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The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
Washington to Gettysburg.

At last the nation is to pay its belated
tribute to the memory of Abraham
Lincoln
Here in the National Capital there is
a noble shaft dedicated to George WASH
ington. A memorial to Grant is in proc
ess of construction Nowhere is there
an adequate reminder of the great and
lasting service rendered to his country
by Abraham Lincoln There will be
universal satisfaction, therefore, be-
cause Congress has agreed to the ap-
pointmcrt of 4 commission to procure
and determine upon the location, plan,
and design for Lincoln monument or
memorial. with $4,000 appropriated as
a fund with which to enlist the services
of eminent artists. sculptors, and archi-
tects. The fact that this commission is
composed of President Taft. Speaker
Cannon, Senators Cullom and Wetmorc.
and Representatives Mccall. Money. and
Clark inSures a most careful and cffec-
tive inquiry into the subject. with a
verdict based upon ripe and intelligent
judgment.
Many suggestions have already been
made One which has found favor
proposes the construction of a Lincoln
highway between the National Capital,
where the martyred President rendered
his most signal service to the nation, and
the battlefield OF Gettysburg. where he
delivered his inspired address. Gettys-
burg lies in a straight line about sixty
miles north of Washington, and the Six
teenth street boulevard which begins at
the White House. might we'll be the be-
ginning Of the proposed historic highway.
The permanent character of the memorial
is one OF the strongest arguments in its
favor One has only to recall the
Appian Way 10 appreciate how this
tribute to Lincoln would link his name
with the centuries that are to come.
Monuments crumble and buildings de-
cay, but the highway remains forever.
Washington and Gettysburg! The
two places where Lincoln carved for
himself the place in history which makes
his name immortal. Diversified as human
thought will be the designs suggested !;
and yet. when all has been said and
done. the Lincoln highway will still
find favor as an appropriate. enduring
memorial of a great man.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
Bv FRED c. KELLY.

than once-and he resembles q stage
sheriff about as closely as musical
comedy milkmaid looks like the sure
'nough kind.
Several years ago, DR.. Andrew ].
Barchfeld. who represents one Of the
Pittsburg districts in the House, visited
the Grand Canyon, and Cameron was his
guide. The next time they met was here
in the House. and they found that chance
had placed them in adjoining rooms in
the House Office Building.
Ever since his defeat, Senator Albert
J. Beveridge has been as clipper and
CHEEKY as a bird store at morn.
An no wonder. For he wots well that
when he leaves Office he can make a
first-rate little income so long as he
keeps within voice range of stenog-
rapher.
The youngish looking Senator from In
diana has been know to sit down and
dictate all at one sitting. and without
notes. an article that the Saturday Even
ing Post-so 'tis said-would pay him
81. 600 for.
Having dictated piece for a magazine.
Tic oeIdtoI IdhcS tHe tSpeWTlttcH copy
from his stenographer. and sets to work
to manicure 1t. He'll cross things out
and interline till the copy gets SO intri-
cate that he can't read it, and then
he'll have the stenographer copy it all
of again. Then. like as not he'll operate
on it some more until the lines again
look as complicated as something for the
patent Office. and his stenographer again
starts to hammer the alphabet. Not in
| frequently this literary Senator will have
an article copied of twenty times before
| he mails il out to make its own way iT
the world. But often he will dispose OF
a dozen or even twenty versions Of what
! he is endeavoring to say. all within one
| working day. when necessity seems tc
| warrant the rush. One feature of his
, literary methods, however. is invariable
he gets the main draft Of an article BY
means of dictation- II he were Obliged
| to sit down and write a 1000 word ari-
! Gle by hand ne would feel as uncom
| Portable as a lone man in the dining
room Of female seminary.
When the Democratic House members
were endeavoring to block the passage OF
| the tariff commission bill. Representative
Macon. Of Arkansas. offered an amend
| ment ito strike out the enactive clause. .
which would have made the measure en-.
tirely null and void. Which circumstance
| recalls a similar amendment offered to q
Democratic measure by Joseph Cannon
when he was on the Appropriations Com
| mittee a few years ago.
What effect would it have on the bill
to strike out the enactive clause" in
| quired a new member from Texas un
| familiar with legislative doings.
1T would have the same effect on the
| BILL" replied Cannon, that a sharp al
| has on the body of a chicken when j
! strikes n sharp. quick blow on its neck.
Copyright 1911. by Fred c. KellyJ
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
The Parcels-post Bill.

