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The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
The New Jersey Senator.

The election of James f. MARITIME a:
the successor of Senator kean is an.
ether straw which shows how the polit
zeal wind is blowing. Mr.. MARITIME wa.
opposed by ex-senator Smith, who rep
resented the oldtime oligarchy and was
CIR rapport with the interests which are
not now in public favor. MIR. MARITIME
on the other hand. is a plain farmer
somewhat radical in his views. and
hardly politician. He did not expend
one dollar in seeking election as Sena-
tor. nor did he solicit. either directly or
indirectly, the vote of any member OF
the legislature
Mr. Marines election runs in par
ailel lines with the victory of Woodrow
Wilson. whose elevation to the guber-
Material chair was in the nature of an
emphatic protest against the political
conditions which have existed in New
Jersey. Gov. Wilson espoused Mar
tines cause and has thus placed himself
in opposition to the conservative elc-
ment of his party. What effect this will
lave upon his Presidential aspirations
remains to be seen. but in cutting adrift
from the men who manipulate politics
Tor selfish and mcrcenary ends, he
seems TO see his path to political ad-
Nancement
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
By FRED C.. KELLY.

Champ Clark delivered the first speech
Of his Congressional career shortly after
he entered upon his first term in the
House. That evening he went over to
speech and blue pencil a line or two be-
| fore it got into the Record.
On the first page was the heading,
Speech by Hon. Champ Clark" &c. The
Hon" title caught the future Speaker
eye.
who affixed that honorable in front
of my name?' he inquired.
"Oh, that's customary. 1t goes before
employe who had brought him the proof
Well" unused Champ, drawing his
eyelids close together. like Hudson Bay
OWL IF it's the custom. suppose we
might as we'll let it stand. But" with a
dubious sigh. II don't know what the
folks back in Missouri will say when
they see it
When Senator Bristow starts to quote
figures and statistics in the course of
one of his insurgent speeches everybody
in the Senate chamber, as we'll as in the
marshal figures in solid battalions and
phalanxes and such things and make
trem execute fancy drills without a one
ever losing step.
RrjSfnW commands Statistics like n
general or the captain OF kid baseball
nine. They come at his call like a lot of
flunkies. Some of his speeches are as
Crammed with intricate figures as page
from one of those Sazetteers of useful
information that they used to sell on
trains. Not only that, but the figures are
applied and interpreted and totaIed and
subtracted and put through all sorts of
PAGES. In other words. the junior Sena-
tor from Kansas has a head for figures
And this brings US down to what we
started out to say. which is that il is no
wonder Bristow can remember figures
and make use of them. He comes by it
naturally. The Senator was born down
III liIe vi f\tHtuthS, dlInoSt III
the heart of the feud district, and his
mothers father, like many another of
those sturdy old Kentucky mountaneers.
never received any schooling. He could
neither read nor write. and could not
even make figures on a piece of paper
But he was one Of the most prosperous
p opc in the county. and probably the
smartest. They tell this story about
him:
He had occasion to drive ninety-Six
hogs through the country to the market
at Mount Sterling. forty miles from his
home, and took with him Young man
to act as secretary when the hogs were
weighed and payment made The pork
ers were weighed one at time. on an
old-fashioned steelyard. and were sold
by the pound. The buyer and the score
tary to Bristow's grandfather each jot-
ted down the weight as rapidly as hog
hooked to the scale. and when all
ninety-six had been weighed they set to
work to figure up the totals. The two
got different results
We'll. we'll add EN- over again and sec
which is right" said one of them.
Neither one of yous right spoke up
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
Cost of War Preparations.

