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Senatorial Elections.

IF the Senate defeats the resolution ioi
direct election Of United States senator's
the PROPOSITION will only be delayed. SEN
timent throughout the country is very
favorable to It, and this in the end Will
control. The old form Of election Is thor
ouehly discredited, while the new has, IN
effect. already been tried, with results
acceptable to both parties. Until direct
vote can be obtained by law. INSTRUCTIONS
TO legislatures can be secured by party
ARRANGEMENT, and they work well.
Look upon this picture: Last year ootn
of the state conventions in Indiana cX-
pressed themselves as to the senatorship
Mr.. Beveridge was the republican choice
for the Office, and Mr.. Kern the demo-
cratic. No doubt existed as to the fair
ness of the two expressions. Mr.. Bev-
eridce had no opposition, while Mr.. Kern.
with opposition, won upon his merits. The
canvass before the people was spirited
but left the two contestants on the best
Of personal terms.
The decision having been for Mr. Kern
the legislature when it met promptly
obeyed instructions and elected him. i.
then proceeded to-. the consideration OF
bills and the enactment Of laws. No scan
dial. No delay. No complications OF any
kind growing out of the senatorship.
Look now upon this picture: Neither
party at its state convention In Ne"
York last year mentioned the senatorship.
and hence the question of successor 10
Mr. Depew was left after the old fashion
to the legislature. Tammany won the
fight, and naturally pushed forward for
the fruits Of victory. 1t wanted the SEN
atorsliip in addition to the sovernorship,
and. nominated its man in caucus when
the time came.
But there a halt was called Men who
had swallowed Mr.. Dix with relish gagged
at Mr. Sheehan. and the legislature has
been deadlocked for weeks. Legislation
has suffered Scandal has resulted. Tam
many is furious with its independent al
lies, and they with it, and Albany Ia
throbbing with impotence, whisperings.
Job for his side. ana q nun1ber Of indie
pendents are watching him for the other
side. and what IS popularity called the
deuce is to pay. Both the democratic
party. which the people called to power.
and the people themselves are losing by
a situation which Instructions to the leg
islature would have made impossible.
In time the law will provide for a d.
rect choice OF senators, but meanwhile
the people will not be without remedy
SO far as the old form Of choice Ia con-
cerned. That can be dispensed with in
any state at any election the voters so
desire. They have but to boss their
bosses. and the thing Is done. And they
are discovering that there is way to
boss bosses If a will exists.
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Naval
Project.

discussed by the council Of minister.
The first project was presented by Anlcr1-
can capitalists. represented by Mr.. Nixon.
naval engineer; the second by the Italian
Gen. Caniberti, the third by two German
firms, Krupp and Blohm & Noss. This
report had provoked much comment In
Russia and in Europe. where It was
deemed very strange that Russian indus
try was not being favored.
In connection with the present situation
| it is most interesting to refer to Gen.
Kuropatkin's opinions expressed In his
book, 1.-The Russian Army and the Japa-
nese War.
within the past two centuries" writes
the general. Russia has had peace for
seventy-two years and war for LIZ years.
Exclusive of civil conflicts, the suppress
sion OF revolts. etc, she has waged twen-
ty-two aggressive wars, lasting In the ag
gregate 1O1 years. and only four defensive
wars, lasting altogether four and one
half years. In her 10 years OF
war Russia put in the field some TO-
10000 men, of whom about one-third
were lost TO the nation, nearly l,000, 600
being killed and wounded. In our efforts
to reach the Black sea we lost 10000 ont
of 100000 put in the field against Tur-
key. while the conflict with Sweden cost
us 10000 out of 500. 900 men employed.
This is sufficient to convey some idea or
what sacrifices We must expect from our
army in any attempt on our part to
reach the shores Of the Pacific and In
dian oceans during the present century"
CHI. CHAILLE-LON0.
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Every now aud then q statesman finds
himself obliged to admit that life IL too
short to enable him to read all the doc
uments in some case in which he is In
terested.
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Outlines OF Japan.s Intentions as Of
fered by Mr.. Hobson might be accom-
panied by explanations as to whether he
is operating as q military expert or a
mind reader.
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In very few months the burning is
sues Of the hour will bo augmented by
the burning question Of who will pitch in
next days game.
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The Curtailed Month,

