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The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
POLITICAL CHAT.

From the Atlanta Constitution
We hear nothing moro Of the dollar word
Contributor. Is it possible they hare cut him
to thirty cfnis!
From the st. Louis Dispatch.
Senator Lodge says he stands his record.
whereas. if he wanted to be with the Majority he
would Jump it
From the Louisville CourierJoupsL
To some persons it might appear that there Is a
double entcndre in the statement that talk of in
dependence IS = rote getting farce
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
And Mr.. Bonainre refuses to dine with
Goy.-eiect Baldwin because he would not dine with
Mr.. Bonaparts's former chief II this keeps On
banQuetinS will soon become a Lost AT.
Prom the Philadelphia Record
Gov Cuner f Alabama. has oItdcne Pontius
Plate. The latur released one murderer. but the
former has ceirbrated Christmas by releasing 100
culvicts. forty Of whom had been sentenced for
homicide.
From the Columbia State.
Mr.. Lodge has for = long time adjusted himself
comfortably to the berth made for him by Massa-
chusct.s politicians and has not yeered = hairs
breadth from the punetilioQs performance Of duties
cut for him.
From the Kansas City Journal
No III onens the business horizon f the
year. This is the augury Of Judge Z. II. Gary.
whose long and slcrpssful business nan
ought to insure his rank and title as harxrste1
of conditions in financial and industrial circles.
Prom the Baltimore Sun
The prospective reduction of the Republican ma
iority in the United States Senate from twenty
in the present Congress to eight in the next
Congress indicates tire probability of complete control
OF the United States government by the Demo
cratic party after the eection OF 1877
From the Charleston News and Courier.
The present Congress has moral night to evrn
consider the proposition. The people have voted
lack Of confidence in the Republican party q
matter OF tariffs In doing. think. it voted
also = lack Of confidence in the Ircscnt tariff
board. which is similar to the intended commiSioo-
Frpm the Cleveland Leader.
As rule, the majority of the members Of
legislature entirely inexperienced in Law making.
They lawyers. merchants, farmers. bankers.
mechanics. In the old days conditions more
simple. To-day. business is specialized and much
Is intricate and Iuzzlins to any one not engaged
in il
From the Rochester Times Dispatch
Threc decades of the growth Of the South are
reviewed by the Manufacturers Record in its latest
issue The period between lSD and 1910 is that
Considered. 1t is shown that population has grown
nearly 20 pcr cent. that capital invested in MANI
fac-IIrs has sllT. upward 100 pr cnt. that many
percentages Indicative Of sru~th the
thousand mark.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
The Drama at College.

There seems to be an effort on the part
of some theatrical managers to have the
art they manage" regarded on a higher
and more scholarly plane than it has been
| heretofore. For instance. here is MIR. Dan
iel Frohman, a conservative and well-ed-
| ucated gentleman. whose theatrical enter
prises have ever been above reproach.
writing in the Yale News that he ''favors
the creation at Yale of a dramatic de-
partment which will fit young men for
the stage in the same way that you pre-
pare your students for law and mcdi-
cine" The reason Mr.. Frohman did not
include theology, astronomy. and other
scientific pursuits is due, probably, to his
modesty.
Seriously-but we wonder if any one
ton seriously! On what possible grounds
can he be brought TO believe that education
can make actors? That we have had edu-
Gated actors is true, but it will be found
that in a great ma jority of the cases the
actors educated themselves with the
money they made by their acting. Will
any one seriously contend that acting is
such an exact art that it can be taught?
We know that teaching will not make a
musician, a painter. for into these arts
must enter some spiritual quality from
the individual himself: some abnormal
quality. perhaps. which, often, We arc
pleased to call a spark of genius.
Since the stage has been an institution
the players on its boards have been re-
cruited from every walk of life. We
have known actors who have appeared
before audiences fresh from prison: there
have been players on our stage who held
been graduates from our colleges; there
have been men literally from the gutter.
Some from every walk and condition Jf
life have failed: some have succeeded.
But failure or success has come to each.
We imagine, from some inherent quality
in the men themselves-they were fitted
or they were not. and special education
could have done little for them in either
Case
There have been schools for journal
ism,' but we never heard of their making
a good newspaper man out of a chap who
had not originally the instinct for the
work: there have been schools for ''short-
story writing but we doubt whether
these ever helped any one even one step
up the ladder OF literary fame.
We should like for the beneft Of audi
cnces, to see Mr.. F'rohman's suggestion
reversed. and when man has gradu-
sted. through actual experience on the
stage. TO the point where he is regarded
"a IN actor. we should like TO see him
sent 10 Yale. or some other college that
hungered for such students. where he
might Be taugst to speak Engiish cor
rectiy. % that his mispronunciation Of
unaceustomed words might not mislead
Any portion Of the audiences 10 whom he
|spoon. This b impnetAnk. for tha stase
= to1nv . Uee& sdsoa1nr. - sssrmeus
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
Recognizing Mr.. Roots Services.

