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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
Expensive, But Not Extravagant.

The report OF the committee on pub
lie schools of the Washington Board OF
Trade clearly and directly meets the
charge that there is extravaganza In the
administration of the Washington public
schools. The charge is refuted by facts.
figures and logic.
The ratio Of school expenditures to the
whole expenditure for the government
of the District OF Columbia is found
to be somewhat smaller than the ratio
OF school expenditure to the whole sum
Of municipal expenditure in 15s of the
leading cities OF the United States. The
figures which make the showing were
taken from the census bulletin published
December %, 1909.
In discussing the charge Of school ex-
travagance originating at the District
building and which was repeated by the
President In his message to Congress
last December. The Star Of January 80
said:
Before q charge OF extravaganza is
made against the school management
some specific item Of obvious extrava-
.gance for which the board Is responsible
should be distinctly in evidence. Are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
BRYAN, Dix and Murphy.

Mr. Bryan on his coming visit to AL
bany to advise Gov. Dix against travel
ing too far In Tammany's company? The
story lacks responsiveness. Mr.. Bryan
cannot afford to NEEDLE In the matter.
He may sympathize with the governor In
the latter's endorsements. Many men
do But an expression OF his feelings
might border on impertinence. and 1t
might also injure him politically
Here is a question bearing on the SUBJ
ject How would Mr.. Bryan have treated
Tammany II he had carried New York
three years ago with its assistance and
been elected President? OF course a bill
for services would have been rendered.
Mr.. Murphy knows his people. and is
never modest about asking for things in
their name. 1t Is patronage that makes
the Tiger go.
Personally, Mr.. Bryan is as far above
the Murphy grade as Gov. Dix. He is
straight. clean man OF ideas. But, as
politician, he consorts with Tom. Dick
and Harry. and he is not an migrate. 1t
is safe therefore to answer the question
propounded by saying that Mr.. Bryan
would have admitted Mr.. Murphy to the
White House through the front door. and
dealt with him man fashion. He might
latter asked, but, whatever the hand
out, the platter would not have been
passed through the back gate or over the
alley fence.
Gov. Dix has simply been paying the
penalty of keeping bad company. But he
did no more last year in hooking up with
Tammany than many others were will
ing. and some trying. to do. The intel
81 democracy
solicited the Rochester nomination at Mr..
Nurphv's hands. Edward NJ. Shepard.
the pride of Brooklyn and without flaw
in the ewes of anti-Tammany democrats.
Would have been happy to make the race
for governor; and his friends. along with
the others. crowded the corridors OF the
hotel when Mr. Murphy was a guest
while the state convention was in ses-
sion.
But Mr. Shepard and the rest were put
aside and Mr.. Dix nominated. During the
campaign the candidate and his creator
were on the closest terms. Mr.. Murphy
voice was potent In the land. He salo
do this. and IL was done. He said de-
sist. and no democrat had the temerity
TO disobey The people ratified II all at
the polls, and Mr.. Dix. as the result OF
Mr.. Murphy's favor and hard work, be-
came the Governor of New York.
should the new official have turned his
back on Mr.. Murphy Immediately upon
qualifying for his task? After accepting
all that the Tammany boss had to be-
STOW. should he have hardened his heart
and his countenance. assumed the tone
Of incorruptible virtue. and closed the &C
ouaintance? That sort OF thing has
been done IN politics. and the doors
n,aised for it. but II does not make for
souare dealing among men. and. consid-
cred on a lower plane than that, 1t does
not nav. Gov. Dix's mistake was in the
beginning. He should not have accepted
a high office with its many grave respon-
abilities from a source so low.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
CHANGE In THE CABINET.