Old February we must praise,
Since by the calendar we find
That 1t is long on holidays,
Though shy upon tho other kind.
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In some communities the price Of
vote Is not enough to pay a lawyer to
defend the case after indictment.
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Physicians who advocate q black list
for patients who do not pay would inn
mediately see the injustice of a black
list for doctors who fail to euro.
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In the absence Of report to tho con.
trary II may be inferred that Col. Roose.
Welt is still managing to have a corkinS
good time somewhere.
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An extra session Of Congress would
doubtless be welcomed by number Of
statesmen who are yearning to get to
work
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Now and then j. Ham. lton Lewis whis-
kers are mentioned, even though his opin-
ions Of things In general are but little
discussed.
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Canadians who regard annexation talk
as a joke prove that they are superior
to the traditional limitations OF British
humor.
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The assertion by an actress that she
Is determined to play Hamlet fs usually
a sure sign that she Ia about to have
a difference Of opinion With her man
ager.
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In discussing the possible punishment
Of a would-be suicide the kaiser saw no
reason for making the man wish he had
succeeded.
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DR.. Cook has completely conquered that
early impulse to retire from public OBJ
servation.
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Like most other weapons. the hat pin
does its greatest damage among innocent
bystandcrs.
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"Why did you call that man a prevari-
Gator? His reputation for truth is good. .
II wasn't expressing an opinion. was
merely employing the customary method
Of indicating that was ready to fight"
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Conflict In Mexico has reached a con-
dition somewhat akin to the legislative
fllibuSter.
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1.-The reorganization Of the Russian army
and its new dislocation, commenced In
1909, before Potsdam, are
Russian based upon the railway
enlbranchments. They in
ARMY. crease the rapidity of the
march to the front and augment the Sc
curity Of mobilization.
The general staff of the German army
has recently published profound study
of the same question by Tierteljahrshette
fur Truppenfufhrung:
."rhe Russian army" he says. num-
bers today in Europe thirty corps 'armee'
composed Of fifty-nine divisions OF IN
fantry. eleven brigades Of sharpshooe-
ers. brigade Of Coesacks dtsmounted
twenty-three divisions OF cavalry. four
brigades of independent cayairy: ~ -
cnmnosed in Europe OF LOGS battalions,
s4a squadrons. 1917 batteries, five heavy
batteries and col companies OF a tech
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Exchange Of Impressions.

