is a piece or TIM
Der the historians will not let die.
An old saw. like gift horse. should
not be too closely inspected. Still. 1t
may be said that walking softly and
carrying a big stick is difficult thing
to do Walking softly suggests caution
and conservatism and concession. Carry
ing a big stick suggests not only knowl-
edge of it's value, but disposition to
use the weapon. A man so equipped is
not only ready for, but rather disposed
toward, shindy. A stick in hand is a
temptation. and pates in opposition
would do well to look out.
We all know how it has been In Mr..
Roosevelt's case. He has never done
chosen stirring themes and administered
severe treatment to those with whom he
differed. AS politician he has kept
everything at white heat around him.
As an executive, from state assemblyman
to President Of the United States he kept
everybody advised of his presence. And
as soldier he chose to be known as
rough rider. Softly is not found anywhere
in the vocabulary of his achievements.
But the big stick has fitted to his per-
formances like glove to the hand. We
find 1t constantly in his possession. and
constantly swinging. The civil service
commissioner swung it. The New York
police commissioner swung 1t. The as
sistant secretary of the navy found use
for it. The Governor Of New York dis
covered that he could lay around him
at Albany with it to advantage. And for
seven years and half the swish of it in
and from the White House kept the ears
OF the country attuned to the sound.
The public heard the old saw from Mr..
Roosevelt's lips. and applied it as seemed
appropriate. And it made no mistake.
Mr.. Roosevelt is the apostle Of hullabalOo.
He neither walks softly, speaks softly.
writes softly, thinks softly, nor acts
softly. He does everything at top speed,
and with all his might Roosevelt, and
the big stick. one and inseparable, now
and forever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
The Cynosure.

How will the hero whom we greet
Array himself before
The welcoming crowds who haste to meet
Him face to face once more?
Some say We'll see him marching in
A splendid Afric lion skin.
Perhaps he'll wear the Scottish kilt,
And then again, perhaps.
He'll have q sword with jeweled hilt-
He may appear in chaps.
For they who seem to know him best
Associate him with the west
The cap and gown Of college life,
The olive branch full-grown,
The trumpet and the steel Of strife
Are all his very own.
We stand and wait tip to get
AS to the fashion he will set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Dalzell.

Various reasons are offered for the re.
suit in the Pittsburg primary. Mr.. Dali
zell was too closely identified with Can
nonism." He had at last overplayed his
hand as a standpatter. He had opposed
a tariff commission. He had lost his hold
at home through the carelessness tina,
sometimes springs from long service
You pays your money, and you takes your
choice. But certain 1t is that, for some
reason, Mr. Dalzell, after an able and
useful service of twenty-four years In
the House, is on the ragged edge, and all
Pennsylvania is wondering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
The AVIATORS.

From the st. Louis Times
| Chicago complains Of not having seen
| any aeroplane flights. Tut tut, it's only
little villages that have them.
From the Cleveland Leader.
| Will English and French cross-channel
war maneuvers with aeroplanes be the
next thing on the program? We guess
not.
From the New York American.
An aviator is now frequently referred
| to as an airman. which seems IA good
enough name, fly guy being perhaps
little slangy.
| From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
| There is talk Of arranging an aeroplane
race from New York to Chicago. 1t is
easy to understand why aeronauts should
wish to fly from New York. but some
people will find difficulty in figuring out
why. escaping from New York, they
should fly to Chicago.
From the Syracuse Post Standard
Aviator Hamilton proposes to go 1853
miles without stopping the return trip
| from Philadelphia next Saturday. The
! efforts of New Workers to get away from
Philadelphia are often heroic.
From the New York World
The more frequent appearance Of pas
sengers in aeropianes brings the day of
practical air transportation appreciably
nearer
From the Troy Record.
The steady procession Of new aviation
prizes will be followed soon by a steady
procession of aviators winning them
Aerial travel has reached the point where
little lure is enough to provide new
records and unique accomplishments
From the st. Louis Star.
1t is no more difficult to fly over water
than over land. but the watering place is
is the landing place.
From the Houston Post.
These fat aviation prizes are going to
put good many men in the air and we
rather expect to see some of them put
under the ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
The RAILROADS.
NJ the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.

