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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
A Political Row to the Death.

Nearly thirty years have elapsed since
the famous night within the Republican
party OF the Empire state that rent the
organization in twain and made the way
clear 10 the Democracy 10 elect a Presi-
dent Of the United States.
Then II was Regular VS.. Half-breed.
To-day it is Old Guard VS.. Insurgent
Thirty years ago the spells OF Office
precipitated the internecine strife: now
it is a life and death struggle for con-
troll of the party machinery. The gov
ernorship and the electoral vote of the
State are involved to-day. as they were
involved then. and the Republican party
will be fortunate, indeed. confronted with
an equally threatening situation. II 1t
escape the loss of both.
The nomination Of a man like William
]. Gaynor undoubtedly will mean this
year a Democratic victory unparalleled
since Clevelands victory over Folger.
The Republican Old Guard may be van
pushed by the Insurgent faction led by
Roosevelt. II may lose the temporary
Craftsmanship of the Saratoga convention
and give the cause of progressive politics
day OF acclaim in State and nation.
But whether rOut or victory come %
Old Guard or Insurgent, the result in
November will be the same. provided the
Democratic party proceed decently and
in order and with common sense to seize
the opportunity offered.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
THE NEW NATIONALIST.

Here's the latest, greatest cean that you ever saw
or smet;
It is sold and manufactured by old DR.. Roosevelt:
Il viii turn the nation inside out and also outside in
And cleanse it Of original and other kinds of sim
IL will utterly destroy each fundamental institution
And relieve the irritation Of useless Constitution.
1t viii nullfy the Bill Of Rights. eliminate the
courts
And remove the worst e1cTcscences nom Congress
down 10 warts.
It contains the weIlknown remedies IN DR.. Bryan.s
name,
On the discovery Of which stiIl rests Kar, Alau.s
fame;
The same that Dr. Debs prescribed when sometimes
candidate,
And one time peddled far and wide by Bloody
Brides Waite
Those sOcialistic drups that are warranted to keep
In any kind Of climate and to make the patient
sleep.
And recommended by the Pops" in their once
sacred cause
To anaesthetize The judges and 20 paralyze the awA
Then into these decoctIons there is poured with iron
hand
Some strong imperial essence Of the Kaiser Wilhelm
brand
And next brOmidian plattudes are dropped into the
mass,
Which is highly carbonated then With conservation
gas;
Meanwhile Is added righteousness until it's very
thick
Then it's brought up to the boiling point and
stirred with the Big Stick;
And when it's done he bottles Il and hlriouslv
shakes It.
Then throws the patient on the floor and chokes
him till he takes IL
-Richard Nnthiclm, In New York World
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
Against Burial at Sea.

In Philadelphia the clergymen have so
little TO do that they have found time 10
start movement 10 stop the practice OF
burying persons at sea. They propose TO
ask the international congress on crema-
ton. now sitting III Brussels, 10 see that
every sea-going passenger vessel is pro-
vided with a crematorium so that per-
sons who die at sea may be burned, not
thrown overheard.
Aside from the fact that It always
grieves the judicious TO fiad clergymen
leaving their proper functions as cures
OF souls to NEEDLE in matters that do
not concern them, the whole proposition
displays, we think, simply a mawkish
and cheap sentimentality. A movement
10 the same end was started some time
ago by the undertakes OF New York.
This was understandable. for corpses 10
the undertaken mean money. and in their
proposition they were looking solely TO
their trade.
But why in the world should It appear
to any body OF men. clergymen or other
wise. that it would be more desirable TO
get rid OF the last remnants of human
clay that remain after death by burning
than by throwing them to the kindly
sea?
There seems 10 be a national false
sentimentality. anyhow. about the sub
ject Of burial Of the dead. We Ameri-
cans and the Chinese are about the only
nationalities who count it as necessary,
or perhaps reverent. to bring homo the
bodies of our dead TO bury them. The
Chinese. perhaps. are a little wiser than
we. for they buy their own expensive eof-
fms before death, and do not place that
burden on those who survive. But with
US sentiment in the matter has grown
to such an extent that death is nearly
always a calamity for those that remain
behind; it brings not only present grief,
but a train OF debt. incurred for vain dis
play.
Old Sir Anthony GIoster, Of whom Kip
ling wrote, had the right idea when he
wanted 10 be buried at sea:
Lashed in our Old deck-cabin, with all three port.
holes vide;
The kick Of the screw beneath him and the round
blue seas outside.
To the right thinking we should I'M
aglne there would be something healing
in the thought of the burial at sea of
some loved one. 1t is so clean: so faith
omless; almost as great a mystic as
death itself is the sea; fit mystery for
that last great sleep. And we are told
IN the service for the dead at sea that
when He comes 'In glorious majesty
TO judge the world. the sea shall give
UP her dead. and the corruptible bodies
OF those who sleep in her shall be
changed, and made like unto His glor-
ious body; according to the mighty work.
ing whereby He is able TO subdue all
things to Himself
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
Compulsory Vaccination.