There would seem to be every reason
why Congress should give favorable con-
sideration to the parcels-post bill. The
proposed legislation would unquestion-
ably extend the exchange of commodi-
ties and merchandise between the pro-
ducer and the consumer.
1t is said to be fact that an Ameri-
can in Europe can send home by mail
to any part of the United States par
eel weighing eleven pounds at the rate
of IL cents per pound, whereas the same
American. if mailing a parcel in this
country. is limited to four pounds in
weight and is compelled to pay postage
at the rate of 10 cents a pound. This is
due to the fact that parcels-post sys-
tenn has been adopted in every European
country, and that the United States is
tagging behind the times
Not only is this condition of affairs
an inequitable discrimination against the
American citizen, but it also restricts
trade and increases the cost of the
necessaries of life 1t is a popular inn
preston, at least. that in the past the
great corporations which transport
merchandise have been able. through the
exercise of their influence. 70 limit the
weight of mailable packages and to
maintain a high postage rate in order
that their business and profits might
not be curtailed. Whether this be true
or not. the fact remains that they bene-
fit and the people suffer
If European countries can success
fully operate a parcels post. there is no
reason why the people of the United
States should not enjoy the same priv
ilege
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
Stateism and Executive Power.

The new Statcism, the child of Ma
tlonallsn, can be promoted greatly by
increasing the efficiency OF the State
governments. This is the opinion OF
Mr.. Stimson, defeated candidate for
governor OF New York, as expressed
in his recent speech at Cincinnati.
Governors. he said, usually are more
Handicapped than the President in
running the administrations committed
to their care. In some Commonwealths
little has been left to the office but the
: dignity and the right to appoint a staff.
Only last year the veto power was
granted to the governor of Rhode
Island. and there are other governors
who have no control over the executive
departments. The President of the
United States may appoint his Cabinet,
which consists of the heads of the de-
.partments, thus retaining direct control
of the entire administration, or the cx-
ecutive branch of the Federal govern
ment. But the same degree of execu-
tive power, within State lines. was not
given to Cows. Dix, Foss, or Baldwin.
The heads of departments, such as sec
retary of state, treasurer. auditor, at
torney general, and even State engineer
and commissioner of public instruction
in many of the States, are elected by
the people, If not by the legislatures.
The truth is that the principles adopted
by the makers of the American Consti-
tuition have been perverted, in many
States, to the injury of the executive
department and often to the aggrandize-
ment of the legislature. The new
Stateism calls for an extension of ex-
ecutive authority and influence for an
official who has not been allowed his
due, according to the principles of our
own system of government This i'm
pairment of executive power may have
helped to make many State governments
inefficient and to make the lawmalkine
body prey to predatory interests. One
can be in full agreement with Mr..
Stimson, without sacrificing any funda-
mental idea or theory of government
when he says:
II believe that the clearest and mos,
nstural proposition for 4 reform STATE
Z. government would contain the follow
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
Arizona.

We doubt not that if the people OF
Arizona at to-day's election mean to
ratify the freak State constitution that
has been submitted to them, they will
invite clash with the Federal govern
ment, and, as a consequence, Arizona S
admission into the sisterhood of the States
may be delayed for some years to come.
The conditions which were submitted
in the enabling act are, to say the least,
very peculiar. They provide that the
constitution, as adopted. shall be ap-
proved by both the President of the
United States and Congress ere State
officials can be chosen and State gov
ernment instituted.
If either the President or Congress
disapprovs the work already done,
it will have to be done all over
again. If. in addition. such failure to
approve nullihes the enabling ae'. fur
ther legislation will be required and a
delay of several years will be the result
1t took Kansas and Nebraska seven
years to get their enabling acts passed
owing to similar conditions. The va
garies of the Oklahoma constitutional!
convention put Congress on its guard
and it served notice in the Arizona and
New Mexico act that it would not en-
courage further freak suggestions for
basic laws
After admission. States are free tc
amend their constitutions as they see
fit. so long as they do not infringe upon
the guarantees of the Federal Constit,l-
ton. But Congress very properly has
declined to have the burden laid upon
it or the President of sanctioning ex.
travagant ideas while a new State is still
in the process of formation. Take
for instance. the section of the Arizona
draft providing for the recall Of Judges
What valid reason is there for the
President or Congress indorsing q
judiciary recall' (whatevcr in law this
may mean) of any State? That is a
purely internal affair and belongs only
before the domestic administration au-
thorities. Would it not have been just
as well to postpone all such experiments
until after the admission. If Arizona is
kept out of the Union for some years, it:
own people will be alone to blame.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09