In exposing the ehallowne>s OF the
tIOral dcfcnscics>nc>~. Mr.. Tawnev.
chairman OF the House Committee on
Appropriations. pointed out that the
statements OF so-cailed military experts
about our unpreparcdness for war pur
poses mean either that these men do not
know what they arc talking about or
that the money which We have spent
since 1902 Ill preparations for war has
been squandercd To place this country
III the condition these men advocate. he
says. would bankrupt the nation.
Mr.. Tawncy shows that the amount
which we have expended for war prep
aratlonS in the past ten years alone
would build more than five Panama
canals. The sum total reaches the stu
pcndous figure of $2.Iq2.o36.5 $50. OF
which $I,Io5, $500 is accounted for bv
naval appropriations and So7S.254oz3
tor the support of the army. The rest
is covered by the Notifications act. the
administrative expenditures OF the War
and Navy departments, the Soldiers
Home, the government hospitals. and the
militia
1t IS. perhaps. a slender consolation
to know that the claror for increased
expenditure as preparation for war is
more stridcnt and insistent in Great
Britain than among ourselves. Last au-
timn a memorial was presented to the
British prime minister in favor of loan
of $5oo.ooo.ooo to be spent upon irnprov-
ing the defenses of the empire 1t was
proposed that the regular army should
be greatly increased in order to provide
4 striking force of 10000 officers and
men for use in oversee operations. An
apparently formidable array of public
opinion, supported by about one-fourth
Of the members Of the House of Com
mons. Eve bishops. scores of other cler-
symen. the National Chamber of Com
nierce. and other organizations, sup
ported Lord Roberts In his efforts to
bring about a modified system of con-
seriptien, under which every able-bodied
man would be forced to bear arms, and
which was In u great measure patterned
sfter the German system.
II these proposals were adopted, Brit
ish expenditures IN the army md navy.
including the defense of India and the
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

In the political lull following the tur-
moil of the parliamentary elections,
Gladstone Day has not passed unnoticed.
Such a thing would hardly have been
possibIe any way seeing that the great
struggle now being fought over again had
its beginning with Gladstone final
speech i'm the House of Commons
| Those who heard that speech. the last
words to fall from the lips of one who
first spoke in that same house siNty-two
years before will remember the grave
solemnity of the ultimatum which was
addressed to the upper house, culminat-
ing in these words:
Differences, not of casual or tenn
porary nature, but differences of convic-
ton, differences of prepossession. differ
ences of mental habit and differences OF
fundamental tendency between the
House of Lords and the House of Com
mons. appeared to have reached de-
velopnient in the present year such as
to create a state of things of which we
are compelled to say that. in our judy
ment, it cannont continue
That Gladstone was driven reluctantly
to this conclusion is evident from his at
which arose between the two houses
over the reform bill of 1891. On that oc-
casion he deliberately banked the fires
of Radical enthusiasm which blazed up
all over the country. Speaking to Sir
Richard Ponsonby. who was acting as
a confidential emissary from Queen Vic
toria, Gladstone then said:
SHOULD this bill be rejected again in
a definite manner there will be but two
courses open to me: one to cut out the
public life-which / shall infinitely prefer
the other to become supporter of or
ganic change in the House or Lords
which I hate and which am making all
this fuss to avoid
Vet. ten short years later. Gladstone
had come to regard the conflict as inevi
table. 1t was characteristic of the man.
No man changed his opinions moro. yet
no man was less open to the charge of
Inconsistency. I might say right here that
il was this very paradox which was the
secret Of his hold upon the British de-
mocracy. Few men had less in common
with the radicalism of the Victorian era
than Gladstone: certainly no man had less
in common with the newer developments
of Edwardian and Georgian radicalism.
and, strange as it may seem. he remains
the idol of all three Why? Simply be-
cause they recognized in him man who
must go where the light led him.
Hence, we witness the paradox OF
hizh Anglican whose chief support came
from the militant nonconformists and a
stern individualist whose most faithful
followers were those who looked for in
creased activity on the part Of the state.
There hardly can be q question Of the
position which Gladstone would occupy
to-day were he still alive. II the rejec-
ton of a home rule bill and the mutila-
ton Of q parish councils bill and the
employers liability bill by the House Of
Lords were SUFFICIENT to create state Of
things which. as he said. cannot con-
tinue.'' what do you suppose would he
have said to the rejection Of the budget
of the year? There can be two opinions
on that point!
It being the l0lst anniversary of Glad
stones birth. his statue In the Strand.
oSsriooaing AldwyoA was aecoraeed n
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
A "Real" Speaker.