Commentator is due the Washington
appointing a committee TO consider the
wisdom OF urging the repeal of the COM
pulsory vaccination law.
It Is the opinion OF this paper that the
law might be repealed with perfect safety.
II a valid reason for 1t ever existed. it
does not exist to-day
Compulsory vaccination laws have been
repealed elsewhere without In the least
endangering any community TO the small
pox plague. Wherever the question has
been brought forcibly to the attention of
school patrons and taxpayers the opposi-
ton 10 compulsory vaccination has be-
como irresistible.
Facts will not down that show evil
effects following incubation in many
cases. Only on Saturday. coincidently
with the boards action here. a child
died in agony at Harrisburg. Pa. of
tetanus produced by vaccination. Chill
dren IN Washington are known to have
died or contracted permanent ailment-
sometimes loathsome disease-from SINH
lar cause.
1t is only natural that some parents,
how many we do no. know. are sending
their children 10 private schools rather
than submit them to be vaocinated with
deadly risk, as a precautionary measure
against now comparatively rare disease,
and one which never developed as a
| menace TO public health in any city as
clean and well kept as Washington.
There may be all the virtue in the
vaccination theory that it's advocates
claim for 1t. No doubt overwhelming
| evidence can be brought forth that ii
has wiped out disease and saved count
less lives. Let us admit this and repel
ths at least equally rational theory that
improved sanitation, the conquering Of
filth. is the actual explanation OF the
! disappearance OF smallpox. Let us be-
lieve. to avoid an interminable argu-
ment. that vaccination, not the cleaning
up OF Porto Rico, ban!shed the disease
| from that island.
Admitting il all. since smallpox has
been banished and since we do know that
vaccination, whatever its value. does
sometimes kill and oftener permanently
| impairs the health, why continue a need
less compulsory practice? Why not
repeal the law and leave it to the family
physician?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
The Air We Breathe.

Rev. Frank Crane. in Chicago Post.
We would get more pleasure from our
days If we were more discriminating in
our appreciation of the common stun that
makes the bulk of them; and the ordinary
is more wonderful than the extraordi-
nary.
For instance. how many OF us taste the
air? We take II, but we do not taste IL.
And there are more different kinds OF air
than there are OF champagne. and II Is
vastly more important 10 know them.
There is the thin. clear air Of Denver.
and the nervous afr OF Winnipeg. and
the hot. oven air OF August in Kansas,
and the piney air of Florida woods. and
the salt air OF the ocean. and the thick,
sweet air OF summer gardens. and the
vigorous breath OF an October morning,
and airs favored with corn or resinous
weeds or pungent herbs that flow about
US as We ride along a country road OF a
warm night; besides, there is morning
air, noon air, and evening air, each diff
fering from the others. so that If we
were skilled enough We could tell with
our eyes shut what o'clock II is.
Then there is the charged and fearful
air preceding a storm. and the high, cool
air after 1t; and there is air pregnant
with rain and air dry and hard; in fact,
there is hardly a feeling In the whole
gamut OF the human spirit but has a
tinge or tone in this marvellous, viewIess
envelope OF earth 10 express H.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
800 MEN DESERT ONE SHIP.
Wholesale Migration from Cruiser
Due 10 Harsh Treatment.

