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ton: would it (the colored fire COM
pany) be used to put out colored per-
sons houses only?' We answer, why
certainly not. They would put out fires
wherever found. just like the white fire.
men do. Again. Allen asks, why not
have a colored police station also?" The
answer is, because there Is no use, for
we have both white and colored police
men at about all of the stations. They
are pretty we'll mixed. Going a step
farther out of the path of the square
deal Mr.. Allen makes us blush with the
next question: why not have a colored
postoffice and a complete colored gov
ernment outfit?' etc. The answer Is:
There certainly is no need or desire on
the part of anyone. for any such dis
tinction; for, when 1t comes to that
point we are one! And all ought to be
treated alike, regardless of the color Of
their skin.
Mr.. Allen says, "If the author of the
article will look more closely into the
subject he will find representatives of
the colored race in all the departments
and it might be observed here that the
colored man has usually proved a far
better public servant when put to work
forced to associate with persons of his
own color" etc. The answer is: 1t seems
so. But, while he is working along
side the policemen, letter carriers, and
other places, how many do you find
working alongside the firemen, Mr..
Allen? Since he is denied that privilege
which is rightfully due him, could not
the wrong be put into right shape by
setting him of to himself? Even then
the colored fire department would be
under the supervision of the chief of
the Fire Department, who is a white
man, and a very good one, too Let us
have a colored fire department, by all
means.
Am sorry the lack of space will not
allow me to reply to ]. D. Murray, who
says in the winding up of his letter,
that, In regard to good citizenship,
anyone-white or colored-who must be
bribed into being a good citizen should
be sent to Jail. Will say to Mr. Murray
that If he will consult his lexicon more
closely he will find that there is some
difference between bribery and ''en-
couragement." And he should not be
so unkind as to allow his prejudice
against his colored friends to take from
them their God-given rights, which are
due them as American citizens.
]. c. CUNNINGHAM.
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COMMENDS TIMES RECENT
EDITORIAL ON LORIMER
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TINES:
Permit me TO congratulate you upon
your fearless editorial entitled "Clean
Up the Lorimer Scandal At Once" and
to say Amen thereto.
In this connection may I point out
a very simple method of getting at, the
truth Of the whole matter?
The confession of Senator Holtslaw
that Senator Broderick paid him $500 to
vote for Mr.. Lorimer was corroborated
by the now famous bank deposit slip
for<that amount, showing apparently
that as soon as HoltsIaw got the money
from Broderick in the back room Of
Broderick's bar he deposited 1t in the
State Bank of Chicago.
Mr. Newton, the chief clerk of that
bank, appeared before the committee
and testified that Mr.. Holtslaw had
personally deposited this money, and
of the bank, had personally received 1t
from Mr.. Holtslaw.
Senator Bailey met this damning evi-
dence-damning because 1t corroborated
the deposit slip was forgery and that
no such deposit was made. Clearly IL
this were proven, tn Chicago Tribune
would "go to the WALL" and Mr.. New
ton to the penitentiary. Either Mr.
Newton ought to be in the penitentiary
or Mr.. Lorimer ought to be out of the
Senate.
As Senator Bailey himself argued
(after the evidence was all in and 1t was
too late to find out the TRUTH 1t will
be impossible for the State Bank Of
Chicago to doctor its books beyond de-
lection. Let us have the books of the
State Bank. of Chicago and see IL we
can't nail to the cross $500 of the
"slush fund" SPECTATOR.
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DENMAN THOMPSON MADE
LAST APPEARANCE HERE
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:


The death Of Denman Thompson, Of
''Old Homestead fame, recalls a little
incident which the dear old actor loved
to relate. He said but few days be-
fore his last illness:
'I decided to quit the stage the night
Of my last appearance in Washington"
q think the Associated Press must be in
error in saying today that his last en-
gagement was in Philadeiphia). when
/ had concluded the last act in The
Old Homestead President Taft invited
me to his box In the theater and COM
plimented me highly upon the sweet
spirit and effect Of the play. His man
ner was so kindly and SO hearty that
then and there 1 determined never to
act again. when one has earned the
favor of the Executive head of the
greatest nation Of the whole world,
what else could he possibly desire? The
Presidents approval made me very
happy, and though I have had very
many compliments from noted person.
ages, none ever gave me so much happi-
ness as that of President Taft. No,
shall never act again." continued the
to retire, enjoy my New Hampshire
home and the loved ones who congre-
gate there in The summer months"
To those who personally knew the big
heart Of Denman Thompson. the news
of his death will bring the sweetest
memories of a remarkable career
r. w. CHILDS. !.
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HIGH SCHOOL FRATERNITIES
AND DISCIPLINE.