Senator Bristow. owner Of prosper
Gus little newspaper at Salina, kans.'
got the notion of entering the news
paper business by an odd prank OF
chance. From early youth he had In
tended to be a lawyer. but one day when
he was attending school in Kansas. It
struck him that II somebody were TO
write up a few of the queer character
istics of some Of the professors. at his
school it would make good reading. He
went to the editor OF the local paper
and asked him II he would publish such
series. The editor agreed that such
a thing ought to make hit and prom
ised to keep the writer's identity secret
So Bristow began to write letters to the
paper making fun of the professors. and
the letters were published anonymously.
Everybody in town got to talking about
them and wondering who the author
might be. and Bristow had more fun
than a village wit at church bazaar.
even if he didn't get credit for the letters.
His professors haven't found out yet
who it was that furnished so much en-
tertainment at their expense
After that experience, Bristow made
up his mind that nothing but job
where he could write things for publi-
cation would ever satisfy him. and he
bought a little paper as soon as he was
out of college.
And il was his newspaper work that
got him into his present habit Of wanting
to know more about everything-of ex-
amining claim bills, and making quail
itative analysis. counting stamens and
pistils, of holding up to the light. with
a view to ascertaining who. what. where.
when, why. and how.
AZ Ralph Henry Cameron came out OF
the House chamber the other noon to
go to lunch, a woman tourist exclaimed
to her companion with suppressed ex-
element: Look! There's our Guide-the
man that took us down the long trail at
the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Now. what
CAN he be doing here?''
They were a lot surprised when Cam
eron told them that he is the Delegate
to Congress from Arizona Territory.
Cameron located. built. and owns the
famous Bright Angel trail down into the
Grand Canyon. and it is a profitable in
stituticn, now that something like 5000
visitors go there annually. When Dele
gate Came ron first went to work on 1t.
the place was reached only by a weekly
stage.
When Cameron first came to Congress.
and it was known that he had served
as sheriff OF one OF the widest counties
of AriZona-a county the size of the
whole New England States-members OF
the House expect ed to see a man built
along the lines of a sheriff in one OF
those Western plays, or at least wearing
spurs and a hat as wide as F:lbert Hub
hard's. But he is 4 piainly-dressed. mild
locking man who would he taken for a
bookkceper-notwithst that he has
chased desperadoes coc miles afoot more
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
Not in the Cabinet.


The striking personal appearance Of
Mr.. Taft, the United States President.
will save any visitor such an experience
as fell to the lot Of a certain Gen. Brown.
of Missouri. who once went to the White
House to give a newly elected President
some pointers about his Cabinet. While
he was waiting in the anteroom he ac-
costed q man who was giancing over a
paper.
Il suppose that you are here on the
same errand as I am?" he remarked
II don't know replied the stranger.
pleasantly. what errand are you on?"
I'm going to tell that old chump in
there how to fix his Cabinet"
mo; I can't say that I am on that
errand."
Maybe yo6 amt a politician?''
"No," returned the stranger, politely;
I'm the old chump."
Gen. Brown was not in the new Cab
met.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
Carrie Nation Near Death.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Mrs. Carrie Nation is near death in a
sanatorium at Leavenworth, kans.,. after
ten years campaign against the liquor
traffic. twenty-five times in eleven dS
ferent cities she has been imprisoned fd~
taking the law into her own hands and
smashing the equipments Of saloons. 1t
cannot be said that she did not have the
courage Of her convictions. Even John
L. Sullivan retreated before her when
she invaded his resort in New York. BY
the sale of her little hatchets, Mrs. Ma
ton made quite q fortune. from the pro-
ceeds buying a farm in Arkansas. paying
of her fathers debts, and helping needy
relatives. Her friends and some disinter-
ested observers maintain that Mrs. Nation
was not q hypocrite. and that she was
absolutely sincere in her crusade.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
The Order of the Shell.