From the Council BlunS N0nparell
If you see two or three railroad presi-
dents with their heads together. you
will be given just one guess as to
what they are talking about.
From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
The railway chiefs have discovered
that the government neither had the
ability nor the inclination to take the
roads from them, and they have now
turned their attention to the improve
ment Of their facilities for handling
the traffic This will be large prob
lem in these days of republican pros
perity.
From the New York Tribune.
Well. anyway. it is something to know
that there is no present need of con-
ferring upon any commission authority
to compress stretched" railroads.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
comforted. AS it cannot be helped. the
public will probably be content to let
it go at that.
From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The government and the railroads hav-
ing signed a treaty of peace, business
may now resume
From the Memphis Commerclal-Appeal.
It took four hours for the railroad
representatives to remove the cross-tie
from the Presidents eye so that he
could see things their way.
From the Baltimore Sum-
Just so the compact between the
President and the railroads doesn't
turn out to be a truce of the bear.
FROM the Cumberland Evening Times.
The fight between the railroads and
the President recalls the opposition of
the bull to the locomotive. only that in
this case the bull has proven bigger
than the locomotive.
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
We have seen great corporations
brought to their knitting in quick
order more than once. 1t Is an inter-
esting operation, but not "a very profit
able one for anybody in particular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
A PLAINTlVE PLEA.

Madam Fashion, let US chat
For awhile.
Kindly tell us where we're at
AS to style.
May the hapless girl who serves
AS your slave
Be allowed TO have the curves
Nature gave?
Or must she again compress
Her anat
To the semblance, more or less.
OF q Stat?
Madam Fashion, we await
Your DEGREES.
Kindly let us know our fate,
II yo,. III, aSr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

EyIn order to avoid delays on account OK
personal absence letters to THE STAR
should not be addressed to any individual con-
nected with the ONCE, but simply to THE STAB,
or to the Editorial or Business Department
according to tenor purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

ATHENS. Greece, May 10. 1910
All the world will be interested to know
that an attempt is being made to restore
the Parthenon and the
Words Of other buildings upon the
p Acropolis at Athens
10osS0AoAco' which in many re-
spects is the most important task of the
kind ever attempted. 1t is not intended
to rebuild or redecorate this most perfect
and beautiful Of all buildings ever erected
by human hands to the condition in which
it stood when it was destroyed by Vene-
tan artillerymen in 1857, but - effort is
being made to identify and aplace In
their original positions such fragments
Of the walls and pillars and columns as
are strewn over the ground, and wher-
ever necessary to support them by new
material.
Dr. Kavvazhias, director Of the Greek
Archaeological Society, who has this work
in charge. has expressed himself very
clearly concerning his intentions. in order
to reassure any areheologist and artist
and scholar who may fear that too much
may be done in the way Of restoration
and renewal.
ut should be understood" he says,
tHdt IHeTe IS no lHtentlOn Oh TeOulluiIlS
the monument with new material-that is
to say, Of restoration-a word which. TAX
en- in this sense. has caused western
scholars to protest to the Greek authori-
ties against this manner of recreation of
ancient monuments. This anxiety is
baseless, because the society has adopted
the following system: Fallen stones and
architectural members are replaced in
their original position. and any interven-
ing pieces which may be missing are sup
tod ,54r %y,n 20
placing of existing stones. Thus, if fair
number of the drums of a column exist,
those lacking are supplied. in order that
the former may be regretted. Two points
are thus gained: The column is restored,
and the parts preserved, being put back in
their original positions, are protected
from further damage
This careful definition concerning the
use to which the employment of any new
material is to be confined should alay
any uneasiness which the achievements of
other restorers nearer home have made
only too natural, and show that the Greek
authorities are fully aware of the extreme
Importance Of the work and responsible
ties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

Alice Thaw is lucky in getting $780,
300 of the money settled on the Earl
Of Yarmouth. who made the mistake of
insisting that the marriage be ar
ranged on a purely business basis. Very
few earls are really good business men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Self-Sacrifce.