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
Since the United States cruiser South
Dakota went into commission three years
ago 500 men have deserted from her. The
navy officers are unable TO account for
the large number OF assertions. but the
enlisted men say that IL is due TO the
fact that the glamour OF life in the navy
is not all that It is painted on the gov
ernments circulars.
One man who enlisted In Colorado and
had never seen the sea or a ship before
he boarded the South Dakota, gave the
following reasons for the wholesale de-
sertion Of sailors:
The men with whom I have come in
contact on board the South Dakota are
Disguised with the navy. We are treated
Ike dogs and fed like pigs. All manner
of liberty is denied us and the many
drastic regulations make life unbearable.
"A man in the navy cannot call his life
his own. He is not even permitted 20
spend the little he makes as he sees fit.
Since the South Dakota arrived at Mare
Island. from her last cruise. the executive
officer OF the ship has practically COM
PEELED all the men TO have their dental
work done by a man who has been
aboard. The dentist does not do good
work, but that makes no difference 10
the officers. The enlisted men must pay
fat prices and take what they get.
Shore leave is being denied the men
more and more. The officers. while not
brutal. are not far from 1t In their rul-
ings. Since the South Dakota went into
commission. little less than three years
ago. $50 men have deserted, and few have
ever been captured
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
Recalls Mark Twain's Yarn.

From the s.. Paul Dispatch.
A Viennese professor has discovered a
new location for Mount Sinai quite far
removed from the spot whence II had
been supposed the thunders came. This
recalls the story OF the other professor
who biundered upon Ararat in seeking
Sinai; and this in turn recalls Mark
Twain's yarn. His tourist vessel was
passing Scyila and Charybdis at the IN
earthly hour Of a. m. and there was
surprise 10 see an old pilgrim out OF bed
al that time.
What In the world are you doing up at
this hour?" he was asked.
Young man, would rise at any hour
to see any Of the spots famed in Holy
Writ"
Holy Writ! Why. this is scyila and
ChaTybdls,"
Confusion! thought IL was sodom
and Gomorrah."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
Roosevelt Cannon succeed.

From the Louisville CouTier-Journsl
We DO not believe that Theodore Roose-
Welt will be able 10 "Bryanize" the Re-
publican party. In our opinion he has
bit off more than he can chaw." His
day will be short-lived. Already the
country is waking up TO the meaning OF
his crusade. II he should beat the Olc
Guard at Saratoga. obtaining both his
platform and his nominee. and approving
himself the whole show. he will have "a
carry the succeeding election in Novem-
Der. Failing Of this. down ne goes. like
Magnify 70 the bottom Of the sea-" from
which no life saving station VIII be IN
reach 10 rescue him. II. on the other
hand, the bosses beat him, his fling will
be prolonged until 1912. TO meet in the
national Republican convention either
personal shipwreck or a party rlven from
stem 10 stern.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Washington Issues His Farewell Address-Sept 10

II was on September Is. 1796. that
Washington issued his farewell address
to the American people. the people he
loved so well and served so faithfully.
It is a document that every one should
read. not only for the profound wisdom
that our first President expounded. but
as an interesting public document issued
at the most interesting period Of the
young republic.
AS Washington's second term drew 10
close, the public once more turned TO
him with confidence and affection. and
would have had him take the Presidency
third time, to keep the government
steady in its new ways. But he would
not have the hard Office again. Then
he issued his final address, which he
said was designed in a more special
manner for the yeomanry of the coun-
try" and spoke the advice he hoped they
might take 10 heart.
When the day came, on which he should
resign his Office TO John Adams, the great
civilian who was to succeed him, there
was a scene which left no one in doubt
not even Washington himself-what the
people thought OF the leader they had
trusted these twenty years. A great
crowd was assembled 20 see the second
Inauguration. but very few of the throng
watched Adams. All eyes were bent up
on that great figure IN black velvet. with
light sword swung at his side. No one
stirred until he had left the room. to
follow and pay his respects to the new
President.
Then they and all the crowd IN the
streets moved after him, an immense
company going as one man, '1n total
silence" his escort all the way. he
turned upon the threshold Of the Presi-
dents lodgings and looked, as if for the
last time. upon this multitude Of nameless
friends. No one ever saw him so moved.
The tears rolled unchecked down his
cheeks and when at last he went within.
a great smothered common voice went
through the stirred throng. as II they
sobbed to see their hero go from their
side forever.
As soon as possible he was at his be-
loved Mount Vernon once more, TO pick
up such threads as he might OF the old
life again. He did not try to begin
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
ROOSEVELT NOT so POPULAR.
New York Business Men Reverse
Views Held in 1904.