From London Tt-Bits
Employees Of the Krupp works can cas-
lily be distinguished, even when attired
in their Sunday clothes. Every work
man, on his enrolment. is presented with
curiously fashioned scarfpin. COM
posed Of a miniature artillery shell made
of platinum and set in silver. After
twenty years service he receives a sec
ond pin. modelled on the same lines and
mounted in gold. The higher grades OF
employees. including the engineers and
those employed in the counting house.
wear their shells in the form Of sleeve
links. The workmen are very proud of
this distinction, which they call the
Order of the Shell, and wear on every
possible occasion.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
ONLY ONE THING LACKING.
Superannuated Civil Service EN-
pl0yes Ought to be PensiOned.

Superannuated Civil Service EN-
ployes OuEht to he Pensioned.
Ffm the Chicago Tribune.
The national civil service needs but
one thing to be complete. That is pro-
vision for the pensioning of superannu-
ated employees. Then the young man who
has entered the service after undergoing
the ordeal Of a stiff examination and
whose attention to duty had retained him
his place would be freed from the fear
which haunts him now Of being thrown
out in the cold penniless after the bur-
den Of years had made him less valuable
to the government. Then many branches
Of the civil service could command the
services of better men than at present.
nor would men be so ready to go to some
private employer who would at the mo-
ment be a more liberal paymaster.
Provision should be made for the pen
sion!ng not merely Of superannuated
clerks in the Washington departments,
but OF all employees who have served
long and we'll The postal clerks. the
letter carriers, the men IN the Internal
Revenue Service should all have a COM
forting assurance that they will not be
one kind of work and having become too
old to learn a new kind. No greater in
centive to faithful service could be de-
vised.
In England pensions are paid by the
government-the taxpayers. That would
not work here. In America they must
be the sum of the small monthly contri-
buttons of employees. carefully admins
tered and conserved by the national gov
eminent. The pensions would be the
more priced, because the result of the
thrift and economy Of those who were
to enjoy them.
1t is almost impossible to hope for ac-
tion at this session. And yet Congress
should recognize how important it is tnat
the civil service should be rounded out
by pension legislation. 1t could if it
chose pass the Gillett bill and earn the
thanks OF all the government employees.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
The Vanished Nickel.

From the Philadelphia Evening Times
A solicitor for a weekly magazine who
had tramped the streets of West Phila-
delphia discovered at the quitting hour
that he had an overwhelming thirst and
solitary scent piece. The nickel
meant either soul-satisfying drink of
soda water and a long walk home. or a
dry throat and a comfortable ride. Which
should it be! He stood at the corner of
Forty-first street and Lancaster avenue,
eyed with knitted brows the ground
glass doors of drug store. and decided
that a toss of the coin should decide its
fate Heads he would drink and walk.
tails he would ride. The nickel spun
into the air, descended. and struck the
brick pavement musically. 1t rolled, it
wabbled crookedly, it rolled again.
Then, with a last spiteful gleam. it wab-
bled once more-and dropped quietly into
an open inlet.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09
UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT wELLKNowN PEOPLE.

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to practice Supreme Court Of Missouri
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The Washington herald., 1911-02-09