From the Brooklyn Times.
In addition to having served in Squad
ron a Mr. Stimson saw some service on
the stan of Col. Roosevelt in the battle
of Saratoga.
From the Buffalo News.
Henry Stimson was always happier IN
Washington than anywhere else.
From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal
II Stimson is like his pictures. he is
very mild-mannered for a War Secre-
tary.
From the Syracuse Herald.
II Secretary Stimson wants to fnd his
department, he will find most OF 1t strung
along the Rio Grande river.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Mr.. Etimson IL the second Yale man In
the cabinet. Secretary MacVeagh being
the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

II think this talk about Mr.. Bryan rum
ming the House disrespectful." said the
new member to the old.
'.oh. don't know. Mr.. Bryan is a good
deal of a man."
But Is not the House a good deal Of
House,
Let us say that It averages we'll. And
that Is praise
And do you mean to say that even as
big man as Mr.. Bryan can influence an
average House?"
MY dear boy. q few men run every
House, average or above the average. We
who are not in the running class may
not like the fact, but 1t exists, neverthe-
less OF course there Is some nagging
exaggeration in the talk you complain of.
but nothing that need offend an old hand
at the bellows. Pardon me for reminding
you that you are a green hand II you
reach your sixth term. as have-and !
hope YOU may-you won't be so sensitive.
And yet I've been told since coming
here that when Mr.. Bryan was a men,
her of the House he had small II any In
fiuence."
i've heard the same thing. He talked
some and pretty we'll, but influenced no
important action. His voluntary retire
ment after two terms caused no rip
| pie in Congress or elsewhere. Nobody
seemed to feel that a loss had been sus-
| tained.'
| And now, so far as this House is con-
cerned, he Is said to be the whole thing. "
! Yes, but he isn't. Still, he Is q good
| deal. Undoubtedly his views have great
weight with those who do cut out our
| work for u.s. They are friends Of his,
| and 1t is no reflection on them to believe
| that they consult him, and that his opin-
ions when volunteered are most respect
| fully considered"
| Lucky man."
| Lucky, and more. He has run an ex-
| traordinary course. He is called q man
| of destiny. And 1t looks that way. His
| retirement from Congress, which seemed
| the end OF him politically, proved to be
| the beginning Of his power Had he re-
manned in the House he would probably
not have been nominated at Chicago in
| 1896. Upon leaving the House, where he
/ had found no great attention, he began
| visiting over the country as q lecturer.
His oratory pleased the people. his cir
Gle of personal acQuaintances greatly
widened, and when the hour struck al
| Chicago he was there with both Feet by q
| large majority. That was not mere luck
And, by George. something even more
| important may yet be on the cards. The
man who recently advised US all to keep
our eyes on Bryan may be a prophet
| You don't mind, then, being run by
Mr.. Bryan"
Il do not Men OF our grade are usu-
| ally run by somebody. You remember
we are told that the mighty dead rule us
from their urns Well. as I'm to be ruled,
! 1 prefer the rule Of a gent in the flesh to
| that of a gent in his urn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
A Bit Of History.

The subcommittee Of the House COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds
which has been investigating certain OF
the governments quarters in Washing
ton. and which found defective ventila-
ton. inadequate lighting and fire danger,
went over ground that has been covered
before. This fact is not referred TO in
q spirit of detraction from the i'm
portance or from the strong promise Of
beneficial results OF the investigation
made BY the committee. but to emphasize
the age OF the subject and the hardness
OF the national government In dealing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
Humiliation.

why did you get SO angry merely be-
cause a policeman warned your chauffeur
to slow DOWN." asked one New Yorker.
1T hurt my PRIDE" replied the other.
1T showed my guests that l wasn't rec
ognized as a man OF any influence in
local politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
Deduction

'Bliggins says he has one Of the smart
est and handsomest youngsters in the
country"
Yes" replied Mr.. Growcher; that's
what comes Of SO many people thinking
II necessary to tell a man that his chill
dren take after him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
SHOOTING STARS.
~ PHILANDER JOHNSON.
An EXPLANATION.

why doesn't Congress meet until
noon7" asked the visitor at the Capitol.
1T requires the entire morning." re-
piled the guide, for the various members
to get thoroughly familiar with one
another's remarks submitted the day pre-
vious."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
Useful.

