The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-01-23
POLITICAL COMMENT.

Prom an Exchange.
MIR. Speaker Clark" has a good. whole
some. all-round sound
From the Philadelphia inquirer.
Senator L.orimer suddenly begins to sus-
pect that he is the goat.
From the Richmond Journal.
The colonel couldn't come back. but
the short and ugly did.
trnn the Charleston News and Courier.
/ II Hobson went to Japan. would they
banquet confiscate him?
From the Baltimore Sun.
Uncle joe Cannon is just one news
paper paragraph after another.
Frrm the Atlanta Constitution.
The Democratic road to 1912 must veer
away from the personal pie counter.
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Alice Pomeren" is sweet name for
Senator. Possibly he can sing with it.
From the Wall Street Journal.
A stronger argument for peace than
Carnegic's slO.0o.On0 is our annual pension
roll
From the Memphis Commercial ACTra
Peary says anybody can fake up a story
about the north pole that would deceive
an expert. Is this a confession:
From the Roanoke Leader
There must be something wrong with
the fellow who runs away from Alabama
in these piping times of prosperity.
From the Boston Herald
When Champ Clark talks Of Harmons
| .'blushinG laurels' he evidently forgets
that laurel wreathers are made of the
leaves.
From the Nov York Times
The twenty-one insurgents who are
standing out against Sheehan are doing
the greatest possible service to the Demo-
cratic party.
From the New York Press.
Not to know when you are licked is
very good plan for those who fight politi-
cal corruptionists. and it seems to be de-
cidcdly in favor nowadays.
From the Philadelphia Press
Gov. Wilson strikes a blow at the chief
industry of New Jersey by proposing
stricter corporation laws. which will re-
lieve the State from public criticism.
Firm the youngstown Telegram.
Since he reached home, the Sultan Of
Sulu has been saying all kinds Of good
things about the United States. This is
returning good for evil with a vengeance.
From the Houston Post.
The good that Senator Hanna did was
mostly inferred with his bones, but Adams
County shows that the evil he did lives
after him. and has been doing a thriving
business.
From the New York Tribune.
boss like Murphy is an anachronism.
The revolt among the Democratic men,
tons have changed since the State last
went Democratic.
From the Richmond Times Disrarcn.
The business men in Ottawa. Ont, do
not want any reciprocity with the United
States They believe in sticking to old
Mother England and giving her the ad-
vantage. Dutiful child.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Congress, after all that grand-stand play
in throwing out the House bathtubs for
economy's sake. has quietly voted them
back again. But if the Senate will only
throw out the whitewash pail and let it
stay out all will be well.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
"Vowing he would neer consent. con-
sented.'' So Gov. Foss, despite his re-
peated declarations that he would never
sign the credentials of Senator Lodge for
another term. has decided it is better to
be right than to be foolishly consistent
From the New York World.
British officers arrested on the Island
of Guernsey an American farm-paper edi-
tor who was snapshotting Guernsey cows
near a fertilization. This acceptance of
cows as military defenses might indicate
that the nerves Of the British jingoes are
getting jumpy.