The Board of Education will find the
Washington public squarely behind it
in its determination to prevent at
tempted interference with regular
school activities by members of high
school fraternities.
The board does not, apparently, seek
to deny the high school boys and girls
the privilege of belonging to fraterni-
ties and participating in the activities
of the secret societies. 1t very prop
erly, however, demands that frater-
mites shall not interfere with school
work.
1t would be ruinous to discipline to
permit one pupil or group of pupils to
wreck school play because the play
happened to fall on a night which a
particular fraternity had set apart
for a dance. Were such a ridiculous
thing to happen it would be apparent
that the pupils, not the Board of
alton, were running the public
schools. Prompt and vigorous measures
to prevent such a contingency would
be necessary-and the Board has taken
them.
High school fraternities are not Eau
thorized;" they are not part of the
official facilities for education; they
have no place in the curriculum. They
exist through suffrance.
They have their advantages, which
the Board seems anxious that their
members shall enjoy. But they have
no rights whatever in the public school
establishment.
As long as members of fraternities
remain within their prescribed circle
no effort will be made to interfere
with them. When they carry their
activities into the official work of the
school they may expect to be called
to account.
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in row. Had there been smoke in the
building, as there must be where there
are so many papers on the desks and
In the files, some of the clerks would
most likely have been overcome by the
smoke during the three minutes and
would have blocked the way of those
behind them. A panic would, under
such circumstances, be inevitable.
And suppose the stairs are on fire.
There are just two fire-escapes in the
building. both leading into narrow al
leys lined with ramshackle structures.
There Is also one slow wooden freight
elevator in the rear. The building is
old and has twice been condemned.
The wooden floors would go like wild
fire. The least the Government can do
to protect the clerks against death by
fire is to provide one fire-escape to
every window and a sufficient number
of passenger elevators. 1t may cost a
few thousand dollars extra, but do the
taxpayers of the United States really
want economy" at the expense of hu-
man lives? ONE OF THEM.
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THE ANNUAL WAR DRAMA OF
THE D. A. r.

The deliberations Of the little coterie
of lawsmiths on Capitol Hill have fad.
ed into the minor Importance of a moot
court. A greater congress is gathering
in our midst, in which neither reci-
procity nor arbitration have any part
-more's the pity! The graver affairs
of state will have to worry along as
best they may until the Scott Story
feud has seethed and surged and spent
it's annual force. Into the choosing of
a President of the United States there
must go some degree of vigilance and
anxiety. Into the endurance test which
results in the election of a president
general of the Daughters of Eve and
the American Revolution there will go
cajolery and heartache, pride of birth
and cloud bursts of bitter tears. If
the Scott faction appears first on the
scene dressed in the dainty dimities of
spring, it may be taken for granted
that the Story partizans will bear
down muffied in furs and ear-tippits.
The contest was opened long ago
with a campaign of circularization.
The volume of mali has already done
much toward placing the postoffice de-
partment on a self-sustaining basis.
But now that the delegates have begun
to arrive from far and near the fiut-
tering around the dovecote has be-
come as the sound of rushing waters.
Devices unknown to the political GO
round are being brought into play. The
spellbinder, the cartoon, and the trans.
parency are but childish things. The
Scott faction has captured a member
of the Supreme Court, in bodily pres
ence, at least. A Kentucky belle
brought up the light artillery with a
recital of negro dialect stories. The
Rubinstein choir was commandeered
for some patriotic selections.
All this the Story faction witnessed
with a smile--a smile not so deep as
a well nor so wide as church door,
but which served to mask the resources
to be brought into action later. Specu-
iation is already keen as to what this
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POOR CHILDREN UNABLE
TO ENJOY MT. VERNON
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor of THE TINES:
II must be a pleasure for you and
your co-workers to take the newsies to.
Fort Myer and let them enjoy Them
selves. 1t gives every man pleasure to
given an outing. These boys and girls
some day will have a duty to perform.
Mr.. Editor, when has the management
of Washington's tomb ever done what
The Times has and will do for these
same boys and girls? I have the first
time to see anything patriotic they ever
did, and vice regent is the vice presi-
dent of the Children's Uplift and Patri-
otic Society of America, Mrs. Hearst,
whose duty is to instill In the young
mind patriotism.
There will soon be held in Washington
meetings of the d. A. R., the Child's
Welfare Society, and the Mt. Vernon
Ladies' Association. Now I ask the
public to watch the ceremony of the
children of the D. A. R., and see them
taken to Mt. Vernon, plant trees, es-
corted around the grounds.
The question is: Why this discrirni-
nation? Aren't these newsies, these or.
phans, the workingmen's children, az
much Americans as they are? sim
cerely hope that The Times will put
forth every effort to see a way to take
these children down there and plant a
tree in memory of the orphan. and put
to shame these so-called patriotic, self
sacrificing ladies of America. Again
thanking The Times for very laud-
able work, CITIZEN.
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THE HOUSE, THE SENATE,
AND THE TARIFF.