Champ Clark recently made the an
nouncement that he would not only be
the Speaker of the next House, but the
first real Speaker for fifty years." The
proceedings of the Democratic caucus
indicate the fulhllment of this prophecy
SO far as to demonstrate that he will
be a very different Speaker from any
the country has known for many years
The power Of appointing committees,
which all Of his predecessors have en-
joyed. Is taken from him. He will 81,
In the chair and preside n the agent
|ci tho governing olisarehyr Of The
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

| There was another laurel wreath from
the same source and still another from
the Gladstone League. During the day
many IA passer-by stole up to the statue
and stood silent in remembrance of the
great dead
| In the evening the League of Young
| Liberals met at the New Reform Club
to hear an address by Mr.. George W. E.
| in public life and an associate in his
private affairs. Mr.. Russell began his
homily by saying: I'VE live in an age
when to be young and Indifferent can no
| longer be synonymous terms.
me youth OF any nation are the trus-
| tees OF posterity. When Mr..
Gladstone was on his death bed :, friend
! wrote MIN: You have so lived and
thought that you have kept the soul of
England alive
rs that soul dead?' asked Mr.. Russell.
Did it die when Gladstone diedp That
has not always been an easy question to
answer. There were some years after his
death. when the great majority of Eng
iishmen. including not a few Liberals.
were smitten with the hideous ideals of
Observation-Disclosures and swagser-and
what Ruskin once called the obscene
empires of Mammon and Belial' The abb
solute and all-round negation Of liberal
ism was joyfully accepted by men who
few years before had gloried in the
name Of Gladstonian liberalism"
Gladstone. Mr.. Russell went on, stood
for supremacy Of the moral issues in
politics. He was for unyielding fidelity
to public enactments. He felt the wick
edness Of war as few other statesmen
ever felt it. Not that he was a peace
at-any-price man. But IT would have been
we'll if at the time of the Crimean war
and the occupation of Egypt his love of
peace had asserted itself
AS to the love Of liberty, which, said
Mr.. Russell, to some of us is the master
passion of our lives. we must remember
that in Gladstone II was not born, but
acquired. He was reared in a school In
which it was always regarded as some
thing to be sparingly given and jealously
watched. But the transition to the love
of liberty is the greatest phase in the
history of his life. The new spirit 1aye
a new point to all his political actiyi
ties. 1t made him a free trader, not
merely in theory, but one to whom free
trade was like a religion. It made him
the passionate friend of freedom all over
the world. 1t taught him to recognize
and to realize in Ireland-the benefit of a
free church in a free state.
Coming back to the question" con-
cluded Mr.. RUSSELL did the soul Of Eng
land die when Gladstone died? answer
that. in my opinion. 1t did not die, be-
cause it was a soul, and therefore inn
mortal. But 1t sank into q trance. ana II
was awakened. always shall believe.
by the shame and agony OF the war in
South Africa. 1t learned the lesson that
what is morally wrong can never be Do
litically right. But now that II In aroused.
the soul Of England Is renewing her
youth like an eagle" 1LANIUR :
tC1eUdGAt III b MeC1m Msuuae9 ovnnmba1
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