the loss of their seats. have sidetracked
it on every possible occasion and under
every conceivable pretext.
Three years ago It successfully passed
its first reading. 1t was then folded up
and tucked away somewhere for future
reference. Quite recently it was dragged
forth anew, and it is understood to be
now under discussion.
AS the bill happened to be introduced
in the Senate. if ever it emerge from
that assembly STAMPED with official ap-
proval it will have to go before the
Chamber of Deputies to be considered
de novo'' before it can become a law.
But If IL be fortunate enough to reach
the lower chamber il will be lucky in
deed if not allowed to slumber peacefully
for a year or two. If not longer, before
being resurrected for discussion.
The Senate. however is showing a
praiseworthy attempt to push the bill
forward. For some time it devoted two
or three afternoons a week to its consid-
Grafton. The bill stands at the present
time about as it stood ten years ago
when it was first led into the legislative
chamber. for there have been but few
consequential amendments.
During one session the BRAND cabinet
deputed one of its members to take part
in the discussion before the Senate. At
this time it was expected that the min
lister would categorically announce the
government intention concerning the
measure. The member in question deliv-
cred an admirable speech, well reasoned,
we'll thought out.
He quoted statistics demonstrating the
growth of the drink evil in France: he
traced the history of temperance legis-
lation in Europe and America, but in
respect TO the intentions of the govern
ment he was delightfully."- vague and
therefore disappointing. He was so vague,
in fact, that when he descended from the
tribune after concluding his speech his
hearers perforce had to ask whether the
government did or did not intend to give
the measure its official support
And thlminister's answer to this fresh
question was equally cryptic. The gov
ernment. he pointed out. had to watch
over the material interests of all citizens.
whether they were the proprietors or the
customers Of debts de boissons,' and II
would be their duty to see that no one
was financially injured by the proposed
law.
In a sense the bill under discussion has
powerful following in the Senate. The
present reporter of the measure Is NJ
Jules Guerin. senator for Vaucluse and
ex-minister of justice, while the presi-
dent of the parliamentary commission
that recommended its Introduction is M
Meline, ex-premier and the militant apos.
tie of high tariffs.
NJ. Guerin has been quoted as saying
that he is hopeful of the bill finding Its
way to the Palais Bourbon and Of ulti.
mately becoming a law. He did not seeh
to deny. however. the fierce opposition
which the measure is encountering or
every side.
There is tremendous influence being
brought to bear on either side of the ques-
ton. and it would appear that the mat.
ter of remedying the drink evil In France
stands Just where it has stood for years
while the needs for such reform are prob
ably becoming greater every day.
FLANEUR.
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The Washington herald., 1911-02-09

Ffum the Pttsburg Sun.
A nations gratitude awaits a Law call
ing a newly elected Congress in session
the same year.
From the Philadelphia Press
1t is said in New York that Gov Dix
has a Presidential bee; it does not. how
ever. appear to be Of the loud, buzzing
kind.
From the Louisville CourierJournal.
An accomplished contributor to the
Worlds Work discusses the cost Of liv-
ing under the heading Making Both
Ends Meet" But only a miracle worker
could make one end meet without the
other.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
4 SriffraSette declares that women will
not be influenced by looks in voting fol
either men or women for Office. But the
men cannot be trusted to refuse to look
at a woman for election because she is
pretty.
Prom the Philadelphia Record.
Foreign nations will not dispute the
power Of the United States to make the
entrances of the Panama canal bristlt
with fortifications at any cost, no matter
how they may interpret the meaning OF
treaties, but they will be apt to smile
at the folly Of the expenditure.
From the Columbus Dispatch.
Besides" says the Brooklyn Eagle. OF
DR.. Chauncey Depew. in his prospective
retirement from the Senate. being in the
flower of his youth, there is no telling
what the future has in store for him -
If this means that there is still doub
as to the Senator's whereabouts Ion the
other side" it is not as complimentar,
as it was meant to be.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09

The Ground HOG - N Advertiser.
From ths New Yosk Tribune.
The ground hog seems to have taken
to modern advertising methods. bringing
. May thunderstorm along with him a.
II sort OF meteorological pres agent. A
thunderstorm in February b . bigger
|puhlicstk manufacturer than even one Of
|Psse 1leore.s celebrated MareA ''nars-
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09

What is this? Oregon has abolished
the whipping post for wife-beaters? The
only conclusion seems to he that Oregon
wives have taken enough physical culture
to whip the old men themselves
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09

An Jironworker out West dropped dead
on re1nrning to his house and finding
himself the father of twins Another vic
tim Of the Roosevelt policy.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-09

The attitude assumed by Gov. Dix
toward the Senatorial deadlock at Albany
indicates that he does not feel like getting
into the brick-dodging class.