"A man will go to sleep in Philadel-
phia," said the New Yorker
YES" replied the Philadelphian. "And
In New York he wishes he could"
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The Archbishop Of Canterbury has set
apart Sunday, March 90, as a thanks
giving day for the celebra-
REVISION ton of the tercentenary of
~ 1911 the publication of the pres
ent version OF the Holy
Scriptures. authorized by James I, King
OF England. In March. 1911. The trans
lation was made by board Of tifty-four
scholars and divines under the direction
OF DR.. Reynolds Of Oxford University.
Seven OF the f1fty-four revisers died be-
fore the task was finished. but 1T was
completed In 1910, printed by Robert
Barker In the winter of 161O-11. and has
been IN use three centuries. A revision
by eminent biblical scholars was under
taken in 1870 and published eleven years
later, but the original text of kins
James version still stands as the most
perfect example Of English literature,
pure and strong, simple yet dignified.
and unsurpassed by any other book that
was ever published in the number of
copies sold.
King James, whose name is attached
to this version instead Of the names of
the scholars who did the work and
should be entitled to the honor. was one
OF the stransest OF mortals. He was the
son Of Mary Queen of Scots by Lord
Darnley. and was proclaimed King OF
Scotland In July. 1851. when he was only
a year old. You may remember the
tragic incidents when his beautiful
mother was dethroned and the power
passed into the hands Of the Protestant
party. When he was old enough to APP
preciate his situation James made frfeHds
with Queen Elizabeth, who had put his
mother to death. and when she died In
1868 was proclaimed her successor, as
king of England. He had an exciting
reign. full of disgraceful incidents. In
GLIDING the gunpowder plot of 1905. the
execution OF Sir Walter Raleigh to graf.
ify the Spaniards. the poisoning OF
Henry, Prince of Wales. and the. last
auto-de-fe at smithfield. when two here
tics were burned at the stake In lol. to
save their souls. King James fought O
war with Spain because Spanish prin-
cess refused to. marry his son: and per-
mitted his daughter, wife OF the Eiector
Palatine. to die in poverty and distress
having lost her throne in the thirty years
war. He was the most superstitious OF
all creatures: was constantly oeset oy
witches, demons and other evil spirits,
vet he professed great piety and gave us
the book Of books in its present form.
=
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greatest Of scholars were studying, trans
lating and rearrarg'ne
Original the manuscript r text "a. .,
the Scriptures. The text
scriptures. of the Old Testament was
originally written In Hebrew on skins OF
linen cloth, or papyrus. without voweis'
and the words were run together in
continuous line. The gospels were writ
ten in Greek, ana the carly manusc ipts
were commonly found in one collection
the ep!stles Of Paul in another and the
other books in separate manuscripts. The
Apocalypse, was written In Latin IN Rohe
shortly after the death Of Nero, in order
to strengthen tho courage and the faith
Of tho Christians i'll persecution, ana IL
the only part of the New Testament that
can be traced directly to its origin. The
ratives Of the experiences of the apostles
whose names they bear Mark was q
disciple OF Peter and Luke was a COM
panion Of Paul. The Book Of Acts Is
ascribed to Luke. The Epistles were
written to the communities Of Christians
to which they were addressed and copied
| for circulation throughout the Christian
| world.
The Oldest complete set Of the books OF
the New Testament is called the SInalt'e
dorf In the Convent Of st. catherine on
Mount Sinai in 1850. 1t is now In the
Imperial Library at st. Petersburg.
facsimile was published at the expense
Of tho Emperor Of Russia In 1867.
The next manuscript In importance IL
known as the Vatican Codex. and may be
seen in the library Of the Vatican at
Rome where it has been preserved for
| many centuries, and IL believed to have
once belonged to the Emperor Constan-
tine the Great. It lacks the epistles to
Timothy, Titus and Philemon and the
asst four chapters Of the epistle to the
Hebrews.
The AIexandrian Codex. presented to
Charles of England by the Patriarch OF
Constantinople in 1923. is complete with
the exception of fragments OF the gospel
II st. John. which have been lost;
hrary Al Paris contains the greater por
ton of the Septuagint on sixty-four leaves,
and the greater part Of the New Testament
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His Mind on Pecuniary Things.
The Argument.

Somebody said, "This world Is wrong;
There's no excuse for smile or song.
The blossoms on the bush or tree
Are all as false as false can be,
Since. like some unsubstantial friend,
Each brings his kindness to an end,
And scenes however bright aud gay
Meath chilling drifts must sleep some
day.
And some one cried, This worlds all
right.
The SHOWS will vanish In night:
The clouds that hang across the blue
Are bound to melt. They always do.s
And blossoms. though they will not stay
Return to cheer US on the way.
Old friends. whom time can ne'er remove
Whose love with absence doth improve
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Simultaneous
Celebrations,