The Hon. Albert Douglas of Ohio. has
introduced in the House OF Representa-
ives resolution providing for the thanks
of Congress to the Hon. Elihu Root Mr.
Root was chief counsel for the United
States in the fisheries arbitration at The
Hague last summer, and considering the
superb ability with which he organized
and conducted the American contention
and considering. further. the fact tha,
he did all this without a dollar of COM
pensation, it would appear that Mr.. Doug
las has some slight reason for supposins
that Congress owes him a species of rec
ogniton. We cannot doubt tha, Congress
will give this resolution its favorable at
tenuon IN due time 1t would look SIN
gulariy ungratefm and obtuse to consum-
mate An adjournment without having
paid this obvious debt
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
Chamber of Commerce Election.

The Washington Chamber of Commerce
is all the stronger for the contest which
has ended so logically, naturally. and
happily. 1t is equipped with most
capable staff of officers and directors,
and the wisdom shown in the election
insures continued growth and further
effective work along proper lines. The
Chamber has accomplished much during
the three years of its existence; it is now
in position to accomplish more, and We
have the fullest faith. especially in view
OF the broad-spirited acquiescence in the
results of the balIoting. that the coming
year will he the best in its history, as
each succeeding year inevitably is the
best in any progressive organiza tion
Capt. Oyster. the new president. is fit
tingly complimented in being unanimously
placed al the head of the body. His
Influence has been exerted for the good of
the Chamber from its organization. He
has worked faithfully and well. And he
is fortunate in having associated with
him in the official direction of the Cham
Der such sterling. representative men as
have been chosen to fill the offices of vice
presidents and treasurer.
AS We. have said, the result OF the cleo
ton is logical, natural. and happy. and
50 We are sure to-day it is accepted all
around. Especially is the Chamber to be
congratulated for putting its stamp of
; 'disapproval. by its vote, upon a trans
parent effort from without to introduce
facSionalism and discord for selfish ends
an effort doomed to defeat from the start.
and which. needless to say, had not the
. sympathy or countenance al ary stage of
ftbe worthy candidate which it vainly in
tended to serve.
Incidentally, it is proper to say a pass
ing word for the retiring president. Mr..
Guide. He hands over to his successor
live, fourishing. harmonious orga nization,
and this in itself is ample tribute.
Three Ohio fhpy
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
Dog Found the Baby.

From the Metropolitan Magazine.
A woman staggered into the Black
Duck relief station carrying baby. She
was followed by limping spaniel.
IT was running from the first of the
fire when an awful wind jerked the baby
right out Of my arms" she said. 1T was
that smoky and noisy I couldn't see nor
hear thing. I couldn't find the baby
anywhere. The dog led me to brush
pile that was on fire. and there was baby
right near 1t. Twenty thousand wouldn't
buy that dog.'.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
Fine workfng Scheme.

From the Chicago RecrHd- Herald.
Ibid you make any resolutions at the
beginning of the year, Mrs. Stout?''
Yes, I made one
What was it?''
II kind Of hate to ten"
''Pshaw! 1 won't repeat it,
wen. I have resolved not to scold my
husband once until l have counted ten"
How does 1t work?'
Beautifully. I was going to scold him
yesterday. but before I had finished
counting he had promised to buy me a
diamond bracelet" ......
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Froving Il to the Lord.

Prom Esephcdyx
3 An earnest preacher in Georgia, who
has a custom OF telling the Lord al the
news in his prayers. recently began a
petition for help against the progress of
wickedness In his town with the state
ment: "oh, thou great Jehovah. crime is
on the Increase. II Ii becoming more
prevalent daily. I can prove II TO You by
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
state to Buy Mark Twain Home.