81 thought 1 told you to stop smoking"
said the doctor, severely.
II tried to-" replied the patient. but
haven't the heart to disappoint the
members Of my family who look to me
for prize coupons and base ball pictures .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

Philadelphia is threatening to put
joy-riders in Jail. Having reduced the
danger of street car riding to mini
mum, 1t feels capable Of taking up
other matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

The fact that the Egyptian vote is
very light in this country may make 1t
easier for popular statesman to tell
England exactly what she ought to do
in northern Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Silent EFFICIENCY.

IT'S not the noisy man who scores
A record worth the telling.
The dentist calmly fills and bores
While others do the yelling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
A Systematized Conscience

did you ever sell your vote?" asked
one member Of a suspected legislature.
mo" replied the other. II let it out
to q syndicate, took an interest in the
business and draw dividends on it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
A Suspicious Transaction.

I'm afraid that astronomer isn't pune
tilious in money matters said the
broker.
He usually pays his debts"
Eyes. But he predicts the end Of the
world In month and has just given me
a note for sixty days"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Courteous Custom Stopped.

'I will be magnanimous, said the
French duelist. Rather than risk TAX
ing human life, will fire in the air.
Don't do that" responded his second;
you'd be almost sure q hit an aviator"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

oniy-time will tell whether the story
or the prodigal son will be in any way
applicable to the republican party and
the Insurgents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

The climate has impaired a peculiar
ghastliness to the fashion articles that
are illustrated with bathing suit pic
lures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
Russian
Menace.

thus protected from any and all military
operations from the south, while Vladivo-
stok remains as a permanent menace to
Japan.
The Russian press, and particularly the
nationalist Novoye Vremya, fails to see
the advantage in this light. and declares
that it is sand thrown in the eyes OF
Russia, and absurdly claims that the OBJ
ject Of the Americans is to throw a golden
apple of discord to China, Russia and
japan and at China's expense. The
Novoye Nremya writes, THE point at
issue is not Russia's unwillingness to
participate in the enterprise of the Amer
lean syndicate, but her categorical refusal
to authorize the undertaking at all. The
agreement Of November Is, 1899. invested
Russia with the right to take this stand
and she has not the slightest grounds
for waving it, And referring to the
proposed construction of railway
through Manchuria from Chinchow I'm
the south to Aigun i'm the north. the
Vremya said: Without Russia's assent
the Chinese government has no right to
bestow a railway concession north Of the
great wall. Under these circumstances
Russia possesses not only the right and
the possibility, but the direct obligation.
to withhold her consent from the realiza-
ton of the American project
The question of unrest or insubordina-
ton in the provinces of China is recent
ly mentioned in an article in the London
Saturday Review under the title OF
Chinese Progress
The writer of the article says that
things are never absolutely quiet in China
and that this should be expected from
such a huge disjointed machine as a de-
centralized empire. He says. indeed-and
the observation is reaSsuring-that the
periods of unrest in China run in decen-
NAL intervals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

Mr. Lorimer Of Illinois is doubtless
among those who are shocked at the
tendency of so many people to talk
scandal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12
NO SERIOUS UNREST IN CHINA

The recent outbreak in China. which
was local in character, has been followed
by some unrest in Nan
Marking king sufficiently disquiet-
ing to cause Rear Ad-
AAouoleS' miral Hubbard. command
ing the United States naval forces in the
north Pacific. to hold a warship in read
mess to proceed to Marking in case of
necessity. The consular corps at Nam
king, in view of the alarm of the foreign
residents. usually oversubject to panics,
presented a collective note to the viceroy
OF the province suggesting that measures
should be taken to stop the anti-foreign
movement. We know by personal ex-
perience how anti-foreign panics are
created by the panicky foreign resident.
led by his still more panicky consul.
was this an anti-foreign movement? On
the contrary. it appears that it was al
most entirely anti-dynastic.
Aside from the outbreak in the Human,
a dispatch from Picking, dated June ,, an
nounced that diplomatic circles had been
much stirred over the receipt of an
anonymous circular letter declaring that
an anti-dynastic revolution immi-
nent, and diplomats We're warned not to
take sides with the ManchuS.
The Chinese government appears to be
quite prepared to deal with any situation
of violence which might occur Seven
thousand native troops in Marking, whose
loyalty was suspected, were deprived of
ammunition and the bolts and bayonets
Of their rifles withdrawn. On the other
hand there remained in Marking eight
thousand loyal troops. whose fidelity TO
the government was d guarantee of
peace and the maintenance of order 1t
is affirmed in official circles that notwith-
standing the many dispatches reporting
violence it is largely due to fear, and
that for a fact there is no serious unrest
in China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