| Senator Bristows grandfather. who had
been listening to the weights as they
were called OF. They weigh altogether
such and such an amount
| His figures proved to be correct, even
though he had made his additions all in
| the figures on paper.
| Down in Wolfe County. KY, tina,
mathematical feat Of Senator Bristow's
grandfather is still talked about.
| In his mail the other morning Repre-
ST NATIVE Frank NJ. Nye. of Minnesota,
| found an envelope containing the clip
ping of an article by his brother. the
late Bill Nye. who. in the opinion of a
great many people. WIS the greatest hu-
morist that ever lived
| Even if he hadn't recognized the hand
writing on the envelope Representative
Nye would have known well enough
| where the clipping came from. 1t was
| sent by his mother. who is still alive and
| in good health at the age of eighty-three.
| The humorous writings of Bill Nye have
| long been her greatest pride, and when
she runs across a clipping of something
that she has forgot or that she has never
| before seen she sends it to her son here
| in Congress. 1t was from his mother that
Fill Nye inherited his sense of humor,
says, almost from the time that he could
talk. His mother not only had a keen
humor sense, but it was of the same
identical Bill Nye brand, though in a less
degree than that of her son. She keeps
set of Bill Nye books in her room and
reads them over and over again.
Frank NJ. Nye, the Congressman. who
is rather heavy set. instead of tall and
spare like the late humorist. has an aver
age appreciation for a joke. but he de-
MES having any special sense of humor.
In fact. he says when he was a boy he
and his other brother got so used to let
ting Bill crack the jokes for the crowd
that he never developed whatever sense
harnesses him now to be introduced to
stranger as Bill Nye's brother, as he
fears he will at once be expected to make
good a comedian.
Representative Nye ranks as one of
the best orators in the House. When he
first became member his colleagues
listened to him because they thought he
might say something funny Now they
listen because he has forcibIe Way of
putting serious things that commands
attention.
Representative Ralph n. Cole, of Ohio,
who is fixing to be a Chautauoua lecturer
when he retires from Congress in March.
once paid IL regulation silver dollar to
hear himself speak. He was billed to
talk on the Panama Canal at a small
town in his district. and was obliged to
make the journey there in d buggy, &C
companied by woman friend The
ticket taker didn't recognize him and
told him gruffiy to go and buy tickets,
which were 20 cents each. Rather than
stand in the doorway arguing that he
was himself the Congressman did So
And he says it was good little lecture
for the money.
Copyright. 1911, by Fred e. kelly.)
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
knocks for Subsidy.

From the Philadelphia Record.
While Mr.. Gallinger is still telling the
Senate that We have no means of send
ing our merchandise to South America,
another steamship line to that region is
announced. A few days ago it was a line
from this port to the rubber ports of
Brazil. Now it is line from New York
to Guayaquil. Ecuador. But il twenty
more lines were established it would not
check the fervid oratory of Mr.. Gallinger
and Congressman Humphreys in behalf of
the old flag and an appropriation
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

We read in the household column OF
an esteemed contemporary that pinch
of EPSON salt in the batter will make
the delicious buckwheat cake quite di-
geStible However. we shall prefer to
take ours separately.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

The election of Barnes, of Albany. as
chairman of the Republican State COM
mittee of New York can hardly be in
terpreted as defeat for the progress
sives.' There will be plenty of opportu-
mites to change the chairman il an
issue arises.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
Gladstone Being Dead, Yet Lipeth

honor Of the occasion. The National
League of Young Liberals sent a square
of laurel. surrounded by a border of tri-
c"lored cloth. in the center of which was
the monogram &c" in yellow immortelles.
To this was attached card bearing the
Inscription:
Friend Of the oppressed
Foe If the oppreSsor;
We remember Thee this day
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

Now that J. Edward Addicks once
more is missing in Delaware politics
decent people shiver they read all
that happened recently in Adams Coun-
ty, Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

This session of Congress will he short
but not too short. by any menas to spend
a big lot of the ultimate" consumer
money unnecessarily.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

If fashion authorities are correct, it is
the men who are going to wear hobble
clothes now, or something of that sort.
This will turn the laugh
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

1t is relief to read the expert opinion
that the Japanese will never be our
equals at baseball. We should almost
rather have them occupy our coasts
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

Speaker Cannon has to make good
5000. having been on the bond of a run
away treasurer 1t does not seem to
pay to be everybody's uncle.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

Chicago scientist says there are
about 200 volcanoes in the world. Wonder
if he has counted Oyster Bay?
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
world strike Of seamen.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A worldwide strike Of seamen would
probably give the steamship companies
a taste of seasickness that would mean
q little more sympathy for the stricken
passengers.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

Miss Pankhurst is in Chicago. Let u.
hope that Chief Steward will be able tc
cope with her
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

\ Chicago man has been arrested for
kissing his sister. This ought to con-
vince a good many men that the only
sensible course is to kiss some other
fellows sister.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

Let us all hope that this new policy
OF economizing by reducing 100000 SAL
aries to $4,000 will not be made to apply
to the editors.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

Justice Harlan ought to try some OF
that famous Virginia tobacco
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

Once more it has been proved that the
crank with the fancied grievance is just
as harmless as the playful pistol.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

Japan gave short shrift to its budding
anarchists
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
Cost of Mi.inE Coal.