How did that antitrust decision AFFECT
our friend the monopoly king?"
THE news of 1t arrived just in time to
be OF great benefit to him. He was suf-
fering from hiccoughs and needed a little
scare"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on q tuffet
Eating Z piece Of pie.
And whom Z big spider
ut down beside her
he told him to swat tli> fly.
Springfield Cnicn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
Great Excitement.

A monarch Is q happy man.
When he puts on his golden crown
The public runs the sight to scan
AS II q circus were in town!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
CORONATION ODE.

Gather round the royal board
With George the Fifth. our sovereign lord,
Pass this way the mustard. please.
New York Mail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

Judge Gaynor does not yet find It nee
essary to warn his friends not to be pre-
cipitate In pressing the presidential boom
once suggested for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

Maryland promises a crop OF straw
berries this year that will not call for
any distinction between those at the
top and those at the bottom OF the box.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

Summer usually develops a silly sea-
son. but 1t il doubtful II anything FUN
nier than tho hobble skirt will be de-
veloped this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

Even Col Roosevelts masterful per-
sonality may fail to re-establish the
popular interest In arctic investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

In spite of all the poetry about roses.
birds and butterflies. the most pleasant
thing that can arrive in June is a chunk
of ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

Boiling water Is simple and inexpen-
sive. but IL will do as much to prevent
illness as the most elaborate system OF
food regulation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

The negotiation OF arbitration treaties
has not yet progressed far enough to
cause military experts to feel that in
creased appropriations are unnecessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

John ID. Rockefeller must observe tnat
no SYMPTOMS Of hookworm have devel-
oped in the countrys antitrust sent-
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

The seeds distributed by member OF
Congress are typical OF good intentions
with problematical results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

Considerable anxiety was felt about
this time nifty years ago regarding the
situation at Fortress Monroe.
HAMPTON Gen. B. F. Butler. just made
p..l. a major general, was as
~'o"~S' signed to duty at that point
and an attack upon the garrison OF Fort
ress Monroe was expected. The steamer
Bowman took the women and children of
the garrison to New York. Another point
Of acute interest was Harpers Ferry,
where southern and northern troops were
within close range in circumstances
threatening q collision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

The fly and the mosquito must surely
go-next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

After the court has interpreted a
statute It remains to interpret the
court decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

One Of the earliest incidents Of political
Significance in the frst stage Of the civil
war prepar atoms after
Missouri Sumter had been fired on
e., was the action In st.
0eveu' Louis. which proved TO
be the means OF saving Missouri to the
Union. In The Star OF May IL, 1861. Is
the following relating to that affair:
THE promptitude and energy of Capt
Lyon. In command Of the United States
forces in st. Louis. in demanding and en-.
forcing the surrender Of body OF some
500 men in arms there under the pretense
Of being state troops. but really in close
afiiliation with the secessionists is worthy
of all praise. The mischief wrought by
the disunionists up to this time has been
for the most part under the false plea
that their preparations have not been
made in hostility to the United States.
especially in the border states. To per-
NIT preparations for aggression to be
longer made unchecked anywhere by
notorious sympathizers with secession will
surely be to give up the contest. Had
Capt. Lyon failed to take from the cap
tured men the weapons With which they
we're armed. knowing as he did that they
were the property Of the United States.
stolen by the disunionists further south
and sent to Missouri to inauEurate seces-
sion there by force OF arms, he would
have been criminally derelict In his duty.
The truth is. war is now to be met every
where with war. That the government
has made up It's mind to accept the issue
OF arms forced upon it is "a evident in
NJ Az
armed occupation OF Maryland. but for
which that state would have been rushed
into disunion by her minority OF desperate
secessionists. as Virginia was precipitated
into revolution by hers. II We doubt
not. a great mass Of the people of Mis-
souri, will In less than q week be as CRATE
full to the government for thus saving
their state from being victimized by its
secessioniste as those Of Maryland GER
tainly are for being saved from the future
prepared for them by McLane. Lowe,
Winans. Kettlewell, Kane & Co, by
similar means"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