The Democratic majority in the
House is handling itself well. It is
giving sorry disappointment to those
cynical regulars who were sure its
program would be a comedy of errors
and its performance series of blum
ders. 1t is going to put through tariff
program which, if rejected by the
Senate, will make strong appeal for
the country's vote of confidence in the
House.
But the House never makes tariff
legislation. 1t will not do so this
year. The Senate will finally give
character and form TO the law that
will 60 on the statute books, and will
be responsible if the present law re-
mains there.
People who want tariff revision
reasonable, business-like revision based
on intelligent recognition that revision
must not be a synonym for destruction
would like to have it done with and
business given a chance to return to its
normal channels. They would like to
see enough revision at this time to
satisfy the country and retire the
issue. They know that a failure, on
account of baking in the Senate, will
force a national campaign on the tariff,
and perhaps disastrous outcome
But the Senate is fighting for con-
troll of the situation in a manner which
is not reassuring. Broken into fac
tions, and without any leadership
which can command adoption of
general program, it is girding its loins
for battle royal that will make
political history-and may unmake the
whole tariff work of the House.
The situation is a dangerous one;
more dangerous by far than is COM
monty understood outside the inner
closets of Senatorial confidence. The
Democrats of the Ways and Means
Committee understand, and they are
adopting the straightforward course of
doing what they believe is good Demo
cratic business, leaving the final re-
sponsibility to the Senate, and the ver-
dict to the country. .
National interest is centered on the
House; but the brilliant performance
of Mr.. Kitchin is, after all, only an
incident. The struggle for domination
of the Finance Committee, for direction
of the Senatorial program, for control
of the right way-this is the real
fight, and will decide whether there is
to be revision, and what kind.
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York, and a member of the National
Arts Club.
Evidently" I said, catching my
breath, and counting her various So
cieties off on my fingers, your hobby is
Just joining, and working
Not a bit Of it," interposed Mr.. STORY,
who wore the amused smile a man al
ways wears when he sits outside the
conversation of two women. "All those
clubs you've been making her tell you
about are the merest incident in her
life, / can assure you. The real hobby
is her three boys They're all old
enough to know better, but they are as
dependent upon her as when they wore
knickerbockers."
And il subsequently, leaked out that
Mrs William Cumming Story, for all
her youthfulness of appearance, is the
proudest of grandmothers. She has three
sons. Allen, Harold, and Stirling Por-
ter Story.
I'VE agreed not to talk politics. either
national or D. A. R." told her, but
what about your views on woman's
suffrage ?''
And Mrs. Story showed her hand as
politician.
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Life.