From New Yc-b World.
Senator Frank McAiiister, Of Monroe.
Mo. will introduce a bill to buy the boy
hood home of Samuel l. Clemens (Mark
Twain), which now stands within the
corporate limits Of Hannibal.
Representative Frank Socey. Of Marion,
has prepared a bill appropriating SlO.-
900 for the erection of a monument to
the humorist.
1t seems certain the legislature will
pass the bill for the purchase of the
home which will be preserved like
Mount Vernon. The monument bill very
probably will be passed, as many legis-
lators have agreed to vote for it.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

| Chamberlain Hyde. OF New York. seems
as hard to find nowadays as DR.. Cook
was a short time ago
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

The Chicago chief OF police proposes
to establish school in which women shall
be instructed how to get off a street car
They know already. but the dear sexs
contrariness steadfastly asserts itself.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

force for good or evil: dnd anything Mr..
Frohman or any one of us can do to in
vest It with high ideals and lofty pur-
poses should by an means be most heart
lily encouraged.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

Abe Hummel Is congratulatinE himself
that he has become a British subject. II
he had been when he was tried and con-
vnted, he would be picking oakum yet
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

Is it going to take as long to raise the
Maine as it did for the Democrats to
carry the State for which it was named?
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

The only possible bit Of good in tina,
London anarchist agitation was that II
stopped the sufrragettes' talk for a while
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

A young man IN Indiana killed himself
because he could not understand Poes
poetry. What would he have done II he
had been reading Browning.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

The War Department is considering the
use OF automobiles IN the army. For
moving down the enemy's infantry?
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

What with tainted votes and ''taint-
ed money. the Lorimer Investigation
promises to smell to heaven.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

We would like a look at the hall racl
of that New Jersey justice who has de
cided that umbrellas are public property
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
Overheard on the Stairs.

Prom Lppinotts.
Washington man inadvertently over
heard some tender exchanges between a
recently betrothed couple. who. it chanced
attended some social function at the Ma
tional Capitol to which the aforesaid
Washngtonian was also asked.
1t was on the stairs that the happy pair
chose to talk the matter over. and it was
from the recesses of an aicove, whittier
he had gone to get his coat, that the
Washinstonian proved to be the accidental
recipient of the couples confidence.
Just think. dear heart-' exclaimed the
young woman. You proposed to me but
twenty-four hours a&o.'
Yes sweetheart came in thrilling
tones from the fortunate man, land it
seems as though it were but yesterday
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

Members OF the Chamber Of Commerce
must have felt yesterday as il they were
real voters.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
A LITTLE NONSENSE
THE YOUNG AUTHOR.

THE YOUNG AUTHOR.
Upon his book he tolls away.
1t is to be
A striking novel OF to-day
IN volumes three.
His novel treats Of hate and love,
OF blood and tears.
Including an the wisdom Of
His twenty years.
He has double end In view,
To earn some pelf,
And add about eight inches 10
That five-foOt shelf.
She Wants to Know.
This here From Cape to Cairo move
ment." said Mrs. De Style. what is IT
II don't get you" Growied her husband.
why, / know that ladies have stopped
wearing capes. But what is a cairo?"
A Few Questions.
Docs blithering mean anything?
Who invented the term house guest?
Is there a middle West?
Did you ever see anything smashed to
Smithereens?
More of a Sinecurc.
An easy job VIII suit me, senator.
How about winding the clocks every
week.
Il might make that do. But what's the
matter with tearing the leaves Off the
calendars every month";
The Farmer.
This farmer dialect we see
In print is mostly bosh.
A cultivated man is he,
He never says "B'goshi'
Great Progress.
Developed your gold mine any as yet -
Sure. ! started with desk room. and
now / have a suite"
Former Ideals.
"Our ambitions alter as we grow older. -
Yes: I can remember when my sole
ambition was to have some diamond fill
ingS in my teeth"
The COmmutefn.
That fellow who gets on at Lonely
vile Is pretty good at whist. Wins about
a doIiar a trip
81 know him. He ought to infest the
card room of an ocean liner"
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
We.IA Make DR.. Cock sniIe.

From the Nes Yut American.
Peary walked nifty. miles the other day.
and his friends say this proves that he
reached the pole. This should make even
old poo Cook smila.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

Three Ohio men say that they took
money for their votes to obtain food. In
other words. they sold their bfrthright
for a mess of pottage.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
Former ldeala.