BY the treaty or Guadalupe Htdaigo,
between the United States and Mexico
the latter inserted a clause
Treaty of providing that "all claims
of the United States and
UuouoAup0' it's citizens against Mex
leo existing prior to the treaty are de-
clared to be fully satisfied and extin-
guished," no doubt intending in this man
ner to evade the responsibility for the
confiscation Of the ''pious fund.-" but in
1853 Archbishop Alemany Of Monterey en-
tered a claim against Mexico for unpaid
interest, and received more than $780,
But the Mexican government refused
further contributions until. through the
efforts of the late Col John Hay, when
Secretary of State. the claims were finally
submitted to The Hague tribunal. which
unanimously awarded the Catholic Church
of California indemnity to the amount Of
81, 42o.6 $50. although this sum did not rep
resent anything like the value OF the
property Of which the Franciscans had
been deprived by conf1scation.
WILLIAM f. CURTIS
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Soldiers
Rahons.

HeSAoAe' upon the food supplies.
Complaints were numerous from the SOL
diers regarding the insuff1ciency OF their
fare In The Star Of May ii. 1851. is the
following:
I'VE receive many communications
complaining about the fare of different
companies. battnlions and regiments now
here and have taken the pains to trace
out the facts alleged in them. In every
such instance we have found that the
trouble arises not from the quality. guam
tity or diversity OF the food supplied by
the quartermaster generals department.
but from the inexperience and inattent on
Of the regimental and company officers to
matters which are OF as much Importance
to the success OF an army as proficiency
in drill or field evolutions-quite. We re-
fer to the proper manner Of outstanding,
cooking and serving out the soldiers RAJ
tons. The ills complained of are there
fore easily to be cured by those on whom
they are inflicted: who have but to insist
that their own staff officers either attend
more closely to their respective duties or
not that In all cases where the men suffer
from want OF attention to these duties. II
due representation Of the fact be made to
headquarters. the trouble will instantly be
obviated. as Ii can be- The regimental
uuartermasters and commissaries are not
through with their days duty as soon as
they have doled out to each mess its daily
allowance. Their business extends to the
work of seeing that 1t is not wasted and
Is In all cases properly prepared for con-
sumption"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

% or the war they attract
ed attention. In The Star of May 49,
1851. is q news story as follows. an ex-
ample Of numerous publications of the
same sort:
yesterday afternoon a man from Alex
andria named ]. r. Ed was arrested by
Of1cer D. A. Westerfield upon informa-
ton OF reliable character that he was
tampering with troops Of the govern
ment and persuading them to desert and
join the rebel army. He was taken to
ination was had before Justice Dom, In
the presence of Col. Stone of the District
Volunteers and Capt. Allen OF New Jer-
sey. Edd Is a porter or employe Of some
house In Alexandria and Is we'll known
here. Daniel Cox, q barkeeper. testified
that Edd was in Werner's restaurant and
made propositions to two soldiers of the
New Jersey brigade. one of whom was
George Haney. Edd proposed to Haney
to desert, and as an inducement offered to
give him money and other clothing and
send him in a hack to Alexandria and
thence to Richmond. where he would yet
better pay than now and serve under
better man. This testimony was corrob-
Grated by the testimony of John Kerwin
Mr. Thomas E. Williams testified that he
heard a portion of the conversation Of
Edd with Haney. Heard him speak of
going into jeff Davis army. They went
out together and had gone as far as Sew
enth Street bridge when he caused the
arrest. Justice Dom. at the suggestion
of Col Stone, turned the prisoner over to
guards to await the order OF Gen. Mans
field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21
THE MOROCCAN QUESTION