Dawn, and pink light, in the east,
And the morning lark's liquid trills,
Or silence and infinite peace,
And light on the distant hills.
Thus life begins oh, so fair,
And shall finish-how?-and where?
Noon, and the heat Of the day.
The strength to stand under care,
To travel alone or the way,
The will to do and to dare,
Life in the full flush of power,
The high-tide of life for its hour.
Night. and the darkness wide,
The dark clouds infinite sweep.
The moon low in the west,
Lighting the ebbing tide,
And the silent wonder is sleep
In a ceaseless dreamless rest.
ELEANORA EyERsFIELD LAwso1
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opposing faction will bring forth from
its little bag of tricks. 1t has been
whispered that the Bill of Rights has
been set to music and will be sung as
an oratorio. The younger members
constituting the great body of the
order, of coursez-have spoken tenta-
lively of barn dance on the east
plaza Of the Capitol. The official
laureate is rapt in an esctasy to pro-
duce counterblast to the war cry,
"Scots wha have with Wallace bled."
1t will be perfectly grand.
The stage is set for this most NOV
ing drama.> On with the playl
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FIRE IN CENSUS ANNEX
WOULD BE DISASTROUS
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The destruction of over 100 lives In the
recent fire IN "f1reproof" building IN
New York has aroused the attention OF
the authorities of the Census Office to
the danger of a similar sacrifice of hu-
man life in case of fire in the annex
formerly occupied by the Southern rail-
way. A fire drill was made last Mon
day, with the result that the hundreds
of clerks employed in that building are
now more than ever firmly convinced
that in case of fire their chances of es-
Gaping with their lives are very slim,
indeed. It took the 800 or 400 clerks
more than three minutes to hle out of
the building. Their descent was as
slow as funeral procession, because
the stairways are narrow and do not
permit more than two persons to walk
The Washington times., 1911-04-16
POLLING TRADE BODIES ON
MERCER QUESTION.

At last a definite, business-like
movement has been launched for the
consolidation of the Chamber of Com
merce and the Board of Trade. 1t
comes out of the blue sky, being put
forth voluntarily-but patriotically-
by four citizens of Washington, who
have formed themselves into a COM
mittee of the whole on the state of the
community and have sent out ballot
asking members of both bodies to vote.
It's now strictly up to the rank and
file of the Chamber of Commerce and
of the Board of Trade to say whether
they want to combine. This is the
first time the individual members of
both have had a chance to vote on the
question.
The four men who have taken the
initiative and decided to act instead
of to talk are as follows:
James Sharp,
Julius Garfinkle,
Alexander T. Hensey,
John B. Sleman, Jr.
Nobody needs more than these names
as a guarantee of the propriety of the
poll which these gentlemen have un-
dertaken to make. They are known
from one end of the city to the other
as citizens whose only interest in the
Chamber of Commerce and the Board
of Trade is the welfare of Washing
ton. They belong to both associations,
and they feel-as it is believed prac-
tically all members of both associations
feel-that the time to get together
has arrived.
Here is the long desired opportunity
for the private in the ranks to speak
up. Let the response be quick and sub
stantial. Each organization has be-
tween 700 and 800 members. Their
replies should flow in to the volunteer
merger committee in such volume that
within the next two days it can be
positively determined whether the
Chamber of Commerce and the Board
of Trade are to join forces or to remain
apart.
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Heads Strong Faction and.
Is Out to Unseat Mrs.
Scott. a.
HER LINEAGE GOES
BACK TO EARLY DAYS
Direct Descendant of Jonathan
Edwards on Mothers
Side.