Frum the Ellen Clipper.
Alabama coal mines turned out 1900.
900 tons last year and killed go men.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

Abe Hummcl has become a British
subject God save thu King.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

Quite a number of trust magnates have
been pursued. but few have been caught
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

From tho Chicago Record Herald.
1t Is claimed that there are in the
United States 100000 children who do
not go to Sunday school. Why not have
the Sunday school festivals nearer to-
gether and advertise them?
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
NOT CONSISTENT,

NOT CONSISTENT.
In studying mankind one finds
Some freakish moods.
He'll stuff himself with forty kinds
OF heavy foods.
! Whereat he gets a stomach ache,
With other ills.
Yet kicks because he has to take
Two kinds of pills.
Modern POSaibilities,
Doing we'll, young man, / see.''
No; just struggling along"
But that fine adding machiner'
"A demonstration left it on trial"
That new typewriter
An agent forced it on me for a
month";
ready money
No; 1 smoke ten and return the rest. -
Quite q Setback.
II see by this fashion journal that the
marriage should follow the engagement
almost Immediately
THAT may be all right for the rich.
But a poor young man needs a chance
to recuperate after buying the ring
Revised Version.
Little drops of water
From practiced hand
Make corporation
Grow to beat the band
Club Talk.
What's doing at the Trepanned Club?"
Quite q discussion going on about
Plymouth Rock. Some say the Pilgrims
brought the rock over with them; others
say not"
Another Daring Enterprise.
Take a cab." ordered the great maya
sine editor, and start for the south
pole.'
II can never make IT,
mo matter: 60 a. FAR as you can,
sending back copy from every road
house."
In FFosen Gulch.
II haar there was disgraceful shoot
ing episode hero yesterday
1T was that parsoa. They both
missed. - s
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
Club Talk.

What's doing at the Trepanned CLUB"
Quite a discussion going on about
Plymouth Rock. Some say the Pilgrims
brought the rock over with them; others
say not"
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

can never make II.
mo matter: 60 a. far as you can,
sending back copy from every road
house."
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

II haar there was . disgraceful shoot
ing episode hero yesterday.''
IT Wa that parsoa. They both
miaoed"
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26
Another Daring Enterprise.

Take a cab." ordered the great maya
sine editor. and start for the south
pole"
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Quite a Setback.
Revised Version.

Little drops of water
From a practiced hand
Make a corporation
Grow to beat the band.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-26

DR.. Charles Franklin ThwinG. president
of the Western Reserve University and
Adelbert College, Of Cleveland, Ohio. Is
at the Arlington.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-18
Tho Vauabond Actor.

Moliere raised the status Of the &C.
tor to q hireling clown who must
amuse his king. Sir Henry Irving was
even knighted by Queen Victoria, who
recognized his magnificent services to
dramatic art. But in all the years when
Sir Henry was breaking his neck to
run back and forth between Victoria's
royal residences and the cities where
he was playing, to set up his scenes
and act for the old queens amusement
and the entertainment Of her guests,
he was never once officially received
by her at court. He had many private
audiences, which were much the same
for him as to have chat with any
other old lady; but, although he was
the possessor of royal title. favor
lite with the royal family and the
greatest actor of his age, he never was
invited or Commanded as 1t Is
called, to Buckingham palace. The
status Of vagabondia chung to his gar
ments, and he was classed with crook.
ed mobiles and other undesirables.-
Archie Bell in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-18
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