1t is now suggested that some of the
charges imposed by Commander Peary
for taking on a passenger could not
possibly find the Endorsement of the
interstate commerce commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

Like the playwright. the lecturer
sometimes delights in finding prob
lens" for which there are no answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

Some New York capitalists are going
to make a tour Of Alaska this summer
This should put Mr.. CLAWS once more
on the qui vive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

The, customs collectors have already
spoiled the pleasure OF the trip for sew
eral of'this years European tourists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

Among the people who maintain an
yraccountable silence is that stalwart
challenger. Sir Thomas Upton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

When It came to rate agreements
railway men were quick to recognize q
danger signal.
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Causes of
Agitation

there is the undoubted movement Of
China for the Chinese which sentiment
the government has utilized to defeat
concession after concession made when il
appeared impolitic to refuse. Then there
is the latent disaffection which may al
ways be stirred, and the sensitive chord
is hostility to misunderstanding which.
it should be added, is not due to the fact
that the Chinaman is hostile to the
foreigner because he is a foreigner, but
because the foreigner. wherever he stops
i'm the orient, usually lives luxuriously and
raises the price Of living for the cooiis
Tell me- / asked Korean coolie one
day while residing in Korea. why does
the Korean dislike the foreigner? Is lit
because the latter does not believe in
the dragons? The man looked at mr.
earnestly. No he replied, emphatically.
1.-THE barbarians from the western ocean
make the coolies chow food come very
dear" Whenever, therefore, / hear u
oriental disturbance attributed to ann
foreign feeling / am inclined to ask
the price of chow has not been raised
the disaffected province. -
g.. CHAILLE-LON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

identified them absolutely and also those
OF the upper part of the walls of the
great central doorway.
*
"Mr. A. c. johnson of Nova Scotia, a
graduate of Dalhousie College near Hall
fax, who came to us
Important from Johns Hopkins.
n;.,. where he took a Phi. D.
degree, has recently made
some interesting discoveries in an old
wall on the Acropolis He found several
stones bearing inscriptions, which, upon
being deciphered, proved to be DEGREES of
the senate, while the third is a part of
receipt rendered for the sacred treas
ure that was stored in the Acropolis and
which belonged to the gods whose shrin IS
were there. These receipts were given
from year to year by the stewards to
their successors upon transferring to
them the gold and ornaments, and were
cut in stone.
'Demosthenes In one Of his orations &C
cuses steward by the name of Glauke-
des of having stolen a sword presented by
a Persian prince, and denounces him with
his f1ercest eloquence. AS this inscription
is receipt given to this same Glaukedes
Ava VIC hioiicS LOT the
elaborate Persian sword which Demos
themes accused him Of having stolen, it
proves that the man was innocent and
was falsely charged. The sword in ques-
ton is deliberately described in the in
scrpton discovered by Mr.. Johnson, be-
cause 1t was so valuable. 1t had a handle
of solid gold, the blade was of steel, the
sheath was Of ivory inlaid with gold and
there was gold knob at the point.
Mr.: johnson discovered two other in
scrlptions on the same wall which are de-
crees Of the senate and the people
thanking the citizens of foreign countries
for having given assistance to the cit-
zens Of Athens, and when they are fol-
lowed up they will throw light upon that
period of history Immediately after the
time of Alexander the Great. He has
worked them out with extreme skill and
cleverness, has been able to restore them
in perfect shape and they will be publish
ed before long in the American Journal
of Archaeology.
Another important point of Mr.. John
sons discoveries is that we shall be able
from the evidence he has produced to
complete the list Of the ancient Arcons of
Athens.