From the Nov York Herald.
II is no doubt bully" for those who
like II 10 shoot up" the West. spout
blatherskite about abolishing forty-hve
governors and leave a trail OF cheers and
headaches 500 miles long. But the
morning after is 10 be reekoned with.
What do your friends az home think
about you?
Well. here is a straw. The Produce
Exchange, which is a representative non
political body. was polled by the Herald
in September. 1904, when the colonel was
a candidate for President. The result
was a strong indication OF his election:
Roosevelt. sos; Parker, 3i4
A reporter for the Herald yesterday
interviewed members OF the same ex-
change regarding the colonel now. The
pendulum has swung the clock has
struck twelve. 1904 is reversed.
He has helped the conservative men
who have steadily opposed his policies. %
said Mr.. E W. Burr, by driving away
very noticeable array Of supporters who
had been ardent believers In almost
everything he said" The reaction
against Mr. Roosevelt" said Mr.. Thomas
Lenane. ''is so evident that II cannot be
overlooked. Out OF every five men you
meet here at least three. and more fire.
quently four, are decidedly against Mr..
Roosevelt's policies"
These men are Engaged in business.
not politics. and ;heir views may be taken
as representative Of the feeling generally
toward the man who desires to indorse
only President Taft's good intentions. %
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
POLITICAL POINTS.

The difference between New National
ism al Osawatomie and New Nstionalism AZ syn-
cuse ia the difference between unwise radiealisrn
West and reactionary conservatism East And II
spells Old Straddling.
After November the Democrats VIII be
confronted again with the irrepresSible issue
How did you vote in 1885," 1t has bobbed up in
Missouri already.
OF course 4 is worth while waiting TO
see Champ Clark drive that team OF mules along the
Avenue.
And nobody has forgotten that Taft
had the 7. r. stamp Of approval all cTz him in
ls9s.
II DR.. Woodrow Wilson is a reaction
sry every old-time Democratic State may well turn
its attention TO the production Of o,hers Of his
kind.
There is another promising sign. Demo
craticaIly: The country is bearing less about the
Maeks. the Murphys the TAggarts. and the Roger
sullYsns. and more about the Gaynors, the Har,
mons the Marshalls. the Baldwins. and the WlsonA
suppose Theodore Roosevelt did dodge
the tariff and keep the issue down for seven long
ysars' Was he not busy squaredeallng IN other
directionsi
II is plain as day 10 every reader OF
tins Richmond TimesDispatch that Editor Hemphill
is brIsing his knuckles knocking for admission q
the Ananias Club.
The moral obliquity OF the New York
Evening Post appears to have beouns contagious
since OsaWstonaie.
1t may be base thought. but one can
not help wondering whether Flank Hitchcnck's sena-
torial aspiration had anything to do with Ari1onA'i
going Democratic.
Chicago proudly holds second place in
the galaxy Of American cities but Stubbornly refuses
10 Use soap and towel on its dirty political face.
II is his districts loss, not Henry Sher-
man Boutell's. and he viii be wise to Tractice pa,
tienoe and submission and be regular Still.
Talk about the ffty-seven varieties
what is a Republican. anyway
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
British Pensions.

From the London News.
The last Of the pensioners OF the Old
Marshalsea Court, which was abolished
as long ago as 1919. survived until Feb
ruary last. He was John Grifiths. and
was bailiff or officer of the ancient insti-
tuition, with jurisdiction of all o1enses
committed in the verge Of the royal
palace Though no business was done in
the Marshalsea Court since A decision
OF LORD Coke. il was regularly opened
and adjourned until abolished by Parlia-
ment
There is still In existence a "compen-
sation" pension for Toss OF post fines"
in the reign OF William ". TO which
Sir E. II. W. Hulse. Bart. is entitled.
II amounts 10 SO IS. Sd. year. and is
suspended during the minority Of the
present baronet. Annual pensions which
will come to an end with their present
holders are as follows: Lord Seaton,
e2,000: Viscount Hardings. $500; Wis.,
count Cough, $4,000; Lord Raglan. s2.000
and Lord Napier OF Magdaas E2,0oo
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
Popular Government.