bury will preach an appropriate sermon
in st. I'aufs Cathedral. London, and IN
the evening a mass meeting under the
direction Of the British and Foreign BIbic
Society will be held at Albert Han.
Similar services have been appointed for
that day In every city and town in the
British empire.
There had been several editions of the
Bible printed in England before King
James version. The first complete copy.
known as the Geneva Bible was a
translation made in 1860 by group OF
English Protestant refugees at Geneva.
and was a revision Of a translation made
by William Tyndale, who. finding no
place to do it in all England, went 10
Worms, and there, in 1874. assisted by
Of the Old Testament. An English trans
lation of the Psalms was made In l2SO,
and Wycliffe had translated the New
Testament in 1880. OF the 5000 copies
of Tyndale's Bible printed only two are
known to survive, and both of these are
Imperfect. one copy is preserved in the
library Of the Baptist College at Bris-
toh England, and the other Is In the IL
brary of tine chapter of st. Paul $ Cathe-
dral, London. A recent comparison SHOWS
that So per cent of tho words used III the
revised edition Of 1881 are precisely the
same as those of the translation Of Tyn-
dale and Coverdale in 1875. Their trans
Iation was made from the original Greek,
the German translation of Martin Luther
and the Latin text printed by Gutenberg
in 1850, which was the first book to De
printed with movable type.
what is known as the Bug Bible was
nrinted in 1J6S, and Is so called because
in one Of the Psalms occurs this phase:
"Thou shalt not nede to be afrave1 TOT
envy bugges by night" the word "bugSes
being In common use at that time as
synonym for the word terror, and Is the
u,nrd from which our word bugbear was
derived. Three copies OF this edition exist.
one OF which Is In the British Museum,
and another belongs to Mr.. Pierpont Nor
gan in New York.
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No Harm Done,

II suppose you were somewhat disap-
pointed In the outcome OF your plan to
subdivide the farm
NO." replied Mr.. Corntossel. "Of course,
1t didn't work out as we expected, but
1t didn't hurt anything. We're raisin' jes'
as good turnips at the corner OF Metro
politan avenue and Magnolia boulevard
as we did before the streets was laid out -
His Mind on Pecuniary Things.
''Some day your grateful countrymen
may put up great monument to your
memory"
That's so.' replied Senator Sorghum.
II wonder who'll get tho contract
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SHOOTING STARS.
The Signal.

By PHILANDBR JOHNSON.
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For more than a thousand years tn
greatest Of scholars were studying, trans
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The celebration Of the tercentenary WI
be observed by all branches OF II
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The German press may be cited be-
cause it says something-based upon
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''The reorganization of the Russian arm
and It's new dislocation, commenced !
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Turkestan is terra incognita. and wants
to be better known. In our school DAYS
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on one hundred and foEty-five leaves OF
parchment over which had been written
the works OF st. Ephrem the Syrian. as
was customary in those days when parch-
ment was scarce and expensive.
The Beza Codex contains the greater
part OF the New Testament, partially In
Greek and partially in Latin. in the
library Of the University of Cambridge
There are altogether forty manuscript
copies of the New Testament more or
less complete. and more than twelve hun
dred manuscripts of different gospels or
epistles, all of them having been written
before the eighth century.
x \
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The Naval and Military Bible Society
was formed in London In 1880 to supply
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Presldent-elect Lincoln made his wa,
from Springfield to Washington bv wa,
The Washington herald., 1911-09-07
OLD INHABITANTS
INSPECT BUILDING
Historic Engine House Given
Thorough 0verhauling.

Members of the Oldest Inhabitants As
sociation dropped in one by one last night
to see how the committee, which has had
the renovation and decoration of the old
engine house at Nineteenth and II streets
in charge. had done its work before they
went upstairs to the regular meeting
The old apparatus downstairs awakened
a flood of memories, and as they
gathered there last night they put out
all the old time fires again with a sur
prising fervor, and showed the old Sun
hose cart that was brought from Alex
andria in one hour by hand away back in
1888, when the blaze of fire on H street
aroused the sympathy of the old fire
corps in the sister town.
Upstairs, in regular meeting, with w
r. Smith. Of the Botanic Garden fame, pre-
siding, in the absence of the president,
Theodore Noyes, they elected to member
ship L. J. Brown, general manager of the
Southern Railway. and John Thorn. They
mOurned the death of Washington Berry,
vh!ch occurred during the vacation.
And then they settled down to an ami
mated discussion of the whereabouts of
the Presidents stables in an interesting
discussion brought on by the graphic
description given by T. Edward Clark,
who told how he had just finished wreck
ing the Presidents stable that since
1870 has stood at Seventeenth and E
streets, almost concealed in a clump of
bushes.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-07