A dispatch dated Tangier 18th instant.
lends increa sed gravity TO the Moroccan
question. It was announced that Sultan
Mulay-Hafid had rallied TO the policy OF
his brother. Mulay-Zin. who. II is recalled.
was recently proclaimed sultan at Me-
kinez by the insurgent Zemmours. Not
withstanding the terms OF the dispatch
are somewhat obscure and almost in
credible. il must be borne in mind that
Morocco Is a land OF deception and the
Moroccan an accomplished deceiver. But
whether Mulay-Hafid be true or false
It matters little at the present moment.
when the Moroccan tribes are about 70
receive the too long delayed punishment
for their misdeeds
Besides may do well to recall that
Mulay- Hand has been considered as a
very unreliable man and. having proved
traitor to his brother. the Sultan Abd-el-
Aziz. there is nothing strange that he
should prove recreant to the French.
whose aid and protection ne invoked as
late as the 9th instant. Mulay-Hafid
adopted the same tactics against Abd-el-
Aziz as those now practiced by Mulay-Zin.
namely. the shibboleth OF the "djehad'
or holy war against the Christian
From this distance 1t is matter of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

BY the treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
between the United States and Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

The French government. after incom-
prehensble delay. which il now appears
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

One OF the earliest incidents Of political
significance In the nrst stage OF the civil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

Entered as second ciass mail matter at the posi-
Office Mt Washington. d. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

Their religion. like that Of other aborig
inal races, was a sort Of demonology, ir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-21

These conditions continued until 1882
when the congress of Mexico passed a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-19
DOLLAR mark IS
PASSED BY WHEAT
Governments Report Of the
Yield Makes the
Market Boom

Chicago, Ills, Dec. 19.-In view Of
the big shrinkage exhibited by the
governments final figures on the
wheat yield of the United States in
1911, as compared with previous esti-
mates, the market for the cereal adj
yanced today in a decided manner.
Opening quotations here were 4 to
g C off to sc up. May started at 90 p
to 995sc, varying from - lower to a
like amount higher, and then rose to
SLOO%.
The close was weak at 991s to 99sc
for May, a loss of Is to Z C net.
With rain or snow predicted for to-
morrow throughout most of the corn
belt, the market for that grain de-
VelOped a firmer feeling. May opened
a shade to Is to a higher at 647s to
csc, touching 64Ac and later ascended
to SIC.
The close was steady at Case for
May, a decline of 3 to a C net.
Selling on the part Of some Of the
larger longs kept oats relatively weak.
Nay started Is to 3 C down at 45Es to
1879, and steadied around 485s
Offerings Of provisions were quite
limited and there was active purchas-
ing for q prominent packer. Initial
sales were unchanged to 10 to 1256c
higher, with May $3.50 to 1856 for
pork: 1896 to s9.371s for lard and
$S.52ik for ribs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-19
STOCKS CAIN IN
TONE DURING DAY
Gould Issues, HeEever, Do
Not Share In the
Improvement

New York, n. Y, Dec. 19.-Bear trad
ers resumed today their - tack on the
stock market They were carried on
for time by the unfavora bic effect
produced by the wabash receivership
and by profit taking in Lehigh Valley.
Declines in most cases, however, were
small and after the first hour the list
rallied The Gould issues did not
share in the Improvement to any great
extent, with the exception of the Wa
bash bonds, which were bought on the
announcement that the January inter-
ests on the IS would be paid.
All trace Of he heaviness in the gen
eral market vanished during the
course of the second hour. Prices
issues were generally ruling above
Yesterdays closing. Union Pacific
rose 4 and Reading a Bonds were
irregular.
Expectations that the negotiations
by the International Harvester com
pany with the government would be
concluded satisfactorily caused de-
mand for this stock which advanced 3
points. Elsewhere tbs movement was
trivial, aside from the southern group
Louisville & Nashville and Atlantic
Coast Line gained over a point each.
Wabash As were heavily purchased
and touched 525k, compared with so at
the outset and 81, yesterdays closing.
Selected stock moved upwards in
striking manner, but the general spec
ulation was listless and changes were
insignificant. International Harvester
sold at 11G5s, a rise of 3D. Louisville
& Nashville improved "a, National
Biscuit IS, Canadian Pacific and At
lantic Coast Line IL and National
Lead and Republic Steel I.
The close was irregular.