"I positively do not believe" she
laughed. 'in introducing such dividing
subjects as politics. suffrage, or 1elig-
ion into. any organization Of national
scope. Also. I think II Is just as well
not to introduce them into an inter-
view. 1 have very decided opinions on
all three subjects. however"
Interested In ~
Patriotic Education.
"And your ideals for the Daughters Of
the American RevoIution?"
II am particularly interested IN pa
triotic education, and that phase of the
Daughters work which appeals to me
most strongly perhaps is teaching the
little Americans of tomorrow the Ideals
of American patriotism. 1 hope they
will continue the marking OF historic
| sites, for this l regard as one of the
most Important achievements Of the or
ganization."
And because she is Dame and
her ancestors, for ancestors and pa
triotism are inseparable in the mind Of
the public. Mrs. Story is the only
daughter Of the late Frances Lupton
was the son of Stephen Allen, one time
mayor of New York. Through her
father she is related to Samuel Taylor
Colerfdge, the poet, and through her
wards.
The first of her ancestors in America
was Johannis de la Montague, who
married a de Forest, and was the chief
consul during the time of Governors
Kief and Stuyvesant. Through his line.
she descends from the old Dutch fami-
lies of the Vermilyes, Garrett Van
Wagner, Domino Gideon Schaats, the
Van Vredenburghs, and others.
She's One of
The Bluebloods.
Mrs. Story possesses an Interesting
family relic In a bracelet of pearls and
diamonds of quaintest workmanship,
which was presented to her mothers
sister, Elizabeth Townsend Porter
Beach, by Queen Isabella of Spain, in
recognition of the formers ability as q
writer of poems. A gold medal be-
slowed upon Mrs. Beach by the En-
possession. At Washington headquar-
tiers in New York may be seen one oe
the first pianos ever brought to Amer
ica and this is exhibited by Mrs. Story,
to whom it was handed down from her
maternal MISREPRESENTATION
Meantime the Story apartments at the
New Willard Hotel are the mecca Of the
Storyites who have journeyed hither,
and the harbor of the hopes OF "the
Story faction" Whether victorious OF
defeated, Mrs. William Cumming Story
is destined to be the toast Of her fol-
So, it's Sunday, Monday, then Tues
day, Wednesday, and Thursday By
that time you will know how 1t all
ended So what's the use Of telling Mrs.
Story's fortune here. Besides, politics
was to be taboo in this story anyway.
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sanitation and modern humanitarian
methods. since such arguments" are
wholly negligible, but l think just
few words upon what the survival of
the fittest' means may be In order. In
explanation, shall use few words. Any
organism which under given conditions
takes best advantage of favorable, and
is best able to evade or withstand unfa-
vorable, circumstances IS the ''fittest"
for its environment. and. of course, sur
wives, and more or less fiourishes. That
Is the inevitable law and needs only to
be understood to be appreciated Mr..
Spring is entirely right in his conten-
tions. and l write this for the benefit of
the many whose ideas of the survival
of the fittest" are nebulous.
WILLIAM w. FRACTION.
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ONE OF THE PENALTIES
OF FREE CITIZENSHIP
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Can you in any way prognosticate the
zone of certain news publishing un-
known facts of the destination Of troops
in Texas? Can you surmise the object
of such news? Why does Uncle Sam
allow such? No other nation would
tolerate 5uch We poor free Americans
allow such to be continued and no one
says a word Would other atoms toll
crate such reports? l am sure they
would not. If you want trouble you
can ind 1t. ]. G. o.
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Judge w. F. Norris Will
Speak at Y.M.C.A. Today

Judge w. F. Norris will deliver an ad
dress on "The Immortal Man" at the
Young Mems Christian Associations
mems meeting, at 4 o'clock this after
noon. The lecture is one of exceptional
interest, and all men are invited TO
hear it.
The last strangers tea" of the winter
will be given in the second-fioor club
room after the lecture
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the District of Columbia, and A. How
ard Clarke. of this city, is the regis
trar and secretary general At long
intervals during the week the sons
will be allowed to make themselves
heard.
vate citizen to come to the rescue OF
the Government in the movement to
preserve the magnificent columns re-
Gently taken from the historic old
Treasury building. This is what a pri-
vate citizen-Mrs. ]. B. Henderson
has generously offered to do. however:
She is willing to buy the columns and
hold them until Congress makes an ap-
preparation for their purchase. Her Of
fer alone should be enough to shame
Congress into immediate action.
1t cannot fail to strike the average
citizen as a peculiar condition of law II
the District Police Court finally holds
that policeman has no authority to
enforce the smoke statute. The police
man is sworn to enforce all laws, and
it seems reasonable to suppose this
gives him ample power in this case.
However, II the courts hold that it
doesn't, the remedy Is simple. Con-
gress Is in session and could, with very
little trouble. amend the smoke law to
authorize its enforcement by the Dis
trict Smoke Inspector ''and by members
of the Metropolitan Police Department"
An addition Of eight words would do
IT,
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SURVIVAL OF FITTEST"
GIVEN CLEAR DEFINITION
the Editor Of THE TIMES:

Your very intelligent correspondent.
Mr.. Everett Spring. gives himself un-
necessary trouble in refuting the ''argu-
ments" Of those who inyeigh against
The Washington times., 1911-04-16

The net total circulation of The Washington
Times (sunday)i during the month of March
was 1885, ,553. all copies left over and returned
by agents being eliminated. This number,
when divided by &. the number Of Sundays
during March, shows the net Sunday average
Tor March to have been q. lbs.