orata-was to be indicted and placed
upon trial as an accomplice before the
fact in the murder of Beattie's wife.
The State had reports which indicated
that she knew the crime was to be COM
mitted, and that, therefore, she was
likely to face the electric chair after
separate trial OF her own. But when the
report was run down 1t proved ground
less.
1t is likely that the girl will be released
from custody tomorrow, and also Paul
Beattie. the cousin, who swOre he bought
the gun for Henry. may be liberated at
the same time. Both are held merely as
witnesses. Beulah has announced that
she is going to head for Broadway, n.
Y, as soon as she is free.
Arguing Over Instructions.
The only legal move made to-day in
the case of the State against Beattie was
the argument of counsel on both sides
as to what instructions Judge Watson
should give the jurors. This was made
in private here in Richmond Each side
presented twenty or thirty instructions
and argued why each should be given.
The judge decided upon each as it
arose, and either allowed it to stand or
The Washington herald., 1911-09-07
ARMY ORDERS.

Capt. OLIVER L. SPAULDING. Jr.. Fifth Field
ARTILLERY. now in this city. Is detailed for duty
with the field artillery Of the organized militia
d the States Of Virginia and Pennsylvania and
of :he District If Columbia.
Col. EDWIN ST. ]. GREBLE, General staff and
Col. HUGH L. SCOTT, Third Cavalry, will
proceed to Fort Sill. Okla. official business
pertaining to the Field ARTILLERY School Of Fire
and the Apache Indian prisoners Of war.
The following transfers ordered: Mai. JAMES
A COLE. from the Sixth Cavalry TO the Fourth
Cavalry; Mai GROTE HUTCHINSON, from the
Fourth Cavalry to the Sixth Cavalry.
The retirement Of Col. HOBART X. BAILEY,
Twentyninth Infantry. from active service on
September s. 1911. is announced. He will pro-
cesd to his home.
Leave If absence for two months is granted First
Lieut.. CONVERSE r. LEWIS. infantry. un-
assigned.
The leave Of absence granted Capt. ALvAN C.
GILLEM, Eleventh Cavalry, is extended one
month.
First Lieut. CLARENCE X. LYMAN, recently
promoted. is assigned 10 the Twelfth Cavalry
Leave Of absence for seven days is granted Capt.
EARL l. BROWN, Corps Of Engineers.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-07
NAVY MAcH1N1sTs PROTEST.
Taylor System Would Decrease the
Standard of Efficiency.

Standard of Efficiency.
Within a short time the Navy Depart
ment plans to introduce the new Taylor
system of paying, which will do away
with the old per diem schedule and pro-
vide for the compensation of each en-
ploye on a-time basis, despite the pro-
test Of the employees of the navy yard.
To combat the plan, a meeting of
Columbia Lodge of Machlnists, COM
prising employees of the navy yard, was
held last night, when 1t was decided to
send a delegation, consisting of William
H. Johnston, Thomas Z. Carroll. and
w. n. Buttell, to visit the Secretary of
the Navy and file a protest.
It was declared that the introduction
OF the Taylor system would demoraIize
the workmen and tend to decrease the
standard of efficiency in the navy yard
The system has been tried in other
cities, it was stated, and has been found
inefficient.
The Navy Department should at least
study the system thoroughly" said
Chairman Johnston last night, before it
decides upon such radical change. We
who have had experience with it know
that it is absolutely valueless, and hurts
any force of men who are required to
accept it."