Our ambitions alter as we grow older ''
Yes: 1 can remember when my sole
ambition was to have some diamond fill
ings in my teeth
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
The COmmutcfR.

That fellow who gets on at Lonely
vile Is pretty good at whist. Wins about
doI.ar a trip"
''I know him. He ought to infest the
card room of an ocean liner"
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
Long Time to Forgive

When Victor Murdock first cAme 70,
Congress, he attended q reception AZ
the White House. and the late Associate
Justice Brewer introduced himself. say
ing: IT am Justice Brewer. May ask
your Manner
Certainly" was the reply. II am Rep
resentative Murdock. from your own
state Of Kansas"
Il Was quite sure you were tho man.
aid the justice, although II u thirty
I'VE years since you scratched my fAceI
20 dreadfully. In stagecoach neart
Wichita. You were the worst behaved
red-headed younGster l ever saw. You,
ought to have been spanksd-and maybe
Il isn't too late yet to Give II to you"
We'll. Judge. my mother says that I,
vas only two years old when 1 did that
trick. Can't you forgive me. after an
these yeare?"
well. maybe / can" said the justice,
Musinsly. maybe can. But I see tha4
you ars sHiu IN tnsufeene s.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

Mr.. Mclean is coming to the Senate, but
not from Ohio
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
Great PPOEreaA.

Developed your gold mine any as yeti
Sure. ] started with desk room. and
now l have a suite"
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She Wants to Know.

This here From Cape to Cairo move
ment," said Mrs. De Style. what is 1t -
Il don't get you" Erowied her husband.
why, / know that ladies have stopped
wearing capes. But what is a cairo?"
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

times gone against the ministry, first be-
cause Of the budget, but mainly because
of the prominence given some socialistic
legislation.
Sir w. H. Hornby Is head Of a great
firm of lancashire cotton spinners. For
generations his family has been associat-
ed with Blackburn, and also for genera
tions a Hornby has represented that town
in Parliament. John Hornby sat for Black
burn from 1S41 to 1852. William Henry
Hornby (Sir Henry's father) represented
it from 1859 to 1868. and Mr.. E. X. Hornby
was elected in 1859 at the head of the
ticket which had Lord Morley at the bot
tom. Sir Henry was very popular
Unionist member for twenty-five years.
after which he was converted to free
trade. Now Balfour's referendum plat
form enables him to once more appear on
q Unionist ticket.
An interesting Unionist candidate at
the present election in England was Mr..
Coningsby Disraeii, nephew Of the late
Lord Beaconsfield. He ran for the Rush.
clifye division Of Nottinghamshire. Mr..
Disraeli represented the Altrincham di-
vision OF Chester up to 1906. when he was
defeated. Recently he was "jockeyed
OUT Of his candidature for the same con-
stituency by the local free trade Union
lists. II was too strong supporter" he
complains. ''of the first plank in the
Conservative piatform-tariff reform"
The owner OF Hughenden is a middle
aged, thickset, good-looking man. with
dark hair and the pale Beaconsfield COM
plexion. II Is said that Queen Victoria
expressed a wish that II Coningsby
Dinaeli ever were offered q peerage. he
should not take the title Of Beaconsneld.
which she wished TO remain associated
with the memory Of her great prime min
lister.
Mrs. Coninssby Disracli il pretty, cul-
tured. ana rich. Mr.. Disraeli did not
inherit much money from Lord Beacons-
fieid. who was prodigiously In debt until
Mrs. Brydses williams left him EsA0oA
HIaANEuR :
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11
More Of q Sfnccurc
The Farmer.