The movement toward popular govern
ment is spreading rapidly all over the
country. though as yet the West is de-
eidedly the leader in the move. Arizona
Is the latest 10 swing into line. and viii
come into the Union Of States with the
initiative and referendum in full opera
ton. This adds her to a rapidly growing
list of States which includes Oregon.
Oklahoma. Montana. Nevada, South Da-
kota, Utah, and Maine. In several other
States the principle involved has been
adopted by local communities. and
wherever it has been tried It has proved
so successful and satisfactory that its
benefits are quickly extended.
1t is natural perhaps. that it is in
Oregon that the principle OF the initiative
and referendum should have been carried
10 the greatest extreme for that is the
State of Senator Jonathan Bourne, jr.,
who has been one Of the foremost and
sturdiest champions Of this form OF put
ting the power back into the hands of
the people, both In Congress and out
OF H.
There seems. however, 10 be a sentI-
ment growing that there may be some
danger in allowing the will OF the people.
too quickly expressed and after too little
reflection. to become perpetuated in law
The only check on this is. OF course. the
afr hot
the people shall go 10 the duly consti-
tuted legislature before II becomes a law.
Even in oregon the people realize that
such check is both wise and necessary
But out there the Peoples Power
League" IS willing to go even further
than it yet has gone in popularizing the
government. It proposes TO amend the
State constitution so as TO secure a six
year legislative term, with no hold
overs; presiding officers for both legisla.
tive bodies who shall not be members
OF those bodies. shall have no vote and
no appolntive power; power vested in
the voters to recall any member or the
whole house or senate: giving the ma.
Jority of either house the power to cal
a special session OF the legislature. and
limiting the power of the legislature to
repeal OF modify legislation by the people
These amendments are held TO be
necessary, because IT has been found that
the legislature has been able to nulify
to a certain extent. popular legislation
and with them enacted It is held thai
Oregon will have In the fullest and truest
sense popular government.
Already the example that Oregon has
set has borne fruit and her experiment
IN thus increasing the strength of the
plain people is sure 10 be watched with
interest by the nation.
The Oregon experiment. which has SC
changed the political situation in several
States, is a demonstration OF the PEG.
pies insurgency: 1t marks the passing
we hope. forever-of the power OF the pro.
fessional politician. II will make com.
munities Just what the people residing
there want them TO be They can be as
good as they like or as bad as they like
They can get what they want lust as
they want it. On their own heads be II
for in their hands they are taking all
the power and responsiblity-and oppor.
tunity.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
Solid Reading.

Prcn the New York Evening Post
II a modern life had kept something
OF the well-rounded existence that was
the gift OF an earlier age. cheap reading
would now be less plentiful We can not
help thinking in this connection OF the
man who has excited so much interest OF
late as the advocate and practitioner OF
the old-fashioned solid reading.
Mr.. Gaynor's fondness for Marcus
Aurelius, Epictetus. and Montaigne is not
sporadic appetite. but fits in admirably
with his entire mode Of life When Mr..
Gaynor reads, he reads solidly: when he
wants recreation. he walks. attends 70
the hay on HIS farm, and looks after his
horses and his pigs. A man so engaged
is apt 10 find no time hanging heavy on
his hands nor much inclination for what
We call light reading.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19

From the birmingham Age Herald.
do you think buttermilk will prolong
ones life, Col Soaksby?"
"Ahem! I have no doubt, Miss Plump
er, that If person had TO drink butter
milk every day 1t would make life seem
longer"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
An EnterprisIng Woman.

A Plunkville woman has a husband who
hasn't spent an evening at home for xix
years. She is resourceful. however ami
brags about him so consistently that she
has gotten number OF wl1ien dIssstix-
fed with their husbands.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
VERY Mild.

81 used TO think that knockabout COM
edy was rough
''Wen. isn't it?"
1T seems tame after looking at the
moving pictures"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
A Delicate Point.

What shall We say OF Senator
Smugg?"
Just say he was always faithful to
his trust"
And shall We mention the name Of the
trust?'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-19
Boarders In Montana.

From LippincottS
In a hotel in Montana is the following
notice:
''Boarders are taken by the day, week
or month. Those who do not pay prompt
ly are taken by the neck"