This farmer dialect we see
In print is mostly bosh.
A cultivated man is he,
He never says "B'gosh!"
The Washington herald., 1911-01-11

Docs blithering mean anything?
Who invented the term house guest?
Is there a middle West?
Did you ever see anything smashed t,
Smithcreens?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-08

king hoses run all night, and when.
ever the street is flooded by waste
water from any hose, whoever sees IL
should be invited TO notify the police
or the water department at once, with
d view to having the offender arrested
and punished. A vigorous prosecution
of the waterhog is what is needed, in
place of a general sentence of shortage
on the whole people.
The water hog has inflicted trouble
some restrictions upon the general pub
lie of this city for many years. IT Is
time, in our Judgment, that the water
hog should himself, and alone, suffer
these restrictions and disabilities Let
there be an alert outlook kept, so that
anyone violating the ordinances by
letting his water hose run all night,
which is the specific thing complained
of in the notice given by Superlntend-
eDt Holiday, be caught and made to
expiate his offese by a good round fine,
and by an alert surveillance that would
prevent any repetition OF the offense.
Punish the water hog for watering IS
hoggishness. and quit Furnishing the
general public because the wster.hog
hogs the water.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-08

invest in bonds in place Of having The
money on hand to meet requirements
that might any day arise
It is inconceivable that bill such
as this could pass any intelligent leg
islaturc. But the New York legislature
has hardly given any particular signs
of intelligence. and il is difficult to
credit intelligence to a body that has
passed the first named Grady bill. But
TO pass the second would indeed be a
bank wrecker. a legislature is daE-
gerous body indeed when it is so com
posed that there would be real danger
Of it passing such law as this pro-
posed by Senator Grady. 1t is evident
ly aimed at some particular bank for
some special purpose of revenge or
blackmail. but is typical instance of
the evil of political legislation for the
control Of the banking business.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-08
POLITICS AND BANKS.

The evils Of purely political lecisla-
tion IN the matter of banks. trust com.
panies, and general fduciary agencies,
is conspicuonsly illustrated in the pres
ent New York legislature. Senator
Grady of Tammany seems TO have it
in for the banks of New York, He
succeeded III having enacted a law per.
mItting banks and trust companies TO
carry their reserves in the form of
State and municipal bonds. Clearly
this would be direct menace TO banks
for it would, if acted upon. deplete the
reserves OF currency to Such an ex.
tent Of not entirely). as to invite
panics, and to strip the banks of ready
currency for any emergency. The only
safety for banks is to keep the re
serves required by law in the form Of
ready money. If this is not done.
then when any squeeze comes, even
though that squeeze might not be of
any Importance itself, the banks would
have to go TO the wall. as having little
or no ready money at hand to meet
requirements. The banks of New York
very naturally pay no attention to this
law, ignoring it entirely. That miffed
Grady, and he followed his 6rst effort
by another bill, providing that no state
bank Institution "shal promise or I'M
dertake to conform its management OF
business TO any requirement not i'm.
posed in this chapter That is, the
banks TO be forbidden TO hold to the
necessary business and financial restric.
tions that they voluntarily assume in
a fixed cash reserve Of %
per cent, This measure would, in fact,
do away with cash reserves entirely,
and make it obligatory to invest the
reserve in State and municipal bonds.
and the banks would have no reserves
IN cash at all to. meet any emergency.
Very naturally, the banks of New.
York City arc up in arms against this
sort of legislation, They very Justly
contend that it would in effect do
away with the real purpose of reserves
altogether, by requiring the banks to
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-08
A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

There has, for some time, been a
general understanding that the Walker
Brothers interests would erect sky.
scraper on the old Smith Drug Store
corner, Second South and Main, north
east; and now the announcement Is
definitely made. Mr. NJ II. Walker
states in behalf Of those interests that
''we have determined on erecting a
building on our corner at Second South
and Main Streets, building which
Will become the permanent home of the
Walker Brothers Bankers. and that the
building will be at least twelve stories
high and cover the entire plat OF
ground s6xl26 feet. This announce.
ment WAS made by Mr.. NJ. II Walker
on Thursday afternoon, and printed iu
The Tribune yesterday morning Work
upon this big structure will, it is fur.
ther stated. be began this year,
This is the most important buiiding
announcement made this year. A build
ing twelve stories high, or perhaps
more, for Mr.. Walker says 1T Will be
lat least - twelve stories. on that
corner, viii be "A great and conspicuous
business structure. The announcement
Of it is received with qualification and
enthusiasm in all the building and bust
ness circles Of this city. 1t is u great
step in advance for Salt Lake, and
considered in connection with the
other skyscrapers on Main Street, the
Newhouse buildings below, the kearns
building and the Utah hotel above, 1t
Will with them form conspicuous and
landmarks to those who view
the city from afar, and will add largely
ard luXurlously TO the business con
veniences and utilities in the central
part of the city. 1t is great announce
ment, made just at the time TO be OF
the best possible effect.